September 11, 2015

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

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Smart borrowing can save students money Morgan Gallas Reporter

Student loan giant Navient Corporation is facing lawsuits for breaking consumer protection laws, which affect students around the country.

According to an article published by the Huffington Post, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is considering suing the company because the CFPB “found enough evidence to indicate the company violated consumer protection laws.”

Both federal and state authorities have been looking into Navient’s practices for “allegedly overcharging borrowers and otherwise mistreating them in violation of the law,” Huffington Post reads.

At Indiana State University, the Financial Aid office is a resource for students to help them understand student loans.

“Be a responsible borrower and only borrow what you need,” said Donna Simmonds, the client services coordinator for the Financial Aid office.

“Keep track of your aggregate loan totals.”

Online tools exist to assist students in tackling their loans and keeping track of the payments.

“Students who have borrowed Stafford loans and/or PLUS loans have access to the National Student Loan Data System for Students (NSLDS) at www. nslds.ed.gov,” Simmonds said.

“Here, students can view their overall borrowing history and which agency is servicing their loan(s).”

Paying off student loans within a set timeframe can reduce a lot of stress as well as keep credit scores high.

If a student takes longer than the set time frame to pay off loans, the student will have to pay more because of the accumulated interest.

“If you have difficulty repaying your student loans, contact your servicer,” Simmonds said.

“They have options available that may allow you to postpone your payments. Interest will continue to accrue or capitalize, but this is much better than going into default.”

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ISU professor helps sign new bill into law Tanya Singh and others testify in Indianapolis Alex Waugh Reporter

Recently, Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed a bill that removed major limitations that had previously restricted physician assistants’ ability to provide care to patients in the state of Indiana.

Indiana State University is the home to some of the new law’s primary supporters. Faculty and students from Indiana State University’s master’s degree program in physician assistant studies went to the state’s capital where they, along with many other physician assistants throughout Indiana, including members of the Indiana Academy of Physician Assistants, clearly announced their advocacy of amending the state’s existing law.

The number of representatives made it clear to state legislators that there were sizable barriers to providing sufficient medical care to patients and that many Indiana physicians and physician assistants were passionate about removing those barriers.

Tanya Singh, assistant professor of Health and Human Services, said the new law is good for both patients and supervising physicians.

Singh came to Indiana from North Carolina in 2008. She said that she was shocked when she discovered that Indiana legislation was lagging substantially behind other states, including North Carolina, where physician assistants had much more authority.

For example, under Indiana’s old law, supervising physicians were required to sign off on a patient’s prescription.

Now a physician assistant’s signature is all that is required for a patient to have their prescription filled at a pharmacy.

“The purpose of this law is to widen patients’ access to care,” Singh said.

To gain backing for the bill, Singh contacted local physicians and asked for their support. Letters were written on behalf of those who supported the bill but were not able to go to the Statehouse where the ISU advocates and other partisans testified before the General Assembly.

Singh’s husband, Dr. Ajit

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Indiana Governor Mike Pence recently signed a bill that removed major limitations on physician assistants, allowing them to provide better care to Hoosiers.

Singh, MD, Hospitalist Director at Regional Hospital, was also a delegate in support of the bill.

Dr. Russel Coutinho, MD, associate professor and director of the Physician Assistant Program, said the new law allows physician assistants to increase their ability to help individuals who seek their medical services.

“This law makes it possible for physician assistants to do what they are trained to do effectively and efficiently,” Coutinho said. “It diminishes restrictions on physician assistants to provide services that they feel capable of providing their patients.”

Coutinho said that organizing and simply being present was vital for the success of this law.

Nicole Heck, assistant professor of Health and Human

Services, agreed with Dr. Coutinho, saying it was the huge representation that really made an impact.

Students of ISU’s physician assistant program had the opportunity to inform state legislators about the importance of amending the bill.

Heck said she was motivated to do something when she realized how much of an issue it was that a small fraction of graduates from the physician assistant program at ISU were staying in Indiana due to the old law.

Heck, who organized the student involvement, urged first- and second-year undergraduates to take this momentous opportunity and help make a difference for their future profession. Roughly sixty students were present at the state capital.

“I was amazed at how much

of an impact was made,” Heck said. “I think the experience really opened the students’ eyes to the difference they can make.”

With the enactment of the new legislation, Indiana physician assistants now have much more authority. Additionally, individual physicians are now allowed to hire up to four physician assistants instead of only two, as it was under the old law.

All of these improvements make them overall more attractive to potential future employers.

Consequently, more graduates are staying in Indiana.

“Our physician assistant program’s most recent graduating class had a passing rate of 97 percent,” Coutinho said.

“I encourage undergraduates to pursue a career as physician assistants.”

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Library Hoopla offers members streaming resources Nevia Buford Reporter

The Vigo County Public Library is currently offering an online streaming resource called Hoopla for all library members.

The program allows people to access library materials 24 hours a day without leaving their homes.

Jamie Tyner, technical service manager at the library, said the system lets members read e-books, stream TV shows and movies and listen to CDs on their computers and smart devices.

People can also temporarily download content to view later when they are offline.

There is also an app available for download for Hoopla. Patrons with a library card and email address can sign up online by going to the library website and clicking the Hoopla icon.

There they can sign up with their library card, create a password and enter a

given pin number.

Once they have created an account, they can search or browse through a selection of thousands of titles for e-books, audiobooks, comics, graphic novels, movies, CDs and TV shows.

Indiana State University students can sign up as well as long as they have a student ID and proof that they live on campus or in the county.

Users can view the content for a specific number of days, depending on the type of format. Three days for movies, 21 days for e-books and audio books and seven days for CDs. Materials are automatically returned when they are due, so there are no lines and no need to worry about late fees.

There is also no initial fee to sign up for the program. Each month, users can borrow up to five titles, in any combination of formats that they choose.

Tyner said that new titles are added every week and the CD selections and audio books are brand new titles that users would find anywhere else.

The e-books and movies are older, but the company is working on updating the selection. The program does not offer textbooks, but offers books for recreational reading instead.

The program is user friendly and easy to use, Tyner said.

It shows the number of materials a person has left that they can borrow for the month.

It also notifies users of titles that they have already borrowed to avoid repeats that could use up the number of materials a person can borrow a month.

The website displays all of the important information in an easy to read format.

The app is available for all devices except older Kindle devices.

Since the program started in February, Tyner says there have been a lot of signups.

“We’re really pleased with the turnout, but we do want to keep pushing to let more people know about it,” Tyner said.

Demetrius Loggers, a sophomore pre-

veterinary medicine major, said he liked the idea of Hoopla.

“I think it’s a good idea and convenient because you don’t have to pay out of pocket to use it unlike other websites,” Loggers said.

Valerie Holycross, a sophomore marketing major, was also very interested in the new program.

“It sounds cool,” Holycross said. “It’s interesting to have an app to watch movies.”

The library chose the program for several reasons.

“It’s probably one of the most user friendly databases that we’ve found, and that’s what we like about it,” Tyner said.

She also said that the library wants to keep up with technology and knows that some people want to stay within the comfort of their own homes.

“We want to reach everybody in any way we can, so we want to provide the best of both worlds,” Tyner said.

Tyner is hopeful that ISU students will sign up as well.

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ISU prepares to install new gates

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Plans of the proposed new gates at Lincoln Quad feature taller walls and wooden gates.

Many think Lincoln Quad’s new gates will increase security Makyla Thompson Reporter

Indiana State University is replacing the old gates at Lincoln Quad and installing new gates for this school year.

Though ISU has not started the construction yet, they have just finished the bidding process and are preparing to begin the project. The cost is estimated to be around $160,000.

Scott Tillman, university architect, said the installation will not take long.

“We will have a pre-construc-

Welcome Center parking lot to be closed this weekend News Brief

The Welcome Center parking lot will be closed beginning at 5 p.m. Friday through Saturday for an Admissions event, Sycamore Preview Day. At Sycamore Preview Days, prospective students will tour the campus, meet with faculty, learn about application and financial aid procedures and discover what Indiana State has to offer them. Families are invited and encouraged to attend.

The event will take place in the Hulman Memorial Student Union in Dede I. The event is scheduled for Saturday and goes from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for high school students.

Prospective students must complete the online registration form to register. For more questions, students can contact the Office of Admissions at 812-237-2121 or admissions@indstate.edu.

Tentative Schedule 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.: Resource Fair 9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.: Welcome and Introductions 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.: College Sessions 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.: Lunch, Residence Hall Tours, and Campus Tours 1:15 p.m. — 2:30 p.m.: Panel of Campus Experts

tion meeting,” Tillman said. “We will establish (the date construction will begin) with the contractor and will have to have the gates fabricated.”

Since the construction company is getting the gates custommade, the project is said to start in a month. They will also be planning ways to make sure students can get in and out of the quad.

“For the main gates we will have to discuss that with the constructor as far as access through (the quad) during the time of the construction,” Tillman said.

Tillman also stated that they

might close one gate down so that students use the other three gates to get in and out of the quads.

The gates will also get a new and improved look.

“The gate is currently metal and it is going to have more of a residential feel,” Tillman said.

“We are including a couple of ADA so they will have exit devices for emergency.”

Ashton Hensley is a sophomore English education major, and she said she believes that having new gates will make living in the Quads safer.

“It’s fine by me,” Hensley said

“I am not usually out when they close the gates and if it’s safer then it’s not an issue. I think that if people are going to do bad things they are going to whether the gates are fixed or not.”

Kelsey Adkins, a sophomore Aviation Management major and a Residential Advisor, lives in the Quads. She said she likes that fact that there will be new gates and believes that the Quads will be safer as a result.

“I think it’s a good idea for safety reasons,” Adkins said. “I heard about the shootings but I think right now it’s fine. Public safety has really stepped up.”

Colleges rethink the math students need Katherine Long

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SEATTLE — Dena DeYoung traces her trouble with math back to sixth grade, when a wellintended placement test showed she was smart enough to do advanced work.

And for several years, DeYoung did well. But when she reached high school, math became her worst subject. Lost by the logic, unable to imagine how what she was learning would ever come into play in the real world, her math grades plummeted.

“I just never got it,” DeYoung said. “I was barely scraping by. It was just a nightmare.”

DeYoung eventually dropped out of her Shoreline school, and while math was not the only reason, it didn’t help. Instead of a high school diploma, the promising student earned a General Educational Development degree, or GED. More than any other subject, math trips up students who might otherwise thrive in college, especially those who don’t plan to go into technical careers that require proficiency with numbers.

Failing the state’s math test keeps hundreds of students from graduating from high school each year, even when they’ve met every other requirement. Math is the reason why half of Washington’s high school students who enter community college must take remedial classes — which few ever pass, even after years of struggle.

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Student tutor Angie Foster, right, helps student Krystal Huffman with a math problem at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake, Washington, which offers learn-at-your-own-pace math classes, called “emporium math.”

A lot of effort has gone into thinking — and arguing — about how best to teach math, hoping to keep it from being such a barrier to higher education. But the math problem also has caused leaders of Washington’s community colleges to ask a fundamental question: How much math, and what kind, should be required for a student to earn a college degree?

Their answer, increasingly, is

that there is no one answer.

Students who are studying to become nurses, social workers, early-childhood educators or carpenters may never use intermediate algebra, much less calculus. Yet for years, community colleges have used a onesize-fits-all math approach that’s heavy on algebra and preps students for calculus.

That’s starting to change in a few pioneering schools that are

overhauling what math they teach and how they teach it.

Some colleges, for example, have started to offer a math sequence that focuses on statistics, and persuaded the state’s four-year colleges to accept it as a college math credit. Others are offering a learn-at-your-own-pace approach.

These experiments, to date,

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Schools want the sky to be the limit on loans Janet Lorin

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NEW YORK — For the past nine years, graduate students in the U.S. have had almost a blank check to take out as much as $80,000 a year in governmentbacked loans to pay for tuition and living expenses.

Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee thinks that’s too much. He has introduced legislation, backed by Democratic colleagues Michael Bennet of Colorado and Cory Booker of New Jersey, to limit borrowing to $30,000 a year, with a cap of $150,000.

Programs with especially high costs could appeal to the U.S. Department of Education to let their students borrow up to $15,000 more each year.

Colleges, whose lobbyists and trade associations have succeeded in defeating just about every attempt to control rising tuition costs over the last decade, are trying to soften Alexander’s proposed law, which would also radically simplify the federal student aid application.

“I don’t think that bill will be enacted as is,” says Carolyn

Henrich, a lobbyist working for the University of California system in Washington.

Henrich, who formerly lobbied for the National Parent Teacher Association, says she has met with Alexander’s staff to register the university’s opposition to the loan limits.

Cornell University doesn’t like the Alexander loan limits either.

Neither does the Association of Jesuit Colleges & Universities, which includes Boston College, Fordham and Georgetown.

Harvard, Northwestern and Vanderbilt have indicated in filings that they have lobbied on the Alexander bill, though they haven’t publicly taken a position for or against the loan limits.

“We believe in a strong federal aid system that benefits all students and also serves the needs of graduate and professional students,” says Harvard spokeswoman Anna Cowenhoven.

The presence of university lobbying in Washington dates back at least to World War II, when the federal government began awarding large research grants.

“The people running the government were graduates of the top schools, so they” wanted

their own schools to get the grants, says Gerald Cassidy, a Washington lobbyist who represented dozens of colleges and universities over the years before he retired in December.

In the 1970s and ’80s, many institutions brought their lobbying in-house, opening Washington offices. Nan Wells, who established Princeton’s D.C. lobbying office in 1979, says she focused on research funding, student aid and maintaining tax exemptions for donors. “One of the nice things about the job,” she says, is that “the issues were the same every year.”

Thomas Weko saw the influence of the college lobby as a staffer for the Government Accountability Office a decade ago.

The Senate directed the GAO to study an antitrust exemption allowing almost 30 elite colleges to discuss policies for disbursing private scholarship money.

Weko says college lobbyists participated — unannounced — in a call that he held with Senate staff about designing the GAO study.

“You felt them pulling the strings as you participated in meetings with Senate staff,” says Weko, now a managing

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solidation can make paying off loans easier and more comprehensive.

“Many borrowers consolidate their loans after graduation so they have one servicer and one payment,” Simmonds said. “There are many types of consolidation loans, so you must do your homework and chose the option that is best for you.”

Simmonds said www.studentloans. gov has a lot of information on understanding consolidations and loans. “(Know) when repayment is, make sure you know the terms of the loan (such as payment dates, late fees, etc), keep track of your payments, and always pay on time,” Simmonds said.

The Financial Aid website offers information on subjects like the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), types of aid available, how to apply for financial aid, and other elements.

The FAFSA deadline for 2016 is March 1.

Another tool available for ISU students is the scholarship website.

The website, www2.indstate.edu/ scholarships, contains different scholarships available to students on all platforms, such as ethnicity, GPA, major, and year in school.

Students should review the requirements for any scholarship or grant they are awarded.

According to the scholarship website, Indiana State University annually “awards more than $8.5 million in scholarships and awards.”

Students are encouraged to read every loan statement they receive thoroughly in order to catch anything that seems incorrect.

Contact the loan servicer for more information on discrepancies on statements.

“One last piece of advice (for students): monitor your credit report,” Simmonds said.

are small but encouraging.

The word is spreading about algebra alternatives, many of which include the kind of math students are more likely to need, such as probability and margins of error in opinion polls. Students are flocking to such classes — and they’re passing at much higher rates.

One study found that a statistics-focused class, identical to one offered at Seattle Central College, had triple the success rate when compared with the traditional math sequence, and students finished math in half the time.

DeYoung, now 26, enrolled in Seattle Central’s version of that sequence last year, called Statway, but with the nagging concern that she’d soon hit a wall — just like in high school.

But that didn’t happen.

“In the first quarter, I realized there isn’t something wrong with me,” DeYoung said. “I just needed a different approach.”

Seattle Central is one of 19 colleges nationally using Statway, which was developed by the Carnegie Foundation. (The foundation has also developed a program called Quantway that uses math skills to solve real-world problems.)

It’s one of the programs highlighted in a new math strategic plan that calls for all of Washington’s 34 community and technical colleges to find new, innovative ways to approach math.

“For too many students, the pre-college math experience at community and technical colleges has been frustration and failure,” the plan notes.

researcher at the American Institutes for Research, a Washington-based nonprofit that evaluates social policies.

An extension of the exemption sailed through Congress this summer.

Colleges made a major lobbying push in 2009, when the Education Department tried to overhaul Perkins Loans, a $1 billion government-backed revolving fund for low-income students, says Bob Shireman, a former deputy under secretary of education.

The Obama administration’s proposed change would have expanded the program but redistributed the cash among schools.

“We would hear, ‘My college is unhappy because of something you are proposing,’ ” he says.

“We dropped the whole thing.”

Schools argue that low-income students wouldn’t be able to afford expensive programs if the government scales back its lending limits.

Matthew Shick, a senior legislative analyst with the Association of American Medical Colleges — whose students graduate with an average debt of $176,000 — has met with Alex-

The beginnings of that plan reach back to 2009, when the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges began its latest round of puzzling over how to help more students pass.

In the plan, the State Board encourages colleges to find ways to accelerate a student’s path through math. As a result, some are allowing students to take both pre-college math and college-level math in the same quarter.

Others, like Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake, offer math that doesn’t follow a rigid schedule — students do as much math as they can complete in a quarter’s time.

The vexing issue of students getting stuck in remedial math is not new. It’s long been recognized as a problem, but one without a clear solution. Now colleges have models to try.

So far, 14 schools in Washington have made learn-atyour-own-pace math widely available to students. Statway is offered at another three.

Last winter, more than four times as many students signed up for Big Bend’s learn-atyour-own-pace math classes, called “emporium math,” as traditionally taught and online-only courses.

Statway folds remedial math and one-quarter of college math into a three-quarter series, which satisfies the requirement that students pass one quarter of college math to graduate.

In Statway, students study statistics used in everyday life — in polls and studies, for example — and learn how to analyze data and make inferences.

It is, simply, “the best math for citizens,” said Seattle Central Statway instructor Paul Verschueren.

Verschueren believes students often struggle with high school algebra because they’re taught to memorize formulas.

And while that’s efficient in the short term, he said, students don’t develop an understanding of the underlying concepts.

Statway, in contrast, aims to build math intuition.

“People don’t understand how malleable numbers are,” he said. “We have petrified students who are always afraid of the wrong move.”

One other possible advantage: Statway students stay together through all three quarters, and over those nine months, students get to know each other and their instructor, which helps their confidence and makes it easier to lean on one another for help.

“It’s more like real-life math,” said Seattle Central student Shayla Martin, 34, who is working on a bachelor’s degree in applied behavioral sciences.

“It’s the first time I’ve ever used the word ‘interesting’ to describe a math class.”

Should Statway count as a math credit? All of the state’s public four-year universities accept it, including the University of Washington. But the UW is doing so on a three-year trial basis.

Janice DeCosmo, a UW associate dean who has a leading role in deciding which community-college courses are transferable for UW credit, calls Statway “a very engaging curriculum,” but warns that it can limit students’ career choices because it doesn’t pre-

ander’s staff.

“When you go to med school, you are talking about complicated simulation equipment, clinical rotations, labs with cadavers,” he says. “This adds to the cost.”

His group spent almost $5.2 million lobbying last year, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, almost four times as much as the next biggest spender, the for-profit giant Apollo Education Group.

Some lower-priced public universities are fine with introducing limits on student debt.

The amount graduate students are allowed to borrow is “a little outrageous right now,” says Susan Fischer, who oversees financial aid at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Others say graduate students should be trusted to understand how to manage their financial obligations.

“They know what they are doing,” says Jonathan Burdick, vice provost for enrollment at the private University of Rochester.

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pare them to take calculus.

To be accepted as a freshman or transfer student at the UW, all students must have intermediate algebra or its equivalent on their transcripts.

That’s because many non-math courses — in sociology, geology and other sciences — depend on an understanding of algebra.

The version of Statway offered in Washington’s community colleges includes extra lessons in algebra, which is why the UW accepts it as a transfer credit. (Along with Seattle Central, Statway is also offered at South Seattle and Tacoma community colleges.)

Even some Statway instructors say the class — while important — isn’t really a math class. Seattle Central instructor Bryan Johns, for example, thinks of the course as a logic and communications class because the math involved is so basic.

But it’s clearly helping students get beyond remedial math, and on to credit-bearing courses.

The first year Statway was offered at Seattle Central, 58 percent of students passed the three-class series. By the third year, 84 percent of students passed.

By comparison, only between 11 and 15 percent of students who need to take remedial classes ever finish those courses, and complete one quarter of college math by the end of one year. ©2015 The Seattle Times. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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This year, it’s all about the bugs — a bat’s preferred food

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Greg Land returning to hometown A superhero among comic book artists, Greg Land will return to his hometown and alma mater Sept. 18-19 for a gallery exhibition and book signing.Land, a 1985 graduate of Indiana State University and native of Terre Haute, has worked as a professional illustrator for 32 years — and 20 of those as a comic book artist.

Currently under contract with Marvel Comics, Land’s work for the company includes “The Uncanny X-Men,” “Iron Man,” “Mighty Avengers” and “The Ultimate Fantastic Four,” along with many exclusive covers for several other titles. While working for DC Comics, Land illustrated titles such as “Night Wing” and “Birds of Prey.”

Land will share his love for his profession with Indiana State art students during the day Friday and then present a gallery exhibition 4-6 p.m. at the Landini Center for the Performing and Fine Arts, 200 N. 7th St. Land will again meet fans at a book signing, set for 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Chuck’s Comics, located above Wise Pies, 9 S. 6th St. After graduating from Indiana State with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Land worked in the screen print industry. After 10 years of garment print designs, his dream to draw comics became a reality with a project called “Storm Quest” with Sky Comics. This opportunity led to working for DC Comics.

Shortly after, Land and his wife, Trish, and their daughter, Shelbi, moved to Florida where he began work with a new comic company called CrossGen Comics. There, Greg co-created their top-selling book called “Sojourn” with writer Ron Marz. Through the years, Land has drawn several projects for other media including ESPN, ESPN the Magazine, the U.S. Post Office for a Marvel characters stamp project and Wizard Magazine. Land’s visit is co-sponsored by the Indiana State University Alumni Association, Chuck’s Comics and the Vigo County Public Library.

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Annual Bat Festival set to educate, entertain

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Brian Williams will re-enter the headquarters of NBC News as an anchor for cable channel MSNBC on Sept. 22.

Williams will handle MSNBC’s live coverage of Pope Francis’ visit to the U.S. The date was confirmed by an NBC News spokesperson Thursday.

Williams will not have his own program when he returns, although it’s understood he’ll be available at an anchor desk at MSNBC’s New York studio to go on the air from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time. While other changes to the MSNBC daytime schedule are being planned, including a daily program with NBC News political director Chuck Todd, not all of them are expected to be in place by the time Williams returns.

Williams was last seen reading the news on Feb. 8 when he was still anchor on “NBC Nightly News.” Embroiled in a controversy over false statements he made about his reporting during the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, he was suspended Feb. 11.

After an internal investigation of his work, Williams was removed from the “Nightly News” job and replaced by Lester Holt, who became the permanent anchor for the broadcast June 21.

NBC News and MSNBC chairman Andy Lack offered the new role to Williams as a chance for redemption and an opportunity to boost the cable channel’s dismal ratings during daytime hours.

Williams has been with NBC News since 1993. He replaced Tom Brokaw as anchor of “NBC Nightly News” in December 2005.

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Libby Roerig

ISU Communications and Marketing

If there’s one thing organizers of the ninth Annual Bat Festival want you to know, it’s the fact that bats eat bugs.

The biggest annual outreach event of the Center for Bat Research, Outreach and Conservation at Indiana State University, the Bat Festival on Sept. 19 aims to educate the public about the often-misunderstood flying mammal.

Their simple but important message about bats’ role in our environment is also this year’s theme.

“It’s a really valuable service that bats provide,” said Joy O’Keefe, assistant professor of biology and director of the university’s bat center.

Bats gobbling up to their body weight in bugs each night has more benefits than just keeping us comfortable. It’s also a valuable economic tool, as the fewer bugs we have, the less pesticides farmers have to apply to their crops — and less pesticides we have to ingest.

Indiana State alumnus Justin Boyles, an assistant professor in Southern Illinois-Carbondale’s zoology department, will talk about his 2011 research into the effect bats have on controlling earworm moths in corn.

Before Boyle’s research, “in agriculture, we have a lot of anecdotal evidence, but not a lot of empirical data about bats’ importance,” O’Keefe said.

ISU doctoral student Tim Divoll will also share information about what bats eat, as he researches their foraging habits.

O’Keefe will offer an update about the white nose syndrome that has decimated many bat populations.

Daytime activities are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Indiana State science building at Sixth and Chestnut streets. Evening activities — including listening for bats — are 6 to 10 p.m. at Dobbs Park, 5150 E. Poplar Dr. “The Bat Festival is exciting, because all of these bat enthusiasts come to see us,” she said. “It’s a way for us to connect with the public and keep a pulse on common questions about bats.”

Visitors can also learn how to make their backyards more bat-friendly, so that bats will feel invited to eat bugs

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A close up photo of a honey bat. Visitors to the Bat Fetival will be able to meet some of these often-misunderstood flying mammals up close and personal.

around their homes.

Live animal demonstrations are always a popular part of the Bat Festival, as people enjoy seeing the creatures up close and personal.

During the bat demonstrations, spectators are introduced to the spectrum of bats, from a small Indiana native all the way to large exotic bats from other countries.

“You can feel the excitement building in the room,” as larger and larger bats are brought out, culminating with the Malayan flying fox, O’Keefe said.

“People just go ballistic. They are just in awe of this creature and its uniqueness.”

The average Malayan flying fox weighs more than two pounds and has a wingspan of 4-plus feet. “Can you imagine that animal flying around here?” she asked with a laugh. Luckily, it eats fruit.

“Seeing live animals really resonates with people,” O’Keefe said. “Bats are so mysterious. We usually can’t get so close to them.”

As visitors make their way through

the exhibits and presentations, they’ll be amazed by what they learn, O’Keefe said. Children especially retain lots of information by participating in the BatVentures activity course that allows them to be a bat scientist, explore an inflatable cave and other activities.

You might learn so much you’ll want to pick up an “Ask Me About Bats” Tshirt and become a bat ambassador, she said.

“It takes a lot of courage to wear it,” she said, as people will stop and ask you questions. O’Keefe was recently approached with a bat question when she stopped in a coffee shop after the recent Bug Festival in Indianapolis.

Fortunately, it’s one of her favorite topics.

The Bat Festival is sponsored by Wildlife Acoustics, DOT Scientific, Duke Energy, Terre Haute Parks Department, Jan Lesniak and Rob Smith, David and Rebecca Rubin, Marshall and Becca Parks, Randall Stevens, M.D., William Brett Living Trust and Nilah Bonham, O.D. P.C.

Software helps improve diagnostic skills Dave Taylor

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Thanks to a National Science Foundation grant, faculty at Indiana State University developed software to help engineering and technology students improve their diagnostic skills. Now a second grant from the same organization will help promote opportunities to achieve more widespread use of the tool.

The foundation’s Innovation Corps for Learning (I-Corps L) Program provides researchers and educators with additional support — in the form of mentoring and funding — to accelerate projects that can attract thirdparty funding.

The latest grant will provide a team in Indiana State’s College of Technology with training needed to make a clear “go or no go decision” regarding the software’s scalability and sustainability, a transition plan — if the deci-

sion is made to move forward — and demonstration of the technology for potential partners.

“This is exciting research with real-world potential for more efficient system diagnosis in the increasingly complex field of heavy industry,” said Robert English, dean of the College of Technology. “We are proud of our faculty and staff for securing not one, but two National Science Foundation grants in support of this important work.”

“The goal of this grant is to form and implement a strategy to scale our prior project using the business model and entrepreneurial approach of building start-ups”, said Yuetong Lin, principle investigator for the research and associate professor of electronics and computer engineering technology.

Jason Dean, the entrepreneurial lead of the team, said, “We went through a very rigorous process of customer discovery in a seven-week period and

ended up as the only team in this ICorps L cohort to target industry, instead of academia, non-profit organizations or government agencies, for support in expanding our innovation.”

Indiana State’s presentation, which included a video, drew praise from a tough audience — other educators and researchers from 26 institutions — during a National Science Foundation workshop in Washington, D.C. Aug. 24-25. Peers described the software as “a great product” that can help industry, especially smaller firms, address the need for “walking around knowledge” and help manufacturers who would be “in big trouble” if they lost even a few talented employees.

Other team members are A. Mehran Shahhosseini, associate professor of mechanical engineering technology, M. Affan Badar, professor of mechanical engineering technology, and Tad Foster, professor of human resources development.

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Stress Less It’s easy for someone to tell you to calm down.

They can assure you things will be okay, tell you to take a few deep breaths, and that all will Columnist be good and well if you can push the thought to the back of your mind. But as someone who overanalyzes everything from the clothes I wear to the font on my resume, I know it is just not that simple.

Thankfully when you do get stressed out, all you need to do is find your niche. Since we all have different triggers, we all have different fixes that ease our minds. Find what calms you down and what allows you to breathe for more than a few seconds.

With your mind clear, your level of stress begins to decrease and you can begin to focus on everything good and glorious in your life. Be it cupcakes or your fluffy puppy, we have a whole heck of a lot to be thankful for.

For those of us who are “stress-perts,” otherwise known as the stress experts, we know the feeling of being mentally, physically and emotionally drained. Worse than any SAT test, our stress can overtake our mind and affect our entire day and all interactions that occur within it. So you need to find something that rejuvenates your state of mind and allows you to think clearly and act logically. Easy enough, right?

If only.

Here are a few ideas to help cope with stress and while some take more time and effort than others, when you find it you’ll know. The catharsis you feel afterwards is incomparable.

One, write in a journal.

Sometimes it helps to write your feelings down. Your own personal journal doesn’t judge you and there is no spellcheck. Instead, you can pour out your thoughts and feelings, no matter how profane or angry they may be.

Sometimes that release is all you need and the feeling after is completely exhilarating. It’s like the mature diary for the college woman. Keep it in a safe place and to yourself.

Two, run. I never thought I would say this and furthermore, believe it to be true. All of the horrific high school conditioning sprints and volleyball court suicides come flooding back to memory as I’m suggesting it. However,

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the difference and why I can honestly suggest it is that the motive is different. You are no longer running to make a team or to beat a time. Instead, you’re just running for you and to relieve your stress at your own pace. The best part is that no one judges you if you need a break or need to walk for a few. So take a lap and try to relax. Catching your breath is still taking time to breathe — and gasping for air counts too.

Three, roll out the mat and stretch. Yes, that’s right.

Stretching your stress away is possible. Turn on your favorite soothing station, lie down and try to relax. Clear your mind of everything that annoys, frustrates and angers you, no matter how long that may take. You don’t need to be a yoga guru or even know the difference between child’s pose and downward dog. Instead, take the time to breathe deeply and clear your mind.

You may hate it, but you may also just fall in love with it.

Four, Pinterest. First off — if you do not know what Pinterest is or, furthermore, if you do not have the app for your phone, get it. Fair warning, it’s addictive and you may find yourself decorating the house you don’t own and planning your wedding before your boyfriend proposes, but it’s all in good fun. You can search motivational quotes, look at pictures of puppies or goats (whatever you’re into) and momentarily think about something other than your problems.

Five, read a good book.

Sometimes diving into someone else’s story distracts you from the rut you find yourself in. I find that action novels with witty humor make me feel happier and I’ve also learned that romance novels are never the answer after a bad day. There are just some things that we can’t escape from and unfortunately crappy people are one of them.

Maybe one day.

Now you may be thinking that all of these require time, something that, as students, is scarce and hard to come by. However, that is the give-and-take. While at times you may have to put off your homework a bit longer or stay up a bit later, the feeling after your stress leaves is one you will not be able to get enough of.

Once you find what works, the stress is easier to handle and your knees begin to quiver less as it stares you in the face. Strive for peace and even when you think it isn’t attainable, stretch a little farther, read a little longer and sprint until your mind is gasping for the goodness of clarity.

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The Davis Debacle Kentucky clerk not subject of religious persecution Ke nt u c k y has been in the news recently with reports of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis refusing to issue marriage licenses to any couColumnist ples. She began refusing couples marriage licenses after the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges in June legalized same-sex marriage. She cited religious beliefs as her reason for not marrying anyone, saying that issuing same-sex marriage licenses violated her conscience. In addition to her not issuing licenses, she also did not allow her deputy clerks to issue marriage licenses.

Four couples who were denied marriage licenses — two same-sex couples and two heterosexual couples — filed a case against Davis. She was ordered by a federal court to issue marriage licenses. Davis then decided that she didn’t like that order and went to the Supreme Court to appeal it.

The Supreme Court decided not to hear the appeal, meaning that the previous court order still stood. Yet, after being warned that she would face consequences as a result of being in contempt of court, she still denied marriage licenses to couples wanting to marry.

Davis was sent to jail for being in contempt of court after refusing to follow a federal

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court order. Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee rushed to her defense, claiming that she didn’t break any laws and claiming that this was a prime example of Christian persecution. Evangelist Joshua Feuerstein went a little further, calling Davis’ jail time the beginning of the “Christian holocaust.” The two then announced a rally in support of Davis in Kentucky on Tuesday. Davis’ office began issuing marriage licenses without her name on them the day after she was jailed.

On Tuesday, Judge David Bunning, who ordered Davis jailed, ordered the clerk to be released as long as her office complied with the order to issue marriage licenses. Davis then appeared at Huckabee and Feuerstein’s rally to encourage attendees to “keep on pressing,” and her lawyer gave some hint that she might violate the court order again, saying, “She’s not going to violate her conscience.”

Religious liberty is always a contentious issue, but it’s ridiculous that the religious right is choosing this particular case to exemplify religious persecution. Kim Davis is a public servant. She was voted in and is paid by tax money.

The people she refuses to serve pay her salary. She represents the government, which is not allowed to endorse a particular religion; Davis forbidding the deputy clerks from issuing marriage licenses because it would violate her religion can be interpreted as the government endorsing the Apostolic Christian faith that Davis follows.

Not only is she giving her religious beliefs precedence by forcing her deputies to join her in refusing to issue marriage licenses, but she is also violating the Constitution by denying same-sex couples the equal protection guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. Not only is she denying equal protection, but it can also be argued that she attempted to force them to live by her religious beliefs.

But these religious beliefs aren’t the reasons that this county clerk was sent to jail.

The reason that she went to jail was because she was in contempt of court. The judge warned that she would face the consequences if she refused to let her office issue marriage licenses. She violated the court order, and she faced the consequence, just as the judge warned.

I personally think that jail time should have been more of a last resort, but I also understand that the judge didn’t think that fining her would compel her to follow the court order. But even now that she has been released, she still seems intent on violating the court order again. She’s repeatedly violating court orders and trying to justify it by saying her religion allows her to do so.

It would be something different altogether if she just had her deputy clerks issue the marriage licenses in her place, but she wouldn’t even do that. She instead chose to place her religious views over the views and rights of others, taking away their constitutional rights in the process.

Rushing a big decision for Greek recruits Statesman Staff Editorial

It’s that time of year again — Greek rush time. With it come feelings of joy, companionship and elation, but also annoyance, frustration and tears. While students who are — or want to be — a part of Greek life are celebrating, the other half of the students either don’t care or find themselves frustrated with the culture that surrounds Greek life.

While Greek life can be fulfilling, it is expensive. This means that many students are excluded from Greek life just because they can’t afford all of the fees associated with joining. This is particularly true of sororities that require members to live in Reeve Hall for one to two years after joining. Depending on which room you get in Reeve Hall, this can be more

expensive than other housing options on campus. If you are an out-of-state student who relies on financial aid to go to school, you almost certainly will not be able to join a sorority, simply because of how expensive Reeve Hall is.

On top of being forced to pay for some of the top-tier housing as a requirement, you also may have to pay new member fees and a thousand other expenses as well, including purchasing specific clothing and other attire. Though average membership reportedly costs less than $4 a day, to many students that means choosing between Greek Life and lunch.

It is impractical to expect an average student to join Greek Life, which means almost exclusively that only affluent individuals will be asked to join.

As with any other exclusive organiza-

tion, members of Greek Life are subject to a series of rules and regulations in addition to ISU’s policies. There are many insane rules that Greeks have to follow, especially at the beginning of the school year.

For example, most women in a sorority cannot talk to anyone who may potentially rush, so as to prevent bias — but this secludes people very easily. Chapters are especially protective of clothing featuring the group’s blocks or Greek letters, and allowing others outside of the group to wear them can result in fines or other punishment. Perhaps there are good reasons for these rules, but they’re not wellknown to those not in Greek organizations.

Rush Week can be so psychologically taxing for potential new members that

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counselors are kept on hand to help them recover. You aren’t guaranteed to get into any sorority or fraternity, but many of them — certainly not all — seem to look for a specific kind of person, and if you don’t fit that mold, you aren’t likely to get in.

The one bright side to Greek life is philanthropy, where organizations support various charities and causes by fundraising and spreading awareness. There are many philanthropic events, but it seems many people join for the social side of Greek Life instead.

For many people, it is not worth it to join Greek Life. It is pricey, exclusive and sometimes difficult to keep up with. But many others find it incredibly rewarding and say it’s one of the defining parts of college life.

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Sycamores to challenge Purdue ISU looks for a win against Boilermakers on Saturday Zach Rainey Reporter

Following a 52-17 win against Butler last Saturday, the Indiana State football team will look for another win as they head to West Lafayette this weekend to take on Purdue. The Sycamores also look to win their second straight game against an FBS team, as they won last year’s matchup with Ball State, making it the first time since 1987 that they had defeated Ball State to reclaim the Victory Bell.

The Sycamores look to improve their 0-14 all-time record against Big Ten opponents when they take on the Boilermakers, who were upset 41-31 by Marshall in their opening game last weekend.

This team shouldn’t be taken lightly, as they accumulated more offense and had more time of possession than Marshall did.

Purdue has won all four meetings between the two teams. Their last meeting was in 2013, when former quarterback Mike Perish was intercepted with under a minute to go. They also outgained the Boilermakers by over 100 yards through the air that day.

Despite the inexperience at quarterback, the Sycamore offense could be on the brink of a breakout season. Matt Adam showed potential last Saturday, going 9-16 for two touchdowns with an interception that was tipped and a Butler player made a great play on the ball. He also added 46 yards and a touchdown on the ground.

Another observation from Adam’s first start is that he may have found his favorite target, as he found senior receiver Gary Owens five times for 133 yards and a touchdown. Owens has shown that he’s able to get open downfield, and last season he had a deep 47-yard catch and later

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Matt Adam (11) hope to earn the programs first ever game against a Big Ten foe on Saturday when they travel to Purdue..

had a 54-yard touchdown catch. If he can improve upon that, Sycamore fans could be in for a special season from him.

ISU running back LeMonte Booker did more than just rush for 137 yards on Saturday; he helped keep the Butler defense honest. Booker’s rushing allowed Adams

Soccer travels to Tulsa for the first time in program history Indiana State will make program history as it travels to Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the firstever meetings with two schools.

The Sycamores will open the weekend against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane at the Hurricane Soccer and Track Stadium on Friday at 8:30 p.m. The Sycamores will stick around Tulsa for the weekend as they are set to face the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Case Soccer Complex.

Tulsa enters the contest with a 6-0 record. It is the best start in school history for the Golden Hurricane. TU has amassed a 15-5-2 record against Missouri Valley opponents, with the bulk of those contests being played against Missouri State.

Oral Roberts is 2-1-2 and has a packed schedule during the beginning of September. Sunday’s match will be the Golden Eagles’ fourth match in eight days. ORU is coming off of a 2-2 tie with Missouri State. The Golden Eagles will play Incarnate Word on Friday evening prior to wrapping up the weekend against the Sycamores.

A Little History — Tulsa and Oral Roberts Indiana State has not played against Tulsa or Oral Roberts in Soccer.

The Tulsa Golden Hurricane is 15-5-2 against teams from the Missouri Valley all-time. A majority of the competitions come from 17 meetings with Missouri State. The

Golden Hurricane has also faced Evansville, Loyola and Northern Iowa. There are no records available for Oral Roberts against the Missouri Valley Conference.

Scouting The Golden Hurricane Tulsa enters Friday’s match with an undefeated 6-0 record. TU has surrendered one goal so far this season, while scoring an average of 2.5 goals per game. The one goal given up was in a 3-1 victory over Missouri Southern.

With a .167 GoalsAgainst Average, the Golden Hurricane sits seventh in GAA in the NCAA. Tulsa also ranks 33rd in scoring after posting 2.5 goals per game average. Tulsa is currently ranked seventh in the NSCAA Northeast Region.

Offensively, the Golden Hurricane is led by sophomore midfielder Rachel Thun.

Thun currently leads the team with ten points as well as 23 shots, eight on goal. Sophomore forward Christina Holmes has also played an important role in the attacking third for TU. Holmes currently leads the team with four goals scored. She currently has eight shots on the season, six being on-frame, and leads the team with three game-winning goals.

Defensively, TU has used two different keepers in net. Courtney McKeon has started two games, earning two shut outs and saving two

shots. Rebecca Defer has earned the bulk of the playing time in goal, starting four matches for the Golden Hurricane.

Defer has allowed one goal this season while saving seven shots.

Scouting The Golden Eagles The Oral Roberts Golden Eagles will face the Sycamores on Sunday for their fourth match in eight days. The Golden Eagles recently faced off with Missouri Valley Conference rival, Missouri State in Springfield.

The Bears and ORU tied 2-2 during the match.

Prior to the match with ISU, Oral Roberts will take on Incarnate Word in Tulsa.

Offensively the Golden Eagles are led by Kayla Keller. Keller leads the team with five offensive points, scoring two goals and assisting another. She also leads the team with 14 shots. Sam Forgione leads ORU with three assists of the 13 goals scored.

Defensively, Oral Roberts has used a combination of two keepers through their first five matches. Maddie Rhodes has logged the most minutes, playing 225 in-net.

Rhodes has allowed one goal while making five saves.

Ryliegh Bohnenstiehl has played in four matches, totaling 220 minutes.

Bohnenstiehl has allowed five goals while making 22 saves.

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more time to throw, which helped to keep the Sycamore offense moving.

The Sycamores are led up front by junior Dakota Vermillion and Preston Collier. If they can continue to make holes for Booker, this will continue to free up the outside for Owens.

ISU is ranked No. 21 in the FCS Top 25 and has been part of the Top 25 for the last 12 weeks — a school record.

The game is set to kick off at noon on Saturday in West Lafayette. The game can be seen live on ESPNews or be heard locally on 95.9 WDKE.

Sycamore volleyball hosts Holiday Inn Classic Megan Veeneman Reporter

This weekend the Indiana State volleyball team is at home in the ISU Arena for the annual Holiday Inn Classic on Sept. 1112. The Sycamores will host four other schools in the classic and are set to play them all inside the two-day span. The Sycamores currently hold a 5-3 record. ISU has been a strong defensive team as well as an offensive group that has produced at a high rate so far this season.

One of the defensive specialists is sophomore Stephanie Bindernagel.

Through Tuesday night’s loss against IUPUI, she has had 119 digs and her digs per set average is 3.40. Senior setter Erika Nord has had 361 assists so far this season. Nord has also had 82 digs and 20 kills.

Bree Spangler, a sophomore outside hitter, has had 107 kills, has a kill per set average of 3.06 and has 105 digs. The first team Indiana State will face off against today is the University of Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks, who stands at 3-7 on the season. Some

of the key players for the Skyhawks are Colleen Larson, Lael Ceriana, and Ellie Cain. Larson is a junior defensive specialist who has 105 digs and an average of 2.76 digs per set. Ceriana is a sophomore outside hitter and has totaled 97 kills, 7 assists and 34 digs while Cain, a sophomore setter, has assisted 278 times and has 72 digs. ISU then faces a 5-1 Eastern Michigan Eagles team to round out classic play tonight. In the last game against Alabama A&M, the Eagles won 3-2.

Stacey Perinar, Alyssa Davis and Coryanne Smith are important players for the Eagles. Perinar is a senior outside hitter for the Eagles and has 87 kills and 54 digs this season. Alyssa Davis is a senior setter with 120 assists and 47 digs. Smith is also a senior and is a libero and defensive specialist. She has 121 digs this season.

Indiana State play begins on Saturday afternoon against the Murray State Racers who stand at 4-1. The last game that the Racers competed in was against Buffalo, where they picked up a 3-0 victory. Setters and strong defense are important to the Racers. A few play-

ers are Sam Bedad, Taylor Olden, and Scottie Ingram. Bedad is a senior setter with 155 assists and 45 digs this year. Olden is a senior defensive specialist and outside hitter who has collected 44 kills and 29 digs while Ingram is a junior outside hitter who has 50 digs and 39 kills this season.

The Holiday Inn Classic ends for the Sycamores on Saturday night against the Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons. The Mastodons have a 1-6 overall record and fell 3-2 to Bowling Green in their last match. Somer Johnson, Madison Jaqua, and Oliva Hahn are key players to this team. Johnson is a junior outside hitter and has earned 107 kills and a kills per set average of 3.96. Madison Jaqua is the setter for the team.

Although Jaqua is a freshman, she has played in all seven games and has racked up 216 assists and 53 digs. Hahn is a junior libero and has 116 digs and a digs per set average of 4.30.

The Sycamores begin play at 12:30 Friday and play their second contest at 7 p.m. Saturday’s games will be played at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.