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by abigail suddarth acsuddarth@eagles.usi.edu Ellen Cooper didn’t think she would make it through middle school, let alone high school.

After being raped when she was 13-years-old, she became depressed and thought she would eventually commit suicide.

Today, she is a junior English major in the Honors College who has made the Dean’s List every semester of college and writes opinions for The Shield.

Most importantly though, she is happy, she said.

Cooper was the keynote speaker at the university’s 10th annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event, which was designed to raise awareness about sexual assault and domestic violence, Tuesday afternoon in Carter Hall.

After her rape, Cooper said she stopped eating and doing her schoolwork.

“I stopped practicing my violin,” she said. “I went from being second chair in the orchestra to being in the very last row.”

Cooper began drinking, smoking, doing drugs, experimenting sexually and self-harming.

“I would take long showers where I would sit there and let the water run over me so hot that it would burn my skin and left it red and blotchy,” she said. “I just wanted to feel clean.”

Cooper said she hated herself and saw no point in her existence.

“I would often tell people that I had no soul because the rape had taken it from me,” she said.

Eventually, Cooper said, she found healing in therapy, friend and family support, and spirituality.

“I realized that I no longer had to feel ashamed because I had nothing to feel ashamed of,” she said. “I felt free for the first time in a very long time.”

Even though she is better, Cooper said she is still affected by her rape.

Because Cooper is aware she’s afraid to let people get close to her, she said, she’s able to combat it and has had several healthy romantic relationships.

“I have not harmed myself in four years,” she said. “There have been times when I’ve sat on the floor of my apartment sobbing, wailing as I resist the urge to hurt myself to make myself feel better. But by the grace of God, I have resisted.”

Cooper told audience members that hadn’t been sexually assaulted have a responsibility to advocate for those who had and learn about bystander intervention.

“To my fellow survivors, you are strong,” she said. “Remember that you are not alone in your suffering.”

She encouraged survivors to reach out to friends and family and seek counseling.

“It does not mean that you are weak,” she said. “It means that you are bravely fighting for your life and you are worth saving.”

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Incoming SGA President Ashley Wright hugs Jason Minor, SGA chief justice, during the annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event Tuesday at the University Center Amphitheatre. “The event hit closer to home than expected,” Wright said.

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Wright named SGA President by nick leighty ndleighty@eagles.usi.edu Growing up, Ashley Wright thought about becoming a lawyer.

Now, she plans on becoming a lobbyist.

T h i s change in career goals led her to her new position as Student Government Association Wright president.

The SGA executive office election ended April 1, with all positions uncontested.

Wright will be inaugurated Thursday and will assume her duties April 21.

As a sophomore accounting major, Wright planned to run for vice president and wait to run for president until her senior year. However, when the person who planned to run for president could not, Wright stepped up to fill the role.

“It was two days before election packets were due and I was like, ‘Yeah, let’s do it,’” Wright said.

During each U.S. presidential debate, Wright and her uncle would turn on the television and have their own debate.

SpringFest acts please, weather disappoints

Both Wright’s mother and grandmother served on her hometown school board — her mother as president and her grandmother as a recorder for the meetings.

Wright wanted to become part of her high school student council, but could not because of her involvement with other activities.

When she arrived at the university her freshman year, Wright had friends in SGA that wanted her to join and became involved. After getting more adjusted to college life, SGA pulled her in even more. She finally decided to run for office Feb. 22. “(The desire) was always there, I just needed to have a little bit of a push,” Wright said. “I think that’s almost for any organization, you got to have a little push to try something new.”

Wright ran the Student Government Coalition Conference during her first year in SGA, which brought together student governments from around the Tri-State.

“It was a huge thing for me. I realized that a little thing can be something big,” Wright said. “I probably looked nuts and crazy making sure everything was running right, but it was definitely worth it.”

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by Megan thorne features@usishield.com @ShieldsterMegan A softball hit Drew Lynch in the throat at age 20, causing him to develop a permanent stutter.

The aspiring actor’s dreams of starring in “Mad Men” or “How I Met Your Mother” went down the drain.

“After my accident, they all dropped me,” he said.

“They all just said come back when you’re better, and I never went back, because I’m not better.”

Lynch took his adversity and turned it into comedy.

Students cheered Wednesday night as Lynch performed his latest comedy act in Carter Hall during SpringFest.

SpringFest is an annual campus-wide celebration of warmer weather that historically featured one main concert with a headlining band for students to attend.

However, from April 6 to 8, this year’s SpringFest featured smaller performances such as country artist Emily Earle, magician Mike Super and an after party with three

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Instructor in the Intensive English Program Lisa Chamberlin gets a first look at “The Little Mermaid” inspired balloon art made by Flower Clown of the Something Fun and Different Entertainment Company Wednesday in University Center East. Balloon artists were one of the first attractions to kick off the annual SpringFest celebration.

Electronic DJ’s.

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‘A different experience’ Dylann Negron, a computer science major, said this was his second SpringFest at the university.

“Last year, I wasn’t actually able to make it to the

big event at the end of the week,” he said. “But this time, they have three different main events at the end of the night, which makes it more available for everyone else to go to.”

While the three performances went on without major setbacks, inclement

weather prevented outdoor events from happening, such as the inflatables and hot air balloon rides.

Senior Alex Hoffmann, co-director of SpringFest, said the committee hopes to reschedule the two events for later in the month.

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SGA proposes doubled, mandatory fee by gabi wy news@usishield.com @ShieldsterGabi Taylor Dunlap doesn’t know what the Student Government Association does.

However, both she and her fellow students are affected by a recent SGA resolution supporting an increase in student activity fees from $50 to $100 per student. Students can opt out of the $50 fee, but the resolution makes the $100 mandatory.

Based on USI’s overall enrollment of 9,209 graduate and undergraduate students in the fall, the increase in student fees would result in more than $900,000 in funds to student organizations.

Dunlap said the only times she thinks of SGA is when they post announcements to class pages or during elections each year, and she would like to be more aware when SGA is making impactful decisions.

She said it’s likely many students won’t notice an increase in fees, but some students who are paying for college out of pocket might. “(SGA members) are speaking for us, but maybe they should have polled the

community more,” the junior elementary education major said. “I would want to see where the (increased fees) are going.”

SGA passed a resolution authored by Chief Financial Officer Aaron McCullough after being introduced to the general assembly March 31.

“To give an idea, currently with how much SpringFest costs, the money we would get from this increase would allow us to have SpringFest every other week, or half of SpringFest a week or double the SpringFest a month,” McCullough said.

The resolution states the $50 per semester student activity fee “no longer adequately finances all the areas that are funded by this pool of money.”

It also states that a mandatory student activity fee of $100 per semester would still be one of the lowest student activity fees in the state.

The resolution states that “while not every student will take advantage of programs provided by this fee,” it should be mandatory and is “for the greater good of USI.” McCullough, who will continue as SGA’s Chief Financial Officer for the 2016-

17 school year, plans to present the passed resolution to the Board of Trustees this summer.

He said SGA hasn’t provided a specific breakdown of where the money will go.

“Where the money goes is above me… I suggest (the money from the fees be) a blanket and make everything better,” McCullough said.

He would also like to see more late night events, which could propel the university forward into becoming a 24/7 campus.

As of April 11, Vice President for Finance and Administration Steve Bridges had not seen SGA’s resolution, but he previously spoke with McCullough about what increased student fees would entail.

“It would certainly double the money and it wouldn’t be generating dollars just to generate dollars. It’s to benefit those paying that fee,” Bridges said. “It would help fund student organizations and increase services we provide to students, and involvement and excitement.”

Bridges suggested to SGA they make a recommendation to his office to be presented to the Board of Trustees.

The BOT will make decisions concerning finances and $1 million fees in July, and Bridges said the issue will be highlighted, especially if it’s a resolution the students endorse.

He said the student fee originated in the fall semester of 2001 at $15. It increased to $25 in 2004 and then to $50 in 2012.

Bridges said student activity fee funds go to a number of outlets such as the USI Theatre, the Multicultural $500,000 Center, SpringFest, Activities Programming Board, SGA, the Recreation, Fitness and Wellness Center, The Shield and the athletics department.

Out of all the areas funded by student activity fees in 2014-15, Global Engagement programs received the most money at $200,000.

McCullough said he acknowledges the $100 amount is negotiable with administration, and Bridges expects to hear from him soon.

“I want to talk to him and discuss,” Bridges said. “The resolution moved quickly since we talked.”

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The Student Government Association passed a resolution that proposes the optional $50 student activity fee be raised to a mandatory $100 per semester. Some students opt out of paying the current student fee, but if every student did pay $50, the total revenue from the fee is less than $500,000 per semester. A mandatory $100 fee would collect nearly $1 million per semester based on fall enrollment.

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SGA members negotiate ‘16-‘17 budget by gabi wy news@usishield.com @ShieldsterGabi Alex Hoffmann wasn’t happy with Aaron McCullough’s Student Government Association budget proposal.

McCullough, SGA’s Chief Financial Officer, presented a tentative budget for the organization to follow in 2016-17 at the organization’s meeting April 7.

He said because the student population has decreased, revenue from two years ago added up to only $79,000, which is $2,000 short of what SGA spends per year. McCullough said his proposed budget could require adjustments depending on this year’s enrollment.

He proposed the budget for Archie’s Army decrease from $5,000 to $3,600, while travel grants increase from $30,000 to $35,000.

Hoffmann, the administrative vice president for Archie’s Army, said it doesn’t make sense for the student section’s budget to be cut.

“I think it’s a little erroneous to spend our money on sending people away from our university rather than

funding activities and events within our university,” he said. “If that money were to go to Archie’s Army, it would be substantially more impactful.”

McCullough said travel grants are impactful because it allows Greek Life organizations on campus to attend conferences and renew their chapters.

“It funds the rugby team, the dance teams and others, as well as academic competitions to push our education,” McCullough said.

Hoffmann said he recognizes the importance of travel grants, but he would like to see that grant money spent more frugally so Archie’s Army’s budget can increase.

“I’m looking at how much Archie’s Army is receiving and looking at the budget in my mind, and half of it would be used on one event,” he said. “If we’re going to be effective, we can’t lose half of our budget on one thing. That would be preposterous.”

Archie’s Army Secretary Matt Kreutzer said this year, most of the organization’s money was spent on promotional items for events such as Midnight Madness.

“We brainstorm as a group

thinking about what we could do to appeal (to) students and help draw a better crowd,” he said.

McCullough and Hoffmann reached an agreement in which McCullough will adjust the budget to allot $6,000 to Archie’s Army and decrease the money for grants.

In general, McCullough said internal spending to benefit SGA will decrease and shift to provide more external funding.

Paying office workers makes up three percent of the budget, while salaries for paid SGA members make up 19 percent of the budget. Only the four-member executive board of SGA is paid.

Money allotted for SGA shirts increased as the organization has both T-shirts and polo shirts, as did funding for SGA’s fall retreat and holiday celebrations.

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by SGA were allotted $1,000.

Grant money makes up 50 percent of the entire proposed budget.

McCullough said if any further funding needs to be cut, it would likely be from the travel grant allotment.

SGA President Alexa Bueltel has been working on changing the final schedule since she became president last year. Graduating students currently walk across the stage knowing they still have finals to complete.

Wright has attended campus administrator meetings alongside Bueltel and has been instrumental in pushing the issue.

Campus administrator meetings have student leaders meet with university administrators and discuss campus issues. Wright attended the meetings as a new member, which caught Bueltel’s attention.

“The fact that as a sophomore (she’s) stepping up has really impressed me,” Bueltel said. “She has only been in SGA for a year, but I feel like she’s been in it for her entire time here. I see the passion that I have for SGA in her.”

In addition to continuing to push for the finals change, Wright plans to add more charging stations and water bottle filling stations across campus. There is one charging station in University Center East and one water bottle filling station in the Orr Center.

Wright also said she wants to increase communication between students and organizations on campus.

One of the ways she plans to achieve better communication is to promote a centralized calendar that would

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Incoming SGA President Ashley Wright listens as speakers wrap up the Walk a Mile In Her Shoes event Tuesday at the University Center Amphitheatre. Wright will be inaugurated April 14.

enable students to go to one place and have all events listed for every organization.

She said OrgSync accomplishes this, but students are unaware of the calendar and she wants to increase that awareness.

“Doing things for stu-

dents is what I want. That’s what it should be. It’s student government,” Wright said. “I really want to be able to help out the students, and I want people to be able to approach me and be like, ‘Hey, I have this issue. What can we do?’”

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5k raises autism awareness Housing and Residence Life will host Light It Up Blue at 9 p.m. Friday.

This event has participants running a 5k to raise awareness for autism.

Check-in opens at 9 p.m. and black light cycling and other activities begin at 9:45 p.m.

Check-in starts at 10:15 p.m. and the race will begin at 10:30 p.m. for runners and 10:40 p.m. for walkers.

Students wishing to register may do so through OrgSync.

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Teeter-totter to benefit Special Olympics Lambda Chi Alpha, Alpha Sigma Alpha and Gamma Phi Beta will raise money for the Vanderburgh County Special Olympics at the annual Teeter Totter-A-Thon.

The event will start at 4 p.m. each day Friday through Sunday at the Family Christian Bookstore on Green River Road. Participants will ride the 30-feet teeter totter for 48 hours to raise funds for the Special Olympics.

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‘Hard to say goodbye’ Paraguayan student reflects on time at university

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(Right to left) German international student Tim Haverkock jokes around with freshman history major Logan Tedrow, Paraguayan international student Sandrita Sanabria and German international student Sandra Quest Tuesday by Reflection Lake. Many international students will head back to their home countries after this semester. Sanabria wanted to get her friends together before they part ways.

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by Megan Thorne features@usishield.com @ShieldsterMegan The Shield interviewed three international students to see how they were acclimating to life at a U.S. university. In this weekly series, The Shield revisits Sandrita Sanabria, a junior international studies major from Paraguay, to hear her reflect on her entire student experience.

The Shield: What have you taken away from your experience at USI? Sanabria: I became more independent here because in Paraguay, I lived with my parents. Here, there is no one telling me what to do, no one to tell me to do my homework or do my laundry. I learned to do all that by myself. It was pretty easy, actually, and I thought it would be harder.

I’m still learning how to organize everything and focus on what’s important and what’s not, like balancing life between school, homework, hanging out with friends, getting to know a little bit of America and how to balance

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my time.

I think the thing I’m going to take away after this trip is there are always going to be people willing to help you and things get way easier when you have someone beside you, supporting you. Studying in the library wouldn’t have been as fun if it wasn’t for my three guy friends. Even though we were taking different classes, we would get together to study and they would always be there for me no matter what.

The Shield: What has your overall experience been like?

Sanabria: It’s been great.

I didn’t get to pick USI. My program picked the university for me, but I wouldn’t change it. It’s just the right size, you have this family environment and you will never feel alone here. There’s so many activities to do and it’s hard to say “no” to some of the activities.

For international students, if you’re looking for a place where you can still travel a lot, then I think Evansville is perfect. You’re just a couple of hours away from Nashville and Louisville.

The Shield: What were some

of the cultural differences you faced?

Sanabria: The hardest part was being on time, because in Paraguay, when people say a specific time, that means 30 minutes later is when they will show up. One of my friends put it this way: she said. “If you’re five minutes early, you’re on time. If you’re on time, you’re late. If you’re late, you’re not there.”

I think that quote made me realize I do need to show up on time, so I’ve been work-

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language, so that requires an extra job and extra time reading a chapter. In Paraguay, it would take me half the time to read a book than it would in English if I want to understand everything. I realized that American professors help you more. They help you during their office hours or you can reach them by email and they are looking for your opinion, not just copying what you read in the book.

You guys do read a lot. You have the lecture, but you have

Just getting to know these people, it was like getting a taste of the whole world.

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The Shield: Did you find anything difficult at the university when you were here?

Sanbria: It’s difficult because English isn’t my first

reading materials that you go through and I think that’s really good.

What I do miss about Paraguay is the classroom environment, because in Paraguay you pick your major at the beginning of your freshman year and they tell you what classes you’re going to take.

So all the people that take that major go to all these classes together for four or five years.

So you know them all and in the classroom they are your friends, and after classes

The event showed people the campus and community care about making the community safer and let people know they need to take care to do the right thing, the senior business administration major said.

“There’s this code amongst people,” she said. “If you see someone who looks uncomfortable in general, regardless of the situation, you go make sure that they’re okay.”

The Dean of Students Office student representative said she has actually gotten involved before when

she thought someone was in trouble.

Sigma Pi executive officer and social chairman Sam Stoffer said many people he knows who have never experienced sexual assault or known someone who’s gone through it don’t understand how hard it is.

This event could help them understand, the sophomore public relations and advertising major said.

“A lot of people aren’t aware of what’s really classified as gender violence or sexual assault,” he said.

ing on that. You’re actually more productive if you start things on time. I also learned that Americans work hard and they keep up with school and also get a job. It’s not like their parents are paying everything for them. You guys learn what you want to do and you pay for that.

you’ll be like, “Do you want to get pizza or anything?”

Here, you get your friends in clubs, sports or (Greek Life).

The Shield: What has been your favorite experience?

Sanabria: I went to a workshop in Washington D.C. two weeks ago and it was incredible because there were 193 students from 54 different countries. We had people from Asia, Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. It was so amazing.

It will give you goosebumps when you get to see all these people learning about different cultures. Sometimes we all have different problems in our countries, but there are also people in all these countries fighting every single day to get a better education and do something for the world and that was out of this world. Just getting to know these people, it was like getting a taste of the whole world.

The Shield: Are you sad about leaving?

Sanabria: Saying “goodbye” to my suite mates will be difficult. They’ve been so supportive. The international students became my family here and I think that’s the hardest part, because I don’t know if I’ll see them all again — probably not. It is sad.

The Shield: What knowledge do you plan on taking back to Paraguay?

Sanabria: The U.S. is so diverse. I did the international exchange three years ago in California and the culture is really different. You have the southern culture and the western culture. America has this diversity between Americans because of the influence of many immigrants, and the thing I learned the most is that we all have different backgrounds and different histories. But in the end, we are all looking to achieve greater things. We are all looking to help the community and just make this world better.

The Shield: Are you happy about seeing your family and friends back home?

Sanabria: I’m happy I’m going to be able to see them, but I wish I could stay longer here. I think I’m going to miss this place so much, and I’m always with my friends. They became my family, so it’s like having my family here. I read a quote that said something like: when you leave abroad, you don’t know what home is anymore. A piece of my heart is going to be left here.

I’m excited about seeing my family, and I’m happy, and I know they are looking forward to seeing me, too.

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After her speech, the audience left Carter Hall to a spot near the fountain between the Orr Center and the University Center, where several men changed into high heels.

These 450 to 500 students, faculty and community members circled campus,.Following chalk arrows, they passed Rice Library, the Business and Engineering Center, the Liberal Arts Center and the UC before returning to their starting point.

Several people carried signs with sexual assault statistics, such as women 12-34

are most likely to be raped, and 40 percent of rapes happen to people under the age of 18.

Once everyone completed the walk, several influential men on campus and in the community gave brief statements and a statistic regarding sexual violence.

“It’s really amazing to see all these influential men here, especially Dr. Rush (the Dean of students), the local sheriff and Mayor Lloyd Winnecke,” Gender Violence Prevention Committee member Elizabeth Downard said.

“They see this big gray area when there’s really not a lot of gray. It’s a black or white issue.”

Albion Fellows Bacon Center senior victim’s court specialist Christina Wicks said people don’t often consider the aftermath of sexual assault.

“They don’t think about how the victim has to go through this healing process and deal with their emotions and get back to normal functioning again,” she said.

Only 10 percent of sexual assault survivors file police

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reports, Wicks said.

“What happened to you is not your fault,” she said.

“There is help out there. You may not be ready just yet, but no matter what, there are going to be people there to help you when you are ready.”

FASt FACTS Victims of sexual assault or domestic violence should contact the USI Counseling Center at 812-464-1867 or the Albion Fellows Bacon Center at 800-339-7752.

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Show to feature children’s art

by Abigail Suddarth acsuddarth@eagles.usi.edu Children wouldn’t be allowed to make art projects with glass or wire in a typical classroom for children ages 2 to 5.

But USI’s Children’s Learning Center uses the Reggio Emilia approach to teaching.

“We believe that children are able to use the materials in an appropriate fashion,” said Jamie Madigan, manager of the Children’s Learning Center. “We believe that children are competent and capable of just about anything they put their minds to.”

The Children’s Learning Center will host its annual Children’s Learning Center Art Show Thursday and Friday to raise money for the center.

The paintings, sculptures, drawings, mugs, wire sculptures and wind chimes, all of which the children made, will cost $5 each.

The center will also auction off themed baskets, two benches made by volunteers and the children, and artwork by art professor Michael Aakhus, among others.

Volunteers helped the students make the wooden benches, Madigan said. They cut circles out of the top of the benches and the children painted and designed the circles, which were then glued back into the benches.

Madigan is looking forward to the children’s families getting to see the children’s artwork and spreading the word about the importance of early childhood development, she said.

“We definitely want students from campus to come

over because if they have children of their own, they would like to get on the waiting list. It’s always the sooner the better,” she said. “We have a pretty lengthy waiting list to get in the center.”

Madigan said 85 percent of brain development occurs before age 3.

“I think that (art) is a key component in the Children’s Learning Center’s philosophy,” she said. “I believe that it helps the children socially and emotionally grow and express themselves.”

Residents from Solarbron, a senior citizen living community, collaborated with the children on several of the paintings.

Over the past year, residents from Solarbron took four field trips out to paint and sing with the children.

The artwork the children and seniors collaborated on will also be on display and for sell at the show.

“I’d like to see this turn into something where this could be a long-lasting relationship,” Solarbron Activity Director Jamie Estenlaub said. “The young children and our residents both get a tremendous amount out of it.”

Spending time with the children brings back memories for the Solarbron residents, Estenlaub said.

“It’s also good for the small children because a lot of times children become scared of the elderly with the wheelchairs, the walkers and the tanks of oxygen,” she said. “This, I think, gets them warmed up to the idea.

They’re just like a grandma and grandpa.”

Visiting the children is especially important for residents who don’t receive

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“2 and 3D Art” made by a child in classroom 103 at the Children’s Learning Center will be displayed in the annual Children’s Learning Center Art Show Thursday and Friday at the center on campus.

many visitors or don’t get to see their grandkids often, Estenlaub said.

“It’s fun to see the residents who are lower-cognitive, who might not remember your name, they might not remember what month it is, but you give them

paint and a canvas and they can create art,” she said. “It doesn’t have to be perfect.

It doesn’t have to stay in the lines. It’s about creating whatever comes to your mind and whatever’s on your heart.”

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As a gamer, I bought into the idea that an entirely firstperson action film could be good.

I still do, but “Hardcore Henry” takes this interesting idea and delivers a mediocre action comedy experience.

For all of its flaws, the film’s supporting cast is sublime. Sharlto Copley (“District 9”) steals the show.

As silent cyborg protagonist Henry fights his way across Moscow in a hyperviolent quest to recover his wife, he repeatedly encounters a man named Jimmy (Copley).

Every time the character arrives, he seems to be wearing completely different clothing and acts according to the stereotype associated with his attire (crazy conspiracy theorist, hot-to-trot secret agent, sassy SAS sniper), and each scene invariably ends with Jimmy being killed in some gruesome manner.

The question as to why there are an abundance of Jimmy’s who share a common memory serves as the only truly interesting plot point throughout the film. What few comedic or emotional scenes “Hardcore Henry” has are delivered when Jimmy is in the room.

The remaining characters and plot points are forgettable at best. I’ll be surprised if I remember the name of the main villain by this time next year, which is really saying something when talking about a white-haired supervillain who has the power of telekinesis (which is never explained for some reason), and a RussianAmerican accent dangerously close to Tommy Wiseau’s

iconic drunken lilt.

Somewhere in “Hardcore Henry” there is a draft for an entertaining action-comedy akin to the 2007 Simon Pegg vehicle “Hot Fuzz.” The blame lies squarely with the film’s perspective.

It’s painfully obvious the film pulls heavily from firstperson shooter video games as inspiration for its action sequences. Unfortunately, the process of lifting video game tropes wholesale and putting them into a movie doesn’t create a quality product.

Video games and movies have inherently different plot structures for good reasons.

Games are interactive. Movies are passive. Pacing is inherently different between the two, but someone forgot to tell Henry.

I left the theater feeling more like I’d just watched a full playthrough of a video game on YouTube, not an actual film.

“Henry’s” worth your ticket price for Copley’s performance alone, but don’t go in expecting a life-changing experience.

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“The fact that they didn’t happen during the week was a bummer,” he said.

Negron said he had been looking forward to the hot air balloons, which were planned to replace the zip-line from previous years.

“I think the hot air balloons are a lot cooler (than the zipline) because you go a lot higher and it’s just a different view,” he said. “It (would be) a different experience.”

Gregory Sondo, a junior computer information systems major, had a different experience when he was picked by magician Mike Super to have “Voodoo magic” performed on him Friday night.

As Super plucked a hair out of Sondo’s head and put it in the doll, Sondo began to feel things the doll did.

Super lit the Voodoo doll’s hands on fire, causing Sondo to feel heat on his fingers. The audience saw two black spots appear from the fire.

“I’m astounded,” he said.

“First of all, I was impressed to be in the same place as him because he is (famous). But when he did the Voodoo or illusion on me, it was kind of

scary.”

Super took a knife and poked the tailbone area of the voodoo doll, which caused Sondo to yell, jump out of the chair and run off the stage.

“It was scary, but exciting,” he said. “It was an awesome experience.”

‘I can make fun of myself’ As Lynch took the stage, he began to talk about a time he went to Target and an employee there named Margaret told him to calm down.

He responded with the question, “Do you want me to become as calm as a purring cat?”

He started purring into the microphone, dropped to the ground, straddled a nearby stool and then rolled around, causing Julia Johnson to laugh hysterically.

“The cat joke was hilarious,” the sophomore English major said, laughing. “I didn’t expect him to get on the floor with a stool and kick around. It was just so funny.”

If Lynch returns, Johnson said she will buy the first ticket.

Lynch said he held his first comedy routine to get

through the pain after writing his frustrations on a hospital napkin.

“I remember that the jokes weren’t great, but the audience was so into it because I was so emotionally vulnerable,” Lynch said. “Right then was when I made the decision that maybe I can do this, maybe acting is not my thing right now but maybe that’s a thing that comes around after.”

Lynch was runner-up in Season 10 of “America’s Got Talent” in 2015. Since then, he has opened for Bo Burnham and performs nationally.

He also started acting again and sings.

Before his injury, Lynch said he used to let his problems consume him.

“I didn’t have compassion or empathy for someone else’s situation because I was so enamored with (my own struggles),” Lynch said.

“I feel like when you come out and see stand-up comedy, even if you are hearing someone complain about their problems, it makes you feel better about yours.”

When it comes to stand-up comedy, Lynch said he feels he can just talk.

“Comedy is a brilliant vehicle, because if you say your problems first, you are taking away that power from other people,” he said. “I say I’m pasty, I’m short, I have a stutter and I have a space in my teeth, but I’m aware of those things and I can make fun of myself for them.”

Lynch said he used to think comedy was only about getting people to laugh.

“If I can go on stage and somehow change someone’s point of view or their perspective or they leave the room and liked it, then that gives laughing a deeper purpose,” he said. “You’re not just a clown, you’re not just Charlie Chaplin — not to discredit how brilliant he is — but I just feel like you’ve got to have a purpose with what your art is.”

No one wants to see someone on stage talking about how great their life is, he said.

The reason he couldn’t do comedy before the accident was that he didn’t have problems fans could relate to.

“People identify with comedy because there is a commonality,” he said. “Something you both agree on.”

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Comedian and former “America’s Got Talent” contestant Drew Lynch purrs as he straddles a stool, acting as a cat during his performance April 6, in Carter Hall. Lynch’s comedy act was one of many events on campus for the annual SpringFest celebrations.

It went ‘fairly well’ Hoffmann said SpringFest as a whole went fairly well, but not all of the events had the turnout he wanted.

“We got massively positive reviews (for) Drew Lynch, and (people) thought Mike Super was extremely talented,” he said. “Not as many people went to Emily Earle, but she has phenomenal talent.”

Hoffmann said next year’s SpringFest committee should work more on promoting the

celebration as a whole.

“This year it was more setting up contracts and getting artists,” he said. “Next year’s group will probably focus more on promoting.”

Hoffmann said the weather may have put a damper on SpringFest’s impact, but he still thinks it went well.

“Overall,” he said, “I’ve heard nothing but positive feedback.”

Gabi Wy and Nick Leighty contributed to this story.

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Screagles Call Question: “What’s the best/worst thing you’ve seen on TimeHop?”

Name: Ashley Wire Major: Social work Grade: Freshman Answer: “When I was 13, this lady came up to me and told me I was beautiful even though I was wearing sweat pants. I posted a picture of what I looked like that day.”

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Reward should outweigh risk

by Ellen Cooper fecooper1@eagles.usi.edu By the time this article is published, I will have done something that scares me to my core.

On Tuesday, I will speak at the Walk A Mile in Her Shoes event on campus.

I will address a crowd of about 500 people about my rape and subsequent depression.

I’ve never been more nervous in my life. Why am I doing this?

I’m pushing past my nerves and fears and speaking out because I know my story will impact the lives of others.

For temporary discomfort, I will be able to do something great in this world — help another person in some way.

My story may help a fellow survivor seek help or report the person who assaulted them.

My story may prompt someone to find closure.

Sometimes what is uncomfortable causes us to grow and make waves in the ocean around us. Taking a leap can pay off.

When we are in a comfort zone in our lives, we can grow stagnant. Our stagnation stops us from pursuing opportunities to grow and learn.

If we stop doing things that cause us some discomfort, we will be doing ourselves a great disservice.

That’s not to say people should put themselves in danger by any means. There is a limit to doing what makes a person uncomfortable.

If it makes a woman uncomfortable to go on a first date at a place she has never been before, that is a scenario that may jeopardize her safety and she should prioritize her safety.

However, if a person got the chance to go on a service trip abroad, that may also make them uncomfortable. Although safety comes into play in this scenario as well, the reward may outweigh the risk.

The ability to travel and do something helpful trumps the fear of the unknown.

Again, this is all a matter of personal discretion.

People know their limits.

Push your limits from time to time.

Try new things, connect to people, do something that takes you out of your comfort zone. Perhaps your slight discomfort will spark change in your community or cause growth in your life, but you’ll never know if you don’t try.

Speak no evil by osman bien aime orbienaime@eagles.usi.edu I often think about the time in high school when I made a horrible remark about a classmate.

Joking around with friends, I called the person a “fag” and a “tranny.” They overheard me, and I can still remember clearly their look of betrayed, pained anger.

They never forgave me.

Today, if I heard anyone be so cruel to another person, I’d be the first to put them in their place. We have a responsibility to watch our language and use it safely around others.

We all have our opinions and preconceptions about others, spawned from experience and hearsay and developed over the course of our lives.

Stereotypes exist because of our natural tendency to take what little we understand and use it to rationalize everything we don’t.

However, this leads us to say things that are uninformed and insulting to others. It was this reductive ignorance behind what I said to my classmate.

In college, I was fortunate enough to befriend people who lived the lifestyles I once mocked and reviled. Friendship puts one in a position of unconditional positive regard, and it was from this that I refused to let my prejudices continue.

While you may think you’re making a joke, you’re actually making an outward

expression of your shortsighted understanding of another person. As such, a more accepting society has to start with you.

These days, I seriously watch what I say to others.

Realizing, “Oh, I’ve been a jerk and have treated other humans like punchlines undeservedly” was probably the best thing to happen to me.

We can insist people are just “too sensitive,” but instead of calling something “gay” or “retarded,” consider the thousands of euphemisms at one’s disposal. Challenge yourself to use more considerate words, and rather

than insulating oneself from different worldviews, consider the feelings of others and try to understand the harm we inflict with our words and actions.

It’s a fallacy to believe words don’t hurt because they inherently have the power we give them. We can’t forget, however, that we can take that power and turn it into something creative rather than destructive.

I can’t help that I’ll never get to apologize, but I can take it upon myself to keep anyone else from feeling the way I made my classmate feel.

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Name: Rosa Ornelas Major: Spanish Grade: Freshman Answer: “I have never used TimeHop.”

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Grade: Freshman Answer: “When I posted a post of something that wasn’t supposed to be posted.”

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Panama papers posts potentially problematic With public discussion of the so-called Panama papers reaching fever pitch, I think it’s time to take a breather and reconsider a basic principle of every college student’s educational career: consider the source.

Make no mistake, the documents currently in the hands of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists contain some potent information. Iceland is currently scrambling to replace prime minister David Gunnlaugsson after his legally dubious offshore holdings were published.

But the documents also open up a Pandora’s box of problems when it comes to social media and casual conversation. While several high-profile headlines have emerged from legitimate, corroborated sources, many outlandish stories are circulating with the term Panama papers

tacked on as an afterthought.

Between private conversation, eavesdropping on campus and checking far too many social media posts over the weekend, I’ve been told everyone from Hulk Hogan to Barack Obama has offshore bank accounts.

Misinformation spreads like a virus, latching onto a host (usually someone’s illinformed relative on Facebook or somebody obsessed with sharing “gotcha” information in conversation) from which it propagates itself like wildfire.

If only there was a large portion of the population who have spent the last few years of their life writing research papers and training their ability to critically think and evaluate sources when forming opinions.

Oh, wait, I’ve just described college students.

Take the time to vet what-

ever interesting information comes along. It might take a little time, but it’s most certainly worth the effort.

Consider the Panama papers.

Unlike the massive dumps of information posted on WikiLeaks in the past, which usually start big and loud but fizzle out, this leak is being taken slowly and methodically. Hundreds of experienced journalists are picking apart the information and checking to see if there are any facts to backup the documents.

The next time a shocking headline pops up on Facebook or a friend recounts a shocking fact they read in “the news” that morning, take the time to do a simple Google search. It’ll save everyone the hassle of looking like a bunch of Gunnlaugssons when dirty laundry is aired down the line.

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‘Teamwork, dedication, discipline’ Rugby faces DI team, heads to NSCRO national championship

by Caitlin Golden crgolden@eagles.usi.edu Despite a loss to Indiana University Saturday, the rugby team is thankful.

USI’s rugby team is Division III, but head forward coach Patrick Oyodo said he appreciated the chance to compete against a skillful team like IU. The DI school has more players than USI, Oyodo said, which gives IU an advantage when selecting players. USI has about 30 compared to their 65.

“With those numbers, their training is much better and they are the national champions right now, three times in a row,” Odoyo said.

This is the first time the rugby team qualified for DIII nationals. Odoyo saw the game against IU as a chance to practice.

Odoyo said the team’s bond brought them to nationals.

“Teamwork, dedication and discipline — those three things are what helps,” Odoyo said. “They hang out together, they work out together and they know where every player is at all times.

They support each other on the field and off.”

Captain Jon Stinnett said the team is focusing on being able to physically play in a state like Colorado, and he knows nationals will not be easy.

“Definitely getting up our cardio, that’s what we focus on from the beginning of the season and that’s what we try to do every practice,” Stinnett said. “We know up in the mountains and Mile

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Flanker Ray Van tackles a member of the Indiana University rugby team during a game Saturday on the USI rugby pitch. USI’s rugby team will compete in nationals April 30 and May 1 in Colorado.

High City, the atmosphere is going to be really thin so we are trying to prepare for that as much as we can.”

The team had a rough spring season, playing only two games. Having five games scheduled and teams canceling on them lim-

ited their chance to practice against competition.

There are not a lot of DIII teams close by to set up games with. That is one thing Stinnett would like to improve for the future.

“Our funding is limited to traveling to other teams,”

Quidditch heads to nationals

by Sarah Loesch sports@usishield.com @ShieldsterSarah

The USI Quidditch team spent 14 hours in a car together on the way to its first national tournament.

“We were sort of forced to have an incredibly late start (driving) on Friday,” coach Keller Stevens said. “But we didn’t want to have anyone miss class.”

The team left Evansville around 4 p.m. and did not arrive in Texas until 6:30 a.m.

Saturday. Their first match was set to start at 9 a.m.

The team participated in the Consolation Cup, which was hosted by Texas State Quidditch at the Bobcat Soccer Complex in San Marcos, Texas.

The tournament is for teams who missed the opportunity to play in U.S. Quidditch Nationals.

“We were very excited to be there,” Stevens said. “It’s just a really big deal for us.”

This was the first time USI Quidditch participated in a national tournament and had the chance to interact with teams from places like California and Florida.

“The day started out a little bit groggy of course,” Stevens said. “It (definitely) showed in our first match, but by the time our second match came around, we were back on our feet.”

The university faced Texas A&M University, Marquette University, Rollins College and Sam Houston State University.

Stevens said the second match was better after the coaches took players to the side and discussed the need to focus.

The team wasn’t at full capacity for the tournament either because some players could not get off work, but Stevens said it was more than they had hoped for.

They ended up with enough players to “make a presence,” he said.

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Senior keeper Shane Ritz looks for a teammate to pass the quaffle to during this year’s Eagle Cup. Ritz has been on the team for four years and and is the vice president of the organization.

Utility player Jayden Hayes made the trip down.

The junior is a beater, chaser and seeker on the team.

He said he felt the tournament went well despite having less than a full team, which in Quidditch is 21 members.

“We still pretty much held up our own,” he said. “We still were scoring on the people who were at full capacity.”

The weekend went quickly, he said. There wasn’t a moment when he wasn’t having fun.

Hayes joined the team this year after his suitemate invited him to a practice.

“I never in my life would have ever thought I would do Quidditch, especially in college,” he said. “(Quidditch) was dumb for me, from what I thought about it.”

He said once he came to a practice, he realized it was more aggressive and active.

He said people should give it a shot and stop being judgemental.

After a couple practices, Hayes connected with his teammates. He said it’s normal in the Quidditch community to easily connect with people.

“As soon as you start cutting up with somebody,

they’ll start cutting up right back,” Hayes said.

Hayes said all the teams at the tournament were nice and sincere.

He said even in his position as beater, which is supposed to be the most physically aggressive, he found easy-going people.

He and a beater on the opposing team discussed his tattoos during a mid-game conversation.

Stevens said the conversations are an important part of participating in tournaments.

“Networking is an incredibly important thing in the Quidditch community,” he said. “It’s important what teams you know.”

Knowing multiple teams helps the USI team gain opportunities to compete in future tournaments, which continues to be the team’s goal.

Two veteran players will graduate this year, he said, but he hopes the team continues to improve.

Stevens is not positive he will continue to coach the team next year, but said he would at least stay on in an advisory position.

“The people who have been recruited are very enthusiastic,” he said. “We are still very confident with moving forward.”

Stinnett said. “Just this spring season in general, we’ve had five games scheduled and we’ve only played two counting today, and it will be our last actual game before nationals.”

But that hasn’t discouraged the team from making

it to nationals. Even if they have to play tough teams like IU, they still want to be able to compete and prepare for nationals. “(IU is) a fourth-ranked team in DI and we knew they had numbers on us and size and strength, but we try

to stick with our fundamentals and our game strengths and not try to play theirs,” Stinnett said. “It’s good to get as much competition as we can, especially great competition like them, before we go to nationals.”

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The Verbal Commitment

By Sarah Loesch

Triumph together During interviews with members of the dance team, I found myself thinking about how amazing teams are.

Teams might be one of the foundational aspects of a sport, but it’s also an extremely complex part of the activity.

Teams are complex because you’re dealing with more than wins and losses.

You are dealing with human beings — human beings with feelings, egos and ideas.

A team is defined as a group of players forming one side in a competitive game or sport. It also has a second definition, which reads: a team works together to achieve a common goal.

Sometimes those feelings, egos and ideas don’t connect with the person sharing that common goal.

Any time a lack of respect occurs on a team, it will poorly affect the team. That’s not to say the only way a team functions is if everyone agrees, but it helps if they can at least respect eachother’s ideas.

For the women on the dance team, it wasn’t about differing opinions, but differing dance styles.

Every woman was strong individually and had a style all her own. The challenge was to blend.

The styles on the team are much like ideas among anyone in the public. They have to be willing to work together.

The dance team obviously bonded as the season progressed. They laughed and joked during basketball games, and crowd members would have no reason to think they were anything less than best friends.

Despite differing styles, the girls bonded, and this past week, went straight to the final round at their nationals competition. They placed sixth.

Anyone can learn from being on a team. That’s one of the main perks of playing sports. Athletes are taught how to work together toward a common goal and with people they may not always agree with.

Whether it’s a sports team, a team in the classroom or a team in the workplace, it all comes down to respect.

Teams must be willing to work together to win together.

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