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SKYBREAKING

Tuition to increase

Students and community take first peek inside new athletic recreation center on campus

By Bob Helfst NEWS EDITOR Hundreds of students, staff members and public officials gathered inside the newly inflated Athletics and Recreation Center (ARC) for a celebratory ceremony on Jan. 27. Dubbed the Skybreaking, the event was the public’s first chance for a glimpse inside the new facility.

University of Indianapolis has updated and expanded various residential and academic portions of campus over the last several years.

However, before the ARC, a major athletics facility renovation hadn’t taken place in over

20 years.

“It [the ARC] was badly needed because the last addition to anything for athletics recreation was in 1984 when we finished the Ruth Lilly Center for health and fitness. At that time, UIndy had 3,000 students,” UIndy President Beverley Pitts said.

Speakers at the event included Pitts, Super Bowl Host Committee Chair Mark Miles, Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, Indianapolis Student Government President Caitlin Deranek and junior football player Ryan Forney.

Director of Development Andy Kocher, who served on the planning committee for the event, found the large crowds reassuring.

“When you were standing up on

that stage and looking out and saw just hundreds of students and faculty and people out there, that was a really impressive view and sign of support from the campus community,” Kocher said.

Four local television stations were present for the Skybreaking, as well as The Indianapolis Star.

Scott Hall, assistant director of media relations, was grateful for the media presence.

“It means a lot to UIndy as an institution,” Hall said. “There is still some lack of awareness in the Indianapolis community about our institution here.

There’s no question that the university

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could have a higher level of visibility in Indianapolis. It can bring attention to the university, and it really cements our presence in the public’s mind.”

According to Athletics Director Sue Willey, the UIndy Department of Athletics has been in need of the facility for some time.

“What we’re planning on [ARC] would competitively host indoor track meets,” Willey said. “We’ve got 120 kids on the track team, and they really have no place [to practice.] The top of Nicoson [Hall] was not meant to be a track.”

The support building for the dome will hold additional locker rooms, offices and classrooms.

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Tuition rates at the University of Indianapolis will increase by 3.5 percent in the 2011-2012 school year. Last year’s tuition increased 5 percent from the proceeding year.

This increase will put tuition at $22,790 for next year, a $770 increase from last year.

In addition, the cost for room and board, with a 14-meal plan option, will add $280 to the current rate, making next year’s total $8,270 for the same meal option.

President Beverley Pitts explained that compared to the many other private institutions of Indiana, UIndy’s increased tuition is minimal. In fact, Marian University experienced a spike of over 7 percent in their tuition rates for both this year and last year, much higher than the 3.5 percent UIndy students will encounter next fall.

The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees made the decision to raise

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Campus mourns colleague’s death

By Haley Vannarsdall FEATURE EDITOR

Photo by Elizabeth Wheeler

University of Indianapolis President Beverley Pitts, Mayor Greg Ballard, Super Bowl Host Committee Chair Mark Miles and other officials celebrate the release of balloons at the Skybreaking event Jan. 27. The event drew a large crowd of students, faculty, staff, media and members of the Indianapolis community. Following the brief remarks, attendees were able to tour the interior of both the dome and the support building.

George (Richard) Woodring, a University of Indianapolis employee and a friend to many on campus, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 25. Woodring served as the postal supervisor for the UIndy bookstore, distributing mail to students and campus buildings.

According to senior criminal justice major and UIndy police department cadet, Lindsay Wines, a call came in to the UIndy police department that Woodring had fallen outside of Schwitzer Student Center and wasn’t breathing.

“After that, things happened really fast,”Wines said.“I recognized that Richard needed immediate help. I grabbed the First Aid Kit and AED [automated external defibrillator] that is located in the police department squad room. I ran

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Administration plans new residence hall

By Jacki Dillman EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

As the University of Indianapolis struggles to house its growing student population, planning stages have begun for the construction of a new residence hall on campus.

“We want everyone who wants to live on campus to have that option,”President Beverley Pitts said.

The new facility will be constructed between Warren Hall and Cravens Hall, and according to Dean of Students Kory Vitangeli, the university hopes to break ground right after Spring Term of the current school year.

“The goal is to create nice, upscale housing,” Vitangeli said. “We got a great response from students after the construction of East Hall, and we want to do something similar.”

Currently, the administration hopes that construction will be finished and the building will be ready for residency by the fall semester of 2012.

Planning for the new housing facility is still in the early stages, but it has been

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tentatively discussed that it will include both single and double rooms.

According to Vitangeli, the new residence hall will be used as upperclassmen housing, with the further intention of turning Warren, Cravens and Cory Bretz Halls exclusively to freshmen housing later on.

“The goal is do away with the overflow we have been experiencing in campus housing,” Vitangeli said.

The growing enrollment on campus has caused overflow not only in the residence halls, but also in campus parking lots.

Because this new residence hall will sit on an existing parking lot, students may be concerned that it will exacerbate an already strained parking situation on campus.

However, both Pitts and Vitangeli explained that measures are already in the works to replace the parking that will be lost to this new facility.

Pitts explained that new parking will be created adjacent to Warren Hall. Vitangeli added that not only will the spaces being lost to the project be replaced, but approximately 100 new spaces will be created.

This project is the last of the planned

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additions to campus, but Pitts made clear that the university is open to changes in the future to accommodate the student body.

“This is the last planned campus housing addition as of now,” Pitts said, stressing the word planned. “However, we are also looking into a renovation of some kind to the campus apartments.

That will probably be the next major project, but like I said, we have not started the planning process as of now.”

Both Pitts and Vitangeli stressed that student input will be heavily regarded while planning for the new residence hall.

ISG and RHA have already shared their thoughts. However, a school wide survey as well as focus groups comprised of UIndy students will also contribute feedback for this new campus housing.

“We really want students to feel involved,”Vitangeli said.“We ultimately want to give students the kind of housing that they are looking for.”

Vitangeli encourages students to keep an eye on their e-mail over the next few weeks for a message containing additional information on the survey as well as how to get involved in one of the focus groups.

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Valentine’s Day: For love or money?

By Emily Kish STAFF WRITER

When a new year rolls around, there is one holiday that may strike fear into the hearts of many: Valentine’s Day. Why? Valentine’s Day is a day meant for showering that special someone with candy, flowers and gifts.

This centuries-old holiday has come a long way since it began in ancient Roman times. Because there was more than one saint named Valentine, there are a few different stories on how Valentine’s Day came to be.

The most popular story is of a priest named Valentine who lived in third century Rome. The emperor decided to outlaw marriage because he felt single men made better soldiers, and if the soldiers did not have families back home, they would be more willing to go full-force into battle. When the young soldiers finally realized how wrong this was, many went to Valentine to marry their lovers in secret. When Valentine’s actions were discovered, the emperor ordered him to be killed.

In another story, Valentine was the first person to send a “valentine” greeting. He was in prison when he fell in love with a young girl. Every day she would visit him, and before he died, he wrote her a letter signed “from your Valentine.”

The stories show that St. Valentine was heroic, compassionate and a romantic figure. Not surprisingly, he became one of the most popular saints by the Middle Ages in England and France.

In England, Valentine’s Day became popular during the 1600s. A century later, lovers and friends exchanged notes and small gifts as common practice.

By the end of the 1700s, new printing technology made printed cards more common to exchange. They were an easy way for people to express their feelings when society discouraged direct expression of emotions.

In the 1840s, Esther A. Howland sold mass-produced valentines in America. According to the Greeting Card Association, one billion valentines are sent each year, making Valentine’s Day the second-largest card-sending holiday, behind Christmas.

Over the years, Valentine’s Day has become more about how much one person spends on his or her special someone.

Recently, a car commercial was aired that said, “Show how much you love her this Valentine’s Day by buying her a Lexus.” If a guy needs to buy a car for his girlfriend to show his love, that relationship is doomed to fail quickly.

The fact that a car company is trying to boost sales on a day meant for people to express their love and appreciation for each other is sad.

What’s wrong with saying “I love you” and spending the day together, without having to buy over-priced cards, chocolates and other gifts?

Valentine’s Day has become a pressure for not only couples, but those who are not in a relationship. The giant teddy bears, heart-shaped boxes of chocolate and red decorations are everywhere, and they only draw attention to loneliness that some people who are not in a relationship feel. It is not

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wrong to not be in a relationship, and a holiday should not make someone feel that way.

Walk down the card aisle next time you go to Wal-Mart. Right now, there are two to three aisles with Valentine’s Day cards. There are cards for husbands, wives, children, grandparents and even

ones from the family dog.

When we were kids, one of the best days of the school year was the day of the class Valentine’s Day party.

Everyone in the class would make Valentine bags to put candy and cards in and spend the day eating and playing Valentine’s Day games. What is wrong

with going back to the simple times?

Those times seem to always be the best in a person’s life.

Valentine’s Day needs to go back to that.

Do you really need your lover to buy you a stuffed pink bear that you will probably shove in your closet?

Distracted driving Democrats vs. Republicans The ugly truth about texting behind the wheel

By Kaley Belakovich OPINION EDITOR No one will argue that distracted driving is a good thing. When we are taught to drive, we always hear the same warnings that will counter distracted driving: keep your eyes on the road, keep both hands on the wheel.

However, technological advances and busier lifestyles make distracted driving a greater issue than it has been in the past.

According to www.distraction.gov, distracted driving occurs when a driver participates in any activity that can distract him or her from the responsibility of driving and increase the risk of being part of an accident.

There are three types of distracted driving—visual, manual and cognitive. Visual is taking your eyes off the road, manual is taking your hands off the wheel and cognitive is taking your mind off the task at hand.

Text messaging while driving may be considered the most distracting of all because it includes all three types, but other distracting activities include: eating or drinking, talking to passengers, reading a map or changing the radio station.

According to www.distraction.gov in 2009, a reported 20 percent of all injury crashes included allegations of distracted driving.

Even more disturbing is the fact that in the same year, there were 5,474 fatalities and an additional 448,000 injuries from motor vehicle crashes that somehow involved distracted driving.

These fatalities make up an alarming 16 percent of automobile crash fatalities for the year. Of those deaths, 995 were reported to involve a cell phone as the distraction.

It is sickening how many deaths may be due to something as simple as someone wanting to respond to a text message right that instant, rather than waiting for perhaps a stoplight to answer.

The fact that we are becoming entirely too reliant on technology is one of the primary problems in this situation.

Think about the typical commute.

On average, it won’t take longer than 30 minutes to get to school or work from home. Only 30 minutes out of 1,440 minutes in an entire day. Why can a

number of us not wait this amount of time without sending a text message?

Many people give themselves an excuse, such as “I can text without looking, so it’s not really a big deal.”

But, as previously mentioned, text messaging while driving still includes manual and cognitive distractions. If you are sending a text message, at least one hand is not gripping the steering wheel, and your mind is clearly somewhere else.

The same can be said for talking on the phone. Even if you are using a blue tooth system, cognitive distractions occur because your focus has changed from the road to the conversation.

Current Indiana legislation states that drivers under the age of 18 are banned from all cell phone use, whether it is handheld or hands-free. A second law bans drivers under 18 years of age from text messaging.

However, this ban is lacking. Adults are becoming more adapted to the new technologies. Many teenagers have parents who now send text messages— some while driving.

According to www.distraction.gov, 30-to-39 year olds had the highest number of fatal crashes that involved a cell phone as the distraction. These deaths made up 24 percent of the total fatalities due to cell phone distractions.

According to an article by the Associated Press, the Indiana House passed a bill on Jan. 25 that would prohibit all drivers from text messaging or sending an e-mail while driving. If caught violating this restriction, the offender could face a fine of up to $500.

Is that fine really big enough?

Speeding in a construction zone can cost up to a $1,000 fine because of the dangers it poses for workers. Text messaging and driving can have greater consequences.

According to www.distraction. gov, use of a cell phone while driving, handheld or hands-free, delays a driver’s reaction as much as having a bloodalcohol concentration at the legal limit, .08.

However, driving under the influence of alcohol can result in much more serious consequences than simply a $500 fine.

Remember the 5,474 deaths in 2009 due to accidents involving distracted driving. If you decide to text message while driving again, maybe you can live with a $500 fine. But can you live with causing one of the 5,474 deaths?

How partisanship is preventing political cooperation

By Bob Helfst NEWS EDITOR

“A house divided against itself cannot stand,” said Abraham Lincoln in his famous 1858 speech accepting his Senatorial nomination for the state of Illinois. These words came in a time of turmoil for the United States; the American Civil War was only a few years away. Lincoln’s words still hold true today.

While the nation does not currently face the same issues, we stand divided by a similarly polarizing force: Partisanship.

This is not a call for radicalism, although the ideas put forth may seem so, nor is it a call for either of the ruling American political parties to dominate the other and usurp all control of the United States. This is a call for cooperation among the men and women called to represent average American citizens.

The utter refusal these past years to reach across the proverbial aisle and work together to reach a solution acceptable to the American citizenry has

set us on a dangerous path.

Especially in the last two years, the rhetoric used by congressional members has become increasingly violent and radical. Pundits have been guilty of the same, demonizing the perceived opposition and flooding the media with half-truths and lies of omission.

Nobody is innocent of this. Too often, painting an opponent in sweeping strokes and generalities is easier than treating him or her as a human being or, God forbid, an equal. The fear of actually listening to a different opinion and trying to understand the reasoning behind it seems to force many into the easiest defense mechanism: Hatred.

Of particular note would be the final debate in the 2010 Kentucky senatorial race between Conservative Rand Paul and Democrat Jack Conway. The debacle was filled with ad hominems hurled by both sides and turned into more of a grade-school argument than the intelligent debate that should be the norm in politics, not the rarity it is today.

Following the assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona in January, a noticeable détente

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has fallen on Congress. Republicans and Democrats sat intermingled at President Obama’s State of the Union Address, rather than split into separate sections, as is the usual arrangement.

Many members seemed uncomfortable with the new seating chart.

These new efforts at “civility” seem to be more for show than anything else.

To truly achieve bipartisan cooperation in our legislature, representatives and senators need do just that: cooperate.

This is not a call for members to abandon their ideals and set on the bandwagon with other members.

Rather, this is a call for members of our legislature to work together to understand the others’ positions in a respectful manner. This is a call to our nation’s lawmakers and legal pundits to do what is truly in the best interest of the American people.

Civility is a step in the right direction, but perceived civility is not enough. A change from the schoolyard-style shouting and mudslinging is needed. Until we see each other as equal human beings, true civility and cooperation will be nothing more than a practice put on for the cameras.

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STUDENTS LOBBY STATEHOUSE Campus leaders thank legislators for the grants that enable them to seek higher education

By Stephanie Snay MANAGING EDITOR In the state of Indiana, less than 4 percent of the state’s higher education non-capital budget goes to students in private schools. Yet, private schools produce 35 percent of the state’s bachelor’s degrees, referenced from University of Indianapolis President Beverley Pitts’ opinion column that ran in The Indianapolis Star.

On Feb. 8, University of Indianapolis students who receive grants from the State Student Assistance Commission of Indiana (SSACI), with students from 10 other private schools, went to the Statehouse to thank their representatives and senators for the grants that help them attend school.

“We want our legislature to know they made a great decision in funding students to take this money to private schools,” said David Wantz, associate vice-president of community relations. “They can take it to any school they want to, but we in the private schools say we do really wonderful things with that money, because our students graduate.”

Two other groups of Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI) universities will participate in Lobby Day, one on March 8 and the other on April 20, resulting in all 31 ICI universities participating.

UIndy students met at the Indiana Historical Society at 10:30 a.m. and went on to visit legislators at the Statehouse at 11:30.

Because Indiana is on a bi-annual budget, budgeting issues are revisited every other year. That is when Lobby Day is held.

“We’re trying to put a human face on the abstract principle of budget, and we want our legislators to realize it’s one of their constituents, their neighbors, who is benefitting from this. And moreover,

we want our students to understand how government works and how this [Statehouse] is the people’s temple,”Wantz said.

Director of Financial Aid Linda Handy agreed that while legislators have good intentions and have been responsive to the needs of students in terms of state aid, they are far removed.

“It helps them to actually shake a hand of a student and tie their actions to the students that it affects,” Handy said.

Handy also stressed the financial importance of Lobby Day and the SSACI funds.

Two years ago, the maximum amount of funding went from $12,000 to $7,000, but Handy said that is due to more people enrolling in college. Indiana government has worked hard to infuse money back

tion. She also said that funding students is a good long-range budget decision, because better education leads to better jobs and, in return, increased returns on Indiana taxes.

According to Wantz, attending Lobby Day offers many benefits for the students involved. They have an opportunity to thank legislators for the funds that frequently enable them to attend college and to engage in citizenship. “[Thomas] Jefferson said the goal of education is to make a better citizen,” Wantz said. “And I think that’s part of our obligation in teaching is, to help our students understand that this isn’t the government, it’s my government, and so teaching them how to be effective citizens in the United States is one of the historical themes of education. Citizenship sounds like an old-fashioned term, but it’s a crucial term.”

Senior Michele Beanblossom was one of the students who attended.

“I believe that participating in Lobby Day is a great opportunity for me to help give back to my UIndy community,” she said. “I have always been an advocate for going to school and furthering one’s education and opportunities, and that’s what the SSACI funds allow students to do. They give students the necessary extra funding that the government isn’t able to do anymore due to budget cuts. It helps students not have to take larger loans and eases the burden of paying for school, however that may be.”

According to Pitts’ article, financial aid is an especially pressing issue for students attending Indiana’s private colleges, because more than 90 percent of them receive some type of need-based aid.

“Helping these future professionals complete their education is important not only to them and their families, but also to our communities, our economy and our future,” Pitts said. “That’s an easy investment to justify.”

“Helping these future professionals to complete their education is important not only to them and their families but also to our communities, our economy and our future.” into the program to support education.

She said that Indiana has been one of the better states in the country in terms of attention to state aid and supporting college students.

“This is the first year of the biennium, which means that the budget is up for grabs,” Handy said. “The economy has been such that even though it’s recovering a certain amount, it may not be sufficient to avoid additional state agency cuts.

So students need to be vocal about the importance of the state aid to them in their ability to actually enroll in college.”

According to Handy, SSACI grants are important to UIndy especially, because UIndy traditionally has a very high concentration of first generation students, who may not be as aware of some of the financial aspects of the college educa-

Campus Closings Students “skate” on the icy UIndy parking lot following the recent storms. Campus closed for two days in response to the severe weather that has been plaguing the U.S.

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Kelly fills open dean position

or what I would think of the role. And through the course [of ] getting to know that role, I decided that I wanted to apply for the position,” Kelly said.

A search committee that represented Stephanie Kelly, a former University of the College of Health Sciences received Indianapolis professor, director of clinical applications, evaluated them and hosted education and acting dean, was chosen the finalists on campus.

They then sent a list of to become the permanent the individuals they saw acdean for the College of ceptable to fill the position Health Sciences, which also to Provost and Vice Presiincludes the School of Ocdent of Academic Affairs cupational Therapy and the Deborah Balogh, who then Krannert School of Physical selected Kelly from that list.

Therapy.

“We had a reasonable list Kelly’s bachelor’s and of applicants that brought master’s degrees are both various credentials to the from UIndy. She received process,” Balogh said. “One her doctorate from Nova of the things that typically Southeastern University in happens in a search is that 2008. She had been serving KELLY you get candidates who are as the acting dean for the College of Health Sciences since Nov. strong in one area and not strong in another and so we didn’t see a lot of ap1, 2009.

Kelly said that she became interested plicants who were similar in that they in the permanent position from serving had the same strengths and weaknesses.

So it really required that the committee as acting dean.

“It was somewhat an unexpected op- think through what were the priority portunity that came up a year ago that I needs for the unit and then match those stepped into, not knowing what to expect up with the people who had the right

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qualifications.”

Balogh said that Kelly’s already internal affiliation with the school had no effect on her getting the position. Balogh believes that she hired the right person for the position.

“She had the right combination of teaching credentials, scholarly credentials and management experience and clinical experience that I felt would serve the needs of the unit best at this time,” Balogh said.

Executive Director of Administrative Affairs for the College of Health Sciences Anne Hardwick said that Kelly stepped easily into the position.

“I think it’s really cool that she was a student and a faculty member at UIndy,” Hardwick said. “She just had so many connections, and it made her a natural fit for the position.”

Balogh agreed that Kelly is a natural fit for the position.

“She hit the ground running,” Balogh said. “She’s a valued member of our academic leadership team and a great contributor. I think that she’s remained faithful to the goal of working well to build her team in its capacity to consult with them and to really move the college forward in positive ways.”

RICHARD from page 1 upstairs as fast as I could to the north end and very driven.”

Holt said that Woodring would go of the building. I located Richard lying on the sidewalk unconscious. Richard above and beyond what was expected of was not breathing, and there was no him and do work outside of the mailroom pulse. I applied the AED to Richard to to ensure that things went as smoothly as revive his heart, and after that, there was possible. These efforts included making spreadsheets, so that organizing mailboxes a slight heartbeat.”

Indianapolis Fire Department went efficiently, and typing up route lists for other employees, in case he medics arrived at that was unavailable and creating time and transported other documents to ensure the Woodring to St. Francis mailroom was always operating Hospital in Beech Grove. as planned.

Since the age of 15, “It would be a gross underWines served as a lifestatement to say that Richard guard, and she is also went above and beyond the call CPR and first aid certiof duty,” Holt said. “And it was fied. If a similar situation and is very evident that he cared were to occur, Wines greatly about, and took great urges students to “stay pride in, the work that he did,” calm, call 911 and then Woodring was 58 years of call the UIndy police deage, and his funeral was held partment. The officers and WOODRING on Jan. 28 at the Forest Lawn cadets can respond to an incident with a quicker response time.” Funeral Home in Greenwood, Ind. The Woodring was not just an employee University of Indianapolis also held a at UIndy, but a warm smile and a friend memorial service in his honor on Thursday, Feb. 3, in McCleary Chapel. to many students.

“It is unfortunate that he was taken from Clayton Holt, a UIndy bookstore and mailroom employee since August 2008, us both so suddenly and so prematurely,” Holt said. “I believe that Richard would described working with Woodring.

“I was always impressed with the not want us to dwell too heavily on what determination with which he did his has happened, but to move forward and job and the bright demeanor that he remember all of the amazing times and maintained while doing so. He was interactions that we were able to share always very efficient, very organized with him.”

TUITION from page 1 tuition. However, students who qualify also will have an increase in available financial aid dollars during the next school year as part of the same decision.

According to Pitts, the university is dedicated to plugging money into financial aid to help offset the massive cost of a college education.

“We want to maintain a bigger budget to help all students who are in need,” Pitts said. “We have tried to be efficient, careful and thoughtful when managing our finances, so that we can provide students with the quality of school and education they deserve.”

Mark Weigand, vice president for student affairs and enrollment management, noted that the university acknowledges the cost of an education and knows that heightened expenses can be a burden.

However, Weigand explained that the university is dedicated to providing students with financial assistance, and he believes that loans are readily available from both the federal government and the private sector.

“Some students depend on things like gift aid, but many students depend on

loans, and they appear to be there for next year,”Weigand said.“We intend to monitor things at a federal level, and we feel that things are going to stabilize.”

Both Pitts and Weigand stress that new facilities such as the athletics center or new residence halls are not the motivating factors behind a increased tuition rate. These expenses are paid for over time, and their cost remains stable. Additionally, increased enrollment also is not a contributing factor to tuition increases.

“We don’t want students to feel like they are paying for our increased enrollment numbers,” Pitts said. “Really, tuition increases are a reality of keeping the campus healthy.”

According to Pitts, tuition is increased to manage and maintain the university’s operating costs, pay for technology updates and attract the best quality professors. Also, inflation makes tuition increases a necessity that keeps UIndy functioning.

Students who have questions about scholarships, loans and grants, or just general questions about financing their education, are encouraged to contact the Office of Financial Aid, located on the first floor of Esch Hall.

SKYBREAKING from page 1 “What a lot of people don’t know is many of our sports teams never had a locker room,”Willey said.“That support building isn’t just servicing outdoor sports but also opening up space in Ruth Lilly for academics.”

Ruth Lilly has had new classrooms added recently, but the opening of the ARC will make it possible for further changes to occur.

“The Covall Nursing Center will actually be moving to the old multi-purpose room to free up space for other programs in Lilly Hall,” Willey said.

The ARC’s official opening will be celebrated with a similar event.

“It will be interesting to see all the different ways it can be used by student athletes, and students in general, and faculty and staff,” Willey said.

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Local artist displays work at UIndy Artist Terry Border transforms ordinary household objects into comical works of art

By Jacki Dillman EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

French fries, playing cards and baked chicken may not seem like works of art, but local artist Terry Border sees things differently.

Border takes mundane, overlooked household items and turns them into his own, original works of art. Currently, a display of Border’s whimsical creations called “Bent Objects,” is in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center gallery.

The exhibit includes 16 printed photographs depicting Border’s work and four sculptures made of objects ranging from wire, muffins, eggs and peanuts.

“This is only a tiny piece of my work,” Border said. “I chose a piece of my collection that I thought represents what I do.”

Border noted that his work tells the narrative story of everyday objects. He

also explained that artists try to connect with their audience, and he hopes that his work accomplishes that.

His favorite piece on display at the University of Indianapolis is entitled “Belated.”

Border said it depicts a personified Mother’s Day card that arrives too late to find that the “mother” it was intended for is nothing more than a cooked chicken.

“I like this piece because it makes you sad and want to laugh at the same time,” Border said.

Border has been creating this type of artwork since 2006 and has compiled a book of his work entitled “Bent Objects: The Secret Life of Everyday Things.”

The book is available at bookstores such as Barnes & Noble and Borders.

“I enjoyed looking at the pieces and seeing how the creative titles enhanced the meanings of the pieces,” said visual communication design major junior Kristi Wolfram.

As an artist, Border hopes that his work can be joyful and reach out to anyone. He hopes that students who are pursuing careers in art remember to have fun and not give up.

“Keep doing what you want to do,” Border said. “You may not start out in your dream job, but you should always remember to continue doing what makes you happy.”

Border himself did not find major artistic success until his 40s.

“I finally found something that connected with people, and I would call that success,” Border said.

“Bent Objects” will be on display at UIndy until Feb. 11. Admission to the exhibit is free.

“Art doesn’t always have to convey extremely deep feelings, but it can also serve to simply entertain the viewers,” Wolfram said. “I thoroughly enjoyed being able to walk around the gallery smiling and laughing at what I saw.”

Terry Border’s piece “Junk in the Trunk” from his “Bent Objects” exhibit is on display in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center.

Photos by Kenny Norman

Several pieces from Local Artist Terry Border’s “Bent Objects” collection are on display in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center gallery through Feb. 11.

Mu Phi Epsilon raises money for police charity

By Kaley Belakovich OPINION EDITOR

Beta Psi, the University of Indianapolis chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon, held a benefit concert for Bears on Patrol on Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m.

According to its Web site, Mu Phi Epsilon is a co-educational, professional music fraternity whose mission is to advance music in the community, nation and throughout the world. It promotes musicianship, scholarship, therapy and education, with emphasis on service through music enhancement of loyalty to the Alma Mater and development of true bonds of friendship.

Bears on Patrol is a program at the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department that provides teddy bears to children in crisis situations. This is an attempt to calm the children, help them feel comforted and ensure them that the

policemen are there to help.

According to Director of Education and Outreach and Associate Professor of Music Rebecca Sorley, this is the fourth charity performance by members of Mu Phi Epsilon in the past two years. This time, the group selected the charity Bears on Patrol.

The music department’s goal for the concert was to raise enough money for 100 bears.The recommended donation at the door was $7, the price of one bear.

The concert began with a percussion ensemble playing “Cross Corners” by George Hamilton Green, featuring Mack LaMont with a solo on the xylophone.

The second piece was “O Mon Bel Inconnu,” which translates into “Oh My Handsome Unknown One.” Before the song, one of the performers explained that this song comes from the musical comedy of the same name by Reynaldo

Hahn. In the show, a man in his 50s wants to prove that even at his age, he can have an affair, so he puts a personal ad in the paper. Three women respond—his maid, his wife and his daughter. The song “O

concerto is so intricate, with the interwoven violin lines playing off of each other, that it just catches my ear every time I hear it,”said sophomore Bethany Walters, one of the concerto’s violin players. “I love playing it, and I love listening to it. It’s just something that has to be shared.”

Following the violins was “Five Hebrew Love Songs,” sung by sophomore Laura Morgan, featuring Ariana Kim, assistant professor of music, on violin and Sorley on piano.

After the “Five Hebrew Love Songs” had finished, the piano duos began. Each piano duo featured one student and one faculty member, each at a separate piano, playing selections from Gershwin, Percy Grainger, Eugenie Rocherolle and others. In the piano duos, each pianist had a separate piece to play, although the pieces came together to complement each other.

The songs chosen for the perfor-

“The third movement of this particular concerto is so intricate, with the interwoven violin lines playing off of each other, that it just catches my ear every time I hear it.”

Mon Bel Inconnu” comes at a point in the show when the three women sing of the unknown man whom they love, even though they have not yet met. The three parts were sung by students senior Caitlin Deranek and junior Maddison Swinney and Instructor of Music Mitzi Westra, Sorley was featured on piano.

The composition that followed was one from Bach: the third movement of the Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor.

“The third movement of this particular

‘There’s a Burglar in my Bed’

By Hannah Snyder STAFF WRITER Extramarital affairs, an emerald necklace and a bumbling detective will all come together for the Feb. 25 debut of “There’s a Burglar In My Bed” in the University of Indianapolis Schwitzer Student Center Dining Hall.

The show by Michael Parker will run Feb. 25 – 27 and March 4 – 5 with a talented cast of seven UIndy students. This bedroom farce fuses timing and physical comedy to tell the story of a husband and wife caught in the middle of complicated love affairs.

The drama soon devolves into a burglary plot with “people running around in their underwear or various stages of undress…which is inherently funny,” said Associate Professor of Theatre and director of the show Brad Wright.

According to Wright, audiences can expect a tasteful show with some adult humor and enough physical comedy to keep everyone, including the actors, on their toes.

Senior theatre major Stephanie Kucsera feels that this show will be a very enjoyable show.

“It’s very light, not a serious show by any means,” Kucsera said.

Wright noted that with this show being a farce it would be good to change things around for this production.

“On the heels of something as sort of intellectually challenging as ‘Rosencrantz & Guildenstern,’this is kind of refreshing.

It’s also a breath of fresh air after ‘Shame’ in the fall, which was very serious...”

Wright said.

Tickets can be purchased by visiting the UIndy Ticketing Center in the lobby of Ransburg Auditorium, Monday – Friday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Ticket must be purchased in advance.

Dinner begins at 6:45 p.m. and the show begins at 8:00 p.m. Meal plans can not be used to cover the cost of the meal.

Ticket prices, including dinner, are $22 for the general public and $20 each for seniors, groups of eight or more and non-UIndy students. UIndy students, faculty and staff can purchase them for $12 each with their university ID.

mance were selected by the performers themselves.

“We decided to make this a faculty/ student collaboration, so all pieces except the opening percussion ensemble included at least one faculty member,” Sorley said.

“Students approached faculty to see if they were available to perform on the evening of the concert, and together they decided the repertoire to use for the performance.”

For Walters, who is also the Beta Psi treasurer, the decision of which composition to pick came easily.

“When [Beta Psi’s] president told me about the idea of a benefit concert, the first thing that came to my mind was the “Bach Double Violin Concerto,” she said. “I’ve played this piece many times with other students, and it is always so fun to perform.”

Beta Psi will continue to accept donations for Bears on Patrol until Feb. 11.

Those who would like to donate may send cash to the music department designated for Bears on Patrol,”or write a check made out to the University of Indianapolis.

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– Stephanie Kucsera

Edward P. Brookstone (Teddy) – Ian Duncan

William W. Worthington (Billy) – Will Schnabel

Lorraine DuVal (Buffy) – Kyrsten Lyster

William Davis

– Ross Percell

Deborah DuVal

– Chelsey Wood

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– Ashleigh Skaggs

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>>The impeccably timed humor and casual conversations about sex make “No Strings Attached,” starring Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman, an enjoyable romantic comedy. Kutcher plays a television set assistant who has dreams of writing his own sitcom. But unlike his usual ladies’ man roles, Kutcher refreshingly portrays a slightly awkward and needy man when it comes to love.

Portman plays an intelligent, confident and extremely independent medical intern. She has no need or time for men in her busy life. The two meet and form a purely sexual relationship highlighted by playful banter and entertaining sexual exploits that show their carefree attitudes about sex. Although the movie ends as a typical love story, it is carried by a cast of eccentric and entertaining friends who keep you laughing through the entire movie. Finally, despite Portman’s resistance to love, she gives in to Kutcher and the hopeless romantics are satisfied.

>>”It sounds like the music people heard in their parents’ car growing up… that early-to-mid-’70s FM, radiofriendly music,” said Iron and Wine’s Sam Beam in an interview with SPIN magazine, referencing his newest CD, “Kiss Each Other Clean.” And that is exactly the sound. The CD made its debut on Jan. 25 and was released under its new record label, Warner Bros. The album begins with “Walking Far From Home,” which is full of imagery in the poetic lyrics and seems to debut Beam’s vocals more than previous instrumentally focused albums. However, that’s not to say this album lacks the array of sounds heard in the past. From the horns to the harp, the CD will keep your ears entertained.

Each song flows melodically into the next, making the CD perfect to listen to while doing homework or driving. This album is just as impressive as the last, if not more so. I expect to hear more great songs in the future from Iron and Wine.

>>Located in the heart of the Mass Ave. cultural district is the ultimate Mediterranean cuisine restaurant.

Aesop’s Tables resides inside a cozy shop, with décor that will make you feel like you’re spending the day on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. During the week, you can expect to see more of the older crowd, but when the weekend hits, the younger locals gather around to enjoy festive cuisine. Aesop’s most popular lunch dishes are their gyros, all made with lamb and beef inside pita bread and served with a yogurt/cucumber sauce called tzatziki.

Their most popular dinner dishes are Shrimp Scorpio, a sautéed shrimp dish served over pasta and topped with tomatoes and feta cheese, and the grilled chicken breast with blackberry bourbon sauce, served with grilled mozzarella ravioli. If your taste buds crave an amazing experience, drop by Aesop’s Tables for a mouth-watering experience that will have you coming back for more.

>>Mother-and-daughter team, P.C. and Kristin Cast, dazzle readers once again in “Awakened,” the eighth installment in the “House of Night” series. Zoey Redbird must return to the House of Night after her plans to remain indefinitely on the Isle of Skye with her Guardian, Stark, are ruined when Darkness reaches the Tulsa House of Night, resulting in the death of one of her close friends. Zoey must battle Darkness with her circle of friends. The plan falters when she discovers that her best friend, Stevie Rae, has aligned herself with the creature, Rephaim, whose past is full of Darkness—although Stevie Rae swears there is good, Light, in his heart. The action starts on the first page and keeps the reader entertained with new information and ideas. You’ll want to read it in just one sitting. It will make you laugh, cry and eagerly flip through the pages as you follow Zoey and her friends through their tales of love, death, betrayal and war.

>>Wind chimes, plastic grocery bags, empty water bottles, wine glasses, wine bottles, keys and tin cans as musical instruments? Resident composer Jeffrey Roberts kept audience members guessing as he used “found objects” and sounds from ordinary, everyday items and turned them into music. Members of the audience could be seen looking to one another, confused but intrigued, as the concert went on and different “instruments” were brought on stage. The use of an ancient Chinese stringed instrument, called a guqin, paired with recorded sound added a traditional sound to the unique and modern concert. The concert could be described as delicate and powerful simultaneously, providing the audience with amusement at the instruments and tugging at their emotions with each note.

Even if the pieces sounded fairly simple, the rise and fall of each sound provided the perfect stepping stone for emotions to change.

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for the award.

Andrew Moran, a sophomore secondary instrumental music education major, was elected to a two-year term as collegiate representative on the IMEA Two University of Indianapolis music Board of Directors.

He received a recommendation from education students recently were honored at the annual Indiana Music Educators Brenda Clark, the program coordinator of music education and asAssociation Convention in sistant professor of music.

Fort Wayne, held Jan. 19-21.

At the convention, all Amanda Vidal, a senior nominees were asked to give music education major was a speech and were voted upon honored as one of only two following the speeches.

Indiana students named Moran started out as Outstanding Future Music an aeronautical engineering Educator. major at Purdue University When the IMEA board but realized that music was chooses candidates, they a much stronger passion for consider involvement in him. leadership positions of “I quickly found that I collegiate National AsVIDAL couldn’t ignore music as my sociation of Music Educapassion and, ultimately, my tion (MENC) chapters career,” Moran said. “Once as well as participation music gets in your blood, it and involvement in music doesn’t leave.” education activities outside Moran said, his overall goal of the organization. Vidal is to build something positive served as secretary of the for his future students and to UIndy collegiate MENC teach lessons that wouldn’t chapter. Her responsibilinormally be taught through ties included advertising, music. coordinating guest speak“I’m aiming to be a music ers for meetings and variteacher, and while I have ous other tasks. every intention of teaching The IMEA does not MORAN my kids music-making at the notify its winners until the highest level I can, music is the convention. She arrived at the convention and her name was pointed vehicle I will be using for teaching them out to her in the program. At the con- lessons that extend far beyond the walls vention, she was presented a plaque of of a classroom,” Moran said.

He learned at a young age just how recognition at the opening session of the conference by this year’s IMEA president. important music could be in life and how According to Vidal, she realized her it could apply to everyday living.

“Music instills qualities such as perpassion for music at an early age, around severance, motivation, drive, teamwork, seventh grade.

“It wasn’t long before I realized that confidence, respect, etc.,” Moran said.

I loved playing my flute both by myself “I think even if music doesn’t remain an and within any semblance of an ensemble, active part of their [students] lives after and I began imagining my future, grown graduation, the lessons they learn from up self as band director,” Vidal said in the being a part of a musical organization will essay submitted as part of her application stick with them for the rest of their lives.”

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Success comes in many different pack Two babies, two jobs and two majors: A UIndy student stays busy

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Kaitlin Sandlin

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By Jacki Dillman EDITOR-IN-CHIEF For many college students, major concerns include term papers, Facebook notifications and how to spend their rest and relaxation time on the weekends.

However, some University of Indianapolis students, like Megan Waterman, experience college very differently.

Megan’s concerns are far from Facebook or going out on a Saturday night.

She balances her full-time class schedule with being both a wife and mother.

A psychology major who plans to graduate in December of 2011, Megan is a successful student who juggles a family, a social life and a full load of homework.

Megan, who is now 24 years old, met her husband David when they were both working for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. Megan was a civilian and David was, and still is, a police officer. The Watermans have been married for two years.

“My family is extremely supportive of me attending school,” Megan said.

“But it’s still difficult at times.”

Megan explained that she has difficulty finding the time to study because she not only is a wife, but also the mother of a 15-month-old little boy, Lucas.

“He is definitely a handful, but I love being a mom,” Megan said.

Megan described herself as constantly on the go, either preparing for school or playing her roles as wife and mother.

“Finding the time to study has been a huge challenge,” Megan said. “But it’s all about finding a routine that fits you.”

Megan attends class during the day; she is currently enrolled in 14 credit hours. She explained that she is extremely lucky that David works second shift so that he is free to care for their son during the day.

“I feel like the minority at school a lot of the time,” Megan said. “I haven’t met many other married students.”

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“I was introduced to the campus by my cousin,” Megan said. “I really like the small campus and the small class sizes. It’s a good fit.”

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Megan, David and Lucas Waterman are a small family working to make ends meet and to live a happy, comfortable life.

“I’m just trying to get my degree and provide the most I can for my family,” Megan said.

A UIndy student balances school, marriage and motherhood

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Amanda Edwards

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By Alexis Mitchell STAFF WRITER Sophomore Amanda Edwards is a full-time college student, full time employee and a single parent of two baby boys. As a pregnant 2009 graduate of Manual High School, Edwards decided to further her education by attending the University of Indianapolis.

At 17 years-old, while still in high school, Edwards had her first son, Christopher, who is now three. Two years later, at age 19, Edwards gave birth to her second son, Carson, who is now one-and-a-half. Throughout both pregnancies, Edwards maintained straight A’s.

Edwards currently lives with her mother, who helps take care of Carson and Christopher.

“If it wasn’t for my mother and grandparents, I wouldn’t know what to do,” Edwards said.

Edwards’ mother, Debbie Debolt, explained that her daughter came to UIndy to further her education.

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Taking on two part-time jobs, a management position at one local Wendy’s and a cashier position at the other, Edwards manages to do everything in her power to provide for her children. She works 40 to 45 hours per week and takes 18 credit hours at UIndy.

“It’s not easy trying to be mommy and daddy,” Debolt said.

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Edwards is a double major in management and event planning, with a minor in service learning.

Edwards is almost done with her service learning minor.

“I love service learning; I get to meet all types of people and hear their stories,” she said.

Her service learning minor consists of taking classes and participating in different community service projects in her area.

Edwards also loves UIndy.

“It’s the right university for me. I take advantage of every opportunity that comes along my way,” she said.

Edwards will continue being a full-time student, holding down two part-time jobs and taking care of her “little angels” until she graduates in 2013.

She will continue to take classes in the summer and handle a large workload with two young ones all at the same time.

After graduating from the university, she plans to own her own business combining her interests of party planning and entertainment.

“I want a schedule that works with my family and life in general,” Edwards said.

Candy Jackson, a family friend, is extremely impressed with Edwards.

“Amanda has matured tremendously out of necessity. She lost the luxury life of being a young adult, but this just made her a stronger person and mother,” Jackson said.

College means many different things t Kaitlin Sandlin, it’s a privilege not only fo Sandlin is part of the Twenty-First Ce scholarship that ensures that all Indiana f cation for their children. She was the first attend college.

“It feels empowering to be studying at because my mother and grandma always life, which meant education, and I’m glad myself, but for them as well,” Sandlin said Sandlin is majoring in international re always interested her.

“I’m interested in the world that I live the globe can affect my everyday life,” San In January 2010, with four years of Sp semester from UIndy, Sandlin flew to Sev and other cultures drove her to study abro College of Seville, where she took rigorou herself in a completely different culture.

“We live in a hemisphere that is major our lives every day. So I wanted to travel s about the Spanish world,” Sandlin said.

While in Spain, she visited Morocco, I countries without knowing anyone or hav a single mother’s standpoint, with three o demeanor has only helped her become a s as a child care provider at a day care cente restaurant when she goes home on the we “I do everything I can to help my mom she could to help me,” Sandlin said.

Sandlin’s younger brother, Kristopher, ing Franklin University in 2010. She hop 18, will do the same.

“Because my mother never attended co paycheck; but she always made sure we ha always the best at budgeting,” Sandlin sai After graduating from UIndy, Sandlin ing others around the world.

“Everyone deserves a chance. Everyon help those less fortunate around the globe

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An athlete and avid student, despite cerebral palsy, drives toward his dreams

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Sawyer Elkins

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By Bob Helfst NEWS EDITOR Sophomore criminal justice major Sawyer Elkins is a member of the University of Indianapolis swim team while also overcoming the everyday challenges of cerebral palsy.

CP is a disorder that affects physical movement and motor control and typically develops in children by age two or three.

“I had a brain hemorrhage when I was five days old,” Elkins said. “The type of brain hemorrhage that I had was diagnosed in autopsies 99 percent of the time. I’ve come a long way.”

Elkins has a natural affinity for the water. He learned to swim in his family’s in-ground pool as a toddler, before he learned how to walk.

Elkins swam for his high school team and then began searching for college coaches who were willing to give an athlete with a physical disability the opportunity to continue his athletic career.

At his coach’s urging, Elkins contacted the University of Indianapolis swimming and diving coach, Gary Kinkead. He is now a member of the men’s swimming and diving team. Elkins competed in the backstroke at the team’s meet at Romeoville, Ill. on Jan. 29.

“Obviously he [Kinkead] didn’t have to let me swim, but he did,” Elkins said. “And that means a lot to me. It’s not every day that a person with a physical disability can say that he or she swims for their college.”

Kinkead noted Elkins’ personal drive and ambitions on the team.

“The motivation for Sawyer being with the swimming program is for the Paralympics,” Kinkead said. “I think that’s a huge motivation. There are people in the Paralympics who are faster than some of our swimmers who are able bodied.”

The Paralympics is a multi-sport event where individuals with disabilities compete.

Elkins’ presence brings peripheral benefits to his teammates as well.

“To be quite honest, he could be a monster of a teacher for motivation, selfmotivation and perseverance to 99 percent of my swimmers that are supposedly able-bodied,” Kinkead said. “He has ten times the motivation, persistence and ten times the stick-to-itiveness. That’s a huge benefit to our team that they look at someone like that and see where he’s coming from and where he wants to go.”

Elkins also seeks success in the classroom. Though the CP limits his ability to take notes in class, he works with the BUILD program to ensure that he has sufficient time to complete exams. As a criminal justice major, he hopes one day to be a police officer. After he learned that he would not be eligible for military service, he found that law enforcement would allow him to serve, so long as he can pass the same physical exams as other trainees.

Elkins enjoys the independence of living on campus, but finds that some people mistake his physical disability for a mental disability.

“I don’t know if it’s the speech impediment or the walk, but people see me, or people like me, and think that we have a mental disability,” Elkins said.

“We’re just normal people.”

“I’m really doing this, because I love it. I have loved going back here to school,” said University of Indianapolis graduate student Robert Cooprider.

Cooprider works at the Physical Plant in maintenance during third shift, goes home, sleeps about three hours and then wakes up to hit the books.

“I’ve come to find about third shift, that nobody ever has an exact way of doing it,” Cooprider said. “You sort of just nap so I’m constantly in a state of sleep deprivation until the weekend.”

In addition to work and school, Robert also has a wife and three children, the oldest two residing in California, while his youngest is in seventh grade. Cooprider said that for as scattered as his family is, they remain really close.

Cooprider graduated from the School for Adult Learning program in 2010 and then decided to move on to a graduate degree in English. He has also done course work at Butler and Indiana University.

“I was trying to set a record to see how many colleges I could go to without getting a degree,” Cooprider said jokingly.

The fact that UIndy was going to accept his credit hours was one of the reasons Cooprider decided to attend the university.

“I found out what a wonderful place this was and also the professors here are so extraordinary,” Cooprider said. “You really develop a very nice relationship with professors and they really care about what you do in your work.”

Cooprider is interested in getting his doctorate after he finishes the graduate program.

He said one of the most important things to have is a strong base, a family who understands, which he luckily does.

“The hardest balance for me is working third shift, sleeping and still trying to get everything I need to do done in an orderly manner without losing my mind,” he said.

Director of the Woodrow Wilson Program and professor Jennifer Drake speaks highly of Cooprider.

“Robert is a fantastic student to have. When we have conversations in seminar he’s incredibly informed and incredibly engaged and he knows a lot about literature and asks fantastic questions,” she said. “From a professor’s perspective he’s really a fun person to teach, because it’s like I’m not teaching him; we’re having these fun conversations.”

She also said that he always does more than what is asked of him for assignments, because he is really here to educate himself and not just get a degree.

Director of the Physical Plant, Brenda Pedigo said, “Robert is really impressive in that he goes to school and takes on the course load he has while working also.

Housekeeping is a hard job to keep, but he shows up and is enthusiastic and just a really great guy. I couldn’t ask for a better employee and I’m sure his work ethic carries through to his school work.”

Drake believes that the doors will be wide open for Cooprider after he leaves UIndy.

“I’ll be interested to see what he does, whether intellectual work will always be who he is and not necessarily what he does for cash,” Drake said. “I don’t know where he’ll go. He could go into academia if he wanted to.”

Cooprider has big plans too.

“I want to write the great America novel,” Cooprider said. “I work in the physical plant now; maybe one of these days I’ll work in the metaphysical plant.”

UIndy student tries to catch some sleep between his classes and full time job

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New program offers volunteer experience Voluntourism allows students to assist Special Olympics, explore historical areas and earn academic credits

By Hannah Snyder STAFF WRITER

The original home of the Olympic Games will host a new University of Indianapolis Spring Term course.

A group of UIndy alumni and current students will serve as Special Olympics volunteers from June 24 to July 5. Coined “Voluntourism”by the International Division and Alumni Relations, this group will volunteer at the Special Olympics World Games and explore and tour Athens, Greece and the island of Aegina.

The International Division and the Office of Alumni Relations worked together to create this program, and the trip meets the UIndy motto of “education for service,” according to Monica Woods,

executive director of alumni relations. By building relationships between alumni and current students, the Voluntourism trip provides a new experience for alumni and students. The trip also is unique in that the UIndy group may be the only volunteer group travelling to the games from the U.S. Working with the Special Olympics World Games in Athens provides a new service opportunity for the group.

“If you volunteer, you’re going to take ten times more away than you’re going to put in,” said Michael Furnish, president and CEO of Special Olympics Indiana.

A long-time volunteer with Special

Olympics, Furnish first started volunteering when the Special Olympics came to his college campus.

Similarly, Dave Breen, director of sports management for the Special Olympics, is drawn to this trip for its ability to create lifelong volunteers.

“It is a great experience to be with a bunch of people in one place for one cause” Breen said.

The group will include 25,000 volunteers and 40,000 family members from around the world, according to a promotional video for the World Games.

Four Hoosier athletes will represent

“The whole idea of Spring Term is to get students out there to get a taste of the world.”

the state by competing in golf, swimming, track and field and equestrian events.

Aside from the service aspect of this trip, students and alumni will have an opportunity to experience Greek culture and explore on their own. Following each eight-hour day of work at the various Greek sites, the group is able to explore historical sites such as the Acropolis, the Plaka area and Syntagma Square.

About 75 percent of the trip will consist of volunteering while the other 25 percent will be touring, according to Woods. On days eight to ten of the trip, volunteers will see the Temple of Poseidon, a sunset at Cape Sounion and have freedom to explore the sites of Aegina. On their last full day in Greece, the UIndy group will join Athenians, athletes, family members and fellow volunteers for the World Games Closing Ceremony in Athens’ Kallimar-

maron Panathinaikon soccer stadium.

The information meeting on Thursday, Jan. 27 drew a number of students. One of those students was Chrissy Stephens, a junior psychology pre-occupational therapy major. Having the chance to work with disabled childrren drew her to the meeting.

“It’ll definitely open up my eyes to different people, different cultures and different experiences,” Stephens said.

The Voluntourism trip allows students to travel internationally, earn academic credit and gain volunteer experience.

“It sounds really, absolutely amazing,” said Study Abroad Advisor Breezy Wente.

Director of the International Division Mimi Chase agrees.

“The whole idea of Spring Term is to get students out there to get a taste of the world.”

UIndy plates get mileage University license plates raise funds and awareness for Greyhounds

By Kenny Norman ONLINE EDITOR The University of Indianapolis Alumni Association is increasing its marketing efforts to sell more Greyhound license plates in 2011.

The increase in marketing was planned in the summer of 2010 and launched in January 2011. The reason for the increase was to raise awareness of the plates, according to Gary Abell, marketing director at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.

“We’re really excited about this. This is the first year we’ve done this,” Abell said, “And UIndy has been one of the leaders in this initiative.”

Greyhound plates are available at any Indiana BMV branch and can be given to anyone with a car registered in Indiana.

However, UIndy alumni who do not have cars plated in Indiana are ineligible to purchase the license plate.

“It’s always been open to any person.

Alumni just have a vested nature in the

pride of their university,” said Monica Woods, executive director of the UIndy Alumni Association.

Woods is the primary marketer and director for the UIndy Group Recognition License Plate Program. She also co-markets the program with Greyhound Athletics and the Annual Fund.

According to Andy Kocher, director of development, the program was spearheaded

by Alumni Relations and has existed for the past 15 years.

“It’s been a very successful program from the beginning,” Woods said.

As part of an increased marketing campaign, ads for the plates are placed in UIndy’s alumni magazine, Portico. Prior plateholders get a renewal postcard, and faculty and staff also get e-mail reminders to renew their plates. A section of the BMV’s Web site is designated to show the Greyhound plate and has a hyperlink for renewal.

The UIndy Alumni Association also has partnered with the Hubler Automotive Group to promote more plates at 13 central Indiana Hubler Automotive locations.

“It’s not just a pride factor,” said Woods. “It’s also a cost-efficient marketing opportunity for the university.”

The increase of 218 plates sold in 2011 is the result of marketing and other efforts made by the alumni board to increase UIndy publicity and awareness of the license plate design.

Woods considers the plates to be “a walking, talking billboard for the university” throughout Indiana.

A portion of the revenue generated from plate sales goes back to student programming through the Student Alumni Association, which uses the money to help fund activities for the student body.

The plates cost an extra $40. Of that money, $25 go to UIndy and $15 go to the BMV, according to Abell. The money that goes to the BMV covers printing the plate, as well as additional technical costs.

“It’s a great way for us to get some extra publicity and marketing,” Kocher said. “It’s a great program, and one we hope continues to succeed.”

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Photo by Mikey McGrath

Freshman guard Daniel Daudu dribbles the ball down the court in a Jan. 29 game against St. Joseph’s.

The University of Indianapolis men’s basketball team, who have won four of their last five games, defeated GLVC foe Rockhurst University (5-17, 3-11 GLVC) 87-52 on Feb. 6 in Kansas City, Mo. Senior guard Darius Adams, the Division II Bulletin Men’s Basketball Player of the Month, led the team with 26 points and five rebounds. Adams has also been named GLVC Player of the Week three times this season, two of them back-toback.

Junior guard Adrian Moss contributed 14 points and nine rebounds and junior center Wilbur O’Neal added 10 points and six rebounds in the 35 point victory.

After a series of wins, the team fell to Drury University (16-5, 9-4 GLVC), 72-87, on Feb. 4. It was the Greyhound’s first game since gaining a No. 22 ranking on the Division II national poll, their first national ranking in seven years.

Moss led the team with 17 points, seven assists, five rebounds and three steals. Adams was held to just 16 points, four rebounds and three steals.

Freshman center Joe Daniels added 10 points while junior guard Cory Zackery finished with eight points and five rebounds against the Panthers, who hit 9-of-20 (.450) from behind the arc. UIndy hit just 4-of-23 (.174) three-pointers in the loss.

Despite scoring below his 25.8 point average against Drury, Adams’ 16 points were enough to make him the 35th player in UIndy history to join the 1,000 point club.

“With winning comes individual accolades,” said head basketball coach Stan Gouard, “We set the standards high after our pre-season win against Tennessee.”

Adams has been leading the charge for the UIndy (17-5, 10-4 GLVC) men’s basketball team, which recently clinched a berth in the 2011 GLVC Tournament.

Adams had 22 points, seven rebounds and four assists as the Greyhounds defeated St. Joseph’s College (10-12, 6-8 GLVC), 88-61 on Jan. 29 in Nicoson Hall.

“I don’t look at it [honors] as something that was my goal. The awards are a bonus,” Adams said. “The wins are what is important. That is the main goal, to win basketball games.”

Freshman forward Leland Brown added 13 points to the win, which also saw O’Neal score 13 points and five rebounds in only 11 minutes on the court.

Defense was the staple of the victory as the Greyhounds held St. Joe’s to under 30 percent shooting, which was the best defense of the season for the Greyhounds.

“A lot of credit goes to Adrian Moss,” Gouard said, “He makes sure guys are ready each and every game and that the guys are getting the ball in the right situation.”

Just two days earlier, the Greyhounds defeated the University of WisconsinParkside (8-13, 5-9 GLVC). It was an-

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other large-margin victory as they finished the game 87-67, led by Adams’ 24 points, seven assists, four rebounds and two steals.

“Last year, we had a bunch of guys that weren’t together. This team is together,” Adams said.“It’s something that we have bought into.”

Three other UIndy players finished the game in double figures. O’Neal put up 19 points, senior forward Dewann Squires contributed 16 and Brown added another 11. The Greyhounds had nine three-point baskets in the game, and also took advantage of the free-throw line, shooting 16-of-19.

Gouard achieved his first win against No. 7 University of Southern Indiana (20-2, 12-2 GLVC) on Jan. 22.

It was his fourth attempt against his former team where he was both a player and assistant coach.

The game came down to the end when a last-second tip-in by O’Neal sealed the Greyhound victory, 70-68, at the Physical Activities Center in Evansville.

“We have to go through those teams to be an elite Division II team,” Gouard said.“I remember telling those guys in the locker room prior to the game that they [USI] are on a 10-game win streak, and what better thing to do than to come in here and win.”

Adams led UIndy with 19 points, eight rebounds and three assists. O’Neal added 12 points while Moss finished with 10 points in the win.

It was UIndy’s first win against USI since 1982.

2011 Athletic Hall of Fame Class announces inductees

By Jen Miller STAFF WRITER

Each year, the University of Indianapolis’ Department of Athletics and Greyhound Club honors the university’s most prestigious student athletes and teams from the past.This year’s inductees will be introduced as the 2011 University of Indianapolis Athletic Hall of Fame Class on Feb. 12 during halftime of the men’s basketball game.

The 2011 inductees include Susie Kuntz ‘87, Ralph Reiff ‘80, Terry Wetherald ‘63, the 1996-97 Men’s Basketball Team and the 1972 Men’s Cross Country Team.

Kuntz played both volleyball and softball for the University of Indianapolis, then called Indiana Central College (ICC).

“I just was so grateful for the opportunity to play volleyball and softball and to represent the University of Indianapolis,”

said Kuntz.

She was two-time Most Valuable Player for both sports, a two-time allconference player for volleyball and an all-conference player for softball. In 1984, Kuntz received the Kelso M. Reid Mental Attitude Award, and in 1985-1986 she received the Walter Brenneman Memorial Sportsmanship Award.

“It’s humbling to be recognized with such outstanding people that I already know are in the Hall of Fame,”said Kuntz.

Reiff was a four-year letter winner in football and still holds the UIndy record for most points scored as a kicker and for the longest field goal.

During his off seasons, Reiff was an athletic trainer for the men’s basketball team. He later became an associate professor and head athletic trainer at Butler University.

“I have been extremely pleased with my career as an athletic trainer,”said Reiff.

“I think it’s more than I ever imagined it could be.”

Reiff also was given the title of man-

ager of athletic care for the Atlanta Committee for the 1996 Olympic Games. He was named Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer by the National Athletic Trainers Association and was inducted into the Indiana Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame. Reiff c u r re n t l y ser ves as director at St. Vincent Sports Performance of Indianapolis.

Reiff said that he never expected to receive this recognition and that receiving it was a complete surprise to him. He gives full credit for his success in his career to the University of Indianapolis.

Wetherald served as both a player and a coach during his time at ICC. He lettered in football during the 1958-1959 season and became a student-assistant coach the next two years. In 1962, he was promoted

“It’s humbling to be recognized with such outstanding people.”

Wrestling prepares for postseason

By Kellie Donnelly SPORTS EDITOR

The University of Indianapolis wrestling team hosted the Greyhound Open in Nicoson Hall on Feb. 6. Eight Greyhound wrestlers placed at the meet.

Senior Nick Walpole, the No. 1 seed, won the 149-pound bracket, going 4-0 on the way to the title.

In the 157-pound bracket, junior David Lopez and freshman Jeff Weiss took third and fifth place, respectively. Fourth and seventh places in the 285-pound bracket were taken by Freshmen Evan Wooding and Kevin Gaughen, respectively. Wooding went 2-2 on the day.

Three other Greyhounds placed at the meet. Senior Keith Smith took sixth place in the 197 bracket. Both junior Johnny Henry and freshman Marcus Watson placed eighth in their brackets.

The Greyhounds also competed in the Pete Willson Wheaton College Wrestling Invitational on Jan. 28-29 and placed fourth of 32 squads.

Walpole received the most outstanding wrestler honor with an undefeated win in the 149-pound title event. Walpole, the No. 2 seed in his bracket, upset top-seeded Isaac Dukes of Case Western Reserve in the championship, 7-4.

Sophomore Alex Johns, the No. 1 seed, went 4-0 on his way to his second consecutive title in the 125-pound bracket at the Pete Willson Invitational.

“He [ Johns] just knows how to win,” said head coach Jason Warthan. “It’s not always pretty. Last year he won this event with only one take down, which is pretty unheard of. This year he had two take-downs.”

Photo by Elizabeth Wheeler

Freshman Jeff Weiss grapples with an opponent at the Greyhound Open on Feb. 6. Eight Greyhounds placed at the meet.

Other strong individual performances included senior Matt Irwin with a secondplace finish in the 141-pound bracket, junior Ethan Harris in third place in the 133 class and freshman Taylor Scott with a sixth place finish in the 197 bracket.

Warthan explained that Harris’win was important because his opponent was the No. 5 wrestler in Division III and that the top wrestlers in Division II and Division III are about the same level in talent.

The Greyhounds travel to Findlay, Ohio, on Feb. 11 to close out their 20102011 regular season.

Warthan said that the Findlay meet will be a good test because Findlay is the only other Division II wrestling team in the area. Although not in the same region

to assistant coach.

After holding several coaching positions at different high schools over the next nine years, Wetherald returned to the Greyhound coaching staff in 1971.

In addition to coaching the football team as an assistant for 13 years, Wetherald also ser ved as the Greyhounds’ t e n n i s coach for six years and led the team to a GLVC championship in 1979, winning him a “Coach of the Year” accolade.

Wetherald is best known for his 31 years as the Greyhound’s wrestling coach.

In those 31 years, he mentored 19 AllAmericans and had a record of 225-188-4.

Wetherald was awarded Greyhound Club Wrestling Coach of the Year in both 1982 and 1993, Regional Wrestling Coach of the Year two times, Confer-

as the Greyhounds, Findlay is a top team in their respective region, so the meet will be a good gauge for the postseason.

The wrestlers’ postseason begins on Feb. 27 with NCAA Super Region 3 in Sioux Falls, SD. “We’re kind of going into the unknown,” Warthan said. “It’s our first time in this regional, so we haven’t met any of these teams head-to-head yet. But everybody’s goal is to make it to nationals.”

Despite these concerns, Walpole commented that they have a good chance to place high at nationals.

“Our team just has to wrestle to the best of their ability,” Walpole explained.

“We have the possibility of at least three national champions.”

ence Coach of the Year four times and is now a member of the Indiana Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame.

The 1996-97 Men’s Basketball Team was recognized for its talent and performance on the court. Coached by Royce Waltman, the team finished the season with a 23-5 overall record and a 16-4 conference record. The team won the GLVC Championship, Waltman was awarded GLVC Coach of the Year and it featured that year’s GLVC Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year.They also held the first Division II No. 1 national ranking in school history.

The 1972 Men’s Cross Country Team proved to be another exceptional team from the university. They had a dual meet record of 4-0 and earned first-place finishes at Hokum Karum, DePauw Medley and the Greenville Invitational. With a 76-9 record going into nationals, the team finished 18th out of 60 entries and finished the year with a 118-36 overall record. They were also that year’s Indiana Collegiate Conference Champions.

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Graphic by Christopher Hartley. Information compiled by Kellie Donnelly.

BASEBALL

WOMEN’S GOLF

MEN’S TENNIS

TRACK AND FIELD

The Greyhound baseball team ended its 2009-2010 season with a 35-22 record and its second consecutive NCAA tournament appearance, during which it was knocked out

by GLVC foe Northern Kentucky University.

As for the 2010-2011 season, the Greyhounds have already been voted third in the East Division in the 2011 GLVC Coaches Preseason Poll and picked as No. 25 in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Division II Preseason Poll. Returning players include senior pitcher Donovan Drake, an NCBWA Midwest Region First Team pick. The team’s first home game is March 12 against Hillsdale.

The women’s golf team has a history of winning, with nine NCAA team appearances and five GLVC tournament championships.

Last season, the team placed second at regionals and followed with a ninth-place finish at nationals. The team was led by 2010 graduate Lyndsey McBride, an All-American and the 2009 Division II women’s golf national champion.The Greyhounds debuted at No. 10 in the Golf World/Nike Golf D-II Coaches Poll. Junior Darin Pinnick, a top five golfer from last season, will return.The women’s team begins its 2010-2011 campaign Feb. 27-28 in Birmingham, Ala.

After a perfect fall 2010 record, the UIndy men’s tennis team looks to improve on its GLVC record. The men ended with an overall 7-10 record and a 1-5 record against GLVC opponents. Their 2010-2011 regular season started on Feb. 5 against Grand Valley State at the UIndy Tennis Center. The Greyhounds are a young team with no seniors on their 15man roster, and more than half are freshmen and sophomores. They opened the spring portion of their season against No. 9 Grand Valley State University on Feb. 5. The second, third and fifth singles all won their matches but the team fell 6-3 to the Lakers.

The UIndy outdoor track and field team is coming off an excellent 2009-2010 season where both the men’s and women’s teams were the 2010 GLVC Outdoor Conference Champions. Four individuals and three relay teams were selected for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Senior thrower Seth Galloway and the men’s 4x400 relay team of seniors Carl Smith and Nick Brattain, junior Jerel Flournoy and sophomore Jermel Kindred qualified for All-American honors at the event. The first outdoor track meet is the Polar Bear Invitational on March 27 at Indiana Wesleyan University.

SOFTBALL

MEN’S GOLF

WOMEN’S TENNIS

INTRAMURALS

Softball ended last season with a 36-17 record, a GLVC regular season championship and an NCAA appearance. Furthermore, head coach Melissa Frost-Fisher was named the 2009-2010 GLVC “Coach of the Year.”

For this season, the team has been voted third in the 2011 GLVC Coaches Preseason Poll, despite getting five first-place votes. The Greyhounds lost two-time GLVC Player of the Year and All-American pitcher Megan Russell but returning senior outfielder Jamie Keltz, an All-Region honoree and team leader in homeruns, hits, runs and steals. The team’s first home game is March 20 against GLVC opponent Rockhurst University.

The Greyhound golfers’ 2009-2010 season saw a second-place finish in the GLVC conference tournament and a tenth-place finish at the NCAA Super Regionals, falling just short of the NCAA Championships.

Seth Fair moved on individually and placed fourth overall at the NCAA Championships.

A two-time all-region honoree, Fair’s 2010 graduation will be the Greyhound’s biggest loss as the already pro-golfer leaves the team with some big shoes to fill. Despite this loss, the Greyhounds had a strong fall season with top ten finishes in all five of their tournaments.

Their first 2011 tournament will be Feb. 27 March 1 in Orlando, Fla.

The women’s tennis team ended their 2009-2010 campaign with a 12-4 record and a first-round loss in the GLVC conference tournament. The 2010-2011 fall season saw the women’s team compete in the USTA/ ITA Regionals where sophomore Rachel Barger won the Singles B Bracket Consolation Championship, and the doubles team of juniors Maggie Ashby and Alena Perez-Majul took the Doubles A Consolation Championship. The women’s team opened its 2011 campaign against Grand Valley State University on Feb. 5 at the UIndy Tennis Center where they fell 9-0 to the No. 15 ranked Lakers.

They continue their season Feb. 26.

New intramural sports, conducted by Student Affairs, will soon be underway at the University of Indianapolis. Available to all students, intramurals are a great way to relieve stress and to participate in team sports. Intramural basketball, whose application deadline was Feb. 2, will begin in a few short weeks.

Additional activities include ultimate frisbee, indoor soccer, a 3v3 basketball tournament, a wiffleball tournament and a golf outing. With the addition of the new Athletic Recreation Center, more space will be available for use by intramural sports teams. For more information, visit their Facebook page, Intramurals @ UIndy.

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Former athletic legends pass away

By Bob Helfst NEWS EDITOR Two University of Indianapolis athletic legends passed away recently.

George Crowe, a Major League Baseball player and one of the first AfricanAmerican UIndy athletes passed away on Jan. 18, at the age of 89.

Crowe, a 1943 University of Indianapolis, then called Indiana Central College (ICC), graduate was a three-sport athlete, playing basketball and baseball and running track for the Greyhounds.

He earned 12 varsity letters in the three sports during his time at the university.

He was Indiana’s first high school Mr. Basketball in 1939, an honor at a time when big-time college athletics were typically segregated.

Ralph Davis, a 1942 University of Indianapolis graduate, remembered the charged climate of the time.

“When the team would stop to eat, some restaurants wouldn’t serve them because there was a black man on the team,” Davis said.

While this blatant racism would anger some, Crowe maintained his composure.

“George was a perfect gentleman who took everything in stride,”Davis said.“He was a very quiet man.”

Following his final semester, Crowe was drafted and served in the army from 1943 to 1946. During his service, he participated the sports clubs.

After the war, Crowe played professional basketball for seven years, spending part of the time with the New York Rens, the first African American-owned, all-African-American basketball team.

He also played for the Los Angeles Red Devils and the Harlem Yankees.

Crowe then moved to MLB in 1952, spending his rookie year with the Boston Braves. He also played for the Milwaukee Brewers, the Cincinnati Reds and the St. Louis Cardinals.

When he retired in 1961, Crowe had tallied 702 games, 81 home runs, 299 RBIs and a career .270 batting average.

“He was probably one of the best

athletes to go through the school,” Davis said. “It’s certainly a star in the crown of this university.”

Bill Bright ‘54, a UIndy baseball legend, former basketball player, coach and longtime athletics director passed away Feb. 1.

He was 78.

Bright still holds career and season records as a pitcher, leading in career ERA and strikeouts. He also competed as a member of the men’s basketball team.

Bright was a three-time UIndy Hall of Fame inductee, once as an individual pitcher, once as a member of the 1952 baseball team and once as 1963 assistant basketball coach.

Following his athletic career, Bright began coaching at UIndy in 1956 as a baseball, cross country and basketball assistant coach. He eventually became head coach of baseball, basketball, cross country and softball.

Bright also was a mathematics teacher for the university.

Jeff Irvin, a 1965 ICC grad, was both coached and taught by Bright.

“He was just a young man himself when he was coaching us, so he connected with us,” Irvin said.

Irvin ran cross country underneath Bright for two seasons. He remembers Bright’s relaxed and informal relationship with his teams.

“The meets were always cordial and practices were always friendly. But he took the sport seriously and made sure we did as well,” said Irvin.

While Bright enjoyed leading his teams to success, he also made sure they succeeded in the classroom, particularly his.

“He got us into sports but got us into the classroom as well which was impressive,” Irvin said.

According to Irvin, Bright’s high standards for himself in his speech, coaching technique and behavior set him apart from most people.

“He was a coach on and off the field,” Irvin said.

Bright served as UIndy athletic director for 17 years, from 1977 to 1994.

Both Bright and Crowe remain legends in UIndy athletics, and their contributions will by remembered by many.

Photo by Junyang Sun

A UIndy swimmer practices at Ruth Lily Center. The swimming and diving team finished its regular season and awaits the GLIAC Championships beginning Feb. 9.

Swimmers dominate

By JP Sinclair BUSINESS MANAGER

The University of Indianapolis men’s and women’s swimming teams continued to dominate as each emerged victorious in a dual meet at GLIAC rival Lewis University on Jan. 29.

The No. 13 nationally ranked Greyhound women’s team won 124-77, while the No. 16 men defeated the No. 20 Flyers, 132-70.

The day started quickly for the Greyhounds as the 200 medley relay team of juniors Meghan Donahue and Jaclyn Luscomb, sophomore Ashlee Fishburn and freshman Julia Madeira won in 1:50.04.

“Lewis has some good swimmers but as far as depth goes, the results were expected,” said head coach Gary Kinkead. “Lewis’ stars are more favorable in the single events.”

Right behind the first squad in the event was the medley relay team of juniors Stephanie Steider, Vicki

Galiamoutsa, sophomore Alex Norris and freshman Regina Perez, with a time of 1:55.90. The quick start in the medley relay gave UIndy a head start on the day.

Sophomore Maura Donahue had the top time in the 1,000 free at 10:39.77 and also in the 100 free at 53.96. Other notables on the women’s side included Madeira in the 200 free at 1:57.95, junior Kristin Howdyshell in the 100 fly at 1:01.36 and Meghan Donahue in the 100 back at 1:01.46.

Freshman Amber Cooper came into the event fresh after being named the GLIAC Athlete of the Week for her performance in January.

Cooper finished third in the 100 yard fly with a time of 29.26, second in the 100 yard breast with a time of 32.14 and third in the 200-yard individual medley.

“I was excited. I didn’t know about it until everybody told me,” Cooper said.

“When I found out I really didn’t believe it. To be a freshman, it makes me excited to see what I can do later on in my collegiate career.”

The men also got a solid start on the

day with their relay wins.

In the 200 medley, the team of freshmen Nir Posner, Musaffer Demitras, senior Seth Smoker and sophomore Aviv Sela won in 1:36.98. Freshman Bruno Barbosa, sophomores Nikolas Aresti and Justin Klopp and junior Guy Kogel teamed together to win the 200 free relay in 1:26.54.

On the individual side, the men also garnered wins from Kogel in the 200 free with a time of 1:44.22 and the 100 fly with a time of 51.56.

“I didn’t expect us to get first, second and third in the 100 fly event,” Kinkead said.“Kogel was fourth or fifth in nationals last year, so that first-place finish was no surprise.”

The men dominated the 100 fly event, grabbing the top, second and third places with Kogel, Smoker and Klopp, respectively.

This was the final regular season meet for the Greyhounds as they are off until Feb. 9-12 when they head to Jenison, Mich., for the 2010-2011 GLIAC Championships.

Indoor track season begins with success

By Stephanie Snay MANAGING EDITOR

Grad Fair Wed., Feb. 23 (10am-3pm) & Thur., Feb. 24 (1pm-6pm) in Schwitzer

The University of Indianapolis track and field teams competed on Feb. 5 at the IU Hoosier Invitational and Division II Challenge at Findlay with portions of the team participating in each meet.

At the Findlay meet, the men’s 4x400meter relay team of seniors Nick Brittain and Carl Smith, junior Jerel Flournoy and sophomore Jermel Kindred ran an NCAA Provisional qualifying mark of 3:19.72.The time currently places them seventh in all Division II programs.

At the IU Hoosier Invitational, Senior Matt Royer, the back-to-back GLVC Field Athlete of the Week winner, won the weight throw with a mark of 19.45 meters. Freshman Zach Little took first place in the high jump at 2.00 meters.

For the women, sophomore Valerie Wagner took first place in the long jump at 5.38 meters.

Sophomore Kathleen Watson finished first in the weight throw with a toss of 14.40 meters and second in the shot put with a mark of 12.92 meters.

The Greyhounds competed Jan. 29 with part of the team traveling to the Indiana Wesleyan Invitational and the rest heading to the IU Relays.

Freshman Blaze Hurley won the pole vault with a jump of 4.25 meters and Royer again took first in shot put with a throw of 15.84 meters and in the weight throw with 18.95 meters at the Indiana Wesleyan Invitational.

At the IU Relays, the women’s 4x400meter relay team of senior Kierra Allen, juniors Delta Martin and Angelique McNeal and sophomore Haley Miller broke the UIndy record and finished in the top 10 with the time of 3:53.22 which provisionally-qualified them for the NCAA Championships.

At the annual Wabash Little Giant Invitational on Jan. 23, Watson led the Greyhound women’s team, winning the shot put with a throw of 11.98 meters

and taking second place in weight throw with 13.70 meters.

The UIndy 4x200 meter relay team of Brittain, Flournoy, Kindred and sophomore Robert Gardner won with a time of 1:29.39 and also ran the top two times in the 4x400 meter relay. Sophomore Jacob Aldrich won pole vault with 15 meters while sophomores Royer and Shane Wyant won first and second in shot put, respectively.

According to senior Chelsea Chang and head coach Scott Fangman, one of their struggles is not having a place to practice.

“We currently practice in five different places throughout the city and state,”said Coach Fangman.“We literally go to other universities so that we can practice, and because of the cost we have to limit their practice. It’s like taking a class with only the textbook, but no instruction. You can learn, but so much of it is truly left up to your God-given ability.”

However, with the new dome, the indoor track team will have a place to practice in the future, which will wield enormous benefits according to Chang and Fangman.

“They’ll now be able to be coached in a mannered way that they’ve deserved,” said Fangman.

UIndy will also be able to host indoor meets once the surface is down.

Fangman and Chang both have the same goals for the season: to win conference on both men and women’s side for indoor and outdoor track.

“Since our team is bigger, we have a lot of opportunities to gain extra points,” said Chang. “I would love UIndy to do a sweep in men and women’s indoor and outdoor.”

The Greyhounds continue their season on Feb. 12 at the Hoosier Hills Open and on Feb. 13 at the DePauw Indoor Invitational.

The University of Indianapolis indoor track team runs from the first Saturday in December and goes through spring break.

Outdoor track will start a week later after nationals.

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