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Volume 124, Issue 18

Halloween: a holiday not just for humans Lauren Rader Reporter

Deming Park hosted the 3rd annual Dog Costume Contest, where pet owners could come and show of their dogs in Halloween costumes on Oct. 19 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Contestants could call a number to register their dogs in the contest for a chance to win prizes.

Prizes included baskets donated from pet vendors and pet

lovers of the community. Dogs competed for 1st prize, 2nd prize, and people’s choice.

The community was able to come out and vote for their favorite dressed up dog under the Pet Supplies Plus tent.

Jenny Johnson, Secretary of Recreation, was working hard to keep everything organized.

“At this event we have story time, face painting, glow sticks and a lot of other things to do.”

Johnson said. “I’m really excited to see the kids come out and have a good time.”

Owners paraded dogs around in their costumes for the community to see and vote for their favorite costume.

The weather was chilly and rainy but that didn’t stop the community from coming out and having a good time. Dog owners, Don and Terri Gosnell, were excited to receive another win at a contest for their dogs, Jaci and Jasmine.

“We have entered the Pet Land contest, and we actually won a grand prize with our Packer’s jerseys on. We all dressed up in

the jerseys and won a contest at Pet Smart.” Terri Gosnell said.

“During Halloween, we will dress them up and take them around the neighborhood. It’s just something fun to do.”

The dog costume contest entertained adults and kids alike.

1st prize was won by a Minnie Mouse costume, 2nd prize was won by a rainbow unicorn, and people’s choice was won by a devil costume.

Each received a basket filled with pet supplies and treats. Free samples were also provided to

any pet that showed up at the tent.

The dog costume contest was only one of the many events going on at Deming Park.

Kids could ride on the train, go on hayrides, and enjoy time together with their families. Events took place on Oct. 19, as well as the 20th.

Terre Haute Parks and Recreation works to keep Terre Haute parks safe and clean, and works to engage a more connected community.

Photos by Lauren Rader

Pets and owners alike enjoying the fun of the Dog Costume Contest at Deming park on October 19th.

College of Technology’s new student success center Alyssa Bosse Reporter

The ISU board of Trustees recently approved the naming of the North American Lighting Student Success Center until Oct. 12, 2021.

As of last spring, ISU’s College of Technology has been partnering with North American Lighting, as they have helped contribute investment into today’s ISU’s students.

NAL has been working to provide more opportunities to Technology Students such as internships and careers for graduates.

The College of Technology’s new NAL Student Success Center is a newly renovated space located on the first floor of the Meyers Technology Building in TC109.

Dr. Kara Harris, Associate Dean of the College of Technology shared some things to expect from the new student success center.

“We will be working with NAL doing some branding and having some information regarding NAL in the center,” said Harris.

“Along with [that,] we are hoping to be working with them actively such as finding opportunities for our students be involved in NAL. Being able to allow students to have internships and job opportunities through NAL.” “This new Student Success

center is designed for just that - student success,” according to Harris.

The success center is a place where students can go to study, talk to a graduation specialist, and is a place where students can hold clubs or professional associations can hold meetings, along with programming for the College of Technology.

“I am looking most forward to the opportunities this will give to our students,” said Harris. “It’s going to give them a direct source between our college and NAL, to hopefully assisting in closing any gap that may exist between the higher education industry.”

This center will pursue the academic side of helping students get the resources and the background of what they need to move forward in industry.

Partnering with NAL also helps students become familiar with real world settings that they need to learn and become a better student and graduate.

The NAL student success center utilizes the universiy’s resources and assists students to be on track in the technology field.

This investment that NAL has taken with the university provides students with opportunities that they may not have had otherwise.

Doug Smith, Interim Vice President for the Division of Uni-

versity Advancement and CEO of ISU Foundation, commented on the subject.

“We have had a good relationship with NAL, I see it as a positive thing for their company but also for our University,” said Smith. “There is mutual benefits for both them and us, the contribution helps various units on campus then conversely shows their presence in the university and our students. This new center will demonstrate student success by providing support through advising, employment training, along with some support for first year students and along with the career center.”

ISU strives for career ready students, and NAL stepping in and providing connections to technology students is one step in that direction.

“We love companies that are willing to invest into our students’ education and their path to being career ready when they graduate,” said Smith.

For the next three years the student success center will be named after NAL and will provide many new things to the college of technology.

College of Technology students and faculty are looking forward to all NAL has to offer in expanding the student success center and the new partnership with NAL.

Escape room helps students relieve stress Nicole Nunez Reporter

Union Board created an Escape Room this past Friday to kick off their Programs All Weekend events.

From 7 to 10 p.m. in Dede I of the Hulman Memorial Student Union, the escape rooms featured two escape rooms of different difficulties.

Students could go in by themselves or in a group of up to five people.

No matter how many people there were, each group had fifteen minutes in the room to solve the puzzle.

The escape rooms were free and “you can go as many times as you like if you want to beat your time,” said Shantrice Bradley, Assistant Director of campus life and Programs All Weekend Committee Advisor.

This event was a hit among the Sycamore community, with over 120 people that attended. The turnout was much more than anticipated.

At a given time, there was at least one group on stand-by for the escape rooms, creating a wait time for most of the groups anticipating the fun.

There was a line of students that filled the entire hall in Dede I. Bradley said they may have to

expand for next year with more escape rooms and maybe bigger ones that can be more difficult and can accommodate more people.

It was great for students to attend “because it’s a different experience and it’s free and normally escape rooms are costly,” said Bradley.

Often escape rooms cost over $15 per person to enter, so the ability to experience this for free and so conveniently is the main purpose of Programs All Weekend.

Like many other Programs All Weekend events provided by Union Board, the escape Room provides students at Indiana State University with free entertainment, with no need to leave campus.

Many students do not have a car and do not want the stress of expenses on the weekend, so these programs can be one way for students to have easy access to entertainment.

Going to events on campus can make the college experience memorable.

The escape rooms were “a great way to bond with your friends and do something different. And it may be challenging, but it’s about creating that memory. It’s part of your college experience,” said Bradley.

Project in Her Boots event to highlight women in the military Sue Loughlin The Tribune-Star (TNS)

The seven women worked at tables covered with bling, ribbons, beads, yarn and glue guns and put their creative talents to work as they each decorated a pair of combat boots.

The women, who are both veterans and active military, were participating in Project in Her Boots, a way to honor them and their military service. They gathered at the IBEW Hall on Terre Haute’s east side Saturday to decorate combat boots, which will then be displayed at various locations for Veterans Day and throughout November. The displays will include their picture and a brief biography.

It’s the second year for the event in Terre Haute, said Gwen Hicks, who organized the project locally. “It’s to bring together

women veterans to honor their service ... and give them a chance to shine and get recognition for their service,” she said.

The boots will be displayed Nov. 3 at the Terre Haute Symphony for its military concert, and then throughout the community in various places.

“I think women veterans need some acknowledgment and accolades for their service. They’ve stepped up and served their country without being asked,” Hicks said.

Volunteers assisted, items used for decorating were donated and Belleville Boot Company out of Belleville, Ill. donated the combat boots. The participants also received lunch, and IBEW provided use of their facility.

Among those who gathered Saturday was Helen Irvine, 41, who served in the U.S. Army for six years and did a tour of duty

in Iraq in 2009 right out of basic training. She is married, has three grown children and two stepchildren.

Her boots had a patriotic red, white and blue theme as well as flashing lights, ribbons, bows and artificial flowers. The boots also had “Sgt. Irvine” on them, using glittering stick-on letters.

“I think this is really neat,” she said of Project in Her Boots.

Women veterans aren’t always recognized the way their male counterparts are, she said.

“If I go somewhere with my husband [also a military veteran], they’re like, ‘Thank you for your service’ to him, but they overlook me,” Irvine said. “It just happens.” Irvine used to live in Terre Haute but now lives in Knox County.

Also decorating combat boots was Jessie Uchytil, who served for 71/2 years in the Army Na-

tional Guard and deployed to Iraq in 2008.

Her boots “tell a little bit of a tale of my service,” she said. She decorated her boots with part of the words and lyrics [on paper] to America the Beautiful. “I spent the last three years of my service playing clarinet in the 38th division band” out of Indianapolis, she said.

Decorations also included bells “for musical effect,” as well as tiny decorative folded flags because she performed funeral honors as part of a volunteer program while in the National Guard, she said.

Uchytil joined the national guard to honor her grandfather, a World War II veteran who stormed Normandy Beach on D-Day, and also to help pay for college, she said.

Project in Her Boots “is fabulous,” Uchytil said. “I think we

need to get more female veterans out here because I know there are a lot more out there — it’s a great way to connect with fellow veterans, tell some stories and catch up.”

Military service is unique to each individual, but “you have all that same inter-connectedness, knowing you served and you were ready to put yourself on the line if you got the call,” Uchytil said.

Another participant was Amy Holmes Riley, 35, of Marshall, Ill., who still serves in the military, currently in the Air National Guard out of Louisville; she previously served in the Army Reserve.

She’s been in the military 181/2 years. She is married and has three children. The project “is amazing,” she said. “I think it’s nice to bring women veterans into the forefront.”

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Scores more former patients sue USC over gynecologist’s alleged sexual misconduct Hailey Branson-Potts and Matt Hamilton Los Angeles Times (TNS) An additional 95 women sued USC this week, saying longtime campus gynecologist Dr. George Tyndall had sexually assaulted them and that the university had failed to protect them despite complaints.

The claims of 93 of the women were filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday, bringing the number of patients suing USC to more than 400.

Represented in two lawsuits, they allege that USC deliberately concealed abuse by Tyndall for decades.

Andy Rubenstein, whose Texas firm D. Miller & Associates is representing hundreds of Tyndall’s former patients, said in a statement that “the survivors we represent are furious, and rightfully so. They are not going away.

“Generations of Trojan women have had to endure the same emotional pain and scars because USC did nothing,” Rubenstein said. “Since this story broke nearly six months ago, there has

been no significant effort by USC to come clean or enact substantive change in the way it handles allegations of sexual assaults against its staff.”

USC has indicated that it wants to resolve the cases as a group. Chairman Rick Caruso of the university’s board of trustees recently told The Times that he wanted to see the cases settled “as quickly as possible.”

Allegations of misconduct by Tyndall were brought to light by a Times investigation published in May. The Times reported that an internal USC investigation had concluded that Tyndall’s behavior during pelvic exams was outside the scope of current medical practice and amounted to sexual harassment of patients. But in a secret deal last summer, top administrators allowed Tyndall to resign quietly with a financial payout.

The university did not inform Tyndall’s patients. Nor did USC report him at the time to the Medical Board of California, the agency responsible for protecting the public from problem doctors.

In previous interviews with The Times, Tyndall denied any wrongdoing and said his exams aligned with medical standards.

He said he engaged in frank dialogue to counsel patients that were mostly in their late teens and early 20s.

In a news conference near the USC campus on Thursday, more than 20 former patients asked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to launch an independent investigation of the university administration.

In another lawsuit filed this week in federal court, two former patients also alleged Tyndall performed inappropriate pelvic exams and made lewd remarks.

Serena Anis alleged that Tyndall did not use gloves during “two to three” of her exams between 2009 and 2013, according to the lawsuit.

Katherine Sloat, who said she saw Tyndall twice between 2010 and 2014, claimed in the suit that the gynecologist asked her for “graphic details of her sex life” and also performed vaginal exams without using gloves.

Community donates tree, bench to help parents fulfill final wish of rock climber who died William Lee Chicago Tribune (TNS) DePaul University graduate Savannah Buik simply would have adored the 12-foot tulip poplar tree and granite boulder bench that her community residents bought to honor the math student, activist and burgeoning social media star, her mother, Nina, said.

On a recent sunny morning, as schoolchildren shared sidewalk space with dog walkers and stroller-pushing moms and nannies, Nina Buik sat on the bench and played out how the bubbly Savannah, who was never at a loss for words, would have reacted.

“She would have (said) ‘Oh My God. Have you seen this? This is so exciting,’ ” Buik said, mimicking her daughter’s high-pitched enthusiasm.

Savannah Buik died in a rock climbing accident in Wisconsin seven months ago.

The tree, with its leaves changing to autumn colors, is especially meaningful for Nina Buik.

Some of her daughter’s cremated remains are mixed with the soil, the tree a final wish she had made to her mother if she died suddenly.

The idea behind it was that, even in death, she’d continue to grow.

Personal growth was a recurring theme in Savannah Buik’s life.

The former teen soccer player used rock climbing to not only become physically stronger but help her focus on helping young

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Nina Buik, whose daughter Savannah died in March at Devil’s Lake State Park in Wisconsin, stands Oct. 15, 2018 at a memorial granite bench and newly planted tree honoring her daughter in Roscoe Village, Chicago.

people with self-acceptance and mental health issues.

On March 28, Buik, 22, who had just completed her final coursework toward a math degree from DePaul, was killed in a fall while climbing at Devil’s Lake State Park in Baraboo, Wis., the first rock climbing death at the park in at least 20 years.

Earlier this month, dozens of Savannah Buik’s neighbors gathered with Nina and her husband, Courtney, to officially unveil the bench and tree.

Organizers with Roscoe Village Neighbors, a community association group, convened a special committee that worked for months to navigate red tape and secure the bulk of the $7,500 price tag, which included the purchase of the 15-year-old tree, the bench and new paving.

“She would have been super happy to see these people coming together, and in such a loving way, to honor her. And to know that she, in her short life, had made such a big impact,” her mom said.

Savannah Buik’s death led to a massive outpouring of emotions from longtime friends, former instructors at DePaul and even notable figures in the world of rock climbing.

A burgeoning social media star among rock climbers, Savannah Buik’s captivating photos of her many climbing trips across the country gained thousands of followers.

The Georgia native, whose other passions included live music, nature conservation and volun-

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Tim Cook wants retraction of Chinese spy-chip story that named Apple, Supermicro Levi Sumagaysay The Mercury News (TNS) Apple CEO Tim Cook has taken the unusual step of going on the record to deny a news story, and is further asking the news agency that published it for a retraction.

Bloomberg News reported earlier this month that servers from San Jose-based Supermicro — which were used by many big tech companies including Apple and Amazon — were implanted with Chinese surveillance chips, and that there is an ongoing FBI investigation into the matter.

Apple, Amazon and Supermicro have all denied the report, and any knowledge of a government investigation.

Thursday night, Cook told BuzzFeed News: “There is no truth in their story about Apple.

They need to do that right thing and retract it.”

Bloomberg News has not re-

turned a request for comment Friday, and neither has Supermicro.

An Apple spokesman said Friday that the company would have no additional comment. It is the first time the company has publicly called for a news story to be retracted.

Cook was adamant and detailed in his denials to BuzzFeed: “We turned the company upside down. Email searches, data center records, financial records, shipment records. We really forensically whipped through the company to dig very deep and each time we came back to the same conclusion: This did not happen.”

Lawmakers are of course asking questions about the matter — which would be a grave national security concern if true — and Apple’s chief of information security recently answered them.

“If any of the reported details cited above were true, we would have every interest — eco-

nomic, regulatory, and ethical — to be forthcoming about it,” wrote George Stathakopoulos in an Oct. 8 letter to Sens. John Thune, R-S.D., and Ben Nelson, D-Neb., on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Reps.

Greg Walden, R-Ore., and Frank Pallone, D-N.J., on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Thursday, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told news site CyberScoop that he has seen no evidence of the Chinese tampering with motherboards made

by Supermicro.

“We’ve seen no evidence of that, but we’re not taking anything for granted,” he told the publication.

After Bloomberg’s initial story, it reported a few days later that a U.S. telecom company had found evidence of hacked Supermicro hardware. Supermicro denied that, too.

Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2018

Trump administration takes another step to allow health plans that don’t cover pre-existing conditions Noam N. Levey Los Angeles Times (TNS) The Trump administration Monday took new steps to broaden the availability of health plans that don’t have to cover patients’ pre-existing medical conditions, signaling that the federal government would support state proposals to promote more sales of these skimpier plans.

Administration officials billed the move as a way to give more choice to consumers who are struggling with expensive health insurance.

“Now states will have a clearer sense of how they can take the lead on making available more insurance options,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, who has championed a host of efforts to loosen health insurance regulations established through the Affordable Care Act. But the latest administration proposal to weaken insurance standards comes as President Donald Trump and Republican congressional candidates are intensifying their bid to convince voters that the GOP backs patient protections in the 2010 law, often called Obamacare.

Just last week, Trump claimed on Twitter that “all Republicans support people with pre-existing conditions.”

And with just two weeks until the midterm elections, GOP lawmakers who voted repeatedly last year to roll back the health care law and its protections are insisting they will preserve pre-existing-conditions rules.

The new proposal from the Department of Health and Human Services and the Treasury Department would not explicitly scrap the law’s protections, which bar health plans from denying coverage to people with pre-existing medical conditions.

But the administration plan would dramatically reshape rules established by the 2010 law that were designed to prevent states from weakening these protections.

“Republicans failed at repealing and replacing the ACA last year, but this new guidance gives states the flexibility to do much of it themselves,” said Larry Levitt, senior vice president at the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation, which studies health insurance markets.

“The door is now wide open for states to do an end run around the ACA by creating a parallel market with lower premiums but fewer protections for people with pre-existing conditions.”

Under current law, states may apply to the federal government for permission to redesign their insurance markets and keep federal health care aid as long as the redesign does not decrease the number of people with comprehensive health coverage.

This guardrail was intended to prevent states from enacting plans that would leave consumers with inadequate insurance coverage, as frequently happened before the health care law was enacted.

The new plan would change this guardrail by supporting state proposals that could shift people out of comprehensive health plans into skimpier plans that don’t cover benefits such as prescription drugs, mental health services and maternity care, and that can deny coverage for pre-existing medical conditions as long as a state’s residents still have access to a more comprehensive plan.

“This guidance focuses on the availability of comprehensive and affordable coverage,” the administration notes in the proposal. “This … ensures that state residents who wish to retain coverage similar to that provided under the (ACA) can continue to do so, while permitting a state plan to also provide access to other options that may be better suited to consumer needs and more attractive to many individuals.”

That means that under this new standard, states could potentially keep federal aid made available through the health care law even if the number of state residents in comprehensive health coverage declines.

The Trump administration has already taken several major steps to make these skimpier plans more available, issuing two regulations this year to loosen requirements on health plans.

The first makes it easier for individuals and small businesses to band together to form socalled association health plans, or AHPs, which don’t offer a full set of health benefits.

The second, which is even more controversial, allows consumers who buy skimpier shortterm plans to keep the coverage for as long as three years, up from the current limit of three months.

These regulations have been almost universally panned by patient advocates, physician groups, hospital associations and others who work in health care. They caution that less comprehensive health plans, while potentially cheaper, may leave people with inadequate coverage while pushing up costs for sicker Americans who need plans that cover a full set of benefits.

A Los Angeles Times analysis of official comments filed with federal agencies before the final regulations were issued found more than 98 percent — or 335 of 340 — of the health care groups that commented on the short-term health proposal criticized it, in many cases warning that the rule could gravely hurt sick patients.

The AHP regulation drew similar criticism, with more than 95 percent of the 279 health care groups that filed comments about the proposed rule expressing serious concerns or outright opposing it.

Both of these regulations are now the subject of lawsuits that argue the Trump administration rules are inconsistent with the 2010 health care law.

ISU Public Safety police blotter Oct. 19

1:43 p.m. Telephone harassment on campus.

1:50 p.m. Elevator entrapment in Blumberg Hall.

10:44 p.m. Suspicious activity in 500 Wabash Apts.

Oct. 20

12:39 a.m. Suspicious person reported in University Apts Unit 3.

Oct. 21

4:06 p.m. Theft reported in Mills Hall.

6:20 p.m. Theft reported in parking Lot 24.

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indianastatesman.com TREE FROM PAGE 2 teer work, used her voice to call attention to issues she felt deeply about.

She worked with Project HEAL, a nonprofit that aids teens with eating disorders, and the American Alpine Club, which works to conserve climbing areas.

“She really embodied, to me, what women today

espouse to be: strong, independent, smart, self-accepting, unafraid,” Nina Buik said The marketing executive, who had to overcome her own grief at the sudden loss, was heartened by numerous strangers who approached her to say how much the young woman had meant to them. She said she received online

Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018 • Page 3 notifications from climbers who planted trees dedicated to her daughter all over the world.

Eventually, Nina Buik said, her daughter’s voice in her head pushed her to undertake this last request.

“And I listened. (It) took me a while and it was hard, but we miss her greatly. She was an amazing force and an amazing spirit, not only

on her own, but in this community.”

Nina Buik approached Roscoe Village Neighbors about helping her fulfill her daughter’s last wish, and the group sprang to action. A committee worked for about five months with business and elected leaders to seek donations and find a suitable location for the tree and bench.

“It was a no-brainer as far as we were concerned,” said David Kerber, a former president of Roscoe Village Neighbors. “This was a wish of Savannah’s, and it was an obvious next step for us. We’re a very tight community; the Buiks are a fantastic family and we just want to support them in the way that we could.”

Nina Buik said she will carry on with her daughter’s passion projects, saying Savannah’s presence continues to speak to her and compels her to go on.

“She’s just got one of those spirits that continues to give, continues to inspire and that continues to motivate me.”

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Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018

Fashion Forward Shelbi Pipes

Lauren Rader Reporter

Shelbi Pipes is a freshman here at Indiana State University majoring in Nursing, and is from Petersburg, Indiana.

When Pipes isn’t on campus doing homework or going to class, she loves to shop and hang out with friends. She is a really big family person and loves to go home on the weekends and visit her family and boyfriend. Family is one of the most important things to her, and she is looking forward to working towards her degree while still being active member of her family. Pipes loves to sleep, watch Netflix, and relax in her time off.

Q: “How does your style correlate with who you are as a person, and how do you express yourself through it?”

A: “I really like casual clothes, and that shows that I like to be comfortable, but also cute. I wear dark colors, but I still have a bubbly personality.

I just feel like dark colors look better on me.”

Q: “What are your favorite stores to shop at and why?”

A: “I like Francesca’s! They have a bohemian style, and they have a lot of that stuff there. There’s also this place called Dry Goods. I hadn’t heard of it till I went to this

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place in the mall, and they so much cute stuff. It’s not very expensive either. I don’t like to spend a whole lot of money on clothes. Both of those places have a really cute style.”

Q: “Describe your favorite outfit to wear.”

A: “I really like to wear leggings, a sweater, and a vest with Sperry boots. I don’t like jeans very much, and they always make me uncomfortable so I like to go with the leggings.”

Q: “What do you like most about your style?”

A: “Probably that even when I want to dress comfortably, I can also dress cute. I can also make myself look cuter and more dressed up from that as well. I enjoy comfy and cute, and I think that’s my favorite part of what I wear style wise.”

Q: “Who are your fashion role models?”

A: “Savannah LaBrant is one of my favorites. She wrote a book with her husband.

She has a brand now which includes a clothing line. She doesn’t have much, but it’s really cute stuff. She has some t-shirt dresses on there. It isn’t very much, I really like her style.”

Q: “How do you choose your clothes on a day-to-day basis, and what factors do you

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Shelbi Pipes

consider when getting ready?”

A: “A big one is how early I have to get up. If I have to get up super early, I won’t dress up, but if I have time or if I’m not to tired I’ll get up and dress up nice that day. It depends on what I’m doing that day

as well. If I know that I’m just going to go to class and have nothing to do, then I’ll just wear something lazy. Sometimes I realize that I dress so lazy throughout the week and I decide that I want to wear something nice one day.º

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tem. Avery was ultimately found guilty.

A surplus of conspiracy theories from armchair detectives fed the internet even as developments in the case garnered a frenzy of media coverage. In addition to the cold call, Baldwin tweeted about the series — as did Rosie O’Donnell and Mia Farrow. And a petition with over 125,000 signatures was sent to the White House asking then-President Obama to pardon Avery and his nephew, Brendan Dassey, who was also convicted for his alleged involvement in the killing of Halbach.

“I would say Dec 18 (when the series was released) and the months following were incredibly rewarding,” Ricciardi says.

“Because when we set out to tell the story, we really had no idea whether the work we were doing would ever find a home, frankly.

So to see the public responding to the material and really engaging in a dialogue about the American criminal justice sys-

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murder — collecting live courtroom feeds, police interrogation footage and jailhouse phone recordings, and conducting interviews — to present an in-depth look at the criminal justice sys-

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Tribute band lead guitarist re-creates George Harrison at Saturday show Trubune Star (TNS)

Tom Work’s mission involved more than just playing notes on a guitar.

Work and fellow musicians from Akron, Ohio, formed 1964 The Tribute more than three decades ago, re-enacting the sound, look and style of the world’s most famous rock band, The Beatles, from the Fab Four’s earliest years. Work assumed the role of George Harrison, The Beatles’ reserved lead guitarist. Work’s task might seem less daunting than his band mates portraying Beatles front men John Lennon and Paul McCartney. After all, Harrison was a mere teenager and the youngest Beatle when the group recorded its first album.

Even Work acknowledges that Harrison

— the man he characterizes night after night on the tribute band’s tours, including Saturday’s 8 p.m. concert at Terre Haute’s Indiana Theatre — “hadn’t become an accomplished guitarist at that point.”

Yet, Harrison already was adding hints of other guitarists’ styles, with his own twists, to the Lennon-McCartney songs that were becoming global hits.

“I knew all the [Harrison] leads, and I could play them,” Work said in a recent phone interview. “But if I was playing a tribute to The Beatles, I knew I had to sit down and analyze what he did.”

Harrison’s string bending, pauses and sudden flourishes might mirror the swing sounds of Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley’s lead guitarist, on one song or rockabilly great Carl Perkins on another. Harrison’s reverberating licks on “I Saw Her Standing There” remind

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Work of Moore’s leads on Elvis’ “Little Sister.”

Of course, Harrison soon developed his own distinct sound with The Beatles, grew into an iconic songwriter, famously fused Indian and Western pop music, and became an innovative slide guitarist as a solo artist after the band broke up in 1970. Harrison died of lung cancer in 2001 at age 58. Still, it’s his early body of work with The Beatles that shares a spotlight in 1964 The Tribute’s performances, and Work emphasizes that Harrison’s additions are crucial to the sound of all those memorable songs. Those shouldn’t be underrated.

“One of the important things to do as a musician is to get what’s in your heart out of the instrument,” Work explained, “and he did that.”

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Mark Bennett

Curtis returns in best ‘Halloween’ film since the original

It’s the season for tricks and treats and masks and blood and gore and bizarre, probably psychotic fixations, and few film franchises inspire twisted obsessions quite like the “Halloween” collection. John Carpenter’s trendsetting 1978 horror-thriller spawned an entire tradition of slasher shockers. Few of them have exerted an influence as powerful as his original. Forty years after its debut, countless fans still feel a cold carving knife in their back at the sound of Carpenter’s minimal, ominous piano riff in 5/4 time. What began as a nasty piece of work has become some kind of reprehensible classic.

The new, same-titled “Halloween” is a loving homage to that prototype that energizes the genre like a shot of adrenaline to the heart. It isn’t directed or written by Carpenter, but it’s clearly part of the same bloodline, right down to the font used in the opening and closing credits. Lensed with beautiful cruelty by indie stalwart David Gordon Green, who co-authored the script with Danny McBride, it pays tribute to the first installment while expanding its sense of danger and isolation.

Like Carpenter’s film, this one resonates long after the end credits roll. Unlike the disappointing “Halloween” offshoots of the past four decades, this is a cut above.

The 11th film in the series, it erases the previous seven sequels, as well as Rob Zombie’s 2007 remake and his 2009 sequel to the remake. Hitting the reset button, this “Halloween” delivers perverse pleasures through coherent and satisfying plotting.

The first horror feature from Green (“George Washington”), it channels Carpenter’s sensibility,

Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos at the 2016 Primetime Creative Emmy Awards on Sept. 11, 2016 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, Calif.

sault and then exonerated after 18 years in prison, only to find himself accused in the slaying of photographer Teresa Halbach.

The first season tracked the 2007 trial of Avery for Halbach’s

To educate and discuss the life of Bayard Rustin, aid to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., there will be an event held in the African American Cultural Center on Oct. 23, from 6-9 p.m. This event is held in honor of LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) History Month, but is open to all students on campus who wish to attend.

Rustin was an American leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, non-violence, and gay rights. He was born on March 17, 1912 and passed away on August 24, 1987. He dedicated his life to his work.

According to his biography, Rustin moved to New York in the 1930s and was involved in pacifist groups and early civil rights protests.

Combining non-violent resistance with organizational skills, he was a key adviser to Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s.

Most famously, Rustin was a key figure in the organization of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, at which King delivered his legendary “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.

Though he was arrested several times for his own civil disobedience, Rustin is a known as an idol to the LGBTQ+ society.

He was a published author. His writings about civil rights were published in the collection Down the Line in 1971 and in Strategies

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Filmmakers behind ‘Making a Murderer’ became part of the story they were telling There was a moment when Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi, the filmmakers behind Netflix’s hit “Making a Murderer,” knew their documentary series had crossed over from obscurity to a pop culture phenomenon.

“When Alec Baldwin called Moira on her cellphone,” Ricciardi says flatly.

It was January 2016 — less than a month after the 10-part series began making the binge-watching rounds in households across the country (and beyond) in a time usually reserved for spreading good cheer, not becoming engrossed in a grim tale of murder and social justice. And Baldwin, they say, just wanted to let them know he was hooked.

A passion project 10 years in the making — begun in 2005 while they were graduate film students — the true-crime tale followed the case of Steven Avery, a Wisconsin man who had been convicted of sexual as-

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creating an overwhelming aura of terror.

Jamie Lee Curtis returns in the role of Laurie Strode, whose life has become a long-simmering nightmare since her battle years ago with masked killer Michael Myers. That encounter has left her emotionally stunted, paranoid and in shallow relationships with her daughter Karen (Judy Greer) and granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak).

A recluse, Laurie makes a rare appearance for two British podcasters who, like Michael’s new psychiatrist, are curious about what goes on inside his head. Pulled into the journalists’ “gotcha” interview, she makes it clear that there is nothing to learn from the ever-silent Michael. He is simply a beast that should have been exterminated. She has fortified her cabin home with razor wire and weapons, praying daily for Michael to escape from his maximum-security psychiatric facility so she can kill him.

Be careful what you wish for or, as a deputy sheriff guarding Laurie’s sleepy hometown of Haddonfield says, “What a stupid thing to pray for.” A bus crash as Michael is being transferred to a supermax lockup turns him loose just outside the small town and its minimal police force on Halloween night.

The camera follows him with serpentine continuous shots as intuition draws him toward Laurie. Along the way he inflicts horrible, inevitable violence to well-constructed characters who we hope would be able to escape unharmed.

This madly bleak whirl of violence and suspense takes a playful break with jokes about bánh mì sandwiches and whether “abracadabra” is drug slang. And while it stuns us with a sadistic late twist, it never loses focus on its simple, coherent plot.

The film is riddled with reflections, and the vengeful Laurie has become Michael’s mirror image, aching to launch a killing

tem and issues that transcend the system was more than we could have dreamed.”

Nearly three years after captivating viewers, the duo are back with “Making a Murderer: Part 2.”

Now available to stream, the 10-episode follow-up season tracks the legal odysseys that Avery and Dassey have been on since 2015 as they attempt to challenge their convictions. It’s a gap in time that has also seen Netflix capitalize on the explosion in the public’s appetite for true-crime docu-series since “Murderer” launched with the likes of “Evil Genius,” “Wild Wild Country” and “The Staircase.”

With its return, “Making a Murderer” adds a new element to its intrigue: how the series’ popularity has played a part in the narrative unfolding for its subjects.

“What ‘Making a Murderer’ did was really provide an incredible example of complex, deep storytelling in the nonfiction form,” said Lisa Nishimura, Netflix’s vice president of original documentary and comedy, in a phone interview.

“I remember getting the call from them and saying (after Part 1), ‘You know, we think that there might be an interesting update that we could present on Steven and Brendan and their post-conviction story.’ And for a really long time we called it ‘Episode 11. And then 1 turned to 2, turned to 3, turned to 4. Now we have 10 episodes.”

The first episode of Part 2 opens with a montage of news footage and media appearances that lay out the “Making a Murderer” fever — the good and the negative.

The camera eventually lands on Avery’s mother, Dolores, the delicacy of her health and age more apparent, in her humble home as she goes through mounds of support mail — admirers have written letters, sent gifts and assembled scrapbooks dedicated to Avery and Dassey. It’s a stark contrast to Part 1, in which she was opening hate mail.

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rampage of her own. Michael’s 11th-hour reunion with Laurie is what we expect and more, a tightly executed composite of mounting dread and jaw-dropping shock.

With capable help from cinematographer Michael Simmonds, Green repurposes evocative images and horrific actions from the first thriller and winds their springs until the tension is pressurized to the point of explosion. Conjuring an inky look close to that of film noir, the film makes ingenious use of shadow play and deep focus to transform banal suburban and rural locations into settings full of menace. In flashes of inspired editing, we see Michael stalk his victims with almost supernatural skill, suddenly revealed by the camera to appear in a room as if physical laws don’t apply.

It’s no surprise that Laurie called him “the boogeyman.” He’s very, very (very) scary. And so is his movie.

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for Freedom in 1976.

He continued to speak about the importance of economic equality within the Civil Rights Movement, as well as the need for social rights for gays and lesbians.

Rustin once said, “When an individual is protesting society’s refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.” He also founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Congress of Racial Equality.

This three-hour event is a way to meet other members of the LGBTQ+ community on campus, as well as learn more about those who help fought for the rights they now have.

As Harrison added lead guitar to songs led and written by Lennon and McCartney, “it seems to me that George had a pepper shaker in his hand,” Work said.

“George was left to find a place to make his contributions to [the band],” Work continued. “It seemed he always found his spot to throw in a complementary melody, a little feature, little licks. His contributions are evident in almost every song.”

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“Their world has changed,” Ricciardi says. “We were very conscious that if we document this world, it’s a new world for them. There’s an intense attention that wasn’t there to that level before. But at the same time, you recognize a heaviness to (Dolores) — she’s got this support mail, which makes a difference, but her son is still locked away.”

The pair say Part 2 was driven by one dramatic question that now anchors this story’s narrative: Here are two individuals who are serving life in prison for crimes they say they did not commit, and they’re fighting to overturn their convictions, win their freedom and regain their reputation.

Will they succeed? Yes or no?

“That, we imagine, would be the resolution — to this part of the story, at least,” Demos says.

When Demos and Ricciardi finished filming the first part of the series, they continued recording conversations with Avery, sensing there’d be more story to tell.

“We knew we had a fighter,” Ricciardi says. “Then you ask yourself: At what pace will things happen? Will there be something to document, something to point the camera at? And will we have access?”

The first part of the series concluded with two new attorneys, Laura Nirider and Steven Drizin from Northwestern University’s Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, taking on Dassey’s case and appealing it through the federal courts. Part 2 follows them in their process.

With “Making a Murderer 2” out, the duo, who hope to explore scripted entertainment next, are already facing questions about whether the story ends there or if there’s the possibility of a third act.

“We’ll probably never say never,” Ricciardi says. “It remains to be seen whether we would continue to follow it. We would ask the same questions we asked when considering whether to do Part 2: What’s happening? Who’s doing it? Do we have access to it?”

tarist who didn’t read music, Work studied music at the University of Akron, played flute, sousaphone and bassoon in high school and college marching and symphonic bands, sang in a barbershop quartet, and performed in musical theater productions. Work turned to rock ‘n’ roll and co-founded 1964 The Tribute in 1984. He took a hiatus from the band from 1993 to 2006, but has remained in the George slot ever since. Today, he’s joined by fellow co-founder Mark Benson on guitar (as Lennon), Mac Ruffing on bass (McCartney)

and Robert Potter on drums (Ringo Starr).

Together, they play 120 shows a year around the world. Whether they play in cosmopolitan metros like New York, Boston and Philadelphia or in sparsely populated places like the Dakotas, Work and his 1964 cohorts still see a broad spectrum of ages in the audiences who know the songs by heart. “It seems to be the same everywhere,” Work said.

Invariably, fans also approach Work after the shows to tell him, “George was my favorite.”

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Rise of e-cigarettes risks addicting new generation Rachel Modi Reporter

I think I can speak for every college student on campus when I say we have all walked behind someone ripping their Juul or vaping mechanism. Whether you enjoy the cloud of artificially produced mango smells or not, I can definitely say that I do not.

If you are one of those rare, innocent college students just trying to get an education and stay healthy, then you may not know what a Juul even is. Have you seen one of those small black things that look like a flash drive? Yup, that’s it. Except the power of a Juul is mightier than a simple flash drive.

One single Juul pod contains 20 cigarettes worth of nicotine.

Unfortunately, that does not stop students from purchasing this product.

“The Juul is a portable ‘nicotine-delivery device’ designed to mimic the physical and sensory experience of a cigarette, without looking like one,” according to BuzzFeed News.

If you think that smoking a Juul is not like smoking cigarette, you are half wrong. A Juul and other e-cigarette devices are utilized through vaporized liquid, so it knocks out cigarettes’ feature of tobacco carcinogen smoke. However, it still holds a highly addictive chemical: nicotine.

“The nicotine content is 0.7mL

(or 59 mg/mL) per pod, which is approximately equivalent to one pack of cigarettes, or 200 puffs,” Martin Health System says.

Not only are college students buying this addictive product, but high school students are too.

I went back to one of my high school football games and I witnessed sophomores ripping their Juuls thinking they are so cool, because they can make rings with the smoke. Wow, they are so cool. Getting addicted to nicotine is so cool. Let me remind you that these students below the legal purchasing age. They are 14 to 17 years old. Yes, us college students are older, but that also means we should know better.

Marketers of Juul primarily wanted to target adults who smoked tobacco cigarettes as an alternative. This means, if you aren’t addicted to smoking cigarettes or do not smoke cigarettes, don’t start. Juul’s chief administrative officer, Ashley Gould, explains, “The designers wanted to make a product that wouldn’t visually remind people of cigarettes since they are trying [or if they are trying] to quit, but still provide the same nicotine delivery and sensory aspects of a cigarette.”

I think Juuling is a decent alternative to smoking a cigarette, because of all the negative and nasty affects cigarettes have, but those who are Juuling for fun are almost making addiction seem

like a joke. I think the idea of a Juul is actually pretty useful. If more cigarette smokers switch to Juuls or vaping devices, then ultimately there won’t be as much waste from used buds contributing to global warming. On top of that, the harmful chemicals released from cigarettes would also not be let into the atmosphere.

Juuling has become a verb in it of itself. Let me make this clear to all the dependent, students out there. You don’t need to smoke, vape or Juul to be considered cool. You don’t need to allow a substance to control your life.

Addiction is not a joke. Yes, Juuling is considered safer than regular cigarettes, but it is not just vapor being inhaled. “It’s vapor plus irritants and toxins and nicotine,” Dr. Harold J. Farber told Buzzfeed News. Nicotine has serious long-term consequences to brain development. Yes, that is for future you to deal with, but that also means you can’t avoid it. As college students, many of us are around ages 18-22. Full brain development does not complete until age 25. We must realize that our brains are still growing.I like to say everything in moderation is appropriate, but

be careful as to how you want your future to look, even with moderation. Also, take other people into consideration. If you are Juuling indoors, realize that others may not want a substance disrupting their airflow, or others may even have asthma. Be respectful of others around you and the buildings you enter.

Farber shares, “If this were simply about getting adult smokers off of cigarettes, I wouldn’t mind — but the problem is people are using e-cigarettes who weren’t already smoking, so we risk hooking a new generation on nicotine.”

Michael Hiltzik: Mitch McConnell says it out loud: Republicans are gunning for Social Security, Medicare, and Obamacare next Michael Hiltzik

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All Washington seems to be buzzing over a single question: Is Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) deliberately trying to throw the election to the Democrats?

At the root of the debate are interviews the Senate majority leader gave to Bloomberg and Reuters on Tuesday and Wednesday. McConnell identified “entitlements” — that’s Washington code for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid — as “the real drivers of the debt” and called for them to be adjusted “to the demographics of the future.”

Translation: He wants to cut benefits.

In terms of Republican orthodoxy, McConnell’s remarks are nothing new. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) each made exactly the same point last November and December. McConnell himself has made the point before, including during a speech in his home state in 2013.

McConnell’s position on the social insurance programs fits

in with Republican policy on the Affordable Care Act; as it happens, the majority leader also telegraphed a plan to try again to repeal the ACA after the midterm elections.

That’s despite indications that the ACA is becoming more popular with the public, not less, and voters’ concerns about preserving its protections for those with preexisting conditions may be driving them to the polls — and not to vote Republican.

McConnell told Reuters that the GOP’s failure to repeal the ACA was “the one disappointment of this Congress from a Republican point of view.” He said if the Republicans have the votes after the election, they would try again. He also defended the lawsuit brought in federal court by Texas and other red states and supported by the Trump administration that would invalidate the ACA’s protections for patients with preexisting conditions.

“Nothing wrong with going to court,” he said. After the Trump administration withdrew from defending the law against the lawsuit, a coalition of blue-state

attorneys general stepped in to handle the defense. The case is pending.

The novel element about GOP declarations of hostility to social insurance programs this time around is that they persist in blaming the deficit on the programs, which are mainstays for middle- and low-income Americans despite their having just passed a budget-blasting tax cut for corporations and the wealthy that is estimated to cost some $2 trillion over the next 10 years.

That’s not pure conjecture. The U.S. Treasury calculated the federal deficit in the 2017-18 fiscal year ended Sept. 30 at $779 billion, close to the Congressional Budget Office calculation of $793 billion. That’s the largest federal deficit since 2012, when the government was still spending to assist recovery from the 2008 recession.

The CBO projects the current fiscal year deficit at $973 billion, and says it expects annual deficits to exceed $1 trillion into the next decade. The CBO attributed much of the deficit to “recently enacted legislative changes. … In

particular, provisions of the 2017 tax act.”

The act “temporarily reduced individual income tax rates, nearly doubled the standard deduction, modified or eliminated certain deductions or exemptions, and temporarily allowed firms to deduct the cost of capital investments immediately,” as the CBO said. It projected government revenues through 2027 to fall nearly $1.1 trillion below its previous, pre-tax-cut estimate, and the federal deficit to be higher by $2.24 trillion over that time span.

Thanks to higher federal debt and higher interest rates, the CBO estimated that net interest costs would be about equal to outlays for Social Security by 2028. To put it another way, much of the borrowing necessitated by the tax cut would approach all the benefit payments for Social Security beneficiaries.

The CBO also projects that combined outlays for Social Security and the healthcare programs (Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program and Affordable Care Act

subsidies) would rise to 12.8 percent of gross domestic product in 2028 from 10.1 percent today.

Spending on interest would nearly double to 3.1 percent of GDP. Keeping in mind that much of the spending on Social Security and Medicare is covered by payroll taxes or premiums, it’s clear that the real driver of the deficit is Republican fiscal policy and its relentless payouts to the wealthy.

What’s especially curious about the policy discussion this week is that some reporting still treats it as a they-said-they-said debate between Republicans and Democrats, as if the argument is over partisan interpretation, not party policy.

The Washington Post, for instance, headlined its article on McConnell’s statements thus: “As midterms near, Democrats accuse GOP of plotting to cut Medicare, Social Security.” Is there any doubt about this “plot”?

It’s true that Democrats are using these comments against the Republicans, but one can hardly deny that the Republicans handed them the ammunition.

Wikipedia mirrors the world’s biases. The 21 best horror films of the 21st century, so far It doesn’t cause them Katherine Maher

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When Donna Strickland won the Nobel Prize this month, she became only the third woman in history to receive the award in physics. An optical physicist at the University of Waterloo, Strickland is brilliant, accomplished and inspiring. To use Wikipedia parlance, she is very clearly notable.

Except that, somehow, she wasn’t. Despite her groundbreaking research on a method of generating laser beams with ultrashort pulses, Strickland did not have a Wikipedia page until shortly after her Nobel win.

Perhaps more disconcerting, a volunteer Wikipedia editor had drafted a page about Strickland in March only to have it declined in May. The reason: There wasn’t enough coverage of Strickland’s work in independent secondary sources to establish her notability. Her achievements simply weren’t documented in enough news articles that Wikipedia editors could cite.

Before Wikipedia points a finger that might rightly be pointed back at us, let me acknowledge that Wikipedia’s shortcomings are absolutely real. Our contributors are majority Western and

mostly male, and these gatekeepers apply their own judgment and prejudices.

As a result, Wikipedia has dozens of articles about battleships and not nearly enough on poetry. We’ve got comprehensive coverage on college football but significantly less on African marathoners.

At the same time, Wikipedia is by design a living, breathing thing — a collection of knowledge that many sources, in aggregate, say is worth knowing.

It is therefore a reflection of the world’s biases more than it is a cause of them.

We are working to correct biases in Wikipedia’s coverage.

For instance, in 2014, Wikipedia editors evaluated all the biographies on English Wikipedia and found that only about 15 percent of them were about women. To rectify the imbalance, groups of volunteers, including the WikiProject Women Scientists and WikiProject Women in Red, have been identifying women who should have pages and creating articles about them.

Today, 17.82 percent of our biographies are about women.

This near 3 percent jump may not sound like much, but it represents 86,182 new articles. That works out to 72 new articles a

day, every single day, for the past three and a half years.

But signs of bias pop up in different ways. A 2015 study found that, on English Wikipedia, the word “divorced” appears more than four times as often in biographies of women than in biographies of men.

We don’t fully know why, but it’s likely a multitude of factors, including the widespread tendency throughout history to describe the lives of women through their relationships with men.

Technology can help identify such problems. Wikipedia articles about health get close attention from our community of medical editors, but for years, some articles on critical women’s health issues, such as breastfeeding, languished under a “low importance” categorization. An algorithm identified this mistake.

But there is only so much Wikipedia itself can do. To fix Wikipedia’s gender imbalance, we need our contributors and editors to pay more attention to the accomplishments of women.

This is true across all under-represented groups: people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQ people, indigenous communities.

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Not long ago, horror movies were fairly predictable fare: You had your unstoppable psycho, your bevy of half-naked women, several buckets of blood and an ending that promised a sequel.

But today? That old formula seems so 20th century.

The horror resurgence of recent years has been wildly diverse, encompassing a range of artful, innovative, even socially provocative films. The different cinematic styles, from the historical realism of “The Witch” to the laptop-based “Unfriended,” are as varied as the subject matter, which might tackle female sexuality (“Jennifer’s Body”), racism (“Get Out”) or even the American justice system (“The Purge”). What’s more, as the genre achieves that magic combination of critical praise and big box-office, it is attracting major talents: Vera Farmiga, Toni Collette and John Krasinski are a few examples. Horror also got a rare Oscar moment earlier this year when “Get Out” earned a nod for best picture.

In short, horror is achieving a credibility it hasn’t had since the days of “Rosemary’s Baby” and “The Exorcist.” Those classics still

rank high on any all-time greats list, of course, but maybe it’s time to take stock of more recent titles that are pushing horror to new heights of acclaim and popularity. Here are the 21 best horror films — so far — of the 21st century.

1. HEREDITARY (2018) After her mother’s death, Annie, an obsessive artist (Toni Collette), suspects that her recent misfortunes may stem from her recently deceased mother. If that sounds like familiar territory, be warned: Ari Aster’s riveting debut feature goes where most movies wouldn’t think to go. Combining inventive camerawork, unspeakable tragedies and an excellent cast (including Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff and newcomer Millie Shapiro), “Hereditary” is horror’s new high water mark.

2. GET OUT (2017) Jordan Peele’s debut film about a young black man (Daniel Kaluuya) who meets his white girlfriend’s parents became not just a major hit but the Movie of the Moment.

Poking fun at white hypocrisy and black paranoia at a time of heightened racial rancor, the movie found an entertaining way — part horror, part satire — to address a difficult and discomfiting issue.

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indianastatesman.com WIKI CONT. FROM PAGE 6 Although we don’t believe that only women editors should write pages about other women, or writers of color about people of color, we do think that a broader base of contributors and editors — one that included more women and people of color, among others — would naturally help broaden our content.

Wikipedia is founded on the concept that every

FILMS CONT. FROM PAGE 6 “Get Out” already seems to be paving the way for a new wave of indie black cinema, from the surreal comedy “Sorry to Bother You” to the rap-themed drama “Blindspotting.”

3. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY (2009) Not since “The Blair Witch Project” has a horror movie done so much with so little. Set in a haunted McMansion, “Paranormal Activity” uses flickering lights, self-slamming doors and other un-special effects to build a hair-raising sense of tension. Shot for $15,000, Oren Peli’s film earned $193 million, spurred five sequels and helped turn the Blumhouse horror-studio into the powerhouse behind “Split,” “The Purge,” “Get Out” and many others.

4. BLACK SWAN (2010) Natalie Portman won an Oscar for portraying a mentally unraveling ballerina in Darren Aronofsky’s deliriously weird masterpiece. For such a freaky film, “Black Swan” became a $329 million hit and earned four other Oscar nods, including best picture.

5. LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (2008) John Ajvide Lindqvist’s novel about a 12-yearold boy and the vampire girl next door has been adapted twice. This Swedish original is a standout: a ghastly and mournful allegory of childhood. Heart-tugging performances from Kare Hedebrant as mortal Oskar and Lina Leandersson as his vampire beloved.

6. LET ME IN (2010) The American version of the Lindqvist story, starring Chloe Grace Moretz, is slightly jazzed up with

individual should be able to share freely in the sum of all knowledge. We believe in “knowledge equity,” which we define as the idea that diverse forms of knowledge should be recognized and respected.

Wikipedia is not limited to what fits into a set of encyclopedias.

We also need other fields to identify and document diverse talent. If journalists, book publishers, scientific researchers, curators, academics, grant-makers bloody effects. Still, it’s uncommonly pensive, bleak and beautiful. It’s just about, er, neck and neck with the original.

7. THE CABIN IN THE WOODS (2012) Drew Goddard’s Russian nesting-doll of a movie, about two guys in a control room who manipulate humanity, is a mischievous mindblower without a single predictable moment. A modest hit that should have been a blockbuster.

8. THE BABADOOK (2014) An exhausted mother (Essie Davis) and her seizure-prone son (an unsettling Noah Wiseman), are haunted by a storybook creature. Jennifer Kent’s directorial debut takes a classic horror-subtext — a parent’s weakness becomes a physical monster — and brings it powerfully to the surface.

9. THE WITCH (2015) Anya-Taylor Joy’s breakout role came in this beautifully crafted period-piece about an American Colonialist girl whose family begins blaming her for their misfortunes.

Exceptionally spooky, with a strange, hypnotic ending.

10. A QUIET PLACE (2018) John Krasinski stars in his own directorial debut as a man trying to protect his family from alien creatures that hunt by sound. This is 90 solid minutes of try-notto-scream moments, with barely a word of spoken dialogue — a tremendous feat.

11. CRIMSON PEAK (2015) An aspiring author (Mia Wasikowska) marries a doomed aristocrat (Tom Hiddleston) and moves into his decrepit mansion. An exceptionally vivid Gothic romance, part Poe and part

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Increasingly, Wikipedia’s content and any biases therein have ramifications beyond our own website.

For instance, Wikipedia is now relied upon as a major source in the training of powerful artificial intelligence models, including models that underlie common technologies we

all use.

In such training processes, computers ingest large data sets, draw inferences from patterns in the data and then generate predictions. As is well understood in the programming world, bad or incomplete data generate biased outcomes. This phenomenon is known by the acronym GIGO: garbage in, garbage out.

People may intuitively understand that Wikipedia is a perennial work in

Bronte, from Guillermo del Toro.

12. SPLIT (2016) A young woman (Anya Taylor-Joy) is kidnapped by a mentally ill man (James McAvoy) who has 23 personalities. M. Night Shyamalan’s surprise comeback was a secret sequel to his hit “Unbreakable,” and now it has spawned another film, “Glass,” due for release in January.

13. WHAT LIES BENEATH (2000) Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer are a married couple whose lakeside house is haunted by a drowned woman’s ghost.

Some 20 years on, this Robert Zemeckis film might feel a little old-fashioned, but it’s a great Gothic chiller with an A-list cast.

14. IT (2017) This bigscreen adaptation of Stephen King’s novel — about a clown who preys on children — was a critical and commercial smash. Like “Stand By Me,” “It” has an emotional core that feels as strong as the scares.

15. SAW (2004) Gratuitously gross, morally bankrupt, aesthetically anemic — say what you will, this gory tale of a sadistic serial killer gave us the term “torture porn” and dominated horror the way “Halloween” did 40 years ago. Eight films on (“Jigsaw” came out last year), we’re still getting splattered.

16. DRAG ME TO HELL (2009) A loan officer (Alison Lohman) turns down an elderly woman who blasts her with a curse. Sam Raimi’s last horror film (at least to date) is a darkly funny fable about greed and selfishness, with an uproariously good finale.

17. DEVIL (2010) Five

people stuck in a high-rise elevator begin dying in horrible ways. John Erick Dowdle’s economical horror-thriller is claustrophobic, wickedly funny and quite effective. Fine cinematography by the great Tak Fujimoto (Terrence Malick’s “Badlands”).

18. TRUTH OR DARE (2018) During spring break in Mexico, several college friends play a well-known drinking game, only to find that they must keep playing — or die. The idea of a haunted game feels somewhat new, and the various deaths have a fiendish irony.

A jaunty little body-count flick.

19. THE LAST EXORCISM (2010) A fraudulent preacher (Patrick Fabian) encounters a “possessed” girl (Ashley Bell) in the backwoods of Louisiana. It’s an intelligent twist on an old theme; inspired by the 1972 documentary “Marjoe.”

20. UNFRIENDED (2014) The ghost of a suicidal teenager preys on her classmates during a group Skype call.

It’s a clever update of the found-footage genre, with everything unfolding on a computer screen. It also raises a very 21st-century question: Might this movie feel even scarier if you watched it on a laptop?

21. THE CONJURING (2013) Horror went classy with this Warner Bros. production starring Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (“Up in the Air”) and Patrick Wilson as paranormal investigators Lorraine and Ed Warren. Low on bloodshed, long on ambience. The quality has remained mostly high over the six-film franchise.

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If women account for only 17.82 percent of the data, we may find ourselves with software that thinks women are only 17.82 percent of what matters in the world.

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problem reflects a far more consequential and intractable problem in the real world.

Wikipedia would like to encourage other knowledge-generating institutions to join us in our efforts to balance this inequity. We may not be able to change how society values women, but we can change how women are seen, and ensure that they are seen to begin with. That’s a start.

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Pam Silies also had shots on goal for Indiana State.

Drake had 14-11 shots on goal for the night.

Bulldogs also had 6-3 in corner kicks.

ISU had a whopping 10-8 shots on goal. The Sycamores have a current record of (6-8-3, 0-5-1) after Sunday’s contest.

The Trees will end the regular season on Thursday, Oct. 25 at Valparaiso. Kickoff is set of 5 p.m. and can be watched on ESPN3.

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Ben Vertelney placed 62nd overall with a time of 28:14.0.

“Luke represented the Sycamores very well today.

He ran his best race at the right time of the year and has shown a lot of progress since the season opener,” Walsh said.

The Sycamores now turn their attention to the Valley Championships next Saturday, Oct. 27 in Peoria, Ill. “Most of the team concludes their season with a strong finale and a few will join the rest of the team on the MVC roster as we head to Peoria next weekend.”

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Sycamores defeat Southern Illinois Salukis 24-21 despite furious comeback attempt Jay Adkins Reporter This past Saturday, the Indiana State Sycamores football team traveled to Carbondale, Illinois to face off against the Southern Illinois Salukis.

The Sycamores came into the matchup with a record of 2-4 after a heartbreaking homecoming loss to the Missouri State Bears.

The Salukis came into the matchup with a record of 1-5 after a 51-3 loss to the Illinois State University Redbirds.

The Salukis celebrated their own homecoming during this game, while the Sycamores attempted to spoil it first.

The Salukis struck first blood with four-yard run by quarterback Matt DeSomer to take a 7-0 lead early in the first quarter. The Sycamores responded with two touchdown runs by Ja’Quan Keys to give Indiana State a 14-7 lead heading into halftime.

The Sycamores came out of halftime with another touchdown, scored by sophomore Titus McCoy on a seven-yard rush.

Junior kicker Jerry Nunez added a 20-yard field goal late in the third quarter to extend the Sycamores lead to 24-7.

The Salukis stormed a furious comeback in the middle of the fourth quarter with a nine yard touchdown pass from Salukis quarterback Matt DeSomer to Darrell James, and a 12 yard

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Sycamore running back, Ja’Quan Keys, runs the football into the end zone for a touchdown during Oct. 20 game against Southern Illinois.

touchdown run from Jonathan Mixon with 2:23 left in the game.

The Sycamores offense stalled on the next drive, which gave the Salukis one last shot to win or tie the game. After a punt and a couple of first down conversions, Salukis quarterback Matt DeSomer attempted a Hail Mary pass with two seconds left, but the pass was batted down by junior defensive back Denzel Bonner and the

Sycamores survived with a final score of 24-21.

With this victory, the Sycamores recorded their first win this season in the Missouri Valley Conference and moved their overall record up to 3-4. The Salukis fell to 1-6 with the loss.

Sycamores redshirt junior quarterback Ryan Boyle finished the day with seven completions of 14 attempts, 101 total passing

ISU falls to Drake in overtime Jordan Koegler Reporter It was a cold afternoon during Sunday’s home game at Memorial Stadium for Indiana State women’s soccer. The game ended with a loss in overtime with a final score of 3-2.

The Sycamores controlled the majority of the game against Drake. In the 27th minute of the game, Katie Wells scored a goal.

With an assist by Caitlyn Eddy from a long pass over the top, the Sycamores led 1-0.

Wells goal marked her 11th of the season. She is currently leading the Missouri Valley Conference, and has set a new school record for goals. Wells lapped Abby Reed in sole possession for ISU single-season goal record.

Wells has 23 goals in her college career. Just two goals behind Lauren Podolski for an ISU career record.

Later in the game, Wells made an assist to Alina Steffen and gave her 29 points for the season thus far.

She now leads in the MVC and has a school record. Wells is hitting new records and is demonstrating what makes her a valuable forward for the Sycamores.

At half time, ISU was leading the game with a score of 1-0.

Coming off the sidelines in the start of the second half was Alina Steffen, who made an offensive domination. At the 63rd minute

yards, zero touchdowns, and zero interceptions. The bulk of the offense was carried by the running game.

The Sycamores finished the day with 311 total rushing yards and three touchdowns.

Senior running back Ja’Quan Keys led the team in rushing with 162 rushing yards on 33 attempts, and two touchdowns to add. Keys also had 4.7 rushing

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ISU soccer athlete, Katie Wells, broke a school record in assists with 19 and is seventh in MVC of the season. Sycamores lost to Drake on Oct. 21.

Staffen scored, giving the Sycamores a 2-0 lead.

Wells assisted that goal and gave her the third best on ISU single-season chart. She is also leading seventh in MVC of the season.

Wells is holding a school record in assists at 19. She completed the game with 65 career points and is now second best at ISU, five points behind Podolskis’ record of 70.

In the 78th minute of the game Drake continued to fight and was able to get a goal by Olivia Bruce.

It was the first goal of the game for Drake and the score was 2-1 with Sycamores still leading.

Less than 10 minutes later, the

Bulldogs were able to find the back of the net again. Shannon Steurer took a cross pass from Shelley Ljak to tie the game 2-2.

The game went into overtime.

At the 96th minute of overtime Bulldogs Libby Helverson was able to get past the defensive line and put one in the net.

Drake took the victory with a final score of 3-2.

This was the first time since 2014 that the Bulldogs have had a victory over the Sycamores.

Wells lead the Sycamores offensively with five shots on goal.

Eddy was able to have an attempt on goal.

Steffen, Katie Sidloski, and

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average for the day. Quarterback Ryan Boyle was actually second on the team in rushing for the day with 116 rushing yards.

Sophomore running back Titus McCoy and freshman wide receiver Dakota Caton contributed in limited carries with 33 total rushing yards between the both of them.

Redshirt freshman Dante Hendrix led the team in receiving with three receptions for 53 receiving yards.

On the defensive side of the ball, redshirt senior linebacker Katrell Moss led the team in tackles with 16 total tackles on the day.

Sophomore defensive lineman Stephon Mayes recorded the team’s only sack of the contest while also contributing three total tackles.

Freshman defensive back Tyreeon Hambright picked off Salukis quarterback Matt DeSomer returned it 39 yards to set up good field position for the Sycamores.

Junior defensive back Kaelub Newman forced a fumble that was recovered by redshirt senior defensive back Jamal Jones.

The 3-4 Sycamores will travel to Youngstown, Ohio Saturday to compete against the 3-4 Youngstown State University Penguins. T he game will start at 2 p.m. and can be watched on ESPN+ and heard on the radio on WIBQ 97.9 FM.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The Indiana State Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams both got one last tune-up before the Missouri Valley Conference Championships on Friday at the Illini Open, with Megan Doty and Luke Kerstiens leading the way for the Sycamores.

“The women came to battle today and we saw many season and personal-bests,” Associate Head Coach for Cross Country Kyle Walsh said. “Megan Doty ran a great race leading us today and stepped into a roll she’s been used to in the past. This will be a good sharpener with some momentum heading into the MVC Championships next week.”

Senior Megan Doty paced the ISU women on Friday in the women’s 5K, placing 14th overall with a season-best time of 18:58.9 which is over a 40 second improvement from the Joe Piane Invitational.

Devon Zeck didn’t finish far behind Doty, taking 18th with a time of 19:11.1.

Running third for the women was junior Taylor Rogers who clocked a season-best time of 19:17.7, a best by 33 seconds, for

23rd place.

Following Taylor Rogers was Cami Hansen who took 29th overall by crossing the finish line at 19:27.3, which is also a season-best time.

In 41st place was Riley Welch who crossed the finish with a time of 19:51.0. Dani Spring and Michaella Burchett finished in 42nd and 48th with times of 19:51.8 and 19:58.4, respectively.

Freshman Maggie Falater finished right behind Burchett in 49th place at 19:59.3, while Emma Hayward took 53rd place with a time of 20:15.8.

Moriah McCormick and Gabby Brown took 57th and 63rd with times of 20:39.0 and 21:01.0, respectively.

“Devon, Taylor, and Cami displayed that we have some decent depth and put together solid races, placing well for the team.

I was pleased with the way they competed in the middle portions of the race,” Walsh said.

On the men’s side, Luke Kerstiens was the top finisher, taking 16th place in the men’s 8K with a 40-second personal-best time of 26:02.8, but he did run a time of 26:13.9 in the five mile race at the Joe Piane Invite earlier in the year.

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Indiana State Volleyball drops both MVC games over weekend David Cruz Reporter Indiana State had a rough outing this past weekend as they traveled for a pair of Missouri Conference losses against Loyola Chicago and Valparaiso. This leaves ISU 8-15 on the season and 1-10 in the Conference with their only Conference win against Southern Illinois.

The Sycamores looked to turn their season around as they faced an 11-9 Loyola Chicago team, but they came up short as the Ramblers came out firing.

Laura Gross led the Sycamores with 13 kills and 11 digs, registering her 34th career double-double. Madeline Williams registered eight kills on the night for the Sycamores. Her hitting percentage of .350 led all players in the Blue and White. The freshman has hit over .200 in her last five matches.

Loyola Chicago had four players reach double-digit kills, as Gabi Maciagowski’s 15 kills led the Ramblers. Alex Nunez led Loyola with 17 digs. The victory snapped the Ramblers’ five-match losing skid and sent the Sycamores to their third straight

defeat. Cassie Kawa tied hdf career-high two solo blocks while also adding seven kills. Damadj Johnson, in her first appearance on the court since Sept. 28, put down seven kills. Indiana State now trails the all-time series against Loyola, 12-8. This marks the first time since 2012-13 that the Ramblers have won consecutive matches over the Sycamores.

ISU looked to bounce back after that loss but once again fell short in 3-0 sweep against the powerhouse Valparaiso, which just surpassed the 20-win mark. Damadj Johnson made a triumphant in her second return to the court since Sept. 28, with 10 kills and a .304 hitting percentage, adding three blocks to her credit. Indiana State only hit .103 as a team and hit into 8.5 blocks against Valparaiso and after no aces in this match, the Sycamores failed to serve up an ace in consecutive matches for the first time this season.

ISU looks to get out of this skid and make a comeback run as the season comes closer and closer to the end. The Sycamores will be returning home this Friday as they face off against Illinois State, which is currently 18-5 for the season.

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Indiana State volleyball team photo taken in June 2018. The team faces Illinois State Redbirds at home this Friday, Oct. 26.