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BRENT STOCKSTILL’S LEGACY ON AND OFF THE FIELD
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A Note from the Editor Hello, MTSU! The Sidelines team is very excited to present the first print edition of the fall 2018 semester. If you followed our print editions in the past, you may notice some differences. For the first time in several years, we have decided to move away from themed print editions and, instead, fill the editions with long-form pieces that include more investigative or in-depth elements. We often found that the theme format limited what could be done with print editions and believe the stories we have chosen to present are both engaging and important to the student body at MTSU. The stories you’ll find inside focus on people, organizations and happenings that have the potential to greatly impact Murfreesboro students and residents. With that being said, we hope you enjoy, and from all of us at Sidelines, thank you for reading!
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Make Voting Great Again: Nashville organization teams with national initiative to provide free concerts for voters
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MTSU’s proposed law school transfer: Can Valparaiso succeed in Middle Tennessee?
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Quarterback Brent Stockstill hopes to have lasting impact as player, person at MTSU
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How new men’s basketball coach Nick McDevitt, staff are rebuilding roster after major loss of players, coach
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Aramark experiments at MTSU with ‘pop-up’ offerings that change every 2 weeks
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‘Pedosexuality’ awareness, acceptance stumble across social media platforms in worrisome campaign
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James E. Walker Library houses Murfreesboro Loves display to commemorate organization’s one-year anniversary
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A Farmer’s Forgiveness: One man’s journey to peace through a life of suffering
Andrew Wigdor
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meet - the - crew
Editor-in-Chief Andrew Wigdor
Lifestyles Editor Sydney Wagner
News Editor Caleb Revill
Sports Editor David Chamberlain
Multimedia Editor Anthony Merriweather
Assistant News Editor Megan Cole
DESIGN EDITOR Hien Phan
Assistant Lifestyles Editor Mamie Lomax
FACULTY ADVISeR Leon Alligood
Assistant Sports Editor Elijah Campbell
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Make Voting Great Again: Nashville organization teams with national initiative to provide free concerts for voters
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ith the midterm elections less than two months away, the question on the minds of many voting activists is this: How do we get Tennesseans to vote? What’s been done in the past just doesn’t seem to be cutting it. Tennessee ranked 49th in the nation in voter turnout in the 2016 election with only 51 percent of eligible voters participating and ranked 50th in voter turnout for the 2014 midterm elections, according to the Elections Performance Index created in 2013 by the Pew Charitable Trusts Nashville musician Tristen Gaspadarek, known simply as Tristen when performing, gave multiple reasons for the general feeling of frustration that usually follows the thought of elections and voting, which causes many to avoid their polling place on Election Day. “We thought that elections were not advertised clearly,” Gaspadarek said. “So a lot of people didn’t know they were happening, and we also felt that the local ballots were incredibly hard to research. We felt that there was no social incentive or value for voting.” For Wisconsin native Emily White, she saw it in the 2016 presidential election. Trump won by a margin of only 22,000 people in Wisconsin, or enough people to fill a stadium, as White noticed. For Gaspadarek, it became a matter of convincing “people that having your voice heard is important and that democracy functions when everyone participates.” “How can you just make it easy for people to get educated and not feel like this is a volatile act or not feel scared to do it?” Gaspadarek asked. As for White, she recognized that “(voting is) on a Tuesday when (students) have classes and people have work. So there’s a lot of things out there that disenfranchise voters.” Gaspadarek began to craft a solution this past March when she started Please Vote Nashville, an organization with the mission to “incentivize voting in our local culture by making it easy, creating ballot literacy and social rewards for voting.” White decided to take matters in her own hands as well, launching the organization #iVoted, an initiative that works with music venues to hold voter turnout shows on Election Day. “What we’ve been doing is activating venues across the country to let fans in on Election Day
who show a photo of themselves, a selfie, outside of their polling place, and the word has just been spreading like wildfire,” White said. Based in New York, White and the #iVoted team began to reach out to music venues in late 2017 before quickly getting Gramercy Theatre, Irving Plaza and Brooklyn venue Warsaw to commit. From there, White realized that taking the new concept across the country would make an even bigger splash, seeing no point in keeping it exclusive to the East Coast. As White looked to expand #iVoted’s reach, musician and #iVoted founding member Pat Sansone suggested she reach out to Gaspadarek in Nashville.
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White saw the parallels between the two organizations and jumped at the opportunity. “I said, ‘Well, let’s just partner and promote each other and support each other because we’re obviously working towards the same goals,’” White said. During the early stages of Please Vote Nashville, Gaspadarek and her small but mighty team tackled the organization’s main goals headon. It starts with educating voters and simplifying the understandably daunting task of voting itself. One way in which Please Vote Nashville achieves this is by holding registration drives throughout town. “If you want to register people to vote, we will
09.21.18 | Vol.94 No.1 come and register people to vote,” Gaspadarek said. “We are nonpartisan, and we wanted a space where people could be politically active without being ideological.” Once registered, people can understand who or what exactly they’re voting for with Please Vote Nashville’s ballot breakdowns, which are posted online on Please Vote Nashville’s social media platforms. “We cover everyone,” Gaspadarek said. “And we give basic civics lessons. This is what the office does, because I think that’s something that’s glossed over. You can research it, but we do it for you. This is what their education is, this is what their experience is, … this is what their community service is and this is what they say their platform is.” Please Vote Nashville also promotes an app called “Go Vote Tennessee,” which provides voters with their polling locations and what their ballot will look like, depending on which district they live in. Once Election Day arrives and people have done their civic duty of voting, the fun begins. On teaming up with #iVoted to run voter turnout shows, Gaspadarek said, “We throw parties on Election Day because we think that you should be rewarded.”
It was White’s idea to throw the Aug. 2 show at Mercy Lounge to celebrate those who voted in the city’s primary election. All voters needed to enter the free concert was a selfie of themselves outside of their polling location. The night’s lineup included names such as Pat Sansone, Robyn Hitchcock and Tristen, among others. On Nov. 6, after local voters take to the polls and snap a selfie outside their voting location, Loflin Yard, City Winery Nashville and The Lounge will be ready to reward them with a night of music. Including Tennessee, #iVoted will be in over 50 venues in more than 25 states on Election Day. After this year’s midterms, White hopes to keep going, doing it again and again every year. “I’ve been warned that the presidential election years are so crazy,” White said. “There’s so much going on, but I don’t mind adding a bunch of concerts to the craziness.” White also mentioned the possibility that #iVoted may even go global in the future. “We’ve had colleagues in Canada and France reach out, saying, ‘Can we do #iVoted Canada and #iVoted France?’” White said. “I found out ... that Canada’s national election is in 2019, so that
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actually would give us something to do next year.” For Gaspadarek, her ideal future society, especially in Nashville, is one in which “voting is cool, it’s a part of the conversation and it’s easy.” “We’re always looking for volunteers to help run registration drives … or we’re always looking for volunteer writers to help us do ballot breakdowns, and then the final step is advertising,” Gaspadarek said. For those who are not convinced of how important their vote is, Gaspadarek said, “In your city where things are being decided like how money is allocated, how schools are performing, whether we have a transit system or not, … all these things are deeply tied to your belief system, whatever it is.” White summed it up with an idea everyone can get behind: “I think everybody cares about something, right? … Not only does (your vote make a difference), but don’t you want someone representing you that is in line with what you believe in?” If you are interested in volunteering and working with Please Vote Nashville, contact Gaspadarek at pupsnakerecords@gmail.com. For more information on the Nov. 6 shows, visit ivotedconcerts.com.
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MTSU’s proposed law school transfer:
Can a failed Indiana law school succeed in Middle Tennessee?
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ive months ago, MTSU President S i d n e y McPhee signed a non-binding letter of intent to transfer the Valparaiso University School of Law in Indiana to Murfreesboro. The proposed new MTSU School of Law would become the region’s first public law school. News of the possible move was reported by the press in Indiana and Murfreesboro in late June with few details offered. The news said the two universities were still exploring the possibility of moving the law school to MTSU. Since then, talks between the private Lutheran university of about 4,000 students and MTSU, a public institution with about 23,000 students, have continued to progress, McPhee said in an interview with Sidelines. McPhee is adamant that the plan will be good for Murfreesboro and the greater area. However, in the midst of a several-year-long decline in law school graduation rates and job security, can the school survive if MTSU does complete the transfer process? National studies show that law school graduating classes have grown smaller and that the number of jobs for graduates throughout the U.S. has remained stagnant or gone down. McPhee, however, believes MTSU is situated in an area of need for legal education. “The question of a need in this area is one that is a primary focus,” McPhee said. “The whole Middle Tennessee area doesn’t have a single public, accredited law school.” It’s true that local students interested in pursuing legal education only have private schools as choices, and they’re all in Nashville: Vanderbilt, Belmont and the Nashville School of Law. The majority of private choices have higher tuitions if compared to a public law school in the state. For example, the University of
Tennessee College of Law’s average 2018-19 tuition comes to $19,674, while Vanderbilt’s 2018-19 tuition is $56,980 and Belmont’s is $43,430. The Nashville School of Law is more affordable at about $7,060 for a student’s first year and $34,180 for the total cost of a law degree, but the school is not accredited by the American Bar Association, meaning that graduates must request special permission to practice in other states. MTSU and Valparaiso have already decided on a few significant factors, McPhee said. Under the proposed transfer, current “key” Valparaiso faculty, administrators and staff will join MTSU, and Valparaiso’s existing law library will be relocated to MTSU. McPhee also noted the accreditation by the American Bar Association will continue during and after the transfer to MTSU. McPhee clarified that the transfer is not a purchase or a merger. It would be more akin to a “gift.” The law school would be housed at MTSU and would be treated as any other college within the university. According to the university president, MTSU is considering housing the school in the Miller Education Center on Bell Street, which was opened in 2016 and contains the Jennings A. Jones College of Business Center for Executive Education, the Center for Counseling and Psychological Services and more. The law school at Valparaiso was founded in 1879 as a part of Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana. In 1929, the school was accredited by the American Bar Association, and it was admitted to the Association of American Law Schools in 1930. In more recent years, however, the school has faced a host of significant setbacks. In November 2016, Valparaiso Law School
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was publicly censured by the ABA after reportedly not meeting accreditation requirements regarding admission policies. Due to continually low enrollment, the school dropped admission standards every year. Valparaiso’s 2010 law class entered with an average score of 150 on the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) and a 3.31 GPA. By 2015, the average GPA fell to 2.93, and the average LSAT fell to 145. Furthermore, only 130 students enrolled in 2015, which was 44 less than the previous year. By November 2017, the censure was lifted, but the school’s problems persisted. Class sizes had significantly decreased, and faculty buyouts were offered. The law school hired Ogilvy Public Relations in March 2017 to help it navigate through the downturn. In March 2018, the school’s dean, Andrea Lyon, announced her resignation. McPhee said an MTSU School of Law would craft its own standards, hoping to avoid the problems that Valparaiso faced. “MTSU will create and establish standards that meet ABA requirements and prepare students to take the placement exams and get jobs,” McPhee said. “Keep in mind, Valparaiso for years was competing with … private institutions within their area and their region. Here, we would be the only accredited, public law school within this region.” McPhee said that there will, of course, be expenses for starting the new program but that the expenses will be much lower than if the university chose to purchase Valparaiso’s law school. “The amount of required resources to acquire and retain such a program would be absorbent,” McPhee said. “One of the reasons that we are exploring this is because there are a number of expenses that we would not have to deal with.”
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McPhee says the Miller Education Center could serve as the future site for the MTSU School of Law.
The transfer must first be approved by the governing boards of each institution and the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, but MTSU has“The already question completed a feasibility reportin in order of a need this to determine whether the school could be successful. The area is oneEducation that isCommission a primary foTennessee Higher is currently conducting their own feasibility on the transfer, cus,” McPhee said.study “The whole and the Tennessee Board of Law Examiners is doing Tennessee area doesn’t theMiddle same. According to both McPheeaccredited and MTSU’s have a single public, feasibility report, the law school could be a success law school.” in the area, despite the national state of law schools. According to a report and study from the National Association for Law Placement on the 2017 class, the number of jobs obtained by newly graduated law students throughout the nation remained flat or went down for the third year in a row. Members of the 2017 graduating class obtained 16,390 jobs in law firms of any size, which is down by around 4,000 since those jobs peaked in 2007. Additionally, the size of the 2017 graduating class was smaller, with 34,922 law school graduates entering the job market. Compared to 2013 graduates
jobs,” McPhee said. “Keep in mind, Valparaiso really focusing on litigators and general law for years was competing with … private institu- practitioners,” McPhee said. “There are a lot of (46,776), there were 25and percent jobs available points out as “quite important.” a recent tions within their area theirfewer region. Here, we specialties such as health care, According recording to indusfor 2017 Law School Admissionand Council study, the majority of would begrads. the only accredited, public law school try, cyber technology intellectual property “I’m certain it’s a combination of several factors,” where entering law school students within this region.” businesses from acrossstay the within nation,their but home said James Leipold, the executive director of NALP, region, and the median distance from students’ McPhee said that there will, of course, particularly in this area, hire folks with legal homes explaining thefor decline. is about 100 miles. There is no public school that be expenses starting the new program but training.” He said that after the recession, the job market close to Nashville. that the expenses will be much lower than if the The MTSU feasibility report was written for law school students fell apart. An area of the Nashville region’s size should be university chose to purchase Valparaiso’s law by Steven Livingston, an MTSU professor and a “I think a lot of students just decided it doesn’t expected to produce around 260 to 300 students per school. research associate with the MTSU Business and make sense to go to law school right now,” Leipold year that are accepted into law school, according to the “The amount of required resources to and Murat Arik, the is said. “ … The cost of going to law school has gotten Economic feasibility Research report. 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The report Based on these numbers, the report’s authors state probably look into going to law school if there was a now,” Leipold said. “ … The cost of going to states, “If this research is correct, most of these the law school is feasible. public law school. law “Even schoolifhas gotten so much greater, and the students wouldsaid prefer to remain in the area.” the existence of a law school on campus Forrester that the high requirements of average debt that with hascareer privateThe report then goes on to cover tuition. would stimulate nostudents additionalgraduate interest in a legal institutions can be daunting and that a public gotten muchstudents, greater. Ithe think some people are its As previously mentioned, private law school among so MTSU numbers show that school could cultivate renewed interest in Tennessee just making the judgement that the return on the tuition is generally much more expensive than own student body would likely be a sizable source of law. investment isn’t worth it.” public schools. report thatthat are applicants tojust a MTSU law program,” the report reads. that of “There’s a lot of The private lawstates schools also examines stated thatgeographical the lack of inthetoonly that would TheLeipold report also factors MTSU really is hard getuniversity into and have (low) have acceptance and cost. the report, shift the Nashville rates,” Forrester selling said. “That’s critical about terest may According stem from atogenerational with the combination point ofwhat’s the Nashville metropolitan area, startups with a population of 3 million, has metro law islocation the process to even become a lawyer or more technology and entrepreneurial anditatakes public school tuition. three law schools: Vanderbilt, Nashville Law School get into law school.” opportunities for young people. Finally, the report examines the job and Belmont. McPhee, however, is not deterred by the market for local law school graduates. AccordAccording to due the to report, Vanderbilt takes downward trends the opportunities that an ing to the report, the Bureau of Labor Statistics average of 15 to 25 graduates a year from Tennessee he sees for law school graduates in the region. anticipates that the employment of lawyers will colleges, and Belmont and the Nashville Law School “When you look at (national data), it’s increase by eight percent over the next 10 years. each take about 100 students per year. The report also states that the metro area is geographically further from a public law school than any other of America’s top fifty metro areas. This is something that the report
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Quarterback Brent Stockstill hopes to have lasting impact as player, person at MTSU B
rent Stockstill is quite possibly the greatest quarterback to suit up for the Blue Raiders at Middle Tennessee State University. His road to becoming a Blue Raider legend is a long and adventurous one, but when he leaves the field for the final time, he hopes to leave a legacy on and off the field.
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Stockstill is now entering his senior season, and he will look to cap off his illustrious career as a quarterback. Brent is synonymous with his father, Rick, who has been the head coach of the team since 2002, as well as Brent’s coach all four years he’s played. “It’s been a dream come true for me. It’s been a true blessing,” Rick Stockstill said. Rick Stockstill understands that certain athletes have abilities that aren’t coachable, and he sees a lot of those qualities in his son as a player and person. “The competitiveness that he has, the leadership and the toughness, all those intangibles that make him special, make me proud as a father,” Rick Stockstill said. “He does everything right off the field. He represents this university and this football team in a first class manner. He’s been a fantastic player.” Brent Stockstill arrived at MTSU as a gray shirt, after decommitting from Cincinnati. Gray shirted means that the athlete did not enroll until the second semester of the academic year and was ineligible to play. Then in his freshman season, Stockstill was redshirted which sidelined him until he was fully developed and ready to play at the collegiate level. Stockstill’s first two years were a patient process, but it paid off when he was named the starter as a redshirt freshman in 2015. Stockstill’s impact and leadership was immediately felt, and he began lighting up the stat sheet. In just his freshman season, Stockstill threw for over 4,000 yards and 30 touchdowns. He played and started all 13 games for the Blue Raiders. He also finished in the top 15 in all major statistical categories for quarterbacks. Stockstill finished the season sixth in completions per game, 14th in completion percentage, 12th in passing yards, 12th in passing touchdowns and 15th in total offense. The Blue Raiders finished the season at 7-6 while going
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6-2 in Conference USA play. Stockstill led the Blue Raiders to a bowl game appearance in just his first season as a starter. Going into his sophomore year, Stockstill was primed to take the next step as a leader and quarterback. He played a majority of the season, but a collarbone injury in week 10 forced him to miss the rest of the year. Prior to his exit, Stockstill had the Blue Raiders sitting at a 6-2 record with only one conference loss against longtime rival Western Kentucky. Stockstill would return for the final contest of the season, which was a bowl-game appearance that Stockstill positioned his Blue Raider squad for. The Blue Raiders were selected to play in the Hawaii Bowl against the University of Hawaii, but the Blue Raiders came away empty in their bowl appearance for a second straight season.
“I don’t look for any external factors to motivate myself. It really all comes from within, and that’s just the way I was raised.” After a successful sophomore campaign prior to Stockstill’s collarbone injury, the Blue Raiders were one of the more promising teams heading into the 2017 season. The Blue Raiders opened with a disappointing performance against Vanderbilt but bounced back in week two against Syracuse. Stockstill was exceptional, phenomenal and masterful against the Orangemen. He finished 22 of 36 for 269 yards and three touchdowns. He was an astounding 11 of 14 in the second half, and one of his touchdowns included a game winner in the fourth quarter. It spoke volumes about the Blue Raiders and Stockstill’s character to overcome adversity from the week prior. It wasn’t until after the game that Stockstill was diagnosed with another broken collarbone. The Blue Raiders struggled without Stockstill at the helm. Stockstill went down on Sept. 9 and made a triumphant return on Nov. 4 against the UTEP
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Miners. The Blue Raiders went 2-4 in Stockstill’s absence but finished the season 4-1 after his return. The Blue Raiders were still bowl eligible at 7-6 and were selected to play in the Camellia Bowl. Stockstill led the Blue Raiders to victory over Arkansas State, which was the Blue Raiders’ first bowl victory since 2009. Stockstill was motivated and determined to return to action and provide the boost for his teammates. One of his biggest motivators was his spirit and drive to win. “Really I just think it’s how competitive I am with myself,” Brent Stockstill said. “The self-discipline that I have just to get up every day no matter what’s going on, good or bad, (and) to compete every day to be the best I can be.” For Brent, he understands how critics view players at the collegiate level and how scrutinized the quarterback position is. “As a quarterback, you’re judged off your wins,” Stockstill said. “There’s still some wins I feel like I left out there, so that’s always in the back of my mind. But first and foremost, I just want to lead this team.” The Blue Raiders will need his leadership and experience if they are to compete for a conference title in 2018. The C-USA has improved vastly since Stockstill’s freshman year. Not only has the Blue Raiders’ conference raised its level of competition, but the Blue Raiders’ non-conference schedule continues to rise in difficulty. In past seasons, the Blue Raiders have played Big 10 schools and some smaller schools. In 2018, the Blue Raiders play UT-Martin and three Southeastern Conference schools. The team travels to Vanderbilt, Georgia and Kentucky. Stockstill will lead his teammates into battle in tough environments and will be expected to raise his teammates and his own play. Nevertheless, Stockstill said there is no need for any outside motivation to prepare for big games in the spotlight. “I don’t look for any external factors to motivate myself,” Stockstill said. “It really all comes from within, and that’s just the way I was raised.”
09.21.18 | Vol.94 No.1 Not only has Stockstill exceled on the field, but he strives for his character off the field to surpass his accomplishments. When asked what he wants the university to remember him for, it wasn’t for all the records he broke or games he’s won.
but the way that I made people feel around me, my teammates, the people in the athletic department and students in the university is what matters. Hopefully I made them feel good about themselves and I
forget the stuff that happens on the field one day,
Raider athletes to ever play. He has already broken
represented this program, this school and this community in the right way.” The Blue Raiders are always involved in the Murfreesboro community, and Rick Stockstill “The stuff on the field is knows how much Brent gives back and what he cool. Maybe some of it will has invested into MTSU. be recognized, but more “I hope this university remembers that he gave he had from a physical standpoint,” importantly, it’s what you do as everything Rick Stockstill said. “He was involved in every a person and that’s what I hope community activity we had. He graduates with two degrees, and he couldn’t have given more to to be remembered for.” this university.” When it’s all said and done, Brent Stockstill “Honestly, I just want them to remember that I was a good person,” Stockstill said. “Everybody will will be remembered as one of the greatest Blue
records and will continue to shatter them in his senior season. He currently holds the Blue Raider record for passing yards, touchdown passes, 300-yard passing games, 400-yard passing games, average passing yards per game and completions by a quarterback. There is no doubt that Brent Stockstill will be in the MTSU Hall of Fame one day, but as he said before, that’s not what is most important to him. “The stuff on the field is cool,” Brent Stockstill said. “Maybe some of it will be recognized, but more importantly, it’s what you do as a person and that’s what I hope to be remembered for.”
How new men’s basketball coach Nick McDevitt, staff are rebuilding roster after major loss of players, coach Story by Elijah Campbell Photo courtesy of MTSU Athletics
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n March 1, the Middle Tennessee State basketball team was on the top of the mid-major basketball world. They were ranked for the first time in school history. They had the first AP All-American in school history on the roster. And most importantly, they were fresh off of an 82-64 bludgeoning of arch rival Western Kentucky on national television to secure another C-USA regular season title. Thousands of Middle Tennessee basketball faithful milled around the court to watch a jubilant Kermit Davis cut down the net. Everyone was soaking in the championship aura. Ahead was the conference tournament, followed by the “big dance,” the NCAA Tournament, and True Blue fans were considering the possibilities, pondering just how far this talented team, perhaps the most talented team in Blue Raider history, could go. But the dreams turned nightmarish pretty quickly. The once-invincible Blue Raiders crashed back to earth and were humbled after a stunning loss to Marshall at home two days later. Less than a week following that loss, MTSU was stunned again in the first round of the C-USA Tournament by Southern Miss, a team that the Blue Raiders beat twice in the
regular season by an average scoring margin of 15 To make matters worse, Davis accepted the head points. The two crushing losses sealed their postseason coaching job at Ole Miss following the team’s first fate as the once mighty Blue Raiders failed to qualify round National Invitation Tournament victory against for the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the Vermont. 2014-15 season. Once the 2017-18 season finally ended following a loss at Louisville in the second round of the NIT, senior leaders Giddy Potts, Nick King, Brandon Walters and Ed Simpson graduated. Their departures were expected. But then came the most damaging exodus: junior shooting guard Antwain Johnson transferred to Buffalo, sophomore point guard Tyrik Dixon transferred to Missouri State, junior guard David Simmons left the program and freshman reserve Davion Thomas transferred to Troy. Capping the upheaval, Davis gave an emotional, tearful goodbye in the Blue Raider locker room. In the span of less than three weeks, the cream of the crop in C-USA was without two of the winningest players in school history, the first All-American in school history, it’s top six leading scorers as well as the head coach that built the program to the heights it experienced during his 16 years in Murfreesboro. Men’s basketball coach Nick McDevitt announces Men’s basketball head coach Nick McDevitt a new edition to the team.
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09.21.18 | Vol.94 No.1 announces a new addition to the team. Photo courtesy of MTSU Athletics So when newly hired Nick McDevitt took the podium at the Murphy Center on March 27 to be introduced as the new head coach, he faced a challenge that no head coach wants to face in their first months on the job: building a roster from the ground up “For a while it was like running around with your hair on fire,” McDevitt said with a chuckle from his brand new office on the second floor of the Murphy Center. He recalled the pressure of moving his family, recruiting trips and juggling a thousand other details. And oh yeah, the birth of his first daughter, Katie, occurred during that time, too. But given the obstacles, McDevitt and his staff took to the recruiting trail, looking to rebuild the once dominant C-USA powerhouse with only three scholarship players left from last season’s team and only one month to do it. Given the summer departures of Johnson, Dixon, Simmons and Thomas, the brand new staff had to ramp up recruiting with little time and available players. McDevitt and his staff of assistant coaches that he brought from UNC-Asheville and UNC-Greensboro were not only seeking high-level talent but talented guys that fit the style of play that they want to run.
“We looked for guys that are versatile and multidimensional, both on the offensive side and the defensive side,” McDevitt explained. “It’s my philosophy that if you got guys that can do multiple things at a time on the floor, it just gives you so many options as a team and a coaching staff to beat different kinds of teams.” But given the circumstances, that posed a colossal challenge. When given that little time to recruit guys that late in the recruiting process, the
new coaching staff had to exhaust all options. “When it happens that late, it’s always kind of tricky,” said Sean Dixon, the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. “We were kind of knocking on all doors and looking at all different types of scouting services and calling every coach and previous player that you know … It was a process for sure in terms of just finding a list and finding guys that fit our style of play.” For Dixon, the challenge of recruiting is not over yet. After frantically trying to find highschool recruits from the 2018 class to bring to Murfreesboro, Dixon had to pivot his attention towards recruiting prospects from the 2019 class. “We feel like we’re almost caught up,” Dixon said as he sat beside a whiteboard full of names of potential recruits as well as a printed photoshopped photo of a high school prospect on an ESPN The Magazine cover. “This is a kid we’re recruiting in the 2019 class. He was here for a visit this past weekend. Hopefully he signs to give us some more depth.” So far, the staff was able to land three incoming freshman, Anthony Crump, Junior Farquhar and Jayce Johnson, while on the recruiting trail, but to McDevitt, the biggest victories of off-season recruiting didn’t involve getting just high-school recruits but plucking away transfers from other Division One programs. Despite not being eligible for the 2018-19 season due to NCAA transfer rules, McDevitt strongly emphasized the future impacts of Missouri State transfer Reggie Scurry and Arkansas transfer C.J. Jones, two players who
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are versatile and can defend multiple positions on the floor. While recruiting enough players to field a team was difficult enough, the hardest part will be getting the new players properly acquainted with each other and building good team chemistry to compete in an improving C-USA. Sophomore point guard Donovan Sims is one of three returning scholarship players from last season’s team and is optimistic about what he has seen so far in summer workouts and practices but understands that this can be a trying process. “It’s been different,” Sims said. “It’s hard to build chemistry. Some days have been real good, and some have just been OK. We all have to learn each other’s strengths and weaknesses so we can help each other out … Right now, the ball really isn’t moving like it should right now because of newer guys and a new offense. So it’s tough. But like I said, it’ll get better.” McDevitt, Dixon and the players signed thus far now face a great opportunity to not only compete to win C-USA titles in the future but build legacies of their own. While the wild goose chase of college basketball recruiting and program rebuilding is coming to an end, McDevitt still wants to be able to enjoy the ride that comes with it. “I think it’s important to enjoy the process,” McDevitt said. “It’s been a lot over the last several months, but being around young men and getting to know new families, new players and putting together a new team is just part of the joy of coaching.”
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Aramark experiments at MTSU
with ‘pop-up’ offerings that change every 2 weeks Story By by Austin Thompson / Photos by Andrew Wigdor
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hat’s for lunch or dinner in the Student Union Building? Well, the folks at Aramark, MTSU’s food service provider, want to keep students guessing, in a good sort of way, as they roll out a restaurant rotation program. Every few weeks the space formerly occupied by Dippers, a chicken fingers place, will change to a different themed menu. The semester began with Zoca, a Mexican eatery, and then changed to Road Trip America - New England Classics, which features fish and chips among other offerings. “MT Dining always strives to bring the best dining experiences to our customers,” said Rachel Hunter, the MT Dining marketing manager, in an email. “We listened to the feedback from the students, faculty and staff to determine the best new concept to put in the Student Union.” The restaurant transformations are part of a “restaurant rotation” concept that Aramark is experimenting with at a few of the 1,500 colleges, universities and K-12 schools where they operate food service units. MTSU is one of the first universities where the rotation system has been implemented. “In the coming weeks the concept will change on a bi-weekly basis,” Hunter said. “We encourage students
to follow us on social media to see what’s next.” So far, the concept appears to be accepted by students. “I think (Zoca) is healthier,” said Hallie Froh, an MTSU freshman. “I don’t really like fried chicken that much, so I would rather have (Zoca).” Froh did feel the wait time during the lunch rush was a little longer than she would of liked. “I think the food is really good, but the wait is long,” Froh said. “If they could move faster, that would be cool.” “I was not a fan of Dippers,” added Dino Burgess, an MTSU junior. He, unlike Froh, was impressed with the customer service he received and did not have a problem with the wait time. “It’s actually pretty good,” Burgess said. “It’s basically just like Chipotle or Moe’s. What really stood out was just how quick they got the food out.” Some of the food options for Road Trip America - New England Classics include entrees such as crispy fish fillets, chili dogs, clam chowder and shrimp rolls. What’s next? Aramark’s mum for now, but said change will come.
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‘Pedosexuality’ awareness, acceptance
stumble across social media platforms in worrisome campaign StoryBy by Mamie Mamie Lomax Lomax
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n May, TEDx speaker Mirjam Heine, a medical student at the University of Wurzburg in Germany, caused a stir with her short talk on “why our perception of pedophilia has to change.” Her TEDx talk highlighted the life of a University of Munich student, Jonas, who is sexually attracted to girls aged six through 12 years old. Heine stated that “since he’s aware of the consequences for the children, he has never given in to his sexual drive.” Heine attempted to secure her credibility by citing the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Disease and Related Health Problems regarding pedophilia, which states that pedophilia is the “sexual preference for adolescent children.” There has since been an uproar, specifically on social media, not only for Heine advocating for the acceptance of pedophilia as a sexual orientation but because of the term “preference”. However, Heine isn’t only advocating for the acceptance of this “sexual orientation,” but Heine and others believe that pedophilia should fall under the umbrella of the LGBT+ community. The reason the TEDx talk is so important in understanding this issue is that it was the first time a seemingly credible source had shown such interest in explaining this taboo topic. Maxwell Pearson, a gay student at MTSU and the president of MT Lambda, the all-inclusive LGBT+ organization at MTSU, has been disgusted by this topic since he first read about it. “Before the LGBT+ community really started
making progress, gay men were all basically considered pedophiles,” Pearson said. “This type propaganda is what opponents of LGBT+ rights used to keep the community from being normalized. The community has made significant strides, and pedophiles aligning themselves with the community could definitely cause regression.” Pearson first heard about this rise in “awareness” of pedophilia as a sexual orientation on Tumblr, and the same can be seen on other social media platforms. Twitter user Clive Martin, whose account has been suspended because of his pro-pedoseuxal posts, posted a image of the “new” symbol for pedophilia on Twitter in April 2017, and it gained major attention. One of the biggest concerns over this issue is the act of abusing children. Heine made it clear throughout her TEDx talk that abusing children is wrong. However, how can one advocate for pedophilia when it is the abuse of children? Her argument is that pedophilia is an “unchangeable sexual orientation,” but, the “orientation” solely is the abuse of children unless said pedophile never acts on his/her sexual desires. Pearson felt strongly about this specific aspect of the argument. As aforementioned, this section of the TEDx talk was full of contradictory statements, and Heine’s credibility was, thus, doubted immediately. “Pedophilia is incredibly disgusting,” Pearson said. “Children cannot offer consent, nor are most able to comprehend the gravity of the situation and are therefore taken advantage of and raped. I feel
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very disgusted, sad and worried about the movement to align pedophilia with the community. Pedophilia is so horrible, and the push to have it classified as a sexual orientation will only work to hurt the LGBT+ community.” Kaley Rust, another Lambda member and MTSU freshman, expressed similar disgust. “It gives homophobes an excuse to hate LGBTQ+,” Rust said. “Trust me, my mom’s side of the family is Amish and Mennonite. They will look for any excuse to hate LGBTQ people if you give it to them. It sickens me.”
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James E. Walker Library houses Murfreesboro Loves display to commemorate organization’s one-year anniversary
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epresentatives of the MTSU James E. Walker Library have set out special cases that will display recent history and organizations in the Murfreesboro community, beginning with unity organization Murfreesboro Loves. Clay Trainum, the external relations specialist for the library, led the project of revamping the display cases. After remaining vacant for long periods of time, Trainum took it upon himself to display things that would interest students on the first floor of the library. Last fall, the display cases housed a gospel music hall of fame and Trainum’s personal soccer scarf collection. Tranium said that this area of the library experiences a large amount of foot traffic throughout the year, and a number of students have already stopped by to examine the cases. The library has worked with numerous groups on and off campus in order to plan upcoming displays. Murfreesboro Loves was the first exhibit of the academic school year. Tranium said that it was extremely important to him that each of the displays have something to do with MTSU. Photos on display are from MTSU’s campus wide event Hands Across MTSU, where students, alumni and faculty joined hands to display campus unity. Many of the pictures, photos and other artifacts come from the Albert Gore Research Center on campus, which is located on the first floor of the Andrew L. Todd Hall. Sarah Calise, the political and regional collections archivist for the Albert Gore Research Center, helped Tranium with the process of taking the Murfreesboro Loves collection and displaying it in the library. “(The Murfreesboro Loves collection) being the
MTSU’s Walker Library presents items related to unity organization Murfreesboto Loves
first exhibit that students saw coming back for the fall semester presented a message of inclusivity,” Calise said. “This is the one-year anniversary of Murfreesboro Loves,” Tranium added. “Topically speaking, it’s very relevant, and in my opinion, it’s a good thing to have for a student to see during the first couple weeks on campus, especially if they’re not familiar with Murfreesboro.”
Some of the signs displayed in the library say, “VETERANS AGAINST RACISM,” and “More Love, Less Hate.” “I think as a public university, yes, all walks of life come here, but even more, you have to show that message of inclusivity because we’re in a very hot political climate where a lot of marginalized communities are feeling very attacked,” Calise said. “To put forward that message that we accept you and we love you and we want you to feel safe here, that’s very important for a lot of the students on this campus who are a part of those marginalized communities.” The Albert Gore Research Center uses a method called rapid response collecting where they collect things on the spot for future generations as they did at the Murfreesboro Loves rallies. Trainum said that the next exhibition that they have planned is from the LGBT+ student organization, MT Lambda, for their 30th anniversary on MTSU’s campus. “We’re working with folks on campus to help promote whatever they’re doing,” Trainum said. “So if it has a general interest to the student body we thinks that’s a good place to have it.
A sign displayed in the library reads, “VETERANS AGAINST RACISM”
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A Farmer’s Forgiveness:
One man’s journey to peace through a life of suffering Story by Hayden Goodridge / MTSU Seigenthaler News Service
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f asked to picture a Harvard-educated peace activist in your mind, the image conjured would surely bear little resemblance to Hector Black. Instead, Hector’s unadorned, overall-clad appearance is more likely to give the initial impression of a modest Depression-era farmer. But like most things in the 93-year-old’s enduring life, Liberty overalls were, and remain, a deliberate fashion decision rather than an arbitrary preference. Overalls came to his attention when he lived in inner-city Atlanta in the 1960s. “My radings in Tolstoy were about the dignities of manual labor and because this is what all the working people wore in Georgia, I decided to get myself a pair.” While being a graduate of Harvard tends to mark an individual, Hector’s character has been shaped less by what he learned in the Ivy League than the lessons learned in the field. “At Harvard, a lot of your struggle was to get away from manual work, sit at a desk and not dirty your hands. That’s considered progress, getting up in the world. But I just love growing things, growing food, growing beautiful flowers. I love all of that.” After earning a degree in social anthropology, Hector’s Quaker faith took him overseas to live communally in Belgium and Israel. These communities worked tirelessly on their lands during the day and celebrated by night. “There’s beautiful memories of cutting the first of the grain in springtime and by moonlight we could see Mount Hermon with the Crusader’s Castle on the flank of the mountain. We were circle dancing around
the first grain. The men had these colored shirts and the women, desert gowns, and it was just beautiful.” When he returned to America, Hector decided to put his degree to use, traveling with his wife, Susie, and three daughters to the suburbs of Atlanta to assist with the civil rights movement of the ‘60’s. Hector’s job was to recruit college students in the city to assist younger students in his impoverished, black neighborhood with their studies. “We rented a house in the neighborhood and I’m pretty sure we were the first white people that had ever lived there,” he recalls. “I remember asking a lady walking down the street if she knew of any apartments for rent and she looked at me and said, ‘Honey, ain’t you on the wrong side of town?’” His advocacy in Atlanta eventually brought the family in contact with two young African-American girls who had an alcoholic mother. The family frequently visited the Black’s porch-front thrift store and the girls became friends with their daughters. When their mother couldn’t provide for them, the Black’s took them in for extended periods of time. The girls would eventually become their unofficial adopted daughters, but the oldest, Patricia, was the one who drew closest to Hector and Susie. As the children grew, the couple watched Patricia transform from a skinny, malnourished child into a flourishing young adult. “Trisha was a lot like a plant that gets no care at all—kind of yellowy leaves—and suddenly she just blossomed.” The Blacks gave both their biological and adopted daughters equal love and attention and when Patricia
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grew up, they supported her in getting a degree in library science from Fisk University. They were proud when she got a job with the Atlanta Public Library. Then, in 2000, Hector and Susie endured their most arduous trial as both parents and human beings. On the night Nov. 20, 2000, Patricia, then 43, returned from work just as a drug addict was in the process of burglarizing her home. During the long night he bound her, strangled her to death and violated her body. The murderer was Ivan Simpson, whose name and story are forever carved into Hector’s soul. “I lived for a time in my own little world. I remember walking along the creek and suddenly all these visions of what happened to her and her murder would come at me and I had no control. It was like Ivan Simpson had control over me.” Almost 20 years after his daughter’s life was stripped from her by Ivan, Hector mentions his name unflinchingly, without a trace of hate. After the trial and conviction of Ivan Simpson to life in prison without the possibility of parole, Hector did something unthinkable for any grieving parent to consider: he began a dialogue with him through a series of letters. Hector confesses his first letter to the convict was filled with rage and anger, but he also desired to know what caused this man to commit such a senseless crime. He wanted to understand Ivan’s life. “I found out that he was born in a mental hospital,” Hector says. “One day his mother took he and his siblings to a swimming pool and said God was asking her to drown them. He and his brother got away and they just stood there while she drowned his little sister in front of them.” Hector learned Ivan’s mother was schizophrenic and frequently abused he as well as his older brother. According to court documents, his brother also abused Ivan, raping and strangling him to the point of asphyxiation. After years of correspondence with Ivan, Hector and Susie made up their minds that they would like to visit him in prison to speak with him face-to-face. But organizing a visit wasn’t easy, and Hector went
Hector Black’s pair of well-worn Liberty overalls have been his outfit of choice since the 1960s.
09.21.18 | Vol.94 No.1 back-and-forth with the warden, receiving rejection after rejection. Finally, Hector was able to arrange a visit with the assistance of the prison chaplain. He and Susie spoke privately with Ivan for two and a half hours. “In the course, I asked Ivan to take Susie’s hand and look into her eyes and tell her you’re sorry for what you did. So he did that, took my hand and did the same thing,” Hector says. “When we stood up it seemed the most natural thing in the world, we had our arms around each other and I had no thought of what he had done. It was completely gone.” The path to forgiving Ivan was long and difficult but coping with the 2015 death of Susie has been harder, he says. Just the mention of her name leaves him noticeably afflicted. His well-worn face turns solemn as he sits in silence, hands fumbling with a cloth napkin. The ticking of the tall grandfather clock behind him fills the otherwise silent dining room of his rural home. When Hector finally speaks, he utters each word carefully. “We’d been married for nearly 60 years and she stood by me through so many struggles.” He diverts from speaking of Susie’s absence to tell the story of their first meeting. He was living in New York City after his travels overseas with the Quakers and was given the task of leading Susie and her friend, both modestly dressed Hutterite women, around his urban hometown. “I took them to all the big places and then took them to The Catholic Worker. They invited us in, sat us down and were going to bring us a bowl of soup,” Hector smiles longingly. “I looked over at Susie and she was crying. I said ‘Susie, why are you crying?’ She said, ‘I think the food they’re giving to us is being taken away from those men in the bread line outside.’ I thought I’d never find anybody with such a big heart.” Hector points to the kitchen where Susie used to entertain guests and recollects on the friendly, communal life they used to live. Hector still maintains his garden property with help from friends and neighbors, but now silence occupies the space that was filled with the company of his wife. In a shaded patch of grass that runs along a wet-weather streambed not far from the house are three gravestones. One of them reads “Patricia Ann Nuckles” and includes a quote by St. Francis of Assisi: “All the darkness of the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” Nearby are two other headstones. one next to the other. One is the resting place for “Sussana Maendel Black.” Engraved on the other is “Hector Neil Black,” ready for his passing.
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The grave of Hector’s adopted daughter, Patricia Nuckles, who was murdered in 2000.
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