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Former mayor joins UIndy

Greg Ballard, former mayor of Indianapolis, officially joined the University of Indianapolis community on Wednesday, April 20. He has donated to the Institute for Civic Leadership and Mayoral Archives.

By Mercadees Hempel MANAGING EDITOR Following former mayors Richard Lugar, William Hudnut, Stephen Goldsmith and Bart Peterson, Former Mayor Greg Ballard has joined the University of Indianapolis’ Institute for Civic Leadership and Mayoral Archives.

President Robert Manuel announced the news in a campus-wide email on Wednesday, April 20. Director of the Institute for Civic Leadership and Mayoral Archives and Professor of History and Political Science Edward Frantz said that the archives were founded in 2011 and are meant to be a resource for students as the archives include photos, documents, news clippings, music and videos, all of which have been digitized and are available at uindy.archivestree.com.

Lugar, Hudnut, Goldsmith and Peterson all have donated their materials to the archives, and now Ballard will donate his official papers, documents and other materials as well. Ballard, who had been considering going to Ivy Tech at

one point, said he and Manuel had been speaking about the possibility of joining the university for about a year.

“There’s a long history of mayors coming down to UIndy in some fashion or another,” Ballard said. “I think that was very attractive, and my discussions with Dr. Manuel have been really comfortable and, I think, really reflective of what the university is. I just wanted to be a piece of it.”

Along with donating to the archives, Ballard said he wants to speak with students about clean energy initiatives, transportation and international affairs as well. Manuel said that he is excited about the possibility of Ballard’s starting camps and conversations on campus in the summer that may focus on robotics, technology or coding.

Manuel said he is thrilled that students will have the opportunity to talk with Ballard about these topics and that this helps accomplish university goals for preparing students.

“As a comprehensive liberal arts institution, our goal is to teach people how to read and think and reason and

be logical in their thought processes and to apply that in the real world,” Manuel said. “And when you have folks on campus who straddle both worlds, like we do in our faculty and like we do with [Former] Mayor Ballard, it’s a great opportunity for students to test what they’re learning and to be exposed to the workplace environment they’re going to inherit one day when they graduate.”

Frantz said that Ballard’s decision to join the university is a great honor given the many options Ballard could have chosen instead. Frantz said that he is really excited for this new addition to the archives, as well as to the university as a whole.

“This is the kind of signature bold move that I think the University of Indianapolis is becoming much more well-known for,” Frantz said. “I think it reflects the mayor.

I think it reflects President Manuel’s emphasis on engaging the community and having leaders interact with our students and vice versa. So I think it’s just the next stage of a really exciting time. And I think it’s tremendously cool to have this happening now.”

Frantz said that Ballard also will be a resource on campus because he lives in Indianapolis year-round, which is different from past mayors who joined the archives.

“What’s so exciting about the relationship with Mayor Ballard is [that] he will be here as a resource for students to talk to, or immediately for faculty members from a variety of disciplines to sit down and think through again not only where Indianapolis has been but where we want to go,” Frantz said.

Besides donating to the archives, Ballard said he hopes to engage with students, discuss issues in politics and possibly travel overseas with students as well. Ballard said he is pleased to be a part of the campus community.

“I’m here, and I would love to engage with them [students] and talk to them routinely,” Ballard said. “I think you’ll see me walking around the campus quite a bit.… I want the students to know there’s great resources here for them and that there are terrific people associated with the campus who really want them to succeed.”

Thirst Project helps global water crisis

Nonprofit organization aims to bring permanent water to developing countries and inspire young people to make a change in the world

By Mikayla Kleinpeter STAFF WRITER “Think about a cold glass of water on a hot day.To many of us, water is something that we take for granted. However, some people in this world are not as lucky,” Seth Maxwell, CEO and Founder of The Thirst Project, said to University of Indianapolis students.

The Thirst Project’s goal is to raise awareness about the global water crisis and how young people can help make a change. Maxwell runs the nonprofit organization that has helped bring permanent water wells to developing countries that are in need, such as Kenya, Columbia, Uganda and many others. The idea for the project was something that happened to fall into Maxwell’s lap. According to the Thirst Project website, Maxwell had coffee with a friend who was a photojournalist and had spent the last year traveling the world.

“Seeing these photos and hearing about the global water crisis was the first time I had heard of this issue,” Maxwell said.

After the conversation, Maxwell went to go see the Michael Caton-Jones film “Beyond the Gates.” “[The film] was about the 1994 Rwanda genocide. But it also showed the aftermath and how people struggled to rebuild, also how in communities and rural places, the impact that having safe water, safe sanitation, good hygiene and

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food security [has],” Maxwell said. “So that was a pretty significant 48-hour period of talking to my friend and going to the movie that really, for the first time, pointed my thoughts and directions to service in that way.”

According to the Thirst Project website, from this moment, Maxwell and his friends bought about a thousand bottles of water and set off on Hollywood Boulevard.

They spent hours out on the streets just raising awareness about the water crisis, and by the end of the night, the students had turned $70 into $1,700. From there, the Thirst Project was born.

Maxwell also believes how he was raised has influenced how he runs his organization.

“I remember being a little kid and driving my bike under bridges with friends. And as a child, [that] was such an amazing part of growing up,” Maxwell said. “That fostered tons of creativity, and I was always imagining things and working with my friends to build forts or [go on] adventures.”

Now in charge of a small, full-time staff and running a nonprofit organization, Maxwell is surprised by the success of the organization.

“I never thought it would be this big.

The goal was to tell some people and raise awareness. We were a group of college kids,” Maxwell said.

Maxwell and his small team travel across the United States to high schools and colleges to speak to young people about the global water crisis and how they

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CEO and Founder of The Thirst Project Seth Maxwell speaks to students on Friday, April 15. can be the generation to end it.

“I have an acting degree,”Maxwell said.

“I never thought I would end up being the person I am today.”

Maxwell not only activates younger people, he also said he has had some special opportunities because of the Thirst Project.

“I had moderated a panel two weeks

ago with President Clinton and Chelsea Clinton on mentorship and activating young people for social change. I went to the White House a few years ago and met with a few officials in Obama’s cabinet on education and spent a day brainstorming on how to activate young people for social change,” he said. “I am a speaker for the State Department, and I represent the United States abroad on a field of topics ranging from activating young people for social change, to community development to the global water crisis.”

Maxwell spoke to students at the University of Indianapolis on April 15.

His presentation was about the Thirst Project but also about love and how using love as an action can have a significant impact. During Maxwell’s presentation, Assistant Director of Financial Services, Manufacturing and Logistics and Entrepreneurship Kirk Bryans presented Maxwell with the Distinguished Hoosier Award.

According to The Thirst Project website, since the day at Hollywood Boulevard seven years ago, he has since raised $8 million in donations and provided more than 280,000 people with safe, clean water.

Having yearly galas with actors and actresses such as Jennifer Gardner, Chyler Leigh from “Grey’s Anatomy,” Heather Morris from “Glee” and Pauley Perrette from “NCIS,” has also helped the cause gain attention. Additional information on the Thirst Project is available at www. thirstproject.org.

When severe weather, crime or other threats brush the borders of the University of Indianapolis, a Watchdog alert is sent out to students, faculty, staff and parents who choose to be a part of the service.

University of Indianapolis Police Chief David Selby explained that Watchdog, UIndy’s emergency alert system, is a result of the Jeanne Clery Act and the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007. He explained that the service is used for set categories of alerts.

“There are two different issues,” Selby said. “There is immediate notification versus timely warning. They are two different things. Immediate notification is something that poses immediate danger to campus via manmade—a shooting—or God—a tornado. If something is an immediate danger, I send out a Watchdog.

A timely warning is something that is ongoing. It is most likely associated with one of the Clery crimes: manslaughter, sexual assault, those types of things. Now the key is ongoing.”

Selby said that he is concerned about Watchdog recipients relying too heavily on the alerts to keep informed about what is going on in Indianapolis, beyond the borders of campus.

“What we’ve got to get away from is [this]; Watchdog and immediate notifications are not news services,” Selby said.

“If I started sending out everything that I do as a news service, you are going to quit paying attention to it, right?”

Selby said that he only sends out necessary alerts to keep their priority high.

He does not want students to get used to seeing them in their inbox and stop reading them.

“We look at [the situation and ask], ‘Is there immediate danger to campus?

Could you get hurt from this?’ No. ‘Is it an ongoing thing?’ No. Well, I don’t really need to send it out,” Selby said.

Vice President for Student and Campus Affairs and Dean of Students Kory Vitangeli shares Selby’s fear that overusing Watchdog will desensitize students to the alerts’ seriousness.

“There are lots of different philosophies on notification systems. If you had one while you were in high school or elementary school, they typically use theirs for announcement purposes and also emergencies,” Vitangeli said.“Higher education typically takes the view that they should really be emergency notification systems. We don’t want—much like what happens with email—we don’t want people to ignore them. When people get a notification from Watchdog, we want to make sure that they take it seriously, that they have it programmed into their phone. We really have been intentional during orientation every year about making sure that people program in their phone campus police as well as Watchdog and that they understand that when they get a Watchdog it is something serious.”

Vitangeli said that the system is meant to inform students of things happening directly on or next to campus.

“If IMPD [Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department] has announced that this is happening and it is right around the periphery of campus, we will notify people,” Vitangeli said. “We’ve had a fire in a house, and we want people to avoid the area, so again the periphery of campus, if we feel like some type of a timely notification needs to go out to students or eminent danger or a school closing.”

Although Vitangeli is in charge of sending out many of the alerts, she is not the sole decider about when a Watchdog alert needs to be sent out.

“In terms of the decision to send a Watchdog, it is typically a collaboration between campus police, myself and media relations, depending on the situation,” Vitangeli said. “If it is a timely notification, the police are dictating if it is an immediate notification let’s send it. If it is a weather notification, it is myself working with the provost of academic affairs and the president.”

Vitangeli said that she has never been

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Game of Votes The Reflector’s 2016 Primary Special

Introduction

By Michael Rheinheimer OPINION EDITOR

On behalf of the great state of Indiana, the home of Garfield the Cat, I welcome you! Thanks to the long war between you five, you have given our state more of a voice than we have had in many primaries.

As the self-appointed Lord of Indiana, House Rheinheimer, may I be so kind as to offer some guidance to each of you for your time in our fair state.

First, I will welcome Donald the Mad, House Trump. Donald, I predict you will fare well among the voters in this state.

Hoosiers are angry for many reasons. We were hit hard by the Great Recession and have become a smaller-scale model for the larger culture wars dividing Americaros.

We always have been a conservative state with a victim complex. Clearly, you speak well to the average Hoosier’s feeling that he or she has been given a raw deal by one scapegoat or the other.

Second, to Bernie the Old and Hillary the Unknowable, the gods alone know which of you will win our primary. As a precaution, I advise you to stick closely to the three liberal enclaves of the state. Indianapolis, Bloomington and South Bend are

where you will find your biggest support.

You risk being set upon by the conservative brigands who prowl the wastelands along US 31, so travel by daylight and seek shelter when you sense that you are being watched. Also, forget Lake, Porter and Newton counties; those have been seized and annexed by my rival, the Lord of Chicago. Worry not, my lieges, he shall pay for his treachery after the primary.

I would expect South Bend and The People’s Republic of Bloomington to go for Bernie the Old. You are so beloved by millennials, sire, that I would be truly shocked if the students of Notre Dame and IU did not provide you with a strong turnout.

As for Indianapolis, the Eternally Circular City, it’s anyone’s game. Oldmoney on Meridian-Kessler, disillusioned working-class folks on the south and east side and liberal elites spread throughout the county will turn this city into a crapshoot.

Whatever happens, I predict my fair state will go to Donald the Mad for the Republicans, and Democrats will choose Bernie the Old. However, I may be wrong. Ted the Sad-Looking could fare better than I have predicted.

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Don’t f lee the elections

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When presidential candidate Donald Trump won seven states on Super Tuesday, Google Data Editor Simon Rogers tweeted out, “Searches for ‘how can I move to Canada’ on Google have spiked +350% in the past four hours.” Rumors began flying the next day that the search had crashed Google.

Honestly, the news puzzled me. I went to sleep knowing that Trump had won multiple states and woke up to find that some Americans were considering deserting. Apparently, Canada was the latest and greatest place to live, all because of one man. Are we seriously being bullied into moving out of our great country, all because of one man who used to sit in a chair and just repeat the words “you’re fired” to increase his ratings? Well, as a person who has been bullied in the past, I am not going to take this lightly. I am not going to move to Canada.

First of all, moving is expensive. Not only did I have to buy boxes and tape when I moved across town, but I also rented a U-Haul. Just to move from the south side of Indianapolis to the rural parts of Shelby County costs about $100 a day for a 20-foot-wide truck. A quick search on the U-Haul website shows that to rent the same size truck to move from downtown Indianapolis to Toronto, Ontario, Canada costs $854 a day, not including how much you would have to spend on boxes and packing tape. I can hear your wallet crying

Farewells from The Reflector senior staff: 2015-2016 Michael Rheinheimer, Opinion Editor Through the years, I have tried to make sense of the hand I’ve been dealt. Finally I discovered the good book—the works of Joseph Campbell. His theories on the Hero’s Journey have helped me change my perspective. I’m not suffering; I’m the hero of my story.The hero needs to be tested. I guess the best advice I can give is understand that there are two types of people in this world. The first type have lived, and will continue to live, untested, dull, meaningless lives. Malvina Reynolds’ 1962 song “Little Boxes” describes their lives well. Give it a listen.The second type of people are fighters.They have been brought to the brink time and time again, only to come back, damaged but slowly becoming something stronger. They are, in the words of William Ernest Henley in his poem

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On a more serious note, emigration is another issue I have with moving to Canada. I have never traveled outside of the United States, but I have watched friends as they prepare for Spring Term trips to different parts of the world. Getting a passport, making sure your medical record is clear— the whole process takes months to work the kinks out of. And that is just for traveling somewhere for a few weeks and then coming back. The rules for officially moving into a county vary, and it may take years to get official citizenship.

Sure, if you have family already settled in the country, or you have a job waiting for you, your chances of getting in are pretty good. But just because you show up at a country’s border with a moving van does not mean you automatically get to go on in and live a new life, free of Trump and whatever else you are running from.

Finally, I will not be bullied into moving to Canada because leaving the country does nothing to solve the issues our country is facing in the coming years.

Many important pieces of legislation, from gun rights to transgender bathroom laws, are coming and need to be voted on by us. And if we decide to give up, who will be here to vote?

Moving to Canada will not help solve anything. If we, as Americans, truly want to keep our country moving forward. we should stay where we are and work together as a country to overcome all of the pressing issues we face.

“Invictus,” “bloody, but unbowed.” If you are one of the first type, more power to you. If that’s the life you want, then by all means, live it. But if you are one of the second type, I look forward to when we meet again years down the line, successful and content, at the top of our industries, with stories to share of adventures and friends from far off lands.

“Come, my friends. ‘Tis not too late to seek a newer world.”

Kyle Dunbar, Art Director I am honestly not sure where I may end up. But I don’t worry about it too much, since I know that I have a great network and foundation from my time at the University of Indianapolis. I’ve met so many great people during my time here. Some were mentors, others were teammates, and a great many of them I would count as friends. It pains me to number, which will be verified. Letters are subject to condensation and editing to remove profanity. Submission of a letter gives The Reflector permission to publish it in print or online.

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Confessions from a wannabe expat

By Robbie Hadley BUSINESS MANAGER

Immigration is one of the biggest hot button issues of the 2016 Presidential campaign. From President Obama’s DREAM Program to Donald Trump’s plans for a border wall, everyone is using his or her immigration plan as a talking point. Even the most conservative policies proposed by candidates are still extremely liberal in the context of the rest of the world. I’ve discovered this firsthand because I am actively trying to emigrate to the United Kingdom.

When I first considered immigration, I had no idea the ordeal that moving across international borders really is.

The UK, which has some of the strictest immigration policies in the world, allows very few migrants to come into their country through the legal process. Even applying for a visa costs between $1700 and $4000; and that does not in any way think about how I may never see many of them after my time here, though I would be proud to work with them again. My time here was full of experiences, many good, others challenging, and some were the greatest adventures of my life. I’m sure this is not the end of my adventures. I will meet many other people on my journey, but I’m glad that this university has created such a great foundation for the rest of my life.

Robbie Hadley, Business Manager I’ve had a bit less time to come to terms with graduation than others. When I started the school year, I assumed that it was my junior year and I would have a whole exciting year after that. So, I was both excited and terrified when I found out that I was on track to graduate early.

I won’t deny that I still haven’t come to terms with it, but the bittersweet feeling continues. Graduation has made me look

guarantee entry. In short, you could apply for a $4000 permit that is refused, with no chance of refund or referral without paying the fee again.

Even Donald Trump, whose policies are arguably racist and extraordinarily unpopular with much of the country, allows for the immigration of students and skilled workers.

He has been quoted as saying “there will be a big door” on his big border wall so there can still be legal immigration. Even the Labour Party, the more popular liberal party in the UK, stresses increasing border security on the nation in their official manifesto for 2015.

For me, the most shocking development is their rejection of skilled migrant labor. For many places globally, the process for those with high paying jobs or for in demand fields on an expedited track for entry, but this is only partially true in the UK. As many graduating seniors here have found out, many of the best employment opportunities come from that, but they

have completely cut that resource off.

They also cannot hire anyone without a current work permit without having posted the job for 30 days to find no other qualified applicants.

Although I rarely have positive things to say about the state of American politics, it is only fair that I give credit where credit is due. President Obama’s DREAM Program allowing undocumented immigrants a path naturalization is one of the most progressive policies in the whole world.

Even Canada, which has fairly open policies in comparison to the rest of the world, is still more difficult to obtain permanent residency than it is for those who would like to immigrate to the United States. And I still support expanding these programs to allow our immigration to be even more open for those who want to seek a better life in America.

For those arguing that the American dream is still alive, this is far-and-away the best way to make that argument.

back and see how enjoyable college has been for me. Soon, I won’t be able to make midnight runs to Steak ‘n Shake, because I’ll have a job to go to. I won’t sleep in because I avoided scheduling morning classes. I’ll miss it all dearly. However, time doesn’t stop because we want it to.

As an English major, I think I’m required to quote poetry, and luckily Walt Whitman summed it up in this part of “O Me! O Life!”

“The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life?

Answer.

That you are here—that life exists and identity, That the powerful play goes on, and you will contribute a verse.”

more like “Holy crap it’s 2016 and I am about to graduate.” So here I am, writing the last thing I will write for The Reflector ever and it is bittersweet. I am glad to move onto whatever it is that I end up doing next, but I have loved my time here. I guess people give out wisdom in things like this? So here goes mine: Sleep. It is something I haven’t done in five years in college, and it has cost me dearly. Go to class. Half the battle is getting your butt out of bed and just being there; you have made it this far to college, stick it out. Start your homework, projects, etc. ASAP. You will sleep more and hate yourself less. In closing, I came into college a straight up dirtbag. A professor told me that he did not think I was going to graduate during my freshman year. But here I am, and I have no clue what comes next or what I am supposed to do, but that has been my entire existence the past five years, so I think I will manage. Until next time, kids.

Kameron Casey, Photography Editor I feel like I floated through college. Not in that it was easy or I was not present,

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Events inform students about sexual assault The Domestic Violence Network, UIndy PACT and UIndy Keys hosted several events to increase awareness about violence during Sexual Assault Awareness Month

By Erik Cliburn EDITORIAL ASSISTANT The University of Indianapolis Clothesline Project was held in support of survivors of domestic violence, dating violence and sexual assault on April 6. Students could come to the Schwitzer Student Center atrium to decorate a T-shirt with their choice of writing on it, which will stay hung in the atrium until the end of April.

Spoken word artist Mariah Ivey performed her spoken word poem “Liberation” that evening. Ivey’s performance gave a perspective of sexual assault from the viewpoint of feminism.

The Step Up! Bystander program was held in Schwitzer Room 012 on April 7 and again in UIndy Hall B on April 15. The event, held by Associate Dean of Students Kristin Weeden and Director of Student Support and Parent Programs and Title IX Coordinator Erin Stoner, suggested ways that students could help to prevent sexual assault and violence of any kind from happening.The event highlighted the “Step Up! Model,” which included five steps: “1.

Notice the event 2. Interpret it as a problem 3. Assume personal responsibility 4. Know how to help and 5. Step Up!” Stoner wants UIndy students to know how to observe effectively and locate signs of possible sexual assault in order stop the acts from happening.

“It is an important issue [sexual assault].

It’s a national issue, not just something we are dealing with on this campus, and it’s something that everyone should be aware of,” Stoner said. “If nothing else, I want students to know from this how to safely

intervene if they are in a certain situation where they could help someone avoid this [sexual assault].”

A panel discussion titled “Does Rape Culture Exist?” was held in UIndy Hall A on April 12. Students could join in the discussion on whether or not they believed that rape culture exists and whether it is prevalent in our society.The Domestic Violence Network hosted the event and brought along popular media examples of how the Network believes that rape culture is present in society.

The Red My Lips event took place in the Schwitzer atrium on April 13.

Students were invited by UIndy PACT to put on red lipstick in support of domestic violence and sexual assault victims. The students would then take their picture wearing the lipstick, which would be uploaded to UIndy PACT’s Twitter page. Students could also sign the PACT and receive a free UIndy PACT T-shirt. Stoner said that the message behind the Red My Lips event was to stop victim-blaming, meaning that no matter the suggestiveness of the clothing someone is wearing it is not an invitation to sex.

Stoner wants more students to become involved with UIndy PACT and become more aware of how to stop sexual assault.

“We are really trying to get the word out there, about just what PACT is,” Stoner said. “It has been about a year and a half now [since it was formed].

We really want students to get more involved, and we want more voices coming from students about sexual assault, how to stop it and creating those programs

and initiatives rather than it coming from administrators. We want the students to be more impactful.”

A self-defense class was held in UIndy Halls B and C on Tuesday, April 26. UIndy Chief of Police David Selby instructed the class on several techniques and how students can use those to defend themselves against violence and sexual assault.

These Hands Don’t Hurt is an event that will be held on Smith Mall on Wednesday, April 27. The event is essentially a self-proclamation that students can make, saying that they will not use their hands to hurt other people. UIndy PACT will have cutout paper hands that students can sign and make statements on.

All of the hand will be put on a display board for students, faculty and staff to see.

Take Back the Night is the closing event of Sexual Assault Awareness Month at UIndy. It will take place in McCleary Chapel on Wednesday, April 27, at 9 p.m.

Students and survivors of sexual assault will be invited to speak, voluntarily, about their experiences with sexual assault and how that has affected them. Jamie Sivrais, founder of A Voice for the Innocent, also will come to speak about his personal experience with sexual assault.

Senior pre-occupational therapy major and a member of UIndy Keys Katie Mehrlich finds Sexual Assault Awareness month to be very important at UIndy.

“Sexual assault awareness is important because those who are affected by [it], their stories need to be heard. They need to be able to get help if they want it,” Mehrlich said. “If it’s shoved under the rug, then Photos contributed by Erin Stoner people aren’t going to speak out about it, Students participated in the events, the Clothesline Project (above) and Red My Lips (below) in April. and it’s just going to keep happening.”

Professor offers insight on the voting process

By Robbie Hadley BUSINESS MANAGER With the 2016 presidential election looming, Indiana is set to take the spotlight soon as it offers its delegates to both the Democratic and Republican parties on May 3. Many candidates, particularly Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Donald Trump (R-NY) have particularly strong support with the under-30 demographic.

With the races for the nomination in both parties closer than usually expected, Indiana will have more effect than it has in the past.

Assistant Professor of History and Political Science Laura Albright explained that part of the reason it can be difficult to vote may be because of the voting requirements. Indiana law requires voters to vote in the area in which they list their address when they register to vote. Although students are legally permitted to claim their campus address as their residence, many opt to vote in their home districts. Because of this, Albright explained, and because of the date of the primary, there may be some difficulties for some students to vote in person that day.

“The election is Tuesday, May 3, which means it’s during finals week for us.That can be very difficult if a student lives far away,” Albright said, “even if you live close by but

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Award-winning poet shares his work at UIndy The University of Indianapolis welcomed poet Adrian Matejka as part of the Kellogg Writers Series on April 13. Matejka read from three of his works to an audience in the Trustee’s Dining Room in the Schwitzer Student Center.

Live concert held for Commuter Appreciation Week Acts The Strive and Kennedy Noel performed a live concert at Schwitzer Park on April 15. The show was an event organized by the Campus Program Board for University of Indianapolis students, faculty and staff as part of Commuter Appreciation Week.

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you’re preparing for finals, taking finals, recovering from finals, whatever it is.”

However, voters do not necessarily have to be present on election day to vote, according to Albright. There are some other ways to cast a ballot.The first of those is to request a mail-in ballot. If someone requested and mailed in his or her ballot by April 25, then the person could have voted that way. However, the deadline already has passed. For a student to vote absentee, he or she must go to the local county clerk and cast a ballot there.

Freshman international relations major Taylor Carpenter will vote absentee for her first election this year.

“It sucks, because finals week is during the time of the primary. So I will have to request an absentee ballot so I can vote,” Carpenter said. “My schedule is so busy that I was afraid that I wasn’t going to get out in time to vote. But I know with absentee, I’ll be able to get my vote in, and that was my main focus.”

Albright said that the second option is to vote at a local voting site before the day of the primary. Most counties have early voting every weekday and some Saturdays during normal business hours. Those who do wish to vote that way only need to appear to vote during the time that their county has allocated for early voting. For that information, www.indianavoters.com

provides the number of the local County Clerk’s Office.

Albright said that it is also important to note that anyone voting in person, either day of the primary or early, will be subject to Indiana’s voter identification policies. Without a proper identification card, no in-person voter will be allowed to cast a ballot.

Albright outlined the rules to ensure that students have the proper identification “We [the state of Indiana] do have a very stringent voter ID [policy],”Albright said. “Ours is among the most stringent in the country. You have to have an ID that has a picture of you. It has to have your name that matches the voter registration. It has to be issued by the state, so unfortunately your UIndy ID doesn’t count. The fourth thing is that it has to have an expiration date.”

Albright said that with these requirements, the most reliable and easily accepted ID is the standard Indiana driver’s license or Indiana ID card, mostly used for voting purposes. However, U.S. passports and passport cards also will count, although these can be problematic because they are federally issued and not state issued IDs. Other common IDs, such as birth certificates, social security cards and student identification will not meet the standards for voter identification.

Indiana, in 2014, had the lowest voter turnout rate in the country, with only 16 percent of the state voting in the primary, according to the Indiana Secretary of State’s website. Also, the young voter demographic historically has the worst voter turnout of any, making Indiana young voters among the lowest voting populations in the country.

Albright points out that few young voters actually end up casting a ballot.

“They [young voters] tend to not vote,” she said. “So with millennials, I think they could matter a lot. And they are a substantive block in terms of voting, because they do account for a large portion of the population, but nonetheless consistently tend not to vote.”

Despite the state’s history of poor turnouts, Albright said that she has hope that the exciting nature of the primaries will drive up voter turnout.

“It will be interesting since, in 2016, this race has been crazy,” Albright said.

“The primaries are already very exciting. I can imagine November [the general election] is going to be wild as well. Maybe the 18- to 30-year-olds really will come out and vote this time. Historically, they really don’t, though.”

For more information on voting options, go to the Indiana Secretary of State’s website at www.in.gov/sos/ elections or contact the local County Clerk’s Office.

Revision of alcohol policy calls for changes to UIndy events and living

By Josie Clark EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

A revised alcohol policy was introduced by the University of Indianapolis Board of Trustees this past fall. In October, a policy was proposed and passed that allows alcohol to be served at approved on-campus events. Vice President for Student and Campus Affairs and Dean of Students Kory Vitangeli explained the policy.

“There’s a committee that reviews all the alcohol requests that come in, and there are certain safety and security criteria that have to be met in order for alcohol to be served at the event,” she said.

The committee that approves these events consists of faculty and administration, according to Vitangeli. The committee looks for several things in order to approve an event. There must be security, an authorized vendor and bracelets for individuals who are 21

and older. And it is intended for events where it is appropriate to have one drink, Vitangeli said. Only beer and wine will be permitted.

The revised policy is also a change for some housing units. Vitangeli said students who are of drinking age, who will be living in Greyhound Village this fall, will be allowed to have alcohol in their individual apartments. She said students cannot walk around with alcohol, but it is a change.

“The university does not have a liquor license, you know. If we approve an event to have alcohol, then we use an approved alcohol vendor. They supply the license.

They supply the insurance. So there are steps and procedures for people to use,” Vitangeli said. “But basically what the board passed was the ability for an approval to be given for certain events to have alcohol, but it’s not this carte blanche change in policy.”

The current UIndy Student Handbook states, “Programming in residence halls and at other events is designed to teach

abstinence and the safe consumption of alcohol to those who are allowed by law to consume it.” Up until last October, alcohol was permitted only in the President’s house, the Stierwalt Alumni House and the lobby of the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center, according to Vitangeli. Other than those areas, alcohol historically has been prohibited on campus.

The upcoming Red for Riley gala recently received approval for its application to have alcohol served at the event. They applied a few months ago, according to nursing major Katherine Spencer, who organized the event. Spencer said that she worked with Director of Student Activities Stephanie Barry a lot throughout the brainstorming process.

“It was close to finals, toward the end of November, that I met with Steph Barry for the last time, and she said that the university was thinking about changing their alcohol policy and all this, and that having it on-campus might be an option if we were willing to be the guinea pig,” Spencer said.

Spencer completed a proposal that includes every single monetary expenditure for the event. She said Red for Riley allocated for UIndy police to function as security. The proposal also indicated how the night would go, that there would be door prizes and raffle tickets given to every attendant and that extra raffle tickets would be sold.

“They’re [Red for Riley] having a gala, and they did a really good job of filling out their application,” Vitangeli said.

“It’s a two-drink maximum. People will be carded. Campus police will be there.

It will be an outside bartending service that’s serving. So we felt like they did a really good job of thinking [it] through.

They wanted to have a nice, formal event, and we felt like they really had taken the steps to have an upscale event.”

Spencer said she thinks that the change to the alcohol policy opens a lot of opportunities, not just for the students to come together, but for the alumni as well.The Red for Riley gala will take place on Friday, April 29, from 8 to 11 p.m.

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APRIL 27, 2016

Baseball wins series against Bellarmine

The Greyhounds honors eight seniors on Senior Day prior to start of game one against Bellarmine University, the Hounds won the series 3-1 after a hit by pitch in game four

By Mikayla Kleinpeter STAFF WRITER Currently tied for first in the Great Lakes Valley Conference East, and ranked No. 17 in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll, the University of Indianapolis baseball team won its series 3-1 against Bellarmine University on the weekend of April 23-24.

On Saturday, April 23, the Hounds celebrated Senior Day prior to game one.

UIndy honored seniors Colin Hawk, Alex Ritchie, Anthony Asalon, Brady Thomas, Matthew Kaplanis, Trevor Forde, Scott Mitchell and James Frascella.

Prior to Saturday’s games, Associate Head Baseball Coach Al Ready said he is sad to see this day come.

“The senior class we have right now is just a phenomenal group of kids. I can’t say enough about all of them,” Ready said. “….I am just so proud of all of them.They have just all come a long way. You have a mix of transfers and a mix of kids who have been here [for] four years, and all of them have contributed in some way, shape or form to the growth and the success of the program. It is a great group of kids.

I am going to be very sad to see them go at the end of the year.”

Kaplanis had mixed emotions about Senior Day but looks at it just like any other game.

“It is kind of surreal. It hasn’t really hit me a whole lot yet,” he said. “I am excited to play [just] like every other weekend, but hopefully it is a little more special.”

Game one against Bellarmine was won 4-3 by UIndy. After the sixth inning the teams were tied at 3-3, but in the bottom of the ninth redshirt freshman infielder Macey Holdsworth’s single allowed sophomore infielder Storm Joop to cross home plate giving the Hounds the lead.

The Hounds and Knights took game two to 15 innings with a 1-1 score. Bellarmine went on to win the game 4-1.

UIndy’s only run came from junior catcher Dylan Jones’ home run in the sixth.

With a total of 12 hits in game three, the Hounds pulled away with a 3-1 win after Hawk’s double allowed freshman outfielder Devin Hensley to score in the third inning. Before the inning closed out Joop’s single scored Hawk and Ritchie.

In the last game of the series, UIndy had 16 hits compared to the Knights 13. Heading into the ninth inning the Knights were up 14-12, but after a homer from Jones with junior outfielder Joe Trennepohl on base the score was tied at 14-14. With two on base, the Knights walked Thomas for a bases loaded situation. After the walk, Hawk stepped up to the plate and was hit by a pitch that allowed the winning run.

The Greyhounds lost a regional game against the University Missouri-St. Louis.

UIndy fell to the Tritons 8-6 on Tuesday, April 19.

After the loss to UMSL, Asalon said the Hounds were ready to redeem themselves.

“I think we are all a little antsy to get back on the field, and we know we didn’t play as well as we can, so I think everyone is just really ready to get back out there [against Bellarmine],” Asalon said.

The previous weekend, the Greyhounds won their series 3-1 against the University of Wisconsin-Parkside on April 16-17. The series scores were 11-4, 11-1, 0-3 and 9-6.

Eight of the Hounds’ 11 runs in game one came in the first inning. The eight runs were scored after four hits, two of which came from Hawk. Kaplanis pitched six innings to earn the win on the mound and struck out 10 Rangers. During game two, the Greyhounds raked in eight hits, with Asalon and Thomas leading the team with two hits apiece.

On April 17, game one was won by the Rangers, with the only runs being scored in the first and third inning. WisconsinParkside had two runs at the bottom of the first and one in the bottom of the third.

Game two proved to be different, with the Hounds crossing the plate nine times after eight hits. Even with the series win,

Ready said the team needs to improve in various areas.

“I think the team performed very well.

We made a few mistakes. You know, that has been pretty consistent with the series, so to speak, but your goal is to win three out of every four games,” Ready said. “It is always nice to get a sweep when you can get one, but three out of four is our goal, and we were able to accomplish that [against the University of Wisconsin-Parkside].”

With the GLVC Tournament approaching, Asalon believes that just winning a series is not enough.

“I feel that even though we won three out of four, we could still be a lot better,” he said. “We still have room for improvement, in some areas especially. Just offensively in game three, we struggled over the weekend, so we got to pick that up.”

UIndy now sits at 25-11 for the season, and Ready believes that part of the team’s success is because of the relationships the players have formed.

“You know we’ve had a lot of acts of senior leadership—not just senior leadership, but leadership among all the players even from the young guys.

The freshmen have been in leadership roles this year,” Ready said. “We have had multi-contributions to every series we have played this year—not just from our starters, but from our bench guys, too. They have been in every game. They have been ready to perform when called upon, and we have really just played team baseball. I think that has been a big part of our success.”

Along with the team’s leadership abilities, Kaplanis said the team’s success is also partially due to the players executing their positions.

“People just kind of know their roles and have accepted them. Very early on, it was everyone wants to play, obviously.

But everyone has kind of settled in and realized what their role is, and they do it well,” Kaplanis said.

The Hounds’ next game is against the Ohio Dominican University Panthers on April 27 in Columbus, Ohio.

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Senior pitcher Matthew Kaplanis took the mound for the Hounds against Bellarmine University on Senior Day.

Men’s lacrosse scores 14, beats Alderson

Freshman attack Tyler Johnston leads the Hounds with five goals in UIndy’s 14-10 win

By Laken Detweiler SPORTS EDITOR

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Redshirt freshman tight end Kyle Jennings had 26 receiving yards for the offense in UIndy’s Spring Ball matchup.

Football preps for next season

By Melvin Mendez EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Football was back in action at the University of Indianapolis in the team’s annual Spring Game on April 16 at Key Stadium. The defense earned a 35-31 victory in an offense vs. defense setup.

Because it was not a regular game, the scoring system was altered so that both teams were able to score in various situations. The offense sported white jerseys while the defense wore black. The format was two 30-minute halves with a running clock and a 10-minute halftime.

According to Head Football Coach Bob Bartolomeo, the defense played hard and had positive moments throughout the game.

“In general, I thought the defense did pretty well,” Bartolomeo said. “It’s an offensive scoring system here, but I thought the defense made some turnovers.

We haven’t got a lot of turnovers in the spring, and today we came up with some interceptions, and that can really turn the tide of a football game. It was a plus to see all the turnovers that we created.”

Bartolomeo said that more time is needed to figure what all needs to be worked on.

“Until we get the film, I will not know what needs to be worked on. But I know that from previous practices [that] we have to be more consistent in everything we do—and that’s offensively,defensively

and the kicking game,” Bartolomeo said.

“Consistency is something that is lacking a little bit now, but I think we have great leadership, and the kids are working hard.

They’ve done everything we’ve asked them to up to this point.”

Junior defensive lineman Dillon Dallas said that even though the defense won, there are still areas that need work.

“We have a lot to improve on, just as a team,” Dallas said. “Everybody has little stuff that they need to improve on.

For me and the D-line [defensive line], we need to work on our technique. And after that, we’ll be fine, because we have all of our stunts and other stuff down.

We just have to work on technique now.”

According to Dallas, there is plenty of time for the players to improve for the upcoming season.

“I like where we’re at. We just have to keep moving,” Dallas said. “We have a lot of guys battling for spots, and we just need to keep improving and have a good summer and a good fall camp, and we’ll cut it loose for the season.”

Bartolomeo said that the team played well and worked hard, and there were players who played their hardest.

“We’ve got a few kids that stepped up, and I don’t want to get into any of the names yet until I get to look at the film and judge,” Bartolomeo said. “Overall we had some guys that stepped up and played hard and guys that are doing a good job. Come the fall they’re going to work hard and compete.”

The Eastern College Athletic Conference pulls the top four teams for postseason play, and the University of Indianapolis men’s lacrosse team is currently part of a four way tie for second place. With one conference game left on the schedule, No. 18 UIndy is competing against No. 5 Mercyhurst University.

On Saturday, April 23, the Hounds beat conference opponent Alderson Broaddus University 14-10.

The Battlers scored the first goal of the game, but less than a minute later freshman attack Tyler Johnston’s shot found the back of the net after a pass from freshman attack Parker Kump.

With 3:37 remaining in the first quarter junior midfield Jimmy Smith fired a shot on goal to make it a 2-1 game. Before the first quarter closed out, Alderson tied the game, but with 12 seconds remaining Johnston scored his second of the game.

UIndy’s one goal lead heading into the second quarter turned into a three goal lead before halftime. Freshman midfield Kevin Spurlock scored his seventh goal of the season with 8:58 remaining in the quarter. Later with 3:09 left remaining, Johnston scored his third goal of the game making it 5-2 Greyhounds.

Six goals were scored in the third quarter, and five were from UIndy. Freshman attack Shawn Kimble scored first for the Hounds and was followed by two more goals from Johnston, with Battlers’ lone goal in between Johnston’s two. Freshmen attack Matthew Johnson and midfield Nathaniel Hauck finished off the scoring in the third and made it a 10-3 game. This was Hauck’s first goal as a Greyhound.

Alderson came alive in the fourth quarter and scored seven goals, but the Hounds never lost the lead. Freshman midfield Luke Allen scored his first goal of the game, which was followed by a goal from Kump to make it 12-5. After a goal form the Battlers, Kump scored one more. After four goals from the Battlers, Shawn scored the final goal of the game with 13 seconds remaining.

Prior to beating Alderson, the Greyhounds faced off against Seton Hill University on April 14. Kump scored the first goal of the game with 3:29 left in the first quarter. Freshman Jarod Kimble was in goal for UIndy and saved all eight of the Griffins’ shots on goal in the first quarter, for a 1-0 by the Hounds.

The Hounds scored three more goals

to the Griffins’ one in the second quarter.

Up first was Johnson, who capitalized on a man-up opportunity after a pass from Shawn. Two and a half minutes later, the two switched roles, and Shawn scored after a pass from Johnson, putting the Hounds up 3-0. Seton Hill scored before Smith could connect with Johnston, but his goal made it a 4-1 game with 4:51 left in the second quarter.

The third quarter brought five goals total, three coming from UIndy. Smith had two of the three, and with 21 seconds left in the third, Johnson fired an unassisted shot at the net making it a 7-3 game.

As UIndy entered the fourth quarter, the Greyhounds looked like they would beat their third ranked team of the year, but the Griffins scored six unanswered goals, closing out the game with a 9-7 win.

Assistant Men’s Lacrosse Coach Spencer Wims said UIndy opened the game well, but Seton Hill was the better team in the second half. Despite the loss, Wims is still content with the effort.

“We started the game really strong,” Wims said. “Offense really kicked it into gear. Defense was also playing very well, but it [Seton Hill] is a tough team.They’re very talented. They came out that second half and fourth quarter and really started taking it to us. It’s one of those things where the floodgates opened, and they started getting more goals. But overall, it was a great effort. The guys just ran out of gas at the end.”

UIndy paired with the HEADstrong Foundation for the game against the Griffins to raise money and awareness for families affected by cancer. The Greyhounds sported HEADstrong socks and shoelaces to show their support. According to UIndy’s athletics website, the foundation is “committed to being a resource for cancer patients and their families, helping them to navigate the harrowing ordeal of cancer by providing essential services to improve quality of life.”

Wims said that the team connected with the foundation through Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach Greg Stocks. The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, the governing body for the coaches’ association, dedicated the week of April 15-23 as cancer awareness week and connected with the HEADstrong Foundation to do so.

The Hounds have one game remaining in their regular season. UIndy opened its first season with a three-game winning streak, which was followed by a threegame losing steak and then once again by a four-game win streak. Since arriving in

August, Wims and Jarod have seen the players grow numerous ways.

“We’ve grown tremendously, especially in our confidence,” Jarod said. “In the beginning of the season, we weren’t extremely confident. And then after our two wins against [ranked teams] Lindenwood [University] and Lake Erie [College], we kind of grew as a team [because] we knew our strengths and weaknesses, so we just kind of built off that.”

The team’s losing streak took place as the Hounds traveled south over Spring Break, and Wims saw a lot of the team’s growth happen during that time. According to Wims, the team’s biggest strength is how close-knit they are.

“From the beginning of the season, it’s been an amazing growth process,” he said. “Our first trip to Wheeling Jesuit [University], and then our trip down to Florida, our team was a little immature in what we thought we could do. And coming back from that trip, I think we learned a lot about ourselves and about our teammates and really came together as a group. The guys do a good job of really sticking together and going through the game plan and doing the great things we need to do to win…. Having 30 kids come in to school at one time, and being on one team, really creates that close-knit group.

And then not having anybody who’s had any college experience at UIndy has really helped our team come together and realize that we’re going to do the best we can this year and move on from there.”

Wims said that the team is doing the best it can this year, and by doing that, the team of 27 freshmen, two sophomores and one junior ranked at No. 18.

“It was not at all expected,” he said. “I think coming into the season we knew we’d take some growing pains just for having such a young group. It’s really kind of opened our eyes to how talented this group is and how fast they have come together.

You can’t say enough [about] how much they’ve come together and worked as a team, and that’s really led to our success on the field and being ranked.”

Jarod is proud of the Hounds for being ranked, but he said it does not matter if the effort to continue to win is not there.

“It’s extremely exciting,” Jarod said.

“That’s the biggest thing for us right now.

But rankings don’t really matter that much, because you’ve just got to keep working hard. The future is always up.”

For the final game of the season, UIndy will compete against Mercyhurst University on Saturday, April 30, with the first faceoff set for 1 p.m.

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APRIL 27, 2016

Women’s lacrosse looks to bounce back after loss

By Kylee Crane EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

With two games remaining in the season, the University of Indianapolis women’s lacrosse team is currently tied for fifth in Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Hounds took a 20-8 loss to No. 8 Grand Valley State University on Friday, April 22.

Freshman attack Hana Priddy put the Greyhounds up 1-0 to open the scoring for the game. Priddy’s unassisted goal came at the 29:09 mark in the first half.

After a goal by GVSU, junior attack Chalane Morrison scored an unassisted goal of her own. Priddy and Morrison each scored one more time before the first half closed out with a score of 9-4 in favor of the Lakers.

The Greyhounds scored three goals in the second half. Freshman attack/midfield Sydney Hauffman began the scoring in the second half with a goal at the 29:38 mark. Hauffman’s goal was assisted by Morrison to make it a 9-5 score.

After two goals by GVSU, Morrison scored her third unassisted goal of the game. Before the end of the second half, Hauffman scored two more unassisted goals, one of which was the last goal of the game.

The Greyhounds faced off against Lake Erie College on April 17 at Key Stadium, losing 5-4.

The match was tight between both the Storm and the Greyhounds, with the first 30 minutes of play completely scoreless with only eight shots on goal between both teams.

Lake Erie redshirt senior attack Hana Abu-Kwiek was the first to score a goal in the 38th minute of the first half and drove the Storm’s momentum from there into the second half.

Morrison claimed two goals in the second half, with sophomore attack Anna Rulapaugh and junior midfield Erika Mackenzie each netting a goal apiece.

The game was a match of turnovers, with 18 from Lake Erie and 21 from UIndy. UIndy was only successful on 11

Photo by Cassie Reverman

Junior midfield Erika Mackenzie had two goals in the Greyhounds matchup against Walsh University on April 15. The Greyhounds beat the Cavaliers 19-10. of the Hounds’ 20 clear attempts.

The Hounds had defeated the Storm 16-6 just two weeks earlier at Lake Erie College on April 1. Howley said that while the Storm made a few adjustments since their last meeting, a different goalie and UIndy’s inability to clear the ball were prominent factors in the loss. Howley believes the players mindset is what may have cost them the game.

“It’s hard to beat a team twice. When we went out and played Lake Erie [on April 1], the team was fired up, focused and played some of the best lacrosse we [have] played this year. And then this past Sunday, it was really hard to get the team refocused and recharged, when the score was 16-6 the last time,” Howley said.

“On paper, that looks like a blowout. But in person, the game was a lot closer and a lot tighter. I think some of the players had the mindset of ‘Well, we crushed them last time; this will be a cake walk.’

I don’t think that was everyone’s mentality, but I do think that was in the back of everyone’s mind.”

Prior to the Lake Erie loss, UIndy hosted the Walsh University Cavaliers on Friday, April 15.

In the teams’ first matchup on April 3, the Hounds statistically dominated the game and field, winning 21-7. This game proved no different as the Greyhounds quickly gained possession of a 4-0 lead.

Rulapaugh was the first to score in the 18th minute, and three more goals

followed from Morrison, freshman midfield Erica Bushold and freshman attack/midfield Hannah Burczyk within four minutes of the first.The Greyhounds ended the first half with a 7-1 lead, and the second half continued at that pace with the final score 19-10.

Hauffman claimed a career-high five goals in the game. Priddy assisted in the Hounds’ possession of the ball with a career-high 11 draw controls. UIndy also totaled 41 shots, which is a season-high, compared to Walsh’s 21.

Howley said she is impressed with the women’s success in their inaugural regular season and the growth in the team both on and off the field.

“We have seen a lot more wins on the

season than anyone anticipated. We have six wins on the year, and I think that is something to be very proud of,” Howley said. “The maturity and confidence levels of the girls has also increased dramatically, especially when it comes to representing the program both on and off the field [and] is something I am very proud of.”

This weekend will be the last of the team’s regular season matchups and then the Greyhounds will move on to conference play. The top six teams in conference move on to play in the tournament, with the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds receiving a bye, the third and fourth seeds playing at home and the fifth and sixth ranked teams on the road.

Howley said there is a huge benefit for the team in being eligible to play in the tournament, since most of the players are freshmen and the postseason can be stressful.

“I’m glad we are going to be in it [conference play] because with a young group, it’s good to get them in that mindset,” Howley said. “I think being a spring sport athlete is the toughest, because it’s the end of the year and they have been prepping for this since August. We basically have the longest preseason out of any sport on campus. So you’re asked to perform at your highest both on the field and in the classroom, with end-of-the year work and finals. We are moving finals around, and it’s stressful. And a lot of them are freshmen, and it’s hard to adjust with change.”

Mackenzie said she understands the process of the postseason and how to mentally prepare for the games.

“I definitely feel like I have experience with this because I have played at this level. Finals and conference is stressful, especially since we have already seen these teams so many times. So knowing that upsets can happen [helps with the right mindset]. We have seen the upsets, and we have been part of the upsets, so we just need to keep thinking about that. It’s all about getting everyone into the right mindset when it comes to preparation.”

The Greyhounds will travel to Tiffin, Ohio,where they will take on the Tiffin University Dragons on Friday, April 29.

The game is set to start at 6 p.m.

Softball sweeps weekend play against Truman and Quincy

UIndy honored its seniors on Senior Day against Truman and won 5-1 and 3-2, the following day the Hounds beat Quincy 4-0 and 12-3

By Kameron Casey PHOTO EDITOR

The University of Indianapolis softball team closed out regular season play with wins over Truman State University and Quincy University.

In the first game of the doubleheader against Quincy, senior pitcher Morgan Foley threw her fourth no-hitter of the season. Foley struck out 13 of the batters.

At the plate for the Greyhounds, junior utility Natalie Lalich and senior catcher Jenny Thompson led the team with two hits apiece. Thompson and Senior infielder Cassie Reed each had home runs in the win. UIndy won game one In game two, the pitching duties were split between Foley and senior pitcher Miranda Tamayo. Sophomore outfielder Jessie Noone led the Greyhounds with three hits. Freshman corner infielder Emma Varsbergs had the lone home run of the game. UIndy won 12-3.

The day before, Saturday, April 23, the Greyhounds honored their seven seniors prior to competing against Truman State.

UIndy honored seniors Coryn Tirpak, Cherise Boyd, Erika Goodwin, Foley, Reed, Tamayo and Thompson.

Game one had a total of four hits, and three were from the Hounds. Thompson had two hits and junior infielder Katie Kelly had one. UIndy earned a 5-1 win.

The Hounds raked in six hits compared to Truman’s seven, but still came away with a 3-2 win. Defensively, Foley pitched seven innings and struck out 10.

On April 16-17 the Hounds split a pair of doubleheaders against Maryville University and the University of Missouri-St. Louis. After the split, the Greyhounds’ record fell to 42-3, and they lost their No. 1 overall national ranking. Despite losing the top spot nationally, they retained the No. 1 regional ranking.

Prior to dropping from No. 1, Head Softball Coach Melissa Frost said that a ranking does not mean much if you cannot make it to the World Series.

Photo by Kameron Casey

The Greyhounds circled up before the start of the game against Truman State University on Saturday, April 23. UIndy honored its seniors prior to the start of the game. The Hounds beat the Bulldogs 5-1 and 3-2.

“I think it’s nice to have that [No.] 1 ranking,” Frost said, “especially anytime you can see your name and a [No.] 1 with it. But at the end of the day, we didn’t finish No. 1 last year.”

On April 17, the Greyhounds competed against the No. 8 University of Missouri-St. Louis Tritons. UIndy took the first game 3-2. Foley took the mound against the Tritons and struck out 18, walked two and gave up one hit.

The Tritons were the first to cross the plate and scored two runs in the fourth inning. UIndy responded at the top of the sixth with a string of hits that resulted in a bases loaded situation with Noone up to bat. Noone cleared the bases and knocked in three RBIs. Foley took the mound again in game two, giving up two runs; only one of the

two was earned.The two runs were enough for UMSL to beat the Hounds, leading to Foley’s second loss of the season.

On April 16, the Hounds split against host Maryville University, dropping the first game 3-2 and winning the second 7-1. In the loss, Foley picked up her first loss of the season, and ended her 30-game winning streak, which is the eighth longest in Division II history.

In game one against Maryville, the Hounds jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the third inning, which was fueled by an RBI double from junior infielder Katie Kelly. Noone followed with an RBI single that scored a run. Maryville scored two runs in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game, and then in the fifth took a one run lead. The final score was 3-2 in favor of Maryville.

In game two, the Hounds were the first on the board with a run in the third inning and then two more in the fourth.

Maryville scored one run in the fifth to make the score 4-1. Heading into the final inning, UIndy sealed the win with four runs at the top of the seventh. The four runs were due to three doubles and a single from the Hounds.

Tamayo tallied seven strikeouts to notch her 11th win on the season.

After splitting the doubleheaders on April 16-17, Lalich said that the Hounds are not doing anything drastically different to prepare for the remainder of the season.

“We’re practicing like we normally would, focusing on hitting and anything we think we can improve on from the past weekend,” Lalich said, “just little things here and there, small tweaks. There’s

nothing major, [we’re] just making sure our bases are covered offensively and defensively.”

With the No. 1 regional ranking, the Hounds have a chance to clinch the region and host the regional and super regional tournaments. According to Frost, clinching the division would be a major advantage.

“The biggest thing is to hold that No. 1 spot in the region so that we can host both regional and super regionals,” Frost said. “With us having finals week, being able to play at home would be huge, because we can keep our girls in class and get them buckled down a little bit more academically.”

The Great Lakes Valley Conferences Championship Tournament is set for April 29-May 1.

FEAT

6 THE REFLECTOR

Life after bars:

UIndy student shares story

By Mercadees Hempel MANAGING EDITOR

“Everybody makes mistakes. We don’t all have the good fortune of being pious and holy, in spite of how much some might like to believe they may be. However, not everybody decides to participate in a bank robbery.”

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his is one of the passages in 29-year-old senior math major Joshua Track’s essay for his ENGL 310: Creative Nonfiction course.The essay documents how at age 19, Track became a bank robber. It was through this essay that his classmates and professor, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and American Literature Kip Robisch, learned that Track is an ex-convict.

“Honestly, most people don’t know,” Track said. “I don’t bring it up that often.

I brought it up in Kip’s class last semester because of a creative nonfiction essay that I wrote because … it was high on the list of things that have affected me in my life.”

The Crime

According to Track, 2005 is where the story begins. Track was living with his parents and little sister at the time.

After he graduated from high school, he began working at Admiral Petroleum, on the third shift, in Elkhart, Ind. Track said that eventually he was promoted to general manager of the gas station.

“I was making decent money. I had solid income, and I didn’t have anything beyond a high school education,” Track said.“So I was doing pretty well for myself.

And I lost that job as a result of some bad accounting.”

Track said that many people were getting laid off around this time and not many businesses were hiring, either. Without work, he said, he really needed money, because he was supporting his father’s drug addiction. And at the time, he also believed his dad had cancer.

“I was essentially supporting my dad’s drug habit because … he told me he was dying of cancer, which I later found out he wasn’t,” Track said. “He’s dead now.

Ironically enough, he died of cancer…. At the time, he had never lied to me before.

So I didn’t have a reason not to believe him. So after I lost my job, he ran up a massive debt with a drug dealer whom I had been paying with my consistent work to keep him level.”

According to Track, the drug dealer was willing to give his father drugs without receiving the money for them right away, because Track had always made sure to pay him later. But after Track lost his job, he could not keep up with the payments anymore.

“So I had to do something,” Track said.

He said that he knew the inner workings of a bank. Track talked to a friend who, Track said, was in a similar financial situation, and Track had the idea to rob the KeyBank.

The bank robbery occurred on April 15, 2006. At 7:30 a.m., Track and his friend smoked crystal meth, and then around 9:30 a.m., they drove to the KeyBank in a throwaway car they had bought for around $300. Track said the point of the car was to get them there and get them back. Once at the bank, Track’s friend went in to get the money.

“Initially, I was going to be the one who went in to do the dirt,” Track said. “… But [my friend] was kind of insistent about it, so I drove.”

Track said that the bank robbery was nothing like how TV shows portray it or how Hollywood depicts it on the silver screen. He described it as “anticlimactic.”

“It was kind of low-key,” he said. “Pull up, walk in, grab the money, walk out in less than 30 seconds, and then done. That was it. That was the thing that led up to the big ugly that sent me down state.”

Track said the situation he was in was desperate enough not to be concerned with the consequences. But he was aware of them.

“I already knew what the consequences were…. At the time, it [robbery] was a Class B Felony, which carried a minimum of six years with mitigating circumstances,” he said. “At the time, I was on probation, so another six years on top of that. When I was charged, I pulled a couple [of ] ‘gas and go’s,’ so they hit me with two Class D Felonies as well…. I was looking [at] around 30 years in prison.”

Track said that a week after the bank

robbery, while intoxicated, he told a girl what had happened, and she filed a statement with the police. It took the police about five months to locate him, according to Track. While the police knew that Track had had an accomplice, he never gave up his friend’s name.

“Suffice to say, they never caught my friend.There really isn’t a point when you’re in a situation like this to go down with the ship,” he said. “There’s no reason to sink your crew if he’s already in a lifeboat out.”

The Sentence

After the police located Track and arrested him, he went through due process and was heard in a magistrate court. After being formally charged, Track was taken through the county system for each of his charges. In the end, he said, the city court dropped his violating probation charge.

Track said that he spent 14 months in the county jail using resources such as the Indiana Rules of Trial that a friend of his gave him to build a case for himself. Track said county jail was an awful experience. “…You have people detoxing off of drugs and cigarettes and stuff. Everyone’s in a really salty mood all the time. The turnover rate is really high because you have people who are coming in to do a month or something on public intoxication, [and] where you get another guy who’s looking at a life sentence for murder, who’s in transit to death row,” he said.

Near the end of the 14 months, Track said he had built up a good defense, but then the court came to him with a plea bargain. Track said they offered to drop the Class B Felony to a Class C Felony charge, which carries a minimum of two years and a maximum of eight years. The gas theft felonies also were dropped completely, and six years would be executed, including the good time he had served in the county jail. Track said that this meant he was only going to have to serve six years at most.

“The offer that they shot me was kind of too good to refuse, especially considering I did it,” Track said. “It’s one thing if you’re innocent, and you’re boxing everything up to go to trial like, ‘Oh, I’m going to see this through.’ But you know what, ‘I did it, and I’m probably not going to get a better deal than this, so let’s go ahead and take that.’... I signed off on it and went with it.”

In Prison

Track said that he accepted the plea agreement in September of 2006 and was taken to prison in November. He said that the most accurate portrayal he has seen of a prison is the Netflix original series of “Orange Is the New Black.” While Track has not been to women’s prison, he said that the way the bunks are set up and the way prisoners can move around freely in the facilities are very similar to that show.

He said that everybody is not on lockdown all the time, and people are paired with people who have done similar crimes.

Track also said that not everybody is trying to rape and stab people while in prison, and that gangs would fight with other gangs and try to recruit people, but only once in a while.

“You get scared initially,” he said.

“There’s shock. You get culture shock, like you don’t have your liberties. You have a set bedtime; you have a pretty set schedule…. Recreation facilities there are nice.

You got interlibrary loan systems, so you get books from Indiana State University.

If you’re doing enough time, you can go to college there.”

Track said that while in prison, he became a part of a vocational program about horticulture, which was taught by a former Purdue professor.Track said that the program condensed a four-year bachelor’s degree into a six-month program.

Through this,Track attained horticulturist accreditation and received his pesticide applicator license. He also filled out his FAFSA while in prison and enjoyed running, reading and watching “Gossip Girl.”

Track served two and a half years in prison and was released in March of 2009. Track

said the scariest thing about prison is not the gangs, the guards, the other inmates or anything else people may think.

Track said, “I’m [going to] tell you the scariest thing about prison: It’s the easiest thing you’ll ever do. That’s why it’s scary—because once you go, you’re not really scared to go back.”

At UIndy

“Life afterwards [is the hardest part],” Track said, “because a lot of people are just kind of disillusioned with how the system as a whole works. They’re just like, ‘You know, when you go to jail, they just keep you there forever because everybody in America gets a life sentence.’ Like, no.

People get out of jail eventually, and they have to go and live normal-people lives.”

Two weeks after being released, Track said he was able to get a job with a landscaping company, where he worked for four years. He also went on to receive his associate’s degree in liberal arts with a concentration in mathematics from Ivy Tech before applying to the University of Indianapolis to major in math. Track now lives downtown with his girlfriend, who is a research scientist and works at Indiana University.

During the fall semester of the 20152016 academic school year, Track took ENGL 310: Creative Nonfiction with Robisch. Robisch said that Track made an impression on him right away.

“He’s kind of a presence when he comes in because he’s not the same age as other students. He’s a returning student, so he stands out a bit in the crowd,” Robisch said.“So I tend to connect with somebody that way right away by asking questions and teasing a little bit to see just if this guy’s cool. Like I’m always curious about a returning student. Where did you come from? What did you do before now? I’m anticipating that he might have a few stories different than somebody who’s been on the common track when you get in a class. So immediately, of course, he uncorked with that sense of humor he’s got. He’s got a really great, sarcastic wit, so that came out right away. So I knew I’d like this guy. I knew he had stories to tell.”

Robisch said he wondered at first whether Track was telling the truth or being creative when he revealed through his essay that he was a bank robber. But after Track sent Robisch his mugshot and the police reports, Robisch knew the essay was authentic. Robisch said that Track also handled telling the class about his experiences with a lot of insight and maturity.

Track said that the essay was praised, and that although not everybody at school has been accepting, his classmates in this class were.

“My essay was really well-received by the class,” Track said. “And also people were like, ‘I don’t really look at you any different. You’re still the same dude that was in here last week.’ So I don’t know.

It might be different in a different class.”

Robisch said that he wants to help Track write his memoir about his experiences while he is still a student. Track is planning to be a fifth year senior, and Robisch said that they will have meetings to help get the memoir started and send out a treatment and sample chapters to a publisher.

“He’s got a pretty wide skill set. And this is where I’m getting to know the ripple effect [that] is on his life from having done it, how people see him,” Robisch said. “He’s got to go through this part of his life where he’s seen as the guy who robbed a bank. And there’s a part of him who doesn’t want anyone to know that, and there’s a part of him that wants everyone to know. And the memoir is a project where you sort of straddle that line because it’s not an autobiography where you tell all, and it’s not some tabloid story with the approach of romanticizing the whole thing…. He really has an amazing attitude about the whole thing. He’s a really smart guy.”

Robisch said that he believes Track’s story has potential as well, because everyone will want to know its outcome.

Photo by Mercadees Hempel

Senior math major Joshua Track writes an equation on the board. Track was convicted of bank robbery in 2006 while living in Elkhart, Ind.

Photo by Mercadees Hempel

Senior math major Joshua Track works on his math homework. Track is also interested in writing and hopes to write a memoir about his experiences.

“I’m [going to] tell you the scariest thing about prison: It’s the easiest thing you’ll ever do. That’s why it’s scary— because once you go, you’re not really scared to go back.”

“Josh has an edge on the rest of us writers because he has a story that wants to be published. But we’re all looking for something that’s that interesting,” he said.

Track said that he does not have a set idea about what he wants to do after graduation, but he does enjoy writing and hopes to rise out of poverty by working.

“I’d love to write,” he said. “I guess you never really know until you just go and do it. But I have this really horrible fear of failure all the time because I’ve screwed up really bad a lot in my life, so I don’t know. I should be more willing to take risks, and I don’t think that anything will ever transpire from my writing if I don’t take it more seriously and give it the time that it needs, because a lot of people tell me that I’m a good writer.…

When objective third parties tell you that your s---’s good, after never having any communication with you and not having

a reason to lie to you, then the idea of it is a little more promising.”

Robisch said that he finds Track to be funny, with a wide range of talent in both English and math, and a great person to know as a student. He also said he has a great amount of respect for him. Robisch said that he does not think people should judge Track for what he has done and that Track is more than just a bank robber.

“When I did some of my work in ecological literary criticism, I talked to a lot of biologists and ecologists and people like that. And a lot of the biologists that I talked to, they really didn’t like defining predatory animals as predators,” Robisch said. “Like they’d say, ‘Is that animal a predator or not?’And there’s kind of a vein of thought when it comes to biology, say…

Is a person who eats hamburgers a burger eater? Is that the label you would hang on them? They are many things in a life. The predatory animal is not quintessentially, completely, 100 percent packaged as a predator.… These labels that we hang around people are labels that suit us more than they assert someone’s individuality.”

Track said the stigma that surrounds him as an ex-convict is frustrating to deal with, but that people should realize the harm it causes when they judge, and that people should help one another through the difficulty.

“I’ve got eight to 10 years between everybody here,” Track said. “I’ve seen some s---, and I’ve been a few places, and not everything is as black and white and cut and dried as it looks.There’s occasionally some ethical gray area that exists that can sometimes be difficult to navigate….

You don’t know how your decisions are going to affect someone else so … you never know how you’re going to have to pay your karma back or forward…. And that whole being judgmental of people and marginalizing people is not good, and a lot of people don’t realize they’re doing it. And it doesn’t just apply to the ‘cool’ ex-con guy. This is people of color and LGBT[QIA] community and other marginalized groups [who] get s--- on constantly. I mean, if you’re not a minority, speak out for someone who is. That’s the best you can do. If somebody’s not making it, you got to do what you can to help them make it.”

TURE

7 APRIL 27, 2016

UIndy Alum starts charity to help families dealing with breast cancer

By Zoë Berg FEATURE EDITOR University of Indianapolis alum Colin Bowles raced with the 35 members of his team in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, on April 16 in Indianapolis.The team was made up of family and friends.

They raced in memory of his mother Beth Bowles who died of breast cancer a year and a half ago. That day also marked the start of My Eyes Are Up Here, a nonprofit organization Bowles and his family started in honor of his mother.

“Well [when my mother died] a year and a half ago, I knew I wanted to do something to honor her, but I didn’t know what to do,” Bowles said. “I didn’t want it to be something that was half-a--ed ...

I wanted all in.”

Bowles said he was busy with school and work, so his plan got pushed to the back of his mind. Then in December, his girlfriend was killed in a car accident, and he realized that now was a good time to start a charity to honor his mother.

“When something like that [his girlfriend’s death] happens, you kind of prioritize things in life,” Bowles said.

“And you kind of focus on something that you want to do, and that’s what you want to attack. And this is what I did, so it’s been since there.”

Bowles began by thinking about what he wanted to do and decided he wanted to do something big.

“We set the April launch date because I don’t want it to be something I just throw out,” Bowles said. “You see all these GoFundMes on Facebook, and I didn’t want it to be something like that.

I wanted it to be thought out and [for] us be organized, [for] my family [to] be on board. We have all these different things. So it took us a while to get all of that situated, and we hit our April launch date and that’s been awesome.”

The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure marked their launch, when all of their merchandise went on sale and they began actively raising money. Bowles said My Eyes Are Up Here is partnered with the Indiana Women in Need Foundation.

According to its website, at iwinfoundation.org, it is a nonprofit organization that supports women in Indiana battling breast cancer by helping to relieve some of their emotional, physical and

Photo contributed by Colin Bowles

Colin Bowles’ team raced at the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure on April 16. The date also marked the launch date of his charity, My Eyes Are Up Here, which he started with his family, in honor of his mother. financial burdens.

When Bowles began doing research in February, he said he found I.W.I.N. and contacted the organization about what he planned to do. Bowles said Nancy Shepard, founder and executive director of I.W.I.N., called him within 10 minutes of receiving his message.

“It’s not everyday that the CEO of an organization calls you,” he said. “And we talked, and we shared ideas, and we’ve been doing that [since then]. And we kind of helped each other out…. And it’s just kind of cool that we found an

organization in Indy that has the same goals as us.”

Bowles said that with My Eyes Are Up Here, he wants to offer support for families who are dealing with what his family had to. He said his mother’s battle with breast cancer was very aggressive, especially while she was going through chemotherapy.

“You can tell when someone goes through that, they just want to be a mom,” Bowles said. “And she couldn’t do that, and that [is] what really hurt her. So the goal of My Eyes Are Up Here is to take

burdens away from families.”

Because My Eyes Are Up Here is to honor Bowles’mother, he has worked with his family to set it up. Bowles said he and his sister have worked on the organization, but his father and brother have been very supportive. As for the name, My Eyes Are Up Here, Bowles said they wanted to do something fun that would grab people’s attention.

“We didn’t want to do the Beth Bowles foundation,” Bowles said. “We wanted to do something fun. And we wanted to have merchandise, per se, that people

would want to wear, not take to Goodwill after they did a walk or something like this.

That’s why we have boob shirts... and My Eyes Are Up Here and stuff like that….

It’s kind of to grab people’s attention.”

Bowles said they are selling wristbands and shirts, with all of the proceeds going to I.W.I.N. He estimates they raised about $300 just on April 16.

He said he hopes to have a silent auction in the future to raise more money, but currently My Eyes Are Up Here merchandise is available on Bowles’ website, colinbowles.com.

By Shane Collins-Yosha EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

cian, have a proficiency in the language of the host country, and preferably to not have had any previous experience in the country that they are applying to.

For Mitiche, the application process was long and difficult.

“Your first task is to come up with a topic and to come up with a subject and to figure out exactly what it is you want to study and where you want to study,” he said.“You have to be strategic about it and think, ‘What country could I apply for and have a good chance of being awarded the grant?’”

The application process for a Fulbright Scholarship opened at the end of March, according to us.fulbright.org, with the completed applications due in October.

The National Screening Committee met from November to December and initial notifications were sent in January with final notifications sent March through May. “There’s also politics involved with the topic,”Mitiche said,“ The grant is through the United States DOS [Department of State], so that’s the first screening you have to pass though, there. And the second screening is on the Moroccan [country of application] side.”

Mitiche was one of 232 people who applied to work in the Middle Eastern/ Northern African region, according to us.fulbrightonline.org, and was one of 54 students accepted. Associate Professor of Sociology Amanda Miller is Mitche’s advisor and said his project is appealing to the Moroccan government.

“We worked very hard to frame it [the project] well, because he’s going to be looking at what went right, as opposed to what goes wrong. And a lot of times in research you study what went wrong, but what goes right can give us just as much, if not better, information,” Miller said. “I suspect that for both Morocco, and lots of other countries throughout the world, that’s going to be useful information.”

Student to study UIndy’s first family Moroccan uprising President Manuel’s daughters are able to be part of the UIndy community and enjoy attending events on campus

Photo contributed by Robert Manuel

President Robert Manuel is married to Wilmara and together they have three daughters, Sophia, Alexandra and Margaux. Sophia is in ninth grade, Alexandra is in fifth grade and Margaux is in third grade.

By Reid Lorey STAFF WRITER He is known as President Robert Manuel on campus, but to Sophia, Alexandra, and Margaux, he is known as Dad. Students have gotten to know Manuel from speeches he has given and simply talking to him at events around campus, but some students may even have seen him with one or more of his daughters.

Manuel’s three children are able to interact with students from around the world and enjoy watching collegiate sporting events on campus. Manuel’s oldest daughter Sophia is a freshman in high school and plays soccer and lacrosse. The University of Indianapolis added lacrosse to its athletic roster this past year, allowing Sophia to watch college lacrosse. It is not just sports that the kids are interested in, though. They are able to go to various places and events on campus.

“I take them to a lot of arts events at Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center and

sporting events.” Manuel said. “They also love going to the cafeteria and getting whatever they want.”

Manuel’s middle child, Alexandra, is in fifth grade and enjoys ballet. Margaux is nine years old and has an interest in horses, Manuel said.

Manuel feels that Sophia, Alexandra and Margaux are part of the UIndy family because of how friendly and welcoming the staff and students are. He said he remembers how Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Sue Willey took care of his daughter while he had to take care of a different daughter who had just broken her nose while playing football.

Manuel said at least 25 of his daughters’ babysitters have been students on campus.

He said his daughters really enjoy spending time with college students.

Manuel has hosted events at his home for students, and his daughters are able to interact with college students from all over the world. Freshman criminal justice major Josh Romano was able to attend the Super Bowl party this year and was

surprised at the hospitality Manuel and his family extended to the students while he was there.

“It was really great that he opened up his home to us and was going out of his way to sincerely talk to us and listen to everything we had to say,” Romano said.

Having a lot of college students around your kids might seem intimidating, but for Manuel’s daughters, it just makes the house more fun.

“Thinking of it from my daughters’ perspective, what’s better than 40 college kids coming over to eat and watch football?” Manuel asked. “They look up to these kids, and our students have embraced them.”

President Manuel travels a lot in his job and is sometimes able to take his children with him. Manuel took one of his daughters to China with him. He said they were sitting around a table for a meeting but were having communication errors because of the language barrier. Manuel said his daughter speaks French, which happened to be what another person at the meeting knew, so she was able to translate for Manuel and help facilitate communication.

“She became an interpreter of English to French between us, making it such a fortunate place to be, and they will have these experiences as they form their lives,” Manuel said.

Manuel said there still some time before any of his children go off to college, with his oldest being a freshman in high school and his youngest in third grade, but the decision of where to go to college is ultimately up to them.

“I would love for them to come to UIndy,” Manuel said. “They like it here very much. But at that point, it is their choice where they want to head, and I have no idea what they want to do. They need to decide their own path. And they know UIndy, and they will see when they start comparing other places to UIndy why this is a pretty special place.”

April 13 started like any normal day for senior sociology and philosophy major Zak Mitiche. He woke up, went to class, had lunch, and said “hello”to friends.That was until he received an email at 3 p.m. that was so important that University of Indianapolis President Robert Manuel paused his day to meet with him. This was because Mitiche had won a Fulbright Scholarship.

“In a lot of ways, this is validation of the relevance of our programing at the University,”Manuel said,“for somebody to be recognized internationally [who was] competing against the most recognized institutions in the country. And winning shows that not only do we have students of exceptional quality, but we have an experience that forms and educates them in a very unique way.”

A Fulbright Scholarship is a grant that allows students to travel to other countries for individually designed research projects or English Teaching Assistant Programs, according to us.fulbrightonline.org. With his Fulbright, Mitiche will study part of the Arab Spring known as the February 20 Movement. It was a series of protests and demonstrations that took place in Morocco where citizens tried to gain more independence and freedom, according to washingtonpost.com.

“I will be doing oral histories of Moroccan youth. It’s kind of gauged their perceptions on the Moroccan uprisings,” Mitiche said. “Compared to other Arab Springs in the region, the Moroccan uprisings were very calm and relatively successful. So to ask them [Moroccans] why they think that the Moroccan example was relatively successful.”

According to us.fulbrightonline.org, applicants must have a Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent of one, be in good health, submit a medical certificate from a physi-

ENTERTAINMENT

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APRIL 27, 2016

THE REFLECTOR

REVIEWS 1

THE JUNGLE BOOK MOVIE

2

THE RATINGS

PERSONA CD

CLASSIC

GREAT

MEDIOCRE

BAD

3 RESTAURANT

KNOT 4 DOUBLE BOOK

FIELD 5 VICTORY ADVENTURE

LINCOLN SQUARE PANCAKE HOUSE

HORRIBLE

>> “The Jungle Book” hit the box office April 14 with the second largest opening weekend ever for the month of April, according to pro.boxoffice.com.

Honestly, I’m surprised it wasn’t first.This computer-animated, live-action fusion was filmed and executed beautifully. The animation and graphics are flawless. The tale follows the man-cub Mowgli (Neel Sethi), who is found orphaned deep in the jungle by Bagheera the panther (Ben Kingsley). It is not as carefree as the 1967 adaptation and has much more action.

Raised by wolves, Mowgli was scolded for his creativity because it was not the wolf way. A drought brings a water-truce to the jungle inhabitants. Shere Kahn (Idris Elba), a Bengal tiger, visits the watering hole. He tells the wolves that once the rains return and the water-truce is lifted, he will kill the man-cub because man is forbidden by the Law of the Jungle.

Mowgli is hypnotized and nearly eaten by the enormous snake Kaa (Scarlett Johansson), then rescued by Baloo the bear (Bill Murray). Bagheera finds Mowgli and tries to return him to the man village, but he is kidnapped by monkeys, which brings us to the only problem I had with this movie. The only songs reminiscent of the 1967 version occur in the second half of the movie, and they are “The Bare Necessities” and “I Wan’na Be Like You.” King Louie the orangutan (Christopher Walken) sings the latter. “The Jungle Book” is a must-see.

>> “PersonA,” by Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, is one of the better indie rock albums I have listened to in a while. Most of “PersonA” maintains a slower and mellower tone, usually revolving around lighter themes. But every now and then, the tempo will pick up, or the themes in the lyrics will take a more serious route. My three personal favorites from this album are “Hot Coals,” “Perfect Time” and “The Ballad of Yaya.” The album starts with the song “Hot Coals,” a strong and lengthy introduction to the album that hooked me from the start and let me know that I was going to thoroughly enjoy the entire album. The song exceeds seven minutes and uses a wide variety of instruments, with a leading piano melody, and the mellow voice of lead singer Alex Ebert. “Hot Coals” draws elements for several different genres, including indie rock, folk and surprisingly funk. “Perfect Time” begins with a beautiful trumpet intro, followed by a soft piano melody, but with a very strong vocal performance.The final song, “The Ballad of Yaya,” starts off slower with a horn intro leading into and acoustic guitar, but progressively builds throughout with a faster tempo.This song has a very catchy chorus and uses voice harmonies beautifully. Without a doubt, “The Ballad of Yaya” is my favorite song on “PersonA,”and it provides a wonderful close to the album.This album is definitely one of my favorites to be released so far in 2016.

>> I’ve been to Lincoln Square Pancake House a few times now, and it is quickly becoming my go-to destination when it comes to breakfast food. At face value, this family-owned diner appears to resemble just about any other familyowned diner, but there are a few things that makes it a standout. The serving staff always have been kind, and that was no different during my last visit, even though the restaurant was packed with a crowd. After about a 10 minute wait, my dining companion and I got a seat and began to peruse the lengthy menu. I decided on a Spanish omelette, which came with chorizo sausage, onions, peppers, tomatoes and a spicy Spanish sauce. The dish also came with choice of toast, biscuits, pancakes or French toast.

I opted for the pancakes, because I had not previously tried them. The omelette had a lot of fresh ingredients, but the thing that brought it all together was the Spanish sauce, which reminded me a bit of a soupier, spicy salsa. The pancakes were fluffy, with hints of vanilla. While I got a Coke with my meal, my friend got a coffee and a glass of orange juice. The server brought an entire pot of coffee for the table. While that is a pretty common occurrence in some diners, I always find it a nice touch. You can see them loading up the juicer on the back counter, that’s how fresh the juice was. I’m pretty sure this is going to stay my usual breakfast spot, if I can wake up early enough.

>> The notorious super spy Davis Way has found herself in another sticky situation in “Double Knot.” Serving as a celebrity double, Way finds herself on a Caribbean cruise, the MS Probability, with 50 billionaires, several pieces of Louis Vuitton luggage, Anderson Cooper and, last but not least, her mother.Things seem nearly perfect until they find themselves in Suite 704 with the door sealed shut, for good. Way’s first instinct is that this is a glitch, but minutes turned to hours and no rescue team comes to free them.

Way makes it her mission, despite being nearly seven months pregnant, to find who is causing the trouble and put it to an end. With $50,000 in poker chips, no more dishes and a crash course dead ahead, Way races against the clock to save everyone. This novel is destined to reveal secrets, destroy antiquities, but most importantly to keep the audience on the edge. My favorite part of the novel is in the beginning, when Way is talking to her celebrity double, Bianca Sanders.

Sanders keeps referring to Davis as David and continues to do so even though she is being corrected. Despite her total devotion, Sanders is never pleased. This novel follows Way’s journey and her internal fight to let the truth set her free.

“Double Knot”keeps readers entertained, tense with anticipation and eager for more.

Although “Double Knot” is not the first in the many Gretchen Archer novels, I look forward to reading more of Archer.

>> Spending an evening at Victory Field never seems to let me down. Going to an Indianapolis Indians game is an event everyone can enjoy. The Indians opened their first home game with a win against the Columbus Clippers on April 14. The night was full of family-friendly events and games played throughout the innings. Governor Mike Pence made an appearance to welcome the crowd and Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett threw out the ceremonial first pitch along with Pence. The Indianapolis Indians always seem to have such a family-friendly atmosphere and parents never have to worry about their child becoming bored before the game starts. There are many activities for kids of all ages to enjoy, even college kids. As I mentioned before, between innings, the crowd was encouraged to participate in the many activities, which included everything from showing off their guns for the muscle cam to kids showing off their crazy dance moves as the dance cam found them in the stands. And of course the kiss cam makes us all believe that baseball and love go hand-in-hand.

My favorite part of the game was after the sun had set and it was getting colder outside. I grabbed my blanket and curled up in it to stay warm for the remainder of the game. From this moment on, watching the Indians bring home a win and watching the fireworks was just a great ending to my night. I strongly suggest taking a trip to Victory Field.

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‘The Laramie Project’ shines light on assault, murder of Matthew Shepard

By Jessica Hoover NEWS EDITOR

Photo contributed by Jim Ream

Sophomore theatre major Wes Harl (center) interrogates one of the murderers of Matthew Shepard.

“The Laramie Project,” put on by the University of Indianapolis Theatre Department, is based on a hate crime committed by two men in Laramie, Wis. on Oct. 7, 1998. The men, Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson, abducted a gay man named Matthew Shepard that night and took him to a remote location. They tied him to a fence and severely assaulted him with the butt of a pistol, according to matthewsplace.com/matthews-story/.

The two men left Shepard there to die.

After nearly 18 hours, a bicyclist found him the next day.The website said Shepard was taken to Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colo., where he died on October 12 at 12:53 a.m., five days after he was assaulted.

One month after Shepard’s murder, The Tectonic Theater Project took a group of 10 company members to Laramie to interview about 200 people “in the town torn apart by the crime,” according to tectonictheaterproject.org.

From those interviews, the company

Photo contributed by Jim Ream

Senior theatre major Justess Hurst portrays Romaine Patterson, who organized the group “Angel Action” to counter protests at Matthew Shepard’s funeral.

created a play called “The Laramie Project.”

Assistant Professor of Theatre and Director of “The Laramie Project” James Leagre said he was inspired to have UIndy perform the play because of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. “It was around this time last year when the whole Religious Freedom Act [occurred],” Leagre said. “As soon as I saw that—this is a play that I’ve been wanting to direct for a long time—It was a nobrainer.... This is probably one of the few plays that was picked for a very specific reason in terms of the content and trying to open some people’s eyes.”

For the UIndy production of “The Laramie Project,” the set consists of a few platforms and chairs, with the audience sitting directly on stage. There were 73 characters split between 14 actors, with each actor playing about seven or eight characters each.

Each character is represented by a different piece of clothing. The play opens with the lines “We went to Laramie. We interviewed people. This is what I heard.”

Sophomore nursing major Kayden Drake said she enjoyed the way one ac-

tor was introducing all of the characters.

“I like that the reporter was going around and saying who each person was and how they changed so fast,”Drake said.

“I just like the switching of the roles and the different interviews and the different perspectives of what happened.”

Leagre said that the play is bittersweet because it helps create awareness of hate crimes, yet hate crimes are still prevalent in Indiana.

“One of the things that I discovered through doing this play and some of my research—I was not aware that Indiana is still only one of four states that still does not have a hate crime bill,” Leagre said. “Every other state in the country has it except Indiana and I think two or three other states . . . I’m excited about hopefully creating a proactive movement where hopefully there are going to be a lot of things that people have not thought about. And this will prompt them to think a little bit more . . . This becomes more than just a play, a performance. ” “The Laramie Project” will resume performances from April 28 to 30. All performances will be held in Ransburg Auditorium, beginning at 8 p.m.

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APRIL 27, 2016

THE REFLECTOR

Jamey Aebersold returns to UIndy

By Morgan Ellis STAFF WRITER

The University of Indianapolis welcomed back saxophonist Jamey Aebersold on Thursday, April 14, as a part of Jazz Week. Aebersold had previously performed for UIndy Jazz Week in 2012, according to the UIndy Jazz Week archives.

Aebersold performed on stage with a pianist, bassist and drummer with a featured guest who performed the Saturday of Jazz Week, Wessell “Warmdaddy” Anderson. Aebersold’s set list included nine songs, one of which was an original.

Performing for 71 years, Aebersold has been a jazz musician since childhood.

“I was probably 10, 11, 12 when I first started hearing some jazz records,” Aebersold said. “I went and bought them, and it intrigued me. I couldn’t let go of them.”

Around the age of five, Aebersold began to play piano, which launched the beginning of his music career.

“Just the sounds of it [piano] intrigued me. I played piano for about five years, and then I started playing saxophone at about 12,” Aebersold said.

Freshman pre-med biology major Jayme Hambleton attended Aebersold’s concert because of previous years studying jazz in high school. According

to Hambleton, her instruments included alto and baritone saxophone.

“I played in band since the fifth grade and in jazz specifically, I had played since the eighth grade.” Hambleton said.

Hambleton said she was meeting requirements for a class at UIndy by attending the concert but was interested in the performance itself.

“First off, I have to write a concert report over it [the concert],” Hambleton said. “I had known that he [Aebersold] was a very good saxophonist by my band teacher, Ralph Brown. He used to talk about him so I decided to check him out.”

The pieces performed in the show made an impression on Hambleton.

“My favorite song was ‘Moon Alley’ or ‘Perdido’ by Duke Ellington,” Hambleton said. “‘Moon Alley’ had a nice swing style, and I’ve always been a sucker for swing-style jazz. Granted, that is all of jazz, but this one is special. I also enjoyed Warmdaddy’s addition to it [‘Moon Alley’].”

Aebersold was accessible to audience members at the end of the show, allowing conversations to happen as musicianto-musician or musician-to-audience member. A few of UIndy’s music majors were able to get a photo taken with Aebersold and talk with him about his saxophone.

UIndy’s Spring Choral Concert will be held in Ruth Lilly Performance Hall on Sunday, May 1.

Many jazz musicians played during this years annual Jazz Week. They included:

Jazz Combo

Monday, April 11, 7:30p.m.

Jazz Ensemble

Tuesday, April 12, 7:30p.m.

Tito Carrillo

Wednesday, April 13, 7:30p.m.

Jamey Aebersold

Thursday, April 14, 7:30p.m.

Butch Miles

Friday, April 15, 7:30p.m.

Wess “Warmdaddy” Anderson Saturday, April 15, 7:30p.m.

Photo by Morgan Ellis

Jamey Aebersold, (left), performs with Wessell “Warmdaddy” Anderson (right) on April 14 at 7:30 p.m.

Graphics by Kyle Dunbar

UIndy Jazz Ensemble performance brings audience on stage Audience invited to dance on stage while ensemble performs in background

By Erik Cliburn EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Photo by Erik Cliburn

Sophomore Ivy Bott performs during the UIndy Jazz Ensemble concert on April 12 at 7:30 p.m.

Ruth Lilly Performance Hall hosted the University of Indianapolis Jazz Ensemble on April 12 for students, family and community members. The ensemble was led by the Director of Jazz Studies Freddie Mendoza, who conducted the student performers and made announcements throughout the performance.

Mendoza mentioned at the start of the concert that anyone from the audience was welcome to dance on stage during the ensemble’s performance. A young girl from the audience accepted the offer and danced for almost the duration of the performance.

Songs played by the whole ensemble included “Almost Like Being in Love,”

by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner; “Bei Mir Bist Du Schön (Means That You’re Grand),” by Ella Fitzgerald; “Candy,” by Mack David, Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney; “In the Mood,” by Joe Garland; “All of Me,” by Count Basie; “Moon River,” by Johnny Mercer and

Henry Mancini; “April in Paris,” by E.Y. Harburg and Vernon Duke; and “I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart” by Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Henry Nemo and John Redmond.

There also were songs that included vocals from sophomore music education major Ivy Bott.They included “I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter,” by Joe Young and Fred E. Ahlert; “Love Is Here To Stay,” by George and Ira Gershwin; “Chattanooga Choo Choo”

by Glenn Miller, “How High the Moon,”

by Nancy Hamilton and Morgan Lewis; “Girl Talk,” by Neal Hefti and Bobby Troup; “We’ll Be Together Again,” by Carl T. Fischer and Frankie Laine.

Senior biology major Jordyn Bever enjoyed dancing on stage during the ensemble’s performance.

“It was a blast [the jazz ensemble concert]. They [the performers] did a really great job,” Bever said. “Dancing was a lot of fun. It was not only fun to hear my peers play, but also get to dance and have fun along with the music.”

Bever had some advice for those wanting to attend one of the Jazz Ensemble

concerts that involves dancing.

“I think everyone here had a great time; it’s just a really enjoyable event,” Bever said. “Come prepared to just relax, let loose and have fun. Don’t worry about being too perfect. It’s not about dancing perfectly, it’s about having fun and enjoying yourself.”

Freshman music performance major Greg Benham played trumpet for the concert and found that it was different than his previous jazz performances at UIndy.

“I think the biggest difference [between the jazz ensemble and other jazz events] was the fact that we had to rehearse a lot of different tunes,” Benham said.

“Usually we have like eight, and we can dive really deep into them. But with the jazz dance, we prepared like 30 different tunes. And we were just trying to get them all to where they were performance ready.

My favorite song of the night was probably ‘In the Mood.’ That’s just a personal song for me I’ve played almost every year since I was thirteen.”

The African Drum Ensembles will perform on Wednesday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m.

Photo by Erik Cliburn

Audience members join the UIndy Jazz Ensemble during their performance on April 12.

Trumpeter Tito Carrillo performs in CDFAC for UIndy Jazz Week

By Morgan Ellis STAFF WRITER Wednesday, April 13 of the University of Indianapolis’s Jazz Week showcased trumpeter Tito Carrillo in Ruth Lilly Performance Hall of Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center. Carrillo performed a set of eight songs including four of his originals as a jazz composer. With him on stage were four other instrumentalists on saxophone, piano, bass and drums.

Carrillo has been featured in the Chicago jazz and Latin music scenes for decades while also playing some of the most prestigious venues in the world, including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center and London’s Royal Festival Hall, according to the UIndy website for Jazz Week.

He has appeared on more than 20 albums. Currently on the faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he leads his own quintet throughout the Midwest and is an active guest soloist and clinician for school jazz programs, according to the same website.

According to Carrillo, music has been a part of his life since he was an infant.

“I come from a house of devoted music listeners, even though my family had no professional musicians. My father was an avid lover of ‘salsa’ and music from his native Puerto Rico,” Carrillo said. “My sister, who is six years my senior, wore out the late ‘70s soul and funk recordings of Earth, Wind, and Fire; Stevie Wonder; Michael Jackson; you name it.”

Around 11, Carrillo began playing trumpet, with coaching from a teacher who introduced him to styles of both

Photo by Badar Alageel

Trumpeter Tito Carrillo performs on stage in the Ruth Lilly Performance Hall during UIndy Jazz Week on April 13. Carillo performed a set of eight songs.

Classical and jazz music.

“Jazz has allowed me to accept myself and my own preferences as valid,”Carrillo said.“It also allows me to be open-minded to other people’s thoughts and opinions, gifts, talents—and be aware of those

because what jazz seeks to do is really connect unity and diversity. There is unity in that we all have a role to play on the bandstand but everyone gets to play the way they want. How to become a great musician is actually learning what you

don’t want to play and following what you truly want to play.”

For an Introduction to Jazz course offered by the UIndy music department requires students in the class is to write an essay over a jazz performance in the

performance hall. During UIndy Jazz Week, students attended some of the concerts to fulfill that requirement. Freshman chemistry and biology major Matt Collins was fulfilling his essay requirement by attending Carillo’s performance.

“I took notes over all of the different styles and things they played,”Collins said.

“I’m learning them [the styles of jazz], but I learned a little bit before, because I used to play clarinet.”

Collins said he enjoyed the improvisation the performers included.

“I enjoyed all of this performance, but I especially enjoyed the last part of it because you could just tell that they were all having fun with their improv,” he said.

Freshman jazz studies major Evan Hawk, who performed in the UIndy Jazz Combo concert that kicked off Jazz Week, was looking forward to Carrillo’s performance.

“I was looking forward to completely immersing myself into the experience of jazz week,” Hawk said. “The performance was just dynamite, very explosive. I loved the Latin influences.”

As a new performer in Ruth Lilly Performance Hall, Carrillo experienced a crowd he was hoping to please.

“We didn’t have the biggest crowd tonight, yet I knew that they were an attentive audience, and we feed off of that energy of listening ears. And we really want to play something memorable, play something expressive,” Carrillo said.

“We want to keep surprising them.”

UIndy’s Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Chamber Orchestra will perform in Ruth Lilly Performance Hall on Wednesday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m.

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APRIL 27, 2016

UIndy professor portrayed in play

By Ashlea Alley ONLINE EDITOR University of Indianapolis Religion and Philosophy Professor Gregory Clapper said he witnessed a catastrophic event involving a plane crash on July 19, 1989, and now he is being portrayed in a Chicago play. United Airlines Flight 232 had malfunctioning hydraulics, so the plane was stuck doing right-hand turns and had no control, according to Clapper.

The plane crashed into the nearest runway in Sioux City, Iowa. Out of 296 people, 112 died as a result of the incident.

“Since that was at my base, and I was a chaplain at the time, I had responsibilities to deal with major traumas,” Clapper said.

“I got there 15 minutes after the crash. I was involved in the ministry that day and then for the next two weeks, both with passengers [and] survivors, but also with caring for the caregivers. Being an Air Force Chaplain Corp, we are told after a tragedy to do three things: we are to care for the injured, honor the dead and care for the caregivers. That means helping people in their spiritual struggles in such a traumatic event.... And so it helps to have someone to talk to and pray with and go to worship services with.”

Clapper got to know the passengers and aides well enough to write his own book, “When the World Breaks Your Heart: Spiritual Ways of Living With Tragedy,” according to Clapper. He said the book “describes how tragedy enters everyone’s lives, and maybe not in a dra-

matic plane crash, but that people die that we wish wouldn’t die, or we have bad things happen to us and people misuse their freedom.” Clapper said the book is a resource for people when the world does, indeed, break their hearts.

“That doesn’t mean it takes away all of the sting, or your heart won’t be broken, but one of the reasons why I wrote the book is to get people to see [that] even when the world does break your heart, there are resources to deal with it,” Clapper said.

Survival author Laurence Gonzales also had written a book about the tragedy of the crash, titled “Flight 232.”

“He talks a lot about the rescue workers and what it was like for them,” Clapper said. “Since I was the chaplain, I was very involved. So some of my story was also included in this, including me doing one of the weddings for a flight attendant.

The book came out at the same time as the 25th anniversary, so that garnered a lot of publicity.”

Because of the publicity Gonzales’ book generated, Freelance Director Vanessa Stallings adapted the book for a production at The House Theatre of Chicago. When Clapper first heard about it, he was concerned they would not get it right.

“Fortunately, I think the playwright and the actors got it just right,” Clapper said. “They didn’t make it an exploitative kind of thing or a sensationalistic tabloid headline.They just focused on the human story. They showed what it was like to be a flight attendant in such a circumstance,

UIndy for Riley to host gala

By Mikayla Kleinpeter STAFF WRITER

The University of Indianapolis Dance Marathon, previously known as UIndy for Riley, is holding the first annual Red for Riley fundraiser on April 29 from 8 to 11 p.m. in UIndy Hall, with the attire being semi-formal or cocktail dress.

Junior pre-art therapy major and president of UIndy Dance Marathon Alexandria Bishop promised the fundraiser will be packed with dancing, raffle ticket drawings and a Riley family speaker.

Red for Riley will also be the first student event to serve alcohol on campus.

The event is another branch off of the

dance marathon that took place earlier this semester.

“It is great to support a hospital’s needs that are literally in our backyard, and this is a fun way to do it,” Bishop said, “where it is not that expensive. It could be a cheap little date. You have a chance to win some cool prizes. You get one raffle ticket with your ticket purchase in the door. There is free food, dancing and much more. Our prizes include two tickets to Kings Island, a signed Colts football and baskets full of different things that could be useful in a dorm.”

All proceeds will go directly to Riley Children’s Hospital. More information is available on The Reflector Online at reflector. uindy.edu.

Photo contributed by Scott Hall

Gregory Clapper was portrayed in a play in which UIndy alumna Brenda Barrie plays a flight attendant. and what it’s like to be a passenger and a chaplain. I was very pleased.”

2002 UIndy alumna and actress Brenda Barrie plays the chief flight attendant, Jan Brown. Barrie has been praised for her acting in “United Flight 232” by those who knew Brown and were connected to the tragedy.

“I’ve had people in the audience that are a part of the aviation committee, whether they themselves are a flight attendant or pilots and said they know Jan Brown, and they thought I did it justice,” Barrie said.

Barrie has a monologue in the production that comes straight from Brown’s thoughts as the flight was going to crash

and what she had to say to passengers on the flight: “I am preparing for the emergency landing, and I recognize that our crisis is the worst imaginable. There are over 50 children on board today and four of those children are what we call ‘lap children.’ They are children that fly for free; they are children under the age of two that fly for free because they sit on their parent’s laps. A woman with her baby son on her lap is asking me what she should do. In the case of an emergency landing, we are trained to tell parents the following: If the child is on your lap, place your child on the floor and hold them there. And this is what I tell her to do. I tell her what we have been trained to say and as she places her son on the floor, the idiocy of this idea strikes me with its full force.”

Barrie said this play is a story of compassion and community.

“This play is coming from people’s words and emotions, and when they saw their lives were flashing before their eyes, they had 44 minutes in the air to contemplate, ‘Oh my gosh, I might not make it. And if I do, here are all the things I want to do differently....’”Barrie said. “And I think people leave this play in a sense of awe and appreciation for life and for the relationships we have in our lives.”

“United Flight 232”is showing at The House Theatre of Chicago in Chicago, Ill., until May 1. For tickets, visit boxoffice.printtixusa.com/housetheatre/ eventcalendar.

WATCHDOG from page 1 approached by a student who wants to have more Watchdog alerts sent out.

“If there is concern, my door is open,” Vitangeli said. “I am happy to talk with students at any time if they really are concerned about wanting Watchdog done in a different manner.… If people want to advocate for a different way to use Watchdog, I am happy to talk with them.

They can certainly go through student government if there is a vocal voice, but we have not heard that at all in Student Affairs or student government.”

According to a statement released by Selby, early on April 10, there was an incident on campus that left one student in the hospital and two men in police custody. Vitangeli said that there was no

Watchdog alert sent out because the event was quickly contained.

“When we are looking at Watchdog, it is an eminent danger issue,” Vitangeli said. “In regard to the situation that happened, when the situation was taken care of, the student was sent to the hospital, the individuals were arrested. There was not eminent danger. It was evaluated that the situation was handled and that there is not eminent danger. When we knew we were getting questions about it from the press, that is when we sent out the information on campus to clarify, because there was not accurate information being reported.”

Selby said local news sources falsely reported the incident as an assault and rumors

started to spread. After realizing this, UIndy officials decided that a statement needed to be released to clear things up.

“We certainly understood the confusion and said right away we need to get information out to campus,” Vitangeli said. “We don’t want to be in that situation where the media is reporting information before we do. We just didn’t expect that to happen.”

Selby also said he knew that he needed to send the facts out to members of the UIndy community.

“If I was a parent and my daughter was here, I would be upset, too,” Selby said. “I wanted to get the truth out to them so they [other parents] could calm down a little bit. “

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Activists, protestors rally as Supreme Court debates Supreme Court argues about immigration, while supporters and protestors of Obama’s stance on immigration stand outside

By Jacob Bell MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAU

BEIJING (TNS)—A judge in central China ruled against a gay couple in China’s first-ever same-sex marriage case Wednesday, April 13, effectively hobbling a case that has electrified the country’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activists.

The plaintiff, Sun Wenlin, a 27-yearold Hunan native, sued a civil affairs bureau in Changsha, the capital of central China’s Hunan province, for refusing him the right to marry his 37-year-old boyfriend, Hu Mingliang, last June.

The Changsha Furong District People’s Court agreed to hear the case earlier this year, sparking a flurry of sympathetic coverage in China’s staid state-run media and galvanizing the country’s nascent gay rights movement.

“If we win the case, it would be an unprecedented achievement for China’s LGBT community,” Sun said in a phone interview before the hearing. “If we lose the case, it’s still better than if we did nothing. If you don’t knock on the door, the door will be closed to you forever.

But once you knock on the door, you can knock on it for a second and third time, and there’s a chance the door will finally open someday.”

Several hundred people gathered outside the court to voice support for the couple, according to the Associated Press. The judge issued a ruling after only a few hours. Sun has said that he plans to appeal.

“The relevant regulations and law clearly stated the subject of marriage refers to a man and a woman who meet the legal conditions of marriage,” the court said in an online statement.

“Sun Wenlin and Hu Mingliang are both men, therefore their application doesn’t comply with the marriage

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Chernobyl nuclear plant to remain threat for 3,000 years PRIPYAT, Ukraine—Before the fire, the vomiting, the deaths and the vanishing home, it was the promise of bumper cars that captured the imagination of the boys.

It was 30 years ago Tuesday, April 26, that Pripyat and the nearby Chernobyl power plant became synonymous with nuclear disaster, that the word Chernobyl came to mean more than just a little village in rural Ukraine and that this place became more than just another spot in the shadowy Soviet Union.

—McClatchy Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON—North Carolina’s HB2 treats gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people as “second-class citizens” and has raised scrutiny in Washington, D.C., about federal funding provided in several areas, including education, transportation and health programs, according to the state’s congressional Democrats in a new letter sent Thursday to Republican Gov. Pat McCrory. U.S. Reps. Alma Adams, G.K. Butterfield and David Price signed the letter sent to McCrory and legislative leaders, urging them “in the strongest possible terms” to repeal HB2.

—McClatchy Washington Bureau

Thousands of supporters for President Barack Obama’s stance on immigration stand outside the U.S. Supreme Court on April 18 in Washington, D.C. The court, with just eight justices, is split along party lines. ( Keith Lane/McClatchy/TNS) I’m too young for that.”

“I know what it’s like to live in fear of being deported, of being separated from my family,” said Julissa Arce, who came to the United States illegally when she was 11. Now Arce, a former protege at Goldman Sachs, sits on the board of the National Immigration Law Center, an organization that provides legal aid to low-income immigrants.

“At the end of the day, my story is one about perseverance and determination, and that is the American story, and that’s what we want for the millions of people affected by this issue,” Arce added.

Judge rules against China’s first samesex marriage case

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regulations and law. The grounds of Sun Wenlin’s and Hu Mingliang’s appeal cannot be established. In summary, the court dismissed their litigation requests according to the law.”

Sun had argued that China’s marriage law does not specifically prohibit samesex marriages.

Last June, officials “showed me that term number five [of the law] stipulates that marriage shall be granted if woman and man both desire it,” he said. “But I think they misinterpreted the legal term. The term puts emphasis on the consensus of both sides, instead of the different sexes.”

Although Beijing stopped classifying homosexuality as a mental illness in 2001, it still carries a strong social stigma—openly gay couples are rare, clinics offering gay-straight “conversion therapy” are widespread, and parents put so much pressure on their children to marry that scores of lesbian women and gay men wed each other to present an image of normalcy.

In May, China’s media watchdog banned depictions of gay couples on television.

Sun said police pressured him to drop the case by arguing that “marriage is for reproduction.”

“But I told them, reproduction is not my plan and I have the freedom to not reproduce,”he said.“The police then didn’t come to me again.” ___ (Yingzhi Yang and Nicole Liu in The Times’ Beijing bureau contributed to this report.) ___ (c)2016 Los Angeles Times Visit the Los Angeles Times at www. latimes.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

For others, however, the authorization of DAPA and the DACA extensions would set a dangerous precedent for the powers of the commander in chief.

“At its core, it’s not about whether you are anti- or pro-immigration, it’s about whether the Supreme Court will allow the executive branch” to skirt the rule of law, U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., said in a statement after the argument.

“It’s ironic that people would come into this country illegally, and the reason they’re coming illegally is because this country provides more opportunity than the places they came from,” said U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas. “And yet, once

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Two Kansas State University students are suing the university claiming it failed to investigate after the women reported being raped at campus-recognized fraternity houses. In separate lawsuits filed Wednesday, April 20, in U.S. District Court in Kansas, the women accuse the university of violating Title IX, the federal genderdiscrimination law that protects students against sexual violence and harassment.

—The Kansas City Star ©2016 McClatchy Tribune News Service

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here, they want us to be like the country they came from, where we don’t enforce the law across the board.”

There are more than 11 million immigrants in the U.S. who are here illegally, with 3.6 million of them possibly eligible for DAPA benefits, according to a 2016 report from the Migration Policy Institute, a Washington-based nonpartisan research center. ___ (c)2016 McClatchy Washington Bureau. Visit the McClatchy Washington Bureau at www.mcclatchydc.com.

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WASHINGTON (TNS)—As the Supreme Court on Monday, April 18, weighed the legality of two executive orders on immigration, Sayra Hernandez, a 16-year-old from Mexico, stood outside the courthouse with her sister and mother. The family has a deportation date scheduled for April 29.

“For me and my family, it means a lot,” Hernandez, who lives in Ann Arbor, Mich., said of the court’s ability to uphold or tear down Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents, or DAPA. DAPA provides three-year work permits and safety from deportation to the parents of children who are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents.

(The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, program applies to children brought to the U.S. illegally and is not affected by this case except for the administration’s proposal to extend the work permit for so-called Dreamers to three years from two.)

Those Obama administration executive orders have been on ice for more than a year due to legal troubles, as Texas and 25 other states filed lawsuits against them. For the hundreds of activists and protesters who joined Hernandez and her family Monday, April 18, outside the courthouse—the majority of whom were against the Texas lawsuit—the oral arguments of Texas v. U.S. served as an opportunity to have their voices heard.

“Si, se puede,” which translates roughly to “Yes, we can,” was a consistent chant heard throughout the crowds.

“I’m here because I don’t want to be scared anymore that when I go home my mom isn’t going to be there,” said Kerry Gutierrez, a 17-year-old from Boulder, Colo., whose mother is in the U.S. illegally.

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