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Student subdued by Taser over the weekend Kristi Sanders News Editor

An Indiana State University student was immobilized with a stun gun this Sunday after attacking two people on campus.

Jordan Pruitt was charged with minor consumption, resisting law enforcement and battery.

Michelle Barrett, the assistant chief of police at ISU Police Department, explained the events from the incident. “(Pruitt) battered two people and then was beating on windows in Cromwell Hall,” Barrett said. “In the battery he punched a night host in the face.”

The police were then called and found Pruitt lying over a car hood. When the officers started to question him, he became belligerent.

“He started resisting arrest and then fighting the officers,” Barrett said. “The officer warned him of being tasered if not complying. (Pruitt) then went toward the officer and the officer shot the first cartridge in the Taser.”

The Taser cartridge got stuck on Pruitt’s clothes and didn’t work as intended. The officer shot the second and last cartridge and again it didn’t stick.

A second officer on the scene then shot a charge, it connected with Pruitt’s body and enabled the officers to subdue him.

Pruitt appeared in city court Tuesday where he was released on his own recognizance. Student conduct will now hear his case to seeing about his status as a student at Indiana State.

After the incident the night host was taken to the hospital but had only minor injuries. The other person declined treatment.

“In 2015 there have been no other incidents where a Taser was deployed,” Barrett said. “The officer is supposed to use less force and then gradually increase it as at the officer’s discretion.”

Officers must clear the area when a charge is deployed because anyone touching the target could also be shocked.

“It basically locks up the muscles,” Barrett said.

After Pruitt was subdued, he was taken to the hospital for testing.

“He admitted to taking K-2 and blew a positive on the breathalyzer,” Barrett said. “K-2 is a synthetic drug sometimes called ‘spice.’ It can cause uncontrollable strength, screaming and just being out of control.”

ISU PD is investigating more into this case.

“This can become an issue because other drugs can be laced with a synthetic drug and the user wouldn’t know,” Barrett said. “Synthetic drugs can also have negative effects when combined with alcohol.”

Quad study area planned for spring Emily Jordan Reporter The Student Government Association is developing a new study area near the President’s Lawn in the Quad Area, which should be ready for use by early spring of 2016.

Many believe the new study area will bring students closer to campus and allow them to discover new fields to study without having to be behind a desk or computer.

Joshua Mans, a second-year nursing major, said he was very interested in the idea.

“It won’t really affect me much since I drive back and forth,” Mans said. “But I think it’s a great idea to set up a new area for people to go if they need to.”

A few other students also thought that it would be an interesting addition to ISU, and they hope that they can make a lot of memories while they’re there.

Evonnie Payne, a freshman nursing major, said this would be a nice change of scenery.

“Lots of people, instead of spending their time studying on benches, will be able to go outside to a certain place dedicated only to students who want to hang out and study,” Payne said. “It’ll be nice to be able to go to a place like that.”

Although the library is the “traditional” place to study, some people prefer to be out in the sunshine while they work. Others would prefer the extra noise around them.

The SGA wants something new and lively for the students of Indiana State University.

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Students wil be able to enjoy a study area on the Quad come early spring.

The president of SGA, Vernon Cheeks, explained why he thought this would help students.

“Some students, like myself, may like noise around them while doing work,” Cheeks said.

After a small survey of about 20 Introduction to Communication students, only two percent would prefer to stay in the library and study rather than be outside.

Those students believe that an open study area would be treated as a hang-out spot with too much noise and not enough studying.

Macy Osbon, a freshman nursing major, explained what she felt about the survey.

“I don’t really go to the library to study, but if you’re one of those quiet people who can’t study

with a bunch of noise I definitely wouldn’t recommend you going to something like that,” Osbon said.

SGA hopes that this new study area will help to better students’ study skills and allow them to connect with new people.

The Quad Area by the President’s Lawn was chosen due to the flow of students that it receives.

They also chose this location for the sake of the students and easy accessibility.

This also allows President Bradley to see students studying and working hard, while giving him greater opportunity to interact with the students.

Stacia Smith, a freshman business administration major, said

she was worried about how weather conditions would affect studying.

“As long as there’s good weather outside I’m sure that a lot of people will use it,” Smith said. “I feel like in the winter, or when it’s just cold outside, a lot of people won’t want to be outside.”

ISU hopes that this area will be utilized for its intended purpose of being a safe and peaceful place for any student to go.

Danielle Guy, a first-year nursing major, is excited for the new study area.

“I think (a new study area) is awesome,” Guy said. “Not only will it be a great way to hang out with friends, but it’ll be great for the students to use.”

More arrests are possible in the future as a previous shooting incident is still under investigation.

Two people have been arrested in association with the case so far.

Alec Boose was arrested on Sept. 2 and Deonta Moore, an ISU student, was arrested on Sept. 10.

Both were involved in a set of incidents where shots were fired on Aug. 23 at approximately 1:30 a.m. near the intersection of Fifth and Elm Streets.

Joseph Newport, the chief of police for ISU, commented on the situation.

“The investigation continues and more arrests are likely,” Newport said.

Michelle Barrett, assistant chief of police, had a few words to say on the case.

“We knew there was a student connection,” Barrett said. “We are looking into the possibility of more.”

There were good witness statements from this incident, Barrett said.

“We are hoping to come up with more information,” Barrett said. “This information could lead to more arrests.”

ISU ranks 20th in annual national universities rankings Alex Waugh Reporter

The bimonthly magazine “Washington Monthly” has recently published the 2015 edition of its annually featured “2015 National Universities Rankings,” with Indiana State University ranked 20th in the nation.

This ranking places Indiana State right behind colleges like Ohio State (18th) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (19th) and just ahead of colleges such as Notre Dame (23th) and Princeton (26th).

Every year, colleges are ranked nationwide according to how well each university abides by three criteria defined by “Washington Monthly.”

The first criterion is the category of social mobility, where a college is ranked in accordance with how many students receive

Pell grants, the predicted graduation rate as compared to the actual graduation rate and the total price of going to that college.

The second category is that of research.

This includes the amount of funding that the university dedicates to research, the number of those with bachelor’s degrees who go on to earn Ph.D.s, proportionate to the total number of students, the number of awardees of science and engineering Ph.D.s and the esteem of the university’s faculty members.

The third category of service ranks institutions by the number of postgraduates who join and serve in the Peace Corps, the number of students in the ROTC program, the number of students, faculty and staff engaged in the efforts of servicing the community, and the granting of scholarships by the college to students participating in com-

munity service.

Indiana State University first made it onto the top 200 list in the 2010 college rankings, having a rank of 138th.

In the years that followed, Indiana State was bumped up to 54th in 2012, and in 2014 it was ranked 30th.

Indiana State University’s current rank of 20th in the nation demonstrates the improvements of the institution over the past five years.

Daniel Bradley, President of Indiana State University, said that the news of Indiana State’s current national rank was “exhilarating.”

“People all across campus work very hard to make sure that we continue to improve overall, but particularly in the area of service,” Bradley said. “It’s gratifying to see those improvements reflected in the numbers and in our comparison to other institu-

tions.”

Kevin Ward, a communication professor, said that he has seen tremendous growth in Indiana State’s reputation over the 25year span of his association with the university.

“As both an alumnus and faculty member, I am extremely proud to see Indiana State University gain national recognition,” Ward said. “I think Indiana State University has worked effectively to meet the criteria, allowing us to achieve this rank.”

Liam Brown, a freshman chemistry major, resonated the enthusiasm of both Bradley and Ward, saying that Indiana State’s recognition is a reason for students, teachers and the community of Terre Haute to be proud of Indiana State University’s national esteem and to continue stepping up in community engagements.

“The news might motivate stu-

dents to do better academically and engage in more outreach to the surrounding community,” Brown said. “Indiana State University should continue to encourage as many students as they can to get involved in community service.”

President Bradley expressed hopes that the institution’s positive standing will attract more students to Indiana State’s campus in the following semesters.

“I believe the news helps make everyone on campus feel more proud of where they are,” Bradley said.

Bradley made a suggestion concerning the steps that Indiana State University might take in order to earn a higher spot in the ranking.

“I would like to see us make additional improvements in the category of social mobility,” he said. “I think we can, and I think we will.”

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White House launches tool to aid in college search Larry Gordon

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

The Obama administration on Saturday unveiled a new online search tool that is aimed at helping potential college students and their families learn much more about schools, including the financial aid they offer and how much their graduates earn later in life.

Although the new “College Scorecard” will allow consumers to compare various colleges on a variety of factors, it will not provide any ratings or rankings on the order of, for example, U.S. News & World Report.

President Barack Obama said he proposed a ratings system two years ago but, after much study and controversy, his administration abandoned the idea and turned instead to improving existing federal databases for the public.

Department of Education officials said the administration backed away from a ratings system because it proved too complicated to develop and they were afraid it might confuse consumers.

Many colleges and highereducation groups had opposed a

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A new online search tool created by the Obama administration aims to help potential students make informed decisions about financial aid, loans and goals as they look for colleges.

ratings system, fearing it would unfairly treat their schools or punish some for enrolling lowincome students and less-prepared students, who might be less likely to graduate or more likely to default on loans.

The new scorecard can be accessed at collegecost.ed.gov.

The scorecard appears to be

easier for families to search and navigate than the previous federal College Navigator and College Scorecard, and improved graphics provide for better visual comparisons of schools.

The information is expanded as well, including data about net pricing for low-income and high-income students, gradua-

Rise in student loan defaults driven by forprofit colleges, study says Jim Puzzanghera

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

The recent rise in student loan defaults has been driven mostly by the increase in those attending for-profit colleges who left school in a tough economy with debt that outstripped their earnings potential, a new study has found.

The study, the first to match loan data with tax information from individual borrowers, found that students at community colleges also contributed to the big increase in loan defaults, a problem that has drawn the attention of federal officials and presidential candidates.

About 70 percent of students who left school in 2011 and defaulted two years later had attended for-profit institutions or community colleges, according to the study by Adam Looney, deputy assistant Treasury secretary for tax analysis, and Constantine Yannelis, a Stanford doctoral student.

Those students made up only about half of all people with outstanding student loans.

“They borrowed substantial amounts to attend institutions with low completion rates and, after enrollment, experienced poor labor market outcomes that made their debt burdens difficult to sustain,” according to the study, which was presented Thursday at a conference at the Brookings Institution think tank.

About 21 percent of those borrowers who were required to start repaying their loans in 2011 had defaulted within two years, the researchers found.

The figure was 8 percent for undergraduate borrowers from fouryear public and nonprofit private schools, a group that has continued to have low default rates despite the Great Recession and its aftermath, the study found.

Total outstanding student loan debt increased 76 percent to $1.2 trillion from 2009 through last

June, according to Federal Reserve data.

Overall default rates have risen to 11.5 percent from 7.9 percent during the period, while rates for mortgages and credit cards have declined in recent years.

Eight of the 10 schools whose students had the most total debt in 2014 were for-profit institutions, led by the University of Phoenix with $36 million.

In 2000, only one of the top 10 was a for-profit school, the study said.

Mark Brenner, a spokesman for Apollo Education Group Inc., which operates the University of Phoenix, said the school works to help students borrow responsibly.

“These researchers failed to acknowledge our students’ significantly improving rate of default due in part to University of Phoenix support systems and services designed for working adult students,” he said.

The default rate for students who left the school in 2012 was 13.6 percent, he said.

Looney and Yannelis said the high default rates aren’t likely to continue because the surge in students caused by the tough labor market of the Great Recession has eased and there has been “increased scrutiny and policing of for-profit institutions.”

Corinthian Colleges, a Santa Ana, California, for-profit operator, closed its campuses in April and later filed for bankruptcy protection amid an investigation by the Department of Education into falsified job placement rates.

From 2010-14, the number of new borrowers decreased 44 percent at for-profit schools and 19 percent at community colleges, the study said.

But because of the long life cycle of student loans, the standard repayment period is 10 years and that can be extended, it will take a while for default rates to drop, the study said. ©2015 Los Angeles Times. Distributed by the Tribune Content Agency.

tion rates, ethnic diversity, loan defaults and former students’ median incomes 10 years after starting college.

On Saturday the president said the tool would help families “navigate the complicated college process and make informed decisions.”

“The status quo serves some

colleges and the companies that rank them just fine. But it doesn’t always serve our students well, and that doesn’t serve any of us well,” Obama said.

“There are colleges dedicated to helping students of all backgrounds learn without saddling them with debt. We should hold everybody to that standard. Our economic future depends on it.”

The goal, he said, is “to help everybody who’s willing to work for a higher education search for and select a college that fits their goals.”

The scorecard still faced some criticism. The American Council on Education, which represents colleges and universities, said the statistics should have provided outcomes for students of various majors, such as engineering and philosophy, rather than lumping everyone together.

The organization also noted that the 10-years-later earnings figures are based on those who took out federal loans and might not reflect the true picture.

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36 people, fraternity face charges in death blamed on ‘brutal’ hazing ritual Tina Susman

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

By the time Chun Michael Deng — Michael to his family and friends — made it to a hospital on that cold December morning, he was struggling to breathe after being beaten and knocked unconscious while staggering blindfolded under the weight of a heavy backpack.

The 19-year-old college student, an aspiring Pi Delta Psi frat brother, died shortly afterward. Nearly two years later, a grand jury has indicted 36 people and the fraternity on charges including murder in the latest example of what prosecutors say is a case of fatal hazing.

Police in Pocono Summit, Pennsylvania, a bucolic region about 100 miles west of New York City, announced the indictments Monday, and on Tuesday they said some arrests had been made.

The fraternity was expelled from New York City’s Baruch College, where Deng and his companions were students.

Pi Delta Psi is described on its website as an Asian-American cultural fraternity founded in New York in 1994. It lists 25 campus chapters or associate chapters, most of them in the eastern United States.

The fraternity’s president did not respond immediately to a request for comment Tuesday.

Baruch imposed a lifetime ban on the fraternity after Deng’s death. It was not immediately clear if any of the people named in the indictment, most of them in their early 20s, remained at Baruch.

College President Mitchel B. Wallerstein said Baruch conducted its own internal judicial review of students involved in the Deng incident and “brought disciplinary proceedings against all of them, except for those who voluntarily withdrew from Baruch College.”

“We owe it to Michael and his family to hold accountable those who were responsible for the senseless death of this promising young man,” Wallerstein said, adding that in addition to banning Pi Delta Psi, the college had imposed a moratorium in fall of 2014 on pledging activities for all fraternities and sororities on campus.

The indictments come on top of a civil suit filed by Deng’s family in the New York City borough of Queens, where Deng’s parents settled after coming to the United States from China. Deng was their only child.

According to the civil suit, which was filed in April, frat members participated in “this particular, dangerous hazing ritual” even though they knew it had been banned years earlier by the fraternity. Year after year, the lawsuit alleges, the Baruch chapter rented the same

site in the Pocono mountains and took aspiring fraternity brothers there for a weekend of abuse.

The civil suit echoes the criminal complaint in alleging that Deng and the other pledges were blindfolded, strapped into backpacks packed full of sand, and ordered to run across a field on the weekend of Dec. 7 and 8. As they did, the pledges were shoved and hit by frat members challenging them to make it to the end of the field, prosecutors in Pennsylvania said in a press release.

Prosecutors said police described the ritual as “brutal,” and the forensic pathologist who examined Deng said he suffered multiple blows to his body and sustained a “significant head injury” that knocked him out.

“It would take hundreds of pounds of impulsive loads and/or hundreds of G forces in order to cause the damage to the interior of the brain” that Deng suffered, according to the report.

Deng’s companions allegedly waited at least an hour before taking him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead on Dec. 9, 2013.

Six individuals, including Pi Delta Psi Fraternity Inc., face charges of murder in the third degree, as well as aggravated assault, simple assault, hindering apprehension, hazing and criminal conspiracy. The homicide charges carry a penalty of up to 20 years.

The others named in the indictment face charges ranging from aggravated assault to conspiracy.

In a statement, Deng’s parents said they applauded the actions by the police, grand jury and Pennsylvania prosecutors to bring criminal charges.

“Too many families have been devastated as a result of fraternity hazing, with at least one student dying every year from hazing since 1970,” said the family in a statement provided by its attorney, Douglas E. Fierberg. “Fraternities and their members must be held accountable, and this step by authorities is an important one. Michael was a wonderful, beloved young man, and, in his honor, the family will also continue pursuing its wrongful death case against the fraternity to cause it and other fraternities to change so that other parents will be spared the loss of a precious child.”

The incident was one of at least a dozen in the last five years involving hazing at U.S. colleges leading to student deaths.

In perhaps the most infamous case, in 2011, Robert Champion died after undergoing a hazing ritual of the Florida A&M marching band.

The university president resigned and the band leader was convicted of manslaughter in that case.

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Undergrad takes advantage of ISU’s opportunities Haley Sluboski

ISU Communications and Marketing

In his first year at Indiana State University, Matt Bly, now a sophomore earth and environmental science major from Towanda, Illinois, has built a resume that would compete with most upperclassmen.

On a tour of the science building during freshman orientation last year, Bly met Tony Rathburn, an Indiana State geology professor, and later contacted him to discuss the possibility of helping with the aquariums and conducting research in the labs. “(Bly) has fully embraced the concept that classroom learning is just the beginning of the opportunities offered by ISU,” Rathburn said.

Bly’s gateway into many of his freshman academic experiences was paleoceanography research with Rathburn.

From Bly’s involvement in the environmental science club to presentations for the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience, to being in charge of the live aquarium/terrarium outreach display, he has had a hand in various parts of the earth and environmental systems department.

“As a result of his work ethic, sincere interest and willingness to spend the necessary time in the lab to learn techniques, I chose him to be one of two undergradu-

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Matt Bly, second from left, poses with visiting scholar Jorge Cardich, far left, geology professor Tony Rathburn, third from left, and some of his students.

ates to participate on a research/training expedition off the coast of San Diego,” Rathburn said. “Only weeks after taking his first class as a college student, Matt was working on a research ship side-byside with marine science researchers and graduate students from Scripps Institution of Oceanography.”

According to Rathburn, most students don’t become researchers until their

sophomore or junior year, but Bly’s work ethic is what made these opportunities available to him.

“Matt has taken advantage of learning opportunities in the lab, the field, in the community and on campus,” Rathburn said.

Even outside his experiences in his field of study, Bly is very involved on campus and the Terre Haute community.

He holds leadership positions in multiple organizations. As the vice president of recruitment for Delta Sigma Phi fraternity, the social media chairman for the Interfraternity Council and an SGA senate member, Bly is a member of multiple groups that engage his interests.

“In high school, I wasn’t at the top of my class. I focused on football and baseball, but when I came to college, I got really into my research and my other activities, and I kind of just hit the ground running,” Bly said.

He said he hopes to graduate a year early and attend graduate school. But before then, in November, he will be traveling to Baltimore to present his research to the Geologic Society of America.

“I love working in the lab; that’s definitely my favorite. It’s awesome. It’s tedious and it’s hard work but seeing the results, it’s just fun for me,” Bly said.

Not all first-year college students put this much work into their education so soon after arriving on campus.

However, Bly said he feels this effort is critical to making the most out of one’s time in college and building experiences that help students achieve their goals.

“I would tell freshmen to talk to faculty; that’s a great way to get involved,” Bly said. “Join a club and pursue what you’re interested in. If you want to do something, find a small way to start and you never know where the opportunities will take it.”

ISU program helps first-generation college students Haley Sluboski

ISU Communications and Marketing

Indiana State University’s FirstSycamores faculty and staff mentoring program pairs firstgeneration college students with faculty and staff who were firstgeneration college graduates.

The program aims to develop meaningful connections with those who can aid students in acclimating to the challenges associated with being in college. Longer-term, the goal is to increase student retention and graduation rates for first-generation college students.

Approximately half of all incoming students at Indiana State are the first generation in their family to receive a college education, compared with 30 percent of college students nationally.

For some students the transition to living on-campus, the extra free time, and the unfamiliarity with the area are difficult to manage.

This year, Indiana State offered a unique program to help firstgeneration students adjust to the transition from high school to college. Freshmen who selfidentified as “FirstSycamores” came to campus a week before

the start of the fall semester to take part in the Project Success Program, as a cohort through University College under the leadership of Dean Linda Maule.

“We are extremely fortunate to partner with Project Success this year, to form a living learning community where first-generation college students support one another through a first-ofits-kind educational experience at ISU,” said Tim Boileau, who leads the first-generation faculty and staff mentoring program, under the Center for Student Success.

Faculty and staff mentors work with first-generation students throughout the year to make a connection and build a relationship, in order to help ease the transition into college.

With help from their mentors, along with participation in the FirstSycamores cohort of University 101, students in the program will become better acclimated to campus, learn skills that will help in academic success, and make a personal adjustment to university life.

“I worry about making new friends and being homesick but being the first to go to college in my family is going to have a really strong impact once I graduate,” said David Reed a First Sycamores freshman from

Columbus, Indiana. “FirstSycamores put me with other people like me. It’s easier to cope because we’ve all gone through it or are going through it together,” Reed continued.

National research shows that first-generation college students are at greater risk of not completing their degree because of various reasons as compared to their peers who are non-firstgeneration college students.

This program helps to eliminate barriers to success and provide students with tools and life skills to identify issues and move past them.

“My mom is my best friend, so leaving her for college was hard.

But leaving my hometown and meeting people who are like me and understand my problems means a lot,” said Jacob Rayl, a freshman pre-nursing major from Kokomo, Indiana.

The connections and relationships don’t end with their faculty mentors.

FirstSycamores creates a community of students who are facing the same struggles as one another, and an extra support network of their peers.

“I know I have people to go to here. The fact that there are other students like me around helps fight all the worry and homesickness,” said Rayl.

Multitasking is a waste of time

Katie Golde

greatist.com (TNS)

Reality check: We live in a busy world where a million things are happening at once.

For many of us, multitasking is a way to keep up with the grind. From checking email at brunch with friends to finishing a status report during a staff meeting, a lot of us are trying to accomplish a lot — all at the same time.

Here’s the problem: Only two percent of us multitask effectively. That means the remaining 98 percent of us are running around like headless chickens in the name of “productivity.”

So what to do? It’s time to put down your smartphone, lift up your head, and actually listen to that funny joke your friend is telling or that question your boss is about to throw your way. Increased productivity is available to us all — and surprisingly, it may come in the form of doing only one thing at a time.

WHAT’S THE DEAL? Just so we’re all on the same page, multitasking means trying to do more than one thing a time. In the era of smartphones, tablets and laptops, it’s easy to multitask without even realizing

it. After all, most of us have checked Facebook in chemistry class or during that long conference call (at least once).

Multitasking with a phone (or iPad, tablet, etc.) is so prevalent that one study called it the “epidemic of distraction.” Contrary to popular thought, addiction to mobile electronic devices may actually impair multitasking, lower performance, and result in cognitive overload. Guess we aren’t as productive with that iPhone as we thought, huh?

YOUR ACTION PLAN As it turns out, our brains aren’t very good at doing more than one thing at a time. One study found that the brain may get overwhelmed when faced with multiple tasks. Researchers found that when we attempt to multitask, the brain “bottlenecks” the information and quickly moves its attention from one thing to the next, instead of addressing the items simultaneously.

Rather than becoming more productive when faced with multiple tasks to accomplish at once, this suggests we really only become more frazzled — and thus less able to handle the challenges of a high workload.

While most of us are susceptible to multitasking, research suggests people who have a harder time blocking out distractions and focusing on a single task are more likely to be multitaskers. And those who multitask usually overestimate how successful they are at doing so (sorry, guys).

But there’s hope yet. Once you’re willing to accept that multitasking isn’t doing you any favors, follow these tips for focusing on one thing at a time — without sacrificing productivity.

One, put down your phone (or tablet or laptop … ) Block out distractions while you work, hang out with friends or play the guitar by turning off the phone, TV and anything else that draws you away from what you’re actually doing.

Two, get into a routine.

This can be helpful if you spend a good chunk of your day on the computer or working from home. Instead of diving in to tasks willynilly, set up a schedule that tells you what to work on and when (and be sure to incorporate some breaks into the day). That way, you’ll know what to expect from yourself each time you sit down to work (and you’ll

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Jacob Rayl poses for a selfie with Tim Boileau, who leads a faculty-staff mentoring program for first generation college students at ISU.

be less tempted to goof off on ESPN.com or tinker with household repairs).

Three, set goals.

Know what you’re going to do before you start doing it. If you have no clear path, distractions can come easily.

Before starting a new task, take a few minutes to plan out the steps you’ll need to complete and in what order — that way, you’ll be less able to wander. An important step of goal setting? A quality to-do list.

Four, eat a good breakfast.

Turns out taking a second to chow down on a healthy breakfast can help boost concentration and focus.

Bonus points if that meal includes some protein.

Five, meditate.

Studies suggest that regular meditation can boost brain function and is associated with better focus and attention. It can also help reduce stress when a massive to-do list is looming.

Six, block it out.

Can’t beat distraction with willpower alone? Don’t worry: There are applications out there that will shut down distractions on your media devices. An app called Dark Room transforms your com-

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Zuckerberg promises Facebook ‘dislike’ button Akeem Lawanson RedEye (TNS)

Hate that random autoplaying Facebook video of Disney princesses doing the nae nae? No problem! You’ll soon be able to hit a “dislike” button.

In a live Q-and-A event Tuesday, Mark Zuckerberg announced that there will finally be a “dislike” button on Facebook.

According to Business Insider, Zuckerberg said, “I think people have asked about the dislike button for many years. Today is a special day because today is the day I can say we’re working on it and shipping it.”

Zuckerberg didn’t want to adopt this feature initially because he didn’t want Facebook to become similar to Reddit’s upvoting and downvoting feature, he said.

Zuckerberg and the folks at Facebook soon realized that people were more interested in expressing their feelings, not downvoting status messages. “What they really want is the ability to express empathy. Not every moment is a good moment,” Zuckerberg said.

Thank you, Facebook, for finally coming around. Now we can finally dislike how many years your coworker has been friends with his wife. No diss though, just a “dislike.” © 2015 RedEye. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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TASK CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 puter into a focused writing space.

For $15, the app Anti-Social will stop you from checking social media while working.

And Rescue Time allows you to block select sites and track the amount of time you spend on various activities, so you can adjust accordingly.

Seven, listen well.

We’re not being the most productive when we’re half listening to someone while checking our phone, Facebook and LinkedIn all at once (also, it’s just plain rude).

To be a better listener (and get the info you need the first time), face the speaker and look him/her right in the eye, and stay present with the conversation.

Who cares if you have 12 unread emails? This person deserves your attention.

Eight, cut out clutter.

To help avoid distractions, stay organized. Find a place for everything on your desk, and keep your paperwork in order so you’re not wasting time searching through piles of files (say that five times fast).

This goes for your desktop too: Keep files organized and close extra browser windows and tabs so you can work with a clean screen.

For an extra boost, apply some feng shui principles to your workspace.

Nine, give yourself a break.

Catch yourself staring at your computer? Literally, just staring at it? Probably time for a break.

Studies show taking brief breaks during a task can improve focus.

So walk around the block, get up and do some jumping jacks, or take five minutes to face the wall and breathe deep.

Ten, read about it.

Want even more tips? There are plenty of books available that will help you develop strategies for achieving better focus and deeper concentration.

It may not be easy to quit, but science says multitasking isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Staying focused and concentrating on one task at a time is worth a shot. And who knows? We may end up getting more done — and feel calmer — in the long run. © 2015 Greatist. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

Classic ’90s shows to return on new Nickelodeon programming John Terry

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It’s 2015 and Surge soda is back, people still buy Nirvana records, notable Twitter accounts “imagen” what would happen if “Seinfeld” were still on TV, and now, Nickelodeon is bringing back all your favorite ‘90s cartoons in a new programming block called “The Splat.”

As Buzzfeed reports, an Australian Nickelodeon representative revealed that “‘The Splat’ is a new day part (10 p.m.-6 a.m.) that is launching next month in the U.S.” ’90s kids, rejoice. You will never escape your childhood and nostalgia overcomes your every waking move and your future late-night TV habits.

To add fuel to the already blazing social media fire, a Twitter profile called @TheSplat has been posting cryptic but promising updates like “Can you feel it? #TheSplatIsCom-

ing” with video clips of classic Nickelodeon shows like “Rugrats,” “Angry Beavers” “Rocket Power,” “CatDog,” “Rocko’s Modern Life,” “The Wild Thornberrys,” “Hey Arnold” and others.

Watch that here and relive your childhood: http://bit.ly/1USc2KA Incredibly, this move is separate from another Nickelodeon-sponsored attempt to capitalize on all your fond memories of watching cartoons.

In a recent Variety interview, Russell Hicks, the network president of content and development, said that the company would reboot many of the classic programs listed above, saying, “We are looking at our library to bring back ideas, shows that were loved, in a fresh new way.”

The ’90s not your thing? Don’t worry, we’re just a few years away from 2000s nostalgia. #BringBackTheOC © 2015 RedEye. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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Not mutually exclusive Science and religion are two sides of the same thought process A scientific discovery has been made in South Africa revealing a new species that predates humans called Homo Naledi.

The new set of skeletons is currently to be an Columnist thought ancestor to humans, one of the species humans evolved from. But many people are dismissing the find because of their religion. People should not have to choose between science and religion.

To start, science and religion don’t ask the same questions. A Catholic bishop once explained this very topic to me in simple terms. He said, “Science is only concerned with the natural world and how it works. Religion is concerned with everything else.”

In science the first thing that is thought of is the question, then a theory and testing ensues. The question is usually referring to a natural process and how it functions or how it can be altered to serve a different function. This type of questioning asks “how.”

Religion, on the other hand, focuses on the purpose of the individual, the reason why things happen.

Often in religious groups individuals try to discover a higher meaning or purpose to events that occur. Religion will ask “why.”

Already the two seem sepa-

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rate from each other. But what about the fossils? Why are people dismissing such a find because of religion? It’s because religion teaches using a set of stories sometimes called parables. These stories often tell of someone with awesome power who performs acts that seem to ignore natural laws.

Science is concerned with discerning the natural laws of the world in order to make sense of them.

As humans we need to use tools and technology to our advantage in order to survive.

Our technology, though, is discovered and created through the means of science. The people waiting in line for the new iPhone are just waiting to get their hands on the next step in technology, accepting a new tool made by possible by scientific laws.

Some of the people in the iPhone line go to church on the weekends for their religious gatherings, but the same people also accept the new tool science has made possible. But why won’t they accept the science that goes along with the new fossil finds? These people probably feel as though their religion is being attacked by the discovery — that science is trying to prove everything they believe is wrong.

One of the amazing things about science is how it develops. Science doesn’t develop by proving a theory right but instead proving a theory wrong.

Many people feel that scientific facts are the law of the land. But,

truth is, science takes random facts and make sense of them until someone else comes along to prove them wrong.

Science and religion are not mutually exclusive. The fossils found do not have to contradict what religion states. The fossils have multiple explanations.

First, they may be a human ancestor that existed 2 million years ago. They might also be a separate species put here by some higher power at the same time as humans. Or, a higher power could have put them here to evolve into modern humans.

The fact is we cannot say for certain. We don’t have the ability to go back in time with a video camera and record these creatures, nor can we just ask them. All we can do is come up with our best guess as to what happened using what we know thus far.

We need to educate others on the difference. It is important that people understand that they don’t have to choose between believing science or believing religion. Why don’t we all just use both?

Science and religion do not have to fight each other. Science asks “how” and religion asks “why.” Their questions aren’t the same and they shouldn’t be. You can accept science even if you are religious and vice versa. Use science to understand the natural world and how it works, how humans got to be the way we are and how electricity moves through a wire. Science won’t be able to explain everything, and that’s where religion comes in.

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Technology fills a gap we didn’t know we had Sometimes we don’t think that we can ever get a break. And when we do, we get the kinds we don’t want. Like bumping your head against a shelf instead of bumping into the person of dreams, Columnist your or getting a flat tire on your way home instead of getting a flat rate on your car insurance, or instead of getting a break on a parking ticket, someone breaks into your Instagram. Well, not in this article.

The words of a stranger never sound sweeter than when they are encouraging, helpful and understanding. Attached to a parking ticket on an Australian woman’s car was a note and a receipt — with no contact information other than a first name: Laura.

It didn’t matter who it came from. All that needed to be known was that someone walked by a car parked near a hospital with a ticket on it and had the inspiration and courage enough to cover the bill.

The parking violator happened to be a single mother who had been held up in the hospital for three days taking care of her 9-month-old son.

“The note brightened my whole day,” the woman said.

“For once in a long time, I felt like someone was truly looking after me and that things were going to be all right.”

In an attempt to thank her, the mother posted a picture of the note to the “Canberra Mums” Facebook page. The picture has been shared more than 15,000 times and liked over 100,000 times. Odds are that Laura has seen her note online by now, all thanks to technology.

One more reason we all can be thankful for improving technology; Sam Ray, an 18-year-old from Walterhill, Tennessee, can definitely be thankful. While he was working on his two-and-ahalf ton Dodge Dakota one afternoon, the jack that was holding it up gave way — crushing him with an incredible force.

He screamed for help, but no one was around to hear him.

While the truck was playing

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dogpile with him, Siri activated on his iPhone.

“Siri, call 911,” he said and a call was sent to the Rutherford County Sheriff ’s office where Sargent Christina Lee, whom her coworkers call “General Lee,” was on duty.

Ultimately, this “butt dial” saved his life. Sargent Lee was only a few miles from Sam’s house in Walterhill. At first, she thought it was a prank call. But when she heard the hollers for help, she realized someone was in danger.

Ray couldn’t be sure if the call went through since his phone was not on speaker, so after he told Siri to call 911, he just began to scream “Help,” as loud as he could while his truck was caving in his chest. Sgt. Lee dashed to her police-issued 2016 Dodge Charger and raced to the scene.

Her coworker jeered her after the event that she slid across the hood of the Charger just like a scene out of “The Dukes of Hazzard.”

She notified the local fire department, the Life Flight medical unit, and medical staff to assist her in saving the 18-year-old kid’s life from under the 1998 behemoth.

With a special jack, firefighters lifted the truck and carried the boy to a stretcher where the Life Flight team stood by.

Life Flight then flew Ray to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, because the small town of Walterhill did not have an adequate medical facility for Ray’s injuries. Ray suffered from several broken ribs, a bruised kidney, a concussion and a broken thumb, but thanks to Siri he did not die.

“I was beginning to think I wasn’t going to make it,” Ray said at the ceremony held on Vanderbilt’s helicopter pad in honor of those who rescued him to safety. On stage, he activated Siri on his iPhone, on purpose this time, and said “Thank you” into the microphone. In reply, Siri said “Your satisfaction is all the thanks I need.”

You never know when things are going to turn your way. Despite everyone who says that phones take up too much of our time and Facebook is a waste, there are good in them.

It is always good to carry your phone, in my opinion, and it is always good to express positive attitudes on Facebook.

Revolutionary horror game plays with gamers’ expectations Horror games are in no way new, but we have come a long way since the days of “Resident Evil” and “Silent Hill.”

Up until fairly recently, most horror video games fell under the category Opinions of survival horror — meaning Editor it was scary because of the isolation experience.

You were left with few or limited weapons in dark sparse spaces, being hunted by an enemy. While this genre has not lost steam — “Dead Space” and

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“Five Nights at Freddy’s” are wildly popular — the genre has started moving another direction. “Until Dawn” is quite possibly the pinnacle of this evolution.

“Until Dawn,” a PlayStation 4 exclusive, manages to bring in many new horror elements that are rarely seen in quality horror games. Its gameplay is very similar to “Heavy Rain” and “Beyond Two Souls,” including many “quick time events” — events where the player is prompted to press a button to perform an action, generally during a cut scene — while remaining cinematic in nature.

It also utilizes technology brought into the mainstream by “L.A. Noire” which allows

videogames to use actual actors and motion capture for the characters. By using this MoCap technology, the game was able to feature Hayden Panettiere and Rami Malek.

The game also allows the player to flip typically horror tropes on their heads — or not. The beauty of “Until Dawn” is its usage of the butterfly effect.

While your choices may not change key events, they will affect how the characters act toward each other, and this can affect key events. Depending on the choices you make, your characters can either fall directly in line of normal tropes, or go the completely opposite direction.

The typical cheerleader char-

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acter had a surprising sensitive and insecure side when you got to talk to her. Whenever you meet a character, it’s easy to say “oh, she’s the survivor” or “he’s the jock,” but by making different decisions, these characters can be surprisingly rounded.

Another plus side to the game was its wonderful use of horror elements. There are moments where the game is decidedly survival horror, but other times when it seems supernatural.

There are even a couple moments that bring the “Saw” series and slasher films to mind.

The game also has interludes that interview you to tailor itself to the player and their fears.

The plot line also has many different complex layers as you

find clues to help you piece the mystery together. It takes so many twists and turns that the player hardly knows what to do — but in a good way. You can also choose between motion and analog controls. While analog controls are usually better, the motion play isn’t terrible and fairly intuitive once you get used to it.

Overall, “Until Dawn” is a revolutionary horror game. It manages to take every great trope from horror, including characters and genres, and artfully intertwines them into an interesting enrapturing story.

There may not be a lot of replay value unless you are really into horror, but it is definitely worth going through at least once.

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Oscar Robertson visits ISU athletes One of the legendary figures in the history of the game of basketball, Oscar Robertson, stopped by campus on Monday to begin the Indiana State University Speaker’s Series. Prior to his speaking engagement at Tilson Auditorium, he spent nearly an hour with the Sycamore Basketball Team as well as other students in the physical education department.

Robertson spoke for a few minutes with the team and then fielded a wide variety of questions from professors, students and the members of the Sycamore basketball coaching staff as well as the student-athletes. It is interesting to note that Robertson began his comments by talking about having to play against the teams of legendary Terre Haute coach Howard Sharpe in high school.

Of course, in addition to being a member of several basketball Halls of Fame, the NCAA Division I Player of the Year receives the Oscar Robertson Trophy. In 1997, Robertson was inducted into the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame for his play at the University of Cincinnati (then a member of the league). Robertson had 10 triple-doubles as a college player, with perhaps his best stat line coming in 1959 against Indiana State with 45 points, 23 rebounds and 10 assists.

He went on to a prolific NBA career, which saw him score 26,710 points, record 9,887 assists and 7,804 rebounds.

He led the league in assists six times, and at the time of his retirement, he was the NBA’s all-time leader in career assists and free throws made, and was the second all-time leading scorer behind Wilt Chamberlain.

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The Indiana State Sycamores saw vast improvement individually as they completed the second and final round of the 2015 Murray State Invitational. The event was held at the par-72, 6,017-yard Miller Memorial Golf Course, which is the home course of Murray State.

“Four out of six golfers improved (in the final round) so we feel better about our tournament than we did on Monday,” head coach Greg Towne said. “Shelby Williams enjoyed the best tournament of her career but was playing as an individual so her score didn’t count for the team total. Marissa Uradomo entered the event as the only Sycamore with real tournament experience, so it takes a while to calm the nerves. I have a good feeling that once the younger players get more comfortable we will get better fast. We are now on to Ball State next week where we will find a very tough field of 15 teams.”

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The Sycamores came out of the 2015 Murray State Invitational in 10th place, having improved as the tournament went on.

way for the Sycamores as she moved up the leaderboard a total of 15 spots with a final round score of 75 and tied for ninth in the event. Uradomo had an 80 in the first round as she carded a tournament score of 155.

Shelby Williams posted a career-best finish as she followed up Monday’s round of 83 with a final round score of 80 to finish with a tournament score of 163 as she tied for 40th place.

Freshman Thilda Staubo finished in a tie for 55th place with rounds of 81 and 86 to post a score of 167. Robyn

Blanchard tallied a score of 90 in the final round, which combined with an earlier score of 85 for a tournament tally of 175 and a tie for 64th place.

Alex Jennings showed improvement as her final round of 84 was nine shots better than Monday and the score of 177 was good enough to tie for 66th place. Sophomore Dawn Turner also showed vast improvement by trimming eight shots off her opening round score with a second round of 86 and a tournament score of 180, which finished 72nd.

The Sycamores improved to 10th place after the final

round, up from an 11th place standing after Monday. Indiana State carded a round of 331 after posting a 339 for a tournament score of 670 to tie for 10th place with Eastern Illinois.

The Sycamores beat Tennessee State in the event, who posted a tournament score of 692 (365-327). The host Racers carded rounds of 303 and 300 to win the event with a score of 603.

The Sycamores return to action on Monday and Tuesday, September 21-22 at the Ball State Invitational in Muncie, Indiana.

the state. We look forward to showcasing our positive atmosphere of Sycamore Softball — hustle, attitude, effort and high energy. See you at the ballpark.”

The two teams will square off at 5 p.m. in their first home game since winning the school’s first Missouri Valley Conference tournament title.

The Pomeroys are also the defending USCAA National Champions.

Following Wednesday’s matchup against St. Mary-

of-the-Woods College, the Sycamores will then hit the road for six games, beginning Sept. 20 at Grand Park in Indianapolis. The Sycamores will play the University of Indianapolis and Valparaiso in a pair of games before traveling to Bloomington, Indiana for a pair of games against Indiana.

On Sept. 27, the Sycamores will play their final road games of the fall when they travel to West Lafayette, Indiana and play Purdue and Ball State.

Indiana State will then

wrap-up fall action on Thursday, Oct. 1 at Price Field with a game against Heartland Community College.

The Sycamores will be looking for their third consecutive undefeated fall season under head coach Shane Bouman.

This year’s Sycamore squad will feature 11 returning players from last season’s championship team along with eight newcomers.

ISU Softball prepares for upcoming fall season

Coming off their first ever NCAA Tournament appearance and win in 2015, the Indiana State Softball team will open the fall portion of its schedule Wednesday against in-town foe St. Mary-of-theWoods College at Price Field.

“We have had a great start to our fall practices and now will get the opportunity to compete against someone else,” head coach Shane Bouman said. “Our fall begins with a National Championship team followed by programs within

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