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Volume 124, Issue 18
ISU evaluating fate of Daniel Tanoos Candidates from House classroom and scholarship District 43 participate in forum at ISU Chelsea Chapman Reporter
Former Vigo County Superintendent Daniel Tanoos has been charged in Marion County Superior Court with three counts of bribery following an FBI investigation. Tanoos, an ISU alum, has a classroom in University Hall named for him along with a scholarship. A public corruption investigation was opened at Vigo County School Corporation by FBI Special Agent Joann Dowell in February of 2016 after a confidential source sent documents to the FBI supporting concerns that contracts involving certain vendors, including Energy Systems Group, were improperly awarded by the VCSC. Tanoos was charged on three different occasions with soliciting, accepting, or agreeing to accept food, beverages or tickets with intent to recommend awarding a contract or continuing business with ESG. According to an affidavit, ESG spent more than $100,000 on donations and gifts to VCSC and Tanoos over the duration of Tanoos’ relationship with Doug Tischbein, an ESG representative. Between 2000 and 2016, ESG had entered into nine contracts with the school corporation for more than $42 million. The affidavit said, Tischbein provided gifts to Tanoos and the VCSC Board. Tischbein provided Tanoos and his family and friends dinners and tickets to sports events and concerts on occasions, according to the affidavit. In an interview with federal investigators, Tischbein said it would have been harder to keep the relationship with VCSC if he had not continued providing gifts. The affidavit included emails where Tanoos requested the gifts from Tischbein, and emails from Tischbein to ESG executives requesting approval for money to provide the gifts, stating that he needed the money for client re-
AJ Goelz Reporter
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The door to the classroom of Former Vigo County Superintendent Daniel Tanoos.
tention and would stress how important VCSC was as a client to them. Tanoos continued to recommend that the VCSC enter into contracts with ESG and the school board would agree, according to the affidavit. When interviewed, many members of the VCSC board said they were unaware of the relationship between Tanoos and Tischbein. The board members said they would have liked to have known about the relationship when they voted to use ESG for developments to the school. One member of the board said she had once received a turkey thinking it had come from Tanoos. When she found out it was actually a gift from Tischbein, she told Tanoos she was unhappy he had accepted gifts from a vendor. It was also reported that Tischbein bought $250 in Starbucks gift cards for the members of the board at one time. In 2009, Indiana State University decided to renovate at the College of Education. Members of the VCSC administration approached Karen Dyer, a former ISU Foundation employee, and proposed the idea to dedicate a classroom in the building to Tanoos. The VCSC
administration was told that the dedication required a donation of $25,000. Tanoos later contacted Dyer to inform her that he had found a donor, Doug Tischbein and ESG, who wished to donate $15,000, according to the affidavit. Once the money was raised, the ISU Foundation held a celebration dinner for all donors who donated over $100. At this event it was announced that over $50,000 was raised in Tanoos’ name. Since only $25,000 was required for naming the classroom, the remainder was used to establish the Daniel T. Tanoos Educational Leadership Scholarship. This scholarship is for students who attend part-time graduate school at ISU while working with VCSC. When questioned about whether Tanoos’ name will be kept on his dedicated classroom and scholarship, ISU spokesperson Libby Roerig said they will “evaluate and consider options with regard to the named space and scholarship” as more is uncovered about the case. Tanoos’ initial court hearing was on Wednesday, Aug. 26, in Indianapolis.
On Tuesday, Sept. 25, the American Democracy Project held a candidate forum in the events area of the Cunningham Memorial Library. “The focus of this event is to create political engagement opportunities for our students. So as the election is approaching, we are hoping that our students will be engaged and want to participate in the democratic process,” said Carly Schmitt, assistant professor of political science and the coordinator of the American Democracy Project. “We are bringing the candidates to campus to facilitate that engagement.” The forum included candidates from the Indiana 43 House District, Darrell Felling (R) and Tonya Pfaff (D), and the 38 Senate District, Chris Gambill (D) and the incumbent Jon Ford (R) was originally listed as a participant but was unable to attend. The candidates fielded questions from students, social media, student organizations and anyone else in attendance. Topics included guns, the economy and education among other political topics. At the end, the candidates took feedback from those in attendance. It was a night of political discourse that is rarely seen in today’s partisan politics. It also gave students and residents of Terre Haute an opportunity to listen to legislators who will be making policy that directly affect them. “State and local politics impact students’ lives more directly every single day more than national level policy, and I think a disjuncture that students don’t understand is the role that federalism has to play in how our elections are structured,” said Schmitt. “So we think it is very critical that students are able to connect with legislators that
are creating policies over their everyday lives, such as college affordability. State legislatures make decisions about how to fund higher education and to what extent they’re funding, so we think that this is a good place for students to engage in these sorts of policy areas.” Gambill chimed in with his opinions on the event and student political engagement. “I think this is an opportunity for them to see the people, listen to them and engage with them so they know when they walk away they have a good idea of who that woman or that man is,” said Gambill. “The average voter in this district is 62. We’ll go a whole evening and not knock on an identified voter of less than 40-years-old. We need these young voters to be part of this process so that they become a part of the influence of what your elected officials do. Listen, the bottom line is that if 18 to 26-year-olds do not vote then they’re not going to influence the legislators because legislators know who the voters are.” It’s understandable that students forget about local politics. There is less pomp and circumstance, it is more small policy and students are busy with their daily lives. Schmitt spoke to the idea that students do not need to be involved in local politics due to lack of interest or thinking they will be leaving the area once they are done with school. “They are going to be citizens for the rest of their lives and so voting and political engagement is a habit and it has to start early,” said Schmitt. “Helping students understand the connection between themselves as students and themselves as citizens and the role of politics all in this is really critical. It doesn’t matter that they are going to move on, they are here right now and should be engaged in politics in this area right in this moment.”
ISU President Curtis gives first fall address Tristian Major Reporter
Yesterday at the Tulson auditorium President Deborah J. Curtis had Indiana States first annual fall address. “This is a time to celebrate,” said President Curtis. Indiana State’s President reminds us that we are making an impact; especially for low-income students. This year incoming freshmen are composed of 19 percent 21st century scholars, 50 percent first generation students, 51 percent Pell Grant Eligibility, 35 percent minority campus, 78 percent of students from Indiana, and 31 percent having a GPA of 3.5 or higher, and over 1000 plus honor students. These percentage show how divers Indiana State
is becoming. As President Curtis continued her address she mentioned having a sit down with Indiana’s governor Erick Holcomb who expressed his approval for ISU. In fact his approval is so high that he’s “sending more employers to the ISU campus,” said Curtis. President Curtis defined student success at ISU with one word, “degree”. She believes that the man goal of the ISU is to “get graduates to walk across the stage.” She followed her ideas with a video of an ISU student speaker during last year’s graduation. In the video, the student explains how ISU has transformed her into a self-motivated, determined, obstacle conquer. Two more videos of ISU alumni were
shown. One showed a graduate working for rolls Royce, while the other worked for a successful news station. After the video, President Curtis was proud to say ISU has met all of its preforming measure’s. This means ISU has achieved a 34 percent degree completion, which is a 8.6 percent rise since last year. She reminds us that ISU graduates have a bright future ahead of them; with 94 percent of graduate’s with job placement, seven out of 10 graduates work in Indiana, and the average starting salary for graduates being $47,600. The true character of ISU was expressed when President Curtis announced that ISU is nationally recognized for its community service. With over 23,000 hours of community service in university engage-
ment activities alone, but that’s just the icing on the cake. Over 6000 students have made just over 900,000 hours of community service in just a year. This includes partnerships with organizations such as Red Cross, P.E.O, Guys Who Care, and Riley Hospital. Following this information was that of the status on ISU construction projects. We are told that the fine arts building will be complete by 2019. Students can expect a renovation on the sycamore dinning and possible other buildings on campus in the future. The address was ended with a quote from a very successful sycamore alumnus, in a new alumni video series, in which she reminded young students to “do what you love.”
TED Talk-like conference deemed successful Chelsea Chapman Reporter
Voted on by the students of Indiana State University, six faculty members each gave a seven-minute TED-type talk at University Hall on Monday, Sept. 24. Dr. Namita Goswami, Dr. Malynnda Johnson, Dr. Myung-Ah Lee, Gabrielle Miller, Dr. Edward Pease, and President Curtis were invited to speak on a subject of their choice. Each speech was meant to inspire and educate the attendees. One of the speakers, Dr. Malynnda Johnson, a faculty member in the communication department, was very pleased to be invited to speak at this event. “I was really, really, really excited,” said Dr. Johnson. “I had gotten the email and the fact that it was student nominated, I was just beyond the moon. I mean, just awesome. To hear that the student panel and committee picked my proposal was just the coolest thing ever.” Dr. Johnson’s ‘TED-style’ talk
compared life to a video game. She asked the audience, “Are you ready to press start?” “I wanted to do something that students, on a broad range, could probably connect with,” said Dr. Johnson, “and since I’m an uber nerd, I kind of immediately went to the metaphor of video games. It literally has been something I’ve turned to again and again in my own life. This is just one more level, it’s just one more challenge, how would I approach it if it were a video game and take that same mindset if I’m experiencing something in life.” Joseph Twitdy, a senior studying psychology, was one of the several students introducing the speakers before they gave their talk. “I’m a speaker for SGA so I thought it would be a good opportunity to help facilitate and work on academic affairs,” said Twitdy. “This was a really great chance for freshman to get a head start and figure out what they should and shouldn’t do and to help them adjust to their new college life.”
Twitdy loved the messages in the talks and how they could help the attendees in their own lives. “I took a little bit of something from every speaker, like mental health is important, the different types of stress, good stress and bad stress, how to handle that stress. Making that decision to start your college career even though there are obstacles and there might be a professor here or there that you don’t always agree with, you always have to keep trucking along with it. If you have problems, find someone to be your mentor, find a friend, always have someone in your corner rooting for you because things do get tough and you always need a support system.” Blaine Armstrong, a freshman studying general studies, came to the event for faculty advice. “I came out to this event to hear what the faculty and alumni have to say about what I could do to succeed in college,” said Armstrong. “I’m a first generation student in my family and it’s a whole new experience for my
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Students enjoy the recently renovated fountain area as part of Week of Welcome festivities.
family and me.” Armstrong was inspired by each speaker and will use the information he learned through his college career. “I was very inspired by what [the speakers] said,” said Armstrong. “It’s a lot of information to take in, but they said a lot of
inspiring things. Especially the one that said not to worry about the stereotypes and the status quo and the professor who talked about stress management and trying to ease tension. There were a lot of inspiring things going on.”
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Mold in dorms prompts Maryland to move students to hotels Talia Richman
The Baltimore Sun
BALTIMORE — The University of Maryland is putting students up in College Park hotels after mold was reported in some dormitories and several students said it has made them sick. Mold was found “throughout Elkton Hall, as well as isolated reports in other residence halls, and the issue has been exacerbated by recent weather conditions,” the school’s Department of Resident Life told students and families. The more than 500 mostly freshman students living in Elkton are being relocated temporarily to hotels to allow contractors to clean every room in the eight-story building, floor-by-floor. The mold problems further compound campus housing issues at the university where about 2,000 students live without air conditioning and the school needed to add beds to some rooms and convert lounges into dorm rooms to accommodate about 350 extra students this year. A university spokeswoman declined to make anyone available for an interview Monday about the mold problems because all the staff members involved were “working diligently to remediate the situation.” In an email to students late last week, the Department of Resident Life said university staff is working around the clock to remediate the mold. “We have taken many steps to address the issue; including hiring contractors who specialize in mold remediation, installing commercial-grade dehumidifiers in floor hallways, conducting inspections of rooms that have reported service requests, cleaning all surfaces, and cleaning or replacing furniture,” according to the email. Mold exposure can lead to eye irritation, cold symptoms, cough-
ing and congestion, skin rashes and the aggravation of asthma. The most common symptoms include allergy and hay fever-like symptoms like sneezing, itchy eyes and a sore throat, said Jim Keilson, who owns Maryland Home Inspection Services. But more severe reactions can cause respiratory issues and even death. “It’s a wide spectrum based on someone’s individual immune system,” he said. A spokesman for Prince George’s County said the local health department might launch an investigation to ensure the student housing was mold-free, but he wasn’t certain. In a Sept. 19 email Maryland facilities staff sent students in dorms across campus, they said they’d been receiving reports of mold Algerina Perna | Los Angeles Times| TNS on dorm furniture and other bed- A file image of the UMD campus. Students are being put up in College Park hotels after mold was reported room surfaces. They blamed the in some dormitories. heavy rains and hot temperatures, “Everyone in my hall is sick,” Shannon Cleary, 18, has been which led to increased humid- house students at hotels. Freshman Anne Ziolkowski she said. “Everyone is coughing. ” using an inhaler since last week. ity levels inside the aging dorm said she’s happy to have been reThe housing situation at Mary- She’s missed classes both due to buildings. Staff encouraged students to re- located but is frustrated it took land has become a hot-button being sick and to move out of her port any mold spotting, and said the university so long to take her issue among students this school dorm room, she said. year. The brutal early September Cleary also found mold on her they would respond to issues as complaints seriously. She spotted mold during the heat wave left the 2,000 students blinds right around Labor Day. they were received. Then, late Friday night, Mary- first weekend of September. Facil- in dorms without air-condition- She told facilities staff members, who cleaned it up and told her land facilities staff sent another ities staff came and wiped down ing sweltering in their rooms. the blinds and air-conditioning Some ditched their bedrooms, that she and her roommate should update, informing Elkton Hall instead seeking refuge in cooler be fine going forward. residents that they would be unit, she said. Her mother bought a dehumid- multipurpose rooms and lounges, But when Cleary looked around moved floor by floor to hotels to ifier to try to keep the nasty spores sleeping next to fans on universiher room afterward, she found enable a full-scale scrub down of from returning, but the mold ultity-provided mattresses. Students even more mold — it covered the the building. Students began relocating Sun- mately came back anyway, invad- at Goucher College had similar bottom of her desk and her bed. day night — capping off Parents’ ing her drawers and ruining some options when dealing with the It was under every drawer, and in “code red” heat earlier this month. her roommate’s closet. Weekend, a weekend of special of her clothes, she said. “We’ve been dealing with this Housing is already limited “It shouldn’t be our job to go events geared toward students’ families that took place Sept. 21- all month,” said Ziolkowski, 18. in College Park, due to a larg- and find it,” she said. “I would’ve “They finally took action after er-than-expected freshman class hoped that after we first reported 23. enrolling at the state flagship. The it, they would’ve looked around The relocated students are being Parents’ Weekend.” Ziolkowski often paused to university squeezed an extra 350 and found out that we had mold spread among three nearby hotels: The Cambria, The Hotel at the cough while describing her expe- students into campus housing this in all those other places.” Cleary lives on the sixth floor University of Maryland, and the rience with the mold. She was di- fall by adding extra beds to double agnosed with bronchitis last week, and triple rooms, and convertof Elkton, which means she isn’t College Park Marriott. and her doctor told her that the ing dormitory lounges into dorm scheduled to be moved to a hotel Some students are expected rooms. until Friday. Residents on the top to be living in hotels until early mold was to blame, she said. Many of her friends have similar Students living on campus say two floors moved Sunday, and the October. The university spokessymptoms: infections, persistent they deserve better than what’s woman said the school does not coughs, exacerbated asthma. been provided them this semester. yet know how much it will cost to
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CBS names veteran media executive Richard Parsons as interim board chairman Ryan Faughnder Los Angeles Times
Broadcasting giant CBS Corp. has named veteran media executive Richard Parsons interim chairman of its board, as part of a broader shakeup following the resignation of Chief Executive Leslie Moonves. The appointment, announced Tuesday night, comes roughly two weeks after Moonves agreed to step down as the New York television company’s chairman and chief executive. He resigned Sept. 9 after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct in articles published by the New Yorker. CBS also said that two of its long-serving board members, Bruce Gordon and William Cohen, had decided to step down. They both have been on the board since 2006, when CBS became a stand-alone company after its split with Viacom Inc. Gordon, a former Verizon executive and former head of the NAACP, played a pivotal role in negotiations that resulted in Moonves’ resignation and ended a lawsuit between CBS and the Redstone family over control of the company. As part of a deal reached earlier this month, CBS agreed to drop a lawsuit against the Redstone family investment vehi-
cle, National Amusements Inc., that had been scheduled to go to trial in Delaware in October. The agreement also called for a dramatic makeover of the CBS board, with six new directors who are not aligned with the Redstone family. Parsons, 70, a former chairman of Citigroup and Time Warner Inc., was nominated to CBS’ board earlier this year. He was seen as an ally of Shari Redstone, who had advocated for reuniting CBS with Viacom, the other media company her family controls. CBS board members balked at the idea, sparking a legal fight. As chief executive of Time Warner, Parsons helped the media company recover from its ill-fated union with internet pioneer AOL. He left Time Warner in 2007. He is co-founder and partner of Imagination Capital, a venture capital firm that launched in November. He also was interim chief executive of the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team for a few months in 2014. “Dick Parsons has a combination of deep industry knowledge and unmatched corporate and board experience,” said Candace Beinecke, chair of CBS’ Nominating and Governance Committee, in a statement. “We are fortunate to have Dick in this
Amazon, Apple, Google and others face senators’ questions over user privacy David Pierson
Los Angeles Times
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Former chief executive of Time Warner Inc. Richard Parsons, shown in this file image,will serve as interim chairman of CBS Corp.
leadership role.” CBS’ board unanimously approved Parsons’ appointment, the company said. One of the major tasks of the newly reconfigured board will be to decide whether Moonves is entitled to receive any of the benefits of his most recent contract. CBS said it set aside $120 million as a potential severance for Moonves, who left without any
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Representatives of six major technology and communications companies, including Google, Apple and AT&T, are testifying Wednesday before the Senate Commerce Committee about safeguarding user privacy. The hearing aims to review the nation’s patchwork of privacy laws and determine whether Congress should act to strengthen them. “The question is no longer whether we need a federal law to protect consumers’ privacy. The question is what shape that law should take,” Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., chairman of the committee, said in opening remarks. In addition to Google, Apple and AT&T, senators are hearing from policymakers from Amazon, Charter Communications and Twitter. Privacy advocates worry that lawmakers will side with corporate interests by introducing federal laws that are ultimately weaker than those recently unveiled in Europe and California. Executives told the panel that the United States needs federal legislation to protect personal data — but told lawmakers not to emulate the California Consumer Privacy Act and the Euro-
pean Union’s General Data Protection Regulation. Those laws are designed to give consumers far more control of their data, but they have not been fully supported by companies because of compliance costs and the restrictions on data collection. “We’re urging for comprehensive federal law that looks at both these laws and learns from them, but does better than them,” said Len Cali, senior vice president of global public policy for AT&T, who called the European law “overly prescriptive and burdensome.” Other executives said the European law would only strengthen incumbent companies such as theirs given the costs of complying. “We’re concerned about the small and medium-sized business,” said Guy Trimble, Apple’s vice president for software technology. Privacy advocates say the companies’ preference for a federal law is guided by fear that other states could adopt California’s stringent rules, which go into effect in 2020. “What they mean is that they want weak federal privacy legislation that preempts stronger state laws,” said Christine Bannan, an attorney for the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
Delta uses facial recognition in Atlanta’s international terminal Kelly Yamanouchi
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Delta Air Lines plans to launch what it calls the nation’s first “biometric terminal” by deploying facial recognition at multiple points in the international terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson. At the Maynard H. Jackson International Terminal and Concourse F at the Atlanta airport, Delta plans to use facial recognition at check-in, at the security checkpoint, at boarding and at Customs processing. Atlanta-based Delta says in-
ternational travelers flying on Delta between Atlanta and other countries can use facial recognition instead of their passports to get through those checkpoints at the airport. It’s similar to what has been launched at other airports globally, including a biometric terminal opened last fall at Singapore Changi airport. Other airlines have also tested the use of biometrics at other airports. In Atlanta, plans are for the technology to be at Concourse F gates at Hartsfield-Jackson by Oct. 15 and throughout the international terminal by Dec. 1.
However, international travelers will still need to bring their passports, and will still need to show their boarding passes at the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint. And Delta’s deployment of facial recognition for international passengers in the international terminal doesn’t change the process for those traveling on domestic flights, or people flying other airlines. Passengers have the option to opt out of the facial recognition process, according to Delta. Those who want to use facial recognition can approach
a kiosk in the lobby and click “Look,” or approach a camera at the ticket counter, the TSA checkpoint or when boarding. Once a green check mark flashes on the screen, the passenger can proceed. Some privacy advocates have warned of risks of security based on facial scans. A senior staff attorney with digital rights nonprofit Electronic Frontier Foundation, Jennifer Lynch has said she is wary of facial recognition, and sees a threat to privacy, “our constitutional ‘right to travel’ and right to anonymous association.” And
she said the greatest concern is the risk of a data breach. The Delta rollout uses U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s traveler verification service and software developed by NEC Corp. Customs is required by Congress to begin collecting biometrics of foreign visitors when they leave the United States. “We see very few people choosing to opt out of the process, because it makes it pretty easy for them,” said Customs and Border Protection deputy executive assistant commission-
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indianastatesman.com CBS FROM PAGE 2 immediate payout. But if investigators find that Moonves should be fired for cause, he may not receive any severance. CBS’ board has retained two law firms to investigate claims from multiple women who have accused Moonves of sexual misconduct. Moonves has dis-
DELTA FROM PAGE 2 er John Wagner. “There’s great potential here to change some of the pain points in the airport process, all based on some security mandates.” According to Delta, facial recognition can save up to nine minutes of time during boarding. Passengers on Delta partner carriers Air France-KLM, Virgin Atlantic and Aeromexico can also use facial recognition technology in the international terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson. “We’re scaling first in Atlanta at Concourse F, and as we get experience with that we’re going to look to scale it throughout our system ultimately,” said Gil West, chief operating officer of Delta. “We think it will over time become the norm in the travel experience.” Delta has been testing facial recognition in recent years in partnership with Customs during boarding at Hartsfield-Jackson as well as in Detroit and New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. It has also tested biometric boarding and bag drop, partners with biometric firm Clear for expedited security lines, and allows Sky Club members to use their fingerprints to enter
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puted claims that he made unwanted advances or retaliated against women. The board must also decide on a permanent replacement for Moonves. Joseph Ianniello, who was CBS’ chief operating officer until Moonves’ exit, is serving as president and acting chief executive while the search for a new leader proceeds. clubs. Also at the international terminal, TSA will soon roll out new Computed Tomography (CT) scanners at two automated screening lanes, meaning passengers won’t have to take electronics and other items out of their bags. TSA has been rolling out the new scanners at other airports around the country. How it works Customers flying direct to an international destination from Atlanta’s international terminal can: — Enter their passport information when prompted during online check-in. You can also enter passport information at the terminal. — Click “Look” on the screen at the kiosk in the lobby, or approach the camera at the counter in the lobby, the TSA checkpoint or when boarding at the gate. — Once the green check mark flashes on the screen, you can proceed. Travelers will need to have their passports available and should always bring their passports when they travel internationally for use at other touch points during their trip. Those who don’t want to use the facial recognition technology can opt out. her to sleep in their hotel rooms, so she doesn’t have to spend another week in her dorm’s conditions. “It’s gross,” she said. “It’s just not comfortable.”
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FEATURES
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Meet your fellow ISU Sycamores
Dossier by Cheyenne Fauquher Photos by Anna Bartley
FRESHMAN Name: Keturah Hughes Birthday: July 10, 2000 Major: Pre-Vet & Business Hometown: Chicago, IL. Favorite Color: White Most Embarrassing Moment: I once did a front flip on my bike unintentionally.
SOPHOMORE Name: Payton Halbig Birthday: September 4, 1998 Major: Athletic Training & Minor in Massage Therapy Hometown: Princeton, IN. Favorite Color: Pink Most Embarrassing Moment: I did the splits in front of a crowded area once. JUNIOR Name: Conner Hale Birthday: April 11, 1998 Major: Criminology Hometown: Chrisman, IL. Favorite Color: Blue Most Embarrassing Moment: I don’t get embarrassed.
SENIOR Name: Amanda Harvey Birthday: July 8, 1993 Major: Elementary Education Hometown: Terre Haute, IN. Favorite Color: Purple Most Embarrassing Moment: I had to sing in front of a class one time and my allergies were really bad and I sounded terrible.
Week explores bisexuality Chelsea Chapman Reporter
Amidst the Bipride and Intersex celebrations on campus, a certain gender studies class on campus has been working to create presentations for their fellow sycamores. Students from Dr. Amanda Lubold’s class stood out by the fountain to educate members of the Indiana State University community on the history of bisexuality. Jade Campbell, a junior studying electronic engineering, discussed the LGBTQ+ class that the students putting on this presentation are taking. “This is gender studies LGBTQ+,” said Campbell. “We learn about different sexualities and how they fall under different spectrums, myths and facts about them. This presentation is for biweek, basically what we have is an interactive game. We also have information and pamphlets.” Corinne Greenberg, a sophomore studying biology, sat on the edge of Dede Plaza educating those who came along and stopped by the class’ table. “Basically this poster board has a lot of true and false and fill in the blank questions,” said Greenberg. “I designed it so you can kind of quiz yourself. You can read the question and if you want to know the answer just flip it up or to the side.” Bipride week and education on why it is celebrated is very important to Greenberg. “Bipride week is important to me because I’m bi and I just recently discovered this about myself,” said Greenberg. “I’m trying to show my true colors and learn more about bisexuality so
Student brings Camp Kesem to Indiana State Lauren Rader Reporter
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Students pose for a photo near the Career Center and fountain while teaching about the history of bisexuality and more.
I can in turn learn more about myself. I hope that they realize that a lot of bi erasure has happened through history and that it’s important to acknowledge bisexuality as a sexuality. A lot of people don’t really think it is a thing so getting awareness out is really important. Tolerance is key. I feel like there are a lot of people on campus who aren’t really tolerant of a lot of queer folks so the more that we get this kind of stuff out there, the more likely people are to learn to be tolerant.” Sam Douthitt, a sixth year senior studying health sciences, is very excited that ISU is studying Bipride and intersex week. “I was very excited when I saw the flyers for bipride and intersex week,” said Douthitt. “I think recognizing the bi community and the intersex community is essential mostly for validating those who do identify as bi or intersex. When something is talked about and even celebrated
it does instill a pride in who you are.” Douthitt explains why it is important to her that ISU celebrates bipride week. “Being bi for me represents freedom to love whomever I choose,” said Douthitt. “As I grew up, I knew women and men could be together and I was taught that was the “normal”. I saw gay relationships on television occasionally and my best friend was a lesbian, but I didn’t know I was allowed to be attracted to any gender. It wasn’t until I came to college that I realized I wasn’t confined to being labeled one or the other. I hope those who are still exploring their identities find consolation in the acceptance here at ISU. This community has helped me find myself in more ways than I could imagine. My sincere hope is that students of all orientations gain an appreciation and awareness of people who identify as bi and/or intersex.”
Camp Kesem, a summer camp for kids with a twist, has offered a variety of opportunities to students on the campus of Indiana State University and young kids. Camp Kesem began at Stanford University in 2000 and came to ISU in July of 2017 by Nicole Hoover. Hoover, co-director of Camp Kesem, brought this organization to Indiana State after hearing about her friend’s involvement in IU’s chapter of Camp Kesem. “I sent an email that I was interested in learning more about bringing Kesem to ISU and began working on an online application process,” Hoover said. “Over the next several months, I gathered around 115 interested ISU students, over 100 potential donors, community contacts that could bring us campers or donors, potential advisory board members, I researched potential campsites and had several meetings with the office of student activities at ISU to work out the logistics of bringing this organization to our campus.” Hoover worked for over a hundred hours to move up to the second step of the application process and bring the camp to campus. ISU had to compete against 12 schools to obtain a chapter of Camp Kesem. They had a week to gain as many votes as possible from the community. This process continued for six months, and ISU finally received $40,000 worth of funding to start a chapter.
The camp is open to children 6 to 18 years old that have lost a parent to cancer. “This can be anything from a parent that is currently battling cancer, their parent is in remission from cancer or they have passed away from cancer,” Hoover said. “Kesem is growing constantly because there are approximately 5 million children who are affected by a parent’s cancer, so we’re always growing to reach more of this population.” This is like any other summer camp, and allows kids to do camp activities such as swimming, arts and crafts, enjoy the outdoors, and all of it is free. The community that Camp Kesem creates is lasting beyond the week that ISU students provide during the summer. “It provides kids with a place to escape what’s going on in their daily lives, and it presents them with a supportive community to carry them through and beyond their parent’s cancer.” Hoover said. Camp may be the only time they have the opportunity to let loose and be kids instead of worrying about the adult life they may have to live. Students that work the camp are also impacted heavily from their experiences at Camp Kesem. Madilyn Coomes, the Co-Development Director of Camp Kesem, was very excited when she got the email asking if she was interested in being involved like so many other students at Indiana State. “I had never heard of Camp Kesem, but I wanted to learn
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Study Abroad helps students widen their world views Nicole Nunez Reporter
The Center for Global Engagement is holding their Study Abroad Fair today in the Hulman Memorial Student Union Dede I from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is an annual event to aid students interested in study abroad programs at Indiana State University. At the fair, one can find study abroad faculty, alumni, departments that support study abroad, and partner universities. “Students can find out information about how to start the study abroad process, how to pay for these types of programs (financial aid and scholarships), and different departments that support study abroad,” said Kristi Barley, Educa-
tion Abroad Program Director. This event provides an opportunity for students to begin their study abroad journey or to simply gain more information. By speaking with ISU study abroad faculty and engaging with host university representatives, the study abroad fair allows students to create connections and find the start of a new adventure. Kristi Barley will also be at the study abroad fair to “assist students in navigating through the fair to visit all of our partner schools and affiliate information tables to gain a better understanding about what their programs have to offer.” A bonus of attending this event is each student that attends will be placed in raffle to win a $1,000 scholarship to use towards future study abroad. Attending the
event will allow one to open their eyes to a world beyond Terre Haute. There are over 350 different programs in 60 different countries offered by ISU, so there is likely a place for every student to find their perfect fit. There are traditional study abroad programs where students attend a host university for a semester, a year, or over the summer. All credits earned abroad will transfer back to ISU. Any students’ scholarships and other financial aid is also applicable to traditional study abroad programs. For Honors students, any credits earned abroad will be automatically converted to honors credit. So, studying abroad is one of the easiest ways to fulfill this honors requirement.
Another option is faculty-led study abroad programs where students partake in a 3 credit course. At the end of the semester, the class goes on a 10-20 day trip that coincides with the course. “Student travel grants are supported through the Center for Global Engagement Education Abroad Office and are available to faculty for their students to offset travel expenses,” said Barley. There are numerous benefits to studying abroad. “Students get to experience their field of study in a different culture and gain that different perspective. An Education Abroad experience also enhances employment opportunities and enhances a
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indianastatesman.com ABROAD FROM PAGE 4 resume and graduate school application. They are encouraged to think outside the box, make new friends around world and learn more about themselves and expand their worldview,” said Barley. From widening one’s worldview, to gaining a
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once in a lifetime experience, to building one’s resume for a future career, the possibilities of studying abroad are infinite. For students who cannot attend the event, there is no need to worry. Students who would like more information are encouraged to visit the ISU study abroad webpage. ISU
Study Abroad also is on social media to keep students informed. Kristi Barley says it is important for students to attend this event “to learn that it is not only about the location but the academic experience in studying in a difficult culture to gain a global perspective outside your comfort zone.”
CAMP FROM PAGE 4 more. During the voting campaign was when I really dived in to learning more about Camp Kesem,” Coomes said. “I started researching and educating everyone! I posted daily social media statuses asking for votes, had my high school football coach
tweet about it, and asked my siblings in high school to pass the information along. Then the Coordinator Board position applications went out, and I applied. I am now the Co-Development Coordinator.” Involvement like Coomes’s explains how the camp is successful. The ex-
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How we’re making climate change even more expensive Tyler Cowen
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Kavanaugh’s confirmation would ruin balance of power on the SCOTUS Joe Lippard
Opinions Editor
People are pretty upset about Trump’s new Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. For one thing, Kavanaugh is a staunch conservative, unlike the more moderate Anthony Kennedy he would replace. This completely ruins the balance of power in the Supreme Court. The court should be divided equally as best as possible between liberal and conservative. Republicans would hate it if a Democrat tried to stack the court with liberal judges, and rightfully so. We are dangerously close to Republicans controlling, not just having a majority, but actively controlling, all branches of government. The Supreme Court is not another house of Congress to just be passed off between parties every few years — the decisions they make have extremely long, far-reaching consequences. We’re getting incredibly close to a one-party state. But no one is as upset about Kavanaugh’s nomination than the women who say he sexually assaulted them. As of Wednesday, three women have come forward to accuse Kavanaugh. His conservatism might be the least of our problems, considering these allegations. The first two women came forward last week and earlier this week, and we’ve seen their stories in the news. Christine Blasey Ford, a professor at Palo Alto University, said that Kavanaugh and his friend, Mark Judge, locked her in a bedroom, and then that “Kavanaugh held her down, put his hand over her
mouth to silence her, and tried to remove her clothes,” according to USA Today. Also according to USA Today, one of Kavanaugh’s classmates at Yale University, Deborah Ramirez said “he exposed himself to her and shoved his penis in her face at a dorm room party in their freshman year.” These are harrowing, disgusting accounts of sexual assault by a man who is now nominated for the highest court in the country, and they’re not alone either. Michael Avenatti, who is representing a woman named Julie Swetnick, released another affidavit Wednesday. Swetnick claims that she went to “well over ten house parties” between 1981 and 1983, where she met Kavanaugh and Judge repeatedly. In the affidavit, Swetnick says that from 1981 to 1982, “I became aware of efforts by Mark Judge, Brett Kavanaugh and others to ‘spike’ the ‘punch’ at house parties I attended with drugs and/or grain alcohol so as to cause girls to lose their inhibitions and their ability to say ‘No.’” She then continues, saying that Kavanaugh and Judge tried to get women drunk “so they could then be ‘gang raped’ in a side room or bedroom by a ‘train’ of numerous boys.” She says she distinctly remembers seeing Kavanaugh and Judge in line for these “trains.” And it gets worse. In 1982, Swetnick says that she was drugged and gang raped. She mentions that Kavanaugh and Judge were present. Republican response to this has been rather ridiculous. It seems that when McConnell made such a big deal about not
confirming Supreme Court justices during election years, he was only worried about confirming Obama-appointed judges. He has no problem being insanely partisan and pushing for a vote for an accused sexual predator to be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice during an election year, even though the far more neutral Merrick Garland was denied even committee meetings for his appointment. What’s worse is the fact that Chuck Grassley is still pushing way too hard for Kavanaugh’s confirmation. After the affidavit from Swetnick was released, Grassley said that they would still hold a confirmation hearing on Thursday, telling reporters, “I feel like I have a definite responsibility to hold a hearing, not only for [Blasey Ford] but for Judge Kavanaugh.” The fact that there is still a confirmation hearing happening when there are not one, but three accusations of sexual assault against the candidate that Congress refuses to even look into before voting to confirm him simply astounds me. This is one of the worst examples of political partisanship in recent memory. Republicans are now okay with voting to confirm a man who has been accused of gang raping women just because those Republicans think the women are just upset Democrats? It’s now become so important for the “Grand Old Party” to “win” at something that they would confirm an accused sexual predator to the highest court in the country without even doing a full investigation? That’s simply
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The potential costs of climate change, already the subject of heated debate, may actually be understated. It’s not just the potential disruptions to weather systems, agriculture and coastal cities; it’s that we may respond to those problems in stupid and destructive ways. As the philosopher and cartoon character Pogo said: “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Consider how poorly we have responded to many non-climate-related problems. In the case of Brexit, for example, the Leave movement was arguably responding to some real problems. The European Union bureaucracy is too stringent, and perhaps the U.K. did not have an ideal arrangement with immigration. But Brexit is careening toward disaster, with no good plan on tap, the two major parties in splinters, the British pound declining, the Irish “Good Friday” agreement at risk, and the U.K. seriously talking about food stockpiles and other emergency measures. It would have been better if the British had responded to their country’s problems in a less extreme way, or simply learned to live with the problems they had. Instead, they voted for a rash and poorly thought-out remedy. Similarly, you might think that supporters of President Donald Trump have legitimate concerns about illegal immigration and U.S. unwillingness to stand up to China. Still, that did not require a presidential “remedy” that has brought chaos and corruption to the White House and U.S. foreign policy alike. In short, the world increasingly appears to be reaching for extreme and imprudent remedies to admittedly complex problems. These overreactions do not seem to be mere accidents, but arise from some pretty fundamental features of polarized politics — namely, that discourse has become less rational and technocratic. When it comes to climate change, all this plays out in interesting ways. In the U.S., imagine that many Florida residents have to leave their residences permanently, due to fiercer storms or rising sea level. The rational approach might involve well-functioning insurance markets, some public-sector transfers and compensation, and better infrastructure planning. The idea would be to lim-
it the number of such moves or at least to lower their cost. That could prove very costly but essentially manageable. But that is probably not what we will get. Instead, the debate may well radicalize Florida politics, which has consequences for national politics as Florida is a swing state. On the federal level, an infrastructure bill would invariably direct too much money to wasteful new projects in less populated states. Everywhere, the harsh, non-sympathetic tone of the debate will further corrode American politics. Looking outside of the U.S.: Imagine that climate change forced or induced the migration of many people from Bangladesh. An ideal international reaction would involve foreign aid plus the cooperative parceling out of refugees to different countries. Circa 2018, following the crises in Syria and Libya, does anyone really expect such a rational outcome? A more likely, though admittedly speculative scenario, is clashes on the border with India, the further radicalization of Indian politics (“build a wall”), refugee camps full of hundreds of thousands of people, and more extremist terrorism in Bangladesh. I am struck by the costs of climate change suggested in the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, hardly a source of denialism. Its cost estimate — “1 to 5 percent of GDP for 4°C of warming” — is relatively reassuring. After all, global GDP is right now growing at more than 4 percent a year. If climate change cost “only” 4 percent of GDP on a one-time basis, then the world economy could make up those costs with less than a year’s worth of economic growth. In essence, the world economy would arrive at a given level of wealth about a year later than otherwise would have been the case. That sounds expensive but not tragic. Unfortunately, that is not the right way to conceptualize the problem. Think of the 4 percent hit to GDP, if indeed that is the right number, as a highly unevenly distributed opening shot. That’s round one, and from that point on we are going to react with our human foibles and emotions, and with our highly imperfect and sometimes corrupt political institutions. (Libertarians, who are typically most skeptical of political solutions, should be the most worried.)
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Cass Sunstein: The problem with all those liberal professors Cass Sunstein
Bloomberg News (TNS)
Suppose that you start college with a keen interest in physics, and you quickly discover that almost all members of the physics department are Democrats. Would you think that something is wrong? Would your answer be different if your favorite subject is music, chemistry, computer science, anthropology or sociology? In recent years, concern has grown over what many people see as a left-of-center political bias at colleges and universities. A few months ago, Mitchell Langbert, an associate professor of business at Brooklyn College, published a study of the political affiliations of faculty members at 51 of the 66 liberal-arts colleges ranked highest by U.S. News in 2017. The findings are eye-popping (even if they do not come as a great surprise to many people in academia). Democrats dominate most fields. In religion, Langbert’s survey found that the ratio of Democrats to Republicans is 70 to 1. In music, it is 33 to 1. In biology, it is 21 to 1. In philosophy, history and psychology, it is 17 to 1. In political science, it is 8 to 1. The gap is narrower in science
and engineering. In physics, economics and mathematics, the ratio is about 6 to 1. In chemistry, it is 5 to 1, and in engineering, it is just 1.6 to 1. Still, Lambert found no field in which Republicans are more numerous than Democrats. True, these figures do not include the many professors who do not have a political affiliation, either because they are not registered at all or because they have not declared themselves as Democrats or Republicans. And, true, the ratios vary dramatically across colleges. The faculties of Wellesley, Williams and Swarthmore are overwhelmingly Democratic, with ratios at or above 120 to 1. At Harvey Mudd and Lafayette, the ratios are 6 to 1. At the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, it is 2.3 to 1; it is just 1.3 to 1 at West Point. But despite the variability, none of the 51 colleges had more Republicans than Democrats. According to the survey, over a third of them had no Republicans at all. For two reasons, these numbers, and others like them, are genuinely disturbing. The first involves potential discrimination on the part of educational institutions. Some departments might be disinclined to hire potential faculty members
based on their political convictions. Such discrimination might take the form of unconscious devaluation of people whose views do not fit with the dominant perspective. For example, young historians who cast Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal in a terrible light might not get a lot of job offers. And talented people might not pursue academic careers at all, because they expect that their potential professors will not appreciate their work. The second reason is that students are less likely to get a good education, and faculty members are likely to learn less from one another, if there is a prevailing political orthodoxy. Students and faculty might end up in a kind of information cocoon. If a political-science department consists of 24 Democrats and 2 Republicans, we have reason to doubt that students will exposed to an adequate range of views. It is true that in some fields, political affiliations do not matter. In chemistry, math, physics and engineering, students should not care about the party affiliations of their professors. Sure, it’s conceivable that Democratic chemistry professors want to hire fellow Democrats. But that would be surprising. In all like-
lihood, they are looking for good chemistry professors. In fields of this kind, there is no reason to worry that political homogeneity will disserve students or undermine the exchange of ideas. If students are learning about special relativity or the physics of nuclei, partisan affiliations ought not to be relevant. The real problems arise in subjects like history, political science, philosophy and psychology, where the professor’s political perspective might well make a difference. (The same is true of law.) If academic hiring is skewed along ideological lines, the march toward uniformity might be self-reinforcing. Prospective professors will have an incentive to adopt the prevailing orthodoxy (or to speak and write as if they do). It is far too simple, of course, to say that professors of history, political science, philosophy and the like should “look like America” in political terms. What matters is that they are experts in their fields, able to convey what they know. In faculty hiring, affirmative action for those with conservative political positions is not likely to serve anyone well. Nonetheless, the current num-
bers make two points unmistakably clear. First, those who teach in departments lacking ideological diversity have an obligation to offer competing views and to present them fairly and with respect. A political philosopher who leans left should be willing and able to ask students to think about the force of the argument for free markets, even if they produce a lot of inequality. Second, those who run departments lacking ideological diversity have an obligation to find people who will represent competing views — visiting speakers, visiting professors and new hires. Faculties need not be expected to mirror their societies, but students and teachers ought not live in information cocoons. John Stuart Mill put it well: “It is hardly possible to overrate the value … of placing human beings in contact with persons dissimilar to themselves, and with modes of thought and action unlike those with which they are familiar. Such communication has always been, and is peculiarly in the present age, one of the primary sources of progress.”
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asinine. Congressional Republicans don’t seem to care about serving the country or their constituents. If they did, they would, at the very least, push off the confirmation hearing until they can investigate the allegations. But apparently having one more Republican on the Supreme Court is more important than making sure that judge isn’t a rapist.
Considering how the Syrian crisis has fragmented the EU as well as internal German politics, is it so crazy to think that climate change might erode international cooperation all the more? The true potential costs of climate change are just beginning to come into view.
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ISU Cross Country in another invitational this weekend David Cruz Reporter
This Friday, September 28 the Sycamore Cross Country team heads down to South Bend to compete in the Joe Piane Invitational in South Bend, IN. The Indiana State men’s and women’s cross country teams both appear in the Great Lakes Regional rankings for the fourth consecutive week. The men’s cross team is currently ranked 10th and the women’s team is ranked 14th. In their last outing, the ISU men’s team had a strong showing at the John McNichols Invitational, as the Sycamores placed second among nine teams and posted a total score of 95 points, falling only to Purdue who finished with 24 points. For the second consecutive meet, Akis
Medrano put on a outstanding performance to lead the men’s team in the 8K race. The Boswell, Ind. native ran neckand-neck with Purdue’s top two runners and finished third overall with a time of 24:59.0. His time tied Geoff Wayton for the 14th best Sycamore 8K time at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course. Akis Medrano has been a monster athlete throughout the season and as well as his career. Last year, he earned All-MVC honors by placing 10th in the men’s 8K with a time of 25:07.40, ran the ninth fastest time in the men’s 8K in school history at the Pre-National meet at 24:29.80, placed 57th overall at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional. He has had a good amount of success
throughout his career and he continues to put in the work and looks to have a good performance the Joe Piane Invitational. On the women’s side, Indiana State earned a fourth place finish with 108 points and was bested by Butler, Purdue, and Northern Illinois. Junior Alli Workman ran an impressive race in the 5K, crossing the line with a time of 18:16.6. Her time is the fourth-best time by a Sycamore runner at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course. Indiana State alum Kyle Walsh is in his second season as the associate head coach for cross country and fifth overall after serving the 2014-15 season as an assistant coach and serving as the head women’s cross country coach/assistant track coach since 2015-16. He had this to say about his the team in
Sycamores take on Panthers following a bye week Jordan Koegler Reporter
Coming off a long bye week, Indiana State University football hosts the University of Northern Iowa football team Thursday night for the second home game of the 2018 season. Last time ISU was in action was on Sept. 15 against Eastern Illinois. ISU took a big win for the game defeating EIU 55-41. The Sycamores’ current record is 2-1 and the team looks to adding another win after tomorrow night. Thursday will be the fourth game of the season. On the other end UNI is coming off a win from Sept. 22 against Hampton, with a final score for the game was a whopping 44-0. The Panthers have a current record of 1-2. Sycamore senior running back Ja’Quan Keys this past week was named the Missouri Valley Football Conference Offensive Player of the week. Keys has had a total of six touchdowns this season and will continue to keep finding the end zone for the Sycamores. He has become the first Sycamore to pass the 200-yard rushing mark since 2013. Keys is even the first ISU football player to score three touchdowns in one half since 2015. As long as Keys can stay healthy, ISU should be hearing his name often this season while discussing touchdowns. A strong player for the Sycamores is junior linebacker Jonas Griffith. Griffith has fifteen total solo tackles currently. Last season, he was named sec-
ond team All-MVFC. He was named last season third in MVFC and first for the Sycamores with 107 total tackles, including 48 total solo tackles. Griffith, who stands tall at 6’4” 240 lb, out of Louisville, KY, brings nothing but greatness to our Sycamores defense. Alongside Griffith is Kaelub Newman, who is second on the team in solo tackles with 14 on the year. If these two can keep up the good run stop and pass plays, our offense will have a little less pressure every time running onto the field. For the Panthers, senior quarterback Eli Dunne is a player the Sycamores will need to keep an eye on. Even though the Panthers are off to a rough 1-2 start, they still have the ability to turn their season around. Dunne currently has five touchdowns and 39 total passing completions. UNI has a tough linebacker, senior Duncan Ferch. Totaling five solo tackles and 21 assistant tackles so far this season. The Sycamores can expect Ferch to be prepared for some competition Thursday. The Panthers won last year’s game against Sycamores with the final score 41-3. UNI is 27-5 alltime against ISU. The odds may be against ISU, but the team is ready for revenge after a tough loss last year. Sycamores will take on the Panthers at Memorial Stadium Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. ISU students get in for free with a valid student ID.
A-10 Air Force Flyover highlights a full slate of festivities Thursday evening Ace Hunt
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Indiana State Football team will salute all military members and first responders at this week›s home game Thursday, Sept. 27 vs. Northern Iowa at Memorial Stadium. All military members as well as firemen, police and EMT first responders will receive free admission to the game by presenting a valid ID at the gate. Additionally, military members will be honored on the field during the game. Kick-off is slated for 7:04 p.m. under the brand new, state-of-the-art lights at Memorial Stadium. Thanks to the generous support of the Wabash Valley local Ford dealers, who are sponsor-
ing Thursday night’s contest, the Ford Super Screen will be in the tailgating area to provide entertainment and free giveaways for fans before the contest. Following the national anthem at 6:50 p.m., a flyover will be conducted by four A-10 planes (Warthogs) from the 122nd Fighter Wing, based at the Fort Wayne Air National Guard Station. The 122nd Fighter Wing recently returned from a threemonth deployment to Kandahar, Afghanistan. During this deployment, the A-10s flew 959 sorties amassing 3,974 combat hours in support of Operation FREEDOM’S SENTINEL. The four pilots participating in the flyover include a trio of Indiana State University graduates. Colonel Kyle “Gus” Noel (Indiana State, ‘00), Lieutenant
Colonel Chris “Beech” Snider (Indiana State, ‘93), Lieutenant Colonel Brian “Mad Dawg” Frazier (Indiana State, ‘94) and Lieutenant Colonel Scot “Smuth” Perkins (Wright State, ‘96) will be in the cockpit of the A-10’s. During the game, the other members of the 122nd Fighter Wing who participated in the recent deployment to Afghanistan will be honored for their service as well. Technical Sergeant Cale Davis who is the Airfield Manager at the 122nd Fighter Wing in Fort Wayne will perform the honorary coin toss prior to the start of the game. Sycamore fans should get ready for quite a show at the conclusion of the national anthem. The four A-10 planes
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the last meet, “The men were able to fend off challenges from several strong teams in the Great Lakes Region to hold onto second place. I was extremely proud of our young trio of Bentz, Yeend and Hufnagel stepping up to the challenge and putting together great races. We’ve got some gaps to fill in, but I like where our fitness is early season and when some of our upper classmen put it together, we will be ready for these bigger races coming up,” Walsh said. The team looks to put all the keys together against the other 35 teams that will be competing in the Joe Piane Invitational. ”Notre Dame is always a great mid-season test a month before the MVC meet, so we shift our attention there now,” Walsh said.
Volleyball eyes turnaround during Illinois road trip
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The Indiana State volleyball team is hoping to turn things around this weekend as they travel to play Bradley and Illinois State. The Sycamores have been struggling as they currently ride a three-game losing streak—all three of which were conference matches. With a non-conference record of 7-5, ISU was doing fairly well before their conference season started. Prior to the team’s tournament in Colorado, ISU had hit under .170 as a team just once in nine games. Since then, they have hit under the .170 mark in five of their six matches—each of those five games were losses. The caveat for the five losses is that ISU faced off against teams with a combined record of 5420. The Sycamore started their conference season with games against some of the toughest competition they will face all season. This weekend doesn’t get much easier though. The Missouri Valley Conference is deep and extremely talented in volleyball. Bradley is a great example of this as they enter the weekend with a record of 12-2. Picked to finish seventh in the preseason poll, the Braves have shocked people with their performance this season. The Braves are on a six-game
winning streak and have yet to lose at home this year. Senior Erica Haslag has been a big part of Bradley’s success. She has already amassed 201 kills this season to pace her team. After a First Team All-MVC nod last season, Haslag is tied for third in the MVC in kills so far in 2018. After their match against Bradley on Friday, ISU takes on Illinois State Saturday. The Redbirds were chosen to finish third in the MVC preseason poll and have lived up to the hype. In fact, an argument could be made that they have done better than expected. In the conference opener Illinois State defeated Missouri State, ordinarily the MVC powerhouse, on the road in straight sets. While the Redbirds rank seventh in the conference in total kills, they are very efficient at the net. Illinois State ranks first in the conference with a .246 attacking percentage. The Redbirds have not yet played at home this season but they get the opportunity to twice this weekend. They host Evansville on Friday before playing the Sycamores. Both matches in Normal will likely elicit a large, rambunctious crowd. The conference schedule for Indiana State in not getting easier anytime soon. Getting the proverbial monkey off their back could help them turn things around in what is a very long conference season.