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By James Figy EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Beatles still get some loving at UIndy Assistant Professor of History and Political Science Chad Martin gave a lecture on the Beatles’ lasting impact on history on Feb. 18.

Martin opened the lecture just as The Beatles opened the Ed Sullivan Show more than 50 years ago, with their performance of “All My Loving.”

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Gov. Mike Pence recently awarded the Sagamore of the Wabash—the highest honor given by the governor of Indiana—to Associate Vice President for Community Relations David Wantz David Wantz. Indiana Rep. Justin Moed nominated Wantz for the award because of his dedicated service to the community.

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Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard came to the University of Indianapolis to present the 2014 State of the City address on Thursday, Feb. 27, in the Ruth Lilly Performance Hall.

Mayor’s Office Director of Communications Marc Lotter said the mayor was no stranger to the campus. He also said that selecting UIndy for this year’s speech fit directly into the mayor’s new initiatives.

“There is so much great stuff going on in the UIndy area right now [that] we thought it was the appropriate venue to pick this year,” Lotter said.

In his speech, Ballard referred to the university as one of the great institutions of the South side and talked about all the recent renovations that have been made to improve the area.

“In the last few years, the city has been working with the university to invest nearly $10 million in streets, sidewalks and bike lanes,” Ballard said. “Institutions want to have the ability to affect the neighborhoods around them, and part of that is why Hanna Avenue got done the way it got done. It provided a better entrance point for the University of Indianapolis.”

Ballard announced that the city of Indianapolis plans to contribute an additional $1 million in community development funds to UIndy’s plan for a new health center and University Heights Park, which are part of the five-year $50 million development plan.

Ballard said that he believes that UIndy President Robert Manuel was “pretty aggressive” and “bold” in pushing for the South side development area.

“You need somebody pushing the envelope all the time.That’s how organizations improve,” Ballard said. “I really appreciate what he [Manuel] has been doing around here. He has created a lot of energy.”

Recent improvements to Hanna Avenue, Ballard said, illustrate the changes that his initiative aims to accomplish. This

plan, introduced as Rebuild Indy 2, will restore deteriorating thoroughfares, residential streets, sidewalks, bridges and other city assets. According to Ballard, it is a “sequel” to the 20102013 $500 million Rebuild Indy project.

“Rebuild Indy 2 will allow us to build sidewalks to keep children safe. It will allow us to resurface every road in the city that needs it most. It will repair bridges, build new trails and upgrade parks,” he said. “Ultimately, it will allow us to improve the places where people live and work without raising taxes.”

Overall, Ballard said that the strategic plan for the city’s future all focuses on the theme of “Live Indy.”

“It is those two simple words that should drive all of our long-term decisions,” Ballard said. “Will an action make Indy a more attractive place to live or do business? Will it help us retain a person, a family or a business that already calls this great city home?”

Ballard’s push to revitalize Indy’s urban areas in order to convince the younger generation to “Live Indy” involves the building of a new Downtown Transit Center for IndyGo, moving the current Ohio Street terminal to the southeast corner of Washington and Delaware streets. Currently, groundbreaking for this project should take place in the fall, with completion scheduled for late 2015.

Another project focuses on the Broad Ripple Canal, where the city wants to enhance the public canal walk and add apartment units and more retail space.

The projected revenue from the Broad Ripple project will go to repay development bonds for that project and for another large improvement project in the Tarkington Park area.

With all of the announced projects and talk about making Indianapolis a better place to live, Ballard tailored his remarks to the next generation of Indianapolis residents. He appealed to young people with his projects and his words.

“I know Hoosiers are humble, but be proud Indy,” Ballard said. “Be determined to make the next decade in our city better than the last. Be an ambassador for all things that make Indy a great place to live, to work and to raise a family.”

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Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard delivers the 2014 State of the City address at the Ruth Lilly Performance Hall on Feb. 27. Ballard spoke on the theme “Live Indy.”

After nearly four years of discussion among residents, business leaders and legislative and administrative bodies the proposed Madison Avenue Economic Development Area has been approved by the Indianapolis City-County Council.

The EDA will stretch from South Street to County Line Road.

The University of Indianapolis has advocated this proposal and will play key instrumental and influential roles in the continuing development of the area, according to Associate Vice President for Community Relations David Wantz.

“As a sustainable community anchor— that’s our vision—to be instrumental means that you have to spend money in the area,” Wantz said. “The fact that you’re able to sustain the economy because of your spending attracts businesses to the area.”

Wantz believes that the university can have millions of dollars’worth of effects on the economy in goods and services alone.

In a column written for the Indianapolis Star UIndy President Rob Manuel said, “With its physical facilities, human and intellectual capital and $23 million in annual spending within Marion County, UIndy is uniquely positioned as a community anchor and catalyst for redevelopment, especially in the

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The University of Indianapolis plans to invest $50 million in the campus over the next five years. President Robert Manuel announced this five-year plan through campus-wide emails on Feb. 20.

The five-year plan includes relocating UIndy’s health sciences programs into a new facility, then renovating Martin Hall.

The plan also would include creating men’s and women’s lacrosse teams, tearing down the Campus Apartments and building student townhouses in their place and renovating Krannert Memorial Library.

According to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Michael Holstein, the plan was put before the board of trustees on Feb. 14. He said the board scrutinized and had a healthy debate about the plan before eventually approving it.

Holstein said that the funding for this plan will come from three sources—the university’s operating budget, money from real estate investors and the university loaning itself money from its endowment.

According to Holstein, the plan will not create any new debt for the university.

Manuel said that the plan’s specific goals were built from the general ideas that came out of Vision 2030 strategic planning sessions. While the Vision 2030 ideas helped create a theory, he said, the plan is how UIndy can put it into practice.

“When I came out in April [2012] to be announced as president ... I said, ‘Any progress we make will be tied to the missions and traditions that have animated this university since 1902.’So the first step in this plan was to fi gure out what those missions and traditions were,” he said.

Manuel said that ideas that were pre valent in MANUEL the Vision 2030 sessions, such as student hangouts, small classes and a coffee shop in the library, showed a desire for personal attention and community. He said that the campus lacks these things because the infrastructure is not there.The main idea behind the plan, he said, is to increase the quality of life on and around campus by creating more opportunities for students to interact with each other and faculty members.

“If we don’t do anything to build the physicality of the campus to enable that to happen—personal attention to happen—

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UIndy offers scholarship for families of fallen officers

By Leeann Doerflein NEWS EDITOR The University of Indianapolis recently became the only private university to offer a scholarship to family members of fallen public safety personnel. The scholarship will be available to spouses, partners or children of fallen officers from the various offices in the Indianapolis Department of Public Safety and the Marion County Sheriff ’s Office.

Executive Vice President for Campus Affairs and Enrollment Services Mark Weigand said that the scholarship will be a full-ride undergraduate tuition scholarship and that it would not apply to anyone who already has a bachelor’s degree.

“The idea is, if they don’t have their bachelor’s degree, we can help them get to that level and be employable,” Weigand said.

Weigand said that, essentially, this is the university’s way of telling families of fallen officers that UIndy will support the families in their time of need, so that they will be able to support themselves in the future.

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“It is a comfort to know that the loved ones of our first-responders will have an opportunity to pursue additional security and opportunity through an education at UIndy in the event that they experience a tragic loss,” said Indianapolis Director of Public Safety Troy Riggs.

Weigand said that he and other administrators saw a need to show UIndy’s support to public safety officers because of the service they contribute to UIndy and the city as a whole. He said the scholarship idea came out of discussions with UIndy President Robert Manuel, Dean of Students and Vice President for Student and Campus Affairs Kory Vitangeli and others on campus.

Weigand said that Vice President and General Counsel Samantha Karn was a big help in the process of setting up the scholarship. He said she put in place all of the legal jargon and gave insight into which departments should be included, based on her experience with city government.

Weigand gave some insight into the decision to make the scholarship available for prospective students who are currently college age. He said that UIndy officials

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wanted the scholarship to be inclusive and embrace the families who could be out there right now and looking for a way to afford college.

“We chose to make this retroactive back to ’93, because if an officer would have fallen about that time and had an infant, that person would be an adult now,” Weigand said.

“We wanted to go back that far because if there was anybody out there that age, we wanted to make sure they were eligible.”

Weigand said that prospective recipients do have to be up to par with UIndy’s admissions standards to ensure that the students can be successful in their classes, and they will, of course, have to be admitted. However, he said that he and others will help the applicants through the admissions and financial aid processes to ease their transition to UIndy.

Weigand emphasized that UIndy did not do this to seek good publicity but truly wants to make sure these individuals are

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taken care of in the event that a tragedy like this strikes.

“We wanted to wrap our arms, as a collegiate community, around those families,” Weigand said. “If they need to further [their] education, we are a place that will welcome them and waive the tuition for those family members.”

In the Feb. 19 DPS press release announcing the scholarship, Manuel said that the scholarship also serves to remind students, faculty and staff about how much UIndy relies on these officers and considers them part of the university community.

“In the wake of a tragic line-of-duty loss, we have seen the Indianapolis community rise up and put its collective arms around the loved ones of the fallen public safety servant,” Riggs said. “No community in the country does that better than the Indianapolis community. This expression of gratitude by the University of Indianapolis is an amazing illustration of that care and comfort.”

“We wanted to wrap our arms ... around those families.”

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Personality types are not an excuse

By Anna Wieseman MANAGING EDITOR

Humans are unique creatures capable of a wide range of emotions and behaviors.

No two people are alike, and this makes our everyday interactions matchless.

We are constantly learning new things, going new places and reaching new milestones. Personalities are special and help drive us through life. But personality occurs and forms over a broad spectrum, so why would someone want to limit these unique traits that are forever developing?

As college students, we need to recognize the difference between embracing aspects of a personality and latching on to a trait as the be-all and end-all of identity.

We should not be defined this way.

According to University of Indianapolis Health and Counseling Center staff psychologist Aarika White, personality exists on a continuum that does not have clear boundaries.There are many theories about personality, but White identifies with the theory that all personality traits are preferences on how one acts. This theory is about awareness.

“Understanding yourself and how you fit in with the world [is important to developing personality],” White said.

“Understanding how your preferences can influence your reactions to different situations, understanding how other people’s preferences and styles may interact with you, can help reduce conflict, and can help you communicate your needs better.”

A big problem I see among students is identifying as a certain type of person.

The terms introversion and extroversion get thrown around like dirty words, when identity is much bigger than that. White refers to the popular Myers Briggs test as a good indicator of how individuals will react in situations. In this test, introversion and extroversion are defined as the way in which a person gets his or her energy in social situations. White believes that this type of testing allows individuals to become more aware of their personality preferences.

“It [the test] can also help you challenge yourself and understand why certain situations or certain aspects of a situation are challenging for you, why that may be hard or you don’t like it. And then you can kind of push yourself,” she said.

White also said that the results of this specific test can be hard to understand and suggests that testing should be done with a professional who can guide an individual through what the results really mean.

I see problems arise when people do not let professionals help them. Instead

they take tests on Facebook, read articles online, look at a picture on social media and latch on to the idea that these traits define their personalities and in turn dictate their actions.

It is not healthy to limit personality in this way. Personality and behaviors change, sometimes day to day. Just because a person prefers to stay at home, does not mean that person must fight the urge to go out. People should not prevent themselves from exploring every part of their identity. The beauty of life is that every day can bring a momentous discovery that changes a person’s way of thinking.

Not everyone can come to this conclusion. Development comes at different times in a person’s life. It is hard to realize that a person may not hold the same beliefs they did a couple of months ago. No one should feel that there is no room to grow.

“It can be very helpless for the individual who does not realize that there are ways they can challenge themselves. It may also create some judgments towards others who have different personality styles or interaction styles,” White said. “If the individual thinks their way is the only way and doesn’t understand there is this broad spectrum of people’s preferences, then they may not understand where someone else is coming from.”

These judgments create divisions.

Differences should be embraced. No one’s preferences are wrong. As college students, we may think we must have our lives figured out by the end of these four years. But White believes that the boundaries between personal identity and career identity may get blurred.

“I think maybe what contributes to that [confusion] is the value of career as part of our identity. And I think that’s a cultural factor,” White said. “So when we’re going to college, we’re asked to define our career and that maybe sometimes the boundaries get blurred between our identity as an individual. But I think what we do is just one aspect of who we are.”

The scary fact is that we will never stop growing. Career paths change, which no one wants to imagine, but it happens.

Do not be afraid to challenge your way of thinking every day. If you consider yourself someone who does not like loud places with many people, take baby steps into a social situation that involves a more crowded space. The same thing applies on the other end of the spectrum. If you find yourself needing to be around people a majority of the time, take baby steps into exploring time alone.

Exploration builds confidence. Even if your preferences stay the same, at least you can know you tried.

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Should students risk their health for a tan?

By Mercadees Hempel ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Many of you may have heard this one: A woman is about to get married, and she thinks she looks sickly pale in her wedding dress. So, to achieve that golden brown glow, she books appointments at four different tanning salons in one day.

She goes to each salon and spends 30 minutes in each tanning bed. When her wedding day arrives, they find her dead in her room because the UV rays from the tanning beds cooked her internal organs.

This is an urban legend. UV rays cannot cook your internal organs. However, there are dangers in tanning that men and women should be aware of before they hit the tanning salons to prepare for spring, because tanning can cost you more than money.

According to an article in Cosmopolitan, Glenna Kohl, age 22, was a lifeguard who loved how tans made her look. She did not wear strong enough sunscreen while on duty, so her skin was exposed to the sun for 40 hours a week.

Kohl also frequently visited tanning

salons. When she was 22, she was diagnosed with melanoma, which is caused

by UV rays changing the DNA in skin cells. According to the National Cancer Institute, melanoma is the second most frequently reported cancer for people in their 20s.

According to skincancer.org, one person dies from melanoma every 57 minutes.

It is the fifth most common cancer for males and the seventh for females. This disease is what took Kohl’s life at the age of 26 in 2008, and it encouraged her grieving family to start the Glenna Kohl Fund for Hope, which aims to spread awareness and teach young people about how to protect themselves. Kohl is not the only case. Many of us have heard warnings about the effects of tanning, but it is important to remember that this is a very serious issue. We should not take it so lightly.

According to the American Skin Association, there is no such thing as a healthy tan, yet 70 percent of teens visit a tanning salon daily. This is a frightening number, because skincancer.org reports one indoor tanning session increases a person’s chance of getting melanoma by

20 percent. If a person goes to a tanning session again that same year, the rate goes up two percent with each visit, which makes it easy to see why 76 percent of melanoma patients, ages 18 to 29, can attribute their conditions to tanning.

Unfortunately, these facts seem unlikely to stop people from tanning all together. The American Skin Association reports 63 percent of surveyed teens believe they look better with a tan, and changing habits is difficult when they make you feel better about yourself, no matter the danger.

People do things that make them feel better and make them think they look better. Logically, I know that dyeing my naturally brown hair red and straightening it is not healthy for it, but it makes me feel more confident.

So when it comes to tanning, do it in moderation. Do not use a tanning bed every single day. If you spend all day in the sunlight, do not expose your skin to even more UV rays at the tanning salon.

Remember to wear sunscreen with an SPF number higher than 15.

Protect your skin and protect yourself, because no one should be dying to be tan.

California bill proposes labels on sugary drinks

By Robbie Hadley STAFF WRITER

Soda can be harmful to a person’s health when consumed without responsibility.This harm is unavoidable. Access to sugary beverages is more prominent than ever, so does the public need to be warned about soda’s harmful effects? California is trying to decide that now.

A bill has been introduced in the California State Senate that would require a warning label on any sugary beverage that has at least 75 calories in a 12 ounce serving. Does the Golden State’s government not trust its citizens to make choices regarding their own health? I understand that many Americans are ignorant of many things, but the fact that soda in large quantities is not healthy is common knowledge. For that matter, what is healthy in large amounts?

In 2007 NBC reported the tragic death of a 28-year-old woman from California.

The woman died after drinking too much water for a radio station contest. Should we then, in response to a genuine tragedy, put warning labels on water?

The hypothetical warning on the soda would read: “STATE OF CALIFORNIA WARNING: Drinking beverages with added sugar(s) contributes to obesity,

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This is far from the first time that warning labels stating the obvious have been put on products. For example, there is the “Caution: Hot”label that was placed on McDonald’s coffee or the “Avoid

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these products in the first place.

The government of the state of California is not trying to protect itself from being sued but instead is showing that it has no faith in its own citizens. To want to inform people of the risks of a product

is understandable, but placing a health warning on the packaging of the product is no different than the Surgeon General’s warning that appears on every single advertisement and package of tobacco products. So we must ask ourselves this question: Is soda as dangerous as tobacco products?

The risk of cancer, heart disease and the plethora of other possible side effects associated with tobacco products is much more serious than tooth decay and possible weight gain. The same side effects are equally present in candy, ice cream and McDonald’s food, if not enjoyed responsibly. Although calorie counts on all foods have been added, I do not see the warning label on those either.

It is highly irregular and inappropriate to compare soda—something that is enjoyed by millions of Americans and not harmful if used sparingly—to a series of products that give you a shorter lifespan from the first usage. If soda is as dangerous and deadly as tobacco products, then why is an over glorified ad campaign expected to turn the public away from what are presumably California’s most popular beverages?

After that, perhaps the government will mandate the Atkins diet for all of its citizens, so they can cut back on their carbs as well.

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Lugar and Nunn talk nuclear nonproliferation

By James Figy EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Former Senators Richard Lugar (RInd.) and Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) spoke at the “Diplomacy in a Dangerous World” conversation at the University of Indianapolis on Feb. 25 in Ransburg Auditorium. Hoosier native Steve Inskeep, host of National Public Radio program “Morning Edition,” moderated the conversation.

Registration for the event was full weeks in advance, with about 750 people attending. According to President Robert Manuel, the event was made possible through many different partnerships.

“The Hoosier hospitality and the spirit of convening is so strong here. And tonight is a real example of that—of the ability for people to come together to talk about problems that impact our world,” he said. “It is a special night.”

Before the event, a reception was held for the senators in the Norman L. Terry and Dorothy Wonnell Terry Atrium in Esch Hall, with nearly 150 people attending. Hors d’oeuvres were served, along with beer and wine. This was a first for Polk Food Services, which purchased a temporary alcohol permit for the event.

At the start of the conversation, Manuel welcomed everyone, and welcomed Lugar back to UIndy.

“I use the phrase ‘welcome back’ because after he left the Indianapolis mayor’s office in 1976, he taught political science here before winning his senate seat,” he

said. “In fact, I’m told that he watched the returns to that senate election in the basement of the president’s house, where I now reside.”

After Manuel, President and Chief Executive Officer of WFYI Lloyd Wright spoke about his station’s relationship with UIndy, then introduced Inskeep.

Before showing a video that highlighted the senators’ careers, Inskeep said that both Lugar and Nunn are unique individuals.

“These are gentlemen who are deeply respected for their intellectual ability

and their commitment to their country, despite having served a long time in the United States Congress,” he said.

A central part of the discussion was the 1992 Lugar-Nunn bill that helped reduce the nuclear stockpiles in the former Soviet Union after its fall. Nunn said that the United States then purchased the uranium from the dismantled weapons and degraded it to a lower level of enrichment for use in power plants.

“If you look at the electricity in the United States, 20 percent of it is nuclear.

Fifty percent of the fuel burned over the

last 20 years has been from that source.

So 10 percent of all the electricity for the last 20 years has come from the weapons that were aimed at us during the Cold War,” Nunn said. “I consider that a parable of hope.”

According to Nunn, he went on a NATO trip a few years after graduating from college. That trip, which took place during the Cuban Missile Crisis, was when he realized the nuclear threat.

“It dawned on me at age 24 that the world was very close to [nuclear] holocaust, something unimaginable,” he said.

Lugar said the reason that the bill was so important was that so many American lives were at risk for years because of the Soviet Union’s nuclear weapons. He described one trip to Russia when he went down into a missile silo to inspect it.

“On the walls around the tables ... were pictures, beautiful pictures, of American cities.These were identified as targets,”he said. “Now I thought, all the time that I was the mayor of Indianapolis ... we were targeted. We could have been obliterated.”

Since many of those dismantled weapons were retrieved from the Ukraine, Inskeep asked the senators about the current state of that country.

Nunn pointed out that many Ukrainians who are ethnically Russian feel that they will be discriminated against if the country allies more with the West than with Russia.

Fiyinfolu Arotiba, a master’s student in international relations, said that the senators’ depth of knowledge made the event very memorable.

involvement opportunities on campus, as well as for involvement opportunities such as intramurals or student organizations,” Barry said. “[It is good] for them to kind of have all their information all in one place.”

Barry said that the website also will serve as a resource for those who want to be more involved on campus and for registered student organizations to disseminate their information.

“You see a lot of the times groups do not pass [along] information year after year, and a lot of the times I see a lot groups start from scratch every single year, which is frustrating to them, and then for me to see them struggle,”she said.“So it is a good

way for them to have all their information, year after year, available to them, as well as kind of to streamline some of the processes in the office such as registering every year.They will be doing that online, instead of me sifting through papers and then having to file that.”

John Tonon Pires, a student assistant for the Student Affairs Department, also has been involved with helping build and promote the website.

Tonon Pires said that so far the website has tested well with different RSOs and leaders on campus, which is a positive sign moving forward.

“Everybody has reacted well and they all liked it. They think it is a better way

for us to connect to them, and for them to connect to campus as a whole and offer these opportunities for them,”he said.“So I really hope that the campus is going to be open-minded to a new idea and break the mindset that we have and be open to this new platform.”

Barry said that it has been good to rely not just on her own perspective for the website. Barry also said that he has been able to promote the website to students on campus because of Tonon Pires’ability to connect with them.

Both Barry and Tonon Pires said that the website has not had any technical issues so far and that it should work just fine when students begin to use it. Barry

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Former senators Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) and Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) speak on nuclear nonproliferation at the “Diplomacy in a Dangerous World” discussion on Feb. 25. The discussion was moderated by Steve Inskeep.

“The discussion was interesting and very informative. It was an honor to listen to two well-respected and distinguished United States senators have such an intelligent conversation on their longstanding service to the nation in the area of nuclear security,” he said. “The nuclear threat reduction programs have definitely made the world a safer place, and we owe this to them.”

Sophomore international relations major Allie Kast said that the event was one of the best she had ever been to on campus, because it explored past, present and possibly future nuclear conflicts.

“Not only did it highlight the outstanding achievements of two of the longestserving United States senators, but it also put light on what is currently being done in our global sphere to put an end to nuclear arms,” she said. “Both, Lugar and Nunn, respectfully acknowledged the problems and answered all questions asked.”

Lugar said that whenever he visits Indianapolis it always feels like coming home, since his family still owns its farm in Decatur Township. However, he has been enjoying his time in D.C. when he gets to teach and advise the student interns in The Richard G. Lugar Academy’s Washington Semester program.

“We had 10 interns this last semester, three this semester. Most have been in congressional offices.Two of the three are this time,” he said. “... I meet with them a couple of hours each Friday morning, as a rule, for question and answer sessions or ... to share views on what’s going on in the world.”

did say that if issues ever came up, there are options to help solve them.

“We work closely with IS [Information Systems] over in Good [Hall], and then we have good connections with campus labs.

So if there is any issue, you can contact them directly,” Barry said.

Barry said that students can expect to see that happen this upcoming fall in the first semester of the 2014-2015 academic year. She also said that this will be an opportunity to be more green.

“I think it’s exciting for UIndy,” Barry said. “I think it is a step kind of going in that next generation—being a little bit more green, being a little bit more efficient.”

UIndy to launch student activities website

By AJ Rose SPORTS EDITOR

A new website that could help improve student involvement on campus is coming soon to the University of Indianapolis.

The site will be known as “Greyhound Link” and is being developed by the Department of Student Affairs.

One of the leaders of the project, Director of Student Activities Stephanie Barry, said that the website will be designed to help ensure an easy process for students to find things to do at UIndy.

“Greyhound Link is a really good website for students to learn more about

SOUTH SIDE from page 1 area bounded by Meridian Street and Interstates 65 and 465.”

However, Wantz said that UIndy is not an economic development corporation, so the university’s goal is not to create businesses but to attract businesses.

One way the university is doing that is through the Homestead Program. Wantz described this program as an attempt to bring faculty and staff to live in the area by giving them a forgivable loan to buy a house near the university. Influential roles are also very important in the university’s part in the development process, according to Wantz.

“When organizations need some help with research, some help with leadership or organization, we can provide that kind of help. We helped to found the Gateway Business Alliance.We helped with a group south of here called the Interurban Trail.

We’re tied into other neighborhood and business organizations as a way of saying, ‘If you need to find the front door of the university, if you need to work with the university, here’s how you do that,’” Wantz said.

The university also has plans to start a new health center for the University Heights area. This health center, according to Wantz will meet a health need in the area. The university thinks that it can serve the people in the community, give students a chance to learn and create new academic programs through the creation of this new program.

Mayor Greg Ballard announced in

his State of the City address delivered at UIndy on Feb. 27 that Indianapolis will give a $1 million dollar endowment to further this project. The theme of Ballard’s address was “Live Indy.”

According to Wantz, Indianapolis is a destination where too many people visit and too few people live.

Manuel announced the health center and other aspects of the university’s fiveyear, $50 million dollar plan in an email to students and faculty on Feb. 20.

“All these commuters that are coming to town, they get police, fire, road service, all of that, but they don’t pay for it through their taxes. The mayor needs 50,000 people making $50,000 dollars to move back in to town,” Wantz said.

“How do you do that? You have to have neighborhoods that work, you have to have anchors that are driving and you have to have this unified vision that we’re all on the same page to make it work here.”

This focused effort toward development will work, according to Wantz, because there are people here who want to make a difference in their community.

Residents and business leaders are willing to dig in their feet and prevent this teetering community from falling, he said.

According to Wantz, it is commonly said, that “all the good stuff happens up north.” Wantz, however, believes this statement is not true anymore.

“It’s our intention,” he said, “to make this a destination where people want to live, work and play.”

Photo by Scott Mitchell

The recently approved Economic Development Area will span Madison Avenue from South Street to County Line Road, passing under the Gateway South Arch (above) where Madison Avenue and East Street split.

SPORTS

4 THE REFLECTOR

Women’s golf travels south to start spring

Greyhounds f inish second out of 14 teams at the St. Edward’s Invitational in Austin, Texas

By Scott Mitchell OPINION EDITOR

Photo by Ben Zefeng Zhang

(From left) Head Men’s Soccer Coach John Higgins and Braden Tamosaitis finish signing Tamosaitis’ National Letter of Intent to play soccer as a Greyhound this fall.

Men’s soccer acquires new player

By Anna Wieseman MANAGING EDITOR The University of Indianapolis Athletics Department has added a student athlete to the Greyhound family through TeamIMPACT. Braden Tamosaitis was signed to the men’s soccer team on Wednesday, Feb. 26 with a press conference held in the Ruth Lilly Center.

Braden signed a National Letter of Intent to play at UIndy and was given the number 10 jersey, which is his favorite number.The entire men’s soccer team was in attendance along with Head Men’s Soccer Coach John Higgins, UIndy Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Sue Willey, NCAA Division II Associate Director Josh Looney and Great Lakes Valley Conference Commissioner Jim Naumovich. Higgins gave the opening remarks at the ceremony.

“It’s a great, great day for men’s soccer.

It’s a great day for the program. We have an excellent signing class this year and Braden definitely adds to that. [He’s] maybe the most important signing we’ve made coming into the season,” Higgins said.

Higgins described the first time he met Braden with the leaders of his team. He said that the defining moment was eating chocolate cake with Braden at his home.

“We went to his house and we got the

chance to play with him and ate some chocolate cake. I think that’s what really sealed the deal was that chocolate cake.

We got him to commit to us after that,” Higgins said.

Higgins described the benefits that Braden would bring to the team and what he hopes the team can learn from him.

“We’re going to be good role models for him, but he’s going to be a great role model for us and improve things on the right track for us. He’s going to support us this year,” Higgins said.

Braden was surprised by the prospect of possibly traveling with the team, to which he responded,“That I didn’t know about.”

Naumovich told Braden that the 15 other men’s soccer coaches of the GLVC were envious of his signing before giving him a shirt from last year’s soccer championship. Looney also presented Braden with an official shirt from the NCAA. After the signing, the soccer team had the opportunity to ask questions of their new teammate.

Braden’s mom, Becky Tamosaitis, learned about UIndy’s involvement in TeamIMPACT through a posting about Owen Mahan, who had been signed to the baseball team. Tamosaitis said she is excited for Braden to be around “a whole bunch of big brothers” and be a part of an athletics program like UIndy’s.

“UIndy is just always such a great school. All of their athletics departments

are so involved with the community, and it’s been good,” Tamosaitis said.“He’s met several teams through Riley [Children’s Hospital] and just overall UIndy has been a great school, community-wise, being able to interact with the kids and have fun with it.”

Redshirt junior goalkeeper Andrew Verhonik was part of the group of student athletes that first met Braden. Verhonik said he knew right away that he wanted the soccer team to take on a TeamIMPACT student athlete.

“I knew immediately that I wanted to get this going for the soccer team and thought it would be a cool thing to do,” Verhonik said. “We had some time to figure it out before next fall, and it just happened to work out that they found Braden really quick.”

Many of the attendees echoed that Braden will help them gain perspective on their lives. Verhonik said he is inspired by the way he sees Braden live his life.

“It [interacting with Braden] opens your eyes a little bit and kind of makes you see things from a new perspective,” Verhonik said. “And all of your struggles that you have day to day, you kind of realize that they’re not nearly as big as what he goes through every day. If he can keep a smile on his face and be happy about living life every day, it’s something that makes you want to live the same way. It’s good to have him around.”

Green grass stretched out in front of the University of Indianapolis women’s golf team for the first time in months Feb. 24-25 in Austin, Texas. The St. Edward’s University Hilltoppers hosted the Greyhounds and 12 other teams in the 14-team St. Edward’s Invitational. UIndy placed second in the tournament, falling by just one stroke to the host Hilltoppers.

“It [the team’s performance] was very good for not seeing grass until we got to Texas. We beat four top-25 [ranked] teams. We finished runner up by one stroke to the team that’s hosting and is ranked fifth in the nation. So that was a pretty good start for us,” said Head Golf Coach Brent Nicoson.

The Hounds exceeded Nicoson’s expectations for the invitational. After placing sixth on the first day, the team came back the next with a total score of 307, placing at the top of the field for the day and moving to a second place finish. Nicoson attributed the change between the first day and the second to the additional time outside and better concentration.

Senior Jenny Konop said she saw improvement in her team as well as in her own game from the first day of competition to the second. Previously All-Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Year, Konop averaged a 76.5 score for the 2013 fall season. On her first day, Konop shot a disappointing 88.

“Personally, I didn’t play very well the first day. But I’m very happy with my teammates and especially some of the younger girls on my team that really stepped up and played well,” she said.

Konop adjusted and came back the second day with a 77.

“I didn’t hit the ball well the second day either, but I felt like my mental game was better. So I was able to get it around and find a way to make it work,” Konop said. “I knew that I was counting for my team, so I didn’t want to let them down.”

Konop said she was pleased with the way the team finished and was, along with her coach, happy that they placed better than expected. She said that the team was more comfortable the second day.

“We weren’t expecting to win, which sounds strange. But I’m happy to see that we made progress throughout the four days that we were there,” Konop said.

“Obviously, the drills we were doing inside were paying off.”

In the future, Nicoson said he will look for more improvement in the team.

Consistency, according to Nicoson, will be the key. He said the team needs five women playing well and hopes the team will make easy shots and remain mentally tough. He said he knows the team is talented, and if they do not give away easy shots, they will do well.

Konop said she also is looking towards more improvement in the team.

“We made some mistakes—some bad chips, some bad putts, [and] some shots that, in retrospect, if we would have hit, we could have won,” Konop said. “We need to work on those drills and hopefully make those shots next time.”

UIndy will travel next to the Augustana Spring Fling, Mar. 13-14, in Palm Desert, Calif., with a time for the competition still to be determined.

Nicoson said he hopes to see his team members contend for a win out west as well, even though the cold weather at home is hurting them.When regional play begins later in the season, Nicoson said he believes the playing field will be more equal. In the meantime, he said he hopes to see continued progress from the team.

“We weren’t expecting to win, which sounds strange.

But I’m happy to see that we made progress...”

SPORTS

5 MARCH 5, 2014

Men’s basketball wins UIndy Lacrosse?

GLVC East Division title Commentary

It’s a good idea, but there are still obstacles

By Scott Mitchell OPINION EDITOR

By AJ Rose SPORTS EDITOR The University of Indianapolis men’s basketball team wrapped up its regular season 23-3 overall, 15-3 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, on Thursday, Feb. 27, with a win over Saint Joseph’s College, 109-102.The victory concluded a historic regular season for UIndy as the Hounds tied with the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Rangers for best record in the GLVC East, claiming a share of the GLVC East Division title.

Leading the Hounds in their victory were senior guard Reece Cheatham and redshirt sophomore guard Jordan Loyd, who scored 26 and 20 points, respectively.

Cheatham’s 26 points helped enshrine him as the 24th player in school history to score more than 1,200 career points, while Loyd’s 20 was good for a career high.

UIndy fell at home the Saturday before, however, losing to the rival Bellarmine University Knights 96-81. The loss against the Knights snapped UIndy’s 10-game winning streak and handed the team its first home loss of the season.

The Greyhounds held the lead just once early in the first half and failed to regain it during the rest of the contest.The Knights were able to keep a safe distance from the Hounds on the scoreboard, by being statistically on fire from outside the arc with 14 3-pointers.

Head Men’s Basketball Coach Stan Gouard said the Knights’ shooting performance damaged UIndy’s chances of keeping the game close.

“It sucks the life out of your defense when you do everything you can possibly do at the defensive end, and they [Bellarmine] hit you with 3-pointer after 3-pointer after 3-pointer,” he said. “I thought our guys kept fighting, but at the end of the day, they [Bellarmine] spread us out.They drove us, and we couldn’t do anything to match some of the things they did.”

The Hounds began their last home stand of the season earlier that week, on Thursday, Feb. 20, when they hosted the University of Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles. Despite being one of only two

Photo by Kameron Casey

Redshirt junior Brennan McElroy looks to make a layup against a University of Southern Indiana defender. teams that had knocked off UIndy earlier in the season, the Screaming Eagles could not replicate that performance in Nicoson Hall, falling to the Hounds 92-67.

Junior forward/center Joe Lawson led the Hounds with a double-double, finishing with 25 points and 10 rebounds.

Lawson said that heading into and during the game, the team felt a sense of revenge towards the Screaming Eagles.

“With them [USI] being one of the teams that beat us, we felt like we owed them one [a loss]. We felt like we should have won the first one [game],” he said.

“So we definitely marked it [the game] on our calendar and came out on top.”

During the game, the Screaming Eagles held the lead once, with the first bucket of the contest. From that moment on, after Cheatham answered USI’s twopoint bucket with a 3-pointer, to give UIndy the lead 3-2, the Hounds never looked back. By the end of the first half, UIndy led USI in commanding fashion, 53-35. In the second half, USI surged back

to bring the deficit down to seven points nearly midway through.The Greyhounds adjusted, however, and were able to regain a commanding lead for the rest of the game, cruising to a significant conference win.

Following the victory, Gouard said that he was proud of the effort by his players.

“They showed a lot of resilience tonight. They just did a great job across the board,” he said. “Everybody did their part tonight, and we made some big plays down the stretch, especially when those guys [USI] made their run. I was happy that we finally rebounded the way I thought we could, and we made those guys pay for some of their misses.”

The Hounds will now begin postseason play in Evansville, Ind., on Friday, March 7, as they take on the Knights for the third time this season at the Ford Center in the quarterfinals of the 2014 Deaconess GLVC Men’s Basketball Championship Tournament as the No. 3 seed. The game is set to begin at 8:30 p.m. CST.

Even if you know nothing about lacrosse, dislike lacrosse or are an avid fan, the recent decision by the University of Indianapolis to add lacrosse to our list of sponsored athletic programs speaks volumes. In every aspect of the university, our president has his eyes on the future.

Adding this rapidly growing sport to our repertoire may seem premature, especially since the Great Lakes Valley Conference doesn’t even list it as a sport. But this is an example of the trailblazing path down which our president is leading us.

The sport itself is not trailblazing. It’s one of the oldest sports in the Americas, with its origins in a game that was played

by Native Americans. It was named lacrosse (French for stickball) in the 1600s.

Most popular in the Northeastern United States and Southeastern parts of Canada, lacrosse has spread its influence westward.

Midwest high schools and other Midwest colleges have formed organized teams, and to recruit the best of all sports, we must extend our boundaries beyond the already-popular sports.

Currently, a majority of NCAA college lacrosse occurs at the Division I and Division III levels. Division I is able to support lacrosse because of the large size of their schools. Division III schools are able to support lacrosse because it takes the place of football, which they may not have the personnel or finances to support. Division II is somewhere in the middle. Many schools at our level do not have the necessary funds to add lacrosse as a sport. But they have enough to facilitate the more popular sports. Apparently our administration believes that we have grown up enough as a university to support this expansion in the athletics department. But there are several issues that must be addressed.

Obviously, lacrosse is a risk. It is going to require money for scholarships, uniforms, locker rooms and fields. It will add to the commotion that occurs in the Athletics & Recreation Center and the weight room, as teams attempt to find practice time without getting in

each other’s way. It will create a different atmosphere with new and unique student athletes.

A lacrosse roster includes nearly 50 athletes. With the addition of men’s and women’s lacrosse, that is another 100 athletes that we will need to accommodate with facilities, and I am interested to see where they find a place for them. At the moment, nearly superhuman organization would be required to squeeze in another 100 athletes, as well as several more coaches.

Besides the aforementioned issues, there also is the issue of return. The initial impact of the lacrosse teams will be to generate a lot of excitement. But how long will that excitement last? Especially when a majority of students may not even know about, or be interested in, the sport?

In addition, UIndy has historically been a national contender in the Directors’ Cup. How will the addition of these two new teams affect that?

I am skeptical that UIndy lacrosse would be able to uphold the standards of success in place for our current athletic teams. At least, I doubt that the teams would be able to do so in their inaugural season. Hopefully, they will quickly come into their own. But will the student body and the general public support the fledgling lacrosse teams long enough to see them enjoy success?

These and other questions will be addressed shortly. They will have to be if this idea is going to succeed. But even if the addition of men’s and women’s lacrosse does not catapult UIndy into athletic or financial success, I think it is a very intelligent move. It enhances the image of the university by showing that we are a pioneer in Division II athletics.

We are here during an exciting time at this university—a time of significant change. Our involvement will have a ripple effect that will last for years to come. Lacrosse is only a small piece of this future, a future I am excited to see unfold.

Our administration and faculty are striving to set us up for a fast break.

They’ve scooped the ball and passed it ahead, hoping for a goal. Will it land successfully in the back of the net? We will just have to wait and see.

Women’s basketball back on track After losing three of four games, UIndy finishes regular season with two-game winning streak headed into March

By Kameron Casey STAFF WRITER With the help of six 3-pointers by junior guard Kelly Walter, the University of Indianapolis women’s basketball team closed out its regular season Thursday, Feb. 27, with a convincing 72-57 road victory over the Saint Joseph’s College Pumas. The victory helped improve the Greyhounds’ overall record to 22-7, 13-5 in the GLVC. The Greyhounds never trailed, controlling the lead from their first bucket of the game. UIndy also dominated statistically in the paint, outscoring the Pumas inside 26-19.

The Greyhounds bounced back from two straight losses with a win against the Bellarmine University Knights on Senior Night, Saturday, Feb. 22. The Hounds defeated the Knights 85-70 and had five players score in double digits. Walter led UIndy with 20 points in the victory.

The Hounds hit 27 of 33 free throws and outscored the Knights 38-20 in the paint. Those factors, plus holding Bellarmine to 19 percent shooting in the second half, led to UIndy’s 21st win of the season.

The Greyhounds started the week ranked No. 23 nationally but suffered a 69-54 loss to the University of Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles two days before on Thursday, Feb. 20.

The Greyhounds scored just 12 points in the first half and were down by 30 points before coming up short in their second half effort. UIndy was led by senior guard Rose Savela and senior forward/center

Eliza Wortman, both of whom finished the game with nine points.

Sophomore guard Princess German attributed the difference between the two games that week to a strong start and being more aggressive.

“Last game [against USI], we didn’t start very well,” German said. “We didn’t play like ourselves at all.”

Against the Screaming Eagles, the team shot just 33 percent from the field and 15 percent from 3-point range, which was uncharacteristic in comparison to the season overall of 47 percent and 36 percent, respectively.

Head Women’s Basketball Coach Constantin Popa and German both mentioned that the differences in intensity were a major factor in the two games that week.

“I always talk about being ready from the get-go,” Popa said. “And tonight [against Bellarmine] was a great team performance, and that’s what I’m always looking for.”

The Greyhounds’ troubles, prior to the victory over Bellarmine, may have been due to adjusting to the loss of senior guard Katy McIntosh. McIntosh was not only a consistent and valuable starter for the Greyhounds, but started every game since her freshman season, prior to being injured.

“McIntosh has been here for four years

and is a major player for our team,” Popa said. “The good thing about it is that this year we have a lot of players ready to go and step up to the challenge.”

Popa noted that the team had to make a few changes on the offensive end after the loss of McIntosh and be a little more patient. He also emphasized the team’s focus on sharing the ball, which was prevalent in the win over the Knights, as the team had 18 assists.

Looking forward to tournament play in March, Popa said that the team is going to take everything one game at a time and focus on what is directly ahead of them.

German expressed her confidence in herself and the team’s ability to step up and be successful throughout the remainder of the season.

“I need to bring more aggressiveness, [show] leadership and grab some more rebounds,” German said. “If we play like we played this game [against Bellarmine], and everyone keeps bringing the same intensity, we’ll be all right.”

The Greyhounds, after receiving a bye as the No. 4 seed in the upcoming 2014 Deaconess GLVC Women’s Basketball Championship Tournament, will prepare to take on the University of MissouriSt. Louis Tritons at the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind., on Thursday, March 6, for a quarterfinals matchup. Game time is set for 12 p.m. CST.

“If we play like we played this game, and everyone keeps bringing the same intensity, we’ll be alright.”

Photo by Kameron Casey

Senior guard Erin Murphy drives the ball inside against two Bellarmine University defenders on Senior Night.

ENTERTAINMENT

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MARCH 5, 2014

THE REFLECTOR

REVIEWS

THE RATINGS

CLASSIC

GREAT

MEDIOCRE

BAD

HORRIBLE

WIND RISES 1 THE MOVIE

2 HELIOS CD

SISTERS CAFÉ 3 3RESTAURANT

4 BOOK

TIME 5 CLIMB ADVENTURES

>> My grandfather always said to leave the party at the peak of your popularity. Hiyao Miyazaki has clearly taken this advice to heart. Miyazaki’s latest film is also his last. “The Wind Rises” tells an embellished version of the story of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed the Mitsubishi A6 “Zero” fighter plane.

This carrier-launched aircraft was used by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequent battles across the Pacific Theatre of World War II. The film shows an idealistic young Horikoshi who loves the idea of flight.

He dreams that he meets Giovanni Caproni, famed Italian airplane engineer. In a later scene, he helps an injured person without hoping for a reward. Set against the backdrop of imminent war, the story is a touching tale of a good man whose invention is turned into a tool of destruction. This film is great for Miyazaki fans and history nerds alike, and it is a great farewell from Miyazaki.

>> “Whatever we stand, wherever we fall, don’t matter at all ‘cause I will be forever yours.” Lyrics like these from “Wherever This Goes” are common from the band The Fray. Fans fell in love with the band when they heard its first hit single “How To Save A Life.” The album opens with “Hold My Hand,” a piano-heavy rapid song that reassures the listener that the band has not left. The album’s first single, “Love Don’t Die,” has a little bit of an edge that is almost in your face. The next track, “Give It Away,” strays even farther, with a funk I would expect to hear from a band like Fitz and The Tantrums. With a perfect balance of upbeat jams and slower ballads, “Helios” makes listeners feel like dancing on top of the world one minute and jumping into their loved one’s arms the next. Each track, no matter whether it steps out of its normalcy, works well with the band and proves that The Fray is still capable of making one great album.

>> If you are looking for a place to take your parents when they come to town for a visit, 3 Sisters Café is it. The vegan-heavy menu will help convince Mom that your eating habits include more than late night cookies and muffins from The Perk, while the “kitschy” house-turned-restaurant will show Dad that there is more to Broad Ripple than weekend shenanigans. The food is standard café fair with a twist—such as instead of pancakes, they have lemon corn cakes with berries. While some of the entrees might sound a bit too “hippie,” once you try items such as the blueberry and goat cheese pie, you will realize those hippies might be on to something. While the good food and unique atmosphere may impress Mom and Dad, the real reason to bring them along is so they will pick up the check, because prices are slightly out of the average college student’s price range. This little cafe is worth the trip off campus.

>> “The Museum of Extraordinary Things” is yet another wonderful book by best-selling author Alice Hoffman.

The main character, Coralie Sardie, is the daughter of the “professor” who runs the Museum of Extraordinary Things on Coney Island during the early 20th century.

Coralie is a great swimmer, so she appears as the mermaid in her father’s museum.

Coralie also acts with a 100-year-old turtle, a wolfman and a butterfly girl. After being sheltered all her life, Coralie decides to take an adventure late one night. She runs into a dashing photographer and Russian immigrant named Eddie Cohen.

Throughout the rest of the story, Coralie and Eddie become united as one, despite the hard times they both have fallen on, as they try to solve the mystery of a young woman’s disappearance. This story has the perfect balance of romance and mystery, and the excellent storytelling elements only enhance the book’s passion.The book is marked at $16.83 on Amazon.

>>When I arrived at Climb Time only the “c,” “t” and “i” were lit up on the sign. I figured that it would be a metaphor for my time there. But this little rock climbing facility was easy to navigate and fun for any skill level. The man at the front desk gave a short tutorial on the equipment, and then my friends and I were off and climbing. There is a plethora of hand and foot hold difficultylevels. But each wall is labeled, so you can choose how much you want to challenge yourself. I was skeptical of how my upper body strength would hold out, but I made it up most of the walls that I attempted.

This indoor adventure is affordable and offers many different discount nights. I was lucky enough to go there on ladies night. Everyone there was friendly, even when I lost my grip and almost took out a fellow climber. So whether you are a monkey or have childlike strength, Climb Time is great for unusual fun. The only downside is that it is in Castleton.

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Music contest to be held soon

By Hannah Nieman STAFF WRITER

The Maurer Young Musicians Contest Finals Concert will take place at 2 p.m. on March 9 in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center. The annual contest, endowed by Illene Maurer, is organized by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Association. Former winners include Minju Choi, pianist and associate adjunct professor.

Choi remembers competing in the concert at UIndy in 1997, on the stage where she now performs regularly.

“I still won’t forget being here and rehearsing with my pianist and being backstage waiting for the competition,” Choi said. “I even remember what I wore and what I played.”

The contest was started in 1938, by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.

According to the contest flyer, the contest “encourages accomplished young Indiana musicians to set and achieve goals of technical and artistic excellence.”

Maurer Young Musicians Contest Co-Chair Joanna Weiler said the contest aims “to challenge really serious student musicians in their craft and to bring awareness to instrumental music in general.”

Students from primary and secondary Indiana schools send in applications and musical resumes, which are then reviewed by the ISOA. According to Contest CoChair Rita Martin, the association tries to take as many contestants as possible.

This year 16 contestants will audition on March 8, in front of a panel of judges.

Between the finalists’ pieces, Director of Underwriting for WICR and UIndy TV Doug Housemeyer will interview two contest donors, an individual from the

ISO and an individual from the ISOA. According to Weiler, finalists are judged in a variety of categories such as musicianship, proficiency, stage presence, musical interpretation and technical skill.

Choi feels that the judging process for this particular contest is trying because the contest is not for one specific type of musician.

“It’s really difficult because you’re not really judging who’s the best pianist or who’s the best violinist,” Choi said.“You’re voting basically on who’s the best musician or who’s the best performer that day.”

Participants in the contest this year range from ages 9 to 18. First prize consists of $2,500 and a chance to play as a soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Martin views the prize money as “an incentive to continue study [of music].”

The contest is not just beneficial for the students. Weiler enjoys meeting the participants and intermingling with them.

“They’re humble, gracious young people,” Weiler said. “It’s just very fun to interact with them.”

Martin feels this event provides them with a rewarding experience as well.

“It’s a good way for us to give back in a way that we enjoy,” Martin said.

Martin added that she finds the students’ performances inspirational.

“When you see students who obviously have had to give up other things in order to be as good as they are at their instrument, it makes you feel like, ‘I could do that in my own way,’” Martin said.

Weiler also sees an additional opportunity for young students who may attend the concert.

“When they [students] see that kind of a performance from a young person,” she said. “They can relate and think, ‘Maybe I would like to do that.’”

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The percussion ensemble performs “Night Music” to start off the “Made in the USA” concert in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center.

FAC features American music

By Hannah Nieman STAFF WRITER The Faculty Artist Concert Series performance “Made in the USA” was presented at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 24. Faculty, alumni and students came together to perform music written by American composers.

Faculty pianist and Associate Adjunct Professor Minju Choi saw the concert as a chance for audience members to experience music that was written in the same country where it was being performed. “[This concert] was a great opportunity to showcase American music—music written by composers of the past but also the present,” Choi said.

The percussion ensemble conducted by music faculty member Paul Berns began the night with a performance of “Night Music” composed by Robert Starer. The ensemble was followed by faculty adjunct Anne Reynolds on the flute and alumnus Matthew Bridgham on piano playing “Duo for Flute and Piano” by Aaron Copland.

As audience members became more

involved in the performances, their applause prompted the duo to come out for a second bow.

Solaire Quartet consisting of Otis Murphy, Paul Bro, Sam Fritz and Scotty Stepp then performed “Revolution” composed by Marc Mellits. Afterward, Murphy introduced Benjamin Dean Taylor, the composer of the next piece, and invited him to the stage.

“Digital Goldfish,” composed by Taylor, had its premiere performance at the “Made in the USA” concert. Taylor said that the odd title was rooted in a study he read about that said Americans now only have a nine second attention span, which is the same as a goldfish’s attention span.

“Nothing lasts longer than nine seconds,” Taylor said of the frequent changes in his composition.

Taylor said that the piece resembles the tendencies of individuals to be distracted by social media while attempting to focus on a specific task.

Following the applause for Taylor and the quartet, the stage was set with a small, round table with a tablecloth, teacup, wine glass filled with water and vase.The scene was completed with a plush toy dog in a

pink carrier.

The artists came onto the stage to play “Café Music,” composed by Paul Schoenfield. The trio consisted of Choi on piano, Kurt Fowler on cello and Dean Franke on violin.

Freshman nursing major Courtney Kinnard said that this last piece was her favorite of the night.

“My favorite instrument is the cello, so I really liked that,” Kinnard said.

At the beginning of the second movement of “Café Music,” Fowler and Franke took a moment to enjoy the scenery as well as their beverages. They both then placed a monetary tip on the piano before joining in, eliciting more laughter from the audience.

Choi said that she chose the piece because it was a fun crowd-pleaser.

However, the decision to have props came during a rehearsal the night before.

“We all at the same time were thinking, ‘Hey, wouldn’t it be great if we had props?’” Choi said.

In spite of the piece’s difficulty, Choi enjoyed playing the piece and giving the audience a chance to laugh.

“This piece was meant to be lighthearted,” Choi said. “And not so serious.”

Ceramics, paintings on display in gallery

‘Clay, Form, Paint and Texture’ displays unique artwork and techniques by artists Tamar Kander and Jamas Brooke

By Khiry Clark STAFF WRITER Located in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center, “Clay, Form, Paint and Texture” is a gallery that shows works of art from the painter Tamar Kander and the sculptor Jamas Brooke. The gallery show includes ceramics and mixed media paintings.

Every piece of artwork is inspired, and what inspires Brooke

the most when creating his artwork is that it is a way for him to be creative without having to make any conscientious decisions.

“I love ceramics the most because with pinching, I am able to lose my own identity,” he said. “I am more so a participant in the process. It’s as if the piece is created through me, because I don’t make any decisions.”

Photos by Khiry Clark

The art of ceramics is something that consists of heating organic nonmetallic solid, followed by shaping and ending with cooling the solid. Brooke also specializes in the Raku method of firing, in which the pots are removed from the kiln at their maximum temperature. Raku glasses are often fractured as the f i r ing process gives the cracks of the pot a glaze. In the gallery show there are a few pieces of Raku-fired

pieces created by Brooke, such as the Raku Pitcher and the Alter Platter.

“Landscape is really the main method to my creativity,” he said.

“If there is strong color, it will creep into my work.”

Tamar Kander, who also is Brooke’s wife, is a painter who is best known for her mixed media paintings.

A mixed media painting combines different types of paint and drawing

materials and methods, rather than only having just one medium.

Her mixed media paintings are showcased in museums and corporate offices both in North and South America, as well as Europe. Her mixed media painting entitled “Detour Ahead” tells a story and gives an example of what inspires her.

“At this time of the year, I use a lot of white, neutrals and blues, because that is what I see outside,”she said.“I created this piece in January, and I used cold whites and added red for warmth and fire.”

The “Clay, Form, Paint and Texture” gallery show will be held until March 14.

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Alumni artists run Two-Thirds Studio

By Kameron Casey STAFF WRITER

their first day of college in 2001.

“We were walking to our very first 2-D design class with [Associate ProfesTwo-Thirds Studio, located at 1043 sor of Art and Design] Donna Adams,” Virginia Ave. in Fountain Square, was Ditchley said. “We were both commutopened in December 2009 by artists ers, and we both happened to show up and University of Indianapolis alumni late to class on the first day. We sat next Lauren Ditchley, Dany Del Real and to each other, and we’ve stuck together Katherine Fries. The studio began on the since then.”

Adams distinctly remembers Ditchthird floor of The Murphy Arts Center, but was subsequently relocated to the ley and Del Real from their time at UIndy. She noted their second floor, in Suite 205. passion throughout their Ditchley and Del Real uren a L time in school. a met on n m Alu one of is y “They showed a pasle h c Dit ders of io. sion for it [pursuing an n u o f e h t ds Stud Two-Thir ameron Casey art career], and I had a yK passion to encourage Photo b them,” Adams said.

“They’ve got wonderful and creative ideas.”

Adams and Ditchley are also part of “INvision Photography

Group.” The group helps to develop each member’s skills as a professional photographer. Group members attend shows and exhibits, teach each other new techniques and critique one another’s work. Adams has been a part of the group since 1998, and Ditchley joined when she graduated from college in 2007.

Ditchley’s pursuit of art after college was no surprise to Adams, who attributed Ditchley’s success to her motivation, creativity and willingness to take risks.

“Those are the kind of people that grow,” Adams said. “She’s a risk-taker, and so are Dany and Katherine.”

Ditchley attended UIndy from 2001 to 2007. She started as a pre-art therapy and ceramics major her first four years, and in her last two years, she pursued her fine arts degree in studio art.

Her work has been displayed at the Harrison Center for the Arts, the Bona Thompson Memorial Center, the Wheeler Arts Community Center and the University of Indianapolis.

At Two-Thirds Studio, Ditchley’s latest body of work is displayed on three

of the four walls and on tables within the studio. Entitled “From: Indy, To: India,” the exhibit opened on Friday, Jan. 3, and features all original photography from Ditchley’s recent trip to India. She took the trip to study printmaking and photography.

“For this show, I wanted to choose images that would help people see the place I was [seeing] differently than they’d imagined,” she said.

In India, Ditchley said, she could see the teas being made in front of her and dyes being put into clothing.

“It was beautiful to me,” she said. “It made all of those mundane things feel special.”

Most of the images displayed for the show are presented without captions because Ditchley believes that artist and viewer interaction adds to the show.

“If someone has a question for me, I would love to talk with them about it,” Ditchley said. “I want them to wonder and ask questions

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UIndy focuses on aging

By Hannah Nieman STAFF WRITER

The Center for Aging and Community is one of the University of Indianapolis’ centers of excellence. According to its web page, the CAC “collaborates, educates and conducts research to enhance the quality of life for all people as they age.”

Communications Manager Amy Magan said the CAC also aims to create a meaningful impact on the lives of older adults and expand the reach of UIndy beyond the campus, which is why it is located in the Southeast Community Services building.

The CAC offers four academic programs: the Undergraduate Certificate in Aging Studies requires a total of 12 credit hours in specific gerontology courses, the Master of Science in Gerontology requires 36 credit hours, the Graduate Certificate in Gerontology requires 18 credit hours. The CAC also offers a Graduate Certificate in Project Management for human services professionals.

Master of gerontology student Gabrielle Hamilton, who also earned her undergraduate certificate at the CAC, has found the academic programs beneficial, including the general core courses.

“It’s been very helpful to learn the basic information about the aging population,” Hamilton said.

In addition to academic programs, the CAC works with multiple organizations to help improve the lives of older adults.

According to Admissions Coordinator Stephanie Fritz, the CAC provides project management, development skills and grant-writing for other organizations.

Fritz said that the undergraduate program has been growing recently. The program has no requirements beyond enrollment at UIndy. On the other hand, the graduate program requires a bachelor’s degree, a minimum 3.0 GPA, an online application, three letters of recommendation and a statement of purpose.

Hamilton feels that the CAC welcomes students into the program with a simple application procedure.

“I felt like the admissions process was very smooth,” she said. “It seemed like

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Wheeler gives UIndy foothold in the square

By Ally Holmes STAFF WRITER

The historic Wheeler Arts Community Center has become a point of interest in Fountain Square because of the collaboration between the University of Indianapolis and Southeast Neighborhood Development Inc. (SEND).

Located at 1035 Sanders Street in Fountain Square, the building was constructed in 1912 and was originally the Wheeler Carburetor Company. According to Interim Chair and Professor of Social Sciences Timothy Maher, the building housed the first carburetor factory ever built anywhere in the world, but it was abandoned by the 1990s.

Renovations to the building created 36 apartments averaging 1,000 square feet each of almost entirely open space.

All the apartments are U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development subsidized apartments, so tenants have to meet income requirements to be eligible to live at the Wheeler.

“The idea being that it’s hard to get

started as an artist. So if you have a place that’s affordable—that you can live, that you can work and sell your work in— then that helps the career possibilities of beginning artists,” Maher said. “Not just beginning artists—the truth is a lot of people have benefitted from the building.”

SEND,with collaboration from former UIndy President Jerry Israel, bought the Wheeler Arts building and was able to create a meeting place for the city.

“We had the opening Oct. 13 of 2000, Friday the 13th, which is a very auspicious opening day, but we were having a conference as part of the opening,”Maher said. “We had arranged [for] the mayor to be the speaker, and that was the only day he had open.”

Much of the original structure of Wheeler was kept, to try to preserve the industrial feel of the building. According to Maher, UIndy has been in the Wheeler for a little more than 13 years.

“It’s a pretty interesting building,” Maher said.“... I’ve taught all my classes in those 13 years in this building. Sometimes, we will go up on the balcony or down to

the theatre. It’s kind of a flexible space.”

Maher said that one of the things he likes about being at the Wheeler is interacting with the people who live and work in the building.

“As a sociologist, it’s refreshing to have contact with real life, real people and real issues,” he said.

Junior visual communication design major Blake Childers has been an intern at the Wheeler for two years.

“This is my last year [that] I actually can work at Wheeler, because it’s a paid internship, and I was able to get the extension for this year,” he said. “It’s only supposed to be offered [for] one year per student, but I actually did a good enough job to where they actually let me go on for an extra year.”

Childers said that he wanted to work at the Wheeler because of the atmosphere and the chance to learn from artists.

“It’s all about the art, and you’re in a building that is full of artists themselves that are trying to make it through in the real world,” he said.“Whenever I’m there, I can always find someone to talk to, and

and maybe even come up with their own feeling about it.”

This show is Ditchley’s first full exhibit since her senior thesis in 2007, and according to her, the efforts paid off because “From: Indy, To: India” was, personally, her most successful show to date.

Artwork from Ditchley, Del Real and Fries is displayed throughout the year, with the studio featuring artwork of many different mediums.

Ditchley focuses on photography. Del Real does work in painting, sculpture, mixed media and graphic design. Each one also curates a show to which he or she invites artists or sends out a call for artists. The next show to be featured is entitled “The Thrift Show.”

“People have to go to a thrift store to come up with a concept for their work or use it in the piece they create,” Ditchley said. “Then we’ll judge them [the works] and the best pieces will be shown.”

Artists can contact Two-Thirds Studio through its Facebook page to submit work for the exhibit. The Thrift Show opens Friday, April 4, from 7-11 p.m.

they’re always easy to talk to. They’re helping to explain what the real world is like compared to school.”

Maher said that it is hard for him to pick out a favorite place within the building, because he spends most of his time in his classroom, but each area has a special quality.

“The theatre, when it is all decked out, is probably the coolest looking space,” he said.

“For music, having a band in the atrium is hard to beat.”

Childers said that First Friday, a monthly event when almost all of the art studios are open to the public, is one of the best things that Wheeler does to display its artists’ works.

“People will intentionally schedule an event on First Friday just because the artists that are living there will actually open their doors and allow anybody to look at their art,” he said. “The first few times I was there, ... the main thing that I wanted to do was just go around and get to know everybody in the actual place.

And instantly everybody was awesome.”

they were very accepting and very eager for me to join the program.”

Recently, the undergraduate program has seen more incoming students. Fritz attributes some of the growth to the CAC’s outreach events. For example, the CAC will host events on campus for Careers in Aging Week, April 7-12. All students are invited to stop by the information tables and participate in the free raffles, documentary screening and other events.

According to Magan, these events are intended to “broaden understanding and raise awareness of what people can do in the area of aging.”

As a student who did not hear about the program until her advisor mentioned it, Hamilton sees these events as a chance to engage students.

“I think it’s a great opportunity to get information out there and to let students know [about the program],” Hamilton said.

According to Magan, the CAC also is hosting Arts in Aging, a contest open to all UIndy students. Students are asked to create any type of artwork that shows a positive image in aging. The deadline is March 28, and one winner will be selected for a $100 prize. The entry form is on the CAC’s web page on the UIndy website.

Magan views this contest as a chance for students to consider what aging really entails.

“By asking students to express, in some artistic fashion, a positive image of aging, we hope it will make students stop and think what the positive things about aging are,” Magan said.

She also reminds students that while careers in aging are especially prominent in the health care field, there are other opportunities in aging. For example, Hamilton is looking into fitness facilities and community senior centers.

Overall, Hamilton is very pleased with her experience at the CAC thus far.

“It has provided me with a great space and a great starting point to branch out and learn not only about myself but about all of the possibilities that I am going to have in the future,” Hamilton said. “I am very grateful for our Center for Aging and Community.”

Photos by Kyle Weidner and James Figy Artwork by Stephanie Kirkling

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ISG asks students’ opinions on campus issues

By Jake Fritz FEATURE EDITOR

In an effort to bring more attention to the group’s work on campus, the Indianapolis Student Government has established a table for the Schwitzer Student Center Hump Day events called “What Do You Want Wednesday.”

ISG Vice-President and junior theatre major Abel Watson said that the table allows the executive board to interact with students to get their input on potential problems and suggestions for changes they would like to see on campus. “What Do You Want Wednesday” events also help bring awareness to ISG. “It is a great opportunity to inform them [students] of what is going on, that ISG is the student government, we are the voice for them and we are in fact working on whatever complaint or issue they might have,” said ISG Treasurer and senior psychology major Nicole Rodert.

ISG President and senior communication major DyNishia Miller explained that beyond being a requirement for keeping the University of Indianapolis’

accreditation, the Indianapolis Student Government serves as the voice of the students to the administration.

“We listen to student concerns, understand them and voice those concerns to the administration,” Miller said.

The ISG executive board also sits on student interviewing committees and advisory boards when administrative positions are being filled.

Rodert looks back at her time on the student interviewing committee for UIndy President Robert Manuel as one of her proudest moments in ISG. “That [being on the committee] was a really great opportunity we got to have, to actually put in our input for the students on who our next president was going to be,” Rodert said.

Miller is not shy about her pride in the history of the ISG and the effects it has had on campus.

“We are trying not only to do new and big and amazing things, but we want to foster our history and understand where we come from,” Miller said. “One thing that stands out to me is that student government was one of the leading pushes to get a fall break.”

While the past student government helped bring fall break to UIndy, the current board has served as student input during the print management implementation, held the first Founders Day celebration, installed water bottle fountains and recently organized the Student Senate.

ISG also was instrumental in the change of venue for the upcoming graduation ceremonies.

“A big thing [project] for us is graduation location and the change from Nicoson Hall to Key Stadium,” Miller said.

“Even if it [graduation] is not kept at Key Stadium next year, they realize that we have to have a bigger place, because limiting a student to only four tickets is just not an option anymore.”

ISG also is working on projects, such as registered student organization storage, commuter student storage and the possibility of having a “dead week” before finals.

Miller emphasized how important ISG is to making changes on campus and how equally important it is for students to be involved.

Watson underscored how important it

Photo by Jake Fritz

ISG Vice President Abel Watson staffs the“What Do You Want Wednesday” table in Schwitzer on Feb. 19.

Students who are interested in running is for students to be involved with ISG. “Come to our meetings. That is the for a position on the Indianapolis Student best way to get started and understand Government Executive Board should pick what we do and how we do things and up an application at the ISG office and return it by March 7 at 4:30 p.m. how we run things,” Watson said.

5-YEAR from page 1 then our plan isn’t connected,” he said.

Manuel said that the same idea carries over into creating lacrosse teams. He said that the teams will be another recruitment tool to bring in more students, from outside of Indiana, without putting stress on academic programs.

“The demographic shift in Indiana is declining in terms of the number of people graduating from high school,” he said. “Lacrosse is a sport that is really well known in Illinois and Ohio.

We can draw and recruit students to campus from those places.”

The lacrosse field will go on space that does not need to be cleared, Manuel said.

Holstein said that unlike the other projects, a real estate developer would be responsible for the funding and construction of the new health sciences facility.

The university will then lease the facility from that developer, with the option to buy or continue leasing the facility in

the future.

“The ambitious goal is to have it open in August of 2015,” he said. “... And then it’s kind of like a domino effect from there.

So once you take the people out of the current facilities and locate them there, then you can do the work in Martin Hall and then you can do the work in the science laboratories.”

Holstein said that he was not at liberty to say where the new health sciences building will be built, but it will be on property that the university already owns. He also said that the university will be responsible for the upkeep of the building.

According to Holstein, though, the new campus apartments would be financed and constructed by the university.

Manuel said that the university would like to increase the student population slightly by creating more programs on both the graduate and undergraduate level. He said that the lacrosse teams

“There are at least 1,000 moving parts to these projects.”

Hoosier writer comes to UIndy

By Andre Semenchuck STAFF WRITER

The University of Indianapolis hosted writer and Hoosier native Jim McGarrah as part of the Kellogg Writers Series.

Not a seat was empty on Tuesday, Feb. 18, as professors and students packed the Trustees Dining Hall to listen.

At the beginning of the reading, Associate Professor of English Elizabeth Weber read a long list of McGarrah’s accomplishments, which include a Kennedy Center Award in 2001 and the 2010 Eric Hoffer Award for Legacy Nonfiction.

Weber mentioned several of the various jobs that McGarrah has held throughout his life.

“He has been a horse trainer, a janitor, a social worker and a mailman,” Weber said and laughed. “But it’s all part of the training to be a poet.”

Without missing a beat, McGarrah leapt into his own introduction as he shouted out,“I drink, too.That’s part of it.”

McGarrah began by reading a recent essay entitled “Yonder.” He wrote this essay after an academic colleague asked him to write about a word he used in his childhood but no longer hears in his adult life. The essay is about his grandfather and the life lessons that were imparted to him as a young boy in Princeton, Ind. Sophomore religion major Joe Krall was particularly struck by the portrayal of McGarrah’s hometown.

“I really liked his description of the Midwest. He really summed up the atmosphere of the Midwest in the 50s.”

Krall said.

McGarrah shared poems and stories that presented details about his life. Including driving at night on black ice by the Canadian border and sleepless nights as a soldier in Vietnam when every sound he heard might have been his last.

The Kellogg Writers Series authors often fit the theme of the University Series.

Every year a theme is chosen, and all of the lecturers who are asked to speak have a connection to these themes. This year’s

University Series theme is “Stepping Up.” “As an ex-Marine who served his country during the war in Vietnam, McGarrah certainly ‘stepped up,’” Weber said. “His memoir, ‘A Temporary Sort of Peace,’ was about his service as a soldier in the Vietnam War, so his writing also fit the theme of ‘Stepping Up.’” While most of the work he shared with the audience was primarily lighter and included anecdotes and observations filled with dry wit and imagery, he did not completely stray from his more somber material.

“You could hear the full moon keening as it rose to wait for death. Its only job was to end someone’s loneliness forever by lighting the path of a sniper’s bullet or casting a dim shadow across a trip wire,” McGarrah said.

McGarrah said he and several of his friends returned home from the war incredibly shaken, and they could feel what they experienced at war affecting their lives. “ W ho here has heard of post traumatic stress disorder?” He asked the audience. “I’m sure you’ve heard about it a lot, especially with all the veterans coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan. But after the war in Vietnam was over, the government didn’t consider it a real disease.”

McGarrah recounted the process veterans had to go through to claim disability as the result of PTSD, in particular the struggles a close friend went through.

McGarrah has written several essays and a book about his experiences in the war as well as opinion pieces on the treatment of veterans. An audience member asked him whether he had done a lot of writing while in Vietnam.

“No, mostly ducking,”McGarrah said.

“No, I couldn’t write about it until I was about 30.There’s this Ernest Hemingway quote about distancing yourself from painful experiences that I like to think about. I think that when you have a big, emotional experience, you want to write about it right away … [but] you can’t really examine what your experience, in reality, is.”

“I think that when you have a big, emotional experience, you want to write about it right away.”

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Same-sex marriage benefits

Federal agency heads comply with SCOTUS ruling

By Leeann Doerflein NEWS EDITOR The United States Department of Justice announced new policies on the recognition of same-sex couples in accordance with the landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court in United States vs. Windsor. Many other federal offices, such as the Department of Defense and the Internal Revenue Service, also have taken steps to comply with this decision.

The 5-4 decision was issued on June 26, 2013, and struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional. According to the majority opinion written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, DOMA’s third section is “a deprivation of liberty ... by the Fifth Amendment.”

The opinion also said that DOMA is a violation of the due process and equal protection clauses, and it promotes inequality before the law.

Assistant Professor of History and Political Science Maryam Stevenson said that these policy changes are an answer to the mandate U.S. vs.Windsor established.

She said that a delayed reaction is not uncommon between Supreme Court decisions and other political bodies, citing the example Brown vs. Board of Education, which took multiple rulings before desegregation in the schools was enforced.

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U.S Attorney General Eric Holder announced on Feb. 10 that the federal government would recognize health insurance and other benefits for federal employees and their families; a uniform policy ensuring that all same-sex married couples are recognized for federal tax purposes; and a policy dictating that same-sex and opposite-sex marriages are treated exactly the same for purposes of immigration law.

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—Los Angeles Times

US Border Patrol criticized for lack of diligence Demonstrators gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, as the court hears arguments on a part of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act that prevents legally wed same-sex couples from receiving certain benefits by defining marriage as between a man and woman.

(Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT) with the Department of Defense to determine that members of the military who are in same-sex marriages will receive the same benefits available to opposite-sex married couples.

“These [same-sex] marriages were valid when they were celebrated, and the federal government will acknowledge them as such,” Holder said. “And we will continue to coordinate with others across the government to ensure that those in lawful same-sex marriages across the country will receive every benefit to which they are entitled.”

Stevenson said that this decision allows same-sex married couples federal benefits, whereas before they were only eligible if a state chose to extend benefits to same-sex couples.

“It requires the federal government

not just to recognize same-sex marriage where it is legal, but to extend the same federal benefits that they would afford to heterosexual couples who are in a legal marriage,” she said.

Benefits Manager at UIndy Carol Fairhead said that the Family Medical Leave Act is a benefit that is determined by state laws on same-sex unions, rather than federal policy. According to the U.S. Department of Labor website, the FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified reasons with continuation of group health insurance coverage under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave.

According to Fairhead, the benefits that UIndy offers to same-sex married couples is the same as what they offer

to heterosexual couples. These benefits are medical, dental and vision insurance, COBRA and the faculty and staff tuition discount. UIndy also offers these benefits to same-sex partners, but there is a difference in how taxes are filed and whether the benefits are pre-tax or post-tax.

UIndy instituted same-sex partner benefits in 2010, before it was required.

Fairhead said that UIndy saw that it could better attract the best and brightest if it extended benefits to same-sex partners and spouses. Fairhead also said that this goes along with UIndy’s culture of nondiscrimination and inclusion.

“It was to attract the best-qualified candidates,” Fairhead said. “It is a big thing to not have your partner eligible for benefits, and that was lowering the pool of applicants.”

ers today, and the emergence of the social smoker, there are those who are beginning the process of becoming smoke-free, but that does not come without some challenges.

“Sometimes, students will come looking for assistance with quitting,”said Lynn Moran, director of the Student Health Center at the University of Indianapolis.

“But sometimes, they just aren’t ready to quit yet.”

The stigma behind social smoking has added an additional level of difficulty to dropping the habit.

“It is especially hard for a social smoker to quit,” Moran said. “The temptation to return to his or her usual friends and hangouts makes quitting that much more difficult.”

Many studies, including one by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine in 2011, have suggested this rise in popularity specifically represents a large demographic of teen and young adult smokers.

Smoking among America’s young people has reached epidemic proportions, starting them on the path to a lifetime of addiction, the U.S. Surgeon General’s office said in its first report since 1994 on youth smoking.

Among U.S. high school seniors, one in four is a regular cigarette smoker, and because few high school smokers are able to quit, some 80 percent will continue to smoke as adults, according to the report.

According to the Surgeon General’s

WASHINGTON—Border Patrol agents have deliberately stepped in the path of cars to justify shooting at the drivers and have fired in frustration at people throwing rocks from the Mexican side of the border, according to an independent review of 67 cases that resulted in 19 deaths.

The report by law enforcement experts criticized the Border Patrol for “lack of diligence”in investigating U.S. agents who had fired their weapons. It also said it was unclear whether the agency “consistently and thoroughly reviews” use-of-deadlyforce incidents.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which had commissioned the review, has tried to prevent the scathing 21-page report from coming to light.

—Tribune Washington Bureau ©2014 McClatchy Tribune News Service Distributed by MCT Information Services

Study: More young people smoking, despite risks

By Kyle Weidner EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

In 1964, cigarette commercials on television were as common as cigarette smoking. But all of that changed when Surgeon General Luther Terry shocked the nation by announcing that smoking caused lung cancer and was directly linked to heart disease. One surgeon general after another has added more evidence that smoking and secondhand smoke are dangerous.

According to the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, years after the decline of cigarette smoking, cigarette usage recently has increased. Although almost everyone has heard about the dangers of smoking, the habit seems to be on the rise because of a resurgence in the old belief that smoking is, simply put, cool. According to the Surgeon General’s report, characterizing smoking as something cool has recently created the “social smoker.”

This recent resurgence in young smokers also is accompanied by a seemingly omnipresent “cool” stereotype for cigarette smokers. A study conducted

by JAMA Pediatrics in 2011 examined the prominence of smoking on popular

television shows.The study found that 40 percent of shows contained at least one scene with tobacco, and of those scenes, 89 percent involved cigarettes.

Despite the resurgence in young smok-

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report, advertising messages that make smoking appealing to young people are commonplace in today’s pop culture, and advertising for tobacco products is prominently displayed in retail stores and online.

Not only do ever-present advertisements for cigarette smoking mold the teen and young adult outlook on the habit, but the big budgets of pro-smoking campaigns and companies have risen in the past few decades.

Vice President for Research at the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Danny McGoldrick said that big tobacco is spending almost double the amount they spent in 1998 to market their products.

They have also increased efforts to block policies aimed at reducing smoking.

McGoldrick also stated smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, killing more than 1,200 people every day. And for every tobacco-related death, two new “replacement” smokers under the age of 25 take up the habit.

For more information on smoking, visit www.surgeongeneral.gov For assistance to quit smoking call 1-800-QUITNOW or visit smokefree.gov.

McClatchy-Tribune News Service

WORLD Violence in Ukraine escalates KIEV, Ukraine—Gunmen early Feb. 27 captured the parliament and Cabinet buildings in Simferopol, the capital of Ukraine’s autonomous republic of Crimea, an official said.

Ukraine lawmaker and Crimea native Andrei Semchenko told the Los Angeles Times that two units of gunmen struck about 5:30 a.m. He described the men as wearing camouflage clothing and “armed to the teeth, including heavy machine guns.”

“They used a couple of stun grenades to break in and pushed the police guards stationed inside out into the street,” Semchenko said.“They acted very professionally and seemed to be fully aware of the location of offices and infrastructure in both buildings.”

Semchenko said the attackers spoke Russian. The number of the attackers

deployed inside the Cabinet building was about 50 and those in the parliament building numbered about 70, Semchenko said.

—Los Angeles Times

Libyans protest lack of security TRIPOLI, Libya—Thousands of Libyans took to the streets in several areas of the country, protesting a lack of security on Feb. 28.

Protesters gathered outside the Mosque of al-Shohada (Martyrs) in the center of the capital of Tripoli, accusing the National Congress, the country’s highest authority and the interim government of failing to maintain security.

Protests also were staged in the volatile city of Benghazi in eastern Libya, which Feb. 27 started a civil disobedience campaign against security deterioration.

—dpa ©2014 McClatchy Tribune News Service Distributed by MCT Information Services

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