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SGA to hold runoff elections First annual Give to Blue Day Taylor Fox Reporter

The results are in for the Student Government Association elections. Up for a vote was the mental health referendum, SGA Senate seats and the president and vice president positions.

With 835 student votes in favor the mental health referendum passed. The referendum was proposing a $75 Student Health and Wellness Fee per semester to aid with mental health services on campus.

This referendum will be implemented at some point within the next few years with the earliest being the fall semester of 2020.

Those running for SGA Senate were approved to their positions.

There will be a runoff election for the presidential and vice presidential seats between Tracy, Karen, Maddy and Ashley.

Tracy and Karen’s platform includes campus unity, mental health awareness, and their “renovate to educate” idea.

Tracy included that they “…would like to implement an executive board seat for

sustainability and make sure that senate creates (a) committee for that.”

Maddy and Ashley’s platform includes student involvement, sycamore pride and traditions as well as sustainability.

The pair included that they would like to bring back “Blue Fridays” and actually get Sycamores involved.

During the SGA debate, they mentioned how student involvement is important with how successful Sycamores are and that is why it is part of their platform.

You can learn more information or ask the candidates questions by following their Instagram with Maddy and Ashley’s username @MaddyAshleySGA19 and Tracy and Karen’s username @TracyKaren19.

The runoff election will be held on March 12 between the two group of candidates. The candidate with over 50 percent of the votes will be elected President and Vice President.

Voting is done through the Treehouse on the ISU portal. Voting can be done in person at one of the Student Government Associations polling stations with one located in the HMSU.

Alyssa Bosse Reporter

Originally announced at Founders Day 2019, Give to Blue Day is finally almost here.

Founder’s day is Indiana State University’s first annual day of giving.

On Wednesday March 13, starting at midnight any ISU supporter will be invited to give back to Blue and make a contribution of any size.

The goal is have 1,000 donors Participate.

Freshman Kelsey Becner said, “I think give to Blue Day provides a lot of opportunity for people to give back and help students like me and to help future students. I think even as a college student any donation given by college students will help make a difference to provide more opportunity for our education.”

In Honor of Give To Blue day there will be several events hosted in Terre Haute and around campus.

Indiana State Alumni Association are hosting events during Give to Blue Day: Ballyhoo Tavern, 900 Chestnut St, Terre Haute, IN 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., registration

for this event is available.

Donuts and Hot Cocoa will be hosted by University College from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

A Waffle Breakfast will be hosted by the Bayh College of Education in the Whitaker conference room from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

“You make Blue POP with Appreciation!” is a Blue popcorn and lemonade bar at Barnes & Noble’s from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

There will be an HMSU Celebration, hosted by University Advancement, in the HMSU Commons 11:30 a.m.

“Donate and Spin the Wheel,” event hosted by Starbucks and Campus Life, in between Starbucks and Campus Life from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

“Darty for Donations,” will be hosted by the African American Cultural Center from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Give to Blue Day will allow students to get involved around campus while celebrating the University.

“As a college student here at ISU and I think it’s great that the school is raising

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Sycamore Innovation Lab

ISU students were in for a treat with entrepreneur Alexandria Truby Features Editor

Executive Pastry Chef and Owner of The Red Room Cakery, Jamie Chesterson, came to talk about his entrepreneurial journey with students and community members on Wednesday, March 4 in the Sycamore Innovation Lab. Chesterson brought cookies and crème, strawberry and crème and double chocolate chip cupcakes for all to enjoy.

“I hate cake, believe it or not,” Chesterson said.

So if you hate cake, what got you interested in owning the cakery?

“I was a rebellious child, I think is a nice and polite way to put it, I had a fun side, let’s call it. I thought I would join the military to serious me up a little bit. I had no baking experience, I was a line cook for a while and thought food was pretty cool.

“There was this chick on the ship that I really wanted to impress and thought ‘why not make her a cake?’ I’d made her chicken wings and mashed potatoes so I thought why not give her a cake. I went to the bakeshop on board the ship, I don’t know how much you guys know about aircraft carriers in the military but they house about 6,000 people.

“So imagine cooking for 6,000 people, three times a day, seven days a week, that’s what I did for about two and a half, three years of my life. So, we baked this girl a cake, it said ‘be mine’ on it, I made a pretty heart for her, gave it to her just to find out she was married with three kids

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Jamie Chesterson spoke to ISU students about his business journey in the Sycamore Innovation Lab on Mach 4.

back at home.

“It didn’t exactly turn out in my favor per say, but the bake shop supervisor on the ship was like ‘hey man, have you ever thought about baking? ‘ and I was like, ‘no’ and he said, ‘well, you should.’ So I started baking in the bakeshop and if you know anything about being on a ship, one of the best jobs to have is in the bakeshop.

“You can take a platter of cookies to somebody or a thing of cupcakes and say hey, do my laundry first or hey, give me a phone line to call whoever,” Chesterson said.

He went to pastry school right out of college and got his degree in baking and

pastry arts then went on to study under Bronwen Weber in Texas. He took some time off to remind himself he was “manly.”

“Cake baking is pretty manly, you know, it goes construction worker then a cake decorator. I had to remind myself that I could be really manly so I started doing MMA so I was a cage fighter for about three years, four years. You’ll see that I walk with a cool hobble so I blew both of my ankles, went back to cakes, then the restaurant scene, then started doing cakes out of my mom and dad’s place,” Chesterson said.

Chesterson calls himself the Terre

Haute bad boy of cakes but this bad boy doesn’t do it on his own.

How many employees do you have?

“C’mon up here, Beth, it’s your time to shine,” Chesterson said. A woman came up to the front and Chesterson told the crowd that she is his only employee. The two put out around Have you ever considered going on any baking shows?

“Several times a week I get told I should go on a cake show. I’m smiling and joking right now but in the kitchen I’m a Gordon Ramsay if I need to be,” Chesterson said. He talked about some of the backlash he’s received in the past and showed that he doesn’t let it get to him.

“I’m not a taco, I can’t please everybody,” said Chesterson, “If I could just stay in the kitchen and be my grumpy cat self all day, I would.”

Chesterson believes that business owners should grow within their means, know their limits and do their research before they start.

He also expressed that networking, using Facebook and word of mouth are crucial. Even through he moves, he’s had plenty of dedicated customers follow him through the journey and relocations.

“Always be true to who you are. If you put out a quality product, the people will follow you,” Chesterson said.

Chesterson is working on getting his other liquor license so he can serve alcohol with his pastries. He hopes to invite the community to sit and relax on the front and back decks.

‘Free college’ is increasingly popular — and complicated for states Sophie Quinton

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Julius Dancy’s parents couldn’t afford to send him to a four-year college. His high school grades, he admits, weren’t great, so he didn’t qualify for merit scholarships.

But Dancy lives in Tennessee, where since 2014 the state has promised free community college for young people who enroll full time, do eight hours of community service a semester and earn a “C” average.

Dancy, 18, is now in his first year studying business at Southwest Tennessee Community College in Memphis. The state’s tuition-free college program made college possible for him, he said.

“I wouldn’t have been able to go to college without Southwest offering the things that they do,” he said in an interview with Stateline. As for many of his high school classmates, he added, “I know for a fact that they wouldn’t have been able to go to college without the Tennessee Promise.”

Programs such as Tennessee’s have caught the public imagination. At least 15 states — some led by Republicans, others

by Democrats — now cover two-year or

four-year college tuition for some students. Lawmakers in 23 states are floating “free college” bills this year. And several high-profile Democratic presidential candidates want to not only make college tuition-free but also eliminate student loan debt.

But policymakers are sparring over who should get aid, and how much.

Many on the left want to expand free college to more students and cover more than tuition. They argue that in many states, program dollars flow to wealthier students and don’t defray expenses such as textbooks, course fees and transportation.

Many on the right worry that universal free college programs fail to prepare students for the workforce. Some also warn against creating expensive new entitlement programs.

In Michigan, Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s has call to increase scholarship aid and make community college tuition-free was coolly received by the Republican-led legislature. In remarks to reporters, Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey said he’s not sure that the high cost of college is the problem.

“I think value is, and we don’t do a good enough job measuring value,” he said — that is, ensuring that college degrees pay off. Whitmer’s goal to ensure that 60 percent of Michigan adults have a college credential by 2030, he said, “is pretty much meaningless. What if all those achievements were in underwater basket weaving?”

Budget constraints often force lawmakers to scale back their free college plans.

“We’re seeing more and more narrowly tailored programs that aren’t really billable as the ‘universal free college,’” said Sarah Pingel, senior policy analyst at Education Commission of the States, the nonprofit arm of an interstate compact on education policy.

Free college programs date back decades — Indiana, for example, has offered some students full scholarships since the 1990s — but they began to multiply in the years after the Great Recession, as college debt soared and forecasters predicted that most future jobs would require advanced training.

Offerings range from city programs funded by private donors to state grants for workforce-oriented degrees and, in

New York’s case, a four-year scholarship that converts to a loan if recipients leave the state after graduation.

But perhaps the best-known example is the Tennessee Promise, which attracted lots of media attention when it was signed into law and inspired a flurry of copycat programs.

The grant for recent high school graduates covers any last community college tuition and mandatory fee dollars not already covered by other grants, such as the federal Pell Grant for low-income students and Tennessee’s merit scholarship.

It’s known as a “last dollar” funding model.

In 2015, the first year of the program, community colleges enrolled almost a quarter more recent high school graduates — and almost half of the new enrollees didn’t get any Promise dollars because they qualified for other grants.

Enrollment has jumped in other states with similar “last dollar” programs. “We have seen a significant boost in this posthigh-school population,” said Sara Enright, vice president for student affairs at

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The eye is not supposed to be pink Marisa Combs Reporter

The student clinic on campus has seen less than five patients in the last few weeks for treatment of pink eye.

Pink eye, formerly known as “conjunctivitis” is the swelling and infection of the transparent membrane that lines the eyelid and covers the white part of the eyeball.

The swelling of the small blood vessels become inflamed and they become more visible.

The swelling is what causes the whites of eyes to become reddish or pink.

According the Mayo Clinic, pink eye is commonly caused by a bacterial or viral infection and allergic reactions..

Sarah Kearns, the practice manager for the health center at Indiana State, Rose Hulman and St. Mary’s of the Woods, explained more on the amount of

cases of pink eye seen the past few weeks..

“The ISU campus clinic has seen less than five patients in the last two to three weeks” said Kearns. “If there is an outbreak occurring on campus students are seeking services elsewhere.”

Kearns explained there have been no other major cases, but students should still be cautious.

“We haven’t had any major issues with pink eye at Rose Hulman or St. Mary’s of the Woods campuses either” said Kearns.

According to the Mayo Clinic, signs that someone may have pink eye can include grittiness, redness and itchiness in one or both eyes, or crustiness that makes it difficult to open your eyes in the morning.

“If someone has been treated at noon today then tomorrow at noon, that person is no longer contagious,” said Kearns.

“If someone is not treated, then they are contagious.”

Kearns explained ways pink eye can be transferred.“Pink eye spreads by if someone has pink eye, then someone else touches that door handle that person who touched the handle second will likely receive pink eye,” Kearns said.

Some ways to prevent the spreading of pink eye are to not touch your eyes with your hands, wash your hands often and change your pillowcases frequently. Do not share eye care items, such as mascara or eyeliner.

Pink eye is not anymore contagious than the common cold; just stay consistent with practicing good hygiene.

“It’s not uncommon to see more pink eye during this time of year,” said Kearns. “If you think you may have pink eye, visit the clinic.”For information on the clinic and their hours, visit indstate.edu/health-center.

Immigration officials refuse to meet with Congress about sexual abuse allegations involving minors in custody Emiy Kopp

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Trump administration officials overseeing the sheltering of migrant children have refused to meet with Congress about recent allegations that adult employees preyed on children in their custody.

Nine days have passed since the public first learned of thousands of cases of alleged sexual misconduct in facilities supervised by the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which is housed under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

But senior officials have refused to meet with congressional Democrats to address the issue.

They are demanding an apology for a semantic misstep during a high-profile hearing last week, when Rep. Ted Deutch of Florida referred to shelter workers contracted under HHS as “staff.”

HHS overlooks children apprehended at the border and transferred to the custody of nonprofits like Southwest Key Programs and BCFS. These nonprofits have received millions in federal grants to house children, even amid reports of neglect and abuse and of the lavish compensation of executives.

Children reported sexual abuse by their caretakers after arriving at the southern border 98 times over the past two years, according to HHS data. The data only describe the nature of the sexual misconduct — whether the perpetrator was a child or an adult — when the report was relayed to the Department of Justice. One-third of all of the sexual misconduct allegations reported to HHS were raised with the DOJ last year.

The internal data first came to light during a high-profile House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Trump administration’s child separation policy last week.

But in the intervening days, HHS has rebuffed requests to meet with Congress on the issue, according to a letter from committee Democrats to ORR Acting Director Jonathan Hayes.

Hayes accused Deutch of having “impugned the integrity of hundreds of federal civil servants” in his own letter last week.

Deutch grilled U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Cmdr. Jonathan White about the sexual abuse during the televised hearing last week.

White was the deputy at HHS under Secretary Alex Azar who oversaw emergency efforts to return children separated from their parents at the border.

“These documents tell us there is a problem with adults, employees of HHS, sexually abusing children,” Deutch said. “When you carried out the ‘zero tolerance’ policy … you knew that putting thousands of kids at risk of sexual abuse would be the result. Did you discuss this issue before going forward?”

But the HHS senior official took issue with Deutch’s description of the employees who allegedly preyed on children under their supervision as “staff.”

“Representative, let me first correct an error.

Those are not HHS staff in any of those allegations. That statement is false,” White said, raising his voice.

“I will make that clarification,” Deutch replied.

“But it doesn’t make what happened any less horrific.”

The nonprofits that contract under HHS to house unaccompanied minors have faced new scrutiny since the Trump administration implemented its practice of separating children from parents who

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House Democrats to look for more evidence of voter suppression David Lightman

McClatchy Washington Bureau (TNS)

House Democrats plan to expand their investigation of possible voter suppression to North Carolina and probably Kansas, the chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee said.

“We’re looking at the most egregious situations,” Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said in an interview.

Cummings said his committee could wind up investigating at least four states as it digs into whether voting rights were routinely suppressed. The committee could hold hearings, subpoena witnesses and use its findings to shape legislation to remedy whatever problems it found.

Georgia’s election practices are already under committee scrutiny. Top committee Democrats last week sent Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger lengthy requests for information about how the state’s 2018 election was run.

Cummings is also looking at Kansas and North Carolina. He would not identify other states.

“We’ve got to look at Kansas probably because Kansas had a situation where they literally moved the voting booths out of the inner city,” he said.

In Dodge City, where 60 percent of residents are Hispanic, Ford County Clerk Debbie Cox moved the city’s only polling place to a building south of the city last year. The Wichita Eagle reported that the polling place could not be reached on sidewalks and was cut off from much of Dodge City by train tracks.

Cox said the move was necessary because of construction...

“We’re going to also look at North Carolina,” Cummings said. He said courts found that state officials “went out and looked to see where African-Americans were voting, and did it with precision to cut them out and deny them the right to vote,” he said.

Cummings did not cite a specific ruling. In 2016, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals invalidated a 2013 North Carolina law that limited voting options and required voters to show ID at the polls.

The judges said the North Carolina limits “target African-Americans with almost surgical precision.” 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of the decision.

Last year, North Carolina voters approved a constitutional

amendment requiring IDs for voting. Republican lawmakers wrote the law in December. A Wake County Superior Court judge threw out the amendment last month, declaring that “an illegally constituted General Assembly does not represent the people of North Carolina and is therefore not empowered to pass legislation that would amend the state’s constitution.”

Cummings did not say if he would pursue an inquiry into Georgia’s 2018 election.

Cummings and Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., who heads the House subcommittee on civil rights and civil liberties, have given Georgia’s Kemp and Raffensperger, both Republicans, until March 20 to respond to a March 6 letter requesting information.

The Democrats’ letter notes that while he was Georgia secretary of state from 2010 until his election in November as governor, his office reportedly canceled voter registration for more than 1.4 million people.

Last year, it placed on hold registration applications for 53,000 Georgians, most of them minorities, a few weeks before the election. Kemp rejected Democrats’ claims of voter suppression.

The House Democrats also said in their letter that in some Georgia counties with large minority populations, “voters waited for hours to cast their ballots, even though hundreds of available voting machines sat unused in government warehouses.”

Kemp was running for governor against Stacey Abrams, a Democrat who was seeking to become the nation’s first female African-American governor.

Kemp won with 50.2 percent of the vote.

Cummings and Raskin want “all communications related to any voter roll purges.” They’re also looking at “all documents related to your ethical or legal obligations or possible conflicts of interest while simultaneously running for governor and overseeing the state’s elections as Georgia’s secretary of state.”

Cummings said he was not sure what other states he may look into and did not say when further action would be taken.

“It’s going to be a while,” he said.

“We’re accumulating information.”

–––– (Jonathan Shorman of the Wichita Eagle and Brian Murphy of the McClatchy Washington Bureau contributed to this report.)

Claiming transgender discrimination, university employees are suing North Carolina Will Doran

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North Carolina officials are intentionally and unlawfully discriminating against transgender people who need medical care, a new lawsuit claims.

The lawsuit was filed Monday by half a dozen state workers who are transgender themselves, or who have transgender children. They are all members of the State Health Plan, which provides health insurance to more than 700,000 North Carolina teachers, state workers, retirees and their families.

They say the State Health Plan discriminates against them by not covering costs related to gender dysphoria, the medical term for when someone identifies as a gender different from their physical sex.

Max Kadel, a transgender man who works at UNC-Chapel Hill, said the State Health Plan will not cover breast-reduction surgery for him, even though it would cover a non-transgender man or woman who wanted the exact same surgery. That message of unequal treatment was echoed by another transgender man who is part of the lawsuit, former N.C. State University employee Sam Silvaine.

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Connor Thonen-Fleck, a transgender 16-year-old who is one of the North Carolinians suing the State Health Plan, speaks at a press conference in Durham after the lawsuit was filed March 11, 2019. He is flanked by his dad Jason Fleck, right, and other lawsuit plaintiffs and supporters from pro-LGBT groups like Lambda Legal and Equality NC.

“I’ve been sent the message that my medical needs are not valid, and my mental and physical health are not important,” Silvaine said.

Silvaine, Kadel and others spoke at a news conference Monday morning in Durham, outside the federal courthouse where they filed the lawsuit.

Some children of state employees are also affected.

“Without this care, I struggle from depression and anxiety,” said Connor Thonen-Fleck, a 16-year-old from High Point who like Kadel and Silvaine was born female but now identifies and presents himself as male.

Thonen-Fleck’s parents both

work at UNC-Greensboro, and he and his parents said he would have surgery if it were still allowed by the State Health Plan.

The state changed its rules to allow such procedures in 2017, as well as other gender dysphoria treatments like hormone therapy and counseling — but then in 2018 reversed course

and no longer allows for them to be paid for by the State Health Plan.

The State Health Plan is controlled by the state treasurer.

When transgender state employees were covered in 2017 it was because in 2016 State Treasurer Janet Cowell, a Democrat, pushed for the plan’s board of trustees to vote to include transgender coverage.

When Dale Folwell, a Republican, replaced her in 2017 he had no plans to let that coverage continue, and the board has not voted to include it since then.

“I pledged to the people of North Carolina that we would reduce the state health plan’s $32 billion debt, provide a more affordable family premium especially for our lowest paid employees and provide transparency to the taxpayers,” Folwell told The News & Observer in late 2016, after he had been elected but before he took office. “The provision to pay for sex change operations does none of those three things.”

Folwell’s spokesman Frank Lester said Monday that he doesn’t typically comment on pending litigation, and also had not yet had the chance to look

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“And I think it’s because when you put out a free college banner, it’s just a simple message that draws people in.”

In 2016, the year before the Rhode Island Promise program began, 1,100 recent high school graduates enrolled in the state’s community college. By last fall that group’s enrollment had more than doubled.

Most states attach strings to free college programs, such as requiring students to attend full time. That’s helped boost graduation rates in Rhode Island, where Enright expects 18 percent of the first Rhode Island Promise cohort to graduate after two years in community college, triple the typical graduation rate.

Promise students in Tennessee also graduate at higher rates than their peers.

But the students who receive the most Promise aid — mostly men who don’t qualify for need-based or merit aid — are the least successful.

Just 11 percent of such students in the program’s first cohort completed a degree or certificate in five semesters, compared with about 20 percent of Promise students overall.

The director of policy at the Tennessee Board of Regents’ Office of Policy and Strategy, Amy Moreland, said such students are more likely than other students in the Promise program to graduate with a technical certificate that prepares them for a specific job.

The free college concept has become so popular — particularly within the

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For example, HHS waived fingerprint FBI background checks for workers employed at the tent city housing unaccompanied

Democratic Party — that some states have rebranded existing financial aid programs to include the word “Promise.”

That language mirrors the College Promise Campaign, a nonpartisan nonprofit announced by then-President Barack Obama in 2015.

Generous state financial aid has allowed Californians to attend two-year colleges for free for decades. But in 2017 the state community college chancellor’s office renamed a longstanding grant for low-income students as the “California College Promise Grant.”

Separately, California lawmakers last year passed legislation that freed up more money for two-year colleges to spend either on tuition aid or on services that might help students graduate or defray other costs, such as textbooks. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to add $40 million this year.

But four-year colleges and universities worry that such programs could hurt their finances.

“If a significantly higher number of students attend a community college as opposed to going to a four-year college, it could possibly weaken the four-year college funding model,” said Tom Harnisch, director of state relations and policy analysis at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

That’s because freshman and sophomore-year lectures, crammed with hundreds of students, are a money maker for universities that help subsidize smaller upper-division seminars, he said. Even community college students who transfer to four-year schools usually enter as ju-

migrant children in Tornillo, Texas, last year. The federal government contracted with the nonprofit BCFS Health and Human Services to run the facility.

But Hayes further accused Deutch of ”deliberately or negligently mischaracterizing the data,” and clarified that to say thousands of children reported sexual abuse in ORR custody is

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The State of Wisconsin lost a similar lawsuit last year, according to news reports.

Numerous medical authorities recognize gender dysphoria as a legitimate condition, leading transgender members of the State Health Plan to ask if discrimination is the real reason it’s not being covered like other legitimate medical conditions.

niors, meaning they miss those lucrative large lectures.

And paying for free college has been a challenge for lawmakers. Tennessee, unique among states, has an endowment comprised of lottery reserve funds that pays for Tennessee Promise. The program cost about $30 million last school year.

Budget limitations this year could table proposals to expand free college in Oregon and New Jersey. Lack of funds in 2017 led Oregon colleges to temporarily restrict eligibility for Oregon Promise.

Some conservatives argue that free college programs pass along increasingly high costs to taxpayers. “The state-level programs for free community college, or free four-year college, have the same underlying problem, which is they don’t address the root causes of tuition inflation,” said Mary Clare Amselem, a policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation, a think tank based in Washington, D.C. She also questioned the push to encourage students to attend community college, given that many have dismal graduation rates. Twenty-four percent of first-time students graduate from public two-year colleges in three years, while 60 percent of first-time students graduate from public four-year programs in six years, according to federal statistics.

Lawmakers might want to consider spending money on high school vocational training or apprenticeships instead, Amselem said. “We should have multiple pathways and options to career success.”

Meanwhile, some left-leaning groups have criticized free college programs for spending money on wealthier students

inaccurate. ORR received thousands of reports of sexual misconduct, and only a fraction of those constituted sexual abuse, according to his letter.

In turn, the lawmakers urged that congressional oversight is needed in order to keep children safe.

“We strongly urge you to join us as a partner in seeking ac-

“Our plaintiffs are simply asking to be treated equally,” said Taylor Brown, one of the attorneys for Lambda Legal representing them. “Nothing more, nothing less.”

According to the North Carolina lawsuit, gender dysphoria can lead to people becoming depressed or suicidal if not addressed with proper medical treatment.

“Untreated gender dysphoria often intensifies with time,” the lawsuit says. “The longer an individual goes without adequate treatment, the greater the risk of severe harms to the individual’s health.”

countability and reform that will resolve the unacceptable number of sexual assaults occurring in facilities housing unaccompanied minors by agreeing to a briefing to interested Members of Congress as soon as possible,” Deutch wrote Thursday, along with House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler of New York and Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California,

Michael Bunting, an assistant athletic director at UNC-Chapel Hill, is also part of the lawsuit. He’s a UNC grad who has worked there for 30 years and didn’t want to bring the school into the lawsuit, he said, but felt he had no choice to help his 13-year-old son.

His son, identified only as C.B. in the lawsuit, was born female but has identified as male from a young age. He is in 8th grade and came out as transgender to his parents in 2017, at which point they started getting him medical treatments, only to have the cost skyrocket last year

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and failing to address costs of attendance beyond tuition.

Tiffany Jones, director of higher education policy at the Education Trust, a national nonprofit focused on promoting equity in education, analyzed the 13 free college programs active in 2017 and found eight used a last-dollar model like Tennessee’s. “That meant, obviously, that there was no financial benefit for the lowest-income students,” she said.

Programs that only offer aid to low-income students, such as Maryland’s, or provide Promise aid before other grants, allowing total aid to exceed tuition costs — as Oklahoma and California do — promote equity by directing more aid toward students who need it most, Jones said.

And many grants promoted as “free college” don’t actually cover the full cost of going to college, she said.

Media coverage of Oregon’s “free college” program can be misleading, said Juan Baez-Arevalo, head of Oregon’s Office of Student Access and Completion.

“It’s not free,” he said of the grant. The Oregon Promise program covers community college tuition but not course fees, textbooks, transportation or room and board.

Those other costs can outpace tuition costs. At Central Oregon Community College, for instance, a student living locally and studying full time would owe about $2,376 a year in tuition. But add college fees, books, transportation and living expenses, and cost of attendance balloons to an estimated $13,764 if the student lives at home with her parents.

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chairperson of the Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee.

During the hearing last week, Deutch accused HHS of not being forthcoming with data about sexual misconduct in its facilities, stating the documents released to the public last week were delivered unmarked in the middle of a large stack of papers.

when the State Health Plan dropped the coverage.

Bunting said the lawsuit was their only resort after asking the State Health Plan’s board of trustees not to let the coverage go away, to no avail.

“This board is forcing us to make our private lives public,” Bunting said. But he and his wife, Shelley, decided to come forward, he said, because “our son is the bravest, most empathetic person we know.”

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ISU alumna Kylie Lockett teaches students how to use Adobe InDesign and Illustrator Cheyenne Fauquher Reporter

Former Indiana State University student, Kylie Lockett, visited campus to give students a lesson on how to use Adobe InDesign and Illustrator March 6, at 5 p.m.

This presentation was given in the College of Technology Building in room TA 246.

While at ISU, Lockett got her degree in Interior Architecture Design.

“It is so satisfying to be able to come back to the college that impacted me so much. This school has given me the opportunity I would not have had at a larger university. Indiana State gave me the availability to have leadership positions I have been able to take into the real world.

I give ISU all credibility for my successes,” said Lockett.

While Lockett was visiting her former stomping grounds, she gave a speech on how her major has given her the oppor-

tunity to grow and do things she never imagined she would be able to do. She helped guide the students with similar majors to hers to the opportunities open to them in their future.

The students listened intently to everything she had to say and took notes. Only about 10 students came to this event, all majoring in something common to Interior Architecture Design, which gave each student time to individually connect with Lockett and ask questions.

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Jordan Peele attends the “Us” Premiere 2019 SXSW Conference and Festivals at Paramount Theater at Stateside Theater on March 08, 2019 in Austin, Texas.

Jordan Peele reveals the secrets of ‘Us’ at SXSW Mark Olsen

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

“You guys ready?”

Jordan Peele asked this of the packed house at Austin’s Paramount Theater ahead of Friday night’s world premiere screening of “Us,” his new film as writer-producer-director and the opening night selection of the South By Southwest Film Festival.

The answer was both yes and no. Yes, in that the audience was at a fever pitch of excitement and anticipation before the screening began. “Us” is Peele’s follow-up to “Get Out,” a movie that became a box-office sensation, an Oscar winner and a cultural phenomenon. The crowd in Austin featured many notable faces, including Donna Langley, chairman of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg, attorney Nina Shaw and a hip selection of talent such as Leslye Headland, Amber Ruffin, Nick Kroll, Eiza González and Elijah Wood.

Peele introduced the cast of his film, also seated in the audience, ahead of the screening. When Oscar-winning star Lupita Nyong’o popped up from her seat, the house burst into a huge ovation, continuing for Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss and Tim Heidecker as well as young actors Shahadi Wright Joseph and Evan Alex.

Before the movie began, Peele added, “This movie is about a lot of things. I’m curious and excited to hear what you have to say after the film.”

Frankly, there was no way for that audience to fully understand what was about to hit them. Terrifying, entertaining and thrillingly ambitious, layering theme upon theme and twist upon twist, “Us” is a bold work of a brilliance set free, the kind of movie that a filmmaker gets to make when their previous title brings in more than $255 million worldwide on a budget of $4.5 million.

“Us” is the story of a family, the Wilsons, who go to their summer house in Santa Cruz for a getaway only to find themselves under siege by people who seem to be the evil shadow-twin versions of themselves. From there, the tension escalates, the themes deepen, and one shock follows another.

The movie’s idea of those second-selves, “The Tethered,” dressed in red jumpsuits while brandishing large, sharpened scissors, will likely become part of the cul-

tural conversation in much the same way that the notion of “The Sunken Place” from “Get Out” took hold.

In the Q&A after the film, Nyong’o spoke about collaborating with Peele on the follow-up to his groundbreaking debut as a filmmaker. For “Get Out,” Peele became the first African American to win the Oscar for original screenplay and to be nominated as a writer, director and producer in the same year.

“Working with Jordan Peele, it terrified me; I won’t lie,” Nyong’o said. “He does such incredible things with story, and to think that I was going to be working with him next was just — I couldn’t even compute it in my head.”

Peele explained that the actors shot their different characters on different days, which could drastically change the vibes on set. The dual performances, by Nyong’o in particular, are astonishing Peele said the actors developed two distinct, fully formed characters, “And not just in a two-dimensional way, in a three-, four-dimensional way. I really got everybody’s individual crazy out of them, and, for that, I’m forever proud.”

Though they are not said in the movie, those second versions of the characters have names all their own, included in the end credits. Nyong’o plays the characters of both Adelaide Wilson and Red, while Duke plays Gabe Wilson and the invader Abraham.

“I never actually saw Abraham as a villain,” said Duke. “[The approach to the character] was looking at Gabe from Abraham’s point of view — it was just like, ‘You have all the things that I want.’ ” Peele was asked from the audience what he wanted people to take away from the film.

“It’s a question I’m hesitant to answer,” Peele said, “because I think my favorite thing is the idea that people will leave ready to have a conversation, with whoever they’re with.

“On the broader strokes of things, this movie is about this country,” Peele continued. “And when I decided to write this movie, I was stricken with the fact that we are in a time where we fear the other, whether it is the mysterious invader that we think is going to come and kill us, take our jobs, or the faction that we don’t live near that voted a different way than us.

We’re all about pointing the finger.

“And I wanted to suggest that maybe the monster we really need to look at has our face, maybe the evil is us.”

After graduation, Lockett moved to Indianapolis and began her own business with design and communication.

“It feels gratifying and surreal to have my own business, because I always thought I’d be working for a large firm in a well-known city. I never imagined I would be the founder in control of my own. I am giving direction instead of taking direction,” said Lockett.

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Photo from Episode 1: Hae Min Lee and Adnan Syed at Junior Prom. Part one debuted last night on HBO.

HBO doc picks up where the heralded ‘Serial’ podcast left off Yvonne Villarreal

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“Serial,” the addictive real-life murder-mystery podcast, was already riding its wave as a pop cultural phenomenon by the time Oscar-nominated filmmaker Amy Berg hopped on the bandwagon.

Released in October 2014 and anchored by reporter Sarah Koenig, the first season of the weekly investigative yarn revisited the 1999 murder of a Baltimore high school student, Hae Min Lee, and the person convicted of killing her, her ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed.

Its questioning of whether Syed was actually guilty of the crime gripped listeners (it became the fastest podcast to reach 5 million downloads and streams in iTunes history), spawned a brigade of armchair detectives and Reddit threads, and made podcasts mainstream in a way no other had before — even “Saturday Night Live” took notice.

Berg was captivated by “Serial” at first listen. She’s a veteran of the genre as director of acclaimed true-crime documentaries such as “Deliver Us From Evil,” about sex abuse in the Catholic Church, and “West of Memphis,” about the wrongful conviction of the West Memphis Three.

“The podcast was my best friend on all my trips,” Berg recalled in a recent interview. “Whenever I had a flight, I was so excited because I could get through three or four episodes. I was completely addicted to it.”

But the ending, she says, left her frustrated.

“I was wanting more information,” she explained. “It was like, maybe he didn’t do it or maybe he did. I felt it was building up toward this ending and all of a sudden we just didn’t know what happened at the end. I spent a lot of time sleuthing around.”

In fact, she’s spent about three years sleuthing around.

The result is the four-part HBO documentary “The Case Against Adnan Syed.” The premiere aired Sunday, on the heels of the 20th anniversary of Syed’s imprisonment. The documentary revisits some of what “Serial” covered while also picking up where it left off; filling in gaps, revealing new evidence, and examining the racial aspects of the case. And it puts a face to many of the voices heard in the podcast.

Rabia Chaudry, Syed’s family friend who was featured in the podcast and

has been a steadfast advocate, is credited among the producers of the documentary. But Berg insists Chaudry’s involvement didn’t alter the outlook of the documentary.

“I was very clear with my producers from the beginning that I didn’t know if he was innocent,” Berg said. “We collectively agreed that if we found something that was pointing more towards his [involvement], that was the story I was going to tell.”

The documentary arrives as the Maryland’s Court of Appeals determined Friday that Syed was not deserving of a new trial, reinstating his conviction.

Syed’s conviction had been overturned in 2016 and a new trial was ordered in the wake of “Serial’s” popularity; Maryland appealed and won. Adnan, now 38, is currently serving a life sentence at North Branch Correctional Institution in Cumberland.

The documentary faces another challenge: the HBO series comes nearly five years after public interest in the case was at its peak and is tasked with bringing something dynamic to a case many followers feel they already know.

Maintaining public interest is a key focus for Chaudry, whose quest to get the case attention all those years ago when she reached out to Koenig was coincidentally spurred after having watched Berg’s “West of Memphis.”

“When you have a journalist or a documentarian or some other outside investigator looking, it helps a great deal,” she noted.

Berg had access to Syed, his defense team and his family — as well as 15 boxes of files about the case provided by Chaudry. The documentary also features interviews with friends, class mates and teachers of both Lee and Syed, including Asia McClain, Syed’s former classmate who believes she saw him in the library the afternoon Lee was murdered (a new trial would have allowed for her testimony to be heard); and Aisha Pittman, Lee’s best friend.

An integral voice added to the mix of key characters is Susan Simpson, a lawyer who wrote about the case on her blog and also cohosted a podcast, “Undisclosed,” about it after listening to “Serial.” She closely examines the prosecution’s reliance on cellphone data.

The high interest surrounding the case made it crucial to figure out how

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Chance the Rapper presents ‘The Bennetts’ after wedding Jessi Roti

Chicago Tribune (TNS)

Chance the Rapper once again took to Twitter to gush about his new life as a married man, presenting “The Bennetts” in a tweet featuring four photos from his March 9 wedding to longtime girlfriend Kirsten Corley.

While the pair married earlier in a civil ceremony in Cook County in December 2018, Saturday’s ceremony and reception at the Pelican Hill Resort in Newport Beach, Calif. included vows recommitted in front of 150 family members and friends on a rotunda overlooking the

ocean.

Both in white, Corley wore a gown by bridal designer Galia Lahav while Chance opted for a tux with a black bow tie. Styled

by Chicago-based designer Azeeza Khan, who had previously designed Corley’s shower and engagement dresses, as reported by Women’s Wear Daily, the bride also sported a pair of flat, midnight blue velvet Jimmy Choos on her big day.

According to a tweet from fellow Chicago-based designer and owner/founder of Fat Tiger Workshop Joe Freshgoods, guests included comedian Dave Chappelle, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, gospel artist Kirk Franklin, and visu-

al artist and longtime collaborator of Chance’s, Hebru Brantley.

Chance shared the story of how he first met Corley when he was just 9 years old via Twitter before the wedding.

“My mom used to work as a real estate agent at a black-owned franchise called Re/Max Exclusive Properties,” the Grammy winner shared in a text note. “One night, she took my dad and brother and I to one of her office parties to get better acquainted with her co-workers.”

There, he says he saw his future wife, who was part of a trio performing a lipsync rendition of R&B group Destiny’s Child’s 2000 hit “Independent Women

Pt. 1.”

“This office of adults, Taylor (Bennett, the artist’s younger brother) and myself formed a semicircle and from the back stepped out 3 young girls. Who were not Destiny’s Child,” he tweeted. “‘QUESTION. TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT ME.’ Now I’m locking eyes with the prettiest girl I ever seen in my almost-a-decade of life on Earth.”

Bennett and Corley have been dating since 2013 and together have a 3-year-old daughter, Kensli, born in September 2015.

The couple got engaged in July of last year.

Chance the Rapper plans to release his follow-up to “Coloring Book” this July.

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B.O.S.S. Ball celebrates their members’ success Alexandria Truby Features Editor

The Brotherhood of Successful Scholars held their annual B.O.S.S. Ball to raise funds for their scholarship on Friday, March 8. This year’s theme was “black royalty” and the cost to attend was $10 for singles and $15 for couples.

The scholarship is awarded to the individual who writes the best essay on the selected topics.

The two topics this year were about

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fame and money factored in to the story — Berg said none of those who participated in interviews for the documentary were paid — and how stories have evolved with time.

“There are people that have been so devastated by this experience that they’re stuck in the past,” Berg said “You have to balance out what they’re saying now versus what they said back then and see if they’re actually telling the truth. We didn’t really run into that much in this project. What we ran into was more about

the most challenging thing you’ve had to overcome prior to or during your time at ISU and to explain what your purpose is and how you influence your community and others around you.

This year, junior Antonio Cornelius won $250 from the scholarship.

“This definitely helps me out in continuing my education and I’m definitely thankful. A lot of students are working students and don’t have their college paid for them,” said Cornelius.

Cornelius talked about what he had to do as a student athlete and minority stu-

dent to be successful in his essay.

“Being a minority student at ISU is almost like being a small fish in a big bowl.

People expect certain things from you and then you show them and apply yourself and then people see you in a different manner, said Cornelius.

According to the President’s Council on Inclusive Excellence Annual Report, in Fall 2018, 67% of the student population was white and 30% was considered a minority.

“His paper was both insightful and motivating. He showed that he is in tune

with himself and what it means to be a black man at ISU,” said Professional Development Chair Trevion Carlisle.

B.O.S.S. is a “student ran organization formed to increase the retention rate of minority students on ISU campus, increase knowledge of real world applications, and create a bond as a brotherhood among the members and also across campus and the community,” according to the ISU website.

The group meets every Monday at 5 p.m. in the African American Cultural Center.

the notoriety and fame of being a character in a story that went viral. So we had to be careful.” (Without offering a name, Berg said there was one person whose account was ultimately shelved because his or her story didn’t feel truthful.)

One of the main things Berg says she wanted to accomplish in the documentary was bringing Lee to life. The opening minutes of the first installment features an animation of Lee reading passages from her diary courtesy of a voice-over actor.

“I wanted to bring her to life as a young woman who had a life in front of her,”

Berg noted. “I really spent a lot of time reading her journal entries and trying to get a sense of who she was — she was a very athletic, strong young woman. We wanted to show her as who she really was with all the color and feistiness and love and all the passion in her heart, as well as just visualizing her properly.”

Chaudry stresses that the pursuit to exonerate Syed is not meant to pull focus from Lee. “People tend to think these are, for some reason, contradictory goals,” she says. “This is all the same side of the issue.

Exonerating Adnan means compelling

the state to take another look at this case.”

Though Syed’s conviction was reinstated, the fight continues for his supporters.

Even before the ruling came through, Berg was skeptical the sought-after new trial would materialize.

“I got to this place where I realized he’s never going to get a new trial,” she said.

“No matter what happens, these appeals will run out. That’s not going to give us the ending that we had hoped for. Maybe this film is his trial. I don’t know. I think that it really examines things that you would see in a trial if there was one today.”

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Alternative education options Jhansi Chagalakonda Columnist

Education is a vast topic to be discussed and understood. The concept of education should not constrained to gaining grades, working on assignments, attending classes and moving to next level.

There are many pedagogical approaches that enable a child to gain knowledge in a creative way while allowing them pick their own pace in doing so.

These methods are also known as “alternative education.”

However, I believe this method should be the common educational format, instead of “alternative.”

It is indispensable to provide a sense of ease when you are teaching. Unfortunately, it seems that the school system focuses more on the number of students enrolled and the success rate based on quantity rather than quality.

Whereas alternative school systems in which I have come across during my journey as an educator, have limited the number of students. This enables them to produce quality students. They are able to provide one on one attention to the students.

Alternative education brings a different perspective to the education system by allowing students to learn about what interests them the most. Exploring and knowing about their options prior to finding their passion is of utmost importance.

Alternative education believes the pressure of exams and tests can be lowered by recognizing the importance of acquisition of knowledge rather than competition. These schools provide the freedom to acquire knowledge at their own pace.

The primary focus of these schools is “how to learn” and not “what to learn.” They attend the exam when they feel they are ready which would reduce the anxiety and fear of exams.

Alternative schools do not follow the timetables or schedule system. The instructor and the student have a one on one interaction. These kind of schools face day-to-day disdain.

On the other hand, there are many parents and researchers finding answers to dealing with anxiety during exams; however, this presents a perception of our system causing damage to students.

For example, a school in India,

Shibumi school, participates in alternative education. Here, the students are allowed to choose their field of interest whether it is music, dance, science or anything else.

The instructors in this school try to find a path which congregates the subject and their field of interest. In these spaces, there is no scope of disparity among gender, race, ethnicity or color.

This non-traditional methodology of teaching and living instills a sense of self-check that keeps occurring continuously.

This introspection is not just limited to adults but to children who undergo this method of education. Therefore, this limits the disdainful behavior among children.

There are multiple schools around the world following the Jiddu Krishnamurthi philosophy, who is a great philosopher of his time.

Krishnamurthi believes that children should not just be trained with the content of science or social, but should be exposed to philosophy of life.

This helps them to perceive life in completely different and open context. There should be an open interaction between a teacher and a student opening a completely new door of thoughts for children.

Hence, the schools that are inspired from his philosophy continuously try to establish the relationship between an adult and the young generation. This connection is to cross the bridge of age gap and establish a beautiful relationship where both ends are learners.

These schools make sure to have vast majority of open space for physical activities, whether it’s running, walking, dancing or for a good discussion. Most of the activities happen outdoor.

They keep their classrooms limited, because the open space facilitates the child to be creative and opens the world of imagination to them. When you try to fit all the students in a room and force them to learn, it tends to seize their mind and their physical desire to be active or mobile.

Although, schools like Shibumi, allow children to have the opportunity to express themselves while displaying their area of interest. There is a self-learning habit that is instilled in students. This custom helps the children to be independent and

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OPINION

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Erin Bradshaw | Indiana Statesman

Hate groups on campus

Erin Bradshaw Columnist

On Sunday, March 3rd, students at Indiana State University discovered a flyer in the HMSU Commons that read, “Identity Evropa.”

These words are the name of an American Neo-Nazi and white supremacist group. Founded in March of 2016 by Nathan Damigo, they are identified as a hate group and have over 800 members as of July of 2018.

Whether this poster was put up in support of the group, or if there is a sub-group on campus, is yet to be determined.

At ISU, the student population is comprised of 34.8% of minorities, according to Forbes.

Under the First Amendment in the Constitution, all people living in America have freedom of speech. However, the question many are asking is, does this go too far?

Indiana remains one of the only five states left to fail to pass a law prohibiting a hate crime.

Hate crime law is determined individually by state.

Currently, Illinois’ hate crime law includes punishment against anyone who commits assault, stalking, intimidation, among more on a lengthy list, based on someone’s religion, race, sexual orientation, etc.

A first offense is a Class 4 Felony, meaning the convicted person could face 1-3 years of prison and up to $25,000 in fines.

Many members of neo-Nazi groups are weaseling their way into positions of power. Identity Evropa is not the first fascist group to emerge in America.

James Allsup, a member of this specific group, was elected as the Precinct Committee Officer of the Washington State Republican Party in June of 2018.

Luckily, on January 7, 2019, the committee voted to eject him from the party and all of this powers were stripped.

On a much larger scale, an old yearbook photo of Governor Ralph Northam of Virginia uncovered him appearing in blackface and KKK apparel; although, he has refused to admit to which person was actually him.

Yes, people do change, especially over a period of over thirty years. However, he refuses to step down from his position.

Many Americans view this as a poor decision. Considering the period of time, actions speak louder than words. Governor Ralph Northam did apologize for his actions, but he has

not taken actions to amend the wounds he has caused.

As an official in a position of power and leadership, it is his duty to first and foremost take care of the people of Virginia.

This is especially pertinent because only two years ago, there was in event that took place in the state of Virginia regarding racism.

In August of 2017, James Fields, a Neo-Nazi, drove his car into a crown of people, injuring many and killing one woman.

The tragic event occurred at a rally in opposition of Unite the Right, a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Fields was charged with multiple hate crimes and the murder of Heather Heyer.

Fields was said to be marching with Vanguard America, a neo-Nazi group, and after he finished marching, he then drove his car through a crowd of people instead of leaving the event.

This event is one of many over the past few years, making hate crimes towards minorities especially prominent.

Famous rapper, Childish Gambino, released a song titled, “This is America” in 2018, attempting to address the racial injustice in America.

In one part of the song, a black choir is shown singing just before Gambino turns around and

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Want universal child care? You can’t just clone Head Start Linda K. Smith

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A new proposal by Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts to fund universal child care takes its inspiration from the success of the Head Start and military child care programs. While appealing in theory, replicating either of these systems is fraught with challenges.

I would know. I helped create the military system and later oversaw Head Start.

Instead of simply copying these models, a viable national solution should focus on the underlying principles we used to improve quality and access in both systems. Critically, in both cases, we started with an acknowledgment of what already existed and a clear vision of what needed to change and built up from there.

A federal-to-local program based on the military and Head Start models, like the one Warren proposes, misses the reality of child care in America. Bypassing the states could destabilize existing child care programs and, more important, upend the parent choice that underpins the current system and benefits very young children.

To the outsider, the military model ap-

pears to be federal-to-local, but its success hinges on the installation commanders, with oversight from major commands and military branches.

That structure isn’t easily reproduced elsewhere. Even with the Head Start model, federal regional offices play a significant role in managing the grants to local providers. Congress itself has struggled with integrating Head Start programs into existing state and local systems, and created Head Start Collaboration offices to improve this.

So, what lessons can be learned from these two models?

Both designs are guided by the principle that all children served deserve quality, especially when public funds are used. That required clear and achievable standards, and paths to higher quality as defined by national accreditation.

Very early on, Head Start set performance standards that could be measured.

When we established the military standards in 1988, they were set at the median of the state standards at the time. They have not been notably changed since.

Enforcement of standards was a core requirement from the inception of both programs. Inspections were mandatory and comprehensive, with a multi-level

system of checks and balances.

The third major factor is the workforce.

In both cases, the goal was to improve the knowledge and competence of the existing workforce. Both used the Child Development Associate credential as the first goal for staff and created ways for those already working in the programs to reach it. Training is consistent, free, offered onsite and leads to higher pay. To this day, the military model is based on a mix of staff with college degrees and those who meet the credential requirements.

Parents — and children — need options. Not all children thrive in a center-based program. Family child care is a solution for many parents, and both programs provide choice while insisting on equivalent training, standards and oversight.

Parent engagement Nearly ignored in the current debate, to my chagrin, is the role of parents. The military system was built on the concept that child care is a shared responsibility between parents and the Defense Department. We recognized that quality child care costs more than most parents can afford, but that it nevertheless is essential to positive child outcomes. To provide this quality, the military funds the difference between

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what parents can afford and the true cost of quality.

The military model relies on other services provided on the installation, such as health and mental health consultation, nutrition assistance, screenings and parent education. These are also built into the Head Start model, either through direct provision or connection with community services.

Funding is a huge barrier to any comprehensive child care system. Warren’s proposal correctly acknowledges that significant resources are required to guarantee access to quality, affordable care.

The last lesson from the military and Head Start models is to understand the need and accurately project the cost to meet it. Nationally, we still lack comparable reliable data on the scope of the child care need and what it will cost to improve the current system while expanding to serve more children.

The goal of affordable, quality child care for all is laudable. But if, as a nation, we decide this is a goal worth pursuing, we have a long way to go to achieve it. We must learn from what works, but when it comes to caring for children, one size truly does not fit all.

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indianastatesman.com ALTERNATIVE FROM PAGE 6 find their passion.

This does not mean that the students who undergo this alternative szchool system are not competent enough with the real world, but might not be fit for college level education.

Malvika Raj, homeschooled in India, was admitted in MIT without a high school certificate.

Instead, they accepted her based on her talent related to her computer program-

HATE GROUPS FROM PAGE 6 shoots them all. This represents the 2015 Charleston shooting done by Dylann Roof, a white supremacist, killing nine black people in a church basement.

With all of these events happening, the appearance of this poster could pose a severe threat to our campus environment.

There are multiple flyers all over campus supporting different religious, social, and ethnic groups, but none that pose a threat to a specific population.

ISU has had its share of racial issues.

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ming skills. Which she acquired because of the flexibility she had during her young age of choosing what interests her.

I strongly believe that when children are provided with the opportunity to choose their area of interest and learn it in their own pace they create wonders which are beyond our imagination. Let education be a process of acquiring knowledge rather than winning grades or medals.

Spades Tournament Last Thursday, Xpressions Modeling Troupe collaborated with the men of Omega Psi Phi Incorporated to hold a “Spades Tournament”. Seven rounds of games were held that night which lead up to the final round where students could win prizes.

The Winners received a $50.00 gift card to walmart while the other two participants received gift bags. Kiera Lomax, President of Xpressions stated “Our goal is to grow so that we can have monthly games where we can promote campus unity through a lighthearted competitive game of spades.”

Back in November, racial slurs were found on a bathroom in Stalker Hall.

This is only one incident of many over the past school year.

Our university does have a Non-Discriminatory Act in place, and the President of ISU, Deborah Curtis, has explicitly stated that discrimination of any kind is not tolerated.

If that is the case, why did students find the flyer and not faculty in the commons? This is an area that many students and staff flock to at all hours of the day, so how come administration or faculty fail to take it down first?

IM SORRY, I CANT DO THIS ANYMORE. I NEED SOMEONE WHO READS THE INDIANA STATESMAN.

IM SUCH A FOOL!

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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Athletic Media Relations

Traveling to Memphis Tennessee, Sycamores beat the Jaguars.

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Sycamores took on Mercer and won overall.

ISU Sycamores beat Baseball advances to 12-1 IUPUI Jaguars in season with win over Mercer Memphis softball tournament Emari Washington Reporter

Jay Adkins Reporter

This past weekend, The 7-7 Indiana State Sycamores softball team traveled to Memphis, Tennessee to compete in the Memphis Softball Tournament.

The original weekend schedule for the Sycamores was IUPUI Friday morning, Belmont University Bruins Friday afternoon, DePaul University Blue Demons Saturday afternoon, and the University of Memphis Tigers on Sunday evening. Both DePaul matchups were cancelled due to bad weather.

The Sycamores defeated the IUPUI Jaguars in comeback fashion with a final score 6-3. Indiana State trailed 2-1 throughout most of the matchup, but late heroics from key players propelled the Sycamores to victory.

Junior infielder, Shaye Barton went 2-for-4 and hit two home runs in the seventh inning.

Sophomore infielder Leslie Sims ripped an RBI double after sophomore outfield Becky Malchow’s leadoff single to tie the match 2-2. Barton’s two run homerun in the seventh inning finished the Jaguars. ISU is now 28-11 all-time against IUPUI. Junior outfielder Bailey Martin reached base for a team-leading 15th consecutive game.

In the second matchup Friday afternoon, the Sycamores faced the Belmont Bruins. Sophomore outfielder Bella Peterson went 2-for-3 at the plate, but the Bruins were too much for the Sycamores to handle. Belmont’s Brooklin Lee dominated the

Sycamores. Lee went 2-for-4 at the plate, with an RBI, home run and scored two runs while pitching a complete game. The Bruins had a lead of 5-1 at one point in the match. Shaye Barton tried to keep the Sycamores within distance with an RBI in the fifth inning, which sent Leslie Sims to home plate for the second time, but Belmont added a couple of runs in the seventh to end any real shot of a comeback from the Sycamores. Pitcher Arielle Blankenship was charged with a loss after allowing three runs on seven hits in four innings pitched.

Indiana State is now 4-3 alltime against Belmont University.

In their last matchup of the weekend, the Sycamores competed against the hometown Memphis Tigers.

Junior pitcher Gabbi Schnaiter was charged with a loss after allowing three runs on three hits in three innings. Sophomore first base/catcher Amanda Guercio went 2-for-3 at the plate. Her RBI in the fourth inning gave the Sycamores a temporary lead over the Tigers.

The second half of the matchup was an intense back and forth between the Sycamores and Tigers, with both teams exchanging leads going into the last inning. Back-to-back fielder’s choices ended the chance to tie. Indiana State would not get a batter on base in the final inning. With the loss, the Sycamores moved to 8-9 for the season so far.

The Sycamores will come back home to compete against IUPUI Jaguars, Wednesday March 13, at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Erin Reese shows out in the Track and Field NCAA Championship Garrett Short Reporter

Indiana State redshirt senior Erin Reese was named a First Team All-American after a stellar performance at the NCAA Indoor Championship this past weekend. Reese threw for a career-long 22.34 meters Saturday to place fourth in the nation.

Reese, who transferred to ISU from Dayton after the 2017 season, now sits second all-time in the ISU record books for weight throw. She trails behind Felisha Johnson who won a pair of national titles as a Sycamore.

With her throw Saturday she has the 14th best distance in the world. This success is not anything new for Reese. She was named the MVC Most Outstanding Female Field Athlete for both the indoor and outdoor season in 2018. She earned the indoor weight throw title a season ago.

Reese told gosycamores.com that her goal was always to hit 22 meters. She did that twice this

past weekend to give ISU five points, which put them at 41st in the nation to end the indoor season.

Reese was a welcome addition to ISU two years ago. At Dayton she was an Atlantic 10 Conference champion in the weight throw twice and won indoor shot put title once. A well-rounded and consistent athlete, Reese won Atlantic 10 Conference Indoor Field Performer of the Year in 2017 before coming to Terre Haute.

The last time ISU had an All-American in track and field was back in 2015. Reese went out a big way to close out her collegiate indoor career. Reese finished behind Sade Olatoye of Ohio State, Louisville’s Makenli Forrest and Taylor Scaife from Houston.

ISU has a little rest and some time to prepare for the start of the outdoor season. For their first meet the team will travel to the Volunteer State as they partake in the Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invite March 22 and 23.

It was a busy weekend for the ISU baseball team as the faced off with Mercer. In a three game series ISU came out on top with some pretty convincing wins; all coming out with the trees scoring 7 or more runs. The Sycamores will advance to 12-1 on the season. The Sycamores have been on a tear going on a 5 game winning streak, proving that they will be very tough opponents once they get into conference play.ISU is 8-1 on the road, which shows they are very formidable regardless of where they play. On Friday, against the team recorded a season-high 17 base hits with 6 of those being extra-base hits.

Coach Mitch Hannah’s explain how he felt as though,” we weren’t sharp and we made some mistakes that we typically don’t

make.” Showing that he still see’s improvement in the team regardless of how convincing of a win they had. The Sycamore’s had a fantastic first inning managing to put up 7 runs. Clay Dungan started this inning with a solo home run. That along with Romero Harris cranking a two run bomb to left field that set up the score at 4-0. Saturday was a similar fate for Mercer with being beat 7-3 in a late game thriller.

Over the course of Friday and Saturday the Sycamores had gathered 30 hits in 18 innings.

That’s almost a guaranteed 1 hit per inning. Coach Hannah explains how he feels better about the win on Saturday than the win on Friday. “I thought we made some great plays defensively down the stretch.” He also explained the great effort made

by Jake Means “[He] made a couple great plays especially starting the eighth inning with a double play…” showing that he is really

optimistic how his team is able to perform when they are under pressure.

And finally Sunday against Mercer was pretty much like déjà vu for the Bear’s because ISU came in and handled business like they had been doing all season.

The Sycamore’s walked away with a 9-4 win. With the Sycamores advancing to 12-1 on the season, this shows that ISU is about business this season.

This ISU team is the first team to sweep Mercer in 8 years; not to mention they did it in a very alarming fashion.

Coach Hannah states,” We had a lack of focus late in Friday’s game but I’m proud of how we finished the weekend.” Further showing his appreciation and belief in his team this year.

On Wednesday the Sycamores play Purdue in Terre Haute, game time is at 4 p.m. at Bob Warn Field.

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Christian Williams dribbling around Drake players during game on Feb. 27.

Crusaders defeat Sycamores in weekend tournament Jordan Koegler Reporter

The Missouri Valley Conference Tournament resulted in a loss for Indiana State Men’s Basketball over the weekend to Valparaiso.

The final score of the game was 77-55. Indiana State ended the season with a 15-16 overall record and a 7-11 conference record.

Tyreke Key led the Sycamores with 20 points. He was 7-of-14 from the field and 4-of-8 from the 3-point range.

Valparaiso started the game strong with 6-0 run at the beginning of the game . However, Bronson Kessinger, Emondre Rickman and Jordan Barnes all contributed points at the 10-minute mark and made six points of eight for the Sycamores and put the score at 14-13 with Sycamores leading.

Key made a three-pointer and Christian Williams posted a half court steal and one handed bounce pass to Key which put the Sycamores ahead of the Crusaders, 18-14 with eight minutes left in the first half.

Derrik Smits, Javon Freeman both scored for the Crusaders during the first half.

Coming out strong after half time, Key put in a three-pointer, which marked his fourth three-pointer of the game. With just 11 minutes left in the game, Christain Williams scored for the Sycamores putting the score at 46-36.

Valpo led by 17 points, before Cooper Neese scored a three-pointer for the Sycamores.

With four minutes left in the game the score was 65-51 with the Crusaders leading.

Markus Golder led the Crusaders with a total of 18 points.

Along with his teammate, Javon Freeman had a total of 17 points

and seven rebounds.

Valpo will move on to play top seated Loyola Friday, March 8 at 1 p.m. for the MVC quarterfinals.

Key earned a spot on the MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team.

The league’s 10 communications directors vote on the award.

Only a sophomore, Key has demonstrated how valuable he has been for Sycamores basketball. He is the fourth Sycamore to ever lead the MVC in overall scoring average with 17 points per game and totaling 518 points.

He joins Larry Bird, John Sherman Williams and David Moss as the only four in ISU history to lead the Valley in scoring. Key has a 44.3 percent mark from the three-point line and was ranked fourth in the league.

Overall, ISU men’s basketball had a successful season and the future is bright for the team.