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Expanded travel ban's impact Indianapolis immigration communities are most affected by expanded ban

By Noah Fields

ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR President Donald Trump issued in January Presidential Proclamation 9983, expanding his initial travel ban that took effect on June 26, 2018. The new expansion, which took effect on Feb. 22, restricts citizens from Nigeria, Myanmar, Eritrea and Kyrgyzstan from obtaining permanent visas to work or live in the United States, according to USA Today.

Citizens from Sudan and Tanzania were made ineligible for the diversity visa program, which is designed to diversify the immigrant population in the U.S. by choosing applicants from countries with lower immigration rates, according to USA Today.

The initial travel ban took effect following several changes due to court challenges, according to the State Department’s website. The ban denied visas to citizens of seven countries: Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, Venezuela and North Korea, according to Politico.

Chad was originally on the list, but it was removed before the newest version went into effect.

The ban does not affect international students at the University of Indianapolis because it does not directly affect student visas, according to Associate Provost for International Engagement and Chief International Officer Jodie Ferise.

Ferise said that Indianapolis immigrant communities, including those who have come through refugee advocacy and resettlement agencies, almost undoubtedly have felt the impact of the ban, however. Some of the refugees who have come through those agencies have been UIndy students, Ferise said.

“Here in this office, we do absolutely everything we can to create a supportive and welcoming environment for [international students],” Ferise said.

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UIndy announces coronavirus task force

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“We hope that nothing ever happens to not affect refugees, the ban could still jeopardize the ability [for immigrants] affect their family members, Varga said. to come in as students.”

“If you’re a refugee, and you’re already One of the refugee advocacy and here, and you’re filing [a visa] for a family resettlement agencies that is located member that’s still in Burma [Myanmar] in Indianapolis … it’s going is Exodus to be really R e f u g e e difficult for Immigration. that to happen “I don't think there's The agenc y if they’re not a any real reason provides social refugee status,” ser vices to Varga said. for it [the bans]." refugees who The recent have been travel ban is invited to the one of multiple United States, according to UIndy policies intended to put U.S. immigration alumnus and Executive Director of programs on hold, Varga said. He said Exodus Refugee Immigration Cole that these bans and similar policies Varga. Even though the travel ban does exist to put more immigrants at risk, are

discriminatory in nature and should be rescinded immediately. “ There’s nothing besides the xenophobic whim of President Trump that created these policies in the first place,”Varga said.“So I don’t think there’s any real reason for it.”

Varga said that presidents in recent history have approved of allowing citizens to travel to the U.S. from the banned countries. He said that Trump is differentiating himself from previous presidents in that way is unfair.

“We’re a very welcoming country historically,” Varga said. “Limiting immigrants, limiting people based on their race or based on their religion, is not part of our history, and it shouldn’t be any longer.”

As the number of COVID-19 coronavirus cases continues to rise worldwide, the University of Indianapolis will be forming a COVID-19 task force, Universrity President Robert Manuel announced in an email on a Feb. 29 to the UIndy community. The university will also no longer be supporting travel to high-risk areas as determined by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those areas include China, Italy, Iran, Japan and South Korea, Manuel said.

There have been 71 confirmed or presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 reported in the U.S. as of Feb. 29, according to CNN. Forty-four of those cases were people who were on the Diamond Princess cruise ship, three were repatriated from China and 24 of the cases originated in the U.S., according to CNN. Worldwide, there are more than 85,000 cases and more than 2,900 deaths as of March 1, according to CNN. On Feb. 29, the first death in the U.S. was reported in Washington state, according to the CDC. The task force was created as part of Manuel’s plan to manage UIndy’s response to the virus, Manuel said.

COVID-19’s spread has presented considerable challenges to the UIndy community and the people they serve.

The plan will ensure the university has a responsibility to the potential impacts of the virus on the UIndy community, he said.

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UIndy officially debuts Gender Center

By Whitney Black STAFF WRITER

The University of Indianapolis now has a gender center that will encourage conversation and action involving sex, sexual orientation and gender issues.

UIndy officially launched the Gender Center on Feb. 20. The Gender Center is located in Schwitzer Student Center, Room 208C. Laura Merrifield Wilson, assistant professor of political science and pre-law advisor, is one of the main coordinators of the Gender Center and is a member of the 2019-2020 Gender Center Committee.

She said that the Gender Center is a place for unifying the community in relations to gender and gender issues.

“We are going to have community programming, we are going to bring community partners on campus and also get students off campus working on these issues,”Wilson said. “We will work on advocacy, supporting certain policies and adapting to change. We also want to encourage gender research.”

About a year ago, the Gender Center started off as a conversation between faculty, Wilson said. Some faculty members noticed UIndy did not have a centralized place for discussions about gender like other campuses.

The Gender Center is a place that will host many events involving gender,

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University President Robert Manuel speaks at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Gender Center on Feb. 20. The Gender Center is located in Schwitzer Student Center, Room 208C.

sex and sexual orientation, Wilson said.

Anyone who is a part of the UIndy community can utilize the Gender Center as a unifier to discuss and get involved with gender issues. The center can help support current initiatives and inspire future ones, according to Wilson.

“Certainly, letting people know

there is a place to have these kinds of conversations, and not just conversations, but to incite action,” Wilson said. “We have a lot of great groups doing things in terms of women's issues, but a lot of the time they are not in conversations with each other, because sometimes they do not know what else is going on.”

Director of Service-Learning and

Community Engagement Marianna Foulkrod is also a member of the 2019-2020 Gender Center Committee.

Foulkrod said there are many values within the center, such as the opportunities for outside engagement and on-campus events. “ We want to be an inclusive institution. We want all of our students

to feel like they have a strong sense of belonging,” Foulkrod said. “We also want to make sure we are promoting and enhancing educational opportunities and experiences for our students.

We want to make sure they have opportunities to inform others and share information about their experience and perception.”

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Incarceration may occur from proposed solutions to crime

By Tony Reeves

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT The city of Indianapolis has a violent crime problem, specifically with homicides and gun violence. During the first two months of 2020, there have been 34 homicides as of The Reflector press time. Last year through Feb. 16, 2019 there were 16 homicides according to The Indianapolis Star. This increase in the number of murders this year is unacceptable and unfortunately has been a trend for the city.This year, Indianapolis has implemented new strategies to mitigate the violence, but these are only going to exacerbate already existing issues involving people of color and their disproportionate incarceration rate.

Reported violent crimes have increased f rom 10,768 in 2014 to 11,907 in 2016 in Indianapolis, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Uniform Crime Report.

Also,thenumber of homicides committed in Indianapolis has increased from 136 in 2014 to 162 in 2018, according to the FBI’s UCR. The program has not released a full 2019 report as of Reflector press time. This year’s homicide rate, so far, is nearly double 2019’s rate. This trend is dangerous.

Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and the U.S.District Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Indiana have noticed this trend.

“There is at least one variable that is common to most homicides: a gun,” Hogsett said in a press conference on Feb. 19. He also announced a series of new strategies he is hoping will curb the violence and homicides. Increasing policing in the city is one of these strategies.

While I am glad that officials are taking steps to address the violence problem, my concern is that the practices and the way officials are going about this could lead to a larger incarceration of people of color, specifically black males in Indianapolis. I believe that Indianapolis will see people of color being arrested at higher rates for crimes that are not gun- or violence-related.

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to a decrease in civilian complaints of major crimes.

According to a website with great statistics, PrisonPolicy.org, which obtained its information from the 2010 U.S. census: Indiana already has a higher incarceration for both jail and prison rate than the United States average. Not only that, but people of color already are overrepresented in prisons, especially black people. For every 100,000 black people in Indiana, 2,814 are incarcerated.

For every 100,000 white people in Indiana, only 542 are incarcerated. This is despite the fact that black people make up only 9% of the population of the state compared to 82% of the population being white.

A study published in the August 2019 issue of the Ethnic and Racial Studies journal attributes the disproportionate incarceration rate to skin tone.

According to this study, the darker skin tone a person has, the more likely he or she is to be arrested and jailed.

According to the Indianapolis Star, black males are four times more likely to be the victims of criminal homicides.

Hogsett plans to increase police presence in neighborhoods with large black populations because those are the locations of the majority of the criminal homicides in Indianapolis.

This leads me to believe that the officials’ only choice is to watch Graphic by Noah Crenshaw the demographics of those against whom crimes are being 30% black people, Center township committed, which is predominantly is 35% and Warren township is 36%, black males. according to censusreporter.org, which While this may lead to a decrease used data from the 2018 census. in violent crime, I fear that it is just While increasing patrols may make going to exacerbate Indiana’s already these areas safer, a side effect of the disproportionate prison populations. increased police presence will be an Indianapolis has a gun and violence increase in the arrest rates of people of problem that needs to be addressed. color, especially black people in these I am glad the city officials are doing townships. something about the situation, but it According to a Washington Post article is going to give rise to other issues the about “broken window policing.”It is the state already faces. Indianapolis already concept of small quality-of-life violations, awards grants based on evidence-based, keeps neighborhoods safe from more violence-prevention services, and I serious crimes, but overwhelmingly believe the city should allocate additional targets minority communities and police resources toward these grants. are more likely to arrest and use force on If Mayor Hogsett and the city invest blacks and Latinos. more in these grants, then gun violence The same article found that less in Indianapolis will decline without the policing during a New York City Police increased incarceration of people of color.

Department slowdown has actually led District of Indiana Joshua Minkler said during the Feb. 19 press conference that the motives and the relationships between victims and suspects are unknown, and in some cases crimes are spontaneous.

Hogsett wants to increase the policing of specific neighborhoods and complexes.

Most of the homicides committed in Indianapolis from 2014 to 2018 were committed in Wayne, Center and Warren townships, according to the Indianapolis Star article “These six graphics help explain Indianapolis’homicide problem.”

The population of Wayne township is

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UIndy Entertainment Outlook is a bi-weekly column written from a college student's perspective on topics of entertainment and pop culture.

This week, Gerling discusses the importance of ending TV shows. to the series. However, two more seasons followed, and even Rainn Wilson, who ART DIRECTOR played another one of “The Office”’s most important characters, agreed that the series was “wonky” from that point onward, according to an article At the end of a long day of classes in HuffPost. and work, a favorite hobby of many Creator of the aforementioned shows University of Indianapolis students is “The Office” and “The Good Place,” to sit down with Netflix, Hulu or some Schur explained why he decided to cap other streaming service and watch some “The Good Place” at four seasons in a shows. It’s no secret that one of the tweet: most popular is “The Office.” According “Given the ideas we wanted to explore, to the Chicago Tribune, that program and the pace at which we wanted to was Netflix’s most-viewed show in the present those ideas, I began to feel like summer of 2019. four seasons—just over 50 episodes—was It’s almost impossible for me to go the right lifespan. a day without hearing another student “At times over the past few years we've refer to “The Office,” either to one of its been tempted to go beyond four seasons, infamous recurring gags or one of its but mostly because making this show is most memorable moments. a rare, creatively fulfilling joy, and at the However, it’s also difficult to come end of the day, we don't want to tread across someone who doesn’t think that water just because the water is so warm the show should have ended after a major and pleasant.” character left at the conclusion of the This thought process spared “The seventh season.

Good Place” f rom ever having to People offer a lot of different reasons experience the drought that “The Office” why they think the last two seasons of did.

“The Office” are inferior to the rest of the On the other hand, in the previously series, but the core idea is that the show mentioned HuffPost article, Wilson said simply went on longer than it should have. that it was the cast members that initiated Meanwhile, another show producer the end of “The Office,” not anyone on Michael Schur worked on finished its the production team. run on the air: “The Good Place,” ended According to the HuffPost, “Wilson after only four seasons, despite incredible said he approached producers along ratings (such as receiving higher than with Jenna Fischer, John Krasinski a 90% for each season on Rotten and Ed Helms Tomatoes). and asked to Make no end the show mistake, the on a high note show was not The primary reason for after nine canceled, but any show to end is for the seasons rather rather ended than letting it purposefully. sake of its narrative. slowly ‘peter The plot of out.’”

“The Office” is Between about a group 2013 and 2016, the end of “The Office” of coworkers with eccentric personalities and the beginning “The Good Place," experiencing turmoil within their something must have changed as Schur business and interpersonal relationships. realized the importance of not stretching The plot of “The Good Place” is about a a narrative, which allowed “The Good group of unique individuals overcoming Place” to achieve great success and tell chaos in the afterlife. a much greater story. Both shows have Although wildly different each is an overarching narrative, each episode incredibly entertaining in its own way. serving to further some sort of plot.

Looking past the obvious differences I’ve laughed and cried while watching in the story lines of these shows, how both “The Office” and “The Good Place” both shows, and both have left me with a lasting impression. But the way the reached their respective conclusions is two shows managed their stories left the the best possible demonstration of the biggest impact on me. importance of ending a television series.

After watching “The Good Place” I The primary reason for any show to can walk away enlightened and inspired, end is for the sake of its narrative. with tears in my eyes ready to do Once the plot has wrapped up, that something like write this column. From should be that; the show has served watching “The Office,” I walk away with its purpose and sent its message in some good memories and some good the strongest way it could. If the show laughs, but with a bad aftertaste. continues after this point, it only blurs the What I ask is that directors and picture it already has painted, obscuring creators of other shows follow in the the intended theme. Unfortunately, that footsteps of Schur, and approach their was the fate of “The Office.” show with knowledge that one day they Whether “The Office” ever actually are going to need to end. intended to end is unclear. Looking That way, they can pace the story back at the finale of the seventh season properly and conclude things in the most explains why consensus exists that the appropriate way. series should have ended there: not only That way, their audiences can walk does a major character leave, but this away from their work knowing what character also concludes a personal arc has been gained. by accepting that he is capable of more That way, they can leave a lasting, and made the major decision to leave to positive impact. pursue the family he has always desired.

That way, they can successfully send a This decision leaves the rest of the message and have a chance of changing cast with inspiration to pursue greater people, or even the world. things, which would serve as a fitting end

By Ethan Gerling

NCAA was correct to prohibit student-athletes from betting

By Cameron Blankenship STAFF WRITER

As of Feb. 28, 2020, actionnetwork. com reported 20 total states, including Indiana, and Washington D.C. have legalized betting in sports. Eight more are projected to be legalized in 2020, including Florida and Kentucky, actionnetwork.com reported. The topic of sports betting can be tricky because it gives fans and wealthy figures the power of attempting to fix games. But the NCAA, an amateur sports organization, refuses to lift its ban for student-athletes to engage in sports betting, and rightfully so. The NCAA does not let its athletes bet money or any item of value on any level of sporting event. This restriction of sports betting includes professional or collegiate athletics in which a person wagers money or something of value, according to the NCAA. From what I’ve seen, sports betting has grown a lot among younger adults. I also use betting

applications, as gambling now is easily accessible through phone applications.

But student-athletes have to be content with not partaking for the sake of a fair game. The ability to alter a game from within is something that student-athletes have some control over. They should not let money drive them to cheat. I agree with the NCAA’s policy, despite being someone who likes to bet on athletics.

Even if one is against the NCAA’s ruling, one should understand that for the sake of an honest game, it's necessary. There are many ways that players can throw the game if they are paid the right price.

Overall, bets are fine until the ethical line is crossed by fixing a game, especially when it can be traced back to a player, whether that player is professional or amateur.

These student-athletes should refrain from gambling in the first place until they leave these teams. This should be seen as respect for their team and commitment to the program: No one wants to be seen as the cheater.

Graphic by Tony Reeves

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Waste on UIndy's campus

Project calculated university's trash output, amount of recycling on campus

By Jacob Walton SPORTS EDITOR & CO-PHOTO EDITOR

The University of Indianapolis could be saving up to nine thousand dollars by making changes to waste management and recycling procedures, according to a research project done by the Supply Chain Management 386 class.

Students in the course at the UIndy School of Business were presented with an applied business project as a way to help them learn, according to Assistant Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management Craig Seidelson.

The class was divided into two teams, one that did research over recycling and one over waste management, according to Seidelson. He said the project was for the students to research and investigate the recycling and waste management processes on campus.

According to Seidelson, the course can be a dry subject and hard to teach, but this project gave the students an opportunity to apply what they are using in the class into a real world setting. It was the class that decided on the issue of rec yc ling and waste management on campus, he said.

The class then partnered with the UIndy Sustainability Committee and Facilities Management to research and find information on waste production and recycling throughout campus, according to Seidelson.

“The students, when they did their analysis of the waste generation on campus, the recycling on campus, they presented their results not only to the manager of the grounds, but also to the Sustainability Committee,” Seidelson said. “The Sustainability Committee took part in the grading. They were listening to what the students were presenting and determining if they felt the students understood the issues of sustainability, trash generation and how much recycling is being done.”

Issac Bush, junior supply chain management and finance double major said that understanding and acquiring the data was one of the hardest parts of the project. Bush was the leader of the

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Occupational therapy faculty attend conference in Ukraine In October 2019, Brenda Howard, assistant professor of occupational therapy and interim master of occupational therapy program director, Rebecca Barton, associate professor of occupational therapy and OTD academic fieldwork coordinator, Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy Jennifer Fogo and UIndy alumna Olya Mangusheva attended the First International Conference on Occupational Therapy in Kyiv, Ukraine. Occupational therapists from all over the world presented to 400 people in attendance about topics such as pediatrics, geriatrics, neurological recovery, and educational programming, according to Intercom.

Brenda Howard to chair national occupational therapy ethics commission

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Students who worked on the sustainability project for the School of Business' Supply Chain Management 386 course taught by Assistant Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management Craig Seidelson toured Ray's Recycling to learn about UIndy's waste.

recycling side of the project. He said it have to convert this volume to general took 12 weeks for the team to acquire tonnage and pounds so that we could all the necessar y data and then use that data.” another six weeks for them to analyze Bush said that his favorite part of and prepare it for presentation. working on the project was being able Bush said that Ray’s Recycling to apply the concepts from the class. did not track the amount of recycling He said that it was nice to be able to that they took work on from UIndy’s something that campus,so they UIndy should “... there were a lot of had to find a care about. way to get the recyclable materials inside to According i n f o r m a t i on Seidelson, they needed. the recycling of trash dumpsters...” “ W e team found would go to that students the recycling on campus dumpsters before pickups ever y are not doing a good enough job Tuesday and Thursday….” Bush said. when it comes to sorting the recyclables “Then we would measure and analyze and non-recyclables. He said that what percentage [they were] full it is costing the university money and and use that to calculate the volume that it is cheaper to have that it took up. And then later recyclables taken away rather than in some of our analysis, we would non-recyclables.

For the waste management side of the project, the results showed that UIndy is also losing money with the way it handles its waste, according to Seidelson.

One of the solutions offered to the board was to change the schedule of trash pick ups on campus as they found bins were not full when picked up, he said. According to the presentation given to the S ustainabilit y Committee, the university could save over $9,000 by removing dumpsters at Cory Bretz, Central and Cravens halls. “ We found that there were a lot of recyclable materials inside of trash dumpsters, which is a waste of money” Seidelson said. “Besides the impact of the environment, it’s a waste of money because the university pays less to have recyclables taken away.”

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Manuel said that the CDC’s list of high-risk areas is subject to change and that the UIndy community should monitor the CDC’s “COVID-19 information for Travelers” website.

If members of the community have university-related travel plans to the areas on the CDC list, they should work with their supervisors to determine if they need to make alternate plans, he said.

As of Feb. 29, the CDC has issued Level 3 Travel Health Notices for China, Iran, Italy and South Korea, recommending that travelers avoid all nonessential travel to those areas, according to the CDC. The entry of foreign nationals from China and Japan has also been suspended, according to the CDC. The CDC has also issued a Level 2 Travel Health Notice for Japan, which means that Japan is undergoing “sustained community transmission” of a respiratory illness caused by COVID-19 that can spread from person to person, according to the CDC. Under Level 2, the CDC recommends that older adults and those with chronic medical conditions should consider postponing nonessential travel to those areas.

UIndy’s COVID-19 task force will be responsible for creating a strategic plan that will protect the health and safety of the UIndy community, while also allowing the university to continue to operate as normal as possible during a potential virus outbreak, Manuel said.

The community includes the physical campus, international partner sites, students, faculty, staff neighbors, alumni and friends, he said.

The task force will be chaired by Manuel, Vice President and General Counsel Andrea Newsom and Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Neil Perdue, Manuel announced in the email. The task force will also be organized to address specific areas, such as health and public safety and academic functioning, he said.

Those specific areas will have their own chairs and UIndy has also created a “representative task force” as part of the COVID-19 task force that is composed of several campus leaders, Manuel said.

COVID-19 Task Force Areas:

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Brenda Howard, assistant professor of occupational therapy and interim master of occupational therapy program director was elected to be the next chair of the American Occupational Therapy Association’s Ethics Commission.

Howard is currently the interim chair and will become the permanent chair in July 2020, according to Intercom.

Howard will be the chair for the next three years.

Amanda Miller’s research cited in The New York Times Associate Professor of Sociology and Department Chair Amanda Miller was cited in an opinion article in The New York Times by Stephanie Coontz titled “How to Make Your Marriage Gayer.”

The research focused on how decisions over housework can affect a couple’s sexual intimacy and satisfaction in their relationship, according to Intercom.

Heidi Ewen publishes research on stress of older adults relocating Heidi Ewen, associate professor of interprofessional health & aging studies and director of the healthcare management program, published an article in the SAGE Research Methods Cases: Medicine and Health journal titled “Assessing stress in relocation using biopsychosocial mixed methods.”

The study examined the stress that older women experienced during the transition from one’s own home into an independent/assisted living senior housing community, using both quantitative and qualitative methods.

STUDENTS Graduate student featured in archeology news publication

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This a transmission electron microscopic image of an isolate from the first U.S. case of COVID-19, formerly known as 2019-nCoV. The spherical viral particles, colorized blue, contain cross-sections through the viral genome, seen as black dots.

• Municipal and local organization coordination: Chaired by Associate V i c e Pre s i d e n t o f A l u m n i Engagement Andy Kocher • Health and public safety: Chaired by University of Indianapolis Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety David Selby • C o m m u n i c a t i o n w i t h o u r communities: Chaired by Associate Vice President for Marketing and Communications Kelly Hauflaire • Academic functioning: Chaired

by Executive Vice President and Provost Stephen Kolison • Student well-being and support: Chaired by Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students Kory Vitangeli • Business operational continuity: Chaired by Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer Jason Dudich • Employee affairs: Chaired by Director of Human Resources Erin Farrell • Events and activities: Chaired by

Vice President and Secretary to the University Lara Mann Representative Task Force: • Faculty Senate President and Assistant Professor of Biology Kim Baker • Vice President for University Mission Michael Cartwright • Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer Jason Dudich • Director of Human Resources Erin Farrell • Associate Provost for International Engagement and Chief International Officer Jodie Ferise • Director of Communications & Content Strategy Sara Galer • Director of the Public Health Program and Associate Professor of Kinesiology and Public Health Heidi Hancher-Rauch • Associate Vice President for Marketing and Communications Kelly Hauflaire • Vice President and ChiefTechnology Officer Steven Herriford • Associate Vice President of Alumni

Engagement Andy Kocher • Executive Vice President and Provost Stephen Kolison • Vice President and Secretary to the University Lara Mann • University President Robert Manuel • Vice President for University Advancement Christopher Molloy • Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Neil Perdue • University of Indianapolis Chief of Police and Director of Campus Safety David Selby • Vice President and Chief Inclusion and Equity Officer Amber Smith • Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students Kory Vitangeli • Vice President of Enrollment Services Ron Wilks • Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Sue Willey The COVID-19 task force will start sending out regular updates to the UIndy community as they work on their plans and learn more about the potential impact of the virus, Manuel said.The updates are also planned to be put on myUIndy in a

Archeology graduate student Ryan Pietras was featured in an archaeology news publication for his work as part of his internship with the State of Indiana’s Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. He received his internship at DHPA after emailing several archeological programs throughout central Indiana and receiving a response from DHPA. Pietras will be digitizing archaeology film archives and creating a catalog to accompany it, according to Intercom.

CAMPUS Library Perk to have new hours beginning March 16 Perk III, which is located in the Krannert Memorial Library, will have new hours after spring break. Starting on March 16, Perk III will be open from 7 a.m. - 12 a.m. Mondays through Thursdays. The hours for Fridays and Sundays will remain the same, with the Perk III being open from 7 a.m.- 3 p.m. on Fridays and 8 p.m.- 12 a.m. on Sundays. Perk III will continue to be closed on Saturdays.

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Fountain Square library to close Library branch closing in May, Indy Reads to move into the former building

By Shayla Cabalan

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT After 26 years on Virginia Avenue, the Indianapolis Public Library Board of Trustees has approved the closing of the Fountain Square branch in May. The closure, according to Indianapolis Public Library CEO Jackie Nytes, is part of the library’s long-range plan to maximize library accessibility across Indianapolis.

The plan, which was announced in 2015, ultimately involved four major goals: enrich local desire for personal learning, strengthen neighborhoods and businesses, act as agents of innovation and maximize accessibility to the library and its services. 2020 will usher in the final year of the library’s strategic plan.

This meant some changes were needed, according to Nytes.

“As [the Indianapolis Public Library] were trying to meet the demand in the outlying areas of the county, we were closing some of the smaller libraries that have a lot of overlap in the inner city,” Nytes said. “This action with Fountain Square was consistent with our desire to try to provide better access across the whole county for our patrons.”

In addition to helping with the library’s long-term strategic plan, the closure of the Fountain Square Branch will save the library $60,000 in lease payments by leaving before their current lease expires, according to Nytes.

The closure of the Fountain Square Branch does not mean the building at 1066 Virginia Ave. will sit abandoned, however. When the library moves out, local nonprofit Indy Reads will be moving in.

Indy Reads is an organization dedicated to building literacy in Marion County. According to Indy Reads Chief Development Officer Chrissy Vasquez, most people only know Indy Reads because of its retail store on Massachusetts Ave.,but in reality the local nonprofit provides much more for the c ommunity f rom adult education

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

Photo by Jacob Walton

In May, the Fountain Square branch of the Indianapolis Public Library will be closing after 26 years on Virginia Avenue. Indy Reads will be moving into the building over the summer and will use the space as a retail store and as a informative space about their programs.

programs focused on literacy to workforce development programming.

According to Vasquez, one in six adults in Indiana read below a fifthgrade level. Because of this, Indy Reads’ mission has always focused on 100% literacy for all. The adult literacy classes offered by Indy Reads, Vasquez said, are completely free and individualized to fit the specific needs of any particular student. In their last academic year, Indy Reads was able to serve 235 students, and 72% of those students demonstrated at least one grade level gain in their reading skills.

Indy Reads hopes to continue these services when they move from their current location at 911 Massachusetts Ave. into the library’s current Fountain Square location. The space at Fountain

Square will be used primarily for the organization’s retail store, the profits of which go toward funding Indy Reads.

Indy Reads’ literacy classes will be held at Southeast Community Services, a nearby community center.

Indy Reads will still continue some of its monthly programming at its new location, such as performances and author readings, but the new space will serve as an informative location where students can take the first steps toward enrolling in classes.

Despite all the benefits of the move, Nytes said that she understands the closure of the Fountain Square branch will definitely affect some people.

Indy Reads will not be providing free computer access, which was one of the most useful features of the Fountain

colleges, baccalaureate/associates colleges, associate’s colleges, special focus institutions and tribal colleges, according to carnegieclassifications.iu.edu.

After a university receives the basic classification, any elective classification received by the Carnegie Institution is on a voluntary basis.

According to brown.edu, UIndy is one of 361 universities that have received the classification. According to Director of Service-Learning and Community Engagement Marianna Foulkrod, the Carnegie Institution requires specific criteria for universities to meet prior to awarding them with this elective.

said.

According to Foulkrod, activities on campus include getting involved with a Registered Student Organization or utilizing the curricular concentration called the Community Engagement Through Leadership and Service, which will go on a student transcript and count for curricular hours.

There is another way for students to get involved within the community, Manuel said.

“The more connected way would be to think about where you connect to our community and identify the need that’s there and come organize our community to engage that question and opportunity yourself,” Manuel said. “So [to] be a creative spark to the generation of the next opportunities in community engagement, and make that part of your gift back to the university.”

While the 2020 report just came out, Foulkrod said she is already looking ahead to the next 10 years for what needs to be accomplished. “ With the support of the administration, with the growth in the number of faculty that are teaching these classes now, with the healthy number of nonprofit partners that we work with, we are steady,” Foulkrod said. “Now it’s time to dig deeper into the critical service-learning piece and just make sure that the actual experience is one that is meaningful for our students and our faculty and those that we serve.”

Carnegie Foundation reclassifies university

By Meg Copeland STAFF WRITER

The University of Indianapolis has been rec lassified with the elective Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement by the Carnegie Foundation.

The Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement defines community engagement as universities or higher education institutions partnering with their communities to find an equally beneficial exchange in experiences and knowledge, according to brown.edu.

Carnegie recognizes the community being either a local, statewide, national and/or international community, according to brown.edu. Mar y Moore, associate provost of accreditation, assessment and educational innovations, said UIndy had to show growth this year from the original classification 10 years ago in order to be reclassified. “ I n t h e re c l a s s i fi c a t i on , we actually had to demonstrate that where we were 10 years ago, [that] we have grown beyond that,” Moore said.

The Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement can only be received after a university achieves a basic classification title, according to brown.edu. The basic classifications includes doctoral universities, master’s colleges and universities, baccalaureate

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All in all, Nytes said, Indy Reads was the best possible successor for the spot on Virginia Avenue. “[Indy Reads and the Indianapolis Public Library] are both in the business of making sure people can read,” Nytes said. “[The library has] so much enjoyed the opportunity to be at that location for the 20 some years that we've been there. We watched Fountain Square really come together as a community, and we have really valued being there for that journey.

We know that Indy Reads will be a great partner for the community going forward.”

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Hounds inside the top 25

Softball team arrives at a 18th ranking in the nation after a 8-3 season start

By Whitney Black STAFF WRITER

The University of Indianapolis softball team is ranked No. 18 in the nation after an 8-3 start to the season, according to UIndy Athletics. This has come after offensive success in a series of road trips around the country in states such as Alabama and Kentucky.

Head Softball Coach Melissa Frost said there are a lot of strengths within this team this year and they have already shown a lot of improvement so far this season. One thing that stuck out to her is the way the offense has been playing.

“I think definitely the hitting portion of our team, the offensive power has come alive,” Frost said. “But I think we are translating what we do in practice into the game. I think that is huge.”

This season the team has been carrying a .321 batting average, according to UIndy Athletics. Currently they are the third seed in the GLVC according to glvcsports.com. The team has also shown their patience at the plate buy not swinging at bad pitching, resulting in 38 walks this season.

Frost said the early season road trips help the team get a good idea of where they are at and where they want to be. In the Montevallo, Ala. road trip the team won two games and lost one and then the team then went on to win four and go undefeated on their trip to Owensberg, Ky. She said traveling also gives them a chance to scout other teams.

“I think with the early tournaments you are seeing teams you are probably going to see at the end,” Frost said. “I think that is big because you get a measure and match up of where you rate and I certainly think it gives us the opportunity to take steps forward and see where we need to be and get up to par with some of the rest of the teams.”

Junior outfielder Hanna Burris said she is excited about the season. One strength she sees within the team is how well they all work together and how they are all seen as a team and not as a group of individuals.

“Our team meshes very well. You can’t tell who is new or who is a senior.

There is no distinction. Everybody has done a great job of adjusting. We are also great at selflessness,” Burris said. “It is not easy when you want to play and someone is playing over you, but I feel like our team does a great job [of knowing] our goal is to win.

We will do whatever it takes.”

The softball team has already traveled

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UIndy Instructor among top golf trainers

By Nathan Herbst STAFF WRITER

Exercise Science Instructor Chad Odaffer has been ranked one of Golf Digest magazine’s top 50 golf fitness instructors in the United States. Odaffer is the only Indiana trainer ranked and he holds this position in addition to being a instructor at the University of Indianapolis.

“I still maintain a practice outside of the classroom so that I’m bringing those experiences that I get into the classroom,” Odaffer said.“I teach a lot of our students the practical application of how to take the science and put it to practice.”

Odaffer is a certified level three golf fitness instructor and has trained athletes at the National Institute of Fitness and Sport. He also has coached the strength and conditioning programs for the WNBA’s Indiana Fever and Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis Division I sports, according to his employer, Altered Physique Training.

As a part of his role as a trainer, he said he also works to improve the fitness of golfers at all levels, ranging from juniors to professionals.

Ac c o rd i n g t o O d a f f e r, go l f fitness is not teaching someone the basics of golf or how to swing.

Those would fall under the category of a golf teaching instructor he said. He said he starts with a full body assessment of the client in order to see what issues or needs the client has.

“It [golf fitness] is quite simply working on how well the body works in golf…,” Odaffer said. “Where golf differs [from other sports] is that we need specific ranges of motion and specific amounts of flexibility in certain parts of the body. It’s a rotational sport.”

Strength, power, flexibility and Photo contributed by UIndy Athletics

Junior infielder Gianna Iannantone starts to throw a ball to third base. Currently Iannantone is third in batting average on the team with .438 while also leading in RBIs with 16 RBI’s and four home runs. The team has only struck out 54 times this season on 302 total at bats.

this season. They have been close as Westfield Indiana. According to Frost it has been hectic, but Burris said she loves traveling.

“That [trip to Alabama] was a long bus ride.” Burris said. “But it is nice, it gives us time to sit down and we can do our homework, catch up on sleep, and it just prepares us for what we need to get

ready for the week.”

Burris said she can see the team going all the way to a championship this season.

She said that the talent is unbelievable this season.

“We have even more talent than last year and I didn’t even know that was possible,” Burris said. “We have a lot of potential. I am excited to see where

we go.”

Frost said that as long as the team continues to work hard and continues to get better through learning and making adjustments, they can have a great season. Burris said they are always having a good time in the dugout. She encourages everyone to come out and support the team.

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ODAFFER endurance are some of the most important areas Odaffer said he focuses on. He said that some of the things he trains athletes for are not unlike other sports. The main difference he said is how roationaly focused golf is compared to other sports. His expertise is on getting athletes in peak shape for them to perform successfully. He said golf is a skill driven sport.

According to Odaffer, golf fitness is a relatively new field. He said he got started with it in 2006 when it was still in the early stages.

“I got in on the ground level,”Odaffer said. “I would say the two main things are putting myself out there to begin with and trying to work with as many people as I could: taking time to build a reputation [and] taking the opportunity to do speaking engagements so people get to know you.”

But ultimately, Odaffer said his achievements came alongside those of his clients. As they improved in skill, this shone positively on his efforts as a trainer.

“Probably the overarching thing is that I’ve had golfers that I’ve helped who have had success,” Odaffer said. “Success as a fitness professional is not how well I create a program or how hard I can push you but ultimately it’s what I do to help you [my clients] to be successful.

If my clients are successful then those are my successes.”

These successes not only reflect on Odaffer’s work, but on the quality of the programs as well, according to Lisa Hicks, Chair of the Kinesiology Department.

She said that it is always nice when faculty get recognized for the work they do.

“It shows that the University of Indianapolis is a key player in the exercise science field, especially when it comes to application,” Hicks said.

Both Hicks and Odaffer agree that this is also quite important for the students to understand what it is like to be a professional.

“It’s a good example for students to show applied profession and practice …,” Hicks said. “It helps students understand what they can do with a degree in exercise science.”

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Student drops clothing line

Sophomore psychology major Shayla Miles released her new clothing line Hustlas Mentality in February. She poses with her friend, junior communication major, Tyshara Loynes. She hopes to drop another clothing line in March.

Miles released Hustlas Mentality LLC clothing line, sold out in first four days after launching

By Taylor Strnad

BUSINESS MANAGER Sophomore psychology major Shayla Miles launched her own clothing line, Hustlas Mentality, on Feb. 14. On Feb. 17, only four days after the launch, Miles said that she sold out.

The idea for the design comes from a certain mentality of hers, according to Miles. She said that behind the name of the company is the idea that if there is something someone wants to do, then they have to go get it.

“Ever since I was younger, I wanted to produce clothes and make people feel good about themselves in a different way,” Miles said. “You have to have that

mentality to go do it… whether that’s starting a hair business, doing nails or lashes. A mentality to grind and do it.”

Miles said she has been working on this clothing line since November 2019.

One day after work, Miles said she had the realization that she was tired of working for people, and her sister suggested that she start a business.

According to Miles, in order to start her business she needed to obtain her Limited Liability Company. An LLC is the simplest way to structure a business to protect personal assets, according to howtostartanllc.com. Having an LLC makes a business more credible and according to How to start an LLC’s website, it also protects the business from

lawsuits and other legal actions.

“It took me three hours. I came up with the idea and paid for my LLC and the whole month of November I was thinking of things I could do,”Miles said.

“When January came... I was like, ‘Okay, I got it, I know what I’m going to do.’”

Miles said that everything was finalized in January this year, and she decided February was when she would launch the line.

“It was the perfect time because it’s the perfect gift for anyone, males or females, because of the colorplay in my logo,” Miles said.

While pursuing a degree in psychology, Miles said that it has been helpful in creating her business. According to Miles,

specifically with Admissions when they do preview days. When we have students coming on campus to explore a major here, we like to try to get Grady to some of those...”

Grady has some limitations because he is a Greyhound, according to Sigman.

He is unable to sit comfortably like most dogs, so making sure Grady gets his rest is one of the most important things, Sigman said. When Grady has extremely busy days, she tries to let him rest the next day, she said.

side of Grady... my dogs teach him how to play.”

Seth said that Grady is a very low maintenance dog which he demonstrated the first time he was introduced to their other dogs. He said that within five minutes, all three dogs were off their leashes and playing together.

“The longer we’ve had him, the more we get to see his personality,” Seth said.

“He’s learning how to be a dog, finally, away from the track.”

Along with his in-person responsibilities, Grady also has a presence on various social media platforms. Sigman said she is responsible for helping build his brand and image. She said that a large part of the posts and pictures that are made are from her because she is with Grady the majority of the time.

“There is a team of people, with the help of marketing and communications that take on some of the bigger things in the more branded look and feel to Grady,” Sigman said. “He has his own look. He has his own feel. He has his own voice that we want to make sure [that] we adhere to and [we want to] build up his persona on campus.”

Sigman said that she hopes Grady will hopefully stay a part of her dog family after retiring. She said that the program is a pilot and that they have modeled it off of programs from other schools.

“When the time comes to retire Grady from his mascot duties, we want to make sure that he has a good life after being a mascot too,”Sigman said.“When that time comes, we will consider new handlers for a new dog. Now I can’t tell you... if I will become that handler or if I’ll even throw my name into the bag for that... because my focus is on Grady.”

Living with Grady

By Jacob Walton SPORTS EDITOR & CO-PHOTO EDITOR

C. Greyson Veritas, otherwise known as Grady, has already established himself as a beloved member of the University of Indianapolis community. However, students only see Grady when he is on campus and working and not when he is home being a normal dog. Associate Director of Alumni Engagement Coran Sigman is Grady’s handler and she said that adding Grady into her schedule felt like an extension of her job.

“When he’s relaxing, I’m able to work on emails, media, event registration type pages and everything,” Sigman said.“But it’s also nice because I know when he starts getting antsy that [it means] alright, let’s switch to Grady mode.... What’s really great is that Grady defines my busy day.”

According to Sigman, being Grady’s handler is a one person job, but she has some help along the way. She said she is able to rely on those in the Alumni Engagement office to watch Grady when she has work and he cannot be with her. Sigman said that her daily schedule is planned around Grady and what he needs to do.

“He gets me up in the morning [and] he gets very excited to come to work.

Often, I feel a wet little nose on my hand. That lets me know, ‘Okay, it’s time to get up and get ready,’” Sigman said.

“Depending on how the day looks, we’ll either come directly to the office where he can finish his breakfast, take a quick nap, chill and just get used to the day.

Sometimes, we’ll have 8:00 a.m. events

“He’s learning how to be a dog, finally, away from the track.”

“The word ‘live’ in front of live mascot is super important for people to remember,” Sigman said. “He’s going to have those recharging needs that any live animal’s going to need.”

Even though Grady is a large part of campus, he is learning to be a normal dog, according to Sigman’s husband, Seth Sigman, who is a UIndy Police Officer. Every day, Grady comes home and lives with the Sigmans along with their two other dogs Duke and Rogue.

Sigman said that she has always been a dog lover and it is great to have Grady join her dog family.

“He’s really great with my other dogs and my other dogs are really great with him,”Sigman said.“Grady was a working dog for the first two years of his life....

Now he gets to be a dog, a pet, a family member. My dogs helped bring out that

Photo by Tony Reeves

Freshmen marketing and graphic design major Bailey Hodgin and english education major Carey Scott pose for a picture with Grady on Valentines Day. There were also cards featuring Grady and art supplies students could use to decorate the cards to give to others.

it has helped her because she understands the psychology behind how people think and what is going to sell.

“Because of color play and how people wear the clothes… the people I target with my shirts and my logo, I know people are going to buy it because of the colors,” Miles said. “Psychology has helped me put everything together.”

While this is only the beginning for Hustlas Mentality, she said that she has learned a lot from this first drop.

“Right now I’m currently working on a website, so everybody can just go through the website and do it that way and I can just ship packages out,” Miles said.

She has high expectations for the growth of her business, and now that it is

growing, Miles can expand her products to more than just shirts. A customer of hers, Bishr Jones said she found out about her products through Instagram.

“I am definitely looking forward to what she has in store, I have even been keeping up with her through Instagram as she keeps her supporters updated,” Jones said.

Miles said that her family and friends are proud of her for what she has done up to this point and she hopes that the company will continue to expand.

“It’s uplifted me in a way that I can’t explain,” Miles said. “It felt so good to release a clothing line during Black History Month.”

Graphic by Noah Fields

Photo by Brett Pinna

The Perk I in UIndy’s Schwitzer Student Center is now branded with and serves El Parche coffee products. Their products are also served at over 20 locations in the Chicago area.

New coffee brand at Perk I

By Noah Fields

ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR After multiple changes in coffee companies including Starbucks and Metropolis Coffee Company, El Parche now supplies their coffee products to the Perk I in Schwitzer Student Center.

Husband and wife Patrick Meyer and Natalia Cruz co-founded El Parche.

The Cruz side of the family, along with other coffee growers in the Restrepo Columbia, began a cooperative to grow coffee throughout Colombia in 1961, according to a presentation provided

by Meyer.

“The Cruz family has been very active in politics, coffee and they’re a proud family of lawyers and folks that stand up for the local Columbians,” Meyer said.

Meyers said that El Parche roast, process and package their coffee at origin.

This differs from the vast majority of the coffee industry, which buy unroasted green coffee in bulk and ship the coffee elsewhere to be processed and packaged, Meyer said. Producing finished coffee products at origin allows people in every step of the growing process to take part in the coffee industry, according to Meyer.

“We [produce coffee at origin] because, No. 1, we’re able to… and we do it No. 2 because it’s our family there,” Meyer said.

El Parche does a lot to support women in the coffee industry, Meyer said. According to Meyer, many of the workers on Colombian coffee farms are single-earning women, many of whom have children. El Parche provides these women with social programs such as medical care and counseling, he said.

Furthermore, women hold executive roles in multiple steps of the coffee-making process, including one woman who runs

El Parche’s production plant, Meyer said.

According to Meyer, El Parche’s Pure Canopy product in particular is a direct impact product. This means that some proceeds of Pure Canopy purchases go directly to a specific cause.

“While there has been… a lot of companies with products that leverage their success to give back to earth-space ecology programs, we wanted to create Pure Canopy coffee to be very specific in impact,” Meyer said. “When you [buy] that bag of coffee, it says right on the bag that you are going to save rainforests.”

El Parche partners with Rainforest Trust, Meyer said. According to Meyer, Rainforest Trust uses funds from Pure Canopy product sales to buy rainforest land, place the land in a protected trust and give the land to local leaders.

The trust is set to save close to four million acres of rainforest in 2020, Meyer said.

“That is part of the Pure Canopy personality and how we align our brands with the things that are important to us, and obviously important to our customers,” Meyer said.

The UIndy location is branded El Parche due to a partnership with Quest Food Management Services and UIndy, according to Meyer. The brand is served at over 20 locations in Chicago, Meyer said. According to Meyer, Quest, who runs UIndy Dining, liked El Parche’s story, and they asked El Parche to work with them to brand a location at UIndy.

El Parche then began conducting product tests to ensure the UIndy community was comfortable with the change in branding.

“We have really enjoyed the time, experience and meeting the folks that we have down at the University of Indianapolis,” Meyer said. “We hope we’re there for many years to come.”

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Clay Fest puts pottery on display Functional pieces are presented in the latest CDFAC gallery, including cups, oil pots and plates

By Hallie Gallinat

DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Dozens of unique cups, pots and a variety of other pieces of pottery sit on rectangular pedestals across the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center gallery. These works, each one from a potter from St. Croix River Valley, are a part of the 2020 Clay Fest exhibit.

Clay Fest is an art exhibit that takes place every two years. It opened Feb. 17 and closes on March 6 in the CDFAC gallery. According to Assistant Art and Design Professor Barry Barnes, Clay Fest is funded by a foundation that supports ceramics called the Mary Howes Woodsmall Foundation.

The Clay Fest exhibit was set up by Adjunct Faculty Gallery Coordinator Mark Ruschman.

In addition to Ruschman, the three students in his Gallery Studies class, senior English and creative writing major Tyrah Chery, senior animation and illustration major Matthew Fizer and senior animation and illustration major Moyan Li, assisted him in setting up the exhibit.

“My role as a student in the gallery studies class is to help and support Mark, the coordinator, and the artists and whoever is setting up the gallery,” Fizer said. “I’m just another pair of hands and eyes to look and make sure everything is set up correctly.”

According to Ruschman, this exhibit is different from past Clay Fests. Unlike past exhibits where the work is borrowed from artists and is then returned, the works on display in this exhibit are now a part of University of Indianapolis’ permanent art collection.

After the exhibit, the works will be displayed across campus or in the new ceramics building if there is space, according to Barnes.

This year’s theme revolves around functional pottery such as cups, plates and pots. A total of 13 potters are featured in the gallery, including potter Linda Christianson.

“I guess I’m still in love with… the clay

Photo by Madison Gomez

Sophomore art education major Asiah Avery asked potter Linda Christianson to provide an explaination on the techniques Christianson used to craft the displayed pieces of pottery.

material and I make pottery as opposed to sculpture or bricks or something else with clay, because I like the connection to using pots,”Christianson said.“They’re everyday things that can do their duty as useful things. And also they have the potential to be beautiful or engaging as objects on their own. It’s like art with an extra credit.”

What inspired the functional pottery theme, according to Barnes, was what his students were interested in. When he asked his students, he found that they were interested in functional work.

“I thought we’d do more hand building and sculptural work,” Barnes said. “But the students here I found... most of them are interested in function.”

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According to Christianson, Barnes and his wife visited St. Croix River Valley in the fall of 2019. He visited different studios in the area and bought pieces to display at Clay Fest.

Freshman international relations major Sophia Becerra attended the gallery’s opening on Feb. 17. She said she attended because she enjoys art and

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wanted to see an art form different from her own, which is pencil and paper.

“I thought [the pieces] were all very beautiful” Becerra said. “I thought [the gallery] was very fascinating and a lot of hard work, but I feel like the artists themselves think that’s very worth it.

And that’s what a piece of art should be: worth it.”

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A cheetah surrogate mother licks the two cubs she bore at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.

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A pair of cheetah cubs born on at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Columbus, Ohio on Feb. 19 became the first cheetah cubs in the world to be conceived using in vitro fertilization.

World’s first in vitro cheetah cubs born

The two history-making cubs were born on Feb. 19 at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio

By Alissa Widman Neese THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

COLUMBUS, Ohio (TCA) — The first cheetah cubs ever conceived through in vitro fertilization have been born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, marking a breakthrough for zoo breeding programs.

The zoo announced the births early Feb. 24. The two cubs, a male and a female, were born on Feb. 19 to 3-yearold, first-time mother Isabelle, whom keepers call “Izzy.” The cubs are healthy and bonding together in a den behind the scenes of the zoo.

Keepers continue to monitor them with a remote camera. The cubs have been observed nursing.

“To be able to be the first facility to have this success speaks very loudly of our collaboration, our conservation partners, our science and our care here at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium,” Tom Stalf, zoo president and CEO, told The Dispatch. “This is going to impact cheetahs globally. We’re very proud.”

This was just the third time scientists had attempted a cheetah embryo transfer.

The zoo, with its partners, decided to use the technique to expand the gene pool of cheetahs in human care.The cubs are not Izzy’s biological offspring, but

instead were conceived using eggs and sperm collected from other cheetahs with more valuable DNA. The biological mother of the cubs is 6 1/2-year-old Kibibi, a Columbus Zoo cheetah that has never reproduced and is too old to easily become naturally pregnant.

Izzy, young enough to breed, has genes that are already well-represented in the captive cheetah population.

The cubs’ father is 3-year-old Slash at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, another accredited facility near Glen Rose,Texas.

Biologists from the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, which leads wildlife research projects worldwide, fertilized the eggs outside the womb in a laboratory.They incubated them and created embryos, which they implanted into both Izzy and her sister, 3-year-old Ophelia, in November.

Adrienne Crosier, a cheetah biologist, and Dr. Pierre Comizzoli, a research biologist, both from the biology institute, performed the procedure, along with the Columbus Zoo’s veterinary team.

On Dec. 23, an ultrasound confirmed Izzy was pregnant. Ophelia did not become pregnant.

A cheetah pregnancy typically lasts about three months.

Supreme Court shields border agents in killing

By David G. Savage LOS ANGELES TIMES

WASHINGTON (TCA) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Feb. 25 shielded a U.S. border agent from being sued for shooting and killing an unarmed teenager standing on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande.

Ending a 10-year legal battle, the justices by a 5-4 vote said neither Congress nor the Constitution clearly authorized damage suits over incidents and injuries that occur beyond U.S. borders.

The ruling in Hernandez vs. Mesa provides a stark example of the court’s determination to limit damage suits against government officials.

The case began in 2010 when 15-yearold Sergio Adrian Hernandez was playing a dangerous game with several friends in the dry culvert that separated El Paso from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.The boys ran up the embankment on the U.S. side, touched the border fence and then ran back to the Mexican side.

Agent Jesus Mesa, riding a bike, came upon the boys. He pulled out his gun and fired two fatal shots at one of the teenagers who was standing on the Mexican side of the border. Mesa later claimed that the boys had pelted him with rocks.

The Justice Department investigated the shooting but brought no charges against the agent. The U.S. also refused to extradite him to Mexico.

The teenager’s parents then filed a wrongful death suit, alleging the agent had violated the 4th Amendment’s ban on “unreasonable searches and seizures” and the 5th Amendment’s protection against depriving someone of “life … without due process of law.”

Ever since, the federal courts have gone back and forth on whether the parents’ suit could proceed.The Supreme Court took up the case once before, but in 2017 sent it back to Texas without reaching a final decision.

While the Constitution protects the rights of individuals from actions by the government, the court has said that it is up to Congress to decide whether victims are entitled to win damages for violations. After the Civil War, Congress said states and local governments can be forced to pay for violating constitutional rights. But the situation is less clear for federal agents.

Speaking for the court Tuesday, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. explained the “Constitution’s separation of powers requires us to exercise caution before extending” liability and claims for damages “to a new context, and a claim based on a cross-border shooting is markedly new … and has foreign relations and national security implications.”

In 1971, the court had said in Bivens vs. Six Unknown Named Agents that FBI agents could be sued for violating the 4th Amendment. But Alito said the court was unwilling to go further. “ B e c a u s e o f t h e d i s t i n c t i ve characteristics of cross-border shooting claims, we refuse to extend Bivens into this new field.”

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil M. Gorsuch and Brett M. Kavanaugh agreed.

In dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg noted that the agent was standing on U.S. soil.

“Although the bullet happened to land on the Mexican side of the culvert, the United States unquestionably has jurisdiction to prescribe law governing a border patrol agent’s conduct … . Even accepting that the setting in this case could be characterized as ‘new,’ there is still no reason why Hernandez’s parents should face a closed courtroom door,”she said. Joining her in dissent were Justices Stephen G. Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.

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As of Feb. 21, the male cub weighed about 1 pound, and the female weighed 12 ounces. Once fully grown, they’ll weigh 80 to 145 pounds.

It’s not yet known when the cubs will be in a public exhibit. The zoo’s 17 cheetahs reside in its Heart of Africa region, which is closed until it’s warm outside, usually in May. The Columbus Zoo is a member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, a nonprofit group of more than 230 accredited institutions in the U.S. and abroad. Association members use a planning process called Species Survival Plans to guide breeding programs by meticulously tracking the genetic history of their animals and recommending the best breeding pairs.

Izzy, Ophelia and Kibibi are three of the Columbus Zoo’s “ambassador cheetahs,” which typically arrive at the zoo to be raised by hand when their mothers are unable to care for them, said Suzi Rapp, the zoo’s vice president of animal programs. As a result, they’re accustomed to humans and have formed close bonds with their keepers. The cheetahs are trained to voluntarily allow ultrasounds, X-rays, blood draws and other medical procedures, so the risks of anesthesia often can be avoided. “ Working with the Columbus

Zoo and Aquarium was a gamechanger because their females are highly cooperative,” Crosier said.

It’s common for zoos to explore assisted reproductive technologies, such as artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization, for many species, especially those that have limited numbers or struggle to breed naturally.

Unlike other aging mammals, cheetahs older than 8 still have eggs and hormones in good condition, according to a 2011 study from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. Their bodies, however, commonly develop various complications that can affect pregnancy, such as abnormal cell growth, infections and cysts in their uterine tracts.

The study predicted the findings would result in breakthroughs with cheetah in vitro fertilization, but until now, the efforts had no success.

Other large cats, such as lions and tigers, also have struggled with the procedure. One birth of in vitro tigers was reported in 1990.

In 2011, approximately 80% of adult female cheetahs in North American institutions had never reproduced, according to the study. The death rate for cheetahs had exceeded the birth rate in 13 of the previous 16 years.

Attempts to artificially inseminate cheetahs, including in Columbus, are also typically not successful procedures, with the most recent one occurring in 2003.

Cheetahs are known for being the fastest animals on land,capable of running 65 to 75 mph in short bursts. Today, the species is considered vulnerable, with only about 7,500 animals left in the wild, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Cheetahs now inhabit just 10% of their historic ranges of Africa, due to habitat loss, and they face other threats such as conflict with livestock and farmers and unregulated tourism.This geographic separation has left the species genetically “bottlenecked,”creating the potential for inbreeding.

The successful birth in Columbus offers the potential to help ensure the survival of cheetahs in their native range.

“With experience, we may be able to freeze embryos and transfer them to Africa,” said Dr. Randy Junge, the zoo’s vice president of animal health.

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