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Roche Academy creates new path for biology and chemistry students New curriculum sponsored by Roche Diagnostics prepares students for the medical diagnostic field

By Maia Gibson MANAGING EDITOR In September, the University of Indianapolis officially launched the Roche Academy to help students learn about and gain experience with medical diagnostic testing and equipment.

The program is a partnership between UIndy and Roche Diagnostics, a large Indianapolis-based company that manufactures diagnostic medical instrumentation and equipment, according to Chair and Associate Professor of Chemistry David StyersBarnett. This is an opportunity open to students in any field, but particularly those in biology and chemistry.

According to Styers-Barnett and Associate Professor of Biology Roger Sweets, the program was created in part to help staff Roche’s service department, which the company is anticipating needing to hire for in the next few years.

Additionally, the academy will also help students prepare for careers in the medical diagnostics field.

“The Roche Academy is a way of specifically training people to be well prepared to go into that job [servicing diagnostic equipment] and, along the way, to actually get experience at Roche and interact with the people at Roche and kind of find out, ‘is this a good match for me?’” Sweets said. “So the Roche Academy is really no different than a pre-med program or a pre-physical therapy program. It is a preparation for a specific kind of job.”

UIndy and other universities were approached by Roche for the potential partnership approximately a year and a half ago, according to Styers-Barnett and Sweets. After the application process was completed and UIndy was selected, both Roche and faculty in the chemistry and biology departments began work on creating curriculum and the structure for the academy.

According to Styers-Barnett and Sweets, students are admitted to the Roche Academy through an application process. They will take specific courses related to biology, chemistry and medical instrumentation during their first two years of school and then complete the application at the end of their sophomore or beginning of their junior year. Once admitted, students will have access to a paid internship in Roche’s service department, and possibly provisional employment at the end of their senior year.

Styers-Barnett said that he is hoping to eventually have a cohort of about 20 students in the program, but admittance will depend on how many Roche needs, as well as student interest. Sweets and Styers-Barnett said that they will act

Roche Academy Pathway to a Career Exploratory

Roche is the world's largest biotech company that combines pharmaceuticals and diagnostics to improve people's lives. They focus on better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases and aim to improve patient access to medical innovations.

During their freshman year, students will gain a general awareness of Roche Academy and about the learn program requirements

Application Students will decide to apply to the program their sophomore year and select program electives.

Internship

Students will complete a 10 week paid internship that including a check-in

Program Acceptance Junior year is when student will interview for the program, receive acceptance and complete the required program electives

Program Completion During their senior year, students will complete their final program electives and receive their final evaluation that allows them to complete the program Information from: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/roche-diagnostics-and-university-of-indianapolis-partner-with-ascend-indiana-to-create-the-roche-academy300704660.html, http://uindy.edu/roche-academy/files/rsa_early_in_career_sheet_v3.pdf

Roche Career After graduation, students of the Roche Academy could begin a full-time career with Roche as a Planned Activity Specialist.

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as liaisons between the university and Roche, as well as advisers to students in the program.

Styers-Barnett said that the Roche Academy will give students the opportunity to see a side of the healthcare industry that they have not before.

Through that, he said, students will be able to learn about other jobs that they could potentially go into once they graduate, whether it is with Roche or another company.

“We get a lot of students that come in and they want to be a doctor, they want to be a nurse, they want to be a physical therapist. And they know that because they’ve seen those careers in action.

You go to your doctor, you go to see your physical therapist if you’re injured or you have something you need to work with,” Styers-Barnett said. “When you go to the doctor and you have a blood draw and they send it off to the lab for tests, we don’t experience that. That’s what Roche does. They work on the analysis side of things. When you get that blood drawn, it goes to the lab, it’s possibly or likely a Roche instrument that’s doing that analysis and there’s a technician running that analysis using some piece of sophisticated scientific equipment. So even if a student never intends to work

in that field, having exposure to that kind of instrumentation and that side of the healthcare industry is really important for whatever it is that the end up doing. They can say, ‘Okay, I understand more about what that process is like.’”

Junior chemistry major Will Durchholz said that he had this experience. Over the summer, he and another student had the opportunity to participate in a pilot version of the program, which involved a ten week internship in the Roche Support Network. Durchholz said that he was able to have a variety of experiences, from working with different Roche employees to fixing instrumentation in the Fishers, Ind. repair shop and was also able to work on projects of his own. The two interns were also able to attend a three day conference in Chicago that Durchholz said showed them what Roche’s competition was working on.

According to Durchholz, the internship benefited him in multiple ways, including showing him that there were other options besides medical school.

“It also helped me realize, you know, you go into class and you do a lot of things in class and you don’t know how it might translate into a job. And at Roche, all summer, I just saw different

“...I'm actually learning it for a reason, not just because that's part of the curriculum. ”

ways that what I’m learning here [at UIndy], with chemistry and different classes I’ve taken, how that translates to a job and how you’re going to use that in a real world situation,” Durchholz said. “So it [the internship] helped me feel better about what I’m learning because I know I’m actually learning it for a reason, not just because they’re putting it in front of me and that’s part of the curriculum.”

Durchholz said he will continue to be a part of the Roche Academy and is planning to intern with the company again next summer..

Both Styers-Barnett and Sweets said that they are excited to see where the program goes and how it impacts the students who are involved. According to Styers-Barnett, several students have shown interest and that the program as a whole will provide a deeper experience for those involved in the program, whether through access to industry experts or new instrumentation. Sweets said that the academy will also help students be involved with the company.

“They’re [students] going to see this other side past their program that even in a normal internship they wouldn’t be able to see,” Sweets said. “They’re really going to interact with the people that work there. They’re going to get specific preparation for certain kinds of jobs that they may have at Roche. I think it’s going to be an intersection of academia and business that we don’t usually get a chance to do.”

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University fundraising efforts enter new development stage

By Crystal Sicard STAFF WRITER The largest fundraising campaign in the history of the University of Indianapolis is entering into its second phase. The university exceeded its first goal and is now increasing the goal for the second phase of the Campaign for the University of Indianapolis.

“Our campaign was originally set at $40 million,” President Robert Manuel said. “We passed that really quickly, so we have extended it now to $75 million so that we can raise money to put it towards scholarship, faculty and innovative ideas and community engagement.”

The fundraising campaign contains four main pillars for what the university wants the money to go toward.

Student scholarships, faculty research and project, community transformation and transformational ideas, according to Manuel, are what the university is focused on.

Vice President of University Advancement Christopher Molloy said that all the funding is going to the university and Manuel’s vision for 2030.

He said by 2030, the goal is to build the university, the education and the campus community. The money that is being raised for this campaign is coming from many different types of platforms, according to Molloy.

“The money comes from all over the place, with individuals who say they believe in our mission and interested in supporting us,” Manuel said. “Corporations that say they believe in us and want to support us, individuals who leave the university, they say they would have joy after they pass making sure that the work you are doing is continued, as well as a faculty staff campaign."

When the campaign first started, UIndy was only projected to raise about $40 million, according to Molloy.

“There are several reasons why we have done better than expected,” he said.

“First, President Manuel has a great vision for the university, our alumni and friends have a good feel of our university and wanting to support them. Lastly, our faculty and staff do an amazing job with their students and families helping them reach their full potential and really creating relationships with them. That inspires for people to give.”

Manuel said the university has been flooded with support from the campus community.

“There were a lot of people who were interested in helping us and support the work that we do, so rather than stop it and start another campaign,” Manuel said. “We thought that starting a phase two would be better.”

This five-year campaign will be extended to end in December of 2022 with the hope that it will reach the goal of $75 million, according to Molloy.

The Campaign for UIndy Donations $75 million

CAC receives contract for long term care course

By Abbie Fuhrman STAFF WRITER

The Center of Aging and Community was awarded a contract by the Indiana State Department of Health to develop and deliver a training course for long term care staff. The CAC was created so that the University of Indianapolis could build a connection with the surrounding community. According to Senior Project Director of CAC Ellen Burton, they work with different community problems to recognize challenges or opportunities that are presented across that state and then bring resources to the university to find solutions for each of the challenges at hand.

"Nursing facilities are surveyed and regulated by the state health department," Burton said. "Part of that process they ask questions like, 'what does your emergency plan look like,' 'do you have all of this information so we anticipate that' and when they don’t they

get cited so we anticipate that citations for those kind of things should decrease substantially based on what we are able to provide. " According to Assistant Professor of Public Health Kara Cecil, the CAC is going to focus on providing training to long term care facilities across the state.

She said that they already have plans on how to most effectively implement their training “We’re going to have them walk through table talk exercises, so that will give them some more hands on experience about how to actually implement an emergency action plan and mock through those steps,” Cecil said. “That’s a really good skill development opportunity for those administrators.”

Burton said that the process of earning this contract required her to work in a very collaborative team that consisted of Cecil, Adjunct Professor for Emergency Disaster Management and Leadership in Business William Reckert and Associate Professor of

Criminal Justice Kevin Whiteacre. Cecil said the team discussed what resources the university had in order to assist them in creating the program and putting it into action.

Burton said that besides helping develop the CAC program, the main benefit is that it is an opportunity for the faculty of UIndy to teach members of the surrounding community and develop those connections.

“It’s a wonderful opportunity to take a lot of the best practices that we know of and have been developed,” Burton said. “Not just in academia but kind of across the nation and throughout the field and put those [best practices] into a format where they can be much easily accessible and able to be implemented by long term care staff.”

The CAC is also partnering with the Department of Criminal Justice to secure the contract for training. Reckert said that this will be especially helpful for first responders. He said that this contract benefits the Emergency and

Disaster Management courses.

“From the EDM standpoint it follows what the courses we’re teaching, what happens in real life,” Reckert said.

“And this real life the emergency action plan it’s a planning process based on responses that have happened before.”

Although the program is still developing, Cecil said that as a future goal, they are looking to expand their resources. Cecil said the group is actually looking at submitting a similar proposal in Tennessee. Burton said he agrees that one of the main goals of the CAC is to expand and help as many communities as they can to prevent disasters.

“We hope this would be successful enough that it’s something we could implement in other states,” Burton said. “So certainly if it works here in Indiana, why not share? If we’re able to prevent any type of negative outcomes here, certainly we would hope that we would have opportunities to share in other states. So that it can be utilized as broadly as possible.”

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The first phase of the campaign passed its initial goal by $14 million more. Campaign Chair Yvonne Shaheen kicked off the campaign with a $5 million gift to the Shaheen College of Arts and Sciences.

Information from: http://news.uindy.edu/2018/10/18/campa ign-for-the-university-of-indianapolis-enters-second-phase/

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Complacency is killing us

Humanity is rapidly depleting its limited resources, has little time to fix what remains

Trauma needs to be believed In the wake of Brett Kavanaugh’s hearing and eventual confirmation to the Supreme Court, social media has left behind a winding, often diverging trail of questions, notably regarding accuser Christine Blasey Ford. The majority of these questions can be boiled down to the following one: What, in this scenario, is to be believed—Kavanaugh’s emotional denials, or Ford’s chilling testimony? According to the New York Times, the historical stance unfortunately has been to doubt sexual harassment allegations from women.

However, in the midst of the #MeToo movement and the subsequent #WhyIDidn’tReport, a war cry has arisen among modern female survivors: Believe all women.

Despite being an empowering statement, especially after years of systemic, patriarchal oppression, there are some reasonable skeptics wondering where to draw the line. The unfortunate reality is that some female accusers lie about their experiences, ruining the credibility of actual survivors and placing the accused in potential jeopardy. In a society filled with harassers, liars, supporters and skeptics, the middle ground seems almost impalpable—almost.

In reality, the evidence and years of historical misogyny may make the line unexpectedly clear: Believe all accusers of sexual harassment and assault, unless there is a compelling reason not to. This is not a legal precedent, but a moral one, and it makes sense.

Skeptics of the #MeToo movement have been vocal about their criticisms, noting that some women may make false accusations toward celebrities for fame, fortune or glory. This, however, is logically flawed. As an article from The Humanist titled "Skepticism—and What It Means to Believe Accusers" points out, survivors of sexual harassment or assault who do find the courage to speak out, end up publicly “disbelieved, victim-blamed, trivialized, harassed, threatened, and even assaulted again.” Mental Health America notes that sexual trauma can have a serious

However, Trump’s anger was and is perceived positively. According to Traister, “Anger from women is a liability; from men, it is simply speech.” More recently, in the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, when he got angry and showed his emotions, some people still sympathized with him. These are just small examples of how men are treated very differently from women, especially in politics.

According to TIME, the government is trying to strip women of their repro-

ductive rights, limit their healthcare, and have work environments where men sexually assault women and still gain power within the company. And women are still getting paid less than men. There are many justifiable reasons for women to be angry, yet they are not allowed to be without facing scrutiny and judgment. The previously mentioned New York Times notes that, ironically, justified female anger is often turned against itself, so that the woman

in question is seen as the threat, instead of the man harming her.

Also, according to a study by Ann M. Kring at the University of California Berkeley, featured in the previously-mentioned New York Times article, women experience more shame and embarrassment after reportedly admitting to being angry. Clearly, women are ashamed of showing their anger.

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the blame for a morally wrong action is a cowardly way to avoid personal responsibility, creating much of the complacency that prevents change in the world.

The “not my problem” concept is also an example of privilege breeding apathy, and Americans are perhaps more guilty of it than anybody. Temperate climates like the United States and Europe will not suffer the more immediate consequences of global warming, but rather the “equatorial” countries in the global south, which tend to already be poor and endure harsh climates. As Earth & Space Science News points

out, the burdens of climate change will be most heavy for states that are already suffering, like those in the tropics. While the industrial powers of the world pollute the environment at dangerously high rates, the less developed nations will essentially be picking up the tab as they are battered by droughts, hurricanes and other natural disasters.

This has an interesting parallel with colonialism, a practice that, although it is en vogue to denounce as a sin of the past, seems to be alive and well in principle.

Humans are destructive creatures. We live really destructive lives that, objectively speaking, are bad for the planet—but that does not mean that we should not do anything about it.

Unfortunately, the climate change debate has become politicized. Putting in as much effort as possible for the sake of the earth is in the interest of every race, political party and denomination in the world. Resolving this issue should have the same universal support as, say, curing cancer. However, unlike cancer, the science and technology already exist to reverse the climate change problem. The only reason the problem persists is that not enough people use the technology, and that is the true tragedy of climate change. Whether a farmer living his life working the land, a child swimming in a lake during the summer, a woman reading in a park on the fresh-cut grass, all people benefit from the environment, so it serves all our best interests protecting it. Stopping climate change is an act of basic human decency.

Making small changes in our lives to be environmentally responsible takes so little effort, and so little time. You don’t have to be a “bleeding heart liberal," as many environmentalists have been labeled. You don’t have to go vegan or take up astrology or heal illnesses with herbs.

You just have to be decent and want to leave a better world for later generations than the one we have now.

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The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently released a climate change report stating that there are only 12 years left to keep rising global temperatures beneath a catastrophic level. If levels rise beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius, by even half a degree, the panel warns risks of drought, floods, extreme heat and debilitating poverty will rise for millions of people. The UN panel cited more than 6,000 works in its report, and IPCC Co-Chair of the Working Group on impacts Debra Roberts called the document “a line in the sand” for the future of the planet.

There is no reason to dignify the idea that climate change, or global warming, is not real. Scientifically, that would make no more sense than arguing that smoking is actually beneficial for human lungs. The inaccuracy of that statement was established by science, by years of theories and studies, and the majority of human beings decided to believe the scientific evidence because, logically, there was no reason to doubt it and every reason to believe it. So too with global warming.

The biggest problem with climate change is not that the majority of people don’t believe in it, because most do, but that people consciously choose not to do anything about it. Believing in the seriousness of climate change requires people to care actively about something that, at the moment, does not affect their day-to-day lives. For many people, that is simply too much to ask.

Or is it?

Frankly, decreasing the amount of harm the average person does to the environment is not incredibly challenging. Everyday people can make many small changes to tread a little lighter on the earth. For example, go meatless a couple of days a week.

Cornell University researchers, among others, wrote in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2003 that a meat-based food system requires more energy, land, and water resources than a plant-based diet. Walk to places that are close. Cars are one of the leading causes of greenhouse gas emissions. Use a recycling bin. Think about where trash actually goes, and recycling as much as possible seems much more appealing.

Doing these simple things is so easy that not doing them can only be attributed to apathy, ignorance or laziness.

A classic argument is that corporations are killing the environment (a fair point). Another is that the actions of a single person do not make a difference.

But these are moral cop-outs meant to free individual people from accountability for their actions. It is similar to parking in the handicap accessible parking spot because “it will only be a minute.” Trying to deflect

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impact on mental health, including depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and anxiety among other consequences. Furthermore, according to Pacific Standard, research has found that few rape allegations are false, especially considering that so many incidents go unreported out of fear.

In short, the negative consequences of speaking out about harassment—especially speaking out against a celebrity—far outweigh the potential “fame.” It takes a huge amount of courage to overcome the trauma of sexual harassment or assault once—but to relive it again and again for the sake of other survivors is an act of martyrdom.

Those survivors who are brave enough to speak out do so for the sake of past, present and future survivors, often risking everything for, potentially, nothing. Yes, liars concocting fake allegations do exist, but reassuringly, according to Vox News, false accusations are easily caught, and rarely make it far in the judicial system.

Logically and morally, believing survivors, unless given a good reason not to makes the most sense. If we are to fix a culture deeply rooted in female subservience, inclined to doubt women in the face of abuse or trauma, we must start with ourselves, by believing these survivors, within reason. To disbelieve someone who has gone through such a traumatic event with no basis for doing so is cruel and, frankly, reprehensible.

At the end of the day, Ford will go back to teaching, one of her most traumatic experiences permanently publicized. She is left only with the small hope that her bravery will eventually make a difference to future survivors.

Meanwhile, Kavanaugh sits in one of the most powerful positions in the nation.

This exhausting cycle, in which a survivor comes home defeated and the accused stands invincible, is worryingly common. But thanks to modern movements such as #MeToo and #BelieveWomen, perhaps some progress can be made to reverse those roles, after many years of women being told to keep quiet. As poet and author Blythe Baird puts it, “Is silence not an act of violence, too?”

The negative consequences of speaking out about harassment outweigh the potential 'fame.'

Women's righteous rage, catalyst for social change

By Reid Bello STAFF WRITER

In an attempt to make a difference in important social issues, women have begun speaking out and, remarkably, are being praised for doing so. After years of political and social pressures telling women to keep their mouths shut, two new books encourage women to do the opposite: "Rage Becomes Her"

by Soraya Chemaly, and "Good and Mad" by Rebecca Traister. The books argue that the often unappreciated rage of women can be a catalyst for social change.

Everyone should read these books to grasp what women are and have been up against. As an 18-year-old, Caucasian female, I have not had much experience with the hardships of women in the workplace or in life. I do, however, support everything these authors are trying to do for the women of the future and agree that women's rage can change the world.

There is often inequality in the way anger is perceived in terms of gender.

In men, it is seen as righteous fury. In women, according to an article from The New York Times titled "I Used to Insist I Didn't Get Angry. Not Anymore," it is seen as “hostile.” This dichotomy is amplified on the public stage. Take, for example, Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential election.

An article from The Cut titled "Hillary Clinton is Finally Expressing Some Righteous Anger. Why Does That Make Everyone Else So Mad?" written by the same Rebecca Traister of "Good and Mad," recalls how “every time Clinton spoke too loudly into a microphone, America seemed to rear back.” In her memoir about the 2016 presidential election, Clinton herself explicitly talks about how hard it was not to seem angry all the time, writing that "a lot of people recoil from an angry woman."

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courage to stand up for what they believe in, and the way they are doing it.

As more issues arise, more women are fighting back against years of systemic oppression. However, this isn’t something new. Women have been angry and fought throughout history.

According to TIME, women are not a minority. Even if they were, they should still be seen as “equal” to men. So why do men get more powerful positions or higher pay while women are fighting to keep their reproductive rights and not be seen as sexual objects that men can take advantage of ? I cannot imagine little girls learning this as they grow up and thinking that this is what the world has in store for them.

Our country seems so focused on the present and what we want right now and not on the quality of life of generations to come. We would not want fathers to tell their sons that it is acceptable to assault women at work, and that it will not have any effect. We also would not want mothers to have to tell their daughters that they always will have lower pay than men, that they might be raped and there is nothing they can do about it, or that they might not have the same reproductive rights as we have now.

Women have a right to be angry.

This surge of female aggression and rage is a long-time coming, after years of being burdened by the pressures of sexism, violence and inequality. Women have had a long fight for what they do have. Even after years of progress, they are still fighting not only for their pay and reproductive rights, but also their emotions.

These women are taking a stand, not only for the present, but also for the future. I have respect for any woman who has the courage to stand up and take a public stance on this subject. I hope people will recognize the message these books are trying to convey, attempt to take the words to heart and consider the future of all women.

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Forum discusses cultural issues arising in healthcare

By Madison Gomez STAFF WRITER

Photo by Tony Reeves

Founder and CEO of LovEd Isabell Springer presented her program at the University of Indianapolis on Oct. 23. Springer surveyed the audience to begin a conversation about values in a relationship and feelings that can raise concerns. Much of the audience agreed that they had felt under-appreciated at some point in a relationship.

LovEd teaches students how to maintain positive relationships

By Reid Bello STAFF WRITER LovEd, a workshop that educates students about how to maintain healthy relationships, took place at the University of Indianapolis on Oct. 23.

The presentation gave UIndy students the opportunity to not only learn more about love, but learn more about Founder and CEO of LovEd Isabell Springer program and research that she has worked on over the past eight years.

Director of Student Support and Title IX Academic Advisor Anne Moelk said that she invited Springer to come speak after hearing about her research because she thought it would reach a number of students and be beneficial to the UIndy community.

“My work tends to focus on the negatives and I think that maybe if college students knew how to be in relationships, it could decrease the amount of sexual violence and assaults. And this is why I asked Isabell [Springer] to come to UIndy,” Moelk said.

After going through a divorce 14 years ago, Springer said she was left wanting to find the answer as to why relationships do not always work, which drove her to go to school to become a psychotherapist. After about five years of research on relationships, Springer started presenting her results and founded LovEd. According to Springer, there are three parts of the LovEd program: Clarity, confidence and communication. In

her presentation at UIndy, she discussed the clarity stage. Springer said that the biggest mistake individuals make in relationships is communication and, in today’s culture, few people properly communicate with their partner. This creates a separation between the two people in the relationship.

“Communication is not a big deal,” Springer said, “but it is a deal breaker.”

According to Springer, growing up most people are taught to read or write, but no one is taught how to love or be in a relationship effectively and base their love lives off of trial and error. LovEd gives people the opportunity to learn that information.

“In order to make smart choices in love,” Springer said, “we need to know what love is not.”

During the presentation, Springer asked the audience if they ever felt unimportant, undervalued or not good enough and 91 percent of the room responded yes in an anonymous poll. When asked if they had ever felt persuaded to look, act, or be a certain way to fit in or be liked, 88 percent of the room said yes. According to Springer, these feelings in relationships can cause issues and sometimes turn abusive. She said that if an individual is involved in an abusive relationship, whether it pertains to sexual, verbal or emotional abuse, they can end it.

One point that Springer said she likes to speak about in her presentation, is that sex is an activity and it means something different to every person. A relationship does not automatically skip a stage just because of sex or saying ‘I love you.’ Communication is needed to

“In order to make smart choices in love, we need to know what love is not. ”

determine what sex or I love you means to each half of a relationship.

“Sex is an activity like eating candy, it doesn’t have any meaning except for the meaning you give it,” Springer said.

According to Springer, good, effective relationships have both romantic attraction and emotional maturity. There are six levels of attraction, the first three being no attraction at all. Level four is the “just friends” level, where a connection is made with another individual enough to have a relationship as friends.

Level five is where both parties are attracted and level six is the highest level of attraction.

According to Springer, the main reason people get divorced or have an affair is because they are in a relationship with somebody who is under a level five and they think that it could turn into something more. The first 6 to 12 months of a relationship are in what is called the infatuation stage. During this stage, couples are still getting to know each other and have the initial excitement of something new, according to Springer.

Freshman nursing major Leetta Rainwater said that she was shocked that the infatuation period is 6 to 12 months and said that she learned everybody is at a different level of maturity at different times. Rainwater said she has been in a relationship for the past three years and thinks that these tips were helpful in applying to her own relationship.

“I believe this would be helpful to my relationship because my boyfriend is in the military and communication is crucial to our relationship,” Rainwater said.

Springer studied and researched in order to determine why so many people struggled with relationships and why some relationships work and others do not. She said she started LovEd to help those who do not have it figured out, but want to.

West Meets East: Culture and Health forum was held on Oct. 27 to discuss what to do when communication problems arise in healthcare. The University of Indianapolis specifically targeted the aspect of culture and how it can affect the care patients receive.

Chief Academic Advisor of Community Health Network Kathleen Zoppi who spoke at the event on Crossing Cultures, meaning how one can practice being sensitive to all beliefs.

Zoppi said she prepared for her presentation by utilizing her background in talking about cultural competence or being able to interact effectively with people from other cultures. She also researched the topic further and teaching techniques that are currently being used to effectively put together her slideshow and speech. “[My point was] that people’s individual beliefs affect the quality of their care but also need to be communicated with medical professionals so they can choose appropriately for themselves,” Zoppi said.

She said she thought her presentation was successful because of the feedback she received after playing a video that stirred conversation. The video depicted a young girl with a hole in her heart that the doctors said needed an operation. Though her condition was serious, her grandmother did not want her granddaughter to have the operation because of the cultural background and the values she held. Zoppi asked the audience what the physician did wrong in her diagnosis and the audience responded that they saw genuine disregard for the wishes of the family to attempt

harmless traditional medicine first. This was the point of the forum, to expose and create awareness that one should be more culturally competent, according to Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work Stephanie Rudd.

When Rudd became a speaker in her group workshop she had her participants undergo mind and body medicine of relaxation. They went into a relaxation and meditation session which displayed the effects of calming sounds and simple phrases.

She said her main goal in her presentation was to show that in the field of medicine, the physicians need to be colorblind and adhere to specific cultures, making sure that the patients feel respected and cared for in all practices.

Senior social work major Mariah Whitaker said she attended the session because she figured she could easily use this in her current job working at a food and clothing pantry. Dealing with a diverse selection of people, she says that it helped her be more aware of how she is going to use her tone, make sure she’s not being condescending and make sure she’s not going to be assuming one thing or another in her conversations with people.

Whitaker said the biggest thing that she took away from the day was that if a patient says they do not want to be treated or use a certain method of care, the physician should ask why. She said that this can help make doctors and patients more well informed.

“We are not a world of one kind of people, nor should we strive for people to become all the same,” Rudd said. “We really need to embrace the differences of all and be sure that their healthcare and be sure that their wishes and wants and cultural practices are observed and followed and respected.”

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At the event, Community Hospital Physician Chrissy Hopp (left) and Committee Co-Chair for the Department of Social Work Phylis Lan Lin (right) demonstrated a conversation about cross-culture healthcare treatment.

Professor publishes article over residential segregation

By Noah Crenshaw ONLINE EDITOR Fifty years after the Fair Housing Act was signed into law, a recently published article by a University of Indianapolis professor highlighted how family structures can have an impact on residential segregation. Assistant Professor of Sociology Colleen Wynn co-wrote the article “Assessing the Role of Family Structure in Racial/Ethnic Residential Isolation” with University at Albany, State University at New York Associate Professor of Sociology Samantha Friedman.

The article was published in a special issue of the journal, "Social Inequality and Residential Segregation in Urban Neighborhoods and Communities."

The co-author of the article was Wynn’s dissertation chair at University at Albany, State University at New York, which is where Wynn received her doctorate from.

Wynn said that sociology researchers have been studying racial and ethnic segregation in the United States for decades. The researchers, according to Wynn, have seen declines in segregation

over time, however, segregation still per- the best areas and then, either directly sists in many areas despite the legisla- or indirectly, keeping other people from tion forbidding it. being able to move to those areas.”

“I found that race is still the primaAccording to Friedman and Wynn, ry factor that segregates us, but within there have been many studies that have that, that family structure plays some looked at the different structures of really important roles,” Wynn said. households and that those studies have “People [other researchers] only focused on comparhave started finding that ing family households to it’s actually more affluent non-family households, families who are the most such as people who are segregated. People who married compared to peohave the money to be able ple who live alone. to move and to live in a “If you look at the suburban area, and to keep research on residential other people out of that segregation, nothing has area.” been done or very little Their research found attention has been given that predominantly white to looking at the role of married families tend to family structure in shaping be more residentially isolatsegregation by race and WYNN ed. Wynn said this isolation ethnicity,” Friedman said. means that white married families are Although it is illegal to legally segremore likely to live in neighborhoods gate, people still do and sometimes even with others who are like them. get away with it, according to Wynn.

"White married couple families This has even been done on much larger are [the] most likely to live with other scales in neighborhoods and even cities. white married couple families," Wynn “Neighborhoods and cities can do said. "We [researchers] argue that may- it through zoning policies,” Wynn said. be it’s that they are using their relative “We know that, for instance, black fepower in the housing market to move to male-headed families are more likely to

rent then own their home. So, you might say no rental housing in this neighborhood and then you have effectively kept out anyone who is not able to buy a home in your expensive neighborhood.”

There are three main areas where researchers believe the explanations for residential segregation could be found, according to Wynn.

“There’s the socioeconomic explanations that people have different amounts of money and so they’re able to live somewhere and not live somewhere,” Wynn said. “There are residential preferences, that people live where they want to live and probably some of that is going on, but it can’t explain everything. Then there’s this idea that it's discrimination.”

Wynn said that in most of the studies that have been conducted, researchers primarily put the cause for this as discrimination. This is because they do not believe that it is completely socio-economic or residential. More researchers are, however, looking in to discrimination by itself when it comes to housing segregation, according to Wynn.

“People are starting to get in there and look around and track discrimination more,” Wynn said. “We know that

there’s very real evidence of discrimination, but we don’t always know how exactly that might play out or what the specific mechanisms are. In our study, we’re arguing that maybe by considering family structure, that maybe we are uncovering another aspect of discrimination. Maybe people aren’t just discriminating on race, they’re also discriminating on family structure."

Wynn said although the conclusions of her study may not apply to college students now, it has the potential to apply to them once they leave school.

“The ideas of what kinds of neighborhoods you want to live in, they may not directly be tied to race, ethnicity or family structure, but our perceptions of ‘This is a good area to live’ or ‘This is a bad area to live,’ often are tied to some of those things indirectly,” Wynn said.

“We don’t necessarily assume that it’s because of race or ethnicity, but maybe neighborhoods that have a higher minority population might be construed as a negative place to live.”

Wynn said that her paper achieved her goal of teaching her readers that segregation is still an issue, that many people do not realize.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Swim and dive sets goal to reach nationals

By Cassandra Lombardo DISTRIBUTION MANAGER

Photo Contributed by UIndy Athletics

After earning the GLVC Women’s Golf Player of the Week award for the third time this year, junior golfer Pilar Echeverria has been awarded 11 weekly awards from the conference during her career. Echeverria also acquired various individual medalist honors, one of these honors being earned after the Trevecca Music City Invitational.

Golf holds No. 1 rank in GLVC Women’s golf team keeps ranking after beating Division I, II teams during fall season

By Naomi Coleman STAFF WRITER The women’s golf team finished the fall season undefeated against Division II competition, according to Head Men’s and Women’s Golf Coach Brent Nicoson. The team started the season placing first in the University of Indianapolis Invitational and continued to place first in other invitationals throughout the fall season. This resulted in the team being ranked No. 1 from the beginning through the end of the season.

Senior golfer Kennedy Holtsclaw said she had many positive comments about the end of the season. The team was unsure how well the season would go for them with the loss of four seniors last year, three of which, according to Holtsclaw, were in the top five of their team.

“Overall we’ve handled it super well. We finished the season with four wins, we won every tournament that was against Division I teams and then we also won the Ball State tournament, which was mostly Division I teams. So our only loss came at the University of Kentucky Tournamen...” Holtsclaw said.

“But overall it’s been really good. We’ve still steadily gotten better.”

Despite the team’s success this season, Nicoson said there is always room to improve.

“We definitely need to get more consistent. Even though we’re ranked No. 1 right now, you know springtime can bring a totally different look to the team, so we have to be really prepared when we come out,” Nicoson said. “I wouldn’t say there are any changes, we just need to be more consistent in what we’re doing. Our game plan has worked for a few years now, so we’ll stick to the same game plans that we’ve done.”

Holtsclaw said she believes that improvement is a team goal as well. She said that with the loss of the seniors from last year, they could be considered a younger team this year. With two seniors, a junior, a sophomore and a freshman, Holtsclaw said that there is not much experience on the team.

“There were so many times where we would just sit down after rounds and talk about things we could improve on, so just looking into those areas of improvement over off season and digging

into them and getting better,” Holtsclaw said. “ I think that would be really great for us because, like I said, we did so well this fall but there were still those areas that we saw we could grow in. So if we grow and help the younger ones get that kind of more experience, like mental game, then I think we could really, really excel.”

According to both Holtsclaw and Nicoson, the team’s dynamic and closeness can be reasons for their success.

Holtsclaw said that the small team allowed them to instantly have chemistry, and that Nicoson does a good job of recruiting people that he knows contribute to that.

“He recruits not just for the players.

Obviously you want someone that’s good at golf to come here with our program being the way it is, but he looks more at like personality as well,” Holtsclaw said.

“So like when he’s recruiting he really looks to make sure that it’s someone that’s going to fit in with the group and what we stand for.”

According to Nicoson, he intends for the girls on the team to work very hard during off season so they can be ready to dominate this upcoming spring.

Striving to reach their goal of winning nationals this season, the University of Indianapolis swim and dive team feels that this will be their year to step it up a notch, according to senior freestyle Demetrakis Haholiades.

The team has yet to win nationals, but they were able to place third last year, falling only a few points short of second place. This year, the team is making it their end goal to win nationals, according to Haholiades.

In mid-October, the team competed in the College Swimming Coaches Association of America where the men placed second behind the University of Charlotte Royals and the women placed seventh out of the other competing Division II teams. According to junior diver Payton Staman, the hard work being put in is what is going to help them make it to nationals.

“In terms of how the season is going so far, all of us have just been really hungry to take our team to the next level,” Staman said. “We saw some success last year, such as winning conference and then placing third at nationals. We think if we just keep trying and keep working our hardest, then we can keep continuing to perform… We just want to put all of that work and effort into making these years count.”

Even though the swim and dive team have different events, they are still one collective sport, according to Staman.

The team has a few bonding activities, but a lot of it comes from the work they

do like volunteering and supporting other teams, Haholiades said. Anything they do as a team always involves both swimming and diving members.

“Working with everyone else on the team and working hard, you kind of grow closer to them,” Staman said. “And then it makes a synergy that is bigger than any individual one of us.”

Not only does the team care about their sport, but they also strive to maintain a good GPA, according to Staman.

Two years ago, the swim and dive team received an award for having the highest GPA in Division II. Head Men and Women’s Swim and Dive Team Coach Jason Hite began coaching at UIndy in 2016, and since then the GPA range has increased for the team.

“The GPA does play a huge factor for me,” Hite said. “I do want our team to be at about a 3.5 and I am very selective on all of the kids no matter if they are American or international… Out of all the teams competing at nationals, we had the highest team GPA. That tells us that we are doing the best. The people qualifying for nationals have had an average of a 3.7 to 3.8 GPA.” The team will be traveling to Hawaii over winter break to attend a training camp for two weeks. These weeks will consist of three hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon each day. They will compete there along with sightsee and visit the beach.

The team will compete in the House of Champions coming up on Nov. 16, where they will then be making their way towards achieving their goals at nationals and keeping standards met for grades as the semester comes to an end.

“...If we grow and help the younger ones... we could really, really excel.”

Photo by Ki Tally

Sophomore distance freestyles Cody Liske and Adam Rosipal exchanged an air high-five across lanes after the 1000 freestyle event on Nov. 2, where Rosipal had a 9:23.62 victory, and Liske was third with a 9:40.52 finish.

Senior receives recognition from HERO Sports

By Abby Land ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Photo Contributed by UIndy Athletics

Recently voted as the best wide receiver in the GLVC through a poll given by HERO Sports, senior wide receiver and team captain Malik Higgins was given public recognition for his efforts on the field. According to Higgins, the support and recognition from players and fans was reassuring as his collegiate career comes to a close.

University of Indianapolis senior wide receiver and team captain Malik Higgins was recently voted best wide receiver in the GLVC by voters through HERO Sports. The online vote, while unofficial, serves as a recognition of Higgins by other players, spectators and fans in the league.

“It’s great to know that I’m acknowledged by my peers,” Higgins said. “It just really shows the hard work that I’ve put into perfecting my craft, shows on the field when I go out there on Saturdays.”

Head Football Coach Bob Bartolomeo said that Higgins is not only an exceptional player, but leader on the team.

"He's obviously a great receiver for us, very worthy of the award,” Bartolomeo said. “But besides being a great player, he's a team captain, a leader, a guy who works hard.”

Originally from Henderson, Kentucky, Higgins said that he chose to attend college in Indianapolis because of the “sense of family” he felt with the team. According to Higgins, it was immediately apparent that he had come to the right place.

“When you come up on the visit, everybody just kind of accepts you immediately. They’re really friendly and open and they kind of welcome you with open arms—just make you a part of the family, honestly. So that was great, for me to

come up here and get that love,” Higgins said. “I kind of just fell in love with it immediately.”

Higgins quickly became a standout player on the team once he enrolled as a freshman, according to Receiver Coach Colin Coffer. Coffer began working with Higgins after coming to UIndy in 2016 from Ball State University. As a former recruiter, he was already familiar with Higgins’ talent and said has enjoyed watching Higgins grow as a player. “[Higgins] is fun, vocal, likes to joke around, high energy and loves the game, so that makes him easier to coach,” Coffer said. “He’s worked at [football] for a long time and he’s been a staple in the GLVC for a long time.

Being top five in career receptions, yards and touchdowns is an awesome accomplishment.”

When Higgins graduates in May, he said he hopes to continue playing football professionally. If those plans do not follow through, he said he plans to stay in Indianapolis and find a career related to his sports management major. For now, Higgins said he is focused on finishing his final season strong and helping prepare younger players who will take his place.

“I always try to come with a hard work ethic, first class manner,” Higgins said. “So that young guys see, ‘this is a team captain, this is what he’s doing to have success, so if we follow that same pattern, then we can be just as successful if not more successful.’”

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THE REFLECTOR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Running back starts career breaking records

By Madison Gomez STAFF WRITER

Putting in work on and off the field shows dedication and commitment, which proved to be some of the reasons why one freshman set himself apart from the rest, according to Running Back Coach Ryan Stokes. Toriano Clinton, a freshman running back majoring in sports management, put in the time, his hard work paying off faster than he expected, he said.

Clinton’s work ethic and commitment to the game got him recognition from his coach and peers after he broke two records.

Clinton became the first player in conference history to win both the GLVC Offensive and Special Players of the Week honors in the same day. He is also the first player in school history since 1983 to return two kickoff returns for touchdowns in the same game. His 362 all-purpose yards came two short of matching the single-game program record, set by Craig Cothran in 1998, according to Assistant Director of Athletics for Media Relations Ryan Thorpe.

“I go hard, especially being a freshman coming in. I didn’t really expect to play as much, so every chance I get I just try to work constantly. Working even when I’m supposed to be resting. I just get that work in,” Clinton said. “Making sure I’m staying healthy and even if I am

hurt, I try to fight through it because in life you’re going to have to fight through a lot of situations, and that determines you versus your opponent, or so I feel.

So I just continue to fight.”

Stokes said that from day one, Clinton has been seen as a team player.

Stokes said Clinton always comes to practice and to their meetings ready to learn.

To be a good team member, one needs to know how to play the game, be versatile and work well with others, and this criteria can be found in Clinton, according to Stokes.

Freshmen are only allowed to play a certain number of times in each game. In football these times are called reps, according to Stokes. Because of Clinton’s positive attitude, showing up to meetings early being the last one to leave, taking notes and asking questions, Stokes said Clinton got more reps. Clinton utilizes the opportunities he gets and brings excitement to each practice. Stokes said that because of this, his job is more enjoyable.

“Even at fall camp, the few reps that he had he took advantage of. Obviously his talent, his quickness and what he brings to the football team is a little bit different than the other running backs that we have, which is awesome,” Stokes said. “And I think that’s one of the rea-

sons why we’ve been so successful as a running back group. Aside from our offensive line doing such a wonderful job, is just the differences in running styles that our running backs have.”

When word got out about the records that he broke, Clinton said he found a lot of support coming from his team, which he described as a family. His teammates congratulated him, as well as teased him which was all in good fun, according to Clinton, because of their closeness.

Clinton said his final goal is to get into the NFL, but he’s also focusing on succeeding in school. Stokes said he believes that if Clinton keeps putting in the work that he is now, he’s going to grow as a player for the team at the University of Indianapolis and continue to help in big ways. Clinton said he has earned the reps and is going to continue to refine his skills to get better.

“When I think of Toriano, I think of energy and just fun,” Stokes said. “He’s fun to coach and his work ethic is just different, and I guess that’s the best way to describe it. That’s why he’s gotten the opportunities he’s gotten. And when he’s gotten them, he’s taken full advantage of them because of his work ethic and how much fun he has out here just feeds on our whole team.”

“When I think of Toriano [Clinton], I think of energy and just fun.”

Photo by Ki Tally

Freshman running back Toriano Clinton was recognized for the work he has put into football on and off the field through honors winning both the GLVC Offensive and Special Players of the Week awards consecutively.

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Junior golfer Erik Edwards accumulated two GLVC Men’s Golfer Player of the Week honors and is one of the only players to earn them successively.

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UIndy won three GLVC Men’s Golfer Player of the Week honors this season. Junior golfer Spencer Klimek earned one of them.

MEN’S GOLF

The University of Indianapolis men’s golf team’s fall season came to an end with the Hounds ranked first overall in the region. The team won every tournament they went to except the Butler Invitational, where they finished second.

“The fall season has been good. We’re ranked No. 1 in the region and that’s always the goal. That sets us up for good positioning for the spring season and getting into the NCAA tournament,” Head Men’s and Women’s Golf Coach Brent Nicoson said. “I would say we played three really good tournaments...

Overall, it was a very successful fall season.”

The team only had two seniors on the roster but was led by their young core. Sophomore golfer Ian Carrol was able to finish the year with an eighth place finish at the Ohio Dominican University Classic and a third place finish at the Butler Fall Invite.

Sophomore golfer Oliver Mast was also successful in those tournaments with a fourth place finish at the ODU Classic and a seventh place finish at the Butler Fall Invite.

“We’re pretty young, we don’t have any seniors in

the top five right now. We have two seniors on the team. The freshman and sophomore class are pretty good,” Nicoson said. “Ian Carrol and Oliver Mast have been in the line-up for a year and a half now, so we have high expectations for them.”

Junior sports marketing major Erik Edwards helped lead the team ending up with two second place finishes, one at the ODU Kickoff Classic and the other at the Doc Spragg Invitational. Edwards pulled off his first collegiate tournament win at the Butler Fall Invitational with a five-under performance. He earned his first career medalist honor at this invitational.

“In a couple tournaments that I finished second in, I had bad finishes in and I feel like I could have won both of those tournaments,” Edwards said. “If I could have gone back, I would have made some better decisions finishing those tournaments and then down in Florida with the bad weather I could have made some better decisions.”

The team plays in the spring again, starting on Mar. 24 at the Findlay Spring Invitation in Lexington, Kentucky.

Oct. 24 at Bellarmine University

The women’s soccer team came home from their final game of the season with a 1-0 win. After being tied through the whole game and two additional overtime periods, freshman forward Kaylee Zimbelmann made the game-winning score. This resulted in the team winning their last three games. This was the first time since 2015 that the University of Indianapolis women’s soccer team has won their last three games of the season.

Postseason honors were given out on Nov. 1. Senior midfield/forward Stephanie Burdsall and junior forward Amanda Meyer were named to the All-GLVC third team.

Along with those honors, senior midfield/ forward Michele Govern was nominated for the conference’s James R. Spalding Sportsmanship award.

MEN’S SOCCER T 1-1 (PK 5-3) Oct. 28 at Maryville University After being tied 1-1 for two overtimes, the men’s soccer team lost 5-3 in penalty kicks against Maryville University on Oct. 28. The team ended their season ranked No. 7 in the GLVC tournament.

Awards were given to the team during the GLVC banquet on Nov. 1. Of these, freshman midfield/forward Alejandro Steinwascher won freshman of the year. He was named to the conference’s second team with junior midfield Ben Rohder and senior midfield Brett Langley.

Senior goalkeeper Miles Palmer received a sportsmanship award. GLVC coaches selected senior back Josh Mahon and junior forward Javier Steinwascher as team representatives. To finish awards, senior back Bryan Davis, senior forward Benjamin Sierra and senior back Felix Oevermann earned third team honors.

For additional information about the end of the women’s and men’s soccer season this year visit reflector.uindy.edu.

CROSS COUNTRY

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Nov. 3 at GLVC Championships

The GLVC cross country championship was hosted in Louisville, Kentucky on Nov. 3. For the first time since 1992, the women’s cross country team was able to garner their first GLVC title and was ahead of the other teams by 41 team points. Sophomore runner Lauren Bailey came in third place. At this event, various personal records were broken for the women’s team.

The men’s team finished the event in fourth place, only seven team points behind third place. Freshman runner Chris Switzer finished in fourth place and senior runner Taylor Kleyn placed ninth out of 148 runners.

After these victories, Head Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Coach Brad Robinson was announced as the GLVC Coach of the Year.

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Nov. 3 at Truman State University

The football team earned the GLVC championship title with a win against Truman State University on Nov. 3. This was the sixth time the team has earned the title in seven years.

Truman scored a touchdown during the first quarter of the game, which was the only points they scored for the entirety of the game.

Truman went for a potential touchdown in the second quarter but was stopped by sophomore safety Connor Steeb. During that game, three other Greyhounds were also able to gain their first career interceptions.

Along with defensive interceptions, redshirt senior quarterback Jake Purichia, freshman running back Toriano Clinton, sophomore wide receiver Daveon Bell and sophomore running back Al McKeller scored a total of four touchdowns.

Greyhound Update Box by Jacob Walton and Ki Tally

Graphic by Johana Rosendo

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FEATURE

THE REFLECTOR

Professor runs for hope

Laura Santurri runs ultra-marathons to raise money for individuals battling Leukemia

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Studying and serving: students in the military

By Jayden Kennett & Jacob Walton FEATURE EDITOR & CO-PHOTO EDITOR & STAFF WRITER

from that and get better for the next time you will be in that situation.”

Junior psychology major Alicia Cagney had different reasons for joining the military. From a young age, Cagney said that she knew she wanted to be in the military. On career days, Cagney said she always wanted to hear from soldiers, rather than anyone else. Her desire to join the military stems from wanting to help others, Cagney said. Cagney had originally planned join the Marines right out of high school, but because she wanted to play college softball, joined a program that allows her to train in the military during the summer while she attends school during the rest of the year.

Because of this, Cagney currently holds the rank of half-trained Lt. Cagney said she believes softball has given her an advantage in the marines.

“Just the physical fitness aspect, the discipline aspect, the teamwork aspect.

All of that stuff [that] came from college athletics helped carry over into the Marines,” Cagney said.

Cagney said she chose the Marines because she felt that it was the most intense and the most respected branch of the military. She said wanted to be challenged during training and with the Marines she could be. She also liked what the Marines stand for, which to her is camaraderie.

“Every person has earned where they’re at. It’s not something that’s easy,” Cagney said. “… There is so much more work put in it than you can imagine.

It’s more than just physical. You have to study, take exams. It’s just like being in school, but a lot more intense.”

Of the millions of reasons for joining the military Cagney and Hylton represent two of them. But regardless of their reasons for joining, military members come together to serve the country.

“It’s a great feeling knowing [that] you’re doing something bigger than yourself,” Cagney said. “And hopefully will be able to help others in the future.”

Being away from family for months on end, enduring intense physical training and adjusting to a new life of following orders are just a few of the things that military men and women experience while serving. The U.S. military consists of 1.29 million active-duty men and women stationed around the world, according to cfr.org. Meaning, there are a multitude of personal reasons and stories behind why some would have joined the military. Some join for the pay and benefits, some it is their dream, and some join for the honor of serving.

Some of these military members are students at the University of Indianapolis.

Army Cadet Blake Hylton served in the Army for three years before he came to UIndy to study communication.

Hylton’s reason for joining the military was simple, he said he wanted to join for the benefits, including the educational benefits of the GI Bill. Enacted in 1944, the GI Bill helps veterans, and their family members, pay for college, graduate school and training programs, according to vets.gov. Military members who serve for an extensive about of time, usually a minimum of 20 years Photo Contributed by Laura Santurri are also eligible for retirement and may Laura Santurri competed in the 2014 Utah Valley Marathon, which was established in 2008. She placed 493 in her gender and age group and averaged 11:43 per mile. receive pay.

“The Army has a lot of benefits and it is a great way to pay for school,” Hylton said. “It’s also a great job opportunity.

Once you’re in the Army, it can boost you to many jobs in the civilian world.”

While Hylton is in his third year in the military he completed his basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Basic training for the Army generally lasts 10 weeks, and there are five stages: Introduction, red phase, white phase, blue phase and graduation, according to goarmy.com. During the 10-week training, recruits will learn basic skills necessary for the Army, such as tactical and survival skills.

They also learn how to shoot and march. Because of this training, Hylton said the military is not for everyone.

“You have to be fit for it. It’s just not for some people,” Hylton said. “It’s for those people who can square themselves away and be ready to be in a combat zone at any time, anywhere, and be Photo Contributed by Laura Santurri Photo Contributed by Laura Santurri ready to fight for their lives at Santurri prepared for the Glacial Esker 40 with the help of her father, who she Santurri competed in the 2018 Glacial Esker 40, placing 87 overall with a time of any time.” began running with. Santurri said he has been supportive of her since the start. 10:44:11. She said she plans to compete in this 40 mile race again in April of 2019.

Throughout the three years that Hylton has served, he said likes this particular series because the Team in Training is a group that runs that he has been presented with

By Krystal McBride proceeds from the races go back into the events in order to help to raise money a lot of opportunities and said if STAFF WRITER upkeep of Chain O’ Lakes State Park, for those with leukemia. he had to describe the military in where the races take place. She also Santurri raised funds for her hus- one word, it would be eventful.

Assistant Professor and Director said that the series consists of the most band’s medical expenses with the help of “I’ve had a lot of great of Health Science College of Health common distances for ultra-marathons, this foundation. Through the LLS web- opportunities and there’s also Sciences Laura Santurri began running which include: 50k, 50-mile, 100k, and site, people can upload and share their been a lot of opportunities story with the public, allowing others that have gone bad, but it’s all with her father as a means to feel closer 100-mile.

Long distance running is not an easy to donate through individual links. The experience and I’ve learned from to him.

However, running began to evolve into something more for task, according to Santurri’s husband, money that is raised through donations it,” Hylton said. “I’ve had a lot of Santurri. Running became a means of Harlan Siegel, and he is proud of on each individual link, goes straight to great opportunities of training dealing with health problems, including Santurri for being able to push herself the families raising the funds. She re- civilians to go on deployments suffering from interstitial cystitis, and and complete races. Santurri said that cently raised over $1,000 through do- and seeing that I’ve never been to raise money for charities that she there is extensive training that goes into nations to the LLS website, and $3,000 on deployment, but I’ve trained Photo Contributed by Blake Hylton preparing for an ultra-marathon, which on top of that running with Team and them and gotten them combat believes in strongly.

“I was feeling pretty crummy as a is considered to be any marathon over Training in long-distance races. ready to go to Afghanistan and Army Cadet Blake Hylton said he is proud to serve in the 26.219 miles.

“I joined Team in Training within a that was fun. You also have some military. “I feel like I’m representing my entire family because result of living “When you’re week or so of his [Siegel’s] diagnosis and stuff that goes bad, but you learn you only have your last name on your uniform,” Hylton said. with that condipushing yourself he was aware that I was doing it. For me, tion, and feeling to the limit with I needed us to become connected with pretty poorly,” an ultra-race, others who were going through someSanturri said. “I you really have thing similar, and I also wanted to find a wound up trying to ensure that way to be helpful,” Santurri said. “With a new treatment you’ve got a all that Harlan [Santurri’s husband] was for the IC, and w e l l - r o u n d e d going through, it helped me to know it gave me some pain relief. When that happened, I made training plan,” Santurri said. “So, you that I was giving back and raising monthe decision that I really wanted to take have to run, and you have to run a lot, ey to find a cure.” but you have to run a lot and not hurt Siegel said that everyone has to find my life back.”

Santurri decided to start running in a yourself. Having a structure to when you what they enjoy, and his wife has always step-by-step process. She began by run- run and how much you run is really im- loved running. He said that there is a ning smaller distances, such as one mile, portant, but the whole strength training sense community with those who parand gradually pushed herself to run lon- and stretching is really important too. ticipate in these long-distance races and ger races. The feeling of crossing a fin- The other piece is nutrition. You can run they have become a part of that. Before ish line made her feel more confident in a marathon and not eat anything. You being diagnosed, Siegel ran beside his can’t do an ultra and not eat. You have to wife. He said distance running is someracing, she said.

“Once I started doing races and train your body to be able to digest food thing they’ve always enjoyed. Santurri said Siegel even ran with her when she crossing finish lines, for me it was a while you’re running.”

Santurri began running because of began running for Team in Training. little addictive, because that finish line “When I joined Team in Training, feels really good,” Santurri said. “My her father, but when her husband was background is public health and I do a diagnosed with Chronic Myelogenous Harlan did some running with me, but lot of work with health behavior theo- Leukemia, running turned into because he had just been diagnosed, he ry. Self-efficacy is a big construct that something more. She reached out to mostly came to runs/races to be supyou find in most health behavior theo- an organization that raises money for portive,” Santurri said. “He was our ries. We can really explain a portion of cancer research, helps patients afford team's honored hero for a while as well.”

Siegal said the decision to choose a why people do what they do based on treatments and funds a number of their own confidence and their ability to Leukemia Lymphoma Society research cause to run for was simple. He said that he do those things. The more finish lines I projects. When she decided to run is proud of his wife for choosing a such an would cross, the more self-efficacy and alongside Team in Training, she said important cause. The choice was a joint-deshe became a stronger runner, not only cision to the LLS’s role in their lives. self-confidence I had.”

“LLS has been near and dear to our Over the last 13 years, Santurri has through building her endurance, but participated in multiple marathons and also by being surrounded by a supportive hearts since my diagnosis,” Siegel said.

Santurri said she will compete in a ultra-marathons. She has made it a tra- group.

Photo contributed by Alicia Cagney Santurri said that she got involved 100-mile race in Oct. of 2019 at almost dition to participate in a series called Trial 100, and she plans to run in it with Team in Training, which is a part the exact date of the five-year anniversa- Because Half-Trained Lt. and junior psychology major Alicia Cagney (center) is the first in her family to be a again next October. She said that she of the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. ry of her husband’s diagnosis.

Marine. She said her family jokes with her about how intense the Marines are, but they are still proud of her.

“With all that Harlan was going through, it helped me to know that I was giving back...”

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Choirs attend invitational

Students from six high schools across Indiana visit UIndy for the one-day performance

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Students prepare radio adaptation of classic film

By Madison Gomez STAFF WRITER

The Theatre Department is preparing to stage their first radio play for their annual fall performance. "It's A Wonderful Life" will be onstage at the University of Indianapolis on Nov. 29 and Dec. 1 through Dec. 6.

In the radio show format, the story will be told by the actors voicing parts over the radio.

Associate Adjunct Faculty Member and Director Kyle Thomas explained that he was interested in the format because radio plays were common before television was implemented, and the department had been wanting to do a radio play to target new audiences.

Senior theater education major Zech Saenz, who stars as George Bailey, said that the format of the show will challenge the cast. “[Acting for the radio] really is the testament to everything,” Saenz said. “If you’re here in the audience when we’re doing the show, obviously you can tell that’s the same character because it’s the same person, but on the radio if there’s just a small switch in their voice, is it a new character? Is it a new person entirely? So that’s kind of exciting and I’m really excited to see how this pans out.”

Saenz and sophomore theater major Seni Tekle, who plays Mary Bailey, both said that the biggest challenge of the format is knowing how to use vocals in new ways. Many actors were cast in multiple roles and will have to change pitches and accents to sell the act.

“I guess that’s one thing to keep in mind when you’re an audience member,"

Tekle said. "They’re not playing one character, it’s not a traditional show, so they’re genuinely going to be playing a different character… so many different things they’re incorporating into the show, so it’s pretty cool."

The university’s radio station, WICR 88.7, will be airing the show live during one of its performances and play it again on Christmas Eve. Despite the performance being a radio show, the atmosphere is still a priority for production staff. The seats in the studio theater will be taken out and replaced with couches, recliners and other comfortable decorations to create a feeling of a radio station. This is because the actors will be interacting with the audience and moving around the theater.

With the comfortable couches, live sounds and multiple characters, the performance aims to immerse viewers.

Freshman theater major Noah Fields, who will play the part of George Bailey's guardian angel, Clarence, said even though he and his fellow cast members have had only a few rehearsals, he feels the production is going to succeed because of the additional work of everyone involved in the performance.

“Kyle, our director, is very adamant in his directing style, so he’s told us about breaking the barrier between audience and performers and wants to create an environment where the two are almost one, [where] you don’t feel like you’re watching a play, but more like experiencing something,” Fields said. “And he felt like doing a radio play, in that regard, would be a really good way of doing that. Once you see the show, you’ll see how he makes this more than just a typical radio play.”

"You don't feel like you're watching a play, but more like experiencing something...”

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The University of Indianapolis hosted the 12th annual High School Choral Invitational Festival on Oct. 27. Whiteland Community High School was one of six Indiana schools that attended the event. The choirs performed and then participated in a workshop with a choral director from UIndy, Millikin University or VanderCook College.

By Kiara Conley STAFF WRITER The voices of nearly 250 high school students filled the Ruth Lilly Performance Hall on Oct. 27 for the 12th annual University of Indianapolis High School Choral Invitational Festival. Six high schools come to UIndy each year to perform in front of the university’s choral department and members of the public.

Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities Paul Krasnovsky organizes and hosts the event each year.

He said that he began the annual event in hopes that high school students will enhance their musical abilities.

Each choir performed for approximately 10 minutes in front of their peers and three other directors from around the country. These visiting directors listened to the performances and analyzed each choir, according to Krasnovsky. After each performance, one of the directors came onstage and assisted in directing the choir. The visiting director also filled out a form critiquing the performance.

“It [the invitational] is an opportunity to hear what everyone else is doing [in the field]," Krasnovsky said. "For the directors who come, it’s really great.... they get very excited because they will

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hear new pieces."

The invitational allows students to perfect skills that benefit them after they have left. They are provided a professional recording of their performance so they can make adjustments based on what they hear. Another helpful aspect of the event is that unlike most other musical performances, Krasnovsky said.

The invitational is not competitive and gives high school students an opportunity to perform in a college performance hall with their peers.

“It’s a way to help grow the high school students,” freshman music therapy major Amy DeVault said. “It shows them that there is music out of high school.”

Krasnovsky said when he first started the event back in 2007 he was amazed at the amount of positive feedback he received. Since 1994, the High School Choral Invitational Festival and the Indiana Choral Directors Association has helped put the university on the map and made it well-known according to Krasnovsky.

“We have a responsibility to do this kind of outreach,” Krasnovsky said. “Everybody in every department through the whole university does these things [recruitment events], so we use our knowledge, our experience to offer assistance to our colleagues in high

schools and that’s what the whole thing is about.”

Along with performing in Ruth Lilly Performance Hall, the high school students had lunch on campus and received a tour of the campus coordinated through the Office of Admissions, which Krasnovsky said has helped boost interest in the university.

“Our admissions office tells me that they are flooded with requests for campus tours after the event because all the high school kids come here, and they say, ‘Oh, I want to go here.’" Krasnovsky said. “So even if they don’t come to be music majors, they come and study occupational therapy or study engineering, so it’s a great recruiting tool for our university.”

This year’s high school students finished their day by listening to UIndy choral students perform and then joined them for a collaborative piece.

Krasnovsky said the interactive aspect of the event is wonderful for students at the university because some of their former high school choirs come to perform.

“It works very, very well because a lot of people get to meet a lot of people and that makes it a really cool event,” Krasnovsky said. “As I said, there are no winners, no competition, it’s just an opportunity for everybody to get together in a really good environment.”

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Sophomore Seni Tekle (left) and senior Zech Saenz (center) practice a scene between their characters Mary Bailey and George Bailey for the upcoming production of "It's a Wonderful Life" with director Kyle Thomas.

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Entertainment reviews, by Greyhounds for Greyhounds!

RATING SYSTEM AMAZING An unforgettable experience in its category. The highest of recommendations.

Extremely satisfying and entertaining, with few (if any) issues worth noting.

VERY GOOD Incredibly well-done, engaging, and stands above the crowd. Perhaps a few minor grievances, but nothing that substantially takes away from the overall experience.

DECENT May have some worthwhile positives; makes for a good experience, but perhaps brought down by frustrating issues.

Entertaining on a basic level.

MEDIOCRE Maybe moderately entertaining to the right crowd, but too riddled with elements that don’t work or aren’t original and interesting enough for most audiences.

BAD Poorly executed on almost every level. Any positive notes are a chore to find amid the abundance of mistakes and frustrations.

Not worth anyone’s time, except someone with a special interest in the subject matter.

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eginning with a rock arrangement of the typical 20th Century Fox theme, “Bohemian Rhapsody” promises immediately to be an extravagant film, and it absolutely delivers on that promise.

Rami Malek brings Freddie Mercury back to life for this biopic of the legendary lead singer of Queen. Malek portrays Mercury in a way that perfectly mimics the man, from the sassy attitude and the boisterous ego of the young vocalist whose career was taking off as quickly as the Flash, to the emotional breakdown of a man who can’t help feeling alone despite being surrounded (almost literally) by thousands of fans.

The film did struggle to hold down it’s pacing. It begins by establishing a formula of fast-paced editing with shorter scenes that gave the audience just enough information. However, as the film progresses, it shifts abruptly into longer scenes, but maintains the choppy editing style, which was distracting from what the scenes were trying to say.

Despite any technical faults, "Bohemian Rhapsody" is a fantastic film that tells a fantastic story. Every exciting moment in Queen’s history was shown: every step forward, every step back, every fight and every little trick. Whether you’ve been following Queen since their start in the 70s, or you’ve never heard a single song, you will walk away from “Bohemian Rhapsody ” knowing who Freddie Mercury truly was.

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t first glance, The Struts seem to be a typical 1980s rock band with their fringe jackets and shaggy hair.

When listening to the newest album “YOUNG&DANGEROUS,” however, it is clear that they are more of an alternative rock band. As a result of the guitar riffs that progress through the songs, listeners feel as if they are listening to the Rolling Stones back in their glory days. But unlike the Stones, The Struts include a splash of pop in their sound.

For example, the songs “Premadonna Baby” and “Body Talks” featuring pop singer Ke$ha are examples of The Struts including a fresh sound within the album.

This also makes the music danceable.

Not only is the album a good one to bob your head to, but it also takes a look at today’s culture. For instance, the song “In Love with the Camera” is about a woman too obsessed with taking pictures of herself to spend time with the man who loves her.

Through the intense rock songs that made me want to head bang and the slower ballads that trigger a more emotional response, The Struts are really taking listeners back into the world of authentic rock n’ roll. The charisma of the band has definitely made me want to experience their energetic sound in concert. As a classical rock n’ roll fan who appreciates a bit of flare, The Struts’ “YOUNG&DANGEROUS” has reminded me that rock n’ roll really isn’t dead.

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have been a fan of Indian food since I was very young, so when I heard that an Indian restaurant had opened less than five minutes from campus, to say that I was excited would be an understatement.

Tandoori Flame offers a lunch buffet for $10.99 that has many options including entrees with chicken, lamb, goat and vegetarian meals.

The main feature of the buffet was the curries. My favorites included the chicken majestic and veggie korma, as they had the most flavor. Tandoori Flame also had some foods that I had not had before, like chana masala, a curry dish, lamb biryani, a rice dish, and pakora, a fritter-like snack.

It was very interesting to try these new foods, although none will be moving on to my favorites list.

One of my favorite curry dishes is chicken tikka masala, which I got as take out.

Unfortunately, I can’t say Tandoori Flame has the best. In terms of flavor, their tikka masala is not very spicy. While I can’t say that Tandoori Flame’s food was bland, it was certainly not as flavorful as other Indian food that I have had.

Overall, I enjoyed my experiences at Tandoori Flame. The food is good, but there is nothing that really set them apart from any other Indian restaurant where I have been. Honestly, I have had versions of most things there that I liked more from somewhere else. I will continue to eat there, because their food is pretty good and they’re close to campus.

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ot even 24 hours after its release, Red Dead Redemption 2 was being labeled the best game of the year, and trust me, it is. There are so many components that make this game so enjoyable.

First of all, the graphics are almost photorealistic. I was blown away when I began the first chapter of the game.

There is something awe-inspiring in every storm, every sunset and every tree across the world of RDR 2.

Another component that makes RDR2 so great is the character development and the dialogue. From the beginning of the game, I felt attached to the main character, Arthur, and the attachment only grew more as I learned more about his past. Not only this, but Arthur’s relationships with others are developed well and established early on in the game. Each character feels like a real person.

I have always been a fan of open world games because there is always something for you to do, but I sometimes find after a while all the side missions get boring.

I can’t say this with RDR 2. The side missions aren’t pointless and they develop not only Arthur as a character, but his relationships with other characters as well.

The events really tell a lot about the character’s relationships and personalities, and the cinematic approach during missions really brings the game full circle.

I can’t say anything bad about this game because it’s painstakingly beautiful in every aspect.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Student shares experience and work in slam poetry

By Shayla Cabalan OPINION EDITOR To share his experience in slam poetry, sophomore nursing major Michael Miller hosted a slam poetry workshop, in which he shared his experience and history working on the art form. In 2007, he said he began participating in slam poetry competitions under his alias, DDE The Slammer. Through slam poetry Miller has traveled around the United States and Germany on tour.

“I’ve done everything from little, local twenty-five dollar slams to slams with a grand prize of two thousand dollars,” Miller said. “I left an office job and did this for a couple years. Since then, it’s been a way to kind of refine myself, to push myself.”

Miller opened the evening by defining slam poetry. Founded by American Poet Marc Smith, slam is a competition in which writers perform spoken word poetry and are critiqued by a series of judges. The poet has to perform his or her piece in under three minutes, with a ten second grace period. Afterwards, the judges score the piece and the performance on a scale of one to ten. Miller noted that slam poetry is distinctly different from an open mic, because an open mic is not a competition.

“Open mic is just you reading your things,” Miller said. “Slams are great because they stop people from doing seven minute poems. I was once at an open mic where someone did a seven minute poem. They were at seven minutes, and when they switched the page again, we all started clapping really loud, and wouldn’t stop clapping until they got offstage.”

Miller discussed a wide array of topics covered by slam poets, from food products to more serious subjects like discrimination and rape. He noted that the majority of his poems tend to lean more towards the social justice route.

Being a Mexican immigrant, the ability to share his experiences through slam poetry has been therapeutic both for him and, on occasion, his audiences.

“It’s a way to get things off your chest that you aren’t just gonna have a conversation about. You can… let people know, 'hey, I’ve been through this,' or 'hey, I’ve been through what you’ve been through,'” Miller said. “Some people hear it and get healing from it.”

Miller shared two poems. One was “Royalty Reality Check,” a commentary on the treatment and perception of blacks and Latinos in America. This poem, featured on YouTube, also got him on the television program Verses and Flow, which specializes in showcasing spoken word and musical performances from poets and R&B singers.

Miller said he owes quite a bit to slam poetry.

“It’s allowed me to travel. It has allowed me to meet some very close personal friends,” Miller said. “It’s kind of made me reevaluate my viewpoint on things, and helped me grow as a person.”

Miller had a few tips for those starting out in the slam poetry scene. One was to study the craft carefully, whether by watching YouTube videos or attending slams poetry events. After studying, it is important to go out and actually perform, and not get discouraged if one does not automatically achieve the desired outcome.

“You have to have a joy to do it, and you have to want to do well at it,” Miller said. “I think that it’s more important to want to do well than to focus just on winning.”

Sophomore communication major Hilary Bauer said she enjoyed the event because she has many friends who participate in slam.

“To gain a basic knowledge of slam [poetry] and its culture was cool and eye opening,” Bauer said. “It allowed me to gain a deeper appreciation for slam as a form of expression. As someone who loves word play and language, I admire how these people use words, sounds, and meanings to convey a specific feeling or emotion about an issue in society.”

Miller encouraged those in the audience to get involved in the slam poetry scene, citing numerous slams happening throughout Indiana, such as Poetry on the Fringe, Iconoclast, That PEACE Open Mic, the Indianapolis Poetry Slam and Soul Food Sundays.

Miller currently hosts Poetry on the Fringe, which takes place every other Sunday at 6 p.m. at the Indy Fringe Theater. Miller said he hopes to revitalize the Indiana slam poetry scene one step at a time.

“I think it helps you grow," Miller said. "Think that poetry in itself is a really good outlet, in a way that you can educate people and let them know that you’ve experienced what they’ve experienced.”

Photo by Macy Judd

Sophomore nursing major Michael Miller, also known as DDE The Slammer, hosted a slam poetry workshop where he discussed his history with and career in poetry. He also shared some of his work with the audience.

Photo by Sam Horning

UIndyDM went trick-or-treating around campus and in the Indy area on Halloween. They did not go for candy but for donations that benefit Riley Children’s Hospital.

Photo by Sam Horning

On the evening of Oct. 30, UIndyDM hosted a stress relieving pumpkin smashing event where participants paid $1-3 to smash a pumpkin in a way of their choice.

Photo by Alissa Kennelly

UIndyDM hosted a tie-dye event on Nov. 1 to raise money during their Riley Week event. Participants paid $3 to dye socks or $5 to dye a t-shirt in a variety of colors.

UIndyDM hosts Riley Week In order to reach their year end goal of $40,000, the UIndyDM organization hosted Riley Week, a series of fundraising events throughout the week of Oct. 29.

According to sophomore psychology major Mackenzie Williams, Riley Week is important for not only fundraising for the kids at Riley Children’s Hospital, but building community awareness around campus and getting more students and staff involved in the organization.

Williams is the fundraising chair for UIndyDM and said she plays a direct role in organizing fundraising events.

Last year, UIndyDM raised $38,008.77 for Riley, much of which came from Riley Week activities. According to Williams, UIndyDM organized two weeks during the year to hold the fundraiser, one in the fall and one the week leading up to the dance marathon event.

"It’s [Riley Week] exciting because we are able to reach out and get people involved, who may have never heard of our movement before,” Williams said.

“Just spreading the word to a handful of students, that handful of students can then spread the word to another group of students, creating an even more successful movement of awareness.”

Each day of Riley Week offered a new activity for members of UIndyDM as well as students and staff across campus to participate in. On Tuesday, the group held a stress-relieving pumpkin smashing event on Smith Mall, on Wednesday the members of UIndyDM went trick-or-treating for donations and Thursday, some members went on a visit to Riley as well as hosted a tiedye event. Friday was the ‘push day’ for

the UIndyDM team, where they tried to raise as much money as possible by posting on social media and recruiting new donors. The group raised $4,546.82 on Friday alone.

Williams said that there is a lot of planning for each of the events throughout the week and each member of the organization plays a role in the process.

“Obviously there is a lot of planning that goes into deciding what kind of events we want to hold throughout the week so that we can build the campus' awareness of what dance marathon is and why raise money for Riley. However, it is a lot more than just our executive board doing the planning and preparation,” Williams said.“Riley Week is a great opportunity for us to raise money for the kids at Riley with all of the events that we are hosting during the week, but it is also a very important week for us because it allows us to spread awareness to the UIndy community and allows them to get involved.”

Sophomore public health education and promotion major Jessica Koons, the UIndyDM director of dancer relations, said that her favorite event over the week was the pumpkin smashing event.

Students were able to pay $1-$3 for each pumpkin and could smash it any way they wanted, according to Koons.

“We have never done this event [the pumpkin smashing event] before, and this year we decided to take a spin at it.

It was a complete success and we ended up raising $169 from the event,” Koons said. “It evoked a lot of attention from the students too.”

Koons said that raising the goal to $40,000 this year has pushed their members to grow the organization, find new ways to raise funds and make a bigger impact on the children at Riley.

As the director of dance relation, Koons worked on the timeline for the week's events and worked with her committee to plan some of the events.

Koons said though the week requires a lot of work, it is rewarding to know that all of the money is going toward the children.

“Riley Week is a time for us to really push ourselves to see how much we can raise for the kids," Koons said. "So we generally have a larger sum at the end of this week compared to most other weeks, but our weekly averages this year have been off the charts.”

All of the money raised throughout the week will go straight toward the goal of $40,000 that will be donated to help children at Riley dealing with serious illness, disease and other health concerns, according to Williams. Being the fundraising chair, Williams said it is especially rewarding to see the money being raised by this week.

“It is always surprising to see how much money that we are able to raise as such a small school. It really gives me hope to see college students give up their time and money to help make sick kids happy,” Williams said. “Yes, it is cool to see the money that we raise, but the most important part is that we focus on why we are raising the money and we all want to work toward the goal of making the lives of those kids better.”

western hemisphere.”

Junior religion major Jamarcus Walker attended the four countries of many adventures trip, which was a spring term last May. He and the group of students traveled around Europe for ten days, starting in Switzerland moved to Austria and ending in Germany.

Being a religion major, Walker said that he enjoyed experiencing the religious culture while on the trip.

“While in Austria, I actually got to go to a Catholic mass service that was held in German,” Walker said. “It was really great to experience that and for me, that was one of the groundbreaking moments that I was able to experience, which very few people have.”

According to Walker, the best part about the trip was being in the moment and going on adventures that were not

in the original planned itinerary. He said the freedom to not only learn about the culture but also have time to experience it on his own made for a great experience.

“While on the trip, we were looking forward to certain places and things, which were on the itinerary, but I think I got the most out of the moments that were not scheduled,” Walker said. “The moments that just happened or something I stumbled across and just experienced it, so just being present throughout the entire trip and not just only looking forward to certain points in the trip.”

For those thinking about going on a spring term trip, Walker said he recommends visiting the study abroad office to see what's offered, whether it’s a spring term, summer or semester-long trip. He

said traveling gave him the opportunity to become more aware of the world.

The trip gave him the opportunity to to fully immerse himself into thedifferent cultures of the countries he visited and bring back knowledge and insight to share with others, according to Walker.

He said was also able to make friends he will keep for a lifetime.

“It’s a really great experience to have that cultural difference for whatever length of time it is,” Walker said. “It opens you up to a lot more than just the normal United States and being able to see something different and experience a new world that you possibly would fall in love with.”

According to Harewood, those interested in traveling abroad for a spring term should attend call out meetings to get more information.

By Sophie Watson NEWS EDITOR

“We all want to work toward the goal of making the lives of these kids better. ”

Spring term offers students short term study abroad

By Cassandra Lombardo DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Every year, students at the University of Indianapolis are given the opportunity to travel out of the country short term during the spring through a spring term course. Students can travel for around two weeks in May where professors from the university teach classes that include travel, according to the UIndy website. Currently, there are three spring term trips being offered in 2019. The trips include Ecuador, a festival chorale tour with stops in Germany, France and Switzerland and an exploration of the Caribbean and Barbados.

Associate Professor of Education Terrence Harewood will be leading a group of students on the trip to Barba-

dos, located in the Caribbean Islands, which is where Harewood is originally from. He said he has not taken a group of students to Barbados since 2011.

The trip will be a service learning trip, where students will also have the chance to explore the culture while having cross-cultural experiences, according to Harewood. He said spring term trips abroad give students the opportunity to experience and learn from a different culture without spending a full summer or semester out of the country.

“Students will be able to get a better sense of values and things that we do here while living in the United States,” Harewood said. “We will also look at the political, educational, healthcare systems, as well as religion in which we will be going to church and exploring one of the oldest synagogues in the

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NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Indiana proposes legalization of medical marijuana

Co-author Jim Lucas introduces bill into Indiana General Assembly in hopes of replacing opioids with medical marijuana to reduce overdose deaths

By Jayden Kennett FEATURE EDITOR & CO-PHOTO EDITOR In last year's legislative session, a bill was proposed to the Indiana General Assembly to legalize the use of medical marijuana. The bill failed to get a hearing in 2017. However, Republican State Representative Jim Lucas, one of the bill's authors, said he has high hopes that the bill will pass this year.

The bill permits the cultivation, dispensing and use of medical marijuana without discrimination against or harassment of medical marijuana users. The bill is co-authored by Lucas, Democrat State Representative Sue Errington, Democrat State Representative Charles Moseley and Republican State Representative Sean Eberhart.

According to Lucas, those who hold a medical marijuana card would be exempt from drug testing for marijuana, like any other prescription. In Lucas’ legislation, he said prescribing medical marijuana would be on a doctor-patient basis and there would be no state regulations on who can and cannot be prescribed the substance.

“My legislation left it up to the doctor,” Lucas said. “If the patient can benefit from it, then the doctor wrote a recommendation, and the patient would get a medical cannabis license and then go to the dispensary. And from there, the dispensary can determine what

strain can be best and what amount.”

The inspiration behind the bill came after Lucas began researching cannabis. Lucas said he used to be indifferent to the use of medical marijuana, but through his research on CBD, he began discovering the benefits of marijuana.

“I discovered all the many, countless, incredible benefits of cannabis,” Lucas said. “I’ve become an advocate and this is my mission now.”

Lucas said he hopes to lessen the effects of the opioid epidemic with the legalization of medical marijuana. According to health.harvard.edu, pain control is the most common reason why people in the United States use medical marijuana. Most prescription opioids also are used for pain control, according to drugabuse.gov.

Lucas said he hopes that by legalizing medical marijuana will reduce the number of opioid-related deaths in Indiana, especially considering the opioid crisis that Indiana is currently facing now.

According to Lucas, the states that have legalized medical marijuana, have seen a 25 percent decrease in deaths caused by opioids; some states have even seen a decrease as high as 50 percent.

“That alone, right there, is reason enough to bring it [medical marijuana] to Indiana,” Lucas said. “And considering that Indiana had, 1,800 overdose deaths last year, that’s 450 Hoosier lives that could have been saved had we adopted [this], and possibly more. We could pass all the laws we want, but people who are

intent on putting needles in their arms or overdosing on drugs or drinking alcohol— people that are going to abuse themselves are going to find a way. But we have a moral obligation to reduce that to the most reasonable point possible.”

Lucas said he believes the bill would be a tremendous benefit to Hoosiers.

Assistant Professor of Political Science Laura Merrifield Wilson said she agrees and said that passing the bill would be revolutionary.

However, she said she believes the bill will also be extremely controversial because Indiana is such a conservative state. Wilson said she thinks that it will be hard to pass the bill in the legislative session in January.

“I’m surprised that I live in a lifetime where states have legalized it—and it used to be very politically unpopular topic,” Wilson said. “…So we’ve radically changed over the last decade in terms of people’s attitudes. And I don’t think Hoosiers aren’t impervious to this. We can change our ideas to this, too, but I don’t think this will happen overnight.”

Wilson said she believes that Lucas will need support from the public and fellow representatives to pass the bill.

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She also said that medical marijuana could be a step in the direction of legalizing marijuana for recreational use.

Lucas said he hopes to push for recreational use and decriminalize marijuana in the future if medical marijuana passes the legislature this year. He also said an expungement clause would be included in his future legislation for those who were convicted of a crime involving marijuana.

“If it becomes recreational, and it’s no longer a crime to use it, there would

be no reason to make people criminals,” Lucas said.

However, he said this would only be if he can push the House to legalize medical marijuana first. Education and public support are only a couple of things Lucas needs in order to pass the bill. As far as political capital, Lucas said he is willing to go all the way for the bill.

“It’s going to be a battle and I’m under no pretenses that it’s going to be easy,” Lucas said. “But it’s one of those fights that’s very well worth fighting.”

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