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Groups of students compete in Sycamore Sing this past Monday, April 8 in Tilson Auditorium.
Kicking off Spring Week with dance moves of the decade Nicole Nunez Reporter
To help kick off Spring Week, Union Board hosted Sycamore Sing on Monday night at 7 p.m. in Tilson Auditorium. Tilson Auditorium was filled with students excited to see an entertaining show and support their peers and friends. The event featured multiple fraternity and sorority groups as well as RHA, who all danced and lip sang to a mix of songs from the past. Each performance also had
coordinated outfits to help fit the theme of the 2000’s and create a more fun atmosphere for the audience. “My favorite part of the event was all the great outfits that the dancers wore, they very much represented the 2000s,” said Lauren James, an ISU student. Another favorite part of the event was “seeing all the unique dance moves that all the other teams come up with. Also, that finally everything you’ve been working for is paying off and it is finally that day,” said Maddy
New Public Safety Director coming soon Alyssa Bosse Reporter
Joe Newport, current Public Safety Director at Indiana State, is retiring after this school year and ISU has narrowed it down to two candidates for the new Public Safety Director. Newport has not made it public knowledge why he will be retiring at the end of the year. Chad Beights is from Carbondale, Illinois and currently is the Director of Campus Police and Emergency Management of Indiana Wesleyan University. John Fiesta is the Administrative Services and Patrol at University of Illinois. Chad Beights graduated Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a Master of Legal Studies with an Emphasis in Employment and Labor Law. Beights even has a Bachelor of Arts in Administrative of Justice and minor in forensic science, Psychology. Beights was a police sergeant at Southern Illinois University responsible for ensuring compliance under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Policy and Campus Crime Statistic Act and Violence Against Women Act. Beights also has experience as a Police Corporal some of his duties included investigations on special assignments, devices, patrol officer, hazardous devices technician and a first responder. Beights has received numerous awards in Life Calling and Integrative Learning Team Award, Hometown Hero Award and National Residence Hall Honorary. Fiesta is a graduate from Gonzaga University with a Masters of Arts in Organizational Leadership and a special focus on Ser-
vant Leadership. Fiesta had a Bachelors in Rhetoric with a minor in Russian Language and Literature. As the Administrative Services and Patrol at University of Illinois,
Fiesta has developed the crime prevention unit consisting of two crime prevention detectives. Fiesta was also a police supervisor and police officer at University of Illinois. Fiesta has been rewarded Community Partner of the year, Police Chiefs Award and Officer of the year. Each candidate has a form available on the Business Affairs page on the Indiana State website for students and faculty of ISU to fill out in response. More information can be found on the candidates can also be found on the Business Affairs page. Each candidates resume goes into more detail on their accomplishments and qualifications.
Sermersheim, Alpha Omicron Pi performer. All of the groups have been working tirelessly since the start of the semester to put on a fabulous show for their fellow students, staff and faculty. “We rehearsed three times a week, for a total of six hours a week,” said Sermersheim, “practices were so much fun, but I was very, very tired, exhausted, sweaty, and everything in between.” One of the best parts was “the end when we all hit the splits,”
said Sermersheim. Sermersheim and many other performers gave it their all and wanted to make a lasting impression on both the audience and the judges. For many performers, the biggest takeaway was not about the dancing, but about the people and the bonds that were made throughout this tiring journey. “You get to meet such cool people and different people that maybe you wouldn’t get to know before. You also get to know your sisters a little better,” said Sermersheim.
“I think that it was a great kickoff to spring week. I had a great time watching all the organizations show off,” said James, “I think it’s very important for students to attend an event like this to not only support their fellow student but support campus organizations as a whole. This events make us closer as a student body and that’s a great thing.” Typically the winners are announced right after the event concludes, but differing from tradition this year, the winners will be announced on Saturday.
IRS head says college admission scandal parents may face hefty tax bills Laura Davison
Bloomberg News (TNS)
Some of the parents charged with paying bribes to get their offspring into college could end up owing a lot more to the Internal Revenue Service. IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig told the Senate Finance Committee his agency anticipates that “numerous other individuals” will be charged with criminal tax violations as a result of the investigation into alleged brides paid to test examiners and college sports coaches to guarantee spots for students at elite U.S. universities. People charged with criminal tax violations could be required to correct their tax returns and pay back taxes, plus interest and penalties, Rettig told the panel Wednesday. Many tax crimes carry a maximum five-year prison term and a fine of $100,000. Fines for civil tax violations can run as high as 75% of the unpaid tax, plus interest. Last month, 33 parents were charged with conspiring with college admissions strategist and confessed ringleader William Rick Singer to pay $25 million in bribes to entrance exam administrators, a surro-
gate test-taker and university sports coaches to get their children into Yale, Georgetown, Stanford and other exclusive schools. The U.S. alleges that some parents made payments to Singer through the nonprofit Key Worldwide Foundation, which they claimed as charitable contributions to get a tax deduction. Among the parents charged in the case were actors Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, and lawyer Gordon Caplan, the former co-chairman of Willkie Farr & Gallagher. Huffman and Caplan are among at least 13 parents who have said they will admit guilt. Loughlin declined a plea deal and now faces new charges of money laundering and asset forfeiture counts. Singer also pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with the government, secretly recording conversations he had with the parents to help prosecutors build their case. The IRS’s criminal investigations unit initiated about 3,000 cases in 2017, according to agency statistics. About 66% of the cases it completed that year resulted in jail time for the defendant.
Kathy Hutchins | Zuma Press | TNS
Lori Laughlin at the Hallmark TCA Summer 2017 Party at the Private Residence on July 27, 2017 in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Rex Atienza | Prensa Internacional | Zuma Press | TNS
Actress Felicity Huffman, shown at the 21st Annual SAG Awards in 2015, is among the parents named in the college admissions scandal federal indictment.
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FedEx presents aviation scholarships to Sycamores FedEx officials presented aviation scholarships to 20 Indiana State University students on Wednesday (April 10). Indiana State received a $500,000 commitment from FedEx Express last fall as part of the corporation’s $2.5 million Purple Runway Aviation Scholarship program. A subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the world’s largest express transportation company, FedEx Express created the scholarship program to build the next generation of aviation professionals. FedEx is collaborating with seven universities and technical schools that provide education and training for aspiring pilots, aircraft maintenance technicians and other aviation professionals. “FedEx has the best pilots, mechanics and aviation professionals in the industry,” said Don Colleran President & CEO FedEx Express. “The FedEx Purple Runway Aviation Scholarship strengthens the education to aviation pipeline, and is just one of the many ways we’re continuously innovating to attract the next generation of aviation professionals.” Indiana State students who received scholarships are as follows: · Kyler Pearson of Crawfordsville · Joseph Hutzel of Lafayette · Michael Morel of Warsaw · Collin Grayless of Terre Haute · Madeline Hooks of Warsaw · Brant Lennox of Plainfield · Lyle Jefson of Shelbyville · Andra Woodward of Mooresville · Daniel Denison of Georgetown · Nicholas Jobbe of West Lafayette · Konner Campbell of Terre Haute · Nia Spiller of Louisville, Ky.
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Scholarship recipients pose for a photograph with officials from Indiana State University and FedEx on April 10.
· Levi Nolan of Terre Haute · Sean Harris of Floyds Knobs · Sara Stumpf of Marshall, Ind. · John Lawless of Indianapolis · Adrian Melendez of Portage · Sean Dawson of Humboldt, Ill. · Jordan Ripperdan of Corydon · Rachel Malone of New Albany “We appreciate FedEx’s support of our professional aviation flight technology undergraduate program at ISU,” said Nesli Alp, dean of the College of Technology. “FedEx’s generous support will help us train more pilots, who are desperately needed in the workforce. We are delight-
ed to partner with FedEx on this important initiative and look forward to collaborating with them to support our students and faculty.” Professional aviation students incur additional costs for their education because of required flight fees, said Troy Allen, chair of the aviation technology department at Indiana State. “One of the biggest challenges for a young person to fulfill their aspirations of becoming a professional pilot is finances. This FedEx endowment has eliminated a considerable portion of that chal-
lenge,” Allen said. “It is a very exciting time to be pursuing an aviation degree at Indiana State University. Speaking on behalf of the aviation faculty and our students, I wish to express our heartfelt gratitude for this gift from the awesome FedEx team that visited our campus. We are so very proud of all of our students and what they are working so hard to achieve. Truly, they are why we are here, and we are pleased to have FedEx come along side us with the shared goal of insuring their future success.” The FedEx Purple Runway Aviation Scholarship is an extension of the company’s aviation pathways program. This industry-leading pilot development program is designed to assist two FedEx Express feeder operators with the recruitment and retention of pilots who wish to develop their skills and experiences to eventually qualify for pilot opportunities at FedEx Express. More information is available at fedexpurplerunway.com. FedEx Express is the world’s largest express transportation company, providing fast and reliable delivery to more than 220 countries and territories. With annual revenues of $69 billion, FedEx Corp. offers integrated business solutions through operating companies competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked among the world’s most admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 450,000 team members to remain focused on safety, the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of their customers and communities. University Marketing
How flying cars could help in the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center agrees to end use of fight against climate change Leila Miller
Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Have you ever been stuck in traffic and wished you could zoom above the gridlock in a flying car? A new study predicts these futuristic vehicles could be good for your commute and good for the environment — as long as they’re used on long-distance trips with several carpool buddies. The finding, published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications, could help guide the development of flying cars so they’ll have more in common with a plug-in electric vehicle than a gas-guzzling SUV. “We did not imagine that flying cars would have any role in a sustainable mobility system,” said study leader Akshat Kasliwal, a graduate student at the University of Michigan’s Center for Sustainable Systems. “We were surprised to see that they do.” These flying cars — known officially as vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, or VTOLs (pronounced “v-tolls”) — won’t be getting off the ground regularly for a few more years, at least. But engineers already have a pretty good idea of how they would operate. Generally speaking, they would begin their flights by rising straight into the air like a helicopter, then climb to at least 1,000 feet. Once they reach cruising altitude, they are capa-
ble of flying about 150 miles per hour. When it’s time to land, the final descent would be vertical as well. A VTOL could get in and out of tight spaces. The amount of real estate needed to park four school buses side by side would be more than enough. But could a VTOL compete with traditional cars in terms of greenhouse gas emissions? This is an important consideration, because scientists say the world needs to begin reducing its total emissions within the next decade to avoid the worst effects of climate change. By 2050 or so, they say, net carbon emissions will need to be nearly zero. Cleaning up the transportation system will be a big part of that. Transportation is responsible for 28% of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S, and 60% of those emissions come from light duty vehicles like passenger cars, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. To see whether flying cars have a role to play in a sustainable future, Kasliwal and his co-authors from the University of Michigan and Ford Motor Co. compared a hypothetical battery-powered flying car to two vehicles that travel on the ground: a regular car powered by an internal combustion engine, and a battery-powered electric car. The researchers simulated a variety of scenarios.
First, they considered the emissions that each kind of car would produce if it carried a single passenger. The regular car releases greenhouse gases through its tailpipe. The electric car and the flying car wouldn’t produce emissions directly, so the researchers considered the pollution associated with generating the electricity needed to power them. For short trips up to 35 kilometers (about 22 miles), the regular car produced fewer emissions than the flying car. For longer trips, the flying car was cleaner to operate. But in this analysis, the flying car could never match the low emissions of the electric car. In fact, it didn’t even come close unless the trip was more than 120 km (about 75 miles). A new generation of flying cars is taking to the air. But without the cars » However, the researchers noted that people won’t always be traveling solo. So they redid their calculations assuming that the regular car and the electric car had 1.54 passengers (which is the actual average in the U.S.) and that the flying car had 3 passengers (not including the pilot). When they considered the greenhouse gas emissions per passenger for a trip lasting 100 km (about 60 miles), they found that the flying car was 52%
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race in admissions process Matthew Adams
The Dallas Morning News (TNS)
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center has agreed to stop using race as a factor for applicants to its medical school, bowing to pressure from the Trump administration’s attempts to curtail the use of affirmative action in admissions. The Lubbock medical school struck a deal with the Education Department in February, concluding a 14-year investigation into the university’s use of affirmative action, The Wall Street Journal first reported. Tech said it would inform the staff of changes by March 1 and said it would remove material related to race or national origins by September. In a letter to the Education Department, the school said it is “committed to exploring race-neutral alternatives” and evaluating the current admissions policies when it comes to considering an applicant’s race. “If a determination is made in the future that using race as a factor in admissions is necessary … (Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center) will provide notice,” wrote Eric Bentley, Texas Tech University System vice president and general counsel. The action is the first of its kind by Betsy DeVos’ Education
Department and signals the approach the agency will take with other schools. The department has investigations underway into the use of race admissions at Yale and Harvard universities. Those cases question whether Asian Americans are being discriminated against during the admissions process. Last July, the department revoked an Obama-era guideline for how schools could legally consider race in the interest of promoting diversity. This is not the first time affirmative action has come up in Texas. The University of Texas was tied up in a seven-year legal battle related to Abigail Fisher, a white female, who was not accepted. Fisher challenged the school’s affirmative action and automatic admissions policies. The Supreme Court heard Fisher v. Texas twice, reaffirming the practice of race as an admissions factor in a 4-3 decision in 2016. Former Justice Anthony Kennedy left the door open for future legal challenges by saying universities must review their affirmative action policies and assess the effects. The original complaint against Tech was filed in 2005 by Roger Clegg of the Center for Equal Opportunity, which opposes af-
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Astronomers unveil first-ever photo of a black hole Jessica Schladebeck
New York Daily News (TNS)
A group of astronomers who run a network of telescopes encircling the planet have for the first time ever captured images of the darkest entity in space – a black hole. Despite recurring appearances in pop culture hits, like “Star Trek” and Christopher’s Nolan’s space flick “Interstellar,” nobody had actually seen a black hole until now. Scientists with the Event Horizon Telescope project and the National Scientists Foundation during a press conEvent Horizon Telescope | TNS ference on Wednesday unveiled Researchers unveiled the first direct visual evidence of a supermassive black hole and its shadow. mankind’s first look at one of the This black hole resides 55 million light-years from Earth and has a mass 6.5 billion times that of most bewildering occurrences in the sun. the cosmos. “I am delighted to report that and we hope that everyone else radio disc telescopes on five dif- hemoth at the center of Messier we have for the first time seen will also find it as inspiring.” ferent continents to create “an 87, a huge giant elliptical galaxy what we thought was unseeable. To capture this first image, sci- Earth-sized” camera. In April in the Virgo constellation with a We have taken the first picture entists needed a telescope with 2017, “they all swiveled” to ob- jet energy more than 5,000 light of a black hole,” said Shep Doethe same level of detail as seeing serve the same portion of the sky years long emitting from it. leman, Event Horizon Telescope a date on a quarter in Los Ange- at the exact same time. It lies about 53.5 million light project director. les from Washington, D.C. — so Astronomers set out to cap- years from earth with a mass “We’ve exposed a part of our Event Horizon Telescope project ture the depths – or the so-called about 6 billion times that of the universe we’ve never seen bescientists organized and linked “point of no return” – of a be- sun. fore. We find this result inspiring
Black holes – initially predicted by the equations of Albert Einstein’s theory, as solved by physicist Karl Schwarzschild in 1915 – are “extremely dense pockets of matter, objects of such incredible mass and minuscule volume that they drastically warp the fabric of space time.” “Anything that passes too close, from a wandering star to a proton of light, gets captured,” according to the National Science Foundation. “Most black holes are the condensed remnants of a massive star, the collapsed core that remains following an explosive supernova. However, the black hole family tree has several branches, from tiny structures on par with a human cell to enormous giants billions of times more massive than our sun.” Black holes, defined by being mostly invisible, have proven tricky to study – despite their size and power, “it’s hard to see something that does not emit enough photons, let alone traps any light that passes by,” according NSF astronomers.
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Meet your fellow ISU Sycamores
Thursday, April 11, 2019
Dossier by Cheyenne Fauquher Photos by Anna Bartley
Freshman Name: Chris Childers Birthday: March 6, 2000 Hometown: Chicago, IL Major: Business Cake or Pie: Pie Favorite Disney movie: Wall-E
Sophomore Name: Maggie McKinney Birthday: May 13, 1999 Hometown: Brookville, IN Major: Biology Cake or Pie: Cake Favorite Disney movie: Pocahontas Junior Name: Johnny Beiswanger Birthday: May 1, 1998 Hometown: Fishers, IN Major: Health Administration Cake or Pie: Cake Favorite Disney movie: Toy Story Senior Name: Bre Kiser Birthday: July 21, 1996 Hometown: Warsaw, IN Major: Human Development and Family Studies Cake or Pie: Pie Favorite Disney movie: Lemonade Mouth
Coachella at 20: Beyonce forever changed the festival Mikael Wood
Los Angeles Times (TNS)
One way to gauge the level of excitement rippling across the field at Coachella ahead of Beyonce’s headlining performance last year is to consider that Chance the Rapper the hugely popular MC who himself is no stranger to the festival’s massive main stage could be seen standing (and indulging requests for selfies) for at least half an hour in the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd that breathlessly awaited Queen Bey. Almost certainly a guy capable of scoring a roomier spot had he asked, Chance seemed to understand that he’d want to be front and center for whatever Beyonce had in store. And, boy, was he right. When the pop superstar finally appeared before us on April 14, 2018, she made known immediately that this wasn’t to be a typical festival performance. The show opened with Beyonce leading a kind of royal procession a homecoming
queen, if you like, come to preside over what revealed itself as a loving recreation of a halftime show at a historically black college. By far the most complicated production I’ve ever seen at Coachella, the two-hour gig featured approximately 100 musicians and dancers including brass and string players, a drum line and a baton twirler all of whom helped her radically reimagine familiar songs in a context clearly tied to her role as the first black woman to headline the annual desert festival. (“Ain’t that ‘bout a bitch,” she said in a priceless aside.) Beyonce, who’d pushed back her Coachella debut from 2017 after becoming pregnant with twins, told the audience that the delay had given her time “to dream” up something special. And that intellectual ambition was easy to feel in a concert that used Beyonce’s razzle-dazzle not merely to glorify herself though there was plenty of that but to tell a story about community, as when she steered her song “Freedom,”
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which here rode a heavy groove played on sousaphones, into a rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” often called the black national anthem. As is frequently the case at cameo-crazy Coachella, Beyonce brought surprise guests. Yet here again she was emphasizing an idea of family, with appearances by her husband, Jay-Z; her sister, Solange; and her old bandmates in Destiny’s Child, with whom she grew up. Singing a retooled version of its classic “Say My Name,” the girl group described the importance of home to even the most dogged of adventurers. Given the show’s universal acclaim Chance, in a commencement address at Dillard University, later called it “better than any performance Michael Jackson ever did” it came as no surprise this week to hear that Beyonce plans to release a documentary about the concert, called “Homecoming,” on Netflix on April 17. Even in the moment, you suspected that the intricate camerawork feeding images to the screens at Coachella had been de-
signed with a movie in mind. (So too did the band’s vivid arrangements feel worthy of a live album, though Beyonce’s publicist didn’t respond to a question about that.) The timing of the documentary’s release, between the two weekends of this year’s festival, has to make you laugh: As much as she’s taking advantage of the renewed interest in Coachella, she’s also flexing her muscle, drawing attention from the performers trying to live up to what she did last time. Nobody on the bill is likely to succeed. But Beychella, as it quickly became known, clearly raised the ceiling of possibility. In other words, you don’t get Kanye West’s so-called Sunday Service, which he’s reportedly planning for a mountainside in the festival’s campground on Easter morning, without the precedent of Beyonce’s 2018 spectacle. Perhaps Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child said it best when asked how she
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All children left behind Erin Bradshaw Columnist
In early January of this year, Senate 31-17 passed Bill 132. This bill would require high school students to pass a citizenship test with a score of at least 60/100. If they fail to pass the test, they will not receive their high school diploma. Since the passing of the Senate, the House Education Committee eliminated the idea. There is an even split between politicians who believe this is a good idea and a not so great one. On one hand, this would require students to be knowledgeable on the basic history of America. On the other hand, many believe this is just another test thrown at students. However, the idea of students having too many tests would not have come along if it were not for the “No Child Left Behind” Act implemented by former President Bush in 2002. Its initial reasoning for beginning was because some Americans felt like our country was falling behind in competiveness with other countries. It also put a special emphasis on boosting minority students such as those in special education, ESL learners or lower income students. No one thought this law intending to help students would fail. However, it resulted in lower funding for urban schools and more funding for suburban schools where the test scores were higher. Insert standardized testing. Because of this law, standardized testing became one of the main sources of revenue for public schools. The government allotted money to each school government based on how well the students did on the tests. According to CBS News, in a study done in 2015, over 66 of America’s biggest school districts found that between 20-25 hours were spent on test taking in the classroom. This averaged about 112 standardized tests. The study did not include how many hours students spent preparing for the tests, or regular quizzes and tests given in general classes. What we all know as I-STEP, was a result of the NCLB Act. When I was in school, we had to take this standardized test from
3rd grade through 8th grade. Now at my school, it is required from 3rd grade until sophomore year of high school. I was a junior when the school board implemented policy for sophomores to take the test. For a majority of my primary education, I spent practicing for tests, never learning. They do not spend time teaching you how to retain the information you learn, but simply just to memorize it and do well on a test so the school receives kudos and funding. If students K-12 are going to continuously be given standardized tests, there might as well be one that actually will benefit them. This brings up the topic of preparedness for college. According to College Factual, nearly half of the freshmen class drops out after the first year at Indiana State University. The retention rate is lower than our state’s overall rate and the national level. There are plenty of reasons for dropping out. For example, a student may experience family matters, financial issues or simply because they do not like college; but could it also be that they were not prepared enough? We went to high school, five days a week, for about 7.5 hours a day all at once, which is almost 38 hours of school per week. A full time college student only goes to classes about 15 hours a week. How is it that I am even more exhausted in college, but I was physically in class far more in high school? High school did not prepare us for the amount of effort and work that college requires. I find that in many of my classes, professors really expect students to think beyond surface-level. This generally leaves the classroom with a sea of glassed over eyes and no hands raised. The Education Trust, a group dedicated to helping students achieve academically, conducted a study and found that although 82 percent of high school students were graduating, only 8 percent of students were ready for college-level classes. Working in the writing center here, I see many freshmen students coming in who do not know when words should be plural or singular, the different spellings of “their”, or how to tell if something should be present or past tense. My first thought is, “Who
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Stacey Wescott | Chicago Tribune | TNS
Waffles, a 3-year-old golden retriever and therapy dog, is pet by students at Lane Tech College Prep on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019 in Chicago, Ill. The dog was one of several dogs from Canine Therapy Corps at the school offering stress release to students before final exams start next week.
ISU’s mental health Tessa Shepard Columnist
We all know that college students are under extreme pressure academically, but we also do not eat well and do not sleep enough. When we do have down time, many students (not all) will participate in activities that put students under the influence. None of this is new information, right? We all know someone who has at least two mental breakdowns a week. If not, then you are surrounded by extremely relaxed people. What are we doing to fix the issues many college students face? Or is this how things go? Are we expected to sit here and not try to fix it? I would consider myself an extremely pressured college student. I am not in the best health, which is sad considering my age, and feel as if there is nothing I can do to help myself. As I find myself continuously overthinking, my own mind inhibits me from living a happier and healthier life in college. Thus, I decided to take a class “for fun.” While it is the hardest class I have taken so far in my academic career, I am learning about nonviolent civil disobedience. For those who do not know
what nonviolent civil disobedience is, it is what the great leader, Martin Luther King Jr. preached during the Civil Rights Movement. To speak up by showing up and applying pressure to make an action (an action in your favor) occur. Back to the topic of stressed out students, I have heard multiple people speak on ways they believe could help students with stress, yet no one has taken action. On the other hand, it is possible that someone has, but his or her words have been ignored. First, we need better food options. Before you think, “well, we have salad and in the Towers’ dining hall, we have a small section for people with special food requirements,” please know many other universities would laugh at our “options.” To name a few universities in Indiana that have been recognized for their nutrition, number one is Purdue University and number two is the University of Notre Dame. To keep this in perspective, Indiana State did not even make the top 10 list. According to Niche, Indiana State University is number 13. We need more nutritious and healthier food options. Studies have shown that with better nutrition, people are more equipped to carry on their day more efficiently. Next is our lack of alcohol and drug awareness for incoming freshmen. Yes, incoming freshmen must complete the It’s On Blue training, but can anyone really say they remembered or cared about what was being taught? No. We
took it because we were required to. Indiana State needs to have a required class that students must take at some point before the end of their first year that informs them about the pressures of drinking and doing drugs. These classes should not be naive and think that students have not been drunk before or will never become drunk at some point. These classes need must be informative on the actions necessary to do when someone is unconscious, what the signs are for alcohol poisoning and the steps an individual should take to help with the situation. They also need to inform students that “sleeping it off ” or “drinking water and eating something” is not how alcohol poisoning is properly managed. We also need to show the ugly truth about taking other peoples’ prescription pills to help students study. Last, and I cannot emphasize it enough, we NEED to do something about the mental health help on this campus. We all know it takes at least one month to see a counselor. We all know that when a month comes around, many do not want to bother going because they think that time has passed and they are fine. In reality, they are not. I am aware that this is not the counseling staff ’s intention; they want to help because that is why they are here. We need something else put in place to help students release stress before it gets so bad that they need to see
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Leadership Development Workshop Jhansi Chagalakonda Columnist
The Center for Global Engagement at Indiana State University has always looked up for international students. It is not quite easy to understand the norms of a completely new community and or country. There are many culture differences, not only in a personal scenario, but also in the professional environment. CGE has continuously tried to help international students to stay abreast of the changes and requirements that we might have to fulfill. It is quite easy to say, “be what you are,” but not equally easy to follow. There are a few indispensable requirements or guidelines that any professional organization might expect from their employees. It would not be their fault if they reject any international students who are oblivious to it. The companies or organizations don’t work on pity but run on the worth that their employees bring in. The International Student Leadership Development (ISLDP) workshop is all about empowering international students
in their professional world. I was part of this workshop for two days. The first day, April 5, 2019, we were a part of great presentations from inspiring scholars. These presentations were subjected towards introspection, self-motivation and most importantly, to believe in yourself and do your best wherever you are. Then there was a beautiful luncheon organized for us. It was not about the food that we ate, but about the etiquette expected from us during interviews that will be part of our future. Etiquette is crucial and the intricacies during these meetings can affect one’s ability to get a job. I was completely unaware of many of these things, so I am glad I attended it. For example, while you are at a dinner or luncheon with your prospective company or boss, then there are certain expectations from your side. If your fork, butter knife, or any utensil falls down, do not attempt to pick it up. This would have been something that I would definitely do. However, picking up the utensil would have possibly made the whole situation awkward and very unprofessional.
Although, what do I know? These kind of cultural differences and details that we were completely unaware of were addressed at this event. After this event, we headed towards the Sycamore Outdoor Center. The activities and the people we met made impacted me personally and I am sure it did for many others too who attended. We made friends and we shared our troubles and fears. We became closer to each other. We understood that we were not alone in this struggle and we got each other’s backs. The first night at the Outdoor Center, we participated in team building exercises and cooked food in teams. This experience of sharing and caring was great. We all were working together with a great gusto for the group. We then laid the food made on table and shared our dinner and thoughts. Soon after, we gathered around a bonfire and started sharing our personal experience. As it is unavoidable, we also began to share our emotions about the hardships of being in a new country with no family to fall back on and the fears of ours as an international student.
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I guess, I found a family in the U.S. during the bonfire talk that night. That feeling of belonging is something that every person needs. The next morning, CGE planned an amazing and sort of dare devil activity for us. We all knew what it was, but still had jitters and butterflies in the pit of stomach when we had to actually do the task intending to overcome our fears. To be frank, lot of us did overcome our fears during that task. The task was rope climbing and zip lining. It was a fun and an equally adrenaline-pumping experience. It was a first time for many of us. Bunches of trained professionals trained and helped us, so this whole task was well monitored. We continuously felt very safe, but at the same time, we had a rush during this task. We all completed this activity and none regretted it, which shows that it was a great success. Meanwhile, those who were not rope climbing, they were canoeing or kayaking.
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indianastatesman.com FLYING CARS FROM PAGE 2 cleaner than the regular car and 6% cleaner than the electric car. The key for the flying car is to spend enough time in the air — and carry enough passengers — to justify the emissions produced during takeoff and landing. “You’re able to essentially spread out the emissions more per person,” said study co-au-
LDW CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 Even this was a learning experience for me. I never canoed before, so my other fellow student was patient enough and taught
Thursday, April 11, 2019 • Page 5 thor Jim Gawron, a graduate student at Michigan’s School for Environment and Sustainability and its Ross School of Business. Having multiple passengers also “allows you to take more vehicles off the road,” he said. These findings suggest that flying cars would be more sustainable if used as ride-share taxi services, the study authors said. me. I would like to give a big shout out to CGE on behalf of all international students. Thank you for helping us in every corner of our journey at ISU!
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TEXAS TECH FROM PAGE 2 firmative action. The complaint was prompted after the school announced it would consider race in admissions. Tech discontinued its use of affirmative action at the pharmacy school in 2008 and undergraduate admissions in 2013. The medical school argued it must
CHILD CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 failed you?” Not everyone’s cup of tea is writing, but I think students should have the basic fundamental knowledge on how to write a decent paper.
continue weighing race in admissions because doctors from various backgrounds can serve Texas’ diverse communities. According to a resolution agreement obtained by the Journal, the medical school did not review on an annual basis whether race-based measures in admissions were necessary. “The Supreme Court has clari-
fied that the academic judgment as to the educational benefits that exist from a diverse student body is entitled to some, but not complete, judicial deference,” Education Department officials wrote to Texas Tech in March, in a letter supplementing the agreement.
I think that if the education system focused more on nurturing and teaching instead of preparing and testing, the success rates from primary and secondary students would increase beyond current outcomes.
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SPORTS
Thursday, April 11, 2019
NBA goes crazy on the final days David Cruz Sports Editor
With the NBA playoffs around the corner and two legends career coming to a close the association has not had a night this crazy since the trade deadline. Tuesday night was filled with so many tears and emotions as the Miami Heat guard Dwayne Wade and Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki played their last games in front of their home crowds. Miami came away with a 122-99 win as Wade went out with a bang as he tallied 30 points against the 76ers. Wade even got the best starting lineup introduction he ever got in his career as the Heat organization arranged for his son, Athletic Media Relations Zaire Wade to recreate the very first comBaseball will take on Valparaiso this weekend. mercial Dwayne did for the Heat. It was the perfect way to past the torch off to his son, who has pro potential. Wade accomplished 3 rings along with making some great friends along the way. closing out games. They have RBIs with 22 each. in assists with 57 on the sea- His first championship was with Shaq as Jay Adkins lost four of their last eight Junior catcher Max Wright son. Freshman right-handed he was able to help make the name Wade Reporter games, with all of them being leads the team in putouts. pitcher Colin Field leads all known to the world. His second and third championships were This upcoming weekend, on the road. Three of the four Senior right-handed pitch- pitchers in wins and strikeouts the Indiana State University loses ended within one run er Tyler Whitbread and red- with two and 39, respectively. within the Big Three Era when him, Lebron It is obvious that the balance and Chris Bosh teamed up in 2011. baseball team will stay at home and had to go into extra in- shirt junior right-handed Wade’s career may not have played out to compete against the Val- nings. It will be a huge sigh of Collin Liberatore both lead of power between these two paraiso University Crusaders. relief returning to Bob War- all pitchers in wins with five teams is far apart but as Coach in the way he thought it could end, as he The Sycamores are currently ner Field as they have only lost wins each. Senior left-handed Mitch Hannahs has shown all played 2 seasons with his hometown team on top of the Missouri Valley one game at home this season. pitcher Triston Polley leads all season, he has no intention to in Chicago as a Bull. And as a Bulls fan I can For the Sycamores, senior pitchers in strikeouts with 40 take it easy against any oppo- gladly cherish all the brief moments that he conference with a 24-6 record gave to the organization. nent. on the season. The Crusaders infielder Clay Dungan leads on the season. The Mavericks beat the Phoenix Suns For the Crusaders, redshirt The first game of the weekare at the bottom of the Mis- the team in homeruns four, outfielder/infielder end triple-header will start 120-109 with Dirk also scoring 30 points souri Valley Conference with runs 28 and assists 90 on the senior a 6-21 record on the season season. Dungan is tied for Blake Billinger leads the team Friday at 6:30 p.m. the second with him rightfully taking as many shots as so far and are coming off a the team lead in hits 38 with in hits 33, homeruns 5 and game of the series will start he could. Normally he comes off the bench but see4-2 victory against the Illinois senior outfielder Roby En- RBIs 18. Redshirt senior out- Saturday at 2 p.m. and the firiquez. Senior infielder Jake fielder/infielder, Brent Jones, nal game of the weekend will ing that he knew it has his last home game, State University Redbirds. of course he going to start and play 35 minThe Trees are having some Means and redshirt senior leads all fielders in putouts start Sunday at 1 p.m. utes. mid-season struggles as far as infielder Romero Harris are with 106. Senior infielder, Dirk situation has been up and down all both tied for the team lead in Sam Shaikin leads the team season because their were reports this past season that regardless of the shape he is in, as long as he feels like he can still play and help the young guys become their own, he stills wants to stay in the NBA. Obliviously it seems like he has had a change of heart, even though he might be a little old and slower there is no doubt that Dirk has left a staple in everyone hearts as well as the basketball world. The iconic one-legged fade away jump shot will forever be Dirk’s move. A lot of other players have tired and copy that move but no one will pull it off like Dirk. Dirk has accomplished so much to make his legacy into what it is today. Athletic Media Relations Especially, the legendary championship Track team is in the top ten for the Missouri Valley run that he made in 2011 when he carried the entire team to ironically beat his fellow Conference. retirement partner, Dwayne Wade, in six games. He has established himself as a man who Athletic Media Relations loves his home and embraces loyalty. Along with some tweaks from owner Track is already halfway through their season. Mark Cuban, he has managed to stay with the Mavericks organizations for all of his 21 seasons in the NBA. No doubt there will be a one-legged fade away statue in front of the American Airlines Center. To end the night, the Lakers announced that Magic Johnson, the Lakers president of basketball operations, has stepped down from his position. He stated that he’s not enjoying his time as Emari Washington the boss and wants to “be free again” meanReporter ing that he wants to travel on his own with against the Ramblers but were Garrett Short his family. still swept in the series. Junior Reporter ISU continues their outdoor regular season as the CrimAll his ties with his coworkers and playGabbi Schnaiter tossed a gem son Tide Invitational is next on their schedule. ers remains to be close, even Lebron was in game one but the Sycamores The going has been tough for The ISU men and women track team have been doing stunned by the move but still sent him off the Indiana State softball team were toppled by a score of 2-1. an outstanding job on the field with their positive record with all his support. this season. More than halfway The last two games were a much this season. In their last meet at the Gibson Invitational The Lakers now have an important through their season, the Syc- different story. Loyola scored 13 the men’s team scored 181 points to win against the other off-season ahead of them. runs in game two and 14 runs in amores look to turn it around teams involved in the meet. With all the craziness of the regular seaagainst Southern Illinois this game three to earn the sweep. ISU’s all American athlete Erin Reese had herself a great son coming to a close, it will be exciting to Consistency, will be someweekend. day on the field in the hammer throws. She recorded a look forward to the playoffs. ISU has had trouble at the thing to keep an eye on for Head throw of 63.56 meters, which propelled her and solidified plate this season, especially since Coach Mike Perniciaro. When her spot of second place in the Missouri Valley Conferthe start of conference play. Af- the team gets in rhythm from a ence. This is also a great accomplishment because she now ter a positive start to the season pitching stand point for exam- moves up to number 16 in the NCAA. their productivity has dipped ple player, Schnaiter did in game Erin is continuing to represent the Sycamores well, but tremendously. Overall this sea- one against Loyola, they need to she isn’t the only one who had a stellar day on the field. son their team batting average is capitalize on it. However, noth- Cassaundra Roper also had herself a day with her personal .272. But in conference play they ing will come easy against the best shotput record of 15.74 meters. That improved her to are hitting a measly .220 that Salukis. number 32nd in the country for shotput. This stellar progSouthern Illinois comes in at ress that this team has put together will ultimately put ISU has brought in just 27 runs in 11 Wabash location closest to 8-4 in Missouri Valley Confer- on other University opponents radars in the future. conference games. campus behind Burger King The struggles were highlight- ence play. They have been leCaitlyn Redmon put on a show in the women’s high and thal in every aspect of the game. ed in their series against Drake. long jump with a 1.66 meter to claim her spot as second in The Bulldogs kept ISU off the They boast the best on-base the conference. Brooke Moore had a record time of 2:07 in scoreboard completely over the percentage in the conference at the women’s 800-meter run, which boosted her to the top three-game set. Even more glar- .402. Perhaps the most import- of the MVC. ing, ISU registered just one hit in ant statistic in this matchup beRyan Cash claimed the third best spot in the MVC for tween ISU and SIU is the Salukis’ the 3000-meter steeplechase for men and women. For the that series. The Sycamores boast just a ERA which is 2.52, just behind men’s 110-meter hurdles Matthew Lewis-Banks and Rami single player hitting over .300. Drake’s for the top spot in the Gharsalli had a show down which resulted in the victory Junior Leslie Sims is batting .345 MVC. Drake was able to mow for Northwood by .02 seconds. in conference play and has been through the ISU lineup. ISU’s However, Lewis-Banks still leads the MVC with his time electric as always. However, only success early against the Salukis of 14.12 that he acquired during the Ole Miss Classic earli3 LOCATIONS: three of her 21 stolen bases have could be indicative of how the er this season. Nathan Kiger earned his career best in high series will go. come in conference play. ISU jump with 2.03 meters, which placed him at third. Sam 3045 Wabash Ave SIU has not been hitting as Overton also recorded a career best in the hammer throw will need to sprinkle in some Terre Haute, IN confidence and execution at the well lately as they were to start with a PR of 55.86 meters moving him up to third in the 2420 Spring Clean Ave plate going forward to dig them- the conference season—they MVC. Terre Haute, IN scored 20 runs against Valparaselves out of this hole. A good majority of the Sycamore track team is in the iso— but their pitching has kept 5451 South State Rd 63 The offense has not been the ranks of the top 10 in the Missouri Valley Conference. This Terre Haute, IN only suspect for the problems them on the right track. ISU fac- looks pretty promising for their upcoming match against es a tall task this weekend against ISU have faced. In their series other schools in the Crimson Tide Invite in Tuscaloosa. against Loyola last week ISU hit SIU, but you must win against Being that a significant amount of Sycamores set personal extremely well. They pushed 16 good teams at home to find suc- records and career records, they should be looking forruns across in the three games cess in a deep MVC. ward to this meet.
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