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USI crawls with Halloween activities By BOBBY SHIPMAN Staff writer USI’s campus crawled with activities this week as Halloween approached. The Student Housing Association (SHA) hosted a cookout and pumpkin painting event Monday. Faculty and staff made their way into the dorms with their kids Tuesday evening for Boo Bash, an annual event in Newman and Governor Halls. The resident assistants guided families through the halls where residents passed out candy and hosted games like pin the tail on the cat and pumpkin coloring. Originally called “Safe Trickor-Treat,” Boo Bash began in 2003. Residence hall students wanted to sponsor trick-or-treating for employees and local neighbors, said Michael Stokes, area coordinator. He said the program began in Ruston and O’Bannon but was moved to Newman and Governors sometime later. Stokes said residents get the opportunity to see faculty and staff on a different level. “They are seeing them outside of their office, outside of their classroom, in a different kind of
role,” he said. Students were invited to the SHA Light up the Night in Eicher barn Tuesday, where they ate s’mores and listened to local acoustic musicians around a campfire. Also on Tuesday night, students got the chance to dance and participate in a costume contest in Carter Hall. They posed for pictures in a photo booth and made waxmolds of their hands, said Kendra King, homecoming and special events chair. Pumpkins, which were decorated by students on UC East’s patio, were used as accents at the dance. Students who prefer to celebrate Halloween on Halloween have a few options tonight. The Activities Programming Board will show “The Purge” at 9 p.m. in Forum 1. “Students can wear costumes (to the movie) and there will also be a contest there, too,” King said. SHA will announce the winners of a Halloween decorating contest in the student apartments and residence halls tomorrow. “I encourage students to get involved in whatever way they want, but just to be responsible with the decision that they make
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Freshman Brooke Garrison hands out candy to youngsters during the annual Boo Bash in Newman Hall Tuesday.
whether it be on campus or off campus,” said Karen Huseman, assistant director of programing in student housing. Huseman hopes the contest will promote creativity among campus residents, she said. Dean of Students Angela Batista said our programs don’t hold as much tradition as schools with more history. “I think, in general, because we are so young, our programs have room to become traditions,” she said. Several universities developed unique Halloween traditions. Students at Massachusetts Institute of technology (MIT) drop pumpkins from the tallest buildings on campus as part of an annual Pumpkin Drop. Participants design canoes and race them in costume during the University of Connecticut’s Night of the Living Dead Canoe Race. Other college traditions include a haunted Halloween trail (Texas A&M) and a Halloween concert (Carleton College). “If you live in a very diverse, big city, there are more opportunities because there is a lot more diversity in the way people celebrate,” Batista said. Public Safety Staff Sergeant
Brian McWilliams said no additional security measures will be implemented on Halloween. He said the offduty Vanderburgh County sheriff’s deputy will patrol campus and housing Thursday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 3 a.m. as usual. Security will keep an eye out for anyone who might be displaying suspicious behavior and, given unusual circumstances, may increase security activity, he said. Although no Halloween-spe- A princess, accompanied by her brother, asks for cific policies ex- candy in Newman Hall Tuesday evening. ist, USI does ban masks and fake Off campus, the USI Demoweapons on camcrats showed Halloween spirit pus. Friday by volunteering to work “Given the current climate on Boo at the Zoo, an event hosted college campuses, people tend to by Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic get nervous when they see a perGarden. son in a mask, especially if they have a toy gun or something like HALLOWEEN Pg. 3 that,” McWilliams said.
State reps speak about Lifeline Law
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Greg Zoeller speaks on campus Oct. 23, about the Indiana Lifeline Law.
By DENNIS MARSHALL Staff writer
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller and State Senator Jim Merritt spoke on campus Oct. 23, to raise awareness for the Indiana Lifeline Law, which protects young people from criminal repercussion when they
are seeking help for alcohol-related medical emergencies. The law protects young people from the charges of public intoxication, minor possession, minor consumption and minor transport. Zoeller wants students to be leaders in their community, he said to a crowd of about 50
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people inside the Business and Engineering Center. “Most students aren’t going to listen to the Attorney General or a State Senator, but people will listen to their friend,” he said. Zoeller said he thought the bill would be killed by the prosecutors, but to their credit, they made a compromise and the bill
was passed. “It was a student-ran initiative that was passed without a single no vote. Not a single objection,” Zoeller said. “It has saved lives already, and it will save more,” Merritt said to the crowd. “Attorney General Zoeller and I are here to avoid more tragedies.” He said he didn’t want it to
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sound like they were encouraging underage drinking, but this was a common-sense law. Merritt said he authorized the bill because the students who came and talked to him were so passionate about it. “They are very professional, and they made good points. They had made their own arrangements with their own law enforcement and they thought it should go statewide,” he said. “After thinking about it for a little while, I felt it was the right thing to do.” Student Government Association President Zack Mathis said USI will create a video to raise awareness of the Lifeline Law, following in the footsteps of Indiana University and Purdue University. “Members in our general assembly found it and thought it would be great to have students of the USI community speak to the other students promoting the highlights of what this law is and how it can protect the students,” Mathis said. He said he wants to see the video included in orientation sessions for every incoming freshman. “It’s something that every student should know about,” Mathis said.
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News Briefs Gender gap apparent at USI Gunman seen on VUʼs campus As of 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, an investigation continues after a gunman on Vincennes University’s campus resulted in a three-hour lockdown early Wednesday morning. Police are searching for a white male in his 30s with a beard wearing a dark cap and jacket. No gun was fired and no one was injured.
Reading event scheduled for today The Student Writer’s Union is hosting “Shout!” today from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Student Life Lounge. Participants can bring poems or short stories to read aloud. It is free to attend and pizza will be provided. People are encouraged to wear a Halloween costume, but it is not required.
Entrepreneur to offer career advice Kent Parker will present “Things I Wish I Knew When I Started My Career (And Other Thoughts From a Serendipitous Entrepreneur)” at 10 a.m. and noon Monday in Carter Hall. T The presentation is part of The Romain College of Business’ Executive-in-Residence program, which provides insight into the business world through business executives. The presentations are free and open to the public.
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By ROBERTO CAMPOS Staff writer In 1960, there were 1.55 men for every woman enrolled as an undergraduate in college. Researchers call the gender-based inequalities present in education and the workforce a “gender gap.” World Economic Forum’s 2011 Global Gender Report shows the U.S. has seen a reversal in the “gender gap.” Women now outpace men in enrollment at fouryear colleges – by a ratio of 1.4 to 1. Women are also graduating with more degrees. USI is no stranger to the gap. According to the USI Fact Book, which dates back to 2003, women have held a higher enrollment rate at the university by an average of 60.7 percent. Each year the Office of Planning, Research and Assessment (OPRA) collects data on student enrollment. The Fact Book for 2012 revealed that while the amount of men enrolled at USI had decreased by 5.9 percent from the previous year, women had de-
creased by 1.5 percent. Gender Studies Director Steven Williams said it’s not such a bad thing. “I think it’s a positive thing overall, not that I think that it’s important to have more of one gender than another,” Williams said. “I like the fact that (the gender gap) is rela-
school, but there really wasn’t much reason for them to go to university,” Williams said. “Their function was to find a man who would provide for them and their family, and for them to be at home and be the homemaker. The idea of women going off and getting a degree was
I don’t think it is going to get much more imbalanced than it is now. I would be surprised if it ever got to the point when we were 70 percent to 30 percent female.” -Steven Williams Gender Studies Director tively equal, and that it’s not back in the days when it was kind of the expectation for women to be in college.” In the 1980s, women became more serious about school and their future professional careers, and less concerned about securing husbands. Access to contraceptive pills also allowed for better planning. “There was a time not too long ago when it was expected that young women would finish high
viewed as not very feminine … and if you did this it would put men off and men wouldn’t want you. Thankfully, we’re over that.” Women are obtaining a majority of postsecondary degrees compared to men and have been closing the “gender gap” in the job market. A 2012 economic news release by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statics reported that men held 11.5 jobs compared to women, who held 11.1 jobs from the
ages of 18 to 46. USI President Linda Bennett is part of the 26 percent of women that occupy presidencies across the U.S., a number that has grown by 3 percent since 2003. “Our university is pretty balanced (when it comes to administrative held roles),” Dean of Students Angela Batista said. “Two out of the three vice presidents are male and I think that we have a different perspective because you have a female president who is a great leader. It helps to have a different experience.” The U.S. ranks 37 in the World Economic Forum’s female-to-male enrollment ratio, which, like many other developed nations, is seeing more women in college than men. Qatar is No. 1 with a ratio of 6.31 to 1, while Great Britain is ranked 38 and Canada is ranked 42. “I don’t think (the gender gap) is going to get much more imbalanced than it is now,” Williams said. “I would be surprised if it ever got to the point when we were 70 percent to 30 percent female.”
Undergrads struggle to get visas, transfer funds By SOPHIE YAN UWire, Brown Univ. Coming to Brown from a country that has contentious relations with the United States can pose challenges for students trying to access the necessary paperwork and finances to enroll at the University, but administrators said they work to address the concerns of international students from such backgrounds. Students’ abilities to complete the paperwork and payments necessary to matriculate varies with their personal circumstances and locations, said Elke Breker, director of the Office of International Student and Scholar Services. If there is no U.S. embassy in their countries, students must travel to another country to secure a visa, she said. When Parmida Maghsoudlou ’16, a student from Iran — which does not have official diplomatic ties with the United States — applied for a visa to study in the United States, her application was originally rejected by the U.S. embassy in Turkmenistan before it was approved a year later by the U.S. embassy in the United Arab Emirates. Maghsoudlou, who spent her senior year of high school in Massachusetts, said she was frustrated by
having to return to Iran for a year to wait for her visa to be accepted so she could attend Brown. Students have come to Brown from countries that have hostile relations with the United States for a long time, wrote University Historian Jane Lancaster PhD’98 in email to The Herald. Even in times of instability such as the Cold War, the University reached out to applicants from countries outside the nation’s bloc of allies, Lancaster wrote. Brown established exchange programs in 1979 with the University of Rostock in East Germany and in 1982 with Nanjing University in China despite the countries’ communist affiliations, she wrote. Some international students said filling out the copious amounts of paperwork necessary to enroll was a time-consuming burden. The process of securing paperwork to come to the University was also challenging for Isabela Muci ’16, a student from Venezuela, she said. “I had to fill out a long questionnaire,” Muci said. “Once you get to the embassy, you have to wait (for) hours and hours.” “Getting an American visa is notoriously difficult,” said Khin Su ’16, a Herald contributing writer who was born and raised
in Myanmar. “You hear all these horror stories growing up about the visa application process, and when it comes time for you to apply yourself, you find out all these horror stories are true.” But Muci said receiving an acceptance letter from the University expedites the visa process with U.S. officials. “They see that you’ve got an acceptance letter and once they verify that you can pay, then it’s great,” she said. Admission to a wellknown and prestigious institution like Brown can help students from Myanmar obtain U.S. visas, Su said. Some students from countries that have hostile ties with the U.S. said financing their Brown educations can often be a complicated process. “We don’t wire money from Iran,” Maghsoudlou said, adding that her parents use a U.S. bank account to pay her school fees. Maghsoudlou said she is unsure whether transferring funds from an Iranian bank account is even possible. Su said accessing money from her home country of Myanmar — whose government has been criticized by democratic states for corruption and electoral tampering — can be difficult. Banks in Myanmar did not function effectively until a few years
ago, she said. “Money would be kept in your own home, and banks were largely not used,” said Su, whose own family uses a bank in Singapore in order to wire tuition money to the University. School counselors and directors sometimes wire funds for students from Myanmar who do not have access to international bank accounts, she said. “It’s a difficult and complicated process.” “In Venezuela, dealing with (U.S.) dollars is prohibited,” Muci said. “You have to apply, and the government controls the dollars.” She added that there is a “black market” for U.S. currency in which prices are greatly inflated. A black market for U.S. dollars also exists in Iran, Maghsoudlou said. Though gaining visas and transferring funds can be challenging, the transition to Brown offers a new academic model for some students from these countries. Maghsoudlou said Brown’s Open Curriculum and flexible environment aligned with her interests. “In Iran, we don’t have college,” Maghsoudlou said, adding that Iranian high school students are funneled into professional schools based on their chosen occupations. “I didn’t want to do that, because I still wanted to explore,” she said.
“We each took our place in the ‘Tent of Terror’ and pretty much jumped out and scared kids,” Brinson said. They showed up dressed
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USI Democrats Vice President Sam Brinson said zoo workers assigned them to the “Tent of Terror,” a miniature haunted house.
Information gathered from USIʼs Public Crime Log, provided by USI Safety and Security. Crime Log Key • Case suspended: No suspects listed, no leads. No follow up investigation unless new information arises. • Case cleared: The incident is resolved, suspect was identified and will be adjudicated appropriately. • Case pending: On hold, awaiting new information. • Violation of University Policy: Violation of the Studentʼs Rights and Responsibilities. • Failure to comply with a university official: Any university official, from an area coordinator to a security officer. *Residential entry: Someone walked into the residence. This is different than burglary because burglary is entering with intent to commit a felony.
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Features Former USI student sings Column: about the end of time Page 4 - The Shield - October 31, 2013
By ARIANA BEEDIE Features editor Travis Thompson, frontman of local two-piece band, The Snakes, creates music about an angel of death and the end of days. “We wanted to make a band completely around the concept that we were the angels of death, and we were telling the stories and travesties about the downfall of the end of the world,” Thompson said. “I guess the project started about a year and a half ago.” Thompson, 22, views music from a different angle. He writes short stories about a fictional apocalypse and derives his songs from those stories. “I’ve always wanted a comic book and I thought, what if the Ramones and Mad Max had a sweet love child of leather jacket wearing, face painted a**hole,” Thompson said. The Snakes is made up of Thompson and drummer Dylan Woodall. “We sat down and wrote
our first song ‘And Then You Left,’ which has an entire story about a person that didn’t ever want to lose his girlfriend, so he killed her and ate her,” Thompson said. “When he ate her, she became a part of his body, and she followed him as a spirit until he killed himself.” The Snakes appear at the last moment in times of distress and they record, like an unseen cartographer, he said. “We just tell the stories of the people,” he said. “We don’t initiate or anything like that.” Thompson and Woodall also created a blog to go along with their songs.
Each entry follows a story, which has a corresponding song derived from it. Soon, The Snakes will be creating videos to pair with the stories. “I want it to be a complete story, almost like a rock opera,” Thompson said. It can be a car crash that is “so grotesque,” someone can’t look away, he said. “We write a blog to every single song with the actual character names, and we publish them over time,” he said. The blogs are titled after their songs but aren’t exactly the complete lyrics. The stories are written first and the songs are derived from them. Thompson’s inspirations include the Misfits, Dead Kennedys, The Kooks and the Dead Milkmen. “I draw a lot of my stage presence from Jim Morrison. I love acting like him on stage,” he said. “I love slamming my head into the microphone and just fall-
ing over and just doing all kinds of crazy sh*t.” The point of creating a scene is to take away from the potential boring side of a two-person band, he said. “We have the margin to be so boring because there’s not a lot of sh*t. We can’t hide behind it,” Thompson said. “We just get out there and do it, or just stand there and look like morons. We’re like mad scientists in that way.” The Snakes are building a cult following because of their performance and face paint, he said. “The last show we played was about 120 people,” he said. “Our first show we played at Penny Lane and completely filled the place.” Thompson paints his face to add to the mystery behind The Snakes. “We paint our faces because The Snakes are not from this world,” Thompson said. “We wanted to make sure when we did this band it all followed a weird concept we came up
with.” The goal was to not look like real people to those who hadn’t seen The Snakes perform before, he said. “We wanted to look really gross, like comic book characters almost,” he said. The Snakes have only played four shows because they wanted to make sure every aspect of the concept was perfect. “I didn’t want to do anything before it was right. We wrote ‘And Then You Left’ almost in November of last year and we didn’t have our show until a few months ago,” Thompson said. Thompson was an English literature major at USI and has been playing music since age 12. Since the beginning, he’s been experimenting with different genres like folk and power pop, trying to find his niche. “I do what I want more so than anything,” he said. “I try not to do what I think other people would want
me to do.” Thompson makes music to make himself happy, he said. “I don’t really think about what other people like, I’m selfish in that way,” he said.
Best haunted houses in Evansville By JAKE TAPLEY Staff writer
Newburgh Civitan Zombie Farm If the location of the Zombie Farm wasn’t enough to already make it the best publicly-owned and operated haunted house within a 15-mile radius of Evansville, then the amount of effort put into the overall concept, design, makeup and performance certainly puts it in a category of its own. Located on Vann Road in Newburgh, approximately two miles east of Castle High School into the Warrick County countryside, is the Newburgh Civitan Club. Every year in October, this area gets taken over by a family of redneck zombies. The charm of the Zombie Farm is, perhaps, in this cohesive aspect of setting. Instead of simply generating some isolated scares and offering overused horror movie tropes, you are presented with an environment to immerse yourself in, and you are led to believe by the actors, props and set design that this environment is authentic. Existing in the duality of being both an indoor and outdoor haunted house – a hybrid, so to speak – contributes to this perceived authenticity. Walking outside, you can see the genuine Warrick County farmland, along with believable old farm house and barnlike structures. Inside, you are given the idea that there is human entrapment and experimentation going on. As a side note, I did feel that there were a few exceptions to the rule of consistent theme, with several monster-like machines jumping out at you. These were the least effective to me and were my least favorite part, though I could see some children – particularly younger boys – obsessing over them. Overall, I enjoyed the Zombie Farm and thought it was well done. It was a wise choice to conceptualize the haunted house as a farm and place it in the middle of farmland.
The Olde Courthouse Catacombs/ The House of Lector In my mind, The Olde Courthouse Catacombs/The House of Lector is the best haunted house in the city limits of Evansville. Although, with those specifications, I guess that is a pretty narrow statement that makes for a fairly limited competition. I understand that these are separate houses, but seeing as how they are owned and operated as a combined unit, I felt that I should review them as such. Also, they share the same theme and many similar elements, which begs them to be lumped together. If you only go to one of the two, you won’t get the full experience, and you will miss out on a coupon that allows you to save money (of course, only after spending more because that’s the way it usually works). Anyway, my favorite thing about this dynamic duo is that it has a brand new and fairly consistent theme year after year, or at least they try to. In the past, it has involved demon possession and various movie villain tropes, but it has always been very specific and somewhat accurate. One year, they decided to do a creepy Joker/clown theme to tackle the creepy clowns and the Batman villain simultaneously. This year, the theme was Bates Motel, which I thought was an excellent choice, given the success of the recently televised and popularized TV show. You get to see both Norman Bates and his mother on your trip through the haunted house, along with various other scenes and images from Alfred Hitchcock’s horror landmark, “Psycho.” A personal favorite was the shower scene, which was manifested into a room to make for a theatrical rendition. I can’t say that I necessarily felt like I was in Hitchcock’s movie, though, which is my biggest complaint. However, I think there were moments that certainly paid tribute to the legend in a very stylized and effective way, even if it wasn’t fully authentic.
Eville Studios Zombiefest When I went to Eville Studios last year, I was a bit let down, and although I think there were certainly improvements made to the design, some of that disappointment has resurfaced during my trip this October. In my mind, the soft spot for Eville Studios is the weak conceptualization and design of the haunted house. Seeing as how experience is comparative, I tend to associate the strengths of some haunted houses to accentuate the weaknesses of others, and vise versa. This was certainly a strength for both Zombie Farm and the Catacombs/House of Lector. As far as improvements are concerned, I would say that Eville Studios has made fairly significant improvements in its scare factor; however, I would also suggest that most haunted houses at least make some improvements to the scare factor every year, not to take away from their achievement. With Zombiefest being the name this year, I feel that there was more of a concenPhotos by JESSICA STALLINGS/ tration placed on gore The Shield and the absurd, as I saw numerous people wearing strange and grotesque costumes. I would have liked to have seen this concentration dialed into the design more and conceptualized further. Some of the rooms I went into felt devoid of the zombie stereotype altogether, the biggest example being the 3D maze, which sported brightly colored walls. In what realistically portrayed zombie movie was that ever a thing? For future reference, I say they should either work on incorporating the maze to match the theme more or scrap it altogether.
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Features Top 10 horror movies Page 5 - The Shield - October 31, 2013
By ARIANA BEEDIE Features editor
6. “The Possession” (2012)
A popular trend in the United States is watching horror films during October to prepare for Halloween. Channels like ABC Family, AMC and Syfy host marathons of scary movies all month long. Some Halloween parties even show thrillers during festivities. Here’s a short go-to list of 10 scary Halloween films, from past and present: perfect for this season.
1. “The Shining” (1980) Director Stanley Kubrick displayed a chilling interpretation of Stephen King’s “The Shining,” a psychological thriller that tells the tale of Jack Torrence, a writer and former school teacher, who accepts a position as an innkeeper at a hotel during the winter season, with his wife and psychic son. Soon after moving into the hotel, Torrence grows hypnotized by the presence of spirits in the hotel. Once fully possessed, he tries to murder his wife and child. The novel, dubbed a masterpiece of modern horror, still captivates audiences today. The film stars Jack Nicholson, as Torrence and Shelly Duvall as his wife. According to The Daily Beast, Martin Scorsese ranked it as one of the scariest horror films of all time.
2. “Nightmare on Elm Street” (1984) This slasher film, which was directed by Wes Craven, captivated audiences by introducing a character that literally trapped victims in their sleep. The film takes place in fictional Springwood, Ohio, and tells the tale of teenagers that are haunted and killed in their sleep by Freddy Krueger. The teenagers begin having similar dreams of a man with a striped sweater, hat and hands with long blades for nails stalking and trapping them in horrifying lifethreatening situations. As an original low-budget horror film, it became a powerhouse for sequels, with each depicting adolescents being stalked and murdered in their sleep. Among the teens killed is young debut actor Johnny Depp.
3.“The Exorcism of Emily Rose” (2005) Based on a true story, this horror film is about a girl who is possessed by Satanic spirits. The film follows a court case regarding the murder of Emily Rose, a young girl who underwent an exorcism. Spirits, believed to be developed from mental disorders such as epilepsy and schizophrenia, made Rose unstable in society. The film comes together in clipped flashbacks and dialogue from the cross examination in the courtroom. These flashbacks focus on Rose’s experiences and her journey into madness. Other aspects also include her family’s perception of her possession (being against their religion). During the film, themes of religion and evil fill audience with fear.
4. “Jeepers Creepers” (2001) This creepy tale follows two siblings on the ride of their lives. Brother and sister, played by Gina Philips and Justin Long respectively, are chased by a creature who takes spare body parts and sews them together for pleasure. The siblings find the creature’s home and explore, finding bodies upon bodies attached to one another before tipping off the horrific killer they were in his home. Philips and Long attempt to notify police but quickly find out the town is desensitized to the creature and his actions. Based on the 1938 song “Jeepers Creepers,” directed by Victor Salva, this film takes the viewer on a thrill ride.
5. “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (2003) This horrific remake of the original 1974 film follows five friends on an unforgettable and deadly road trip. Within the first 10 minutes of the film, the story’s main group of teenagers pick up a blood-spattered hitchhiker who is scared for her life. Before the group could calm the hysterical hitchhiker, she shoots herself in the mouth. The group heads into town searching for the sheriff and stops at an old plantation home, thinking he’s there. Leatherface, the crazed killer, begins attacking every single one of them. As the story unfolds, the five friends are exposed to Leatherface’s gruesomely mutated family. This bone-chilling, blood-filled slasher film took viewers by storm upon release and maintains that fear today.
Based on ideas from the Jewish religion, this horror film follows a young girl interested in a cursed ancient treasure and her family. The film opens with an old woman cleaning her home. Scenes flash to a box with Hebrew inscriptions on it. She talks to this box almost as if defying it. Soon after, she’s thrown around her house involuntarily and is almost brutally murdered; yet, no one laid a finger on her. Later, during a yard sale at the same residence, a young girl finds the same box and becomes attached to it. The girl’s father buys the box and they take it home. They soon find out that the box causes weird unexplainable happenings in the home. The girl’s father, played by actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan, looks to the Jewish faith to find answers. After doing research, Morgan finds out the box was used to contain evil spirits which are now attacking his daughter. After being denied help from almost everyone, a young expert, played by singer Matisyahu, sets out to help them get rid of the spirits and destroy the box.
7. “Evil Dead” (2013) This gory remake of a horror classic definitely captivated viewers across the country this year. The film begins with a group of friends who travel to the woods to help one of their own detox from a drug addiction. The main character, David, whose sister Mia is detoxing, has been estranged from his family for whatever reason. He has now come back to help his sister because of their mother’s death. The friends set up shelter in a cabin in the woods. Little do they know, there was a massacre caused by an exorcism in the basement of the cabin. As more bizarre instances occur, one of the friends finds an old book detailing what happened in the basement. Mia becomes possessed and tries to kill everyone, including her brother. Labeled “the most terrifying film you will ever experience,” the film gives viewers a run for their money.
8. “The Amityville Horror” (2005)
This frightening remake depicts the massacre of an entire family caused by supernatural inhabitants of a home. “The Amityville Horror” is the true story of a man who murdered his family in 1974 because he heard voices in his house. The film follows the story of the family that moved into the haunted dwelling. Ryan Reynolds stars as the new stepfather to the family. Shortly after Reynolds’ family moves into the home, he begins to hear noises and slowly becomes infatuated with the idea of killing his wife and her three children. Unfortunately, the film received poor reviews from critics who were not too thrilled about the remake.
9.“Halloween” (2007) Rob Zombie took the original “Halloween” series and twisted it inside out. Zombie focuses on a younger Michael Myers and what happened to this young boy to make him mentally unstable and a crazed killer. Just like other Zombie films, such as “The Devils Rejects” or “House of Wax,” there is an incredible amount of gore in the film. The interesting thing about it is that it prequels the series, while also serving as a remake documenting the horrific tale of the legendary Michael Myers.
10. “Friday the 13th” (1980)
This original slasher film probes the imagination about summer camp and remains horrifying to this day. A group of teenagers decide to reopen Camp Crystal Lake, a summer camp presumed to be haunted. Mysteriously, the teenagers are murdered one by one. They don’t know, at the time, that former camper Jason drowned at Crystal Lake, and came back to murder any other campers who attempted to have a good summer at camp. A legendary horror film that inspired many slasher films to come. “Friday the 13th” is definitely a film to revisit this Halloween season.
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Zombies invade popular culture
By JAKE TAPLEY Staff writer The idea of “getting in the holiday spirit” is by no means a new idea; however, the application always finds new ways of manifesting itself. Some of these manifestations – if they catch on – will become ritualized and then contribute to helping define the culture of their era, forever instilled in history. Here in Evansville over the past couple of years, many of our Halloween festivities have become centered on the notion of zombies. Examples can be found
in the local haunted houses: both the Newburgh Civitan Zombie Farm and Eville Studios Zombie Fest are currently in operation. The Zombie Walk and Zombie Pub Crawl downtown are also becoming annual traditions. Here at USI we also have Humans vs. Zombies, which primarily involves a bunch of people running around campus with Nerf guns. But it isn’t just a regional thing. If you haven’t noticed, it’s happening on a much larger scale. In fact, zombies have become a fundamental element of modern pop culture, finding their way
into movies, television and literature. For those who are more paranoid or just bored, there are even survival and preparation kits available to purchase for a zombie apocalypse. I’m not the only one who’s witnessed the surge of the undead, either. Fox News Columnist Dr. Manny Alvarez has noticed it and felt compelled enough that he decided to write a column. In it, he claimed that the craze is taking attention away from “music, education, science or the classics.” This is where he and I will have to disagree on
the subject. I find the opposite to be true, actually. Although I am not a zombie lover or gore aficionado, I can still see the merit in valuing zombie folklore or perpetuating the notion of these less-than-human characters. And, I think they should be allowed to be incorporated into the fields of music or education, or even science. I mean, why not? If you have seen movies like “28 Days Later” or “I Am Legend,” then you know that there are more realistic and semi-plausible rationale for what triggers a zombie apocalypse.
In these movies (along with others), it is the product of a mutation or infection. All I’m saying is that I think they deserve a place in the public eye, along with any other fictionalized monster – or any creative idea, for that matter. The beauty of the time we live in is that we’re all sharing it together, and adding to it. So, it can be anything and everything we want it to be. We get to play a role in culture and in shaping the world around us, so why not actively participate instead of dwelling on yesterday?
year. Why has Halloween and its popularity grown? Why are Americans more and more active in celebrating as the years go on? As a kid, I went from door to door trick-or-treating, hoping to get as many KIT KAT bars as I could. Eventually, neighbors stop giving candy to older kids and you have to hang up the costume for good. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve seen the other side of Halloween. Costumes are still involved, and candy comes in liquid form. I don’t understand the need to continue to dress
up. I don’t need a reason, or holiday, to celebrate and have fun with friends. I have more important payments that have my wallet in a bind, so why would I waste money to do something that I out grew 11 years ago? I can’t dress up as a goblin or ghost. To me that seems more juvenile than going door-to-door asking for candy. Dressing up like something that doesn’t exist, aren’t we a little too old for that? There is the ‘candy’ factor, but last time I checked, you didn’t need to verify that you were going to drink your ice-cold frosty
one while wearing a costume. As it has been since prohibition was lifted in the United States, any attire is suitable drinking attire. Holidays and celebrations, for me, are meant for family and close friends to get together with those who don’t see them often. I love parties and social gatherings, but Halloween isn’t one of those circumstances. I don’t want to hang out with those who pretend to be other people or things. I couldn’t take myself seriously trying to communicate with someone wearing a wig and an excessive amount of face
paint. Enjoy your Oct. 31, whatever you do. If you’re into Halloween, enjoy it. I’ll be occupying my time with something else. I’ll find time to have an icecold frosty one though, not to celebrate Halloween, but to celebrate that I’ve made it another month closer to graduation. Isn’t that worth celebrating more than anything else at this stage in our life? Maybe that’s the confirmation you need to finally put dressing up for Halloween in the past. I’m saving that money for my new costume, a working adult with a real job.
Halloween waste of time, money By ZANE CLODFELTER Sports editor Last week I was watching an evening news broadcast on network television. On the program was a story on a growing trend in the United States. That trend, you ask? Halloween. The program presented statistics and numbers showing that Halloween is the second most costly holiday in the United States, just behind Christmas. It also detailed the rapid growth of haunted houses—with profits across the country nearing one billion dollars per
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USI prohibition of 2013 By JIMMY PYLES Staff writer It’s about to get all 1920s at USI after Sodexo put in place their own version of prohibition by stopping the consumption of multiple free refills, and limiting students to just one refill per cup with new Coke machines and cup sensors. With the need for caffeine on the rise, students are going to be smuggling in all types of caffeinelaced beverages on campus. It’s only a matter of time until students open a free Coca-Cola speakeasy where cups will be overflowing with Coke products in the bottom of the tech center, because let’s face it: no one makes their
way down to the bottom of the Tech Center. Allowing just one refill per cup is somewhat understandable, but only giving the customer 90 minutes to receive it is completely outrageous. As students, faculty and staff at USI, there are very few perks that make being on campus tolerable. Being able to grab a refill on your way to class or before a boring department meeting was the one shining light of paying the outrageous price for food on campus. The timing of it just makes everything worse, as Sodexo opted to have the new Coke machines installed over fall break instead of over winter or summer break. Students didn’t know
about these changes until the machines were installed, and some didn’t know until they ordered food and were told by workers behind the counter. I agree that people who fill up anything that can hold Coke should be stopped, but this was just a huge step that was made without thought to how it would affect student life. Sodexo: Instead of using paper cups everyday, have students pay for a fancy plastic cup for $25 or $30 allowing them to get as many refills as they want within the year. If you still think that is too cheap, which you probably do because you’re Sodexo, then charge students every semester instead of every year. Or hell, give
students 12 hours to get their refill. They still only get one so why should it matter how long it takes to get it? This will help cut down having to pay employees to put the sensors on the paper cups, and it will cut down on the extra paper cup waste, since a huge majority of them are thrown away instead of being recycled. If students forget their cup one day, then they don’t get a drink unless they want to fork over the money for a paper cup. Going with the plastic cup route will save Sodexo money, stop students from stealing and lower the waste at USI making it just a little greener. Isn’t that what USI claims to be anyway?
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Sports
USI falls to Indiana 83-68 Hoosiers out-score Eagles 23-2 in transition points
Ben Jones guards IU player Will Sheehey during the IU-USI exhibition game Saturday.
By ZANE CLODFELTER Sports editor Southern Indiana knew the challenges of facing a Division I powerhouse who came into the game as the reigning Big Ten Conference regular-season champion. Add a sellout crowd of 17,472 and a national television audience, and one would assume the Eagles were out of their comfort zone. USI wasn’t phased by the size or speed of Indiana University, though; they went toe-to-toe with the Hoosiers before falling 83-68 Saturday night in Bloomington. “Nothing but positives came out of it,” USI Head Coach Rodney Watson said. “For the first time out in October before Halloween, I couldn’t be more pleased with where we are at right now.” In a game that featured three lead changes and two ties, the Eagles were competitive throughout, and at times silenced the capacity crowd at Assembly Hall. “When Austin (Davis) hit the three on the right wing, there was a little anxiousness with the crimson and cream,” Watson said. “With six minutes to go, this thing was really exciting.” The make by Davis
brought the Eagles within seven, at 64-57, but that would be as close as USI would get the rest of the way. Indiana then exploited its speed on USI, as it had for most of the game. As the second half clock ticked through the final minutes, the Eagles had little left in the tank after running the floor with the Hoosiers for a majority of the game. “What people don’t give Indiana enough credit for is how fast they get out in transition,” Watson said. “Now it’s a matter of where we go from here.” The Eagles were led in scoring by senior forward Aaron Nelson. The Chicago, Ill. native scored 14 points, while bringing down 7 rebounds. Senior forward Taylor Wischmeier registered a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds while junior forward/guard Austin Davis contributed 11 points to the Eagles offensive effort. “It’s huge knowing that we could compete with those guys out there,” Wischmeier said. “We played really well, but there is a ton of room for improvement.” The improvement might focus on transition points. The Hoosiers were able to outscore USI in transi-
tion points 23-2, including being outscored on fastbreak points 9-0 in the second half. Despite the easy scoring opportunities created by transition baskets, USI and Indiana shot nearly identical from the field. The Eagles shot 41.4 percent from the floor compared to the Hoosiers accuracy of 41.8 percent. “They have a great system, Rodney is an excellent coach,” IU Head Coach Tom Crean said. “There is no doubt why they have won so many games.” Sophomore guard Kevin ‘Yogi’ Ferrell tallied 20 points for Indiana to lead all scorers. Teammates Jeremy Hollowell (13 points), Troy Williams (10 points) and Will Sheehey (10 points) rounded out the scorers in double-digits. Williams also earned a double-double, bringing down 10 rebounds. Despite the loss, USI showed athleticism and skill, and Crean took notice. “That’s a high level league, I know from my friends in that league that they have their respect,” Crean said. “I don’t think there is any doubt that they are going to have a great year.”
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Senior guard Lawrence Thomas drives on Kevin ‘Yogi’ Ferrell during Saturday’s game at Assembly Hall in Bloomington.
Men’s soccer
Volleyball
USI 3 Truman State 0 (Friday) USI 3 Quincy 4 (Sunday)
USI 3 North Michigan 0 (Friday) USI 0 Saginaw Valley State 3 (Saturday) Grand Valley 3 USI 0 (Saturday)
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Women’s soccer
USI 1 Truman State 0 (Friday) USI 1 Quincy 3 (Sunday)
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Coaches embrace teaching roles By DENNIS MARSHALL Staff writer USI men’s soccer coach Mat Santoro said if he wasn’t a college soccer coach, he would want to be a professor. “That’s kind of like my other dream job,” Santoro said. “I think the thing about teaching is it just gives me a chance to work with students in that educational environment.” Santoro teaches a soccer class in the kinesiology and sports department. He said teaching helps with coaching and vice versa because both are about dealing with people. The one major difference between the two is his favorite part about teaching. “In coaching the end result is about winning,” he said. “Whereas teaching is about learning and the experience of the student.” Santoro said when students can put a face with a name it personalizes the program. He also said when students get to know someone involved with a team, it not only raises awareness of the program, it also develops a relationship between the team and the student body. “The students in my soccer class have come out to games, and I’m sure they bring friends,” San-
toro said. “I also get feedback from those guys who are interested in how we are doing.” In the past, head coaches were required to teach at least three credit hours per semester, but beginning in the fall semester of 2012, coaches no longer had to teach. USI still has six assistant coaches, three head coaches and two athletic administrators who are teaching classes this semester. Having these individuals teach has produced other benefits that were not anticipated. USI Athletic Director Jon Mark Hall said it’s good for the coaches who still teach because they can get a feel for what the student athletes are going through. He also said teaching can be refreshing and good for the well being of the coach, because it gives them a chance to get their
mind off of the day-to-day stress of coaching. “I’m teaching a class, and sometimes it’s hectic to get to that class,” Hall said. “But once I get in there, I kind of forget about the grind of my job and really focus in on trying to help students.” Hall is teaching for the first time since he was the tennis coach. The class is about the management processes of intercollegiate athletic administration. Hall was successful as a coach, too, winning GLVC Coach of the Year five times during his career as tennis coach. “Sometimes I like to just put the book down and let’s just talk about how it is,” Hall said. “This is what really happens. This is how I would handle the situation. This is how I have had colleagues handle situations. To talk about how it really goes down.” Sports management major Denver Cross is taking Hall’s intercollegiate athletic class. He said he was surprised by approachability of the athletic director. “He’s pretty calm, cool and collective,” Cross said. “I like it because he will be (a) nice person to know later down the road.”
Players emulate favorite athletes By DENNIS MARSHALL Staff writer When Cayla Herbst was a child she didn’t know she would be a college basketball player one day, but one of her Halloween costumes may have revealed a bit of foreshadowing. “When I was little, I dressed as Michael Jordan for Halloween. My dad bought me the Bulls jumpsuit and I thought it was really cool,” Herbst said. “It was during the 90s, and that’s when they were winning all their championships. Growing up in Chicago you heard a lot of about it. It was all over the place. I thought it was really cool to be like him.” Much like Jordan, Herbst blossomed into a defensive force on the basketball court. She had the third most
blocks in the Greater Lakes Valley Conference last season and has the twelfth most in a career at USI entering her junior season. But before Herbst was counting her blocks for the Eagles, she was counting her candy. “My favorite part about Halloween was definitely the candy,” Herbst said “When I younger, I would spread it all out and count it to see how many pieces I could get.” USI men’s basketball player Evan Brinkmeyer said he went trick-or-treating quite a few times in sports-themed costumes. “One I remember most is going as Randy Moss. I’ve been a Vikings fan my whole life, and Randy Moss was my favorite player,” Brinkmeyer said. “I (was) probably seven or
eight years old at the time, and he was best player on the Vikings, so he just became my favorite player.” He said he remembers one of the houses in his neighborhood that would give out king-size candy bars. “That was always my favorite house to go to because you got a huge candy bar,” Brinkmeyer said. “Most other houses just have the little fun size candy bars.” But Brinkmeyer also said it wasn’t just about the candy. “It was just getting out in the neighborhood and going trick-or-treating,” he said. “Seeing all the lights and that stuff was great. Obviously getting a lot of candy was nice, but it was a good time to spend with friends and family.”
Honoring Seniors
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Seniors stand as they are recognized during ‘Senior Day’ celebrations in the Eagles men’s soccer match against Quincy. The Eagles lost in over time 4-3. The seniors include Jeffrey Neidlinger, Rush Dugger, Julio Roda, Corey Fundenberger, Kevin Minor, Austin Lage, Nick Dealvatore, Miles Durham, Tyler White and Alex Jenison.