Apr. 5, 2006 | The Reflector

VOLUME 84, ISSUE 10

APRIL 5, 2006

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■ PRESIDENTS INAUGURATION

UIndy inaugurates first woman president Pitt’s inauguration celebration involves community service projects, travel grants ceremony, food, music Tony Puckett Sports Editor

University of Indianapolis President Beverley Pitts was officially inaugurated in a ceremony in Christel Dehaan Fine Arts Center, Ruth Lilly Performance Hall, Wednesday, March 29. Pitts assumed the responsibilities of the presidency before the 2005-2006 school year, but the inauguration took place nearly eight months into the school year.

“It’s typical that a president waits a bit into their term to have an inauguration,” said Director of Alumni Relations Monica Woods. “It also takes quite a while to plan.”

Woods was appointed by Pitts to chair a 13-person committee to plan the inauguration events.

“She [Dr. Pitts] gave us loose guidelines, that she wanted something creative, something unique, and a platform to tell the university’s story,” Woods said. “Anytime you have an event of this magnitude, your communities are listening.”

Among the objectives that Pitts gave the committee were to create inaugural events focused on the students and on community outreach.

“I wanted to keep our program traditionally nice but not overblown or overdone, so that we could take some of the resources that might have gone into an inauguration and move them to better reflect the culture of the university,” Pitts said.

The theme of the presidential inauguration was “Passport to Possibilities,” with events that included several dinners, travel scholarship awards ceremonies, and a day of service that allowed students to

volunteer at several sites throughout the community.

“We started with a blank piece of paper… and while it did focus on her, the “Passport to Possibilities” theme and travel grants were what we thought to be a pretty creative idea in focusing on

students, giving back to students… and I really think we achieved it,” Woods said.

“The morning of service seemed like a great opportunity to demonstrate to the community just what an outgoing institution we are,” Pitts said.

Both Pitts and Woods were impressed with the number of students who participated in the day of volunteerism.

“I was at the registration desk for the service opportunity. It was eight in the morning, and they [students] were out there with smiles on, ready to go to work,” Woods said.

Volunteers participated in activities at 13 different locations, taking jobs such as interior painting, gardening and working food drives in two different shifts. Pitts was present at several of the locations, motivating volunteers throughout the day.

“I cheered on the painters who were down in the basement and just in re-

ally difficult circumstances,” she said.

“I worked a bit with the preschoolers [at Fletcher Place] and read them a story. I also cheered on our food workers who were there feeding the homeless.”

The final dinner of the inaugural week was organized by the student body. Indianapolis Student Government president Evan Hill presented Pitts with a tree on behalf of the entire student body.

“I was very… touched with the students’ planting a tree in my name,” Pitts said. “I can’t think of anything that’s more meaningful to me than beautifying our campus and putting something living in place. It was such a nice tribute. I was extremely grateful for that.”

Photo by Megan Komlanc

(Above) Chairman of the Board of the Trustees Christel DeHaan inaugurates Beverley Pitts as UIndy’s president. (Right) Junior Ryan Hallett congratulates Pitts after the ceremony.

Photo by Crystle Collins

(Far left) Jeff Russell, chief information officer for information systems, and David Wantz, vice president for student affairs, mingle at the reception after the inauguration.

(Left) Freshman Theresa Hammond changes the Boys and Girls Club sign on Troy Ave. Toni Peabody, instructor ofsocial work, right and Leeann Harris, unit director of the club, assists after helping paint, clean and organize the interior of the club.

(Right) Senior Wade Baker plays in a jazz combo at the rePhoto by Katy Yeiser ception after the inauguration.

Photo by Crystle Collins

Photo by Crystle Collins

■ PROVOST

Ball State’s Deborah Balogh named UIndy provost Crystle Collins News Editor

The University of Indianapolis has recently named Deborah Balogh of Ball State University as the new Provost.

Balogh is the current interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at BSU, where she has served since 1981.

The current university interim provost is Mary Moore, who has been filling the position since Everette Freeman left in October of 2005. The search for a new provost began shortly after Freeman’s departure.

“We had over 60 applications from

highly qualified persons and several international applications,” said David Wantz, vice president for student affairs.

“It was difficult to narrow it down to the top 16, but once we did, we saw four people who stood out.”

The four candidates chosen by the search committee as finalists were Balogh, Moore, Yatish Shah, provost and executive vice chancellor of the University of Missouri-Rolla, and Linda Pritchard, dean of college of Arts and Sciences at Eastern Michigan University.

“We took the best eight people that looked good on paper and made telephone interviews,” Wantz said. “Then we chose the top four that sounded engaging, not

vague or stuffy.” The top four had to display a distinguished academic past, and a breadth of experience along with strong character and have chemistry with the university community during the visiting.

Balogh visited the university on March 2 and “wowed” faculty and staff according to Wantz and several members of administration.

“What attracted me to the position is the emphasis on combining liberal education with preparation for professional careers, the strong commitment of the faculty to the mission of the institution, the extensive involvements of the institution in the community and the excellent

academic programs,” Balogh said.

According to BSU’s Web site, Balogh was named interim provost and vice president of academic affairs on June 1, 2005. Before the appointment she was associate provost, which began April 2003.

She has also held the positions of dean of graduate school, appointed in 1999, director of graduate student development, appointed in 1996 professor of psychology science and coordinator of graduate studies between 1983-1994.

Wantz said he wanted to dispell rumors that have surfaced about the relationship that Pitts and Balogh have, because they worked together previously at BSU. “I think it’s an insult to both women

for people to think that there was any sort of set idea in President Pitts’ mind about hiring Dr. Balogh from the start, or any other idea about Dr. Balogh using her connection to get the position,” Wantz said. “Dr. Balogh pulled herself up on her own measure and is a courageous and charming woman.”

The provost search committee all agreed that Balogh brings a new perspective from a big school to U of I and that she will make an excellent addition to the university community, according to Wantz.

Balogh will officially take over as provost for the 2006-2007 academic school year.

News at a Glance

TOWN HALL MEETING Crystle Collins News Editor The University of Indianapolis Student Government and the Smoking Ban Task Force held a “Town Hall” meeting on March 31. The meeting was emceed

by Smoking Ban chair and Vice President for Student Affairs, David Wantz.

Candace Anliker, ISG member, began the meeting with an introduction of Wantz, who then gave a brief overview of the Smoking Ban Policy’s current progress.

The meeting was intended to allow students, faculty and staff to voice their ideas about the policy before implementation.

Wantz stated that he believes this (smoking on campus) is not a health related issue. Sophomore Nick Tipton asked “if it is not a health related issue, then

what is it?”

ISG used the meeting to gather ideas, along with the Task Force, on where to place temporary, designated smoking areas until a time when the campus will go smoke free.

“We will be a smoke free campus. President Pitts has already announced that,” Wantz said. “However, we need to accommodate people while we transition.

That is why we will be offering cessation classes and are asking for input about designated smoking areas on campus.”

The idea of building aesthetically pleasing structures for smokers that could be converted into studying or recreational areas after the smoking ban implementation was given by freshman Sandra Nelson.

All ideas for designated smoking areas and other comments or concerns should be addressed to Smoking Ban Task Force committee members, or Wantz directly.

GUEST SPEAKERS Crystle Collins News Editor

The University of Indianapolis Department of Communication will host two guest speakers at their annual communication awards ceremony on April 21 at noon in Good Hall Recital Hall.

Irwin Gratz has been a broadcast journalist for more than 25 years and is the morning edition producer for the Main Public Broadcasting Network. He was a reporter, anchor and news director for commercial radio stations for 12 years. He has spent the last 13 years as a morning news anchor for public radio.

Betsy Ashton, award-winning broadcast and print journalist, also will speak at the award ceremony. She has two decades of experience in reporting, anchoring and print journalism. Ashton is the vice president of the board of directors, as well as the chair of the development committee, of the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation.

The two speakers are a part of the National Freedom of Information Coalition that is taking place on April 21.

OPINION

PAGE 2 THE REFLECTOR ■ DUBAI PORTS DEAL

Failed ports deal reflects culture of fear Sandra Arao Ameny Staff Writer

The failure of the Dubai ports deal reflects intolerance and prejudice towards Arabs. The controversial deal would have allowed Dubai Ports World, a company owned by the United Arab Emirates, to operate six major American ports.

According to CNN, DP World bought London-based Peninsula & Oriental Steam Navigational Company for $6.8 million, giving DP World the right to operate six major American ports, including ports in areas such as New Orleans, New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia.

Three-quarters of cargo containers pass through terminals that are leased to international companies. Some of these companies are based in Denmark, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea and China. So, what is all the fuss over another international company leasing another American port?

Politicians who opposed the Dubai port deal have repeatedly pointed out that the deal would have jeopardized national security. They are quick to point out that two of the 9/11 hijackers came from the UAE and that the hijackers attained the funding from Dubai banks prior to the attack. They also are eager to point out that the UAE was one of three nations to give recognition to the Taliban’s regime in Afghanistan. These are not hard points to sell at face value, but one must analyze and be educated about all the facts before writing off DP World and the UAE altogether.

The reality is that the UAE has been a necessary ally in the Middle East in the war against terrorism. According to The New York Times, after the Sept. 11

Attacks, the UAE cut all diplomatic ties with the Taliban, especially when the Bush administration was calling for Afghanistan to give up Osama Bin Laden. Secondly, the U.S. Navy uses the port of Dubai, and the U.S. Air Force uses the UAE airfield to launch weapons into Iraq and Afghanistan. If the U.S. labels all Arab countries as threats, even an ally, it will only create more enemies. After the invasion of Iraq and the prison abuse cases, the U.S. image in the Arab world plummeted. Refusing business from a legitimate Arab company and connecting all Arab countries with terrorists and enemies will only tarnish the U.S. image in the international community.

After bipartisan opposition in Congress and public opinion polls, DP World agreed to a 45-day review and even offered to divert its holdings to an American company. DP World was poised to subject itself to scrutiny and cooperated to show politicians and the American people that it was legitimate and willing to comply with Congress’s demands. Unfortunately, the deal fell apart.

What the public tends to forget, behind all the political rhetoric, sound bites and patriotism, is that Dubai was the first place to join the U.S. Container Security Initiative, a program that allowed U.S. Customs to go to overseas ports and check cargo that was bound for America.

According to Time Magazine, Stephen Flynn of the Council on Foreign Relations said that DP World is not “a shadow organization of Al Qaeda.”

Even Jimmy Carter, who is known to criticize the Bush administration, defended the deal and told CNN that the deal was not a particular threat to U.S. security. Why is it permissible to allow some international companies inside U.S. borders, yet chase other companies away? Are we not undermining national security by allowing

any international company, regardless of origin, to lease ports in the U.S.?

The reality is that the DP World deal fell apart simply because we were dealing with an Arab country. Ironically, the war on terror, highlighted with words like “democracy,” “liberation” and “freedom,” has exposed an uglier side of ourselves that some of us refuse to see: intolerance. We rant and rave about the freedoms we are going to bring to people in Iraq, yet we do not display tolerance and non-prejudicial attitudes.

It’s time to wake up. We do not only fear national security breeches. We fear a culture and a people that we do not understand, a people we have equated with nothing but terrorists.

In my opinion, the Dubai Ports World deal was blocked by politicians who made decisions on too little, and biased information. Even worse, the public was not adequately educated about both sides of the issue and automatically jumped on the bandwagon to support protectionist laws without really understanding that the UAE and DP World are actually legitimate and necessary players in the war on terror.

It is unfortunate when politicians can exhibit Anti-Arab sentiment and no one checks them for intolerance or prejudice. What if this were one of us facing scrutiny in a foreign country? Wouldn’t we want to be measured with fairness and respect?

Even though it crumbled, the Dubai Ports World deal gives us an opportunity to examine our political conscience.

Before we raise our banners of democracy and wave our American flags, we should ask ourselves if we are tolerant enough to refrain from stereotyping a group of people as terrorists. We should challenge ourselves to recognize that not all Arab countries or companies are a threat and consider the possibility that the entities may be legitimate business partners and necessary allies in the war on terror.

APRIL 5, 2006 ■ LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: I am writing in response to an opinion piece featured in your March 8 issue entitled “Sophomore questions worth of L/P credit.” I have to say, as a UIndy alumnus, I was not surprised by this viewpoint. I, like most other UIndy students I’ve talked to, absolutely hated L/P. It was like a big credit card bill. No matter how many times I looked at that total on the not-so-trustworthy UIndy intranet, it never seemed to go down. Sometimes I even thought it was going up. It’s like L/P had some kind of APR. That said, I’m very happy to have been given the opportunity to participate in the L/P program. And by “given the opportunity,” I mean forced, and by “very happy,” I mean traumatized. Just kidding… it sucks, but not as badly as Kim Hopper suggests.

First of all, as Ms. Hopper mentions, L/P consists of credits given for seemingly arbitrary events. This is undeniably true, and I believe those in charge of L/P know that, however arbitrary, at least students are attending some kind of event, so they deserve credit. I’m serious. There’s no rhyme or reason to the credit-worthiness of potential L/P events. Don’t believe me? The next time you go out to a bar with your friends and there’s live music (or even a cover charge for 80s night at The Vogue, I don’t care), keep the receipt. You can probably argue yourself into an L/P credit. The next time you’re killing time between classes in Good Hall and you see some political science students doing their half-hour moot court, or model UN team meetings, stop in, observe, walk away with an L/P. Heck, I bet you don’t even have to stay for the duration of most of these “lectures” and “performances.” No one cares as much as they want you to believe. They want you to graduate just as badly as you want to graduate. Remember, you’re paying them.

This brings me to my next point. Ms. Hopper questions the importance of L/P, asserting that, as a solution, UIndy should “invest in some of those ‘slack off’ classes… we could handle them the private university way and make them extra hard and super-boring.” First of all, what does this mean? Nothing I took at UIndy was “extra hard and super-boring.” I flirted with a little bit of “extra hard” here and there, but “extra hard” was never “super-boring.” As for L/P, it fit neither of these descriptions because I was smart about it.

Believe me, I’ve heard the derisive laughter and snide comments from my IU and Ball State friends. “Dude, you have to go to a twenty minute speech on tax preparation while all I have to do is take The History of Tai Chi for a whole semester. It’s extra easy and super fun, even though I’m in class for four months and have tests, quizzes and homework.”

I’m not exaggerating. I once had a friend from Ball State laugh at my desire to receive L/P credit for attending a hip-hop show, while he “got to do it for fun.” Meanwhile, I showed my ticket stub, got my credit (and it really took the fun out of the whole experience for me, let me tell you), and he went back to five more wasted weeks of aerobic walking. So please, don’t complain about blow-off classes. They’re just semester-long L/P credit events.

Just face the facts. L/P isn’t going away. UIndy wants you to be well rounded. Don’t complain about L/P. Just let them think it’s doing its job. And be careful what you wish for, because it might come true, and your “slack-off classes” could come back and bite you where it hurts.

Peace, Lucas Klipsch Class of 2005

contact millervk@uindy.edu with any questions

Artwork by Emily Scott

■ EDITORIAL

Protests at U.S. soldiers’ funerals spark legislation, enrage editor Their protests at soldiers’ funerals have sparked the most controversy and led to most of the legislation. They believe that soldiers are evil because they die defending a country that tolerates hoMembers of the small congregation of Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, mosexuality. This is faulty logic at best, Kan., have made headlines recently for and really it is just plain stupid.

Members of the group have (to date) their anti-homosexual protests across interrupted more than 100 soldiers’ the country at soldiers’ funerals. Their funerals (including some in Lafayette, actions have been so offensive that a Evansville and Elkhart) by standing number of states, including Indiana, near the funeral or memorial service have passed, or are in the process of of a fallen soldier with signs that say passing, legislation restricting where despicable things like “God Hates You,” and when people can demonstrate at a “Thank God for 9/11,” “God is Your funeral.

Enemy,” “God Hates Fags” and “You’re Before I go into an all-out tirade Going to Hell” and chanting equally about why these people are lunatics, I offensive phrases. Not only are the should tell you a little more about the adult church members doing this, but congregation, the protests and their they take their kids, too! One picture of logic (or lack thereof). According to the protests shows a woman with her both the church’s Web site nine-year-old son, both of whom are (www.godhatesfags.com – yes, this is holding similar signs and smiling. NINE really the name of their Web site and YEARS OLD! with that, I could probably end this Phelps and his followers show no editorial right now, but I will continue) and various news sources (ABC News, remorse for their actions and plan to continue them. When asked by ABC CNN, USA Today, etc.), the church News how he would respond to a was founded and is still led by 76widow who asked him to leave, he year-old pastor Fred Phelps. Most of replied, “No. Some maudlin widow. the congregation is comprised of his Look, you’re partly to blame for him family members, which includes (to date) 13 children, 54 grandchildren and being dead, woman.” Yes, this heartless, uncaring man said these exact words. five great-grandchildren. Although the Not only do they believe this crap, they church has the word “Baptist” in its choose to share their message at a time name, according to MSNBC, it is not when people are grieving the loss of a affiliated with a larger denomination. loved one. LEAVE THEM ALONE! The group first gained notoriety Fortunately, some motorcycle-riding by protesting at the funerals of AIDS veterans have formed a group called the victims in the 1990s. Since then, they Patriot Guard to try to protect the grievhave made it their mission to spread their hate-filled doctrine by protesting at ing families. This group comes to funerthe funerals of slain American soldiers, als where the congregation is protesting and blocks them from the view of the as well as other places like the funerfamily members with their bikes and als of the West Virginia coal miners.

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American flags. As the family members and other mourners come by, the group revs their engines to drown out the cacophony of protestors. These patriots, heroes in my opinion, do this out of the kindness of their hearts in order to spare these families further anguish. God bless them.

When I first learned about this socalled church, I was appalled. First of all, they should not be called a church.

They are more like a cult. The definition of a cult, according to dictionary.com, is this: “a religion or religious sect generally considered to be extremist or false... under the guidance of an authoritarian, charismatic leader.”

Also, they are NOT, I repeat, NOT Christians. They give Christians a bad name by doing this stuff and causing people to generalize that all Christians are like this. Remember how they seem to fit the definition of cult? Well, here are a couple definitions of “Christian” that they don’t fit into: “professing belief in Jesus as Christ or following the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus” and “showing a loving concern for others.” This group comes nowhere near following the life and teachings of Jesus. If they bothered to read more of the Bible than just what they want to read, they would notice that Jesus spent a lot of his time with people who were rejected by society, including lepers, Samaritans and tax collectors.

They pick a few choice words from the Bible, mostly from the Old Testament, paste them together and call it doctrine. They do not teach the Word of God, but rather a polluted, false form of it and they use ridiculous logic to justify it. They say that the only hope that

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people (specifically homosexuals) have is “to listen to the preaching of Westboro Baptist Church.” This direct quote from their Web site is not a message of hope. If they were trying to witness to people about being a Christian, they would tell them to turn to the teachings of the Bible for hope, not the teachings of Westboro Baptist Church.

You don’t need to take a critical thinking course to figure out that the idea that God kills soldiers because there are homosexuals in America is absurd. That’s like saying 1+1 equals 594.

They use the story of Sodom and Gomorrah to justify this. Anyone who has even casually read the Bible will know that God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because of the things the people of these cities did - things like trying to attack visitors to the city. Them. Not other people – the people who actually committed the sins. God does not punish people for things they didn’t do.

Another of their teachings is that God is a God of hate. They basically teach that if you do not believe everything they say, God hates you and you are going to hell. Well, I have read the Bible too, and I have a number of verses to directly refute these false claims.

Here are just a few verses to keep in mind: “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God because God is love.” 1 John 4:7-8 (NIV).

Another verse says, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came

by Jesus Christ.” Romans 3:23-24.

All have sinned. ALL – including you, Freddie.

Here are a few more verses that not only show the love of God, but the sin these people commit by hating others. “Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness.” 1 John 2:9; “If anyone says ‘I love God,’ yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.” 1 John 4:20; and finally, “Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in Him.” 1 John 3:15. Read that, you crazies. I’m sure they don’t like to be told they are lying murderers stuck in darkness. But, hey, I’m just quoting the Bible.

While I’m sure that I am now going to hell for calling them out, I realize that hating them is not the answer either; in fact, it only makes things worse and directly contradicts the verses I just quoted. The Bible also says (a quote from Jesus) “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” Matthew 5:44. So although the members of this congregation may be hateful and ignorant, we should not hate them, for that makes us no better than they are. We should pray for them and feel sorry that their lives are so consumed with hate.

And while I hope they change their beliefs and leave the grieving soldiers’ families alone, I also realize that under the U.S. Constitution, they have the right to free speech, just like every other American. However, I won’t be surprised to see a new Web site called “godhatesvaleriemiller.com.” That’s OK, I’m changing my name soon anyway.

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■ TRAVEL GRANTS

Travel grants awarded at Presidential Inauguration Ruth Shirley Staff Writer

Ten students were chosen to reflect President Beverley Pitts’ presidential inauguration theme, “Passport to Possibilities,” as ambassadors of the university in four different countries.

Each student was selected through an application process in the travel grant program, “Passport to the World,” to receive $4,000 in an open-ended grant, so they can explore the country chosen in their application essay. The winners were announced during the Investiture Ceremony on March 29 and participated in a luncheon with Pitts and the Athens campus Chancellor and Vice-President, Visilis Votopoulos.

Pitts and the committee wanted to celebrate in a unique way, while showcasing “what is good at the University of Indianapolis: our students,” said Inauguration Committee Chair Monica Woods.

They wanted to honor the statement in the university mission that says the university is committed to fostering “international relationships and programs that promote intercultural understanding, awareness, and appreciation,” as well as “campus culture that embraces and celebrates human diversity.”

More than 80 students applied for the travel grants. The ten winners are required to use the grant between May 2006 and August 2007 and to write an essay within a month of their return describing their travel experiences. The planning of the trips and completion are being advised through Mimi Chase, Director of the International Division, and the Office of International Relations.

Representatives from the host universities will greet the students, but that is the only predetermined aspect of their trips. The recipients are encouraged to take side-trips and visit surrounding countries, according to Woods. Some students have specific goals to achieve, and others will spend their grants “as a tourist but also as a learner of life, if you will,” Woods said.

Three students chose Stellenbosch University in South Africa as their destination: sophomore Hilary Foltz, senior Todd Harrington, and senior Mboone Umbima. Graduate student Molly Schiel chose the South America campus in Belieze.

Foltz, an elementary education major from Dyer, Ind., also is going with a clear goal in mind.

She will be volunteering at the Christel House—a school for impoverished children funded by Christel DeHaan.

“I just believed that I should do it,” Foltz said.

“I think it will really help me as I teach later on.”

Her trip is tentatively scheduled for the summer of 2007.

School of Adult Learning student Harrington of Anderson, Ind., who will graduate this year with a degree in liberal studies, is looking forward to going to Africa. While in South Africa, he plans to go on a safari, possibly visit a neighboring country and visit the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, which documents the history of the black/white

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Ten students from the University of Indianapolis were awarded $4,000 travel grants on March 29 at President Beverley Pitts’ Inaguration. The grants will allow the students to travel to South Africa, Belieze, China, Taiwain or the university’s sister campus in Athens, Greece. segregationist Apartheid government which fell in the early 1990’s. Harrington plans to travel this August.

Schiel, a graduate student and B.U.I.L.D tutor studying human biology, plans on working closely with the host university in the anatomy and anthropology department. She will work with the faculty there as a teaching and laboratory assistant, as well as do independent research for her thesis.

According to Schiel, the school does casework for South America and she will be assisting in the cases, gaining more experience in that field. She also plans to visit the Transvaal Museum, which houses many important skeletal collections. Schiel will travel in February 2007.

Umbima, from Nairobi, Kenya, chose South Africa out of curiosity and planning for the future.

“It’s the New York of Africa. It’s very modern,” Umbima said. She also considers it a place to relocate after completing a master’s degree.

Umbima plans to travel this August.

Another destination for four students is Greece, through the UIndy sister campus in Athens. The students traveling to Greece are freshman Ross Atteberry, sophomore Ryan Davis, freshman

Phyllinga Jackson and junior Kelli Norton.

Atteberry, a history major from Westfield, Ind., chose Greece primarily for its historical importance. While in Greece, he plans to see the ancient sites, such as the Acropolis, study the Greek military and explore the Mediterranean Sea. In addition to Greece, he hopes to spend time in another European country in cities such as Paris or Rome. Atteberry is considering using the grant towards the Odyssey in Athens Study-Abroad program. He plans to travel this summer.

For international relations major Davis, from Indianapolis, this grant is his first opportunity to travel outside the United States and explore Europe, where he hopes to complete graduate school and possibly work. He plans to travel early this summer.

Jackson, a Spanish and elementary education major, chose Greece so she could explore the various facets of the country, and to also experience a new and different place. She said “[when you travel], you get an education of others.” It’s so different but the same.” Jackson is undecided about her travel time.

Norton, a School for Adult Learning student, is studying organizational leadership and will tentatively graduate in May 2007. She said Greece has

always held her fascination—Greek mythology, food and architecture. Also, because she plans to have a job in the service industry, she wants to experience as much cultural diversity as possible.

“It’s an opportunity for me to see how people out side of the United States live, how they study, what interests them, where they go when they let their hair down,” Norton said. Norton has not yet planned a travel date.

Junior Andrea Buchler, a Spanish teaching major from Fort Wayne, Ind., is traveling to Belize.

She chose Belize to improve her Spanish by being immersed in it and to experience the culture, which is a diverse mixture including Creole, Garifunan, and Mayan. She plans to travel in May and stay at the host college, Galen University, in a program with other international students.

Hilary Conklin, a senior psychology major from Rushville, Ind., will travel to Taiwan, Republic of China. While in Taiwan, Conklin plans to stay with her friend, Teichan and her family. According to Conklin, Teichan attended UIndy for a year as an international student, and the two became friends.

“She has always been thankful to my family [for] teaching her [about] American culture,” Conklin said.

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Susan Decker is running for ISG president for the 2006-2007 school year.

She has been a member of ISG for three years, serving as current vice president and commuter representative. She is a junior communication major with an emphases in electronic media and public relations.

“If elected as ISG President, my goals are to impact the UIndy community by increasing school pride, commuter relations, increasing campus communication and empowering all students to have the best overall experience while at UIndy,” Decker said.

Ryan Hallett is running for ISG Vice President for the 2006-2007 school year.

He has been a member of ISG for two years. He is a current sophomore, double majoring in political science and Spanish.

“If I become ISG Vice President, a few of my goals would be to strengthen the lines of communication between faculty and staff with the students,” Hallett said.

“I believe it is important for the faculty and staff to know what is on the minds of students because without the students the University of Indianapolis would not exist.”

Isaac Hughes is running for ISG Treasurer for the 2006-2007 school year.

Hughes has been a member of ISG for one year, and has served as Treasurer. He is a current freshman majoring in economics and says he may want to go into banking or financial consultation.

“My main goal as Treasurer will be to keep things running smoothly with the finances of all the organizations on campus,” Hughes said.

Kevin Dunleavy is running for ISG secretary for the 2006-2007 school year.

Dunleavy is a history and political science major, with a concentration in Pre-Law. He is in his first year at the university but has the standing of a sophomore. He has been a member of ISG for one year and participated in several committees within ISG. “With the education that I obtain here I hope to pursue the career of an international lawyer after law school, but I really want to go into politics later on in life,” Dunleavy said.

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■ MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING

UIndy hosts national swim meet Marios Panagi (right) congratulates Jeremy Lindauer (left) after their relay race.

Junior Sten Roosvald competes in the 200-meter butterfly, placing ninth at 58.33.

Sten Roosvald dives in to begin his leg of the medley relay.

Valerie Crosby races during the final stretch of the 100meter butterfly.

Alison Smith sits exhausted after finishing third in the 200-meter freestyle.

Photos by Katy Yeiser

Men’s and women’s Head Coach Gary Kinkead presents 2005 GLIAC Swimmer of the Year Alison Smith with third place in the 200-meter freestyle.

Junior Holly Spohr receives one of her three awards on the day.

■ MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING

UIndy women seize top ten in nationals UIndy hosts ‘superior’ meet Sara Roberts Staff Writer The University of Indianapolis women’s swim team ended this year’s season in ninth place at the NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving National Championships.

Junior Alison Smith followed up her fourth place performance from last year in the 200 free with a strong third place showing. Smith led for the lion’s share of the race, but ended up losing by less than a half of a second, and missing second by .23 seconds.

On March 9, the second day of nationals, the ‘Hounds were swimming strong, qualifying for finals in the 200 free relay, 400 medley relay, 400 individual medley and 100 fly. Junior Holly Spohr, freshman Casey Owen, senior Meghan Duhadway, and sophomore Valerie Crosby earned tenth place in the 200 free relay. At the end of the day, UIndy was in eighth place with a total of 95 points.

“I think that throughout the season,

we set ourselves up for a great season,” Spohr said. “In our dual meets, we only lost to the team that won the Division II title... At nationals, we were set up to do some great swims, but we never quite got on the right beat for the rest of the meet. We still did really well, but it just was not as good as we were expected to do.”

During the third day of nationals, the women ‘Hounds qualified in the 800 free relay. Spohr, sophomore Ellie Miller, freshman Katie Murray, and Smith swam a 7:44.24 took ninth place.

At the end of day, the three women fell to 10th place with a total of 117 points.

During the last day of nationals, the women pulled together to finish in ninth place with a total of 157 points.

Spohr took sixth in the women’s 100 free, and Smith ended in 13th place.

In the women’s 200 breast, junior Niki Stevens qualified for finals in 16th and then deducted .34 off of her qualifying time to end in 14th place. For the women’s 400 free relay, Spohr, Owen, Murray and Smith swam a 3:33.96,

finishing in ninth place.

At the end of the 2006 nationals, five of the ‘Hounds were named AllAmericans. Crosby, sophomore Amanda Herd, Smith, and Stevens placed fifth in the 200 medley relay, fifth in the 200 medley relay, third in the 200 free, and fifth in the 200 medley relay, respectively. Spohr was also named an All-American, placing fifth in the 50 free, sixth in the 100 free, and fifth in the 200 medley relay.

“One of my goals this year was to become an All-American in one of my individual events,” Spohr said. “I was thrilled each time I found out I made it into the finals.”

With the season at its end, the women ‘Hounds are on their way to an even better season next year.

“We should be getting some more fast swimmers next year that will help us out as a team,” Spohr said. “I think that the outcomes of this season were eye openers for the team and it has given us the fuel for the fire for next year.”

Men take 11th place finish in NCAA Willie Little Staff Writer

The University of Indianapolis men’s swim team end the season with a 6-1 record, with a strong third finish at conference and a healthy representation at the national competition.

This year, UIndy hosted the 2006 Division II Swimming and Diving Championship. Sophomore Hanno Ahonen, freshman Greg Jarvis, junior Jeremy Lindauer, sophomore Kieran O’Neill, freshmen Marios Panagi and junior Sten Roosvald all qualified as 2006 All-Americans.

Junior Sten Roosvald qualified for the nationals for the 100- and 200meter butterfly as well as the 200- and 400-meter medley relay.

“I felt honored to be able to swim with all my teammates and compete at the national level,” he said. “Even if I didn’t win, it felt like I was a champion.

During the first day of the competition, the men’s 200 medley relay Panagi, Lindauer, Roosvald and O’Neill clocked 1:33.33. The time was .54 faster than their preliminary time, earning a 12th place finish. On the second day of competition, the UIndy

men’s 200 free relay team tied for fifth place with Drury University when Panagi, O’Neill, Jarvis and Lindauer dropped .6 seconds off their preliminary time, swimming 1:23.36. Later, in the 400 medley relay, the men placed 10th with, Panagi, Lindauer, Roosvald and O’Neill cutting 1.26 seconds off their preliminary time to clock 3:24.81.

During the third day of competition, the men’s hard work and effort and were rewarded when four swimmers qualified for the finals. Ahonen, Panagi, Lindauer and Roosvald swam well in the finals, qualifying in the 500 free, 100 back, 100 breast and 200 fly, respectively.

Roosvald said he felt that during nationals he learned the importance of a team.

“I have learned that teamwork can push me through any barrier,” Roosvald said. “The overall feeling was [that] we really missed all of our teammates because some of them weren’t able to compete. But the ones that were there showed us a lot of love and support as we raced. Being from the Great Lakes conference and knowing some of the swimmers, we cheered for our teammates as well as the swimmers from the conference.”

With the national championship being held in Indianapolis this year the team felt a lot of pride in representing the UIndy well.

“It felt really good swimming in one the world’s fastest pools, and having your own teammates and friends

see you compete to the best of your ability,” Ahonen said. “I feel like I’ve really accomplished a lot this season, I’m looking forward to next season and my team being in nationals.”

Katy Yeiser Managing Editor The University of Indianapolis’ ability to host a national swim championship is second to none, according to Gary Kinkead.

“Superior… superior,” said Kinkead, the men’s and women’s swim coach, when comparing UIndy’s hosting performance to others. “There were a lot of coaches and spectators who would come up to me and comment that we need to have it here every year.”

Kinkead initiated the idea to host the national swim meet at the IUPUI Swim Natatorium to Athletic Director Sue Willey over a year ago. The athletic administration then requested their desires to host a national swim meet at the natatorium to the NCAA. Kinkead and the athletic administration felt they had a chance to host the event because of the reputation of IUPUI’s Natatorium. The natatorium is known among swimming circles as the best and quickest swimming venue in the nation.

Following UIndy’s request for the natatorium, the NCAA investigated if IUPUI had the proper facilities, parking arrangements and availability to host such an event. UIndy was eventually notified that the natatorium was suitable for the Division II meet and would be available for the 2006 national meet.

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UIndy put in a bid to host the event that year and the NCAA awarded hosting responsibilities to UIndy a year before the 2006 national meet.

It is the first national championships UIndy has ever hosted.

UIndy began officially planning for the event in September of 2005 and had to organize practically every facet of the championship. A committee was formed within the athletic department to coordinate the championship.

Assistant Athletic Director Lynn Griffin, Kinkead and Willey all noted that the administration put on a smooth event without too many hitches.

“I think for UIndy’s first job on hosting a national championship, we did it upright,” Willey said.

Kinkead attributed the hosting success to Willey “I have been to 12 Division II swim nationals and I have never seen the AD from the hosting institution,” Kinkead said. “She was there every minute of the day and that’s what made it run well.”

One thing the committee felt they did right was providing studentathletes with their own hospitality room, separate from the officials and coaches hospitality rooms. The student-athlete lounge was stocked with food catered by Polk Food Services, drinks, snacks and wireless laptop computers.

“When they came in the first thing they did was put their stuff down and go to the athlete lounge and check out was there. It was a real treat,” Kinkead said. “Sue said from the very beginning, ‘I want the Division II athletes to feel like they’re special’ and I think they did.”

Willey, Griffin and Kinkead said that numerous fans, student-athletes and the UIndy community voiced their praises for the universities hosting management and encouraged UIndy to host again.

“We had a lot of accolades from the announcers, from the officials… they just felt that they were treated with the greatest hospitality,” Willey said. “But I said, ‘that’s Hoosier hospitality, right?’”

All three said the strain of hosting a national championship is too great to put on a national championship every year. However, the athletic administration is considering placing a bid for the 2010 swim championships.

The final financial reports are still not available. UIndy has up to 60 days after the championships are over to submit the report.

“I think having not hosted a national championship before we weren’t sure about making money or not,” Griffin said. “It’s just about hosting a great event and hopefully breaking even.”

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APRIL 5, 2006

■ BASEBALL

Fast start for UIndy cools off with three weekend losses to Quincy Matt Kogan Staff Writer The University of Indianapolis Greyhounds baseball team got off to an 11-9 start, despite a tough weekend against Quincy where they dropped three of the four games.

The March 22 doubleheader against St. Joe’s was postponed following the March 22 snow and will be made up as part of a doubleheader on April 25. The layoff didn’t appear to help the ‘Hounds much, however, as the ‘Hounds dropped a pair of games at Quincy on Saturday, 3-1 and 5-1. The lone RBI in the first game came in the fifth inning after the ‘Hounds got three straight hits, all coming with two outs left.

The second game was also close, staying tied 1-1 in the seventh inning before the Hawks scored four runs in

Photo by Megan Komlanc

Kyle Frangiamore plays third base while pitcher Michael Melvin throws. the bottom half of the seventh inning to pull away with a 5-1 victory in the doubleheader.

In the Sunday doubleheader, the

■ MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

‘Hounds won the first game 4-2 as senior Kyle Frangiamore went two for four with two RBIs, including a tworun single in the seventh, providing the

winning runs.

The Hawks responded with a 4-3 win in the second game, even though junior Brent Zarney pitched well in six innings of work and senior Austin Dougherty went 3 for 4. The Hounds dropped to 11-9 overall and 8-9 in the conference.

Even after a tough weekend, the players felt like things are off to a good start.

“The team has been great,” said senior pitcher Nathan Kragel. “Pitching wise, we are doing fine. The team Earned Run Average is decent. I’ve had solid outings in which our pitching coach [Cody Fischer] has called the right pitches. Middle relief has been terrific so far.”

While pitching and defense have been strong for UIndy, offense has room to improve, according to junior Chase Wilson.

“So far, we’re happy with our 11-9

start but we’re still looking for more to come,” Wilson said. “Our leadoff man [Tom Bingham] has been a big factor.”

Despite offensive struggles, junior Tom Bingham feels that there has been improvement.

“We’re doing well and are coming alive,” Bingham said. “We should become more consistent with the bat as the season goes on. Some games we can score a lot of runs, but others we haven’t. The games against the University of Southern Indiana over spring break were close. The first two were won in our last-at-bat.”

The ‘Hounds’ next game includes a doubleheader against Lewis on April 5 before they hit the road for a pair of games this weekend against Bellarmine.

Scores for the ‘Hounds’ weekend doubleheaders against Missouri-St. Louis were unavailable as of Reflector press time.

■ MEN’S GOLF

Horban shot put champ UIndy golf looks to ‘break the rust off’ Katy Yeiser Managing Editor The men’s and women’s track and field teams capped off their indoor season with a national champion and three All-Americans.

During the Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships, sophomore Andrea Horban won the shot-put event with a UIndy record breaking throw of 48’4.5” meters despite her No. 4 seed.

“The throws coaches were a little surprised,” Horban said. “They told me they knew it was going to happen but didn’t think it would be this year.

So it really shocked everybody.”

Sophomore Emily Schaf almost duplicated Horban’s finish, with a second place finish in the high jump.

Schaf’s jump of 1.72 meters was her highest all season.

“I wasn’t expecting that. I was seeded fifth so I would have been okay with anything in the top 8 because my goal was to get All-American,” Schaf said. (All top 8 finishers in each event are awarded All-America honors.)

On the men’s side, sophomore hurdler Nick Hargrave earned his first All-America honor with a seventh place finish in the 60-meter hurdles.

His time of 8.17 was just .10 seconds shy of the UIndy record that he set earlier this season. Hargrave said he was satisfied with his run and AllAmerica honor, except for his start.

“At first I wasn’t ecstatic or anything, because I was mad about my start,” Hargrave said. “But after a while it sunk in and I was really excited and happy about that. All the competition kind of got to me and I was a little nervous so I think [that experience] will help me in the outdoors.”

The ‘Hounds momentum from the national meet carried over into the first meet of the outdoor season, during the Gerald England Track and Field Invitational.

UIndy swept the invitational with the men winning over Saint Joseph’s College by 21.5 points and the women winning over St. Joe’s as well, by a dominant 84 points.

Horban once again won the shot put with a 14.46 throw. She also won the hammer throw with a toss of 44.36. Senior Aaron Lawson also garnered a first place finish for the men in the hammer throw with a 52.72 throw. Schaf took first in the high jump, and the men finished in places one through five in the high jump with junior Adam Campagna taking first.

The men and women 4 x 400 relay teams swept the competition in their events and the women’s 4 x 100 team also won. Hargrave edged out the competition for a win in the 110 hurdles and junior Bathsheba Adams earned a victory in the 100 hurdles. In the 5000 run, junior distance runner Karen Bower won to round out the points for the ‘Hounds in the meet.

■ WRESTLING

Four ‘Hounds All-American Alison Hernandez Staff Writer The UIndy wrestling team saw four of its members named All-Americans after the NCAA Division II Nationals March 10-11.

Junior Joey Navarro, junior Mike Jackson, sophomore Shane Perkey, and sophomore Charlie Pingleton all competed at nationals and were named to the prestigous All-American team.

“I felt I wrestled okay (at nationals), I could have wrestled much better but I was so nervous my first match I felt like a deer in headlights,” Navarro said.

“After that first match Coach [Steven] Bradley kind of put things in perspective for me and told me that I was in a corner and I needed to fight my way out. After he said that, I was determined to win.”

According to Head Coach Jay Yates, the team wrestled particularly well at the meet, increasing the intensity after the first round.

“Our team did a great job,” Navarro said. “Everyone was hot the next day, and we were definitely in a zone and our wrestling showed it, because we placed tenth in the nation... I believe no other U of I wrestling team has placed that high.”

Yates had mixed reviews for the 2005-2006 season.

“For our dual meets, we were very far from reaching our goal of ten wins.

We only had five,” Yates said. “Nationally, though, we did reach the top ten, placing tenth, and this was a very big accomplishment for the program.”

Although the team did well at nationals, not all the team members reached their personal goals.

“I wanted to be the national champion,” Perkey said. “That simply didn’t happen, and there were a few opportunities I missed that could have turned the tables in my favor.”

The ‘Hounds now look forward to fighting for a national championship next year.

Ben Reed Online Editor The University of Indianapolis men’s golf team proved its capabilities in the Butler Spring Invitational on March 20. The team placed second in a field of six teams, including four Division I schools.

The tournament was scheduled to be a two-day, 36-hole event. Due to weather, it was shortened to a one-day, 18-hole event. The ‘Hounds ended with a score of 302, two strokes behind the first-placed finisher, University of Cincinnati.

Freshman Bryan Brackemyre led UIndy, shooting 73 and finishing third overall. Freshmen Justin Hueber and Kyle Pearson tied for ninth place overall with scores of 75.

The ‘Hounds placed fifth out of eight teams at the Wisconsin-Parkside Invitational on March 25. The tournament was mostly made up of Great Lakes Valley Conference teams. “We

definitely didn’t do as well as we thought we could do,” Pearson said.

Hueber led the ‘Hounds with a tworound score of 153. He finished 12th overall. Scheipeter finished one stroke back with a 154. He was consistent, scoring 77 both rounds. Pearson shot a 156 to end up in third place for UIndy.

Brackemyre and Prow finished fourth and fifth by earning scores of 158 and 168, respectively.

“We didn’t play as well [compared to the Butler Spring Invite], but I’m not concerned being that it is so early in the season,” Scheipeter said. “We still have time to sharpen our games before the district and conference tournament.”

The ‘Hounds also competed in the Great Lakes Regional Invite #2 at Perry Park Golf Course in Kentucky on April 1-2. As of Reflector press time, results were unavailable.

UIndy has been inconsistent in recent competition. Scheipeter believes that the team’s recent lack of steadiness may be due to the long winter off-season.

“We are all just trying to break the rust off. We are all working hard to get back into the flow of things,” he said.

“Most of us are having trouble with the short game, especially on the greens. It is very difficult to find a place to putt.”

The men feel that the coaching staff has had a positive impact on the ‘Hounds. Pearson commented that he is happy to see next year’s coach, Brent Nicoson, helping out Coach Ken Partridge, who will be retiring after the season. “[Nicoson] has made himself very available for the players,” Pearson said. “He has already been able to contribute a lot to the program and is doing a great job.”

Next up for UIndy is the GLVC tournament, April 10-11, at Otter Creek Golf Course in Columbus, Ind. Scheipeter has high expectations for the ‘Hounds. “Although we have an extremely young team, I fully expect to compete for the GLVC championship,” he said. “I would love to bring the title to Coach Partridge in his last year, so he can go out a winner.”

■ WOMEN’S GOLF

Injury has ‘Hounds off to slow opening Amy Remsburg Feature Editor

Coming off a strong fall season, the women’s golf team struggled through opening tournaments. The women finished 13th out of 17 at the Northern Kentucky Spring Invitational on March 25 and sixth out of nine teams at the Bellarmine Women’s Invitational in Louisville. Junior Kristi Piepenbrink placed fourth overall and senior Amanda Lowe tied for 25th.

Junior Jenna Brown, the No. 2 player on the team, missed the tournaments due to an injury.

“With a small team of only five players, having Jenna sit out the tournaments really hurt us,” said Head Coach Ken Piepenbrink.

Besides missing a key player, the team had only three opportunities to practice outside before the tournaments. Because of cold weather and unfavorable greens, the team has practiced in the golf dome and in the Ruth Lilly Fitness Center.

“In golf, it is critical to be practicing on grass outdoors,” Ken Piepenbrink said. “Players must learn how to adapt to the individual conditions of each course.”

Ken Piepenbrink feels that the best way to overcome the tournaments is to

Photo by Megan Komlanc

Coach Ken Piepenbrink checks Kristi Piepenbrink’s grip. look at what the team has accomplished and is capable of doing.

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Brown thinks the entire team is focused on their short games. “We really struggle with putting consistency,” she said. “Putting is really where your score can be lowered. Nothing will affect score as much.”

According to Ken Piepenbrink, putting and driving take up about 75 percent of all shots.

“We’d like to eliminate three putts and turn two putts into one,” Ken Piepenbrink said. “Putting is a tough part of the game. It takes a lot of concentration, trust and experience.”

Although the team didn’t perform as well as members would have liked, their record from the fall season indicates they will be strong contenders for the remainder of the spring season. The team placed third in the GLVC tournament last October. The Greyhounds have been ranked in the top 20 in the country all year. Kristi Piepenbrink also has been consistently ranked in the top 10 all year.

With several experienced players, Brown feels confident the team will take the tournaments in stride and keep getting better.

The team’s goal for the end of the season is to be in the top six and make their regional tournament in Ohio. Ken Piepenbrink believes that the team’s statistics speak for themselves.

“If they all played their best game at the same time, there’s a chance to win a national championship.”

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FINAL FOUR SPECIAL SECTION

APRIL 5, 2006

GATOR BAIT

Florida whips UCLA, wins first national basketball championship in the RCA Dome seats, but Noah had been right on the eve of the title game.

History doesn’t win championships. If UCLA is the past of this sport, Noah is INDIANAPOLIS _ There was unmistakably the future.

Joakim Noah flying down the middle Noah made a lot of money in this of the floor, pony tail bobbing, defense tournament, a guaranteed top NBA pick clearing, and the ball rising higher and developing out of a freshman bench higher, above the rim, above college player at Florida. Gators coach Billy basketball and slamming the ball on Donovan will wave goodbye, wish the UCLA dynasty. There was Noah’s him well, and thank him for delivering bony, windmill arms swinging down, him that Final Four championship. He blocking Bruins shots and starting the had 16 points, nine rebounds and six fast break with his dribble. There was blocks. It was one of the most beautiNoah doing it all. fully played basketball games you’ll He blew kisses to the cheerleadever want to see. ers. And when the 73-57 beat-down of Florida turned this 73-57 beat-down UCLA was done, when Florida was the of UCLA into a dunk-fest, throwing national champion, Noah stood on a press table and did the Gator chop with down one after another, after another, until the Bruins were ducking for cover. his school’s fans.

This was one of the great performances Noah, out of New York City and in NCAA title history, one of the most Europe, out of the funkiest of sporting dominant in tournament history. genes belonging to his old man, YanDonovan still looks like the Long nick, did it all Monday night. Kareem Island kid who worked Wall Street Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton watched with that stiff haircut, starched white dress shirt and perpetual grimace, but it would be the son of the goofy tennis star, a New York City kid with 10 years of childhood in France that would turn his so-serious coach into a jubilant kid.

This was the kind of avalanche of excess that you would expect to see out of a football school, a Spurrier-esque romp to the national championship that would befit the old image of the University of Florida Gators. Only, this was Billy the Kid’s basketball team, the relentless running and shotblocking and rebounding machinery that had run roughshod over the month of March, all the way to April.

Along the way, Noah, out of a senior year at Lawrenceville Prep, turned into the tournament’s best player, a Photo by Patrick Schneider/KRT superstar among a superstar-free team of Florida UCLA center Ryan Hollins sits in Gators. They were a joy to defeat in the Bruin’s locker room. watch, picking apart that Adrian Wojnarowski Knight-Ridder Tribune

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Florida center Joakim Noah boasts to the Florida crowd after winning the national championship in Indianapolis.

Noah was voted the Most Outstanding Player and set the national championship record for most shots blocked.

UCLA defense that had held Memphis and George Mason to 45 points each in the regional final and national semis.

After one football national championship for Florida under Steve Spurrier, now there’s a basketball title too.

They ripped UCLA and its great defense limb by limb, getting up 20 points, with a barrage of blocked shots and power rebounds and slams that left the RCA Dome aghast.. The Gators would come to the season without the star power of past years, but this would

be a March when they turned into them before a nation’s eyes.

Yes, the Gators were wonderful.

And now, Donovan takes his place among the best coaches in his profession. This was the night that he truly broke out of the Rick Pitino stable, that he truly separated himself from his mentor. For some, Donovan will always be Billy the Kid, the pudgy point guard out of Saint Anges in Rockville Center on Long Island that Rick Pitino transformed into a most

improbable Final Four point guard in 1987. He’ll always be Billy the Kid, the 6-foot nothing kid that Pitino would tell every day on that run, “You’re the best point guard in the country,” and every day Donovan would dig deeper, push harder and begin to believe that his coach truly believed that little white lie.

“Rick told him so many times,” Jeff Van Gundy, a graduate assistant for Providence that season told me once, “that Billy started to believe it.”

Pitino will always be his mentor, but he’s been smarter in his own career in so many ways than his old college coach and boss at Kentucky. He could’ve left Florida for pure basketball schools, but didn’t do it. He stayed.

He could’ve had Indiana, but didn’t chase it. Florida has everything- a great recruiting base, terrific facilities and deep pockets to pay the coach- and he’s never gone running for the brighter lights of a basketball school. Pitino wouldn’t have been able to stay 10 years at Florida, just like Bear Bryant couldn’t stay that long at Kentucky with its monstrous basketball program.

“In the states of Indiana and Kentucky, the fanfare and enthusiasm is for basketball,” Donovan said. “In the southeast, it’s for football. I understand that. Billy Donovan is not changing that culture.”

The Gators had been the hottest major team in this NCAA tournament, beating a No. 1 seed, Villanova, badly, in the regional final and then taking out George Mason too. If Tubby Smith leaves Kentucky for the Charlotte Bobcats, as many believe will happen, it will be fascinating to see whether Donovan can be lured back to his old Kentucky home. The thing is, he’s carved out his own identity in Florida.

That’s his basketball program, his national championship program.

Maybe Donovan doesn’t need to follow in Pitino’s footsteps anymore.

Maybe this Noah kid, with the Bob Marley posters in his dorm room, the pony tail, his unique gifts, taught his coach a lesson about clearing your own path, about finding your own in the sport. Noah will probably leave now, but maybe Billy Donovan doesn’t have to leave. As he found out Monday night, he can have it all at Florida. (c) 2006, North Jersey Media Group Inc. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services.

■ BILLY DONOVAN

Donovan second youngest to win title Mike Bianchi Knight-Ridder Tribune INDIANAPOLIS- UCLA’s players looked into the crowd and saw Bill Walton.

They looked into the crowd and saw Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

They looked into the crowd and saw Reggie Miller.

The Florida Gators could only look within themselves to find greatness. And they did just that Monday night- burying the ghosts of UCLA past, demoralizing the players of UCLA present and hoisting a national championship banner that symbolizes the emergence of Florida’s future.

The Florida Gators are national champions. Did you hear what I said? The Florida Gators are national basketball champions!

Ten years after he arrived and inherited a downtrodden program, Billy Donovan has his first national championship at a younger age than any active coach other than Bob Knight. A decade of dominance comes to fruition. A decade of Donovan comes to fulfillment.

Build a statue for him. Name the court after him. The Donovan Dome. The Billy Bowl. Whatever.

And give him a raise that makes him the highest paid coach on campus. Yes, he should make more than Urban Meyer because, by gosh, he’s done more. In fact, when is some sports writer from New York or Boston going to ask Meyer how it feels to be coaching football at a basketball school?

And make no mistake about it, Florida is a basketball school.

Starting with the 1999-2000 season when Donovan first took the Gators to the Final Four, the Gators’ winning percentage in the last seven years is .754. Florida football, during that same time span, is .633.

What is a basketball school except a place where you sell out your gym, lure the best recruits and have a chance to go to the NCAA Tournament every year? The Gators, the first school to appear in two national championship games this decade, have all that. And now they have a national title, too.

“Is Florida a basketball school?”

Donovan mentor Rick Pitino said amid a jubilant postgame celebration. “Look around you. This is the stuff of fairy tales. Of course Florida’s a basketball school.”

Added Florida Athletic Director Jeremy Foley, wiping tears from his eyes: “Billy Donovan put Florida basketball on the map and tonight

was the exclamation point.”

Before the game, Florida forward Joakim Noah said, “History doesn’t help you win basketball games.” Man, was he right. History didn’t stop Noah from setting the championship game record for blocked shots (5, eventually 6) by the time the first half was even over. The Bruins should have started calling their offense “Noah’s Arc” because of the decided change in trajectory their shots took whenever UF’s quick-leaping 6-foot-11 sophomore approached.

This incredible team has done it all. They slaughtered Cinderella Saturday. They slayed Godzilla Monday. They weren’t overconfident when they played lightly regarded George Mason. They weren’t intimidated when they played tradition-rich UCLA. This is a Gator team even UCLA patriarch John Wooden would love.

Wooden said a long time ago, “The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.” Florida center Al Horford said a short time ago: “We don’t care who gets credit or who gets the points. What’s it matter if we’re all wearing championship rings?”

You should have seen Horford and Noah run out on the court after the victory, envelop their euphoric coach and hoist him into the air.

UCLA has its John Wooden and now Florida has itself one, too His name his Billy Donovan- a legend at age 40. (c) 2006, The Orlando Sentinel (Fla.).

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Head Coach Billy Donovan cuts down the net.

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R-O-C-K in the I-N-D-Y John Mellencamp rocks in his roots Photo by Emily Scott

Photo by Katy Yeiser

Abby Worley, a three-yearold Hoosier, gets her face painted during the Coke Fest. Coke Fest goers were also treated with free Coke floats and samples of Coke products. There were also balloon animal stations and several other activities to entertain those who needed a break from the live music.

Celebrity Nick Lachey and Marco, from 93.1’s Morning Mess, converse with the crowd during a set change.

Lachey emceed Coke Fest as well as The Big Dance event on Monument Circle the day before. He passed out T-shirts, gave his predictions for the UCLA/ Florida game and left.

Photo by Katy Yeiser The Wreckers/ Collective Soul photos by Crystle Collins

Main: Seymour, Ind. native John Mellencamp performed in front of 80,000 people during the Coke Fest at Monument Circle on April 2, 2006. The crowd stretched south on Meridian Street toward Maryland Street and flushed to the left and right of the monument. Mellencamp played his hits and even played through a short period of rain before severe weather hit the metropolitan area. The all-day event was in relation with the Final Four.

Photo by Emily Scott

The Coca-Cola fire-eater wows the audience between concert sets. He warned the kids in the crowd beforehand, “don’t try this at home- go to a friend’s house.”

Top right: Michelle Branch, left, has put her solo career aside to be in the band, The Wreckers, with her friend Jessica Harp, right. The Wreckers played a set of mellow country tunes that included their new single, “Leave the Pieces” and a cover of Deana Carter’s, “Strawberry Wine.” Carrie Underwood also performed after The Wreckers.

Bottom right: Collective Soul lead singer Ed Roland jumped to the front of the barricades to get closer to the crowd. Collective Soul played an energetic set that included their hits, “December,” “Better Now,” “The World I Know” and “Shine.”

Photo by Emily Scott

Coca-Cola performers juggle over the head of a Coke Fest attendee. The Coke performers were with Family Time Entertainment.

Basketball fans enjoyed the entertainment during the inbetween-day of the men’s national semi-finals and final game.

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■ HURRICANE RELIEF EFFORT

UIndy student spends Spring Break rebuilding in New Orleans Steed applied for and received a Greyhound Adventures Travel Grant, a grant that gives money to students interested in traveling for vocational and service initiatives.

Steed and about 80 other AIM volunteers, which included a group of college students from Canada, worked

a fourth home’s drywall, which had been put up by other AIM volunteers.

“We took everything out of the first house we worked on. It looked like stuff had been picked up and just thrown into different rooms of the hile many students’ ideas of house,” Steed said.

Spring Break include MTVSteed said that one of the most esque parties surprising things she on beautiencountered was how ful beaches, high the water had University of risen. The lines on the Indianapolis wall showed where sophomore water had settled, and Laura Steed these lines were “at spent her doorknob level.” She Spring Break said that this indidoing somecated that the water thing a little had originally been different. much higher, but had Steed, a receded to this level youth ministry and stayed there for major, took the long periods of time. university’s Although Steed motto of “Educharacterized the work cation for Seras “exhausting,” she vice” to heart also found it very and decided rewarding because she to spend her got to meet all of the break helping homeowners, family New Orleans members and contracresidents tors of the homes she clean up from worked on.

Hurricane “We found out that Katrina and its an 86-year-old woman aftermath.

Photo courtesy Laura Steed owned one of the “I just homes we were workwanted to do This picture of a house on top of a car is just one of the many ing on,” Steed said. something scenes of devastation Steed witnessed in New Orleans. “We met the daughter positive over of the woman and break,” Steed asked what had hapsaid. on several different projects throughout pened. The 86-year-old woman hadn’t Steed’s journey to New Orleans wanted to leave because she and her the week. began with a simple Internet search.

Because Steed went by herself, she husband had built the home and lived She found a ministry called Adventures was able to float between different in it all their lives. Her grandson had to in Missions (AIM) that was doing relief groups of volunteers and go where she make her leave [before the hurricane].” work in the area and decided that she Steed said that it also was rewarding was needed most. Steed helped gut wanted to help out. three different houses. She also painted to hear others say that the group was Shelly Grimes Opinion Editor

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she did face one challenge: the airline making a difference. lost her luggage.

“When we were working on one of “I couldn’t even go and buy clothes the houses, another woman came up to because everything in the city is still us and asked us to help her finish gutting her home,” Steed said. “We helped pretty much closed,” Steed said. “Even the places that have opened back up her, and afterwards she said, ‘Oh my don’t have the employees to stay open goodness. It would have taken five all day.” days to do what your group did in two Steed said that AIM offered her an hours.’ Hearing that we helped made it internship to work with youth volunworthwhile.” teers this summer. She said that she Steed stayed with other AIM workhopes to do more to help the New ers in an 1860s style duplex in the Orleans relief effort. city’s Garden District. She and other “Here, and in the rest of the world, members of the group worked in a we seem to have moved on. But Hurripart of the city known as Holly Grove, cane Katrina is still 85 to 90 percent of located in the city’s Eighth Ward. She the news in New Orleans. These people also had the opportunity to visit the are still rebuilding, and they are seeing city’s Ninth Ward, one of the city’s how slow the process of rebuilding is, hardest-hit districts. if it is even possible,” Steed said. “I’ve “Almost everything in Holly Grove seen [the devastation] on the news, but seemed to be salvageable,” Steed said.

I can’t express in words the emotion of “From what I understand, the Eighth seeing it in person.”

Ward had damage from the hurricane itself. In the Ninth Ward, everything seemed to be demolished.

We were told that the damage in the Ninth Ward was caused by the levees breaking, not just the hurricane.”

Steed said that traveling through the Ninth Ward and seeing the destruction firsthand was a very emotional experience.

“When we were in the Ninth Ward driving through it, we saw a woman just standing in the middle of the road bawling,” Steed said. “[Being in the Ninth Ward] was like doing a short-term mission trip to a Third World country. It made me want to stay and help out Photo courtesy Laura Steed more. We were only there for a week, but it will take years to Laura Steed wears protective rebuild everything.”

While Steed said the experi- gear while gutting a house with ence was overall a positive one, extensive hurricane damage.

■ AFFRILACHIAN POETS

UIndy Kellogg Writers Series draws large crowd for female poets

Photo by Megan Komlanc

Crystal Wilkinson (center) reads an excerpt of her book “Water Street.” Patricia Johnson (right) waits to perform her poems.

Abby Adragna Distribution Manager There was standing room only in Schwitzer Center, Room 010, on Thursday night. Two Affrilachian women— African Americans who were born and raised near the Appalachian Mountain system—emerged from the back of the crowd. “I am. I am not alone,” they said, as they walked down the aisles toward the stage. They repeated this phrase using call-and-response poetry, which is a traditional form in African American writing. The audience was hooked from the start.

Writers Patricia Johnson and Crystal Wilkinson visited UIndy on March 28 as part of the 2005-2006 season of the Kellogg Writers Series. Novelist and filmmaker Ruth Ozeki visited campus

last October as the first writer of this season’s series.

According to the English Department Web site, “the Writers Series gives the community an opportunity to meet and talk with writers of distinction and hear them read and discuss their work.”

Jennifer Drake, associate professor of English, introduced Johnson and Wilkinson on Thursday night. She said that it was a rare occasion to see these two gifted writers on stage together.

According to the Virginia Commission for the Arts Web site, Johnson is an award-winning poet whose work has been published in such literary journals as “Mount Voices,”“The Sonia Sanchez Review,” “Aura,” and “Dialogue.” She received the Sonia Sanchez award in 1999 and won the National Poetry Slam in 1996. Johnson earned degrees from Ferrum College and Virginia Common-

wealth University.

According to Wilkinson’s personal Web site, she is the award-winning author of two books, “Blackberries, Blackberries” and “Water Street.”

Wilkinson’s work has been published in several anthologies including “Back Talk from an American Region,” “Gifts from Our Grandmothers,” and “Eclipsing a Nappy New Millennium.” In 2002, she received the Chaffin Award for Appalachian literature. Wilkinson earned degrees from both Eastern Kentucky University and Spalding University. She is currently a member of the creative writing faculty at both Indiana UniversityBloomington and Spalding University.

During this Writers Series event, Johnson and Wilkinson took turns reciting and performing their literary works.

Johnson recited poetry on topics such as nature, change, spousal abuse and African-American life. She also added a touch of humor to her performance by reciting a poem about the different hairstyles with which she has experimented over the years.

Wilkinson read excerpts from her two published books.

These passages involved issues related to family, life on a farm, relationships and women. She described every situation with significant attention to detail.

Both Johnson and Wilkinson had

everyone’s full attention throughout their performances. The audience seemed to relate to the authenticity of these women and their writing. One man commented that he was very impressed with Wilkinson’s realistic portrayal of men in her stories. Another woman said that she enjoyed listening to Johnson recite poetry with her strong and soothing voice.

Wilkinson and Johnson closed the program by reciting a piece of their work that revealed a little more about their personalities. Wilkinson read an

excerpt in which she described herself as a country girl who is “black and juicy—just like a blackberry.” Johnson recited a poem about how she is glad that she is not the person she used to be because then she would not be who she is.

The audience showed its appreciation and pleasure by giving Johnson and Wilkinson a standing ovation at the end of the performance. The crowd also stayed an extra fifteen minutes to ask questions, get books signed and learn more about the women.

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■ UINDY TV 5

New campus TV station set to broadcast soon on channel 5 Sandra Arao Ameny Staff Writer

UIndy TV 5, a student-run television station produced by the Communication Department, will soon be available in campus residence halls.

According to the programming schedule, UIndy TV 5 consists of Greyhound News Weekly, coverage of news that affects students, a movie segment, a compilation of classic and recent movies, Campus Events, a list of academic and social events taking place on campus, 5 Minute Update, a news update twice a day, Backatcha!, a student-produced trivia game show, Greyhound Sports Monthly, coverage of UIndy and local sports and Study Break, a miscellaneous program containing topics such as cooking, fashion and workout tips.

“Planning and preparation for the station has taken place for the past

three years,” said Scott Uecker, communication instructor and general manager of WICR radio. Uecker said that the Communication Board, which consists of the Communication Department faculty, Daniel Briere, dean of the college of arts and Sciences; David Wantz, vice president of student affairs; Deborah Ware Balogh, provost; Michael Braughton, vice president for business and finance; and Mary Moore, vice president for research, planning, & strategic partnerships; have helped to make UIndy TV 5 a reality by helping draft a proposal and finding necessary funding to support the station.

Uecker said that programming will be not be 24 hours a day. “We are not able to put out 168 hours in the beginning,” he said. “Instead, during times when there is no programming, there will be a bulletin board, if you will, with campus events.”

Uecker pointed out that the staff for the station will consist of student management and television students, but there is no requirement for a student to be a communication major to be part of the UIndy TV 5 team.

“Students will receive academic credit,” Uecker said, “This will ensure

quality programming as opposed to other schools that have television as a club, not a class.”

He added that the campus has a radio station and a newspaper for students to gain practical experience but has been lacking for television students.

“The purpose of UIndy TV 5 is dual-fold, to create a greater sense of community and provide another voice for the campus,” Uecker said. “The marketplace of ideas theory states that the more voices there are present, the better the community is served. UIndy TV 5 is another voice for the campus.”

Wantz said that the source of funding for the television station is the Cable Access Fee that students pay to the cable company.

Wantz pointed out that he and other members of the Communication Policy Board are advocates of free speech and stressed that UIndy TV 5 would operate without any censorship.

“This is a university. We provide conversations from all viewpoints and backgrounds,” Wantz said. “I don’t think any censoring will be going on because I don’t believe our students will put on anything that is inappro-

priate, because it will reflect on the students themselves.”

Wantz said that he felt UIndy was treading behind other schools in the state, since many schools have television stations. “I was at DePauw University over 10 years ago and they have a TV station,” Wantz said. “I thought, why don’t we?”

According to Russ Maloney, communication instructor and chief engineer of WICR, all residence halls, with the exception of Campus Apartments, will receive the station.

“If we fed it to Campus Apartments, it would go to most of the Southside, and the cable company Bright House, doesn’t want us to do that,” Maloney said. “We are handicapped by that, but we will do what we can to get to Campus Apartments, because the goal is to have the station in all places on campus.”

The 30-member team of television staff consisting of beginning and advanced television students has been preparing for the launch of the station.

Tiffany Hanson, promotions director, said that the Communication Department surveyed students last semester to find out what kind of movies they

would like to see on the station. “We would like to involve students with what is going on on campus,” she said.

Chase Eaton, production director, pointed out that some students are not aware of what television students do, since they may not appear visible on campus. “Students will get to see what we are doing. It will open up general knowledge that we have a television department,” Eaton said. “I hope they see that we work hard. It’s not rewarded in our grade but in our experience.”

Susan Decker, operations manager, said that she hope students are enthusiastic about the launch of the station. “I hope the student body gets as excited as we are,” Decker said. “The work load is difficult, but we mentor and help each other. It is a neat experience to watch each other grow.”

Cari Hudson, news director, said that even though she will be leaving UIndy, she is happy that the TV station is finally available to students.

“I would like to see UIndy TV 5 grow,” Hudson said. “I would like to see live shows in the future.”

UIndy TV 5 will soon be available in residence halls, but a specific launch date is not yet available.

■ CAMPUS EVENT

Second annual UIndy drag show draws large crowd Willie Little Staff Writer

The second annual Drag Show was filled with fun and fashion on March 28 in Ransburg Auditorium. UIndy PRIDE and Campus Program Board, hosted the show.

Of the many audience members there, David Wantz, vice president of student affairs, attended to support the event.

“The show was great. All the performers were having a great time, and it shows that they were working really hard to keep the crowd’s energy high,” Wantz said. “I love the fact that the diversity on our campus is present now and the attendance at this event can clearly show that.”

The host, Mary Mayhem, began the show with a lip-syncing performance and then introduced each of the other performers who debuted in gowns, make-up, wigs and stilettos.

Each performer lip-synced to two songs and showcased their dancing talents to a panel of judges. Some of the performers included Rich Curcio, who performed as Shaquanda, Roudy Halter, the PRIDE President who performed as Miss Areola; and the award-winning special guest performer, Farrah Flame, who is Miss Indianapolis Drag.

The night consisted of dancing, energy and many creative performances.

The performer’s energy spilled into the crowd. Many of the audience members came up on the stage and to give dollar bills to the performers.

Junior Lauren Stigger said she thought the performance was a fun experience.

“Shaquanda was my favorite act. I love Rich. He has done a great job,” Stigger said.

Senior Misty Cole said she regretted missing the show last year but was glad she was able to make it to this year’s performance.

“I am having a great time,” Cole said. “Everyone is doing a great job, and I love the energy of all the performers.”

Curico captured the crowds attention during his performance as Shaquanda.

“I had a great time performing on stage,” he said. “Getting the crowd involved and making them enjoy everything that you do makes me enjoy it the most. “ Halter, who organized the show, said he felt the show was an even better success than last year’s.

“It’s great when your peers come and support you when we have programs like this,” Halter said. “It’s really a rewarding feeling when teachers and administrators support you as well, especially at such a religious school. It shows you how open they are and that they truly care.”

Although the show had a big audience, Halter said he felt there were some problems in bringing it all together.

He said one of the biggest problems was finding students willing to perform.

“Next year I hope to have more people involved in helping put the show on,” Halter said. “I would also like to have more variety in the show next year. The attendance tonight was wonderful, but I hope to see more in the years to come.”

Photos by Megan Komlanc

Top left: Shaquanda enjoys the spotlight.

Top right: Roudy Halter, as Miss Areola, gives 100 percent to his character during his performance. He is the PRIDE President.

Bottom: Kara Richer, left, and Jen Hallberg perform Big & Rich’s hit song, “Save A Horse; Ride A Cowboy.” They also sang, “Good Ride, Cowboy” by Garth Brooks.

■ 7 LIST

Top summer music fests Elyse Kaiser Entertainment Editor If you haven’t made plans yet for something fun to do this summer, the variety of music festivals is better than ever. Surprisingly, many of them also are happening within a reasonable driving distance.

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South by Southwest, Austin, Tex., March 10-19. South is the largest annual film and music festival currently taking place in the United States. Unfortunately, since this music festival has already taken place, you won’t be able to add it to your summer road trip plans. But with performers such as Dashboard Confessional, Belle and Sebastian and Neko Case, you may want to make sure you don’t miss it next year.

6.

CMJ Rock Hall Music Festival, Cleveland, Ohio, June 14-18. For the festival’s second year, College Music Journal will reserve venues all around Cleveland for performances from local bands and fresh national headliners such as Matisyahu, The Fray and Haste the Day. As a fairly new annual event, the Rock Hall Music Fest is already growing rapidly and should provide a good time if your budget doesn’t provide for tickets to a larger festival.

5. Farm Aid, Tinley Park, Ill., September tentatively. Originally founded

by Willie Nelson, proceeds of this music festival go directly to benefit American farmers who are at risk of being overtaken by corporate farming companies.

Not a lot of information is available yet for this event, but last year’s performers included Willie Nelson, John Mayer, Dave Matthews and Neil Young.

4.

Cornerstone Music Festival, Bushnell, Ill, July 5-8. Most widely known as the “Christian Music Festival,” Cornerstone has taken place since 1984. Showcasing hundreds of bands, both signed and unsigned, the festival is one of the largest in the Midwest. Some of this year’s acts include Lovedrug, mewithoutyou, MxPx, Underoath and The Rocket Summer.

3.

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Indio, Calif., April 29-30.

Held in the desert since 1999, the Coachella Valley Music Festival has attracted anywhere from 10,000 attendees to 100,000. This year promises to be another huge event with headliners such as Tool, Madonna, Depeche Mode, Sigur Ros and James Blunt performing.

2.

Lollapalooza, Grant Park, Chicago, Ill, Aug. 4-6. One of the Midwest’s most widely known music fests will be packed yet again with great acts such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kayne West, Ryan Adams, The Flaming Lips and Nickel Creek. Being in Chicago, this festival is an easy destination and a nice excuse for a weekend vacation to the bigger city.

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Bonnaroo Music Festival, Manchester, Tenn., June 16-18. First held in 2002, this music festival is held on a 700-acre farm located 60 miles southeast of Nashville. The great thing about this festival is that it not only has a killer music line-up (Radiohead, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Ben Folds, Common, Beck, Death Cab for Cutie, etc.), but it also has a comedy tent with comedians like Lewis Black performing, in case you somehow need a break from all the fantastic music being thrown around like mullets at a Billy Ray Cyrus concert.

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