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eeling included in things is a basic human need and without those standards being met, people are quick to feel excluded. In a Washington Post article titled, “The invisible people are shouting ‘We’re here! We’re corporeal! Get used to it!’,” Illinois State University professor Eric Wesselmann is acknowledged for his research in this inclusive, exclusive feeling in the form of eye contact. “It’s a particular type of exclusion called ostracism,” Wesselmann said. “When people are excluded, or in the case of ostracism, treated as if they don’t exist, being made to feel as if they’re being ignored, that has negative effects on our psychological and our physical health.” Part of Wesselmann’s research involves what minimal cues represent the feeling of being ignored and it was something he started working
on while he was in graduate school at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. What came at the top of the feeling list was the idea of not being looked at in the way that is expected. Meaning people can do one of three things – give direct eye contact, give direct eye contact and smile or look as if eye contact is given, but staring just past a person to give the illusion that one is staring right through another person. “When you look at the research on eye contact, eye contact is used to convey social information,” Wesselmann said. “Interest, attention, when we’re having a conversation and we’re looking at each other, also it conveys social information where if I look [somewhere else], your eyes follow, so it’s reasonable to assume that the lack of eye contact also communicates something.” There were several studies performed but a
main study was having a trained pedestrian give different signs of ostracism to others unaware. The subjects unaware of being part of the study were then stopped to explain how they felt after having positive or negative signs of eye contact. Next in his line of study, Wesselmann and some colleagues are continuing exploring the work of ostracism in various forms including veterans, post-deployment, who have symptoms of PTSD and racial and gender microaggressions and how ostracism effects their perceptions of inclusion and exclusion. Technology also plays a big role in the feeling of exclusion. “We’ve posted some data showing that when people are in the middle of a conversation and one person starts to mess around on their smartphone, that can make the other person feel subtly ignored,” Wesselmann said. see EYE CONTACT on page 3
Story by BECKY FLETCHER | News Editor w Photo by SAMANTHA BRINKMAN | Photo Editor Professor Eric Wesselmann has been acknowledged by “The Washington Post” for his research on eye contact. Teaching to a class about social inclusion and exclusion, the overall study brings attention to how eye contact makes one feel like they belong.
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Several residents of Wilkins Hall were evacuated around 2 a.m. Sunday when a burst pipe caused flooding from the 8th to 11th floors. The flooding began in the men’s bathroom on the 11th floor of Wilkins after a toilet that had been running for a period of time began to spurt water. “The pipe itself took about two hours for it to stop leaking,” 10th floor Resident Assistant Quinn Madarang said Tuesday afternoon. “They still have dryers, like big fans, drying the carpet.” The incident lasted about two hours. However, students were not forced to be out of the building for the entire time. After a half hour of waiting, the problem was contained to half of the floor and students were allowed to return to their rooms, expressed Madarang. The pipe has been fixed permanently, according to Madarang.
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Pritzker talks higher ed plan, tax cuts Dem. guberbatorial candidate visits campus, answers student questions ANDREW DOUGHERTY Senior News Reporter | @addough
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emocratic gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker announced a new higher education plan titled “Growing a Globally Competitive Workforce” during a visit Wednesday to the Illinois State University campus. Pritzker and his running mate State Rep. Juliana Stratton met with ISU students and community members late Wednesday morning in room 145 of the Center for Visual Arts. Pritzker began the event by unveiling his new higher education plan, which seeks to provide affordable and expanded economic opportunity for Illinois college students. The plan will expand Monetary Assistance Program (MAP) grant funding for 70,000 students, reduce student loan payments by up to $2,400 a year through a new student loan refinancing program and expand career and technical education at community colleges and high schools. “We want Illinois students to stay in Illinois. That is critically important to us and that’s why we’re trying to address the most important issues, college affordability,” Pritzker said. He emphasized Illinois must expand its MAP grant in the state while arguing that more students should be eligible and eligible for more. “We don’t just want MAP grants to be stable and available and you know that they’re coming, but that there are more of them and more students have an opportunity to go to school here in Illinois,” he said. Pritzker and Stratton were first asked what he would do to make college more affordable in Illinois as tuition rates have been the highest in 20 years and more students leave to attend out-of-state universities. “On three Illinois college campuses, tuition went up about 20 percent. Tuition has gone up way too much in this state and has made it unaffordable for families and each of you,” he said. “One of the first things we want to do in order to reverse the damage done to by Bruce Rauner to budgets across the state is to put the amount of appropriations given to our universities at pre-Rauner levels,” he added. Pritzker said his plan to make higher education more affordable is to expand MAP grant funding to an additional 70,000 students which will lead to more students who will choose to stay in Illinois because they will have a lesser debt burden. Stratton next addressed the question by saying the students in attendance had decided to come to Illinois State because it is one of the top 100 public universities in the country. “You knew you could get a quality education here. There’s lots of different reasons you decided to go to a college. But as a state representative who has been in Springfield the last couple of years, I can tell you that this governor has made that decision a lot more difficult,” Stratton said. “J.B. and I are committed to making sure you stay in the state. We had a 736-day manufactured budget crisis, over two years without a budget in our state. We have a governor showed no indication on his part that he was making sure we prioritize our institutions of higher learning,” she said.
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This flows into social media as well. Wesselmann and his colleagues have also studied the feelings behind a person not receiving their expected amounts of likes, retweets and shares. “Technology is a wonderful thing but also has its bad sides, too,” Wesselmann said. As for being mentioned in the Washington Post, Wesselmann said he feels excited and humbled when others take interest in his work. “It’s always cool when other people think it’s important as well and find that it speaks to them and their readership.”
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate J. B. Pritzker visited the Illinois State University campus to speak to students. Pritzker answered student questions and spoke about the changes he hopes to make if elected. “We have faculty leaving, we might be on the verge of closing our doors or moving to junk bond status. Those kinds of things make it difficult for students to feel confident that they want to stay here in the state,” she added. Pritzker explained he would propose a plan which would allow students to refinance their loan debt using the states’ bonding authority to get a lower interest rate for students. “You are paying a higher interest rate than the state of Illinois would pay. We can allow you to refinance your debt, which for some of you means putting back on the table a thousand dollars and others even two-thousand every single year going forward,” Pritzker said. “We can do this in our state and it’s not that hard to do and I want to make it easier for you. We are going to create the jobs all of you are aiming at when you graduate,” he said. Pritzker continued to say he is aiming at creating a task force that will address free college tuition which garnered a loud round of applause from the audience. An audience member asked Pritzker how as governor he would support the middle class. He said his plan is to drastically lower taxes for most residents in the state. “We ask people like Bruce Rauner and me to pay a little bit more. It’ll help us to pay for our k-12 education system. Today we rely on property taxes mostly to pay for our schools in Illinois and that is not how most states do it,” Pritzker said.
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Illinois State University transfer student majoring in education and history, Jake Lorenz asked J. B. Pritzker during his presentation. The candidate went over his plans towards making higher education more affordable for Illinois students.
ISU to host 2018 Fall Internship and Career Fair MIKE SMITH News Reporter | @Agora_13
Illinois State University will host the 2018 Fall Internship and Career Fair to aid students looking for work after college. The Internship and Career Fair is an opportunity for students to meet local businesses, build their network, upgrade their resume and much more. The fair will include over 160 organizations, with many more signing up between now and the event. Representatives from the business community in Normal and Bloomington, as well as public facilities like hospitals and government agencies, will be present.
The fair is from 4-7 p.m. on Tuesday. The event is free and open to the public. Students that wish to attend are advised to dress professionally and bring their Redbird ID, as well as several copies of their resume for employers at the fair. The Career Center is also helping students boost their professional profiles with resume reviews and useful information about how one can improve their future interviews. These resume review sessions run late from 8-10 p.m. Sunday and Monday, on the third floor of Milner Library. Career Center Associate Director for student relations Mike Minton had some advice for participants.
“Attendees should also review the list of employers attending our career fairs and research them before the event so they are familiar with the organizations, identify if they are a good fit and to be able to answer employer questions effectively,” Milton said. Career Center Assistant Director for Employer Relations Andrea Radliff said that students of all majors are encouraged to attend the fair, as many employers will be recruiting for several types of positions within their companies. “Students may think career fairs are only for those in business, but that is simply not true,” Radliff said. “Employers are seeking students from who can display valuable skills.”
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Conservative students need a voice, too
n an America where politics has become incredibly divisive and civic discourse has dwindled, the importance of listening to a political view and/or ideology in which people do not agree on must be emphasized. Growing up, every individual’s political views are shaped with bias and influenced by our families, whether they be conservative or liberal. They may stay the same over the course of our lives, or they may change when one attends an institution of higher education, for example. Conservative commentators such as Ben Shapiro have criticized college campuses for being “too liberal” or pushing a “liberal agenda.” It can be argued that many universities across the nation are home to liberal-leaning students and, as younger generations tend to be more liberal, this should not come as a surprise. The issue at hand though, is that students with conservative viewpoints tend to not voice their own thoughts and opinions so as not to be ostracized by their liberal peers. Liberal students tend to complain about how closedminded conservatives can be; they revert to calling
them ignorant, bigoted and racist. While at times those labels may be correct, a lot of the time they simply are not. Some people may not agree with the concept of transgender and multiple gender identities. Does that make them bigots? No. Some folks may not agree with raising the minimum wage. Does that make them heartless? No. Others may not have liked Obama. Are they racist? No. Let’s reiterate this again for the liberals out there. Instead of reverting to namecalling and ostracizing, hear those individuals’ reasons as to why they believe what they do. Have a respectable discussion and find a middle ground; perhaps even try to
bring them to your side. Every individual needs to see the other side of the picture. Even though another peer may disagree with one’s views, they should still be heard. Let them explain why they believe in a certain ideology. Imagine having to sit in a classroom while a majority of the students unabashedly criticize a certain candidate or political view, and the whole time that person, who is in the minority, won’t speak up because the rest of the class will go after them. That is wrong. So, if a liberal student grew up with parents that voted for Obama and Clinton during the last two presidential elections,
they should be inclined to listen to those who voted for Mitt Romney or Donald Trump and vice-versa. Many members of the Illinois State community noticed the number of democratic or liberal candidates who visited our campus, gave speeches on the Quad or held Q&A’s with students. Those were great opportunities for students to become politically informed about hot-button issues and become civically engaged, but there was something missing: conservative candidates. Although those candidates had been invited by liberal student organizations on campus, an argument can be made that conservative student groups may have chosen not to invite right-wing candidates for fear of protests or reprisal. Partial blame can be cast on conservative student groups in our community for failing to invite conservative candidates to campus, but students of all backgrounds should have the opportunity to hear from both sides of the political aisle, not just one. Only together can society stop this divisive political rhetoric and bring back respectable civic discourse.
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How to constructively disagree MY VIEW TYLER SMITH | Columnist
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know that everyone, to a certain degree, has internal biases. Try as we might to disguise them, they exist and always will. From the moment we begin hearing sound at 18 weeks’ gestation, the biases begin. Because we think through language, our mother tongue, so to speak, informs how we conceive of the world around us by focusing us on things important to that language. This is why we learn about culture in our language classes. From the order we place our verbs and nouns in a sentence to the emphasis that is placed on gender in our word choice, we can see how deeply entrenched the separation between male and female is in English-speaking societies. The opinions we grow up hearing
become naturalized; this is why we wake up in a cold sweat upon the realization we are becoming our parents. Clearly no two people have the exact same enculturation, so it stands to reason that eventually humans will disagree with each other. It can be little things like my need for a clear kitchen counter and my roommates unconsciously placing their belongings on it at the end of the day. But we could also disagree on ideological matters. I’m not even going to pretend I’m a perfect human; like everyone else it’s not enough to agree to disagree. No, I have to be right and, because of the duality of our language, the other person then must be wrong. I don’t know if this is a generalization I’m drawing from myself, a debater, and the people I spend the most time with, other debaters and analytical people, but people seem to spend a great deal of time trying to prove each other wrong. This is not an indictment of character — it’s human nature. The question here lies in how we can differ in opinion, without being obnoxious and alienating. Politically, we are told that for the most part, we are all either conservative
or liberal. On all issues big and small each political party is fighting to have their “correct” viewpoint realized in society. There have been few times in American history that the press has been attacked and vilified like in Donald Trump’s presidency. Instead of allowing the constitutional rights and freedoms associated with the press, we are now living in an era where “fake news” is rampant. We have sources like Breitbart that post “news” that only quote Twitter and opinion pieces, and blatantly feed into right-wing conspiracy theories. We also see “fake news” being thrown around by our president and his supporters whenever he is faced with criticism or statistics being used to make the administration look bad. It’s not a disagreement of fact or even interpretation — these are disagreements on principle. To admit that the Puerto Rican death toll is as high as reported by several reputable sources, the Trump administration would have to allocate funds and resources to disaster relief and prevention efforts. We have “news sources” that are nothing more than thinly veiled propaganda designed to elicit distrust and dislike of
the other side. I think that all of these factors are by design. Individually, people are more alike than different, but group mentality forces us into an oppositional energy that really is to the detriment of society. We need to learn to talk to each other and actively listen. I read somewhere once that we don’t listen to understand, we listen to respond. This means we only listen until we hear something we don’t like or agree with, then begin crystalizing a response instead of listening to the argument. We are so concerned with being right and proving the other person wrong, we have lost sight of the transformative power of political ideologies clashing against each other to reach resolution. We could also stand to be more openminded and enter this kind of discourse with the intention of understanding, not winning. I know I cannot be the only one who tersely states “sure” and “okay” over and over again in my mind when someone says something I don’t agree with, waiting for them to just stop talking.
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ISU freshman seeks ASL inclusion GRACE BARBIC News Reporter
students that they can be before conditioning them into adulthood,” Nicolalde said. Growing up bilingual is hard, espeHe is currently researching ways to cially when the first language learned is make this possible. He is also working sign language. with the Special Education Department Illinois State freshman special educaand openly contacting schools in the area tion major Tony Nicolalde grew up as a that have successfully implemented ASL Child of Deaf Adults or, as he likes to call classes. himself, a “CODA.” Nicolalde’s parents He also plans on taking surveys on are both deaf and came to America from campus and around his hometown to Ecuador about 20 years ago. determine if people would accept the This put Nicolalde in a unique situaopportunity to take ASL classes if it was tion. Not only was he raised in the deaf offered to them. community, but he was also raised in the “It’s very important because there is a Latino community. very large amount of the deaf community Both communities taught him the same in America,” Nicolalde said. message: “If you want something in life, “I’ve always really wanted to help them you have to work hard in order to earn it.” feel included in our society, even if it is as These are words that Nicolalde lives by. simple as learning to say hello or helpFrom a young age, he became intering them get their order at a restaurant ested in deaf education. His parents using sign language. That can make their relied on him a lot to help with technolday. Growing up in the deaf community ogy and interpretation. there are always struggles with misIn fifth grade, his teacher introduced communications and things like that. If Christopher Edwards | Vidette Photgrapher taking a simple sign language class can him to a reading program where he tutored kids in reading. He instantly fell ISU special education major Tony Nicolalde hopes to make ASL classes available in high schools and to help combat that in any way, then I am in love with it. His passion only contin- incorporate STEM programs into special education in the McLean county area. all for it.” ued to grow. It is a work in progress, but Nicolalde The first is to try and make ASL classes an available option In high school he ran the first American Sign Language club does not plan on giving up anytime soon. A personal goal that to high schools in the surrounding area. He feels ASL is underand was an assistant teacher for children with autism at a local he has set for himself for his future of teaching deaf kids is to represented in high school curriculum. He shared that he has elementary school. show them that no matter how far or wide the obstacles may had many personal experiences with people who want to learn When it was time to start looking into colleges, he knew edube, there is always a way to get through it. ASL, but never had the resources or opportunity. cation was right for him. He chose to go with deaf education “You just have to find a way to do it. If you have a dream, don’t He wants to promote this and plans to start locally from his as a way to honor his family for their hard work in getting him give up on that dream after one simple setback,” Nicolalde said. home district. He hopes to reach even more districts beyond to where he is today. Nicolalde thanks his family and friends that have led him to this and influence other schools to stand behind him. After doing some research, he discovered Illinois State’s deaf where he is today. For now, he will continue to fight for inclusion His second goal is to incorporate Science, Technology, Engieducation program and knew that was where he belonged. for his family and everyone in the deaf community. neering and Mathematics into special education. Nicolalde is currently involved in the Golden Apple Scholars “It’s an amazing program that is offered to general education Program, Deaf Redbirds Association and the Student AssociaGRACE BARBIC is a News Reporter for The Vidette. She and I feel like if we can incorporate it into special education tion for Bilingual Education. can be contacted at mgbarbi@ilstu.edu. Follow her on Twitter then we can help boost their education and make them the best In his time at Illinois State, he has two goals for himself. at @gracebarbic.
Edtech experts come to ISU in T21Con GARRETT KARSTEN News Reporter
The College of Education’s Teaching in the 21st Century Conference (T21Con) will be on Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the State Farm Hall of Business. According to Media Relations Office Communications Specialist Molly Hartrup, the ninth annual conference “features educators who share creative ways for teachers to engage their students using education technology.” Keynote speaker Lisa Lee is a National Yale Fellow, chosen by the university among other public school teachers that are planning or choosing the establishment of a new Teachers Institute. The teachers then take part in national seminars to strengthen public school teaching. Lee is also a TEDx Talk speaker, was a Colorado Teacher of the Year Finalist and has taught pre-kindergarten to 12th grade over her years of teaching. “As a student, her experiences with teachers impacted her more than she could have imagined,” Hartrup said in a press release. “After losing her mother when she was a junior in high school, her teachers supported her, took her grocery shopping, prom dress shopping and even on family vacations. The bonds she made with them
lasted beyond high school.” The experiences after losing her mother led her to “teach from the heart.” As a fan of John Steinbeck, Lee cherishes the quote, “If you are very lucky, you might find a teacher.” T21Con will include Skype presentations on teaching geography and the rise of popularity with eSports in public schools. Other topics are coding without computers, standards-based grading, technology for reading, new apps and creating videos. Media are invited for interviews with presenters, including Lee who will be available for comments from 8 to 8:30 a.m. and again from 10 a.m. to noon. Other participants, including the College of Education’s attendees and event organizers, will be available for comments throughout the day. Information available for media is available by contacting the College’s marketing and communications coordinator Tommy Navickas at tjnavic@ilstu.edu or (847) 345-6786. The conference is made possible through the two alumni and career educators, Robert and Mary F. English. 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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opportunity.” The scholarship recipients, joined by an ISU Country singer Luke staff member, will attend Bryan created a scholLuke Bryan’s Farm Tour arship for Illinois State stop on Sep. 28 in PesoUniversity students tum, Illinois. They will majoring in agriculture. have the opportunity to This year, four stuenjoy the concert, as well dents were awarded as meet and thank the scholarship money from singer backstage. the Luke Bryan Farm Bryan’s scholarship gifts Tour Scholarship at ISU. are part of the University’s “G et ting this $150 million comprehenscholarship is a once-inAli Rasper | Photo Editor sive campaign, Redbirds a-lifetime experience,” Luke Bryan performs at Rising: The Campaign for senior agricultural Country Thunder. Illinois State. communications and The campaign supports leadership and animal industry man- scholarship, leadership and innovation. agement major Susie Thompson said. More than 45,000 donors have “I’m a huge Luke Bryan fan and already contributed nearly $124 milreally love that he’s working to finan- lion in outright gifts and commitments. cially support agriculture students like The singer grew up as the youngest myself and the other ISU recipients. son of a farmer in Leesburg, Georgia. It’s going to be such a fun time and I He created this scholarship to honor am really grateful for this incredible his roots.
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Students, staff shares views on the importance of eye contact STORY BY STUART STALTER Features Editor | ILLUSTRATION BY FLYNN GERAGHTY | Art Director
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n 2012, Illinois State University psychology professor Eric Wesselmann conducted an experiment regarding the connectivity pedestrians experienced when meeting each other on the street. The study emphasized the importance of eye contact. The results were published in the Association for Psychological Science in 2012 and the experiment was featured in a Sept. 17 Washington Post article. Wesselmann discovered that “people who had gotten eye contact from the research assistant, with or without a smile, felt less disconnected than people who had been looked at as if they weren’t there.” Avoiding eye contact makes people feel ostracized, which can have a negative impact on their self-esteem. Continuing the conversation, other ISU members share thoughts on the importance of eye contact through the lens of student groups and professors. Eye contact is especially important to those with hearing impairments. Senior deaf education major and Deaf Redbirds member Sophie Gimble illuminates the importance of maintaining eye contact when interacting with people who have hearing disabilities. “As hearing people, we tend to not always look people in the eye the entire time we talk, so when signing or talking with a deaf person, it is often expected to keep eye contact the whole time,” Gimble said. “Do not turn away, cover your mouth, or talk while eating. For those who lip read, this makes it impossible for them to try and understand what you are saying.”
Brittany Alexander, 2018 Deaf and Hard of Hearing Special Education graduate and current deaf and hard of hearing teacher at Black Hawk Area Special Education District, points out that maintaining eye contact when interacting with deaf/hard of hearing people is especially important, since they do not process internal thoughts in the same fashion hearing people do. “People with deafness cannot hear themselves while thinking to themselves,” Gimble said. “Their ‘internal voice’ has no sounds, just words and thoughts.” Though not impaired, freshman Chris Smith values eye contact when meeting someone. Eye contact plays an important role in forming first impressions. “When someone passes by and I greet them, if they quickly dart their eyes or do not look at me at all, I feel uncomfortable and wonder if they have something to hide,” Smith said. The importance of eye contact does not just apply outside of the classroom. Observing expressions as a form of feedback is a crucial facet of psychology professor Mark Swerdlik’s job. “I enjoy teaching a class in which all students are actively engaged, reflected in a high level of class participation. I enjoy observing their expressions of interest and watching their eyes and smile as they grasp new concepts,” Swerdlik said. Teaching at ISU for 41 years, Swerdlik notes that he
misses the frequent face-to-face office interactions that technological advances, specifically new cell phones, reduced. Eye contact even extends to graduate student competitions. Three-Minute Thesis is a research communication competition that challenges ISU Master’s and Ph.D. students to describe their research topic and its significance in just 3 minutes to a general audience. One of the judging criteria is based on if the presenter displayed proper amounts of stage presence and eye contact. Overall, eye contact clearly plays a big role in campus and everyday life. STUART STALTER is the Features Editor for the Vidette. He can be contacted at sstalt1@ilstu.edu Follow him on Twitter at @VidetteStuS
Where do ISU students shop until they drop? If secondhand clothes are not the style you are going for, then there are many other options in BloomingtonNormal. Senior Morgan Belvin loves to go check out boutiques, such as Apricot Lane. Apricot Lane may not be the most unique store, but it has a different style than other mainstream stores.
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loomington-Normal is known for many shops and restaurants all over town. Many people go out to eat, but they get the food to refuel for shopping in the area. The students at Illinois State University may not have much money to be spending on shopping, but when it is time for a little retail therapy, they know the places to go.
ISU options School swag always sits high on students’ shopping list. When buying Redbird apparel, many ISU students shop at the bookstore and the Alamo II. They both have many options for students to represent being a Redbird. There are also a few other graphic-tee stores and shops around town to find more unique apparel.
Eastland Mall Although Eastland Mall may be going through a rough patch, many students still enjoy going there. Junior business administration major Ashland Eckhart always likes going to Charlotte Russe in the mall. A cute wardrobe for a good bargain is always a good way to go when shopping, especially in college. “The store has so many different styles for all seasons and it’s affordable,” Eckhart said. “They also have an awesome shoe and jewelry collection.” Fellow Eastland Mall frequentor sophomore psychology major Taylor Lingle often goes to Maurices. She loves the jeans there which are perfect for the fall and winter weather coming up. It is an adorable and affordable option for college girls who just want a few new items for the upcoming seasons. “They always have great sales and amazing clothes,” Lingle said.
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Dunkin’ Donuts When shopping is the mission, food and coffee is often an accompice. To fuel her trips, Junior public relations major Melody Benyamin always enjoys an iced coffee from Dunkin’ Donuts. “I usually get a hazelnut mocha iced coffee,” Benyamin said. “The coffee there is a good way to start the day and really get you motivated and going for the day ahead of you.” Ali Rasper | Vidette Photo Editor
Despite well-documented struggles, many students still enjoy frequentinting Eastland Mall’s stores, including Charlotte Russe and Maurices.
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$9.72
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CHLOE LINDBOM is a Features reporter for the Vidette. She can be contacted at cdlindb@ilstu.edu Follow her on Twitter at @chloe_dae17
9,700
Number of people in Blo-No employed in the retail trade industry as of 2017, according to the 2018 McLean County Demographic profile.
8.64
Combined state and average local sales tax percentage for Illinois. The amount ranks 7th highest in the United States.
THE VIDETTE | SPORTS | PAGE 7
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
Swinging for a turnaround
Illinois State softball began its fall exhibition season Sept. 12, continues Saturday against DePaul at Marian Kneer Stadium BEN ADKINS Sports Reporter | @89634
As for the returners, pitcher Morgan Day will be returning for her sophomore year, ready to deal more heat. Last season, Day was named to the MVC AllTournament team and hopes to continue her success. Day will also be joined by Ali Domkuski and Shannon Felde. Outfielder Riley Hale will look to add her third MVC First-Team All-Conference selection this year. Hale, a senior, contributed a 1.000 fielding percentage, a .247 batting average, seven home runs and 26 runs batted in to her team last year. She’ll be ready to improve these numbers this year, and lead her team by example. Perhaps the biggest return of them all is head coach Melinda Fischer. Fischer has had success with the team for 33 years. She is the all-time winningest coach in ISU Athletics history. With over 1,000 wins under her belt, the team is always in safe hands with her. The Redbirds will continue their fall season at 1 p.m. Saturday, as they host a doubleheader with DePaul at Marian Kneer Stadium.
The Illinois State softball team is currently in its fall season, playing in scrimmages that simulate in-game situations. The team looks to use these scrimmages to improve from last season, as the Redbirds finished with a disappointing 21-33 record last spring. ISU had hoped for further development heading into last season, since it finished the 2017 spring 33-24, 20-6 in the Missouri Valley Conference, and appeared in six National Invitational Softball Championship games. The team will rely on seasoned athletes and experienced coaches to turn around their next season. One of the coaches, however, will be a new voice in the Redbirds’ dugout. ISU added Mike Armitage as a volunteer assistant coach. Ali Rasper | Photo Editor “He brings in a really great and different Illinois State third baseman Andrea Coursey anticipates the next pitch in an exhibition game perspective of the game, both as a player and against Heartland Community College Sept. 12 at Marian Kneer Stadium. coach. He is very passionate about the sport BEN ADKINS is a Sports Reporter for The and teaching fundamentals on both sides of Vidette. He can reached at badkin1@ilstu.edu. teams with great success. He hopes to be as helpful as possible the ball,” ISU head coach Melinda Fischer said. Following him on Twitter @89634 At the high school level, Armitage has been a part of several with the rebuild.
‘Bearing’ down for Valley season KADE HEATHER Sports Editor | @kade_heather
As the Redbirds have seemingly taken flight after their promising 35-19 win at Colorado State to close the non-conference schedule and move to 3-0, their next task is at a familiar foe’s home to open their Missouri Valley Football Conference season. Illinois State football head coach Brock Spack put it, “You’re only as good as your next game.” The red-hot Redbirds may seem unstoppable right now, but the Missouri State Bears (2-1) are ready to host ISU for the second season in a row, as they enter Week 5 coming off a bye, and as a better team than last year. “They’re a vastly improved team, you just watch the film on them and coach Steckel has done a good job there, and they continue to get better,” Spack said. MSU is coming off two straight home wins, with its last being a 40-8 mopping of Northern Arizona, who took care of ISU 37-16 last season in Flagstaff, Arizona. The Bears defeated Lincoln 52-24 in Week 2, as they sit tied for third place with Indiana State in the MVFC this season.
Junior quarterback Peyton Huslig has totaled 704 yards on offense, compared to ISU quarterback Brady Davis’ 725 total yards. Of Huslig’s total yards, 175 have come from the ground, as the Bears like to run option-like plays frequently. It hasn’t worked entirely in MSU’s favor because it sits at sixth in the Valley in total offensive yards and scoring. The Redbirds visited Springfield, Missouri, Week 3 of last season and handed the Bears a 34-9 loss. Despite last season’s win, and even after last week’s big win at CSU, Spack feels there is plenty of room for his team to grow. “This team is going to continue to improve. This may sound kind of strange, but we felt, as a staff in here on Sunday, that we didn’t play as good as we thought we would out there [against CSU]. I thought we could play better,” Spack said. For starters, the Redbirds can easily benefit from reduced penalties. ISU has the third-most penalties in the MVFC (24) accounting for 193 yards. “There’s some technical things we need to do to stay away from penalties,” Spack said. “The good news is we didn’t have any personal
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fouls or run our yap or hit somebody late. Effort fouls, I get it, it’s part of the game, you don’t want it but you try to eliminate it.” He also would like to see a cleaner game on the defensive end, primarily toward the end. The Redbirds missed six tackles in one play last week at CSU, and almost let the Rams slip back into the game after being up 35-13 late in the fourth quarter. “You have to finish and I don’t think we did a very good job on that defensively,” Spack said. With last week in the books, the Redbirds commence MVFC play looking to defend their tie for first place with North Dakota State. “We need to continue to grow as a team and keep working hard, and keep our players focused on what’s important now, and now is winning another road game, but within our conference, as we know how difficult that is to do in our league,” Spack said. Kickoff between the Bears and Redbirds is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Robert W. Plaster Stadium. KADE HEATHER is Sports Editor for The Vidette. He can be contacted at vidette_ kfheat1@ilstu.edu. Follow him on Twitter at @kade_heather
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ISU senior forward Milik Yarbrough
Yarbrough rejoins fall practices KADE HEATHER Sports Editor | @kade_heather
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Illinois State begins their first slate of home games this weekend, facing off against Evansville Friday and Indiana State Saturday at Redbird Arena.
The ’Birds are back
Volleyball returns to Redbird Arena for the first time this season following 14-game road trip JONATHAN BARLAS Sports Editor | @janveselybarlas
As the Illinois State volleyball team prepares for its first game at Redbird Arena this year, its “road warrior” mentality ultimately heads home. On the road for the first 14 games of the season, the Redbirds are finally back in Normal for another weekend slate of Missouri Valley Conference games, going toe-to-toe with Valley competitors in Evansville and Indiana State. Marking a 10-4 overall record and a 2-0 spot in the MVC, the ’Birds find themselves in a position poised for success. Although the team’s longest roadstint in program history has passed, focusing on continuing to do the little things the right way is how ISU will find its long-awaited homecoming worth the wait. Head coach Leah Johnson is not only excited to be back in Normal, but is ready to see the fruit of the
team’s labor thrive in the comfort of their own court. “We had a great road swing,” Johnson said. “We’ve been on the road for the past five weeks ... part of that was to prepare us for conference and I thought the Leah team played very Johnson well. We’re clicking right now, I feel like we’re pretty sharp, we’re driven, there’s a lot competition in our own gym and I think we’re pretty self-driven. I’m very excited and like Brock [Spack] said, ‘you’re only as good as your next game.’ We want to be the best at the end of the year, not just good right now.” Opening Valley play by defeating both Missouri State (7-9) and Southern Illinois (4-12) last weekend, the ’Birds look to back up their successful road run with more solid play on their home turf.
The Evansville Purple Aces seem to have had trouble handling Redbird hitters in the past. Illinois State boasts a dominant 45-3 series record over Evansville as the ’Birds have come out on top in their last 15 matches, dating back as far as 2010. ISU’s only three losses to Evansville came on the road, while the ’Birds command a formidable record at home, winning all 25 meetings at Redbird Arena. Illinois State also captures a similar series advantage over Indiana State. The ’Birds have won 61 of 69 contests against the Sycamores, winning their last eight matches. ISU has never lost to Indiana State at home in program history. Playmakers in sophomore setter Stef Jankiewicz, senior libero Courtney Pence, freshman middle Marissa Stockman and senior middle Ali Line all look to continue to contribute heading into the heart of the season.
Both Pence and Jankiewicz have earned numerous MVC mentions so far this season. While Pence has collected an MVC Defensive Player of the Week award, the two have been previously named to the 2018 Washington State Cougar Challenge All-Tournament Team. Johnson asserts that while ISU’s keys to success lie in their younger yet veteran cast, a vulnerability within Valley competition is how Johnson plans to exploit victory. “The teams that have been successful year after year show to be very veteran, and I think this is the first year in a very long time that they [other MVC teams] are not,” Johnson said. “We use the expression ‘Redbird Mentality,’ and that mentality is that we are great, regardless of who is on the other side of the net.” ISU squares off against Evansville at 7 p.m. Friday in its home opener only to be back the next night facing Indiana State at 7 p.m. Saturday.
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Coming off an impressive victory against CSU last weekend, the Redbirds will be a confident bunch heading to Springfield, Missouri. MSU should be well-rested, fresh off a bye week. Expect ISU’s balanced passing and rushing attack to get the best of a fairly stout defense that held Northern Arizona to eight points two weeks ago. Anticipate a close first half between these MVC foes, but the Redbird rushing attack lead by James Robinson will be far too difficult for the Bears to contain.
ISU 38, MSU 21
Kade Heather ISU’s third-ranked MVFC offense is a mismatch for MSU’s ninth-ranked MVFC defense. However, the Bears come off a bye, and are home for a third-straight game, but that shouldn’t help too much. ISU’s defense should have another shutdown performance, as long as it finishes the game.
The Missouri State Bears, who have won two straight games since dropping the season opener at Big 12 powerhouse Oklahoma State, will be another tough matchup for ISU. MSU is coming off a bye week, but previously beat the then-No. 20 FCS-ranked Northern Arizona. The No. 9 ranked ’Birds will handle this one with ease, as their offensive explosion will continue to shine.
ISU 38, MSU 24 Ben Adkins The Redbirds have started the season strong, but will face a tough matchup in the Missouri State Bears. While the Redbirds won’t have home field advantage, that shouldn’t stifle the offense. Last week against Colorado State, the Redbirds had their lowest scoring game with 35 points. With offensive capabilities like this, the team should have no problem outscoring the Bears.
ISU 35, MSU 14
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ISU 31, MSU 17
“You don’t prepare for a letdown, what you prepare for is Missouri State, and you focus in on them and us.” Brock Spack, ISU head football coach
ntil the legal process moves forward and a decision is confirmed regarding Illinois State men’s basketball standout Milik Yarbrough’s case of his arrest on Sept. 11, the 6-foot-6 senior will practice with his teammates at Redbird Arena. ISU began team practices at 6 a.m. Tuesday and Yarbrough was a full participant. “From what we know right now … we decided that it was absolutely the right thing to allow him back with the team. That doesn’t mean that there can’t be other things in the future that happen, that still remains to be seen. “I can’t get into a lot of details unfortunately right now, hopefully at some point I can, but just taking into account what we know, it was the right thing to do,” ISU head coach Dan Muller said. Yarbrough’s next appearance in court for failure to give information and render aid in the injury of a woman, as well as operating an uninsured vehicle is scheduled for Oct. 16. ISU’s first exhibition game against Lewis is Oct. 30. “Certainly that’s [legal process] part of what we’re waiting on to kind of see what happens, but again, we have gotten enough information to know that there’s Dan a chance for differMuller ent outcomes. “You don’t want to unjustly punish the person, just like you want to make sure you do punish somebody if it is the right thing to do, and so we do have to wait for that to play out, see what happens, and we have no control over that,” Muller said. Therefore, there is no new information regarding Yarbrough’s case. Per NCAA rules, the Redbirds are given 30 days of practice in 42 days to accomplish goals of building a team identity, building trust amongst players and coaches, figuring out which players best fit with others and fine-tuning their game plans. Yarbrough is a vital piece to ISU’s goals, as he was the team leader in points per game (16.6) and assists per game (4.8), and was second in rebounds per game (6.6) as the Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Year last season. Despite the legal trouble, the Redbirds’ determination has not been altered. “Because we’re practicing right now, you know Milik was away from the team for a while and doing his own discipline at the time, it really – we’ve got a pretty mold-mature team. When you’re younger it impacts the team a lot more, but it really isn’t distracting to the team right now,” Muller said. ISU has about six weeks until it opens the regular season.
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