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n the battlefield, military drumming stokes the flames of warfare, setting the tone for soldiers to go into battle. When Redbirds prepare for battle on the gridiron, the Big Red Marching Machine (BRMM) adds musicality to the physicality. Currently, BRMM includes 317 members that endure eight to 10-hour days during football games, in addition to practices. Illinois State University’s band program features a rich history. Illinois State Normal University students developed a varsity band in the early 1900s, which appeared at sports rallies and games. The first regular music
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courses at ISNU began in 1901. A student band began playing in September 1914. Over 100 years later, new band director Doug Morin explains what he looks forward to in continuing the proud tradition. “I am excited to continue the tradition of educational excellence ISU has,” Morin said. Though ISU enjoys a tradition of excellence, Morin also notes that his biggest challenge is dealing with the high turnover in recent years BRMM has experienced. Nonetheless, Morin accepts the challenge. Fortunately, Morin has student leaders, such as senior drumline major Leah Young to keep things on the upswing. see BRMM on page 6
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loans confidently.” Illinois State has an interactive page on its website that provides College is expensive, but it has to links to resources and articles with get paid for somehow. information regarding loans. The The increase in college costs university frequently sends emails makes borrowing money a necesto students with information about sity for most college students. The how much money has been borrowed Financial Aid Office states that and estimates on how students can go more than 65 percent of students about paying back their loans upon attending four-year colleges take graduation. Despite the university’s out loans. efforts, this still may not be enough The average student at Illinois to get across to students. State University borrows $25,111 “Something that might help all over four years and pays about students have a better understand$236 per month after graduation. ing of their loans might be to have About 96 percent of students make a mandatory class or meeting in payments on time, according to the which everyone would be required Financial Aid Office website. to answer the fundamental questions Sammy Peltz | Photographer Taking out a loan is a process. concerning their loans specifically,” With countless efforts to inform and educate students on loans, there is still Students must first complete the worry that students do not understand the process and what it entails. Kinsella said. Free Application for Federal StuHe offered some advice based on dent Aid, better known as FAFSA. his experience with loans. He warns Entrance Loan Counseling course online which Upon completing and filing FAFSA, students to make sure they underthe application has to be processed in order to consists of readings and quizzes about borrow- stand what they are getting themselves into and determine how much money an applicant is eli- ing money. to always be cautious of interest rates and when Another requirement is to complete a Master they will be expected to start paying them off. gible to receive. Even after the application is processed, stu- Promissory Note. This is a legal document that Illinois State’s preferred filing deadline for dents have to meet certain requirements before explains the terms and conditions of a loan, but FAFSA is Nov. 15. it is also a promise to repay loans with any interreceiving the funds. For more information about loan education First, the type of loan needs to be determined. est or fees. visit FinancialAid.illinoisstate.edu/loans. “I think ISU does what it is required to do for There are three types of loans: a federal student loan, parent loan or alternative loan. Students educating students about their loans,” junior GRACE BARBIC is a News Reporter for The Vimust be enrolled as at least “part-time” students marketing major Jake Kinsella said. “But in my dette. She can be contacted at mgbarbi@ilstu. and be seeking a degree in order to be eligible to opinion if you were to ask random students about edu. Follow her on Twitter at @gracebarbic. their loans, I believe not many of them would be borrow. Even then, students are required to complete an able to give answers to questions regarding their
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Teen pleads guilty in shooting death of ISU student Madison Finch CARTHAGE, Ill. – As part of a plea deal, an 18 -year-old from Hamilton pleaded guilty Wednesday to fatally shooting an Illinois State University student on New Year’s Day. Antonio L. Sanchez pleaded guilty to one count of seconddegree murder and home invasion, according to WGEM-TV in Quincy. The plea came during a court appearance in Hancock County. Illinois State University freshman biological sciences major Madison Finch was shot and killed at a New Year’s Eve party in LaHarpe at her parents’ house.
Gubler to talk act of unforgiveness Visiting student research collaborator Simone Gubler from University of Texas-Austin is giving a philosophy colloquium on the “badness” of
Sanchez was sentenced to 20 years for each count. The sentences will run concurrently and Sanchez must serve 85 percent because of the home invasion charge. He will spend at least 17 years behind bars, according to media reports. Prior to the plea agreement, Sanchez was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and one count of aggravated battery with a weapon. Court records allege Sanchez put a gun to Finch’s head and shot her from behind with a .22-caliber pistol at a party, pronouncing Finch dead at 5:22 a.m. Jan. 1. Carthage is located 135 miles west of Normal.
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Out with the old, in with the new
Hibbett Sports among new locations opening at Eastland Mall
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Eastland Mall is going out with the old and in with the new. As Bergner’s and Sears finish their liquidation processes, the mall makes room for a number of new additions. Just a short drive away from the campus of Illinois State University, Eastland Mall is a hub for ISU students. Whether students are looking for a new outfit, the latest fall scented candle or just to browse the stores, Eastland is the closest mall to campus. One of the first additions underway is Hibbett Sports, a sporting goods retailer that offers a variety of footwear, apparel and team
athletic equipment. Similar to a store like Dick’s Sporting Goods, Hibbett Sports features a wide selection of brand name merchandise as well as localized apparel and accessories, according to the Eastland Mall website. This new store will be open for business sometime in September and will be near Charlotte Russe in the mall. Construction for the addition of Planet Fitness is also underway and can be expected to open sometime this fall. The fitness center will take part of the space where J.C. Penney was previously located. “I was planning on cancelling my Planet Fitness membership because there was no location around here. The closest one was back
at home,” junior Alexandra Burns said. “I’m so excited to hear that they are opening one right here in town. I’m definitely going to check it out and make use of my membership.” This will be the nationwide chain’s first location in the Bloomington-Normal market, according to the Pantagraph. Students can also expect to see an H&M in the mall. The opening date for this location is still undetermined. H&M will occupy the remaining space from the previous J.C. Penney. “I used to feel like there were only a few good places in the Eastland Mall,” junior Bre Akre said. “With these new additions I will probably go to the mall more because I like having a
lot of options when I shop … I think it’s great that they are finally adding stores like H&M. I love that their prices are very affordable for college students, yet still fashionable.” Outback Steakhouse will also be making a move to the Eastland Mall. No information about an opening is available at the time, but the steakhouse will be a constructed as a freestanding building in the mall’s parking lot. Sears was one of the mall’s first anchors, and Bergner’s was another long-standing store. This leaves Kohl’s to stand alone as the only remaining department store in Eastland Mall. Sears will close its doors for the last time in November.
New Redbird Adventure Center soars to new heights
SIUE Researcher to present on autism, human decision-making GARRETT KARSTEN News Reporter | @GkarstenISU
The new Redbird Adventure Center ribbon-cutting ceremony happened Wednesday afternoon. Illinois State University’s President Larry Dietz, Vice President of Student Affairs Levester Johnson, SGA President Michael Rubio and the Executive Director of Campus Recreation and Student Fitness Center, Dawn Sanner had the honor of declaring the adventure center open. The $2.1 million facility includes a 5,500 square foot building and High Ropes Course. The Adventure program is available to all ISU students, staff and faculty and provides team building experiences. Photographs by Christopher Edwards
Women’s and Gender Studies to present Fiscal Planning for Women ANDREW DOUGHERTY Senior News Reporter | @addough
Illinois State University’s Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) will present Fiscal Planning for Women at 7 p.m. Monday in Schroeder Hall Room 236. The WGS minor and graduate certificate programs prepare students to think, act and write critically about contemporary issues from a variety of interdisciplinary and multicultural lenses. The workshop will be geared towards individuals who identify as women and will provide tangible strategies to improve financial well-being while in college. The event is free and open to ISU students. The workshop is organized by recently-named assistant director of Women and Gender Studies Tanya Diaz-Kozlowski who said she hopes the workshop will create a space for women to discuss
finances on a basic level. “The reality is that sexism continues to limit the agency of women as human beings by denying us, especially poor women, immigrant women, women of color, women who have children, and women who have multiple marginalized identities from having access to financial resources and accurate knowledge about how to cultivate financial well-being over one’s life,” Diaz-Kozlowski stated. The workshop will focus on dispelling myths and encouraging women to not be afraid to talk about finances, as well as asking those questions. It will also provide resources and assist those in attendance on how to recognize structural barriers of racism, heterosexism, classism and nativism and how they contribute to the lack of financial well-being for women. Senior medical laboratory major Deanna Marciniak said she believes the workshop is a great
idea for women who may have trouble with financial planning. “Workshops held by the WGS such as this, which I think are a great contribution to women-empowerment, are certainly needed on our campus. I’ve met plenty of people who have trouble keeping a budget or even making one,” Marciniak said. “By providing these types of events, those women who do struggle can not only find a solution but perhaps also not be afraid to ask questions,” she added. Senior fashion merchandise major Peyton Meade said these kinds of workshops are very important for college women. “I love that there is a program being set up like this for women, but especially girls in college. It’s so important to be aware of issues like this. It can be incredibly helpful for us once we graduate and become working women in society,” Meade said.
SIUE cognitive psychology professor and Undergraduate Program Director Jonathan Pettibone, Ph.D will serve as a guest speaker 2 p.m. Sept. 21 in DeGarmo Hall Room 48. Pettibone will be presenting research on autism regarding decision-making. “Many times, humans make decisions on the f ly, making comparisons to contexts that surround us that influence the decisions we make,” Pettibone said. “Some suggest that those high on the autism spectrum are less likely to rely on contextual views when they attempt to determine preferences,” Pettibone said. “This [research] is an attempt to replicate one result in the past and extend that to other types of decision-making, looking to see if we see a similar pattern.” Pettibone will address these ideas in his presentation, “Are People With Autism Spectrum Conditions More Resistant to Context Effects in Preference?” The necessity for his replication and extension of the research is due to the continual increase in population of those diagnosed with autism, according to Pettibone. “It’s useful to know some of the real-world implications and the impact it has on everyday jobs and the environment,” he said. “What does it tell us about basic cognitive process with everyone, what’s different about them cognitively and how can we use that to inform on a broader scale?” His research presentation is part of the CBS Colloquium Series, which brings professional researchers on campus to share their work with the academic community. The Department of Psychology is hosting the presentation. Those who would like to support the continuation of guest researchers can donate to the department through the ISU Foundation. GARRETT KARSTEN is a news reporter reporter for The Vidette. He can be reached at gtkarst@ ilstu.edu. Follow him on Twitter at @GKarstenISU.
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Republicans: Take your party back In an era where Donald Trump and his “Make America Great Again” slogan have taken over the Republican Party, where Republican legislators either embrace his bombastic rhetoric or act in silence, there is one message for the GOP: Take back your party. With the passing of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the United States witnessed the death of arguably one of the last true Republicans, loyal to the party but never to a single leader. More than that, he was loyal to his country. Putting aside partisan politics, the Republican Party used to stand for true, conservative principles: free-market, laissez faire economics, small government and fiscal restraint. As former president Barack Obama said only a few days ago, “The politics of division and resentment, and paranoia, has unfortunately found a home in the Republican Party.” Despite that sentence coming from a Democrat, he’s the prime example of someone who was the target of racist, paranoid, conspiracy-laden rhetoric — what the GOP has become. The 2016 election saw Donald Trump cleverly tap into the fear, anger and resentment of white America which saw him get elected to the presidency.
There were plenty of “Never Trumpers,” plenty of Republicans who disavowed him, who refused to accept his racist, bigoted, misogynistic rhetoric. They said he would never represent Republican values. Then he won. Those who worked in government during the Nixon, Reagan and Bush administrations would never and have outright said they do not recognize the GOP as it stands today. Those former presidents would roll over in their graves if they knew what had become of the Grand Old Party. Republicans used to unabashedly declare communism and Russia as our No. 1 adversary which was central to their
foreign policy platform. Vladimir Putin is an enemy to global democracy and who seeks to undermine those Democratic institutions. Now they embrace “warmer relations” with the former head of the Federal Security Service. Republicans used to support our allies across the globe, specifically NATO and the United Nations. Now they criticize our military alliances while cutting funding to key programs within the U.N. that fight global hunger and disease. It was Republicans who created the Environmental Protection Agency in response to the detrimental effects of pesticides and other pollutants. Now they
support the president’s roll-back of cleanwater protection programs, leaving millions at risk. Don’t forget Flint, Michigan. Republicans overwhelmingly favor building a wall across the U.S.-Mexican border to stop “illegal immigrants, drug dealers and rapists” from coming into our country. They favored stripping children away from their parents and housing them in concentration camps. These are not Republican principles. Republicans elected a man who pushed the birther conspiracy, who verbally attacked a war hero, who supports tax cuts for the ultra wealthy while adding to the national debt. These are facts, not fiction. The Republicans in Congress, the real ones, who know this takeover of their oncecherished party has not only divided America, but morphed the GOP into something unrecognizable, say nothing. They bend over backward to protect this rhetoric, these policies and the president. They are cowards, complacent in this takeover of one of America’s largest political parties. Do not let history remember the GOP as it is today, let it remember it for what it used to, and should, stand for.
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Mentality and representation in the media MY VIEW TYLER SMITH | Columnist
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ust as pain demands to be felt, people demand to be heard. We live in an era where conservative parents’ boards can no longer stop a conversation they don’t feel their children are old enough for. One of the biggest privileges whiteness often affords is the ability to grow up mostly innocent. Growing up black is in a lot of ways growing up jaded; not having the luxury of being largely unaware of the negative aspects of the world until your parents think you can handle it. Unfortunately, the news often implicitly affects us. Issues like police misconduct are a sad reality, so we automatically try to rationalize it, assume the police officer was justified so we don’t have to have an honest conversation about race. Minorities then, are the big bads depicted in the news, the vicious, fire-breathing dragons EDITOR’S NOTE: Today The Vidette introduces a a new comic strip created by Vidette photographer Claire Wagner. The strip will appear on the Viewpoint page on Thursdays
that need slain, now more than ever. Censorship exists on several plains. There are the social movements people delegitimize by trying to label them domestic terrorism, so no one has to make concessions and admit they have valid points. We can see this in the recolonizing act of taking Colin Kaepernick’s protest and making it about the soldiers, so people can continue not thinking about black people and our negative experiences with the police and feel good about themselves. There are television shows people don’t like, so instead of just not watching it and moving on with their lives, they create petitions and calls to action to get it cancelled. The problem with this mentality is that it manifests itself when we deny parts our human nature and hope it just goes away or happens to someone else. We simply say 14-year-olds shouldn’t be having sex, so schools so often only teach about abstinence, and we end up with high schools, and even middle schools, with daycare waiting lists. Little girls get sent home from school for leading boys to temptation with their attire. We ignore the ways rape culture is naturalized into society because so many people are complicit in it. No
one teaches a boy to keep his hands to himself. We tell him to persevere when the girl he likes keeps telling him no, and then tell the girl to stop showing her shoulders if she wants to be left alone. His ego matters more than her physical and emotional comfort. In the #MeToo era, storylines of sexual harassment exist outside television shows; the offending men are simply fired, as if that is enough. As if a rich free man, loose in the world is supposed to be better. As if life were a movie and everything just fades to black and they all live happily ever after once the bad guy is caught. We never see what happens after — the reconstruction. We are afraid to be vulnerable, afraid to offend anyone with our honesty. Representation matters when television content is largely being created only by people who fit the mold. Diversity matters here, it makes us feel less alone, like for the first time someone is seeing us. Then one day, a concerned parent sees a storyline about an ugly reality people have to deal with every day and instead of it facilitating a meaningful conversation, as I believe is the point, they find like-minded people and try to get the show cancelled. They say, “It’s
not appropriate,” or that “it undermines Christian values, and teaches our children to be disobedient to God by saying things like homosexuality and transsexuality are okay.” We preach and talk a big game about America being the place that celebrates human differences, even though we elected a man with anti-other rhetoric into the presidency. We say this is a secular nation, where people have choices, but that privilege only extends to the heteronormative man. Women having complete autonomy over our own bodies is still being undermined and discussed by men. We never know what program is going to change someone’s life, the conversation and actual thought-out critique is ultimately what will bring people to realizations about themselves they maybe could never admit to themselves. People often don’t know they’re in an abusive relationship until someone says something or shares a story similar to theirs. We will never know what society refuses to talk about. TYLER SMITH is a columnist for The Vidette. Contact her at tssmit1@ ilstu.edu Follow on Twitter at @incognegro.
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ISU students uncover knowledge of an 800-year-old village ANDREA RICKER News Reporter | @ricker_andrea
In June, ISU anthropology students went on a month-long field search, ten miles south of Normal. The site was a Native American village north of the Kickapoo Creek, roughly 600-800 years old. Based on discoveries of past excavations, the village was made up of people from both northern and southern Illinois. Typically, these two groups were far apart, but seem to have come together at this location for some reason. This sparked an interest in further excavations of the area. “What brought them there, why are they there, how did they make it work?” assistant professor of anthropology Logan Miller, Ph.D asked. The field school requires a lot of physical labor, processing their findings, and paperwork. Some of the items found included arrow
points, pottery and elk bones. “What we find is a lot of broken stuff,” Miller said. “As far as we can tell, [these people] came and went voluntarily from this site.” “You don’t find too many big things,” Miller said in reference to Molly McManus’ discovery. On her birthday, she found a preserved stone from an axe. It was used for chopping down trees and possibly as a weapon, in some cases. The wooden handle from the axe was missing, either due to somebody taking it or the wood deteriorating. This finding was significant because most of the items found were either broken, unfinished or worn out. “It tells us a bit about what people are doing and how they’re living in the local environment [and their] overall relationship with the world around them,” Miller said. Not only did they find specific items that help them learn more about this village, but they’re currently investigating a single area that “looks
to have been a house.” The houses were made from wood, leading them to be rebuilt once rotted. They noticed that when this house was rebuilt it was done in a slightly different method. “This tells us that something is changing,” Miller said. “The technology is changing, or the styles are changing over a relatively short period of time.” The house now serves as a baseline for future excavations to compare future findings to this one. The field studies train students who want to be archeologists. Courtesy of Illinois State News “When you do the excavation, Illinois State University anthropology students went on a you’re suddenly automatically month-long field search in Illinois. qualified to, essentially, be an archeologist,” Miller said. “The goal is to important things out there so they can go on get students trained in recognizing artifacts and get a job being an archeologist.” and soil differences and be able to record the
Snoop Dogg to perform at Corn Crib CINDY HERNANDEZ News Editor | @Cindylu_7
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Snoop Dogg will be coming to the Normal Corn Crib Sept. 13.
Grammy-nominated artist Snoop Dogg, will be coming to the Normal Corn Crib Thursday. Known for songs like “Young, Wild & Free” and “Drop It Like It’s Hot,” Snoop Dogg will be making his Normal debut. Tickets to the events went on sale July 20 with prices starting at $45. According to the news release announcing the concert, Snoop is no stranger to entertaining his fans at U.S. ballparks. He’s played stadiums from Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Lake Elsinore, California, “and every time, the crowds
come out to enjoy his ‘No Limits’ kind of performance.” Snoop Dogg has sold over 23 million albums in the U.S. and more than 30 million worldwide. “I think it’s a really cool opportunity for Normal and the surrounding area to have such a big name,” senior communication studies major Megan Gustafson said. Grammy-winning, platinum-selling group Naughty By Nature will play as Snoop’s special guest. The Corn Crib is home to the Cornbelters, Normal’s Frontier League minor league baseball franchise. CINDY HERNANDEZ is News Editor for The Vidette. She can be reached at vidette_cherna9@ilstu.edu. Follow her on Twitter at @Cindylu_7.
Professor awarded grant for bee gut research Assistant professor of infectious disease ecology Ben Sadd has been awarded $362,500 from the National Institutes of Health to explore the gut bacteria of bumble bees. The award was received through a grant entitled “Host and microbe factors influencing composition and functioning of an accessible gut microbiota model.” The information collected from this investigation will be used to understand how the lack of bacteria in a bee’s stomach can be detrimental to their health in terms of fighting off diseases and controlling microbes. Sadd stated how studying the bees is essential and how it affects the environment. “Additionally, bumble bee health is vitally important to understand given the incredible value of these bees as pollinators of both crops and native plants. Given the gut microbial communities of bumble bees are an integral part of their health, understanding what shapes them is vital,” said Sadd. Sadd decided to apply for the grant, which he explained to be a very intensive process. “Typically, preparation for these grants takes several months. The submission requires a highly structured research plan that sets out the objectives of study. But also there is a lot of information that needs to be submitted that justifies why you as the investigator and
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ISU as the institution are capable of carrying out this work. Another aspect of this particular grant is that it must demonstrate the ability to provide undergraduate research experiences,” said Sadd. Sadd explained that most of the money received will be used not only for supplies needed to perform the study, but for the undergraduate and graduate student researchers participating in the lab.
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The Big Red Marching Machine shows off its tubas during Illinois State University’s first scrimmage of the 2018 season.
ABOVE: The Big Red Marching Marchine welcomes its new band director, Doug Morin to the Redbird Family. TOP LEFT Junior math education major, Will Fathauer finishes practices with fellow band members Wednesday afternoon. BOTTOM LEFT: In a sea of red, members of BRMM are hard to miss at an ISU football game. They are loud and they are proud. Together, they make a dedicated bunch who put on memorable programs during the football season. PHOTOGRAPHS BY SAMANTHA BRINKMAN PHOTO EDITOR
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Young has been with BRMM all four years. Though she doesn’t have a singular favorite memory, she enjoys the traveling and comradery BRMM provides. “Every year, we are a family,” Young said. Passing along her experience, Young takes a mentorship role in the band. She is proud of her evolution from a wide-eyed freshman to a leader. “It is fun to be on the other side and hear the band play and see them form,” Young
said. While Young is nearing the end of her journey, freshman Connor Mcdermott, a tuba player, is excited to start his. BRMM has made a strong first impression. “These are fun people to hang out with,” Mcdermott said. Mcdermott notes that the biggest challenge has been the time commitment. That said, overall freshmen sentiment indicates that the comradery and travel opportunities are worth the time commitment. BRMM previously performed in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Dublin
St. Patrick’s Day Parade, among many other destinations. Junior middle-level education major Jodie Santos plays an oftentimes overlooked role. She notes that most people do not realize the physicality involved in being a color guard. “I don’t think people realize how taxing color guard is,” Santos said. “People don’t realize how much arm strength is required. I am covered in bruises.” The benefits outweigh the physical toll three years as a color guard takes. Santos notes that BRMM makes Santos — a natural introvert — more social. Additionally, Santos
takes pride in seeing recordings of band performances. “A lot of people record our games; you see everyone and all of the forms we make,” Santos said. “It is very rewarding to see the fruits of our labor in video form.” Fans can see the band in live action again on Oct. 6 when the Redbirds face the Western Illinois Leathernecks. STUART STALTER is Features Editor for The Vidette. He can be contacted at sstalt1@ilstu.edu Follow him on Twitter at @ VidetteStuS.
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Men claim tourney gold, women look ahead NICHOLAS HONEYSETT Sports Reporter | @Honeyhoneysett
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MVC Golfer of the Week David Perkins chips his ball out of the bunker.
he Illinois State men’s golf team lit up the course last weekend in Madison, Wisconsin. Illinois State won the Badger Invitational and junior David Perkins was among those to stand out. Tying a course collegiate record finishing 7-under par and a 65, Perkins shot a 6-under and 30 in the final nine holes of the round. Perkins was additionally named the Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Golfer of the Week Wednesday morning. The Redbirds had more help in the tournament at the club of senior Trent Wallace, who shot at least par or under par all weekend, placing him seventh at the tournament overall. Head coach Ray Kralis commented to GoRedbirds that his group of men held their composure in a very difficult tournament. “They handled themselves so well from start to finish,” Kralis said. “Leading wire-to-wire isn’t as easy as it sounds, especially in a field like this.
The team never backed down, which speaks volumes about these men. I am beyond proud of this group.” Sophomore Andrew O’Brien led the first round of the tournament shooting an even par, helping the Redbirds get into first place at the start of the tournament. Illinois State needed everyone to show up and play at the tournament and the 2018 MVC Newcomer of the Year David Rauer did just that, helping ISU maintain a first place finish. Men’s golf is back in action Sept. 17-18 as they travel to Fort Collins, Colorado, to play in the Ram Masters Invitational. While the men tasted victory on the road, the women’s golf team held down the fort at the Redbird Invitational this past weekend. ISU took full advantage of the home field and placed seventh overall in the tournament. The Redbirds had their upper-classman show up for the tournament as senior Caitlin Sims led the Redbirds at the competition placing 14th overall, shooting a 6-over-par.
According to GoRedbirds, head coach Breanne Hall had some encouraging words about Sims. “I thought Caitlin [Sims] had a strong performance leading us this weekend with her top-15 finish,” Hall said. Junior Morgan Savage assisted the Redbirds all tournament long, shooting a consistent 77. Although Savage and Sims both had stellar performances, junior transfer Becca Black finished strong, scoring the highest third round the ’Birds posted. Hall continued to tell GoRedbirds that she was very satisfied with the outcome of the first tournament of the season. “Overall, I’m very pleased with our performance on the course today,” Hall said. The women’s golf team looks to continue creating a winning culture following its home invitational. The Redbirds return to the links Monday and Tuesday in Muncie, Indiana attending the Ball State Cardinal Classic hosted by Ball State.
Redbirds cruise into bye-week eying development KADE HEATHER Sports Editor | @kade_heather
shut that down with back-to-back commanding performances. The Redbirds allowed all 10 points eading into its earlyin the third quarter, shutting out season bye-week, the Saint Xavier and Eastern Illinois in Illinois State football the first halves and fourth quarters. Linebacker Zackary Mathews has team’s main focus during pracbeen most disruptive, leading the tices will be itself. It will also be team with 13 tackles, three for a loss tightening smaller aspects in and a sack, but several others are preparation for its road trip to creeping behind him. Colorado State on Sept. 22. Safety Malachi Broadnax and lineThe Redbirds have undoubtbacker DeMarco Washington each edly been dominant in their have nine tackles, and five other first two wins, outscoring oppodefenders have totaled eight tackles. nents 94-10. They would like to “I really like their approach to the ride the momentum into week game. They love playing, they enjoy 3, but understand the schedulbeing out there, and they want to be ing and may take the week off as really good,” Spack said. “We’ve had a blessing. a standard here since 2011 of being “I think it’s pretty good for us. good on defense, just a level of how It gives us a little extra time. It’s good you want to be. I think this team going to be a step up in competiwants to be real good.” tion now and it’ll give us a little The Redbirds have outgained their extra time to get ready, kind of two opponents 950 total yards to 386 know where we’re at,” ISU head total yards, while still taking four less coach Brock Spack said. snaps under center. The extra week off, however, Early success in all three phases of makes it a difficult balance for the game have provided confidence the Redbird coaching staff to Ali Rasper | Photo Editor for ISU, but it will take the most it give their starters enough time Junior running back James Robinson looks to continue his monster production heading into bye-week practices. can out of the bye week, before headin practice without burning them ing into arguably its toughest test of out and give younger players more the season. coaching staff to obtain longer looks at backup players. chances. Colorado State finished 7-6 last season, but is 1-2 so far with The defense is one aspect of that. The latter will be the spotlight of the current week. “I think they’re mature, more advanced than their age indi- losses against Hawaii and in-state rival Colorado. “This week we’re focusing on us obviously and trying to get cates. They’re smart guys, they know when they’re wrong. Like The Rams topped Arkansas last week 34-27 and will head to better in the little things. We’re playing the younger players a a lot of our team, they correct themselves very quickly. They Florida this week before hosting the Redbirds at 2 p.m. Central little bit more, our threes and fours, getting them opportuni- hold themselves to a high standard,” Spack said. “I think we Standard Time Sept. 22. ties and seeing how they’re developing and try to make sure we have some talented guys that are good players and are physical. ISU will continue its practices this week, while gradually continue to develop our younger players,” Spack said. One thing I’ve never had to do with this team is prod them to ramping up its specific preparation for CSU throughout and after He highlighted the importance of seeing which younger play- be more physical in practice. If you’ve been around our physi- obtaining game footage from the Rams and Gators this weekend. ers can develop quicker, so ISU can use them in the long run, cal practices, we just don’t have to do that.” KADE HEATHER is Sports Editor for The Vidette. He can in addition to the event of injury. While ISU’s defense had question marks surrounding its be contacted at vidette_kfheat1@ilstu.edu. Follow him on The on-field outcomes and levels of physicality allow the experience and maturity coming into the season, it has quickly Twitter at @kade_heather.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
Yarbrough suspended indefinitely Redbird star arrested Tuesday, released Wednesday after hit-and-run
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Reigning Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Year Milik Yarbrough has been suspended indefinitely from all Illinois State men’s basketball activities, ISU Athletics announced Wednesday morning. According to a Normal Police report, Yarbrough’s vehicle struck a woman at 2:27 a.m. Sunday in the 300 block of North Fell Avenue. The woman suffered injuries to her foot and elbow and was treated at the scene according to the report. He was arrested at 9:44 p.m. Tuesday for failure to provide information and give aid in the injury of the woman. The report had been kept closed until two passengers of Yarbrough’s car reported the incident
Tuesday. Yarbrough was released Wednesday morning on a $1,500 bond. Head coach Dan Muller declined comment on the situation Wednesday. The senior forward had been arrested for reckless conduct in May after an altercation with his then-girlfriend. He also had two other previous run-ins with the law, one in 2016 when he was charged for theft of a cell phone, but the charges were dropped. The other was in 2017 for driving on a suspended license and failing to appear in court. Yarbrough averaged 16.6 points, 6.6 rebounds, 4.8 assists, while shooting 45 percent from the field in his first season in the MVC. A Zion, Illinois, native, Yarbrough earned MVC Newcomer of the Week
five times last season, and two MVC Player of the Week honors. He was a member of the All-MVC First Team last season, then was named to the National Association of Basketball coaches First Team AllDistrict during the current offseason. The Redbirds will begin practicing Sept. 25 and will host two exhibition games on Oct. 30 against Lewis and Nov. 3 against Augustana at Redbird Arena. The regular season opener is against Florida Gulf Coast Nov. 6 at Redbird Arena.
REDBIRD RE PORT ISU volleyball (7-2) matches best start since 2015 The Redbirds won two of three matches at the Cougar Challenge and now head to the Marquette Invitational, taking on Tulsa, No. 6 Wisconsin, and No. 21 Marquette.
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Coach says We’re [MVC] competing in the power-five and we are beating power-five teams across the board. If you’re wanting to see great volleyball, you’re going to show up at Redbird Arena. You don’t have to drive down the road, you don’t have to drive up the road, you can show up here and see great volleyball.” ISU head coach Leah Johnson
Senior guard/forward Milik Yarbrough looks downcourt in disappointment after the Redbirds were crushed by Loyola in the MVC Championship game last season. Monica Mendoza | Editor in Chief
Men’s golf wins Badger Invitational The ‘Birds led wire-towire, scoring 855, 10th best in tournament history.
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career saves by ISU goalkeeper Haley Smith moves her into third place in all-time ISU saves, passing Andrea Shaw (2003-2006).
MVFC UPCOMING The ISU volleyball team huddles up during its scrimmage win against DePaul on Aug. 18.
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Redbirds set for final road tournament Illinois State volleyball wraps up its long road trip at Marquette Invitational before opening Valley play Sept. 21 TYLER JACHNICKI Sports Reporter | @TJachnicki10
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h e Illinois State volleyball team is off to a red hot start to the 2018 season. After three invitational tournaments, the Redbirds are 7-2. This weekend the stakes are raised when ISU heads to Milwaukee to compete in the Marquette Invitational. The ’Birds kick off the weekend with a tough matchup against Tulsa, which also comes in at 7-2. Then, ISU faces two more ranked squads this year in No. 6 Wisconsin and No. 21 Marquette. “Moving forward, we see two top-25 teams in front of us, but we’re not going to worry about them until after we face Tulsa. That’s the team in front of us. That’s the team we are going to prepare for,” ISU head coach Leah Johnson said. The last few weeks have been valuable to ISU as many of the Redbirds have been able to really find their game. This tournament will be an opportunity for ISU to display how much it has already improved since the start of the season. “We are balanced but that doesn’t mean that no one’s improved. We are able to use everyone because of the overarching growth of each individual,” Johnson said.
Tulsa
The Golden Hurricane comes into the matchup with an identical 7-2 record as the Redbirds. It should be noted that Tulsa’s non-conference schedule has not been nearly as rigorous as ISU’s. The Redbirds may very well be the best team that Tulsa will play so far in the 2018 campaign. Expect ISU to have the upper hand and deliver
another strong performance. “Tulsa is a good team, they’ve got a libero too whose name has shown up next to Courtney Pence,” Johnson said. “We’re very confident in our libero, but that’s a libero that can compete at that level, so we’re going to make sure we’re not sending a lot of balls her way.” The Redbirds will also have some certain areas to focus on against the Golden Hurricane. “They like to run their middle and transition, so that’s an area where maybe we’ve been a little off, so we’re going to focus on that with our scout work this week,” Johnson said.
earlier in the season. While they may not be as dominant as Wisconsin, this team is still poised to be a great challenge for the Redbirds and will be a great opportunity for the Redbirds to show that they belong in these tough non-conference tournaments. “This is the toughest all-around tournament we will see until we get to conference play,” Johnson said. The Marquette Invitational will commence when ISU takes on Tulsa at 3 p.m. Friday. It will then compete with Wisconsin at 11 a.m. Saturday, as well as Marquette at 7 p.m.
Wisconsin
ISU’s matchup with No. 6 Wisconsin is easily the toughest matchup of the season. The ‘Birds have shown all season that they are a worthy tournament team and will be able to further prove it if they can remain competitive with the Badgers. Wisconsin comes into the match with a 5-1 record having already faced two ranked teams this postseason. Their third match of the season they took down the Longhorns of Texas who were ranked second in the nation. This past weekend they faced off with No. 15 Baylor but suffered a loss 3-1.
Marquette
The weekend wraps up with a matchup with tournament host No. 21 Marquette. The Golden Eagles enter the weekend with a 7-2 record. They are coming off a tournament Vidette Archive they hosted last week with a 2-1 finish. The Golden Eagles, like Wisconsin, lost to Baylor Leah Johnson directs her team in a game last season.
1 p.m. Valparaiso @ Youngstown St. 2 p.m. N. Arizona @ Missouri St. 2:30 p.m. N. Alabama @ N. Dakota St. 3 p.m. Montana @ W. Illinois 6 p.m. Ark.-Pine Bluff @ S. Dakota St. 6 p.m. Southeast Missouri @ S. Illinois 6:30 p.m. N. Iowa @ Iowa 6 p.m. Indiana St. @ Eastern Illinois 7 p.m. South Dakota @ Weber State
MVFC STANDINGS
Conf Ovrl
Illinois State North Dakota State South Dakota State Indiana State Missouri State South Dakota Southern Illinois Northern Iowa Western Illinois Youngstown State
0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-1 0-2 0-2
UPCOMING Cross Country The Redbird men and women host the Illinois State Invitational at 5 p.m. Friday at Weibring Golf Club.
Soccer ISU wraps up its road trip at 2 p.m. Friday at Toledo.
Men/Women Golf The men tee off at the Ram Masters Invitational Monday and Tuesday at Colorado State. The women tee off at the Cardinal Classic Monday and Tuesday at Ball State. Complied by KADE HEATHER Vidette Sports