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Demonstrators march near Grant Park on Michigan Avenue during the Women’s March Chicago on Saturday. The second annual event’s theme was March to the Polls and focused on the 2018 elections. An estimated crowd of 300,000 people rallied for equal rights and against the current presidential administration. Events were planned in other Illinois communities, including Springfield, East Peoria, Rockford and the Quad Cities.

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pproximately 300,000 people took to the streets at the Women’s March Chicago (WMC) Saturday, including many Illinois State University

Redbirds.

In the midst of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements — and the oneyear anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration — the event kicked off at Grant Park for the second annual march.

Speeches began at 11 a.m., with a lineup that included Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and the cast of the Chicago production of “Hamilton.”

The march ended at Federal Plaza.

Illinois State University junior graphic communications major Kelsey Fields said it was her first march. “[The day] was full of so many emotions,” Fields said. “The level of camaraderie between women is

something so powerful, and with this of Women’s Marches planned for the past year being such a negative one, weekend. the energy just refueled me to continue The first WMC was held the day after to fight another year of whatever gets President Donald Trump took office in thrown at us and to make sure to stay January 2017, which attracted an estimated informed and active.”

250,000 to the city. Similar initiatives took “I’m a woman in the technology field, place across the country. which is Senior dominated by fashion “... to know that there are other people merchandising men,” Fields added. “I major Carrie with concerns about the current refuse to let my LaBotte said gender limit my administration and who share common the results career options, ideas and want to fight back and stand of the 2016 and I marched up is very comforting and promising” election to show that encouraged her Carrie LaBotte, senior fashion merchandising major women are a to march. force, and a “We are strong one at still not being that.” treated fairly and respected,” LaBotte This year’s theme of “March to the Polls” said. “I marched because when Hillary reflected the notion for women and allies Clinton lost in 2016, I felt terrified and to take a “very active role in political and being surrounded by 300,000 women civic life in 2018,” according to the event’s and allies, just feels so empowering and website. Chicago was one of hundreds makes me less terrified. To know that

there are other people with concerns about the current administration and who share common ideas and want to fight back and stand up is very comforting and promising.”

Senior elementary education major Haley Hatton, who marched last year as well, said she is marching to be “present.”

“I like to think I’ve actually grown and changed and that’s what has made this march different,” Hatton said. “I’ve realized my biases and privileges as a white, cisgender woman. I can participate in the march this year while also being critical about some of the slogans and maybe areas of the march that lack intersectionality.”

“I love and support the fight for reproductive rights, but this year I’m also remembering that my fellow women and sisters are not defined by a uterus or vagina like I am,” Hatton said. “We must also fight for trans women and nonbinary friends.” see MARCH page 3

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llinois State University is seeking efforts to assist current or potential undocumented students who want to study at ISU. Co -Founder of t he Commit tee A s s i s ting Un d o c u m e n t e d Student Achievement, (La CAUSA), Beth Hatt said she and others met with ISU President Larry Dietz this month for the second annual Workshop to Develop Support for Undocumented Students.

“We have held a few workshops on campus to raise awareness for staff and faculty,” Hatt said.

“We’ve partnered with the Immigration Project locally and they have Mike Smith | Vidette News Reporter done some ‘know your In September, ISU students, faculty and staff, including La CAUSA member professor Maura rights’ sessions for us.”

Toro-Morn, pictured above, marched through the quad protesting the DACA repeal President La CAUSA allows stu- Donald Trump proposed. dents who need support Star Johnson is a to get referred to the news reporter for The judge said DACA needed to be undocumented students. organization.

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DACA,” Hatt said.

Sometimes it’s helping them Whether a student has DACA to have resources on campus or or is undocumented, they will not helping them understand how to qualify for any financial aid. navigate,” Hatt said.

“The students at ISU are paying The Deferred Action for Childfor everything out of pocket that hood Arrivals (DACA) was put isn’t covered by scholarships,” into place as an executive order by Hatt said. former President Barack Obama.

“Many of them are working It was created for youth who multiple jobs a week and going to came to the United States before school, but DACA allows them to the age of 16 who have not had a do that. If DACA gets removed, felony and those attending school. many of them would have to drop DACA allows students to work out of college.” legally and get a driver’s license La CAUSA invited the Direcfor two years, having to get it tor of Undocumented Student renewed after that period.

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“The students fear they or family members will be deported.”

Hatt’s goal is to create an Ally Training where students, faculty and staff will be trained on how to be an ally for undocumented students.

She also wants to explicitly find ways to f inancially suppor t undocumented students.

“L a CAUSA ha s really been a terrific resource for undocumented students,” ISU President Larry Dietz said.

“As long as they are admitted here, we will provide quality education and high quality service to try to serve their needs.”

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Town of Normal develops new building in Uptown Circle ANDREW DOUGHERTY Political Reporter | @addough

New Market Tax Credits. New Market Tax Credits are a federal incentive intended to encourage companies to invest in low-income areas. ity officials in the Town of Normal are con“The developer told us that that they may need tax sidering a proposal for a five-story building to increment financing (TIF) which Uptown is in,” Hefbe constructed in the northeast arc of Uptown fernan said. “This is used by many municipalities in Circle.

Illinois.”

The plan is larger than but similar to One Uptown, Heffernan explained that tax increment financing is which has recently constructed a five-story mixed-use when new development is built, the difference of what building on the circle’s west side. A potential area for is paid in property taxes before development on the site the new building would mean the destruction of the and what is after the development is put into a TIF fund historic properties that currently house Windy City and used to reimburse the developer who built and paid Wieners, The Pod and Slingshot CoWork. taxes for building costs.

The Uptown of Normal Plan written in 2000-2001 She continued to say that Bush Construction is both a called for five large buildings to be located around a developer and construction company and her previous circle. The Children’s Discovery Museum was the first experience with companies structured in that way have to be constructed followed by Uptown Station. a tendency to be more efficient.

“We’re still in the developing stages but it is going to “This is because they have financial interest in having be a mixed-use building that will be built for two office the building done on time and on budget,” she explained. tenants and have residential and retail occupants as “There are people who claim that it is tax money being well,” Sally Heffernan, Economic Development Direcused but remember it is tax money that wouldn’t be there Vidette Archive Photo if the building was built,” Heffernan said. “For example, tor for the Town of Normal, said.

The new building, opening in 2019, could possibly replace Windy City Wieners, The Bloomington-based engineering firm Farnif it wasn’t built there then there would be nothing to The Pod and more. sworth Group and an unnamed technology company reimburse to the developer. They only get back what they are expected to occupy the two office spaces. generate from constructing the building.”

The proposed building is 115,000 square feet, including 8,500 “Normally we would’ve waited between buildings, “One thing that we’d really like to get is a grocery store but we have a local architectural and engineering firm that for the first-floor retail space and 24,000 for the two offices. in Uptown for residents and the student population, at least a wanted to be in Uptown and we don’t have the available office The upper-level apartment would be one, two or three-bedroom small one that offers fresh produce and healthier options than space for them, so we started this project since we also have a units. are currently available,” she added.

Construction will begin in fall 2018 with estimated completechnology company wanting space in Uptown as well, so comThe City Council is seeking a retailer similar to The Garlic tion in October 2019 with an estimated 200 jobs to be created Press and Heffernan stated numerous businesses that have bining these made sense,” Heffernan said.

The Normal Town Council unanimously agreed to work with during the construction phase. expressed interest have ranged from floral, bakery, pottery and “Once the letter of intent is done, we will send it out to look grocery stores. the Davenport-based Bush Construction to develop the fivestory building. Estimated costs to build the structure is $29.2 for people who want space in Uptown Normal and we are will“We always also wondered about having a spa that offers pediing to work with them to lease space to additional office tenants. cures or facial massages because of the number of students that million.

Heffernan said the Town of Normal has constant inquiries Nothing is carved into stone yet and it is still a flexible design,” might be interested in a business such as that. But the council’s regarding realty space in Uptown Normal with many of them she said. priority has been bringing in a grocery store,” Heffernan said.

The developer, Bush Construction, has proposed using its own coming from retailers who take up larger space than is available. equity, acquiring its own debt and getting investors by using the

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LaBotte attended the WMC last year as well.

“Organizers last year had no idea how many people were going to show up,” she said. “We completely flooded the park and the marching route so we didn’t get to march at all. This year, we were able to march and it was incredible. With everything going on politically, I think that it’s crucial that people show up and say something about what is going on, and I feel like to be a part of that is really special.”

Hatton said she liked marching to stand with all women.

“Last year, a lot of the statistics and facts I knew and fought for were based on research done with white women, and I now know better,” Hatton said. “We have to listen to women of color. The fight is not over until every woman is given the same rights and freedoms.”

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Universities need to focus on food insecurity

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ollege students have grown used to being the butt of many jokes and have learned to laugh along.

Many of the self-deprecating jokes are just made to lighten the mood of the environment we are in.

Yet with the many stereotypes that surround students, there has been one since the beginning of time: college students are broke.

The problem with this stereotype is that it speaks the truth.

College students are broke and constantly battling with money.

The joke about students being broke has become so normalized that the facts are quietly being overlooked. And the harsh reality is students are forced to choose between their financial obligations and eating.

The price of a tuition increases once students add the price of books, rent and the other miscellaneous bills that never seem to slow down.

It is not simple to decide where you put your money when each need is just as impor-

tant as the next.

With these responsibilities pressing down, many students are facing food insecurity. The United States Department of Agriculture defines very low food security as “reports of multiple indications of disrupted eating patterns and reduced food intake.”

Students face very limited and unreliable resources. The institutions that students are attending are not giving the time of day to the issue. While these institutions have not shed light on the situation as much as they should, it has proven difficult to raise awareness. Without sufficient amounts of resources, students will never be able to

meet their nutritional needs and stay afloat with their bills.

Given the seriousness of this issue, there is still limited conversation around the topic, and there will never be progress without discussion.

According to a survey by the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness, out of 3,765 students, 48 percent reported food insecurity in the previous 30 days. Food insecurity was higher among students of color with 57 percent of black students reporting food insecurity compared to 40 percent of white students.

Without proper nutrition, how will students be able to succeed at their best? It is not

shocking to realize that these conditions will affect students’ participation and success in their studies, social life and overall health. During a time that is already stressful, we should be seeing steps being made to adjust and amplify the resources provided to students.

The first thing that needs to be done in this lengthy process is more education. By taking the time to understand the depths of the issue presented, it will be easier to make the necessary strides toward improvement.

People must also voice their concerns loud enough for these institutions to hear. When institutions start to genuinely care about students’ needs in terms of food security, they could provide multiple resources to those in need.

When these resources are provided, all students can begin to flourish in more ways than one, and understanding and preventing food insecurity will be the first step toward improving the quality of life among students.

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H&M controversy is a call for change MY VIEW KAMARA TURNER | Columnist

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he beginning of the new year sparked controversy for retailer H&M. Social media users on Twitter and Facebook drew attention to the company when it featured a black child model wearing a sweatshirt with the words “Coolest Monkey in the Jungle” on it.

The term “monkey” has a long history of hate and can also be considered a derogatory term.

Although many viewers blamed the act on carelessness, I blame it on a lack of representation. There is also a lack

of cultural awareness in H&M’s business, which is an issue that needs to be fixed so mistakes like these cannot be made.

Many Twitter users had different views toward the photo and were not as forgiving as others.

“I am certain H&M is aware of the negative connotations presented,” wrote one Twitter user.

Another Twitter user stated using black child model instead of white child model in this specific hoodie was no “accident” or due to a “lack of representation in the workplace.”

Many Twitter users found it interesting that the hoodie came in two more colors with a different statement. The orange sweatshirt had the words “Survival Expert” and “Junior Tour Guide” on it, but was modeled by a white child.

The third hoodie was navy blue without writing and was also modeled by a white child.

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Many saw this as too bad to be true — that there was no way H&M stylists and marketers did not see this combination and speak out against it.

While many believe this was no mistake, it is still up for debate between many. Nevertheless, a clear explanation for this is that there is a lack of diversity in the marketing sector of H&M. If there were more people of color there, incidents like these would not happen because there would be someone there to speak out against it and say that it is wrong.

H&M is on track to clearing its name and making sure customers know it is apologetic and notices its mistake.

On Tuesday, H&M made a statement on its Facebook page announcing it has selected a “global leader” to address diversity and inclusiveness in the company.

“The recent incident was

entirely unintentional, but it demonstrates so clearly how big our responsibility is as a global brand,” the Facebook statement read. “We have reached out, around the world, inside and outside H&M to get feedback.

Our commitment to addressing diversity and inclusiveness is genuine, therefore we have appointed a global leader, in this area, to drive our work forward.”

This is the great step for H&M, but I hope it takes the steps it needs to make the company more diverse so incidents like these will be avoided in the future.

KAMARA TURNER is a senior mass media major and a columnist for The Vidette. Any questions or comments regarding her column can be sent to katurne3@ilstu. edu. Follow her on Twitter @kvmara.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Microaggressions toward conservatives are not fair Dear Editor, In February, Illinois State University will be hosting a conference titled “Social, Ethnic, and Racial Boundaries on Campus and Community in the 21st Century: Microaggressions in Everyday Life.” I hope it’s not typical “politically correct” propaganda. If it’s not, it will look at microaggressions (and macroaggressions) against conservatives, in addition to microaggressions against the usual offended groups.

Many colleges in this country have been discriminating against conservatives and conservative speech for years, like by implementing bizarre, totalitarian, Orwellian “speech codes.”

The legal group Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which defends conservative teachers and students who have been discriminated against by liberal bigots on various college campuses, could provide you with a lengthy list of such cases. The civil rights of conservatives are under attack on many college campuses.

And it’s no big secret many, many professors are liberal. Hopefully students are aware of all the one-sided, liberal propaganda they are manipulatively being exposed to (and hopefully they are aware they are essentially paying for liberal indoctrination in many cases and are being cheated out of a decent education). But I fear they are not.

It would be nice to see students pushing for intellectual diversity on their campuses, and maybe even affirmative action for hiring a true minority on college campuses: conservative teachers. Until that happens, liberal college professors and administrators will feel free to continue to try to take advantage of their students, to indoctrinate them instead of educate them to impose their questionable values on them. That needs to change.

President Donald Trump handily beat Hillary Clinton in part because a lot of decent moral people are getting really fed up with liberal judgmentalism, liberal self-righteousness, liberal name-calling, liberal violence and hate, liberal divisiveness, liberal intolerance, liberal closed-mindedness, liberal bullying, liberal bigotry and liberal discrimination.

During former President Barack Obama’s eight years as president, Republicans picked up around 1,000 seats on the state level. In other words, there are now about 1,000 more Republican state senators and state house representatives than there were before Obama was first elected president (Thank you, Obama!). More and more people are seeing liberals for the colossal hypocrites they really are and are soundly rejecting them. That’s a good thing.

Wayne Lela Wayne Lela is a Chicago-area activist. Any questions or comments concerning his letter can be sent to wlela@yahoo.com.

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YWCA to educate schools on sexual abuse prevention

ANDREW DOUGHERTY Political Reporter | @addough

The YWCA’s Stepping Stones program has partnered with Unit 5 Schools to educate children about touching boundaries and sexual abuse prevention.

There are 29 states, including Illinois, under Erin’s Law that mandates public schools to implement age-appropriate child sexual abuse identification and prevention programs for pre-k through fifth, eighth or 12th grades to help children, teachers and parents recognize and identify child sexual abuse.

“There are three parts to the program, one of which is to teach students from pre-school to eighth grade appropriate skills and techniques about safe touches such as high-fives and hugs but when we hit or kick other people as unsafe touches that hurt someone you tell a grown up,” Cinnamon Porter, Prevention Educator for Stepping Stones, said.

“The second part entails that school personnel are also being educated about child sexual abuse while the third is geared towards educating the children’s parents and guardians as to the warning signs and community resources are available if this happens to your child. It’s education across the board.”

Erin’s Law is named after Erin Merryn who was a victim of childhood sexual assault and founded the Erin’s Law organization to help get the legislation passed. Illinois was the first state to pass the legislation that requires child sexual abuse prevention programs.

Stepping Stones is the only sexual abuse crisis center in McLean County which also provides counseling, medical and legal advocacy and the education programs.

“The conversation evolves when these students get into middle school or high school.

There it shifts to educating students as to whether or not you had permission to do that and was that the right thing to do,” Porter added.

The program is funded both by the federal government and the state of Illinois.

“I would say it has had an immediate impact because schools have disclosed cases of abuse and those children are now getting the help they need,” she said.

Porter continued to say that the long-term effect teaches students to be assertive and that if someone treats a person in a way they don’t like, it is OK to tell them no but take it a step further and tell an adult about what is happening.

The Stepping Stone program educates children up to the 12th grade but also works with Illinois State University Resident Assistants.

Courtesy of http://www.ywcamclean.org “We absolutely reach out to RAs and do The Stepping Stones program partnered with Unit 5 Schools to inform kids about training programs with them, which has a lot touching and sexual misconduct prevention. of impact on students coming through such as freshmen and sophomores,” Porter said. “I go “I would say to ISU students that they might find interesting to different classes and try to reach out to the college setting is that our services such as counseling and education are free as much as possible because sexual assault is prevalent on col- of charge,” Porter said. lege campuses.”

In a little over a month, Stepping Stones will start a support She explained the biggest takeaway from the program is group for women survivors of sexual assault that will take place that it is important for students to stand up, say no and report on ISU’s campus. incidents.

IWU’s year-long Bible display ‘belongs to us all’ MASON MCCOY News Reporter | @Real_McCoy18

As of Jan. 17, replicas of portions of the St. John’s Bible are on display at Illinois Wesleyan University, where they will remain for a oneyear period.

The St. John’s Bible is a work that is completely handwritten and illuminated. Saint John’s Abbey and University, the Benedictine monastery who commissioned the work, were the first to complete a Bible of this scale since the invention of the printing press over 500 years ago.

The Bible, although created using the tried-and-true methods of old, is very much a creation of the 21st century, and was always intended to be. Completely original illustrations, as well as the use of the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, were planned to make the St. John’s Bible as inclusive as possible.

Elyse Nelson Winger, IWU Chaplain, explained the intentions of the St. John’s Bible, and how they connected with the goals of IWU, at a talk about the work this past Thursday.

“As University Chaplain, one of my primary passions and commitments is to bring students together

across traditions, to seek out shared values, to talk about them and seek ways to live them out,” she said.

Although the permanent home of the seven impressive 24 by 18 inch volumes remains on the campus

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The St. John’s Bible will be on display through Jan. 18, 2019.

that commissioned it, high resolution copies of both the Pentateuch and the Gospels and Acts have been made available for IWU and the local community to share.

‘America’s Next Top Model’ winner, activist Nyle DiMarco to speak HANNAH ZETTL News Reporter | @HannahZettl

Winner of “America’s Next Top Model” and “Dancing With the Stars,” Nyle DiMarco is set to visit the Illinois State University Access and Accommodation Services 6 p.m. March 29, in the Prairie Room at the Bone Student Center.

DiMarco, who is deaf, is an activist for the deaf community.

DiMarco took home the first place prize for “Dancing

Work on the St. John’s Bible began in 1998. After over a decade of planning and meticulous work, Donald Jackson and a team of 23 professionals completed the work on May 9, 2011.

Jackson is the Senior Scribe to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s Crown Office. The driving force behind the project, Jackson had decided to undertake the task after a visit to Saint John’s in 1981.

“This is a lifetime dream for me …

I have always been interested in calligraphy and illumination,” Jackson said in a recorded interview played during the same talk last week. “I draw, I paint, I do all of these things, but the one thing I always wanted to do was the Bible.”

The St. John’s Bible has been created using traditional methods, including the use of a quill and inks made of egg and soot. These methods were chosen for both their level of quality and longevity. It is the hope of the Bible’s creators that the work lives on for hundreds of years.

High resolution replicas of the two volumes of the St. John’s Bible will be displayed in IWU’s Ames Library until Jan. 18, 2019. Access to the volumes is open to all members of the public.

With the Stars” in 2016 and has also secured the title of last model standing in “America’s Next Top Model” in 2015.

The entertainer grew up in a deaf and multigenerational family, but despite the challenges that came with his disability, he went on to become an inspiration to audiences everywhere.

DiMarco is an honorar y spokesperson for Language Equality and Acquisition for Deaf Kids, while also devoting his time to collaborating on the ASL App that educates users on basic sign language to better communicate with members of the community.

Audience members can expect an evening full of encouragement to believe in oneself by meeting goals while being surrounded by a support system. The free event is part of the ISU Speaker Series, which aims to inspire, educate and create dialogue about various topics.

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Cultivation awaits

ISReal Arts allows freedom of expression while unifying diversity

ISReal Arts has made a great impact on her drive to be successful in life.

"ISReal sparked a new dedication to my art and an overall strive to be better in every aspect of my personal life, school work and artist career," Williams RSO said. to “Room for stagnation is slim to none; our know organization is all about growing to become successful in our talents,” Powell added.

In addition, the members of ISReal Arts have contributed to community by mentoring students who are seeking their talent within the fine arts.

The presence of the RSO has sparked a continually growing art scene on campus, and popular events hosted by the organization, such as open mic nights, have provided an intimate space where artists can showcase their crafts.

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magine a world without the fine arts. A world without song or dance. A world where acting, painting and poetry are nonexistent.

Would there really be any other way to dab into personal creativity, express hidden thoughts and spark discussion all at the same time?

The fine arts are considered a safe haven for most. Fine arts are not only used to express, they are the tools most responsible for carrying one to discover hidden potential.

Illinois State University’s ISReal Arts organization provides an environment for fine-art appreciators where forms such as singing, dancing or poetry are respected, while unifying the university artists into one piece.

Senior arts and tech theater major, and founder of ISReal Arts, Jarobe Powell gave insight on what sparked the formation of this RSO. “The formation of our organization started as a group of friends coming together to create in the late hours of the day,” Powell said. “We came together to discuss topics, listened to each other’s inputs and began collaborating via art."

Powell continued, "It was such a fulfilling vibe to be surrounded by people who had a passion for art in its many forms, and after continuously meeting up, a friend of mine, Josh Paul, an ISU [alumnus], encouraged me to create that same environment for students on

“ISReal sparked a new dedication to my art and an overall strive to be better in every aspect of my personal life, school work and artist career” Naudia Willliams, sophomore English major “Members of our organization are not only singers, dancers, actors, models and poets, but we are visionaries seeking to improve as artists and students,” Williams said. “For us, art is a lifestyle.

Tiffani Jackson-Skinner | Features Reporter Our days aren't complete without (Left) Senior arts and tech major Jarobe Powell, senior marketing major Keith Mallet, senior human resource managefree-styling, painting, editing and ment major Donovan Roby, junior music business major Monét Lee, sophomore English major Naudia Williams and perfecting our crafts overall." performer Ausar Bradley attended the first ISReal Arts meeting of the spring semester.

ISReal Arts bonds artists of diverse backgrounds. Any person campus.” to discover their potential in an art, environment is a place where stuinterested in joining can contact the The ultimate goal for the RSO is to find it. dents can be themselves while also organization at isrealarts@gmail. to become a safe haven on campus “The most unique aspect of ISReal learning from each other’s abilities.” com. that allows artists the opportunity Arts is the safe space we initiate Naudia Williams, President and to grow, and for those who are trying from the jump,” Powell said. “Our sophomore English major, says

Fur-ever love

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Farmer-Dougan helps students understand their canine friends

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much — just look at all the jobs they do.”

Farmer-Dougan continued, “There’s [even] a new study that suggests we feel more sadness and grief at the loss of our dog then we do a human family member. Similarly, dogs show deep grief behavior when they lose their human. Given this incredible relationship, we — as humans — owe our dogs the best we can give them.”

Her world did not always consist of teaching others about her furry friends, however.

“I loved children and wanted to work with them from an early age. During high school, I was fortunate enough to work with students with special needs, and that lit the fire,” Farmer-Dougan said.

“I started out as a special education teacher, but I wanted to know why students learned the way they did, so I went back and got a degree in Behavioral Neuroscience and Animal Behavior, then did a postdoctorate in Massachusetts in Applied Behavior Analysis.”

Farmer-Dougan is originally from the greater Seattle area. She received her bachelors from Western Washington University and her master’s from Washington State University. It was her late husband that brought her to Bloomington-Normal.

“I worked at a variety of institutions and schools until I came to ISU as a professor,” Farmer-Dougan said. “My late husband was a professor at Illinois Wesleyan, and I followed him here from Indiana University, where we both had postdocs. I applied for a position here and was fortunate enough to be hired. I’ve been here since 1991 — a long time.”

ot many professors can say their teaching specialty is dog— as much as they would like to — but Valeri Farmer -Dougan can.

The Illinois State University psychology professor’s specialty is animal behavior, with an emphasis on canine behavior. She is fascinated by the intricacy of a dog’s mind and the relationships they form with humans.

“Dogs have been carefully bred to be a highly social animal,” Farmer-Dougan said. “Dogs are able to read and react to our emotions and have social cognition abilities greater than most nonhuman primates. They’re amazing animals that offer us so

“Her classes are incredibly informative, and her passion for each subject she teaches is captivating and inspiring” Kristina Anderson, senior psychology major

She currently teaches several psychology courses, including Learning, Physiological Psychology, Experimental Analysis of Behavior, and the “dog class”: Advanced Laboratory in Operant Behavior.

Farmer-Dougan also works with Pet Central Helps, a local shelter, and is the adviser for Indy-Pendence Service Dogs, an RSO at ISU. Her interest in education and animals can be traced all the way back to her childhood, even though she did not combine the two until later.

“I was raised by my maternal grandparents, and my sisters and brothers and I were taught a love of books and learning from them,” Farmer-Dougan said. “My grandpa was the most incredible ‘animal behaviorist’ in the world. He was able to work with and communicate with animals [in a way] that I can only try to match.”

If one were to ask senior psychology Kristina Anderson, she would say Farmer-Dougan has more than succeeded.

“She’s the reason I decided to pursue dog training and why I want to go on to grad school to study animal behavior and cognition,” Anderson said. “Her classes are incredibly informative, and her passion for each subject she teaches is captivating and inspiring.”

Anderson is in Farmer-Dougan’s “dog class” and IndyPendence Service Dogs. Farmer-Dougan said working with students like Anderson is what brings her fulfillment.

“Nothing makes me more excited and fulfilled than when a student has a breakthrough with their dog,” she said. “We work with many shelter dogs and dogs with real behavior issues. It’s so thrilling when a student figures the dog out, helps the dog through the issue and gets the dog working with them.”

Some dogs may need more work than others, but that is all part of a day’s work for Farmer-Dougan.

“After learning about animal [behavior] and canines, I want students to realize one, humans aren’t special in the animal world, but we are specialized at being human, and two, nothing will love you more than a dog.”

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MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018

Redbird women split weekend games Illinois State takes Friday night’s game at Evansville, drops Sunday’s matinee at Indiana State KADE HEATHER & NICK LANDI Sport Reporters

The Illinois State women’s basketball team split a pair of Missouri Valley Conference games this weekend as they traveled to Evansville on Friday and Indiana State on Sunday.

The Redbirds emerged from Evansville victorious, while they were narrowly defeated in Sunday’s game in Terra Haute, Indiana.

Friday: Illinois State 67, Evansville 43 As the clock was ticking down to its final seconds of the first half, Katrina Beck took the inbounds pass and sank a half-court shot to beat the buzzer.

Illinois State proceeded to take care of business, cruising to a 67-43 win at Evansville Friday night.

Beck and Hannah Green paved the way for ISU (8-10, 2-5 MVC) offensively. Green finished with a career-high 22 points and led all scorers. In addition to the half-court buzzer beater, Beck tied her season-high with 17 points and shot 6-for-10 (3-for-4 3FG) from the floor.

“Anytime you can get a conference road win, I don’t care who you’re playing or what their record is, those are huge and that was our mindset,” ISU coach Kristen Gillespie said.

Despite a slow start, ISU outscored Evansville 17-4 in the second quarter. The Redbirds headed into halftime up 31-16 behind Green and Beck, who accounted for 27 of those points.

The Redbirds’ defense also showed up for one of their best performances yet. They remarkably held each of the Purple Aces scorers to single-digit points.

The Aces’ Hannah Noe, who leads the MVC in three-point percentage and three-pointers made per game, finished with eight points on 3-for-11 shooting (2-for-8 3FG).

ISU held UE to just 27 percent shooting from the floor overall (15-for-55).

The Redbirds dominated the boards and outrebounded the Aces, 52-31. ISU also outscored UE 24-16 in the paint.

With the lopsided win, Gillespie could give much needed rest to the Redbirds’ starting five. Millie Stevens registered 17 minutes and scored 13

points.

“As a coach, that is so rewarding because we have four or five young women on our team that play their hearts out every day in practice and don’t always get rewarded with playing time,” Gillespie said.

Sunday: Indiana State 52, Illinois State 49 On Sunday, the Illinois State women’s basketball fell to Indiana State 52-49, ending its two-game winning streak in the process.

Beck led all players with 15 points for the Redbirds (8-10, 2-5 MVC), while Green and freshman Paige Saylor both added 11 points. Megan Talbot and Viria Livingston also contributed to the Redbirds with a team-high nine rebounds.

“Give Indiana State a ton of credit,” Gillespie said. “They were a little bit more physical and a little bit tougher than we were today. I thought we put together a good second and third quarter, but if you can’t put together a good [minutes], it’s tough to win.”

Even though physicality has been a part of the Redbirds’ identity on defense, Indiana State (5-13, 3-4 MVC) competed hard near the rim.

After scoring the first basket, Illinois State ended up trailing Indiana State for the remainder of the first half.

After trailing by as much as ten points, back-to-back threes from both Beck and Saylor late in the second quarter helped the Redbirds go into halftime only down 25-23.

A steal and layup from Beck put Illinois State back out in front at 32-31 lead with 4:25 left in the third quarter. The Redbirds grew their lead to as much as five early in the fourth quarter, but were unable to put away the Sycamores.

With the offense only shooting 6/24 (25 percent) in the second half, Illinois State watched the Sycamores go ahead 48-47 on a layup by junior Tierra Webb.

After Indiana State extended its lead to 50-47 on two free throws by Webb, the Redbirds had a chance to tie the game with 23 seconds remaining.

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This story doesn’t appear to have a set ending yet.

Last year, the Redbirds ended a fairy-tale season with some bling on their fingers and a conference crown, even after taking a 41-point loss to the jaw at Wichita State, in similar fashion to Saturday.

It’s hard seeing this season ending without that same bling, as there hasn’t been consistent shine from this group.

The scare has become so real, Thursday’s play-in games at Arch Madness in St. Louis have become a legitimate concern.

However the regular season ends, the Redbirds can turn fear and scares into joy and celebration with three or four wins in St. Louis.

It’s up to them how this story ends.

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12-7 11-8 11-8 10-8 8-10 5-13 9-9 8-10 3-15 3-15

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ISU hoops’ horrors at the Hulman

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Freshman guard Elijah Clarance scored four points in Illinois State’s 84-54 loss to Indiana State Saturday in Terre Haute, Indiana.

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Indiana State missed its first seven shot attempts, including three from 3-point range.

The Sycamores didn’t miss many more after that.

Jordan Barnes and Brenton Scott combined for nine of Indiana State’s 12 3-pointers, and the Sycamores pummeled Illinois State, 84-54, before 5,148 at the Hulman Center in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Illinois State (10-10, MVC 4-4) jumped to a 4-0 lead behind a pair of field goals Dan from forward David N’Diaye.

Muller After the game’s first media timeout, Indiana State scored 17 unanswered points and never looked back to avenge its 84-81 overtime loss on Dec. 31 at Redbird Arena.

Illinois State’s level of energy — especially in times of adversity — has been a recurring theme this season, and coach Dan Muller said the lack of competitive edge emerged again in the loss.

“I thought their physicality was night and day compared to ours ... I just thought that they looked and played so much more physical than we did and that led to a lack of competitiveness,” Muller said.

Unlike that New Year’s Eve matchup, the outcome of Saturday’s rematch contest was never in doubt.

Indiana State (10-10, MVC 5-3) shot a blazing 45 percent from the field, as Sycamore shooters dominated from the floor to hand Illinois State its second 30-point defeat this season.

Barnes and Scott, third and ninth in the Missouri Valley Conference in scoring, respectively, poured in a combined 37 points. Scott, who averages 14 points a game, finished with a gamehigh 23 points as four other Sycamores tallied double-digits.

“We wanted to come out and show a lot of energy, show how hard we’ve been working and play together and that’s what we did tonight,” Scott said.

Indiana State led 42-27 at halftime.

Illinois State’s William Tinsley, who finished with eight points on 3-of-5 shooting, said he feels like the team lacks maturity as it still seeks to establish an identity after losing leaders like Paris Lee, Tony Wills, MiKyle McIntosh and Deontae Hawkins from last season.

“We’re just not in attack mode every game, we have one good game and then we are not consistent,” Tinsley said. “We need to listen to our leaders like Keyshawn [Evans] and Phil [Fayne] … they [returning players from last season] said that no one talked back to Lee or Hawkins, and we need to get back into that mindset because everyone is getting too comfortable.”

Illinois State’s go-to scoring trio of Milik

Yarbrough, Phil Fayne and Keyshawn Evans entered Saturday as the MVC’s leading scoring combination with an average of 49.8 points a game.

Fayne led the group with 13 points, as Yarbrough managed nine and Evans added just three points and failed to make a field goal for the first time this season.

Indiana State head coach Greg Lansing said the team focused on stopping Yarbrough, who scored 29 points in that December overtime thriller.

“You can’t guard [Yarbrough] with one guy,” Lansing said.

“We were flying around, making it tough for him to catch it … we probably got him a little frustrated, too.”

Illinois State finished just Milik 4-for-19 from 3-point range.

Yarbrough Yarbrough exited the game at the 17:21 minute mark in the second half after landing hard on his knee on a dunk attempt. After working with team trainers on the sideline, the Redbirds’ leading scorer returned five minutes later, but played just over a minute before being removed.

Muller said after the game that Yarbrough told him he could not continue. His status moving forward is unknown.

Illinois State returns to action 7 p.m. Wednesday against Northern Iowa (10-10, MVC 2-6) in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

“I thought their physicality was night and day compared to ours ... I just thought that they looked and played so much more physical than we did and that led to a lack of competitiveness.”

-ISU coach Dan Muller

here was no 31-point performance from MiKyle McIntosh this season in Illinois State’s trip to the Hulman Center.

In fact, there were barely any vital signs coming from Illinois State.

That’s not unusual when Illinois State heads to Terra Haute, Indiana, as Saturday’s loss marks the 10th time in the last 11 visits to Indiana State where the Redbirds head home a loser.

Most horrors leave you with a lasting image to haunt you for a little bit.

A few Redbirds will have the image of Sycamores’ point guard Jordan Barnes shimmying them, stepping back and nailing a 3-pointer right in their grills.

Disgusting, most would say.

Another snippet might be Indiana State’s Bronson Kessinger posterizing Illinois State’s 7-footer David N’Diaye.

There’s one other element of common horrors Indiana State tortured the Redbirds with on Saturday.

A beating.

But, no blood was shed because Illinois State just took it on the jaw.

There was no fight. “[I am] disappointed and surprised that we could kind of lay down like that,” coach Dan Muller said. “That’s just an old fashioned butt-whooping.”

If this were a 12-round title fight inside the ring, the refs would have called the fight off after a 17-0 Sycamore run, which came after the first media timeout not even 10 minutes into the game.

Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse, the Sycamores found a way to torture the Redbirds one last time in the final five minutes.

A Qiydar Davis dunk, a Barnes to Tyreke Key alley-oop and a Brenton Scott 3-pointer that left Scott skipping down the floor, flashing the Indiana State logo on the front of his jersey with pure jubilation.

Some might say this is the lowest point of the season for Illinois State, one of them being Muller.

“Oh yeah, absolutely,” Muller said. “Anytime you’re down like we were down and lose like we lost, doesn’t matter who you’re playing or how well they played, the way we competed is not good — I don’t know any other way to put it. It’s just not good.”

Believe it or not, this horror story might not be over just yet.

Illinois State heads to Northern Iowa on Wednesday night, hosts Valparaiso Saturday night and then hits the road again for Missouri State in a week and a half from now.

But find the silver lining in Saturday’s loss.

Milik Yarbrough appeared to exit the game with a left-knee injury, but returned later in the game.

Without Yarbrough, the season only becomes scarier.

Most horrors end with something of a happy ending or resolution. see MARRA page 7