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Lynch challenges all to listen Former U.S. Attorney General discusses accomplishments, work to be done at Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Dinner Friday TIFFANI JACKSON-SKINNER | Features Reporter | @_smilesssss

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artin Luther King Jr.’s stance for equality inspired change for not only his generation, but for the present generation of students and leaders to follow in his footsteps.

Illinois State University celebrated King’s life by hosting the annual MLK Cultural Dinner on Friday, which brought students, faculty and staff together to eat, honor and reflect on King’s influence in their lives.

This year, not only did the event sell out early, but the university received over 800 guests, including students, alumni and guests from schools all over the state of Illinois.

Each year, ISU invited a wellknown civil rights speaker to discuss the issues of equality and justice. The keynote speaker also sparked conversation between students and faculty to take a step toward common ground. This year, the honor went to former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

“It is a very special time every year that we can gather to com-

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Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch addresses a sold-out crowd at the Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Dinner Friday. memorate Dr. King’s birthday and discuss his work, life and legacy, and also to reflect on the work that’s been done and the work that’s left to do,” Lynch said.

Lynch continued, “But this year is different and very special because we are noting not only the birthday,

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but a much more difficult time, this year marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. King.”

Lynch described how the anniversary of King’s assassination brings back memories of how separated the nation was during that time.

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“It’s especially poignant for us all to gather together and think about this because it reminds us of the sad and dark times that we went through some 50 years ago,” Lynch said. “This anniversary is important because it lets us look back and see how far we have come and accomplished in the face of great adversity.”

Lynch continued to speak about King’s life and how much the nation has changed over the years. But, while the nation has changed, she said there is still far more work to be done.

“We are still divided today. We are divided not just by race, but by politics, the news that we watch and we increasingly function in these silos of thought and tend to spend time with those of whom we already agree,” Lynch said. “But we have to break these silos down and learn to communicate and build a bridge across the separation.”

Ending the speech, Lynch left the audience with a call-to-action.

ISU receives AmeriSchool honor HANNAH ZETTL News Reporter | @HannahZettl

Illinois State University was named an AmeriSchool earlier this month.

Part of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), AmeriSchools are awarded money by the organization for students who successfully complete a term of service for the betterment of the United States.

In October of last year, members of AmeriCorps and the Stevenson Center at ISU traveled to Springfield, Illinois, for National Service Recognition Day. The Stevenson Center encourages former AmeriCorps members to apply for admission into the Applied Community and Economic Development Fellows Program.

“Students at the Stevenson Center can earn a master’s in several different areas, including applied economics, sociology, anthropology and kinesiology & recreation,” public relations intern for the Stevenson Center Sarah Aten said.

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Tuesday Feb. 6 at the Normal Theater.

The event is being hosted by the Illinois State University College Democrats.

All five Democratic candidates will be in attendance. Jonathan Ebel, Erik Jones, Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, David Gill and Angel Sides are competing in the March 20 democratic primary election. This will also be David Gill’s sixth run for office.

“The candidate forum will have submissions from the crowd for questions and you can also submit questions at WGLT.com,” president of College Democrats Billy Stripeik said.

The event is being held to provide a forum for Democratic candidates to share their platforms for the district.

“From what has been shared with me, it’ll be more of a forum than a debate where candidates will be asked where they stand on certain issues and sharing their platforms,” Stripeik said.

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The event is free and open to the public.

Davis has held Illinois’s 13th Congressional District since 2013 and has successfully ran for re-election in 2014 and 2016. The probability that a U.S. congressional representative gets re-elected is about 96 percent and the 13th District has tended to side with Republican candidates since Davis’s first election.

The Cook Political Report currently rates the 13th District as “Likely Republican” in 2018.

The sprawling 13th District includes parts or all of 14 counties, stretching from the western half of Bloomington-Normal and south to Collinsville.

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ABOVE: An employee restocks fruits and vegetables at the Bloomington Green Top Grocery store.

RIGHT: Nuts and grains fill the walls of Green Top Grocery giving customers the option of filling and weighing their own purchase.

Green Top ‘Links up’ with farmers market ALEX CAMPBELL News Reporter | @alex_campbell98

Two local Bloomington businesses are partnering together to match purchases on Link cards.

The Downtown Bloomington Farmers’ Market (DBFM), which has been around for 20 years with their roots tracing back to 1974, has teamed up with another food distributor on this project.

“Our partnership with Green Top Grocery is new but we have had the Link card matching program since 2016,” Catherine Dunlap, outreach and events coordinator of the Downtown Development Division, said.

Green Top Grocery Marketing Manager Rainie Themer said

it is the first grocery store in Illinois to offer a Link match program.

“We received a $20,000 grant from Link Up Illinois to match Link card purchases up to $25 per day to be used on locally grown fruits and vegetables. The DBFM already had this program in place through Link Up Illinois and we partnered with them to bring the program to both Green Top Grocery and the Downtown Bloomington Farmers’ Market in 2018,” Themer said.

The initiative will last through Dec. 2018, with hopes of renewing the grant should this prove to be beneficial for the community.

Green Top Grocery, unlike the DBFM, is newer to Bloomington. Green Top has only been operating for eight months since

its doors opened in May 2017. However, Green Top already has a connection with the community.

“Green Top Grocery is a cooperative grocery store, which means we are owned by our community members. It took five years from the first community meeting about creating a cooperatively run grocery store to the time our doors opened,” Themer said.

Themer said those five years were spent gaining community owners and raising funds to build the store.

“We currently have 1700 owners and anyone can become an owner. Our owners have a huge say in what happens in the store, can run for our board of directors and receive other benefits. You do not have to be an owner to shop at Green Top, everyone is welcome,” Themer added.

From ‘The Simpson’s’ to magicians School of Theatre and Dance announces spring line-up

TIFFANY MORRISON News Reporter | @MorrisonTiffany

Illinois State University’s School of Theatre and Dance will have its spring season debut next month.

As the semester kicks off, many students are busy with their coursework while others are busy perfecting their lines and routines for the upcoming events by the School of Music and School of Theatre and Dance.

The first performance is titled “Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play”

by Anne Washburn and directed by Kristin Schoenback. The play will be held at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16, 17 and 20-24, as well as 2 p.m. Feb. 17 and 18 at Westhoff Theatre.

In the beginning of the performance, an unexpected apocalyptic event occurs, forcing the survivors to band together. As they gather, they attempt to recall an episode from The Simpson’s called “Cape Feare.”

The following acts take place further in the future each time as the same group of individuals forms a theatre group who specializes in recreating “The Simpsons” episodes.

The second theatrical performance of the semester is a co-production between the School of Music and School of Theatre and Dance.

The opera is from 1790 called “Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti, K. 588,” with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte and directed by Joe McDonnell.

The opera will take place at 7:30 p.m. March 2, 3 and 6 through 9 and 2 p.m. March 4 in the Center for Performing Arts Theatre.

The music for this opera is sung in a mixture of Italian and English. The performance starts off with a old, cynical and experimental philosopher named Don Alfonso, who tells two young men, named Ferrando and Gugliemo, that their fiancées would not remain faithful to them if they were tested.

“The Illusion,” written by Pierre Corneille, adapted by Tony Kushner

turning to a magician for help.

The last theatre performance of the semester will be “Balm in Gilead,” written by Lanford Wilson and directed by John Tovar.

This play will be held at 7:30 p.m.

April 13, 14, 17 through 21 and 2 p.m.

April 15 at the Center for the Performing Arts Theatre.

The play takes place in an all-night cafe in New York City’s upper Broadway neighborhood. The main two characters of the play are Joe, a cynical drug dealer, and Darlene, a newcomer to the big city.

“I cannot wait to start rehearsals later in February,” junior acting major Steve Carr said.

“I will be playing Joe in the production and from what I’ve heard this show is going to be unlike any other show ever performed at ISU.” “Our cast list is huge having more than twenty-seven talented actors and actresses all sharing the stage and the excitement of this Monica Mendoza | Vidette Photo Editor show has grown with every passing week,” The School of Theatre and Dance put on a proCarr said. “The best duction of William Shakespeare’s “All’s Well that Ends Well” as part of their fall line-up. parts have yet to come.”

The Poise Dance Team will also have its and directed by Enrico Spada, will Spring Showcase from 2 – 4 p.m. on also take place that month. This will April 30 in the Braden Auditorium. take place at 7:30 p.m. March 30, 31 The showcase consists of two whole and April 3 – 7 and 2 p.m. March 31 team dance pieces, two hip-hop rouin Westhoff Theatre. tines, two jazz and lyrical routines The comedic story about love and and small group routines. life starts with a father wanting to “We have a lot of really awesome discover the fate of his long-lost son, pieces for this showcase that require

a great amount of focus, commitment, and hard work,” senior executive board member Carris Fischer said.

“Since we’ve been back, I’ve noticed that all of our members are putting in those efforts and come prepared to learn.”

The dance team also uses their spring showcase as a last hurrah for the seniors, letting them come up with either a solo or duet performance.

“I’m performing my senior duet

with my best friend Maddie and we’re both so excited to choreograph and perform together again because we have in the past,” Fischer said.

The Spring Dance concert, directed by Darby Wilde, will also take place 7:30 p.m. April 26 – 29 and 2 p.m. April 28 at the Westhoff Theatre.

The concert will include a collection of dances choreographed

by ISU’s dance faculty and invited guest artists.

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Students need mental health days

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n college, chances are you feel a wide range of emotions in a short term. Students can go from happy to annoyed and back to happy in the same hour.

In the midst of all these feelings, there is one emotion that remains consistent for students: the overwhelming amount of stress.

Students are constantly being bombarded with an abundance of stressful triggers. Regardless of why they are stressed, students are not given many options about what to do other than just work through it. As many college students know, you cannot afford to have a bad day because there are usually a million and one things that need to be done by the end of that day.

While short-term stress can motivate you to work harder, it only lasts momentarily. But this is not the type of stress that is weighing on college students. These individuals are facing continued stress, which is affecting their participation in multiple aspects of their lives from losing friendships to missing an assignment.

But there are more factors other than stress that

are affecting students. There are students on campus who are dealing different types of mental illnesses, such as depression and anxiety. These illnesses have a big impact on students’ lives, but there is not enough awareness about them.

As we learn more about how these factors affect the body, one thing we start to wonder is why mental health days have not become an accepted concept on college campuses.

A mental health day is a day where you take a break from the responsibilities that you usually face and practice self-care techniques. Self-care techniques can be

anything that allows you to de-stress and refresh yourself for the next day. The point of a mental health day is to allow yourself a break without feeling guilty for doing it.

One common misconception of mental health days is that they are fake and unnecessary. There are people in the world who believe taking a mental health day makes you weak, yet this is very far from the truth. There are multiple ways to look at a mental health day but the easiest is presented like this: when you are physically sick you are encouraged to go home and rest, but is being sick mentally not

equally or even worse than that? Should each kind of “sick” not receive the same treatment?

While it would be easy to say that students have weekends as mental health days, that is just not the truth. With the overwhelming amount of pressure put on students every day, they should be allowed to have mental health days built up in case they need one. Students should not be made to wait days before they can feel like they can breathe again.

If we care about our students and respect the work they put into our university, we should not avoid setting up days that can revolve around them bettering themselves and their emotional/mental health. During this process, students will be able to achieve their goals without sacrificing other major staples of their lives.

If you ever end up feeling more overwhelmed than a mental health day can help, please be aware of the resources provided on campus. Illinois State University has counseling services you can be connected with.

They provide 20 individual therapy sessions and unlimited group therapy sessions for free. They can be reached at (309) 438-3655.

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EDITORIAL POLICY Editorial written by LEXI ABHSIE, a member of The Vidette’s Editorial Board. Editorial policy is determined by the student editor, and views expressed in editorials are those of the majority of The Vidette’s Editorial Board. Columns that carry bylines are the opinions of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Vidette or the University.

Marches, protests are important in society MY VIEW KAMARA TURNER | Columnist

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ince the inauguration of President Donald Trump, there has been a vast increase in political protests and marches.

These marches have been about impeaching Trump, police brutality and most recently the women’s march.

When people think of protests and marches, they may think back to the Civil Rights Movement or the Suffragate Movement. But the use of protests and marches were not only useful doing; they are extremely needed in today’s society.

In a recent study by economists from Harvard University and Stockholm University, they found that protests have a major impact on politics. Many people think protests and marches work because big crowds send a signal to government policy-makers, but that is not always the case.

They are effective because they urge people to become politically involved and active.

College students nationwide have started protesting more than ever to fight recent civil injustice the world has seen.

As a student at Illinois State, I’ve seen many organizations organize protests and marches around the Quad and in the Bloomington-Normal area.

Participating in small- to medium-sized protests on ISU’s campus can really expand a student’s horizon to what protests and marches can do and what they are really for.

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One of the main reasons for holding them is to bring awareness to the issue. Although we live in a technology-ruled society, people still obtain their news in a variety of ways that may not be beneficial. Seeing protests and marches put faces to issues and really shows people’s passion for the cause.

Protests also catch the eye of people who happen to walk by. So often, people will stop by a protest to hear the voice and concerns of those who are protesting for a cause. The more people that participate in a protest, the bigger the national attention will be on the issue, which will cause government officials to listen and hopefully make changes.

As a college student, it is easy to feel alone when it comes to certain issues that may be an issue to yourself and not to others.

Protests help build platforms

for believers alike to create relationships and come up with game plans and strategies to get their point across. Solo activism is typically not very effective, hence why it is important to find others around you who want to see the same change.

While a part of a march or protest, it may get discouraging if it does not seem like changes are being made. But it is important to remember that change may take time, even generations.

Marches and protests can bring great change to the world, and it is never too late or too early to help bring that change.

KAMARA TURNER is a 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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Letters must be signed and contain the major or official title of the writer, the year in school if presently enrolled, address and a daytime telephone number for verification. Letters without phone numbers will not be considered for publication.

Names may be withheld upon request, but only after approval by the editor. Letters are subject to editing for style and space at the editor’s discretion.

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Other views on U.S. policy are needed Dear Editor, Recently, the people of Hawaii had a reality check, a wake-up call.

The alert said the missiles were incoming: “This is not a drill.” And for most of an hour, people there had a terrifying taste of the shock and awe experience the U.S. has inflicted on so many other people.

Hawaiian congresswoman and Iraq veteran Tulsi Gabbard released this quote: “Regime change war policy is the reason why North Korea sees nuclear weapons as their only deterrent from a U.S.-led attack. Kim Jong Un sees what the U.S. has done to Gaddafi in Libya, Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and the effort to decertify the nuclear deal with Iran.”

She urged the White House to “end our policy of regime change and implement a policy of de-escalation and peace.”

A huge part of the problem is that voices critiquing our regime change/war policy are almost never heard on our mainstream media, our so-called free press. Fortunately, there are such voices that can be found on the internet. I recommend looking up Ron Paul, Stephen F. Cohen, Ken O’Keefe, Paul Craig Roberts and Stephen Lendman.

I consider them to be brilliant, credible and sane. If more people heard and considered their views, we would have a much better chance of not having to experience our own shock and awe.

Gregg Brown Gregg Brown is a resident of Bloomington.

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Mennonite College rolls out nurses with accredited program MASON MCCOY News Reporter @Real_McCoy18

Mennonite College of Nursing received a 10-year accreditation for its high quality undergraduate and graduate programs in April of last year.

Since then, the college has only continued to deliver excellent graduates.

The ac cred it at ion comes from the Commission on Collegiate Nu r s i ng E duc at ion (CCNE), an independent body that assesses the quality of nursing programs.

The maximum award of 10 years from the CCNE means that the nursing programs made available here at Illinois State University meet or exceed national standards.

“We met all the standards w it hout any concerns,” Dean of MCN Judy Neubrander said.

Ameaningful accomplishment, the accreditation highlights the excellence of the MCN and the faculty working to create the next generation of nurses.

“We continue to offer quality education to our students,” Neubrander

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Mennonite College of Nursing offers various undergraduate, master’s and doctoral programs either online or on campus giving prospective nurses a variety of options. said.

“All aspects of our u nder g r adu ate a nd graduate programs are assessed along with our faculty and staff.”

To prepare for the assessment, the MCN conducted a self-study where they assessed all of its programs based on the standards of the CCNE. “The self-study is a great way to look at what you are doing to meet the standard and evaluate if there is room for improvement,” Neubrander said.

The assessment

for accreditation is a dynamic process where the CCNE allows nursing programs to explain the ways in which they meet national standards of quality.

Alena Burda, senior nursing major, reflected on her time at the MCN, and how her program prepared her for professiona l life af ter graduation.

“Graduat i ng f rom MCN will be a big honor,” she said.

“The college does a great job of combining classroom and clinical experience to ensure

the best learning for students.”

The 10-year accreditation only made Burda more confident about her time with ISU and the MCN. “I have always been proud to attend such a well-acclaimed program, and this accreditation shows me that I made the right decision,” she said.

To find out more about programs available at the MCN, as well as the research and work being done by faculty and students, visit Nursing.

IllinoisState.edu.

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“In their first year of studies, students take classes preparing for their second year, where they will go out in the field as an intern for a service based organization, many becoming involved with AmeriCorps,” she added.

Recipients of the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award, a fund granted to noteworthy members

by CNCS, have seven years to use the money to pay for college, vocational school or pay back student loans.

To date, CNCS has awarded roughly $832,200 to members of AmeriCorps attending ISU. About $213,000 of that figure has been awarded to Stevenson Center AmeriCorps members.

According to the CNCS website, “AmeriCorps wants the brightest future for our members: if you serve your country, we award you money for school.”

The center matches the AmeriCorps Education Award through granting graduate assistantships beginning at $914 a month for the first year of study, by alotting a stipened of $1,516 a month during the second year, a complete tuition waiver worth up to $30,300 over the two-year program as well as other benefits.

Graduates of the fellow project leave with the diverse skills and knowledge necessary to go on to complete a range of development work.

“ISU becoming an AmeriSchool recognizes the solid partnership

that the Stevenson Center has with AmeriCorps and highlights the importance of community involvement and engagement to the Stevenson Center,” Aten said.

Nationally, about 80,000 members make up AmeriCorps each year. Together the network aims to combine diverse skill sets and areas of expertise to improve American communities. Disaster relief, education, environmental improvement, health and fitness and assisting veterans and military families are a handful of the areas of focus for AmeriCorps students.

Since becoming established in 1993, CNCS has incorporated Days of Service throughout the year as an effort to encourage all Americans to volunteer within their own communities.

Two special initiatives created

by CNCS include Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service and Sept.

11th National Day of Service and Remembrance.

The organization prov ides resources and tools to volunteers that allow them to engage in various service activities on these days and many others during the year.

Another program offered by CNCS is called SeniorCorps, a network that serves as a way for senior citizens to use their lifetime of knowledge and experience to educate youth and even help one another.

Other programs include the Volunteer Generation Fund, the Social Innovation Fund and several community initiatives.

UPB’s ‘Comedy Fest’ to feature Taylor Tomlinson TIFFANY MORRISON News Reporter | @MorrisonTiffany

A female comedian who is set to star in a semi-autobiographical comedy thorough ABC is coming to Illinois State University next month.

Comedian Taylor Tomlinson is set to perform at ISU’s Comedy Fest, set up by University Program Board, on Saturday Feb. 10 from 8 to 11 p.m. free of charge. Before the performance, students are allowed to sign up for an open mic to perform their own stand-up or any type of art they choose to share.

“I think that having any one field dominated by a single sex is troublesome, but especially so with comedians because they’re telling stories and experience through comedy. If the public isn’t seeing these stories and jokes from women it loses it authenticity,” sophomore English major Karys Crandell said. “Women bring an important point of view about life to the table.”

Taylor Tomlinson is a writer and actress who began her stand-up comedy at age 16 when she realized that her quiet, sarcastic self was not being appreciated by her peers. Her witty and conversational jokes became popular at comedy clubs, colleges and corporate events.

In 2003, she was a top 10 finalist on season 9 of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing”. In 2014, she was also featured in a regular segment called “Young as Hell” on “Laughs” on FOX season one and now hosts the show once a week.

Tomlinson makes a lot of her comedy about her personal life as she grew up with a religious family and talks about abstinence. She also talks about being a women in society and about her experiences with relationships and break ups.

“I think it’s hard to be a female comedian because they’re playing a ‘boy’s game’ and these ‘boys’ aren’t really interested in letting females come join,” Crandell said.

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Emotion takes center stage ISU artist Zachary Aaron wins hearts with ‘Sierra Belle’

JONATHAN BARLAS Features Reporter | @janvesleybarlas

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he drive of a musician is an internal struggle between the conscience of the mind and the persistence of the heart. It is a battle enveloped and masked by the identity of the artist, striving to connect the hearts of others with their own.

Music is — and always will be — a true baring of the soul. Across all genres and throughout everyday life, music is the catalyst that motivates, comforts and transports people to places only available in their thoughts.

Blending personal value with easing relevance, local Illinois State University student-artist Zachary Karlovitz shows he’s out to prove that his love for music is deeper than the songs written in his notebook.

As a senior mass media major, Karlovitz is not in unfamiliar territory when it comes to putting himself out there. Formerly, Karlovitz spent some time as a co-host for the local morning show “Wake Up Normal” on 103.3 WZND from Oct. 2016 to May 2017. Since his stint at WZND, Karlovitz has written, produced and released his solo-debut EP entitled “Sierra Belle” this past December.

Under his artist moniker of Zachary Aaron, Karlovitz seems to transcend a style where emotion takes center stage.

As an Indie singer-songwriter, he must be able to define himself in a genre where passion either can make or break an artist. Karlovitz not only finds his voice, but his calling, and does so with untethered maturity and undefinable grace.

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Senior mass media major and artist Zachary Karlovitz released his EP “Sierra Belle” on Dec. 27, 2017, under his artist moniker of Zachary Aaron.

Every song and word sung on the EP is met with a certain retrospective quality and charm that keeps one listening. Although a bit unprofessional in sound quality, Karlovitz exceeds expectations with his unembellished desire to reassure himself (and listeners) that although life is

not perfect, it is still beautiful.

Consisting of four original tracks, as well as live version of his lead track “About Gypsy Gracie,” Karlovitz woos the ear by maximizing one thing: simplicity.

Accompanied only by a steel sixstring, his raw yet heartfelt voice

tugs at the heart while provoking a sense of wonder. Listening to his voice feels as if one is staring at the clouds, floating on the melodic shape of his own irreplaceable vision.

Personal experience is the greatest tool to be used by a singersongwriter. That said, on tracks

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B.o.B., Waka Flocka Flame brings line-up change to IWU RACHEL SCHOLLMEIER Features Reporter | @r_schollmeier

Six-time Grammy nominated rapper B.o.B. and rapper Waka Flocka Flame will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Shirk Center on Illinois Wesleyan University campus.

Doors open at 7 p.m. and seating (open f loor, bleacher) will be determined on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The concert is open to the public and tickets can be purchased online at Eventbrite or at the door for $25.

However, students, faculty and staff with an IWU ID will receive free admission.

Based off IWU student feedback, IWU’s Campus Activities Board (CAB) determined students in the area were interested in hip-hop.

“To appeal to an even larger population of students, CAB chose to bring two headliners to offer two different

types of music. We have had an incredibly positive response from students who are excited and refreshed to have a more diverse act performing this year,” Illinois Wesleyan Director of Student Activities and Leadership Programs Liz Vales said in a recent IWU news release.

IWU sophomore nursing major Sydney Shanks is one of the many students anticipating B.o.B’s and Waka Flocka Flame’s arrival to IWU campus.

“IWU doesn’t do a ton of events like this, so I think it is going to be really fun,” Shanks said. “I am looking forward to having fun with my friends at the concert and listening to some good music.”

B.o.B. came from Decatur, Georgia, and introduced himself to the world in 2006 with his mixtape “Cloud 9.”

B.o.B.’s top songs include “Airplanes,” “So Good,” “Nothin’ On You,” “Magic” and “Both of Us.” Wa k a Flock a Flame is an

At lanta-based IF YOU GO rapper who became known WHAT: B.o.B. and for his hit sin- Waka Flocka Flame gles “Hard in Concert Da Paint” and WHEN: 7 p.m. “ No H a n d s ” Saturday and his 2010 WHERE: Shirk debut a lbu m Center “Flockaveli.”

COST: $25 or free The concer t admission with IWU is an opportu- ID nity for rap fans SPECIAL NOTES: to watch two big First-come, firstname performers serve seating at a reasonable price, as well as for those who wish to broaden their live music experiences and listening genres.

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“IWU doesn’t do a ton of events like this, so I think it is going to be really fun” Sydney Shanks, IWU sophomore nursing major

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“I challenge each of you to find someone whom you disagree with and choose to listen. The challenge is to not argue, but instead ask these three questions: Why do you feel that way, why is this so important to you and what’s your biggest fear when you hear the other side?”

Lynch left both students and faculty inspired. The audi-

ence began to reflect and discuss her speech among peers.

ISU Director of Media Relations Eric Jome reflected on how Lynch’s speech inspired him.

“First and foremost, it was an honor to have such a prominent figure like General Attorney Lynch on campus and she had a fantastic message that really resonated with people tonight,” Jome said. “She gave a message of hope, reflecting on Dr. King’s legacy, while also talking about important things that we have to do as citizens.”

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Waka Flocka Flame walks down pit road before the Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.

“Her message about actually listening to the other side really stuck out to me because it is a step we need to take towards making a change and building a bridge between separation,” Jome added.

Jome attributes the sold-out event to show how respected King is still to this day.

If people of different ethnicities could come together 50 years later to honor King after his assassination, there is hope toward accomplishing change together.

THE VIDETTE | SPORTS | PAGE 7

MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 2018

Natalie Stuckslager| Photo Editor

ABOVE: Paige Saylor feeds the ball into the post during Illinois State loss to Drake Friday.

TOP LEFT: Kristen Gillespie calms her team down during a timeout versus Drake.

BOTTOM LEFT: The bench celebrates as ISU led Drake with just six minutes left to play.

Redbirds nearly upset Drake, rolled by Northern Iowa NICK LANDI & KADE HEATHER Sports Reporters

Illinois State returned home after a weekend on the road, and it put on a show for its hometown crowd to cheer about this weekend.

Friday: Drake 65, ISU 58 Illinois State women’s basketball coach Kristen Gillespie has already said that she does not believe in moral victories, but the Redbirds’ 65-58 loss to first-place Drake Friday night will be used as a building block for her team.

“No, I’m not [surprised how close the final score was],” Gillespie said. “All week long, our kids practiced, prepared and believed that this is how the game was going to come, we really believed that we were going to beat them.”

The Redbirds surprisingly hopped out to a 17-6 lead within the first five minutes and led the Bulldogs 24-14 at the end of the first quarter before a lively Redbird Arena crowd.

Drake climbed back in the second quarter, outscoring ISU 16-6 and the teams headed into the locker rooms tied at 30.

ISU last led by two with 6:15 left in the game, then on a Becca Hittner layup, Drake retook the lead and never trailed again. Hittner scored nine points in those last six minutes and finished with a team-high 18 points.

The Redbirds defended the Bulldogs exceptionally well, holding them to their second-lowest scoring mark all season and 18 points under their season average.

“I think they played really good defense on us and we were on our heels, and we definitely escaped with one tonight for sure,” Drake coach Jennie Baranczyk said.

Drake had a large size advantage over ISU, however, ISU didn’t let height bother them mentally.

“Our guards are 5’5”, 5’5” and 5’6”. This is who we are and we play 40 minutes, 40 minutes, 40 minutes, but I don’t think you can measure their heart and competitive will,” Gillespie said.

Hannah Green led the surge for ISU and tallied 19 points (8-for-12), three blocks, two steals and three rebounds.

Freshman Paige Saylor lit up from the threepoint line to start the game, sinking three beyond the arc within the first six minutes.

She finished with 13 points (3-for-4 3-point), five assists and five rebounds.

“We had one week where we had to make 500 shots, most from three, and it gave me a lot more confidence, so that was a huge step for me because I was never a real offensiveminded person,” Saylor said.

Megan Talbot added 11 points on 5-for-9 shooting, including a go-ahead 3-pointer at the 6:15 mark in the fourth quarter that caused an eruption from the ISU bench and fans in Redbird Arena.

While the Redbirds have been up-and-down this season, Gillespie believes her team is heading in the right direction. She also talked of her former coach at North Carolina State,

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Sunday: UNI 58, ISU 36 It seemed that Illinois State women’s basketball built enough momentum off its loss to Drake on Friday night to come back and beat Northern Iowa on Sunday.

Things did not turn out the way ISU had hoped.

A rough second half performance led to a 58-36 loss to the Panthers for Illinois State (8-12, 2-7 MVC) at Redbird Arena. It is ISU’s third loss in a row.

“I’m just really disappointed how we let what was happening offensively, whether it’s we weren’t making shots, we were turning over, totally take us out of the defense because as we know, for this team to be successful, for this team to put themselves in a position to win, we have to defend, and we did not do that tonight,” Gillespie said.

Talbot led the Redbirds with seven points, with her last basket coming on a 3-pointer with

40 seconds remaining in the second quarter.

Green grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds.

In a battle of the top two scoring defenses in the Missouri Valley Conference, Northern Iowa (10-10, 6-3 MVC) won the matchup after getting 25 points off 25 turnovers from the Redbirds.

“I think we just turned the ball over way too much and that’s in our control and we have guards and all of us can handle the ball, so I have faith in them that they can do it and that our whole team can, but today, turnovers were a major issue,” Talbot said.

Things started off smoothly for the ISU, who built a 15-9 lead after the first quarter due to a strong defensive effort that caused the Northern Iowa to shoot 28.6 percent (4/14) in the opening frame.

The Panthers, who appeared in the 2017 NCAA tournament, then began to take control of the contest. ISU would not score more than nine points in any of the remaining three quarters.

Northern Iowa increased the intensity of its defense throughout the game, causing ISU to have multiple scoring droughts. The Panthers eventually caught up with the Redbirds as both teams entered halftime tied at 24.

The second half is when everything began falling apart for Illinois State.

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ISU women’s loss to Drake sheds light

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Illinois State’s Phil Fayne sinks one of his 11 field goals in ISU’s 76-65 victory over Valparaiso Saturday night at Redbird Arena.

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he Illinois State men’s basketball team entered Saturday night bruised and battered after consecutive lopsided defeats.

The Redbirds left with a sense of optimism.

Phil Fayne scored a game-high 24 points, Milik Yarbrough and Keyshawn Evans added 17 points and ISU handled the Crusaders, 76-65, at Redbird Arena.

Both teams entered the contest in desperate need for a return to the win column, as the Redbirds (11-11, 5-5 MVC) entered with four losses in their past five games while Valparaiso (11-12, 2-8 MVC) had lost eight of its last 10 matchups.

ISU head coach Dan Muller was pleased with his team’s performance, especially on the defensive end, as Valparaiso shooters were limited to just 37 percent from the field.

“It was probably the best defensive performance we have had in the conference season,” Muller said. “We played with a lot of energy.”

Fayne scored four quick points before the first media timeout and never let up. A flurry of teammate-assisted looks, spinning hook shots and even a baseline jumper propelled a near-perfect 11-of-12 performance, tying his season-high in points.

“My teammates were finding me and believed in me,” Fayne said. “They kept giving me the ball ... They gave me total confidence and I was able to keep going, thanks to them.”

Illinois State preserved a 48-34 lead with 12 minutes remaining in regulation, avoiding a Carbondale-like collapse, where it squandered a 14-point lead and dropped to Southern Illinois on Jan. 13.

Muller has pointed to an absence of the “killer

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Madison Williams’ dunk sparked the Redbirds.

instinct” required to put a team away in the second half throughout the season, but he says he noticed improvement Saturday.

“I saw a huge difference tonight,” Muller said. “It all comes down to the energy that you play with at the defensive end, the aggressiveness, the focus... if you want to keep expanding the lead, you have to keep getting stops.”

The Redbird leading trio of Fayne, Yarbrough and Keyshawn Evans – the Missouri Valley Conference’s highest-scoring three-player combination – each had double figures and combined for 58 points.

While ISU’s “Big Three” each filled the scoring column, Madison Williams stole the show with a monstrous dunk over Valparaiso’s Mileek McMillan, who stands five inches taller than Williams’ 6-foot-3 frame. Highlights of the play garnered national media attention, including a No. 6 spot on SportsCenter’s coveted “Top-10” rundown.

“That dunk charged me up for the rest of the game,” ISU guard Keyshawn Evans said. “It was so passionate because all of us were going crazy.”

As Redbird Arena roared, so did Williams, and he earned a technical foul for his celebration.

“That was a big time dunk,” Muller said. “He kind of parted the Red Sea and he went in there and made a terrific play ... I think the technical was the right call but I thought he was fouled on the dunk.”

Muller played nine guys in the contest after announcing in Thursday’s press conference that he planned on cutting ISU’s nightly rotation to eight players. Freshman Taylor Bruninga was the lone Redbird to not see any time aside from walkon Luke Litwiller.

William Tinsley was the first ISU reserve to enter the game and he led the bench unit with six points and seven rebounds in 29 minutes.

Valparaiso struggled from the field throughout the night, especially from long-range, as the Crusaders shot 3-for-19 from 3-point range and failed to make one in the first 38 minutes of the game.

“Tonight, as it has been a lot of nights, the ball just wasn’t going in the basket,” said Valparaiso coach Matt Lottich. “We have to get some guys their confidence back.”

Fayne suffered a knee injury with 4:19 left in regulation after an awkward collision with a slew of Valparaiso players scrambling for a loose ball.

He limped off under the assistance of a team trainer.

After the game, Fayne said the injury is not serious and that he could have returned to action if needed. He plans to practice as normal.

Illinois State returns to action at 7 p.m. Tuesday night as it travels to battle Missouri State.

“That dunk charged me up for the rest of the game. It was so passionate because all of us were going crazy.”

Keyshawn Evans, ISU junior guard

en months ago in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, Illinois State women’s basketball went toe-to-toe with then-19th ranked Drake for the first 20 minutes of its matchup, only trailing 20-18 at the half.

It wouldn’t take long after that for Drake to get going, eventually getting a 64-40 win and ending ISU’s season.

Man, how things change.

On Friday night, with first-year coach Kristen Gillespie leading the team, Illinois State fought hard with first-place Drake for a full four quarters with the hope of getting its biggest win of the season.

Tied at 54 with 3:25 remaining in the game, the improbable seemed to become the inevitable. Illinois State was going to hand Drake its first conference loss of the season.

Alas, a 7-0 run by the Bulldogs prevented that, which led to a 65-58 loss for the Redbirds.

Still, Gillespie’s team presented the latest example of how much the program has grown in her first season in Normal. There is still a lot of growth that must happen for Illinois State to get to where it wants to be, however.

With Drake being the defending conference champions, it’s no secret that ISU aspires to one day be in the same position that the Bulldogs are currently in.

Becoming the best at anything you do requires plenty of learning experiences.

There are many lessons that ISU can learn from this loss that can be applied for the future, such as figuring out how to finish a game against a tough opponent or how to consistently defend the off-ball movement in the paint.

For ISU freshman Paige Saylor, who scored 13 points thanks in part to her making a career-high three 3-pointers, there is another lesson she learned that can become an asset for the Redbirds moving forward.

“Just belief,” Saylor said, regarding what she thinks ISU learned from the loss to Drake. “Honestly, that’s the biggest thing is just believing in yourself because look at what we did out there.”

Wednesday marked the nineyear anniversary of the death of Kay Yow, Gillespie’s coach at North Carolina State. After the loss to Drake, Gillespie made a reference to her late coach regarding the future of ISU women’s hoops.

“One of the many things she said that’s always stuck to me is, ‘what is delayed is not denied,’” Gillespie said. “And I think that rings true.

This signature win like this, okay it’s being delayed for us, but it’s not denied. Maybe it wasn’t meant for us to win. Maybe there is something bigger down the road for this team.”

If the lessons learned are constantly applied in the future, that win will come sooner rather than later.

NICK LANDI is a sports reporter for The Vidette. Follow him on Twitter @nlandi1033 or contact him via email at nlandi@ilstu.edu.