Nov. 22, 2022 | The Reflector

Native American Heritage Month

Acknowledging Indigenous Peoples' history, contributions during the Thanksgiving holiday time

attending UIndy who is registered to an Indigenous Nation and holds a Native American Tribal number, according to Vice President, Chief Inclusion Officer, Interim Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Amber Smith.

“I'm the only one who is actually identified, quote, a ‘Native American,’” Emma Moore said. “I don't know if that's because I have a tribal number–it's kind of like a Social Security number–but I thought that was really interesting.”

Sophomore psychology major Jezalyn Hyzer, a student who recently discovered she had an Indigenous ancestor, said she wished that for the month of November and Indigenous heritage would be discussed more. Hyzer said she also wishes Indigenous culture and the true origins of Thanksgiving would be talked about more in the U.S.

The “whitewashed” versions seen in textbooks and taught in elementary schools are not telling the history and traditions of Indigenous Peoples, she said.

By Anika Yoder EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

With holidays like Veterans Day and Thanksgiving, the month of November is full of remembrance, celebration and togetherness for those in the United States who observe them. For the last 32 years, November also has been designated as Native American Heritage Month, according to the United States Senate. The month was declared a time of recognition for Indigenous people and the land that was occupied before the existence of the United States. The bill was passed by Congress and signed into law by President George H. W. Bush in 1990, and since then Native American Heritage Month has been celebrated in November, according to

the U.S. Senate. Although Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated across the country for many families and friends to come together to commemorate the season’s harvest and reflect on the past year, Thanksgiving is also a day of observance and grieving for Indigenous communities throughout the U.S.

According to The Indianapolis Public Library’s website, Indigenous Peoples of America recognize Thanksgiving as a day of mourning, a time to remember ancestral history and a day to acknowledge and protest the racism and oppression that they continue to experience today. In Indianapolis, the land occupied before the colonization of the area was inhabited by the Miami Tribe of Indiana, according to University of Indianapolis Professor of

Anthropology Christopher Moore.

“This is the ancestral land of the Miami, and [the Miami Peoples] still feel that way,” Christopher Moore said. “They may not have any legal claim to the land, but they still have a cultural claim to the land, and that's important.”

According to the Kokomo Tribune, about half of the Miami People were forced out of their homelands in 1846, when some went on to Kansas and some to Oklahoma. Sophomore exercise science major and Miami Tribe member Emma Moore said she is a member of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma. The tribe originated in the Indianapolis area, but they were stationed out of Oklahoma after they were forcibly removed by the United States government in the mid 1800s. Emma Moore is the only student currently

“Native Americans were on this land, and they were kicked off of it,” Hyzer said. “It was claimed as somebody else's, when in fact, under Native American beliefs, nobody owns any one piece [of land] because it's not ours to own. It's ours to cooperate with and nourish, because we have to take care of it in order for it to provide for us.”

Both Hyzer and Emma Moore presented a program titled “Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration, Art Experience Lab” on Oct. 10 to commemorate Indigenous People’s Day, which was celebrated on Oct. 9 this year, according to the UIndy Office of Inclusion and Equity. The program was split into three parts, with Hyzer focusing on Native Americans and their history in Indiana and Emma

Moore focusing on appropriation versus appreciation. Senior Admissions Counselor for Diversity Recruitment and Assistant Director of the Office of Inclusion and Equity CariAnn Freed presented a slideshow discussing appropriation and modern Indigenous communities, according to Emma Moore.

“I did my poster on the history of Native Americans in Indiana,” Hyzer said. “That was about where they were and what tribes there were, what were the borders for each tribe based on our now, kind of, counties.”

UIndy also has developed a task force dedicated to drafting a land acknowledgment statement, according to Co-Director of the Community Research Center, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Graduate Program Director for Master of Arts and Applied Sociology Colleen Wynn, who is the task force cochair, along with Christopher Moore. The task force is composed of 25 faculty, staff and students from throughout the university, according to Wynn. The land acknowledgment statement recognizes the ancestral Indigenous land that the university is on at major campus events and acknowledges the Indigenous communities who still have stewardship of the land, Christopher Moore said. Indigenous communities who still see the land as part of their heritage are recognized in the statement, he said.

“Tribes–even though Indigenous Peoples, most of them now reside out west–still see this as their homeland,” Christopher Moore said. “They didn't move away and forget about where they came from.”

Emma Moore is also a member of the task force and said the acknowledgment is still in the process of being drafted, but it will serve as a way to let people know that the

Affirmative action challenged in Court

By Olivia Pastrick STAFF WRITER

According to Cornell Law School, affirmative action is a set of procedures designed to eliminate unlawful discrimination among college and job applicants, remedy the results of prior discrimination and prevent such discrimination in the future. Originally made as a provision for government contractors not to discriminate against minorities on a legal basis in Executive Order 10925 under President John F. Kennedy, affirmative action’s context has evolved to its current definition through several legal measures over the years. Now, affirmative action is used by many higher education institutions when determining which students to admit to their schools, with the demographics of race and/or ethnicity in mind. However, on Oct. 31, the Supreme Court heard two cases: Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina. Both cases seek to overturn the ruling in Grutter v. Bollinger, which allows universities to

consider race in their admissions process, according to Boston University Today.

University of Indianapolis Associate Professor of Political Science Laura Merrifield Wilson said the Supreme Court is looking into how affirmative action affects college admissions. She said that in the past, Supreme Court decisions have upheld colleges’ right to look at differences in candidates based on race or ethnicity as a part of the admissions process.

“The concept behind affirmative action, and what makes it highly controversial, is that it does consider race and ethnicity. And when all other attributes of a candidate are the same, they will consider that as part of the holistic approach in terms of, in this case, college admissions,” Wilson said.

Affirmative action takes these aspects into consideration in order to represent previously underrepresented groups of people,

according to Wilson.

“[Affirmative action] is trying to take into account the importance of diverse opinions, experiences, and ideas; and the idea behind affirmative action is to promote [diversity] so that you have a more representative body that reflects [the population] in the area,” Wilson said.

According to Encyclopedia Britannica, affirmative action in the United States protects people on the basis of race, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnic origin and age.

Affirmative action does this by giving limited preferences to these groups that have faced long-standing discrimination in job hiring,college admissions,government contracts and other social benefits, according to Encyclopedia Britannica.

Wilson said that a common misconception, among her students in particular, is that affirmative action gives outright preference to underrepresented groups, when preference is only given if all other aspects of a candidate are the same.

“[Affirmative action] is obviously controversial, but the arguments in favor of it are to rectify issues we’ve had in the past in terms of discrimination and in particular an imbalance of representation,”Wilson said.

“For a long time, women and racial and ethnic minorities were excluded entirely [from public institutions] and then for a long time minimized, almost tokenized. You have

one or two, but nowhere near what’s representative of the entire population.”

In terms of affirmative action as an ongoing social issue, Wilson said that it will likely continue cycling through the court system and will continue to be challenged, regardless of what the Supreme Court decides.

“If [affirmative action was essentially legally dismantled], then institutions may change their policies, where they don’t consider race or ethnicity at all. I think you’ll also see some institutions go against that, and that would bring a further challenge to the court,” Wilson said.

Wilson said that it is anticipated that affirmative action will be overturned because of the conservative majority in the Supreme Court, and that this will force many universities to revisit and make major changes to their admissions policies.

“We don’t know what that decision will be, but we know that there will be a decision, because the court chose to select this case. And generally the Supreme Court sees over several thousand petitions a year, and they only take about a hundred cases,” Wilson said. “So the fact that they selected this one, as a court,

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Sophomore exercise science major Emma Moore is the only student at the University of Indianapolis officially registered with an Indigenous American Tribe. She is also part of a UIndy initiative working to provide land acknowledgments at major campus events.

...Native Americans are not something of the past."

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Are UIndy's meal plans worth the money?

Recent price increases of on-campus dining, food options call meal plan costs into question

By Olivia Pastrick STAFF WRITER

One of the early pieces of advice I received upon arriving at the University of Indianapolis was to use all of my meal swipes every semester and fill up each swipe to its $7.50 limit as soon as possible. This limit was an increase set in 2016 according to the Reflector after students and their families complained about the previous

swipe limit.When my roommate’s brother told me that advice, I nodded and agreed. I thought that with the 14 meal plan, only having two swipes allotted for each day of the week would be a huge restriction. Now, however, as I am getting acclimated to living on campus, I have realized that I will probably never get through all of my swipes for the semester, which ultimately means that I will lose money by being on a meal plan. This is a common problem for students;

we want to use all of the swipes in our meal plans because we pay for them,regardless of whether or not we use them all. Of course, this varies from student to student, but for me, using all of my swipes has been a huge struggle. I have had to make a conscious effort to get my money’s worth.

As a freshman living on campus, I am required to choose either the 14 or 19 meal plan, and I chose the former. With 16 weeks in a semester and 14 swipes per week, I get 224 swipes in total with my 14 meal plan. According to UIndy Dining, the 14 meal plan costs $2,848 a semester, which means that each swipe is worth approximately $12.71 ($2,848 divided by 224 total swipes). The fact that each swipe costs $5.21 more than what we get to use it for was surprising to me, and upsetting. The calculations for the 10 and 19 meal plans are close to the same numbers. The 10 meal plan gives students a total of 160 swipes per semester and costs students $2,038 per semester, which makes each swipe worth $12.74. The 19 meal plan gives students 304 swipes in a semester and costs $3,390 per semester, making each swipe worth $11.15. The 5 meal plan for commuter and apartment students gives students 80 swipes per semester and

costs $1,016, which adds up to $12.70 per swipe. Looking past the inconsistency in the value of swipes within different meal plans, everyone is paying more than the $7.50 that we can spend for each one.

Also, prices at the Hounds Express and the Perks have recently gone up, which means that students can purchase less food with each swipe. Considering that our swipes are worth from $3.65 to $5.24 more than $7.50, it is frustrating that now we also cannot get as much food for what we are paying. For example, the chicken caesar wrap that used to be $5.25 only a couple of weeks ago is now $8.25, which costs the equivalent of two swipes ($15) for something that is only one meal. This is disappointing because I have to use two swipes for the same amount of food that used to take less than one swipe, but the value of one meal swipe has not gone up in tandem with these price increases. These price increases are not limited to the Hounds Express, as signs informing students that certain prices have changed have been posted at the Perk III.

Additionally,students like me,who find it difficult to use the number of swipes given for each day, lose both the money that is not included in the price of each

individual swipe but also the money from the swipes not used before the semester ends. Granted, this situation is not the only issue with UIndy’s meal plans, but paying for so much more food than I am getting is problematic.

On the other hand, students who have used too many swipes will either have to limit the number they use for the remainder of the semester or pay out of pocket for their on-campus meals. These students also are overpaying for each swipe, plus they will either have to pay more or eat less.

Unfortunately,students,especially those living on their own or without the means to buy food for themselves, rarely have a choice other than to pay for one of the meal plans at UIndy, if they want to eat. While the argument can be made that the UIndy dining staff must be paid, the meal plans are not worth the money students pay for them every semester. We are paying more than each swipe is worth, and with prices going up across campus and across Indiana, according to the United States Congress Joint Economic Committee, we are now forced to budget more closely than ever on a plan that is supposed to provide for us.

How early is too early for Christmas decor?

By Lindsey Wormuth DISTRIBUTION MANAGER

When it comes to decorating for the holidays, I am always one to want everything to look extravagant. From the living room to the bedroom, I want everything to have a cohesive look. However, I believe there is a certain time where you transition to winter decorations. Christmas decorations should come out the first of December. Having a Christmas tree in the room while you are eating your Thanksgiving turkey gives me the wrong impression. I want to be able to see the red and the orange decorations in the house while celebrating Thanksgiving with my family.

Perhaps I have this opinion because my whole life, my family always decorated the day after Thanksgiving. We got our Christmas tree in December and left the decorations up until the middle of January. It gave me something to look forward to and I got to spend that time being thankful that I am there to help. As I drive around town and I see blow-up decorations in people’s yards, I think to myself, “It is too early.” There are many arguments as to when you should put up your Christmas decorations. According to Architectural Digest, a popular time to put up your tree is during the first day of Advent.

"Advent is when Christians

commemorate and contemplate the birth of Jesus Christ. It begins the fourth Sunday before Christmas and lasts until Christmas Eve, making the first day of Advent a popular time to raise your real or artificial Christmas tree. This year, Advent begins on November 27.”

Before Christmas, there are two other holidays that people celebrate, those holidays being Halloween and Thanksgiving. I think that people should be able to celebrate and see the fall decorations instead of taking down fall decor and immediately putting up a tree. I think that Thanksgiving is overlooked by people as well as stores. Having an important holiday that celebrates when Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag shared an autumn fest together is worth paying attention to as well as having time with your family to feast and be thankful.

You should wait to put up Christmas lights, trees, and stockings until the first of December, so Thanksgiving tis not overlooked. Take each holiday one at a time, take the time to celebrate with your family. According to NCAT, “We should celebrate one holiday at a time, it is important not to overlook holidays. Sometimes Thanksgiving is overlooked, and we forget to be thankful. Christmas should not only be advertised for people to want to buy more Christmas items but to increase the holiday spirit.”

By Hallie Gallinat FEATURE EDITOR

It is almost that time of year; the time to trim the tree, put up the lights and get ready for the Christmas season. And for some, that time to decorate may be sooner rather than later. According to a study covered by 6ABC, 43% of Americans are okay with decorating or put up their Christmas decorations before Nov. 1. Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year. In my family, we put up the tree a day or two after Thanksgiving. When I was younger, I would want to get into the Christmas spirit as soon as possible, even listening to one Christmas CD as soon as September started sometimes (until my parents hid the CD from me. I cannot say I blame them, as I am sure hearing children sing “We Need a Little Christmas” over and over does something to your sanity). However, I have noticed that more and more people are against putting Christmas decorations up earlier than December. But my first response to this is, “So what?”

According to Narcity, psychologist experts say that putting up your Christmas decorations early can make you feel happier and more

in touch with your inner child.

Psychoanalyst Steve McKeown said in this article that in a world of stress and anxiety, people like to associate to things that make them happy.

These past couple of years have been very hectic for so many people. We have had a global pandemic, high inflation rates, a war in Ukraine and so on.

Retail Federation found that almost half of Americans begin shopping for Halloween in September or earlier. The same article also said that many young adults embrace Halloween, something I have definitely seen throughout my time in college. If people can decorate for Halloween in September, people should be able to decorate for Christmas in November.

If you want to be accurate to the holiday’s origin, according to The Leader, Christmas trees traditionally should be put up at the start of Advent. This year, that start is Nov. 27, the Sunday after Thanksgiving. For those who want to meet in the middle, I think this is the perfect time to put up your Christmas decorations. It gives Thanksgiving time to shine as well as giving Christmas a tiny head start.

That is not even mentioning the stress many of us have had from college work and upcoming finals.

For me, I am graduating in December, and I know I have been super stressed about that. So, why not spread a little cheer at the end of the semester?

I also see a little bit of hypocrisy in those who dislike putting up Christmas decorations early. According to an article published in My Central Jersey, the National

Getting into the holiday spirit early is not harming anyone. Putting a tree in your living room and putting glass balls on it is not going to make the entire world explode. If it makes them happy, why try to bring them down with, “It’s too early?” So the next time you see someone with a wreath on their door on Nov. 15, do not go up to them and rain on their parade. After all, what is wrong with spreading a little joy?

In our Nov. 9 Issue:

The article titled "New updates for UIndy Club sports" states that a press release from the University of Indianapolis about club sports was issued on Sept. 28, 2022. That date is incorrect; it was actually issued on Sept. 28, 2021.

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You should wait to put up Christmas lights, trees, and stockings....

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2022 midterm election results

By Hannah Biedess STAFF WRITER

The 2022 midterm elections were held on Tues., Nov. 8. University of Indianapolis Associate Professor of Political Science Gregory Shufeldt said he predicted this might be a big election for the Republicans before election day. However, according to CBS News, the Republicans and Democrats were almost evenly split when it came to winning elections around the nation.

“Historically, the party that doesn’t control the presidency tends to do very well in midterm elections or congressional elections when the president is not on the ballot,” Shufeldt said.

UIndy Associate Professor of Political Science Laura Merrifeld Wilson said that in-person voter turnout was smaller than expected on election day because a lot of people utilized early voting, absentee or mail-in voting. According to Wilson’s predictions prior to the election, she believed there would be more voter turnout than previous midterm elections.

“Is it a social issue like abortion or is it an economic issue like inflation [that matters to poll-goers]? They’re obviously very controversial; they’re very salient issues right now in American politics and, I think, because these are so important that’s

why we see increased attention in this congressional midterm relative to what we’re used to seeing in your typical midterm election,” Wilson said.

According to Politico, there was not a “Republican/red wave” as predicted, for this midterm election. Shufeldt said that voter turnout was higher among younger voters than past elections and the reason there was not a “Republican wave” like it was initially predicted. He said that almost one in three voters was under the age of 30 but the overall total voter turnout experienced a significant drop compared to two years ago. In Nov. 2020, the turnout for midterm elections was 61% of registered voters, and Shufeldt said this year, there was about 37%.

Wilson said for this election at the state level, people are looking at legalization of cannabis, abortion rights, fireweapon laws, education measures and immigration policy. She said for Federal Congress, they are looking at issues such as inflation, healthcare, education, and abortion. Shufeldt said that there was backlash to the Supreme Court’s decision

on abortion which was another reason why Democrats won more elections than expected in this year.

With Republicans taking back the federal House of Representatives, Shufeldt said the turn of power will likely prevent Democrats from passing any of President Joe Biden’s legislative measures and goals for his last two years in office. Relevant to students, he said that a judge has also temporarily placed a hold on President Biden’s plan to forgive student loans. He said that process would be played out regardless of who controls Congress.

Shufeldt said the Democrats won the Indiana State

Prosecutor’s race. According to The Guardian, Democrats kept control of the U.S. Senate. Shufeldt said Diego Morales won the Indiana Secretary of State election and Todd Young won reelection for the United States Senator for Indiana.

“Tonight is going to be a great night for the Republican Party, folks. We fought hard. We fought hard and all the way. Because we have never doubted, we have never wavered in our belief that in a free nation with free people, anything is possible,” Young said during his acceptance speech on Nov. 8.“And our North Star has always been to bring along every Hoosier, every American. Because, folks, I know all of you understand the only way to make America great again is from the ground up.”

Shufeldt said Indiana solidified itself further as a Republican state. Voters did not change the Republican supermajority the state has and Shufeldt said he expects state policy to continue to go in the same direction.

Wilson said the easiest time to register and prepare to vote for 2024’s election is now at the Indiana Voter Portal at IndianaVoters.com.

“Sometimes people see election results and they get discouraged or upset–perhaps they get excited–and missing out on one election doesn’t mean that you miss out on all subsequent elections,” Wilson said.

Gas prices rise, inflation

Tight oil supply caused by Ukrainian, Russian war making gas prices high

By Michael Harrington BUSINESS MANAGER

According to the American Automobile Association, as of Nov. 13, the current average price of gas per gallon in Indiana, which is currently $4.05, is 28 cents higher than the national average. Particularly, the central region of Indiana is seeing the highest average price within the whole state, according to AAA.

Head of Petroleum Analysis for the gas price tracking database GasBuddy Patrick De Hann said that the Great Lakes region price jumps are a result of tight supply, according to the company’s website.

“Just over half of the nation’s 50 states saw gasoline prices rise last week, pulling the national average back up for the time being due to big jumps in the Great Lakes [states],” said De Hann. “For now, the rise in the Great Lakes, brought on by tight supply, has already started to ease, and declines should start again.”

University of Indianapolis Assistant Professor for the School of Business Mark Akers said that the main reason for tight oil supply is a consequence of the war in Ukraine.

“A lot of it's being driven by the war in Ukraine and some of the Middle Eastern countries cutting the US off and us having to send some military [efforts] over there as well to support the Ukrainians,” Akers said.

“So that's all taking [factors] out of the economy that would be there normally."

According to Akers, expectations of

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university recognizes that the land was not the university’s initially and to “give credit where credit is due.”

She said the university might also be looking to increase the presence of Native Americans on campus, and the program would serve as a way to focus on making campus more inclusive and diverse.

According to Wynn, she and Christopher Moore were involved in the university Faculty Learning Community, an initiative intended to encourage faculty to engage in a yearlong study of a particular topic or issue in teaching, scholarship or service. Last year, the FLC discussed placemaking and how to create a community and who belongs in those spaces, Wynn said. The FLC talked about how the university does not have a land acknowledgment, and she and Christopher Moore thought that would be a good thing to look into, she said.

“We wrote up a letter–and sent

tightened oil supply are also driving the high prices in oil resulting in the inflation of gasoline prices.

“Some of it is raising the prices and changing the availability of certain kinds of goods and services because [sellers] expect things to happen,” Akers said. “Companies don't react as much as they try to proact. If they see things coming up down the road, they'll try to react before it happens.”

Akers said frequent gas price fluctuations over the past week do not have to do with supply and demand. Instead, it has to do with expectations from Wall Street and the International Monetary Fund. According to both Investopedia and the IMF, Wall Street is the headquarters for investment banks, brokerages and the stock exchange, while the IMF is in charge of encouraging international trade and economic growth.

UIndy freshman nursing major Stephanie De Jesus-Cardoso said that the price fluctuations are making gas unaffordable and unreliable.

“It's making it unaffordable and you have to cut down on other things to pay for maybe two gallons of gas and that barely gets you anywhere,” De Jesus-Cardoso said.

According to a case study from Colby College, many non-market forces that play a role in gasoline prices, it can be hard to predict future prices. Akers said that it is best to assume prices will stay relatively the same for the near future.

“It's going to be roughly the same. It's not going to go wild. It's not going to go up to $50 a gallon or anything

like that,” Akers said.

De Jesus-Cardoso said she has to limit driving in order to deal with the high prices of gas.

“[I’m] making sure I only drive to places that I need to drive to and making sure I spend my money wisely,” De Jesus-Cardoso said.

According to Akers, the market for gas is a complex system with many factors that make it unpredictable, but it is not an unreasonable market. According to AAA, the collective average of Indiana gas prices have had

a steady decrease from one month ago from an average of $4.14 per gallon to an average of $4.05 on Nov. 13.

“I've learned over the years that the economy, the financial markets and all the things that make the economy work and give us things like universities are so complex,” Akers said. “The activity in it can be changed because of the way we think and expect things to happen. That's based on our personality and the world we are living in… even the smallest thing can make a change.”

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that to the faculty senate executive committee–that said, ‘We've drafted this land acknowledgment. We would love it if you all could consider endorsing this,’” Wynn said. “But then through some discussions with people, and in part because there's been a lot of changes in the administration, we decided that rather than asking for a vote of endorsement at that point, what we actually wanted to do was ask if they would create a task force that could work this year, so that we could have a broader involvement of people on the campus to help to discuss aspects of this and to help kind of educate people.”

Hyzer said she is not sure that designating November as Native American Heritage Month has done much to celebrate or educate people occupying Native land. A lot of the Native American reservations are impoverished, and looking at the reservations in the Great Plains, there is nothing there for communities to

use, because they were removed from the Midwest, Hyzer said. Where the Indigenous Peoples used all the land and knew how the land worked and how to make it provide for them, they were then moved through the Trail of Tears and other forced displacements that removed them from their lands, she said. The Indigenous Peoples had to adapt to a new land in the Great Plains, where it was very difficult to grow anything, she said. She said given the discrepancies in teachings about history, she finds celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday particularly difficult.

Emma Moore said that she had not heard much about Native American Heritage Month until this year and that focusing on the Thanksgiving holiday as a time of mourning is kind of hard. She said her whole family is not all primarily Native American, so they try to make Thanksgiving about a time of being together and spending time with family. She said

Thanksgiving can be used as a way to remember that without Native Americans and their contributions, there would not be a time to celebrate. Not being afraid to reach out and ask questions, especially from professors or people at libraries or anywhere to get information is worth pursuing, Emma Moore said, and that being informed is better than doing something disrespectful.

“I think people need to know that Native Americans are not just something of the past. Native Americans are everywhere.They're still being oppressed today, whether it's around us where we can see it, or just around the country,” Emma Moore said.“There are some really big issues that a lot of Native Americans face, especially Native American women. So I think people just need to advocate more for them. Maybe look into ways that they can support Native American businesses. Maybe just take a look into their own history and see what connections they might have.”

tells you that they are interested, and they are going to be making a decision on it.”

The Supreme Court’s official ruling on the two affirmative action cases will likely arrive in June of this year, according to The New York Times.

The UIndy Office of Inclusion and Equity states on their web page that, “We work to eradicate inequalities and discrimination, believing that our institution is incomplete without embracing cultural differences and diversity within our student body and workforce. Inclusion and equity is a core component of the educational mission at the University of Indianapolis, and we strive to uphold these values by instilling the structures and processes needed to better meet academic, cultural and social needs of all entering the educational environment.”

UIndy currently has 33% minority and international students out of the 5,600 total students enrolled, according to the university’s website.

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A lot of it is being driven by the war in Ukraine."

Making goals for a new season

By Michael Harrington BUSINESS MANAGER

The University of Indianapolis’ track and field team is preparing for the 2022-2023 season. The indoor season is set to begin in December and will be followed by outdoor events, according to UIndy Athletics. Assistant Head Coach of Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Brad Robinson said that maintaining an athlete’s strengths has been an important part of preparation.

“We just have to make sure we’re keeping athletes healthy. The ones we [already] have… [and] the new athletes as well,” Robinson said. “So that they can maximize their capabilities to help the team this year.”

According to Robinson, the goals for the season include building off the momentum from the cross country season, helping athletes qualify for conference and potentially helping athletes qualify for nationals.

“We had athletes graduate, but without a doubt, the athletes we have are looking for everybody to consistently improve by putting ourselves in positions to be competitive, to win races, particularly at conference…,” Robinson said. “It’s never guaranteed based on what else goes on in conference or [the] other teams, but as long as we’re challenging ourselves to improve and being contingent to win, we’re in a good spot.”

UIndy senior and distance runner Andrew Bixler said he feels as though the preparation for the upcoming season will result in athlete’s being better prepared for important meets such as conference and nationals.

“A lot of people will be training for

conference and I know they can get to nationals,” Bixler said. “I feel like the majority [of athletes] will be training to get into that conference position.”

While the team has had a few athletes graduate, the team’s seniors are looking forward to helping newer athletes reach their full potential. UIndy senior and thrower Zoe Pentecost said she looks forward to the UIndy women’s track team and hopes to win conference this season.

“The goals for the team… I hope we can score more points at [the] conference this year,” Pentecost said. “I think we’ll have a couple surprises, but I hope the

UIndy swimmers in FINA World Cup meet

By Kamau Ransom STAFF WRITER

Select University of Indianapolis swimmers had the opportunity to represent their countries or clubs at the Fédération Internationale de Natation, or International Swimming Federation in English (FINA), Swimming World Cup at Indiana UniversityPurdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) in the IU Natatorium. UIndy representative competed against internationally recognized swimmers and looked to display high class against top competition.

Graduate student Johanna Buys was one of the swimmers who chose to represent her club rather than a federation. The Zambia native has had many accolades in her career so far at the University of Indianapolis, according to UIndy Athletics. Racking up eight Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) championships, two time AllAmerica awards in 2021 and a total of 12 All-America first team honors between 2021 and 2022, according to UIndy Athletics.

Buys had not competed internationally since she was younger, she said.This experience for her, around five years later, was not just any other meet; it was an opportunity to see where she ranked against internationally stellar athletes, according to Buys.

“Even though I was representing my country then,I was competing against young kids…,” Buys said. “It was really stepping up against the best of the best. It wasn’t little kids anymore. It was pro-athletes. So it was just a step up from there. But little me would definitely be very proud of how far I’ve come.”

Buys was able to hold her own in her heat, clocking a 25.19 for the 50m women’s freestyle, finishing first out of eight swimmers and placing 16th out of 41 overall participants out of overall heat times, according to FINA.

“There were five heats and I was in heat three, and I was lucky enough to come first in my heat…,” Buys said. “It was definitely a confidence booster. If you look at the video of the race, I was all smiles after, it was just amazing.”

Buys, who said she wants to swim professionally, feels this meet was a step in the right direction. The more she can compete in major events such as this, she said, the more she can continue to showcase talent and know at what pace she needs to develop.

“Swimming at a Division II level kind of blinds [you] to the outside; you’re competing against people [who] are good athletes, but they’re not world class,” Buys said. “Division I is where the world class athletes are hiding, so swimming at this meet was definitely a good experience for me to see what’s really going on and how much harder I still have to work to get to that level. Being at the top of Division II is nice; it’s not where my long term goals are. My long term goals are to be a pro athlete.”

On the men’s side, distance freestyle sophomore Andile Bekker was one of seven UIndy male athletes represent their country in the FINA World Cup.

Bekker is from Gaborone, Botswana and is rather familiar with representing his country. He has been doing it for around seven years, saying his first time having the honor was in 2015,

“It’s such a blessing because it’s something that I’ve always dreamed of from when I was like a kid,” Bekker said. “Going on seven years now, it’s just like every single opportunity that I get, I want to make sure that I’m doing myself proud, but also my friends and family at home

Bekker, who wants to be internationally successful and dominant in his swimming career, said he feels like these opportunities to see and compete against the best swimmers in the world puts his desires in perspective.

“It sort of opens up your mind because you get to see what the best in the world do and how they do it,” Bekker said. “And so it gives you this extra motivation to know that, If I want to be there someday, I have to make sure I always put in the work, no matter what’s thrown at me.”

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women can finally win the conference championship this year.”

Seniors on the track and field team have already taken up mentorship roles for the upcoming season.

“It’s really fun helping coach them [younger players] sometimes and watching

them progress as they start to pick up the events,” Pentecost said.

Bixler said that one of his main goals this season is to see more athletes make conference compared to last year. According to Bixler, this would be an improvement compared to last year.

“I definitely want to get more people out there in the conference position. I feel like last year we were [spread] thinner…” Bixler said. “I want to get some more people out there competing for conference…, and start having more guys work the times down a little bit more. I feel like each

year we just keep being faster and faster.” Robinson said he is confident in the team’s abilities for the upcoming season and the potential in the team’s new set of athletes.

“We feel like we’re in a pretty good spot to still be deeper than last year and hopefully perform at a higher level consistently,” Robinson said. “We want to be in contention to be at least top two in the conference, indoor or on both sides. Then as we transition into the post season championships for indoor and outdoor, we’re looking to send multiple athletes on both sides, men and women to nationals as well.”

A unique type of role

Dough Haugh has two roles in athletics as player, coach

By Connor Mahoney SPORTS EDITOR

Doug Haugh is in a unique role within his first year of being part of the University of Indianapolis’ athletics, serving as a graduate assistant for strength and conditioning while competing as the long snapper of the football field for the Greyhounds. After graduating from Valparaiso University, Haugh joined UIndy’s football team after word spread that he was a long snapper with a year left of eligibility. Eventually, football Head Coach Chris Keevers reached out to Haugh in hopes of adding him to the program.

“We’re [strength and conditioning] working [with] the football team during camp, and then it [led to] talking to guys [players], asking them what they play, where they’re from; they’re asking me the same thing, kind of where I came from,” Haugh said. “Word kind of got around, [which] eventually gets back to Coach Keevers, that I was a long snapper…; I’m in that hallway with the coach’s offices, walking by, he [Keevers] finds me [and] pulls me in basically… [saying], ‘We were looking for a long snapper [and] heard you could do it. Let’s talk .’ And so I ended up meeting later that day.”

According to Keevers, this is an unlikely situation that he has not seen since he began coaching at UIndy where a graduate assistant for strength and

conditioning is also competing on the athletic side. Even though Haugh is doing both, Keevers said that Haugh was the right person for the job.

“... We knew right away, and he [Haugh] can sling it back there,” Keevers said. “He’s got some grit, he’s got an ability, he’s got [a] skill set that a lot of people don’t have, so he’s really helped our football team.”

Haugh played as both a long snapper and a running back, adding to his experience on the football field, according to UIndy Athletics. On top of his experience, Keevers said Haugh has the characteristics to succeed with this team.

“Along with that skill set is a great work ethic, and then adding the fact that he’s a very likable person,” Keevers said. “... He wins an award and people go nuts because everybody likes Doug; he’s just a good person.”

Since stepping into the locker room, Haugh said that he felt welcomed by the team right away. Keevers had talked to his seniors on the team before this decision to bring in Haugh which helped with the transition, according to Haugh.

“Knowing that they [seniors] were okay with it was great…, and even throughout the year, they made the transition really easy,”Haugh said.“When they’re in here, I’m a coach here, [so] I definitely feel like [a coach]. I don’t feel like I’m one of the players,” Haugh said. “But at the same time, as soon as I kind of transition over and I’m in the locker

and on the field, they take me in like I’m just one of the guys.”

While being on the team, Haugh has enjoyed being part of a successful program and year. The Greyhounds have put together a successful season, having won the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) championship, according to UIndy Athletics.

“If you don’t have one [a long snapper], you can’t win, you’re gonna get [a] punt blocked and usually lose the game,” Keevers said. “... And so we’ve just got creative and lucky enough to find him [Haugh] and to make it happen.”

Haugh said he works with the swimming and diving and tennis teams while in the weight room. In the future, Haugh is progressing towards a career in teaching or coaching. Similarly, Haugh said being around the game so much, since his dad is a high school football coach, was an opportunity to come back to play a game he has played his whole life.

“I thought I was okay with moving on and had no real second thoughts about it [football] going into the summer, and getting hired here thinking [of] starting that coaching journey,”Haugh said.“Once I realized it was a possibility, I started to think back on all those good moments you had in college and high school, all that stuff starts to come back a little bit, then you realize you got the chance to kind of do it all again with a new group. And that does seem really fun [something] that you’d be really excited [about].

Photo contributed by UIndy Athletics/Jacob Walton University of Indianapolis thrower Zoe Pentecost hurls the shot put in the UIndy dome. Pentecost competed in UIndy’s season opener for last year, taking place on Dec. 4, 2021.

Photo contributed by UIndy Athletics/Jacob Walton Distance runner for the University of Indianapolis Andrew Bixler rounds the curve of the indoor track in the UIndy dome. Bixler was raced in the UIndy Classic on Jan. 22, 2022.

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Graduate Assistant long snapper Doug Haugh smiles for the camera during the University of Indianapolis’ football game against Ohio Dominican. In the third game of the UIndy season, the Greyhounds won the game 44-38 on the campus of the opposing team.

I definitely want to get more people out there in the conference position.”

Women’s basketball winter season starts

By Kassandra Darnell EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

As the University of Indianapolis women’s basketball team finishes its exhibition games and enters the regular season, Head Coach Marc Mitchell is feeling much more confident than he had in August. After facing off against Illinois State and Northern Kentucky University in the exhibition games, the team is picking up steam following the second game of the season, defeating Hillsdale on Nov. 16 with a score of 5368, according to UIndy Athletics.

“I see the potential in this team. We’re just seeing where we are right now. And where I think we could go…,” Mitchell said. “Obviously, there’s things that we need to improve on. But I’m extremely pleased with our efforts and our will and determination to win.”

While the women’s basketball team was ranked sixth in a GLVC preseason poll, according to UIndy Athletics, Mitchell said the preseason rankings are of little significance to him. He said the poll is just opinions and the team is determined and ready to play.

During the exhibition games, the Greyhounds played against two Division I teams. Mitchell said the team learned three specific things from those they need to work on to ensure major success for the rest of the season.

“The three things that we really need to work on are taking care of the basketball, playing without fouling so we don’t put the other team on a free throw line [and] giving them free points and rebounding the basketball,”Mitchell said. “We do those things, we’ll win.”

Senior forward Sadie Hill is returning this season following a concussion that kept her off the court for the second half of last season. And while she said she was worried to get back into the game, she is feeling confident as the season begins. Hill led the team to their Nov. 16 win against Hillsdale, scoring 23 points,

according to UIndy Athletics.

“Practicing so far this year, I feel very confident that I can protect myself and make sure that I stay in the whole season this year and make a big impact on the court…,” Hill said. “I definitely had to get more in shape because I didn’t have the half of the season that I was in and then postseason, I was not a part of because of my concussion. So I definitely had to work on getting in shape.”

While Hill said the team’s effort on the court is phenomenal and they are determined to win, she thinks the team needs to work on not turning the ball over as much and being cognitive of their decision making.

As a senior, Hill is trying to be a leader by encouraging the team going into the season.

“Everybody on the team knows that I try to hold people as accountable as I can to make sure that they know and that we know what our main focus is and how we can get better at things,” Hill said. “I make sure to let people know that they have things to fix.

But I’m also one of the biggest hype women on this team; I make sure to let people know that they’re doing a great job and that they’re needed and wanted on this team.”

Mitchell said that students will see a different brand of basketball this season; the team will be more uptempo, getting in the faces of the other team defensively and showing their emotions on the court. Hill said the team is super confident this year and will get the gym riled up.

“I’m ready to watch that record go up on the winning side. And I’m excited to get a ring at the end of the year, speaking it into existence. I need that to happen. And our team wants that to happen. Our coaches want that to happen. Our school wants that to happen,” Hill said. “I feel like we need that, especially from the past couple of years of not really having that good of a record.”

UIndy twin brothers in different sports

University of Indianapolis twins Brady and Caleb Mundell both play different sports in athletics

By Lauren Erickson ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

University of Indianapolis junior baseball pitcher Brady Mundell and junior soccer defender Caleb Mundell are twins who both grew up playing different sports. Despite playing different sports, they still support each other from the sidelines, Brady and Caleb Mundell said. According to Brady Mundell, it was always a bit hectic in their house while growing up.

“[Caleb and I] have two older brothers as well, so my mom has four boys. It was pretty competitive growing up,” Brady Mundell said. “It was always nice to have a twin brother and a best friend.”

Caleb Mundell said that compared to his older brothers, his twin is like a built-in best friend that he’ll always have. Brady and Caleb Mundell said that it was tough for their parents to manage all the different schedules in the house, the many different games going on and all the traveling the brothers had to do for their sports, but that their parents were always able to make the schedules work. When the opportunity of going to watch each other play arises, the Mundell twins always go to support each other.

“I get pretty fired up, honestly, it’s kind of fun for me to watch,” Brady Mundell said.“…We both would go to each other’s games and root [each other] on.”

Going to his brother’s games and

watching him play was always fun, and he always got to learn more about the teams playing, Caleb Mundell said. Growing up, Brady Mundell said, he played soccer with his twin until seventh grade, when he decided that he would rather focus on playing baseball and basketball instead.

“[Caleb and I] grew up playing travel soccer with some of our best friends and I enjoyed soccer… I didn’t like it as much as I like baseball and basketball,” Brady Mundell said.

According to both Mundell brothers, they had not discussed or planned beforehand on going to UIndy together; it was something that ended up happening.

“[Brady] committed first and things kind of just fell in place, and then I thought I should follow him and go with him [and] stay connected, so I decided to come here as well,” Caleb Mundell said.

Even though both brothers

are busy with their classes and practice, Brady Mundell said that the two always manage to check in with each other and that this type of busyness is normal for them.

“I think we’ve always been used to other sports,” Brady Mundell said. “I think it’s just normal really.”

According to Caleb, playing a different sport than his brother actually affected his relationship with Brady in a positive way because the two

were able to learn more about other sports. Caleb said that if it were not for the fact that he and Brady were roommates, it would be difficult to find the time to see each other and catch up with one another.

“…We’re both so busy. He’s gone a lot, so I don’t see him [all] the time and then I’m gone a lot…,” Brady Mundell said. “We always kind of check in; I get a text from a good game—I text him, ‘Good game.’”

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The University of Indianapolis celebrates the three pointer scored during their match against Malone in Nicoson Hall on UIndy’s campus. The Greyhounds suffered a six point defeat, but they have since bounced back, bringing their record to 1-2 on the season.

Photo by MaKenna Maschino University of Indianapolis forward Sadie Hill lays the ball up after taking contact from her defender. Hill is a senior at UIndy who is currently leading the team in scoring while shooting well from the free throw line at 92% . Hill is also tied for the most rebounds at five.

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University of Indianapolis junior men’s soccer player Caleb Mundell dribbles the ball up the right wing against Rockhurst. The Greyhounds defeated Rockhurst at Key Stadium.

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University of Indianapolis junior baseball pitcher Brady Mundell looks off at the baseball diamond awaiting the pitch. The Greyhounds baseball team ended last season 21-31.

I am ready to watch that record go up on the winning side.”

Book Club boosts wellness for faculty, staff

By Steven Pagel STAFF WRITER

The University of Indianapolis’ Faculty/Staff Book Club held its most recent meeting on Nov. 15. The club is ran by Professional Edge Center Director and Healthcare Careers Stephanie Kendall-Deitz and Human Resource Business Partner Kara Ooley, who operate as co-chairs. Kendall-Deitz and Ooley started the club after joining the Wellness Committee last year, and were asked to contribute to faculty/staff wellness. The club is for faculty and staff members at UIndy, serving as an activity to promote more wellness opportunities for them, according to Kendall-Deitz. Through subcommittees of the Wellness Committee for faculty and staff, the goal of the club is to create a less structured book club for those attending, KendallDeitz said.

“This is more [of] a book lover's club that has a general theme of some kind to help guide for fun,” Kendall-Deitz said. “...This one is intended to be like-minded people coming together around a topic for social and wellness purposes.”

Instead of everyone reading the same book each month, Kendall-Dietz and Ooley decided to choose a theme each month that everyone would choose their book from. This way of operating gives attendees freedom to choose what they want, while also learning from what everyone else chose, according to Kendall-Deitz.

“The feedback that came back was that [attendees] wanted to read fun, interesting books, not academic books.” Kendall- Deitz said. “And mostly they were interested in getting involved because they wanted to meet other people on campus. So it was fairly social in nature, which is another reason we didn't feel like we needed to pick a book and have a bunch of difficult questions about ‘what you think [the author] was trying to tell you in this chapter’ or anything like that,” Kendall-Deitz said.

A component of wellness for the club was to get faculty and staff an opportunity to meet more people and engage with them about some books they like. This lets anyone who attends have the opportunity to learn something new, according to Ooley.

“What's been great is that I've expanded into areas I haven't typically read. I've read authors that I never had much of an interest in trying. And then also for me, I was never much of a Goodreads app user and now we're all in the Goodreads and we talk about what we're reading and what we want to read,” Ooley said. “So I think for most of us, it’s just we’ve learned parts of ourselves we might not have known were there.”

The Faculty/Staff Book Club normally meets once a month on the first Tuesday at noon, according to Kendall-Deitz. Last year, the idea for meetings was to choose an author for everyone to choose a book from. This year, every meeting will have a different theme each month. At the Nov. 15 meeting, the theme was a book set in Italy, according to Kendall-Deitz.

“I think there’s a myth in the United States that people don’t read anymore. And actually having been involved in multiple book clubs and I follow some book clubs on Facebook… I think reading is nowhere near dead in the United States. That reading for pleasure, for just general information and enjoyment, is as strong as ever in the United States,” KendallDeitz said. “What's different… is that a good number of the people in our book club don't read paper books. We have lots of people who are reading on e-readers and we have, I’d say, probably half of the people in the book club listen to their books. They're listening to an audio book while they're driving back and forth to work… I think the way people read has changed a lot, but I think reading is actually very strong across all age groups.”

The theme of next month’s meeting will be holidays, according to Ooley. To be involved with the club, email kendalldeitz@uindy.edu about your interest in joining.

Path4You joins with UIndy

UIndy students work with organization Path4You to provide contraceptives

By Kassandra Darnell EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Masters of Public Health (MPH) students Hannah Britt and Bronwyn Getts are working to make contraceptives more accessible at the University of Indianapolis. As part of MPH 535, a program planning course, Britt and Getts collaborated with Path4You, an organization funded by Indiana University Health, and held an informational event on Nov. 16 to help educate students about contraceptive access.

Path4You’s goal is to ensure that patients in Indiana can receive comprehensive reproductive health care, according to the Path4You website, and Britt and Getts said their project focuses on those ages 18-25 and educating the UIndy community. They focused on this organization and this topic because of their concern surrounding Indiana’s unintended pregnancy rates.

“ Our statistics in Indiana are, I believe… 49% of all pregnancies in the state are unintended pregnancies,” Britt said. “That's not just from the 18 to 25 [range], it's the whole state. It's from every age group. 49% of those pregnancies are unintended. And that's a high number. That's nearly 50% of our pregnancies that are happening right now are unintended. And our intention with this is to do some primary prevention, where we are giving them access to it.”

According to Britt, Path4You offers all contraceptive options and allows people to answer questions that lead them to the

options that are best suited for their birth control needs. Users can then speak with a virtual provider that will provide them with the best options for them and then send the contraceptive to them, ultimately eliminating the access barrier of going to a pharmacy.

“It is fully funded, completely free. And it is for all residents of Indiana. Even if you're in college, just use your college address, and you're considered an Indiana resident and you have completely free access to their program,” Britt said. “If you choose to go the route of condoms, if you're a guy and you just want

resources are very often in existence and established. It's easier to get to the resources once you know about them,” Getts said. “But that first initial introduction of the resource is a big concern. There's a lot of people [who] don't know what the resources are out there. So to be able to connect Path4You with this disadvantaged community, it's been a really interesting experience.”

Britt said one thing she learned during this project was how difficult networking can be in public health and that the first step is going the extra mile to reach out to people. For Getts, a lot of that networking involved extensive followups because people in the public health industry are overworked but passionate and willing to help when people reach out to them. But through this learning experience, Britt and Getts have decided they want to continuously help Path4You collaborate with UIndy.

free condoms, sign up; you have access to free condoms, you meet with a provider and that is something that even males have access to.”

When setting up the collaboration with Path4You, Getts said that there was a lot of open communication with the organization and that they were happy to partner with her and Britt. She said Path4You was excited to have the opportunity to come to campus and present information and resources to the community.

“A big barrier to public health is messaging and getting those messages across. The

“… We're looking at possibly seeing if the university would be willing to pair with Path4You to once a month bring a representative on campus or hire a peer counselor for the clinic that connects them in office. If they come in and they're looking for birth control, it pairs them with a peer counselor in the health clinic…,” Britt said. “We've seen through some research that we've done that this has been highly successful at some other universities, and it is not widespread yet. But I think that as the word gets out there and as more of these organizations come to fruition, it will be more widespread.”

Business Clubs at UIndy

By Hannah Biedess STAFF WRITER

At the University of Indianapolis, there are a variety of clubs for the School of Business. According to Project Manager for the School of Business Magnelia Viewegh, the eight clubs include Finance, Accounting, Women in Business, Marketing, Supply Chain, Entrepreneurship and a new Business Administration Club.

Director of Undergraduate & Adult Enterprise and Engagement André Givens said some of these clubs have been around for over 10 years and were formed to have more engagement with students outside of the classroom. Viewegh said the clubs hold informational sessions so people can get financial advice or learn how to invest.

“[The clubs] were formed to kind of allow the business majors within those areas to kind of collaborate and come up with events and speakers and things like that they feel would be beneficial and help them explore their

future career paths,” Viewegh said.

The clubs bring in business professionals, hold panels, go to facility and site tours, Viewegh said. In addition, she said these clubs serve as a community for those with a business major so they can see familiar faces around campus and have people to study with. Givens said that the School of Business clubs allow students to have hands-on experience outside of the classroom.

“But our goal is to have more students in the School of Business engaging in clubs. This goes back to their success. We want our students involved on campus and we want them engaged with campus activities other than the classroom. The classroom is very important, but this… allows our students to have that hands-on experience in other capacities,” Givens said.

Viewegh said these clubs teach students how to network and allow students to meet with business professionals around Indianapolis so students can get their name out. In addition, she said the clubs help students

to find internships and job opportunities outside of college. Givens said that the clubs do many projects to get hands-on experience in their field of study.

“The purpose of the business club[s] is to once again give the students the autonomy to build and create and be innovative in their own space, to allow them to explore more in depth into their majors,” Givens said.

According to Viewegh, engagement with these clubs decreased slightly due to the pandemic and the current board members graduating and they’re recovering from that. The most popular clubs are Finance, Supply Chain, Women in Business and Accounting, she said.

“We know a component of a student's success is their level of engagement,” Givens said. “We want them to connect with the faculty and also their peer group as well. It allows the School of Business to grow from an external perspective, but also internally where we're actually working with our students throughout the School of Business.”

Viewegh said UIndy tracks job and internship placements and having these clubs as experience can make all the difference in an interview.

“I would say the clubs greatly impact UIndy and the School of Business because it allows students to kind of refine and learn those initial networking skills and knowledge application skills and things like that,” Viewegh said.

The clubs each have a call out meeting at the beginning of each semester and host two or three mixers a semester, she said. A mixer is when all the clubs get together and do fun activities, Viewegh said. If students want to get involved, they can go to the meetings, she said. Givens said there is a misunderstanding that only business majors are allowed to participate, but any student is able to join.

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There's a lot of people [who] don't know what resources are out there."

The clubs allow the School of Business to grow both externally and internally at UIndy, according to Givens. The faculty understands what the students need and want students to take advantage of the opportunities presented with the clubs.

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Members of UIndy’s various business clubs play a trivia game, with categories such as "super heroes," at the Business Club Mixer in Schwitzer Student Center on Nov. 18.

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Junior Biz Hound Olivia Brimmage helps lead the club members in a trivia game. Biz Hounds is one of the business clubs at UIndy that are open to all majors and students.

Foods around the world

International students display their recipes from home at Taste of the World

By Mia Lehmkuhl OPINION EDITOR

Taste of the World was a virtual event held on Thursday, Nov. 17 on Zoom and featured various meals from diverse cultures. This event was planned, organized and executed by the students taking Newman’s INTD 301 course, one of whom being junior biology major Claudia Chaverri.

“... As someone who has dual citizenship, I’m an American, but also Costa Rican, and I grew up most of my life in Costa Rica, I thought, ‘What’s the best way to introduce people to different cultures than through food?’” Chaverri said.

One of the goals with the Multicultural Competencies Through Leadership and Service (INTD 301) course is to focus on engaging students with local, international, migrant, immigrant or refugee communities, according to University of Indianapolis Associate Professor of English Karen Newman.

“…It’s a service learning class… the office that hosts this class is the Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement,” Newman said. “…We kind of have a mix of things that are going on in the class to expose students to international populations in the city

of Indianapolis. And one of the other things that students do in order to get some leadership experience is they have to organize a campus event that is part of our International Education Month programming.”

Students will be showing themselves making each dish via video and a cookbook will be offered with all of the recipes showcased at the end of the event. With her connection to her Costa Rican roots, Chaverri teaches viewers how to make Gallo pinto, Costa Rica’s national dish that translates to “spotted rooster.”

The most exciting part of the event is that the dish she is presenting is contradictory to what most would expect from a typical Latin American dish, according to Chaverri, as well as allowing students to step out of their comfort foods and try something new.

“…I think food is the best way to introduce yourself to different cultures. And doing this type of event will welcome people to [learn],” Chaverri said. “It’s also teaching other cultures who will present the dish and then there’ll be a small presentation about that country. So you can leave with more of an educational view of the world.”

Along with Chaverri’s Costa Rican dish, students of other cultures and countries shared some of their favorites. The other dishes highlighted were oxtail stew from Jamaica, biryani from India,

“…I know the students have worked really, really, really hard to make this a fun event,” Newman said. “I’m sure they put upwards of at least 15 hours of planning into this event.”

Johannes Brahms memoriam

By Steven Pagel STAFF WRITER

On Nov. 14, the University of Indianapolis held a program in honor of the 125th anniversary of Johannes Brahms’ death. Assistant Professor of Music Gregory Martin presented a survey of Brahms’ music, accompanied by Faculty Adjunct David Bellman who played clarinet during the performance. The music chosen for the performance was Brahms’ Op. 1 Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major, the Rhapsody in E-flat, Op. 119, No. 4. The performance also included the “Edward” Ballade (Op. 10/1), selections from the Opus 39 waltzes, selections from Op. 118 (Six Piano Pieces) and the Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor. Op. 120/1, according to UIndy 360.

Martin said he simply took music spanning from across Brahms’ life to structure the survey of music. The pieces were played in the order of Brahms producing them, according to Martin.

The last piece played was a clarinet sonata played by both Martin and Bellman, according to Martin.

Johannes Brahms is often associated with the famous 3 B’s in music; Beethoven, Bach, and Brahms, according

to Bellman. His contribution towards the Romanticism movement is another reason why he is considered one of the finest composers, according to Martin

“A lot of the progressive, avant-garde composers claimed that they got their ideas from Brahms,” Martin said. “There was a very famous article, ‘Brahms the Progressive’ and it was written by a guy named Arnold Schoenberg who was one of the most progressive, innovative

composers of the early 20th century. He’s claiming that he got all of his ideas from Brahms, and Brahms was sort of this genius-like character.”

In his time, Brahms’ approach to composing was different from other composers who were trying to do new things in music. Martin said Brahms was considered conservative by other composers and camps of music. Brahms’ dedication to his belief in music remained

the same, and he did not switch his style of composing to accommodate for movements, according to Martin.

“You have the traditional forms and approaches.” Martin said. “There were other composers in other camps who were trying to break away from that really consciously. And he was trying to stick with them.”

Brahms had a brief period where he thought he retired, but after listening to clarinet players, he decided to write clarinet sonatas during the last couple years of his life, according to Martin.

“Robert Schumann, who was his mentor, said he was born as a perfectly formed composer, when he first heard him in 1853,” Martin said.

Martin said that one belief Brahms held was that the highest level of art music was folk song. This was because Brahms’ attempted to make things that stood the test of time: folk songs in which parents could sing to their children, Martin said. To make the best version of that music in Brahms’ mind required a structure that used everything in it, wasting no notes, according to Martin.

“He stayed true to what he thought were the real principles of music and did not try to do just what was fashionable at the moment,” Martin said.

Symphony orchestra Veterans Day performance

the opportunity to learn from more experienced players, but also for the older students to gain experience. She described it as a cooperative effort.

“Our University’s motto is ‘education for service.’ So if that’s our mission, to serve the community, what better way can we serve the community than by actually collaborating with them on musical performances, bringing them onto our campus, going to their schools and doing things for them,” Williams said.

full hall and have their hard work recognized. The students in the Martinsville Symphony Orchestra were able to work on pieces outside of their comfort zone, Lanigan said.

“Technically the music pushed their skill level, but they learned a lot more about what the music was outside of the notes and rhythms and expressiveness. They also learned about the history and the culture and our world around us,” Lanigan said.

“Iola Leroy” novel concert

By Hannah Biedess STAFF WRITER

Communiversity is an online course run by English professor and Associate Chair of the Department of English Jennifer Camden. Camden said this course is offered during the first semester of every year at the University of Indianapolis. With this course, she said there are events run by different departments who all give a 45 minute presentation about the book.

Camden said that “Iola Leroy” is the seventh novel in the Communiversity series. She said this novel is set during the Civil War through the reconstruction process. Iola Leroy was raised white, and only after her father’s death did she learn that she has African American blood, Camden said. The book, she said, follows Leroy through the decision between embracing her new heritage and facing adversity and racism, or keeping her secret with the threat of discovery.

“Iola Leroy” has themes such as racism, freedom, the struggle of African Americans, the Civil War and the emancipation process, Camden said. Because of the time period, she said, a drop of African American blood made her Black, even though she presented as Caucasian. Camden said she wanted to bring light to this novel because of its themes.

“I’d read “Iola Leroy” in graduate school, and I thought it was certainly timely to bring a novel to Communiversity written by an African American woman, for a long time thought to be the first published novel by a Black woman until Henry Louis Gates Jr. found the Hannah Craft narrative, and a novel that’s really centrally concerned with race and racism,” Camden said. “So it seemed like the right time for that novel and that conversation.”

Camden said her colleagues throughout Shaheen College are willing to partner up and work on this project with her. Professor of Music John Berners said that last year they had started talking about doing a concert for this novel.

Camden said that it is more than just the Music Department that helps out. Other departments that helped with “Iola Leroy” are the History, Philosophy and Religion and Art and Design departments. Camden said the Art and Design students make letterpress works for each of the novels.

Berners said that the concert had 10 pieces of music which are all composed by student or faculty composers. He said some student composers took general themes, while others took Civil War themes of the battles and hardships.

“One student did his own contemporary arrangement of a spiritual that related, it was a spiritual “Let My People Go” which, of course, relates beautifully to slavery and emancipation theme,” Berners said.

Berners said that his students are both composers and wonderful performers. The pieces written by students were performed by other students and faculty members to make a beautiful concert for the novel, he said.

Camden said this novel is about celebrating Leroy’s new heritage and the challenges her and her brother face because of it. It also talks about how they overcome those challenges, she said.

By Grace Lichty STAFF WRITER

On Thursday, Nov. 10, Ruth Lilly

Performance Hall welcomed not only the University of Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, but also the Martinsville High School Symphony Orchestra in a Veterans Day tribute performance.

This was led by Assistant Professor of Music Education Laurie Williams, who has been teaching music for 32 years. She worked on this project with the director of the Martinsville High School Symphony Orchestra Racheal Lanigan. Williams said that the two have had this project in the works for months and began working on the details in August.

Lanigan said to prepare for the concert,

the Martinsville Orchestra students were brought onto UIndy’s campus for a full day of experience. According to Lanigan, the students rehearsed their music, ate in the Schwitzer Student Center cafeteria, received a tour of the student center, saw a dorm room and saw behind the stage and the sound booth of the Ruth Lilly Performance Hall.

“The kids really connected with the university. Some of the parents were telling me they’re going to get stickers for their car, they already want their kids to go there,” Lanigan said.

According to Williams, she wanted to include a high school orchestra in this performance not only for the benefit of the younger students, but also to benefit the UIndy orchestra students as well.

Williams explained that it is important not only for younger students to get

A challenge that the two orchestras faced while preparing for this performance was having enough time. Both Williams and Lanigan talked about struggling to meet and rehearse, and needing to put trust in each other that they will practice on their own.

Williams said the music picked out for the concert was chosen to honor veterans and highlight nationalism not only in the United States, but around the world as well. A few of the pieces she mentioned were performed include the ‘Radetzky March,’ ‘Prayer for Peace’ and the ‘Star Spangled Banner.’

“I really like to do concerts that are gonna give my students an opportunity to play music that I can use as a vehicle for teaching about the history of the music and the purpose for it, so I chose a veterans concert theme because there’s a lot to teach in music about nationalism” Williams said.

According to Williams, her students were most excited to perform for a

Williams said that anyone on campus who plays an instrument is welcome to come and play with the orchestra. She said you do not need to be a music major to participate in the program, as many people currently in the program are not, and she would love to welcome more non-music majors.

“At the audition [to join], I don’t want anybody to be really nervous about it, it’s pretty informal. They would just come in at this point and they would just play for me. And that way it helps me to just know where they’re at playing wise, and it’s more so I can know where to put them in the section,” Williams said.

If any student is interested in joining the orchestra, Williams can be contacted through her email at williamsl001@uindy.edu. The next orchestra concert takes place Dec. 9 and 11, which Williams describes as the big Christmas concert with band, orchestra and choir combined.

“I think it’s part of the work that we do in English to and in the humanities right to understand our past as part of being good citizens, good humans as part of informing our decision

Graphic by Breanna Emmett

tacos from Mexico and bábovka from Slovakia. A cookbook containing these recipes was offered exclusively to those in attendance so students could make these recipes at home, according to Chaverri.

Photo Contributed by Gregory Martin

Assistant Professor of Music Gregory Martin performed works from Johannes Brahms as a part of the faculty concert artist series on Nov.14. held in Ruth-Lilly Performance Hall.

Photo Contributed by Laurie Williams Assistant Professor of Music Education Laurie Williams introduces the University of Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra before their Veterans’ day performance on Nov. 10.

...the music picked out for the concert was chosen to honor veterans....”

In honor of The Reflector's 100 year anniversary, each issue this year has one page dedicated to looking back on past front pages and the history within them. This issue features the front page from Nov. 13, 1952.

Staff Editorial: The Reflector's birthday

professionally. Each and every one of us steps up in order to provide the best reading experience possible, not just for a grade, but because we love what we do.

For the staff, The Reflector is more than just a newspaper or a class; it is our livelihood. While we do learn all kinds of skills, we also learn about and discover ourselves. Many of us before finding our way into COMM 120 were the quiet kids who never spoke much or simply never really felt like we fit in anywhere, but The Reflector quickly became home for us. Although it can be stressful at times and may feel like a chore, it is undeniable that we all love what we do, and in each and every issue we try as hard as possible to make it better than the last. The Reflector has allowed us to feel closer to campus as we get to connect with faculty and staff and learn the stories of those who call it home.

things that need to be discussed.We know that knowledge is a powerful tool, and as times and people change, our goal is to grow and adapt alongside those who seek to change the world.

As for what's next for The Reflector, we still stand by our original mission statement. But we also hope to connect with everyone on campus because without you, this campus would not be the same. Through the good and the bad, The Reflector will be here to keep our readers in the loop no matter how big or small the issue may seem. We hope that after reading our paper, you walk away learning more about the things going on around campus and hopefully feel more connected.

On Nov. 15, 1922, The Reflector was printed for the very first time. Although the University of Indianapolis and The Reflector itself have changed in a variety of ways since its inception, one thing has remained the same: our mission. For 100 years, we have reported on UIndy as

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Opinion: If a Puritan couple visited UIndy

By Hannah Hadley NEWS EDITOR

It has been 70 years since our friends, the Puritan couple, last checked in on Indiana Central College’s, now the University of Indianapolis, campus. Things certainly have changed from the 1600s, to 1952 to 2022, to say the least.

“Wilt thou look at the strange garb they are wearing! And the skirts are so short too,” one of the Puritans said in the 1952 Thanksgiving issue of The Reflector.

I have bad news for them: in-style and societally accepted clothing has only gotten more revealing, relaxed and gender-neutral. They would probably faint when seeing all types of students wearing sweatpants and tank tops. What harlots we are!

“The observance of one of the oldest customs and holidays in America, Thanksgiving, has changed through the ages too,” the 1952 article said.

I think that the Puritan, pilgrim couple wouldn’t be as warmly welcomed as they were in 1952. Well, for one, many people in the United States have a different perception of the history of the Thanksgiving holiday, itself. The reciprocal, friendly atmosphere between all Native Americans and pilgrims in classic, popular stories like Charlie Brown’s “The Mayflower’s Voyage,” has been challenged. In today’s reality, many Indigenous Americans recognize the federal holiday of Thanksgiving as a day of mourning for the historically detrimental and problematic treatment of natives by early English settlers and the American government/people, according to National Geographic. Other modern Americans acknowledge the suffering that native peoples have gone through by solely celebrating Thanksgiving as a family-centered holiday. Today, many students are not excited about the holiday’s meaning itself, but the opportunity to have a break from school and/or work. I believe that the Puritan couple would struggle to perceive why their actions against the Indigenous Americans were problematic and why modern people’s mindsets have changed. In terms of food prepared now, I think that the pilgrims’ understanding of Thanksgiving foods would be similar to what they learned in 1952. The original feast consisted of wild game like deer, seafood and other traditional native

foods. There were no potatoes or sugary pumpkin pie or other desserts, like many people have now, according to the History Channel’s website. I think that the Puritans would be amazed at the amount of food and options available at the dining hall, however.

The 1952 Thanksgiving issue said, “The Pilgrims had a lot for which to be thankful. And, come to think of it, so do we. The pessimistic soul may complain and proclaim that ‘the world’s in a dark mess,’ but the majority realizes that there is a remedy in the Bible.”

Interestingly enough, I notice a parallel in this commentary. The Puritan pilgrims had suffered tremendous losses to their numbers (up to 90% of settlers) during the first few years in America from the zoonotic disease leptospirosis, according to CNN’s website. Sickness, sorrow and fear were rampant in the settlements. Although they likely would not understand the global scale and science of the COVID-19 pandemic, they would likely sympathize with those students, faculty and staff that lost loved ones from the sickness.

Along with a parallel in the above quote, I recognize a modern discrepancy for UIndy’s campus. Although UIndy is affiliated with the Methodist Christian Church, a large number of students do not consider themselves Christians or read the Bible as their religious text.There are a lot of international students who bring different world views to campus. The Puritan couple would likely be disgruntled by the diversity of people and beliefs.

In the end, I believe that the Puritan couple would probably prefer the more traditional society of the 1950s over the 2020s. They likely would not understand modern technology or popular American culture. Furthermore, they would be shocked at how much the campus has changed and grown; from the buildings, to the programs offered, the amenities and the diversity in the community.

“I daresay that the devil hath come upon the Earth!” the lady Puritan said during her visit to UIndy in 2022. “What is ‘gender and ethnic equality?’”

“I do so agree,” said the gentleman Puritan. “They dare to recognize our dearly held traditions and beliefs as problematic!”

Well, dear Puritan couple, we will see what you say when you return to campus in another 70 years. See you in 2092!

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Members of The Reflector editorial staff pose for a picture at the newspaper's 100 year anniversary dinner. The dinner was organized by public relations graduate students and featured guest speakers from faculty, staff and students in the communication department.

Our editorial staff discusses the legacy and future of The Reflector, how it shaped their careers

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