UIPD host Coffee with a Cop

By Mia Lehmkuhl OPINION EDITOR

UIndy Police Chief and Director of Campus Safety Brandon Pate opened the new semester with the promise of new educational programming between officers and students according to a campus-wide email sent on Jan. 14. One of the first new events hosted by UIndy Police was their Coffee with a Cop event.

“It's something that's been done for as long as I've been a police officer,” Pate said. “And the idea behind it was that we want to seemingly create a space that isn't necessarily agenda oriented. It's just getting together, having coffee, talking about notifications, talking about how your semester is going and learning about our community.” whether it is in the form of performing or watching improv.

“I started doing improv in 2002 when I graduated college, for the sole purpose of overcoming a fear of public speaking. During that process, the people that I've met, it's become more of performing improv and watching improv has become more of a stress reliever than I ever thought it would be," Kenworthy said. "So, coming in watching one of our performances, whether it's our ComedySportz match, or one of our late night offerings, it allows, even if briefly, allows a nice little escapism for somebody to come in and just kind of take a step away from their day and have some laughs because ultimately, we always say laughter is the best medicine”.

Kenworthy said that ComedySportz is looking to expand their offerings over the year and currently has about 50 members of their ensemble. According to Kenworthy, ComedySportz will be celebrating its 30th Anniversary this month and they will be having anniversary matches the weekend of Feb. 24 with more available shows.