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University of Indianapolis President Robert Manuel announced in a campus wide email on June 19 the groundbreaking ceremony of UIndy’s newest building.

The Health Pavilion will open in August of 2015. The pavilion is part of the five-year plan rolled out by Manuel last school year.

The plan is a part of a $50 million development initiative to help revitalize the area surrounding UIndy.

UIndy, city and state representatives were present for the groundbreaking ceremony.

The pavilion will be located on an old student parking lot at State Street and Hanna Avenue. The building will be 160,000 square feet with four stories.

The total cost of the pavilion will be $28 million and house many of the health field majors offered at UIndy. According to the email, these will include nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, psychology, kinesiology, athletic training and social work.

The inside of the building will contain “state-of-the-art” labs, classrooms and meeting rooms.

According to the email, these meeting rooms will be used for “promoting multidisciplinary collaboration, research and the development of new academic programs.”

UIndy will share the space with other healthcare providers in the area. These providers will collaborate inside the classroom. The hope is to give students more hands-on training in their fields.

Other parts of the strategic plan involve multiple building renovations including Martin Hall, the Krannert Memorial Library and Campus Apartments.

The university has also created the Professional Edge Center and men’s and women’s lacrosse teams. Coaches were announced over the summer for this new sports program.

Off campus, the strategic plan will touch the historic Hannah House, University Heights neighborhood and various areas of the south side of Indianapolis.

Full details can be found on the UIndy website at uindy.edu/about-uindy/ strategic-plan.

pursue in the future.”

The forensics lab works on some cases of the recently deceased and on human rights cases. “[There is] nothing more sensitive or more personal than investigating how an individual died or identifying an individual,” Latham said.

In preparation for working with the lab, graduate students have to take the course, Gross Anatomy, which deals with the dissection of human cadavers.

“Dr. Latham and Dr. Nawrocki let us test our abilities as scientists by letting us perform our own analysis on cases,” Stand said.“Having professors trust us, test us, and develop us as professionals is extremely rewarding . . . . It is always an incredible feeling to know that your countless hours of training have helped someone in need.”

When it comes to working with law enforcement, lab members only collect the human remains to analyze. Law enforcement officials will collect all other belongings like clothing or evidence.Then once each side has reached a conclusion, they come together and put together the pieces of the story.

The lab averages 75 to 100 cases a year.

With this many cases and the few times that the professors have had to testify in court, they teach their students good note taking skills.

“Oftentimes it can take a case five to 10 years to go to trial,” Latham said.

“And then it just depends if the accused accepts the plea or whether or not they admit to committing the crime. A very small percentage of our cases go to court . . . . We teach our students [to take] very good notes and very good photographs.”

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Forensic teams work in local cases, gain experience

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In 1990, Professor of Biology and Anthropology Stephen Nawrocki, founded the University of Indianapolis Archaeology and Forensics Laboratory.

Originally the lab only worked in Indiana, but has spread to Illinois, South Africa, Belize, Chile and the Texas/ Mexico border.

According to Assistant Professor of Biology and Anthropology Krista Latham, the lab team is composed mostly of graduate human biology students. Being able to participate in the forensic work is an extracurricular part of the program.

“Students learn a lot about human anatomy and human genetics, but are also participating in forensic casework outside

of the classroom,” Latham said.

The majority of the students who enter this program want to be forensic scientists. The participation could be assisting at a crime scene with the recovery of decomposed human remains, burials or assisting coroners in the identification of the bodies.

Indiana works on a coroner system, which means that each county in Indiana has a coroner in charge of all the human remains at crime scenes in the county.The UIndy lab must be invited by a coroner to a crime scene.

“We aren’t police officers,” Latham said. “We don’t have badges. We are not automatically included in these investigations. We are invited by the coroner.”

The forensics lab members consider what they do as service to the community, service learning and hands-on learning for

Project LEAD enters inaugural year

By Kylee Crane MANAGING EDITOR Why do some freshmen succeed academically and stay at the University of Indianapolis while others struggle and decide to leave? This is one of the questions Project LEAD is attempting to answer as the program begins its first year.

“Project LEAD is designed to help students develop their potential and identify students who could benefit from additional built-in support and built-in programming that gets them a good start,” said Associate Vice President for Enrollment Ron Wilks. “We also want to encourage the students to become leaders and have them take advantage of programming more designed on leadership development.”

Wilks and other faculty members sat down to discuss why certain students do well while others fall back in their academics their first year, which is how Project LEAD was created.

“Some of those reasons [that students fail] could be financial, or it could be that they didn’t get connected,” Wilks said.“So then we look at these student’s characteristics. The hope is that we learn from this process through Project LEAD, and hopefully, we see more of these students get connected, stay here and graduate.”

About 45 to 50 students will participate in the pilot year. All of the students will live in Cory Bretz Hall and be evenly assigned to four leaders who will be living there as well.

Sophomore psychology and occupational therapy major Mary Kirkland sees her leadership position as being an academic mentor for the freshmen.

“In simple terms, we’re peer mentors,” Kirkland said. “We’re not RAs, so we’re there more to help academic wise. We can help them with homework. And if we can’t, we try to get them connected to whoever can assist them.”

Not only will the students meet and work together with their group, they also will have workshops, have guest speaker presentations and create a portfolio that shows their work throughout the year and gives them a chance to critique the program’s first year.

If the students continue with the program and meet certain requirements, they can receive a scholarship to assist them in paying for school.

While the leaders are not technically RAs, sophomore exercise science and physical therapy major Regan Johnson hopes to connect with the freshmen.

“I wanted to be active on UIndy’s campus,” Johnson said. “I wanted to also make the impact that my RAs had on me.

It’s just a good way to help the freshmen adapt to the new environment and be a resource. My goal is to help them meet all the criteria they need, such as their GPA and to present tips throughout the workshops we do. ” Wilks hopes to look back at the Project LEAD students’first year and see whether the program assisted in their success, which then will help them figure out what they can adjust to make the program more beneficial.

“After this year, we can see how the students progressed through the year, like did they do well or maybe they did not do so well,” Wilks said. “We can then look back and see if they benefitted from getting involved, stayed connected on campus and worked on becoming leaders. There also might be a way to look at students who were invited to the program but did not join.”

While the leaders are eager to see whether the program will have a positive impact on the freshmen, Johnson has high expectations for Project LEAD. “These students were not forced into the program, they accepted it,” she said.

“So I think that shows that people are willing to give it a chance and they think it’s a good idea. So I have high hopes for it.”

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their students.

“You can never learn this just from a book,” Latham said. “These hands-on experiences are instrumental for students who want to be able to do this after they graduate.”

Students are able to use the work that they do in the forensics lab for help in professional training. Many graduates and undergraduates who work in the lab have a desire to work either in field experience or doing lab work in general.

“Whether we ultimately are pursuing a career in forensics or not, lab and field experience are very important, because we are working in a very professional setting,” said graduate human biology major Ryan Strand. “There is no room for mistakes in forensic work . . . . With no room for mistakes, we learn to work as professionals, preparing us for any professional field we

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THE REFLECTOR

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THE RATINGS

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>>The movie “The Giver” explores the world of Jonas, a young male who lives in a world that is filled with conformity. The world is colorless, lifeless and emotionless, until Jonas (Brenton Thwaites) meets with The Giver ( Jeff Bridges) who is responsible for the memories of the world in which they live. Jonas begins exploring and realizes that there is more to life than what he was living and wants everyone in the community to experience it also. “The Giver” is based on Lois Lowry’s 1993 award-winning novel. The movie is mildly intense, but definitely keeps you interested in what is transpiring. I believe that the producers could have done a little more graphically in some places. There is a good balance in the film, though. Scenes are not too graphic nor are they too romantic; and the storyline, in my opinion, is true to the novel. I was extremely excited about the release of the movie, and I did not leave the theatre dissatisfied. I definitely recommend seeing “The Giver.”

>>I have always loved alternative metal music, but when it comes to the band Godsmack, I usually would listen to them in passing rather than by choice.

The band has been around since 1995, and their sixth album “1000hp” came out Aug. 5. I did not have high expectations for this album since I am pretty unfamiliar with the band, but I did not think it would be horrible either. After three tracks of the album, I realized I was enjoying it.

I find that the problem with most rock bands is that the lead singer will scream or mutter the lyrics of their songs to the point where they are incoherent. But lead singer Sully Erna does not do this, and it is a nice change from other metal bands.

Like any good rock album, “1000hp” gets your blood boiling, your head banging and your ears ringing. Every track is not just a song, but rather an experience. Do not look at Godsmack as outdated or too old to get excited about, but as a band with a lot of knowledge and a great deal of talent that a metal fan of any age can enjoy.

>> Peppy Grill is located in Fountain Square, so you would think the food and service would be promising, but the restaurant did not live up to my expectations. The diner is a very small one, reminding me of the diners that no one goes to in the horror films. No one greeted me upon my arrival, but every individual stared. I have come to the conclusion that if you are not a regular, they will definitely make it noticeable. I seated myself, and after five minutes of waiting, someone finally brought me a menu.The menu consisted of a very limited selection of breakfast and dinner items, but everything was reasonably priced. For dinner, I ordered a bacon cheeseburger, fries and a Pepsi. The diner had an open kitchen, which in some cases is a great thing but in this case it was not. The waitress brought the food to the table, and I immediately asked for my check, paid for the dinner and left. I love supporting family-owned restaurants, but I will not be making another visit to Peppy Grill.

>> Peter Mendelsund has a lot on his plate. Between his day job as associate art director of Alfred A. Knopf and art director of Pantheon Books, he somehow managed to find time to write two books.

“What We See When We Read,” his most recent book, investigates the process of visualizing the things we read. In the interest of full disclosure, I purchased the book from iTunes and read it on my phone. In this version, there are a few animations that show vague outlines of literary characters materializing in front of you. While this adds something to the experience, it is a very little something when compared to the price and the amount of information you receive in the book. The art is beautiful, and the points that Mendelsund makes are fascinating, but the information he provides can be learned in a half an hour of Wikipedia.

And if you want a taste of his art style, just search his name on Google and admire his book covers. While not a bad purchase by any means, it is not worth $16.

>> During a beautiful night on Saturday, Aug. 9, at the Klipsch Music Center in Noblesville, Ind., rappers Drake and Lil Wayne performed a combined concert as part of the Drake vs. Lil Wayne tour.

The concert was the first of its type to be accomplished, as the two artists battled each other on stage with their famous hits.

The concert, sponsored by Capcom, was intended to be performed in the style of an arcade fighting video game. An app created specifically for the concert allowed fans to vote for which artist they wanted to open the show, who would win and even provided them with the ability to power the performer up on stage. Following a concert full of humorous jabs by both artists and performances of several of their songs, Lil Wayne emerged victorious. Following the victory, both artists performed songs they had collaborated on together to close out the night. Overall, the concert was fun and energetic, and a new type of concert in which fans can interact in a new way with the performers on stage.

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Free concerts amplify State Fair

By Robbie Hadley BUSINESS MANAGER

The Indiana State Fair hosted a number of hit musicians Aug. 1-17. Each night, the Free Stage displayed a musical act that was free with admission to the fair. In the past, the fair has hosted iconic artists such as MC Hammer, REO Speedwagon and Styx.

The 2014 lineup looked just as promising with Bridgit Mendler, Barenaked Ladies, America, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

and Kansas.

On Monday Aug. 11, the Canadian alternative rock band Barenaked Ladies played on the Free Stage. They showed off their eclectic work, which ranges from rock, to bluegrass and even some rap. Freshman undeclared major Michael Schindel attended the free show.

“I thought that [the concert] was really entertaining and funny. It was one of the better, if not the best, concert that I have ever seen,” Schindel said.

“My favorite part was when they stopped

in the middle of ‘If I Had a Million Dollars’ and just told jokes. I would definitely suggest the Free Stage to anyone who wants to see a concert. They have really good shows, and it doesn’t cost any more than the price of admission.”

The fair also showcased a series of concerts and shows in the newly remodeled coliseum, acts such as Pitbull, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Phillip Phillips, Hunter Hayes and comedian Jim Gaffigan.

The 2015 Indiana State Fair will take place Aug. 7-23.

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The Department of Yes: 10 Years of Big Car in Indianapolis

8/25 - 9/26 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center Gallery

Masterworks 6

8/31/14 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

CDFAC Performance Hall

Faculty Artist Concert Series: Gala Opening Concert with Maestro Raymond Leppard

9/15 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

CDFAC Performance Hall

Jazz Concert Series: Saxophonist Rob Dixon

9/24 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.

CDFAC Performance Hall

Friday Nights at the Keyboard: Old World, New World

9/26 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.

CDFAC Performance Hall

Ed Funk: Printer, Painter

10/6 - 10/31 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.

CDFAC Gallery

Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra: The Versailles Revolution

10/8 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.

CDFAC Performance Hall

Urinetown

10/16 - 10/19 and 10/23- 10/25 Ransburg Auditorium 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Handbell Ensembles

10/23 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.

CDFAC Performance Hall

Echoing Scare

10/30 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

CDFAC Performance Hall

Student Chamber Ensembles

11/5 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.

CDFAC Performance Hall

Alumni Recital

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Student Directed Productions

11/20-11/23 and 12/4 - 12/6 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.

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The Barenaked Ladies perform one of their songs on the Free Stage at the Indiana State Fair on Aug. 11.

#ChangeTheWorld

By Mercadees Hempel FEATURE EDITOR

It was a typical Saturday afternoon for me on May 24, and I was doing what a million other millennials love to do: surf the Internet, a cornucopia of cat gifs, trolls and memes. That is one way to look at the Internet, but I found out that day it is actually a whole lot more. I noticed a post one of my friends had made on Facebook about the Isla Vista murders, which I had not heard about until that moment.

For those who do not know, on May 23, 22-year-old Elliot Rodger in Isla Vista, Calif., injured 13 people and murdered six others before killing himself. When police investigated the crime, they found on YouTube a video of Rodger, in which he stated that he had never had a girlfriend and is often rejected by women and the murder spree would be his revenge. The video has since been taken off YouTube.

When I finished reading the article detailing the tragic events, I became afraid.

A man murdered people because women had rejected him. Those kinds of people exist? Could it happen to me or one of my friends? I wanted answers, so I went back to the Internet.

It was through this I stumbled across the #YesAllWomen tag on Twitter and Facebook. I saw men and women using the tag and telling their stories of being harassed or assaulted, explaining what feminism is and why it is important. It was amazing to see because people were not only speaking up for themselves, they were speaking up for me and the people I care about as well. They were calling for change and expressing why it needed to happen.

But can a hashtag really change the world?

Most people seem to think of the Internet as a virtual reality. “It’s on the Internet, so it can’t hurt you,”is something I have heard people say multiple times.

I also have come across people saying cyberbullying is not an issue because it takes place on the Internet. But that mentality is wrong. The Internet is not virtual reality, it is reality. Behind every

computer monitor is a person with real emotions and real ideas that they are choosing to share. In other words, for people these days, the Internet is a soapbox, a platform for people to come together and express their opinions and their ideas and promote change. And using a hashtag is not the only way for people to have their voices heard.

Another way that people have been using the Internet to promote change is by creating and promoting petitions on Change.org. According to the website, there are 70 million users in 196 countries.

Anyone who has an account on the website can create a petition, and the petition is posted on the website for visitors to see, as long as it follows the website’s guidelines.

Several petitions have been successful, such as the 2011 petition prompting Bank of America to drop its five dollar debit card fee. The petition was signed by 300,000 people, including President Barack Obama. Other issues addressed on the website include female genital mutilation, wrongly convicted criminals and gay rights. Not every petition is a success, but the fact that a person can create one to say “this is wrong” and thousands of people will say it with that person is amazing.

Nearly every movement has a website, Facebook page or Twitter that shares news and opinions while allowing users to share their own. It is an interesting phenomenon when people gather together from all corners for one cause, but is it enough?

What are they really accomplishing?

Internet users are sharing, but is that enough to cause change to happen?

Personally, I do not really know.

I do not know if the #YesAllWomen tag is enough to change things because it is just too early to tell. But I do know this: The stories shared are opening eyes.They are making people notice what they did not notice before, and by doing so, they are changing minds. When it comes to changing the world, changing minds is a good place to start.

One of my favorite books,“The Help,” taught me “change begins with a whisper.”

I believe this is true, and I believe change can start with a hashtag.

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Students join major league of comedy UIndy students’ positions in improvisation group ComedySportz create opportunities, experience as well as laughter

By Mercadees Hempel FEATURE EDITOR

When it comes to the sport of improvisation, senior theatre majors Nate Coder and Daryl Hollonquest have joined the big league in Indianapolis.The league is a group called ComedySportz ComedySportz is an improv group that performs on Massachusetts Avenue every weekend. According to the group’s Facebook page, the group started in 1984. Hollonquest said the group in Indianapolis started in 1993 and is one of 24 groups worldwide.

Improv, according to Coder, is “acting with no script.” The members of ComedySportz are split into two teams: a red team and a blue team. The teams are given a challenge, and have to perform a scene or play a game.

Sometimes audience members are selected to choose a game or are brought up on stage to participate. Audience members also usually choose which team is the funniest, and that team earns points.

Whichever team has the most points by the end is the winner. There also is a referee in charge of calling fouls and awarding points. Team members go on stage with no plan and no idea of what they are going to do. Coder said that this is what makes improv so exciting.

“The funny thing about improv is [that] even though you’re the one up there doing it and you have control of

where the scene goes,” he said. “You’ll end up surprising yourself half the time with where the scenes end up going or with what your partners end up saying. …

So it’s just as entertaining and surprising for the people on the stage as it is for the people of the audience.”

Hollonquest had an interest in improv and decided to join Warren Central High School’s Fun Monkey, the high school’s improv group, his senior year.

At the end of his freshman year at the University of Indianapolis, he auditioned for ComedySportz.

Coder, who also was a part of Fun Monkey, heard about ComedySportz at Warren Central and auditioned last year. He was selected and had his first show on Saturday, August 9. Coder and Hollonquest said that when auditioning, they had to show that they were quick on their feet. Hollonquest said that while anyone can audition, few get selected.

He estimated that out of the 40 people who auditioned the same day he did, only about seven were selected.

“I think ComedySportz has a good balance of knowing who has the skills, who has the ability and the talent to do what we do,” he said.

On the nights of the shows, the players arrive around 7 p.m.This is also when the doors open for the guests. The players hang out, change in the locker room and then meet for warm-ups, to make sure everyone is in sync. Hollonquest said the bond among the players is very important

to how well everyone performs.

“If you’re not friends with someone you’re performing with, it’s not going to work as well as when you’re with someone that you know that you click with,”he said.

The players then go out at 7:30 p.m. and the match begins. There is also a match at 10 p.m. Both Coder and Hollonquest said that while improv and acting are two different art forms, one can support the other.

“When you go on stage for a play, you know exactly what you’re going to be doing,” Coder said. “But you also always know there is the chance that something is going to go wrong, and you have to be able to roll with it and make it work if something should happen. So in a way, the improv experience helps that and vice versa.”

According to Hollonquest, there also is a big difference in how one prepares in improv and how one prepares in acting.

He said actors “rehearse,” but improv players “practice.”

“What we do is practice,” he said. “It’s not rehearsal, because rehearsal implies you’re doing the same thing over and over again, and then when you have an audience or a crowd, you’re going to do that same thing. ” Coder said that the techniques group members have to practice and develop include building a strong theme, making unique choices and building on a story that one person has set up.

Coder and Hollonquest both said

that being a part of ComedySportz has been a great opportunity for networking.

Both described how people involved with theatre are a part of ComedySportz along with a broad range of others such as mechanics, restaurant workers and teachers. Coder and Hollonquest said that each person has different experiences, so connecting with them can present new opportunities.

Coder said that members of the audience also sometimes work in theatre and approach people for jobs.

ComedyS por tz ’s next match will be held Friday, Aug. 22 at the Carmel Community Center because Indy Fringe will be at their usual location. The doors open at 7 p.m., and the show begins at 7:30 p.m. On Saturdays, the late show begins at 10 p.m. On Thursdays, all seats are $10. On Friday and Saturday, all shows are $16 for adults and $14 for students and seniors.

Tickets are sold online or on the ticket hotline at 951-8499. The next audition will be Saturday, Aug. 30, from 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.

More information is available at indycomedysportz.com, the ComedySportz Indianapolis Facebook page or @IndyCSz.

Senior Nate Coder performing at ComedySportz.

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UIndy hires new Football season begins lacrosse coaches Greyhounds hope to claim three-peat as GLVC conference champions

By Robbie Hadley BUSINESS MANAGER

he has reached out to both high school and club programs for potential players.

“A lot of this year is just going to be recruiting and building interest for UIndy The University of Indianapolis will lacrosse,” he said. “Another part [of this have the only Division II lacrosse program year’s plan] is trying to build the schedule.” in the state of Indiana starting in the Recruiting is not a new experience for spring of 2016. Vice President for Inter- Stocks, who previously built a successful collegiate Athletics Sue Willey said that program during his tenure at Lake Erie.

UIndy decided to add the “[Starting a brand new sport for various important program] is something that reasons.

I did at my last school. It’s “We were looking for exciting,” he said. “High ways to raise retention and school students and coaches graduation, and student have come in for visits [at athletes graduate and are UIndy]. [Lacrosse] is a growretained at a higher rate,” ing game and a lot of people she said. “Someone asked if in the area are excited that we were to add any sports, UIndy is adding lacrosse. what would we add? I imI think that this is a great mediately said lacrosse. opportunity.”

[Lacrosse] is one of the Howley also was inSTOCKS fastest growing sports in the strumental in building the Midwest right now. It has women’s program at Lake always been big out east, but Erie as a coach. She also was it has really migrated to the a student athlete at Robert Midwest. Also, a part of that Morris University toward plan lends itself to recruitthe start of its lacrosse proing in different areas of the gram, which she said gives country. The demographics her good experience to build show that the number of high a successful program. school students who will be As of now, both of the graduating in the near future teams are independent while has declined, so we want to they look for a conference be strategically looking for in which to participate in. avenues to gain enrollment.”

The Great Lakes Valley HOWLEY In response to the demand Conference, which is the for a team, Willey said that the university conference in which all other UIndy launched a nationwide search through a athletics participate in, does not include series of professional publications and the lacrosse in its list of sports. Both Stocks NCAA employment site. and Howley said that they hope to find After searching through many ap- a conference so that they can qualify for plicants from around the country, Greg the NCAA Division II tournament when Stocks and Jillian Howley were chosen to the team is fully developed. lead the new men’s and women’s teams, Willey said that she believes the unirespectively. versity made the right choice in hiring With Stocks and Howley, the program the newlywed couple. is building a foundation, as the newlyweds “We are so lucky to have them,” she already have worked together at Lake Erie said. “The Greyhound coaching famCollege, before bringing their experience ily has become stronger with those two to UIndy. folks coming on board. We are all looking “You might think that it’s difficult [to forward to another great year [of UIndy work with a spouse], but we are used to sports].” working together,”Howley said.“We met As the coaches recruit and gear up for at work, so it has just become normal.” the upcoming season, the university can Stocks and Howley both explained take pride that the fledgling team is off that they have already started to recruit to a great start. Key Stadium will host potential Greyhound student athletes for both the men’s and women’s games the the future teams. Stocks explained that first season gets underway.

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Coming off a second-straight trip to the NCAA Division II playoffs and another Great Lakes Valley Conference championship, the University of Indianapolis football team is preparing to return to the gridiron once again this season. Despite returning 15 of 22 starters from last year’s squad, the football team will present some new faces at a few key positions.

For the first time since 2011, someone besides former quarterback Chris Mills, who graduated this past year, will step in to the helm the position under center, entering the first game of the season.

Redshirt junior quarterback Connor Barthel is that individual, and due to an injury received by Mills midway through last season, Barthel will enter this season with experience already under his belt and a Pre-Season All-American First Team nod by a national panel from the USA Football Network, Inc. “It [filling in at the position last season] gave me great game experience leading into the offseason,” Barthel said. “Knowing that I would be the starter going into the next season just made me confident throughout the whole summer that I knew what I was doing with the offensive line and the receivers with getting the timing down and running.”

The Greyhounds will return nine starters from last year, with Mills and former running back Klay Fiechter departing, which is something Barthel said will be beneficial to being comfortable and familiar with one another on that side of the ball.

“It [having nine starters back] is going to be huge, just as an offense,” he said.

“Hopefully, we will be able to pick up right where we started last year in perfecting small things that we didn’t necessarily all have last year.”

Barthel said that he believes this year’s experienced offense has the capability to be equally dangerous in both the run and pass game.

“We are excited about everything that we can do,” he said. “Some people are asking if we are going to run or pass the ball more, and we really don’t know.

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UIndy redshirt junior quarterback Connor Barthel looks to pass the football during a home game in 2013. ball, and then we have great offensive linemen for protection and great receivers, where we could pass the ball. We have a lot of options that we are going to explore and become the best offense that we are capable of being.”

On the defensive side of the ball, however, only six players return for the Greyhounds this season.

Senior defensive back Koby Orris, who will be a returning starter this season as a member of the USA Football Network, Inc. Pre-Season All-American Second Team, said that despite losing three defensive linemen, one linebacker and one defensive back, he believes each position of the defense will be prepared by the start of the season.

“I think every position group has at least one veteran guy that has played a lot of football, and so hopefully at least at every position we [the experienced starters] will have the [new] guys going and playing well,” he said. “We know what it takes. So I think that is going to be our biggest job this year as senior leaders.”

On special teams, senior kicker Scott Miller will return to helm the position as a USA Football Network, Inc. Pre-Season First-Team All-American, while senior Pavel Polochanin will be the lone punter on this year’s roster.

Miller, already an owner of several records for a kicker at UIndy, is just 26 points away from surpassing Fiechter as the program’s all-time leading scorer.

Unlike last season, when UIndy began the year with back-to-back home games,

the Greyhounds will begin this season with three consecutive road games, starting with the Saginaw Valley State University Cardinals. The opening match up this season between the Greyhounds and Cardinals will feature two in-region teams that both appeared in last year’s playoffs.

According to Head Football Coach Bob Bartolomeo, the Greyhounds, rather than looking ahead of how the schedule is arranged, will approach each game one at a time.

“It’s a tough schedule—three games in a row on the road to start with, and then four out of the first five—but that’s the way it was [for our schedule] in 2012,” he said. “So it [playing three-straight road games] is no excuse. With the conference realignment, we were expecting to have a home game that third week, and it just didn’t happen. We are going to play our schedule the way it is set, and we will not have any excuses for it.”

Looking at the upcoming season as a whole, however, Barthel said that he believes this year’s Greyhound team is capable of accomplishing something that has never happened in program history.

“I have no doubt—with the coaching staff, work ethic and dedication that we have—that we can make it to the national championship and make a huge impact on this university, going further than we have gone before,” he said.

The Greyhounds will get the 2014 season on the road against Saginaw Valley State University on Saturday, Sept. 6, with kickoff scheduled to take place at 7 p.m.

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