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The Greyhound Village Apartments should be ready for students to occupy by August of the Fall semester. The apartments will feature a fitness center, study room, lounging areas, sand volleyball courts and more.

Greyhound Village to be completed by fall semester

By Tony Lain STAFF WRITER

The Greyhound Village Apartments currently under construction should be ready in August in time for the fall semester, according to Greyhound Village Marketing Manager Zach Brown.

“Right now, we’re actually a little bit ahead of schedule,” Brown said. “We should be ready to give hard hat tours in the next couple of weeks.”

The apartments will be available for mostly upperclassmen. The apartments will feature a fitness center, sand volleyball courts, lounging area, study room, outdoor lounging area with a fire pit, their own social events, on-site management

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Provost’s Lecture speaks of Belize Central Prison Spring Term trip The seventh annual Provost ’s Lecture took place at Ruth Lilly Performance Hall at 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 16. The lecture was a part of the Changing the Conversation sequence of the University Series.

Activist Bree Newsome tells her story of racial inequality The University of Indianapolis began its spring Diversity Lecture Series on Feb. 17. The first speaker of the series, activist and artist Bree Newsome, talked about what brought her to become an activist in her lecture called, “Tearing Hate from the Sky.” Newsome said at first she had not meant to become an activist when she made her now famous climb up the flagpole.

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and annual agreements with no extra charge for vacation or summer access, unlike other current residence halls on campus, according to www. greyhoundvillage.com.

“The most exciting aspect of the Greyhound Village Apartments is that they combine the best of both worlds,” Brown said. “People can enjoy all the perks of on-campus life with relaxed apartment guidelines.”

The Greyhound Village allows residents to live with whomever they wish, regardless of gender. The Greyhound Village also will be the only on-campus housing that allows for the lawful and responsible consumption of alcohol by anyone over 21 years of age, according to Brown.

Sophomore accounting major Colten Black will live with three other friends in the Greyhound Village Apartments next year.

“I’m just excited about having a place to myself and my own room and bathroom while living with good friends,” Black said.

“It will feel like a home away from home.”

There are still vacancies for those interested in living in the Greyhound Village Apartments next school year.

The most available units are the twobedroom, two-bath suites. About 75 percent of the three-bedroom suites are taken, and 85 percent of the singles have been spoken for. Only 32 percent of the beds have been filled in the fourbedroom suites. All bedrooms have their own bathroom regardless of which type of unit they are in.

Each apartment will come with furniture and appliances, including a washer and dryer, hardwood-style flooring, granite countertops, a fullsized kitchen, balconies and patios (for select units) and access to the University of Indianapolis cable and Internet services included, according to www. greyhoundvillage.com. To promote the Greyhound Village Apartments, students who take a tour before Feb. 28 have a chance to win a $500 giftcard.

There is a partial model of the Greyhound Village’s interior featured on the main floor of the University of Indianapolis Schwitzer Student Center, located directly behind the Hub Information Center, for those interested in learning more.

UIndy Gamers hosts charity event Club raises money for Extra Life, a non-for-profit charity that works with Riley Hospital

By Robbie Hadley BUSINESS MANAGER The registered student organization UIndy Gamers hosted a charity event to benefit Extra Life on Saturday, Feb. 20.

In the Schwitzer Student Center, UIndy halls there was a plethora of games ranging from Nintendo 64 “Mario Kart” to Arcade Cabinets, classic board games and “Magic: The Gathering.”

Participants were asked to donate to play games and have pizza. Vice President of UIndy Gamers and junior nursing major Levi Ward explained what the event was trying to accomplish.

“We are working with Extra Life, which is a non-for-profit charity that works really closely with Riley Hospital,” Ward said. “You play games all night, you eat food, you hang out with friends, and you pledge money for this charity.”

Ward said UIndy Gamers first got the idea to work with Extra Life a few months back when a board member pitched the idea. Once the group solidified their plan, they contacted Extra Life, which helped them find things like video game arcade cabinets.

“It just kind of got rolling from there,” Ward said. “We got numerous different game centers around town like Game Preserve and Game Paradise to donate a game for raffle prizes. If you go to places and say, ‘We are doing a charity event,’ then they will be more than happy to give you stuff [for the event].”

Kevin Trehan is president of the Indianapolis Guild for Extra Life. He offered some additional insight into Extra Life and what it does.

“Extra Life started roughly seven or eight years ago,” Trehan said. “There was a family who had a daughter who was suffering from leukemia. So in order to raise money to help pay for her hospital fees and other things like

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Junior exercise science major Will Vermillion plays “Crisis Zone.” Students were asked to donate to play games. that, they [Extra Life] got together and started doing a gaming marathon. People come in and play some games for 24 hours.

Unfortunately, she did pass away, but they keep that legacy going on. It grew from starting out with a small family and it is now a worldwide event.”

Aside from the annual large event, Trehan said that Extra Life Indianapolis tries to have events similar to the one UIndy Gamers hosts at least once a month, if not several times a month. They also go to conventions such as Indiana Comic Con, Gen Con, Indy Popcon and others, to raise awareness for the charity.

“We try to go to a lot of the smaller ones [events]. Right now, we have people working at Anime Crossroads,” Trehan said. “We also have [a] partnership with the Microsoft store up in the Fashion Mall in Keystone. On Super Bowl day, they [the Microsoft store] were hosting Madden tournaments at their store, so we went up there and hung out with them. We try to go to big events, small events, as many as I can go to.”

Trehan said in the end, the goal for an event such as the University of Indianapolis’was more exposure for Extra Life.

“The biggest goal really, is just spreading the word,” Trehan said. “We don’t really ask for donations but we always welcome them. Our biggest thing is getting other people to know about Extra Life and sign up for it, because the important thing is expanding the outreach.

That in itself brings in the donations for the hospitals.”

Ward said in the future, UIndy Gamers wants to try to make their event even bigger.

“I would love to see this happen again on a bigger scale,” Ward said. “I’d love to see more arcade cabinets, more things to do in there. Hopefully this event will grow and kind of be one of those huge events that people look forward to.”

The group raised more than $200 for Extra Life and Riley in its inaugural event. Anyone interested in the Extra Life charity can go to extra-life.org for more information or to sign up.

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The Department of Modern Languages is set to change its name and curriculum beginning in the 2016-2017 academic year. According to the Chair of the Modern Languages Department and Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies Peter Vakunta, Modern Languages will be called Global Languages and Cross Cultural Studies, to better represent the new curriculum.

Beginning in the 2016-2017 academic year, both the French and German majors will no longer exist and will instead be replaced by a Franco-Germanic Studies major, Vakunta said. A Latin American Studies major also will be added to the department’s new curriculum. Associate Professor of Spanish Daniel Briere said that because of the change, the department also is planning to remove some courses that are currently offered.

“Obviously there have been a number of classes that will be eliminated,” Briere said. “We are in the process of going through the curriculum committees, so that they can approve the deletion of French and German as majors and minors and incorporating these two majors that we have into one we call Franco-Germanic Studies. The other [new major is] Latin American Studies.... They are interdisciplinary majors because they’re pulling from a variety of sources of disciplines like international relations, communication … and history.”

Within the new majors are courses intended to teach students more about the culture of the people whose language they are studying. Students can take courses such as COMM 333: Intercultural Communication, ANTH 200: Global Problems, HIST 331: History of Latin America, IREL 100: World Regional Geography and others that pull from other departments to enhance students’ knowledge of history and culture.

According to Vakunta, students need to obtain 32 credit hours to graduate with a major in Global Languages and CrossCultural Studies and are required to take the basic languages—101, 102, 201—from which they will earn eight credits. The language they choose to study will be specific according to the student’s chosen major. For example, Franco-Germanic Studies majors can pick between taking the basic levels of French or German and students who focus on Spanish or Latin American Studies can take the basic levels of Spanish. Students who pursue Spanish can continue to take upper-level courses, but the upper-level French and German courses may been eliminated in the curriculum change. Briere and Vakunta said they were being eliminated due to the 10-student minimum policy put in place by the university.

“Last summer, it was announced that the 100- and 200- level classes would need a minimum of 10 students to be allowed to go ... in the coming year,” Briere said. “[In] the academic year 2016-17, all classes would have to have at least 10 [students].… When we looked at the history of the enrollment of French and German, it became crystal clear that having 10 [students] was more of an exception than a constant.… French and German realized they could not meet this minimum of 10 [students], so that engendered our looking into what other possibilities can we work up.”

Briere said that when they realized French and German would not meet the requirement, they began looking into other possibilities, so that they did not have to completely eliminate those languages.

He said the Department of Modern Languages worked together in a very collegial manner, making sure they agreed with the changes, but that the process was still complicated. According to Briere, the department wanted to make sure it could retain the Spanish major and upper-level courses, while still finding a way to work in a major including French and German.

He said the department began to look online at what other colleges were doing, to get ideas, and also checked what kinds

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

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Music still inspiring social change

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By Erik Cliburn EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

As music has become intertwined with our culture and the way we see the world, so too has it become a voice for political and social change in societies around the world. Musicians, even more than politicians, have the ability to reach the masses on an emotional level and affect the way we view policies, candidates and society.

Although there has been political activism in music before, the politically charged nature of music didn’t break into popular music until the 1960s and 1970s during the era of the Vietnam War. Artists like The Beatles, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane and The Who protested the war and the turmoil it brought upon their generation. The Beatles’ song “Revolution” is a very good example of a politically charged

song; it advocated for a revolution, but by peaceful means rather than through the violence called for by some groups.

Bob Dylan is known as one of the most socially and politically active musicians ever. His song “The Times They Are A-Changin” fell both in the political and social category: it made clear that society is in a constant state of change and that people should not try to stop the social and political efforts of the youth. The songs that these musicians created encapsulated the voices of their entire generation, to the point now that nearly everyone who looks back at the Vietnam War sees it as a mistake.

After the end of the Vietnam War and as the 1980s began, hip-hop and rap began to take the spotlight for politically charged music. Artists such as Public Enemy, N.W.A., A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, Rage Against the Machine, Mos Def and Tupac Shakur

Becoming older is a blessing, not a curse

By Mercadees Hempel MANAGING EDITOR Tomorrow I will be 22 years old. The countdown to my birthday always begins on Feb. 1, and this past month I was introduced to a phrase I have come to loathe.

I’d cheerfully walk into a room and when someone asked what was up, I’d say, “My birthday is in X days.” The person naturally would then ask how old I was going to be.

Upon hearing I was going to be 22 years old, that terrible phrase was said.

“22? So all your fun birthdays are over.

There’s nothing to look forward to after you turn 21. It’s all going to go downhill from here.”

To this I can only reply, “Seriously?”

In my experience, there seems to be seven birthdays we deem important. The first one is of course the first one, the one you cannot actually remember. Then it’s when you turn five, and you get to go to school. (Unless you’re me, and you didn’t go to school until you were six.) Then you turn 10, and people make it a huge deal because you’re in the double digits. Then you turn 13, and it’s important because you’re a teenager. Then there’s your sweet 16. Next, you turn 18, and you’re legally an adult. Then you turn 21, and you’re finally allowed to drink and be merry. Then apparently it all goes downhill.

But your life ideally does not end at 21.

You hopefully have several decades ahead of you to enjoy, if that’s what you want.

I say words like ideally and hopefully because I know all too well that isn’t the case for everybody.

My aunt died when she was a teenager.

A family friend died at 64 last year. We have all heard the tragic stories of people dying at various ages. There are countless people who don’t make it to this point of life.

That’s why I view every birthday, whether it’s age 11, 22 or 57 as a blessing. I once heard a saying that I believe perfectly sums

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this up: “Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.”

Age really is just a number sometimes.

I am going to be 22 years old, and I still watch anime on Cartoon Network on Saturday nights. My favorite book of all time is “Abarat” by Clive Barker. I have read it over and over again, but the first time I read it was when I was 10.

Twelve years later, it still resonates with me the same way it did then. Gorillaz has been my favorite band since I was 12 years old, and I still love watching “Goosebumps” in October.

My point is not everything automatically changes when you turn a certain age. And what has changed about me has changed for the better. My skills are considerably sharper, my knowledge has expanded, I have become closer with my family every year, and I have made so many friends that I will carry in my heart for the rest of my life.

I enjoy television shows targeted towards adults now, read books of more merit and have an appreciation for things I couldn’t comprehend before.

And the reason why this has happened is not just because I worked hard for it, but also because every time I blew out the candles on my birthday cake I knew another chapter in the book of my life had been completed and another one was about to begin. It doesn’t matter what the number is; what matters is the story you choose to tell.

So my fun birthdays are not over because the fun is not over. There are still good times to look forward to. I am excited to see what being 22 years old brings. I will end my junior year and start my senior year when I’m 22. I will continue to develop my mind and my relationships at 22. And next year, when it is my birthday again, I hope to look back and say, “Wow, that was fun.

I can’t wait to see what happens next.”

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had become the new voices of political and social strife throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Rap and hip-hop gave a voice to people who had been unheard for so long, and it was obvious that this was a different political movement than that of the 1960s and 1970s.

Many rappers used their music as a way to vent their frustrations about the world around them, and it worked.

N.W.A. became notorious for their social and political stances against police brutality directed against minorities.

This was blatantly apparent in their song “F--- Tha Police”which led to them being investigated by the F.B.I. Although the music expressed much darker and more violent subject matter than the music of earlier generations, it brought about a deeper understanding about the issues.

It is interesting to consider that during the time when any of these groups listed

were popular they were considered the counter-culture, but now as a whole many of us have seemed to have adopted the viewpoints that these musicians expressed decades ago. This speaks volumes about how music can affect our political and social identities.

Musicians today still express social and political dissent. Artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Hozier, J. Cole, Green Day, Lupe Fiasco and Beyoncé bring issues into the limelight, and with the help of social media this has become even easier in today’s society.

Kendrick Lamar released “To Pimp a Butterfly” in 2015. It commentated heavily on the “Black Lives Matter”movement, the events that took place in Ferguson, Mo. and the seemingly escalated police shootings on minorities. His political stance has only increased his popularity, which goes to show that young people really do have an interest in social and

political change.

Music linked with politics and social change is nothing new, but it seems to become more popular as our society progresses. It is important that we have artists who care enough about issues to write songs and create followings around causes.

A social issue that seems to be prevalent in music today is LGBTQIA rights and marriage equality. These issues were portrayed heavily in the 2014 song “Take Me To Church” by Hozier. Though these issues have been talked about for a long time, they have only been recently brought into the popular music sphere because of artists like Hozier.

Too many celebrities, such as the Kardashians, do not use their social influence to bring about any positive change, so when musicians feel the need to express their views through song, I fully support that.

If Donald Trump Ran UIndy

“Nursing majors are coming here, they whine about course load, they’re always so tired looking.

And most, I assume, are good people.”

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Humor can ease pesky election year blues

By Michael Rheinheimer OPINION EDITOR

Donald Trump is not fit to be the leader of the free world.

He makes fun of people with disabilities.

He hates women and has even gone so far as to blame his treatment by Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly on her reproductive cycle.

He has no understanding of the importance of international cooperation in fighting ISIL. All of that aside, he’s really appealing to the lowest common denominator in our country. (And while I’ll be talking about the idea of a “lowest common denominator” among voters in the next issue, let’s just agree for now that his camp has attracted some of America’s kookier citizens.)

One of my professors calls this the

“political silly season,” and that’s really what it’s become.

Recently, Jeb Bush’s campaign forgot to renew the domain JebBush.com. The Trump campaign quickly bought the domain name and had the site redirect to Trump’s website.

Hate him or not, that’s pretty funny.

Go to TedCruzForAmerica.com. If you’ve been paying attention to the news, you’ll get a small chuckle from what you see there. I’ll just say if you want to emigrate to Canada, check out that site.

This is a pretty weird election cycle.

Columnists from across the country are commenting on things like the “death” of the Republican Party. There’s an honestto-God democratic socialist running for the presidency, and he’s actually doing pretty well.

The fact is, those same columnists that are predicting the death of the Republican Party are the ones calling Donald Trump a fascist.

As I’ve said, he’s not fit to lead, and as you’ve probably already guessed I’m not a fan of his at all, but is he really the one who’s going to single-handedly destroy America? Probably not.

My advice to surviving this crazy election cycle is to learn to laugh at as much of it as possible.

If you think Donald Trump is a monster, a racist, sexist power-hungry monster, consider this: The best way to take away the monster’s power is to stop seeing the monster as a threat. Laughing at the monster when he stumbles or, in the case of the website, does something legitimately funny, is perfectly fine.

If you think about it, elections are a stressful time. Nothing short of our country’s future is at stake. People on all sides are stressed beyond belief.

Let’s all take some time to appreciate just how funny national elections can be.

Now excuse me while I go grab some popcorn.

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Students teach swim lessons to kids

Head Swimming and Diving Coach Jason Hite creates swimming lessons program to teach children in the Indianapolis community the correct way to swim

By Laken Detweiler SPORTS EDITOR When Head Swimming and Diving Coach Jason Hite arrived at the University of Indianapolis this school year, he knew that he wanted to start a swimming lessons program. The program takes place on Monday and Wednesday nights and is for children ages 4-14.

“You know, for a couple of reasons [I wanted to start a swim lessons program],” Hite said. “It keeps me and my staff connected to the grassroots of swimming. We wanted to teach kids the correct way. It also brings people to the university and on the campus, so it’s exposure, which is something that is important for a university to have.”

Assisting with the lessons are Assistant Swimming and Diving Coach Ashley Steenvoorden and five to six students, four to five of whom are swimmers. One of the students assisting is sophomore communication major and swimmer Patrick Kays.

“It is a great way, obviously, for kids to learn how to swim because I think that’s one of the essential things they need to learn,” Kays said. “It’s a great way for the Greyhounds to kind of reach out back to the community, both in and out of the school. I know a lot of the kids who are in the program come [out] and support the Hounds at the [swim] meet[s]…. It’s just a good way for us to give to them and them to give to us.”

Hite sees the program as beneficial to the UIndy swimming program as a whole and to his swimmers. He believes that if

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Junior graphic design and marketing major and swimmer Torie Pena teaches a child the basic steps to swimming. The program is for children ages 4-14. one of his swimmers can teach one of the children how to do something, that swimmer will be able to internalize it and do it better himself or herself in practice and at a meet.

Many of those taking the swimming lessons are the children and grandchildren of UIndy faculty and staff or are from the surrounding schools, according to Hite. His hope is that these lessons will give the children a love for the sport.

“I think it is [important that we as swimmers are helping with these les-

sons],”Kays said.“The most beneficial part about it is that a lot of faculty [members] are taking their kids through the lessons.

So the fact that the faculty gets to see us not only in one of our better elements, the pool, but also in another element of giving back to the community, I think that’s huge…. It’s just a big thing for us to help little kids…. As much as I’m teaching them, they’re teaching me how to … respect little kids, and how to help them do what they need to do to become a better swimmer.”

Comedians Josh Johnson, Bobby Hill perform their acts at UIndy

By Josie Clark EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

The University of Indianapolis Campus Program Board hosted comedian Josh Johnson in the Schwitzer Student Center at 9 p.m. on Feb. 16. Johnson has performed at colleges and festivals all over the country, as well as the world famous “Laugh Factory,” according to the description of the event on myuindy.edu. The winner of the 2015 Snubfest in Chicago and the Devil Cup in New York, and one of Comedy Central’s Comics to Watch, Johnson traveled from Chicago with his opening act, comedian Bobby Hill.

Hill addressed racism and racial terminology, drugs, run-ins with the police and what it is like to be a six-foot tall man.

Johnson took the stage about half an hour later wearing a blue flannel shirt and jeans. His comedic set spoke of his theatre background, poor football experiences, small stature, encounters with beautiful women and rejections via text-message.

“If you’re looking at me, and you think, ‘This looks like a guy that’s been mugged,’ you’re right,” Johnson said at the beginning of his performance.

He talked about his many encounters with women, primarily in a self-deprecating fashion. The comedian spoke of his southern roots and his family as well, but many of the stories described his love life, or lack thereof.

“I need a girlfriend now, not even for companionship,” Johnson said. “I need someone to shame me back to reality. I need someone to go, ‘Ew!’ so I’ll wash myself….

I got in the shower the other day with an umbrella just to see how it would feel… It

did feel like rain.”

Johnson did not disappoint sophomore criminal justice major Hailey Oldham. She read about the event on the flyers distributed around campus.

“I like coming to events like this,” Oldham said. “It’s a good distraction from school and work.”

Sophomore experience design major Jensen Swaim is the live performance chair for CPB. She said that a handful of CPB members attended showcases

hosted by the National Association for Campus Activities.

“We sit through [NACA] showcases to pick what we [want to] book on campus,” Swaim said.

NACA offers programming entertainment to fit all budgets and believes that campus engagement develops student involvement, according to its website.

The next CPB performer is magician Michael Kent, who is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 25, at 9 p.m. in UIndy Hall A.

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Josh Johnson performed at UIndy on Feb. 16. He was named one of Comedy Central’s Comics to Watch.

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of courses it could offer to students based on that and what was already being offered in other departments.

“Well, the department—once it realized that German and French could not survive with a minimum of 10 [students] at the upper levels—operated in, I would say, a very collegial manner in trying to design classes that would be used in the [new] major [and] for Spanish, but [also] courses that would not necessarily have to be driven by the language itself but by the material contained in the courses, such as a translation course, such as a course heavy on cultural studies that might consider a class with international constituents or clients,” Briere said. “These are areas that we have some knowledge about because we have dealt with the countries and the different nationalities ...”

To approve these changes, they have to go through various committees. Briere said they began the process by deciding what they wanted to change and putting together all of the information about the changes. “[We also had to explain] our rationale

for the changes,” Briere said, “and so we provided a rationale for the deletions of French and German and we provided a rationale for the new majors. And that has gone through the SCAS [Shaheen College of Arts and Sciences] Curriculum Committee and is now on its way to the UCC, University Curriculum Committee, and then once it passes there, then it goes on to the [university] senate then becomes more or less operational.”

Vakunta said they plan to implement the new curriculum and name change beginning in the 2016-2017 academic year, but students who are already majoring in French and German will be able to continue with their major.

These students will be referred to as pipeline students, and the department will work with them to come up with alternative methods to ensure that they can still graduate on time with their intended major.

“There are three things we can do,” Vakunta said. “The first one is that we can waive some of the requirements. I

can waive it if somebody has had some exposure to a foreign language community and that student had to take a course that is focused on culture.... If somebody ... has done an extensive stay in the target language culture, like S pain, I would say, ‘OK we can count that toward your degree and cultural acquisition... ’ Number two, we can come up with alternatives... say, for example, you did not take one of the courses you were supposed to take, and it’s now eliminated.

I would look for a different course ... that will fulfill the same course requirement.

So there is a possibility for us to substitute courses that have been eliminated. And the third one is … the directed readings. We can do one-on-one with the students. It’s called 440, Directed Readings … So we

In college, Hite was an elementary education major, following which he taught first and second graders for 13 years. He said that he loves working with children, and that’s one of the reasons that he has been coaching swimming since he was 15 years old. For 25 years since then, whether through high school or college coaching, he has managed to continue to help develop young swimmers. Hite said he enjoys teaching young swimmers because they are excited and hungry to learn.

“I’ve always had a hand in coaching

little guys and little girls, and I really enjoy that aspect,” Hite said. “Like I said, it’s the grassroots of it, and it’s fun to teach those kids that are so excited and hungry to learn.”

According to Kays, he has gained a sense of responsibility by coaching a group of young swimmers, because the children trust him in a pool where they cannot touch the ground.

Another lesson he has learned is how to wrangle a group of four-year-olds and yet still enjoy being around and helping younger swimmers to step outside of their comfort zone. “[One of the things I’ve enjoyed is] when a little kid is about to jump off the diving board for the first time,” Kays said.

“I’m swimming right under them about to catch them, and they’re terrified. No one wants to do it their first time. And when they finally do it, it’s a lot of fun [for them].”

Hite said that he hopes this brings exposure to UIndy’s swim program, and the university, so that down the road students may come back to UIndy when it comes time for them to select a college.

“There’s a lot of different reasons why we do it [these swimming lessons], but really, honestly, the big one is [that] I love swimming, and I want kids to learn the right way to do it,” Hite said. “…

You never know when kids are going to come back 10 years later and say, ‘Hey, I had a great experience over at UIndy.

That might be a school I want to go to.’

Whether they swim or not, it’s a positive exposure to the university as well.”

UIndy Police engage in new partnership

By Jessica Mehrlich EDITORIAL ASSISTANT The University of Indianapolis Police Department has officially entered into a partnership with Sheriff Layton as of Monday, Feb. 15.Through this partnership, emergency phone calls will now be dispatched through Marion County.

This was arr anged with the help of both Chief of Police David Selby and Lieutenant Hailey PadgettRiley. According to Selby, this change will make a significant positive impact.

“It [the partnership] sends us lightyears ahead of where we were,” Selby said.

“Out of this, we are actually a true 911 department. So when people dial 911, they will get Marion County emergency communication. They will hear that, and then they will take the information, and they will call us. If something really serious happens, IMPD [Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department] can hear it, too.

So it’s not going to be just us.”

Selby was concerned that when students call for help they will be confused by a Marion County dispatcher answering instead of a UIndy employee. He wants students to know that they did not call the wrong line.This is how things operate now.

“We’ve become real interoperable, because IMPD is hearing what is going on, so we are working back and forth,” Selby said. “We had a situation just a couple of weeks ago where one of our sergeants heard about an ambulance at Nicoson [Hall].

By the time he got over there, they were leaving, because they called 911 and didn’t bother to call us. We got the report, but now we are in the loop.”

According to Selby, this new system will help solve many of the UIPD’s problems and concerns.

“There was always an officer safety issue, because there weren’t a lot of people monitoring what we were doing down on the streets,” Selby said. “We did have communication with them, however they wouldn’t know if something happened unless someone called them. Another important issue we had was calling us after hours. The phone was transferred to this switch that sent the telephone call to the radio.... There wasn’t a clear conversation. You couldn’t understand what was going on a whole lot. And there was the issue of it would time out, so people thought we were hanging up on them, and we actually weren’t. Those two issues are what I think ... probably really pushed this forward.”

Padgett-Riley welcomes the new system. She thinks that it will bring benefits to everyone in the UIndy community.

“It is for officer safety, and they [the callers] get a more streamlined process,” Padgett-Riley said.“It’s going to help the UIndy community because we can get there faster. If someone is injured and they just call EMS [Emergency Medical Services], we are here on campus and can get there. We’re all first responders.”

Selby believes this program is unique.

He said many universities do not have this type of opportunity.

“What’s cool about this is [that] we’re the only campus that is a part of this right now,” Selby said.

If UIndy community members have questions about the new partnership, they are encouraged to contact the UIPD office.

are doing one-on-ones to enable students to be able to graduate on time.”

Although it may be more difficult for students with an eliminated major to fulfill their degree requirements, Vakunta feels that adding t h e Fr a n c o Germanic Studies major will be beneficial to future students.

“You have the opportunity to take a combined major that you may never have been able to before,” he said. “Because right now, we have a combined Franco-Germanic major that will expose us to two languages and cultures. For sure the second language acquisition is going to be [for] lower-level courses ... but at the end of the day, if you push your major in the Franco-Germanic Studies area, you’re going to be doing a bilingual major … It’s kind of a disguised

double major, because you’re dealing with two languages, two cultures and two world views.”

Being exposed to two cultures can give students an advantage in the job market and when competing with graduates of other universities who have a monolingual major, Vakunta said. He also feels that because the upper-level languages are being eliminated, students can benefit from studying abroad to further their proficiency in the language as well as have intercultural exposure.

According to Briere, the department also is looking to the future.

“There will be a new course that will be introduced, Selected Topics in Cross Cultural Studies, that will encourage any new development in any areas that we, as a department, may expand into,” he said. “Since it is cross-cultural, we might very well be looking at offering classes in some Asian programs or even some African studies. Those are two areas that are under consideration. Nothing has been officially done.”

“You have the opportunity to take a combined major that you may never have been able to before.”

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Wrestling prepares for Super Region 2 Women’s

basketball splits trip

By Madison Hays EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Photo Contributed by Jackie Paquette

Redshirt senior Josh Kieffer wrestled on Feb. 14 at the Dr. Lombardi Duals. Kieffer is currently ranked No. 5 in the NCAA DII Coaches Poll and was named GLVC Wrestler of the Week on Feb. 15.

By Maia Gibson STAFF WRITER The University of Indianapolis wrestling team’s regular season ended on Sunday, Feb. 14 with the Dr. Mark Lombardi Maryville Duals in St. Louis, Mo. UIndy faced Maryville University, Notre Dame College and Ouachita Baptist University.

UIndy fell to Maryville 30-18 and Notre Dame 26-15, but claimed a 31-14 victory over Ouachita.

Freshman Jordan Collins defeated all three of his opponents at 174 lbs. He defeated his Notre Dame and Maryville opponents with pins, and his Ouachita with a 16-4 major decision.

“That one was a little more difficult,” Collins said. “He was really good at staying on his back. I had a double armbar, and I couldn’t get him over.”

Six other members of the team defeated two of their opponents and added to the team’s score. Redshirt freshman Kyle Keller, senior Clayton Monebrake, redshirt freshman Dylan Faulkenberg, and redshirt senior Josh Kieffer were part of that group.

Before the Lombardi Duals, the Greyhounds competed against McKendree University on Feb. 9. Despite four wins, the Hounds fell 28-18. Kieffer, sophomore Tyler Scott at 197, redshirt freshman Brendon Kelley at 149, and redshirt junior Taylor DeLong at 184 each earned wins.

Graduate Assistant Wrestling Coach Alex Johns is proud of the ranking.

“It shows the work we’ve put in, the dedication, the hours spent [and] the training,” he said. “Most of the people who are ranked are individuals with a lot of experience. I think that some of our kids can definitely make a coming out party at regionals or nationals this year.

That’s definitely a big opportunity for them to showcase their talents.”

With the regular season in the books, UIndy is turning its attention to the NCAA Super Region 2 Tournament.

Johns is looking forward to what the team can do.

“We’ve got a pretty good opportunity as a team to do well,” he said. “I expect us to compete hard. This is the time to shine.

We’ve been preparing for this all year.”

Super Region is followed by the

NCAA Division II National Championships held in Sioux Falls, S.D. Johns expects some Hound wrestlers to advance to the championships.

“We have some experienced guys,” he said. “I think we’re ready. I think we have some guys that are definitely capable of making some noise.”

At the end of post-season competitions, the Hounds will focus on off-season training to prepare for their 2016-2017 season. The team will train together over the remainder of the school year, and those who stay on campus or in the area for the summer will train together, too, with the main focus on weight training.

The Hounds also will host summer wrestling camps for kids.

“It’s nothing too intense. Two days a week, they come in, and they get a chance to work out with the college guys,” Johns said. “I think it’s a good opportunity for the area kids, and then we can also practice.”

Collins hopes to improve his strength in the off-season. A lost match at the Greyhound Open in the first half of that season set a goal for him.

“He [his opponent] was just a lot better

than me, and it was noticeable,” Collins said. “It was a good experience because it gave me a goal to get to. Hopefully by the time I’m a junior or a senior, I’ll be that guy.”

Although Johns will not be coaching at UIndy next season, he sees a promising future for the team.

“I expect us to keep rising as a program,” Johns said. “…[We’ll keep] putting the best guys out there to compete.”

Johns graduated from UIndy in 2014 after wrestling as a Greyhound. He has coached since the fall of 2014. As a Hound, he has experienced firsthand the bonds that are made between teammates and coaches.

“They’ve come together in the wrestling room, on trips and outside,” he said. “...We’re all doing the same thing, we’re on the same routine [and] the same schedule.

So we all become pretty close. That’s the No. 1 thing [being close]. Even when I wrestled here, we were all one close-knit group.”

The NCAA Super Region 2 Tournament will be hosted at UIndy in Nicoson Hall on Feb. 26-27. The tournament is set to begin at 10 a.m.

Men win three straight, women fall to ISU

By Chelsea Faulk EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

The University of Indianapolis women’s tennis team has lost its last four matches. The team most recently fell to Illinois State University. On the other hand, the men’s tennis team is on a three game win streak after sweeping DePauw University.

Illinois State defeated the women 7-0.

During the match, junior Selenay Heper played the longest set by a Greyhound this season. In fourth slot of singles play Heper won the first set 7-6, but her opponent forced a third set after Heper fell 6-3. The two battled for 22 games before Heper lost 12-10.

In doubles, seniors Allie Smith and Macey Speer lost their fourth match of the season by two games or less, losing 7-5.

Due to the snowfall on Sunday, Feb. 14, the women’s match against Southern Illinois University was called following the fourth SIU point, the deciding number in Division I tennis. The final score was 4-0 in SIU’s favor.

Prior to playing SIU, the women were defeated by Butler University 6-1 on Feb. 12.

Sophomore Florence Renard settled into the first singles position and knocked off her opponent in straight sets, winning 6-4, 6-3. Renard was the lone Greyhound to secure a victory.

Despite the lost matches this season, Smith is using the experience to push herself and the team forward.

“One thing we are focusing on a lot is the mental aspect of it and staying mentally tough, because a lot of times that is the biggest factor, having confidence in

yourself and doing the right things on the court and staying focused,” Smith said. “We need to keep our confidence and [have] high energy levels with each match that we play.”

At DePauw, the men swept the Tigers 9-0. Sophomore Christoph Drechsler and freshman Magnus Mueller defeated their doubles opponents 8-0. Senior Luke Hubert and junior Marco Razo won 8-3.

The final doubles match was won by junior Arklon Huertas del Pino and sophomore Andrea Morlet. The duo won 9-8 (6).

Singles was not much different. Huertas del Pino, Drechsler, Hubert, Mueller and Razo all won in two sets. Morlet finalized the Hounds’sweep after winning his match in three sets, 6-0, 3-6, 6-1.

Against Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis on Feb. 13, the men defeated the Jaguars 5-2. Despite the win, the game did not start out in the Hounds’ favor.The Jaguars won two of the doubles to secure a one-point lead heading into singles, but UIndy responded with five wins in singles play to earn the win.

Huertas del Pino competed in the first singles slot and defeated his IUPUI opponent with two sets of 6-2. Drechsler also won in two sets. Mueller earned his first collegiate singles victory with a 7-5, 6-4 success. Hubert’s and Razo’s match were decided with tiebreakers that ended in the Hounds favor.

At Butler, the men fought for a 4-3 win over the Bulldogs on Feb. 11.

After UIndy lost the first doubles spot, Drechsler and Mueller defeated their opponents in No. 2 doubles, 6-3, to even the score. With the last point on the line, Hubert and Razo delivered a 6-4 win over the Bulldogs.

In the top singles slot, Huertas del Pino

Photo by Madison Hays

Senior Macey Speer beat her IUPUI opponent on Feb. 5. Speer won in straight sets with scores of 6-3, 6-2. rallied after losing the first set. Huertas del Pino ultimately won 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Hubert followed with a 6-3, 7-6 decision. With the Hounds one point away from securing the win, Razo sealed the deal with a 6-4, 6-1 decision.

Drechsler believes he’s part of a very special team, despite the lack of focus from time to time.

“We have a very talented team right now, and the only thing that is missing is a little bit of discipline and more focus during practice,” he said. “We are also missing the basics, so we are trying to get back to the basics and do what we are supposed to do on the tennis court.”

Head Tennis Coach Malik Tabet has enjoyed the DI competitions at the beginning of the season. He says it helps to develop his players’ mental toughness.

“We want to be able to challenge ourselves,” Tabet said. “Right now, it’s good to have this competition. I feel like by the time we are done with these programs, we will be able to tackle the national ranking [in] DII programs.That’s what we’ve been doing the last four years, and it has been working out OK.” The men and women will compete against Davis & Elkins College at the UIndy Tennis Center on Friday, Feb. 26, with the start time at 3 p.m.

The University of Indianapolis women’s basketball team bounced back from a loss earlier in the week to beat University of Wisconsin-Parkside on Saturday, Feb. 20, 69-59. The loss was to Lewis University on Thursday, Feb. 18.

UIndy opened the game against UWP with two baskets during its first two possessions to make it 4-0, but that was the only lead the Greyhounds would have until the end of the third. The fourth quarter was all Greyhounds. UIndy held the lead through the 10 minutes of play and went on a 14-0 run to close out the game.

Senior guard Princess German totaled 31 points in the win, while junior forward Nicole Anderson had 15. Sophomore guard Sarah Costello had her second career double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds.

The 64-55 loss to Lewis opened up with a first period score of 25-8 in favor of the Flyers. Even with another quarter of play, the Hounds could not close the gap, which meant that the score at the half was 33-18. Out of the break, UIndy was able to close the gap to single digits. The score stood at 39-32 going into the final quarter. Although the Hounds outscored the Flyers in the fourth quarter alone it was not enough to put them ahead of the Flyers overall. The game ended 64-55.

UIndy had four players reach doubledigit figure for the first time this season.

While facing William Jewell College on Feb. 13, the Greyhounds gained an 8-point lead in the first quarter, 18-10.The Cardinals attempted a comeback towards the fourth, but UIndy was prepared to fight until the 40 minutes were over and won with a two-point lead. Costello was the Hounds’ top scorer, setting a career high with 21 points. UIndy won 56-54.

Previously at Rockhurst, the Hounds lost 70-68 on Feb. 11. UIndy managed a lead until the last couple of minutes in the fourth quarter, when they lost by two points. German was UIndy’s top scorer of the game, with a game-high 25 points.

Despite the tough loss to Rockhurst, the team used it as a lesson and kept their eyes on the next game, which was William Jewell, according to Head Women’s Basketball Coach Constantin Popa.

“We fell apart at the last minute or so and lost the lead that we had,” Popa said.

“And it came down to the last shot, and it just didn’t happen. It was unfortunate. It was a tough loss…. We kind of panicked a little bit against a full court press, and we didn’t quite follow the game plan the way we set. That’s the one thing we need to make sure [of ], that we play 40 minutes.

Just the fact that we had a seven- [or] eight-point lead, doesn’t mean the game is over. Hopefully we learn from that, learn from the mistakes we made in the last minute or so, and pretty much just take care of the ball and make sure we understand that every position is really precious at that point in time.”

While this season may not have been the season they hoped for, the women have refused to give up the fight. Popa credits the women for their strong mindsets this season.

“It has been a rough season, and the one thing about the players is that they keep fighting,” Popa said. “It’s not easy to stay positive and to stay upbeat on this type of season, but they definitely do not give up, and they keep fighting. We keep fighting…. Hopefully, we can turn the court and get two wins in a row. That’s the one thing I never really question is their fight, and I can live with that. It would be a lot easier to fall and give it up, but they didn’t. So hopefully, we can sustain that fight.”

The team has its eyes set on conference as its end goal. German believes the team can make a comeback, just in time.

“I just want us to win conference so bad, and I know that we can. If there’s a team that can come from the bottom and have a struggle season and then go back and win it, I think we can,” she said.

UIndy will host Saint Joseph’s College tonight at 5:30 p.m. for Senior Night.

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Men’s basketball earns bye in GLVC Tournament

By Laken Detweiler SPORTS EDITOR The University of Indianapolis men’s basketball team finished its regular season road trips with a 85-74 win over the University of Wisconsin-Parkside on Saturday, Feb. 20.

The first half was full of back and forth play while neither team was able to grab a substantial lead. Wisconsin-Parkside was able to grab a three point lead to go into the locker room up 38-35.

The second half did not prove to be much different, until 11 minutes remained and the Greyhounds had an 8-point lead, 64-56. From there it was all Hounds.

UIndy’s largest lead was 13 points with 45 seconds to go.

Prior to the lead, the game was tied at 51-51 with 14 minutes remaining. Senior guard Jordan Loyd and sophomore guard Eric Davidson combined for 15 points during the Hounds 18-5 run.

Loyd led the game with a career high 36 points. He also finished with three steals. Senior guard Lucas Barker had two steals and redshirt sophomore guard/ forward Alex Etherington had one steal.

Senior forward Tyler Rambo and Barker finished with 12 points a piece.The Greyhounds combined for six blocks. Three of the blocks were from freshman forward Jesse Kempson.

Before beating Wisconsin-Parkside, the Hounds were defeated 101-89 by Lewis University on Feb. 18. The game concluded with a 29-10 run by the Flyers to secure them the win. Prior to the game, Head Men’s Basketball Coach Stan Gouard knew what needed to happen on the road trip.

“Well, you know, we’re playing for a lot right now. The regional rankings came out of course, and we’re No. 7. [As of Feb. 17, the Greyhounds ranked No. 5 in the NCAA Midwest Regional Rankings.]

We know Lewis is not in the top eight right now. [As of Feb. 17, Lewis is ranked No. 7.] They take the top eight for postseason play, so we understand how this game is going to come out,” Gouard said.

“Lewis has played us well over the course of the years. We handle them pretty well

here, so we’re sure those guys probably circled us in the calendar. But again, quick starts [and] execution on the offensive end [need to happen for us to win], but [also] just maintaining that defensive edge that we had earlier in the season. I feel like we lost that the past seven or eight games, so those are going to be some keys to us winning the basketball game. [And] just defensively [we need to] stop [Lewis’ sophomore guard Max] Strus of course.”

The Hounds stopped Strus from having the game-high score, but he still scored 22 of the Flyers’ 101 points. Five Flyers had points in the double-digits, compared to the Greyhounds’ four. Senior guard Joe Retic led the Hounds with 25 points during the game. Barker had a doubledouble with 10 rebounds and 11 points.

An overtime game against the William Jewell College Cardinals ended in UIndy’s favor. Retic contributed 23 points to the 96 points the Greyhounds scored. Three other players had double-digit points.

The game appeared to be won by the Hounds in the deciding seconds after Rambo came up with an offensive rebound from a missed 3-pointer from Loyd. Rambo found the basket, and it was good, until the buzzer sounded and the referees reviewed the play. The shot was called off, and the game was forced into overtime. UIndy won 96-89 in overtime.

While taking on Rockhurst the Hawks hit 11 of their first 13 shots, making the score 27-14. Five of those shots were 3-pointers. By the end of the first half, the Hounds had closed the gap and were only down by two points, 45-43. The Greyhounds could not make a come back in the second half, and the final score was 98-93 Rockhurst.

Leading the Hounds in points for the game was Loyd with 28 points. Barker and Rambo followed with 17 apiece, and freshman guard Jimmy King and junior forward/center Ernest Maize had 10 each.

One regular season game remains in the Greyhounds’ schedule, and then post-season play will follow, but only for the top eight teams in the regional rankings. Retic hopes to go out with a bang but also leave a little something behind to the younger players.

“I’m a senior, so I want to send all the seniors out the right way just by playing

Photo by Kameron Casey

The Greyhounds competed against Truman State on Feb. 6. The Greyhounds won 87-86, and senior guard Lucas Barker had 10 points in 28 minutes of play. hard. And however far we go from there, [I also want to] show the younger guys what it takes to win at a high level and be a good example [for them],” Retic said.

Throughout the season, Retic has seen the team grow, on and off the court.

“I would probably say [we have grown in] maturity. I feel like there’s a lot [of ways we have changed throughout the season.] We couldn’t really take criticism and the coaches getting on us [at the beginning of the season]. We always responded in a negative way. But I think now we respond positive[ly], and we use that as motivation to get things done.

So I think maturity would be our biggest, biggest improvement,” Retic said.

“We have more of a brotherhood now….

Everybody was new [for the most part].

I think we built a bond with each other [this year, and] that takes time, of course.

So really [we’ve created a] friendship and brotherhood.”

Before traveling to Lewis and Wisconsin-Parkside, the Hounds had three games remaining. Now they have one, and Gouard knows the team needs to do well to put it in a good position for the post-season.

“Well, of course, we’re trying to earn

a good berth into the post-season play.

There’s three games left to be played, [and] we’ve got to take it one game at a time. But we’re just trying to get better, night in and night out,” he said. “We don’t have a problem scoring. We scored 93 points against Rockhurst, but we gave up 98. So scoring is not our problem. Our problem is generating some stops so we can win a ball game.”

The Greyhounds’ will play tonight against Saint Joseph’s College. Tip off is set for 7:45 p.m. The first round of Great Lakes Valley Conference tournament is slated to start on March 3.

Track teams honor Coach Ziraldo’s life

By Kylee Crane EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Personal bests are motivators for most athletes, but for the University of Indianapolis men’s and women’s track and field teams, there is a bigger one: Throwing Coach Randy Ziraldo.

Ziraldo spent four seasons with the Greyhounds before he passed away on Feb. 12.

While Ziraldo was in and out of the hospital, graduate assistant Tatiana Zhuravleva and volunteer assistant Matt Royer, both alums, took over coaching the throwers. Head Track and Field Coach Scott Fangman said that while Ziraldo had not been physically present, he was still able to participate and lead the team up until the day he passed away.

“Fortunately for us, when he was not present, he was still kind of present.

With modern technology, we were able to Skype [with him],” Fangman said.

“He officially stopped coaching in midJanuary, and that’s when Tatiana and Matt took over, but he would still mentor them [the throwers]. He was helping us up until literally the Friday he passed away. He was giving coaching advice and [had] reviewed video for two hours on that Thursday.”

Ziraldo passed away at 1 p.m., and the team was in the Athletics and Recreation Center practicing by 2:30 p.m. Fangman said that is the way Ziraldo would have wanted it.

“Some folks asked me, ‘Why are you guys doing that?’And I said ‘Because that’s what he would have done,’” Fangman said.

“A lot of us compete in athletics for an entirely different reason than what some others think, and that is to relieve stress.

We all have stress in our lives, and there is no greater stress than death itself. It was a way we could cope. We all coped by coming to work ... we’re all trying to live his legacy one day at a time.”

On Feb. 19-20 the Greyhounds were in three different states. The majority of the team was in Columbus, Ohio for the Buckeye Tune-Up. A group of the distance runners traveled to the University of Illinois for the Orange & Blue Open,

and a handful of field athletes traveled to DePauw University for the DePauw Indoor Classic.

For the men at the Buckeye Tune-Up, junior Eli Stidd earned second in the 60 meter hurdles. Freshman DeAndre Bluitt found himself in third place for the high jump.

Headlining the DePauw Indoor Classic was freshman Antwan Martin who took first in the 600 meter run. Junior Vincent Ziraldo also took first in the weight throw. Fellow junior Shaquelle Lewis earned runner up in the shot put with junior Stavros Stavrou taking third.

Junior Collin Craft took third in the triple jump.

On Feb. 12, the men’s and women’s teams competed at the Indiana Hoosier Hills in Bloomington. The following day, the teams competed at the UIndy Tom Hathaway Distance Carnival. Senior thrower Andrew Archer said that while Ziraldo was on his mind during the meet, he made sure to follow what his coach would have wanted.

“All of us had a very heavy heart going into that meet, for sure. But you know, our coach really left a legacy for us, and with that legacy we have to move on.

So with conference coming up, we need to continue to follow that and our path towards success. We’ve got to continue what he wanted us to do and just give our absolute best,” Archer said.

The teams are heading into the Great Lakes Valley Conference Indoor Championship meet next week, and Archer said that as a senior, he hopes to lead the team and himself to finish well.

“I feel like I’ve had to step up as a leader. Not having our coach here all the time, I’ve done my best to try and keep people on a straight path. I’ve just tried to keep a very positive attitude through it all and push everyone to keep a positive mentality,” Archer said. “Personally, I’m hoping to hit that first, second or third mark. I want to peak, just like coach wanted all of us to do, around conference.

And I think we will.”

The Greyhounds will travel to Kenosha, Wisc., for the GLVC Indoor Championships from Feb. 27-28.

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DEADPOOL MOVIE

>> “Deadpool” shattered box office records, estimated at $135 million, and was one of the biggest R-rated movie openings. The movie tells the story of a former special forces agent Wade Wilson diagnosed with terminal cancer, played by Ryan Reynolds. He searches for a possible cure, which results in his being turned into a “superhero,” just without the hero part.

“Deadpool” is by far the most sarcastic and daring Marvel character. Reynolds perfectly captured the role with his witty and comedic personality. “Deadpool” keeps you energized and on the edge of your seat throughout the entire film.

My favorite part of the film was when it was revealed how the villain received his name. Although the movie is R-rated, it definitely pushes the limits by including all that it does. If you are looking for a comedic and action-packed movie to go to this weekend, I highly recommend this movie. Just be careful taking younger children with you.

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>> “I miss the old Kanye. .. . I hate the new Kanye,” West freestyles in “I Miss the Old Kanye,” a tongue-incheek response to critics who miss the “easygoing” Kanye of his early career; the Kanye of shutter shades and pink polos.

This new Kanye is an angry Kanye who calls himself a god. “The Life of Pablo” combines the self-awareness and occasional self-pitying of “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” with the high-octane, righteously angry “Yeezus.” TLOP is a new Kanye. This Kanye makes overt references to the role he believes God has played in his career. In “Ultralight Beam,” the album’s opening song, a choir sings that they are on an ultralight beam.

However, instead of the choir in “Dark Fantasy,” this choir is singing about more than just getting higher. The old, angry Kanye of “Yeezus” is not present on this album. In truth, I’ll miss him quite a bit.

However, I think I can make room for this new Kanye in my life.

>> Mesh on Mass Avenue combines an elegant environment with unique cuisine. The mood of this restaurant allows for a romantic night with that special someone or a friends night out. I was seated in a room with six booths and about four tables, yet I was able to feel as if my mom and I were at a private dinner. As a starter, we ordered Apple Cider Caramel Monkey Bread, which was cinnamon and a subtle apple cider flavor all twisted up into one sticky loaf of bread with a side of caramel to dip into. I also ordered a small Mesh Salad, which had a kale base with arugula, mesclun, walnuts, quinoa, golden beets and goat cheese mixed into it. For my final course, I enjoyed the Benedict, which was a very hearty entrée. As far as pricing goes, brunch is not too steep, but other courses may be a bit more than a college student would like to pay. This restaurant may be more appropriate for special nights, or nights when your parents come to town.

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>> I’m going to be honest I chose to read this mainly because of the detailed book cover. “I’ll See You in Paris,” a novel by New York Times best-selling author Michelle Gables, is a story of love and mystery that sucked me in. The book starts out by focusing on Laurel and Annie Haley, a mother and daughter duo who are about to take a trip to England. Before they leave, Annie finds a book that her mother tries to hide.The book,“The Missing Duchess of Marlborough,”follows the story of Gladys Spencer-Churchill. As it turns out, Spencer-Churchill lived in the same area that Annie and her mother are visiting. Annie decides to investigate and finds out there are many secrets that her mother has kept from her. Filled with shocks and mysteries solved, this is a book I wanted to keep reading. I recommend this book for anyone looking for a good adventure story that encompasses real life historical characters and real-life love and heartbreak.

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>> Hundreds of dogs came out for the Indy Winter Classic Dog Show at the Indiana State Fair Grounds. I had never been to a dog show before, so this was a fun experience. There were about 10 show rings in the pavilion, so there was always something to watch. Even when I wasn’t watching the dogs in the rings, I was able to walk around and see the owners grooming their dogs. There were also a number of vendors set up throughout the building so people could shop. The only thing I found odd was that there were not a lot of actual spectators, mostly just the dogs and their owners.

It was interesting to see how seriously they take the shows and how much they enjoy doing it. Admission was only $7 and definitely worth it, especially if someone wanted to stay all day to watch all of the shows. I highly recommend going to see a dog show. It is something a little out of the ordinary, but a good time. I had so much fun, and I will be going back.

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Concert celebrates Indiana’s history, legacy University of Indianapolis’ history and political science professor Ted Frantz lectures on Indiana’s musical history during CDHFAC performance on Feb. 15

By Erik Cliburn EDITORIAL ASSISTANT The Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center hosted “Celebrating the History of Indiana Through Music” on Monday, Feb. 15 which celebrated the 200 years of Indiana statehood. History and Political Science Professor Ted Frantz served as the historian for the concert, lecturing on the musical history of Indiana before each song.

Professor of Music Rebecca Sorley organized the event and played the piano for all 16 tunes performed during the evening.

“I thought about it [the Celebrating Indiana concert] about five years ago when I knew that 2016 would be the bicentennial of Indiana,” Sorley said.

“There was an interdisciplinary grant that was available to us, so I thought we should combine with somebody who really knows a lot about history, because Dr. Frantz specializes in [the] history of the Midwest. I have learned a lot from talking to him.”

The concert began with a lecture from Frantz about the first four musicians listed in the program: Julia Niebergall, May Aufderheide, and Albert and Harry Von Tilzer. He discussed the artists’ German immigrant background and how they wrote music that tapped into the popular culture of the time.

The first two songs of the evening were “Hoosier Rag” by Neibergall and “The Richmond Rag” by Aufderheide.

Sorley said that women musicians had a very large role in ragtime music, and she

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Professor of Music Rebecca Sorley performs during the “Celebrating the History of Indiana Through Music,” which celebrated 200 years of Indiana statehood. wanted to showcase that.

Sorley then played “Tingle Tangle,”

by Harry Von Tilzer; “Spoontime,” by Albert Von Tilzer; and “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” also by Albert Von Tilzer (words by Jack Norworth). During Sorley’s performance of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” she asked that audience to stand up and sing the words to this American classic while she played the tune.

The next performance of the night

was different from the others in the concert. The performance was a musical monologue, with music from Frederic Krull set behind Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley’s “An Old Sweetheart of Mine.”

Narrator Nathaniel Hein, a graduate of both the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University and the Cleveland Institute of Music, read the poem as Sorley played piano behind him.

The next three songs Sorley played with

her daughter Allegra Sorley, a graduate and master of piano performance at Ohio University. The duo played “Stardust” (arranged by Michael Kocour) and “Georgia on My Mind,” both by Hoagy Carmichael, as well as “Night and Day” and a medley of “Easy to Love”and “I Get a Kick Out of You,” both by Cole Porter.

Sorley then played four songs by musician Ned Rorem: “Serenade for Two Paws,” “Golden Notes on Nearing Fifty,” “Snapshot of Jack” and “For a Perfect

Sister.” The “Jazz Dance Suite,” by David Baker followed that.

Allegra Sorley then came back on stage to perform with her mother a piece that she had arranged titled “Indiana Medley.” The arrangement included parts of five songs, including several college fight songs: “Indiana,” by James Hanley; “Indiana, Our Indiana,” by Karl King; “Butler War Song,” by John Heiney; “Victory March” (Notre Dame), by Rev. Michael Shea and the “University of Indianapolis Fight Song,” by James Stanton.

Junior music education major Giauna Neville enjoyed both the concert as a whole and the piece arranged by Allegra Sorley.

“I really enjoyed the last piece that Allegra Sorley arranged,” Neville said. “It kind of put all of Indiana’s music history into perspective, with jazz, college fight songs and tunes that we, as Hoosiers, are familiar with hearing.”

Neville also enjoyed the opportunity to learn more about Indiana’s history while listening to accompanying music.

“We, as music majors, are so focused on learning about things as they are, but we never really synthesize them together,” Neville said. “So it was cool to hear what was going on in history as well as what was going on musically. I knew Indiana had great jazz roots, but I didn’t know that a lot of the jazz roots with ragtime had not only influences from New Orleans at the time, but European music as well.”

The next concert in Ruth Lilly Performance Hall will be the Paula Dione Ingram Concert, which will take place tomorrow at 7-8:30 p.m.

‘Out of Order’ debuts for dinner theatre

By Melvin Mendez EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Va r i o u s members of the University of Indianapolis Department of Theatre performed Ray Cooney’s “Out of Order”as a dinner theatre preview on Thursday, Feb. 18. “Out of Order” is set in 1992 on the sixth floor of the Westminster Hotel in London, England.

The stor y is about Richard Willey, played by sophomore theatre major Josh Kruze, and Jane Worthington, played by senior theatre major Morgan Jackson, who are having an affair in a hotel room.

While in the hotel

room, they discover a dead body, played by junior theatre major Tyrell Harris, and struggle to get rid of it. Once the body is discovered, Richard calls his secretary, George Pigden, played by junior theatre and pre-med double major Tim Allen, to help him get rid of the body.

In the process of getting rid of the body, they encounter many obstacles, including their spouses Pamela Willey, played by junior theatre major Lizz Krull, and Ronnie Worthington, played by freshman communication major Jalil Stephens.

To prepare for the play, Jackson worked on her timing and her energy to perform the scenes.

“It was a difficult experience just because the show is so hectic, and it has to be this controlled chaos. For me, it was one of my hardest shows, working on getting the timing correct, getting the order correct, and making sure you are on point at all times,” Jackson said.

“At the same time, it’s one of the most energetic shows we’ve worked on, with a lot of new people in, and we all got to play and bounce off each other. All-in-all, it

was different from what I’ve been used to, but definitely fun to be in.”

Stephens is performing in his first play at UIndy and said his experience is unlike anything he has done before.

“It was definitely different for me because I have never been in a comedy before. This is my first comedy, and I’m glad that I got casted. I’m a freshman right now, and this is my first college play and I’m blessed to have been casted,” Stephens said. “Overall, it was definitely most fun I’ve had doing a play, ever. My cast members and my director worked so hard, and we’re blessed in having everything come out the way it did today.”

Having to get into character, Stephens explained how he saw the character of Ronnie Worthington and had talked about it with director Brad Wright.

“Ronnie is a ‘bloke,’ which is how we described him with the director before we started. He’s just a guy trying to figure out what happened with his wife and why his wife is in a hotel, because he’s been stalking [her] for the last couple of months,” Stephens said. “Ronnie is a

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Sophomore Josh Kruze and senior Justess Hurst perform in “Out of Order,” this semester’s dinner theatre. character that’s really demanding, because he wants to find out what happened to his wife. He has some deficiencies, but he is still a good person who’s just trying to figure out what the h--- happened.”

“Out of Order” will take place Feb. 25, 8-10 p.m. and Feb. 26 and 27, 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. at Schwitzer Student Center Dining

Hall. General admission will be $26 per person, $24 per person for senior citizens, groups of eight or more or non-UIndy students with ID and $14 per person for UIndy students, faculty and staff. These ticket prices include dinner.There are also tickets available to students that are free with ID, but they do not include dinner.

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Student works as chaplain intern at hospitals

Gaige Wintz participates in the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education’s program and gains experience as well as a stronger faith while working 12-hour shifts

By Michael Rheinheimer OPINION EDITOR Gaige Wintz’s career plans have shifted, but his goal of becoming a spiritual healer has never changed. Senior philosophy major Gaige Wintz is a chaplain intern at IU Health University and Riley Children’s Hospital, the first undergraduate chaplain intern in University of Indianapolis history. While the job often leaves him exhausted, he says it has helped him find his purpose in life.

“Some Saturdays, I’m working a 12-hour shift,” W intz said. “It’s tough and it’s exhausting, but this is how the chaplains do it. That’s pretty common for a lot of people working for at a hospital.”

When working a 12-hour shift, Wintz is on duty from 8 p.m. Saturday until 8 a.m. Sunday.

“Obviously, it eats up a lot of my weekend,” he said. “When I get off, I just go back to my apartment and want to sleep. I wind up sleeping for at least a few hours and it kind of messes with my sleep schedule. After sleeping until Sunday afternoon, it’s hard to fall back asleep and get any rest Sunday night.”

Despite the sleep issues, he said that

he is adjusting to his new rhythm.

Jeremiah Gibbs, University of Indianapolis chaplain and director of the Lantz Center for Christian Vocations, first told Wintz about the position.

“He was collaborating with one of the leaders of ACPE [the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education],” Wintz said. “It’s a program that most graduate seminaries recommend or require [students] to take. Jeremiah knew that I had an interest in chaplaincy, so ACPE allowed me, as an undergraduate student, to be in the program to see how it went.

They’re actually thinking about allowing undergrads to be a part of that program.”

W hile on duty, Wintz has experienced a wide variety of situations, which he calls life-changing.

“Whether that’s just talking to or listening to patients about their frustrations or their fears, their anxieties or their hopes. Whether they just want someone to listen or for prayer—sometimes they want communion,” he said. “And then you’re also with the grieving families.

Sometimes you’ll be called down into the emergency department and be with the patient or the family of the patient. As chaplains, we also minister to the staff.”

Ministering to the staff is a different feeling than ministering to patients,

“Definitely helping others and being with others and seeing others do the same thing builds up your faith alone.”

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Senior Gaige Wintz serves as a chaplain intern for IU University Hospital and Riley Children’s Hospital.

Wintz said.

“The staff are ministers too—to their patients,” he said. “They care about their

emotional and spiritual well-being as well.”

Wintz said the toughest part of his

job comes when he is sent to Riley. He says that in his mind, the children are so young and innocent that it forces him to confront big questions.

“It’s usually when the questions ‘why?’ pop up,” he said. “[Parents ask,] ‘Why has this happened to my child?’ Sometimes they don’t want an answer. Sometimes there is no answer.”

However, despite the younger children’s situations, many of them still smile and laugh. Wintz says they can still live in the moment and be happy. When they are healed and go home, that is a time of celebration for the families and staff who have cared for them.

Despite the situations Wintz has encountered in his ministering, he believes that his faith is now something he can cling to.

“I can say my faith, in general, is made stronger in the difficult situations that make you ask questions,” Wintz said.

“It makes you rely on your faith for the answers. Definitely helping others and being with others and seeing others do the same thing builds up your faith alone.”

Wintz considered Navy chaplaincy, which also serves the Marine Corps. Now with his current opportunity, he says his interest in military chaplaincy has grown.

“I think I would enjoy the military chaplaincy because of the diversity, the physical challenges and I would be experiencing many of the same things as the people I minister to,” he said. “Overall, I just like the diversity of serving people with many backgrounds and many faiths.

Chaplains minister to all.”

UIndy students broaden their Alum cultivates career in horizons by studying abroad agriculture, helps farmers

By Jessica Mehrlich EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

By Robbie Hadley BUSINESS MANAGER

Studying abroad can offer students exciting opportunities to explore the world without falling behind in their education, according to University of Indianapolis Study Abroad Advisor Julie Kiefer. She said traveling while in school is not as intimidating as it may seem at first. She said that many students believe that their major or financial issues will hold them back, but she is confident that there is a program for everyone.

“Do not let the money get to you,” Kiefer said. “Don’t let your money or your major get in the way of your studying abroad. It’s a big misconception that people say, ‘I can’t study abroad because it’s too expensive, or my major won’t let me do it.’ Well, anybody can study abroad regardless of major and if you come in, we’ll find a way to pay for it.”

Kiefer said that she was able to fund her travels to all seven continents and 42 countries without the help of her parents. She said that as a result of her travels, many doors were opened and opportunities granted to her. She believes that when students study abroad, they have something special that makes them stand out.

“I studied abroad as a student here,” Kiefer said. “I am a UIndy alum. If you take away this job, because it is an obvious job, every job I got was a result of studying abroad.

It makes you stand out; on your resume, it helps you stand out. It makes you a more worldly person. It makes you stand out amongst your peers. Lots of people have a 4.0 and graduate from good colleges.

Only 1 percent of the college population studies abroad. Well, now the national average is 1.5 percent. Here at UIndy we have 5 percent of our college students study abroad.”

Among UIndy students, some of the most popular and affordable destinations are Spain, England, Costa Rica, Prague and Ireland, according to Kiefer. Currently, the study abroad office is able to automatically give students travel grants of $400 for summer trips and $500 for semester trips. She also wants students to know that study abroad trips fulfill both the Local/Global Communities/ Theoretical and Experiential credits.

Junior communication major Quiaira Johnson spent a semester traveling to 11 different countries with Semester at Sea. During her voyage, she spent time in Lon-

Chuck Porter, a University of Indianapolis alum, has had careers in three states across nearly a thousand miles. He has focused on mission work and helping others.

Growing up in Rushville, Ind., he eventually came to UIndy to major in communication. He said that his emphasis was in radio, even becoming the student production manager for WICR on the UIndy campus. Porter said one of his greatest inspirations during his time at UIndy was his involvement with the student ministry.

“One thing I gained from being at UIndy is my involvement in the Christian life organizations,” Porter said. “I got so motivated by mission work that I realized even right there in Indianapolis [that] there were opportunities to plug students into mission work, opportunities that didn’t pull them too far from campus, but gave them an opportunity to realize that there are people right in the backyard that are struggling and need help. I really found [that] most of my experiences traveling in the United States, and also some international mission trips, really put a strong calling on my life to focus on serving others.”

Porter said that it was during a mission trip in Juarez, Mexico, he first considered going into seminary for graduate work, after being inspired by friends he met.

Along with finding a passion for ministry on mission trips, he also met his wife, Susanna, who also was a UIndy student.

Looking for something that merged his passions for ministry and communication led him to United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. There he furthered his communication education with a master’s degree in religious communication.

“I started looking into what ways I could follow a calling to be in communication but also to be in ministry, or in some other way serving people,” Porter said. “That [the religious communication degree] furthered... my radio and TV bachelor’s work and background, but it was a master’s degree focused on using different types of communications in the church.”

He lived in Dayton for several years with his wife and young son. There, an old passion reemerged.

“While in Ohio, my wife and I befriended several organic produce growers from that area,” Porter said. “My family had always gardened, and that was a big part of who I was. I ended up even starting a small produce business with a buddy of mine. It kind of took a sharp turn there, realizing that I could still be involved in mission work and serving others by being

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don, Italy, Croatia, Greece, Spain, Brazil, Senegal, Morocco, Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago and the Panama Canal.

“For me, it was something that I always wanted to do,” Johnson said. “It was just a timing thing. You know how when you’ve been in school for so long and you need a break? I wanted to experience something new. I am already graduating a semester early, and not a lot of people do it either.”

For her Semester at Sea, Johnson attended classes on the ship and spent about five or six days in each country.

“While I was on the ship — the duration of how long it took to get to the next destination — I had classes,” Johnson said.

“I did take classes; I had a full course load of classes. Each class, while we were learning the core material, they geared their material also toward the country we were going to be in. It was [learning through] application for every class that I took. It was real-life experience and really learning how it is to be in different environments, how to adapt in such little time.”

One of her favorite parts of the experience was the solitude.

“For me, it was definitely the isolation,” Johnson said. “It kind of forced me out of my comfort zone, because I was the only student from UIndy on the voyage.

It was like freshman year all over again, how you had to start over. No social media, no Internet, no texting and [you] really get to know people. There were people I got to know more just because of that.”

“I am now more culturally aware of things and sensitive to my approaches to different cultures.”

Johnson believes that she has gained cultural awareness as a result of her travels, in addition to the material that she learned in her classes.

“I am now more culturally aware of things and sensitive to my approaches to different culture,” Johnson said. “I’m more aware of a lot of things. I am still adjusting. It’s actually really hard. I guess it varies for different people. I don’t think they emphasize enough how reentry into society is. It’s really tough. I guess it varies for different people, but for me, because of the different experiences that I’ve had while being gone and then coming back and trying to get into a regular routine again [it] is just really, really hard.”

Despite adjusting to life back on campus, Johnson encourages everyone to travel and study abroad.

“If you have just a little thought of doing it, just do it,” Johnson said. “Those experiences are experiences you won’t get from a traditional college experience. Not only will it make you better for marketing purposes, it really challenges you and opens your eyes to a lot of things that you would probably never really think about.

So if you have that thought, just go for it.

And if it is meant to be, it will work out.”

Kiefer encourages any student considering a spring term, summer or semester trip to stop by her office, so she can give him or her information and answer any questions.

“Utilize the study abroad office,”Johnson said. “It is there for a reason. When I first went, I didn’t know what I wanted to do. I just wanted to go. She [Kiefer] gave me a bunch of ideas of places that she thought I would like.”

International Division can be found in the Schwitzer Student Center 211.

involved in organic agriculture.”

Porter’s renewed interest in agriculture led to an opportunity to move to southeast Nebraska to work on a family friend’s farm. After a long, thoughtful process he and his wife decided that the move was right for them.

Although he eventually moved away from working on the farm, he said he still wanted to stay in Nebraska where his family had established itself. Porter mentioned how his first experience in the U.S. Department of Agriculture came about.

“I answered an ad to be a program technician for the Farm Service Agency,” Porter said. “I was fortunate enough to land that job. In a manner of speaking, that got my foot in the door at the Department of Agriculture.”

Porter now works as a soil conservation technician for the USDA in the Natural Resources Conservation Service, where he has worked for the past three years. Even though his training is in communication, he currently works to help slow and prevent soil erosion for cropland in Nebraska.

“I primarily work with land owners who own cropland and other agricultural land,” Porter said. “We address what resource concerns that they have on the land, primarily having to do with soil erosion issues, but also with concerns about water quality and diversity issues in the landscape. Most of my work is tailored toward designing structures in cropland to guard against soil erosion. In this part of the country, that is primarily cropland terraces.”

According to the USDA, a cropland terrace is “an earth embankment, or a combination ridge and channel, constructed across the field slope” with a purpose of reducing “erosion by reducing slope length” and retaining “runoff for moisture conservation.” Porter said it was difficult transitioning from his communication-based background to a field more related to engineering.

“It was very much a trial-by-fire sort of thing for me to learn,” Porter said. “I didn’t have any engineering background.

I didn’t have a large-scale farming background, either, although I have been around farming my whole life.”

Porter said that one of the best parts of his jobs is working directly with the people he helps.

“It’s gratifying to be part of an agency that is working in the trenches, so to speak,” Porter said, “really trying to effect some change in the way we grow our food and the way we manage our natural resources.”

Porter lives in Unadilla, Neb., just southeast of Lincoln, with his wife, Susanna, and two children, Riley and Emma.

Porter said that one thing he will always be indebted to UIndy for is giving him the opportunity to meet his wife.

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SJP divestment campaign begins

By Michael Rheinheimer OPINION EDITOR

The Students for Justice in Palestine have launched a campaign to encourage the administration of the University of Indianapolis to divest from companies that support the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Senior sociology and philosophy major Zak Mitiche is program coordinator for the group. He said that role has led to his spearheading the campaign.

“Our divestment campaign is a part of the broader BDS movement,” Mitiche said, “which stands for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. Obviously, this is a campaign that relates to the Palestinian–Israeli conflict.”

According to Mitiche, the larger BDS campaign asks citizens who support its cause to call on their institutions to divest money from corporations it says support the Israeli government.

For UIndy, that would include an end to working with companies that use Caterpillar construction equipment and to UIndy Dining Services carrying Sabra Hummus, among divestments from other corporations, Mitiche said.

“We’re counting on the university—specifically we’re calling on the financial committee of the board of trustees—to divest from six corporations,” Mitiche said. “The goal here is not to attack these corporations, nor to bring them down.The goal is to put economic pressure on these corporations.”

As a part of that process, the group says it will need to pass a non-binding resolution in the Student Senate that will show support for the divestment movement. The Student Senate will vote at its session this Saturday.

To draft the resolution, Mitiche said the SJP worked with several other student organizations. Among them were Janus Club, Pre-Physical Therapy Student Association, Kinesiology Club and Black

Student Association.

If the non-binding measure passes, Mitiche said the resolution will go before the Faculty Senate. Senior political science major Rae Junard serves as the president of the Indianapolis Student Government.

“SJP’s been working at this for about a year now, and I’m really proud of their grassroot movement,” she said. “I still think there’s a long way for them to go in terms of the board of trustees, to get them to take action. I think it’s good that they’re going through the route of Student Senate and trying to get student support for it.”

Junard said the movement also is a good example of citizens advocating for change.

“That’s like true democracy—working from the bottom up and getting everyone to know the facts, really,” she said. “I think if it actually passes [the Student Senate], it will send a message—to the board of trustees, President Rob, everyone up there—that the students are invested in social welfare.”

Leading up to the senate vote will be a week of activities hosted by SJP. Beginning Monday, Feb. 22 and lasting all week, will be an art exhibit in the main atrium of S c hwitz er Student Center.

According to the group’s Facebook page, “Boycott! The Art of Economic Activism”will feature posters from historical and contemporary boycott movements.

On Tuesday, Feb. 23, the group hosted a viewing of the documentary “Detaining Dreams.” A moderated discussion with the co-producer and two professors of American Studies from Indiana University and Purdue University followed.

Today, the group will teach a traditional dance in UIndy Hall B. “Teach Me How to Debka: Dancing for Social Justice” is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.

Tomorrow, the group will have an interactive maze. The group said it hopes the course will give participants an idea of what passing through military checkpoints in Palestine is like.

“SJP’s been working at this for about a year now, and I’m really proud of their grassroot movement.”

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The South Calvary Missionary Baptist Church choir sings at the worship service on Feb. 12. This event was planned and hosted by the Black Student Association.

Black Student Association plan, host Black History Month events

By Erik Cliburn EDITORIAL ASSISTANT The Black Student Association has organized a total of six events at the University of Indianapolis throughout the month of February in recognition and celebration of Black History Month.

The United States has recognized Black History Month since 1976, and the UIndy BSA has planned and hosted the events.

BSA held a screening of the movie “Higher Learning,” written and directed

by John Singleton and starring Omar Epps, in UIndy Hall A on Feb. 3. The film touches on subjects such as racism, rape, the value of a university education, responsibility and homosexuality.

Senior political science major and BSA Vice President Treasure Jones was eager to show the film and help people better understand the issues it addresses.

“The movie was kind of deep,” Jones said.“It was released in the late 1990s, and back then it wasn’t very popular because of the content. It talked a lot about the racially charge atmosphere on college campuses.”

The Anti-Valentine’s Day Dance was

held by BSA in the Trustees Dining Hall on Feb. 10. The dance involved several activities throughout the night including a “candy crush station,” where attendees could crush candy hearts with a hammer, a “three-legged thong race,” where two participants would wrap a thong around their legs and race against another pair, and dancing. The event also included several tables of Valentine’s Day-themed food for the attendees.

Senior sports management major Shaq Lewis enjoyed playing games at the event and seeing his friends there.

“We played a game called the ‘threelegged thong race,’ which was pretty fun,” Lewis said. “The atmosphere was very welcoming. I already knew a lot of people there, but they are all nice people, and they were just there to have fun and enjoy themselves.”

The pastor, choir and members of South Calvary Missionary Baptist Church were invited by BSA to give a service in UIndy Hall A on Feb. 12. The service was led by Reverend John W. Woodall Jr., who gave a sermon about being strong in faith. The attending congregation included both UIndy students and members of the South Calvary Missionary Baptist Church.

“It [Black History Month] is just an

opportunity to do some things that we haven’t traditionally had the opportunity to do,”Woodall said. “I talked to [UIndy Chaplain] Jeremiah Gibbs, and he had mentioned that in this area there are not a lot of African-American churches. So I appreciate the school reaching out so that we could have those kinds of opportunities as well.”

BSA also reached out to the Boys and Girls Club to volunteer during its Family Heritage Night on Friday, Feb. 19.

Jones and other members of BSA spoke with the younger students to encourage them to pursue a college education and provide them with positive role models as they grow up.

Jones explained that the “Tracing Your Roots” event on Monday, Feb. 22 involved a geneticist analyzing DNA samples from two students to determine where their families can be traced back to.

“This is one of my favorite events because it’s so different,” Jones said.

“The geneticist will do a presentation on identity and finding yourself, in addition to the DNA reveal.”

The “Striver’s Row”event will include spoken-word artist Crystal Valentine, who will perform some of her spokenword commentaries.

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Russia hits 1,888 targets in Syria, while U.S. hits 16 BERLIN—In the seven days before the announcement early Friday, Feb. 12 that a cease-fire might go into effect in Syria in another week, Russian forces hit more than 100 times as many targets within the embattled nation as a military coalition that includes the United States.

—McClatchy Washington Bureau

Obama hosts Southeast Asian leaders at California summit BEIJING—President Barack Obama this week turns his attention to the part of Asia that is not China, meeting with the leaders of the 10 nations that make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. About 635 million people live in those countries, which include such rising economic engines as Indonesia and Vietnam.

—McClatchy Washington Bureau

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Xinlei Zhang steps into court for a sentencing hearing on Feb. 17 at Pomona Superior Court in Pomona, Calif. Zhang is among three teenagers from China who pleaded guilty to torturing a fellow high school student. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

By Cindy Chang LOS ANGELES TIMES LOS ANGELES (TNS)—Three high school students from China were sentenced in Pomona court Wednesday morning, Feb. 17, for their roles in the kidnapping and assault of another Chinese teenager. The attack captured attention in China and turned a spotlight on the growing number of so-called parachute kids from the country who attend high school in Southern California while their parents remain back home.

Under a plea deal reached with prosecutors last month, the students will receive prison terms ranging from six to 13 years. All three have been jailed since shortly after the March 2015 incident.

Authorities said Yunyao “Helen”Zhai, Yuhan “Coco” Yang and Xinlei “John” Zhang were part of a group of teens who forced Yiran “Camellia” Liu to use her hands to wipe cigarette butts and ice cream from the floor of a Rowland

Heights ice cream parlor.

Liu, who was 18 at the time, testified that she was taken to a nearby park, stripped naked, kicked with high-heeled shoes, slapped and burned with cigarettes.

The three defendants, who are all now 19, were charged with torture, kidnapping and assault. Attorneys for Zhai and Yang previously acknowledged that their clients participated in the attack. A lawyer for Zhang argued in court that his client was only a bystander.

Zhai and Zhang also were charged in the beating and burning of a second teenage victim in a separate incident at a Diamond Bar strip mall three days earlier. In juvenile court, two other teenagers admitted to assault in one or both incidents, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office. Authorities believe that additional teens involved in the incidents have fled the country.

A 20-year-old man, Zheng Lu, was arrested in December on charges related to the attack. At the preliminary hearing for the three teens, a judge said the case

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attorney, Yang cautioned Chinese parents against sending their children alone to the U.S. at a young age.

“This is a wakeup call for the ‘parachute kid syndrome,’” Yang said in the statement.“Parents in China are well-meaning and send their kids thousands of miles away with no supervision and too much freedom. That is a formula for disaster.”

Zhai also told the judge that living on her own in a foreign country played a role in her actions.

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WASHINGTON—Californians are likely to vote this fall on legalizing marijuana for recreation but whether Golden State residents can break out the bongs could depend on what happens at the top of the ballot. The next president has the power to shut down marijuana sales in the states that have legalized it, and two of the candidates, Republicans Marco Rubio and Ben Carson, have suggested they would.

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Apple’s battle with the FBI could benefit the company, analysts say WASHINGTON — Apple’s decision to refuse the FBI’s demand to unlock the iPhone of San Bernardino, Calif., shooter Syed Farook, which Apple CEO Tim Cook has portrayed as a principled stand to protect the data of all iPhone users, is also likely to be good for business, analysts of the hotly competitive cellphone market said Thursday, Feb. 18. While none of the analysts questioned Cook’s sincerity in challenging a federal magistrate’s order that Apple help the FBI access encrypted data on Farook’s phone, they noted that the refusal neatly aligns with Apple’s current business strategy.

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Government to open 45 million acres in Gulf

By Tony Pugh MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON (TNS)—The federal government will hold lease sales next month to open up 45 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas exploration, the Obama administration announced Thursday, Feb. 18.

The sales mark the ninth and 10th offshore auctions as part of the administration’s five-year Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program.

More than 60 million acres were offered in the first eight auctions, which drew $3 billion in high bids, according to the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

The new auctions—Central Planning Area Lease Sale 241 and Eastern Planning Area Lease Sale 226—will be March 23 in New Orleans.

“These lease sales continue the president’s commitment to create jobs through the safe and responsible exploration and development of the nation’s domestic energy resources,” said a statement from bureau director Abigail Ross Hopper.

“As an important component of the U.S. energy portfolio, the Gulf of Mexico holds vast energy resources that can continue to spur economic opportunities for Gulfproducing states as well as further reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign oil.”

About 44.3 million acres will be offered in Sale 241, ranging from 9 feet to more than 11,115 feet of water off the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama shores.

Sale 226 covers nearly 600,000 acres from 2,657 feet to 10,213 feet deep. The location is south of eastern Alabama and western Florida, with the nearest point of land 125 miles northwest in Louisiana.

The sales follow a public comment period and extensive environmental

analysis. Sales terms will require lease purchasers to protect biologically sensitive resources, reduce potential adverse effects on protected species and avoid possible conflicts related to energy development in the region.

The Gulf Restoration Network, a New Orleans environmental group, opposes the plan, citing a failure by the oil and gas industry and government officials to improve the safety of offshore drilling and production, said executive director Cyn Sarthou.

The industry already has more than 23 million acres under lease in the Gulf of Mexico’s federal waters, but only 18 percent are currently producing oil or gas, Sarthou said. That leaves more than 19 million acres of unexploited leases, which Sarthou said was enough to fuel the industry.

“As a region, the Gulf needs to reduce the risk posed by oil and gas development and move away from our reliance on the oil and gas industry by diversifying our economy,” Sarthou said.

The terms and conditions for both lease sales are available for viewing.

Offshore drilling remains controversial among the Gulf states. Sen. Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat, made a floor speech this month blasting a Republican proposal to increase revenue-sharing opportunities for states that allow drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. The proposal, from Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., would boost revenuesharing for Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas. ___ (c)2016 McClatchy Washington Bureau Visit the McClatchy Washington Bureau at www.mcclatchydc.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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