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A green thumb: Tim Garner showcases his favorite office items

Bullriding and baseball: Hank Nuwer’s top ten memorable moments

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Businesses react to city construction

BY SHELBY MULLIS

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Franklin resident Tom Strack and his wife, Diane, moved to Franklin two years ago when they opened Curly Willow Antiques & Treasures at on Jefferson Street.

Now, the Stracks are just two of several Franklin business owners searching for ways to prepare their store for the ninephase Jefferson Street reconstruction project, formerly previewed in the April 8 issue of The Franklin.

Through a series of one-on-one and public meetings, city officials and project engineers have made themselves accessible to local business owners and residents to ensure as minimal impact as possible when construction begins.

“At this point, we’ve just been gathering information,” Tom Strack said. “We’re very supportive long term of what they’re doing. It’s just a matter of working through the short-term difficulties of it all.”

CrossRoad Engineers President Trent Newport said it is his goal to guarantee pedestrians can reach a business’s front entrance.

With temporary signs and walkways, Newport said pedestrians should have clear guidance on how to get to their favorites shops and restaurants.

“Myself and our team will be coordinating with all business owners,” Newport said. “We’re going to go door

to door. We want to know business hours. We want to know when trash delivery is. We want to work around a business’s schedule as much as we can. We’re going to do things like that to try to minimize the impact.”

The first phase of the ninephase reconstruction project will

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It’s not going to be easy, but the end result is well worth what we’re going to go through.

– Diane Strack, Curly Willow antique shop

stretch from the Admiral Gas Station to North Main Street, only feet away from Franklin resident Jason Tapp’s restaurant.

Tapp is the owner of Franklin’s Greek’s Pizzeria and Tapp Room at 18 E. Jefferson St. Growing up in Johnson County, Tapp said he is extremely familiar with the Franklin area and looks forward to the upcoming developments.

“From what I heard from other business owners, when there’s been construction and disruption out there, it actually proves to be bigger business,” Tapp said.

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Through social media and word of mouth, Tapp said he will do everything in his power to draw people to his business, with or without construction.

Tapp also said a big part of being a business owner is learning to deal with obstacles as they come.

“Time will tell,” Tapp said. “I’ll make game time decisions as we are in it to see what it is and how it affects me directly. As of now, I plan to carry on business as usual.”

The second phase will take place directly in front of the restaurant, stretching from North Main Street to Home Avenue.

Diane Strack said the Zoie Richey | The Franklin city of Franklin is in Business owners affected by the downtown construction met on need of the project.

Wednesday to discuss concerns and benefits.

The most important feature of the project for the Stracks is the “It’s not going to be easy, but the new parking lot that will be built end result is well worth what we’re across from the antique shop. going to go through,” she said. “In Diane Strack said the city is the end, it’s going to be amazing, doing everything they can to help and our customers will love it.” get people to their business.

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Tim Garner, who works as the college’s interim vice president for enrollment and marketing, said he decorates his Welcome Center office so he feels like he belongs there.

Take a mini-tour of Garner’s office through the item descriptions below.

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4/29–5/1 Indiana Comic Con Get into costume and shop art, toy and comic vendors this weekend in Indianapolis.

Attendees can listen in on panels and watch movies during the first-ever film festival portion.

Admission starts at $30.

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“My daughter, who is a fashion designer, made that when she was a student,” Garner said. “The fabric in that is actually the dress she wore in the picture she used to work off of.”

BRICK As a Lambda Chi Alpha member, Garner owns a brick from the LCA and Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity building torn down last summer.

“I’ve had that plant at least 10-12 years. It’s an automatic opportunity for them [visitors] to talk about something that is not business or official. It breaks the ice.”

4/29–5/4 Indians baseball game Drive up Interstate-65 to catch one of five upcoming Indianapolis Indians home baseball games.

Tonight, the team plays the Norfolk Virginia Tides at 7:15 p.m. Tickets start at $10.

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4/1–5/28 “Color Meditations” art exhibit Explore the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art at the Murphey’s new, colorful exhibit by abstract painter and sculptor James Wille Faust.

Admission and parking to Faust’s exhibit and others are free.

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As a big fan of the Downton Abbey series, Garner was given a container of tea and teapot in honor of the show.

“They sent me a little teapot to pour my tea in an English sort of way,” he said.

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BUCKEYE BOWL In the southern states, there’s a superstition that if you find buckeye, you should put in your pocket for good luck.

“My dad – for as long as I can remember – always had a buckeye in his pocket. It kind of reminds me of something fond from something my dad liked,” he said.

G R I Z ON T HE MALL: SUMME R P L A N S Jordan Peters, freshman

Ariel Halstead, freshman

Kurt Kurman, freshman

Emily Meese, senior

“Working at Fair Oak’s Dairy Farm and scooping up ice cream.”

“Just working. I don’t have time for anything else.”

“To visit some of my new friends that I’ve met here at Franklin College and working at the Franklin College bookstore.”

“Sleeping. Senior year has worn me out.”

GGP event list 10 interesting things Hank Nuwer has done For the 37th year, the college will host a Grizzly Grand Prix bike race on the roads encircling campus.

Details of the weekend events – which kick off with a festival this evening – are broken down below.

FRIDAY, APRIL 29 WHAT: Grizzly Grand Prix Festival WHEN: 3–7 p.m.

WHERE: Dame Mall After classes lull for the weekend, the GGP festival will kick off.

Some of the activities available are listed below.

Bubble soccer Zip line Free cookout food Archery tag T-shirt press with three different designs Blow-up jousting College organizations booths with lemon shakeups, root beer floats, t-shirts and more Henna tattoos Photo booth SATURDAY, APRIL 30 WHAT: Grizzly Grand Prix Bike Race WHEN: 11 a.m.–1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Streets encircling campus The day’s three races – men’s, women’s and coed – will take place on a course made up of Grizzly Drive, Branigin Blvd., and Monroe and Forsythe Streets.

The women’s and co-ed race will begin at 11 a.m., with the men’s race immediately following. Both races are approximately 25 miles in length.

In addition to the race, the event will have food trucks and outdoor games like corn hole.

Members of the Delta Delta Delta sorority will also be selling pancakes to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

The race is free and open to the public.

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Although journalism professor Hank Nuwer is going on sabbatical this year, his adventuring and reporting won’t stop.

Not only has Nuwer written 25 books and has taught at the college for 14 years, but he has led a wacky life filled with high-profile interviews, international travel and much more.

Read 10 interesting things Nuwer has done below.

1. He went to Woodstock.

One of Nuwer’s first reporting jobs was covering the famous music festival for a small New York weekly newspaper.

“I gave the chaotic concert a bad review after covering the drug overdoses and an accidental death there,” he said.

2. He played minor league baseball.

In 1981, Nuwer got a quirky assignment from Denver Magazine and the Buffalo Courier Express to play minor league baseball.

That year, he played on the Montreal Expos farm team in Daytona Beach for spring training.

3. He was a migrant worker at age 16.

Originally from Poland, Nuwer worked as a migrant cutting cabbage when he was 16.

“The company took the workers back and forth by old bus and older trucks,” he said. “On the bus, I saw a worker swig a half pint of whiskey and shoot up heroin at the same time. I was pretty scared.”

4. He rode a bull.

Although Nuwer has ridden a bull, he didn’t have a positive experience – he broke seven ribs after being bucked off.

Just two days after being carted to the hospital in an ambulance, Nuwer appeared on the Today Show with Matt Lauer in New York.

“Students wonder why I have a Georgia O’Keefedried bull’s head in my office,” he said. “It’s for revenge – kidding.”

5. He’s been interviewed by the best.

Here are a few: Chris Cuomo, Anderson Cooper, Matt Lauer, Stephen A. of ESPN, Bob Ley, Tom Snyder and Tracy Smith.

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6. He’s been an altar boy.

When he was a boy, Nu- Journalism professor Hank Nuwer will be going on sabbatial wer was an altar boy at next school year. Many students will remember the stories the funeral of his friend’s he told about the adventures he’s had in his life. grandmother.

“Somehow the embalming was botched, and the dead grandmother sat up during the wake,” Nuwer has sat down with notable he said. “I screamed, and no one could authors such as Kurt Vonnegut, Jim catch me as I ran for home.”

Harrison and Jack Schafer – just to name a few.

7. He was an honor guard for LBJ’s wife.

“The grumpiest interview was with Nuwer was an honor guard for presi- Jack Schafer, the author of the novel dent Lyndon B. Johnson’s wife, Clau- ‘Shane’,” he said. dia Alta Taylor.

10. He owns 12 remote acres in Alaska.

“I helped her plant a tree on Arbor Day when I was in college,” he said. “I After graduation this year, Nuwer will liked her very much.” make his annual trip to Alaska’s Denali State Park to start his sabbatical.

8. He boxed Pete Widener.

“I have to hunker down ... and get Years ago, Nuwer went head-to-head down to serious writing, reporting and with a Golden Gloves boxing champi- research,” he said. on.

“I closed both of my eyes with bleeding blows before I lost,” he said.

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Sororities move to ‘no frills’ weekend recruitment JESSICA KAISER jessica.kaiser@franklincollege.edu

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IN BRIEF: CRUZ CAMPAIGNS IN FRANKLIN For the first time in Johnson County history, a presidential candidate came to town.

Republican presidential candidate and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz hit the crossroads of Indiana Monday in a campaign attempt, just a week before the Indiana primary.

Between his visit to Jockamo’s Upper Crust Pizza and a rally at the Johnson County Fairgrounds in Franklin, Cruz attracted nearly 1,500 people Monday afternoon.

Franklin Mayor Joe McGuinness called Cruz’s visit “an awesome opportunity” for the state of Indiana.

“Rarely do we ever have a situation in May where Indiana comes into play during the presidential election, whether it’s Republican or Democrat,” McGuinness said.

STUDENTS, FACULTY WILL RECEIVE EMAIL WHEN PACKAGES ARRIVE Picking up packages on campus just got easier.

The campus mailing system adopted a new “express arrival” package system Tuesday.

In the new system, when the mailing office receives a package, it will be scanned and an automated email will be sent to the respective Franklin College email account.

The system was developed through a partnership between Student Congress and the Mail Services department.

NEW STUDENT CONGRESS CABINET, MEMBERS ANNOUNCED After some uncontested executive spots and an extended application deadline, Student Congress cabinet members and representatives for the 2016-2017 school year have been named.

Current Student Congress President Erika Brock will be returning to her position uncontested.

The rest of the executive cabinet is as follows: sophomore Taylor Williams, vice president; sophomore Megan Helterbrand, treasurer; freshman Logan Thompson, secretary.

For a full list of elected members, visit bit.ly/FranklinStudentCongress2016.

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The college’s Panhellenic Council voted to get rid of skit night and chapter promotional videos, as well as move part of recruitment to the weekend.

The sorority recruitment council oversees the campus’ three sororities – Delta Delta Delta, Pi Beta Phi and Zeta Tau Alpha – and is removing “frills” and focusing on values this year.

Natalie Brewster, the current coordinator of Greek life and activities who is leaving at the end of the semester, said

the change is mirroring a trend that has been “happening for years” in the Greek community. “[It] places emphasis on Greek values and substance rather than frivolous things, such as decoration and costumes that waste time that could have otherwise been used for conversations,” she said.

Brewster said recruitment needs to be conversation based, as this helps the sorority women get to know the potential new members better and see if they would be a good fit to the chapter. “[The council has] made a few internal changes designed to take off pressure through the process for both chapter women and potential new members,” Brewster said.

Each of the three sorority chapters Zoie Richey | The Franklin are preparing Women involved in sorority recruitment next year will experience a ahead of time for change in the process, including no skit nights or promotional videos. the adjustment.

“We feel the change, while perhaps challenging in the first year, will be an overall improvement to our process and will help the community recruit members of substance,” Brewster said.

Junior Jess Seabolt, who is the president of Panhellenic Council and a member of Tri Delta, said the sororities will also adopt a weekend model to accommodate for the recruitment changes.

The new model will shift a few days through the week into the weekend. “[It will] give a chance for the potential new members to dive deeper into what recruitment is,” Seabolt said.

Seabolt said these changes will remove flaws previously associated with recruitment.

“Organizations will go over top with decorating their suites or throwing glitter everywhere – which is not something that you want to do or portray as a value,” Seabolt said.

Freshman Nikki Salwowski, who is a member of Tri Delta, agrees with the value-based changes.

“We want to show what we stand for, our philanthropy, and put more of the focus on the good, not how flashy can you be,” she said.

These changes will take effect during the next formal recruitment in September.

College improving Elsey, Old Main this summer BRITTNEY CORUM brittney.corum@franklincollege.edu

As the school year wraps up, the physical plant is getting ready to make improvements on buildings over the summer before student return.

Physical Facilities Director Tom Patz said the department has an eight-week period to get buildings ready for next semester.

This year, the department is working on the second and third floors of Elsey Hall, which is 80 rooms in total.

They will be working on the cooling and heating system, painting the walls, waxing floors and putting in new carpet in the rooms.

Sophomore Kiera Shackelford said she doesn’t understand why Elsey is getting improvements, as it’s one of the newest residence halls on campus.

“I just think that they should have focused on Hoover or Cline Hall,” Shackelford said.

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Patz said the plant also looks at doing necessary repairs in 380 student rooms in residence halls.

“We also work on the other residence halls doing some repairs that the RAs give us after everyone is checked out,” he said.

In addition, the physical plant will be working on the first and second floors of one of the main academic buildings on campus: Old Main.

The floors will get new carpets, and the front of the building will also get some mason work starting May 1.

Spurlock is also seeing a small change with a Wells Suite update.

The physical plant workers don’t do all the work themselves. They contract out some projects, like the carpeting.

“We have a budget,” Patz said. “We also have an amount of money put into a replacement budget.”

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Maintenance staff will work on the second and third floors of Elsey Hall this summer to improve living conditions.

Religion professor takes stand with Muslim American yard signs ASHLEY STEEB ashley.steeb@franklincollege.edu

Yard signs that say “We Stand with American Muslims” are gaining attention from people across the state.

The yard signs were created by David Carlson, philosophy and religion professor, in association with Shoulder to Shoulder in Interfaith Witness, a group Carlson is a part of.

For the past two years, Carlson has given lectures to church groups about the danger of ISIS/ISIL to American Muslims.

“One of the reasons [ISIS/ISIL does] the terrorist attacks they’re doing is they know after these things happen, Muslims who live in those [attacked] countries will be harassed, sometimes bullied and some would be killed,” Carlson said.

The main purpose of the signs is to prevent American Muslim youth from joining the ISIS/ISIL terrorist group,

especially during recent political campaigning.

“As the political conversation in this country – with the presidential campaign – began to move into a pretty scary direction from our point of view … that is [saying] ‘Ban all Muslims’ or ‘All mosques need be under surveillance’ … what we recognized is if we wanted to hold youth from becoming interested in terrorist activity, one of the best things we could do is strengthen the mosques,” Carlson said.

However, there is a secondary purpose for the signs.

“Part of this is to say when we stand with American Muslims, we’re going to stand with any group is marginalized and harassed,” Carlson said.

The price for one of the signs is $15.

Carlson is offering students a discounted price of $12.

If a student can’t afford to pay but wants a sign, Carlson said he may give them a sign for free.

Carlson believes students need to be aware of the conditions American Muslims face, but he also wants every student to know he will not pressure anyone into displaying a sign.

“I think it’s not right for me to personally ask students to do this [displaying a sign] because that’s abusing my position,” Carlson said.

David Chandler, a philosophy professor, made the decision to display one of Carlson’s signs.

“I think it [the yard sign] expresses – in an important way – what it means, for me, to be a Christian today in the United States,” Chandler said.

Carlson said he believes the future is bright for the campaign.

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A Muslim American sign is displayed in a Dietz dorm window. Philosophy and religion professor David Carlson created the sign.

“There’s a lot of darkness in the world, but there’s a lot of light in the world, too,” Carlson said. “People understand if they want life to be fair for them, it should be fair others too. I like to think we’re just at the beginning.”

What you need to know about the leading presidential candidates CHRISTINA RAMEY christina.ramey@franklincollege.edu

Hillary Clinton Background: Clinton has been U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Senator and U.S. First Lady.

Abortion: Clinton believes politicians shouldn’t be interfering with women’s personal health decisions. If elected president, she plans to stand up for Planned Parenthood and women’s access to health services.

LGBT rights: Clinton supports LGBT rights. She plans to fight to make sure that LGBT Americans have full rights under the law.

Immigration: Clinton thinks there needs to be a comprehensive immigration reform with a full path to citizenship. She plans to defend President Obama’s executive actions and build on them.

Education: Clinton will work to ensure every child has access to a worldclass education. She wants to have less and better testing, as well as more support for teachers.

Fun fact: Hillary Clinton has taught at the University of Arkansas Law School.

Junior Erika Brock: “I believe that she is who we need at the current moment. I think what she’s going to do is she’s going to take what President Obama has done, and instead of getting rid of everything, she’s going to expand on it.”

Senator.

Bernie Sanders

Ted Cruz

Background: Sanders has been a mayor, U.S. Representative and U.S.

Background: Cruz has been a lawyer and U.S. Senator.

Abortion: Cruz sees life as a gift from God and believes life is a basic right.

He has fought cases at the Supreme Court to restrict abortions.

LGBT rights: Cruz views marriage between one man and one women. He said it is the building block of civilization and has strengthened societies.

Immigration: Cruz plans to stop illegal immigration, triple border security, build a wall that works and use biometric tracking to secure the country’s border with Mexico.

Education: Cruz plans to establish his “Five for Freedom” plan, which will abolish the Department of Education and end federal overreach like Common Core.

Fun fact: Ted Cruz is a Hispanic U.S. Senator from Texas.

Senior Matt Haggard: “I would vote for Ted Cruz because a lot of my philosophies align with the conservative party. I believe in a free market economy.

I believe that capitalism, although it has many flaws, is the best available option out there. I also think that the alternatives are not good. I think that this election, unfortunately, is kind of the which one is not the worst case scenario.”

Abortion: Sanders doesn’t believe the government has the right to tell a woman what to do with her body. He believes that the decision for a woman to have an abortion is between the woman and her doctor, not the government.

LGBT rights: Sanders has been a long supporter of LGBT rights. He is a co-sponsor of the Equality Act. Immigration: Sanders says he will fight for “comprehensive immigration reform” that will provide a roadmap to citizenship.

Education: Sanders plans to make tuition at public colleges and universities free, as well lower student interest rates for current and future borrowers and ensure that all children have access to a quality education.

Fun fact: Bernie Sanders was the third socialist ever elected to Congress.

Sophomore Rachel Bertram: “I would vote for [Bernie Sanders] because he runs a campaign with a respectful, dignified and intelligent strategy lacking in other candidates.

He supports basic human rights and values unlike his counterparts, and those progressive beliefs align with many young people, myself included.”

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Donald Trump Background: Trump is an American businessman and reality television star.

Abortion: Trump has stated he is pro-life.

LGBT rights: Although Trump doesn’t focus on LGBT rights as a major issue for his campaign, he recently said that transgender people should be allowed to use whatever bathroom they feel most comfortable using.

Immigration: Trump plans on being tough with borders by building a wall and not allowing Mexican immigrants people to enter the country without documentation.

Education: Trump thinks education needs to be at a local level and bureaucrats shouldn’t tell people how to manage their child’s education.

Fun fact: Donald Trump is the only presidential candidate with his own board game, “Trump the Game.” The game was released in 1988 and requires players to invest in real estate properties, while simultaneously attempting to bankrupt competitors.

Senior Marco Radjenovic: “I’m going to vote for Trump because I think he’s the last candidate in the race that will truly bring America back to its roots of economic success and a power house in the global state.”

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Stor ybook Love After an on-and-off start to their relationship, two years later, seniors Abby Saylor and Justin Armbruster are engaged and taking the next step into the real world together.

The couple met at the welcome bash their freshman year in the “wax hands” line.

At the event, students dipped their hands in wax to make a mold.

When the line took forever, Saylor and Armbruster started talking and getting to know each other.

The couple went on some small outings together before officially dating in February 2014.

“Our first date was a double date to see ‘The Great Gatsby,’” Saylor said. “That was the first time I let him call it a date.”

Armbruster disagrees about when their first date was, naming the time they went to dinner and ice skating.

Before becoming inseparable, the couple needed to overcome the on-again, off-again start.

“It was a lot of spurts,” Saylor said. “We would come together then fizzle out and then get back together, then fizzle out again. So really it’s shocking that we figured it out.”

But Armbruster said he isn’t surprised that they’re engaged now.

“We both had to grow separately a bit more before we could come together and grow together,” Armbruster said.

Saylor said her favorite memory was they went on their first trip together – Florida this past spring break.

Armbruster said his favorite memory was their first New Years Eve. “I didn’t get to spend it with her because we had our training trip for swimming,” Armbruster said. “I called her before midnight, and I talked to her through the New Year. It was nice and reassuring I could come back to her.”

Armbruster said meeting Saylor’s parents for the first time was awkward. The first time he met her mom was their freshmen year when they were both sick.

“She needed tissues and soup,” Armbruster said. “I had tissues, and I went to her room to ask her what kind of soup she wanted. …

I didn’t realize her mom was sitting right behind the door. I talked

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to her for three minutes before she said, ‘Oh by the way, this is my mom.’”

Saylor also remembers meeting his mother.

“I changed my outfit 20 different times in, like, five minutes because he texted, ‘My mom is about to leave, do you want to run over here to meet her?’” Saylor said. “I lived in the sections, and he lived in Elsey. I had jeans with holes in them and a crop top. I couldn’t meet his mom in that.”

Armbruster said they continue to be a good match for each other because they balance each other out.

“I think we’re very similar but we’re also very opposite,” Saylor said.

“We definitely give and take from each other.”

When Armbruster was in seventh grade, he had paid his brother to write a poem to a girl he had a crush on.

Before Armbruster proposed, he wanted to be creative and take that idea one step further by writing Saylor a story.

“We have a hardback book, and it explains the span of our relationship,” Armbruster said. “The second to last page is, ‘I have a question for her now,’ and then the last page is ‘Will you marry me?’”

But when Armbruster handed Saylor the book, she just started flipping through it.

Snatching it out of her hand, Armbruster made her read it from start to end before proposing to her.

Armbruster and Saylor said they don’t find it weird being engaged in college.

“For me, we’re seniors and we’re about to be officially adults and enter the real world,” Armbruster said. “I felt it was the right thing to do in our relationship.”

Saylor is a public relations major and will be working at a public relations agency in Indianapolis after graduation.

Armbruster is a secondary education and pure mathematics major and is looking for a teaching position near Indianapolis.

Their plan is to get an apartment, graduate and get married in summer 2017.

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College voters needed in primaries

OPINION

CHRISTINA RAMEY

Rape culture needs to end on college campuses

After hearing Laci Green speak last week, I thought more about rape culture and how it’s perceived by people.

I’ve always been an advocate for changing how people see rape victims and bringing awareness to sexual assault.

It saddens me that we live in a society where it’s better to not tell people you were raped or sexually assaulted. Even if you do tell someone, it’s often followed by questions such as, “What were you wearing?” as if clothes provoked that person to violate you.

Slut-shaming and rape culture, to me, seem very closely related. We judge girls on what they wear. Either a girl doesn’t wear enough clothes, or she wears too many.

Clothes don’t cause rape; rapists do.

The way we think about issues need to change. People need to realize that it is never the victim’s fault. We don’t blame someone if they get stabbed; we blame the person who stabbed them.

Why should rape be any different?

It needs to stop being romanticized if someone said they are just playing hard to get and you need to try harder. It needs to be understood that when someone says “no,” they really do mean no and you should not “try harder.”

People need to stop laughing at the girl who gets so drunk at a party that she’s throwing herself on people. Instead, stop laughing, put away your cell phones and take her to a safe place so she can sleep it off.

Instead of telling the guy who was sexually assaulted that he should be honored or proud a woman would want him, help him get the help he needs.

Help the victims. Don’t blame them.

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EDITORIAL Picture this: You’re a college student in April 2016 surviving the last weeks of the semester. In a few years, you’ll be a college graduate looking for a job, buying a house, getting married and starting a family. Sound scary?

All of these factors will be influenced by who wins the general election – not to mention what will happen with healthcare. The policies that are up for discussion today will impact our lives after college, and that’s why it’s important for you to go out and voice your opinion.

Do you want to leave these decisions that will affect your life up to someone else? Probably not.

Adrianna Pitrelli | TheStatehouseFile.com Let’s be honest; we all procrastinate, especially at this stage in the semester. So, we urge you to take the initia4 Candidates want to appeal particularly to the millentive to go vote. It’s a painless process, and it should only nial voters. Go to any rally, and the candidate will take a half hour of your time. stress his or her stance on education, state and federal Why should you be engaged in loans and college tuition. the political process this year?

Around 20.2 million students OUR POSITION are expected to attend Amer1 It’s our civic duty to vote and As the primary approches next express which candidate we ican colleges and universities feel would be the best to represent in fall 2015, according to the week, all – especially college America. Not every person in the National Center for Education students – should support their world has the ability to vote for Statistics. Trust us when we say government officials. that this election will affect you candidate at the polls.

– and millions of others – as a 2 No matter what your background is, people in history student. fought to provide you with the opportunity you have toDuring the last presidential election, millennials beday. Make sure you honor their sacrifice. tween ages 18 to 29 chose Barack Obama over Mitt RomGo to any political science professor or student and ney by a 23-point margin, according to National Exit 3 ask them if votes in the 2000 election in Florida mat- Polls. tered.

As a collective group, we gave a presidential candidate a huge margin over the opponent. If that does not stress how important our opinion matters, what will?

5 You’re in college. Think back to LA 100: we attend The editorial board represents the opinion of The Franklin and a liberal arts college. We need to expand our minds to its staff members. Opinion editor Megan Powell moderates vast new knowledge. the board and its members, including Brittney Corum, ChrisWe are here to challenge ourselves with new and innotina Ramey and Ashley Steeb. Caitlin Soard, the executive vative ways of expressing ourselves editor, sits on the board. If you have an issue you would like When the moment comes to express who you are and the board to cover, email megan.powell@franklincollege.edu. what you believe, would you really not say anything?

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S E N I O R FA R E W E L L : D A N I E L L E FA C Z A N

I’m sitting outside avoiding other responsibilities as I write this column. That about sums up “senioritis.”

I’m constantly exhausted – both physically and mentally. I force myself to sit through meetings and drag myself to classes. My emotions are a roller coaster that could break down any minute. Each day entails an inner argument about why I shouldn’t quit everything.

In one moment I’m dreading the next 22 days until graduation. I’m sitting on a blanket outside stressing over the amount of work and commitments I still have while simultaneously trying to take it one day at a time. I vent with fellow seniors about how ready we are to graduate.

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Although I know it’s not nearly as bad as it feels – it seriously isn’t – I still can’t wait to be rid of these feelings. I repeatedly wonder what happened to the girl who planned to stay positive and take advantage of her last semester. The girl I fear I’ve lost in the rush to graduate.

And then I find her in the next moment, texting her friends to go out for the night. I find her joining others playing Frisbee or laying on blankets by the chapel. I find her when she attends and volunteers for events. I find her when she thinks about how much she’s going to miss this campus and wipes away tears. I find her when she laughs and gives hugs.

Senior year is an adventure – so is the rest of college, for that matter. You’re offered opportunities you won’t find anywhere else. You make some of the most incredible memories with people you’ll have life-long friendships with.

When you lose yourself in the chaos, do yourself a favor: make an effort to find yourself again in those little moments that remind you why you’ll miss these four years.

Drink of choice: What keeps you caffeinated and motivated?

ASHLEY STEEB ashley.steeb@franklincollege.edu

If there is anything that goes nice with freedom, its a cold glass of Coca-Cola.

When I was younger, Coke was never an option. Both of my parents liked Pepsi, so I would reach for the

CHRISTINA RAMEY christina.ramey@franklincollege.edu

Believe me when I say I’m a Coca-Cola drinker. Always have been and always will be. So for me to like another drink as much as I like the Mountain Dew Baja drink from Taco Bell is kind of amazing.

I’m not a huge fan of Mountain Dew,

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When I think of home I think of sleeping in my own bed, playing with my two cats and my mom making sun tea. Yes, that’s a thing.

Sun tea is when you fill a pitcher with water and tea bags and then set it outside for the sun to heat it up.

It’s best dressed with a slice of

blue can and not the red can. No, I’m not talking politics.

I didn’t mind not drinking Coke when I was a kid because it was a chance to drink soda.

Fast forward to today, and the only soda I’ll drink is Coke. I love all the flavors the company provides such as the classic cherry, vanilla and lemon.

If there is anything I hate about going out to eat, it would be the waitress or waiter saying, “I’m sorry, but we only carry Pepsi products.”

Coke has just the right amount of sweetness and doesn’t taste like I’m drinking straight syrup.

Now there are some downsides

to Coke, besides the obvious heath effects, like when all the ice in the cup melts or when it goes flat it’s disgusting. I know because it can take me hours to finish one of the plastic cups in the dining hall.

The one problem Franklin College faces in the drink category would be the lack of Coke options.

Let there be more Coke influence.

like, at all. I think it tastes weird, but somehow I started to strongly like the Baja drink. The lime flavor mixed with the Mountain Dew was a wonderful combination.

Also, newsflash to those in denial of finals: It’s coming up in two weeks.

So if you’re the type of person who studies off campus, it’s the perfect drink to get at Taco Bell. I recommend it with tacos.

The Baja Blast is also awesome–one of my favorite drinks made into an ICEE It’s almost as good as the Coke slushies you can get at Speedway: Note, I said almost as good.

When other places like Wal-Mart started to distribute Baja, it was a great day. You can now purchase Baja

in 20 oz bottles, 24-ounce cans, and 12 packs of 12-ounce cans–which is great for when you can’t make that stop at Taco Bell.

Baja is a good substitute for when I want a carbonated drink, but I don’t want to drink Coke.

If you have not tried it yet, you definitely should because it’s amazing.

While it is not as good and refreshing as Coke it’s still worth a try.

It’s almost as good as Coke. Almost.

lemon and lime, and it also has health benefits.

With summer within an arms reach, I’m excited to be able to eat homemade food and have a glass of nice cool sun tea or sweet tea.

Until that moment I hand in my last final to my professor, I’m just trying to survive.

For me, “surviving” requires having a gallon of sweet tea in my mini fridge ready to drink at any time.

I’ve not always been a tea drinker.

When I was younger, in elementary and middle school, I was a fan of my grandma’s soda choice of Diet Coke and coffee with cool-whip, milk and sprinkles on top.

Now I drink my coffee black.

Tea came into the picture when I

tried to start being healthier and more aware of what I was actually putting into my body.

If you drink tea with lemon or lime, you receive antioxidants, such as vitamin C and vitamin E, which are really good for your body. Citrus teas also provide you with the same benefits, according to md-health.com.

Iced teas with mint adds flavor without adding sugar, which contributes to health issues.

Next time you can choose tea over soda, do it. Your body will thank you later.

cccc Fun Fact: Coke has kept a firm lead in the U.S. carbonated drinks market, with 42.8 percent market share to Pepsi’s 31.1 percent.

Source: www.businessinsider.com

Fun Fact: The flavor has generated

more than $1 billion in sales for Taco Bell since its introduction.

Source: www.adage.com

cccc Fun Fact: In 2015, Americans consumed well over 80 billion servings of tea, or more than 3.6 billion gallons.

Source: www.teausa.com

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CONFESSIONS OF

A musical addict BRITTNEY CORUM brittney.corum@franklincollege.edu

Some people are addicted to chocolate and good books.

I’m addicted to those toe-tapping shows known as Broadway musicals.

I honestly don’t know when I was first drawn to these musical productions, but I think what really started my addiction was a gift from Santa.

One Christmas, I was surprised with tickets to “The Lion King” off Broadway at the Murat Theater at Old National Centre in Indianapolis. We had back row seats on the top balcony of the theater, and I could see every beautiful detail.

It was amazing. The costumes were beautiful, there were lovely twirls and jumps and, of course, the music was outstanding.

Not only did they have the usual songs that were part of the movie, but there were also new songs added just for the musical. I sang along all night, and I made lasting memories with my mother.

After seeing “The Lion King” I realized just how much I could enjoy musicals; thus, the addiction started. I remember renting “Cats” and “Annie” and falling in love with both of them.

While in high school, I performed in the musical “Camp Chaos” where I was one of the campers with speaking parts.

It was a group effort between the drama club and the different choirs, which I was both apart of.

It was interesting to move different props and objects to make the musical come to life.

As expected, the songs were catchy especially the main song “Camp Chaos.”

My dream is to go to New York one day and seeing one of the greatest musicals of all time, “Wicked.” Though I have never seen it, “Wicked” is praised as one of the best Broadway musicals of its time.

The way musicals make me feel alive prove that this is an addiction I probably won’t break anytime soon.

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SPORTS

WEEKLY RECAP 4/22 MEN’S TENNIS

Franklin vs. Anderson (Ind.) W, 6-3

MEN’S TRACK & FIELD Rose-Hulman Twilight Franklin finished 8th

WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD

Rose-Hulman Twilight Franklin finished 5th place of 9 teams

4/23 MEN’S BASEBALL

Franklin vs. Bluffton L, 4-1 Franklin vs. Bluffton W, 14-4

MEN’S TENNIS

Franklin vs. Johnson W, 9-0

WOMEN’S SOFTBALL Franklin vs. Bluffton W, 2-0 Franklin vs. Bluffton W, 13-0

WOMEN’S LACROSSE Franklin vs. St. Vincent L, 17-5

4/24 WOMEN’S LACROSSE

Franklin vs. Thomas More W, 17-7

MEN’S BASEBALL

Franklin vs. Bluffton L, 7-6

MEN’S GOLF

HCAC Championships Franklin finished 6th of 8 teams

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A Johnson County homeless organization will put on its annual “Walk A Mile In My Shoes” 5K tomorrow morning – and it’s not too late to sign up.

The KIC-IT organization, which stands for “Kids in Crisis Intervention Team,” works to combat and raise awareness for a problem that goes largely unnoticed in the county: homelessness.

Not only does the organization educate people on the issue of homelessness, but it also raises money for clients of their program throughout the year, like the 5K. Senior Michelle Rojas is an intern for KIC-IT. Rojas said there have been fewer early registers for the run this year so far than in previous years but that she is still hopeful for a good turnout tomorrow.

“There is a major homeless problem in Johnson County,” Rojas said.

Burke Johnson, KIC-IT’s office manager, said this organization and its events are vital to Johnson County.

“KIC-IT is the only organization in the county that is specifically focused on combatting homelessness,” John-

son said. “We choose to work with a particularly difficult and vulnerable population, ages 16 to 25.”

Both Johnson and Rojas said they are very passionate about the work they do at KIC-IT. “If we can better educate the public and get the word out about the services we conduct for the community, then

more people would be willing to help,” Johnson said. “As public’s knowledge of our county’s homelessness issue increases so will our donations, volunteer base and ability to serve the youth of Johnson County.”

The event begins and ends at the Franklin Community High School track and football field.

On-site registration tables will be located outside the main gate starting at 9:30 a.m.

The race will begin at 10 a.m.

Door prizes, place medals and snacks will be provided to registered participants.

To register, visit www.kic-it.org and click the “events” tab.

Students with ID can sign up for $10.

Standard adult registration is $20.

All proceeds from the event will go to KIC-IT clients.

Track and field team prepares for outdoor championship BEN BROWN benjamin.brown@franklincollege.edu

The men and women’s track and field teams are preparing for the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Outdoor Championship starting today.

Earlier this season in the HCAC Indoor Championship, the women’s team finished in fifth place. The men’s team ended the championship with a sixth place finish.

Freshman Kelsey Bowling said that she had high expectations going into the championship.

“Most teammates are throwing farther, jumping longer or running faster in the later part of the season,” Bowling said. “At the Twilight meet last weekend, many improved and the improvement should continue into this weekend.”

Bowling has been performing well for the Grizzlies during the month of April. During the Indiana Division III Championships she placed fourth in the 100-meter hurdles and fifth place in the 400-meter hurdles.

She finished the meet with two more fifth place finishes in the long jump and the triple jump.

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During the Rose-Hulman Twilight Meet, Bowling finished third in the triple jump and the 100-meter hurdles.

The team has a large number of others expected to perform well.

“ Only a few points

seperate a fifth place finish to a second or third place finish.”

– Kelsey Bowling , freshman

Senior Ashley Meyers has the fourth best time in the 800-meter run and the seventh best time in the 1500-meter.

During the indoor season she won the 800-meter and the mile races.

Senior Kasey King also has the second best time in the 400-meter hurdles for the outdoor season.

The men’s team also has a number of athletes expected to perform well.

Senior Eric Thompson has posted the second fastest time in the 800-meter run during the outdoor season.

Sophomore Jon Frederick is in sixth in the 110-meter hurdles and junior Cody Foster is in sixth in both the long jump and the triple jump.

“I feel like the team has improved a lot since the indoor championship,” Bowling said. “We improve more from day to day. Only a few points separate a fifth place finish to a second or third place finish.”

Bowling also said that the team has stuck to the same practice routine from week to week.

“We don’t want to risk injury or change up what has caused success in previous meets,” Bowling said.

So far this season, Bowling said that she has met a few of her personal goals.

“At the beginning of the season, I made a goal to win a race and break a school record,” Bowling said. “I’ve met one, and I guess I will see if I meet the other goal this weekend.”

The championship will take place at Bluffton University starting tonight and ending on Saturday.

BEN BROWN Warriors remain playoff contenders after Curry injury

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Sophomore Olivia Paszek makes contact on the swing.

Junior Sara Thom makes it to second base safely in a game earlier this season.

Softball team hopeful for conference tournament MEGAN POWELL

megan.powell@franklincollege.edu

After the softball team added two more wins for the season, not only was there a player of the week, but also a new college record.

The women picked up their 23rd victory of the season while establishing a new school record for wins in a season during last week’s Bluffton game.

During the 2014 and 2015 seasons, the team had matched the program’s single-season win record with 21 victories.

“We didn’t actually know that we had set a record until coach [Butch Zike] told us after the game,” junior Savannah Blevins said. “We were all very excited but knew that we still needed more wins.”

So far the team has an 8-6-conference record and currently sit in third place in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference. The top four teams will make the conference tournament.

Before they start to think about a post-season possibility, they have to

get through Saturday’s home double-hitter.

“We still have to win against Defiance,” head softball coach Butch Zike said. “The games could mean that we could finish as high as third, or we could be out of it altogether.”

To determine where the team will fall, many games will be played in the conference this week, Zike said.

Coming out of Bluffton was not only good for the team, but also for left-handed pitcher sophomore Olivia Paszek.

Paszek was named HCAC Pitcher of the Week for the second time this year and holds two of those titles from her freshman year as a Grizzly.

“It makes me feel happy when I receive it because all of the hours of practice I put into pitching has paid off,” Paszek said.

Paszek told her teammates if they “keep hitting the ball and playing tough defense,” they could secure a spot in the tournament.

“The goal is to just have fun, especially since this could be the seniors’ last games,” Paszek said. “Our season has been great so far, and we have the most wins in school history, so it feels rewarding when our hours of practice have paid off.”

Dedication, perspiration and teamwork are three of the words Blevins uses to describe the sport, knowing how close they are to the tournament pushes everyone to play their best.

“Softball is not about one person winning the game,” Blevins said. “It’s about all the players on and off the bench.”

The team is 23-11 overall.

“Our young ladies have done an outstanding job of staying focused and just playing to their potential,” Zike said.

The Grizzlies will have their first game tomorrow afternoon at home with the first pitch at 1 p.m. and the second game to follow at 3 p.m.

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With the NBA playoffs in full swing, the record-setting Golden State Warriors have hit a bit of a roadblock.

Star point guard Stephen Curry went down with a sprained knee sidelining him for two weeks.

The game following Curry’s injury ended as a loss for the Warriors.

The good news is that the team only lost by one point. The Warriors also rebounded back in game four with a 121-94 victory.

A team does not break the wins record for a season relying only on one player. Curry definitely commands the court, however, and takes a lot of pressure off of the other guys.

Furthermore, the team is playing the eighth seed, and I fully expect them to be able to get one more win and advance out of the first round.

If it advances, the team will more than likely face the Portland Trailblazers in the second round.

The Warriors won the season series 3-1. If the Los Angeles Clippers somehow advance, the Warriors will be in an even better situation.

The Clippers are down both Chris Paul and Blake Griffin for the remainder of the playoffs.

If the Warriors can survive into the conference finals, Curry will likely make his return by then if everything goes as scheduled.

Either way, it hurts losing a player that averages 30.1 points per game.

It draws a lot of pressure off of the other players for easier shots.

The Warriors are a solid team allaround and really play as a team.

It definitely will not be easy, but I believe the Warriors have what it takes to hold out until Curry’s return and repeat as NBA Champions.

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