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Many first generation students call UIndy home

By Leeann Doerflein FEATURE EDITOR

“I’m one of six—the fifth child and one of the youngest—and I’m the first one going off to college,” said freshman nursing major Brandi Baker.

For students like Baker, the University of Indianapolis has been a place to take the next step and be the first in their families to attend college.

For years, UIndy has been perceived as a first-generation university, and ac-

cording to data from Vice President of Institutional Planning and Research Patrick Alles, this perception is well-founded

High numbers, slowly falling

This fall, 41.5 percent of freshmen and transfer students were first generation college students, meaning that they were the first person in their families to pursue a post-secondary degree. However, this number is slightly less than in the past.

Since the fall of 2011, the first-generation population has hovered between 41.5 and 42 percent.This is a decline from

earlier years for which data are available.

The highest recent spike in first generation enrollment was in 2010, when that population was 48.4 percent.

Alles said that the recent decline in first-generation students could be a function of the economic downturn and many parents themselves having sought higher education in order to make ends meet.

“There is nothing we are doing differently to target a different group. Admissions isn’t looking for different students,” Alles said. “... These numbers are a reflection of the economy. I think you have the

effect that some people have been forced to go back to college to get a credential, a certificate, or maybe had some college and wanted to finish their degree. And a lot of that shows up here.”

Differing rates of success

When students have a parent who has gone through college, that can influence whether the students return to UIndy year after year. According to data provided by Alles, 78 percent of second-generation students from the class starting in fall 2012 returned to UIndy in the spring,

but only 66 percent of first-generation students returned.

“It is an important phenomenon when you’re looking at enrollment, admissions, even graduation rates, because the boost or the impact of your parent having been through college is measurable and significant,” Alles said.

Another fairly significant difference between first- and second-generation students is that first-generation students have a considerably lower on-time graduation rate than second-generation students.

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Vision 2030 discusses renovations to library

By Mia Lin STAFF WRITER

Photos by Zefeng Zhang

The University of Indianapolis Crimsonettes lead the charge onto the field in Key Stadium for the Homecoming football game against Missouri S & T on Oct. 5.

(Below) The Greyhounds defeated their opponents 34-3 at the game, which finished off the Homecoming Week series of events.

HOUNDS COME HOME

By Allison Gallagher ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Greyhounds rallied together for the Homecoming football game on Oct. 5, with the week leading up to it filled with many activities to get students and faculty into school spirit.

Homecoming Week officially started on Monday, Sept. 30, with the Homecoming Pep Rally in the Schwitzer Student Center Atrium and the homecoming movie that evening. The rest of the week’s activities included the Hounds through the Decades fashion show, UIndy Family Feud, the Eric Hutchinson concert on Thursday and a 1950s themed dinner.

The week ended with the football game against Missouri S & T on Saturday evening, which the Greyhounds won 34-3.

Homecoming queen Addelyn Ratcliff, a senior music performance major, said that she enjoyed many different events during Homecoming Week, but especially getting to wear the crown.

ONLINE THIS WEEK at reflector.uindy.edu Statesmen speak at symposium

Former Sen. Richard Lugar and Former Rep. Lee Hamilton discussed U.S. foreign policy, specifically the situation in Syria, with other experts on Oct. 8.

UIndy reels in new fishing club

University of Indianapolis students started the Sportsmen Fishing Club for those interested in learning about fishing and wanting to fish competitively. Senior accounting major Cody Clarke, president of the group, started the club in the spring of this year after hearing about fishing clubs at other colleges.

Sex, Drugs & Alcohol speech

“When does use become abuse?” asked Julia Garcia, founder and CEO of the motivational group TRU. She spoke about the dangers of sex, drugs and alcohol the night of Sept. 24 in UIndy Hall A.

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“My favorite thing would [have to] be running for queen,” she said. “I love all of the other candidates, and it’s been a lot of fun getting to attend everything together. We even made a music video for a remixed version of ‘Royals’ by Lorde. It was so much fun.”

According to Ratcliff, the overall atmosphere was a great thing to experience.

“I’ve also met a lot of people through attending the events,” she said. “And it’s just so awesome to see everyone so energetic and spirited.”

Homecoming itself is a large event to organize and takes a year to plan, according to Student Activities Coordinator Stephanie Barry.

“I’m already thinking of next year now,” Barry said. “It takes a year, and unfortunately we don’t have the dates yet for next year’s Homecoming. You kind of have to strike when the iron’s hot.”

Barry also said that during Homecoming Week, she starts recruiting students to serve on the next year’s Homecoming Committee. By the end of the first

semester, the student group is decided upon and everyone convenes in January to begin planning.

“That’s when we begin sitting down, picking a theme, trying to figure out what kind of events we have,” she said. “We have room reservations put in for the year ahead, so everything is done a year in advance—if not more than a year—to plan a homecoming.”

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University administrators hosted another Vision 2030 strategic planning session on Sept. 24 in UIndy Hall A to talk about how to improve Krannert Memorial Library.

Vision 2030 started last year under the leadership of University of Indianapolis President Robert Manuel to allow the entire campus community to talk about what the university should be, look like and do by that year.

“Communities should not only use facilities but also help others at the same time,” Manuel said.

Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Kory Vitangeli said that unlike last year, when the campus community discussed the university in broad terms, this year’s discussions will be more specific.

“We will spend this year talking about the library construction and design, and the construction may begin next summer.

It just depends on how quickly things are able to be planned,” Vitangeli said.

According to Manuel, the university did not consider students’opinions before building KML, so this time the administrators want to get as much input as possible. Most of the students suggested three main ideas for the library—more space, a patio and a student café.

“We will figure out how to make good use of the space and try hard to make it more functional,” Manuel said. “The most important thing is to get students’ opinions to put into practice.”

After 15 minutes for students to design and discuss some ideas for the library, Manuel began a conversation with students. A few students thought that the library needs better lighting, so that it makes people feel more comfortable there.

“I expect it can be a place, which is more comfortable, more creative and easier to have new relationships with people. I hope the library will be like a warm and inviting community, and make people feel like home,” said freshman psychology major Carlyn Reber.“Besides, I think better sitting places should be the first thing that the school library needs

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University of Indianapolis President Robert Manuel talks about Krannert Memorial Library at a recent Vision 2030 strategic planning session.

to work on, because they [current spaces] are too singular and scattered.”

Some students said that the library is too small, too hot and too outdated.

Others thought the technology ought to be updated or renewed, because doing design assignments there is inconvenient.

Still, others said that the environment needs to be cozier, and that the basement especially needs improvements.

Sophomore psychology and pre-OT major Michaela Thomas said that she was excited to be part of making the library a more usable space, because she hardly studied there last year.

“I’m glad it will have more spots for group work,” Thomas said. “I am looking forward to the rebuilt library. It is definitely going to be a more welcoming environment.”

Vitangeli said that this was only the first of the Vision 2030 sessions this school year, so there will be more chances for the campus community to get involved.

“We will continue to have discussions about the library and will be holding more sessions for students, faculty and staff to express their desires for the library design,” Vitangeli said. “We hope that everyone will come to the sessions to give input.”

Super Saturday exceeds expected numbers

By Taylor Richardson STAFF WRITER

About 800 University of Indianapolis students filed onto buses and headed to 26 different sites throughout the community at 8 a.m. on Sept. 28 to kick off Indianapolis Student Government’s annual Super Saturday of Service event.

The goal of the event was to serve the community in accordance with the university’s motto—Education for Service.

“Indianapolis Student Government just wants to show that our university stands for the motto ‘Education for Service,’ and we just want to go out into the community and make it better,” said ISG member and junior psychology major Alexis Macon.

Super Saturday offered UIndy students the opportunity to earn volunteer hours, and for some students attending the service event was mandatory for their New Student Experience or First Year Seminar classes.

The event exceeded expectations for

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volunteer hours and doubled the number of hours from past Super Saturday events.

Students volunteered for more than four hours and received a free lunch and t-shirt.

Buses carried students to the sites, which included Brookside Park, projects with Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, the Indianapolis Cultural Trail, the St. Elizabeth Coleman Center, Montessori Garden, Global Peace Initiative’s farming and education center and Indianapolis Fellowship Church, among others.

For freshman athletic training major Lauren Dybwad, it was her New Student Experience course that brought her to the IFC to help tidy up the church and its 23 acres.

“I felt like Super Saturday was a good opportunity to help out in the community.

And it makes me happy to know that I can help out around the community,” Dybwad said.

The tasks of the sites varied from setting up tables for the Indianapolis AIDS Walk, cleaning chairs for an upcoming wedding at the Indianapolis Fellowship Church, tidying up the Indianapolis

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Elizabeth Moore trims bushes at Indianapolis Fellowship Church during the university’s annual Super Saturday of Service event. About 800 students participated, doubling volunteer hours of previous years.

Cultural Trail and planting trees and shrubbery in Brookside Park.

As for the IFC site where Dybwad helped out, Eric Sheets, an IFC member and UIndy father, said that he was more than grateful to have other UIndy students there to help in any way possible. Sheets

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chatted with volunteering students and photographed their progress.

“We [IFC] just feel honored and blessed to have a bunch of college kids on their Saturday come out here and help us out,” Sheets said. “We are very, very grateful.”

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#Boomstick

Pat Mcafee should be winning awards for his public relations

By Scott Mitchell OPINION EDITOR

This is a theory about how Indianapolis Colts punter Pat Mcafee has emerged as an influential character in one of the Midwest’s premiere cities in just a little over four years.

First, he has talent. No one can argue that Mcafee can boot the ball with his #Boomstick. Boomstick is a slang term for a 12-gauge shot gun and a nickname Mcafee’s right leg has earned for the power he puts behind the ball. Check out YouTube to see him boot a 75-yard field goal at the Kohls Kicking Camp. The ball rifles off his foot, as proven by the 123 touchbacks he has tallied from 2009 to 2012. Last year, his 47.9 yards-per-punt average landed him 29th all time in the single-season records book.

Mcafee also has proven he can do much more than just kick. He has put a few vicious hits on returners. Unafraid to throw his body at a return man in order to save a touchdown, Mcafee has tallied 14 tackles so far in his short career.

Next is timing. Everyone from Indianapolis remembers the embarrassment of the 2011 season.There were few members of that team for whom a fan would feel confident purchasing and wearing a jersey because of the uncertainty of a contract or the frequency of injury. With the Colts’ struggling offense, Mcafee was on the field more than the average punter. He amassed more than 4,000 total punting yards in that season, as well as seven tackles. He was a pocket of brilliance in a fairly empty season. As a result, his became one of the most well-known names on the team.

In addition to his timing as a Colt, Mcafee came in during a pivotal point in social media.Twitter emerged in 2006, shortly after Mcafee turned 19. His age group was the target audience for this new type of social media, and Twitter began gaining popularity around the same time as Mcafee. Now Mcafee has more than 132,000 followers on Twitter. In case you were curious, the NFL punter second in Twitter followers has less than half that many. He’s also on top of the Colts’ play-

ers chart in Twitter followers, edging out Robert Mathis by a mere 70,000.

Mcafee also can brag that he has his own web show on the website of this city’s metropolitan daily. The IndyStar hosts an hour long “Pat Mcafee Show” out of Kilroy’s in Broadripple on Tuesday nights.

Next, Mcafee has fun. Whether he’s dancing to the music before his kickoff, riding unicorns into Kilroy’s for the “Pat Mcafee Show,” or perhaps wading in the canal, Mcafee is always upbeat. His Twitter bio reads, “Welcome to the party.

Life’s good brother. #Boomstick.”

And Mcafee lives up to that, sometimes having a little too much fun. One example of this is the canal incident of 2010, an incident that could have permanently damaged his reputation. But all publicity is good publicity, right? Although this century-old proverb may not be true in all situations, the media spotlight suddenly cast upon the young punter seemed to have helped him grow. Thanks to his knack for public relations, he quickly restored his reputation and is now able to look back on that and laugh.

Finally, Mcafee cares. He cares about his fans, frequently interacting with them via Twitter and at events in Indianapolis.

He cares about his teammates, developing an especially close relationship with his long snapper Matt Overton.

He cares for those who need it. The second half of his Twitter bio encourages his followers to “Checkout/donate to my foundation. ThePatMcAfeeFoundation. org.” The foundation is a not-for-profit started by Mcafee to provide scholarship money for the sons and daughters of military personnel. Overton assists Mcafee with this organization.

Although it was initially uncertain whether the #Boomstick would be able to go the same distance as our previous punter, Hunter Smith, Mcafee has firmly established himself as a positive influence in the Indianapolis community.

His reputation and relationship with the public will continue to grow, as long as he sticks to his current tactics.

NSA raises paranoia

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Scrutiny of NSA just a hike in press coverage

By Kameron Casey STAFF WRITER A recent uproar has resulted in a growing fear of Big Brother watching.

The National Security Agency has been under fire from the general public and in the headlines more than ever—and for no apparent reason.The hike in press coverage has been nothing more than a stirring of unclear water.

The NSA website states that it “will protect national security interests by adhering to the highest standards of behavior.”

The organization’s employees have not abided by this, coming under scrutiny in the past month for abusing their power. Twelve instances of employees spying on their spouses, significant others and exes have been cited. But does that really warrant the fear of Big Brother watching your every move on your phone, computer and other devices? Hardly.

Potential iPhone 5 consumers have

recently worried about the new fingerprint technology on their phones. Skeptics fear that the NSA will have access to their fingerprints and data when using the feature. In reality, neither Apple nor the NSA will keep a “fingerprint database,” and you don’t have to register your fingerprints if you don’t want.

Besides that, the FBI’s Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System has more than 70 million subjects in the criminal prints masterfile and 34 million civilian prints all acquired without the help of Apple.

Another new product coming under fire is the “Xbox One Kinect.”

Skeptical consumers worry that the gaming console’s eye will be able to watch their every move. Again, this is an outlandish worry. If the NSA truly wanted to use this technology, they would need a full-blown search warrant, just as if they were physically coming into your home. The Fourth Amendment should put critics’ minds at ease.

“If they really wanted to, they could take all of that information off of our phones and laptops. But I don’t feel like

[The NSA staff members] have any reason,” said junior Indiana University student Sam Cooper.

And that’s hard to argue; there are more than 300 million Americans and the government doesn’t care about our “selfies,” let alone people sitting on their mother’s couch playing video games.

The biggest issue concerning the NSA today is its secrecy. Officials, including former president Bill Clinton, have called for more transparency.

Clinton calls for more transparency with “the procedures, not the details,” of the NSA’s actions. If citizens knew more about the NSA’s operations, there is a good chance they all would have much more confidence in the effectiveness of those operations.

The recent buzz over NSA actions has been a whirlwind of talking heads blowing up a story where there is not one. The uproar was not nearly as great in 2006, when the organization was secretly collecting data from the phone calls of millions of Americans. At the end of the day, the NSA is not out to get any of us. They’ve got bigger fish to fry.

Growing in the South Side community

By James Figy NEWS EDITOR

Photo by Kameron Casey

Planted on Windermire St. near the University Heights Methodist Church, this garden consists of raised planters, boxed in with cinder blocks. This is a place where the university could become more involved in the South Side community and also in urban gardening.

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Yellow squash, onions, different varieties of peppers and tomatoes of all sorts—all of these can be found in the University Heights Community Garden.

Planted on Windermire St. near the University Heights Methodist Church, which maintains it, the garden consists of nine raised planters, boxed in with cinder blocks.

This food oasis was guarded by—and I say this as a cat person—two shifty strays that looked like they had been on a bender. In all seriousness, a community garden is a tough project to undertake.

But it is a great source of fresh vegetables during the summer, as well as a way to be environmentally responsible.

Earlier this year, while I was interviewing for a story on the common reading experience, one of the things that kept popping up was the idea of creating a garden.

The common reading experience,as you probably know, used the book “Bet the Farm: How Food Stopped Being Food,”

by Frederick Kaufman. With so many people on campus talking about and looking critically at where food comes from, you would think that the university would already have five community gardens.

I thought for sure that some freshmen would dig up the sand volleyball court to plant corn or the flower beds along Hanna Ave. to grow green beans.

Alas, midterms did approach quite quickly, and those botanical plans probably went to seed.

As for a garden sponsored by the university, the key players had questions about who would take care of it and how the produce would be used and distributed.

One of the biggest questions, however, was where the university would put it. As one source said, we don’t necessarily have huge tracts of unused land.

So, going back to the bucolic introduction, here is the good news: there is already a place to grow vegetables within walking distance. In fact, many students live in the neighborhood around UHMC and pass the garden on their way to and from classes.

Is the garden huge? No, not really. But it has room to grow, and it is a place where we could start. It is a partnership that we could expand. This would go along with both the university series of ‘Stepping up’ and the university’s desire to connect to the community.

So while we’re figuring out the best place on campus to build beds and plant vegetables, this is a place to start—and probably more popular than tilling up the football field.

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History professors discuss the March on Washington Department plans to host outreach events to talk about key issues The “Remembering the March on Washington” symposium held on Sept.

26 was the first of the department of history and political science’s outreach events organized by Assistant Professor of History James Williams and Assistant Professor of History Jamal Ratchford.

The symposium was held before an audience of varying majors and ages. By the time the lecture began, most of the seats were filled, and latecomers were forced to stand.

“The goal of [the] event [was] really to offer a historical perspective on the March on Washington and, at the same time, try to convey to the larger student body the significance of it,”Williams said.

“My personal motivation was, for one, to increase some outreach to the students who only normally get an experience of history in their regular intro-level class.”

Ratchford opened the talk by discussing the events leading up to the March on

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Washington, such as economic injustice, lynchings and segregation.

Ratchford talked about the marches that had come before the Aug. 28, 1963, march. Among them was the march for the desegregation of the defense industry in 1941, organized by A. Philip Randolph.

In 1957, another march was organized to commemorate the three-year anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, which said that segregation of public schools violated the 14th Amendment and was therefore unconstitutional.

The March on Washington featured speakers in addition to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “This was bigger than King. King was the face of it, but it was bigger than him,” Ratchford said.

Assistant Professor of Sociology Jim Wolfe, an expert in the field of civil religion, spoke after Ratchford. He focused on President John Kennedy’s take on the Civil Rights Movement and The March on Washington.

After reading an essay from talk show host Tavis Smiley on the subject of King’s

Percent of first-generation students enrolled at UIndy

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According to data provided by Alles, only about one third of first-generation students graduate in the standard four years, while more than half of secondgeneration students do.

Retention Initiatives Coordinator Erin Stoner said that UIndy is doing several things to improve graduation and retention rates among all students, not just first generation.

“Improving our retention and graduation rate is very important to us. Our new president has made it clear that this is an overarching goal in his strategic plan,” Stoner said. “Improving retention is a community effort and can only be achieved with a student focus in mind.”

According to Stoner, the university recently implemented a new software called Beacon, which is a web program that measures student abilities and shows which students may need extra help. The program also allows faculty and staff to flag students who they think might need extra help. Another software that is still in the works is Collegiate Link, which Stoner said will help give students a common experience and provide them with the skills to get a good job after graduation.

Stoner said that she sees low retention rates in a different way than other university officials. She focuses less on monetary value and more on giving students a valuable education.

“Many institutions may see a lower retention rate as losing dollars, thus decreasing salaries and funds,” Stoner said.

“In my opinion, each student we lose means one less student who will have the irreplaceable advantage of obtaining a degree from this wonderful institution, thus inhibiting their likelihood of obtaining quality employment and becoming a meaningful contributor of our society.”

Bridge Scholars program

One thing that UIndy is doing to specifically help first-generation students succeed is the Bridge Scholars program.

The Bridge Scholars program is an introduction to UIndy and shows students the tools to succeed in college. According to Director of Bridge Scholars Program and Assistant Professor of Teacher Education Mary Busch, the program demystifies what it means to attend college. She emphasized that it is not a remedial program.

The program starts in a student’s junior spring semester in high school with a guidance counselor’s recommendation.

Counselors recommend capable students who just may need an extra push toward success.

Prospective scholars visit UIndy several times and are able to shadow current students before they become official Greyhounds. All of the Bridge Scholars are also 21st Century Scholarship students and get an additional grant along with their other financial aid. Busch said there are around 70 current Bridge Scholars.

Busch said that the program benefits students by showing them what it really means to attend college: the expectations, the reality of affordability and the multiple benefits that achieving a degree will bring.

“Had it not been for Bridge, I don’t think that many of these students would even have considered college because they don’t think that their parents are able to

afford it,”she said.“And we talk about how they can afford it and why you need to go to college and get that diploma—what life is going to be like if you don’t go and what life is going to be like if you do go.”

Freshman nursing major Taylor Morst, a Bridge Scholar, said that a component of the program is a course in what UIndy has to offer students as well as making sure students are on the path to college success.

“You learn where the resources are on campus. The writing lab is stressed to us. They also tell you about the peer tutoring program,” Morst said. “We also have midterms to make sure we are on track and set before they let us go and it is just on us.”

First-generation students face many obstacles, whether a lack of money, a lack of support or not knowing where to start their college search. Morst, Baker and freshman nursing major Kasey Faubion all mentioned that they were helped a great deal by programs at their high schools and decided on UIndy because of the nursing program and friendly atmosphere.

Setting an example

First-generation students, like many at UIndy, can be leaders for their family and the community. Baker said that the first-generation students have a special influence on the next generation. For her, that has been her younger sister.

“I’m definitely a role model to my sister; she’s 16. College wasn’t really an option [for our family] until she and I got into high school and started doing well,”Baker said.“Being a first-generation student is more important because you have people that are looking up to you.”

Although the numbers show a difference in first- and second-generation college students, the difference may not always be parental influence. Faubion said that despite a student’s parents having gone to college, each student still has to find his or her own path to success.

“I think that they [first- and secondgeneration students] are more alike than different, only because they are going through the same experiences together, and they are both figuring out their way,” Faubion said. “So whether or not your parents have been there, done that, your experience is still going to be different.”

All students, whether first generation or ninth, have to go out and seek help if they are struggling. However, Morst said that UIndy has plenty of resources.

“You know, it is our responsibility to go to class, so it is our responsibility to go look for help,” Morst said. “And it is here on UIndy’s campus—you just have to find it.”

According to Alles, UIndy and other schools are enrolling even more students, and many politicians, such as Indiana Governor Mike Pence, are trying to get more Americans to pursue higher education. Alles said that, for these reasons, first generation college students could eventually become a novelty.

“Eventually, we will get to the point where there just isn’t a lot of first-gen. anymore,” he said. “Everyone here right now will not be able to say their children are first-gen. So the more we educate America, the more you will see first-gen. as a phenomenon in decline.”

true legacy and Kennedy’s role in the march, Wolfe offered his rebuttal. Wolfe explained that while the televised images of protesters being sprayed with fire hoses in Birmingham bothered Kennedy, he upheld the law in his role as chief executor.

As a result, Wolfe argued that “Kennedy was more powerful dead than alive.

In death he achieved mythic status as a martyr.”

“Dr. King was a prophet; presidents are not prophets,” Wolfe said.

Four members of the Pre-Law Student Association spoke after Wolfe. They discussed the laws that were passed as a direct result of the March on Washington.

President of the PLSA Claudia White talked about how the U.S. Supreme Court cases of Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v.

Board of Education set a legal framework for the grievances expressed through the March on Washington.

The evening closed with a brief question-and-answer session and words of advice from Ratchford.

“The Civil Rights Movement was a series of local movements with people

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Assistant Professor of History Jamal Ratchford speaks about the factors that led up to the Aug. 28, 1963, March on Washington during the department of history and political science’s first outreach symposium. like you or me ... It’s problematic to wait for a messiah,” he said.

The next symposium hosted by the department of history and political science will take place on Oct. 21 and focus on the

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The men behind Fantasy football and work the Ace suit Commentary

By Leeann Doerflein FEATURE EDITOR The true identity of Ace the Greyhound is a closely kept secret that few know. Ace has been visible lately with appearances during last week’s Homecoming events and other activities off campus, but the people inside the suit have stayed invisible to all but an exclusive few.

One of those few, Tricia Hensley, a graduate assistant and sports management master’s student, is responsible for filling the mascot position and coordinating Ace’s appearances. She said that one reason why the secret is kept is because it allows more freedom to be silly and provides an outlet of escape. “[As Ace,] you can do whatever you want. If you’re a really quiet person in class, you can be wild and crazy in the suit because no one is going to know any different,” Hensley said. “You can be whoever you want for a while.”

Although one of the men behind Ace declined to comment, the other, who is a two-year veteran of the position, agreed to share his experiences but chose to remain anonymous. He first stepped into the mascot suit in November 2011.

He discovered the position from one of the student activities e-mails from Vice President for Student and Campus Affairs ff ffairs and Dean of Students Kory Vitangeli. He said that the experience has given him an opportunity to be an even more outgoing version of himself.

“My entire life, I’ve been into music and dancing and being myself around people,” he said. “... People not knowing it [the mascot] is you is a chance to [be yourself ] even more.”

Veteran Ace said that putting on the suit is a complicated process that takes about 10 minutes. He said that it takes a special kind of person to withstand the heat inside, especially when performing.

In the past, Hensley said, only one individual has filled the mascot suit. She chose to have two people this year to avoid scheduling conflicts and make sure Ace could be where he was needed.

Hensley said that there is more on Ace’s schedule than most would think.

There is a request form on the athletics website for people on and off ff campus to request that Ace make an appearance at events. Veteran Ace makes many of the off-campus ff-campus appearances, including the ff Indiana Sports Corp Corporate Challenge, the Indianapolis 500, various animal events, and Hounds Go Wild: UIndy Zoo Day at the Indianapolis Zoo. Veteran Ace said that some of his most memorable appearances have been on campus, where he tries to get University President Robert Manuel out of his comfort zone. He has enjoyed appearing at inaugural events, getting to know Manuel and making UIndy’s first family laugh.

Another memorable thing that Veteran Ace continues to do is propose to a certain girl on campus every time he sees her while in costume. He said it was kind of a spur of the moment thing that turned into an ongoing joke.

Things like proposing to a specific girl and biting the university president’s head may make being Ace exciting, but there is also work to be done. Being the mascot is a paid job and requires attendance at athletic and off-campus ff-campus events. ff But Ace’s primary job is to give people a memorable experience and a welcome distraction from reality.

“It is totally a 100 percent fun thing, [but] you have some responsibilities with confidentiality and not speaking, and things like that,” he said. “[I am always] trying to give people that experience. I am there to keep spirit up, get people to laugh and get that break from studying, especially when I do appearances on campus.”

Hensley said that Ace’s importance extends past campus. Ace is a symbol who represents UIndy for many former students, community partners and others.

“I feel like it [Ace] is a very visible part of the culture, [so] I don’t know if it necessarily means a lot to the students, but it means a lot to the family members, alums and their kids,” Hensley said. “It is more of a community peace than just a campus peace.”

Do they mix? If so, what kind of benefits can they produce together?

By Scott Mitchell OPINION EDITOR

With the arrival of fall and football has come the favorite American obsession: fantasy football leagues. In spirit of this arrival I began a search of UIndy’s various departments in an attempt to find a league that was composed of strictly University of Indianapolis faculty and staff on which I could report.

To my surprise, I found none. Perhaps faculty were nervous of their bosses learning that hidden in the tabs of their internet browsers were fantasy football sites. Or perhaps no faculty member has dreamt of an all Greyhound fantasy league.

Either way, it is important to know that fantasy football in the workplace is not as negative as some may think. In fact, it can have many benefits.

Since its creation in a New York hotel room in 1962, people have skewed fantasy football as a hobby that will prevent workplace productivity. Many bosses see the leagues as distractions for their employees. This opinion was so prevalent that it sparked a study by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas.

The study cited that fantasy football may cost employers more than $6.5 billion. However, the firm did say that the numbers were non-scientific, merely a rough estimate.

This study, and the articles that responded to it, have been scrutinized. For example, a human resources website called HR Benefits Alert, which is a part of PBP Media Network, posted an article stating that fantasy football can be embraced in a workplace. The article cited increased interdepartmental communication, improved employee morale and better customer relations as contributions from fantasy league participation.

Customer relations is probably the most significant positive benefit mentioned by the HR Benefits Alert article.

Aside from potential students, one of the publics that the university would like to reach most is alumni. Improving alumni relations through fantasy leagues could

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be huge. This is just another vehicle—a sports vehicle—that could be used to keep alumni in touch with other alumni and with the university.

Conversation within the department also could be improved by integrating competition. Friendly trash-talk and conversations about trades and the number of points Philadelphia Eagles’ quarterback Michael Vick didn’t produce last week may distract from the stressful week ahead.

Eliminating distraction from a workplace environment is nearly impossible.

Employers have to hope that employees are responsible enough to get their work done while managing other tasks. So if distraction is inevitable and productivity is still probable, why not encourage distraction that decreases isolation within the department?

In the argument for improved interdepartmental communication, a league of individuals from various departments competing against one another would help break down the walls of communication between departments. When the head of the sociology department offers an

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adjunct in the music department a possibly injured running back and two quality wide receivers for the best two backs in the league and a backup tight end, he has opened the door to conversation.

Faculty, staff and UIndy alumnus may have many other hobbies that prevent them from prioritizing football. And fantasy football is not the only way to encourage friendly competition among different groups on campus. However, fantasy football can have many positive effects on employee morale, employee relations and alumni relations, and it is shocking that no department has acquired it as a way of increasing productivity.

Whether you decide to play running back by committee, team defense, pointsper-reception or any other variation of the rules of fantasy football, don’t let the negative stereotypes about fantasy football make you apprehensive. And maybe soon I will be standing in line at The Perk listening to a professor bemoan to his colleague and newfound friend that he started San Francisco 49ers’ quarterback Colin Kaepernick last week.

Volleyball wins at home

By Jon Mathis STAFF WRITER

The University of Indianapolis volleyball hosted the University of Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles on Oct. 5, winning a close match 3-2.

Both teams battled back and forth throughout the match, as the Greyhounds won the first and third sets, while the Screaming Eagles won the second and fourth. In the pivotal fifth set, the Greyhounds pulled out the slim victory 15-11.

Four Greyhounds finished the match with double-digit kills, while junior setter Meghan Binkerd recorded 60 assists for the Greyhounds in their victory.

Freshman libero/defensive specialist Alyssa Garrett and sophomore outside hitter Hailey Brown led the Hounds defensively, posting 29 and 26 digs, respectively.

The Hounds played against the Bellarmine University Knights earlier that weekend on Oct. 4 at home, winning 3-1.

Both teams split the first two sets, with UIndy claiming the first 25-13 and the Knights taking the second 25-19. The Hounds went on to win the third and fourth sets, 25-17 and 25-21, respectively.

The Greyhounds improved their record to 3-1 in conference play with a 3-2 victory over the William Jewell College Cardinals at the Ruth Lilly Center on Sept. 29.

In the first set, the Greyhounds took an early 11-6 lead, but the Cardinals fought their way back into the set and pulled even 21-21. The Cardinals then went on a 4-1 run and won the first set 25-22.

The Hounds responded in the second and third sets, winning 25-17 and 29-27 respectively.

After the Cardinals won the fourth set 25-17, evening the match at two sets, the Hounds went on to win the final set 15-11, claiming the match.

The day prior on Sept. 28, UIndy won its home opener against the Rockhurst University Hawks 3-2.

UIndy’s victory was highlighted by the performance of Binkerd, who posted a career high in assists, totaling 70 for the match. Binkerd’s 70 assists also set a new school record for total assists in a five-set match.

Binkerd, who had 125 assists in the Greyhounds’ victories over the Cardinals and Hawks, said that the team connected well during the game.

“We connected a lot better, and I think the defense did a good job of giving us the opportunity to score in transition for our hitters. The defense really helped our offense,” Binkerd said.

Head Volleyball Coach Jason Reed said that Binkerd’s performance and her preparation leading up to the weekend were great.

“Meghan had a real good week of practice, and you could see that she was consciously making the effort to do the things we talked about in practice. Her tempo to the pin was fast, and she set her hitters in good situations. She helped them be successful.”

The Greyhounds’ senior outside hitter Kenzie Bruggeman had 23 kills in the match against Rockhurst and also gave credit to Binkerd.

“Every single set was to the pin,”Bruggeman said. “And I thank her for my performance, because she had it every time.”

The match against Rockhurst was Reed’s first time coaching at home in the Ruth Lilly Fitness Center. Reed said that he enjoyed the experience.

“It was fun coaching in Ruth Lilly.The atmosphere here is exceptional. It’s loud, [and] the fans get into it. The support is obviously tremendous,” Reed said.

The Hounds’ next match will be on the road on Oct. 11 against the University of Illinois Springfield PrairieStars at 8 p.m.

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Women’s soccer wins two straight

By Kylee Crane ONLINE EDITOR The University of Indianapolis women’s soccer team wrapped up an undefeated road trip weekend in Great Lakes Valley Conference play on Oct. 6, defeating the University of Illinois Springfield PrairieStars 2-1.

In the first half, it took the Greyhounds until the 32:36 mark to find the first goal of the game. The goal came from senior midfielder Kaitlyn Braunig, who scored off an assist from freshman forward Jocelyn Evans. The goal was the only one scored in the first half, which sent the Greyhounds into halftime with a 1-0 advantage.

In the second half, neither team scored for quite some time until the 80:04 mark, when the Greyhounds successfully made another goal. The goal was scored by Braunig, who added her second of the day and third overall for the season. Braunig’s goal extended the Greyhounds’ lead, putting them further ahead 2-0.

The PrairieStars did not go out quietly, however, as they answered with a goal of their own nearly eight minutes later at the 87:42 mark. The goal came from junior forward Kim Tokarski off assists from senior defender/midfielder Emily DeLong and senior defender Rachel Neudahl.The goal by the PrairieStars was not enough to get them back in the game, however, as the Greyhounds were able to hold on to their lead for the victory.

During the match, the Greyhounds edged out the PrairieStars in total shots attempted, posting 12 compared to their 10. The Greyhounds had nine shots on target, while just three were off. Braunig statistically led the Hounds with three shots, all on goal, with two successfully hitting the inside of the net.

Freshman goalkeeper W hitney Whitehouse claimed the victory in goal for the Greyhounds, making five saves in the match and allowing just one goal.

The start was the first collegiate one for Whitehouse.

Earlier in the weekend, the Hounds added another victory to the win column on Oct. 4, defeating the University of Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles 1-0.

After two complete halves of play,

neither team successfully found a goal, which forced overtime. Nearly three minutes into the overtime period, the Greyhounds secured the victory at the 92:58 mark with a goal by Evans. The first goal of the year by Evans ended the game, giving the Hounds the win 1-0.

The Greyhounds were outshot in the match by the Screaming Eagles 17-10, but USI had just seven on target. Those seven shots were saved by junior goalkeeper Megan Fee, who took the victory for the Greyhounds in goal. Statistically, UIndy was led in shots by three different Greyhounds, who each finished with two apiece.

The Greyhounds played against the top-25 ranked Quincy University Hawks on Saturday Sept. 29, and held the Hawks to a scoreless tie. The Greyhounds were the first GLVC team to keep the Hawks from scoring in a game this season.

Both teams battled back and forth for possession of the ball throughout the match, which resulted in a score of 0-0 at the end of regulation. The score remained the same following two overtimes, leading to the tie.

Head Women’s Soccer Coach Kiley Cirillo said that there was no easy way to keep a positive drive into two overtimes, but the Greyhounds did find a way to keep the game scoreless.

“You show a little bit of grit and dig deep. There is no real magic potion for that. You just grind it out,” Cirillo said.

The Greyhounds were held to five shots, while the Hawks had 17 for the match. Fee saved ten shots in goal.

“All of the shots to her [Fee] were right to her and low on the ground, which makes it predictable. But our back line did a great job holding them back from scoring,” Cirillo said. “Our midfield had a fantastic day. We’re just still looking for that missing piece that puts the ball in the back of the net.”

UIndy’s tie with Quincy was an improvement after a 2-0 loss to the top-25 ranked Truman State University Bulldogs on Sept. 27. The Greyhounds kept the Bulldogs from scoring for the first half, causing both teams to go into halftime scoreless.

It was not until the 71st minute of the game that the Bulldogs scored on a penalty kick and then nearly eight minutes later

added another point.

“We played a great first 45 minutes, and then it went out from there. We had a red card—so we’re down a man and a penalty kick—which is almost always a guaranteed goal. Overall, going 0-1-1 against two top-ranked teams is pretty successful,” Cirillo said.

Sophomore midfielder/forward Taylor Cotherman had one of the eight shots against the Bulldogs during the match and is currently leading the team in shots, with 20 total and three goals thus far.

To keep driving down the field for a goal, Cotherman said, takes a lot of motivation.

“It comes from an inner desire to win.

You just have to keep pushing and keep working the hardest,” Cotherman said.

With the final regular season match coming at the end of this month, Cirillo said that the Greyhounds will continue to work and improve to make sure that match is not their last.

“We want to get into the tournament and have a whole new season. But right now, we’re taking it one game at a time,” Cirillo said. “The ultimate goal is to go 2-0 each weekend, but 1-0 each day.”

The Greyhounds will return to Key Stadium tonight as they will be taking on the Grand Valley State University Lakers at 6:30 p.m.

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Above: Junior back Tracie Meyer chases after a Quincy Hawks’ player with the ball. UIndy and Quincy tied after playing two overtimes on Sept. 29. Below: Players from UIndy and Quincy battle for possession.

Football wins rainy game

By AJ Rose SPORTS EDITOR

The University of Indianapolis football team hosted the Missouri S&T Miners for Homecoming on Oct. 5, winning 34–3 after waiting through severe weather that delayed the game.

In the first quarter, the Miners scored on the first drive of the game with a 24yard field goal. Throughout the rest of the quarter, neither team scored as both UIndy and Missouri S&T’s defense held the opposing offense in check.

In the second quarter, however, the Greyhounds responded with a 50-yard drive that resulted in a field goal of their own with 9:43 remaining in the half.

Shortly after tying up the score, both teams and fans were evacuated inside with 6:22 remaining in the half, following lightning strikes that delayed the game until the severe weather ended. After waiting out the delay for 38 minutes, both teams returned to the field to resume play.

On the first play after the game resumed, Miners’ sophomore quarterback Reed Brown threw an interception to redshirt freshman linebacker Derrick Bryant, giving the Hounds possession deep in Miner territory. The Hounds capitalized on the turnover, as senior running back Klay Fiechter scored on a nine-yard touchdown run with 3:28 remaining in the half, giving the Hounds their first lead of the game. The touchdown by Fiechter set a new school record for career rushing touchdowns by a Greyhound, as he passed Jim Ware (1959-62) who originally held the record with 30.

Fiechter said that being able to become the all-time record holder was an honor.

“He [Ware] was a great running back obviously. [He] held that record for that long. So, [it is] just an honor to be mentioned with him,” he said.

Following the successful drive, the Hounds’defense followed up with another interception, this time by redshirt junior cornerback Andre Smith, at the Miners’ 48-yard line. Smith returned the ball 23 yards to the Miners’ 25-yard line, setting the offense up close to the end zone once again. The Hounds took advantage, as senior quarterback Chris Mills scored on a 10-yard rushing touchdown with 22 seconds remaining in the half, sending the Hounds into halftime up 17-3.

Fiechter said that he believed the delay

was beneficial for the Hounds.

“That was big for us,” he said. “Neither team really had an edge, so we went in there [the locker room] and made some adjustments with the little break that we had.”

In the third quarter, the Greyhounds suffered a blow after Mills took a hit following a nine-yard run that sent him to the sideline in pain. This injury kept Mills out for the rest of the game.

After Mills’ run, which was followed by a punt, Smith made another interception, setting up the Hounds deep in Miner territory at the 35-yard line. Following the interception, junior kicker Scott Miller converted once again on his second attempt of the night from 35 yards, which extended the Hounds’ lead to 20-3.

Less than a minute into the fourth quarter, the Hounds scored once again with 14:15 remaining, as redshirt sophomore backup quarterback Connor Barthel connected with redshirt junior wide receiver Greg Johnson on a 13-yard touchdown pass, extending the lead to 27-3.

Later in the quarter, Smith grabbed another interception and returned it to the Miners’ 14-yard line, which set up another UIndy touchdown. The 14-yard rushing touchdown by redshirt junior running back Matt Ripp increased the UIndy lead and would be the last score of game, making the final score 34-3.

Following the win, Head Football Coach Bob Bartolomeo said that he believed turnovers, rather than the delay, were key in securing the victory. The Hound defense finished the game with five interceptions, three of which came from Smith.

Bartolomeo said that Smith did a great job at cornerback making plays for UIndy.

“He read his keys and broke on the ball well,” he said. “[Smith] made some nice catches—made a couple off of deflections and then he made one by himself off of reading the quarterback and just breaking on the football.”

Smith said his performance against the Miners was exciting and that he was happy he could come through for the team.

“The other ten guys that I play with— they work really hard and they work their butts off. So I’m just trying to match their intensity,” he said.

The Greyhounds will travel next to McKendree University to play the Bearcats on Oct. 12. Kickoff is set to take place at 7 p.m.

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>> Richie Furst goes from a gambling college student to a sly business tycoon’s right-hand man in “Runner Runner.” Set in Costa Rica, this action film follows Furst, portrayed by Justin Timberlake, who gets cheated out of a hefty sum of money in a poker game he cracks on the website “Midnight Black.”

He decides to head to Costa Rica to track down the site’s owner, Ivan Block, portrayed by Ben Affleck. After being reimbursed by Block, Furst is invited to join him in the gambling business and unwittingly accepts. Eventually, the truth about Block comes out, and Furst realizes he has just turned his life upside down. For older movie fans, Bob Gunton, who played the warden in “Shawshank Redemption,” makes an appearance playing a similar role in this movie. “Runner Runner” has a mediocre plot, does not have many surprises and lacks in character development. However, there is enough action to keep the viewer interested, which may be its only redeeming factor.

>> At the mere age of 16, emerging New Zealand singer Lorde has birthed an unparalleled debut album that is one in a million. The smoky, embodied voice, lyrical embrace of normalcy and refreshing rejection of pop culture that characterizes her hit single “Royals” is developed and explored in “Pure Heroine.”

This album is deliberately conceived and poetically crafted by a young woman who seems simultaneously innocent and mature, defiant but cautious, empowered yet intimidated. She is real—an artist, rather than an overdone, artificial celebrity. Her songs illustrate an admirable, existentialist deconstruction of life, conveyed through her mellow, liquid words that are embellished but not overpowered by threads of unique electro-pop beats. “Pure Heroine” is best appreciated as a whole, rather than a collection of à la carte songs. Each song asks questions ultimately answered in other tracks, and together, the songs tell a story. But it is not just Lorde’s story—it can be yours, too.

>> Pulling into the parking lot and seeing how small the building is, you might think this restaurant is just a take out restaurant. However, you would be wrong. This small, café-style restaurant’s interior design is very intricate. Inspired

by Tuscany and Italy, it creates a relaxed environment. From the interior design to the elegant menus and takeout bags, you can tell a lot of thought was put into Cannoli Queen’s style. The food is a little expensive, but the quality and quantity make the dishes well worth the price. Cannoli Queen features typical Italian meals, with plenty of options to choose from. I chose the Chicken Parmesan entrée. It was well-done, with the chicken tender and the pasta seasoned perfectly. The individual entrées were proportioned well, providing more than enough to eat. For dessert, I opted for the famous chocolate cannoli, and it did not disappoint my taste buds. The quality of the food at Cannoli Queen is great, and I definitely will be sure to return.

>> Every Halloween, I reread Stephen King’s “The Stand” to get myself into a festive mood. However, after reading “Doctor Sleep,” I think that I may have a new tradition. In his latest book, King takes readers back to the life of Dan Torrance. A sequel to “The Shining,” this book continues to explore Dan’s psychic gift known as “the Shine.” Tormented by memories of his ax-wielding father, the first act follows Dan as he self-medicates with booze and loose women. Eventually, he hits rock bottom and finds salvation through honest work in a New Hampshire town. At that point, he meets Abra, a child with the powerful “Shine.” He must protect her from a mad cult bent on harvesting her energy to achieve immortality.

Fans of King’s hundred-character-epics such as “IT” and “The Stand” will have trouble getting used to just hanging out with Dan, who is not a likeable guy until around page 100. That was my only problem with the book. Despite that, “Doctor Sleep” does not disappoint.

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The market—which offers a wide variety of fresh, locally grown and produced food—is open, rain or shine. This is a great place to go on a Saturday morning for someone who just wants to relax.

The market is decently priced, and there is food available that is ready to munch on while you shop. Additionally, there is an opportunity to buy herb and garden plants. Located in the parking lot behind Broad Ripple Magnet High School, the market is right on the edge of the busy Broad Ripple Ave. In addition to enjoying the Broad Ripple Farmers Market, nearby is The Village Experience, which specializes in fair trade retail and offers volunteer opportunities. More information about the market is available at www. broadripplefarmersmarket.org.

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Theatre department presents ‘Private Lives’

By Mercadees Hempel STAFF WRITER The play “Private Lives” will be previewed on Oct. 17th, with the performances taking place on Oct. 18-19 and Oct. 24-26 at 7 p.m., along with a Sunday performance on Oct. 20 at 2 p.m. in Ransburg Auditorium.

Associate Professor and Director of Theatre Brad Wright said that the audience will see a common, relatable theme.

“Many of the students in the audience will have had boyfriends or girlfriends,” Wright said.“They will have ex-boyfriends and girlfriends and imagine running off with their ex.”

The play centers on Elyot and Amanda, a divorced British couple who have not seen each other for five years.

Now they are on their honeymoons with their new spouses at the same hotel in France. After running into each other, the two begin to realize that they may be falling in love all over again and decide to leave their new spouses behind. The problem is whether they can keep their love going.

“Private Lives,” written by Noël Coward, first opened in London in 1930. It is a comedy of manners, a form of entertainment that satirizes the manners of a social class, with the comedic material based more on wordplay and wit than silliness, Wright said

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The play was chosen because the actors had not performed anything that took place in the 1930s, Wright added.

“Our students hadn’t been exposed to this kind of play,” he said. “It’s a very funny play for one thing, so they get to work on a comedy.”

Auditions started the first week of classes. Senior theatre major and scene shop manager Ross Percell and junior theatre major Elise Campagna were chosen to play Elyot and Amanda. The cast has been rehearsing five nights a week as well as training with a dialect coach and a fight coordinator.

Because the characters are British, and one character is French, former student and dialect coach Ryan O’Shea has been

working with the actors on their accents and pronunciation. Associate Adjunct theatre Faculty James Leagre has also been helping the cast practice the fight scene.

Percell described his character as “laid back,” but he also said there is more to Elyot than a smart-aleck attitude.

“He can be very sweet, and he’s very loving,” he said. “He really does love Amanda.”

Campagna has found Amanda’s character a challenge to play because of her age but also interesting because of her complex personality.

“Amanda’s a very whimsical person,” Campagna said. “She can’t be serious for very long. She makes a joke out of everything, kind of like her coping mechanism.”

Despite the fact that the play takes place in France and the characters are French or British, Wright believes audience members from any background will be able to recognize the feelings the characters have.

“They’re very identifiable characters, very accessible characters,” Wright said.

“The situations are recognizable, if somewhat exaggerated.”

Percell described the show as not just humorous, but also somber and heartfelt at times.

“Brad’s done a really good job,” Percell said. “And I think we’re trying to work hard to make it very applicable to anyone that has had the feelings of love and love lost and stuff like that.”

Performance part of Homecoming week festivities

By Allison Gallagher ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Singer-songwriter Eric Hutchinson performed in Ruth Lilly Performance Hall at the University of Indianapolis on Oct. 2 as part of the Homecoming Week festivities.

Hutchinson, who has been active as a singer since 2003, was signed by Warner Bros. Records in 2008 and released his CD “Sounds Like This” the same year.

He released his second album, “Moving Up Living Down,” in 2012. Among his singles, his bestknown songs are “OK, It’s Alright With Me,” “Watching You Watch Him,” and “Rock and Roll.”

Student Activities Coordinator Stephanie Barry was in charge of bringing Hutchinson to campus, which was a process that required a lot of time to complete, she said.

“We started doing it [the planning] in March or April,” Barry said. “One step we had was to figure out our budget, and then we needed to get some student input.

After that we were able to narrow down some artists and then go forward to a group of students and get their feedback.”

Barry said that originally, there were three performers considered potential contenders for the Homecoming concert.

However, of the three names, students were the most receptive and enthusiastic about having Hutchinson on campus.

The concert was not only available

for students, faculty, staff and alumni but for community members who wanted to come, to see what was happening on campus, Barry said.

“It’s our opportunity to bring the community onto campus to see our facilities and to tell them more about the arts that the campus has to offer that we’d like them to come back to. There’s that element as well,” she said.

The concert was sold out, with the Ruth Lilly Performance Center full of students, and community members, including UIndy President Robert Manuel and two of his daughters.

Hutchinson and his band performed a variety of songs from his albums, including “Talk Is Cheap” and “Rock and Roll.” Sophomore international relations and political science major Rachael Junard liked that the university was able to book a performer that she considered fairly mainstream.

“I thought it [the concert] was good.

I’m glad that UIndy was finally able to get someone that is relatively popular,” Junard said, followed by a laugh. “People know who he is, and he’s really good. His band is super nice, and he’s really nice also.”

Hutchinson, who plays pop, rock and folk music, also did a cover of the Backstreet Boys song, “I Want It That Way,” which the audience enjoyed and sang along to.

“He had some music that is super relative,” Junard said. “He had some really nice, chill songs you could sit down to and listen, and there’s some more upbeat ones you can clap along to.”

“He had some really nice, chill songs you could sit down to and listen, and there’s some more upbeat ones you can clap along to.”

Photo by James Figy

(From left) Actors Manny Casillas, Jeffrey Barnes, Kevin Johnson and Benjamin Schuetz portray people with AIDs at a support group in “The Raft of Medusa.”

UIndy alumni perform in local theatre

By James Figy NEWS EDITOR Jenni White graduated from the University of Indianapolis in 1997, and while her life has changed many times since then, her love of theatre never has.

White is directing a production of Joe Pintauro’s “The Raft of Medusa,” and she is not the only UIndy alum involved.

White said that she put out a call for auditions on websites for Indianapolis actors and the UIndy Theatre Alumni Facebook group.

It turned out that about half of the cast has a UIndy connection, including Assistant Director of Conference and Scheduling Jeffrey Barnes, former student Manny Casillas, alum Kevin Grow, adjunct faculty member Adam Henze and alum Kirk Fields, with a production staff including Director of Conference and Scheduling Christie Beckmann, Manager of Technical Services for Krannert

Memorial Library Lucy Fields and alum Danielle Buckell.

However, many other staffers and actors are involved, and White said that she had to work specifically to find men for the play, which has 10 male roles.

“It’s a 90-minute, one act [play], like you’re watching a support group for people with AIDs,” she said. “It’s set in 1990, and so here we are, 23 years later, looking back at 1990, when the AIDs epidemic kind of hit and spread, and people were really wrapped up in that—kind of looking at it in the lens of today and what we can learn from that.”

According to White, the play also shows how it is harder today to work through problems and talk them out with people, because there is so much media coming at us.

“Part of the idea is unplugging or really turning that media off. And only then can we find true healing and true interactions with other human beings,” she said.

“The Raft of Medusa” will run from

Oct. 10-13 at various times. For more information or to buy tickets, check out the Theatre Outreach tab of the website thechurchwithin.org/wordpress.

Buckell, the costume and props designer, said that it was great working with so many other UIndy graduates. She said that even though everyone graduated in different years, they had commonalities.

Buckell said that they often swap stories about Associate Professor of Theatre Brad Wright and Chair and Associate Professor of Theatre Jim Ream.

White said that she has stayed involved with theatre since graduating, and that most of the actors in her show do not do it for money; they do it for something else.

“I would say 85 percent of us have other jobs that aren’t in theatre, and this is that kind of hobby, if you will,” she said. “But it’s more than that. And I think people who give this kind of time and dedication find the challenge worth accepting and worth meeting. We find that creativity is just itching to get out.”

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Department teams up with Southport for zombie event

By Ally Holmes BUSINESS MANAGER The experience design department is working with Southport Mayor Vernon Jesse Testruth to create the first Southport Zombie Walk on Oct. 25 and 26.

“My students from two different classes are now involved in this,” said Director of Experience Design and Associate Professor of History Samantha Meigs. “I have a class this semester that is titled ‘Creating Haunting Experiences.’

They [the students] will be acting as zone managers. The students from that class will be managing their own zones with the design and the management of the sub-projects within.”

Meigs said that her Introduction to Experience Design course also will be helping with the event.

“They [the students] are developing three self-contained areas where they will be doing a haunted carnival, haunted camp and a faux graveyard,” Meigs said.

The old part of Southport Road will be decorated in different themes for the event.

The students creating the different themes for the event will be staffed to create a live action scene. Others will use decorations and special effects.

“We took on the responsibility of find-

ing different types of scenery-type deals.

As in each house, or section of houses, will have a scenic design,” said junior theatre major Abel Watson. “It’s really putting the experience design concept to use. It’s giving us a real-world experience, instead of just something on campus.”

The mayor of Southport went to the event that the experience design department hosted on Sept. 13 after he was informed about the department by Associate Director of Admissions Marylynne Winslow. After he indicated interest in attending, Meigs extended an invitation.

“I invited him to come to our Friday the Thirteenth event.We had our Haunted Toy Shop. As soon as he saw, he was like, ‘That is what I want.’ And so he kind of hired us on the spot,” Meigs said. “He liked what we did with that, and he wanted us to recreate some of that.”

The experience design department and its student-run organization has started to shift towards more community collaboration. The event with Southport fits in with that shift from on-campus to off-campus events.

“How it benefits the students is [that] you are really working with a client. So instead of it being complacent … this is giving them the opportunity to completely branch out from that,” Meigs said. “It’s a completely different demographic. It’s a very challenging, interesting environment.

We are working to create the vision of somebody else.”

According to Watson, working with Southport is giving the students some real-world experience in something that they want to do after college.The students have to learn to work within someone else’s budget, figure out specific needs and collaborate with the client to figure out the best vision for the event.

“I’m most excited because it is a realworld experience. I’m not just creating a fake scenario and trying to put it to use in a classroom. I’m actually going out into the real world, executing and designing and putting together the entire project itself,” Watson said. “ ... I’m not typically in these kinds of classes, even though experience design is kind of like theatre.

It will give me a broader spectrum of jobs there are out there.”

The City of Southport and the experience design department are still looking for volunteers for the event. Those who are interested can contact Meigs or Debra Logan in the business office for more information.

“What I see as a real opportunity is getting our campus community to connect with the South Side neighborhoods,” Meigs said. “I’m really hoping we can generate excitement on campus for something that is right down the street and hopefully get everybody involved.”

HOUNDS from page 1 Every year, the Homecoming Committee works to provide a mix between older, traditional activities and newer ones to keep variety and interest. According to Barry, events such as the kickoff are traditional, as well as the pep rally and Homecoming Headquarters, the idea being that these events get students excited.

However, Barry also said that variety is important to keep everyone involved.

“Not everyone likes sports. Being able to offer speakers related to the theme or novelty activities that aren’t focused solely on sports can still get people involved in the spirit. ... Being a Greyhound doesn’t mean [just] sports. It’s everything that we are doing here,” she said. “So being able to get everyone excited for their university is going to be different for everybody, and we hope to reach a wide variety.”

(Front row from left) Junior experience design major Elizabeth Ailes, senior experience design major Kirstin Mindiola, along with (back row from left) junior experience design major Kristen Williams and alumna Ingeborg Slegers, pose for pictures with photo booth accessories during the “Dancing through the Decades” event on Oct. 3.

The event was just one of many that took place during Homecoming Week.

Photo by Mia Lin

Photo by Kameron Casey

GTC Dramatic Dialogues actors discuss diversity at the “Strange Like Me” diversity lecture, which took place on Sept. 25 in the Ruth Lilly Performance hall in the Christel Dehaan Fine Arts Performance Center.

Lecture talks diversity with colorful language

Actors talk about differences in a different way

By Kameron Casey STAFF WRITER GTC Dramatic Dialogues performed at the university’s diversity lecture series titled “Strange Like Me” in the Ruth Lilly Performance Hall in the Christel Dehaan Fine Arts Performance Center on Sept. 25.

Some students were required to attend the event for a New Student Experience class, while others attended to acquire LP-credit. Regardless of their reason for being there, the students were not ready for what happened next.

A man walked onto stage and the show began. The man, an actor, started to shout out slanderous remarks against every race. He took stabs at gender and did not hold back, spewing vulgar language about the room.

At first, many students did not know how to react. Some laughed uncomfortably; others, uncontrollably. The rest looked as if they were not amused by the actor’s humor.

Throughout his act, the man walked back and forth past a white board, making random marks on the board. At the end of his act, he drew one horizontal line through the middle of the marks that spelled out his one-word message: Hate.

As he walked off stage, another man with a microphone came forward and began to explain to students what had just happened. He explained that the man was an actor who was in fact trying to get a rise out of the spectators. He then opened the floor to students and let them react to the act, jogging around the room to pass the mic and calling for students in the balconies to shout their feelings.

“I liked how they got students to interact. But some kids took it way too seriously,” said freshman psychology major Zach Spain.

The rest of the night involved two more acts, adding more actors and more gender, race and sexuality jokes. Students reacted in outrage, and the actors did not miss a beat, answering in perfect defense of their actions and remarks.

“We feel it’s most efficient when students start engaging with each other,” said GTC Dramatic Dialogues frontman Michael Agnew.

The group has been around for 18 years. They acquired their performance style when Agnew was introduced to a form of theatre called the “Theatre of the Oppressed.”

“In 90 minutes we’re not going to 71413 change what people believe,” Agnew said.

“But we can get people to question what they think they believe.”

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Police look into past of woman shot at capitol

By Alana Semuels & Tina Susman LOS ANGELES TIMES BROOKLYN, N.Y.—She was a big mystery—a seemingly caring mother who died after ramming her car in a highly secure area of the nation’s capital.

And because so little was known about Miriam Carey, reporters from across the country headed to New York and Connecticut, seeking clues to explain the dental hygienist’s odd behavior. When she was finally shot last Thursday after leading authorities on a wild chase from the White House to Capitol Hill, her 1-year-old daughter was with her.

Miriam’s mother, Idella Carey, 68, had told ABC News last week that her daughter suffered from postpartum depression, and so reporters descended on Idella Carey’s apartment building in the Louis Pink housing project, a cluster of more than a dozen squat brick buildings set around courtyards in East New York, Brooklyn.

Last Friday, as news of Miriam Carey’s death spread, neighbors clustered around the courtyard talking and watching the three policemen who stood at the door of that apartment building to keep reporters out.

But there were few clues about Miriam Carey’s behavior at her mother’s home.

Many people in the neighborhood said that the elder Carey, like many others in

the project, which has seen its share of crime in recent years, kept to herself.They mentioned seeing Miriam and her two sisters visiting at times, but most neighbors were tight-lipped about the family.

“I’ve known her a long time,” James Rainey said of Idella. Rainey, who has lived in a building across the courtyard for 47 years, said when he last spoke to Idella Carey a week ago, nothing seemed abnormal, and she hadn’t mentioned her daughter.

Many of the younger women in the project expressed their sympathies for Miriam Carey as they pushed baby carriages across the bumpy concrete paths that lead through the project, tsk-ing at the growing crowd of reporters and camera crews.

Police, the FBI and other law enforcement had searched Miriam Carey’s ground-floor apartment building in Stamford, Conn. last Thursday night.

By Friday morning, the apartment, in a sprawling beige building surrounding a common grassy area with a gazebo in the middle, was quiet again and devoid of police.

A condo maintenance worker who did not want to give his name said he knew Carey by sight and had seen her and her baby many times, usually about 8 a.m. when she would leave for work.

“The lady seemed OK,” he said. Few other neighbors shed any light on Carey.

“It’s very private around here,” one neighbor said.

New smartphones dial up a controversy over search warrants

By Michael Doyle MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAU

WASHINGTON—David Riley’s smartphone ratted him out.

San Diego police used photos and videos found on Riley’s Samsung Instinct device to connect him to a gang-related shooting. Convicted on attempted murder and other charges, the 22-year-old is doing time at California’s Kern Valley State Prison.

Now, he’s calling the Supreme Court.

In a case that’s unique to the iPhone era, justices are being asked to consider whether police need a warrant to search the capacious and sometimes incriminating digital files many people now carry in their pockets. So far, the question has divided judges.

“No one is saying that police should not be able to seize a smartphone,” Jules Epstein, a professor at Widener University School of Law, said in an interview last Tuesday. “The question is, can they open it? Can they open the folder called ‘photos’? Can they go through my last 10 Google searches?”

On Monday, Sept. 30, Riley’s petition was one of dozens put on the docket for potential consideration by Supreme Court justices meeting in a private conference.

At least four justices must agree for a petition to be granted and the case set for full argument, and most petitions fail.

No decision was issued for the Riley case last Tuesday.

But his case has some definite buzz. His lead appellate lawyer is Jeffrey L. Fisher of the Stanford Law School Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, who argued four cases before the high court last term. Only three attorneys appeared more often during the 2012 term.

The omnipresence of smartphones and the split opinions from different courts also could help Riley get a hearing. An estimated 91 percent of U.S. adults now own a cellphone, and 61 percent of these are info-packed smartphones such as Apple’s iPhone, Google’s Android and Samsung’s Instinct.

“In light of the frequency with which people are arrested with cell phones and the judiciary’s confusion over whether the police may search the devices’ digital contents, this court’s intervention is critical,” Fisher and his colleagues wrote in a brief.

The Supreme Court previously has ruled that police may conduct certain warrantless searches “incident to arrest” without violating the Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures. In 1973, for instance, the court approved a search in which Washington, D.C., police patting down a man in custody found heroin inside a crumpled cigarette pack.

Smartphones are really different, Riley’s lawyers say.

“Modern cell phones provide ready access to a vast array of personal data, and are distinct from the types of possessions, such as cigarette packages and footlock-

ers, this court has previously considered,” Fisher said in the brief. “For one thing, while physical containers face obvious space-related constraints, cell phones are capable of storing a virtually limitless amount of information in a single, compact device.”

Three appellate circuits have, nonetheless, upheld warrantless searches of cellphones. One federal appellate circuit has struck down such searches, as have some state supreme courts. In May, in a case arising from a Jacksonville, Fla., robbery, the Florida Supreme Court struck down a warrantless search of a cellphone taken from a suspect before he was placed in a police car.

The cellphone included incriminating photos. One showed the suspect’s significant other holding a bundle of money a day after the robbery.

“Electronic devices that operate as cell phones of today are materially distinguishable from the static, limited capacity cigarette packet in (the 1973 D.C. case) not only in the ability to hold, import, and export private information, but by the very personal and vast nature of the information that may be stored on them or accessed through the electronic devices,” Justice R. Fred Lewis wrote for the Florida Supreme Court.

In a separate case, justices are being asked to rule on a warrantless search of conventional telephone information found on a non-smart cellphone. Potentially, the court could take up both cases.

“Particularly given the ubiquity of cell phone use by drug traffickers and other serious offenders, and the important law enforcement consequences of unsettling search-incident-to-arrest doctrine, the question presented now requires an authoritative answer from the Supreme Court,” Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr. wrote in a petition.

Riley’s case began in August 2009, when he was driving near his San Diego home. Police pulled him over for an expired tag and discovered he had a suspended license. When they searched his car, they found two firearms hidden under the hood.

Conducting two warrantless searches of Riley’s smartphone, detectives found photos and videos that intrigued them.

One photo showed Riley posing in front of a red Oldsmobile that the police suspected had been involved in a prior gang-related shooting. A video showed street boxing, in which Riley could be heard shouting gang-related comments.

Riley’s attorneys tried, without success, to block prosecutors’ use of the photos and videos on the grounds that the police search violated the Fourth Amendment.

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News trucks still hovered around the apartment of Carey’s sister Valarie, in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, where children rode bicycles and scooters up and down the street staring at the news crews.

Valarie Carey’s neighbors told the New York Daily News that Miriam frequently visited her sister wearing hospital scrubs, sometimes with a man in a Porsche Cayenne SUV. The neighbor said Miriam Carey had a breakdown when visiting her sister three months ago.

Miriam’s other sister, Amy CareyJones, lives in an apartment building on a street of brownstones in a rapidly gentrifying area of Brooklyn on the border of the Clinton Hill and Bed-Stuy neighborhoods. The street is diverse, with white, tattooed young professionals walking dogs and African American families sitting on stoops; fancy bicycles and tomato plants adorn some of the balconies.

Amy and Valarie appeared on CNN to talk about their sister; as part of their contract with anchor Anderson Cooper, they have decided not to talk to other media. In the interview they seemed unsure of what had happened.

“We’re still trying to put the pieces together. It’s very sudden,” Amy CareyJones said. “It still doesn’t seem real. And we’re just waiting for the real story as to exactly what happened to come out.”

Cooper said that, according to some authorities, drugs for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression were found

at Miriam Carey’s house.

After Valarie Carey said her sister was “not a bipolar, schizophrenic individual,” Cooper followed up with other questions on the topic, according to a transcript of the show.

COOPER: “So as far as you know, she wasn’t bipolar, she wasn’t schizophrenic, you believe it was postpartum depression.”

CAREY-JONES: “It was postpartum depression with psychosis. That’s what her diagnosis was. And she worked very closely with her doctor to taper off the medication and just get the counseling she needed to deal with that diagnosis.”

COOPER: “How was that manifested in her life? Was that something you saw in her life?”

CAREY-JONES: “No, we—it wasn’t something that was displayed. It was a momentary breakdown where she had to go and have emergency care. Once she understood what the diagnosis was, she knew how to move forward. She had her challenges as a new parent, and I always spoke closely with her.

“I am a parent. I have two children.

So, you know, just like anyone else she had questions and we dealt with that as a family, but there was nothing out of the ordinary.”

(Alana Semuels reported from Brooklyn; Tina Susman, from Connecticut.) ©2013 Los Angeles Times. Visit the Los Angeles Times at www.latimes.com. Distributed by MCT Information Services

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McClatchy-Tribune News Service

NATION Obama cancels part of Asia trip to address shutdown

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama canceled part of his trip to Asia this week to deal with the government shutdown but for now is still planning to attend the two world summits on his schedule, the White House said last Wednesday morning.

Obama called the president of the Philippines and the prime minister of Malaysia last week to tell them he is canceling his plans to visit their countries, officials said.

Instead of an eight-day trip, Obama will stay in the region only four days and attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Indonesia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting in Brunei.

-Tribune Washington Bureau

Majority of Americans want debt limit raised, poll finds WASHINGTON—A majority of Americans want Congress to raise the nation’s $16.7 trillion debt limit and would blame Republicans if it isn’t, according to a poll released Wednesday.

About 56 percent of respondents said it would be bad for the country if the debt limit was not raised, the CNN/ORC International poll found. Just 38 percent said failure to increase the limit would be a good thing.

Asked who would be responsible if the limit were not raised, 53 percent said congressional Republicans and 31 percent said President Barack Obama.

-Los Angeles Times

WORLD

Five Greenpeace activists charged with piracy in Russia

Rep. Steven Palazzo (rear in blazer) moved barricades to allow veterans from Mississippi to tour the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. All of the monuments in D.C., which are part of the National Park Service, officially were closed because of the government shutdown that took effect at midnight. Donald Quinn carries a wreath he placed at the Mississippi column of the memorial. (Tim Isbell/Biloxi Sun Herald/MCT)

Despite ‘closed’ sign, veterans still visit WWII Memorial

By Sean Cockerham MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON—Elderly veterans, white-haired and some in wheelchairs, found their path blocked at the monument erected in their honor.

A sign mounted on metal barricades outside the World War II Memorial announced: “Because of the Federal Government SHUTDOWN, All National Parks Are CLOSED.” But many of the more than 100 veterans surged past the barricades last Tuesday, joined by members of the same Congress that couldn’t pass a bill to keep the government running. The congressmen, tipped off beforehand, removed the barricades for them.

Republican representatives including Steven Palazzo of Mississippi, Richard Nugent of Florida and Louie Gohmert of Texas were among those involved.

“It’s a sad day,” Palazzo said. “We’re doing our veterans a disservice not allowing them inside.”

House Republicans have insisted on repeal or delay of the new health care law in return for passing a bill to fund the government.

Donald Quinn, surrounded by bagpipers, rolled his wheelchair up to the Mississippi column at the memorial and laid a wreath in honor of his fallen comrades.

Patrick McCourt, who does World War II re-enactments and greeted the veterans at the memorial, watched the scene unfold.

McCourt said he wasn’t impressed with

either party in Congress for the partisan bickering that’s gone on.

“A pox on both their houses,” said McCourt, who served in the signal corps in Washington during the Vietnam War. The National Park Service did not try to stop the veterans from entering the World War II Memorial. The agency doesn’t have a plan for what to do if veterans show up to visit memorials; Park Service spokeswoman Carol Johnson said it will be up to the park police how to react if there are similar incidents.

“I can say we always treat the veterans with respect,”Johnson said.“We will treat them with respect.”

The veterans from Mississippi and Iowa came on Honor Flights, which arrive nearly every day in Washington.

More than 3,500 Honor Flight veterans are scheduled to visit Washington this month, said Jim McLaughlin, the chairman of the Honor Flight Network, which is funded by donations. He said it’s too late to cancel the visits, which will bring veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam to Washington.

“Today they were able to get in and see the memorial,” he said. “We’re hoping the same will be true tomorrow.”

(Christina Stuebe and Paul Hampton of the Biloxi Sun Herald contributed to this report.) ©2013 McClatchy Washington Bureau Visit the McClatchy Washington Bureau at www.mcclatchydc.com. Distributed by MCT Information Services

MOSCOW—Five Greenpeace activists were charged last Wednesday with piracy in connection with a protest at a Russian oil platform, an official of the environmental group said.

Roman Dolgov of Russia, Sini Saarela of Finland, Anna Paula Maciel of Brazil, Kieron Bryan of Britain and Dima Litvinov, who has U.S. and Swedish citizenship, were charged with organized group piracy in the northern Russian city of Murmansk, according to Vladimir Chuprov, head of Greenpeace Arctic.

The charge can carry a sentence of up to 15 years in prison and a fine of up to $15,000.

—Los Angeles Times

US expels three Venezuelan diplomats

BOGOTA, Colombia—Venezuela is protesting Washington’s decision to expel three of its diplomats in a tit-fortat purge of embassy officials that has brought relations between the countries to a standstill.

Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry said its top diplomat, Calixto Ortega; Second Secretary Monica Sanchez; and an official in Venezuela’s Houston consulate, Marisol Gutierrez, have been ordered to leave.

The move comes after Venezuela ordered the expulsion of three U.S. officials—including the embassy’s charge d’affaires—amid accusations that they met with opposition leaders and were plotting “sabotage” of the economy and the electrical grid. The U.S. has denied the accusations.

-The Miami Herald

Al-Qaida fighters resume attack on US-backed rebels in Syria

BEIRUT—Fighters loyal to al-Qaida have opened up a new offensive against a U.S.-backed rebel group that once escorted U.S. Sen. John McCain into northern Syria, according to Internet postings and news accounts.

The Islamic State of Iraq and Sham launched attacks on the Northern Storm Brigade last Tuesday night, hitting Northern Storm positions in a string of villages along Syria’s border with Turkey.

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks in statements posted on the Internet in which it accused Northern Storm of not keeping the terms of a cease-fire that halted fighting between the two groups last week in the Syrian city of Azaz.

-McClatchy Foreign Staff Distributed by MCT Information Services

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UIndy students teach science to local children

Science and education students teach a science program at Abraham Lincoln Elementary, where no other program exists

gram will inspire the children to think about science in a new way and positively add to their educational experience.

“Elementary students love science, and An old man with crazy white hair and our program teaches students to think a lab coat is the way some might envision like scientists. We are trying to build a scientist.The University of Indianapolis the foundation of scientific thinking and students and faculty who are a part of the getting students at a young age excited UIndy Jr-Scientists might not match that about science,” Gobbett said. “Our other description. outreach opportunities included activities About 20 to 25 UIndy students teach in all areas of science, which complement science lessons to the second grade classes the science curriculum in elementary and at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School middle school. Our goal in any setting is and other places around Indianapolis. to get students’minds engaged in scientific Biology, elementary education and other exploration.” majors are involved in this project.

While the program engages the minds The group even has their own mas- of the young students, it benefits the cot, Junior the greyhound dog, who is UIndy students as well. displayed on all their shirts.

Freshman biology major Caryn Kiel The UIndy Jr-Scientists program said that her experience has brought back began in 2007 with one class and teach- memories and also made her think of her ing a few lessons a year. But, as Biology future career in a different way.

Instructor and Lab Director “Not only does it benefit Mary Gobbett explained, my career in establishing apthe program has subsepropriate relationships with quently expanded. children—a happy medium “We currently teach 19 between authoritarian and different science lessons friend—as I am a pre-OT during the year to six classstudent who wants to work rooms at the same time,” with kids, but I also find Gobbett said. “We have myself reflecting on my also expanded our proown childhood. Looking gram to College Mentors, at worms and measuring Children’s Museum DNA water volume is fun when and Chemistry Day, and laughter and silly questions TRAVER University Heights United are involved,” Kiel said.

Methodist Childrens CenWhile the program has a ter (UHUMCC) day camp and pre-K large number of science-related majors, classes.” the elementary education students benefit At Abraham Lincoln Elementary, the from this as well.

UIndy Jr-Scientists are teaching science to “Hopefully, we are encouraging future kids who have no other science education. elementary teachers to provide opportuFreshman biology major Mallory nities for their students to do scientific Traver said that the program can benefit exploration,” Gobbett said. “It also allows the students in many ways. students of different career paths to work “The students get to see what science together in a community outreach setting. is and how it affects the world [in which] It really brings alive education for service.” they live,” Traver said. “I think it’s also Going along with the old adage of pretty cool for the elementary students to teaching for the test, some schools like see college students get excited about sci- Abraham Lincoln hold math and English ence. It makes them want to learn more.” in higher regard. Because of this, they Gobbett said that she hopes the pro- are not able to devote resources to teach

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Photo contributed by Nancy Steffel

As part of a lesson, UIndy Jr-Scientist Justin Wheeler reads to a group of attentive second grade students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School in Perry Township.

subjects like science that are not on state exams.

Gobbett hopes to change this culture as the program expands year after year.

“It is very hard for elementary schools to focus on science when reading and math are connected to their ISTEP scores and the ranking of their school. It is not a high priority for a school like Abraham Lincoln,” Gobbett said. “We would love to encourage teachers to do science on their own without us, but that may be a few years away. We would also like to do workshops in the summer for teachers in the future.”

Also, Traver said, giving students scientific education from a young age could give rise to growth in scientific fields “There are so many opportunities in the science technology engineering [and] mathematics (STEM) field, but not many students are pushed to go into these

areas,” Traver said. “I believe if kids were introduced to science at a younger age and were encouraged to use it every day, just like math and English is, we would see a major increase in STEM fields.”

While both the students at Abraham Lincoln and UIndy are increasing their knowledge of science, Gobbett is thinking about what lies ahead for the program.

“We are still experimenting with our lessons and the needs of the community outreach partners. This is a service project for me, and it has grown about as big as I can handle at the moment,” Gobbett said. “I am currently part of an Americorp planning grant and we

hope to apply for another grant, which would allow us to get several Americorp volunteers to help out with the program.

Our goal is to continue finding funding sources and volunteers to help handle the logistics of the program.The need is there, but it all takes time, people and money.”

The UIndy Jr-Scientists have traveled to Abraham Lincoln and taught students every Friday so far this academic year, and the students are seeing promising signs of success.

“We seem to be succeeding,” Kiel said.

“Considering [that] the students often walk into the classroom, smile at us and say, ‘The scientists are here!’”

“ ... the students often walk into the classroom, smile at us and say, ‘The scientists are here!’”

Students volunteer Alum connects campus with skills at local YMCA startup media company

people worldwide.

John Rigell was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 1968 and realized nine years ago that there were other complications Professor of Physical Therapy Julie when he started to experience dizziness Gahimer and 25 of her students lead and other symptoms. His neurologist told group and individual exercises for local him he could not return to work, so Rigell people with disabilities at the Baxter turned to the class after reading about it in a brochure.

YMCA on Shelby Street.

Rigell said the class not only gives The program,“Fitness Following Disability,” is not a typical service project him a chance to be active but also to nor a typical class assignment but it does socialize and get out of the house. Rigell, give students perspective, according to a former teacher, also enjoys interacting with students and considers the class an Gahimer.

“It’s not volunteerism, and it’s not re- opportunity to continue teaching.

“I think I’m giving back some in that ally clinical,”Gahimer said.“The students go out there as part of a class, and then I can help the students who are learning they have to come back to the university to be physical therapists,” Rigell said. “I and reflect on what the experience meant enjoy being around young people again because I haven’t been able to teach going to them.”

Gahimer started Fitness Following on nine years now.”

The participants are not the only ones Disability in 2005 and continues to lead it to this day. She got the idea for the who benefit from the classes. Gahimer said program when she noticed the YMCA that the participants teach the students had many classes for children with dis- as much as the students learn from them.

“They’re really special people who reabilities, but none for adults. She brought up the idea to the wellness director, who ally seem to have a lot of purpose in their encouraged her to proceed. Now the group life,” she said.

Priyanka Krishnan, a physical therapy meets every Thursday. master’s student, helps lead The class starts with the the group exercises. She was participants, Gahimer and nervous when she first came the students sitting in a to the program but now is circle. Each person in the excited about it every week. circle thinks of an exercise “We learn to be posifor the others to do, and tive from them,” she said. everyone does 15 repetitions “ They ’re always happy. of the exercise.

They’re never complaining.”

Gahimer also thinks Omeed Basiri, another of a theme such as sports, student involved, agreed cooking or housework. For that the participants’ posiexample, if the theme is tive attitude is inspiring for sports, someone may suggest GAHIMER all of them. hitting a baseball, and the “They make sure that no group will pretend to swing a baseball bat. They do this for 30 minutes. matter what their condition is, life still For the last half hour, the participants goes on,” he said.

Gahimer said that the program has break up into smaller groups or split up individually with the physical therapy given the participants a family that they students. The students then help them see every week and can relate to on a stretch or do other exercises, such as lift- special level.The physical therapy students ing weights. Gahimer said that this not learn about how small exercises can help only gives the participants one-on-one people build their strength, endurance time with the students, but the students and flexibility and how to stay positive despite life’s challenges. also get first-hand experience.

“You can’t underestimate the power Participants are 25 years old or older and have neurological disorders such as of the connection and the community of traumatic brain injury, stroke, cerebral people who are dealing with similar problems in their life or disabilities,” Gahimer palsy, Type 1 diabetes and others.

According to the World Health Or- said. “And these people are so fun and ganization, neurological disorders from they’re so positive and they’re so upbeat migraines to epilepsy affect 1 billion and they teach the students so much.”

By Mercadees Hempel STAFF WRITER

By Tori Yant STAFF WRITER

University of Indianapolis graduate Ryan Brock used his passion for writing to start a company for creative writers.

Metonymy Media is a group of writers who do copy writing for many different companies, including UIndy.

Brock graduated from UIndy in 2010 with majors in philosophy, religion and English. He spent his time after graduation sitting at home or in Starbucks just writing. Like many aspiring writers, he soon realized how difficult it is to make connections and get published.

Brock started a company dedicated to making publishing easier for unknown authors. In the meantime, he started blogging and interviewing people who were in business, marketing or doing storytelling in any interesting ways. Eventually, Brock made the connection he needed to help him gain experience in the field.

“Eventually, things just lined up for me, and I interviewed the right person that needed some freelance writing help,” Brock said.“As anyone that does freelance writing knows, finding your first job is one the most impossible things to do.

Once you do, you are pretty much set.”

Brock began to write about travel insurance. Because of his unique background in literature, his client liked the way he was writing and wanted to give him as much work as he could. The client instructed Brock to hire people with creative writing degrees and teach them things such as blogging.

“I wanted to hire people who were or would be poets, fiction writers and novelists to help them make some type of living off of their writing,” Brock said. “I started Metonymy Media with this in mind.”

In 2011, Brock launched Metonymy Media. His first writer was Scott Blanton, the first creative writing major from UIndy. The company now writes about many different subjects including insurance, technology, engineering, education, healthcare and food.

“I love having the opportunity to wake up every morning and learn new stories.

I enjoy working with people doing things I myself will never be doing, and learning how to communicate it, even though I will never be a part of their story,” Brock said.

Current Metonymy Media employee and UIndy adjunct faculty in English Carl

Photo by James Figy

Wade Thiel, a Metonymy Media intern and UIndy creative writing student, works on a project at his internship.

Corder also enjoys writing about vastly different subjects.

“One day I might be writing about distribution hubs and the next day about the earth and space department, trying to capture that personality,” Corder said.

Corder has done freelance work for the company for a year. He moved to Indiana to become full time in August.

Since working at the company, he has discovered Twitter and improved his writing.

“I learned to get over that fear of a blank page. That is a quality you can use in any type of writing,” Corder said.

Metonymy Media has had many connections to the University of Indianapolis.

According to Corder, company employees are currently in the brainstorming stage of rewriting the UIndy websites. Many students also are interning with the company.

Senior creative writing major Wade Thiel is a current intern at the company.

Thiel started his internship at the beginning of the summer and said he has gained a lot from his experience thus far.

Thiel said that when he started, he was given a topic and told just to sit down and write.

“I really didn’t have a clue what I was doing at first,” Thiel said.“It was just learning by doing.”

Thiel said he was given a lot of freedom.

He has been able to write about many

different topics, one of his favorites being travel insurance.

“The only problem is now I have a hundred places I want to go,” Thiel said.

Metonymy Media has given many UIndy students internships with the company. According to Brock, the company will have a few open internships for the spring semester. They are looking for creative and inventive people who are not afraid to try new things.

“We have worked with a lot of interns from UIndy in the past. The ones who are the most successful are the ones who are willing to try new things,” Brock said.

“We tell them when you come into this world with rules that you know, [those rules] don’t apply. We have to throw those old rules out the window and create our own. Some people struggle letting go of those rules.”

Corder said that anyone who interns or gets a job with Metonymy Media will walk into a fun atmosphere. He finds the work they are doing valuable because they care about the personality and creativity behind the work that people do.

“People don’t like reading boring writing. When you are trying to get people to engage in your writing you want it to be creative, fun and friendly,” Corder said.

“In order to write that way I think you need to establish that community. I think that is something we actually do here.”

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