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Chick-Fil-A, Steak ‘n Shake confirmed for fall by Gabi wy news@usishield.com @ShieldsterGabi Chick-Fil-A and Steak ‘n Shake will officially replace Burger King and Archie’s Pizzeria, Sodexo Operations Manager Rebecca Diamond said. She said Sodexo aims to have both eateries open Aug. 15, the Monday prior to the start of school. “Just last week or so, Chick-Fil-A finally sent (confirmation) to our legal department,” Diamond said. “Steak
Purdue, USI strengthen resources by nick leighty ndleighty@eagles.usi.edu For a few years now, Purdue and the university have collaborated with Crane Naval Base to bring new startups to the area. “Part of this initiative involves Purdue taking over 130 Crane innovations and running them through their MBA students,” said Daniela Vidal, director for the Center of Applied Research/ Economic Development. “It’s a way to get Crane in a more usable format and out into the world.” USI facilitated the four sessions that mapped and catalogued the resources used by the startups and received funding to allow the startups to start prototyping ideas and innovations. “We were specifically looking at that region of southwest Indiana. Crane just happened to be the biggest employer in that region,” said Cliff Wojtalewicz, managing director for the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship at Purdue. Purdue brings its company startup expertise to the collaboration. They conducted the partnership intermediary agreement with Crane on this more than a year ago. The agreement allows Purdue to market Crane created technologies such as warhead sensors, anti-tampering in electronics and specialized military equipment. The agreement also allows students there to do anything from market analysis to business-canvas modeling. “USI was actively involved with Crane (and) we were actively involved in Crane, so it was just a natural attraction to get together,” Wojtalewicz said. “There’s no other university that I know of that are spending the time and energy at Crane like Purdue and USI.”
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‘n Shake has been on board since the first phone call. They were very excited.” Aaron Gottman, Student Government Association’s administrative vice president for university affairs, met with Diamond to share student opinions with Sodexo. Gottman announced Chick-Fil-A and Steak ‘n Shake are coming to campus for the fall semester at an SGA meeting Jan. 28. In an interview with The Shield Feb. 2, Gottman said Sodexo was “92 percent sure” about the two eateries being established on campus.
He said Sodexo will remove Burger King and Archie’s Pizzeria and install Chick-Fil-A and Steak ‘n Shake over the summer. “The only foreseeable problem is if people can’t figure out where all of their equipment is going to go,” he said. Gottman said he’s received many inquiries about the future of retail dining, so last week he asked Sodexo when he could give an official announcement. “I had asked them because students were saying ‘this’ or ‘that,’” Gottman said. “They
said it was 92 percent sure, and they told me it was OK to start telling people.” He said Sodexo is still deciding specific hours for both restaurants. “We addressed students that want food at 3 in the morning,” Gottman said. “Stuff like that won’t be implemented until five years down the line. The hours should be similar to Fiesta Fuego.” Diamond also said neither of the two new dining options will offer breakfast, at least in the beginning. “Maybe (Sodexo) will
have meetings with SGA to think about calendars and hours of operation,” she said. Sodexo began the process of replacing Burger King and Archie’s in the fall of 2014, and then distributed student satisfaction surveys in February 2015. The surveys asked students what sort of eateries they’d like on campus and whether there were specific places they’d want to remove. During an SGA meeting in November, Diamond said Sodexo was “in the talks with Steak ‘n Shake,” but nothing had been signed yet.
She said Steak ‘n Shake would specifically replace Archie’s, and Chick-Fil-A would potentially replace Burger King. Vice President for Finance and Administration Steve Bridges issued the following statement: “The university is currently finalizing the transition from Burger King and Archie’s Pizzeria to ChickFil-A and Steak ‘n Shake. Project details, including date of availability and hours of operation of either new food offering, have not yet been confirmed.”
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Financial office links with advisers to help students
by gabi wy news@usishield.com @ShieldsterGabi Kristin Pender depends completely on financial aid to pay for college, but she isn’t completely sure how it works. Student Financial Assistance is planning to partner with academic advisers to help students like Pender understand how to maintain financial aid and plan courses accordingly. The partnership involves notifying students when they are at risk of losing their aid and will be fully implemented by this fall. Pender, a junior nutrition major, nancial aid is based said she knows her fi financial on her grades and how many credits she drops and she can check it on myUSI, but she isn’t clear about the specifics. “I was told by another student that on myUSI, it tells me how many credits I’ve attempted and completed, and another tab says completion for financial aid,” she said. “I don’t know how low it has to go before I lose my financial aid.” Lately, Pender said she’s had trouble communicating with the financial aid office. “I rely on my FAFSA (aid) 100 percent,” she said. “The financial aid office has always made it 10 times harder than it
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should be. be They always try to get me out in just five minutes.” Pender said the office partnering with academic advisers is a step in the right direction. “If I would’ve dropped classes not knowing how it would affect my financial aid, I would’ve been stuck,” she said. Student Financial Assistance Director Mary Jo Harper said 85 percent of students at the university benefit from financial aid. She said she appreciates communication between the office and students. “I encourage students at risk to seek guidance,” Harper said. “Notifying the
students and advisers is an extra step the office is taking because we care about our students. We care about their success.” Vice President for Enrollment Management Andy Wright said when he was a first semester freshman, he considered giving up. Wright was paying tuition out of pocket as a freshman and working 35hour weeks. By the second week of classes, he said he didn’t know if he could c uld do it. co “I asked if maybe I wasn’t meant to be (at college),” Wright said. “I didn’t have that support. All I needed was someone to tell me that I could do it.” He said college isn’t the best fit fit for everyone, but before dropping out, students need to be having conversations with advisers and faculty. When students receive federal Title IV financial aid, they must stay within satisfactory academic progress (SAP). They have to be completing and passing at least 67 percent of their classes as well as meeting GPA requirements depending on the number of credit hours taken. “We’re looking to help students be more proactive,” Wright said. “Ideally, students will meet with their adviser and develop a plan to move away from the danger zone.”
Mandela events, speaker to address white privilege by megan thorne features@usishield.com @ShieldsterMegan Melinda Roberts said speaking out about religious freedom will have a ripple effect on the university. “At the end of the day, you don’t feel privilege,” Roberts said. “But you always feel discrimination.” The gender studies interim director worked with her department to donate money to bring anti-racist writer and educator Tim Wise to the university. Where he will give his presentation “Resurrect-
ing Apartheid, from Ferguson to the Voting Booth to the Border – Combating Racism in the Post-Obama Era,” for Nelson Mandela Commemoration Day Feb. 11. Wise has written seven books including “White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son, Racism and Denial in the Age of Obama” and his most recent release “Under the Affluence: Shaming the Poor, Praising the Rich and Sacrificing the Future of America.” “I think it’s very important to debunk things about race, criminality and those kinds of things,” Roberts said. “I think
it sparks conversation.” She said the event will provide people with an honest conversation about what’s going on instead of what they are hearing on social media. “Sometimes, in terms of our experience, we tend to compare ourselves to others with gender, race and sexuality,” Roberts said. “…I think this will be an important point where people can get together and experience other people.” ‘Colorblind racism’ Denise Lynn, an associate professor of history, said Wise will pinpoint “colorblind racism.”
“I hope students enjoy it,” Lynn said. “I think he is very eye-opening and interesting… I hope students will walk away from this thinking about things more deeply.” Lynn had the idea to bring Wise to the university after she heard him speak about Human Relations less than a year ago. “When (Wise) talked before, he said when people talk about racism, they get uncomfortable,” she said. “He (talks) in a way that’s not accusatory and allows people to not be defensive and for them to think more clearly about racism.”
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Wise discusses how white people tend to ignore racism problems because it doesn’t affect them personally, Lynn said, even though it actually affects society as a whole. “I have a lot of hope for the (event),” Lynn said. “I think
it sparks a conversation about race in American culture.” Sakina Hughes said Wise doesn’t just talk for people of color and talks about how racism has changed over the years.
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Speaker advocates for patient initiative
SGA gains graduate representation
by gabi wy news@usishield.com @ShieldsterGabi A hush fell over Carter Hall as almost 200 students, faculty and health care professionals closed their eyes in unison and envisioned bad news. Kym Martin, the keynote speaker at the third annual Health Informatics Tri-State Summit Jan. 27, asked attendees to put themselves in her shoes. “Imagine a doctor saying, ‘It’s not the news we were hoping for. You have stage 3 colon cancer,’” she said. “As you slowly open your eyes and reflect, perhaps you felt a little fear, a little disempowerment.” Before she arrived at the university to speak, Martin’s son told her to speak from the heart. She said she took the initiative to seek medical attention in high school after her entire right arm became numb. “That symptom literally saved my life,” Martin said. “That’s why I’m here today.” The doctors discovered melanoma in her skin while Martin took charge of her skincare independently. Martin has survived four bouts of cancer, and doctors confirmed that much of her health complications are a result of radiation therapy. She said she’s an advocate for patients being involved in their care and not letting “doctors play God.” Patients need to take responsibility while doctors must show compassion. “The health care system supports the acute (treatment of patients),” Martin said, “but there are gaps in its support of life after.”
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Cancer survivor and patient rights advocate Kym Martin gives the keynote speech at the third annual Tri-State Health Informatics Summit Jan. 27, in Carter Hall.
After Martin’s keynote speech, there were smaller sessions with topics ranging from population health to health care’s presence on social media. The summit ended at 4:15 p.m. Ben Stivers, a first-year IU medical student, said the workshops and Martin’s story were “really interesting.”
This was his first time attending the summit, hosted by the College of Nursing and Health Professions. “I’ve been around a lot of hospitals and I want to help people,” Stivers said. Stivers still has three more years of study before he can move onto residency, which could last up to seven
more years. Despite the demands of medical school, Stivers said health care is his calling, and he will provide the empathy Martin said all health professionals need. “I want to show the beauty that medicine is,” he said. “It’ll always need to be served.”
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Crane is one of the two Department of Defense Laboratories in Indiana and conducts a majority of the research and innovations such as special gear for soldiers and microelectronics for strategic missions. Wojtalewicz said this project looks to tap into the creations that are produced there and help the region. “There is a lot of that kind of technology coming out of Crane and various other places and we just wanted to assist them in any way we could,” Wojtalewicz said. Many of the people USI worked with at Crane have gone to work for the Indiana Office of Defense Development. This office looks for ways to adapt military technology for community market use. The Indiana Office of Defense Development provided the funding and Purdue coordinated the necessary efforts such as mapping the startups out of various minors here at USI.
“At the end of the day, the goal is to build and grow this innovation ecosystem so we can generate more jobs and economic growth because of these technology-based startups,” Vidal said. One recommendation to the project was to designate an overall coordinator to help these startups build and grow, as well as a web tool to monitor progress. The project needed a central coordinator to assist these startups. As the project moves forward, the Indiana University Law School is becoming a partner as well, allowing the collaboration to utilize their intellectual law clinic at no cost. Starting in December, the collaboration will have open hours at WestGate, a technology park for innovators, that is open to the public from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m on the second Tuesday of each month. These open hours allow people to connect and meet some
of the businesses this collaboration will use. “This is a long term vision, but this initial project was to understand what’s available, what are the gaps and what we can do to strengthen the resources available,” Vidal said. Most initiatives come out of the university’s entrepreneurship program. Vidal said in the past there was not much that the university could do to help these ideas move forward. Now, a program titled Eagle Innovation Accelerator has been founded to help students and community members pursue their entrepreneurship goals and guide them through the process. “There’s a lot of different things that need to happen,” Vidal said, “but that’s what we’re trying to build is that expertise in this region of investors, mentors, business people and entrepreneurs that can come together and make it happen.”
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Since joining freshman year, SGA President Alexa Bueltel had never seen a student appointed to the graduate member-at-large position. The organization swore in Lauren Smith, a second semester graduate student, to fill the member-at-large position at its general meeting Jan. 28. SGA also appointed two undergraduate students to the University Court. As part of the Master of Public Administration program, Smith said her goal is to work at the university level. “USI seems to be geared toward undergraduates,” Smith said. “We have over 850 graduate students. I wanted them to be able to have representation.” She said she would like the university to provide help for graduate students in developing resumes as well as to offer more career guidance. “I’d like to see a graduate mentor program where undergraduates are paired with graduate students,” Smith said. “Like a buddy program.” Several general assembly members said they knew
Smith was recruiting other students to fill SGA positions despite not even being an official member. Smith is already receiving feedback from a survey she put out for graduate students to get a feel for what that demographic wants improved. So far, she has 165 responses. President Bueltel and the general assembly only listed “pros” as opposed to “cons” when deciding to appoint Smith. “I’m excited to get a different perspective,” Bueltel said. “Graduate students and undergraduate students are at such different parts of their lives.” She said she hadn’t even seen anyone try to fill the graduate member-at-large position before, although Financial Officer Aaron McCullough is a graduate student. “I’m glad to see someone taking initiative to fill (the position,)” Bueltel said. “(I’m excited about) the fact that she made a survey and already has responses.” Bueltel hopes that Smith’s appointment will lead to more graduate student representation in SGA. “(Smith) cares about the organization,” Bueltel said, “and she hasn’t technically been in it until today.”
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“There is still white advantage that persists,” Hughes, assistant professor of history said. “If we don’t confront this system of white privilege or white advantage, we won’t be able to confront racism.” Hughes said when she was in college, Wise visited her school to talk and hold a breakout session where students had the opportunity to have coffee with him. “That really impacted me,” Hughes said. “It was really powerful, I’m trying to do that for USI students so they can reap the benefits of this really powerful speaker.” Mandela’s impact Hughes said she hopes the event commemorating Nelson Mandela, who was the president of South Africa and champion of human and civil rights, will encourage people to make a change. The university will be showing the documentary “White Like Me” at 2 p.m. Feb.11, narrated by Wise on white privilege in the Obama era. There will be an African Art Exhibit with appetizers featuring Joseph Uduehi and Gabriel King Neville at
5 p.m and then Tim WIse’s Keynote address at 6 p.m. to honor Mandela. “I believe there is no point commemorating a person who dedicated his life to human rights if we don’t take lesson from his struggle,” Hughes said, “and apply those lessons to the struggles of inequality and social justice of today.” Hughes said it’s important to remember that before Mandela went to prison a lot of the protesting he did looks like protesters today. “We see those struggles in the news everyday,” Hughes said. “We hope this talk and the series of talks will compel people to stop being bystanders and learn what they can do to help civil rights and civil rights struggles and take action.” Uduehi, associate professor of art education, said the exhibit will feature his own work as well as artifacts from Ghana provided by Provost Ron Rochon for educational purposes. “My artwork is my interpretation of what I want to express of what is going on in the society,” Uduehi said. His artwork focuses on human heads, he said it
represents the head of the house, head of government, head school and the head on the body. In African art, the head is where everything starts from, Uduehi said. “Your mind starts from the head,” Uduehi said. “The brain is connected to everything. If you lose your brain, everything else goes.” The exhibit will showcase 2D and 3D art. Most of the 2D art is made out of pastels, acrylics and batik – a method of producing colored designs on textiles by dyeing them, having first applied wax. “My favorite is acrylic,” Uduehi said. “That’s what a lot of my works are.” Uduehi said he wants everyone to come out and experience some African art and ask questions. Hughes said she is excited for the event and hopes it will compel people to take a stand. “As people listen to the speaker they will think about the social ills in Evansville,” Hughes said, “and in our nation that Mandela would stand up and fight for.”
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briefs Former Apple developer named Executive in Residence The university selected J. Douglas “Doug” Field to serve as the 2016 Executive in Residence for the Romain College of Business. Field worked at Apple starting in 2008, where he developed all Mac hardware. After three years of developing technologies like MacBooks, Field joined Tesla Motors, Inc., where he now serves as vice president of engineering. Field will give two presentations at 10 a.m. and noon Monday.
Hearts on Fire 5k run The university is kicking off the Romain Subaru Screaming Eagles Running Series with the Hearts on Fire 5k on February 13. The Running Series offers three separate races over the course of several months. It starts with the Hearts on Fire 5k on February 13, Run into Madness 10k on March 5, and finishes with Spring into Fitness 10k on April 9. For those interested in all three races, a discounted registration cost of $55 and a free mug or glass will be offered. Registration for the Hearts on Fire 5k is $25 for one race until the day of the event. The top three male and female in each age group will participate in an awards ceremony after the race.
Gamma Phi Beta hosts lip sync
Gamma Phi Beta is hosting their annual fundraiser titled ‘Lip Sync’ where students can dance and lip sync their favorite songs. This event will take place at 7:30 p.m. on February 19 in the PAC. Team creation is $45 with no limit on team size, while spectator tickets will be $3. All proceeds from the event will be going to the international philanthropy, Girls on the Run. To create a team or for more information, Claudia Cooper is available at cecooper1@eagles.usi.edu.
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Guinness for civility Social critic talks religious freedom, diversity by Abigail Suddarth acsuddarth@eagles.usi.edu Civility is often confused with niceness or a need to compromise, Os Guinness said. The author of “A Free People’s Suicide” and “The Global Public Square” spoke at 7 p.m.Wednesday in Mitchell Auditorium on the importance of religious freedom. Guinness was the first speaker for President Linda Bennett’s semester-long theme of civility. “Civility is the classical word that is a duty of citizens in a diverse society who know how to respect other people’s beliefs and where they differ, handle them civilly, peacefully, and not coercively,” he said. His speech centered on the importance of religious freedom for everyone and the need to protect everyone’s rights. “Freedom for us is best guaranteed when we fight for freedom for everybody else,” he said. “Religious freedom is always best and strongest when the tiniest minority knows their safe.” While some people want society to have a central religion and others want to remove all religion from public life, Guinness wants a global community where all beliefs
and ideas are respected. “That is a vision of public life where everybody without exception is free to enter and engage in public life on the basis of their faith, but within a political framework of the three R’s of religion: Rights, Responsibilities and Respect,” he said. “So for example, a right for one is a right for another and the responsibility for both.” Guinness held a Q&A after the speech. Freshman Aden Parsons asked what Guinness thought is her generation’s biggest handicap. Guinness replied that every generation has always been different from one another, but society has forgotten that and now uses generations to separate and drive people apart. “Here in America, we’re growing up in generations kind of like cliques,” the graphic design major said. “And he had a view on it where you can say, ‘It’s not about generations, it’s about fixing your society.’” Parsons appreciated Guinness’ advice to read biographies. “If we can’t get out into the world ourselves, we can learn from other people’s experiences,” she said. Parsons paid extra attention to Guinness’ advice be-
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Freshman undecided major and international student Soo Sung Chung (left) asks Guinness (right) about how he can take the ideas from the presentation and use them to change other countries Wednesday night. Chung was one of the many attendees who lined up to meet Guinness after the question and answer session.
cause he was born in China even though he is British, she said. “I think he put a lot of things into words that we’re struggling to understand here in the states,” she said. “It’s nice to hear it from an outside perspective, from someone who’s not in our politics, but who can observe neutrally.” South Korean international student Soo Sung Chung decided to attend the speech when he read that Guinness was born in China. “In South Korea, we do currently have mild religious discrimination,” the freshman said. “I thought I could use some of his ideas and his
speech to improve South Koreans’ racial diversity as well as religious diversity.” Chung heard several American students ask Guinness how they could help improve the U.S., he said. He wanted to know how he could improve the rest of the world. “It was really interesting for me to think of me, myself, our generation as the changing generation,” he said. “It was just amazing because I just thought to myself I was just a bystander most of the time when the changing events (occur). I just realized that I really need to get involved and start being active in social issues.”
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Os Guinness, an author and social critic, gets a standing ovation after his presentation on religious freedom and civility Wednesday in Mitchell Auditorium.
Quilts blanket Pace Gallery by Abigail Suddarth acsuddarth@eagles.usi.edu Judy L a v a l Morton said the best place to store a quilt is on a bed. Morton There was a reception for “Quilting in Community: A Celebration of a Southern Indiana Amish Tradition” from 2-4 p.m. Sunday in the McCutchan Art Center/ Pace Galleries. The exhibit runs through March 13, and showcases 22 of 130 quilts Morton and her late husband Tom donated to the university. The class of 1973 has been collecting quilts, specifically Southern Indiana Amish quilts, for more than 25 years, she said. The Amish tend to auction their quilts anonymously, but Morton and her
husband purchased enough quilts that she was eventually able to recognize a quilt maker by the quilt. “As the years rolled by I got to know the families and was welcomed into their homes,” she said. “They’re very industrious, kind people who make quilts to keep people warm.” The local Amish community auctions off about 94 quilts the Saturday before Labor Day every year in Montgomery, Indiana. Some of that money is used to cover the costs of hosting the auction, but the rest is given to the quilt makers to help support their families, Morton said. Amish women often hold quilting bees, an event where a group of people get together to quilt. “And then the women can get together and talk women things,” she said. “It’s an outlet for them in a way.” Quilts sell for $700 to
$2,000. “Some of the quilt makers are very fast and they can make a quilt in six months,” she said. Married couples can also make quilts together, said Susan Colaricci Sauls, exhibit curator. This is especially common for retired men who used to make saddles or other leather goods. “I don’t think I could do that with my husband,” the university art collection registrar said. Though she doesn’t have a favorite quilt, Sauls said she enjoys the strong graphics in “Wild Geese” and “Amish Sparkling Star,” both of which consist only of pieced together triangles and rectangles or squares. The Midwestern Amish like dark backgrounds paired with bright colors whereas the Lancaster Amish prefer muted colors, Morton said. Freshman Kelsie Droste attended the reception for
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There are no “S&M”s, no “Disturbia”s and no “Rockstar 101”s. Instead, she trades the club bangers and pop-chart singles audiences have come to expect from the singer for down-tempo R&B tracks and ballads. Enlisting help from SZA, “Consideration” serves as one of two collaborations to make the final cut. Left over from the original direction of the album, “Kiss It Better,” the closest thing to a “Rihanna song” on the album, sounds like it could be a B-Side track from one of her previous albums.
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extra credit in some of her classes. She has been quilting since she was in seventh grade when her aunt introduced her to the art. The art and engineering double major said she believes her aunt might be skilled enough to make quilts as well as the Amish, but she isn’t yet. “If I worked really hard I could maybe stick the blocks together, but I couldn’t do the embroidery,” she said. Helen Elzer, a friend of Morton’s, took pictures of the quilts to show her niece. “I’m trying to teach her to quilt, so I wish she could have come with me,” she said. Elzer began quilting in the late 1970s while working in a fabric store. “Quilting requires patience and requires precision,” she said. “If you have these and know how to operate a sewing machine, you can quilt.”
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Jeanne Douthitt examines the quilt named Amish Sparkling Star at the Quilting in Community: A Celebration of a Southern Indiana Amish Tradition exhibit Sunday in the Pace Gallery.
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Evan Stieler
Junior Biology Major/ Premedicine
SpringFest dream performance: Justin Timberlake What is your most memorable USI moment? The second day into my freshman year, I ended up getting confused and going to the wrong classroom. I was trying to get to English 201, but quickly learned that I had landed in a Human Sexuality class. As a naïve freshman, I sat in the back traumatized by the subject and was unable to muster up the courage to get up and leave the class. Funny enough, I ended up willingly taking that class a year and a half later. If you could change USI’s mascot, what would it be and what would you name it? I would change us to the USI Awesome Possums. Who doesn’t love a good rhyme? Plus, the name already asserts how awesome we truly are. Our student section would be called “The Awesome Posse.” It just makes sense. If the games were not going well, our Awesome Possum mascot could just play dead until the game turned around.
morgan fields
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Senior Health Services Major
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Junior Management, Public Relations Double Major
SpringFest dream performance: Britney Spears or Florida Georgia Line If you had to hang out in one building on campus for 24-hours, which would it be? The (RFWC). Any of the other buildings would probably lead me to having to study for 24 hours. Being in the gym would allow opportunities to play games, workout, watch TV, and if needed, catch up on some homework. There is also a rock wall in the (RFWC) that can be challenging, so I would use much of the time trying to tackle that obstacle. If you could change USI’s mascot, what would it be and what would you name it? I would have to say having a lion would be the ultimate mascot. This lion would have a large mane, and I would call him Simba. I loved the Lion King growing up, and Simba was always a strong leader of the pack. Lions are fearless and full of pride. I think those are qualities USI students should have when promoting the school and competing in sports.
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Landen weidenbenner Senior Communication Studies Major
SpringFest dream performance: Justin Timberlake
SpringFest dream performance: Adele
What eatery on campus is most like your personality? The eatery on campus that is most like my personality type would be Cyclone Salad because it’s spunky and always fresh and the workers there are always happy and bubbly to meet a new friend! ;)
What is the university lacking and how would it benefit students? The university lacks school spirit. Students just do not seem to be excited about USI. Walking around campus, I observe so many students wearing other college attire.
What inspired you to enter your field of study? What inspired me to enter the field of Occupational Therapy was my grandpa and my passion for helping others. Knowing that I will be going to work every day and changing people’s lives is what inspired me to go into OT.
What is your most memorable USI moment? My most memorable moment was with my two best friends, Taryn and Olivia. One night, we all decided to get into the fountain and take pictures with my selfie stick. It was such a blast and we kind of felt like rebels by getting into the fountain.
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brock edwards Junior Special Education Major
SpringFest dream performance: Chase Rice What is the university lacking and how would it benefit students? School pride. Going to basketball games this year (has) been a lot better. However, I just feel students are not proud of their school. USI is a great place to be and it has done a lot for me. What inspired you to enter your field of study? I really enjoy helping people out. While I was in school I would love to help out other students. I befriended someone who had autism and it really took off from there. I hope to get into coaching and possibly administration.
reagan phelps
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Senior Nursing Major
If you could travel anywhere for free, where would you go, how would you get there and why? If I could travel anywhere for free, I would go to Finland and stay at the Kakslauttanen Hotel. I’ve always wanted to see the northern lights, and staying in a glass igloo would be the icing on the cake. I would fly over seas and then drive to my destination to be able to admire more of the country and snow. SpringFest dream performance: Justin Bieber What inspired you to enter your field of study? My mom was the first person to inspire me to become a nurse. She showed me the importance of helping others and what better way than by saving lives.
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renaye wahl Senior Chemistry Major
SpringFest dream performance: Imagine Dragons If you could add one class to USI’s curriculum, what would it be? I would add a “Tech Savvy” class, which would help students learn all the secret tricks to iPhones, Androids, laptops, computers, etc. With the constant advancements in technology, I feel it is important to get the most out of the devices we have and know how to use them to our advantage. What eatery on campus is most like your personality? Starbucks. If it is even considered an eatery. I am obsessed with coffee and caffeine (I am a recently retired barista). I am all about coffee and am obsessed with quick on-the-go food such as oatmeal, sandwiches and granola bars. These are all the things I have at my apartment (I hate cooking), so what Starbucks has is basically no different than what I have in my kitchen.
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maggie comer Senior History Major
SpringFest dream performance: Florida Georgia Line What eatery on campus is most like your personality? My personality is like Fiesta Fuego because I’m spicy and you never know what you’re going to get. What inspired you to enter your field of study? I have always wanted to be a teacher, because to me, teaching is more than knowing a subject and giving a lecture. Teaching is about making connections with students and educating the future generations who will, one day, be in charge. Teaching is about advocating for students who feel like they have no one on their side and being a cheerleader for every student.
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patrick hansen Senior History Major
SpringFest dream performance: Linkin Park with Mike Shinoda What is the university lacking and how would it benefit students? The biggest thing that campus is missing is student involvement. If more students were to be involved in campus organizations, I feel like it it would help to make USI feel like a more established school and help to get rid of the “West Side High” stereotype. What is your most memorable USI moment? My favorite memory from USI would have to be getting the chance to go on a tour of Ireland with the Chamber Choir. I can’t think of anything much cooler than being able to sing in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin.
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rob rich Senior Marketing Major
If you could travel anywhere for free, where would you go, how would you get there and why? I would travel to a tropical island off the coast of Thailand. I’m an introvert and enjoy spending most of my free time in peaceful areas. Thailand has some of the most remote, yet breathtakingly gorgeous islands in the world. I would get to one of these islands initially by flight, then by boat ride. SpringFest dream performance: All American Rejects What inspired you to enter your field of study? When I was 10 years old, I began buying and selling baseball cards like stock. I would load up on the desirable cards of players that I deemed to be a potential star, and then I would unload and sell these cards when a player performed at a high caliber. This is what sparked my interest in business and what lead me to study marketing.
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ALEX HOFFMANN Senior Radio/Television Major
What eatery on campus is most like your personality? SubConnection. It is similar as I have a dynamic personality, and I have the ability to work with many people, but some students just aren’t fond of it. If you could change USI’s mascot, what would it be and what would you name it? I wouldn’t. The history behind Archie and the 101st Airborne Division is amazing. What inspired you to enter your field of study? My inspiration for joining the field of multimedia seeds from a passion to inform the world. Through various different platforms I am able to bring resources from all backgrounds and project them to many publics.
megan webster
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Senior Spanish, Anthropology Double Major
SpringFest dream performance: Ed Sheeran If you could add one class to USI’s curriculum what would it be? I think there should be a mandatory self-defense class added to the core curriculum, and it should be for men and women. It would be a good way to ensure that everyone knows how to take care of themselves. If you had to hang out in one building on campus for 24-hours, which would it be? I would pick the library because it is full of everything I would need for 24 hours. I could get food and drinks from Starbucks or the vending machines, I would have so many movies and books to keep me entertained, the chairs are comfortable enough to sleep in, and I would have a magnificent view of the sunset from the quiet reading room.
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Opinion
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Question: “How often do you check student media on campus”
Name: Ryan Vaupel Major: Computer Science Grade: Junior Answer: “I look at the newspaper every once in a while.”
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Lemme talk about selfies by Osman Bien Aime orbienaime@eagles.usi.edu
The selfie, a venerable staple of social media, is also a lightning rod for criticism and derision, undeservedly so. Smartphones have given people an astounding level of convenience, and because anyone can stop and snap a photo at any time, it has fostered a reactionary feeling of negativity toward the selfie. A popular knee-jerk reaction is to draw a line between “pride” and “narcissism” as a result. That isn’t to say there isn’t something distracting about somebody suddenly pulling out their phone and striking a pose for a picture. I’ll admit, there is a reason for the flat irony with which one utters the phrase, “First, let me take a selfie.” The word selfie conjures up images of teenage girls buried under layers of makeup and making faces, or of muscled-out dudebros showing off their “gains.” There is a preconception about the word “selfie,” not unlike other such Internet culture mainstays as “social justice” and “prank,” that brings us to the worst possible conclusion based on what we’ve actually seen associated with the word. That thinking comes from the singular belief that selfies are an exercise in one’s vanity. More often than not they mean much
more to the person taking them. That guy at the gym flexing in front of his camera may have wanted to show how much progress he’s made since he made the decision to start lifting rather than to hold his own physical form over the sensibilities of others. The girls huddled together making faces may have just hung out together for the first time in months after school and work kept complicating schedules and making quality time between them near impossible. The pictures lining some kid’s Facebook wall aren’t so much a case study on narcissism but, intrinsically, a timeline showing his progress as he’s matured and become more comfortable with himself as a person. A picture, at its very core, has always served to capture a moment. Paired with the convenience provided by smartphones, people are now able to capture those moments faster and more frequently than ever before. No matter how much work someone puts into straightening out their outfit, applying their makeup or trying to find good lighting beforehand, that’s something I will always support. But first, let me take a selfie.
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You are not alone by Ellen cooper fecooper1@eagles.usi.edu To all of the women and men who have experienced sexual abuse in some way, this is for you. Recently, the Dean of Students Office released statistics regarding sexual assault on campus. According to the data, sexual assaults on campus are on the rise. This, however, might not be due to an increase in sexual assaults, but rather an increase in reporting. In a way, the increase in reports of sexual assaults is a positive thing because oftentimes, assault is not reported. Women and men don’t report being sexually assaulted for many reasons, such as perceived shame, fear and possible victim blaming. Remember, reporting or not reporting an assault is the right of the person who was assaulted. Not reporting a sexual assault can be harmful to the person and the community. My fellow students, I urge you to report your assaults. It can be freeing, I promise. The further I get away from being sexually assaulted as a teenager, the more I am able to speak about my experience and the more I feel free. I refuse to let society shame me, ask me what I was wearing or make me feel like a victim. I did speak out, and the person who assaulted me is now serving a prison sentence for what he did to me and to
another girl. By speaking out, I not only took back control, but also helped to take a dangerous person off the streets. In helping myself, I helped others. If you are assaulted, please consider reporting your assault not only to campus authorities, but to local authorities as well. When someone violates another person, they deserve to be punished to the fullest extent of the law. Let them have what they deserve and let yourself be liberated.
To my fellow sexual assault survivors, you are strong. If you don’t feel strong, let the strength of those around you build you up. Do not be ashamed to seek therapy or counseling groups. I have found they give me clarity and peace. Report assault and seek justice. Tell your story and seek liberation. You have not been tarnished by the crime of another. This was not your fault. You are not alone.
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Name: Julie Reising Major: Art Grade: Sophomore Answer: “I take a glance at the paper everytime a new issue comes out.”
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Think first, act second Have you registered to vote in the general election?
Grade: Sophomore Answer: “Probably like once a month. I don’t do it often... mainly through Instagram.”
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Unauthorized Advice One cannot receive a full college education without at least a handful of wellmeaning instructors preaching “think outside the box.” A call for independence that, ironically, uses an incredibly overused and common phrase as its punchline. Forget the box. We don’t need the box idea. What is most important in a lesson on independence and originality is taking the time to ask the question, “Why hasn’t anyone else done this?” More often than not there’s a damned good reason as to why nobody does that. Following the crowd isn’t necessarily the best decision, but when the crowd is running away from Godzilla, one can verify the crowd is correct. Consider this for a moment: an emergency of some sort shuts down the Lloyd Expressway overpass. How
Name: Lauren Goldman Major: Pre Social Work
do you leave campus? There are only a few options, fewer so are actually legal outside of an emergency situation. One can leave via University Boulevard/the Lloyd Expressway or Schutte Road. That’s it. Imagine an ice storm full of freezing rain pops out of nowhere this afternoon, classes are canceled and the school is shut down. Suddenly dozens of cars are attempting to leave campus as a thin layer of ice starts to cover every exposed surface. Both Schutte and the Lloyd are backed up and moving at a snail’s pace. How does one expect to escape campus when the two bottleneck? Well, thanks to this exact situation happening last year, there’s precedent. I know of a person who thought outside the box and took another paved path: the
path to Burdette Park. That is definitely outsidethe-box thinking, but it lacks in foresight. Hitting a hiker on their way back to their car, sliding off the road and becoming trapped — many things could’ve gone wrong in this instance. Yet, in the end, it worked. Make no mistake: this is not intended to condone breaking the law. There’s a reason nobody is allowed to drive on the paved path between campus and Burdette: it’s a walking path. Take this tale of winterthemed quick thinking as a lesson in independence. Don’t come crying to me if something stupid gets you busted. I can’t afford my Audible subscription, let alone posting bail. Be original, just don’t be dumb.
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Martin puts ‘best foot forward’ by Sarah loesch
sports@usishield.com @ShieldsterSarah Sophomore sprinter Jenna Martin placed first in high jump at the University of Indianapolis Track & Field Challenge this past weekend. In the same meet, she set a new school record in the 60-meter hurdles. The Shield sat down with Martin to learn a little more about the biology major and her season. The Shield: What made you choose USI? Martin: I actually started off down at Murray State University running track for them and it just didn’t feel right. It wasn’t really where I wanted to be. Since I’m from Evansville, I kind of came home, and USI is a really great school. They have a really great biology department, which is what I’m going into. My older brother had run for USI also, and I contacted Coach Hillyard and told him I would be here and asked if I would be able to run for USI. He knew me from in town in high school and from my older brother Matt, so that’s kind of how I got connected here. The Shield: Did you feel better after you started at USI? Martin: Oh my gosh, it’s great. The track program itself, the school itself—everything here has been like home to me. The Shield: What started you in track in the beginning? Martin: Oh goodness, that’s a tough question. To be honest, I don’t really remember. I guess influence from Matt again. He was actually a distance runner, so when middle school started track, he expressed interest in it. Matt, being my older sibling, is my role model in a lot of different aspects in my life. He said, “Why don’t you come out and try it? You play soccer. You’re quick. You might be pretty good at it.” I went out and I said, “I’m not running distance, though. I’m going to stick to shorter sprints so I don’t have to go that far.” He pushed me a little bit to give it a shot and I ended up falling in love with it. The Shield: So you connected with the sport in high school? Martin: When I really connected with it was in high school, but we had a little middle school program that was like, “Oh, just come out, run, have some fun.” My high school coach (at Memorial) got me really connected to it.
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Sophomore sprinter Jenna Martin clears a hurdle at the University of Indianapolis Collegiate Invitational January 23. Martin set a new school record in the 60-meter hurdles two meets later.
The Shield: How many events do you compete in? Martin: Right now, I’m focusing mostly on the 60-meter hurdles since it’s indoor season, and then in outdoor it will be 100-meter hurdles. I also long jump. I will occasionally do a 200 meter, but I actually haven’t competed in it this year. The Shield: Do you have a favorite area to compete in? Martin: There (are) areas of both that I really enjoy. Long jump I enjoy. You get multiple attempts. You get a decent jump your first one, you get a second shot to kind of play around with it a little and improve yourself and make your next two jumps even better than your first. I honestly just think hurdles are fun. I’m short for being a hurdler, and so I line up on the line and people kind of look at me like, “You hurdle? What?” but I mean I get over them alright. That’s always been one that’s just kind of intrigued me.
The Shield: Was there an aspect of the sport that drew you to it? Martin: Track is very much an individual competition, but the part about track I like the most is you’re competing on an individual level, but you’re competing for your team. I really enjoy the fact that I don’t look at it like I’m getting points for me. I’m looking at it like I’m getting points for the team. Overall, you’ve got that whole team dynamic (where) you pool all those points together. I think everyone in the track program is great and we get along really well with everybody. We don’t ever have any issues with that. The Shield: Did you expect the success you had in the last meet? Martin: It’s kind of difficult going into a meet because you always take the mentality of, I’m going to do the best I can because, like I said, that team aspect. You want to gain
those points for your team. As far as taking first in the long jump, that kind of took me by surprise. I always put my best foot forward and try my best in all my events, but I wasn’t expecting first place. I just went in with a positive attitude, warmed up properly and got myself ready to go. I wanted to see what I could do. The Shield: What was the team or coach’s reaction to your finish? Martin: Coach Nate Christianson, an assistant coach, is really excited about long jump. I am doing a lot better than I was last year. I was in the low 5-meter range and now I’ve moved up to averaging about 5.25. So I’m doing quite a bit better in that and he’s happy. Then Coach Hillyard came over to me and said, “Did you just reset that record in the hurdles?” and I was like, “I think so.” He was like, “That’s awesome.” They’re both so supportive and they get excited, not just
about my success, but everybody’s. We look at everybody and how we’ve done all the way across the board. I know we’ve had quite a few others who have been doing well individually this year. It’s always good to see all of our events doing much better. The Shield: Indoor season will be finishing soon. Are there any differences between the indoor and outdoor season for you? Martin: I noticed that for outdoor we do go against a lot of different schools. Most of our indoor meets are centered around the University of Indianapolis. So we’ll kind of get the same pool that we get competition-wise there and we don’t get a lot of GLVC schools until we get to conference. With outdoor, we’ll go to multiple places and see what competition other schools can bring to the table.
door, which is backward from a lot of people. Most people like outdoor a lot more. I think the dynamic (indoor) is a lot better for me. In outdoor, people are kind of spread out. The races are shorter, so that’s kind of nice.
The Shield: Do you have any goals for yourself? Martin: I would really like to be able to continue with long jump on the track that I’m on. Coach has actually set a goal for me to be able to jump 18 feet by outdoor season to see if we can achieve that. On hurdles, I ran my personal best when I was a junior in high school and I haven’t run it since. I’ve gotten close. I’ve gotten very close, within 1/100’s of a second. I haven’t quite been able to run that one race again. I’m hoping I can duplicate that or get a faster time so that I can make myself better.
The Shield: Do you have a season you enjoy more? Martin: I actually like in-
Fairer jumps back into action Athlete’s second chance leads to lifetime of opportunities
by Sarah loesch
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Candace Perry Fairer thought her life was over when she couldn’t compete athletically her freshman year of college. “I had interest letters from every school in the country,” Fairer said. “My grades were not where they needed to be and my test scores were not where they needed to be.” If not for her grades Fairer could have attended any university in the U.S. At the end of her high school career, she was jumping more than 19 feet in the long jump. Fairer found herself at USI as a result of her low grades and test scores, but she was ready to work. As a first generation college student, she was determined to utilize the opportunities she was given and find her way onto the track and field team. Now, 10 years after she left the university, she’s back on campus as an admissions counselor and will soon be inducted into the USI Athletic Hall of Fame. When Fairer returned in August, she did it without alerting anyone in the Athletic Department. She said she
walked over randomly one day to visit Mike Hillyard, the men’s and women’s track and field head coach, when she found out she was eligible for the hall of fame. Fairer said it wasn’t until Assistant Athletic Director Mandi Fulton told her she planned to nominate her that she even realized it was a possibility. Without knowing the process, Fairer said she still couldn’t be sure she would be inducted, but when she found out she was, she was excited because it connects to her return to the university. “My whole point in coming back was to be here and to be a part of USI,” Fairer said. “I’m also working on the diversity team here as well. It shows students that they can come here, do well and be successful.” Fairer said during a time when the university is working to build recruitment and retention of minority students, she’s glad her face can be an example of what can be accomplished here. “I was not the best student, and I had no pioneer to tell me, ‘Hey, you need to make sure you’re focused on these grades in high school because they won’t allow you to be mediocre in the classroom at college,’” Fairer said. “Now that is one thing I stress to
student athletes. Your athletic ability will not get you there alone.” When she first entered the university, she was not eligible to compete under NCAA regulations. Hillyard said Fairer approached him during Welcome Week and explained her situation to him. Hillyard said despite her not being able to train with them from the start, she was a great athlete. “Coach Hillyard is one of a kind,” Fairer said. Hillyard is not a jumps coach and he was upfront with Fairer about that. “We’ve always been a distance program,” Hillyard said. “Without scholarships in the jumps and sprints, we don’t actively recruit in that area.” Fairer said it didn’t matter that Hillyard wasn’t trained to coach her fully because he always found someone who could. “He cared enough to try, and he cared enough to keep pushing me, and he cared enough to wake up in the wee hours of the morning to take me to meets to make sure I could make the national records,” Fairer said. “I really appreciate all that he did. When he didn’t know what to do, he contacted the people he knew could help me.” After she became the first
women’s track and field student athlete to win a NCAA Division II Outdoor national championship in a field event, she and Hillyard decided to weigh her options. They agreed she needed to go to a school with a program and a coach who specialized in jumps. “I knew we were very limited with what we could do,” Hillyard said. “We didn’t have a jumps coach. We didn’t have the facilities. (I knew) given the opportunity, she might be able to do some bigger things in the future.” After this, Fairer approached Indiana University and transferred on a full scholarship for her final two years of college. “IU pushed me along athletically,” Fairer said. “They showed me a world I never knew, never thought possible, and from that experience, it gave me my career.” After college, Fairer had the opportunity to coach both college and professional athletes, including almost two years at Auburn University. She made the decision to stop coaching after she found the travel and time commitments too strenuous for her as a mom. Now, despite never in “one million years” believing she would return to Evansville, she returned to a job in ad-
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Candace Perry Fairer completes a long jump attempt during a meet in 2005. Fairer is one of the six inductees into this year’s athletic hall of fame.
missions with her two-yearold Rory. “USI gave me the life back that I thought I lost because of not being able to play college athletics as a college freshman,” Fairer said. “I’m
forever grateful for being able to get here and for the help (Hillyard) gave me and pushed me along with because I had given up.”
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The Verbal Commitment By Sarah Loesch
Start solid, stay solid
Almost every post-game interview I have done with the women’s basketball team lately has included the phrase: “We have to play for 40 minutes.” What this boils down to is the team, coaches and players alike believe the current losing streak stems from an inability to finish and/or start strong. In games like the 64-67 loss to Saint Joseph’s University, the team struggled in the final minutes to handle the ball and score. The game went into overtime and while USI scored the first points, the team failed to close out again in the final minute of
overtime. In that game, the team started strong. There was energy in its play and a control of the game that hasn’t been present for awhile. The 64-73 loss to the University of Indianapolis was different. Like previous games, the team found energy during the last five minutes of play. “Too little too late” is also common to hear now during post-game interviews. The group seems to either start strong with an inability to close out or star slow and only find its energy when it realizes the game is slipping away.
This isn’t a hard concept for fans to relate to. It sounds like an average college student’s semester. The beginning starts with a thoughtful planner, highlighted syllabi and the book for every class. About midway through, the books are still around, but the syllabi are buried at the bottom of a backpack and the planner with Starbucks spilled on it was never replaced. By the end of the semester, students are burnt out and barely slide into finals week. Or the semester starts with nothing but optimism and naivety. Students think classes
don’t actually need books and the only planner needed is a brain. They’ll keep it all straight. A little way into the semester, the books have been bought, but there still isn’t a plan. Finals week hits and studnets scramble to pull together a cohesive schedule and figure out what everyone else was highlighting during syllabus week. If one game for the women’s basketball team is compatible to one semester for a college student, neither of those examples will lead to a win. Books have to be bought. Plays have to be run. Despite an eight-game losing streak, the women’s team can regain traction. This might take a little more scrambling and definitely a lot more focus, but it isn’t impossible. There are still eight games left in the season. If the women’s team can start the rest of the games on its schedule like it started agaisnt Saint Joseph, it will be fine. If the team plays the rest of its final moments like it did in the game against UIndy, it will be fine. If it can put both a start and finish together, it will win.
scoreboard Men’s basketball Jan. 28 82 - 78 Jan. 30 81 - 98
woMen’s basketball Jan. 28 73 - 64 Jan. 30 67 - 64
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7:45 p.m. Feb. 4 Springfield, Missouri Drury University
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3:00 p.m. Feb. 6 Rolla, Missouri Missouri University of Science & Technology
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Vanderbilt Invitational. He earned a NCAA Division II provisional mark when he finished the race in 14 minutes, 11.28 seconds. Guy currently has the fastest time in Division II for the 3,000 meter after his finish at the Gladstein Invitational. This is the sixth Track Athlete of the Week honor in Guy’s career.
coaches in the league. USI ended the 2014-15 season 15-7 overall and 5-1 in the conference. The season ended during the first round of the Division II NCAA Midwest Regional Tournament when the team lost to Ferris State University 5-2. The spring season begins Feb. 5, at the USI Tennis Courts against Indiana University-Southeast. GLVC matches begin April 2, against the University of Illinois-Springfield. Guy currently has the fastest time in Division II for the 3,000 meter after his finish at the Gladstein Invitational.
briefs Hall of Fame tickets on sale Tickets to the USI Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony are now on sale. The ceremony includes a reception and dinner open to the public. The ceremony, which is Feb. 12, is $25 per ticket and reservations should be made through the Athletic Department. All reservations must be made by noon Feb. 5. The reception starts at 6 p.m. and dinner begins at 6:30. The Hall of Fame class this year includes Ernie Brothers ‘76 (Men’s Basketball, 1973-
76), Heather Cooksey Platt (Women’s Cross Country, Track and Field, 2002-06), Shane Gibson ‘93 (Men’s Soccer, 1989-92), Brian Merrill ‘96 (Men’s Golf, 199296), Candace Perry Fairer (Women’s Track and Field, 2003-05), and Don Bisesi (Women’s Golf Head Coach (2000-15).
Eagles soar at track and field challenge Chase Broughton and Josh Guy both earned first place finishes at the University of Indianapolis Track & Field Challenge.
Broughton ran the 800 meter race and completed it in one minute, 57.71 seconds to help lead the team. Guy competed in the 3,000 meter race and finished in eight minutes 31.73 seconds. He was followed closely by junior Noah Lutz, who finished in second place. Freshman Aaron Pierrard rounded into third place in the 800 meter. Seven athletes finished in the top-five for various events. The Eagles return to competition Feb. 12-13 at the Grand Valley State University Big Meet in Michigan and the Tom Hathaway Distance Carnival in Indianapolis.
Track and field moves up in ranking The USI men’s track and field team moved six spots in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association’s Top 25 Computer Rankings. The team is now No. 16 on the list. Senior All-American Johnnie Guy also earned his third Great Lakes Valley Conference Men’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week honor in a row. He ran the fastest time in the 5,000 meter during the
Men’s tennis picked to finish second The USI men’s tennis team was picked to finish second in the GLVC East Division this year in a vote by the head
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