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Departments ready for moves Art & Design, Engineering, Facilities to move into new buildings by August

Selby, Vitangeli discuss car theft investigations

By Luke Ostenson STAFF WRITER

Those original plans have since annex] and then reorganize our spaces changed, according to Art & Design in this building.”

Department Chair and Professor James Under the new plans, Art & Design’s Viewegh. Now, Engineering will be photography, printmaking, visual the sole occupant of the larger Shelby communication design, 2-D, animation Street Building when it moves out of illustration, drawing and painting Martin Hall. Over the summer, Facilities and advanced studios will remain in Management will instead be moving CDFAC, according to plans provided by into the smaller Shelby Street building Viewegh. The sculpture shop, ceramics and the former Facilities building studio, 3-D studio, studio classroom and located behind student gallery C o r y B re t z will be in the will become annex. With an annex for “Now we'll have an official the exception Art & Design, of the student permanent student giving the gallery, all of department these rooms gallery. That's great..."

12,000 more are currently in square feet of CDFAC. The space for its studio gallery programs, he said. is currently located in the basement of “Originally, the plan was that Art & Schwitzer, Viewegh said.

Design would move over and share the “Now we'll have an official permanent big building with Engineering, but that student gallery,” Viewegh said. “That's didn't quite work out,” Viewegh said. great for our students because that is “[Now,] Art & Design is going to stay probably… besides not having enough here [in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts space in this building, the gallery would Center]... except we're going to move be their next big complaint.” some of our stuff over there [to the By moving some of the department

to the annex, Art & Design will be able to expand its sculpture program, which is one of the department’s growing programs,Viewegh said.The department will also have more storage space for the supplies they need for their courses in both buildings, he said.

The move will allow Art & Design to have dedicated spaces for its programs.

Right now, the courses share spaces and this makes the spaces extremely cramped, according to Viewegh. Some of Art & Design’s studios are so busy in terms of classes, that there is not enough time for students to use the studios to do their homework..

“Christel DeHaan was designed for 40 majors [students] and three faculty,” Viewegh said. “That's what it was designed for back when it opened in ‘94.... [Now], we have nine full-time faculty and over 120 majors.”

Under the original plans, Art & Design would have completely left CDFAC, allowing the Music Department to expand in that building, according to Feakes. Later on, once the

“There’s an opportunity to have someone who can help us engage the diversity of the people that exist in our population, and that includes faculty, students and our alumni…[and help them] become wo r l d c i t i z e n s , a n d c u l t u r a l l y competent and understanding of how to help everybody achieve their best,” Manuel said. “ This position is going to help us keep that together.”

While Smith has only been at UIndy for a few weeks, she has already met several members of the UIndy community, according to Manuel.

He said that he thinks Smith will make an impact in her new role as chief inclusion and equity officer.

“She is very out in the community,” Manuel said. “I see her engaging and listening to what we might need and what we might want to do. I find her to be a really good fit.”

Smith said her role is to help create a sense of community that allows everyone to feel that they belong

“ There's a lot of people who have been here a really long time because they really love the institution,” Smith said. “They love UIndy and so that says a lot about an institution when people like it there.”

Manuel said he finalized the decision to choose Smith for the role of vice president and the chief inclusion and equity officer because of her bac kground exper ience.

Smith has experience working with students and working within a system, he said.

“She has a very deep [level of ] experience working in equity and inclusion and she had a vision for the university that matched the vision of Sean Huddleston, who was in the position previously, had,” Manuel said. “It was a nice connection between the work that Sean did and the work that she has done in Arkansas.”

Smith said she felt a connection

Since Oct. 30, there have been six Watchdog Alerts relating to vehicle theft, according to University of Indianapolis Chief of Police and Director of Campus Safety David Selby. Of those, three were stolen and recovered, one was stolen and not recovered, one was for an attempted theft and one vehicle was not actually stolen, according to Selby. There are a few causes for the misconceptions surrounding how many vehicle thefts or vehicle theft attempts are actually occurring on campus, according to Selby.

One major cause for the perception of car theft on campus is in relation to the criteria in which these vehicle thefts or attempts are being defined, according to Selby. UIndy must report incidents under guidelines that are expressed in the Clery Act. Selby said that there have been instances of irresponsible behavior, such as leaving motorized scooters unattended as well as golf carts with the keys in the ignition, that lead to thefts. He said that these instances have to be reported as vehicle thefts, leading people to think that actual automobiles are being stolen.

Another cause has to do with the number of vehicle thefts across Indianapolis, in comparison to what is actually occurring on UIndy’s campus, according to Selby. There have been eleven vehicle theft incidents on UIndy’s campus from June 18 through Jan. 27, as of The Reflector press time. According to Selby, there have been 3,188 cars stolen in Indianapolis. The number of reported thefts for UIndy is very small in comparison to the number of thefts reported in all of Indianapolis, Selby said.

According to Vice President for Student and Campus Affairs and Dean of Students Kory Vitangeli, UIndy’s campus is very safe and this safety is the result of UIndy and its police officers making safety a high priority. UIndy Police has 14 full-time officers, 11 part-time officers, one student officer and six cadet officers, according to Selby. UIndy Police has also added security cameras behind the University Lofts.

“I think it will be more preventative, because not only did we increase the cameras, but we also lobbied and got better lighting,” Selby said. “We’re working with the city to try to get better lighting on National [Avenue] down by those apartments on State [Avenue].”

He said that they also added two new call boxes, one by the State and National Ave. Intersection, and one on the east lot of College Crossing.

Of the seven incidents since October, Selby said that only one was actually stolen and that theft occurred on Dec. 11.

“That car was actually taken,” Selby said. “There were no keys left in it was locked. So we do have an actual stolen vehicle, but we recovered it.”

The overwhelming cause for almost all of these incidents boils down to a lack of personal responsibility. According to Selby, the vehicle that was stolen on Nov. 23 was the result of a car that was left running and unattended. The owner of that car left it running in an attempt to warm the car while they went back inside to wait. The car theft on Nov. 20 was the result of a backpack with keys inside being left in the front seat. Both of these vehicles were recovered, Selby said.

More recently, there was an attempted theft on Jan. 17, in which a car was broken into and the owner’s keys were discovered

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> See Thefts on page 3

Photo by Kiara Conley

Photo by Kiara Conley

In August, a portion of the Department of Art & Design will move into a building behind Cory Bretz that is currently occupied by Facilities. They will use the building as an annex.

Facilities Management will be moving into this building, which is located at 3800 Shelby Street. The building was originally planned to be used by Art & Design.

By Noah Crenshaw NEWS EDITOR

Several University of Indianapolis departments are preparing moves to new buildings or changes to their current buildings before the start of the 2020-21 academic year.The Department of Art & Design, the R.B. Annis School of Engineering, Facilities Management and the Department of Music will all be affected by the changes.

In March 2018, the university’s Board of Trustees announced that they had approved the purchase of two buildings on Shelby Street for the university.

The smaller building is located at 3800 Shelby Street and the larger building is located at 3750 Shelby Street. Under the original plans for the moves, the School of Engineering was expected to move into the smaller building and share the larger building with the Department of Art & Design, according to Dean of the Shaheen College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Chemistry Debra Feakes.

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New VP adjusts to role at UIndy

By Sophia Atkinson STAFF WRITER

The University of Indianapolis announced in November that Amber Smith would become the university’s new Vice President For the Chief Inc lusion and Equit y Officer.

Before coming to UIndy, Smith worked at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for seven years. Smith’s previous role at UA Little Rock was assistant vice chancellor of student affairs. Smith officially started her new role at UIndy in January.

As vice president and chief inclusion and equity officer, Smith’s role is to create a sense of belonging in the diverse communit y on campus, University President Robert Manuel said. Smith said she plans to create focus groups and activities that focus on inclusion and equity at UIndy.

Manuel said that with S mith starting her new role, the university is presented with an opportunity.

and celebrates who they are. Manuel said Smith is an expert in the field of inclusion and equity and that his goal is to support her as she creates a vision of what inclusion and equity will be at UIndy.

“She has begun to think about what is important to the university, and what I like about her approach is she’s crafting a solution for the university that is unique to us,” Manuel said.

“It's not something she saw somewhere else that [she just applied [to UIndy]. In order to do that, she has to listen to a lot of people and understand the university and that will take a lot of time, but she is doing that really well right now.”

Smith said that she is f rom Oklahoma City and she graduated f rom the University of Arkansas Little Rock. Smith said that she had many reasons for taking the position at UIndy, including how much people at UIndy genuinely care about what they do.

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OPINION

THE REFLECTOR

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Attendance policy change

The staff discuses current absence policy for courses With a new semester, syllabi have been passed out, and a broad section of them have bothered The Reflector staff. We have determined that the University of Indianapolis does not have a strict rule for attendance and it should be reevaluated. On page 57 of the faculty handbook it states, “Students are expected to attend classes regularly and to manage their schedules in order to meet the demands of their courses and other activities,” where instructor establishes and enforces an attendance policy for each of his or her courses. On page 58, excessive absences is “equivalent to two consecutive weeks of absences from a course in a 15-week semester without notifying the professor,” and extra steps may be taken such as administrative withdrawal.

Since the faculty are allowed to determine their own attendance policy, there are plenty of advantages and disadvantages. A huge disadvantage The Reflector saw was when the absences, even if not excessive, affect the students’grades.

Professors and the university should be more understanding that the real punishment for missing class is just that: missing class.

Life happens. People call in sick when things go awry at work, so there should be a better system in UIndy’s classrooms, such as a university-wide policy that limits the professor’s ability to count attendance as part of a student’s grade.

One item that the staff specifically does not like is the attendance slips,

or the papers that the professors pass around for attendance. If a student gets skipped and doesn’t notice, he or she is counted absent, even though that student may have interacted with classmates, or even the professor, and he or she forgot when inputting the attendance in the gradebook. Also, students often write down someone’s name who is not there. Attendance should not be as big a factor for professors when they determine grades. Students are going to come if they want to.

If not, it’s their loss.

Students are adults. They know how to handle their lives. They should be trusted if they have an excuse such as a family funeral, an illness that they wish not to spread or mental health needs.The students are not always asking for help when they tell professors about their reasons for missing classes.

Unless students explicitly ask for the help they may just be explaining their personal situation in hopes of coming to a common understanding.

Professors should know about the resources available on campus for sickness and counseling and be accommodating to students’ needs the same as they would be for the Americans with Disabilities Act guidelines.

Some things are physical and some are not, but if students tell faculty members they are struggling, faculty should be able to accommodate their needs by directing them to the proper places on campus.

The education that should be

received in classrooms is from professors who have studied the subjects and have lesson plans intended to help the students, or else universities do nothing. It is up to the students if they want to miss classes for no reason.

The university’s policy for the faculty should make sure it is one that can accommodate the various needs of students. In the grand scheme, if students fake excuses to get out of class, professors lose nothing. They already know their information and have secure jobs.

It’s the absent students who miss out.

To make classroom dynamics more educational, positive and healthy and to keep professors happy, both students and professors should take initiative to try and open channels for communication about circumstances that can affect attendance.

To prevent any mishaps or abuse of power, UIndy should reevaluate its attendance policy or make the process easier for students to have appeals heard about an attendance policy that does not fit for their needs, or both.The attendance policy for all courses should favor trusting the students to take their education into their own hands and attendance policies that are not forgiving about extreme circumstances of absences should be changed immediately. A student’s personal life should not directly impact his or her grade, it is not fair and does not account for extreme circumstances.

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Graphic by Kiara Conley

Spring Welcome Week should be implemented were pivotal in fueling my motivation to overcome any and all upcoming academic FEATURE EDITOR obstacles. In a Forbes article titled “Motivation Matters,” James Marshall Stepping foot on campus in the Crotty said that 40% of high school middle of the freezing cold winter with students chronically lack motivation. the sky looking dismal and the ground full Students do not struggle with a handful of of slush can make for a dreadful return assignments throughout high school, but for second semester. For some, the day they find themselves without adequate before classes can be miserable. Moving motivation on a regular basis over an back into a dorm can be pretty gloomy extended period of time. when the sky is gray the entire day and This kind of academic atmosphere the sun sets before most people start will translate into the college level eating dinner. With the day so short, regardless of what university a student I wish there was something in place to attends. Colleges spend so much time welcome students back into the spring and so many resources picking students, semester the same way the University they should also invest in and maintain of Indianapolis welcomes the incoming those students throughout their entire freshmen at the beginning of the fall college career. semester.

College campuses should do Welcome Week is a long-standing everything they can to avoid a chronic lack tradition of motivation at nearly within the every college student body. institution It encourages [students] to Understanding that benefits this lack of the students spread their wings and dive m o t i v a t i o n and boosts into rewarding situations. b e f o r e m o r a l e . attempting to H a l f w ay find a solution through the to the problem year, institutions such as ours should would make for long-lasting and positive notice that many students need a pickresults. me-up. Welcome Week helps to connect Any student could tell you that when students to peers with whom they may he or she lacks motivation, it lowers the not end up having any courses, and it quality of his or her work. With a lower encourages them to spread their wings quality of work, UIndy students’ test and dive into rewarding situations with scores and overall GPAs suffer. It would which they may not be comfortable. be a win-win situation for UIndy, even Welcome Week builds students up and just to make the attempt to introduce helps them realize that there is more to something comparable to Welcome college than studying for exams. Most of Week for the second semester, plus all, it gives students a sense of excitement students would appreciate any attempt and readiness for the coming semester. I made by administration to sympathize believe that excited and prepared students with them. I know that if I heard that are the most engaged and hard-working, UIndy was making the effort to meet which is why I am pushing for a week students where they are on the grounds or weekend that welcomes students back of mental health, there would be reason to and jump-starts the spring semester. celebrate-- and where better to celebrate The first few days on campus for me than at a spring semester Welcome Week.

By Justus O’Neil

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Kobe Bryant is pictured with his daughter Gianna at the WNBA All Star Game on July 27, 2019, at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

Mamba legacy lives on

By Jacob Walton

SPORTS EDITOR & CO-PHOTO EDITOR I started watching the NBA when I was eight years old and although I didn’t understand it completely at the time, I have always been fascinated by the feats and abilities of the superstars in the league. Such as Dwyane Wade and Lebron James, but one stood out among the rest for me: Kobe Bryant.

Bryant was a man that seemed to always be in a league of his own. He was a man who inspired those watching at home to work harder, as well as his teammates and even his opponents, to match the mentality he had for the game of basketball. That mentality came to define him not only as an athlete, but as a person. The “Mamba Mentality” as he came to define it.

His drive to be better every single day is a trait that almost all of us strive to incorporate in our lives. The mark that Bryant left on the world extends further than just basketball, he was an icon of a generation. He had just started to experience life for all it had. His life

was dedicated to basketball and once he retired he was free to experience more of what life had to offer. He opened a sports facility called Mamba Academy, originally meant for women’s basketball players, but it is now open to many other young athletes. Bryant published a book about how he approached basketball in 2018, he made a podcast, film shorts, a documentary about his career; so many things that he didn’t have time for while playing basketball. And just like that, it’s all left as a legacy.

Bryant had four daughters ages 17, 13, 3 and 7 months. Thirteen-year-old Gianna, who wanted to play for the University of Connecticut Women's Basketball team, also died in the fatal helicopter crash. I believe that she will be a symbol for women’s basketball for years to come. UConn honored Gianna by displaying a jersey with her number on it at a women's basketball game.

Through the memory of both Bryant and his daughter, the sport will grow more than it ever has.

Some people watched Bryant from his first game in the NBA to his last.

They saw Kobe grow in the sport, wheras my generation grew up with Kobe. We

evolved as he did. We all saw the 81 point game, the free throws on a torn Achilles, the miraculous 60 point final game before his retirement and we saw him leave the game of basketball better than when he arrived.

When Bryant left the court I knew I would never see another player like that grace an NBA arena. I know there may be some that come close, but there will never be a player that had the same competitive caliber, the same drive and the same mentality as Bryant. We were and still are grateful to be able to witness just a part of the legendary career of the Black Mamba.

When the news broke on Jan. 26, it didn’t feel real.When I heard it, I assumed it to be one of the fake death hoaxes.

Once I realized that it was real, it felt like I had lost someone I had grown up with.

I was excited to see Gianna's career blossom just like Kobe's had and I wanted to see her follow in her father's footsteps.

I know that I, along with millions of people, will never forget the legend that was Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers.

Rest in peace Kobe and Gianna Bryant.

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Thefts from page 1 in the middle console. On Jan. 21, there was another Watchdog Alert for a stolen vehicle that was parked in front of Cory Bretz, however, the car was not stolen, according to the alert.

Selby said that the thefts that have occurred are not what they appear to be.

Vitangeli said that she does not think the university has a major problem with car thefts on campus because each theft has occurred under different circumstances.

Though some may find it concerning after hearing the news of a car theft, Vitangeli said that the University always wants to be transparent with students and does not want to hide anything.

“I do think there’s a recognition and acknowledgment that we are trying to keep the campus safe,” Vitangeli said.

Vitangeli said that she is confident that the appreciation from the student body and surrounding community is partly due to the feedback and leads she and the UIndy Police often receive that have lead them to solve many crimes.

On top of that, Vitangeli said that she has never received negative feedback from the Watchdog Alerts, or any requests to be taken off of the notification list.

Both V itangeli and Selby recommended that students take basic steps of responsibility such as not leaving keys in the car, not leaving valuables in plain sight, not leaving doors unlocked, parking on campus instead of side streets, parking in well-lit areas and not inviting strangers into your apartment where your keys may be vulnerable.These steps would lead to far fewer car theft incidents on campus.

VP from page 1 with Indianapolis when she came to visit. She said that before coming to UIndy, she was wanting to be in a place that was larger than Little Rock and that had more arts and cultural opportunities. Her personal adjustment from living in the South to Indianapolis was a happy change for her as she liked the size, art scenes, as well as the possibility for snow, she said.

“I really enjoy the performing arts.

I really enjoy music,” Smith said. “ I loved the opportunities that UIndy presented to engage with the art scene here…. In addition, I really liked the Indianapolis downtown.”

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BlueIndy prepares to shut down Program to end in May, future of charging stations along State Ave. unknown

By Noah Fields

ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Electric car transportation service BlueIndy is set to end its collaboration with the city of Indianapolis in May, according to the ser vice’s website. BlueIndy’s FAQ webpage said the decision was made because the program was not economically viable. According to the website, subscribers to the service will have no penalties for terminating their subscription. The cars will still be accessible through May 21. The cars w i l l p ro g re s s i ve l y d e c re a s e i n number through the date of the shutdown, according to The Indianapolis Star.

Users of the service can access and return cars from one of 92 different stations placed across the Indianapolis area, according to IndyStar. It cost $8 for a 20-minute, one-time use of the service and 40 cents for each additional minute. Yearly subscription to the service was $9.99 per month, plus $4 for 20 minutes and 20 cents per each additional minute, according to IndyStar.

BlueIndy initially cost an estimated $50 million, with the company itself investing $41 million, the city contributing $6 million and Indianapolis Power & Light Company putting in $3 million, according to IndyStar. Bolloré Logistics, a French transportation company, owned BlueIndy, according to IndyStar.

The University of Indianapolis has charging stations located east of the Health Pavilion at the intersection of East Hanna Avenue and South State Avenue. Freshman business administration and entrepreneurship double major Joel Gonzalez said he occasionally used the service, but he said he experienced some issues when using the service.

“The size of the car is pretty small,” Gonzalez said. “For us tall people, it was really hard to be in [the car].”

He said that he barely had any room for groceries when he used a car to go shopping, and also that it was difficult

Photo by Kiara Conley

A BlueIndy car charges at one of the service's charging stations outside of the Health Pavilion on Jan. 26. The service will be ending in May due to the program not being economically viable. The number of cars available will be progressively decreased up until May 21.

I n d i a n a p o l i s Po w e r & L i g h t to lock the doors. Upon learning that Company, said in a statement that the service was ceasing operations, the company remains focused on Gonzalez said he still found the news maintaining electric vehicle slightly upsetting.

“It was a good way to get around,” infrastructure.

“Our goal remains to work with Gonzalez said. “The student pass did the City of reall y make Indianapolis a difference, to meet our saved a lot of money…. “... we remain steadfast in c u s t o m e r s ’ needs,”Arango If they could our commitment to said. replace [the According service] with access... in transportation. ” to a statement [a bigger] car, b y Ta y l o r I feel like it S chaffer, would be a big deputy chief of staff for Indianapolis improvement and there would be Mayor Joe Hogsett, the future of the more money coming in for BlueIndy charging stations is currently them.” unknown. Schaffer said the city has Courtney Arango, manager of engaged in conversations regarding external communications for

options for sustainable transportation and that BlueIndy has been an important part of that conversation by providing a car-sharing option for Indianapolis residents.

“O ver the coming months, we wil l work with neighbors, corporate partners and personal mobility advocates to explore whether financially-sustainable options exist to put the electric charging infrastructure to use,” Schaffer said in a statement. “While the company's recent announcement is unfortunate for those who have embraced BlueIndy as a transportation option, we remain steadfast in our commitment to access and equity in transportation and improved connectivity for all Marion County residents.”

FEBRUARY 15 NICOSON HALL

Join your fellow Greyhounds as we fill Nicoson Hall and “Pack the House” in support of the UIndy Women’s and Men’s basketball teams. Both teams are set to play the Truman State University Bulldogs for a conference matchup that you won’t want to miss. In addition to cheering on the basketball teams, we will be celebrating all fall athletes for their record-breaking 2019 season.

The fun begins with a pre-game block party at 11:30 a.m. with food, inflatables, corn hole, and a guest appearance by UIndy’s Live Mascot, Grady.

Help us show Truman whose house this is by wearing your favorite crimson and grey UIndy gear. We can’t wait to see you there. Go Hounds!

PRE-GAME BLOCK PARTY RUTH LILLY HEALTH & FITNESS CENTER 11:30 A.M.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NICOSON HALL 1 P.M.

MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NICOSON HALL 3 P.M.

AFTER GAME PARTY BOOKS & BREWS 5:30 P.M.

Graphic by Noah Fields

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Fekete co-authors study Potential laws Study focused on social support's effects on well-being

By Nathan Herbst STAFF WRITER

The University of Indianapolis' Director of Psychological Sciences and Interim Associate Dean Erin Fekete co-authored a study that was published in the Journal of Positive Psychology. The study, “Gratitude enhances the beneficial effects of social support on psychological well-being,” was co-authored by Black Hills State University Associate Professor of Psychology Nathan Deichert and Michael Craven, a doctoral student in the psychology program at UIndy.

The study examined the effects that gratitude and support can have on perceived feelings of stress, something that may be particularly relevant for college students, Craven said.

Gratitude and support have been shown through research to be two essential components of overall well-being, a ccording to Deichert. The goal of the study was to clarify the relationship between gratitude and support further by examining whether feelings of gratitude could increase the benefits of receiving positive support during a stressful situation.

The authors of the study did this by randomly assigning 127 college students to write about either an experience they were grateful for or a neutral experience.

The gratitude writers were told to write about a person they were thankful for, while the neutral writers were told to write about the route they took to the research lab. The participants were

then given three minutes to prepare a speech on euthanasia, during which they would randomly receive support or receive no support from the research assistant listening to them. The support came in the form of verbal encouragement, head nods, smiling and brief laughter, according to the procedure.

The findings showed that those who received the support experienced less stress than those who did not, but the subjects who engaged in the

FEKETE writing exercise and who received support experienced significantly less stress, but only wrote about the neutral experience. According to Deichert, this was because the idea of being thankful at the beginning put the subjects in the right frame of mind and allowed them to benefit the most from the support they received.The support, however, does not always benefit people, according to Fekete.

“One of the things you sometimes see with social support is that people feel like if somebody provides them with support

that they are indebted to that person and so, sometimes social support can actually elicit negative feelings,” Fekete said. “Gratitude might negate some of those negative feelings that people have sometimes when they receive support.”

Fekete, Deichert and Craven all said that having gratitude is important in life and one of the easiest ways to cultivate it is by starting a gratitude journal. All anyone has to do to get the benefits is for them to take a few minutes of their day and jot down a few things they appreciate about it, according to Deichert.

What you write down doesn’t have to be complicated or inconvenient, or even be an everyday thing, according to Deichert. He said that the most important thing to do is to just do it, and not make it another task. Simply maintaining a thankful attitude of the circumstances and people involved in your routines and work can get you the benefits of gratitude as well, Fekete said.

The benefits of support are multiplied even more when combined with gratitude, according to the study. The two work together and benefit each other, according to Fekete. The study suggests that gratitude will enhance your relationships, make them better and promote more thankfulness.

“We know that in addition to gratitude having health benefits, social support also has a lot of really great health benefits too and being more socially integrated and having people around you that are able to provide you with support,”Fekete said.

“If you’re also grateful, then that support is going to be even more effective for you.”

Restrictions placed on some vaping products

By Hallie Gallinat

DISTRIBUTION MANAGER The Food and Drug Administration placed a restriction on the production and sale of most flavored vaping products, excluding the menthol and tobacco flavors, on Jan. 2.

Manufacturers had until Feb. 1 to stop production and distribution of the banned flavors.

The ban largel y focuses on cartridge-based, pre-filled vaping products, according to CBS News.

This means products such as vape pens or other refillable vaping devices are not affected by the ban.

In addition, according to University of Indianapolis Associate Professor and Director of the Public Health Program Heidi Hancher-Rauch, only the liquids that go into the vaping devices are illegal, meaning devices that hide vaping are not.

“The way I understand it, people can still buy the devices themselves, like the pens,” Hancher-Rauch said.

“Now they're even selling sweatshirts that look like regular sweatshirts, but with the cords that hang down, [so that] people can stick it [the cords] in their mouths and vape.”

President Donald Trump also signed a spending package in December that included a policy provision to raise the smoking age from 18 to 21.

According to the American Lung Association, increasing the smoking age will help prevent high school students f rom purchasing tobacco products, as well as combat the smoking industries that target youth.

H o w e v e r, a d o l e s c e n t s w h o are already addicted to smoking will now have a problem purchasing their products. Hancher-Rauch said that raising the smoking age will help, but she believes it could have been done

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more effectively, so people who are already addicted could prepare for the change.

“It's great that [the government is] raising it because we know that the longer you hold off and keep people f rom starting using the products, the less likely they [people] are ever going to do it,” Hancher-Rauch said.

“And from a public health perspective, the fewer people who start using those products [and] develop the long-term health consequences and/or die from it, the better in our minds.”

According to Hancher-Rauch, a law that makes it illegal for underage people to buy vaping products and for the retailer to sell them is now being considered in Indiana. The proposed law, Senate Bill 1, was referred to the Indiana House Representatives on Jan. 27, according to the Indiana General

“...the fewer people that start using those products.... the better...”

Assembly’s website.

As the ban went into effect, the lung condition called e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury, or EVALI, increased in cases nationwide.

According to Indiana State Department of Health Field Epidemiologist Director Charlie Clark, the number of hospitalized cases across the country peaked in September and October, before steadily dropping towards the end of the year.

There have been 2,711 hospitalizations and deaths associated with EVALI as of Jan. 21, according to the CDC. In Indiana, there have been 124 cases of EVALI and five deaths from the disease, Clark said. number, which will be verified. Letters are subject to condensation and editing to remove profanity.

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While researchers are still learning what specific chemicals in e-cigarettes cause EVALI, Vitamin E and THC are commonly seen in most cases.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 82% of EVALI patients used THC-containing products.

“One of the chemicals within the vaping products that we have seen most strongly linked to this EVALI outbreak is an oil called Vitamin E acetate,” Clark said. “It's used as a diluent for some of those THC and other vaping liquids. However, we don't have enough evidence to say that is the only thing causing this outbreak.

There are other chemicals of concern within some of these products that could also be related to the clinical syndrome that we're seeing.”

Indiana is currently educating parents and students on the dangers of vaping as a way to fight against the vaping epidemic. With vaping among Indiana’s youth increasing, Clark said Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb and Indiana State Health Commissioner Kris Box have plans to address this problem through means such as a media campaign and cessation training for parents.

Hancher-Rauch recommends parents and teachers talk with their children about vaping, and that more resources such as cessation programs should be available for students.

“I think we need to be doing more on that primary prevention side— keeping [students] from starting— and then we need to have cessation components available in the middle schools [and] the high schools,”HancherRauch said. “We should have vaping cessation program[s] here [at UIndy].

I haven't seen it, if we have anything. I think we really need to make those more available to people. We need to increase awareness about it [vaping] and we need to help people stop.”

affect students

By Sam Jackson STAFF WRITER

With every new year, many issues are presented to students daily. Every new problem brings with it its own set of complexities. Right now in Indiana, there are currently two proposed pieces of legislation that could possibly affect college students. The first is a distracted driving bill and the second would decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana.

During Gov. Eric Holcomb’s State of the State address on Jan. 14, he said that he planned to address distracted driving this year by supporting legislation that would prohibit drivers from using a hands-free device while driving.

According to the Northwest Indiana Times, the only exception would be to call 911 to report an emergency.

Under a 2011 Indiana law, it is technically illegal to type, transmit or read email or text messages while a vehicle was in motion, according to the NWI Times.

However, in 2016, a federal appeals court found that because the police cannot tell whether or not a driver is texting or using an app—which is technically not legal—the court essentially rendered the law ineffective, according to the NWI Times. Under the 2011 law, it is also not illegal to hold a phone to talk to someone while driving.

If the bill were to become law, there would be a fine up to$500 charged to drivers who violate the law, according to the NWI Times. Indiana would also join the ranks of 21 other states, Holcomb said.

“Distracted driving increases the risk of a crash by more than three and a half times and is a leading killer of teenagers in America,” Holcomb said. “This is unacceptable and avoidable.”

Holcomb addressed his plans to take action by executing a sweeping ban on using any hand-held devices while operating a vehicle. According to University of Indianapolis Assistant Professor of Political Science Laura Wilson.

“One of the concerns [about the current law] is that people are still using their cell phones while they’re driving, and it’s causing a lot of automobile accidents,” Wilson said.

While there are some who are

concerned about enforcing the prospective bill being enforced, Wilson said she thinks that these citizens are more concerned about how an increasing dependence on our devices may influence how safe people feel in their cars. On Jan. 29, the House passed the bill 86-10 and the bill is now in the Senate, according to the NWI Times.

A different bill which could potentially decriminalize small amounts of marijuana, is one of the more controversial issues, according to Wilson. A couple of legislative sessions ago, Indiana did pass legislation relating to CBD oil, she said.

“We have neighboring states that have looked at marijuana differently,” Wilson said. “I think that one is going to be a much harder sell. Indiana... tends to be very conservative.”

Marion County already has handled the decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana under the current legislation, Wilson said. However, there are those, such as Attorney General Curtis Hill, who feel that it should still be treated as a crime, Wilson said. The argument about the legalization of marijuana is different in every state. Holcomb does not want to confront the issue, Wilson said.

Senior marketing major Jennifer Ruiz said she thinks the ban on drivers using hand-held devices while driving would be a positive change if it passes. However, she said some time would be required for the proposed ban to be enforced and for students to realize this change.

“I think it’s going to take adjusting, just like anything else would,” Ruiz said.

“I think at first it’ll take the statistics that are given to them [students] to be surprised, but I don’t think it’ll necessarily change their actions unless it [an accident caused by distracted driving] happens to someone who is close to them.”

As for the decriminalization of possessing small amounts of marijuana, Ruiz said that while students on college campuses may not have any issues with decriminalization, the surrounding communities might. Ruiz said that she thinks that some students may feel like they have an excuse for reckless behavior because of it being decriminalized.

“There’s always that one kid who wants to push it,” Ruiz said. “Then, there are kids who don’t want to it right now because of the laws.... I think that [the law’s passing] will increase the usage.”

Moves from page 1 School of Engineering completely moves out of Martin Hall, the Department of Music will then be given some space in Martin Hall, Feakes said.

The School of Engineering currently occupies Martin Hall and a room in the basement in Schwitzer, according to Feakes. In August, the school will partially move into the larger Shelby Street building as part of phase one of the move.

“While [the] phase one [area] is being occupied, they're going to basically wall off [sections], just like they did here in Good Hall,” Feakes said.

“They're going to continue construction in the building to complete phase two.

Phase two is slated to be done in early 2021, so all of Engineering should be in the large Shelby building in the spring of 2021, then that move with Music can take place into Martin.”

When the first phase is completed, the new building will provide Engineering with more classroom and lab space, Feakes said. Currently, the space in Martin Hall is limited and the school has to overlap some of the labs and classes.

“They have individual lab spaces [in the new building] rather than trying to share lab spaces,” Feakes said. “They will have more space, in terms of both the design spine area, and in terms of the build area. They will have offices that are all in one building because right now their Engineering faculty are spread [out]....

We have some in Good Hall and some are in [Martin].”

The new building will also benefit

Engineering by having one place that the school can use to highlight its engineering programs to prospective students, new students and their parents, she said.The move will also provide space for some of the school’s new programs and future programs.

“There are also some Engineering programs that just went online this fall and so that space in Shelby gives them a place to be,” Feakes said. “Right now, they don't really have a place... for the new classes that are going to be taught in the next few years to meet those engineering needs. They don't have spaces in Martin now, but they will have spaces there.”

The moves give Art & Design, Music and Engineering the opportunity to expand and gives students new opportunities as well, Feakes said.

Another part of the discussion about the moves has been student safety. She said that she is not sure if there will be more crosswalks or lights added on Shelby Street as of now.

“We want our students to be safe,” Feakes said. “If you cross [by] the Red Line stop… that's where the Shelby buildings are. I think having the Red Line stop there actually helps it a little bit because people are going [to drive] a little bit slower, but we... have to be concerned about the safety.”

Feakes said that she thinks the moves will be nice for the programs as the programs and UIndy have been working on these plans for a long time. She said it was nice to see the plans realized and ready to go.

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5 FEBRUARY 5, 2020

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Bellarmine to go Division 1

By Madison Gomez OPINION EDITOR

With the move of Bellarmine University into Division 1, the University of Indianapolis is going to be stranded in the Eastern time zone in DII, Senior Associate Director for Compliance Scott Young said. According to Young, the rest of the UIndy community should care about not being able to face Bellarmine because of the possible lack of competition within UIndy’s conference. UIndy will continue to evaluate its standing in DII and the Great Lakes Valley Conference and trusts its administration to react accordingly to the school’s needs, Young said. “[Bellarmine moving to DI] is one of those things, they’re making a decision in the best interest of their institution,” Young said. “I think they have an interest in expanding their recruitment of the general student population, so I think they’re going to use this as an avenue to expand their potential student base. I feel like making that transition to Division 1 is going to allow that, plus going to a conference that has a much larger geographic area.”

Bellarmine has been a long time opponent of UIndy with just this year there being several meetings between the teams according to UIndy Athletics.

Young said that he is worried about the conference UIndy is in now.

“Obviously Bellarmine has been a sound member of our conference for many years,”Young said.“I mean our area of concern is that they’re placed within the conference and the quality of the

conference we participate in maintaining its standing.”

Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Sue Willey said Bellarmine’s transition comes after a decision by their president to try and move from DII to DI, a $1.4 million application fee and being accepted into a DI conference, the Atlantic Sun, which stretches from New Jersey to Florida. Willey’s concern about Bellarmine’s move is that she has seen many schools transition to DI and then they’re just really nobody now.

Willey said she feels that this move will be detrimental to Bellarmine’s athletics because their new conference stretches so far that it will take a lot of money to play.

“If you think about taking all of your

teas, every sport, to play in Florida or New Jersey, and doing that all year long, it’s going to require maybe more money than what they imagine. But, I think it’s all about prestige,”Willey said.“I wish we had never named the divisions one, two and three because everyone thinks one is the best, and that’s certainly not true.

So I think their teams, their coaches and their student athletes are going to have a very difficult time, also because they can’t play for anything, they’re in limbo for the transitional period of four years.”

While Young agrees that it will be a very tough time for their coaches and student athletes because the school cannot compete for championships for four years. While the championships

can be why student-athletes participate, that does not drive everyone, Young said.

Nevertheless, their opportunities to be successful at the collegiate level are going to be hindered during this transitional time frame Young said.

In terms of losing Bellarmine as a rival in both men’s and women’s basketball, the night games and big rivalry will be no more because of the conference rule that restricts night games from occurring if a school is a certain distance away, Willey said. Pack the House night game will be moved to the afternoon and, according to Willey, the school knows that many people are busy at that time.

Willey said the conference needs to recruit some more schools that are

Graphic by Tony Reeves

closer to UIndy if the traditional night is to return.

According to Willey and Young, UIndy does not have plans to transition to DI anytime in the near future. The evaluations that the Board of Trustees, higher administration and others make every five to ten years will make the move if the school needs to transition through divisions or conferences, Young said, but Willey said she has always told people that UIndy would need to make $100 million every year to be an average DI school.

“I could never sell out some of our student-athletes for the benefit of others, [by moving to DI],” Willey said. “That’s just not our philosophy.”

Basketball upsets No. 1

Four game winning streak brings Hounds back into rankings

By Meg Copeland STAFF WRITER

Photo by Jacob Walton

Senior guard Jordache Mavunga celebrates after being fouled on a play resulting in an and-1 against Southwest Baptist University. He led the Hounds in scoring with 18 points.

Head Coach Stan Gouard was confident that the University of Indianapolis Men’s Basketball team would beat the number one ranked Bellarmine University.

On Jan. 20, the Greyhounds did just that, beating the Knights 81-76 in overtime, not only did the Greyhounds knock down the No. 1 team in the nation, but now the Hounds are currently ranked at No. 22 in the nation.

“I feel like we can only go up,” senior shooting guard Jordache Mavunga said.

“We just have to stay humble the rest of the year and just keep on working.”

The win against Bellarmine started a four game winning streak for the team, further solidifying their place in the top 25. For Gouard, while it feels great to be ranked so highly, he said it brings a new level of competition to the court.

“It’s been great to get that recognition among your peers, but there’s a lot of basketball left to be played,” Gouard said. “The thing about being in the top 25 is you get everybody’s best shot every night because everybody’s gunning for you. But as a competitor, you love those challenges each and every night.”

According to starting point guard redshirt senior Jimmy King, there have been several shake ups for the team, including new members and gameplans on the court.

“We got off to a really hot start early on and kind of hit a little rough patch,

dropped a few games we shouldn’t have,” going to the movies or sharing meals King said. “I think over the last four or together, the men’s basketball team keeps five games, we have really bought in on the unity going on and off the court. defense, playing the right way, sharing “Going into the season, I wanted a the ball, and that’s kind of propelled us better group of guys in terms of chemistry, to a couple big wins.” and I think it’s great,” Gouard said. “Our While the team is improving, guys who played on this team last year according to Mavunga, there is still room always talk about how close this group left to better themselves as players. we have, how close they are right now.

“We’re good, but I feel like there’s They came here in the summertime, and still a lot of room for improvement,” they were here in summer school and Mavunga said. they trained.”

“I think our Gouard said biggest thing that Mavunga “We’re good, but I feel like is a leader in the is consistency.

We’ve got to there’s still a lot of room for locker room. stay consistent, “ Y o u r improvement.” and we just vocal leader gotta keep is of course having fun.”

Jordache Mavunga Mavunga. He has been the Hounds’ leading scorer talks a lot, and sometimes it’s good and since their win against Bellarmine with sometimes it’s not,” Gouard said. “But a 19 point performance against Drury it’s good when you have a team because University and an 18 point performance everybody looks up to him.” against Southwest Baptist University Gouard’s goal is to reach 20 wins according to UIndy Athletics. Kingfirst this season and to get the team playing in the GLVC in assists and 15th in the further into the post season than last year nation in assists per game. where the Hounds were eliminated in the “It’s a big part, especially being GLVC championship game. Mavunga the point guard. I try to do that [get said that with three home games left teammates involved] at the start of the this season, the team hopes to have more game,” King said. “I think that’s my Greyhounds come out and support them. favorite part of the game, just going out “I want to encourage my fellow there, trying to get everybody involved, Greyhound community to get out to our get everybody open shots, making last three home games so we can pack it everybody happy. That’s kind of my out,” Mavunga said. “So they can come favorite part of the game.” watch a top 25 team in the country, a According to Gouard, off the court, lot of teams, a lot of schools, don’t get the team remains close. Whether it be to do that.”

Wrestlers cut and maintain weight in season

By Taylor Strnad

BUSINESS MANAGER University of Indianapolis wrestlers are no strangers when it comes to cutting and maintaining weight.

The NCAA has made rules and regulations on safe practices in regards to what wrestlers can do to cut weight.

Article 10 under rule eight of the rule book states how much weight wrestlers can lose during a season.

According to the NCAA Wrestling Rule Book, a wrestler is to lose weight to reach their desired weight class by not losing more than 1.5% of their body weight per week.

Head Wrestling Coach Jason Warthan said that at the beginning of every year, as the team makes the switch from preseason to in season, every NCAA wrestling team has to go through a weight certification.

“In that certification you do a hydration test, weigh in, your hydrated

weight... and then you go through a line and they do a skin caliper, a way to check to see how much body fat you have,” Warthan said.“It all goes into a calculator that says that you can lose 1.5% of your body weight a week until you get down to a certain body fat percentage.”

For senior wrestler Ana Abduljelil, weight management is something that is always on his mind. The rule that if a wrestler is over their weight class they can not compete, according to Abduljelil.

“I check my weight pretty consistently.

I’ll check my weight every morning before lunch and before dinner,” Abduljelil said. “I also know exactly how much I am eating, not from calories, but from how much it weighs.”

For Abduljelil, this practice is normal and something that he constantly needs to think about in order to make weight he said. Abduljelil said his strategy to cutting weight is to get in extra workouts and stay hydrated until a day or two prior to the meet.

“People try and cut really hard on

the calories, but I try and keep a decent amount of my calories in and try to get in extra workouts and stay hydrated until two days or the day before and then i’ll start cutting really hard on the water weight,” Abduljelil said.

Water weight is referred to as any extra water that the body is holding on to and a person’s weight can fluctuate by 2-to-4 pounds in a single day due to water levels, according to medicalnewstoday.com However, Abdulelil said that him and his teammates cut a lot of weight at practice.

He and his teammates help each other out by adding additional practices.

He said that if he is 8-to-9 pounds over within three days of the meet, he is still able to lose weight easily if he has those additional 2-to-3 workouts a day.

“We’ll come in and get an extra couple of runs in the morning and then a teammate will come in and we’ll have a practice sometime before noon,” Abduljelil said.

In addition to being on the mats, the

wrestlers also must have time set aside for being in the weight room in order to strengthen themselves.

Strength and conditioning graduate assistant Nathan Birk caters lifts to athletes depending on if they are cutting weight or how they are feeling that day so that they can still finish the lift and go to practice after.

“It’s tough because they come in dead tired...you can tell they’ve lost some weight, they’re skinny and their strength levels aren’t the same,”Birk said.“I’ll taper them down a bit and back off a little bit.

Whatever they need to get through the lift so they can function at practice.”

Abduljelil said he believes that cutting and maintaining weight is a mental game more so than a physical game.

“When you’re fatigued, it’s one thing to be tired, but when your muscles are actually fatigued because you don’t have the energy to do something and you still have to go out there and perform while you’re in that condition,” Abduljelil said.

“That’s where the mental part kicks in.”

Softball raising funds for #TeamLIAM

By Jayden Kennett EDITOR-IN-CHIEF & CO-PHOTO EDITOR

The University of Indianapolis’ softball team is selling t-shirts for Liam Ealy, a boy who has Muscular Dystrophy.

Liam is the nephew of Greyhound softball alum Megan (Hall) Slightom, according to UIndy Athletics. Muscular Dystrophy is a rare group of diseases that causes progressive weakness and loss of muscle mass, according to the Mayo Clinic.

The team is selling t-shirts for $15, bracelets for $3 and are also accepting donations. All proceeds will go directly to Liam’s family to help with accumulating medical bills.

To purchase a shirt, bracelet or to make a donation, email Frankie Kontor at kontorf@uindy.edu.

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6 THE REFLECTOR

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Faith groups unify students

By Noah Fields

ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR After perceiving loneliness on campus, Ecumenical and Interfaith Programs Office staff members David Boyd and Cindy Sturgeon established a medium to unify students called Faith Community Groups last semester.

The community groups are studentled and are based on special interests, according to the community group Google Form. While these groups hold weekly meetings, the Ecumenical and Interfaith Programs’ website says the goal of the groups are for students to build relationships and participate in activities outside of meetings. Boyd, assistant director of the Lantz Center for Christian Vocation, said he believes establishing a sense of community creates a positive difference in students’ lives.

“I’ve been out of college probably 20 years and I still get together with my college friends,” Boyd said. “Because of our four years together, we became lifelong friends. That’s what I hope to build for students here at UIndy.”

Boyd said he manages the groups and acts as a mentor to the group leaders.

According to Boyd, group leaders have the responsibility to engage their members.

“When I spoke recently to one of my group leaders, I told them that our job as community leaders is to take a wallflower off the wall,” Boyd said. “We put these wallflowers in a big bouquet in the center of the room.”

Photo by Madison Gomez

In McCleary Chapel, sophomore psychology, pre-occupational therapy double major and student faith group leaderJulia Swindeman, starts a discussion over various topics that anyone in the group is able to contribute to. A core aspect of the group includes journaling.

One of the group leaders is sophomore exercise science major Caroline Kavanaugh.

She said she leads a new group this semester called Fitness Together. The group meets every Tuesday at 4 p.m. At these meetings, members pray, workout and read a devotional written by a runner.

Kavanaugh said she did not intend to lead a group this semester until she was

Student to run Indy Mini

approached by Boyd. “[Boyd] walked outside of his office and he was like, ‘Hey guys, I have an idea for a community group, but I need somebody to lead it,’” Kavanaugh said.

Kavanaugh said the group has the end-goal of participating in an April Fool’s Day-themed 5K marathon in Seymour, Ind. “It’s for anybody of any athletic

ability,” Kavanaugh said. “You don’t have to be a super quick runner or anything like that, because I’m definitely not.”

Another group offered both this and last semester is Journaling. According to the group co-leader, sophomore psychology and pre-Occupational Therapy double major Julia Swindeman, the group meets Thursdays at 5 p.m. where members reflect on their past

week through journaling. Swindeman said students interested in attending service at McCleary Chapel could join a community group as an opportunity to not attend service alone. However, chapel attendance is not required to join any group, she said. After leading small groups in high school, Swindeman said she has felt a passion for bringing people on campus together.

“I know a lot of freshmen especially feel really lonely and isolated,”Swindeman said. “I’ve always wanted to do my best to make other people not feel like that.

I know I felt like that last year.”

Having led a group for business majors last semester, junior operations and supply-chain management major Collin Fausnaugh said he is leading a new group this semester. Members of the Hearing and Discerning God community group spend time in and outside of their meetings discussing their recent prayers and life events in conjunction with faith, Fausnaugh said.

He said he enjoys his position for the fact that he and the other members can come to a mutual understanding of one another.

“I feel like I am constantly learning from [other members],” Fausnaugh said. “It is not necessarily a one-way type of thing… we can work together to figure out what we actually believe in collectively.”

Boyd said that room is still available for students interested in joining any group and that more information about the groups that are offered can be found by visiting the Lantz Center.

Rohr trains for second half marathon

October where the heat was so bad,”Rohr said. “There were plenty of times where STAFF WRITER my calves were absolutely just shot.”

At this time of year, Rohr said he The One America 500 Festival Minihas to deal with the cold and is tasked Marathon brings over 30,000 runners with making the choice to either take from across the globe to participate, his training inside or stay outside in the according to the Indy Mini-Marathon weather. website. This year marks 44th annual “If it’s not too windy I’ll brace the Mini-Marathon and sports information cold,” Rohr said. “The cold doesn’t Graduate Assistant Alec Rohr will be bother me.” running the race on May 2.

When thinking about pushing The Mini-Marathon is 13.1 miles and himself to a longer distance than the Indy takes the runners on a full lap around the Mini, Rohr remembers his pain at 13 Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Rohr said miles during the Monumental Marathon. he took on running as a new challenge Rohr said he knew this pain was only for himself. temporary and tries to think about who A competitive swimmer for 10 years, he runs for on top of trying something Rohr said he began as an elementary new. His best friend in high school was student and continued throughout a cross country runner and shortly after high school. Now he’s out running five Rohr turned 21, his friend passed away. to six days a “Running week. Rohr was something said he found he loved too, “He always enjoyed something so I just took he wanted it on,” Rohr running so it’s trying to to overcome. said. “He keep his memory alive...” always enjoyed By doing something running so it’s n e w, R o h r [part of ] trying said that he to help keep his discovered an activity he wanted to memory alive as well.” succeed at and goal that he wanted to Runners World describes one of the achieve. most important aspects of preparing for Rohr said he started running last any race is the pregame meal. summer as he began training for the According to runnersworld.com, Monumental Marathon in Indianapolis, breakfast provides vital fuel for your which was his first half marathon. He brain and helps to sustain motivation sought mentorship last summer from and concentration during a long race. triathlon athlete and University of Rohr said that he has a specific Indianapolis Alum Sean Smith, who route he takes with his morning meal. was a track and field athlete during his It consists of an English Muffin with tenure at UIndy. jelly or jam.

“He always kept my head up,” Rohr Before his first half marathon, Rohr said. “Even [on] days [that] I didn’t feel said he had two muffins with peanut good after running or [was] tired or sore butter only and plans on sticking with the next day, he was always there for me.” that for the Indy Mini as he does not Rohr said that their training ranged want to mess up a good thing. from interval training, long distance As Rohr prepares for the Indy Mini, training and mental fortitude. Mental he might be seen out on a run. Although fortitude factored in for him when the he might not hear any encouragement heat and fatigue began to weigh him because his headphones are at full blast, down, Rohr said. the UIndy community can still root for “There were a couple of days this past him on race day.

By Cameron Blankenship

Photo by Madison Gomez

Health and Wellness Director and Yoga Instructor Katherine Matutes pushes on Admissions Counselor Krista Hensley’s back to create minor adjustment. Matutes went around the room doing the same for each participant, asking them to breathe through poses.

Faculty promotes exercise on campus

By Sophia Atkinson STAFF WRITER

The University of Indianapolis physical wellness resources provide multiple ways for students and staff to work on their fitness including Zumba, yoga, pilates and access to fitness centers.

Health and Wellness Director and Yoga Instructor Katherine Matutes works with the community to promote physical well being. Matutes teaches three classes at UIndy for employees including a medium vinyasa class on Mondays, power yoga on Wednesdays and restorative yoga on Fridays. She holds yoga classes that are open to all students.

Matutes has a doctorate degree in nutrition from Purdue University, which she originally intended to use for a career in university-level teaching. She started working at the Jewish Community Center after graduate school and became a personal trainer there.

“I started working as a personal trainer just to have a little something to do,” Matutes said. “I thought, ‘Oh this will keep me a little bit busy and will give me something to do that feels productive, but is not going to overwhelm me.’”

With a background in dance when she was younger, Matutes said that she has always loved fitness and yoga as a hobby. Matutes said that when she was pregnant with her first child she began implementing yoga into her daily exercise. She said that this opened the opportunity for her to teach classes at JCC, which led to her getting her yoga instructor certification. Matutes took over as the Director of Health UIndy Health and Wellness in fall 2019.

In the year and a half that Matutes has been a part of the UIndy community, she has offered classes for students, staff, and faculty. Matutes said that she has tried to encourage the people around her to make health and fitness a part of their daily lives. Matutes said that her position as the Director of Health and Wellness at UIndy combines her passion for fitness, yoga, and nutrition.

“One of the things that appeals to me about working here is that I’m working with students, so I’m helping educate the next generation in wellness,” Matutes said.“Before I was working with a stagnant population. Here there is a turnover because the students graduate and move on.”

Matutes said she hopes her work will have a ripple effect on student and employee wellness. She also works with UIndy’s Be Well program where she promotes a healthy culture within the employees at UIndy. The Be Well program aspires to create a wellness culture at UIndy through collaborating with the community to utilize campus expertise and to provide practical experience, according to the Be Well website.

“It allowed me to have a bigger impact in the community,” Matutes said. “I wasn’t just working with individuals. I was working with groups of people and the community at large.”

Making movements around the office and encouraging employees to do the same is something that Matutes said she wants to make part of a normal workday. She said that activities, like laps around the track or taking the stairs are good examples of things that can break up long periods of sitting at a desk. She

has provided tool kits called motivation stations that include a therapy cane, which is used to work out knots in the back, massage rollers to work out tension, a frisbee and a medicine ball. Matutes encourages the departments to take these kits and use them throughout the workday.

“Helping develop the nutrition program is definitely on my radar,” Matutes said. “I would like to see the Wellness Program expand more to the employees. We would like to integrate more of Be Well into the curriculum for students to be involved in experiential learning so that they become service providers.”

In terms of the future, she is helping UIndy develop a dietetics internship program for students that are exercise science majors. Matutes said she hopes that wellness programming can expand and integrate into the Be Well program.

At the Be Well second annual kickoff event held at UIndy on Jan. 17, Matutes helped students interact with stress management activities.

Matutes said that she wants to help students feel more prepared to enter the personal training workforce and find jobs because most employers tend to hire experienced trainers. According to Matutes, students that are in the exercise science program have the opportunity to work with UIndy students and staff at the fitness centers in order to get the required experience.

“Students still have access to those professors after they graduate,” w said.

“They have this deep knowledge that’s not just book experience, but actual physical experience with clients, which is a different animal.”

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Faculty elected to Art Therapy board

house,” Feldwisch said. “It was very According to Feldwisch, the board informal. There were snacks and artmakes decisions in terms of initiatives, STAFF WRITER making and really just people coming meeting structure and budget planning. together to talk about art therapy. Over She said she plans to bring a lot to the Two members from the University time, it evolved into a true professional Indiana Art Therapy Association. of Indianapolis faculty are a part of the organization.”

“Some of the things [the board Indiana Art Therapy board. Michelle Itczak was one of the founders of the is] hoping to do is to modernize our Itczak is an assistant professor in the board and is now the Treasurer for the professional organization,” Feldwisch College of Applied Behavioral Sciences, Indiana Art Therapy Association. She said. “So, having more meetings that and the practicum and internship began this position this year. As treasurer, are virtual, having meetings via Zoom, coordinator for the Itczak manages the having Facebook live counseling and art finances and helps posts… trying to be a therapy programs. provide funding for little bit more creative Rachel Feldwisch is activities. and flexible about an assistant professor Itczak said her what a professional and the director of passion for art therapy organization and our Counseling College is helping to grow the meetings look like.” of the Behavior and field. When she was an Feldwisch said she Applied Sciences. undergrad, she did not is passionate about the “[Indiana Art have very many people training of UIndy art Therapy Association] is to reach out to about therapy students. She a chapter of art therapists art therapy, she said. said it is important for here in Indiana,” Itczak Itczak said she hopes people to understand said. “The whole goal to help more people be art therapy’s historical ITCZAK FELDWISCH behind developing it was aware of the field. development and the to raise awareness about art therapy in “I would have loved as a student future of the profession. According to the state, have a networking opportunity to have been able to interview an art Feldwisch, art therapists are beginning for art therapists in the state and build therapist,” Itczak said. “I was not able to to see solid research emerging in the up the profession in the state of Indiana.” do that because I didn’t have a way to get field. She said there is a publication for According to Itczak, the Indiana a hold of them.” the profession entitled The Journal of Art Therapy Association has been Along with Itczak, Feldwisch was the American Art Therapy Association. around since 2010. Feldwisch said the also a part of helping create the Indiana Articles in the publication contain association began as a collaboration Art Therapy Association. Having held theories, research and general knowledge between people with a passion for art the position of treasurer for the past two associated with the field, Feldwisch said. therapy. years, Feldwisch became the president “For me [the academic journal] is “The organization started when of the association in January 2020, she seeing what is happening right now in a group of art therapy students from said. As president, she takes a leadership the present,” Feldwisch said. “I have a Saint Mary of the Woods College… position on the organization’s board lot of excitement about where we are organized a meeting at someone’s for the next two years, Feldwisch said. headed in the future.”

By Whitney Black

Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS LOS ANGELES, CA - January 26, 2020: Billie Eilish at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, CA. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Billie Eilish sweeps Grammys

By Randy Lewis

LOS ANGELES TIMES LOS ANGELES (TCA) — L.A.based singer/songwriter Billie Eilish put an exclamation point on what was a break-out year in 2019 by winning album of the year for “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go” as well as best new artist, record and song of the year.

It was a sweep of the major categories for Eilish, who scored six nominations, tying with fellow Gen Z phenom Lil Nas X for the second-most nominations after Lizzo’s eight.

While typically a celebratory night for the music industry, tragedy still seeped into the 62nd Grammy Awards ceremony on Jan. 26 in Los Angeles, prompting a community to shift gears toward reflection, sympathy and consolation.

Just hours before the event began, L.A. Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant, and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, died along with seven others in a helicopter crash about 30 miles from Staples Center downtown, the sports arena in which the Grammy Awards show played out and which for two decades had been the home court for Bryant’s stellar career.

“Tonight is for Kobe!” hip-hop soul singer Lizzo as the show began, belting out the opening line, “I’m crying!” from her nominated song “Cuz I Love You” to get the evening started.

Later, while picking up the award for pop solo performance for her self-love anthem “Truth Hurts,” the singersongwriter got emotional, saluting her fellow musicians and alluding to the death of Bryant.

“This whole week, I’ve been lost in my problems, stressed out, and then in an instant, all of that can go away and your priorities really shift,” she said. “Today, all of my little problems I thought were the biggest in the world were gone, and I realized that there’s people hurting right now.”

Lizzo also scored wins for urban contemporary album and traditional R&B performance.

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acknowledged the effect of the news on the best-laid plans of Grammy show organizers, stating upon taking the stage, “Here we are together on music’s biggest night celebrating the artists who do it best.

“But to be honest with you,” she added, “we’re all feeling crazy sadness right now, because early today, Los Angeles, America and the whole wide world lost a hero. I’m literally standing here heartbroken in the house that Kobe Bryant built.”

“I know how much Kobe loved music,” she continued. “We’ve got to make this a celebration in his honor. He would want us to keep the vibrations high.”

The proximity of tragedy and celebration elicited memories of the 2012 Grammy Awards show that transpired a day after the death of pop-R&B superstar Whitney Houston, prompting that show’s host, rapper-actor LL Cool J, to deliver an opening prayer to address the grim reality.

Tw o o t h e r d e a t h s i n s p i r e d performances, including a multi-artist salute to slain rapper, entrepreneur and community activist Nipsey Hussle that featured John Legend, DJ Khaled, Meek Mill, Roddy Rich, Kirk Franklin & YG. Another medley fronted by singer Usher commemorated the 40th anniversary of the arrival of musical polyglot Prince, who died at 57 nearly four years ago of an opioid overdose.

Rapper Tyler the Creator collected the rap album Grammy for “Igor,”a work many in the music community considered worthy of an overall album of the year nomination. In accepting the award, he thanked his mother, managers, friends and fans “for trusting my crazy ideas and putting up with my hyperactive energy.”

The Grammy awards, both during the evening telecast and the afternoon socalled Premiere Ceremony, at which the vast majority of winners in this year’s 84 categories were announced, were heavy on musicians saluting parents and other family members.

Eilish’s brother and collaborator, Finneas O’Connell, who produced and engineered her album as well as writing

or co-writing many of the songs, paid homage to the family environment in L.A.’s Highland Park neighborhood, out of which her hit low-fi, homemade album emerged.

“This award belongs to my sister Billie for her trust and her vision,” Finneas said while picking up his non-classical producer of the year Grammy earlier in the day. He also expressed thanks to “My mom and dad [who] never told me to shut up while I played music in my room late at night while I learned how to master a kick drum.”

The show brought the first public performance of pop singer Demi Lovato’s new song “Anyone,” a stark cry for help that grew out of her struggle with alcohol abuse. The shadow cast by Bryant’s death may also have pushed into the background any comments artists may have had in mind regarding the very public meltdown over the past 10 days between the Recording Academy that bestows the Grammy Awards and its ousted first female President and CEO, Deborah Dugan.Even as late as Sunday morning, the academy issued a statement about initiatives it would be embracing in the days and weeks ahead at least tacitly responding to criticisms Dugan leveled after being placed on administrative leave and accused by one female academy employee of fomenting a ‘bullying” workplace environment during the five months since she took office on Aug. 1.

On Jan. 28, Dugan’s lawyer filed a harassment and retaliation complaint against the academy with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, detailing in the filing her allegations of voting irregularities, financial mismanagement, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among some members of the academy’s board of directors and the powerful committees that select nominations in many Grammy categories.

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Photo by Sam Lohner

In Ruth Lilly Performance Hall, the band The Phelps CONNECTION played a variety of jazz and pop songs on Jan. 23. The band has been performing together since 2017.

Band keeps jazz alive

Local jazz band performed on Jan. 23

By Sam Lohner & Noah Fields

STAFF WRITER & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Local jazz band The Phelps CONNECTION played a concert promoting jazz awareness on Jan. 23 in the auditorium of Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center. The group consists of a lead singer, percussionist, saxophonist, pianist and bassist. At the event, they played jazz standards as well as some pop songs reimagined as jazz songs.

The band’s namesake comes from husband-wife duo Kenny Phelps, percussionist and Valerie Phelps, lead singer. Kenny Phelps said that as a child, he used household objects like pots and pans as percussion instruments.

He said moving from cookware to a legitimate instrument involved playing in multiple music styles with different people.

“In 1994, they opened up this place called The Jazz Kitchen, and a friend of mine owns it,” Kenny Phelps said. “...I had listened to jazz before, [but I] never really had played it. I really fell in love with it. They had a little trio in there and I thought ‘Man, I want to learn how to play that.’”

From there, Kenny Phelps began playing jazz professionally, he said. He has toured around the world with many acts. He said he most recently finished

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a six-year tour with vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater, which was his first tour overseas.

“I’ve been on the road almost all my life,” he said. “From George Duke to playing with Wynton [Marsalis], and just different people I’ve been fortunate to work with. I’m very thankful for that opportunity.”

According to Valerie Phelps, she began singing in a jazz vocal style casually at home. Three years ago, she began singing jazz at venues such as The Jazz Kitchen and the Palladium.

“I was just singing at church, but as [Kenny] was playing his music all around the house, I just started singing jazz,” Valerie Phelps said. “I think we were at The Jazz Kitchen and someone pulled me up on stage, and they said ‘How come you never let your wife sing?’”

Valerie Phelps said she previously thought her talent was insufficient to perform professionally. However, she said she still develops her singing voice as she continues to perform at different venues.

Since 2013, the Phelpses have owned and operated the Owl Music Group record label, Kenny Phelps said. The record label is a youth outreach program to teach students about music, according to the program’s website.

“We just want to keep jazz alive and keep the music going,” Valerie Phelps said.

THE REFLECTOR RATING SYSTEM

AMAZING An unforgettable experience in its category.

The highest of recommendations. Extremely satisfying and entertaining, with few (if any) issues worth noting.

VERY GOOD Incredibly well-done, engaging, and stands above the crowd. Perhaps a few minor grievances, but nothing that substantially takes away from the overall experience.

DECENT May have some worthwhile positives; makes for a good experience, but perhaps brought down by frustrating issues. Entertaining on a basic level.

MEDIOCRE Maybe moderately entertaining to the right crowd, but too riddled with elements that don’t work or aren’t original/interesting enough for most audiences.

BAD Poorly executed on almost every level. Any positive notes are a chore to find amid the abundance of mistakes and frustrations. Not worth anyone’s time, except someone with a special interest in the subject matter.

GRETEL AND HANSEL MOVIE

A decidedly feminist take on the classic Grimm Brothers fairy tale, “Gretel and Hansel” is a quietly thrilling coming-of-age story focused on Gretel as she uncovers the old woman’s secrets and comes into her own power. Set in a distant, fairy tale countryside ravaged by hunger and turmoil, the film’s environment is immediately cold, lonely and desolate.The color palette is a dismal hue of blacks and blues, accompanied by a minimalist soundtrack that emphasizes the unsettling reality of this faux-fairy tale world. The characters in this film are carefully built and deeply intriguing. Set against the film’s tense and disconcerting environmental backdrop, these characters truly shine, propelling the otherwise underdeveloped narrative forward.

That being said, the film does lose points for several technical and narrative flubs. I am a horror movie enthusiast, and I have always said that a horror movie must frighten the mind, the body, and the heart.This film quietly and elegantly does all three: the haunting message of your unlocked potential unsettles the mind; the repulsive, gory scenes unsettle the body; and the tense, complex relationships unsettle the heart. This film falls short of a higher rating only because, for whatever reason, it failed to correct its easily fixable flaws.

Despite all this, however, “Gretel and Hansel” is a decently-made horror film with a powerful message for women, in particular: don’t let anyone—or anything—hold you back.

WORTHLESS Nothing positive worth noting in the slightest.

Difficult to endure, annoying and generally mundane. No reason to experience this, unless to witness how awful it is.

Shayla Cabalan • Editorial Assistant

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