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PULLING BACK THE CURTAIN A guide to voting in the upcoming city elections

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by Sarah Loesch, Armon Siadat, Caitlin golden Special to The Shield Evansville city elections begin Nov. 3 and offices on the ballot include Mayor, City Council—which consists of nine members—six elected from each of the city’s six wards and three at large members and city clerk.

This article will give students information about early voting, voter turnout and absentee voting. Students in Advanced Reporting conducted interviews and compiled the information for fellow college voters.

Early voting Trent Engbers remembers voting early as a college student at Xavier University.

“For college students the big thing they should be thinking about is, ‘Where’s home?’” the associate professor of political science said.

He said it makes sense for college students to vote where they plan to live, so if they plan to go back to where they are from after college, early voting is a good option

for them.

“Home was always Evansville,” Engbers said.

“So when I went away to college I wanted to stay active in politics, to which I eventu-

ally wanted to return.”

In the state of Indiana all voting that happens before Election Day is considered absentee voting, said John Gerard, the election supervi-

sor of Vanderburgh County.

It includes overseas and military voting, travel board voting and in-person voting.

If someone wants to vote in person but has a conflict

WHERE & WHEN TO VOTE Election Day, Nov. 3 Polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 6 p.m.

Bethel United Church of Christ 3029 N. Green River Rd.

Northeast Park Baptist Church 1215 N. Boeke Rd.

Calvary Temple Assembly of God 5050 N. First Ave.

Albright United Methodist Church 606 Van Dusen Ave.

Fairlawn United Methodist Church 2001 Parker Dr.

Salvation Army 1040 N. Fulton Ave.

Grace Baptist Church 1200 N. Garvin St.

Southern Indiana Career & Technical Center 1901 Lynch Rd.

Memorial Baptist Church 605 Canal St.

St, James United Methodist Church 3111 Hillcrest Terrace

Methodist Temple 2109 Lincoln Ave.

St, John’s East United Church 7000 Lincoln Ave.

Nativity Catholic Church 3635 Pollack Ave.

Washington Square Mall 1138 Washington Sq.

New Bethel Southern Baptist Church 4301 Broadway Ave.

Zion Church Educational Building 1800 S. Governor St.

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on Election Day, they have the option to vote in person starting Oct. 6 in the election office. “(People) vote either in person at the election office, at one of the five libraries we set up or at the two satellite sites on the two Saturdays before the election,” Gerard said.

The Salvation Army and Northeast Park Baptist Church will open as early voting locations Oct. 24 and Oct. 31.

“There was a law passed three years ago, that mandated two satellite sites be open on the two Saturdays before the election,” Gerard said.

“We have three because our election office is also open then.”

In Evansville, voters can choose to vote at Central Library, McCullough Library, North Park Library, Oaklyn Library or Red Bank Library starting Oct. 19.

“The libraries have been very popular,” Gerard said.

“The libraries like it because their circulation went up, so it was benefitting both of us.”

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The Evansville medical school project, which will provide a local institution for medical students wishing to further their education, had its groundbreaking ceremony Oct. 23. The medical school project will benefit the city of Evansville with an estimated $340 million annual revenue by the year 2020.

specific areas,” Bernhard said. “Because that (plan) was there, we were constantly asking ourselves how we could provide leadership in the region.”

Bernhard said the university’s $3 million grant from the Lilly Endowment in

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He said the I-69 Corridor Initiative was one of the biggest projects under the Strategic Plan.

“It’s a regional, multi-

partner collaboration that includes USI as well our (Crane) naval base, which is about 75 miles away, as well as local economic development organizations, companies and other higher education institutions,” Bernhard said.

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The university’s Strategic Plan, approved by the Board of Trustees in 2010, included six goals USI aimed to meet by 2015. As for the goal of being a leader in Indiana and the region, Mark Bernhard said the university did well.

Over the course of five years, committees specific to each point of the plan met.

Bernhard, associate provost for Outreach and Engagement, worked with his committee to seek leadership improvement in collaborative expertise, applied research, accessibility and visibility, according to the university website.

The six goals of the strategic plan included enhancing experiential learning opportunities, increasing the graduation rate, preserving and nurturing the campus community, increasing diversity of faculty, staff and student body, becoming a 24/7 campus and providing leadership to Indiana and the region.

“Having a strategic plan has allowed us to focus on

Since August, the university has spent money toward improving the Wi-Fi. The Shield has reached out to IT director Richard Toenisketter five times via phone and email for comment on the state of the Wi-Fi now with no response.

Several students said that the Wi-Fi has improved.

“The Wi-Fi was terrible,” senior sports management major Brandon Barton said.

“There was no connection, I could not get into MyUsi and couldn’t see assignments, but now it’s improved since around late September to October.”

Senior English literature major Crystal Thompson said in the past she was unable to log onto her online homework assignments.

“The Wi-Fi has been fair but could be faster,” she said.

“I do a lot of homework on campus (per) day. Two of my assignments were late but had no affect on my grade.”

Thompson, however, said it can affect other students.

Senior creative writing major Theresa Stiers said one of her professors lowered her grade ten points after submitting her essay on Safe Assign.

“It did not go through the first time,” Stiers said, “so I lost points because it was late.”

“They’ve recently upgraded all the Wi-Fi in the buildings,” said IT worker Wyatt Rondot. “Lately it’s been pretty good. Blackboard this year has been way more consistent since I’ve been on campus.”

The senior CIS major said in the past when there were 10 to 15 devices being used all at once, the internet connection was much slower.

“Thousands of people who graduated or who will never be on campus are still remembered on the server,” he said.

“There are leaps and bounds, but it’s still not perfect.”

Senior public relations major ThuThienSuong Trihn said the Wi-Fi is especially slow when groups of students are on the internet at the same time.

Dual-credit courses are steadily rising in popularity amongst high school students, said Boonville High English teacher Erica Meier.

However, teachers are now required to have a much higher level of education to teach these courses.

For radio and television major Madeline Yockey, dual-credit courses were the perfect opportunity to jumpstart her college career, she said.

“I took two dual-credit courses partially because they were a great way to get a good start on my basic college courses, and partially because I wanted to,” she said.

As a senior at Boonville High School, Yockey took expository writing and media, two courses offered under the dual-enrollment program at BHS. “I took media because it really helped me get a feel for what I would be doing with my major,” Yockey said.

“And I took expository writing to help prepare me for

college writing.”

“Though they were meant to be college style courses, I don’t feel like they prepared me for college classes,” Yockey said.

The dual-credit courses had much higher expectations than that of other courses, but they weren’t taught in the college atmosphere, she said.

“They were much more difficult than regular courses,” she said. “But they were taught in high school by high school teachers and it wasn’t the same.”

Yockey said that the courses didn’t prepare her for college nearly as much as she hoped.

Though the atmosphere wasn’t the same, she is glad she took the opportunity to take the courses offered.

“The biggest thing was that they helped me save a lot of money,” she said, “and I would recommend everyone in high school to take them.”

She also said it was good to get them out of the way so she didn’t have to retake the basic courses her freshman year in college.

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Voting continued from Page 1 Voter turnout The voter turnout has been declining for the past 70 years.

A common excuse is that people feel their vote doesn’t matter, but Jared Beamer, a pre-med student at USI said he thinks the rate can change.

“I think the biggest impact I can make is through opening up a dialogue to get people to start thinking about the issues and where they might stand,” Beamer said. “If I do that, then more people may vote, which will make a difference.

My vote may not individually matter, but encouraging people to think critically about the issues will make an impact.”

General election voter turnout in Indiana declined 26.7 percent from 1990 to 2014. It went down 1.4 percent in primary elections.

In Vanderburgh County, it dropped 34.7 percent in the general and 10.7 percent in the primary.

Gerard said he thinks the main reason voter turnout is so low is because of the voter registration.

“Voter turnout is higher than what (the numbers show) because of people who have moved, and they are still in the system at that address and they haven’t re-registered with the other one,” he said.

“So approximately right now we have around 140,000 people on the rolls when it should be around 100,000.”

There are many factors that play into why people do and don’t vote. Trent Engbers, an Assistant professor of political science said one factor is that the race is so close.

“If it’s a tight race more people will show up than if it’s a runaway,” Engbers said. “Whether or not there’s a national ticket like this November election will be much lower than next years because it’s not a presidential year.

Turnouts in general elections are higher than turnouts in primary elections.”

The best way to get the voter turnout to increase is to bring awareness to the voters.

Showing people why their vote matters and why being able to vote is a privilege is important, Engbers said.

“The decisions are made by those who show up. If you want to have a stake in the decision then you’ve got to show up.” he said.

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Absentee voting Maddy Kriz hasn’t been home during an election for years.

A registered voter of Boyle County, Kentucky, she spent her college career staying up to date with her hometown’s

was back home. I feel like I care a little bit more.”

She said being away from home has made it harder to play a role in the elections.

“I didn’t vote in the last election because I forgot to get my absentee ballot,” she said. “It’s not that I didn’t want to (vote), it’s just that being a student, I kind of forgot about it until it was too late.”

The absentee voting process is annoying, she said.

“It’s challenging because it’s really a pain in the butt to do an absentee ballot,” Kriz said. “It takes more of an effort, and I think that’s what our generation lacks. If it’s an inconvenience, people just aren’t going to do it as much.”

There are two ways for students to vote absentee: inperson or by mail—each requires a separate application.

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Election Office, Civic Center Rm 214 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Mon. - Fri. Oct. 29 to Nov. 2 at noon Election Office, Civic Center Rm 214 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Oct. 31 Central Library 200 SE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd Noon to 5 p.m.

Oct. 30 McCollough Library 5115 Washington Ave. Noon to 5 p.m.

Oct. 30 North Park Library 960 Koehler Dr. Noon to 5 p.m.

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politics from behind a computer screen in southern Indiana.

Kriz, a senior radio and television and Spanish double-major, said being an outof-state voter has helped her.

“When I was home I kind of knew about my own politics, but living in Indiana, it’s different,” she said. “I did my own (research) and it’s helped broaden my horizons ... I didn’t really care when I

Oaklyn Library 3001 Oaklyn Dr. Noon to 5 p.m.

Oct. 30 Red Bank Library 120 S. Red Bank Rd. Noon to 5 p.m.

Oct. 30 Northeast Park Baptist Church 1215 N. Boeke Rd. 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Oct. 31 Salvation Army 1040 N. Fulton Ave. 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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“If I could just walk into a voting poll in my hometown, it would be so easy,” Kriz said. “I would make time in my day for it, but the absentee thing, it’s just a process: I have to remind myself, I have to get everything—it’s just time consuming.”

In Indiana, registered voters for the 2015 municipal election have through Oct. 26 to apply to vote absentee by mail. Once the county office

receives the application, voters are mailed a ballot with a return envelope, which must be filled out and received by noon Nov. 2, at the county office. Registered Kentucky voters have through Oct. 27 to apply and their ballots must be received by 6 p.m.

Nov. 3.

In-person absentee voting has already begun in both Indiana and Kentucky.

Although they’re often referred to as “early voting centers,” voters in Evansville wishing to cast their vote absentee in-person can do so at one of the voting centers located around the city.

“All absentee votes are early votes,” Gerard said.

Previously, voters had to cast their ballots at the voting location they were assigned based on the precinct in which they resided. For the fall 2011 election, Vanderburgh County switched from assigned polling locations to voting centers throughout the county to make the process more convenient for voters.

“I don’t think people realize they can go to any of the vote centers,” Gerard said.

“You can utilize any of the centers that are open, not just the ones that are closest to you.”

There are 22 centers located throughout Vanderburgh County; however, since this November is a city election, only the 16 voting centers located in Evansville will be open.

Gerard said that despite hearing “favorable comments” about the centers, they have not had a real impact on voter turnout. “There are a couple trends (explaining the low turnout),” he said.

“One is that young people don’t seem to care.”

Kriz said she’s disappointed with the amount of young people that aren’t going to the polls.

“There’s a need for young people to vote,” she said.

“Our generation needs to take more pride in the fact that we do have a vote and we do have a voice, because I feel like a lot of us complain about the decisions (being made) when we didn’t take that opportunity to do something about it earlier.”

Why should students vote? by pAOla Marizan Special to The Shield Teddi Raush said when her father ran for elected office she knew she felt passionate about politics.

“I remember being on his shoulders at Democratic rallies and going to campaign parties and campaigning for my dad in parades. I remember the good things about it,” the junior said.

Raush said she believes her vote makes a difference.

“I think politicians need to stop being scared to want to reach out to us and show that they care about what we are saying,” the registered voter said.

According to the Pew Research Center more Americans use social media to connect with politicians but Raush said technology may not be the best strategy.

“One of my coworkers was on Pandora and a (politician’s) ad came out of nowhere and I was appalled, in a sense,” she said, “because when I’m listening to music I don’t want to hear that.”

Trent Engbers, an assistant professor of political science and public administration, said politicians don’t know how to persuade the younger generation.

“The probability of your vote making any difference is miniscule. So, why vote?,” he said.

Engbers said reasons people vote are to socialize and for personal benefits.

“Feelings of patriotism, of personal satisfaction,” Engbers said. “Why do I vote, even if it doesn’t matter? Well, because it’s a precious right that has been fought for.”

Engbers said people who have more economic advantage and are more educated are more likely to vote than people who are not.

If poor people voted, outcomes would be different, he said. In general, local votes matter more than

national because there are fewer voters.

“Look at the most recent Evansville City Council race, the primary here, where incumbents lost their seats by 20 or 30 votes,” he said. “That’s me and my cousins coming out to vote.”

Second-time voter Cristina González said local elections sometimes can be easily ignored.

“I didn’t even know an election for a (new) mayor was coming up. I don’t know if I would vote because I’m not educated on the (candidates),” she said.

The marketing and Spanish major said her first time voting was driven by excitement.

“Now, I’m voting because I believe that if I don’t vote something bad can happen and it’s just scary to think about the next term being something that could affect my culture and my family,” the junior said.

Junior marketing and Spanish major Matt Pierce is not registered to vote but said he is aware of the upcoming Evansville City elections.

“I know there’s a local election coming up, interestingly enough, (I found out) through different channels from what I expected,” Pierce said. “The most prevalent source of information I’ve gotten is a series of YouTube commercials from only one candidate.”

Pierce said millennials are often not inspired by the political candidates because the candidates are not focused on the individuals.

He said the political propaganda affects the interest the younger generation could have on politics.

He said there’s big gap between the way the past generation thought about politics and the way millennials perceive it.

“It’s a very self centered approach,” Pierce said. “(Millennials) want to have options, we want to feel like we matter, we want to feel like we’re influential.”

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The USI Innovation Corridor project consists of researching southwestern Indiana economically as well as how the area can be used innovatively.

“There, we’re really looking at how we are telling our story and how we’re selling Evansville and the surrounding area as an innovation hub,” Bernhard said.

In addition to the I-69 Corridor project, the university has expanded its partnerships with the community.

“We do a Startup Weekend

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Engbers said even though the turnout has been low the past 70 years, from a historical perspective, it isn’t as low as some might think.

“When most people demean the decline of voter turnout they are comparing themselves to an idealized time,” Engbers said. “(In) the 1940s and the 1950s it was a very patriotic time. We were coming off success from the wars and return of the GI bill and we had a very active group of young people and that results in (historically) high voter turnout rates that have declined ever since.”

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Evansville, which is a program that brings in entrepreneurs that are both students and community individuals who would be interested in creating a startup business,” Bernhard said. “We provide the opportunity and the space every February.”

The Center for Applied Research, a division of Outreach and Engagement, Bernhard said the center completed 50 projects within the community with another 21 projects in progress.

Examples of those projects

include opening three different community health centers and helping Habitat for Humanity.

He said the $3 million 2013 grant stays effective until 2019.

“We constantly have to be looking at funding beyond 2019,” he said. “We really want to look at how we can diversify our funding streams as the years go by.”

Through projects over the last year, Bernhard said the university impacted 32 counties and four states, served 58

organizations, involved 38 faculty and staff and 27 students.

“Whether it be to help set up a community center in Glenwood or have faculty and staff serve on non-profit board or doing research, I think all of those activities show that USI cares about our region,” he said.

Student Government Association President Alexa Bueltel said her organization will promote networking with other student governments in the region through the Stu-

dent Government Coalition Conference.

SGA took the opportunity to host the conference and establish the university as a regional leader in student governments as well as to learn from peers.

“Our conference is really to invite other student governments from across the region to come together and network and see how they work and what they’re working on,” Bueltel said.

SGA will host the student government conference Nov.

13-14. Bueltel said she currently expects 100 students from eight to 10 schools to attend.

“We decided this would be not just a great opportunity to showcase our student government and what we do and we accomplish,” Bueltel said, “but also just our university as a whole because it’s such a great place to be.”

dents to simultaneously earn high school and college credits, she said.

“The increase in level of

education could cause many teachers to be unable to continue teaching their courses,” Meier said.

She said she understands the increase though and that she too wants to give the best education possible to her stu-

dents.

“The courses are a great tool for seniors to use,” Meier said.

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“The future requirement for high school teachers to teach dual-credit courses is to have a master’s degree in

teaching for that subject,” Meier said.

The dual-enrollment program allows high school stu-

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Sophomore biology major Vanessa Heinz (front left), sophomore dental hygiene major Amber Rogers (back left), sophomore nursing major Blair Kickert (back right) and sophomore nursing major Taylor Bigelow (front right) work on their homework in the Jazz Lounge.

“It’s decent on your own,” she said, “but if you’re with four of your friends in The Loft, the connection is extremely slow.”

Sophomore Marketing major Lilly Howard said she believes the slow connection was because of campus residents and students using un-

registered devices.

“I have a SmartTV, which is registered,” Howard said, “but other students with unregistered devices take up all the Wi-Fi. Every time the staff would update, more people would buy wireless printers and Xboxes .”

She suggested one way for

the connection to improve is to have Internet cords provided for people who use printers or other devices.

“I wish IT would have better answers,” Howard said.

“We should be able to have Wi-Fi since we pay for it.”

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Something lifeless this way runs Zombie 5k pits man vs. dead man, raises funds by nick leighty ndleightly@eagles.usi.edu Full of brain-hungry zombies and muscle-straining obstacles, the Zombie Brain Drain 5k run is creeping up this Halloween.

Organized by the Pott College of Science, Engineering and Education Student Advisory Board, the theme for the event was chosen because of similar events around the country and shows such as “The Walking Dead” gaining popularity.

Participants can choose whether they will be a human or a zombie at registration which ends the day of the event.

“It’s a really cool course,” said Chair of Student Advisory Board, Renaye Wahl.

“Almost half is in a wooded area so it’s eerie and really goes with the zombie theme.”

All funds the event take in go back to student organizations under the Pott College to help fund future events, Renaye said. As a fundraising event more people are expected to sign up, however, numbers are down from last year’s 300.

The event will conclude when all participants have

finished the race. Various awards will then go to participants for Best Team, Best Zombie Team and Best Zombie.

“It’s a novelty race (that is) popular across the U.S.” said Glenna Bower, Chair of Kinesiology and Sport Department.

There will be nine obstacles on the course, more than half are hand made by student volunteers. Some of the obstacles have changed from last year, to make sure each year is different than the last.

“We improved on our obstacles, making them more sturdy and making better ones,” Bower said. “Other than that we kept it the same.

We felt like we did a decent job for a brand new event.”

For those who want to participate without zombies, there will be a Blood Bash Expo taking place alongside the run. There will be booths showcasing other running organizations, merchandise and information on other events.

To maximize the safety of the participants, there will be designated zombie zones between each hurdle so no zombies will interfere with contestants as they’re traversing the obstructions. If someone

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Participants run away from zombies during the annual Zombie Brain Drain 5k last Halloween. This Saturday the zombies come back to find their next victims.

gets hurt, there will be people on stand-by along the path. A Perry Township ambulance will also be onsite in case of emergency. Humans will be released in waves of 15 at a time with three flags and individuals can choose to pair up

either at the start or during the event. As long as participants finish with one flag, team or individual, they’ll have completed the race ‘alive’ and be awarded an event medal.

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Hunt sculpture portrays ‘past,’ ‘future’ by armon siadat amsiadat@eagles.usi.edu President Linda Bennett fears USI will earn a ‘party school’ reputation after the year it’s had.

But as months of parties, jamborees and alumni events honoring the university’s golden anniversary begin to wind down, a crowd gathered in the Ruth M. Kleymeyer Hall of Presidents Thursday for one more celebration.

Richard Hunt, an internationally-celebrated sculptor, was honored at a Meet the Artist reception before the dedication of his latest work —commemorating the university’s 50th anniversary— took place outside.

There was one thing he had to clarify first: his towering piece of structured and twisted stainless steel isn’t a statue. It’s a sculpture. “‘Statue’ is an older term,” he said. “It generally refers to sculptures of people or things, and my work tends to be sort of about developing compositions in the third dimension, which I think I would more appropriately call, ‘sculptures.’”

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After being introduced by Art Collection Registrar Susan Colaricci Sauls, Richard Hunt took the podium to talk about his newest piece, “From Our Past Toward Our Future.”

ture,” recognizes the fact that it is a commemoration of the university’s 50th anniversary and aims to tell the story of its

history, he said.

“My thought, in terms of both the composition and the place it was going to be, was

to create elements that you might call, ‘foundational,’” he said. “Like a large, round, concrete base, and the geometric trapezoidal base that’s part of the sculpture but from where the rest of the sculpture rises from.”

As the sculpture rises, it becomes more elaborate and animated, with references to waves “relating to the importance of rivers” to the Evansville community.

The “stepped elements that have to do with rising and expanding” and is topped by the symbolism of ascension and expansion “represented by wings and general movements that tend upwards,” he said.

Hunt was given free rein over the design of the sculpture by the university’s Art Collection Committee. To get inspired, he toured the campus and met with the Committee, department heads, administrators and art professor Kathryn Waters to discus what the anniversary means to the university and its future.

But Hunt was already familiar with USI and its history thanks to former Professor of Ceramics Lenny Dowhie —his friend of 30 years.

“He understood the history via me, as friends talking about it over the years, and he kind of worked that in,” Dowhie said. “Hence where the title came from, ‘From Our Past Towards Our Future,’ because we’ve got 50 years of blood, sweat and guts to get (the university) here.”

It was Dowhie who suggested Hunt for the project to the Committee. “I was in a Committee meeting and they said that they were needing a sculptor and they were thinking about who (to hire),” he said. “I said, ‘Oh, well I know a guy. He’s one of the most prominent sculptors—and certainly the most prominent African American sculptors of the 20th century—and he and I just happen to be friends.”

Dowhie asked the Committee if they would be interested.

“They said, ‘Sure,’ and I sent them to his website so they could see the kind of work he did and get a rough idea,” he said. “They were excited and said, ‘Let’s bring him in.’”

A few months later, Hunt sent the Committee models and ideas of the direction he wanted to go in and they said,

“We’ll do it,” Dowhie said.

“They were all afraid to ask how much, so I just asked him and it was within their budget,” Dowhie said. “In fact, I think it’s really cheap —very inexpensive for his work. If you look at his resume, he’s in the Museum of Modern Art, the MET—pretty much every major museum in world.”

From conception to execution, the project to Hunt six months to complete and was created in his Chicago studio. Standing 14 feet tall and weighing 2,000 pounds, the sculpture was loaded horizontally on to a flatbed truck and arrived in Evansville on Tuesday, when it was placed on a two-foot pedestal between Rice Library and the Technology Center.

“It was interesting,” Dowhie said. “(Tuesday) we looked at it when it came in and Nancy Mendez had her art class out there sort of evaluating it. We snuck up and didn’t let them know who he was so he could hear what the students had to say—and they had interesting interpretations —and of course I introduced him to the class so they could all go, ‘What?’ But we like to do stuff like that.”

Fiesta to feature cultures Dance lessons in Carter Hall Nov. 6

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by Abigail Suddarth acsuddarth@eagles.usi.edu Fiesta Latina is a “fun” event to show off the Hispanic culture, Aura “Cristina” Gonzalez said.

The Hispanic Student Union will host the dance from 8-11:30 p.m. Nov. 6 in Carter Hall and will give dance lessons beforehand from 7-8 p.m.

Fiesta Latina will showcase many different Hispanic and Latino cultures rather than a specific one, said Gonzalez, the Hispanic Student Union’s fundraising chair.

The International Club, Housing & Residence Life, Spanish Club and other clubs will raffle off prizes, the junior marketing and Spanish double major said.

Fiesta Latina will feature several different Hispanic dance styles including bachata, salsa and merengue, said Hispanic Student Union President Jonathan Rapalo.

Guests may dress as casually or formally as they choose, Rapalo said.

Sodexo will cater various Hispanic foods, the junior radio and television major said.

The union hosted a cook-

ing and culture lesson on Oct. 24 for Parents and Family Weekend.

The HSU will hold another cooking and culture lesson from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Nov. 21 for children and 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Nov. 23 for university students in Health Professions Center room 0063.

Future HSU projects include Dia Los Muertos, Operation Christmas Child and selling carnations at Valentine’s Day. Carrie Fuqua started the Hispanic Student Union in the 2002-2003 school year, Sarah Sadowski said, but the union gained momentum in the 2009-2010 school year.

“The Hispanic Student Union, is made up of members who are dedicated to promoting and educating about the Hispanic and Latino culture to fellow peers on the

USI campus and in the community of Evansville,” she said.

The union encourages academic achievement, leadership, time management, communication skills and knowledge and appreciation of cultural diversity, Sadowski said.

“There are no requirements to join or be a member of the Hispanic Student Union,” she said. “Our members are there because they want to see and make a change.”

Sadowski said she hopes to see the Hispanic Student Union grow both in numbers and in campus outreach.

“I hope for the Hispanic Student Union, after I graduate,” Sadowski said. “To always have a solid foundation.”

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Freddy’s not dead Petition for Tri-state man to play reboot Krueger gains momentum

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Kevin Roach stands in the shadows as Freddy Krueger, on the set of the independent film “Confessions of Fred Krueger.” The short film helped start a petition for Roach to potray Freddy Krueger in a future installment of “A Nightmare on Elm Street.”

by megan thorne features@usishield.com @ShieldsterMegan Kevin R o a c h didn’t care much for horror movies until his freshman year of college Roach when, after coming down with the flu, he told a friend to rent every scary movie imaginable.

“I used to hate scary movies,” he said. “They were too much for me and they gave me nightmares.”

Roach said he binge watched classics such as “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Friday the 13th” and eventually grew to love the genre.

Now Roach has the opportunity to become Freddy Krueger on the big screen in the reboot of “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” due to a petition from a fan.

The petition started after Roach played Krueger in the fan film “Confessions of Fred Krueger.”

The film is classified as a prequel to the original “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and focuses almost exclusively on the 1984 film.

“It’s extremely humbling.

It’s not something that I ever thought would happen,” he said. “It wasn’t by anybody associated with the film, it wasn’t anybody I know. It was some random stranger who lives in Florida.”

Jeremy Boreske said he started the petition because he didn’t think any actor could pull off Freddy until he saw Roach.

“I believed he was

Krueger,” Boreske said. “Not an actor trying to mimic (Robert Englund), but truly owning the role and doing it in full-on creep mode.”

He said it’s fairly easy to make a petition as long as you know who you want to address and have a good cause.

The horror enthusiast initially said he hoped to gain 100 signatures for the petition. The document had 736 signatures as of Monday.

Boreske said he wants to send the petition to Warner Bros. Entertainment and New Line Cinema Film Productions—a subsidiary of Warner Bros.—when it reaches 1,000 or more signatures to increase Roach’s chances at the role.

Roach said he feels getting cast as Freddy is a long shot, however, he hopes it will at least give the film some attention.

“I hope this petition is seen by somebody, even if it’s not

Global ambassador to spread education

by Amelia peterson agpeterson@eagles.usi.edu When selected as one of A f r i c a ’s Most Outstanding Emerging Wo m e n Leaders by the Takaendesa Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa, Florence Takaendesa decided to put the $1,000 grant toward building an educational center in her hometown of Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe.

“In my community we used to have playgrounds and areas where kids could go and have fun playing, but now almost every piece of land is being turned residential,” Takaendesa said. “The houses are being clustered together so that there’s no room for kids to be able to do anything when they are out of school.”

Takaendesa said her time spent volunteering off-campus at Patchwork Central inspired her to create a similar place where children can learn and grow after school.

The educational center would contain a library with books and computers along with a secure place for kids to play safely.

“We have a community library, which is very old and simple, and that’s all just books and nothing technical,” Takaendesa said. “I came here and saw how the U.S. is different when it comes to learning about computers at a very early age.”

Takaendesa works with a team of friends who have studied subjects related to community development, such as social work. They are currently trying to secure land

so they can begin partnering with corporations in Zimbabwe to gain further funds for Takaendesa’s project.

“I want the educational center to be in my community and to stay there as long as possible,” Takaendesa said.

The junior mathematics major said she hopes to work on Wall Street and become Minister of Finance in Zimbabwe.

Takaendesa said that she felt both surprised and honored when she learned that she was chosen by the Moremi Initiative, along with 26 other women, out of 3,020 applicants from 44 countries.

Throughout high school, Takaendesa advocated for children’s rights. Some of the issues that she dealt with were child abuse, school dropout rates and drug use.

She was also a part of her community’s Junior Council, which was a version of the town council for high school students. While she served as the chief of committees clerk, the group raised funds for children’s homes and campaigned to raise awareness about child abuse.

“Now it’s easier to use social media to advocate for something, but back home I was doing the groundwork, visiting schools and such,” Takaendesa said.

After high school, Takaendesa worked for a year before college. In that time she volunteered at a child care center in Chiedza, Zimbabwe.

She taught classes, helped students with homework, and met with a group of girls to make art projects out of recyclable materials.

Takaendesa said she remains dedicated to community service. She is the president of International Club and also helped found Kesho, a student organization dedi-

cated to the advancement of women.

“Kesho is aimed at empowering, supporting and educating women in marginalized areas and developing countries,” Takaendesa said.

“Some of the projects that Kesho has been doing are to help kids in Syria.”

Kesho came out of a committed group of women, including Takaendesa, who wanted to work together on common goals and common visions, said Heidi GregoriGahan, assistant provost for International Programs and Services.

“At first the group was called Women Making a Difference or WMDs as a joke,” Gregori-Gahan said.

“The first serious name was Athena, but that was used so frequently for things that the young women eventually decided to call themselves Kesho because that means ‘tomorrow’ in Swahili.”

Gregori-Gahan said Takaendesa was the first student to attend the university with the U.S. Student Achievers Scholarship.

“We knew from the beginning how special she was,” Gregori-Gahan said. “It’s so beautiful to see that she’s worked hard and received some awards and honors, and that’s really helped her to believe in herself now.”

Takaendesa’s mother had to sacrifice a lot to keep her in school and afford her uniform and books, Gregori-Gahan said. “(Takaendesa) is a very resilient, persistent, strong and focused young woman. On top of that she has the empathy quality that really makes a good leader, because she’s been there herself,” GregoriGahan said. “That instilled in her the compassion to want to help other people.”

for ‘Freddy,’” Roach said. “I hope it gets to someone who might say, ‘Hey, who is this Kevin Roach guy?’”

Roach said he doesn’t think anyone can say they are “ready for Hollywood,” but he will take on anything that comes his way.

Roach said when he acts he aims to get into the mindset of his characters.

While making the Freddy fan-film Roach said he would glare continuously at the man playing the role of the cop to scare the actor. “(The cop) remarked early on that I have a very creepy stare, so I went with it,” Roach said.

Nathan Thomas Milliner directed “Confessions of Fred Krueger” and said he got the idea to cast Roach while on the set of his short film “The Encyclopedia Satanica.”

After he witnessed Roach’s acting, Milliner said he knew

it would be a mistake if he didn’t cast the actor as the infamous killer.

“He is just a damn good actor,” the director said.

Milliner said he didn’t want Roach to copy Englund’s Freddy, but wanted the actor to create a new, more realistic Freddy. “(Roach) walks the balance of being recognizable as the character but at the same time being fresh, exciting and creepy as hell,” Milliner said. “(Roach) made Freddy scary again. He is what the new film needs.”

Milliner said Roach deserves a “big break” and is proud that his film could lead to a turning point.

“I can honestly say I think (Roach) is in this for the long haul and has a very bright future ahead of him,” Milliner said.

Roach always speaks passionately about his acting and

directing, said Gracie Craft, who acted alongside Roach in the local short film “Grown Men on Tricycles.”

“It is really cool to watch (Roach) because I know how passionate he is,” the freshman theater major said.

Craft said Roach can portray any character from a villain to a romantic hero and has a look that many other actors do not.

“He is like a Swiss Army Knife,” Craft said laughing.

“He can do anything.”

Roach’s strong professionalism will earn him a spot in Hollywood, Craft said.

The professionalism in Roach is so strong, Craft said.

He knows enough to get him through Hollywood.

“You say, ‘Kevin I need you to do this’” Craft said.

“And he does it with honor, strive, power and charisma.”

REVIEW

‘Steve Jobs’ talks fast, says little In theaters now “Steve Jobs” advertises itself as a stylistic look at the life of Apple’s infamous cofounder. The film is told in three parts, each part depicting the 40 minutes prior to three of Jobs’ more influential product reveals (the Macintosh, Black Cube and iMac) at technology conventions.

In all honesty, that summary is a nice way of saying the majority of this film’s run time is Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender) and Joanna Hoffman (Kate Winslet) walking through backstage corridors and dressing rooms, occasionally interrupted by flashbacks to places outside of the theater.

Danny Boyle (director of “Trainspotting”) flexes his creative muscles by presenting each third of the film in a different format. The Macintosh section is shot on gritty 16mm, giving an older, more independent look. After Jobs has been fired from Apple and starts NeXT Computers

Boyle switches to 30mm, giving a crisper look. The final segment is shot digitally.

Aaron Sorkin (“The West Wing”) adapts Walter Isaacson’s controversial biography of Jobs in the only way Sorkin could: by turning every character into fast-talking, pop-culture-reference spewing Muppets. Sorkin is a fantastic writer who is good at crafting witty characters,

Rating 2.5/5

BY Gavin gaddis

but in recent years he’s had a tendency to write annoyingly witty characters.

Every person has an incredibly obscure fact, popculture reference, odd rhetorical question or wild rant to fire back whenever a question is asked. This is quite fun if you’re new to his writing style, while also quite grating if you’ve watched a few episodes of “The Newsroom.”

I consider “Jobs” to be the same kind of film as last year’s Oscar bait, “Birdman.”

Both are vehicles which allow incredibly talented people to showcase their talent outside of the confines of a normal Hollywood production.

For all of its incredibly well-executed acting, cinematography and directing, “Steve Jobs” tells the world nothing new. Steve Jobs was an incredibly intelligent ass who was somehow capable of loving his close friends while also showing zero empathy to those around him.

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Opinion

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Screagles Call Question: “What are your experiences with Blackboard?”

Name: Kathryn Auer Major: Psychology Grade: Sophomore Answer: “It’s kind of annoying, our teachers never post grades but I use it everyday anyways.”

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Christmas, wait your turn by vanessa roach vrroach@eagles.usi.edu I have a love/hate relationship with Christmas. It is my favorite holiday, but its decorations arrive sooner and sooner each year with little regard with the two fall holidays.

Last week I was in WalMart buying Halloween décor when I turned a corner and on the next shelf was full of Christmas ornaments and candy.

The day after Thanksgiving I will deck my apartment in lights and reindeer and rock ugly Christmas sweaters, but Christmas items for sale on Oct. 15? That’s push-

ing it, Wal-Mart, and I am not happy.

I know plenty of people who are Santa shoppers long before that time of year, but I have a problem with premature Christmas advertising and decorating because there are two important holidays before the end of December.

I would like to fully enjoy all of the horror movies I will watch during the Halloween season and attend a hayride and haunted house or two without Christmas songs blaring in the background.

For Thanksgiving, I want to give thanks for the mounds of food that I will be consuming and the family that I will fight with over the last piece

Unauthorized Advice

by Gavin Gaddis

Keep the course, cite the source

Here I am, writing about more hot political topics on campus. If I churn out a couple more of these articles I’ll be qualified to be a cable news “guest expert.” Although, unlike most guest experts, I openly cite my sources. That might cause friction during the interview.

Last week the Students for Life organization held a silent protest advocating a pro-life message on campus. Members wrote the word “life” on strips of red duct tape and sealed their mouths. While gagged, the members distributed pamphlets to anyone who approached them and in their normal classes.

Students for Life has done this for the past 11 years, calling it a “silent protest” each year.

Call me a prude, but I consider a small group of people simply going about their normal school day with tape over their mouths more of quirky affectation than an out-andout protest. Little to no effort was put into the execution of said protest.

Even the short-lived prochoice counter-protest in the Free Speech Zone fulfilled the role of an actual protest: standing in a public area making a visual impact and distributing information for their cause.

This method of protest is strikingly similar to the LGBT Day of Silence ducttaped protest, which, according to the Gay, Lesbian &

Straight Education Network, has been held on college campuses nationwide on April 15 since 1996.

That being said, what really salts my popcorn about the affair was the shocking lack of proper citation on the pro-life handout. Students for Life distributed a slip of paper with various phrases and “facts” with only a recommendation to check out a certain website “for more information.

If I tried pulling that crap in any class I’ve ever taken I’d have received a failing grade.

We are college students. The act of citing sources is beaten into our very DNA. A core component of every argument is the authority from which you speak. If you’re co-opting an idea or fact from elsewhere to support your argument, it’s only right to provide a paper trail so those you’re attempting to persuade can fact-check you.

Students who want to protest on campus, take my advice: back up your claims with research whenever possible. Students for Life’s USI chapter doesn’t have the best track record for presenting facts in a clear and honest manner—such as their presenting a fictional video as fact during their not-so-silent protest on the Quad. I have high hopes for their future attempts to spread pro-life messages on campus.

After all, third time’s the charm.

THE

EAGLE EXAMINER

Do you allocate extra time on assignments to accomodate for potential Blackboad outages?

Yes

78%

No

22%

Seven people responded to last week’s Screagles Call poll.

of pie. Only then, the day after Turkey Day, will I joyfully embrace the fact that Christmas is roughly a month away and start decking my halls and walls.

Not everyone agrees with making Christmas sit down and wait its turn, or has annoyances with premature decorating.

Sophomore English major Alexandria Schoon said she cannot wait for that time of year.

“I want to see snowflakes and hear Christmas music now. It’s definitely the best time of the year,” Schoon said.

On the other hand, respiratory therapy sophomore Ken-

nedy Salts said, “No more premature Christmas decorating. The season just feels rushed and it’s not as fun seeing and hearing Christmas everywhere when we haven’t even celebrated Thanksgiving.”

The Christmas season provides the retail industry with a large amount of revenue, so it is not surprising that stores want to jump-start the holiday season as soon as possible.

It would be great if everyone (including the stores and advertisements) could wait for Black Friday, where someone will most likely trample a poor employee for a TV the day after they were thankful for what they al-

ready had.

“Thanksgiving is all about Black Friday rather than family. So you are technically celebrating Christmas because you are buying gifts,” said Special education sophomore Tori Porter. “I love Christmas, but it should be celebrated for more than the obvious reasons and not until after Thanksgiving.”

I am as excited for Christmas as Buddy the Elf, but I agree every holiday should get its turn rather than having a “Hallowgivingmas.” As an American citizen, it is my responsibility to celebrate the day by carb loading just as my Pilgrim ancestors did in 1621.

Name: Ashley Allen Major: Theatre Grade: Sophomore Answer: “I like the idea of Blackboard, but it does have its flaws. It can be temperamental at times, but for the most part it has been more reliable as compared to last years.”

Name: Taylor Davis Major: Elementary & Special Education Grade: Sophomore Answer: “I use it everyday.

I’m actually on it now.”

USI: 2065 SHIELD THE

by morgan Falconer

mefalconer@eagles.usi.edu USI has changed a lot throughout the years. It moved across town in 1968, from the Centennial School building to the campus we attend today. The library used to be two classrooms in the UC when it started, but it grew and moved, and is now housed in our beautiful Rice Library since 2006. We started a men’s basketball team and the Madrigal dinners in 1970. USI started women’s basketball five years later.

The university once hosted a bike race, that started in the 70s, called the Eagle Grand Prix, an annual tradition for 25 years.

USI has obviously had some big changes in the past decades that can all be credited to the ever-moving wheel of time. But what does that wheel have in store for us down the line?

USI 2065 Students arrive at the expanded university that spreads over all of the forest that was surrounding the

campus in 2015. Some sections of trees and nature are left alone so that students can have picnics.

After class, students mount their Segways in order to make the most of their passing periods. The enormous campus may have more variety in areas of study, but the distance from one end to the other is quite a trek. Breaks between classes are also longer to accommodate the amount of time it takes to get from building to building.

Where the Segway fails the university can help.

The taller buildings feature ziplines so that students can quickly get from the higher levels to the sidewalk without having to wait for the incredibly slow elevators.

Elevators will be somewhat faster in fifty years, but not by much, because that’s their trademark.

Students who have time for lunch also have more options when it comes to restaurants. The university has opened up two McDonald’s and a second cafeteria called the Trough.

While zooming to class after eating, the students may notice that every flowered area, on campus from 2015 has been replaced with ugly metallic statues of indiscernible shapes.

The students might even see a handful of dogs on campus between classes. In 2025, USI starts tri-annual dog days where students are encouraged to bring their furry companions to campus for a day to promote exercising outside. Adding more dogs to campus is really the only change we need to make campus better.

Just imagine, dogs everywhere. The future looks bright.

Even though the present looks underwhelming compared to “Back to the Future” or “Star Trek,” we are so much farther ahead than students from last century.

The technology boom we’ve had since 2000 has shot us past any fantasy our parents’ generation dreamed up.

It’s time to be happy with the now, but also to be ready for exciting turns that are just around the corner.

A spook-tacular time of year by osman bien aime orbienaime@eagles.usi.edu We are on the cusp of the most exciting time of the year. No, it’s not Christmas, and it isn’t Thanksgiving, either. It’s Halloween, a time to have fun, and lots of it.

Some of us will go door to door on Halloween, chaperoning siblings as they trickor-treat, and take our lion’s share of their candy when we get home.

Others will put on their craziest costumes, pile into their cars and head to parties on and off campus. Personally, it makes me laugh, the think of a pair of people, dressed as video game characters, making small talk between cups of punch (please

party responsibly, guys).

Still, a few of us will call a bunch of friends over and spend the evening marathoning cheesy horror films.

Quick recommendation: if you can find a copy of it, please put “Basketcase” on your list of films for the night; you won’t be disappointed.

It’s hard to imagine any other time of year that is as enjoyable as Halloween.

Between the costumes and candy, the movies, pumpkin spice everything and scary skeletons, there’s an element of not only fun, but selfawareness.

There’s a willingness to laugh at our flaws and shortcomings, on both an individual and societal level.

Once a year, we get to look at the things that legitimately scare and confuse us and say, “Okay, but let’s make these irrational fears entertaining for a night.” It manifests in this spectacle we experience every year at the end of October.

So this Halloween, collect more candy than you can eat by yourself, eat it all anyway, fire up your DVD of “Halloweentown” and make some new friends, because the middle of the semester is stressful and the best way to deal with it is to get some mileage out of that Sailor Jupiter costume you’ve been keeping in your closet.

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Eagles sink putt Women’s golf ends fall season on high note

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Anastasia Carter, a senior accounting and professional services major, finishes up a swing during the Screaming Eagles Golf Classic.

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Junior undecided major Allison Koester follows through with her swing as she watches to see where the ball lands during a practice last year.

by sarah loesch sports@usishield.com @ShieldsterSarah Anastasia Carter knows she can talk to Don Bisesi about anything.

“I could probably just sit there and talk to him for an hour or two and just talk about life,” the senior golfer said, “not just talk about golf.”

Bisesi recently stepped down as the women’s golf coach, but has stayed on with the team with an honorary coaching status.

“He’s always been very encouraging to me and the whole team,” she said. “If I’m ever I feeling down I can always go to him.”

The team attended their last tournament of the fall

season in Puerto Rico and Bisesi tagged along.. “(The team) still sees him,” she said. “He keeps up with us. He’s not gone at all.”

Lu Anne Howerton took over as the head coach for the team, Carter said the two coaches are different.

“He was more of almost like a father figure to me,” Carter said. “Whereas I see Lu Anne as a coach, rather than a mentor.”

Carter said the biggest difference between the two coaches is that Howerton is extremely organized and Bisesi was not.

Bisesi did everything he needed to and it never affected the way they played, but Howerton always has everything in order, Carter said.

“She is very different from

the way Coach Bisesi coaches, but I think it will end up being good for us,” Carter said. “I don’t think it’s a bad thing. It’s been different, we’ve had to do some adjusting.”

It takes time to get to that same point of comfortability with a person, she said.

Carter started playing golf for the university her freshman year but has played since she was five or six.

She said she always competed in summer tournaments when she was younger and was on the team all four years of high school.

“I didn’t actually love it or want to be really good at it until my junior year of high school,” she said.

Carter moved from Massachusetts to Indiana during

that time and she said the level of play was much higher in Indiana.

“Indiana has a lot better golf players (than Massachusetts),” she said. “Everyone was beating me and I didn’t like that.”

Carter worked to improve her swing and up her level of play to compete with a stronger class of golfers.

Now in her fourth year of collegiate golf, Carter has succeeded in multiple tournaments and recently earned second place in the Maryville Fall Invitational.

“The course we played at, we have a really good record there,” she said. “We were just really trying to get everything down.”

Allison Koester also said the course played a part in the

briefs Morris earns weekly honor

Shelbi Morris, an outside hitter for the volleyball team, received offensive player of the week honors after the team’s victories this weekend.

The honor comes from the Baden/Great Lakes Valley Conference.

The sophomore had 3.71 kills and 3.29 digs overall in the games against the University of Indianapolis and Saint Joseph’s College.

Both games were conference matches.

Morris ended the game against UIndy with 10 kills, 12 digs and two blocks.

The last time USI beat UIndy was in 2011.

On Saturday she helped the team overcome Saint Joseph’s with 16 kills, 11 digs and two blocks.

Hillyard named coach of the year Mike Hillyard added two more coach of the year honors to his resume.

Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams earned first place finishes at the GLVC Championships to put Hillyard in the running for the honors.

He is now a 22 time GLVC Coach of the Year recipient.

He has been a coach at USI for 19 years after taking over for the women’s team in 1997 and men’s team in 1998.

The team will compete in the NCAA Division II Midwest Region Championships at Angel Mounds Nov. 7.

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team’s success during the invitational, including her own first place finish.

“We always have good vibes going in (to Annbriar),” the junior said.

She said anytime the team goes to play they attempt to leave it all on the course, so their preparation for this invitational didn’t differ from their usual.

Koester said this course is her favorite course the team plays on.

“Annbriar is a links style golf course,” she said. “I like how it’s laid out, pretty much straight in front of you. I like the style of it.”

A links style golf course is the most traditional type of course and are most often found in coastal areas.

Koester started playing

golf around third grade, but did not have the opportunity to compete for a school until she started as a freshman in high school.

She could compete only in the summer months because there were no teams in her elementary or middle school “I like the aspect of you being able to compete individually and get your own score,” Koester said, “as well as a team.”

She said it is great to know even if one player did not finish the day well, they can have confidence to know their teammates did well.

“We want to have fun and we’re going to,” Koester said, “but we want to finish this season strong.”

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Fishcher boosts Eagles The men’s soccer team played the University of Missouri- St. Louis on Sunday.

The score was tied 0-0 going into the final minute of the game.

The Eagles had a first half advantage with shots attempted, but neither team scored.

With 12 seconds left, senior defender Josh Weinzapfel passed the ball to junior midfielder Brian Fischer.

Fischer scored over the head of the keeper with five seconds left on the clock, giving the Eagles a 1-0 win.

Fischer has scored two goals in the last four games, with a total of three goals for the season.

USI is still working toward a spot in the GLVC tournament.

Members of the women’s golf team walk to the next hole during the Screaming Eagle’s golf classic. The team earned first place in the classic with a two day total of 615.

By Sarah Loesch

Change doesn’t have to be a bad thing I am not an athlete, I simply write about them.

But, for this column I attempted to step into some athletic gear and understand what goes through an athlete’s mind when a change in coaching occurs.

As someone whose intense distaste for change existed most of elementary, middle and high school, the process was interesting.

I imagined myself as a member of a women’s golf team where a new coach joined the staff after the first tournament of the season.

That is exactly what happened this season to the Lady Eagles golf team when Lu Anne Howerton took over for Don Bisesi.

Most of the women on the team knew Bisesi for three to four years, more if they met him in their senior year of high school.

Anything that becomes a staple in someone’s life

is hard to replace, which is likely if it has been around for multiple years.

Bisesi is a staple to the golf program and the golfers on the team.

When I talked to members of the team the one word that popped up multiple times was “different.”

Each time, Bisesi and Howerton were “different” from each other or their coaching styles were “different.”

Often times different is used when the person lacks a better word to describe how they feel about change.

“It’s not bad, it’s just different.”

Different doesn’t have to be bad, but it doesn’t have to be good either.

The first tournament under Howerton’s coaching was the worst tournament the team played so far this season.

Yet, it was basically the spilled milk of tournaments—

nothing to cry over.

The women finished eighth out of 15 teams and two golfers finished in the top 15 out of 88 participants.

The growing pains often associated with change did not last long and really weren’t that painful.

At the next two tournaments the team earned second and first place finishes, respectively.

During his time, Bisesi built a strong foundation of golfers to go along with a winning culture.

The team went to the national tournament the past four years. For the past 13 years, if the whole team did not qualify, an individual did.

While any change is going to have a period of adjustment attached to it, there should be no reason for it to negatively affect the team and this fall season the women’s golf team illustrated that perfectly.

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Dancers find lasting positions

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Men’s cross country Sophomore nursing major Taylor Bigelow leads the stretches at the beginning of the university’s dance team practice Monday.

by Mackenzie Drew mldrew@eagles.usi.edu Taylor Sisk started dancing for USI her freshmen year.

After her time as a dancer ended, she wanted to continue to work with the team.

“My love of dance and wanting to help the team succeed (brought me back as a coach),” Sisk said.

Sisk said the USI dance team is one of the strongest in Division II athletics.

Last year when Sisk still danced for the team, they went straight to the finals and placed fifth in nationals overall.

“You go and dance,” Sisk said, “and less than half of the teams get to go straight through.”

The team offers many ways to further the dancing careers of each person on the team.

USI’s dance program allows dancers to individually take on the role of preparing certain routines.

Coach Jennifer Guebert assigns one of the dancers a

routine to prepare and gives them the chance to become hands on with the dancers.

This gives the dancers the chance to understand what it takes to be in charge of a dance Guebert said.

Although many dancers help create new routines, the team still meets with a choreographer to help with nationals.

This year’s team consists of 16 dancers total, eight of whom are new to the team. “(We want to) make them look like one total (group),” Guebert said, “instead of 16 individual dancers.”

Guebert, like Sisk, started out as a dancer at the university and worked her way up to coach.

After graduating in 2007 she was asked by former head coach Amanda Mueller to help out.

Mueller has since taken a step back, and become an assistant coach, which opened the position for Guebert to become head coach.

Guebert wants the team to “support more (USI) athlet-

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Oct. 10-11 GLVC Championships 1st of 13 teams

WoMen’s cross country Oct. 10-11 GLVC Championships 1st of 15 teams

WoMen’s Golf Oct. 26-27 UIS Island Getaway 7th of 12 teams

Upcoming Games volleyball

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Freshman business administration major Krista Tenbarge twirls as she and the rest of the dance team warm up during practice Monday.

ics,” and the first step toward this goal will be Friday at the volleyball game.

The dancers will perform for the first time this season.

The team will continue to become more involved with performing at other athletic events and are working toward nationals in April.

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