January 29, 2018

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Volume 125, Issue 45

Recycled Percussion Performers prove music has no limits AJ Golez Reporter Recycled Percussion entered Tilson Auditorium last Thursday with unconventional items, including children’s toys, ladders and even the human body, to create their unique sound fused with a hefty amount of comedy.

Kicking things off with bright lights, heavy guitar riffs and loud, booming percussive rhythms, Recycled Percussion’s opening piece drew the audience in with themes similar to that of a rock show. The first song was bookended with literal sparks as the performers used synchronized belt sanders live on stage.

Recycled Percussion is composed of members whose names are reminiscent of the movie “Reservoir Dogs.” Mr. Blue, Mr. Black and Mr. Green, along with front man Mr. Red, delivered a unique show to the audience.

Overall, the group’s show was similar to that of the Blue Man Group. Blue Man Group is a more art house act focusing on the oddities of the group: the blue paint, the silent performers and more.

Recycled Percussion used more upfront comedy that is easy to relate to and understand. They fuse their comedic style with the imagery of a rock show to cre-

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Recycled Percussion, a New Hampshire based music group that is currently on a tour across the nation performed a unique show using recylced products for their music.

Starbucks to open in the HMSU this fall Rileigh McCoy News Editor Recently, a sign was posted on the doors of the Sycamore Lounge in HMSU to make students aware of the closing of the space to make room for a future Starbucks.

Students can look forward to this new addition at the beginning of next semester. This will not be the only new addition to HMSU. HMSU hopes to have more available space for students to use for studying once study and finals weeks roll around.

“Opening day is scheduled for August 21, 2018,” said Mark Adkins, student union director of HMSU. As soon as classes begin next semester, students can enjoy the amenities that Starbucks has to offer.

“This will be a full-service Starbucks that will accept gift cards and rewards,” said Adkins.

“It will also have mobile order and pay for faster service.”

Unfortunately, until the new Starbucks’ grand opening, students will be unable to use this lounge space due to the renovations in the Arena.

“The PT lab was displaced by the start of Phase II of the CHHs project and they needed a space for the PT lab, so HMSU was happy to help them out,” said Adkins. “Obviously, this area will soon be undergoing a renovation for Starbucks, but we had some availability to allow them to continue with their class.”

Once the Starbucks opens, students will be able to use this space once again. However, it won’t quite be the same.

“Yes, there will still be a lounge available to students whenever HMSU is open, however, the pool tables and Ping-Pong table had to be removed due to space constraints,” said Adkins. “The Starbucks lounge will be a welcoming, inviting and familiar place for people to connect, relax or study.”

Students can look forward to pictures of what the future space will look like.

“The architects are currently finalizing their design for the new Starbucks and in the near future, the HMSU will share artist renderings of what the space will look like, so follow HMSU on Twitter @StateHMSU for updates and pictures as the Starbucks project unfolds,” said Adkins However, students seem to be not so jazzed about this new addition.

“Honestly, I’m mad they took out the pool room,” said Vanessa Shelton, a senior at ISU. “I don’t even like Starbucks that much.

I don’t use Starbucks that much because it’s expensive. Only time I really go there is if they have a specialty frap or my mom buys me something.”

Other students think it is not that much of a needed amenity.

“As much as I love Starbucks, there are two Jazzman’s, Cup and Chaucer, Stalker Hall, Einstein’s on campus and the Barnes and Noble has a café,” said Evee Luna, a sophomore at ISU. “I don’t believe that another coffee spot is the best use of our university’s money.”

Sophomore Holly Sparks also agrees, but remains somewhat

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ate an original act. While being similar to Blue Man Group, Recycled Percussion blazes their own trail by being more of a traditional comedic group.

“Since Justin Spencer formed Recycled Percussion in 1995, the band has been unstoppable.

Their junk rock music became a national phenomenon week after week during their smash hit performances on ‘America’s Got Talent’ in 2009,” according to Recycled Percussion’s website. “Playing over 4,000 shows and over 400 corporate events in over 15 countries, the group has also appeared on “Carson Daly,” “The Today Show,” “China’s Got Talent” and the Latin Grammy Awards. After being featured on the cover of “USA Today” and being voted National Act of the Year a record-breaking six times, the band gained world-wide recognition.”

Recycled Percussion performed at Indiana State as part of the Performing Arts Series.

The Performing Arts Series brings a variety of performers to ISU to showcase their talents.

The next group in the Performing Arts Series will be coming to ISU just in time for Valentine’s Day. The Letterman, a 60’s pop trio, will be performing at ISU at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 13.

Sycamore closet puts gently used clothes to a good use Alexandria Truby Reporter The issue of clothing being dumped in landfills rather than being repurposed or reused is increasing. About 13.1 million tons of textiles exist in our landfills and only 15.3% of clothes are recovered for recycling annually, according to onegreenplanet.org.

The Fashion and Merchandising Association of Indiana State University has organized an event called the Sycamore Closet to collect clothing donations and resell them at low, affordable prices in an effort to help fix the textile waste problem.

Donation bins will be set up across campus for students to donate gently used clothing. The clothes will then be sorted, and priced so they can be resold to serve more purposes. Clothes that are not sold will be donated to a Terre Haute charity. Last year’s first annual Sycamore Closet donated all unsold items to the Lighthouse Mission.

The Sycamore Closet call-out meeting was held on Jan. 24 for those interested in fashion, modeling, photography, event planning, finance and merchandising. About 25 students from various majors attended and ventured into groups designated for the different sections of the event including the lookbook, public relations, merchandising, clothing sorting and event planning.

While this event allows students to gain experience in their desired field as a résumé builder, the underlying purpose is to teach ISU students to be more sustainable with their clothing

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Sycamore closet hosted by the Fashion and Merchandising Association will return this spring after its successful first event.

and give back to the community according to Danielle Guy, president of FMA. FMA wants students to think about the Sycamore Closet slogan of “Repurpose for a Purpose.”

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The Sycamore Closet will be held on April 13, 2018. The next general meeting will be Feb. 7 in the Myer’s Technology Center room 105 from 7-8:00 p.m. if students are interested in gaining more information.

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Black History Month events to reflect on ‘hidden figures’ The Charles E. Brown African American Cultural Center will celebrate Black History Month by recognizing the underrepresented aspects of black history through a month of film screenings, speakers and activities.

A committee of faculty, staff and students started planning in October and selected the event lineup and this year’s theme, Hidden Figures: People, Places, Events, and Ideas.

“During our committee meetings, we decided we really wanted to come up with a theme that was representative of ISU, Terre Haute and the state,” said Brice Yates, director of the center. “Our theme is a play off the movie title ‘Hidden Figures’ and the unknown people, places, events and ideas around black history.”

The celebration will kick off at noon Thursday, Feb. 1, with an opening ceremony in Hulman Memorial Student Union’s Dede III. At 7 p.m. Feb. 1 in Dede I, there will be a special Indy Film Fest screening of “The Hidden Figures,” which tells the story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program. Admission is free with your

university ID. Other film showings will include “Marshall,” a film about one of the first cases of Thurgood Marshall’s time as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice, at 7 p.m. Feb. 7 in Dede II; “Black Panther,” a film on based on the Marvel Comics character Black Panther, at 7 p.m. Feb. 16 at AMC Showplace Terre Haute 12; and “Souls of Black Girls,” a documentary exploring whether or not women of color suffer from a self-image disorder because of modern beauty standards, at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 21 in the events area of the Cunningham Memorial Library.

At 7 p.m. Feb. 8 in Dede I, the Hulman Memorial Student Union Board and African American Cultural Center will host a think-fast trivia night, where students will be able to compete and learn about black history.

Crystal Reynolds, research assistant in the history department, will conduct a hidden black art campus tour at noon and 3 p.m. on Feb. 13.

The Black Student Union’s 50th anniversary celebration will be at 6 p.m. Feb. 19 at the Charles E. Brown African American Cultural Center.

A Night at the Apollo will take place at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 23 in Dede I, followed by the Charles E. Brown Gos-

pel Celebration at 6 p.m. Feb. 24 in Tilson Auditorium.

At 6 p.m. Feb. 26 in Dede II, Payton Head, former Missouri Student Association president at the University of Missouri, will speak. Head helped organize the Concerned Student 1950 protests at the school in November 2015. He will speak about the adversities caused by race, gender and sexual orientation discrimination and offer proven solutions to facilitate open dialogue and embrace marginalized communities.

Black History Month events will conclude on Feb. 28 with a workshop series designed to give students an opportunity to become more aware of important life decisions that will assist with learning how to navigate the collegiate experience. The workshop will take place at 6 p.m. in HMSU room 722.

“There is a separation of American history and black history at times, but it’s important to recognize that black history is American history and American history can’t be told without discussing black history,” Yates said. “Yes, we highlight black history in February, but it is some-

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Brice Yates, director of Charles E. Brown African American Cultural Center

Fight over Charles Manson’s estate will take place in LA County

ber can invite a speaker to campus,” university officials said in the statement.

“We recognize that there will be debate and disagreement over this event; as part of our commitment to free expression, the university supports the ability of protesters and invited speakers to express a wide range of views.”

But some professors and students insist inviting someone such as Bannon is not an issue of free speech but rather of giving bigoted rhetoric legitimacy by presenting it as a point of view worthy of debate.

Nearly two dozen faculty members signed an open letter to university President Robert Zimmer

Joseph Serna Los Angeles Times (TNS) Family and friends fighting over Charles Manson’s body and estate will have to take their cases to separate counties, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruled Friday.

The battle over Manson’s estate — and no one seems to know what that is, because he spent the last decades in prison — will take place in Los Angeles County, Judge David J. Cowan said.

That’s because the last place Manson lived, and is therefore considered his legal “domicile,” was Spahn Ranch in Chatsworth, the judge said. The estate could include potentially lucrative rights to the use of Manson’s image as well as songs he wrote and any other property.

Manson was the mastermind of the gory rampage that claimed the life of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six others during two August nights in Los Angeles in 1969.

The problematic prisoner with a swastika carved into his forehead generated a cult following during four decades of imprisonment.

The three people claiming to be the rightful heir to his estate are Manson’s grandson from Florida, Jason Freeman; a man who claims to be his last surviving son, Michael Brunner; and his longtime pen pal from Newhall, Michael Channels.

All three are also expected to duke it out in court over Manson’s body — which has been in storage with the Kern County coroner since he died at 83 in a Bakersfield hospital Nov. 19.

Several issues will have to be resolved before a judge can determine who gets Manson’s estate. There is debate over whether Brunner is Manson’s biological son — an attorney for Kern County has suggested that he may have been adopted — and whether a last will and testament supposedly signed by Manson and given to Channels in 2002 is legitimate.

Representatives for another alleged son, Matthew Lentz, who claims he was fathered by Manson during a Wisconsin orgy, have said he would appear in court, but he’s been a no-show at two hearings and has yet to file court papers. But a will purportedly signed by Manson and naming Lentz as sole beneficiary has been filed with the Kern County coroner.

According to an attorney representing the Kern County coroner, Manson told guards at Corcoran prison that he had no surviving children and did not have a will.

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Students and others demonstrate the invitation of Steve Bannon to come to the University of Chicago on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018, in Chicago.

University of Chicago professor invites Steve Bannon to campus debate, prompting protest

Dawn Rhodes, Elvia Malagon and Kim Janssen Chicago Tribune(TNS)

A University of Chicago professor has invited Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist, to speak at the South Side campus, a move that sparked a swift backlash among faculty members and students Thursday.

Luigi Zingales, a professor in the Booth School of Business, is planning an event that tentatively would involve a debate over subjects including “the economic benefits of globalization and immigration,” university officials confirmed in a statement. Zingales invited Bannon, who has pushed for a harder line on trade

and immigration, to debate an expert in the field with the professor serving as a moderator. No other details about the date and time were immediately available.

Representatives for Bannon could not be reached for comment. Zingales posted a statement on his Facebook page explaining his decision and declined to comment further.

“As a university our primary mission is to form new citizens of the world,” Zingales wrote. “As a business school our primary mission is to form new business leaders of the world. I can hardly think of a more important issue for new citizens and business leaders of the world than the backlash against globalization and immi-

gration that is taking place not just in America, but in all the Western World.”

Bannon, who was fired from his White House job in August, has not made any public appearances since he left his post as executive chairman of Breitbart News Network this month. He was ousted from Breitbart after a book quoted him being sharply critical of the president’s son and son-in-law for meeting with Russian representatives during the campaign.

For the University of Chicago, the Bannon invitation provided a test of its vigorous support of free speech on campus.

“Any recognized student group, faculty group, university department or individual faculty mem-

Justice Department weighs in on UC Berkeley free-speech brouhaha

Benjamin Oreskes Los Angeles Times (TNS)

The Trump administration is jumping into the fracas over free speech at the University of California, Berkeley.

The Justice Department on Thursday filed a statement of interest supporting two conservative groups who sued the school last year. The groups alleged that administrators and campus events policy unfairly hampered their ability to book right-leaning speakers like Ann Coulter and ultimately led to the events being canceled or modified.

Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand wrote in a Fox News opinion piece that certain Berkeley policies relating to location restrictions — among other things — are onerous and applied selectively. “It doesn’t require much cre-

ativity to turn this policy into a heckler’s veto,” she wrote Thursday.

She criticized the policies of several colleges across the country but was sure to single out Berkeley.

“Free speech is under attack at college campuses across the country,” Brand wrote. “The problem is not limited to a few colleges barring radical speakers to avoid a riot. Universities large and small, public and private, are restricting students’ and professors’ speech or enabling others to silence speech with which they disagree.”

In its legal brief, the Justice Department took aim at the campus events policy, writing that the “allegations, if proven, would sufficiently demonstrate the high risk of viewpoint discrimination inherent in the Policies’ grant to administrators of unchecked discretion over stu-

dent-sponsored speech.”

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been outspoken on his department’s desire to protect free speech on college campuses. In a September speech at Georgetown University, Sessions poked fun at the fact that Berkeley offered counseling to anyone in the community in advance of conservative speaker Ben Shapiro’s appearance on campus.

“In the end, Mr. Shapiro spoke to a packed house,” Sessions said. “And to my knowledge, no one fainted, no one was unsafe. No one needed counseling.”

Partly as a result of its liberal legacy, Berkeley last year became the center of a national conversation about free speech on college campuses.

Controversial right-wing speakers including Milo Yiannopoulos, David Horowitz and Coulter all

attempted to speak on campus and were met with protests, which sometimes turned violent.

After Coulter’s April appearance was scuttled, the Berkeley College Republicans and the Young America’s Foundation sued university officials. That case was thrown out, but the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint in November.

The lawsuit alleged that “though UC Berkeley promises its students an environment that promotes free debate and the free exchange of ideas, it had breached this promise through the repressive actions of University administrators and campus police, who have systematically and intentionally suppressed constitutionally-protected expression

by Plaintiffs (and the many UC Berkeley students whose public policy viewpoints align with Plain-

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Ann Coulter speaks during Politicon at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, Calif., on July 29, 2017.

tiffs), simply because that expression may anger or offend students, UC Berkeley administrators,

and/or community members who do not share Plaintiffs’ viewpoints.”

indianastatesman.com HISTORY FROM PAGE 2 thing we should highlight year around.

We want this month to be one where we provide knowledge and tools about different events, people, places and ideas and give that hidden information an opportunity to be shared with everyone.”

UOC FROM PAGE 2 President Robert Zimmer and Provost Daniel Diermeier objecting to the invitation.

“His presence on campus sends a chilling message not only to students, staff and faculty at the University, but also to the young people who attend the University of Chicago Charter School and Laboratory School and to the primarily black neighbors who surround the university,” the letter reads in part.

“Specifically, when speakers who question the intellect and full humanity of people of color are invited to campus to ‘debate’ their worthiness as citizens and people, the message is clear that the University’s commitment to freedom of expression will come at the expense of those most

LA FROM PAGE 2 The next hearing over the estate matter is scheduled for March 9.

In the meantime, the parties at the end of the month will head to Bakersfield, where the Kern County counsel has a petition filed requesting that a judge determine who gets to decide what to do with Manson’s remains.

The question centers on jurisdiction. Is it up to a judge in Kings County, where Manson was housed for more than 40 years in

Monday, Jan. 29, 2018 • Page 3 A complete list of the month’s events is available at https://today.indstate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018-Black-History-Month-Calendar.pdf For more information, call the Charles E. Brown African American Cultural Center at 812-237-3811.

vulnerable in our community.”

Linguistics Professor Salikoko Mufwene described Bannon as being “associated with the white supremacist movement” and said inviting him was “insensitive” and ignored the university’s “communal responsibility” to its minority students.

“You can say it’s a matter of free speech but when he is coming here to say things that will hurt some of our members, we don’t want that,” Mufwene said.

As word spread Wednesday night about Bannon’s visit, university students also began mobilizing through social media and texting.

By Thursday morning, a few dozen people representing student groups and community members converged on the steps of the business school to

protest Bannon’s planned visit.

“Disinvite,” the students chanted.

Sam Joyce, part of the Young Democratic Socialists of America, was among those who spoke out during the protest. He said he was disappointed but not surprised to learn Bannon had been invited to campus.

“I think this is sort of something the university’s been doing for a while, trying to emphasize their commitment to free expression,” said Joyce, 20.

“And I think it has reached an extent where it’s de-legitimized marginalized groups on campus, and as a result it’s sort of working against what they claim to be standing for.”

Corcoran State Prison? Or a judge in Kern County, where Manson died?

“My grandfather has been on ice over 60 days,” Freeman emotionally blurted out during Friday’s trial in Los Angeles, echoing the frustration of those who want to claim the remains.

“We want a court order on how to proceed,” said Bryan Walters, an attorney representing Kern County.

“We prefer to dispose of it Michael Lee Montfort|Intertopics|Zuma as soon as possible.”

Charles Manson in the late 1960’s.

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Originally from Ukraine, Anthony Weinstein performed number of famous pieces at a recital on Friday.

Anthony Weinstein performs recital at ISU Alexandria Truby Reporter

On Friday Jan. 26, Pianist Anthony “Tony” Weinstein performed in the Landini Center for Performing and Fine Arts from 7:30-9:00 p.m.

He performed the works by Tchaikovsky, Moussorgsky,

Borodin, Cui, Balakirev, and Rimsky-Korsakov according to Annika Clawson, student services assistant with the School of Music. The recital was free and open to the public.

Weinstein comes from a very musical family that includes ISU’s own, Professor Yana Weinstein, in the School of Music, who is a mezzo-soprano.

He is originally from Simferopol, Ukraine and now serves as the Director of Accompanying Center at DePauw University.

He teaches Advanced Keyboard Skills, Piano Pedagogy, and Piano Literature. He has also taught at Vincennes University along with being an “Associate Instructor of Piano and Music Theory at the Jacobs School” of Music at

Indiana University.

“Tony Weinstein’s principal teachers have included the eminent Luba Edlina-Dubinsky at Indiana University, Sedmara Rutstein and Haewon Song at Oberlin and Derison Duarte at Cincinnati’s School for Creative and Performing Arts,” Depauw’s school website said.

He is a popular solo recitalist

as well as collaborative pianist and chamber music partner.

Weinstein also occasionally performs in piano duos with his wife Karina Avansian and a piano-cello duo with Yotam Baruch, an Israeli cellist.

ISU gave Weinstein a warm welcome for being a part of the Performing Arts Series this past Friday.

MOVIE REVIEW ‘Maze Runner: Death Cure’: Franchise’s thrilling, but violent finale Rafer Guzmán Newsday (TNS)

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Lady Gaga performs on December 1, 2017, during her tour stop in Tampa, Fla.

The Grammy Awards at 60: What a long, strange trip it’s been Randy Lewis

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

Since the very first ceremony on May 4, 1959, the Grammy Awards have been unflaggingly in tune with innovations in popular music, consistently singling out the most visionary artists, groundbreaking recordings and influential cultural trends.

With apologies to Stephen Colbert: Just kidding.

Looking back at the recipients of the initial awards handed out during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower, you’d never know the big bang called rock ‘n’ roll had just exploded.

The first album-of-the-year Grammy went to film composer Henry Mancini, for “The Music From Peter Gunn.”

Despite the recent arrivals of Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Buddy Holly and other groundbreaking rock artists, the first record- and song-of-the-year honors went to the suave Italian singer-actor-guitarist Domenico Modugno’s hit recording of the lounge-music standard “Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare).”

Swing era icons Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Count Basie and Duke Ellington also took home Grammys that year. Had Twitter existed then, the Recording Academy would have been battling a #GrammysSoDad campaign.

That’s long made the academy a favorite target of musicians, music critics and cultural pundits. Yet many see progress in this year’s slate of nominations, arguing they better reflect what’s most relevant in pop music at the moment. This year’s ceremony is set for Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The ridicule is no mystery to those who’ve paid attention to Grammy results.

It has taken years, sometimes decades, for the Recording Academy to catch up with evolving genres that have altered the pop landscape — first rock, then punk, rap, grunge, electronic dance music and Americana.

“Historically, the Grammys have often been been laughably out of touch,” said veteran Rolling Stone writer and author An-

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Thomas, we hardly knew ye.

We certainly had fun with Thomas, the teenager who escaped from a giant labyrinth in 2014’s “The Maze Runner” and then, in the 2015 sequel, launched a revolt against the tyrants who put him there. Played by a serviceable Dylan O’Brien, Thomas reaches the end of his journey in “The Maze Runner: The Death Cure,” a hard-hitting finale to an unusually intense young-adult franchise. I think I speak for all fans of these films, though, when I ask: Who was Thomas, really, and what was his story about?

It’s possible not to care and still enjoy “The Death Cure,” which is first and foremost a big-budget action film aimed at the too-young-for-”Mad Max: Fury Road” set. It begins with a wild

heist job involving a cargo train, moves on to some zombie-splattering, then wraps up with a vast, all-encompassing inferno. This series has always been known for high-impact action, but “The Death Cure” includes more than one gaping gunshot wound and crimson blood. The film seems to be betting that its fan base has grown a bit and is now ready for some truly rough stuff.

If only these films offered as much emotional resonance and depth of character as they do spectacle and action, they might have been a credible rival to “The Hunger Games.” (The series’ three-time director is Wes Ball; the screenplay is by T.S. Nowlin, working from James Dashner’s novel.)

We’re happy to join Thomas’ daring rescue of Minho (Ki Hong Lee), but nobody reminds us what made their bond so strong. The same goes for Newt

(Thomas Brodie-Sangster), a young rebel who plays a more central role this time around.

As for Teresa (Kaya Scodelario), her relationship with Thomas — a combination of magnetism and pragmatism — is too complicated to explain even with a 142-minute running time.

After Thomas and his crew finally break into Last City, a walled metropolis where scientists are working to cure a zombie pandemic, various subplots will be wrapped up and the movie’s villains (Patricia Clarkson as the dispassionate scientist Ava Paige and Aidan Gillen as the police-state honcho Janson) will meet their fates. It all provides a sense of completion, though that’s not the same as closure. In the end, “The Death Cure” makes for thrilling, if not deep-reaching, entertainment.

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Fossil found in Israeli cave may change story of human migration out of Africa Deborah Netburn

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

The story of how and when modern humans first left Africa may be more ancient and more complex than anyone knew.

This week, anthropologists excavating a collapsed cave in Israel described a Homo sapiens fossil fragment that has been dated to between 194,000 and 175,000 years ago.

It is the earliest known modern human fossil to be found outside Africa.

The discovery, detailed Thursday in the journal Science, provides the first physical evidence

that Homo sapiens migrated out of the African continent tens of thousands of years earlier than previously thought.

“For more than 50 years most anthropologists thought modern humans left Africa around 100,000 years ago,” said Israel Hershkovitz, the professor of anthropology at Tel Aviv University in Israel who led the work. “This changes the whole concept of modern human evolution.”

Rick Potts, a paleoanthroplogist and head of the human origins program at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, said the new study supports a growing body of fossil

and genetic evidence that suggests our species made several short-lived forays out of Africa before ultimately dispersing around the globe starting roughly 70,000 years ago.

“The find leaves open the possibility that Homo sapiens ventured long distances but were not successful in taking up permanent residence in western or eastern Asia,” said Potts, who was not involved in the work. “They apparently became extinct.”

The recently excavated fossil was found embedded in sediments at an archaeological site

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known as the Misliya Cave in northern Israel, about 7 miles south of Haifa. The cave, which probably served as a shelter for these hominids, is located on the western slope of Mt. Carmel and is part of a network of caves in the area.

Archaeologists working at the site found evidence that the cave’s inhabitants hunted large game like wild cattle and gazelle and were able to control fire. Several small stone tools similar to those associated with Homo sapiens remains in Africa from the same time period were found at Misliya as well.

The newly discovered fossil contains a lower left jawbone with eight teeth still attached. It also includes part of the cheekbone, the roof of the mouth and the bottom of the nasal cavity.

Ideally, anthropologists would examine a full skull before determining how to categorize an ancient specimen. For example, a small face tucked underneath a forehead and a rounded brain case clearly indicates Homo sapiens rather than another species, Potts said.

In this case, however, the research team did not have that option. Instead, they compared precise measurements of the size and shape of the teeth and

the jawbone with other ancient hominid fossils from Europe and Africa. In this way, they were able to show that the fossil’s features had the most in common with our species.

The researchers who studied the Misliya-1 fossil explain what it can tell us about human migration out of Africa.

“Nothing we found was inconsistent with it being Homo sapiens, and some features clearly indicated it was Homo sapiens,” said Rolf Quam, a paleoanthropologist at Binghamton University in New York who worked on the study.

Potts said the multiple lines of evidence that the researchers used to make the ID were persuasive for him.

“Barring definitive evidence of a complete brain case plus face, the authors have done their best to convince us that Homo sapiens is the best classification. Or at least I’m convinced,” he said.

The research team used three different methods of dating the fossil and the sediments around it. They dated the age of tooth samples using uranium-thorium, turned to combined electron spin resonance techniques to date enamel samples, and relied on thermoluminescence to determine the age of burnt tools associated with the fossil.

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optimistic about the new addition.

“I think it’s kind of unnecessary, but maybe it’ll help with the line at Einstein’s,” said Sparks. “I don’t really care for Starbucks.”

Students who wish to have more study space in the mean time can look forward to a new program once study and finals week nears.

“For study and finals week this semester, HMSU is implementing a pilot program for on-demand meeting rooms for students,” said Adkins. “The concept will allow students to book meeting rooms in HMSU during study and finals week as long as the room is available. This is focus toward students working on group projects and study groups.

No reservation is required, but the rooms will have to be used with their current setups (no requests for tables or chairs to be moved or added). DEDE I will also get new carpet in May.”

thony DeCurtis, a Grammy winner for his liner notes for the 1988 Eric Clapton box set “Crossroads.”

“When I was nominated in 1988, my first response was, ‘Does anyone really take these things seriously?’ When I won, I discovered that, indeed, the industry takes the Grammys very seriously. For the next year or so, not one day passed without someone mentioning my Grammy to me.”

Yet for every savvy honor bestowed on Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, OutKast, Paul Simon or one or more members of the Beatles, academy voters have stubbed multiple toes with major-category statuettes given to the likes of lip-syncing duo Milli Vanilli, soft-rock singer Christopher Cross and disco group A Taste of Honey.

The Grammys were painfully slow to recognize many of the most influential musicians of the

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A view of Misliya Cave, where archaeologists found a jawbone that belonged to a modern human who lived 177,000 to 194,000 years ago.

Together, they suggest that the jaw fragment is between 175,000 and 194,000 years old.

“Before the Misliya, fossil the earliest known human fossils outside of Africa were 100,000 years old,” Quam said. “This pushes that back by at least 75,000 years.”

He added that along with the recent discovery of the oldest human fossil in Africa dating to about 300,000 years ago, and genetic analysis that shows Neanderthals were mating with humans at least 220,000 years ago, the new find suggests the story of human evolution and migration goes back much further

than anyone realized.

“You have several different lines of evidence coming together that the origin of Homo sapiens is earlier than we thought, and now we have fossil evidence of an earlier migration of modern humans out of Africa,” Quam said.

era: Presley didn’t get a Grammy until 1967 — a full decade after he’d led the rock ‘n’ roll uprising — and that was for a gospel recording.

Bob Dylan didn’t take home Grammy gold until 1973 — for his part in George Harrison’s multi-artist benefit album “The Concert for Bangla Desh” — and it was nearly another decade before Dylan won a Grammy for his own work: a rock vocal award for “Gotta Serve Somebody” — from his first gospel album.

Dylan wasn’t alone: During the ‘60s, no Grammys went to Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, Otis Redding, Janis Joplin, Marvin Gaye, Van Morrison, the Byrds, the Doors or numerous other artists who altered the musical landscape.

“I’m pleased that the Grammys have tried to catch up with what’s important, but when we were comin’ up, it was Andy Williams’ time — nothing important or lasting going on,” said

Doors drummer John Densmore, who, along with his bandmates, received the academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. “We actually didn’t want one … it seemed too corny. Now, it seems more coveted.”

Count Hendrix in the same camp.

“The subject never came up,” said Janie Hendrix, the guitar hero’s sister and president/chief executive of Experience Hendrix LLC, which administers his estate. She also served five years on the board of governors for the academy’s Pacific Northwest chapter.

“I don’t know that it really mattered much to him — awards,” she said. “He wasn’t creating his music for that type of recognition. He just wanted people to hear his music. In those times, rock ‘n’ roll artists weren’t recognized.”

In the ‘70s, the Grammys ignored future Rock Hall of Fame members David Bowie, Prince, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen,

Elton John, Curtis Mayfield, the Clash, Tom Petty, George Clinton, Tom Waits and Lou Reed — the latter will posthumously be honored Sunday when the Velvet Underground receives a Lifetime Achievement Award.

“While he never would have admitted it, the Lifetime Achievement Award going to the Velvet Underground this year would have been meaningful to him, and I’m sure he would have shown up to accept it, said DeCurtis, Reed’s biographer.

Key figures from the ‘80s and ‘90s such as Madonna, the Pretenders, N.W.A, Public Enemy, Nirvana and Tupac Shakur were initially, and in some cases still, missing in Grammy Award action.

“It’s clear that for a long time, many of those later deemed to be influential enough to warrant induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame weren’t honored by the Grammys in their time,” said Rock Hall President Greg Harris.

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Tide or Die Emma Osowski Columnist

When we were in high school, there were popular challenges that everyone tried to take part of. There was the chubby bunny challenge – how many marshmallows could you fit into your mouth and still talk. The gallon challenge – trying to drink a gallon of milk in one go.

The cinnamon challenge – trying to eat a spoonful of cinnamon. The recent bean-boozeled challenge – risking your taste buds and hoping you get the good flavored jellybean.

Well, now there’s the new and most-definitely not safe Tide Pod challenge, taking a video of someone eating a Tide Pod and posting it online.

Within the past few months, more and more teenagers have been reported to Poison Control for intentionally misusing Tide Pods – misusing meaning eating. According to Poison Control, during 2017 there were a total of 53 reports; however, within the first fifteen days of the new year, there were 39 reports, which translates into there being at least 92 teenagers who are, in my not-so-niceopinion, idiots. There’s literally, and I’ll say it again, at least 92 people out there who don’t know or maybe acknowledge the difference between something that’s edible and something that can kill you.

This is one of those things that stays with an age group, moreover, a generation. Without a doubt, this is something that definitely leaves an open door for others to judge or bring down Mil-

lennials and Gen Zs. We already have stereotypes and other opinions about us to hurdle over and this has not been good – it’s a problem. I personally am quite embarrassed, especially for those who have “misused” the Tide Pods.

I thought that it was honestly dying down, but to know that so far in 2018 there have been more than half the same number of reports from last year is really questionable.

Questionable as in, do these people actually understand how dangerous this is for them? Like, you could die. It’s poison. Just because the container says “keep out of reach of children” doesn’t mean it no longer applies to you once you reach a certain age.

It’s no longer just the fact that I can’t believe this became a trend. I can’t believe it’s now to the point that to where the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Tide had to make memes and public service announcements, but here we are.

Thankfully, there now is a new trend coming on board and I’d say competitor to the Tide Pods themselves. Bakery shops around the country, even Terre Haute’s own Square Donuts, have created the “Donut Pods” with a motto to hopefully bring attention to this weird phenomenon: “Say no to Tide Pods and yes to Donut Pods.”

Applause to the creative and funny minds behind this original thought. I feel like that was a great use of their platform to bring awareness to a completely reckless problem, while also gaining buzz for their business. Since then, even more food has been inspired by Tide Pods, including cheese stuffed pepperoni rolls with died decorations and Tide sushi. I think I see a new challenge in the future; who can create edible Tide

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Making lasting new year’s changes Rachel Modi Columnist

“New year, new me.”

The redundant and almost meaningless phrase spit out every year. We all know as soon as we get to those last two weeks of December, we’re thinking of our new year’s goals and resolutions. Whether it’s eating healthy, getting our butts to the gym or planning ahead so we don’t procrastinate, more than half of us end up quitting two weeks into the New

Year. Of course, I’m included in that and I can bet that you are too.

Not to be the pessimist in the situation, but what’s the point of setting a goal for ourselves every year – usually the same goal – and then failing on it every time? Yes, to bring some positive change into our lives, but that positivity doesn’t come if we don’t act on those goals properly. However, I think the issue we all face is the overreaching dreams of having a picture perfect body, because we’re setting our goals too high to attain so quickly. There are committed people out there who can force themselves to avoid that small voice in their head saying, “Give in! Don’t go to the gym!” which I’m absolute-

ly jealous of. And most of the time, we imagine the dumbest excuse to not feel completely guilty for not attaining our goals.

What if we tried to set our goals high enough where they are realistic to achieve? I’m not saying don’t shoot for that healthy diet all the time, but I’m saying not to set yourself up for disappointment when we’re already disappointed by other obstacles in life.

When we came back from winter break, the Rec Center was packed.

Everyone was there trying to better their health and make changes, but slowly the numbers decreased.

Half of those “I’m going to the gym everyday” new year’s “resolutioners” have already quit showing up

before the first month of the year is over. Yes, set expectations for yourself, but take small steps. You can’t sprint through a marathon.

Back in elementary school when they told us to write goals down, I thought they were dumb and didn’t pay attention to them. But I realized they were also trying to tell us that change is good, but small steps may be necessary to achieve the most. We’re all human, so we get disappointed. The worst is when we disappoint ourselves. When we disappoint ourselves, we lose motivation in almost everything. Motivation is key, thus a reward system with small goals goes a

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Trump tried to fire Mueller. He’ll try again Timothy L. O’Brien Bloomberg View (TNS) Last summer, the president of the United States, who is the nation’s chief law-enforcement officer, tried to fire the federal appointee overseeing an investigation into whether the president or his advisers had broken the law by, among other things, obstructing justice.

When Donald Trump angled for Robert Mueller’s head last year, according to a report from the New York Times, he reasoned that he was within his rights because the special counsel had too many conflicts to impartially run the Justice Department’s probe of possible wrongdoing involving Russia and Trump’s campaign.

Trump sorted Mueller’s conflicts into three neat and ridiculous baskets: money (Trump claimed Mueller gave up his membership at a Trump golf course over a dispute about fees, a tale Mueller’s spokesman has said wasn’t true); family (Mueller had worked at a firm that had represented Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner); and work (Mueller had interviewed for the FBI’s top job a day before he was appointed as special counsel).

None of those issues compromised

Mueller in any meaningful way. Trump must have known this, of course. But the president, a survivor to his core, had to find some novel way of explaining why he was trying to escape the clutches of an obstruction of justice investigation by obstructing justice. Trump’s White House counsel, Donald McGahn, saw this overreach for exactly what it was and threatened to quit unless Trump backed down.

And so Trump backed down, according to the Times.

Let’s not pretend, however, that the president will remain subdued for very long. All of this transpired last June. Since then, Mueller has indicted or secured guilty pleas from four former Trump insiders for a variety of crimes. He’s conducting interviews with senior White House officials and a meeting with the president apparently is on the horizon.

As the temperature of his investigation rises, expect the president to act out in increasingly volatile ways, and to stretch the boundaries of the law to counter Mueller’s probe.

What might that look like?

Trump has the power to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the official overseeing Mueller’s probe, if

Rosenstein doesn’t obey a request to fire Mueller. Trump could then tear through the Justice Department’s senior ranks, firing people until he finds one who would comply with his demands.

Although there’s some debate among legal scholars about how much latitude the president would have for such a purge, Trump’s previous maneuvering in this investigation suggests he believes he can do almost whatever he wants. That might explain why the Times report is surfacing now: Perhaps White House officials, perhaps even McGahn himself, are worried that the president is set again on toppling Mueller and they want to stop it (having the president safely tucked away in Switzerland and unable to counter-program probably helps).

McGahn also has much on the line himself. Last January, he met with Sally Yates, the acting attorney general at the time, after she told him that Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, had lied to the White House about his contacts with a Russian official. McGahn invited Yates back the next day and asked her why the Justice Department cared if White House officials were lying to one another. Yates said that it would possi-

bly give the Russians leverage to blackmail Flynn. As it turned out, the White House knew for weeks that Flynn hadn’t been truthful about his communications with Russia — and neither McGahn nor Trump apparently felt concerned enough to force him out.

If McGahn is now in Mueller’s crosshairs, he might have decided that the simplest solution is to cooperate with the probe and turn over information in exchange for gentler treatment. In that scenario, McGahn becomes the source, directly or indirectly, of all kinds of interesting stuff for investigators and the media to ponder.

As the White House gets rattled further, Trump will test how deeply Congress believes in and respects the rule of law. The U.S. legal system, whatever its imperfections, is a pillar of American life and liberty. Republicans and Democrats in Congress should remind themselves of that and prepare for the very real possibility that the president will try to fire the special counsel again — especially if Mueller’s probe ensnares any of the Trumps, including the paterfamilias.

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long way. Figure out what works 05.50), which is fifth in the best for you. That means test- conference. Roper finished in ing out different methods until second behind Noel, recordyou find the right one. A more ing a mark of 18.39m (60typical mindset is the template 04.00). Her mark of 18.77m of SMART goals: specific, mea- (61-07.00) from the Terre surable, attainable, relevant and Haute Double Dual is third time-bound. Forcing ourselves in the Valley and 49th in the to be specific about each detail NCAA. makes us always stick to the same On the men’s side, Ryan plans and develop a habit. Mea- Cash once again ran a casurable goals force us to keep reer-best time in the mile, track and see the daily progress this time crossing the finish our goals entail. Attainable goals line at 4:15.90 for the win. allow us to not disappoint our His converted time of 4:13.50 emotional minds. Relevance from the Terre Haute Double brings us to reality and helps us Dual is fourth in the conferavoid choosing a random dream. ence. Akis Medrano chalLastly, time-bound goals put us lenged Cash, but finished in in a time constraint, so we don’t second with a time of 4:16.15. procrastinate and put them off Medrano’s converted time of for the next year.

4:15.90 from the Terre Haute New year’s resolutions honest- Double is ninth in the MVC. ly set us up for failure, because The 60-meter hurdles saw instead of keeping a consistent another Sycamore win with goal for us to better ourselves, we Daley Carter overtaking his follow the trend of society. Our competition at 7.91. He rehearts aren’t truly in it, because corded a time of 7.87 at the we’re only doing it because everyone else is. On the more op- SALUKIS FROM PAGE 8 timistic side, set goals for yourLaura Fulton and Mckenself, but be realistic and truly do it for you. Even if it’s not a basic zie Plummer also added solid goal, make sure it’s something performances for the Sycayou want to change. Whether mores in the one and three it’s writing in a journal to help meter springboard. Fulton think about your emotions or finished with a 196.58 in the meditating to keep stress levels one meter and a 160.20 in the down, do it for yourself because three meter, while Plummer recorded 163.13 and a 116.77. it’s your life.

“We threw in some new dives today and they both did a great job. I am looking forTIDE FROM PAGE 6 ward to the next couple weeks Pod look-a-likes? Honestly, I of training and then seeing don’t feel bad for those who ate how they compete at conTide Tods. If they got sick, they ference,” said diving coach kind of deserved it. Hopefully Fengting Chen. it helped them realize it was a The Sycamores finished the dumb move, so that they don’t day strong with a first place do anything like that again. I finish in the 400 freestyle realso want to give a shout-out to lay.

YouTube and their attempts to “The biggest thing today help the situation. Despite the was seeing how we have profact that the videos stayed up for gressed and grown from last as long as they did, they were re- year. We are really excited cently all removed from the web- for conference and are happy site. I don’t know if they were with the strong performances asked to do so by Tide, U.S. Con- today. Southern Illinois is a sumer Product Safety Commis- really well coached team, but sion or YouTube themselves, but all in all we did a great job tononetheless, it was a good move. day,” said Leach.

From here on out all we can do ISU will enter a few weeks is hope that this “challenge” will of training and be back in acdie out and 2018 will end better tion Feb. 14 through Feb. 17 than it started. as they travel to Iowa City, Iowa for their second MVC Championship meet.

Terre Haute Double Dual, which is second in the conference and 22nd in the nation. Stephen Griffith took fourth overall in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.27.

He holds a time of 8.20 from the Terre Haute Double Dual, which is fifth in the conference.

Gino Brown led the way for the men in the field, winning the triple jump with a mark of 14.58m (47-10.00), which is now the best mark in the Missouri Valley.

Scott Schreiber made sure that Brown didn’t get all of the glory, as he claimed victory in the long jump with a mark of 7.14m (23-05.25), which boosted him to second in the MVC. The Sycamores will be back in action next weekend with split-squad competition at the Meyo Invitational in South Bend, Ind. on Feb. 2-3 and the Indiana Wesleyan Invitational on Feb. 3.

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Sycamores fall to Salukis 189-111 Kate Johnson

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The field athletes produced similar success for the Sycamore women, led by Kim Jackson in the pole vault. Jackson won the pole vault and improved her already Valley-leading mark to 3.75m (12-03.50), which is a new career-best. Emily Brady finished right behind her in second-place after recording a mark of 3.60m (11-09.75). Her mark of 3.67m (12-00.50) from the EIU Early Bird meet sits at third in the conference.

Junior Cassaundra Roper brought home another win in the shot put for Indiana State.

She earned a mark of 14.55m (47-09.00), which is good enough for second in the MVC. Jasmine Noel earned a win and a new personal-record in the weight throw behind a strong performance that ended with a mark of 18.73m (61-

Indiana State faced off with Missouri Valley Conference opponent Southern Illinois in their final regular season meet. The Sycamores fell to the Salukis 189 to 111.

The Sycamores entered the meet coming off a dominating win over Ball State on Jan. 20.

While Indiana State battled through the entire meet the Sycamores could not edge the 20162017 conference runner-ups.

“The team came out really hot today and swam strong all the way through. The 200 medley relay and the 1000 freestyle were really strong events for us to start and then we kept ratting on through. This was a great time for us as we get ready to head into conference,” said head coach Matt Leach.

The Sycamores started off the day with a second place finish in the 200 yard medley relay as the team of Kendall Hansen, Megan Schade, Jacquie Price and Alex Malmborg notched a time of 1:48.06.

Hansen provided especially strong performances later in the meet as she placed first in the 100 and 200 backstroke events.

Hansen has come out on top in these events in nearly every meet this season.

Vivian Kritikou followed up with a second place finish in the 1000 freestyle and an impressive 10:30.34.

Blanca Saez-Illobre came up strong for the Sycamores in the 200 freestyle as she placed second with a time of 1:54.60.

Saez-Illobre would add two more standout performances later in the meet as she finished in first place in her next two events.

She first recorded a 2:21.06 in the 200 breaststroke followed by a 4:27.85 in the 400 IM. Malmborg continued the momentum with a first place finish in the 50 freestyle and time of 24.12.

Cierra Campbell added the next big result as she finished second in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:08.69.

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Ayanna Morgan led the way for the sycamore women in the 60 meter hurdles and scoring her personal best.

Sycamore women claim victory Men second at Mark Messersmith invite

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The Indiana State women’s track and field team was victorious and the men finished second at the Mark Messersmith Invite after several impressive performances on Saturday.

The ISU women claimed victory over UNI by a score of 163-118 and also bested Drake (43.50), South Dakota State (38), Milwaukee (35.50) and Loyola (32). The men fell to UNI, 136.50-133, but defeated South Dakota State (54), Milwaukee (50.33), Loyola (30.33) and Drake (23.83).

“We had some solid performances today,” head coach Angela Martin said. “The women came ready to compete and even when things didn’t go perfectly, they stepped up to the challenges in front of them. It was a very good win. The men had some

struggle areas, but we now have a few weeks to work on them. Going to UNI is a good step in our preparation for the MVC Championships in late February.”

Leading the way for the Sycamore women on the track was Ayanna Morgan. Morgan continued her dominance in the 60-meter hurdles, winning the event and recording another personal-best at 8.43. Her time is now tied for second in ISU history with Stacia Weatherford from 2012. She is tied for the best time in the Valley and 50th in the NCAA. Taylor Austin won the mile run for the third time this season behind another strong performance with a time of 4:51.83.

Her converted time of 4:48.23 from the Terre Haute Double Dual is first in the conference and 41st in the nation. Brittany Neeley finished behind her in second-place at 4:56.42, which is

fifth in the MVC. Making her return to the track for the first time since the EIU Early Bird, DeAndra Greer won the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.60. Her time of 7.51 from EIU currently sits in third in the conference.

In the 800-meter run, Imani Davis came away with a win after crossing the line at 2:12.73, which now pushes her to third in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Brooke Moore picked up her first win of the season in the women’s 3000-meter run, recording a time of 9:57.92 which vaults her into fourth-place in the MVC. The women’s 4X400-meter relay team composed of Oschtisha Jackson, Brittany Neeley, Imani Davis and Rebecca Odusola held off Northern Iowa’s team to earn a victory. They recorded a time of 3:48.38, which is third in the Valley.

Sycamores withstand rally for win in Windy City Kate Johnson

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When adversity hit for Indiana State Friday night, the biggest player on the court for the Sycamores stood at an imposing five feet five inches tall.

With five minutes remaining on the clock and host Loyola having cut the Sycamores’ lead from as much as 20 down to 13, the point guard known to her teammates as “Biggie” stepped up in a big way. Ashli O’Neal scored nine of her game-high 21 points over the final five minutes including making all four free throw attempts in the final minute of play to help Indiana State seal a 73-65 win over Loyola in Missouri Valley Conference play at Gentile Arena.

“Ashli played great,” Indiana State interim head coach Josh Keister said of O’Neal’s play Friday. “She is getting better and better every time out. She is starting to establish herself as one of the better point guards in this conference. She is our floor leader and she shot the ball really well tonight. The threes that she made for us tonight came at a big time for us and a big moment. She likes the ball in her hands and she is playing really well right now with a lot of confidence.”

The play of the sophomore point guard was a welcome relief for Keister and Indiana State (6-13, 4-4). His squad, despite three quarters of solid play, found themselves in a battle after Loyola (3-16, 1-7) opened the final frame on a 9-0 run.

“We were talking about, before the fourth quarter, that the game

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Tierra Webb (14), junior guard matched a season high scores with 16 points.

wasn’t over yet,” Keister said of his message to the team prior to the fourth quarter’s start. “We wanted to continue to play hard and continue to play the right way. We didn’t handle it, obviously, really well the first minute or two of that fourth quarter.

Basically, we got ourselves a ballgame then.”

Indiana State bent, but didn’t break. The Sycamores were 8-for-10 from the free throw line in the final quarter, grabbed four of their nine rebounds in the quarter over the final fourplus minutes and never let the lead get cut to a one-possession game as the Trees made their fi-

nal eight free throw attempts as the Ramblers fouled in vain to attempt to stay in the game.

The win came from much more than O’Neal’s performance. Tierra Webb matched a season-high with 16 points, including passing the 500 career point threshold by opening the game with a three-pointer, while Ashley Taia’s 10 points put her in double figures for the third consecutive game.

Overall, Indiana State shot an impressive 45 percent from the field and the team’s 40.9 percent shooting on three-pointers marked the best in a conference game this season.

“We got off to a great start,” Kesiter said. “We talked about winning the second quarter and were up 12 at halftime and we wanted to extend that lead in the third quarter, which we did.

We did a lot of good things tonight. We played well for most of the night. We relaxed there in the fourth and to Loyola’s credit they kept playing and they kept making shots.”

With the win – Indiana State’s first true road victory of the season – the Sycamores pull even in league play at 4-4 and have now won three consecutive games. The team tallied 10 steals and for the fourth time in

six games turned in a positive assist-to-turnover ratio. But the Trees also gained a valuable lesson, one that often only comes in defeat.

“That’s the biggest thing, playing with a lead and learning how to do that,” added Keister. “This was good for us tonight. It was a good lesson to learn that when you are up, you cannot relax against anyone in this league because everyone is playing hard.

Hopefully, we won’t see that again from our group.”

Loyola, which shot 41.4 percent from the field, was led by Abby O’Connor’s 17 points while Katie Salmon added 16.