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Students’ needs generate campus accommodations By Kylee Crane MANAGING EDITOR For sophomore communication major Jimmy Kennedy, travelling to and from East Hall to various buildings on campus is not as easy as it seems. Kennedy relies on both a mobility scooter and a rolling walker to help him get from point A to point B during the day. He is not the only student who needs accommodations, and making the campus more accessible is an important part of university planning. Executive Director for Student Development Debbie Spinney’s job is focused on accommodations made on campus. She not only coordinates services
for students with disabilities, but the Academic Success Center, new student experience course, Bridge Scholars and BUILD programs and with students on probation. The Bridge Scholars is a campus scholarship program while BUILD helps students that have learning disabilities. Spinney said the university abides by the law campus wide by providing enough access to doors in and out of buildings. Every residence hall, except for two, is wheelchair accessible. Warren Hall and Cravens Hall have steps to get into the building, and a ramp would be too steep, according to Spinney. However, the university places students in halls that are accessible to them. “We work with the students to put
Party Identification 48% Independent
32% Republican
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them in other halls that are accessible,” Spinney said. “And if they have family members who are wheelchair users, we move them into the other halls so they [family members] can come and visit as well.” Spinney said the university also makes sure to go above just what the law regulates, to make many situations easier for students. “When Hanna was under construction a few years ago, we didn’t want to have students who were wheelchair users or who were blind crossing the street, so we moved their entire classes across to the north side of Hanna Avenue. We work with where the student is and what they need to make accessible situations for them,” Spinney said. “We don’t have to have automatic doors.”
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Midterm Election Participation
88% did not vote in midterms
Planning to vote in the 2016 Presidential Election 21% Unsure
76% Yes
3% No Graphic by Kyle Dunbar
Sophomore communication major Jimmy Kennedy, who uses a mobility scooter and walker, scans a book in Krannert Memorial Library. Kennedy said the library is one of the toughest places for him to access at UIndy.
Dispassion for politics affects UIndy students By Michael Rheinheimer & Sarah Hunker OPINION EDITOR & STAFF WRITER
12% voted in midterms
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An informal survey recently conducted by The Reflector on the subject of student political involvement has found a change in political identity and involvement. Of 75 students, ranging in class rank from undergraduate to post-graduate students, 48 percent declared themselves to be independent voters. Thirty-two percent reported that they were registered members of the Republican Party, while 20 percent reported that they were registered members of the Democratic Party. The poll found low involvement in the recent midterm elections. Only 12 percent of those registered to vote did so. Those numbers did not extend to plans for 2016, however. Seventy-six percent of respondents reported that they planned to vote in the next presidential election.Three percent said that they did not plan to vote for the president, while the remaining 21 percent were unsure. Average party affiliation has changed since 2008, according to a similar survey reported by The Reflector in its Oct. 29 issue
of that year. Forty-four percent of respondents identified themselves as Democrats, 36 percent identified themselves as Republicans and 20 percent identified themselves as independent voters. According to civicyouth.org, only 62.1 percent of registered voters with at least some college experience turned out to vote in the 2008 presidential election between Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain. That number was down ten points from the 1972 presidential election between Senator George McGovern and Republican President Richard Nixon. The same website reported that for the 2010 midterms, 34.7 percent of college students said they did not vote because they were too busy, while 12.2 percent said they were not interested. Johanna Richardson, a first-year occupational therapy graduate student, describes herself as politically involved. “That’s the point of America,”she said. “I think if you’re going to live in a country where you have the freedom to make a
“I think people are frustrated with how it works. They feel like nothing’s working.”
Trustee member nominated, sworn into Indiana Academy By Kayleigh Jordan STAFF WRITER
University of Indianapolis trustee Deborah Daniels was inducted into The Indiana Academy at its 44th annual symposium on Oct. 6 in Indianapolis in recognition of her personal accomplishments and contributions to Indiana. The honor was awarded by the nonprofit association Independent Colleges of Indiana. Independent Colleges of Indiana represents 31 private nonprofit colleges and universities in Indiana, including UIndy. Daniels was inducted with three other Hoosiers: Robert Jones (Evansville), John Zeglis (Culver) and Andrew Goebel (Evansville). She spoke very highly of the people of Indianapolis and how their willingness to help has shaped her life. “We live in a culture here in Indianapolis, and we are so pleased that we do, where people want to step up, and they want to help each other. People who visit Indianapolis are always astonished at how
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friendly and helpful people are, even on the street.” Daniels joined the UIndy Board of Trustees in 2007 and is active on its Campus Life Committee. She chaired UIndy’s most recent Presidential Search Committee and Inauguration Committee. Daniels said that she was nominated by UIndy president Robert Manuel, and had no idea that she was nominated until she was presented with the award. “You can’t apply for this,” she said. “Someone has to think enough of you to nominate you, which was incredibly flattering. It’s a great honor. I told them I can’t think of another time in my life when I’ve been quite so humbled by an award.” Daniels is a partner at the law firm of Krieg DeVault LLP. She has experience in corporate compliance and criminal and civil investigations. She also previously has served as a U.S. attorney of the Southern District of Indiana and an assistant attorney general with the U.S. Department of Justice. At the Department of Justice, she has
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won several awards for her management skills and her work on behalf of crime victims. She said that the motivation to serve others has been ingrained in her since she was young. “My parents taught me that. Depauw [University] taught me that. The University of Indianapolis has the same kind of [focus] on giving to the community, getting involved in the community,” Daniels said. “So I am guessing that students now are going to really grow up with this kind of mentality. It is very important to help other people in your community. That’s what gives me gratification. ” Task Chairman of the Indiana Academy and Vice Chair of Board of Trustees Yvonne Shaheen is on the nominating committee for the academy. Shaheen said that she and Daniels have known each other for about 40 years. She also served on UIndy’s Presidential Search Committee with Daniels. She said she is “very easy to talk to.” Shaheen also said that Daniels is a very good lawyer and earned the managing partner position at her firm, Krieg DeVault, effective starting in 2015. Shaheen said that Daniels earned her
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difference in how it runs—and we’re one of the few countries that you do have an opportunity to make a difference—I think it’s a bit asinine to not take part.” Richardson said she believed that low political involvement is caused by a lack of faith in the ability of a voter to affect real change. “ I think p e o p l e a re frustrated with how it works.They feel like nothing’s working,” she said. “They think, ‘I’ll never really make a difference. One vote can’t make a difference.’” Richardson said that she did not think one vote could make a difference either, but that one movement could. Associate professor of history and political science and director for the Institute for Civic Leadership and Mayoral Archives Ted Frantz was not surprised by the amount of political apathy. “There are a lot of reasons why people who are undergraduates now might find politics off-putting,” he said.
diploma from two different Indiana colleges—a bachelor’s degree from Depauw University and a juris doctor degree from Indiana University’s McKinney School of Law where she graduated cum laude. She said that she was also a former U.S. attorney and an assistant U.S. attorney general. Her expertise was in criminal and civil investigations, and she now practices in federal government relations. Shaheen said that all of these attributes made Daniels a prime candidate and winner for this prestigious award. With all of these activities and the jobs she has taken on, Daniels said that she has learned a life lesson about time management. “You have to know where to stop.This is a good life lesson that took me a while to learn,” she said. “If you get on too many of these boards [volunteer work] to the point where you don’t have the time to give [to] them, then you’re not helping any of them. So you really have to focus your efforts on a few things at a time and be honest with people about how much time you have available.”
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UIndy CELL director has day dedicated to him Executive Director of the University of Indianapolis Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning David Dresslar received one of the highest honor from the mayor’s office.
Modern Languages Movie Night shows ‘Even the Rain’ The modern languages department showed the movie “Even the Rain” as part of the Modern Languages Movie night that the department puts on twice a month.
SJP hosts civil rights attorney to speak about Palestine and Israel Students for Justice in Palestine in collaboration with Janis Club hosted an event to open a dialogue on the current situation between Palestine and Israel. The event, entitled “Peace in the Middle East: Palestine, Israel, and You,” featured guest speaker Mark Sniderman, a Jewish-American civil rights attorney.
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Christmas Showdown By Emily Darr FEATURE EDITOR Christmas. I bet some people are criticizing me right now for writing about it before we have even celebrated Thanksgiving. Well, I’m sorry, but if I am being totally honest, I already decorated my apartment for Christmas. I have done a lot of thinking, trying to figure out exactly why I become twice as cheerful when the holiday season comes around. Last December, I watched more than 30 Christmas movies on Netflix. Not just the classics, but also the cheesy ones that appear on ABC Family. I don’t know what it is, but even though the acting is mediocre and the love stories are cliché, I still love them. And no, it isn’t because I believe “the one” is going to magically appear on my doorstep on Christmas Eve with some mistletoe, and we will live happily ever after. (I mean if it happens though, I won’t be mad.) The reason Christmas is wonderful is because it gives everyone the gift of believing. When I was a kid, I would leave Santa some of my best-decorated cookies and a glass of milk. As time went on, I learned that there were no reindeer on our roof and my best-decorated cookies were not Santa’s favorite. I even remember my dad telling me while I was decorating them, “Maybe Santa doesn’t like that much icing and sprinkles.” “No dad,” I said. “Santa loves icing and sprinkles!” It makes sense now why he was so adamant about easing up on the toppings. But he still ate them, because seeing us kids believe in something was important and entertaining.
That’s what it’s all about. It’s about believing in something. It’s about believing in anything. As I got older, I no longer believed in Santa, but Christmas began to mean something more. It became the time of year my big sister came home from college. Now it is the time I get to go home from college. Seeing my family together during the holidays makes me believe. We tend to be negative and expect the worse these days. But when the holidays come, we believe again. Two years ago, I was dealing with depression. I had been getting better, and over Christmas break, it finally clicked. My brothers were reading the directions to a new game, my dad was drinking his coffee by the fireplace watching them struggle, and my mom, sister and I were standing in our tiny kitchen preparing brunch. My sister was four months pregnant at the time. And there it was, a scene to my very own ABC Family movie. I never really told them, but it was then that I started believing in myself. It took some time to be myself again, but I had finally begun to fight for it. That Christmas, my family saved me. I believed in myself the same way I believed in Santa all those years ago. It was my own Christmas miracle, and maybe that is why I love the holiday so much. The holiday season brings out the best in people.We become believers, and there is no better gift. Christmas is not too hyped up because it is not Christmas that is being hyped, but what Christmas brings. People are excited and happy to spend time with family, and I don’t think that should be played down. I am extremely excited waiting for Christmas and am going to watch another 30 movies this December. Some people may say I am insane, but I believe there are people just as excited as I am. Who knows, they just might show up on my doorstep Christmas Eve with some mistletoe. Believing is a great thing.
By Robbie Hadley BUSINESS MANAGER
The sad truth is that it rarely works. Families are fractured, people are imperfect,and material things can’t ever bring permanent happiness. Christmas is the season of buying. For years, Is Christmas the most wonderful time of we have been calling Christmastime the season the year? That’s what all of the songs and of giving, but is that really the case? I am not commercials will tell you. Starting the day after so sure. Thanksgiving, and often as early as the day According to a report by nrf.com, the main after Halloween, the radio stations abandon the website of the National Retail Foundation, modern music to play the nostalgic Christmas total holiday spending during the 2013-2014 classics of the 40s, 50s, and 60s. holiday season in the United States alone was The stores hang up the tinsel and lights to estimated at just over $600 billion. put you in the buying mood, and the air vents are That is more than 80 percent of the entire pumped with cinnamon and adrenaline to hype U.S. defense budget. The entire country of the mob of shoppers trying to get the perfect Argentina has a GDP of only $611 billion. gift for their little darling children. With $600 billion, you could buy all 50 of Capitalism has embraced Christmas with the most valuable sports teams six times over. Or open arms. Companies, whose sole goal is you could just go out and buy 7,595,417 brand to make money, use our perceptions of what new 2014 Corvettes. Instead, that money is spent Christmas should be for their own financial gain. giving laptops and iPods to middle class kids. Is We will spend egregious amounts of money it the season of giving or the season of wasting? to fulfill our mental picture of the happy family The greatest tragedy of all is that for only sitting around the fireplace all smiling with their five percent of the total spending, we could gifts clutched in their hands. Companies want eradicate world hunger for an entire year. consumers to buy everything, from the tree to How valuable are the gifts that you actually the tinsel and the logs for the fire. give? If all Americans just donated five percent That is just the nature of capitalism. It doesn’t of what they normally spend, nobody in the mean that it’s evil, it just means that motives world would have to go without food for an and ideas you may believe to be your own, may entire year. That would be the Christmas that have originated with you. It seems that some they talk about in the songs. I won’t deny that I, of our long-standing family traditions may as much as anyone else, enjoy seeing the people have been started by a marketing agent for a that I love get something that they really want, company in the 1950s. but couldn’t our money be put to better use? If The Christmas you imagine is dead. Well, we truly tried, we could genuinely help bring that is not necessarily true. The Christmas that peace on earth and good will to all men by sacyou imagine hasn’t existed for decades. The rificing just a little of our joy, to give infinitely artificially built perceptions of what constitutes more to people in need. a traditional family Christmas, though quite pleasant, are mostly idealistic.We want to believe that families are always happy and together for the holidays and that if we could only get that person the one gift that he or she wants, it will make them happy until next Christmas.
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Winterizing your car: Helpful hints from the university police To the campus community:
Indiana winters are unpredictable. Driving preparedness is an important issue that everyone should consider. The main issues to remember with winter driving are vehicle maintenance and personal safety. Before the winter season begins, you should always check your tires, wiper blades and battery to make sure that they are in good working order. Before driving you should always take the time to properly defrost your car and clear your windows. Check your tires and make sure that you have plenty of tread to give you that all-important traction. If you are driving a rear wheel drive vehicle, consider switching to snow tires for the winter. Don’t forget to make sure that your tire pressure is correct. Under-inflated or over-inflated tires can cause problems too. While you are checking your tires, take a little time and check the condition of your belts and hoses. Make sure that they are in good, working condition. It is also a good idea to prepare an emergency kit. Pack extra clothing, blankets and lock de-icer. Be sure to carry a cell phone and a portable emergency sign in case you run into trouble. Remember to keep a shovel, jumper cables, flashlight, flares, water and food in the trunk. Always have a full tank of gas and try to leave 10 to 15 minutes early to allow for inclement road conditions. Finally, make sure that you keep an ice scraper in your vehicle. This is one item that many forget, and it will save you from having to borrow one. By taking these few simple steps you can ensure that you and your passengers will survive the unpredictable Indiana winters.
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Schools have a lot to be proud of. Whether it be athletics or rich history. The University of Indianapolis is no different. In my short four years, I have seen growth and development that have pushed the university forward. I have seen at least three buildings opened, Hanna Avenue completed, and more academic programs started than I can even count. With all of these, I also have seen UIndy break boundaries socially. Last year, when Proposition 8 was the hot button topic, UIndy took a stand. After university-wide discussion, President Robert Manuel sent a campus wide email informing us all that the university would stand against Prop 8. UIndy stood on the right side of history with this decision to stand up for equality. Actions like this make me fall in love with UIndy all over again. While the university has a religious affiliation, actions like this put them in a more liberal framework. The word liberal can be associated with many things. Some of the main connotations have to do with freedom.
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Historically, religion is often associated with a more closed state of mind. Religious followers are open to the word of God, but closed off to many social issues. Because of this, I am sometimes skeptical of schools with religious affiliations. As a product of Catholic grade school, I have seen this mindset in action. With this being said, I have found the exact opposite with UIndy. The United Methodist Church affiliation supplements the education UIndy gives its student. Look at the religion classes themselves. I have taken two courses that dealt with religion exclusively: World Religions and Christianity. Both professors approached religion with a general understanding that others need. They were passionate about their personal religions, but recognized the need to present facts along with faith. Even in my non-religion classes, the subject matter is real world and subjective. I am not just a passive learner, but also a well-informed, inquisitive student. I have my own voice. I do not feel censored when I want to discuss controversial topics. These topics are actually encouraged. In the instance of Prop 8, President Manuel wanted to hear from the student body, whether a person was for or against the resolution. This complicated topic
was broken down and all opinions were willingly heard. It is that type of thinking that moves a community forward. In January of this year, former governor and current Purdue University President Mitch Daniels came under fire for what many news outlets called alleged textbook censorship. Daniels denied this allegation, insisting that he was only concerned about the academic integrity of the book as a whole. It may never be known what Daniels meant by his comment, but think about the implications of this type of controversy. It creates mistrust between students and administration. Some of my textbooks have been pretty raw and presented topics that forced me to think. Purdue continues to innovate and be one of the major public universities in the states. It is always moving forward. UIndy may not be of the same caliber in terms of funding or numbers, but we are there in innovations. Students, staff and faculty should realize what they have at UIndy. They have free range to teach subject matters that may not exactly align with what is presented by a faith, but it focuses on the leadership and service. These are the qualities that define a university, not its religious affiliations.
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Festival celebrates Burmese culture on campus By Shane Collins-Yosha DISTRIBUTION MANAGER The Spirit and Place Festival, held on Nov. 13 in the Schwitzer Student Center, celebrated Burmese culture, while also looking at some of the struggles that the Burmese people deal with. “I really am very much wanting people from Indianapolis to become familiar with the Burmese community that lives in Indianapolis now because we have over 10, 000 Burmese [citizens], which is a very significant and big population, and I want the people of Indianapolis to know that,” said Jane Gehlhausen, director of International Affairs and Cultural Affairs for the city of Indianapolis and keynote speaker for the Spirit and Place event. “Vice versa I would like the Burmese who are here tonight to become more familiar and get more integrated in our broader community.” Students who attended the event were able to receive lecture/performance credit. Other students volunteered to help with setting up and with directing other students around the festival. “For regular students here at the University of Indianapolis, this event is to promote the culture of the Burmese Chin,” said School for Adult Learning student and community health and education major Diana Hendricks, who was one of the event student volunteers. “There’s a lot of students here within the Chin community and its just multicultural, getting the students and the residents who live around the area more familiar with what the Chin
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Group of Burmese boys with Director Pu Ca Hmung on the podium perform a Chin cultural folklore song during the 19th annual Spirit and Place Festival on Thursday, Nov. 13 in the Schwitzer Student Center in UIndy Hall. community does and what its all about.” According to Hendricks, the number of refugees who have migrated to Indiana is about 17,551. Of that population, 6,986 have settled in various communities around the Indianapolis area. “To me personally, the event is important because it’s helping people to understand the Burmese Chin moving
to the Indianapolis area, the struggle that they are facing with their culture, what was easy for them over there [in Burma], what is easy over here for the Burmese, what’s not so easy for the Burmese, to actually cumulate into the community,” Hendricks said. According to Hendricks, the Burmese people face a lot of pros and cons about
Department chair discusses interpretation of Great War By Ahmed Adel STAFF WRITER Chair of the History and Political Science Department Lawrence Sondhaus spoke about World War I on Nov. 12 in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center. The lecture, which lasted for an hour, briefly reviewed the historical events that preceded the Austro-Hungarian and Serbian conflicts that eventually led to World War I. Sondhaus first introduced the topic by clarifying the nature of the conflicts that he described as a “spontaneous combustion,” the result of a series of events that sparked one of the deadliest conflicts known to mankind. According to Sondhaus, World War I was the only major international conflict that started with terrorism. He provided a picture of the 19-year-old Bosnian student responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo, one of the events known in the history books as the spark to World War I. He then shared information on one of the Balkans region’s most dominant terrorist groups, “Black Hand,” led by Dragutin Dimitrijevic, the man pulling the strings behind the assassination and the orchestrator for the international terrorist group. The affairs between Serbia and Austria-
Hungary quickly involved other major European countries stepping in before officially declaring war. Sondhaus emphasized the strong influence that Dimitrijevic had on his country. He was not only the man behind the terrorist attacks but also chief of the Serbian army intelligence. Angered by the Black Hand’s attack on the Austrian archduke, the conflicts surrounding that region began. To clarify the geographical situation during that era, Sondhaus showed a map of the Balkan region, demonstrating the differences in land and borders of the countries involved. He mentioned the fact that Austria-Hungary had no major ethnicity and that it basically comprised a variety of the different ethnicities surrounding its territory. He also mentioned that Serbia, on the other hand, was not a revolutionary state like Austria-Hungary, but neither was it fair to call it a failed state. Instead, he called it a “dysfunctional semi state.” As soon as tensions arose between the two countries, Austria-Hungary sought out its most powerful ally, Germany, for help, and Serbia did the same with Russia. Soon after, the rest of Europe, including France and Britain, became involved, fearing that Russian and German inclusion in the Balkan affairs might threaten a general outbreak of war.
Sondhaus made it clear that Germany was to be feared at the time. The country became interested in building a colonial empire and established the second largest navy in the world after Britain. This caused the British to feel intimidated by Germany’s development. This strongly influenced the decision to collaborate and an alliance was formed. Sondhaus concluded his presentation by explaining that no single country was responsible for this international outbreak. Going back to the beginning of his speech, he best described it as “spontaneous combustion.” “Serbia might be responsible for sparking the war, but Germany helped manage it,” he said. After his lecture, Sondhaus spoke individually with students who had questions about his interpretation of the war. He said by closely analyzing the events that took place during World War I, people can understand the nature of today’s international affairs. Sondhaus believes that most, if not all, of today’s conflicts are products of World War I. Some students who attended hoped to gain additional knowledge of one of the most impactful events from an expert. International student Abdullah Yusef said, “It was very a very insightful lecture that has helped me understand more the reason behind such an impactful war.”
living in the United States. For example, they are allowed to practice Christianity out in the open, but are not as able to have many of the social events that occurred in Burma. Burmese student and international business major Anna Sung Tial said that this event meant a lot to her. “I think that it’s a really good op-
portunity to expose the Burmese culture to the Americans who go here,” she said. “For example, at this university there are only a few Burmese students that are attending currently, but I don’t think that a lot of the Americans know us. And I think that this event will expose us to the Americans and maybe more Burmese students will come here.”
ACCESSIBILITY from page 1 “Nobody has to have automatic doors,” Spinney said. “But we do because it’s the right thing to do for all people on campus. We’ve made a real effort the past two years to put automatic doors in all the buildings. There’s only one building left, and we are working on that.” W hile Kennedy believes the university does a good job of following the rules and being sure that accommodations are made, he has ideas for the campus to improve its accessibility. “I think the university does a decent job [of ] ensuring that the campus is accessible to its students that have physical disabilities. While UIndy is ADA compliant and does meet standards for what is needed by law, I feel they could improve in several ways,” Kennedy said. “This includes providing bike racks, to ensure that bikes are not chained along handicap ramps, including more than one ADA compliant workstation in computer labs, [and] having automatic door openers on a few bathrooms in the most common places on campus.” Kennedy is mostly focused on renovations to sports facilities and the library. He is currently advocating for handrails to provide access to both common seating and press areas at Key Stadium and Nicoson Hall and would like to see an automatic door installed in the library. “People with disabilities enjoy sports. And even if we cannot play, we like to watch,” Kennedy said. “While sitting on
the indoor track at a basketball game is okay, it is not the same experience as sitting with friends in the stands. For the press area, it is a bit intimidating for me to call a game at Key Stadium knowing [that] I need to climb stairs without a rail a part of the way up. I don’t want to endanger myself or others from falling because of something that can easily be fixed.” As the renovations for the five-year plan are being made, Spinney said no alterations will negatively affect accessibility on campus, and all the new renovations will be accessible to all students. “The goal of accessibility is university wide, and that includes administrators, staff, faculty and students,” Spinney said. “And with the new renovations, we have architects that are very aware of what the guidelines are, and they make recommendations for us and we make recommendations for them.” While Spinney believes that the university’s accessibility is successful, she said that students should always talk to her, so she can try to improve what is already in place. “If there is ever a problem or a concern, if the accommodations we have made for them are not working, they need to communicate that with me so that I can fix it or do my best to fix it,” Spinney said. “We want all students to have a great experience at UIndy, regardless of their background, ability or disability. We want everyone to feel welcomed and a part of our community.”
“While UIndy is ADA compliant and does meet standards for what is needed by law, I feel they could improve in several ways.”
Professional Edge Center appoints three new assistant directors to help students By Kayleigh Jordan STAFF WRITER The University of Indianapolis Professional Edge Center recently appointed three assistant directors — Libby Davis, Nicole Martinez-LeGrand and Jennifer Smith — to further build its team. The center assists UIndy students with job shadowing, engaging with alumni in their major, community service, employer visits to campus, and mock job interviews. Smith is the Assistant Director for Public Service and Nonprofit Management/Social Services. She came to UIndy from St. Vincent Cancer Care, where she served as an outreach coordinator and patient navigator. Smith went to Purdue University, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology, and then to IUPUI, where she earned her master’s degree in social work. Smith explained that there are op-
tions for a student who wants to contact someone at the center, which is located in the Alumni House on campus. The office hours are from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays, Smith said. However, there are students who SMITH drop in while they are interviewing or meeting with other students, so it is best for students to send an email. Smith said that she is very enthusiastic about her new job at the center. “I’m excited about investing in the energy of students and, although the students may feel like they’re coming to learn from us and get pointers from us and, especially, seek our advice, I feel like I’m learning as much from the students
MARTINEZ-LEGRAND as I’m pouring into them.” Martinez-LeGrand is the Assistant Director for Arts and Humanities/Communication and Law. She used to work as a community relations liaison for the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. She has a bachelor’s degree in art history from Marian University and a master’s degree in museum studies from IUPUI. She encouraged students to drop in during office hours if they are confused
about how to reach the center or which person to contact for their needs. She said that the center’s student workers have access to the staff ’s calendars and will be able to set up an appointment with the correct person. Martinez-LeGrand said the Professional DAVIS Edge Center is “instrumental in our city’s success.”She also said that she does not look at the students she meets as just students. “They might be my future colleague. They might be my future employer.They might be my boss some day, who knows,” Martinez-LeGrand said. Davis is the Assistant Director of Manufacturing and Logistics/Financial Services and Entrepreneurship. She has a bachelor’s degree in liberal studies and
a minor in business administration from UIndy. She has been an assistant director in Career Services at UIndy for more than 10 years. Davis, a UIndy alumna, said that she considers it a privilege to work with students. “I think, on a micro-level, helping our student body gain the confidence and skills and helping them understand they come in with skills, abilities and talents [is important],” Davis said. “Then, we work on developing those and then develop new skills and talents and abilities.” Davis said that as this process unfolds, students end up broadening their vision, much like removing blinders. She said she believes “confidence building is so key.” With the addition of these three assistant directors, the Professional Edge Center now has six members on its team. They plan to add two more members for their team to be complete.
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Men’s basketball starts season 4-0 By Kylee Crane & AJ Rose MANAGING EDITOR & SPORTS EDITOR It was nothing less than continued statistical dominance for the University of Indianapolis men’s basketball team this past week, as the Greyhounds claimed their first homestead of the season with back-to-back victories. On Saturday, Nov. 22, the Greyhounds claimed a lopsided 98-64 victory over Purdue University North Central. The victory extended the Greyhounds’ overall season record to 4-0, 2-0 in Nicoson Hall. In their victory, the Greyhounds opened with a sharp-shooting performance that led to a 21-5 lead early in the first half, and from the point, UIndy did not look back as it cruised to a blowout win. The Greyhounds were led in scoring by senior forward Brennan McElroy, who posted 19 points along with eight rebounds. At the conclusion of the game, all five Greyhound starters finished with doublefigured points, as the team distributed the ball on offense equally throughout the contest. After the victory, McElroy said that he has been impressed with how well the team has already built a solid foundation of chemistry. “We picked it [the chemistry] up real fast. We have a lot of new guys, a lot of transfers, and we expected that chemistry to take a little longer,” he said. “But with so many unselfish players, there is no one [who is worried about their own statistics]. Like [Head Men’s Basketball] Coach[Stan Gouard] said before, no one comes into the locker room after the game saying ‘How many points did I have? How many assists or how many rebounds did I get?’Everyone on the team is unselfish, and I think that’s what makes
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UIndy huddles together before its exhibition game at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind. against the Indiana University Hoosiers. The Hoosiers defeated the Hounds 76-63. us pretty good.” Two days prior, the Greyhounds achieved a 84-63 victory on their season home opener against Grace College. The team started off by trailing the Lancers early, but quickly jumped back into action and was up 40-24 by halftime. Senior forward and center Joe Lawson, McElroy and junior guard Lucas Barker each had double digit points and rebounds by the end of the night. Lawson also tied the university record of seven blocks in the game, a record that has been in place and untouched at UIndy since 1977. The Greyhounds travelled to Lewis University the weekend before to com-
pete in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic/Great Lakes Valley Conference tournament where they finished 2-0 after defeating both Northern Michigan University and Malone University. The Greyhounds ended the tournament weekend by beating Northern Michigan 88-51 on Nov. 15. Lawson led the Greyhounds with 22 points, and senior guard Dai Jon Parker and junior guard Jordan Loyd finished with 11 points each. In its game against Malone, the team took a doubled-digit lead early and never let the Pioneers within reach of taking over. Lawson led the game, finishing with 21 points and 10 rebounds, while McElroy
followed with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Senior guard Kendall Vieke finished with 11 points, freshman guard Martyce Kimbrough put up nine points and freshman guard Eric Davidson claimed eight points. The Greyhounds shot 54 percent from the field, which was an improvement from the exhibition game against the Indiana University Hoosiers on Nov. 10 and something Gouard said the team needed to work on the most. “They made shots and we didn’t.We’ve got to make sure our guys start investing time in getting the shots up. IU got into transition in the second half and that really hurt us,” Gouard said.
In the game against the Hoosiers, the Greyhounds started off strong with a 17-6 lead and led by as much as 11 points in the first half. The Hoosiers adjusted, however, and by the end of the first half were up 42-28. Loyd matched Hoosier junior guard Kevin Yogi Ferrell’s game high of 19 points. Lawson followed with 17 points and eight rebounds, and McElroy earned eight points, 12 rebounds and four steals. Despite the loss, Loyd said the team learned a lot on what to build off of and has great anticipations for the rest of the season. “We had expectations of coming in and winning the game. I think we started off really well. We didn’t retaliate the way we wanted to, but overall I think we have some positives we can build on,” Loyd said “We learned we’re a hard team, and that we can fight. I think we could have shot the ball a little better and maybe not have settled so much, but I think we’re going to be fine.” Gouard said that while he was disappointed with the loss, he was not shocked by the Hoosiers’performance in Assembly Hall and saw a lot of positive things happen for the Greyhounds. “I’ve watched enough of these guys and I’m a big fan of the IU program. I’ve seen a lot of Yogi’s playing, and I used to go to his high school games to watch him play. Those guys didn’t surprise me at all, they really stepped up to the challenge tonight.” Gouard said. “We came running out of those gates tonight. One thing I didn’t question was their heart. It’s hard to go out when you’ve got a guy like Ferrell, but our guys put out on defense.” The Greyhounds will be back in action at home this Friday, Nov. 28, against Tiffin University in the UIndy Thanksgiving Classic. Game time is set for 7:45 p.m.
Women’s basketball looking for first win Greyhounds begin 2014 regular season at 0-2 By Quiaira Johnson ONLINE EDITOR
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Greyhound freshman Tyler Scott, top, wrestles against another individual from an opposing team in the 197 lb. weight class during a recent competition in the 2014 season.
Wrestling begins new season By Amani Morgan STAFF WRITER
The youthful University of Indianapolis wrestling team competed this past weekend on Saturday, Nov. 22, in the Lindenwood Open, where three individuals from UIndy placed. The trio who placed in the open included freshman Tyler Scott, who took third in the 197-pound weight class, freshman Brian Wagner, who, also at 197, placed fifth, and sophomore Shelden Struble, who finished sixth at 174 lbs. The Greyhounds opened their season the week before at the Trine Invitational on Saturday, Nov. 15, where they had several competitors place among the competition. The Greyhounds finished with five individuals who took runner-up positions, and two who placed fourth in their respective weight classes. During the invitational, redshirt freshman Nick Crume took second at 133 lbs., after being pinned in the final match of the bracket. Freshman Angelo Robles
finished second at 141 lbs., finishing with a 3-1 record, with his only loss taking place in the final. Struble started the invitational with a first round bye and ended his night at second place in the 174-pound bracket. Redshirt sophomore Brian Snyder also finished second in the 285-pound bracket with a 3-1 record in the event. Redshirt sophomore Mason Meling, at 141 lbs., and Wagner, at 197 lbs., both finished fourth in their respective weight classes. According to Head Wrestling Coach Jason Warthan, the Greyhounds were off to a slower start in getting this season underway. He said that while most schools had begun competing already, UIndy opted to take extra time to put together the best roster possible for the team. UIndy is returning from a statistically impressive season last year, when it finished eighth at the NCAA Division II National Championships, with four All-Americans. After winning the NCAA Super Regional 2 for the first time in school history last season, the Greyhounds
return this season ranked just outside the top-20 preseason poll. According to Warthan, UIndy has a group of wrestlers with a great amount of potential this season. However, he said a lot of those individuals lack varsity experience, with only three starters returning. With that in mind, Warthan said he is looking for new leaders to step forward. Redshirt junior siblings Justin and Josh Kiefer are two of the returning starters to this year’s squad. Justin, however, has redshirted due to an injury, but still remains a vocal leader on the team. “I just want to help Coach [Warthan] and instruct the freshmen on what they should do to be successful at this sport,” Kiefer said. Warthan said that he is confident Josh, on the other hand, will have a good season. “I think he [ Josh Kiefer] has a really good shot at winning a national title,” Warthan said. The Greyhounds will compete next on Saturday, Dec. 6, at Little State. The event in North Manchester, Ind., is set to begin at 10 a.m.
The early season road struggles continued for the University of Indianapolis women’s basketball team this past Saturday, Nov. 22, when the team fell on the road to the Grand Valley State University Lakers 73-57. It was the Greyhounds’ second-consecutive loss to start the season, placing their overall record at 0-2. UIndy was statistically led in their loss by junior guard Princess German, who posted a career-high statistic in points with 21. Despite the performance by German, the Greyhounds struggled during the game with preventing turnovers and second chance opportunities for the opposition, providing 17 giveaways to Grand Valley’s defense and allowing the Lakers to grab 17 offensive rebounds.The Lakers were able to capitalize off the Greyhounds’ mistakes, scoring 29 combined points as a result of both areas of error. The Greyhounds fell in their regular season opener on Friday, Nov. 14, to the Wayne State University Warriors, 7759. Wayne State previously defeated the Greyhounds last season in the first round of the NCAA Midwest Regional. Since that loss, the Greyhounds entered this season with nine new players, six of whom are freshmen. The Warriors controlled the game right from the opening-tip, creating a 14-point advantage over the Greyhounds within the first nine minutes of the game. Senior guard Kelly Walter said that she knew the game was going to be tough, heading into the rematch with the Warriors. Coming off of a season-ending defeat to the same team, she said that she conveyed that message about how tough the game would be to the new players. “For the returners, it’s what we know about Wayne State in the past. We lost to them in the tournament, and we kind of carry that with us on our shoulders,” she said. “We explain to the newcomers that this is what happened, to get them prepared in that sense.” In their loss, the Greyhounds were led once again by German, who posted 16
points, and senior guard Carly Lythjohan, who contributed a career-high 14 points and a team-high six rebounds. Sophomore forward Nicole Anderson and Walter also contributed to the Greyhounds’ score, finishing with eight points each. The Greyhounds struggled statistically on offense during the game, shooting just 34.6 percent, while the Warriors finished the game shooting 52.7 percent. The Greyhounds had a positive result from the free-throw line, making 17 of 21. Wayne State out-rebounded the Greyhounds 38-28, while also creating 34 points in the paint, compared to the Greyhounds’ 20. Looking at the youth of this year’s team, Head Women’s Basketball Coach Constantin Popa said that the Greyhounds have work to do as far as learning how to play as a team with many newcomers. “We have a couple [of ] returning players, which helps a lot, a couple of them seniors. It definitely helps to have them [seniors] and their experience,”Popa said. “But we have nine new players, and it’s going to take a while to build some type of team chemistry and obviously to be able to get everybody on the same page. So we just have to do a lot of coaching, a lot of teaching and have a lot of patience. And you know, we do see a lot of progress, which is very encouraging. We just have to pretty much get better every day.” Walter has been working closely with her team, stepping up into a leadership role. One of her hopes is that the team will be able to build chemistry, which she thought the team’s exhibition loss to the Indiana University Hoosiers at the beginning of the season helped to start. “I feel like it [the exhibition] was a good game to help us build chemistry and get us started on the season,” she said. “Obviously it’s IU and the Big Ten [we were playing], [so] it’s nothing for us to worry about. It was a starting game to help us build chemistry and kind of see what they [the new players] can bring to the team to help us out.” The Greyhounds will return home to host Ohio Dominican University on Saturday, Nov. 29. Tipoff from Nicoson Hall is set for 5 p.m.
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Swimming and Diving takes on foes at IUPUI
Greyhounds compete inside IU Natatorium at House of Champions By Mercadees Hempel NEWS EDITOR The University of Indianapolis men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams competed against nine teams from Friday, Nov. 21, to Sunday, Nov. 23, at the House of Champions Meet in Indianapolis. The men won the three-day meet while the women took a fifth place finish out of ten teams. For the men, seniors Doron Benjamin, Aaron Stevenson and Justin Rossillo, and junior Marius Bornkessel won the 400 free relay with school-record time of 2:59.32. The foursome also won the 200 free relay with a time of 1:12.56. Rossillo also achieved two individual victories with a meet record time of 45.16 in the 100 free and a 20.26 finish in the 50 free. The men’s 800 free relay team, made up of Bornkessel, junior Dawid Rybinksi, sophomore Brandon Norman and senior Daniel Chen, earned a winning time of 6:44.35. Chan also claimed first place in the 200 fly with a time of 1:49.42, while freshman Sean Yeh swam a meet-record time of 55.51 in the 100 breaststroke. Senior Tyler Offutt scored 242.5 points to take a fifth place finish in the 1-meter dive and also claimed sixth place in the 3-meter dive. For the women, sophomore Agnieszka won the 200 back consolation final with a time of 2:06.78. Freshman Malvina Shoukri, junior Hannah Schuster, senior Hayley Good and sophomore Shea Hanley achieved a third-place finish in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:36.54. Schuster and Hanley, along with senior Risa Ricard and junior Ana Couto placed fourth in the 800 free relay with a time of
7:42.93. Junior Natelie Todd achieved a top ten finish in the 3-meter dive, while also earning an 11th place finish in the 1-meter dive. The House of Champions meet took place at the IU Natatorium, where UIndy competed against NCAA Division I schools such as IUPUI, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, the University of Evansville, Eastern Illinois University, Western Illinois University and Butler University. Other NCAA Division II teams that participated in the event alongside UIndy included Lewis University and Bellarmine University, while Centre College represented Division III. Prior to the meet, both of UIndy’s squads were listed in the first NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Team Rankings of the season. T h e women were tied for the No. 17 rank, while the men were listed in the 13th position inside the top-25 poll, as decided by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America. Sophomore Karolina Szymaskzek of the women’s team said the Greyhounds have been working very hard, and she feels more focused on her goals this season. “[Last year] I didn’t really know what to expect [going into the season],” she said. “This year, [however,] I am more focused on knowing what I can do and how I can do better in practices than I did last year.” Head Swimming and Diving Coach Gary Kinkead said that both teams have shown good motivation this season so far and that the House of Champions was a good challenge for them. To prepare for the House of Champions, the teams had no morning practices and afternoon practices were not as difficult as they previously had been, before
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The eighth consecutive, ninth overall trip to the NCAA Tournament for the University of Indianapolis volleyball team ended this past Thursday, Nov. 22, when the Greyhounds fell to the Rockhurst University Hawks in a compelling fiveset match, 3-2. The loss to the Hawks ended the Greyhounds’ season at an overall record of 19-11, 15-3 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. After trailing two sets to none in the match, the Greyhounds rallied to claim two-straight sets of their own, which forced the fifth set of play. Despite its comeback, however, UIndy was edged out by the Hawks in the fifth by a final score of 15-12. The entire match between the Greyhounds and Hawks was a back-and-forth battle for supremacy, as it involved 35 ties and 12 lead changes. Although the Greyhounds’efforts still resulted in a loss, UIndy had a statistically impressive match in several categories. Senior defensive specialist Kimberly Trojan led UIndy on defense for the final time, posting a career-high 34 digs for the Greyhounds, while the team as a whole had a season-high 112 digs. On offense, the Greyhounds had 64 kills, 62 assists, which also proved to be another set of season-highs for the team. Heading into the match against the Hawks, Head Volleyball Coach Jason Reed said that if the Greyhounds were going to find success in the match, they needed to positively execute a few parts of their game. “We need to play our volleyball, our style,” he said. “We need to be passing well and serving tough in order for us to be in the system. We’ve shown, with some big wins this year against some of the best teams in our region, that when
we’re doing those things, we’re very good.” Reed said the team also went into the match feeling confident about its chances of winning. “We saw them [Rockhurst] earlier in the year. So we know what they like to do, and they know what we like to do,” Reed said. “It [how each team likes to play] is no real big secret at this point. [Before the match], we’ll go over some of the things that we’re going to see against them.” During the week before, the Greyhounds fell in the second round of the Great Lakes Valley Conference tournament against the McKendree University Bearcats. At the start of the match against the Bearcats, UIndy was edged out by a set score of 21-25. In the second set, McKendree kept the Greyhounds from tying the match by edging out UIndy 15-25. The Bearcats continued their statistical dominance over the Greyhounds in the next set, despite the Greyhounds’ early lead of 14-10 at the start. The Bearcats responded with an 8-1 run, which put McKendree back in control. The loss to McKendree was UIndy’s second of the season, after the Bearcats triumphed over the Greyhounds on Oct. 3, 3-2, in the Ruth Lilly Fitness Center. Senior setter Meghan Binkerd said that the Greyhounds’ loss to McKendree was not the result the team had hoped for going into the match. “I think we had a mindset that we wanted to win this past weekend,”she said. Reed said that although the Greyhounds did not claim the GLVC tournament title, he thought they showed competitiveness. “I thought we fought real hard,”he said. “We didn’t execute as well as we would have liked to in that second round match against McKendree, but our hats are off to them, because they played very, very well.” With the Greyhounds season over, UIndy will lose four seniors to graduation, including Trojan, Binkerd, outside hitter Arielle Knafel and middle blocker Julia Watkins.
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>> It has been two years since the first Hunger Games film was released in theaters, and since that time it has grown into a franchise that has captured positive attention from fans and the most credible critics around the world. Last weekend, the latest installment in the franchise arrived to the big screen and upheld it predecessors’ success with a tremendous storyline, a mind-bending plot, superb acting by Jennifer Lawrence and company and a cliffhanger that leaves fans begging for more. If there is one negative part about this film, it is that there is not enough action to keep the audience on the edge of their seats. Yet, if you read the books, you know that this film was meant to serve more as a necessary stepping-stone, which upheld its duty of setting fans up for the real action, which will arrive in theaters next November. This film continues the tremendous legacy of The Hunger Games franchise, and is definitely worth two hours of anyone’s time.
>> The legendary band Pink Floyd released its final album on Nov. 7. The album, entitled “The Endless River” has already shattered records in the United Kingdom for the most pre-ordered album of all time.The album is new, but the band retains the best of its old sound. In classic Pink Floyd fashion, all but two of the tracks are instrumental. The 14th song, “Talkin’ Hawkin” is one of the only songs with vocals and features iconic scientist Stephen Hawking’s with his computeraided voice. The methodical guitar and soft sounds are great easy listening. The album is perfect background music for studying or doing other work. I listened to the album for the first time the only way a Pink Floyd album should ever be listened to, all at once and without distractions. The sound was very reminiscent of the first and the last track, both entitled “Shine on You Crazy Diamond” on their 1975 album “Wish You Were Here.”This album idealizes all that Pink Floyd is.
>> Want to venture away from campus, even if it’s just for a meal? Iaria’s can be that location. At first glance, the restaurant does not look like the average restaurant. It is more in the style of a pub. When you enter the restaurant, you are greeted by servers who will take you to your seat. If you go during lunchtime, you won’t have to worry about waiting. The inside felt more like a restaurant because it was intimate in setting and family-friendly. The service there was great and the waitresses were very friendly and attentive.The only issue, however, was that there were only two servers for the entire restaurant. Once seated, I ordered the Chicken Piccata with a side of angel hair pasta. The chicken was sautéed and drowned in lemon butter sauce. So the chicken was a bit tart due to the lemon flavoring. The pasta was delicious and did not need anything added. Overall the meal was nice but nothing I would highly recommend.
>> If you are looking for a book that has the power to change your perspective on the life of a medical examiner, then look no further than to Patricia Cornwell’s “Flesh and Blood,” the 22nd book in the Kay Scarpetta series. Scarpetta, who has become one of Cornwell’s most widely recognized characters, is back again in this thrilling new novel about the mysteries of murder. Scarpetta is about to take a much-needed vacation with her highprofile husband when she gets a call that there has been a murder five minutes away from her. The odd part is that no one saw or heard a thing. It’s up to Scarpetta, along with her crew, to track down what seems to be a serial killer who leaves no traces of evidence behind. Even though I haven’t read any of the other books in the Scarpetta series, this book was filled with just enough clues to catch me up from the past books. I recommend this book to anyone looking for an action-filled, adventurous read.
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Faculty Artist Concert Series continues Concert includes faculty and other influential musicians from Indianapolis By Amani Morgan STAFF WRITER The University of Indianapolis held the Faculty Artist Concert Series: “Classics to Moderns” in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center on Monday, Nov. 17. The performers were a collaboration of faculty from UIndy’s music department and influential musicians in the Indianapolis area. The concert included two parts with a short intermission in between. The first piece was performed by the New Century String Quartet, including Dean Franke and Lisa Scott both playing the violin, Susan Chan playing the viola and Dennis McCafferty playing the cello. The string quartet played “Op. 23 No. 2,” nicknamed “The Joke.” Freshman music education major Carissa Catlin, thought the quartet was
“incredible.” “I thought it was funny…they kept faking it [the piece] out, and we were waiting to clap,” Catlin said. The following piece was performed by soloist Mitzi Westra and Nemanja Ostojic on guitar. “Songs from the Chinese Op. 58,” includes six short Chinese poems translated into English. Both performers are a part of UIndys’ music faculty. Senior music composition major Darren Isaac was beyond impressed by his professor’s performances. “Mitzi Westra is an amazing teacher and performer,” Isaac said. Isaac is impressed by Westra’s ability to teach in such an inspiring manner. “The fact the she [Westra] can get up there and demonstrate exactly everything that she teaches, in such a beautiful and expressive way, is really inspiring to us as students,” Isaac said. Ostojic was a recent addition to the UIndy music department.
Faculty Gallery opens in CDFAC By Kyle Dunbar ART DIRECTOR The opening reception of the biannual Art and Design Faculty Exhibition was held in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center gallery on Nov. 11 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The exhibit featured works created by the professors and faculty of the Department of Art and Design. This was the first time lecture and performance credit was offered for a gallery opening. The opening featured a gallery talk, which the faculty members talked about their process and techniques. Each faculty member took five to 15 minutes to talk about the inspiration, concepts, process and techniques used for each of their pieces. Senior experience design and studio art double major Elizabeth Ailes believes the gallery talk “brought good attention to the gallery and the department and shows the importance of sharing your process and how you make it [your art].” According to associate professor and chair of the Department of Art and Design James Viewegh, the department has been trying to get more credits related to fine arts, as many students have requested for this in the past. By including the faculty artist gallery lecture during the opening reception, the event could be approved as an LP event. Viewegh said the department would like to hold similar LP events in the future, since many students seemed to find the talks interesting. Ailes said she enjoys hearing from the artists. “I think they should do it [the gallery talks] more often. It’s cool to see their
perspective as artists, not just professors,” Ailes said. The gallery features 38 pieces on display, as well as two monitors displaying sites of digital work. These pieces all represent the work of faculty members, and some of the pieces are the result of hundreds of hours of work. Pieces presented a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, pottery, printing, drawing, graphic design, digital installation and mixed medium. The gallery was put together through the Gallery Studies course, taught by Mark Ruschman, the gallery coordinator. In the one week period between exhibits, the class took down the old pieces, touched up the white paint, and hung the new pieces. The goal of the gallery is to give students a view of their professors’ works, while also giving them a helpful insight into the process that their mentors use. “It gives them [students] an opportunity to see how other artists are working, whether it be stylistically, conceptually, how they’re using the medium, whatever the case may be,” Viewegh said. “That is what we try to do with every exhibition: to use it as a learning experience. So we always try to do things in the gallery that we think will have some interest to student.” The Department of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition can be found in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center Gallery.The gallery is open Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. “We have a gallery here, and they should actually come and see,” Viewegh said. “It does exist, and we have a lot of cool things there.”
“He [Ostojic] has been an incredible addition to our staff because he has played some incredibly challenging and modern music and pulled it off amazingly well,” Issac said. The final piece, “Music of Amber,” came in two parts, played by Anne Reynolds on flute, Carthryn Gross on both clarinet and bass clarinet, Robert Simonds on violin, Kurt Fowler on cello, Gregory Martin on piano, Mackenzie LaMont on percussion and Paul Krasnovsky as the conductor. The Faculty Artist Concert Series proved to be an impressive display of talent of the UIndy music department faculty. By the end of the concert, the audience did not hesitate to express their delight about the performance. The next concert in the Faculty Artist Concert, entitled “Molto Piano (Words with Music),” will be held on Monday, Jan. 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Ruth Lilly Performance Hall.
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Conductor Paul Krasnovsky performs with his band perform “Music of Amber” by Joseph Schwantner during “Classics to Moderns” concert from the “Faculty Artist Concert Series” in Ruth Lilly Performance Hall on Monday, Nov. 17.
Student Directed Productions return
Students gain valuable experience from directing and designing By Artemis Choungk STAFF WRITER
Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead” a reimaging of the Peanuts gang as teenagers Senior theatre major and director of The Annual Student Directed Produc- “Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage tions from the University of Indianapolis Blockhead” Daryl Hollonquest Jr. said he Theatre Department returned Nov. 20 and feels great to have the chance to produce will continue on Dec. 4 through Dec. 6. a show through SDPs. “I get experience by directing my own Each day, the show will start at 8 p.m. show. Having the opportunity to mount a Doors open at 7:30 p.m. All SDPs performances are held in real show can prepare me for any chance the Studio Theatre in the basement of with theatre in the real world,” Hollonquest said. “I am excited to present my Esch Hall. The show consists of four plays that show. . . my cast is doing a really good job, are 15 to 30 minute cuttings from scripts. everyone has been doing a great work and This year’s SDPs will feature “A Kind of I’m proud of it. Our goal is to entertain Alaska” by Harold Pinter, “Happy Birth- the audience and I’m sure people will day, Wanda June” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., love the show.” Senior theatre and English major “The Maids” by Jean Genet and “Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage and director of “A Kind of Alaska” Elise Campagna said the best skill a student Blockhead” by Bert V. Royal. Every year, the Theatre Department director learns from SDPs is collaboration. “We [directors] learn to collaborate works on productions from various genres chosen by the student directors. SDPs give with actors, designers and all other memstudents the opportunity to gain advanced bers of the production. We don’t intend to experience by producing their own show control others, but to be the center point – having to make decisions about their of a project and be willing to help others,” Campagna said. “It is a challenge... show from cast to technical aspects. The performance has two acts. The sometimes we may have conflicts but first act features “A Kind of Alaska” that’s natural. We always find a way to about a woman who wakes up from a solve any concern and to compromise. 29 year sleeping sickness and “Happy We want to support each other and all to Birthday, Wanda June” a play about a succeed. So conflict is minimal. Junior theatre major and actor in “A woman coping with the loss of her big game hunter husband, while attempting kind of Alaska,”“The Maids,”and “Happy Birthday, Wanda June” Morgan Jackson to start dating again. The second act features “The Maids” said performing is the place where she about French maids planning murder feels most like herself. “It’s incredible how much you learn on their employer and“Dog Sees God:
about yourself by playing a different person. SDPs is a fantastic experience because I get to work with new directors every year, but it’s also a huge learning environment,” Jackson said. For sophomore theatre major and actor in “Happy Birthday, Wanda June” Tim Allen, acting has always been his passion as he said it allows him to have a creative outlet and to explore the realms of his imagination. “SDPs gives me the opportunity to work more closely with my peers, and also the ability to learn the many different aspects of theatre in a less stressed environment,” Allen said. The annual Student-Directed Productions is a time when theatre students can show their talents on stage. “Acting is more than just being on stage. It is a way of expressing deep internal feelings, a way to release desire,” said senior theatre major and actor in “Happy Birthday, Wanda June” Eric Brockett. “SDPs gives me a chance to see how much further I can get as an actor...my goal is to appear as genuine as I can and to produce integrity when I perform.” The general admission for the performances is $12. Entrance for seniors, groups of eight or more, and non-UIndy students with ID is $10 per person. Attendance is free to UIndy students, faculty and staff. Performances usually sell out quickly, so it is recommended that anyone interested purchase your tickets in advance. Tickets online or at the box office the same day.
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THE REFLECTOR
7 NOVEMBER 25, 2014
Photography student opens UIndy officer teaches self-defense classes senior capstone exhibit Anna Wieseman EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Photo by Kameron Casey
Senior visual communication design major Greg Kingery’s photographs hung in the student gallery located in the Schwitzer Student Center for his senior capstone exhibit.
Kameron Casey EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Senior visual communication design major Greg Kingery showcased his photos in the temporary student gallery in the Schwitzer Student Center from Monday, Nov. 17, to Saturday, Nov. 22. His official showing was on Wednesday, Nov. 19, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. when students could view his artwork and interact with him as well. His gallery show featured 15 of his best photos taken since he has been at UIndy. Beyond what students see on display in the galleries, a great deal goes into each photo, in terms of taking the photos, editing them and gathering the supplies to properly prepare each piece to be displayed. Much of Kingery’s subject matter focused on nature and portrait shots. In his culminating body of work, he chose pictures he had taken as early as 2011 and as late as 2014. “It was really tough to choose,”Kingery said. “It took me about two-and-a-half to three weeks just to choose what I wanted
to use. And actually, one of the ones I did choose, once I blew it up to the size I wanted it to be, it came out a little more blurry than I wanted.” Some of the important factors in Kingery’s selection were the contrast in the photos and the viewing angles, to ensure that he could convey a variety in his shots. Like Kingery, every graduating senior must complete a capstone, and according to Associate Professor of Art and Design Donna Adams, for most it is an exhibition. For an exhibition, an artist must complete an artist statement, produce labels for each piece, plan a reception and make posters to promote the exhibit. “[It involves] all the professional things that adult artists out in the real world really do,” Adams said. “It’s the culminating class in any art curriculum.” All students create a unique body of work, spending countless hours picking photos to fit their message as well as creating new work to include in their galleries. “They are not just showing you what they have learned, but also who they have become,” Adams said. “So the more they can show you, the better feel you have of it.”
Another important factor in each student’s production is the cost to display each piece. Students are required to cover all costs for printing, cutting, matting, backing, framing and hanging each piece as well as for printing the posters for the gallery. According to Adams, each student will end up spending more than $100 per piece. Art 470 Senior Portfolio students usually display approximately 15 pieces, while Art 471 Senior Thesis students display approximately 25 pieces. “All the materials take quite a bit of time and money to gather up,” Kingery said.“Not one Hobby Lobby or Michael’s has all the frames that you need. One picture is about $100 to $150, depending on what frame, plexiglass, all that kind of stuff.” According to Kingery, he was prepared for the cost and even picked up a job during the semester to help offset the cost of the gallery. “I don’t think I faced any [challenges],” he said. “It’s more the nerves of having this big of an exhibition. Donna and the art department have done a good job preparing me.”
UIndy P.D. partakes in Toys for Tots Vivian Thompson-Husband STAFF WRITER
University of Indianapolis Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police, David Selby has teamed up with the United States Marine Corps Reserve to bring the Toys for Tots campaign to UIndy. The mission of the Toys for Tots program is to collect new, unopened toys during October, November and December of each year.The toys are then distributed as Christmas gifts to less fortunate children in the community in which the campaign is conducted. This is Selby’s second year both at UIndy and bringing Toys for Tots to campus. As the coordinator, he is responsible for planning, organizing and conducting the campaign. Selby also established the Toys for Tots program at Butler University and Indiana University Kokomo in previous years. Selby feels that no child should be left out, especially on Christmas. “The Christmas season is a good time for people to share with their fellow man,
he said. “And there are so many children, especially in our area in Marion County, that are deprived, and it’s nice to know that there is a vehicle for them to get something for Christmas, because everybody needs something for Christmas.” Lieutenant Hailey Padgett-Riley is in charge of the day-to-day operations for the campus police and also serves as an assistant to Selby. Padgett-Riley’s role in the Toys for Tots campaign is to help promote and market the program on campus. She wants to encourage members of the UIndy community to help by giving to a cause that is important to them. “It is heartbreaking to think that there are kids out there that will wake up Christmas morning with no presents to open. By donating a few toys, we can hopefully change that, one child at a time,” she said. “It is important to give back, and it feels good to do so anytime of the year, but especially at Christmas”. If someone knows a family or child in need, he or she also can request a toy for the child on the Toys for Tots website. Although the main goal of the campaign
is to help the less fortunate children in the United States experience the joy of Christmas, the ultimate success is up to the generosity of the people in the community who donate toys. For junior social work major Felicia Ridle, this is her second year donating to Toys for Tots. Last year, she recognized that giving to Toys for Tots was more than just buying a Christmas gift for a child. “It made me realize that I have the power to change, help and positively affect lives, and that is an awesome feeling,” she said. Ridle will continue to give to Toys for Tots during the holiday season, but she is now ready to help her community in other ways throughout the rest of the year as well. “It [donating to Toys for Tots] makes me feel good, but it makes me feel better that the community that I belong to is receptive and helping with it,” Selby said. The Toys for Tots donation boxes are located in buildings throughout campus. The last day to deposit toys for the program is Dec. 17.
Since he began practicing martial arts, University of Indianapolis police officer Javed Khan has been interested in the practical side of fighting. Before coming to UIndy Khan lived in what is now called Mumbai, India, where he first got his inspiration to use his martial arts knowledge in real-world applications. When a news story broke in 1998 in his native town about a girl who was pushed from a moving train for what would have been $20 in American currency, Khan said he felt a call to action, to protect victims who might not possess the skills to help themselves. Khan established Women Against Rape and Domestic Abuse. “That [situation] struck me down very deep, and I started a women’s self-defense program, and I called it rape defense at that time,”Khan said.“But then later on, I incorporated domestic [violence] because there is a lot domestic violence that goes on at home and in people’s lives. That’s why I added that into my program, and I called it WARDA.” Khan even has established his own form of fighting called Khan Do Kwan, which means school of Khan’s way. He uses this style of martial arts to help members of his workshops and classes recognize the reality of the world around them. “I want to bring this smack right into their faces, saying, ‘Hey, you are a potential rape victim. You are a potential victim. What are you going to do about it?’” he said. “I talk about this very openly in my workshops.” According to Khan, WARDA has three levels that prepare women for conflict. The first level is basics, the second is domestic violence and the third is scenario-based. Khan emphasized that his workshops are intended to help people take responsibility for their own safety. “I used to be bullied and picked on. All of the big kids, they would just pick on me. I had to do something about it,” he said. “I got to stand up for myself. No one else is going to do it for me. And [I use] that [same] philosophy that I take to my WARDA training with my girls. ‘I am responsible for my own safety.’”
Khan said he does not want women to see themselves as victims but as empowered to protect themselves. This trait can be seen in the logo for WARDA with the eyes of the Indian goddess Durga. Khan’s workshops can be taken by anybody as long as a big enough group gets together. One of the main things he said he wants to instill in the people who take his classes are that they can fight back. This mentality is rooted not only can a person survive a conflict or attack but a person can win. This is paired with awareness of surroundings and avoiding a condition he calls “white.” “What I teach them is, first of all, they need to be aware,” Khan said. “Awareness is the key. Don’t stay in that condition white, what I call where ‘Everything is beautiful. Nothing is going to happen to me.’ I’m also not saying be paranoid, just be aware.” According to Khan, this mentality is important because of what he calls wolves in society. “It’s all around us, and there are sick people out there that think that they can push their will and ways on other people,” he said. “And they try to do that by bullying them—by using psychological force, physical force— to try and bully people. . . and that is why self-defense is very important. And sometimes self-defense does not mean kicking and punching, it just means standing up for yourself and saying, ‘Hey, that is enough.’” Khan said he does some workshops on campus for interested groups and holds martial arts classes in his personal gym. Other law enforcement agencies, such as the Marion County Sheriff ’s Office, Marion University’s police force and the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy use WARDA. Even with all of the work he does to promote his organization, Khan said his focus is on using his skills to improve the safety of others in a dangerous world. “My motivation to be a police officer is to help people,” Khan said. “The same thing why I run my martial arts classes and I do all of the self-defense program. I feel like I’ve been blessed. I’m talented. I have all of this strength, talent and knowledge, and I need to pass this on. I need to help people. And even with my policing, my entire philosophy is to help people.”
Photo by Ben Zefeng Zhang
Toys from the Toys for Tots box located in Schwitzer Student Center to be given to children in need for the holiday.
Registrar’s Office is more than transcripts Shane Collins-Yosha DISTRIBUTION MANAGER
The Registrar’s Office, located in Esch Hall, has a lot more to offer than most students realize. “What I know about the Registrar’s Office is that it’s where you take stuff regarding registration, and that’s about it,” said sophomore business administration major Omar Posadas. “Usually when they tell you, ‘oh take this to Accounting or to Admissions,’ I rarely hear the Registrar’s Office mentioned. If I had any questions, I probably would get them answered at that office.” The Registrar’s Office held a Secrets of Success workshop entitled “The Registrar’s Office: More Than Just Transcripts,” to give students a look at what the office is all about. “The Registrar’s Office maintains all of the academic records for students at the university. We publish the schedule of classes every semester and assign classrooms, build the final exam schedule, and assign classrooms for that as needed,”
said Associate Registrar Janna Ulbright. “We kind of oversee the activities for online registration every semester. We also work with our partner international site. So when we had the Athens campus, we did a lot of data for that, and the list goes on and on.” According to Ulbright, the main thing that the Registrar’s Office deals with is maintaining student records. “We also are the ones that post academic probation and academic ineligibility.We also have to be the ones that enforce the policies that are set by the faculty—deadlines, GPA minimums—those different kinds of things, too,” Ulbright said. The Registrar’s Office can be a very busy place depending on the time of year according to Ulbright. “Right now, we are in the middle of registering for next semester, so it’s [our job] taking a look at, ‘do we have enough classes for next semester,’and reaching out to departments to create more sections for students and working through the waitlists for classes. So that’s where we are at now,” Ulbright said. “As we get closer to December and May, it [our job] will be
preparing for commencement and making sure that we have everyone accounted for and everyone knows what’s on tap for the commencement ceremonies and how you get your diploma, and all those types of things. Right at the start of every semester, it’s a mad dash for dropping and adding classes; end of semesters, it’s transcripts. So it’s really hard to say [what the most important thing we do is], because it’s dependent on what time of the year it is.” Another piece of information that was discussed at the SOS workshop was how students can be proactive and find their own records online. According to Ulbright, the Registrar’s Office is a good place to stop by if you have any questions. “We are kind of a nice landing place for students, because sometimes students will come to our office when they don’t know where to get information,”Ulbright said. “We are not financial aid, we are not academic advisors, but we definitely can help point students in the right direction. So we want to make sure that if students have questions, we are kind of a nice place to stop by, and we can get you to where you need to go.”
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8 THE REFLECTOR
NOVEMBER 25, 2014
CPB plans Midnight Breakfast tradition
This semester, Midnight Breakfast will include giveaways, performances and more with meal By AJ Rose SPORTS EDITOR
Photo by Tetiana Ntomnits
George Dohrmann gives a reading at UIndy on Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. Along with being a senior writer for ‘Sports Illustrated,’ Dohrmann also is a 2000 Pulitzer Prize winner.
‘Sports Illustrated’ journalist talks about his work at UIndy Last Kellogg Writer’s series presentation of the semester showcases George Dohrmann’s work on campus, includes several events as well By Brian Lambright STAFF WRITER
Senior writer for “Sports Illustrated” George Dohrmann spoke at the University of Indianapolis on Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. as part of the Kellogg Writer’s Series and UIndy’s annual University Series and Sutphin Lecture Series. Dohrmann is a 2000 Pulitzer Prize Winner for beat reporting and has been a journalist for nearly two decades. Dohrmann published a book in 2010 called “Play Their Hearts Out.” His book has been named one of the best sports books of the year by the “Los Angeles Times,” among other accolades. Dohrmann’s book is about a group of boys in youth basketball in southern California whom he followed from the
ages of 9 to 18. “I wanted to write about the failures [of players],”he said.“There were so many stories written about the successes about grassroots basketball.” That is what Dohrmann’s book illustrates to the readers—how students under the pressure can break. “I felt like they needed a voice, but it wouldn’t be enough, of course, to go back and recreate it, or what not,” he said. “I felt like you had to know them before. Then you had to see them after. You had to see the full arch of what happened to them.” Dohrmann read a part near the end of his book, in Chapter 27. He explained how the prodigy kid Demetrius Walker was hitting rock bottom, by hiding in the bathroom from the pressure that he was under at a sports camp he was attending in the summertime.
He not only spoke in the evening, but throughout the day at a roundtable discussion sponsored by UIndy student chapter of The Society of Professional Journalists and on WICR, the UIndy student radio station 88.7 FM. Dohrmann invited students to ask question at the end of the lecture. Dohrmann said he wanted to differentiate himself from other writers by following a team for 10 years instead of the normal one-year. “Admittedly, I was full of myself at the time since I [had] just won a Pulitzer Prize,” he said. “Everyone follows a team for a year. Why not follow them for 10 years instead of the normal year most sports journalists usually do.” The Kellogg Writer’s Series has concluded for the semester but will start up again in January.
Keeping safe in winter
With freezing temperatures and snow falling in winter, precautions have to be taken to protect one’s self from frost bite, illness and injuries By Kat Dzelme STAFF WRITER
that does not mean that standard safety does not apply. “Some people like to listen to music, but there is a danger that they can’t hear Winter brings new safety concerns what is going on,” Warthan said. “So if every time it rolls into Indianapolis. you are going to listen to music, only Auto and health precautions need to be put one ear taken for people to be prepared for this bud in, so you winter season. can still hear Some fears about the weather include if something getting sick because the cold weather happens.You provides more opportunity for sickness also have to to spread. remember to “I’m more concerned about getting run against sick than [about] ice,” said senior math traffic, so you major Sebastien Logan. can see what According to the Centers for Disease is going on.” Control and Prevention, those working While outside or just commuting need to wear winter brings new safety concerns, it layers of light and warm clothing, mittens also provides opportunity for those who and waterproof boots. wish to exercise. Ice, however, can still be a problem. “Shoveling snow is actually a great Sprinkling sand or cat litter over ice workout,” Warthan said. “When high patches can help traction and prevent schools have snow days, I see coaches a fall. telling their players to For those who wish to shovel snow off of the stay in shape during the sidewalk or something to winter, there are facilities keep them active.” on campus such as the The CDC emphasizes weight room in the basethat people should be prement of Ruth Lilly and pared in case something in the Athletic and Rechappens in the winter. For reation Center. The ARC example, be sure to carry a also has a track that can be cell phone at all times and used for various exercises. be sure that the phone is Nicoson is also open until fully charged. In your car, midnight during the week. have an up-to-date emerWARTHAN For commuters, or gency kit, which the CDC those who want to run says should include blanoutside, Head Wrestling kets, food, water, booster Coach Jason Warthan advised being cables, flares, tire pump, a bag of sand careful about the distance. or cat litter, compass, maps, flashlight, “Often runners will run in loops, but battery-powered radio, extra batteries, in the winter, you want to run in smaller first-aid kit and plastic bags for sanitation. loops, in case it is too cold and you need Cars also need additional care during to go back,” he said. “That way you won’t the cold season. Simple things such as have to run all the way back. Neighbor- using winterized formula in your windhoods are good for this.” shield wiper fluid can make a difference. Winter brings new safety concerns but Try to keep the gas tank full to avoid ice
getting into the empty space in the tank and fuel lines. If a car does not have all-weather tires, replacing the current tires with allweather or snow tires can help the car maintain traction. Even if you have such tires on your car, make sure to check the tire traction before driving on icy roads. One of the most important things to take care of is the house. The roof should be checked for leaks and the gutters should be cleaned out. Make sure the heating system is functioning properly and is clean. The CDC recommends that people get their heating systems served professionally to make sure they are clean and have proper ventilation. Make sure fireplaces and chimneys also are clean. Because of heavy use in the winter, these systems are prone to start fires if there is any debris in them. Also, make sure smoke detectors in the house have fresh batteries and are working properly. Carbon monoxide poisoning also can be a concern. The CDC recommends that people purchase CO detectors for their homes. To prevent such CO exposure, make sure that grills, camp stoves and heaters are kept out of the house, including the basement or garage and generators are kept at least 20 feet from the house. It will take some time for your car to heat up to melt ice and snow. Use that time to do something else while the car is heating up. It is safer than trying to drive while looking through the small part of the windshield that is not frosted over. For more information about the CDC’s safety precautions, go to www. cdc.gov/features/winterweather.
“Often runners will run in loops, but in the winter, you want to run in smaller loops, in case it is too cold and you need to go back.”
With finals week just around the corner, preparations for this semester’s Midnight Breakfast are underway. The long-standing tradition at UIndy has returned with plans for a fun-filled evening that will give students the opportunity to relax and enjoy time with their peers One of the leaders helping to oversee the event again this year is Director of Student Activities Stephanie Barry. According to Barry, this year’s Midnight Breakfast will include a prize giveaway by Residence Hall Association, a karaoke, a performance by singer/pianist Matt Beilis, customized ornaments with students’ photos and a free breakfast served at midnight. Unlike previous years of the event in the Schwitzer Student Center, this year’s event will be missing the familiar face of retired long-time food service director and supporter of Midnight Breakfast, Ted Polk, who retired last year following 41 years of service at the university. Barry said she is confident, that food wise, everything will run smoothly under new management, but that Polk’s smiling face is something that will be irreplaceable. Campus Program Board Major Events Chair Regina Spielmann is also leading this event. Spielmann, who has helped lead the event before, said that she expects an improvement in attendance this year because of the increased number of activities. “I think last year’s attendance was kind of low. It was the first year we [CPB] didn’t give out T-shirts, so I don’t know if that was the reason, or if people were just not coming out because maybe it was too cold or something,” she said. “But I think this year, the karaoke will bring a lot of people and then RHA is giving away some awesome prizes as always. They [RHA] are giving away a bike and
some different things they have not given away in past years. So that should be really cool and bring people out.” Barry said that all proceeds from tickets for the drawing of prizes in the RHA giveaway will be donated to Exodus Refugee Immigration, a nonprofit organization that provides refugees in Indiana with benefits, to help them start their new lives. According to Barry, each student will receive one free ticket when he or she arrives, and then can purchase more tickets to increase the odds of winning a prize. According to Spielmann, students can begin showing up at the Schwitzer Student Center atrium at 8 p.m., which is when the karaoke and making of customized ornaments will begin. Spielmann said that the karaoke will continue until 10 p.m. that night, while the ornaments will last until 11 p.m. Spielmann said that from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. Beilis will take the stage to perform, followed by the prize giveaway at 11 p.m. After the prize giveaway, Spielmann said, the cafeteria doors will open at midnight for students to receive their free breakfast. Barry said that the annual breakfast is one of the most recognized traditions at the university, and she hopes students will continue making it successful by attending. “It’s a great way to celebrate the end of the year,” she said. “It’s been a very busy semester this year. We had Homecoming Week, then we had the blackout game, [and then the beginning of construction on] the Health Pavilion. So a lot of excitement rolled up into one [semester]. We are really moving forward as a university, so I think it is a good time to take a break and celebrate before the end of the semester. I think Midnight Breakfast is one of those events that appeals to everybody, to build community.” Midnight Breakfast will take place in the Schwitzer Student Center atrium on Monday, Dec. 8, at 8 p.m.
“I think Midnight Breakfast is one of those events that appeals to everybody, to build a community.”
POLITICS from page 1 “I would say there have probably been very few events in their lifetime where they could look to politics as having had positive outcomes,” Frantz said. “I think it’s understandable, and yet lamentable at the same time.” Frantz said that the definition of positive events would vary based on a person’s stance on major issues and his or her party affiliation. He also said that the large showing from independent voters demonstrates that they may not yet know which of the two parties they agree with most, or they are genuinely tired of both parties. Frantz recalled the 2008 election as being one that motivated the campus community. “2008, with Obama running against McCain, looked like it was going to be a time with a lot more engagement,” he said. “For a number of factors, that didn’t happen. But that was about the closest we had to an energized political campus since I’ve been here, since 2002. . . . Since then, it really has deteriorated.”
Religion major and first-year occupational therapy student Lauryn Steffe is registered to vote but has not yet done so. “For me, the main barrier for not voting is that I don’t feel like I’m informed enough,” she said. “And I haven’t personally taken the steps to become informed, because I have no idea where to start. I have no idea how to parse through the information being thrown at me to determine what is good information and what is bad information.” Frantz said that students need to pay attention and care about the system, because government affects everyone. “If you think that both sides are terrible, then the only way to truly change that is to get people who you think are going to change the system itself,” he said. “I don’t see—the way our system works—the likelihood of a third party really, truly being successful given the entrenched powers that be. But there’s no reason those entities themselves can’t look different.”
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China creates plan to reach climate goals
TNS— China on Wednesday, Nov. 19, set a target for coal use through 2020 with an eye on a commitment made with the U.S. to curtail greenhouse gas emissions. The guidelines aim to ensure that coal burning reaches no higher than 4.2 billion tons per year by 2020. The figure for 2013 was 3.6 billion tons. —Tribune Content Agency, LLC
Health officials worry about teens’ use of electronic cigarettes
Friends, from left, Miriam Lopez, Faby Jacome, Dulce Saavedra and Hairo Cortes console each other as they are brought to tears while watching President Obama’s speech on executive action on immigration during a rally outside the Los Angeles Metropolitan Detention Center on Thursday, Nov. 20, in Los Angeles. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
Obama tells immigrants to ‘come out of the shadows,’ fight for their rights By Kevin G. Hall and Lesley Clark MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAU
WASHINGTON (TNS) — President Barack Obama moved Thursday, Nov. 20 to halt deportations for nearly 5 million undocumented immigrants, defying congressional Republicans who called his unilateral action an affront to the constitutional separation of powers. Obama’s actions reversed his own statements that he did not have the power to make such sweeping changes without Congress. But aides said he had since learned he does have the authority, and that the refusal of the Republicancontrolled House of Representatives to take up a bipartisan overhaul passed by the Senate left him no choice but to act unilaterally. “To those members of Congress who question my authority to make our immigration system work better, or question the wisdom of me acting where Congress has failed, I have one answer,”Obama said during a prime-time statement from the White House East Room. “Pass a bill.” Obama’s actions will suspend the threat of deportation for millions, including about 4.1 million who will be temporarily protected and allowed to apply for work permits provided they are parents, pass a background check and pay
fees, and 270,000 who were brought to the country illegally as children. At the same time, Obama announced plans to enhance security at the border and to shift focus inside the U.S. away from all undocumented immigrants to criminals. “What I’m describing is accountability, a common-sense, middle-ground approach,” Obama said. “If you meet the criteria, you can come out of the shadows and get right with the law. If you’re a criminal, you’ll be deported.” His moves were the most sweeping change in immigration policy arguably since Congress and Ronald Reagan agreed to changes in the 1980s. Since then, there’s been a wave of immigration into the United States, legal and undocumented, that has changed the culture, divided the country and defied political solution. Today there are as many as 13 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States. Neither party believes it possible to deport them en masse, although many Republicans favor making it harder for them to continue working in the United States, which they argue could pressure them to leave on their own. Other legislative proposals have called for them to return home and reapply for authorized immigration. Obama’s moves did not settle the political debate—and might have inflamed it. “Instead of working together to fix our broken immigration system, the president says he’s acting on his own. That’s just
not how our democracy works,” said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. “The president has said before that he’s ‘not king’ and he’s ‘not an emperor,’ but he’s sure acting like one. And he’s doing it at a time when the American people want nothing more than for us to work together.” But advocates heralded the move as overdue and just. “I’ve been fighting for immigrant rights for over 30 years now, and this is the biggest victory our movement for immigration reform has seen in all that time,”said Frank Sharry, executive director of America’s Voice, which advocates for an immigration overhaul. By acting on his own, Obama’s executive order could create uncertainty for immigrants because it is temporary and subject to the results of the 2016 presidential election. The next president could maintain the program or end it immediately with the same stroke of a pen as Obama. “We can’t commit a future administration,” acknowledged a senior administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity as a matter of policy. That sets up the 2016 election as a referendum on Obama’s decision, one in which candidates will be asked to either promise they will continue the policy or end it. If they say they will end it, they will be asked to say whether they would actually start deporting the millions of people
and how they would do it. Administration officials expected that a president from either party would be unlikely to take away benefits that already have been granted. The action represented a reversal for Obama, who under pressure from immigration advocates to stem deportations had insisted he couldn’t implement some of the same immigration reforms he will now sign. In a Telemundo interview in September 2013, for example, Obama said that if he were to broaden the exception he made in 2012 for the children of undocumented immigrants, “then essentially, I would be ignoring the law in a way that I think would be very difficult to defend legally.” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said earlier last week that Obama had since asked his team for a review of existing immigration law to see “what authority he did have and to ensure that we were sort of leaving no stone unturned.” Obama and his aides insisted Thursday, Nov. 20 that Obama was doing what many of his predecessors had done. “The actions I’m taking are not only lawful, they’re the kinds of actions taken by every single Republican president and every Democratic president for the past half-century,” he said. (c)2014 McClatchy Washington Bureau. Visit the McClatchy Washington Bureau at www.mcclatchydc.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC
WASHINGTON— More high school students are using electronic cigarettes, according to new findings, raising concerns among health officials that the growing diversification of tobacco products could get more young people addicted to nicotine. While a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the overall percentage of teens using tobacco products hasn’t increased since 2012, health advocates were hoping to see a decrease. —McClatchy Washington Bureau
Florida State shooting prompts security review for colleges
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla — Police officers have become as visible on college campuses as students and professors, as schools respond to the early Thursday, Nov. 20 morning shooting at Florida State University. —Sun Sentinel
Hong Kong protestors wait for police to act
HONG KONG — They captured the world’s attention and defied skeptics who doubted they could stand up to Beijing for long. Now, after 58 days, the students and other pro-democracy protesters who have occupied Hong Kong streets can’t seem to agree how to marshal a strategic retreat. —McClatchy Washington Bureau
Schools close in Ferguson in expectation of grand jury decision
ST. LOUIS—The Jennings School District, which covers part of Ferguson, Mo., will not hold school Monday and Tuesday in expectation that a grand jury will announce its decision this weekend on whether to indict officer Darren Wilson. —St. Louis Post-Dispatch ©2014 McClatchy Tribune News Service
Some countries absent from Ebola fight By Hannah Allan MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAU
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Despite the United States’ diplomatic arm-twisting, international health experts are warning that the international response to the deadly Ebola outbreak remains dangerously inadequate to meet the needs on the ground. The experts point to a number of powerful countries that haven’t joined in the effort to combat Ebola, amid a belief that spotty international assistance is hampering progress toward arresting the spread of the disease, which shows signs of slowing in Liberia but continues to accelerate in Guinea and Sierra Leone, the other two hard-hit West African nations. The United States has committed hundreds of millions of dollars and an expected 3,000 military personnel to the effort, and it, China and the United Kingdom form the three main pillars to the international response, aid workers say. But other countries have remained aloof. The World Health Organization has received only a fraction of the billiondollar international request it made for donations to fight Ebola. One international aid group, Oxfam, this week launched a name-and-shame campaign that calls out powerful nations that haven’t contributed to the efforts. Shannon Scribner, Oxfam America’s humanitarian policy manager, named Argentina, Indonesia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Turkey as nations that hadn’t contributed. Other countries that have donated but “could do more,” Scribner said, include France, Italy, India, Japan,
Russia and Brazil. “It’s really unacceptable,” Scribner said Wednesday, Nov. 19 on a media conference call arranged by InterAction, an umbrella group for humanitarian nonprofits. “A lot of pledges, but that doesn’t help people on the ground unless it turns into commitments.” Humanitarian agencies involved in the Ebola effort offer a variety of reasons for why countries have failed to contribute. Many would-be donors in and near the Middle East—Saudi Arabia and Turkey, for example—already are giving heavily in response to the Syrian humanitarian crisis. Contrarian Russia, they say, hasn’t donated much to either the Syria or the Ebola campaigns. For Mexico and Argentina, the issue appears to be proximity— they’re just too far from the virus’s nerve center to view it as threatening. “This is something that potentially affects the health safety of our globe. This is not something that should be a unilateral response,”said Helene Gayle, the CEO of the international humanitarian nonprofit CARE USA, who also spent two decades at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “We’re not doing enough anywhere yet, and the longer we don’t mount an all-out campaign that treats this as an urgent crisis, we’ll continue to see it spread,” she added. One trailblazer in the global response was Cuba, whose decision in September to dispatch more than 150 medical professionals was, at the time, the largest offer of a foreign medical team from a single country, according to the World Health Organization. Other countries gradually followed suit, pledging money, supplies and health
workers to help in the crisis, from oil-rich Persian Gulf states to the world’s secondlargest economy and Africa’s biggest trade partner, China. China has provided $123 million in assistance, is building a 100-bed treatment center in Liberia and will send 480 medical professionals to staff it. The United Kingdom has committed $350 million to tackle Ebola and already has more than 800 military personnel in Sierra Leone, where the British government is rolling out 700 treatment beds to accommodate nearly 9,000 patients over several months. Other countries are sending mixed messages in their responses.Take Australia, which national security adviser Susan Rice said could “do more, quite frankly.” The government pledged $20 million to staff a British-built health center in Sierra Leone but received a fresh round of criticism when reports emerged that only 1 in 5 of the 240-person staff would be Australian. Aid agencies also have criticized Australia’s travel restrictions on medical workers who want to travel to West Africa to lend their expertise. News reports this week quoted Australian opposition leader Bill Shorten as saying that it was an embarrassment for Australia “to be dragged kicking and screaming to tackle this killer disease.” __ (Anita Kumar and Tony Pugh contributed to this report from Washington. McClatchy special correspondent John Zaracostas contributed from Geneva.) (c)2014 McClatchy Washington Bureau. Visit the McClatchy Washington Bureau at www.mcclatchydc.com. Distributed by MCT Information Services
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