Windows to a room on the fourth � oor are broken as Terre Haute re ghters extinguish the � ames (Photo by Bob Rhodes).

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trio’s musicSmiling, John Spicknall sat on

his chair, where piano keys awaited ngertips that knew them so precisely, while members of the Spicknall Jazz Trio awaited the signal to begin playing their rst song of the evening.

“A one, two, a one, two, three…,” Spicknall said.

“Embraceable You,” a jazz piece from the 1930s, echoed through Recital Hall at Indiana State, full of smiling guests staring attentively as ngertips moved along the strings of the bass and piano while the drum set added its own � avor into the mix.

Before entering the auditorium that staged a black piano, a co� ee brown bass, and a set of drums played by the trio on Sunday, guests were o� ered programs and a brief summary of what the evening would consist of, musically, and how each song had its own inspiration lingering, back to the mid-1900s.

“My friend brought me down for the performance,” said Amani Jackson, a freshman athletic training major. “I feel like it’s a soothing mechanism that allows me to focus overall, so when she heard about it, I decided to join her.”

As the time eased closer to the o� cial performance, lights dimmed slightly

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FIRE STRIKES ISU University Apartments residents displaced after Tuesday morning � re

A re caused extensive damage to the University Apartments complex Tuesday morning displacing as many as 24 residents, Executive Director of Residential Life Amanda Knerr said.

At approximately 10:41 a.m., the Terre Haute Fire Department responded to a re on the fourth � oor of Unit Four at 101 Crawford St. in Terre Haute.

� e re burned two apartments in the southwest wing of the complex that is home primarily to graduate students and their families, said Terre Haute Fire Department Deputy Chief of Operations Tony Prouse.

Although the re was contained to the fourth � oor, all residents living in the unit were evacuated due to the excessive smoke and limited ventilation in the building, Prouse said.

� e second and third � oors sustained some water and smoke damage but no one was injured, Prouse said. While the investigation into the re is ongoing, Prouse con rmed initially that it was linked to burning incense in one of the residents’ rooms.

Waleed Al-bedaiwi a junior criminal justice major who lives down the hall from where the re occurred, said he heard the re alarm but didn’t think much about it.

“But then I smelled the smoke,” he said. “� ere was a lot of smoke.”

Al-bedaiwi roused his roommate who was sleeping at the time and the two quickly le¡ the building taking with them a few belongings and their pet lovebird.

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Colleen O’Brien has been named director of finance and chief financial officer of the Indiana State University Foundation.

O’Brien brings a wealth of accounting and finance experience to the organization with more than 12 years of non-profit financial and accounting leadership, foundation President Ron Carpenter said.

“I am excited, honored and humbled to be part of one of the top-ranked universities; not only in the state of Indiana, but in the Midwest,” O’Brien said. “As a member of the ISU Foundation leadership team, I will endeavor to help fortify the Foundation’s assets in support of the University.”

In her new role with the foundation, O’Brien will oversee the finance operations of the organization, as well as work with the investment, audit and

finance committees of the foundation board of directors.

“Colleen’s accounting background and skill sets were ideal for what we were looking for with this position,” Carpenter said. “She is a seasoned professional in her field, and I am confident that she is a great fit for our organization.”

Previously, O’Brien served as a senior accountant and consultant for Financial Technologies and Management, an Indianapolis-based accounting and

consulting firm. She has also served as chief financial

officer for the Children’s Bureau of Indianapolis.

“I believe that not only professional and educational experiences help prepare you for opportunities like this, but that life experiences play a big role as well. Be it parenting, coaching, volunteering or service to others; all these experiences have prepared me for this exciting new challenge,” O’Brien said.

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Senior operations and supply chain management major Anastasia Disser said she wasn’t aware of the fire in her building until she pulled into the parking lot. Her main concern, she said, was for her pet ferret’s safety.

“I saw come smoke out of my neighbor’s apartment and then I freaked out,” she said. “I knew [Tito] was up there, so I asked one the firemen to go in and get him for me, and they did.”

While she had to leave all of her belongings behind, she was grateful she at least had Tito.

“I’m just happy he’s alive,” she said.

Senior political science major Caleb Thomas escaped from his residence on the second floor with only a teddy bear and the Catholic figurine, Our Lady of Sorrows.

“They were the first items I grabbed,” Thomas said.

The American Red Cross, located directly across the street from the University Apartments, was on hand to provide supplies and shelter until residents could be placed in

emergency housing. “We just try to do whatever we can for

them,” Janice Hawkins, of the American Red Cross, said. “We’ll give them whatever they need.”

The Red Cross hosted the displaced residents until 3 p.m., after which time they were allowed to return to the building to gather their belongings. Residents who live on the second, third and fourth floors of Unit 4 are expected to be relocated indefinitely while first floor residents and those who live in other wings of the unit were allowed to return to their apartments after the building was reopened.

Knerr said the university found accommodations for residents who requested a place to stay.

A professional restoration crew is expected to begin restoration work at 6 a.m. today addressing the smoke and fire damage, said Stephanie Pearcy, associate director for Residential Student Success.

Pearcy said the university is unable to determine exactly how long the cleanup will take.

“In all honesty, it just depends,” she said. “It’s anywhere from four days to two weeks. It just really depends on the severity of the smoke damage.”

This is not the first time Unit Four has experienced a fire. On Oct. 18, 2012, a student’s apartment was destroyed after a fire also broke out on the fourth floor. Nearly 40 students were displaced.

A Terre Haute firefighter rescues a bird from Unit 4 of the University Apartments (Photo by Bob Rhodes).

“I saw the smoke come out of my neighbor’s apartment and

then I freaked out.”

Anastasia disser, senior operations and supply chain

management major

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Hall trash disposals source of controversy

Inconsistencies of trash disposal on campus and in residence halls have caught the attention of students and visitors.

Sophomore speech and language pathology major Brianna Schuster said trash cans on campus are overstuffed on the weekends.

“Oftentimes, it is overflowing the bins and spills onto the ground,” she said.

Schuster said that the greatest issues are those trash bins located outside of the residence halls.

“There is generally trash on the ground and even in the shrubbery,” she said, adding that the addition of more receptacles could potentially alleviate the issue.

Sophomore biology major Seth Wiram said he even sees trash cans overflow in the Hulman Memorial Student Union Commons.

“I think people throw everything away,” he said. “They don’t pay attention to any of the other trash cans that are there for recycling.”

He said that students don’t truly know what can or can’t be recycled. In this way, students just opt to throw out their waste rather than to separate it accordingly.

Wiram said that clarifying for students what can or can’t be recycled would lessen the issue.

Students in the residence halls on campus also have varying opinions concerning the trash in their respective dormitories.

Technically, the Recycling Center

is not responsible for the waste in the residence halls. Waste and recycling bins in the halls are overseen by ISU Facilities Management. The clarity and success of these different bins is relative to hall and floor.

Jones Hall resident Se’lah Anderson, a human resources development major, said students on her floor generally make an effort to recycle.

“There are signs above the trash cans in the waste room and the recycling is on the outside,” she said. It’s clear “that you’re supposed to recycle.”

Pickerl Hall resident Emily Cuffle, sophomore biology major, notices that the trash receptacles on her floor are generally quite full due to large cardboard materials in the bins. “

We’re supposed to take boxes down to the lower level, but, more often than not, I just see boxes shoved into trash cans,” Cuffle said. “I think it’s just people not putting forth the effort to be orderly.”

Only two ISU employees have the responsibility of emptying the hundreds of outdoor waste receptacles on campus.

“We do have weekend staff but most of the trash, if not all of it, is picked up Monday through Friday on the daily,” said Paul Reed, manager of custodial and special services.

Providing the service with only a handful of employees, the Recycling Center picks up trash Monday through Friday in the academic buildings, sifting through the waste to procure potential recyclables. Recycling is also picked up

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on Saturdays in the residence halls and in the Commons area.

Over the past year, the Recycling Center has collected over 2.5 million pounds of waste and recyclables from both the community and ISU’s campus, Reed said.

Established in May of 1990, the Recycling Center has been in existence for approximately 23 years and during that time has collected more than 50 million pounds of waste and r e c y c l a b l e s including glass, paper, plastic, a l u m i n u m and electronic products.

O n c e disposed of, the recycled plastic and paper products are baled like hay. These can be processed at the center or are shipped off to locations that specialize in the processing of these materials.

Scrap metal and aluminum are sent to Goodman and Wolfe, a local scrap yard on the corner of College Avenue and 13th Street.

Glass products are separated according to color—green, brown, clear and blue—and are ground into a substance called cullet, a material equivalent to a mixture of broken glass.

However, items such as white Styrofoam and wax covered paper cups, like those used for soft drinks

in the Commons, cannot be properly processed.

“In larger cities, I understand that they do have the capability to handle that type of material,” Reed said, adding that, here, these materials tend to gum up the machinery.

One way to accumulate less waste on campus, Reed says, would be to “change to a plastic cup. All of those

cups which are thrown away could actually be recycled.”

The change, though, would add cost to both the vendor and the buyer.

Reed recognizes that he could work more closely with the residence halls to gain better signage and to assure clarity in the disposal of waste and recycling products.

“Even though you hear so much about sustainability and businesses being green, I don’t think that, overall, we really understand or correlate the need to recycle with providing a sustainable life here on earth,” Reed said.

“I think it’s just going to take individuals coming up with new and innovative ways of reusing natural resources to really make the earth sustainable in the long run.

We live here now and think everything’s all right. We always put it off till tomorrow or the next year or the next decade, but we have to find a solution now to make a difference.”

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Overfilled trash cans on campus have ISU students and visitors complaining (Photo by Bob Rhodes).

“I think people throw everything away. They don’t pay attention to any of the

other trash cans that are there for recycling.”

Seth Wiram, sophomore biology major

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Blood drive saves lives, one pint at a time

Kristi Ashby Reporter

For nearly ten years in celebration of homecoming week an annual campus blood drive has collected blood to donate to those in need.

But on Monday it was forced to close down early due to the lack of staff.

Still, ISU students, faculty and staff donated 76 pints of blood.

“This event is a great opportunity for the staff and students to help out their community,” said Freda Luers, the student activities assistant director.

Also its first day, 117 students donated their blood to a good cause in Hulman Memorial Student Union.

Sophomore Spanish and pre-med major, Jordan Gillenwater, started donating blood in high school with her friends as a way to get out of class.

Now she realizes the importance of

donating blood and tries to give blood whenever the opportunity arises. “I like to know I am saving lives,”

Gillenwater said. She said it is important to eat a good

breakfast and drink plenty of water before she donates blood.

The Blood drive required many staff members to collect the blood donated by students and staff members.

Phlebotomist Deuce Payne has worked blood drives for more than three years and said it is important to properly prepare one’s body before giving blood.

“Eat a good meal for breakfast and even a good dinner the night before.” he said. “You also should drink plenty of fluids up to two days before you give blood. Also, try to stay away from caffeine.”

Forty-one people were turned away Monday because they didn’t meet the requirements for donating.

Candidates must weigh at least 110 pounds and have good vital signs including normal blood pressure and iron levels.

Anyone who had a recent tattoo or traveled in areas that might be exposed to Malaria

cannot donate. Indiana Blood Center employee

Angie Cooper encourages students to donate because of the impact it can have on people who need help the most.

“One pint of blood can make a huge difference in a person’s life that needs blood,” Cooper said.

During Monday’s session of the blood drive, Cooper checked donors for eligibility, collected blood and carried out her nursing duties by checking on donors after the process was complete to make sure they were recuperating properly.

For more information about donating blood, contact the Indiana Blood Center at 2021 S. Third St. or phone the office at (812) 238-2495.

The ‘Hanging of the Blue’ is a homecoming activity every student can participate in focuses on the student body as a whole, said the vice president of ISU’s Residential Life Association Elaine Anderson.

“I think homecoming is all about tradition, so I think its important to have a tradition that really focuses on the residence halls, and that’s why I think ‘Hanging of the Blue’ is so important . . . [it] is solely a residential life activity,” Anderson said.

Students gathered from each hall, except for the University Apartments, to decorate the lobby of the first floor in correlation with the homecoming theme with no one excluded.

“Any student living in the halls can participate in decorating for ‘Hanging of the Blue.’ We want to be all-inclusive in all of our events and this one is no exception,” said Geoffrey Koester, National Communications Coordinator of the Residential Hall Association.

The Leadership, Engagement, Activities and Fun committee from each hall organizes, manages and donates the supplies used in the Homecoming activity.

Koester said RHA tries to offer low budget programs with the intent of offering students fun, as well as, the organization to have the capability of offering more events.

“RHA strives to put on low budget events and programs for anything we do.

“Our budget isn’t the largest and the individual hall’s budget is even smaller for each semester,” he said. “By promoting low cost events and encouraging halls to participate in those, we allow for more money to be used

throughout the semester to host more events.”

The L.E.A.F. committees are a programming and governing body for the hall and are made up of student volunteers.

They provide the supplies for the hall decorations, while students provide the creativity.

Students use supplies such as window paint and construction paper for decorating.

When they are finished, each of the hall’s participants’ artistic ability is judged.

Residential Life members judged the decorated halls on Monday evening.

The winners will receive an award to hang up in their hall and will be recognized at the general council meeting at 5 p.m. today in the RHA Treehouse.

Residential Hall Association President Rachel Roberts said though it is a low-budget activity, student participation in the ‘Hanging of the Blue’ increased this year.

Consequently, she feels the purpose for the event was served.

“We have seen a great response this year from it and the creativity is really flowing, you can see it throughout the halls,” she said. “They have really did a good job decorating well for homecoming week.”

Roberts said by the look of this year’s level of student participation, the ‘Hanging of the Blue’ will likely remain a tradition in the Residential Hall Association.

“We really see the residents enjoying themselves by being able to be involved with a homecoming tradition, they get really creative as the years go by . . . and they actually get to be a part of the Sycamore Homecoming tradition,” she said.

Tamera rhodes News Editor

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Left: As part of ‘Hanging of the Blue,’

residence hall students decorated their

windows, ceilings and doors with streamers

and window paint.

Below: Residential Hall Association student

leaders say they’re pleased with the level of participation in this year’s ‘Hanging of the

Blue’ activity that led students to decorate

the first floors of their halls (Photos by Kira

Clouse).

What is homecoming? When we were younger, we saw it as a huge football game that we all got dressed up in school colors for. As high schoolers we saw it as the � rst big game of the season, and also the game before the big homecoming dance. Now, as college students, what does it mean to us?

Thefreedictionary.com de� nes homecoming as an annual event at schools, colleges and universities

for visiting graduates, but that may not be how must of us students look at it. We may

see it as a reason to go to the football game and later on have festivities somewhere else, but to those who have graduated, attending homecoming is their way of showing support for ISU.

All alumni remember their college years di� erently, Indiana State provide graduates an opportunity to reminisce through the homecoming football game, the Blue and White Parade or Tent City.

Of course the most popular to fans is going to be the football game, because as students we know the joy and fun that comes from those games. So do alumni. � ey started these traditions before us. � ey used to be the ones who dressed up, tailgated and screamed their heads o� at the games.

Alumni are also the ones who line the

streets when the Blue and White Parade begins. If they aren’t in the parade, they will be on the side right there with all the current students celebrating ISU.

It was the ISU alumni who put together the � oats, and started the tricycle races and conceived the pep rally and the torch light parade. We are here to carry on those traditions.

Tent City o� ers another nod to the traditions of those who came before us. Campus organizations celebrate the weekend by meeting with current students and alumni and sharing information about what they do. Tent City introduces students to the opportunities they have to get more involved, but also keeps graduates informed about what has come a� er them.

It’s my impression that students today believe once they graduate from college, they are done and can’t or shouldn’t go back.

I think that’s unfortunate. Alumni are an important tie to the past.

� ey o� en enjoyed their college days and want to make things better for current students. � ey’ve been here and done this. � ey have background information on what makes college life so awesome.

Indiana State has many traditions that started with those who came before us.

We should not only notice, but also give gratitude to graduates who attend our ISU Homecoming festivities, because our activities also belong to our predecessors.

� ey deserve our respect.

Columnist thanks alumni for continued support

Madison QuickColumnist

OPINION Wednesday, October 2, 2013 • Page 7

Opinions Editor, Tony Khalil isu-statesmanopinions@mail.indstate.edu

Editor in Chief, Brianne Hofmannisu-statesmaneditor@mail.indstate.edu

Over the past several weeks, I could not help but to sco� at the possibility of a government shutdown believing that it was actually just a melodramatic blu� pulled by the House conservatives.

Media outlets have lightly tossed around the idea of government shutdown with some conservatives and a

lot of liberals not truly believing that would be a politically sound or even probable option. However, as midnight approached on Oct. 1, it became more apparent that these guys were not playing around.

On Monday, Congress played a fairly amusing game of hot potato with the Senate rejecting the spending bill that came out of the House, Speaker John Boehner sending it right back to the Senate and that cycle continuing throughout the day.

As the Congress remained in its

state of usual gridlock, the impending government shutdown prompted President Barack Obama to deliver a speech, in which he chastized the Congress for pushing the government to this point. Obama said the federal government is “America’s largest employer,” and thousands of “dedicated public servants” will “stay on the job” without pay.

And the President’s explanation of what occurs during a shutdown was not exaggerated by any means. With several minutes le� before midnight and the House running out the clock with speeches, the White House instructed federal agencies to proceed with shutdown procedures. On Tuesday, hundreds of thousands of non-essential workers did not go to work, and employees who were considered “essential” were required to go to work, without any guarantee of pay. � e only good news to come out of this is the fact that military personnel will still be paid.

However, a� er all of the drama that led to House Republicans shutting down the federal government, it was all for nothing. In addition to the shutdown,

midnight also marked the opening of the healthcare exchanges. So no portion of the A� ordable Care Act was actually stopped because of this entirely unnecessary and completely avoidable shutdown. Now House Republicans must bear the weight of being blamed for America’s largest employer going out of business, a reality that was realized too late, in addition to the fact that they are not representing the will of the American people.

According to a highly popular USA Today and Pew Research Survey, 53 percent of Americans did not approve of the A� ordable Care Act. However, only 23 percent said they would like for the Republicans to kill the law.

And in a CNBC All America Economic Survey, when the possibility of a shutdown was accounted for in the pursuit of defunding the law, defunding it was opposed 59-19. So it is clear that this was not the will of the American people.

At 1:22 a.m., CNN released an update stating that House Republicans voted to “rea� rm Obamacare amendments attached to spending bill that would have

kept the government going”. Another update that came in at 10:30 a.m. stated that the GOP requested to “negotiate di� erences” over the government spending bill.

� e GOP’s desire to shut down the government was wholly irrational, and now that it is too late, they have unfurled their “Mission Accomplished” � ag, and now they want to negotiate on something that was not their place to deny in the � rst.

In his speech, Obama touted the legitimacy and resiliency of the A� ordable Care Act stating that it passed through the Congress, it bears his signature, it was upheld as constitutional, and in the election which was referred to as a “referendum on Obamacare,” he was chosen as President, and the Democrats control the Senate.

� e House Republicans gambled with the jobs of federal employees, and that gamble was a total waste. � ey’re newly found spirit of cooperation is just the result of fearing backlash from the public, which will certainly be expressed in the congressional midterm elections.

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Julian WinbornColumnist

FEATURES Wednesday, October 2, 2013 • Page 8

Features Editor, Joseph Paul isu-statesmanfeatures@mail.indstate.edu

As the lights dimmed, men and women showcasing their traditional Indian attire anxiously sat down in their seats in the auditorium of the Bayh College of Education on Saturday night waiting to take pleasure in a performance by Kaushiki Chakraborty, a renowned Indian musician and vocalist.

“I’m much into Ghazal music,” said Betsey Jose, who has a Ph.D. in gender studies from Indiana University. “I’ve heard a lot about her voice, heard so much, I had to come and see.”

As the blue curtains slid back, Chakraborty sat alongside her two male members, where they formed their hands into praise-like posture, bowing to the audience that clapped eagerly to see them perform under the spotlight.

“We’ll see how far we can come close to each other and how happy we can go back,” Chakraborty said before starting her evening performance. “� ank you so much for being here this evening with all of your blessings.”

To begin the performance, Chakraborty began singing in various ranges to soothe the entire audience, eyes glistening in admiration.

“Music, it goes through your ears to your heart,” said Prodip Dutta, a professor of geology at Indiana State who was involved in the event. “You get hooked to it and when it does that, it really appeals to your emotion.”

� e India Student Association co-sponsored the free event where the treasurer of the committee, Sowmya Challa, provided insight to the importance of performances such as Chakraborty’s that appeal to deeply rooted musical cultures in order to showcase their talents on a diverse campus.

“As the years pass, we are becoming

more and more diverse. I think it’s about time that we bring in the old ways where they use instruments to educate the university,” Challa said. “We are trying to meet east with west, make that friendship stronger. It’s one huge family, you know.”

Born and raised in India, Chakraborty eventually came to the US at the age of six with her father, Pandit Agay Chakrabarty, a well-respected Indian classical musician and vocalist. She bases her style of music within the framework of Raga, a melodic mode of Indian music

with many compositions, and Bageshri, a late evening melodic skill.

“It’s nice to present your music in a way that people, who are not initiated into this type of music, can understand,” said Chakraborty. “Also, to kind of get something to relate to and enjoy.”

DIJONNA’E MORGAN Reporter

Kaushiki Chakraborty, an Indian musician and vocalist, came to ISU to host a performance and workshop about the Ghazal, Bageshri and Thumri styles of classical Indian music Saturday in University Hall. Above, Chakraborty sits on stage and performs for the audience (Photos by Dijonna’e Morgan).

A TASTE OF INDIAA performance by classical musician and vocalist Kaushiki Chakraborty adds diversity to ISU campus

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As Chakraborty sat peacefully behind a microphone that echoed the ranges of her tone to the audience, it reminded Jose of home.

“I was born and raised in India and music is a big part of my life,” Jose said. “Seeing the performance is something I really cherish myself.”

Fortunately for Chakraborty, she had the opportunity to cherish and perform this type of music due to growing up in a household that was actively involved in music.

“Something that is so interesting, you kind of know for yourself that there is nothing else you enjoy as much,” Chakraborty said. “It was very, very early in my life when I started doing music as a hobby, as a passion, not as a profession … when I started doing music, I was three or four years old and since then I’ve been singing.”

After three hours of performing personal and requested Bageshri, Ghazal and Thumri music, the performer bowed and thanked everyone for coming out and giving their blessings.

“This tradition comes from India and

it’s rooted from India,” Chakraborty said. “People who’ve brought this music to other parts of the world and who have appealed audience, musicians, who’ve collaborated with other musicians, who’ve performed in front of completely different types of audiences, who’ve never been initiated into Indian music, and the kind of impact they’ve made in their lives — it’s something that just inspired me always.”

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Briefs

“As the years pass, we are becoming more and more

diverse. I think it’s about time that we bring in the old ways

where they use instruments to educate the university. We are trying to meet East with West, make that friendship stronger.

It’s one huge family, you know.”

Sowmya Challa,treasurer, india Student Association

Renowned dancer and choreographer Saroja Vaidyanathan will come to Indiana State University on tonight to present “Nrithya Shastra: The Science of Dance” in Dede II in the Hulman Memorial Student Union at 5:30 p.m.

Vaidyanathan will perform dances alongside two ISU students, Priya Abhanyankar, and Sowmya Challa, treasurer of the Indian Student Association.

The performance will demonstrate the style of Bharatanayam, an ancient Indian dance that dates back over 2,000 years ago.

The Indian Student Association and the Center for Global Engagement are co-sponsoring the event and invite ISU students and staff to attend.

For more information, contact Nandini Bhowmick at Nandini.Bhowmick@indstate.edu.

Indian dancer to visit ISU

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Indiana State will honor Johnny Shipman, longtime starter of the trike and tandem races, during Friday’s derby.

From the moment Johnny Shipman dropped the green flag at the inaugural Sycamore Tricycle Derby in 1963, he knew it was something special.

Over the years, the faces at the start and finish line have changed — passed down from father to son and now great-grandson — but the name always remained the same.

“I will always remember Johnny in his signature white suit with the United States Auto Club shield and his flag set at the very first trike race,” said Michael Simmons, one of the race founders. “He added visual as well as emotional support to all the first timers.”

That support extended to generations of riders and race organizers.

A longtime official at both the trike and tandem races since 1963, Shipman passed away on April 23, at the age of 96.

That was less than two weeks after making his annual appearance at Indiana State’s tandem race, where he saluted race winners Air Force ROTC. Of all the victories he witnessed, this one was special and hit close to home.

Shipman served active duty in the Air Force for more than 20 years, retiring in 1965. This marked the first time Air Force ROTC has ever won the tandem race and Shipman couldn’t have been prouder.

Shipman celebrated the 50th running of Indiana State’s trike race in October 2012 alongside race founders Simmons, Debbie Hulman Bareford, Tom Bareford and many former riders and coaches.

“When I called Johnny on the telephone to ask him to flag the first [trike] race, he said ‘Oh sure I will.’ Little did I know the

race would become ingrained into his family. It’s so wonderful to have four generations of the Shipman family associated with Trike,” Hulman Bareford said.

“My friendship with Johnny goes back 55 plus years,” Tom Bareford said. “He was a flagman for the Indianapolis 500 and the Action Track in Terre Haute ...and that is where I met Johnny. We would always have conversations before and after the races. He was one great man.”

Well known for his involvement in automobile racing, Shipman was the assistant starter for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for 23 years.

The Shipman family transferred its collective knowledge from automobiles to cycles and the legacy with Sycamore cycling races lives on.

Shipman, who retired in 1995 as trike race director passed the flags to his son, Billy Shipman, who later trained his nephew,

Tanner Shipman.“The fact that he stayed involved and

introduced his family to Trike validates his lifelong support of us at Indiana State,” Simmons said.

Johnny Shipman’s memory will be honored at Friday’s race, and the Johnny Shipman Spirit Awards, which will debut at the Oct. 4 Trike race, will honor the hard work and commitment of four-year riders.

Longtime trike starter to be honored during Friday’s racePaula MeyerISU Communications and Marketing

Johnny Shipman, a longtime starter of ISU’s trike and tandem races, watches 2009 race (Photo by ISU Communications and Marketing).

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introducing the trio of jazz musicians whose names coincidentally all begin with the letter “J.”

John Spicknall, who plays the piano, stepped onto the stage where the following two members, John DiCenso on drums and Joe Deal on bass, joined him in the hall that was soon � lled with welcoming applause from the audience.

� ough the trio is originally from three di� erent states, between Washington, D.C., Massachusetts, and Indiana., all three members fell in love with jazz music young ages.

“My dad introduced me to jazz,” DiCenso said. “I sat in with a group with him, helping as he was doing the clinic. I was six years old.”

Over the years, they have all had the opportunity to work with well-known

musicians ranging from Bobby Shew, a trumpet and � ugelhorn player, Wycli� e Gordon, an American jazz trombonist and Louie Bellson, an American jazz drummer.

As the performance came to an end, DiCenso stepped away from his drum set for a brief moment and came out of the back room with a gi� basket of wine and other gi� s for Spicknall, who knew nothing of the surprise.

“All I can say is, in these past 10 years, I’ve had an incredible experience,” DiCenso said to Spicknall during the performance. “It’s been a long time coming to publically thank you and recognize you, and it’s hard to say this — we’re not really friends outside music, but I love and admire and respect you and thank you for everything you’ve done.”

To end the event for good, the trio

smoothly transitioned into a 1930s jazz piece, “S’Wonderful,” to compliment the evening and entertain the audience one last time.

“Stimulating creativity I think is a valuable thing for individuals and society,” Deal said, referring to the bene� ts of jazz music for ISU students and society as a whole. “Even though we know each other musically, I think it’s more than that.”

The John Spicknall Jazz Trio jumps and jives at Recital Hall on Sunday afternoon (Photo by Dijonna’e Morgan).

“Stimulating creativity I think is a valuable thing for individuals

and society.”

Joe Deal, drummerThe John Spicknall Jazz Trio

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Sports�Editor,�Thomas�Beeler�isu-statesmansports@mail.indstate.edu

Athletic director Ron Prettyman said it was not an easy thing to do, but suspending the tennis team seemed to be logically the best choice for Indiana State athletics back in 2009. This marks fifth year since the team was suspended.

Both the women’s and men’s tennis teams had been notified in May, but the decision had been finalized only one month prior, Prettyman said. The suspendion of the tennis team may be one of the most difficult decisions for Indiana State athletic director Ron Prettyman, whose job it was to notify both teams and coaches of this decision.

In 2009, Indiana State’s sports department was told that there would be need for budgetary cutbacks.

“I based my decision with the help of many others off of how few people would be impacted,” Prettyman said.

The decision of disbanding the tennis team proved great results financially. As compared to regular sports scholarships, international scholarships are significantly more expensive. In the 2008-2009 season,

“I want to say 90 percent of the team was made up of foreign players,” Prettyman said

Ultimately, it was a business decision that helped to get Indiana State’s sports department financially afloat once more, Prettyman said.

After the team was notified, only a few tennis players were seniors who graduated.

“The majority of the tennis team we helped to transfer through the NCAA so that they would be able to play immediately at other universities,” Prettyman said. “We spent a lot of time making phone calls and contacting other schools so that these guys would still be able to play.”

Only a couple students choose to stay but had paid scholarships all the way through the rest of their college career, one who just recently graduated with the class of 2013.

Former head tennis coach Malik Tabet held high spirits when he came to coach

for Indiana State back in January of 2004, taking the place of retiring coach Mary Ann Stadler.

In the 2005-2006 season, the Sycamores

went 8-1 in the Missouri Valley Conference, leading to their second straight MVC championship and finishing as runner-up in the MVC Tournament. Only a year after

Briana Payne Reporter

Statesman flashback: ISU tennis teamsIndiana State’s tennis team was suspended five years ago due to financial issues within

the

Indiana State’s tennis team has a record-setting winning percentage of .782 percent, the best in the college’s history (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

STATESMAN RUNDOWN

Indiana State

Women’s Volleyball vs. Illinois St. 0-3 (L) Women’s Soccer vs. Loyola 1-2 (L) vs. IPFW 2-0 (W) Football vs. Tenn. Tech 38-37 (L) Missouri Valley Standings

Football North Dakota St. 4-0 Northern Iowa 4-0 Youngstown 4-1 Western Illinois 3-2 South Dakota St. 3-2 Southern Illinois 2-3 Illinois State 1-3 Indiana State 1-3 South Dakota 1-3 Missouri State 1-4 Women’s Volleyball Wichita State 13-3 Illinois State 10-4 Bradley 8-4 Northern Iowa 9-5 Loyola 7-8 Southern Illinois 7-9 Missouri State 9-6 Indiana State 7-7 Evansville 6-9 Drake 2-14 Women’s Soccer Loyola 4-4-3 Missouri State 4-7-1 Evansville 7-2-1 Illinois State 6-6 Drake 2-6-2 Indiana State 3-7 Northern Iowa 1-10

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In Monday’s issue of the Indiana Statesman, we stated that the ISU soccer team lost 3-0 to Loyola but the score was in fact 2-1.

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coaching for Indiana State, Tabet won the 2005 Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year.

The Sycamores went 19-5, only losing one home game the entire season. Not to mention, they set a record of .792 percent, their best winning percentage in school history. This same year, Indiana State was ranked 13th in the Midwest Regional, a first in school history. In 2007, their rankings placed at 59th in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association poll and ranked 67th for the 2007 spring season. Tabet was awarded the 2007 Midwest Region Coach of the Year.

The women’s tennis team were the only sport at Indiana State in which every member had a 3.0 or higher grade point average for the last eight semesters

including the seasons Tabet coached. “They were very good students and

carried good reputations,” Prettyman said.

During their unknowingly final season, the men’s tennis team was forced to play their entire MVC season with only four

active players after an ankle injury to one of their players. They had a record of 1-5 in the Missouri Valley Conference. Even still with the rough luck of the season, Coach Tabet

remained optimistic. “The main goal for this year is to get

experience for next year,” Tabet said during one of his final interviews as head coach at ISU. “We are extremely young. I don’t expect to get the best results this year. I do expect our players to learn.”

Indiana Stae tennis team was suspended due to ISU athletic suffering from budget cuts in 2009 (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

“I based my decision, with the help of many others, off of how few people would be

impacted.”

Ron Prettyman, ISU athletic director

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We’ve all done it: laughed about not being able to go out with friends by saying, “I’m a poor college student.” It’s a universal understanding that we all use to excuse ourselves from paying our bills in entirety, not visiting our parents or not taking that spring break trip. These are all part of being in college, it’s true. What’s not okay is going hungry or failing to get the proper nutrition you need.

The poor college student diet can consist

of Ramen noodles, Hot pockets, potato chips, Hamburger Helper and fast food. Though these foods are low in price, they are incredibly high in calories and sodium, failing to be nutritionally beneficial. It’s one thing to make these choices based merely on preference. But it’s another to choose these foods because they are all you can afford and you are trying to survive.

Food insecurity is not limited to those that go hungry all the time. There are two definitions used to determine whether someone has food insecurity (limited food options) or very high food insecurity (often does not have access to enough food). As a student, you might float between the two. They are both serious issues, especially when you have to be alert and at the top of your game to do well in school.

If the issue is deeper than budgeting and you require more assistance, there are resources out there for you. The first step is to check if you are eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps). If you qualify, fill out an application and follow the rest of the process. To discover local food banks, dial 2-1-1 to connect with someone who

has answers for your situation. There’s a difference in not being able to

take out that cute girl from psychology class for dinner and a movie and not feeling like you have a choice in what you eat for the day. You need to know that it

is not shameful to need assistance. You are in a transition period in your life, trying to better yourself and struggle now so that you can prosper later. Keep your head up get the nutrition you need, push through and get that dream job.

To learn more about food insecurity in the US, visit www.ers.usda.gov. If you are food secure and would like to donate your time

to aid the individuals not as affluent as you, volunteer at a local food bank or charity like Bethany House or Lighthouse Missions. No one should go hungry.

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Starve your wallet without starving yourself

Natalie SympsonNutrition Columnist

Tips to budget for more nutritious choices:

• Make and follow grocery list• Eat before grocery shopping• Bring a calculator• Buy fruit and vegetables (frozen or canned)• Don’t buy much processed foods• Make things you can freeze and enjoy later• Turn leftovers into completely different meals• Make homemade soup with low sodium chicken broth

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Blue fever hits Indiana State

Above: Indiana State football fans show their love for the team by filling up a poster of well-wishes at the Homecoming kick-off Monday morning. Right: Sycamore Sam gets in some practice for Friday’s tricycle derby. Below: Students crowd around the football team’s booth, trying to get autographs from members (Photos by Drew Canavan).