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Leonard selected as student speaker for commencement Chelsea Chapman Reporter
After being approached by her advisor in the honors college abut an exciting opportunity, Star Leonard decided to apply to be this semester’s commencement speaker. She had only a day to prepare a speech to give to a panel that would decide which Indiana State University student would welcome those attending graduation at this semester’s ceremony. Leonard is a senior at ISU studying biology pre-medicine. She is very excited to speak to ISU at graduation. “It’s a really big honor,” said Leonard. “Not everybody gets to do it. I’m really excited to give my speech and talk to ISU and what all I’ve gotten to do through it for the last three and a half years. I want to recognize all ISU has been able to do for us. I think sometimes we take it for granted and we don’t fully recognize all of the opportunities we have had here.” Dr. Bierly, Star’s honors college advisor, emailed Leonard to ask if she would be interested in being the commencement speaker for graduation. “I said ‘Well, of course!’” said Leonard. “It turned out that by the time he had emailed me, it was about six days past the due date for the application. He got ahold of someone and I was able to go ahead and apply. I had a day to write the speech, I presented in front of the panel the next day, and they selected me.” From day one, Leonard was confident in her choice of ISU
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for her undergraduate studies. “I chose ISU because it’s not too big and not too small,” said Leonard. “It was very homey. When I came here for a tour, I didn’t feel like a number. It felt like someplace where I can actually start a foundation, someplace that I can actually get a good education, make good connections, be good at networking, make some new friends, and get to know the staff and faculty. I looked at that and it was something I really wanted to be a part of.” Leonard’s favorite experience she’s had at ISU, is with the people of ISU. “The people, they truly represent ISU for what it really is,” said Leonard. “It’s very diverse, it’s very humbling. There are a lot of different people I’ve gotten to know and see their experiences to understand where they came from. I’ve had some great friendships, great amazing peo-
ple who would go above and beyond to do anything for you.” Leonard said the biggest challenge she’s faced at ISU was herself. “I constantly told myself I couldn’t,” said Leonard, “especially when I decided I wanted to be a doctor, it’s this big prestigious career. When I decided I wanted to do that, I kept telling myself ‘I can’t do that, I can’t do that,’ but as I was going through my classes, I started being at the top of my classes. I started succeeding against my peers and teaching my peers.” On top of being a full time student, Leonard has been involved in nine organizations during her time at ISU. “I pile my plate as high as I can,” said Leonard. “In my time here I have wanted to experience everything I possibly could. Of the nine organizations I joined, I held executive positions in six of them. I did not have time in the day to sit down and breathe for five minutes.” Leonard plans to stay in the Terre Haute community after she graduates. “I’m hoping to be doing some volunteer opportunities,” said Leonard, “maybe with the YMCA or 14th and Chestnut. I’m also taking a year off and then after the year; I’m going to apply to medical school. My dream school is UT Dallas, but as I started looking at the schools, I really like Marion and Indiana University.” Commencement is set for noon Dec. 15 at Hulman Center. Retiring state Rep. Clyde Kersey, ‘71, GR ‘74, will serve as the alumni speaker.
Graduation tips from the Career Center Lauren Rader Reporter
Graduation is just around the corner for those graduating early. The commencement will take place Dec. 15 from 12 - 2 p.m. Anyone who has 75 or more credit hours is allowed to apply for graduation, and all graduation information can be found on the Indiana State University website. The Career Center is providing services to seniors that will help them get ready for graduation and will help them get organized with their future plans. Below are some tips that are provided from members of the Career Center for graduating students. The Career Center is provided free of charge to alumni. Dr. Darby Scism, Assistant Director of Career Services, wants students to know that the center is always available when they need it. “They can participate in any of the events, career fairs, career coaching, etc. that current students have access to,” said Scism. There are many opportunities for graduated students to utilize through the career center. Just because a student has graduated doesn’t mean that they cannot utilize their resources on campus. “We offer assistance and resources for career exploration and making decisions about majors and careers, resume and cover letter writing, interviewing skills, and all kinds of workshops on career topics,” Scism
said. “We have a whole team of employer relations coordinators who form relationships with employers and companies and convince them to recruit our students through our career fairs, information sessions, on campus interviews and job postings in Handshake.” How to find jobs where you want: Tradara McLaurine, Executive Director of the Career Center, listed a few that ISU has to offer new graduates. “Students graduating in December can find jobs through a variety of different mechanisms that we have in the career center,” Executive Director of the Career Center Tradara McLaurine said. “One, all students have access to a free resource that is called careershift.com. That can be located on our website for students and alumni, and it has jobs that are posted all over the nation as well as just Indiana, and even Terre Haute.” There is also the First Destination Survey that helps the career center get an idea of post-graduation plans. It provides a platform to students who need jobs and guidance. Ascend Indiana, a nonprofit partnered with ISU, is also a resource to help students find jobs. The career center has many more options for graduates when it comes to their future plans. Graduates should be flexible and confident with their plan. “Graduates should be flexible with their job options in terms of the type of position they take
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President Trump attends the funeral of former President George H.W. Bush. The hearse carrying the flag-draped casket of former President Bush drives by the In a break with modern tradition, Trump was not offered a chance to speak. White House heading to a state funeral at the National Cathedral on Wednesday.
George H.W. Bush remembered in state funeral Noah Bierman and Sarah D. Wire Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — In a state funeral that leavened pomp with humor, President George Herbert Walker Bush was celebrated Wednesday as a man who melded character with self-deprecation — a statesman who managed the peaceful end of the Cold War and patriarch of one of America’s most successful political dynasties. “To us, his was the brightest of a thousand points of light,” said his son, President George W. Bush, in a funeral service at the National Cathedral in Washington — a reference to his father’s oft-quoted call for volunteerism. America’s five living presidents were among the hundreds
of dignitaries and elected leaders, spanning decades of public service, crowded into the pews to remember Bush, a one-term president whose collegial style and grace helped him become increasingly popular as the nation’s political chasm widened. “He accepted that failure is a part of living a full life, but taught us never to be defined by failure,” George W. Bush said, choking back tears at one point when recalling his father’s devotion to his family. Eulogies focused on Bush’s compassion and foreign policy prowess, which deftly navigated the U.S. and its European allies through the collapse of the Soviet Union and led an international coalition to reverse Iraq’s 1991 invasion of Kuwait. “He stood in the breach of the Cold War against totalitarian-
ism. He stood in the breach in Washington against unthinking partisanship,” said Jon Meacham, his biographer, who delivered the first eulogy. “On his watch, a wall fell in Berlin, a dictator’s aggression did not stand.” Meacham called Bush, a naval aviator shot down during World War II, “America’s last, great soldier-statesman, a 20th-century founding father,” in the tradition of U.S. presidents who believed in causes larger than themselves. “An imperfect man, he left us a more perfect union,” Meacham said. The world’s most exclusive club — Presidents Donald Trump, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter — all listened with their wives, sitting together in the front row. It marked the
first time all had been together since Trump was inaugurated in January 2017, after a bitter campaign in which Trump had criticized nearly every one of them. The large Bush family _ including Jeb Bush, who served two terms as Florida governor and ran unsuccessfully for president _ laughed at the memories of first lady Barbara Bush’s straight talk, cried in recounting the death of sister Robin at 3 years old and nodded in recognition at the jokes about Bush’s love of off-color jokes and digs at his own expense. Trump was invited to attend, but in a break with modern tradition, was not offered a chance to speak. He was the first sitting president not to make the speakers’ program at the funeral of a predecessor since President Richard Nixon failed to eulogize
Lyndon B. Johnson in 1973. Trump looked uncomfortable at times, sitting in the front row and rubbing his hands between his knees as speakers one-byone praised Bush’s modesty, bipartisan spirit and fealty to multinationalism. He shook hands with the Obamas when he arrived, but avoided greeting either President Clinton or Hillary Clinton, who stared straight ahead. When President George W. Bush arrived a few minutes later, he shook each of the presidents’ and first ladies’ hands, and appeared to sneak a piece of candy to Michelle Obama. The elder Bush “was a man of such great humility,” said former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, 87. “Those who traveled the
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UNC student activist arrested again after protest Jane Stancill
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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill graduate student and activist Maya Little was charged with inciting a riot and assaulting an officer following Monday night’s protest against the university’s proposed plan to return the Silent Sam statue to campus. The charges are misdemeanors. Little, 26, turned herself in Tuesday at the Orange County Courthouse, according to UNC police. She was not arrested at the scene of the protest, in which hundreds of people marched through downtown Chapel Hill and to the base of the boarded up pedestal where the Confederate statue stood before it was toppled by protesters in August. In an email Tuesday, Little said she was not told she had been charged until Tuesday. “I was charged with assault on an officer, a charge that has been commonly used by UNC police when they can’t find anything else to charge activists with, and inciting a riot, both misdemeanors,” Little’s email said. “The only danger and violence present last night was once again caused by university police who came equipped to a student protest with riot gear and tear gas canisters.”
There was one other arrest related to Monday’s protest, according to UNC police. Mark Porlides, 31, a graduate student from Carrboro, was charged with assault on a police officer and resist, delay or obstruct arrest. The announcement Monday that UNC proposed to build a new $5.3 million history and education center to house Silent Sam touched off one of the largest protests related to the Confederate statue. The Monday night gathering was largely peaceful, though there were a few skirmishes between UNC police and protesters who surrounded barricades around the statue’s empty base. The evening began with speeches, including one from Little, before protesters marched down Franklin and Columbia streets and briefly blocked traffic before chanting near the statue’s base and outside UNC’s South Building. Little, a doctoral student in history from Columbus, Ohio, has become a well-known activist at the Silent Sam protests. In April, she poured red ink and her own blood on the statue, months before it was torn down. She was arrested by UNC police on a charge of vandalism and was also charged in the university’s honor court. In October, a judge found her
Travis Long | Raleigh News & Observer | TNS
Police guard a barricade as activist Maya Little and several hundred demonstrators rallied and marched the streets of Chapel Hill and amassed around the boarded up base of the Silent Sam Confederate statue Monday night, calling for a strike of graduate student teaching assistants.
guilty of a misdemeanor but issued no punishment. The same month, a UNC honor court panel found her responsible and gave her 18 hours of community service and a letter of warning. She appealed the case, and had walked out of her hearing, argu-
ing that one panelist could not give her a fair hearing. The panelist had been outspoken in his criticism of student protesters on social media. On Monday night, Little was critical of university police and asked other graduate students
and faculty to join her in a strike, withholding final exam grades and assignments for the fall semester. “The university works because we do,” she said to the crowd Monday. “If we don’t get it, shut it down.”
Video-greeting company says it’s ‘safer than it’s ever been’ after celebs duped into taping anti-Semitic messages Tyler Davis News Editor
Cameo, a company that allows people to pay for personalized video greetings from athletes, celebrities and social media influencers, has been having a banner year. The two-year-old company recently raised $12.5 million in a funding round led by Silicon Valley firm Lightspeed Venture Partners. Cameo made Time magazine’s 2018 Genius Companies list in October. The platform was also honored that month at the Chicago Innovation Awards. Then last week, it was reported that an account associated with an anti-Jewish group had tricked former NFL quarterback Brett Favre, comedian Andy Dick and rapper Soulja Boy into making Cameo videos using coded anti-Semitic language. Cameo CEO and co-founder Steven Galanis told the Tribune that the message Favre made was uploaded to YouTube and labeled “Brett Favre calls out the Jews.” Galanis called the videos a
“wake-up call for us.” “If you actually listen to the video, the video itself was very benign or it seemed to be very benign. It seemed to have been in reference to some veteran group, when in actuality, it was coded language that the alt-right was using to kind of rally troops,” said Galanis, 30. “It had gone viral on 4chan and some of the hate websites, and that’s when we became aware of it.” Galanis said his team determined who booked the Favre video, banned that user and contacted YouTube and Instagram to request the video be taken off their sites. The Cameo team created a system over the weekend to monitor incoming orders and flag requests that may contain hate speech, symbols and/or groups, Galanis said. The company is also working on features to help its roster of talent better understand the orders they receive and determine if the instructions contain language that would violate the platform’s terms of service, which prohibits users from posting, sharing or requesting any-
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thing that is illegal, abusive, profane or hateful. Since its inception, Cameo has allowed its talent to decide for themselves which fan requests to complete. Cameo takes 25 percent of the booking fee, which varies among celebrities. Favre pledged Saturday to donate $500 — the price he charges to make a Cameo message — to charity. “On November 22, I received a request to record a shout-out supporting what appeared to be a U.S. veterans organization for Cameo, a company that enables consumers to book personalized video greetings from celebrities,” Favre wrote on Facebook. “I had previously fulfilled more than 50 of these requests without incident. Since I match service dogs with military veterans who have PTSD, I assumed that the request stemmed from my interest in veterans affairs and recorded the message.” Galanis, who met Favre while he was in Milwaukee for a weekend reunion of the 1996 Green Bay Packers team, said Favre’s donation will go to the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization that moni-
tors hate groups, and Cameo will match the donation. Meanwhile, Soulja Boy apologized for his video and said he didn’t know it had a negative meaning. A representative for Dick said the comedian “feels used and manipulated by people who presented themselves as his fans but obviously wildly missed his intent.” Galanis said none of the hundreds of boldface names who use the platform have indicated they are leaving because of the incidents. “One of the things that we’ve told our talent is, ‘Look, we’ve done 93,000 of these videos, and this is literally the first time we’ve ever had to pull any.’ I think just with anything, there’s bad actors. There was a point where somebody sent the first mean tweet on Twitter, somebody (posted) the first objectionable piece of content on YouTube or Facebook,” Galanis told the Tribune. “I think to some degree, bad actors are inevitable, but we just wanted to make it really clear to our talent that we built in new protections for them and Cameo today is safer than it’s ever been.”
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indianastatesman.com BUSH FROM PAGE 1 high road of humility in Washington, D.C., are not bothered by heavy traffic.” In another implied rebuke of today’s Washington, Simpson added that Bush understood that “hatred corrodes the container it is carried in.” The signature Bush slogans that sometimes drew mockery from Trump and others during Bush’s own life – “a thousand points of light,” “a kinder, gentler” nation _ were celebrated as sincere reflections of his essence. “My hunch is heaven, as perfect as it must be, just got a bit kinder and gentler,” said the Rev. Dr. Russell Levenson Jr., rector of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Houston. “Some have said in the last few days, ‘This is an end of an era,’” Levenson said at another point. “But it does not have to be. Perhaps it’s an invitation to fill the hole that has been left behind.” It was not just Bush’s old rhetoric that was given a nostalgic reboot. The policy achievements his eulogists chose to highlight demonstrated how much has changed in both the country and the Republican Party that Bush and his family personified for half a century: the updating of the Clean Air Act, the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, negotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement, assembling an international coalition to end Saddam Hussein’s occupation of Kuwait. Simpson even recalled how Bush broke his “read my lips” pledge and agreed to raise taxes, a decision that was “surely one of the main factors ensuring his return to private life.” “I’ll never forget it,” Simpson said. “He said ‘What I have said on that subject sure puts a hell of
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a lot of heat on me.’” His own party turned on him after that, Simpson recalled. “But he often said ‘When the really tough choices come, it’s the country, not me _ it’s not about Democrats or Republicans, it’s for our country that I fought for,’” Simpson recalled Bush saying. Though Bush later acknowledged that his 1992 defeat made him bitter and angry for a time, former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney said that by 2001 _ after Jeb Bush became governor of Florida and George W. Bush won the presidency _ the elder Bush and former first lady found serenity. Mulroney read from notes he made during a long private discussion he had with the former president at the time, while visiting him at the family retreat called Walker’s Point in Kennebunkport, Maine. “They are truly at peace with themselves, joyous in what they and the children have achieved, gratified by the goodness that God has bestowed upon them all, and genuinely content with the thrill and the promise of each passing day,” Mulroney said. Government offices closed Wednesday and flags around the nation flew at half-staff to honor the last president to serve from the so-called Greatest Generation. In lighter moments, Meacham joked about Bush’s famous malapropisms and the nasally voice made famous in the impersonation by actor Dana Carvey, who said it was inspired by “Mr. Rogers trying to be John Wayne.” George W. Bush acknowledged that his father was “not totally perfect ... His short game was lousy. He wasn’t exactly Fred Astaire on the dance floor. The man couldn’t stomach vegetables, especially
broccoli.” Although Trump has repeatedly criticized and mocked the Bushes, the family deliberately avoided using the funeral to make an overt political statement against him. Trump was excluded from Sen. John McCain’s memorial service at the same cathedral in September and not invited to Barbara Bush’s service earlier this year. But even though Trump’s name was not mentioned, many saw the eulogies and descriptions of Bush as, at best, unflattering comparisons to Trump and worst, subtle digs at his “America first” policies and bombastic personality. Since Bush’s death Friday at age 94 at his home in Houston, Trump has showered the family with condolences and tributes. On Tuesday afternoon, Trump and first lady Melania Trump exchanged embraces with the Bush family at Blair House, the president’s official guest quarters. Trump granted them use of Air Force One, as the plane is known when the president is aboard, for transporting the casket and the large family to and from Texas, where a second funeral will be held on Thursday. Bush, whose close friends and family sometimes called him “41” to mark his order in the presidential procession, helped plan details of the funeral, which like others was carefully choreographed years in advance. “41 didn’t like the idea at all of this whole week,” said Chris Begala, a member of Bush’s media team. “You’d be surprised how many times he would say, ‘Do you really think people will come?’” Begala said Bush had joked that he wished to set a record for the shortest presidential funeral ever. “That is not going to be granted,” he said.
Student ‘upset’ by early morning test threatened to kill his professor, cops say Madeleine Marr Miami Herald
MIAMI _ Rafael Decomas isn’t a morning person. The Florida Atlantic University student was arrested Wednesday after campus police say he threatened to kill his teacher on Twitter for scheduling an exam too early. According to an arrest report obtained by The Miami Herald, a Tweet
CAREER FROM PAGE 1 and the geography they choose. Students are more qualified for a variety of positions than they think. They have to reflect on what transferable skills they are bringing to an employer,” said Scism. “It’s not about the major they studied – most employers hire for skill sets, character, and experiences, not for major. It’s never too late to make an appointment with a Career Coach to come up with a plan, review your resume, and practice your interviewing skills.” Always preparing for the future is extremely important, and the key is to be confident in the
from the @Ashelaniqua, Cutie Claus handle posted about 1 a.m. last Tuesday, sounded ominous. It read: “Bey I gern f_-ing kill dis professor bey this is my confession to a premeditated murder.” After a brief online investigation, authorities were able track down the account to the 20-year-old Riviera Beach resident, who later admitted he was “upset” that his data structure professor had scheduled a final for 7 a.m. at the Boca Raton university. choices made. The Career Center provides services specifically to help students figure out their plan and help students gain confidence. Ask questions. Get all the information you can to become successful, and stay connected to your university. “We don’t know everything. I still don’t know everything, and the best thing I would say is to really ask questions. Utilize your resources now, and continue to develop those resources.” McLaurine said. “Also, stay connected to Indiana State. I know that we have a lot of first generation students here, and being a first generation
Decomas’ commute means he would have had to set his alarm for 5 a.m. “Decomas stated he did not intend to harm anyone and tweeted the post out of frustration,” the report said. “Decomas advised that he deleted the post soon after publishing it.” Palm Beach County jail records show Decomas was released on a $5,000 bond. Court records show he was charged with sending a written threat to kill or do bodily injury. student myself. When I thought of being connected to my University, I thought it was always going to be giving them money, but it’s not that way anymore. You can give back to your university in more ways than just money.” McLaurine also explained how important it is connect and make professional relationships with students. Being involved with undergraduate students and giving advice to build up your Alma Mater is an important task after graduation, and can ultimately benefit the professional and education lives of future students and graduates.
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CONGRATULATIONS DECEMBER 2018 GRADUATES! Did you know the ISU Career Center offers career support to alumni? Call, email,or visit us anytime. The ISU Career Center wishes you the best of luck in your future career pursuits. Best wishes to our graduates:
Walid El Mansour Emily Davis All graduates should complete the First Destination Survey ASAP by visiting the www.indstate.edu/career-center or
Congratulations! Best of luck to our 2018 winter graduates as they enter the next stage of their lives.
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Meet your fellow ISU Sycamores
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Name: Kris Zimmerman Birthday: January 6, 1998 Hometown: Ligonier, IN Major: Restaurant Management Plans after graduation: Open my own restaurant Favorite part of college: Alternative grade trips What you will miss most about Indiana State: Group discussions in class
Name: Isaac Deal Birthday: March 19, 1997 Hometown: Greencastle, IN Major: Political Science Plans after graduation: Run for office Favorite part of college: I ran for office while attending ISU, and I loved the American Democracy Projects on campus. What you will miss most about Indiana State: George’s Name: Andrew Fry Birthday: February 18, 1997 Hometown: Boswell, IN Major: Criminology Plans after graduation: Marriage and get a job in law enforcement Favorite part of college: Diversity in Professors What you will miss most about Indiana State: Freedom that comes with being a student
Name: Katheryn Henderson Birthday: January 1, 1996 Hometown: Columbus, IN Major: Health Sciences Plans after graduation: Marriage and work for a hospital Favorite part of college: Meeting new people What you will miss most about Indiana State: Atmosphere of college
African American Cultural Center kicks off Kwanzaa Chelsea Chapman Reporter
The African American Cultural center held an informational Kwanzaa celebration on Monday. The event featured student organizations teaching attendees what each part of Kwanzaa meant and how it ties into the celebration. There were voice performances of traditional Kwanzaa songs and Afro-Infusion, a dance group on campus held a performance. Namicia Mckinney, a graduate student studying social work, planned the Kwanzaa event herself. “I would describe [Kwanzaa] as an African American cultural celebration to bring information about African American culture,” said Mckinney, “as well as just to celebrate ourselves and who we are. I do celebrate Kwanzaa, I’ve been learning about it more and more, I haven’t been actively doing it at home, but I
have celebrated on social media to get the word out. Mckinney learned more about Kwanzaa while she was planning the event. “I learned what each symbol of the table meant,” said Mckinney. “I didn’t know that before I started planning the event. I knew the principles, but I didn’t know about the mats or the fruits or what those meanings were. The best part of the event was seeing it all come together at the end.” Mckinney appreciates that ISU holds events like this on campus. “I think it’s important that these events are held on campus because we can always learn something new,” said Mckinney. “We can learn about different cultures and be able to come together and speak about this. When somebody asks us what Kwanzaa is and what we know, we can say I do know what that is and I can teach you, let’s go learn about it.” Philipa Debrah-Pinamang, a junior
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studying chemistry pre-medicine, was part of the Afro-Infusion dance performance and has been a member of the group for a year and a half. “Afro-Infusion is a dance team under African Student Union,” said Debrah-Pinamang. “Really this is our first year getting out. We’ve participated in Sycamore Sessions and the Precision Showcase, so it’s really exciting that we’re getting out here more.” Debrah-Pinamang believes it’s very important to bring Afro-Infusion to ISU. “A lot of people don’t know a lot of African songs or African culture in general,” said Debrah-Pinamang. “My favorite part about this event was probably dancing, even though it made me really tired. We have been preparing our performance for this event for a couple of months, like since October.” Debrah-Pinamang has never celebrated Kwanzaa, but might plan on starting after learning about it at this event.
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The Moon Lite Drive-In Theater is hosting Christmas at the Drive-In, a free event for a good cause. On Dec. 14 and 15, the Moon Lite Drive-In Theater of Terre Haute will be hosting free Christmas movies including Polar Express and Christmas Vacation. Polar Express will begin at 5 p.m., followed by Christmas Vacation at 7 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday. Doors open at 3 p.m. on Friday and 2 p.m. on Saturday. Feel free to wear your pajamas, enjoy some hot cocoa, and visit Santa and Mrs. Claus. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be there from 3 to 5:30 p.m. both days. In addition to the fun events, there will also be a toy and food drive. “Please bless the children of CASA by donating a new, unwrapped toy, and help make their Christmas a little brighter,” said Brent Barnhart, Moon Lite Drive-In owner. “Also, we will be accepting food donantions to benefit United Campus Ministries, a student food pantry sesrving all our local col-
leges.” The Garrett Sands Kindness Project is hosting Christmas at the drive-in. “The event is collecting toys and food to be given to those in need in memory of Garrett,” said Jayna Jones Sullivan, Garrett’s mom and Garrett Sands Kindness Project Founder. “The Garrett Sands Kindness Project was created as a way to carry on acts of kindness in memory of my son Garrett after he was killed. At his Celebration of Life, we opened up for friends and family to talk about Garrett and for two solid hours, countless people told stories of how he helped them in some way, how he encouraged them, how he made them smile and feel better about life. The project was created to carry on his kindness,” said Sullivan. The Garrett Sands Kindness Project lives on through events like Christmas at the Drive-In by creating events that promote kindness, community, and charity. “This event is a festive way to bring the community together to celebrate the season. If people are able to donate a toy, this will
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“I would describe Kwanzaa as kind of like Christmas, but longer and more inclusive,” said Debrah-Pinamang. “My favorite thing that I learned tonight was Imani, which stood for faith. You have to have a lot of faith in life for everything uthat you do. It’s important to have events like this on campus because it gives everybody more information on things they may not know about, like Kwanzaa for example. I didn’t know that much about Kwanzaa until I came to this.” Wykhia Hoosier, a sophomore studying communication, liked learning about the Principles of Kwanzaa. “I would define Kwanzaa as an event to celebrate the culture of Africa,” said Hoosier. “I do not celebrate Kwanzaa, but I would like to after seeing this presentation. I learned that Kwanzaa has different principles and each principle has different meanings.”
The other morning was like a comedy of errors. I messed up an Uber order and had to pay the cancellation fee, then I got a yellow taxi and left my nice, new umbrella inside (and, of course, it absolutely poured later that day)! I arrived at my meeting, and my laptop was dead, so I had to present from memory without my slides. Damn, I thought to myself. I really need to get my sh*t together. On the way home, this led to a downward thought spiral that went something like: I’m disorganized, and it’s going to hold me back forever. Remember that time you lost that pearl earring too? You can’t be trusted with anything. My clients must think I’m an idiot — no charge on my laptop, really? I suck. Am I going to fail at life?! As someone who is very conscious of their self-talk, this flash-flurry of negative thoughts came as a bit of a shock and made me feel awful. And why wouldn’t it? Those comments are harsh as heck. After moping around for a couple of hours afterward, I had to pull myself together. So I thought, What
would I say to a friend who did this if it was their morning instead? I’d probably laugh. I’d say, “Hey, sh*t happens,” then tell her to get over it quick because, in life, you can’t avoid annoying fees, umbrellas are replaceable, and her clients probably found her totally impressive with or without her slideshow. It’s no secret that we’re harder on ourselves than we are on anyone else. But we don’t have to be — or at least not to the extent that we are some days. And if you can just reduce this constant criticism, your confidence can be transformed in an instant. In your next moment of self-condemnation, try this: 1. REPLACE YOURSELF WITH SOMEONE ELSE. The next time you make a mistake, picture a person you love making that mistake instead of you — your mom, your best friend, your spouse. How would you respond to their story? What would you say, exactly? How would you comfort them or even make them laugh? I bet your words would be 99 percent kinder than the words you’d use with yourself. Can you use some of the same gentle, wise, even humorous language before a mirror? Now… doesn’t that feel better?
2. SPEED-REVIEW THE LAST 12 MONTHS. In the heat of something going wrong, we don’t see ourselves clearly. Our ego takes over and, for a period, we blank on who really are: competent, whole, resourceful humans. Once you’ve calmed a bit, you can reflect, center yourself, and ask yourself these questions: How far have I come this year? What do I know now that I didn’t last December? What good stuff is going on for me right now? It’s more than you probably realize — I promise. 3. STOP OVERESTIMATING HOW MUCH PEOPLE THINK ABOUT YOU. The spotlight effect refers to the tendency to think that more people notice something about you than they do. This means that whatever you do (whether good or bad) is far more meaningful to you than to anyone else. Think about it — ever reread that awesome email you wrote? Or relived a funny joke you made at just the right moment? And the same goes for the opposite… ever ruminated over the gossipy remark you wish you hadn’t made or the social faux pas that ruined the office holiday party for you?
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Golden Globes nominations preview: 5 things to watch for, including ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ vs. ‘Roma’ Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Times (TNS)
At the Governors Awards three years ago, I was talking to “The Martian” screenwriter Drew Goddard about the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.’s placement of the space film in the comedy/ musical category. “These days, it’s almost impossible to classify a lot of things,” Goddard said. “I mean, I never would have considered ‘Birdman’ a comedy.” Ridley Scott, director of “The Martian,” ambled over. Told that his movie would be competing in the Globes’ comedy/musical category, he paused, took in the news and asked, “You mean we’re up against movies like ‘Ted’?” Yup. Scott responded with the only appropriate reaction when the subject is the Golden Globes: He laughed derisively and raised his hands, palms up, making the universal “what are you going to do?” gesture. And, yes, “The Martian,” won that Globe. (Oscar best picture winner “Birdman,” by the way, did not, losing to “The Grand Budapest Hotel” the year before.) Sporting separate categories for drama and com-
DRIVE-IN FROM PAGE 4 will brighten the day of the children and teens that might otherwise not get much of anything for Christmas. Donated food will go to those who need a helping hand,” said Sullivan. For students at Indiana State University, going to the drive-in is a great reward for finishing the se-
edy/musical, the Golden Globes nominations — to be announced Thursday in two rounds beginning at 8:15 a.m. Eastern — are often most interesting for the glimpses of awards season strategy. With that in mind, here are five questions worth raising this year. WHAT MOVIES WILL MAKE THE HFPA LAUGH? How about “Green Book,” the savvy crowd-pleaser that looks at America’s racial divisions with unyielding optimism? Or “Vice,” a Dick Cheney biopic that practically begs Americans to wake up and pay attention before the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride into town? These two “comedies,” along with “Crazy Rich Asians,” the musical “Mary Poppins Returns” and the pitch-black, profane and often tragic “The Favourite” are likely to make up the comedy/musical field, though it’d be nice to see the poignantly funny “Eighth Grade” somehow find its way in. (It’s quite possible it could knock out “Vice” as political movies often leave HFPA voters — which number 88 this year — cold.) WAIT. SO ‘A STAR IS
BORN’ ISN’T IN THE MUSICAL CATEGORY? Well, for all the singing, “A Star Is Born” isn’t really a musical in the strictest sense (the characters pour their hearts out on stage, but don’t spontaneously burst into song). The film’s awards season consultants asked the HFPA to place it in the drama category as there is a perception that many voters take such movies more seriously than their comedy/musical counterparts. It’s likely the right call. This decade, “The Artist” and “Birdman” are the only best picture Oscar winners to come from the Globes’ “lighter” category. And you could argue that there’s more drama in the interplay between Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in the onstage performance of “Shallow” than most movies have in their entire running time. (There might be more drama in the way Gaga sings the word “shallow” than most movies have in their running time.) HOW BIG WILL ‘POPPINS’ POP? Freshly certified by the American Film Institute as one of the 10 best movies of the year, Disney’s sequel “Mary Poppins Returns” doesn’t open until Dec. 19 but has been
winning the hearts of guild and academy voters at screenings the past few weeks. At this year’s Governors Awards — the motion picture academy event where honorary Oscars are bestowed and potential nominees work the room — several Oscar voters just had to tell me how much they loved the sequel to the beloved 1964 musical. (I humored them best I could.) Globes nominations for best picture comedy/ musical and for stars Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda are assured. But if Rob Marshall makes the cut for director — no separate categories here, just one grouping for drama and comedy — then get ready to hear plenty of talk about the film’s Oscar momentum. I’d still say to take it all with a grain of salt (or a spoonful of sugar, if you will), but “Mary Poppins Returns” has already soared higher than I would have guessed. DOES THIS MEAN ‘MARY POPPINS RETURNS’ WILL EARN MORE NOMINATIONS THAN ‘ROMA’? Possibly. In a strange quirk for a voting body composed of mostly international journalists, foreign-language films are ineligible for the Globes’
mester and great way to celebrate the conclusion of fianl exams. Students and the Terre Haute community are encouraged to bring friends and family to this event. “Everyone should attend. It will be wonderful night to spend time with friends and family under the stars and snow at the movies,” said Barnhart.
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close, if you can go a little easier on yourself, you’ll notice a significant shift in how life responds to you. It’s hard to shake or derail a self-compassionate person. As the old saying goes, you owe yourself the love you so freely give other people. Try shining some on yourself… and see what happens.
The thing you think you did wrong is often far bigger and more important to you than to anyone else — because everyone else is doing the same thing as you: spotlighting themselves. This can bring you tremendous solace! Chill — no one’s even thinking about you anyway. As the year comes to a
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main best picture categories. That means Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma,” arguably the most critically acclaimed movie of the year, qualifies only for the group’s foreign-language film category, though Cuarón and the movie’s actors can, of course, be nominated as well. Cuarón is a strong bet to be nominated for director and could be recognized in the screenplay category too, though it’s just one grouping, with no division between original and adapted. The wild card is newcomer Yalitza Aparicio, the Mexican unknown who carries “Roma” with her graceful, near-silent performance. A Globes nomination would give her — and the movie — a nice boost. WHAT NEW TV SHOWS WILL THE GLOBES LAUD? The HFPA loves nothing more than to be the first to anoint new television shows as worthy of awards. Last year, we’d barely met “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” before it won the Globe for best comedy series. And then it went on to win the Emmy over “Atlanta,” which I’m mentioning here again for no other reason than to call out the Television Academy for that mis-
guided choice. This year’s freshman class isn’t exactly stellar, however. The clear standout is Amazon Studios’ “Homecoming,” the podcast adaptation starring Julia Roberts as a therapist caseworker caught up in military-industrial complex secrecy and paranoia. HFPA voters will have their first crack at feting the terrific BBC America drama “Killing Eve” and righting another Emmy oversight by nominating both of its leads — Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer — and the series itself. (Only Oh made the cut with the Television Academy.) Ryan Murphy’s tender, flamboyant melodrama about New York’s 1980s house ball scene, “Pose,” might be another newcomer that finds favor, as could previous Golden Globe winners Jim Carrey (“Kidding”) and Michael Douglas (“The Kominsky Method”). The veteran actors are well-liked, even if their shows had a little trouble finding their footing. They’ll make for good company in the Beverly Hilton ballroom when the Globes are handed out on Jan. 6.
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Self-care is important the last few weeks of school Rachel Modi Columnist
It is study week, which is also known as dead week. This is the week all our professors decide to throw in another project, a number of papers, presentations and other assignments to add to the pressure of feeling more behind for finals next week. Halfway through study week means the most stressful week of the year is around the corner. I have already seen students pulling off all-nighters or staying at the library or the new Starbucks as long as they can. Attempting to get ahead and study for exams make dead week feel like finals is actually two weeks in one. Dead week genuinely makes students feel dead because of the sleepiness and busiest nights. However, let me share some tips and tricks that may help you get through dead week and fly through finals week. First, I think it is super important to create your own study guide for each class. This is when I miss life before college and realize I took my teachers’ study guides for granted. If a professor provides a study guide – because not all professors do provide one – take advantage of it and complete it. However, if professors do not provide a life-saving study guide to make your life easier, then make your own. A method that works for me is to create an outline of the material the exam is expected to be over. If that means add photos, diagrams, or anything else to help you, do it. Really make sure that you understand everything, so if you don’t, ask your professor for help, another student or utilize technology. Then print out the study guide, highlight the sections in different colors and make side notes to organize the information even more in your brain. The key is repetition. There are many options to go over your newly crafted study guide. For example, have someone take your outline and ask random questions or concepts on the study guide to you. You can either accomplish this with a partner or alone by covering the answers with another piece of paper or your hand. In addition, I have found the most effective method to remembering details and information relative to the test is to fully explain and teach
the material to another person, or say the whole answer out loud. This holds yourself accountable to know the information, rather than thinking it is all in your head, but when it comes to the test, you realize you really do not know all of it. Another important thing to remember is to keep up with a schedule. Create a paper schedule of the next week and a half of what you are going to accomplish each day. This means, do not attempt to complete the entire study guide, read it over or go over it with friends a day before the exam, so you do not stress yourself out. Divide and conquer. Even if it is the end of the week, you still have time to keep working hard and dividing your work up. I am sure you have heard this time and time again, but keep yourself healthy during dead and finals weeks. The last thing you want to feel is dead, because you are so sleep deprived, hungry and want the semester to end already. That means take care of yourself. Get enough sleep. Aim and prioritize for at least seven to eight hours of rested sleep. Make sure you are a eating a well-balanced meal and staying away from junk food. One of the biggest issues at ISU is the lack of convenient healthy options because of more convenient options such as Taco Bell and Burger King in the Commons. Go to the dining hall and get some fruits, healthy protein and vegetables. Try to stay away from processed food we unfortunately find in the Commons. Stay away from pop and keep drinking water. If you stay away from caffeine now, the caffeine will better affect you when you really need it next week. Lastly, take planned breaks. Do not consistently force yourself to work, but instead allow yourself scheduled times to take a timely break. Allow yourself to put the book down, get up and walk around to get your blood flowing. Do not stare at your phone or computer screen as your break, but instead get away from all for at least 10 to 20 minutes. We’re almost done with the semester. Pull through and finish off the semester off and then take the next month completely off. Rekindle your home friendships and spend time with your family, but most importantly allow yourself to be alone to recharge.
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Where’s Trump’s wall? Republicans refused to pay for it Jonathan Bernstein
Bloomberg News (TNS)
President Donald Trump has issued countless threats to shut down the government unless Congress approved money for the border wall. But Republicans in Congress are about to ignore him one more time by adding another two weeks to the shutdown clock. They’ll have until December 21 to resolve differences and pass the final set of spending bills that were delayed on October 1. After nearly two years in office, it’s now perfectly clear that this Congress won’t fund the wall and the next one – with the House led by Democrats – is even less inclined to do so. Trump’s chances at pushing through a signature campaign proposal have never been slimmer, a result of presidential weakness and internal conflicts among congressional Republicans. A big question remains unanswered: How would Donald Trump even force a government shutdown anyway? Well, there are actually three ways. The simplest one would just be if he vetoed a spending bill that didn’t include wall fund-
ing. But that one won’t work. A funding bill won’t reach Trump’s desk unless it clears both chambers of Congress, which means it needs the backing of the majority Republican leadership (or else it wouldn’t get a vote). And such a bill – one without wall funding – would lose some Republican votes, so it will need a lot of Democratic votes to pass. In other words, it would be a compromise both parties in Congress could live with and pass by large, veto-proof margins in both chambers. Trump could veto it, but Congress would override. The second way looks even easier for Trump, but wouldn’t work out well at all for him and Republicans. The House could try to pass a bill with wall funding and blame Democrats when it fails. But Republicans alone probably wouldn’t have the votes to pass it, since many conservatives would only back a budget that deeply cuts spending elsewhere. Republicans, once again, would need votes from Democrats, and most Democrats won’t vote for the wall. The only way this potentially works for Republicans, then, is the third option: Find the votes
to get a bill through the House that funds the wall without slashing spending, and then hope for a Democratic filibuster in the Senate. They can then blame Democrats for shutting down the government. But that one only works if they can get a bill out of the House that can get to a Senate majority; otherwise, the bill simply fails, there’s no filibuster blocking things, and Republicans are obviously responsible. For now, there are still only 51 Republicans, so they need all but one to stay on board if Democrats ban together. And it’s not at all clear that all 51 Republicans would be willing to vote for funding a border wall under any circumstances, much less that they’re willing to engage in a government shutdown fight over it. In fact, what’s much more likely is that most House and Senate Republicans have no interest in taking on this battle at all right now. After all, voters just rejected their party after an election in which the president’s closing argument centered on the border. And Trump’s clout with Congress is at an all-time low.
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Possible election fraud found in 2018 midterms Joe Lippard
Opinions Editor
Republicans, particularly Donald Trump and his ilk, like to claim that there are millions of people voting illegally. We hear accusations of rigged elections and election fraud from Republicans all the time. Florida governor and Republican Rick Scott accused Democrats of “trying to steal the election” from him, according to USA Today. He also filed lawsuits against two Florida counties for election fraud, according to ABC News. Scott conceded that he had no proof, saying that his lack of proof was why he had asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to investigate the Democrat party for election fraud. The FDLE declined to investigate, telling Politico, “Our staff has seen no evidence of criminal activity at the time.”
Donald Trump himself claimed that the reason he lost the popular vote in 2016 was because millions of illegal immigrants voted for Hillary Clinton, an accusation that even his own Advisory Commission on Vote Integrity found no evidence for. In fact, the Commission found “no evidence of widespread voter fraud,” according to the Washington Post. Not only did Trump claim with no proof that millions of illegal immigrants voted in 2016, he also threw a tantrum over Arizona’s midterm Senate elections. “Just out — in Arizona, SIGNATURES DON’T MATCH [sic]. Electoral corruption - Call for a new Election?” he tweeted. “We must protect our Democracy!” The claim had no merit, considering the votes were still being counted at the time he sent the Tweet. As of today, no evidence for
fraud has been found in any of these cases. That does not mean, however, that there has been no election fraud in the last election. In Virginia, Republican staffers for US Representative Scott Taylor volunteered to collect signatures in order to put independent Shaun Brown on the ballot. This was seen by Democrats as a move to get some Democratic voters to vote independent, which I agree was probably their motivation. The Virginian-Pilot, a local newspaper, investigated the signatures present on the petition, and were able to contact 115 of over 500 people listed on it. Of those 115, 59 of the people whose signatures appear on the petition, or people close to them, have confirmed that they never signed the petition. In fact, according to The Virginian-Pilot, four of the people who are on the petition are dead. According
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to the newspaper, this is illegal – forging signatures, or any information, on election documents is a felony. These Republican staffers could now face a $2,500 fine and 10 years in prison. But wait, there’s more. The Washington Post reported Monday that Leslie Dowless, a man working for a Republican consulting firm called Red Dome Group that was contracted by GOP candidate Mark Harris, had run an operation collecting absentee ballots from primarily black voters and updated the Harris campaign on the voting numbers. This is not legal, simply put. The whole situation has called the entire election into question, with state election officials even floating the possibility of throwing the results out and having a second election. Officials even acknowledge that absentee ballot numbers in the county where
Dowless allegedly operated were extremely abnormal. One official told the Washington Post, “At one point, Bladen [County] had 12 percent of its voters requesting absentee ballots. You know, that’s ridiculously high as a percentage. And so once we saw that, we knew immediately, like, okay, either they just became really enthused about the prospect of voting absentee or we have a massive effort underway. The numbers do look pretty odd in the county. For example, the Washington Post, who looked at state records, noted that the percentage of unreturned ballots from black voters in Bladen County this year was abnormal, sitting at 36 percent, while only 18 percent of ballots from white voters in the county remained unreturned. The Post
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WALL CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 Even if the leadership wanted the confrontation, Trump wouldn’t be able to help assemble a winning coalition. The two-week delay makes that obvious. As budget expert Stan Collender wrote, Republicans would push the spending bill through if they had the votes right now. If Republicans do choose to shut down the government on Dec. 21, Democrats will only have to wait 13 days until the new Congress convenes and they move into the House majority. Even if public opinion turns against the Democrats, which seems highly unlikely given that the wall is unpopular, the party surely could remain unified enough to drag things out that long and reap the increased leverage they would have beginning on Jan. 3. Especially since Democrats would be in the position of support-
ing any additional temporary measure to keep the government open while negotiations continued. In other words, if they want to try to use a shutdown to force Democrats to go along with funding Trump’s wall, every day they wait makes their position a little weaker. I have no idea whether Trump realizes that or not, but two other GOP leaders most certainly do: Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and outgoing Speaker Paul Ryan. So what appears to be happening now is that McConnell and Ryan are just ignoring Trump’s bluster, and moving ahead with the compromises they need to make to get out of town and finish off the necessary business of the expiring Congress. And Trump has had about the same success convincing a Republican-majority Congress to pay for his wall as he did getting Mexico to do it.
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Dowless lists of absentee voters’ information solely to contact those voters and goad them to vote for Harris. So now we know that Dowless was given the information he needed to contact and even track down these people. I would like to know where the Republicans’ outrage is on this, because all I hear is deafening silence. These actually seem like pretty clear cases of election fraud, yet I’ve not heard a single thing from any prominent GOP members on either case. But rest assured, the president is on the case if it looks like the Republican might lose. Luckily, we have other institutions that aren’t Congress or the president to make sure our elections are kept at least kind of legitimate.
also notes that Bladen County had the highest percent of absentee votes in the district, and it was, for some reason, the only county where absentee ballots were majority Republican. This is especially odd once you realize that only 19 percent of absentee voters in the county were Republican, while 41 percent were Democrat and 38 percent were unaffiliated. Yet somehow Republican Mark Harris won 61 percent of absentee votes, winning every unaffiliated vote, and even apparently turning some Democrats. What makes things worse is that Andy Yates, Harris’ campaign consultant who worked for the same company as Dowless, told the Washington Post that he had given
Sycamore Men, Women Picked Second in Valley Indoor Preseason Poll Andrew Hile
Athletic Media Relations
ST. LOUIS - The Indiana State Men’s and Women’s Track and Field teams have both been tabbed to finish second this indoor season by coaches in the Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Preseason Poll, the Valley announced Tuesday. The Illinois State men and women have both been picked to win the league after sweeping the indoor championships last season. On the women’s side, the Sycamores trail the Redbirds by seven votes while picking up one first place vote to Illinois State’s five. The men also picked up one first place vote to go along with 89 points, 10 behind Illinois State. 2018-19 will be a year of new faces for the Trees as 44 athletes on the team have never competed in a track and field meet for Indiana State (23 men, 21 women). Despite the youth, both the men and women bring back key returners from a year ago who hope to push them to the top of the Valley. With 23 athletes who are new to Sycamore track and field, youth will play a major role in the success of the season for the men. However, the ISU men do return three All-MVC performers from a year ago. In the field, sophomore Dearis Herron earned All-MVC honors in the triple jump at
Men’s MVC Preseason Poll 1.Illinois State - 75 (5) 2. Indiana State - 68 (1) 3. Northern Iowa - 67 (3) 4. Southern Illinois - 58 5. Bradley - 40 6. Drake - 39 7. Loyola - 31 8. Valparaiso - 18 9. Evansville - 9
Women’s MVC Preseason Poll 1. Illinois State - 99 (9) 2. Indiana State - 89 (1) 3. Northern Iowa - 76 4. Southern Illinois - 74 5. Missouri State - 61 6. Loyola - 48 7. Drake - 37 8. Bradley - 36 9. Valparaiso - 18 10. Evansville - 12 the indoor championships last season, taking third overall. He then followed that performance with a Valley runner-up finish in the triple jump at the outdoor championships. Also in the field, Sam Overton will look to lead the throwers after placing eighth in the weight throw at indoors a year ago and winning the MVC title in the javelin at the outdoor meet with the third-best mark in school history of 58.76m (192-09). Fresh off of his NCAA Championship appearance in cross country, senior Akis Medrano will look to lead the charge on the track. At the indoor championships in 2018, Medrano was the MVC
runner-up in the 5K, but he really caught fire outdoor when he was the Valley champion in the 10K and All-MVC in the 5K. Depth will play a key role for the blue and white on the women’s side as the team returns 15 All-Valley honorees from a year ago between the indoor and outdoor seasons. Among those returners is Erin Reese, who was honored as both the Indoor and Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year in the conference in 2018. Reese claimed the indoor crown in the weight throw with the second-best toss in school history of 21.06m (6901.25). During the outdoor
season, the redshirt senior won the hammer throw championship with a school-record throw of 65.16m (213-09). Fellow senior Cassuandra Roper will form a dynamic duo with Reese in the throws, as she also earned All-MVC honors last season. The Indianapolis, Ind.-native was the Missouri Valley runner-up in the shot put last indoor season and was the Valley champion in the shot put during the outdoor season. In addition to strong returners in the field, the women also return three of the top-10 hurdlers in the conference. Last season Ayanna Morgan, Allana Ince and Caitlyn Redmon placed fourth, fifth and sixth in the 60-meter hurdles, respectively. Morgan also ran the top time in Sycamore history last season, clocking an impressive time of 8.39. Ince and Redmon both appear on the top-10 list as well. Redshirt senior Brooke Moore will look to be the leader in the distance events after finishing fourth in the mile last season at the indoor championships and the MVC runner-up in the 1500-meter run at the outdoor championships. Indiana State will open their season on Saturday, Dec. 3, with the Indiana State Early Bird in the first indoor meet at the new Indoor Track and Field Facility.
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ISU Guard Tyreke Key (11) tries to move around Wright State’s Bill Wampler during the Sycamores game against the Raiders Monday night. ISU won 69-63.
Men’s basketball to take on Truman State Saturday Jordan Koegler Reporter
Marking its 124th season, Indiana State men’s basketball takes on Truman State Saturday Dec. 8 inside Hulman Center. Sycamores basketball team is currently 5-1, just one month into the season. The team has had victories over Green Bay, San Jose, Western Kentucky, McKendree and Wright State. As of Dec. 2 ISU has made it into the top 10 NCAA and this year the Sycamores basketball
team became the eighth NCAA Division 1 team to score at least 85 points in a road game and win by 29 points or more. The Trees have hit at least one 3-pointer in every game since Dec. 20, 2008 and continue to find success with making baskets from the top of the 3-point arch. Indiana State sophomore Clayton Hughes went 9 of 10 from the field in the road win over San Jose on Nov. 28. Marking the highest individual field goal percentage for a player with at least 10 attempts since 1965
when Joe Warfel hit 85.7 percentage shots. Sycamore junior Jordan Barnes averaged 24 points per game when ISU took on Wright State Saturday Dec.1 in Hulman Center. Barnes had made five of seven three-pointers in the game against Wright State, concluding with a 71.4 percentage. He has hit 176 3-pointers in his career, which is number four for the Sycamores’ all-time list, passing former player Eddie Bird. Greg Lansing, head coach for the Sycamores, is the sixth head coach in the history of the pro-
Sycamore women to compete against UIC Flames at home David Cruz Reporter
This Saturday, the Indiana State women’s basketball team will stay at home to compete against the University of Illinois at Chicago Flames. The Sycamores will be competing in their second home game of the season. Their first home game was a 64-59 defeat to the IUPUI Jaguars. Indiana State is currently 4-2 on the season and will travel to Champaign, Illinois Wednesday night to compete against the University of Illinois Fightin’ Illini.
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Junior guard Ashli O’Neal leads the team in points per game (16.3), assists per game (2.0), and steals per game (3.7). Senior forward Regan Wentland leads the team in rebounds per game and minutes per game with 7.5 rebounds per game and 33.7 minutes per game. Freshman center Lynn Tamis leads the team in blocks per game with 1.0. For the Flames, Brittany Byrd leads the team in scoring with 13.7 points per game. Byrd also leads the team in minutes with 31.7 minutes per game. Kara Wilson leads the team with 11 total steals on the season. Jada
Nneji leads the team in blocks with 5 total blocks on the season. Taylor Toney leads the team with 12 assists on the season. The Flames are currently 1-5 on the season so far and are on a five-game losing streak. They will travel to Evansville to compete against the 1-5 University of Evansville Wednesday night before they travel to Terre Haute to face off against the Sycamores. The Indiana State Sycamores will compete against the University of Chicago Flames Saturday at 4 P.M. The game can be watched on ESPN+ and it can be heard on the radio on WIBQ.
gram to record at least 100 victories at the wheel. He also owns the school record with five wins over nationally ranked teams. Lansing is in his ninth year as head coach for the Trees. With a record of 5-1 for the Sycamores and coming off a few recent wins, Indiana State will need to continue to find areas to improve when heading into Saturday’s game against Truman State. Truman State has a current record of 4-5. The team has seen the court a few more times than the Trees a month into the sea-
son. Top players for Truman State are Cade McKnight, Brock Thomas, and Taurin Hughes. McKnight is holding 103 points thus far into the season. Thomas, a junior starter, holds 40 baskets for Truman State one month into the season. Hughes, a senior crushing offensively on the court, had made a total of 95 baskets after only being a month into the season. The tipoff between Indiana State and Truman State is set to begin at 1 p.m. Saturday inside Hulman Center.
Conley wins State Farm MVC Good Neighbor Fall Award Andrew Hile
Athletic Media Relations
ISU cross country runner Jessi Conley has been named a fall recipient of the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Good Neighbor Award, the Valley announced Tuesday afternoon. Ten student-athletes have been named by Commissioner Doug Elgin as the honorees for the 2018-19 fall season. In order to be eligible for the award, the student-athlete must be in good academic standing, demonstrate good citizenship through good sportsmanship and significant community service, and participate in a sport,
during the season of recognition. The Valley recognizes 10 student-athletes three times annually (fall, winter, spring), for a total of 30 honorees. Institutions select their Good Neighbor Award honorees. Conley, a redshirt senior Terre Haute-native and physical education-exercise science major, is the current Student-Athlete Advisory Committee president, as well as a student-athlete mentor. Conley has also volunteered for a number of events and organizations including Special Olympics, Race for the Cure, March of Dimes, National Student-Athlete Day and the Nike Cross Country meet.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GRADUATING SENIORS!
Austin Gary Andrew Doran Trevor Leuck
From The Indiana Statesman and Sycamore Yearbook