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ISU honors veterans
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Jess Ray, Illinois State Registrar and director of Veterans and Military Services, was the guest speaker during Friday’s annual Veterans Day ceremony at the Bone Student Center.
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The Illinois State University Army ROTC Color Guard presented and retrieved the colors during Friday’s annual Veterans Day ceremony at the Bone Student Center. The emphasis of this year’s event was the centennial anniversary of the end of World War I.
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during the program. The event also featured a Recognition of All Veterans by President Larry Dietz. “I hope [audience members] have a better understanding of the fact that this is the World War I centennial and what Veterans Day means,” Jess Ray, Director of Veterans and Military Services and guest speaker said. “I hope they have a better understanding and consider as we go forward the sacrifices that individuals have made.” Ray’s goals for the presentation were to remember those that served in WWI and review some of the historical facts about the Great War and McLean County and the lessons people should learn from it. Ray also discussed the activities in McLean County that were part of the commemoration of the centennial. Ray is a member of the Illinois World War I Commission. “Mr. Ray provided little tidbits that I think people carried away with them and gave a great overview of the centennial for the WWI commemoration,” Curtis said. Typically, the ceremony ends with audience members going to the flagpole Chrisopher Edwards | Vidette Photographer for laying of flowers and the playing of Taps. This portion on the Quad was cut President Larry Dietz addresses a crowd on Friday afternoon inside the Bone Student Center. Families, stuthis year due to construction at the Bone. dents, faculty, staff and administration came together to support Veterans Day.
llinois State University held its annual Veteran’s Day ceremony Friday afternoon in the Bone Student Center Prairie Room to honor veterans for their service. Sunday is the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. The program recognizes the centenary of “The War to End All Wars” while also honoring veterans, those in active duty and friends and family of military. “It’s important for the university to remember the number of veterans that we have enrolled and their service to the country,” Judy Curtis, associate registrar coordinator of veteran and military services said. “Since we are designated as a military friendly institution by Victory Media, it’s very important that we acknowledge their service.” ISU is a military-friendly campus. The Military Friendly Service list of 2018 recognized the school as a Silver Star university. It was also named one of the top universities for veterans by Military Advanced Education and Transition. ISU was placed in the top 100 best schools for veterans in the US by College Factuals and for veteran friendliness out of all colleges ranked 93 out 1,820. “I think it’s good that ISU is showing their support for veterans, both prior service and currently serving,” Ryan Hanks, cadet in
charge of ISU’s Army ROTC said. “I’ve always been a big supporter of the military. My grandpa was in the military and my brother’s in it as well. It feels good going to a school that I know supports the military.”
The event is sponsored by Veterans and Military Services, ISU’s Army ROTC, Veterans at Illinois State, Omega Delta Sigma and the Office of the University Registrar. The Army ROTC Color Guard posted colors
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Normal Town Council members voted unanimously Monday to move forward in developing new fire stations in Normal, a plan developed in 2013. In addition to the station located on 606 S. Main St., a new station is intended to be built on 1.75 acres of land located at 1438 Hershey Road. This will be phase two of a five-year plan to reposition all fire stations in the town. The council meeting included some dispute from residents of the adjacent area, who took advantage of public comments to share concerns. All residents did agree that they were not well-informed of the decision, with one resident stating that the proposal was “thrown at us at the last minute.” Most residents expressed the concern of losing property value with the fire station located so close. “This is a step in a long process,”
Town Council Member R.C. McBride said. “There will be things that have to happen before it’s over and there’s plenty of time to make your voice heard.” City Manager Pamela Reece confirmed residents that the plan is premature right now, directed towards the concerned residents, as the council only voted to negotiate for the land. “We don’t even have a building plan yet,” Reece said, meaning no physical layout of the building has been designed. The fire station on Main Street replaced the Normal fire station at 604 N. Adelaide St. and the potential Hershey Road site will replace 1300 E. College Ave. After this project is fined, the station at 1200 E. Raab station to be replaced. According to Fire Chief Mick Humer, it takes approximately nine to 10 minutes to reach Normal Community High School, a lethal response time, especially compared to the station’s six-minute average.
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participated in Alternative Breaks, Leaders of Social Change, Pay It Forward, Leadership Revolution The Division of Student Affairs and LeaderShape. chose four alumni to receive the Preston graduated in 2010 and 2018 Redbird Proud Young Alumni was also the youngest councilman Award. in Normal when he was sworn in. The four recipients this year are He was re-elected in 2017 and was Aja Holmes, Kevin Parkinson, Scott the assistant to the Treasurer of Preston and Lindsay Vahl. This Illinois for four years. He is also award is for young alumni who the president of Tomorrow Enterlive the values of Illinois State Uniprises LLC. Preston is currently an versity and Student Affairs. These alumni ambassador for the Divivalues are learning and scholarship, sion of Student Affairs and serves individualized attention, diversity on the Alumni Association board and inclusion, respect, civic engageof director’s Homecoming commitment, collaboration and integrity. tee, remaining involved in ISU after These alumni have also shown Courtesy news.illinoisstate.edu graduation. While Preston was pride in ISU and have broadened From Left: Kevin Parkinson, Lindsay Vahl, Levester Johnson, Aja Holmes and studying at ISU, he was a member their learning at the school to what Scott Preston pose for the Redbird Proud Young Alumni Award. of the Student Government Assothey do currently. ciation, the American Democracy Board, LeaderShape and the Student Government Holmes graduated from ISU in Project, Delta Chi Fraternity and 2000 and in 2002. She has her bachelor’s degree Association. worked as a Resident Assistant and a Student Parkinson is a 2009 graduate and is now the Involvement Ambassador. in mass communication and her master’s degree in college student development at Illinois State. principal of Midtown Public Charter School in Vahl is a 2006 and 2009 graduate of ISU. She She also earned her doctorate from Iowa State Jackson, Mississippi. He has helped educators received her master’s degree in college student University in educational leadership and policy in multiple ways, including recruiting and on- personnel administration. She advises students studies. Currently she is the senior associate boarding over 500 teachers and administered in LeaderShape and Alternative Breaks. Vahl is director for residential life at California State Uni- a 1 million-dollar, five-year federal grant for a currently the director of alumni engagement at versity, Sacramento. She is one of the founding Mississippi school’s after-school program. He ISU, along with serving on the Umoja Commitmembers of the Journal of Critical Thought and has also raised over 100,000 dollars to provide tee. While being an undergraduate, Vahl was Praxis. She is also on the board for the Journal students an opportunity to travel for leadership an Admissions Ambassador, a Mentoring, AcaCommitted to Social Change on Race and Ethnic- and service programming. At ISU, Parkinson demics, Scholarship and Achievement Initiative ity. While studying at ISU, Holmes was involved was involved in UPB, the Student Alumni Coun- Mentor, participated in Leadership Revolution in the Black Student Union, University Program cil and worked as a Preview Guide. Parkinson also and was involved in Fraternity and Sorority life.
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llinois State University’s College of Business will recognize Destihl Brewery founder and CEO Matt Potts and chairman of the investment firm Hyde Park Angels Corey Ferengul as Entrepreneur of the Year and Alum Entrepreneur of the Year respectively. ISU’s Means Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and Kingston Wealth Management Group will present the awards at a dinner Thursday at the DoubleTree Hotel and Conference Center in Bloomington. Destihl is currently the largest producer of sour beer in the United States. Founded in 2007, the brewery has expanded into two restaurants, a beer Vidette Archive hall and a 47,000 square foot produc- Matt Potts, founder and CEO of Destihl Brewery. tion facility located in Normal. Matt Potts stated Destihl has filled as well as the United Kingdom, Sweden and a niche, one that has been filled with South Korea. a lot of volume. Destihl’s General Manager Christopher “Destihl makes a lot of other beer styles, it just happens the sour beers are a niche Gee said Pott’s unique company policy is what nationally, but you don’t have to like sour separates the business from other restaurants beers to love and support Destihl,” Potts and breweries. “Whether it’s our beer, menu items, cresaid. Potts will receive the award for having ation of a unique cocktail, it’s all designed grown his lucrative enterprise into an inter- to be something different. Matt started his national business. Destihl employs 285 career as a lawyer before his wife gave him workers and distributes beer to 30 states, a home-brew kit which he just kind of fell
great food as well, which is where the gastropub concept came from,” he added. Corey Ferengul, who will receive the Alum Entrepreneur of the Year, graduated from ISU in 1993, which he gives credit for preparing him for life in the business world. His company, Hyde Park Angels, is comprised of 100 investors who seek to invest in Midwest companies. In an interview with GLT News, Ferengul said he has continued to give back to the university by helping mentor students who have looked to start their own businesses. “We think there’s so much investment on both coasts. You’ve got your Bay Area, Silicon Valley and you’ve got New York Curtersy of hydeparkangels.com and Boston that have so much attention from big funds, but there’s a lot of young Corey Ferengul, chairman of Hyde Park Angels. talent in the Midwest. Our goal is to try and foster those companies,” Ferengul in love with the idea of brewing beer,” Gee stated. said. “Illinois State helped in broadening my “We brew all of the beer here in our build- understanding of what the opportunities ing and anything that is distributed, bottled were and what was the potential, what could or canned comes from our new production you try and do,” he stated. facility over in on Green Briar Drive.” “Everything we have on draft in this ANDREW DOUGHERTY is a senior news building, comes from us. We’re still a reporter for The Vidette. Contact him at microbrewery in a sense that it goes back vidette_addough@ilstu.edu. Follow him on to that facility but in order to have people Twitter at @addough. come in and try our beer we had to have
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Tim Pletkovich, author of “Civil War Fathers: Sons of the Civil War in WWII” and “Nuns, Nazis, and Notre Dame,” spoke at the Books to Benefit Veteran’s Day author event on Saturday. The event was a chance to promote his books as well as go a little deeper into their history. His most recent book “Nuns, Nazis, and Notre Dame” follows the life of Gerald Ambrose O’Reilly, who grew up in Brooklyn, New York. O’Reilly spent his childhood in the Catholic school system, eventually attending Notre Dame before dropping out to join the military at the start of World War II. He was recruited to the 10th Mountain Division, a specialized division that trained men to battle in mountainous regions. “Civil War Fathers: Sons of the Civil War in WWII” is about the Ian Roberds | Vidette Photographer personal histories of the children Author Tim Pletkovich spoke at the Books to Benefit Veteran’s Day event on of Civil War veterans who grew Saturday. The event was to help promote his books and to give more inforup listening to stories of the Civil mation into the history behind his stories. War and went on to fight in World War II. The book covers 100 years Pletkovich and his students would work for three of American history in two generaor four hours a day after classes to record and corretions of families. The book started as a simple project for the middle spond with the children of Civil War veterans. Their school english class that Pletkovich was teaching at work attracted local media attention, then national the time. He was inspired to begin the project after headlines and then feature stories in the Chicago Trimeeting with a 99-year-old son of a Civil War veteran, bune, The Washington Times and The Wall Street who Pletkovich referred to as “Mr. Blakely” at a Sons Journal. With national media attention, publishing companies of Union Veterans of the Civil War. “I’m thinking, ‘wouldn’t it be fun if one of my incom- sought out Pletkovich for the chance to turn the project ing eighth graders were to correspond with this guy?’” into a book. “I worked it out with this book too so that most of Pletkovich said. “I mean, he looked so sharp there’s no the royalties would go into a trust fund for the middle way he might actually be 99 [years-old].” Pletkovich recruited one of his students to correspond school students who worked on the project,” Pletkovwith Mr. Blakley, and both of them were amazed at the ich said. Pletkovich received the Ella A. Dicky Award in 2017 response they got back. This inspired Pletkovich to confor “Civil War Fathers: Sons of the Civil War in WWII”. tinue the project with other descendants of Civil War The Ella A. Dicky Award is awarded to six national veterans. As the correspondence with the children of Civil authors who contribute to the preservation of history. To purchase either of Pletkovich’s books, those interWar veterans continued, it grew into something much ested can visit the vandamere.com. larger than a project for an English class. “So I thought, ‘well, it’s over’, but then about 10 of the kids stayed after class one day,” Pletkovich said. “One ELIZABETH SEILS is a News Reporter for The Vidette. of them said to me ‘You know, we thought this was cool, She can be contacted at elseils@ilstu.edu Follow her on would you care if we came in after school and started Twitter at @SeilsElizabeth writing to these folks?’”
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The lifestyle of a student zombie
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here are 33 days left in the semester before seniors walk across a stage to get their diplomas. For others, its 33 days before a month’s worth of worry-free lifestyle: no papers, no assigned readings, no more projects, just for a moment, peace and silence. However, it’s combating those remaining 33 days. It’s the stress that comes with it all and it’s a terrifying transition to see students before and after Thanksgiving break. Being gone for a week, outside of an educational routine, can be detrimental. The amount of outside conflicts that students have to go through, and the situation varies, some more than others have to do more work and put in more effort. It just happens that way. Based on your major and then what happens with your professor what their syllabus says, how they plan the semester, leads up to a big crescendo of projects, papers, exams and so on. It’s that time of year where extra credit season is open to everyone and anyone willing to do what it takes to pass. However, it’s not all roses and sunshine in many situations. Students
can become zombie-like, wanting to do the impossible. A situation that many people know that doesn’t just have to apply to students. Anyone who juggles social life, work and outside extra-curricular activities will understand what it’s like. Not everyone will feel the same type of stressors; some students probably hide stress so well, no one would ever know. This is the time and moment where staff members can start to see a decrease in interaction with students. With that being said, it’s all about time management. How one spends
their time is completely up to them. But with lack of sleep, comes serious consequences. A factoid done by New York University states that short-term effects of sleep deprivation include decreased cognitive function, memory, performance and alertness. So a zombie is what many will become. Picture this: A student sits in class, on their laptop or taking notes, and these characteristics start to show. They start to nod off, start to doodle, and then they have a moment of realization that something is due in a couple of hours or the next day.
Student zombies that stay up all night long to get their work done and to get the grade they want, will go to any means necessary to accomplish that task. There is no judgement to carry. Everyone goes about a task in whatever means they see fit. If that means not sleeping for X amount of hours, then that’s how they function. If it’s downing coffee after coffee from Einstein’s, go for it. No one is judging, people just don’t care. See a fellow student and ask how they are doing. Are they ready for the end of the semester? Being a zombie is a temporary lifestyle until break hits. Students and staff go from being a zombie to a bear that hibernates for days on end. Mentalhealthamerica. net discusses way to combat stressors before it’s too late. There are moments where students are over worked and become depressed, anxious and overly tired. Students are encouraged to create a game plan, limit social media, and remember and tell yourself that you are more important than your grade. You come first.
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Don’t let the cold drag you down MY VIEW BECKY FLETCHER | News Editor
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hen the weather gets colder and the holiday season begins to approach, it can both be a time of joy and stress due to the impending doom of finals followed by the freedom of Christmas break afterwards. However, for people with Seasonal Affective Disorder, wintertime can become especially hard. By textbook definition, SAD is a type of depression related to the change of seasons. SAD usually begins at the same time every year and continues for months. It’s less common in the summer months than it is in winter, so usually SAD can last anywhere from November to March. For someone
who retreats into her depression every month, I can certainly say that it doesn’t get easier as the months go on. I had always experienced a sense of dishevelment around November since I was in middle school but I never had a word for it. It was just part of my life cycle to be happy in the summer and distraught and miserable in the winter. By growing up and adding more responsibilities to my repertoire, having SAD really put me behind in things I wanted to achieve. I wouldn’t move an inch from my couch or my bed, oftentimes binge-watching whatever Netflix or Hulu could offer me as I drifted in and out of sleep. My room would become a mess and with that so did I. I would go days without showering and I would turn down every invite I received to go out until March hit, then I would slowly transform back into myself until the cycle started all over again. Now that I’m in college, I don’t really have the time or capacity to sit and wallow because I have a job, finals and expectations to hold up from many of
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my peers, coworkers and employees. I strive hard to accomplish things and stay on top of my responsibilities, but it becomes increasingly difficult when your brain is telling you to throw it all away. Thankfully, I’ve grown to have friends that don’t give me a choice in doing something, oftentimes forcing me to go outside and keep myself and my mind, busy. My best friend’s favorite technique is showing up to my house unannounced and telling me that we’re going to go run errands together. Now that she’s shown up, I can’t decline her, can I? Her technique has helped me immensely and it inspired me to create my own techniques so that I wouldn’t let my SAD weigh me down. Some of my techniques include working ahead of my homework schedule, setting up spa days, going for walks, coloring, reading, window shopping and going on trips to Chicago for ice skating and surrounding myself in the city’s holiday cheer. I find that the more constructive my activities are, the less likely I am to sit
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in a funk. Of course, I have days where I’m mentally worn out and I will take that time to recharge my batteries and spend the day sleeping and moping around, but it’s not something I strive for every day. Goals can’t be met if you don’t strive to achieve them and I refuse to let my SAD control the path I take to reach my goals. It’s taken years for me to work out my constructive activities and to get myself to do them, having depression is something I have to work through, but I am aware of its existence. I can only hope that if you face SAD, that you don’t let it drag you down either. People are stronger when they fight back against the things that try to tear them down. So don’t let the cold drag you down, find the things that make you happy and continue to fight against your personal obstacles.
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BECKY FLETCHER is a senior journalism major, News Editor, and columnist for The Vidette. She can be reached at rlfetch@ilstu.edu. Follow her on Twitter at @becky_fletcher.
THEY SAID IT
We just got out-coached, out-fought and I’m not even mad because we’re not guarding in practice either...These guys aren’t listening right now, we’re a really soft team right now, I’m a soft coach, and you go out and get beat like that. We got exactly what we deserved, 100 percent what we deserved, which is disappointing, but maybe our guys will start listening.” - Dan Muller on men’s basketball 100-89 loss against Belmont Saturday night.
EDITORIAL BOARD MONICA MENDOZA Editor-in-Chief | @coolstorymonica BECKY FLETCHER News Editor | @becky_ fletcher ANDREW DOUGHERTY Senior News Reporter and Columnist | @addough TYLER SMITH Columnist | @incognegro
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Get your game on
Virtual reality arena makes its way to Bloomington MICHAEL SMITH News Reporter | @Agora_180
Mass VR, a company originating out of Schiller Park, is expanding their reach to Bloomington. Johnette Palumbo and Kim Jackson are renovating the San Juan Pool and Spas at 4 Currency Drive into the new VR arena. The renovation will also include a snack bar that serves alcohol, adult video gaming and TVs displaying the latest sports programs. Palumbo and Jackson did not return comment to The Vidette but Jackson told the Pantagraph that the experience that Mass VR offers is almost indescribable. “Unless you’ve experienced the arena itself, even if you’ve played in [virtual reality] at home, it’s just completely different. It’s an amazing product,” Jackson said. The renovation itself will cost $500,000. Palumbo hopes to see the economy of southern Bloomington benefit greatly from the project. Virtual reality has slowly been entering the mainstream world in both its appeal to
a growing audience and its ability to make fantasy environments more realistic than ever before. The company takes VR to another level; they create “scalable, free-roam, multiplayer virtual reality systems.” They have also created the first VR arena that spans 6,000 square feet. The main simulator that Mass VR promotes is called “VR Champions.” It works by having two teams of four compete against each other using VR headsets and a gun controller to try and take out the other team. The renovated location would complement the gaming aspect of the Chicago arena by offering an experience geared more towards entertainment. Mass VR President and CEO Chris Lai said the experience was originally aiming to train the military, firefighters and other services to handle realistic situations by providing a virtual experience to interact with. MIKE SMITH is a News Reporter for The Vidette. He can be reached at msmit13@ilstu.edu. Follow him on Twitter @Agora_180.
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Busiest food pantry to move to new location MIKE SMITH News Reporter | @Agora_180
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Currently located at 711 N. Main St. in Bloomington, the St. Vincent de Paul Society plans to move its facility to 705 N. Roosevelt Ave., formerly known as the Holy Trinity Junior High school.
Diversity Advocacy to host workshop on disabilities As part of the Lunch n’ Unlearn series, Illinois State University’s Diversity Advocacy will host “‘You Poor Thing:’ Challenging Narratives of Ability and Disability” at noon Thursday in the Escalante Room of Hewitt and Manchester.
The busiest food pantry in McLean County, located in Bloomington, will be relocating to a new building to improve its own efficiency. The food pantry operates at the St. Vincent de Paul Society located at 711 N. Main St. in Bloomington. The pantry will move to the facility formerly known as the Holy Trinity Junior High at 705 N. Roosevelt Ave. The new location is expected to open sometime in the spring according to Dorothy Deany, vice president of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Deany did not return comment for The Vidette but reflected on the necessity for a new facility to run the food pantry according to WGLT, citing reasons like spacing as one of the most important factors for the relocation. “We’ll be able to serve more families and
serve them in a less congested way,” Deany said. “Currently they have to wait outside and we often have zero-degree weather and a west wind blowing.” The new facility will offer a variety of upgrades that make the food pantry more efficient, including a bigger freezer and cooler to store more donations. The St. Vincent de Paul Society is a volunteer organization and provides financial assistance to those in need, according to its official Facebook page. For more information about the food pantry, those interested can contact the St. Vincent de Paul Society at stvincentdepaul@ holytrinitybloomington.org MIKE SMITH is a News Reporter for The Vidette. He can be reached at msmit13@ilstu.edu. Follow him on Twitter @Agora_180.
NEWS IN BRIEF This will be the second presentation as part of the Lunch n’ Unlearn series. Free lunch will be provided for attendees. All sessions are held from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Thursdays in the Escalante Room. The event will hold a discussion surrounding relevant diversity and social justice topics with the McLean County YWCA. Lunch n’ Unlearn is a way for organizations to meet with local community members as well as to educate the public on particular topics. It is used widely on other college campuses such as University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and
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School of Com’s McHale states passion for teaching at ISU MÁIRE MALONEY Features Reporter | @MaireMRose
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nyone who has been a student of School of Communication professor John Mchale, of Chicago, is familiar with his authentic style of teaching. Not only do his students leave his class with the ability to recite the “Four C’s” of good writing (clear, correct, concise and complete), in their sleep, but students also exit McHale’s classroom with a feeling of excitement and inspiration. One of McHale’s moments of inspiration came during an eccentric dream when Mchale was standing across from a Nazi equipped with a rif le, while he only had a pen. McHale stabbed the Nazi with a pen before the gun was fired, subconsciously signaling that the pen is mightier than the sword. Upon awaking, he went on to work on a dissertation. Though McHale’s vibrant personality and witty sense of humor never fails to thrill his students, he stays considerably humble, despite the long list of achievements he has earned throughout his career. By the time he earned his Ph.D. in 2002 at the University of Missouri, McHale had already spent time teaching at Stanford and Yale. He also co-authored “The Primary Decision: A Functional Analysis of Presidential Primary Debates, 1948-2000.” The book published in 2001 and received seven academic awards. Since then, McHale has gone on to receive several more awards, as well as publishing many more books, journals, screenplays and scripts. Although McHale has found a great deal of success in writing, his passion for teaching has become his top priority. After teaching at several Ivy league Universities, McHale is happy to call ISU his new home. Above all, he respects the students’ prioritization. “ISU students are hard workers who know the value of their education,” said McHale. Ultimately, McHale believes in fostering an environment where students have the most opportunities to
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School of Communication professor John Mchale enjoys a career filled with publications outside of the classroom. However, McHale’s main focus nowadays is sharing his writing expertise to strengthen the pen of future generations at ISU. maximize potential. “The most important lesson I can teach students is to never settle for mediocrity,” said McHale. Additionally, he understands that one can never stop learning. “Once we stop learning, we have started to die,” said McHale. “Humility and a desire to grow as writers is critical to those who strive to achieve. The difference between where we are now and where we would be in our professional dreams is progress.”
His greatest joy of being a teacher has been watching and helping students grow as he learns with them. McHale looks forward to whatever the future brings him and will continue to learn from his classes while taking pride in being a lifelong student. MÁIRE MALONEY is a Features Reporter for The Vidette. She can be contacted at mrmalo1@ilstu.edu. Follow her on Twitter at @MaireMRose.
International students, staff illuminate college issues
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College is a difficult adjustment for anyone. The difficulties everyone experiences are greatly augmented when international students must adjust to not only a new environment, but a new culture. Speaking from experience, Illinois State University professors and international students highlight the unique challenges foreigners face. Psychology professor Suejung Han researches how faculty can assist foreign students in successfully transitioning to American classrooms. She shares her findings regarding
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students’ mind-set and trepidations while adjusting. “Literature shows that international students have high aspiration, motivation and excitement about the opportunity for their academic accomplishment and cultural immersion experiences, and at the same time may experience acculturative stress: stress that arise in the process of learning and adjusting to new culture due to differences in cultural norms of interacting with faculty, friends, and the systems, resulting mutual misunderstandings, perceived unwelcoming or biased treatments from the host culture, homesickness and anxiety about the unknowns in the unfamiliar system and ways of living,” Han said. Han notes the critical role attachment disruption plays in increasing transition difficulty. Attachment disruption describes the sudden disruption in the daily routine/relationships foreigners built in their home countries. The sudden disruption can cause anxiety, depression and emotional distress. “Finding a way of maintaining some attachment with their home country/family and also establishing new attachment relationships on campus are important to compensate for the detrimental impact of attachment disruption,” Han explained. “One way of doing it is to establish close working relationship with faculty members.” Han notes that faculty can help ease international students’ burden by understanding cultural differences before judging students. “For example, some international students may not speak up in class, not because they are not engaged or uninterested in learning, but because that may have been classroom behavioral norms in their culture of origin. It may take some time and extra efforts (and energy) for them to change their behaviors to meet certain expectations in the United States classroom,” Han said. College of Arts and Sciences staff member Hong Fei came from China to America for a doctoral program. She was on the
Number of enrolled students from ISU’s top international country India.
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Number of enrolled students in mathmatics, the top program of study for ISU international students.
ground floor of a boom period in biomedic research. Though Fei is very appreciative of her transition process, she reflects on the intensity of her research experience. “A typical research lab in a research university, easily contains people from more than 10 different countries. It was probably this kind of multicultural, intense work environment that gave me a strong sense of community, Fei said. “Studies showed that the most likely to succeed business organization is the one that had people picked through objective criteria from varied backgrounds - the one that opposite of a sibling business where everyone thinks alike. Very hard work was required.” Fei believes, learning a new language can also be an obstacle. Additionally, though Fei benefited from ample funding, she sympathizes with the financial hardships foreign students contend with. Sophomore finance major Joseph Palomares, from The Philippines, expands on Fei’s feelings on funding. “Growing up in America as an immigrant, Finances will always be rough,” Palomares explained. “You enter a world of a different tax code and higher cost of living. Personally, my family has gone through many fraudulent schemes and MLM (Multi-Leveling Marketing) scams, so much so that I’ve learned how to distinguish them a mile away.” Sometimes, religious difficulties can complicate foreign students’ college experience. Summer 2018 engineering graduate Atif Hussain recalls one key socialization difference Muslims have. “I didn’t go out to the bars as much or party hard because I don’t drink or smoke and I feel that sometimes throws people off in a college environment,” Hussain said. STUART STALTER is the Features Editor for the Vidette. He can be contacted at sstalt1@ilstu.edu. Follow him on Twitter at @VidetteStuS.
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Number of international undergraduate students enrolled for the Fall 2018 semester.
source: https://internationalstudies.illinoisstate.edu/studentsscholars/about-isss/ statistics/
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2018
Spack: ‘I don’t know what to say’ Sycamores stump Redbirds 28-23, ISU fails to make playoffs
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hile the 2018 season offered a fresh hope for the Redbirds’ postseason chances, Wabash Valley looked more like Death Valley in Terre Haute, Indiana. In the wake of junior quarterback Brady Davis’ return from a shoulder injury, Illinois State fell in its final road contest, suffering its fourth consecutive Missouri Valley Football Conference loss at Indiana State 28-23. ISU head coach Brock Spack displayed discontent in the team’s lack of production as preconceived notions seem to have gotten the best of the ’Birds. “It’s more than just [achieving] a winning season ... it is about going to playoffs and we’ll be on the short end of the stick with that ... I’m sick about that,” Spack said. “I knew we were a year away, I know we’re young, but the way we started this season, I was really hopeful. These past few weeks have been really frustrating.” A different name led the Redbird rushing stats as junior running back Markel Smith collected 55 yards and a score at halftime, evenly splitting Markel carries with junior Smith mainstay James Robinson. Although first-half jitters have haunted the ’Birds offense in the latter half of the season, ISU put up an early 10 points off a six-yard touchdown from Smith. While Robinson eventually received more snaps, Smith made the most of his opportunities as the ball-carrier. ISU’s power-run duo picked up a total of 156 yards with Smith emerging as the lead back in the second half. Smith ran for a total of 83 yards and a score for Illinois State’s sole rushing touchdown of the day. Robinson rushed for 73 yards on 20 carries in the ’Birds’ effort to avoid a four-game losing skid. While ISU led 10-0 in the first half, Sycamores’ running back Titus McCoy made some noise in the backfield. Indiana State’s No. 1 MVFCranked rusher Ja’Quan Keys missed today’s game as McCoy cashed in on his time in the spotlight. McCoy had a monster day, collecting 132 yards with two touchdowns as ISU continues its struggles to make sense of its once touted rushstopping defense.
Davis shot for par from the air, throwing 25-for-41 with 294 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions, connecting with senior Spencer Schnell for a two-yard touchdown pass in the first half. Schnell had himself a career day, hauling in 11 receptions for 155 yards and two touchdowns. Freshman wideout Andrew Edgar was right behind him, compiling 104 yards on eight receptions. Schnell was vocal about the team’s recent tendency to roll over in the face of hardship. “A lot of times when we get hit with something that’s tough, we kind of take a step back and we can’t be playing from a step back,” Schnell said. “We need to continue to move forward and I think at the end of the day, all that matters to me is getting the W.” Illinois State had outscored all of its opponents in the fourth quarter 114-16 until Indiana State quarterback Ryan Boyle threw his second touchdown pass of the game, making the score 28-17. As the fourth quarter continued to wind down, ISU’s window of playoff contention seemingly closed along with its chance to return to Hancock Stadium 6-4. At least the ’Birds made it interest-
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ISU head coach Brock Spack and the Redbirds miss playoff contention for the second consecutive year.
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Senior wideout Spencer Schnell.
ing ... late as expected. The Sycamores retained the ball with under three minutes left, but the Redbirds had one more chance to make it a close contest: two-minute drill. Davis began the ’Birds final drive with two quick throws to Schnell and Edgar, threatening on the Sycamores 40-yard line. ISU trailed 28-17 as Davis completed another pass to wideout Braxton Haley. Striving to thwart a comfortable lead, Davis converted another first down to Schnell with 1:05 left in the game as ISU drove to the Sycamores’ 15-yard line.
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With a last second effort on 4thand-10, Davis dropped back and threw his second touchdown pass of the day to Schnell, bringing the score to 28-23 with 27 seconds left. As time discredited the Redbirds’ final stand, it was not enough for the offense’s need for late-game theatrics. “There is no easy game,” senior safety Mitchell Brees said. “We know we can be really good, we’re just not doing anything about it right now. It’s just really frustrating for everybody with the kind of talent we have ... we’re just not showing it.” A last-second onside kick held some life for a potential Hail Mary, but the ’Birds prayers were not answered, losing to Indiana State (6-4, 4-3 MVFC) 28-23 to formally knock out ISU’s playoff hopes. Illinois State (5-5, 2-5 MVFC) returns home to Hancock Stadium next week as the Redbirds square off against Youngstown State at noon Saturday. JONATHAN BARLAS is Sports Editor for The Vidette. He can be reached at jgbarla@ilstu.edu.
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Illinois State men’s basketball suffers first loss at Belmont Saturday night KADE HEATHER Sports Editor | @Kade_Heather
23 points on 10-of-16 shooting, but managed to grab only two rebounds. s Belmont jumped out to a The Redbirds were out-battled 13-2 lead in the first three on the boards, 41-33, as Muller felt minutes, Illinois State head his team lacks the aggressiveness to coach Dan Muller called a timeout, win any rebounding battle. furious with the lack of defensive “We have no physicality on either fight the Redbirds had brought into end of the court. We have certain Saturday night’s game at the Curb guys who are supposed to go to Event Center. the offensive boards. Milik’s one The absence of defense was the of them, he never goes. Phil fights theme all night in Belmont’s 100-89 a little bit, but he gets physically win over ISU. worn out. William [Tinsley] goes “We just got out-coached, outsometimes. We’ve been physically fought and I’m not even mad beat up on the boards, even in our because we’re not guarding in pracexhibition games, against DI, DII tice either,” Muller said. “These guys and DIII teams,” Muller said. aren’t listening right now, we’re a ISU may have shown a little really soft team right now, I’m a fight in the second half, but never soft coach, and you go out and get brought the deficit to within 10 beat like that. We got exactly what points. The slight comeback also we deserved, 100 percent what was probably due to Belmont letwe deserved, which is disappointting off the gas a little. ing, but maybe our guys will start The Bruins had not made a field listening.” goal in the final 3:35 of the game. ISU stayed within striking disWhile Belmont’s offense fired on tance for most of the first half, until all cylinders, it was the lack of effort senior Milik Yarbrough went up for on ISU’s end that loomed all night, a rebound against Belmont junior and looms heading forward. Seth Adelsperger with 3:48 left in “In the end, if you don’t guard, the first half, and Yarbrough was you don’t fight on the defensive called for his second foul instead of end, you don’t compete consistently, grabbing the ball. then you’re going to play good Muller pulled Yarbrough out of teams and lose to good teams, and the game with the Redbirds losing last time I checked, we’ve got a lot 46-42 at the time, and the score was of good teams on our schedule,” tied just barely two minutes before, Muller said. but the Bruins slowly pulled away, Nonetheless, the Redbirds fall to never looking back. 1-1 on the season, while the Bruins Yarbrough missed the remainder felt right at home at the Curb Event of the first half, and the Bruins went Center, as they won their 107th on a 16-4 run, entering halftime home game in their last 115. with a 62-46 lead over the Redbirds. ISU looks to turn it around quickly, “You give up 62 in a half, that’s Jeffrey Smudde | Vidette Photographer returning to Redbird Arena to take just really good offense on their end Illinois State junior guard Josh Jefferson expressed his frustration against on Chicago State at 7 p.m. Tuesday. and really bad defense on our end,” Lewis University during an exhibition game on Oct. 30 at Redbird Arena. Muller said. KADE HEATHER is Sports Editor proved to be too much to handle, as they led their It was raining threes, in the first half primarfor The Vidette. He can be contacted at vidette_ team with 21 (8-15 FG) and 20 points (7-13 FG), ily, as Belmont shot 61 percent in the first half, but kfheat1@ilstu.edu. Follow him on Twitter at @ respectively. cooled to a 41 percent shot from behind the arc. kade_heather ISU senior Phil Fayne led all scorers with Belmont’s Caleb Hollander and Dylan Windler
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Men’s cross country earns highest finish since 2001 Senior Kyle Mattes led the Redbirds to a ninth place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional, and he earned himself a bid to the NCAA Cross Country Championships.
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Coach says Kyle is the definition of a championship racer. He always shows up when he needs to, and I think he has an even better race in him next week than what we saw from him yesterday.” ISU director of track & field and cross country Jeff Bovee
ISU football playoff hopes sawed by Sycamores Redbirds lose their fourth straight game, while Sycamores win fourth straight game. ISU falls to 5-5, 2-5 MVFC.
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Streaking toward finish line
Indiana St. 28, Illinois St. 23 Youngstown St. 31, Northern Iowa 10 S. Dakota 17, W. Illinois 12 S. Dakota St. 57, S. Illinois 38 N. Dakota St. 59, Missouri St. 7
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The Illinois State volleyball team has not shown any sight of letting off the gas pedal this season, with another weekend sweep, extending its winstreak to 12 games. In the Redbirds’ sweep over the Loyola Ramblers Friday, senior libero Courtney Pence broke the Missouri Valley Conference all-time record for career digs. Pence broke the record only four digs into the game. She ended with 12 digs, putting her with 2,696 all-time. The previous record of 2,656, by UNI’s Ellie Blankenship, lasted for eight years before the ISU senior took over. In continuing with its winning ways, ISU beat Valparaiso 3-1 Saturday night at the AthleticsRecreation Center. The Redbirds improved their record to 24-5 on the season and 16-1 in Missouri Valley Conference action, keeping their first-place ranking in the conference standing. The Redbirds got to an early lead, leading the Crusaders by five early in the first set. They never relinquished the lead taking the first set by a score of 25-17. In the second set, ISU was met with stiff resistance from the Crusaders. Early in the set, there were multiple lead changes and neither team
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Senior Courtney Pence records a dig in Illinois State’s win over Northern Iowa on Nov. 3 at Redbird Arena. Pence now sits atop the Missouri Valley Conference in all-time digs with 2,696. could hold more than a two-point lead. The Redbirds regrouped later in the set, and ISU sophomore Kaylee Martin recorded her seventh kill of 18 to end the set 25-15. “I think we started the match really sharp. Our passing was never all that clean, but we were scoring well,” ISU head coach Leah Johnson said. The Redbirds’ strong start faltered as the Crusaders were able to get out to an early three-point lead and maintain a lead throughout the whole set, claiming the third set 25-19 and forcing the need for a fourth set. ISU rebounded from the third set and proved why it is deserving of the top rank in the conference.
The Redbirds gained an 8-6 lead early in the set, but the Crusaders were able to take the lead thanks to a double hit call against ISU. Another kill from Martin brought the Redbirds back in range before they were able to take the lead after some back-and-forth play. The Redbirds closed out the final set 25-19. “Kaylee (Martin) was very steady throughout the entire match, and never rode the highs or the lows and I think that’s what separated her.” Johnson said. “She always had a plan to score, and she was hitting with purpose.” The Redbirds will conclude the regular season facing off at 7 p.m. Saturday at Bradley.
The Redbirds hold their home-opener at 7 p.m. Wednesday versus North Dakota.
Men’s Basketball ISU returns home for a 7 p.m. tipoff against Chicago State before the Cayman Islands Classic on Nov. 19.
Swimming ISU heads north for a meet at Northwestern Friday and Saturday. Complied by KADE HEATHER Vidette Sports Editor