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Student loan interest rate rises

By Leeann Doerflein FEATURE EDITOR

While college students worked or relaxed during summer vacation, the U.S. House and Senate played politics with student loan rates. For students who took out loans after July 1 of this year, the rate was set at 3.9 percent for undergraduates, 5.4 percent for graduate students and 6.4 percent for Parent Plus loans.

Undergraduate rates had temporarily doubled on July 1, shooting from the initial 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent because Congress had failed to reach an agreement before the rate sunset.

Congress finally passed the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013 on Aug. 1, one month after the rate hike.

President Barack Obama signed it into law on Aug. 9.

The act puts in place an entirely new

way of deciding student loan rates, making the rate dependent on the economy and the 10-year Treasury note rate. The interest rate will be set at the Treasury note rate plus 2.05 percent. The bill also caps the student loan rate at 8.25 percent for undergraduates, 9.5 percent for graduates and 10.5 percent for Parent Plus loans.

“The 10-year Treasury note rate is the rate the federal government pays when it borrows for 10 years, meaning they will pay back what they borrowed at the end of the maturity period,” said Esen Gurtunca, the Donald W. Tanselle Professor of Economics at the University of Indianapolis. “Currently, the 10-year note rate is around 2.58 percent. The government makes a profit from student loans by lending to students at a higher rate than they [the federal government] borrow for 10 years.”

Since the government earns interest on the loans, Gurtunca said that the new

legislation is supposed to help reduce the federal budget deficit. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that after an initial increase, the deficit will decrease by about $715 million over the next decade.

Director of Financial Aid Linda Handy said that because the rate is tied to economy, the rate has the potential to change yearly, and students could potentially have a different rate each year.

Handy said that the new interest rate system will be malleable and more closely resemble economic conditions.

“It is more of a flexible rate rather than a flat rate,” Handy said. “It will fluctuate based on what the economy looks like and what it costs for the federal government to borrow money. That way, it will more accurately reflect the economic situation rather than being a set rate.”

Gurtunca said that the recent legislation is a mixed bag, and the Treasury rate formula is vague and has the potential to

allow for higher-than-necessary rates.

“It is surely a good thing that they put a limit on the loan rates. However, the formula that will be followed to determine the difference between the 10-year treasuries and student loan rates is not spelled out,” Gurtunca said. “This is a loophole that may lead to higher rates, even with little inflation and a small increase in 10-year Treasury rates.”

Handy said that even though rates likely will be higher than in the past, the Stafford Federal Student Loan is still the best option for most student borrowers.

“For the short term, it is helping the students ... It leaves some uncertainty about what will happen each year, but it gives students the satisfaction that it will not go above 8.25 percent,” Handy said.

“Even if the rate gets up to 8.25 percent, it will still be the best rate a student can get. So students should apply for Stafford loans before any other loan.”

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IS plans switch to Gmail

By Allison Gallagher ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

later, he managed to squeeze the hand of his girlfriend, recent Ulndy alumna Lauren Soza, who then ran into the waiting room to announce the news to dozens of Wehby’s supporters.

Still, Wehby said, doctors were cautious, saying that the hand squeeze could have been the result of a muscle twitch.

However, Wehby gradually regained feeling on the left side of his body and was awaiting sensation on the right side of his body until he moved and felt his right leg move for the first time during a prayer with a visiting priest.

Now, nearly two months later, Wehby has made a full recovery—he is already in the gym lifting weights again. Wehby said that although he will not be able to play football, a less-than-full recovery was simply not an option.

“As soon as I could feel feeling in my body, there was no doubt in my mind that I was going to make a full recovery.

I wasn’t going to stop until I made a full recovery,” he said.

Wehby said that he treated the severe injury like any athletic injury he has ever encountered during his career as a student athlete.

“That’s the only thing I know how to do—just to deal with adversity, come back, and come back stronger.”

Wehby credited the support he received from the UIndy community as a factor in his quick and full recovery. In the days following the incident, friends and fellow UIndy athletes visited Wehby, created and sold wristbands to support him, organized a prayer vigil, assembled and signed a get-well poster and spread encouragement via the Twitter hashtag #WehbyStrong.

“I can’t really put into words how much the UIndy community—more importantly, the UIndy athletic community—has done for me in this recovery

process,” Wehby said.

Among Wehby’s supporters was Head Football Coach Bob Bartolomeo, who said that Wehby had the “whole Greyhound community behind him” during his recovery.

“When you have 115 players, they’re like sons to you, and so when you get a call on a Sunday morning like that, like I did, saying what happened … you just feel sick to your stomach. So you jump in your car and drive to Cincinnati [Wehby’s home and the location of the incident], and you try to help any way you can,” Bartolomeo said. “All you can do is give support and prayer, and that’s what I did.”

Bartolomeo said that he is relieved that Wehby has made a full recovery and is looking forward to Wehby getting involved with the team again.

“We’ll miss him,” Bartolomeo said, “but it’s a different ‘miss’ than it could have been.”

halls. I think the residents will really like and appreciate it a lot,” Vitangeli said.

According to Vitangeli, many features in Cory Bretz and Cravens were part of the original buildings. Some of the buildings’ safety features also needed to be updated.

“The bathroom partitions were falling apart. Some of them are in need because those were the original bathrooms of the buildings,”Vitangeli said.“There were also general safety issues. Not having fire safety sprinklers in them is a risk to students.”

Junior resident assistant Stephanie Kalili is stationed in Cory Bretz this year.

During the renovations, she lived in Roberts Hall, but she is enthusiastic about the improvements to her own residence hall.

“I’m really excited to have overhead lighting; that’s a big deal,” Kalili said.

“I’m just really excited to have all of these renovations.”

Kalili also is eager to have updated dorms that resemble some of the residence halls for upperclassmen. She believes that this will help freshmen feel welcome.

“We had a lot of residents that had problems with the building in general— how old it looks, how the upperclassmen buildings are so much nicer compared to the freshmen buildings,” Kalili said.

“So definitely having these renovations is telling them that we do care about the freshmen, we do want to better the places.”

Other changes included landscaping projects all around campus. Due to the drought last summer, the physical plant was not able to lay grass. This year’s cooler temperatures allowed them to fill in the

missing grass and finish planting along the newly completed Hanna Avenue.

According to Vitangeli, every year a list of possible campus projects is put together. After consulting the budget, summer projects are chosen. This summer also saw many improvements to Campus Apartments—both inside and out.

“For the Campus Apartments, we went and cleaned out the entire air ducts to improve the air quality in the campus apartment,” Vitangeli said. “There were some improvements done around the Campus Apartments’ grounds. We took out all the old bushes, dug those out and put some new landscaping in around all the apartments.”

Some of the final improvements included fixing brick work on Lilly Hall,

fixing the elevator in Krannert Memorial Library and creating a new advising center on campus.

According to Vitangeli, the ground underneath Lilly Hall settled, and the brick work shifted, causing it to crack.

The building did not need to be repaired due to settling, but due to the brick work.

The new advising center is located on the second floor of the Schwitzer Student Center. This center has brought all of the key advisors together in one space.

Vitangeli said that the projects should be finished in time for students to move in, and she is excited about the improvements.

“It’s been a busy but great summer,” Vitangeli said. “And I think everyone will really enjoy the improvements we’ve made on campus.”

Student athlete surprises doctors through his full recovery after serious spinal cord injury

By Abby Gross & AJ Rose EDITOR-IN-CHIEF & SPORTS EDITOR

In a split second, an able-bodied student athlete was transformed into a quadriplegic who, doctors said, would not only never play football again, but never walk or regain the use of the muscles that once powered him on the field.

That split second belongs to University of Indianapolis senior sports marketing major Nick Wehby, former defensive back for the Greyhounds.

Earlier this summer, Wehby was seriously injured in a swimming pool incident when he mistakenly dove into the shallow end of a family friend’s pool—with just three feet of water—during a graduation party. After glancing to his left and seeing children in the water, Wehby assumed the right side of the pool was the deep end and safe for diving.

He was wrong. “ … I felt my body go limp, and I was paralyzed instantly, so I was face down, so I kind of floated with my back towards the sky,” Wehby said.“I floated up through the water, and for a split second, the thought came to my mind that I was going to die, that I was going to drown.”

Wehby, who was conscious in the moments following the incident, said he knew right away that he was paralyzed, his spinal cord damaged. According to Wehby, the dive had dislocated the C3 and C4 vertebrae in his neck and pinched his spinal cord.

But 48 hours after his split second, he was standing up on two feet in a hospital.

He was on his way to a recovery that many, including Wehby himself, have labeled a miracle.

Wehby said that he was paralyzed when he arrived at the hospital, but doctors immediately ordered spinal surgery after seeing a twinge of movement in his left leg. Even after the surgery was successful, Wehby said the doctors still insisted he would never walk again or regain the use of his hands.

According to Wehby, a couple of hours

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The University of Indianapolis will make the switch from current email service provider Zimbra to Gmail in mid-October.

According to Associate Vice President of Informational Systems Steve Herriford, the reason for the switch came after a series of complaints, with a large concern being security.

“As students, faculty and staff can tell you, we continue to have problems with Zimbra—outages, lack of support from the vendor ... We continue to have problems with spam. As much as we try to tell people not to respond to those phishing attempts, they get more and more sophisticated and look more and more real all the time,” Herriford said.

Vice President for Student and Campus Affairs and Dean of Students Kory Vitangeli discussed some common complaints regarding Zimbra that came to her and reiterated the need for the switch to Gmail.

“One of the reasons why they [Information Systems] decided to switch over to Google is because they were looking for a product that would have less outages,” Vitangeli said. “I think there was frustration in the past with the Zimbra product, in terms of it having a tendency to go down.”

Vitangeli said that the university then began looking for a product that would be guaranteed not to fail, and many people at UIndy already were using Gmail.

Herriford explained that last spring a first attempt was made to move to Gmail, but it did not work out. The process that has been decided upon will be gradual, with Information Systems migrating first to Gmail during this past summer. In early September, a group of early adopters— including students, faculty and staff who are referred to as “Google guides”—will migrate. The final migration will occur in mid-October, during fall break, when Gmail will go live for the rest of campus.

“What will happen is that there will be a disruption in the migration as we bring everyone’s mail over from Zimbra to Gmail,” Herriford said. “So that’s why we picked a Fall Break time frame to make the move of all that email.”

Herriford said that after the migration, students, faculty and staff using the new server will have no significant changes to worry about.

“The only thing that’s different is the interface,”Herriford said.“Many students already use Gmail, so for them this will be nothing new. It also helps that students will keep their uindy.edu email address.”

Wehby makes off-field comeback

Photos contributed by Nick Wehby

(Left) This sign stood in the yard of senior sports marketing major Nick Wehby, who was temporarily paralyzed. (Above) Wehby had to use a wheelchair at times, but he amazed the doctors by regaining his ability to stand within his first 48 hours in the hospital. Wehby said that he received incredible support from the UIndy campus community, especially from the athletics department.

Campus gets updates during summer vacation

By Anna Wieseman MANAGING EDITOR

The University of Indianapolis has made many improvements to campus over this summer, such as updating two residence halls, landscaping, building repairs and moving entire departments.

Some of the buildings that received improvements were Cory Bretz Hall and Cravens Hall. The changes included updated bathrooms, new carpeting, sprinkler systems and overhead lighting. Vice President for Student and Campus Affairs and Dean of Students Kory Vitangeli oversaw these changes. “[We’ve made] some really nice changes that were needed in those residence

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>> When I bought my ticket for “We’re the Millers,” I was not sure what I was in for, but I was not disappointed by the witty cast. The nonstop back-andforth between Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis was brilliant, and Emma Roberts surprised me with her acting chops. If you are not a fan of profanity, you may want to skip this comedy. However, you will be missing out on much more than profanity.The movie follows a drug dealer turned smuggler as he travels to and from Mexico with his pretend family. Although the “family” is a group of misfits, including a stripper and a runaway teen, they somehow form a great team. The movie had me laughing constantly, wondering what was going to happen next and how they were going to get out of the situation.

The plot kept me on my toes while still piling on the humor. At one moment, my mom grabbed my knee in anticipation while she laughed at the hilarity of the situation. This is a movie that will keep you chuckling even after you leave.

>> The first thing that comes to mind when listening to Luke’s latest effort is “why, Luke, why?” Don’t get me wrong, there are some things to love about Luke Bryan’s new album, such as the first three songs: “That’s My Kind of Night,” “Beer in the Headlights,” and his hit single and title track “Crash My Party.” After those songs, the album largely goes downhill. It is stylistically more studio-slick than his previous albums, much more guitar heavy and seems to have hip-hop influence on several tracks. This is a huge departure, not just stylistically, but also lyrically.

Quite a few of the songs are slow, sad and regretful, which is rare on a Luke Bryan album. Bryan puts out an annual Spring Break album, for crying out loud.

Several of the songs are also cliche and overdone. I do not discount the entire album by any means; at least five songs are well worth a purchase. However, after last year’s album,“Tailgates and Tanlines,” which was flawless, this is a huge letdown.

Luke Bryan is better than this.

>> I have never read anything by James Patterson, but “The Mistress” did not disappoint me. When I first opened the book and began to read, I thought it was going be more about sex than murder. I was thoroughly mistaken though. I soon realized the narrator of the story, Benjamin, was taking me into his mind and world during as he tries to discover what has happened to his friend.

The plot thickens as Benjamin investigates the death further. I had a hard time focusing on the plot line at times because my mind wandered with the narrator’s, but it still intrigued me. Benjamin brings his past to the mix, which adds another twist to his former life. I wanted to learn more about his friend Diana Hotchkiss and her endeavors with government officials. The book kept me guessing what was next and how far Benjamin would go to find the truth. The book is an intriguing mystery that includes some historical background of the White House that I never would have thought about before.

>> Unless you abhor nature, beauty and history—and equally hate doing fun things for free—you should make your way downtown to Indy’s hidden gem, the Canal Walk. Situated on the west side of the city, the Canal Walk is a three-mile pathway lining the former historic Indiana Central Canal, and an escape to nature amidst the urban life of Indianapolis.

Except for the towering skyscrapers decorating the background, you will not believe you are downtown. But perhaps the best part of the canal experience is that you can make it your own. Whether you would prefer to run or bike, leisurely walk with friends, romantically stroll with your significant other, view the artwork under the bridges and appreciate the history of the canal, or even rent a paddle-boat or kayak, the canal has something for you.

While you’re enjoying the canal, I recommend you check out the Project 9/11 Indianapolis Memorial, which sits above the canal on W. Ohio St. and contains two beams from the Twin Towers.

>> I discovered the only way to really watch Andrew Luck and friends during the Indianapolis Colts preseason game Aug. 11. I was privileged to sit in the Lucas Oil and Products Suite at Lucas Oil Stadium. That’s right, the suite of Forrest Lucas — creator of Lucas Oil. The experience included a parking pass for the South Parking Lot, an exclusive elevator ride to and from the suite area, free food and leather-padded seats. I had not been to a Colts game since they played in the RCA Dome, but I was blown away by Lucas Oil Stadium. Even with the changes to security, I was able to get through the line swiftly. The stadium included wide-open spaces for crowds and many interactive displays. The suite included an assortment of tailgate foods, and freshly made pizza was prepared for lunch. Forrest and his wife/co-founder Charlotte were mingling with guests, including staff members from his estate.

The atmosphere was friendly, and I cannot wait to go back to watch another game.

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Social networking You have to know when enough is enough

By Scott Mitchell OPINION EDITOR Social media is spreading like amiable gossip that has transformed into a vicious rumor. The last 10 years have shown an astonishing increase in the number and diversity of online sites used for social networking.

Advances in modern technology and a proliferation of social media have given masses of people the opportunity to share instantly virtually everything. And they have been taking advantage of that opportunity. They have been seizing it and it would seem that popular culture has deemed it perfectly acceptable to know things you do not need to know about people you have never met.

Please understand, my complaint is not that social networking is unnecessary. For a person of my age and future profession, that would be an illogical and blatantly uninformed statement. Social networking has an extremely beneficial role in society. It does an amazing job of connecting people across the world; it allows for quick and easy sharing of ideas, photos, thoughts, videos, etc. The problem I have with the growth of social networking sites is that the creators have apparently become as poor at filtering their ideas as the users of social media.

In January of 2013, CNNMoney published an article by Ryan Holmes, CEO of HootSuite, entitled “7 Social Networks to Watch in 2103.” The majority of these sites seem to me to serve little purpose beyond decreasing curiosity and ingenuity. Examining a few of the seven sites should display the troubles I have with the evolution of social networking.

Pheed: According to Holmes,“Pheed” is a site that allows people to give money in return for access to view the photos, videos and ideas from the creator. Miley Cyrus and Paris Hilton were the two celebrities Holmes mentioned that have joined the Pheed bandwagon. Subscriptions range from $1.99 to $34.99.

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anything interesting enough that I would need to pay a monthly subscription fee to view her pictures and opinions? Pheed seems to me to be a place for people to give money to people who already have plenty.

Thumb: According to the FAQ page on Thumb.it, this site is “a community of people waiting to give you their opinion at the tip of your fingers. It’s the last line of defense in your battle against buying ugly clothes. It’s the critic when you can’t decide which movie to watch.” Each post is viewed by the masses and given thumbs up or down.

Not only does it seem sad that people cannot even get dressed without the advice of strangers, but it seems equally sad that within minutes advice is returned because millions of people have nothing else to do with their thumbs.

Chirp: According to Chirp.io, “Chirp sings information from one iPhone to another.” This app will make a noise that other phones in your area with the same app will hear and collect the photo, contact or whatever the chirper chirped.

However, as the chirp privacy statement warns, “be aware that the application is explicitly designed for simple, nonaddressed sharing: your content may be received by anyone using the Chirp app within audible range.”

So if you do decide to chirp your friend’s contact information to the person next to you while you are out drinking coffee, do not be surprised if the person that was sitting three tables away contacts your friend.

These sites represent just a few of my concerns for the growing epidemic of social networking. Its intentions, once healthy, now feel rather invasive to me.

There should be some type of boundary, some type of strainer that prevents innovation from being synonymous with insanity. We seem to have come to the point where searching for a social networking site that edits out the ridiculous is a challenge. Perhaps if more people were exercising judgement there would be fewer problems with the proliferation of the social networking empire.

What The Reflector staff wish they had heard at orientation “You should stay on campus on the weekends instead of going home.

It builds independence from your folks, and you will have stronger relationships at school.”

“Be the person who organizes getting together for dinner or hanging out. Everyone wants to, but is too nervous.”

“Seriously learn how to cook an actual meal. You WILL get burned out on the cafeteria.”

“Dining hall hours are going to be vital to living. Study them like you’re prepping for a final.”

“If you miss high school, take bigger risks while you are here.”

“Set two alarm clocks. Late-night studying can make you sleep right through the first one.”

“Watch for “Do not trust the printers. free t-shirt If you procrastinate on opportunities. printing, you will have They happen problems.” all the time.”

“Check out other websites to buy textbooks. The UIndy bookstore is the most expensive.”

“Do not park in the wrong lot, or you will end up dirt poor from ticket fines.”

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Athletes sue video game makers

By AJ Rose SPORTS EDITOR

Across the United States, there are cities that do not have a professional sports team. Instead, these cities receive sports media attention because of their universities. A prime example is the University of Louisville. The Cardinals mean a lot to the city of Louisville and for good reason.

Over the past year, the football team won the Sugar Bowl; the men’s basketball team won the national championship; and although they did not win the national championship, the women’s basketball team knocked off the famous Brittney Griner and the Baylor University Bears in the national tournament. All of these sporting events took place on national television, which resulted in national attention to the city and the university because of the many people tuned in to watch these events on TV. In addition, because of its rich sports history, the university now has a brand new arena called the KFC Yum! Center, which improves the look of the city and attracts more visitors.

Louisville is not the only city that receives these benefits from its university’s athletic teams, but it is a prime example. These student athletes help bring attention to their cities, help build huge stadiums and even attract more applicants to the universities. They do all of

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this but do not receive benefits such as endorsements or money. Now as harsh as that may seem, some of these student athletes do receive full-ride scholarships and media attention that will help them secure a job in the future. I believe that is sufficient payment for their hard work, but some student athletes do not feel the same way and want more for what they do.

For example, in July of this year the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a federal appeals court’s ruling that Electronic Arts, a video game maker used images of former collegiate student athletes in their NCAA sports games.The win opened the door for other student athletes to file lawsuits against EA. EA attempted to block future lawsuits but did not receive the approval of the court. The student athletes argue that EA used their images and other information without their consent, complaining that EA was receiving revenue for the video games and did not ask any of the players for permission to use their likenesses. The current football video game does not use the player’s real names, but it still uses their personal and physical information to create characters that, the court ruled, appear just like them in the game.

I would be ecstatic to be involved in a video game, even if I was not receiving benefits. With this recent legal action, it appears that these players who bring so much to their schools and universities are beginning to realize that they have

some power to take on big companies such as EA. While this is just one battle, an even bigger one may be beginning. Many have debated over the years about whether student athletes should receive benefits for what they do for their schools and communities, and that is a completely fair debate to have. I believe that a free education, media attention and love from the fans should be enough payment for what these young adults do.

Perhaps some people have forgotten to look at what they do have and are focusing instead on what they do not.

Many struggling college students would do anything to have their entire tuition covered and receive the same type of fame these athletes receive. Some students have to scrap for every loan and scholarship they can get to obtain a college education and a successful career.

If student athletes want these benefits, they should work as hard as they can on the court, on the field and in the classroom to earn a shot at turning professional later in their lives. For some, the endorsements and benefits are just a few years away.

Meanwhile, it is better to enjoy the few years of college without all of that, without all the legal trouble for some money and without allowing all of that to become one’s top priority. This argument is not over, and I have a feeling that the legal actions taken against EA are leading to an even bigger battle in the future.

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Over the summer, University of Indianapolis faculty, staff and even President Manuel played in an on-campus softball league. They show their sportsmanship by high-fiving each other following a game at UIndy’s Baumgartner Softball Field on July 23rd.

Faculty and staff softball league is a hit

By James Figy NEWS EDITOR

While University of Indianapolis student athletes geared up for fall sports over the summer, the new faculty and staff softball league was already in full swing.

Assistant Vice President of Institutional Planning and Research Patrick Alles said that the idea for a recreational softball league had been batted around for some time. According to Alles, what it lacked was organization.

So he, Executive Assistant to the Executive Vice President and Provost Laura Irmer and Executive Administrative Assistant in the President’s Office Shanna Brinegar, stepped up to the plate.

Alles said that the turnout was great and he expects the league to continue next summer and hopefully attract more players.

“I think we will not only do it but have more teams play next year,” he said.

According to Irmer, just under 50 fac-

ulty and staff members signed up for the league, including UIndy President Robert Manuel. The four teams played one game every Tuesday evening for nine weeks at UIndy’s Baumgartner Field.

Irmer said that it would not have been possible to arrange everything without help from the athletics department.

“We had a lot of support from Sue Willey and the students in athletics who worked as umpires. And without them, none of this would have happened,” she said.

One of those students was senior exercise science major Dajana Jovanovic.

She said that it was nice to have the final say over professors and administrators for a change.

“It’s not every day that you get to ‘call out’ the president of your university,” she said.

Jovanovic said that being active is always good, especially when you can have fun doing it. However, she said that she did not expect to see her instructors move so swiftly.

“I’m actually surprised at some of their abilities,” she said.

According to Irmer, some of the participants had played in other leagues, while others, like herself, had not played since junior high. She said that the varying degree of abilities made it hard to create fair teams, so she caught a lot of flak when her team ended up being really good.

However, Ir mer said that everyone seemed content with the way the league brought a wide range of university employees together.

“We definitely had a range of ages ... from our resident assistant guys to some of our longstanding faculty and staff,” she said. “We had people from the bookstore. We had faculty from all different disciplines, and staff from all different

disciplines.”

Alles said that there are many more potential players who work at the university, and he hopes that they will join next year. He said that he hopes to expand to six teams and create a substitution pool for faculty and staff who want to play but cannot commit to every week.

“I’ve since learned that people felt that if they chose to play, they wouldn’t be able to play enough,” he said. “ ... I still think there’s a lot of people who would love to play, maybe played in high school or college, but are afraid.”

Alles said that there were no major injuries during any of the games. He said that they wanted to make sure that the competition was sportsmanlike and did not force people to get too emotionally caught up in the gameplay. According to

“I think that the whole point of this was to bring people together in a non-work environment.”

him, personal safety was more important to everyone than winning.

“You certainly don’t want to put anyone in a situation that they can’t handle,” he said. “There was no major moment as far as an injury. …The absence of any real ‘thing’ was a good thing.”

Alles said that playing in the league was about more than competition. It helped him to put faces to names that he often hears. He said that he hopes it was an icebreaker for future events.

“I think that the whole point of this was to bring people together in a nonwork environment,” he said. “ ... It was more than just people like me, who are new, learning names. It was pretty much everybody who played.”

Irmer said that the organizers intend to continue this trend with the faculty and staff volleyball league, which starts this month.

“In that way, too, we’ve inspired more cohesive activities for people on campus,” she said. “They’re even talking about getting together a bowling league.”

Football prepares for season Volleyball looks to repeat success

By AJ Rose SPORTS EDITOR

The University of Indianapolis football team has returned to the gridiron this year with high expectations. Following a school record 10-win season that included both a Great Lakes Valley Conference championship and the school’s first-ever appearance and victory in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II playoffs, the Greyhounds hope to top those accomplishments in 2013.

This year’s team returns 12 starters, five offensive and seven defensive.

On the offensive side, the Greyhounds return key players in senior quarterback Chris Mills and senior running back Klay Fiechter, who were both named to last season’s All-GLVC First Team.

The Greyhounds, however, took a hit on the offensive line, losing four out of five starters from a line that allowed the third fewest number of sacks in Division II last season. To go along with these losses, the Greyhounds also lost starters at the wide receiver position, including the 2012 GLVC Offensive Player of the Year Mar’quone Edmonds and Brenden Williams.

Head Football Coach Bob Bartolomeo said that losing that many players is a big hit to the team, but he is still hopeful that this year’s new starters will step up and fill those roles.

“We have some great players; they just haven’t played,” Bartolomeo said. “It will be fun for us, as coaches, [and] a big challenge for the kids that are playing to step up into those roles. We just have to be smart and patient with some of them because they are going to be first-time starters and players.”

Despite the losses on offense, the Greyhounds return some other notable players, including a group of running backs behind Fiechter who could make productive contributions to this year’s team. Included in that group are redshirt junior Matt Ripp, redshirt senior Joumeel McLaurine and redshirt freshman Andrew Walker.

The Hounds also return a group of wide receivers who saw playing time last year, including redshirt junior Greg Johnson, redshirt sophomore Reece Horn and redshirt junior Logan Young. In addition, the Hounds will have redshirt senior Timothy Jones making plays at wide receiver and senior tight end Joe Bell.

For the Hounds’ group of receivers this season, Mills said that the plan of

UIndy emerges ninth in preseason rankings

By Scott Mitchell OPINION EDITOR

Photo by Paige Gilson

Players from the UIndy football team stretch together prior to beginning their first practice of the season. attack through the air will be different from last year.

“It will be interesting,”he said.“I know last year we had Mar’quone [Edmonds], and I threw to him pretty much every down. But this year, I think we will see a more spread out attack, and we will have more of a better distribution of the ball between our tight ends and our wide outs.”

For the running backs, Mills said that having that many players to carry the ball is a big help to him, knowing that they are capable of making a play when the team needs one.

“Having a stable like those guys and having them right next to me in the backfield is a great security blanket,”Mills said. “If we need a play—I mean, I will always make a play myself—but I can always hand it off to one of them and let them run a little bit and let the offensive line do work up front.”

Defensively, the Hounds return seven key starters this year from a defense that in 2012 ranked 11th in Division II in total defense, third in pass defense and 15th in scoring defense. Leading the defense this season are seniors defensive lineman Vince Maida and linebacker Todd Hacker, with juniors defensive back John Strickland and linebacker Koby Orris.

The Hounds did lose some significant defensive players from last year’s team, including four-year starting linebackers Max Davis and Tyler Peterman. The defense also took another blow earlier in the summer when it lost redshirt junior defensive back Nick Wehby to a serious spinal cord injury. Wehby started all 13 games last year at cornerback for the Hounds, racking up 46 total tackles, two forced fumbles with one recovered and an interception.

In the upcoming schedule, the Hounds will face four non-conference teams at the beginning of the season, all of which did well in their conferences last year—Ashland University, Saint Xavier University (Ill.), and in two back-toback away games, Drake University and Hillsdale College.

Bartolomeo said that he believes each of the first four games of this season will serve as statement games for the Hounds, based on those opponents’ reputations and what they did last year. The Hounds will get a chance to defeat Ashland in the season opener at home, after the Eagles handed UIndy one of its three losses last year. Bartolomeo said he does not believe that game alone will determine the outcome of the season no matter the final score.

Earlier in the summer, the Greyhounds were predicted to do well with their scheduled games, receiving preseason rankings of first in the GLVC Preseason Coaches’ Poll and 13th in the nation in the Lindy’s College Football Magazine Division II preseason poll.

Mills said that although the Hounds received these rankings, the team must go out and prove itself worthy of them, especially in the first few games.

“Nothing is handed to you in this division,” Mills said. “You’re not going to win six games and then go to the playoffs or a postseason game. You have to win eight to nine games to even come close to getting in the playoffs or a chance at getting in the playoffs.”

The Greyhounds begin their pursuit of another conference crown and playoff berth at 6 p.m. on Sept. 7, when they open the season at home against Ashland in Key Stadium.

In the American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 25 Preseason Poll, the University of Indianapolis volleyball team emerged as ninth in the nation.

The Greyhounds ended their 2012 season with a loss to the University of Tampa at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Volleyball Final Four in Pensacola, Fla. The Final Four run was the furthest the Greyhounds had ever gone in the NCAA tournament.

Junior setter Meghan Binkerd said she anticipates an even stronger finish for the team this season.

“Our expectations are a national championship. We were excited to go to the Final Four last year, but a lot of us upperclassmen think that repeating that wouldn’t be good enough,”Binkerd said. “We want a national championship.”

The 2013 season opener against Wayne State College will be the beginning of Head Volleyball Coach Jason Reed’s career as a collegiate head coach. Reed was hired in the spring after former head coach Jody Rogers accepted a head coaching position at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Senior outside hitter Kenzie Bruggeman said that she is confident the change in coaches will be a smooth transition and is eagerly awaiting the opportunity to prove that.

“We’re very excited to get started.

We like his enthusiasm and dedication,” Bruggeman said.

This past summer, Bruggeman was recognized for her enthusiasm and dedication, receiving the 2012-13 Kelso M. Reid Mental Attitude Award. Bruggeman said that she always has tried to give 100 percent and that to be recognized for her efforts was an honor.

“I was really excited. I didn’t realize that other people were aware of the way

I’ve been working the past couple of years,” she said.

The Greyhounds will come out of the gate this season with the chance to prove themselves against multiple Top 25 preseason ranked teams.

“We want to challenge ourselves right away. We want to make sure we are ready for our conference schedule, but we also want to see how we stack up nationally.

We obviously have high expectations in our region and our conference,”Reed said.

“But we want to keep going beyond that if we’re fortunate enough to do so.”

In their first weekend, the Greyhounds will face No. 20 Wayne State College, No. 21 Wingate University and No. 1 University of Concordia St. Paul.

“Even if we don’t win, it’s important to play well. Our name has been established as a good team, but having a new coach I think that people are going to underestimate us a little bit,” Binkerd said.

Binkerd said that having a new coach will present the team with several benefits. These benefits include a slightly different style of play that came from Reed’s previous job as a top assistant at NCAA Division I North Dakota State University.

“He’s really thrown out some new ideas that will help us, some things that a lot of other schools won’t be ready to see,” Binkerd said.

Reed said that he is impressed with the leadership, effort and desire the team possesses and is eagerly awaiting the end of the summer and start of his inaugural season with the Greyhounds.

“The direction that they’re going is very good,” Reed said. “It’s almost like I just have to steer the boat. They’ve got their foot on the pedal, and they’re going.”

The Greyhounds open their season at 10 a.m. on Sept. 6 at the Concordia University Tournament in St. Paul, Minn., against Wayne State, with a second game later in the afternoon against Wingate University.

“It’s almost like I just have to steer the boat. They’ve got their foot on the pedal, and they’re going.”

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