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‘WE DIDN’T SEE THIS COMING’ Professor, College Republicans, Democrats react to election
Panel answers student postelection questions by sarah rogers sgrogers@eagles.usi.edu
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Students, faculty and alumni all had reactions to the 2016 General Election. Above are some of those reactions as seen through social media.
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Teddi Rausch hasn’t spoken to her mother since election night. “She’s from a different era and I just can’t fight it,” she said. “No matter what I say, I’m still just the dumb millennial kid.” The College Democrats’ president said she got into a political argument when her mother voted for Donald Trump in last week’s election. Rausch said she had avoided getting into a political discussion with her mother for most of the election and instead opted to talk to her democratic friends and aunt. “I couldn’t believe that the American public elected a man without any policy experience whatsoever,” she said. Trent Engbers, an assistant professor of political science, said there were two reasons why Trump won the Presidency. One is what he refers to as social desirability bias and the other is turnout. “I think there were a lot of people who were Trump supporters, but they didn’t want to admit that they were Trump sup-
porters,” he said. Engbers said the poll numbers were accurate in intent, but “those who intended to vote for Donald Trump showed up and those who said they intended to vote for Hillary Clinton did not show up.” He said he expects little change to politics at the state and local levels, because of the history of republican control in Indiana. “I don’t believe that universal republican control, and by that I mean republican control of both the legislature and the executive, that that is in any way an indicator of free reign,” he said. Engbers said he believes there will be some consensus issues that both Republicans and Democrats will agree on like infrastructure. College Republicans’ president Daniel McMurtry said Trump won because of blue-collar workers and voters being fed up with the status quo. “That political correctness has really permeated every facet of our lives,” he said. “It’s in higher education. It’s in the workplace. We’ve had it ramrodded down our throats for the past however many years.”
McMurtry said he didn’t expect Trump to win, but wasn’t entirely surprised because of the backlash against political correctness. “I like to think of Donald Trump as a hammer in search of a nail,” he said. “Sometimes he hits a nail when he nails a politically incorrect statement and then sometimes he hits a puppy.” Rausch said she thinks this election has halted progress. “We’ve already come so far from the 1960s and now we’re back again,” she said, “where people don’t even feel safe in their own skin, their own home, even around their own family.” Rausch said she was especially disappointed in the election of Indiana governor-elect Eric Holcomb, because he plans to continue the work of predecessor Mike Pence. “If he does so, the state of Indiana will not progress any farther than what we’re at,” she said. McMurtry said Republican control will return traditional values to the country and should bring healing and unification to the divisiveness.
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International Extravaganza showcases cultures by gabi wy features@usishield.com @GabiCWy
Campus group promotes ‘compassion, love, empathy’ by sarah loesch
The Shield talked to Cailan Walters, junior social work major, and the social coordinator for the International Club, about the International Extravaganza this Friday. Walters said the cultural event provides a unique opportunity to learn about other cultures.
The Shield: What is the International Extravaganza? Walters: The International Extravaganza is this Friday 9 p.m. until midnight in the RFWC as part of the late night program. This event is also a part of International Education Week. At the International Extravaganza, there will be different cultures, dances and a fashion show. There will be a lot of booths and tables set up with games and cultures. A couple other organiza-
Dilek Ocak cleared her throat and spoke her question clearly into the microphone. Ocak, a first-semester graduate student in communication studies, was one of the many students squeezed into Kleymeyer Hall for the post-election panel discussion Thursday night. “How have gender stereotypes played into this election?” Ocak asked the three panelists, Thomas Langhorn, Nick LaRowe, and Linda Negro. Negro, a former editor at the Courier & Press, answered by posing the idea that if Hillary Clinton would have been a male with all her qualifications, she would have been elected president of the United States instead of Donald Trump. “I am currently studying political communication,” Ocak said. “ I am actually writing a research paper on gender stereotypes. Everything they said in answer to my question confirmed what I have been researching and discovering.” Ocak said she has been fortunate enough never to experience gender stereotypes first hand. She recognized this is not the case for every woman. “I have always had great and very open-minded employers,” Ocak said. “I have actually just been promoted.” Langhorne, LaRowe and Negro were asked to answer questions for students about the relationship media had in the recent election process. LaRowe said he was very excited to have been asked to sit as a panelist. “I teach political science,” LaRowe, an associate professor of political science said. “So I am obviously very interested in events such as these.”
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International club members model various flags from around the world during an event in 2016.
tions such as the Saudi Student Organization and the Japanese and Chinese clubs have tables at the event. The Shield: How does the event play into International Education Week?
Walters: The International Office will have different programs and seminars throughout this week that people who want to study abroad can go to. They have these fake passports you can
pick up. If you go to two events and have those passports stamped, you can be entered in a drawing to win a $250 airline gift card.
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Encouraging chalk messages popped up around campus Nov. 9, courtesy of the campus chapter of To Write Love on Her Arms. Henry Kathman, the group’s event coordinator, said he thought of the idea while chalking around campus to promote the upcoming open mic night. “This was mostly spur of the moment,” the senior said. “(I thought) ‘I want to be nice, it will make me feel good, it will make other people feel good.” Zoe Hill, the president of TWLOHA, said from what Kathman told her there were a lot people feeling isolated, scared or
upset around that time. She said as a group they are not affiliated with any political or religious group but the group’s purpose is to reach out to people who are struggling to provide any help or hope they can. “I really like that you did that,” Hill said to Kathman. “I know I’ve told you 20 times, but I really like (the chalkings).” Kathman said reaction from his friends and other group members has been positive. He also had a professor tell him that seeing the messages as she walked into the Orr Center for class made her very happy. The closest the group has come to promoting messages in this way is during Suicide Prevention Week which takes place in September.
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LaRowe, along with his fellow panelists, answered questions ranging from whether the allegation that journalists are biased is true, to whether the recent president-elect has independent electoral power. The anomaly of President-elect Donald Trump was a recurring topic throughout the night. “The things Donald Trump said during his campaign would have killed any other candidate,” Langhorne, a journalist for the Courier & Press, said. Langhorne said Trump is
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unlike anything anyone has ever seen before. “He has a unique backstory,” he said. “He has unique comments. He knew how to command attention. He knew what he was doing the whole time.” LaRowe said the media took the wrong approach to Trump. “That was made evident in the polls,” he said. “He said so many untrue things on a daily basis. Instead of taking the time to try to understand Trump supports, reporters simply assumed the public would agree with
the Washington stance on Trump. Clearly that was not the case.” LaRowe said he hoped students left the panel knowing something they didn’t before. “If anything I hope students learned it is important for them to be skeptical consumers of the media,” he said. “They must evaluate the questions that are not being asked. They must never forget they are receiving all their information second hand.”
“People should be allowed to do as they please, so long as they’re not infringing on other’s right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” he said. “We live in a society that encourages the open exchange of ideas and that’s one of the most wonderful gifts we could have as Americans.” Rausch said she thinks Democrats have a lot of ground to cover and they have to restructure and try to move forward after a
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To Write Love on Her Arms, the university chapter, put positive messages around campus last week in chalk. Chalkings are used by the group to promote activities on campus and its overall message.
and empathy,” Kathman said. “Those are three things that regardless of your political stance, regardless of whatever your feelings right now, these are principles that we need to maintain and strive to still have.” One of the events the group does around this time to help people is its Thanksgiving dinner. “The holidays are very
stressful for a lot of people,” Kathman said. “Not everyone has a happy home to go back to during the break.” The group encourages people to come out and bring a dish if they’d like to the “community night.” “ (The dinner is) a happy alternative for the families we make,” Hill said, “as opposed to the family we might not have a choice in.”
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devastating election. “We didn’t see this coming and there’s a lot of people grieving about this,” she said. ““We have to rally together to find the good that is left in America.” Rausch said she condemns the violence regarding the protests across the country, but said there is a need for peaceful protest. McMurtry said he wasn’t entirely surprised by the protests, because people are misinformed
and become outraged without having all the facts. “When the far left doesn’t get their way, they tend to throw a hissy fit,” he said. Rausch said she is unsure of what the next step for Democrats is and how they will push back against Republican control. “The DNC has a lot of cleanup to do,” she said. “I don’t know what else we can physically do other than educate people right now.”
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Hill said there are people who are going to struggle at any point in their life and the TWLOHA organization wants to be a resource for them. She said some of the feelings now could be election related, but no matter the cause they want to help. “The main message is just that I want people to remember compassion, love
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Ball State’s SGA said they wanted to ignite change regarding sexual assault on college campuses across Indiana and now the university’s SGA has joined them in their effort. The Ball State SGA issued a formal call to action on Nov. 3 to all Indiana colleges and universities to gather for a summit to address sexual assault on their campuses. “Ball State had taken it upon themselves to deliver a call to action,” administrative vice president of external affairs Andrew Ramsey said. He said Ball State began discussion of their resolution in early October, but had just recently voted on it. Ramsey said they plan to meet in Muncie, but it may be moved to “a more centralized location,” depending on how many universities accept Ball State’s call to action. “I think it’s a really prevalent issue that we need to address,” freshman member at large Trevion McFarland said. “It’s not a big issue until it happens to somebody on your home front.” The university SGA voted to accept Ball State’s resolution and will decide on the eight members they will send to the summit next week. “The reason why we went with eight was be-
cause we felt that was enough to bring several voices from each university without people talking over each other,” Ramsey said. “When you get large groups of people together, it can be difficult to hear each other and it’s really hard to get your opinion out.” He said he is not sure exactly what they will decide on at the summit, but that they need to broaden their rules on sexual assault. “We have rules in place at our universities and it’s not our university’s fault, but it’s really difficult to enforce all these rules.” He said. “One university might cover it, but another university might not cover that same situation.” Ramsey said he has not discussed the travel financials yet, because they have not decided on the members who will attend the summit. He also said that members of SGA’s sexual assault campaign will join to voice their opinions. “At the very least, we as students are showing that we no longer will tolerate these kind of actions happening on our campus,” Ramsey said. “This is our way of saying we are taking a stand against it.” McFarland said that sexual assault is not talked about enough and if more attention is brought to the issue, more people will come forward and change will occur.
“I think when you look at a Ball State or an IU, it becomes an even more prevalent issue,” he said. “I think that at USI, there are even some people that have dealt with sexual assault and some of them stepped forward to get the help they need and some of them do not step forward. I think it’s one of those issues where if you start to bring awareness to it, you can help more people.” SGA has also allotted over $800 for Christmas gifts for their annual Secret Santa party. SGA president Ashley Wright said the money is from the Fall Banquet, which is only open to members of SGA. Wright also said she has been pleased with recruitment this year. She said she has reached out to the deans of all the colleges this year and asked if they would recommend anybody. “Having that personal connection also helps,” she said. “My whole goal this year was to recruit and see SGA full.” SGA currently has 44 members and may have to change their meeting room to accommodate any members of the public that want to sit in on its meeting. Wright said this year is different because last year everyone was friends and this year she feels like SGA is representing every part of campus effectively.
Faculty Senate discusses outside employment policy by riley guerzini
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Faculty Senate voted to endorse the removal of an outside employment policy and recommended the approval of moving the University Core Curriculum committee to a subcommittee. Senators voted in favor of dropping the policy requiring employees to get the approval of their supervisors before conducting any outside employment. Under the current policy, supervisors can deny outside employment to faculty members for taking jobs like consulting, book writing and teaching at other schools. “Employees in general are agents and employers are principal,” associate
professor of accounting and business law Brett Long said. “Agents all owe their principal a duty of loyalty and then the question is how high up on the chart you are as to whether it gets enforced.” Long said he was trying to figure out a way to prevent an employee from getting fired from another job with whom the university competes with if they are to get rid of the policy. Two senators voted in opposition of the removal of the policy, while two others abstained. The other 12 senators voted in favor of removing the policy. Senators also voted for the approval to move the University Core Curriculum committee to become a Faculty Senate subcommittee. The senators also dis-
cussed separating the Core 39 curriculum from the core curriculum. There was no stated desire for students to be on the Core 39 Committee. The Senators also discussed workshop options for faculty members, and the alteration of course evaluations. “In the College of Nursing and Health Professions, we’ve been unhappy with course evaluations for a long time,” assistant professor of nursing Charlotte Connerton said. Connerton said she has gathered representatives from the college of nursing who are willing to work to readjust the course evaluations for increased effectiveness.
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‘Standing for those who can’t’ Dance Marathon raised $62k, exceeds $50k goal
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12:26 p.m. As the white curtain rose, hundreds of students ducked under the divider and flooded toward the Southern Indiana Dance Marathon stage. “Sit down,” SIDM President Amanda Davidson said Saturday at the Recreation, Fitness and Wellness Center. “This is the last time you’ll be sitting down the next ten hours.” Davidson revealed a change in the dance marathon branding as Southern Indiana Dance Marathon rather than University of Southern Indiana Dance Marathon, because of the university’s team partnering with local schools in their efforts for Riley Hospital. She also announced the fundraising goal of $50,000. While attendees stayed on their feet for ten hours, “standing for those who can’t,” they participated in fundraising activities to contribute to that total. “I cannot wait to see the magic we’re gonna create today,” Davidson said. “FTK: For The Kids.”
12:55 p.m. Zach Price, donning a rainbow tie-dye shirt and a yellow tutu, held his phone up as attendees recorded a getwell-soon message for his friend Chloe. Price first met Chloe, a first grader, at last year’s dance marathon. Since then, Price has kept in touch. “I’ve gotten close to her over the past year,” the senior exercise science major said. “I wanted to let her know we’re still fighting for her.” Chloe, who struggles with petit mal seizures, couldn’t make it to this year’s event. Price promised her he’d cut off his hair and donate it if he reached his fundraising goal---he did. “My goal was $1538.95,” he said. “One of our first dance marathons, that’s what we raised, so I wanted to do it myself. I’ve hit $2000.”
1:31 p.m. Emily and Addy McFadin do everything together. Addy, 10, was referred to Riley in 2014 and diagnosed with Gaucher disease, a genetic disorder. “My favorite part about Riley is that they take care of me so much,” Addy said. “I go every other week for enzyme replacement therapy.” Addy’s mother, Andrea, said when Addy would travel to Riley for treatment, Emily would often tag along. At age 4, Emily was also diagnosed with Gaucher disease. “Me and Addy have treatments together,” Emily said. “I like Riley because they help me don’t be sick.” Addy and Emily, who both take dance lessons, were thrilled to learn the line dance at the marathon. “They were very nervous coming here,” Andrea said of their first dance marathon. “Emily especially, but she tends to follow big sis.” While Addy and Emily performed a trust fall in the SIDM line dance, Andrea said the event means so much to them as well as other Riley families. “I love that younger kids can get involved in Dance Marathon,” Andrea said. “For this to be such a large event, it doesn’t go unnoticed.”
3:46 p.m. While most of the attendees learned motions to Beyonce’s “Formation,” sophomore Bri Martin crouched by a table and wrote notes to Riley kids. “We want them all to feel really welcome here, because we’re doing it for them,” the social work major said. “We want the kids who come to have as much fun as we’re having.” Martin decided to help this year because she loves dancing, but she said she quickly realized the importance of the event. “It’s been so much fun, and it’s so much more than dancing,” she said. “You’re raising money for the kids. I can’t even find the words to describe that.”
4:30 p.m. Senior Jason Miner was at Riley every month throughout high school. The communication studies major had a cyst in his brain, resulting in headaches that interfered with his everyday life. “At times it was hard to come into college,” Miner said. “It was scary to think about what could have happened if we didn’t fix my headaches.” Today, Miner said he’s been “headache-free” since his last surgery at Riley. “I’m always happy to share my story,” Miner said. “Riley puts so much effort toward the kids.” He said it was easier this year to tell his story than last, which was his first time at a dance marathon. “It’s neat, because when I was in Riley I had no idea about (Dance Marathon),” Miner said. “This helps make Riley the place that it is.”
6:01 p.m. Stephanie Mikesell stood with her hands behind her back, listening intently to a fellow Riley kid’s story. “It’s great hearing how Riley helps other people,” the junior radiology major said. “Some as a baby, and me as an adult now.” Mikesell was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2001. After multiple surgeries and treatments, she’s recovered and is healthily attending college. “It’s fantastic,” Mikesell said of finally being able to go to school. “It’s scary being far from my doctors, but they do have the Riley connection down here at Deaconness.” She said she wants dance marathon attendees to know how much Riley made a difference for her. “This is exciting,” Mikesell said as she looked at other dancers jumping up and down. “Everybody has so much energy to help.”
6:35 p.m. Lisa Hopf stood on the event stage with her daughter Reagan and told students not to give up after the night was over. “When college is done and (Dance Marathon) is done,” she said, “your work doesn’t have to be done.” Hopf encouraged the students to contribute to the Ronald McDonald room at Riley, which has full kitchen seating for families. Different organizations can sign up to bring dinner for any families who need to use that kitchen. “When I was 25, I didn’t care much about anything
but myself and my needs,” she said. “If I thought of trying to help somewhere, it didn’t occur to me that $50 can help.” This is the second year Hopf and her daughter have attended a dance marathon, and she hopes to keep coming back. “It’s a lot of fun to see people who want to do things for the kids,” she said, “even if they haven’t been affected by Riley.”
7:30 p.m. Patrick Hodges has dressed up as Batman since 2015. He arrived at the dance marathon “straight from Gotham City” in costume with his son, Josiah. “These kids are superheroes,” Hodges said, “and I tell them superheroes around the world know what they do.” Josiah’s battle with leukemia started when he was four years old. In the middle of his treatment, Hodges started working with a company to build a Batman suit. Since then, he’s visited children in Indiana, Florida and Tennessee. “Young kids really buy it,” Hodges said. “I tell them I’m the real Batman, and they ask where Robin is, or where the Joker is.” He said the strength he sees in children is unreal. “I’m so inspired by the kids,” Hodges said. “They’re asked to walk a road that would be insanely difficult for you and I. They have that inner strength, and it’s unbelievable to watch. It’s a huge blessing to me.”
9:20 p.m. Because of dance marathons, Jenny Deputy has seen her daughter Mickey grow in confidence. “From the little girl who wouldn’t get up onstage, she’s now the picture of grace and poise,” Deputy said. Mickey, 19, has been attending different schools’ dance marathons for the past ten years. Deputy said she’s broken ground for a Riley kid with Down’s Syndrome by winning pageants, completing a half-marathon and receiving the Sagamore of the Wabash honor from Gov. Mike Pence. “It’s like a family reunion every time we go to a dance marathon,” Deputy said. She said because of the money raised at SIDM, children like Mickey can change the world. “She goes out and touches lives,” Deputy said. “Every kid here will touch lives because of what you’ve done here today. Whatever the total is, thank you so much.”
9:49 p.m. While dancers kept their eyes fixated on the closed executive board room door, marathon morale leaders led chants of “FTK, FTK, FTK.” A line of marathon leaders emerged from the room with white boards. They lined up on the stage and prepared to reveal the dance marathon total. One by one from the end of the line, the dance marathon staff held up a total: $52,089.24. The crowd cheered wholeheartedly. Then the first figure dropped to reveal the real total: $62,089.24. Davidson and the other marathon staff grabbed each other, embraced and cried tears of joy. The crowd went wild. “This movement has changed the way I view the world,” Davidson said. “Right now there are no words to describe this feeling. This is everything we’ve worked for.”
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‘Very interesting, very odd’ ‘Mr. Burns’ opens today, runs through Sunday
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Mr. Burns (Trevor Purkiser) falls on to Homer Simpson (Craig Belwood) as Lisa Simpson (Maggie Browne) and Marge Simpson (Hope Williams) raise their arms after Bart Simpson (Aimee Bonnet) kills him with two swords, in the Mr. Burns, a Post Electric Play dress rehearsal Tuesday night at the performance center. The play is written by Anne Washburn and directed by Eric Altheide.
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“Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play” takes place subsequently after a new disease rapidly wracks the nation, killing many and damaging much of the United States, including the entire electrical grid. The play, originally written by Anne Washburn, follows a group of survivors who find each other and begin to entertain and distract themselves by re-enacting episodes from the
international extravaganza
The Shield: What are you looking forward to about the International Extravaganza? Walters: I’m excited for the performances. We’re having some students doing traditional dances from their countries. Some friends from Nepal are doing a dance they recently performed at one of their holidays, we have a girl
TV show “The Simpsons”. Director Eric Altheide said he is hopeful about opening night on November 17. “Opening nights are usually pretty good audiences because it’s a lot of theater majors that come and see it, so I imagine it’s going to go well.” “The play is very interesting and very odd. So it’s going to be very interesting to see how the audiences respond to it! It’s one of those plays that I don’t necessarily know that people are going to walk away saying
that they enjoyed but the hope is they will talk about it for awhile afterwards,” Altheide said. Altheide, who has been directing plays at USI for six years, says he wants the audience to know that the play “is funny and…fun but at the same time it’s got kind of a deeper message. It’s a play about the nature of art and the nature of storytelling…it’s very different.”
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Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play Nov. 17 - 20, Thursday - Saturday at 7 p.m. & Sunday at 2 p.m. Performance Center, attached to UC East Adults - $12; Employees, Seniors, & Non-USI students - $10; USI students - $7 For ticket information, go online to www.usi.edu/ theatre or call 812-465-1668
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from Columbia teaching students a dance from their own country, and we have a guy from Ghana playing the drums. The Shield: Why is learning about other cultures important? Walters: Being in Evansville, Indiana, there’s not that much diversity. It’s awesome to come together
and meet students from different countries. A lot of times we’re stuck in who we are and what we see is normal, and a lot of times international students just stick together. It’s great for them to be able to interact with American students. That’s why they came here, so it’s really important.
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Walking Dead: Solid start to season Sundays on AMC The seventh season of “The Walking Dead” has just started and is already four episodes in; and while it has been obviously revealed to audiences how difficult the future episodes will be, the show continues to tease just how bad of a threat Negan poses and the hardships our beloved characters will have to face as they force themselves to bow down before him. In the third and fourth episodes, we went from recovering ourselves from the trauma experienced during the premiere of the season to rising up out of our seats with tension once again. This show may have its relaxing moments, but it teaches you to not get too comfortable. In the third episode “The Cell”, we had the pleasure of experiencing what life was like at Negan’s compound and how Daryl is adjusting to his imprisonment there. Negan has taken a liking to Daryl, and as much as he keeps trying to convert Daryl into one of his cruel henchmen, Daryl refuses to join the man who killed his friends. While you can’t help but admire Daryl for his stubbornness and strength, despite having to eat dog food sandwiches
and listening to the same annoyingly peppy song on a loop, you also feel tense and worried whenever he refuses Negan or disobeys him. Negan has taught the audience as well as the other characters of the show that he doesn’t play around and that he will kill or torture as many as it takes to get his way. But there’s a small bit of hope within Negan’s compound. Dwight may be the most loyal and cruel of henchmen right now, but his history with Negan may become a future boost needed to take the charismatic sadist down. In the fourth episode titled “Service”, we are finally taken back to our main characters who have returned to Alexandria. The
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mood is automatically gray and depressing when it opens up with Rick and Michonne, and why wouldn’t it be? After all, it had just been three days ago since their first meeting with Negan and Lucille; and what a pleasant surprise it was when Negan and his crew decided to show up earlier than they had intended to collect the supplies Rick’s team was supposed to fetch him. While the pacing of this episode moved at a snail’s pace, it was still full of tension and frustration. It was hard to watch Rick and the others force themselves to retract their claws for the sake of their friends. If they hadn’t cooperated, another one of their friends would have succumbed to Lucille’s bloodlust. So far, the only thing the past two episodes have proven is that it is going to be insanely difficult to tear down the reign of Negan. But the season is still off to a pretty solid start. There is a severe amount of empathy lingering in the air as the viewers watching the show can’t help but feel as helpless as the main characters are forced to fall to their knees before the worst villain yet.
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Opinion
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Medicine for the heart by Sarah rogers
sgrogers@eagles.usi.edu
In this post-election season, I feel we have forgotten something very important. We have forgotten Thanksgiving; we have forgotten to be thankful. I remember growing up, my mother had my siblings and I recite in sing-song voices “a thankful heart is good medicine.” Good medicine. Medicine for a deeply sick world, perhaps? What a timely coincidence. I remember the day after the election, regardless of who you voted for, there was an impenetrable silence hanging like a curtain
over campus. I walked into my 10 a.m. class the morning after the president-elect results were final, and I still remember the faces of my classmates. I think this election divided people more so than in past elections. This election drove a deeper wedge between family, friends and community members. I remember the feeling in my heart when I heard a classmate announce he didn’t think he could look someone who voted for Trump in the eyes. This is a nation deeply divided. A nation with an infected wound, bleeding
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It was 2:30 a.m. Tuesday when I found out Trump won the election. Immediately my phone dropped from my hands and tears welled up in my eyes. I sat silenced in the dark staring blankly at my twitter newsfeed scrolling through my phone as my stomach dropped. I didn’t think I was going to cry, I wasn’t sad. I was confused and upset, but not sad. But I did cry. 15 minutes after seeing the results I tapped through Snapchat stories to see my friends’ reactions until I saw my best friend of nine years’ heartbreaking story. As I clicked on her story, her tear-streaked face popped up with “If Trump wins, my parents are sending me to conversion therapy,” across the bottom of the photo. I cried. Tears streamed down my face as I frantically typed, “There’s no way they can do that.” At 3 a.m. I turned my phone off and went to sleep, hoping I’d wake up from a nightmare. But no matter how many times I would pinch myself to try and wake up, I was slowly realizing that this wasn’t a nightmare but a reality for America. Wednesday morning I felt an unfamiliar feeling that has only happened a few times in my life. Fear for my country. The same feeling I had after learning about the Or-
other labeled Trump. And we trek on to Thanksgiving with this sickness with half grimaces, pretending to look earnest as we mumble our gratitudes. Dear friends, this is the time when we need to focus on our blessings the most. I am not trying to invalidate your feelings or fears about the election, but what is done is done and little good it will do to carry the storm cloud of sadness over your head, except make you miserable. I have heard it said that when you cannot change your circum-
stances, it is your attitude you must change. Besides being the death of your diet, Thanksgiving is a time when differences are put aside as we join hands and remember all the blessings we have received. For Cubs fans, you can finally stop being the buttend of all jokes pertaining to losers. That is something to be thankful for. If you are healthy and well, realize there are many who cannot boast of the same. If you have family and friends who love and support you unconditionally, realize not everyone is so lucky. If you are on this cam-
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between the severed sides; one labeled Clinton and the
lando shooting, the same feeling I have when I see racism. The feeling that hits your stomach like a rock while a chill runs down your spine. All I could think about were my Muslim, black and LGBTQ friends and their lives. I thought about women and young children. What were they thinking about this? What was I thinking about this? I fall into a few of Trump’s targeted groups, I am a woman, I have Middle Eastern heritage and I am learning Arabic because I believe that we shouldn’t blame a race for ISIS. I believe that we shouldn’t stay silent. Fear can fuel hate, hate can fuel phobias and together they fuel a divided America. We can’t let this happen any longer, we can’t let the stories go unheard. Throughout the morning I heard stories from minority groups asking for help, tears running from their tired, fear-stricken eyes. Every tear that was shed, every heartbreaking story was another tear in my heart. I can’t begin to explain how depressing it is to see a country that I used to take pride in fallback decades into its old mold of a racist, homophobic country. America’s true colors are being uncovered. The racial issues that we have tried to push down are rising to the surface and now we are forced to pay attention. We can’t just push it away anymore. Now it’s too late.
pus right now, understand there are many places where young adults do not have the means to receive higher education. You have much to be thankful for. And if a thankful heart is good medicine, just think about how much medicine we could bring to our hurting world if every person on campus was thankful for just one thing. Just one. Now think about if every person was thankful for two, or three, or even ten things. Think about how much medicine we could make.
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Education is power by Sarah Loesch
editor@usishield.com
Election Day, I sat in a class as questions swirled around the room aimed at anyone with an answer. Our professor was left to attempt to field them in the few minutes she could allow before the start of presentations. They weren’t questions about candidates or policies, but general election questions. My professor was left to do a job that should have been completed both by the educational system and the media. Far before students woke up Tuesday and long before they stepped into her class, it should have been known when the ballots would be counted. They should have known they would know the next president most likely by the time they woke up Wednesday morning. Some of the questions scared me. Apparently so much so that it was physically visible to another Shieldster in the class. I looked down at my phone to see a text that read, “You good?” I was not. The conversation added a heavy weight to my shoulders, as if I wasn’t already weighed down that day. All I could wonder was what link in the chain broke that caused adults to not know some of the basics of voting or elec-
tions? It wasn’t just this class. It was my social media, the line at Starbucks and anywhere else I might find the opportunity to eavesdrop. Someone posted within a few days of Election Day asking how they could complete an absentee ballot. There’s one vote that actually wasn’t going to count. It never had the chance to. News and election illiteracy in the United States, not necessarily at any certain age, is devastating. It isn’t taught the way it should be. Though a lack of knowledge can affect people of all ages, I am aware of its particular impact on young voters. Poor election education immediately disenfranchises young voters. The moment they feel they have the excuse of not understanding the process or not knowing enough about the candidates, the apathy can begin. Journalists, educators, family and friends: everyone has to work to make a lack of knowledge no longer an excuse in politics. Wednesday was a day of introspection for myself and many others who feel they had a voice and a power during election season. Did we do our duty? And even if the answer to that is yes, did we do it well enough?
At The Shield we created an election guide which aimed to answer questions students and other members of the campus community might have. That issue was the least pickedup issue to date this semester. When Shield staff members went to hand them out directly on campus, multiple people turned them down. I propose there is no such thing as overeducation when it comes to decision making that affects an entire nation. Can anyone say they stepped into a vote center Tuesday overeducated? Looking forward, think about what your duty is to the people around you. What the generations above and below you can learn. There are always things to be taught. Help people understand how to digest news. Help them understand how an election works and what their vote means. It’s not a moot point after the election. Education will never be a moot point. Spread your knowledge far and wide. To educate is to empower. Say it slowly, say it clearly and spell it out if needed. Not everyone is willing to learn, but everyone deserves the opportunity to.
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Sports
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‘Be a playmaker’ Sophomore guard confident in teammates, chemistry
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Sophomore Alex Stein prepares to dribble past the defense during a game last year in the Physical Activities Center. Stein recieved his first Player of the Week award this year.
by Sarah Loesch
editor@usishield.com @seloesch
Sophomore guard Alex Stein earned his first GLVC Player of the Week accolade after his performance this past weekend leading the team to two wins. He averaged a team-high 27.5 points per per game and finished the weekend with a 36-point performance against Ashland University. Previous to this, Stein was named the GLVC Freshman of the Year at the end of the 2015-16 season. The Shield spoke to Alex Stein about his recent honor and the season so far. The Shield: What has the college basketball experience been like for you so far? Alex Stein: It’s really been a great experience. I’ve learned a lot just from the guys and the coaches. Coming into my freshman year I really thought I was working hard on the court and then coming in the summer before freshman year
when I got to know all the guys, they were a great example of what working hard really looked like. I try to use that while I’m in the gym by myself. The Shield: What are some differences between last year and this year? Stein: Over the summer I worked really hard in the weight room. I didn’t get to the basket as much as I would like to last year. That was really a big thing over the summer. I kinda got beat up under the basket. Now, I have a bigger role. I’m working on my game and hoping it carries over to the real game. The Shield: How are you feeling about the season now that you have played a few games? Stein: I mean I definitely feel like we could have a great year. We are definitely a championship team. We just have so many weapons. Our defense has tremendously improved. It could always get better, but just our effort and willingness to do what coach has us doing on
the defense is great right now. The Shield: What’s the team’s mindset? Stein: We are really just trying to take it one game at a time. We want to win championships, but I want to treat each game like it’s our last game we are ever going to play. [We] play hard every game and never take a possession off. The Shield: Have you and coach discussed what he expects your role to do for the team? Stein: I feel like I am expected, I’ve talked to coaches a bit, to be a leader on this team. Just be a playmaker. Whether that’s for myself going and getting a basket or getting a play for my teammates. I’m just really being more of a vocal leader this year. The Shield: How are you feeling in this role? Stein: I feel really confident in that role. I feel really confident in all my teammates. They all work really hard. Our chemistry right
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The Shield: Has anything in particular helped them fit in? Stein: We have a great team leader in Bobo. For me, when I came in as a freshman, he just made me feel really comfortable around the program. He helped tell them what to expect. I feel like he has done a great job. We try to give them confidence coming in and not having them worried. Just bring them in and give them the confidence they need. The Shield: How did it feel to get the first weekly goal of your career? Stein: I mean it’s pretty cool. It just shows that hard work is really paying off. That’s great and all, but these two wins and especially the win on Sunday was just huge for us. That was a great way to start the season we couldn’t ask for a better way to start.
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