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UIndy professors speak out against cheating

By Erik Cliburn OPINION EDITOR Academic dishonesty and cheating affect every school, whether elementary, middle, high school or college, and the University of Indianapolis is no exception. In an informal poll of 109 UIndy students conducted by The Reflector, 27.8 percent admitted to cheating of some sort during their time at the university, while 67.6 percent admitted to having cheated while they were in high school. A related 2009 study in the psychological academic journal “Ethics & Behavior,” states that nearly 82 percent of college alumni have admitted to cheating or plagiarizing at some point while working toward their undergraduate degrees.

According to Interim Executive Director of Ron and Laura Strain Honors College and Associate Professor of History Jim Williams, when a professor has to pursue a case of cheating or plagiarism it goes beyond just a simple punishment and often creates a large amount of extra work for the professor.

“It’s up to each professor to what extent they want to pursue a case of plagiarism,” Williams said. “There is disincentive on the side of faculty for doing so, to some degree, because there is a fair amount of paperwork and hassle involved with not just processing the plagiarism case, but also working with the student one-on-one through it. When you see it as a professor, you sort of get this sinking feeling and say, ‘This is going to take a whole other five to 10 hours of my life just working on this one case.’”

Williams believes that plagiarism and cheating in college set up a mindset for some people that allows them to be dishonest in their lives and careers after college. He said, however, that the mindset is something that can be stopped while in college, if handled properly.

“I’m of the opinion that this [college] is the one place where we can begin to sort of chip away at a culture that leads

to so many problems down the road for people, where they think it’s OK to take from somewhere else and pass it off as their own,” Williams said.“You read these horrifying cases of people who go on and get their Ph.D., and they’ve plagiarized that [work], or they write their resume or their CV [curriculum vitae], and they’ve plagiarized pieces of that. You see fraud committed at banks, and you’re thinking, ‘How could someone be that dishonest?

How could they do that?’ The truth of the matter is that a lot of that behavior has already been built into them, because they have been doing it all along. So college is one of those places where we can sort of arrest that while a person is still developing.”

Associate Professor of Sociology Amanda Miller and Williams both said they have seen about two cases of plagiarism each year in their own classrooms since they began teaching at UIndy.

Williams said that people who plagiarize often do not think about the effect that it has on others, including the author of the work or the other students in the class.

“If people steal something from the Internet, they don’t think about the impact that has on the person who created that [work] in the first place,” Williams said.

“And they certainly don’t think about their fellow student who—an example I give in my intro courses—stayed up until four in the morning hopped up on Red Bull banging out a really bad, C minus paper, but they did it. They suffered, they turned in a crappy paper, but it’s their own. So why should they [the plagiarizing student] get a better grade, or equal grade or any grade when all they did was download something from the Internet and pass it off as their own? I see that as stealing a grade from the student sitting next to them.”

Professor of History and Political Science James Fuller said that he ran across one of the strangest cases of plagiarism he has ever seen while working as a teaching assistant.

“When I was early in my career, I was

a teaching assistant for a professor who had assigned this paper to the students and I had to grade it,” Fuller said. “I started grading it, and portions of it seemed really familiar, and I thought, ‘What is this?’ It turns out the guy had plagiarized from a book written by the professor who taught the class. I brought it to him [the professor], and he said, ‘I don’t know whether to be flattered or dumbfounded.’”

According to Fuller, buying academic papers online has become a prevalent problem in today’s world of teaching. He said the Internet makes cheating easier and more tempting, but also easier for professors to catch cases of plagiarism.

He said that to do a “good,” thorough job of plagiarism, without being caught, a student has to put in almost as much work as it would take to actually write the paper.

“I just didn’t realize how much of it [buying papers online] was going on until I started catching it,” Fuller said.

“And what’s interesting to me—it’s kind of ironic I guess—is that of the people I have caught buying papers, they’ve bought papers that I would consider a C level at best. You’re not even buying good papers.

I mean if you’re going to buy a paper, buy a good paper. They are just really lousy. So even if I had just graded them, it wouldn’t be more than an average grade at best.”

Williams believes that students often cheat or plagiarize because they have no particular interest in the subject matter of that particular course.

Miller said the main reason students cheat is that they do not manage their time properly or underestimate the amount of hard work needed to complete an assignment.

“I think students cheat because they don’t know how to manage their time well,” Miller said. “They don’t allot the proper amount of time for an assignment, and then they get panicky at the end, when they realize this isn’t something that can be accomplished in one night. I also think sometimes they look at what a professional

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HAVE YOU EVER CHEATED WHILE AT UINDY?

72.2% SAID NO

DID YOU CHEAT WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL?

67.6% of the

participants said YES.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CAUGHT?

16.5%

out of

have been caught

72.5%

of the respondents have cheated at some point

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New dining service offers a fresh food approach

After taking over on Jan. 20, Quest Food Management Services starts their first year off by providing students with new food options, renovated main dining hall

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The University of Indianapolis announced in September of 2016 that it was searching for a new food service management company. On Jan. 20, it was publicized that UIndy had hired Quest Food Management Services to oversee dining.

For the past year and a half, UIndy had been running the dining service under UIndy Dining Services LLC, following 40 years of being run by Polk Food Services, Inc. The decision to seek out a management company was made when UIndy realized that it did not have the structure or knowledge needed to run dining, according to Vice President for Student and Campus Affairs and Dean of Students Kory Vitangeli.

“We weren’t sure when we first took it over whether it was going to be a long-term venture or not,” Vitangeli said.

“One of the things we first realized was that we didn’t have a lot of the back-end infrastructure that’s needed with some of the online menu planning, [and] the nutritional information. We just were not experts at running food service. So when we kind of realized the depth of what was needed in terms of infrastructure, we decided that it would be better with a company that had experience in college and university food service.”

Before starting the search, Vitangeli held forums to gather feedback from faculty and students. UIndy then drew up a request for proposal and sent it out to food service companies that serviced higher education dining facilities. Representatives toured UIndy’s facilities and

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submitted bids based on their criteria. Administrators from UIndy visited and ate at the venues serviced by the companies, talked to management and administrators and assessed the philosophy of the food services before coming to their decision.

Quest was chosen because they met all of UIndy’s needs, Vitangeli said.

“We were looking for a company who across-the-board was able to provide quality customer service, satisfaction and value in terms of food, but food that people really felt was fresh, quality food,” Vitangeli said.“We felt like [Quest] was a good fit. We wanted a company that had a similar philosophy to the university in which they operated like a family; they listened to students and staff and were

open to feedback.”

Quest began working with the UIndy dining staff and implementing changes on Jan. 2. According to General Manager Derrick Stevens, there was a lot of work to be done at first.

“It [the transition] was a welcome challenge,” Stevens said. “There was a lot to do very quickly in order to make a quick impact with the student body. I know they weren’t fully satisfied with what they had before, and with most everybody knowing that we were a management company coming in, the reaction, the reward, had to be instant.”

Quest takes a fresh-food approach to dining, according to Stevens. He said that Quest uses fresh, in-season food

whenever possible. If the food is not in season, it’s fresh-frozen, and if it is canned, it is canned in water as opposed to syrup.

Quest also made some physical changes to the main dining hall.

“We added the monitors as an easier way to see the menus for the stations,” Stevens said. “We upgraded the lighting in there [the cafeteria]. It’s much brighter than it was before. We’ve also utilized all spaces available for options.”

The changes go beyond the cafeteria.

Stevens said that Quest has been updating and adding to The Perk I, II and III and the dining options in the Health Pavilion. “[The Perk I, II and III are] getting a refresh to become more aligned with main market Starbucks, so they’ll follow

the same specials, trends, sizes and all that good stuff,”Stevens said.“The coffee shops in the library and the Health Pavilion are being upgraded, with better grab-n-go options. In the Health Pavilion, we’ve also brought on a partner of ours, Sushi Boss. They roll fresh sushi to order. It’s a really good concept [and] another option.”

Senior experience design major Tori Howell noticed the changes immediately.

“During my freshman through junior years, it [the food] was pretty much the same,”Howell said.“The really big change happened now. I’m liking the taste of the new food better than the old food.”

Being a vegetarian, Howell has a limited number of food options. She appreciated that UIndy Dining Services LLC was trying to be inclusive of vegetarians, she said, and hopes that Quest will be as well.

“I did appreciate that they [UIndy Dining Services LLC] always had veggie burgers available,” Howell said. “They always had tofu for the stir fry, which was really nice. I really liked that they had all the food labeled, because I could approximate if it had meat in it by the name.”

Howell hopes that Quest will offer more vegetarian, gluten-free and other restricted diet options within the cafeteria and will label them as well. Quest has been receiving feedback from students, and is working to implement the changes asked for, Stevens said. They are bringing back wing Fridays and providing a fish option every day for lunch and dinner, at the request of students. They also reintroduced the to-go box procedure, after hearing from students.

“The to-go box procedure was originally a small hiccup,” Stevens said. “We

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Valentine’s Day: Is it worth the hype?

By Angie Mercado & Kyle McGinnis STAFF WRITERS PRO: This is coming to you from a hopeless romantic. A day full of bliss, happiness and love is quickly approaching.

Valentine’s Day is a holiday that lets us all celebrate the love that we share.

But, let’s think back to elementary school. I remember how excited I’d get to go to the store to buy candy and find valentines for my classmates. The trick was to perfectly pair the cards with the right candy: Fun Dip was always a crowd favorite around that time. I’d eagerly sift through the cards, pairing each with its rightful owner’s name.

The next day, all of us kids would be on the edge of our seats, waiting for the teacher to announce that it was finally time to pass out our cards. It was kind of like the kid version of that scene from “Mean Girls,” in which Cady and her classmates are eagerly waiting for candy cane grams from Damian dressed as Santa, but without all the drama.

Over time, my love for this holiday continued to grow. You see, my family didn’t see this holiday as an occasion just for couples. To us, this day was for love and friendship all around. Ever since I can remember, whenever my sister and I would wake up to get ready for school on this day, we would find surprises like a bouquet of roses, a stuffed animal and a card from our parents waiting for us on the dining room table.

Not one year passed when my sister and I wouldn’t find gifts waiting for us.

But it wasn’t just about the gifts. It was amazing to see how our parents would share that day with us. Even during the past couple of years, when I have been away from home to go to college, I still get cards from my family.

My parents will celebrate their 23rd wedding anniversary on Feb. 19, just days after this holiday. Each year, my parents make sure that both of these occasions are something special. On a daily basis I have always seen the love they share; and when February arrives, they come together to celebrate that love. It’s amazing to see that after all these years, my mom and dad still find ways to surprise each other, just as they did when they first met.

Contrary to what some may think, Valentine’s Day can still be a great day if you’re single. I haven’t always had a significant other on this day, but I still have found ways to enjoy it to the fullest.

What I love to do is treat myself. I will

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go out to the store and get some of my favorite foods and maybe some wine (now that I am of age) and stay in. When I get home, I play some of my favorite music, light some candles for ambiance and start cooking. Then I unwind on the couch to watch one of my favorite movies with a plate of food and my favorite glass of wine.

I don’t really dwell on the fact that I may be single and others are out celebrating with their significant others. I actually love hearing stories from others telling me how they celebrate this day. It makes me happy to hear about the choices they have made with their significant others or towards others.

Another great part of this day is sharing it with friends. Last year, I got together with a group of my single friends, and we got dressed up and treated ourselves.

We went out for a lovely dinner and then headed back to my place to hang out. Now, this “group date” didn’t consist of bashing the opposite sex. Instead, we built each other up. We didn’t feel sorry for ourselves, being out among friends while surrounded by countless happy couples. Instead, we were happy for them

and happy for ourselves.We were together and spent a lovely evening over dinner and girl talk.

Valentine’s Day is a day of love, but there are no restrictions that say love has to be only toward a significant other.

Love is universal, whether toward a significant other, family members, friends, or one’s self. On this day, that love can be celebrated. This love can be expressed in numerous ways, from random acts of generosity towards others to buying an enormous stuffed bear that fits absolutely nowhere. This bear may become a prized possession because, let’s face it, for some reason, humongous stuffed animals make us feel some type of way.

Gestures of kindness on this day, are amplified. I remember bringing a coworker, who’s a single mom, roses and a box of chocolates on Valentine’s Day for her to share with her daughter, and the pure happiness it brought her made me happy.This day can be shared by everyone.

And don’t forget one of the best parts of Valentine’s Day: clearance candy. Any and all candy is beautifully decorated, and organized in Valentine’s Day-themed

aisles. Some of it is even molded into heart shapes, making it even more irresistible. If you’re worried about possibly breaking a diet, I’m here to tell you not to be. Valentine’s Day is a holiday, and calories don’t count, so enjoy this day to the fullest.

—Angie Mercado

CON: Do I believe in love? Absolutely.

Do I believe in Valentine’s Day? Not really. Love is madness. Love is seeing the universe through a lover’s eyes.

Love is an escape from the entropy all around us, immortalizing ourselves in the grasp of another human. Love is looking through the window to a beautiful soul and telling it you love it with a reverence that cannot be questioned. Love is that divine space of soul sharing where two become one.

Love is a stuffed teddy bear. Love is a steak dinner. Love is a Hallmark card. Love is a social media soliloquy to let everyone else know how much you love your significant other. Love is tweeting at your significant other instead

of telling that person directly.

Now I ask you, assuming that you only get to choose one: which of these do you choose?

I am not saying for certain that a person cannot have all of these things, but love and the millennials’ version of “keeping up with the Joneses” do not go hand-in-hand. My prying question is this: If you feel so obligated to express “love” on Valentine’s Day, what are you doing for your significant other the remaining 364 days a year? Love is an escape from the time flying by all of us, and if I want to express my appreciation for the beauty of another’s soul, I will not be doing so under the false pretense of a capital-driven holiday.

One issue is the ominous presence of boxes to check from the American Valentine’s Day. I am sorry, but if you are determining whether or not your boyfriend or girlfriend provides value based on the amount of material possessions acquired on a certain day, you’re doing it wrong.

Some would say it’s not about that. It’s about effort. I agree, effort is important, but real effort is taking the time to know the intricacies of another down to the markings of one’s skin and being utterly transfixed in awe.

Again, this can go hand-in-hand with a steak dinner, but the underlying desire to validate it via social media is not the answer. Why are you comparing relationships? Living according to the standards of another couple’s way of living doesn’t seem like a good idea.

How about having a high standard for your own relationship to evaluate, develop and grow harmoniously with your significant other?

Of course one should take care of and express joy and gratitude for a loved one.

But, is that card going to solidify the relationship more than the way you look at them when they’re wearing sweats around the house? I am all for material possessions of value. But, possessions for possessions’ sake really don’t get you anywhere.

What do we really hope to gain from love this Valentine’s Day? Transcendence or validation?

Valentine’s Day should not be an Instagram-flooded day in which you compare your date with another’s. It is, however, an incredible opportunity to create a wonderful memory and be transfixed by the beauty of your love.

But my point is this: so is every other day.

So all the hoopla about Valentine’s Day doesn’t really add up for me.

—Kyle McGinnis

The Quest for better food Quest Food Management Services looks to reinvigorate the UIndy dining experience

By Alexis Stella EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Schools can easily form a bad reputation for the food they serve, especially if it is really bad. Over the past several years the University of Indianapolis has started along that path. However, this semester UIndy has branched out to a new food dining service, Quest Food Management Services.

If you venture into the cafeteria, you will notice a fresh new welcome desk for the dining employees to sit at while swiping in students. Placed a few feet inside the door, the desk helps a great deal with avoiding the long, cluttered lines of students waiting to pay for their meals. However, the placement can be awkward with only a sliver of a walkway for students to pass by. I believe the flow of the cafeteria would be smoother if the desk were moved closer to the wall.

Another change in the cafeteria is the seating arrangement. Instead of the tables placed in long rows, the seating arrangement creates a more sociable setting. Set in a square format, this arrangement forces

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students to interact with one another. For many students, this can be either a good or a bad thing. If you tend to eat with a small, intimate group of people, it can be awkward to be at a table of others with whom you are not familiar. However, if you eat with a larger group of people, it can be beneficial, allowing you to hear and socialize better.

I personally tend to eat with only one or two others, and if you have had the pleasure of going to dinner at the busiest time of the day, dinner time, you know how difficult finding a seat for your group can be. Sometimes, you are forced to separate from your group, which defeats the purpose of socializing at dinner.

There are also TVs placed at the front of the food line that display the menu for that day, which can be helpful. However, if you have seriously bad eyesight—as I do—it’s hard to read what the menu says before you pay for your meal. This could be improved if a monitor were placed at or before the welcome desk, so you could see what the cafeteria is serving and decide whether it’s something you want to eat.

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ingredients, wholesome meals, local products such as locally grown roasted turkey, trans-fat free soy and locally baked bread. Quest Food has an excellent selection for the students, such as the new pizza selection, tacos and the salad bar. I’m not a vegetarian by any means, but the vegetarian-friendly choices have expanded. The salad bar is fully stocked with three types of salad mix, a variety of salad toppings and a range of dressings.

College students’ love for pizza was taken for granted before the change. Before Quest Food, the pizza was worse than a pizza you would get from a convenience store. However, the pizza they now serve has a nice, crispy, thin crust topped with thick, fresh ingredients.

The only problem with the food that I have come across so far is that the heat lamps often dry and overcook the food. I am not entirely sure what the food service people can do to solve the issue other than change out the food more frequently or invest in a way to keep the food fresh longer without overcooking it. Overall, I approve of Quest Food Management Services continuing to serve our school.

I look forward to more changes that may come about.

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CHEATING from page 1 has written and say to themselves, ‘There’s no way I could ever write anything that well.’ And I always explain to my students that when you read my written work that’s been published, it’s probably the 10th to 15th time I’ve actually written that same paragraph entirely over again. So I would never expect my students’ writing to look like something that gets published.”

Miller said that she often works with her students and allows them to submit papers into Turnitin.com in order to catch any potential plagiarism within their papers.

She said that she looks over her students’ papers during the early stage of their writing in order to catch any early signs of accidental plagiarism and help fix that before the student actually turns in the paper.

“Part of what I love about being at UIndy is that I get to teach students how to do the right thing, and I don’t know that everyone gets that opportunity,” Miller said.

Cheating and plagiarism have been going on since schools have existed and will continue to go on. However, professors often use the Internet as a tool to help eliminate plagiarism at the collegiate level.

Fuller, Williams and Miller, along with other professors at UIndy hope to catch this practice early on and have a positive impact on the lives of their students.

FOOD SERVICE from page 1 thought we were just cleaning up and making it less of a pile of Styrofoam, but it turns out it was presented as [if ] we were taking it away some. We actually bought a whole new front desk so we could put it in a little bit better place, so everybody still has that option.”

So far, the feedback has been positive, according to Stevens. He said that students are enjoying the varied options, the fresh food and the sushi in the Health Pavilion.

Throughout the remainder of the semester, Quest also will pilot new concepts to find out what students like and to improve dining more, according to Stevens.

“Basically, we’re going to use this semester to learn what the students like, what they want,” Stevens said. “Then we’ll react throughout the summer. And then in the fall, it’ll be as close to what everybody wants as possible.”

Vitangeli encourages students to continue to provide feedback, either to her or Stevens.

“The biggest thing is to please let us know if they [students] have feedback,” Vitangeli said.“We definitely want to know their feedback—what they like and what they don’t—because we definitely want to make this a student food service that they are satisfied with.”

Students can send feedback to Vitangeli or directly to Stevens at dstevens@uindydining.com.

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Police discover bullet hole at Greyhound Village At approximately 1:30 a.m. on Jan. 22, residents of Greyhound Village called campus police and reported hearing a loud noise in or near the building.

The University of Indianapolis Police responded to the call and at around 3:30 a.m. found a bullet hole in the inside hallway door area near the elevator lobby on the first floor.

Third Power of Education conference welcomes Jennifer McCormick The University of Indianapolis Student Education Association hosted its third annual Power of Education Conference on the morning of Jan. 28. The conference took place in the basement of Schwitzer Student Center and featured three sections of breakout sessions, a keynote speaker and door prizes.

Honors Student Association hosts canned food drive The Honors Student Association at the University of Indianapolis held a canned food drive through the week of Jan. 23-27. The HSA is a new student organization in its second year of operation.

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Students on the University of Indianapolis forensics team, led by Latham, traveled to Texas to dig up and identify bodies along the United States-Mexico border.

UIndy forensics team finds migrant bodies

By Melvin Mendez EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Associate Professor of Biology and Anthropology Krista Latham led a University of Indianapolis forensics team on her fifth trip to Brooks County, Texas, to identify remains of migrants back in January.

The trips first began in 2013 after Latham was invited by Baylor University, which had started the process. UIndy was invited because of its specialization in forensic archeology. Currently, the process is led by Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. Texas State University is where the bodies that are found are kept and where the work is done on the bodies.

Along with helping to identify individuals, Latham also said that the team helps with other activities.

“One thing that we’ve been able to do recently is that [during] each trip, we volunteer at least one day at the Sacred Heart Humanitarian Respite Center,” she said. “It’s a church in McAllen, Texas, where individuals who [have] turned themselves in as asylum seekers

at the border get released to this church before they’re put on a bus to [see] their family members in the United States.

They’re tired, they’re scared, they’re dirty.

And at the church, we’re able to help them take showers in the shower center.

We lead them to where they need to go, provide them with clean clothing, [and]if they have kids we play with the kids. So we really get to help welcome them into this country so that they feel welcomed when they can.”

There are two separate Border Patrol checkpoints, the first on the United States-Mexican border and the second in Brooks County. There is a highway between the checkpoints, which is a major road connecting the U.S. and Mexico.

People entering the country are dropped off at the first checkpoint, then find their way past the second checkpoint in Brooks County to be picked up. That journey involves having to walk over thousands of acres of flat land struggling with dehydration, overheating and dangerous animals in the area.

Those who are unable to make their way through the trip and die in the process are found and taken to the Brooks County cemetery, Sacred Heart Cemetery. Most

of the remains located are of migrants who were fleeing violence from countries like Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador and were refugees, not economic migrants looking for money, according to Latham.

They are identified with help from the Argentine forensic anthropology team, which travels throughout Latin America talking to people in villages and cities about how important it is to submit DNA samples if they have a missing loved one.

In this way, the bodies found may be able to be identified. Once an identification is made, the Argentine team works with the consulate of the Latin American country the individual was from to send the body to family members.

Latham believes that the trip was a way to represent the university in new ways and to represent UIndy’s message.

“It really demonstrated the university’s motto of education for service,” Latham said. “What the University of Indianapolis wants to do is provide its students with an education and then they can use what they’ve learned to provide service to others.

These students are learning the science, and then they are able to use that science to be able to provide a volunteer service in this human rights crisis.”

Dean leaving for Washington Dean of Shaheen College of Arts and Sciences Jennifer Drake accepts position at Evergreen State “I’m absolutely delighted for her, and there’s no question in my mind that this is the right thing for her to do,” Dynes said. “… We’re going to miss her. She’s Dean of the Shaheen College of done wonderful work with the college, and Arts and Sciences Jennifer Drake will replacing her will be very, very difficult.”

According to both Dynes and Drake, be leaving the University of Indianapolis in June of this year. Drake said she was there will be a nationwide search for a offered and has accepted the role of new dean, but when and how long that provost and vice president at Evergreen will take is up to President Robert Manuel and the new provost. In the State College in Olympia, meantime, Dynes will be Wash. serving as interim dean for “What attracted me SCAS, and Dynes said there to the position was that might be a couple of people Evergreen State College serving as interim assistant has a very unique model,” deans for him. Dynes said Drake said. “The courses the reason why the process are interdisciplinary, team works this way is because taught [and] grading of the importance of these is narrative, not letter positions. grades. They’re very well“The basic reason is known nationally for their that we always want the development of learning absolute best person we communities, so it’s a very DRAKE innovative place, very committed to can find for any position,” he said. “So as far as I know, all full-time academic social justice as an institution.”

Drake said that when the college positions from provost all the way down reached out to her about the position, she to assistant professor require a national felt it was a “perfect fit” for her, and she search. So [for the position of ] the dean, is excited to be moving to Washington, being such an important position, we’ll a move she describes as an “adventure.” need to do a national search, and that will Drake has worked at UIndy since 2004 be a very time-consuming process.”

Dynes said that he is encouraged by the and started as an associate professor of English. She was then promoted number of people who are going to step to full-time professor and became the up and help as the school works through dean in June of 2011. Associate Dean this transitional period.

“Change is hard, and it’s a little scary,” and Professor of English Bill Dynes said that he has worked with Drake the Dynes said. “But the folks who are being entire time she has been at the university thrusted into these positions are working awfully hard. I think we’ve got our eyes and that he will miss her dearly.

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on the prize.”

According to Drake, she is not worried about the university being able to replace her, but she does feel excited and sad about her new job opportunity.

“I’ll really miss the people here,”she said.

“I’ll really miss my colleagues in Arts and Sciences. I’ll really miss the students. So that part’s hard. I’ll miss the relationships that I’ve built here. And we’ve been doing such good work in the college, and I’ll miss seeing some of our initiatives all the way through to completion. I’ll get to see from afar and clap from afar, but I won’t get to see everything through to completion….

I feel grateful to the university and to the community for [the] opportunities I’ve had here to grow in my profession, to grow and develop as a leader.”

Dynes said he knows that Drake is a perfect fit for the job at Evergreen State College, but it will be difficult telling her goodbye.

“She’s so passionate about making sure that the students are challenged but well-supported,” Dynes said. “And trying to follow in those footsteps will be quite a challenge.”

According to Drake, she is looking forward to embarking upon the next phase in her career and hopes UIndy students and faculty know that a piece of her heart will always remain in Indianapolis.

“I think I want people to know that I’m not leaving in the negative sense,” she said, “that I feel like this has been a really important place for me and my family, and I am who I am because of UIndy in part.

And that includes the students I worked with and faculty and my colleagues as well.”

The University of Indianapolis, along with the Local Initiatives Support Corporation or LISC, and some local business owners have come together to create an action plan to improve the quality of life in southern Indianapolis.

The Quality of Life Plan is about “engaging eight neighborhoods in South Indy to implement a vision for equitable community development,” according to the plan’s website, www.soindy.org.

In order to make any real change in the area, all aspects of life and community must be addressed, said LISC Deputy Director Tedd Grain.

“This really is a comprehensive community development approach,” Grain said. “You can’t just fix one thing in a neighborhood and expect it to improve overall.…You can’t just improve housing, but you have to focus also on education, parks, connectivity and transportation also.”

LISC seeks to connect the people and places of urban Indianapolis to new opportunities and implement positive changes, according to Grain.

Executive Vice President and Provost of UIndy David Wantz said Southern Indianapolis has been overlooked, in some aspects, as development has occurred in other places around the city.

As the largest employer in the area, the university has an obligation to uphold, said Wantz.

“When the university took Indianapolis as its name, it assumed duties and responsibilities to the city,” Wantz said. “We grow where we are planted.”

The plan relies upon the cooperation of many different groups, businesses and residents, according to Wantz. It is the result of more than a year’s worth of

“The overall goal is for this plan to articulate the community’s desire for the kind of place it wants to be.” coordination and conversations. “[One reason we need this plan is that] we can’t develop the entire community on our own,” Wantz said. “If we want anything to happen, we have to work together. The overall goal is for this plan to articulate the community’s desire for the kind of place it wants to be.”

Many business owners involved in the creation and implementation of the plan have called southern Indianapolis their home their whole lives.

“As a business owner, I took a great deal of interest in the whole process,” said owner of Direct Connect Printing on Hanna Avenue and member of the Madison Avenue Corridor action team Robin Heldman. “My husband and I are lifelong southsiders. We are very passionate about our business, where our business is and where we live.… I would really like to see the South-Side regain and redevelop its charm, like how it used to be.”

There are many things that can be done to support the neighborhood, such as shopping at local businesses and being good neighbors, according to Wantz.

“When we respect each other’s concerns, it strengthens our bond, so we can work together,” Wantz said.

Students or area residents who want to help out with the plan can join one of many different action teams created under the plan, including “Community Building, Connectivity, Education and Workforce, Health and Wellness, Housing, Madison Avenue and Shelby Street Corridor,” according to the website at www.soindy.org.

According to the website, the teams hope to “develop a connectivity master plan emphasizing healthy corridors, economic impact, and accessibility … support on-the-job training with local industry, encourage urban farming and fresh food access … [and] transform Shelby Street into a village community with public art, thriving local businesses, and improved connectivity.”

“Every neighborhood has challenges and each has unique opportunities,” Grain said.“[That’s why we] put together an action plan for the neighborhood, to help focus on keeping things that are unique to the area while also making partnerships between business owners and residents.”

Heldman said she is optimistic that good changes are coming soon.

Heldman said, “I just want to bring back the community I knew and fell in love with growing up.”

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UIndy alumna nominated for Athlete of the Year

By Sophie Watson SPORTS EDITOR Alumna and Chicago Bandits pitcher Morgan Foley was nominated as a contender for the United States Sports Academy’s Female Athlete of the Year.

The list of nominations includes athletes from around the world, such as Olympic gymnast Simone Biles and professional tennis player Serena Williams. This is Foley’s first season playing for the Bandits, as well as her first nomination for this specific award.

This nomination is one of Foley’s many awards and accolades. During her time at UIndy, she received a plethora of awards such as Division II Pitcher of the Year, First Team All-American and February 2016’s Athlete of the Month, along-side National Basketball Association star Stephen Curry. She remains UIndy’s leader in all-time strikeouts and innings pitched, and also she was the first Division II player to be added to the Bandits roster.

Foley began playing softball at a young age and her family pushed her to try every sport she could. During high school, she played softball and basketball before committing to play softball at the collegiate level.

Foley studied sports broadcasting and joined UIndy TV her freshman year, eventually becoming sports director her sophomore year. She said that the impressive softball program, along with the opportunities in the communication department, persuaded her to choose UIndy as her new home.

“I did UIndy TV, and so being the sports director for that was so much fun.

And I learned a lot from that,” Foley said.

“And just how small the campus is and being an athlete and having my softball

Photo by Cassie Reverman

Photo contributed by Morgan Foley

University of Indianapolis alumna and Chicago Bandits pitcher has received a nomination for the United States Sports Academy’s Female Athlete of the year award. family. I just loved being a part of the softball program, traveling and getting to know everyone in the communication department and in the softball and athletics department.”

Head Softball Coach Melissa Frost recruited and coached Foley for all of her four years as a Greyhound. The recruiting process for Foley was unique compared to others, according to Frost.

“Morgan was a two-sport standout athlete of basketball and softball and made the decision late in her career, actually senior year, to play softball,” Frost

said. “We received a phone call from an alum from another team in our conference that basically said they thought they had a young lady who would be a good fit for our program. And we got in the car and drove four hours, and she struck out the first nine batters that she saw. So that was enough for us to get her to the recruiting process.”

Frost said that she knew when signing Foley, that they had someone special.

During her time at UIndy, Foley gained a changeup and a drop ball. What really sets Foley apart is not only her great

curve ball, but her competitiveness and drive to win.

“I think anytime you have a four-time All-American on the mound, it really sets a precedent and sets a confidence for your team. And I think that’s huge,” Frost said.“She just continued to improve every single year that she was here. She had the opportunity to play with another All-American her first year and she really gained quite a bit of experience from that. But she also had a very different pitching style than the other young lady that was here, and she really took off in

the University of Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles on Jan. 28.

During the first minutes of the game, the Hounds kept the Screaming Eagles’ score in single digits. It was not until the 10 minute that USI hit a 3-pointer to take the lead and brought the score to 19-18. The Greyhounds came back, and managed a three point lead at the half with a score of 38-35.

Beginning the second half, the Hounds

line. Sophomore forward Jesse Kempson, Davidson, Etherington and Davis also scored in double digits. The team finished with a shooting percentage of 61 percent from the field and 47 percent from the 3-point line.

The Hounds lost their seven-game winning streak on Jan. 26, after a loss to 10th-ranked Bellarmine University Knights. During the first minutes of the game, the Knights kept a steady lead until

maintained the lead. When the game clock hit 1:15, the Hounds sparked and scored 14 points in what looked to be a last-minute comeback. After a free throw attempt from Davidson, the score was 72-75 with 30 seconds of game time remaining.

The Knights stretched their lead with six free throws that the Hounds could not answer. The game ended with a defeat for the Hounds, 75-81.

the beginning. We threw her against the No. 1 team in the country, and she beat them. So that really set the precedent for the rest of her career.”

According to Frost, Foley was put on the national radar during a game in Ohio, when a National Fastpitch umpire had the opportunity to watch her perform.

The gentleman called the president of the league and explained that Foley could not be passed up.

On May 10, Foley signed her first professional contract with the Bandits and made the transition from DII athletics to professional. Foley is one of the few professional athletes and softball players to have come from DII schools.

“It’s [professional softball] the same game just a whole other level,” Foley said.

“Hitters are some of the best, which are the best Division I hitters, and some of the best in the country. And playing against all those players that are the top-ranked in the country is just a whole different level. It’s a faster game, a more intense game. Just the bats not being regulated, just how hard the hitters can hit, the different pitchers and just the players in general is just a whole new ball game.”

Frost said that Foley’s drive made her a top athlete, and one who had the talent to play at the professional level.

Foley said she plans to continue her softball career and has many goals for her future as a player and in her professional career. She also will continue to pursue her sports broadcasting, while giving back for all the opportunities that softball has given her.

“One of my goals is just giving back to the game as much as it gave to me. So whether that’s doing pitching lessons in the future and just seeing pitchers that I coach become successful … or just becoming successful in my major of sports broadcasting.”

Men’s basketball splits week away 1-1

By Juliana Rohrmoser STAFF WRITER

Last week, the University of Indianapolis men’s basketball team split the week with a win against Truman University on Feb. 2, and a loss later in the week to Quincy University.

On Saturday, the Hounds traveled to battle the Hawks, falling 89-82. The Hawks quickly started the game, hitting their first 3-pointer on the first possession. They maintained the lead until junior guard Alex Etherington hit two free throws to take the lead. Both teams struggled to maintain the lead, but Quincy ended the first half with a five point run, going into halftime with a 43-46 lead.

The Hounds scored the first point of the second half, which the Hawks quickly answered back to. The second half proved to be much like the first with multiple changes in the lead, with the score ending in the Hawks favor.

Junior guard Eric Davidson lead the team in scoring with 22 points, while Jimmy King and Alex Etherington followed closely with 18 and 14 points.

Prior to the loss, the team took on the Bulldogs in Kirksville, Mo. who were previously tied atop the Great Lakes Valley Conference West Division and took home a 94-86 victory.

Davidson scored a 3-pointer just seconds into the game, which set the pace for the rest of the first half. UIndy went into halftime with a 10 point lead over the Bulldogs. The Hounds maintained this lead until early in the second half, when the Bulldogs had a 14 point run which brought the score to 60-53.

The Hounds quickly evened out the score with consecutive scoring from King, junior forward Roderick Davis and Davidson. Scoring went back and forth between the teams until the Hounds ended with an 11 point run to take home the win.

Redshirt junior guard Ajay Lawton and Davidson totaled 24 points each, which was a personal best for Lawton.

King also set a personal record with eight assists, as well as adding 9 points.

Before the match-up, Davidson said that the team has a chance to be very successful once they put a few key skills together.

Previously, the Hounds also defeated

we played that way for at least 10 or 15 minutes, we’d have had a chance to win that ball game.”

Davidson led the Hounds, scoring 18 points, but had a season-low 3-10 from the 3-point line. Davidson said he is confident his work during practice will bring back his usually good performance. “[I need to] just keep shooting,” Davidson said. “Keep shooting, keep practicing and I know the shots will fall in the next game.”

Also in double digits were Etherington with 17, Kempson with 13 and Lawton with 14 points.

The Hounds started the year with an impressive 7-game winning streak that Gouard credits to their tough schedule in the first semester.

“Well, we made a tough schedule for as reason, to prepare ourselves for the GLVC league play,” Gouard said. “I think a hard schedule has made us tougher this second semester. Our guys [did] a good job of not hanging their head when the chips were down. We came together especially after second semester. We went back and reevaluated the entirety of the team, as coaches, and found the things we were not doing so great in and fixed those things to get to where we are today.”

Winter break practices gave the team time alone together to work on their skills as well as their team compatibility, according to Davidson.

“I think really after winter break, we had a lot of time together,” Davidson said “We had a lot of practices, and I feel like we really bonded over winter break. I feel like that time really helped us come together as a team.”

Gouard affirmed that the team is already looking forward to this week’s games to put the Hounds back on the hunt for the conference title coming up in a few weeks.

Photo by Cassie Reverman “Our goal is post-season at this Junior guard Eric Davidson scored 18 points against No.10 Bellarmine University on Jan. 26. This was the team’s first loss of 2017, ending their 7-game winning streak. point,but you know our primary goal is Head Men’s Basketball Coach Stan winning GLVC,” he said. “We still have stretched their lead to 11 points. The a 3-point field goal from freshman guard Gouard said that he noticed what a chance, it’s going to be a long shot.

Screaming Eagles struggled to find a dent Tate Hall tied the score 11-11.

The Hounds and Knights kept up their clicked with the team and noted that a There are some things happening we need in their opponents’defense as the minutes drained on the clock. During the final offense and neither team stretched the lead performance like that would have won to take care of on our end, but it’s right minutes, the Screaming Eagles worked beyond four points for the rest of the first the game if the Hounds had not started there. Outside of that winning the conference title and then making use of our on a come-back, adding four unanswered half. Leading into the half the Knights playing too late.

“We started defending, we got our determination and being national champs points but came short, and the Hounds were ahead by four, until two successful free throws from Etherington, which hands on some basketballs, got some [is] always our goal, that won’t change.” took home the win 81-66.

The men will be at home for their next deflections, got layups and ignited the King scored a career-high 19 points brought the score to 30-32.

In the second half, the Knights kept crowd,” Gouard said. “We just waited four games, the first being on Feb 9. Tipoff during the game, going 7-11 in field goal attempts and 3-4 from the 3-point the Hounds’ offense from scoring and too late to start playing. I feel like had will be at 7:45 p.m. in Nicoson Hall.

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Anderson achieves 1,000-point milestone

By Tony Lain EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Despite senior forward Nicole Anderson’s career high of 1,000 points, the University of Indianapolis women’s basketball team fell short to the Quincy University Hawks on Feb. 4. Anderson is the 23rd woman in UIndy history to hit this milestone.

Anderson scored on the first possession of the game, hitting her 1,000 point. Quincy and UIndy battled during the first half, with multiple lead changes, sending the Hounds into halftime with a 37-32 lead.

After the break, UIndy maintained their lead until the final minutes when Quincy shot a 3-pointer buzzer beater to send the game into overtime.

Both teams exchanged the lead in the overtime session, but the Hawks secured a 8-0 run in the final seconds, and despite the Hounds attempts, Quincy took home the 84-80 win.

Earlier in the week, junior guard Martha Burse’s career high of 31 points, was not enough to pull out a victory for the Hounds against Truman State on Feb. 2.

Despite the Hounds scoring on the first possession of the game, the Bulldogs jumped ahead to take the early lead with eight straight points.

The score was tied at 20 at the end of the first quarter. The Hounds reacted, scoring back to back at the beginning of the second. Unwilling to give up the lead, the Bulldogs took the lead again, which they would maintain for the remainder of the game.

Alongside Burse’s achievement, An-

derson achieved her sixth double-double of the year, and was the only other Greyhound to hit double digit points.

The women split two games at home the previous week with a win against the No. 11 Bellarmine University Knights on Jan. 26, and a loss to the University of Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles on Jan. 28.

The Greyhounds fell to the Screaming Eagles 58-47, showing low shooting numbers from both teams The Screaming Eagles, who have the top offense in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, were held to just two points in the opening quarter but rallied to win the game.

The Screaming Eagles outscored the Greyhounds 23-12 in the second quarter and led 25-20 at the half. The Greyhounds were held to 37.3 percent shooting on the day.

“We did not shoot the ball well,” said Head Women’s Basketball Coach Kristin Drabyn.“We defended well and held their leading scorer to four points and made them take tough shots, but we just didn’t execute as well on offense as we have been doing essentially since Christmas.”

Burse scored 21 points and went 9-for15 shooting, her second consecutive and fifth overall 20-point game since transferring from neighboring Indiana University Purdue University of Indianapolis to become a Greyhound this season.

“As with anything, it’s a learning process [joining a new team] ... but it has been very enjoyable,” Burse said. “I’m the type of person who would prefer to win and have five points over having 20 points and losing.”

The 80-65 win against Bellarmine was the first win against a ranked opponent

in three years and extended the team’s longest winning streak of the season to four games.

“I thought we pressured them really well. We took away what they wanted to do. We were good in our gaps and we rebounded well,”Drabyn said. “When we can do that, we limit their possessions and maximize our own.”

The Hounds held the lead the entire game, getting 25 points from Anderson, 25 points from Burse and 19 from junior guard Sarah Costello.

“We just stuck to what we learned in practice: box out, rebound, run in transition, trust the process and trust the system,” Burse said.

The Greyhounds were statistically the more physical team in the game, out-rebounding the Knights 36-28 and outscoring them in the paint 48-34.

“Every game we want to out-rebound the other team.We especially want to limit their offensive rebounds, because we don’t want to give them second chance points,” Drabyn said. “For us, we want to value the basketball as much as we can, and rebounding is one of our top priorities when it comes to that.”

Anderson set a UIndy single-game record for the program, with the most field goals made in a game without a miss, going 11-for-11.

“When you get a kid that just buys in and works really hard each possession, and who is really coachable, it is important for the other players to be able to look up to her and see that,” Drabyn said.

UIndy has five games left in the regular season. Next, they will host the William Jewell College Cardinals on Feb. 9 in Nicoson Hall. Tipoff is set for 5:30 p.m.

Photo by Cassie Reverman

Junior guard Sarah Costello scored 19 points to add to the win over the Bellarmine University Knights on Jan. 26. in Nicoson Hall. The win stretched the women’s longest winning streak of the season to four games.

Men’s soccer adds new reserve squad

By Melvin Mendez EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Photo contributed by Laken Detweiler

Redshirt sophomore Brendon Kelley works to maneuver Maryville’s Travis Lang onto his back. Kelley went on to win the match 9-4 at 174, but the Hounds fell 23-15.

Wrestling team works towards Super Region Two Tournament

By Kylee Crane EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Head Wrestling Coach Jason Warthan prepared the wrestlers for their meet against the No. 4 Maryville University Saints and No. 6 McKendree University Bearcats, but the University of Indianapolis wrestling team fell short to both opponents on Feb. 4.

Despite wins from redshirt junior Nick Crume, redshirt sophomore D.J. Smith and redshirt sophomore Brendon Kelley, the team was unable to secure a win over either of the top ranked teams.

Prior to the meet, Warthan said that this meet was one the team had been looking toward since earlier in the season.

“We’ve been preparing for this match up for awhile now. Part of the deal with sitting guys last week was to be gearing up for this weekend, so the plan is to have our best lineup out there for Saturday.”

Prior to the weekend matchups at home, the Greyhounds traveled to Louisville to take on Bellarmine University and No. 3 University of Wisconsin-Parkside, splitting the day 1-1.

UIndy fell to the Rangers 31-7. Crume grabbed the first win at 141 with an 18-5 major decision, and redshirt junior Neal Molloy claimed a 6-3 decision at 149. Those were the only two wins in UIndy’s favor.

The team went on to defeat Bellarmine 37-12. Crume and Molloy pinned their opponents in the opening minutes of their matches. Senior Barry McGinley claimed a 10-2 major decision at 165, and redshirt junior Luke Kriech followed in his footsteps with a 13-6 decision at 174.

Redshirt sophomore Dylan Faulkenberg wrapped up the day with another pin for the Greyhounds, winning at 285 in 1:48.

Head Wrestling Coach Jason Warthan said the team was “a little banged up”going into the duals but said the team has been fortunate enough to make adjustments

in the lineups. The Greyhounds have competed with a different lineup in each of their GLVC duals.

“We had to bump up [senior] Andrew Frey two weight classes. We forfeited two weight classes against Parkside, and it is very difficult to win a dual when you forfeit two matches,” Warthan said. “You’ve got to make sure you’re preparing for the end of season, so we’re sitting guys and resting them who might be a little banged up.

The silver lining is that we have so much depth that we’ve been able to throw out those different lineups and have been able to compete with these guys.”

Before traveling to Louisville, Faulkenberg received his first GLVC Wrestler of the Week honor, with redshirt sophomore Heath Lange attaining the honor the week before. Currently ranked No. 11 with a record of 23-7, Faulkenberg did not want to focus too much on the title.

“It just feels good to put in the work and see results come out from it,” he said.

With two more weeks left before the NCAA Super Region Two Tournament, Warthan said it’s “kind of a formula”when it comes to preparation. The team needs some rest, but several men must cut weight.

“You want to peak at this time, so you start cutting practices down a bit, making them a little more intense and focused.The guys do more little things on their own, like biking and other cardio at the gym to burn those calories that way,” he said.

Faulkenberg said he and the rest of his teammates are continuing to build the momentum in the last few weeks of the regular season to head into the tournament.

“We just keep working harder and harder in practice and working on the small things. It’s always the small things that make you better,” he said. “My biggest challenge is learning how to not just go through the motions, learning to go practice by practice and not look too far in front of me.”

Currently ranked No. 18 in the NCAA

Division II Coaches Association Poll, the Greyhounds have high expectations for their postseason appearances, stemming from dominant regular season results.

The biggest of these happened on Jan. 14 when the team beat not only Cloud State University, but also Parkside.

“That was a huge win for the program, and huge for families, alumni, recruits,” Warthan said. “To us, it wasn’t such a surprise. I think we’ve been competitive in every dual we’ve had.”

Statistically, the Greyhounds have also been constant in every dual. In their St. Cloud and Parkside victories, the team won five of the 10 match-ups in both.

In their dual against then No. 2 Notre Dame College (OH), the Hounds won four of the 10 matches and claimed five of the 10 matches against No. 6 Mercyhurst University. Those two duals resulted in losses for the program.

“We are literally right there competing and being consistent in every dual we have had. Some have gone our way, and some we’ve lost,” Warthan said. “It’s been somewhat of a special season...We all kind of look towards the end so it’s hard for us to hang our hats on those wins.

We’ve certainly grown more confident within those wins, but we’re just trying to keep things in perspective and keep getting better.”

With two more seasons ahead of him, Faulkenberg said he is proud of what the team has accomplished so far and believes it will continue to develop.

“I see all of this season as a success,” he said.“We’ve all put in the work, starting in the off-season. Everyone is dedicated to doing everything the right way, and I think we deserve the recognition we receive.

Everything’s all coming together, and I believe it will be even better next year.”

The Greyhounds will travel to St. Louis on Feb. 12 for their last regular season duals against Ouachita Baptist University and Notre Dame. The first match is set to begin at 1 p.m.

The University of Indianapolis men’s soccer team will add a reserve squad that will include 30 new student athletes, and an addition to the coaching staff, Associate Head Coach Shaun Mahoney.

The new reserve squad will begin its first season this coming fall. As currently planned, the season will include 13 games that will take place every Monday during the first team’s season and on some Saturdays.The reserve squad’s season will include games against other Division II schools with reserve programs, Junior colleges and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics schools.

The new reserve squad will allow the Hounds to add more players to the roster and help players gain experience, according to Men’s Soccer Head Coach John Higgins.

“For me, this is a big thing. We can now bring on players that we can see playing for us in a couple of years. With our recruiting model up to this point, it’s been that we need to see them contribute right away as freshmen, because we have such a small first team squad,” Higgins said. “We have 300 kids through UIndy a year in camps.This year based on camps, we would have turned away 299 players and with the addition of the reserve team, we can now bring on 30 more players that have the potential at some point to make it into our first team. It allows us to cast our net a little, just a little bit wider than we have in the past.”

According to Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Sue Willey, new criteria were added for the Associate Head Coach position that were not usually included.

“At the time, when we were doing the announcement of the position and advertising it, I believe that we put on there that they needed to have Division III recruitment experience,” Willey said.

“The reason why is because that is the key to whether or not this works. Normally when we are advertising for positions we are looking for someone with Division I or Division II experience. This is a unique setup where we knew that somebody needed to have these special qualities, and that would be someone that recruits without athletic scholarships, which would include Division 3. So we were looking for a Division III coach who in their mind wanted a different challenge and a different environment.”

As for the recruiting process Higgins said the recruiting process would not be different for the reserve squad recruits except that the recruits for the reserve squad would not be offered athletic scholarships.

Mahoney said that recruiting would be similar to the way he has recruited in previous years.

“I’ve been recruiting without athletic scholarships for a long time, and it really comes down to the collegiate soccer experience that this school has to offer, and UIndy can offer a really good one,” Mahoney said. “Recruiting for it is very similar to what I’ve done in the past. You still want top talent and the best players that you can find that are willing to come in and fill those roles.”

Mahoney also mentioned what he thought the new program would add to the Greyhounds’ soccer program.

“I think the reserve squad is providing a great place for players that have the ability to play collegiate soccer at other schools, maybe it’s DIII schools or whatever it might be. But because of the Division II model they’re going to have a better experience, because they’re going to be able to train more throughout the year, have the opportunity to work with the coaching staff. And then ultimately, that reserve squad will produce top role players for us in future years, so that we have some of those guys help win games with the first team and to hopefully take the program from being a top 25 program to being a top 5 program.”

The new program will open new windows for the university’s athletic program in its own unique way, according to Willey.

Even though the program will be different, it will still stick to the ways of the other UIndy athletic teams.

All players will be given the same chance during practices for everyone so that instead of being two separate teams both teams will play as one, allowing players from the reserve squad to get a chance to play for the first team according Higgins.

“One of the big keystone parts of our ‘united as one’ is servant leadership, and that involves Coach Mahoney and I working harder than everyone else and setting that example,” Higgins said. “It’s going to be the reserve guys getting the exact same experience that the first team squad gets on and off the field. When they’re ready to make that jump, they can slot right into the first team and nothing changes.”

Currently, recruits have already decided to join the new UIndy program and are already on the way to improving the program, according to Higgins.

“It’s played out so far how we expected it to play out,”Higgins said. “The response has been pretty good, the quality of the players that we’ve brought in is really good and there are certainly two ways of going at this: One way is to make it a pure numbers decision, and you can just bring in 30 more players, and you can improve your budget. But we’ve made it a development decision, a soccer decision, to bring in really high-quality players that can make that jump to the first team. It’s guys that are serious about the game and guys that want to fulfill all their potential and end up playing in a Division II program.”

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“

I don’t think it’s necessarily a romantic thing. ... But it’s like the idea of just celebrating love and [the] love in your life and happiness, and that’s what I like about Valentine’s Day.” -Laura Merrifield Albright

Photo by Zoë Berg

UIndy shares Valentine’s experiences “When I was a little girl, and I had to have been three or four years old, I distinctly remember my father on the morning of Valentine’s Day, it was like Christmas in our house. My father had these huge bags, and at three it was probably the same size as I am, but it was probably just a grocery bag of Valentine’s candy. And he spared no expense. I picture my father going down the candy aisle and he was like, ‘Oh, my girls need this. And this. And this.’ When you’re that age, it was the most exciting thing on Valentine’s Day morning.”

~Assistant professor of history and political science

Laura Merrifield Albright

“The best Valentine’s day I ever had was when I was in 10th grade, and my ex gave me a huge teddy bear.”

~ Freshman nursing major Anastasia Gartner

“I will be sitting in my room, eating chocolate and watching Netflix this Valentine’s Day.”

~ Junior exercise science major Celine Ehret

“Actually, my son was born on Valentine’s Day, but he was born so quickly that they missed getting that time down, so he is actually a Valentine baby. He was born a little before midnight and it was a fast rushed procedure and all of a sudden they looked up and said, ‘Oh! We forgot to put down the time.’ So, he was actually born then but we celebrate on the 15. … We just get together, have dinner and kind of lament and laugh about that. It was kind of a funny thing. And he’s really glad, being a boy, that he doesn’t have to celebrate his birthday on Valentine’s Day.”

~ English, philosophy and religion administrative assistant Debby McGary

“Usually just movie and a dinner is my main go-to. Sometimes I send valentines to my family members, like my mom and my sisters, because it’s kind of cheesy but fun. Sometimes they send me back something.”

~ Center of Excellence in Leadership and Learning administrative assistant Michelle Ferguson

“I’m probably going to have a good time and party with my friends because I’m single.”

~ Freshman business administration major Jeno Peek

“The best memories are actually the ones involving my kids, in terms of making Valentine’s and kind of the stress of showing affection for each other in a way that is not commercialized. You’re pouring your heart out into something for somebody else, usually [for] your sister or your parents.”

~ Chairman of philosophy and religion Jonathan Evans

Celebrating on a budget

By Alexis Stella DISTRIBUTION MANAGER It is not uncommon for Valentine’s Day to become the single most expensive nontraditional holiday, given all the splurging on gifts to impress that special someone.

Valentine’s Day is more than just a day, where it is not uncommon for florists to thrive and chocolate companies to worm their way into relationships. While celebrating with one special someone may be nice on Valentine’s Day, figuring out how to afford the perfect gift on a college budget can be quite difficult.

Consumers spend on average $116.21 on Valentine’s Day each year, according to statisticbrain.com. College students living on a budget may consider that expensive. Financially responsible but “broke” college students may want to try a simple Valentine’s Day, like freshman English education major Larson Hicks, who plans to celebrate the holiday with his girlfriend.

“We [Hicks and his girlfriend] have been together for six years,” Hicks said.

“And I usually surprise her by getting a Valentine’s Day chocolate heart box, and [I] take out the chocolate and replace it with her favorite candy. One year, I put a pack of Sour Patch Kids in there. I always end up giving her the chocolate anyway, though.”

While heart-shaped boxes or packages of candy can be found at any local convenience store, Walmart sells a collection of Valentine’s Day heart-shaped chocolate candy boxes for less than $10. The boxes can vary depending on one’s preference.

Walmart’s most popular Valentine’s Day heart-shaped box of chocolate is a 16-piece assortment of milk and dark chocolate for $6. Walmart also has a wide variety of candy such as Sour Patch Kids, Skittles, M&M’s and many others for under $5.

However, if you happen to be celebrating Valentine’s Day the day after, Walmart and other convenience stores such as Kroger, Meijer and even Walgreens mark down the price of the holiday-themed candy.

Hicks said that what he wanted most from his girlfriend was to spend time with her just doing mundane things.

“Never underestimate a dinner and a movie,” Hicks said. “It’s the perfect time

to get to know each other more, and [also] more time to just bond with one another.”

For students who do not want to go out to the movies on Valentine’s Day, Redbox is a convenient way to watch movies at home for just a $1.50 plus tax per day.

The company specializes in DVDs, Bluray and video game rentals. It has more than 34,000 locations at local convenience stores, fast food restaurants, grocery stores, mass retailers and pharmacies, including the Kroger on East Street.

For those who prefer the “classics,” Walmart offers a $5 bin of movies, including a two-for-one price romantic collection featuring “The Notebook” and “The Time Traveler’s Wife.”

Walmart also offers action-packed or horror movies for people who are not interested in romantic movies. Movies such as “Die Hard” and Stephen King films like “The Shining” and “Carrie” also appear in the $5 bin.

Another student who participates in the annual Valentine’s Day gift exchange with her boyfriend is sophomore graphic design major Linzie Williams. She said that due to conflicting schedules, she is trying to arrange a time for them to celebrate.

“I actually have class that night [Valentine’s Day], so I am planning to take him out the night before, or the weekend before,”she said.“It’s best to just go simple.

Our favorite restaurant is Olive Garden, so that is where we will probably go.”

Both Hicks and Williams said they were willing to spend $30-$60 on their significant others for Valentine’s Day. Indianapolis offers many local restaurants that are romantic and affordable.

One of many places to celebrate on Valentine’s Day evening is The Melting Pot, located on East 86th Street. The Melting Pot often has special Valentine’s Day menus that are within budget.

A night in with take-out or delivery is another budget-friendly option. Papa Johns, Great Wall Chinese Restaurant and Marty’s Restaurant & Lounge are some take-out restaurants near campus.

Many other restaurants also offer pick-up or delivery options.

Both Hicks and Williams recommend a simple and laid back Valentine’s Day with their significant others.

“It’s just the thought that counts,” Hicks said, “giving gifts with meaning is what matters.”

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Valentine’s through the ages

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

From the Roman Empire to the Middle Ages to today’s commercialism, Valentine’s Day has evolved from celebrating martyrdom to a requirement

By Erik Cliburn OPINION EDITOR

Valentine’s Day has become one of the most popular and commercially targeted holidays in the United States over the past century, along with holidays such as Christmas,Thanksgiving and St. Patrick’s Day. Unlike these other holidays, though, Valentine’s Day’s origins and purpose seem muddled.

Of course, in modern society, Valentine’s Day is supposed to be a celebration of romantic love between two people, and children often celebrate the holiday by handing out cards and candy to friends and classmates. But the origin of St. Valentine and Valentine’s Day, like many other holidays, dates back to the early stages of Christianity.

In early Christian history, many who practiced the religion were persecuted by the Roman Empire for their lack of faithfulness to the Roman pantheon of gods.The origins of Valentine’s Day begin in this era (around 300 C.E.), according to Interim Executive Director of the Ron and Laura Strain Honors College and Associate Professor of History Jim Williams. Williams said that there were several people in that era who were known as Valentine and supposedly martyred in the Christian faith.

“Most martyrs are recognized or valued because they continued to profess their faith and maintain a hold of their Christianity despite the fact that the Roman government would essentially single them [out and] ask them to recognize the Roman gods. And if they refused, they would be killed in that case,” Williams said.“There is that example of Christianity that is supposed to set a guiding light for all Christians to be so true to their faith that they would be willing to die in order to show their faithfulness to God.” When the Catholic Church became the dominant religious force within the Roman Empire, it replaced all of the old pagan holidays and festivals with those pertaining to Christianity. According to history.com, the pre-Catholic Church

Graphic by Zoë Berg

Roman Empire celebrated Lupercalia on Feb. 15; the holiday specifically celebrated fertility and was dedicated to one of the agricultural gods, Faunus, along with the founders of Rome, Remus and Romulus.

This holiday, later replaced by the Catholic Church and moved to Feb. 14, originally celebrated Christian martyrdom.

However, even though St. Valentine’s Day remains a part of the Catholic tradition, the several people known as Valentine were removed from the list of saints within the church because of lack of evidence and documentation, according to Williams.

“Of the St.Valentines, a couple of them seemed to be in the area around Rome and martyred for one reason or another because of their Christianity,” Williams

said. “But the legends or stories may or may not even be accurate because all of those [legends] come from a much later period.”

According to Williams, Valentine’s Day did not begin to have any association with love until the Middle Ages. During that time, literate people - mostly royalty and nobility, - often would write love letters to those they felt attracted to.

“Obviously, what has happened in the modern day [with Valentine’s Day] is its own thing,” Williams said.“When people celebrate Valentine’s Day, today they aren’t celebrating an example of Christian martyrdom. It would be remarkable if they even said ‘saint’ when referring to Valentine’s Day itself.”

The modern practices of Valentine’s

Day have become much different from those in the Middle Ages when the element of love was first introduced into the holiday. Much of what is associated with Valentine’s Day today has to do with material possessions and commercialization and how those relate to love.

According to Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice Amanda Miller, the idea of how Valentine’s Day is supposed to be celebrated has been popularized by things such as advertising and entertainment media.

“There is a message that we get through advertisement and through watching television shows and romantic comedies that there is a certain pattern that is supposed to be followed, or a script for what Valentine’s Day is supposed to look like,”

Miller said.“It’s been a very popular script, because in part the messaging draws on emotion, saying that if you don’t follow the script, then you somehow don’t love your partner.”

According to Miller, Valentine’s Day is just one of several systems put into place that commercialize romantic relationships in modern society.

“I think there is a pressure to do something grand, when in reality that might not be the most romantic thing to do,” Miller said. “We’ve seen this rise up in other ways, too. First there was the marriage proposal, then there came the ‘prom-posal.’ I think there is that same pressure with Valentine’s Day, that if you don’t do or say the right things, or it’s not a big enough gesture, that you’ve somehow doomed the relationship.”

Miller points out that not only has the focus of Valentine’s Day changed from the early Christian era and the Middle Ages, but even from as early as the 1920s through the 1940s.

“Valentine’s Day now is more about the one-on-one love relationship, versus a wider appeal where adults, too, would be able to express their fondness for their friends,” Miller said. “There was this weird tradition in the 20s, 30s and 40s called ‘Vinegar Valentine’s,’ where not only could you send a Valentine’s card to the persons that you were romantically interested in, but you also sent them to the person you hate. It was a way of societal shunning to say, essentially, ‘you are doing the wrong things; you need to back off a little bit.’”

Miller said that on a person-to-person basis, people generally feel that grand, romantic gestures and lavish spending are not necessary to celebrate Valentine ’s Day and appreciate their romantic partners, but that expectations have been established by the culture that contradict that.

“I think it [Valentine’s Day] reflects society in a way where not just time, but [also] money, is an equivalent to love,” Miller said.“I don’t think most individuals actually feel that, but I do think that it’s the messaging or branding that’s set for the holiday.”

Information by Morgan Ellis, Graphic by Zoë Berg

ENTERTAINMENT

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

THE REFLECTOR

Martin & Ronen join for a musical collaboration

By Morgan Ellis ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Featuring the Ronen Chamber Ensemble with guest cellist Caroline Saltzman, the music department of the University of Indianapolis presented the Faculty Artist Concert Series performance “Youthful Exuberance” on Jan. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ruth Lilly Performance Hall of the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center.

The featured faculty members during the performance were Assistant Professors of Music Gregory Martin on piano and Austin Hartman on violin as well as Adjunct Music Faculty Member David Bellman on clarinet.

Pieces performed during this concert included “Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Cello, Op. 11,” by German composer Ludwig van Beethoven; “Three Pieces, Op. 28,” and “Quartet in A Minor, Op. 21,” by English composer Herbert Howells; and “Sonata” for clarinet and piano, by French composer Francis Poulenc.

Junior music performance major Allison Vickery attended the performance and saw some of her professors perform together.

“As always, I think Dr. Martin showed some pretty incredible playing. His program that he put together, including the “Howells,” [Op. 28 and Op. 21] and being a pretty unusual composer, was a really unique thing to feature two of his works,” Vickery said. “I think that’s really neat that Dr. Martin put that much emphasis on a really obscure composer.”

Martin enjoyed all of the pieces by the variety of composers that were incorporated into the program for the evening.

“I thought the whole program was a good balance of heavy stuff and light stuff.

I think it worked. The violin pieces were not initially a part of the program, but when we had to made adjustments, really last-minute for the program, I thought of adding those in because of the fact that the one chosen was the one that the quartet was about…. It was a nice little filler in the first half,” Martin said.

Featured in the first piece of the program was 16-year-old cellist from Evansville, Ind. Caroline Saltzman. The young cellist served as principal cellist of the Evansville Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and later began her studies with Co-Director of the Indiana Jacobs School of Music Pre-College String Academy Susan Moses. She also has worked with notable cellists such as Csaba Onczay, Helga Winold, Richard Aaron, Amir Eldan, Peter Opie and UIndy graduate and brother to Allison, Nathan Vickery.

Although Vickery does not know Saltzman personally, she does know some of her study history.

“She actually takes lessons with the same person my older brother took from when he was in high school, so that’s kind of a fun connection,” Vickery said. “I thought her playing was really expressive and just very beautifully shaped and very mature in music.”

Vickery’s purpose in attending the performance included supporting both Martin and the Ronen Ensemble.

“I always enjoy chamber music concerts. It’s a very different feel from, say, a solo performance or an orchestra. A solo performance is all about that one person, but for a lot of audience members, maybe their attention span for solo performances is a little bit lower. For classical music, perhaps you’re getting someone off the street [to listen to] orchestra music. The person off the street is thinking, ‘There is so much going on, almost more than what I can pay attention to.’ However, in chamber music, with groupings of two or three or four, you have a lot of the personality of the individuals coming through, and there’s a collaboration that makes a really neat experience [for people] to be able to see the individual personalities come together,” Vickery said. “I’ve always appreciated Greg’s playing, and he’s a great person in general. The fact that he wants to bring to the public’s attention more of these obscure works is really neat.”

Like Vickery, Martin thinks that unknown and unique music brings a different feeling to the audience.

“I think people not knowing the music brings it [the music] some kind of freshness that it might not have had if were.... a piece that everyone had heard over a thousand times,” Martin said. “I always have thought that your job when performing is to do everything like a world premiere.

Directed by Director of Jazz Studies, Mark O’Connor, the Jazz Combo will take place on Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ruth Lilly Performance Hall.The concert is free to the public and offers L/P credit for UIndy students.

Photo by Kiuno Cann

A student observes the chandelier of letterpress art as other students, faculty and community members observe works in the CDFAC Gallery during the reception for “Letterpress Hullabaloo” on Jan. 23 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

UIndy celebrates the art of letterpress

By Ainger Alexander EDITORIAL ASSISTANT The University of Indianapolis held the opening reception of the “Letterpress Hullabaloo” exhibit on Jan. 24 at 4 p.m.

The exhibit showcased a culmination of the history and modern expression of printmaking located in Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center Gallery.

The exhibit opening gave visitors a chance to try their hands at printmaking and bookbinding, along with the opportunity to chat with Indiana-based printmakers about their work. Assistant Professor of Art and Design Katherine Fries arranged the exhibit including a guest lecture from Co-Director of “Pressing On: The Letterpress Documentary” Erin Beckloff.

“Hullaballoo means an uproar, ruckus or joyful commotion,” Fries said. “That’s why we named the UIndy Press Hullabaloo—we wanted to create an uproar

and joyful commotion as we celebrate the unique history of letterpress.”

Letterpress printing was the normal form of printing text from the time of its invention by Johannes Gutenberg in the mid-15th to the 19th century. It was the first medium of mass production for printed work and is the reason why we have books, historic documents and photocopied material today.

Fields like graphic design, printmaking and archiving have their roots within the art of Letterpress. Up until this event, sophomore graphic design major Darin Sills said he didn’t realize how similar letterpress is to his major.

“I basically perform the same functions to create these designs, but on a MacBook instead of by hand,” Sills said.

“After exploring the gallery, I have so much respect for people who learn this craft.”

The exhibit also is a prelude to further campus developments. The university recently announced that Fries will spearhead the return of printmaking courses at

UIndy. Students will be able to declare printmaking as a major, or as a concentration underneath the umbrella of studio art. Four students already have declared printmaking as a major and are eager to get their hands on the three presses UIndy recently purchased.

“Re-introducing printmaking classes back into the university curriculum will demonstrate that there is no one way to do things,” Fries said. “This isn’t just about printmaking. This is also a learning experience in craftsmanship, preserving history, problem-solving and critical thinking.”

The first press purchased by UIndy is a Proof Press nicknamed Elvis Presley by the department and purchased from a printmaker in Ohio. The second is a Platen Press nicknamed Prescilla and the last is a Platen Press nicknamed Betty. Betty weighs 2,600 pounds and was purchased from Red Door Press in Des Moines, Iowa. Betty will help in the creation of large-scale letterpress

projects. According to Fries, nicknaming the presses is a tradition that is almost as old as letterpress itself.

The first “letterpress only” course will be offered during the spring semester of the 2017-2018 academic year. Students will learn functions such as creating a lockup, inking the type and creating an impression.

“This did not happen because of my efforts alone,” Fries said. “Thank you to my department, staff, student volunteers, the Shaheen College of Arts and Sciences Fund, The National Library Bindery Company of Indiana and the Talbot Street Art Fair Inc., for all of their help and support on this project. Together we brought this vision to life.”

The upcoming exhibit will showcase “artists who are working in themes inspired by Latin American Heritage,” in “Herencia,” according to the exhibit description on the UIndy Events link. It will open Feb. 20 with a reception from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and will close March 15.

The Icarus Ensemble performs together after their first Faculty Artist Concert ten years ago

By Morgan Ellis ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Performing together for 10 years since their first performance at the University of Indianapolis, The Icarus Ensemble performed Jan. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ruth Lilly Performance Hall. The jazz ensemble consists of five instrumentalists, with Dean Franke on the violin, Gary Walters on piano, Peter Hansen on bass, Mark Ortwein on reeds and Jon Crabiel on percussion. According to a UIndy critic, the Icarus Ensemble is “the innovative classical-jazz-pop quintet.”

The Icarus Ensemble plays a broad mix of music, including classically inspired jazz, jazz and pop standards and original compositions from group members.

The set list encompassed a combination of originals with unique titles, pieces with no names or other covers. In order, the quintet played originals “Oopsey Daisy,” “Widow’s Walk,” “Is That Your Toaster?,” “Shelly Intermezzo,” “Country,” “Lunar Love,” a piece without a title that was rearranged by the group from the Ronen Ensemble, Tears for Fears’ “Mad World,” an original titled “Air” and the closing piece for the evening, “Pepperoni Grande con queso mas.”

Senior music performance major and percussionist Logan Fox was able to attend the concert for the evening to enjoy a group that he has seen times before. “[I attended because] I needed three more ‘other’ concert credits, such as jazz, before I graduate. We [jazz ensemble members] also have to attend four jazz concerts every semester, and we have to write a concert review. So I wanted to attend this and get it out of the way,” Fox said. “I’ve actually really enjoyed anytime I’ve ever seen this ensemble’s concerts.

I’ve only been to their concerts two other times, but I always enjoy it.”

According to the biography from the ensemble’s Facebook page, they “first came together for a Faculty Artist Concert at the University of Indianapolis

in February of 2007.

Their innovative style of music does not go unnoticed, however, and Fox was one who appreciated it in performance.

“I liked the fact that they aren’t afraid to blend so many things together. I like collaboration and ensembles that aren’t afraid to do and to combine new things, but at the same time, maintain accessibility,” Fox said. “For the most part, I don’t know too many people who wouldn’t be able to enjoy that kind of concert, but at the same time, they were doing artistic things.”

Freshman music performance major and percussionist of eight years Garret Crow accompanied Fox during the performance to pick up details of Crabiel’s percussionist skills.

“I was interested in the Icarus Ensemble because I’m always trying to improve my playing and knowledge of jazz,” Crow said, “which requires heavily listening to it [the music] and watching it be performed just as frequently.”

For Fox, although there was not a printed program for the evening, there were moments he enjoyed throughout.

“The reason there wasn’t a program was because they’re a really spontaneous group.They performed arrangements and stuff like ‘Mad World’ and on stage, if you saw them talking to each other, they were deciding in the moment, ‘Hey, let’s do this one.’ It [the chosen song] might be the one that, say, Dean Franke wrote,” Fox said. “They’ll ask, ‘Hey, can we do this on stage?’ and then they’ll do it. It’s just a really spontaneous environment, and that’s kind of refreshing.”

Crow, sitting with Fox, had a difficult time putting his finger on his favorite piece of the evening.

“I couldn’t tell you what my favorite piece was live, but I purchased a copy of their CD ‘Icarus Ensemble’ for sale after the show and there was a song called ‘Schizoid’ because of its complexity and combination of several different styles.”

Although Fox said he does not recommend this kind of concert to his grandparents, specifically, he encourages anyone

Photo by Cassie Reverman

Icarus member Mark Ortwein performs one of Icarus’s original pieces “Oopsey Daisy” from the top of the list. who seems even somewhat interested to attend a concert like this.

Almost like Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco and Prize Fighter Inferno, the Icarus Ensemble had song titles that are not typical of jazz artists, according to Fox. “That [the song titles] kind of drove me crazy, but I imagine that’s kind of the point. Maybe they care more about the music and no so much as having an elaborate title. I like a good title,” Fox said. “They’re just such talented guys.”

Crow was enthusiastic about what is provided by the music department provides through performance and academics.

“I think that the music department has a lot to offer all students, including those outside of the department,”he said.“There are lots of concerts offered that even the ‘common joe’would likely find enjoyable.”

Fox appreciates The Icarus Ensemble’s demonstration of professional musicianship during the performance from night and in the past.

“I liked the entire spontaneous factor to their playing throughout the performance.

I really enjoyed that during their solo, they weren’t afraid do ‘extended’ technique,” Fox said. “Dean played harmonics on the violin, and I believe that’s really difficult to be able to do on the fly.”

Echoing Air, an upcoming performance will take place on Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ruth Lilly Performance Hall.

This concert will feature countertenors Steven Rickards and Nathan Medley; tenor Jeffrey Collier also on recorder; Keith Collins on recorder and bassoon; Thomas Gerber on harpsichord and organ and Christine Kyprianides on viola da gamba.

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THE REFLECTOR

REVIEWS

THE RATINGS

CLASSIC

GREAT

MEDIOCRE

BAD

HORRIBLE

1 GOLD

2 ALBUM

COFFEEHOUSE THE PRINCESS DIARIST 3 MO’JOE 4 5 ADVENTURE RESTAURANT BOOK

>>January can be a bit of a slog at the box office, with films that land anywhere between mediocre and miserable. Most are shallow, ubercommercial cash grabs with little heart and effort put into them. But Stephen Gaghan’s “Gold” looked like it could perhaps be the month’s saving grace this time around: a Matthew McConaughey vehicle about the allure of the world’s most soughtafter shiny object and the pursuit of the American dream. But it’s exactly these attributes, and the film’s inability to rise above them, that make “Gold” feel rehashed and unexciting. It’s yet another example of a protagonist going from rock bottom to skyhigh in the chase for big money, then landing in some moral/ emotional middle ground before the story decides on a witty enough one-liner or clever enough pop classic to wrap it up.

The story of “Gold” beats like a broken Oscar-bait record, but without the inspired creative nuances that set those films apart. Despite a few truly solid and engaging moments from McConaughey and co-star Edgar Ramirez, the movie drags you through predictable plotting, bizarre transitions and shocking lapses in visual quality and sound mixing. The performances are really what maintain intrigue. “Gold” could have been the first really solid movie of the year but instead ended up treading the same waters we see several times a year, every year, when A-list actors routinely pick typical, uncreative dramas to tie their names to.

>>Coming out nearly a year after David Bowie’s death, “No Plan” posthumously marks what would be the legendary musician’s 70th birthday and acts as the final piece in his expansive discography. Featuring a very slow tempo throughout and a lot of brass parts, this EP seems to have a very heavy jazz influence.

The first song on the EP, “Lazarus,” was easily my favorite of the four. In some ways, it was a throwback to some of Bowie’s earlier work, such as the “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust,” with his lofty vocals and detailed lyrics carrying the soul of the song. The title song of the EP, “No Plan,” is an almost exact continuation of the previous song, relying heavily on a calm and mellow sound provided by a smooth, simple guitar riff and a saxophone melody.

“Killing a Little Time” is definitely the hardest song on the EP in terms of sound.

With a heavily distorted guitar riff playing throughout and a strong, fast backbeat, “Killing a Little Time” brings a grungier sound than what is found in the rest of the album. “When I Met You” is a song that relies heavily on a simple yet catchy chord progression with a mixture of some electronic elements thrown in. I believe that Bowie never intended these songs to be published and reach the light of day, which is why it could be considered subpar in some cases. Die hard Bowie fans likely will find nothing wrong with the EP because of its uniqueness and because it is the final chapter for a character in music who had an influence for so long.

>>Mo’Joe Coffeehouse has surpassed Starbucks as my favorite coffee shop.

When I first walked in, I felt slightly out of my element in the very hipster vibe, but I immediately was put at ease when I was welcomed by the extremely friendly staff.

When I stepped up to order, they were very engaging and helpful in making my decision about what to order. The menu leans more toward strong coffee drinks and less toward the fru-fru drinks that Starbucks tends to carry. Many of the drinks included extra shots of espresso to pump up the caffeine which, as a busy college student, I really appreciated.

The menu is very extensive with many flavorings available to dress up your drink the way you like. I ordered an Italian macchiato, which consisted of espresso and foam, while my friend ordered a cappuccino. The espresso was very strong and the foam was the perfect addition to mellow out the taste. I was very awake after all the caffeine, so I definitely got my money’s worth. My friend’s cappuccino was even better, with an original taste that even Starbucks could not achieve. We also shared a very tasty banana nut muffin that was served warm. Although the pastries and sandwiches looked good, there were few options for treats to accompany my drink. Mo’Joe’s prices were slightly lower than that of some of their competitors, and the drinks seemed to be slightly larger as well. Overall, I had a very relaxing and enjoyable experience and plan on making Mo’Joe’s my new official coffee hangout.

Andy Carr • Editorial Assistant

Erik Cliburn • Opinion Editor

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>>Carrie Fisher will break your heart and make you laugh at the same time in “The Princess Diarist.” While the book is about Fisher’s affair with Harrison Ford during the first “Star Wars” movie, it is more about the insecurities, criticisms and inner demons rooted deep in her childhood that she was facing during that time. Fisher looks back on the diaries she kept throughout the creation of the original “Star Wars” movie and reflects upon the person she was at the time and how she has come to appreciate who she was in her youth. As a “Star Wars” fan, I found it hard to read about the inner battles our beloved Princess Leia was having while shooting one of the most iconic movies ever made. Although depressing, Fisher’s self-loathing is written about in such a brutally honest and sometimes poetic way that it is much more relatable than one would expect.

With her charming dialogue, riddles and bizarre metaphors, Fisher makes you laugh through consistent themes of heartbreak and worthlessness right along with her.Throughout the book, she speaks directly to the audience, making you feel as if you are her friend going through these horrible experiences with her, desperately wanting to change the course.

With Fisher’s recent death on Dec. 27, reading about her low self-esteem offers no closure for readers who will miss their princess dearly. The book leaves a bittersweet taste of appreciation and longing for a lost friend.

>>“Inhale,” she said. Wait until my thighs are on fire, I thought. “Exhale,” she said. Oh come on, you can hold on for one more warrior pose, I thought.The Yogi for my first-ever candlelit yoga experience was named Amy, and I could really pick up on her hopefulness and faith for the first-timers in the front row. Those firsttimers were me and another editor. I was so excited to sign up for my first official yoga class at BodySpace Yoga and Wellness, and I felt so healthy already by running my credit card through their registration system. The only yoga experience I’ve had was from my kinesiology course on campus, but I wanted an alternative with a professional Yogi and a more relaxing atmosphere without mandatory requirements. I was immediately excited by the hardwood flooring and the mood lighting as soon as I walked through the door with my fellow editor. Faux candles on the floor lined walls that had ballet bars mounted above for another class offered at the studio. Although my class began at 7 p.m., I was still able to see that there was a courtyard beyond the windows of the studio. Needless to say, I believe I found my first favorite yoga studio with such a kind staff. The routine Amy took us through was physically demanding, although it definitely wasn’t something I couldn’t handle. The prices and packages range from $9 for community yoga to $1,080 for an annual membership. I definitely plan to go back when my puny bank account isn’t running dry.

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Ostojic performs pieces devoted to classical guitar Music performed in a solo performance by Ostojic consists of compositions for guitarists ranging from the 18th to the 20th centuries

By Maia Gibson & Hanna McClard

FEATURE EDITOR & STAFF WRITER Nemanja Ostojic performed an Evening of Classical Guitar in the Ruth Lilly Performance Hall on Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m.

The performance was part of the Faculty Artist Concert Series.

Ostojic has been playing classical guitar for 23 years. He released his album, “First Born” in 2011 and began working at UIndy in 2014, teaching guitar and performing as part of the Faculty Artist Concert Series.

“I just love music, and I love playing,” Ostojic said.“I realized that I could follow the path of becoming a professional and actually be able to support myself and turn it into an occupation. I think it’s really nice to be able to do what you like and be able to live [off ] of it. It’s really special.”

His selections came from Georg Philip Telemann’s “Twelve Fantasies for Solo Violin,” “Sonato for Guitar” composed

by Antonio Jose, “Un Sueno en las Floresta” by Augustin Barrios Mangore, and “Sevilla” by Issac Albeniz. Ostojic also performed “Lament for the Seas” and “Against the Earth” from “Especes Perdues (Lost Species),” which was a collaborative effort between him and composer Aaron Travers.

“It was particularly pleasing to perform the brand new piece by composer Aaron Travers, from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music,” Ostojic said. “This was a piece that we worked on together that furthered our collaboration as a performer and a composer so that was a very unique experience, and I probably enjoyed that the most.”

The piece is representative of environmental concerns, particularly in regard to extinctions already caused and the problems to come if human impact on the climate continues to be ignored, according to Travers.

“I think that was mutual to us,” Ostojic said. “We both love animals, and we both are passionate about the treatment of animals, both farm animals and wild animals as well. The song just deals with how we, as humans, have a tendency to not care so much about our planet when we really should.”

Professor of Music Paul Krasnovsky attended the concert to support his friend and colleague.

“It [‘Especes Perdues’] just had so many interesting effects in it,” Krasnovsky said. “Just the scent of it that it expressed about the environment with the situation that we have going on now in the world. It’s just sort of scary, I suppose, because so many strange things are going on.”

Both Krasnovsky and Ostojic encourage students to attend FACS performances, as well as others.

“It’s [attending concerts] a beautiful way to concentrate on a kind of style of music that you may not be familiar with,” Krasnovsky said. “So much of the time, people don’t focus; they don’t concentrate; they’re not really in the moment, so they can’t possibly fully appreciate the richness of an experience. When you go to a concert, you are in a room filled with people who are focused and concentrated on the same thing, and that creates a level of your ability to experience the evening which is very rich, I would say.”

Ostojic wants students to have the opportunity to learn more about different kinds of music, including classical guitar.

He said that everyone is welcome and that L/P credit is always available for performances.

“Most people know what guitar is and what guitar playing is, but not everybody, especially in this day and age, knows about classical guitar,” Ostojic said. “So it’s kind of cool to see what you can do with an instrument that also has six strings but you play with fingernails and you can make a lot more sound.”

The next event in the Faculty Artist Concert Series is “Spiritual Reveries,” featuring adjunct faculty and pianist Minju Choi. It will be held on Monday, Feb. 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the Ruth Lilly Performance Hall. The music for the performance dates back to more than 200 years.

Composers featured in this performance include Ferruccio Busoni, Olivies Messaien and Robert Schumann with pieces such as a transcription of J.S. Bach’s “Chaconne in D minor, “Vingt regards sur l’efnfant-Jésus” and “Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17.”

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Nemanja Ostojic performs one of five movements from the Georg Philip Telemann piece, “Twelve Fantasies for Solo Violin” on Jan. 30 in Ruth Lilly Performance Hall.

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By Madison Hays ONLINE EDITOR A panel of 10 University of Indianapolis students and two Indiana University– Purdue University Indianapolis students came to the UIndy campus for the “Energy Plan Community Conversation” on Tuesday, Jan. 31, at 7 p.m. These students are interns working with former Mayor Greg Ballard to create one of Indiana’s first clean energy plans.

According to energy plan intern and junior biology major Rowan Farrell, the internship is very research-based, and the students have learned a lot more than they knew when they came in. The students meet twice weekly to discuss the plan.

The event began with a poll that the audience took online to illustrate the public’s knowledge of renewable and nonrenewable resources. Then the students broke down clean energy into four different categories: residential, commercial, industrial and transportation. Then they explained what incentives the state of Indiana or companies in Indiana already offered to those who use clean energy in each category.

In the residential category, Indiana currently has consumer tax credits on efficient energy appliances up to $1,000 and 50 percent off the cost of installing the appliances. A property tax deduction for the use of solar, wind and geothermal energy also is provided by the state.

In the commercial category, the state

of Indiana offers a federal tax credit up to $1,000 for electric vehicles and hybridelectric vehicles. The state also provides incentives for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification on commercial buildings.

In addition to the incentives already offered, the interns also have created a list of propositions under each category that they would like to see Indiana offer to clean energy users. Some of the propositions the interns want to propose include an improvement of building codes, a requirement that all new residential and commercial buildings be LEED certified and an increase in efficient heating and cooling systems, solar panels and gray water systems, which collect the water from sinks and showers for use in restrooms and sprinklers.

They also want to encourage microgrids—which are localized energy grids within a neighborhood that has the ability to disconnect from the larger, main grid—and the use of IPL’s home energy assessment. IPL’s home energy assessment consists of IPL representatives coming into a person’s home, assessing energy use and then replacing items, such as light bulbs, shower heads and sink faucets with items that will save energy such as LED light bulbs, for free.

The students plan to take the information they have researched and their propositions and present these to state legislators, with Ballard’s help, to have a policy created in support of clean energy.

Ballard said that a big obstacle he

and the interns will have to overcome is educating the state legislators on the issues of climate change and clean energy.

“They [Indiana state legislators] are busy, and they’re trying to do the right thing,” Ballard said. “Sometimes they miss that, but they’re kind of wedded to what they’re doing on a day-to-day basis.

There’s not a lot of people, necessarily, that kind of see into the future.They don’t study these subjects in depth, and we have to help them. It is an educational process.”

The event concluded with the panel of interns answering questions and taking advice from the audience.

During the question-and-answer session, Ballard stressed that educating the public and Indiana state representatives is a responsibility shared by those educated on clean energy.

“They [the people] just want the light on; they don’t necessarily know or should know everything behind it,” Ballard said.

“So I think it’s counting on some people who do know that and why it’s important in the future to try to get the word out. How we want to turn that light on might be different in the future, and it’s important for all of us to do that.”

Energy plan intern and senior earthspace science major Carly Nicholson believes that people and policy makers need to pay more attention to science.

“Science is absolutely everything, whether you want to believe in what we’re doing or not,” Nicholson said. “It’s the future and it’s what the millennial generation wants.”

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The Letterpress Hullabaloo included a reception of the art gallery (right) and a presentation by Erin Beckloff about the film, “Pressing On: The Letterpress Film.”

Filmmaker shares inspiration for creating letterpress film

By Jessica Hoover NEWS EDITOR

With rows of students, friends and fellow letterpress enthusiasts before her, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Miami University and Producer, CoDirector and Writer of “Pressing On: The Letterpress Film” Erin Beckloff spoke about her love for the letterpress and what inspired her to create the film. The presentation was a part of the Letterpress Hullabaloo on Monday, Jan. 23, after the reception of the art gallery.

Since its origins in the 1400s, letterpress was the most common form of printing for more than 500 years, according to elationpress.com. The use of letterpress involves taking blocks with letters or symbols carved into them and forming them into words. The website says that ink is then put onto the blocks and transferred onto paper. Beckloff said letterpress is now used primarily for art, design and craft.

According to Beckloff, among the many reasons the letterpress has survived for so long is that the people who use it form a connection with it, and they like

the sense of creating something new.

“I think the community is a big reason that it has survived as well,” Beckloff said.

“There’s a strong group of people that want to continue to use this process. And I do think that there’s some connection to today’s digital age. Things are moving really, really fast, and letterpress is slow.

It’s a way to slow down and focus and be a part in every step of a process. It’s very satisfying to make something with your hands that also communicates.”

According to letterpressfilm.com, “Pressing On: The Letterpress Film” is a feature-length documentary that delves into the lives of people who still use the letterpress and help keep the tradition alive. It was Beckloff ’s own interest and connection with the letterpress that led her to create “Pressing On” and start a letterpress program at Miami University.

“I think it started out with a fascination with the type, because I’ve always loved typography, and I started to collect type,” Beckloff said.“But letterpress printing, for me, became about the people. It became about the connection with people and helping preserve their stories and learning with them and spending time with them and printing together.”

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With the support of 951 backers, Beckloff and her team raised $71,748 to start filming their documentary. After 72 hours of conducting interviews with people belonging to the letterpress community, the documentary was well on its way. Beckloff said that after listening to all of the stories and knowledge that these people had, she knew she had to create “Pressing On” to preserve and share this knowledge with the world. The documentary is still in progress, but it is set to come out in June of 2017.

After seeing a trailer from the documentary, junior pre-art therapy major Erin Williams said that she thought it was interesting that if the blocks from the letterpress were damaged from falling on the floor, the printer would still use them.

“They went with it, even if they [the blocks] were broken,”Williams said.“Like they said, it tells a history, and I think it shows the art in it more, because artists go with the flow a lot. And things aren’t perfect ever. And if there is a mistake, you kind of have to work with it. And I see that in my art, and I also see it in the letterpress as well. So I saw a connection between what I do and what they do.”

By Erik Cliburn OPINION EDITOR In the world of politics, third-party candidates often fall to the wayside in elections because of the overwhelming support and funding that go to the two major U.S. political parties, the Democrats and Republicans. Junior political science major Brayden Montgomery hopes to change that, or at least open students’ minds at the University of Indianapolis to Libertarian principles. To do this, he is currently trying to establish a chapter of the Young Americans for Liberty on UIndy’s campus.

“It [Young Americans for Liberty] is basically just trying to get younger people involved in the political process and aware of the issues,” Montgomery said.“But obviously, we just have [a] different affiliation and view on things [than Republicans or Democrats]. Young Americans for Liberty is important because younger people were really active in this election, compared to 2012 and 2008. I think a lot of [young] people are starting to say, ‘Hey, this is our future. We have these important issues, and we need to be aware of them, and we need to educate people about them.’”

According to Montgomery, many people often feel that when voting they have to choose between two people they don’t actually like. He said that although thirdparty candidates rarely win elections, it’s important for each person to vote his or her conscience.

“That’s ultimately my goal is to give people an alternative [to the Democratic and Republican parties],” Montgomery said. “We saw with Donald Trump and Hillary [Clinton] that a lot of people were torn.They were like,‘I don’t really like either of these people. So who do I vote for?’”

Young Americans for Liberty will have representatives from other universities such as Indiana University come to UIndy in order to help get the chapter off the ground, according to Montgomery. He also will attend a conference in Chicago held by the Young Americans for Liberty, which will feature special guest speakers from the Libertarian Party.

“We [Young Americans for Liberty] are going to have what is called an invasion,” Montgomery said. “We are going to have the chapter from Indiana State—they are a pretty well-established chapter and have been around for about three or four years now ... they are going to come here to UIndy and help me talk to people.”

Montgomery also plans to take his political aspirations past forming a campus organization. In 2018, Montgomery said he will run for a seat in the Indiana House Representative in the 44th District, which is south of Indianapolis and encompasses Seymour and Nashville.

“I plan on running for office in 2018 on the Libertarian ticket,” he said.

“A lot of people say, ‘Oh, you’re running third-party. You won’t win.’ That’s not really the goal. The goal is to get out there and say, ‘Hey, have you ever heard of this thing called being a Libertarian, or not being completely Democrat or com-

pletely Republican?’”

According to Montgomery, the Libertarian Party generally sees more people convert over from the Republican side than the Democratic side. He claims that economic issues are generally the hardest to change people’s minds about, and because Libertarians and Republicans share similar thoughts on economic policies, the transition is just a matter of accepting a more socially liberal mindset.

“We [Libertarians] protect liberty,” Montgomery said.“We believe in everybody having choice in all aspects of their life. Your rights are given to you just by being a human being. The Constitution recognizes those rights, but they are already there.”

Although Professor of History and Political Science James Fuller has no current affiliations with the Young Americans for Liberty organization, he does identify himself politically as a Libertarian and was the faculty advisor for a previous Libertarian student organization, the Campus Libertarian.

“Back when I was younger, in college, I was a Libertarian activist on my campus,” Fuller said. “I opposed the Gulf War way back in the day with George Bush the first and opposed the drug war, where I organized and led some protests on that. I’m concerned with civil liberties and things like that, but I’m generally in favor of limited government.”

For Fuller, the idea of Libertarianism goes beyond belonging to a specific party. He said that being a Libertarian has an impact on his ideas of the world and how it should work.

“For me, a Libertarian is someone who values individual liberty and thinks that people should be free from force,” Fuller said. “I sort of try to follow in my own life what Libertarians call the non-aggression principle, which is to not use force. You shouldn’t force people to do what they don’t want to do, and [you should] allow them to do what they want as long as they don’t harm other people. Now, of course, what that definition of harm is then is where you get lawyers coming in, and it gets complex.”

Fuller supports the idea of a Libertarian movement on campus because, according to him, it allows for a space which invites the exchange of conflicting ideas and allows people to question their own systems of thought and find similarities with those of others.

“One of the things I think is useful for third-party movements—movements that are dedicated to an idea like liberty—is to recognize that you [Republicans and Democrats] have a common ground to share,” Fuller said.

“I think too often we become so tribal and so partisan. If you can take it out of that ‘us v. them,’ partisan battleground and instead look at an issue or even a principle that we can discuss and find common ground in, it comes back to the sharing of ideas, and that’s incredibly important.”

“For me, a Libertarian is someone who values individual liberty and thinks that people should be free from force.”

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After missile test, US said to plan sanctions on Iran

By Nick Wadhams & Steven T. Dennis BLOOMBERG NEWS WASHINGTON (TNS)—President Donald Trump’s administration is expected to impose new sanctions on Iran as early as Friday, Feb. 3, to punish the country for sponsoring terrorism and testing ballistic missiles, according to two people familiar with the plans.

The move toward sanctions came after national security adviser Michael Flynn said Wednesday, Feb. 1 that Iran’s recent actions showed it to be “in defiance”of the U.N. Security Council resolution passed after a nuclear deal was reached in 2015 between the Islamic Republic and six nations, including the U.S. and Russia.

Flynn and Trump have both said Iran is “on notice” since its latest missile test last weekend, Jan. 28 and 29.

As many as 17 entities may face sanctions for actions connected to Iran’s ballistic missile work, according to the people, who asked not to be identified in advance of an announcement. An additional seven or eight entities may be punished for terrorism-related actions, they said. The groups would be designated under existing presidential executive orders.

The sanctions aren’t directed at Iran’s nuclear program and wouldn’t directly affect the agreement forged under President Barack Obama’s administration that eased restrictions in exchange for Iran’s promise not to develop nuclear weapons, according to the people.

The sanctions have been planned for some time, but the process was accelerated after the latest missile test, one of the people said. A White House spokesman declined to comment, and officials at the State Department and Treasury Department didn’t respond to requests for comment.

Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan said Wednesday, Feb. 1 that a missile test Sunday, Jan. 29 was part of Iran’s ongoing defense program, according to the Tasnim news agency. Iran urged the U.S. not to overreact to it.

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South Korea aims to curb presidential powers SEOUL, South Korea—South Korean lawmakers are moving to ensure the nation never again has a leader as powerful as Park Geun-hye. A bipartisan parliamentary committee began meeting in January to rewrite the constitution for the first time since 1987, when mass protests forced a military junta to adopt a direct presidential vote.

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Central American children barred by Trump’s executive order MEXICO CITY—President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration has halted a government program that allows Central American children to seek refugee status in the United States.

More than 11,000 people have applied for the program since 2014, when former President Obama launched it in an attempt to dissuade Central Americans fleeing violence from making risky journeys to the U.S. border.

—Los Angeles Times

Creation of 227,000 jobs leaves unemployment rate at 4.8 percent

Retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, U.S. national security advisor, arrives in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on January 22, 2017.

(Andrew Harrer/Pool/Sipa USA/TNS) Iran will “vigorously continue its defense activities,” said Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.

Sen. Bob Corker, the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told reporters Thursday, Feb. 2 that he had talked to Flynn and was “excited” about what the administration was planning, but declined to discuss details.

“I know they are going to take a very different tack on Iran, and I think they always felt they needed to do that,”Corker of Tennessee said. “I think they’ve gotten into office and they’ve read intelligence reports and they realize how much the Obama administration was just turning their head on these violations.”

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California

Democrat who serves on the Intelligence Committee, urged the administration “to be very careful” in its response to the Iranian missile test.

With an election coming up in the Islamic Republic, Feinstein said, “it’s a very sensitive time in Iran, and America’s interests are really better served in having a moderate government than having a fundamentalist government.”

A bipartisan group of 22 senators, including Corker and Ben Cardin of Maryland, the ranking Democrat on the Foreign Relations panel, wrote a letter to Trump on Thursday, Feb. 2 calling for the imposition of additional sanctions on Iran in response to the missile test.

“We look forward to supporting your administration’s efforts to hold Iran accountable, and note the positive step

taken by the United States calling for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council,” wrote the senators, 10 of whom are Democrats.

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives proposed legislation Thursday, Feb. 2 to punish Iran for what they say is support for terrorism, human-rights abuses and its ballistic-missile program.

Among other steps, that measure would impose new sanctions on Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and against people who “knowingly aid” its missile program. Similar legislation was previously introduced in the Senate. ___ (c)2017 Bloomberg News Visit Bloomberg News at www. bloomberg.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

WASHINGTON—The labor market started the year strong, adding a robust 227,000 net new jobs last month while more people began looking for work, the Labor Department said Friday, Feb. 3. Although the January job growth figure exceeded expectations—and was the best since September—that was somewhat offset by a downward revision of job growth the previous two months by 39,000.

—Los Angeles Times

Scientists find collagen inside dinosaur bone Dinosaur paleontology has long been the domain of bones and teeth—but now soft tissues could be changing the game. Scientists say they have discovered collagen preserved in a 195-million-yearold rib from a long-necked Lufengosaurus.

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How to reset your body clock, get better sleep

Study shows spending time in the outdoors could reset your circadian clock, cause melatonin levels to rise before sleep then lower back down when waking up

By Deborah Netburn LOS ANGELES TIMES (TNS) Are you sick of going to bed late and waking up tired? Then grab your hiking boots and a tent. A new study suggests that a couple days of camping in the great outdoors can reset your circadian clock and help you get more sleep.

The circadian clock is an internal clock that tells your body when it’s time to go to sleep and when it’s time to wake up.

Scientists track this clock by measuring the amount of melatonin circulating in a person’s blood at any given time.

In a healthy sleeper, melatonin levels rise a few hours before bedtime, stay high through the night, and then settle back down to daytime levels when it’s time to wake up. The span of time when melatonin levels are elevated is known as biological night.

In our modern society, biological night does not usually coincide with night in the natural world. Most of us stay up many hours past sunset and would probably sleep in many hours after sunrise if we could.

The trouble is, if your biological night begins at midnight or later, your melatonin levels may still be high when your alarm clock goes off in the morning. This leads to grogginess, but it may have other health consequences as well, researchers say. Diabetes, obesity and heart disease have all been associated with people not getting enough sleep.

Previous research by integrative physiology professor Kenneth Wright of the University of Colorado at Boulder found that people can reset their circadian clocks by taking a six-day summer camping trip in the Rocky Mountains.

That study, published in 2013, showed that by the end of the trip, the campers’ bodies started to release melatonin around sunset, and stopped releasing it around sunrise—an average of two hours earlier than when they were tested at home.

Additionally, during the camping trip, the study participants didn’t get up for an entire hour after their bodies stopped

releasing melatonin, making it easier for them to wake up in the morning.

“That original study answered a lot of questions, but it raised more questions,” Wright said.

In the new work, published Thursday, Feb. 2 in Current Biology, Wright’s team set out to determine if our circadian clocks can be reset by a shorter jaunt in nature, and if these biological clocks respond to seasonal influences.

To answer the first question, the researchers recruited 14 physically active volunteers in their 20s and 30s. Nine went on a weekend camping trip, while the other five stayed home. At the end of the weekend, the authors monitored the volunteers’ melatonin levels to see if there had been any shift in the timing of their biological night.

The researchers report that in just two days, the campers’circadian clocks shifted so that their melatonin levels began to rise more than an hour earlier then they did in the days before they left on the trip.

Overall, the difference was equivalent to 69 percent of the effect that the researchers observed when campers went on a six-day trip in 2013.

“This tells us we can reset our clocks fast,” Wright said.

The authors also found that the circadian clocks of the group that stayed home shifted even later over the course of the weekend.

“Those people stayed up later and slept in more, like lots of us do on the weekend and that pushed their clocks later too,” he said.

In another experiment, the authors sent five brave volunteers on a six-day winter camping trip to determine whether the human circadian clock is affected by seasonal changes in day length. When the campers returned home, the authors found that the winter camping group’s biological night was longer than that of the group that went camping for a week in the summer back in 2013.

“That finding shows we are similar to other animals,” Wright said.

Indeed, many animals adjust their circadian clocks in the winter so they

In a 2005 file image from high in the John Muir Wilderness, backpackers enter Sallie Keyes Lakes, elevation 10,002, from Selden Pass along the John Muir Trail. A new study suggests that a couple days of camping in the great outdoors can reset your circadian clock and help you get more sleep. (Ken Hively/Los Angeles Times/TNS) can spend more time sleeping as the nights grow longer. Wright explains that changes in the circadian clock trigger other changes as well—for example, causing some mammals to put on weight or change the color of their fur.

Wright said the new work suggests we may be more susceptible to changes in the seasons than most of us realize.

“I’d love to see someone do an experiment where they take people who have winter depression and have them increase their time outdoors for a weekend,”he said.

Wright thinks there are two reasons a sojourn in nature can reset our biological clocks, and both have to do with light.

His group found that on the winter camping trip participants were exposed to 13 times more light than they usually are when they go about their normal lives.

In addition, the winter campers were not allowed to use flashlights or electronic devices during the weeklong camping trip. That meant that when darkness fell, the only light they saw was from their campfires.

He said that both the increased light during the day and lack of light during the night played a role in realigning the circadian clocks.

“A lot of people think about light at night and recognize it is not the best

thing, but our research has shown that the reduction in light we get during the day is equally important,” he said.

Therefore, if you want to change your sleep patterns, but sleeping in tents is not your thing, you might start by trying to increase your exposure to natural light during the day and decrease the amount of electric light you see at night.

And if that doesn’t work, there’s always camping. ___ (c)2017 Los Angeles Times Visit the Los Angeles Times at www. latimes.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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