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Candidates campaign for ISG

Three presidential, one vice-presidential candidates run for office for 2019-20 academic year ..

active on campus, so students had been able to see the impact and changes that EDITOR-IN-CHIEF can happen from effective leadership. So, I think that's what we'll continue to see, Each year, students at the University hopefully, an increase in visibility from of Indianapolis elect their student body folks and interest in participating.” representatives for the following year.This Some of the initiatives that ISG has includes the executive board, consisting of pursued this year, according to Merlo and a president, vice-president, secretary and Walker, has been increasing the amount treasurer. For the 2019-2020 academic of water fountains, extending the hours year positions, elections are held from of the Greyhound Express, labeling food March 4-7 available on MyUIndy, with allergens and working with administrathe winners announced March 8. tors to create the electric scooter policy.

There are also four student repreFreck said sentatives for each that ISG’s class: freshman, purpose is sophomore, junior, to serve as senior and gradu- ISG's purpose is to serve as a bridge beate students. This a bridge between students tween stuyear, applications, dents and and administration. campaigning and adminiselections for class tration. representatives and “Indiaany unfilled execunapolis Student Government is here to tive positions will begin after spring break, serve as a point in which their student according to Assistant Director of Student peers can talk about issues, concerns, Activities Steven Freck. places to enact change or empower one There are four candidates running for another…,”Assistant Director of Student executive board positions for next year. Activities Nicole Schuch said. “But really Three of the candidates are running for we work with the students in different president, which includes junior theatre capacities in terms of our executive board major Brayton Lipperd, sophomore po- versus our student representatives, all of litical science and international relations which are here to the liaison between the major Karlye Vonderwell and junior university and the students that they are religion major and incumbent President in classes with and live with to help comJamarcus Walker. Sophomore political municate back and forth about different science major and incumbent Vice-Pres- projects or anything that we hear or see.” ident Dani Merlo is running unopposed As a part of the application process, for vice-president. each candidate had to submit their cam“This is definitely, probably the most paign platform. They each have three varcontested election we've had in several ious initiatives that they want to focus on. years,” Freck said. “I think over the past Lipperd plans to focus on mental health few years ISG has grown and been more resources, diversity, equity and inclusion

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and student engagement. Vonderwell said her goal is to raise awareness of mental health and stability and focus on cultural diversity as well as donating campus’ leftover food. Walker said he plans to focus on student wellbeing, promote the Greyhound spirit and tradition and support registered student organizations.

Merlo is directing her focus to healthier dining options, campus safety and connecting the campus community. Schuch said a good candidate is someone who has a passion for their platform.

“So they stand behind the words that they're speaking and they have clear plans of action,” Schuch said. “If not, they're able to demonstrate that action from past experiences. I think that makes a candidate stand out from other candidates.”

Candidates spent a couple of weeks leading up to election week campaigning and also held various meet and greets that allowed students to get to know them and their platforms. Schuch encouraged students to be critical thinkers and ask questions when evaluating their possible representatives.

“It's a different level than national or local elections, obviously,”Freck said. "But I think the same kind of advice, making sure that you're educating yourself about the issues and not just using social media and various outlets as your sole source of information about candidates, is critical.

I think that's a message at any level of electoral work [that] is important to get across to folks.”

Visit The Reflector's online site for a written question and answer session with the executive board candidates, where they discuss their platform, what makes them stand out and what they consider to be the role of ISG at UIndy.

ISG Candidate Platforms Brayton Lipperd Mental health resources Diversity, equity and inclusion Student engagement Presidential Candidate

“I feel like what makes me different is I'm here for the students. I understand what it's like to be a student whose voice isn't heard.... I feel like coming from all these different areas... that I can bring to the table and help address different groups.”

Karlye Vonderwell Food donation program Awareness of mental health and stability Cultural diversity and understanding Presidential Candidate

“I have experience and connections within the political sphere which I think might give me a leg up.... I know a lot of people on campus, so when it comes to making decisions based off of what I believe the student body feels, I have hundreds of different people that I know personally, that I can approach and ask, ʻare you comfortable talking to me?ʼ”

Jamarcus Walker

Student wellbeing Promoting Greyhound spirit & tradition Supporting RSOs Presidential Candidate

“I have a presence.... People know that they can come talk to me if they have problems...

So I think I just have the relationship aspect that sets me apart, but also the determination and being able to say that like, I want to do this... it's something that's a passion of mine, that I am proud of.”

Dani Merlo

Healthier dining options Campus safety Connecting the campus community

Vice- Presidential Candidate

“I think leadership, it doesn't just mean being like a tyrant and running people over. I think leadership, good leadership, is working together as a team effectively and efficiently. And making sure that everyone on the team has their voice heard, but really just leading... that initiative.”

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Students engage with public policy

By Madison Gomez EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

The policies that are affecting the everyday lives of Hoosiers are being passed and denied at the Indiana Statehouse, and Assistant Professor of Political Science and Assistant Director for Fellowship in the Honors College Laura Merrifield Wilson said that most students on campus should be interested in public policies and pay attention to their state government. Wilson provided an opportunity for students at the University of Indianapolis to see how their government functions, inviting any willing participants and requiring one of her classes to visit the statehouse for a day.

Although a similar trip has occurred in years past, this was the first time it was integrated into curriculum. Wilson said she was excited to be able to provide students with an experience outside of the classroom to learn.

“I think that should be most students on campus [caring about public policy] because state governments [are] really influential at an individual size," Wilson said. "So, much of the regulation and policies that impact us daily come from the state. They’re not the national policies that we hear so much about, yet people tend to not know as much about state government. So, this [Statehouse visit] was giving them the taste of government but from a probably, different perspective than they’re used to, as many students had never actually been to the state legislature, despite some of them being long, life-long Hoosiers.”

Students in Wilson's public policy class were able to take a trip to the Indiana State House on Feb. 13. Wilson said that overall, the trip was meant for the students to talk about legislation, see committees discussing legislation and provide the students with an opportunity to experience state government beyond what is in textbooks and lectures. Before visiting, the students in the class had to chose a bill that is being voted on in the state legislature to follow throughout the course. They also had to contact the representative who was related to their

UIndy to begin behavioral health academy

By Noah Crenshaw ONLINE EDITOR

Photo by Tony Reeves

Junior political science major Karlee Taylor talks to Rep. Donna Schaibley over Indiana's proposed hate crime legislation. Taylor is writing a paper for her Public Policy class and chose House Bill 1020 as her topic to research. bill and meet with them during the visit to contribute to a reflection and final paper. As for students that volunteered, they were allowed to come to get the same experience of real-life legislation viewing and were not obligated to do follow-up work.

Senior operations and supply chain management double major Tanner Gray is a student in Wilson’s class and decided to track the liveable wage, or minimum wage bill. Gray said that while he did not have the chance to meet with his legislature, he enjoyed the trip because of the sights. He was able to sit in an upper level of the House of Chambers, originally reserved for legislators.

Gray said that seeing the workers in the building brought the political aspect “down to earth” for him. He said he has never been much into politics, but seeing the representatives walking around and talking to students helped him realize that they are normal people as well, which was his take away from the trip.

“I felt like I was going to be the guy that had no idea what was going on, but I got there and seeing everything happen, it was a really great experience," Gray said.

The purpose of sophomore political science major Dani Merlo's visit was to meet with a senator for Wilson's class.

The representative she had planned to meet with was the author of the Indiana Lifeline Law, currently the bill is used for alcohol usage protection if someone is calling to save a life. Merlo said she was unable to meet with her senator because there were other bills that were being read that day. However, the trip provided her with aspirations towards her future graduate school plans, Merlo said.

“It was really cool to see them doing their job in the Statehouse and seeing that I could potentially do that someday and be involved first-hand,” Merlo said.

"That was really cool."

Wilson takes a trip similar to this

with students every two years, in association with the Independent Colleges of Indiana. Wilson said this year was enhanced in comparison to years past because it was incorporated as part of the curriculum. It was a trip that they had to make for a grade, but also gave students a real look inside where the representatives work, especially those who sat in the electives’ seats, Wilson said.

Both Gray and Merlo said they are planning on talking with their representative to get a direct explanation of their chosen bills. Wilson said the class ends in April, around the same time that the bills session ends, so the assignments fit the class and adds a real application aspect to their paper over public policy.

"Some of them [bills] will pass and they will be signed into law, and some of them will fail,” Wilson said. “So it's kind of fun for them as they select topics in January to trace, how does it do? Does it become a bill, does it not? And kind of analyzing it that way."

Over the past 20 years, the number of opioid-related deaths in Indiana has risen by over 500 percent, according to the state’s opioid epidemic web hub.

In 1999, 43 opioid-related deaths were reported in Indiana, and in 2017, the year with the most recent data available, that number rose to 1,176, according to the Indiana Department of Health.

According to Vice President of Community Behavioral Health for Community Health Network and CEO for Gallahue-Community Mental Health George Hurd, the epidemic was magnified following the introduction of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, which led to an increase in the number of deaths.

He said that health professionals are currently trying to help with the crisis, but due to a lack of licensed professionals, the effect of their help is not as impactful as they continue hoping for.

“We know that we cannot really bend the curve on addictions problems unless we're able to offer what's called Medication-Assisted Treatment and Medication-Assisted Treatment for opioid addiction isn't enough,” Hurd said. “We know for the most success, a person has to not only receive MedicationAssisted Treatment, they [also] have to be in therapy. It's when you have the combination of the two that people have the best results because this [addiction] is a lifelong illness.”

In response to the epidemic, along with the continuing problem of addiction, Community Health Network has partnered with the University of Indianapolis, the Indiana University School of Social Work at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and Ascend Indiana to create the Community Behavioral Health Academy.The academy is designed to train more licensed clinical social workers to help with treating those who have been > See Opioid on page 9

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OPINION

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Distinguishing UINDY OSCAR faith from clergy POLL

BEST PICTURE

REAL WINNER: “GREEN BOOK” UINDY’S RESULTS:

1. “BLACK PANTHER” 2. “A STAR IS BORN” 3. “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY” OUT OF 99 RESPONSES, 45.5% VOTED “BLACK PANTHER,” 24.2% VOTED “A STAR IS BORN” AND 23.2% VOTED “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY”

LEAD ACTOR

REAL WINNER: RAMI MALEK UINDY’S RESULTS:

1. BRADLEY COOPER 2. RAMI MALEK 3. CHRISTIAN BALE OUT OF 99 RESPONSES, 49.5% VOTED BRADLEY COOPER, 35.4% VOTED RAMI MALEK AND 10.1% VOTED CHRISTIAN BALE

LEAD ACTRESS

REAL WINNER: OLIVIA COLMAN UINDY’S RESULTS:

1. LADY GAGA 2. MELISSA MCCARTHY 3. GLENN CLOSE OUT OF 97 RESPONSES, 63.9% VOTED LADY GAGA, 20.6% VOTED MELISSA MCCARTHY AND 9.3% VOTED GLENN CLOSE

SUPPORTING ACTOR

REAL WINNER: MAHERSHALA ALI UINDY’S RESULTS:

1. SAM ELLIOTT 2. ADAM DRIVER 3. MAHERSHALA ALI OUT OF 94 RESPONSES, 46.8% VOTED SAM ELLIOTT, 34% VOTED ADAM DRIVER AND 13.8% VOTED MAHERSHALA ALI

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

REAL WINNER: REGINA KING UINDY’S RESULTS:

1. EMMA STONE 2. REGINA KING 3. AMY ADAMS OUT OF 96 RESPONSES, 53.1% VOTED EMMA STONE, 21.9% VOTED REGINA KING AND 19.8% VOTED AMY ADAMS

BEST DIRECTOR

REAL WINNER: ALFONSO CUARON UINDY’S RESULTS:

1. SPIKE LEE 2. ADAM MCKAY

illusioned, even heartbroken. The previously-mentioned Washington Post article OPINION EDITOR notes that for young people, the knowledge that a priest they have developed a The day this article is published will relationship with could potentially be a be Ash Wednesday, a Christian holy day predator is devastating. of prayer and fasting that marks the beA good portion of students here at ginning of the season of Lent. For those the University of Indianapolis identify unfamiliar with traditional Christian as Christian or Catholic. That percentterminology, Lent is a time intended to age increases when expanded to the enprepare for the return of Christ come tirety of Indiana. The population of just Easter. As a result, the Lenten season is the Archdiocese of Indianapolis alone associated with repentance, fasting and is upwards of 3 million people, accordabove all, giving up sinful habits. ing to the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Huge emphasis is placed on this last and seemingly on every street corner is a sacrificial element. Throughout Lent, different Catholic institution. Less than many Christians attempt to shed bad ten minutes from this university are habits and inclinations. Above all else, more than ten Catholic churches in all Lent is a time of self-reflection and directions. We are encompassed on all opening up a dialogue between oneself fronts by the faith. And it is difficult to and God in order to improve as a per- admit precisely how much this crisis has son. Now is arguably a time to open up a impacted how Christians perceive the dialogue on a plague that has disrupted church and its hierarchy. the church for decades: the clergy sexual After decades of intense cover-up, abuse crisis. the clerical hierarchy will never be A week ago, viewed the Pope Francis same again. wrapped up an Thanks to The faith is separate unprecedented these scanVatican summit dals, there from the corrupted intended to admay always hierarchy of the church. dress clergy sex be an underabuse of chillying sense of skepticism dren. The sumand dread mit comes after a watershed series of revelations with- when interacting with the clergy. As in the Catholic Church, chief among priests are vessels meant to emulate these being an explosive grand jury re- Christ and his teachings, this revelation port from Pennsylvania. According to is as heartbreaking as it is eye-opening.

While I myself no longer subscribe a Washington Post article titled "More than 300 accused priests listed in Penn- to a religious affiliation, I know the sylvania report on Catholic Church sex church. I grew up in it. I was an altar abuse," a 1,400-page grand jury report girl, a Eucharistic minister. I led Chilrevealed that more than 300 Catholic dren's Liturgy of the Word and rewrote priests across Pennsylvania had sexually my parish's Christmas pageant to make abused children over the span of seven it more interesting for the kids. Above decades, identifying 1,000 victims, but all these things, however, I worked as a suggesting there could be thousands youth minister. And I've seen the deep, more. Since the report, Francis has en- profound impact this crisis has had on couraged guilty clergy members to turn the young faithful. I fielded questions themselves over to the authorities, and like, "Is this who we are?" "What can we at the closing mass of the Vatican sum- believe?" "What can we do?"

So for those suffering from the remit, he made an appeal for an “all-out percussions of the clerical sexual abuse battle” on clergy sex abuse.

The nation has undoubtedly felt the crisis, the truth is that certain aspects effects of the clerical sexual abuse cri- of the system are corrupt. Priests all the sis. According to USA Today, five ma- way up to cardinals have lied about, enjor leaders in the Catholic church were abled and exacerbated the sexual abuse taken down by the crisis, including the crisis for decades.

But to the young, disillusioned pope’s top financial adviser, an archbishChristian reading this: they are not the op and a cardinal.

No slot within the Catholic hierarchy faith. You, who rightfully are angered by is safe from the crisis—not even here. this, as Christ would be, are the faith.

An IndyStar article titled "Archdiocese The faith is separate from the corrupted of Indianapolis names priests accused of hierarchy of the church.

That being said, the faithful young sex abuse" reported in October of 2018 that the Archdiocese of Indianapolis must hold the faithful old accountable. had released the names of more than In 2002, when the Boston Globe story 20 priests with at least one claim of sex broke, church elders desperately atabuse of a child or adolescent against them. tempted to keep the story covered up, Amidst this crisis, nearly forgotten, and paid millions of dollars to do so. But are the faithful young. Another article there is no longer room for that in the from The Washington Post titled "What modern church. And there never was.

The Lenten season has begun, and it's like to be a young Catholic in a new era of clergy sexual abuse scandals" with it the annual Christian purge of notes that this generation of Catho- sinful energy and negative thought. lic and Christian young people tragi- Now is a time to improve and grow as a cally may not remember a pre-scandal church community, to begin the process church—and they’re right. After all, the of separating the realities of a well-inclergy sexual abuse crisis was fully ex- tentioned, good-natured faith from the posed by the Boston Globe in 2002, when harmful shadows cast upon it by its most young adult Christians were just corrupted leaders. Now is a jumping off children—and now, 17 years later, it is point for the future of the faith. Now is a time of renewal—and it starts with the still a hot button topic.

Many of the faithful young are dis- young church.

By Shayla Cabalan

Graphic by Madison Gomez

The inevitable end of 'Fortnite'

By Tony Reeves

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT "Fortnite," the free to play video game that took the industry by storm, was released in 2017 and quickly saw its popularity rise in the battle royale genre. The game has given fame to people like Richard Tyler Blevins, more commonly referred to by his online alias Ninja. Even celebrities and professional athletes, such as the rapper Drake and Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, have jumped on the "Fortnite" bandwagon. One might think that a game as popular as "Fortnite" would never cease to be popular, but I would beg to differ. I believe that "Fortnite" is going to see its success plummet as its novelty wears off for gamers.

As of Feb. 16, the success of "Fortnite" is still trending upwards, recently hitting a new record with 7.6 million concurrent players. This means that 7.6 million people played "Fortnite" at the exact same time across consoles, phones and computers. However, the game is only a year and a half old, making it relatively young. While "Fortnite" has become more popular to play, watching it has not. On sites such as Youtube and Twitch, the video sharing site and live stream site, respectively, "Fortnite's" viewership has dropped starkly due to new competition.

"Apex Legends," released on Feb. 4

by Respawn Entertainment, is a new battle royale game with an emphasis on classes and teamwork. The game was not previously announced and had virtually no advertising prior to its release, only announcing the game’s existence the day of its release. Within one week, it had 25 million downloads and 2 million concurrent players, more than "Fortnite" had in the same time span, according to gamesradar.com. It also dethroned "Fortnite" as the most watched video game on Twitch since "Fortnite's" original release. "Fortnite" had more than 600,000 hours of total stream time in the six days following "Apex's" release, meaning there was more total footage overall, but "Apex" had almost 11 million more total hours watched by people, all according to Dexerto.com and Twitch. This suggests that despite there being a wealth of "Fortnite" available,

the people who watch Twitch chose its young competitor overall by a large number. "Apex" also had an average of 183,089 viewers, which is nearly 70,000 more "Fortnite," according to Twitch.

Not only that, but in the professional gaming industry, some "Fortnite" players have become critical of the game, comparing it to "Apex." Team Liquid, a professional esports organization, had one of its own professional "Fortnite" players go to Twitter to talk about the game.

“You know it's a problem when 'Apex' feels more competitively balanced than 'Fortnite' on release,” Jake "Poach" Brumleve, a professional "Fortnite" player, said on Twitter.

This criticism by Poach is significant because a video game professional can make huge amounts of money, and increase its popularity as Ninja has done for "Fortnite," or any of the other esport athletes who compete. The esport athletes also become popular and almost representatives of the games. It seems that their names become almost synonymous with those video games. You cannot mention Ninja without thinking about "Fortnite," just as you cannot mention the streamer Mike “shroud” Grzesiek without thinking of his success and gameplay in "Counter Strike: Global Offensive" or "PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds."

Not only this, but the individuals playing the game live and streaming it are just as important. The likes of Ninja, who is one of the most popular video game streamers, has primarily played "Fortnite" as his fame increased. He even had his own Red Bull sponsored "Fortnite" event in Chicago that sold out in minutes. Since the release of "Apex" and the following week, however, he did not stream "Fortnite" once.

That is almost as if a professional baseball player were to stop playing for the Chicago Cubs for one week, play for the Pittsburgh Pirates and beat the Cubs, and then return to the Cubs later. While video game streamers often play more than one game, it is significant that Ninja did not play "Fortnite" even once, the game that led to him making more than $500,000 a month in 2018. "Fortnite" seems to be coming to an end, and it’s evident because its audience is being drawn away from its novelty.

Trump's wall: Brick by brick

3. PAWEL PAWLIKOWSKI OUT OF 93 RESPONSES, 54.8% VOTED SPIKE LEE, 16.1% VOTED ADAM MCKAY AND 15.1% VOTED PAWEL PALIKOWSKI

ANIMATED FEATURE REAL WINNER:

“INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE”

UINDY’S RESULTS:

1. “INCREDIBLES 2” 2. “INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE” 3. “RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET” OUT OF 99 RESPONSES, 63.6% VOTED “INCREDIBLES 2,” 25.3% VOTED “INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE” AND 9.1% VOTED “RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET”

INFORMAL POLL CONDUCTED ON THE UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS CAMPUS Graphic by Ethan Gerling

Graphic by Shayla Cabalan

NEWS

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DM surpasses fundraising goal for Riley Exceeding their goal by $15,000, UIndy Dance Marathon raised money throughout the year

Photo by Marissa Burton

Students dance during Dance Marathon, which benefits Riley Hospital for Children. DM is an event that is held to raise money, honor the children at Riley and “stand for those who can’t."

By Jacob Walton

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT University of Indianapolis Dance Marathon has put on another Riley Week, which culminated with its annual Dance Marathon. UIndy DM is one of the many events that people around the United States are able to raise money for Riley Hospital for Children. The idea of Dance Marathon first started in 1991 at Indiana University according to rileykids. org. It is the fastest growing fundraising program with more than 60 different high schools and college programs participating.

The UIndy DM organization set its goal at $40,000 which would have put them past their last year’s total of $38,008.77.

However, through donations, they were able to surpass that goal and set a new UIndy DM record, raising $55,418.93, which will benefit the kids in Riley Hospital for Children.

This is UIndy’s eleventh time hosting

Photo by Kiara Conley

Members of UIndy Dance Marathon set up a table for students to tie dye t-shirts on Feb. 21 in Schwitzer Student Center. This event was hosted to raise money for Riley Children’s Hospital.

DM. It began in 2008 with only 20 participants and raised only one thousand dollars, according to the Miracle Network Dance Marathon website. This year, they had a registration record of 210 people registering the day of the event. Senior chemistry pre-med major and co-family relations executive Chloe Wahl said that the participation numbers have almost doubled since her freshman year, contributing to the

raised goes towards child life in the hospital and half to the research. In order to attend the event, participants have to pay a small fee, which goes towards the final total. They also receive donations from donors all around the state and country. Freshman chemistry pre-med major Tulsi Patel attended UIndy DM for the first time this year.

“This really goes to a great cause," Patel said.

high energy of the event.

“I think the more people [that] are there, the better the environment is, I guess you would say just the enthusiasm,” Wahl said. “Something really cool about DM is whenever someone gets a donation, they ring the bell, and everyone just goes crazy and gets really excited. So, the more people [that] are there, the better that is.”

According to Wahl, half of the money

"Raising money for kids and cancer research at Riley is really important for kids to participate in because they can look at it and think ‘Hey look, I was a part of something big.'”

Being co-family relations executive, Wahl helped create the connection between UIndy DM and the families from Riley that are invited in to tell their

speaker and BSA member Tyshara Lyones, the audience was introduced to Dean of College of Applied Behavior Sciences Anita Thomas. In her speech, Thomas said she was originally excited and honored to be chosen by BSA to speak at the Legacy of Excellence dinner. She then said that she began to feel unqualified at a later date. She said that she felt as if she should have a motivating speech and that someone who better represented excellence than her should be speaking.

Later in Thomas’s speech, she said someone who she did believe was representative of excellence is former first lady Michelle Obama. Thomas explained that she believes Obama is excellent and realized that perhaps excellency is something external. She said that people have to make a conscious effort in order to be excellent.

“Everyday we are excellent by working in our place with high quality,” Thomas said in her speech. “Have your excellence manifest in others. We are excellent to help others.”

Junior business administration major Brianna Aragon was a member of the Legacy of Excellence committee that helped organize the event. She said she enjoyed Thomas’s speech.

“I loved her speech,”Aragon said.“She did a really good job at making her speech relatable. How she was really excited when she addressed Michelle and how she’s one of her idols. She really enjoys looking up to Michelle. I enjoyed how it wasn’t strictly a powerpoint saying ‘This is what legacy of excellence is.’ She was funny and charismatic so I enjoyed having that.”

Assistant Director for Arts, Nonprofit Management and Communication Professional Edge Center D'ana Downing presented Thomas with a gift from BSA for speaking, as well as a congratulatory gift for becoming the new Executive Vice-President and Provost at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Then, Downing began her own call-to-action speech. She began by recounting the history of some of her own ancestors saying that it has been 493 years since the first organized freedom movement in the Americas began.

“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds,” Downing said in a quote from Bob Marley. “Now is the time to take up the baton of excellence.”

After her speech concluded, she received a standing ovation and a roar of applause by the attendees. Sills was one of them, and he was very pleased with her speech.

“I believe she represented campus well as a black leader,” Sills said. “I thought she was very powerful and insightful, as usual."

Sophomore BSA member and psychology major Kourtney Howell shared Sills thoughts and said she believed that Downing’s speech was excellent. She said she especially enjoyed the mentioning of ancestors and their stories and thought it was motivating and inspiring. At the end, Downing asked that everyone remain standing to sing the black national anthem called “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Everyone stood and sung the song together, as the event concluded.

BSA, CPB host dinner

By Tony Reeves

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT To mark the end of Black History Month, the University of Indianapolis’ Black Student Association and Campus Program Board hosted the second rendition of the annual Legacy of Excellence dinner. Taking place in UIndy Hall on Feb. 28, it featured a dinner with multiple speakers, along with a photo booth that students could use. The photo booth had gag glasses, boa scarves and other accessories.

Senior graphic design major and BSA member Darin Sills helped organize the first Legacy of Excellence dinner in 2018 and attended this year's dinner.

“I thought it went pretty well and the dinner has grown and I hope it continues to grow,” Sills said. “I expect even better next year and for those to come to learn something from it.”

Beginning the event was senior BSA president Gabrielle Elam and junior Campus Program Board member Brianna Aragon spoke to the attendees and thanked them for coming before she introduced Indianapolis Student Government President Jamarcus Walker for a short invocation. Dinner featured a salad and bread rolls as an appetizer.

Those in attendance were served grilled chicken rice and grilled zucchini. Those who attended were members of ISG, the Residence Hall Association, members of the Provost’s Council and other students who signed up to come before hand.

After eating and listening to student

stories during DM. Along with Dance Marathon, they also bring the families to other events around campus, such as the football game where one of the Riley kids would is the designated “Riley Captain,” who help with the coin toss.

Having reached a new goal this year in both attendance and funds raised, UIndy DM still encourages students and faculty to participate next year to surpass this new record.

opportunity for me,” Wahl said. “I've grown a lot and I feel like I've learned a lot through DM, but it's also just given me a lot of purpose. So, everyone should come check it out. It's a really great RSO to be a part of.”

The events of the week, according to Wahl, is one way for DM to get some recognition and spread awareness around campus, leading up to DM. Some of the events they ran this year included a tiedye event in Schwitzer S t u d e n t Center, percent night at City BBQ and an open mic night at Book and Brews that donated $1 to the cause for every beer they Graphic by Ethan Gerling sold that night.

According to Wahl, the “I think that it's best way to learn more about Dance really nice to remind people that DM Marathon is to join and participate in is coming up because that sometimes is the events they host throughout the year. forgotten in a lot of people on campus “If people are curious about it, they don't know what Dance Marathon is,” should just come to the actual DM. I Wahl said. “So, it's a way for us to get think that's the best way to get involved our name out there and at least for me, and just to see what they think about it gets me really excited for Saturday and it. I've loved it the past four years and I reminds me how important it is to raise think it's been a really great leadership money for Riley Hospital.”

Photo by Tony Reeves

Black Student Association President Gabrielle Elam speaks to the students, faculty and staff members at the Legacy of Excellence dinner on Feb 28.

SPORTS

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Women’s golf prepares for spring season Coming off their fall season, women’s golf starts spring season, three finalists for Arnold Palmer Cup

By Krystal McBride FEATURE EDITOR

As the women’s golf team begins the spring season, tournaments are kicking off around the country, taking the team to states like Kentucky and Texas.

The team is preparing themselves for upcoming tournaments, according to Head Men and Women’s Golf Coach Brent Nicoson.

“We expect good play all the time, but to end the fall season ranked number one in the country, after losing three All-Americans, is pretty solid,” Nicoson said. “I just want them to keep getting better. We want to be playing our best golf by the end of April, when conference and post season comes around.”

Senior Kennedy Holtsclaw said that the team works hard to play to the best of their ability. According to Holtsclaw, the women’s golf team is successful because every member of the team works equally as hard for a common goal.

“Our team has a great work ethic. All seven of us on the team work extremely hard to be the best that we can be.

I think that is very unique and hard to find,” Holtsclaw said. “In addition, there is just a winning culture that has been created over the years. Every sports team hates losing, but I feel like we hate it more than the average team. We go into tournaments knowing we have to play our best because we have strong competition, but we all know we have the capability of winning. If we play to our best ability we will win, and that is our expectation.”

According to Nicoson, the team tries to make sure that they are practicing outside as often as possible. However, the preparation process for upcoming tournaments is more difficult in the spring season than in the fall, due to the

Photo Contributed by Ryan Thorpe

Photo Contributed by Ryan Thorpe

Senior Katharine Keilich is one of three members from the women’s golf team who has become a finalist for the 2019 Arnold Palmer Cup Team.

Reading the green before putting, senior Kennedy Holtsclaw gets ready to putt. Holtsclaw has been awarded twice for the GLVC Player of the Week.

higher temperatures, Nicoson said.

“We have been working very hard in preparation,” Holtsclaw said. “The cold weather has made this a bit of a battle.

We have not been able to hit off grass much. Instead, we have been hitting off mats at ranges that have heaters. We are using our resources the best we can and hopefully this hard work will pay off.”

Holtsclaw said that while this season’s schedule is going to be difficult, it will be good for the team, and they will be taking the season one step at a time.

“We have some very strong competition right out of the gate for our spring season and it doesn't let up any after

depending on the outcome, will effect their possible participation in the Arnold Palmer Tournament this June, according to Holtsclaw.

“Right now, I am just focusing on preparing for the season and our upcoming tournaments,” Holtsclaw said.

“Our first tournament results could be a factor in the decision-making process for the [Arnold] Palmer Cup, I am trying not to focus on that though. If I do get selected, our season will prepare me, and then I will have to continue practicing in the summer until it is played in June.”

Nicoson said that he is proud of the

three girls for becoming finalists for this tournament. According to Nicoson, its’ not often that athletes from the same team are chosen as finalists for the Palmer Cup. “There’s not a lot of schools out there that even have one candidate, let alone three, two on the international side and one on the USA side,” Nicoson said. “So, I’m very proud of all three of them,” “It’s a great representation of what our program is and how hard they work. As a coach, to have one candidate on there is a very big thing for the program, but for us to have three, I think it’s just a testament to what our program is right now.”

Photo contributed by Joseph Harrison

Photo contributed by Joseph Harrison

that. Our schedule is tough, but I think it will be good for us,” Holtsclaw said.

“Obviously, in the end of the season, we hope to again win conference, regionals and nationals. That's always our end goal, but we are going to take it one step at a time.”

While the team, as a whole, is preparing for their group tournaments, three of the athletes are also preparing themselves for the Arnold Palmer Tournament this summer, in which they are finalists for.

Senior Katharina Keilich, junior Pilar Echeverria and Holtsclaw are preparing for the upcoming season, which,

Cross country deemed AllAcademic, receives award NCAA Midwest Regional while the men finished 12th. Switzer said that EDITORIAL ASSISTANT striving to achieve All-American helps the team grow closer because the teamFor the fourth year in a row for the mates are able to help each other out women and the third year in a row for both athletically and academically. He the men, the University of Indianapolis believes that winning this award shows cross country teams have been deemed that the cross country team is not only NCAA Division II All-Academic team. strong when it comes to athletics, but The women had an average of a 3.64 in their academics as well. Switzer said GPA and the men had an average of a that this expresses how well the season 3.37 GPA, which has put them over the went. Working together helped the team get to know each other, become a requirements of a 3.0 GPA. An all-academic accolade occurs better team and also get better times in when every student on the team’s roster events throughout the season.

“I was very shocked and pleased has a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Along with the GPA, the team also has to place in because many colleges across the state, the top three at a regional meet or com- or even across the nation, they cannot pete at a national meet. This is awarded achieve it,” Switzer said. “Sometimes it's to teams by the U.S. Track & Field and very sad when you see an individual who is ineligible for academic reasons. So, it's Cross Country Coaches Association.

“It’s something we take great pride very nice to see that here at UIndy, we can achieve in,” Robinson it, we're not said. “I'm very, just good at very proud of the athletes “...We can achieve it, we’re sports, we are good academthemselves. not just good at sports, we ically with It's one of tied the things we are good academically...” sports into it. So I speak about guess it's not with having a shocking to balanced lifestyle here, the University of Indianap- me. It makes me very happy that we acolis, Division II no matter what it may tually had the institution that we can do be that we're taking care of success and both things very well together. It's good getting it done on the field of compe- for cross country because it brings more tition but also in the classroom as well. awareness to our program, that we acBut we feel we're developing the com- tually are a very good program and also plete well-rounded athlete, which is bring awareness that cross country actuwhat we're striving for. It speaks volume ally exists.”

Sophomore distance runner Lauren to the commitment level investment that these athletes have put into every- Bailey said that running is just one of thing, not just the athletic prowess that the things each cross country runner is they've earned, but academic achieve- passionate about. Each member of the ment because many of the athletes in team has their own major and works our programs are graduating with a 3.5 hard off the course.

According to Bailey, she feels like evor higher.”

According to UIndy Athletics the eryone on the team is on the same page. eight students were named honorees are According to Bailey, everyone around sophomore Lauren Bailey, senior Taylor them is in the same boat they are in and Kleyn, senior Briana Leonard, fresh- have just as much to do both academiman Melissa Spencer, freshman Chris cally and athletically.

“We all want to motivate each other Switzer, sophomore Madison Vauters, sophomore Kieffer Vittetow and senior to do our best and I feel that, like for our practice, for example, in order for Mickayla Wenzel.

In order to qualify to be individually us to have the best possible results in recognized, the runner has to finish the our times and our efficiency, we’ve got previous semester with a GPA of 3.25 or motivate each other,” Bailey said. “And I higher and finish in the top 30 percent feel the same goes for when we're in the classroom as well. If you want to put our of his or her regional championship.

One of the honorees, Switzer, said best effort into our schoolwork, we got that this award was just a glimpse of to be motivating of each other, we've got to be positive. I just say our goal here as what the team’s season has been like.

The women won the GLVC Cham- a team is we're out to achieve goals, but pionship for the first time in 26 years it's also here to enjoy together and strive and went on to place seventh at the to be the best that we can academically.”

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Photo contributed by Joseph Harrison

Senior thrower Austin Hogan fires a shotput during a track & field meet.

Spinning to perform in a hammer throw, senior thrower Hilary Paxson.

Ranked first in weight throw, senior Katie Monk receives throws a 14.75.

Senior throwers set records

By Jacob Walton

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Receiving numerous GLVC Athlete of the Week and Month awards, the track and field team at the University of Indianapolis has found success. The team has been gaining national recognition with a number of their players being ranked in several events.

The throwers are led by seniors Katie Monk, Austin Hogan and Hilary Paxson who have been at the forefront of the team for the past two seasons. Assistant Coach Matt Royer attributed the throwers success to their perseverance and determination to improve.

“They have a very high motor for intensity,” Royer said.“They really want to get after it. Their work ethic is unmatched...you know, they are believing in a coaching standpoint, they're believing in their own techniques.”

Hogan has a long list of personal awards, earning over 34 different awards and accolades while throwing for UIndy track and field. Hogan attributes his achievements to the people he has had around him throughout his career.

“Having great coaching and having great teammates that have pushed me along the way. Coach [Scott] Fangman is [a] huge part of my success here, and the strength and conditioning coaches

here in the weight room,” Hogan said.

“All these people have been helping me to achieve these goals.”

While he has not yet claimed any school records, Hogan said he has set his goals high by claiming the UIndy school discus record something he wants to achieve in his tenure as a Greyhound.

The current record is held by Randy Heisler with a throw of 62.20 meters and currently, Hogans’ best throw is 58.37 meters.

As the conference championship meet added another accomplishment to his list, Hogan broke the GLVC weight throw record with a throw of 17.81 meters. To add to the other awards he has earned through his career, he now has another GLVC indoor field athlete award, making it his third time receiving the award.

Monk has found similar success in her career as a Greyhound, holding two different school records. One is her indoor shot put record of 15.54 meters and the other is weight throw record of 19.93 meters.

Monk has been ranked first in weight throw a majority of her senior season and ranked highly in other events like.

She said that she has continued to work towards her goal of a podium spot at nationals. According to Monk, finding success like she has requires a large amount of sacrifice.

“Hard work, it's not easy,” Monk said.

“None of its going to be easy, but it's worth it. You gotta put in the time and the effort and it’ll eventually pay off.”

Monk, at the conference meet, broke her own GLVC weight throw record with a toss of 14.75 meters. She earned the silver metal, one place behind fellow senior thrower Hilary Paxson.

Paxson, who transferred to UIndy her junior year is a player, and according to her, has came into her own receiving her first player of the week award just this year. Paxson was also able to beat out teammate and UIndy weight throw record holder Monk, during the conference meet, earned her first gold metal at a GLVC meet. Paxson said working hard with Monk has made the transition better.

“It feels great [to find success], my seasons have been hard for the past couple years,” Paxson said. “I transferred here so being able to compete under Katie and being able to compete [with her] really has been able to push me.”

According to Monk, Coach Royer is a career inspiration for her and said he is happy to be with them during the success in their respective careers.

“I've just been so proud of how they've just ingrain themselves into the legacy of throwers we've had here,” Royer said. “They've done such a fantastic job. I mean, they believed in me.

I'm just so happy with the success that they've had. It's just been awesome.”

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Senior handler Nick Reas moves the disc up the field in transition. Reas has been on the team for five years.

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Handler Derek Raufeisen looks down the field for a cutter to throw to during the St. Francis Tournament.

Ultimate Frisbee at UIndy The ultimate frisbee team is non-sanctioned registered student orgaMANAGING EDITOR nization that both men and women are allowed to join. Harrison said the team With 14 people on the field at all has come a long way since its beginning times, ultimate frisbee players aim to nine years ago. With increasing numcatch a pass in the opponent’s end zone. bers, Harrison said the team has become The game is played similarly to football. a place to have fun and learn.

“Ultimate is a weird little commuHowever, ultimate frisbee is a no-contact sport, according to senior cutter nity and family once you are in it and Briana Harrison. Harrison said her role get to know everyone,” Harrison said. on the team is difficult to put a title to “It is so hard to leave it. The people on the team are because she amazing and plays, but she the people in also assumes “Ultimate is a weird little the Indy area the role as are even better coach during community and family on wanting to practices. once you are in it...” grow the sport “I am just a and help in player on the any way.” team that has Recently, the team traveled to North more experience playing so I try and help in anyway [that] I can,” Harrison Carolina for the Mars Hill Sprint Treaty, which Sophomore cutter Ben Hooksaid.

When a player is in possession of the er attributes as the best tournament that disc, they must stop running, but they the team has played. During the tournamay pivot and pass the disc to any re- ment, the team went undefeated, scored ceivers on the field. The player then has 76 goals and won the tournament. Acten seconds to throw the disc. If the disc cording to Hooker, the team tries to is held longer than those ten seconds, it compete in at least three tournaments a is considered a stall and the disc will be year and tries to go to at least one tournament further away. turned over to the other team.

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“Winning the Mars Hill Sprint Treaty tournament was a big accomplish for us,” Harrison said. “This team is still in its growing period but playing mixed [men and women] shows really, how great and how fast the students have learned the game. Most of the people on the team have been playing for less than four years and a tournament win is a huge accomplishment.”

Hooker said the team likes to be competitive, but providing a non-hostile and friendly environment for players is more important.

He said he likes to keep the environment casual. However, Harrison said it is easy for players to improve if time and effort is put in. She said the Mars Hill Sprint Treaty tournament is an example of the improvements that the team has made.

“People don’t get yelled at when they drop a disc or make a bad throw,” Hooker said. “We understand there are different skill levels and reasons for playing here on campus and we try to accommodate that…. We want to win our games and be competitive because who likes losing? But again, it is a friendly environment and at the end of the day, we are there to have a good time and play some ultimate.”

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GREYHOUND SPORTS UPDATE SWIMMING AND DIVING

Starting on March 13 and going until the 16, 27 members of the University of Indianapolis swim and dive team will be participating in the 2019 NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships.

The Championship will take place at the IU Natatorium located in downtown Indianapolis.Twenty-two swimmers have qualified to compete as well as five of the divers.

Photo contributed by Joseph Harrison

The men’s indoor track team consecutively won the 2018 and 2019 Indoor Track and Field Championship. In 2018, they celebrated by wearing new medals and holding their trophy.

TRACK AND FIELD On Feb 24, the men’s indoor track and field team won their second GLVC indoor championship, which was hosted at UIndy. The women’s team was beat by just a point and a half, earning the title of runner-up behind Lewis University. According to the UIndy’s Athletic website, the men have won their sixth conference title in their last 10 seasons. This is also the most GLVC titles won by a single university.

In the 60 meter hurdles, junior hurdles Keri Ertel earned her second conference title. Freshman pole

MEN’S LACROSSE

W 11-9

March 2 vs. Mercyhurst University

Continuing a undefeated season, the Men’s Lacrosse team have beat their second ranked opponent with a 11-9 win against No. 8 Mercyhurst University bringing the team to 4-0 on the season.

The team put up a 9-8 win on Feb. 23 against Lincoln Memorial University where junior attacks Shawn Kimble scored four goals. The defense forced 20 turnovers with junior defends Jordan McKenzie leading with four caused turnovers to help lead the Hounds to a victory.

Against Mercyhurst, the scoring front was led by senior attacker Parker Kump, freshman attacks Drew Billig and senior midfielder Matthew Johnson who all scored three points for the Hounds. The defensive was able to force 16 turnovers and 13 saves. After the pair of wins the Lacrosse team is now ranked No. 9 in the nation at the Division II level.

vaults Brittney Clark participated in her first GLVC tournament, placing first overall.The women vaulters swept pole vaulting for a podium finish.

Senior high jumps DeAndre Bluitt secured his second straight first place finish, jumping 2.07 meters, a personal best for him.

The men’s track and field Coach Scott Fangman won the Men’s Coach of the Year award, along with throws Austin Hogan taking field athlete of the year.

The Greyhounds won 13 event titles total.

SOFTBALL

Feb. 27 vs. Urbana University W 8-0 Feb. 27 vs. Urbana University W 9-1 The softball team has been able to keep its 10 game winning streak going with wins in two double headers. The team started off Feb. 23 with games against Northwood University and then Tiffin University.

The Hounds fought off a late game push by Northwood in a 5-4 victory. Against Tiffin, they doubled the score with a four RBI performance from sophomore infielder Brooke Montgomery winning 10-5 and leaving them undefeated on the day.

On Feb. 27 the team had their second double header against Urbana in which they called the game after six innings or less in both games. Both starting pitchers for the Hounds put up a solid performance with sophomore Halie Waters racking up seven strikeouts in five innings and junior Lauren Honkomp struck out five batters in four innings.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

W 86-83 March 2 vs. Quincy University The No. 6 ranked men’s basketball team wrapped up their regualer season this week. After suffering two losses from No. 9 ranked Bellarmine and Southern Indiana University.They rebounded with wins against Truman State University and Quincy University.

Against Truman State, starting point guard Jimmy King recorded his fourth double- double of the season. Along with King, senior center Jesse Kempson scored 17 points with eight rebounds.

Against Quincy , the scoring was led by King and sophomore center Trevor Lakes who both scored 21 points shooting seven 3-pointers made between the both of them.

The Basketball team wrapped up its regular season with a 19-9 overall record and a GLVC record of 12-6.

W 7-0

MEN’S TENNIS

March 3 vs. Drury University

The No. 9 ranked men’s tennis team was able to add three wins against Ferris State University on Feb. 22, Northwest Missouri State on March 2 and Drury University on March 3.

Against Ferris State University, the doubles parings for the Hounds did not drop a match with all three pairs winning within one set. While on the singles side the only loss for the Hounds was sophomore Dario Huber.

While against Northwest Missouri State University the Hound’s didn’t drop a match with all singles and doubles winning their matches.

Against Drury the Hounds took another shutout victory taking all sets 7-0 with four of the singles matches being taken to three sets.

The Hounds pick back up with a trip to San Antonio Texas to play Barry University on March 13.

UPCOMING GAMES

Track & Field

March 8: NCAA DII Indoor Championships

Swimming & Diving February 23: First Chance Meet

Men’s Lacrosse March 9: vs. Young Harris March 14: @ Belmont Abbey

Womens’ Lacrosse March 5: vs. Lewis University

March 9: vs. Lake Erie College

Men’s Tennis

March 13: @ Barry University March 14: @University of West Florida

Women’s Tennis

March 11: @ Trinity University March 13: vs. Hawaii Pacific University

Men’s Basketball March 7-10: GLVC Championship Tournament

Women’s Basketball March 8-10: GLVC Championship Tournament

Men’s Golf March 12-13: Warrior Vegas Invite

Women’s Golf

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Pursuing passions: A second career Students change career paths to follow old and new ambitions sparked by creative interests

By Abby Land

ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Over the 5,000 students currently enrolled at the University of Indianapolis, a significant portion are adult learners. Most commonly, adult learners are students who pursued careers outside of the field they now study. These students have decided to earn a college degree later in life rather than traditional students, either in a new career or honing their skills or passions during retirement.

There are a variety of reasons that adult learners decide to re-enroll in college courses or begin a degree. For many, it is a change to pursue passions that were pushed aside in favor of what they originally perceived as a more practical option.

This was the case for art major Patrick Handlon, who spent years teaching business before deciding to return to school and earn a degree in art.

“I’ve always liked art more than business, but you know, when you’re younger and people say ‘You’ll never make it in art, you have to have something practical,’ so you do something practical,” Handlon said. “Business paid the bills, but it wasn’t something that was fulfilling at all.”

Handlon originally received a business bachelor’s from Indiana Tech and worked in retail for 25 years before he began teaching business at the high school level. Handlon has already earned a master’s degree in teaching from UIndy but is now earning an art degree. He said he hopes he will be able to teach art after graduating.

“I’ve always wanted to be an artist.

And I’ve always been an artist, I suppose, but without the training,” Handlon said. “I wanted to teach art, but the only way that you can teach art is if you have an art degree.”

Handlon said UIndy was an obvious choice when it came to deciding on a college. The small size allows him to receive individual attention from his professors, something that he said has been

enormously beneficial to him both as a student and an artist.

“The art department especially… all those teachers know each other, they know all the students,” Handlon said.

“You get to know them and they know your skills and they know what you need to work on.”

Like Handlon, Joseph Raymond chose to attend UIndy following decades in the workforce. A Vietnamera Navy veteran, Raymond attended

not working and you’re analyzing your life,” Raymond said. “It's very common for people my age to feel like they [have] become irrelevant. So you started looking for how to maintain your relevancy and then you start looking at what job, skills you do have or other ways that you have to contribute.”

After touring the campus and finding it to his liking, Raymond applied to UIndy with a plan to major in an area related to the pastoral music ministry.

me excited about my passions and also helps me sharpen tools and now I'm going to be able to use,” Raymond said. “[For example] ceramics wasn't even on my radar. I didn't know I was going to be taking ceramics classes....I had no idea I was a potter but it seems to be a bit in my DNA. I'm already fairly certain that I will be supplementing my retirement after I finish academically with pottery.”

The experience of returning to college life is new to theater major Rick

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Patrick Handlon returned to school to study art after a business career.

Undergrad Joseph Raymond said he likes to make practical ceramics.

Rick Shaw worked as a hospice chaplain before returning to UIndy.

college in Washington, Oregon and California. After he “ran out of money,” Raymond worked and volunteered in a number of different ways, but he spent the bulk of his career, 35 years total, in the screen printing industry. In 2014, however, Raymond said that changes in the screen printing industry led him to explore the possibility of going back to school.

“Really, it started in 2008 when I went through multiple downsizings as the screen printing industry went away.

And you get to these places where you're

While he had a love for music, Raymond said he lacked the training to be competitive at it. He recently decided to pursue a bachelor’s degree in art and said that he has become enamored with ceramics. Working with clay helps with chronic pain in his wrists, Raymond said, and has been therapeutic to him.

Although he only recently switched his major to art, Raymond said that he hopes to go on to earn a graduate degree in the field.

“What I'm really trying to do is just find a degree track that actually keeps

Shaw, even if the campus is not.

Shaw attended UIndy from 19701974 and graduated with a degree in human relations. He said he felt called by his faith to work in ministry, and he spent time as a youth pastor and an ordained minister. For the past 22 years, Shaw worked as a hospice chaplain.

Shaw decided to major in theatre so that he could work on building sets.

Now that he is retired, Shaw said he does not feel the same pressure that he did when he first attended UIndy. He is enjoying himself, he said, and if he was

RA positions teach leadership

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Photo Contributed by Mark Jones

Photo Contributed by Mark Jones

Esch Hall depicted in “Minecraft’s,” pixelated art style.

This is one of the two buildings featured by Jones.

Smith Mall as shown in “Minecraft” built in a generic “flat world.” Jones posts his completed work on Twitter.

UIndy meets ‘Minecraft’

Student creates digital replica of campus for relaxation

By Tony Reeves

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Winding down after a long day of classes, some students will sleep, others watch Netflix or a variety of other options to relax, but for junior nursing major Mark Jones, making the University of Indianapolis in its entirety on “Minecraft” is how he relaxes.

“To be honest I was bored one day, and I needed something to relax myself throughout the semester,” Jones said. “I thought I might as well find something I like doing and ‘Minecraft’ has always been a game that I kind of just play in my free time, and I needed something challenging. So, I decided to build UIndy and learn about the campus as I go around taking pictures and about the architecture that goes with it.”

According to Jones, the photos he takes on his cellphone and finds on Google Maps are used to get the details of the buildings correct. Currently, he said he is working on the project by himself. While building UIndy, Jones said he is unsure if he should build the inside of it’s buildings as well.

“It depends on how long it actually takes on building campus. I have put about 49 hours in, and [as you can see] based off of the Twitter page, I have only completed Esch and Smith Mall,” Jones said. “So, it is going to take quite a while to get done. My goal is to be finished by

the end of senior year, but we will see how far it goes.”

According to Jones, the most difficult part of his project is when he has to build circular or round objects on campus. Since “Minecraft” features only cube blocks to create with, there are no natural circles or curves in the game.

“Campus has a lot of circles on it,” Jones said. “It is really difficult to do circles when everything is made of squares so I use a pixel image generator. ‘Minecraft’ also doesn’t have a lot of the detailed blocks that I need for some of the buildings on campus so I have to see what’s similar and use that.”

Jones takes his pictures of rounder objects, such as Smith Mall, and uploads the image to a pixel art creator website. This website then takes his image and pixelates it, which in turn then resembles how a round object would look when made entirely out of squares.

With this new pixel image as reference, he then recreates it in “Minecraft.”

Currently, Jones plans on building everything on campus, from Schwitzer Student Center all the way to the gravel lots on the outskirts of campus. This not only includes the shapes of the buildings, but the different types of bricks, the university’s symbol on the front side of Esch, down to the bushes, trees and flowers that line the buildings are all featured by Jones.

When he is finished building it, he hopes that he can approach UIndy over

purchasing his project.

“I am going to try and contact the software creators of ‘Minecraft’ and see what my steps would be to selling it to them to be able to use as like a downloadable world in ‘Minecraft,’” Jones said. “I have to get permission from the university obviously to be able to do something like that, but it would be interesting to see if I could put something out there, or even talk to the university about using it for something.”

It would not be the first time a college has used “Minecraft” to its advantage. Mount St. Joseph University in Ohio has completely built their campus in “Minecraft” and uses it to attract potential students, according to the Cincinnati Business Courier. A friend of Jones, senior psychology major Chris Butler said that this is not the first major project Jones has underwent.

“Over winter break he started building the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, and he sent my friends and I pictures of it, and it was just amazing,” Butler said.

“Earlier this semester he just started on Esch Hall, and now it’s expanded, and he just finished Smith Mall.”

Butler is unsure how Jones began to think about building UIndy, but he believes that school is stressful, and that this is Jones’s way of relieving it. According to Butler, he has always been artistic and has painted before, and that his new way of pursuing art is through “Minecraft.”

not, there would be no reason for him to remain enrolled at the university.

“It’s been a lot of fun. I just enjoy learning,” Shaw said. “I haven’t read much of anything for 22 years and after I came here, I really wanted to learn about what I was going to be studying.

I’ve read like four books that were not required, related to design and theatre…”

While he said his work in the ministry was fulfilling and played well to his skills, Shaw decided after retiring to spend his time on lighter activities and explore another one of his passions: building.

“I’ve always liked designing. Actually before I decided to go into ministry— which I thought that was a calling—I actually thought I’d go into being an architect,” Shaw said. “Always, even when I see old buildings I think ‘how could I rebuild that? How could I redesign that?’ Even when I wasn’t doing anything I would always be looking at things thinking ‘How could I do that, or design that?’ Or if something’s broken I’m always thinking ‘How can I fix that or how can I make that to something useful?’”

Although Shaw said he has always had a natural ability to design structures and envision renovations, he never had professional training. Once he earns his degree, Shaw said he hopes that he can put his new knowledge to use.

“Maybe in a year or two I’ll have enough experience and knowledge to design some set from some non-profit or church or whatever group,” Shaw said. “Then maybe in four years I’ll have enough experience [for someone] to actually pay me to do that.”

Shaw, Raymond and Handlon all said that they think more adults should consider returning to college, whether to revive old skills or to learn new ones.

“It’s never too late,” Handlon said.

“I know you’ve heard that phrase where they say that life is a marathon, not a sprint. It’s kind of that thing. It’s never too late to do what you want to do and be happy.”

Sophomore psychology major Raisa Kanji said second semester freshman STAFF WRITER through seniors are all eligible to apply for a RA position. Kanji said that she University of Indianapolis students applied, last year, to be an RA but was recently applied for resident assistant not accepted. Because she was deterpositions for the various on-campus mined to be a part of the RA program, residencies. According to freshman ex- she applied again this year. Kanji was ercise science major Ashley Goeckner, accepted and will be placed on an RA students who applied to become RAs team in a residence hall, this fall.

“As an international student from sent in applications and resumés and Kenya, college was a huge adjustment roughly 60 students were accepted.

Goeckner, who will be an RA start- for me, and I did go through some ing in the Fall, explained that being an tough times adapting to the culture and RA forces students out of their comfort lifestyle,” Kanji said. “Being away from zone in terms of being responsible for home and being in a new country where other students and by giving RAs the I knew absolutely no one, when I came here, was feeling that the hardest people are rething for me. lying on them “Making an impact and a My RA was to be there not only my in that lead- difference in someone’s life first point of ership role. is a reward you get...” contact here, Goeckner said but she was that she wantalso my first ed to be an RA because of how important her RAs friend.”

According to Kanji, for a lot of stuwere during her first semester of college.

“My RA enjoyed being the mother dents, and especially international stugoose for a bunch of college kids and dents who are not able to go home on just being there for all of us, and I re- weekends, the RAs make it possible for ally wanted to be that kind of person the dorms to feel not only like homes, for people as well,” Goeckner said. “I but also where people feel like they beam from Altima, Ill., and I didn’t get to long. Kanji said that being an RA will go home very often because it’s a long definitely take a lot of work, but it will drive, and my RA was a comforting fac- do nothing but add to her college expetor for me. She was a great facilitator in rience.

“Making an impact and a difference my growth and getting used to the new environment, but most of all she helped in someone’s life is the reward you get me get to know and engage with the for being an RA,” Kanji said. “You don’t people around me so that college felt have to be a certain type of person, in fact, RA teams need all different kinds more like home.”

According to junior Central Hall RA of people so that they work well togethand executive director of the Residence er.”

Kanji said that being from a different Hall Association Brittany Lake, there are many benefits to becoming an RA, cultural background, she hopes that her such as free room and board, a single different experiences and new knowlroom, resume benefits, the experience edge will shine through and have a posihandling crises on any scale and team tive impact on her residence hall.

Students wishing to become an RA building with the other RAs. “Being an RA can be for everyone. next year can talk to any current RA The simple act of stepping out of your about their experience. Students can box and doing something new is good also contact Residence Directors Kyle for anybody and everybody,” Goeckner Johnson and Lauren Drogo and Resisaid. “Eventually, one day, as we grow dence Hall Association advisors to get and climb our career ladders, we might more involved in Res life or learn more about the program. find ourselves in a leadership role.”

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Dinner and a show: 'The Mousetrap' Annual dinner theater presents version of longest-running West End play by Agatha Christie

By Maddie Nolot STAFF WRITER

The lights went down and the voices of audience members fell silent as the University of Indianapolis Department of Theatre began its annual dinner theater production. Performed in the Schwitzer Student Center Dining Hall, “The Mousetrap” previewed on Feb. 22 and ran until Feb. 25, with follow-up shows running March 2-3.

The play, written by Agatha Christie, first opened in the West End of London in 1952 and began as a short radio play broadcast before it was developed into a full-length stage play.

The play follows eight characters trying to figure out the identity of a murderer within the bed and breakfast where they are staying—all of the characters but one, since the murderer killed one guest at the end of Act I. The audience and the characters are then scrambling to figure out who the murderer is before the play comes to an end or before another one of them meets the same fate.

Stage Manager and theater major Morgan DeLaRosa said that the production staff and the actors put a lot of hard work into building the set and that the effort paid off once the actors took the stage. According to DeLaRosa, doing a show in the dining hall every year is a good way for all of the actors, crews and designers to get the experience of working in a non-traditional theatre space.

“We built the majority of the set in just one day,” DeLaRosa said. “There have been some small additions over the past two to three weeks before production, but most of it got built at ‘load-in,’ which is where all the theater majors and minors come and help build the set for a day.”

Christopher Wren, who is played by freshman theater major Chase

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Freshman theatre major Noah Fields looks on as Christopher, played by freshman theatre major Chase Williams, reads about a murder in the town from the London newspaper. Senior theatre major Mickey Gray arrives to the manor and informs the other guests about the murder that occurred in the town.

Williams, is one of the characters in this performance. Wren, a hyperactive and peculiar character, is the first guest to arrive at the hotel. He admitted to the audience he was running away from something, but refused to say what.

Williams said that he related to his character.

“Without giving too much away, there is a certain depth to Christopher that I relate to,” Williams said. “Chris's character focuses a lot on how bullying can affect a person, and how feeling like

you do not belong takes a toll on a person. These are all aspects of his that I can personally relate to, and have been a pleasure to work on and flesh out.”

The people who are in the play and make the production possible are the best part about being involved in a performance like this, according to Williams. The props and set can be interesting and a beneficial addition to the play, but Willaims said it is the people that can make or break the show.

“I had our director, James Leagre, in

classes together at UDC and have remained friends since then.

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT During his time there, Horton was a nontraditional undergraduate student, The Kellogg Writers Series, Black Downing said, because he began his Student Association and University degree in what she believes is his 30s.

Lecture Series hosted award-winning He began classes at a later age due to his author Randall Horton at the Univer- previous incarcerations. sity of Indianapolis to read original poWhile imprisoned, Horton attendems and memoir excerpts to students, ed a writing workshop where he read faculty, staff and members of the com- a memoir of poet E. Ethelbert Miller. munity.

This was what inspired him to pursue a Horton is the only person in the new career in poetry.

United States with both seven felony Some of the pieces that Horton read convictions and academic tenure, ac- at UIndy included multiple excerpts cording to PEN America. He is also a from his memoir, entitled “Hook: A friend of Professional Edge Assistant Memoir.” This included a chapter that Director of the Arts, Non-Profit Man- describes the character of "Hook," an agement and Communication in the alter ego representing his past self. In Center D’ana Downing. its totality, the book covers the actions “She [Downing] hit me up and asked that he took as “Hook” and how he has me would I be interested in coming, changed into the person he is today. then she put “I wanted me in contact to read from with Barney the book and [Haney] and “I want them to understand tried to select once I spoke pieces that that it doesn't have with him we would resohashed it out,” nate with colto be the end story...."

Horton said. lege students,” The two Horton said. met in an En“That’s why it glish classes at the University of the Dis- was important for me to read a section trict of Columbia. When BSA members from when I was in college. The memoir were pitching names of people to invite spans from when I was in college to afto UIndy, Downing suggested Horton. ter I got out of prison."

“He [Horton] was quiet, but when He also read letters with an incarcerhe spoke, everybody listened because he ated woman identified as “Lxxx” with had a voice that commands attention," whom he wished to remain connected.

Downing said. "We saw him as some"I think it is very important too bebody we should listen to." cause women’s voices are sort of like ofAccording to Horton, for about two ten hidden, and we don’t necessarily get years, he and Downing had various that narrative a lot, from women that are

incarcerated.”

The voices of incarcerated women are a priority for Horton, which Downing said she admires him for.

“It’s one thing to have folks who have been previously incarcerated to now being published. Randall talks about how there is still room for representation," Downing said. "He says many of the panels he is on are all men and as if women don’t exist in that space. But he is somebody who is fully promoting the opportunities and hoping to publish women who have been incarcerated and/or supporting them in their efforts to be published."

Horton said he hopes that people can learn from what he did in his life and said that “just because you took a wrong turn doesn’t mean you cannot get back on the right road.”

“I do want them [students] to understand that it doesn’t have to be the end story and there is a way out. But you have to work towards that,” Horton said.

“No one is going to give it to you....You have to go create that space for yourself.

But that’s what any person should do when going out into the world. Most people aren’t necessarily going to give you anything but you have to make your own way.”

Downing described Horton as a champion of the voiceless and pointed to his work with PEN America, a nonprofit organization that encourages free expression through literature, and their Prison Writing Program Committee as evidence of this.

“He talks about representation and what that looks like....” Downing said.

"He is not just making space for himself but for others to come behind him.”

Author welcomed to campus

By Tony Reeves

Acting I last semester and really enjoyed his style of directing,” Williams said.

“He has absolutely taught me so much about acting, it is honestly insane. Also it has been an incredible experience working with this cast and crew.”

Assistant Theater Professor and Director James Leagre has an extensive portfolio and worked in production for years before coming to UIndy.

Leagre said that his hope was that the audience pay close attention throughout the play and feel engaged in the story as

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The work "Field of Dreams" was created by Assistant Professor Randi Frye.

Artist's mural provides pop of color to library

By Tate Jones

BUSINESS MANAGER Krannert Memorial Library made a new addition to the art on the first floor with a mural and accompanying video animation.

The 10 feet high and five feet wide mural “Field of Dreams” accompanying animation “Electric Fields of Flowers” were created by Assistant Professor of Art & Design Randi Frye. The piece took almost 200 hours to create, according to Frye.

The inspiration behind the mural came from Frye’s interest in flora and fauna visuals. She said that the floral visuals helped create a mural scene with rich color and visual texture.

According to Frye, she took visual cues from items in printmaking and mid-century illustration to give depth to the two-dimensional surface of the mu-

ral. The animation displayed along with the mural explored Frye’s fascination with subject.

“As an animator, I rely on screens to show my work, but as soon as the screen turns off we are left with emptiness on the wall,” Frye said. “In this way, the animation and the mural surrounding the TV tell a more elaborate story—the animation gives life to the still image.”

Department Chair and Professor of Art & Design James Viewegh said that he is pleased to have another addition to the university’s permanent art collection, especially one that employs new techniques.

“We are always looking to add unique and interesting art to the permanent collection,” Viewegh said. “[It is notable] that this piece was displayed in the library because of its uniqueness as part of the collection. The animation coupled with the mural is something new and creative.”

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they got closer and closer to finding out the identity of the culprit. He also said that viewers should pay close attention to each and every character and circumstance because hints about the killer's identity are hidden throughout the play the murderer can be quite sneaky.

“Who knows, perhaps you can uncover the killer before the detective does,” Leagre said. “However, to be honest, it’s not likely since the detective is a seasoned detective and Agatha Christie certainly does not make it easy.”

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Miller gives advice over relationships on WIBC Associate Professor of Sociology Amanda Miller appeared on Indianapolis' radio station WIBC on Valentine's Day to provide advice on how to make couples stronger through the act of doing chores together. “...It’s really fostering a sense of teamwork in the couple. Whenever you prepare meals together or do the dishes together, that’s time to reflect on the day and spend some time enjoying one another’s company,” Miller said.

DeDiemar receives new position in Texas Vice President and Chief Marketing & Communications Officer Jeanette DeDiemar has served at UIndy since 2015, and was named Vice President for Advancement for Texas A&M University-San Antonio on Feb. 15.

She will be concluding her service at UIndy at the end of March.

Frantz publishes piece in The Washington Post Professor of History and Political Science Ted Frantz published his opinion piece, "How the border morphed from a place of possibility to a symbol of fear," in The Washington Post's series "Made by History," on Feb. 21.

Ewen invited on Georgia's Public Radio program Associate Professor of Health Sciences and Director of Health Care Management Heidi Ewen was invited to be on Georgia Public Radio's "On Second Thought" program. As a guest, she explained the concept of aging in place, where older adults wish to live in their own homes for the duration of their lives.

Health professionals host IPE Interprofessional Education promotes professional collaboration awareness

By Jacob Walton

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT The faculty and students that participated in the Interprofessional Education Day last semester have come together again Feb. 21 for a day to continue the ideas that were taught.

The day promotes professional learning with people from different backgrounds, according to Associate Professor of Kinesiology, and one of the event hosts Kara Cecil.

“It's the idea that we create stronger, more effective professionals postgraduation when we teach people to start working together and with professionals from different backgrounds,” Cecil said.

Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy Brenda Howard, who was a host of one of the events, said that the resources to teach the idea of interprofessional education was not available in normal classes due to the teaching styles. She said it does not represent what students are going to see in the workforce.

“We have, for many years, had our education in silos. You know, here's physical therapy, here's occupational therapy, here's nursing and we have our own educational standards,” Howard said. “We have to follow those in order to graduate our students. And because of that, we don't spend a lot of time integrating what we're learning with other professions.”

The day was composed of three different events. One in the morning with Cecil, which consisted of educating students on the effects of health disparities and how they affect the community. One topic discussed was the mortality rate of African-American infants being three times worse than that of white infants, according to Cecil.

Senior public health major Rylin Rusher was responsible for making the assessments that attendees took, which was a way for the event coordinators to gage the value of each of the different events. Rusher, along with many

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Students of various majors gather around informational boards during the health disparities event in the Health Pavilion. The stations and boards were created by students in various 300-level classes within the health field. other students in various health and wellness fields, were encouraged by their professors to help with the event in order to educate other students, according to Cecil.

“I really enjoy the public health field and getting awareness out to the individuals," Rusher said. "So this event really caught my eye. Not only because I was going to class to make this, but also for what it is for health disparities."

The second part of the event took place at 4:30 p.m. and was presented

by Howard. She and a group of other panelists from the medical field spoke about various strategies to solve ethical problems interprofessionally.

The panel, which consisted of professionals from fields such as occupational therapy, physical therapy, psychology and social work, were given scenarios in which an ethical problem occurred and the panelist talked

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After Anne Moelk discussed UIndy PACT with the group, Corey Nack and Laura McKee led the group in discussing any comments before the video.

ALUMNI Zappia featured at first teen book festival UIndy alum Francesca Zappia will be a featured guest at Indiana's first teen book festival, RosieCon, held at Ben Davis High School. Zappia has written three young adult novels and is a recipient of the 2017 Indiana Authors Award in the emerging author category.

Richardson awarded for innovative science teaching UIndy Alum Caitlynn Richardson received the Charlotte Boener Award for Innovative Middle School Science Teaching at the Hoosier Association of Science Teachers, Inc. conference in February. This accolade is awarded annually to an "outstanding middle school teacher who exhibits a passion for innovative science teaching."

Richardson has been recognized for her innovation in the classroom.

through the scenarios on stage, which were opened for questions afterwards.

According to Howard, the event allowed for a discussion that stirred different ideas about ethics.

“One of the things you find when you do these events is that there's no lack of conversation when you bring up ethical issues,” Howard said. “People have lots of opinions on, morally, what they think should happen. But then seeing, ethically, what the problems are when what you think should happen runs up against what somebody else thinks should happen.”

Community Hospital South clinicians hosted the final event of the day and they focused on the roles and responsibilities that are needed to be taken when dealing with complex patients.

Last fall, a team from Community Hospital South visited UIndy and worked through a real-life situation.

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TED Talk discussion sessions help students learn more about the featured subject, which are chosen to relate to a people of different backgrounds.

The goal of the event was to represent the roles of each of the team members in a real world application.

According to Cecil, there has been events like IPE Day happening around campus for the past couple of years, but the momentum has been growing. They are able to do many more informative events around campus.

According to Cecil, these events are not only for those in the medical fields, but are open to students in all majors.

She said lessons on interprofessional education and learning can be beneficial to all students on campus.

“I would love to have people from many different disciplines in this event,” Cecil said. “When people come to a conversation or an activity like this with an open mind, they're going to learn a lot about their fellow students, about people that they will work with later in life and their careers.”

TED opens up dialogue tance of being an upstander and not a bystander, using the PACT to emphaOPINION EDITOR size how integral it is that the campus community stand together and take care TED Talks are synonymous with of one another. education and learning. Covering a wide Afterwards, the evening was variety of topics ranging from social structured in three parts: previewing media to power posing, TED Talks questions, the viewing of the actual have the capacity to educate, inform and TED Talk and post-viewing questions. cultivate minds across the world. At the Previewing questions addressed how University of Indianapolis, particularly, face-to-face communication differs they are being used to bring people from online communication and how of different backgrounds and majors these different forms of interaction together in order to seek out solutions affect sensitive conversation topics like to difficult world topics. Three times a sexual assault. semester, according to senior psychology The actual TED Talk viewed was major Corey Nack, various students Ione Wells’ “How We Talk About gather together to view and discuss a Sexual Assault Online,” in which she TED Talk. graphically details her assault and how “The idea is, pick a topic that applies she began writing letters to cope with to a lot of people in the world, that is trauma. Eventually, she shared the very difficult letters online, to solve, that and they there’s a lot of grew viral— “...Look at everything like b u r g e o n i n g different perspectives on, into the it's a problem... you may and get them international have a part in solving.” to talk about #NotGuilty what they campaign know. Then we against sexual watch a TED violence and misdirected victim blaming.

Talk and see if we can come up with In the Talk, Wells noted how the hashtag some ideas together,” Nack said. “The was a way to hold her attacker, and goal is that you look at everything like numerous others accountable. it’s a problem that might not have an “It was giving airtime to the topic of easy solution, but you may have a part sexual assault, opening up discussions in solving.” amongst friends, amongst families, in On Wednesday, Feb. 28, the topic the media that had been closed for too on the table was how to address sexual long and stressing that victims shouldn’t assault, harassment and bullying, feel to blame for what happened to especially online and on social media. them,” Wells said. “We might still have Title IX Coordinator Anne Moelk a long way to go in solving this problem opened up the event with a few words entirely. But in this way, we can begin about the importance of the UIndy to use social media as an active tool for PACT. social justice.”

“The UIndy PACT stands for protect, During the post-viewing question advocate, communicate and transform. session, the room divided into groups to We’re asking students, faculty and staff discuss the talk, addressing issues such as to sign the PACT and basically make victim blaming and online harassment. a commitment to being the kind of Senior biology major Laura McKee said community member you want to see that one particular powerful moment other people be,” Moelk said. “So, if I in Wells’ talk that stood out to her was want to see good things happening on about the perseverance of a survivor. my campus, I have to be a person who “I like the part where she talked demands good things that happen on about how her parents said, after the my campus.” bombings, you have to get back on the Moelk reminded the attendees that tubes the next day to show them who is the UIndy PACT could easily be found in charge. I had never considered that,” on the MyUIndy page, noting it would McKee said. “No matter what, you’ll still be hugely beneficial to creating a culture get home on the last train, you’ll still of awareness on campus. Among other walk home by yourself, just to show that things, Moelk noted the crucial impor- this isn’t their [the rapist’s] world.”

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Assistant Professor of English Rebecca McKanna published her story "Interpreting American Gothic" in Colorado Review's Summer 2018 issue. This story was chosen to be included in "The Best American Mystery Stories 2019" by New York Times best-selling author, Jonathan Lethem. This book will be published on Oct. 1.

Department Chair and Associate Professor of English Molly Martin published a new book, "Castles and Space in Malory’s Morte Darthur."

This book explores castles and their role in specifically the story of King Arthur. She then published a continuation of this book, titled "Vision and Gender in Malory’s Morte Darthur.”

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Bellew wins award for electrophysiology Academy of Clinical Electrophysiology honors professor with Award of Excellence for research

Recently, Krannert School of Physical Therapy Professor Jim Bellew received the Award of Excellence from the Academy of Clinical Electrophysiology and Wound Management of the American Physical Therapy Association. This award, according to Bellew, is given to recognize an individual’s contributions in scholarly endeavors to help promote the advancement of the practice and understanding of clinical and electrophysiology.

Sciencedirect.com said: "Electrophysiology is the branch of neuroscience that explores the electrical activity of living neurons and investigates the molecular and cellular processes that govern their signaling."

Bellew, having known and studied under others who have received the award, said he is humbled to be following their path. “[There were] people who I consid-

ered to be legends when I was growing up in the field… To now receive an award that I know they’ve received, that’s humbling,” Bellew said. “To see that my work has been recognized as promoting and advancing the science, that was, again, humbling and rewarding.”

Bellew was nominated for the award

by Assistant Professor in the Krannert School of Physical Therapy Emily Slaven. According to Slaven, Bellew deserves the award for his hard work and tenacity, in his research and engagement with students.

“He does an outstanding job teaching [physical therapy]. He does research, he does a lot of education outside... So I can’t think of anybody that would be more deserving to get national recognition amongst my peers for all he does,” Slaven said. “Some people do lots of research, but not much else. But Dr. Bellew kind of does it all.”

Bellew’s work and research began when he was hired on staff at the University of Indianapolis in 2007.

Since then, Bellew said he believes vent atrophy or prevent loss of strength.” his constant and focused line of research According to Bellew, his work nevin clinical electrophysiology, more spe- er stops. His current project works cifically, his research in identifying op- with Professor Trent Cayot. The project timal electrical currents and parameters combines Bellew’s expertise in physical for those electrical currents that are therapy and Cayot’s expertise in exerthen used to activate skeletal muscle to cise science in order to look at metabolic help slow loss of strength or to increase changes with electrical stimulation to strength, contributed greatly to receiv- muscle. ing the award.

“To be able to bring to fruition a re“It has been an area of much dis- search study that we’re doing now has cussion and been very research for exciting,” years, but Bellew said. there’s never “...The true reward is being “I already been any conbeable to teach the students know sensus.

The cause we optimal elechave the I have at UIndy.” trical currents data, but we have yet to are sitting on be identified, something and my research has shown that what new and novel that we will be reporting has previously been done for decades is to the literature very soon.” certainly not optimal,” Bellew said. “We Bellew said that what he is most have better options available to us in proud of is being able to present this terms of again choosing specific electri- information to his students. According cal currents to increase strength or pre- to Bellew, he always encourages his stu-

diagnosed with substance use disorder, according to UIndy's press release. The academy, which was made possible by a grant from the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation, is expected to produce 15 to 30 behavioral health professionals a year. They have a dual license as both a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and as a Licensed Clinical Addiction Counselor.

The origins of the Community Behavioral Health Academy date back to around 2014 to 2015 when behavioral health professionals at Community began to notice that the demand for behavioral healthcare was higher than the number of therapists they had available to give treatments, according to Hurd. He said Community’s initial response was to try to hire more behavioral health professionals, however, this did not go as they intended. Hurd said that it was only after they studied it through a grant from the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation, that they found that they were lacking 7,000 licensed therapists.These therapists typically work with patients that have addictions and substance abuse issues.

“With the opioid epidemic going on, there's a higher need for [treatment] than ever, but that requires pretty specialized training,” Hurd said. “All therapists can do some work around substance-use disorder, but to really specialize in that, there's extra required trainings that a lot of them need. And [with] our current workforce, not a lot of those people had the extra required training.”

UIndy and IUPUI both became involved in the academy as a result of a Request for Information, Hurd said. The Request for Information was sent out to several universities. UIndy and IUPUI sent back proposals that Community liked because of their locations and their professional relationships, said Hurd.

“[What] we said is we want to work with a partner because this is going to take probably changing curriculums… and changing class structures,”Hurd said.

“We felt like our partnership in the past with UIndy really made them an excellent partner to be able to sit down and work through what I think was a pretty big issue and that was 'How do we change curriculums?'”

Hurd said he thought it would be a good opportunity for students because it would lead to them being more qualified in the behavioral health field. He also said that while they are asking students to do a lot of work in a concentrated amount of time, they are not asking them to take a lot of extra classes.

“We realize that we're asking students to do something kind of extraordinary: be a part of this academy,” Hurd said.

“We want to really retain this workforce and incentivize people to do this kind of clinical academy pathway.”

UIndy Master of Social Work Program Director and Associate Professor of Social Work Sally Brocksen said that the partnership with Community Health will provide more opportunities for UIndy students to gain career experience and lead to similar partnerships with the nursing and the physical therapy programs.

She said that the program will create a workforce pipeline for Community Health.

“It [the academy] benefits our state and our communities because Community Behavioral Health…is such a huge provider of services in the Indianapolis region and Indiana,” Brocksen said. “Having the best prepared social workers we can to meet the needs and the challenges of our community, [and] having them prepared so well, is really just going to be a benefit to everyone.”

Brocksen said that students who enroll in the academy have to first be accepted into the MSW program, which is typically a two-year program. Once the students have made it halfway through their first year, they are then asked about their future career plans. This could lead to an internship with Community during their final two semesters.

Hurd said that he expects to see the effects of the academy quickly as the program gets underway. He said he thinks other organizations will to try and replicate what Community has done with their partnership in the near future.

“It’s really drawn a lot of interest from around the state,” Hurd said. “We start selecting our first cohort [of students] in a couple of weeks so that in the fall, these students will start their class work with this new curriculum track, and we can then start taking them as interns.”

Brocksen said that the program will serve as a great template for other organizations to use to help combat the opioid epidemic. She said that it could also serve as a resource for other types of work that social workers do within healthcare systems.

“Often times social workers are responsible for discharge planning,” Brocksen said. “When you do your discharge planning, [you’re] helping to ensure that you don't get those bounceback folks, that someone’s care is being appropriately planned and treated once they leave the hospital or outside of their regular visits with the doctors. I think that partnerships such as this, really sort of set it up for patient success—long-term patient success—and I think Community Health credits…very clearly, that most social work has success in the outcomes of their patients, and that's why they're investing in social work.”

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dents to be “change agents” in physical therapy, to actively seek out ways to improve the field themselves.

“I want them to find themselves in experiences where they’re seeing electrophysiology being done less optimally than we know how to do now and to use the current best evidence, much of which is my own research, to encourage clinicians and other scientists to consider modern evidence,” Bellew said. “The enjoyable part is to be able to teach this to my students, to encourage them to become change agents in the future but then the most difficult part is to find the minds that won’t open or to find the resistance to change.”

Bellew is proud and humbled to have received the award, but overall, thrilled to be able to constantly share his findings with his students.

“For me to receive an award like this is nice, but day in and day out, the true reward is being able to teach the students I have at UIndy,” Bellew said. “They are stellar students. They make what’s called a job fun [and] not feel like a job.”

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2017: 327 total deaths 2016: 296 total deaths

Synthetic Opioids 2017: 649 total deaths 2016: 302 total deaths

*Deaths may be included in multiple categories, totals from individual categories should not be added together Source: Indiana Department of Health Graphic by Madison Gomez

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