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New year, new changes in the dining halls Alyssa Bosse Reporter
As students came back to campus for the spring semester there have been several changes to the Sycamore and Lincoln Dining halls. From now on, Sycamore Dining hall will be the continuous resident dining location. It is now open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Fri days. Brunch is also served from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekends. Lincoln Quad Dining hall is now open for brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and dinner from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The quads will be only open for brunch on Fridays. Resident District Manager for Sodexo, Dana Babel, explained some of the main reasons for adjusting the new hours for the dining halls. “Our goal is to provide the best service for the students at the best price and value,” said Babel. “Due to moving so many students out of Lincoln Quad, it no longer made sense to use it
as our continuous dining location. Also, the breakfast participation at Lincoln Quad had dropped so low, that the determination was made to close it for breakfast.” Babel further explained the resolution Sodexo came up with for the changes to hours in the Lincoln Quad Dining hall. “When we spoke with the 30 or so students who did come to breakfast regularly, we discovered that they really enjoyed the omelet station and breakfast foods,” said Babel. “We thought that by serving a daily brunch we could continue to offer some of the students’ favorite foods, and solve the problem of declining participation.” Along with new hours in the dining hall there are also new renovations happening inside Sycamore dining hall. “The main goal of the renovation is to expand the seating of the dining hall,” said Babel. “As the University grows, so does the need to add seats for the new students. Our current seating capacity is only 750, with the new facility we will have tables and
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Students help themselves to the salad bar in the Sycamore Towers dining hall in 2010.
chairs for 1000. It also allows complete renovation of the serving areas and kitchen space.” These renovations have affected the placement of some of the food in Sycamore dining. Currently the Pizza/Pasta and Plant forward lines are now in the Sycamore Smokehouse, the smokehouse is now in the middle-serving table upfront. The deli has been relocated to the former Plant For-
ward section. This allows the Pizza/Deli area access to begin renovations. As of right now there are no current plans for renovations to the Lincoln Quads, but Babel said “I think the University is developing long term plans for the Quads, and I’m excited to see what’s next. We hope that the students enjoy the longer dinner and late night options at Sycamore Dining Hall, and the new daily brunch at Lin-
coln Dining. This will give students a lot more options to use their credits.” Freshman Kaylee Rippeon, shared her thoughts about everything going on in the dining hall. “I think it’s a lot more convenient with the new dining hall hours in Sycamore Dining,” said Rippeon. “It allows me the freedom to go in early for breakfast before my first class and later in the evening when I need a study
break. I am looking forward to more seating being available. Last semester the seating was limited during lunch and dinner, when the dining hall was the busiest. Sometimes it was like I was fighting for a seat. I think having longer hours will also eliminate the seating problems since students won’t feel obligated to come to the dining hall during its old restricted hours.”
1979 basketball team met 2019 fans Saturday Lauren Rader Reporter
The 1979 Men’s basketball team came back to Indiana State University for the 40th anniversary celebration of their successful season. A banner was hung in their honor in the Hulman Memorial Center. The crowd at the Hulman Center was enormous with fans from present, past, and students. The first 100 students in attendance were given free jerseys. The line at the student doors stretched down the sidewalk and around the Hulman Center. Courtney Ferguson, a senior at Indiana State, will remember the experience as very special. “I waited in the freezing rain for an hour and a half to get in, along with the hundreds of other students! The wait was worth it though because we got to see the legend, Larry Bird,” Ferguson said. “The atmosphere in Hulman Center was unlike anything I’d ever experienced before.” This game was special to students and alumni because of its unique nature. Larry Bird, Carl Nicks, and many of the team members were introduced during each timeout called. Their history with the team and other information was presented to the arena during the game. Bob Ritter and his wife performed the national anthem at the beginning of the game. Indiana State Men’s Basketball team played Loyola Chicago at 2 p.m. and ended up losing 75-67. Even though ISU lost, the crowd was active and engaged in the game the entire time. They cheered at success and advocated for the players during the entire game. “It was very eye opening, because it was my first college basketball game,” ISU freshman Blake Wiseman said. “I got to sit right behind the goal with the rest
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Larry Bird shakes hands with Tyreke Key, ISU men’s basketball player, on Saturday Jan 19 at the 10th anniversary celebration of the 1979 ISU basketball team.
of the student section.” The players wore light blue jerseys and shoes to mirror the 1979 team. The game was meant to be a complete tribute to the team who won a championship title. The current players wore light blue jerseys and shoes to mirror the 1979 team’s attire. The game was meant to be a tribute
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to the team who defined an era of Indiana State basketball. This game was the first time since 2005 that the Hulman Center has been sold out. The student section was extended to provide as many students as possible with this once in a lifetime experience. There were videos shown from old games, pho-
tos from the ‘glory days’ of the team, and an appearances from the 1979 cheerleaders and sparkettes. It was a blast from the past that got everyone excited about the game and the players who won the championship. The first shot taken by Indiana State was a 3 point shot, and he crowd went wild. The excitement of the alumni and that day’s events were enough to get the crowd cheering. It was a sea of blue around the entire Hulman Center. The sycamore pride in the atmosphere could have been cut with a knife. School pride is everything to Indiana State University, and the playing of the school song gets everyone cheering and singing the school song. The Indiana State Sycamores played very well during their game. With Larry “the Legend” Bird watching the game, nothing but the best is expected. The players strive for excellence, and they work very hard to make those that came before them proud. Tyreke Key, a basketball player here at ISU, was named player of the game after the 2nd period. The whole team came to the court and did a small Q&A. At the end of the game, the school song was played and the whole student section threw toilet paper in the air. The team got up and met the student section. A once in a lifetime experience to shake Larry Bird’s hand was given to many students. Indiana State University will be forever grateful for this amazing opportunity to share a piece of history with current students. “During the game, people above and down in the student section threw toilet paper which was used back then to cheer. I had no idea what the representation was until someone told me,” Wiseman said. “It was a once in a lifetime experience.”
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Netflix joins MPAA in a sign of the streaming company’s film growth
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Los Angles Times (TNS)
In a coming-of-age moment for the movie industry’s biggest source of disruption, Netflix is joining the Motion Picture Assn. of America, the Washington lobbying arm of the traditional major Hollywood studios. The Los Gatos, Calif., streaming video company joins the ranks of film stalwarts Disney, Fox, Warner Bros., Universal, Sony and Paramount in an organization whose duties include advocating legislation, fighting piracy and assigning parental-guidance ratings to feature films, the group said Tuesday. The move comes as the MPAA is facing the realities of a fast-changing industry in which streaming plays an increasingly significant role. Netflix is spending billions of dollars a year to create TV shows and movies, and it has been willing to pay
top dollar for talent. The MPAA, led by former U.S. ambassador to France and Monaco Charles Rivkin, has been considering bringing Netflix into its ranks for months in an effort to adapt to the viewing habits of modern audiences. The group is poised to lose a member to industry consolidation early this year when Walt Disney Co. finalizes its $71.3-billion purchase of 21st Century Fox. Studios pay annual dues of about $15 million each to the nonprofit organization, so the loss of the 21st Century Fox film company would represent a serious financial hit. The addition of Netflix could further complicate the group’s work at a time when its members already disagree on significant issues, including how to shorten the traditional window between a movie’s theatrical release and its availability on home video.
However, Netflix has already shown a willingness to work with the MPAA on one of its priorities: battling piracy. Netflix, along with streaming competitor Amazon.com Inc., joined with the studios in 2017 to form a global anti-piracy alliance, which has waged several legal attacks on companies allegedly engaged in copyright theft. “Adding Netflix will allow us to even more effectively advocate for the global community of creative storytellers, and I look forward to seeing what we can all achieve together,” Rivkin said in a statement. Netflix’s induction arrives as the company basks in its 15 Oscar nominations, announced Tuesday. The company is the distributor of Alfonso Cuaron’s intimate cinematic drama “Roma,” which was nominated for 10 awards, including best picture. The mainstream recognition for the
Hulu will raise price of live TV packages, but lower the cost of basic streaming Wendy Lee
Los Angles Times (TNS)
Netflix isn’t the only streaming video company raising prices. Add Hulu to the list. Next month, Hulu will increase the cost of its services that include live TV channels. For example, a package that has access to Hulu and live TV would cost $44.99 a month, a $5 increase starting on Feb. 26. Access to Hulu with no ads plus its live TV service will jump $7 to $50.99 a month. In a statement announcing the price changes, Hulu said it added nearly a dozen live TV channels such as the CW and the Discovery Channel, improved the technology to support more devices on its platforms and well as offered many exclusive episodes and movies in the past year. In a statement announcing the price changes, Hulu said it added nearly a dozen channels with live shows such as the CW and the Discovery Channel, improved the technology in its live TV service and offered many exclusive episodes and movies
in the past year. Hulu hasn’t raised the prices on its live TV packages since it launched in 2017. “With more than 85,000 episodes of on-demand television — more than any other U.S. streaming service — as well as thousands of movies and more than 60 popular live television channels, Hulu makes it easy for TV fans to get the most complete television experience,” the company said. The price changes will go into effect on Feb. 26 for new subscribers and in the statement period after Feb. 26 for current customers. The price hike won’t affect people who subscribe solely to Hulu’s on-demand video service, which has original shows such as “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Subscribers to its most popular plan, Hulu with ads, will actually see their cost go down $2 to $5.99 a month, which could tempt more potential customers to give the service a try. The cost of Hulu without ads will remain $11.99 a month. Other streaming services have also been raising their
prices. Earlier this month, Netflix bumped the price of its most popular plan by $2 to $12.99 a month to help finance its plans to add more content to its library. Hulu has been gaining subscribers, reporting a 48 percent increase to more than 25 million last year compared with the year before. That amount included customers of its live TV and on-demand video streaming service. The company continues to make significant investments in content. Disney, which owns 30 percent of Hulu, recently attributed its $580-million loss in its last fiscal year primarily to Hulu’s “higher programming, labor and marketing costs.” But as companies raise prices, some industry observers say that may cause some cost-conscious customers to opt out. “There are some viewers that aren’t going to be able to maintain subscriptions for all the shows they would like to watch,” said Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University.
Correction: The story entitled “Throwback to the past: the 1979 basketball team” that appeared in the Jan. 17 issue of the Sttesman stated that the 1979 went on to win a championship. The team went to the final game of the NCAA championship that year but Michigan State won the championship. This story has been changed online at www.indianastatesman.com to include the correct information.
film, as well as Netflix’s Coen brothers western anthology “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” came despite resistance from major theater owners, which refused to show the films in their cinemas. Nonetheless, “Roma” has played on more than 900 screens worldwide, including multiple runs in 70mm, according to Netflix. AMC Theatres and Regal Entertainment said they will not include “Roma” in their best picture showcase events. Netflix is still viewed as a film industry outsider because of its unorthodox practices. Unlike the traditional studios, it does not release box office figures for its movies, to the chagrin of rival distributors. It has angered theaters with its release strategy for “Roma,” putting it in theaters a mere three weeks before making it available for streaming. For Netflix, though, that was a compromise because it usually allots no exclusive window for theaters.
White House acknowledges shutdown could freeze economic growth John T. Bennett CQ-Roll Call TNS
White House acknowledges shutdown could freeze economic growth In a downward shift, the White House acknowledged Wednesday the partial government shutdown could stifle economic growth. White House officials during the 33-day shutdown have tried to dismiss economists’ and congressional Democrats’ warnings that it could drag down the economy. But that changed a bit Wednesday, just as President Donald Trump gears up for a re-election campaign that he wants to focus, in part, on what he says is a roaring economy with low unemployment. If a quarter of the federal government remains closed through April, the U.S. economy could hit a zero growth rate, White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Kevin Hassett said. “If (the shutdown) extended for the whole quarter, and given the fact that the first quarter tends to be low because of residual seasonality, then you could end up with a number very close to zero in the first quarter,” Hassett told CNN. When asked if GDP growth could be zero in the current quarter, he replied: “Yes, we could.” But even with slower than anticipated growth, Hassett predicted “humongous” growth numbers in subsequent quarters of 2019, “if the government reopened.” White House chief economic
official Lawrence Kudlow has recently described the U.S. economy as “strong,” and predicted a 3 percent growth rate for the first quarter. Kudlow met with reporters Tuesday in the seldom-used White House briefing room, describing the state of the U.S. economy and its growth rate in recent months as “as good as anything we’ve seen for several decades.” He added he is “not at all concerned” about the partial government shutdown dragging it into a slowdown that some economists say already is underway. He also contended he understands the “hardship” that many furloughed federal workers are feeling as they will not get paychecks again Friday. The Senate scheduled votes on spending legislation that would end the shutdown for Thursday — beyond a midnight Tuesday deadline for those checks to go out. “You know, I don’t want to belittle it. No one likes the hardship that people are having to shoulder, including myself. I have young people on my staff who are concerned, so I get that,” Kudlow said. “I don’t want to dance away from that. But I will also say, we are predominantly not a government-run economy. We’re a free-market economy,” he added. “So when the government reopens — and I’m not here to negotiate — I’m not going to make a prediction, that’s up to the president — you will see an immediate snapback.”
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Uninsured rate under Trump surges to highest level since ‘Obamacare’ began Noam N. Levey
Los Angeles Times (TNS)
The percentage of American adults without health insurance surged upward in 2018, reaching levels not recorded since before President Donald Trump took office, according to a new national survey that revealed widespread coverage losses over the past two years. At the end of 2018, 13.7 percent of U.S. adults were uninsured, up from 10.9 percent at the end of 2016, when President Barack Obama was completing his second term. The new number represents the highest uninsured rate since the beginning of 2014, when the Affordable Care Act began providing billions of dollars in aid to help low- and middle-income Americans get covered, according to the survey by Gallup. The new report also indicates that some 7 million American adults have likely lost or dropped coverage since 2016. “After years of progress it is deeply troubling to see more Americans becoming uninsured,” said Chris Hansen, president of the advocacy arm of the American Cancer Society. “Research shows uninsured individuals
are more apt to skip cancer screenings, delay getting necessary care and ultimately are more likely to have their cancer diagnosed at a later stage when survival is less likely and costs are higher. … We urge the administration and Congress to reverse this alarming trend and work together to enact bipartisan measures to protect access to quality health care for all Americans.” The American Cancer Society is among scores of patient and consumer advocates, physician groups, hospital associations, and others working in health care who have issued increasingly dire warnings that Trump administration policies are jeopardizing Americans’ access to health care. Between 2013 and 2017, more than 20 million previously uninsured Americans gained coverage, fueled largely by the health care law popularly known as “Obamacare,” according to national survey data from the federal government and other sources. That brought the nation’s uninsured rate to the lowest levels ever recorded. Since taking office, however, Trump has repeatedly attacked the health care law and enthusiastically backed a 2017 effort by congressional Republicans to roll it back.
The repeal effort failed, but the administration took a series of other steps to loosen insurance rules and dial back support for insurance markets created by the 2010 law, including dramatically cutting funding for advertising and outreach efforts. Last year, Trump signed legislation eliminating the penalty on people who don’t have insurance. The law was enacted to make insurance markets sustainable. The marketplaces — a centerpiece of the Affordable Care Act — have primarily served low- and moderate-income Americans who don’t get health benefits through an employer or a government program such as Medicare or Medicaid. Enrollment in the Affordable Care Act markets dipped slightly this year for the second year in a row, with some 8.4 million Americans signing up for coverage on federally run insurance marketplaces. While cutting support for the markets, the Trump administration has also backed efforts by several conservative states to trim Medicaid, in part by imposing work requirements and making it more difficult for patients to get coverage through the government safety net program. Administration health officials have portrayed these moves as an effort to make government programs more efficient and to make health insurance more affordable.
Yet an increasing body of evidence indicates the policies are taking a toll on coverage. A recent study by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families found the number of children in the United States without health insurance increased last year for the first time in more than a decade. The new Gallup survey found the largest coverage losses in recent years have been among women, people living in households with annual incomes under $48,000, and young adults under age 35. More than 21 percent of adults under 35 now lack health insurance, according to the Gallup survey, up nearly 5 percentage points in just the last two years. The surging uninsured rate is now fueling growing calls from Democrats around the country for more aggressive steps to help people access coverage, including opening up the existing government Medicaid and Medicare programs to more Americans. State leaders, including California’s new Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, are also pushing new initiatives to expand coverage, in part to counter the Trump administration’s ongoing attacks on the 2010 health care law.
Florida commissioner at center of anti-Muslim storm Susannah Bryan Sun Sentinel (TNS)
A Hallandale Beach commissioner’s anti-Muslim rant was heard around the world. On Wednesday afternoon, two factions — one backing her right to free speech and another demanding a public apology and resignation — swarmed City Hall in dueling protests. As Police Chief Sonia Quinones promised, officers were out in force and working to keep the peace. Bomb-sniffing police dogs were seen outside City Hall several times checking the perimeter of the building. Commissioner Anabelle Lima-Taub, who is Jewish, kicked a hornet’s nest when she accused U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., of being an anti-Semite who might “blow up Capitol Hill.” Tlaib is a Palestinian-American and Muslim.
The Anti-Defamation League has joined several Muslim organizations in condemning the comments as Islamophobic and offensive. Commissioner Michele Lazarow plans to seek a public reprimand of her colleague at Wednesday’s meeting for promoting bigotry, fueling hatred and creating a hostile environment for the region’s Muslim community. Vice Mayor Sabrina Javellana and Commissioner Mike Butler say they plan to support the resolution to censure Lima-Taub. But in a strong show of support for Lima-Taub, more than 200 people from all over South Florida gathered outside City Hall on Wednesday. Nearby, women stood holding signs attacking Tlaib, who came under fire on the day she was sworn into Congress for vowing to help fellow Democrats go after President Donald Trump and “impeach the mother------.”
Aventura resident Peter Arak, an Israeli-American like Lima-Taub, said he came because he heard “all the Muslims” were planning to demonstrate against the commissioner. “Someone who talks against us or the United States, we will stand up to them,” he said. Pro-Muslim speakers showed up Wednesday afternoon and were quickly surrounded by reporters. A line of officers stood between the two groups in an attempt to keep them separated. Lima-Taub’s supporters chanted “USA, USA, USA!” and occasionally tried to drown out their opponents with loud boos. Miami resident Donna Nevel with Jews Against Anti-Muslim Racism said Lima-Taub’s “malicious lies” about Tlaib were bigoted, harmful and anti-Palestinian. “We are at a critical moment in this country,” she said. “A wide range of groups
… and leaders like Rep. Rashida Tlaib are joining together and working tirelessly for a society rooted in respect for all our communities.” In a Facebook post Saturday, Lima-Taub said she would not be silenced by her commission colleagues. Mayor Joy Adams has remained silent on the matter and declined to return calls from the South Florida Sun Sentinel. Five days after Tlaib was sworn into Congress, Lima-Taub signed an online petition seeking to remove her from office and posted the petition on her personal Facebook page. “Proudly signed,” Lima-Taub wrote in the Jan. 8 post. “A Hamas-loving anti-Semite has NO place in government! She is a danger and (I) would not put it past her to become a martyr and blow up Capitol Hill.” The post was taken down Jan. 14 soon after the Sun Sentinel began asking about it.
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Meet your fellow ISU Sycamores
Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019
Dossier by Cheyenne Fauquher Photos Courtesy of the students
Sophomore Name: Alex Denoyer Birthday: March 11, 1999 Hometown: Effingham, IL Major: Packaging Engineering Technology One thing you could change about the world: I want to eliminate poverty and poor living conditions worldwide. Bucket List: I think it would be cool to buy a bus and turn it into a place to live so I can travel the world.
Junior Name: Hannah Davis Birthday: April 10, 1998 Hometown: Indianapolis Major: Marketing One thing you could change about the world: I wish everyone could maintain a positive mindset, even on campus. Bucket List: I would like to travel to different countries. Senior Name: Robert Pawlak Birthday: April 23, 1997 Hometown: Crown Point, IN Major: Athletic Training One thing you could change about the world: I would like for everyone to have equal access to affordable healthcare. Bucket List: Backpack through Europe
Freshman Name: Jacob Girten Birthday: June 9, 2000 Hometown: Newburgh, IN Major: Social Studies Education One thing you could change about the world: I wish everyone were treated equal. Bucket List: Deep Sea Diving
Be the change on campus with the new student organization, Campus Voice Nicole Nunez Reporter
Being able to voice your opinions is often a privilege. A new organization at Indiana State University, Campus Voice, is striving to create a place for students to voice their opinions and concerns with ISU freely and openly. “Campus Voice is a new organization at Indiana State and we are here to voice the concerns of the students to faculty and staff of ISU,” said Bronze Bostick,
Campus Voice President and Founder. Students are encouraged to attend weekly meetings every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Science Building, room 0214. “We host student body meetings every Wednesday and we discuss those topics every week and then we brainstorm who we want to invite to our own personal city hall meetings,” said Bostick. Something unique about Campus Voice is that they act to create change. By consulting faculty and staff at ISU, they
make sure their opinions, ideas and concerns are heard and addressed. “With us, we will have ISU police or ISU dining hall or financial aid and we will have dialogue with that specific person or group of people,” said Bostick. “… We are the voice of the students. I feel like students may feel like ‘I am just one of a thousand’ or ‘I don’t really mean much’ or ‘I’m just a dollar sign’, but no you have a voice. You’re investing in your education, so why not get a return on that education and voice your opinions
and concerns with the university?” Campus Voice was created by a group of friends that felt there was a need for change at ISU. “We saw that a lot of people were unhappy,” said Bostick. The organization was approved Nov. 1, 2018. Being the Founder and President of a new organization is an important role and can determine the success and impact of the organization. “I am in charge of making the map of what we are going to do for the week or the month. I host
the meetings and get the PowerPoint’s ready. I reach out to students by handing out flyers and basically getting the word out there,” said Bostick. President Bronze Bostick is a senior at ISU and wants to finish her time here in a meaningful way. “My main goal is to make change before I graduate… to hopefully to make change here. I want students to be like ‘wow I have a voice and I can make an impact.’ I wish to uplift the spirits and minds of students here before I leave.”
Sundance Film Festival aims to continue pushing industry forward Mark Olsen
Los Angeles Times
As Hollywood continues to explore uncharted waters when it comes to representation in front of and behind the camera, the Sundance Film Festival remains at the forefront of the conversation. Among the 110 films screening at this year’s edition, which begins Thursday and runs through Feb. 3 in Park City, Utah, are the expected idiosyncratic star vehicles _ Jake Gyllenhaal in Dan Gilroy’s art world satire “Velvet Buzzsaw,” Shia LaBeouf’s semi-autobiographical “Honey Boy” from director Alma Har’el _ and crowdpleasers _ the Emma Thompson-Mindy Kaling comedy “Late Night,” directed by Nisha Ganatra and written by Kaling. But a deeper dive into who makes Sundance films is a reminder of how much stronger indie film is than the studio world when it comes to inclusion. Of the 61 directors credited on 56 films across the four main Sundance competition categories _ U.S. dramatic and documentary and world dramatic and documentary _ 42 percent are women; 39 percent, people of color; and 23 percent, people who identify as LGBTQ, according to statistics released by the festival. In the 16-film U.S. dramatic competition section, arguably the centerpiece of the festival, 53 percent of the directors are women; 41 percent, people of color; and 18 percent, LGBTQ. Lost sometimes in the emphasis on statistics such as those is
what they can practically mean with regards to portraying diverse perspectives on screen, changing what gets presented to audiences, and what can become seen as the new norm. “It’s not just about seeing representations of yourself, people that look like you on screen, it’s also about representations of your experience,” said Zora Howard, star of “Premature” who also co-wrote the screenplay with director Rashaad Ernesto Green. Premiering in Sundance’s adventurous section called Next, “Premature” is a romantic drama set in contemporary Harlem, where Green and Howard both live, and tells the story of a young woman (Howard) who has an unexpected fling with a slightly older musician (Joshua Boone) the summer before she is to leave for college. “We don’t just die, we don’t just experience trauma, we don’t just experience pain,” added Howard. “We experience triumphs and joy, and most of the time I would say it’s small, small triumphs, small joys, small love. “But those stories are still worthwhile to tell,” Howard added. “Everybody loves, everybody knows what that is. No matter where you’re from or what color your skin is, everybody knows that. So we have to have more of that on screen.” Among the other films shining a light on characters traditionally marginalized by Hollywood are Justin Chon’s “Ms. Purple,” largely set in L.A.’s Koreatown; Julius Onah’s “Luce,” following a star high school student who was adopted by white parents
as a child in war-torn Africa; Rhys Ernst’s “Adam,” which explores sexual identity; Lulu Wang’s “The Farewell,” starring Awkwafina as a New Yorker rediscovering her roots in China; and artist Rashid Johnson’s directorial debut, “Native Son,” a contemporary adaptation of Richard Wright’s novel by playwright Suzan-Lori Parks. Martha Stephens brought a distinct set of references to her latest directorial effort, “To the Stars,” which is premiering in U.S. Dramatic competition. The film’s story is about friendship and coming-of-age between two high school girls in 1960s Oklahoma, played by “Moonrise Kingdom” star Kara Hayward and “Novitiate” actress Liana Liberato. Stephens previously co-directed the film “Land Ho!” which premiered at Sundance in 2014 and went on to be distributed by Sony Pictures Classics and win a Spirit Award. Stephens was at Sundance with her producer Kristin Mann two years ago trying to set up another project when Shannon Bradley-Colleary’s script for “To the Stars” made its way to them. Stephens immediately saw the film as being in black-and-white, but something else about it also spoke to her. “There are films that I missed from my childhood that don’t seem to get made anymore,” said Stephens. “There’s been this resurgence of content that pays homage to Spielberg and Carpenter and Zemeckis and stuff like that. Sci-fi and horror. But where are the sincere adolescent stories that we had? I was
like, ‘Oh man, this could be my ‘My Girl’ meets my ‘Last Picture Show.’ And the combination of those two things is really appealing ... it just felt right.” At the end of last year’s festival, there was some grumbling in the media that because there were no clear-cut favorites from the program, that it was an off year. But multiple breakouts emerged at the box office, most notably the documentary trifecta of “Won’t You Be My Neighbor,” “RBG” and “Three Identical Strangers.” Several fiction films from the festival such as “Sorry To Bother You,” “Searching,” “Eighth Grade” and “Hereditary” also racked up positive press and strong box office on release. Heading into this year’s festival, there may actually be outsized expectations for the program’s commercial prospects. “I always think of every year as unique,” said Rena Ronson, partner and co-head of UTA Independent Film Group. “Some years may generate more box-office and critical success that other years, but what is consistent is there is always a gem or two that pops.” Another thing that can be dependably expected from Sundance is filmmaking with a social conscience and political will. This year, among the most highly anticipated films of the festival is “The Report,” written and directed by Scott Z. Burns and playing in the Premieres section. The fact-based film stars Adam Driver as Daniel Jones, a Senate staffer assigned to investigate the detention and interrogation program adapted by the
CIA after 9/11. Annette Bening also appears as Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Burns was a producer on the documentary “An Inconvenient Truth,” which came to Sundance looking for a distributor in 2006 and went on to win an Oscar in 2007. He likens “The Report” to political thrillers such as “Serpico,” “Silkwood” or “Erin Brockovich” for the way in which it is rooted in character as much as in political and social issues. Burns notes there is maybe one minute of overlap between his film and “Vice,” the current film about former Vice President Dick Cheney. “The movie is also about the process of government, and who we are, and the idea of holding people accountable, like at the moment we’re living through, right this second,” said Burns. “These are things that I think for a long time we’ve taken for granted. So I hope that people consider the movie an accurate historical document, but I also hope they find something in the current moment that the movie is bouncing off of.” Steven Soderbergh, a frequent collaborator with Burns, is among the producers of “The Report” and is also executive producer of the upcoming Starz series “Now Apocalypse,” created by Gregg Araki, which will debut as a special event at Sundance. The ever iconoclastic Soderbergh will be in Park City to premiere his new film “High Flying Bird,” soon to launch on Netflix, at the coinciding Slamdance Film Festival and receive
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Lady Gaga arrives at the 76th Annual Golden Globes at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019.
Lady Gaga and life with fibromyalgia Mari A. Schaefer
The Philidelphia Inquirer
The one thing that can really irritate Lady Gaga is people not believing that the pain from her fibromyalgia is real. “People need to be more compassionate,” she told Vogue in an interview. With a hit movie and soundtrack for “A Star Is Born” and the recent premiere of a two-year Las Vegas show, Enigma, it is hard to imagine that less than 18 months ago, Lady Gaga stepped away from a world tour to concentrate on her recovery from the chronic pain disorder. The music star opened up about her condition in September 2017 just before the release of her documentary “Gaga: Five Foot Two.”
“In our documentary the #chronicillness #chronicpain I deal w/ is #Fibromyalgia I wish to help raise awareness & connect people who have it,” she tweeted to fans. The star attributes her illness to both physical and emotional issues including post-traumatic stress from a sexual assault at age 19 and breaking her hip in 2013. Fibromyalgia has existed for centuries, according to the National Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain Association. But, it has often been misunderstood by both patients and medical-care workers. What is fibromyalgia? Fibromyalgia is one of the most common chronic pain conditions, according to the National Fibromyalgia Association. About 10 million people in the U.S. and an estimated 3 to 6
FILM CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 that festival’s Founders Award. With opportunities for filmmakers continuing to grow on the small screen, Araki shares writing credit on his 10-episode series with sex and relationship columnist Karley Sciortino. Though Araki has directed many episodes of televi-
percent of the world’s population suffer from the condition. While it can affect any age or race, about 75 to 90 percent of those with fibromyalgia are women, MedPageToday reported. The disease is considered a rheumatic condition, like arthritis, can impair the joints and/or soft tissues, and causes chronic pain and fatigue. But unlike arthritis, it does not cause damage or lead to inflammation. What are the symptoms? Most fibromyalgia patients report pain and fatigue as the primary symptoms. Others include: Concentration or memory problems, often called the “fibro fog.” Sleep disturbances. Morning stiffness, impaired coordination. Headaches or migraines.
sion, this is his first time creating his own show. Bringing it to Sundance feels like a homecoming, he says. “Sundance and I grew up together,” Araki said, noting that when his film “The Living End” played at the festival in 1992, the internet was barely in its infancy. An image from Araki’s 1995 film “The Doom Generation,” starring Rose McGowan, is being used by the festival this
Irritable bowel or bladder symptoms, painful menstrual periods. Sensitivity to temperatures, loud noises, or bright lights. Numbness or tingling of extremities, restless leg syndrome, Raynaud’s syndrome. Anxiety, depression. Skin sensitivities and rashes, dry eyes and mouth. What causes the disease? There is no single known cause of the disease, although there may be a genetic component. Researchers believe fibromyalgia may be the result of an injury, emotional distress, or viruses that change the way the brain perceives pain. Those with rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and spinal arthritis may be more likely to have the condition, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
year in their marketing materials, along with the slogan “Risk Independence.” As the festival has moved to embrace new storytelling forms and continued to emphasize inclusion in its programming, it is holding onto long-standing core values. “Things are changing so fast and that’s what’s so cool about premiering at Sundance,” Araki said. “It’s all part of the evolution of media and independent film,
What treatments are there? A multispecialty approach may be needed to treat the condition, including exercise, massage, movement therapies such as Pilates, chiropractic treatments, dietary changes, and acupuncture. There are three medications, duloxetine (Cymbalta), milnacipran (Savella), and pregabalin (Lyrica) that are approved by the FDA for the treatment of fibromyalgia. Lady Gaga has used warm heat, an electric heated blanket, infrared sauna, and Epsom baths to help her fibromyalgia. “It’s getting better every day,” she told Vogue. “Because now I have fantastic doctors who take care of me and are getting me show-ready.”
how storytelling is changing as well. The way that people are watching stories, the way people are consuming stories and Sundance is the intersection of all that. Independent film has sort of pushed media in a way, that Sundance sensibility is really responsible for a lot of how things have gotten.”
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Is abstinence unsafe? Erin Bradshaw Columnist
Many public schools strictly teach abstinence as a part of their “sex education”, but is this actually teaching adolescents safe sex? Abstinence is the choice to not have sex and is 100% effective in preventing pregnancy. This is great, unless you choose to involve yourself in sexual activities. Growing up, I had a brief sex education pretty much telling me the main STD’s and to refrain from sex. That was all I needed until I got to high school. Like all teenagers, I became curious and got involved with a boy. As we became intimate, I realized I knew absolutely nothing about sex, anatomy, or healthy relationships in general. The abstinence only programs only teach you to say no. What happens if you say yes? A report done in 2004 at the request of Representative Henry A. Waxman, found that 80% of the current curriculum for abstinence only programs were providing students misinformation in regards to contraceptives, abortion, and other vital facts pertaining to a healthy sex life (Hauser, 2005). Personally, I only recently learned at a class at Indiana State more in depth information about sexually transmitted diseases, healthy relationships, and sex in general. I think many schools are under the impression that the students’ legal guardians will inform them about the birds and the bees. Thus leading them to not do an adequate job in preparing the youth for what is to come. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think educators should be throwing condoms at their students and telling them to go have all the sex they want, but I do think they should know their options. Many peoples’ objections to teaching more than abstinence only programs is that it may encourage students to participate in pre-marital sex, even before they’re legal adults. One issue with this is that it insinuates a religious background. Most religions discourage pre-marital sex as a part of their morals or “rules”, but not everyone abides by a strict moral code such as this. Some argue that this thought interferes with separation of church and state. If you’re going to teach one perspective, you should also be teaching the other. Another valid objection to ab-
stinence only, is the percentage of adolescent childbearing. It is more common in the United States than in Great Britain, France, Canada, and other developed countries (Darroch, 2001). Because teenagers aren’t receiving the correct information, they’re more often careless and clueless when engaging in sexual behavior. This leads to higher rates of abortion among teens. The United States has the highest level of abortion rates among teenagers (Darroch, 2001). This brings up the rebuttal that it is possible if our youth were more informed, they would be less likely to have abortions or get pregnant in the first place. Besides basic misinformation, there is also not enough information on what to do as a young woman if you do need help. Schools don’t tell you how to get birth control or where the nearest Planned Parenthood is for health services. My parents felt that birth control was giving me permission to have sex, instead of realizing that it could be preventing pregnancy. I think of the young women that are possibly in my situation, or worse, with the same parental views. Young girls aren’t told that you can in fact get birth control without a parents’ permission. Planned Parenthood is a company that provides various contraceptives, health and wellness checks, STI and STD testing, as well as other things for little to no cost. I had no idea what Planned Parenthood even was till my sophomore year of high school. Knowing this could help so many young women with their health and their knowledge of sex. Sex education reformation should be one of the main focuses of our current administrator, Betsy DeVos. Along with sex education, being educated about what a healthy relationships look like is also important. As an administrator, you don’t know what a student’s home life is like. There are many students in need of being shown what a loving and caring relationship should be. About 94% of females fall victim to abuse between the ages of 16-19 (Love Is Respect). Showing girls and boys how to treat each other with kindness and respect is better than assuming they already know the correct way to act. This goes back to assuming that the legal guardians are teaching their children how to act, when in fact
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OPINION
Thursday, Jan. 23, 2019
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China built a big, beautiful wall, too. It failed Michael Schuman
Bloomberg News (TNS)
From the moment he launched his campaign for president, Donald Trump compared the barrier he wanted to build along the U.S. southern border to China’s Great Wall. With the U.S. government now shuttered by the standoff over funding Trump’s wall, both he and his Democratic opponents might want to take a closer look at the Chinese fortification — and why exactly it failed. The Great Wall visited by tourists today is the handiwork of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and was primarily constructed in the mid-to-late 16th century. The common perception is that the wall was conceived as a single, massive infrastructure project to protect China’s tumultuous northern border from foreign invaders. It was nothing of the sort. The Great Wall was built to a great degree by default, by a political system too paralyzed by infighting to come up with anything better. Border security had been a preoccupation of China’s imperial court from its earliest days. “Barbarians” from the northern steppe — whether Xiongnu, Turk, Jurchen, Mongol or other — routinely threatened the Middle Kingdom. Some, such as Genghis Khan’s Mongols in the 13th century, managed to overrun the entire empire. The long northern boundary ran through inhospitable terrain that made it difficult to defend. Chinese emperors had tried a
variety of methods to secure the border, from buying off the barbarians to mounting massive military expeditions against them. The problem would always return when a new batch of tribesmen appeared across the frontier. The Ming Dynasty compounded the usual difficulties of securing the border with a combination of arrogance, division and indecision. The Ming court was an especially raucous place where hostile factions were almost constantly at each other’s throats. The border issue often got dragged into these contests for palace power. Generally, the Ming, having reclaimed the empire from Genghis Khan’s descendants, leaned towards a tough line against their northern neighbors, often denying them the opportunity to trade with China. The Mongols were dependent on such trade for the grain and other supplies they needed to survive on the inhospitable steppe. So they were left little choice but to launch raids into China to plunder what they needed. The attacks both hardened opinion in China against the Mongol tribes and heightened the urgency for more border security. The fractured Ming court groped for a solution. Some officials advocated a more diplomatic approach that would restore trade and alleviate the pressure on the Mongols to raid. They were usually shouted down by more hawkish mandarins who thought such policies
smacked of appeasement. The latter argued that Mongol requests for trade relations were just a ploy by the untrustworthy barbarians to lull the Chinese into a vulnerable complacency. These hawks often favored military action to push the raiders away from the border. But, sending troops into the northern wastes to chase nomadic horsemen was costly, difficult to organize and widely unpopular. Proposals often got entangled in the arcane, personal intrigues between palace notables jockeying for imperial favor. That seemed to leave the court with one option: building defensive barriers to keep the barbarians out. “Unwilling to trade with the Mongols, and unable to defeat them militarily, by the middle of the sixteenth century the Ming had no policy choice left but … to attempt to exclude the nomads by building walls,” historian Arthur Waldron wrote in his exhaustive study “The Great Wall of China: From History to Myth.” The strategy proved effective in blunting Mongol raids — where walls were built. The problem was that the mobile horsemen could easily shift their assaults to undefended areas of the border. That’s exactly what a large Mongol force did in 1550 when it penetrated to the Beijing suburbs. The response of the court was to build more walls. The Great Wall was the result of this haphazard defense policy. The tragedy is that the Ming’s
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I’ve mediated my share of disputes. Here’s how to end the shutdown Joshua M. Javitis CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
Take it from a professional mediator: Both the president and Congress have engaged in bad bargaining practices. They have said and done things that create obstacles to reaching agreement on a Southern border “wall” and on ending the government shutdown. Of course, political considerations are diverting each side from making a reasonable compromise. But without compromise, each sides’ political standing will suffer. What’s gone wrong, and how can the process of resolving such disputes be made to work? As a labor-management negotiator and mediator in hundreds of disputes, I have some ideas. Here are 7 basic tenets of bargaining that are essential to the process have been totally ignored and violated:
Do not exercise leverage unilaterally before bargaining has run its course. Ultimatums at the outset of bargaining are no way to reach agreement. The president took unilateral action in shutting down the government after Congress refused to bow to his demand for $5.7 billion for a wall. In any negotiation likely to succeed, the assumption is that neither party will act unilaterally until bargaining is concluded. Shutting down the government while the border security “wall” issue is being discussed is one such a premature unilateral action that undermines the good faith necessary to reach an agreement. Do not take “final” positions at the start of a negotiation. Throwing down a gauntlet and declaring “it’s my way or the highway” at the outset of negotiations is counterproductive. Congressional leaders reacted to the president’s unhelpful action
by taking their own extreme position declaring “zero” appropriations for a border wall. $5.7 billion versus $0, “take it or leave it” bargaining is patently not in accord with good faith negotiations. It makes any compromise look like failure for both sides. The parties should articulate their “interests”(articulated reasons for wanting something) — as opposed to a hard “position” (demanding something) — which can provide the basis for dialogue and can build towards a solution. Do not go backward. Resolution is reached by closing the gap between the sides, not creating an even greater distance from the other side. The president had initially agreed to the Senate’s $1.6 billion compromise appropriation but, after apparently hearing from supporters, later retracted and insisted on $5.7 billion, a figure over three and a half times higher. Critics
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who insist from the sidelines that their principal take an extreme position may be expected to throw bombs, but if an agreement is to be reached, they must be disregarded. Expand the pie. $5.7 billion versus $0 is a win-lose proposition. Both parties have their feet stuck in cement. Adding elements to the debate would allow for tradeoffs that make face-saving possible. Introducing DACA, funds for asylum adjudications and other aspects of immigration reform could enable compromise and resolution. Seek incremental change. Even if the “wall” the president seeks was agreed to, it would take years to build — so the parties could compromise and come back for more (or less) in future appropriations years. In labor management bargaining, patience is a virtue. Getting a “foot in the door” is certainly
better than nothing, because it establishes a base on which to build in the future (but must be justified then). Find common ground and build from there. Both sides have expressed agreement with the virtue of “border security.” Some form of extension of existing hard barriers can surely be justified as legitimate by the Democratic leadership in the name of border security. The timing of expenditures and the type of barriers are areas ripe for compromise. Based on common goals, the parties can focus on how to get there. Once the details and complexity of a dispute are examined closely, both sides are often able to identify fixes that achieve their common goals. This is how the legislative process is supposed to work. “Regular order” in Congress begins with committee hearings
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indianastatesman.com CHINA CONT. FROM PAGE 6 big, beautiful wall failed to fulfill its sole mission: to protect China from invasion. The Ming were still tinkering with the massive structure when the dynasty collapsed in 1644. Amid the resulting chaos, a new steppe power, the Manchus, descended from the north, snatched Beijing and ruled as the Qing Dynasty. Maybe the Manchu conquest was beyond repulse. A China divided was bound to fall. But, the Ming clearly contributed to their own catastrophe. A court environment that prioritizing defeating one’s internal rivals over cooperating on policy stymied any hope of developing an effective solution to a serious problem. Emperors, coddled in lux-
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urious palaces and lacking any real knowledge of conditions along the border, preferred looking tough on foreigners to compromise. Resistance to mutually beneficial trade deepened the causes of instability along the border. Treating those others across the frontier as bandits to be thwarted rather than poor people in need doomed Ming policy to failure. Sound familiar? The ultimate lesson of the Great Wall of China is that a physical barrier, no matter how expensive and impressive, will fail if detached from a broader set of policies to alleviate the sources of insecurity along the border. The Ming never figured that out. Hopefully Washington’s mandarins will.
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SHUTDOWN FROM PAGE 6 getting to agreed facts, also a core precondition to effective negotiations. Out of such discussions a synthesis of reasonable ideas could have been formulated. The issues here are not as complicated as people want to make it. There is a way to work through it. Common sense and reason should prevail. Choose a key player to act as a mediator. Where parties are at an impasse, a third-party neutral is often useful to move the parties forward. Senate leadership got the initial funding bill passed. They, or a key swing group in Congress, could step in and at least reopen the federal government and initiate a broader discussion on the long-term issues. Sometimes the first deal is the
best deal. External events and subsequent repercussions are unpredictable. As things have devolved, returning to the initial compromise may be the best outcome for both sides. Numerous issues are on the 2019 legislative table, such as badly needed infrastructure repair and improvements, veteran benefits and health care reforms. This first example of bad bargaining practices on a border wall will hopefully instruct the parties to use more constructive approaches in the future to address the nation’s problems. Otherwise nothing will get done at great cost to the public’s health and security, to both political parties and to their ability to work effectively in the future.
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about sex education, or any other vital topics. I think reviving the sex education curriculum would not only benefit the current K-12 students, but those to come as well.
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Thursday, Jan. 23, 2019
Indiana State V. Loyola Chicago Jordan Koegler Reporter
Indiana State fell to a tough fight in Saturday’s game against Loyola Chicago inside Hulman Center with a final score 75-67. It was a sold out crowd with 10,200 fans packed inside Hulman Center. With continuing the season long #MarchWentMad recognition from the ISU 1979 men’s basketball team. The NCAA Division 1 Championship Game in 1979 former players Larry Bird, Carol Nicks and Coach Bill Hodges were honored throughout the game Saturday. Tyreke Key led the Sycamores with 19 points. Key dominated the second half of the game when 13 of his 19 points were scored during the second half. Key went 7-for-12 for the Sycamores during Saturday’s game. On the other side, Morgan Townes and Cameron Krutwig were leading scores for Loyola. Loyola had a 53 shooting percentage during the game, while ISU had a 50 shooting percentage. Going into the second half of the game the Sycamores were down by only three points, 56-53. Samantha Layung | Indiana Statesman With just seven minutes remaining in the game the The 1979 Mens Basketball team is celebrated when Ramblers Lucas Williams hit a three pointer that would ISU plays Loyola Chicago on Saturday Jan. 19. end the close the gap between the two teams.
The three pointer by Williams marked 14 points for him during the game. The Ramblers were able to put two more baskets on the board, leading by eight. Loyola remained in control for the rest of the game with one last basket and scoring all five free throw attempts within the last 43 seconds of the game. During the press conference Greg Lansing was asked about how he felt his team played, “I think we competed really well,” Lansing said. When asked about how he felt the other team played he said, “I thought UNI was outstanding in their execution,” Lansing said. As far as the rest of the season goes Lansing mentioned that the team has a lot of improving to do, but the team will be just fine. He also mentioned that the team has gotten consistently better, but are not fast enough. When Key was at the press conference he was asked what it meant to have Larry Bird in attendance for the game and he said, “It meant a lot to us. Really special to play in from of a crowd like that. I’d like to thank the fans for coming out,” Key said. Sycamores have a current record of 10-8 and are 2-4 in the MVC. ISU will be back in Hulman Center Wednesday Jan. 23 to host Valparaiso. The game time is set for 7p.m. ET and viewed on ESPN3.
Sycamores go for 12th straight win Andrew Hile
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The Indiana State Women’s Swimming team made it 12 straight wins on Friday evening as they dominated Eastern Illinois, while the divers performed well against some of the best in the Missouri Valley Conference at Southern Illinois. At Eastern Illinois, the women left no doubt that they would be leaving Charleston with a win, overpowering the Panthers by a score of 209-49. The Trees finished in first place in all 14 events on Saturday while Cierra Campbell, Martina Marks and Megan Schade all earned multiple victories in the individual events. Marks tallied the most titles with three, starting with the 200-yard butterfly where she claimed the top spot with a time of 2:07.72. She then went on to place first in the 100-yard freestyle, clocking a time of 53.70, holding off Sarah Lohman of Eastern Illinois by .15. The senior finished her night off with a win in the 200-yard individual medley at 2:10.30. Another set of impressive performances came from Campbell who won the 1000-yard freestyle with a lifetime-best time of 10:27.84 which was nearly 19 seconds in front of second place. The junior also finished atop the standings in the 500-yard freestyle, touching the wall at 5:14.24 for a sweep of the distance events. Iowa-native Megan Schade also earned a pair of victories for
the Sycamores, taking the crown in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:09.48 by fending off second place by just .36. Later in the evening she took home the win in the 100-yard butterfly, racing to a time of 1:00.08. Both ISU relay teams swam their way to victory on Friday as well. The 200-yard medley relay team of Kendall Hansen, Anna Maria Nasiou, Schade and Alex Malmborg clocked a winning time of 1:50.35, while the 200yard freestyle relay team composed of Marlene Pavlu Lewin, Joelle Borchers, Ashleigh Sinks and Campbell placed first at 1:40.19. At Southern Illinois Keara Shelton once again led the divers against top-notch competition, placing third in the three-meter dive with a score of 237.29 and fourth in the one-meter dive at 216.14 “We had some solid swims tonight,” Head Coach Josh Christensen said. “We’re still in the home stretch of training before we start to rest, so we’re feeling that a bit. We are definitely looking forward to racing at home and honoring our seniors next weekend.” “I’m very happy to see that the divers performed consistently today” Diving Coach Fengting Chen said. “It was a good opportunity for them to compete with one of the best teams in the conference before the MVC Championships. The blue and white will return home next Saturday, Jan. 26 for senior day as they host Southern Illinois and Ball State.
Sycamores lose to Loyola in nail-bitting game Patrick Walsh
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Tamara Lee scored 18 points behind a handful of 3-pointers but Indiana State’s rally fell short in a 56-54 loss at Loyola Chicago Sunday afternoon. The Sycamores (9-8, 3-3 Missouri Valley) had a chance to go to overtime for a second consecutive game as Regan Wentland inbounded the ball to Ty Battle with 0.4 seconds on the clock but Battle’s layup wouldn’t fall as the final horn sounded. Indiana State battled back from a 15-point deficit, drawing even on two different occasions in the final quarter but Loyola (9-7, 3-2) would never allow the Sycamores to take the lead. Credit a Rambler team that went 8-for-8 from the free throw line including a 6-for-6 effort in the final 19 seconds of play, all by Abby O’Connor, who tallied a team-leading 18 points. The Sycamores were forced to rally back from a large deficit
early on after shooting just 15.4 percent in the second quarter and taking a 28-16 deficit into halftime. “I was really disappointed with our first half,” Indiana State Head Coach Vicki Hall said. “We didn’t come ready to play. Then in the second quarter, when our shots weren’t falling even worse, we put our heads down and got ourselves in a big hole again.” “We need to play 40 minutes and we didn’t do that,” Hall added. Lee, who tied a career-high with a handful of 3-pointers, was responsible for nine of ISU’s 16 points in the first half and was nearly perfect (3-for-4) from beyond the arc in the first 20 minutes of play. She did [find her stroke early on],” Hall remarked. “She was hot. She cooled off in the second half then Alexis Delgado came in and hit a couple crucial 3’s and that is important.” Delgado finished the game with nine points, scoring sev-
en in the second half as Indiana State charged back into the game. Lee, whose two free throws with 1.9 seconds left on Friday send the Sycamores into overtime, was unable to play hero once again as she only converted one of three free throws with 15 seconds to go, a crucial two points that could have tied the game. Facing dwindling time and a deficit, the Sycamores were forced to foul in a game of possessions but the Ramblers kept the visitors at bay by not missing a free throw. Until this weekend, Sycamore opponents combined had the sixth-worst free throw percentage in the country but Loyola, ranking third nationally with a 79 percent success rate at the charity stripe, stayed true to form and even exceeded that number by failing to miss at the line. Indiana State now returns home to host Drake (Jan. 25) and Northern Iowa (Jan. 27) at Hulman Center next weekend.