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ESPN3 to start broadcasting ISU games
Student Josh Tidwell participates in training for ISU’s new ESPN program, which will soon broadcast ISU games on ESPN3.
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Training for student workers has already begun and broadcasts will start soon Makyla Thompson Reporter
This year Indiana State University has started an ESPN program for students who are interested in broadcasting, sports or for students who want to work behind the scenes with cameras and video. The program has already started and will cover its first game of the year on Sept. 8, broadcasting the ISU vs. IUPUI volleyball game. Dr. Philip Glende, the student media executive director, is involved with getting the ESPN program started. “Eventually we will be doing all of the sports,” Glende said. “We are going to start with volleyball.” Later in the semester they will be broadcasting one of the football games. They will also be adding women’s and men’s basketball as well. “In the future we will be adding baseball, softball and soccer,” Glende said. They have already started recruiting stu-
Man found passed out behind Reeve Hall charged with minor consumption Kristi Sanders News Editor
On Sunday at approximately 1:54 p.m., dispatch put out a call that an anonymous subject reported an intoxicated male passed out behind Reeve Hall West. Craig Wright, an Indiana State University police officer, was one of the officers on the scene. “I was in the area so I took the call,” Wright said in the report. “Upon my arrival I observed a male subject passed out in the southwest corner on the west side of Reeve Hall West. I woke the subject and asked him if he had any identification.” The subject was identified. Joseph Newport, the chief of police at ISU PD, commented on the case.
“He was not a student,” Newport said. “We have no report of him being in any of the residence halls. We are called on a regular basis for persons consuming alcohol on campus; many times this involves underage drinking.” An officer on bike patrol, Mike Colson, gave the suspect a portable breath test which he registered .230 blood alcohol content. Officers Austin Wolfe and Joshua Clifford then placed the suspect into doublelocked hand restraints. “I transported (the suspect) to the Vigo County Jail where he was booked in along with his belongings on the charge of minor consuming,” Wright said. The suspect appeared in Terre Haute City Court on Tuesday at 8:30 a.m.
dents for the program and have plans set in place. The head of the new program has already met with the students, who will start training this week. Communication majors and other students who are interested are encouraged to see what the program has for them. “We favor students who have a background in video, (but) we are open for any student. You don’t have to have a major in any field,” Glende said. “You don’t have to be planning to major in electronic media.” The only thing that they ask of interested students is that they know about sports. Program leaders are willing to train students and have positions available. This is also a work-study program. “One thing you might want to do is watch a couple of our games on ESPN3 and see if that is something that interests you,” Glende said. “You could always come and talk to us about opportunities here.” Christopher Jones, the sports video manager, started the program at ISU. After Jones got out of college he was
hired by ESPN where he has worked for 16 years in Bristol. “It was a good opportunity to teach younger students real-life perspective, real-life situations, real-life productions and to give back to the community,” Jones said. He also wanted to give students opportunities that he did not have when he was in college. “Opportunities like this didn’t exist when I was in college, so it gives me the opportunity to help a young lady or a young man prepare for a career,” Jones said. The program will be in the basement of the Dreiser Hall where they are building a controllers’ room. They are reaching out to other departments, so if there are any students who are interested in the ESPN program they can get in contact with Jones or Glende. Their offices are located in Dreiser Hall on the second floor. “We are all working together as one unit to put together the best thing on air,” Jones said.
ISU police, staff well-prepared to help sexual assault victims Morgan Gallas Reporter
Victims of sexual assault have the option of filing a police report and filing charges against the attacker; however, many choose not to. A new law taking effect in New York increases police involvement in sexual assault cases. According to the Huffington Post, the law will ensure specially trained police units to have a better response to sexual assault on campuses and local communities. “Critics of the unit say sex crimes are already under-reported and increasing law enforcement’s involvement could make victims warier of reporting crimes,” the Huffington Post said. At Indiana State University, students have a number of resources if they have been sexu-
ally assaulted. “Victim advocate, counseling/ mental health, medical care, assistance with orders of protection, assistance with interim measures to help address safety concerns (are available),” said Aimee Janssen-Robinson, Equal Opportunity Director, Title IX Coordinator and victim advocate at ISU. “All victims have a choice about whether or not they want to report to the police,” JanssenRobinson said. “If they report to the police, they can always stop an investigation.” Indiana State University’s Police Department is trained in many aspects of sexual violence. “The ISU Police are trained annually about sexual misconduct including sexual assault, intimate partner violence, harassment, and stalking,” JanssenRobinson said. “The police will take a report from the victim and also connect them to the
resources on campus and in the community such as the ISU Victim Advocate and medical services at a local hospital.” Michele Barrett, the assistant Chief of Police for ISU PD, explained what the campus police will do to help a victim of sexual assault. “We are actually only informed if someone comes in and files a report with the police department,” Barrett said. “So from there, we take interviews, statements from the victim, and we gather evidence form the scene. We would talk to any other witnesses. At some point, we would bring in the suspect, speak to them, and go from there as far as seeing if we can get some charges filed.” Sexual crimes are not something that the police or the other resources take lightly. “Come to the police station if
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S. Carolina fraternities suspended from recruitment
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — The University of South Carolina suspended 13 fraternity chapters from recruiting new members this week after reports of alcohol violations. The school’s Fraternity Council halted rush, which started this week, for 13 chapters Monday after accusations the fraternities served alcohol in front of potential new members, according to a letter sent to the chapters. Rush events are supposed to be alcohol free, university spokesman Wes Hickman said. The ban on rush comes after South Carolina fraternities have been in the spotlight in recent years. Last fall, for instance, two University of South Carolina fraternities lost their charters for alcohol and hazing violations. Each of the 13 fraternities banned from recruitment will have to schedule a hearing with the Fraternity Council, which will determine penalties, Hickman said. Hearings could begin in the coming days, he said. University officials then will decide whether there will be further disciplinary hearings, Hickman said. “Based on the findings and evidence presented in the forthcoming hearings, the university will determine if additional organizational or individual conduct proceedings are appropriate.” The State emailed 11 of the fraternity presidents listed on the university’s website, asking about the impact of suspending recruitment. Two responded. Neither would talk on the record. According to a letter from Jonathan Withrow, vice president of conduct for the University of South Carolina Fraternity Council, the suspensions came after chapters disregarded warnings made at an emergency meeting Thursday with Fraternity and Sorority Life associate director Jarod Holt. “Many organizations clearly did not take the meeting seriously,” Withrow’s letter said. “More drastic measures must be taken.” The letter says the Fraternity Council has evidence that 13 of the school’s 17 largest fraternities, ranked by membership, held unsanctioned events that included alcohol. According to the letter, the chapters suspended are: Alpha Epsilon Pi; Alpha Tau Omega; Chi Psi; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Kappa Alpha Order; Lambda Chi Alpha; Phi Gamma Delta; Phi Kappa Sigma; Phi Sigma Kappa; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Sigma Chi; Tau Kappa Epsilon; and Theta Chi. The other six fraternity chapters on campus can continue recruitment, Hickman said. Bid day is Monday. Chapters must meet with the Fraternity Council to discuss the allegations in order to resume member recruitment, Withrow said in the letter.
A new elevator is set to be installed in Gilum Hall by the end of summer 2016.
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Gillum gets new elevator Morgan Gallas Reporter
A new elevator will be installed in Gillum Hall by the summer of 2016 to replace the current one. “(The university) routinely replaces elevators that are near the end of useful life,” said Diann McKee, vice president for Business Affairs, Finance and University Treasurer. “Building elevators are replaced or upgraded as funds permit.” McKee said the new elevator will cost approximately $100,000 to complete. The present elevator is not a crowd favorite, with many passengers reciting horror stories when asked of their experiences. Anita Bishop, the administrative assistant for the Center for Student Success, said she’s had her share of problems with the Gillum elevator. “We have problems with the elevator occasionally,” Bishop said. “I’ve been stuck in it before for about 10 minutes. Other people have been stuck in it be-
fore, too. This summer we have had a lot of difficulty with it.” While the Gillum elevator is bad, Bishop believes that Dreiser’s elevator is much worse. “At least our elevator is better than Dreiser’s.” Bishop said. “I definitely think it is about time for a new elevator. However, we won’t be here. The Center for Student Success is getting ready to move to Normal Hall, so it is too late for us.” Leah Myers, the administrative assistant for the department of communication, agrees that the Gillum elevator is in better condition than Dreiser’s elevator. “The one in Dreiser is much worse, but we want a new one here first,” Myers said. “Our elevator needs to be replaced desperately.” Myers has never been stuck in the Gillum elevator but has heard many accounts of being held in the elevator. “Many people over the summer were stuck,” Myers said. “There are times where you would call the elevator, it wouldn’t come. You would be waiting a
long period of time. They seem to have those bugs fixed, but you still have the thought in the back of your mind that maybe the elevator will get stuck when you ride it.” The elevator will occasionally bounce when stopping at a given floor. Incidents of bouncing are the most common problem with the Gillum elevator. “When it comes to the floors that it needs to go on, it bounces, so it is kind of a bouncy elevator,” Myers said. “Sometimes the elevator will take a while to get moving. We will wait moments for the elevator to start moving.” Chloe Tryon, a sophomore art history major, has yet to have a bad experience in the elevator but is excited for the new elevator. “The elevator is very sketchy,” Tryon said. “The elevator is very old. It would be amazing to get a new one because I am pretty sure that the elevator hasn’t been inspected since like 1992. At least, that’s what the little sheet says in the elevator. I’ve never been stuck in it, but I’ve only worked here a couple months.”
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UNC course on 9/11 criticized in conservative publications Jane Stancill
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill course about the 9/11 terrorist attacks has gained national attention after critics claimed the class is taught from the perspective of radical Islamists instead of victims’ families. In a post on the website www.thecollegefix.com, Alec Dent, who identified himself as a UNC student, wrote that a seminar titled “Literature of 9/11” focused on those who view the United States as an imperialist nation. “The reading assignments for the class, which includes poems, memoirs and graphic novels, present terrorists in a sympathetic light and American political leaders as greedy, war hungry and corrupt,” Dent wrote. Required readings included “Poems from Guantanamo: Detainees Speak” and “Sirens of Baghdad,” according to a list of textbooks for the class on the student bookstore website. The issue was picked up by Fox News and several publications with a conservative bent. Word spread on
Twitter and Facebook, where angry commenters decried UNC. Dent, who apparently did not take the class, reviewed assigned books. The class, offered as a seminar to firstyear students, is taught by Neel Ahuja, associate professor of English. The UNC website said the course would “introduce students to college-level critical analysis, writing, and oral communication by exploring representations of the 9/11 attacks and the ‘war on terrorism’ in literature and popular culture.” In a statement released Monday, UNC spokesman Jim Gregory wrote that the seminar is voluntary and one of 80 on myriad topics. “The University isn’t forcing a set of beliefs on students; we’re asking them to prepare for and engage in every lesson, debate and conversation, and share what they think,” Gregory’s statement said. “Carolina offers academic courses to challenge students — not to advocate one viewpoint over another.” At least two online commenters who said they took the course disagreed with Dent’s assessment. One of them, identified as Alec Dragelin, a UNC graduate from Charlotte, wrote on the College Fix site that
the blogger missed the mark. Gregory confirmed that Dragelin had been enrolled at UNC in 2011. “I am a conservative through and through but having actually taken this class, I could not disagree more on what you are saying,” Dragelin’s comment said. “This article is nothing but gossip about a great course taught by an amazing professor. It is entirely untrue to claim that this course presents America as imperialist. Additionally, through most of the semester and even in my final paper I actively disagreed with some of Neel’s opinions. He in turn welcomed my arguments. As such, this course was amazingly valuable because it challenged my opinions and allowed me to explore what I thought I knew in a deeper way. Which is exactly what education should do.” Another commenter who said he took the class, Austin Parsons, said the class included the points of view of victims and conspiracy theorists among others. Students read “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” a novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, which tells the story of a 9-yearold character whose father died in the World Trade Cen-
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TRAINED CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 you want to have any charges filed against this person to hold them responsible for their crime,” Barrett said. “(Victims) need to come to the police station as soon as possible that way no evidence is lost or anything else that would help us make a stronger case against this person.” With so many resources available to ISU students,
CAROLINA CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 Hickman said the council’s decision to suspend the 13 chapters is an example of “student leadership enforcing student rules.” The alleged violations were reported by other students as part of a program called “Stand Up Carolina,” Hickman said. “This is an example of how the system is supposed to work,” Hickman said. “Students see something, a suspicious package or a suspicious person, any potential violation, we want them to report it. If you see something, say something.”
UNC CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 ter, according to Parsons’ comment. Parsons was also enrolled as a UNC student, Gregory said. The College Fix website is reported by students and describes itself as “your daily dose of right-minded news and commentary from across the nation.”
the police department does see a difference in the number of filed reports. “I come from the Terre Haute City Police, so here at ISU, the difference is that people can go to many other places other than the police to report the crime,” Barrett said. “I have seen an increase of students going to other places instead of the police.” These crimes are not just seen on college campuses. “College and universities are a reflection of the larger society,” Janssen-Robinson said. “Similar incidents
happen off of campus involving individuals who are not students. However, we tend to hear more about the incidents involving college students.” The reality is that sexual assault happens, but victims can find hope and support in many ways on ISU’s campus. Students looking for support can contact any of the resources listed above as well as visit It’s On Blue’s Get Help page at http://www2.indstate.edu/itsonblue/get_ help.htm.
In a statement released Tuesday, Tim Bryson, president of the university’s Fraternity Council, said the decision to stop rush is intended to ensure all chapters are following their organization’s rules. The university has stepped up its sanctions of fraternities for rules violations in recent years. It halted new member recruitment temporarily at all fraternities in 2011 after seven chapters were cited for alcohol violations. Last school year, three of the university’s fraternity chapters were closed because of alcohol and hazing violations, including one after the death of a pledge. All but three of the university’s 17 largest fraternity
chapters last year had been cited for alcohol, drug or hazing violations since 2011, according to an analysis by The State of school records. Two of the three chapters with clean records since 2011 were among those suspended Monday from new member recruitment. The growth in fraternity membership at the University of South Carolina has slowed in recent years, increasing less than 10 percent since 2010. Meanwhile, sorority membership has risen by almost 70 percent in the same period.
This week, the site also skewered a women’s studies online course from North Carolina State University called “Women and Poverty.” The site posted a section of the class syllabus that instructs students not to use sexist language or gendered pronouns. “You may NOT use ‘he’ or ‘him’ or ‘man’ to refer to both men and women,” according to a photo of the syl-
labus, which suggests words such as “mankind” or “human” or “humankind.” The syllabus says: “Grades will be docked for sexist language in assignments.” The course is taught by Nancy Bishop, who could not be reached for comment.
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ISU Alumni recognized The Indiana State University Alumni Association will recognize Sam Dixon, ‘72; Ava Gore, ‘74, GR ‘82; Frances Reece Kepner, ‘41; and Jerry Reel, ‘60, with its Distinguished Alumni Awards for 2015. The awards will be presented Oct. 16 as part of the university’s Homecoming. Dixon, a Mississippi native, was prime minister of the Black Student Union at State, a key figure in the 1969 takeover of the university’s administration building and chief author of a list of demands concerning the teaching of black history. He considers his roles in the development of the Charles E. Brown African-American Cultural Center and the AfricanAmerican studies program to be his proudest achievements. Upon graduating from Indiana State with a bachelor’s degree in social studies, Dixon taught at Malcolm X University in Chicago and Indiana University before embarking on an 18-year career as chief bailiff in Marion County Superior Court in Indianapolis. He was intake director of the county’s drug treatment diversion program and a charter member of the Indiana Association of Drug Court Professionals. Since then, he has returned to his roots as an educator. He teaches at Highland Junior High School in Anderson and also coaches boys’ basketball. Upon completion of her master’s degree in criminology, Gore was the first Indiana State graduate hired by the U.S. Marshals Service and quickly moved up the ladder becoming the first female instructor, first female
inspector and first female guncarrying chief deputy marshal in the agency’s history. She earned recognition from the International Association of Women Police and the Marshals Service for her contributions to the National Asset Seizure and Forfeiture Program and Witness Security Program. She also earned accolades from the Miami-Dade Chiefs of Police Organization, Kiwanis Club of Mobile, Alabama, and Indiana State’s chapter of Lambda Alpha Epsilon American Criminal Justice Association. After her retirement from law enforcement, Gore taught music and science at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. She now volunteers much of her time at the school in a substitute and administrative capacity. The youngest daughter of Indiana State graduates Raymond and Clara Applegate Reece, Kepner attended the Indiana State Lab School and later enrolled in the university, where he father served for 30 years as a professor of history. While most of her classmates prepared for teaching careers, Kepner aspired to become a librarian. After completing a Bachelor of Arts at Indiana State, she earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in library science from the University of Michigan and worked as a manuscripts librarian at Michigan’s prestigious William L. Clements Library of American History, where she catalogued rare original papers from the Colonial and Revolutionary War periods. When her husband enrolled
at The Ohio State University following World War II, she joined him in moving to Trumbull County, Ohio, where they worked to restore a small, neglected family farm. When a car crash left her husband paralyzed, Kepner put her career on hold to serve as his caregiver while raising the couple’s two young sons and managing the farm. She returned to academia as head librarian at Thiel College in Pennsylvania and, for 22 years, in Indiana State’s library, serving from the Normal Hall days to the current Cunningham Memorial Library. Kepner will be recognized posthumously. Her sons, Lee and Tom, are third generation Indiana State graduates who have honored their parents by establishing a scholarship in their name and will be accepting their mother’s award. When Reel left his family’s home in Wheatland, Ind. to study biology and chemistry at Indiana State, he intended to become a high school teacher, but his plans changed when his faculty advisor encouraged him to pursue a Ph.D. Upon graduation from Indiana State, he completed master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Illinois and completed two years of postdoctoral research in biochemistry at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He went on to a 39-year career in the field, working with two pharmaceutical companies, one notfor-profit research institute and three contract research laboratories. Reel is a retired vice president
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Top right: Ava Gore, Top left: Frances Kepner, Bottom right: Jerry Reel, Bottom left: Sam Dixon
of reproductive endocrinology and toxicology at Bioqal and is the holder of five patents, including the “morning after” pill. His philanthropic support of the university includes the Center for Genomic Advocacy and the
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience. He and his wife also established the Jerry and Joan Reel Scholarship Endowment.
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ISU Flight Academy Wes Craven upended the horror genre with scary success gets an expansion Mark Olsen
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Fittingly for someone so closely associated with two enduring, ongoing movie series, Wes Craven had a knack for reinvention. Known primarily as a master of horror filmmaking, as director, writer and producer, he upended the genre more than once, rewriting rules he had himself had a hand in creating. From his disturbing debut feature, 1972’s “The Last House on the Left,” ferociously unnerving in its psychological realism, Craven would veer toward a more pop, commercial realm by 1984 with “A Nightmare on Elm Street” without sacrificing any of his ability to scare audiences. After a series of “Elm Street” sequels in which he had varying levels of involvement, he directed 1996’s self-aware “Scream,” again shaking viewers from their complacency and launching another enduring series. His influence as an American horror filmmaker is rivaled only by that of George Romero and John Carpenter, and so Craven’s death Sunday at 76 is one for which fans likely are not ready. Even when audiences thought they knew what was coming in a Craven film, seeking solace and satisfaction in being in on it together, in his hands the scares would still land for real, defying expectations to create a feeling that the ground was moving under our feet. Though horror filmmaking can give vent to underlying anxieties of the cultural collective, a psychic safety valve, the genre is also typically seen as something disreputable. Craven himself was never nominated for an Oscar or a Golden Globe — he did direct Meryl Streep to an Oscar nomination for 1999’s “Music of the Heart” — yet his films said more and told us more about ourselves than countless more conventionally respectable films. “The Last House on the Left” gutted any naivete remaining after the 1960s, a post-Manson, postAltamont take on the dangers that
lurked at the edges of letting it all hang out, its dark kidnapping tale tapping into underlying feelings of isolation and helplessness. “A Nightmare on Elm Street” tore apart the Reagan-oid ‘80s, slashing through the facade of prosperity and suburban safety. “Scream” created a peak-’90s moment by exploring how glib selfawareness is not the same as selfunderstanding. Though it is possible to knowingly giggle at the rules of horror filmmaking — to feign a knowledge of how the world works — that does not exempt one from consequence, as human foible and frailty can never be fully overcome. As Craven’s “Scream” franchise was reinvented as an MTV television series recently for a younger generation, it seemed particularly surprising to realize that the original film was nearly 20 years old. The ironic tone of that original still seems modern, current, as it arrived amid a post-“Pulp Fiction” wave of postmodern self-referential films. What was different about Craven, of course, was that he still meant it, that in his hands the “Scream” films could laugh at the horror formulas the “Elm Street” movies had no small role in solidifying — look at that girl alone in a house, can you believe that nerd is opening that door? — and then still whomp viewers with the unexpected. The scares stayed scary. Born in Cleveland, Craven was raised in a fundamentalist Baptist household and said he didn’t see a real movie until he was out of college. He earned a master’s in philosophy from Johns Hopkins University and was pursuing a teaching career before leaping to filmmaking and “The Last House on the Left.” For someone who came to cinema somewhat late in life, he took to it straightaway. “The Last House on the Left” is not a horror picture in the sense of ghosts or the supernatural but rather for its deeply horrifying vision of humanity. With its tale of kidnapping, rape and revenge — partly inspired by Ingmar Bergman’s “The Virgin Spring” — the movie leaves any
reasonable person watching it disillusioned and more than a little repulsed, not just by what was on screen but also by the very idea of people and society and what we are capable of inflicting upon one another. Yet there was always something playful in Craven’s work as well. The 1994 film “Wes Craven’s New Nightmare” even made a joke of that possessory credit in the title, as Craven appeared as himself in the film, as did actors from previous “Nightmare” movies. The by-then archetypal character of Freddy Krueger, who had by that time become more cartoon than creature, was portrayed as jumping from movie reality into reality-reality. As Craven delighted in the story’s twisted layering, what had come to seem harmless was suddenly again terrifying. In a 1994 interview with The Times for his “New Nightmare,” Craven said: “And the fact that I make horror films, there’s always been a part of me that has always agreed with the worst of my critics, that this is a terrible thing to be doing. At a certain point, it’s like, why? You speak to an audience. You express a legitimate part of yourself and of humanity. Why look down on it yourself? Just love it.” A 1985 Times headline after the success of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” referred to Craven as the “Sultan of Slash.” The inner conflict he expressed over such nicknames also revealed how honest he could be as a filmmaker, playing out his own feelings via a world of dark fantasy, a diary of anxiety written in blood. Even as a master of genre and reinvention, Wes Craven was a filmmaker who could not be reimagined, rebooted, sequelized or re-created. He was a filmmaker who became such a part of the cultural landscape for so long, and in many incarnations from outsider to commercial craftsman to elder statesman, that it was easy to assume he would always be there. The sad, stunning realization of his absence is now his biggest shock of all. ©2015 Los Angeles Times. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
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Growth in enrollment at the Indiana State University Flight Academy has led to expansion of the school’s aircraft fleet. A Piper Arrow IV is the second airplane to be added since the university’s own flight academy began two years ago. It brings the total number of aircraft available to students to 13. “The Arrow is the primary training aircraft for commercial pilot applicants,” said Jalal “JJ” Zreba-Dover, assistant chief pilot. “Our current Arrow was 100 percent utilized, having flown more than 1,300 hours in a two-year time frame. By adding one more to the fleet, we can take better care of our students and adjust for the growth of incoming freshmen.”
The new plane is identical to those the flight school already operates, Zreba-Dover said, noting the advantage to students because no transitional training will be required and students won’t have to learn the cockpit layout of a different aircraft. “Enrollment in the ISU Flight Academy is increasing at the rate of 13 percent each year, well above the already impressive 3 percent annual growth of the university’s overall enrollment,” said Harry Minniear, associate professor of aviation technology. “We currently have 137 students enrolled in the professional aviation flight technology program with 104 of those students actively flying at this time at the academy.” More than 30 students are using the Piper Arrows this semester with more students expected to use the planes next semester, Minniear said.
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Planned Parenthood vital to sex health education Recently, Planned Parenthood has come under serious fire at both the state and national level. Nearly every Republican candidate called for the shutting down of Planned Parenthood during the primary debate. The candidates would rather ignore the fact that Planned Parenthood prevents more pregnancies — and abortions — than their efforts to defund it Opinions would. For some reason, many people believe that sex, pregEditor nancy and sexually transmitted diseases will all just go away if we don’t talk about it. Unfortunately, that simply isn’t true. As long as people exist they will have sex. That is a completely normal human function and we should not hide from it. Sexuality is an inherently wonderful and beautiful thing, but we preach abstinence rather than safe experimentation. It is so taboo to talk about sex that we can’t teach our teenagers how to have safe sex. Instead, they are left to research by themselves on the internet in most states. If we can’t stop people from having sex — which we can’t — we might as well educate them on how to do it safely. One of the main goals of Planned Parenthood is to achieve this education. Planned Parenthood is a safe place for women and men to go to receive STD screenings, pregnancy and family planning advice, birth control and cancer screenings. Abortion is provided at some Planned Parenthood centers, but it is by no means the majority of what they do. Underage teenagers can go to Planned Parenthood to receive health care without having to tell their parents, and without the company calling the parents, utter privacy is provided. Since their pricing works on an income-based scale, this also provides cheap services to those who are less financially stable. Currently, Planned Parenthood is fighting a major battle with the government in many different states for its funding after a series of sting videos were released implicating the nonprofit for supposedly selling fetal matter for profit. It has since come out that these videos were heavily doctored, but their strong impact remains. Planned Parenthood does not sell fetal matter for profit. If a woman receiving an abortion wishes to donate the fetus to science — much like organ donation — then Planned Parenthood will send the matter to scientists so that they can reuse the tissue for research. The money made and discussed in the video is strictly used for preserving and transporting the tissue to be used for research. This idea that Planned Parenthood is an abortion machine is wholly detrimental to the sexual health of thousands, particularly those who do not see a regular physician or who can’t afford any other kind of medical care. To cut Planned Parenthood’s funding would be dooming hundreds of people to STDs that can’t be treated and outrageously expensive cancer screenings. Planned Parenthood is an essential piece to many people’s sexual health. To shut it down would be a disservice to all of the people who use Planned Parenthood as their main sexual health provider.
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Discrimination is not a religious right In June, the Supreme Court handed down a decision in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. Those in the LGBT community, as well as their allies, rejoiced. This decision was the culmination Columnist of years of hard work from activists. “Juno” actress Ellen Page came out as a lesbian at a conference held by the Human Rights Campaign in 2014, and she has been vocal in her support of the LGBT community. On Aug. 21 she confronted presidential candidate Ted Cruz about his views on LGBT people being fired for being LGBT, as the practice is still legal in a majority of states. Page asked Cruz, “What about the question about LGBT people being fired for being gay-trans?” Cruz, predictably, dodged the question completely and decided to instead talk about Christians. “Well, what we’re seeing right now, we’re seeing Bible-believing Christians being persecuted for living according to their faith,” he replied to Page. Cruz then said he was “happy to answer (Page’s) question,” but that he would not have “a back-and-forth debate” on the matter, which is funny because he didn’t even answer her question.
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The problem here is not a problem of religious liberty, but it is a question of whether or not people have the right to discriminate against certain types of people. In 28 states, including Indiana, it is still legal for privatesector businesses to discriminate against LGBT people in their hiring practices. I wouldn’t want to work for a company that discriminates against LGBT people, but it isn’t a matter of preference; it’s a matter of principle. In 28 states including Indiana, it is legal to deny housing to LGBT people. This means that if I, as a gay man, wanted to get an apartment in my hometown, the landlord would be able to keep me from getting an apartment just because the landlord doesn’t like LGBT people. In 29 states, it is legal for privatesector businesses to discriminate against LGBT people. This means that businesses can refuse to provide goods and services to people just because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Many cities in those states have statutes extending protection against discrimination to those in the LGBT community. Terre Haute is one of those cities. These are serious grievances that show what steps we have yet to take and what progress we have yet to make. These are the civil rights of a group of people that we’re talking about here; leaving this to the states to decide isn’t going to cut it. Many, including Ted Cruz, have made the argument that the government cannot force a person to act against their reli-
gious beliefs, but if that were the case, we wouldn’t have the anti-discrimination laws that we have today. In the civil rights movement of the ‘60s, people tried to use their religion as an excuse to discriminate against black people, and now we have laws that prevent that from happening. So while a business in these states is able to legally discriminate against me as a gay man, because of their “sincerely held religious beliefs,” in how many states am I allowed to discriminate against those who would discriminate against me? Oh, that’s right. None. We have laws preventing discrimination against people because of their religious beliefs. In the states where it is illegal to discriminate based on sexual orientation or gender identity, we hear news stories all the time of bakeries being forced to bake cakes for a same-sex wedding, and the bakery owners are calling it persecution. That’s right. Being made to follow the law and not discriminate against anyone is persecution. So a group of people are being persecuted by the “Gaystapo” (a phrase from the American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer) by having that group of people make cakes and making sure that group doesn’t discriminate against the LGBT community. It’s the same-sex marriage argument all over again. A group of people doesn’t want to give another group of people the same rights they have. It’s not a special “privilege” to give another group of people the same rights as everyone else.
Annual diesel festival leaves Terre Haute burnt out
I awoke on Friday to find that a sooty darkness had descended upon Terre Haute. It was the Scheid Diesel Extravaganza, an annual event held at the Vigo County Fairgrounds on Terre Haute’s south side. The three-day event attracts upwards of 15,000 people each year and Chief Copy features events such as truck and tractor pulls, Editor drag racing and a ShowN-Shine contest where attendees can show off their personal diesel vehicles. The event is intended to bring truck and diesel-lovers together for a weekend of good-natured fun, but that’s rarely what happens. Each year, Terre Haute police join forces with other local branches of law enforcement in preparation for three days of mass mayhem on the city’s south side.
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It’s not the event itself, but rather the after-party that has Terre Haute officers up in arms. For the past several years, attendees have congregated in the parking lots of nearby businesses, often resulting in property damage and numerous arrests and citations. Many local businesses have been forced to hire additional security for the weekend of the festival just to keep their properties safe from the crowds, who often drag race or power brake there. This year, after-partiers chose to congregate in the parking lot of nearby Ashley Furniture HomeStore the first night of the event. Somehow, the building’s fire alarm was triggered, and when the fire department responded to the call they were met with a large crowd that was unwilling to let the trucks and personnel through. Later that night, emergency personnel returned to assist a man with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the hand. He was taken to nearby Regional Hospital with non-
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DIESEL CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 life-threatening injuries. Officers had to shoo crowds of people out of parking lots all weekend. This kind of shenanigans occurs every year after the event has closed for the night, scarring nearby parking lots with thick black tire tracks and littering them with beer cans and other trash. Most infamous of the hijinks is the notorious “Bottle Girl,” a woman who performed lewd acts with an alcohol bottle during a Scheid Diesel Extravaganza after-party in 2012. I don’t suggest you Google that since it’s incredibly not safe for work. Her lewd video is forever tied to Google searches involving Terre Haute, and I think it’s
despicable. To be fair, not everyone who attends the Diesel Extravaganza is responsible for the destruction. The minority is hardly ever representative of the group as a whole. I’m certain that 80 or even 90 percent of the Diesel Fest attendees went peacefully back to their homes and hotel rooms, eagerly awaiting another day of the festival. Unfortunately, those remaining did enough damage to earn the entire festival such a negative reputation — each year spawning petitions to kick the festival out of the city. Many will argue that the festival brings business to Terre Haute, but I don’t think we earn near as much as we should. Nearby businesses have to hire security for the weekend and the city is forced to increase
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ISU Athletic Media Relations Head Softball Coach Shane Bouman announced the hiring of a new assistant coach to the Sycamore Softball staff in Megan Stone Tuesday. Coach Stone joins the Sycamores coaching staff after completing a stand-out playing career in May. “We have added a strong person in Megan Stone, and know she has the same goals and expectations for Sycamore Softball moving forward,” Bouman said. “She is one of the most successful female athletes in Indiana State history and will be a great asset to our program.” Stone completed her playing career this past May, leading the Sycamores to a Missouri Valley Conference Tournament title and the team’s firstever NCAA Regional appearance and win. Stone also became the first outright Missouri Valley Conference Softball Player of the Year in Indiana State history. “When I first started playing for Coach Bouman and Coach Zust, I learned the culture of this program, and I am excited to continue the legacy of Sycamore Softball,” Stone said. After finishing her four-year career, Stone broke a total of 16 career and single-season records at Indiana State, including career bests in slugging percentage, runs scored, doubles, home runs, RBIs, total bases and walks. She also holds the single season record for slugging percentage, on base percentage, runs scored, doubles, home runs, RBIs, total bases, walks and defensive double plays turned. The Sycamores are coming off their first-ever run to the NCAA Tournament which included an extra inning win over Louisville for the program’s first-ever post-season victory. The team will open the fall portion of its 2015 season on Sept. 16 at Price Field against St. Mary of the Woods.
Indiana State women’s soccer looks to hand undefeated in-state rival Butler its first loss when the Bulldogs visit Memorial Stadium Tuesday. The Sycamores enter the contest with a 1-3 record after falling to the University of Idaho and Montana University to kick off the season, but bounced back in their third game as they picked up a win in front of the Sycamore fans against Belmont University. ISU lost their most recent tilt to Marshall University. Butler comes to Terre Haute touting a record of 2-0-1. They started the year off at Cleveland State University with a tie before winning back-to-back home games against Eastern Michigan and the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Both teams are similar statistically. Indiana State has connected six of their 51 shots for goals, while Butler has scored five goals in 53 attempts. Nineteen of ISU’s attempts have been on-goal and Butler has had 25 shots on-goal. Junior Brittany San Roman, has spent every second of every game in the goal for the Sycamores, where she has 25 total saves and a save percentage of .714. Her 25 saves lead all goalkeepers in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Bulldogs have used multiple women in-goal throughout their first three games. Sophomore Madison Card has manned the bulk of the playing time, while freshman Madison Luedtke has played sparingly. Card has saved all three attempts and has two shutouts under her belt. The lone goal was given up by Luedtke in their season opener. Sycamore senior captain Sydney Lovelace, coming off being
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Senior midfielder Sydney Lovelace looks to continue her strong start to the 2015 season.
named MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week for her performances during the week of Aug. 17-23, is among the leaders in the conference in numerous offensive categories. She ranks fifth in total shots taken, shots per game and points per game, third in total points and goals and fourth in goals per game. Junior Maddie Orf has done her fair share of dishing passes
for goals and is tied for first in the MVC in assists and second in assists per game. The Bulldogs, who have scored five total goals thus far, have had four different girls put them in the back of the net. Freshman Paige Monagha has netted two of the five while junior Serina Kashimoto, senior Sophia Maccagnone and freshman Halle Stelbasky each have one apiece.
The Thursday evening game between the two Indiana schools also happens to be Bark in the Park night. Fans who bring two or more dog items will get reduced admission on their tickets, with the items going to the Terre Haute Humane Society. Dogs are also welcome to stick around for the game inside Memorial Stadium along with their owners.
Sean T. Whiten Memorial Scholarship announced for ISU football Ace Hunt
ISU Athletic Media Relations The Indiana State football program is proud to announce the institution of the Sean T. Whiten (‘83) Memorial Scholarship as a special tribute to Sean and his Indiana State Football legacy from his teammates, coaches and the Sycamore family. The Sean T. Whiten Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to a junior or senior whose work ethic, respect for the program, coaches and teammates best represent the esprit des corps and excellence that Sean demonstrated from 1979-1982 as part of the Sycamore Football Program. Whiten was a native of Charleroi, Pennsylvania. He
started at center and offensive guard for head coach Dennis Raetz and the Sycamores. Following his collegiate career, Whiten returned to his hometown where he served as firefighter. While in the line of duty, Whiten tragically lost his life. “There is a great tradition of Western Pennsylvania studentathletes in the Sycamore Football Program, especially in the early 1980’s,” third-year head coach Mike Sanford said. “It is a tremendous tribute that Sean Whiten is being honored with this scholarship by the Sycamore Football alumni from his era and home region. I join his teammates and all Sycamore fans in saluting Sean for his work as a firefighter and wish to honor the great legacy he left behind after
Whiten (51) played on the offensive line for coach Dennis Raetz and ISU from 1979-1982.
falling in the line of duty.” Whiten’s Indiana State University Football teammates were drawn to his energy, his love of life and his sense of humor. His contributions to the Sycamore football program, both on and off the field, went far beyond his dedication and perseverance.
Sean’s loyalty to his team and the game of football helped to build the camaraderie and culture necessary for a full experience. This scholarship is an initiative of Sean’s teammates including: John Wayhart (‘81), John Wozniak (‘82), Rich Dawson (‘84), Jerry Thompson (‘81),
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Terry Dzmiriera (‘81), David Allen (‘85), Mark Gradkowski (‘81) and Tunch Ilkin (‘80). Everyone can help to share Sean’s legacy with future Sycamores by making a gift to the Sean T. Whiten (‘83) Memorial Scholarship.