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Title IX supports victims of sexual violence

By Jayden Kennett FEATURE EDITOR & CO-PHOTO EDITOR Any sexual misconduct—including, but not limited to sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual violence and stalking—are all violations of the University of Indianapolis Student Conduct Code, according to the UIndy Student Handbook. Numerous laws and regulations, including Title IX and the Clery Acts, have been put in place in the United States to require universities and colleges receiving federal funding to report these incidents in a specific manner. Under federal law, the Clery Acts requires universities and colleges receiving federal financial aid to disclose campus crime statistics and security information.

The UIndy is not immune to sexual assault and rape on campus. From 20142016, UIndy reported zero rapes in the Annual Security Report, but in 2017, a total of five rapes were reported. Title IX, according to the UIndy website, is a federal rights law that prohibits federally funded education programs from discriminating on the basis of sex. Director of Student Support and Title IX Coordinator Anne Moelk is responsible for handling sexual assault allegations and reports on campus.

“The Title IX work that I do here at UIndy is mainly focused on prevention, remedy, programming [and] education on sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking, domestic violence [and] interpersonal relationship violence,” Moelk said. “Generally, it’s women, because women are more likely to be victims of those types of crimes. If women are not

WHAT IS CONSENT? “Knowing, voluntary and clear permission, through word or action, to engage in mutually agreed upon sexual activity or contact.”

“Being or having been in a dating relationship with the other party does not mean that consent for sexual activity exists.”

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TITLE IX STATISTICS: Total cases of STALKING on the University of Indianapolis campus in 2017

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Total cases of RAPE on the University of Indianapolis campus in 2017

Information from UIndy Resource Guide For Students on Sexual Misconduct and UIndy Annual Security Report

able to access all of the educational opportunities at an institution, then that is considered discrimination under Title IX.” Students who are victims of, or know victims of sexual assault, have multiple options for reporting an incident or seeking help after an incident.

According to UIndy’s Resource Guide for Students on Sexual Misconduct, doing nothing until a student feels comfortable, pursuing resolution

through the university, initiating a criminal proceeding or initiating a civil process against the perpetrator are all viable options that a victim may choose. Anonymous reports may also be submitted through the university’s website if a victim does not want to come forward publicly, Moelk said.

Students who wish to keep the incident confidential are encouraged to seek help from the Counseling Center, Director of Student Counseling Kelly

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Miller said.

“If they want confidential counseling, then [they can] come here [to the Counseling Center] first,” Miller said.

"Then we can work through the steps of what they want to do at that point. Often, in the immediacy of it [an assault], there’s so much emotional reaction and barriers that keep them [victims] from being able to think through what they do want to do. If they feel like, ‘OK, I don't want to move forward and prose-

cute,’ still reach out, whether it's [to] the Title IX office or professors. But they [victims] always have control over what happens to it [the report] next in terms of their involvement in it.”

Employees of the Counseling Center are not required to report sexual assault to Moelk because they are not mandated reporters, according to Miller. Members of the clergy, chaplains or any off-campus crisis centers also are not mandated to report incidents, according to Moelk.

All other UIndy employees, according to the Resource Guide for Students on Sexual Misconduct, are considered designated reporters and must report any information about rape or sexual assault that they are made aware of to the Title IX Coordinator. However, students ultimately make the decision about whether to pursue legal action.

Sexual assault is investigated through the university as a part of the student conduct code, Moelk said. However, the police are not involved unless a student chooses to pursue legal action. If a student makes that choice, Moelk said she will help facilitate that process. Students are not required to proceed with a formal resolution process, such as taking legal action against a perpetrator.

Moelk said that as the Title IX coordinator, she is responsible for helping students find resources for healing and for helping students become involved with the police, if they choose.

“Once I’m made aware of a situation, I’ll invite that student to come and talk to me,” Moelk said. “Probably the biggest thing that I want to talk to that student about is making sure they are aware

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After student hit, Students, professor advocate against gun violence Selby addresses Public health students, professor speak at national conference to advance discussion of gun violence and its impact pedestrian safety opportunity to speak on something they

By Shayla Cabalan

By Noah Crenshaw ONLINE EDITOR

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When most students go to the library to study, they do not expect to be faced with a life-threatening situation, but for freshman exercise science major Aaron Milton, this is exactly what happened.

Just after 9 p.m. on Oct. 23, as he was walking across the crosswalk on Hanna Avenue near Cravens Hall, he was suddenly struck by a car.

Milton said that he saw the car out of the corner of his eye just before he was hit and tried to get out of the way. Despite this, Milton was still struck by the driver. Milton said that he did not feel the impact at first because of the adrenaline that was coursing through him.

“My initial reaction was that my mind was flooded with thoughts like: ‘What just happened? How did this happen? Why me?’” he said. “I felt fine, but it was just that I was in a lot of shock and I never thought it would happen to me.”

Immediately after the accident, Milton said the driver stopped and got out of the car and asked if he was all right.

According to the accident report filed by campus police, the driver said that he did not see Milton crossing the street until Milton had been hit.

Milton said that 15 minutes after the accident he went to the hospital. At that point, he said, the scariest part of what had happened to him was who was going to pay for the hospital bill.

“I didn’t have any health insurance, so that was the scariest part for me,” Milton said "Because obviously no health insurance equals a lot of money.”

Milton said that he was able to get temporary health insurance through the police. As a result of the incident, Milton said, both of his legs were bruised and his left calf muscle was partially torn. Despite these injuries, he did not break any bones and his recovery process has been fast.

“The first week was a little rough,” Milton said. “I was limping and it hurt.

I had bruises on my legs and not even on the leg that got hit—it was my opposite leg. My right leg had bruises everywhere. My left leg had a bruise on my knee…[and] it hurt to walk for a little bit.”

Gunshots, victims, prayers: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this is an all-too-familiar cycle in the United States. Nov. 7 marked the nation’s 307th mass shooting in 2018 alone, in Thousand Oaks, California. The Gun Violence Archive, which catalogs each incident of gun violence in the United States every year, found that there have been 313 mass shootings in 2018, as of Nov. 18, which means an average of one act of gun violence per day. This is nothing new. Last year saw a total of 346 mass shootings, and 2016 saw 384.

The Washington Post’s article “The terrible numbers that grow with each mass shooting” notes that there is no universally accepted definition of a mass shooting. However, the Gun Violence Archive, which gathers information from more than 2,500 media, law enforcement, government and commercial sources daily, defines mass shooting as a shooting in which at least four people are injured or killed in one location, not including the suspect.

In the wake of these acts of violence, numerous groups have arisen to advocate for gun safety. One such group is the Society for Public Health Education, a nonprofit association that represents nearly 4,000 health education professionals in the United States and 25 other countries. Each year, SOPHE hosts an advocacy summit on a different public health concern. This year, the priority issue was gun violence in the United States. Associate Professor of Kinesiology Heidi Hancher-Rauch is a member of the SOPHE advocacy committee. This year, Rauch sponsored three students to attend and present at the summit in October.

“I think a couple of things stand out from an experience like that. And one of them was an opportunity for the students,” Rauch said. “It was their first professional presentation for a national audience. So that’s always exciting to be a part of with students, to give them that

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feel passionate about.”

According to SOPHE’s website, its annual Advocacy Summit is a two-anda-half-day meeting held in Washington, D.C. Its goal is to “increase the capacity of health education professionals and students to engage in effective advocacy for a common health education agenda at national, state, and local levels.”

The first day-and-a-half is spent learning. This involves multiple sessions about varying levels of advocacy training, as well as seminars led by government relations staff. Attendees have the opportunity to learn how to discuss important legislation and brainstorm with state delegations. This all culminates into the final day of the Summit, which is spent on Capitol Hill. Each attendee makes one or more visits to a Congressional office. Once the summit is over, those involved are encouraged to continue to advocate within their local communities.

The three s t u d e n t s involved in the Summit were senior public health major Megan Davish and public health graduate students Shawn Schweitzer and Yordanos Gebru. Davish said the experience had a remarkable impact on her.

“I learned a crazy amount on gun violence from this experience,” Davish said. “We actually got to meet with legislative aids from [Sen.] Joe Donnelly’s office, [Sen.] Todd Young’s office. …

And it was such an amazing experience to actually sit down and have those conversations, [to] say, ‘I’m here representing the Society for Public Health Education, [and] this is what we want to see happen. This is why it’s a problem.’”

Together, Davish, Schweitzer, Gebru and Rauch created an advocacy plan about gun violence. This advocacy plan primarily involved information on the state of gun violence in the U.S. and how to become advocates for safety as a whole, including how to start crucial conversations and take action for change.

This final advocacy plan was submitted near the end of May and eventually was accepted by the committee. Then in October, they presented their findings at

“Keep advocating, keep pushing for change, because if we are silent, we’re complicit.”

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From left to right: Heidi Hancher-Rauch, Yordanos Gebru, Shawn Schweitzer and Megan Davish presented “Strategies for the Novice Advocate: Creating Advocacy Plans to Fight Gun Violence” in Washington, D.C. the conference.

“We kind of started just talking about gun violence in general—what is this, why is this important, giving statistics,” Davish said. “After that, we talked about why it was important to have these conversations, and then the different skills you need to be an advocate—being professional, having a good media presence, being empathetic with your priority population; and then the different steps of making an advocacy plan.”

Davish was the lead on the advocacy plan. She said that gun violence is a three-tiered issue. A large part of what the media cover tends to be focused on mass public shootings. Davish said that while this is not necessarily a bad thing, little attention is focused on suicides,

homicides and partner violence caused by guns.

“In the United States, 22,000 Americans every year actually commit suicide using a firearm. That is a crazy amount,” Davish said. “That’s two thirds of all gun deaths in the United States, and it’s something we just don’t think about.”

Both Davish and Rauch agreed that being equipped with knowledge is one of the best ways to combat gun violence, particularly when advocating for change within the legal system. They noted that gun policy is left entirely to the states, and so each individual advocate must look at what the laws say in his or her state in order to make a real difference.

“Those one-time rallies and events

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OPINION

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Stan Lee, a true hero Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee championed a diverse, compelling cast of superheroes

By Shayla Cabalan OPINION EDITOR

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The shameful truth about Thanksgiving

By Maia Gibson MANAGING EDITOR

I remember hearing the story of the first Thanksgiving when I was in second grade. I am sure we all had a similar experience with the holiday in one form or another. Some years we cut out pilgrim hats and feathered headbands from construction paper and paraded around the classroom or gymnasium. Others, we traced our hands and turned them into turkeys to give to our parents. I left second grade knowing the story of the pilgrims and Indians and how they were kind to each other and came together to celebrate a successful harvest after a devastating winter.

For the longest time, I thought that was the story, that there was no more to it. It made sense with what we celebrate during Thanksgiving—family, friendship and gratitude. Those are certainly worth celebrating, and should be. But I have come to learn that there is so much more to Thanksgiving than a harvest meal between two different cultures. By not correcting the inaccuracies about Thanksgiving or telling the full story, we are ignoring a crucial part of our history.

Here is what the elementary school version of the story got correct, according to “Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong,” by James Loewen: A group of English Puritans (or pilgrims as they were later called) did come to the New World on a ship called The Mayflower in the fall of 1620. Forced to spend winter on the ship, with little food, bad weather and the easy spread of contagious diseases, half of them died. When they were able to settle on land, they were greeted by the Wampanoag tribe. Squanto was a real person (although a much more complex individual than depicted in the story), and he, and other Wampanoag, did teach the Puritans how to cultivate corn and other crops and acclimate to the new land.

Gradually, the settlement of Plymouth was established. When a successful harvest returned in the fall of 1621—a welcome victory after a devastating winter the year before—the Puritans and Wampanoag did gather together to share a meal. What was actually served and what actually took place is still uncertain, and there are other misconceptions surrounding the Puritans and their motivations for coming to the New World. A quick Google search will reveal a host of inaccuracies between our current traditions and the actual circumstances from which they derive.

Most of that story seems good, and it was. This early relationship between these two different groups of people remains one of the more positive examples in American history. However, the part of the story that gets glossed over is the dissolution of those positive relations just a generation later, which is yet another example of the violent encounters between Native Americans and European settlers that became increasingly prevalent over the next several decades.

According to “King Philip’s War: The History and Legacy of America’s Forgotten Conflict,” by Eric B. Schultz and Michael J. Touglas, the peace between the Europeans and Native Americans at Plymouth was established under Massasoit, the paramount chief of the Wampanoag, who along with his son Metacom, was at the First Thanksgiving.

Massasoit was the one who set up trade and allied with the settlers against other tribes and the French. However, the peace between the two groups slowly eroded in the ensuing 50 years.

This change in relations is something not touched upon in the traditional history of Thanksgiving. The story stops with the image of peace and harmony between two different groups of people.

According to Schultz and Touglas, the relations between these two groups became strained for several reasons, namely the encroachment of Europeans on the Wampanoag's (and other tribes') land and culture and the treatment of the Wampanoag and their leadership by the Plymouth settlers. Metacom (known to the whites as “King Philip”) assumed leadership after the deaths of his father and older brothers. After three of his men were executed for the murder of interpreter John Sassamon, King Philip’s War began in 1675. Violent and bloody, the conflict consisted of raids, burning settlements to the ground, destroying stores of food and supplies and ending lives.

The colonists allied with other tribes and Metacom found his efforts and forging alliances rebuked. The war came to an end with the death of Metacom, who was subsequently beheaded and dismembered. His head remained displayed on a pole at Plymouth for the next 25 years. His allies were executed or sold into slavery.

This did not happen at the first Thanksgiving but remains important to the history of the holiday and the country. Too often we have used (and in some cases continue to use) this exchange as the primary image of the relationship between European colonists and Native Americans.

These relationships were much more complicated—and often much more negative—than what is depicted in the holiday's origin story. The children and grandchildren of the Puritans and Wampanoag, who ate together at that first Thanksgiving and traded and allied with each other, were involved in burning the communities and killing members 50 years later. There are other examples of this dynamic throughout history as well, where English colonists turned against their former Native American allies in a violent, cruel manner.

These actions are a part of our history, one that we too often ignore. They make us look bad because they are shameful and violent. We pick and choose what we teach our children, what we remember and keep as part of America’s past.

I cannot blame anyone for that—who does not want to erase instances of severe wrongdoing? What I can say is that doing this with any portion of history does a disservice to future generations, to ourselves and to those have been wronged. We cannot learn from our past unless we are aware of it.

Celebrating Thanksgiving is not a problem. The holiday is rooted in positive sentiments that deserve celebration.

However, issues arise when we stick to the historical inaccuracies of the initial event, focusing on the positive exchange and ignoring the host of other violent struggles that occurred around the same time, and in the decades after. While it may not be appropriate to share with second graders after they have finished their Thanksgiving parade, at some point, we need to do our children and ourselves a favor and tell the whole story.

These actions are a part of our history, one that we too often ignore.

Marvel icon Stanley "Stan Lee" Lieber died Nov. 12 and left behind a heroic legacy that far surpasses the feats of his legendary heroes.

The 1950s were a difficult period for the comic book industry. Following the tragedies of World War II, the superhero strongman archetype declined in popularity, replaced by darker, grittier tales much more in line with contemporary public sentiment. In the midst of this sharp genre change, comics also were threatened by a U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency, which worried that, much like modern video games, comic books encouraged violence in children. As a result, the comics industry fearfully censored itself to the point of near creative obscurity.

By the 1960s, only DC Comics had managed to bring superheroes back with the advent of the Justice League of America.

Enter Stan ‘The Man’ Lee. At this time, Lee was a creatively frustrated art director at Marvel Comics, torn between the formulaic structure of comic books at the time and the compelling stories he actually wanted to tell.

Tasked to create a superhero team that could rival the burgeoning success of the JLA, Lee delivered, but differently. Instead of rehashing the archetypes followed by the JLA, he created the Fantastic Four, a family of scientific adventurers who were not untouchable strongman so much as they were relatable, ordinary people. The original FF were constantly feuding and even struggled with paying their bills.

Furthermore, these heroes lived not in fictional facsimiles of the real world like Gotham or Metropolis, but in a real, tangible place: New York City. The majority of future Marvel heroes would also be based in New York, so casual readers could not only see themselves in the numerous characters Lee created but they could also picture themselves in a reachable location. There was also the added thrill that, because all of these characters lived in New York, they had the potential to encounter one another.

These heroes were not the perfect and virtually untouchable Superman— but that was the point. Lee turned Marvel characters into a testament to hu-

man heroism, from Tony Stark’s struggle with alcoholism to Hulk’s identity crisis to Peter Parker’s teenage angst. Lee, according to many, was a huge proponent of diversity in his comics. As a Jewish boy born to Romanian immigrants, Lee understood the gravity of representation and the painful nuances of being considered different.

According to Mental Floss, Lee denounced racism in a column he wrote early in his career, saying that “bigotry and racism are among the deadliest social ills plaguing the world today. The only way to destroy them is to expose them—to reveal them for the insidious

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evils they really are.” And he reflected and supported this ideology in Marvel’s works.

The X-Men series in particular has a long history of speaking on relevant social issues. According to The Root, in 1963, during the Civil Rights era, the struggle between Professor X and Magneto serves as a loose allegory for the “integrationist versus nationalist philosophies of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X,” respectively. While not a perfect comparison by any means, it was a bold and obvious statement for its time. Fast-forward a bit to the 90s, and the X-Men were tackling Geno-

sha, a fictional state meant to parallel South Africa and apartheid at the time. Furthermore, Marvel was the first mainstream comic to showcase a gay marriage in 2012, as seen in Astonishing X-Men #51, when hero Northstar marries his civilian boyfriend, Kyle—a full three years before the United States legalized gay marriage.

Lee also created the pivotal Black Panther during the Civil Rights era, the first black superhero in mainstream American comics. Furthermore, T’Challa was depicted as the king of a technologically advanced nation, a rare positive image of African Americans, especially during a time still soaked in racism.

Lee continued on to support numerous endeavors to increase diversity in Marvel comics. From Miles Morales to America Chavez, many Marvel fans—myself included—understood what it was like to have a hero who looked like them, who was human and made mistakes like they did. Lee did not shy away from culturally diverse perspectives regarding his characters, no matter the sociopolitical climate—and at times, that made all the difference.

Parker Shaw, a doctoral candidate in the Counseling and Counseling Psychology Program at Oklahoma State University, researched the psychological effects of reading superhero comics. In his study, fittingly titled “Captain America: The Search for Belonging," Shaw revealed that because Lee championed diversity in his works, many people have at least one Marvel hero to look up to who resembles them.

“Stan’s contributions of diverse characters allowed a larger audience to feel recognized, valued, and understood,” Shaw said.

Lee successfully turned heroes into humans and pioneered numerous generations towards change, equality and fortitude. Decades later, we still celebrate these heroes on the big screen and dress up as them for Halloween. We still root for, read about and hotly discuss them. Overall, Lee created these characters out of a desire to not only create an interesting story, but a compelling one—one that actually meant something to his readers and fans. And after the popularity of his characters soared, he continued to advocate for diversity in his art form, fittingly proving that he, of all people, understood that with great power comes great responsibility.

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The School of Business added the Finance Lab to the first floor of Esch Hall, equipped with a live stock ticker.

It was a $300,000 project that brings with it analytic software and a new masters program in Data Analytics.

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Though the Finance Lab will not be finished until next fall, Associate Professor of Business Matthew Will (above) and other School of Business professors have taken advantage of the space by having class in the lab.

Finance Lab gives students an edge School of Business continues adding to Finance Lab to give students experience with professional analytic software

By Tate Jones BUSINESS MANAGER The School of Business Finance Lab was dedicated at the start of the University of Indianapolis Homecoming Week. It was created to train business students in programs that they will need to know in their future careers. It will be one of the first few steps in the school’s strategic plan to grow the program in students and curriculum, according to Dean of the School of Business and Professor of Finance Larry Belcher.

Belcher said that the Finance Lab will be used for instructional purposes for undergraduate, graduate courses and for students to use for their personal studies. He said that it also can be used for outside instruction for professional groups once it is fully integrated. There is still additional software and hardware that need to be installed for it to be ready for more classes to use. Belcher said the primary function of the Finance Lab is to give students a competitive edge when entering the workforce.

“The biggest important feature is that it provides professional grade tools

for students to use and also for students to be certified in [those tools],” Belcher said. “To be able to use the tools they have access to will make them [students] competitive in employment and internships.”

Belcher said that programs such as Bloomberg, Statistical Analysis System and Morningstar will be a part of the curriculum.

The programs are business and marketing analytic softwares used to research problems and investment strategies. Currently, students are using Morningstar while the SOB negotiates on the Bloomberg and SAS software packages.

Until the lab is fully finished, there are not many classes taking place in the lab and is used sporadically and only when needed by classes,professors and students.

Graduate MBA student Emi Ohiomah has not taken any classes that have used the Finance Lab, however, she

has taken the class that taught the same skills using the software used in the Finance Lab. According to Ohiomah, the class already had a great way of teaching the skills before and the current one is surpassing her expectations. She said that the lab will take students to an even more advanced level.

"Having the class in the lab will help students perform better research and use Bloomberg terminals to help students research and monitor financial data more e f f i c i e n t l y, ” Ohiomah said. “The lab also has software that will help them collaborate better and share their findings and data simultaneously.”

The Finance Lab and the start of the $100,000 student-run investment fund were also included in the plan along with the movement of the SOB from the basement to the first floor of Esch Hall. Belcher said that the plan hopes to make the program one of the best, give

students the skills that will give them a competitive edge when applying for jobs in the future and create growth within the program.

“They [students] are excited about getting in there and using it because it’s a unique space, different from your typical classroom,” Belcher said. “It’s not really a computer lab and it’s not really a typical classroom. It was designed with an educational purpose in mind.”

Belcher said that the Finance Lab has also drawn interest from donors, the business community and prospective students to the university. Belcher said that he used his previous experience as Dean of Taylor University’s School of Business. During his tenure, he implemented a Finance Lab at Taylor University. The construction of the Finance Lab was mostly logistical because it has been under construction for so long, according to Belcher.

The Finance Lab will be operating for the 2018-2019 year without being fully completed, only open for the UIndy Student Fund course. In the fall of 2019, other courses will be able to meet in the Finance Lab and utilize the additional software that will be added.

not peak until age 50. She said that from first time the pair had written together. this information, she concluded that According to Miller, Psychology Today women are more desirable at a younger approached them to write the article on age than males. According to Miller, she their blog. Miller said that in working found that in recent years, both wom- with Sassler on this article was different en and men with a college degrees were than the work they did on their book.

“These are very short pieces, so it’s a more likely to find a partner, while in little less collaborative,” the past, educated women Miller said. “One of us were less likely. Miller said will start something and she and Sassler were curious the other will finish it. about the differences, which This process is a little difled to them researching ferent than writing somewhy these trends were apthing such as academic pearing. Miller said that she journal or something of and Sassler wanted to offer that sort, just because it is advice for those interested shorter.” in online dating as it is a Miller said that she new phenomenon that has originally wanted to be a changed these relationships. marriage and family therThe article concludes that apist and has always been there is possible success in MILLER interested in the topic of online dating. dating. New trends in Before publishing this article, Miller co-authored a book with dating and attraction drove her to want Sassler titled, "Cohabitation Nation: to help people navigate this way of datGender, Class and the Remaking of Re- ing that people had never been exposed lationships" which examined how co- to before.

“I wanted to know about all the habitation is contributing to the growing levels of inequality. This was the bigger social level trends,” Miller said.

“That is why sociology was the right fit for me. I could still study couples experiences, but just got to look at it as more of a detached perspective.”

Senior nursing major Keaton Fainter said he has experience with online dating and has used different forms of apps that he said are common in the college age group. He said though he has matched and met people off of these apps, overall he does not consider it a serious form of dating.

“Any advice I would give on online dating would be to not take it too seriously," Fainter said.

Miller says that in order to make online dating successful, know what you are looking for and find somebody you already share an interest with even if it is through an online site, or an app such as Tinder.

“Do not be discouraged by an online dating experience and do not be discouraged by a bad in person dating experience,” Miller said. “It is not a failure, just something that you have learned about what you are looking for. Online dating is a numbers game. It is just finding the right person at the right time.”

"[Students] are excited about getting in there and using it because it's a unique space..."

Miller publishes article about online dating

By Cassandra Lombardo DISTRIBUTION MANAGER

Online dating can be a pathway for successful unions, according to University of Indianapolis Associate Professor of Sociology Amanda Miller. She co-authored an article with Cornell University Professor of Policy Analysis Sharon Sassler, which discussed modern ways of dating on apps and how they affect people. Miller said that the article, "Winning the Game of Online Dating" included information about online dating and finding love on the internet in a smart way.

Online dating has gained popularity in younger generations as apps like Tinder and Bumble have surfaced and been marketed to young people, according to Miller. She said that as dating and other aspects of peoples lives have moved more toward digital, people interact and date differently than they have ever before.

Miller found in other research that women’s outcomes in the online dating world peak at age 18, while men’s did

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are great, but you can make a bigger difference if you contact your legislators regularly,” Rauch said. “In this last election, Moms Demand Action was one of the groups that went through and had conversations with all of the candidates, asked them about their position on common sense gun laws and graded candidates as either gun sense candidates or not. So that’s information that’s readily out there. Use that when you go to the polls. Know who and what it is you’re voting for.”

According to both Davish and Rauch, Indiana has areas to improve upon when it comes to protective legislation. Rauch said that despite the fact that the rates of gun violence are higher in Illinois, people often will acquire their guns in Indiana first, because of the ease of access.

Davish said that she would like to see the minimum age requirement for a gun be raised above 18. Both agree, however, that there have been steps taken in the right direction. For example, according to Davish, Indiana does have in place a child access prevention law. According to the Giffords Law Center, in Indiana, the child access prevention law states that a legal guardian commits the crime

of “dangerous control of a child” if he or she “knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly” allows the child to possess a firearm. Rauch said that Indiana also has a red flag law.

“In Indiana, there’s a red flag law that allows—if somebody is deemed potentially harmful to others—you call your local police officers,” Rauch said. “They go to the house, and if they find the person at the house is truly a potential harm, they can take the weapons for a short amount of time.”

Both Rauch and Davish said that there are multiple opportunities for young advocates for gun safety. Numerous organizations, such as Moms Demand Action, have student chapters that allow young people to get involved.

Other organizations, such as Every Town Against Gun Violence, allow everyone to join. Rauch and Davish agree that, at the end of the day, all people want safety.

“Keep advocating, keep pushing for change, because if we are silent, we’re complicit,” Davish said. “If we’re not on the front lines trying to make that change, we are accepting, and saying it is what it is.”

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From left to right, Megan Davish, Yordanos Gebru and Shawn Schweitzer at the presentation in D.C. Gebru and Schweitzer are both studying for a Masters in Public Health, while Davish is a undergrad in Public Health.

In situations like this, UIndy police officers have procedures that they have to follow, according to Campus Police Chief David Selby. The first priority, Selby said, is the safety of the victim.

“If an individual is hit, then we are going to arrive on the scene, secure the scene and call an ambulance to get the person the help they need,” Selby said. “Then we have to do the accident report. And if there is some gross negligence somewhere along the line, we forward that to the [Marion County] Prosecutor’s Office.”

Selby said that accidents like Milton’s rarely happen and he thinks that a situation like this has happened only twice in the past five years. He also said that the university has not had a serious accident involving a pedestrian on campus.

“I have to be honest with you that I am very concerned about students crossing the street there [on Hanna Avenue],” Selby said. “If you just take some time and stop and watch, you’ll find out that they’re on their cell phone or listening to music or they’re talking. Students are crossing the street thinking that all of the cars would stop, but that is not the law. The law reads differently than that.”

The law, according to Selby, does not immediately assume that pedestrians always have the right of way, despite popular thought. He said that because of this, a driver may not always be held responsible for an accident.

“I know that students have come in saying that pedestrians always have the right of way and that is not true,” Selby said. “The way the law reads is that if a pedestrian is in the crosswalk, the car is obligated to stop. But a pedestrian cannot enter the crosswalk unless cars are stopped. So whose fault is it if someone gets hit in a crosswalk? It [the situation] becomes a difficult thing and of course we don’t want anyone hurt.”

Milton said that the Counseling Center, along with Residence Life staff, have offered him support. Resident Assistants at his dorm, Warren Hall, and the Resident Director contacted him as well.

“My RD, Lauren, she called me and she asked if there was anybody that I needed to communicate to about what happened,” Milton said. “She also told me that if I ever needed anything, she was there to support me.”

In light of Milton’s accident and other incidents on campus, UIndy has had more concerns about students crossing both Hanna Avenue and Shelby Street, according to Selby. He said that the university is forming a committee to look into safety tips and that they plan to have the tips come out monthly. The university also has been in contact with their insurance companies in order to make a plan for Shelby Street.

“We are going to be hanging some signs reminding students about crossing the street,” Selby said. “We are going to have the Red Line [transportation system] coming in, so until we get some more crosswalks and some more lights, we are going to have to remind students to be careful crossing the street.”

Selby said he also would eventually like to see the committee partner with the Department of Theatre to make short videos with the tips, to make them relatable to the students.

Milton said that he hopes people take a note of what happened to him and use it to be more cautious while crossing the street, regardless of whether or not there is a crosswalk.

“Even if you do have the right of way, some people will either be texting while driving or they’re crazy,” Milton said.

“Things might not always happen the way you think they would. Just be more cautious. You have to be aware of what’s around you as well as anything else. You never think it’s going to happen to you until it happens to somebody you know, and then it’s like, ‘Oh, crap,’ and then you get scared.”

Selby said that the most important thing for students to do while crossing the street is to pay attention to the traffic. The best scenario for students, Selby said, is to go to a traffic light and cross at the crosswalk there, where there are it has signals for pedestrians to use.

“Students come to our campus and they’re busy,” Selby said. “Like the rest of us, they are in between meetings and things that they are doing. They are looking at their phone and it’s just reminding them that they have to be very careful. We don’t want those types of things happening on our campus.”

Selby said that he also hopes students learn from this incident how important being educated on this issue is and how students need to start taking more responsibility for their own safety.

“Back when I went to college. . . we didn’t have the police department sending us mass emails and things like that,” Selby said. “Those are important, but we can’t forget that we have to be ready to handle situations that affect our own safety. We’ll [campus police] continue doing our jobs, but don’t forget that your best defense is yourself."

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Raptors draft first alumnus into NBA

Point guard Jordan Loyd, the first alumnus to play in NBA, dedicates career to memory of long-time friend, former Greyhound guard Dai-Jon Parker

By Krystal McBride & Kiara Conley STAFF WRITERS

For the first time in the history of the University of Indianapolis’ men’s basketball program, a UIndy alumnus was drafted and is currently playing in the NBA. Jordan Loyd graduated from UIndy in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in environmental sustainability.

Loyd said he transferred to UIndy from Furman University in the middle of his sophomore year and became a redshirted member of the men’s basketball team. During his time at UIndy, Loyd played as a guard, averaging 20.9 points per game and was the leading scorer in his final collegiate season, 2015-2016. He finished his career with a total of 1,213 points after being with the team for only two years. He also made the most field goal and three-point shots. He is ranked No. 25 on UIndy’s all-time scoring list.

He went on to play for the Israeli team, Hapoel Eilat, in the 2017-2018 season. This year, Loyd was drafted by the Toronto Raptors, a Canadian-based professional team, to play in the NBA on a two-year contract.

Loyd’s first appearance in an NBA games was on Oct. 29 against the Milwaukee Bucks. He grabbed an offensive rebound within the first two minutes of the game.

Loyd scored his first points in the NBA regular season against the Chicago Bulls on Nov. 17. He played for 12 minutes and finished the game with eight points, four rebounds and made two out of two shots from the three point range.

Loyd said that he has been playing basketball since he was a child. According to Loyd, the love he has for the sport comes naturally to him.

“I started playing when I was about five or six years old, but I come from a basketball family,” Loyd said. “It’s just been something that’s been naturally passed down to me. I’ve always had a love for the game from a young age.”

Head Men’s Basketball Coach Stan Gouard said that he coached Loyd throughout most of his career at UIndy.

He said that Loyd had always been a team player, along with a great talent.

Gouard said he saw potential in Loyd to further his career beyond college basketball.

Gouard worked with Loyd and his parents to create a plan that would spotlight him for the NBA. “The first year we had him I knew he was going to be a good European player with the way he shot the basketball. This was after two weeks of playing in the spring of 2014,” Gouard said. “I knew he had a chance, because anytime a guy of his size can shoot the basketball the way he does, I knew he’d have a chance to go and play [in the NBA], but the rest was up to him.”

“I decided I’m going to live out his dream... just to live out what he was going to do.”

Loyd said that he dedicates his career to his deceased friend and teammate, guard Dai-Jon Parker. He said the two of them had been friends for many years prior to both of them playing for UIndy.

When Loyd lost his long-time friend and teammate in a tragic drowning incident in 2015, he said he decided to live out Parker’s memory, which is one of the main reasons he continues playing.

“Besides my own love for the game, he’s the reason I keep playing today,” Loyd said. “I grew up with him in Louisiana. So, I’ve known him since I was about eight or nine years old. As we got older, he was heavily recruited. He was supposed to be the guy who gets to the NBA and the big colleges. He had a lot going for him. And once everything happened with him, I decided I’m going to live out his dream, and I know what it takes. So, that’s what gave me motivation, just to live out what he was going to do.”

Gouard said that Loyd dedicated each game he played to Parker. Loyd changed his jersey number to Parker’s previous number to keep him in memory as he went through his career. Loyd seems to be grateful for his accomplishments, according to Gouard, and he has worked hard to get where he is. He said that Loyd is deserving of this opportunity.

“I was like a proud father to see [Loyd] develop into the man he is today,” Gouard said. “I was very excited and happy for him and his family, because I knew all along this is what he wanted. He worked for it... I was happy to see him make it to the NBA. It was an honor to coach him [to that point].”

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University of Indianapolis alumnus and former guard Jordan Loyd was drafted by the Toronto Raptors into the NBA as a point guard. He played his first NBA regular season again against the Chicago Bulls on Nov. 17.

Men's basketball starts season 4-0

By Crystal Sicard STAFF WRITER

Photo by Macy Judd

Freshman Tylan Tucker and senior Dillon Hurst grapple each other in an intersquad scrimmage on Nov. 3. Hurst wrestles in the 141 lbs. weight class and Tucker in the 133 lbs. During the 2017-2018 season, Hurst wrestled in the 133 lbs. class, making the transition to his current weight class after gaining eight pounds this season.

Wrestling ranked No. 10 in NWCA poll

By Jacob Walton STAFF WRITER

After being ranked No. 10 in the National Wrestling Coaches Association preseason poll, the Greyhounds are hoping to start off a successful and injury-free wrestling season led by their veteran line-up, according to Head Wrestling Coach Jason Warthan. He said the goal this year is to get to the postseason healthy.

“Last year, we had a lot of regular season success and then, right there at the end of the season, we had some guys banged up through unfortunate practices, matches, or whatever,” Warthan said.

According to Warthan, the team this year is a veteran group with 11 seniors on the roster. The team has experience in the postseason, with four men qualifying for nationals last season.

Two of the wrestlers, senior Brody Conner and redshirt senior Dylan Faulkenberg, are both returning national qualifiers and said they have set their goals high as both are expecting to be national champions at the end of their season. Faulkenberg attributes his success in the past years to his conditioning.

“I know how to wrestle. I’m really athletic in a lot of positions and I think one thing that sets me apart from everyone else is my conditioning,” Faulkenberg said. “I can go seven minutes non-stop, pushing the pace, really bringing the heat unlike a lot of other heavyweights in the game.”

Faulkenberg, who is in the heavyweight class, is a three-time national qualifier and finished with a 27-11 record last season, and is focusing on getting a national championship win this season. According to Faulkenberg, he

has to take everything slowly and look at what is in front of him, rather than worrying about what the future holds.

“I beat the national champion last year, [and] put a lot of time into this sport.

A lot of effort. I’ve been doing it since I was five. I think I’m ready to really make some noise this year and be successful, in my eyes, because I’ve been to the big show three times and not closed out the way I’ve wanted to…,” Faulkenberg said.

“I’m ready for March, to put it that way.

But I don’t really need to rush it. I just need to take it one meet at a time, one match at a time, focus on what I’m good at. And do what I’m good at and I think its going to come out the way I want it to this year.”

Conner has similar goals to Faulkenberg. Conner, who is ranked fifth in the 184-weight class this year, said he hopes to make it back-to-back years in the tournament, but this year walk out with a championship.

“It is pretty realistic to say, I’d be a national champ. Looking at the guys there, the guys ranked one and two I’ve beat before,” Conner said. “No. 4 in the nation I lost to at the beginning of last year super, super close. No. 3 I haven’t seen since redshirt freshman year.”

Last year, Conner said he felt he had a poor performance in nationals, losing every match after qualifying for the tournament. He said that he did not set his goals high enough.

“Last season, my goal was to make it to nationals. Just to make it. [I] didn’t have any expectations of place,” Conner said. “I was like, ‘I need to make it and

that’s it.’ And then as soon as I accomplished that at regionals, it felt like this huge weight was lifted off my shoulders.

And then I’ve lost every match since then. I’m setting my sights high this year, so I never have that relieving feeling to take away my drive to compete.”

Along with Conner and Faulkenberg being standout wrestlers due to their national qualification last year, many UIndy wrestlers are presumed to perform well as the season continues, according to Warthan.

University of Indianapolis had four wrestlers move onto the National Wrestling Championships in the 2017-2018 season. The team was ranked as the No. 10 team in the nation before entering into the championships last year.

Three of UIndy’s wrestlers placed in the Ohio Findlay Open that took place on Nov. 17. According to Conner, the team has some of the best wrestlers in the nation.

Warthan said the team’s biggest goal now is to stay healthy and keep a good mindset going into the post season.

And, if everyone is healthy, the team is guaranteed a top five rank in nationals, according to Warthan.

“This season is going to be one to remember. We have a lot of special guys, like I said, that have come up through the program, a lot of five-year guys,” Faulkenberg said. “I would say watch out for us. Being ranked tenth right now, I think that’s a little light. I think we’re better than that. Don’t sleep on us, that’s what I would say.”

The University of Indianapolis men’s basketball team started off the 20182019 season with two exhibition games and four games that were part of the GLIAC/GLVC Challenge.

The GLIAC/GLVC Challenge is involves teams from two conferences who play in four games before the conference season begins. The Hounds faced Northwood University, Saginaw Valley State University, Elmhurst College and Grand Valley State University, winning the three road games by at least three points and the home game by 31.

Their first win of the season was in an exhibition game against Valparaiso University with a score of 60-57. They suffered their first loss in another exhibition game against Ball State University 92-76. Redshirt junior guard Jimmy King said that they learned a lot from these two games and are ready to take on their upcoming opponents.

“We found out a little bit about our team through these games, and found out some things we need to work on,” King said. “I think we’ve worked hard at correcting some things in practice and

hopefully it proves to be good in our next game.”

King was out last season with a major injury. After going through two hip arthroscopy surgeries in 2017, he is healthy and ready to play once again.

“It is so awesome to be back, especially sitting out last year and having to watch practice and watch games,” King said. “It helped me learn a lot about the game from sitting with the coaches.”

Senior forward Jesse Kempson said he believes that the team is strong with both offense and defense this year. He said this year’s team has a wide variety in their players and returners on the team who have seen significant minutes over past seasons.

“We have a lot of good players. Our defense and offense are good,” Kempson said. “Of course, there is stuff to always work on, obviously. We might need to buy in a little more when things get tough, and to just stick to our principles like our coaches are always telling us to do.”

The team is starting off the season with and average of 83.3 points per game and a 4-0 record after the GLIAC/ GLVC Challenge. They will host the Greyhound Classic over Thanksgiving Weekend.

“This season is going to be one to remember... I would say watch out for us.”

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As an opponent defends against redshirt junior guard Jimmy King, he passes the ball past an opposing player to a teammate. In the game against Saginaw Valley State on Nov. 10, King had a career high of 11 assists.

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Photo by Jacob Walton

Photo by Jacob Walton

Redshirt senior quarterback Jake Purichia and sophomore running back Al McKeller celebrated a touchdown in the endzone. Purichia ran for two touchdowns on six attempts and threw his 55th career touchdown pass, tying him for second place in the program records.

Sophomore running back Al McKeller split the gap made by the Hounds’ offensive line. McKeller did not make it to the endzone, but he rushed 137 total yards. The victory against the Fort Hays State University Tigers marked the second playoff win for the Hounds since 2012.

Football advances in playoffs

After defeating No. 19 Fort Hays State in the first round, Hounds advance in postseason, will face No. 4 Ouachita Baptist Thanksgiving weekend

By Maia Gibson MANAGING EDITOR “Sorry about your Thanksgiving, but we’re going to Arkansas!” The end of Head Coach Bob Bartolomeo’s debrief was drowned out by cheers after the No. 12 University of Indianapolis football team defeated No. 19 Fort Hays State University 38-27 in the first round of the NCAA Division II playoffs. The game was the first ever meeting between the fourth-seed Hounds and the Tigers. Bartolomeo said that it was a great game. “...It was a roller-coaster ride all the way around,” Bartolomeo said. “We’d jump on them, and you go back to 10 minutes left in the first half and they stormed back on us. And you get into the fourth quarter, hey, it’s just two great teams going at one another. Our offense did a great job of scoring some points and the defense came through big at the

end.”

The Hounds opened the scoring in the first quarter with a touchdown from sophomore wide receiver Daveon Bell.

After 18 plays in the second quarter, redshirt senior quarterback Jake Purichia ran the ball three yards for another touchdown, giving the team a 14 point lead over the Tigers.

Fort Hays State answered six minutes later with a touchdown. Redshirt freshman kicker Paul Buisman kicked a 35 yard field goal, adding three points to the scoreboard, the last addition the Hounds would see until the fourth quarter. The Tigers scored another touchdown with 19 seconds left in the half, bringing the score to 17-14.

Fort Hays State scored unanswered in the third quarter, taking the lead after a touchdown in the first four minutes.

A second touchdown followed minutes later, giving the Tigers a seven point lead.

UIndy responded in the fourth

quarter. Purichia called his own number and rushed the one yard into the endzone, tying the score. Three minutes later, Bell caught a 76 yard pass from Purichia, the longest of the season, and carried it into the endzone, giving the Hounds the lead.

The Tigers kicked a 40 yard field goal, their final score of the game, with just under four minutes left on the clock. The Hounds kept a four point lead, but the win was sealed when senior defensive back Robert Williams pulled off a picksix with 1:54 left in the game. Williams said that he took a chance on the play.

“I had a feeling it was coming, though. I reacted. I saw the ball thrown, so I ran through it, ran to the endzone,” Williams said. “I’m probably going to

The Hounds lost to No. 13 Grand Valley State University 80-71 on Nov. 18, bringing their overall record to 2-2.

The team’s season officially started with two games as part of the GLIAC/ GLVC Challenge. In their game against Hillsdale College on Nov. 10. They earned a close victory with a score of 69-67.

Last season, they lost to Hillsdale College with a score of 76-70. After last year’s 20 point loss to the Northwood University Timberwolves 77-57, the Greyhounds won their game against them on Nov. 16 with a final score of 65-53.

During this game, junior forward Emma Benoit scored 21 points, which was a career high. UIndy also had three total players score in the double digits against the Timberwolves.

They played another game against Northern Michigan University on Nov. 11 and lost 64-61. In the previous season, they lost 59-53 against this team.

The biggest strength this year’s team has is the communication, due to the fact the team has been able to bond for a decent period of time on and off the court,

according to senior guard Jordan Cole.

“I think, out of the past couple years that I’ve been here, the team chemistry is the best [we’ve] ever had, whether that was even in high school or anything like that. This is the best team chemistry I’ve ever seen,” Cole said.

Junior guard Claire Carlton said the team is going into each practice trying to make each day better than the last.

She said her part on the team is to bring energy, or do the “small things,” such as rebounding and gaining steals. As a team, she said that their bonding is one of their strengths, but they need to work on is their decision making, which includes knowing what to do with the ball and not letting the other team dictate the pace of the game.

As for their motivation this season, Cole and Carlton said they are both going into the season hoping for a better one than last year’s.

“I think we motivate each other, just because the team chemistry is so good.

We don’t want to let each other down...,” Cole said. “We had a bad season last year and we really [want to] win, so that kind of drive is really helping us.”

“It’ll be a tough road game but we’ve got the guys that can do it.”

Preseason leads to 2-2 overall start

By Madison Gomez STAFF WRITER

After last season’s record of 8-20 overall and a conference record of 5-13, the University of Indianapolis women’s basketball team prepares for what they hope to be a more successful season.

Their preparation for the season began this past summer, with the team began practicing. With many underclassmen coming up, the team’s roster is predominately filled with sophomores and juniors. Practices have been used to try to put players in different positions and find the best chemistry within the new team, according to Head Women’s Basketball Coach Kristin Wodrich.

“The preseason [has] been good.

The kids have been really coachable,” Wodrich said. “They want to get better.

There [are] a lot of players and new faces so [we’re] getting them to play together and putting them in the system offensively and defensively,” Wodrich said. “It’s just being able to trust the process, but the kids have been pretty locked in and are ready to go.”

get in trouble Monday for soldering the defense because of the penalty, but it was a game changer. I wish I could’ve spiked it, actually, but I’m glad it happened. We got the ‘dub.’”

On the defensive side, senior linebacker Cole Sigmund had a team-leading 10 tackles, with junior linebacker Joe Lambright and redshirt sophomore Connor Steeb each amassing nine. Senior defensive lineman Lucas Rice added two sacks.

Offensive leaders included sophomore running back Al McKeller and freshman running back Toriano Clinton, the top two rushing leaders, gaining 137 and 106 yards respectively. Purichia threw his 55th career touchdown pass, which tied him for second place in pro-

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The University of Indianapolis’ volleyball team ended their season on Nov. 8, placing fifth in the GLVC. They lost the GLVC Championship Tournament Quarterfinal 3-0 to Rockhurst University.

The team ended their season earning 1,898 total points and 1,586 kills.

Sophomore outside hitter Katie Furlong earned 542.5 total points in the season, the most points on the team. She also had the most kills on the team, with 500 kills in the season.

Their seniors, middle blockers Katie Voelz and Lauren Koopman, were honored before their last home game on Oct. 23. Voelz said the highlight of her career at UIndy was when the team won against multiple ranked teams in multiple games.

Despite having a losing record for two consecutive seasons, this year, the team ended with a winning record of 19-12. Three of those 19 wins were against some of the top 25 nationally ranked teams.

One of those wins was against Lewis University. The final score ended 3-2. Voelz said she has not seen a win against Lewis University in the four years that she has been playing for the university. She said this proves that the team has improved.

SWIMMING AND DIVING

After the House of Champions Invitational one Nov. 16-Nov. 18, the men's and women’s swimming and diving teams placed second and fifth, respectively. On Nov. 16 during the invitational, the team had a total of seven different swimmers break school records. They attained 38 B-cuts, three A-cuts, one national qualifying time, three relay cuts and four national cuts.

The team’s next and final upcoming meet for 2018 will be on Dec. 14. The women will be facing Indiana Wesleyan University and the men will compete in another Intrasquad.

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Junior right-side hitter Julia Kruzan spikes the volleyball into opposing team, Rockhurst University, on Nov. 8 at the GLVC Championship game.

“It is bittersweet,” Voelz said. “ It is like the days are long , but the years are short… It feels like each season is so long, but now it’s over and it is like it all happened in the blink of an eye.”

Voelz said her last year differed from the other years that she played, because she said that has been obvious that everyone on the team wanted to be.

“This season has been awesome,” Head Women’s Volleyball Coach Jason Reed said. “The girls have been incredible to work with and I can’t think of a day when I didn’t have a really good time with them. I hope they all know how proud of them I am.”

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As teammates welcome junior guard Laura Thomas back from the court, she smiled at her personal success.

She scored 10 points and had six assists total during the game against Northwood Timberwolves on Nov. 16.

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gram history for passing touchdowns alongside former quarterback Matt Kohn.

The victory means that the team will travel to Arkadelphia, Arkansas this weekend to face No. 4 Ouachita Baptist University on Nov. 24. The first-seed team is coming off an undefeated season in the Great American Conference and a bye-week in the first round of the DII playoffs. According to Purichia, the team is looking forward to Saturday’s game.

“I mean, personnel-wise, I don’t know much about them [Ouachita Baptist]. But I’m excited. I’m sure a lot of the guys are excited,” Purichia said.

“We won. We’re going to the next game.

Like Coach Bart said, this is the big game because it’s the next one. We’re fortunate to get a ‘W’ here and go there.

It’ll be a tough road game but we’ve got the guys that can do it. We’ve got the players [and] the coaches to be able to go on the road and get a tough win.”

CROSS COUNTRY

“...Their best finish in the past decade,” was Head Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Coach Brad Robinson’s description of the women’s seventh place finish they earned on Nov. 17 during the NCAA Midwest Regional competition. The men’s team placed 12th at the same competition, their best finish since 2014.

“Both teams ran great today,” Robinson told UIndy Athletics. “They stayed disciplined during the second half of the race as they kept moving up.”

The women’s team finished first among the GLVC schools at the meet, and the men placed third in conference.

UPCOMING GAMES

Football

November 24: DII PLAYOFFS at Ouachita Baptist University

Men’s Basketball November 21: vs. Lake Superior State University November 23: vs. Wilberforce University

Women’s Basketball November 21: vs. Lake Superior State University November 25: vs. Tiffin University

Wrestling

November 29: vs. Wheeling Jesuit University December 1: vs. Little State University

Track and Field

December 1: UIndy Season Opener

Update Box by Ki Tally, Jayden Kennett, Reid Bello

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Saudi Arabia sponsors students

Saudi Arabian students overcome cultural, linguistic barriers, adapt to a new culture, share their own, while attending university in the United States

By Abby Land ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Despite being a relatively small college, the University of Indianapolis boasts a diverse population, with more than 64 countries represented by students, faculty and staff. The largest population of international students on campus, comprised of more than 100 students, comes from Saudi Arabia.

The high number of Saudi Arabian students present at the university is largely a result of the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission, an organization tasked with helping Saudi students study in the United States. The mission of SACM, as stated on their website, is to implement “national educational and training policies to provide our country with qualified individuals capable of achieving the country's goals of progress and development.” In layman’s terms, SACM encourages Saudi students to study in the United States, return to Saudi Arabia with the knowledge they have gained and use it to contribute to Saudi society.

To qualify for SACM, students must show a high level of English-speaking and general academic ability. Junior supply chain management major Mashaer Musayri, who comes from the city of Al-Qatif, said the process that students must go through to study in the United States is extensive.

“First, I had to take an English language course that I had to study for first at Internexus, which is like an English language school for international students. And then I had to take a test, like a placement test,” Musayri said. “I need[ed] to speak English well, and I need[ed] to have high grades, like in my high school, which I already had. So I didn’t need to do anything else. [But] students who don’t have high grades, first, they have to go to like Ivy Tech to get high grades in math and science before they go to college [elsewhere].”

The reason for such requirements is that the SACM program is incredibly extensive, according to Associate Director of International Services Geri Watson. The organization pays for students’ tuition, housing, living expenses, insurance and even includes dependents if students have spouses or children. Because the sponsorship is so extensive, however, students must operate within strict parameters set by the program.

Changing majors or making other adjustments to scheduling, Watson said, can be challenging for students.

“Everything is orchestrated by SACM, and they have to follow all the rules surrounding the parameters of the scholarships that they were given,” Watson said. “And if they want to make changes, it all has to be approved by

SACM.” Once changes are approved by SACM, they become the priority of International Services. Watson described herself as international students’ “mom away from home,” explaining that once students are admitted to the university and are no longer the responsibility of the Office of Admissions, she handles everything from immigration reports to even the smallest aspects of everyday life, like helping a student find a dentist for a toothache or walking through how to apply for a driver’s license.

There are many rules and regulations that all international students have to follow in order to retain their F1 immigration status, which designates them as legal students in the United States, Watson said.

For example, a stipulation of the SACM scholarship package is that students make “normal progress” toward their designated degree.

Consequently, international students are not allowed to hold conventional off-campus employment and, perhaps most importantly, must maintain full-time enrollment at the university.

Full-time enrollment for undergraduates is a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester to retain the rights granted by their student Form I-20, which is a “Certificate of Eligibility for Non-immigrant Student Status” issued by the Department of Homeland Security. If a student drops below that level without authorization from an academic adviser, they fall out of status and must either apply for reinstatement or leave the country.

“When students come, they have a start date, [and] they have a designated end date. For an undergrad [freshman], they’re going to get a four-year I-20.

That’s when they’re supposed to complete their program,” Watson said. “If they don’t—you drop a class, you fail a class, there’s many reasons why students don’t complete their programs within a certain length of time—they have to extend their I-20.”

Watson said that her primary responsibility is to update students’ progress in a database called the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System where data concerning visitors to the United States is shared between government agencies like the Bureau

of Motor Vehicles or Social Security Administration.

“SEVIS is what was invented after Sept. 11, 2001 to track international students and visitors from the time that they enter the country and they go through the port of entry until they leave,” Watson said. “For every student, every semester, we have to let immigration know that they are here, that they are enrolled full time, they’re following all the rules and maintaining their status.”

The academic progress of students is

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also monitored.

Academic Advisor Kelly Maxwell, who works with many Saudi Arabian students, explained that he updates SACM officials each semester on the status of students who he advises.

“That’s one of the other things that we [CASA advisors] work with SACM students on. We provide SACM letters,” Maxwell said. “This is basically a way of updating the Saudi government of their status as a student. So one of the main things that they are looking for there is that the student is progressing through their coursework and staying on track to the designated graduation time that they were given for their scholarship.”

Because UIndy is a small university located in the Midwest, it may seem like an unlikely attraction for international students. When SACM first started sending large numbers students to the United States in 2011, Watson said, students favored large universities like Indiana University or Purdue University.

As those schools became more saturated, however, SACM restricted the number of students admitted to those universities, and so the population filtered down to smaller campuses like UIndy,

according to Watson.

For Musayri, the welcoming atmosphere of the small university is one of its greatest attributes. Especially when it comes to perfecting her language skills, Musayri said she appreciates the patience and encouragement shown to her by professors, coworkers and fellow students.

“I was scared when I first came here, [because] what I heard was when you first come here, you do everything independently. And first of all, you need to have the language to do anything you want, because you can’t do anything without the language.

And that was the scariest thing to me, because I needed to learn, and if I didn’t, I would lose,” Musayri said. “And I feel like here, UIndy especially, UIndy gives you the opportunity.

Teachers, they don’t make fun of you when you talk or something....That’s what I like here the most. You have the opportunity, you feel encouraged by the people around you to do whatever you want.”

The benefits of the Saudi population on campus, however, are not limited to the students, according to Watson. She said that her favorite part of working in International Services is that in addition to helping students adjust to American culture, she learns about other cultures from them.

“I have the best job on campus— there’s no doubt about that—because the whole world comes right to my door,” Watson said. “Developing an understanding for how big of a step they [Saudi students] have taken to leave their country that is so culturally different than ours….And trying to develop an appreciation for what they’re going through coming here and living in our culture and then having to go back home and return to the culture that they came from. I like to think that they are going to take what they learned here and go home and have a positive influence on changes they want to see made in their country.”

For Faris Al Sharyah, a junior operations and supply chain management major from the city of Njaran, studying so far from home was an appealing option because it forced him to focus solely on his studies, improve his English-speaking abilities and become more independent.

“In the city that I live in... we are like a busy society. So I thought, I’m not go-

ing to be successful at the university if I study back home, because I will be busy over there,” Al Sharyah said. “But if I leave and come to the states and experience the new culture, new language, be on my own [I will be successful]. Overall, I just wanted to be independent.”

Al Sharyah came to the United States three months after finishing high school and currently lives with an American family in Indianapolis. He said that being immersed in the culture has been helpful for him, but that challenges still present themselves.

“You’ve got to watch out to not be rude,” Al Sharyah said. “Sometimes we accept things in our culture that are the opposite of what you guys accept in yours.”

Musayri also said that she has had to become acquainted with American social customs. For example, she said that casual touches like handshakes and learning to show more expression during conversations were adjustments she had to make.

“When I came here, it was hard to talk to people because some people think that I am serious when I talk.

And I feel like I am normal, this is me,” she said. “Here, you need to give people more reactions, show them your face reactions, speak to them, don’t be afraid to ask questions if you want. This is not me.

I am not like a social person, but I tried to learn that here. I tried to ask and talk and don’t be afraid just to ask for help or to ask your teacher about a question or something or talk to them about your personal life sometimes.”

Overcoming these kinds of cultural and linguistic barriers, Maxwell said, is what he most admires about the Saudi Arabian students that he interacts with.

“When I think of the Saudi students, I just think of how much grit that they have to be in another country, speaking a language that’s not their own, and having to put up with the weather—all these different things that a lot of the people here are just kind of used to and it’s nothing to them,” Maxwell said. “I love working with my SACM students because of that; they have a lot of fight, which I like, for sure.”

Other UIndy students also should not hesitate to ask Saudi Arabian students about their culture, Musayri said.

She holds an on-campus job and said that while she learns about American culture from the people around her, she also enjoys teaching her co-workers about the customs of her home country.

“They [UIndy] make me feel like I’m part of them,” Musayri said. “Right now I’m working on a job, a campus job. And I feel like even my staff members who are with me in my job, they like me. They talk to me, they ask me questions about my country, and that’s the most part I like. I like people to ask me a question about my country, about Saudi Arabia.”

Would You Choose UIndy?

In an informal survey conducted by The Reflector with 100 respondents, it was found that 64 percent of the students surveyed would choose to attend school at UIndy again. Of the respondents, 21 were freshmen, 24 sophomores, 33 juniors and 22 seniors.

“UIndy is a great school with amazing programs that offer endless opportunities, which is something I am grateful for. Most of the people in my undergraduate courses go to graduate school in comparison to the majority of my friends that go to big schools like IU and Purdue who don’t go on to grad school. I think that says something about the people that go here.”

- Senior

“The dining hall food could be better and the parking. Have students pay for parking passes, don’t let freshman live on campus, things like that. I love the small campus and the small student body. I love the professors.”

- Freshman

“I love the people who I surround myself with. I have changed to become a better friend, sister and overall student while attending UIndy.”

- Senior

Yes

64%

No

36%

“The community is great. It’s always an uplifting place to be. And it’s a beautiful campus.”

- Sophomore

“I feel like the school is so focused on bringing in new students that it ignores its current students. I feel like a lot of the things they have been doing to try to expand the campus aren’t the things they should be focusing on. If they admitted less students, they could raise their standards and the entire school population would benefit and be happier.”

- Senior

“It makes me dissatisfied when I feel like my professors don’t care about us succeeding. I understand school is hard, but there’s a difference between actually teaching and wanting us to succeed rather than just shoving busy work down our throats. I’m also dissatisfied with how gen-eds work and how many are required. Having harder work in a 100 [level] class than a 300 is ridiculous.”

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CAC program inspires others

Several facilities implement activities programming after Expressive Arts for Long-Term Care Professionals program

By Maia Gibson MANAGING EDITOR

Singing, dancing, writing, drawing, painting, acting and other forms of expressive arts are engaging residents at nursing homes and assisted living facilities across Indiana. While some of this programming was already in place, new activities have been added and others revitalized, thanks in part to the Expressive Arts for Long Term Care Professionals program developed by the University of Indianapolis Center for Aging & Community.

According to Senior Project Director for the Center of Aging & Community Ellen Burton, the CAC was established around 20 years ago to be a community liaison and an academic research center.

They work with community partners in aging, such as assisted living facilities and nursing homes, to determine what kind of challenges they are facing, questions they have or initiatives they want to push. The CAC then brings the resources of the university and their partners together to address the challenges and develop initiatives.

The Expressive Arts for Long Term Care Professionals program is one such initiative. The CAC developed the program with funding from the Indiana State Department of Health, which was looking to support programing dedicated to improving the quality of care in nursing homes, according to Burton.

When their proposal was selected to receive the funding, the CAC worked with subject matter experts and members of their regional collaborative partners to develop and launch the three part program that ran from 2016-2018.

The program focused on five modalities of expressive art. The music portion was developed by Professor of Music Rebecca Sorley. Sorley said that she was initially hesitant to be involved because she was not a music therapist.

Once she agreed to participate, Sorley worked alongside three therapists from out of state. One other faculty member from UIndy was involved as well—Associate Adjunct Faculty of Art & Design Sarah McKinney created the visual arts section.

“I had sort of a learning curve to kind of get to the place I needed to be,” Sorley said. “I didn’t really feel at all like I was the one who would really know the most about this. But I knew that I could educate myself about it and I learned a lot in the process.”

The first phase of the program was a four day class for activities directors, nurses and other nursing home staff.

According to Burton, the goal of the class was to teach participants activities from each modality that they could lead and implement in their facilities. The first portion of the class consisted of a presentation about the benefits and research surrounding the expressive arts, or the “why,” as Burton said.

“The first thing we had to do was get them [nursing home staff ] over that initial instinct of, ‘Oh, I’m not really creative. I can’t do that kind of stuff,’” Burton said. “And some people have that about everything, and some people were like, ‘Well, yeah, I can sing, but I

Photo contributed by Ellen Burton

During the first phase of the Center for Aging and Community's Expressive Arts for Long Term Care Professionals program, which ran from 2016-2018, activities directors, nurses and other staff from nursing homes across the state used watercolor, oil pastel and other mediums to create artwork as part of the visual arts can’t draw.’ or ‘I can do a collage out of a magazine, but I don’t play an instrument so we don’t do a lot of the music stuff.’ . . . [We] had to get them comfortable with the idea that they themselves are creative and that everyone has creative abilities.”

The next step in the class was focused on giving participants the opportunity to experience activities in each of the modalities. Each subject matter expert had half a day to present more in-depth research and information about their area as well as walk attendees through a few activities they could implement at their facility, according to Burton.

For her portion, Sorley said she focused on what could be done in long-term care facilities with music by non-music therapists.

After the three days of learning, Burton said that participants returned to their facilities and spent the next two weeks implementing the activities that they had learned. The group came back together for a fourth day and discussed their experiences as well as spent time troubleshooting. According to Burton, the four day course was taught six times in various locations around the state.

The second phase of the program came into play afterward. The CAC, Sorley and McKinney developed a second, two day class called Train the Trainer, where participants from the first phase had the opportunity to learn how to teach others in their facilities how to implement expressive arts activities.

Sorley said that her favorite activity

from the program was part of one of the two Train the Trainer classes. Participants listened to Edvard Grieg’s ‘In the Hall of the Mountain King,’ came up with a storyline based on the song and then acted it out.

“There was one group, they were thinking of marching ants, so the whole thing was ants, and they were just great.

It was just so creative,” Sorley said. “I had never thought of that piece that way.”

After the Train the Trainer class, the CAC asked their regional collaboratives to continue to implement expressive arts programming and track outcomes.

This was the third phase of the program, according to Burton.

When the collaboratives reported back, Burton said that the number of expressive arts activities implemented had increased between 75 to 450 percent. One group decreased their falls with injury by 57 percent. Another tracked how the activities impacted perceptions of pain by looking at the rates of as needed pain medications, which decreased by 78 percent, according to Burton.

Beyond the data, Burton said that activities directors, staff members and residents alike have been positively impacted by the expressive arts programming that has been implemented in facilities across the state. In one facility, shortterm residents enjoyed the activities so much that some returned to help lead them for the long-term residents. “[There] was a resident who was basically non-verbal, and they [staff ]

“[We] had to get them comfortable with the idea that they themselves are creative...”

found just the right music, and he got up out of his chair and he danced with his wife," Burton said. “He hadn’t really connected with her in a long time because of advanced stages of dementia. It was very cool.”

Burton said that several facilities have held art exhibitions that showcase residents’ artwork, videos of dance and drama performances and even collaborative pieces. Another facility completely overhauled their programming after attending the workshop.

“The one that really got me was during one of the first classes,” Burton said. “One of the activities directors, I called her up, you know, ‘Hey, how’s it going?’ She’s like, ‘You know what?

There is so much more laughter in our building right now.’ We were just so amazed at all of the positive outcomes that came out of this.”

Despite the positive feedback, there are no plans to hold another round of programming due to lack of funding, according to Burton. However, the CAC has been looking into tweaking the program to fit other, more specific, needs.

There has also been interest from other states after the program was awarded the 2017 Promising Practice for Education and Communication by the Association of Health Facility Survey Agencies.

“We were just very pleased that it [the award] happened... we were completely surprised...” Burton said. “The assistant commissioner at the state department of health, he submitted this.

We didn’t know. So he just sent us an email one day and we were like, ‘What?’

So it was very cool, it was a very nice surprise. Just really pleasing that all the people working on this were recognized for the incredible things that they have done.”

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By Hannah Morris STAFF WRITER Theater students from across the Midwest were given the opportunity to participate in the 2018 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, and theater students are currently preparing for the 2019 program in January.

The KCACTF is a yearly event that hosts theater arts students from Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin. The event gives students a chance to participate in workshops led by professors and professionals with experience in the field, present their own works in galleries, their talents on stage, compete for scholarships and network.

The University of Indianapolis has hosted the festival for the past two years.

Last winter, the festival took place over six days in January in Esch Hall.

As the January 2019 festival draws near, senior theater education major Zech Saenz expressed excitement in traveling for the festival, which will be held in Madison, Wisconsin.

“There is so much more a community when we travel.... When we travel, we get to go and support one another,” Saenz said. “It’s a giant festival filled with fellow theater lovers and thespians, we all come here to do what we love.

We come here to display our work, to showcase our talents and there is really something for everyone in the theatrical world [at KCACTF].”

Saenz said he enjoys seeing what other colleges are doing in surrounding states and learning new techniques.

Among those techniques are events including design storm, tech olympics and acting workshops, according to junior theater major Emma Rund. She described the tech olympics as a competition between stage crew members and their ability to hang lights, tie ropes and move props.

Saenz described design storm as a competition where teams create a quick work-up of a play where they prepare a general plan of attack as if they were going to actually put together and direct a play. Included in this project are costumes, history of the time period and props.

Learning these skills in a new environment surrounded by fellow theatre students is an experience Rund looks forward to having again. She said she is excited to become more involved and showcase her talents at this winter's festival. Last year, Rund said, she did more observing and was busy helping guide other students.

Rund is also nominated for the Irene Ryan scholarship at this year's event,

where she will be given the chance to perform in front of a panel of judges and get critiques from theater professionals.

If Rund advances, she will have the opportunity to travel to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. to perform for the $2,500 scholarship. Rund said the 2018 KCACTF was a great experience where she got to take advantage of learning opportunities and hopes to do the same this coming year in Wisconsin.

“I’m just excited to be able to experience more workshops… I am going to get more involved [this year],” Rund said. “It's going to be a lot more hectic… but I feel like I am going to get more out of it this time.”

For Saenz, the event is not only an opportunity to meet new people but to reconnect with friends he has made over the years.

With this being Saenz's last year to attend, he said the most valuable thing he has taken away from the festival is the genuine connections made with other theater lovers.

“The biggest thing I have learned is networking,” Saenz said. “You have to meet people… the students at this festival are going to be the professionals of tomorrow. Once you make those connections and get into the workforce of theater, it will make a world of difference.”

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

VCD major channels passions into pieces

By Kayla Prather STAFF WRITER At first glance, spreading awareness about heart disease and environmental protection do not seem like related subjects. But for senior visual communication design major O.J. Moor, tackling both issues head-on is no problem.

Moor, who identifies as nonbinary, is currently working on their capstone project to help educate people on heart disease. According to Moor, the campaign is geared towards increasing heart disease awareness among women—an issue that is close to their heart.

“I have a really personal connection with that [heart disease],” Moor said.

“My mom just passed away last year from heart disease, so that’s why I’m trying to raise awareness and knowledge about it."

Moor said that heart disease is the number one killer of American women, and that although there are many campaigns out there that help with heart disease, most are for women who already have it, particularly older women. Their goal, however, is to create a campaign for women who are not yet affected by heart disease.

The campaign Moor is contributing to is geared toward women between the ages of 20 and 35, they said, because it is a pivotal time in a woman's life and one where the effects of unhealthy living can still be reversed.

“At that point [in life] you can still make behavioral and lifestyle changes to prevent heart disease from getting as bad as it could,” Moor said. “I’m going to start getting annual checkups at the age of 25. One of the biggest things to do is to, honestly, research your family history... because if your parent suffers from heart disease, you have [approximately] a 70 percent higher chance of suffering from it yourself and if you have a sibling with it, it’s still like a 50 percent higher risk.”

MOOR Assistant Professor of Art and Design Rhonda Wolverton, who also serves as Moor’s capstone advisor, said that Moor showed promise from freshman year.

“I’ve taught them [Moor] since freshmen year,” Wolverton said. “O.J. came in with great skills and was doing great work, even as a freshman.”

Even apart from the heart disease campaign, Moor has shown an affinity for relating schoolwork with good causes.

For example, Moor created two environmental installations for a third level visual communications design class, both first displayed on campus on Nov. 5.

The first project—plastic wrap between two trees with the word “CHOKED” spray painted in red—was displayed in front of Krannert Memorial Library for one day. The other, which was the words "PICK IT UP" made out of trash from around campus, remained until Nov. 14.

The project that Moor created the pieces for was a typographic monument, meaning that students were tasked with creating a sculpture out of words. Class members created their pieces using any materials they wanted but were strictly prohibited from using written words on paper.

Moor said that the idea to construct their project from used cups and food boxes came from the high amount of litter they noticed strewn across UIndy's campus.

By seeing the words "CHOKED" and "PICK IT UP" made out of litter from UIndy students, Moor said they hope that students will be forced to consider their impact on the environment and, ideally, be inspired to take better care of the campus they call home.

“I want to use my voice for something,” Moor said. “I wanted to push it towards an area I felt strongly about and littering on campus is one of those things.”

Wolverton said she has enjoyed working with Moor over the past four years and is excited to see what they accomplish after graduation in May. “O.J. has always been eager about design, passionate about their skills, and willing to help those around them," Wolverton said.

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Dorms remain overcrowded UIndy makes efforts to accommodate demands for comfortable, on-campus housing

By Naomi Coleman STAFF WRITER As each incoming freshman class at the University of Indianapolis continues to get larger, there has been a growing demand for student housing, according to Associate Dean of Students Jonathan Yorkowitz. As this demand gets higher, the university has experienced overcrowding in the dorms, especially those commonly used by freshmen.

According to freshman communication major Jazlyn Gomez, many students have experienced some negative aspects of living in a crowded or non-traditional living environment.

Yorkowitz said that one way that the demand for on campus housing was met was by offering students the opportunity to live in rooms with three people and large, untraditional living spaces such as a lounges. This is especially applicable to first year students. Yorkowitz said that one of the benefits of living in triples is that students have a discounted housing rate compared to those who live in double or single dorm rooms.

Yorkowitz said there were efforts

made by the university to help students feel comfortable with their roommates and the small space they would be sharing. During New Hounds Day, an event held over the summer for incoming freshmen, workshops were given to help students ease into their new life on campus with their roommates.

“Some of the things that we really try to do in advance is to allow students to know who their roommates are going to be so they can reach out and communicate with them to find out who they are, and even what they want to bring to the room,” Yorkowitz said. “This year during New Hounds Day, for new incoming students we provided roommate matching sessions where students were able to come to the student engagement space here in Schwitzer to find other people who were maybe in the same major, or maybe from the same town or had similar interests to them.”

Yorkowitz said that the university has been very upfront about the housing here on campus. Fairly early in the admissions process, prospective students are taken to see the dorms and are shown different types of rooms.

“I think we as a university have tried

“I'm definitely not wanting to live in a small, tiny dorm room with three people again."

to be really upfront with students as they’ve taken tours—even prospective students taking tours of the residence halls—to show them a triple room because that’s primarily what students are going to be in,” Yorkowitz said. “About 90 percent of our new incoming class is in triples or larger rooms. So we don’t want people thinking that they will get a double or a single room when that’s really not going to happen.”

Gomez currently lives in a triple dorm room. Initially, upon seeing the room at the start of the semester, Gomez said that she and her mother feared that there would not be enough room for three people and all their individual belongings. However, Gomez said that despite their worries the experience has been somewhat positive, though she and her roommates still experience some difficulties at times.

“You know, it’s hard living with three people in one room. I do come from a home that has a bunch of siblings and I’ve roomed with my siblings at times,” Gomez said. “But it’s kind of hard to room with people you don’t know until you finally meet them on the first day that you’re living together. We get along, it’s just that sometimes here and there we have a couple hiccups where we get angry at each other or we just want to throw each other out the window, but otherwise we’re okay.”

Though she is making do with her

current living situation, Gomez plans to move from her triple dorm room next year in to a larger room with only one roommate.

“I plan to move to Central next year because it comes with your own bathroom and probably living with just one more person and that’s it," Gomez said. "[I would be] living in a suite with three other people and then it would be bigger. But I’m definitely not wanting to live in a small, tiny dorm room with three people again.”

Opportunities have opened for students to be able to move away from triple rooms second semester. According to Yorkowitz, the university is working hard to provide other options to decom-

press in areas where students are spaces that are overcrowded.

“I think we’ve had almost 150 students from triples take that option to move into a different space for semester two," Yorkowitz said. "The other thing I think is really exciting is the University Lofts are opening in January. That will have students able to move there. So thats why we’re able to move students second semester from the triples to other single and double occupancy rooms is because students have opted to move over into the that other facility. So I think by opening that, that’s helping some of that and we hope that will help continue to make the experience even better for students in the future.”

Schools of Business, Engineering plan first Entrepreneurship Week

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The first ever Entrepreneurship Week at the University of Indianapolis was filled with innovation, problem solving and student involvement, according to Associate Professor of Business Marcos Hashimoto. Entrepreneurship Week was organized by the School of Business and the School of Engineering with the purpose of creating a culture for entrepreneurial activities on campus, according to Hashimoto.

“We [SOB and SOE] shared the common interests in fostering an entrepreneurship culture on campus here at UIndy. And Entrepreneurship Week is one of the initiatives to make that happen,” Hashimoto said. “This is not only starting your own business, but taking the initiative to make the difference.”

Planning for the event started with the SOE contacting the SOB and the entrepreneurship club so the idea of organizing a week long program the whole campus could be involved with entrepreneurship, according to Hashimoto.

The American culture is founded on the values of entrepreneurship, as it gives people a way to build themselves and their business from the ground up and achieve the American dream, according to Hashimoto. Entrepreneurship as a career has grown significantly in popularity in recent years, and the week long event was designed to give students the information they need to pursue that lifestyle, according to Hashimoto.

“Part of the American culture is having heroes. Some of them are sports heroes, social heroes, some of them are fictional. But there are also entrepreneur heroes like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates and others,” he said. “Part of the American culture is being successful entrepreneurs.”

Entrepreneurship Week featured off campus speakers and ended in a student competition. The first speaker of the week was a UIndy Alumnus and the Co-Founder and CEO of real estate company Holdfolio Sterling White.

The second speaker was Founder and CEO of Ecogenesis 11 Yanni Pandelidis. His company works directly with the medical industry to produce heart stents and other heart repair technology. Pandelidis spoke about start up companies and what his experiences working for companies like Gillette before founding his own company.

Anything that solves a need or a solution to a problem can become a product in a company, according to Pandelidis. He also showed students the difference processes of start-up companies and shared his first-hand experience of working with engineers to

make real life products.

The Spark Competition was hosted on the last day of Entrepreneurship Week. It was an innovation competition in which students were invited to submit ideas on how to improve student life on UIndy’s campus. This year there were over 40 ideas submitted and an internal committee selected the best six ideas to be presented.

This year’s winners of The Spark competition were senior exercise science major Bryce Robertson and senior sports management major Ryan Laurent with their idea to improve and add to Schwitzer Park on campus. Currently the park features a basketball court, corn hole and hammocks.

The pair's plan to add to the park included new fields and courts such as badminton, a stage and venue where concert could be held. As finalists, they had to present their ideas to a panel of judges and once chosen, the pair were awarded $1,000 to go toward their efforts.

“The whole way it started was that I was in Professor Hashimoto’s class and he told the class for extra credit we could submit ideas to improve student life on campus,” Robertson said. "We visited the park and came up with ideas to what to improve. We created a survey to ask students what they actually wanted added to the park. Then we implemented costs and gathered the information we needed to create our powerpoint.”

After beginning the project in Hashimoto’s class, Robertson asked his roommate, Laurent, to assist him in the competition. He said that he knew that Laurent would be a great partner, as he has interest in pursuing a career in entrepreneurship after he graduates.

“I found my drive for entrepreneurship about a year ago and I see the challenges that exist with it and those excite me,” Laurent said. “I want to figure out how to become an entrepreneur after college.”

Robertson and Laurent said that they were excited to see how they could designate the $1,000 to improve Schwitzer Park and make it a more enjoyable space for students and members of the university community. Robertson said that, as seniors, they want to be able to leave a legacy at UIndy by improving the park.

“I wanted something where I have personal satisfaction and the whole idea that we created something from nothing and be proud of," Robertson said. "It was a challenge and I learned a lot along the way."

Hashimoto said all of the events that were held took the initiative to educate students about how to use their entrepreneurial spirit to start their own business or even innovate in their careers in other fields.

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New rules issued for scooter use After violations with Bird and Lime scooters on campus, UIndy issues regulations, emphasizes personal safety when riding Shared Mobility Devices

By Kiara Conley STAFF WRITER Indianapolis is one of many cities that has Bird and Lime scooters as a new mode of transportation. The motorized scooters have also made their way onto college campuses, such as the University of Indianapolis. With the scooters' popularity and a concern for student safety, faculty and staff members at UIndy created a new policy regarding safety and proper usage the Shared Mobility Devices.

UIndy students were issued the Shared Mobility Device Policy via email on Oct. 31. The policy, which was issued by the Office of Risk Management, states that the scooters are allowed to be used on campus as long as safety guidelines are met. It goes on to say that not more than one person should ride a scooter at a time and riders must follow the rental agreement from the scooter company they use.

Officer of Public Affairs for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Genae Cook said that the scooters are not made for more than one rider at a time and also are meant to be driven on roads. Scooters can be driven in bike lanes but are not allowed on bike paths. She said that it is important that riders turn on the headlight once it becomes dark and to be aware of other vehicles as they may not be able to see riders once it is dark.

Vice President and Secretary to the University Lara Mann, along with members of the Office of Student Affairs and Campus Police began writing the policy nearly six months ago when Bird and Lime scooters began to show up at UIndy. Mann said she also asked other universities who already had scooters on campus what safety guidelines UIndy should include in the policy.

Mann said that in order for policies to be set in motion, they need to be pre-

sented in front of the Policy Advisory Committee. The committee is made up of faculty, student government members, campus police and other staff advisers who help create policies for the university in relation to safety and other needs around campus. The committee also addresses any changes at the request of students and faculty regarding any policy issued for UIndy.

Mann said they strive to have representatives from each branch of the university and that she wanted to make sure that a student perspective was present. “…The student government president is always on the committee, so we always have a student voice no matter what policy we’re making….” Mann said. “He [ Jamarcus Walker] was very helpful in the making of this policy.”

Mann also said that Walker brought the policy to the other student government leaders for further concerns or revisions. One issue that the student government brought up was finding places to park the scooters since the bike racks on campus would not have room for both bikes and scooters.

Mann agreed with the leaders of the student government that there were not enough bike racks on campus and said that she is currently working with campus facilities to install more bike racks in the future.

The policy stresses the importance of safety and Mann said that using the scooters safely was its overall goal.

“The safety of our faculty, [staff ] and students is the most important thing to us,” Mann said. “So how do we embrace these scooters, embrace new technology, embrace new ways of getting around and transportation? But the foremost thing on our mind is safety.”

Mann said that she has yet to hear any student feedback about the new policy. She said that any feedback regarding any campus policy can be sent to policies@uindy.edu because it helps the committee make further revisions

and resolve issues regarding policies at UIndy.

Freshman respiratory therapy major Ally Day said that she has driven scooters both on campus and downtown Indianapolis and has enjoyed and felt safe riding them.

“It was safe because I was paying attention to my surroundings and watched for pedestrians,” Day said.

Day said that while the scooters are enjoyable to have on campus, there are students who are not using them safely and that is what makes it hard for others to enjoy having them on school grounds. “…They [some students] don’t pay attention and use them as a toy,” Day said. “They aren’t courteous of other students walking to class.”

Safety issues and traffic violations have also been on the rise according to Cook. Between Sept. 22 and Oct. 22 of this year there have been 34 traffic violations in the downtown Indianapolis area, according to Cook. She also said that the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has issued public safety videos on Twitter and Facebook to educate the public on how to properly operate the scooters.

“Riding with a helmet is up to them [the rider], but we [the department] stress to wear them,” Cook said.

Cook also said that scooters are treated the same as any other motorized vehicle on the street and can be held responsible for operating them incorrectly.

“Just remember that they are motorized vehicles and they can still be issued a DUI while riding them,” Cook said.

Mann said that the newest policy at UIndy will remain as is for the time being as the committee waits to hear concerns or questions from students and faculty. Students are still being encouraged to use the scooters, Mann said, as they may be the future of transportation.

However, Mann and Cook both stressed the importance of safety and knowledge when operating the motorized vehicle.

PLSA hosts judge for Judicial Lecture series

By Abbie Fuhrman STAFF WRITER Pulaski County Circuit Judge Michael Shurn visited the University of Indianapolis on Nov. 5 to speak at the Judicial Lecture Series. The Pre-Law Student Association invited Shurn to discuss his role as a judge, as well as the roles he plays in his community.

Assistant Professor of History & Political Science David Root, an advisor for the PLSA, contacted Shurn after hearing that he had received the 2018 Education for Service Award. This award recognizes alumni for their work of pursuing a life exploring and fulfilling UIndy’s motto of Education for Service.

Root said he was looking for a variety of judges so that PLSA could be given a more well-rounded outlook for the Judicial Series.

“I am recruiting different types of judges to come in and talk and offer their experiences and insights,” Root said. “And so when I got the chance to meet him, it presented an opportunity to ask him to come and speak.”

Root asked Shurn if he would speak with some of the members of PLSA before the lecture began and share some of his experiences from his work in the education system. According to Root, Shurn discussed school, ranging from undergraduate to law school.

“I sat there nodding my head to a lot of these things [Shurn’s experiences],” Root said. “We’ve [PLSA] talked about these things but it was good for them to hear it from somebody else.”

Shurn discussed the multiple programs he created to not only help children in school, but also provide support to troubled kids. However, Shurn said that due to lack of funding most of the local programs that he created have been shut down. Shurn did not run for reelection, therefore, his

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Judge Mike Shurn returned to UIndy after graduating over 50 years ago to speak to students, faculty and staff. “Every chance you get to meet someone is another chance to get a new experience,” Judge Shurn said. term as a Pulaski County judge will end around them. in December.

“Every chance to meet somebody, “You don’t want to end up in the land every contact you make, everything you of the lost, so I’m looking," Shurn said. do is an opportunity to open the door to "I might want to teach a little bit, work the next thing,” Shurn said. with the church and be a senior judge.”

Sophomore political science major During the lecture, Shurn talked Katrina Hopkins was one of the students more about his career as a judge and who was able to speak with Shurn before shared some of his favorite cases or ones the lecture began. Hopkins is a part of that he believed were his most inter- PLSA and said that having Shurn at esting. Shurn also shared his difficult UIndy was an eye opening experience. journey to law school. After receiving “I think that just these experiences his English degree from UIndy, Shurn are so eye opening,” Hopkins said. “They applied to law school. However, his kind of let you see a glimpse of law and plans fell through when his number was judging that isn’t 'CSI' and 'Law and picked in the draft for Vietnam.

Order.'”

“I decided to go to law school so I apAccording to Hopkins, the most implied for Southern Methodist Universi- portant advice any student, even outside ty School of Law, and I was accepted,” pre-law, could gain from this lecture is Shurn said. “I went down there in 1971 being able to learn from Shurn’s expeand got drafted out, got my money back riences and listening to his journey of and went to the United States Army.” how he got to where he is today.

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Title IX from page 1 that they are in control of the situation.

You might just want to come and talk to me because you know that I have had experience dealing with these people . . . but you don't want anything to happen to that person, or you want to come and talk to me because you just want to learn more about what might happen if you were to bring a full investigation of the situation.”

Moelk said that most of the time the university can cooperate with a student’s wish to not move forward with a full investigation. The only time the university would go against a student’s wish, according to Moelk, is when the university deems that there is a danger to the victim or the campus as a whole.

“So if someone came to me and said, ‘A student in Central Hall assaulted me and used a weapon,’ I would have to take action on that,” Moelk said. "I couldn't just say, ‘Oh it’s OK, I won’t do anything,' because that’s a risk to everyone. If it were something where a weapon wasn’t used, [and] it was more of an intimate partner situation, I would be able to say to that person, ‘I’m honoring the fact that you don't want me to do an investigation.’ What I'm going to do for that person is provide them resources and support, try to help them in any way that I can. But I’m not going to go forward with an investigation.

Part of being a victim is losing control and so what we want to be able to do is allow that person to have as much control over that situation moving forward as we can.”

If a student experiences sexual assault off campus, the Counseling Center and the Title IX office can still provide resources in the same way that they would if an assault were to occur on campus.

Moelk said in light of the #MeToo movement, which is dedicated to opening up the conversation surrounding sexual assault, providing students education and awareness of prevention methods is important. Even more important, she said, is educating students about not victimizing others.

“So instead of putting all of the responsibility on someone to not become a victim, we need to put the responsibility on the people to not victimize,” Moelk said. “I think that’s the big-picture goal and hope.”

Miller agreed with Moelk and said that there are a lot of direct and indirect ways to prevent sexual assault on campus. For example, Miller said, acting as a bystander and separating two people who are drunk and cannot consent can be one way that students can intervene before a situation escalates to sexual assault.

Another way students can be involved in preventing sexual assault is by signing the UIndy PACT. According to the UIndy website, the UIndy PACT dedicated to its efforts, is designed to help students and staff keep the campus safe. It also draws awareness to the issues of sexual misconduct.

“As students, you control the environment and the chemistry and the community on this campus,” Moelk said. “You might think that it's those of us in administrative roles, but really it's students. And so if students want a certain type of campus—in terms of how people are treated—then students need to demand that from one another. And if you see a student who is not behaving in a way that you want your campus to have, then you've got to step up and say something.”

“... we need to put the responsibility on people to not victimize. ”

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