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Unattended parking passes stolen Wednesday, September 7, 2011 Indiana State University www.indianastatesman.com Volume 119 Issue 5

Unmarked graves found in Terre Haute (Photo illustration by Cory Simon)

Public Safety reminds students and staff to keep parking passes secure by locking doors ISU students Sherri Ramseyer, Tiffany Grossman and Michael Moroz sift through dirt looking for remains at the dig site. (Submitted photo)

JUDY BRANHAM Reporter

Only a few blocks from the ISU football stadium, the remains of 90 people are not resting in peace.

The Terre Haute Fire Department was at work this summer trenching a waterline to place a new fire hydrant near the Bemis Company factory on North Fruitridge Avenue.

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Public Safety has advice for drivers while the weather is still warm: Roll up your windows and lock your doors.

Two parking permits have been stolen since the beginning of the semester, said Lori Elkins, assistant director of Public Safety for parking services. Such thefts occur periodically throughout the year, but are more common early in the fall semester when the permits are worth more money.

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How did ISU react to 9/11/01?

CHRIS SWEENEY Reporter

Police Blotter Thursday, Sept. 1 At 11:55 a.m., lost property was reported on campus.

At 1:21 p.m., a suspect was arrested for theft/fraud at the Campus Cupboard.

At 1:28 p.m., a property damage accident was reported in the 400 block of Chestnut Street.

At 7:54 p.m., theft was reported in Burford Hall.

At 10:53 p.m., a well-being check was conducted in Dede Plaza.

It’s been ten years, and Al Perone, associate Dean of Students, remembers the morning of September 11, 2001, like it was yesterday.

“I think for many of us, we dealt with the issue as citizens of this country, and not as staff, faculty, and students. None of us knew exactly how to react or could even believe what was unfolding on the TV in front of us,” said Perone, who was Director of Student Activities and Organizations at the time of the attacks.

“The freshman who had been away from home for only three weeks were experiencing a world changing event while experiencing the college life for the first time,” Perone said. “Students shared that they feared staying in Sycamore Towers-for many it was the tallest building they had ever stayed in, and they just did not feel safe.”

Perone, who was also teaching

University 101, directed his students to an outside environment. As a way to process events, Perone gave opportunities to ask questions and voice concerns--another way of making a unified adjustment.

Communications professor Darlene Hantzis, the associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences on 9/11, recalls that Tuesday morning beginning just like any other day.

After hearing about the accident, “the morning was about receiving phone calls telling us to turn on a television and see what was happening.” Hantzis said students, staff, and faculty scurried to gather around computer screens, their substitute for television.

Silence rang throughout campus as each individual tried de-coding and processing the ongoing events.

While parents debated whether they should pick up their student, after just completing the first couple weeks of school, many other students left for

home.

Classes continued to be conducted throughout the day, but for most, the topic was far from what was originally scheduled on the syllabus. A campus address was scheduled shortly after the event in order to appeal for calmness, understanding and empathy. Lloyd W. Benjamin III, ISU’s President at this time, “encouraged faculty to take time in class to listen to students and discuss what had occurred.”

The Student Counseling Center was also available for students who were having difficulty coping and understanding the devastating events.

Continuing throughout the week, Student organizations--such as the International Student Organization-organized and ran a blood drive as their efforts of healing.

Three days after the attacks, President George W. Bush declared a National Moment of Silence. Benjamin encouraged all Sycamores to dedicate

What does 9/11 anniversary mean to you? E-mail reflections to: ISU-statesmannews@mail.indstate.edu PASSES/FROM PAGE ONE While ISU’s parking policy urges drivers to secure their vehicles before leaving them parked, Elkins said some people— especially new students—come from areas where thefts are uncommon and doors are frequently left unlocked.

“Maybe they’re more trusting than they should be,” Elkins said.

ISU Public Safety director Bill Mercier said it appears people reach into vehicles and swipe the hangtags from rearview mirrors.

Parking permits are pro-rated per month, meaning they lose monetary value as the year goes on. An on-campus permit for students costs $125 at the beginning of the fall semester. By the start of the spring semester, the permit costs $72.80.

Sticker permits are available for vehicles that may not lock properly. Students can exchange the regular parking tags for a sticker to hang below the rearview mirror on the front windshield.

Stolen permits should be reported to

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the moment in their own way.

ISU’s campus came to a halt, Perone said. The Commons, filled with students, became an eerie sight. All the restaurants stopped sales, and students stood in a moment of silence.

“I was at the fountain where a spontaneous gathering of students, faculty and staff drew together on Dede Plaza between classes,” Perone said. “As the bells on the clock tower chimed, one by one we all stood in silence, hand in hand around the fountain. As more people walked towards the circle, hands were unclasped to let them into our circle of support. We all stood in silence and used our inner voice to process the moment.”

The event was not planned or organized. Perone explained that it just felt like the right thing to do. Hantzis agreed.

“We moved together, held hands and then the moment ended and we walked away. Still in silence,” she said.

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Public Safety. Drivers will be issued a twoweek temporary permit free-of-charge.

“It gives us time to look for the permit to see if it turns up in our daily patrols of the lots,” Elkins said, adding that the driver would have a chance to check if the permit was simply misplaced.

If, after two weeks, the permit still has not turned up, the driver must purchase a replacement at the current prorated price.

The penalty for possessing or using a stolen permit is $100.

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ISU prof helps excavate old Terre Haute cemetery Judy Branham Reporter

Only a few blocks from the ISU football stadium, the remains of 90 people are not resting in peace.

The Terre Haute Fire Department was at work this summer trenching a waterline to place a new fire hydrant near the Bemis Company factory on North Fruitridge Avenue. Because there are no grave stones of any kind near the area, workers didn’t realize the area was a grave yard for a group of people that were once identified as the poorest of Vigo County’s poor.

Norm Loudermilk, Terre Haute Fire Department’s training chief, said the discovery was unexpected.

“We never knew there was a graveyard on the place, or we would not have dug there,” he said.

Loudermilk’s crew realized they had unearthed the remains of a body, so the area immediately became a crime scene. Loudermilk alerted police and Vigo County Coroner Roland Kohr to what they had found.

“We looked at the bodies. We realized then that the bones were old,” Loudermilk said. “We just didn’t know how old.”

Loudermilk also contacted state officials with the Department of Natural Resources as well as ISU anthropologist Shawn Phillips for assistance.

“Dr. Phillips, who had been involved in remediating some of these cemeteries in the past, was able to really take the project over, give me some proposals on the cost, and help really tell me what we needed to do,” Loudermilk said.

When Phillips learned about the discovery, he realized he could be of assistance. Phillips has worked on cemetery dig projects in New York, Kentucky and Wisconsin.

“The way it is being done here has been pretty exemplary,” he said. “Everything has been a very good controlled professional type response from the state level, the county and city officials, and it has gone through the channels very swiftly.”

Phillips is currently leading a class of anthropology students, who are studying anthropology field methods, through the process of excavating the site.

They are using ground penetrating radar

(GPR) to find “subsurface distortions” they classify as the graves sites. The radar helps the student team avoid destroying what they find.

“Cemeteries are well suited for a GPR study because any time you see a subsurface distortion it could be any number of SHAWN things; tree roots, rocks, PHILLIPS, something buried underprofessor of ground, but with a cemeanthropology tery you have burials that are regularly spaced,” Phillips said. “So when you start seeing a pattern of subsurface distortions you have an idea of where the graves are buried.”

This ISU class was created specifically for this situation so students could take things that they learned in class and apply them to a real situation,” Phillips said.

Phillips believes there are four stages involved in completing this project. The first – that is currently underway – is to examine the dirt that has been removed and piled at the site. The second will involve searching through the area where the water line has already been placed and covered. During the third and fourth phases, Phillips hopes he’ll be able to lead his team to exhume the remains of those buried at the site and find a new location for the graves.

All four phases are expected to cost in excess of $100,000, Phillips said.

Jeannie Regan-Dinius, director of special initiatives within the Indiana Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology, estimates there are at least 90 people buried at the site. By digging there,firefighters inadvertently discovered what was a cemetery for many people who resided at the Vigo County Poor Farm, Dinius said.

Vigo County Public Library archives for the Poor Farm reveal that slaves, prostitutes and people of Native American descent were once inmates at the facility. Officials believe this burial site dates back to the 1880s.

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ISU anthropology prof, students study graveyard From story page 3

Shawn Phillips, associate professor of anthropology, and student Michael Moroz sift through dirt searching for remains at the site of a previously-unearthed graveyard.

(Photo by Judy Branham)

Michael Moroz holds pieces of coffin estimated to originate from the late 1800s.

(Photo by Judy Branham)

Shawn Phillips holds a piece of glass found at the site. Phillips said the glass was commonly placed over the faces of a deceased person in the late 1800s and early 1900s. (Photo by Judy Branham)

Flags mark the graves uncovered by Terre Haute firefighters near Bemis Company on North Fruitridge Avenue. (Photo by Judy Branham)

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Remembering 9/11, with reflection and hope Mallory Metheny

ISU Communications and Marketing

The School of Music at Indiana State University has scheduled a concert to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Titled, “Reflection and Hope,” the concert will take place at 4 p.m. Sunday in Tilson Auditorium.

The concert will feature ISU’s Concert Choir, directed by Scott Buchanan, the University Symphony Orchestra, directed by William Davis and the Wind Orchestra, under the direction of Roby George. A slide presentation of images and photographs will accentuate the music.

The Concert Choir will open the program with five selections including “Kyrie” (Rene Clausen),

“Grant Us Peace” (Stanley Hoffman), “Lux Aeterna” (Brian Schmidt), “Nearer My God To Thee” (Clausen) and “Hope” (Philip Stopford).

The University Symphony Orchestra will then perform “Symphony #3 - Movement II” (Henyrk Gorecki), featuring soprano soloist Colleen Davis.

The Wind Orchestra will follow with Aaron Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait” and a set of four American songs entitled “American Hymnsong Suite” (Dwayne Milburn), based on hymns and spirituals.

The concert concludes with the combined choir and band performing Carmen Dragon’s “America, The Beautiful.”

Admission to the concert will be $10 for the general public, free for ISU students with a valid student ID, and $5 for other students.

Join the ISU community Sunday at 9 p.m. in Dede Plaza for a vigil commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

The Indiana Blood Center is conducting an 11-day 9/11 Remembrance Blood Drive beginning Sunday. Terre Haute’s blood center chapter is located at 2021 S. Third Street.

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Too much drama? Don’t catch this film

What if 9/11 never happened?

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The Primetime Emmys aren’t until September 18, but as I looked at the nominees for Outstanding Drama Series, I noticed something rather interesting. The only nominee Joe that is from a broadcasting Wagner is “The Tuning in network Good Wife” which airs on CBS. The other five nominees are all from cable networks. “Game of Thrones” and “Boardwalk Empire” both are from HBO, “Dexter” is from Showtime, “Friday Night Lights” is from DirecTV, and the reigning champ “Mad Men” is from AMC. Also the last time a show from a broadcasting network won Outstanding Drama Series was back in 2006 when “24” took the prize.

This hasn’t always been the case.

If you look at the statistics, the network that has won this category the most has been NBC, followed by CBS, ABC, and PBS. However, cable dramas didn’t

start getting nominated until 1999 when “The Sopranos” got its first nomination.

But since then, a cable drama has come out on top 5 out of 12 years.

It’s the same story when looking at the Golden Globe winners for Best Drama Series.

So why is this happening? The biggest factor is that cable dramas aren’t as restricted as broadcast dramas are.

More controversial topics are explored more often in cable dramas.

“Dexter” is about a serial killer who kills other serial killers. It also seems that the quality of the writing and directing is at a much higher level than broadcast shows.

In fact, not one broadcast show received a single nomination in the Drama writing, or Drama directing categories.

The shows on cable networks are new and innovative which gives the voters something new to vote for.

The only negative about this situation is that not a lot of people have access to those shows and some people haven’t heard of these shows, which makes them less inclined to watch the awards because their favorite shows aren’t up for anything. Maybe “The Good Wife” can take them all down.

This Friday is opening day for the new thriller “Contagion.”

When I first started hearing about this movie I was pretty excited. It has a great cast and I kept thinking to myself, “I wonder what they’ll do with this concept?”

The answer, in short, Megan is nothing. They have Stenftenagel done absolutely nothing with it.

What’s The storyline for playing “Contagion” is as follows; a new virus starts wreaking havoc on the unsuspecting population of the world.

Scientists and civilians alike rush to combat and outwit this disease. Sound familiar?

Unless you’ve been living under a rock you should know that this story has been told countless times.

“The Stand,” for instance, tells the story of the super flu Captain Trips and how it decimated the population.

Nearly 99 percent of zombie apocalypses begin with some kind of terrifying virus, whether it’s something nasty released by the government or just a mutated strain.

This story has been beaten to death.

The thing about “Contagion” that really just irks me, though, is that the stu-

dio realizes this. They know that this is a story that’s been around for ages. Their selling point for the movie?

Pretty people.

While I love the cast of this movie, which includes Kate Winslet, Jude Law, and Matt Damon, there is nothing else about the movie that makes it unique from all the other doomsday virus movies we’ve seen before.

C’mon Hollywood, this isn’t the 1960’s, we need good storylines to accompany the attractive actors.

The other thing that really bothered me was one of the movie’s taglines; “No one is immune to fear.”

Really, that’s what you’re going with?

Fear is a big part of epidemics but it’s not as if the people are turning into zombies once they die. If the movie doesn’t have any aspect of horror to it then you don’t need to market it as a horror film.

There could be some kind of magnificent twist ending that sets the precedent for all future science fiction movies, but I doubt it.

The trailer consists of people getting sick, the government freaking out, some shady scientific operations and the population slowly dwindling down to nothing.

I am not, under any circumstances, telling you not to see this movie. If you feel like spending $15 on something that you’ve already seen plenty of times before then that’s your choice.

Personally, I’d rather just go rent “28 Days Later.”

Google+ influences search results Gerrick VanLue Techno Logic

Social networking has a new kid on the block. This past summer Google launched its own social networking utility known as “Google+”. Since its release, Google+ has had mixed reviews with some finding it to be amazing and others stating it is nothing more than a Facebook wannabe. What sets Google+ apart from other social networking utilities? At first glance, Google+ has the typical features of a social network such as streaming updates of photos, comments, statuses and links. Sharing information in Google+ is what sets it apart from other social networking sites. You have the ability to share information with select groups of people as opposed to just “friends” or “everyone”. This means that users can share information with the people that they believe will appreciate it the most.

Earlier last week, Google announced its plans to study the Google+ “+1” button statistics in an attempt to assist with the reorganization of its search results.

Google claims that such data will help fight web spam, irrelevant search results and malicious websites.

On top of primarily relying on keywords, website visit counters and other parameters to determine the relevancy of search results, users of the Google+ social networking site could influence the search engine by utilizing the “+1” button. While this idea sounds like it will be highly successful, members of the

internet community have identified some negative and potentially dangerous flaws.

The major concern is that blackhats (malicious computer hackers) could generate large amounts of fake accounts with the intention to cause mischief.

These false accounts could be utilized to influence the search engine’s search algorithms in a way that could lead users to spam sites, or even worse, virus attack websites. Even if this were true, search engines are nothing more than programs that are incapable of independent thought, which means they are fallible and vulnerable.

Google’s response to creating false accounts has been its insistence that its users enter their real names. This is done to ensure that users are in fact human beings and not programs out to cause harm. The use of nicknames or pseudonyms has been banned and even legitimate users have had their accounts removed for this practice. This feature makes Google+ more secure and, in some respects, safer.

The idea of letting Google bolster its search results using +1 data is a doubleedged sword. Either way, Google+ is definitely worth the time exploring. An invite to Google+ is needed from an existing Google+ user so if you are interested send me a request with the subject as “Google+” to gvanlue@sycamores. indstate.edu

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‘It’s complicated’ Erin Friar Polite society

In February of 2004, social media was forever altered.

The creation of Facebook, an interactive site originally created to connect Harvard University students, was launched.

With its readily growing popularity and membership, Facebook was named the “most visited website in the world,” after a Google subsidiary, DoubleClick, recorded one trillion page views in the month of June 2011.

However, this communication goldmine may be shedding some unwanted light on personal relationships.

Some unofficial titles given to Facebook include, “Super Stalker 900,” “Jealousy Palooza,” and one might even play a relaxing game of “I totally won that breakup,” or the all-time classic, “What is she DOING with her hair?”

From the beginning, with humble intentions of simply connecting peers, the world of Facebook has become a vicious cycle of broken relationships between friends, comrades and even husbands and wives. So, who is to blame?

It begins with a post from an unfamiliar girl. “Hey there, sunshine,” with an added smiley face appears on your boyfriend’s Facebook wall.

After the immediate burning in your ears, and uneasiness in your stomach, you think, “No big deal.” That is, until suddenly, the effects come over you. Your professor isn’t truly speaking words, for you can’t hear them. The sun is just bearing down on you, and you’re sure the high for today is 1,000

degrees. The roommates you have come to love are now a nagging background.

All you’ve come to know is the question “What does that smiley face mean?” It bubbles inside you, aiding a hot fire of anxiety, anger and mistrust, until eventually the conversation happens. Questions range from “Who is she?” to “When did you sleep with her, huh?” and may even come down to a “We’re over!”

At this point, feeling helpless and upset, the human intuition to place blame on your horrible and merciless situation appears, in the form of four words: “Facebook broke my heart!” But perhaps, as students of an academic society, we should delve further into the blame.

Had you truly entrusted your emotions to your lover, would you have been worried about their faithfulness? Perhaps a conversation stating your particular responses to the above predicament could have prevented such a reaction.

Had you honestly taken the time to become acquainted with your lover’s friends, would you have wondered who this mystery girl was? Feasibly, you may have known this un-intentioned participant to simply have an outgoing personality.

In all these possible outcomes, we note that Facebook was the control in the experiment, rather than the boy and girl, and ultimately the break-up was pre-destined to occur, with or without Facebook.

So rather than pointing a stern finger in the direction of blue and white lettering with a login and password space, it may do Facebook some justice to personally look inward and realize the pre-existing condition: your relationship.

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ISU Recreation Center offers fitness options to help students stay in shape Katy Karmazinas Reporter

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The ISU Student Recreation Center (SRC) offers students many fitness options such as updated workout equipment and a variety of fitness classes.

The SRC is open to any student enrolled at Indiana State and with your student ID you can workout or attend the GroupX classes offered. However, after releasing an original schedule, all GroupX classes will start 15 minutes later, beginning on Tuesday, Sept. 6.

The GroupX Fitness Classes are a great opportunity for students to get involved on campus and stay in shape, while still having fun. Classes such as Zumba, Body Pump, Cycling, ABSolutely, Bikini Boot Camp, First Step Fitness and Survival, among others, are offered at the SRC. First Step Fitness is a new GroupX class. It is designed for those who are interested in exercise, but want to take it slow. The SRC website states that participants will be guided through gentle movements focusing on stretching and strengthening the upper and lower body. Mild core movements and a low level of cardiovascular training will be incorporated in short intervals during the class.

Survival is another new class offered at the SRC; this is a fast-paced, high-intensity class similar to CrossFit, P90X and Intensity. Participants will use repetitive and creative exercises and one’s own body weight to increase muscular and cardiovascular endurance.

The SRC is also open to all ISU alumni and their spouses, although there is an annual fee. Professors at Indiana State University are allowed to use the Rec

Center, as well. Alumni and professors are allowed to participate in GroupX fitness classes just like ISU students, but professors must pay a class fee if they want to participate.

Shauna Creal, a sophomore psychology major, said she is at the SRC three to four times a week, and attends GroupX classes often.

Creal believes students take advantage of the classes offered to them because most of the classes she attends are close to capacity, she said.

Creal said she wanted students who do not attend classes to know that the classes are “energetic, not boring; and definitely keep you wanting to come back.”

Anthony Simon, instructor of the GroupX cycling class, said he enjoys teaching at the SRC. “I find that it’s a great way to help others work out, and have a good time doing it,” Simon said.

Anthony also said that he likes to make the atmosphere fun with fast and up-beat music to keep everyone motivated to get through the workout.

With the annual Homecoming Tricycle Derby coming up next month, many students often take advantage of cycling class as a training opportunity.

“The rush of students that are training for the Trike Derby hasn’t fully started yet, but I have had several people from my team come to the classes,” Simon said. “However, I am anticipating within the next couple weeks, my classes are going to be close to full with Trike riders.”

For more GroupX class descriptions and a class schedule, visit the Indiana State Recreation Center homepage.

Sample GroupX Schedule*: • Monday:

6 a.m. and noon - Cycle 11 a.m. - Senior Splash 5:15 p.m. - Body Pump and Beginner Zumba 6:30 p.m. - First Step Fitness, Hip Hop and Bootcamp 7:45 p.m. - ABSolutely *some classes are offered at the same times on Monday/Wednesday/Friday and Tuesday/Thursday but times can vary. Consult schedule at http://www.indstate.edu/ recsport/fitnessclasses.htm

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Students participate in GroupX Fitness yoga class. This semester, yoga is offered on Saturday at 10:15 a.m. and on Tuesday and Thursday at noon. (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing)

The SRC pool holds open swim during certain hours. Classes such as Bikini Boot Camp and Senior Swim are also offered in the pool. (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing)

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ISU Con participants get their game on

Members of ISU Role Players Guild welcomed all ISU students who are non-members and people from the Terre Haute community. These off-campus participants played the board game El Grande.

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A variety of games were made available to attendees of the second annual ISU Con this weekend. Games included Settlers of Catan, The Downfall of Pompeii and Carcassonne. (Photo by Cory Simon)

A member of an off-campus Dagorhir group, which plays at Deming Park on Sundays, participated in the evening event. The object of Dagorhir is to survive mock battles fought with foam weaponry. (Photo by Cory Simon) Terre Haute business Full Moon Games, located inside Footer’s Pizza, set up a booth at ISU Con to sell gaming accesories. (Photo by Cory Simon)

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Students use rings to study age, history of wood Jennifer Sicking

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Kristen de Graauw balanced on a ladder as she pressed the drill-powered borer above her into the dusty log that framed a Virginia barn’s feed room for at least a century.

“I wanted something fresh and new and dendroarchaeology sounded fun,” said the Indiana State University graduate student during a break from boring samples from the wood. “This gives us the hands-on experience of applying dendrochronology in different ways.”

By attending the International North American Dendroecological Fieldweek, which was held in Virginia this year, de Graauw expanded her skills in the study of tree rings.

“Dendrochronology, if you break the word down, dendro means tree and chronology is the study of time, so it’s using the annual production of rings in a tree as a chronometer, as a time keeper,” said Jim Speer, fieldweek director and Indiana State University professor of geography and geology.

The fieldweek, in its 21st year and run by ISU since 2003, gives the participants a nine-day, intensive introduction to the science and techniques of dendrochronology. This year, Indiana State received more than $330,000, dispersed through five years for the fieldweek, from the National Science Foundation. The money goes to aid undergraduate and graduate students to attend the fieldweek, as well as equipment and stipends for graduate students to polish papers on the projects and submit them to peerreviewed journals.

The week aids students and professionals with unlocking the history buried in trees’ cores. As trees grow, they collect the stories of their lives in their rings. The fieldweek trains the scientists to read it.

“The participants work with research projects from start to finish,” Speer said. “They go out and sample for the first day, take all the samples that they need to analyze. The rest of

the week, they’re analyzing the samples, and at the end of the nine days, they present their research. They also write up a short paper about the work that they’ve done here. So, we’re contributing to the scientific data bases and the students are learning about the research.”

The barn’s owners, Jack and Mary McDonald, wanted to know the cantilevered barn’s true age and a team from NADEF hoped to help her find out. Tax records, Mary McDonald said, shows a barn on the property in 1814.

The dendroarchaeology group converged on the barn, a cabin and smokehouse on the McDonalds’ property to take cores of the white oak that may have been cut in the early 1800s and by rough estimates could have been 200 years old when it was cut down to build the barn.

By counting the rings from the core samples taken from the rough hewn logs, the one-time tree’s age can be determined by comparing the sample’s rings to previously dated samples contained in reference chronologies.

When the samples’ rings line up with corresponding rings, team members can determine how long ago the builders felled the oaks.

“Our goal is to find out when all three of those historic structures were built by dating the tree ring samples inside the logs inside the historic structures,” said Henri Grissino-Mayer, professor of geography at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and director of the Laboratory of Tree Ring Science who led the dendroarchaeology group during fieldweek.

This year 52 individuals from across the world attended the fieldweek to learn about how to use tree rings to date building, discover the area’s ecology or climate as well as dating the age fish and mussels through techniques similar to dendrochronology.

“I really like history and I find that when I read written history and books it becomes so artificial in one way,” said Anna Maria Rutio, a doctoral student at the Swedish University of

Agriculture in Bumio, Sweden. “But when I go to the forest with my CMT’s (culturally modified trees), it feels like you live the history. You’re in the same place where people like my ancestors lived several hundred years ago and you can tell something about how they lived from the trees. I find that very interesting.”

De Graauw agreed.

“I like the fact that trees hold history for us,” said the student who studies dendroecology at ISU. “I think that that’s a really neat idea. They have something to tell us. It takes a little bit of extracting but it’s there.”

The group found that the logs used to build the barn were cut in 1830 and 1831 while pioneers felled the logs used in the cabin from 1838 to 1840.

The logs used in the smokehouse dated to 1838-1839.

“It’s good to know,” Mary McDonald said after the group’s presentation on her farm, which is in the National Register of Historic Places, and thanked the group for its work.

“It’s reading history and often rewriting history,” Grissino-Mayer said, adding that family tales get changed over time with repeated telling. “What I found with my historic structures that we’ve dated is one to two generations younger than what was originally thought. We like old things. We want things to be old. It’s the same thing for historic structures. Sometimes we’re not helping history, we’re helping reinterpret history and often we have to rewrite history.”

While, the McDonalds received an answer to their structures’ ages, the group members learned through following the scientific process.

De Graauw said she learned how to use an automatic drill with a borer bit.

“I’ve really never known anything about coring barns or cabins or anything of that nature,” she said. “So, that’s been a learning experience too.

I’m really glad I chose a totally different group because I think I’m learning a lot of things I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to learn otherwise.”

An ISU student uses a borer to carve out the core of a log.

The number of rings in the log core can help to determine the age of the wood. (Photo Courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing)

A doctoral student at the Swedish University of Agriculture, Anna Maria Rutio, shows what the core of a log looks like after is it removed.

This log was part of the barn students were studying as part of National American Dendroecological Fieldweek. (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing)

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Trend of the Week

ISU students wear popular shoes, support cause to donate shoes to those in need Tia Muhammad Reporter

TOMS shoes are making headlines, not only with celebrities, but with ISU students as well.

TOMS have been seen this summer in the pages of InStyle, Marie Claire Men’s Journal, Seventeen Magazine and USA Today.

And they’ve been photographed on the feet of Angelina Jolie, Zac Efron, Salena Gomez and Scarlett Johansson.

The shoes’ popularity may have something to do with the fact that ever pair purchased helps clothe a child in need.

According to the TOMS website, founder Blake Mycoskie is fueled by giving and that’s why every shoe purchase impacts the charity One for One. “Giving is our future,” he said in a statement published on the site.

While the charitable donations are admirable, it is the canvas shoes’ comfort, fit and style that make them so popular with college students like ISU sophomore communication major Megan Boger.

The style goes with nearly any outfit, she said.

Ashley Stitt, a freshman exploratory studies major wears the TOMS classic, vegan slip-on style in Passport Black with black skinny jeans.

“TOMS is a great shoe, it feels comfortable, I can walk around campus pain free and it’s for a cool

cause,” Stitt said.

The classic signature TOMS shoe as been praised for its versatility, durability and sensibility.

All TOMS are vegan–friendly, made out of pesticide-free fabric, recycled products and sustainable materials.

The shoes have a canvas, cushioned insole and support any width with their latex arch insert for stretch and flexibility.

Students can find this shoe convenient for their frequent commute to campus and fitting to accompany their everyday looks. A variety of color options and styles are offered to accomodate different styles.

TOMS shoes have also started Campus Clubs allowing university student organizations to promote the brand and the One for One movement.

Along with their shoes, TOMS also now carry sunglasses. When purchased, the sunglasses provide vision services to people in need around the world.

ISU students can find TOMS at the Journeys store in Terre Haute’s Honey Creek Mall.

The shoes can also be purchased on the company’s website at www.TOMS.com.

If you want to see more trends appearing on the ISU campus, remember to grab the paper next Wednesday for the latest Trend of the Week.

TOMS offer two slip-on styles. Both the Cordones and the Classics offer an easy slip-on fit and come in a variety of solid colors and patterns such as the English Harringbone and Olive Green pictured, respectively.

(Photo by Alexa Larkin)

Megan Boger, sophomore communication major, enjoys TOMS shoes for their comfort. She prefers the Cordones style pictured here. The Cordones offer a more full shoe, with the option to use shoe laces, as opposed to the original TOMS Classics. (Photo by Alexa Larkin)

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Women’s soccer compete in thrilling overtime games this weekend

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ISU women’s soccer team taking the field at Memorial Stadium (Photo courtesy of ISU Communication and Marketing)

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ISU vs. Ball State University The ISU women’s soccer team played against Ball State University (BSU) Friday night, falling short of victory in double overtime.

“Girls came out and played their hearts out, the best soccer I have seen them play all year,” Erika True, ISU head women’s soccer coach, said.

ISU made the first shot in the fourth

minute of play to start the game off. Senior mid-fielder and forward Seyma Erenli took the shot just outside the penalty box on the right wing. BSU’s goalkeeper Aubrey Buehler stopped the goal.

Another attempt was made in the ninth minute when senior forward Ashley Collins and Erenil set up senior mid-fielder Alison Gasparovich on goal down the left side of the penalty box, but it was stopped

by BSU. BSU attempted a couple shots on goal but were stopped by sophomore goalkeeper Brianna Supulski.

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“Girls came out and played their hearts out, the best soccer I have seen them play all year.”

Erika True, ISU head women’s soccer coach

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Nittany Lions downs Sycamores in season opener

Junior line-backer Jacolby Washington making a tackle on a Penn State player (Photo courtesy of ISU Communica- Senior tight end Alex Jones tackled by a Penn State player tion and Marketing (Photo courtesy of ISU Communication and Marketing) the game and Penn State capitalized scoring another touchdown interceptions. Hilton received 5 catches for a total of 45 yards and ERNEST ROLLINS on an 11 play, 77-yard drive beginning at 13:19 in the first quarter. the only touchdown pass of the game.

Sports Editor By the end of the first PSU was up 14-0.

Alex Sewall and Jacolby Washington were the defense leaders Fouch threw his first interception of the game in the first quarter for the Sycamores both making 10 tackles. The defense also Indiana State University fell to number 25 ranked Penn State but the Sycamore defense managed to hold the Nittany Lions to a garnered three sacks from junior linebacker Aaron Archie, University in season opener at Beaver Stadium on Saturday. sophomore defensive back Larry King and senior defensive back The Penn State Nittany Lions defeated the Sycamores 41-7 in field goal attempt. The field goal attempt was no good.

A chance for the Sycamores to get on the scoreboard early Larry Carter. the first meeting of the two teams. A total of 96,461 fans were in Penn State kept the ball on the ground for majority of the game attendance at the game making it the largest crowd ever to see the on came with a minute of play left in the first quarter on a 43yard field goal attempt. The kick went wide right. Following the amassing a total of 245 yards rushing and 5 rushing touchdowns.

Sycamores in action on the football field.

The Sycamores’ only score came late in the fourth quarter of missed field goal the Nittany Lions scored two more touchdowns The Sycamores, on the other hand, had difficulty establishing the run with only 65 yards rushing at the end of the game. play. Following a 62-yard drive after 11 plays, senior quarterback in the second quarter putting the score at 28-0 Penn State.

The Nittany Lions continued to get on the scoreboard in the Both teams struggled with third down conversions with the Ronnie Fouch threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to senior wider second half recovering a fumble and returning for a touchdown Sycamores 3 of 15 and the Nittany Lions 2-10. receiver Justin Hilton.

The Sycamores will be in action again this weekend as they The Nittany Lions drew first blood early in the game as the but missing the PAT attempt. Penn State’s last scoring drive came play Butler University at Memorial Stadium Saturday. Kickoff is opening kickoff by the Sycamores is returned for a 95-yard in the fourth quarter following an interception.

Seniors Fouch and Hilton led the Sycamores on offense. Fouch scheduled for 2:05 p.m. touchdown.

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Sycamores finish 1-1 in soccer games this weekend

Junior mid-fielder Taylor Hancock controlling the ball against SIUE. (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing)

Continued from Page 12 The teams played a very aggressive first half both receiving five fouls. Two players for BSU got yellow carded along with one player from ISU. “One of the things we had to grind through today was physical game, we knew it would be,” True said.

In the 59th minute freshman mid-fielder and forward Natalie Vaught and Erneli teamed up to and sent Gasparovich a cross into the middle of the box from the left wing. Gaspaovich found the back of the net scoring her first goal of the season and giving the Sycamores the lead 1-0.

The Sycamores kept the lead until the 69th minute. Supulski came off the goal line for a cross leaving just enough room for BSU to get pass and tie the game 1-1.

At the end of regulation, score still tied 1-1, ISU lead in shots 12-11, both goalkeepers saved four shots, and both teams were tied with 9 fouls apiece.

In double overtime, BSU attempted a free kick but was stopped by senior goalkeeper Emily Lahay. The Sycamores fought back with a shot on goal by Erenil that was blocked by BSU but the Cardinals brought the game to an end with a 40-yard kick from mid-field giving them a 2-1 victory over BSU.

Senior mid-fielder and forward Seyma Erenli passing the ball in a soccer match against SIUE. (Photo courtesy of Athletics Media Relations)

“They wore their hearts on their sleeves,” said True. “Their effort, their enthusiasm out here was tremendous. We are moving in the right direction, it was a great step today.”

ISU vs SIUE The Sycamores took to the road Sunday and were victorious against Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

The Sycamores downed the Cougars 3-2 with senior midfielder and forward Seyma Erenli heading the ball into the back of the net off a cross from senior mid-fielder Alison Gasparovich in the fourth minute of the first overtime period. The Sycamores won with only nine players as two were ejected after acquiring red cards in the second half.

The first half of play was controlled by ISU leading shots 10-3.

In the 32nd minute the Sycamores took the lead thanks to junior Casey Albright’s shot from 35 yards out falling just under the crossbar beating the SIU goalkeeper.

Another scoring opportunity came in the 34th minute as Erenli led freshman mid-fielder and forward Marisa Windisch whose shot hits the crossbar, falls to senior defender Morgan Wendlandt whose follow up shot was saved.

The first half of play was controlled by ISU leading shots 10-3 and shots on goal 5-1. The Sycamores also lead in corners 3-0.

The Cougars came into the second half on the attack. SIU

outscored the Sycamores on shots this period 21-3.

The Sycamore defense held them off until the 71st minute. A long throw from the sidelines was headed into the net tying the game 1-1.

With regulation time running down the Sycamores regains the lead as freshman mid-fielder and forward Natalie Vaught forced a turnover and scores. The Cougars, however, never gave up finding an equalizer with 41 seconds remaining in regulation.

The overtime win puts the Sycamores at 2-4 for the season.

The team is on the road this weekend as they play Murray State University Friday.

“They wore their hearts on their sleeves. Their effort, their enthusiasm out there was tremendous.” Erika True, ISU head soccer coach

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Sycamores fall prey to Nittany Lions

Center: The Sycamore football team charges on to the field at Beaver Stadium in College Township, Pennsylvania.

Top Right: The Sycamores huddle up in front of 96,461 fans at Beaver Stadium.

Bottom Left: Senior quarterback Ronnie Fouch preparing to hand the ball off during Staurday’s game.