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Uber co-founder: tech revolution coming
Sodexo now offerring foodordering app by Riley Guerzini news@usishield.com @rguerzini
USI dining services began offering a new foodordering app Tapingo on campus Monday. The app allows customers to order food or drinks from anywhere on campus and pick it up within the designated time. The Shield sat down with Food Service General Manager Lamar Patterson to discuss the app and how it works.
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Uber co-founder Oscar Salazar speaks on entrepreneurship Tuesday evening in the Physical Activities Center.
by Riley Guerzini news@usishield.com @rguerzini
Oscar Salazar is 40 years old and has never owned a car in his life. Salazar, the founding Chief Technology Officer of Uber and a selfproclaimed serial entrepreneur, spoke at the Physical Activities Center Tuesday as part of the Romain College of Business’s Innovative Speaker series. Salazar said the team that created Uber wanted to change the concept of car ownership. “That’s also a generational thing,” he said. “New generations don’t care about ownership; they care about access. If you have access then you don’t need to buy it. That is why I think Uber is so successful. It’s not about the size of it, it’s about the opportunity of it.” Salazar said he believes the lack of entrepreneurship in the world is more of a cultural issue than a generational issue. “It’s about culture and geography and also lack of the right incentives and motivations,” he said. Salazar said to create a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship, countries need to do three things: high-quality education, access to capital and a society that can forgive you if you fail. “This is why among other countries in the world, the U.S. sells,” he said.
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We need technological progress, but we also need to evolve and make changes in our society.
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“Culturally, you guys don’t care about failure. You can fail multiple times before you make it. I’ve been in multiple countries in the world and failing is a stigma. Once you fail, nobody trusts you, nobody invests in you.”
As a senior executive and investor in multiple technology firms, Salazar has used his expertise to create technology that impacts fields such as education, and issues like poverty and gender equality. He said he sees a fifth wave of technological innovation and there are three things that need to happen to start it: platform, application and industry. “How can we use technology to make life easier?” Salazar said. “Being social is good for business, especially in the world we are in. We need technological progress, but we also need to evolve and make changes in our society. We are more connected than anytime in history and for the first time, we have all the tools available to be successful.” Salazar said he wanted to learn from the students and said it’s important for people to learn about each other and how they see the world. Senior criminal justice major Harold Oliver said he would like to take on entrepreneurship if criminal justice does not work out for him. “Getting into entrepreneurship could be an excellent route where I can build some stream of revenue and different streams of revenue,” he said. Oliver said he would like to go into online business to expand his career possibilities.
The Shield: Is this a Sodexo app or is it part of a larger network? Patterson: It’s a third party that we work with ,and they have partnerships with several schools across the nation. They have connected with Sodexo as a company, as a primary vendor, but Tapingo can be used in other places. It’s not a proprietary with Sodexo. The Shield: How does the payment method work? Patterson: When you download the app on your phone, you have to choose what payment method you want to use, and you load that into the system. If it’s Munch Money, you can put that on there. Everything is connected through your student ID, so there’s a security system set up for that. Once the app is on your phone, you have a PIN number to determine once you place the order to send the order through. The Shield: How long does it take, once you place an order, for it to be ready? Patterson: It varies. It can be as quick as a couple of minutes. It averages maybe four to six minutes, depending on the time of day and how many orders are coming in. Most of the time, when I order, my order is ready long before I’m even there. We have an interactive set-up
where we call them active cashiers. When your order is ready, the cashier hits a button to tell you that its ready, and it sends it to your phone saying your order is ready before the estimated time. If you place an order and it says your order will take eight minutes because you have a lot of people in front of you or something and all of a sudden we get it done in four, the person in the venue will hit that and it will tell you that your order is now ready before the eight minutes is up. When the eight minutes is up, it’s going to notify you automatically that your order is ready. The cashier doesn’t have to hit a button or anything like that. The Shield: Is there a fee when you order using the app? Patterson: Yes, there will be a 39 cent fee for every order. That fee won’t start until April 1. We are just trying to get everyone up and acclimated to the new system. That is how Tapingo, as a third party, manages the system. They charge that fee and that’s a part of the whole thing. The Shield: Is there a limit for how many orders can go into a venue at one time? Patterson: There is a time limit. Say 100 people ordered at the same time at Starbucks, we can’t get 100 orders out at the same time. So what happens is it’s going to kick every order down from the 1st to the 100th order. So the 100th order may say it’s going to be an hour or an hour and a half because the system only allows a certain number of orders to come through in a time period. So if it’s only three orders, it’s going to be a small waiting time. If its 100 orders at one time, then it’s going to back those orders and it’s going to put them in line.
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Faculty senate Funding formulas ‘not working’ focuses on to recognize improvement salaries by Riley Guerzini
by Riley Guerzini news@usishield.com @rguerzini
Nick LaRowe said salary increases are Faculty Senate’s number one goal at this year’s budget hearing. The next round of hearings is scheduled for March 24 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Mitchell Auditorium. LaRowe, the chair of Faculty Senate, will present his budget requests followed by Nita Musich, the chair of Staff Council, and the chair of Administrative Senate Larry Back. LaRowe said the senate is asking for an increase in funding for three areas: salaries, tuition benefits and travel, with salaries being the most important area. “The salary increases are a clear first,” he said. “We will probably just give them a more specific number as it
relates to what we are asking for.” LaRowe will be asking for a 3 percent increase. The senate is also asking for an increase in tuition benefits for spouses and dependents of university employees. Spouses and dependents only receive a 75 percent tuition waiver under the current policy. LaRowe said the senate will also be asking for an increase in travel funding. “Going to meetings is very expensive,” he said. “If you get $900 per year, you get maybe one meeting that’s compensated,” LaRowe said. “The money goes away really quickly and so we would like to have more conferences you can go to, because it helps your researching and networking and things like that.”
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If the Indiana House of Representatives has its way, the university will lose over $14,000 in funding for next year. “We don’t know if we are going to stay here, but we don’t know how much it is going to change,” said university President Linda Bennett during the annual budget presentation. “We don’t have the body to push back that revenue. We have enough to stabilize that, but not enough to Bennett push back that additional revenue.” With a $465,078 increase in funding based on the metrics for the 20162017 budget year, state appropriations will see a decrease of $14,638
for the 2017-2018 year. The university will receive $80,355 in new monies for the 2018-2019 budget year if the House-passed budget goes unaltered. Funding for state universities in Indiana is determined by performance funding formulas. These formulas track progress for seven areas in two categories over a six-year period of time including: overall degree completion, at-risk degree completion, high-impact degree completion, student persistence, remediation success, on-time graduation rate and an institutionally defined efficiency metric. “For those students at risk, in other words those who measured Pell eligible, they had a 97 percent improvement in success in completing their degree over the past decade,” said Bennett. “We are strong performers. The performance funding formulas are not working to recognize adequately, I believe, that point.” The formulas were enacted in 2003 as a way to “provide incentives to public higher education institutions who improve in specific metrics” according to the ICHE website. The formulas only track Indiana students and not non-resident students as a way to
prioritize educational attainment for Indiana residents. The university is only eligible for four of the seven formulas. The House budget awarded funding for just three of the four formulas in the biennial budget. The only category that did not receive funding was student persistence. Bennett said there was no funding for this formula because the metric has remained consistent over the past six years. The university’s state funding is a part of the state’s overall budget, which is passed every two years. This is why state appropriations are calculated every two years, and why the next budget request will not come until 2019. While the university did receive a net increase of $65,717 for the biennial budget, it is $1,660,807 less than than recommended budget by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education and $117,749 less than the Governor’s recommended budget. The university’s state funding is currently being reviewed by the state senate. Once the senate passes the budget it will move to the Governor’s office for final approval or veto.
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Class teaches sushi techniques
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Oliver said he would like to go into online business as an alternative to criminal justice. “If you look at what he said technology is booming,” he said. “We all need to get on the first wave, the second wave and the third wave and I’m all on board with that. It’s going to help me move forward into other areas of online business.”
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Oliver said that advancing technology will have a huge effect on his field and will change the way his job is performed. “Anything is possible,” he said. “You could have robots doing parking tickets or even doing some job as a police officer. Innovation has grown so much in the past decade and it continues to grow.”
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University President Linda Bennett gave the University Overview Friday. She said her executive team is making increases in salaries a priority for next year’s budget. “We are always looking at salaries,” she said. “My priority as I have talked to the executive team is on salaries over benefits. I think salaries drive the immediate needs that our employ-
ees have. The first priority is to increase salaries over increasing benefits.” Bennett said the budget allots for a $745,000 increase in overall salary money. This would be less than last year’s increase, which was $1.1 million. “This is something you don’t just fix in a year,” sje saod. “In fact it’s always ongoing,” she said.
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An AFC Sushi Chef helps seniors Allie Taylor and Karen Bevers make their own sushi rolls Tuesday in University Center East. The two dietetics majors learned how to construct and roll sushi, and then took the finished product with them. Taylor and Bevers are part of the Sodexo Student Board of Directors, who organized AFC Sushi chefs to offer the class.
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The Shield: Is there a priority between in-person orders and Tapingo orders? Patterson: They are worked on simultaneously. I’m going to use Starbucks as an example because that’s where we are getting the most orders from as we start out this process. If I place my order on the app at the same time that at the front of the line, that’s when my order goes in. It’s actually two separate printers. It jumps all those individuals waiting in line. Its really used in the express process, so people won’t have to sit there and wait in line. One of the things I noticed when I got here was that there was long lines. People waiting in lines would say ‘Oh, I’ll come back later.” They may or may not come back because they don’t want to wait in line. There’s a lot of faculty and staff that won’t wait in lines because they are too long. Whether it’s Chick-fil-A or it’s Sub Connection, I want a sub but I don’t want to wait 15 minutes during the lunch rush. If I order that and finish what I’m doing and come
down so you don’t have to wait as long?’ So I reached out to get options to do that. Tapingo just had happened to connect with Sodexo. We had worked with Tapingo probably a couple years earlier before I had the job and the system didn’t work out very well, but Tapingo got a new relationship with Sodexo, and I reached out to them to see if we could talk about how to speed up the process and the remote ordering was kind of a unique way of speeding up the process of ordering. Also, we chose Tapingo over some other apps because the vision was to look at delivering. That’s the other component that those other apps don’t have. Tapingo has down the road, once we have worked through the process and gotten through a full year, is you add the component of delivery. That’s the next stage of Tapingo that we are hoping to incorporate. It will probably be six months to a year before we have delivery depending on what the bugs are with this system.
in and it tells me it’s ready, I will more likely order that item. The Shield: Are all menu items available? Patterson: As we go through, if we miss things on there, we will add in certain combinations of things. There’s really not much limitation when it comes to it. If there is, it’s just not been added. For example I was just talking to the person that manages Starbucks. There are 1700 potential ordering possibilities for drinks and different things. We may not have the items to that extent when we set up. If someone comes in and wants a certain menu item that’s not on there, we will add on those things. The Shield: Where did the idea for this come from? Patterson: It came from when I first got on campus. I have been here a little over a year, and I met with SGA and they talked about doing some creative things on campus. One of the things I got from faculty and staff was ‘can we cut the lines
Need to know about Tapingo There is a service fee. -There will be a 39 cent fee beginning in April. Potential returns have to go through Tapingo. -The items have to be returned within the app. No refunds can be done in-house. To make order changes customers have to go back in line -Patterson wants people to know when they order to be conscious they are asking for the correct items. “The system is designed for speed,” he said. Don’t wait 15 minutes after ordering to pick up your order. -There is limited space to place Tapingo orders for pickup. -The quality of the food deteriorates. Customers must tell Chick Fil A they are there. -This is done through the app and a message is sent to register. Orders are canceled if an item is out of stock. -When customers go to reorder the option for the missing item will not be there.
Grant applications to go online by Riley Guerzini news@usishield.com @rguerzini
Keegan Roembke said he is trying to make grant applications more efficient and easier to access for students. Roembke, SGA’s chief financial officer, said the grant committee has met with Kyle Johann, the program coordinator for student development programs, and
Crystal Willoughby, the senior administrative assistant for the Dean of Students Office (DOSO), to work on making all three grant applications available online on EagleSync (formerly OrgSync). “They would all be consolidated onto one form, and then you would choose what you are applying for,” Roembke said. Currently, those who wish to apply for one of
the three grants offered by SGA are required to submit a paper form to the DOSO along with any receipts as proof of all expenses. The DOSO reviews the forms and sends it to the grant committee for final review. The Chief Financial Officer of SGA, who is the head of the grant committee, then makes a recommendation to the General Assembly for approval. Roembke said, depend-
ing on the number of students applying with an organization, forms can be over 20 pages. “Hopefully it’s a little more self-explanatory for students because I know organizations have trouble with these grants all the time,” he said. “They turn it in incomplete, and it’s a really confusing process, so hopefully this makes it a little more easier.” Roembke, who was
elected CFO in January, said this is the first initiative he wanted to tackle. “This is something that the last administration had tried to do,” he said. “(Former CFO) Aaron (McCollough) and (Former SGA President) Ashley Wright both tried to do it. It was something that I really wanted to get done as CFO.” Roembke said the online application process is still
being reviewed by the Dean of Students Bryan Rush, and he expects to implement the process by the fall of 2017. “We basically have it ready, but we are waiting to make sure it’s official,” he said. “It’s going to be easier for students to access and fill out these forms. It will be more efficient for students, more efficient for the DOSO and easier for me.”
USI Security Incident Log 3/14/17-3/21/17 Lost Property Report Non campus - other 3/14 Traffic Accident University Boulevard 3/14 Theft Rice Library 3/14
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The shield | March 23, 2017 | Usishield.com
Dining lacks variety, healthy options
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Jada Hampton, a freshman theatre arts major, stands in front of the dwindling fresh produce shelves in the Residence Life Community Center. Hampton, who ate strictly organic food prior to college, now eats Chick-Fil-A daily due to the price and variety of fresh produce.
by sarah rogers Special to The Shield
Before coming to college, Jada Hampton said she only ate organic food. The freshman theatre arts major said she planned to continue her healthy lifestyle at college by cooking “simple homemade” meals in her apartment. Not owning a car, Hampton uses the Residence Life Community Center as her source of weekly groceries. “I couldn’t find anything organic,” Hampton said. Hampton said the prices of the food at the Residence Life Community Center “discourage” her from buying groceries and making her own food. “I eat Chick-Fil-A pretty much every day,” Hampton said. “I miss the food I used to eat.” Hampton is just one example of a student who feels disappointed by the choices of food on campus. With Chick-Fil-A and Steak n’ Shake being the most popular and affordable dining locations, students trade health concerns for convenience. Executive Chef Robert Fruits said So-
dexo constantly balances what foods they offer based on what students want to eat and what students should be eating. “Students have to want the healthy foods and utilize them,” Fruits said. “If they sit on a shelf and mold, it is not cost effective for us to keep putting them on the shelf.” Fruits said he understands how important balanced nutrition is for the academic success of students. “We know what students eat affects their ability to function, study, and perform their best,” Fruits said. Fruits said the university encourages students to have a meal plan. “With the meal plan they have access to The Loft, which is the most healthful option available to students,” Fruits said. However, for students who do not have a meal plan, finding affordable options proves to be difficult. Tharu Wattewewa said the Residence Life Community Center does not have the variety of fruits and vegetables she needs to cook with. “The (Residence Life Community Center) does not have vegetables like
eggplants, cabbage or okra,” the French and international studies junior from Sri Lanka said. “They do not have fruits like mangos or kiwis.” Wattewewa said the main reason she cooks her meals at home is to save money. “If food was cheaper on campus I would eat there more often,” Wattewewa said. Rebecca Diamond, Operations Manager of Food Services, said students who have concerns about the food on campus should contact them. “If a student has dietary restrictions we will do anything we can to meet those needs,” Diamond said. “We have gone to Schnucks to buy sunflower butter before for a single student who was vegetarian and couldn’t eat normal peanut butter.” Diamond said Sodexo is always open to hearing feedback from students about the food. “We have a feedback form on our website,” Diamond said. “If there is something a student wants, we will see if there is enough interest on campus to start selling it.” Diamond said Sodexo compares the
price of food sold on campus to street prices every summer. “What you find on campus is comparable or competitive to what you would find anywhere else,” Diamond said. Diamond said if students have issues with the food options on campus, Sodexo wants to hear about them. “We don’t want students to think we don’t care about their complaints,” Diamond said. “We never want students to think it’s not something we want to fix.” Hampton said she feels there is an overall complacency for the conditions of the food on campus. “People might complain, but not many care enough to try and change the way things are,” Hampton said. “Places like Steak ‘n’ Shake and Chick-Fil-A are convenient, and their food tastes good.” Hampton said a better selection of healthy foods would benefit the university. “Students are going to accept conditions, whatever they are,” Hampton said. “Whether it is good or bad, students will eat the food that is offered to them.”
Arch Madness voting open for final four by gabi wy features@usishield.com @GabiCWy
To promote the unique artifacts in its archives, the Rice Library has been hosting “Arch Madness,” a bracket competition where items in the library’s collection compete to become 2017’s coolest artifact. The Shield spoke with Jennifer Greene, the archives librarian, about the competition and the importance of the university archives. Students, faculty and the community can vote via the library’s Facebook, Twitter or blog or inperson at the library archives.
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“Arch Madness” is a bracket competition between items at the Rice Library Archives to be crowned the “coolest artifact of 2017.” Voting can be done online through the Rice Library’s social media and blog, or in person at the library.
The Shield: What inspired “Arch Madness?” Greene: Last year we did “March Madness” where we went to senior night and they posed with memorabilia in the gym… we had so much fun doing that, so this year, we
decided to do something different. We picked 16 artifacts, four from each section of the archives, and people vote for their favorites. We received 800 votes for the Sweet 16... now we’re on the Final Four. The Shield: Did you expect so many people to engage with the competition? Greene: No, I really didn’t. If we got just a few hundred votes I would’ve been ecstatic. People have really embraced it. Over the last three years, we’ve progressed in engaging more and more people with the archives. “Arch Madness” is just building on that tradition of getting the word out. This has to be the most successful promotion we’ve done to date. The Shield: Were you rooting for a specific artifact? Greene: I was rooting for ‘Hey Beatnik.’ It’s an artifact
from a commune in Tennessee, but it was eliminated. Another one I’m rooting for, the traveling salesman suitcase, is still in the running. It’s been a lot of fun. We wrote funny descriptions, and then serious descriptions of the artifacts for people to vote on, and I just think it’s been great. The Shield: What do you want people to know about the archives? Greene: We have so many different things that the community is not aware of. Through these promotions like Arch Madness, people can really get a sense of what we have. They don’t know they’re allowed to use what we have. The archives has a lot of different materials for different academic studies. I’d like to see people utilize us in lots of different ways. We’re the bestkept secret in Evansville.
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Is having a serial killer Where to begin with father normal? “Begin The Chagrin” Available on Webtoon Knowing that a serial killer is on the loose is one thing, but living in the same house as one is a whole new issue. Freshman Jin Seon’s life has been anything but normal ever since he was child. Why? Well, his father may be the CEO of a popular company, but he also just so happens to be responsible for the murder and disappearance of countless women. Although Jin isn’t at all comfortable with his father’s strange need for bloodshed, he has played the part of an accomplice in fear of being killed if shown to be useless. However, when he is saved from a brutal beating from bullies by a lively transfer student who just so happens to catch the eye of his murderous father, Jin decides that he can’t be an accomplice anymore. He has to protect the girl who saved him and somehow captured his heart. Even if it means finally standing up to his psychotic father. It is not unusual to have to sit through long annoying advertisements before you watch a YouTube video. Except this time, when I accidentally stumbled upon the manga titled “Bastard”
Available on iTunes
in one of those ads, I did not click “Skip”. Instead, I was entranced by the trailer of the story, and afterwards, went to Webtoon to try it out. Upon reading the first few chapters, I was instantly hooked, read until 3:30 a.m., and then finished the last chapter by the next night. I have to say that I haven’t read a psychological thriller as addictive and chilling as “Bastard” in a long time, and man, was it awesome. The story itself is compelling enough with dark themes of murder and mystery that bring a lot suspense, but the graphics help to create the mood and grotesque atmosphere of it. While I enjoy many different genres of manga and graphic novels, psychological thrillers are perhaps my favorite due to the successful execution of the darkness and terror surrounding the characters of the story. This execution is established through the shadowed tone of the colors and the art. The visual expressions on the characters’ faces are very well done, as greatly demonstrated by the twisted, sick grin of the killer and the look of utter
terror and rage that often appears on Jin’s face. Another thing that made me fall in love with the story was the unique angles of the drawings. It’s hard to explain, but trust me when I say that certain angles generate a lot of feelings within the art. I highly encourage anyone who enjoy psychological stories to try out this manga. Even if you haven’t experienced the wonderful art of manga and its unique storytelling before, “Bastard” is a story that is greatly entertaining as well as addictive. It has amazing character development, thrilling themes, an edgy and unique artstyle, and it will surely cause a turmoil of emotions within the reader as all good stories should do. “Bastard” is a Korean manga created by Youngchan Hwang that Carnby Kim translated to English on an app titled Webtoon that is available for free on all smartphone devices. “Bastard” is now one of my favorite mangas of all time, and can be a thriller for anyone else who dares to try it out for a spin.
David W. Jacobsen’s “Begin The Chagrin” is a promising folk album with an identity issue. Told from the perspectives of characters beset with misfortune, it is masterfully composed and crisply produced. It displays, with a dark wit and a glimmer of optimism, how everyday folks deal with their problems. Unfortunately, the album has its own problems, to the detriment of the listening experience. The very first track, “Settle,” is an upbeat tune about convincing someone to stop waiting for Mr. Right, but it is contrasted by defeatist writing that betrays what should be a laugh-inducing, relatable premise. “In The Schoolyard” and “The Saddest Thing” are just oppressive in how sullen their premises are; the former dealing with unrequited love, and the latter detailing the numbness that comes from gradually losing the memories made with people you once cared about. Track placement is also
an issue. For example, humorous songs, like “Thanksgiving in East Paterson” and its followup “Christmas in West Paterson,” give way to the incredibly dour “First Christmas.” It is a constant throughout the album, resulting in a tonal whiplash that never lets you get comfortable. Another issue is Jacobsen himself. Jacobsen’s voice lacks the energy his lyrics need, and his penchant for vibrato stands out starkly against his otherwise monotone delivery. I listened to this album four times, and every time, I couldn’t help wondering how it would sound if someone like The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle
was the singer. That’s not to say that nothing stands out. Two of my personal favorites are “Freebird” and “Guitar Guy.” Both tell genuinely funny accounts of aspiring musicians who never made it beyond wedding gigs and open mics at bars full of losers and reprobates. Another noteworthy track, “Do You Want Fries With That?” tells a tale of squandered potential, from the perspective of a fast food employee. Here, Jacobsen’s tone is perfect for the exasperated, unfulfilled protagonists. However, these are just three songs in a mostly dull and conflicted 20-track album. If you’re into music that “presents a range of noble, relatable, pitiable, and revolting characters dealing with disappointment or causing it for someone else,” then “Begin The Chagrin” can be purchased on iTunes for $9.99. For the money, though, there are artists who do what this album aspired to, better and with greater consistency.
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In “Bates Motel’s” fifth installment of its final season, Rihanna debuted as Marion Crane, and somehow, that wasn’t even the best part of the episode. Bates Motel has been inching toward original source ‘Psycho’ since its premiere, and in the latest episode, the two overlapped. The last two episodes were good, but probably not the best of the bunch. This episode, however, wowed me. It was absolutely breathtaking to see Rihanna grace the screen as future shower victim Marion, and her acting was convincing as she portrayed ‘the other woman’ hoping to be bumped up to main lover status. Just as the character did in ‘Psycho,’ Marion stole money and drove to the Bates Motel, stopped by a police officer on the way. But I digress. As I men-
tioned before, the best part of Bates this week wasn’t Rihanna’s work-workwork. Freddie Highmore absolutely stole this episode. As Norman Bates comes to the realization that he turns into his mother when he blacks out, Highmore balances the look of a lunatic, but also the vulnerable young man who isn’t aware of his dark tendencies. Bates explores a club where the frequent visitors know him as ‘Norma’ and men try to make moves on him, and Highmore smoothly portrays the shift between confusion and disgust to absolute horror and self-doubt.
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Another highlight of the episode was the emotional downfall of Madeleine Loomis (Isabelle McNally.) Bates informs her that her husband is cheating on her with Marion, and McNally breaks the bubbly character we’ve seen since episode one. It provided a new dimension to her already appreciated character, and I can’t wait to see more facets of her personality. This episode lacked Mother (Vera Farmiga) and Romero (Nestor Carbonell), but the conclusive scenes will lead many of the characters to come clashing together in typical Bates-fashion. I can’t wait. This show constantly keeps me on my toes. Some might say prequels are unnecessary, but ‘Bates Motel’ proves they can be quite worthwhile.
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Dispense with the fence by Osman bien aime orbienaime@eagles.usi.edu
It’s 8:45 a.m., and I’m doing what I usually do— taking a moment to stare at the students depicted on the fence around the yetto-be Fuquay Welcome Center. I walk up to the image of two young men, frozen mid-conversation, and I say, “So, like, why are you
still here?” Hopefully no one heard me talking to a picture. But my point still stands. Why is the fence still up? Back in January, the Fuquay Center’s construction had to be delayed due to budgetary issues. Since then, there has been no news of the project gaining any forward momentum, as the budget
has to be readjusted and new contractors need to be selected. Of course, ambitions started off high for how the building and surrounding grounds would look when finished, but the ambitious dreams would not become a reality. To an extent, I understand. If the vision has to change and delays have to happen, so be it. Construc-
Don’t let distractions stop progress by sarah rogers opinion@usishield.com @suruhgrace
According to The Guardian, the world is facing the worst humanitarian crisis since 1945. Senior United Nations official, Stephen O’Brien, says over 20 million people in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and Nigeria are facing starvation and famine. Without a collective and global effort, these people will simply starve to death. In 2017, people should not be dying of hunger. People should not be starving because we are not aware there is such dire need for help. The amount of time spent catching up on the White House soap opera since the 2016 election is problematic for three very important reasons. First, as a nation we
have become more focused on trivial matters within our borders than actual issues occurring outside. Second, what are our president’s priorities? Third, the way we are going as a country, unity to end this humanitarian crisis is looking unlikely. It does not matter where you stand on the political spectrum—Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Independent, currently boycotting all political affiliations—none can deny our priorities have not exactly been on the straight and narrow. They mimic more the sporadic misadventures of a squirrel. Except this squirrel is responsible for an entire country, and arguably has a duty to the world around it. It might be seen as a problem when the squirrel’s biggest concern is protecting its prized acorn.
Like Scrat from Ice Age, the saber-toothed squirrel’s efforts to keep its own acorn safe results in avalanche after avalanche. That’s referred to as foreshadowing in the literature world. As citizens, as entertaining as the latest political drama might be, we are called to a higher standard than simply absorbing the words on the television. As a nation, we are called to reach out. To unite. To join arms and reach out to an ailing world. If that won’t start upstairs, start in the basement. Start right where you are. Your country does not define you. Your president does not define you. Your resolve to fight for the rights of someone else is what defines you. Don’t be distracted any longer.
Jeopardize our allies by grace poynter ghpoynter@eagles.usi.edu
Recently in the world of politics, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited President Donald Trump. With the media following Trump’s every move, this was an important day to get involved. Germany and the United States have not always had the best relationship. When Angela Merkel visited the White House, the welcome was anything but warm. During the news conference, the body language of both Trump and Merkel was awkward and uninviting. The United States, in
my opinion, is supposed to be the country to set an example of a smooth, working society. That has not worked very well. This press conference perfectly represented the potential relationship Trump could have with countries around the world. Trump, refusing to shake the hand of an important political figure or even make contact with a woman, sets a potential tone for the presidency. With Germany being such an important country, the potential to ruin any future relationship with them would be jeopardizing a future alliance for the United States.
President Trump should be representing the United States in a respectable manner and not refusing to look at competing states. The chancellor and president met to discuss the future between the United States and Germany. If President Trump continues to refuse to cooperate with allies, the potential for future allies could be threatened if they see Trump not getting along with a major power. The president is supposed to be a well-taught and poised representation of the United States; Trump has yet to prove himself a respectable president.
tion will begin eventually, even if it’s no time soon. So again, why is the fence still there? Even before the talks in January, the project was moving at a snail’s pace. Trees were removed from the area, but with all of the budget hangups, nothing else could really happen. This resulted in shared frustration among the student body over the way
the seemingly functionless fence blocked off one of the walkways leading to the parking lots. You are welcome to make your own sardonic joke about people bemoaning having to take an extra 90 seconds to walk around a fence. Hell, make a few wisecracks about how people could use the exercise. You big bully.
My point is, if nothing is currently going on inside the fence, and there won’t be anytime in the near future, don’t keep the fence up. Dispense with the fence. At least until you have a plan nailed down for the building and are ready to send contractors to the build site, of course.
Give yourself time to ripen by maxywell carlton cmcarlton@eagles.usi.edu
A tomato doesn’t start off ripe, red and ready to be picked. It first must grow until the point in its life when it’s ready to turn red. This can be said for the average college student. Fresh out of high school, many graduates’ fall plans are to attend college, to get a degree in something they can make a career into. Being 18-years-old and becoming independent displays the ultimate maturity test. Each student is different and maturity varies from person to person. However, I have noticed that there is personal growth during the college years for the majority of people. As a soon-to-be fifth year senior, I have been through the cliché four years and have personally noticed growth in myself, as well as seeing others mature since 2013. I remember the first day of my freshman year, all moved into my apartment with three other guys. It was official; I had the ‘living on your own’ status. That first year here at USI consisted of going to house parties, underage drinking with friends, attending some of the events on campus and just doing whatever to have fun with friends, all while taking fifteen credit hours. Also working at Hollister at the time, my paycheck was usually spent on whatever I was doing that weekend or Ramen noodles. At the time, my only responsibilities were to go to class and party on the weekends. However, looking back at that time, comparing it to who I am today, I’ve real-
ized that there is a defining change in my actions and maturity. The attendance and overall care for house parties and alcohol induced fun has been on a decrescendo slide and has ended almost entirely. I’ve noticed I care more about spending my time and money on things that have more worth or meaning as well as being able to carry me forward in life. I live in an off-campus apartment with a roommate and work as a shift leader at ColdStone Creamery. I don’t drink at all like I used to and use my free time to pursue my fitness goals and aspirations. Lauren Dillard, a senior psychology major, said her involvement on campus has grown every year. “I’ve actually become more involved on campus over the years,” she said. “Being in organizations and putting your time into certain events gives you a large number of people to associate with.” Dillard said she has matured and come out of her shell in a different way to involve herself more and be an active member on campus. All in all, college is a growing period for everyone. Those who are driven and goal-orientated start to mature into seniors who have worked hard for their degree. For others who aren’t as serious about academics and their career, maturity isn’t something that’s guaranteed. It is something that happens throughout your life by making the right decisions and doing what needs to be done.
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Taylor to represent USI as all-star The Shield: Where were you when you found out? Taylor: I was actually sitting at home playing NBA 2K. Coach Watson called me and I couldn’t pause it, so I put him on speaker. I was like ‘hey, what’s up coach?’ and he said ‘I got good news for you ‘Ril. You’ve been selected to play in the All-Star Game. It’s a great deal. You’ll love it.’ I said ‘What?’ and he told me they were going to fly me out to Sioux Falls and I told him I would call him back and then I called my mom. It was great. The Shield: What do you want to gain from the All-Star Game? Taylor: I want more scouts to look at me. The more people, the better. I’m just going to go out there and play my game and hopefully put on a show for the people, and give them what they want to see. I’m just looking for people to look at me and be like ‘oh, I know that kid works hard and plays hard.’ Just something, anything, but I’m humble at the same time. I’m going out there to have fun too. That’s the main thing, to have fun. The Shield: How do you feel about this being your final college game? Taylor: I feel like it could have been better, but things happen. We didn’t go as far as I planned or the team planned, but this is a good way to go out either way because not too many players from USI have been invited to the All-Star Game.
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Jeril Taylor goes up for a dunk during the 2015-16 men’s basketball season in the Physical Activities Center. Taylor finished out his senior season this year with the team and will represent them in the Reese’s NABC Division II All-Star Game.
by TAYLOR O’NEIL HALL sports@usishield.com @TaylorOHall318
Jeril Taylor was named to the Reese’s NABC Division II AllStar Game. The game is set to take place at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D. 7 p.m. Friday. Tay-
lor will be representing the East Team and he’s the sixth player from USI to be a part of the game. The Shield spoke to Taylor about his selection to the team. The Shield: What are your thoughts to being named to the NABC Division II All-Star Game?
Taylor: Blessed. I called my mom and told her and she had a big emotional deal about it. It was just amazing when Coach Watson told me because I didn’t think it would be possible for me to be playing in South Dakota, but they selected me for the AllStar game which means something.
The Shield: You’re the sixth player. Taylor: Well, see there, that’s an accomplishment because there’s been a lot of great players that have come through USI. But to do it within the two years I’ve been here and to score 1,000 points and the 50 point game, it’s a great honor. The Shield: How have you been preparing for the game? Taylor: I’ve been in the gym. Just shooting and getting a lot of shots up. Staying at home playing 2K, just trying to keep myself grounded by doing the things I normally do every day. I go to
class and I come back and try to get a few shots up between classes. I go back home and play video games or I grab food with the team. Just the little things I used to do through the whole season. The Shield: Where is your head at since the NCAA Tournament ended with you taking the last shot? Taylor: I still haven’t been able to cope with it. I still can’t get the fact that my college career is over through my head and I could have determined that with a last second shot. It’s something that’s going to stay with me forever and I’ll never get over it or be able to forget about it. But it’s life, it happens and it goes on and hopefully the guys younger than me, the underclassmen, learn from that game and shot and how to handle the game in that situation. The Shield: What are you going to do after the All-Star Game? Taylor: I’m going to continue my workout reps and go back home to spend time with my family. They’re ready for me to come home. I don’t get to spend time with them that much. Just stay around them and my workout ethic. I’m going to go from there and keep working and, hopefully, I get in touch with anyone that’s going to help me get where I need to be. The Shield: Thoughts on graduation? You’re going to be here an extra semester, but you won’t be playing basketball, what are your thoughts on that? Taylor: I just have to stick it out one more semester and I’ll be done with school forever. That’s the main thing on my mind right now. Coach Watson tells me all the time I’ve come too far and done too much work and I can’t let it go to waste. I just need to push it out for two semesters and take a few summer classes, that’s fine and better than forgetting about it until two or three years down the road and coming back. I’d rather just stick it out now. Responses have been edited for length and clarity.
Tennis team learns Softball splits second from losses doubleheader by TAYLOR O’NEIL HALL
by TAYLOR O’NEIL HALL sports@usishield.com @TaylorOHall318
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The men’s tennis team played in the GLVC/GLIAC Crossover in Plainfield, IL March 17 through March 19 where it went 2-1 in the three games. No. 34 Southern Indiana opened with a 6-3 loss to No. 20 Ferris State University Friday, including a loss by sophomore James Hardiman, who currently leads the Eagles with 19 wins. “It was a tough match against a good team. We played good doubles, though. We had a good win at number one, a tough loss at number two and a big win at number three (in doubles),” Hardiman said. Hardiman and his doubles partner, Denis Davydov, won their matches Friday and Saturday but lost Sunday to Rockhurst, giving the duo a 13-3 record for the season. Hardiman said he will gain experience from losing, and he’s going to try and learn whatever he can from the losses suffered during the Crossover play. “I just remember there’s going to be more matches to come,” Hardiman said. “I just have to keep working hard and focusing on future matches.” The Eagles bounced back by taking the other two games of the Crossover, 7-2 against Northwood Satur-
No. 10 Southern Indiana lost the second game of a GLVC doubleheader by one run after a failed comeback attempt for the second time in two days. USI rallied from being down 4-0 in game two on Sunday when they came within one run of tying late in the game. Second basewoman, Claire Johnson, homered to center field scoring what ended up being USI’s last run in the 5-4 loss. Both teams were scoreless going into the fourth inning until Rockhurst’s shortstop, Lauren Marks, homered off of USI starting pitcher, Courtney Atkisson (6-3), bringing in three runs. Later in the inning, Rockhurst picked up another run off an RBI single by centerfielder, Megan Freitag. In the fifth, USI began their attempt at rallying back by scoring three runs. Two of them cameoff RBI singles by shortstop, Lexi Reese, and right fielder, Grace Clark. USI also picked up a free run after third basewoman, Mena Fulton, was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. USI ended the inning with the bases loaded.
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Sophomore Andrew Dones returns a serve during an early-morning practice last year at the university tennis courts. Dones and his doubles partner Ilia Karelin helped the Eagles during the Crossover with a win at number three doubles.
day and 5-4 against Rockhurst. USI’s head coach, Chris Crawford, said overall, he was pleased with the team’s performance against competition from the GLIAC, including the match against Ferris State who handed the team their sixth loss of the season and bringing them to 12-6 overall. “It shows them (the team) they belong. We’re right there with them,” Crawford said. “It’s not a big margin of talent. It proves to them that we can play at this level.”
Crawford said he thinks his team is ready for conference play since they’ve had more matches than most of the other GLVC teams with 18 on the season. “We just need to put a lot of balls in play and play smart,” Crawford said. “We’ve played enough matches that we should be playing better at this point.” USI begins GLVC play Saturday on the road against the University of Illinois Springfield, Prairie Stars, who are on a three-game skid and 4-6 overall.
The final runs scored for both teams came in the sixth inning, including the winning run for Rockhurst. USI’s Jennifer Leonhardt (10-1), who was pitching in relief of Atkisson, allowed her only run of the weekend to Rockhurst second basewoman Kelsey Tepen, who singled up the middle scoring teammate, Lauren Marks, for what became the game-winning run. “I think it was the fact that we didn’t get on top of them early and they scored the first runs,” Leonhardt said. “We knew we had to fight back, and our defense wasn’t the best today. We know we have stuff to work on all the way around.” Leonhardt said she needs to do a better job ending innings after getting the first two outs instead of allowing opposing teams to extend innings by giving them opportunities to score that they shouldn’t have. When Leonhardt gave up the winning run in game two, she was one out away from ending the inning. “We were down four nothing, and we always battle back, but it left us in a hole,” Sue Kunkle, USI’s head coach, said. We’re good at coming back, but that’s a tough
loss because that’s a team we should beat. We have to win some games next weekend.” Kunkle said the team left too many runners on base during the second game, and her players shouldn’t rely on power hitting as much in those situations. USI ended the game with eight runners left on base and loaded the bases in the first inning and the fifth, but only managed to score a total of two runs with the bases loaded. USI did manage to take Sunday’s first game after another stellar performance from Leonhardt. She finished the weekend with two complete game shutouts and a 0.43 ERA. For her efforts, Leonhardt was named GLVC Softball Pitcher of the Week. The Eagles won game one 6-0 after scoring all six runs in the fifth inning, including an RBI single from Leonhardt and a three-run double by shortstop, Lexi Reese. With the loss, USI sits at 2-2 in conference play. They play another GLVC game Saturday against Drury University followed by more conference play on Sunday against the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
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