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Local companies offer Thanksgiving volunteer options Doing something kind for a stranger can help reiterate the real meaning of the holiday season Join ISU’s Holiday Helper program.
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The Holiday Helper program is run through the Illinois State University Dean of Students office, and annually provides gifts and parties for over 250 children in the Bloomington-Normal community. Parties will be held Dec. 5 at various locations to interact with children in the community and to distribute the gifts collected through Holiday Helper. One hundred volunteers are needed for the parties. Other Holiday Helper opportunities include the Wrap and Pack workshop, to help wrap donated gifts, from from 6-9 p.m. Dec. 2 and 3 in Prairie Room North of the Bone Student Center. Registration to volunteer is open and can be completed at the Leadership and Community Connections office. For more information on exact locations, requirements and time visit deanofstudents.illinoisstate.edu.
Drop boxes are placed around town accepting donated toys to give to children. Donated toys and monetary donations may be dropped off until Dec. 17 at Milner Library, the Nelson Smith Building, the Alumni Center, the Registrar Office and Uptown Crossing. Volunteers also are needed to help with the drive. Email matt@mcleantoysfortots.org for more information.
Purchase a HSHM Thanksgiving meal Home Sweet Home Ministries provides food, shelter and hope to the hungry, homeless and hurting all year. If you are not available to volunteer on Thanksgiving, you can still make a monetary donation to help supply someone else with a hot meal. A single Thanksgiving meal can be funded for $1.92 by calling (309) 828-7356. Other year-round volunteer opportunities can also be found at hshministries.org.
Buy an item for the Baby Fold’s Wish List Program Every year, the Baby Fold accepts holiday wish lists from children with the hopes of granting their wishes. Volunteers may purchase gifts or gift cards, make a monetary contribution or volunteer time in December by organizing and distributing gifts. Gifts may be dropped off from Dec. 3 to 14, excluding weekends. Volunteers will also be needed the last two weeks before Christmas. For drop-off times, locations and additional information call (309) 451-7202 or email kkirby@thebabyfold.org. For those returning home for holiday breaks, conduct a quick Google search to find volunteer opportunities in your hometown. Compiled by SUSANNA DOEHLER / News Reporter
(Photo by JESSI DWYER / Staff Photographer) Sophomore social work major Kylah Aubry and junior small business major Jake Rolfs volunteer with Home Sweet Home Ministries at the Midwest Food Bank in Bloomington Tuesday.
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Universities to form sexual assault task force BRENT BADER News Reporter
Illinois State University and Illinois Wesleyan University will be working together to combat sexual violence by creating a sexual assault taskforce, which will improve communication between community leaders, service providers and law enforcement as the result of a new act passed into Illinois law. “The [act] is important in assuring colleges and universities in Illinois provide prevention, education and services for students while applying conduct procedures that recognize the trauma that a victim of sexual assault experiences,” Brent Paterson, ISU’s interim vice president for student affairs, said. The task force will also be coordinated with Heartland Community College and Lincoln College as well as the Bloomington Police Department, McLean County Sheriff’s Office, Normal Police Department, ISU Police Department, McLean County State’s Attorney’s Office, Countering Domestic Violence of McLean County and Young Women’s Christian Organization’s Stepping Stones program. “Sexual violence is an issue which impacts our entire community,” Gail Trimpe-Morrow, ISU’s sexual assault prevention and survivor services coordinator, said. “By bringing together representatives of various community agencies and institutions, we can enhance the community’s coordinated response to this issue.” She is hoping other community members will step up to the cause as well. “Reducing the incidence of sexual violence requires the active participation of all community members,” Trimpe-Morrow said. see TASK FORCE page 6
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IT tool to increase efficiency An ISU tech center update will allow students to track their support tickets and recieve faster feedback BRENT BADER News Reporter
Illinois State University’s Technology Support Center will be implementing a new and improved support process that will allow users to track their support tickets and allow for improved response times on Dec. 17. “This kind of tool allows us to do a lot more tracking of issues and problems and assets and all of the things that make Information Technology work for the customers,” Carla Birckelbaw, director of client services, said. This new tool will allow users to directly track the progress of their support tickets, which is currently not available for users on the current system. In addition to users being able to track their own tickets, it also improves the tracking system, for academic services such as ReggieNet, already in place behind the scenes for the IT department. “In IT that’s really important as when there’s a problem you have to track it back to the latest change,” Birckelbaw said. “When it’s all tracked properly and all together in one tool it makes it much easier and faster for us when there’s an issue which leads to better service.” For the most part, the end users won’t notice a significant difference aside from the new webpage. The old support website will be slightly revamped but will retain all of the same features. Knowledge bases and reporting tools will still be available at the new self-service portal. The changes will mainly be relegated to the behind the scenes processes that take place when a user submits a ticket or when the department is logging information regarding university services.
“It’s kind of the glue that seals everything together from an IT perspective,” Matthew Helm, assistant vice president for administrative technologies, said. The more powerful tracking system will even allow the IT department to begin preparing for major issues before they even happen. “It allows us to see the whole picture with what’s going on with our systems,” Helm said. “So we’ll be able to predict problems before they occur and when something does occur we’ll know everything that is affected by it.” This would allow the department a better understanding about their overall tech environment and plan for future similar events. “It’s kind of like we can diagram out that these are all the different applications that are going to go down with it,” Helm said. “It helps us plan with our maintenance as well and how that will impact students and faculty.” The new system acts as a natural evolution for the technology department which has been working on the system for over a year as part of its Leap Forward initiative. Other projects in the Leap Forward initiative include the Oracle student information system, business intelligence system and room scheduling system. One other final project in the initiative, the facilities management system, is expected to go online in January. That system will involve keeping track of computer-aided designs for buildings all over campus. Brent Bader is a news reporter at The Vidette and can be reached at vidette_babader@ilstu.edu. Follow him on Twitter at @baderwrites.
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unday, several world leaders met in Turkey to discuss plans of action as a result of recent tragedies, mainly the attacks in Paris. Together they decided to implement a more forceful response by starting an onslaught on terrorist financing, increasing intelligence sharing, sending powerful airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria and stricter border controls. After talks among the group of 20 industrial and developing nations, the plan was put into action immediately. The
French have already launched a sequence of strikes to Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, and the U.S. provided its French allies with more comprehensive targeting information to lead French war planes to prime Islamic State positions. The U.S. has also promised to redouble against the Islamic State as well as offer ambassadorial efforts to reach a political resolution to the clash in Syria. Other countries are also looking to get more involved, such as Russia, Germany and Britain. The threat by the Islamic
State was official after the attacks across Paris, which took the lives of 129 people at a concert, restaurants, and a soccer stadium last Friday. The attack proved that the Islamic State is far beyond its strongholds in Syria and Iraq, potentially leading to increased risk for other countries. With all the conflict going on in Syria, the U.S. faces a dilemma with Syria. More than half the nation’s governors are against letting Syrian refugees into their states. The governors are hesitant because information revealed that at least one of the suspects allegedly involved in the Paris terrorist attacks entered Europe among the wave of Syrian refugees. Many states believe allowing Syrians to migrate here could cause security threats. Legally, states do not have much power to choose whether or not Syrian refugees are allowed and authority is left up to the federal government. The biggest problem the U.S. has right now is coming up with an efficient
disruptive strategy to rally the coalition against the Islamic State without getting the U.S. too involved in Syria’s war. Syria’s war has caused Europe’s largest migration since World War II, and many of the global leaders have promised to create a solution to a catastrophe that has caused millions of people to be displaced. With many conflicts continuously arising, it is impossible to know what direction the world is heading in. If terrorist outbreaks and other unexpected attacks keep occurring, unpredictable chaos will ensue. As more and more countries get involved, bringing up past and existing fights, such as the war with Iraq, these attacks are bound to cause a severe global attack or even a huge war. While U.S. leaders are trying to make decisions in the best interests of the country, compromise with other countries may be the best option to prevent a third World War.
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t is almost Thanksgiving time, which means it is almost time for a break from classes, great food and quality time with family. Unfortunately, though, many overlook time spent with family and friends because Black Friday has become a new holiday in itself. Black Friday began in the ’60s to kick off holiday shopping. Stores would promote big sales as a way to draw large crowds in hopes to get them “in the black.” It started off as a one-day-only event, being the day after Thanksgiving, but now stores are hoping to dig into your pockets earlier than that. Stores such as Best Buy, Target and Kohl’s are opening their doors as early as 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, and it is unfortunately not the first time stores have done this. Although I’m not completely against Black Friday shopping, I am against the shopping day overshadowing the day that is meant for spending time with families. As a college student, I think spending time with your family is more important than spending money on the day of thanks, but not everyone thinks this way. Not only do families end Thanksgiving early to go to stores, but they don’t spend time together as most split up to get everything on their lists. Black Friday is also dangerous. Dozens are injured each year because the intense crowds are often filled with aggresive people eager to get the popular items. Another issue is that families will stand outside in the often-freezing temperatures and wait for the doors to open. I feel bad for those who are forced to work on this chaotic holiday. Although they are probably recieving time and a half payment, I’m sure they would much rather spend time with their families than getting bombarded by materialhungry people. In past years, thousands of people petitioned stores to push back the opening time, but retailers say they are catering to customer demands. More than 60 percent of Americans said they disliked that stores opened on Thanksgiving, according to a survey conducted by retail site RichRelevance. Only 12 percent said they liked the trend, while the rest were indifferent. Likewise, a Facebook page called “Boycott Black Thursday” has almost 150,000 supporters. Whether you and your family enjoy shopping or not, Thanksgiving has always been the day that families get together and enjoy each other’s company and shopping should not take place of that. Many families do not get the opportunity to spend time together during the holidays, so if you do, don’t spend it in a shopping mall. Kamara Turner is a sophomore 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 at @kvmara.
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When Kimberly Thomas’ seventh and eighth graders walk into her “mathalicious” zone, they are met with math-related puns left and right. Students are asked to “bring your mathitude,” and they learn to “subtract the ‘I can’t’ and multiply by the ‘I cans.’” Once Thomas, an Illinois State University alum, learned she was this year’s top statewide educator at the 41st annual Those Who Excel/Illinois Teacher of the Year banquet in Normal, she described her emotions in the way that she knew best. “It’s mathtastic,” Thomas said. “It’s an honor to go and represent all the great teachers of Illinois and my district. I think the teaching profession is one of those goose bump feeling professions that people put outcome over income everyday.” Thomas teaches at Woodruff Career and Technical Center, which houses the Peoria school district’s alternative learning program. According to its website, the program is designed for students that may be struggling in a traditional school classroom but have the drive and determination to succeed. During her “5 x 4 + 3” years of teaching, as Thomas put it, she has never experienced a bad day. “I just love coming to work,” she said. “I tell people I’ve never had a bad day, and they ask how is that. One thing I tell them is there is always something positive every day that many kids do or one kid does or says that is greater than any negative.”
Thomas’ passion for teaching began when she had a fourth grade teacher that had a “contagious smile and that made students happy every day.” When it came time for her to decide on a college major, she knew she wanted to make children happy and be the reason why they are having a great day. She decided to attend ISU to pursue her teaching aspirations. Thomas was able to spend four years surrounded by others that were as passionate about children as her, and she said that was the most memorable part about her college experience. Thomas has always taught at the junior high level. Prior to only teaching math, she taught all subjects for fifth graders for two years. After her position was eliminated and the then math teacher quit, she decided to take a few classes, and her interest for math took off. “Math is not always a favorite, and that has been my goal every day that the kids come in my room and they have such a mathlicious experience that they want to come back the next day for each new math discovery,” Thomas said. For many of her colleagues, it is not a surprise that Thomas won this year’s award. “No, people knew she was a good teacher,” Patricia Avery, principal at Woodruff Career and Technical Center, said. “She’s very enthusiastic, passionate about her subject and high-energy.”
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A group of Illinois State University students were given the opportunity to spend part of their Thanksgiving break in Lawrence, Michigan at Camp Cedar Lodge as an opportunity to give back during the holiday season. Camp Cedar Lodge is a horseback riding camp that has recently adopted the goal of serving underprivileged children in urban areas in the Midwest. This opportunity will allow these children the chance to build interests in the outdoors and animals, both opportunities that they may not typically have in the urban environment they live in. Sponsored by the Alternative Break Club, participating ISU students will have the chance to help Camp Cedar Lodge during their offseason by helping the owners provide care to their horses and manage other large projects they may have. “The mission of A lternative Breaks is to challenge ISU to become involved leaders in cultural and social awareness through education, strong direct service and ref lection,” Leadership and Community Connections Graduate Assistant Brett Heller said. The Alternative Break Thanksgiving Break trip costs students $35 and the group will range from 6 to 12 students. The Alternative Break Club is an extension off of the Alternative Break programs offered through the school for Summer, Winter and Spring break. The size and cost of trips vary for each individual trip depending on the time of the year the trip is planned and the distance that the group will be traveling.
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TJ Maxx is one of the stores opting out for Thanksgiving Day early bargains this year. Many retail shops, however, are open on both the holiday and Black Friday, taking employees and shoppers away from their families.
Many say ‘no’ to Black Friday bargains Instead of opening shop on the big day, many stores and shoppers are opting out of the chaos NIKKI NIGGEMEYER Features Reporter
Thanksgiving is a time to spend with those who mean the most to you and indulge in almost endless amounts of food. It is a time to give thanks and appreciate what is most important to you in your life. However, with the hours of Black Friday creeping up into Thanksgiving Day, the day of thanks begins to take on a whole different meaning. Black Friday used to be a day set aside the day after Thanksgiving in order to offer customers amazing deals so they could get a head start on their Christmas shopping. “I won’t be able to go home until Saturday afternoon because I work in retail,” Alli Brown, senior biology major and retail worker, said. Instead of spending time with her family during the holiday season, Brown will be working the holiday rush and spending Thanksgiving dinner with her coworkers while preparing for Black Friday and Thanksgiving sales. There are many stores that are beginning to open up on
Thanksgiving Day, including Kohl’s, Target and Walmart, which will begin to open as early as 6 p.m. “Spend time with your families, don’t go shopping. Enjoy your day off and spend it with the people you love,” Brown said. Although there are many stores choosing to open their doors on Black Friday and Thanksgiving, there is one store deciding to “opt out” of Black Friday and Thanksgiving. Recreational Equipment Incorporated, otherwise famously known as REI, has decided to close its doors on both Thanksgiving and Black Friday and is encouraging other stores to do the same. “Not only does it give us the chance to go out and explore what nature has to offer with our loved ones during the holidays, but they are also paying us. All of us,” Jessie Dickerson, an Inspired Guide worker at REI, said. “It’s a pretty big investment and most, if not all, of the employees and the customers I’ve talked to about it are extremely excited for it.” Although there are many stores in Bloomington-Normal area that are choosing to close their doors on Thanksgiving,
such as T.J. Maxx and Staples, REI is one of the few staying closed for Black Friday. For many retailers, Black Friday is the biggest day for sales of the year, but REI is offering deals now, before and after these holidays, including deals such as 30, 40 and 50 percent off. “At one of my first days on the job, we had an all staff meeting, at which Jerry Stritzke attended. He talked about how nervous he was to realize that we were opting out to the public. He said, ‘As I was thinking about it, I realized that it doesn’t matter what the public thinks. This isn’t for them, this is for REI’s employees and members,’” Dickerson said. The holiday season has always been a time for people to spend with their loved ones and enjoy their time with them. It is a time to be thankful and REI realizes that for their employees. “One of my store manager’s favorite sayings regarding REI is ‘We stand up for what we stand for.’ I think that opting out for Black Friday is a huge statement supporting what REI as a company and what their employees and members believe in,” Dickerson said.
Healthy Holidays: eating well throughout break GIANNA ANNUNZIO Features Reporter
As the holidays approach, it is not uncommon for healthy eating habits to take a backseat to each event’s overindulgent cuisine options. Despite this notion, enjoying break and the culinary perks it presents does not have to be a stressful task. Instead of anticipating a negative relationship with the foods you’ll eat during the holidays, a plan to counter this process developed here at Illinois State University. Justine Seymour is a Nutrition and Healthy Living grad assistant who works at ISU’s Health Promotion and Wellness. As part of her position there, she recently developed a presentation covering healthy holiday eating through a “stress free” lens. “I was thinking about it because I feel like
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you’re hungry for, things like that,” she said. the holidays are a time where there’s food ev“Then make food choices and try to savor erywhere, and people get a little anxious about every bite of it and enjoy it.” the food that’s available,” she said. Devising how to plan your shopping for “I just wanted to put something together to meals over break is help people, guide them also covered in the to help them feel better presentation. Seymour about the choices they discusses what to purmake and give them some chase and delves into permission to indulge a healthy cooking and little bit.” baking substitutions Seymour’s presentasuch as butter, oil and tion incorporates mindful making half of wholeeating into the mix, which wheat flour. urges students to gain “I do a ‘shopping satisfaction from smaller on a budget’ thing too portions and prevent Photo Illustration by Jenna Kadziulus as well, so like tips overindulging in meals. Keep in shape by eating well and exercising for how to plan for “With mindful eating, throughout the holiday season. that, and how to make you sort of just take a things in an affordable way essentially,” she moment to make sure you’re hungry, see what
Legally Blonde the Musical Bloomington’s Community Players are on their third weekend of Legally Blonde The Musical, so if you missed out this past weekend, now is your chance to see the show before Thanksgiving break. The show is 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Community Players Theatre in Bloomington. Ticket prices start at $8 and can be purchased online or at the door.
Meet and Greet with Alicia Grimes YouTube celebrity Alicia Grimes will be at Hancock Stadium on Friday from 3-5 p.m. to meet fans, take pictures, and play her newest album. Grimes has over one million followers on Twitter and over 1.5 million plays on her SoundCloud page. There is a $5 charge at the door, and the event is open to the public.
said. Since the presentation frames the meal plan through a “stress free” lens, it also discusses the importance of decreasing your stress levels, since this is often associated with overeating. “I talk about sort of how to plan so it’s more of a stress-free event,” she said. “Like planning your grocery store trip and being able to navigate it and not feel overwhelmed.” Seymour also encourages RSOs or any student organization taking interest in this presentation topic to reach out. “If student groups are interested they can contact me about it, and then I can come and present to them,” she said.
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Festival of Trees
Lera Lynn
Illinois State Football
Celebrate the Christmas season a little early by attending the Baby Fold’s Festival of Trees, which opens 6 p.m. tonight. The Festival of Trees celebrates its 22nd anniversary in Bloomington this year, and all proceeds benefit the children and families of The Baby Fold. General admission tickets start at $6 for adults. Volunteer opportunities are also available.
Americana singer and songwriter Lera Lynn will be performing at The Castle Theatre 8 p.m. Saturday. Lynn is on tour for her sophomore album, “The Avenue.” She has been featured in Rolling Stone’s “Best Albums Of The Year” list. Dylan LeBlanc will be the evening’s opening act. Tickets start at $16 per person and can be purchased online.
Nothing says Thanksgiving more than a fall football game, so make sure to attend the Illinois State vs. South Dakota game noon Saturday at Hancock Stadium. As usual, there will be tailgating beforehand with pre-game activities beginning at 10 a.m. at the Horton Field House for kids.
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Redbirds begin strong non-conference schedule JOSH TOLENTINO Sports Editor
Bret Farrell / Staff Photographer
Deontae Hawkins shot a perfect 3-for-3 from the 3-point line Monday.
Illinois State University coach Dan Muller seemed calm and controlled as he gathered his team following Miguel Dicent’s 3-pointer with 5.2 seconds left, which gave Morehead State 66-65 advantage. Senior wing DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell then came through in the clutch. Akoon-Purcell caught an inbounds heave from Tony Wills near half court, weaved his way past three MSU defenders and drove to the basket for a late lay-up with 0.7 seconds left, giving the Redbirds a late 67-66 home opener win Monday evening. “I made it happen,” Akoon-Purcell said. “I missed lay-ups all game, but I made the most important one.” Akoon-Purcell led all scorers with 23 points,
shooting 9-of-13 from the field including 4-of-6 from the FT-line. ISU continues its tough non-conference schedule over Fall break, including matches against nationally ranked Maryland and Kentucky (Nov. 30).
11/24 Maryland (Cancun Challenge)
11/19 South Dakota State (Cancun Challenge)
11/25 Rhode Island/TCU (Cancun Challenge)
ISU continues its longest home stand of the season against the preseason Summit League favorite Jackrabbits. After the ’Birds fell to SDSU on the gridiron, Muller’s squad will look to avenge the ’Birds on the hardwood.
11/21 Houston Baptist (Cancun Challenge) HBU’s backcourt of Anthony Odunsi and Colter Lasher have led the Huskies through their first two games in both scoring and on the boards.
Paris Lee will have his hands full guarding sophomore point guard Melo Trimble, an expected Big Ten Player of the Year. Big men Diamond Stone and Jake Layman present problems for the ’Birds frontcourt. RIU guard E.C Matthews, a candidate to win A-10 Player of the Year, is out for the season after tearing his ACL. Slovokia native Vladimir Brodziansky, will be the Horned frogs’ player to watch.
11/27 Quincy ISU’s first game following its Cancun trip. The ’Birds should smoke through DII Quincy. It is their sole tune up game preparing for their biggest game of the year at Kentucky Nov. 30.
Swimming and diving set for new season First-year, youngest NCAA Division I head coach Scott Cameron ready to lead Redbirds DEB BETHEL Sports Reporter
already seemed to pay off. Sophomore Sarah Thomas believes the team is in sync under Cameron’s After they finished third in the guidance. Missouri Valley Conference Cham“Whether it comes from having a pionships last year, many are excited year under my belt or the new coachto see what this season ing, I definitely feel stronger and has in store for the faster this year,” Thomas said. women’s swimming Just over two months into trainand diving team under ing, a promising year seems to be in first-year head coach store for the Redbirds. From the first Scott Cameron. day of practice, Cameron has noted C a me r on has remarkable improvements. already brought a Scott Cameron “It’s like they’re an entirely difnumber of new techferent team,” Cameron said. “The niques and concepts improvements are night and day.” to the team, which have challenged Feeling like this so early in the the Redbirds both mentally and season, Cameron is very optimistic physically. on how the season will turn out. Using new training equipment “Although one of the school’s best like mesh socks and parachutes has
classes in history just graduated, I think we’ll be ending up right where we did last year,” he said. The Redbirds have developed a strong relationship outside of the pool as well. Both Cameron and Thomas laughed while talking about their entertaining four-hour drive home from Carbondale two weeks ago, remembering the team screaming/ singing songs the Sarah Thomas entire ride. Even though Cameron has only been coaching ISU just a little over two months, he feels like a part of a “close knit family.”
“It’s a lot of fun,” Cameron said. “They really enjoy being around each other and I enjoy being around them. The best part of my day is being on deck, coaching.” The team spends a minimum of twenty hours a week practicing for its meets. “Whether you’re in a relay or individual race, everyone supports and cheers each other on,” Cameron said. According to Thomas, the Redbirds rush to the lane of a swimmer who is trying to beat their (already impressive) best time in an event. With the first big swim meet of the season coming up this weekend at Louisville, Cameron and the ’Birds all feel confident and excited for what’s in store. This upcoming
Louisville meet and the MVC meet are the main focuses to Cameron and his team. He predicts for both meets that ISU will come out near the very top, despite the tough competition. Thomas and her teammates all have personal goals for their races and are confident the new training techniques will be helpful in achieving these goals. Now under the training of Cameron, the youngest coach in all of Division I sports, the 2015-2016 women’s swimming and diving team has a lot to look forward to this season. “I want to try to build this program up to where I want it to be, and I plan on being there as long as it takes to do that.”
Game Preview
No. 6 Redbirds look to capture share of MVFC championship with a win over South Dakota on Senior Day ZACK CARPENTER / Sports Editor
THREE KEYS TO WIN Twice is nice The Redbirds are looking to clinch at least a share of the Missouri Valley title with North Dakota State. The Bison would have to drop a game against Missouri State (not likely considering the Bears’ 1-9 record), for the ’Birds to win an outright title. After winning a share of the Valley crown at Hancock Stadium last year, they are familiar with capturing titles on their home field.
Replacing the best Starting safety Alec Kocour is going to miss at least month with a broken clavicle he suffered in last weekend’s win. Kocour, who had offseason shoulder surgery and has battled shoulder problems all season, is No. 1 on the team in interceptions (3) and second in total tackles (78). He has been the most consistent Redbird defender in the secondary and was playing at an All-Valley level this season. The ’Birds will look to either Soniel Estime or Luther Kirk to start at safety. Estime started in place of Kocour, who was battling a concussion, at Missouri State and led the team with 11 tackles.
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REDBIRDS Illinois State (8-2, 6-1 Missouri Valley Football Conference) looked like it was headed for a shocking loss at the hands of Southern Illinois last week. Losing by a touchdown at halftime, the ’Birds came out fired up, scoring 28 unanswered points to take home a 42-21 win. The Redbirds are looking to clinch at least a share of the Valley Championship for the second straight year, which would be the first time in program history they have won back-to-back conference titles.
REDBIRDS With Senior Day coming Saturday, the Redbirds will be honoring 13 seniors: Nate Bond, Josh Burch, Cam Cooper, Marshaun Coprich, Teddy Corwin, Alex Donnelly, Soniel Estime, Joe Farmer, Pat Meehan, John Nicholson, David Perkins, Adam Pittser and Tre Roberson. All 13 players have put in contributions to the Redbird football program throughout their time at the University.
“There’s a lot going on with Senior Day, we have some great seniors going. Hopefully it’s not our last home game, but it’s the last regular season [home] game. That’ll be an emotional time for those guys and our staff because those players have been a big part of what we’ve done the last couple years. Also, we’re playing for a championship. Everybody’s worked really hard to put ourselves in this position and you want to finish strong.”
COYOTES South Dakota (5-5, 3-4 MVFC) had their playoff aspirations dashed last week when they could not hang on to an upset bid against South Dakota State, dropping a heartbreaking 30-23 loss. Without a postseason bid to shoot for, the Coyotes are looking to play the role of spoilers against a team it has never defeated, losing four games to the ’Birds since 2011.
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PREDICTION
Get Tre back on track Quarterback Tre Roberson has been awful lately throwing the ball, and he wouldn’t dispute that claim. Although he has still been getting it done with his legs, it is crucial for him to gain his confidence back with his arm.
COYOTES Ryan Saeger has been solid at quarterback this season, throwing for 1,960 yards and 12 touchdowns so far. Saeger has proven he can handle intimidating enviornments, putting up three touchdowns in the Coyotes’ 24-21 upset on the road at No. 2-ranked North Dakota State on Oct. 17. His performance included an ice-in-the-veins 15-play, 72-yard game-tying drive and a 55-yard drive to set up the game-winning field goal to end the Bison’s MVFC-record 26game home winning streak.
ILLINOIS STATE 38, SOUTH DAKOTA 24 There’s too much on the line for the Redbirds to come out flat like they did in the first half against Southern Illinois last week. Illinois State is going to use the momentum from an electric
28-point second half against the Salukis to run through a South Dakota team that is much better than people thought they were going to be this season. The Coyotes are simply playing
for pride at this point and won’t hand the game to the ’Birds, but ISU should be able to use their ground and pound identity to wear them down in the second half.
THREE KEYS TO WIN Throw the deep ball It’s becoming commonplace to rag on the Redbirds’ secondary, but until the unit can start performing consistently and locking down their matchups, that won’t stop. The Coyotes need to hit on a few big plays in one-on-one matchups and beat out safety help over the top.
Apply pressure ISU QB Tre Roberson has struggled lately, and when facing a strong pass rush he has found even more trouble. Although Roberson is an elite dual-threat QB, when he doesn’t have time to throw his accuracy goes out the window. The Coyotes boast one of the best pass rushers in the country in defensive lineman Andrew Van Ginkel, a redshirt freshman who has racked up nine sacks this season which ranks him No. 2 in the Valley and No. 10 nationally. He is also ranked No. 8 in the nation with 17 tackles-forloss.
Fresh legs True freshman running back Michael Fredrick has done an excellent job replacing Trevor Bouma, who was lost for the season with a broken arm during the Coyotes’ win over North Dakota State on Oct. 17. Fredrick has shined, though, rushing for 143 yards last week against an elite South Dakota State defense that held Marshaun Coprich to just 65 yards in ISU’s loss on Nov. 7.