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UIndy looks ahead with Vision 2030 By Kyle Weidner STAFF WRITER
A new strategic planning process for the future of the University of Indianapolis is unfolding since the arrival of President Robert Manuel. This process, Vision 2030, is a new way for everyone at UIndy to take a critical look at where the school is now and where it should go as a whole. Manuel said that the reason for this process is to stay competitive with other universities. “Moments in life where we get to stand back and dream about the future are MANUEL rare,” Manuel said.“It [Vision 2030] is a chance to really take a critical look at who we are as a university and who we would like to become for the future. The path we choose will be critical to remaining a great university.” The process is set to begin this month. It is an opportunity to look at what is currently driving higher education forward and ensure that UIndy remains a distinctive entity for current and future students. According to Manuel, Vision 2030 will involve two interwoven processes. One process requires thinking long term and the other, short term. Manuel said that both processes will need the input of the university as a whole. “Each voice in this process is critical. And the involvement of not only the university, but the community as a whole, is crucial to the success of this process,” Manuel said. “It is impossible to understand one’s self without looking at other individuals who have been in similar situations.”
> See VISION 2030 on page 3
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Jodie Ferise greets students from Afram Plains, Ghana, during a trip with Precious Words Project, a nonprofit organization that she founded with UIndy Students. The project plans to visit Ghana every Dec. and May.
Precious Words speaks to Ghana By Abby Gross OPINION EDITOR University of Indianapolis students will travel to Africa next month to help build a school in Afram Plains, Ghana, as part of the Precious Words Project. With the help of her students, Assistant Professor of Business Administration Jodie Ferise founded the Precious Words Project after leading a Spring Term trip to Ghana in May 2011. The project has since gathered more than 15,000 books to help stock school libraries for Ghanaian students.The upcoming trip will establish a library for a new primary school. A group of 12, most of whom are UIndy students, will leave for Ghana on Christmas Day and spend 12 days in Ghana before returning on Jan. 8. According to Ferise, this trip will bring much more than a library to the Afram Plains primary school, which currently exists as an unfurnished, concrete building. Plans for the trip include training local teachers, stocking the school with supplies and hosting a sports camp and vacation Bible school.
Ferise said that Precious Words has gathered 3,000 books and 150 school kits, complete with backpacks and supplies, for this trip. These supplies, along with the construction materials and furnishings for the school, already have been shipped. Once in Ghana, the materials will be transported in dugout canoes across Lake Volta, one of the world’s largest reservoirs, and trucked up a hill to the school. In addition to transforming and stocking the existing school, the group will work one-on-one with students on reading. Outside of the classroom the Precious Words group also will host a sports camp, made possible by donations of sports equipment by UIndy’s football and soccer programs. Ferise stressed the generosity of these athletic programs, which donated used jerseys, backpacks and balls. According to Ferise, the children in the Afram Plains area have never had the opportunity to experience sports. “They’ve had no recreational materials at all,” Ferise said. “What we are hoping to do is to actually spend a lot of time with some of the older kids, so that when we leave, it’s like we’ve left little coaches behind who then can take over.”
This idea of continuing the work that the Precious Words Project does during each trip reflects the group’s goal of sustainability. Ferise said that she hopes their work will empower individual Ghanaians and entire communities. Ferise explained her goal of empowering Ghanaians through literacy and education, calling the establishment of libraries the hallmark of the project. “The hope is that everywhere that we go, we will always build a library. That’s the point of Precious Words,” Ferise said. Ferise said that while many students will never see the world beyond Ghana, she hopes books will provide them rich, empowering reading experiences. The literacy rate of Ghana is very low, and even primary education is a privilege, because many areas in Ghana do not have schools. Ferise described the Ghanaian students’ willingness to learn and appreciation of education, even in a barren, unfurnished concrete classroom. She said that the students are happy with very little, compared to Americans, who often feel entitled to education on their terms. “They’re so content there. They don’t feel like anything or anybody owes them
anything,” Ferise said. “So therefore, they are super grateful.” Ferise told the story of a young, married mother that she encountered during a previous trip to Ghana. The woman went to classes every day because there was not a school to attend during her earlier years. “She was in fifth grade because she wanted to learn how to read,” Ferise said. Sophomore Marketing major David Schlecht traveled to Ghana with the May 2012 Spring Term trip and will return to Ghana during the upcoming trip. He said that the best part of the experience is interacting with the Ghanaian students. “You see kids on commercials and you feel really bad [for them]. But then when you go there, you make this special bond, and it’s very hard to leave that,” Schlecht said. Ferise plans to continue returning to Ghana each May and December. May’s trip will be an official UIndy Spring Term trip, during which students will study small business start-ups and return to the Afram Plains primary school. Ferise said that the project is always accepting donations or help. For more information, students can visit preciouswordsafrica.org.
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Left: Chef Dan Phillips (left) and Ted Polk (right) participate in the Halloween celebration on Oct. 31. Right: Students eat and enjoy the Halloween festivities.
PFS makes meals special By Amanda Musgrave STAFF WRITER
The founder and owner of Polk Food Services, Inc., Ted Polk, decided about 10 years ago, to try special meal nights on Tuesdays. The idea was intended to attract more interest among students. Since 1984, PFS has provided the University of Indianapolis with food services. “Students get bored so we [PFS] try to make it [dinner] fun and do something different,” Polk said. “It’s a monotony breaker.” Every month, Polk and his PFS staff arrange for two special events called Tuesdays with Ted. Past themes have included
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Chinese, Indian, Italian, Brazilian, Greek, German, Western, soul and other types of food. In addition, a special Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner are organized for the fall semester. They are all held in the UIndy cafeteria. Tuesdays with Ted now has been extended to include Wednesdays. Polk said that he wanted students who could not attend dinner on Tuesdays because of classes to have the same opportunity to participate. According to Polk, he enjoys creating something new and exciting for students, staff and families who visit. Chef Dan Phillips said that he likes to prepare new meals and that hosting different events has helped to build rela-
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tionships with different students. PFS works with different organizations on campus to prepare special nights as well. Having a Chinese New Year dinner in February with the Chinese Student Union is one of Phillip’s favorite events. “[I] try to keep it special,” Phillips said. “It’s very positive feedback I get.” During Homecoming Week, PFS carried dinners from five different country, following the theme “Hounds Around the World.” Freshman communication major Rachel Taller said she enjoyed the different atmospheres, foods and music. “I didn’t expect a new thing [theme] every night,” Taller said. “It was neat and special.”
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Democrat 50% of votes
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Greg Zoeller Republican 58% of votes
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Glenda Ritz Democrat 53% of votes
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NOVEMBER 14, 2012
Contraceptives debate rooted in wrong areas
Politicians need to focus on medical facts By Anna Wieseman MANAGING EDITOR The concept of separation of church and state is what historically made American democracy better than the British rule. Recently, fundamental principles such as this have taken a hit, as politicians have strayed from the basic wording of the Constitution. Many of America’s current key leaders have ignored the separation of church and state in order to assume the role of experts on God’s will for women’s bodies. These politicians, mostly men, can go back and forth all day on which birth control and abortion policies are best, according to their Christian principles, but the bodily health of women will continue to suffer. Birth control and other contraceptives are key to keeping Americans safe and healthy.They are a cornerstone to safety of both women and men. For this debate to solely be based on religion is irresponsible. Women are not choosing birth control to spite God. They are choosing it to keep themselves healthy. Politicians need to start looking at how these options protect the health of Americans, rather than how they supposedly ruin God’s plan for those using contraceptives. Birth control and other female contraceptives seem to be viewed as excuses for women to go wild and abuse their bodies. For young girls going through rough patches of adolescent development, birth control is often the difference between missing school because of debilitating cramps and being able to succeed daily. This is only one way birth control protects female bodies. These options are primarily intended to protect women from STIs and unwanted pregnancies. Contraceptives are there to keep women, and the men with whom they are involved, from having to make even tougher decisions. I want to skip past all of the controversial quotes from politicians who denounce abortion even in cases of rape and other forms of sexual abuse, because that is not where this conversation needs to go. This conversation needs to start at birth
control options for females, because if we promote these safety precautions, then we won’t have to worry as much about the issue of clinical abortions. No one wants to say it, but for the safety of scared women and girls, we need safe medical environments. I think abortion is as much the immoral taking of an unborn life as a right wing-Republican, but we need this service. Scared women and girls need a safe medical place to weigh their options. If our society does not give them this safe, sterile environment, then they may take matters in to their own hands. This is the scariest thought. Without the safety of facilities such as Planned Parenthood, women may make their own decisions uninformed. Many American politicians are suggesting to females across the country that they are lower than dirt for choosing these options, but these women are both strong and brave and nothing less. What these politicians forget about is the emotional and mental toll that abortion takes on females and their loved ones. Because of physical limitations, men cannot understand the emotional toll that having a child has on the body and mind. It is strange that all of this talk of birth control and contraceptives is centered solely around women. Men obviously represent half of the risk of pregnancy, so they, too, need to be included in the conversation on contraception. Men need to be pushed to use contraceptives and to gently remind the women they are intimate with to keep on track with their birth control. Men who make bold and uniformed statements on birth control and abortion have lost their compassion for women. This whole debate should not be spiritual, but based in cold, hard medical facts. The fact is that the push for contraceptive education in schools has lowered teen pregnancies. Awareness of the importance of contraceptives in general has lowered STI risks for all ages, and the increasing social acceptance of abortion services has kept females from making choices that would truly ruin their lives. These options are out there for medical safety, and politicians should not treat them as if they are Satan’s device for sin.
Don’t rush the ring Marriages are more than fantasy weddings By Kaley Belakovich EDITOR-IN-CHIEF It seems as if every time I log on to my Facebook account, I am bombarded with the news that yet another one of my Facebook friends has become engaged. There would be no problem with this if these couples were in committed, longterm relationships. Oftentimes, though, the couple has been in a relationship for fewer than six months and known each other for that amount of time. Why? If you’re in your early 20s, as most of these couples are (at least, in my circle of Facebook friends), you have plenty of time to get to know your significant other before rushing into marriage. It can take years to really get to know another person—not only his or her personality, but also his or her habits and idiosyncrasies. Sometimes, a significant other may have an annoying habit with which a person cannot live. This isn’t something that should be discovered after marriage and potentially lead to divorce. This is something that should be discovered before marriage. This does not apply only to people in their 20s, but to people of all ages. No wonder we’re a country with such a high divorce rate. An article entitled “Getting to Know Someone Is a Life-Long Process,” published in July on www.psychologytoday. com, suggests that people get engaged no earlier than after six months of dating and then wait at least another year to get married. This way, each person in the relationship can see how the other chooses to grow, rather than try to change the other’s behavior. The famous tell-it-like-it-is Dr. Phil McGraw has on his website advice for
women who are rushing into marriage. He said for women to take a step back and look at what they’re focusing on. Is it a fantasy wedding, or a marriage? Weddings and receptions last one day. Marriages last a lifetime—at least, they’re supposed to. Dr. Phil also addressed the social pressures to get married. He said that sometimes women grow up with the idea that marriages are “rites of passage” and that women don’t become adults until they are married. He stressed that this is not true, and that adulthood is not defined by marriage. Social pressure also can increase by the fact that peers are getting married. However, the decision to get married should be based only on the people in the relationship, not pressure from outside sources. Dr. Phil stressed the importance of having serious talks about important issues before committing to marriage.These discussions should include such topics as children, religion, careers and geography. These are issues that profoundly affect the lives of the people involved, and should be discussed before marriage. Couples need to slow down. The divorce rate is high enough in this country—we don’t want to make it any higher. People need to spend more time in a relationship before getting married. The longer two people are together, the more they learn about each other. Identifying behaviors that you can and can’t live with is crucial, and something that should be determined before marriage. Waiting to get married can prevent a future divorce.
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Americans need to take responsibility for their health By Scott Mitchell EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
I’ve wondered for a long time why, when we complain about people with an unhealthy body shape, we talk about the beanpoles rather than the muffin tops. We are unhappy with the fact that models and singers are size zeroes, and men are made to believe they should have the body density of Channing Tatum. Is the unrealistic build of celebrities ruining the self-image of the average American? Or is it that our own mirror ruins our selfimage more than the television? The truth is that celebrities don’t have that many devout followers in terms of body size. Around 30 percent of Americans are obese. Yes, a small portion of the population suffers from eating disorders, but almost one-third of our nation is suffering from a disease that results in a cruelly painful and shortened life. People literally eat themselves to death and then blame the media for their poor self-image. Am I the only one who sees the irony in this? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during the past 20 years there has been an enormous increase in obesity in the United States. Trivia question: What sinks faster, the economy or the couch? Let’s crunch numbers. According to Census.gov, there are more than 314 million people living in the United States. Since 30 percent of these people suffer from obesity, this
means there are approximately 94.2 million obese Americans. CDC.gov reports that each obese American averages an additional health cost of $1,429. Instead of the government paying for one in three Americans to get their stomach stapled shut or their knees cut into just so they can hold up their own weight, maybe we could have more bike lanes, parks and money for health education. Some people like to blame food industries. After all, a couple McDoubles or a package of hot dogs is cheaper than trying to buy that expensive healthy stuff right? Wrong. Rice and beans are two of the cheapest possible foods. But how often are they on a dinner table? Perhaps it’s because when some assembly is required, people turn and run. It’s understandable, though. After a long, tiring day at work, don’t you just want to crash and complain about those awful skinny people on TV while you eat yourself out of house and home? Food is only part of the problem. The second part of the issue is fitness. Statisticsbrain.com, a resource for CNN, ABC news and the New York Times, says that 67 percent of people who own gym memberships never use them. A large number of Americans exercise just as rarely as they skip the junk food for healthier options. People may argue that life moves too fast, and there isn’t any time. Maybe those people tend to forget that 30 minutes of exercise a day could add years to their lives. Kids play video games instead of actual games. People take elevators one story up. Others ride
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on motorized scooters instead of walking with their grocery carts. Still, no one wants to accept responsibility for his or her unhealthy actions. After all, poor self-image resulting from obesity is the fault of the media, right? They make people irresponsible and lazy. It’s their fault Americans replaced their inner drill sergeant with a vat of Ben & Jerry’s. It’s their fault we love food and hate exercise. Or is it? Maybe the media just go to extremes to cover up the growing epidemic of obesity. American popular culture is often represented by the ultra-thin woman or the guy with the 24-pack who never ate a carb. After all, the media give us what we want to see. Not many people want to see fat rolls on prime-time television or a glossy magazine cover. If we represent our culture with skin-and-bones models, then maybe people will forget America is dominating the world in pant size. My point is this: It’s time Americans stop blaming the media and avoiding the mirror and start taking responsibility for themselves. Then, maybe the media can celebrate the average American. And we won’t have to worry as much about healthcare because people will actually care about their health. The past 20 years have seen dramatic advances in technology, communication, education, business and many other areas. We top the charts in so many positive categories, but somewhere along the way, self-discipline ceased to be one of them. Congratulations to us, the American juggernaut continues to move forward with an earth-shaking step.
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CELL coordinates education program By Kaley Belakovich EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
TAP: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement, a program monitored by the University of Indianapolis Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning, expanded from 44 to 46 schools for the 2012-13 academic year. TAP is a program started by the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching. According to its website, www.tapsystem. org, TAP is a comprehensive school reform that restructures and revitalizes the teaching profession. Its purpose is to provide teachers opportunities for career advancement and professional development, an evaluation
system and performance-based compensation. According to David Dresslar, executive director of CELL, TAP came to UIndy two years ago, and after a year of planning, was implemented in Indiana schools for the 2011-12 academic year. “The state received a grant from the federal government, actually from the U.S. Department of Education, and the grant is in a program called the Teacher Incentive Fund,”Dresslar said.“So in that grant application, which was approved, CELL was named as administering the TAP program.” Dresslar said that the TIF grant was used to fund the TAP program in the 44 schools that started the program last year. The two schools added this year
are funding the TAP program through outside resources. According to Dresslar, CELL has multiple responsibilities for the program. “We coordinate the training and coach TAP in these 46 schools,” Dresslar said. “They have access to web portal, to data management, those kinds of things. So we give them all that training, and then we provide coaching to make sure that this training is being used to implement an effective TAP system.” Indiana TAP Director Jennifer Oliver said that a team is in place to ensure TAP is being implemented properly. “There are five regional coordinators that work on the ground in the 46 schools every day, and they serve as coaches in this work. They support the implementation
of the professional development. They support the implementation of the teacher evaluation process and also help connect the school-based top leaders to the national resources and national model,” Oliver said. “Essentially myself and the five regional coordinators ensure that the schools in Indiana are implementing the model with fidelity.” As Indiana’s TAP director, Oliver has many responsibilities in overseeing the coordinators and the whole project. “I work closely with the TIF grant coordinator to ensure that the monies are being used in the right direction... I work closely with the national organization, NIET, and the national TAP team to ensure that all of the pieces of the model are in place. I also set up several
professional development opportunities for the schools and their leaders to attend. So it’s varied,” Oliver said. “We do several trainings each year that I coordinate. I also play a large role in calculating one of the TAP performance-based bonuses.” According to Oliver, TAP has been demonstrating success in its early stages. “We’re just in year two, so we’re still in the infancy of the work. But after one year, overall the TAP elementary and middle schools were showing positive results in that they outperformed demographically comparable non-TAP schools,” she said. “So when looking at an elementary school that had TAP versus one similar in nature that didn’t have TAP, the TAP schools were showing higher levels of achievement.”
New English professor publishes debut novel By Anna Wieseman MANAGING EDITOR
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Greg Reinhardt spoke on Nov. 1 about Native American stereotypes as presented in his upcoming book.
Anthropology chair leads faculty forum By Gwen Debaun STAFF WRITER
Speaking at the Faculty Forum on Nov. 1, Chair and Professor of Anthropology Greg Reinhardt discussed American Indian stereotypes presented in his upcoming book, “Depicting Indians.” “Indians—in italics, I mean—is not from Native American, or American Indians. That is too broad,” Reinhardt said. “Indians means the ideas that we portray them as now.” Associate Provost Mary Beth Bagg said that Reinhardt did not disappoint her. “It was a really well thought out and interesting presentation,” Bagg said. “It causes us to step back and think about others.” In Reinhardt’s book, he assesses the different representations of Indians. “We don’t view them as real people, we view them as mystical beings, noble savages, threatening, loving and selfless,” Reinhardt said. “But they are people.” Reinhardt said that in his 500-page book, he has a chapter devoted to each of the ways people degrade the idea of Indians. He addressed everything from the idea of clothing and the military to how they are used in comic book cover art. Reinhardt said that stereotypes about the clothing of Indians portray them with headdresses, wraps around their loins, dresses and tops for the females. Reinhardt said that these are not true, and that, in actuality, Native Americans dress exactly as we do. In discussing the military chapter, Reinhardt said that sometimes Indians are portrayed as peaceful beings, while at other times portrayed as warriors and savages. “Half of them [pictures] that came from this time seems realistic; the other, cartoons,” Reinhardt said. “In the military now, even the Marines have a little Indian statue that they take with them when they are deployed.” Reinhardt said that starting in the 1930s, Indians began appearing on the covers of comic books, ranging from villains to heroes to European Americans. In the Confusing Identities chapter, Reinhardt addresses how Indians are portrayed in any animal, and any shape or size. “There are some penguin Indians and centaur Indians,” Reinhardt said. “It confuses the identity of what an Indian, or the idea of an Indian, is or entails. Even White Indians, where celebrities dress up as Indians even though they do not have any native blood, but they claim to relate to them.” “We also have this stereotype of Indians using broken English,” Reinhardt said. “It is a continued stereotype that never ceases to amaze and confound me and will not go away.” The final chapter of Reinhardt’s book is called End of the Trail and Back Again. Reinhardt said that the title and the way the items were presented are both symbolic. According to Reinhardt, these stereotypes simply exist out of racism. “If it were any other group, this would not happen,” Reinhardt said. “But because it is Indians, who cannot get their voice heard, it does.”
Assistant Professor of English Salvatore Pane released his first novel on Nov. 6, entitled “Last Call in the City of the Bridges.” The University of Indianapolis English department has many published writers. Department Chair and Professor of English William Dynes said that he hopes that students will find motivation in having published authors in the classroom. “To be able to point to a couple of different writers on our faculty and to be able to say to the students, ‘They’re going through the same process you are. They know what it’s like to be rejects, they know what it’s like to submit without knowing what’s coming next, and they can help you at every step of the process.’ I think that’s tremendously helpful,” Dynes said. Dynes also said that having published writers in the department helps students learn the facets of the publishing process and supports the department’s goals. “The fact that he [Pane] is a published author means he’s got that experience with the practical side of publishing,” Dynes said. “He knows what it’s like to go through working with an editor, working with publishing houses, doing the advertisement and the book tours.” Pane said that while he rarely mentions his novel in class, he wants to show students how successful a writer can be. “I think the students know immediately that I practice what I preach,” Pane said. “Where I’m always telling them they have to be writing every day, they have to be reading journals and submitting their work if they’re ready for that. I think that that wouldn’t work as well if I wasn’t doing that.” Pane hopes to reach the different majors in the English department, specifically students in the creative writing and professional writing majors. “When I was an undergrad, it was always helpful to me to work with a novelist, because you could look at their life and their trajectory and think, ‘OK, how did they get there and can I do that?’ And I hope that I am providing the same example where they can see I’m not that much older than them, and it doesn’t take 50 years to write a novel,” Pane said. Pane said he started the novel after an interaction he had with a teacher during the second year of his master’s program at the University of Pittsburgh. The
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Salvatore Pane joined the English department this fall to teach fiction. His first novel came out on Nov. 6. plot of the novel follows 20-something Michael Bishop as he makes and breaks relationships during the eve of the 2008 presidential election. “I started doing it [the novel] in April 2009, and I really wanted it to be set during the Obama campaign because that felt like a big watershed moment for people around my age, younger and a little older, too,” Pane said. “And I just really wanted it to be about 20-somethings, kind of in an urban setting, and just getting at the idea of how all of your communications have been so altered by social networking, especially Facebook.” Pane also said that the generation his novel focuses on has a hyper nostalgia for older things such as television shows and video games. The characters are fictional, but Pane said that interactions with friends in bars inspired him. “One of the characters talks about how his dad has been dead for a decade or so, and he can’t remember his [dad’s] voice any more, but he can still remember the sound effects in super Mario Brothers, like it’s memorized in his brain,” Pane said. “That conversation never happened, but there are things I’ve noticed that people
around my age talk about in bars. Just this weird nostalgia, kind of like a hyper nostalgia, for all the stuff we grew up with in the 80s.” Pane attributes this hyper nostalgia to members of his generation and younger starting families later and having easier access to the things of their childhood. “When my parents were my age, they had me. They didn’t really have time to go to bars and hang out and talk about the things they grew up with,” Pane said. “They were kind of already more adults than I am. I think that’s true of most people my age.” He emphasizes that writing is still alive and students should be aware of the different media available. “What I try and do is to get all my students to see that writing is not something that happened a hundred years ago. There are people who are young and who are doing it,” Pane said. “So I show them blogs and I show them magazines that are coming out now. And I try to show them a lot of writers now, so they start to see by osmosis that this is a real life that you could have. It’s not something that went extinct like a dinosaur.”
VISION 2030 from page 1 Assistant Professor of Management Terry Schindler will lead the Vision 2030 conversations. Over the coming months, he will talk with students, faculty, staff, and alumni, as well as parents and community members. “The overall goal of Vision 2030 is to gain input from all key stakeholders of UIndy,” Schindler said. “It [the process] involves looking from a market standpoint, as well as an academic standpoint, all with the question in mind: who do we serve as a university?” Schindler led the first of these conversations with 51 alumni on Oct. 20, and the second on Oct. 22 with a group of 56 student leaders. “The questions we want to answer are what, how much and by when?”Schindler said. “For example, the university may want a new liberal arts program that
serves a certain amount of people by a specific date.” According to Director of Alumni Relations Natalie Cummings, each voice, both new and old, will be critical to effectively producing Vision 2030. “Alumni offer a wide range of perspectives to consider as the university develops its vision for the future. They help us understand the history and traditions that distinguish UIndy in the world of higher education and our graduates in the workplace and community,” Cummings said.“Their stories of academic and campus life, regardless of when they attended—when combined with those of current students—will help us retain the core of the UIndy experience.” Task forces will be created and members representing all voices on campus appointed. The task forces will be co-
“The overall goal of Vision 2030 is to gain insight from all key stakeholders of UIndy.”
chaired by vice presidents and deans in multiple areas of expertise. All information coming out of the two processes will be directly filtered to a new Planning Commission headed by Manuel, which will consider long- and short-term priorities. Campus conversation dates, as well as other announcements on the progress of Vision 2030, can be found on the MyUIndy web page and communicated by campus-wide email. Also, in the “Students” tab of the MyUIndy website is a new Strategic Planning 2012-13 channel that includes information including dates and times for Vision 2030 conversations. Individuals may sign up for these conversations by following instructions found there. A document for public access will be released on the MyUIndy Students tab. This document is projected to be available in May or June of 2013. There are two student conversations scheduled for Nov. 19 and Nov. 26 in UIndy Hall B & C. Additional sessions will be scheduled as sign ups increase.
Vision 2030
What is Vision 2030?
How do I get involved?
Vision 2030 is the combined goals and hopes of various members of the university for the future of the university. Where do you want the university to be in 18 years and how can we achieve it? Vision 2030 is about figuring that out.
Vision 2030 has various conversation meetings. The first one for students will be held Nov. 19, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. in UIndy Halls B & C. The second will be Nov. 26, 7 p.m -9 p.m. in UIndy Halls B & C.
Where do I find more info? Check your UIndy email for updates or go to the MyUIndy Students tab and look in the Strategic Planning 2012-13 channel.
Shaping UIndy’s long-term vision and goals
Taken from Vision 2030 Channel in the Students tab of My.UIndy.com Graphic by Madie Eash
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The Reflector celebrates 1922
Writers for The Reflector would send galley proofs to Western Manuscript where the proofs would be proofread and set into 10-point font. Western would send the galley proofs back with changes. After The Reflector received the clean proofs, they would be cut to size and arranged in a clean layout for publication. The layout would then be sent for publication.
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Throughout years, ‘The Reflector’ covers significant events By Ally Holmes EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
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The first issue of The Reflector was published on Nov. 15, 1922. It featured an introduction to the new school paper, written by President I.J. Good. The article was addressed to “Friends of Indiana Central,” and was written to address the campus community. Many of the early issues of the paper featured articles about the sports teams and the debate team. The front page was a social hub of information, announcing parties and opportunities to interact with professors. In some of the subsequent issues, during the first ten or so years of the newspaper, Good wrote a column that expressed his opinions about the happenings on campus. Most of what editors and reporters wrote about things related to campus life and did not focus on national or international news. One issue of The Reflector in 1927 announced the official mascot of what was then Indiana Central College: the Greyhound. Prior to having a mascot, the college simply called themselves the “Cardinal and Grey Warrior.” As the years progressed, many stories were written about the growth of the school, and new faculty members were frequently discussed. The Reflector did not begin to incorporate national and international news until the 1960s. One of the major events during the 1960s was the Vietnam War. In a 1965 issue, Assistant Editor Dennis Stone wrote about a visiting writer who spoke about international affairs and the effects they have on the United States. Some local campus news also made national news. Two UIndy students have competed in the Miss America
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Pageant as Miss Indiana. First, in 1973, Karen Rogers traveled to Atlantic City for the pageant, but did not place. The article on Rogers was on the front page and highlighted her singing talent and her height of 4 feet 11 inches. However, Katie Stam ended up winning the title of Miss America. She was crowned Miss America in 2009 and was at the time a senior communication major at UIndy. Many articles were written about her before and after being crowned Miss America, but one of the main articles was about her success at the pageant, the struggles she went through to get to the pageant and her responsibilities as the new Miss America. Prior to Stam’s victory as Miss America, The Reflector was making advances in discussing more national and international news. By 1991, Operation Desert Storm was in place. The Reflector covered topics such as the fear of being drafted, the university coming together and information that students should know about Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. Desert Storm was international news, but writers from the paper found angles to localize it to campus. In addition to reporting international news, The Reflector began to discuss topics that were major issues in the United States. According to the Nov. 10, 1992 paper, the university held an AIDS workshop, during which guest speakers came to campus to speak about different topics concerning HIV/AIDS. One particularly significant issue of the paper was the 9/11 issue.
Most of the newspaper focused on the events that took place after the attacks on the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon. “I met with [Co-Managing and Sports Editor] Brian Robbins, and he and I decided that we had to do something [regarding 9/11]. We already had The Reflector for that issue basically laid out and put together,” said then editor-in-chief, Gretchen Rush Becker. Becker wrote an editorial about the terrorist attacks, as well as the decision by the staff of The Reflector to scrap what they already had for that issue and write new stories localizing and capturing the importance of what had happened. “We took all the events that were happening on campus and localized it [9/11] to the university that way,” Becker said. The Reflector staff covered prayer vigils, group discussions and blood donations. One topic important to the students and to The Reflector was the effect on international students on campus. Nyaradazo Madzongwe, who was an international student and feature editor at the time, wrote about international students meeting and expressing their concerns about the attacks. “I was the only person who was international on the staff of The Reflector, so I wrote little things that were happening that day around the international issues,” Madzongwe said. The articles were completed even without the photos to go with them, and the newspaper staff worked together to make an entirely new paper in just a few days.
“I was the only person who was international on the staff of The Reflector, so I wrote little things that were happening that day around the international issues.”
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“We went back to the newsroom after rounding up a couple of other people. We pretty much trashed everything we had planned for the next issue and started over,” Robbins said. “We divided it up into things affecting campus, and those that didn’t directly affect the student body but that were important on a state, national and international level. This was too important, and...we assigned the stories in order of importance.” A few years later, another disaster occurred in the United States. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. Again, the staff of The Reflector worked together to find a way to localize the events of Katrina to campus. The campus worked together to help the victims and students who were victims themselves. Becker said she thought events like these showed the community of campus life at the University of Indianapolis. During these two major disasters, The Reflector covered students and faculty lending a hand to those who needed it. In 2008, the election of Barack Obama as president was a historic moment in the United States. Jaclyn Dillman, who served as feature editor during that time, wrote about the election and the other candidates elected in Indiana. Local to Indianapolis was the Indiana State Fair stage collapse last year. Then Editor-in-Chief Stephanie Snay wrote about the incident, sharing the stories of some students who were there. Snay wrote about the memorial service held on Aug. 15, as well as funds raised in memory of those who lost their lives. Over the years, topics featured in The Reflector have become more diverse than they were in 1922. Recent articles have included the new Roberts Hall, the inauguration of the newest university presidents and campus traditions such as the Celebration of the Flags. The Reflector continues to localize national and international news to be relevant to the campus community.
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The Reflector also can be found online at reflector.uindy.edu
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Student newspaper transitions to service online users By Wade Thiel STAFF WRITER The Reflector has been printed since 1922. However, it was not until 2001 that The Reflector was made available online. The website features the same content that the print version of the newspaper does, but on it also is original content that is not available in print. The Reflector Online’s first editor was Gretchen Rush Becker, who has since graduated and is now married with a daughter. Becker became The Reflector’s first online editor after being a reporter for the newspaper the year before. After writing stories for the newspaper, she was offered the online editor position.
“The online position was going to be a new position,” Becker said. “There was already a staff in place that was older than me, and they were in line for the top editor roles. So that [online editor] was a place where I could step right in.” Although Becker said she is not a computer person and definitely was not when she was offered the position, she eagerly accepted the position and started working to get The Reflector Online up and running. “It was more complicated than just getting stories online. Just learning the process was hard because I’m not computer savvy,” Becker said. “It was all very new to everyone. I think they put me into the position because they saw potential for The Reflector Online and I had done a good job as a reporter.” Becker said that she spent a lot of
time working with General Manager of WICR-FM and Instructor of Communication Scott Uecker to set up the website and get the stories posted on the web. “He [Uecker] and I did a lot of learning together,” Becker said. “At the time, we worked with a lot of programs that are ancient today and they were tough to deal with.” Uecker said that Becker did a lot of the real work. “Gretchen is giving me more credit than I deserve. She was always that way,” he said. Uecker said that The Reflector Online was needed for the newspaper to stay current. “It was pretty obvious that this was where print journalism was going. They [the students] were going to have to have a forum that they could put content
online,” Uecker said. “So anything I could do to help students make that a reality I was certainly willing to do.” According to Becker, it was important for the staff to decide which content to publish online and which to print. They decided it would be a good balance for The Reflector Online to not only feature all printed content, but also to post online articles exclusive to The Reflector Online. Becker said that the print newspaper was still mostly in black and white when she was starting up The Reflector Online. “We were excited to have one color in the print newspaper, let alone a fancy website,” Becker said. Becker said that although the process was hard work, it was worth it. “It was a good learning experience,” she said. “And I was able to put the stories online!”
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Past advisers for ‘The Reflector’ share experiences By Cory Johnson STAFF WRITER The Reflector has evolved with time and has seen its share of staff and advisers. The adviser position has been filled by a diverse group of people since the establishment of The Reflector in 1922. “There were times when the adviser was a member of the editing staff, and other times, it was a faculty member,” said former adviser Peter Noot. “If at times a faculty member with the interest or the time was unavailable, they would cast out the position and try to find somebody.” Noot was The Reflector’s adviser from 1980-1983. “Over the years, The Reflector’s jobs have become more professionalized,” he said. “There weren’t paid positions for editing staff, there wasn’t even college credit offered for the class.” Noot is currently the Director of Publications and University Editor at the University of Indianapolis. That means that anything intended for public dissemination comes across his
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desk. He also ghostwrites for UIndy’s president. Previous adviser Lou Gerig taught the sixth grade and moonlighted for the Monticello Herald Journal before he became an adviser for The Reflector in 1974. He remained the adviser for three years. “The staff was very good when I was adviser. The students were very self-sufficient, I just had to make sure they didn’t write anything politically incorrect,” Gerig said. “Some years were better than others, but overall it was a pretty powerful experience to see the publication created from scratch.” After working for The Reflector, Gerig went on to become an assistant to White House Press Secretary Jim Brady, before he landed a partnership at the Public Relations firm Sease, Gerig & Associates. “Working in the trenches of a newspaper will set you up for a successful future in journalism, if that is what you choose,” Gerig said. “But either way, you learn essential fundamentals for anything that involves communication.”
Terri Johnson was The Reflector’s adviser from 1987-1994. Prior to working for the UIndy student newspaper, she was Editor-in-Chief of the Morgan County Gazette. She also was an information director for the Indiana State Highway Commission Office and Press Secretary to Gov. Otis Bowen. The Reflector won a number of awards under her leadership. “ T h e students were great, but I worked with them each step of the way,” Johnson said. “Every Sunday, from midday until late evening, all the editors, including HURDISH m y s e l f , reviewed the paper to make sure it was done, and done well.” After departing from The Reflector, Johnson went on to teach public relations, news writing and publicity
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methods at Eastern Illinois University. She has been there for 10 years. The current adviser of The Reflector is Jeanne Criswell. Criswell has served as faculty adviser to the newspaper since 2001. Sophomore psychology major Laura Hurdish reads The Reflector regularly and she has enjoyed seeing the stories that the newspaper has featured over the two years that she has been enrolled at UIndy. “I think it’s a great way to keep students informed,” she said. “Even though UIndy is a small campus, sometimes it’s easy to get lost in the shuffle. And the newspaper creates a community feeling.” Despite an ever-changing staff of editors and advisers, The Reflector has become a staple for the campus community. Throughout the years, the campus newspaper has kept the UIndy community abreast of relevant issues. “It’s cool to think that in another 90 years, people will write about what’s in the newspaper now,” Hurdish said. “I’m really look forward to seeing what will be in future issues of The Reflector.”
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>>Fifty years of Bond is celebrated in the newest film “Skyfall.” Witty and nostalgic, the movie balances the perfect combination of new and old. Combining the simple gadgets of today and the well-loved toys of former movies, Bond continues on his perilous way to defend his home country, England. His relationship with M is tested, as her past comes to haunt her, and as always, new flames conveniently appear along the way. “Skyfall’s” typical Bond beginning, a mission followed by the title sequence (performed by Adele), immediately got the audience hyped up for what was to follow. Overall, the movie was exciting and enjoyable. It was novel enough to keep audiences intrigued, yet classic enough to ensure its place as a Bond film. Even with a few minor problems, it was generally the perfect movie for 50 years of Bond.
>>This album may be called “Music from Another Dimension!” by Aerosmith, but it sounds more like music from another generation. Most of the songs were too whiney. I am a fan of the old hits, but the band members may have tried too hard to come back on this album. They really needed to stick to what made them famous in the first place; the sappy songs that made you want to sing along. Songs that have a resemblance to the old hits, “Dream On,” “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” “What Could Have Been Love?” and “Closer” were the best. The rest of the album, however is a bit of a miss. My personal favorite song from the album is “Can’t Stop Lovin’ You,” featuring Carrie Underwood, but that’s because I love anything that she sings. Maybe it’s because I am used to music from this generation, but I really don’t recommend this album.
>>Siam Square, located near the center of downtown Indianapolis, provides diners with authentic Thai cuisine in a relaxed environment. The restaurant has an extensive menu incorporating different food items such as starters, side dishes, soup, stir fried entrees, noodles, fried rice, Thai coconut curries, seafood specialties, desserts and a variety of drink options.The restaurant is quaint in appearance and has an elegant international atmosphere. The staff of Siam Square is both forthcoming and personable. Siam Square seems the authentic International choice in a world based on American Asian foods. The dish that I had seemed to be authentic Thai cuisine and was delicious on many different levels. Siam Square is a perfect presentation of Thai cuisine with an innovative American twist. I recommend dining at Siam Square in the near future.
>>If there is one image that encompasses the Assassin’s Creed franchise, it’s the image of a white-hooded figure atop a monolithic structure gazing menacingly upon the city below.The third installment in the Assassins Creed franchise doesn’t shy away from what has made it top notch. Set in the heart of the American Revolution, the player takes on the role of ill-tempered Native American assassin Connor. At times, the campaign seems a little too planned-out and strays away from the plot. Furthermore, at times, Connor seems like an average errandboy-turned-freedom fighter with the constant hunt for trinkets, almanac pages and high-profile targets.The key to enjoying an “Assassin’s Creed” title lies within what makes the franchise tower above the rest-total immersion into a breathtakingly detailed historical setting.
>>Salvatore Pane’s debut novel “Last Call in the City of Bridges” is a book about a 25-year-old man named Michael Bishop and the many relationships that he makes, destroys and mends before and during the 2008 presidential election. It is the story of man accepting the world around him, finding and losing love and coming to terms with his best friend’s death. Pane’s characters witness problems that many Americans face in today’s world of social media. This book speaks to a generation that grew up playing 8-bit Nintendo games and spending hours and hours on the Internet.“Last Call in the City of Bridges” is an interesting and realistic look at twenty-first-century America. I saw “Last Call in the City of Bridges” as a fast read that still takes the time to make one wonder where technology is taking humanity.
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Students act as composers
Performance showcases students’ compositions By Amanda Musgrave STAFF WRITER
By James Figy NEWS EDITOR
The University of Indianapolis welcomed alumnus and trumpeter Wade Baker to Ruth Lilly Performance Hall on Nov. 6. Baker performed as a part of the Jazz Concert Series, this time in a quartet. Director of Jazz Studies Harry Miedema instructed Baker at UIndy. Miedema said that hearing former students play music around the city is always fun, but that is not his main desire. “I hope that all of my students find what it is that they really enjoy in life,” Miedema said.“Not everybody is going to play music for a living. But it broadens us as human beings to be involved in the arts.” Baker said he loves playing jazz. In order to be a full-time musician, he learned how to play instruments besides the trumpet. According to Miedema, having eclectic tastes is characteristic of contemporary jazz musicians. “It’s not the 1950s anymore, and there are just a lot of avenues to explore,” Miedema said. Baker’s quartet was composed of Indiana musicians Gene Markiewicz on drums, Nick Tucker on bass and Jamie Newman on keys. They performed songs from Baker’s 2010 album “Profilin’,” starting off the night with “Blues for Buselli.” The band also mixed in jazz standards from musicians as different as Cole Porter and Freddie Hubbard, finishing the evening with Hubbard’s “Blues for Duane.” According to Baker, the set list was nearly as improvised as the solos. “Classical musicians would have had their programs planned out for three months,” Baker said, joking. “The beauty of jazz is [that] it’s completely a reaction to the moment.” According to Miedema, jazz is accessible to everyone. “I always thought that music—art in general—was really great because you don’t have to be knowledgeable about anything. You can just like something, or not like it, and not know the reason why,” Miedema said. Baker said that his last performance at UIndy in 2010 seemed surreal, since he had just graduated from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. At 28, Baker said that he is at the younger side of the jazz scene. He hopes, however, that he can show others that you do not have to be old to dig the music.
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Art and Design Professor Dee Schaad displays his artwork, entitled “The Miller’s Tale,” in Christel DeHaan.
Exhibit displays faculty artwork By Ally Holmes EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
The University of Indianapolis Department of Art and Design is holding its biannual Faculty Exhibition in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center Gallery from Nov. 5 to Dec. 15. “It is all work by the full-time, associate and adjunct faculty,” said Associate Professor of Art and Design James Viewegh. Each faculty members work had an artist statement in which he or she discussed the pieces that were on display. “What we all show are really the things that we teach. So the whole point of the show is to show our students what we do and what we would expect them to do,” said Art and Design Professor Dee Schaad. The gallery presents a wide range of sculptures, paintings, photography and other more abstract forms of art. One collective piece by Schaad is figurines depicting the faculty of the art department. He created the people and then added different things to describe their personalities. “The more I looked at the figures and the more I studied them, the more I liked them. I really like the stories that they tell,” said occupational therapy graduate student Tricia Holmes. The work is an extension of what each faculty member teaches in his or her speciality.
Also, their art is reminiscent of each course he or she offers. “What we teach [students] matters because we actually utilize it,” Viewegh said. “We do what we like, what we share with other people is what we really enjoy doing.” Some of the work displays the faculty members views on politics or other parts of the world, while other works have more personal meaning to them. “You are seeing a high-quality exhibition of artwork,” Viewegh said. “You are really seeing people who know their medium and the techniques they’re working with.” The work created by bees wax and color pigment was different from some of the other pieces in the gallery. “My favorite was the wax. It is fun and happy, but still interesting,” Holmes said. The exhibit is a chance for students throughout campus to see that faculty members do more than just teach. “In general, it is important for students to come over here to find what the faculty at this university does,” Schaad said. Overall, many of the faculty provided art works within this professional exhibit. “I do not think I would feel that comfortable if I were at a college or university where the faculty in any department did not engage in some sort of professional practice,” Schaad said. The exhibit will remain open until Dec. 15 in the gallery of the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center.
The program for the Student Composers Forum performance on Nov. 8 in Ruth Lilly Performance Hall of the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center included an array of musical mediums. The performance, which started at 7:30 p.m., included handbells, vocal cabaret pieces with student-written texts, digital audio tracks, original folk songs, live electronic dance music, a piano minisuite and a dubstep-inspired suite. A song entitled “Jellyfish Rant,” written by senior violin performance and English major Bethany Walters was especially important early in the program. The piece provided some comic relief for the audience. Junior nursing major Jillian Reisinger said she enjoyed the performance of junior music technology major Hannah Holmes, who stayed in character the whole time. Later, the room dimmed in preparation for a 2-channel digital audio track, “Storm,” by senior recording technology major Justin Rowland. The performance incorporated guitar elements, which were arranged and manipulated to embody the nature of a storm. “I didn’t know what to expect, but I liked it,” Reisinger said. Senior music major Matthew Bridgham compiled his notebook ideas into a mini-suite called “Sketches.” This six-part suite showcased Bridgham’s connection to music. Reisinger said she felt Bridgham’s emotions coming through the pieces as he swayed during the performance. According to Reisinger, Bridgham’s fingers danced along the keys, and it was entertaining to watch his body language.
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“I liked the sound of dubstep on a piano,” Reisinger said. “I’ve never heard something played like that before.” Assistant Professor of Composition and Theory at Stanford University Mark Applebaum was featured as a guest composer at the forum. “Pre-Composition,”commissioned by Electronic Music Midwest 2002, is an 8-channel digital audio piece. “His [Applebaum’s] piece was very interesting. It showed eight different personalities and how they would approach writing a piece together,”said junior vocal performance and music education major Zach Cardwell. Many instruments were played simultaneously combining multiple sounds in a triumphant wave of music. Furthermore, students performed vocal pieces. “I really liked all of the different sounds they made as a group. It was really funny how it all came together,” Reisinger said. The conversational dialogue was created through the different characters, placement of speakers and changes in the volume of the voices. Junior composition student Joseph Forte performed a live electronic piece. He began by explaining some basics about the technology he was working with. “It was definitely a new take on performing compositions,”Cardwell said.“It was partially improvised because of pressing the buttons, but it was also planned with the recorded tracks.” According to Reisinger, the performance was a cool alternative to the other performances, something new to see live. The performance incorporated many different students and their works in a diverse, musical environment. Another concert like student composers is scheduled Nov. 13 at Wheeler Arts Community at 7:30 p.m.
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Christel DeHaan celebrates birthday
Philanthropist and her charities continue to give to Indianapolis area By Ariana Gainer FEATURE EDITOR
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(From left) Nathan Stoneking, Daniel Batteiger, Abbie Trauner, Joshua Rundquist and Brian Gezon show off their guns at a regional Tough Mudder competition.
Students play dirty By Allison Gallagher EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Senior social work major Joshua Rundquist and senior chemistry major Daniel Batteiger have qualified for World’s Toughest Mudder, the championship race of the popular Tough Mudder races throughout North America, Australia and Europe. This year the race is Nov. 17 in Englishtown, N.J. “A regular Tough Mudder is a halfmarathon, about 12 miles, with 23 obstacles every half mile,” Batteiger said. The World’s Toughest Mudder, however, is a shorter distance at eight miles, with 40 obstacles, including crawling under an electric fence, running up an oilcovered half-pipe and climbing nine-foot walls. The winner is determined by who can do the most laps in 24 hours. To prepare for World’s Toughest Mudder, Rundquist focuses on muscular exercises and increasing body weight. “Right now, I work on my upper body—push-ups, monkey bars, pull-ups and then stair laps and running,” he said. “I do that circuit three times a week. But really my focus is on doing something active every day.”
However, he also focuses on eating things that are actually nourishing. “I also cut out all junk food and alter my sleep schedule a week in advance. So by the time Toughest Mudder comes, I will be adjusted to staying up late at night for the race,” Rundquist said. Batteiger said that he lifts twice a week doing body weight circuits for an hour and a half, which helps build muscular strength as well as cardiovascular endurance. On weekends, his workout schedule involves going to the University of Indianapolis football field and doing tire flips, army crawls and stadium runs. He also has been watching his diet. “I have been cutting out soda, fast food and the food at the Street’s in favor of the cafeteria, so I can get a more balanced meal,” Batteiger said. The big differences between regular Tough Mudders and the championship are qualifications and cost. Anyone can do the regular obstacle course provided, he or she pays the $120 registration fee. But the Toughest Mudder is available to the top five percent of finishers and about 2,000 people qualify. Batteiger estimated 800 people had participated in 2011’s Toughest Mudder. “Josh and I saved up the $500 for our
registration fee and are going to carpool to New Jersey that weekend,” he said. Rundquist said there are other expenses of the race the two had to consider. “Dan and I went out and bought wet suits,” he said. “Since a lot of the obstacles are through water, and this is November in New Jersey we are talking about, there is a concern about frostbite or hypothermia, which is the last thing we need during the race.” Tough Mudder and World’s Toughest Mudder help to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project, which helps returning veterans by providing combat stress recovery programs, adaptive sports programs, benefits counseling and employment services. So far, $3 million has been raised for the charity. “The race is a challenge, but it is also motivating,” Batteiger said. “I am a certified personal trainer, so doing Toughest Mudder gives me reason to keep striving for better and encourages those I train.” Rundquist is equally enthusiastic about the race. “It is seeing how far you can go, pushing yourself to the limit, and the camaraderie of other participants there,” he said. “I am incredibly excited to go. I cannot wait to do this.”
dinners. The dinner turnout increases by more than 100 people per meal. This figure reminds Polk and his staff that what they are doing is appreciated. About 130 turkeys are prepared for this home-style meal every year. Students organize small groups with whom they share these meals. They are even given a whole turkey to carve at a table. The rest of the items are set out on a decorated table, and waiters come around to serve drinks. “I love that we had all the food at the table [for Thanksgiving dinner],” said sophomore psychology and social work major Tybytha Ryan. “It was a nice change from having to get food from a line. It was also nice to celebrate those holidays [Thanksgiving and Christmas] with friends.” Polk said that one funny failure of his career was 25 years ago when sugar was not added to the pumpkins pies. Gene Sease was the university president at the time, and he finished his entire piece of pie as students watched. According to Polk, Sease came prepared the following year with two sugar packets. This year, Thanksgiving dinner will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 4:30 and 6 p.m. A Western night will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 28. Christmas dinner will be served on Thursday, Dec. 6.
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Indianapolis philanthropist Christel DeHaan celebrated her 70th birthday in October. DeHaan has founded and donated to a number of organizations in Indianapolis, including Christel House International, the Christel DeHaan Family Foundation and the University of Indianapolis Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center. Christel House Academy is a global nonprofit organization of schools around the world, specifically focusing on educating children in poverty. Christel House Academy is located in Indianapolis and is part of the Christel House International schools.The academy was founded in 2002 and is a public charter elementary, middle and high school. DeHaan donated the majority of the $130 million cost to build the school. The Christel DeHaan Family Foundation serves to financially support arts and cultural organizations in central Indiana. According to D e H a a n’s statement on the organization’s website, “a community rich in artistic offerings enhances quality of life by providing opportunities to enjoy, learn and appreciate creative expression.” Promoting this type of community, she said, is the mission of the organization. “We enthusiastically support a wide range of organizations that produce excellent and diverse artistic product,” she wrote. “By so doing, we contribute to making our community a richer and more vibrant place.” DeHaan initially came to wealth from time-share properties. In many of the organizations she is part
of, her goal has related in part to addressing the issue of poverty. As a part of Christel House International, she has founded and served on the boards of schools in Mexico, South Africa, and Venezuela. She also has served on the UIndy board of trustees for a number of years. Professor of Art and Design Dee Schaad has taught at the university for 38 years and remembers when the Fine Arts Center was constructed. During this time, Benjamin Lantz was president of the university. “It [the Fine Arts Center] was named after her because she provided the stimulus to do this,” he said. “He [Lantz] oversaw the construction. He is retired but is still vigorous in the community.” DeHaan is a reported advocate of Indiana legislation to allow students to choose to attend charter, public or private schools. DeHaan also is politically active and has donated more than $2.3 million to both Republican and Democratic campaigns. Freshman nursing major Ashley Jones said that she does not know much about Christel DeHaan or about the naming of any of the other buildings on campus, but that she would like to know more. “I know that it [the Fine Arts Center] was named after her because she donated money to build it,” she said. “But beyond that, I don’t really know, or about any of the other buildings. I think it would be interesting to know, though.” Schaad said that he has met DeHaan, and that she was very personable. Although he said she probably will not remember him, he will remember her. “She is a very nice lady,” he said. “She did not provide the money to have her name on the building, but because she makes a difference.”
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ARC upgrades with new weight room By Abby Gross OPINION EDITOR A new weight room at the University of Indianapolis is now open in the Athletics and Recreation Center. The weight room, along with the dome’s newly surfaced track, opened for general use on Nov. 12. The new weight room contains more than 6,000 square feet of space, according to Strength and Conditioning Coach Steve Barrick. Barrick estimated that the facility accommodates 50-70 athletes, which he said is approximately double the capacity of the former weight room in the lower level of the Ruth Lilly Center. Barrick said the new facility is “second to none” in its rank among other Division II weight rooms. Whereas the old facility had six platforms, or “stations,” the new one boasts
24, which allows many more athletes to train at a time. Barrick described this as the best aspect of the new facility, because it allows training sessions to be more efficient. According to Barrick, the weight room was purposefully designed to facilitate efficiency and better “flow” during training sessions. “The setup [of the weight room] is designed around the philosophy of our strength program,” Barrick said. Barrick, who headed the planning of the design, even visited other collegiate facilities for ideas. UIndy Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics, Sue Willey, complimented Barrick’s planning, adding that a lot of conversation with coaches informed his decisions. “[Barrick] did a tremendous job,” Willey said. Willey explained that UIndy had
long outgrown the previous facility, but that the new weight room was worth the wait that was necessary for planning and appropriating funds. “We fought pretty hard to get what we wanted… For me, I’ve always [thought], ‘Do it right or don’t do it,’” Willey said. Willey is thoroughly satisfied with the facility, explaining that she wanted the new facility to reflect UIndy’s high standards for athletics and its ranking in the Top 5 of the Directors’ Cup. “We did it right,” Willey said. All of the equipment in the facility is new and custom-made, according to Barrick, which makes it a much safer weight room compared to the former facility. In addition to the platforms and racks, the new space also contains 12 sets of kettle bells, a full set of dumbbells, various strength machines and two flat-screen televisions for displaying team workouts. Both Barrick and Willey expressed
their excitement with the new facility and its potential to take UIndy athletics to a higher level of performance. “This is a very, very exciting time for the athletic department. Facilities like this are what take us to another level,”Barrick said. Barrick said that having access to the dome’s turf and track, located right next to the weight room, will allow him to integrate some conditioning into strength workouts. He said including conditioning will make workouts multidimensional, which will increase efficiency and place more of a demand on the athletes. Barrick explained that UIndy athletes will be pushed harder and forced to exert more energy, which ultimately will improve their athletic performance. Barrick also noted the appeal of the new weight room, explaining that athletes are now more excited to be training in this new facility. “[The new weight room] is a place you
want to come workout in. This is a place our athletes can take pride in,” Barrick said. “[Taking pride] will cause our athletes to work harder, be more committed to the program and obtain better results.” Although individual athletes have secured national titles, no UIndy athletic team has claimed a national championship in school history. Both Barrick and Willey agreed that the new weight room is another step toward the athletic department’s goal of obtaining a team national championship title. Like the old weight room, the new weight room will have posted hours for when general students can use the new facility. General students will not be permitted to use the weight room while athletic teams are using it for training. However, the university is currently exploring options for the old weight room, which may become a facility open for general use.
while junior guard Tyrae Robinson had ten points, four assists and two rebounds. Following a close first half, the Bulldogs outscored the Greyhounds with senior guard Rotnei Clarke scoring 18 points and grabbing eight rebounds. Junior forward Khyle Marshall scored 14 points and had nine rebounds, while freshman guard Kellen Dunham finished with ten points. Head Men’s Basketball Coach Stan Gouard said that the Greyhounds’goal on defense coming into the game was to slow down Clarke and force him to defer the ball to other players. “We put a lot of pressure on the ball. Unfortunately for us he [Clarke] didn’t turn the ball over, but I CHEATHAM think we wore him down a little bit,” Gouard said. “Those are some of the things we try to do as a team with our defense ” Butler Head Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Stevens talked about his team’s upcoming schedule and how playing UIndy was key for its preparation. “We scheduled Indianapolis because we went to the A-10,” Stevens said. “Stan [Gouard] has always been aggressive with his coaching at Indianapolis–getting up and down the floor. We scheduled this game for Marquette, UMass, VCU–
teams that will extend the floor.” Gouard said that this year’s team will include many new faces, and that the team will need some time to get where it wants to be. “Our team is pretty varied,” Gouard said. “This year, we have four freshman, three sophomores, six juniors and our one senior. So right now, as a team, we are working to get everyone on the same page. We have eight new players, which makes the team and training interesting. And I have told the guys that we are still in preparing mode and will not peak until December or January.” Cheatham said that one of the biggest challenges for the team is getting the chemistry right. “We have new guys, as well as returners and redshirts that had to sit out last season due to injuries, so when we are practicing our focus is on getting used to each other and learning what we need to,” Cheatham said. Nonetheless, Gouard and Cheatham have high expectations for the team. According to Cheatham, the real tests for this season should be three particular opponents, the University of Southern Indiana, Kentucky Wesleyan College and Bellarmine University. “Those three [teams] are also our toughest opponents,” Cheatham said. “Even though really anyone can become the toughest, those three are usually the three we have to focus on and work our hardest to beat.” The Greyhounds will return to action on Nov. 17 at Nicoson Hall, and will play the Timberwolves of Northwood University. Game time is set for 7 p.m.
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Eligibility Center. To remain eligible, the NCAA also has set requirements that all athletes must adhere. Athletes must complete at least 24 credit hours in one academic year. Also, the NCAA provides the minimum GPA for student athletes to remain eligible. Each of these requirements will vary depending on the standards of the institution, and sometimes will be dependent on the specific coach of the team. Even though the NCAA establishes the minimum GPA, the University of Indianapolis has higher standards. Julia Madeira, a junior studying international relations and business and member of the women’s swim team, said that her team has high standards. “The minimum GPA for the swim team is 2.0, but student athletes on scholarships must have a grade point average of 2.8,” Madeira said. Many schools provide and require athletes to participate in study tables, to assist them in balancing academics and athletics. “Students are only required to attend study tables if their grades fall below the GPA established by the coach” Willey said. UIndy’s emphasis on the importance of education to its student-athletes, shows in the results. Last month, when the NCAA released its most recent Division II graduation rate data, UIndy had an Academic Success Rate average of 80 percent during a four year period from 2002 through 2005.The results were eight points higher than the national average, with 14 of 21 UIndy teams finishing above 75 percent.
Men’s Basketball wins UIndy student athletes regular season opener maintain high GPAs By Allison Gallagher EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
The University of Indianapolis men’s basketball team defeated the Franklin College Grizzlies 79-64 at Nicoson Hall on Nov. 10. The win was the Greyhounds’ seventh consecutive home opener that had resulted in a victory. Senior forward James Hollowell led the Greyhounds with 17 points and 10 rebounds, while Junior forward Leland Brown and Junior guard Reece Cheatham each had 15 points. The Greyhounds shot 49 percent compared to the Grizzlies 36 percent. UIndy also took advantage of the Grizzlies on the glass with 43 rebounds compared to Franklin’s’ 26, which led to 23 secondchance points. The Grizzlies were able to keep pace with the Greyhounds with their free throw shooting, hitting 21-of-25 attempts from the foul line. Grizzlies junior guard led Franklin with 33 points and also added 13-of-15 free throws. For most of the game until the final minutes, the Grizzlies were able to keep the game close with the Greyhounds.The Greyhounds held a 40-32 lead at the half, and outscored the Grizzlies in the second half 39-32 to hold on for the win. The Greyhounds played inner-city rival Butler University on Nov. 3 at Hinkle Fieldhouse, losing the exhibition game 63-47. Cheatham led the team with 12 points, four rebounds and three steals,
The University of Indianapolis has prided itself on its student athletes’ high grade point averages. UIndy, which is home to numerous sports, stresses the importance of academics each year and emphasizes responsibilities as students over responsibilities as athletes. Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics, Sue Willey, said that it’s every student athlete’s duty to take advantage of the opportunity to receive a quality college education. “The University of Indianapolis has a total of 21 sports teams,” Willey said. “I meet with each team prior to their season and discuss the number one priority of UIndy athletics is academics. I stress the importance of student-athletes taking ownership of their education.” The National Collegiate Athletic Association focuses as an organization on the preservation of academics within the athletic field. Furthermore, the NCAA sets standards and requirements for athletes entering into secondary education, while also providing requirements for students to stay eligible within their sports. A prospective athlete enrolling in a Division II school must meet and adhere to the following requirements: graduation from high school, completion of 16 core courses, a minimum grade point average, a qualifying score on either the Scholastic Assessment Test or American College Testing, respectively the SAT and ACT and a certificate from the NCAA
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Volleyball regular season ends with victory at home By Scott Mitchell EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
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Junior quarterback Chris Mills prepares to start the Greyhounds’ next offensive play against Delta State University on Nov. 3 at Key Stadium. UIndy won 33-18.
Football heads to NCAA playoffs By AJ Rose SPORTS EDITOR The University of Indianapolis football team will host the Mustangs of Midwestern State University at Key Stadium this Saturday for the first round of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II football playoffs. It is the Greyhounds first appearance in the playoffs since joining Division II in 1979. Head Football Coach Bob Bartolomeo said that he is excited for the opportunity. “It feels great,”Bartolomeo said.“[I’m] very happy for the players, the coaching staff, who has done a great job and again, just real excited.” UIndy defeated the Urbana University Blue Knights in a 31-24 come-frombehind victory on Nov. 10, which gave the Greyhounds their first-ever nine-win season and the first-ever Great Lakes Valley Conference football championship. The Greyhounds, who trailed 24-16 with nine minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, came back to defeat the Blue Knights following a seven-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Chris Mills to redshirt sophomore Logan Young and a 10-yard touchdown run by Mills with 1:35 remaining in the fourth quarter. Redshirt senior linebacker Max Davis prevented a last minute comeback attempt by Urbana, by intercepting the Blue Knights with 1:29 remaining, which clinched the victory for the Greyhounds. The Greyhounds defeated the Delta
State University Statesmen the week before on Nov. 3, 33-18 at Key Stadium. The game against Delta State was also senior night, and before the start of the game, all 15 seniors from this year’s team were recognized. In the first quarter of the game, UIndy scored first from a 13-yard rushing touchdown by junior running back Klay Fiechter. The extra point following the touchdown, however, was blocked, and the Greyhounds only led 6-0 at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, following a 69-yard drive, redshirt sophomore kicker Scott Miller added three points with a 28-yard field goal that put the Greyhounds up 9-0. UIndy added to its lead just before the end of the first half, with a five-yard passing touchdown from Mills to senior wide receiver Mar’Quone Edmonds that gave the Greyhounds a 16-0 lead at the half. In the third quarter, Miller hit a 41yard field goal, following a 50-yard drive, extending the lead to 19-0. The Statesmen hit a field goal of their own later on in the quarter, following a 55-yard drive, and the quarter ended with UIndy on top 19-3. Delta State pulled within eight at the beginning of the fourth following a 12-yard touchdown run and a two-point conversion. Later, Fiechter scored on a one-yard touchdown run, following a 73-yard drive, that put the Greyhounds up 26-11. The score would not be Fiechter’s last,
however, as he ran for another toward the end of the game for 61 yards, extending their lead to 33-11. Delta State would get the last score of the night with a 10-yard touchdown pass, following a quick 43yard drive, making the final score 33-18. Mills led the Greyhounds on offense, completing 28 of 37 passes with 294 passing yards and one touchdown, while Edmonds led the receivers with 169 receiving yards and a touchdown reception. With that performance, Edmonds became the first receiver in the program’s history to eclipse the 3,000 yard receiving mark. On defense, the Greyhounds were led by Davis, who had a total of nine tackles in the game. On the ground, the Greyhounds were led by Fiechter, who had 112 rushing yards and three touchdown runs. Fiechter’s longest run in the game, 61 yards, which resulted in a touchdown, gave him the single-season rushing record in the program’s history. Mills said that having Fiechter in the backfield has been a blessing to both the team and himself throughout the season. “When he [Fiechter] gets the ball and gets going, you can’t catch him”Mills said. “To have a guy like that—that will not only run the ball but also block for you, because you know he will pick up any blitz that they bring—it’s really a safety blanket for me and the wide receivers.” Kickoff for this Saturday’s playoff game is scheduled for 12 p.m. at Key Stadium. The winner will advance to the second round to play at Super Region No. 4 topseed Colorado State-Pueblo on Nov. 24.
Senior night for the University of Indianapolis women’s volleyball team displayed the tenured talent of three record-setting senior players in opposite hitter Kourtney Crawford, defensive specialist Amy Oldenburg and outside hitter Kristina Kerrigan.The Greyhounds hosted McKendree University for their final regular season game on Nov. 10, and defeated the Bearcats 3-0. The win snapped a three-match losing streak and gave UIndy their second consecutive Great Lakes Valley Conference East Division championship. Kerrigan led in kills with 17, while Oldenburg led the team with 20 digs and Crawford tied for a match-high five blocks. Crawford said that while senior night was a sad moment, she is focused on what will happen next to the team. “It is sad that this was my last home game here. It’s bittersweet. I’m sad that we’ll be done, but I’m excited to see where we go,” Crawford said. Head Volleyball Coach Jody Rogers said that she also was sad to be losing three players that have had a great impact on the team. “It’s going to be huge next September when we’re playing and I need Kristina to put the ball away, or Amy out there on defense, or Kourtney with her leadership,” Rogers said. “You definitely lose something special from a four-year player.” The Greyhounds hosted conference opponent Bellarmine University on Nov. 9, losing to the Knights, 3-0. Kerrigan led the Greyhounds with 11 kills and a match-high 20 digs, while sophomore setter Meghan Binkerd added 33 assists, four digs and two aces. Bellarmine was able to defeat UIndy by hitting .316 with 48 kills, while the Greyhounds only hit .198 with 38 kills. Bellarmine also topped UIndy in digs with 59, compared to the Greyhounds who had 45. The Greyhounds kicked off the month of November the week before, with two close losses. The Greyhounds played at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside on Nov. 3, losing 3-2. The Rangers took the first two matches, which inspired a lineup change from Rogers.The lineup change produced
two wins from the Greyhounds, but they were unable to capture the final set. Crawford led UIndy with a season-high 14 kills, Oldenburg led all players with 27 digs and Binkerd finished the game with 50 assists. The Greyhounds were handed their first conference loss from the Lewis University Flyers on Nov. 2, 3-2. The Flyers went into the game at 11-3 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The teams traded back and forth in the first four sets. UIndy took the first and the third, and the Flyers captured the second and fourth. The pattern did not continue in the fifth set, however, as the Flyers were able to take the momentum from the fourth set into the final one. Kerrigan recorded her second 20-20 of the season, with 22 kills and 22 digs. Junior outside hitter Kenzie Bruggeman led all players with a personal career-high 23 digs. Binkerd had 63 assists and 16 digs. According to Rogers, the Greyhounds were not happy with their performance over the two-loss stretch, but they will use the losses to re-evaluate and build before the conference tournament. “From my perspective, the losses keep us humble. It shows us that we can be beaten and that we need to play our A-game every single game we play,” Crawford said. Crawford said that she thinks a lot of teams might be brought down by the losses but that she sees them as a good thing. She said the team talked about them and that it helped to show them the little things they can work on and improve. “Losing is contagious. Luckily we have girls who are self-motivated and hate to lose,” Rogers said. “Usually we have these two or three games where we go out and forget to play volleyball, but I’m not worried. We step it up when we have to.” The Greyhounds will play in the GLVC tournament at the Indiana South Sports Academy in Indianapolis as the East’s No. 1 seed on Nov. 16 against No. 4 Wisconsin-Parkside. “Our biggest challenge is going to be ourselves. If we come out to play and do all the little things, play hard and communicate then we should be fine,” Crawford said. “No team will be able to stop us. If we aren’t UIndy, the team we normally are, then they can take that away from us.”
Cross Country teams finish season after competing at 2012 regional By Anna Wieseman MANAGING EDITOR
The University of Indianapolis cross country teams ended their seasons on Nov. 3 at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Midwest Regional at Wisconsin-Parkside. The women’s squad placed 15th out of the 23 teams competing. Junior Sutton Knapp finished 39th with a time of 22:32 in the 6K race, while sophomore Jacklyn Howland finished 43rd with a time of 22:35. Senior Stephanie Cave finished in 45th place with a time of 22:36. Many of the times were personal bests for the runners. Howland said that the runners had mixed emotions about the regional meet. “I feel like I had a good race personally. We did better than we had done in the past, and we were further up. But it was just that we couldn’t pull together as a team,” Howland said. “We had the same team result, and we were really hoping for a lot better than we got. It’s kind of like mixed emotions.” Howland said that she prepared for the meet as she did for any other during the season, but made sure to keep the gravity of the meet in the back of her mind. “I put more pressure on it [regionals] because it means more than other meets did. And I didn’t put so much pressure on that I psyched myself out, because that would not be good. But you have to put some kind of pressure [on the meet], otherwise you aren’t as successful,” Howland said. The men’s squad also posted personal bests during the 6K race. Sophomore Alex Cushman placed 26th with a time of 31:54, while sophomore Sean O’Brien placed 84th with a time of 33:07. Junior Ben McMillan closed the meet for the men, with a time of 33:15 placing 92nd. Cushman said he felt confident about the regional and attributed that to his relaxed approach to training. “This meet, I tried to relax a little bit more. At conference, I put a lot of pressure on myself, and I didn’t do as well as I wanted,” Cushman said. “And so I just decided, all right, relax; go into this race relaxed, and it seemed to work out a lot
better.” Cushman also said that his relaxed attitude helped him physically during the meet. “It just took away the stress. I wasn’t as tense. I remembered at conference my entire body, physically wise, was pretty tense. So I was a lot more relaxed,” Cushman said. Head Cross Country Coach Kathy Casey helped the runners prepare for the meet by keeping practice familiar and giving the runners a break from the normal routine. This included doing popcorn activities, creating posters and having family dinners to get the team together but not talk about running. “We did these little posters, ‘Why I Love to Compete,’ and each of them put a little thing down and put those on the locker room doors,” she said. “On the way there [to regionals], I did a little sticky note and a little something that reminded me of them—whether it was like a pack of gum or something silly or if it was inspiration.” Casey believes that these types of bonding experiences give the runners a way to put less pressure on the race. “It was something about them that would show I care, but also inspire them and motivate them,” Casey said. Howland said she enjoyed the grab bags and what they meant for the team. Even though the season has ended, both Cushman and Howland look forward to next season. Cushman said he looks forward to reaching goals that he has set during the last season. “I’m looking forward to a shot at going to nationals. I’m looking forward to being able to just reset, [and] go into next season more prepared than I was this season,” he said. Howland said she is looking forward to the goals the team sets as a whole. “I feel like with them [current freshmen] coming up and the addition of new freshmen [next year], we will be able to pull each other along even more and really work together and have more challenging goals and meet our goal [that] we had for regionals,” Howland said. “I’m excited, personally, to get better than I was this season, because I feel like that’s definitely going to happen.”
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