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WZIS crowned the best station in the nation Payton Jarrett Reporter
Over this past weekend, WZIS has received six national awards, including the Abraham and Borst Award for Best Radio Station in the Nation. WZIS students and staff traveled to New York City to participate in the Intercollegiate Broadcasting Sys-tem Conference. This event was held to honor and celebrate the excellence of both college and high school media. Nearly 1,000 students were in attendance representing more than 100 schools from all across the country. For two years in a row, the station had been nominated for Best Radio Station. In previous years, WZIS had been recognized for Best Use of Twitter, Best News Station Promotion and Best Sports Pre/Post Game Show. WZIS were finalists for 11 national awards and took home six of them. They were first-prize recipients
of Best Sports Interview, Best Programming Director, Best Training Man-ual, Best Playlist and Best College Station with over 10,000 students. Chris Lopez, the winner of the Best Program Director, says, “We are growing at a fast pace here at WZIS and we have done such a great job in not letting anything get in our way.” The student-led radio station has gained its popularity through its diverse music choices, entertaining sports segments and talk shows, and for their ability to effectively spread the news of events and other im-portant information across campus. “We strive to make WZIS the best it can possibly be,” said Lopez. “We all care so much about WZIS and I am so happy that we can be recognized nationally for these awards because it proves that we are not play-ing around.” Staff at ISU’s radio station hopes that because they have received these awards, it will encourage the growth of student involvement within WZIS in the future.
Filmmakers help make a creative atmosphere for ISU Lauren Rader Reporter
Filmmaking is being embraced through a creative channel on Indiana State’s cam-pus. A group called the “Storytellers” gets together to discuss different filmmaking strate-gies, share ideas and ultimately have fun. This is the creative section branched off of Syc-amore Video, a part of ISU Student Media. Storytellers allows students to be creative with video projects and become exposed to a community of filmmakers. “I wanted to start a group that really broke down film and analyzed how to make short films seem more passions and expressive. My junior year, I met my friend Dazzmen Garrett who also was looking for the same thing and together we formed the group Story-tellers,” said Justice Yard, creator of Storytellers. “Unfortunately, it was his last year and he graduated already; so I decided to attempt to keep the group alive.” Yard is hoping that the group will carry on after he graduates. The group is not a registered organization on campus, but he is hoping that one day it will become regis-tered. To get a group registered at ISU, the organization must meet several university re-quirements. Yard is hoping that even with the small amount of members, the group can flour-ish. Meetings are every Friday at 2 p.m. in Dreiser, room 234. Every first Wednesday of the month, the group goes to the Public Library to meet with the Indiana Filmmakers Network and talk about different topics and ideas. Knowledge from professionals is shared to students and the community. “There is a lot of good that has come from this organization. It’s hard for me to pick one thing that’s been the best part of this experience,” Katie Higginbotham, a member of Storytellers, said. “I would say the connections that I have made have been one of the best things that have come from it. Making new friends and getting to meet other people who have the same goals that I do, because my main goal is filmmaking.” Students of this group will have a chance to make their own films and enter them into this year’s school film festival, the Sycamore Video Film Expo, April 23 at 7 p.m. There are many different categories students can enter and they have “woody awards” that look like mini Oscars. Storytellers helps students create projects and educates them about how to make a film. The group is determined to help students create movies and give them a network of professionals to learn from. Higginbotham said, “We always welcome more people. Please, come and join us!”
Student station manager, Corey Clark claims that the accomplishments of WZIS are founded upon its uni-ty with every participant. Clark said he believes that every person a part of the radio station has made valu-able contributions to their success. “We all want to be better,” said Clark. “We work at our craft every day, but the biggest reason is that we do this for each other. WZIS is a family, not like a family, but is a family. It never feels like work when we walk through the doors that enter the radio station.” Rich Green, general manager of WZIS, also credits the students’ dedication to the radio. “The passion that the students show for WZIS is paying off,” said Green. “Being recognized as one of the Best College Radio Station is something these students and this station will remember for a long time.” WZIS houses amazing talent from the students at ISU. Each year, they hope to become even better and grow in outstanding numbers.
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Chris Lopez, WZIS broadcaster, poses for a photo with a slice of cake at the celebratory party for WZIS’s award winning weekend.
Month of March dedicated to Disability Awareness Alyssa Bosse Reporter
Indiana State dedicates the Month of March to Disability Awareness month. Marking the 28th year Disability Awareness month has been recognized in Indiana and the second year Indiana State has designated March to Disability Awareness. The theme for this year’s disability awareness month is “Be cool, We are.” Dr. Elonda Ervin, Executive Director of multicultural services and programs explained the meaning of “Be cool, We are” “Be Cool, We are” encourages people to not identify people as what you see or who you see or what you don’t see, because if I am cool with who I
am, what I am and how I present then you should be too,” said Ervin. “You don’t define a person by attributes they may or may not have, see or assume it’s Be cool, We are.” Dr. Ervin explained that she does not want people to feel that people who are differently abled serve an inspiration because they accomplished something, because that is what people do is accomplish things. Indiana State is hosting multiple events to bring Disability Awarness. Two films will be featured: “STUMPED” showed on, March 6 and “Ill push you” will be showed April 3. Both will be showed begining at 6 p.m. in Cunningham Memorial Library Events Area. Guest Speaker Matt Glowacki, will be here to do a diversity talk. Framing
how people see others with disabilities on March 7 at 6 p.m. in University Hall Whitaker room 110G. Jennifer Reister will be another guest speaker focusing her talk over domestic within the disability community on April 13 at 6 p.m. in University Hall Whitaker room 110G. Two ISU Alumni’s Danny Wayne and Ryan Bailey will be doing a presentation over assistive technology on March 14 at 6 p.m. in University Hall Whitaker room 110G. All of these events are free and open to the public. “I want people to understand what the theme truly means,” said Ervin. “I wish more people would talk to people and listen to their story. The point of this month is for educational purposes and to create more awareness.”
NC teachers who carry guns in schools would get pay raises under new bill T. Keung Hui
The News & Observer (TNS)
There’s a new push to allow North Carolina teachers to carry guns in school that some state lawmakers think has a chance of being approved this year. The School Security Act of 2019, filed Wednesday, would boost the salaries of teachers who underwent specialized police training to carry firearms on campus. The same bill was filed last year and died in committee, but state Sen. Jerry Tillman, one of the new sponsors of Senate Bill 192, said that the climate has changed to give the legislation more support this year. “This is an idea whose time has come,” said Tillman, the Senate majority whip and a Republican from Randolph County. “With the heightened awareness of the Legislature, I believe this bill will see success.” The bill’s two other primary sponsors are Republican state Sens. Warren Hise and Ralph Daniel. Last week, the School Self-Defense Act was filed in the state House to
allow for armed teachers but would not pay them extra for taking on that responsibility. The bill had also been filed last year and died in committee. Mark Jewell, president of the North Carolina Association of Educators, said Wednesday that the group would continue to fight any efforts to arm teachers with guns. “It is a disaster waiting to happen,” Jewell said. “We continue to be opposed to arming our teachers with firearms. Arm us with the resources we need to teach our kids to be safe.” Interest in arming teachers increased statewide and nationally after the February 2018 mass school shooting in Parkland, Fla. But many teachers echo the NCAE’s view on the issue. Twenty-five percent of North Carolina teachers surveyed said “yes” or “maybe” to carrying a gun in their classroom if they were allowed to do so, according to an Elon University/ News & Observer/Charlotte Observer poll. But in that same 2018 survey, 78 percent of educators said it was a bad idea to arm teachers. Even if guns are limited to a small number of teachers
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who received specialized training, 69 percent in the survey were still opposed. But Tillman, a retired school administrator, said that as new security issues are reported at schools, the interest in arming teachers has gone up. The School Security Act would offer a 5 percent salary boost to up to 3,000 teachers who complete the state’s training programs and become “teacher resource officers.” These teacher resource officers would have the same arrest powers on campus as a school resource officer, who is a certified law enforcement officer assigned to work in schools. The bill would provide $9.3 million for the 2019-20 fiscal year to cover training and raises for teachers. Under Tillman’s bill it would be kept confidential which teachers are armed. He said that will make shooters think before walking into a classroom not knowing if they’ll encounter an armed teacher. “It’s a big deterrent to somebody going to shoot up a school,” Tillman said.
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Democrats delay vote on anti-Semitism resolution to include other types of bigotry Lindsey McPherson CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
House Democrats will not vote on an anti-Semitism resolution Wednesday as they are still refining the language of the measure, with multiple members saying it is likely to be broadened to reject other forms of religious bigotry such as Islamophobia. The resolution is Democratic leadership’s response to recent comments from Minnesota freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar that lawmakers in both parties have said play into anti-Semitic stereotypes. Some Democrats appear to be concerned, however, that the resolution only targets offenses stirred up by Omar’s comments and not other forms of religious bigotry, including attacks Omar herself has faced for being Muslim. The last-minute changes attempting to address those concerns left the vote’s exact timing up in the air. Leadership had initially hoped to bring the resolution to the floor Wednesday, but Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday evening would only commit to holding the vote sometime this week. “The language is being put together now, and you’ll see it when we have it finished,” the California Democrat told reporters, declining to specify what is being added to the resolution.
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The firestorm erupted over comments Rep. Ilhan Omar, D- Minn., made last week in a Washington, D.C., bookstore in which she accused supporters of Israel of “allegiance to a foreign country.”
A Democratic leadership aide said the vote will not take place Wednesday but could happen as soon as Thursday. Pelosi confirmed she spoke with Omar over the weekend, as the resolution was being drafted, but offered no details about their conversation. Members of House Democratic leadership leaving their weekly meeting Tuesday evening had
little to share about the evolving resolution. “I think they’re going to circulate a revised draft that talks about other forms of religious bigotry,” said California Rep. Ted Lieu, who co-chairs the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee. House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn of South Carolina said he wants the resolution to
be “anti-hate” to reject all forms of bigotry and prejudice. “Our party stands strong against anti-Semitism. Our party stands strong against racism,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin, who is the leadership representative for members who have served five terms or less. The Maryland Democrat noted he advocated addressing both in the resolution.
An initial draft of the resolution being circulated Monday did not name Omar specifically, but it did reject “the myth of dual loyalty,” a reference that seemed to rebuke her most recent comments about Israel that have caused consternation among her colleagues. “I want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it is OK to push for allegiance to a foreign country,” Omar said at an event last week. The draft resolution also referenced stereotypes about Jews and money like the anti-Semitic belief that Jews control the banks, media and the government. Omar last month had come under fire for accusing politicians of being influenced by donations from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobbying group. Omar declined to answer reporters’ questions Tuesday. However, she did retweet a few people on Twitter who were coming to her defense, one of whom used the hashtag #IStandWithIlhan. Outside progressive groups, such as Democracy for America and CREDO Action, issued statements Tuesday criticizing Democratic leaders for using the anti-Semitism resolution to attack Omar. “The Democratic Party is
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Teens involved in swastika party apologize as outrage grows Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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National parks, wilderness areas to expand under bill headed to president’s desk Paul Rogers
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In the largest land conservation bill passed by Congress in 10 years, vast areas of California’s desert are headed for new protections that would prohibit mining, roads and off-highway vehicles, and enlarge two national parks, Death Valley and Joshua Tree. The bill would designate 1.3 million acres of federal land across the American West as wilderness, the highest level of protection, establish four new national monuments, and set aside more than 600 miles of rivers from dams and other development. In a Congress that has spent years in bitter partisan division, the legislation was an unusual point of agreement, passing the House and Senate with large bipartisan support. If Trump signs the bill as expected — he has until March 16 to sign or veto it — it will represent a rare environmental accomplishment for his administration. For much of his presidency, Trump has worked to expand development of public lands and expand oil drilling. He has proposed new offshore drilling off California, Oregon, Washington, and the Atlantic Coast, and pushed for new drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. He has worked to remove protections on millions of acres for the sage grouse, gray wolf and other at-risk species, and has signaled the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement.
Whatever Trump’s feelings about California, the state is among the primary beneficiaries of the legislation. The bill establishes 375,000 acres of new wilderness — an area nearly 13 times the size of San Francisco — in the Mojave Desert, most of it on land owned by the federal Bureau of Land Management, where mining, oil exploration and road building will be permanently banned. “From desert tortoises to bighorn sheep, breathtaking wildflower blooms to iconic Joshua trees, the beauty of the California desert is unrivaled,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. “It’s a defining part of California’s landscape, and I’m proud of our work to ensure it remains that way for future generations to enjoy.” The legislation also enlarges Death Valley National Park by 35,929 acres and Joshua Tree National Park by 4,518 acres, a goal of Feinstein’s for years. It creates an 18,610-acre Alabama Hills National Scenic Area in the Alabama Hills of Inyo County, where over the last century, hundreds of Western TV shows and movies have been shot. And it adds 28 miles of the Amargosa River and the Whitewater River and Surprise Canyon areas of the Mojave Desert to protections under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, which blocks dams and development. In a compromise with offroad vehicle groups, the bill guarantees permanent access to 200,000 acres of Bureau of Land Management land in the desert where off-road vehicles are now
driving. “It’s very significant. This finds a nice balance between recreation and ecology,” said Peter Satin, director of land management at the Mojave Desert Land Trust in San Bernardino County. “You’ve got off-road vehicle access matched with expanded wilderness and national parks. The desert is a rich, multi-use landscape that can be enjoyed by everyone. It’s not an empty barren place. It’s full of value.” The bill is 662 pages long and contains more than 170 separate measures, drafted by Republicans and Democrats. There are wilderness protections in Utah, New Mexico and Oregon, along with new protections for hunters on federal land, and a provision to allow Native Alaskans who served in the Vietnam War to homestead up to 160 acres each in rural Alaska on BLM lands. The bill also creates new national monuments to honor the Civil War, at Mill Springs Battlefield in Nancy, Kentucky; civil rights leaders Medgar and Myrlie Evers in Jackson, Miss.; the victims of the 1928 St. Francis Dam Disaster in Los Angeles County near Santa Clarita; and Jurassic National Monument, 850 acres of BLM land in Southern Utah famous for discoveries of dinosaur bones. The bill passed 92-8 in the Senate. Those who followed it closely say the main draw, particularly for Republicans who in recent years have rarely supported new environmental laws, was a provision that permanently reauthorizes the nation’s most important parks funding law.
Teens who attended an Orange County party this weekend that included Nazi symbolism purportedly had this to say: “I want to express my deepest remorse and regret.” “I made a poor decision.” “We made a very big mistake.” “I am so sorry.” “My actions were disgusting, appalling, irresponsible.” The house party included cups shaped in the form of a swastika and a Nazi salute. A parent, who asked not to be identified, released handwritten letters of apology Monday about the same time a huge crowd gathered to denounce the anti-Semitism that had roiled the Newport Beach and Costa Mesa communities since images from the party went viral Sunday. “I am ashamed none of us stepped up to take down this sign, and we should have stepped up right then and there to say it’s not right,” his child wrote. In the letters, which were reviewed by The Times, some of the teens said they were not bigoted but admitted they caused great pain to the community. In Costa Mesa, the mother of two students who went to the party said she was “very upset” about their presence. Her anger and sadness, she said, stem from the fact that she and her family are Jewish. — What do we know about the party? At the house party in Costa Mesa, the high school students were playing a drinking game with red Solo cups and pingpong balls. At some point in the night, the plastic cups ended up in the shape of a swastika. It’s not clear how many people helped form the symbol, but a parent of one student who was at the party said that, as more cups were added and moved around, someone noted that it was starting to look like a swastika and completed the image. When it was done, a dozen or so teenagers crowded around the display and posed for photos, their arms raised in a Nazi salute. “German rage cage,” one partygoer captioned a photo, presumably referencing the popular drinking game Rage Cage, before posting it on Snapchat. “Ultimate rage,” another wrote. A parent who did not want to be identified said that on Sunday he invited a Holocaust scholar to his home to speak with nine stu-
dents who had attended the party. Some teens who had defended the behavior at the gathering did not accept invitations to his home, but the students who did go expressed remorse and decided to write apology letters. The parent released those letters Monday evening. — What has been the reaction? There has been widespread outrage over the conduct at the party. Many students said they were deeply upset by the events. Newport-Mesa Unified School District officials were working to discover who attended the party and had a role in the incident to determine a potential course of action. But because the party took place off-campus on a weekend, it’s unclear what disciplinary actions the district can take under the law. “While these actions did not occur on any school campus or school function, we condemn all acts of anti-Semitism and hate in all their forms,” Newport-Mesa Superintendent Fred Navarro said in a statement. But Jocelyn Navarro, a junior at Newport Harbor in Newport Beach, said Monday she wasn’t surprised when the photos surfaced online. At Newport Harbor, she said, students group themselves along racial lines: Latino students with other Latinos, whites with whites. It isn’t really intentional, she said. “White people stay together, Mexicans stay together. We naturally just do it because we know that’s the way it is,” she said. On Monday, Newport Harbor students poured out of school buildings wearing every shade of blue as an act of solidarity with the Jewish community. “I’m very glad that we are all making a statement that the vast majority of us believe that this is disgusting,” senior Sam Quattrociocchi said during lunch. “Some people at the party thought they were making an edgy joke, and they were completely wrong.” Fellow senior Timothy Shannon said, “Most people are trying to figure out ways to better ourselves out of it.” — How does this fit in the larger picture? The fallout from the Costa Mesa party comes as anti-Semitic incidents at schools and colleges are on the rise, nearly doubling in 2017 from 2016, according to the Anti-Defamation
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DEMOCRATS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 ed in its opposition to anti-Semitism. Full stop,” Democracy for America Chair Charles Chamberlain said. “At the same time, everyone paying attention knows that the particular resolution being pushed right now, not to hold Republicans accountable for the countless times they have stood silently as the president whitewashed neo-Nazis, but instead to tell a newly elected black, Muslim, refugee congresswoman to sit down and shut up.” Chamberlain added that if Democrats are serious about standing up to hate, they should do so with a resolution that “condemns anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, anti-black racism, xenophobia, as well as
TEENS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 League. In 2017, K-12 schools surpassed public areas as the places with the most reports of anti-Semitic incidents. The organization logged 457 anti-Semitic incidents in non-Jewish schools that year, up from 235 in 2016 and 114 in 2015, the ADL said. Jewish institutions
the disgusting physical and verbal threats that Rep. Omar herself has faced in recent weeks.” Heidi Hess, a co-director at CREDO Action, referenced those threats in her own statement. “Rep. Omar’s willingness to voice badly needed and substantive critiques about Israeli government policies and disturbing trends in American foreign policy has earned her public condemnation, slander, and even threats of physical violence,” Hess said. “Instead of throwing her under the bus, Democratic leadership should have Rep. Omar’s back in pushing back against increasingly dangerous attacks and threats from the far right.” Omar’s progressive freshman col-
and schools also saw incidents double, jumping from 170 in 2016 to 342 in 2017. Peter Levi, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League in Orange County, said he hadn’t seen evidence that the students who made Nazi salutes were Nazis or Nazi sympathizers but said their actions “normalize hate.” “They normalized swastikas. They
leagues, such as New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have also come to her defense. “One of the things that is hurtful about the extent to which reprimand is sought of Ilhan is that no one seeks this level of reprimand when members make statements about Latinx + other communities (during the shutdown, a GOP member yelled “Go back to Puerto Rico!” on the floor),” Ocasio-Cortez said in series of tweets. “It’s not my position to tell people how to feel, or that their hurt is invalid,” she added. “But incidents like these do beg the question: where are the resolutions against homophobic statements? For anti-blackness? For xenophobia? For a
normalized Nazi salutes,” he said. “And it’s not just them, it’s probably happening all over the place — they’re the ones who took pictures on social media and got caught.” Levi said he was “deeply concerned” by their actions and the increase of such actions among teens and youth as a whole.
member saying he’ll ‘send Obama home to Kenya?’” Republicans, meanwhile, feel like Democratic leaders aren’t doing enough to tamp down on Omar. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Minority Whip Steve Scalise both think Pelosi should remove Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee. “When we had a member on our side of the aisle, Steve King, that said something that we did not believe represented our party or our country, we quickly acted and we removed him from committee,” McCarthy. “This is the second time that Congresswoman Omar has said something and I haven’t seen any action from their side of the aisle.”
TEACHERS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “You need to stop them any way you can.” But Jewell said the answer is more support staff, not more guns. “We need to be armed with support specialists — counselors, nurses, school psychologists — all of those trained professionals who meet the social-emotional health needs of our students,” he said.
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Freshman Name: Austin Slater Birthday: June 25, 2000 Hometown: Terre Haute, IN Major: Sports Management If you could be an animal, what would you be: Koala Early Bird or Night Owl: Night Owl
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‘Captain Marvel’ could rescue the box office Ryan Faughnder
Lo Angeles Times (TNS)
Captain Marvel is many things to different people — an intergalactic protector, a feminist icon and, likely, for the local multiplex, a box office savior. Walt Disney Co.’s take on the comic book hero, “Captain Marvel,” starring Brie Larson in the title role, is expected to have a stellar debut at theaters this weekend, probably giving a big boost to what has been a sluggish box office so far this year. Movies have grossed a lackluster $1.5 billion in the U.S. and Canada in 2019 through March 3, down a steep 26 percent from the same period a year ago, according to measurement firm Comscore. The sobering slump comes after analysts predicted 2019 would set another annual record for Hollywood following last year’s high-water mark of $11.9 billion. But box-office disappointments, including “Alita: Battle Angel” and “The Lego Movie 2,” made last month the worst February for theatrical revenue since 2002. The expectation is that this weekend’s release of “Captain Marvel,” the 21st film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, should help ease worries among cinema owners. “We’ve been stuck in neu-
tral for two months,” said Paul Dergarabedian, chief analyst at Comscore. “Presumably, this is the movie that’s going to bring us out of the box office doldrums.” The more than $175-million production by Disney’s Marvel Studios is expected to gross $125 million Thursday evening through Sunday in the U.S. and Canada, according to people who have reviewed pre-release audience surveys. That would easily make “Captain Marvel” the biggest box office hit of the year so far, kicking off what analysts expect to be an unprecedented period of dominance by Disney, which will release “Avengers: Endgame,” “Toy Story 4,” a “Lion King” remake and a “Star Wars” movie this year. Anticipation for “Captain Marvel,” set in the 1990s, is remarkably high for a movie based on a character that few moviegoers know much about, other than the fact that she’s a Marvel hero. Nonetheless, “Captain Marvel” will probably top the openings of most of Marvel Studios’ previous character debuts, including “Guardians of the Galaxy” ($94 million) and “Doctor Strange” ($85 million). “The hype for ‘Captain Marvel’ is very real,” said Jeff Bock, a box office analyst with Exhibitor Relations. “You’re talking about
a superhero people have never heard of opening to more than $100 million. That’s nuts.” Larson’s protagonist, Carol Danvers, debuted in Marvel Comics pages in 1968, but has never received the big-screen treatment. The film draws from Kelly Sue DeConnick’s Marvel Comics series that launched in 2012, which revived the character as an Air Force fighter pilot who gains powers and becomes Captain Marvel. Analysts said much of “Captain Marvel’s” business will be driven by people’s desire to find out how the character ties in with the hugely popular “Avengers” films. “Captain Marvel” comes after last year’s “Avengers: Infinity War” left fans with a bruising cliffhanger that is set to be resolved when “Avengers: Endgame” hits theaters April 26. “Infinity War” collected more than $2 billion. The interweaving plots of Marvel’s films create a sense among fans that they have to see each new installment to get the most out of the franchise. “It’s a pretty good insurance policy against people maybe sitting out one or two of these movies,” Dergarabedian said. Some of the interest in the movie stems from the fact that “Captain Marvel” is the first
Brie Larson stars in “Captain Marvel.”
Marvel Studios picture to feature a solo female lead. Female superheroes are hardly a new phenomenon. Rival Warner Bros. and DC broke ground for representation and commercial success in 2017 with Patty Jenkins’ “Wonder Woman,” which grossed more than $820 million in worldwide receipts.
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But while Marvel has included female heroes Scarlet Witch, Black Widow and the Wasp in movies alongside male counterparts, the studio has been criticized for taking so long to put women in the spotlight. Marvel Studios President Kev-
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They’re young, they’re fun and they’re alcohol-free. The ‘sober curious’ movement takes off in Chicago. Nara Schoenberg
Chicago Tribune (TNS)
When Sammi Shay stopped drinking at age 25, her friends were puzzled. “You didn’t have a problem,” they would say. Shay hadn’t been drinking more than her peers or doing anything unusual under the influence of alcohol. Maybe she’d send a text she wouldn’t otherwise have sent, she said, or tell the same story twice. But while her friends could laugh off such gaffes, Shay, who is prone to anxiety, would often end up feeling panicky and ashamed. Drinking wasn’t working for her, so two years ago, she simply stopped. “It feels great,” said Shay, a graduate student who lives in Logan Square. “I have so much clarity, and I feel like when I connect with people, it’s honest and it’s real. And I have the confidence in myself that I’m always going to remember what I said, and that what I’m feeling in the moment is true.” Shay, now 27, is part of a growing group of “sober curious” Americans, many of them women influenced by health and
wellness concerns, who are experimenting with alcohol-free living. The sober curious often cut out alcohol entirely or drastically reduce consumption, but in contrast to those who enroll in traditional 12-step programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous, they don’t typically identify as addicts or insist on total, lifelong abstinence. The movement, marked by buzzwords such as “mindful drinking,” is difficult to track, but social events have begun popping up in New York and Chicago, where a year-old Sober Curious Meetup group for women in their 20s and early 30s has more than 200 members. “I’ve seen the trend really blossom over the past three years or so,” said journalist Ruby Warrington, author of the new book “Sober Curious: The Blissful Sleep, Greater Focus, Limitless Presence, and Deep Connection Awaiting Us All on the Other Side of Alcohol.” “It just feels like there’s been a really profound shift in the way people are thinking about drinking.” Chicagoan Hailey Shannon quit drinking almost three years ago during a period of self-improvement when she was tak-
ing classes in mindfulness and personal growth: “I was really just challenged to look at my drinking and my beliefs about drinking.” She began to suspect that she was using alcohol to numb her to emotions, and she didn’t like the way she sometimes blacked out, or lost periods of memory, during a night of social drinking. “I kind of woke up (one) Sunday morning, and I was like, ‘I can’t be a woman that I respect, has a career I respect, potentially a family, marriage, children, and keep drinking. It just isn’t going to work anymore,’” said Shannon, 26, who works in sales and business development at a technology consulting firm. When she took up yoga eight months after she stopped drinking, she teared up at every class. Without alcohol, she was finally able to slow down and be fully present, she said, and it felt great. What didn’t feel good was being alcohol-free in a culture that embraces alcohol as essential to bonding, celebrating and socializing, Shannon said. Friday nights were lonely because many of her friends were out drinking. But then, inspired by the sober community on Instagram, she decided
to start the Meetup she was looking for: one for sober curious women in their 20s and early 30s. About eight people came to the first meeting, and a core group of eight to 10 people emerged over time. No alcohol is allowed at the Chicago Meetups, but in the spirit of sober curiosity, the group welcomes drinkers who are seriously considering getting sober. The meetings are held once a month over dinner at Whole Foods in Lincoln Park. Members talk about sobriety, as well as general topics such as dating, jobs, books and restaurants. New members keep finding the group, Shannon said, and close friendships have formed. Addiction researcher Katie Witkiewitz said the sober curious movement is a great alternative to more traditional approaches to sobriety. “I think it’s really good for kind of stripping away some of these societal and AAbased perceptions that abstinence is the only way to go, versus just seeing how alcohol is fitting into your life,” said Witkiewitz, a professor of psychology at the
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Kip Moore isn’t chasing anything, but commercial success is pretty cool for the country singer Dan Hyman
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It’s been some time now since Kip Moore had a smash single on country radio. But then again, commercial success never really mattered all that much to him. “I’m never chasing anything,” said the Georgia-raised singer, whose sound was always a bit more Southern rock than traditional country and who at heart considers himself a classic singer-songwriter. “We live in a plastic generation,” the 38-year old added. “Everybody is just trying to latch on: whenever something is popular everyone is just trying to do that. But I’ve always just trusted my gut. It’s nice knowing that I’ve never sold out at any point in my career and I’ve stayed authentic in my feelings and my artistry.” Calling from his adopted hometown of Nashville, Moore said he’s never felt more fulfilled than he does at this moment in the near-decade since he broke out with his sole Number One single, and arguably his most country-pop song to date, 2011’s “Somethin’ ‘Bout A Truck.” That’s because the singer is set to kick off the second leg of his wildly successful “Room to Spare Acoustic Tour” at the Copernicus Center on Thursday behind last year’s unplugged album of the same name. “And I’ll tell ya, I go out onstage every night and I’m so relaxed,” Moore explained of an acoustic show that sees him playing songs across his entire discography albeit in a stripped-down fashion. “I’m playing these songs the way they originated and there’s such a peace in that for me. It’s the same way it felt when I was making and creating these songs. There’s no lights and no bells and whistles. It’s all about the music.” It helps, Moore admitted, that his fanbase is along for the ride. The musicians said so dedicated are his fans that following his least successful album to date, 2015’s “Wild Ones,” which arrived in the wake of his more pop-friendly debut, 2012’s “Up All Night,” rather than see his audience dwindle his listenership only became more rabid. To be a Kip Moore fan then suddenly became a marker of your having a certain refinement in your country-music taste.
MARVEL CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 in Feige acknowledged that female leads in his films have been overdue after entire trilogies focusing on white male characters Iron Man and Thor. But the studio’s lineup has become more inclusive in recent years. “[A]s diverse as the comics have always been, and for as progressive as I really believe Stan Lee and the entire Marvel bullpen was in the ’60s, when you go back and look at the characters they created, there were a lot of white guys,” Feige told The Times. “But now, 21 movies in, we get to pull in the deeper bench, and it does seem like perfect timing.” “Captain Marvel” will be, by far, the biggest theatrical debut for Larson, who made a name for herself in such indie dramas as
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Kip Moore during Summerfest Music Festival at Henry Maier Festival Park on July, 7 2018, in Milwaukee, Wis.
“There’s a big difference between a smoke-and-mirrors fanbase that’s predicated solely on how well you’re doing commercially at that moment and a fanbase like mine that’s truly there for the music,” Moore offered by way of explanation. “Nothing else.” To that end, for the three years leading up to “Room To Spare,” Moore had been inviting 150 fans every night to attend a V.I.P. acoustic gig before each of his gigs if only to present some of his more lyrically heavy songs in their original form. “And in these pre-show acoustic sets, first of all, it’s always sold out, and I could tell the fans were really craving that kind of thing. I’d been seeing that for so many years. And every time I’d
“Room” and “Short Term 12” — both roles in which she played a strong female lead character. But rather than solely focus on the films’ feminist overtones, Disney’s marketing campaign has tapped into the retro vibe of the movie, which is peppered with references to bygone fixtures, including Blockbuster Video and the search engine AltaVista. The studio on Monday re-created the defunct Tower Records on the Sunset Strip for an event featuring performances by alt-rockers Bush and female-fronted group L7, and a Q&A session with Larson and costars Samuel L. Jackson and Lashana Lynch that was streamed live on Twitter. The film’s official promotional website featured a purposefully dated design resembling an old GeoCities page. Marvel
do it one of the questions I’d always get from the crowd was, “When are you going to make an acoustic record?”” Last year, following the release of “Slowheart,” his third LP and most critically acclaimed album yet, Moore decided it was time to convince his record label to green light an acoustic LP. They did, and the singer now said he couldn’t be more thrilled he did. “Because it gives me a whole different feel when I play acoustic,” he said. “As an artist you have to know whether your music is going to translate acoustically. Is there going to be a maturity to the melodies and the lyrics? I’ve always felt like my records lent themselves to acoustic versions of the songs. A lot of these songs have a lot of meat on the bone. I’d just been itching to play them this way. “The thing about an acoustic show is you have nothing to hide behind,” he added before noting how several “Slowheart” songs including “Sunburn” and “Bittersweet Company,” carry more emotional weight when played acoustic. “Your song is completely exposed,” Moore continued. “And if your song is a turd everybody is gonna know it. Your songs have to stand up. I love that.” So energized is Moore from his acoustic endeavor that he’s nearly finished with his next LP. “I think this is hands down the best thing I’ve ever done,” he said. “It’s the most stretching of my legs musically. This is hands-down the most musically interesting, the most lyrically interesting and melodically interesting project that I’ve done to date.” And as he prepares to kick off his next round of acoustic shows, Moore admitted he feels nothing if not supremely pleased for where he sits in life. Having a tried-and-true fanbase like his, he noted, is reason alone to be feeling proud. “Through all the ebbs and flows of commercial success the question you ask is are [the fans] showing up? Have you created something real and something tangible? Can you touch it? Can you feel it? I have that kind of fanbase. They’re going to be with me for 20-30 years from now. It’s not a fleeting thing. There’s something to hang your hat on with that. And I’ve been able to rest my head on my pillow at night knowing I’ve built something that’s true and lasting. That’s what feels so special.”
social media pages posted Magic Eye optical illusion posters for the film. Critics’ reviews have been mostly positive, though not as effusive as for “Black Panther,” which earned a best picture Oscar nomination. A vocal subset of superhero movie enthusiasts has spewed social media vitriol at the movie, flooding sites like Rotten Tomatoes with comments dismissing it as an exercise in social justice, despite the fact that it is likely to be a commercial boon for the studio. Fandango-owned Rotten Tomatoes last week stopped allowing users to post audience reviews prior to a film’s release, in part to thwart such trolling. Some groups have embraced the movie’s girl-power themes for social causes. Nonprofit organizations Girls Inc. of Greater Los Angeles and We Have Stories, for ex-
ample, launched a #CaptainMarvelChallenge crowdfunding campaign that raised more than $60,000 for programs supporting underprivileged girls across Los Angeles. To support the effort, theater chain Cinepolis USA donated 570 tickets to enable local girls to see the movie for free at its Pico Rivera location. Buses will take Los Angeles girls ranging from third grade through high school to the theater for Friday evening screenings, said Diamond Moseley, development manager for Girls Inc. of Greater Los Angeles. “For me, the hope is they get to see a film that highlights their strength and highlights their capacity to be whatever they want to be,” Moseley said.
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The Pad Project Tessa Shepard Columnist
A new non-profit organization, The Pad Project, based out of California, presented a documentary called, Period End of Sentence. This short documentary explains the experiences of young Indian women with their natural periods who will more than likely drop out of school because changing their rags often is seen as a distraction to everyone else. They also have to travel far to wash the rags and often times men and boys would stand around and watch, making this uncomfortable for the women. The motto of The Pad Project is, “A period should end a sentence not a girl’s education.” This motto is beautifully, because so much more is achieved when a young woman is educated and empowerment is gained. The Pad Project states that young women in Indian use anything they can get their hands on for menstruation protection including, “dirty rags, leaves and ashes.” Thus, many young women have no choice but to drop out of school because she is too “distracting” when on her period. Could you imagine living in a world where you have to use dirty rags as a hygiene product? Many women get infections when they are on their periods and you can see why. With less than 10% of Indian women using pads, because of the how much of a financial burden it may be on a family in a developing country, others may not have options. In this documentary, we see and are told the stories of women who experience this as a reality and were asked basic questions like, “What is a period?” The answers can be confusing to many because the idea of a period is a shameful thought and the majority of women are not able to gain access to healthy ways to keep themselves clean and protected during this time of the month. When young girls were asked about periods they all would nervously giggle to their friends or if alone they would get silent and a look of fear would come across their face as if to silently ask the interviewers, “Please don’t make me talk about this
out loud.” When an older woman was asked, “What happens to the body during a period?” she answered with complete honesty stating that that is “something only God knows.” This was what led the documentary into that fact that when women are on their periods, they are not allowed to enter a Temple because they are considered “dirty” and “prayers are never heard during menstruation.” This was shocking that the whole religion is so ignorant on the fact that not even God “wants them there”. When the interviewers asked boys “what is a period?” they were completely lost and asked if they meant a class period. The interviewers changed the question and asked, “Do you know what menstruation is?” The boys answered that it is an illness that only affects girls. The fact that no one is educated on this is not a surprise to the village because menstruation is such a large taboo in many parts of India that countless people are too shy to talk about it. This was not right with a man named Muruganatham, the exact man that made “affordable biodegradable pads from locally sourced materials,” according to the The Pad Project. Once he invented the machine and located material he showed women, not men but women in a town how to make pads. This was the first time many of these women had a job and made money form themselves. Once sold and demonstrations are shown many women and girls buy them and from there the empowerment begins. Not only is this machine helping girls stay in school, but it is helping women make their own money and in turn are able to empower themselves by buying things for the men in their family. This movement may have started out as a way to help girls stay in school, but I believe that it has begun a feminist revolution in Indian. I encourage you to not only go to the website and learn more and donate but I strongly encourage you to go on Netflix and watch the documentary Period End of Sentence. This movement is strong and by empowering women, all other things seen as “impossible” for women to do may be a myth in the future. The Pad Project was a simple idea and now they are raising money for more villages and towns can get their own machine and empower their women one pad at a time.
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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at a press conference before Indian-Russian talks at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 5, 2018.
Relations between countries Erin Bradshaw Columnist
The Partition of India began in 1947. This resulted in India splitting into two countries: Pakistan and India. The main cause attributed to this was difference of religion. At this time, the British had recently given India their independence, and before their departure, turmoil arose between Muslim, Sikh, and Hindu groups. These two religious groups pinned themselves against each other. Friends became foes, many were murdered, and families were forced to relocate themselves. Over one million people were killed as a result of this massive uproot. Many of these attacks were aimed at women. Culturally, women were seen as symbols of honor, not actual human beings. Many were slaughtered, raped, and abducted. Post-Partition, the government attempted to return the women to their respective countries although somewhat failed because the women were often not accepted back into their homes. After the attacks settled, both countries were at a standstill with each other, until now. On Feb. 14, a Pakistani militant suicide bomber rammed his car filled with explosives into a bus carrying Indian citizens. More than 40 people were killed from this incident. This
occurred in the state of Kashmir. Certain parts of Kashmir are owned by India, Pakistan, and China. Because India is predominately a Hindu nation, and Kashmir is Muslim, there has been much turmoil between countries. In retaliation, that following Tuesday, India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, made the decision to launch an air strike on a militant camp in Pakistan. The next morning, Pakistani fighter jets dropped bombs on Indian territory. During the Indian air strike, an Indian pilot was shot down and captured. Unlike previous captures, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, decided to release the pilot on the terms that there would be talks of peace in the future between the countries. However, Modi has not made any efforts to talk about peace. Instead, he says, “Now the real one has to be done; it was practice earlier” (New York Times). The man, who initially started the brink of a war, was Adil Ahmad Dar who identified with a Pakistani terrorist group called Jaish-e-Muhammad. According to family, events from his childhood led him to develop hatred for India, leading him to join this group. Although unlikely for a nuclear war to begin, there is still a possibility. Many citizens in these countries wish to declare war. They are tired of a constant standstill and believe it is necessary for issues to be resolved either by nuclear or standard war. India has 70 nuclear warheads and Pakistan has 110 in their possession. If a nuclear war were to occur, it could have detri-
mental effects on not only these countries, but also the rest of the world. Upon the explosions, the particles will make it to the troposphere and potentially the stratosphere, which could cause the temperature to rise (Jhaveri). Puncturing the ozone layer can cause higher risk of cancers, struggle for photosynthesis, and danger to aquatic life. In recent years, threats of nuclear war have been prominent, specifically from North Korea. Threats have died down from that region, but are now popping up in west Asia, near the India and Pakistan regions. The United States has yet to be involved with the situation. President Trump is currently negotiating deals with the leader of North Korea, but has given no comment towards this issue. The United States does have an ambassador in India, but not Pakistan, making it difficult to promote peace between two countries on America’s end. Previously, President Bill Clinton decided to get involved and help resolved issues between these two countries. However, the Trump Administration is dealing with multiple countries like Venezuela and North Korea, giving them limited room to be involved in other countries’ issues. President Trump has also decreased aid for both these countries, however the United States has maintained a better relationship with India compared to Pakistan. While some argue that President Trump should take care of Americans first, others believe situations like this also involve America. Providing sup-
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Unpacking the Democrats’ jam-packed primary David Winston
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Congressional infighting. Internal clashes over policy. Primary threats. A candidate field the size of a small village and a set of party rules that may or may not yield a fair process. The Democrats’ 2020 presidential primary season has officially begun. It may end up a three-ring circus of unhappy losers and their equally unhappy supporters or an equitable winnowing of one the biggest fields of presidential candidates in modern history. Whether the process works and is seen as fair to all will be crucial to ensuring a party unified behind its eventual nominee. That’s where it gets complicated for the Democrats. They begin their presidential primary season with less than ideal atmospherics. The Mueller report has yet to deliver. The economy is doing well, while congressional Democrats are becoming more and more publicly divided over both personalities and policies. The Green New Deal, “Medicare-for-all,” the Amazon fiasco, reparations for slavery and support for Israel demonstrate serious policy fractures within the party, whose traditional leaders, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelo-
si, are faced with near ideological revolt from its progressive wing, led by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Meanwhile, newly elected, more centrist Democrats from purple or even red districts have shown some surprising independence in their first two months, apparently not intimidated by Pelosi’s reputation when it comes to controlling her caucus. And then, of course, there is the “Squad,” as they call themselves. Reps. AOC, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar are threatening Democratic colleagues with primary challenges, sending anti-Semitic tweets and making profane statements that grab headlines and eyeballs — while their leadership fumes. What are presidential candidates, especially those in Congress, to do as they try to straddle this growing divide and round up support in an increasingly crowded field? It’s a dilemma that has driven many of the early candidates to embrace the progressives’ radical agenda, an impulsive decision they may come to regret. Then there’s the elephant in the room — impeachment. The Democratic base and a significant number of their House majority want nothing less than the impeachment of Donald Trump, who they see as an illegitimate and corrupt pres-
ident. Frog-marching Trump out of the White House keeps hope alive for their base. But impeachment, as Republicans learned the hard way in 1998, is a risky business when it comes to general elections. For Maxine Waters and other Trump antagonists to continue to push for what is, at this point, a clearly partisan effort based on their dislike of him personally is a bad idea Democrats may also live to regret. Beyond party infighting, with the presidential primary getting underway, the most interesting factor is the growing number of Democratic candidates and how the nominating and debate rules for the 2020 election, both new and old, will impact the field. Last August, the DNC changed its nominating rules to lessen the impact of the so-called superdelegates, which the Sanders campaign complained had rigged the 2016 nomination for Hillary Clinton. The bitterness from that hard-fought campaign still remains. So, this go-round, the superdelegates, elected and party officials, big donors and other luminaries, won’t be allowed to vote on the first ballot at the DNC’s nominating convention. If the convention deadlocks, they will regain their voting
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rights, and who wins in what could be a brokered convention is anybody’s guess at this point. If that happens, post-convention unity may be at serious risk. This rule is complicated by the DNC’s decision to leave its 15 percent rule in place, which means that to earn a delegate, a presidential candidate must receive at least 15 percent of the vote in the state or congressional district. Winning a presidential nomination has always been a game of numbers. When you have a handful of candidates, getting over that 15 percent hurdle isn’t much of a problem for viable candidates in a relatively open field. But Democrats are likely to have around 20 candidates vying for votes. According to the RealClearPolitics national average, only two potential candidates find themselves in the enviable position of qualifying for delegates today — former Vice President Joe Biden, who gets 29 percent, and Bernie Sanders, who is just shy of 20 percent. Senator Kamala Harris is next at 11.8 percent, while the rest of the pack all come in under 10 percent. Obviously, these numbers will vary as state surveys emerge. The percentages we see in polls
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indianastatesman.com SOBER CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 University of New Mexico. “If we think of any other health behavior — exercise or eating fried food — we wouldn’t take such a righteous tact. We would look at the behavior: Is it something that I want? Is it making me feel good, or is it making me feel bad?” Witkiewitz said asking such questions is part of a mindfulness-based treatment she helped develop at the University of Washington. In a 2014 study published in JAMA Psychiatry, she and her co-authors found that the University of Washington’s mindfulness-based treatment was more effective in preventing relapse in drug and alcohol abusers than a traditional AAstyle approach. Among those who joined Shannon’s Meetup is Shay, who said she had tried joining AA, just to make sober friends, but didn’t feel comfortable there because
SOBER CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 today won’t hold, in all likelihood, but the very size of the field is going to require some strategic wizardry and some math nerds to plot a path to victory. Republicans, who allow states to set their limits with a top of 20 percent, saw this scenario play out as one candidate, Trump, was able to win states with a solid base but not a majority, especially early on. The sheer number of Democratic candidates also poses a challenge for the presidential primary debate process, which the DNC has also changed for 2020. DNC Chairman Tom Perez has made it clear that the party doesn’t want a repeat of the 2016 Republican nominating process, which was chaotic, to put it politely. In announcing the debate rules for a candidate’s inclusion, Perez outlined how the six Democratic debates in 2019 and the six scheduled in 2020 would be very different from the multi-candidate Republican debates in 2016. Perez said the rules changes would result in debates that were more transparent and more substantive and would give the party’s grassroots more say in who makes it to the stage. With the first debates in June on NBC and July on CNN, candidates must have earned at least 1 percent or more on three polls (national or one of four early states) between Jan. 1 of this year and two weeks
COUNTRIES CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 port and help from the United States to these countries during this time could prevent a war. This war involves the United States because it has a possibility to be nucle-
Thursday, March 7, 2019 • Page 7 she doesn’t consider herself an alcoholic. The sober curious Meetup helped her gain confidence in her decision to forgo alcohol, she said. Today she can turn down drinks with ease and dance sober at weddings. She has nondrinking friends she can text if she wants to go see a movie or hang out and watch TV. Her anxiety has improved tremendously. “It’s been like night and day,” she said. When alcohol was removed from the equation, she had the space and the vulnerability to start getting to know herself again: What did she really like to do? What qualities did she value in others? What qualities did she value in herself? Addressing those questions helped her work through a lot of her anxiety, she said. “My sleep cycle is so consistent and so good now, and the way I feel,” she said of life without alcohol. “My skin’s better. There’s just been this long-term positive response.” before a debate. But to get the grassroots involved, candidates can also participate in a debate if they have had donations from 65,000 unique donors or 200 unique donors in 20 states. If the number of candidates who qualify is still too large to be manageable, the debates will be held on back-to-back nights, with each night’s debaters picked randomly, with a maximum of 20 debaters across both nights. Will these changes be enough to avoid the Republicans’ debate performance in 2016, which produced plenty of sound bites good and bad but very little substantive discussions of issues? It remains to be seen. Debates are crucial, and good debate performances can change electoral outcomes. In 2012, Newt Gingrich’s strong debate performance helped him win the South Carolina Republican primary. But when eight or 10 debaters are vying for limited time, good intentions aside, sound bites are likely to overwhelm substantive policy. The Democratic Party has some serious differences that need resolving, and a hotly contested presidential primary process isn’t generally the ideal environment for accommodation. It should be a serious discussion of issues that showcases ideas and leadership. Whether this process delivers a viable candidate for the Democrats remains to be seen. ar. Efforts should be somewhat made to involve the United States or other countries to arrange agreements between India and Pakistan. At the bare minimum, there should be an ambassador placed in Pakistan to ensure both countries have an equal playing field.
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Tyreke Key defends against Valpo during their home game January 23rd, 2019.
ISU vs Valpo: win or go home Garrett Short Reporter
Backed against a wall, the Indiana State men’s basketball team is in an eat or be eaten situation this weekend in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. The team kicks off post-season play Thursday at 7 p.m. against the ninth seeded Valparaiso Crusaders. ISU has already gotten the best of Valpo twice this season. The Sycamores came away with a 7053 at the end of January. They followed that up with an 87-82 overtime road win against the Crusaders to sweep the regular
season series. ISU will be looking for their third and finale win over Valpo this season. The team has been balancing practice with giving players some rest. Head Coach Greg Lansing knows that his players are going to have to be as close to 100 percent as possible to handle what the Crusaders are going to throw their way Thursday. “We’ve beat them twice. It’s really hard to beat a team three times but that’s our job, that’s our task and that’s what we have to do,” Lansing said. “I think we have been trending the right way.” The Sycamores have shown
signs of life this season, but the inconsistent play have marred their seeding sitting in the eighth spot. Their flashes have been bright, shown in their four conference wins by 15 points or more. But ISU has not won backto-back games since Dec. 22 and 23. The matchup with Valparaiso has ISU in a good position. The Crusaders have been the coldest team in the conference as they are riding a three-game losing streak, the longest active streak in the MVC. Valpo has not scored more than 65 points since Feb. 16. Valpo was right in the midst of the MVC race a month ago.
They were 6-5 in conference play until they hit a snag, losing six of their last seven games. They were knocking on the door of victory a few times, losing four of the games by two possessions or less. Their issue has simply been finishing out games. Tyreke Key has been the key piece in both of ISU’s wins over the Crusaders in 2019. He has averaged 27 points against Valpo which helped contribute to his scoring title. But depending on Key to put up Herculean numbers in just his second MVC Tournament game is added pressure. However, his confidence is at an all-time high after being
named to the All-MVC Second Team as well as earning the MVC’s Most Improved Player award. Key will not shy away from the spotlight in this game. The supporting cast will be vital for ISU. The team features some of the most potent guards in the conference in Key, Jordan Barnes and Cooper Neese. But getting them all to come alive at the right time will be the real trick. After their 71-54 win over UNI on Saturday, ISU has some vital momentum—no matter how small—going into the tournament.
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in the league. He scored a career-high 32 points in the road overtime victory over Neese Va lp ar a iso and hit four 3 - p o i nt ers in the dominating home win on Februar y 20 against Illinois Key State. Key recorded 26 double digit scoring games this year and went over the 20-point mark 10 times and the 30-point standard once. Key is joined on the AllMVC Second Team by Darrell Brown (Bradley), Brady Ellingson (Drake), Armon Fletcher (Southern Illinois) and Milik Yarbrough (Illinois State). The All-MVC First Team includes Tulio Da Silva (Missouri State), Phil Fayne (Illinois State), Cameron Krutwig (Loyola), Nick
McGlynn (Drake) and Marques Townes (Loyola). Cooper Neese, a native of Cloverdale, Ind., was the named to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Freshman Team. He became eligible on December 16 when the Sycamores traveled to Texas Christian and played 22 games while earning five starts. He averaged 8.4 points per game and hit 57-of-140 from the field -- a 40.7 percent mark. He connected on 28 3-pointers with 23 assists and 21 steals. In MVC only games, Neese averaged 9.3 points per game with 3.2 rebounds and hit 43.2 percent of his shots as well as 41.7 percent of his attempts from distance. He finished league play with 18 points and 18 steals. Neese recorded 11 double digit scoring games and hit the 20 point mark once this season -- at Bradley where he tallied 20 points. He hit a season-best four 3-pointers twice during the season and was true on eight free throws in the road overtime win at Valparaiso. He was joined on the MVC All-Freshman Team by Javon Freeman (Valparaiso), AJ Green (UNI), Cooper Kaifes (Loyola) and D.J. Wilkins (Drake).
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March 1st the sycamores played Evansville scoring 56-59.
Game recap: ISU women’s BB Emari Washington Reporter
The Sycamores are set to close out the rest of the 2019 regular season with a game versus Southern Illinois March 7, with their record standing at 11-16 and 5-11 in conference play. With the season coming to an end the seeding for the Hoops in the Heartland is beginning to take shape. The Trees will be looking to finish in sixth, seventh or eighth spot. Considering that Tamara Lee is making three-point shots at a efficient rate and Ashli O’Neal is locking down her match-up on a night to night basis, the trees are looking confident to finish off these two games. On Saturday, March 9 the ISU Women’s Basketball team will play against the Missouri State Bears for their senior night to close out the season. Senior night will honor Maeva Kitantou, Alexis Delgado, Tierra Webb, Kierra Isaiah and Regan Wentland. The five women have each put their mind, body and soul into the game and for some of them this maybe the last home game of their career. This will be ISU’s last game before heading into the conference tournament. The majority of the games they lost were games that had a lead in the first half and lost all momentum in the second
half of the game. The last time these two teams faced off ended in a runaway game as the Tress lost 71-58 to Missouri. In the Missouri Valley Conference opener Missouri States Jasmine Franklin had 12 points in the first quarter which was more than ISU entire score in the first. Kierra Isaiah finished with 14 points and Ashli O’Neal’s had 10 points. But it was not enough to overshadow Missouri State’s 52 percent shooting. After their last meeting coach Vicki Hall said,” I think our kids played hard.” And then she continued to talk about how the team needs to emphasize defensive awareness in the following games because it is the only place the team struggles overall. Other than that the team can go head to head with the best of teams. Coach Hall continued saying,” We gave up quite a few layups, our turnovers hurt us a lot.” Missouri had 24 points off of 24 turnovers and they won by 13. Improving on facades of the game are integral for a basketball team to be made or broken. The Sycamores will be prepared to come out swinging for the fences against Southern Illinois and Missouri State. These games will be a definite scoring battle. These teams will face off in the Hulman center and with it being ISU seniors’ final curtain call, they will be fighting till the last buzzer sounds.
Indiana State’s duo of Tyreke Key and Cooper Neese have each picked up MIssouri Valley Conference postseason honors as announced by the league office this morning. The MVC Postseason honors are selected by a panel of MVC Head Coaches, media personalities and the league’s communications directors. Tyreke Key, a native of Celina, Tenn., was named to the All-Missouri Valley Conference Second Team after earning MVC All-Freshman plaudits one year ago. Key became just the fourth-ever Sycamore to lead the MVC in overall scoring averaging 17.3 points per game and tallying 518 points. He joins Larry Bird, John Sherman Williams and David Moss as the only four in the history of the program to lead the Valley in scoring. His 44.3 percent mark from 3-point range ranked fourth in the league and his 34.2 minutes played was tops in the conference. In MVC only games, Key averaged 17.5 points per game which was third-best while his 79.6 percent mark from the free throw line was 10th. He played 34.6 minutes per game which was third-most
Tyreke Key left off of All-MVC First Team Garrett Short Reporter
Despite leading the Missouri Valley Conference in scoring and being the lifeblood of the Indiana State men’s basketball team this season, sophomore guard Tyreke Key was not selected to the conference’s First Team. Instead, the Celina, Tenn. native was named to the Second Team. Key had a promising season last year averaging eight points per game as a freshman. He has more than doubled that in his second year on campus, pacing the MVC with 17 points per game. Sometimes numbers don’t tell the full story of an individual’s impact, but in this case they do. Key is tied for the best field goal percentage in the MVC by a guard shooting 52 percent to go along with a staggering 44 per-
cent clip from behind the arc. Looking at his offensive skillset, it is a grueling task to find a gap in his game. He is efficient. He is unselfish. Perhaps the most impressive for being just 20 years old was his knack for shining in big moments. There is a reason why people call him Kid Clutch. Key stepped up when the team needed him the most, dragging the Sycamores to victories. His career-high of 32 points came Feb.13 in an 87-82 overtime win over Valparaiso. Kid clutch scored nine of ISU’s 16 overtime points to push the team to victory over the Crusaders. This was just one instance of seven where Key poured in 20 points or more against a Valley opponent. Maybe the hardest part of seeing Key’s name left off the roster of the First Team is seeing the names that are on the list. It isn’t a lack of talent, but a lack of positions. Of the five players se-
lected to the First-Team, four of them stand 6’8” or taller. A team comprised of almost all power forwards and centers is not much of a team. The lack of balance is hard to understand. Key has evolved from a talented and timid freshman into a player to be reckoned with this season. While scoring is the most eye-catching part of basketball, that was not the case for the MVC this season. The top three scorers in the conference were all neglected on the First-Team. Illinois State’s Milik Yarbrough and Southern Illinois’s Armon Fletcher, second and third in scoring, joined Key on the Second Team. The Sycamores take on Valparaiso at 7 p.m. in St. Louis for their first post-season game. Key could be poised for a big night, considering he has already scored 22 and 32 against the Crusaders this season.