A little rain and fall weather didn’t stop Indiana State students and the Terre Haute community from walking to raise awareness about eating disorders with the Terre Haute’s National Eating Disorders Association committee on Saturday morning. Showing their support, many had taken the time to sign up at the association’s booth at 10 a.m. Participants paid a small fee in the form of a monetary donation to the organization that focuses its time on saving lives of those who are dealing or have dealt with such life-threatening disorders. “Oſtentimes when we think of eating disorders, we have a specific face that we put with it. Usually it’s female, Caucasian and young. Unfortunately that’s just not the case with eating disorders,” said Melissa Grinsdale, a counselor at ISU’s Student Counseling Center and the walk coordinator. “A lot of people aren’t aware that it actually doesn’t discriminate.” Aſter supporters signed in, they were told a story about a young man who suffered from an eating disorder for three years and how it had changed him for the worse. However, this young man found a solution before it was too late. Indiana State University and Enterprise Car Rental’s program has only been active for three weeks, but is already sparking the interest of students in need of a ride. Two Ford Focus cars are located on campus in the Welcome Center parking lot for those enrolled in the CarShare program. Students can log in to EnterpriseCarShare.com to begin the process. Once approved, members can log in to the same website and request the car by entering their identification number and password. Enterprise CarShare’s spokesman, Gregory Phillips, is impressed with the progress of the program. “In the three weeks since the CarShare program has launched, we’ve seen increasing interest in member signups,” Phillips said. “e vehicle usage has been steady and new members seem to be taking to car sharing very quickly.” He said one reason the program is seeing success can be attributed to the university’s support. “e university has been extremely supportive throughout the launch and helping us build awareness for the program,” Phillips said. Although the program is going well, there is no immediate plan to add more cars to the program, he said. Walking for awareness In observance of eating disorder awareness month, members of the campus community walk together to shed light on the deadly illness CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 Wednesday October 23, 2013 Indiana State University www.indianastatesman.com Volume 121 Issue 25 Popularity in rental program grows since debut Music festival returns: Renowned composers and students work together PAGE 6 Students can access two rental cars in the Welcome Center lot (Photo by Bob Rhodes). KATIE F ARTHING Assistant News Editor CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Obsessed with tragedy: America’s attraction to crime is growing IN states man D’JONNAE MORGAN Reporter Supporters follow Sycamore Sam around campus for the National Eating Disorder Association walk, which took place on Saturday (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing). PAGE 4 Puppy for a price: Students pay to play with pooches FULL STORY ONLINE
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A little rain and fall weather didn’t stop Indiana State students and the Terre Haute community from walking to raise awareness about eating disorders with the Terre Haute’s National Eating Disorders Association committee on Saturday morning.
Showing their support, many had taken the time to sign up at the association’s booth at 10 a.m. Participants paid a small fee in the form of a monetary donation to the organization that focuses its time on saving lives of those who are dealing or have dealt with such life-threatening disorders.
“O� entimes when we think of eating disorders, we have a speci� c face that we put with it. Usually it’s female, Caucasian and young. Unfortunately that’s just not the case with eating disorders,” said Melissa Grinsdale, a counselor at ISU’s Student Counseling Center and the walk coordinator. “A lot of people aren’t aware that it actually doesn’t discriminate.”
A� er supporters signed in, they were told a story about a young man who su� ered from an eating disorder for three years and how it had changed him for the worse. However, this young man found a solution before it was too late.
Indiana State University and Enterprise Car Rental’s program has only been active for three weeks, but is already sparking the interest of students in need of a ride.
Two Ford Focus cars are located on campus in the Welcome Center parking lot for those enrolled in the CarShare program.
Students can log in to EnterpriseCarShare.com to begin the process. Once approved, members can log in to the same website and request the car by entering their identi� cation number and password.
Enterprise CarShare’s spokesman, Gregory Phillips, is impressed with the progress of the
program.“In the three weeks since the CarShare program
has launched, we’ve seen increasing interest in member signups,” Phillips said. “� e vehicle usage has been steady and new members seem to be taking to car sharing very quickly.”
He said one reason the program is seeing success can be attributed to the university’s support.
“� e university has been extremely supportive throughout the launch and helping us build awareness for the program,” Phillips said.
Although the program is going well, there is no immediate plan to add more cars to the program, he said.
Walking for awarenessIn observance of eating disorder awareness month, members of the campus
community walk together to shed light on the deadly illness
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Caroline Savage, assistant director of the Institution for Community Sustainability, helped spearhead the idea for the CarShare program.
“Basically, we use our community as a living laboratory to study and create sustainability things that simultaneously improve our economy, quality of life and natural resource stewardship,” Savage said. “Our primary motivation was to reduce car usage on campus while making it easier for students to access services they need.”
Indiana State is one of three colleges in Indiana to use the CarShare program. Earlham College and DePauw University also utilize this “green” way of providing students with access to a car.
“In 2006, Syracuse University started a car sharing program. They had two cars on campus, just like we do now. Today, Syracuse has 14 cars for sharing,” she said. “It would be wonderful to see our program at ISU explode like that; I would love to see ISU become a leader in environmentally friendly transportation options.”
Junior English major Elinor Balensuela was not aware of the CarShare Program. Once informed of the benefits it offered to students, she liked what she heard about the university’s new idea.
“I have always been lucky to have a car on campus, but I am glad that ISU is making an effort to accommodate those students that don’t have one,” she said. “I just hope that students take care of the cars so that it doesn’t ruin the opportunity for other students that really need to use them.”
No mistreatment has been reported and the vehicles are monitored constantly by security cameras while parked on campus.
For students currently wanting to enroll in the program, the $20 application fee is currently being waived and the annual membership fee has been lowered from $50 to $30. Students must have a valid driver’s license and credit card in order to enroll.
The hourly rate for the car for is $7.50 an hour or students can rent it daily for $65. Overnight rental is also available at $35 per night. Hourly weekend rentals are set at $8.50. All rates include the first 200 fuel miles, which are free; each additional mile is 35 cents. Anyone interested in additional information can visit EnterpriseCareShare.com.
A $9.7 million software grant will enable Indiana State University students to collaborate, create and manage products the way international businesses do with partners around the globe.
Indiana State received the grant from Siemens PLM Software for the Teamcenter® portfolio, the world’s most widely used digital lifecycle management software. Alister McLeod, assistant professor of applied engineering technology management, sought the grant for College of Technology students to use in several courses, including the simulated manufacturing company class. Students in the class will use the Siemens software to design, create and market their products, as international companies do with partners and suppliers around the globe. The Siemens technology also can be used in other classes to teach both engineering and business students about international product development and global supply chain logistics.
“If students end up working for a large corporation, and they’re working on a multifaceted product, they will have some exposure to a lot of the software systems that the company may use,” McLeod said. “This software that Siemens has is part of a larger package of software that companies use to build really complicated products.” The Siemens software will allow for McLeod to maintain a database of the class
projects that are completed. In some instances, different groups of students want to continue developing a product created during a preceding semester. The software allows teams to maintain information on the suppliers that have been used, the components that make up the project and what changes have been made over time.
“Siemens PLM Software is pleased to provide this software to Indiana State University so students can leverage the same technology used by leading multi-national manufacturing companies,” said Bill Boswell, senior director, partner strategy for Siemens PLM Software. “It allows them to gain the technical experience needed in a highly competitive job market that requires deep knowledge of advanced manufacturing technologies and processes.”
Many companies create products using parts designed by companies that are located around the world, requires all of that information to be properly maintained and updated in a central location, McLeod said. Business professionals use the Siemens portfolio, which will now help students from different fields learn about the interdependency that business management, supply chain logistics and manufacturing play in creating a product for consumers.
“The grant from Siemens PLM Software will allow our students to familiarize themselves with some of the same design and supply chain technology they will use as professionals working with colleagues in businesses
around the world,” President Daniel J. Bradley said. “This will provide the sort of hands-on experiential learning that our students and employers expect, and make our graduates ready to contribute from the moment they hit the ground.”
The College of Technology is investing more in automation programs, which fits a growing need for many different kinds of businesses, said Robert English, interim dean of the College of Technology. The state of Indiana is strongly dependent on jobs in automation fields for its workforce.
“Automated processes and procedures are becoming more vital for businesses to be successful in the marketplace,” English said. “We are investing strongly in areas that will prepare our students ...to fulfill employers’ needs while helping develop new opportunities for companies to be successful.”
McLeod plans on developing a course that can more heavily use the different capabilities of the new software to teach College of Technology students more about the business considerations of product development.
“The advanced manufacturing program needs something like this to tie the disparate aspects of manufacturing development together,” McLeod said. “If you’re going to think about manufacturing, you also have to think about it from the perspective of a business, and how the business interacts with the outside world. This software platform will act as a skeletal frame for this business concept that I have had for some time now.”
Indiana State receives $9.7 million in-kind software grant for product
lifecycle managementAustin Arceo ISU Communications and Marketing
Volunteers are needed for persons who have experience with planting trees. More than 80 trees will be planted in the neighborhoods of 13th Street between Hulman and Cruft Streets. The opportunity has been made possible through the city of Terre Haute, in partnership with Trees Inc., United Cerebral Palsy, Friends of the
Holly Arboretum, Wabash Valley Habitat for Humanity, Terre Haute Association of Realtors and Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Anyone who is interested in helping may contact Sheryle Dell, urban forester for Terre Haute, at 244-4923 or 243-1342. Dell can also be contacted by email at [email protected].
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Free depression screenings will be offered this week Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday conducted by the Student Counseling Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Hulman Memorial Student Union.
Faculty and staff may encourage students to
complete the screening for extra credit in their classes. The Student Counseling Center can give students verification to take back to their professors in order to receive credit.
Throughout the fall semester, free massages will be offered at the Athletic Training/Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Clinic to any member of the general public, including students, faculty and staff.
The massages will be conducted by students enrolled in the department’s massage therapy minor program. The free
clinic will take place every Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome but must take note they may have to wait for those individuals whom have already made reservations prior to their appointments.
Reservations can be made by calling 237-8232 or by visiting the clinic.
The Turman Art Gallery at Indiana State University will present “Seeing the Invisible Cities: an exhibition of student digital art work,” on display from Oct. 24 to Nov. 13. The exhibited works, inspired by Italo Calvino’s “Invisible Cities,” are by current digital art students from Indiana State’s department of art and design.
The exhibit features the emerging talents of undergraduate visual art students enrolled in the intermediate and advanced digital art classes. The work by student artists Sam Barnes, Mills Camp, Stetson Hennington,
Nicole Nootbaar, J.D. Palmer, Matthew Rasley, Elizabeth Steele and Marc Whitfield includes digital animation, interactive video, digital cinema and sound art.
The Turman Art Gallery is located on the Indiana State campus in the Fine Arts Building on Chestnut Street. The artists will be present at the opening reception from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24.
This exhibition is free and open to the public. For additional information call 812-237-3720
Student Digital Art Exposition Free Massage Therapy for Students
Student Counseling Center to Offer Free Depression Screenings
Indiana State University welcomes all guests to attend the 47th annual Contemporary Music Festival, which runs Wednesday through Friday and features multiple styles of music.
Each festival is centered on a specific composer that Indiana State invites, and this year’s festival features a composer from the University of Michigan, Evan Chambers, said Kurt Fowler, professor of music and director of Contemporary Music Festival.
Chambers is not only a composer; he is also an Irish Fiddler and a Folk singer.
He said this year includes an addition that has never been done while at the University
“I’ve been here for 15 years and as far as I know, we have never had a composer who has also performed in the festival and he [Chambers] will be performing not once, but twice,” Fowler said.
Guest composers and artists are chosen by a committee formed through the university’s School of Music.
Besides Chambers, husband and wife duo Mary Bonhag and Evan Premo will
perform Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the University Hall auditorium.
According to the ISU School of Music website, different styles of music will be featured.
“The two weave classical, traditional, folk and original music into a program that showcases each performer’s virtuosity and blends the two in unique and delightful collaboration,” the website states.
Another group of performers, the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra will perform Thursday evening, joined by Chambers and Bonhag and directed by Maestro Kirk Trevor.
Students of the School of Music play a major role in the Contemporary Music Festival. They do more than just plan the event; a majority of the members actually perform.
Throughout the events, there are a combination of performances from student and faculty recitals, as well as guest artists.
The final concert includes student ensembles from the Wind Orchestra and a performance by the Indiana State University Concert Choir to wrap up the festival Friday at 7:30 p.m.
There will be approximately 15 different events planned in throughout University Hall, Tilson Hall and the Landini Center for Performing Arts.
Fowler said anyone is welcome to attend at no cost.
“Every event is completely free and completely open to whoever would like to attend,” he said. “We encourage people to come out and check it out.”
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“Every event is completely free and completely open to
whoever would like to attend.”
Kurt Fowler, professor of music
Left: The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra performs at the Contemporary Music Festival. (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing. Above: Nick Pine, a junior piano performance major practices the piano for the student exhibition (Photo by Kira Clouse).
Anyone who has ever even remotely attempted to write or perform comedy knows that the only things that require more skill and precision are neuroscience and raising kids. There’s a very distinct reason why we have 10,000 decent crime dramas and maybe a handful of great sitcoms.
There are few things in this world that people will eat up faster than free tacos; unfortunately one of them is tragedy. So it’s not too big of a surprise when the mass media and journalism become obsessed with the latest horrific scene.
Just two days ago, yet another school shooting took place in Sparks, Nev. Thankfully, the mortality was low. Only one teacher, Michael Landsberry, was killed as he tried to save his class by wrestling the gun away form the child-shooter. The shooter then turned the gun on himself and pulled the trigger. Beyond Landsberry and the shooter, only two other children were wounded.
No one on the face of the Earth will dispute this is a terrible, gut-wrenching kind of sadness. But is it really fair for us to play on these types of tragedies like an overly tuned harp? It’s not something
that we need to ignore, but the media absolutely needs to rethink their policy on what is now becoming known as “tragedy porn.”
The whole concept is developed around the idea that instigative journalism becomes so much about the numbers and the money trail that they forget about the investigative half of the story, in favor of the relevant half. Journalists are told and trained to go after whatever will bring in the biggest amount of viewers.
When the world watched in disgust and horror at the mother accused of killing her own child, two and a half years ago, we watched the media invent a rabbit hole specifically tailored for us to become obsessed with this trial. The same can be said for the Zimmerman murder case.
In both incidences, we watched as the world slowly but surely erupted into “he said-she said” hearsay as major and minor outlets alike rushed to meet the victim as well as the accused’s family, friends, coworkers, teachers, lovers, bartenders and literally just about anyone else they could possibly find. In
both cases, it is very sad that a child had to die. But over time, it became less and less about the people who were killed and more about the alleged killers.
Why was that, though? Why was Casey Anthony — most certainly not the first mother to succeed in killing her child — the first to become an infamous celebrity? Two words: social media.
While everyone is quick to blame Twitter and Facebook for anything and everything that may be going wrong in today’s society, in this particular instance — as we saw repeated through the Trayvon Martin case and again in the government shutdown — there is a direct correlation between social media spread and the macabre tourist attraction that these events became.
Time magazine actually dubbed the Anthony case, “the social media trial of the century.” Scot Safron, Vice President of HLN News, said that it was “not about policy,” but that it was a matter of “very, very strong human dimension” that sparked the interest in the Anthony trial.
The journalism market seems to have forgotten why we exist. It is not to cover Brittany Spears shaving her head, nor
is it to make sure all see Miley Cyrus twerking in spandex. The media of the world was designed to be that sort of neutral mirror that should reflect what the public needs to know. Journalism on the whole is about showing the people what they need, but not always what they want right now. We are responsible for the way we present the news and its impact on the world.
Let us remove the sensationalism that seems to be stalking investigative reporting so much harder as of late, and return to the world in which we look at why Republicans were allowed to bully their way into shutting down the government or why the world has to find out that Syria has biological weapons after the fact. Instead, we watch in horror, as what should be fact checking and neutral-hosted debates become finger pointing and taking sides.
Let the reports speak for themselves. It’s neither our place, nor our right to stir the pot for the sake of ratings or readers. And it most certainly is not fair for journalists to bias their stories on things that are so crucial to the public’s understanding.
Fat cats purr atop Capitol Hill after Congress rulingSince the beginning
of the government shutdown, the Republican Party has absorbed most of the blame. Especially so now that details of the party organizing to invoke the shutdown have come to light. Others have thrown the blame at congressional Democrats and the president.
However, the blame
might be better suited at the feet of a different branch of government, the Supreme Court.
In the controversial case of “Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission,” the Court ruled that restrictions on the expenditures of unions, corporations and associations as unconstitutional. Which leaves very wealthy outside interests with the ability to pour millions of dollars in support of or against political campaigns, and the numbers have definitely changed since the ruling.
According to OpenSecrets.org, in 2008, prior to Citizens United, interest
groups spent some $338 million to influence that year’s elections. Following the 2010 “Citizens” Court ruling, outside interests spent over $1 billion in the 2012 elections. That leads to just under a $700 million increase.
And with that amount of spending to influence elections, Citizens United has cultivated a new culture of fear and conformity amongst elected officials.
Republicans have obviously pursued the government shutdown. But, according to Huffington Post contributor Mansur Gidfar, over a dozen well funded outside interest groups signed onto the
Freedom Works “Blueprint to Defunding Obamacare,” which included spurring a shutdown as leverage. Organizations such as “Constitutional Congress, Inc.” “Americans for Limited Government,” “Traditional Values Coalition” and “Heritage Action for America” signed on the shutdown initiative. Not coincidentally, these groups have spent some serious money on campaigns.
Exorbitantly deep-pocketed individuals within organizations such as those, or who have donated funds to those organizations, have been able to
incite a government shutdown that Republican politicians entirely dismissed before this era.
The shutdown showcases that elected officials throughout Congress feel beholden to the interests and desires of a wealthy few, who could easily drop millions of dollars against them and ruin their political careers. The best interests of the common, largely poor to middle class constituency places a distant second to the money of outside interests, even though elected officials depend so heavily upon the average constituents.
This idea that Citizens United is circumventing democracy is not new, though Mansur Gidfar most recently expounded upon it. On Oct. 8, President Barack Obama stated that he believes that Citizens United contributed to Washington’s dysfunction. Obama elaborated saying that there are “ideological extremists” with “big bankrolls” who can “skew our politics”.
The President continued saying that there are congressional members who are afraid of being challenged if they “don’t go along with the tea party or some
particularly extremist agenda”. Since 2010, Senator Bernie Sanders
has been an incredibly vocal opponent to Citizens United, and most recently called out donors such as brothers Charles and David Koch, as well as other big money donors. On the 8th, Sanders stated that the Koch brothers and others were “undermining what this democracy is supposed to be about”. And Sanders went on saying that representatives in the House are being “threatened” by “huge sums of money” that will be spent against them.
The Court’s Citizen United ruling did not anticipate a possibility such as this, but we are now experiencing its sweeping effects across democracy.
The Court sought to encourage freedom of speech, but they have simultaneously and indirectly stifled the ability of politicians to respond to their constituents and devalued the plight of the common man. In the midst of such intense dysfunction across the House, it seems apparent that an era is unfolding in which the donors have ultimate control over how our government operates.
Obama drama leads nation to wonder how far he has fallenThe other day I was
doing my laundry at this dark cavern posing as my friend’s poorly lit house when a fellow on his vent (a computer chat room) brought out that Obama just signed a bill that was effectively turning free speech into a felony.
Vibrating with rage, I threw down my powder blue undies and declared I would stop this travesty
and enact a revolution. As I drove home, fuming and plotting, it occurred to me that I don’t recall hearing anything about this on the news, Internet, radio or our own beloved Brother Jed. And so, I began from my quest to plunge the truth out of the toilet that is American media.
As it turns out, there was a bill that passed that had effects similar to what the mystery vent-voice whispered into my consciousness. Unfortunately for all you revolutionaries, it’s not quite as severe as I thought. The bill was an addendum to the HR 347 law, which basically made it a felony to protest anywhere that the Secret Service considers a restricted area. This includes say, public speeches and Super Bowls all the way down to if they walk
into your backyard and start a barbeque. According to the new rules, if anyone knowingly protests or enters one of these “zones,” it is considered a felony and they will be prosecuted.
Oh, and that’s specifically “knowingly” as one of the changes was to remove the prerequisite of “willingly;” so now you’ll get a felony if you are forced to enter or protest, or if you were ignorant of that area being a restricted zone. One more thing, this isn’t new; the law was changed and passed back in 2012, so the man’s information was evidently a year late.
That’s not what bothers me about this whole moment, though. What bothers me was my knee-jerk reaction. Full disclosure, I am not an impulsive person; ask anyone who knows me. You have to get me good and drunk before I’ll spend less than 20 minutes trying to figure all possible outcomes in a situation. I also pride myself on being naturally inquisitive; I live by the mantra, “question everything.” So my lightning quick acceptance of the idea that Obama banned free speech is not what I’d call normal. I even talked to a few other people about that last few days; just telling them that “Obama passed a new bill that bans the First amendment,” and you know what? Only one person — out of almost 15 — didn’t believe me.
Has Obama’s popularity really gone down so far that we think he’ll do anything? I have to question if it’s even anything he personally did. After all, with the exception of a handful of movies, most media depict the government — or at least its head — as either incompetent or evil. There are more sci-fi and action movies with that as the main plot than curse words in a Tarantino movie.
Of course, he brought it on himself. He’s claimed to fix the recession, but I’ve yet to hear of a single person (other than a few Chief Executive Officers of major corporations) that have managed to completely recover economically. In fact, I know — both of and personally — more people who are bankrupt and bordering on homeless in the past two years than when he claimed the recession still going. Then of course there are the unpopular moves at Syria, Afghanistan (did you remember we’re still there?) or any of the other places we’re apparently attacking or planning to. I’m starting to think our government has a sand fetish. But that’s an article for another time — see you on Valentine’s Day. I’d be remiss to not include this whole government shut-down thing. It’s not that he had anything to do with the shut-down but there’s this thing called “checks and balances.” The
president, Congress and the Supreme Court are supposed to keep an eye on each other. If they can’t make sure they’re doing their jobs, then why are they in office?
The final icing on this hatred cake, to me, is the whole NSA fiasco. Where Edward Snowden revealed to us that the government was spying on us all this whole time, and Obama hasn’t tried to shut it down. I mean, with all this ridiculous fallout surrounding Obama and Congress, why by the helm of space-Odin would we not believe that he’s trying to remove free speech? It seems pretty damn par for the course.
Except, it got me irrational. I didn’t think clearly about what I was told. Instead I blindly accepted what I was told and immediately went for anger. That’s dangerous; that’s the kind of zeal that let Hitler rise to power, or the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, the Red Scare, the American concentration camps of the Japanese or any atrocity in the history of humanity. If we are to survive as a diverse society, we can’t let that kind of blind hate happen. We all have to remember to look at the facts and think before we speak. I’m not saying we shouldn’t be angry at the government or its members. I’m saying we need to be angry for the right reasons if we want to actually make a difference.
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Also, Lisa McDaniel, assistant to Dean of Students Carmen Tillery, shared encouraging words to uplift the self-esteem of those who may be struggling and raise awareness.
“Here at ISU we help young people really try to develop and define for themselves the face that they will show to the world in their future,” McDaniel said. “When there are problems with the image of ourselves that we hold in our hearts and minds, when something impacts our capabilities or our values for ourselves; it’s so great that groups like NEDA are there to support, to define and to help us remember who we really are and who we can be.”
Thanking those who came out to walk, Grinsdale asked everyone to blow the bubbles they were given with a moment of silence for those who had lost their lives to one of the most serious health disorders in the United States.
Afterward, she led the participants in a warm-up yoga routine. Soon, everyone departed from Rec East, walking for the sake of awareness after Sycamore Sam counted backward from five.
Supporters and committee members had crossing guards between the corners of Spruce and Chestnut Street to assist and direct the progress of the walk. In the meantime, students and participants talked among each other to take their minds off the cold weather and focus on the importance of their presence that
morning. “I think that Terre Haute doesn’t
really have a lot of support for the eating disorder community, so I really like that [the walk] is bringing awareness,” said Brittany Rund, a senior nursing major. “I know that they are working hard to kind of raise it up since it’s the first year in Terre Haute.”
By 11:30 a.m., the walkers had made their way back to the beginning location where Grinsdale offered refreshments and announced the prizes to those who gathered the most donations for the organization prior to the event.
Sigma Kappa and Michelle Locey, a certified physicians assistant from Cincinnati, Ohio, were the lucky winners.
“We really want to bring this to ISU; to Terre Haute in general, so that people who are struggling they know that they aren’t alone and there’s help out there,” Grinsdale said.
“Here at ISU, we help young people really try to develop and define for themselves the face
that they will show the world in their future.”
Lisa mcdaniel, dean’s assistant to Carmen Tillery, vice president of
student affairs and dean of students
Above: On a rainy Saturday, Indiana State students dressed warmly to support the National Eating Disorders Association’s walk to raise awareness on campus. Below: Walk participants blow bubbles and observe a moment of silence in memory of those harmed by eating disorders (Photos courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).
inside to keep warm and study, others were out in the elements to raise money for a good cause.
On Saturday at Wolf Field, the women of the Alpha Omicron Pi Foundation embraced the new season with the Alpha Male Olympics, an annual event on campus to help raise money for arthritis awareness.
Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Psi, Theta Chi, Phi Delta, Lambda Chi, Pi Kappa Alpha and Tau Kappa Epsilon all participated in the activities.
There were 12 teams of five men registered, with the sororities showing their support for the teams.
One of the Olympic activities was a game of flippy cup with apple cider. Flippy cup is a social game that divides two teams of players on opposite sides of a table, each standing in front of a half-full cup of apple cider.
The first player of each team chugs the cider then tries to flip the cup so it lands upside down with only one finger. Once the cup lands upside down, the next player picks up their drink and repeats the sequence. The first team to have all their cups upside down wins.
The teams competed in sponge and egg relays. The balloon relay was another challenging task in which the men had to race with water balloons between their thighs without dropping or busting the balloon.
Taylor Cable, a sophomore speech language pathology major and the Philanthropic Chairman for Alpha Omicron Pi, said that other activities, like the magic carpet and kiss the apple games,
rounded out the event over the weekend. “Magic carpet is where they have to
carry one of their teammates in a blanket, and kiss the apple is where they had a get an apple from their belly button and up to their face without touching it with their hands,” Cable said.
She said they also had a pumpkin pie eating contest, a three-legged race, a crabwalk race, a wheelbarrow race and a tug-of-war.
The reigning champion was Phi Delta. They received sweaters embroidered with the ladies’ Greek letters.
“This is our second annual Alpha Male Olympics, so it is still growing. We had a very successful event this year,” Cable said. “It was a learning experience. Overall, I had fun and had a lot of help and support from my chapter.”
While the experience was fun for those who participated, it contributed
toward a serious cause. According to medicalnewstoday.com, arthritis comes in several varieties, all of which are typically painful and irritating. For more information about the disorder, visit www.arthritis.org/research.php.
The ladies’ efforts to raise money for arthritis research also included a bake sale and loose-change admission to the event. To see some of the activities, watch the Alpha Male Olympics on YouTube.
Denise smith Reporter
Olympic activities seek out the ‘Alpha Males’ on campus
Members of Alpha Omicron Pi pose with Sigma Kappa, the winners of the Alpha Male Olympics on Saturday (Submitted Photo).
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While talking to his landlord, Khalid Ahmad Siddiq received an unexpected request: fall backward.
The Indiana State University graduate student had been describing how he honed his teamwork skills at a leadership development retreat, and his landlord tested the Sycamore’s faith by requesting him to do a trust fall.
“I told myself it’d be okay, because I knew there’d be someone who can catch me,” Siddiq said. “He laughed, and said, ‘I was really into it.’ The retreat activities were designed in a way that really leads you to being into it.”
Siddiq was one of 45 Indiana State
students from around the world who participated in the Center for Global Engagement leadership retreat. The program combined presentations, discussions and team building activities to introduce students to new concepts that helped them discover their strengths and skills, teaching them how to best utilize resources to facilitate their success. The students spent their first day in workshops at Indiana State, then traveled to the field campus in Brazil, Ind. for outdoor activities, including a cookout and camping.
“I was expecting more like previous experiences that I had with leadership programs, like lectures,” said Siddiq, who is from Afghanistan and pursuing his master’s degree in linguistics and teaching
English as a second language. “But when I went camping and I experienced those things, they were widely different from what I had ever experienced in these workshops.”
Retreat participants either applied for a spot or were nominated by campus organizations, said Zachariah Mathew, associate director of the Center for Global Engagement who helped organize the event. Members of the Student Government Association, Union Board and Honors Program were among the participants.
“My philosophy is that these students are not here for solely an academic degree. They are here for an education,” Mathew said. “Part of that education should be leadership development, as well. To
develop leadership is not a one-day task. It is absolutely important that they get engaged and involved, and this is like a lab.”
Student Bethany Alkire enjoyed the presentations. She learned about recognizing and developing her strengths, and how they can be utilized in a group projects.
“It’s been very positive, very upbeat,” the junior biology major from Greenfield said of the presentations. “I learned more about myself, and I gathered that other people have learned more about themselves as well.”
The outdoor activities that took place
Indiana State President Daniel J. Bradley shares smiles with the Center for Global Engagment’s fall leadership retreat attendees (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).
required students to collaborate to accomplish tasks. During one challenge, a student was struggling to climb an obstacle during a group event.
Rather than let her flounder, several group members flocked to help her over the obstacle, Siddiq said.
“Some people might think these were simple activities, but for me it had a very great impact,” he said of the retreat. “They were teaching a very good morale, which can help in the future.”
Members of the Wabash Valley community contributed to the event. The Rev. Rebecca Zelensky, senior minister at Terre Haute’s Central Christian Church, discussed leadership skills and development.
During lunch, the retreat participants also learned about proper etiquette and networking during meals.
“Each of the events had its own strengths, which complemented each other,” Mathew said. “Rev. Zelensky did a great job of letting them know why it’s important to share and be part of the community, what it means and how it helps foster the feeling of belongingness.”
Students have started to realize the benefits from the event. Siddiq, who is the only student from Afghanistan at Indiana State this semester, enjoyed the opportunity to meet fellow students from different countries, including the US. He is planning on participating in upcoming campus events to teach people about Afghanistan, which is frequently misrepresented in the media, he said.
“This program inspired me to work more and have leadership roles at ISU,” Siddiq added. “I want to try to help educate and tell people about particularly my culture, and learn from others about their cultures.”
Two Indiana State students enjoy rapelling on the Indiana State’s Field Campus in Brazil, Ind. during a retreat designed to connect more than 45 international students and help them develop leadership skills (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).
Women’s Volleyball vs. Drake 3-0 (W) vs. Nor. Iowa 1-3 (L)
Women’s Soccer vs. UNI 2-1 (W)
Football vs. Illinois St. 55-14 (L)
Cross-Country Men’s 46th Women’s 26th
Missouri Valley Standings
Football North Dakota 7-0 Youngstown 7-1 South Dakota St. 4-4 South Dakota 4-3 Norther Iowa 4-3 Western Illinois 3-5 Illinois State 3-4 Missouri State 2-6 Indiana State 1-6 Women’s Volleyball Wichita State 19-4 Illinois State 15-5 Northern Iowa 15-6 Southern Illinois 11-10 Missouri State 13-8 Bradley 10-8 Loyola 8-13 Indiana State 8-12 Evansville 7-13 Drake 2-19 Women’s Soccer Illinois State 9-6 Missouri State 5-7-3 Evansville 9-3-2 Loyola 4-7-5 Indiana State 7-8 Northern Iowa 2-13 Drake 2-9-4
Field of championsTerre Haute holds one of the most recognized NCAA Division I facilities in the nation
This weekend opened the national stage for the cross-country world as 161 Division I teams traveled across the country to run on the LeVern Gibson Cross-Country Championship course for the Pre-Nationals meet, located in Terre Haute.
Athletes crossing the finish line on the course are granted champion status because
the NCAA Division I Cross-Country Championships, Indiana High School AA Cross-Country Championships and High School Nike Regional meet are also held at this facility.
Indiana State men’s cross-country head coach John McNichols aided in the design and original construction of the course. McNichols said it was built in 1995 with the original cost around $300,000. The
course took steps to become what it is today with seeding and fertilizing in the fall. Beginning in 2004, fencing, an irrigation system and other structures have been added throughout the course. Money for construction and upkeep come from a nonprofit bond established with Wabash Valley Family Sports Center and additional
Thomas Beeler Sports Editor
Indiana State hosted the NCAA Division I Cross-Country Championships for the 10th year on Saturday. Cross-country Head Coach John McNichols helped design the $300,000 track used in the competition (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).
money from the Terre Haute Visitors Conventions and Bureau.
“That’s a multimillion dollar bond funded by the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center and original gift from the Gibson family,” McNichols said.
The money from the Visitors Bureau comes from hotel taxes from around Terre Haute and surrounding cities.
“That’s probably one of the best investments they can make,” McNichols said. “There is a direct payback to those businesses because we jam the hotels.”
McNichols said some students don’t realize the impact this past weekend had on Indiana State and the community. There were universities competing from Oregon, California and Ohio. This brought positivity to Terre Haute.
“It’s a big meet since we host the NCAA championships and a final season destination,” McNichols said. “And just by the very nature of that, Terre Haute, in the minds of these athletes, and Indiana State as a school is a very positive setting much like Eugene, Org., for the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. I don’t know what that’s worth, but there are a lot of bright and intelligent student-athletes from around the country that see Terre Haute in a positive light.”
This marks the tenth in the last 12 years the national title was contest at the LeVern Gibson course. McNichols said he wishes more of the student body attended the meets to witness what happen out there. He believes they can sense the impact, see the number of visitors—especially for the NCAA’s—and judge the caliber of the competition.
Athletic Director Ron Prettyman agrees and said there are benefits to hosting these events. Newspapers around the nation mention Indiana State and Terre Haute.
“The LeVern Gibson Course is hands down the best cross-country course in the nation, maybe in the world; it’s hard to put a price tag on the value of publicity,” Prettyman said. “We do it because it’s a really good thing for the community and the publicity of ISU and the cross-country program.”
N e w s broadcasters and fans numbering close to 30,000 people come to the city to stay at the
hotels, eat in the restaurants and shop in the local stores, helping the local economy,
Prettyman said“We have
a unique r e l a t i o n s h i p ,” McNichols said. “We need the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center and they need us because we put on this major meet. We didn’t host nationals last year,
but Rose-Hulman hosted the Division III championships and Terre Haute North
Vigo High School used the course to host the state competition.”
McNichols said he was on the executive board of the family sports center, and to avoid extra expenses, any revenue received from the events held at the course goes back into it; so ticket sales, concessions and other factors all help to improve the course.
“When you host an NCAA national event, most of those costs are reimbursed from the NCAA,” Prettyman said.
The NCAA covers all expenses athletes or teams who have qualified to compete at that level. However, for the pre-national meet, teams are required to pay an entrance fee to run and get a feel of the course before the national championships.
ISU makes some profit from it, but the majority of the money covers the cost of video screens located around the course, security and other expenses.
Hosting events through the NCAA, the university neither gains nor loses money, but setting-up and organizing the event takes a lot of work, Prettyman said.
However, there are expenses that come with holding a non-NCAA national event. While hosting pre-nationals, organizers form a budget based on the money brought in from the visiting teams.
Indiana State Athletics goal is have those entry fees pay for the expenses from hosting the event so everything would even out. The NCAA national contest will be held on Nov. 23.
The NCAA Division I Cross-Country Championships brings teams from across the nation to compete for the champion title. During the 2013 Pre-National meet 161 teams attended and competed across four races, men’s blue and white women’s blue and white races.
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“I don’t know what that’s worth, but there are a lot of bright and
intelligent student-athletes from around the country that see Terre
Haute in a positive light.”
John Mcnichols, indiana State cross country head coach
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The Commons in the Hulman Memorial Student Union offers a variety of foods for the variety of palates at Indiana State University. When you’re in a hurry, it’s the weekend or you just don’t feel like the dining halls, the Commons is a tasty and convenient place to eat, with the options of Einstein Bros. Bagels, Mein Bowl, Pizza Hut, Burger King, Taco Bell, SubConnection, George’s and Edy’s. It
is exceedingly easy to undo your whole day with one meal at the Commons. Just because it is all fast food does not mean you cannot make wise, healthier selections off of the menus.
The first place I hit up in the Commons when I’m feeling indulgent is Taco Bell. I just cannot resist that fake-Mexican deliciousness. Taco Bell offers a variety of Fresco taco and burrito options that are much lower in fat and in calories than their regular counterparts. The Fresco Chicken Soft Taco contains only 3.5 grams total fat
and 140 calories. If you’re searching for something on the “Why Pay More!” menu, try a crunchy taco or a cheese rollup. For your side options, go for the black beans. It is a great source of fiber, and has a much lower calorie count at 80 calories in comparison to cheesy fiesta potatoes at 280 calories and 15 grams of fat.
The item on the menu with the highest amount of calories is the Cantina Double Steak Quesadilla. While calories definitely are not everything, this item also carries the highest amount of total fat with a whopping 45 grams. Following closely behind the XXL Grilled Stuffed Beef Burrito with 42 grams total fat and 880 calories.
When I lived on campus and still had Commons Cash, my next stop would usually be SubConnection. One of your best options, if you receive enough protein elsewhere, would be a veggie sub on wheat bread.
However, many people feel a sandwich is just not a sandwich without a little meat. In that case, coming in at 435 calories, 17 grams of fat, and five grams of fiber, the chicken fajita sub on wheat bread would be another great choice. Coming in at a close second would be the turkey sub
on wheat with 21 grams of total fat, 450 calories, and five grams of fiber to boot.
When contemplating a salad option, do not be fooled. While the spinach chicken salad is a better option than most subs in various ways, the grilled chicken Caesar salad contains a shocking 54 grams of fat, 765 calories and with four grams of fiber. With eating at a restaurant like SubConnection, it is really about the toppings and dressings that really make or break your meal. Try to load on different vegetables. I encourage you to try a different one each time; you never know which veggie topping may become your new favorite.
For the dressings, mustard is always an acceptable option based on fat and calories, but be mindful of the sodium that comes with it as well. You can also try to switch to salsa, or to a lite mayonnaise in lieu of regular mayonnaise, southwest mayo or Caesar dressing. When it comes to cheese, it may be best to skip it all together if you get your three servings of dairy a day elsewhere. However, if it’s a must American cheese has the lowest fat content as well as calorie count.
Anyone who goes into the Commons around lunch or dinner time on the
weekends can attest to how long the line always is at Pizza Hut. After looking at the nutritional facts, this may not be a good thing. A cheese-only personal pan pizza contains 25 grams of fat, and a pepperoni contains 28 grams. They also have 590 and 620 calories, respectively.
You may have assumed that the pasta would be a much healthier choice than the pizza; after all, pizza was a special occasion growing up, while pasta was a household staple. Yet with the additions of the sauces, the pastas climb up to 27 grams of fat for the creamy chicken alfredo and 21 grams for the meaty marinara, while their calories almost equal that of the personal pan pizzas. This may leave you feeling like you should skip that Pizza Hut line altogether, however, the best option there may be the protein packed wings. Traditional wings, naked, would be 180 calories for four pieces with 12 grams of total fat, followed closely by the choices of mild, medium and burnin’ hot sauces.
If those are not your favorite choices in the Commons, don’t fret. There are healthier choices for Einstein’s, Mein Bowl, Burger King, George’s and Edy’s (well, sort of) as well. Examples of those choices are forthcoming in a later edition.
Toni TillettNutrition Columnist
Students should to watch calories in the Commons
Sycamores earn comeback over Northern Iowa, 2-1The Indiana State women’s soccer team
erased a 1-0 halftime deficit to defeat Northern Iowa 2-1 in chilly Missouri Valley Conference match up on Sunday for their third straight win.
Indiana State (7-8-0, 2-2-0 MVC) used goals by freshman forward Abby Reed and sophomore forward Sydney Loesing in the second half to overcome a sluggish start that saw a one goal halftime lead for the Panthers.
Reed scored the first goal after the half, dribbling downfield past the goalie to find an empty net as she drilled a shot into the goal. Senior midfielder Taylor Hancock records the assist, her second of the season.
Loesing, who subbed in just a few minutes before, connected on a pass from junior midfielder Natalie Vaught to put the Sycamores up 2-1 in the 79th minute.
Reed’s goal puts her in the team lead with eight on the season and also ties a team-high in points, 17. Loesing records her second goal of the season.
Northern Iowa threatened in the last minute with a corner kick but the Sycamores were able to defend and freshman goalie Brittany San Roman was able to come up with a big save. San Roman had three saves and is now 5-6-0 on the season.
The Panthers took a 1-0 lead into halftime with a header off a corner by Allie Brees in the 28th minute. Indiana State had three shots in the first half, with Abby Reed and sophomore midfielder Kate Johnson both recording shots on goal.
The Sycamores return home for Senior Day on Friday as they face Missouri State at 7 p.m. Seniors Shelby Troyer, Taylor Hancock, Ali Ardiaolo, Taylor Reed and manager Stacy Clough will be honored during the evening’s festivities.
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Indiana State women’s soccer team sits fourth in the Missouri Valley Confereance rankings as they go into their final home game against Missouri State (Photo by Drew Canavan).
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Production wraps for ‘Dream’
Indiana State’s theater department debuted the Spanish Golden Age drama “Life is a Dream” on Oct. 16, with its final show running Sunday. The play follows Segismundo (left), who has spent his life imprisoned under his father Basil, the King of Poland. Clotaldo (above) is Segismundo’s tutor and his only connection to the outside world. Estrella and Alstolfo (below) are Basil’s niece and nephew (Photos by Kira Clouse).
