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ith recent school shootings impacting the nation, Illinois State University’s Police Department is prepared in the event that a similar tragedy could occur on campus.

“Every situation is different and what you won’t hear from public safety is that you have to do this, this or this,” ISU’s Chief of Police Aaron Woodruff said. “The current national best practice and what we emphasize in the emergency response guide is run, hide and fight. If you can get out of that situation then that’s your first and best option.”

“If for some reason running away would get you in the path of danger or a higher risk of danger, the next step is to hide or find a room that you can barricade yourself in,” he added.

Woodruff explained that schools were not designed as environments to prevent these types of situations from occurring.

“The very nature of how they’re constructed shows that there’s no perfect layouts and that one room can be completely different from another,” he said. “You always want to keep an open mind of other ways to escape or ways you can secure these rooms.”

“The ISU police emergency response time is less than five minutes, as there are at least two

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officers on campus,” he added. “Campus police are in direct communication with other local law enforcement agencies, so we will get a lot of police resources in a short amount of time.”

Krista Yee, senior recreation and parks administration major, said she works with groups of children.

“Campus police are in direct communication with other local law enforcement agencies, so we will get a lot of police resources in a short amount of time.”

Aaron Woodruff, ISU Police Chief “I can accurately say I would not be a runner,” Yee said. “My first reaction would be to identify where the shooting is happening and which direction it seems to be going. If I believe that the shooter is far enough away and walking in the opposite direction, I would call 911 while trying to find an escape plan.

“If the shooter is heading toward me, then I would quickly get everyone hidden and as safe as I can, while putting myself in a good position to stun and take the gun away from the shooter,”

she added.

Woodruff said the prevention part of these incidents tends to get lost and he encourages those who have concerns about someone who has changes in their behavior to get that individual help.

“That’s where the failure in the system happens,” Woodruff said. “Once it happens it’s already too late. We want to focus on preventing these incidents from happening in the first place.

“All too often, the media focuses on the response and not the prevention. Step one is prevention, step two is preparedness and the last step is response. If you could prevent yourself from getting a heart attack you would do that first,” he added.

The ISU PD trains with local law enforcement agencies in active shooter drills and offers campus community drills and optional training for faculty and staff.

Last fall, campus police provided a three-hour training program “Run, Hide and Fight,” which offers hands-on training that involves staff and students, as the program gives those involved the ability to practice school shooting situations.

“It’s one thing to watch a video and another to actually play out the scenario,” Woodruff said. “The one word we get from these people after they have participated is ‘empowered.’”

Illinois State University’s presidents, from Charles E. Hovey to Larry Dietz, were recently the subjects of a digitization project.

The Presidential History collection was a collaboration between University Archives and the Milner Digital Center and took around a year to complete before being released earlier this month. The presidents’ portraits, which used to hang in the Circus Room of the Bone Student Center, were transported between Milner and Archives to be preserved and digitized with the help of University Archivist April Anderson.

To digitize each portrait, a Better Light scanning back was used. Lights were placed on either side of the painting to help the scanner recognize small details like brush strokes and variations in color. Several images were taken of different sections of the paintings, which could take more than 40 minutes.

Scanning the portraits could be difficult if the glass covering the picture cannot be removed or if the picture had been sealed with a varnish, as the lights could cause a glare that interfered with the quality of the scans.

Once the various scans were complete, they were color corrected and then compiled to create one cohesive image, which was another time-consuming process and could take hours. see COLLECTION page 3

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appointment, counselors and teachers,” Stevenson said.

Some of the volunteers are with a child for two or three years. If a person chooses to volunteer, the person has to be dedicated to take responsibility of the child.

“A lot of times the volunteer is the only consistent person in the child’s life,” Stevenson said.

“The child can be bounced around from foster home to foster home to different schools, they see different doctors so the goal for this CASA is to be the one consistent person to help guide the child.”

The Child Protection Network is in Bloomington at 1701 E. Empire St, Suite 360, #325.

Monica Mendoza | Vidette Photo Editor For more informaThe Child Protection Network is a volunteer driven organization established in 1990 by the tion contact Director of McLean County State’s Attorney. The organizations mission is to provide financial resources Development Samantha that support the treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect.

Stevenson at samantha@ mcleancpn.org or visit the navigate and figure out what it will is going through the foster care a per- take to be successful past their system and the volunteer stays website at www.mcleancpn.org.

The Child Protection Network’s Permanency Bags for Kids program celebrates a newly adopted child with a bag full of goodies in its second year.

The o r g a n i z at i o n recently received a $1,000 grant from Youth Engaged in Philanthropy (YEP).

“Thank you YEP for your continued support to children in need,” The Child Protection Network said in a statement on Facebook.

“Our mission is to service and provide funds for children who have been under poor circumstances, meaning child abuse, neglect or witness violent crimes,” Samantha Stevenson, director of development for the Child Protection Network, said.

The permanency bags are for kids who are going through foster care and haven’t found placement in manent, safe home.

The Child Protection Network decided this program will be the children’s celebratory parting gift because it provides them with basic necessities including toys, personal items, private documents and lock boxes to have a safe place to keep all of their paper work.

“We realized that a lot of these kids don’t have anything they can call their own so we wanted to provide them with something that they would feel special and have something that is theirs,” Stevenson said.

Children going through the adoption process may experience uncertainty because they don’t know what’s the next step for them or what kind of family they will live with.

Not only have the children experienced a traumatic childhood event, but they also have to

hardships.

Stevenson is proud of the work she does at her job which includes leading the fundraising services for the Child Protection Network and to make sure all of its programs are in line with its mission.

She is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and her experience has motivated her to make a difference in children’s lives by providing financial resources that support treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect.

Stevenson teaches the children that what’s happening in their childhood now does not have to be their “end all be all;” they can move on and be a happy, healthy and productive adult.

The Child Protection Network is rooted in its Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) volunteers. “[They] are volunteers that get assigned a particular child that

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with the child. It could be up until they’re done in foster care.

The volunteer puts in countless hours going through their medical appointment, their judicial

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ISU professor to lead QUEERtalks presentation ALEX DWYER News Reporter | @alex.dwyer96

Justin Vickers, Illinois State University School of Music assistant professor, will present a QUEERtalks lecture on music composer Benjamin Britten at 3 p.m. March 9 at University Galleries.

His lecture, titled “The Midcentury Politics of the Closet in Great Britain (and, What Parallels Still Exist?),” will explore Britten’s life as a 20th century composer.

Due to his extensive knowledge and academic research on Britten, Vickers has become known as “the Britten guy” by many of his colleagues. He co-authored and co-edited “Benjamin Britten Studies: Essays on an Inexplicit Art” in 2017 alongside Vicki P. Stroeher of Marshall University.

Vickers also co-directed an international conference and concert series titled “Benjamin Britten at 100: An American Centenary Symposium,” at ISU in 2013.

“It means a great deal to me to present this lecture at ISU about a subject that is at once removed from our shores, but at the same time has such a profound resonance with our own country’s modern era: the one-time illegality of homosexuality in England, and the general history surrounding that form of legislated oppression,” Vickers said.

The lecture will investigate the 1957 Wolfenden Report and the Sexual Offences Act of 1967.

The Wolfenden Report made acts of homosexuality illegal in Britain and the Sexual Offences Act of 1967 decriminalized private acts of homosexuality.

Vickers will shed light on Britten’s relationship with his partner, tenor Peter Pears in such a trying time.

Britten was with Pears from 1957 until Britten’s death in 1976. The Wolfenden Report, published in the same year that Britten and Pears

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Assistant professor Justin Vickers will present a lecture on the famous music composer in March,

began their partnership, did not stop Britten and Pears from pursuing their love. “[Britten and Pears] dared to live in the public eye and love each other unapologetically while producing terribly important twentiethcentury music,” Vickers said. “This story is important for us to know here in the United States — Just as it is meaningful to give voice to queer subjects from our past.”

The event is free and open to the public.

Anderson said having all of the presidents’ portraits digitized on Milner’s website allows people to appreciate ISU’s history.

“Our leaders have all had a common theme: they all had a vision for making ISU one of the best universities in the nation,” Anderson said.

She hopes the collection will educate students on the university’s shared history and will inspire them to visit the University Archives to learn more about the presidents and ISU’s history.

The collection of portraits can be found on Milner’s website under the “Collections” tab. Each president has their own page that contains additional information on their lives and work at the university. Anderson wrote histories for each of the 19 presidents, supplied additional photos for the slideshow on each page and added links to other resources at the bottom of the page.

Rachel McKinley is a copy editor and news reporter for The Vidette. Contact her at vidette_ rmckinl@ilstu.edu. Follow her on Twitter at @Kinle17Mc.

ISU community says ‘Black Panther’ highlights minority representation ANDREW DOUGHERTY Senior News Reporter | @addough

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or the first time in cinematic history, the release of “Black Panther” featured the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first blacksuperhero-headlined movie. The film has brought into the spotlight the issue of minority representation in the film industry and has even inspired the #WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe on Twitter.

Whitney Mittons, Illinois State University Diversity Advocacy Specialist, said the movie has been perceived as slightly controversial to some, as people have taken a different meaning to the movie.

“Some have said it’s the beginning of a movement and others have said they enjoy it because it’s just a movie,” Mittons said.

“Others have scrutinized it because a lt hough t he black community has representation, with a black director and black cast, it is still powered by Marvel Whitney and Disney which Mittons is where all the money is going.“People are looking at points in the movie that touches on the relationship between native Africans and African Americans,” she continued. “As people of African descent, we know our lineage and where it goes but there’s a difference from those who are from Nigeria, for example, and other countries who can say that. You

can even see that difference on campus.

“That is another important piece of the movie that we saw through Erik ‘Killmonger’ Stevens. He was the lost son and wasn’t raised in Wakanda Jason Hales and didn’t know about his lineage and so he went to go look for it,” she added.

Mittons explained that “Black Panther” also raised questions of whether the movie was appropriating African culture given the fact that a majority of the actors were dressed in traditional African clothing but were not born on the African continent.

“People have been asking, ‘Are you appropriating this culture since you aren’t actually African?’” she said.

She emphasized that the depiction of strong, powerful women, such as those depicted in recent “Wonder Woman” film, was empowering to black women who now can see themselves in these characters.

“I think it did a great job at empowering black women as it highlighted women in non-traditional roles,” Mitton said. “They were innovators, leaders and warriors. The scene where there was a battle between one side of all women warriors and another side of all male warriors, we saw that these women did not have a disadvantage.

“Women in that society were

automatically respected and it was not an anomaly to see them in that role,” she continued. “[It] was great to see gender roles that haven’t been shared equally and it being a norm in this movie.”

Jason Hales, ISU’s Student Government A ssociation’s of f-campus senator and president of the Minority Students for Political Change, said the importance and significance of the movie is the way in which black people are depicted.

“We’re depicted as superheroes and contributing members to the most powerful nation in the world,” Hales said. “As opposed to being depicted a slave or thug or as people with a dysfunctional family structure, like we are in most movies.

“It sends the message that you are more than a slave. When I see the movie and see a 16-year-old black woman who has the supreme authority over Wakanda’s technology operation or that the general of the Wakandan Army was a black woman,” he said. “I think this movie sends a positive message to young minorities who get to have a sort of fantasy that’s unimaginable but see cool characters they can look up to and more importantly, who looks like them.”

Hales stressed the importance of the character of Killmonger, whom he said was misunderstood.

“His pa in, his

abandonment, his rage and trauma actually touch on and ref lect the reality of being an

African American in this country,” he said. “As people in a country who are treated the absolute worst and drowned in constant reminders of worthlessness, a lot of us feel the way that Killmonger does.

“Just like us, he’s not solely angry at white supremacy or systematic racism but also at the black elite who left us behind,” Hales continued. “I think the writers specifically made Killmonger that way in order to make it harder for us to sympathize with his cause.

“This paints a false narrative of how true revolutionaries really are and if you look at history you can’t show me one revolutionary who was like that,” he said.

Hales continued to say that an entirely black cast is important not only for the youth, but for all of society. He said representation is powerful and that the film represents black excellence.

Mittons added that “Black Panther” had transcended different boundaries and that it unified different groups of people.

“It started a lot of dialogue and talking points and that’s important to keep those conversations going,” Mittons said.

“It’s something people want to see more of and this movie was a great equalizer. You wouldn’t think a Marvel movie would be one, but it was executed very well.”

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Women in prison deserve their sanitary items

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hat extent is the United States willing to go to punish an individual who has previously committed a crime?

While having a punishment that fits the crime is an easy concept to understand, in many situations individuals are being pushed far beyond appropriate punishments.

Individuals who are currently residing in prisons have become used to dealing with forced labor and constant submission to the guards. It is clear that prison would be hard for anyone who has to experience it. While it is believed that a certain level of difficulty is definitely understood and even expected, there are challenges that have begun crossing the line of being ethical.

A recent issue that has started to gain attention is the conversation around sanitary items for women.

Many women are only being rationed a certain number of sanitary products.

For example, the Arizona prison system, up until a recently, only provided a maximum amount of 12 pads per month to all women inmates as a baseline quantity, according to the Arizona Department of

Corrections website. Not only was this unhealthy, but it forced these women to adjust the ways they manage their menstrual cycle. These women were forced to face free bleeding or rely on unsanitary solutions, a Huffington post article stated.

Do these women deserve to have their basic human rights taken away because they have committed crimes? Does this seem like a fair punishment? The answer is no; yet these problems have been repeated. Women are being pushed into begging and pleading for necessary products. One former prisoner shared how

bloodstained pants, bartering and begging for pads was a regular occurrence, according to a Metro article.

With the many complaints that were being tossed around, it did not take that long for someone to propose a change.

It started with Arizona politician Athena Salman introducing a bill that had potential to bring about change.

From there, the bill made its way through powerful leaders until the Federal Bureau of Prisons established that something had to change.

Last summer, the Federal Bureau of Prisons announced women in its facilities

would be given free menstrual pads and tampons, according to a Huff Post article.

“I can’t imagine something more uncomfortable than not having the menstrual products you need for your period,” Salman said. “So my heart goes out to these women.”

On Feb. 13, the Arizona Department of Corrections announced that the minimum number of sanitary items inmates receive per month will increase from 12 to 36, according to the AZCentral article.

Women now have the option of receiving pads or tampons. Before, tampons were not free.

While this seemed promising, the announcement from the Federal Bureau of Prisons actually wasn’t guaranteed for all. Due to the majority of incarcerated women being housed in state prisons, they are being left unaffected by the policy change.

This has the opportunity to be a huge step for a women, and a even bigger step into incorporating safe practices into our prison systems as long as we see it through. Instead of letting this fade in conversation, we need to continue to speak on it and demand equal rights.

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Drake’s ‘God’s Plan’ video shows good deeds MY VIEW KAMARA TURNER | Columnist

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n Feb. 16, rapper Drake released his highly anticipated “God’s Plan” video.

The video is currently the number one song in the country, according to Billboard’s Hot 100 list. Not only does it have a great beat and catchy lyrics, but the music video has caught the eye of many because of what Drake is promoting in the video.

“The budget for this video was $996,631.90. We gave it all away.

Don’t tell the label,” reads the opening of the music video.

Many people think celebrities are selfish with their money, but Drake proved that is not the case. In the video, the Toronto artist distributes his million-dollar video production budget to people around Miami. He starts off by telling all the shoppers in a local supermarket that everything on the shelves is free because he is paying for it. He also presents a scholarship check to a University of Miami student, giving out gift cards to women at a shelter and more.

This video was great because it showed a different side of Hollywood and the music industry.

Although Drake has money, he showed he is willing to help others around him instead of himself, and more artists in the music industry should do this.

Many people may see the video as self-serving — however, he is still helping people, whether he is show-

ing it off or not. The video earned nearly 61 million plays the last week, and there has been very little negative feedback about the video.

As for Drake, he says this is the most important thing he has ever done in his career. The video promotes such positivity that it should urge other artists to do the same. Although artists don’t have to use their production money to give to their surrounding community, they can make a difference by surprising those around them even if money is not included.

In the video, Drake also donates $25,000 to Miami Senior High School and gave the students new uniforms.

Ideas like this are great because they help build a community for students to learn.

The women’s homeless shelter Drake donates to is Lotus House of Miami, which is a shelter for women and children of the area. Drake donated $50,000 to the shelter and

also gave out gift cards to the women to buy toiletries and other necessities that may be needed.

While charitable deeds do not always have to be showcased, it can be a fantastic way for artists to help others while also building their brand.

The video was very unexpected and touched the hearts of many, regardless of if they were in the video or not.

Drake’s video is a game changer and many other pop stars should follow in his footsteps. Not only is Drake one of the most popular artists in the world, but he has also shown he is not afraid to step out of the box and take risks that many might see as self-fulfilling.

KAMARA TURNER is a mass media major and a columnist for The Vidette. Any questions or comments regarding her column can be sent to katurne3@ilstu.edu. Follow her on Twitter @kvmara.

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Dear Editor, The Republican Primary race for governor is certainly getting hot in Illinois. Despicable campaign ads created by Gov. Bruce Rauner against Jeanne Ives are not just nasty, but outright lies.

Republican voters are deeply troubled to learn that Rauner supports tax-funded abortions, sanctuary state legislation, transgender birth certificates, a pension bailout for Chicago Public Schools, and even banned speech for professional therapists. Rauner signed these tyrannical bills into law.

This is all part of the public record.

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Rauner’s campaign ads are full of lies The campaign lies filling mailboxes show the depths he is willing to go to defeat Jeanne Ives, a West Point graduate, Army veteran, mother of five and an amazing woman of integrity who has been endorsed by all the pro-family, pro-life groups and Taxpayers United of America.

It is easy to see how Rauner earned the dubious distinction of “Worst Republican Governor” from National Review a few months ago.

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Gill talks progressive platform at town hall meeting ANDREW DOUGHERTY Senior News Reporter | @addough

Democrats have endorsed Erik Jones for Illinois 13th District democratic primary.

“It’s a small number of people that voted in that elecs he campaigns for the Democratic nomination tion, a cleat if you will, of people whose interest are to unseat Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorsville) in perhaps not necessarily the most progressive,” he said.

Illinois’ 13th Congressional District, Dr. David “Everybody that gets involved in politics and at the Gill held a town hall forum Saturday at the Normal grassroots level has a variety of interests for which they Public Library where he discussed his progressive enter it and there are people who are perhaps interplatform and the need for a single-payer healthcare ested in a career in politics. Someone who is not the program. favored son of the establishment is probably seen as a Gill began the forum by stating his credentials as an person non-grata, I would guess. emergency room doctor and past assistant director of “Amongst college students more broadly, my mesthe Illinois Department of Public Health while stating sage resonates with them and we’ve been trying to he is a bold progressive. spend time and reach out to them,” Gill added. “We “As someone who has a deep and abiding respect are out here talking to the everyday democrats and for hard work is one of the reasons I am a member of college students.” the Fight for $15,” Gill said. “I think we have devalued An audience member asked Gill how he would win hard work in this country and not rewarded those who over conservative and moderate voters if he won the are pushing so very hard to take care of themselves.” democratic primary.

“I think that we need a $15 minimum wage and we “I think that question goes back to why I succeeded need it now. It should be going up there after adjusted in 2012 and win over tens of thousands of people that Andrew Dougherty | Senior News Reporter democrats generally don’t win over and I’ve thought according to inflation,” he said.

Gill said the things he has seen in his career as a phy- Gill poses with some in attendance at a town hall meeting at the Normal Public about it a lot since 2012,” he said. sician have driven his decisions on a number of public Library.

“I know that they are not foreign to me, those policy issues. people,” Gill continued. “They are the ones I take care gotten into single-payer and there’s still a lot of half-measures “Very early in my career I sensed the incredible of and where I work. One of the beauties of being an heartlessness and the economic foolishness of our healthcare put out there by otherwise good democrats,” Gill said. “We can’t emergency room doctor is that I see people from all walks of financing system and because of that, 25 years ago I joined wait any longer, we’ve waited decades and every day that we life, and they recognize I care about their well-being. a group called Physicians for a National Health Program wait is a day that an American dies every fifteen minutes just “One of the reasons I blather on over my biography is because because they have the wrong insurance or no insurance.”

[PNHP],” he said. it’s so that they know I have felt pain and I really know what He explained that people have been asking him why they it means to work hard and not be rewarded for it,” he added.

PNHP is an advocacy organization of more than 20,000 American physicians, medical students and health profes- should vote for him and said that we are in a point in history, “Even if they disagree with me on one or more of my progressionals that supports a universal, comprehensive single-payer in respect to healthcare in this country, where it is time for a sive views, they see that I get their lives and I know their lives. healthcare champion in Washington D.C. national health insurance program.

Emphasizing that the bulk of my workday is spent with people A member of the audience asked Gill how he will win over that wear blue jeans and plaid shirts, they know that I’m one “That is one area of differentiation between myself and some of my primary opponents. Some of them have kind of weekly Illinois State University Democrats now that the College of them and I know what it is like struggle.”

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The Baby Fold: Never giving up on children Originally an orphanage, the organization has bloomed into a core part of the community through years of service ALEX DWYER News Reporter | @alex.dwyer96

When Nancy Mason first opened the Methodist Episcopal Church, little did she know that over a century later, her generosity would turn into an organization that provides service to over 1,000 clients with over 230 employees.

The Baby Fold has called Normal its home since 1902. The multi-service, nonprofit group provides elementary and secondary education, foster and adoption care services, and provides many community service programs.

Two of The Baby Fold’s biggest services are Hammitt Elementary School and Hammitt Junior-Senior High School. The schools provide special education for children and adolescents in need from ages three

to 21. Within the junior-senior high school, The Baby Fold provides vocational educational training that gives students hands-on life skills.

With an expansion of the juniorsenior high school coming to Oglesby Street in the coming school year, the school will now serve around 40 more students.

Cedar Ridge Elementary School and Fairview Elementary School are also partnered with The Baby Fold where they have a social worker in each school. The social workers help all in-need students within the school.

“There was a kid whose glasses were broke for the day, and he can’t learn because he’s upset about this,” Public Relations Representative Jessica McLane said. “[The social worker] went out and repaired his glasses just so he could keep focusing.

She’s always there to help families.

It’s a very positive learning center between the school, the students, and the parents.”

The Baby Fold began as an orphanage and continues to grow as a foster and adoption care provider. Providing relative, traditional, and specialized foster care, The Baby Fold caters to all children in need.

Their relative foster care programs put children with a relative after extensive background checking to ensure a good environment. Traditional foster care will place a child in a licensed foster home within his or her community.

For specialized foster care, The Baby Fold will train special foster care providers to suit the needs of children with mental disorders or behavior difficulties.

encourages all forms of volunteer work to put on such an event. Hundreds of volunteers can be seen working every day of the event.

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Criminal justice professor Cara Rabe-Hemp’s new book, “Thriving in an All Boys Club: Female Police and Their Fight for Equality,” examines female police officers abilities to find acceptance in the male subculture of policing.

Breaking glass ceilings

Cara Rabe-Hemp investigates female police inequality in new book BECKY FLETCHER Features Reporter | @becky__fletcher

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or a long time, women have been fighting against injustices put on them in men-specific fields.

Cara Rabe-Hemp, Illinois State criminal justice professor, sought to highlight women’s experiences of injustice in her new book “Thriving in an All Boys Club: Female Police and Their Fight for Equality.”

“I have always been interested in women’s experiences in male-dominated occupations,” RabeHemp said.

In 2007, Rabe-Hemp met a woman under the alias Heather Noell who was a lieutenant with 25 years of policing experience.

Noell told Rabe-Hemp, “I think the one thing that has impeded me the most is that police work is still a bit of a boy’s club, and I’m not a boy.”

“That really stuck with me,” Rabe-Hemp said.

From there, Rabe-Hemp began to wonder if other women officers felt the same as Noell and began her interviewing journey.

For her book, Rabe-Hemp has interviewed 60 female officers from all ranks, organizations and geographical locations.

“What I have learned is that women’s acceptance in policing is complex and their experiences are diverse,” Rabe-Hemp said. “Although there are common themes like resistance and harassment by

colleagues, the glass ceiling in promotion and gender-specific obstacles related to pregnancy and childcare.”

One thing Rabe-Hemp wanted to avoid was men’s viewpoint of women in the policing industry. She said there are plenty of books about a man’s experience, but little on a woman’s.

Rabe-Hemp describes in her book many positive benefits of women in the policing industry, including great communication skills, less force against citizens and women officers “are more likely to take reports of domestic violence and sexual assault seriously and to follow up with reports, preventing future violent attacks for victims.”

However, Rabe-Hemp stresses the future of women in this field stating that the “representation of women in police agencies has actually declined from 14 percent in 1999 to 12 percent in 2013.”

When asked what she hoped to gain or change with the release of her book, Rabe-Hemp said she wants people to reflect on police legitimacy and the positive impact women have in the field.

“In the past several years, the law enforcement community has faced considerable scrutiny about how they do their job,” Rabe-Hemp said. “At no other time in history has society placed such emphasis on the accountability of police behavior. Women are already playing an important role in this transformation by how they police.”

Rabe-Hemp’s book is available on Amazon, Google books and at Target.

'Black Panther: The Album' perfectly accompanies record-breaking film JONATHAN BARLAS Features Reporter | @janvesleybarlas

Marvel’s “Black Panther” is definitely having a moment.

With a film of this magnitude and of such populated interest, what better way to complement a sure-fire box office smash than to curate (essentially) a Kendrick Lamar album alongside it.

As “Black Panther” tears up the silver screen, “Black Panther: The Album” seems to do the same with our stereos.

Produced and captained by the infamously REVIEW versatile Lamar, the album features some of the most prominent black hip-hop, R&B and soul artists of this generation. Artists such as the Weeknd, Khalid, SZA, 2 Chainz, Jorja Smith, Travis Scott, Future, Anderson Paak and Swae Lee all contribute features to a complementing masterpiece of a film.

With the task of overseeing an entire film’s soundtrack, Lamar not only delivers on his promise of bringing hip-hop to Wakanda, but does it masterfully. While the album thrives off of its many contributing acts, Lamar’s cutting vocals appear on almost every track.

Channeling the spirit of Wakanda, the MC of hip-hop uses the African roots of many as a buffer for the album’s production. Natural voice, African drums, calypso vibes and other marimba-type sounds highlight the boldness of African identity seen in the film; coinciding black pride and heritage.

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Kendrick Lamar on stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, on April 23, 2017.

On tracks like “X,” “King’s Dead” and “Big Shot,” Lamar and company outwardly swing for the fences. With Afro-soul inspiration, the seamless blend of modern trap production and African-influenced samples work beautifully together by way of a flute and a moody bounce. Although sometimes

boastful, Lamar’s crew brings the house down and creates some unforgettable hooks.

On tracks such as “I Am” and “Black Panther,” the raw and edgy nature of the film’s action bleeds into the music. A soup made of honesty and soul motivate both Lamar and Jorja Smith to explore their musical roots while contemplating responsibility and trueness to oneself. The unique sounds bring out the boldness of the album’s theme; it works in unexplainably wondrous ways.

It appears to be a perfect mix of film and music, but there is a downside. Some songs outwardly overplay their African experimentation, while others solely act as tedious film-related tie-ins.

Regardless of those few and fruitful, the album ultimately quenches the thirst of both movie-goers and music-lovers.

Mixing rap, hip-hop, R&B, Afro-soul and South African pop, “Black Panther: The Album” takes the listener on a sensationally different voyage through Wakanda than in the movie.

This album is magnificent because of its story-telling effect. Effortlessly relaying the movie’s story to modern-day injustice, the album (and the movie) unknowingly promotes something much bigger than a superhero character.

“Black Panther” seems to do something that other films have failed to do well in the past: succeed across multiple platforms.

RATING: 4/5

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Softball drops four-offive games over weekend TYLER JACHNICKI Sports Reporter | @tJachnicki

Following a promising 3-2 performance last weekend at the Littlewood Classic, the Illinois State softball team had a tough stretch of games in the Aquafina Invitational in Gainesville, Florida. For the third consecutive weekend, ISU played nationally-ranked opponents, including the second outing against No. 2 Florida.

ISU finished 1-4 in the tournament, which puts their record at 5-10 on the season.

Game 1: GSU 7, ISU 4 The opening of the Aquafina Invitational did not go as planned, as the Redbirds fell to the Georgia Southern Eagles 7-4. The Redbirds surrendered seven runs on 10 hits to the Eagles, who led 7-2 after four innings.

ISU scored two runs in the sixth inning to cut the deficit to 7-4, but the comeback efforts fell short, as Eagles pitcher Kaylee Ramos silenced ISU’s bats in the seventh to seal the game.

Despite the loss, the Redbirds received a strong performance from senior infielder Alex Cavila, who went 3-4 with an RBI.

Game 2: UF 10, ISU 1 In the second game of Friday’s doubleheader, the Redbirds offense stalled, salvaging only three hits and scoring one run against No. 2 Florida.

ISU was able to contain the Gator offense through the first four

innings. However, Florida caught fire in the fifth inning and scored seven runs to put the game out of reach.

“During the Florida game, I thought we were very competitive with them for four strong innings,” head coach Melinda Fischer said.

“Florida is a strong team – there is no doubt about that. It was good for us to get on to their young pitcher early and force some changes on their end.”

The Redbirds’ three hits came off the bats of Shannon Felde, Allison Spence, and Alyssa Wiebel. Wiebel scored the only run on a walk issued to Stephanie Thulen.

Game 3: GSU 7, ISU 0 For the second straight game, a lack of offensive production held the Redbirds back in a rematch against Georgia Southern. ISU strung together only two hits in the shutout loss to the Eagles — the second defeat to Georgia Southern in as many days.

Lauren Prader’s leadoff double in the second was the first of the Redbirds two hits in the game. The other was a two-out line drive to left off of the bat of junior infielder Allison Spence.

Pitcher Shannon Felde was dominant in her relief outing. Felde struck out a career-high four batters, giving up a single earned run in just over 5 innings of work.

Game 4: Iowa St. 5, Ill. St. 4 The Redbirds came into the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader scoring only five runs in

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The Redbirds celebrate an Allison Spence two-run home run at Arizona State last weekend versus San Diego. three Aquafina Invitational Tournament games. It was looking as if the trend would continue as ISU trailed 5-1 going into the seventh inning.

Back-to-back walks to open the seventh lead to a rally that produced three runs, cutting the deficit to 5-4.

Cyclones pitcher Savannah Sanders closed the door, however, ending the Redbirds’ hard-fought comeback attempt.

Although the defeat was crushing to a Redbird team desperately needing a victory, the loss showed signs of improvement offensively, as the Redbirds hoped to bring the same energy into the tournament finale.

Game 5: ISU 8, UMD 7 The Redbirds ended the tournament on a high note, putting up eight runs on 12 hits in an extra inning thriller against Maryland.

The offensive output was one that ISU was looking for since the start of the tournament.

“After a disappointing weekend, you never know how day three is going to go,” Fischer said. “Shannon (Felde)’s first at-bat really set the tone for us at the plate, while Sarah (Finck) set the tone in the circle. I think we have learned that every game is going to be a battle for us and that’s what we did today. For

a team that hasn’t been able to do what they wanted to do all weekend, I think we really showed up today.”

ISU received a bevy of great performances, most notably from junior infielder Allison Spence. Spence went 3-5 with 3 RBIs, one of which came in the top of the eighth to put the ’Birds up 8-7. Finck shut the door in the bottom of the frame, giving her a complete game and her fourth victory of the season.

ISU will head to the LSU Tiger Classic next weekend to take on the likes of Florida Atlantic, McNeese State, Purdue and tournament host No. 7 LSU.

Women’s basketball routed by MVC-leading Drake NICK LANDI Sports Reporter | @nlandi1033

When Illinois State women’s basketball lost to Drake 65-58 back on Jan. 26, there was a question as to whether the next game between the two teams would be as close.

Drake showed everyone on Sunday why it remains the team to beat in the Valley.

A dominant first-half shooting performance helped Kristen Drake beat Illinois State Gillespie 80-64 in Des Moines, Iowa.

With the win, the Bulldogs (21-7, 16-0 MVC) secured their second straight MVC regular season championship while also extending their conference winning streak to 38 games.

ISU (13-15, 7-10 MVC) senior Hannah Green led all scorers with 22 points, which tied her

career-high from Jan. 19 against Evansville. Sophomore Megan Talbot, meanwhile, grabbed a team-high five rebounds to go along with her 10 points.

Redshirt sophomore Sara Rhine, who entered Sunday’s game fourth in the MVC in scoring (15.3 ppg), guided the Bulldogs with 19 points, including 17 in the first half.

Home to the Valley’s top scoring offense, Drake went fast early and often to score Hannah near the basket multiple Green times. With junior Viria Livingston out due to a knee injury she suffered on Friday against Northern Iowa, Illinois State struggled to defend the Bulldogs before entering halftime down 51-27.

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ISU shot 41.7 percent (10/24) from the field, but that paled in comparison to Drake’s mark of 81.5 percent (22/27).

“Drake is very good,” Gillespie said. “They are a machine.”

The third quarter proved to be Illinois State’s best. Putting more of an emphasis on Rhine, the Redbirds charged back. With the help of Green’s seven points during the quarter, ISU cut the deficit to 65-50 by the end of the frame.

That large amount of success carried over to the fourth quarter with Illinois State inching closer and closer. At the 7:16 mark, the Redbirds trailed 68-57.

“We just challenged them because against Drake, you can’t give them help,” Gillespie said. “That’s why they’re successful.”

Drake made sure not to blow its 25-point lead.

In a half of a minute, the Bulldogs got a jumper from sophomore Becca Hittner and three-pointer from junior Nicole Miller to go ahead by 16. Illinois State could not amount another comeback.

“Incredibly proud of how our kids fought back in the second half,” Gillespie said. “It could have been a much different outcome.”

Illinois State plays rival Bradley on Saturday to finish the regular season. The winner of that game will finish in sixth place in the standings and, therefore, avoid playing in the opening round of the MVC tournament.

“Saturday is the biggest game of the year for us,” Gillespie said. “We have to find a way to win so we can finish sixth and not have to play Thursday.”

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ISU’s William Tinsley defends Loyola’s MVC Player of the Year candidate Clayton Custer Saturday at the Gentile Arena in Chicago.

Ramblers rally past Redbirds Loyola uses late run to down ISU in MVC finale MIKE MARRA Sports Editor | @MikeMarraILSTU

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t took nearly 40 minutes, but probable Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year Clayton Custer finally scored his first points of the afternoon.

He hit a 3-pointer from the right-wing to put Loyola up 64-59, and that was all it took for the sold-out Gentile Arena crowd to explode.

From there, all Loyola had to do was ice the game, going away 68-61 in the MVC regular season finale.

“What a great atmosphere, great college game and I was really proud of our guys,” Loyola coach Porter Moser said.

A late 9-0 Illinois State run was not enough to beat the Valley champions.

A combined 11 3-pointers from Keyshawn Evans and William Tinsley was not enough.

Holding Custer to just three points was not enough.

But, turning the ball over 20 times was just enough to let this one slip away from the Redbirds.

“Some of our turnover games are maddening, I mean we just — it’s hard to win when you have 20

turnovers, it’s hard to win when the other team’s big man goes 8-for-10,” ISU coach Dan Muller said. “Turnover wise, I don’t know. I haven’t done a very good job coaching ball care this year.”

Tinsley opened the game scoring 11 of ISU’s 14 points, hitting three early 3-pointers to give the junior transfer some early confidence.

“I have been working on my shot, I had a rocky start [to the season],” Tinsley said. “I always believed in my shot, I just had to get used to the system, had to get used to everything first.”

Tinsley scored a game-high 21 points.

However, the scorer that determined the game’s outcome was Loyola’s freshman Cameron Krutwig.

Krutwig was 4-for-4 from the field in the first half and went on to finish 8-for-10 with a teamhigh 16 points.

“I thought Krutwig killed us,” Muller said. “Our bigs got dominated on both ends of the court.

That’s disappointing.”

Illinois State went into halftime down 33-28, just in reach to have a fighting chance in the second half.

The Redbirds used that chance going on a 9-0 run sparked by a three-point play the hard way from Phil Fayne and back-to-back 3-pointers

from Evans to give ISU a 47-41 advantage with just under 10 minutes to go.

But the Ramblers answered right back with a 10-0 run of their own thanks to 3-pointers from Donte Ingram and Lucas Williamson.

“Sometimes we’ve been good at taking advantage of those situations, but most of the time this year, we have not been good at staying locked in and getting another stop and a bucket to extend the lead,” Muller said.

Then came the final four minutes where Ben Richardson would hit back-to-back 3-pointers, which was followed up by Custer’s 3-pointer, which allowed the celebration to begin for Loyola.

The MVC regular season title is the first for Loyola since joining the league five years ago.

“To come from where we were, it’s been a long drought and to do it in this league is even more special,” Moser said. “I visioned this for a long time and you have to have a vision if you’re a leader.”

Evans finished the game with 20 points, while Milik Yarbrough and Fayne each scored nine.

The Redbirds have earned the No. 3 seed in Arch Madness, which is set to begin Friday. ISU will play No. 6 Indiana State Friday at 8:30 p.m.

“Some of our turnover games are maddening, I mean we just — it’s hard to win when you have 20 turnovers, it’s hard to win when the other team’s big man goes 8-for-10.”

Dan Muller, ISU head coach

Rodgers to headline Evening of Stars Former NFL MVP will hold a keynote at 6 p.m.

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Green Bay Packers quarterback and Super Bowl champion Aaron Rodgers will headline the American Red Cross Evening of Stars this spring.

Rodgers will be the keynote speaker at the 25th annual Evening of Stars that will begin at 6 p.m. April 24 at the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Uptown Normal.

“We are thrilled to have Aaron Rodgers as our guest for the 25th annual Evening of Stars,” Evening of Stars co-Chair Kevin

Callis said in a statement. “We are eager to have the community come together to raise funds to support the Red Cross mission and meet the amazing Aaron Rodgers.”

Rodgers is a two-time NFL Most Valuable Player and led the Packers to the 2011 Super Bowl title. Last season, Rodgers sustained a collarbone injury and was limited to just seven games.

Last year, the keynote speaker was Chicago Cubs catcher and World Series champion, David Ross.

Ross helped raise $230,000 for the Red Cross.

eading into Arch Madness, every team around the Missouri Valley Conference wants to be playing their best basketball.

Illinois State has been better than most lately.

The Redbirds have won two of their past three contests to get back on track after consecutive doubledigit losses to Valparaiso Feb. 11 and Bradley Feb. 14.

The team is finally at full strength, as Phil Fayne and Keyshawn Evans have returned from leg injuries and appear to be hitting their stride just in time, as Evans poured in six 3-pointers for 20 points Saturday against Loyola.

Meanwhile Fayne tallied a double-double in his return against Drake Wednesday, scoring 16 points and grabbing 11 rebounds.

But Fayne and Evans aren’t the only Redbirds to re-emerge.

William Tinsley has returned from a season-long shooting slump to eclipse 10 points in four of ISU’s last six games, including a 21-point outburst to lead the Redbirds Saturday in a narrow defeat to the MVC regular-season champs.

Entering a Feb. 8 matchup against Southern Illinois, Tinsley was shooting just 23.5 percent from long-distance. Since then, the Colfax native has connected on 21 of 48 attempts (43 percent) to immediately join the likes of Fayne, Evans and probable MVC Newcomer of the Year Milik Yarbrough atop the ISU box scores.

ISU has also shored up defensive efforts, using a 2-3 matchup zone to fluster opponents. Most recently, the Redbirds stifled Clayton Custer, a legitimate MVC Player of the Year candidate, to just three points on one made field goal in the last minute of regulation.

Turning the focus to the postseason tournament — where it actually matters — the Redbirds will open quarterfinal play with Indiana State.

With arguably the most favorable path to Sunday afternoon’s championship game, ISU must ride its recent momentum to click on all cylinders when it matters most.

The Redbirds split the seasonseries with the Sycamores, escaping 84-81 in overtime on New Year’s Eve in Normal before a 30-point drubbing Jan. 20 in Terre Haute.

To defeat Indiana State and move on to play the winner of Southern Illinois and Valparaiso/Missouri State, the Redbirds must contain the backcourt duo Jordan Barnes and Brenton Scott, who shredded the Redbirds for a combined 37 points at the Hulman Center.

If ISU can cut down turnovers, play active defense and knock down clean 3-point looks, there is no reason a second-straight championship appearance isn’t a realistic possibility for the Redbirds.

NATE HEAD is a Sports Editor for The Vidette. He can be reached at ndhead@ilstu.edu