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Nick Hedrick Reporter

Indiana State University Foundation President Gene Crume resigned Thursday.

Tara Singer, assistant vice president of Communications and Marketing, confirmed Crume’s departure was effective immediately and would not comment on why he resigned.

Brent Beeler, chairman of the Foundation’s Board of Directors, is serving as interim Foundation president until a permanent replacement is named.

Crume had served as Foundation president since April 2007, according to his biography on the Foundation’s website.

It was not clear Thursday night if his resignation also applied to the Department of Communication, where he’s currently teaching an introduction to public relations course.

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Foundation prez Crume resigns

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Gene Crume, former ISU Foundation president

Expelling high school student for Twitter posts violates free speech

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ISU administrators hope to impact future retention rates by changing the way freshman at ISU experience advising.

ISU’s Student Success Council made a proposal to implement a college for freshman that would work with students throughout their first year at ISU, associate vice president for student success Jennifer Schriver said.

Schriver said that the university’s focus on retention has turned its concentration on mainly first year numbers. She said that the university has developed a lot of programs and plans to continue to expand those currently implemented such as the summer LEAP program that helps student performance while in high school.

“ISU is an institution that gives people opportunities,” Schiver said. “That is an

important part of who we are.”The rate of retention of first year freshman enrolled in 2010 dropped by 12.33 percent

since 2002, falling 5.8 percent in one year between those enrolled in 2009 and

those enrolled in 2010. However, this year’s retention overall

retention is up four percent from last

year, Schriver said.

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“We’re working on it,” Vice President of Enrollment Management, Marketing, and Communication John Beacon said. “There’s not as much success as we would hope.”

The decrease in numbers doesn’t seem to be effected by any specific area. Success rates in Caucasian students fell by 7.9 percent in between 2002 and 2010 while the success rate in minorities dropped by 22.79 percent.

Beacon said that one factor benefiting students is the lowering of the academic dismissal GPA to .85 from 1.0.

Last semester 276 freshman students earned less than a .85 GPA and 124 of those students earned a 0.0 GPA. Regardless of their academic dismissal, 116 of the 276 appealed dismissal and were allowed to return to ISU in the spring semester.

Beacon said those students met with their academic advisors at the beginning of the semester to review their course schedule, completed a needs assessment questionnaire, meet bi-monthly in person, converse weekly by phone or e-mail and participate in the Academic Opportunity Program. While the students fill out questionnaires on an online assessment program advisors review the results with teachers and residence life representatives to determine the student’s progress.

Beacon said this will help ensure the university is bringing students back to succeed.

However there is some disparity as to whether or not catering to those students will really help retention.

Academic Opportunity Program Coordinator, Cynthia Evans said that the

shift in academic dismissal from 1.0 to .85 GPA won’t help retention.

“Statistics show that those students are not easily retained,”

Evans said.The rate of retention of

conditionally admitted students fell 25.62 percent from 67.79 percent of freshman admitted

in 2002 to 42.17 percent of freshman admitted in 2010. However, the number of conditionally admitted students rose 5.9

First time freshman admitted in 2002

First time freshman admitted in 2010

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percent to 19.8 percent of overall freshman enrollment in 2010 from 13.9 percent in 2002.

While these students work directly with the Academic Opportunity Program the final say on whether or not a student is conditionally admitted is up to Admissions.

The Academic Opportunity Program offers support to students who struggle academically through peer mentoring, intense one-on-one academic advising, the University 101 course, tutoring and supplemental instruction. Freshman who are conditionally admitted and enrolled in the program are also not allowed to declare a major until they bring their GPA high enough to be taken off of academic probation.

Evans said that it is up to the students enrolled in the program to do well. Those who use the resources offered by the program do well she said. While this is true, she said many students ignore the services. The program could have more sway in how students take advantage of

the services offered by implementing more repercussions.

“There is no real teeth in the program to say, ‘If you don’t care, you’re out,’” Evans said.

Evans hopes that in the future the program will have more backing like

similar programs at other universities.

“I love it when I see a student come in and take it seriously,” Evans said. “That’s why I love what I do.”

Evans said ISU needs to bring in students who are ready for college. Students who are unprepared academically and emotionally do not perform well she said.

“It starts with who we let in the door,” Evans said. “That’s where we need to start looking.”

Beacon said the university will never get to the point where we have no conditionally admitted students but that ISU is attracting students better prepared than in past years.

“We can help students who have had struggles in high school reach their full potential here,” Schriver said.

I love it when I see a student come in and take it seriously. That’s why I love what I do.Cynthia Evans, Coordinator of the Academic Opportunity Program

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ISU construction management program receives reaccreditation

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The construction management program at Indiana State University received reaccreditation by the American Counsel of Construction Education (ACCE) for a six-year span.

Associate professor in the built environment department, Lee Ellingson, said that the ACCE is the premiere accrediting agency of the construction programs.

“Rigorous requirements and contents are required in the curriculum,” Ellingson said.

The ACCE works close with construction industries to clarify what companies are looking for and what graduates need to know, he said.

According to ACCE document number 103, there is a general guideline that colleges must follow to be credited by their organization. The guidelines include: organization and administration, curriculum, faculty and staff, students, facilities and services, relations with industry, relations with the general public, program quality and outcome assessment.

“The standards are very comprehensive and the ACCE verifies what we report,” Ellingson said. “A team is sent to campus and they will ask questions, look at our website and examine our facilities.”

Ellingson said that the construction program sends reports to the ACCE.

“The report emphasizes our strengths, weaknesses and potential,” he said.

If there are weaknesses listed on the report, the construction program will have to submit a progress report to address the weaknesses. If the weaknesses aren’t fixed, the program could lose its accreditation, he said.

“Some employers do care about the program because they are more interested in graduates who were part of an accredited program,” Ellingson said. “Being accredited also opens up new scholarships that non-accredited programs wouldn’t have.”

Ellingson feels privileged to be reaccredited.“It’s a pleasure and a relief when we get credited.

It’s an on-going thing that is something we work at continually,” he said. “It is especially great because only Ball State, Purdue and ISU are credited by the ACCE.”

Associate professor in the built environment department Lee Ellingson (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

“Some employers do care about the program because they are more interested in graduates who were part of an accredited program.”

Lee Ellingson, Associate professor

Police BlotterApril 3-April 5

• At 11:18 p.m., on April 3, suspecious activity was reported off campus.

• At 1:11 p.m., on April 4, an information report was reported at the Public Safety Department.

Open Cases

Closed Cases

Arrests• At 1:25 a.m., on April 4, a suspect was arrested for public

intoxication and minor consumption at Cunningham Memorial Library.

• At 7:49 p.m., on April 4, a suspect was arrested for possession of marijuana at the power plant.

• At 4:12 a.m., on April 3, suspicious activity was reported off campus.• At 3:03 p.m., on April 3, a suspicious person and activity were

reported at Blumberg Hall. • At 9:23 a.m., on April 4, missing university property was reported at

the health and human performance area.• At 9:26 a.m., on April 4, missing university property was reported at

the health and human performance area.• At 10:35 a.m., on April 4, an investigation was reported at the

technology building.• At 12:39 p.m., on April 4, harassment was reported at University

Apartments Unit four.• At 8:19 p.m, on April 4, driving while suspended was reported at 500

Block of North Seventh Street.• At 10:26 p.m., on April 4, a found wallet was reported at

Cunningham Memorial Library.• At 4:20 a.m., on April 5, a found check was reported at Cunningham

Memorial Library.

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ISU student plans to intern at the Smithsonian over summer

Lacey BrinegarReporter

An Indiana State University junior will have the opportunity to intern at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., this summer.

“I applied through the McNair Program, which I am a part of,” said anthropology and language studies major Shannon Rosser. “The director of the McNair Program e-mailed me about the opportunity, and I was interested in doing it.”

On May 27, Rosser will head to D.C. to begin her work with an archaeologist at the National Museum of National History. She will continue her work there until her return on Aug 4.

“We will be looking at subsistence patterns of Native Americans at the Chesapeake Bay area and analyzing shellfish,” Rosser said.

However, she is not yet certain of the project’s purpose. Rosser will be introduced more to the goal of the program and the focus of her work during the orientation.

For as long as Rosser can remember she has had an interest in anthropology. It began as a hobby when she was younger, and she would read books and articles that pertained to anthropology.

“Once I got into college and learned

that I could make a career out of it, it became more than a hobby, and I made it my major,” Rosser said. “It has always been a passion of mine, though.”

Rosser will be housed on the campus of George Washington University, which is paid by the internship. Her living expenses, like food and travel costs, are additionally paid for, and she will receive payment for her work.

“When I had found out I had been accepted, I was extremely excited,” Rosser said. “I screamed, and then I called my sister.”

Not only is it a rare opportunity, but it will equip Rosser with experience and further learning prospects.

“It will help me with additional experience in the lab and research aspects,” Rosser said. “Also, I’m hoping I will be able to network and get my name out there.”

After the summer, Rosser will have one more year to finish before proceeding to graduate school, in which she plans on earning her doctorate.

“I would love to work in a research facility or even overseas, like the Middle East,” Rosser said.

Her second degree in language studies will allow her to do research in various

places. Rosser is fluent in French, and she is currently learning Arabic. Additionally, she is familiar with Latin, Greek, Spanish and German.

“I want to do research where I can travel and write,” Rosser said. “I want to be able to immerse myself in what I do.”

However, Rosser still has trouble

believing that she will be interning at the Smithsonian.

“A lot of professors have given me support and help along the way, including writing letters of recommendation, and I am very grateful for that,” Rosser said. “I want to make them proud and make my family proud.”

Shannon Rosser sifts through an archeological site in Terre Haute (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

Brief

The Indiana State University Schick Lecture Series on Language, Literature and Lexicography will host Charles Johanningsmeier of the University of Nebraska-Omaha on Thursday, April 12, at 3:30 p.m.

Johanningsmeier will discuss, “Realism, Naturalism and American Public Libraries, 1870-1900.” The lecture will take place in Root Hall A-264 with a reception following in A-269-270.

Johanningsmeier serves dual roles as an English professor and the Jefferis Endowed Chair of English at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. He received his

Ph.D. in English and American studies from Indiana University and has taught at the University of Leipzig in Germany and State University of New York-Cortland.

He is the author of “Fiction and the American Literary Marketplace” and is currently completing “Reconfiguring Region, Race, Gender and Class,” a study of the readership of regionalist writing of late 19th century America. He has also written numerous articles on the role of newspapers and popular periodicals in American literary culture.

Johanningsmeier has lectured at universities in France and Germany and has

received grants and fellowships from Fulbright, the Kaltenborn Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Bibliographical Society of America and the Bibliographical Society of England. He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Willa Cather Foundation.

The Schick Lecture Series in Language, Literature and Lexicography began in 1988 and is made possible through a bequest from Joseph S. Schick, professor emeritus of English.

ISU Schick Lecture on Language, Literature and Lexicography set for April 12

High school senior Austin Carroll’s Twitter hash tags probably read as “#expelled” and “#nofirstammendmentrights.”

The outspoken teen and Indiana native was dismissed from Garrett High School after he took to the social network site and tweeted “F*** is one of F****** words you can F****** put anywhere in a F****** sentence and it still F****** makes sense.”

Although Carroll asserted that he posted from his personal account on his computer at 2:30 a.m., the school officials insisted their actions were justified. Whether it was on his own computer, a school-issued computer or the school network, the school can track students’ tweets. Carroll, on the other hand, disagreed.

“If my account is my own personal account, I don’t think the school or anybody should be looking at it. Because it’s my own personal stuff and it’s none of their business,” he said.

According to CBS News, his mother, Pam Smith, felt her son was being punished for past behavior. He was suspended in March for wearing a kilt to school and last fall for posting profanity from school property.

It’s been widely debated if the school is violating Carroll’s First Amendment rights, and many are in agreement that the school,

in one way or another, has. But the real question remains: what was Garret High School so afraid of? Based on a story by Fort Wayne’s Journal Gazette, Yahoo labeled Carroll as “eccentric,” but that isn’t something to shy away from.

If his tweet wasn’t posted from school grounds/equipment, he’s done nothing wrong. His post wasn’t directed at Garrett High School or anyone personally. It was a humorous observation, created for his followers’ enjoyment—it wasn’t intended to be academic fodder.

Had his “eccentric” personality been disruptive to the student body, the dismissal would have been understandable. But much like other abstract ideas, such as “beauty,” “obscenity” is in the eye of the beholder. It sounds like the only people offended by Carroll were administrators; perhaps they thought that his free spirit and colorful language would spread through the halls like the flu. Carroll was a dangerous threat to a delicate structure.

Expelling the F-bomber didn’t solve much. It might have scared the other students into censoring themselves, but, ultimately, Carroll is missing out on an education. In the social media world, who are the biggest offenders, the restricted or the restrictors?

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Wit has found a safe, warm home on the Internet. It nestles within the comments on your Facebook status, lurks behind every semi-outrageous news article or column and lives within all of us.

We call it “trolling.” Although not the best source, I’m directly quoting Urban Dictionary because they quite eloquently define it as an attempt to “get a rise out of someone, forcing them to respond to you, either through wise-crackery, posting incorrect information, asking blatantly stupid questions, or other foolishness.”

It continues to add that troll-ish comments in nature “are never true or are never meant to be construed as such.”

Most social networkers or avid web surfers brush off such statements, but Arizona was a little sensitive. Their state legislature recently mulled over House Bill 2549, which stated that it was “unlawful for any person, with intent to terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass, annoy or offend, to use any electronic or

digital device…to inflict physical harm to the person or property of any person.”

The offense would have been a class one misdemeanor and punishable by up to 25 years in prison.

Luckily, the bill was stopped by its sponsor, Rep. Ted Vogt, for “further consideration, according to Rep. Vic Williams. The scary part, however, was that House Bill 2549 was passed by both the Arizona House of Representatives and Senate.

It astonishes me what “pressing” issues politicians spend their time on. Were Arizona citizens so defenseless against a few snarky remarks, that they needed their state representatives to step in and play mommy to the rescue?

From day one of your Internet access, you need to understand this: there are mean people on the Web and sometimes they say some rude things. You know what that sounds like? The real world.

So, Arizona, why don’t we just pass some legislation that’ll imprison every person that’s ever disagreed with me in an overly sarcastic manner. Let’s lock up all of the women I have had catty fights with or the creeps who catcall me when I walk to my car at night.

While you’re at it, you could throw that kid that hated my jacket the other day in the slammer too. He hurt my feelings and he could use 25 years to think about what he’s done.

Arizona had good intentions, I’m sure, but they’re teaching us to be softies. We’re capable of sticking up for ourselves and forming clever and fun discussions that don’t harm anyone. On the Internet, as in life, words only bother us if we allow them to. If the bill is reformed and geared toward children and anti-bullying measures, I’ll support it.

Until then, Arizona’s legislation, much like “trolling” itself, is a joke.

Reviews for the “Kitchen Controversy” article in the April issue of Vogue are dominating talk shows such as “The Talk,” online blogs, and Internet news and entertainment sources such as Jezebel, ABC news and Yahoo.

Dara-Lynn Weiss is considered a “Manhattan socialite” and writes personal essays for Vogue magazine. This month, that personal essay is all about the year-long diet she has had her seven-year-old daughter, Bea, on and Dara-Lynn’s own struggles with the weight-loss management of her

daughter.When Bea was six, after a routine check-up,

her pediatrician suggested she be placed on a diet because, according to the Center for Disease Control’s Body Mass Index (BMI) scale, Bea was obese at 4’4” and 93 pounds. But it wasn’t until Bea came home crying from school after being bullied about her weight, that Weiss snapped into action and pushed Bea into a grueling and strict diet. Weiss’ justification was that “being overweight is not a private struggle. Everyone can see it.”

A year later, and just in time for a Vogue photo shoot to go along with Weiss’ daunting article, Bea has grown two inches and lost 16 pounds (the weight-loss goal set by her mother). But even at only 77 pounds, Bea is still considered 2 pounds overweight by the CDC’s scale. What good did it really do to make a growing seven-year-old girl go on a year-long diet just to lose 16 pounds when she would have grown into the weight anyway? Who hasn’t heard of baby fat on a six-year-old? And what adult female do you know that will stick with a diet for more than three months, let alone a year.

Instead of parentally guiding her daughter, and the rest of the family, toward eating more fruits, vegetables and healthy meals, Weiss critiqued, slighted and denied her daughter food. She even participated in numerous heated arguments in public with Bea about her eating habits and desires, all the while eating coffee cake and cupcakes, foods Weiss denied to her young daughter.

Weiss forced Bea to stop participating in Pizza Friday but continued to allow Bea’s younger

brother to eat pizza because he had “different nutritional needs.” She even reprimanded Bea for eating a heavy lunch of filet mignon, brie and baguettes (as part of a French Heritage day observation) by denying her dinner. And at a birthday party, Weiss openly told her daughter, “you have to stop eating crap like that, you’re getting too heavy,” when Bea asked for a cupcake.

On the one hand, I want to say, “She’s a kid. She’ll grow into herself. What seven-year-old needs to go on a diet?” But on the other hand, I firmly believe that everyone, young or old, needs to be conscientious of healthy eating, and it’s much easier to instill a lifetime of healthy choices into a growing and learning child, than to try and learn these choices as an adult.

But, while learning healthy living is essential to the education of a child, it should be taught by example and in a nurturing and supportive manner.

I, like other reviewers, worry about the emotional and self-esteem problems that seven-year-old Bea will possibly experience due to the manner in which her mother regulated this last year of Bea’s “diet” and the “solid base” Weiss believes she has created so “her daughter can develop a lifetime of healthy eating.”

Dr. Leslie Sim, clinical director of the Mayo Eating Disorders Program in Rochester, Minnesota, and Dr. Dolgoff, founder of the “Red Light, Green Light, Eat Right” diet (a Weight Watcher’s similar diet supposed to be run by the child, to learn healthy eating and the program Bea has been on for a year) are also concerned with the possible ramifications of not only the strong-armed diet, but the public humiliation Weiss has forced her daughter to endure, not only at birthday parties and school functions, but now through international media.

To make matters worse, not only did Weiss dictate every morsel Bea consumed, but she presents her “personal essay” by saying how “exhausting managing someone’s diet” is and how “it is grating to have someone constantly complain of being hungry… month after month.” Weiss appears completely self-absorbed with the struggles she has gone through because of her daughter’s issues, rather than empathizing and supporting Bea through her difficulties.

As rave as the reviews were for the Vogue essay, I can’t wait to see the headlines when Weiss publishes her parenting book, for which she just signed a deal to write. It might be a good time to become a child psychologist.

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Junior professional aviation flight technician and aviation management Kay Brown plans on passing down the skillset she was afforded by mentors to others in her life.

Brown has recently been given a summer internship with American Airlines. In the meantime, Brown keeps busy as she juggles several other jobs, including substitute life guarding at the Student Recreation Center and acting as a customer service representative at the Hulman Field Airport.

During Brown’s freshman year, Jessica Campbell, an upperclassman, took her under her wing as they both participated in Indiana State University’s flight team. During Campbell’s senior year in 2010, ISU’s flight team placed twelveth in the National Intercollegiate Flying Association’s

SAFECON competition.Campbell’s mentality has influenced

Brown as she looks forward to passing her own knowledge onto those who were once in her own shoes.

“Why wouldn’t you help someone succeed?” Brown said. “I’m all about helping one another.”

Brown also participated in the All Women’s Air Race Classic during her freshman and sophomore year. Professor of aviation Melanie Abel accompanied her in last year’s race, the duo placing second in the event. Abel praises Brown for her perserverance and her work ethic, as she understands the difficulty in succeeding within a male-dominated field.

“Women in this field tend to be overachieving because we have to be,” Abel said.

Abel also acknowledges Brown’s drive to

instill her hard-working mentality within the children interested in aviation.

“She certainly has a passion for aviation,” Abel said, “and she has shared that passion with kids, inspiring them to pursue a career in whatever interests them.”

Coinciding with her major, Brown has also gained the position of president of Females In Technology (FIT), which aims to provide opportunities for females in science, technology, engineering and math careers, according to the ISU website. This upcoming week on Wednesday, Females In Technology will be hosting their FIT For The Future conference. Now in its fifth year, the conference provides exposure to technology fields with speakers and hands-on workshops, as well as opportunities to meet other girls with hopes to work in technology-related fields.

Student soars, credits mentors for successes

Kay Brown poses with her mentor, Melanie Abel, both members of Indiana State’s Air Race Classic Team (Photo submitted by Melanie Abel).

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Hispanic Student Association hosts Latin dance lessonsJessica NeffReporter

Music drifted out of the Sycamore Lounge Wednesday night, enticing those passing by to come in for free Latin-style dance lessons.

The event, hosted by the Hispanic Student Association and co-sponsored by an Indiana State University Wellness Mini-Gran, allowed participants to learn the bachata, merengue, cumbia, salsa and others styles.

First year criminology graduate student Maja Mladineo found out about the event on the ISU Portal website.

“I love Latin dance, and I was hoping to learn something,” Mladineo said. “I especially wanted to learn the salsa.”

Freshman criminology major Ariana Wara found out about the event from her Spanish teacher and attended in order to receive a cultural event credit for her class.

Wara’s younger brother Christian Jennings, an eighth grader visiting for his spring break, also attended the event with his sister.

Sophomore communication major Luke Carr also used the lesson as a cultural event credit for his Spanish 202 class. Carr, having been exposed to some dance lessons when he was younger; hoped to learn more about the dance styles.

“The salsa is really interesting,” Carr said. “I did a project over Latin dances and focused on the flamenco; it would be cool to learn, but it’s too technical for me.”

Being an athlete, Carr finds dancing to be awkward and a strange adjustment from his usual training.

“I work on-campus, and I wrote the press release for the event,” said junior communication and Spanish major Bethany Donat. “I thought it would be fun; I studied abroad in Costa Rica.”

Donat was familiar with the salsa and knew a little bit of the merengue, but she was most interested in learning the cumbia, which she had never heard of before.

Exercise science major and Brazilian exchange student Gustavo Heidner also attended the lessons.

“Since we got here, we’ve been very close to the Hispanic Student Association due to our cultural similarities,” Heidner said. “I know some of the dances, but I want to learn some Mexican dances, like the cumbia, that we don’t have down in Brasil.”

Senior biology major and president of

the Hispanic Student Association Erika Verduzco helped lead the lesson.

“We learned about the grant from our advisor who works at the [Student Recreation Center],” Verduzco said. “We held the dance event earlier this year and wanted to host another for the ISU community.”

The ultimate goals for the event included: teaching people how to dance, acting as a cultural event for Spanish students to receive class credit and recruiting potential

new members to the Hispanic Student Association.

Assistant music professor Dr. Linda Luebke found herself learning new dances, as well.

“I learned about the event from the ISU e-mail system and I love to dance,” Luebke said. “I love Zumba, and the merengue was what I wanted to learn out of all the dances; however, I found that the salsa was fun too. It was a great event and a fun opportunity to learn to dance.”

Bachata, merengue, cumbia, salsa and other styles were taught at the workshop (Photo by Marcus Steiner).

“I love Latin dance, and I was hoping to learn something. I especially wanted to learn the salsa.”Maja Mladineo, first year criminology graduate student

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Students participated in a free Latin dance class lesson held in Sycamore Lounge Wednesday night (Photo by Marcus Steiner).

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in 101 countries. What are they?

Answer: McDonald’s Restaurant

Answer: A Host

Ronald Reagan

Sarah Michell Gellar

Run Held Ray Gun

Say Rum Hush Elk Killer

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Briefs Earth Day speaker to discuss climate change, kick off celebration

The Indiana State University community will gain insight into the issues of human-driven climate change as it hosts a nationally-known climate scientist in conjunction with its Earth Day 2012 celebration.

Donald Wuebbles, a professor in the department of atmospheric sciences at the University of Illinois, will give his presentation Tuesday at 4 p.m. in room 012 of ISU’s science building. Refreshments will begin at 3:30 p.m.

Wuebbles presentation is titled “Potential Effects of Climate Change on the United States: The National Climate Assessment,” in which he will discuss the activities of the National Climate Assessment (NCA), the role humans have in climate change and issues facing the United States.

The NCA is a report to the U.S. President and Congress that considers the potential impacts of global climate change on the United States, including those on agriculture, energy production and use, land and water resources, human health and welfare and the natural

environment.Steven Lima, an ISU biology professor

coordinating the presentation, views the issues surrounding climate change as imperative.

“Global climate change represents one of the most urgent challenges faced by humans during the 21st century,” said Lima. “The climate-related decisions that we make in the next decade will affect many aspects of our society and the natural environment for centuries to come.”

Wuebbles was a convening lead author on the first and second international assessments of climate change, sponsored by the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Wuebbles, along with many co-authors, shares in the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the IPCC.

“Few climate scientists have been more prominently involved with global climate change than Dr. Wuebbles,” said Lima, “thus I am very happy that he will be visiting ISU to provide an update about climate change and its

likely impacts on the USA.”Indiana State University celebrates Earth Day

on Wednesday to promote the conservation of natural resources, the development of green initiatives and increased recycling efforts, among other causes.

The event will begin at 10 a.m. with statements from President Dan Bradley, Mayor Duke Bennett, ISU professor of geology and geography James Speer and Paul Reed, director of the ISU Recycling Center. About 40 ISU and Terre Haute organizations will feature interactive booths that will be on display until 1 p.m. Students will also plant perennials outside the new Welcome Center as an afternoon service project.

Additional activities include writing, design and musical competitions, live entertainment, local and organic food, disc golf, a rock-climbing wall, corn hole and door prizes. The event is free and open to the public.

Today marks the last day of Indiana State University’s Operation Beautiful spring egg hunt. Look for the blue eggs hidden outside all over campus. The 1,000 eggs that have been hidden throughout the week contain Operation Beautiful messages and prizes. Prizes have been donated by Tumbleweed, CT’s Massage, Expressions, Meadows Theatre, Pacesetter Sports, Regis Salon, ISU Dining Services, Community Theater, Applebee’s, Shady Lane Antiques, Walmart South, ISU Student Government Association, ISU Center for Community Engagement, Things Remembered, Texas Roadhouse, Sam’s Club, Mike’s Carwash and the ISU Office of Diversity.

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TodayDouble header at Carbondale, Ill., vs. Southern Illinois Salukis at 4p.m. and 6 p.m.

Track and FieldToday-Saturdayat Auburn, Ala., Auburn Tiger Classic, 4:30 p.m.

Women’s GolfToday-Saturdayat Peoria, Ill., Bradley University Spring Invitational, All day

BaseballToday-SundayThree-game series at Omaha, Neb., vs. Creighton University, starting at 7 p.m. tonight

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Sophomore athletic training major McCall Christopher seems to suffer from multiple personalities disorder.

To ISU athletes, she is an athletic trainer-in-training, taping ankles before practice and wrapping ice bags on injured shoulders.

To her friends, she is amiable and light-hearted, and always upbeat without a care in the world, constantly smiling and cracking jokes.

But when she steps onto the golf course, there is a transformation from the easy going McCall to a beast clothed in a polo and skirt, a Tigress Woods ready to “step on someone’s throat on the golf course. Sometimes I have to pull her off people. I think she gets that from her mother,” said head coach Greg Towne.

For the first time in two years, I got to see the scary side of McCall. Unaware of her ultra-competitiveness, I asked her if she’d be up for an interview during a round of golf.

It was a beautiful, unseasonably warm March afternoon when we teed off at Rae Park. We both walked off the first green with a four, and I could see a little pain in her smile as she said “Nice par,” uncomfortable with the fact that I was tied, even if it was only just one hole.

She teed off on number two the same way she tees off on every par four or five, by sending the ball down the fairway like it was shot out of a cannon. Most players would agree that consistency is the key to golf, and McCall’s mechanics rarely misfire.

Unlike a lot of successful golfers, McCall didn’t start carrying around a set of clubs while she was a toddler. She was a gymnast until middle school when an injury forced her to sit out and reconsider the sport she’d grown up with.

Around the same time, her older brother

graduated from high school, meaning her dad was looking for a new golf buddy.

Once she started playing, McCall thought to herself, “Ok, I’m not bad at this. Maybe I can play.”

Immediately after she said that, McCall floated a shot in from about 100 yards that nustled up to within a couple yards of the green, and I could see where her unassuming confidence was coming from.

Though she started out as her dad’s golfing partner, she was never the victim of over-bearing

helicopter parents. In fact, she was the one who asked her dad to push her, and that dedication is still a tremendous part of her identity.

If Towne’s description of McCall had to be reduced to one word, without question it would be

‘determined’. Determination is important

in any sport, and especially in golf, a game that discourage both novices and experts with its finite, intricate demands of the body and the mind.

When a player finds a swing that works, they hold on to it like a tree trunk in a hurricane. That’s why it’s so remarkable that after attaining a scholarship to play at ISU, McCall agreed to rework her swing entirely. Such a drastic change is risky and telling not only of McCall’s commitment to improve, but also to her trust and respect of coach Towne.

McCall believed Towne knew what was best for her swing, because according to her, “He’s probably the best coach in the NCAA.” Towne went from working with professional golfers to student athletes because he wanted to have an impact on young people’s lives, and he’s certainly succeeded with that in regards to McCall.

“He’s definitely changed my life,” said McCall. Towne and McCall both find strength and stability in their faith, and Towne has used that to help guide McCall on the course, even when it requires stretching her beyond her comfort zone.

“I like to be in control, especially in golf, of my future,” McCall said. “He likes to keep me on edge in not knowing what’s going to happen.”

As far as the way she plays golf, Towne remodeled McCall’s

golf swing from the ground up, implementing what she believes is more organic, efficient swing. Using the body’s natural movements and

strengths, Towne utilizes the human anatomy to maximize speed and power, culminating in muscle memory that leads to a more consistent game.

As she tells me about the anatomy used in the golf swing, she slowly demonstrates how

The Drive it Takes

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Sophomore McCall Christopher tees off at the IU Fall Kickoff Classic earlier this season (Photo Courtesy ISU Athletic Media Relations).

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