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To add more tuition revenue without hiking the rate for everyone, Manuel said that he wants to recruit more students by creating new programs, especially at the graduate level.

This idea was based on Vision 2030 strategic planning, but Manuel said that the tuition increase was not formulated based on the Vision 2030, as with the five-year financial plan that was presented to the Board of Trustees on Feb. 14. He said, however, that some other ideas that came out of the sessions were considered in the increase, such as minimizing the university’s debt and creating more philanthropic opportunities for alumni and students.

Indianapolis Student Government President DyNishia Miller said that she thinks the increase is fair. According to Miller, it keeps UIndy competitive

New Senate gives students louder voice

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Students will pay more to study and live on campus at the University of Indianapolis during the 2014-15 academic year. Tuition will rise by 3 percent to $25,155, while room and board will rise by 2.5 percent to $9,010 for a standard room and 14-meal plan option.

President Robert Manuel said that the increase results from the ever-higher costs of maintenance and heating and cooling, as well as raises and healthcare for faculty and staff. However, he said that UIndy will remain one of the least expensive private universities in the state, even after the price increase.

Manuel also said that about $2 million generated by the increase will be awarded in financial aid to incoming freshmen and graduate students, mainly those considered high-need.

“In addition to the increase, and to the revenue that comes in from the increase, we will be putting more money into financial aid to help our students afford that,” Manuel said. “So there is a commitment not just to raising tuition to cover heating costs but to putting some of that money back into what we call access questions—making sure that people can afford to come here, to be a student here for four years.”

According to Executive Vice President for Campus Affairs and Enrollment Services Mark Weigand, the university uses a consulting company to help model its financial aid distribution. He added that raising tuition is necessary to keep the university competitive.

“We have to ... increase enough to keep the quality up, because we do not want the school to end up on the low end of the quality scale,” he said. “We think that we’re a high-quality institution. Financially, we have been very healthy because of the enrollments over the past three years.”

Weigand added that the Office of Admissions already has received 4,000 applications from prospective students for next academic year.

Manuel said the number of students graduating from high school in Indiana has declined recently.

He said that UIndy has to work harder to maintain the size and quality of incoming freshman classes.

“It is a much more competitive game than people want to think it is. There is much more competition going on between institutions,” he said. “The demographics inside of Indiana alone—the number of high school students graduating every year—is slightly decreasing over time. The number of institutions is not.”

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academically but still one of the most affordable private universities in the state.

“I understand that the quality of our university needs to be maintained, and to do so tuition has to increase. As it was explained to me, the increase helps us to maintain our facilities and to stay competitive,” she said. “I think it’s great that this year’s increase is less than last year’s increase.”

Miller said that with higher education costs going up, it is important for students to make the most of their time here and work to graduate on time.

“Anytime tuition increases, students will worry about their ability to afford it,” she said. “Fortunately, as Dr. Manuel stated, with this tuition increase more money will be contributed to financial aid to try to offset the increase.”

The Indianapolis Student Government founded a new on-campus leadership body known as the Student Senate, which held its inaugural meeting on Feb. 1.

Senior communication major and ISG President DyNishia Miller said that she came into office with a fresh outlook and a question-everything mentality.

She said that she actually got the idea for a student senate from her mother, who was a student senator at Manchester College.

Miller said that former ISG advisor Dan Stoker told her to run with the idea and the ISG Executive Board was open to the idea as well. Miller did research on similar bodies at other universities and originally struggled with the specifics, but Stoker told her just to worry about the general framework and getting the idea off the ground.

Miller met several times last semester with a planning committee to develop the framework. She said that though the numbers are not concrete the Student Senate is composed of the ISG Executive Board, the planning committee, a representative from each of the 52 registered student organizations, undergraduate students appointed by deans and representation from the largest areas of graduate school programs.

Miller said that the committee made sure to include graduate students because it had heard that graduates wanted to be more involved on campus.

Miller said that she noticed the lack of student voice and activism even before she became ISG president, and she personally experienced this lack while representing the Black Student Association at RSO roundtable meetings.

“I recognized even before student government that there was not a platform for students to come together and voice our concerns from all different areas,” she said.

Miller said although students were not vocalizing a need for representation before, she has seen that student senators are glad to represent their groups.

“We did not really have a lot of students actually come to us and say, ‘We need a place where we can meet,’” Miller said. “But within this first Student Senate meeting they said, ‘Oh, we love this.’”

Miller said that she has already seen from meetings with the administration that they are seeing the Student Senate as a body to come to and a new direct line for student opinions.

According to Student Activities Coordinator Stephanie Barry, regulations now require RSOappointed senators to attend the monthly Student Senate meetings in order to request new funding for that month. Barry said that the Student Senate also offers a training and leadership opportunity and requirement for the RSO leadership.

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University finds contract with Follett beneficial

By Scott Mitchell OPINION EDITOR

Follett began operating the University of Indianapolis Bookstore in March 1991.

Nearly 23 years later, it is still offering its services to this university and its students.

According to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Michael Holstein, the

ONLINE THIS WEEK at reflector.uindy.edu UIndy kids and their siblings go wild for the weekend University of Indianapolis students had the chance to “Go Wild” with their brothers and sisters as Campus Program Board hosted their 11th annual Kids and Sibs weekend Feb. 6-8.

UIndy News Brief: Schwitzer fire alarm sounds Schwitzer Student Center was evacuated around 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 6. An air conditioning belt broke in an air conditioning unit on the side of the building, causing an odor of burning rubber.

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university ran the bookstore prior to the 1991 contract with Follett. He said that this was inefficient, however, because running a bookstore is not a core competency for a university, and it would be difficult to buy books at the same value.

Holstein said that Follett’s ability to deliver on its business model is what makes it so appealing to UIndy and that this is probably the best at what it does.

According to Follett’s website, “Follett supports its partners and students by creating cost-savings programs, accepting financial aid, providing in-person customer service, reinvesting in the school and making large-scale investments in facilities.” It also states that it allows the university to focus more on what the university does, which is helping students to learn and succeed.

While Follett is given the flexibility to do things on its own, according to Bookstore Manager Bradley Zurcher, he does work with people on campus quite often.

If Follett comes up with a new plan, it creates a new business model and makes the proposal. Holstein said that ultimately the university does have quite a bit of say in the final decision process.

“They bring ideas for making things

better. We expect them to bring ideas to us, and we evaluate them and decide whether to implement them or not,” Holstein said.

Holstein said he is pleased with what he has seen from the bookstore but is aware that everything does not run perfectly.

One recent problem that was addressed was, according to Holstein, the product of a miscommunication.

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UIndy for Riley doubles last year’s donations

By Kameron Casey STAFF WRITER

The third annual University of Indianapolis for Riley Dance Marathon took place in the Ruth Lilly Fitness Center on Saturday, Feb. 8. According to sophomore nursing major and UIndy for Riley Executive Board member Ali Iavagnilio, the event raised $13,301 in donations, more than double last year’s total of $6,084.

This was achieved through “Riley Buckets,” donation buckets, left at locations such as pizza parlors and gas stations. Local restaurants also participated in “give back” nights, during which they donated a portion of the proceeds from a given night to the UIndy for Riley Dance Marathon.The rest of the donations came from participants at the Dance Marathon.

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Students dance at the annual UIndy for Riley Dance Marathon on Feb. 8 in the Ruth Lilly Fitness Center.

Looking to the future, Iavagnilio hopes to get a bigger, campus-wide reach for the Dance Marathon. She expressed the need for more Registered Student Organiza-

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tions to get involved, as well as sports teams and the student body as a whole.

“I want to make it something that’s known here. ‘UIndy DM’ give it a name,”

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Iavagnilio said.

Members of 12 UIndy sports teams, other students, sports figures and Riley Children’s Hospital patients attended the event, which featured dancing and a number of other activities.

Throughout the eight-hour span, the participants did many different types of dances, including popular line dances, such as the “Casper Slide.” Participants were taught separate parts of a fully choreographed line dance each hour, with moves choreographed for songs from “Space Jam” to “Timber” by Pitbull featuring Ke$ha. At the close of the event, the dancers performed the entire routine.

Freshman biochemistry major Allie Bishop attended the event and said she has a personal connection with Riley Hospital for Children. She also was involved with the Riley Dance Marathon at Southport

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Remembering the real Valentine

By Ayla Wilder EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Many of us have tapped our feet and snapped our fingers to the lyrics of Nat King Cole. You know, “L is for the way you look at me.” Yes! “Love was made for me and you.” This song seems to be on repeat during the month of February, or I should say, the month of L-O-V-E. But when did this all begin? Who was this lucky lady that received so much love on Feb. 14 that we all decided to keep the tradition of roses and gifts going?

Quite a few stories exist about Mr.Valentine’s day of dedication. Yes, Valentine was a male. Saint Valentine, or Valentinus according to The History Channel’s website, history.com, is a mystery. No one is sure which Valentine is responsible for this special day in February, but it is certain that all Saint Valentines were martyrs. How could any man be sentenced to death for gifting puppies, chocolates and roses? It’s just cruel.

Not exactly, the Valentine’s Day that we have come to love would be looked at a bit strangely by any of the late Valentines.

Their stories were of love and disobedience, not chocolate and diamonds.

The Catholic Church recognizes three Saint Valentines who could be responsible for this day. The first possible Valentine, who I believe is not responsible for this day, was a priest. He believed that Christians in the Roman prisons were being treated cruelly and tortured. This Valentine took it upon himself to help these Christians escape, therefore he was put to death.

Being a hopeless romantic, I cannot see this romantic day being named after this Valentine. I do not disagree that his services were noble, but I am not sure

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they were worthy enough for national recognition.

The second Valentine was also a priest.

His story corresponds with the holiday a little better than the previous Valentine.

He existed during the third century in

Rome, when Emperor Claudius II ruled.

According to legend, the Roman Empire instructed single men that they could no

longer be wed. Claudius believed that single men made better soldiers than married men. Seeing the injustice in this ruling,Valentine decided to marry couples in love against these orders. Valentine was captured and put to death. It seems to me that this Valentine believed in true love and happily-ever-after endings. He put his life on the line in the name of love.

More importantly, he put his life on the line in the name of someone else’s happiness. Does this not sound more like the meaning of Valentines Day? The third Valentine, was a prisoner.

This Valentine was locked away in a jail cell waiting to be put to death when he found his true love. His jailor’s daughter visited the prison and occasionally spoke to the futureless Valentine. He fell in love with her, and before his death sentence wrote what I imagine would be the deepest most heartfelt love letter signing it “From Your Valentine.”How could this Valentine not be the one Valentine’s Day is named after? It has to be.

From history we see that love always has been in the air, even when we did not have the wise words of Nat King Cole to make us believe in “this game for two.”

This does not mean that love was any less important then.

Valentine’s Day may have evolved into what many people see as hyper commercialized, but has it really?

Today, a gift is a way to show someone you appreciate or love him or her. In the past, our ancestors showed affection differently. A gift was not necessary. And although it does get annoying to hear love songs and see big bears all around us during this month, instead of thinking that someone’s wallet has just emptied, the next time you see roses you should think someone is sacrificing something and may be about to fall in love.

What will be the Whitewashing hip-hop next Flappy Bird?

Macklemore, Ryan Lewis dominate hip-hop awards at the Grammys

Creator removes successful app from app store due to frustrated customers and other factors

By Quiaira Johnson STAFF WRITER I never would have thought that a game requiring me to do nothing but tap a screen to navigate a wide-eyed, yellow bird with no tail through an obstacle course of metal pipes would drive me so insane and have me so addicted that even though playing it makes me angry, I still continue to play.

Flappy Bird, for those who don’t know, was created by Dong Nguyen, a Vietnamese developer, through a studio called DotGears. The goal of the game is to navigate a bird safely through metal obstacles that vary in height. If you touch a pipe you hear a loud smack, and your bird dies. Then you begin the course all over again.

Flappy bird seems to be the new Candy Crush Saga. It has so many people into the game, but it creates love-hate relationships. It continues to grow even more popular even as the game’s players continuously complain about it.

The game’s concept seems really simple, but it is actually very difficult to play. Countless times I have found myself yelling at the screen in public just because I have failed to get that wide-eyed, yellow bird through the metal pipe. Somehow, I always feel slightly better when someone not too far from me is doing the same thing.

Flappy Bird has caused a stir on social media as well. From Vine video crazes to hate tweets on Twitter and help groups on Facebook, the game has spread. But

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why do these mindless games become so popular so quickly?

Because we are a society so into technology and the new things that whatever generates “hype” we are willing to try, just to see what it is all about. In the case of Flappy Bird, the insane difficulty of tapping a screen for hours only to receive a high score of three is what has made the game so popular so quickly.

Many people I have talked to have said they only downloaded the game to see how hard it actually is. They want to try to pass their friends’ high scores. It all comes down to the simple fact that everyone loves a challenge, and these games, while seemingly mindless, pose a challenge.

The game has stirred up so much controversy that Nguyen has decided to remove the game from app stores because he cannot take the publicity and the internet hate messages he has been received.

“I am sorry, ‘Flappy Bird’ users, 22 hours from now, I will take ‘Flappy Bird’ down,” Nguyen tweeted on Feb. 8. “I cannot take this anymore.”

Although I have a love-hate relationship with Flappy Bird, I now wonder what new games will come out to top it.

Its fame was short-lived, and although it received so much ridicule because of its difficulty, people still continued to play it. I may have hated it. I may have constantly yelled at my phone and even contemplated throwing it away a few times. But I, just like many other Flappy Bird fanatics, will miss the game taking up hours of my time to receive an incredible high score of three.

By Kameron Casey STAFF WRITER If you watched the Grammys or got on Twitter (or Tumblr, Facebook, etc.), you saw that Macklemore and his partner Ryan Lewis nearly made a clean sweep of the Rap categories on Sunday, Jan. 26.

“Thrift Shop”won Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song, while “The Heist” took Best Rap Album. The duo only lost to the powerhouse of Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z, as “Holy Grail” won Best Rap/ Sung Collaboration.

While many praised Macklemore for being “socially conscious,” others in the hip-hop community were outraged.

Whether you like Macklemore or not is irrelevant. The issue is that music is being whitewashed again. It’s taken an especially long time to put a white face on hip-hop, but Macklemore may have done it.

Hip-hop started in black communities, with roots in black beat poetry, jazz and the like. It evolved from the original block parties and feel-good raps to the most feared men in America—NWA—hailing from Compton, Calif. And as hip-hop became more popular, the music industry and America tried to put up a prominent white face to promote it.

Vanilla Ice is one of the most memorable attempts, but he ultimately became a “one hit wonder.” The Beastie Boys, although embraced in the hip-hop community, have never been considered a face for hip-hop.Then you have Eminem, who has been far from loved, as he’s refused to tone down his controversial lyrics. He’s won 13 Grammys, but the music industry doesn’t want him on a poster, because although his skill is almost unrivaled, Marshall Mathers is not the person mothers want their children to emulate.

So has Macklemore done it? Has a clean-cut and well-spoken young man used his talents to bring important issues

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into the light and tear down the behaviors that give hip-hop culture a bad name?

Hardly. But before you dismiss this, let’s examine everyone’s favorite song in 2013, “Thrift Shop.”

On the surface, the song is an innocent ode to a 20-something saving money by going to the thrift shop to get his clothing. But in the song, Macklemore talks of going to the thrift store and buying zebra onesies and ridiculous fur coats.

And that’s why most in suburban America go to the thrift shop—to get clothes for costumes, projects, etc.

So let’s examine the other side.“Goodie Bag,” a song released in 1995 by hip-hop group Goodie Mob, has a very important line in its second verse.

“Today was good to me // I went to the Goodwill with the ten dollar bill // Got that London Fog out the back paid the man.”

The rapper, Big Gipp, is saying he is happy because he was able to go to Goodwill with ten dollars and purchase a used jacket off of layaway. Now I’m not saying that only black, hip-hop affiliated people are facing poverty issues, but it has long been known that hip-hop has been the voice for urban and struggling America.

And this single line puts “Thrift Shop” in a very ugly light.

Macklemore, whether knowingly or not, is shoveling dirt on those who shop at thrift stores because that is all that their budget will allow. He also takes shots at people who have come from situations in which money is tight, but who have finally made enough to be able to spend money on luxury.

“They be like, ‘Oh that Gucci, that’s hella tight’ // I’m like, ‘Yo that’s 50 dollars for a t-shirt’ // Limited-edition, let’s do some simple addition // 50 dollars for a t-shirt, that’s just some ignorant b---- sh-- // I call that getting-swindledand-pimped sh--.”

That singular, widely embraced line,

as opposed to the Goodie Mob line, shows the ignorance in the concept of “Thrift Shop.” A white, well-off, suburban male, who can afford, easily I might add, a $50 t-shirt, is calling out rappers, many of whom come from impoverished urban conditions. A white male shaming black males who have been and are still being oppressed. But ignorance is the key word. Because there’s a good chance Macklemore doesn’t even understand the message he has sent.

We like to ignore the fact that before everyone’s favorite do-good rapper was being “socially conscious,” he was tweeting, using derogatory language towards gays,“watching dykes vs. drag queens play baseball on the hill...this sucks.”

That is an exact tweet from 2009 on Macklemore’s Twitter site, and there are other such tweets. So what caused the change of heart? I’d argue that there wasn’t one. I’d argue that a smart young man saw an issue rising to the top of the political and social agendas and decided to do what many in hip-hop have been afraid to do: make a song about it. It, being homosexuality, which hip-hop culture has been known for shunning in the past.

I’m not discrediting the message of the song “Same Love.” I only question the artist’s motive. Macklemore is smart.

You have to be to be successful in any field, including rap music. He saw the opportunity, and given his rising popularity, he executed. Is all of his music careful execution? No, I wouldn’t go that far. But I believe his positioning is a very careful execution. He has set himself apart from rappers—rappers Americans still fear because they still see them as the group of angry young men from Compton, Calif., who rapped about killing cops.

He has set himself apart from the rappers who write lyrics without remorse.

There are rappers, then there’s Macklemore, and if America had it’s way, there would just be Macklemore.

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Giovanni speaks on her civil rights movement experiences

By James Figy EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Renowned poet Nikki Giovanni spoke as a part of the University of Indianapolis Diversity Lecture Series at 9 p.m. on Feb. 5. As the author of more than 30 books, Distinguished Professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and winner of numerous awards, Giovanni kicked off Black History Month at UIndy.

She discussed the history of the civil rights movement and how the movement affected her own life and poetry.

One influential event in her life was meeting Rosa Parks at the Philadelphia airport, which led to their becoming close friends.

“People forget that without Rosa, we wouldn’t get Martin [Luther King Jr.], because we have to look at how the thing unraveled. And so we’ve got to have Rosa Parks—who on Dec. 1, 1955, is going to refuse to get up out of her seat and thus lead to a bus boycott. And this is how we’re going to meet Martin,” she said. “... One of things that you’re doing when you’re writing is thinking, ‘What started that?’”

Renowned poet Nikki Giovanni converses with students in UIndy Hall following her Feb. 5 Diversity Lecture.

Giovanni then gave a lengthy intro- had was: she was sick of it,” she said. “And duction to her poem “Rosa Parks,” which when the bus driver said to her, ‘Move,’ she wrote for her friend.The introduction she said, ‘No,’ ... because what she was sick focused on the history of the civil rights and tired of was being pushed around.”

Giovanni spoke about many other movement, starting with Parks and King and working back to the brutal murder of topics, such as her desire to take a group Emmett Till to A. Philip Randolph and of writers to Antarctica to describe the the Pullman Porters striking in the 1920s. landscape and how important it is for “So everybody wants to say, ‘Oh, her students to travel around the world. She feet were tired,’like she had a corn, like her even touched on income inequality and shoes didn’t fit or something. What she defended millenials against claims that

they are lazy and apathetic.

“A lot of people are always complaining,‘The kids aren’t doing this, that and the other.’ But I think the kids are doing their job,” she said. “Because they complained about us. Those same people complained about us.”

After recounting the history behind the poem, Giovanni read “Rosa Parks.”

She finished the lecture with a few poems from her newest book, including “Note to the South: You Lost” and “Still Life with Apron.”

Vice President for Student and Campus Affairs and Dean of Students Kory Vitangeli said that Student Affairs, which organizes the Diversity Lecture Series, wanted to bring in a well known figure to kick off Black History Month.

“One of the things that we try to do with Diversity Lectures is to try to bring in a wide variety of people to cover a wide variety of topics,” she said. “So again, we were kind of looking for something out of the box.”

Although they wanted someone unique, Vitangeli said that Student Affairs also looked for a popular figure with a recognizable name.

“What frustrates you about the opposite sex? Why does this make you frustrated?

How do you respond to them? What would you change about yourself to get people to like you and how you know it’s going to help?”

As the response to each question was read it sparked conversation throughout the room, between the audience members and Packard.

Sophomore psychology major Alexis Fort felt that the method Packard used was helpful.

“It was good to be able to hear the different responses to the questions,”Fort said. “Although Daniel made it easier by adding a comedic side to it, it was good to hear that some people felt the exact same way I did when it comes to certain situations.”

Packard continued with reading the responses to the questions and later had the audience yell out the things they get angry about regarding the opposite sex.

“That thing that you think you’re pissed about, that thing is not really what you’re

mad about. It’s this belief that somehow if the other side was different, that things would work out because they’re the problem,” he said. “If you’re not finding love right now, it isn’t about that.”

Packard used different people from the audience to conquer their fears and view themselves differently to discuss the fear and anger regarding relationships. He then asked the audience if it was okay to judge one another based on their insecurities and actions in relationships.

“The reason you think you don’t have love in your life is just an excuse,” Packard said. “But you just don’t know it’s an excuse.”

Packard then closed out the show by letting the audience know that the moment they got over their insecurities and fears, stopped blaming the opposite sex for their problems and embraced themselves, they would not only find love but embrace it, because they would be satisfied with themselves.

“The show was amazing. It opened my eyes to so much—things that I would

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Giovanni’s name was very recognizable to junior theatre major Rai Williams, who said he is a longtime fan of Giovanni’s.

Williams said that he came into contact with her work in high school because his class would travel around on black history tours. Sometimes, he said, they would do readings of Giovanni’s poems.

“Just to hear her speak was truly a dream come true,” he said. “Because as a child, when you’re performing work, you would never in your wildest dreams imagine that you would get to meet the person that you’re performing. And to actually have that opportunity, I was elated.”

Giovanni said she is not working on any new pieces at this time. Her most recent book, “Chasing Utopia,” came out in Oct. 2013. She said that after its release she was on a constant book tour until Christmas, so she is ready to relax.

“I have some notes, but I’m not really working on anything. I don’t even want to say to myself, ‘Start,’ because you just start to push yourself,” she said. “I’ve seen too many writers do that and then blow their damn brains out, because they start feeling like,‘I should be doing something.’

I think I should enjoy what I did.”

Students expose themselves to ‘Live Group Sex Therapy’

By Quiaira Johnson STAFF WRITER

Comedian Daniel Packard brought his show “Live Group Sex Therapy Show” to the University of Indianapolis on Feb. 3.

The show included comedy along with audience participation. UIndy Hall was practically full as the audience was split down the middle separating the men from the women.

The event, hosted by the UIndy Campus Program Board, included deep truths, humor and lots of crowd participation in activities designed to help individuals create the types of relationships they desired.

Packard opened the show with humor to discuss the differences between men and women and their responses to questions regarding relationships.

He began with some jokes about sex and some of his past experiences in relationships. However, the show took a turn when Packard revealed that the show would not be about sex but about

love—how to connect a person, how people define love and why they fear it.

“The name of the show is ‘Live Group Sex Therapy Show,’”Packard said. “However, the show is not about sex. I believe that this show if you listen, you may learn something or have a realization that will actually help you be more confident so that you will actually connect with someone you really like and then have good sex with them.”

Packard then let the audience know that the show was full of dialogue and if anyone had any questions or disagreed with the things he was saying, he or she should not to be afraid to speak up.

“I am here as an advocate for everybody, but especially I’m here as an advocate for women, and men,” Packard said.

“However, everything that I have comes from a straight experience that I can talk from. What I talk about here should be applicable to everyone.”

Packard then began to read responses to a series of questions that each person had answered upon entering the hall:

have never even thought about,”Fort said.

“Daniel really did an awesome job and kept me engaged the entire show.”

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FOLLETT from page 1 “There was a disconnect or a miscommunication in terms of timeliness in getting things onto the bookshelf in terms of course packs. And obviously it wasn’t universal for every single class. We had a couple instances where a certain class was short materials,” Holstein said. “And when we traced it back down, it boiled down to a disconnect with the process. We met with Follett; they reviewed the procedures; they made some c h a n g e s . We have a plan in place, and hopefully it won’t happen again.”

Holstein said that he is confident that Follett has fixed the issue. While the university does not currently have any plans to switch providers, and the contract with Follett is long-term, according to Holstein, it is possible for either party to get out of the contract if that party gives reasonable notice and adheres to the guidelines set forth in the contract. He said, however, the university is happy with the way the current contract, because the university has the opportunity to ensure that students are getting a fair deal.

“The actual contract itself has provisions in it that actually set prices, so we

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Comedian Daniel Packard engages students with his “Live Group Sex Therapy Show” in UIndy Hall.

know that the students are getting a price that is fair and reasonable. There is a standard that they follow and a benchmark, so that they’re not allowed to [over]charge.

For instance, the contract would prohibit them from charging twice what the list price was,” Holstein said. “We also know that we ourselves couldn’t get that discount. We just don’t have the volume purchase that comes with that.”

Zurcher said that everything they sell is essentially a markup and there is a profit margin built in. However, while Follett does receive a percentage of the profits from the bookstore, the university also gets a cut of these profits.

“There is a revenue sharing arrangement,” Holstein said. “So there is a percentage of whatever the proceeds are that goes back to the university.”

Holstein said he was not at liberty to discuss what percentage the university receives because that is confidential.

“But there is a revenue sharing mechanism in place between the university and the bookstore,” he said. “And, of course, anything that we get from it goes to offset the cost of running the institution.”

“. . .we know that the students are getting a price that is fair and reasonable.”

Junior global leadership major and CoPresident of UIndy PRIDE Stephanie Kalili said that the Student Senate is a good thing for various reasons.

“I think the Student Senate is a great idea. It gives all the RSOs on campus a voice to be heard,” Kalili said. “The Student Senate is a great replacement for the allocation meetings and round tables that we previously attended for funding.”

Miller said that seeing Student Senators be able to enjoy themselves while having their voice heard on campus has been rewarding. She said, however, that the planning committee had not envisioned the process as fun.

“One of the biggest things is that at this first meeting everyone really

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Indianapolis Student Government President DyNishia Miller hopes that students will take the opportunity to make their voices heard as a part of the newly-formed Student Senate, a project she spearheaded.

enjoyed themselves. People came up to us and said, ‘We had fun,’” Miller said.

“When we had everything all set up, they really enjoyed voicing issues.”

ISG UNITY Chair and senior international relations major Destinee Harris, said that she would like to see the Student Senate serve as a platform for student voices to be heard at UIndy. She is proud of what ISG has accomplished in founding the Student Senate. She said that its creation was a long time coming and hopes that the body will continue to have supportive partners.

“The Student Senate provides a great opportunity to strengthen the campus community,” Harris said. “It is our hope that the faculty and staff can visit and verbalize how we can work together to ensure that the requests and demands of the Student Senate are met.”

Miller said that she hopes the Student Senate will show students how they can contribute to campus in a meaningful way.

“I hope that students will recognize the importance of being heard,” Miller said. “A lot of people like to complain, but they do not want to help do anything about it or do not know how. That is what we are here for.”

RILEY from page 1 High School, which works in cooperation with Indiana University and is the oldest high school dance marathon.

Several famous Indianapolis sports figures contributed to the event. Matt Overton of the Colts sent a video because he could not attend and the Indiana Pacers cheerleaders, the Pacemates, taught a dance.

“I really liked that they had the Pacemates come and that they involved the community,” Bishop said. “I also like that they made up their own dance.”

The Riley kids and their families showed their appreciation for the event and its planners. A couple of the Riley kids even got some of the spotlight. One girl sang solo and another did a dance from

the Broadway musical “Wicked.” A more serious, portion of the night included UIndy students in attendance recounting their stories about how Riley has played a role in their lives. Participants listened intently as multiple students shared the different ways in which they have been affected.

Iavagnilio said that, although its called a “Dance Marathon,” the event is not all dancing. There are a lot of different activities involved, as well as a greater good that the committee is working towards.

“It’s just a great experience to be able to work directly with the kids,” Iavagnilio said. “To hear their story is a very eyeopening experience that a lot of people don’t get to see.”

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Men’s basketball reaches 20 victories

By AJ Rose SPORTS EDITOR Headed into the afternoon on Saturday, Feb. 15, in Nicoson Hall, the University of Indianapolis men’s basketball team appeared, on paper, to be the favorite for an easy win over the Quincy University Hawks.The Greyhounds, however, struggled to pull away from the Hawks during the game, and at some points even trailed.

The Greyhounds did not panic, though, and recovered to claim the victory 84-74.

Headed into halftime, the Greyhounds found themselves in an uncharacteristic position, trailing 41-37. UIndy bounced back in the second half, however, and that is something Head Men’s Basketball Coach Stan Gouard said comes from the team’s ability to respond to such situations.

“It was a brutal halftime for those guys.

I challenged those guys in so many ways.

I didn’t think we were being very tough,” Gouard said.“They [Quincy] shot 61 percent in the first half. And that’s not UIndy basketball. They were out-rebounding us by three at halftime. And that doesn’t fly well with me either.

“In the second half, we made the adjustments. We ended up with 13 fast break points, out-rebounding them by nine, and they [Quincy] shot 40 percent. So that’s a testament to our guys of responding to adversity at halftime.”

The Hounds were led in their victory by senior guard Tyrae Robinson, who posted 20 points in the win. Robinson credited his performance to his teammates and their ability to play well with one another.

“We just got to stay together as brothers and family,” Robinson said. “We knew the situation and everything. No game in this conference is going to be easy from here on out. So we understand that and

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Senior guard Reece Cheatham looks to drive inside with the ball past two Truman State University defenders. The Hounds won the game with a layup as time expired. we just had to make adjustments.”

Cheatham said that during the mo- After inbounding the ball, the Bulldogs The Greyhounds began their four- ment, he felt he needed to be aggressive took a timeout with 20 seconds remaining game stretch at home last Thursday, Feb. from deep in order to get the team out to set up what would be the last shot in 13, with a dramatic 75-73 victory over of the slump they were in. Even though regulation. As the play clock resumed, they the Truman State University Bulldogs. he had missed some shots earlier, he held the ball until four seconds remained After losing a commanding lead nearly said he still felt comfortable with taking and attempted to drive the ball inside. midway through the second half, the those shots.

Robinson, however, stole the ball and Hounds allowed Truman to pull as far After UIndy took back the lead, both was fouled with nearly three seconds away as seven points with 6:46 remaining. teams exchanged the lead a few more left on the clock. Following a timeout UIndy, however, remained poised and was times until Cheatham tied the game at by UIndy, the ball was inbounded by able to bring the deficit down to one point 72 with 1:38 remaining. The Bulldogs the Greyhounds and then handed off to nearly a minute later thanks to back-to- took the lead, 73-72, after splitting a pair Robinson, who drove the ball into the back 3-pointers by senior guard Reece of free throws with 1:16 remaining. The lane in traffic and sank a game-winning Cheatham. Soon after, a layup by redshirt Greyhounds pulled even at 73, with 27 layup as time expired. junior guard/forward Brennan McElroy seconds remaining, with a split pair of Gouard said that the play could have gave the Hounds back the lead, 68-67. free throws by senior guard Jared Grady. developed in more than one way.

“What I told Tyrae was just, ‘Get it, and try to turn the corner for a drive and kick for Reece,’”he said.“But the [Truman State] defense had to make a decision whether they were going to guard Reece or guard Tyrae. Tyrae did a good job of making the read, and he got the layup for the win at the buzzer.”

The victory was also a historic one for Gouard, who claimed his 100th victory during his tenure at UIndy as head coach.

Gouard said that the milestone could not have been accomplished without the “great players”that have come through the program since he has been at the helm.

“I feel old,” Gouard said, joking. “It’s a great accolade as a coach, but you know our job is not yet done. I had some great players come through. I’m just proud of all the guys that helped me get to this point.”

Following the close victory, Cheatham said that battle-tested wins, such as the one over Truman, are beneficial to the team.

“They [battle-tested victories] are good, especially when we come out with the win,” he said. “We were tested as far as the game and our character. We had nobody panicking and nobody doing things out of character. That’s the good thing about our team. We all stuck together, and nobody was being negative about the situation at the end, and we ended up pulling it [the victory] out.”

The Hounds will play the second half of their home stand on Thursday, Feb. 20, against the University of Southern Indiana and on Saturday, Feb. 22, against Bellarmine University for “Pack the House Night.” Both games against the GLVC East rivals are set to begin at 7:45 p.m.

“We have to come out hungry, and [we] can’t take them for no joke,” Robinson said about this week’s games. “Like I said, every team in this conference is good. So we’re going to go out there and compete.”

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How UIndy athletics can improve South side

By Scott Mitchell OPINION EDITOR

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Senior Evan Wooding, representing the Greyhounds in the 285 lbs. weight class, wrestles against an opponent from the University of Findlay. UIndy won the dual 39-6.

Wrestling splits on road

By Robbie Hadley STAFF WRITER

The University of Indianapolis wrestling team had mixed results at the Dr. Lombardi/Maryville Duals on Sunday, Feb. 16.

In the first dual, the Hounds came out with a narrow 23-22 victory against the Tigers of Ouachita Baptist University. Senior Evan Wooding had a crucial 2-0 win over freshman Nathan Jackson putting the Hounds up by one point to win the dual.

In the second dual, UIndy lost, 23-13, to the Maryville University Saints. Seniors Cameryn Brady, Jeff Weiss, redshirt junior Taylor Scott and Wooding all had wins.

On Feb. 12, UIndy lost on the road to the McKendree University Bearcats 27-13. Both teams were ranked No. 13 at the time of the match, so the outcome was significant to rank positioning.

Junior Justin Kieffer had the first win for the Hounds with a 12-3 major decision. Freshman Sheldon Struble beat then

No. 4 ranked Josh Ballard with a score of 6-4. At 165 lbs., Weiss scored a 9-7 victory for the Hounds. Wooding closed out the dual with a 3-1 victory. Wooding scored a two-point takedown in the last few seconds of the match to put him ahead.

That victory, however, was still not enough to put the Hounds ahead for the win.

On Feb. 7, the Hounds defeated the University of Findlay Oilers on Senior Day 39-6. It was the first time the Hounds defeated Findlay since Head Wrestling Coach Jason Warthan joined the program.

Warthan said he was excited about the victory.

“I was absolutely thrilled with the dual.

They’re actually a pretty tough team,” he said. “This is the first time that I’ve beat them as head coach. This was a good senior day, since they are one of our biggest rivals, if not our biggest rival. There is a lot of history between the two programs.”

The Oilers put up the first points on the board with a pin at 125 lbs, but UIndy swept the rest of the matches from that point on. Redshirt sophomore Josh Kieffer scored the Hound’s first points

by a 14-6 major decision at 133 lbs. His brother, Justin Kieffer, scored a 15-0 tech fall at 141 lbs. to put the score at 9-6 for the Hounds. Brady, at 149 lbs., scored another tech fall at 20-4, while Struble edged out a win, 3-2, at 157 lbs.

After intermission, redshirt senior Shelby Mappes, at 174 lbs., took a forfeit for the Greyhounds. Redshirt senior George Lopez, at 184 lbs., won by major decision, with a score of 15-3. Scott won 3-1 in sudden death overtime. Wooding closed the day with UIndy’s ninth-straight win of the dual at 285 lbs., by a score of 6-0.

Wooding said, following the match, his victory had a special significance behind it.

“I was pretty happy with [the way I wrestled]. I would’ve rather got a quick pin to get off the mat quickly, but 6-0 wasn’t bad,” he said. “It was a good ending. I’ve never beat their past heavyweight who graduated last year, so this is my first win against Findlay.”

The Hounds will next see action at the NCAA Super Regional 2 Feb. 28-Mar. 1 in Tiffin, Ohio, with a start time yet to be determined.

An insatiable thirst for sports has dominated our society. Internationally, nationally, locally and hyper locally, its effects are visible in media, consumerism, commercialism and many other aspects of everyday life. This is especially evident during the Olympic season.

But with this influence comes a responsibility, especially for college athletics, that needs to be taken very seriously. The University of Indianapolis is not exempt from this responsibility simply because it does not regularly capture the media spotlight. Instead it is even more responsible, especially to this community. Because we are a non-profit university, sports do not have the ultimate goal of making money.

Rather, the entire athletics portion of this university is tasked with furthering the name and reputation of the institution.

I foresee this responsibility growing in the future.

Many UIndy teams already are living the UIndy mission statement in various ways. In 2013, the women’s soccer team participated in a Free2Play campaign.

Many teams took part in activities for Pink Week, showing colorful support for those fighting harder battles. Riley Children’s Hospital has found welcome partners with the university’s teams.

Recently, the baseball team started working with TeamIMPACT, gaining a new teammate in seven-year-old Owen Mahan. And other university teams plan to partner with TeamIMPACT as well.

The university also hosts various sports clinics, camps and tournaments, which allow prospective students to get a small taste of the campus. These are just a few examples of the various ways that our sports teams are using athletics to “inspire excellence” beyond the field.

All this is commendable, but with Vision 2030 calling on this university to lead even more than it has, I look to sports as one of the key ties between the university and the community. Of course, this means extra effort.

The South side is teeming with sports-

loving adolescents. Speaking from experience, as a product of the community, I know that this university truly can have an impact on the lives of nearby residents.

But this requires more communication and action from our student-athletes.

Elaborate programs aren’t necessary, just simple selfless acts. Volunteering one day to help at the Little League down the street, which Indiana Central College helped start, would further the university’s image and build a relationship with the community.This is just one example. Even in everyday interactions, students are ambassadors of this university. As such, they are given the opportunity to spread a message. I hope that message continues to be a positive one.

Although the results may not be evident as quickly as we would like, if we put effort and support into this community, I think that it will be more than eager to reciprocate. Who knows, maybe we could fill the stands with aspiring Greyhounds and their parents. But even if this is not the result, serving the community is its own reward. Being a positive role model and volunteering in the community will generate more for our athletes than a new hit on the resume. These actions have the potential to impact the athletes’ futures and their character just as much as the they could benefit the community.

Historically, sports have been a distraction to communities. From ancient times at the Coliseum in Rome to modern times at Yankee Stadium in New York City, fans have flocked. Hoping to be entertained long enough to forget the worries of life, they have sat and watched individuals and teams achieve feats. Speculating about the strengths of the athletes, they have conversed with their neighbors. Impressionable children have gone with their parents, creating memories, building fascination, stoking the fires of imagination.

All of this is centered around the platform of a simple game. But this competition, for many, is even more than that: it is a responsibility. And I would love to see every Greyhound—athlete or nonathlete—strive to take on that responsibility with an inspired vigor to spread a hopeful message to this community.

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Young athlete signs NLI to UIndy baseball Owen Mahan becomes newest member of roster through TeamIMPACT

By Quiaira Johnson STAFF WRITER The University of Indianapolis baseball team added to its roster on Feb. 11, after Owen Mahan signed his National Letter of Intent.

The press conference to announce the signing took place inside a classroom at the Ruth Lilly Fitness Center. The room was filled with players, coaches, Great Lakes Valley Conference Commissioner Jim Naumovich, Owen’s nurse and his parents, Jim and Susan Mahan, as he signed his letter.

The event began with an introduction of seven-year-old Owen by Head Baseball Coach Gary Vaught.

“We signed him because of a couple things. One, he is a fast little player; he runs fast. He’s got the heart of gold.

He’s got strength that I hope all of us can have, the way he has, someday. He’s going to make our ball club a lot better. He’s going to be there with us on the road and in [our] hearts,”Vaught said.“Owen comes from a tremendous family here. [He has received] tremendous support over the things he’s had to go though, and we only expect him to be our lucky piece this year.”

After the signing, the floor was opened for the baseball players and media representatives to ask Owen questions. He provided laughter for the audience with each response.

Owen was given the nickname “Big Daddy Jack Rabbit” by Vaught and was given a t-shirt with the name on it during the question-and-answer session. Owen said that he will wear the number one for

the team during this upcoming season.

“We are so glad to have Owen on our ballclub,”Vaught said. “His smile touches you, and I hope everyone in this room understands that [the way he lives] every day of his life ought to be the way we live it, because he lives it to the fullest. Every time we’re out there fighting, we’re going to be fighting for you, Owen.”

Owen was introduced to the UIndy baseball team through TeamIMPACT. TeamIMPACT is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to serve kids facing life-threatening diseases or injuries by creating team-based support systems and matching them up with college and university athletic teams to provide them with a support network.

Naumovich shared a few words with the audience and gave Owen a few things to take home with him. “ This is a great day for the conference. We are very happy to have UIndy participating in TeamIMPACT,” Naumovich said.

“You [the baseball team] will get as much or more out of it, with your experience, than Owen will. And that’s a great part of being a college student-athlete—to give back but also learn from the young guys that are coming up behind you.”

Owen’s parents were excited for him to have the opportunity to be able to be a part of TeamIMPACT and the Greyhounds’ program. They hope that through this opportunity Owen will gain self-esteem along with role models who will make better experiences for him.

“Owen was burned—98 percent of his body—and they [the doctors] gave him a zero percent chance of survival,” Susan Mahan said. “And they told us he

would never walk, and he can walk. And they told us he would never talk, and he can talk. And he goes through his day with a smile.”

Vaught said he is extremely pleased to have Owen as a part of the team and believes it is important for his studentathletes to be involved with opportunities such as this one to know the importance of giving back, if they know nothing else.

“I think he [Owen] is going to be a big inspiration to our team,” he said.

Susan Mahan said that she and her husband are excited for this opportunity.

“This is a big opportunity, and our hope for him is that when he does notice he looks different, his self-esteem is so high that it’s not going to matter to him,” she said. “And we think this baseball team is going to help with that.”

“... I hope everyone in this room understands that [the way he lives] every day of his life ought to be the way we live it, because he lives it to the fullest.”

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Above: Senior Evan Eyer and his new teammate, Owen Mahan, pose for a picture together following Mahan’s NLI signing. Mahan will wear the number one for the Greyhounds this season. Below: (From left) Owen’s parents, his nurse, Owen himself and Head Baseball Coach Gary Vaught answer questions from the media.

Track and Field competes in ARC

UIndy hosts back-to-back events in two weeks

By Hannah Nieman STAFF WRITER For the second week in a row, the University of Indianapolis men’s and women’s track and field teams returned to the Athletics and Recreation Center on Saturday, Feb. 15, to host the Tom Hathaway Challenge. Seven Greyhounds set NCAA provisional marks during the challenge, led by junior LaTisha Martin, who not only set a provisional mark, but also a new school record by finishing in the 400-meter dash with a time of 56.82.

The Greyhounds competed the weekend before in the UIndy Relay Open on Feb. 8 in the ARC. During the open, the Hounds set six NCAA provisional marks.

Junior Camille Edwards claimed a mark and set a school record by finishing the 60-meter hurdles in 8.68 seconds. In women’s shot put, junior Farin Hickman took a mark at 13.47 meters and claimed another by throwing 17.83 meters in women’s weight throw. Senior Tatiana Zhuravleva also took a mark in the weight throw with a length of 16.92 meters.

For the men, seniors Shane Wyant, Josh Bridwell and TJ Lovejoy achieved provisional marks in shot put by throwing 16.07, 16.03 and 15.92 meters, respectively. Lovejoy also took a mark in the weight throw by a length of 17.39 meters.

In the sprints, sophomore Josh Bass placed third in the 200-meter dash and second in the 60-meter dash. For the women, Martin placed first in the 400-meter dash with a time of 58.05.

Martin said she was satisfied with her performance.

“I feel good [about my performance] because I’m a lot stronger this year,” she said. “I feel like I’m running better than I ran the past two years.”

Junior Kyle Schwartz, who has found success early this year, said he was excited to have achieved an NCAA provisional mark at the Taylor Invitational on Feb. 1.

“It [claiming a mark] feels awesome.

After coming so close [at] the first track

meet,” Schwartz said. “... It was basically me against the clock.”

Schwartz said that he sees the possibility for both teams to do well this season.

“We’ve got a lot of people stepping up,” he said. “They’re practicing harder [and] competing harder.”

Head Track and Field Coach Scott Fangman said although he feels the performance by both teams in meets so far has not been too strong, he is quite pleased with the work of the student-athletes.

“I emphasize great attitude [and] great effort, and we hope it equates into a great performance,” Fangman said.

Martin agreed and said she believes that positive attitude and effort are necessary to make any progress.

“If your mind’s not in it, then you’re not in it,” Martin said.

According to Fangman, the Greyhounds have pretty basic goals for this season: a conference championship and a top ten national ranking. Fangman said the athletes are putting forth the energy to make these goals possible.

“We’re getting the progression that we need,” Fangman said. “People who need to be improving are.”

Martin is optimistic about this season and said that she is improving and working towards her own individual goals.

“I feel like I’ve had a better season starting off this year,” Martin said. “... I just want to run my personal best.”

According to Fangman, he does not place much value in winning. Instead, he said that he focuses on the athletes’ overall effort.

“All of our kids ... are improving, and that means we’re doing everything right,” Fangman said.

Overall, win or lose, Fangman said that he is proud of his team.

“Anything that happens will not come from a lack of effort,” he said. “I don’t know what more a coach can ask from his [or her] team.”

Both teams will compete this Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Purdue Invitational at a time yet to be announced.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

THE REFLECTOR

REVIEWS

THE RATINGS

CLASSIC

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LOVE 1 ENDLESS MOVIE

TOWN HEROES 2 SMALL CD

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RED STREAK 5 THE ADVENTURES

>> The movie “Endless Love” premiered Feb. 14. It tells the tale of a young man and woman who love each other unconditionally but are constantly being torn apart by other people and obstacles.

The movie is a remake of the 1981 film of the same name. It tells the story of a sheltered girl (played by Gabriella Wilde) who falls in love with a charismatic city boy (played by Alex Pettyfer.) The only thing keeping them apart is her overprotective parents (played by Bruce Greenwood and Joely Richardson), desperate to keep their daughter sheltered. The beginning seemed like a typical romance story with two young lovers. After about thirty minutes, though, what seemed like the obvious shifted into the unpredictable.

This movie seems to have been produced for more of the teenage crowd. It would be better to go see it with a partner rather than going alone, so catch this movie with your significant other for a belated Valentine’s Day.

>> Do you ever get a hankering for some old-timey music, then feel sad because your phonograph is broken? Well, I have good news for you: Hurray for the Riff Raff is available online. The group’s third album, “Small Town Heroes,” is a collection of blues, folk and Americana.

Although the music is anachronistic, the lyrics are not outdated. The title track concerns heroin addiction, homelessness and looking for love. “St. Roch Blues” addresses the culture of violence in the neighborhood where singer and guitarist Alynda Lee Segarra settled in New Orleans after riding the rails from the Bronx around the United States. Another standout, “The Body Electric,” gives a feminist rebuttal to country murder ballads, referencing Johnny Cash’s “Delia’s Gone” and gutting you with the poignant last line. There are upbeat tracks, too, such as “End of the Line.” Segarra’s antique twang proves that a minimalist approach gives you more when it comes to honesty.

>>Reviewing a drive-in restaurant during negative temperature weather may not be the best idea, but the desire for deep fried food triumphed over logical thinking. Mug n’ Bun has been a Speedway icon for almost 50 years and a restaurant locals claim is a must-visit.

While this unique location is worth the drive to the West side, the food was not.

The burgers and tenderloins were all pre-formed frozen patties with very little flavor. The tenderloin smelled and tasted distinctly of freezer burn, and I was unable to finish it. The only good food item I had was the chili cheese dog, which was quite tasty and probably the only thing for which I would be willing to make a return trip, besides the excellent service.

If you want the experience of ordering and eating food from a tray hanging off your car window, Mug n’ Bun fills that role. But if you just want some excellent deep fried food, stick to the South side and hit up Edwards instead.

>>“Cress,” the third book of “The Lunar Chronicles,” was intriguing.

Even though I had not read the first two books, “Cinder” and “Scarlet,” I actually knew what was going on because the first two books were summarized in the beginning. Each book in the series offers a new take on a classic fairy tale, this one being “Rapunzel.” Cress, a girl who has been trapped on a satellite for about seven years, is known to be an excellent computer hacker, but she is being controlled by the much-hated Queen Levana. Cress reaches out to a group of fugitives, who come to her rescue. But when the rescue does not go as planned, the group must try and reunite with one another in order to achieve the common goal—to take out Queen Levana. I personally am not interested in science fiction and robotics, but this book has a good plot. If you are a fan of “Ender’s Game,” by Orson Scott Card, you should give this book a try.

The fourth book is set to release in 2015.

>> The Red Streak is a band you may not have heard of, but you will want to know about them. An interesting hybrid of Avenged Sevenfold riffs, Panic!

At the Disco vocals, and blues-inspired rhythmic drive, their sound is novel. I saw them preform for the first date of their tour in support of their new album, “Knowledge for Nihilists.” The concert took place at the Hoosier Dome and also showcased several other local bands. Every set was packed with overwhelming energy from the bands and from the audience.

After running through some of the set list, The Red Streak played “Storm,” the lead single from the group’s new album.

Guitarists Cameron Sherry and Nolan Evans traded solos, and fans rushed the stage. After playing for an hour, the show ended.The madness and joy was done for the night, but The Red Streak has many more nights of rocking ahead of them.

The Red Streak’s music can be found on iTunes and Spotify.

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Junior performance major Elisabeth Kleinsmith (right) and senior music major Zach Cardwell perform “The Olive Tree” in the opera “Kismet.”

The University of Indianapolis music and theatre departments came together for their take on the 1953 Broadway original “Kismet.” The show was held in Ruth Lilly Performance Hall and ran for approximately three hours. More than 20 UIndy students, as well as a number of professional musicians who played in the pit, participated in the production.

“Kismet,” originally a play by Edward Knoblock, was later adapted by Robert Wright and George Forrest as a Broadway musical. The play also was adapted for opera, which is the way it was performed at UIndy.The story follows the life of Hajj, a poet, who goes from being a beggar to royalty through a bit of deception and luck. Chorus member and sophomore vocal performance major Andy Wegg said that his friends described the show as “‘Aladdin’ with a twist.”

The members of the cast and chorus prepared for the show for more than a semester before the production came full circle.The final product was a culmination of two separate classes—Opera Scenes

and Musical Opera Productions. The two classes began first semester and worked toward the show itself. Associate Music Director Amy Eggleston chose “Kismet” for the classes because of the characteristics of the singers currently in the program.

According to Wegg, the opera was well received by students and community members alike. The first night, Lilly Hall had a good number of open seats, but by Saturday, the hall was completely filled.

“A lot of the community enjoyed it,” Wegg said. “A lot of people rushed to catch the Saturday night show because they didn’t realize that we were only doing two shows.”

Sophomore psychology major Carmen Rosales did not know what to expect.

“I just went because my friend needed an LP credit,”Rosales said.“But I ended up liking it a lot. The singing was amazing.”

Although the show was an opera, Rosales said she did not have any trouble following the plot. She also expressed her gratitude to the university for having this type of LP credit event.

“A lot of the LPs can be boring,” Rosales said. “But this was different and entertaining.”

Club owner Dickie Bell (played by junior theatre major Daryl Hollonquest.)

According to Coder and Hollonquest, the play is a comedy that is exaggerated, a type of play that is a “farce.”Coder said that moving the set from the auditorium to the dining hall has been a new experience.

“The space isn’t necessarily hard to get used to physically. But compared to the auditorium and even the studio theatre, the dining hall does not have the right acoustics for getting your voice out there,” he said. “... Being able to be heard and have good diction has really been the biggest challenge for me and other actors in the play.”

Hollonquest said

that learning to connect with his character has been enjoyable and so has getting the chance to perform in a dinner theatre.

“It’s just been really fun doing dinner theatre,” he said. “The whole cast is really funny, and we’re always meshing and talking about how much fun the show is going to be when it opens.”

The play will be performed in the Schwitzer Student Center dining hall.

Before it begins, dinner will be served to those who have paid the fee.

“The Fox on the Fairway” will preview on Feb. 20 at 8 p.m. Performances will be Feb. 21-Feb. 23 and Feb. 28-March 1.

Dinner will be at 6:45 p.m. Performances will be at 8 p.m.

‘Fox on the Fairway’ gets ready to tee off

By Mercadees Hempel & Anna Wieseman ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR & MANAGING EDITOR This year’s dinner theatre will be the production “The Fox on the Fairway,” a comedic farce about two rival owners of two country clubs.

Bingham (played by junior theatre major Nate Coder) is the owner of the Quail Valley Country Club and in distress. His best golfer quits before the big golf tournament against the arrogant Crouching S quirrel Golf and Racket Photo contributed

by Jodi Bush

Photo by Kyle Weidner

Flutist and professor Anne Reynolds and pianist and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra member Syliva Patterson-Scott open the Faculty Artist Concert Series in Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center with “Suñeos de Chambi.” The event took place Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m.

Guest composer, soprano headline faculty concert

By Quiaira Johnson STAFF WRITER The University of Indianapolis Faculty Artist Concert Series presented a concert with guest composer and pianist Gabriela Lena Frank and guest soprano Tony Arnold. The concert was held at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 10 in the Ruth Lilly Performance Hall in Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center.

The concert consisted of different works composed by Frank, who is an American pianist and composer of contemporary classical music. With a Peruvian and Chinese heritage and Latin American studies background, Frank has incorporated her travel experiences into her work.

The concert included 17 different pieces composed by Frank and one piece by Greek composer Georges Aperghis. Performing in the program were university faculty members pianist and Associate Adjunct Professor Minju Choi and flutist and Professor Anne Reynolds. Also performing were pianist and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra member Sylvia Patterson-Scott, violinist and Principal Second Violin of the Louisville Orchestra Robert Simonds and percussionist and internationally-known artist and innovator in the field of new music Bonnie Whiting, as well as Arnold and Frank.

The first performance began with a piano and flute ensemble from Frank called “Suenos de Chambi,” “IV. P’asna Marcha,” “V. Adoracion para Angelitos,” “VI. Harawi de Chambi,” “VII. Marinera” performed on the piano by PattersonScott and on the flute by Reynolds.

These pieces were introduced as being inspired by a variety of photographs of the Peruvian culture.

The audience was then led into the second arrangement, which consisted of a piano piece composed by Frank. The performance consisted of four pieces from “Sonata Andina,” “I. Allegro Aymara,” “II. Himno Inca,” “III. Adagio Illariy” and “IV. Finale Saqsampillo,” performed on the piano by Choi.

Listening to the various pieces had freshman sports management major Cara Carrion intrigued.

“The different pieces played by the different artists has definitely opened my eyes to the intricacy of music,” Carrion said.

The third arrangement consisted of one of the four-hand piano pieces composed

by Frank,“Sonata Serrana No. 1,”“Adagio para el Anochecer (Adagio for Dusk),” which was performed on the piano by Choi and Frank.

The four-hand piano piece was a favorite of freshman nursing major Julia Kozubowski.

“I really enjoyed the intensity of the piece. Seeing both of them play at the same time on the piano was something new for me,” Kozubowski said.

The fourth arrangement consisted of two of the “Recitations for Solo Voice,”

by Greek composer Georges Aperghis, “Recitation 9” and “Recitation 10b,”which were performed by Arnold.

The program concluded with the “Seven Armenian Songs” composed by Frank. The seven pieces consisted of “I. A Spotless Lamb,” “II. Wild Bird,” “III. Feet and Wings,” “IV. Silken Blouse,” “V. A Monk and His Peas,” “VI. Peach Seeding”and “VII. Adorning.” The seven pieces were performed by vocalist Arnold singing soprano, Whiting on percussion and Simonds playing violin.

“I really enjoyed the program,” Carrion said, “and the different pieces that were performed.”

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Chinese students ring in the year of the horse

By James Figy EDITOR-IN-CHIEF For many University of Indianapolis students, Jan. 31 was just another Friday.

For students from The People’s Republic of China, however, it was the start of the new year and the Spring Festival, one of the biggest holidays in their homeland.

Students from Ningbo Institute of Technology found ways to celebrate together and with the campus community to make as much of the holiday as possible.

Junior finance major Zhiyuan Shen got together with a dozen friends, all fellow Chinese students, for a pitch-in dinner on Jan. 31 in a campus apartment.

He said that each one prepared his or her best dish for the get-together.

“We will make it like traditional to feel like we are at home, because we are a little homesick,” he said.

In China, families gather to have a large meal on the New Year’s Eve, and the holiday continues for days after the new year begins. Chinese years are based on the lunar calendar and named after one of the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac. This year is the year of the horse.

“When our relatives that are in China were celebrating the festival, we were here. We were still studying,” Shen said.

“In China, they had a holiday during that period of time.”

Shen said that students still saw their families’celebrations through pictures on Chinese social media sites. He also said that many were able to webchat with

Photo by Ben Zefeng Zhang

Students eat dinner and watch a performance at the Chinese Student Union’s Chinese New Year Celebration on Feb. 4 in the Schwitzer Student Center cafeteria. their parents, but they still missed them.

One of the things that senior international business major Jiaqi Zhu said he misses is getting money from his parents in a red envelope, because the color signifies luck.

“Usually each of us will get a lot of money, but since we are here, we have no chance of getting red envelopes,” he said.

“And ... usually on that day, all of the family members will get together and share the food with each other, and we will watch

TV into the middle of [the] night.”

The rest of campus was invited to join in the festivities on Feb. 4 when the Chinese Student Union hosted a celebration in the Schwitzer Student Center cafeteria. For the celebration, numerous students performed songs, traditional dances, shadow puppetry, a magic show, a fashion show and even gave a calligraphy demonstration.

Near the end of the celebration, Associate Vice President for International

Partnerships Phylis Lan Lin went up on stage and handed out red envelopes with money from Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China to any student who would come forward and say something in Chinese. The celebration concluded with a video of greetings from the students’ friends at NIT. Zhu, president of the Chinese Student Union, said that he thought the performances went well.

“They have been practicing again and

again, so I want to give them millions of thanks for that,” he said. “They are very good students and very good performers.”

Zhu said that the group began planning the event last year, and over winter break they decided on a lineup for the performances. He said the event would not have happened without the help of his friends, especially the CSU vice presidents.

Polk Food Service also has to plan ahead for events like the celebration. PFS Operations Manager Manu Kang said that doing special events helps break up the monotony in students’ lives, as well as the lives of the cafeteria staff.

“It’s always very fun for us to get involved with the students,” she said. “...

It’s a matter of planning, but there can be challenges in anything we do.”

Kang also said that she and Chef Dan Phillips have to make sure that all of the details are right, such as the menu, the recipes, the number of staff and even the table linens, but they are prepared in case something goes awry.

“We try to have a plan A, B and C, just in case anything goes wrong,” she said.

However, the details are not as important to Zhu as the ability to celebrate with friends. He said that Chinese students are homesick around this time of year because they cannot see their families.

“As the Chinese Student Union, we have been prepared to give the NIT students here a feeling that they’re not alone, like we are their families here,” he said.“So we have prepared this traditional celebration.”

Professor speaks on forgiveness and the Vietnam War

By Ben Zefeng Zhang PHOTO EDITOR

Photo by Ben Zefeng Zhang

Associate Professor of English Elizabeth Weber delivers her Faculty Forum Lecture on her experience with grief and forgiveness for her older brother Bill’s death during the Vietnam War.

“After two years of research, I had decided that I needed to go to Vietnam to see where Bill [my brother] had been killed and to visit the site of the My Lai massacre,” said Associate Professor of English Elizabeth Weber during her Faculty Forum presentation on Feb. 6.

She described her trip to Vietnam sponsored by the Vietnam-USA Society. Weber, along with her father, Alvin Weber, professor emeritus in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota, and friend and fellow writer Bob Ross, landed in Vietnam in late 1996.

According to Weber, Dao Le Mai Thanh, the sponsor and organizer of the Vietnam trip, warmly received them and dedicated considerable effort to their visit.

Weber read an excerpt of a chapter from her memoir, “In My Brother’s Name,” which she is currently writing. She explained that her visit to Vietnam had two aims: to learn more about her brother’s death and to understand whether his company might have used his death as an excuse to exact revenge in the My Lai massacre. According to Weber, it is one of the most barbarous acts committed by U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. Nearly 500 civilians were killed.

Weber said that she went to Vietnam because her brother was killed there in 1968 when she was

17. Her brother was a radio-telephone operator employed by Charlie Company and was killed by sniper fire a month before the massacre.

Weber thinks that the soldiers could possibly have used her brother’s death as a motivator for the My Lai massacre.

Weber admits that the war weighed heavily on her because Bill’s name was possibly called out during the killing of Vietnamese civilians. After his death, she said that she went from a straight-laced honor roll student to a rebel against traditional American society, and even joined a commune.

Thirty-six years after his death, Weber said she still misses Bill, but she is thankful that he was not involved in the massacre.

“I miss my brother every day. But I was also glad that he had not been part of the massacre, for his soul would have been scarred forever by the killing of innocent men, women and children,” she said. “I felt terrible saying that I was glad that Bill was dead.

A part of me said to my dead brother, ‘I’m sorry. I’m sorry. Oh, forgive me.’ ” Weber said her trip was a healing experience, and she has attempted to visit every location where her brother had been stationed, meeting locals along the way.

“It was healing to see them as just people and as workers. It was healing to have them take me to the place where he was killed,” she said.

She also asserts that she was never angry with the Vietnamese. “They took time away from their jobs,

and all the Vietnamese that I spoke to while I was there were very kind. They would say that the war is in the past we want to go forward and we want to be friends now.”

There was only Weber’s voice resonating in the Trustees Dining Hall during the presentation, and some audience members said they were impressed by her presentation.

Department Chair and Associate Professor of Communication Darryl Clark thought Weber’s presentation not only shared universal ideas but also illuminated a lesson in forgiveness.

“I think that the story that Elizabeth told deals with deeply human issues, things such as trying to make sense of things in a confusing world, dealing with loss, forgiveness. Those are all things that all humans deal with,” Clark said. “And I think that her story portrayed that ... in a much deeper way than most people will experience, but it’s something that all people can relate to.”

Assistant Professor of English Karen Newman said that she was moved by the words of forgiveness in the presentation.

“Dr. Weber’s presentation was powerful on a personal and international level,” Newman said. “It meant a great deal to me to learn more about my colleague’s long, painful process of forgiving the sniper, whom she may have even met during her visit, the U.S. government and herself for feeling so much bitterness over all these years. Vietnam is still an open wound for so many.”

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NEWS Protesters take angst to the streets in Euromaidan BRIEFS Ukraine protests

By Michael Rheinheimer EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Protests continue in Ukraine despite a government warning that “seizures of buildings” would be viewed as acts of terror and dealt with by national security forces, according to Radio Free Europe.

Kiev’s warning came Feb. 9, less than three months after the official beginning of what is being referred to as “Euromaidan,” which originally was created as a hashtag on Twitter to refer to the unrest across the country, beginning Nov. 21.

“Maidan” is a Ukrainian word meaning a city square.

According to the Associated Press, on that date, Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych announced that his government would abandon an agreement that would have strengthened relations between his country and the European Union. Instead, his government actively is seeking further cooperation with the Russian government.

According to Associate Professor of History and Political Science Milind Thakar, the Ukrainian government has adopted a “look east” policy towards Russia.

“Ukraine is divided into two parts socially. The western part of Ukraine is more Europe-facing. ... The eastern part has a lot of ... Russian language speakers, and they also happen to ... identify with

Protesters in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, call for the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovich on Dec. 17, 2013. (Sergei L. Loiko/Los Angeles Times/MCT) the days of the Russian empire and later the Soviet Union,” Thakar said. “Today, they are closer to the politics of President Putin of Russia.”

Thakar said that membership in the European Union would bring benefits to the people of the Ukraine, but Ukrainian journalist Taras Ilkiv told the Business Insider that the protestors are fighting more for their rights than their membership.

“After a ... protest was ... broken up by

More young people enroll in Obamacare

By Tony Pugh McCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAU

WASHINGTON(MCT)—Nearly 3.3 million Americans have enrolled in health coverage on state and federal health insurance marketplaces as of Feb. 1 and sign-up rates for young adults continued to grow, according to new figures recently released by the Obama administration.

The federal HealthCare.gov marketplace has logged 1.9 million enrollees since enrollment began in October, while another 1.4 million have signed up for insurance coverage through state-based exchanges. The new sign-ups keyed a 53 percent enrollment jump over the previous three-month reporting period.

The new January numbers came the same day that a new Gallup Poll found the nation’s uninsured rate had fallen to a five-year low of 16 percent from 17.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013.

“While more than a month remains in the first quarter, the preliminary data show the uninsured rate appears to be on track to drop to the lowest quarterly level measured since 2008,” Gallup reported.

The Gallup estimates, based on phone interviews with more than 19,000 adults, may vary over time, but “if the uninsured rate continues to fall over the next several months, it may suggest that the Affordable Care Act’s requirement for most Americans to have health insurance, which took effect on Jan. 1, is responsible for the decline,” according to the polling organization.

With slightly more than six weeks remaining before the marketplace enrollment period ends on March 31, total U.S. enrollments are 2.7 million shy of reaching the estimated 6 million sign-ups that the Congressional Budget Office recently projected for the 2014 coverage year.

The CBO originally expected 7 million people to enroll before technical problems with the HealthCare.gov web site caused

the police, a million angry people took to the central square of the capital,”Ilkiv said.

“Most people are tired of total corruption in all spheres of life and the lack of justice and security officials’ self-will.”

Olya Mangusheva, a UIndy alumna who received her master’s degree in occupational therapy in 2011, would likely agree with Ilkiv. She has returned to Ukraine and lives in the city of Zhytomyr.

Mangusheva has followed the revolution

and believes that it serves several purposes.

“The Revolution of Dignity, as Ukrainians call it, is an outcry of the nation to protect human rights, to protect our dignity and to overthrow the government that has ... been serving its own interests.”

To Mangusheva, it is not a matter of East or West. She said that Ukrainians need to get out of their comfort zones if they want reform.

“I support freedom and justice— Maidan and the Revolution of Dignity,” she said. “It is safe to keep your political views and opinions to yourself and live a quiet and obedient life conforming to the system. It is safe to turn the blind eye to the corrupt regime and mind your own business.”

According to reports from the Kiev Post, 1900 protesters have been injured, 234 have been arrested and 140 have been imprisoned. Meanwhile, less than 300 pro-government officers have been injured. Berkut special police units have been deployed throughout Kiev. Video evidence exists of members of this unit harassing a naked protestor before loading him into the back of their police bus.

On Jan. 30, President Obama said that financial sanctions could be imposed on the leaders of Ukraine and the protest movement if the violence continues to escalate, according to Reuters. Critics say that the West has remained too passive on the situation and would like to see more done to help the protestors.

McClatchy-Tribune News Service

NATION Obama administration to help fight disease overseas

WASHINGTON—The Obama administration plans to spend $85 million over the next two years to help at least 10 countries improve their ability to respond to disease outbreaks, officials say.

In a new push that aims to treat epidemics as potential national security threats, the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will help other countries expand their ability to detect deadly diseases early and build teams that can respond to an outbreak.

—Tribune Washington Bureau

SCOTUS: Restricting conceal-carry is violation of constitution

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—A federal appeals court decided Feb. 13 that a San Diego restriction on carrying concealed guns in public for self-defense infringes on citizens’ Second Amendment rights.

In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned San Diego County permit requirements because the court said they denied responsible, law-abiding citizens the right to carry concealed handguns in public for self-defense.

—Los Angeles Times

WORLD Kerry urges China to reign in North Korean territorial claims

BEIJING—Secretary of State John F. Kerry appealed to China on Feb. 14 to rein in its North Korean ally and to ease its provocative territorial claims, but after a day of talks Beijing’s response was unclear.

In meetings with President Xi Jinping and other top Chinese officials, Kerry urged them to use their special leverage to restrain Pyongyang, which experts fear is close to another test of a nuclear weapon or missile. He also pressed the leaders to give up controversial claims to territory based on historical maps that U.S. officials contend are not legal under international law.

“It’s important to resolve these differences in a peaceful, nonconfrontational way,” Kerry said of the claims, which have driven up tensions between China and neighbors such as Japan, South Korea and the Philippines.

—Tribune Washington Bureau

them to reduce that estimate by 1 million.

Officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services could not determine how many of the new enrollees were previously uninsured, how many have paid their premiums or how many enrollments were canceled because of non-payment.

But Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said most new enrollees are paying less for coverage.

“As they learn about their new coverage options, Americans are finding getting covered has never been more affordable,” she said in a telephone press call with reporters. “Eighty-two percent of those who have signed up for marketplace plans are receiving a lower-cost premium.”

On HealthCare.gov, more than 90 percent of people who select “silver” plans that cover at least 70 percent of medical costs, are also paying less for coverage, Sebelius said.

Young adults ages 18 to 34 accounted for 27 percent of January sign-ups, up from 24 percent from October through December.

In January alone, more than 318,000 young adults signed up for coverage, compared to more than 489,000 who enrolled between October and December.

That 65 percent increase—from 489, 000 to more than 807,000 total young adults enrolled—was the largest increase for any age group in January, Sebelius said. Between October and January, one in three marketplace enrollments were under age 35, she added.

A strong mix of young adults, who are generally healthier and cheaper to insure, is crucial to keeping premiums affordable under Obamacare.

Administration officials have estimated that roughly 40 percent of new marketplace plan members need to be under age 35 to offset the coverage costs for older plan members who are typically less healthy and more expensive to cover.

Health law supporters were heartened

by the new data.

“We are thrilled to see young adult enrollment rates continue to increase and expect this trend will continue as more learn that they can get help paying for their insurance,” said Aaron Smith, executive director of Young Invincibles, a non-profit health care advocacy group

for young adults.

Efforts to enroll young adults increased as cities across the nation hosted more than 100 sign-up events as part of National Youth Enrollment Day on last Saturday, Feb. 15. ©2014 McClatchy Washington Bureau

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is in compliance with all provisions set out by the act. The process for making these changes includes notifying the university’s administration and employees of all changes that are going to be made.

The HR department then works with an attorney to make sure all changes are effectively communicated. The process, he said, has been smooth but challenging.

“Our questions more concern, ‘When can I enroll? When does open enrollment end?’—just the basic questions that we normally have,” Clark said. “We have not been inundated with questions regarding the Affordable Care Act and the impact on the university’s health insurance.”

UIndy must begin tracking the hours of students and part-time employees to see whether they fall under the new provisions. The process started in January and will go a full year.

At the end of the year, any employees who were not considered benefit-eligible but meet the 130-hour requirement will be

offered the university’s health insurance, effective March 1, 2015.

“We have an administrative period of two months where we go and revisit the number of hours that student workers work and hourly, not-eligible-for-benefits employees work for that year,” Clark said. “And then, based on that average, if they have worked over 130 hours on an average per month and during open enrollment, next year we have to extend those employees—student workers, also hourly employees—health insurance.”

Under the act, children can be added to or kept on a parent’s insurance policy until they are 26 years old, according to HealthCare.gov. Occupational therapy graduate student Tricia Holmes is just outside of this provision. However, her work with OT requires her to have health insurance for fieldwork.

“Last year, I ended up having to [sign up for the Affordable Care Act] because I was not working full time, and I lost

that insurance. I had to switch to private insurance,” Holmes said. “It was under $200 a month, which under a very limited budget is still quite a bit, but we manage.

And I live with my boyfriend, and he works full time. We pretty much live off of his income, and that policy was about to run out, so I had to switch insurance coverage.”

This moment drove Holmes to try to sign up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act over Christmas break. Holmes said she experienced problems with the website, like others have reported.

“I attempted to sign up over break, and like many others, it [the website] crashed on me,” she said. “I guess it still ended up still having my application go through.

It just never said it did, which is kind of odd, and I found out last week that I’m actually not eligible for Hoosier Health Wise insurance, because I don’t have any income. So I would have to sign up for Medicaid, and I don’t have the time to

wait for Medicaid.”

Holmes has decided to renew her private insurance, which now costs $400 a month. She only has one more year of school left before she can focus on a fulltime job. She said that graduate students are in a sort of awkward position because they can be too old for their parents’ coverage, but they may not be able to afford their own coverage.

Once Holmes graduates and gets a full-time job, she does not plan to try to re-enroll for health care insurance under the Affordable Care Act. As a student going into the health field, Holmes can see some of the long-term effects of the law.

“As a student going into the health care field, we can see a lot of change coming soon, but we can’t necessarily predict all of the changes that it might bring,” Holmes said. “And it is hard to be somebody on the brink of getting a job and working in this field and sort of navigate your way to the truth and the opinions of people.”

Sanaa prison break leaves al-Qaida affiliates on the loose

SANAA, Yemen—More than two dozen escaped prisoners, including several convicted members of al-Qaida’s Yemen affiliate, remained at large Feb. 14 after a daring attack on Sanaa’s Central Prison the night of Feb. 13.

Armed militants laid siege to the heavily fortified prison shortly after sunset, setting off two car bombs and exchanging fire with soldiers guarding the prison, killing seven. One of the explosions blew a hole in the prison’s wall near an area where inmates convicted of terrorism-related offenses were housed.

By the time reinforcements arrived and sealed off the area, 29 prisoners had escaped, including 19 who were imprisoned on terrorism charges, according to a statement by Yemen’s Interior Ministry.

—McClatchy Foreign Staff

UIndy in compliance with the Affordable Care Act

By Anna Wieseman MANAGING EDITOR

The Affordable Care Act was signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. Since this date, institutions such as the University of Indianapolis have been working to stay up to date with provisions in the law.

According to Human Resources Director Stant Clark the process of revising policies started in 2013. This process included reviewing the number of hours part-time and student employees worked.

Under the act, any employee working more than 130 hours a month is now offered health insurance.

“It [updating the policies] started in February 2013. We had extensive workshops and conferences. ... We were ahead of the game. We knew well in advance [the work that needed to be completed],” he said.

According to Clark, UIndy currently

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BLACK H I STORY MONTH In 1976, the United States declared February Black History Month. Originally created as a week in 1926 to celebrate the birthdays of Frederick Douglas and Abraham Lincoln, it expanded to give the people of the United States a chance to reflect upon our past.

Even though we embrace the framework of life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and freedom for all, and even though many of us project these ideals upon our daily lives, historically the United States has not been truly inclusive.

Associate Professor of History and Political Science Jamal Ratchford points out that some may find it hard to understand the trials the nation has gone through.

“My students are now becoming politically active, and they see a person of African descent as president. They see women in predominately important roles,” he said. “It can be difficult to wrap one’s mind around why something like that [Black History Month] would be necessary and how it even came about.”

We remember that it was only a little more than 50 years ago that the historic March on Washington took place, when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called for an end to racism. We remember these things so that we do not repeat the same mistakes and so we can move on, united as a better nation.

B S A presents black history activities

By Hannah Nieman STAFF WRITER The University of Indianapolis Black Student Association is working toward its goals of unity and awareness by sponsoring events for Black History Month. BSA Co-President Deondra Billingsley sees the celebration as more than a chance for African Americans to remember their past.

“I think people forget that black history is everyone’s history,” Billingsley said.

BSA Co-President Kyra Monroe feels that Black History Month is quite important and deserved.

“Everyone should be recognized for the positive upbringing of our countr y,” Monroe said.

According to Billingsley, BSA engages students through a variety of inclusive programs and events. BSA Events Coordinator Anthony Bigham said that the association is “young people trying to make an impact on the campus about unity.”

In accordance with their goals, BSA, along with Campus Program Board, Indianapolis Student Government and Student Affairs, developed events and activities to engage students in the celebration and remembrance of black history.

Billingsley approached the eventplanning process with a reflection on last year’s events. She said that she hoped to create a focus on history in contrast to the social events of last year.

“I feel like I can’t go ahead with my future without knowing my past,” Billingsley said.

For one of the first events of the month, Nikki Giovanni came to UIndy on Feb. 5, to deliver a diversity lecture. Bigham found her lecture to be quite powerful and came away with a strong message.

“She was telling us we’re only going to be young for so long, so live moments, ... see the world [and] experience life,” Bigham said.

Bigham felt that Giovanni not only provided inspirational advice for students’ futures, but also proved to be connected with Billingsley’s goal to focus on historical knowledge.

“She has so much wisdom throughout history between the good stuff and the bad stuff,” Bigham said.

To expand on the focus of history, Billingsley decided to approach Director of the Institute for Civic Leadership and the Mayoral Archives and Associate Professor of History and Political Science Edward Frantz with the idea of an event focusing on music.

According to Monroe, Frantz discussed how past African American music impacted the music of today.

Bigham believes the event allowed BSA to expand into other areas of campus, uniting with others through music.

“It’s helping us with our goals, connecting us with other people on the campus,” Bigham said.

BSA is also hosting Hump Day

“I think people forget that black history is everyone’s history.”

Art by Stephanie Kirkling

“12 Years a Slave” movie and discussion Feb. 25 @ 7 p.m.

Schwitzer Student Center UIndy Hall

Arts through the Years Feb. 26 @ 7 p.m.

Schwitzer Student Center McCleary Chapel Tables every Wednesday this month to promote awareness through activities and trivia.

Overall, BSA hopes that the events and activities for Black History Month bring students together.

“It helps us all bridge the gap between different cultures here on campus,” Billingsley said.

Billingsley also hopes this month helps students “gain an understanding of why this is such a big notion in our culture.”

Bigham agrees with Billingsley about the importance of the month as a time to both reflect and look ahead.

“It gives us a month to really reflect and look at the past and just be in tune with ourselves,” she said.

Monroe felt that this month provided BSA with the responsibility of educating students about the past and promoting awareness.

“I hope students gain a different understanding of African American culture and that it’s not everything you see on TV,” Monroe said.

The Black History Month events will conclude on Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. in Ruth Lilly Performance Hall. Arts through the Years will bring students together through music and poetry.

Civil rights movement lives on in song

Presentation shows students music’s power in the March on Washington

By Jake Fritz FEATURE EDITOR In his book “Why We Can’t Wait,” Martin Luther King Jr. wrote, “We sing the freedom songs today for the same reason the slaves sang them, because we too are in bondage and the songs add hope to our determination that ‘We shall overcome, Black and white together, We shall overcome someday.’”

On Wednesday, Feb. 12, Associate Professor of History and Political Science Edward Frantz presented “The Message Is in the Music: African American History, Popular Music & the Civil Rights Movement”on campus.The presentation, sponsored by the Black Student Association, was based on Frantz’s former spring term course. It highlighted the music of ’63 and ’64 that occurred during the civil rights movement.

Frantz, also Director of the Institute for Civic Leadership and the Mayoral Archives, believes that the music of the early to mid 60s has endured and is just as powerful now as it was 50 years ago because it was politically charged.

The night began with a focus on the March on Washington and how music and musicians played a large part in bringing the crowd together. Frantz told the audience about how elements of gospel were appropriated and how the gospel

impulse created a bridge for people to become active in the movement. He also talked about how “The Queen of Gospel,” Mahalia Jackson, influenced Martin Luther King Jr.’s keynote speech during the march.

“That most famous part of the speech was ad-libbed at the urging of a gospel s i n ge r w h o was versed in that key idiom of black music in the black church—call and response,” he said.

The concept of equality brought through music continued as Frantz discussed Stax Records in Memphis, Tenn. According to Frantz, Stax was known for creating what many called a “Blacker” sound, which was created by an integrated house band.

“When you stop to think about crossing those boundaries of making music together in the South, where people get killed for that, it makes it that much more rewarding,” Frantz said.

Continuing to highlight artists such as Sam Cooke, who sang “A Change Is Gonna Come,”and Curtis Mayfield, who sang “Keep on Pushing,” Frantz talked about how musicians brought together the ideas of the social movement. By the end

of the evening, the audience had heard many songs that were familiar to them.

Senior graphic design and experience design student and Event Planner for BSA Lauren Rascoe enjoyed learning about the history behind the African American music she grew up with.

“Being able to see the history and why it [music] was important really connected with me,” Rascoe said.

Frantz ended the night by asking students to remember the community, celebrate substance over style and find a place for older generations within the community.

“You have the means at your disposal that Bob Moses, Fannie Lou Hamer and John Lewis would have been in awe of,” Frantz said, speaking about social media and how students can use this new technology to keep making social changes.

Frantz issued this challenge so that students would think about what their generation could do in terms of production and consumption to make the campus community and other communities better reflect their values, hopes and aspirations.

It is that type of change, Franz said,“that is the empowering message from the music of the civil rights movement.”

“Being able to see the history and why it [music] was important really connected with me.”

Black authors, their works remain relevant

UIndy English professors discuss the important works of their favorite African American writers

By Robbie Hadley STAFF WRITER Some of the people who helped shape the path of social equality for African Americans were authors who pointed out social injustices through works of fiction and nonfiction. From W.E.B. Du Bois to Toni Morrison, African American authors have had a large impact upon their community.

Richard Marshall, associate professor of English and Director of the Writing Lab, identified just one out of the many black authors who had a significant impact on society today.

“The big name is Frederick Douglass. If you read his narrative [Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave] it explains a lot of what people don’t know about American slavery and gets some of the ideas of the effects that have lasted all the way up to today,” Marshall said.

Douglass was born into a life of slavery and only learned to read and write because his owner’s wife illegally taught him to be literate. He set the pace for many other African Americans to become educated in a time when that was not at all accepted.

Assistant Professor of English Salvatore Pane pointed out a couple of other authors that he believes have had an effect on society.

“I have to go back to Maya Angelou.

When you think of the landscape of American poetry in the twentieth century,

it’s so shaped by her work, and she’s still relevant today. She is still active in the community and doing readings,” Pane said. “She bares her humanity on the page in a way that everyone can relate to. It’s an easy thing to say you’re going to do, but it’s very difficult to do without appearing sentimental or pretentious, but she never really does. Her work operates on this level where it can be appreciated by all readers.”

Pane went on to describe a modern author who he believes is still helping change the landscape of modern literature, Ashley Ford.

“She has done some events here at UIndy and a lot of students really love her work. She’s a fantastic essay writer and memoirist. She’s doing really interesting work, and she’s really young, too. She is about five years older than our students,” Pane said.

He spoke very highly of Ford who is an Indianapolis writer and suggested that students should seek out and read her work as well as follow her Twitter account @iSmashFizzle.

There are many other authors who have made great contributions to society, such as Ralph Ellison, but there are also modern artists like Adrian Matejka and Curtis Crisler that continue to add to the black literary voices. We can all learn from the lessons that Douglass, Angelou, Ford and the plethora of other black authors who have contributed to the betterment of society.

“She bares her humanity on the page in a way that everyone can relate to.”

Recommended Readings The Reflector asked five University of Indianapolis English professors to recommend their favorite books

by African American authors. Here is what they said: “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration” by Isabel Wilkerson –Associate Professor of English Richard Marshall “Black Boy” by Richard Wright –Professor of English Toni Morris “Platitudes” by Trey Ellis –Assistant Professor of English Salvatore Pane “Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison –Chair and Associate Professor of English Kyoko Amano “The Essential Etheridge Knight”

by Etheridge Knight –Assistant Professor of English Kevin McKelvey

Art by Kyle Weidner

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