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Share the spark.
Let loose.
Call the shots.
They’re helping kids learn how to read, and the project is not just a resume-builder.
This isn’t your mama’s Little 500 party, but you can still use your manners.
Leave no stone unskipped.
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Preparation now, wild fun later. Just don’t eat the red berries.
Here’s something we didn’t do ourselves: eat 30 bananas in one day. We’re curious about the kid who did.
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My iPod broke and I didn’t know how to fix it. I couldn’t. There were no moving parts. There was nothing to open and understand. In this issue, we ask, “why?” There is basic satisfaction in thinking, knowing, and doing. Change a tire. Throw a good party. Grow tomatoes. Whatever you do, do it yourself.
He went where his papa couldn’t. Sean Morrison shares his story of loss.
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Do it for others: Confessions of two movers-and-shakers AS TOLD TO HALEY ADAMS | PHOTO BY ZACH HETRICK
Two students saw a problem at local Fairview Elementary School. As the elementary school with the lowest socioeconomic status in Bloomington, some kids don’t have books to read. Through the Hutton Honors College, juniors Hannah Wert and Adeel Chaudhry are doing something about that.
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hen Wert, the philanthropy coordinator of the Hutton Honors College Association, was searching for where to focus Hutton’s efforts, she came across Fairview Elementary. According to the Indiana Department of Education, 92 percent of Fairview students are on reduced or free lunch, and 85 percent live in government-subsidized housing. At home, many do not receive the support they need to enhance their education. With the help of Chaudhry, fundraising coordinator, the two won a $5,000 grant from the IU Student Foundation and launched the Hutton
Philanthropic Initiative. They will kick it off April 16 with the Celebration of Reading, when Hutton volunteers will bring books to the students of Fairview. The reading program has also inspired other Hutton groups to work with the elementary school. How did the two of you get involved with the Hutton Philanthropic Initiative? Chaudhry: Hannah was trying to piece together what big philanthropy project we wanted to focus on this year, and the opportunity of the Metz Grant presented itself to us. So once we started centering around why we wanted to apply for this really large grant, we started to
formulate our project along those lines. We wanted to do something more community-based because so many projects are nationally based. Why did you decide to help Fairview? Wert: We were trying to decide what we wanted to do and we knew that Fairview was extremely underprivileged and we definitely wanted to help them out. Actually, the day of our launch party, it
If you caught the “political bug” after the 2008 election and want to change your community, strap in. According to senior AnnElyse Gibbons, former president of IU’s Students for Hillary campaign, these tips will prepare any aspiring volunteer for what she calls the “election roller coaster.” 1 KNOW THE PEOPLE. People don’t vote for campaigns that don’t acknowledge issues facing the community. 2 RECRUIT ANYONE AND EVERYONE. Running a successful campaign involves more than a handful of volunteers. 3 EXPECT AN UPHILL BATTLE. Most candidates run for office because they do not agree with legislation conducted by current politicians. Therefore, campaigns should expect candidates to defend their values and prove to voters why they are the better person for the job. 4 DEDICATE YOUR TIME. The weekend is always a workday. — Drew Anderson
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was announced that budget cuts for schools were going to eliminate librarians and, eventually, vice principals. So it kind of came at a good time – an unfortunate time, but a good time – so we could help continue to get the kids resources to read when they won’t have librarians next year. Chaudhry: It was what we saw to be the most under-served community in Bloomington, education-wise. Hannah met with the assistant principal at Fairview to try and narrow down what the possible options would be. She said that most of the students don’t even have a book at home to read. What do you think about the people who say this kind of community service is just a resume builder? Do you agree with that? Chaudhry: I would disagree with that. I feel like the benefactors gain more than the beneficiaries. We have the opportunity to learn more from the students’ experiences than from what we already have. Wert: I definitely don’t think it’s just a resume builder. I don’t think you can deny the fact that we all are college students who eventually are going to get jobs and people are going to put this on their resume, but I definitely think people want to do philanthropy work to give back. The students at Fairview really need the help and I don’t think that people would try to help them just to put it on their resume. I hope not. What do you think the two of you will get out of this as leaders? Wert: Personally, I think it’s just amazing to see the transformation. Attempting to do a large event with Fairview has turned into an initiative for the entire Honors College. And I think it’s amazing to see that our leadership and our organization and our hard work has turned into such a large deal and definitely something that will affect the Fairview students. Chaudhry: The biggest thing for me is to see how many volunteers are interested. Without this opportunity, they would never have the chance, but when presented with it, so many students have come together.
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Trash with class Can the words “etiquette” and “Little 500 party” even fit in the same sentence? We say yes.
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osting a Little 500 party might be one of the lowestmaintenance DIY activities for a college student. All you need to do is buy some cheap liquor, invite your friends, and partake in the festivities. But who says you can’t throw your post-race bash with a little class? Amidst all the fun you’re having during the World’s Greatest College Weekend, why should you forget the unwritten rules of party manners? Joe Boes, who gives etiquette presentations for students on campus, says you don’t have to throw out basic manners to have fun at a party. He says the little formalities can often be what separates the good parties from the disasters. As hosts of some of IU’s biggest parties, Julius Mayes, the treasurer of Kappa Alpha Psi, and Kaelan Barowsky, the 6 VOLUME 4, ISSUE 4
man behind the Villas Little 500 block party, also weigh in with their experiences. Whether or not these etiquette tips will make your mother proud is unknown. HOW TO HANDLE W SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK If a guest has lost control and is offending others in attendance, Boes says a polite removal is the most appropriate option, although it shouldn’t be the host’s responsibility. “Rather than approaching them yourself, have one of your friends come up with an excuse to get that person removed from the situation before things could escalate,” he says. “It’s better for the host not to do it.” But sometimes the host has to take control. Barowsky says he always feels obligated to look after those guests who drink too much. “I definitely feel personally
responsible for the people at our place, whether it’s warranted or not. I feel like I have an obligation to help d them,” he says. “It’s never good to send a belligerent drunk outt into the darkness.” HOW TO HANDLE A BAD DANCER “I would tell the DJ to point that person out so everybody can laugh at them and make my party better,” Mayes says. “My experience is, when you hype up bad dancers, bad rappers, they get more confident and it’s entertaining.” Barowsky agrees that a bad dancer can actually improve the party’s atmosphere. “Stand back and let them go,” he says.
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HOW TO CHOOSE PARTY SUPPLIES Any host wanting to reduce the risk of broken glass or injuries should use plastic cups at their party, Boes says. But remember to avoid tackiness. “If you’re going to use plastic, make it clear plastic,” he says. “Don’t use those big red cups.” Boes also says it is inappropriate to allow guests open access to alcohol. “In other words, you don’t
2 THE HOOKUP THAT STARTS TOO EARLY You know the scene when the sloppy makeout session in the corner turns X-rated. “Nobody wants to see that,” Barowsky says.
1 SPONTANEOUS ONTANEOUS NUDITY TY Barowsky says one of his most memorable orable moments was captured on camera at his Little 500 party last year. One girl, he says, took her pants off and shook her “big old booty” to the music.
3 TURNING INSIDE OUT “If you’re going to throw up,” Boes says. “Do it in the opposite direction of someone.”
have ccoo have coolers oole lers rs o orr ke keg kegs gs all over the place so that anyone can just help themselves,” he says. “If you have someone who is there to help monitor how much is being consumed by an individual, that can help.” Boes suggests writing on hands or distributing wristbands. HOW TO PREVENT A BLOCK PARTY “We get all wrapped up in the party atmosphere,” Boes says, “and sometimes suddenly, a party of 20 or 25 of your best friends blossoms into 100 or more people.” To prevent a small party from growing out of control, make sure everyone on the guest list knows how many people the host has said to bring. But sometimes a block party is the goal. “That means it was successful,” Mayes says.
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Dustin Brown, assistant brewer at tthe Bloomington Brewing Company, Com takes his job seriously. “When people are happy, they drink drin ... when people are sad, they drink,” drin he says. “I make beer for a living. liv I wouldn’t trade it for anything.” You don’t need to be an expert to make liquid courage from home, he says.
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2 Take the malted grains and put them in a pot of about three gallons of hot water (about 50 to 65 degrees).
3 The grains will filter in the pot, leaving sugary water called “wort.” Boil the wort to activate all of the proteins. Add the hops. Doing so “releases the bitterness and gives you a better flavor.”
4 Pour the hopped wort into the fermentor. Add cold water to bring it down to room temperature.
5 Throw yeast into the fermentor and seal it. Put it in a dark room. Brown sits his next to the refrigerator to quicken the cooling process. Wait two weeks for all the ingredients to mix.
6 Put the alcoholic beer in bottles and add a small amount of sugar to reactivate the yeast and carbonate the liquid.
7 Put the brew in the refrigerator to chill. Drink.
— Greg Rosenstein
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Bloomington straddles the fencepost between woodsy wilderness and hip college campus – think impractical, tight-fitting flannel. If you ever lock your keys in the car while parked at Bradford Woods, you’ll want to know which berries to eat.
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1 Gather.
Step outside the classroom to find an afternoon snack — if you’re brave. The Collins Living-Learning Center’s class on edible wild plants takes you up close with things you can find in your own backyard. Sophomore Sahar PastelDaneshgar took the class last fall. “It’s a very simple class,” she says. “It’s a really nice break between studies to go out into nature and basically eat nature.” Get CPR certification and learn how to treat wounds in HPER’s Wilderness First Responder class. Students learn how to deal with emergency situations more than one mile and one hour away from immediate care, says Rachel Van Camp, a senior in the class.
2 Fuel. Go to the city square and stock up on gear at Indiana Running Company. True outdoorsmen and women dress by the creed “cotton kills,” so go after a pair of bamboo and wool socks ($13), and grab a GU Energy Gel ($2) to slurp. Team Indiana Elite runner Jordan Fife recommends “Chocolate Outrage,” or “Espresso Love.” He knocks out 20-mile runs through Morgan-Monroe State Forest and McCormick’s Creek State Park. Sprint 15 yards south to JL Waters and Company, a trekker’s bliss. Fight cold and drizzle with a North Face Resolve ($80) jacket, which is “very packable,” General Manager John Heubi says. Maintain fluids with a 27-ounce Kleen Kanteen ($18) that has no BPAs, a potentially harmful compound found in certain plastics.
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Expand your palate. We mean really expand. At FARMbloomington on Kirkwood Avenue, we’re talking bison burgers (called the “Lugar Burger” after Senator Richard Lugar and voted Best Burger in Indiana by Food Network Magazine), rabbit, ox tail soup, beef cheek, and stuffed pig ears. But while you’re trying to be adventurous, don’t get confused by the food names. Head cheese isn’t cheese; it’s a meat jelly. And Rocky Mountain oysters? Yeah, those are bull testicles. When the snow melts, “It’s all about the greens,” says Harry Shafer, FARM’s charismatic general manager. The eatery’s chefs tend to grill more and keep the dishes light and healthy. Gobble sautéed walleye (fresh from the Great Lakes) while sipping on Bell’s Oberon Ale, a Kalamazoo, Mich., specialty and bar manager Zak Chmiel’s favorite.
A true adventurist thrives with an inspired mindset. Before doing anything, just relax and hear the stories of people who have done something. Boxcar Books urges you to explore others’ charters. You can’t go wrong with the gripping realism of Jon Krakauer’s “Into The Wild.” “It’s not a came-andconquered story, but a cameand-was-defeated story,” Boxcar volunteer Susanne Kramer says. “That’s the reason people go on adventures – to measure themselves up with nature,” says Kramer, who hiked in Washington last fall. Also check out the goofy sketches and captivating tales in “The Moonlight Chronicles: A Wandering Artist’s Journal” by Dan Price. It celebrates the beauty that comes with exploration. And please, while you’re wandering with your imagination as your compass, don’t get lost – a National Geographic Hoosier National Forest map ($12) at JL Waters and Company is clutch.
No roads. No cars. No trace. Not a care in the world. Now it’s time to get out of Bloomington. Take Route 37 south for 22 miles until you reach Hoosier National Forest. Here, spend a night in the Charles C. Deam Wilderness, Indiana’s only wilderness. We’re talking 37 miles of trails cross this 12,945acre oasis. The wilderness follows the “Leave No Trace” principle, promoting low-impact hiking: no mountain biking, no climbing, and absolutely no motorized vehicles. No fun, right? Wrong. “It’s better to start hiking at the Deam because it teaches simplicity,” IU Outdoor Adventures’ Ryan Felt says. Basically, learning to hike rustically, with minimal “presence,” will enable a greater appreciation of the pure hiking experience. When you’re there, take the Peninsula Trail or Grubb Ridge. Check out the geodes and fossils, plus the wildlife — bald eagles, blue herons, owls, hawks, turkeys, turtles, deer, foxes, and coyotes. But don’t think your cuisine has to match the trip’s overall minimalism. IU Outdoor Adventures’ Drew Dabbelt uses a PocketRocket grill to fix up pepperoni calzones at night and sandwiches with cheese and summer sausage during the day.
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ADVENTURE WITH A LITTLE HELP So you’re not ready to adventure off into the wilderness on your own. There are plenty of journeys you can take with a little assistance. Inside found the best. 1 BLUESPRING CAVERNS PARK Take the Myst’ry River Voyage, an hour-long guided boat trip through the park’s cave. 2 BLOOMINGTON HIKERS CLUB Students and locals alike depart on group hikes every Saturday morning at 9 a.m. They leave from Bloomingfoods.
With the warmth come the pests. Make a citronella candle to ward off those skeeters. Instead of buying expensive Yankee candles that will soon melt away, you can make all the candles you want in various shapes, colors, sizes, and fragrances for the price of one. Drive on over to Hobby Lobby or any craft store. Grab wax, wax sustainers, wick tabs, a candle mold, and fragrance. None of these items should be more than three or four bucks, and they should come with instructions for melting down and forming your candles. Mold a few into bug shapes just to taunt the little guys. Don’t forget to use the mosquito-repelling essential oil blends, or you’ll have too many friends at your picnic.
— LaTara Harris
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Why do we do what we do Gym rats, workaholics, couch potatoes, and overachievers — label them how you will, we all know a few.
BY ALYSSA GOLDMAN AND RACHEL STARK | PHOTO BY ZACH HETRICK otivation is a matter of rewards and punishments, says professor Preston Garraghty, who teaches a class called the Psychology of Motivation. People seek to maximize pleasure and minimize pain, he says. “If a student comes into my office and says ‘I studied for five hours and still did poorly on the exam,’ in their eyes
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they were punished,” he says. “Their effort later on may go down.” Garraghty calls on the most basic biological motivations. If a person is hungry, they will eat. Similarly, if a person wants a degree from IU, they must recognize the goal and how they will reach it. Whether or not they stay on track depends on how much they value the goal. “I think kids get their
aspirations largely from their parents, a little from their peers, and some from their teachers,” he says. “Ultimately, if parents don’t instill in their children a value of education, they’re not going to value it.” Garraghty stresses that there is no clear explanation for an individual’s motivation. Yet one thing is for sure, something drives us all.
JEN PETERSON
With all of these obligations, she still finds time to be an active member of Alpha Gamma Delta. Peterson does not have to work to have money. Her parents support her financially, but she says she wants “to be able to prove to my family that I know the value of a dollar.” When she was jobless for one month during the summer, her parents told her
not to worry about finding a new one. But Peterson says she needed to do something. And that’s when she decided one job would not suffice and decided to work two. With all her earnings, Peterson jokes that she puts it into the Kilroy’s fund. She says she likes being able to do something without asking her parents for help. “It’s nice to know that if I needed to support myself, I could,” Peterson says. “It gives me more freedom and I am able to claim independence.”
Keeping busy is second nature for junior Jen Peterson. On top of a full course load, she has managed to work between 40 and 50 hours a week. She works between 15 and 25 hours a week at Pitaya on Kirkwood Avenue. She took a break from her waitressing job at Puccini’s La Dolce Vita, where she worked about 20 hours a week, and replaced it with the iUnity campaign. 10 V O L U M E 4 , I S S U E 4
BRIAN BOLLINGER Many students cringe at the thought of math equations and graphs, but junior Brian Bollinger jumps at the opportunity to play with numbers. Bollinger saw an opportunity to create a new organization, the Kelley Portfolio Management Club, at the Kelley School of Business. Members invest real money into the stock market. At meetings, members pitch their ideas in groups in hopes of carrying them out, but they don’t always work. Bollinger worked on a start-up Web-based company, but after working hundreds of unpaid hours this summer, the Web site fell through. This taste of failure spurred him forward. “If you are just going to give up after doing something wrong the first time, then there really is no hope for you,” he says. “It’s learning through those mistakes in order to excel to the next level.”
KYLE SWINFORD Junior Kyle Swinford is not on an athletic team. He is not training for a weightlifting competition or a marathon. In fact, he has trouble thinking of short-term goals that push him to exercise regularly. He’s more of a long-term guy, just hoping to look good and stay healthy. That’s why he spends 1213 hours a week pumping iron and working up a sweat at the gym. “When you strip everything away — all your distractions, school, family — all you really have is yourself, your body,” Swinford says. “The longer you take care of your body, the longer you’ll live.” For Swinford, it’s a simple matter of prioritizing. Working out comes before school and sleep in his mind. “I simply derive my motivation from doing the right thing,” he says. “To stay in shape. To eat right. To help my fellow man. I want to look back on my life and be proud of the things I did and the things I accomplished.”
SAM SPAISER You won’t see junior Sam Spaiser chowing on Pizza X at 3 a.m. He is on a low-fat raw vegan diet. Spaiser eats about 3,000 calories a day, which consist of sweet fruits and leafy greens. Spaiser says he chose this lifestyle because he wanted to be at his optimal health. “I didn’t want to survive,” he says, “I wanted to thrive.” He also exercises at least one hour a day by doing gymnastics or training in the park when the weather is nice. He tries to do some sort of physical activity before he eats because he says humans should work for their food. “When chimpanzees want to eat,
they go get it.” Spaiser says that eating this way is easy to do. Sometimes he’ll eat 30 bananas in a day. But typically Spaiser varies his diet. He says there are about 150 fruits out there and he says he has “never eaten so many different types of foods” prior to this diet. Spaiser is passionate about living a healthy lifestyle. His degree is called “An Evolutionary Perspective on Human Diet” through the Individualized Major Program. He is researching anatomical reasons for why certain foods are better for humans than others. This past summer he lived on a self-sustainable community in Hawaii and interned on a farm. “When you get rid of all of the distractions, you can enjoy and see things you might look past,” he says. “It’s like no strings attached. Everyone deserved to live care-free for at least a month.”
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TYPICAL MEAL 2 15 to 20 oranges or tangelos (juiced) 4 to 5 oranges or tangelos (juiced) blended with a few leafs of romaine lettuce romaine lettuce chopped into a bowl with a dressing of 1 to 2 juiced oranges or tangelos blended with 3 ounces avocado
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You don’t need pills or a therapist. These tips show you how to get some Z’s the easy way. 1 Checking your e-mail or sending a text within an hour of going to bed can cause problems when trying to drift off. Instead, read a book. The bright lights of your computer and cell phone screens are not conducive to sleep as they have the ability to change the body’s natural clock. 2 Alter your schedule to squeeze in time for the gym. Exercise makes your body crave sleep when the evening hours hit. 3 Try to wean yourself off caffeinated beverages by selecting the decaffeinated versions instead. 4 Take a bath and listen to music that relaxes you before crawling into bed. Make sure your room is a comfortable temperature with as much light as you prefer.
5 Most towns or cities have sleep labs and clinics. In Bloomington, try the Center for Sound Sleep. They recommend treating your mattress as your place l ffor sleep l andd sleep l only. That’s right students, no homework in bed.
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When Colin Farlow picks up the knife he forged, it fits in his hand. His fingers fill the smooth curves, and it balances just right. But Colin’s knife is a tool, not a bragging right. Colin will use his knife for hunting, but he’s no cold-blooded killer. He sees life in each creature and he eats what he shoots. The knife is for skinning the animals he kills for food, like the squirrel in his freezer. He shaped and filed the knife over last winter break, and hasn’t yet had a chance to skin a deer. That will have to wait until November, deer season. Colin is a senior in the East Asian Languages and Cultures and philosophy departments, but his other education comes from his family and his own two hands. His hands built the table and a lamp stand 14 V O L U M E 4 , I S S U E 4
in his apartment. The wood came from red oaks growing on his family’s property. The design patterns and know-how drifted down from grandfather to father to son. Forging the knife was an apprentice project, Colin says. A friend who had an anvil, hammers, and a knack for shaping metal spent a day teaching him. The metal came from a leaf spring — a long, arced piece of metal — from an old Jeep Willy. Tongs in hand, Colin held the blade in the coals and pulled it out when it burned red. He remembers it being the coldest day of the year, and he had to hammer the knife gradually into shape in the 15 seconds before it cooled. As he sits in his apartment and displays his knife, he eyes a scar on the blade’s shiny surface. He hit the blade at an angle, a mistake that left a dimple and might make the knife more difficult to sharpen. The scar is a reminder that perfecting his skills demands time and experience. Colin says he does what he can with basic tools and knowledge. He notices how out of practice he is when he comes home after a semester of only hitting books. “If I go an extended period without building, it bugs me,” he says. “If I deal with a family friend or a carpenter, it’s apparent how much skill is lacking between me and someone who uses their hands every day.” Despite his school commitments, Colin says the lessons he learned at home — if something is broken, fix it; if you need a knife, make one — have stayed with him. “Even if the skill hasn’t spread to me, the values have,” he says.
Claire Woods
A university education teaches students that certain skills are worthwhile. Teamwork, theorizing. A liberal arts education liberates students from a drudge job and a drudge life. Right? Matthew B. Crawford’s 2009 book, “Shop Class as Soulcraft,” argues that we’re losing something fundamental when we only embrace brain work and teach people to look down upon trades. The most basic satisfaction is in completing tasks that require thought and action: changing a flat tire, gardening, fixing motorcycles. Matthew followed academia all the way through to his doctorate in political philosophy at the University of Chicago, and eventually found himself as the executive director of a Washington think tank. The daily grind of using his brain and his education — not his hands or his common sense — wore him down. He began spending more time fixing motorcycles, a personal interest of his. He eventually opened his own repair shop in Richmond, Va. In the introduction to his book, he writes, “The wad of cash in my pants feels different than the checks I cashed in my previous job.” The competence and control he feels when completing manual labor satisfy him more than “knowledge work,” he writes. The DIY movement, Matthew says, is an effort to shrug off the idea that hand work is menial. He calls for a redefinition of learning and work. “A lot of college students are afraid to fail, and that’s how they got into a good college,” he says. “They are always doing the prescribed thing, always being perfect to channel themselves into these prescribed ways of success.”
Gardening, fixing motorcycles, and forging knives: these are all things you can screw up. “It’s like playing sports without a referee,” he says. “You have to figure things out for yourself.” His advice to young students pursuing their degrees is to look at their lives and ask what they want. What have you been told to want?
Neil Unger fixes motorcycles in his living room. A moped sits upside-down on a tarp, but his Harley is at home in Hammond, Ill. He bought the vintage ride (the plate says ‘77) so he could learn to fix a classic but broken bike. Bringing the motorcycle to school means the temptation to ride, so he’s waiting until classes finish. He wouldn’t focus on anything else. Neil, who studies both theater and chemistry, played a lead role in this spring’s Department of Theatre and Drama production, “Take Me Out.” Chemistry, he says, is fascinating because it brings the world into focus. “There’s a lot around you all the time that you deal with,” Neil says. “I’m not OK with just accepting. That’s why I love chemistry. I can pick up something and say, ‘this is a solid.’ You deal with these basic ideas every day. I want to know how something gets you from point A to point B.” He hopes his Harley can take him out of Bloomington and down State Road 37. The guy who owned the bike previously never fixed it, Neil says. The carburetor was messed up, and he tried to rewire the whole thing himself. Neil says it was a poor job that left him shorts to find and fix. So Neil read a manual and asked questions at a nearby motorcycle repair shop, The Pit Stop. “They’re actually nice to kids my age,” he
says. “If you show a common interest to an older guy who’s into motorcycles, he’ll talk your ear off because he wants to teach you about it.” Eventually, Neil paid a mechanic to fix what he couldn’t, and he rode the bike in Bloomington until it broke down last year. He will bring it to school in a few weeks. For now, he works in his living room on the motorized bicycle. He calls it his moped, and he laughs when he talks about his dream: to ride with a moped gang of friends around Bloomington. They’d call themselves the “Hex Angels.” Between play rehearsal and chemistry tests, Neil has little time to plan for his moped gang. But when the weather is warm and he wraps up his senior year, Neil will get his hands greasy again.
Get the right internship, take the right classes. Almost as soon as many students enter college, they start thinking about what they’ll do when they leave. “It seems like a lot of young people are middle-aged in spirit — that living this college life is not of their choosing,” Matthew Crawford says. Make the experience your own. “Rather than putting these four years in the service of some job that you think you might get when you’re done,” he says, “devote these four years to exposing yourself to the most demanding books and thoughts.” Read Shakespeare, debate politics with your friends, and learn a trade in the summer. Take risks. The classes IU offers with a hands-on element are often coupled with a higher academic calling. Metal forging classes are part of the School of Fine Arts and are mainly for jewelry making. The W W W. I D S N E W S . CO M / I N S I D E
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“I think I could catch one of the ones on campus with my bare hands. They’re obese.” Colin Farlow
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1 GET LICENSED TO KILL. You must carry an Indiana hunting license, which costs $17 each year and requires hunters to take a class. The Indiana Hunting and Trapping Guide lists squirrel season as Aug. 15 to Jan. 31. You can only kill five squirrels a day. Be patient. 2 UNDERSTAND YOUR FOE. Colin Farlow calls the squirrels on campus “obese.” They confidently throw their weight around and face few natural predators. In the wild, they’re a little more, uh, squirrely. “They know where you are,” he says. “You can’t sneak up on them.” 3 HIDE IN THE BUSHES. Listen for the chompers to chew on nuts, ruffle leaves, or make barking noises. Or, sit tight and wait for them to show. 4 AIM TO DROP. Wait to pull the trigger until the little
theatre department offers classes that teach set building, perhaps the closest thing to learning about woodwork. This is an academic institution, after all. It becomes the job of students to complement their school work with life work.
Claire Woods will eat food she grows.
Typical squirrel
Campus squirrel guy is positioned to fall out of the tree, not get stuck in it. Colin says he makes certain that his shot will kill him and bring him down. 5 GET INTO HIS HEAD. Scope out the spot that’s sure to nail him. You won’t damage the tasty meat, and he’ll fall instantly.
Her first tomato seedlings just sprouted. Claire has been working the earth since elementary school. Her mother used to tell her to pick up sticks or gather blueberries. This spring, the junior will plant her own garden at her South Park Avenue house, and this summer, she will harvest its tomatoes and peppers until the lease runs out in August. The walls inside her house are painted green, Claire’s favorite color. She picks up a brown peat pot and explains that she’s already started 12 tomato plants and five sweet peppers in a tray of tiny planters. As the seedlings emerge, she will set them outside, plant them, and hope they take to the ground. In her fenced-in backyard, she points to the southeast corner. There, she says, will be the compost pile, a heap of food scraps and plants that will decompose into a rich fertilizer for planting. Claire has already spruced up the house she shares with her sister and another roommate. In its small front yard, she dug a path, lined it, and paved it with stones. She cleared away moss and pine needles, mulched three flower beds and planted hostas. The backyard is her next project, she says.
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She learned from her mother, who also lives in Bloomington, runs a landscaping business, and grows much of the food the family eats. For Claire’s family, the sign of a fruitful summer is shelves lined with jams, canned tomatoes, and pickled vegetables. Claire says she thinks of the work with her mother gardening and canning as practice for her life after college. Claire is a student of both soil and books. Her degree in public health from the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation will give her the knowledge to spread her ideas on gardening and community development to impoverished countries, she says. “I feel like school is a lot of repetition,” she says. “School is for what you think you are going to do. It’s not hands on at all.” She says she’s glad she is studying something she enjoys, something that represents a larger purpose, but it is her education in combination with her experience with planting that will help her life grow.
So if we learn skills with our hands and practical knowledge with our minds outside the classroom, what should we learn in school? All three of these students learned from someone else in their life: their mother, father, grandparent, or a skilled friend. They make use of their summer and winter breaks and try to balance school with their interests. Students might not fit into the “creative” and educated masses. So be it. If college is a lie, let your life and work tell the truth.
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An exploration of classified ads BASSIL’S BOAT
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BY S A R A H H U T C H I N S T Y P E I L LU S T R AT I O N BY L A R RY B U C H A N A N
Newspaper classified ad sales might be floundering, but that hasn’t stopped people from buying and selling their junk. The adage “one person’s trash is another person’s treasure” couldn’t be truer in the world of cyber classified ads. Every lost ring, found wallet, and free couch has a hidden history. We scoured the OneStart classified ads to find creative sales pitches and the people behind them. Our stuff tells a story. 18 V O L U M E 4 , I S S U E 4
eography graduate student Bassil El-Masri keeps his inflatable boat in a 26-inch TV box in a corner of his apartment. Since the first — and only — time he inflated the boat, he hasn’t been able to fit it in the original box. “You get something in the store and it’s never the same,” he says about the packaging. Bassil purchased the boat when he was attending Texas Tech University. He needed to get to the middle of a lake to take water quality samples. But he had a problem. “I didn’t know how to swim.” A boat seemed like the logical answer to his problems. He bought the inflatable vessel, two paddles, and a life vest. Then he inflated the boat and slowly paddled out onto the lake. Heading back to land, Bassil passed some boaters who offered him the use of their vessel. From then on, instead of spending time inflating, paddling around in, and deflating his own boat, he just hopped in his borrowed one. When Bassil moved to Bloomington, the boat moved with him. Now it’s taking up room in his apartment. He posted ads on OneStart and Craigslist, not knowing what to expect. Sevylor Super Caravelle inflatable boat that has 4 patented Delrin swivel oarlocks and patented motor support chamber. Comes with the DIN chamber and tunnel chambers. Maximum capacity is 1,100 lbs (6 person capacity). The boat comes with 12V motor with electrical charger and 12V battery, 3 paddles, Sevylor super turbo foot pump, and 2 life vests. The Boat is like new, I just used it once. No bites on the ad. Bassil has bought a bike and a small bookshelf on OneStart. Most of the ads, he explains, have photos and the items are still in good shape. For now, Bassil just wants to be a successful seller. He says he doesn’t know what he’ll do if no one takes the boat. “Maybe Outdoor Adventures,” he says, thinking about his next sales pitch.
SELL IT YOURSELF We asked Brooke McCluskey, marketing manager of Hoosier Times (the group that publishes the Bloomington HeraldTimes) for tips on writing a classified. 1 BROWSE EASY. If your ad is so technical it reads like a textbook, no one will read it. Students are master scanners. Don’t make a potential buyer work. 2 BE HONEST. “Nobody likes to call about an item, job, or apartment and find out it’s totally different than described in the ad,” McCluskey says. Selling junk? Label it “poor cond” and price it low, she says. Most likely someone will still be interested. 3 LEARN THE MAGIC WORDS. “New,” “excellent,” “cheap,” and every student’s favorite word, “free,” will grab readers. If you’re placing a print ad, learn common abbreviations and save some cash. 4 ADD SPICE. In a sea of similar ads, colorful language and details grab a reader’s attention. “Bright turquoise convertible” is a better way to start an ad than “2006 convertible.”
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iology graduate student Sugata Roy Chowdhury wants to make bread, cake, and maybe a creme brulee. She hopes someone can teach her how to transform heavy cream, vanilla bean, sugar, egg yolks, and hot water into the French dessert. I am looking for someone who can teach me the basics of making bread and other confectionery items. In return, I can pay you or teach you Indian cooking. If interested, please contact me. Sugata says she saw OneStart classified ads soliciting opportunities to meet new people and learn new skills. An ad for swapping cooking lessons, she says, seemed to fit in. Butter chicken and a dish of sweet yellow rice are two of the recipes Sugata says she could share with her baking buddy. An amateur chef in her two-bedroom apartment, Sugata taught her roommate — who is from Romania — how to make several Indian dishes. Sharing recipes and cooking tips, she says, is really just a way to meet new people. That’s why she’s disappointed that no one has replied to her ad. But she hasn’t given up yet. “Maybe one day they will respond.”
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isa Goerner knows “earwax is your friend.” But when she needed to find volunteers for an earwax-removal training exercise, she worried other people wouldn’t share her positive feelings. Sitting in her office in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, the clinical assistant professor thought about the best way to pitch her unusual classified ad. She decided to put her own twist on a popular advertising slogan. Got wax? Subjects needed for ear wax removal training. Thursday, March 4 from 1-4 pm at the IMU. No Charge. IU Audiology graduate students will be completing training under supervision. Lisa turned to Craigslist, OneStart, paper flyers, Facebook, and word of mouth to find waxy volunteers for cerumen (a fancy word for earwax) management training. A group of 22 clinical doctoral students were meeting with licensed audiologists to learn the proper steps for
removing earwax. With no advertising budget, Lisa turned to the Web to find participants. On the day of the training, volunteers met in an Indiana Memorial Union conference room while students learned about irrigation, suction, and mechanical procedures for managing wax. Science, it seems, frowns on jamming a Q-tip in your ear. However, Lisa says, having some wax is good. An operating room microscope peered into volunteers’ ear canals and a 17-inch monitor displayed the magnified wax. Many of the 50 or so volunteers were students who participated in the training for class extra credit. The participants, she says, had mixed reactions to the training. “People were standing, looking at the monitor,” Lisa says. “Some people’s jaws just dropped.” Lisa says some volunteers attended with the hope that earwax removal would solve hearing problems. Some people had nothing to remove. And one individual had so much wax it took students two hours and all three procedures to remove everything. This is the first time Lisa called for participants using online classified ads. While she ended up with enough volunteers, she says she was not sure if the ads were a success. “It was probably the nature of the ad,” she says. “And maybe some fear factor was also involved.”
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or Jennifer Kissinger, chinchillas and Craigslist go hand-in-hand. The junior neuroscience student bought her two chinchillas — Elizabeth (as in Queen Elizabeth) and Pantha — from an IU student breeding chinchillas in her off-campus apartment a few years ago. The student didn’t have time to take care of them, Jennifer says. Now she’s facing the same problem. So she decided to go back to online classified ads to find a new home for her furry friends. I have two wonderful chinchillas who need a home. I am a current IU student and for several reasons I need to find a new person to provide them with a loving Continued on page 22
The headline on the opposite page was letterpressed using these wood letters from the type shop in the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts. The type shop is a working museum, in that most of the type is more than 100 years old, but it is still being used by students every day. Photo by Alex Benson
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Facing their wall BY SEAN MORRISON
My grandfather never went to the Wall. A Vietnam War veteran, he never pressed his hand to the black granite monument and felt the grooved indents of 58,261 names. He couldn’t bring himself to do it, so I did it for him. I drove 650 miles to confront the loss — his and mine.
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n the day of my grandfather’s death last March, I didn’t cry. I didn’t cry the next day. Or the next. Or even once I got home. The day of his funeral, what struck me as I stood in his room was the painting on the wall. Painted by Lee Teter, “Reflections” depicts a man pressing his hand to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, eyes cast down in remembrance. But it is not his reflection that stands out. It is the reflection of his fallen friends reaching out, touching his palm, and sending him life that catches my eye. It was with “Reflections” in mind that my family, friend, and I began the 12-hour trip to Washington. The ride was full of memories of good times and how Papa changed our lives. He was about to do so again.
involvement escalated in the early 1960s. The number of U.S. troops peaked at 500,000 in 1968. Now, more than 40 years later, a wall with more than 50,000 names etched into its surface cuts along the grass in our capital. It is a tribute to every man and woman killed, injured, or taken prisoner in the war. But veterans know it holds a greater meaning. “It’s also, as the designer intended, a place of healing,” says a veteran working at the Wall. “Much of the Wall symbolizes a cut in the earth, and the grass growing up to it is healing that scar that was very divisive – the war was that scar that divided our country during that period. It is a place to come and accept death. While I don’t like it, I can accept it.”
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As I approached the Wall, I had a plan. Pick one spot. Walk up. Touch it. Remember. It was the only thing I could think of. That print of “Reflections” in my grandpa’s back room was always the way I saw him doing it if he went. I walked down the pathway toward the Wall. When I reached the beginning of the granite, I hesitated. Could I do this? I steeled myself. I closed my eyes. Breathe in. Breathe out. I gathered myself and headed to the right side of the path. I spotted a man heading toward
The signs tell the story. “In Honor of Those Who Served Please stay on the sidewalks.” From the moment you spot the monument to the time you reach the start of the names, at the fourth slate of smooth black granite on either side, you know this is more than a wall. It is more than a representation of the Vietnam War. I’ve never been on a battlefield, but this is what I imagine hallowed ground feels like. The Vietnam War had roots back to the mid-1950s, but U.S. 20 V O L U M E 4 , I S S U E 4
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Sean Morrison stands with his grandfather, Tom Morrison, on Sean’s birthday in 2007. At right and bottom, a young Tom wears his uniform during the Vietnam War. Photos courtesy of the Morrison family.
THE HEALING GAME Sports have always been my escape. Whether it was covering IU teams for the Indiana Daily Student or attending Cubs games back home, sports feel better than any therapist. But no one is immune from grief. I decided to talk to Tijan Jobe, a center on the IU basketball team, about the loss of his mother. When Tijan left Gambia six years ago to shoot hoops in the United States, he knew he wouldn’t have the chance to help his mother through an illness that had been ailing her for more than five years. In January, his brothers left him a voicemail with difficult news: his mother had passed away. He hadn’t seen her since he left home in 2004. A few weeks later, we asked him how he coped with the loss. WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO GET THAT MESSAGE? “As soon as I got that voicemail, it was tough. That moment, I said, “Wow.” HOW DID IT HAPPEN? WAS IT A SHOCK? “She passed January 2, but she was sick for a long time. Before I left, she had diabetes. The stuff kept coming — like on and on. Lately, it just came back and attacked her, so they took her to the hospital. She was doing great. After they took her back home, she was feeling bad, and a week after that, they call me and tell me — my mom just passed.” HOW HARD WAS IT FOR YOU? “It was tough at first, you know, but I’m around good people like coaches, players, and other people who do a good job with that. Just talked to me. I’m comfortable with that.” HOW IS YOUR FAMILY DOING? “It’s very tough. We just keep calling each other. We just have to take care of each other. It’s how we’re dealing with this loss — just calling each other and talking to each other.”
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Essay, Continued from page 20 the monument and followed in his steps. The first four black slates had nothing on them. On the fifth, the names began. I walked slowly toward the center of the monument. I read each name, taking in the chiselled letters. Then, my eyes and feet moved more quickly. It was as if I was searching for the something. The right spot. A place to stop and honor him. I found it about halfway down the first half of the Wall, along the walkway closest to the Lincoln Memorial. I stopped. This was it. It was time to remember. I could sense him there. I could smell his Kenneth Cole cologne. I could picture his mischievous grin, a testament to his refusal to let age bring on maturity. I could feel his veincovered, sun-darkened skin, as I did in the days before he passed. He was there. I knew it. I had brought him with me to the place he’d never gone. The other visitors stopped. The world stopped. Everything stopped. Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out.
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I reached forward with my right hand, just like in the painting. I looked down to my sneakers, the bottom of the Wall still in view. I felt the cool stone. As I held my breath, something left me. All the pain, doubt, and sadness I carried with me flowed through my fingertips and into the monument. This scar in the earth brought me peace. It was more than just the Wall, though. It was him. In my head, I said something I’d said countless times before — but I had never meant it like I did at that moment. “Thank you, Papa.” *** Moments like this are the reason people come to the Wall. They do not see themselves. They do not see names. They see people. They see memories. They see life. I saw my grandpa. The experience of reaching out with a hand — reaching slowly and touching a name — lets us take a moment to reconnect with the one we miss, the one we care about. Whether on a tour or on a
journey, whether seeking a meaningful experience or seeking a name, the Vietnam Memorial Wall draws people. It stands as a place where people are quiet, respectful, and reverent. These are, after all, the names of men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice to ensure others wouldn’t have to. “Many people come down here in sorrow, and I certainly understand that,” a veteran told me. “But a little laughter can go on, too, as we remember the joviality of those people — how wonderful and young and bright they were.” The Wall might not move. It might not breathe. It might not have a life of its own. But the people behind it, the people it represents they do. There is not one central heartbeat to the Wall, or one soul, or one face. There are 58,261 of each, calling from beyond those granite slabs and reaching out to the people who will come to see them. They only seek one thing from those who come to visit their sanctuary. It is not to stay off the grass. It is not to keep the noise down. It is simply this: “Remember me,” they ask. “Remember us.”
Classified, Continued from page 19 environment and care. I have all the equipment to keep these two critters contained and I will provide the first months food for free. Although the tiny creatures are relatively cheap to maintain, Jennifer says they need daily play time. The critters are also nocturnal, which means noisy nights. Elizabeth and Pantha can also do tricks, Jennifer says. “They can climb and do running backflips off the wall.” Jennifer says she wanted to adopt an animal when she moved to Bloomington. She wanted something unusual, something exotic. “The best part,” she says, “is that they take dust baths.” At first, Jennifer was skeptical about how many people would respond to her ad. However, two people responded to the posting and word of mouth helped the information spread even further. While Jennifer originally paid $350 for the critters and the cage, she says she doesn’t need to profit from the sale. “I will ask for a price for the cage,” she says, “but I really just want to find them a good home.”
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