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or students looking to get involved in one of Illinois State University’s diverse selection of RSOs, the 2018 fall Festival ISU will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday Aug. 30 on the Quad. Co-hosted by the Dean of Students Office and the University Program Board, Festival ISU will feature hundreds of RSOs and academic and campus departments, as well as nearly 100 community businesses and organizations. The event provides new and returning students a wide variety of opportunities for them to come together, learn how to enhance their college experience and discover how to get involved. ISU’s Student Government Association’s president Mike Rubio said the event is a great way for the community to come together. “Festival ISU is a wonderful day devoted to celebrating the wonderful student organizations, businesses and all that is to be offered within and beyond ISU’s community,” Rubio said. “It’s a day we can come together, embrace all the amazing opportunities and offerings of this wonderful community, all while having fun doing so.” ISU’s Asian Pacific American Coalition public relations and marketing chair Branstarr Sihanath said Festival ISU provides students with a chance to see the faces behind the various RSOs. “It’s an event which allows students to be informed on what’s taking place on and off campus. This includes RSOs, local businesses and
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All tailgating equipment/supplies/games must be kept behind any painted emergency access lanes (red lines). No open containers of alcoholic beverages are allowed outside designated tailgate areas. All tailgaters and spectators must conduct themselves in ways to ensure the safety and enjoyment of others. Abusive and disruptive behavior will not be tolerated. For a list of all the tailgating rules and regulations, please visit the Illinois State Athletic Department website. All tailgating festivities will end 1 ½ hours after the end of the football game. Any cars left in those lots from midnight until 7 a.m. will be re-located and may be ticketed or towed. Compiled by Monica Mendoza | Editor-in-Chief @coolstorymonica
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Milner Library introduces latest exhibits for school year KACEY NICHOLS News Reporter
Milner Library is spicing things up with new exhibits located throughout the building this year. With many students studying through all hours of the day, Milner Library gives students the chance to take a break from studying and learn about culture from different countries, art from local areas and the history of past disasters. There are currently five floors in Milner where each exhibit is located with a time frame of when it will be shown. Some exhibits last a couple months and some a few weeks. The second floor of Milner is currently an exhibit called “Puerto
Rico: Reinforcing a Sense of Place Through Art After the Hurricane” and is a collection of photos taken by School of Arts Graduate Mary Beth Breshears after the events of Hurricane Maria. Breshears took part in the local relief efforts this summer in Patillas, Puerto Rico. Breshears took her experience she had learned from school and created an exhibit to show students the strength of each individual in Puerto Rico as they struggle to rebuild their homes and come together as a community. Each exhibit is intended for students to help relate to other cultures around the world, not just in the Bloomington-Normal area. Head of the exhibit’s committee
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Each exhibit displayed throughout the year is intended for students to experience, relate to other cultures. The current display is titled “Puerto Rico, Reinforcing a Sense of Place Through Art After the Hurricane,” by Mary Beth Breshears. Kathleen Lonbom said, “The exhibitions on view in Milner Library present insightful perspectives on collaboration, community building and diverse understandings of place and human experience.”
Most students have chosen a major and specific path of classes needed to receive their degree and miss out on the chance to learn about other cultures. These exhibits give students the opportunity
to reach into other subjects and find topics that could hold for them potential interest. KACEY NICHOLS is a news reporter reporter for The Vidette. He can be reached at knicho@ilstu.edu.
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The Blessing Box will be available to any ISU student seeking immediate nonperishable supplies
First United Methodist provides ‘blessings’ amidst new service Normal’s First United Methodist Church, located next to the Bone Student Center, is providing an additional service in relation to its upcoming School Street Food Pantry. The Blessing Box has been installed at the church for immediate use. The box is a take-it-or-leave-it, fully stocked with nonperishable goods, personal care items and school supplies. Director of Christian and Family Ministries Jill McNiff said the Blessing Box is a “mini-version” of the coming School Street Pantry. Where the big pantry requires qualification to participate, the Blessing Box is open to all students and community members.
“The Blessing Box was inspired by serving our college kids,” said McNiff. Illinois State students who are members of the church are responsible for stocking the box. “There are already notes of love and hope inside for other students to find inspiration,” explained McNiff. There are no specific times relating to the function of the Blessing Box. McNiff said when materials are needed immediately, students can grab them with no strings attached. A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held Saturday, Sept. 1 at 9:30 a.m. where the church will be filling the box.
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Illinois State University’s Horticulture Center is hosting its annual Autumnal Festival Saturday, Sept. 15 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This festival is the center’s biggest fundraiser for the year. All proceeds made from the event will go directly back to the center. The Horticulture Center is ISU’s outdoor laboratory. It has gardens that are open to the public, but find it is mainly utilized by students. The center gives students an opportunity to do hands-on projects. It is also used by the Biology Department for research. Horticulture classes use the center to learn how to lay sod or turf, mulch, plant and even hardscape. There are fine arts and graphic design students that are doing projects with the center and geography and communications students work with the center as well. “What we are really trying to do, ultimately, is to connect people to nature,” said Horticulture Center Coordinator Jessica Chambers. Chambers added that having students make that connection with nature is what is really important, whether they come to the center to learn about a monarch, learn how to garden, how to eat well or how to identify a plant. “Right now is a beautiful time of the year because all of the flowers are doing their thing and the butterflies are out there,” said Chambers. “Hopefully they come out to be inspired.”
The funds that they raise help the center to buy plants and equipment that it needs to maintain the Horticulture Center throughout the year. Celebrating 13 years of the center and 200 years of statehood for Illinois, there are many activities throughout the festival for all ages. Activities include crafts, hay rides, make your own s’mores, birdhouse and flower spectacle containers. There will also be a silent auction, yoga, pumpkin palace, gourd egg hunt, Tennessee spinner gourd spinning contest and rotten fruit throwing. It also offers guided tours through the prairie. On the tour, guests will learn about the prairie itself. The corn maze will also have a scavenger hunt with different things pertaining to the state. “Illinois is a great state. It’s a beautiful state and we have a lot of things to celebrate. That’s really the main focus for the festival,” said Chambers. There will also be food available for purchase such as hot dogs, chips, soda, cider slushies, baked goods and items like pumpkins, gourds and squash. There will be a few vendors in attendance including the Normal Public Library, Children’s Discovery Museum and Joe Sibley’s Honey. Admission is $5 for ages 13 and up, $3 for ages 3-12 and free for ages 2 and under. Some activities are subject to small fees, such as the hay rides for $1. For more information about the center, or this event, visit their website at horticulturecenter.IllinoisState.edu. GRACE BARBIC is a News Reporter for The Vidette. She can be contacted at mgbarbi@ilstu.edu.
“Illinois is a great state. It’s a beautiful state and we have a lot of things to celebrate. That’s really the main focus for the festival.” Jessica Chambers, Horticulture Center coordinator
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It isn’t an immigration problem
he recent death of Mollie Tibbetts has surged quite the controversy in immigration debates before midterm elections. Tibbetts was a college student from Iowa who was killed by an illegal immigrant from Mexico. This has amped President Trump’s reasoning behind building walls and an extremely flawed immigration system. On Aug. 28, the White House’s twitter released a video of families whose loved ones were also killed by illegal immigrants. On the other end, Democrats have downplayed illegal immigration parts of Tibbetts’ murder and tried to center public focus on other problems regarding family separation and Trump’s border policy. This tug-and-pull represents the contradictions within the U.S. immigration system. The murderer in question, Cristhian Bahena Rivera, told police he followed Tibbetts in a car and chased her when she ran. What is not being addressed in this
politically-surged murder is how often women are murdered for turning down or avoiding men. Gender-based violence happens all the time from both undocumented and card-carrying Americans. Using Tibbetts’ death to push anti-immigration policies ignores a long history of violence and toxic masculinity that many men worldwide have. Many men feel entitled to a woman’s body and will turn violent and abusive when a woman rejects a man’s advances. Worst-case scenario, these women
are murdered due to their rejections. According to the United Nations Population Fund, violence against women is one of the most “prevalent human rights violations in the world.” It is estimated that one in three women worldwide will experience some form of physical or sexual abuse. Despite the UN’s Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women in 1993 and constant teaching of Golden Rules and gender-equality regardless of social, economic or racial differences, the issue is still prevalent.
Tibbetts’ family has recently spoken against the politicization of her death. Tibbetts’ cousin, Sandi Tibbetts Murphy, released a statement on her Facebook about statistics regarding men being more likely to commit murder and domestic violence. “You do not get to use her murder to inaccurately promote your ‘permanently separated’ hyperbole,” said Murphy in her statement. The most sold self-defense tool is pepper spray and it is a woman’s essential tool that is carried at all times. At the end of the day, Tibbetts’ death is because a man felt entitled to her body and killed her when she ran. No matter ethnicity or background, a person with predatory tendencies will strike. Nothing would have changed if Rivera was white or Asian or black. Based off familial responses and Rivera’s confession, this is not an immigration issue and making it out as such will not cease gender-based violence.
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It’s about the game, not the outfit MY VIEW MONICA MENDOZA | Editor-in-Chief
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rom what I have seen in the news recently, women’s tennis superstar Serena Williams has been criticized by her outfit while playing in the US Open. Type the name ‘Serena Williams’ into Google and the first couple of hits talk about her outfit and how she wore a tutu. Well, what the headline doesn’t say is that she won the US Open on Monday. But before her tutu outfit, she wore a catsuit that helps with blood circulation around her body, especially her legs.
The catsuit caused so much controversy that the French Open banned her outfit. So what does Serena do? She comes out swinging with her tutu outfit. As Billie Jean King, a pioneer for female athletes, said about the issue: ‘The policing of women’s bodies must end. The “respect” that’s needed is for the exceptional talent Serena Williams brings to the game. Criticizing what she wears to work is where the true disrespect lies.’ On top of Serena Williams outfit, a French tennis player, Alizé Cornet, was hit with a code violation for taking off her shirt because she had it on backward. According to the Women’s Tennis Association, women are prompted to remove any articles of clothing off the court, but for men, there are no such rules. So here’s what happened to Cornet. If you didn’t already know, there is a heat wave affecting the east coast, where the US Open is located. Due to
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the amount of exercise one puts on the court, a fresh shirt would definitely do the trick to help perform better. I would want to any ways. So what happened was Cornet received a violation for something that was completely out of her control – her shirt was on backwards. Mistakes happen and all underlining variables need to be accounted for. What happened to the equality of the sexes? The US Open is a huge tournament wjere fams from all over come and support player on the court, and creating publicity for what the players do off the court instead of on speaks louder than words. Journalists are focusing more on outfits and ‘scandal’ actions like taking off a shirt, because it’s something that will get people talking. But let’s talk about how men have more fans attending sporting events than women do. Let’s talk about how men’s basketball games at Illinois State bring in so
many fans to the point where there was one game in 2016 where Redbird Arena was so packed, someone inside that arena needed earplugs. Since I have been with The Vidette, photographing sporting events, I have never seen a crowd that large at women’s sporting event inside Redbird Arena. Support women’s sporting events just as much as men’s. Outside of fan participation, I believe that women should be able to wear whatever they want and what they bring to the game should be the key and the main concentration of an article or TV story. MONICA MENDOZA is a interpersonal communication major, editorin-chief and columnist for The Vidette. Any questions or comments regarding her column can be sent to vidette_mmendoz7@ilstu.edu. Follow her on Twitter @coolstorymonica.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2018
Another ‘O’Day’ in paradise
Double-check your gameday bags
Offensive lineman Donavin O’Day returns for final crack at ISU football
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called my mom every day to talk with her about it and she told me that everything takes time, and she was right. Now, o r some, football is just a I’m moving a lot better. I move game, but for senior offensive better now at 310 pounds than lineman Donavin O’Day, footwhen I was 250 when I tore it. ball is everything. I’m probably a better athlete at This past summer, O’Day was this size than I’ve ever been.” faced with a tough decision. As his As the Redbirds gear future stared him right in the face, up for their season opener the hope of a potentially successful against Saint Xavier (Chiseason drove O’Day to his choice of cago) Saturday, Sept. 1, returning to Redbird football as a O’Day’s expectations for redshirt senior. himself and the team this At 6’6 and 310 pounds, O’Day was year are nothing short of a force to be reckoned with in 2017. triumphant. Starting 11 games for the Redbirds “As long as we put that ball last season, O’Day was an active part in the end zone, I’m doing my to the Redbirds’ offensive line, attribjob,” O’Day said. “We’re just uting to ISU’s fourth-best conference here to score a lot of points rushing offense. and create a lot of yards for Commanding the right side of the our skill guys, and once we get line, O’Day also triggered James to the playoffs, that’ll all take Robinson’s All MVC First Team care of itself.” Selection season, rushing his way to At the core of his work the second best ranking in the Valley. ethic, O’Day’s passion for Illinois State football is currently the game and loyalty to the featured on NBC’s “The Next Step” program never fails to peek for the third straight year. Through through the cracks of his all the recordings of day-to-day pracpersonality. tices and one-on-one interviews, “Every football player has O’Day’s integrity seemed to outshine in the back of their minds his football skill across the board. that every day is a struggle,” Head coach Brock Spack displayed he said. “But when you really gratitude to O’Day’s contribution in fall sit back and really look at it camp, speaking to the cameras as he Ali Rasper | Photo Editor and you’re not in the heat of appeared in episode two of the show. Donavin O’Day prepares to set a block during practice Wednesday morning. the moment, football is every“[O’Day] wanted to play one more thing to me. I love the sport. year of football and he might play more I’m going to do anything I can than that,” Spack said. “He had a knee to leave them behind, especially with all the do to keep playing, and hopefully continue to injury he came back from and we appreciate changes in the offseason going on in the proplay passed college. I gave up a really good job to what Donavin has done for [the program].” gram. You only really get to play football once be here. I love all the guys and I’d do anything for O’Day was offered a six-figure position at a [at this level], I’ll find another job like that them. ISU football means the world to me.” data analysis firm, graduating from ISU last later on in life.” While the ’Birds continue to prepare for their spring as a double major in statistics and ecoAs O’Day faced more adversity in 2016 while season opener, O’Day’s desire and intensity to nomics. Thankful for his time at ISU, O’Day recovering from a season-ending knee injury, succeed will be hard to miss charging out of the explained his thought process when making his heart never seemed to wither in the face of tunnel Saturday night. his decision. hardship. “The first thing I thought of was my team“It was a tough time for me when I tore my mates and the guys that I’ve experienced ACL,” O’Day said. “It’s a hard injury to come everything with,” O’Day said. “I didn’t want back from and I was really struggling with it. I
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2018
The ’Birds come flying in
Football slated for in-state showdown against Illinois in 2020 JONATHAN BARLAS Sports Editor | @janveselybarlas
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mid ISU’s preparation for its upcoming season, the FCS Division I Redbirds will face off with several other Big Ten schools in the near future. Having the opportunity to showcase its skills against some of the region’s best NCAA squads, The Big Ten Conference announced its entire slate of Big Ten football schedules through the 2022-2025 seasons Wednesday. Winning a thrilling overtime matchup against Northwestern in 2016, ISU is set to face its in-state counterpart Illinois Sept. 4, 2020. Gaining the interest of other FBS Division I schools, the Redbirds also mark games against Northern Illinois (2019), Wisconsin (2022) and Iowa (2024). Head coach Brock Spack displayed his excitement about the team’s Big Ten recognition to GoRedbirds Wednesday afternoon. “It’s nice for us to be able to schedule some of these Big Ten opponents again,” Spack said. “The last time we played a Big Ten team, we had a great outing against Northwestern in 2016. I think any Missouri Valley Conference team can hang with these [Big Ten] teams and have proven that in the past.” Illinois State currently sits at a 1-9 all-time against Big Ten Conference teams. Time can only tell how the ’Birds stack up against the region’s powerhouse programs. Ali Rasper | Photo Editor
Head coach Brock Spack stands tall as Redbird football continues to prepare for its season opener against Saint Xavier University at 6:30 p.m., Sept. 1.
JONATHAN BARLAS is Sports Editor for The Vidette. He can be reached at jgbarla@ilstu.edu.
Illinois State expected to stifle St. Xavier JONATHAN BARLAS Sports Editor | @janveselybarlas
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s the college football season looms closer with every practice snap, Illinois State could not be more excited to get its season up and running. With an offseason coaching staff shake-up, a new starting quarterback and the hope of a Missouri Valley Conference Championship, the ’Birds seem
ready and raring to to kick off fall 2018. Facing Saint Xavier (Chicago) for the first time since 2004, ISU looks to repeat the same outcome it did 14 years ago, defeating SXU 44-14. SXU boasts an all-time NAIA national No. 4 ranking with an overall record of 147-48. Junior transfer quarterback Brady Davis assumes the helm for the first time in a Redbird uniform. First-Team All MVC running back James Robinson has the talent to repeat
his head-turning 2017 season for the next two years of his eligibility. Taking the field as the Redbirds’ feature back, Robinson will also share carries with junior power back Markel Smith. Illinois State will rely on defensive powers of Jason Harris, Tuvone Clark and Mitchell Brees, as they assume to be a turnover force to be reckoned with. Striving to be the crowned kings of the Valley once more, the ’Birds begin the 2018 season at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
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It will be ISU’s first matchup with the Cougars since 2004, which the Redbirds took 44-14. All eyes will be on quarterback Brady Davis as he makes his first start as a Redbird. Expect the junior transfer to light up the Cougars defense and lead ISU to a strong 1-0 start to the 2018 campaign.
Illinois State is opening their season at home this year. A home opener will mean the team coming out strong and putting on a show for the fans. Saint Xavier will be a tough fight, but Illinois State’s offence should prevail. The ’Birds will give both a strong start and finish to the game.
A close yet high scoring game could ensue Saturday at Hancock Stadium. St. Xavier had a really high-powered offense last season, scoring above 25 points in nine games. ISU had a similar, yet inconsistent offense. As ISU quarterback Brady Davis makes his debut, he might be the answer to solve the consistency necessary.
The Redbirds start their regular season this weekend playing against Saint Xavier. ISU has a lot to look forward to this season with quarterback Brady Davis starting his first game since 2016. As the Redbirds continue to play at a very high caliber as they have past seasons, I do not see them slowing down anytime soon.
Look for the Redbirds to be amped up and firing off all cylinders in their season opener Saturday night. A 52-7 loss against Marian University stunts the Cougars’ courage entering Hancock Stadium. It will likely be a good game for Brady Davis to get comfortable with his offense and explore his different receiver options.
Illinois State 42, St. Xavier 10
Illinois State 28, St. Xavier 17
Illinois State 31, St. Xavier 24
Illinois State 42, St. Xavier 14
Illinois State 48, St. Xavier 10
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Junior RB James Robinson takes reps in practice Wednesday
Jonathan Barlas The last time ISU and St. Xavier met, the ’Birds ousted the Cougars in a demeaning fashion, running up the score column 44-14 2004. As SXU fell to Marian University 52-7 last week, the Redbirds enter Saturday’s contest with all the comfort and courage they could possibly have. Opening up the season at home provides new starting quarterback Brady Davis a chance to get acclimated with his new offense. Moreover, expect ISU to start this season on a high note.
Illinois State 42, St. Xavier 14