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ASA hosts Caribbean Night Dance competition celebrates African lifestyle and culture

By Crystal Abrell Distribution Manager

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Students participate in the dance competition during the African Student Association’s Caribbean Night on Oct. 26 in the Schwitzer Student Center.

The event celebrated African culture through music, dance and cuisine.

The University of Indianapolis African Student Association hosted “Caribbean Night: Celebrating the African Diaspora” in the Schwitzer Student Center Atrium on Oct. 26.

Caribbean Night honored African cultures by hosting a dance competition for groups and individuals and serving traditional Caribbean Food.

The UIndy ASA invited Purdue and IUPUI to join the dance competition and other festivities, and an estimated 60 individuals attended.

According to ASA Vice President Shamiso Muradzikwa, the competition was highly anticipated.

“We were really excited about the dance competition and expected it to be a large success,” Muradzikwa said.

The night began with a welcome address, followed by an opening performance by the UIndy ASA, and finished with the dance competition.

In addition, an authentic Caribbean meal was served. According to Muradzikwa, the night and activities were well thought out.

“This event was very well-organized and planned,” Muradzikwa

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UIndy implements new e-mail system

By Andrew Gouty Online Editor

The e-mail accounts of many University of Indianapolis students, faculty and staff have been transferred to a new Web mail system.

Last summer, Information Systems began converting user accounts to a new e-mail server technology called Zimbra Collaboration Suite, as opposed to the old IMP-based (Internet Messaging Program) system.

Before offering the switch campus-wide, UIndy IS offered the new e-mail interface to two small groups of faculty and students on Sept. 10. The groups included approximately 100 and 50, accounts respectively. In early October, Zimbra was opened to the rest of the UIndy community. IS hopes to have the majority of accounts changed over to the new interface by Thanksgiving, according to Jeff Russell, chief information systems officer.

Jerry Flatto, associate professor in the School of Business, was among the first to switch to the new e-mail system.

“The transfer was really slick. It’s a very seamless process,” Flatto said.

The new Zimbra interface replaces the Web-based components of UIndy e-mail accounts, meaning that UIndy e-mail is still accessible via client programs such as Microsoft Outlook and Mozilla Thunderbird. The new Web mail system replaces the online components of the UIndy e-mail, but does not change how Thunderbird and Outlook users get their mail. For those who retrieved their mail using the IMP system, some bugs have been fixed and new features have been added.

For example, many students and faculty received corrupted e-mail attachments as a result of a glitch in the old IMP system.

This issue has been resolved through the new Zimbra system, Russell said.

The new system features a more user-friendly design that incorporates features similar to Web mail systems used by Microsoft, Google and Yahoo! for their respective Web mail interfaces.

On Sept. 17, Yahoo! Inc. announced that an acquisition deal with Zimbra, Inc. was reached to acquire the Zimbra company for $350 million. According to the Zimbra Web site (zimbra.com) Yahoo!’s plans to incorporate Zimbra will not affect Zimbra’s

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High School Day brings prospective students to UIndy campus

By Erik Kispert Staff Writer Prospective students and their families visited the University of Indianapolis campus for the annual High School Day on Oct. 26. The event was hosted by the admissions office.

For more than 40 years, UIndy has hosted High School Day. The event is free, and every high school in Indiana received flyers promoting it.

Students and their parents were invited to tour the campus and meet professors and current UIndy students.

This year between 250 and 300 high school students attended.

While the university traditionally tries to recruit high school seniors, the last few years have seen an increased number of juniors and even underclassmen in attendance, according to Jolanda Bean, admissions counselor and one of the coordinators of High School Day. However, seniors still are recruited most aggressively; they are encouraged to turn in an application with the promise of a free UIndy t-shirt.

Bean said the event tries to introduce the college experience to future students.

“We hope to get high school students immersed in the culture of campus life,” she said.

Aside from being present on the campus, high school students interacted with current UIndy students at the Student Organization Fair held in Schwitzer Student Center.

Nearly every organization on campus was represented at the fair by at least one member and an information table.

In addition to meeting with current UIndy students, High School Day participants had the opportunity to meet with faculty members from every department. Ron Wilks, director of admissions, said that this sets UIndy apart from other schools.

“We are happy we can offer the students who come to High School Day a chance to talk with actual professors who teach the things they’re interested in,” Wilks said.

“The faculty and students are what makes this event work.

We couldn’t do it without them.”

Bean said making this very large-scale event more personal is important.

“We want these [high school] students to come back to campus for an individual visit,” she said. “We want them to see all the things that make our school unique, like always getting a smile when you walk across campus, and people always holding doors open for you.”

Wilks said that it is the people at UIndy who sell the university to prospective students.

“High School Day fits very nicely with our school’s motto, ‘Education for Service,’” Wilks said. “That’s what the event is all about—helping students find out what they want to become.”

UIndy to test emergency alert system Students asked to register contact info

The University of Indianapolis will be testing the new Watchdog emergency alert system Nov. 13. The system is provided by Connect-ED, which is owned by the NTI Group, Inc. Students, faculty and staff will be allowed to submit up to five telephone numbers and one e-mail address, in addition to the UIndy e-mail address, to be added to the alert system.

Students can include personal contacts information, or the information of family members.

Students are asked to register their emergency contact information prior to the test. To register, log on to My UIndy (my.uindy.edu) and click on Self-Service & Watchdog. Then go to Personal Information & Watchdog and click on Update Emergency Contacts.

For more information, contact the Help Desk in Sease Wing 103, or at (317) 788-6145.

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Indianapolis Student Government President Kevin Dunleavy and Black Student Association President Elisha Smith speak to prospective students as part of the High School Day activities.

Accreditation representatives visit UIndy

By Marcus Whalbring Entertainment Editor Two representatives from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) visited the University of Indianapolis Oct. 24-26 to assess how well the school meets accreditation guidelines.

According to the HLC public Web site (ncahigherlearningcommission.org), the HLC is one of two independent corporations affiliated with the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA) and one of six institutions that oversee the accreditation of schools and colleges in the United States.

Connie Wilson, nursing professor and AQIP (Academic Quality Improvement Program) campus coordinator, said that the two representatives were Bonnie Bondavali from the sociology department of Lewis University and Warren Robi from

the linguistics department at John Brown University. Bondavali and Robi met with several people from the university, including the president, the provost, administrators, AQIP leaders and participants, faculty, staff and students.

According to Dr. Billy Catchings, chair of the Communication Department and chair of the AQIP committee and cochair of AQIP sub-committee on student learning, the NCA used to assess the accreditation of UIndy every 10 years.

He said that schools would try to “clean house” about two years before the NCA was scheduled to show up again.

“Everybody complained about the lack of integrity in the old process,” Catchings said. “People were just trying to hide things and make them look good.”

Catchings said that unlike the old system, the new system under HLC requires constant attention. The leaders and participants in AQIP have to create a portfolio that includes a history of

what AQIP members refer to as “action projects.”

According to Wilson, an action project is any project that focuses on improving some aspect of the university. Wilson also said that an action project has guidelines.

It must have objectives and written plans and must take anywhere from six months to three years to complete. The project also should show that progress has been made in that particular area of the school.

Those in charge of an action project set their own goals for improvement.

Wilson oversees AQIP with Vice President for Research, Planning and International Partnerships Mary Moore, who acts as the AQIP administrator for UIndy. Wilson acts as the faculty member in charge of AQIP. Catchings said that one aspect of the assessment that was odd came when the representatives met with UIndy students.

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November 7, 2007

Roommate agreements: Enforcement, discussion and R.A. meetings

By Cecilia Perdomo Staff Writer Oral decisions and agreements are never official until they are written.

Living with a roommate is more tolerable when there is a written agreement that both parties have discussed and signed.

The first time you meet your roommate, you don’t know what to expect.

Knowing your roommate is always an advantage, but most college students only have spoken to their roommates over the phone before they eventually meet on moving day.

According to Resident Assistant Aimie Gatts, agreements are crucial and required because 95 percent of the time, students do not know the person they are going to live with.

Roommate agreements should be detailed and serious in order to facilitate understanding and respect for each other’s decisions. Each person should

have a say in what will work and what will not.

I live on campus and had to compromise with my roommate in order to adjust to dorm life.

In the beginning, there were problems because of frequent visitation.

I later realized we had not sat down and written our agreement. Once we went over it and signed it, everything was better, and now we get along.

“The [point] is to be as open-minded, respectful and agreeable as you can,” Gatts said.

The key to having a good relationship is to communicate effectively with your roommate. Each roommate is responsible to let the other person know when a rule has been broken.

“The best way is to talk about it,” said Residence Director Anna Glowinski.

Roommates are equally entitled to do what they want in their room, but they must respect the other person’s choices and do what they agreed to in the beginning.

Unfortunately, roommates don’t always follow the rules. In many occasions, the roommates sign an agreement but don’t follow it thoroughly.

If one of the roommates feels the other person crossed the line, and they try to be reasonable with their roommate, but problems keep rising, this is the point when you talk to an RA or RD. “We try hard [to solve the issues] before the point of throwing objects, or locking people out,” Gatts said.

According to Gatts, visitation and music are some of the common issues roommates complain about. Study and sleeping habits are also commonly discussed.

The RA will not tell your roommate that you have addressed the issue with him/her, if you don’t want that.

“Confidentiality is a big thing. If you have a major problem with your roommate and feel uncomfortable talking to them about it, your RA is always there to talk to you in confidentiality,” Gatts said.

One of the major issues residents deal with is overnight guests. In many instances one of the roommates has a girlfriend or boyfriend over and does not realize it might bother their roommate.

“The thing about overnight guests is they never tell the RA’s because they are scared they might get their roommate in trouble,” Gatts said.

According to Gatts, if your roommate’s girlfriend or boyfriend is in the room at night, and you are trying to sleep, tell the RA, who will try to resolve the problem.

The R.A. will not tell your roommate you told him or her. He or she will make it seem as if he or she heard a voice and came to investigate.

A point to keep in mind is that each roommate pays the same amount of money to live on campus.

Each person should try to meet the other’s expectations. Compromise is something that has to happen to have a comfortable dorm experience and roommate relationship.

New shortened dictionary leaves readers empty-handed

By Nicki Crisci Opinion Editor

The Reflector acknowledges its mistakes. Each issue, we will print corrections on the Opinion Page. If we omit anything, please contact us at criscine@uindy.edu.

On Page 1 of the Oct. 10 issue, the caption for the picture “Little lady, big impact” reads “Ethel ‘Granny D’ Haddock.” It should read “Doris ‘Granny D’ Haddock.”

On page 5 of the Oct. 10 issue, the photo credit for the “Greyhound Football” article reads “Carolyn Harless.” It should read “Dustin Brown.”

On page 8 of the Oct. 10 issue, in the article “Equestrian Club enjoys reaching beyond campus,” the name “Bethany Clemons” is misspelled. It should read “Clemens.”

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I know that there have been many questions and concerns regarding the bottled drinks at the Perk. As all students with a meal plan are now aware, bottled drinks are no longer able to be used as a meal replacement.

The most important thing to understand about the meal plan is that the money you have paid for your meal plan is for meals. What is on your ID cards is the number of meals that you have purchased, not money.

Ted Polk has been generous in the past to allow students the opportunity to use a meal equivalency to purchase bottled drinks. This was never part of the meal plan, just something that Ted offered as a meal replacement.

The money that Ted receives for the meal plan goes towards paying for the food that is served on campus, staffing the dining facilities and running the dining operations.

Due to the increasing food cost and the cost of running the dining hall operation, Ted is no longer able to offer the bottled drink option to students.

You are still able to use your meal plan to purchase all the coffee related drinks and food that the Perk provides. The change only affects bottled drinks.

I hope that you can understand the need for this change, and I appreciate in advance your support of Ted and his staff.

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Editors at Oxford recently decided to make some drastic changes to the Oxford English Dictionary; they opted to give the boot to more than 16,000 hyphens in the new sixth edition, leaving people hard-pressed to find out why this change occurred—or in fact, just hard pressed.

Most of the hyphens that were dropped were from compound nouns such as water-bed and ice-cream. Other words, such as bumble-bee and cry-baby, are being crunched together to form just one word.

In an article from the Oct. 7 issue of The New York Times, the Oxford editor Angus Stevenson said, “People are not confident about using hyphens anymore.

They’re not really sure what they’re for.”

Just because people don’t know what hyphens are for does not mean they can’t learn how to use them. The most basic way to find out how to correctly use hyphens is to look them up in the dictionary in the first place.

Now that the dictionary is changing all these hyphens that might be considered silly or outdated, the desire to look up such words may decline for the less-than-ambitious students across the country.

Hey, if you didn’t know that there was a hyphen in bumble-bee, why bother to know now, right? No. This change is like obesity for the mind. By eliminating hyphens, we are in gradually succumbing to ignorance and lessening our chances of learning new things.

Hyphens are far from being obtrusive and silly.

Hyphenated words sprinkle the stories of great authors quite beautifully.

Who could forget such mind-blowing images as Homer’s “rosy-fingered dawn” or Shakespeare’s “green-eyed jealousy.”

They add to writings a special element that would otherwise be absent without such a distinction in descriptive nouns.

It is simply mind-boggling to believe that the editors of the dictionary would decide to delete so many hyphens from our language when they have served such a good purpose over time.

This leads to many questions on my part.

Will Microsoft Word come out with a new update for its system involving the extinction of hyphens? Will English professors across the country have new grammar problems to tackle? Or will people just become lazier, knowing that there are words now that they can fail to punctuate correctly?

We must still have some stability to hold onto while every aspect of life is modernized. What kind of a society will we become when we no longer have variety in our paragraphs? The hyphen-less writings will be as monotonous as the computer screens from which we now read e-books any day of the week.

This change also leaves one to wonder what they will decide to get rid of next.

Will colons and semicolons be eliminated because no one is quite “sure what they’re for,” because people weren’t taught how to use them the right way?

Oxford may have the influence of their authority, but I for one will be a crybaby mourning the loss of 16,000 hyphens and give them a home in my articles and other writings.

Meal Plan Questions:

I would be happy to meet individually with anyone that has questions or concerns. I can be reached at 788-3485 or kvitangeli@uindy. edu.

Sincerely, Kory Kory M. Vitangeli Dean of Students

The Muzzle Meter: On a scale of 0-10

By Michael Smerconish The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT) Time for the return of the Muzzle Meter.

You know it’s time when the recent news includes reports that: Ann Coulter thinks Jews need to be “perfected”; Bill O’Reilly was surprised by the good behavior displayed in Harlem; Rush Limbaugh thinks soldiers who speak out are phony; and Barack Obama believes American flag pins aren’t patriotic.

The Muzzle Meter (MM) is my measuring rod for evaluating speech with possible PC implications. It’s all gut-based. No science here and no political litmus applied. Like Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once wrote about pornography: “I know it when I see it...”

A high score indicates speech that really is offensive (e.g., Mel Gibson’s anti-Semitic drinking binge, a “10” on the MM), while a low score means the outrage is unwarranted (e.g., Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr’s. calling Obama an “articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy,” a “0”).

Donny Deutsch, the host of CNBC’s “The Big Idea With Donny Deutsch,” didn’t say anything offensive, but he gave a platform to someone who did.

Normally, enablers don’t warrant an MM rating, but that changes when the person you are facilitating is Ann Coulter.

Coulter is the previous recipient of a “9” MM reading for saying the following at a conservative convention: “I would comment on John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word faggot.”

Coulter’s reappearance makes her an MM recidivist, a deliberate, serial offender who steps up her game to coincide with her book releases.

I blame Deutsch for giving Coulter

the microphone that allowed her to say what she said.

Deutsch asked whether she wanted to be like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and wipe Israel off the face of the planet.

She replied: “No, we just want Jews to be perfected, as they say…That’s what Christianity is.”

In so doing, Coulter gave Deutsch exactly what he needed for his fledgling CNBC show. She hiked up the skirt, let down the blond hair and said something stupid.

Deutsch was about as shocked as Claude Raines in “Casablanca” when he learned there was gambling in Rick’s Café. Shame on you, Donny.

MM reading: 10.

NPR’s Juan Williams was Bill

But of course, any mention of Old Glory causes some to thump their chests.

O’Reilly’s radio guest, and the subject was race relations. O’Reilly referenced a recent meal with Al Sharpton at Sylvia’s, a legendary soul food restaurant in Harlem, when he said: “I mean it’s exactly the same, even though it’s run by blacks, primarily black patronage. It was like going into an Italian restaurant in an all-white suburb in the sense of people were sitting there, and they were ordering and having fun.”

Critics cried foul and wondered what O’Reilly expected in a black restaurant. Coming to his defense was Williams (a black), who explained in Time magazine that O’Reilly offered those comments while making a larger point: That the image of blacks that coalesces from rap songs and music videos is not representative of how most blacks act.

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Not convinced? Williams detailed that during the same radio conversation, O’Reilly criticized his own grandmother for her views, which emanated from the very images O’Reilly and Williams were condemning. MM reading: 1.

At a 10th-anniversary celebration for his MSNBC show “Hardball,” Chris Matthews assured “They will not silence me!” Matthews said the Bush administration, specifically the vice president’s office, had tried unsuccessfully to influence the content of his program and had “finally been caught in their criminality” (apparently a reference to Scooter Libby).

Some wondered if Matthews could still fairly moderate the GOP presidential debate coming up a few days later.

He did, and no one complained about his treatment of the candidates.Why would they?

His comment was about the current administration, not the GOP as a whole.

Moreover, Matthews is a pundit.

He offers opinions for a living. How ridiculous to invite a pundit to moderate a debate and then question his fitness...because he engaged in punditry.

Muzzle Meter reading: 0.

Barack Obama told a television reporter in Iowa he doesn’t wear an American flag pin on his lapel, as many politicians do, because the pins “became a substitute for, I think, true patriotism, which is speaking out on issues that are of importance to our national security.”

He’s right, of course. But of course, any mention of Old Glory causes some to thump their chests, hence the controversy.

Muzzle Meter Reading: 0.

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ASA

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ASA celebrates Caribbean culture and dance said. “The ASA and others worked very hard together to make sure it was a success, and hopefully everyone will see the fruits of our labor.”

The only rule for the dance competition was that the music had to be Caribbean or in some way influenced

by African cultures associated with Caribbean lifestyle and culture.

The participants danced to reggae, dancehall and other Caribbean-influenced music.

First place was awarded to IUPUI student Precious McKenzie. UIndy students Amanda Williams and Amelia Payne placed second and third, respectively.

First, second and third place winners

ZIMBRA

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UIndy IS implements new Web mail format current sales and customer base, which includes UIndy. While Zimbra is an open source solution, UIndy IS has contracted with them to supply support services for their software.

“We heard from many incoming faculty and students that G-Mail and Yahoo! Mail were graphically more pleasing,” Russell said.

Given that feedback and some of the technical issues presented by the old IMP system, UIndy IS began its search for a new Web mail solution late last winter.

“IMP was pretty dated at that time, and Zimbra rose to the top of our list right away,” Russell said.

Users who have switched to the

PRSSA members win student competition

received Simon Mall gift cards.

Jelaine James, a native of Jamaica and alumnus of the UIndy Krannert School of Physical Therapy, judged the competition.

Kyle Culman, a dance instructor who specializes in Salsa, also helped judge the dance competition. DJ Casbar, a disk jocky from Broad Ripple who specializes in Island music, provided music for the competition.

The ASA, which was created two years ago, frequently hosts open-mic nights, poetry readings, dance events, reggae dance halls and soccer games.

ASA President Minette Valentine said new members are always welcome.

“The purpose of our association is to expose outside people to our culture. So it is never too late to join,” Valentine said. “You do not have to be African-American to feel welcome in our group.”

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organization is to provide networking opportunities and professional resources for students. She said PRSSA also is helping establish a public relations culture at UIndy like that of the television, radio and journalism areas in the communication department.

Five members of the University of In Along with Miller and Tuzsynski, dianapolis Public Relations Student Socithe organization’s other officers include ety of America attended the International Shirley as secretary, senior Danielle Association of Business Communicators Richardson as treasurer and senior Willie (IABC ) Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, Little as PR official.

Oct. 14-16 and won the conference’s Ray Compton, who has done PR work first-ever student competition. for the Colts, Ice and Pacers, serves as the Seniors Michelle Miller, Ruth ShirUIndy PRSSA professional advisor. ley and Alicia Tuszynski, junior Alison The organization is currently working Hernandez and freshman Kierre Childers on two projects. The first is the Bateman spent their fall break at the IABC conCase Study Competition, which involves ference attending sessions on various submitting a strategic plan for a corporabusiness communication topics, as well tion. as competing in the student competition.

If selected, students get the chance to Assistant Professor of Communication present their plan in front of the corpoRebecca Deemer attended as their faculty ration in New advisor.

York.

According The UIndy to Tuzsynski, PRSSA chapter UIndy PRSSA also is working vice president, on planning an about 50 stuevent for the dents from spring semester. five different According to schools atMiller, the event tended the conwill be for all ference this students. year, which is “We are gotwice the numing to invite ber who usuother PRSSA ally attend. chapters, such The first as Butler and part of the stuPurdue,” Miller dent competisaid. “We [also] tion involved want to invite sitting down guest speakers with a profesfrom the comsional client munity to talk and discussing about different a problem that topics such as the organizahow every ortion is facing. ganization can UIndy’s client use PR, how to was Cancer gain media and Free Kids, a how to deal with nonprofit ora crisis.” ganization that According raises money to Tuzsynski, for childhood PRSSA already cancer reis growing at search in CinUIndy, and she cinnati. Tuzhopes to see synski said the more people organization’s join. The orproblem inContributed by Michelle Miller ganization revolved trying to figure out a PRSSA members won the first-ever student competition at the IABC quires members way to increase Conference Oct. 14-16 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Pictured from left to right to pay dues of $60 per year, donations to help is senior Alicia Tuzsynski, junior Alison Hernandez, faculty advisor and the group fund cancer res- Rebecca Deemer, senior Michelle Miller, freshman Kierre Childers usually meets earch. two Mondays According to and senior Ruth Shirley. each month at 9 Miller, UIndy PRSSA president, each group had 30 students tried to start UIndy PRSSA last p.m. Students from any major are welcome, she said. minutes to sit down with the client and year, but their application was held up. learn more about the organization and the “We were trying to conduct activi- “We find that marketing and PR people problem. The groups then had one hour to ties last year, but we weren’t allowed to are more interested [in PRSSA], but we work together and come up with a strate- conduct certain activities and promote would like any student on campus,” gic plan and a professional presentation ourselves as an official PRSSA organi- Deemer said. “It’s not at all exclusive. to present to the rest of the group and to zation because we weren’t yet,” Deemer We welcome any student and would love the client. said. “So we were together as a group that because they can bring in different The students evaluated each other’s meeting, but we weren’t really a PRSSA viewpoints. [Also] people who maybe one day want to start their own business and presentations on a one-to-five scale, and chapter at that point.”

UIndy’s group was the only one to receive PRSSA is the student organization of want to be an entrepreneur, they could all fives, according to Tuzsynski. the Public Relations Society of Ameri- really benefit from just understanding more about public relations. We would “We all have great personalities. We’re ca. fun, and we can interact with the crowd,” Deemer said the purpose of the love it if other majors would join in.”

new system already have been able to take advantage of several improved features.

Design aspects notwithstanding, Zimbra implements a more advanced search engine, allowing users to search for their messages using a variety of variables and search terms.

In addition, Zimbra’s software package offers calendar services, address books and shared document suites. According to Russell, the next steps for the Zimbra system include implementation of these additional components.

E-mail clients have not been the only thing under consideration in the IS department. Workshops for faculty and students were held Nov. 5 followed by an open forum on Nov. 6 to discuss planning for a new learning space in Krannert Memorial Library.

With renovations proposed to begin in the coming year, technology solutions to incorporate into the new space will be on the IS’s plate.

work than in personal relationships,” Catchings said.

According to Catchings and Wilson, the AQIP representatives had positive UIndy finishes recomments about UIndy after they accreditation process finished their assessment.

“They said we look much better in He said during the meeting with the person than we do on paper,” Catchings representatives, students mentioned that said. “Apparently, we didn’t represent getting access to university administra- ourselves [on paper] very well.” tors was perceived by them to be easier to Catchings also said that the repacquire than it is for faculty members. resentatives had mentioned that our Catchings said that the comment relationship with the United Methodist was odd because traditionally access Church didn’t seem that sturdy, even to university administrators was a lot though the school and the church are easier for faculty members. affiliated.

Typically, faculty members can However, Wilson said overall, the speak to members of the university representatives had a positive view of administration, such as the president, UIndy after their visit. without going through other members “The representatives said, ‘If we of administration in order to request an had a college age student, and we were audience. looking for a position somewhere, we “This administration seems to be would send our kids and look for a more interested in making the system position here,’” she said.

AQIP

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Volunteers live up to university motto

By Meisha Baker Business Manager

Super Saturday of Service took place Oct. 20 during the University of Indianapolis Family Weekend. The purpose of Super Saturday of Service was for university students, faculty and their families to have the opportunity to live up to UIndy’s motto of “Education for Service.”

Super Saturday of Service is an annual event that involves to giving back to the surrounding Indianapolis communities.

The Indianapolis Student Government and the United Way of Central Indiana sponsored the event.

According to ISG Service Committee Co-Chair Joshua Elijah, more than 270 students, faculty and family members participated in the event.

“There was a substantial increase from the amount of people that participated in the previous Super Saturday of Service,” said ISG Vice President Katy Smith.

The participants met near Nicoson Hall, where several school buses waited to take them to various locations around Indianapolis.

Participants were bused to Lutheran Child and Family Services, the Keep Indianapolis Beautiful organization, Gleaners Food Bank, Thrifty Threads, Clean Stream environmental organization, Refugee Program/Catholic Charities, Resource for Independent Living and St. Elizabeth/Coleman Pregnancy and Adoption Services.

All of the organizations are based in Indianapolis and help people in the community by providing them with services that they are unable to acquire on their own.

Everyone who attended the event participated in activities such as sorting clothes and painting. President of the Black Student Association Elisha Smith registered her organization to be a part of the service.

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she said. “We just went up there, and honestly, we did awesome with it. People were actually with us; they were really intrigued by us. So it was really cool.”

According to Deemer, the competition was a great way for the students to use various skills they’ve learned at UIndy.

“It was just kind of a way to force them to quickly use their education and their instinct and their know-how to be able to say, ‘You know, if this really happened in the real world, I could do it this quickly if I had to,’” Deemer said.

“And obviously, since they won, they did a great job. I mean, it was very apparent who the winner should be. So it couldn’t have turned out better.”

The IABC conference was the first activity the UIndy PRSSA chapter participated in since becoming an official organization on campus in late August.

According to Deemer, she and some

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QUICK LOOK UIndy to host Global Ethics Competition Local high school students will compete in the second annual Global Ethics Competition Nov. 7 at the University of Indianapolis.

Groups will present their solutions regarding an environmentallyconscious business case study. The competition will be held in Schwitzer Student Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is open to the public.

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Students participate in the Super Saturday of Service as part of First Year Family Weekend. Volunteers helped out at various organizations and businesses in the Indianapolis area.

“The reason I involved my organization in the event was because I thought it would be a chance for us to bond as a group,” Smith said. “Not only that, but [we wanted] to give back to the community as a group.”

The BSA went to Thrifty Threads, an organization that donates clothing to women and men who have been domestically abused.

The goal of the BSA students was to help out the shelter with whatever was needed for the day. BSA members helped

organize clothing and cleaned the store as part of their service work.

The service day not only gave to the surrounding community but helped the participants feel good about themselves as well.

“As a leader of an organization, I think that it is very important to get out in the community and give a helping hand,” Smith said. “You gain a personal advancement by knowing that you as an individual were a part of an event that made a difference.”

The University of Indianapolis Athens has extended their deadline for the Spring 2008 Odyssey in Athens study abroad program to Dec. 16. Also, UIndy is offering a “Bring a Friend” promotion for students applying for the Sping 2008 semester who also refer a friend to the program. The first five students to refer friends will receive $500 for both themself and their friend to go toward airline costs.

Irsay to raffle Colts Super Bowl rings Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay has announced that he will raffle off five Colts XLI Super Bowl rings to fans to raise money for the Colts’ Charitable Foundation. Twenty-five contestants will be selected from the raffle drawing, and will compete in the ‘Quest for the Ring Treasure Hunt’ in downtown Indianapolis. The 10 winners will then appear during halftime of the Colts vs. Jacksonville game on Dec. 2, where each will have the opportunity to open a locked box that may contain one of five rings.

Tickets are $5 apiece and can be purchased until Nov. 20 at any Ticketmaster location or the RCA Dome box office.

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Greyhound swimming and diving teams Track and field teams begin preparation for indoor season begin first competitions of the season

By Cecilia Perdomo STAFF WRITER The women’s and men’s swimming and diving teams competed against Ashland University on Oct. 20.

Senior Ellie Miller won the women’s 1,000 freestyle posting a time of 10:40.24 and freshman Alican Alacli set a new UIndy record for the 1,000 freestyle (9:34:66).

In the 200 women’s freestyle junior Isabela Tafur recorded 1:56.53 time for her second B-cut qualifying mark.

Tafur also won the women’s 100 freestyle.

Sophomore Erica Smith won the

200-yard Individual Medley posting a time of 2:14.59.

“The men won confidently. The women won, which was a bit of a surprise. Ashland’s time the week before was better, and I thought they could beat our women,” Kinkead said.

Both teams placed second in the Indiana Intercollegiates Division I competition Oct.13, behind Purdue University and ahead of Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.

The event was hosted by Purdue at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center in West Lafayette.

“Being a Division II program, I think it’s really good that we can get in there and compete against Division I programs like IUPUI and Purdue. It was a first event for freshmen,” said

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Sophomre Mario Panagi works on his backstroke in the Ruth Lilly Fitness Center pool during practice.

Women’s basketball plays ISU in first game of season

By Kim Puckett STAFF WRITER

to see them give 100 percent and continue to improve.”

Popa also hopes to improve the team’s wins from last season and create a victorious season for his newly inherited team.

UIndy went on the road to scrim“There are lots of things to take into mage with Indiana State University on consideration for a successful year,” Nov. 3 and had a close loss of 85-80.

The regular season will open against Popa said. “The main goal is to get the Findlay University on Nov. 16 in Nico- most out of our players and to build a successful program.” son Hall.

The Greyhounds A fresh coaching will change their staff will lead the style of play for the women’s basketball team into the 2007- “I believe that the new system new season by running a faster-paced 08 season. our new coaching staff has motion offense and Assistant coach put into place is a great fit for a man-to-man style Constantin Popa said the team is our team and has everybody defense.

Freeland said eager to get the excited about the season.” she hopes to create season started and easy baskets with see the home side of the stands full of -Sophomore Jessica Canary this new system.

The team will also fans and students. be working on its “Hopefully, we transition game and can get a bunch running the floor of people at the more aggressively. games,” Popa said. “We have been Sophomore guard Jessica Canary working really hard, so we would like will return as one of three starters to see the student body come and supfrom last year, along with sophomore port the program.” guard Katie Dewey and senior forward Head coach LeAnn Freeland and Deanna Thomson. Canary said she has Popa will join 10 returning players and a positive outlook on her team’s future four freshmen. With new team goals and the new system of play. and a new game plan, coach Freeland “Our team has adjusted great to the is ready to lead her team to a winning changes,” Canary said. “I believe that season.

According to the Great Lakes Valley the new system our new coaching staff has put into place is a great fit for our Conference Preseason Coaches Poll team and has everybody excited about taken this month, UIndy is picked to this season.” finish the season fourth in the Eastern Freeland and Canary said the four division of the league. freshman players also are positive Last season, the Greyhounds were additions to the team. Freeland de16-11 overall and 9-11 in the GLVC. scribed the new class as hard-working Freeland hopes to improve this record and easily coached as they fight for and make other changes as well. playing time. Canary said the freshmen “We want to continue to get better are great players and a good fit for the every day,” Freeland said. “I just want program.

head coach Gary Kinkead.

Junior Alex Arestis posted a time of 46.86 in the men’s freestyle earning an NCAA B-cut qualifying mark.

For the women’s team, Tafur was named the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Female Swimmer of the Week for her performance in the 100-freestyle.

“It made me feel better and helps me look forward to the season,” Tafur said.

A week after Tafur won GLIAC Athlete of the Week, Alacli was elected GLIAC Male Swimmer of the Week.

Both the women’s and men’s swim teams have practiced hard Kinkead said.

“We max out [the] 20 hours a week that the NCAA allows us to practice.

We utilize that to the best of our abilities,” Kinkead.

According to Kinkead, the women’s team this year is much younger than last year and is bonding well. Also he said last year it was more about individuals.

“The strengths of the men’s team is a lot more depth in each of them. In the past, we had one good swimmer in each event or each stroke. Now we have two to four that go far deeper in strength,” Kinkead said.

UIndy traveled to Truman State University to compete in a two-day event on Nov. 2 and 3. Truman’s women’s team was second at nationals last year.

Results were not available for Truamn State Invitaional as of The Reflector press time.

The men’s and women’s swimming and diving team will next compete in the Wabash Invitational on Nov. 16.

By Sami Shelton NEWS EDITOR

This season the women’s team will primarily be relying on returning letter winners. Senior national qualifying throwers Andrea Horban and Emily Schaf will return for the women ‘Hounds, as well as senior all-american The University of Indianapolis distance runner LeAnn Sarka. The men’s and women’s track and field teams have begun general conditioning team also returns sprinters Nichelle Curtis,senior, and Shannon Smith, in preparation for the upcoming winter sophomore, and hurdlers Bathsheba indoor track and field season.

Adams, senior and Krista Leffers, According to sprint coach Giles sophomore.

Davis, the teams already have shown Though the pre-season polls have progress in the past weeks. not been announced, Fangman said he “Right now we are building a solid believes his teams will fare well. foundation for the spring season,” “Both the men’s and women’s teams Davis said. “The teams understand the should be ranked hard work it takes in the top 10 in the to be successful.” country,” Fangman This season said. “We are balthe men’s team anced. Going into a will look to 17 meet, we have someincoming freshone competitive in men, including every event.” freshman sprinter AccordRyan Masters, to ing to Davis, both contribute to the teams are trying not team effort. Masonly to win a GLVC ters competed in the Indiana High DUSTIN BROWN/ THE REFLECTOR championship, but to School Athletic Senior Elliot Cohee practices break at least three school records. The Association State hurdles for the beginning teams also hope to Track & Field of the indoor season, whcih advance more athMeet last year, starts in December. letes to the NCAA placing second Division II Track & in the 100-meter Field National Meet. dash and third in “Anything short of a GLVC title is the 200-meter dash. failure to me,” said senior thrower WilIn addition to the freshman class, lie Little. “This year, we have the talent the men’s team will return senior to bring home a championship.” sprinter and national qualifier Anthony The ‘Hounds kick off the indoor Flournoy. season Dec. 8 at the Early Bird Invite “We are really excited about the at Illinois State University. The teams incoming freshmen,” said head coach will begin the outdoor season March Scott Fangman. “We have 45 members 22 at the Gerald England Invite at Key on each team, which could be the largStadium. est team ever at UIndy.”

UIndy men’s basketball opens season with exhibition game against Purdue

By Abby Adragna EDTIOR-IN-CHIEF

The Greyhound men’s basketball team fell to Purdue University 89-64 on Nov. 1 in a season-opening exhibition game at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette.

The ‘Hounds stayed close early, tying the score 5-5 and 13-13 in the first several minutes. However, the team struggled with turnovers and missed eight of 14 free throws to trail Purdue 30-46 at the half.

Senior DeAndre Brock led the ‘Hounds in scoring, with 15 points, while junior Tyke Cockerham was close behind with 12. Senior Myron Jackson had three steals and a teamhigh eight rebounds, while senior Braxton Mills also added eight rebounds.

According to senior Reed Ludlow, the team did not feel intimidated by Division I Purdue University.Ludlow said the men were comfortable heading to West Lafayette because they felt they had an advantage with four seniors and six juniors on the roster.

The ‘Hounds can boast of experience this season with the return of 10 letterwinners, including four starters from the 2006-2007 season.

“One of the biggest things about sports, especially basketball, is when you have leaders on your team who are juniors and seniors,” Ludlow said. “They’ve been there before.

You know what you can expect from them, and they raise their level of playing when it really counts.”

According to interim head coach Royce Waltman, playing a team like

According to Ludlow, although Purdue was a way for him to see if the the team consists of virtually the team’s experience would translate into same players as last season, the the maturity needed to deal with tough ‘Hounds have a different attitude. situations in games.

“This year’s a lot different than Waltman returns as head coach of the years in the past,” Ludlow said. the team after leading the ‘Hounds “Everyone is a lot more optimisfrom 1992-97. Mills is confident that Waltman will have a positive impact on tic about the season. In the past, we were unsure about ourselves the players. or about how we matched up with “I think he’s really going to help the teams we played. This year, us out,” Mills said. “He’s got a lot of everyone is positive—not really experience [and] a lot of knowledge overconfident, but we feel really about the game.” well-prepared.”

Because the team is predominantly The ‘Hounds took on Wright juniors and seniors, Waltman said he State University on Nov. 5 for the believes the ‘Hounds have a chance to second of two exhibition games. win the GLVC tournament.

Results were not available as of The Mills said the men are hoping to go far in the postseason.

“We want to really contend for a conference championship and make it into the NCAA tournament and try to make a run in that,” he said.

The ‘Hounds were ranked sixth of seven in the Great Lakes Valley Conference East Division in the league’s 20072008 Men’s Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll. According to both Ludlow and Mills, the team is ready to prove the DUSTIN BROWN/ THE REFLECTOR ranking wrong.

“It’s just motivation,” The men’s basketball team scrimages Ludlow said. “I mean, the preseason polls don’t during practice at Nicoson Hall to condition for the season. mean too much, but I think it’s good when people kind of look over Reflector press time. you and don’t see you as much of a The team will tip off its official force. We know we’re not the sixth-best team on our side of the conference, and season schedule at home Nov. 15 we’ll be up there when it really matters against Brescia University. at the end of the season.”

Greyhound wrestling team optimistic about the upcoming season

By James Allen STAFF WRITER

In the small back corner in the last hallway in the basement of Ruth Lilly Fitness Center, the men of the University of Indianapolis wrestling team are preparing for the upcoming season with workouts and drills.

According to head wrestling coach Jay Yates, the preseason Division II polls have come out, and the team is ranked 11th.

Yates said that a No. 11 ranking is not good enough. His goal for the team is to be in the top five by season’s end, but he said that he knows that it will be a challenge for the Greyhounds because they are such a young team. Yates has

been with the team since 2001.

“The team does need a little work, and we still have a ways to go,” Yates said.

The team’s biggest strength, according to Yates, is the experience and leadership of the lower weight classes, which will help the younger members of the team who have little experience at the college level.

Yates is confident that some of the seniors will mentor the younger team members.

Three of last year’s national qualifiers have returned to the team this season. One of them, sophomore All-American Matt Irwin, said that he learned from his experience last year as a freshman and is looking forward to taking what he has learned and pushing himself further.

The individual wrestling polls have

Irwin ranked second in Division II wrestling. Although Irwin has been wrestling since he was about five years old, he said he still remembers how it feels to experience the intensity of the college level for the first time.

“It feels a lot different. The level of wrestling is so much higher,” Irwin said. “[In college], everyone is a big name from their town here.” said Irwin Yates said that he looks to Irwin as a leader on the team who will use his experience to help his less experienced teammates develop into better wrestlers and better men.

Assistant coach Steven Bradley said he is ready to get the season started. He has been with the team since he graduated from UIndy in 2004. He started as a student assistant and worked his way to the position of assistant coach.

Bradley has been wrestling since

kindergarten and is using his life’s experience to mold the UIndy wrestlers into stronger competitors on the mat.

“I knew back in high school that I wanted to coach college wrestling,” Bradley said.

Bradley also said that he has confidence in the DUSTIN BROWN/ THE REFLECTOR team this year and will be helping the The Greyhound wrestling team practices their men with some of technique in the Ruth Lilly Fitness Center. their technique.

The men had official meet will be Nov. 10 at Steven’s their interteam dual Nov. 3. The first Point, Wisc.

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Greyhound volleyball to host first GLVC tournament in school’s history

By Staci Reafsnyder Sports Editor After a successful start, the University of Indianapolis women’s volleyball team (30-2, 18-1 GLVC) closed out the regular season ranked 20th in the NCAA Division II standings.

Friday, the ‘Hounds defeated Kentucky Wesleyan University in three matches 30-19, 30-18, and 3017. Senior Casey Chrzastowski led the team with 12 kills and 23 attack attempts, finishing the regular season with a total of over 400 kills.

This match bumped the women ‘Hounds to 30-2, 18-1 in the GLVC, meeting their goal of 30 wins. The team set a new program record for over 30 wins in a season and brought the first ever GLVC tournament to the UIndy campus.

“We have definitely surpassed all of our expectations for the season.

To have them play as such a cohesive unit so early is probably what helped us be so successful in the beginning,” said assistant coach Kyp Harasymowycz. “The fact that they have such a high work ethic and stuck with it this far into the season is why we’re being so successful in the end.”

The women ‘Hounds traveled to Rensselaer, Ind., on Oct. 30 to face St. Joseph’s College in a conference match. The squad reached a .413 season-high hitting percentage, contributing to the 30-17, 30-17, 30-21 win over St. Joseph’s. Chrzastowski led the team with 19 kills, 32 attack attempts and a .562 hitting percent-

age. Freshman setter and outside hitter Cheneta Morrison had a new personalbest 18 digs, and sophomore middle hitter Jessica Breeden totaled 10 kills and 18 attack attempts.

The match against Lewis University (24-3, 14-2 GLVC) on Oct. 27 resulted in a conference loss for the ‘Hounds 30-22, 30-27 and 30-22 and ended their 25 game win streak. Against UIndy, Lewis accumulated a .333 team hitting percentage, the most effective attack since the women ‘Hounds played Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville on Sept. 29. Chrzastowski had a team-high of 10 kills and 33 attack attempts. This was the first defeat for the ‘Hounds since Aug. 25.

Harasymowycz said that the Lewis game was a “perfect storm” and that UIndy played very poorly.

“We needed that smack in the face to get a reality check,” Harasymowycz said. “The girls understood that and came back with a renewed energy against St. Joe.” The ‘Hounds beat the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in a conference match on Oct. 26 at the Ruth Lilly Fitness Center. Senior middle hitter Elizabeth Shuyler totaled a team high of 12 kills and had a .450 attack percentage to help the ‘Hounds to a three set victory of 30-18, 30-20 and 30-24.

The Greyhounds traveled to Fort Wayne on Oct. 23 to take on Taylor University, ranked 21st in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletes.

Shuyler and Chrzastowski both had a total of nine kills, and freshman Lyndsay Callahan had 8 kills and 15 digs.

The ‘Hounds came out on top with a three-match victory over Taylor and increased their winning streak to 24.

“We knew that they were going to

defeated the Tiffin team, limiting them UIndy defeated Rockhurst Unibe big and fast,” Harasymowycz said. to a .117 hitting percentage. versity in a five-game match 30-24, “They are a very solid team, young as UIndy played Drury University on 30-22, 26-30, 23-30 and 15-12 on well, but we’re glad that we played agOct. 13 in a conference match at the Oct. 12. Breeden had a career-high of gressively to kind of put them on their Ruth Lilly Fitness Center. For the first 13 blocks, while Shuyler led the team heels.” two games, Drury trailed UIndy by to with a .348 hitting percentage.

Head coach Jody Butera said that Taylor was a strong team, ranked in the top 25 in the NAIA and that UIndy played well on their court.

At Highland Heights, Ky., on Oct. 20, the Greyhounds played and defeated Northern Kentucky University for the second time this year in a conference match.

Northern Kentucky was ranked 25th in the nation at the time and led the hitting percentage in the GLVC. In Louisville, Ky., the ‘Hounds played conference foe Bellarmine University on Oct. 19.

In a four-set game, UIndy took the victory. Morrison Carolyn Harless/ The Reflector set the pace with 21 Senior Elizabeth Shuyer (10) spikes the ball while freshmen Lyndsay kills and 14 digs, a personal best for the Callahan (6) Cheneta Morrison (14) and junior Beth Robbins (1) prepare for a young player. block from Lewis University.

UIndy played Tiffin University in only a couple of points, but fell back in Butera said that she is happy a regular season match on Oct. 17. In the third match. Callahan led the team overall with the season, and that bethe first set, Tiffin led until freshman with 14 kills and 15 digs. The resulting ing ranked 20th in the nation helps to Allison Lutocka killed the ball to bring the ‘Hounds ahead 28-27. The ‘Hounds scores were 30-27, 30-24 and 30-10. recruit future players for the program.

Sarka prepares for Nationals as cross country season ends

By Adrian Kendrick Feature Editor

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Senior Rachel Kriese runs the course at the GLVC conference meet held on Oct. 20 at Butler University.

The University of Indianapolis men’s and women’s cross country teams look to the future as the season comes to an end.

At the NCAA Regional meet at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville on Nov. 3, the women placed 10 of 22 teams. Senior LeAnn Sarka posted a personal-best time of 22:06 to place 11th and qualify for the national championships in Joplin, Mo., on Nov. 17. The men’s team placed 17th. Junior Adam Settle led the ‘Hounds witth a 50th-place finish and a time of 33:19.

UIndy hosted the Great Lakes

Valley Conference championships at Butler University on Oct. 20.

“The staff at the university did a nice job accommodating everybody and worked really hard to promote and to present it better than they have in the past,” said head coach Kathy Casey.

Sarka and junior Ashley Clifford led the Greyhound women’s team to a fifth-place finish at the GLVC championships. They both were named to the All-GLVC Team for their top-ten finishes at the meet. Sarka finished eighth with a 22:52 time on the 6k course.

Clifford was right behind her in ninth, coming in at 22:56.

“I feel the team did well. A lot of people did their personal best, which was the highlight of the meet,” Sarka

said.

The Greyhound men’s team finished ninth at the GLVC Championships.

With 112 men competing in the eightkilometer race, junior Adam Settle finished 19th individually to lead the ‘Hounds with a time of 26. Senior Brad Robinson was second for the ‘Hounds with 26:56.

“I was a little disappointed in the men’s overall performance,” Casey said.

According to Robinson, the men’s team has had a mediocre season and has not accomplished set goals.

“Hopefully the team will try to build on what we already have so we can place higher,” Robinson said.

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School of Business students given a chance to shine

relations. school students and teacher representaAccording to Matt Will, associate tives from chapters across Indiana. dean of the School of Business, CBP According to Ronald Dow, director interacts with local businesses and orof the Center for Business Partnerships, ganizations and gives students a chance the feedback received from the teachers to work with these groups. and advisers was great.

“This is Everyone

By Adrian Kendrick what we call thought the our laboratory; “We’re respected and treated event was well Feature Editor it’s School of he as professionals. That makes organized, Business meets said.

Student employees are now in the real world,” “I was me feel good... I’m actually charge of the Center for Business Will said. “Stuvery proud of doing something worth my Tasha,” Dow Partnerships, the outreach arm for the dents take what School of Business at the University of they learn in the said. “Before while.”

Indianapolis. classroom, and I went home, I CBP hired junior Tasha Yoder and they apply it sent out notes - Alicia Tuszynski senior Alicia Tuszynski to be part of in the business thanking the school’s management team at the world.” my students beginning of the 2007 fall semester.

The School of Business hosted the on how they excelled in their jobs. The Yoder was hired as the student projBusiness Professionals of America credit was not on me, it was on the ect manger, and Tuszynski was hired as (BPA) Fall Leadership Conference, on students.” the student public relations coordinaOct. 13.

According to Yoder, when she was tor. Both students are communication The conference, which was the first first offered the position of student majors with an emphasis in public event Yoder oversaw,involved 200 high project manager, she felt overwhelmed and excited at the same time.

“I was excited to try [something new],” she said. “It’s a lot of responsibility but also fun.”

According to Will, Yoder organized the entire event, including food arrangements, setup and parking.

“This was event planning like someone with 20 years of experience would do,” Will said. “She did a fantastic job. I would have been surprised if we could have hired a professional event planner to do any better.”

Will said there are so many activities going on in the School of Business Contributed by dr. matt will that they do not have the time to marSenior Alicia Tuszynski (left) talks with Secretary of State Todd ket, advertise and publicize the events.

That is where Tuszynski comes in as Rokita.

Student-workers take advantage of unique opportunities

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Matt Will speaks at an event hosted by the Center for Business Partnerships. the student public relations coordinator.

“I’m in charge of finding PR in the faculty and staff, promoting students and events through newsletters and Web sites,” Tuszynski said.

Tuszynski was originally a nursing major and is in her second semester studying public relations.

“I’m just trying to get my foot in the door as much as possible, to get more experience with everything,” Tuszynski said. “I love it compared to what I use to do.”

According to Dow, the School of Business tries to hire students outside of the department.

“The interesting thing is they are not School of Business students, but they have come in and within less than a month, everyone is one big happy family. They are appropriately representing the university,” Dow said. “Currently there are eight students working for us, six are from the School of Business and

two are communication majors.”

Dow said they also hired four students to assist with office operations.

According to Will, many of the student workers in the School of Business work approximately 10 hours a week.

CBP requires the students to follow at least a business-casual dress code while they are working.

“Years ago, people would say, ‘cover the phones while we’re at lunch.’

Now we treat it as office operations,” Dow said. “ It’s not just waiting for the phone to ring. We try to make it real, so when that student goes out to an internship or job, they know what it is like.”

Will said that in a way, they treat the student workers as colleagues, or fellow employees of the university.

“We’re respected and treated as professionals,” Tuszynski said. “That makes me feel good... I’m actually doing something worth my while.”

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Members of the community came to hear Secretary of State Todd Rokita speak at UIndy.

New Christian organization hopes to attract students through creative events

By Lindsey Newett Staff Writer A new Christian organization at the University of Indianapolis, known as the Deliverance Project, finds ways to get students interested in Christ through different forms of worship.

According to Deliverance Project Vice President Dan McEowen, this group reaches out to all students on a spiritual basis through Christian music.

According to Deliverance Project President Isaac Hughes, the five UIndy students that implemented

this organization saw a vision and need for Christian acts on campus.

The Deliverance Project is governed by juniors Hughes and McEowen and sophomores Justin Heinold, treasurer, Garret Miller, secretary of affairs and Mike Reider, secretary of entertainment.

According to McEowen, their mission is to bring Christ to campus with Christian entertainment that allows students to glorify God through music and public speakers.

The most recent performance featured the band Jake Smith on Oct. 23 in Ruth Lilly Perfromance Hall.

The event was free, but the audi-

UIndy theatre professor chosen to direct student-oriented play Jennifer Alexander enjoys directing plays that made an impact in her life

they are going to be on stage.

According to Jeffrey Barnes, theatre production manager and technical director, Alexander has a very strong work ethic when it comes to theatre.

“She brings an attitude of fun with her into any project that she's working

By Staci Reafsynder on,” Barnes said.

Sports editor Alexander has been a professor at UIndy for the past six years, having spent seven years focused on directing.

“I did directing in college, but I was mainly an actor until the last seven The play “Of Mice and Men,” years [when] I moved into directing,” directed by Jennifer Alexander from Alexander said. the University of Indianapolis theatre Originally from Okladepartment, has arrived homa, Alexander studied at at the Indianapolis Civic the University of Oklahoma Theatre. and received a bachelor of According to Alexanfine arts degree in theatre, der, the Indianapolis Civic and then went on to the Theatre decided to produce University of Illinois to “Of Mice and Men” bereceive a master of fine arts cause the story, written by degree in acting. novelist John Steinbeck, During her career in theis a required text for high atre, she has directed plays school students; and the such as “The Crucible,” by Civic Theatre wanted the Arthur Miller and “Pippin,” students to see the play

by Steven performed.

Schwartz.

“Of Mice and Men” is In the spring, she also set in the 1930’s during the Great Depression. Two will direct the musical James Allen/The Reflector “Red Herring” for the men, George and Lenny, travel from farm to farm dinner theatre production Jennifer trying to find work and at UIndy. hope, and they eventually Alexander speaks “The one thing that start a farm of their own. carries through in everyto her cast.

Alexander was given the thing she does is that she's opportunity by the Indiana Civic Thepassionate and dedicated to her art,” atre to direct “Of Mice and Men.” Barnes said.

She said that she chose to take the Alexander said that as a theatre job because she loves Steinbeck, his artist, she’s lived and worked in many writing, his work and the way the play places around the country, includstrikes a cord within her about loneliing Chicago and New York City. She ness and searching for a dream. also worked in “off-off Broadway” or spaces that people have turned into Cast members began researching more affordable theatres. the play and Steinbeck and started “Of Mice and Men” will continue rehearsals in September. for students through Nov. 16 at the InSince “Of Mice and Men” takes dianapolis Civic Theatre in downtown place in the 30s and is set on many farms, the cast also researched the time Indianapolis.

Although the play is open mainly period and the lifestyle of ranch hands. to high school students, there are two According to Alexander, the public performances planned for Nov. cast practices five days a week. She 10 and 18. “blocks” the actors, or arranges how Further information about the show they will stand during the actual perfortimes for public performances can be mance. They develop their characters found at http://civictheatre.org. on and off-stage to get to know who

ence was asked to bring two canned food items for the Shepard Community Shelter.

“Our organization is not just to bring in acts, but to organize service projects as well,” McEowen said.

The Deliverance Project also looks forward to collaborating with other Christian organizations in the future such as One Accord UIndy and Campus Crusade for Christ.

According to Hughes, the group envisions expanding, having better attendance and bringing those together who have a passion for Christ.

Deliverance Project students attended UIndy Life Expo last fall and handed out t-shirts to freshmen

in exchange for e-mail addresses to get the organization’s name out. They also hang posters before upcoming events, send out e-mails and have a Facebook group dedicated to the Deliverance Project.

“We want students on campus to have the mindset that the Deliverance Project is doing cool things, that we are appreciated and doing something good for campus,” Hughes said.

The organization believes in giving back and will continue to have canned food donations in the future for homeless shelters.

“Our goal is to keep all activities free so that students don’t have

to pay for anything,” Hughes said.

Some of the Deliverance Project’s long-term goals include being more creative with the acts that they bring in, where the venues are and getting commuters more involved.

“We would like to develop a promotional video within the next year that we can hand out showing the filming of some shows, getting interviews from band members and people in the audience,” Heinold said.

The next event for the Deliverance Project will feature Grits, a Christian rap group. The concert will be held Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m.in Ransburg Auditorium.

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Prominent physicist shows the science of music Dan Friend Managing Editor

A renowned physicist collaborated with University of Indianapolis music students and faculty to explain the science of sound during a lecture on Oct. 25 in the Ruth Lilly Performance Hall.

Dr. Uwe Hansen, former president of the Indiana Academy of Science and member of the Acoustical Society of America, presented a seminar entitled “Musical Acoustics: Science and Performance” to explain the relationship between the laws of physics and the aesthetics of music. Hansen retired from Indiana State University after 30 years of teaching and now serves as an adjunct professor at ISU. “People don’t usually think of music as science,” Hansen said, “but there is an awful lot of science in music.”

Hansen started the event by stretching a spring across the width of the stage with Dr. Richard Ratliff, director for artistic initiatives and music professor, and demonstrating how moving one end of the spring transfers energy to the other and back again. He engaged the audience of 35 people by asking questions and showing the correlation between the spring demonstration and the motion of sound waves.

Members of the UIndy music department showcased a variety of families of musical instruments including strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion. Before each performance, Hansen recorded a single note and showed the uniqueness of the sound waves through a screen-projected computer program.

Selections ranged from a string quintet’s performance from the third movement of Franz Schubert’s “Quintet in C Major” to a jazz combo’s playing of Billy Stayhorn’s “Take the A Train.”

Ratliff said that it was both a first opportunity for some freshman performers to play in front of an audience in college and an opportunity to learn about the scientific aspects of sound.

Ratliff performed a four-hands piano piece with Allegra Sorley, who is a senior in high school and daughter of Dr. Rebecca Sorley, associate professor of music and director of educational outreach.

“They were all enthusiastic about having a chance to play,” Ratliff said.

“But when he said they would have to play their instrument in a microphone and show wave forms on the screen, they thought that was pretty cool.”

The seminar was just one of many on campus during Oct. 25-26, because the Indiana Academy of Science chose UIndy as the site for its fall meeting.

Scientists from across the Midwest held lectures on fields from anthropology to zoology in Schwitzer, Lilly and Martin halls.

The events during the two-day conference were organized by Dr. John Langdon, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of anthropology, and Molly Schiel, adjunct professor. On Oct. 26, WFYI-TV, a public television station of Indianapolis, debuted the first of a three-part series focusing on the natural environment and landscape of Indiana. Langdon said that the conference brought together professionals from the

UIndy hosts the Young Musicians and Dancers Sami Shelton News Ediitor

Students of all ages showcased their musicianship and grace in the Young Musicians and Dancers program on Oct. 28 at Ruth Lilly Performance Hall. Musicians from the UIndy Community Music Center and dancers from the Butler University Jordan College Academy of Dance pre-college division, joined UIndy music students to present the annual program.

The dancers had the opportunity to perform with the accompaniment of live musicians who played various styles of music.

The dancers displayed unique costumes in accordance with the music being played. Community Music Center Associate Director Jacklyn Chan directed the music portion of the event, while Jordan College Academy Artistic Director Larry Attaway directed the dance portion.

Students performed pieces they had been preparing since the beginning of the semester. The musicians and dancers combined for the first time only two days before the performance.

“It went together well considering it was only the second time the musicians and dancers performed together,” Chan said.

This is the fourth year the Com-

munity Music Center has collaborated with the Jordan College Academy of Dance. According to Chan, the programs work well together because of the artistic similarities between them.

“They [Butler] are very artistically advanced,” Chan said. “Our students love performing for live dancers. It takes a lot of talent.”

The Community Music Center is an enrichment program that offers private, ensemble and theory lessons on a variety of instruments.

According to the Community Music Center Web site, the program has been accepting students for over 20 years. The instructors are professionals who are recognized as the best in central Indiana.

According to Chan, there are about 300 students who participate in the program. Students’ ages range from six months old through adulthood.

Small children typically attend music and movement classes, and children age four and above begin to learn to play an instrument.

“The whole program is a good experience for students,” Chan said.

“It teaches them to be well prepared and to survive in the world of live music.”

The Community Music Center’s next performance is the CMC Recital on 2 p.m. on Dec. 2 at the Ruth Lilly Performance Hall.

Photo Contributed by Katie Reinhart/Arts Outreach Program

Dr. Uwe Hansen (far left) demonstrates the concept of wavelengths with Dr. Richard Ratiliff (far right). sections of industrial and educational science and bridge the gap between high school and college education.

According to Hansen, the seminar provided an opportunity for members

of the scientific community to reach the general public. He also conducted a physics lab for a group of high school students from Arsenal Tech High School on Oct. 25.

“Music is almost universal,” Hansen said. “And that is one of the reasons I have used music as a vehicle to introduce science to students in the classroom at an early age.”

Recent and up-and-coming DVD releases for your shelf

By Marcus Whalbring Entertainment Editor

When it comes to the necessities of college life, a well-rounded DVD collection can accentuate the average dorm or apartment space. If you happen to have a particular taste in entertainment that no one seems to understand, such as “Weekend at Bernie’s II’” or the third season of “Gilmore Girls,” it’s likely that no one will want to sit on the couch with you on a Friday night. But have no fear. Here is a list of seven DVDs that have been released recently or will be in the near future. Not only does this list consist of classics that most people love, it also has a documentary, the latest Spider-Man flick and a cartoon series to keep the laughs coming.

7. “The Princess Bride: 20th Anniversary Edition,” Nov. 13. Most people probably are familiar with the romantic, epic hero parody. For those who aren’t, “The Princess Bride” is a fairytale-type story that’s great for men and women. It has romance for the ladies, and the gentlemen can enjoy the macho sword-fighting scenes. The new DVD supposedly includes a DVD game and two featurettes on fairytales and fencing.

6. “Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 30th Anniversary Edition,” Nov. 13. Spielberg’s critically acclaimed story of visitors from space is definitely worthy for a DVD library. Special features include an interview with Spielberg and a documentary about the film. Back in the 70s the film was nominated for eight Academy Awards including Best Director, and it won Best Cinematography.

5. “It’s a Wonderful Life” (Two Disc Collector’s Set), Nov. 13. Since the holiday season starts a little earlier every year anyway, having this DVD will be important, just in case Christmas commercials start September of next year. Joking aside, “It’s a Wonderful Life” is a great movie that can be watched any time of the year, and with the new collector’s set, you can watch it in color or the original black and white.

4. “Sicko,” Nov. 6. Michael Moore’s newest documentary investigates the health care system in the United States. The film explores the reasons why the U.S. is the only country that doesn’t offer universal health care. Moore’s earlier documentaries (“Fahrenheit 9/11” and the Oscar winner “Bowling for Columbine”) received more acclaimed responses than “Sicko,” but the film should still provoke thoughtful conversation and debate among its viewers.

3. “Family Guy: Freakin’ Party Pack,” Oct. 30. “Family Guy” fans were given a real treat for Halloween this year. The newest DVD release from Seth MacFarlane’s beloved cartoon featuring the Griffin family is an 18-disc set. It features over 90 episodes, along with a bonus disc that features games and other bonus material. The only problem is that while this set will keep die-hard Family Guy fans occupied until the new year, it comes at a high cost: well over $100. This set may be best asked for as a gift from the folks at Christmas time.

2. “In the Land of Women,” Oct. 30. I know it’s probably a bad idea to admit this, but I actually enjoyed this film. The previews made it look like it was just some sappy teenage love story, but it’s actually not a bad film. It deals with family issues, illness and unexpected attractions, and it’s even kind of funny. It won’t win any Oscars, and Adam Brody (“The O.C.”) is pretty much himself in the film, but it’s a guilty pleasure I’m willing to expose.

1. “Spider-Man 3” or “The Spider-Man Trilogy,” Oct. 30. Fans of the first two films had mixed feelings about the third installment of the Spider-Man story, but for those who own the first two films, completing the series would be a good addition to a DVD collection. For those who don’t have any of them yet, the trilogy is offered for purchase now.

Carell steals the limelight in ‘Real Life’ ‘Saw IV’ writers clean up Nicki Crisci Opinion Editor

I must admit that I’m not one for love stories because I think they are pretty ridiculous and unrealistic. However, “Dan in Real Life” was surprisingly not a love story that made me want to leave the theatre and throw up at the disgustingly cutsie storylines that usually ensue in love stories.

The movie actually did a good job of mixing comedy and drama with the performances of an excellent cast, including Steve Carell (“The Forty Year Old Virgin”), Juliette Binoche (“Bee Season”) and Dane Cook (“Good Luck Chuck”).

The plot is somewhat familiar. Dan (Steve Carell), a newspaper columnist who offers parenting advice, is a widower of four years and has three girls to raise on his own. As a single parent, he tries to control many aspects of their lives, from the eldest daughter Jane’s (Alison Pill) driving, to the middle daughter Cara’s (Brittany Robertson) boyfriend situation. He even naively tries to keep his youngest, Lilly (Marlene Lawson), a little girl forever.

Dan takes his children on their annual visit to his parents’ house and gets to take a little break from his kids when he goes to the town bookstore. There, he meets the perfect woman, Marie (Juliette Binoche), who gains his attention with an awkward explanation of a book she is looking for. They talk for a long time, mainly about his life, before she gets a call and has to leave. Afterward, Dan makes his way home and the plot finally progresses.

He tells some family members, including his middle brother Mitch (Dane Cook), that he has found an amazing

woman.

However, before Dan could go on, Mitch tells everyone his girlfriend has arrived, and, surprise surprise, it’s Marie.

From that uncomfortable Handout/MCT Steve Carrell as Dan Burns and Juliette Binoche as Marie moment on, the rest in the new romantic comedy “Dan in Real Life” of the story is comedic in the movie, but not in such is about his longing for his brother’s an obvious, over-the-top way as he has girlfriend coupled with funny, awkward in such movies as “The 40-Year Old moments during which he tries to hide Virgin.” his love for her, and at the same time, Dane Cook, as usual, is the funny gain her affection guy of the movie, providing laughs This movie was speckled with even when he is supposed to be acting awkward moments for Dan that made serious. One of the funniest scenes is even some audience members groan one involving the supporting role of out loud or turn their heads away from Norbert Leo Butz (“West of Here”), the screen in embarrassment for him, who plays the youngest brother, Clay which made the movie even more Burns. Mitch and Howard sing an enjoyable. impromptu song about Dan’s potential What didn’t work in this movie was date, who they remembered as having a its predictable moments. For instance, pig nose.

Dan’s love interest turning out to be his The song includes such lyrics as brother’s girlfriend was obvious when “Ruthie pig-face Nelson…she has a his brother mentions that his girlfriend house made of bricks, not of straw or is going to arrive. It was very reminissticks,” and the audience laughed out cent of the movie “Family Stone,” and loud through the entire scene. it even ends the same way. Dan ends Overall, “Dan in Real Life” turned up with Marie, and his brother ends up out to be quite an enjoyable romantic with a girl he had dated. There were comedy. With an affordable student other times too, but they didn’t ruin price of $8 at Kerasotes on Keystone, it the movie. They just brought it down a was well worth the price. peg.

Don’t wait to see the movie in the Steve Carell definitely steals the dollar theatres, or you will miss out limelight with his performance, and he on one of the funniest movies of the gets to stretch his dramatic muscles. He season.

By James Allen Staff Writer Do you want to play a game? Do you want to play a game again and again and again? Well if the game has me suspended in the air upside down with hooks in my flesh, then I am afraid I will have to pass.

For the past three Halloween seasons, the big screen has offered a Saw movie full of terror, horror, pain, torture and above all, a lesson learned. This Halloween is no different.

“Saw IV” revives Detective Matthews’ (Donnie Wahlberg of “The Sixth Sense”) story from the second film. S.W.A.T. Officer Rigg (Lyriq Bent of “Four Brothers” and “Take the Lead”) is challenged posthumously by the killer Jigsaw, who died at the end of the third film in the series. The next step in the ongoing serial killer’s case is taken over by the FBI. The agents track the case victim by victim.

Jigsaw (Tobin Bell “The Road to El Dorado”), the movie’s serial killer, was a man who did not want his victims to die, but he set deadly traps for them from which they had to escape. His traps were meant to help his victims have a better appreciation of their lives.

Jigsaw was a terminally-ill cancer patient who had taken on an apprentice to continue his work. His death in the third film, as well as the death of his first apprentice Amanda (Shawnee Smith of “Eat Your Heart

Out”) leads the FBI agents to conclude that there must be another apprentice. Rigg believes he is trying to save Detective Matthews in a series of gruesome tests, but throughout the movie the killer is attempting to have Rigg “see what he sees.” Other characters such as Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor “Portraits of a Killer”) are revived from the second movie.

The writing was done by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. They did a brilliant job of filling in some of the holes in the storylines of the first three movies. The writers explain how Jigsaw was able to acquire all of the information he knows about the detectives and criminals of the first three movies. The ending of “Saw IV” is as shocking as the first film’s ending. While Jigsaw’s character is dead in the story line, many retrospective looks at his life give Bell a chance to reprise his role.

Jigsaw’s philosophy on life is more understandable in the fourth film and can be said simply: “You cannot help others. They can only help themselves.”

Director Darren Lynn Bousman directed “Saw II” and “Saw III.” He was the writer of the second film and did a fair job of carrying on with the characters and themes of James Wan’s “Saw.” Bousman’s knowledge of the second movie’s characters that are revived in the fourth film, gave it a more personal feel than the others.

This film is a must for all “Saw” fans and a good one for any horror movie goer.

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November 7, 2007

Dorm life vs. commuter life: Weighing the options

By Marcus Whalbring Entertainment Editor

of Admissions, an on-campus resident is defined as a student who lives either in the residence halls or the campus apartments. Although College Crossing at National is affiliated with the university, students who live there are considered commuters.

While the number of students who commute is nearly equal to the number of campus residents, the percentage of freshmen who are on-campus residents is about 88 percent.

According to Wilks, incoming freshman are usually encouraged to live on campus rather than commute.

“I think it goes back to just feeling like a part of the community,” Wilks said. “I think it’s a little bit harder to get involved [as a commuter]. Another thing we try to stress is just being able to meet new people. Sometimes living in the residence halls can be an education in itself because of the people you meet.”

Vitangeli said that another benefit of living on campus is the close proximity to classes and the student center for

Living on campus may cost money, but living off campus may cost some a degree.

“Studies have shown that students who live on campus are more connected. They have higher grade point averages, and they are more likely to persist until graduation,” said Kory Vitangeli, dean of students.

At UIndy, students may wonder whether the benefits of living on campus outweigh the benefits of commuting and vice versa.

According to a summary sheet of the fall 2007 semester provided

by Mark Weigand, vice president of enrollment and student affairs, nearly 48 percent of the 2,562 students enrolled as full-time, undergraduate day students live on campus.

According to Ron Wilks, director

study groups.

A small number of incoming freshmen are required to live on campus for at least a year.

According to Wilks, these students fall into two categories: the first is a contingent student, one whose academic performance is near the lowest requirements for acceptance; and the second is an advised student, one who may have good marks in one academic area such as test scores, GPA or class ranking but falls short in other areas.

This is the first year for the advised student policy.

Wilks also said that studies have shown a higher rate of retention for contingent students who lived on campus than students who lived as commuters.

Wilks and Vintangeli said that the benefits of living as a commuter depended on both the person and the living situation.

According to Vitangeli, living in an apartment may or may not be financially stable.

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“I have students tell me that they can get an apartment with four other people, and it ends up being less than living on campus,” she said. “But I don’t know if that’s always the case, though, because I don’t know if students always factor in things like the cost of cable and telephone and Internet and trash.”

Some benefits of living on or off campus come down to personal preference.

Junior Joan Savage said that, aside from having more privacy, she prefers living off campus for a few other reasons.

“I wanted a pet,” she said. “If I had lived in the dorms, I couldn’t have even had a turtle.”

Savage also said that she was a little hesitant to receive a roommate that she didn’t know, and she expressed concern about whether she would be guaranteed a roommate that she did know even if she made that request.

“I live by myself, and I prefer that to having a roommate,” she said.

Junior theater major Manny Casillas doesn’t share the same sentiments about living off campus. Casillas lived on campus as a freshman, and three years later he still lives in the residence halls.

“I would never get anything done if I wasn’t living here,” he said. “It would be difficult for me to do the stuff I had to do and the stuff I want to do. It’s just easier to have a place to come back to.”

While Savage and Casillas are firm in their residency choices, Vitangeli said that the choice comes down to a student’s wants and needs.

“I wouldn’t push a person into a situation where they wouldn’t be happy,” Vitangeli said.

According to Vitangeli, even if students who live on campus have been shown to be more involved and excel in classes, that does not mean a student who commutes doesn’t fit into that category.

“I think there are certainly exceptions to every rule,” she said.

COMMUTER LIFE

Marcus Whalbring/The Reflector

Sophomore Joe Dipple checks his email in his dorm room in Central hall.

Advantages 1. Higher GPAs

2. More likely to graduate

3. More campus participation 4. More friends

5. Closer college experience

6. Closer academic resources

Disadvantages

1. Sometimes expensive

Marcus Whalbring/The Reflector

Commuter graduate student Christina Fraizer leaves to go home.

Advantages 1. Privacy

2. Familiar surroundings

2. Less privacy

3. Sometimes cheaper

3. Unfamiliar surroundings

4. Home-cooked meals

4. Distracting noises

5. Pets allowed

5. Shared bathrooms

6. Fewer rules

6. Dorm rules

CKP

the campus kitchens project teach • reach • feed • lead

welcome to the newest classroom on campus: the kitchen.

Fight hunger in your community!

Email: info@campuskitchens.org

www.campuskitchens.org

Disadvantages

1. Unaware of campus activities 2. Limited academic resources 3. More likely to drop out

4. Apartment rent and utilities 5. Gas prices

6. Driving time

TWICE OVER

November 7, 2007

From then...

By Dan Friend Managing Editor

The first issue of The Reflector hit the newsstands on the campus of Indiana Central College 85 years ago next week. Pre-dating the Great Depression, the student publication has been informing students, faculty and staff at the University of Indianapolis, formerly Indiana Central, since Nov. 15, 1922.

All but the first 20 years of the history of Hanna Avenue’s educational community are documented in the newspaper’s archives, and just as the University of Indianapolis witnessed substantial change, so did The Reflector.

Humble roots The newspaper that Indiana Central students picked up 85 years ago is substantially different from The Reflector UIndy students read today.

One hundred twenty students invested in the stock of The Reflector Publishing Assocation, established on Oct. 2, 1922, which sold 500 shares at a dollar apiece, according to Frederick D. Hill, history professor emeritus, in his book “Downright Devotion to the Cause: A History of the University of Indianapolis and its Legacy of Service.” This investment paid for a printing press and the first two issues of the newspaper.

Twelve students contributed voluntarily to the production of the 16-page premier issue, which featured sections such as “Freshman News” and “Senior News,” a joke page entitled “Sparks” and editorials from the then newlyhired athletic director and university administrators. An executive committee of five students was formed to edit the first edition.

David J. Manly of Sierra Leone was the first editor-in-chief of The Reflector. According to University of Indianapolis Archivist Christine Guyonneau, for an African to be in a visible leadership role was unusual considering the political climate of central Indiana at the time.

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85 years in the making “That was a time when the Ku Klux Klan was very powerful, especially in Indianapolis,” Guyonneau said. “As a learning institution, people were more open to having blacks or Hispanics, but you had to be careful about the community.”

Manly resigned days after the production of the second issue of the paper on Dec. 15, when the stockholders of The Reflector Publishing Association “unanimously agreed to transfer all Reflector property from the stockholders to the student body,” according to Hill’s book. The Reflector’s executive committee was disbanded and replaced by editorial and business staffs. Two new positions were added to the original five, and four members of the first Reflector staff remained to move into the management positions.

Manly’s biography, “From Mud Walls to College Halls” can be found from the My UIndy page via the Frederick D. Hill Archives link under the Library section.

Administrative oversight Today at the University of Indianapolis, journalism education emphasizes objectivity in reporting and the importance of First Amendment rights, but this was not always the case for The Reflector.

The entire front page of the first issue of The Reflector features a first-person editorial written by then University President I. J. Good, entitled “Opening Words by The Reflector.” The editorial states that the paper will do its best “to represent the highest interests of the College, and will stand squarely for the things that the College authorities plan for the advancement of this College.”

The Reflector was used to promote university administrators’ plans rather than to supply objective news, according to Hill’s book. From its creation, presidential columns were regularly featured on the first and second pages until 1950.

“In those days it [The Reflector] was an important tool in President Good’s publicity program,” Hill wrote.

Good also reportedly censored the content of the publication on at least

one occasion involving a story about a dispute with a professor, according to Hill’s book.

Until the Department of Communication was created in 1982, The Reflector was the product of a volunteer student organization that aided in “institutional advancement,” according to Pat Jefferson, former Department of Communication chair and current associate provost and dean for the school for adult learning.

Contributed by Frederick D. Hill Archives

David J. Manly (right) stands with former Indiana Central President I.J. Good (middle) and Julio Saulo in 1923.

Prior to 1982, UIndy students interested in studying journalism had to take courses at Franklin College, Jefferson said. The creation of the department of communication helped to create a culture of professional journalism, she

said.

In addition to producing the paper, students were able to enroll in courses on the principles of objective journalism, copy editing and newsgathering, she said.

According to Jefferson, the Mary Hiatt Carmony Editorship endowment established in 1997 by the late Dr. Don Carmony helped to protect the First Amendment rights of the UIndy student newspaper. Carmony, a former history professor at Indiana Central, left the endowment to the university to pay The Reflector editors’ stipends, but only under the condition that there would never be more school administrators than communication department faculty on the university’s communication advisory board. The university’s communication advisory board conducts the interviews and acceptance process for student media management positions on campus.

Jefferson said that Carmony recognized the importance of independent student media. Limiting the number of school administrators who can participate in the advisory board’s decisions means the student media can act more independently, she said.

“If you want to have a newspaper and you want to have real journalism, then the newspaper can’t be seen as simply an arm of the administration,” Jefferson said. “And it was a student newspaper, but it still could easily be viewed as the mouthpiece of the administration.”

Things change, stay the same Although the writing and newsgathering have changed in 85 years, the news of tuition increases, guest speakers, campus events and university sports teams that filled the pages of The Reflector in 1922 still do so today.

“It was mainly reporting of the community, and it was mainly read by the community,” Guyonneau said. “They would talk about social organizations.

It was a way to connect the community.”

During World War II, the pages of The Reflector connected the campus with former Indiana Central students

...To now

who were serving in the military and stationed overseas by covering their promotions, sending them copies of the paper and reprinting their letters.

Updates of construction and repairs to Hanna Avenue have been common stories through the years, Guyonneau said. Formerly a gravel road surrounded by cornfields, Kephart Avenue was paved and renamed Hanna Avenue sometime in the mid-1920s, she said.

The first mention of Hanna Avenue in The Reflector came in 1925; a 1972 front-page article highlighted the addition of the crosswalks; and articles from 2005-06 reported on proposed renovations to the thoroughfare.

For Peter Noot, editor-in-chief of The Reflector during the 1974-75 academic year and current director of university publications, involvement with the student paper was a chance to have his writing read, he said.

Noot, who met his wife while working for The Reflector, said he was not particularly interested in journalism, but he enjoyed the opportunity to write about issues on campus.

During his tenure as editor-in-chief, a controversial issue on campus was the proposal to abolish the curfew for the women’s dorms, he said. Editorials and articles appeared on the subject in the pages of The Reflector during the 1974-75 academic year. In 2004, a news story appeared in the Feb. 18 issue of The Reflector addressing the change in visitation hours at the Warren and Cravens dormitories.

From past to present Over the course of 85 years, The Reflector has recorded the events affecting the University of Indianapolis campus.

Guyonneau said that the absence of The Oracle, the university yearbook, makes the student newspaper an even more important record of the campus history.

However, she said that it does more than record history.

“Eighty-five years without interruption, I think that is important to say,” Guyonneau said. “I think it [The Reflector] is a good social tool of communication, and from a student point of a view, it is a teaching tool.”

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UIndy football recovers from three-game skid with a come-from-behind victory

By Staci Reafsnyder Sports Editor

After a three-game loss and sixth rank in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, the University of Indianapolis football team (6-4, 5-4 GLIAC) rose to No. 5 in the GLIAC standings on Saturday.

The ‘Hounds traveled to Erie, Pa., to play Mercyhurst College on Saturday. Junior running back Eric Wright had a new career high of over 191 yards.

Mercyhurst stayed ahead in the game until Wright scored his third touchdown in the last minute to put the ‘Hounds ahead. UIndy came out on top with a final score of 43-37.

Saginaw Valley State University defeated the ‘Hounds on the Greyhound turf 29-24 on Oct. 27. Wright totaled 103 yards and junior linebacker Leonard Bush led the team with 11 tackles. This was the 16th consecutive win for Saginaw since 1989.

The Greyhounds played Wayne State University on Oct. 20 in a conference game. WSU took a 21-0 lead in the middle of the second quarter, but the ‘Hounds found life when sophomore defensive back Alex Byrnes picked up a forced fumble

made by junior defensive back Josh been a little more time on the clock, The ‘Hounds battled the 2006 Kimbowa and ran 20 yards to the end they would have been able to win the national champions and No. 1 ranked zone for a touchdown. However, five football game.

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UIndy women’s soccer season ends with an 8th-place finish in GLVC standings

By Dan Friend Managing Editor Three losses in the four final games of the season dropped the University of Indianapolis women’s soccer team (8-10, 6-7 GLVC) to eighth in the conference and out of post-season contention.

The ‘Hounds finished the season tied for eighth in the Great Lakes Valley Conference with St. Joseph’s College.

The top eight teams in the GLVC at the end of the season earn a tournament berth, but St. Joseph’s conference record of 5-6-2 edged out the ‘Hounds.

Head coach Geoff VanDeusen finished his first season as head coach of the women’s soccer on Oct. 21. He said that the team’s inability to maintain a consistent level of play and failure to win back-to-back games contributed to the up-and-down season.

The women’s squad finished the season statistically superior to its opponents, averaging 2.25 goals per game compared to an opponent average of 1.65. The team also played its opponents close, losing two games by two goals and the rest by only a lone goal.

“We were in every game, but we’ve got to find ways to win,” VanDeusen said.

The ‘Hounds did not let the season end without a fight, however. They forced the final game of the season

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Casey said the teams are getting what they can out of the athletes that they have, and it’s just what they can accomplish right now.

“Our conference and our region is tough, we have good athletes and they are doing what they can,” Casey said.

“But we’re at a place where we need to recruit [players] to fill in the gaps to

Men’s and women’s golf teams end fall seasons with top-ten finishes

By Nicki Crisci Opinion Editor

against Southern Illinois UniversityEdwardsville into an overtime period on Oct. 21 at Key Stadium. Scores Carolyn Harless/ The Reflector came from freshman forward Kacey Senior backer Alli Opfer (18) headbutts Loudermilk and the ball past a Southern Illinois Universitysophomore forward Edwardsville opponent on Oct. 21.

Amanda Reese, but the UIndy squad gave up the final score was a big step for us, even if it wasn’t shown on the scoreboard.” in the 95th minute, losing 2-3. SIUE VanDeusen, Seehase and junior was ranked 21st in the nation at the time forward Monique Gamble said that of the match. becoming tougher physically and A single goal lifted Quincy Unimentally will be a goal in offseason versity over the women’s soccer team training. According to Gamble, the 0-1 on Oct. 19. Sophomore goalkeeper UIndy players did not compete with Andrea Swihart had three saves in the enough intensity against opponents. home contest, and both teams posted UIndy notched 39 fewer fouls than its four shots on goal. opponents this year, 150-189.

A road trip to Missouri yielded a “They [opponents] are always going win and a loss. The women ‘Hounds defeated Missouri-Rolla University 4-1 to try to push you off of the ball,” Gamon Oct. 14. Sophomore forward Ashley ble said. “At some point, you have to keep them from pushing you around.”

Seehase kicked a pair of goals and as With the regular season completed, sisted in the ‘Hounds’ other two goals. the UIndy women’s soccer squad will The ‘Hounds squared off against look forward to next season, according Missouri-St. Louis University, jumpto VanDeusen. The players will be exing ahead 1-0 in the sixth-minute on a pected to train mentally and physically goal from Reese on Oct. 12. However, and bond as a team, and the coaches the Tritons answered back to beat the will be expected to bring in the best UIndy squad 1-2.

Although the team notched only one players possible, he said. UIndy already has received three verbal commitments. win in its four final games, Seehase “I’m looking for foundation players. said the season ended on a strong note.

They don’t have to be flashy,” VanDe “One thing we noticed throughout usen said. “They need to love the game the season is that each game we got and want to succeed at UIndy.” better as a team,” Seehase said. “It

from Page 5 help our team move forward.”

The cross country teams are preparing for their off-season as well. Casey said the teams will take a little time to themselves before returning to running.

“It’s the time to work on academics and getting back to being a somewhat normal person, but still remembering we are athletes at heart,” Casey said.

the game, it would have made an opportunity to win.

“I felt like we had opportunities early to really get them on their heels and we were unable to do that,” Polizzi said.

This season the football team has totaled 241 firstdowns, limiting their opponents to 157. UIndy has a total of 2133 yards gained rushing, limiting their opponents to 1283 yards this season. Wright has a total of 981 rushing yards, averaging 123.6 yards per game.

Senior safety Kevin Shaw has a total of 67 tackles, 29 solo and 38 assisted. Bush has a total of 65 tackles and two forced fumbles. The defense has totaled 673 tackles this season, with five forced fumbles.

“The thing I like best about the team is the way there is a mature attitude, solid work ethic, lots of enthusiasm and emotion. I think we hang very well together as a family,” Polizzi said. “There is great balance, offense plays well, defense plays well, kicking plays well and we have the ability to pick up for each other when something is awry.”

The ‘Hounds travel next to Midland, Mich., to face Northwood University at noon on Nov. 10. Northwood (4-4,4-4 GLIAC) is ranked 7th in the GLIAC standings.

The men’s and women’s golf teams finished their fall seasons Oct. 16 in the Shark Invitational match held in Florida.

The men’s golf team finished sixth out of a 15-team field to end their fall season, compiling a three-round score of 909.

Head coach Brent Nicoson said the team saw challenges with the tougher tournament schedule. The team faced Division II teams in Florida which served as a preview to the kind of competition they will face at nationals in the spring.

“We finished in sixth place, which was not a bad game for us with so many good teams there,” said junior Justin Hueber.

Hueber was the team leader at the match, gaining a third-place finish over the 75 other competing golfers.

“It was tough for a northern school to play at a southern school,” Nicoson said, “but we found out that we could play with the best of them.”

The women’s golf team ended its season with a 10th place finish in the 18-team field. Over the two-day period, the team accumulated a score of 658.

The team also played tougher competition with Division II teams, but head coach Ken Piepenbrink said that it tested the teams progress and abilities against the best teams in the nation.

“We handled the pressure and unique Florida conditions much better than last year, but we were still affected by it,” Piepenbrink said. “The greens, fairways and bunkers are very different from around here. That’s why it is important to play in the South.”

According to junior Kristi Piepenbrink, who was the team leader, shooting 77 and placing seventh of 89 players, the playing field in Florida was more sandbased, Bermuda grass and tended to catch the club and make the ball roll differently. She pointed out, however, the fact that the field being different was not the deciding factor on the overall performance of the team, “We did not play up to our standards so even though it was disappointing, it showed me that we are capable of competing with anyone on a better day,” Piepenbrink said.

This year’s women’s golf team consisted of more underclassmen, with Piepenbrink the only upperclassman of the group. According to coach Piepenbrink, although the team members are very young, their progress has been unbelievable, and they have continually worked hard.

“I am very proud of the fact that these girls are what NCAA student/athletes are supposed to be. They have a great balance of sport, academics and social activities,” Piepenbrink said. “They are great representatives of UIndy and will have very successful careers once they graduate.”

Both the men’s and women’s teams will start their spring seasons in March when they compete in the North/South Challenge in Jacksonville.

University of Indianapolis men’s soccer team bumped out of GLVC tournament semi-finals

By Crystal Abrell & Staci Reafsnyder Distribution Manager & Sports Editor

minute of play, Fishback scored the winning goal unassisted.

UIndy played SIUE on Oct. 21 at Key Stadium. Higgins scored the lone goal for the ‘Hounds in the 39th minute of the game, and SIUE’s Mike Jones tied the game in the 88th minute ending the last game of the conference in a 1-1 draw.

“There were plenty of games that ended in results that the team was not happy with,” Mullen said. “But in the very end we pulled together to come out with the crucial win over SIUE when it really mattered.”

On Oct. 25 two players were selected to the All-GLVC squads for the 2007 season. Junior midfielder Brian

Fishback was selected for the conference’s second team, and Higgins was selected for the conference’s third team.

“I am honored to be selected for the GLVC team, it is a great achievement,” Fishback said.

Out of all the GLVC players, 11 are In the semi-final round of the GLVC selected for each first, second and third tournament on Nov. 3, the University team. of Indianpolis men’s soccer team fell On Oct. 19 at Key Stadium, the out of the running. UIndy had a total Greyhounds was defeated by Quincy of 15 shot attempts against Lewis University. Junior forward Jon Walker University but did not score. Lewis, scored the first goal of the game, tying seeded seventh in the GLVC standings, the score 1-1. defeated the ‘Hounds 2-0. The season In the 88th minute, Mullen scored ended with an 11-6-5 record for UIndy. for the ‘Hounds, putting them in the The University of Indianapolis lead. With 45 seconds remaining on the men’s soccer team was 11-5-4 going clock, Quincy responded to tie into the Great Lakes Valley the game 2-2 and sned it into Conference Tournament, playovertime. ing Southern Illinois UniversityThe ‘Hounds were defeated Edwardsville on Oct. 28 for the

by Missouri-Rolla University second time in a week.

1-2 on Oct. 14. Missouri-Rolla In the first round of the scored first, and Fishback made GLVC tournament, the game the tying goal in the 83rd minute went into two 10-minute sending the game into overovertime periods with the time. In the second overtime, score remaining 0-0.Going into Missouri-Rolla scored the winpenalty shoot-outs, the ‘Hounds ning goal in the 106th minute of won after scoring 10 penalties the game. to SIUE’s 9. The UIndy record For the 2007 season, Higafter the first round in the GLVC gins scored 11 points, 5 goals tournament was 12-5-4. and one assist. Fishback scored The ‘Hounds finished their a total of 29 points, 13 goals, regular season 11-5-4 on Oct. 24 and three assists, ranking him against Oakland City University in many of the top ten catego(9-9-1). In the first round, junior ries in offense in the GLVC. forward Josiah Mullen, assisted “It’s not how talented or by senior midfielder John HigCarolyn Harless/ The Reflector good a team is, but it is the gins, scored in the 24th minute of Junior middlefielder Brian Fishback (10) team’s commitment that will the game. In the second round, dribbles the ball past Northern Kentucky determine the end of their seaOakland came back with a goal University’s Chad Cook. son’s success,” Griffin said. to tie the game 1-1. In the 79th