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Incident raises questions about university policies James Figy NEWS EDITOR

After working on a paper on Oct. 6, 2012, the night of Homecoming, junior actuarial science and German major Amanda Tripp said that she returned to a campus apartment where her roommate’s friends lived. She said they were going to watch movies and hang out, maybe order pizza. According to Tripp, however, soon after she reentered the apartment, more people and alcohol followed. “I had never ever drank before in my life,” she said. “I had one drink, and he

had six, which didn’t work out so well.” Tripp did not know anyone there besides her roommate, since she had just transferred to the University of Indianapolis that semester. She said that people began teasing her and a male about hooking up. She said she is not sure how it happened, although she remembers it quite vividly—the male leading her up the stairs with his hand around her arm and them entering his bedroom. Although it may never be certain what took place that night, the above details are what Tripp and the University of Indianapolis Police Department reports agree on.The disagreement between Tripp

and the university concerns whether what happened after they entered the room was consensual, and only two people truly know that. This incident has brought unflattering media scrutiny of the university that questions whether the university’s policies are both sufficient and sufficiently followed. Director of Media Relations Scott Hall said that UIndy considers any crime reported serious, because the university’s main concern is the welfare of its students. “We would dispute anyone’s suggestion that the university is callous towards students or isn’t appropriately concerned about anything that they’re concerned

Speakers encourage students to seek interfaith solutions

about,” he said. “But we have policies and procedures in place that are intended to protect students, and we followed those policies in this case.” Hall added that it is difficult for the university officials to fully respond, because they are legally required to protect every student’s privacy. Confused and also concerned about her privacy, Tripp said that she initially did not want to tell anyone. But about a week after the incident, she broke down in front of a professor and said what had happened. She said that the professor helped her schedule an appointment with a psychiatrist at the Student Health and

Counseling Center, and after meeting for a little over a month, she felt ready to tell the university what had happened. According to Tripp, she first approached the dean of students, who directed her to campus police to fill out a crime report. She said that she thought more would come of the report, that some action would be taken. However, as time went by and she did not hear anything, Tripp decided to get a copy of the police report, which she said UIPD did not want to give her. When she read it, Tripp said that she found UIPD had closed the case about 20 minutes after

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Owen Kaelble STAFF WRITER

Overcoming differences was one of the topic of the second annual interfaith lecture in McCleary Chapel on Nov. 8. Interfaith lectures are set up to have a person from one religious tradition speak, followed by a response from someone of a different religious tradition. One of the speakers was Charlie Wiles, executive director of the Center for Interfaith Cooperation, which works to widen the interfaith community here in Indianapolis and elsewhere. Wiles, a Christian, discussed the main aspirations of interfaith in general, which are to understand one another and find peace in the world. He said that he sees this nation as over-militarized. However, he believes that interfaith could be a solution to the problem. “Religion can change what we can do to make ourselves safer,” he said. Sophomore social work major Steven Freck agreed that interfaith can have a big impact. “Anytime people are able to overcome their differences and focus on a common goal, the world can be changed,” he said. The second speaker was Rabbi Nadia Siritsky, who worked as an interfaith chaplain for the American Red Cross after the tragedy of 9/11. Siritsky said that she also aims to understand others. She said that through relationships with other people, we can also better understand ourselves. She believes her purpose here on Earth is to be a bridge from one person to another, such as working as a translator between two people or explaining her world and way of living to someone else. Freck said that he pondered his own relationships and beliefs after the lecture. “It [the lecture] increased my knowledge of what interfaith is and challenged me to look at how my beliefs are influencing the relationships that I have,” he said. Siritsky went on to mention the fact that charity and justice share the same word in the Hebrew language. To explain the reasoning behind that, she used world

ONLINE THIS WEEK at reflector.uindy.edu Comedy of errors over email

For the past two years, Stephanie Berry has been receiving emails with all sorts of questions about registered student organizations. And then, the senior nursing major has dutifully forwarded them to Student Activities Coordinator Stephanie Barry.

Flowers blush when scientists look at them

DePauw University Professor of Biology Dana Dudle presented a lecture entitled “Why Does Bouncing Bet Blush? Investigating Floral Color Change in Saponaria Officinalis” on Nov. 13 in Lilly Science Hall.

Department creates new event The University of Indianapolis English department will hold its inaugural end of the semester event during First Friday Dec. 6 at the Wheeler Performing Arts Center.

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Frank Kronenberg, an occupational therapist who works in South Africa, speaks to students about the importance of global assistance on Nov. 14 in Ruth Lilly Performance Hall in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center.

Occupational therapist addresses global issues Quiaira Johnson STAFF WRITER

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Charlie Wiles, executive director of the Center for Interfaith Cooperation, speaks about the importance of learning about religious traditions other then one’s own, saying it could lead to a more peaceful world. hunger as an example. She said that while would come in to talk to him, she would be it is extremely important to build food yelled out of the room. However, she kept pantries, it is also just as vital to find coming back, and he eventually started to out what caused world hunger in the talk about the struggles in his life. She ended up holding his hand while he died. first place. Cartwright said that he was impacted Dean of Ecumenical and Interfaith Programs and Associate Professor of Phi- by the story. “She not only told that story, she felt losophy and Religion Michael Cartwright that story. She’s a very authentic person,” agreed with this viewpoint. “World hunger can’t simply be solved he said. Freck referred back to the purpose of by food pantries,” he said. why Siritsky said she was here on Earth. Siritsky ended her presentation with a “Her story demonstrates how love story about her challenging relationship with a man in a hospice. The man had and faith can bridge any gap,” he said. been continually incarcerated and was “No matter how big it is or what’s on angry at the world. Every time Siritsky the other side.”

Frank Kronenberg delivered a lecture entitled “Intercultural Practices: A Matter of Social and Occupational Justice” as a part of the University of Indianapolis Social Responsibility Series at 7 p.m. on Nov. 13 in the Ruth Lilly Performance Hall in Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center. Kronenberg is an international guest lecturer and consultant in occupational therapy originally from the Netherlands, but currently residing in Cape Town, South Africa. He is the co-founder and director of “Shades of Black,” a Cape Town-based nonprofit organization with a social mission that represents Ubuntourism. He also is a co-author of three international publications: “Occupational Therapy Without Borders: Learning from the Spirit of Survivors,” “A Political Practice of Occupational Therapy” and “Occupational Therapies Without Borders: Towards an Ecology of Occupation-Based Practices.” Kronenberg opened his presentation by giving a brief background of himself and letting the audience know why he chose to go into the health field. He then challenged everyone in the room to be bold in their lives, always thinking about

ways to spark change. “What I share isn’t just about life. It’s about life experiences,” he said. “... There are few people in this world that still have the courage to stand up for what is right, even if they have to stand alone.” Kronenberg then discussed how people must evaluate their situations before acting and make sure that their actions are appropriate for the places they visit. Using an example from his life, Kronenberg talked about how people must “instruct to destruct,” saying that it is impossible to make changes in the world effectively if people are not learning how to move outside of their confinements to learn the greater things of this world. “We cannot go into places we haven’t been before and expect to be successful,” Kronenberg said. Throughout the lecture, Kronenberg used his own life experiences to provide an in-depth exploration of who the audience believed they were and what they stood for as students, professors and activists. Kronenberg talked about why occupational therapists need to work with disciplines beyond the constant use of medicine, saying that much is needed in the process of healing, such as being able to build relationships with those who are facing the same situations.

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RSO hosts week of events about human trafficking By Ally Holmes BUSINESS MANAGER The University of Indianapolis registered student organization Keys held a week of awareness about human trafficking Nov. 4-8. Senior exercise science and psychology major and member of Keys SarahAnne Pelkey said that a lot of trafficking is going on in the world and in the United States that people do not know about. Pelkey also said that Keys’ goal is connecting the campus to the action. “By bringing people to campus, we were hoping that people could see some kind of tangible action or organization that they could get involved with,”she said. On Nov. 4, Keys members took pictures of students with signs during lunch hours. Sophomore psychology major and president of Keys Michaela Thomas said that day was about people taking their own stand by taking a picture for freedom. “It was giving everybody the chance to

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Nathan Stoneking, one of the creators of the registered student organization Keys, discusses issues concerning human trafficking with a group of men in McCleary Chapel in the Schwitzer Student Center. say that they cared about human trafficking and they cared that it is going on in the world,”Thomas said. “We were giving them a chance to really act on that.” On Nov. 5, Keys had a panel discus-

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sion with a human trafficking survivor, IMPD detective Sergeant Jon Daggy and Assistant Professor of Psychology Lisa Elwood. Daggy said that he was assigned to the

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human trafficking department seven years ago, but he is glad to be working against human trafficking. “We were under a federal grant, and that is when we merged with another [department] over in the sheriff ’s department,” Daggy said. “Human trafficking got put under me because it was not being done correctly.” Three different types of human trafficking exist: sex trafficking, domestic servitude and labor trafficking. Daggy said that any large-population area deals more with sex trafficking. “We deal with a lot of that [sex trafficking] in Indianapolis,”Daggy said.“So we find a lot of our human trafficking cases through that.” Wednesday, Christian singer-songwriter Nick Stanton and the organizations Destiny Rescue, The Village Experience and the Center for Global Impact held a concert with refreshments and sold fair trade items. Pelkey said that she was most excited

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