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University signs partnership with Pollux by bobby shipman editor@usishield.com @ShieldsterBobby The university announced Wednesday it will partner with Pollux Systems, Inc. President Linda Bennett and Pollux CEO Paul McGowan signed a memorandum of understanding, which details a five-year, “multi-faceted partnership” that aims to
strengthen the Evansville region’s role in medical claims processing, the company’s primary function. The announcement was made during a press conference at the Business and Engineering Center. Bennett said with the new Strategic Plan, this partnership falls under the goal of university expansion. “In (USI’s history), part-
nerships have been core,” she said. “Potential outreach is inherent to the university.” Pollux focuses on integrating cutting-edge technology with advanced expertise to maximize physician return in a team environment. It works to develop medical coding systems, which are the methods in which physicians communicate patient information with insurance
companies. McGowan said Pollux will create curriculum for the university and provide “inclass and lab experiences.” Pollux will offer internships for both students and faculty. “In the simplest form, we’re creating a highly competent workforce,” McGowan said. “We will serve as a pipeline to jobs in Evansville.”
The company has since grown and extended its reach since its establishment in Paducah, Kentucky, including the opening of an Evansville office, which serves as its headquarters. Pollux eventually hopes to open a medical coding center in Evansville. McGowan said medical coding is often sent for processing overseas, but Pollux
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by sarah loesch, Gabi wy Special to The Shield An Online Journalism class asked seven students on campus to share their feelings and opinions about this year’s presidential election. Each student represents a different organization on campus, and their answers reflect that diversity. McKenzie McCormick said she feels “super informed” when it comes to political issues. However, the junior political science major said she finds people in the United States to be highly under informed. “There are a lot of people who don’t feel the importance of their vote or don’t think they need to be involved,” she said. However, Tanner Milazzo said this generation will have a higher voter turnout than ever before. “This generation is more aware of
the happenings of the world and are more informed than generations in the past,” he said. “(The) more people are informed, the more active they will be.” Mixed media To stay informed, Milazzo said he keeps up with the news daily despite a distaste for the current coverage. He said the media coverage is “hot garbage for everyone” beside Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders. Senior Aaron Gottman said he thinks the media coverage right now is unfair. He said the uniformed public “eats up” posts on Facebook that may not even show a glimpse of the truth. Gottman, a member of USI’s Activities Planning Board, said students often think their votes don’t matter. “College kids are (also) too uninformed,” he said. “They just don’t care enough to find the information that actually matters to the election.”
Eyeing the issues McCormick said she pays attention to where candidates fall on issues involving human rights. “I look a lot at the way their morals are viewed,” she said. “Not just their morals, but the way they view people and their view of human nature.” Milazzo prioritizes liberty and free speech in candidates’ campaigns.
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Third rape reported by bobby shipman editor@usishield.com @ShieldsterBobby
A sex offense was reported on campus for the third time in four months. The incident, which was reported on the university crime log, occurred in campus housing at 5:14 p.m. Feb. 5. The offense was documented as a forcible rape. Central Dispatch said law enforcement was called at 5:32 p.m. and arrived on scene at the O’Daniel apartment building at 5:36 p.m. The Shield requested the public incident report from the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office. Public Safety provided the incident number and told The Shield to fill out a formal request. Assistant Director of Public Safety Stephen Bequette confirmed the sex offense. Vanderburgh County Jail Booking said no arrest has been made as of Tuesday. The prior two offenses occurred Nov. 18 and Dec. 2., and were reported in the university crime log as well. Both were also documented as forcible rapes. In a previous interview with The Shield, Director of Public Safety Steve Woodall said once an individual reports an offense, they choose whether or not to involve law enforcement. No matter the investigation, the university is required to document the report in the crime log as well as the annual Clery Report. In a previous article by The Shield, Alix MacDonald, a victim support specialist with the Albion Fellows Bacon Center, said one reason USI’s Clery Report numbers have been so low in past years isn’t because the assaults aren’t happening, but because they aren’t being reported by students. There are various reasons why victims don’t report sexual assaults, she said, such as fearing the perpetrator, not wanting the stigma of becoming a victim, being overwhelmed by the system or a fear of victim blaming because of decisions they made before, during or after the assault — like whether they consumed drugs or alcohol.
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Housing addresses spider issue by gabi wy news@usishield.com @ShieldsterGabi Campus apartment resident Robin Paige Hamby posted on Facebook saying that anyone considering living at USI shouldn’t. “After finding (more than) 40 brown recluse spiders in our apartment last semester, we are still spotting them,” she wrote on Feb. 22. “When we brought the issue up to housing, they treated it as a minor issue.” The Shield reached out to Hamby and her roommates for comment, but they chose not to respond. As of Tuesday, 596 people have shared Hamby’s post. Hamby wrote in the comments of her post that she lives in McDonald East. “We were constantly paranoid last semester, on top of being stressed from school,” she wrote. “We have found spiders in the showers, in the beds, on clothes and every-
McCormick said social media is a huge outlet for her when it comes to keeping herself informed. She said it is the main place people discuss their thoughts on issues. Despite finding media a useful tool, McCormick stressed direct information. “I feel like watching the debates is really important. A lot of people can read the highlights CNN gives, but that’s really not right,” she said. “That’s not really hearing what the candidate is saying and the way they are supporting their platform.”
wants to bring that processing back to the United States. An Evansville medical coding center would be one of the first established in the U.S. Pollux plans to work with both the College of Nursing and Health Professions and Romain College of Business, the press release states.
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Campus resident Robin Paige Hamby posted on her Facebook Feb. 22, and wrote that she has found more than 40 brown recluse spiders in her apartment. Housing and Residence Life has offered Hamby and her roommates to move to a different apartment, but they declined.
where else. It’s a living nightmare.” Hamby wrote that Housing and Residence Life sent pest control to spray and dust her apartment every week, but the spiders kept coming.
“I do not want to live in a spider-infested environment, but nothing can be done about it,” she wrote. “It’s sickening to be paying a lot of money to live someplace I’m terrified to be.” Amy Price, interim director of Housing and Residence Life, and Marcia Kiessling, associate provost for Student Affairs, said they offered the girls a chance to move to a different apartment this semester. Price and Kiessling both confirmed that the girls declined to move. “One of the things I mentioned to the residents was if they would move, then I would be able to treat that apartment differently (for spiders) than if they are still occupying it,” Price said. “There’s more we can do for spiders, but I can’t when someone’s living there.” She said typical spraying treatment works to kill normal bugs and spiders, but brown recluses can “just walk over it.”
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Drivers talk new speed bump by nick leighty ndleighty@eagles.usi.edu
Ashley Harris, senior administrative assistant at Distance Learning, said the bump outside the Health Professions Center is too high. Despite her driving a standard Mitsubishi Sedan, she feels she is on the verge of bottoming out as she crosses it. Since the installation of the speed bump on Jan. 6, students have had varying Photo by alyssa smith | The Shield opinions about whether or not it is doing more harm A car bottoms out on a newly constructed speed bump to the campus Tuesday in front of the Health Professions Center. This was one of three cars in a than good. Harris arrives on campus 20-minute time span that bottomed out. early in the day and notices since they’ve put it in, and I easily noticeable and there is a traffic backup through the mean backed up to the next enough time to slow down. roundabout every morning. Junior computer informastop part of the circle.” “I think it’s more emShe said she understands tion systems major Jacob ployees when they come in the concern for speed, but Brame said one has to roll the morning, since you have she feels the bump in front of over the bump at a stop to such a high number all at the Health Profession Center feel safe going over it. one time because everybody Brame drives a Ford Fois much higher and more starts at 8 (a.m.),” Harris sudden than the one in front cus and said it is dangerous said. “I’ve seen it backed up to traverse the bump. of the Orr Center. at least two or three times But, she said, the bump is
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The university will select one or more faculty members to work alongside Pollux on projects drawing on project management, risk analysis and other skills relevant to the revenue cycle management industry. Students will also be selected in business and health professions to participate in the program through competency-based pathway internships made possible in part through a grant from the Lilly Endowment. Internships may be offered as early as summer 2016, the release states, for
students in management, computer information systems, health administration and other health programs. Pollux will also establish and maintain a satellite office in the Business and Engineering Center to facilitate the educational component as well as collaborate with faculty and students on the creation of tracks. The collaboration will integrate with existing programs that would prepare students for a wider range of career opportunities. McGowan said the process of collaborating with
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continued from Page 1 sion, but did try to encourage them to move.” She said she isn’t surprised about a spider problem this time of year. “(Spiders) were here in August and September, and the apartment had been treated,” Price said. “The students didn’t see any in December and January, but are starting to see them back now.” Price said when bitten by a brown recluse, some people have a medical reaction. According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, common symptoms include chills, itching, fever, nausea and a large sore. In rare cases, a brown recluse bite can result in seizures, comas, blood in urine, jaundice and kidney failure. “If brown recluses are found in an apartment, we want to know about it,” Price said. “We want students to either fill out a work order, tell an RA or area coordinator or call (Housing) directly.” She said Housing sends a pest control service out to any infested apartments every Wednesday. “One thing that keeps
“I was very honest when talking to the students (affected),” Price said. “I told these girls I can help them find a space to live on campus where they would feel more comfortable or better, but I can’t promise I can get rid of those spiders while (the girls) are still living there.” She said a couple years ago, Housing did face a similar concern, albeit in a different building. When there are brown recluses on campus, she said they’re always confined to one building per instance. “For insects, you want to keep things off the floor and have a clean living space,” Price said. “But really, you can’t stop this type of spider because of how difficult it is to kill them.” She said there is one free apartment where all four of the girls could move, but right now, the girls “like where they’re living.” The free apartment is not renovated yet and will not be until the summer of 2017. “Noble in O’Daniel South isn’t as nice as where these girls live now,” Price said. “I understand their apprehen-
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the university happened within three months and has been an enjoyable process. “If you can build a concept that makes sense in every sector,” he said, “it doesn’t take long to make it work.” The office is set to open fall 2016. “This is the right time for it,” McGowan said. “There’s a tremendous need for it.” Gabi Wy contributed to this article.
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me up at night is that some students may not have a positive living experience here,” Price said. “(The social media posts) were why I wanted to meet with these students. What I want to do is learn how to make living here a more positive experience.” The Student Government Association addressed Hamby’s Facebook posts at its meeting Feb. 25. Aaron Gottman, administrative vice president for University Affairs, said a former SGA member messaged him to let him know about the posts. “If Housing is taking care of it, I don’t see a reason why SGA can’t be in the discussion so we can be a good segue to talking to students,” Gottman said. He said he hopes SGA will help students voice their concerns and also be informed about how the university is responding. “I hate that the university is being thought about in a negative light,” Gottman said. “I hope SGA can help clear up things.”
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Scott Gordon, Dean of the Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education, hands a diploma to a student at the 2015 Spring commencement. Gordon recently accepted an invitation to serve as the Eastern Washington University’s provost and vice president for academic affairs.
by gabi wy news@usishield.com @ShieldsterGabi Scott Gordon said in his 20 years at the university, he’s developed friendships he believes will stand the test of time. The dean of the Pott College of Science, Engineering and Education accepted an invitation to serve as Eastern Washington University’s provost and vice president for academic affairs, according to a statement from the EWU President’s Office. EWU President Mary Cullinan announced Gordon’s appointment to the position Feb. 23. He will begin July 1. Cullinan wrote online that Gordon appealed to EWU because he is capable of handling a variety of aspects of university administration. “His commitment to stu-
dents aligns with EWU’s vision for student success,” she wrote. Gordon has held multiple positions at USI, beginning as an assistant professor and moving up to roles such as athletic director and associate director of teaching and learning. He has been dean of the Pott College for more than 10 years. “I may be leaving the institution, but I will have relationships for a long time to come,” he said. “I’ll miss those types of interactions.” Gordon said his biggest accomplishments as dean include the increased number of grants the college has received and the successful incorporation of new departments. Gordon said EWU appealed to him because of the “strong faculty” and an enjoyable interview process.
“I’m looking forward to new challenges, meeting new people and embedding myself in the culture there,” he said. “(EWU) is an outstanding institution and a growing institution.” With the guidance of President Linda Bennett and Provost Ron Rochon, Gordon said he decided his new position at EWU is the next step in his career. “Ten years is a long time to oversee anything,” he said. “It’ll be good for new ideas and ways of doing things to come here. I’m very much willing to work with (the next Pott College dean).” Gordon said his successor needs to build on the progress the university has already made. “They need to listen and learn,” he said. “Our college is on a wonderful trajectory.”
crats President said it’s saddening to see many young people disinterested in the election, or easily affected by an older generation. “People would rather follow their parents’ ideals than find something they’d fight for,” she said. “It’s a downright shame.”
Richardt said the impact students and youth have on the election is up to them. “I do think that youth can influence this election,” he said. “After all, the youth are the future leaders of this country.” McCormick said not voting might be alright for college students, but eventually students will be “real adults” with life insurance and taxes they have to worry about. “You’re going to care about the way the government regulates that eventually,” she said. She constantly urges friends to vote, she said. “If friends tell me that they aren’t registered, I will send them the link to register,” McCormick said. “It’s really easy. You just have to take a few minutes and do it.” Damien Burge, Matthew Sims, Maddie West, Sean Adams and Taylor O’Neill Hall from an online journalism course contributed to this article.
continued from Page 1 portant elections we’ve had in awhile.” His concerns lie with the nearly $20 trillion debt the U.S. acquired. According to Pew in January 2015, 55 percent of Democrats said reducing the budget deficit should be a top priority. Seventytwo percent of Republicans agreed. The percentages have dropped since 2013. The freshman economics major said unless the country elects a president who is prepared to pay the debt and cut back on spending, it will only get worse. Roembke said in order for college students to care, they need to see how important the election is for the future. “I think students that are interested in politics have certain issues that they’re passionate about,” he said. “For me, it’s (the economy), but some people are really passionate about abortion or gay marriage or the environment.”
“(Those issues) are the foundation of a healthy society,” he said. “Owning property puts more power into the common man’s hands. You have the right to a weapon to protect that property. You have the right to free speech so you can speak out against those that would take that property away from you.” Keegan Roembke, who identifies as an independent voter, said economic policy is his biggest concern. According to the Pew Research Center, partisan affiliation in recent years has changed. Based on more than 25,000 interviews conducted in 2014, 39 percent of the public identities as independent. 23 percent identify as democrat and 23 percent identify as republican. “We’re at a really important time where we can either turn it around or it’s just going to keep getting worse,” the Student Government Association member said. “It’s probably one of the most im-
Choosing the right candidate Roembke said people are interested in Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders because they “don’t fit the normal requirements for politicians.” “People are pessimistic right now, and I think that shows with who is winning the primaries,” he said. “I think people are angry about it, so they’re voting for people that don’t typically win.” Junior Aubrey Franklin said she will vote for either Clinton or Sanders, but she thinks it’s possible for Trump to be elected. “Trump fuels his votes out of anger,” the Black Student Union member said. “He is true enough to his feelings, but he plays off of the reaction of American citizens.” Dakota Richardt is rooting for Trump and against Bernie Sanders. Richardt said he thinks Trump is the frontrunner and will ultimately win the presi-
dency. He said he believes Trump speaks to student issues and he identifies the most with him because his healthcare policy will give students more financial security. “I believe the current mood of the country is that we need change,” Richardt said. “For this reason, I believe a Republican candidate will be elected.” But for Teddi Rausch, the idea of Trump as president is a “rude awakening” for the U.S. “(Trump) just won in New Hampshire, and he’s gaining speed from Americans who are still stuck in the 60s, both policy and lifestyle-wise,” she said. She said the current Republican candidates can’t voice how they will fix current issues like the economy or foreign relations. They have also “attacked” organizations she supports, like Planned Parenthood. The USI College Demo-
The future leaders Franklin said it is critical that students vote in the election. “All students should know what is happening,” Franklin said. “Colleges should take the opportunity to (host) mock elections, have polling tables and create places for registration hosted by (unbiased) parties so students can be more aware.” Rausch said she often brings up being informed to her sorority sisters and classmates and wants them to be informed. “People want change, but there won’t be change unless voters turn out,” she said.
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Code of Conduct Failure to Comply Recreation and Wellness Center 2/24/16 8:19 p.m. Intimidation Recreation and Wellness Center 2/24/16 8:19 p.m. Illness Report 8134A OʼDaniel Ln. - Whitcomb Bldg 2/24/16 11:37 p.m. Property Damage - University Parking Lot C 2/25/16 7:49 a.m. Code of Conduct Parking Violation Campus Housing 2/26/16 10:14 a.m. Code of Conduct - Violation of Law Campus Housing 2/26/16 10:14 a.m. Traffic Accident Support Services Center 2/26/16 3:37 p.m.
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“I noticed whenever you’re getting the pre-11 a.m. rush, you’ll see it backed up all the way down to the last stop sign over by the overpass,” Brame said. Freshman Jenny Pike said she is grateful the speed bump was added and notices the speed difference of the people going over it. Pike commutes each day from Henderson, Kentucky, and said the bump was a shock the first time she went over it. Since then, she said she has grown accustomed to its existence and instinctively knows it is there. “It probably shouldn’t be as high as it is. It could still do its job not as high,” Pike said. “I’ve heard a lot of negative things about it, not really anything positive, but I can see both sides.” The university installed another speed bump in front of the Children’s Learning Center as well. This bump is considerably smaller and is one some students, such as Brame, Harris and Pike, said they have either not noticed or simply have no qualms about. For Vice President for Finance and Administration Steve Bridges, the Children’s Learning Center speed bump is one he is closely analyzing. Since starting his career
here at the university in 1989, Bridges said he has seen people hit on the crosswalks. His office received complaints from pedestrians on the crosswalks. Bridges said it was emergent in the fall that something needed to be done. Since winter break is the longest amount of time with limited students, the university decided to build the speed bump at the end of this year’s break. The university engineers and Public Safety determined the height of the Health Professions Center speed bump. “At 15 miles per hour, it shouldn’t be a problem at all,” Bridges said. “The vehicle I drive is not particularly high profile. I would rate it as low profile, and I don’t have any issues.” When the weather warms up, crosswalk lines will be added to increase visibility, Bridges said. Currently, there is a “bump” sign and a speed limit sign to inform drivers of the speed bump. The sign for the recently installed speed bump is significantly smaller than the one in front of the Orr Center. One of the main reasons for the height of the bump is the traffic that occurs around it. Since it is a high traffic area into and out of the uni-
versity, ensuring drivers slow down to maximize safety was essential, Bridges said. Bridges said the speed bump outside the Children’s Learning Center was purposely made lower than others to allow equipment to cross over it, but drivers are still not slowing down. “We’re constantly evaluating safety and flow of traffic,” he said. “We’re going to look at other options because that one we’re still experiencing more speed than we’d like to see.” In addition to the new bumps, Bridges said other areas are also being looked at to see if safety is an issue. “We want to slow down traffic, but we’re also trying to be sensitive to it being such stop and go almost,” he said. In order to combat fast drivers, Bridges said other options may be implemented across campus, such as more frequent, but not-as-high speed bumps, or making the road rougher to bring attention to drivers. “I have no plans to make a change (on the speed bump),” Bridges said. “It’s not backing up traffic over the overpass, it’s slowing traffic coming onto campus and it’s slowing traffic as they exit campus, so I’d rate that as a pretty big success.”
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Deena Bragheith, a junior English major, visits her Facebook friend from Gaza for the first and possibly last time in Chicago. Because of the political situation in Gaza.
by megan thorne features@eagles.usi.edu @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 Deena Bregheith, a junior English major from Palestine, to find out about her recent birthday and latest travels. The Shield: Can you tell us a little bit about your birthday? Bregheith: I turned 20, and I’m not excited about that. I never actually feel my age. I always feel older on the inside. I feel like I’m in my 30s. I really like to think things through and come up with conclusions and results and embrace the world. I always want my age to be small and for the number inside to be big. The Shield: Have you always felt older or more mature? Is that something you have felt since you were young? Bregheith: One of the main reasons I feel that way is because of the area I grew up in. The situation in Palestine makes you grow older faster. Also, I’m a female, I’m Arab, I’m Muslim, I’m Palestinian and from the moment
FAR FROM FAMILIAR I was born, I was born with these four challenges. Without even having to live for one day. So it’s really hard to be all of these at 20. You need to understand so much at a really young age… I always watched movies, like English movies and American movies, so when I saw how they portray Arab countries and Muslims… I was 13 or 14, and I was really upset at that point, and I was like, “Why?” I mean, it’s been in my mind to go outside of Palestine and see the world, so I was like, “When I go outside and see other people, is that what they will think when they see me?” I only want to be friends with them. The Shield: Have you experienced anything new lately? Bregheith: I went to Nashville and Chicago since we last spoke. Nashville was great. It was really beautiful. I saw so many children and families going outside and having a
good time, and people walking their dogs… it’s like the America we see in movies and on TV. The first time I saw a child was in Nashville; imagine that. I don’t see children in Evansville. Maybe because I’m always on campus. But I go off campus and I don’t see them. I’ve lived all my life among children. I have five younger siblings and the majority of my cousins are younger than me and we all live in the same area, so I always see children. When I came here, I wanted to see a child and play with them. The Shield: What was Chicago like? Bregheith: I love Chicago. It was really big and amazing. I’ve never seen such high buildings in my life. It was the coldest I have ever experienced in my life. It was five degrees there. When I grabbed my water from my bag, it froze and became slush. In my country, I would run around with a tshirt on and I would never feel cold.
Winter in Palestine is between 40 and 50 degrees. I also saw my friend. He is in the same program with me in Chicago and he is from Gaza. So we met there because we can’t actually meet in Palestine. I come from the West Bank. People from Gaza cannot get out of Gaza and I cannot go to Gaza, so it was the first and last time I saw him. It was such a sentimental moment. He is a great guy and I would love to see him again, but I don’t know if I will. The Shield: Why can’t you get into Gaza? Bregheith: We are not really free in the West Bank. But Gaza has it’s own situation because the dominant political party is Hamas and the Israelis don’t like Hamas. So, the citizens really struggle and suffer because of that. What can they do? It’s not their fault. Collective punishment happens every day. At least we can go out of the West Bank using the bus. They can’t. No one can go there. It’s like a big prison. It’s like the most densely populated area in the world. You can cover it with the tip of your finger on the map and it has more than two million people.
University celebrates engagement by nick Leighty ndleighty@eagles.usi.edu Linda White’s first thought when asked about engagement was about weddings and TLC’s “Say Yes to the Dress.” After some thought, the president and CEO of Deaconess Health System said she figured that couldn’t be it. It must be about the result of ABC’s “The Bachelor.” She finally came to the conclusion that engagement must mean how businesses and organizations take part in improving their community. The Celebration of Engagement featured White, Associate Provost for Outreach and Engagement Mark Bernhard and President Linda Bennett. The event honored the many programs the university has implemented to reach out and create partnerships with other businesses and colleges. “Engagement is really regarding people coming together on a personal basis and saying, ‘Let’s do something together,’” White said. White, the keynote speaker said the university excels at connecting people on a personal level. “This is why we exist as an organization. You’re very fortunate to have a president that recognizes the importance of engagement and partnerships,” White said. It’s all about working to-
gether for the good of the community, and since the university is neutral, it is able to work together with other organizations to bring maximum benefit White said. White said the first thing they do without fail when they look at hospitals is look at their mission statements and see if it matches with theirs. “In the long run, one plus one equals three when you have the right partner,” White said. “Put two partners together and it is better than the sum of each one individually.” Bennett began by saying the collaboration between USI, Purdue University and Crane Naval Base has received national recognition for the research tied to the joint effort. She also said the I-69 Innovation Corridor has impacted 23 counties across Indiana and Kentucky. The project has increased potential for innovation all along the corridor. Each of the university directors for the departments of outreach of engagement took the stage and announced their outreach achievements, such as the Purdue and Crane technological collaboration and the Regional Leadership Program. Other accomplishments were listed, such as the fact that it’s the 10th year in a row the university’s Japanese School is recognized by the Japanese government and the
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Director of Corporate Partnerships Charmaine McDowell sets up Jenga, which she uses for team building during the interactive fair for the Celebration of Engagement Tuesday at the Performance Center. This was the second year for the Celebration of Engagement which aims to inform faculty on the partnerships and interactions that go on as a result of Outreach and Engagement.
consistency of people that Startup Weekend Evansville brings in. Each year, the Southern Indiana Japanese School sends in essays written by Japanese international students to take part in a writing contest given out by Japan Overseas Education Services. “There are about 300 all over the world, and 20 Japanese students won the award last year, and we were one of them. It is surprising we could win this award for 10 years (in a row),” Southern
Indiana Japanese School Principal Keietsu Nijimura said. In their essays, the Japanese international students write about their experiences in the U.S. and at the university. There are 55 Japanese students enrolled at USI, and Nijimura believes the local automotive industry is the main draw to the area. There are two main Consulate Generals of Japan in the Midwest, one in Detroit and one in Chicago, and they have jurisdiction over many states including Illinois, In-
diana, Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio. Between the two Consulate Generals, a total of 20 schools are within their jurisdiction. “When you look at the needs of any kind of community, a lot of it is related to education and communication. Who has the best expertise to do that? A college like USI,” White said. “USI being neutral can say, ‘take off those competitive hats, put on your community hat.’”
I didn’t think it possible, but the people behind “Gods of Egypt” managed to take something as interesting as Egyptian mythology and reduce it to a bloated, halfcocked failure. Flicks like “Gods of Egypt” are the reason I have a hard time not being cynical about movies before they’ve even been released. Yes, the movie’s cast of Egyptian gods are about as racially diverse as the cast of “The Big Bang Theory,” sporting at most two nonwhite actors with speaking roles. Yes, the movie plays fast and loose with one’s interpretation of “Egyptian mythology” by including ideas like the Greek version of a Sphinx. Yes, Set’s (God of the desert) naturally white Scottish actor (Gerard Butler) has a spray-tan so dark it approaches the brownface makeup Alec Guinness wore when cast as Arabian prince Feisal in Lawrence of Arabia (1962). Despite all of these massive red flags waving in my face during the trailers, I wanted to retain some excitement. The trailers gave an impression this was some sort of high-budget affair with a starstudded cast. In actuality, the trailer features the best special effects work of the entire film, possibly to cover up the fact that the majority of the money went into the star’s salaries. Someone, somewhere in the writing process, decided a rule of this Super Egypt is the idea that gods are half-again taller than mortals. While this sounds cool on paper, it translates to the majority of the film consisting of conversations between actors who aren’t on the same set as each other. Like a poorly-made Tolkien adaptation, the cavalcade of Egyptian gods spend their time talking to the space slightly above the heads of shorter characters. I couldn’t find a single scene in this movie that didn’t obviously include the use of a green screen. If only the film had been shot in a country with a lot of sand. Too bad the film was shot in Australia, a country known for its complete lack of desert landscape. The actors are lucky if there is more than one person on the set with them. The majority of the action scenes are between computer-generated characters and maybe one human swinging a goofy weapon around, and a lot of the acting sounds phoned in. “Gods of Egypt” isn’t the worst thing to happen to cinema, but as an amalgam of lazy and objectively poorly constructed moviemaking, it comes dangerously close.
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Averting crisis Symposium highlights need for quick, accurate information by abigail suddarth acsuddarth@eagles.usi.edu One third of Americans believe that genetically modified mosquitoes caused the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil. This is false. “If you want to scare people, say ‘genetically modified,’” Glen Nowak said. The University of Georgia public relations and advertising professor spoke at “Social Media: Your Crisis Lifeline” at 7 p.m. Monday in Carter Hall. The speech related to a webinar Nowak and current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employee Dave Daigle made for the Public Relations Society of America. Daigle was originally scheduled to co-speak with Nowak, but is currently working in communications on the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil. His replacement, Kirsten Nordlund, also had to cancel to work on a crisis. Nowak discussed the advantages and disadvantages of social media during crises as well as how organizations should address the public during crises. During a health crisis, the average person expects there to be experts who will find a solution right away, the former CDC employee said. In reality, experts often don’t have a solution ready during a crisis and finding a solution takes a long time with several setbacks, he said. “The positive thing is the more people who get infected, the more likely we are to find a solution,” he said. The problem with social media is that anyone can say anything without verifying it
first, Nowak said. This is especially problematic for people with personal agendas. The 2009 H1N1 virus outbreak wasn’t airborne, but pictures of five people in hazmat suits and one man in regular clothes surfaced and people got confused, he said. “You have to be prepared for what you say not being what people hear,” he said. People will still worry even after being reassured they’re safe, Nowak said. They’ll wonder who should worry and who isn’t safe. “You can put ‘new’ in front of anything — detergent, toothpaste — and people will try it,” he said. “The same is not true for flu outbreaks.” People are apprehensive of new vaccines or cures because they assume they’re not safe, Nowak said. “People hear ‘new’ and either think ‘novel’ or ‘untested,’” he said. It’s important to inform the public quickly, he said, but organizations always need to confirm information before releasing it. One time, the CDC received a report of a patient infected with smallpox, Nowak said. Smallpox has been eradicated. The reason the H1N1 crisis went so smoothly was because the CDC initially said they would change their policies as they learned new information, Nowak said. When they did that, no one could hold that against them. People want to know how bad crises are, he said. The best option organizations have is to release predictions for the best and worst case scenarios. This is because some peo-
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Communication instructor Mary Beth Reese (left) and the event’s student committee members Katie Schmitt (middle), a junior advertising and public relations major, and Natalie Theriac (right), a senior advertising and public relations major, talk with keynote speaker Glen Nowak, a professor of public relations and advertising at the University of Georgia, after the Social Media Symposium Monday in Carter Hall.
ple, especially politicians, will try to hold it against organizations when those predictions are wrong, Nowak said. “Think of a crisis like a marathon and not a sprint,” he said. Organizations should plan for crises to last several weeks, Nowak said. It’s better to be overly cautious than to expect for everything to solve itself quickly and be wrong. Using social media to communicate with the public isn’t going to stop an epidemic, he said, but it can minimize the number of people infected. “Identify potential risks
and let people know right away,” he said. Tell people if there’s nothing they can do to protect themselves, Nowak said. Usually, they can do something small, such as using mosquito repellant in the case of the Zika virus. Nowak held a Q&A after his speech. One audience member asked why there was such a big opposition to the term “swine flu” during the H1N1 outbreak. Pig farmers didn’t want the flu associated specifically with pigs, and in some countries, “swine” is essentially a
four-letter word, he said. H1N1 is also too broad to accurately describe that outbreak, Nowak said. “H1N1 is a category,” he said. “There are strains of H1N1 every year.” Another audience member said she believed releasing information caused fewer problems than withholding it. “I’m not advocating withholding information,” he said. “I’m advocating waiting until you have confirmation.” Senior public relations and advertising major Elise Weaver said people need to be even more careful with what they say and how they
say it on social media. “It’s crucial that you’re honest and upfront to the public,” the chair of the student committee tasked with planning the symposium said. Weaver watched Nowak’s PRSA webinar in her Crisis Communication class and got involved in the planning of this symposium last May. “People need to understand that social media is not only a platform for networking and hanging out with friends,” she said. “It’s also a business tool that should be used meticulously and responsibly.”
Monologues shed light on domestic violence by abigail suddarth acsuddarth@eagles.usi.edu After describing the various types of sexual moaning from Irish-Catholic (“Forgive me!” while crossing oneself), to African American (“Oh, shit!”), to college student, (“I should be studying!”), Casie Mathies crawled on the floor, rolled over on her back and shook her legs in the air to demonstrate sexual pleasure while the audience roared with laughter at this year’s Vagina Monologues. The alumna read “The Woman Who Liked to Make Vaginas Happy” and was one of 16 students, faculty and community members who read 19 of the monologues at 7 p.m. Thursday in Forum II. This was Mathies’s third year performing at the Vagina Monologues. Two years ago, she performed “Hair,” and last year, she read “The Flood.” Mathies said she was originally nervous to moan while
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Olivia Phelps discusses the nerves in the vagina during The Vagina Monologues Friday night in Forum II. This was the eighth year in a row where the university has presented on Valentine’s Day.
practicing the monologue for the corporate-lawyer-turnedsex worker who most enjoys “making women moan.” “I never practiced this piece outside of rehearsal because my walls are really thin at my apartment,” she said. Once she actually began moaning in rehearsals and making her cast members laugh, she stopped being ner-
vous and eventually started getting excited to rehearse, Mathies said. “In general, if I get nervous, if I make someone laugh, I feel way more comfortable,” she said. Women should be proud of themselves, both in their everyday lives and in their sexualities, Mathies said. “Before I came to college,
I was super shy and super closed up, and I wouldn’t touch that monologue with a 10-foot pole,” she said. “Now here, three years later, I got to do the piece that scared the shit out of me and I killed it.” Mathies has a few friends who are survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, she said, which makes V-Day important to her. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the monologues went to Willow Tree of Posey County, where Mathies is a board member and director of public relations and media and outreach coordinator. This money can be used to pay for legal counseling for women who need restraining orders, transportation and housing for women leaving abusive partners, or to educate the public on violence against women, Willow Tree President of Melinda Roberts said. Educating everyone, including men, about the sub-
ject is important because everyone needs to get involved in stopping sexual assault and domestic violence, the associate professor of criminal justice said. “If anyone knows of someone, even if they don’t live in Posey County, and they need help, or they’re suffering from an abusive partner, or they’ve experienced rape or sexual assault, I encourage them to reach out to Willow Tree,” she said. Roberts read “The Flood,” a monologue told from an older woman’s point of view about how, as a young woman, she embarrassingly secreted vaginal lubricant during her first kiss and how it made her afraid to have relationships or even think about her vagina until she was in her 70s. “I grew up in a family where we didn’t really talk about those kinds of things, and I also didn’t know a lot about sex or sexuality. So I think I can resonate with this
piece as well,” the interim director of gender studies said. Roberts, who was raised by her grandmother, likes this piece because it gives her insight that she never had before. “This piece brings about the idea that just because you age doesn’t mean you’re not a woman that you don’t have any kind of sexual feelings or connection to your femininity,” she said. Roberts, who has been performing the monologues since 2000 and performing them at the university since 2009, has wanted to read “The Flood” for several years, but hadn’t gotten the chance because students get first pick on which monologues they read. Women and girls should talk to each other about their vaginas because they need to understand their bodies, Roberts said. “We shouldn’t stay quiet,” she said.
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POLITICS staff editorial
Ten thousand adults broke into thunderous applause at the idea of overriding the First Amendment last Friday. The time has come to pay much closer attention to politics. It takes quite a lot for The Shield staff to join together on a political issue, and that “quite a lot” occurred somewhere in Fort Worth, Texas, at a Donald Trump rally. During this live speech, Trump publicly denounced the New York Times as “one of the most dishonest media outlets I’ve ever seen in my life.” This claim was followed shortly thereafter with a promise: “I’m gonna open up our libel laws, so when they write purposefully negative and horrible and false articles we can sue them and win lots of money,” Trump said. This comment was punctuated by Trump directly pointing to the group of reporters filming from the back of the room, cementing the idea that this proposal directly involves every journalist. If this were to happen, every news organization in the United States could be prosecuted by any person with the money to file a lawsuit claiming a piece
was inherently negative. While this alone is a terrifying idea, opening the door to a dystopian future where the media can’t report on anything controversial or of importance for fear of litigation, Trump’s proposition affects every American. If one were to share the
infamous goofy picture of Beyonce during her 2013 Super Bowl performance, tell a joke about a company or post a harshly-worded Facebook status, they could lose everything. In Trump’s America, there would be legal precedent to sue anyone posting this content on a public
platform. With this law, the Wikileaks papers would have never been published. The Nixon tapes would have never seen the light of day. Journalists are watchdogs. What happens if they’re not allowed to expose injustice in the world? Who would in their stead? But what is truly terrifying about this instance is the sheer frequency at which they have occurred during Trump’s campaign. What has been billed as an “honest” bid for the presidency has devolved into a seemingly random combination of insults and poorly thought-out promises. As of this writing, all signs point toward Trump receiving the Republican presidential nomination. The time for sharing funny clips on social media is over. Memes and jokes make no difference if nobody votes. As college students, we have a vested interest in the future of this country. A major candidate casually announced intentions to counteract the Bill of Rights. That fact alone should be worth the few moments it takes to mail in a voter registration card. Indiana’s primary is May 3, be ready.
Screagles Call Question: “Which candidate has your vote in the May primary? Why?”
Name: Noah Dizon Major: Special Education Grade: Freshman Answer: “Bernie Sanders because I believe in his policies and that he will help the middle class.”
Name: Jackson Bard Major: Marketing Grade: Freshman Answer: “Between Rubio and Cruz because they’re the only true politicians.”
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Name: Kari Bland Major: Dental Assisting Grade: Junior Answer: “I’m not voting. I just don’t want to.”
Rise above the clickbait by Osman Bien Aime orbienaime@eagles.usi.edu It’s 7 a.m. and I’ve found an article on my newsfeed. “You’ll give up on humanity when you see what Trump said,” the title reads. The comments section is a roiling mass of angry people, hurling insults in all caps. I don’t claim to support Trump, and there’s plenty of things he’s said that I don’t like, but I know a quote taken out-of-context when I see it. When your message can be so easily altered with the
goal of eliciting a response taking priority over education, that’s when we need to step in and educate ourselves. Social media offers instant access to all of the world’s information, but it’s so easy to disseminate misinformation, and it’s so hard to tell the difference between what’s credible and what’s not. I see an article shared by a friend on Facebook. “You see, this is why I hate this guy” he writes to the 20 people who’ll read his status. Articles like these aren’t
like a satire publication, such as The Onion, where every aspect is designed in such a way that a casual glance at it on your newsfeed will reveal it isn’t serious. When you look at an Onion article, the first thing you see is the joke. Social media users have an obligation to research what they’re told, to examine content with the scrutiny of meeting their BFF’s significant other for the first time. And this attitude ought to follow when we’re offline. Keep in mind that every
point raised about a current event, a political topic, or a celebrity, is always going to be colored by people’s personal opinions and biases. I have a professor who loves making jokes about Fox News during lecture, but while he clearly has his reservations about the network, he always encourages us to draw our own conclusions, rather than take his words as scripture. It’s OK to consume these ideas from others. There’s nothing inherently wrong with taking people’s thoughts on board and shap-
ing your own reasoning around them. However, if it engenders a passivity toward learning and forming our own opinions on topics, then that’s where problems start to arise. I cannot stress enough how important it is to devote oneself to researching and scrutinizing everything we’re told, and to think for ourselves. Literally, never stop educating yourselves and rise above the clickbait.
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“You’re really pretty for a fat girl.” “You have such a pretty face.” “You’d be so much prettier if you just lost a little weight.” These are all phrases people have said about me directly to my face, and they hurt. Who says my fat isn’t beautiful? Society, that’s who. Media bombards us with the message that thin is in. Actually, it’s more like thin with a Kim Kardashian booty is in, but that’s beside the point. Society has warped our views of beauty and worth, disordered our eating habits and made us ashamed of the bodies we were given for too long. Our world is full of weight-loss products, diet fads and cool new workouts. We’re told that if we just lose a little weight or get bigger boobs, we’ll finally feel good about ourselves. That is a myth. You will not suddenly achieve the happiness you’ve always wanted by losing 10
pounds. If your happiness is dependent on the way you look, you will never be happy. You will always find something to hate about yourself. In high school, I hated myself. I wished I could take a knife and cut the fat from my thighs. I starved myself. I went on crazy diets. And I could not manage to achieve the size that made me feel worthy. My sophomore year of college, I realized I was the one who decided whether or not I liked the way I looked. I said, “screw you” to society’s standards for my body and I found great joy in accepting myself. Now, I’m two sizes bigger than I was in high school and I love my body. I am beautiful and curvy all at the same time. I am beautiful because I say I am. Whether society says we’re too skinny, too big, too tall or too whatever ridiculous standard we’re being held to, we need to resist the message that beauty is related to clothing size or appearances. Beauty is just as much a size two as it is a size 12.
Beauty is who you are, not how you look. You are beautiful, not for the size and shape of your body, but for your laugh, or the way your eyes twinkle when you smile, or the little dance you do when you’re happy. You are beautiful because you are you.
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Runners pace for championship by sarah loesch sports@usishield.com @ShieldsterSarah Senior Johnnie Guy said he is focused on enjoying every moment he has left with the men’s track team. “It adds a little bit of motivation when it’s your last time to achieve your goals,” Guy said. “I’ll never be able to do this again. I’m trying to take it all in while I can.” Guy helped set a school record in the distance medley relay this past weekend. The team, made up of Guy, Chase Broughton, DeAvion Sullivan and Jesse Stanley, finished the relay in nine minutes, 59.92 seconds at the GLVC Conference Championships. Guy said the team was neck and neck with Lewis
University until the end. Lewis finished the race in 10 minutes, 3.30 seconds. He said Lewis had about five or six seconds on the team when it was time for his leg. “We knew we were going to be in that situation,” he said. “I was pretty confident I could catch them.” Guy said he started off a little hard, but he was able to catch the Lewis runner and stay with him until the end. “It’s a great feeling. Running our relays is a lot of fun,” Guy said. “You get to accomplish that as a group. It felt great to give them a shot to go to nationals and compete.” Guy said he is glad to see Broughton head to his first nationals competition. Both runners had high praise for each other.
“(Broughton’s) having his best season,” Guy said. “Probably his best season so far.” Broughton said his biggest focus at the GLVC Champi-
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to do that,” he said. Broughton said Guy is a great leader for the team. “You know you can always count on (Guy) to step up on when the team needs him,”
I definitely want to win another national title. This year, it’s going to be harder. -Johnnie Guy Senior distance runner
onships was doing what he could to make sure the team did well. He said the relay team expected to break a school record, so it wasn’t too much of a surprise. “We knew if we were going to qualify, we would need
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Broughton said. Guy said, right now, he is feeling great. The wins at conference were a confidence boost for him and he said he’s ready for nationals. “I definitely want to win another national title,” Guy said. “This year, it’s going to
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combined 23 points to a sixth place finish at the GLVC Championships. Reeves said she was a little disappointed with her time in the 5k because she was hoping for a flat 17 minutes. “I ended up getting passed right at the beginning of the first lap,” she said. Right now, Roberts and Reeves both have provisional times that could qualify them for the NCAA Division II Championships. Reeves said it’s a small chance her time will end up qualifying, though. She said there isn’t too much nervousness surrounding the possibility because, right now, she assumes she won’t make it. “Overall it’s been a good year so far,” Reeves said. “I can’t complain too much.”
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be harder.” Guy said the 5k and 3k are faster this year, but he feels like he is more fit than last year. Broughton said, right now, the team is one big family. Multiple guys live together and spend time together outside of workouts. “Friendships are built spending a lot of time together and competing,” Broughton said. “It’s pretty special to have that kind of connection with people.” Senior Jessica Reeves said the women’s team is also cohesive. “I absolutely love the team,” she said. “We are always encouraging each other. It’s just a good group dynamic.” Reeves and sophomore Emily Roberts helped lead the women’s team with a
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Athletes stress nutrition by megan thorne features@eagles.usi.edu @ShieldsterMegan Before baseball season started, The Shield sat down with three members of the baseball team to discuss their nutrition habits. While the stands are filled with burgers, pretzels and nachos, the players on the field often keep steady nutrition in mind. Shawn Williamson said nutrition is important to him, but he still enjoys a country fried steak from time to time. The junior redshirt baseball player said when the team plays two games on Saturday or Sunday, he gets up at 7 a.m. and goes to CrossEyed Cricket. A redshirt baseball player stays out of play for a year to prolong their eligibility while they develop. “I usually like to get a sausage egg biscuit, something that’s kind of filling but not heavy on your stomach,” Williamson said. “So that way you’re not out on the field feeling bloated, but still have the energy to get through the day.” He said he also tries to eat a protein bar right before the game or during. “We are so active with what we do at practice and the way we train and everything. If we eat something bad, we are probably going to burn it off,” Williamson said. “So (coaches) try to direct us to eat something healthy, but there are days (when) we are like, ‘OK, we have to pig out. We have been going at this for months on end now.’’ Williamson said protein drinks can be beneficial as long as they aren’t used as a meal replacement. “There’s a couple of guys and people that swear by them. They’ll drink like two, three, four a day. I was on that for a while starting out my freshman year,” Williamson
said. “And then I realized I can see the same results from food instead of spending all this money on supplements and protein shakes.” The junior said Gatorade can also be good when used with water. However, it has a lot of sugar. “Don’t just rely on water and don’t just rely on Gatorade,” Williamson said. “If you interchange it, I think you’ll see more benefits from it.” Zachary Webster said being from Canada, he was put into hockey at a young age. At age 7, Webster had an empty summer his father wanted to fill with baseball. Webster said baseball is a lifestyle and he always tries to get in a really big meal before stepping onto the field. “I try to eat as many carbs as possible, so either pasta or oatmeal,” Webster said. “If it’s breakfast, it’s usually eggs, oatmeal and coffee, which are some good choices in the morning.” The senior business administration major said he feels pasta is a popular food for not just baseball players, but all athletes. He said it is important to get a carb-based meal to fuel throughout the game. “Ever since I came to college, I got really into nutrition and health and fitness,” Webster said. “I feel like whenever I eat well, I feel better, so as easy as it sounds, I think nutrition is a big part of being an athlete for sure.” Webster said he tries to get in eggs, oatmeal, chicken, rice and sweet potatoes everyday. He said even though he knows fruits and vegetables are good for the body, he finds it hard to get them in. But when it comes to fan food, Webster said, he tends to indulge. Because he exercises and attends workouts, he finds he can allow more calories. “The Toronto Blue Jays
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serve ice cream in a little batting helmet,” Webster said, “which is kind of a big thing I would always get when me and my dad would go to games.” Jason Quarles said nutrition has impacted his life since he joined the baseball team. After finding his love for baseball at the age of 3, he knew he would have to start eating like an athlete. Quarles, a senior sports management major, said as a child he never wanted to eat before a game because it would make him feel nauseated, until he found the healthy
choice for him. “I noticed that if you don’t eat, you’re not energized,” Quarles said. “Every year, from high school to college, I wouldn’t say I ate a lot before a game, but I would have to eat something that would be pasta or salad so it would give me energy throughout the game.” When Quarles craves a snack, he tends to go for a candy bar, such as a Pay Day or a Snickers. However, meal wise, he is a fan of a Subway melt with lots of spinach. “It’s very easy for me to eat healthy on campus,”
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Quarles said. “I live on campus and everything is really convenient for me to go and grab. I try and stay away from Burger King because it’s a lot of fatty foods.” The senior said his favorite foods to get at The Loft include pasta, veggies and a trip to the salad bar. Quarles said although fan food at the games is tempting, thinking about his overall health helps sway him to the healthier choice. “I would say (during a game) we are thinking a hot dog does sound good and popcorn,” he said, “but for us
to eat that, that could put us a few steps back in gaining.” When it comes to protein drinks, Quarles said he stands by them. He personally enjoys a mass gainer from GNC, he said. It is important to adjust the servings for the circumstance. And for him personally, he has to cut the serving in half. “I wouldn’t just suggest (protein shakes) for athletes,” Quarles said. “But for everybody to seriously take a protein shake because it’s considered a meal replacement.”
indiana lifeliNE LAW The Indiana Lifeline Law provides immunity for some alcohol-related offenses, subject to certain conditions, to people who request medical assistance for someone in need or receive medical assistance due to a request by someone else. The law provides immunity for the crimes of public intoxication, minor possession, minor consumption and minor transportation of alcohol to people who reveal themselves to law enforcement while seeking medical assistance for a person suffering from an alcohol-related health emergency. To receive immunity, the person must demonstrate that he/ she is acting in good faith by completing ALL of the following: · Provide full name and any other relevant information requested by law enforcement officers. · Remain on the scene until law enforcement and emergency medical assistance arrive. · Cooperate with authorities on the scene. The law does not interfere with law enforcement procedures or limit the ability to prosecute for other criminal offenses such as providing alcohol to a minor, operating while intoxicated or possession of a controlled substance.
Alcohol Emergency Signs and Symptoms · · · · · · ·
Trouble communicating Can't stand without help Doesn't wake up Slow breathing Cool, pale, bluish skin Irregular or slow pulse Vomits while passed out
What To Do · Call Public Safety 812-492-7777 (dial 7777 from an on-campus phone) · Place the person on his/her side · Don't leave the person alone