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Designer talks creative process
University to host political science conference by Riley Guerzini news@usishield.com @rguerzini
The creative process Abigail Stanley | The Shield
by Sarah Rogers opinion@usishield.com @suruhgrace
Renda Morton clicked her computer and a picture of a mess of scribbles appeared on the screen. “This is how the creative process starts,” Morton said addressing her audience in Kleymeyer Hall. Morton pointed to the right of the screen, where the scribbles began to detangle, and eventually only a single line was shown. “Until we research and fully explore the topic we are working with, we will have no idea what we are doing,” she said. “It looks a lot like that big ball of scribbles.” Morton, a New York Times interactive media designer, spoke to art and design students Monday. The presentation focused on Morton’s personal journey, from her internship in the Netherlands, to freelance work, to eventually working for the New York Times. Morton said she thought she had reached the ultimate goal when she began to freelance.
“As a designer, you think that is the end of the road,” she said. “I never realized I could work other places as a designer.” Morton began her job at the New York Times a couple years after freelance work. “I had never worked in a place with more than six people in my entire life,” Morton said. Morton spent the rest of the time talking about her New York design team of 53 digital designers, 23 print
designers, 20 marketing and advertising designers, and the challenges they face every day in their workplace. “One of the biggest challenges is meeting the audience where it is and getting them to value what we do, especially with everything going on right now,” she said. Kyleigh Shearin said she is constantly looking for inspiration. She said coming to listen to speakers such as Morton help her with her own art.
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You have to look at your work and ask yourself whether it is desirable, viable and feasible
-Kyleigh Shearin Art major
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The university is set to host the 2017 Indiana Political Science Association conference March 24 in Carter Hall. The statewide organization gathers every year to host a conference that promotes the exchange of political ideas. The conference is usually hosted and organized by the university where the president of the organization is employed. “As the president, I am hoping that we will not only be able to showcase our organization, but also grow the organization too,” IPSA President Matt Hanka said. This will be the first time the university has hosted the conference since 2013 when Associate Professor of Political Science Mary Hallock Morris was president of the IPSA. “Four years ago she did a really good job, and I hope to continue that this year,” Hanka said. Hanka, an associate professor of political science, said that some of the most successful conferences have been hosted by the university. He said some conferences have been canceled in the past because there was no organization toward planning. He said students benefit from the conference be-
cause of the low pressure atmosphere. “Students can come and be more comfortable presenting their research in a setting like this as opposed to the Midwest Political Science Association,” Hanka said. While there is no total yet for the number of people attending, Hanka said he expects around 80 students and faculty. The registration deadline for the event was last Wednesday, but he said students who still wish to register that are not presenting research may still register for the conference online or at the door on the day of. Registration is $25 for undergraduates, $40 for graduates and $50 for faculty. The conference is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and President Linda Bennett is expected to make the opening remarks. Professor of Communication Studies at IUPUI Kristina Sheeler will be the keynote speaker for the conference, presenting her speech “Campaign 2016: A New Era of Lowered Expectations.” Sheeler’s most recent book “Woman President: Confronting Postfeminist Political Culture” analyzes the frames through which the political candidacies of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin were presented to the public.
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Baseball faces President to answer campus early season community’s questions struggles by Taylor O’Neil Hall sports@usishield.com @TaylorOHall318
The USI baseball team lost two of three games at home against Drury University Thursday and Friday, leaving with a 4-8 record on the season. Drury took the first game 5-1, giving starting pitcher Colin Nowak (1-2) the loss after he pitched seven innings and allowed two earned runs. The team split Friday’s doubleheader with the first game going to Drury after a back and forth game. The winning run was scored in the eighth inning after Drury’s KK Daniel singled to left field allowing Ryan Colombo to cross the plate. USI’s Nathan Kuester, who’s leading the team in hits, doubles and batting average, ended the game with a pop fly to left field. “You just have to keep your composure and see the ball off the bat and stay with it,” Kuester said. “I’m still working on a few things. I’ve got a few kinks in my swing, but I’m happy to have started (the season) the way I have.”
USI dominated the second game 12-3, and they put eight runs on the board over the first five innings before Drury managed to score in the sixth. Drake McNamara scored five RBIs with just two swings of the bat. He hit a homerun in both the second and third innings. McNamara finished the
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You just have to keep your composure.
-Nathan Kuester First baseman
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game 2-of-4. For the series, USI went 25-of-98 (.255) at the plate, and over the first two games, they went 12of-63 (.190).
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Alexa Bueltel, now a university alumna, asks a question during the 2016 Breakfast with The President. Bueltel was SGA president during her senior year at the university.
by Riley Guerzini news@usishield.com @rguerzini
Nathan Criss said he is always interested in hearing about the state of the university from President Linda Bennett. “She is always busy, and there isn’t really a setting where you can ask those big questions,” he said. “It’s just a great opportunity to talk to Dr. Bennett and establish more of a personal connection with her.” The Student Alumni Association will sponsor the 28th annual Breakfast with the President beginning at 8 a.m. March 29.
Criss, the president of the SAA, says the question and answer session with the president will begin approximately 15 minutes into the event. Questions are open to all attendees. This includes students, faculty, staff and alumni. “The whole event is actually pretty formal,” Criss said. “People will be dressed in formal attire. The only informal part is the Q&A session.” The event is free to students, and they can pick up tickets in the Alumni Office. Breakfast is $7 for faculty, staff and alumni, and they can register online on the alumni association’s website. “I think that it is important to attend this event so that students, faculty,
staff and alumni can get their questions answered,” organizer of the event Hope Barthel said. “It provides an opportunity for Dr. Bennett to know the concerns of individuals campus wide.” Proceeds from the event will go to help pay for event costs. Barthel said other top university officials will be at the event to answer any questions. “In the past the administrative team has taken notes on the questions that are asked, and they see what they can do to make things better,” she said. “There used to be a panel of people from the president’s council that were available to answer questions that Dr. Bennett may be unsure of.”