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Holocaust survivor speaks of forgiveness

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Eva Mozes Kor, Holocaust survivor and guest speaker, spoke at the University of Indianapolis on Nov. 3 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in UIndy Hall. The main theme of her speech was forgiveness and how she learned to forgive her captors after the war. guards yelling, “Zwillinge! Zwillinge!”

Zwillinge is the German word for twins.

Kor and her twin sister, Miriam, were taken to an experimental room where they were injected with unknown poisons. Kor and Miriam were a part of the Josef Mengele experiments. Kor said she repeated every day she was in the camp, “I must survive.”

The Russians liberated the camp on Jan. 27, 1945, and the twins were taken to three orphanages before returning to Romania, their home country, to live with their aunt. In 1950, Kor and Miriam immigrated to Israel. Within the next 10 years, Kor received an education and reached the rank of Sergeant Major in the Israeli Army Engineering Corps.

She ended up in Terre Haute, Ind., with her husband, Michael Kor. Michael was an American tourist from Indiana and

By Ashlea Alley ONLINE EDITOR Holocaust survivor Eva Mozes Kor, 81, came to the University of Indianapolis on Nov. 3 to deliver the Interfaith Lecture “Remembering the Holocaust.”This event was offered to the public, students and faculty. According to Co-Chaplain Lang Brownlee, about 550 people attended the lecture in UIndy Hall.

Kor divided her lecture into three parts.

She started by talking about her experiences during the Holocaust and what had happened to her and her sister. At the age of only 10, her family was taken on a cattle car to Auschwitz concentration camp. After the cattle car arrived, it took only 15 minutes and her family was gone without a goodbye. Kor then heard the

a holocaust survivor himself.

While in the United States, she had an urge to find other survivors of Mengele’s experiments. In 1984, she founded CANDLES. CANDLES is an acronym for “Children of Auschwitz Nazi Deadly Lab Experiments Survivors.”

“The reason I liked CANDLES and the reason I’m still sticking with it—it’s an acronym,” Kor said. “If you realize that it is really important to me...to illuminate what [we can do] with the past because everybody has a past. ... If you bury it, you’re hurting alone.... [If you share it] you can use it as a source of strength. Because most of you have overcome something in your life and that should be—instead of a burden on your life—it should be a source of your strength.”

In 1987, Miriam’s kidneys failed, so Eva donated one of hers, to save her sister

for a little longer. In 1993, Miriam died of cancer.

The second part of Kor’s lecture was her three life lessons. Her first was not to give up on yourself or your dreams.

Her second was to stop judging people without knowing them. And her third was to learn to forgive others. Twenty years ago Kor said she was angry at the world, and hated everyone, but that has since changed.

“I’m not even sure you need any strength for forgiveness.… It’s a realization that I have power over my own life, and that came in an interesting way,” Kor said.“All of you young people don’t realize that you have power over your today and your tomorrow.Your destiny is not decided by somebody else. It’s decided by you.”

Freshman history major Glenn Saylor said the most important thing he heard

Updated emergency policies on website Website gives UIndy students helpful guidelines on what to do in case of emergencies

By Jessica Mehrlich STAFF WRITER The University of Indianapolis emergency procedures have been newly updated for the safety of the students.

According to UIndy Police Chief David Selby, it is increasingly important that students take emergency management education into their own hands. Selby strongly encourages students to be knowledgeable about public safety policies and procedures.

“You’re going to have to start taking some responsibility for your own safety because there [are] 10 full time of us and so many people [on campus],” Selby said.

He recently revamped the public safety page on MyUIndy, to make it more easily accessible. His goal was to put as much information and as many resources as possible in one easy-to-navigate location.

“What I tried to do is develop a website where all this stuff is located, and you can go and find whatever you want,” Selby said. “If there’s anything I’m about, it is giving you all the information, all the knowledge, that I can. What I wanted to do is put everything right there at your hands. There’s stuff on suspicious mail, safety tips on campus, active shooter and different types of scams. All that stuff is on there.”

On the public safety page, the information is broken down into eight different categories: Policies & Procedures, Emergency Management, Parking Information, Technology Safety & Security, UIndy Police, Title IX, Fire Safety and PACT. Sophomore psychology major Jenna Perry thinks the updated page is a useful resource.

“The public safety page is really clear and easy to navigate,” Perry said. “It’s nice that it has information about safety with less serious things like parking and technology security and the more severe stuff like Title IX and reporting crimes, because it’s all important to know.”

In each category, there are links to

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informational videos, educational websites and documents containing practical emergency procedures. As part of Selby’s vision, he included information that would be applicable to students who live on campus as well as off campus.

This is especially noticeable under the Fire Safety category, where he has links specifically about homes and families.

“We have people that have families at home, so there are fire prevention videos and fire safety for children,” Selby said.

“I have a website on there where you can go [to] get information and take courses in FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency].There’s a website on there where you can build a plan [of escape] for your family.”

According to Selby, one of the major challenges with emergency management is that it is constantly changing.

To accommodate this, the MyUIndy public safety page will be updated with new policies and procedures fairly soon.

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Another challenge is that there is no quick fix or strategy. Each emergency situation is unique and requires its own solution.

Although there are broad plans that can be put into action, there never will be a perfect premade plan.

“The problem with emergency management is that it is a living, breathing thing,” Selby said. “So for me to tell you how to respond, you really have to know how the story is unfolding.There are a lot of variables and things involved that may change how we do things.”

Selby stressed the importance of working with a community, encouraging them to look out for each other. Although policies and procedures are always changing, he said, the need to help each other out never goes away.

“Our community, which is an outstanding community by the way, are the eyes and ears for us and are very good about calling us,”Selby said.“That’s what’s important—that we keep each other informed and look after each other’s backs all the time.”

during the night was “to forgive people who have done you wrong.” Saylor said, “If Eva can do it, then anyone can.”

The third and final part of Kor’s lecture was a question-and-answer period, which allowed guests to come up to the microphone and ask Kor questions about her experience and her stances on world issues.

After the lecture concluded, she was available to sign her books, “Echoes from Auschwitz: Dr. Mengele’s Twins: The Story of Eva and Miriam Mozes” and “Surviving the Angel of Death: The True Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz.”

All of the proceeds went directly to the CANDLES museum.

“Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself,” Kor said. “Once you feel that you are free and unchangeable… the feeling of liberation and exhilaration takes over.

It’s a tremendous and wonderful feeling.”

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Dealing with a wine mom Ever since you were a child your mom has been the one to pick you up, get you through things, and be your rock. When you were a child, you were dependent on your mom and needed her for everything.

As a teenager, you started to rebel and being a thirteen year old, you felt as though mom didn’t know anything. But, as you got older, you realized mom was always right and did anything to protect you, soon enough she became your best friend, and then your friend on Facebook.

Most of us have probably seen our mom as just a mom and once you hit that accept button, all the walls came down.

Women’s soccer season comes to a close The University of Indianapolis women’s soccer team closed out its season on Oct. 28 as the Greyhounds beat the Saint Joseph’s Pumas 2-1. Neither team finished high enough in the Great Lakes Valley Conference to make the tournament. Although the Hounds finished 5-8-4 overall, 4-7-4 in the GLVC, Head Women’s Soccer Coach Holly Cox was pleased with how the team ended its season.

“It [winning the last three games of the season] is great for the team,” Cox said. “And [it] really shows them what they can do.”

All articles in this issue can also be found online.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Stranded in a world of sports

By Mercadees Hempel MANAGING EDITOR With autumn comes crunchy leaves, chilly weather, sweaters, Thanksgiving and football season. Crisp blue jerseys will be donned every Sunday. Grocery store lines will be miles long, customers’ carts filled with chips, soft drinks and other goodies.

Everyone will gather around their televisions or in the stadiums with their friends and family, and cheer and shout at every play and every ref ’s call. Well, everyone except me.

I am not a sports fan. In fact, I am so ignorant of all things sports to the point where it is a joke among my friends. The number one thing people want to know is why I hate all sports.

Is it because there were no sports fans in my home? Well for a while, my dad was a basketball fan, his bedroom lovingly decorated with all things Michael Jordan.

I remember him and some of his friends gathering around to watch the Chicago Bulls, a team that is pretty close to my heart but only because of “Space Jam.” When my dad watched the games though I never joined in because even back then I just didn’t get it. Even my dad’s interest in basketball didn’t even last. Jordan retired, and Dad stopped watching the games.

(Basketball careers end, but “Space Jam” is forever.)

Looking back now, I realize that what it comes down to is the attitudes sports bring out in people. Although I liked play-

ing basketball with my brother in our backyard, I hated it in the gymnasium of our schools with my classmates. I hated the aggression that the game brought out in them. I hated that if I made one mistake nobody would look at me afterwards. I hated that everyone took what was supposed to be fun so seriously, as if it were life and death. And if I did happen to mention that I liked playing basketball, I was immediately quizzed on scores, names and numbers. If I didn’t know the answer, then I guess I didn’t deserve to be a fan of a sport.

This aggression does not seem like it is something only associated with young sport fans. Riots break out when the wrong sports team loses. People get into arguments if someone dares to wear a different color jersey. Screaming matches can be heard across the room between two people who are supposed to be friends about how this player is better than that player.

I have heard fans say they wish a certain player would die or break a limb because then the status of the game may change. I have seen parents teaching their little kids, who cannot have any idea of what’s going on, to boo a certain player when they come on the screen. I find it revolting, but apparently, this is what is considered “normal.”

The aggression people developed, the competition, the fact that our schools would be an ocean with all of the blue jerseys before game days, the foreign language that would be riddled with

sports talk and of course, the harsh judgment because I didn’t get it eventually turned me off sports altogether. I hung out by the sidelines during gym. I got more into rollerblading than basketball.

I read books and watched movies when nothing but sports was on television. And I stayed in my bubble of not getting it.

But here’s the thing: I do kind of understand. Not the terminology or the strategies, of course, but I do get why sports appeal to people. I don’t like sports, but I like sports movies, and the scenes where the players are on the field can be legitimately exciting. Sometimes I think of how it must be better in real life. I went on school field trips to hockey and baseball games, and the sense of community was

very apparent. It is one I don’t think I am particularly attached to when it comes to sports, but I do understand.

We all have our own “thing,” the activity or group that gives us a sense of community, of belonging. For some, it’s sports. For me, it’s watching “Doctor Who” and “American Horror Story” with my friends and family. It’s going to rock concerts, it’s standing outside of the Irving Theatre waiting for the doors to open, it’s discussing the latest “Game of Thrones” fan theory with my best friend. You have jerseys, while I have costumes, and while you talking about the latest Colts game sounds like gibberish to me, I cannot imagine how my discussion of Daleks or the realms of Westeros sounds to you.

Cartoon by Kyle Dunbar

Like I said, we all have our thing, and it’s okay that we are all different. So why do I want to explode whenever someone mentions football?

Maybe because this thing that supposedly brings people together has made me feel like an outcast. It was and still is an elite club that I just cannot get into. I didn’t get it, and nobody tried to help me get it. Thus, I don’t watch games on Sunday, I never went to a high school football game and have not been to a college one either, and on Mondays, I sit at my desk quietly while everyone else talks about last night’s game around me. I know I’m not the only person in this position. But man, you can feel so small, lost and alone in that sea of blue.

Helicopter parenting can be harmful for children

Students should use college as a tool to become independent

By Erik Cliburn EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Cartoon by Abigail Spencer

Gun owner in favor of stricter gun control

By Robbie Hadley BUSINESS MANAGER

I am a long-time gun owner. This may come as a surprise to those who know my often outspoken political leanings, but I have been a part of the American firearms culture since I was in elementary school.

When I was eight, my grandfather gave me my first real gun. It was a Ruger Mark II 22 caliber LR pistol. Yes, my first gun was a handgun that looked eerily similar to the German Lugers that soldiers carried during World War I. I knew all the rules that transform a deadly weapon into a sporting tool. Just like a car, it’s deadly if misused.

However, despite the National Rifle Association’s insistence that weapons should be as free as cars, the reality shows something very different. When I was 16, I had to have six months of assisted practice, logged driving hours, a written test, and then a driving test in order to have a license to operate a motor vehicle.

On the other hand, the qualifications for owning a firearm in Indiana include only two steps. You need someone to give you a

firearm and to not be a felon. That is all it takes. No matter what age you are, or how much experience you have, you are allowed to own the firearm. You do not have to have training. You do not have to go through a gun store’s official channels and background checks.

You just have to find someone to give it to you. As I mentioned before, I was a gun owner at the age of eight. Even though my family had the common sense to give me safety training, that was clearly a luxury.

Although I fully support basic Second Amendment rights, there are many instances in which common sense is subverted by the passionate preaching of the NRA. They have created a fear culture with the cries of “the government will take your guns”and riled people into a frenzy that will reject even the most basic common sense regulations.

According to an Oct. 9, article by The

Washington Post, 85 percent of gun owners support universal background checks, which would require everyone to have an extensive check before any firearm purchase. The way gun ownership is treated is the equivalent of letting a person who constantly gets DUI’s drive a car because he or she didn’t get it from the car dealership and instead off of Craigslist. It doesn’t make the driver any safer. The NRA couldn’t argue that if cars were illegal that there would still be car accidents because that’s just how people are.

Read the Second Amendment: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

Let’s keep our right to bear arms, but let’s also make sure that it is well regulated like our founding fathers actually intended.

“You need someone to give you a firearm and to not be a felon.

That is all it takes.”

Corrections

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In the Oct. 14 issue of The Reflector, on Page One, the “UIndy celebrates Founder’s Day” photo only gave credit to Robbie Hadley for the photos provided. This could have given readers the idea that all three presidents were sharing a stage in only one photo. What was actually displayed was three photos that were made into a photo illustration. The credit line should have read “Photos by Robbie Hadley” and “Photo Illustration by Kyle Dunbar.”

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Millennials are sometimes berated by members of older generations with accusations of being lazy and dependent on their parents: I agree with this.

However, I believe an equal part of the blame falls on parents. I have seen children grow up with their parents constantly at their shoulder and always there to take the reins should a problem arise. The parents of today’s college students surely have the best of intentions in helping their children, but by constantly solving every problem that comes the students way they are creating a state of dependency that will be difficult for our generation to break.

College is not only a great place to study towards a major and a degree, but it also is a place where many valuable life lessons can be learned, usually from some stressful problem in the life of the average student. Perhaps the single most important life lesson anyone can learn in college is discovering how to be independent.

I’m not implying that students need to completely break away from their parents, only that they should not overly rely on parents to help them out. It is very important for college students to build a sense of identity while in school.

This is nearly impossible to do if parents are constantly solving their children’s problems.

A big step many students need to take toward independence is with their finances; whether that be balancing and keeping track of financial aid or maintaining a checking and savings accounts. Learning how to budget funds and finances is an important step in starting life as an adult. Start by paying for a subscription of some kind, whether it be a magazine, Netflix, Hulu, etc. as long as there is something that you are responsible to pay for each month. Many students are part of a family plan when it comes to cell phones and car insurance; as a way to develop more independence,

start paying part of your insurance and phone bills.

Another way to become more independent is to start buying your own clothes. It helps with becoming more economical in your spending and gets you to recognize the value of your own income. I also suggest that college students should work a part-time job in order to bring some source of income for yourself.

An article entitled “How Helicopter Parents Are Ruining College Students” written by Amy Joyce of The Washington Post mentions John and Mimi Barrow and their experience with helicopter parenting.

John is an educational psychologist and Mimi is an elementary school teacher.

“We have seen the harm that helicopter parents can do and we see the need for children to grow and build their selfconfidence,” Mimi said.“When you hover, you take away that sense of self-esteem.”

I understand that many parents have saved for a long time to put their children through school. The problem with helicopter parenting occurs when parents are so involved with their child’s life that the student cannot do anything without their parents knowing about it within 24 hours.

Many helicopter parents believe that their children deserve special attention above other students, which is simply not the case.

Everyone is special in his or her own way, but the truth is, no one is any more special than anyone else.

As a student who pays for my books, bills and schooling I find it baffling when I run across a student who cannot even act independently enough to pick out their own textbooks, and have to rely on the help of their parents to do so. It is time for students to realize that college is not some trial phase of the “real world;” this is beginning of our adult lives and some independency is in order. Being challenged, having to solve problems and fixing mistakes is what determines someone’s character. Without those experiences, we cannot hope to survive in the outside world.

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Professional Edge Center hosts events, offers free books, tuition

Students receive real-world tips to help them find and keep their future careers

By Kayla Kayhill STAFF WRITER

Photo contributed by Beth Kiggins

Beth Kiggins smiles for a picture with her daughter at the American Cancer Society’s Relay for life.

UIndy professor shares her breast cancer story

By Zoë Berg FEATURE EDITOR Beth Kiggins, an instructional technologist and assistant professor at the University of Indianapolis, spoke on Oct. 26 in front of a group of students and faculty about her religious background and her battle with breast cancer.

Kiggins was part of Soul Care Mondays’ event, Sharing My Story, which include a variety of speakers sharing their stories about how God and their faith have played a part in their lives. Soul Care Mondays are put on by the McCleary Chapel.

Kiggins began by sharing a book that had greatly impacted her life and faith, “When God Winks at You: How God Speaks Directly to You through the Power of Coincidence” by Squire Rushnell. She said that the book documented different “God Winks” and showed that nothing in life is coincidental. Kiggins also explained what the book meant to her and how it had impacted her life. Because of the book, she decided to call her story “God Thinks.”

Kiggins pulled up slides of her family and explained who everyone was. Kiggins said she had four siblings, and they were raised to be Catholic.

“The sacraments were very important to my parents,” Kiggins said. “All of us kids went to parochial school.”

Kiggins said that she began learning about her religion at home and in school.

She said that she attended Catholic school until she went to junior high school. Afterwards, she continued to attend church and still does.

Kiggins then spoke more about the events in her life and how she felt God had been a part of them. She said that she went to Indiana State University to study Clinical psychology, and while she was there, she joined a sorority.

“I met many girls,” she said, “many of whom were Catholic. So they made sure we made it to church on Sundays.”

Kiggins feels friends like these are a part of her life for a reason. She discussed many of her friends that she said God placed in her life to help her along her journey. She also spoke a great deal about her father. She said he was a very important person in her life and to her faith.

She said her father always encouraged her to go to church and pursue her faith. But in the years before he was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2003, she had stopped going to church.

“After Dad was diagnosed, I thought I needed to get right with God, so that if Dad looked down on me, he wouldn’t be disappointed,” Kiggins said.

Kiggins said after her father’s diagnosis and passing, she became more active in the church and went to confession for the first time in 20 years. She now has active roles in the church and often goes on women’s retreats and is involved in groups, such as a technology council, within her church.

Kiggins also brought with her a collection of more than a dozen rosaries, some of which were from Rome and Argentina, were made out of her parents’ funeral flowers or had been blessed by Pope Benedict. She said she prayed the rosary every day: first for those who were seriously ill, second for those who had breast cancer or have been affected by it, third for her family and friends, fourth for the leaders of the church and fifth for those who serve.

Kiggins said one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. She had everyone in the room stand up and asked them to sit down if they did not know someone who had had breast cancer; no one sat down.

Kiggins then began to share her breast cancer journey. She said she found out something was wrong in 2013 when she brought up to her doctor a pain she was having in her breast. She said she went to the OB-GYN on Dec. 11 to have it checked out. They said she needed a needle biopsy, which she had on Dec. 23, and on Dec. 27, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Kiggins explained that she had Invasive Lobular Carcinoma, and that she had to have a mastectomy. She said she had the surgery to remove both of her breasts on March 17, and then she began chemotherapy on March 19 and had her reconstruction surgery on Oct. 9, 2014.

She said that her family and friends were very supportive throughout the entire process. She said the community at UIndy also was very supportive. She showed pictures the College of Health Sciences and the School of Nursing had sent to her while she was in the hospital and shortly after her surgery.

“God placed me at UIndy for a reason,” Kiggins said, “so I’d have the support of my friends and family through this difficult time.”

Kiggins completed her treatment and has beaten breast cancer. She said she is now working with Pink Ribbon Connection to help inspire other women who are dealing with breast cancer.

Junior nursing major Whitney Weileman said her nursing instructor told her about the event and said it would be an eye-opener so she came and ended up loving it. She said she realized that even though something bad happens and it can be hard to understand God has a purpose.

“My nana had breast cancer when I was little, and I didn’t understand because of how young I was,” Weileman said. “It [hearing Kiggins’ story] gives you an open mind and helps you to understand.”

The next Soul Care Mondays speaker will be Becca Cartledge, an instructor and nursing laboratory coordinator for the School of Nursing. She will share her story on Nov. 23 at 12 p.m. in the Trustees Dining Hall.

The University of Indianapolis Professional Edge Center has hosted a series of events throughout the months of October and November leading up to the Field Goal Kick for free tuition.

Events included a resume review, the LinkedIn photo booth, TGIF (hosted by the junior class and again by the sophomore class), mock interviews, an etiquette dinner, a career fair and a question-and-answer session called “Ask The Recruiter.”

Vice President of the Professional Edge Center Cory Wilson said there have been over 20 events to help students in their future careers. Events such as the TGIF hosted by the sophomore class included such topics as on pre-interviewing, tips on answering questions and postinterviewing, each in 10-minute intervals.

“Students are always welcome to come over to meet individually and talk about different things, preparing themselves for what they are going to do after they graduate,” Wilson said.

In the “Ask The Recruiter” session in which students could ask questions of recruiters from insurance companies, law firms and investment companies. The questions have included the interview process, what to wear and how to answer

questions. Senior business administration major and Vice President of the Human Resource Club Evan Thie also helped plan the event. “[I have learned] more tips and pointers on how to be successful in an interview and how to apply for a job better,” Thie said.

Another event included the etiquette dinner, which focused on proper etiquette during an interview over dinner. Christie Pate Herron, a certified etiquette consultant, helped guide the students to better their chances of scoring their dream job.

Herron covered topics such as how to use a napkin properly when removing residue from the face, the one-drink limit for alcohol and if you accidentally spill something on your host, always to ask if you can pay their dry cleaning bill.

“All of the events that we’ve done since the first of October through Nov. 3 are eligible for students to be entered to kick a field goal for free tuition,” Wilson said.

“So we’ll select one male and one female student who will have a chance to receive free tuition. Or even if they go out there and they miss, they’re still going to get free books, so it’s a win-win.”

The selection show for the Field Goal Kick took place Thursday, Nov. 5.The event began with President Robert Manuel and mascot ACE the Greyhound selecting one male and one female name out of a total of 550 students total who participated in the events.

Freshman marketing and international business major Danielle Power and freshman sports marketing major Brandon Zehner were the two students chosen to kick the field goal at halftime during UIndy’s last home game at Key Stadium beginning at 6 p.m.

Zehner attempted the Field Goal Kick for free tuition, however he slightly missed, but still received free books.

Power attempted her field goal kick but also missed. She, too, received free books for the upcoming semester, courtesy of the Professional Edge Center.

Wilson said that Handshake, the career management tool, is a great resource for finding out what upcoming events the Professional Edge Center is hosting. Wilson and the Professional Edge Center already have plans for the next event.

“Spring semester, we’re actually going to do four different weeks of activities, so an activity each month for one week themed toward different activities. So it’s going to be a different approach to providing interesting ways to engage our students,” Wilson said.

The Professional Edge Center is located at the Stierwalt Alumni House and is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. One-on-one appointments are always welcomed, just email proedge. uindy.edu 24 hours prior to scheduling the appointment.

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Panel discusses domestic violence in today’s media

By Chelsea Faulk STAFF WRITER The Domestic Violence Network came to the University of Indianapolis to moderate a domestic violence panel on Oct. 28, in UIndy Hall C. Higher education professionals, university students, local service providers and a survivor of domestic violence came together to examine domestic violence in the media and respond to it.

The panel intended to answer three questions: “Does sexism cause domestic violence?”, “Why does society forgive celebrities who commit domestic violence?” and “How do we raise awareness in an age of social media outrage?”

The Domestic Violence Network brought in a few mediators to go through a PowerPoint presentation containing the three questions, along with other images and quotes from domestic violence survivors or experts, to prompt the panel to respond.

One of the slides included a picture of Bill Cosby. Cosby has had several women come forward to accuse him of sexually assaulting them.

The picture of Cosby, along with some of the mediators’ comments, prompted the panel to discuss how the public forgives celebrities because people put them on a pedestal and do not want to believe they are capable of doing something like what Cosby has been accused of. Dr. Dre was used as another example of someone accused of assault.

Another item the panel discussed was the root of domestic violence, power and control, and how that relates to sexism.The mediators from the Domestic Violence Network used Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky’s sexual encounter as an example of a man of power taking advantage of that power.

Sophomore psychology major Andi Bailey attended the event because she wanted to learn more about the media aspect of domestic violence.

“What we put out in public is really important, because people can go off [of ] that,” Bailey said. “Different people can make you believe things that aren’t true and make you have skewed views.”

Bailey said that she enjoyed how the panel would discuss a topic and a few students would interject with their opinions or questions.

She said she liked how that would get the panel talking even more, but it is also something that Bailey wished was different.

“I feel like if it was kind of like an open discussion about it, that would have been better,” Bailey said. “I know I had a couple questions in my head, but there was never a good time to bring it up.”

There also were some things that Bailey learned at the panel discussion. Bailey said that the celebrity cases that were presented

did not come to mind, specifically the women celebrities’ careers suffering.

“They get persecuted, and the male who has done the act didn’t have to suffer, especially when the women don’t even have the choice to get beat,” Bailey said. “And that just really surprised me.”

Bailey said her favorite part was when the survivor on the panel, Mandy Boardman, shared her domestic violence story.

Boardman said that her now ex-husband was drugging her while she was sleeping and then videotaping himself raping her. Boardman said that he was convicted, but the judge on her case gave her ex-husband only eight years of house arrest.

Then the panel member sitting next to her, who was a prosecutor, asked the judge’s name, and she answered him and then repeated it louder for everyone to hear.

“I just thought it was really funny because she was pointing it out [the judge’s name] because judges are elected officials.

It’s almost like she was encouraging everyone to vote against him,” Bailey said.

One of the points Boardman made during the panel was that if parents taught their children respect, it might help diminish the number of domestic violence cases. This is something with which Bailey agrees. “True love doesn’t hurt,” she said.

“Different people can make you believe things that aren’t true and make you have skewed views.”

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Men’s soccer falls in PKs, 4-1 Men’s lacrosse looks to inaugural season

By Tez Lately STAFF WRITER

The University of Indianapolis men’s soccer team fell in the Great Lakes Valley Conference tournament semifinals to Quincy University on Nov. 6 after being beat 4-1 in penalty kicks. Leading up to the semifinals, the Hounds competed against Drury University in the quarterfinals, and won 2-0.

Prior to the tournament senior midfielder JT Hiquet talked about the team’s expectations.

“I expect wins,” he said. “Our expectations are that we make it to the finals.

That’s what we talked about at the beginning of the year. … I think we’re the best team in the conference and I believe in that. I truly do.”

Although the team fell in PKs against Quincy preventing them from moving forward, they still have the ability to move on in the NCAA Division II tournament.

Whether or not the team will continue the season was decided on Monday, Nov. 9.

The team was ranked sixth in the NCAA Midwest Regional poll.

The Greyhounds battled against the Hawks for 110 minutes, and that still was not enough to determine who would move on to the finals.

In the 53rd minute, senior forward Zak Mitichie had a chance at a wide open net, but could not gain control of a rolling ball.

UIndy’s defense silenced the GLVC’s top scoring team as the Hawks didn’t get a single shot on goal. The Hounds outshot the Hawks 17 to 7. UIndy had six shots on goal, and Mitiche had three of them.

Sophomore midfielder Josh Ling had five shots in the game.

With a scoreless game came another clean sheet for redshirt junior goalkeeper Christopher Jones, making that his 12th of the season, and upping the program record for shutouts.

Facing Drury on Nov. 1, UIndy defeated the Panthers 2-0 to advance to the semifinal round of the tournament. This is the third consecutive year in which the men’s team has advanced.

The Hounds scored a goal in each half of the game, with the first goal scored by

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Senior forward Zak Mitiche moves down field against Drury. UIndy won 2-0 to move on to the semifinals.

Mitiche at 18:36. Late in the second half, junior forward Jacob Meyer’s shot found the back of the net, his 10th goal of the season. Meyer is the team’s leading goal score this season.The Greyhounds took 16 shots, half of which were on goal. Drury had only two shots on goal.

Prior to facing Drury, Head Men’s Soccer Coach John Higgins said he and his staff drew up new plans to ensure a Greyhound victory.

“As a group and as a coaching staff, this is where we have to come into our own and work really hard behind the scenes.

And we have to get the game plan right,” he said. “They play a different system from what we normally see in the GLVC, [and] it causes a couple [of ] issues, with us pressing higher up the field. So it’s something we have to go in and address.

It actually plays into our hands a little bit, given that our threats are from the wide areas, [senior back] Julian Shamsaie and [sophomore midfielder] David Kurz.”

UIndy’s last regular season game was against Saint Joseph’s College on Oct. 28.

The Greyhounds topped the Pumas in a 2-1 double overtime victory. Ling’s first shot of the game made its way past the Puma’s goalkeeper at the 79:59 mark to put the Hounds up 1-0 with 10 minutes remaining.

The Hounds held onto that lead for only eight minutes before the Pumas’shot passed UIndy’s Jones. With the score tied, UIndy and Saint Joe found themselves in overtime. No one scored in the first overtime forcing a second overtime in which the Hounds scored. At 106:06, Shamsaie’s cross found Meyer. Meyer’s header hit both posts and then landed in the back of the net earning the Hounds a 2-1 win.

On Friday Nov. 6, the GLVC announced its all-conference selections.

UIndy finished with more all-conference selections than any other team. Representing UIndy was Mitiche, Hiquet, Shamsaie, Ling, Meyer, Jones, redshirt senior midfielder Casey Zimmerman, sophomore midfielder David Kurz and senior back Brendon Widau.

The University of Indianapolis men’s lacrosse team is 101 days away from the program’s first game. On Feb. 20, the Greyhounds will travel to Mars Hill, N.C., to compete against Mars Hill College and begin the team’s inaugural season.

Representing the Greyhounds are three upperclassmen and 28 freshmen who are eager to start the season. One of them is junior Jimmy Smith.

“Being a little more experienced at the college level, I’ve still never been on a team with as much of a work ethic that this team has. So I’m excited to see all that pay off this spring and in the future,” he said.

Despite freshman Matthew Johnson’s excitement about actually beginning the season, he recognizes that with all collegiate ball, there is some adjusting to do. “[The biggest difference from high school is] definitely the size of the players.

The speed of it is completely different— way faster.The defense checks really well,” Johnson said.“There’s a big learning curve from high school going into college, just that everyone knows what they’re doing so it’s a lot faster.The offenses move quicker, and everything just happens a lot faster.

So it’s just way different than high school.

I love it. It’s awesome so far.”

Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach Greg Stocks shares that same excitement as his players, and he’s ready to test the talent.

“I’m excited to go and see it, too. It’s fun coaching, and I like practice and everything, but I want to go out and compete against other schools,” he said.

“I’m really excited for the spring semester and getting at it, and knowing that we’re practicing and there is a game at the end of the week, rather than three [to] four months from now.”

The team is not only a first for UIndy, but also a first for the state at the Division II level.

“I think it’s special. There’s a lot of first, and not just on campus. We’re the state’s first division two program, and it is exciting to kind of go out and be a pioneer in the area,” Stocks said. “… We’re the only school in the greater Indianapolis area that sponsors men’s lacrosse, so it’s not just a school thing, it’s kind of a city and state pride thing as well that we’re looking to carry.”

Smith is looking forward to what Stocks can do with yet another new program. At Lake Erie College, he also started a brand new program.

“It’s one of the reasons I came here,” Smith said. “I thought it would be cool to come to a first-year program. And he [Stocks] did a great job at Lake Erie bringing that program up, so I know he knows what he’s doing. So I figured in a couple of years he’ll do the same thing with this program.”

The biggest challenge the new Greyhounds will face will be the learning curve, but once the team grasps what it means to be a student and a lacrosse player they will be successful on and off the field said Stocks.

“I think a lot of our success will hinge on more of the learning factor,” Stocks said,“especially this first year with picking up really good traits on the field, off the field, conditioning, studywise, just being an all-around student athlete. And then once they’ve got that down, the talent is there to be really successful and grow very quickly as a program.”

Even with that obstacle, Johnson is ready to make history at UIndy.

“I mean, you just start off being the first one to set all of the records,” Johnson said “And being able to start off as something special [is special in itself ].”

The Greyhounds had a small taste of what their spring season would be like when they traveled to Cleveland for some fall ball. UIndy went 2-1 on the day, and that was more than enough to get Smith prepared for the spring.

He said, “I’m looking forward to winning some games.”

Football remains undefeated in GLVC, 38-14

By Robbie Hadley BUSINESS MANAGER

The University of Indianapolis football team took on the Missouri S&T Miners on Nov. 7. The Greyhounds earned themselves their fourth straight Great Lakes Valley Conference Championship in a 38-14 senior day victory.

Head Football Coach Bob Bartolomeo said that the teams GLVC championship is a notable accomplishment for the team and the university.

“It’s hard to win four in a row,” Bartolomeo said. “I don’t care what sport you are in. When you are the guy with a target on your back, you are going to get everyone’s best game. Our kids have withstood the test. To win four [GLVC Championships] in a row is a great accomplishment for our program.”

Redshirt senior wide receiver Reece Horn was also pleased with the championship victory.

“It feels really good, going out on top like that,” Horn said. “But we are by no means satisfied with this. We have to take next week’s against Saint Joe [Saint Joseph’s College]. It [the win] makes the next game that much bigger. We have to get a win there, and that’s all we are focused on now.”

From the start, the Greyhounds showed dominance on the field, scoring two touchdowns in the first quarter.

Although the Miners started the game with the ball, the Hounds defense held them to a three and out. After a punt from the Miners, redshirt senior quarterback Connor Barthel and the Greyhound offense took over at their own 30-yard line. UIndy marched 70 yards down the field in four plays resulting in a 21-yard touchdown pass to Horn, which set up the pace for the rest of the game.

Although Missouri had a few drives down the field in the first half, they were never able to finish it with points to show their effort.

At the end of the first half, the score sat rival Saint Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, at 28-0 in favor of UIndy. Horn had three Ind. Bartolomeo stressed the importance of the touchdowns, while Barthel found of this game for the possibility of another the end zone for a fourth touchdown.

NCAA Division II championship bid.

By the end of the third quarter, UIndy “Rensselaer is a hard place to play [at],” was up 38-0 and the team started to phase Bartolomeo said.“They [Saint Joe] always out their starters. The Miners were able play well at home and they always play us to score two touchdowns in the fourth well. It’ll be a fight. We have to win next quarter, but it was too little too late leav- week, that’s for sure. We win and we’re ing the final score of the game at 38-14 in. Bottom line.”

UIndy. Scoring in the second half for Horn also highlighted the difficulties the Greyhounds was redshirt sophomore of playing the away game and the imporrunning back Andrew Walker on a 65- tance of a victory for the team. yard rush and redshirt sophomore Brad “It’s going to be a hostile environment Schickel with a 21-yard field goal. Walker first off,” he said. “We have to keep doing has scored at least one touchdown in every what we have been doing. We just have to game this season. Bartolomeo commented play UIndy football and do everything we on the team’s consistent performance can to get another win for the program.” throughout the night.

The Hounds will play their next game “I think we are starting to peak a little on Nov. 14 at Saint Joseph’s Alumni Stabit. Kids realize what’s at stake,” he said. dium. Kick off is set for 1 p.m.

“I think we are coming out more focused and doing some better things in the first half. We were ready to play tonight.”

The week prior UIndy faced conference rival William Jewell College on Oct. 31.

The Greyhounds defeated the Cardinals 63-35, last season William Jewell put UIndy out of playoff contention.

That was the highest score in any game in the past 87 years for UIndy, and along side that was Horn breaking the record for most career receiving yards and most receptions in a game. Horn had 3,266 receiving yards and 17 receptions during the game. This game also put Horn at two seasons with over 1,000 receiving yards, making him the first Greyhound to ever do so. Horn said that he was very pleased with the records, but the team comes first.

“It definitely feels good. I just like to come out each and every week with the team and just get better,” he said. “I like to do whatever I can to help the team win.

We just take one week at a time. I was fortunate enough to get those records, but I was by no means thinking about that at all [during the game].”

Photos by Kameron Casey The Greyhounds say they are now looking to next week’s game against Hoosier Top: Redshirt freshman Collin Timmons pushes down field. Bottom: Redshirt sophomore Andrew Walker rushed for his 17th touchdown of the season during the win.

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Volleyball falls, wins on weekend road trip

By Chelsea Faulk STAFF WRITER

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Freshman Hana Priddy runs the ball down field with McKendree players along side her. The teams competed in a fall ball game on Oct. 10 at Key Stadium.

Women’s lacrosse prepares for season A roster of 19 freshmen prepare for UIndy’s first ever women’s lacrosse program

By Kylee Crane EDITOR-IN-CHIEF At Key Stadium fans currently see football and soccer balls fly across the field and soon will see lacrosse balls when the first-ever University of Indianapolis women’s lacrosse team steps onto the field in the spring of 2016.

Head Women’s Lacrosse Coach Jillian Howley leads the program. She worked at several colleges prior to coming to UIndy, and most recently she was the head coach for Lake Erie College. She said that while those experiences have helped, building a program has been challenging.

“I have the experience of being a head coach and coaching at other institutions, so I think every time you work with other coaches and other departments, it just puts more tools in your toolbox. But starting a program is not like anything else. So this is just like you are building the plane while flying it,” Howley said.

One of the challenges has been building the program and building the athletes.

The new Greyhound roster contains 19 freshmen. One of them is Sarah Konecny, who said she is excited to be a part of the

brand new program.

“I think it’s real cool that we’re all freshmen and a part of history, but it definitely has been a little tough,”she said.

“I am confident we will get to where we want to be, though, and it has been fun.”

Howley said the transition for the athletes has been the greatest challenge for the program so far.

“Ultimately, it’s been really fun and exciting so far. I think it’s cool to be a part of the inaugural team,” she said. “There has been a lot of progression through fall ball. So from day one to now, it has been a drastic improvement. I think most of the obstacles have just been [about] being young, being freshmen. The transition to college, just adjusting to being away from home and mom and dad not cooking your meals anymore—I think all of that has been the biggest obstacle for this team.”

The team has wrapped up its fall ball competition and will go into winter conditioning and practices before it steps onto the field in February to start its inaugural season for UIndy.

The Greyhounds will be an affiliate of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for these first few seasons, playing other universities such as Grand

Valley State University and Tiffin University. Howley said that UIndy’s place in the GLIAC is only temporary, and that the team hopes the Great Lakes Valley Conference will add lacrosse programs in the future. McKendree University is the only other school in the GLVC to currently have a women’s lacrosse program.

“There are currently more schools in the GLVC looking to add lacrosse programs, so we will move into that conference eventually,” Howley said.

While the Greyhounds work on creating the program and building the team, Howley said none of it would be possible without the help of the athletic department and the university as a whole.

“I think we are really fortunate to work at the University of Indianapolis.

Our facilities are phenomenal. You cannot say enough about everyone here, and I do not want to leave anyone out, but they are just great,” Howley said. “We have what we need to be successful, and that’s really all you can ask for. So that part is just top notch.”

The team will kick off its spring season with a trip to St. Charles, Mo. where the Greyhounds will take on the Lindenwood University Lions on Feb. 13 at 2 p.m.

The University of Indianapolis volleyball traveled to Missouri to face William Jewell College on Nov. 7, and Rockhurst University on Nov. 6.

Training for the weekend on the road, junior middle blocker Becca Lira talked about what the team is doing to prepare for the teams two games.

“We are just doing a lot of competitive stuff,” Lira said. “We’re trying to do everything we can to keep that competitive edge.”

In a five set victory, UIndy beat William Jewell winning every other set they competed in. The set scores were 25-12, 21-25, 25-18, 19-25, 15-13. The win put the Hounds at fourth in the Great Lakes Valley Conference East with a 9-6 conference record.

Lira led the Greyhounds with 20 kills during the match, her fourth 20 kill performance this season.

On defense UIndy had 98 digs through the five matches, making that the secondhighest this season. Senior outside hitter Hailey Brown had a match high 26 digs.

UIndy freshman setter Maggie Gibson had 17 digs and 52 assists.

Rockhurst swept UIndy with set scores of 25-11, 25-17, 25-18.The Hawks forced trouble at the net for the Greyhounds as UIndy hit a season low attack percentage of -.017. Rockhurst currently leads the Great Lakes Valley Conference in blocks, and had 12 team blocks in the three sets that night.

In 117 total attacks for the Hounds only 25 were kills. Freshman outside hitter Kate Bontrager had a team high 31 total attacks, but junior middle blocker Shelby Ruffner led the team with eight kills.

UIndy had a 3-1 victory over Truman State on Oct. 31 that featured set scores of 28-26, 25-21, 23-25, 25-18. Bontrager had a career-high 20 kills and a team-high .444 attack percentage.

In the first set, both teams went back and forth with early runs, which led to a marathon set that had 11 ties and four lead changes. After being tied 26-26, junior middle blocker Becca Lira and Bontrager had consecutive kills to take the first set.

The Greyhounds had a substantial lead to start the second set until the Bulldogs rallied to threaten a UIndy set victory. Sophomore outside hitter Kacee Salyers had a kill midway through the set, giving UIndy a 24-15 lead, but the Bulldogs gained momentum again. Head Volleyball Coach Reed called a timeout, and the Hounds regrouped and went back out to win the set 25-21.

Truman won the third set 25-23, extending the match. The Greyhounds shut down the Bulldogs in the fourth set, 25-18, winning the match.

UIndy swept Quincy on Oct. 30 in three sets, 25-22, 25-17, 25-14. Ruffner and Salyers had 11 kills each.

During the first set, the Greyhounds had the lead, but the Hawks managed trim the lead late into the set to 23-21 UIndy.

Salyers and Bontrager had kills, giving UIndy the win 25-22. In the second set, UIndy opened with a 4-0 lead and held the lead the remainder of the set, winning 25-17.The Hounds won the third set with 17 kills and won the match.

Despite the team’s one loss in the past five games, its overall record is 13-15.

Reed does not believe the team’s record showcases the group’s talent.

“I think very highly of our volleyball team, more so than what our record shows,” Reed said. “I think we are immensely talented. We have not put it together all of the time, so it’s been frustrating because we’ve seen tremendous volleyball out of the group.”

The team has played several games this season with two remaining until the conference tournament, and they are determined to finish the season strong said Reed.

“Every week we come in, and we work harder than the week before,” Reed said.

“It’s a testament to the character of the group. They’ve worked hard despite our record, despite any of the setbacks. They come in and get after it every week.”

The conference tournament begins Nov. 20, but the team is already preparing for it.

“We’re taking it one day at a time,” Reed said.“We’re going to be okay because they want it bad.”

The Greyhounds’next match is tonight, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m. in the Ruth Lilly Center.

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Men’s Basketball The team opened its 100th season with two exhibition games against Division I schools Valparaiso University and Auburn University. Against Valpo, the Hounds fell 75-67. Senior forward Tyler Rambo and senior guard Jordan Loyd led the team in points with 14 apiece. Against Auburn, UIndy fell 114-109. Loyd led the team with 33 points, and sophomore guard Eric Davidson with 31. Davidson went 8 for 13 from the arc.

Women’s Basketball The Greyhounds began exhibition play against Indiana State University and the University of Illinois. UIndy fell to Indiana State 74-44 despite senior guard Princess German’s game-high 25 points.

Against Illinois, UIndy was beaten 95-36.

German had 15 of the Hounds 36 points.

Swimming and Diving The men’s and women’s teams each secured dual-meet wins at DePauw University.The women topped DePauw 152132, and the men 190-104. Three UIndy women swimmers achieved multiple wins.

The men won every event. Freshmen Vitor Botana and George Oancea had a pair of pool records. Freshman diver Dalton Cline won both events.

Cross Country The men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at the NCAA Regionals on Nov. 7.The women came in 9th and the men 15th, neither placing was enough to move the Hounds forward. Senior Alex Cushman was the lone Greyhound to move on to the NCAA Championships.

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PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE GHOST DIMENSION MOVIE

>> “Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension” is one hour and 45 minutes full of botched horror scenes and is only made watchable by Dan Gill’s pleasing comedic relief. The movie opens with a scene from the third “Paranormal Activity” movie. After the death of their father, two young girls are taken to a cult leader by their grandmother. The leader tells them to harness the power of the evil spirit they speak with to see into the future. The movie then jumps forward 25 years, when Ryan Fleege (Chris Murray), his wife Emily (Brit Shaw) and their six-year-old daughter Leila (Ivy George) are joined by Ryan’s brother Mike (Dan Gill) and their friend Skylar (Olivia Taylor Dudley). With Christmas approaching, the family members are preparing for the holiday when Leila starts talking with an imaginary friend. The family soon finds itself in a fight against paranormal forces.

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by Cecil Baldwin, the voice of Night Vale.

Aside from the fun atmosphere, the book manages to build extremely likeable and relatable characters, despite that they live in a town where time doesn’t exist, it is illegal to acknowledge angels, and the Sheriff ’s Secret Police will arrest anyone who votes incorrectly. This novel is a treat for readers who enjoy world building and quirky humor. Fans of the podcast will enjoy a number of nods to that prior work, but newcomers to the series can enjoy the story just as much.

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>>These four Australian rockers are taking over the music industry with their new album “Sounds Good Feels Good.” 5 Seconds of Summer just released the album on Oct. 23, and the songs are already playing on every station.

Any crowd can get into their music. They know how to rock out and play their own instruments, and you can listen to 5 Seconds of Summer anytime, anywhere.

All of the songs on this album are a great listen. The album contains songs that you want to jam to in the car with all of your friends. The songs are mostly happy and definitely will put a smile on your face.

My favorite song from this album is “She’s Kinda Hot.” The music and words are very catchy, and it’s the song that you will be singing in your head all day. These Australian musicians definitely know how to capture a crowd with their cuteness and catchiness. Despite having summer in their name, this is a band that you can enjoy during all the seasons.

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The donuts vary in cost, from $1 to $3 each. The more gourmet the donut, the more expensive the price. I tasted five different types, from Crème Brule to Snickers. Each donut had a unique and rich flavor. My personal favorite was the Coffee and Cream donut. Most donuts are heavy, but this donut is lightweight and sets well. The Coffee and Cream donut is cream-filled and covered in an icing, with a hint of a coffee taste. This donut could be used as a dessert or to accompany a morning coffee. The small bakery has a relaxed atmosphere with several different seating options and quiet, alternative music playing in the background. This is definitely a good place for college students to hang out and just relax on the weekends or weekdays.

>>Walking up the 330 steps of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument was truly an enlightening experience. Each step bore the name of a fallen soldier or sailor to commemorate his or her service.

The climb up the steps reminded me that I need to get into shape, but the view in the observatory was definitely worth the effort. Being able to see almost all of Indianapolis at once is pretty cool. I am also certain that I was able to see the University of Indianapolis ARC from the top of the monument, which made the experience that much more fun. I recommend that anyone planning to go to the monument take the stairs. It made me appreciate the monument that much more. Considering the drive is about 10 minutes from campus and the activity is free, there really is no reason not to visit.

Whether you are new to Indianapolis or have lived here your whole life, visiting the top of the monument is something everyone living in Indy should do.

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Students, alumni perform in ‘King Lear’

By Kayla Kahill STAFF WRITER

interested in playing King Lear before he retired,” Wright said. “One of the big challenges of the play is that it has a lot of men in it. And so we thought [that] if The University of Indianapolis we’re going to do this production with Jim Department of Theatre students, playing the lead character, wouldn’t it be accompanied by UIndy alumni,performed cool if we could get other alumni to come William Shakespeare’s “King Lear” Oct. back and participate in the production.”

Delap said that “keeping modern 23-25 and 29-31. situations Shakespearean really helps the King Lear, played by former theatre department chair and associate professor audience get what’s going on.” Delap said Jim Ream, is the title role of the famous when she was cast for the role, she realized Shakespearean play set in Tutor-Era the similarities she and Cordelia have.

“My own life circumstance and having Britain.

The play is about an elderly king named those instances where all you want is to have someone love and care for you. And Lear who decides he will end his when you’re shut down, how do you reign and split power among cope with that? How do you build his three daughters, Cordelia yourself back up? And also, how do (senior Elise Delap,) Goneril you forgive?” Delap said. “In the end, (senior Morgan Jackson) and Cordelia does forgive, so she Regen ( alumna Jenni White), has to learn how to be able giving the largest piece of to be strong enough to say, land to the daughter who ‘I forgive you, Father.’ ” professes her love for During rehearsals, him the most.

D e lap worked When Cordelia particularly hard on does not shower how her character was Lear with flattery, being portrayed. he banishes her “A lot of what from the kingdom we worked on in the and splits power rehearsal process is that between Regan and sometimes Cordelia can Goneril, which leads sometimes come off as a to the events that later weak character,” Delap will leave Lear and his said. “Sometimes that three daughters dead. can translate to weakness.

A s s o c i a t e But we worked a lot Professor and Theater on building Cordelia’s Department Chair strength and finding Brad Wright focused moments where she has on the students and so much strength and alumni in the play. power—and also that “One of our strength translating to faculty members, love—because she’s the Jim Ream, who only one that does truly love was chair of this her father.” department for almost 20 Ream said he has alway years and has been in the had a passion for playing university for over 40, was Photo contributed by Brad Wright

the role of King Lear. He appreciates the faithfulness that comes from characters throughout the play.

“I’m fascinated by it. I have been on many different levels. And one of them is the whole subject matter and the dichotomy that exist in the play between truth and reality,” Ream said. “From my own perspective, having raised three kids, there is an element of fascination with that whole parenting thing.”

Ream said he also has an understanding of how parents and children feel about one another.

“To a parent, children are never thankful enough. And you feel like you give them everything, and they just suck you dry. It’s easy to take that attitude,” he said. “So it’s kind of fun to approach it from the parenting side, because Lear really messes it up. And even though his kids were not very nice to him, he was pretty rotten himself."

Wright said having the alumni participate added diversity to the usual student-performed plays.

“One of my favorite parts is seeing the alumni back together again. Its been interesting seeing them and trying to remember who went to school with whom,” Wright said.“It’s also been fun to watch the current students integrate into that. I’ve really encouraged the current students to watch and pay attention to the alumni and use them as role models.”

Alumni included Kirk Fields, Lucy Fields, Barry McFarlane, Jennette McFarlane, Nathan Pellow and Daryl Hollonquest.

The Department of Theatre will present next the Student Directed Productions. According to the UIndy Department of Theatre website, the SDPs are designed by students and fully staffed by students. The SDPs will take place on Dec. 4-6 and Dec. 10-12, all starting at 8 p.m. The productions will be held in the Studio Theatre, located in the basement of Esch Hall.

Students and family gathered in Ruth Lilly Performance Hall to experience Halloween on campus with the musical performance of “Echoing Scare” on Oct. 30.

“Echoing Scare” brings together students from the University of Indianapolis, Butler University, Marian University and area high schools to perform together and celebrate Halloween in a way for all ages to enjoy.

The concert also featured the Echoing Air ensemble. The ensemble was started

by Faculty Adjunct of Music Steven Rickards, and includes Nathan Medley, Jeffery Collier, Keith Collins, Faculty Adjunct of Music Thomas Gerber and Christine Kyprianides.

The performers began the concert by hustling onto the stage and singing “Echoing Scare,” written by Rickards.

The night had certain themes, beginning with a hodgepodge of classic Halloween icons, such as witches, vampires, wizards and cats.

Each song was either performed by the whole company, a few students, or a faculty member playing an instrumental piece.

Sophomore exercise science and preoccupational therapy major Kirby Jones said her favorite song was “Duetto buffo di due Gatti.” Jones enjoyed the song

because it included the sounds of cats.

Sophomore exercise science and preoccupational therapy major Jen Massey said “Dueto buffo di due Gatti” was her favorite as well. Another piece she enjoyed was “Count Dracula’s Czardas,” which was about a “very friendly vampire”whose “bite is worse than his bark,” according to the lyrics in the program.

Assistant director Shannon Christie announced the winners and honorable mentions of the costume contest that took place during the concert.

Three children were given a small goody bag for honorable mention. Third place was awarded to the little girl dressed as a ballerina. Second place was awarded to the students dressed as Mike and Boo from “Monsters Inc.,” and first place was awarded to the family who dressed up as characters from Mario.

Although Jones enjoyed herself, she said she wished more students knew about the event.

“I know a lot of people who didn’t know anything was going on. They could have publicized it better to the student body,” Jones said.

“Echoing Scare” ended with “The Addams Family” and “Ding Dong the Witch is Dead.”

Jones and Massey said “Echoing Scare” may become a new tradition to add to their Halloween list.

Jones said, “It could be a fun UIndy tradition for me and my friends.”

after Smith.

Anderson explained that “Into the Night” is the story of the speaker searching for someone, but no one is certain for whom the speaker is searching.

“The speaker concludes the song by saying that it doesn’t matter where she goes, or what happens, as long as she finds it [the person],” Anderson said to the audience.

Next was junior music education major Kyleigh Randolph, who sang “Sure on this Shining Night.”

Randoph told the audience that “Sure on this Shining Night”was one of Samuel Barber’s most popular compositions.

Following Randoph was senior music education major Katie LeAnn Myers.

Myers sang “Amor,” by William Bolcom.

“Amor” was junior psychology, pre-

occupational therapy major Alexis LeCount’s favorite song of the night.

“She seemed like she had a lot of fun with it, so that was exciting,” LeCount said.

Myers was followed by junior general music major Ron Dukes, who sang “If Ever I Would Leave You,” from the musical “Camelot,” which was composed

by Alan J. Lerner and Frederick Loewe.

Dukes told the audience that the character in the song is a newly promoted knight who has fallen in love with Guinevere.

“This song is saying to her [Guinevere] how he would love her in all the circumstances,” Dukes said.

Junior music education major Natalie Covert was next after Dukes, performing “Minicabs” by William Bolcom.

“They are a collection of very, very short songs that go over a range of human emotions. But in reality, they’re like stories, as the speaker starts [to] wonder why she’s feeling the way she’s feeling,” Covert said.

Next was sophomore music education major Ivy Bott performing “I Don’t Need a Roof,” from the musical “Big Fish.”

Bott said that in this song, the character Sandra is trying to comfort her husband, who has just awoken from a nightmare with the realization that his life is coming to an end.

“In this song, Sandra attempts to comfort him in this hard time. However, as the song progresses, you will note that she becomes more and more desperate,” Bott said.

Following that performance was

sophomore music technology and recording major Luke Garrigus singing “O Del Mio Amato Ben,” by Stefano Donaudy.

He was followed by freshman music and journalism major Morgan Ellis, who performed “Dolente Imagine di Fille Mia,” which was written by Italian opera composed Vincenzo Bellini.

After Ellis, freshman vocal performance major Brenden Everett, performed “Lydia,” composed by Gabriel Fauré.

“This song, ‘Lydia,’ is a very dreamy song. It’s about a woman who is so beautiful that her love extends past the eternal slumber of death,” Everett told the audience.

Finishing out the night was freshman vocal performance major David Samuelsen,who performed “Mattinata,”

by Francesco Tosti.

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Students from various universities perform together in the Ruth Lilly Perfromance Hall. The concert took place on Oct. 30.

Musical fun found in “Echoing Scare”

Students, faculty come together for a night of spooks

By Ashlea Alley ONLINE EDITOR

Faculty, students perform together for an “Evening of Song”

By Gabbie Brown STAFF WRITER

Students of Professor of Music Kathleen Hacker, Music Lessons Adjunct Daniel Narducci and Assistant Professor of Music Mitzi Westra performed in “Evening of Song” on Oct. 27 in the Ruth Lilly Performance Hall.The students were accompanied by Gregory Martin on the piano.

Junior music technology and recording, and communication major Sarah Smith began the night by singing “O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion” from George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah.”

Sophomore music education major, Samantha Anderson, who sang “Into the Night,” by Clara Edwards, was next

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UIndy students participate in ROTC

By Michael Rheinheimer OPINION EDITOR

“Does the colonel know we’re having a meeting?” one cadet asks.

“Yeah, but you know how he loves to talk,” another replies.

Assembled around the meeting room at 1000 Waterway Boulevard are 10 of the Military Science 4 cadets of the Capital Warrior Battalion. Combined with the Reserve Officer Training Corps program, there are more than 100 students from the major colleges of Marion County, including Franklin College. The MS4s’ year in their rank indicates how many years they have participated in ROTC. For the day’s class work, they will be briefing Lt. Col. Tim LaBahn, the head of the Indiana Univeristy-Purdue University Indianapolis Military Science department and officer in charge of the battalion, on the success of this semester’s three-day training period at Camp Atterbury.

Two seats to the right of LaBahn is University of Indianapolis senior criminal justice major Grant Koenig. MS4 Koenig has participated in ROTC since his freshman year. A self–described Army brat, Koenig has always wanted to join the army.

“I just kind of always knew I wanted to do it [join the Army],” he said. “My dad was in the army—he was there for 20 years. I just saw him, and he was my role model. He had a cool job. Everybody else’s parents in elementary school, they were boring–office jobs. My dad drove tanks.”

Koenig has trained to become an infantry officer in the Army and will take command of an infantry platoon in the Indiana Army National Guard after his graduation.

According to Koenig, participating in Army ROTC does not necessarily mean commissioning as an officer. Cadets may participate in activities without any com-

Photos by Jennifer Ulrey

MS4 Grant Koeing (left) and Cadet Private Sarah Rose (right) are cadets in the ROTC program, along with over 100 other students from Marion County colleges. They are both members of the Capital Warrior Battalion. mitment to serve for their first two years.

At the end of their sophomore year, they must decide whether or not they want to contract as an officer.

At an hour when most of their classmates are either still asleep or groggily waking up, the cadets of the Capital Warrior Battalion are busy at work. Every Monday and Wednesday at 6:45 a.m., the battalion meets at IUPUI for physical training. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, the cadets have class from 7 a.m. until 8 a.m.

The classes cover things such as first aid and military tactics.

Some cadets, like UIndy freshman exercise science major Sarah Rose, are just learning the basics. Rose is currently taking classes like “The Role of the Army” and “Army Customs and Traditions.”

While Koenig and his fellow MS4s are briefing Lt. Col. LaBahn, Cadet Private Rose is guiding her partner to safety in a trust and communication exercise.

While Rose’s partner made it through the “room” without setting off any of the “traps” the team was one second over time, and informed by the MS4 running the course that they would need to repeat

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it. Rose and her partner, Private Cadet Jennifer Yi from IUPUI, met through the program.

Rose, like Koenig, said she always had an interest in joining the Army.

“When I was in school, all of my projects were about the military or history,”she said. “I would love to be in Civil Affairs, which is the liaison between the Army and civilians we are with.”

Rose said she plans to be a career officer. Since she receives a scholarship for ROTC, she already is contracted as an officer in the Army.

Koenig, who is contracted, said he will wait to see how much he likes his first term of service before deciding whether or not he will continue a career with the Army.

Despite that, Koenig is excited to begin doing what the Amy has trained him to do.

“I mean, just the adventure of it – being able to be a part of something greater than myself,” Koenig said. “Being a part of ROTC’s almost been like a four year internship, because I’ve just learned so much. Honestly, if you wanted [me] to sum it up in a few words, I wanted to do this because I want to live an uncommon life.”

In honor of National Diabetes Month, students explain their daily routines

By Cassie Reverman DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Each morning junior medical lab science major Brandy Ploetner wakes up and goes about a fairly normal routine, except she has to do one more thing that most people do not. She walks over to her desk and grabs a bag, opens it and pulls out a small phone-like device, sticks a tiny paper-like strip into it, pricks her finger with a needle, and applies a sample drop of blood onto the strip. Ploetner is testing her blood sugar because she has type 1 diabetes.

Diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the body is unable to produce any or enough insulin to maintain the body’s blood sugar levels. November is also National Diabetes Month. Ploetner is not coping with this disease alone.

The disease affects more than 29 million people in the United States.

Ploetner said she was diagnosed when she was three years old.

“My mom just kind of knew because she had been around [other diabetics] and started picking up the hints,” she said.

“Diabetes runs in my family. There are about four or five diabetics in the family.

Every other generation has it.”

She said that there are many obstacles to work around but having school work is the biggest obstacle. Ploetner makes

sure the disease does not hold her back.

“There were a few times where I've had tests, but the night before I was dealing with a high blood sugar and didn't sleep well. I could explain to the professors that with being a diabetic, I can only do so much to control it, but in the end diabetes has a mind of its own. [I] could've asked to take the test at a later date, but because I see myself as a normal person, I don't count diabetes as an excuse to not do something.”

Junior biology pre-medicine major Julian Everett also lives with type 1 diabetes. He describes having the disease as both a “blessing and a curse.” “[It’s a] blessing in that it made me mature and grow up a lot faster than everyone else, and I’m very grateful for that. And a curse because I love food, and I can’t eat half of it.”

Both Ploetner and Everett are involved in the diabetic community. There are several organizations, such as the American Diabetes Association and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, ( JDRF) that have opportunities to raise money and awareness. Everett has participated in several events.

“I try to participate in the JDRF walk and run every year,” he said.

JDRF has its annual walk each year around October and the ADA’s upcoming bike ride, the Tour De Cure, is having its 25th anniversary this June.

Ploetner also is involved in the diabetic community, having gone to a diabetes camp when she was younger.

“I was involved with the Diabetes Youth Foundation of Indiana. The camp lasted the month of June.,” she said. “The camp really helped me become more comfortable with diabetes. I have around three to four people from camp that I keep in contact with.”

The two also agree that National Diabetes Month is important. “[Diabetes] has been a top leader in the amount of deaths, and there has been an increase in want of knowledge about the disease,” Everette said. “[Diabetes] isn’t as easy to deal with and manage as it seems. People often have a misconception that diabetes isn’t a disease or seen as life threatening.”

Ploetner wishes that more people were involved in the month.

“With cancer, everyone goes all out.

[This month], it’s more than just donation. It’s learning about the disease and not what everyone else’s preconceived ideas about the disease are.”

“It’s more than just about donation. It’s learning about the disease...”

Graphic by Cassie Reverman

Photo contributed by Willie Bryan

(From left to right) Evan Davies, Jordan Webb and Willie Bryan are still cheerful after a loss to Indiana State.

Rugby club started at UIndy, open to all

By Kaley Gatto STAFF WRITER Something new is happening at the South Side Park of Hanna, the University of Indianapolis’ rugby club has begun meeting there for practice.The rugby club was started at UIndy during the spring semester of 2015 by junior marketing major Willie Bryan and junior psychology major CJay Sanders.

“Rugby was started last year when Willie and I kind of had a sit-down, and we were talking about things we wanted to do,” Sanders said. “We talked about it when we both stopped playing football here at UIndy, and we decided we wanted to play rugby. We talked about how we [had] played in high school. So we got our interests together and came up with the idea to make a rugby team.”

Rugby is a full contact sport where players often wear little to no protective gear. Players must rely on their strength, strategy and speed to move into their opponent’s territory and score points.

“The contact would have to be my favorite thing about rugby,” Sanders said.

“I used to miss playing football, but then when rugby started, I liked it a lot more.

After I stopped playing football, I missed that physical contact of it, and rugby gives that to me, and it is just more fun.”

At UIndy, rugby is not currently a varsity sport. It is a club, but junior psychology major Evan Davies said that he would like for it to be varsity sometime soon.

“Rugby is a club, and the goal is to make it varsity here. But because of lacrosse coming in this year, they didn’t want to make rugby varsity. But that’s the goal, to

make it varsity next year and recruit people and [have] scholarships and everything,” Davies said. “The team right now is very small. Recruitment has been a big issue because people don’t know about rugby.

We’ve got probably 10 people coming right now, but there are 15 players on the team at one time. So for right now, we’ve had to borrow people for games, and we still want subs, so we’re really down by 15 people.”

Bryan believes that rugby is one of the most creative, free-flowing sports.

“You can run it, you can pass it, and you can kick it. Even though everyone plays with the same rules and the same amount of people, you look at a team and they can play a game completely different,” Bryan said. “There are so many different ways to play the game, but everyone starts out with the same primus of ‘you need to take the ball and get it across the field and touch it down on the piece of grass.’”

Bryan said both men and women are welcome to join the rugby team. The team wants to build a rugby tradition and culture and is open to ex-athletes and even people who have never played sports.

Bryan said the team is good for people who are looking for something to do.

“We only practice three days a week, so it’s not something that is that much of a time commitment. We would love to have you. Come join the family,” Bryan said.

“That’s really what we’re trying to build.

We’re getting to the point now where we all are eating together and hanging out.

We have a big ‘group-chat.’ We just want to grow our own little family here.”

The rugby team practices every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 3-5 p.m. at the South Side Park of Hanna.

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8 THE REFLECTOR

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Diversity lecture shows the danger of prejudice

Speaker Elaine Penn shares stories of the personal struggles she has had with stereotyping and discriminating in her own lifetime

By Jessica Hoover NEWS EDITOR

Nationally recognized speaker, trainer and performer Elaine Penn presented “One Student, Many Stories,” about the prejudice and discrimination that often come with diversity, at the University of Indianapolis on Wednesday, Nov. 4 from 9 to 10 p.m. in UIndy Hall A.The presentation was just one of the many Diversity Lecture Series put on around campus.

Penn began by discussing her past. She grew up in a musical family and sang in the family band, played three sports in high school and two in college, coached volleyball at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and worked in student life in diversity while she was there. Before working for the college, Penn didn’t think she harbored any stereotypes or prejudices because of the way she was brought up. But when questioned by a colleague, she took a step back to reevaluate herself. She then realized that there were many instances in which even she had stereotyped others.

One such instance was when Penn was only eight years old. In the small town where she lived, there was one house that everyone called “the crazy man’s house.”It was a strange rock house with a front yard like a junkyard and gargoyles on the front porch. She and her friends used to peek inside the house, and when they saw him, they would scream and run away.The only story the children had ever heard about

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Elaine Penn performs her song, “It’s Your Life” at the end of her presentation. The lecture, which discussed diversity, was on Wednesday, Nov. 4 in UIndy Hall A. him was what the adults had told them that he was unstable and to stay away from him. Years later, she found out the “crazy man” was a father who had lost his wife and children in a car accident and had developed emotional issues as a result.

“The problem is this,” Penn said. “We all have a multitude of stories that make up who we are. And if we focus on just one story, we’re always going to misjudge somebody. If we focus on one story, we’re always going to get it wrong. That’s never what makes up a person’s entire life.”

In the 1980s, Penn visited New York City with her family. While walking back to their hotel, she almost tripped over

a homeless man. She was taken aback because she was from a small town and was not used to seeing homeless people.

Her father gave the man some money, but quickly rushed the family over to the other side of the street. A woman in their hotel that they told about it said that all homeless people are alcoholics and drug addicts.

Later on, one of Penn’s friends was planning to write a musical about homeless people and decided to do some research on them. She talked to them on the streets, in homeless shelters and in soup kitchens. She found out that all of their stories were different. Some were

homeless because they lost their jobs, or they were wives running away from abusive husbands. Some were gay teenagers who had been thrown out of their own homes, people dealing with depression and veterans, along with alcoholics and drug addicts. Before continuing her speech, Penn played guitar and sang one of the songs in her friend’s musical about homeless people.

Freshman elementary education major Danielle Hmad said that she also has experienced instances in which she was discriminated against.

“I grew up Muslim, and at the time, I wore the hijab or the head scarf,” Hmad said. “It was seventh grade on Sept. 11,

and this kid who rode the bus with me was like, ‘So, do you have a bomb under there?’… I felt offended, but also kind of sad, not for myself but for him, that he would just feel that way without knowing anything.”

Penn also brought student leaders, such as Resident Assistants, up to the stage to tell some stories. They spoke about discrimination and prejudice in connection with mental disorders, teenage pregnancy, racial grouping and the LGBTQIA community. Afterwards the audience was encouraged to share experiences from their own lives with the people next to them. Penn said that it takes only one conversation to learn more about someone else.

“All of you are made up of a variety of stories,” she said. “You have different backgrounds and families, and different likes and dislikes and beliefs. We know about each other, but we rarely know each other. That’s why it’s important to really… share what’s going on in your life and who you are.”

Sophomore nursing major Madison Sheline said that she learned a lot from hearing Penn’s stories. “[I learned] how important it is not to stereotype people,” Sheline said. “Especially being in the nursing field, you deal with people from all walks of life, so you have to be open to every situation.”

Penn ended the event by singing a song entitled “It’s Your Life,” from her CD “Love Is the Way.”

Session helps explore careers Author lectures on the history of The Beatles

By Josie Clark STAFF WRITER

The Academic Success Center organized a Secrets of Success workshop entitled “Plan B: Another Path to Success” on Oct. 27. Academic Success Advisor Christy Richter presented several tips for the unsure undergraduate. Richter opened with some international statistics on the average number of hours in a work week in different countries. The United States was at the top of this list, partly because many Americans choose shorter breaks and eat lunch at their desks, according to Richter. For this reason, choosing a career that is interesting and enjoyable to you is critical, Richter said.

One assessment that Richter uses at the Academic Success Center is the SIGI3, which stands for System of Integrated Guidance and Information and is an education and career-planning software.

The intention of the test is to help students choose a career plan that’s right for them, according to the SIGI3 website. Richter also recommended O*NET OnLine as a follow-up for students who are not clear about all their career options.

O*NET OnLine allows students to browse careers by clusters. For instance, if a student is interested in zoology, he or she may also find a career in naturalism, according to the website. O*NET provides information about tasks, tools and technologies, knowledge, skills and abilities required, work activities, job zones and education for each particular career.

At the end of the presentation, Richter introduced a career navigator at the Professional Edge Center, Dan Johnson. The Professional Edge Center is located on the first floor of the Alumni House behind Good Hall. The goal of the Professional

By Robbie Hadley BUSINESS MANAGER

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UIndy students listen to the SOS workshop about careers held on Tuesday, Oct. 27 in Schwitzer Room 101.

Edge Center is to help with career development, according to Johnson. Center personnel run the program Handshake, an online job board of verified employers who offer internships and networking.

The center also hosts the Field Goal Kick for tuition event. Along with all that, center personnel also work with the Alumni Association.

“There are 15,000 alumni within an hour of Indianapolis, which is why we work with the Alumni Association,” Johnson said.

As a biology major who is now a career navigator, Johnson explained that there are many opportunities available for students that may come as a surprise. So even if a senior is uncertain about his or her field of study, there are options.

“There are plenty of people telling you what to do and how you should do it,” Johnson said. “I give students the space to think on their own about what they should pursue and then to pursue that.

You can make these things work for you.”

Richter works as the adviser for University Studies students, students who have not yet declared a major. Richter recommends volunteer work, informational interviews and encourages her students to reach out when trying to choose a major. She also encourages them to focus on transferable skills that can be applied in various areas.

The Academic Success Center offers peer tutoring and a resource for students who need additional assistance.

“The one-on-one seems to be helpful, because we can look at the individual struggle,” Richter said.

The Professional Edge Center will host three Senior Panic sessions, which help seniors think through the realities of job searching, networking and career exploration, throughout the day on Nov. 9. Johnson and Richter will collaborate on another workshop entitled “Making a Major Decision”on Dec. 3. The Academic Success Center will host a Tutoring Blitz on Dec. 13.

policy from the company.

Bonach then talked about his background in business. He said that he is an actuary, which, according to him, is an accountant without a personality.

“I didn’t start my career as an actuary, but very early on in my insurance years, I decided it wasn’t just about the numbers,” Bonach said. “I liked the business, and I liked the people.”

Bonach said that he had been working for a company for two-and-a-half years when a recruiter called to recruit him for another company. He explained that it was a risk for him to switch companies, but he did. Bonach said doing so allowed him to gain more experience and be involved in determining how to value a company and what it was worth.

The company Bonach was working for was based in Germany, so later he had the opportunity to move there. He said he had to move his wife and two young children to Germany. He also had to learn business terminology in German and the different office culture there, but he felt it was a valuable experience.

“I bring this up not to scare you, but to hopefully inspire you to take risks,” Bonach said. “It [transferring to Germany] put me in a position that let me work

with these top executives, and I wasn’t even 30 years old.”

Bonach advised students to take risks with their careers. He said that both life and careers never move in a straight line, so it is important to take risks to end up with a valuable career.

Bonach then explained more about CNO. He said that CNO is made up of Bankers Life, Colonial Penn and Washington National Insurance. He said that because insurance is not a tangible product, trust is important.

“Trust is very important in our business...” he said. “It’s not machines or computers. It’s our people. I am always looking for the best and brightest people, because that is how we differentiate.”

Bonach said that various rating agencies had given CNO 13 upgrades since 2012, and they had been named Forbes’ Most Trustworthy Company.

Following his presentation, Bonach opened the floor to questions. In the question-and-answer period, Bonach said that he felt communication skills were important because they transferred to so many different aspects of business.

He said that such skills can be helpful with clients and team members and help people to understand their audience and

Beatles author and historian Dave Schwensen spoke to a group of University of Indianapolis students on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Schwensen has written two books on specific concerts that The Beatles performed in the United States. His presentation briefly highlighted some of the most interesting aspects of those concerts.

Schwensen showed how The Beatles, despite being more than 50 years old, have influenced the culture in ways still apparent today, particularly the way concerts are treated in society. “ They [ The Beatles] are still influencing the m u s i c t o d a y, ” Schwensen said.

“You can hear it in today’s music.

It is the kind of thing that is passed down through the generations. Even some of the songs like ‘Yellow Submarine’ and ‘Blackbird’ have different meanings for the older fans. Those are kids’ songs now.

Grandparents or parents were singing that to their kids.”

One example Schwensen pointed to is the stark change in security at concerts today as opposed to in the 1960s. He showed a video of fans swarming across the field of a stadium, leaping over barricades and police officers to have a shot at seeing The Beatles

up close. Students in attendance roared with laughter at the behavior of some of the fans in the videos that Schwensen showed.

Girls, who now would be women in their 60s, cried, screamed and fainted at the glimpse of the four lads from Liverpool. Schwensen said it was this pandemonium at their concerts that caused the group to stop touring after their 1966 tour of America.

Junior business administration major Omar Posadas said that the presentation changed his outlook about how concerts work.

“I thought it [the event] was interesting,” Posadas said. “People know that it [seeing The Beatles live] was an excellent experience for the fans, but I feel like some people don’t take into account what the artists had to go through. You have to put yourself in The Beatles’ shoes. It had to be overwhelming.”

Schwensen’s message included what set The Beatles apart from everyone else and what aided their continuing, unparalleled success in the music industry.

“It’s all in the music. It’s not corporate rock,”Schwensen said.“It’s not formula.

It involves all different kinds of styles.

It just lives on.”

communicate better.

Freshman supply chain and information systems major Hannah Ellington came to hear Bonach speak because she wanted to hear a CEO’s perspective on business and insurance.

“Instead of taking just what I learn in the classroom, it shows how I can apply it to my career in the future,” Ellington said.

Freshman business administration and management major Jesse Cook said he came to hear about Bonach’s journey and

to see how he became a CEO. “I learned that just because they are high up doesn’t mean they aren’t a regular person,” Cook said. “He just seems like a normal person.”

Both Ellington and Cook thought hearing about business from someone who had done so well was useful. They also thought that what he said about communication skills was helpful, and Cook said he thought it would help him in a job interview in the future.

“You can hear it in today’s music. It [The Beatles’ music] is the kind of thing that is passed down through the generations.”

CEO speaks about his journey and success

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Edward Bonach, the CEO of CNO Financial Group, came to the University of Indianapolis on Oct. 21 to discuss his company and his work in the insurance industry.

Bonach came to UIndy through the Student Business Leadership Academy, which was created to connect professionals in the business world to students hoping to end up with careers in business.

President of the SBLA Lindsey Turner introduced Bonach and described a little of his background. She said that CNO was incorporated in 1979 and began operations in 1982. Bonach was appointed CEO in October of 2011 and now serves as a member of the Executive Committee and Investment Committee.

Bonach began his presentation by explaining that CNO is a holding group for financial companies and is based in Carmel, Ind. He explained that the company focuses on middle income Americans and has approximately 1,300 employees in Indiana and 3,600 nationwide. He also said more than three million people in the United States have purchased a

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CEO of CNO Financial Group Edward Bonach speaks to students, faculty and guests at UIndy on Oct. 21.

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Iran’s congregation, ‘Death to America,’ losing its followers

By Roy Gutman MCCLATCHY FOREIGN STAFF

TEHRAN, Iran (TNS)—At the main entry gate to Tehran University, worshippers at Iran’s most famous Muslim prayer service were lined up for a security check one Friday earlier this year when a true believer shouted a familiar slogan.

“Everyone pray for the collapse of the criminal country, the USA,” said a grayhaired man in a white shirt as he stepped up to a small platform to be frisked.

“Amen,” responded dozens of the mostly middle-aged men.

The scene was surreal, even menacing, for a foreign visitor. That is, until a policeman supervising the checkpoint approached.

“We sincerely welcome you,”he told an American visitor. How was one to interpret the chant? he was asked. “That’s just politics,” he said. “The people of America are our friends.”

Welcome to the Friday prayer service, renowned in Iran and throughout the world as a “bash America”event.Televised live every week, it is tightly organized.

Buses to transport the congregants from all over the capital lined a nearby street, and roadblocks surround the venue, a covered outdoor pavilion.

Official hatred for the United States is engraved on the pulpit. “We will put America under our feet,” it states in Farsi, “We defeat the United States,” in English. And on Wednesday, Nov. 4, the 36th anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s unelected supreme leader, said the use of the slogan “Death to the U.S.” was grounded in the Iranian constitution.

“The slogan means death to the policies of the U.S. and arrogant powers, and this logic is accepted by every nation when explained in clear terms,” he told an audience of students. They responded with shouts of “Death to the U.S.,”Khamenei’s official website said.

But if this is a central fixture of Iran’s anti-America dogma, it may have lost its appeal. There were empty spaces between the rows of worshippers at the Friday service a reporter visited, and only three women populated the women’s section off to the side.The participants seemed anything but enthusiastic, and the ritual denunciations seemed almost mechanical.

As the service warmed up, staff in the

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Wars taking a heavy toll on hospitals Friday Prayer at Tehran University in Iran is a weekly event that sees thousands of worshippers chant “Death to America” and “Death to Israel,” but in actual fact, the attendees, mostly middle-aged men, are bused in from other parts of the Iranian capital and seem anything but enthused about the event. The empty spaces show how much interest has fallen off on July 24, 2015. (Roy Gutman/McClatchy/TNS) media gallery offered a headphone so that a foreign reporter could follow the sermon and denunciations in simultaneous translation.

Even before the full service began, Imam Hujjat-ul-Islam Kazem Seddiqi indicated that the government, led by centrist President Hassan Rouhani and now a partner with the United States after the Iran nuclear deal, had some doubts about keeping the prayer meeting going. He noted that Friday prayer is held in 830 cities all over Iran and that 39,000 people helped organize it.

“I have asked the government to provide the budget for Friday prayers,” he said pointedly.

The chants were predictable, taken straight from the revolutionary playbook: “Hey, USA. Shame on you.”

“Down with the USA. The blood is dripping from your mouth. The source of all criminal and criminals is you.”

And then the inevitable series: “Death to America. Death to Israel. Death to the al Saud family,” a reference to the rulers of Saudi Arabia.

Throughout, the worshippers appeared preoccupied or even bored.

“Society is divided into two parts in Iran,” an Iranian reporter explained, speaking not for attribution because he didn’t want to be identified criticizing official policy. “There are those in power, who control the government, the economy and the media. That generation is 60 or over. Soon they will die. They have tried to raise a younger generation to follow them. But even their own children don’t want to follow their fathers.”

He said that the entire population pretends to uphold the official dogma.

But “70 million people here wear a mask,” he said, referring to the nation of 80 million. “We are not interested in politics. We care about our jobs, our family, our living conditions, our well-being.”

But he noted that 36 years after Iran’s Islamic revolution, the younger generation of Iranians do not want a revolution, but gradual change.

“We want reform,” he said.

It’s a sentiment borne out by casual encounters with total strangers, who go out of their way to make an American visitor feel at home.

“We wish President Obama could do something for Iranians,” said Farhad, 50, an official in a government ministry

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who approached an American visitor while waiting for a trainlike transport to Tehran’s main bazaar.

And what was that? “He should do the same things for us that American leaders do for Americans. More freedom and more social freedom.”

Farhad has his job by virtue of having fought in the Iran-Iraq War from 1980 to 1988. But he said of the eight hours in a workday, most people put in a half-hour of work at best.

He expressed hope that the nuclear arms deal with the U.S. and five other world powers would bring an improvement in daily life in Iran, wracked by inflation and a currency devaluation following United Nations-imposed sanctions.

“We are expecting a miracle,” he said.

If that doesn’t happen, “I would love to get out of this country as soon as I can.” ___ (c)2015 McClatchy Washington Bureau

GENEVA—A month after a U.S. AC130 aircraft raked a Doctors Without Borders trauma hospital in Afghanistan with canon fire, killing 30 including a dozen staff members, there is still no official U.S. report on what the United States believes led to the assault. But in the time since the attack, other medical facilities have been targeted in a range of conflicts around the world, heightening growing concerns among humanitarian workers that the long tradition of sanctity for hospitals, clinics and medical workers in combat zones has vanished in an era of scorched-earth combat.

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ISTANBUL—A Syrian activist who helped produce a blog dedicated to exposing Islamic State crimes against the residents of Raqqa was found beheaded along with another young activist at their apartment in Sanliurfa in southern Turkey on Friday, Oct. 30, friends said.

The deaths of Ibraheem Abdulkadir, who worked on Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, and his friend Faris Hammadi were the latest sign that Islamic State violence has spread to Turkey, where the extremists have been blamed for twin suicide bombs that killed more than 100 people in Ankara Oct. 10.

In addition, a third friend who was with them, Tlass Surour, disappeared and was feared kidnapped. Muhammad Saleh, the spokesperson for the group, accused the Islamic State of perpetrating the crime. Saleh told a television station in Aleppo, Syria, that the murders occurred at about midnight Thursday, Oct. 29, and were discovered at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 30.

Twitter accounts usually associated with the Islamic State claimed responsibility for killing the two young activists.

“May Allah Save the Soldiers of the Caliphate,” said one. “They reached the houses of the apostates and slaughtered them and the U.S. did not help them.

Today the agents and tomorrow the presidents.”

And another account said: “They thought they would be safe in Turkey and far from ISIS’ knives. Anyone would crosses the lines of the Caliphate will be killed.”

Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently was launched in April 2014 to expose Islamic State atrocities in Raqqa, its selfstyled capital. Through a network of its reporters inside Raqqa, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently has been almost the

only source of news and information about what was taking place there.

The group, which started as a Facebook page, forced the Islamic State then to launch a counter campaign called Raqqa is Flourishing Silently. Since then activists working with Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently have become key Islamic State targets. Hammoud al Moussa, a Raqqa is Being Slaughtered activist, lost his father in June when the Islamic State executed him and two other activists. The Islamic State accused al Moussa of supplying a hidden camera to activists in Raqqa.

Abdulkadir’s last post in his Facebook profile was about a military group called the Thuwar Ar Raqqa or Raqqa Revolutionaries declaring the entire city of Raqqa as a military zone as part of its plan to remove the Islamic State from the provincial capital.

Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently was the first organization to report on a failed American attempt to rescue journalist James Foley from the Islamic State’s Al Akershi camp southeast of Raqqa in July 2014. Its report came a month before the official U.S. announcement, but went largely unnoticed by Western news media.

The group also was the first to report that the Islamic State had burned to death Muaz al Kasasbeh, a captured Jordanian pilot, early this year.

Last month, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently won the Committee to Protect Journalists International Press Freedom Award and a few days ago the campaign won America Abroad Media award.

(Zakaria is a McClatchy special correspondent. Roy Gutman contributed from Istanbul.) (c)2015 McClatchy Washington Bureau. Visit the McClatchy Washington Bureau at www.mcclatchydc.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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