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Gouard returns to UIndy as new men’s basketball coach

By Sami Shelton & Adrian Kendrick NEWS EDITOR & FEATURE EDITOR The University of Indianapolis Athletic Department announced Stan Gouard as the new men’s basketball head coach during a press conference held April 3 in Nicoson Hall.

Gouard served as assistant coach at UIndy under former coach Todd Sturgeon from 2002-05. During Gouard’s time at UIndy, the Greyhounds had a 47-31 record and advanced to the NCAA Division II tournament all three seasons. Since then, Gouard has spent three years as assistant coach at Indiana State University.

“It means a whole lot to be back,” Gouard said. “It was one of the saddest days in a long time when I left here, but I knew one day I would have the opportunity to come back. I’m so honored to be here.”

UIndy Athletic Director Dr. Sue Willey said that Gouard is a great fit for the Greyhound basketball program.

“Stan is a quality young man with strong family values and a strong passion for basketball,” Willey said. “He represents everything that is good in basketball and athletics, and he stands for everything that we’re trying to do with our program.”

Gouard will replace interim head coach Royce Waltman, who was hired after former head coach Sturgeon resigned on Oct. 1, 2007. According to Willey, Waltman chose not to apply for the head coach position after last season.

“There is no one who knows x’s and o’s better than Royce Waltman,” Willey said. “But what I wanted for the program

and what he wanted for the program were philosophically different.”

Gouard said that UIndy has always held a special place in his heart.

“I wanted to come back to UIndy because the academic standards of this university are so high, the [GLVC] conference is challenging and Dr. Willey and Dr. Pitts are great leaders and even better people,” Gouard said.

Gouard said that his two greatest passions are his family and basketball. He is the youngest in a family of eight, and has 21 nieces and nephews. Although he does not have any children himself, Gouard and wife, Chasity, like to think of the team as part of their family.

“I have an open-door policy, and I hope the players will be able to come and talk to me about anything,” Gouard said. “I like to have the guys over to my house for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, so we can have time to kick back and relax and talk about things other than basketball. This is a family, not just a basketball team.”

Gouard also said that academic integrity is very important to him and to a good basketball team overall.

“My No. 1 priority is to graduate our student athletes, because good academics in the classroom carries over to the basketball court,” he said.

“I want to build this team on hard work and doing things the right way both on and off the court.”

Junior forward Braxton Mills said that he believes Gouard will be a good addition to the Greyhound team.

“We’re going to work hard with coach Gouard,” Mills said. “Everyone wants to win, and us incoming

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Board of Trustees implement health fee

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Stan Gouard previously was an assistant coach at the University of Indianapolis from 2002-05. He was announced April 3 as the new UIndy men’s basketball coach.

seniors only have one more shot at winning a national championship. We want to go out with a bang.”

Gouard played under current University of Tennessee head coach Bruce Pearl at the University of Southern Indiana, where Gouard was named a twotime Division II Player of the Year, and helped lead the Screaming Eagles to the university’s first Division II national championship in 1995.

He also was named the NCAA Division II Elite Eight Most Outstanding Player and the CBS/Chevrolet Most Valuable Player during USI’s national championship loss in 1994.

CAROLYN HARLESS/THE REFLECTOR Gouard currently Stan Gouard meets with press April 3 after being named men’s basketball ranks third in scorcoach. He took over head coach duties April 8 when spring workouts ing, fifth in rebounding and first in steals began.

at USI. Following his collegiate career, Gouard played professionally for the Barrinquilla Ciamanes of Colombia, South America, where he led his team to the 1999 championship. He also played for the Sundsvall Dragons in Sweden.

Prior to coming to UIndy the first time, Gouard was an assistant coach for one season at USI, helping to lead the Screaming Eagles to a 22-8 record.

Gouard was inducted into the John A. Logan College Hall of Fame in 1998, the Great Lakes Valley Conference Hall of Fame in 2003 and the USI Hall of Fame in 2007. He also received a key to the city of Evansville, Ind., after graduating from college.

“We are very, very excited to have Stan back as a UIndy Greyhound,” said UIndy President Beverley Pitts. “He exemplifies all the things we value at this institution. He’s a wonderful role model for our student athletes, a great athlete himself and most of all he’s a great winner.”

Gouard officially took the position of head coach and began workouts on April 8.

“We have a lot of work to do,” Gouard said, “but I am ready for the challenge.”

The University of Indianapolis Board of Trustees voted during a late February board meeting to create a student health center fee. The board had earlier determined that something needed to be done to address the increase in student visits at the health center.

The cost of the fee will be $15 per semester and will be charged only to full-time undergraduate students. Many universities around the United States charge students an extra fee (in addition to college tuition) to keep student health centers efficient in treating patients at a lower cost than doctors’ offices.

With the additional health charge, the university will be able to hire more medical staff to help alleviate the influx of student visits that the health center has seen this year. The fee also will help university officials evaluate the services offered in the health center, so that it is more convenient and student-friendly.

According to Dean of Students Kory Vitangeli, this year the student health center has seen a record number of students. The small staff, consisting of only two nurse practitioners and a doctor who visits once a week, is not sufficient to see the number of students who consistently visit the health center.

By the end of February of this year, the health center already had seen more than 12,000 student patients.

“They [the staff members] just literally do not have the time to keep up with it [demands]. So one of the ways that we’re looking to help the health center increase the number of staff is by implementing a student health fee,” Vitangeli said.

University officials used some criteria to help make the decision of adding an additional fee to student costs.

“We talked to students who were in the health center that had to wait too long to be in there. Not only did they want the health center with nurse practitioners available at no charge, they also wanted to have good customer service,” said Vice President of Student Affairs Mark Weigand. “Being conscious of all that, we tried to come up with a plan that would meet the customer service needs of the students and what they were really demanding.”

The new student fee will be an extra cost, similar to the student activity fee.

“We separated the fee out of tuition,” Weigand said, “because we wanted to acknowledge the fact that we had such an increase in the number of students using the health center, that we needed a little bit of additional funds to offset that increase without having it go directly into a tuition charge.”

With tuition increasing, students may

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Geese-Away hired to rid campus of geese

By Nicki Crisci OPINION EDITOR

The distinct lack of geese droppings on Smith Mall is due in part to Geese-Away, a team hired March 3 by the Physical Plant to help rid the campus of an everincreasing population of geese.

Geese-Away, operated by owner Leah DeBoy, consists of a team of three Border collies by the names of Benzie, Coyote Pete and Knuckles.

“We had a lot of complaints about the geese, the messes they make and the fact that they are intrusive for a lot of people,” said Mary Wade Atteberry, executive director of communications. “We’ve tried various methods, like chasing them off, but they’re pretty persistent.”

When DeBoy learned of the problem with the geese on the campus, she offered her services. Shortly after, the Physical Plant hired her for the three-month period the job entails.

DeBoy and her team of Border collies are on campus six days a week for around 45 minutes a day to chase the geese off.

“By coming at varying hours of the week, the geese are caught off guard and don’t get used to us,” DeBoy said.

“Otherwise, they get into a pattern and get the idea programmed to not come when we are there.”

This month Geese-Away will arrive to campus at night because the geese will be nesting. This, according to DeBoy, allows the dogs to chase the geese away more effectively and gives her the opportunity to remove nests and eggs.

The process involved in training the

collies to chase the geese, DeBoy said, is based on the idea of sheep herding. The collies learn herding skills over a two-year period, and then apply those skills to chasing the geese until they fly away.

The collies start at the retention pond near Cory Bretz Hall, and begin the removal by acting like a predator. The collies see the geese from a distance, stalk closer and then take off at a sprint to chase the geese until they are airborne.

While the collies do not bark incessantly, some general barking is used to scare the geese off.

While the collies are running, DeBoy gives verbal commands, such as “come by”, “away” and “there”, which tells them to pursue, head to a certain area and stop.

The collies follow her commands; and

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Border collies chase away geese on the University of Indianapolis campus. The dogs are a part of the team GeeseAway

OPINION What are we working for? A student’s view on rising gas prices

April 9, 2008

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By Crystal Abrell Distribution Manager

An ongoing issue that is truly hitting home for all U.S. citizens is high gasoline prices. According to many sources, gas prices can be expected to rise to $4 a gallon very soon.

Just when we think the price of gas has reached its all time high, it seems to be soaring ever higher.

A large part of our paychecks is being devoted to filling up our gas tanks. Are we working to fill our tanks or working to make a living?

For college students like me, who have low incomes and small paychecks, it feels as if half of what we make is devoted to filling our gas tanks.

Just last week, I fueled up my Mitsubishi Galant, which is not a gas-guzzler by any means. At $3.35 per gallon, it took $43.21 just for a full tank. That is literally a day’s pay for me.

High gas prices are hitting some college students hard. Students are being forced to find other ways to commute besides driving. Many are arranging their living situations around shorter driving distances.

As a UIndy student and com-

muter, I have decided to save money by residing in an apartment closer to campus rather than commuting from home.

According to an Apr. 3 article in the Seattle Times, the price of gasoline is having a “big effect because our housing is high, our food is high, and the gas prices just make it worse.”

...high gas prices are just another burden on an economy tilting toward decline.

It’s as if we are working to put gas in our cars, which isn’t very motivational to promote working. I would much rather be paying off my college loans than paying $40 a week to drive to school and work.

Gas prices are doing a number on our economy. Americans can not spend money on other things like eating out and shopping to boost our economy, causing it to continue to spiral.

According to a March 24 article on the Web site CNNMoney.com, Americans everywhere “are cutting back on spending, and that’s threatening to send—or may have already sent—a shaky economy into recession.”

Why are gas prices so high? Who or what can we blame for these high gas prices? Is it the oil companies, supply and demand, our environment or the Bush administration?

Let’s think back to high-school economics 101. Everything runs on supply and demand, much like gas prices. When supply falls and demand rises, prices rise immensely. But why are gas prices so high if supply is not falling?

Yes, eventually our oil supply will run out, but we have enough oil to last quite a while. So why are the oil companies so greedy? They want to make money, and they mean big bucks!

The Bush administration claims to be working hard to lower the outrageous gas prices, but there is a direct correlation between increasing gasoline prices and the oil companies greed.

In an article written for the Web site www.commondreams.org, Congressman Bernie Sanders said, “Reports show that Exxon Mobil brought in a third quarter profit of nearly $10 billion. This is the largest corporate quarterly profit ever, and more than $4 billion more than the company brought in last year.”

That Exxon Mobil earned its largest quarterly profit in its history

suggests that price gouging is indeed taking place.

Americans views on gas prices, according to an article in the Apr. 2 issue of USA Today, are that oil companies don’t need a tax break with oil at about $100 a barrel.

The top five oil companies— Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Chevron and ConocoPhillips—have earned a profit of nearly half a trillion dollars in the last few years.

In the meantime, we will be forced to pay $4 per gallon to continue using everyday transportation.

For individuals across the U.S. struggling with declining home values, tightening credit and rising unemployment, high gas prices are just another burden on an economy tilting toward decline.

I don’t know about you, but a hybrid, golf-cart sized-car is not appealing to me, nor does it fit my style!

Either oil companies have to start reducing their greedy ways, which is highly unlikely, or come up with a compromise for American drivers.

Maybe the companies can run a deal of purchasing five gallons of gas, and getting the sixth free!

For now, the possibility of seeing gas prices reach $4 a gallon will damper many Americans summertime plans, including mine.

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Beginning with the 2008-2009 academic year, the university will implement a health fee for all full-time day division students. The health fee charged will be $15 per semester for all full-time day division students.

The fee will be used to help more adequately staff the student health center so that more students can be seen and hours can be adjusted accordingly. In addition to adding staff, the fee will help to support updating some of the equipment and supplies in the Health & Counseling Center.

Student health fees are very common at colleges and universities, and the goal at UIndy is to keep our fee as minimal as possible for students while still working to improve and expand the services in the student health center.

Sincerely,

I won’t grandstand to my fellow ’08 graduates in Nicoson Hall on commencement day (whenever that is) or ham it up in a commemorative salute from behind the podium, so please bare with me as I take my sole opportunity to stand and be heard (or rather, read) from my proverbial senior soapbox.

I could regret not discovering the redeeming challenges of education, inquisition, research and writing until the halfway point of my junior year, but I’m not apologizing for learning how to have a good time.

In my four-year collegiate experiment, I have spent my weekends, late nights and early mornings in varying social strata, doing the things that all nocturnal-student-partiers do to make school administrators queasy and giving UIndy police something to do on the weekends, all while encountering a vast array of intriguing people along the way. Not all of them are still at UIndy, still in school or still in the country, but every one of them taught me at least one thing. If we didn’t have the pleasure of meeting, well, I’m not apologizing for that, either. But to all the underclassmen and women out there, go enjoy yourself a little too much while you have the opportunity.

Things will change—if you want to graduate. Deadlines loom, projects persist and when a grade teeters on the edge of acceptable, then you realize that you should have been setting your alarm for that 8 a.m. class after all. Somewhere along the path of successful self-education, everyone learns the balancing act (some are better than others).

I adopted Mark Twain’s mantra to “never let schooling get in the way of an education” early in my college career. I can gladly reflect that I never sacrificed an opportunity to engage with the diverse multitude of faces on the UIndy campus and in the Indianapolis community at the expense of pouring over texts and studying for tests. Assuredly that’s one of multiple reasons that I did not earn valedictorian status, but I never aspired to. I still grew as a person, completed all that was required, and I bet I had more fun pushing the limits and connecting with the people who make life on the south side of Indianapolis tolerable.

Throughout much of our college careers, we are bombarded with workshops to help us control numerous aspects of our daily lives: how to handle stress, how to manage tasks, how to manage roommate disputes, how to avoid the pitfalls and dangers of irresponsible college life. Coming from a guy who believes that the burnt hand teaches best, those are just more ways to micro-manage your life and let someone else tell you how to do the things that can be figured out independently of any outside, would-be authority.

The best education is self-learned and self-taught. Only after making the big mistakes, shying away from the responsibilities and hitting the snooze button until I wallowed in academic apathy did I realize where I needed to put my time, energy and efforts. That’s when I learned the balancing act.

So I would submit that I will go out on a higher note than I came in on, and maybe I am being hypocritical considering I just skipped my first class of the semester this week (a new personal record in my last semester). Rest assured that if school seems hard your freshman year, the classes will get more challenging and demanding. You’ll either figure it out or, like many of former acquaintances and accomplices, flunk out.

But if you don’t have your priorities straight and everything under control, don’t freak out. Enjoy it and understand that these formative years are your last opportunities to be utterly disorganized and disoriented.

I don’t have any regrets.

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Did you know that by the end of March, there had been more than 13,000 student visits to the student health center during the 2007-2008 academic year? The growing usage of the health center and the demand on the nurse practitioners has made us realize that it is indeed time to increase the staff in the health center.

I’m happy to answer any questions that you may have regarding the health fee.

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Gray wolves no longer protected by government

By Nicki Crisci Opinion Editor

Imagine going on welfare after claiming bankruptcy. The government aid helps immensely and you become successful and independent. Shortly after, the government decides it wants the money back, causing bankruptcy and putting you on welfare again.

Would this make sense for the government to waste time and money this way? No. Neither does the Bush administration’s plan to take the gray wolf off the endangered species list and put it onto an open-season list, perhaps starting the cycle over again.

On March 28, the Federal Endangered Species Act’s de-listed gray wolves, putting them in danger.

According to the Web site www. newwest.net, the Bush administration recently decided to allow the hunting of hundreds of these wolves. This isn’t just typical hunting of these wolves either. The administration is allowing aerial gunning, baiting and other means to eradicate the wolves.

The gray wolves that will be slaughtered have been on the endangered species list for 13 years. Programs were set up in Wyoming, Idaho, Montana and in the Yellowstone and Northern Rocky regions to rebuild the wolf population.

The money granted for such a large undertaking was government aid— more than $27 million according to an Apr. 2 article in the Great Falls Tribune.

More than 1,500 wolves were reintroduced into the wild and now the government has decided that the numbers of wolves are more than enough.

What helped tip the scale to favor the killing of the wolves? The livestock industry.

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Everything boils down to greed rather than morality, decency and rational thinking. The administration seems more worried about the wolves killing off cattle. Cattle for which ranchers are reimbursed for $30,000, according to the Great Falls Tribune.

How can anyone honestly expect a predator with natural instincts not to go after a tempting food source? The wolves practically had their meals laid out for them on silver platters when the cattle were placed in the wolf-populated region.

Besides that, the administration is overlooking the fact that the wolves have other animals to hunt other than precious corporate cattle—an abundant elk population in the Yellowstone and Rocky regions.

So what will be the next step in this cycle? Will the wolves be slaughtered down to a level where they become endangered again, prompting another program costing millions?

Why not throw money away, it’s not like the nation is in debt or that

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money hasn’t been used for destructive purposes!

The way it’s going, it will become a continual cycle. The wolves will not be able to live in safety under the ever-present threat of helpers trying to rebuild the population or those trying to reduce the numbers once the wolves are too many.

Let the once endangered gray wolves remain protected and allow them to reproduce naturally.

Does the American government have to become so intrusive and godlike as to control every facet of life, including lives of wolves? Humans are the reason that they have died out from hunters in the first place.

More importantly, though, if this is happening with the gray wolf populations, what other programs can be introduced to pick and choose what to keep and what to destroy, and in what numbers?

Today the gray wolves, tomorrow who knows. Hopefully America will grow a conscience by then.

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GEESE

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UIndy hires Geese-Away to remove geese from campus the geese are chased away, flying over the pond once to see, according to DeBoy, if they are still in danger.

“We are about 90 percent effective.

There are always two geese that come back,” DeBoy said.

Geese-Away, according to Atteberry, allows the Physical Plant workers to pursue other jobs and frees them from cleaning up the geese droppings that littered Smith Mall.

“The geese live 25 years, excrete one-pound of droppings per goose per day and defecate once every six minutes,” DeBoy said.

After about a week or two, DeBoy said, the geese start coming less frequently, but the first year is always the hardest because some geese will return.

For this reason, DeBoy will come back

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Junior mathematics major Mark Fornefeld (left) attempted to break his own self-proclaimed record for most students in a dorm room at one time on March 5. He exceeded his own 2007 record of 64 students by cramming 78 students into his Corey Bretz dorm room, but fell 10 short of his “88 in ‘08” goal.

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next year to check on the problem.

Atteberry said that responses to Geese-Away were mixed.

“When we announced Geese-Away, a lot of students e-mailed and said they were thrilled not to have to step around the messes,” she said. “Other students, however, complained, ‘Why are you hassling the geese?’You’re not going to please everyone in this matter.”

With the motto “We goose your geese,” Geese-Away has been in business in the Indianapolis area for three years, working at apartment complexes, golf courses and cemeteries. According to DeBoy, UIndy is the first campus the business has taken.

Until the beginning of May, DeBoy, with Benzie, Coyote Pete and Knuckles in orange and green life jackets, will patrol the campus for the unwanted visitors.

“I don’t think any of us expect that the geese will never come back or we will never have geese on our campus,” Atteberry said. “But the idea is to keep that population controllable and not have them [on campus] in so many numbers.”

“Our goal is not to make the health fee extremely high. But we will have to evaluate it after next year to see did that help us meet the needs and demands,” Vitangeli said. “At this point, we are hopeful that we can keep it relatively low.”

The new student health fee will be added to student bills at the start of the 2008-2009 academic year.

Chick-fil-A COO speaks on leadership and quality

By Kim Puckett Staff Writer

Dan Cathy, president and chief operating officer of Chick-fil-A, encouraged UIndy students to continue learning even after school ends, during his speech about leadership on March 26 in Good Hall Recital Hall. The presentation was sponsored by the Student Business Leadership Academy.

“If you don’t continue to be a student after you graduate, then you have no business in leadership,” Cathy said.

Chick-fil-A, known for its chicken sandwich, operates in 37 states. Cathy listed Chicago and Detroit as possible future locations for the fast-food chain.

“We would love to expand globally,” Cathy said. “Right now, we are focusing on expanding throughout the U.S.” According to Matt Will, assistant professor of finance and director of external relations for the School of Business, Cathy’s presentation sought to link students with the nationally successful chain and show them how a corporation such as Chick-fil-A operates.

Cathy remembered a guest speaker from his time in college who drew the first organizational chart of business that he had ever seen. He credited this speaker with inspiring his choice to major in marketing.

Cathy discussed the fast-food chain’s successful advertising campaign involving cows instead of the original and more expected chicken mascot.

“We sold more Chick-fil-A cow calendars last year than Sports Illustrated

swimsuit edition calendars,” Cathy said. “It takes some mental gymnastics to figure out why there are cows on a chicken sandwich ad.”

Running through a brief history of the Chick-fil-A restaurant, Cathy reminisced about singing to customers while he and his brother cleaned tables in the original Dwarf House Grill.

“There were eight stools at the counter. We had a cigarette machine at one end of the restaurant and a jukebox at the other,” Cathy said. “Do you guys even know what a jukebox is? It’s an MP3 player on steroids.”

During his outline of the evolution of the restaurant developed by his father, which is still one of the most successful family-owned and operated chains in America, Cathy emphasized the importance of businesses staying relevant.

“When the rate of external change is slower than the rate of internal change, disaster is immanent for a business,” Cathy said.

Cathy also stressed the importance of taking advantage of new opportunities by discussing Chick-fil-A’s success in the shopping mall market, beginning in 1967.

“Get astute and attentive today,” Cathy said. “You never know when a new opportunity will present itself.”

In response to students’ questions about Chick-fil-A’s success, Cathy credited the restaurant’s unique deal for new location operators with most of the chain’s success. In the operator deal, Chick-fil-A contributes $2.8 million in capital toward the restaurant, while the operators only contribute $5,000.

“Our operator deal has been the same for 40 years,” Cathy said. “The most important asset new operators can bring to the table is an MBA, also

known as a mop-and-bucket attitude. A willingness to do whatever it takes can be as important as a piece of paper that you get from a two-year program.”

Cathy also talked about Chick-filA’s unique policy of being closed on Sundays. He said the Christian-based philosophy also serves a monetary purpose, because being closed on Sundays brings in more business the other six days a week.

“After we’ve all had a chance to rest on Sunday, our pickles are more perfectly placed on the chicken sandwiches and cars move faster through our drive-through,” Cathy said. “Our new saying is pickles should date but not mate.”

According to Cathy, getting hired at Chick-fil-A is a rare opportunity. The restaurant receives about 1,000 resumes a month, and only one out of every 100 applicants is selected. Selection of applicants is based on three main attributes: competency, chemistry and character.

“The three Cs demonstrate a person’s business acumen, enthusiasm, and ability to inspire people,” Cathy said.

Cathy added that 70 percent of location operators started out as hourly employees and make an average salary $178,000 annually in their current positions. The chain has selected operators as young as 19 years old.

According to Will, having speakers like Cathy at the university serves to teach students about important business experience, which can be difficult to teach in a classroom.

“It is the goal of the SBLA to get CEOs of companies to speak,” Will said. “Having someone national also creates a good networking opportunity for students.”

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The Chick-fil-A cow helped pass out free chicken nuggets to students on March 26. Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy spoke to students in a lecture presented by SBLA.

QUICK LOOK Dance team to hold auditions The University of Indianapolis Dance Team is holding try-outs for new members for the 200809 school year on Saturday, April 12 from 1-4 p.m. in Ruth Lilly Fitness Center. If you have questions, contact Madalynne Wills at willsm@uindy.edu for more information.

Information Systems asks users to change passwords Information Systems is asking MyUIndy users to change their passwords to prevent hackers from stealing personal information. To change your password, log on to MyUIndy, and click the “Change Password” link in the Preferences box. To read UIndy’s new password policy, visit http:// is.uindy.edu/policies/password.php or contact Information Services in Sease Wing 201.

CPC sponsoring sock and underwear drive for IPS families The University of Indianapolis Community Programs Center are co-sponsoring a sock and underwear drive for families of IPS Schools #74 and #20. Items needed include boys and girls socks children’s sizes 1-10 and adult sizes 5-10, and boys and girls underwear sizes small - extra-large. The donation box is set up outside the CPC Office in Good Hall 222. Contact Michelle Jones at mjones@ips.k12.in.us or at (317) 226-4144.

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April 9, 2008

Greyhound track and field redshirts 10 athletes as team begins outdoor season

By Sami Shelton News Editor

The University of Indianapolis men’s and women’s track and field teams have set themselves up for a challenge during this year’s outdoor track season, which began March 22.

Head coach Scott Fangman said he has decided to redshirt five men and five women during this outdoor season. He said one of his reasons was because Southern Illinois University Edwardsville decided to move to NCAA Division I in the 2008-09 school year.

“SIUE is in the top five track teams in the country,” Fangman said.

“By redshirting so many athletes this season, we could have the worst year in UIndy track and field history.

Once they [SIUE] leave next year, we will have many fifth year athletes, and we may have the best team in UIndy history.”

Fangman consulted with current seniors before making the decision

to redshirt athletes. He said that current seniors could possibly leave UIndy with a losing season, and it was their decision to make that sacrifice.

“I support Coach Fangman’s decision to redshirt because it is going to give the underclassmen a good shot once SIUE leaves,” said senior hurdler Elliot Cohee. “This will definitely open a lot of doors for UIndy track and field.”

Fangman admitted that his teams already have broken the No. 1 rule to redshirting by losing two athletes to injuries already this season. Senior hurdler Kyle Vossler is out indefinitely with a torn Achilles tendon, and junior jumper Wes Leeper is out with a separated shoulder injury.

“Luckily, we have [junior] Tristan Rogers coming in from the basketball team on high jump and freshmen who are stepping up,” Fangman said.

“That’s just how the good Lord works.”

Fangman said that the teams are continuing to win, even though some of the meets and races are closer than in previous seasons. Freshman jumper Ben Bertoli said that he and other

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Senior Rachel Kriese competes in the 3000 meter steeple chase on April 5.

Greyhound men’s golf vies for a bid in the NCAA tournament

freshman are looking to step up for the seniors and their coach.

“Coach [Fangman] said at the beginning of the year that the freshmen were going to be a big part of the team,” Bertoli said. “I think that time is now, and us freshman are learning to be leaders for the team.”

Both teams competed March 29 at the Gene and Rose Edmonds Invitational at Saint Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Ind. The Greyhound men placed second overall behind Saginaw Valley, 236166. Freshman Craig Myers won the hammer throw with a toss of 53.58 meters, which provisionally qualified him for the NCAA outdoor championships. Also in field events, sophomore Seth Galloway finished first in the javelin throw with a 58.06-meter throw, and Rogers won the high jump with a height of 6’8”.

Freshman Carl Smith won the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.03 seconds and was followed by teammate freshman Kyle Thompson in second place with a time of 24.20 seconds.

Junior Freddie Helms finished first and freshman Nick Brattain finished second in the 400-meter dash with times of 52.46 seconds and 52.72 seconds, respectively. Cohee finished as the 400meter hurdles champion with a time of 55.17 seconds.

The women’s team took fourth place with an overall score of 119 points.

Leading the women ‘Hounds was sophomore Saidat Sanuth, who won both the 100-meter and the 200-meter dashes with times of 13.05 seconds and 26.89 seconds, respectively. Sophomore Christina Carrick finished first in the 800-meter dash with a time of 2:33.69. Sophomore Courtney Kuzmicz was the discus champion with a throw of 39.08 meters and also finished second in the hammer throw with a toss of 46.52 meters.

The ‘Hounds opened the outdoor season at home at the Gerald England Invitational on March 22 at Key Stadium. Both the men’s and women’s teams finished first overall with scores of 229 points and 218 points, respectively.

Top finisher for the men’s team was

The University of Indianapolis men’s golf team competed in the Northern Kentucky Spring Regional Invite April 5-6 to vie for a bid in the NCAA Division II tournament. The competition featured many of the Great Lakes region’s 26 teams and over 120 competitors. Results were not available as of The Reflector press time.

Tied for second entering the second round of the Wisconsin Parkside Invitational held March 30 at the Otter Creek Golf Course in Columbus, the UIndy men’s golf squad fought from a four-stroke first round deficit against conference foe and first-place Grand Valley State University. The ‘Hounds outshot the Lakers in the second round by three strokes with a team total of 293, but still fell one short of taking top honors to GVSU. Sophomore Seth Fair earned a second place individual finish, completing two trips through the 72-stroke course one stroke under par, and junior Justin Hueber took third place, finishing one over par. It was Hueber’s sixth top-five finish this year.

Although the ‘Hounds finished second of the eleven team field and placed two golfers in the top three spots, head coach Brent Nicoson said that there is progress still to be made.

“The good news is, we have not played our best golf yet,” Nicoson said. “But in order to win big tournaments, you have to have solid contribution from all five spots. The best teams do.”

The ‘Hounds traded their warm weather attire for long sleeves and layers as they returned from Spring Break competition in Florida and earned a share of second place in the Butler Invitational March 24-25 at the Prestwick Country Club in Avon.

Hueber shot two strokes under the 72-par course during the first round, earning the lowest score of the first day. Fair finished two strokes over Hueber, shooting par. Contributing performances from junior Kyle Pearson (+1), sophomore Kyle Miller (+9) and freshman Blair Webb (+9) helped the men’s squad to first place after the first day with a team score of 296, but the team added 20 strokes to its scores and lost its two-stroke first-round edge to Cleveland State University. The University of Evansville took first place while the ‘Hounds tied with CSU, both teams three strokes behind the Purple Aces.

Miller and Webb were the only ‘Hounds to improve on their opening day performances, shaving one and three strokes off of their first round scores and finishing 34th and 23rd, respectively. Nicoson said the team’s five-player lineup has witnessed some changes in its fifth spot as the squad searches for the strongest quintet among the team’s 14 golfers. Senior Jon Schultz, who has competed in the top-five lineup this season, competed as an individual and placed 19th.

“We are really close to being where we need to be,” Schultz said. “But sometimes we aren’t finishing well and throwing away easy shots, and that is why we haven’t taken the top spots so far this year.”

The team finally competed outdoors after spending a winter confined to indoor golf facilities when they traveled to Port St. Lucie, Florida to compete in the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Southern Classic during Spring Break.

Nicoson said that he felt encouraged by the team’s performance, as the team took top honors by finishing 17 under second place Temple University. Hueber tied a

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Senior Bryce New (redshirting) and sophomore Cody Parks run the 5k at the Gerry England Invite, the first outdoor home meet of the year.

Galloway, winning the javelin with a 55.42-meter throw and the discus throw with a toss of 41.55 meters. Cohee finished first in the 400-meter hurdles with time of 55.51 seconds. Thompson was second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.04 seconds, while senior Devon Brooks placed second in the 400-meter dash in 52.63 seconds.

The women’s team was lead by Sanuth, who won the 200-meter dash in a time of 26.24 seconds. Senior Abby Adragna won the 800-meter run with a time of 2:38, while senior LeAnn Sarka won the 3000-meter run in 12:32.54.

Senior Rachel Kriese won the steeplechase in a time of 10:52. Junior Morgan Venne cleared 8’6” in the pole vault to take first place.

Fangman said his teams have made

the difference between a failing season and a successful one.

“We’re being a David. Goliath was big, but he didn’t win,” he said. “We have a good group, a good team and I’m happy with our performance under these conditions thus far.”

Both teams competed in the Olivet Nikoloff Invitational at the University of Cincinnati April 5.

A few athletes traveled to Purdue University to compete in the Mike Poehlein Invitational. Results were not available as of The Reflector press time.

The ‘Hounds will be back in action at the Indiana Intercollegiate Championships at IUPUI April 11-12.

game 7-3 but dropped the second game 5-4. Due to weather conditions, the first game against Drury was delayed, but that did not stop the ‘Hounds from scoring seven runs, leading to head coach Melissa Frost-Fisher’s 100th win in her fourth season at UIndy.

Sophomore Jessica Breeden also hit her eighth homer, setting a new school record.

Freshman pitcher Meagan Gutierrez threw 5.2 innings with an ERA of two in the second game against Drury.

The Panthers started off with a two-run lead, until the ‘Hounds tied them with two runs at the top of the third inning. UIndy was in the lead but the Panthers scored a pair of singles to capture the win.

The ‘Hounds set a new single season program record when they played against Rockhurst University (16-7, 3-1 GLVC) March 29. They lost the first game 4-3 and then won the second game 5-3.

In the first game, the teams remained scoreless until Rockhurst scored a run in the second inning. Sophomore Jessica Breeden homered in the third inning, tying the score 1-1. Rockhurst

scored again in the bottom of the fifth, setting the score at 3-1. Both junior shortstop Jenny Swanson and freshman infielder Jamie Ketz scored in the sixth inning to tie the game 3-3. Rockhurst came back and hit a home run in the seventh inning, winning the game.

Off the bat in the second game, the ‘Hounds smacked four home runs and four hits in the first inning. Rockhurst scored three runs in the fifth inning, but the ‘Hounds held the lead and won the game with five runs “We have to take them [Drury and Rockhurst] because we have to make a statement,” freshman infield Cat Sampson said prior to the games.

The Greyhounds played Saginaw Valley State University March 21, losing the first game 4-2, but they came back to win the second game 8-0.

“We knew we had tougher competition with Saginaw because they are a region and ranked team,” Sampson said. “After losing the first game, we bounced back and we shut them down.”

In the first game, Saginaw Valley scored three runs in the fourth inning and the ‘Hounds only scored one run in both the third and sixth innings. In the second game, Sampson, sophomore outfielder Julie Zaitz and junior outfielder/catcher Lindsey Gustine all scored runs in the second inning.

Breeden scored a two-run double, giving the ‘Hounds the lead and eventually the 8-0 shutout.

“Basically, the girls knew we had to hit the ball and we continued with our game plan in the second one,” Frost-Fisher said. “Our pitching was phenomenal. [We] just had a couple crucial errors in the first game. But in the second game, the bat just came to life.”

Both games against Kentucky Wesleyan College on March 16 ended in a victory for the ‘Hounds. KWC (6-14, 0-2 GLVC) was ahead in the beginning, but the ‘Hounds won games one and two, 4-2 and 5-2, respectively. Breeden hit her sixth homer of the season.

Softball coach earns 100th win in fourth season at UIndy

By Cecilia Perdomo Staff Writer

By Dan Friend Managing Editor

Contributed by Derek Speer

The University of Indianapolis women’s softball team (20-18,6-4 GLVC) played Quincy University Saturday, April 5. Quincy defeated the ‘Hounds in the first game, in a 2-0 shut out. But the Greyhounds came back in the second game to take a 9-0 shutout victory.

UIndy played Findlay University April 2, winning the first game 7-1 and the second game in a 7-0 shutout.

Findlay earned the only run of the double header in the top of the first inning. In the second inning the Greyhounds had five hits, which led to four runs and a three-run lead over Findlay.

UIndy left Findlay hitless from the second inning until the end of the game. In the second game, the women ‘Hounds kept Findlay to only one hit throughout the game, getting 12 hits of their own, winning 7-0.

The ‘Hounds played Drury University on March 30 and won the first

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Junior pitcher Amanda Wendlinger winds up to pitch at the Saginaw Valley State game on March 21.

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Women’s golf finishes second among 21 teams in Spring Invitational

By Cecilia Perdomo Staff Writer

The University of Indianapolis women’s golf team traveled to Urbana, Ill. April 5 to compete in the Illini Spring Classic. Overall the ‘Hounds placed 11 of 15 teams that competed.

UIndy was ranked second in the Northern Kentucky Spring Invitational held March 29-30. The event took place at the Perry Park Golf Course and included 21 teams, 15 of which were in-region schools.

“It is going to be a mini-regional for the NCAA to see who is really stacking up,” head coach Ken Piepenbrink said prior to the tournament.

The Greyhounds’ captain, junior Kristi Piepenbrink, had a career-best of 146, helping the ‘Hounds to a second-place finish.

According to the University of Indianapolis Athletics Web site, Piepenbrink shot an even-par 72 March 29 and scored a 74 against runner-up Tara Wiley from the University of Southern Indiana in round two.

The ‘Hounds competed in the Northern Illinois University Snowbird Intercollegiate over Spring Break at the Pebblecreek Golf and Country Club in Tampa, Fla., March 14. The team placed third among the eight teams that competed.

“We were able to play three days at the North/South tournament, and we were able to continue that practice,” coach Piepenbrink said. “So I think it just showed how quickly we can adjust, once we have an opportunity to get out and play on the golf course.”

Sophomore Sarah Prascsak placed fourth with her second-round 75 shot and scored a 78 the next day, totaling 153 shots. Piepenbrink followed, scoring a consistent 77 March 15 and 16.

“A lot of us were a little more relaxed after having the first tournament, going into the second one,” Kristi Piepenbrink said.

The tournament involved mostly Division I schools.

The ‘Hounds competed at the North/South Women’s Collegiate March 10-11 in Jacksonville, Fla., placing eight of 12. There were 10 Division I teams and two Division II teams.

“We kind of knew going into the Spring season that we weren’t going to be awesome, but we did our best,” Kristi Piepenbrink said.

Coach Piepenbrink said the weather was an issue with their practices in the winter prior to the tournaments.

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NCAA swimming nationals result in All-American honors for Greyhounds

By Staci Reafsnyder Sports Editor

was 23rd in the same event.

On the second day of competition for the ‘Hounds, the women’s 200 freestyle relay team of Crosby, Owen, Smith and Tafur recorded a 1:35.89 time, finishing ninth in the event. The men’s 200 freestyle relay prelims, made up of sophomore Marios Panagi, senior Kieran O’Neill, senior Chad Damitz and Arestis placed sixth. In the finals of the same event, Ahonen took the place of Damitz, to swim with Panagi, O’Neill and Arestis and placed fourth to achieve All-American honors.

Among other UIndy swimmers who competed, Crosby was runner-up in the 100 butterfly, and Tafur was runner-up in the 200 freestyle.

With Arestis’ win in the 200 freestyle, he set a new NCAA record with his 1:37.35 time.

The third day of competition resulted in many top-ten Greyhound finishes. For the women’s team, Miller was seventh in the 500 freestyle with a 5:06.40 time, achieving her eighth career All-American honor. The women’s 800 freestyle, made up of Miller, Owen, Smith and Tafur, clocked a 7:48.15 time, finishing in 12th place.

Arestis, Ahonen, O’Neill and freshman Keegan Hoey made up the men’s 800 freestyle relay that clocked a 6:46.04 time to finish in seventh place and gain an All-American honor. Top individual performances on the men’s team came from Alacli, who placed 11th in the 200 freestyle with a 1:53.49 time and Ahonen, who clocked a time of 4:36.35 in the 500 freestyle to place 14th. In the 100 backstroke preliminaries, Damitz was 33rd with a 53.28 time.

“The competition went extremely fast. The guy [swimmers at nationals]

After the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships, the University of Indianapolis swimming team sent 12 athletes to the NCAA Championships in Columbus, Mo., March 12-15. Of those 12 athletes, 10 received a total of 26 All-American honors.

There was about a month between events for the nationally-qualified swimmers to train.

“At first we were able to take the yardage back up,” Kinkead said.

“We went back and did some training because the week that we had conference, we didn’t do any training.

We did some longer, easier swimming the first week, and the second week was very similar to what it was three weeks out from conference.”

On the first day of competition, senior Ellie Miller finished fourth in the 1000 freestyle with a 10:16.48 time and also achieved her seventh All-American honor in her career.

Junior Isabela Tafur also gained an All-American honor with her fourth place finish in the 50 freestyle. Tafur, sophomore Erica Smith, senior Valerie Crosby and junior Casey Owen made up the 200-medley relay squad that placed 16th.

The men’s 200 medley relay was disqualified from competition. Senior Alex Arestis recorded a 20.45 time to win the 50 freestyle in the B-final and to place ninth overall. Freshman Alican Alacli placed 17th in the 1000 freestyle, and senior Hanno Ahonen

were a lot bigger, and it seemed like they were giants,” Damitz said. “It’s a whole new breed of human beings [at nationals].”

The last day of national competition was on March 15. Individually, for the women, Miller gained her ninth career All-American honor with her fourth-place finish in the 1650 freestyle with a 17:10.98 time. In the 100 freestyle Tafur was runner-up with a 50.30 time. The women’s 400 freestyle relay event— made up of Owen, Crosby, Miller and Tafur—finished eighth with a 3:31.46 time.

On the men’s team, Alacli took fourth place in the 1650 freestyle with his 15:35.97 time, and Arestis tied for second in the 100 freestyle with a 44.47 time. Arestis, Ahonen, O’Neill and Panagi made up the men’s 400 freestyle relay that clocked a 3:02.56 to finish seventh in the event.

“Although we didn’t place as high as we did last year at nationals, I think we had very good individual swims,” Tafur said.

Overall, the Greyhounds earned a total of 26 All-American honors, the women’s team finished 11th of 34, and the men’s team finished 11th of 26.

“I was very happy with what we did at nationals,” Kinkead said. “We had some great swims, very good swims and good swims. We didn’t have any bad swims, and you can almost say that is being successful at a national championship because you’re not [often] going to have an entire team that is in that category of great, very good and good.”

Wrestling competes in NCAA, Perkey runner-up in 133-weight class

By Abby Adragna Editor-in-Chief

The University of Indianapolis wrestling team closed out its 20072008 season with several top honors.

Four Greyhound athletes traveled to the NCAA Division II National Championships held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, March 14-15. Senior Shane Perkey finished second in the 133-pound weight class to earn All-American honors for the fourth straight year and add to his record-breaking career at UIndy. This season Perkey broke the 16-year-old Greyhound record for most career wins, which now stands at 148 victories. He also holds UIndy records for most wins in a single season (42) and most wins as a freshman (40).

“It’s just a testament to how consistent he’s been,” said head coach Jay Yates. “He knows how to win. It’s just really a testament to his attitude and work ethic and how competitive he is.”

Although Perkey finished his UIndy wrestling career with several highlights, he said he didn’t quite reach all his goals.

“It’s bittersweet because this year

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Frost-Fisher has 100th win in her fourth year at UIndy According to Sampson and Gutierrez, the team is successful because the team members are determined and get along.

The team has made improvements from last year and has proven its maturity by its scores.

“We need to make major improvements, and that’s the main thing. We are taking the small steps to our large goal,” Frost-Fisher said.

After Spring Break, the team played against the University of Southern Indiana (12-12, 1-1 GLVC) on March 15. The team lost the first game 7-3 but came back to win the second game 12-11. By the sixth inning of the second game, the score was tied 9-all; but in the eighth inning USI scored three runs, bringing the score to 9-12. The ‘Hounds came back to score four runs in the bottom of the eighth, taking the lead 13-12.

“Once the game is over, it’s over, no matter the win or loss. We have to move on to the next one,” FrostFisher said. “We had 31 hits by the second game, which is unheard of in softball.”

Over Spring Break, the ‘Hounds tacked 11 games in a six-day trip through Florida.

UIndy took a 9-1 victory over Ohio Valley University in the first game on March 7, starting the 11-game streak.

didn’t go the way I wanted it too,” he said. “I had three [individual] goals. I wanted to break the win record, which I did, but I wanted 150 or more [wins].

In high school I broke the 150 record, and I was the only person who hit that mark, so I wanted to do that here as well. And I also wanted to win nationals.”

Senior Chad Woods, freshman Nick Peppler and redshirt sophomore Lynn Panko also traveled to the national meet, but they did not place.

The ‘Hounds tied for 20th overall at the national competition. Perkey said the overall outcome of nationals was disappointing, but there were a couple positives.

“I’m really proud of Chad Woods,” Perkey said. “He wrestled varsity for the first time his senior year, and he went 40-20 and qualified for nationals.

At the beginning of the season, no one really expected him to do that well. As time went on, we were all pushing for it. I think his going to nationals was a great thing that wasn’t expected. I’m really proud of him for doing that.”

Prior to the national meet, three Greyhound wrestlers were chosen to be part of the 2007-2008 National Wrestling Coaches Association Divi-

This game was followed by 10 more at the Rebel Spring Games in Orlando, Fla., from March 8-13.

“We started with a region team. We spent a lot of time hitting and we had mental preparation,” Frost-Fisher said.

“It was a total team effort. We just put the ball into play.”

The ‘Hounds lost twice to Minnesota State University (20-12, 0-2 NCC) on two different days. The first game (12-2) was on Tuesday March 11. The second game (4-5) was on Thursday March 13.

“Once we get a little more experienced, I would love to have a rematch,” Frost-Fisher said.

Overall, the team had a great time over Spring Break. The team spent a lot of time practicing during the winter and while in Florida.

“I was very happy with the way Spring Break went,” Frost-Fisher said.

“We made major strides and major improvements. Our record wasn’t ideal, but once we got out of Spring Break our goal was to win our region game, which we did.”

The season has been good for the girls and they have worked hard to be where they are right now.

“Everyday we learn something new. It is different from high school because college is the level you want to play in,” Sampson said. “We started out weak, but then we prepared mentally and worked harder.”

Results for the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville on April 6 were not available as of The Reflector press time. The ‘Hounds next play St. Joseph’s College April 10.

sion II All-Academic teams. Panko and fellow sophomore Matt Irwin were selected for the All-Academic first team, and senior David Walpole was chosen as an honorable mention. To be considered for the NWCA All-Academic teams, athletes must be in their second full year at the institution with a minimum GPA of 3.0. The wrestlers also must play key roles on their teams and submit at least two letters of recommendation.

The Greyhounds hosted the 2008 NCAA Division II Midwest Regional in Nicoson Hall on March 1. According to Yates, the team was glad for the chance to participate in regional competition at home.

“It’s the national qualifying tournament, and it’s pretty much once every 10 years that we get to host it.

So it’s really nice to be able to have sort of a fan base for that type of tournament,” he said.

UIndy placed fourth of nine teams with 95.5 points. Perkey, Woods, Peppler and Panko qualified for the national championships by placing in the top four of their respective weight classes. Perkey took first at

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Senior Shane Perkey and sophomore Josh Allen review techniques during UIndy wrestling practice.

Greyhound women’s basketball out of NCAA’s in first round of play

By Staci Reafsnyder Sports Editor

Not since the 2004-05 season had the University of Indianapolis women’s basketball team qualified for the NCAA Tournament. Seeded fifth in the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference quarterfinals, the ‘Hounds were set to play Northern Kentucky University (NKU) in the first round of the NCAA’s on March 14.

The ‘Hounds traveled to the campus of Drury University in Springfield, Mo., to take on fourth-seeded NKU, a GLVC foe that the ‘Hounds lost to twice by a combined 10 points during the regular season.

“We already knew [Northern Kentucky’s] personnel and everything about them,” said senior guard Karla Mast. “All of us felt really prepared and excited.”

The game opened with a three point shot from Mast that put UIndy on the scoreboard. NKU’s Angela Healy went up for two free-throw shots to put Northern Kentucky on the board with two points. Northern Kentucky trailed the ‘Hounds throughout the half, never taking the lead. With 2:07 remaining, UIndy sophomore guard Jessica Canary hit a jump shot to put the score at 33-20, a 13-point lead for the ‘Hounds

going into the locker room at halftime.

Northern Kentucky fought to narrow UIndy’s lead as the second half opened, scoring nine points within the first four minutes of play, but the ‘Hounds still had the advantage. Canary made a layup, pushing the score to 37-29. NKU improved from a first half when they shooting percentage of 21.7 percent to make 46.7 percent in the second half.

UIndy’s lead diminished through the second half, and NKU’s Jessie Slack made a jump shot to put the Norse ahead 51-50 with 3:55 remaining on the clock. UIndy made many attempts to gain it back, but shot only 19.2 percent from within the arc, compared with the 46.4 percent in the first half.

Freshman forward Samantha Meissel made two free-throw shots, drawing the ‘Hounds within one point of NKU 55-54. With ten seconds remaining, junior guard Isabell Rhenwrick missed a layup. At the buzzer, the final score remained 55-54.

“During the game, in the first half, we were very confident. Our shots were falling, we were playing outstanding defense and we went into the second half with a 13-point lead,” head coach LeAnn Freeland said. “Northern Kentucky is a team that will never give up.

In the second half, they came out and some of their shots were falling. Unfortunately ours did not, and that enabled

[NKU] to get back into the game.”

Mast was named to the 2007-08 Daktronics, Inc. All-Great Lakes Region second team March 12. She said that being named to second team was a great honor, and that she couldn’t have done it without her teammates.

“Without them passing me the ball, and just letting me play with them, I would have never been able to have that award,” Mast said.

Earlier in the season, Mast said she had been averaging around 20 to 21 points a game. After a returning hand injury that benched her for three weeks, she still averaged 18 points per game.

Mast said she was thankful that it was her hand she had broken and that she was able to come back and play for the rest of the season.

“Karla [Mast] had an extremely successful senior year,” Freeland said.

“Even though she broke her hand and was sidelined three weeks during the season, she’s had an amazing year.”

The ‘Hounds competed in the GLVC tournament March 4-8, reaching the semifinals but didn’t make it to the championships. After UIndy defeated Quincy University in the GLVC tournament quarterfinals 61-48 on March 4, the team traveled to Drury University for the GLVC semifinals in Springfield,

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April 9, 2008

Social work student first to study abroad in Ghana, Africa

Student helps local community in Africa while completing senior practicum.

By Adrian Kendrick Feature Editor

Summer is approaching fast and many college students are searching for a summer job or are just happy to get a break from school. Not junior Ashley Fallos. This summer she is off to Ghana, Africa, to do her senior practicum.

Fallos will be the first student from the University of Indianapolis Phylis Lan Lin Social Work Program to do her senior practicum abroad.

According to Field Coordinator and Social Work Professor Toni Peabody, a practicum is a chance for the student to practice what he or she has learned in the classroom.

“This is the first time UIndy has ever had a senior practicum student at an international placement. It is unheard of for an undergraduate,” Peabody said. “This is very cutting-edge for her.”

According to Peabody, UIndy has had other students travel internationally with the university, but no student has ever done so for their field practicum.

Fallos came to UIndy as a biology major but changed to social work after taking some courses and realizing that

social work was the field for her.

“I am excited about working in Ghana this summer. I have never been anywhere international before, so I’m looking forward to it,” she said.

Currently Fallos is fulfilling her junior practicum at the Martin Luther King Community Center.

“I really enjoy working with people, and this [senior practicum] will give me the opportunity to do that,” she said.

She will spend May 24 to June 20 in Ghana. She will return to UIndy in the fall to take additional classes.

“She will learn and experience over there and do reflective work when she comes back,” Peabody Contributed By Lyndsay McBride and Lydia Fischer said.

The program Fallos chose for her practicum was Cross Cultural SoluJunior Ashley Fallos, second from right, volunteers at a luncheon tions, a program that for the past 12 to increase awareness of volunteering on campus. years has been dedicated to international volunteer work and internships While in Africa, Fallos will work

The supervisor monitors the for students and adults. Cross Cultrural with HIV and AIDS education and progress of the practicum experience Solutions encompasses work in 12 prevention. Her duties will be more via journal writings, interim reports and other countries, including Costa Rica, specifically defined when she arrives, telephone contacts with the student and China and many others. but she will be helping children and field supervisor.

Fallos said that while working with adults receive education.

Peabody spent her junior year of Cross Cultural Solutions, her days will Fallos will be living with other incollege in Rome, Italy, and loved the be balanced among cultural learning terns under supervision. The total cost experience, so she wants students to activities, local cooking and free time. of the trip is $5,000. take risks and travel oversees.

“I’m really excited about the [Cross According to the Phylis Lan Lin “It [doing the field practicum overCultural Solutions] program that I’m Program in Social Work Field Manual, seas] is a lot more work but so much going to be working with,” she said. “I the activities will be coordinated by more life changing,” Peabody said. chose to go to Africa because the culand through the designated faculty “Ashley is taking a risk. I think this is ture is so different, and I want to step supervisor who serves as the liaison for a risky thing…she is brave for doing out and learn and apply what I have the university, agency and students. this.” already learned as much as I can.”

Senior citizen lunch day dispells stereotypes, opens minds

By Crystal Abrell Staff Writer

The University of Indianapolis hosted “Take a Senior Citizen to Lunch Day” Wednesday, March 26, in the Schwitzer Student Center Trustees Dining Room.

Students and professors on the Social Work Committee decided to host an event at UIndy to provide a more positive outlook towards the elderly community. This group consisted of social work students, including juniors Ashley Fallos, Sara Taylor and Kari Johnson, along with the Director of the Social Work Program Jeffery Bryant and Director of Polk Food Service, Ted Polk.

Six different agencies that work to offer senior citizens better opportunities collaborated to help shape the event. The agencies involved were Baxter YMCA, Martin Luther King Center, Concord Community Center, John Boner, Southeast Community Center and The Altenheim.

Fallos and Polk wrote a letter for a grant to pay for the cost of the lunch.

They received a Mini Grant Award of $600 from the ICC Community Service.

“Take a Senior Citizen to Lunch Day” provided lunch with a student, informational agency booths and free blood pressure screening to about 80 senior citizens.

Entertainment was provided by

Express, a barbershop quartet and the Time Steppers Senior Citizen Dance Group from Oasis.

According to Fallos, there was a wide variety of student interaction.

“The event was open to the whole campus and we [were] excited for all the students and faculty that decided to help out,” Fallos said.

According to Taylor, the lunch was intended to diminish the negative stereotypes students and senior citizens may have about one another.

“We were hoping to educate people about the senior citizen community, while adding a positive outlook on getting older,” Taylor said. “Basically we felt it was a perfect opportunity to

intermingle generations that would not usually have the opportunity to associate.”

All the Indianapolis agencies involved offer many types of activities for the senior citizen community.

John Boner, a senior citizens agency, provides daily outings and transportation to the seniors involved in their program.

According to Bryant, it is a pleasing experience to see older individuals out of their homes and involved.

“A lot of neat opportunities are provided to the older generation,” Bryant said. “People think as you get older you can’t do anything, [but] there is an abundance of opportunities.”

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“We felt it was a perfect opprtunity to intermingle generations that would not normally...associate,” Sara Taylor said.

Fallos also plays for the UIndy women’s volleyball team and is a Lugar Scholar.

According to Peabody, Ashley is energetic, smart and caring.

“She is a star. She is an exceptional student by any university standards, and I truly mean that,” Peabody said.

Fallos wants to contribute in every way that she can by working directly with the local population.

“I have chosen to work in the country of Ghana because I am looking for international experience and an increase in exposure to diversity,” Fallos said.

Students who want to participate and are interested in traveling overseas to contribute their time to others should sign up for the social work program, Peabody said.

“The students will have the opportunity to do their junior or senior practicum, and the social work department works and collaborates with the student,” Peabody said.

“Anything the student wants to do—if they’re interested we can help make arrangements for the country of their choice.”

Peabody believes this program will continue to grow at UIndy.

“Our university wants to do more and more international things. A bigger school could not do it, because it takes a lot of work and time,” Peabody said. “I think others [students] will want to do travel abroad in the future.”

Primatologist researches Senegal chimpanzees, finds her true love

By Kim O’Brien Staff Writer

with the climate of the area.

“During the dry season, the lows are around 102 degrees, and it can typically get close to 115,” Pruetz said.

These chimps also exhibit another Many people struggle to discover behavior viewed as especially unique; what they really love to do, but primathey use spears. Chris Schmidt, astologist Jill Pruetz found her love in sociate professor of anthropology and chimpanzees. director of the "I had never lecture series, really planned said it was exciton that," Pruetz ing to hear about said, "but when I how the chips use volunteered with the tools. captive chimps, I “Nothing fell in love." quite beats Pruetz visited spear-wielding the University of chimpanzees,” Indianapolis on Schmidt said.

March 28 to talk In order to about her findings Contributed by Dr. Christopher Schmidt make the spears, on chimpanzees a chimpanzee Primatologist Jill Pruetz visited in Senegal as part UIndy to discuss research. typically breaks of the Blanche E. off a branch from Pruitt Anthropoloa tree, shapes it gy Lecture Series. and then sticks it into a hole in that tree Those chimpanzees behave in a way to kill a bush baby. that seems quite different from a lot of “I was talking with a fellow reothers previously studied. searcher after I published my study, and “As you may remember from Jane he said they’d found evidence of bush Goodall’s studies, her chimps were babies having been eaten,” she said notoriously skittish around water—not with a laugh, “but he had no idea how these ones,” Pruetz said. they [the chimpanzees] could have gotAt the lecture, Pruetz showed a ten to them [the bush babies].” video from the National Geographic Society, one of the organizations funding her research, that captured a group of males bathing in a pond. She said a lot of this different behavior has to do See CHIMPANZEES Page 8

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Susan Fleck showcases her photography at UIndy Sara Haefner Staff Writer

The University of Indianapolis art department invited photographer Susan Fleck to showcase a series of photographs collectively entitled “Breaking Ground,” in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center from March 24 to May 9.

Fleck, a former photojournalism teacher at the Pulliam School of Journalism at Franklin College for 15 years, created the collection during her Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship sponsored by the Arts Council of Indianapolis.

Designed to provide an opportunity for artists to invigorate their creative outlooks, Fleck decided that the focus of her fellowship would be farmland and other images associated with rural life.

“I wanted to show folks images of farms and countryside that they may have previously forgotten or ignored,” Fleck said.

The series of 21 photographs took the artist all over the world from early 2006 to last August when the last photograph was taken. Locations included Norway, Washington, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana.

“The series looks at rural and agrarian life in an ethereal, dreamlike way with vivid colors,” Fleck said.

“It seems as though you’re looking through a misty veil.”

To create this ethereal effect, Fleck worked on a technique combining two images, one soft or blurry and one

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“Breaking Ground” focuses on the country side and farm life from all over the world. sharp. Together, an image is created with some areas out of focus.

Fleck, who primarily photographs architecture in black and white, found herself making a discretionary editorial decision when putting her collection together.

“I started out wanting that sharp contrast look from black and white photography, but I started to put the series together, and it didn’t quite flow as a group. I had to

put it in a meaningful context and step back,” Fleck said.

The change to vivid colors is one example of how Fleck was inspired during the process.

“I felt like I could have an instant connection with any farm, because I grew up on a farm. I wanted to show some of the beauty of rural areas,” Fleck said.

“In a way, it turned into a documentary, because so much farmland is being eaten up by resi-

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“Wolcott, Indiana” is just one of many of Fleck’s photographs in the exhibit. Like most of the pictures, it showcases rural life in bright, vivid colors.

dential areas, and that way of life is dying.”

Although Fleck may admit that there is no deep, hidden meaning in the photographs and that she never takes photographs with the viewer in mind, Dee Schaad, chair of the UIndy Art and Design Department, believes the collection provides a clear and meaningful message for students.

“You don’t have to go to the Greek islands to take pictures of exhibition quality. Content and subject matter equal beauty,” Schaad said. “A good artist knows oneself. Too many people sit in the middle of Indiana and want to paint mountains or the seashore. Do what you are.”

Community members, faculty and students attended the reception held for Fleck on March 28 with positive feedback.

“The photographs seem very painterly. It’s hard to see photos as fine art but if you can accomplish that effect it elevates the work,” said senior Kristin Wentworth.

Fleck, who received her masters in art from UIndy, largely considers the series a success.

“There’s so much variety. Different types of close-ups, repetition, patterns, strong composition, light and dark—the photos embody these qualities,” Fleck said.

The “Breaking Ground” series can be viewed in the Christel Dehaan art gallery until May 9.

The gallery is open every weekday from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Admission is free.

Other collections by Fleck may be viewed on her Web site Susan Fleck Photography at www.fleckphoto.com.

The website includes collections of Fleck’s photography and architecture.

Nickelodeon Spacey wins big in new film, ‘21’ shows we miss Manny Casillas Staff Writer

Marcus Whalbring Entertainment Editor

There are those who say you shouldn’t live in the past, but if you grew up in the early 90s and watched the Nickelodeon channel, you probably can’t help it.

It’s no secret that those were the good old days of children’s television. Then, of course, we all got older and grew out of watching cartoons (minus those on Comedy Central and Adult Swim). Finally, Nickelodeon Studios drew a sketch of a little yellow sponge, made a killing and decided they didn’t have to try anymore.

So this list is a tribute to the good old days. Some great shows have been left out, and I apologize for that. But that doesn’t mean they’ve been overlooked.

7. “Legends of the Hidden Temple.” This list has only one game show on it, and this is it. “Guts” was a close second, but Olmec was calling from beyond the jungle in the Amazon. “Legends” featured the dorky but necessary Kirk Fogg as host, and a cast of color- and animal-coordinated duos such as the blue barracudas and the red jaguars . The winning spot seemed to be available to all teams, but if I were on the show, I would probably have joined the silver snakes. They seemed to win the most.

6. “Pete & Pete.” The ginger-headed brothers were the feature characters in the most original show on Nickelodeon. Who doesn’t want to live in a town with a superhuman in a skintight shirt and a school that had Adam West as principal?

Every episode was written to include minute details that were treated as epic rules about life. The show was almost poetic.

5. “Hey Arnold!” Football Head was the leader of that gang of inner-city miscreants, who played baseball in alleys and taunted the angry stoup kid. But under that, Arnold was just a good-hearted kid who wanted everyone to be happy. He would sacrifice his time for one person in almost every episode, taking baby steps in making the world a better place.

4. “Rocko’s Modern Life.” This cartoon made my parents laugh. Rocko, a dingo who thought every day was Hawaiian shirt day, spent his time fighting with the Bigheads, his next door toads, hanging out with his bovine friend Heifer and taking care of his dog Spunky, who had a romantic relationship with a mop. Philbert the turtle was probably the funniest character on the show, but every unique personality was essential.

3. “Doug.” He had the same noble nature that Arnold possessed, but Doug was much more relatable. He was the definition of mediocrity. On the other hand, he was content with sitting in his room, drawing his latest Quail Man comic and writing in his journal. Among his other interests were his girlfriend, Patti Mayonannaise, his best friend, Skeeter Valentine, and playing first baseman for the Pulverizers. This show was golden, but Nick sold Douglas Yancey Funnie to Disney, and he just hasn’t been the same.

2. “Salute Your Shorts.” Anyone who’s seen this show knows the song by heart. Camp Anawanna was the perfect place for any young boy and girl. Ug, the head counselor, was constantly tormented by the terrors for which he was responsible. Donkeylips, Budnick, Z.Z., Dina, Michael and Telly were running, jumping, swimming and playing in an eternal summer that kept us coming back every week.

1. “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” On Saturday nights, Snick would wrap things up with the show that wanted to keep us up at night. And even though it didn’t, even though the scariest part of the show was the acting skills of the members of the Midnight Society, we still came back every week to sit around the campfire and hear the latest tale. And if you travel back, you’ll find some big names who got their start in this show, such as Ryan Gosling and Neve Campbell. So submitted for your approval, here’s the list. Happy reminiscing!

Robert Luketic (“Legally Blonde”, “Monster-In-Law”) is a guy who makes movies that aren’t exactly award-worthy but manage to do the job of wonderfully entertaining us without insulting our intelligence.

His latest, “21,” is no exception, as it tells the true (enough) story of six MIT math-letes who, along with their slithery professor (a back-to-basics Kevin Spacey) attempt to generate as much money as they can from blackjack games in Vegas by counting cards.

Loosely taken from Ben Mezrich’s best-seller, “Bringing Down The House,” the movie plays fast and loose with the facts but never misses its mark to entertain.

It all starts with Ben Cambell (Jim Sturgess of “Across the Universe”),

who has a talent for adding and arranging numbers like no one else; he’d put “Rain Man” to shame. He aspires to enter Harvard Medical School but can’t produce the dough. When his talent catches the eye of his professor, Mickey Rosa (Spacey), he is recruited into his team of math whizzes who count cards and bring in the cash. Sturgess, along with the five others—Mickey’s number one guy Fisher (Jacob Pitts), sexy spotter Jill (Kate Bosworth), Choi (Aaron Yoo) and Kianna (Liza Lapira)—make piles of money every weekend and live the high life in posh hotels and clubs. And it’s all legal since there’s no law against card counting.

But their activities attract the attention of casino bouncer Cole Williams, (Laurence Fishburne) who eliminates anyone trying to fight the system in his town.

Unfortunately, there’s too little screen time dedicated to Fishburne.

There is enough for Spacey, who brings out the snarky best in this former star card counter.

Director Luketic keeps the pace on course, but sometimes you can see his attempt at emulating Martin Scorsese in “Casino”. He would have been better off evoking really great and under-rated gambling movies like “Rounders” and “The Cooler,” but what Luketic does turn up will dazzle.

The young cast fills things out nicely. Yoo and Lapira are nothing more than stock really, but they manage to sneak in their moments. Bosworth definitely has the sex appeal, but that seems to be about all this poor girl is ever given to do. Someone get her a really good role fast.

Then there's the towering Laurence Fishburne, not given nearly enough screen time unfortunately, but as I mentioned earlier, it's Spacey's show, even when he's not there.

“21” may not be the first best movie of the new year (I’m willing to give that honor to “Stop-Loss”), but in a theatre full of boneheaded choices, “21” is a keeper.

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From left: Aaron Yoo, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, Liza Lapira and Jim Sturgess star in “21.”

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Meyer’s bestselling novel features young love and bloodlust Staci Reafsnyder Sports Editor

Around the country and the world, “Twilight,” written by Stephenie Meyer, has become a sensation among readers looking for a thriller/romance to sit down to. Meyer’s story was brought to life when she had a dream about two star-crossed lovers that she couldn’t get out of her head. Upon the completion of the first draft, Meyer was convinced to publish her writings.

The book hit the shelves in 2005, becoming a New York Times bestseller.

In the story, 17-year-old Isabella (“Bella”) Swan finds herself moving to the one place she dreaded all of her life: Forks, Wash. a rainy, dismal place located near the Olympic Mountains that is nothing like her home in Phoenix, Ariz. Bella’s move to Forks

comes when her stepfather is recruited to Florida to play for a minor league baseball team in hopes of making the majors.

On Bella’s first day at Forks High School, she learns of a family that the whole school gossips about. The adopted children of Carlisle and Esme Cullen are five mysterious and strikingly beautiful people who look as if they have come straight out of a fashion magazine.

Bella soon finds herself partnered in biology class with one of the Cullens, Edward. Her first impressions lead her to think that Edward doesn’t like her, especially when he disappears for a week.

Her thoughts change toward Edward when he saves her life from an accident, giving light to a secret that all of the Cullens have tried to keep hidden for ages. The Cullen family is a coven

of vampires – creatures doomed to eternal damnation who feast on the blood of humans.

Unlike ordinary vampires, the Cullen family members have all sworn off the blood of humans and only prey on animals. As Bella learns this secret, she discovers that the scent of her blood makes Edward thirst for it, unlike anything he has ever experienced, and he duels between the urge to follow his instincts or to refrain from them.

The lives of these two teenagers become intertwined, and they fall in love with each other. Bella is left to choose between life and eternal damnation. Through the eyes of Bella Swan, the story gives the reader a one-on-one view of this overly clumsy girl falling into a world she had never known existed. One of the chapters that stands out is one that takes place in Edward’s special place, a meadow outside of

Forks, the place he takes Bella one day to prove that vampires don’t poof into thin air when the sun is shining. In this chapter, the reader finds the true feelings of Edward and the battle raging within him.

Meyer’s well-thought-out research into the history of vampires reveals itself through the pages of “Twilight,” steering away from the traditional stereotypes of what society knows as a vampire. Her attention to detail plays into the plot as the reader is told many stories of the Cullen family.

Reviewers have compared “Twilight” to books such as “Gossip Girl” and “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,” saying that it is a story that will appeal to readers who enjoy a more realistic fictional story. This love story between a creature doomed to eternal damnation and a young girl just beginning her life will grab the reader and

pull him or her into an unbelievable world It is a book that any reader could enjoy. Although the first few chapters of the book start out slow, setting the scene for this unusual love story, it picks up the pace as the reader is engrossed in this tale. With the plot twisting at each turn of the page, Meyer’s “Twilight” keeps the reader in suspence and ready for more.

Meyer’s New York Times bestseller “Twilight” will soon come to life with the release of “Twilight” the movie, on Dec. 12, 2008.

To submit a book review to The Reflector, please contact: Marcus Whalbring, Entertainment Editor at Whalbringma@uindy.edu

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CHIMPANZEES from Page 6 This behavior hints at a debate going on between anthropologists. Any behavior that is invented, learned or taught is viewed as culture. Humans typically think of this to describe music and art, but it can be used to describe anything within those three guidelines.

According to Pruetz, culture is one of the things that had been thought to set humans apart from other primates, and scientists are wary of giving that designation to anything not human.

“I’m going to go out on a limb and be bold and say [that], since we have no evidence that they [chimpanzees] have taken this from anywhere else, it’s an invented thing,” she said.

Pruetz also said researchers have seen more chimpanzees using the “spears” to kill their prey. Even males and younger females have been observed using the tools.

This may mean they learn it from each other and therefore teach it to others.

As the debate rages on as to whether the chimpanzees exhibit a human characteristic, Pruetz pointed out a specific chimpanzee named Ross. He is hard of hearing, almost blind, and aging.

The researchers aren’t exactly sure how he has survived this long, but he is proof that all chimpanzees are different in their own right.

Pruetz admits that Ross is one of her favored subjects, which makes the scientist herself seem more human.

“As a scientist you’re not supposed to have favorites,” she said, “but I still do.”

FEATURE/ENTERTAINMENT

April 9, 2008

One-of-a-kind wind instruments displayed at UIndy Adrian Kendrick & Cecilia Perdomo Feature Editor & Staff Writer

instruments.

“The plan was to have the instruments divided into two groups where some are on display in the library [Krannert Memorial Library] and the remaining are displayed in the ChrisAfter evaluating two different tel DeHaan Fine Arts Center where schools, retired local entrepreneur the students can play them,” SpinazNorman Cohen donated 55-collected zola said. “He was really receptive to instruments, including saxophones and that plan.” clarinets, to the University of IndiaCohen, a WWII veteran, began napolis music department. his career in the furniture industry The students will be able to use and then took an interest in real some of the most valuable and rarest estate. His real estate business grew instruments around the world. and he decided to form Norle InvestA ceremony was held to reveal the ments with his brother in 1954. instruments to the UIndy campus Feb. According to the UIndy News, 25. Norman Cohen has collected the Cohen began to take major interinstruments for more than two decades. ests in jazz and swing music in the In order to receive the instruments, 1980s.

Harry Miedema, director of UIndy His interest led him to play with Alicia Tuszynski/The Reflector Jazz Studies, and James Spinazzola, some local bands, and he befriended Above: Rare instruments displayed in the Krannert Memorial assistant professor of music, developed several employees from the Selmer a proposal for Cohen that fit with his Library are dated back to the late 1800s.

Company. Cohen then decided to plans of what he wanted to do with the collect and fix worn-out instruments, think those are the best instruments saxophone) existed but I had never including several from that were ever made, and Norm gave us seen one until now,” Miedema said. the Selmer Company.

According to Spinazzola, the instru- seven of them.”

“Norman has seen According to the UIndy News Web ments, in terms of the brand names, are what we have done here site, the collection has been valued at the best saxophones ever constructed. [with the instruments] “If these instruments were cars, they more than $100,000 in insurance profand has appreciated it its. For this reason, a student or any would be Ferraris; they’re top of the and has felt that this person who is not part of the faculty line. It also runs [as far back] to where was the right place for of the music department must have the saxophone was invented in the his instruments to be,” permission to use them.

1800s, and we have instruments from Miedema said.

Miedema said the music department the late 1800s into the 20th century. So According to Mieis thankful to Cohen for his donation they are pretty incredible,” Spinazzola dema, a rare saxophone and is thrilled that students will have said. called a “C” melody the opportunity to play some of the Miedema has a saxophone in his ofsoprano saxophone is instruments. one of many displayed at fice similar to the ones Cohen donated.

“The instruments were a very “These saxophones are mine. They the library. generous gift,” Spinazzola said. “It’s are made by the Selmer Company, and “I am a professional Alicia Tuszynski/The Reflector saxophone player, [so] something that will serve the university they are called Mark VI,” Miedema for many years to come.” said. “Many people, including me, I knew it (the soprano The saxophones are valued at $100,000.

‘Superhero Movie’ flies and drops just short as a parody film Marcus Whalbring Entertainment Editor

We’ve had a cluster of writers and directors in recent years who wished they were David Zucker or Mel Brooks. Zucker and Brooks were brilliant minds who created great parody films such as “Airplane!” and “Space Balls,” and we’ve been subjected to poor imitators who’ve fed us tree bark like “Epic Movie” and “Meet the Spartans.” I sat through “Epic Movie” and I could feel myself start to dry up like a raisin while I asked myself, “Is this over yet?”

I was expecting a similar reaction when I went to see “Superhero Movie,”

but I was somewhat surprised.

Writer and director Craig Mazin (who had nothing to do with “Epic Movie,” “Date Movie” or “Meet the Spartans”) was able to pull together something clever. Actually he was the guy who wrote “Rocketman,” a personal favorite of mine, and was one of the writers in “Scary Movie 3” and “Scary Movie 4.”

“Superhero Movie” focuses on Rick Riker (Drake Bell of Nickelodeon’s “Drake and Josh”) who finds himself along a Peter Parker path when he’s bitten by a genetically altered dragonfly, which transforms him into a wall-climbing, wall-crushing superhero called Dragonfly. Suddenly Riker finds himself in the company of other superheroes who, oddly, carry the names

of real Marvel superheroes such as the Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Professor Xavier, Wolverine and Storm.

Riker also lives with his quirky aunt and uncle (played by Marion Ross and Leslie Nielsen), who offer the biggest moments of laughter in the film. Nielsen delivers a hilarious performance as always, and Ross gives a moment of gas-powered humor that had my stomach hurting from laughter because, well, farting is always funny.

The villain Hourglass, played

by Christopher McDonald (“Happy Gilmore”) doesn’t add much humor to the film but is a necessary part of the plot.

The script, unlike more recent parody films, does not rely on many pop culture references to attempt humor.

While “Epic Movie” and “Date Movie” thought that audiences would laugh because there was a reference to Paris Hilton or MTV’s “Cribs,” this film, other than a reference to Tom Cruise, sticks to the usual motive behind a parody film: it pokes fun at the films it references. Most of the films parodied were the first Spider-Man film, the X-Men films and “The Fantastic Four,” but there’s also a small reference to “Batman Begins.”

Of course, such a film is nowhere near perfect. The comedy tries too hard at some points and generally falls flat.

When the director seems not to be really trying, it really hurts the film, such as the scene in which the Human Torch yells and screams, “I’M ON FIRE!” and Dragonfly tries to put him out.

I didn’t understand the point of having a Professor Xavier family either. There are three bald children in wheelchairs huddling around their bald mother who’s also in a wheelchair, and it just seems to be a moment that was meant to have the audience rolling. If I recall, there wasn’t much laughter coming from the audience at all during that scene.

Despite a few dry moments, the film does succeed at some points. As I said, the film made me laugh, which was the point. For those who are afraid they’ll find another episode of “Meet the Spartans,” fear not.

This film has a life of its own, separate from the others. If Mazin continues to write and direct, he may find himself next to Zucker and Brooks someday.

April 9, 2008

GOLF

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Men’s golf competes for NCAA tournament bid school record with his 65-stroke performance on the first round. Junior Kyle Pearson took third place, finishing four over par. Fair was one stroke and one place behind Pearson.

“After competing indoors all season, hitting the ball off of mats instead of grass, it was good to see the team come out and perform so well,” Nicoson said.

The ‘Hounds will tee off at the GLVC conference championships April 13, when they return to Otter Creek Golf Course in Columbus for the threeday tournament.

W. GOLF

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Weather takes a toll on women’s golf practices

“We just hadn’t been out on the grass enough or on the golf course enough to be proficient at it,” coach Piepenbrink said.

In bad weather, the team practices in the Ruth Lilly Center. They practice throughout the week and only get one day off.

According to coach Piepenbrink, when the ‘Hounds practice in Ruth Lilly, they practice with the coach individually or in groups of two or three.

The team has evolved and matured from last year and now is ranked 15th in the NCAA. “Some of the girls stepped it up from last year,” coach Piepenbrink said. “They are very motivated, and they have one goal in mind: to get to the national championships.”

The UIndy women’s golf team will next travel to Muncie, Ind. on April 13, to compete in the Ball State Invitational.

BASKETBALL from Page 5 Women’s basketball season ends with 22-8 record Mo., March 8. By the end of the first half, UIndy was in the lead 29-21 but Drury came back in the second half to win in a close game, 52-56. Meissel was the top scorer, contributing 21 points to the UIndy effort. “[This season] I’m very proud of the way the team accepted our [new] staff,” Freeland said. “Our staff appreciated all of their efforts throughout the season.”

Mast said that during the summer, the team was unsure of who the new coaching staff would consist of and that she and senior forward Deanna Thomson set goals for the season. “[Freeland] had some very good game plans and we ended up doing well,” Mast said. “This has been, by far, the best team and my favorite team.”

WRESTLING from Page 5 Wrestling coach looks forward to next season

133 pounds, Woods was third at 149 pounds, Peppler was fourth at 197 pounds and Panko was second at 285 pounds.

While the team was glad to see four athletes head to the national tournament, Yates said the ‘Hounds had hoped a few more men would make the trip.

“We were a little bit below our expectations,” Yates said. “We had seven guys place in the top four, and they take the top four [to nationals]. But if the fourth-place guy hasn’t competed against the fifth-place guy, then they do what’s called a true-fourth match. We lost three of those [true-fourth matches] by a total of four points. So that was a pretty rough round that we went through at the end of the day.”

Although the ‘Hounds fell short of their expectations this season, Yates said several strong athletes will return for next season, including Peppler and Panko, as well as 2007 national-qualifier Irwin.

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Men’s and women’s tennis return from Florida competitions with hopes for the rest of the season

By JP Sinclair Staff Writer

Sexton, 6-3, 6-3 in singles competition.

The only other singles victory came when Prow beat Andrew Bostrom 6-1, 6-1. Stastny and Greenlee were the only doubles victory at No. 1 with an 8-2 score.

“Its hard because we have to be The University of Indianapolis conditioned. With only six players on men’s tennis competed at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (6-6, the team, we have to play both doubles and singles,” Stastny said.

2-2 GLVC) and lost 2-7 on March The UIndy men lost 1-8 to Bel29. Sophomore Kyle Prow helped in larmine University (6-5, 2-2 GLVC) both victories for UIndy with a 6-2, on March 22. The only victory came in 6-5 singles victory for his sixth win singles play when Greenlee defeated in his last seven matches. This was a Nic Janssen-Bernard 6-1, 7-5. sudden burst of wins following a 0-6 The men’s tennis team lost 2-7 to start to his collegiate tennis career.

“Everyone always jokes about him non-conference foe Vincennes University (13-2) at the UIndy Tennis Center being a golf player, but he is a great on March 21. Both UIndy victories tennis player too,” said senior Jan came from No. 2 and 5 singles, when Stastny.

Greenlee defeated Jaime Esteban 7-6, Prow then went on to win with 2-6, 10-5, and Prow beat Jimmy Dundoubles partner freshman Mark dos seith 6-7, 6-3, 10-6.

Praserez-Silva to take an 8-4 win in Over Spring Break, the ‘Hounds the No. 2 doubles.

“I took control of the team, we had scored a 7-2 win over Dowling College (2-2) on March 13 in Kissimmee, Fla. only four players and added two be“It was a nice bonding experience,” fore the season started,” said interim Stastny said. “We got to play some new head coach John Venter, “I am the teams that we hadn’t yet experienced fifth coach in four years, and I think and help set the tone for the season.” that has a lot to do with it.”

Stastny held serve over Jose Gomez The ‘Hounds men’s team suffered at 6-4, 6-2 in singles play. a 6-3 loss against the University “No. 1 singles is tough because of Southern Indiana on March 28.

Junior J.D. Greenlee defeated Nathan you have to set the tone for your team, and you know you’re getting the other team’s best,” Stastny said. Greenlee also had a victory at No. 2 singles, beating Petr Grishchenko 6-4, 7-6. Sophomore Werner Henning, freshman Blake Hall, and Prow all added singles victories. Both doubles teams scored victories for UIndy, when PrazeresSilva and Prow defeated Pedro Munoz and Salulo Gonzales 8-6, and Henning Fang Fang Li/ The Reflector and Hall won 8-6 against Lotito Seniors Ashley Liles and Lindsey Fischer and Wolfthal. get ready for any scoring attempts from the “The men are coming together opposing team.

here recently.

They’re a new squad with a new coach, so we had to learn in a short amount of time,” Venter said.

“I am very optimistic that we can finish strong.”

The men’s team traveled to Drury University April 4 and to Rockhurst University on April 5.

Results for the Drury and Rockhurst matches were not available Alicia Tuszynski/ The Reflector as of The Re- Junior Kyle Prow (#5 singles) serves as freshman flector press Mark Silva (#2 singles) readies for play in their time. doubles match against Vincennes March 21.

Meanwhile, the University of scored victories when Fischer and Indianapolis women’s tennis team has senior Ashley Liles defeated Carli records of 7-7, 3-2 GLVC. Conners and Laura Horning 9-7 and Northwood University came to Insophomore Melanie Sullivan and dianapolis April 3, and defeated UIndy Neidlinger beat Sarah Rhein and 7-2. The doubles team of senior Kristen Clark 8-4.

Volz and senior Laura Phillip took an The ‘Hounds almost went unde8-4 doubles victory, contributing to one feated against visiting Bellarmine of the two wins of the day. Sophomore University (5-7, 2-2 GLVC) March Aly Neidlinger was the other contribut- 22. The final tally of matches was ing win for the ‘Hounds with a 6-1, 6-0 in favor of UIndy 8-1. The only loss decision in singles play. was at No. 3 singles when Maria The ‘Hounds went undefeated 9-0 Hornung defeated Sullivan 7-6, 7-6 at Kentucky Wesleyan University (2-1, in a heartbreaker.

0-1 GLVC) on March 30. The total set Like the men’s team, the women’s score on the day was 96-12 in favor tennis team was in action over of UIndy. The ‘Hounds are currently Spring Break in St. Augustine, Fla. ranked 37th nationally and fourth The ‘Hounds lost to Flagler College regionally.

(7-8), only scoring one victory as “There will be a lot of pressure they fell 1-8. The lone victory was on us the rest of the season,” said scored at No. 4 singles, when PhilNeidlinger. “It makes it even harder lipp scored a 6-4, 2-6, 10-7 victory knowing [that] we need to win the rest over Deon Miller. of our matches out to make the tourna“It was a good experience. It was ment.” our first match outdoors, and there March 29 the Greyhounds were in was some good competition down action against SIUE (5-6, 2-2 GLVC) there [Florida],” Neidlinger said. and lost 4-5. Senior Lindsey Fischer Results for the matches against went 6-4, 7-5. The only other singles Rockhurst University on April 4 and victory came when Neidlinger deGrand Valley State University on feated Stephanie Clark 6-0, 6-3 at No. April 7 were not available as of The 5 singles. Both No. 1 and 2 doubles Reflector press time.

Greyhound baseball winning streak comes to an end with loss to St. Joseph’s College

By Andrew Gouty Online Editor

The University of Indianapolis baseball team continues its season today, matching against Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville. The ‘Hounds take the field with a 20-12, 8-6 in GLVC play. The ‘Hounds had a winning streak from victories against Saginaw Valley State University, the University of WisconsinParkside and Tiffin University.

The ‘Hounds hosted two doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday against St. Joseph’s College. On Saturday, the first game resulted in an 11 inning, 4-3 victory for UIndy.

In the second game, St. Joseph’s took the win, 9-3. Results for the Sunday, April 7 game against St. Joseph’s were not available as of The Reflector press time.

Head coach Gary Vaught was optimistic going into the four-game series.

“We’ve got everybody healthy… all four games are going to be at a high, intense level,” Vaught said.

On April 2, the ‘Hounds hosted a double header against Tiffin University, winning 5-2 and 2-1 in the afternoon games.

In the first game, junior Casey Potter gave the ‘Hounds an early lead, hitting a bases loaded triple in the second inning. Sophomore Adam Farag pitched four innings before being relieved by senior Scott Zielaskiewicz. Freshman Chris Saroff was brought in during the seventh inning for the save, leaving Farag with his second win this season.

Game two was more of a pitcher’s duel, with Senior Mike McFadden allowing just one hit in five innings.

UIndy offense was relatively quiet, with only one hit during the seveninning contest.

The fifth inning found the ‘Hounds down 1-0, when a doublesteal by sophomore Aryn Ross and junior Casey Potter evened the score.

In the bottom of the seventh, Ross was hit by a pitch, then moved to second by a sacrifice bunt by senior Kyle Fisher.

Subsequent walks from Potter and freshman Tyler Kitchel loaded the bases for junior Justin Russell, whose walk drove home the winning run.

Doubleheaders against WisconsinParkside put UIndy four games up on the season, finishing 10-0 and 3-1 March 29, winning 7-2 and 8-1 March 30. Highlights came from senior Seth Paul, who hit three home runs during the first day’s contests.

Also notable was junior Brandon Braboy, who pitched a one-hit game in seven innings with five strikeouts.

Junior Andrew Werner pitched five no-hit innings during the second game on March 29, leaving the save to junior Travis Kempton, who finished the game. The games on March 30 provided similar results, as back-to-back home runs from Ross and senior Dalan

Dugger gave UIndy four runs in the first game. Ross was 5-for-7 during the day with two home runs, two doubles, a triple and five RBIs. On March 25, the ‘Hounds faced Saginaw Valley State University in a double header contest. Losing the first game 6-2, UIndy broke its losing streak in the second contest by a score of 8-6.

Three unearned runs in the first game got the ‘Hounds off to a bad start, while three more runs in the top of the sixth put SVSU up 6-0.

An offensive in the bottom of the sixth put the ‘Hounds on the board, with base hits from Russell, Paul, and freshman Chris Saroff each. Farag took the loss allowing three earned runs in five and a third innings.

The second game put six Greyhound pitchers on the mound to defeat SVSU

8-6. The majority of UIndy’s offense came late in the game. resulting in a five-run rally to recover a win for McFadden. Paul went 3-for-3 during the second game, and as a result of his efforts, was named GLVC player of the week.

“I think the guys understand what their roles are now,” Vaught said. “There are sports and there are team sports. It’s hard to see the whole picture sometimes.”

UIndy also faced Missouri Science and Technology during a fourgame set March 15-16, splitting the series with two wins and two losses.

The ‘Hounds face SIU Edwardsville today, followed by a four-game GLVC competition this weekend at Greyhound Park against Kentucky Wesleyan University April 19-20.

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Sophomore pitcher Adam Farag (pictured above) pitched 5.2 innings and had 2 strikeouts during the Saginaw Valley State game March 25. The ‘Hounds lost the first game 2-7 and won the second game 8-6.

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APRIL 9, 2008

Faithful Heritage

A look at UIndy’s continuing Christian relationship

By Dan Friend & Abby Adragna MANAGING EDITOR & EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

its Christian heritage. The handbook says that UIndy strives to help students “gain a deeper understanding of the teachings of the Christian faith and an appreciation and respect for other religions.”

The university’s chapel has changed over the years and now accommodates the diverse sacred opportunities on campus. According to UIndy Chaplain Lang Brownlee, before 2001, the chapel, which was on the first floor of Schwitzer Student Center, had fixed pews and could hold only about 40 people. Now, the larger chapel has more than 200 chairs that can be moved around to make space for the various faith services and activities.

“It really is a chapel for all our community,” Brownlee said. “So there are times that other faith groups use it as well as the Christian community.”

Brownlee said one aspect of UIndy’s church affiliation that hasn’t changed over the years is the underlying idea of service.

“The affiliation points to our heritage and the fact that initially this university was set up to educate people who were preparing for service work, such as ministers and teachers,” Brownlee said. “And that [notion] of service—helping other human beings—came from the United Brethren understanding of the Gospel, which was to help other people and to treat people with love and [to] care for others as neighbors.”

The university’s commitment to service can be seen in its motto “Education for Service.” UIndy works to serve others locally, as well as throughout the world.

Several faculty members have led Spring Term service learning trips throughout the years. According to Brownlee, a group of faculty members and students will travel to Sierra Leone in May for service learning.

There are also 17 students on campus participating in the leadership development program called the United Methodist Youth Leader Scholars. According to Cartwright, these students receive scholarships and are required to take part in events affiliated with the United Methodist Church.

But for students who do not actively seek to participate in the United Methodist tradition, Cartwright said that rather than forcing students to choose either faith or education, UIndy has steadily offered both religious piety and educational rigor.

“The United Methodist approach to higher education has often been described as uniting knowledge and vital piety,” Cartwright said. “We try to seek to know, to learn, to discover in a conjunctive way with our faith . . . There are lots of people out there who are going to try to rip those two things apart.”

The image of a cross and two burning flames on the south side of Schwitzer Student Center plainly exhibits the University of Indianapolis’ affiliation with the United Methodist Church. Although the nature of this relationship and its effects on the student body may appear undefined to some, there was a time in UIndy’s history when its religious nature was overt and, in some cases, obligatory. While CAROLYN HARLESS/THE REFLECTOR UIndy’s spiritual ties have diversified greatly through the course of more than century, the Christian faith has proved a steady hand in the guidance of the Religious Diversity at UIndy aschool’s evolving academic and lifestyle disciplines.

Today UIndy is affiliated with the United Methodist Church, but it was the United Brethren in Christ denomination that founded Indiana Central University 12.22% Roman Catholic in 1902. The school’s mission statement during that time contained indications of 6.73% Other United Methodist 6.66% Baptist both educational and religious zeal. According to the 1905-06 ICU catalog, “The 5.71% Christian purpose of the institution is to afford the best possible opportunities for secur4.46% Other ing a liberal education, where all the instructors are scholarly, Christian men and 2.63% Lutheran women . . . No effort is made to bias the religious life . . . with regard to denomi1.51% Christian Reformed national connection . . . yet a consistent and reasonable effort is made to influence 1.27% Presbyterian all students to a personal acquaintance with Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.”

1.17% Church of Christ 0.93% Disciples of Christ ICU was affiliated with the United Brethren in Christ for more than 40 years 0.76% Christian Church (independent) before the denomination merged with the Evangelical Association, becoming 0.72% United Methodist N. Conference known as the E.U.B in the late 1940s. Then in 1968, the E.U.B. and the Method0.68% United Methodist S. Conference ist Church came together to form the United Methodist Church, with which the 0.66% Other Protestant university is affiliated today.

0.59% Pentecostal 0.47% Church of God The statement of purpose in the early ICU catalog could be seen throughout 0.36% Episcopal campus life. All 74 students of the 1905-06 class and its faculty gathered for 0.34% Nazarene daily prayer, according to Dean of Ecumenical and Interfaith Programs Michael 0.30% Mennonite Cartwright. This practice gradually waned throughout the years, Cartwright said, 0.23% United Church of Christ and the meetings became less frequent. According to the book “Downright Devo0.21% Hindu 0.17% Islamic tion to the Cause: A History of the University of Indianapolis and its Legacy of 0.15% Church of the Brethren Service,” by History Professor Emeritus Frederick D. Hill, the earliest Indiana 0.13% Assembly of God Central faculty appointed a board to “formulate rules and regulations for the gov0.11% Jewish ernment of the [student] body,” which were read in chapel. By the 1950s, 0.11% Mormon (Latter Day Saints) students met for chapel and prayer services three times a week; during the 0.08% Buddhist 1960s and 1970s these “chapel hours” began to incorporate secular speak0.06% Reformed Church of America 0.06% Society of Friends ers and topics and became known as the “convocation hour”. Cartwright 0.04% Eastern Orthodox said the language of “convocation” switched in the 1990s to refer to the 0.04% Jehovah’s Witnesses school’s lecture/performance requirements.

0.04% Seventh Day Adventist “Today’s lecture/performance requirement is the vestige that goes back 0.02% Orthodox Christian to chapel . . . We assume that students who want to participate in religious 49.63% % of total enrolled life on campus today are doing so voluntarily, so we are not taking attendance,” Cartwright said. “But in the oldest days, the faculty would sit The above percentages on the stage, take attendance and they [the students] would have assigned represent the religious seats.” affiliations of approximately Every UIndy student is required to take three hours of religious studies 50 percent of the total to complete the undergraduate requirements, and Cartwright said this also students enrolled at UIndy. is an effect of the school’s affiliation. The requirements were eased from This information is collected the original 12 hours to five and then in 1992, to three credit hours. through an optional religious “There is definitely a connection with the church and the university,” Cartwright said. “But there are many people on campus who agree with affiliation category on having religious studies as part of a liberal education for reasons unrelated undergraduate Admissions to the United Methodist Church.” applications. The above Required student programming is not the only way in which the numbers are based on school’s affiliation has changed over time. According to Hill’s book, seven enrollment data from the years after the institution’s founding, the purpose statement had softened CONTRIBUTED BY FREDERICK D. HILL ARCHIVE fall semester of 2007. All its religious overtones. “The 1912 statement refers only to respect for laws information presented was ‘both human and divine’ and to the ‘accomplished Christian gentlemen’ as Students and faculty commonly congregated for prayer and religious being ‘truly educated,’” Hill wrote. contributed by the Office of services in the Kephart Memorial Chapel, as seen in this photo from the But according to UIndy’s mission statement in the 2007-08 Student the Registrar.

Handbook, the university still has commitments that can be traced back to 1930s.