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(From left) John Gregg (D), Eric Holcomb (R) and Rex Bell (L) debated against each other during the second Indiana Gubernatorial Debate hosted by UIndy on Oct. 3. President of the Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute John Ketzenberger (far right) was the moderator.

UIndy hosts gubernatorial debate

By Ashlea Alley BUSINESS MANAGER The University of Indianapolis hosted the Indiana Gubernatorial Debate on Oct. 3 in Ransburg Auditorium. The Indiana Debate Commission planned the debate among the three candidates for governor of Indiana, former Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives John Gregg (D), incumbent Lieutenant Governor Eric Holcomb (R) and businessman Rex Bell (L).

This debate was the second of three.The first was held at Lawrence North High School on Sept. 27, and the candidates discussed the topic of education.The final debate will be held at the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville on Oct. 18 and will address healthcare and social issues. The debate at UIndy focused on the economy and jobs.

Vice President and Co-Chairman of the Debate Planning Committee Keith Robinson said before the event that he expected a nice, hardy debate.

“I would expect the candidates to want to get their positions out on the various issues that are brought up,” Robinson said. “I would hope for some difference of opinions that spur some lively debates.…

The one that we had last week [the Sept.

27 debate] was subdued. I think the candidates were on their best behavior because they knew they had a student audience. We expect to see some differences emerge tonight.”

President of the Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute John Ketzenberger moderated the debate.

Although the topic of the debate was the economy and jobs, some questions were sprinkled in about social issues such as the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and incumbent Indiana Governor and Donald Trump’s running mate Mike Pence’s attempt at making a policy to prohibit Syrian refugees from entering the state of Indiana.

On the topic of expanding jobs in Indiana, Ketzenberger asked,“What does the state need to do to ensure that we keep up with job development?”

According to Holcomb, the staff just needs to keep doing what it is doing.

“The reason why Salesforce has just decided to move 800 more jobs to the state of Indiana.... Our dollar goes a lot further in Indiana,” Holcomb said. “Our low cost of living goes a lot further in Indiana than some of the states you are comparing us to.”

Bell agreed that Indiana has an af-

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Joycelyn Elders informed students about healthcare and that Indiana falls behind in many categories.

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fordable standard of living, and that the state needs to raise wages by drawing in more businesses.

“It is the best thing we can do, and it keeps the government’s hands out of it,” Bell said. “[It keeps] the government [from having] more regulations on us.”

According to Gregg, Hoosiers are working harder and getting less. He said he wants to focus on high-wage jobs in areas such as life sciences, biosciences and information technology.

When the candidates were asked a question regarding Syrian refugees and the court’s decision that blocking resettlement aid was discrimination, Holcomb said that he will continue to honor the court’s ruling.

“What is happening in Syria is heartbreaking, to say the least,” he said. “I understand where Governor Pence was when he made the decision—balancing and making sure we are keeping Americans safe. And when you hear the FBI director stand up before the country and say, ‘We don’t know if they are infiltrating this network,’ I understand where he [Pence] came from.”

Both candidates Bell and Gregg disagree with Pence and Holcomb. Gregg said this situation should be decided on a case-by-case basis.

“I disagree with what the governor has done, because it is wrong to ban someone based on their religion,” Gregg said. “It is wrong to ban people based on ethnicity, race, religion or nation of origin.”

Junior history major Dominic Peretin said he thought Gregg won the debate due to the personal level of concernment of infrastructure, which Peretin also cares about. According to Gregg, Indiana is falling further and further behind on infrastructure, but he and his running mate, State Representative Christina Hale, have a $3.2 billion infrastructure plan.

“The money is split into two pots, one for roads and bridges, and the other 60 percent goes to quality of life issues like drinking water, industrial water, storm sewers, cultural trails, green spaces and broadband,” Gregg said. “We need to come up with a plan that addresses our infrastructure for longer than two years or four years. Check out our infrastructure plan. No new taxes, and it doesn’t come out of a bond at all.”

Infrastructure was one of the issues Peretin agrees with.

“I am from Lake Country, which is all the way up north,” Peretin said. “I understood where he [Gregg] was coming from when he said we need to invest in our infrastructure and education because

those are really big issues in my area. I liked his plans in terms of investment in our infrastructure. It’s over a 10-year period without raising taxes.”

Peretin enjoyed the debate and was surprised with how civil the candidates acted toward one another.

“Since we are used to the national level, I was thinking this debate might be a little more rambunctious, but I was surprised,” Peretin said. “They didn’t blatantly attack one another and say outrageous statements, but they kept it civil and kept it policy-based, which is what I really liked.

I like policy debates and not so much personal attacks.”

This is not the first time UIndy has hosted such an event. According to President Robert Manuel, UIndy has hosted a national event with former senators Richard Lugar and Sam Nunn about nuclear preparation.

Manuel said he was honored that the university hosted this debate. According to Manuel, the debate drew 700 people to campus and gave them a chance to see what our school is doing.

“I am proud of the hospitality we showed,” Manuel said. “I loved putting our school in the center of one of the biggest decisions that our state is going to make for the next four years.”

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Elders was known for her controversial remarks, according to surgeongeneral. gov, but she said it is not important to be controversial.

“I think that the topics that I was talking about were controversial topics,” Elders said. “And they still are controversial. There are people that still won’t talk about these topics and don’t like to talk about these topics.”

Elders came to UIndy to speak about health disparities that not only affect Indiana, but the United States as a whole.

Elders gave her speech and took time for questions at the end of her presentation.

According to junior exercise science and pre-physical therapy major Kylie Barnett, the presentation was worthwhile.

“I thought it was very thought-provoking, and I believe that she [Elders] made a lot of good points about educating our society,” Barnett said. “I liked her [Elders’] quote about ‘children raising children,’ because we aren’t educating our aging population enough to take care of society today.”

Elders said Indiana falls behind in many categories such as teen pregnancy, those with health insurance versus those without, safe sex practices and sexually transmitted diseases. Graduate student in psychology Lawrence Haynes was surprised to find that Indiana was not doing well in these categories.

“I think it was a great presentation,” Haynes said. “I think that she [Elders] addressed issues that we have been faced with for a long time.”

One of Elders’ main points in the presentation was that college students should be concerned and that they have a huge responsibility to make sure that health disparities do not continue.

“They [college students] are going to be the new leaders of the next century, and they have got to meet the challenge of making sure that we have a good system in place,” Elders said. “They have got to learn [that] what we need to do is listen to the people, making sure that we educate them so that they can do more to take care of themselves.”

Former Surgeon General speaks about healthcare Author, professor and former Surgeon General of the United States Joycelyn Elders visited the University of Indianapolis on Sept. 29. As part of the Katherine Ratliff Memorial Conference, Elders was the keynote speaker and spoke about “Addressing Healthcare Disparities”in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center.

According to www.surgeongeneral. gov, then-President Bill Clinton appointed Elders as Surgeon General of the Public Health Service from 1993-1994 until she resigned because of a controversial remark on sex education. According to Elders, she hopes she made a good impact.

“I think the impact that I had as Surgeon General is that I increased the ability to address some of the sexual health problems that we have in our country,” Elders said. “We were very silent about sexual health, and I was the Surgeon General in the middle of the AIDS epidemic.”

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Social media: What you see isn’t always what you get

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After a long day of attending class, working and catching up on homework, I like to unwind by scrolling through my different timelines from Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram. There I usually find myself stumbling upon a picture from an old friend, celebrity or just a random Insta account.

One thing leads to another, and before long I realize that I’ve wasted an hour gazing through a stranger’s news feed, gawking at photos this person has posted from over a year ago and mentally scrutinizing myself for letting this happen.

“Why didn’t I just move on? Why did I have to click on that picture?”

However, that doesn't stop me from continuing to scroll to the bottom of her page, drooling over the fabulous life she’s leading, until I reach her very first post.

That’s when jealousy sets in. I groan and immediately think, “I wish I was her,” or “I want her life.”

Along the way I compare my life to hers, mentally making a list of everything I need to do in order to lead a similar one.

About halfway through, I stop and realize how silly I’m being for comparing my existence to someone else’s, someone I’ve never even met, and begin feeling sorry for myself. Yet I still continue to scroll.

But then I realize, that wanting

someone else’s life doesn’t mean what I think.The severity of that sentence means more than I even realized. It’s more than saying “I want her clothes, her beauty or her opportunity to do hot yoga everyday.”

Saying “I want her life” means you want everything that goes along with it.

What stares back through the glass barrier doesn't hold the entire truth. You never know what’s being hidden behind that glass curtain. You can’t assume that everything going on behind the scenes in this person’s life is all sunshine and butterflies. You don’t know what has occurred in that person’s past to have gotten them where he or she is now. You don’t know the value of the person’s relationship with parents or friends. This person could be surrounded by people wearing giant grins in their photos, but still go to bed feeling alone.

You also don’t know what that person’s future holds, how much money is in his or her wallet or what he or she feels on the inside on a day-to-day basis. All you know is what’s happening in the person’s online presence, telling their story and painting the picture he or she wants you to see.

When you utter that phrase of longing for other people’s lives based on what you’ve seen on their social media accounts, you're expressing your desire for that version of themselves they’ve put on display, not the real them. There are so many stories that aren't being told there.

Comparison is only natural, but please

don’t waste time comparing your body and mind to another’s when you could be spending that time creating lasting memories, sharing your talents, spreading your wings and living for today. You’re unique and special, and God put you on this planet for a reason. Stop diminishing the quality of your life because you aren’t living that of another that you’ve only ever seen through a screen. What you see isn’t always what you get.

If you don’t start enjoying your life and realizing how lucky you are, you’re always going to wish it were different.The point is, almost anyone is going to have something he or she wishes to change. We all have our battles. We all have things we love and hate about ourselves. That includes the girl whose Insta account I spent more than an hour scrolling through. But the thing not many people recognize is that we have the power to change what we wish, or accept it for what it is.

You can’t determine that someone else’s life is better than your own based on one Instagram feed. Because the truth is, you never really know what anyone’s life is really like. So, instead of wishing that you had someone else’s life and what that person has created for himself or herself, focus on building and constructing an exceptional life of your own for all the world to see. Craft an amazing life worth living.

Oscar Wilde put it best, “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”

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As an owner of both Bluetooth another. Although the 6.5mm jack is still used today in audio technology, speakers and earbuds, I cannot count the the 3.5mm jack has become a com- number of times I have had issues with monplace in terms of portable music connectivity. When I want to choose a enjoyment. Devices such as the Walk- reliable way to listen to music, I choose man, the Discman and even the original the auxiliary cord. Yes, the technology iPod all used the 3.5mm auxiliary jack. may be more than 100 years old, but it Apple claims that it did away with just works. Now that is not to say that the auxiliary port on the new iPhone the auxiliary cord will always reign in as a way of making progress in tech- the world of audio, but I do believe nology. However, many of those who that within the next five to ten years oppose Apple state that forcing us- Bluetooth technology will be at a point ers to switch to wireless headphones/ where it can replace the aux port entirely.

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By Morgan Ellis ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

My life as a 19-year-old female between two very different generations of Xs and Zs has been an interesting one thus far. My bittersweet existence between these different generations bumps against both ends of this wave pool. The deeper end of this wave pool contains Generation X, a generation often criticized for its “it’s all about me” mentality and praised for its handpicked, higher-educated individuals. In the shallow end, for more obvious reasons, is Generation Z, the generation picking up speed to trample over my generation’s foreground—and our parents’ and grandparents’ with new and improving technologies.

How sensitive this young and flourishing Generation Z has made itself out to be infuriates me almost as much as the 2016 presidential election. I only claim this generation to be as sensitive as it is because I’ve seen the sensitivity in action. The way our shared social media outlets have shaped these young people is turning them into mindless zombies.

According to The Center for Generational Kinetics, though I have to disagree, “Gen Z is more concerned than other generations about online privacy in a number of areas, such as playing with debit or credit cards and online dating.”

The unnecessary surplus of social media outlets that Gen Z has been born into has seemingly diverted their expected attention and well-behaved manners away from other forms of human life.

Any form of casual human interaction between Gen Zs and Gen Xs sucks whatever life remains out of those Xs and shoves it down the drains of the lifeless Zs. Exchanged words of humorous sarcasm or dry humor voiced by those Gen Xs create gaping holes of negative sensitivity

in the once-beating hearts of the Gen Zs. Every Monday through Friday, I sit through a number of collegiate-level courses and observe different teaching styles and how they vary among each of my professors. Countless times I have held conversations with my professors and students alike about the lack of communication skills in young people today. These young people include the tail-end of Gen Y and almost all of Gen Z. Oftentimes, I find that my own attention is drawn away from human interaction, and I’m attracted to my phone more than friendly faces.

Most Gen Y people will admit to being guilty of biting into the enticing poisoned apple that our assorted electronics offer.

According to the Stanford Research Institute, “the money you make in any endeavor is determined 12.5% by knowledge and 87.5% by your ability to deal with people.” It’s a rather frightening thought because communication is the foundation for pay in the future careers of these individuals. It’s scary for current college students and, hopefully, for those who are serious about pursuing a higher education because all of our money is being poured, and will be poured, into courses taught sometimes by computers and electronic media. Sensitivity is the dress worn at this ball on account of Gen Z kids not being taught otherwise.

I walked into a classroom full of firstyear college students whose eyes darted from one object on my body to the next and who analyzed the words that came out of my mouth. I had not felt that judged since my first years of middle and high school.

Their overall demeanor showed that they woke up every day with an attitude of entitlement and self-righteousness.

From my own experience, almost every 13 and 14-year-old pre-teen tightly holds on to the distasteful holier-thanthou attitudes and projects them upon their parents. These little Z kids seem

to have never left that know-it-all stage.

Much like what the Gen Xs were criticized for, a notable trend of “me, me, me” attitudes has surfaced like the acne of a ripening 13-year-old just trying to scrape along through the angsty years of middle school. Social media outlets, housed on smart phones awarded to smart-mouthed, unappreciative kids, such as Instagram and Tumblr have allowed individuals to freely express their artistic individuality. Not only have the outlets accommodated their freedom of expression, they also have supplied attention-hungry individuals the opportunity to pose with their favorite and more expensive designer trends like depression and tranquility through photography.

As one Gen Z would call it, their “aesthetics” have really been put in the spotlight for everyone to see that “it’s all about me.” By “aesthetics," I rightfully mean hashtags and captions to make “bae” jealous and freed body parts positioned with care to capture a candid photo at a concert full of flower crowns.

According to The Center for Generational Kinetics, Gen Zs say that “social media affects them internally more than any other generation, including their own happiness and self-esteem.”

Naïve little children running around with their glazed-over eyes glued to the hunk of “wisdom” in their palms who consecutively bumping into an elderly woman without excusing themselves is the future I see for the newest generations to come. I will be that elderly woman.

How the remainder of Gen X and the fullest of Gen Y will convey a lessened sensitivity, more communication, higher responsibility and self-respect and motivation to those negligent Gen Zs is beyond my reach. Perhaps a handful will grab ahold of this printed article, ask what it is and curiously stumble upon this Hail Mary to wise up a bit. Mind my opinion.

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Class encourages voting

Political science class attempts to increase numbers at the polls through events stressing the importance of voter registration

By Jessica Hoover NEWS EDITOR

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Political science students ran a booth in Schwitzer to help their peers register to vote on Sept. 27 to 29. neighborhood,” Albright said. “Some of them are students and some of them are older community members, so we wanted to reach out to them.”

On Monday, some of the students from the class walked through the residence halls, looking for students who hadn’t registered yet. Albright said they wanted to double-check to be certain that everybody had a chance to vote because the deadline was Tuesday.

The last thing that class members will do to increase voter turnout is visit a local school, Brandes Elementary, to talk to the fifth and sixth graders the week before the election. According to Albright, they plan to speak about “why it’s important to vote, what voting means in a democratic society and why they [the elementary school students] should be excited for the election even

Visitation hours subject to change

By Sophie Watson SPORTS EDITOR

Shortly after the start of the 2016-17 academic year, the Residence Hall Association resumed their fight to uplift visitation restrictions in some of the residence halls on campus. The association formed a petition in hopes of getting enough signatures to remove these rules by next semester.

Currently, the predominantly upperclassmen residence halls such as Roberts, East, Central, Crowe and Greyhound Village have 24/7 visitation, while freshman dorms such as Cory Bretz, Warren and Cravens are only allowed to have visitors from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on weekdays, but still allowed 24-hour visitation on weekends.

The current punishment for not complying with the visitation hours starts with a write-up, but after multiple occurrences, students may begin receiving fines.

Sophomore graphic design major and Warren Hall residence assistant Johana Rosendo said that removing visitation hours rules would not only make her job easier, but she believes it would also leave residents responsible for making their own decisions and acting appropriately.

“Last year, I lived in Cravens, and that’s when they started asking for the signatures, and I did sign it. And this year, I went to Cory Bretz and put my name down again,” Rosendo said. “I feel like once you’re in college, you need to realize you’re an adult and be responsible for yourself. It’s less responsibility for me [as a resident assistant] and more for you guys [as freshman residents] to become an actual adult and be responsible for your actions. It’s just not the best way to get someone in trouble.”

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freshmen in East, Central or Roberts halls also are not restricted in their visitation hours. Rosendo said that it is not fair to students living in freshman halls that some of their peers have no limitations on guests while they do. RAs of these halls also are forced to comply with the guidelines, along with the rest of the building’s residents.

Freshman public health major and Cravens Hall resident Claire Butler also believes the change in visitation hours would make a positive impact on the UIndy community.

“Even while studying late, it’s stressful to have to keep track of time,” Butler said. “It would be easier to hang out with my friends without basically having a curfew.”

The RHA has been working to change the freshman visitation hours to allow for 24/7 visitation to match other halls.The RHA’s petition has been circulating on campus in hopes of revoking the restrictions on guests.

“As long as they get the amount of signatures they need, they might be able to change it for next semester,” Rosendo said, “and that’s the thing that people don’t know. And they think, ‘Oh I don’t care, since I’m going to move to another hall next year.’ So it should be as soon as possible, once they get all of the signatures needed.”

To be a voice in the discussion, students can attend upcoming RHA meetings during the rest of the semester or sign the petition online. Access to the petition is available on The Reflector Online. Upcoming meeting dates which allow students to participate in the discussion, or sign the petition are at 9 p.m. on Oct. 10 in Central, Oct. 24 in East, Nov. 7 in Crowe, Nov. 21 in Roberts and Dec. 5 in Warren.

“It would be easier to hang out with my friends without basically having a curfew.”

though they can’t actually participate.”

Albright said that the course members would be speaking to the elementary school students during the time of their class, so the course members could walk over to the school.

Albright said that it’s important for young people, such as UIndy students to vote, especially since they don’t generally vote as much as the members of older generations.

“There’s an expectation a lot of times, campaigns don’t focus a lot of effort or energy on the 18- to 30-year-old demographic—the young voter, so to speak,” Albright said. “They know it’s less likely that they’ll participate. I think that’s really wrong, because it’s the first time most of these students have ever been able to vote.

It’s a very exciting election. You want to make sure that they [18- to 30-year-olds]

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Women in Sports Management discuss their struggles and successes

What do the senior director of guest experience at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the president and COO of the Indiana Fever, the NCAA vice president of women’s basketball championships and the event and program manager for the NFL have in common?

They are all women.

Alumni describe postgraduation life at Homecoming Alumni Panel

This year’s Homecoming Alumni Panel, led by President Robert Manuel and consisting of nine University of Indianapolis graduates, took place on Wednesday, Oct. 5, in UIndy Hall A. The panel was followed by a questionand-answer session that included questions from attending students.

Kellogg Writers Series begins the year with Bruce Snider

“And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light. And God said, ‘Let there be corn,’ and there was Indiana,” Poet Bruce Snider said.

Snider kicked off the Kellogg Writers Series on Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Trustees Dining Room in the Schwitzer Student Center.

Liberal arts alumni offer advice to current students The University of Indianapolis welcomed back liberal arts alumni on Oct. 6 to share their experiences and expertise on beginning a fulfilling career after graduation. The event, titled “What Can You Do with a Liberal Arts Degree?”took place in the Schwitzer Student Center, Room 010, and featured a panel of four graduates of the university.

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The students in Assistant Professor of Political Science Laura Albright’s Campaigns and Elections course have been spending their semester trying to increase voter turnout in the University of Indianapolis community. Some of the ways they are attempting to do that are voter registration drives, neighborhood canvassing, reaching out to residence halls and going to a local elementary school.

The start of the UIndy Votes! registration drive kicked off on National Voter Registration Day Tuesday, Sept. 27 and continued through to Sept. 29. Students from Albright’s course worked the booth in the Schwitzer Student Center during the hours of 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. During this time, they helped students register to vote or checked their registration on computers set up at the booth. After getting registered, students were provided with their polling location.

Junior political science major Brayden Montgomery was one of the students who worked the registration booth. He said that he hopes that UIndy Votes! will have a positive impact on the UIndy community.

“We registered—I don’t know exactly how many people—I know it’s at least above 30,” Montgomery said. “So we got a good amount of people registered. So that’s not going to make a huge impact on the race…. But every little bit, in my opinion, helps. Just making people more aware of issues and things like that, being involved politically, I think, is the ultimate goal of it [the registration drive]. So every person you get involved politically, they can get someone else. And hopefully it just kind of creates a snowball effect.”

Beginning on Tuesday of last week, the class started doing neighborhood canvassing in University Heights. Students knocked on the residents’ doors, asking if they were registered or if they wanted to check their registration or polling place. If residents did want to register, the students had paper copies of the voter registration forms for the residents to fill out.

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have that opportunity. In particular, we know with [regard to] sustaining political participation, [that] if you start early and you start voting now—when you’re 18, 19, 20—you are more likely to carry that on throughout your life.”

The voter turnout is not just low in the United States, but also in Nigeria, according to junior political science and international relations major Tosin Salau.

Salau said she grew up in Nigeria, where the government is pretty similar to the U.S. government in that it is a representative democracy in which the citizens also vote for their leaders. Salau said Nigeria has many political parties but has two main parties. Until the most recent election, one party had been in power for over 10 years.

“We voted [for] our president in 2015, so … the party that has always been in power has been out of the government now,” Salau said. “It’s funny because voter turnout here, they say it’s low. But I used to think that voter turnout in Nigeria would be really high because [the] people fed up with our government would want to get out and vote…. But then I checked it out, and it was like 47.1 [percent]…. That 47.1 [percent] was even higher than it has been in past years, which was weird because in this election, I thought people really, really voted, because it’s a new person and it’s a new party.”

Salau urges both the citizens of Nigeria and the United States to get out and vote.

“If you vote, then you have a voice,” Salau said.“You feel like it’s your civic duty, you know? You don’t get to talk about the economy [or] the president that’s in power because you didn’t vote. You have a say in your government. Just one vote can make that difference.”

Although the deadline for registering to vote already has passed, students registered in other cities may start applying for absentee ballots. According to Albright, in Indiana, a citizen cannot request an absentee ballot until 29 days before the election and must be registered 30 days before the election. She said absentee ballots are especially useful for college students, so they will not have to drive all the way back home to vote. Beginning today, voters may request that an absentee ballot be sent to them by going to the “Absentee Voting” section of IN.gov.

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Sophomore midfield/forward Stephanie Burdsall steals the ball feet from the sideline and charges toward the goal in an attempt to score during the Oct. 2 game against the University of Southern Indiana Eagles.

Women’s soccer offense works on getting on the board

By Sophie Watson SPORTS EDITOR The University of Indianapolis women’s soccer team went 0-2 this weekend, when the Greyhounds traveled to battle the Quincy University Hawks and the Truman State Bulldogs.

On Sunday, the women lost to the Bulldogs after allowing three unanswered goals.

Truman did not waste time and began scoring in the 11th minute. Only minutes later, sophomore midfield/forward Stephanie Burdsall had the opportunity to score but could not get the ball in the net.

A penalty kick allowed the next score for Truman putting them up 2-0 before finishing out the game in the 59th minute, to defeat the Hounds.

Two days earlier, the women fell short to Quincy University as well, with the lone UIndy goal coming from the foot of sophomore midfield/forward Michele Govern in the 83rd minute.

The Hawks came out in the first half to rack up two goals over the Hounds.

After the break, Quincy came back again to claim another 3 goals before Govern scored in the closing minutes of the game to prevent the shutout.

The late goal from Govern was not quite enough, and the Hounds fell 5-1 to the Hawks.

After the weekend of losses, head women’s soccer coach Holly Cox has not lost faith in her team.

“It’s always tough when you have to travel a distance and being on a bus for so long it does give you bus leg when you get off on that Friday, but the ladies have responded really well,” Cox said.

“Sometimes it’s nice to get away from the distractions that you kind of have here at home. So it’s kind of hit or miss. It’s just how they prepare and kind of how the trip goes…. Sometimes it’s nice to play in front of your family and friends and in a place that’s familiar where you train quite often. So it does affect [the performance] sometimes when you’re on the road.”

Senior goalkeeper Emma Crenshaw expressed that she enjoyed having time alone to connect with her teammates without all of the responsibilities that her and her teammates have back home and at school.

“I like it [going on the road] more than anything because, as Holly said, it’s a good way to get away from distractions here,” Crenshaw said. “It gives you a chance to just really be with the ladies and come together as a team and think about what our purpose is, you know to win. And we’ve done really well while we travel, and we’ve done pretty good while we’re here, so it doesn’t affect too much of what our goal is, which is to win.”

The previous weekend, the team hosted the Bellarmine University Knights on Sept. 30 and the University of Southern Indiana Eagles on Sunday, Oct. 2.

Although both games ended in a loss, without a goal from the Hounds, Cox was still proud of her team’s performance.

“I don’t think the scores have really reflected the way we’ve played, which is

unfortunate,” Cox said. “I think we keep doing our game plan, we keep playing the way we’re playing, and we execute up top, and I think we start changing those games into wins.”

Crenshaw agreed with Cox, saying that the losses UIndy experienced against Bellarmine and USI were well fought games that could have gone to either team.

“I think we’ve played really, really good soccer, and the ladies have shown up for games and done really well,” Crenshaw said. “So scoring, putting the ball in the back of the net will be so important for us…. Unfortunately, we did lose those games 1-0, but it didn’t show our potential as a team. So if we can execute and win, it will get everybody going, and we’ll see the type of team we can be which, I think, is pretty top in the conference, actually.”

According to Crenshaw, the team is an all-around talented team that is playing very well. After experiencing the 1-0 losses, she says scoring will change their game and help pull out a win.

“At this level with college soccer, it’s one mistake and they have a goal on you,” Crenshaw said.“Then you’re battling back just to get the win or even just a tie. So it’s important [that] we minimize those mistakes and capitalize on the opportunities we get to move forward and try to score.”

Cox plans to keep playing UIndy soccer and work on the team as a unit, rather than focusing on the opponent. She says the opponent does not affect the way the women train, or play in the game.

“With this conference, you just never know what you’re going to get from the teams you’re going to be playing, ” Cox said. “If we play soccer like we did on Friday, I’m not worried about anyone we play…. Again the game plan doesn’t change with how we play our style of soccer…. This year we’ve focused more on us and doing what we need to do in order to be the best team we can possibly be.”

The Hounds will kick off the weekend at home when they host University of Missouri-St. Louis on Oct. 14 at Key Stadium. The game is set to start at 5 p.m.

Volleyball splits their weekend 2-2

By Kylee Crane EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Head coach Jason Reed’s main focus during practice has been consistency, and it is showing.The women’s volleyball team went 1-1 against McKendree University and University of Illinois-Springfield this weekend.

On Sunday the women defeated Illinois Springfield in a three set sweep.

The team totaled nine team blocks and 58 digs overall with 14 of the digs coming from junior outside hitter Kacee Salyers, as well as 10 kills.

After maintaining the lead for most of the first set, the Prairie Stars attempted a comeback moving the score to 23-21 before Saylers and senior middle block Shelby Ruffner shut it down with two consecutive kills.

The Hounds fell victim to another short comeback by Illinois Springfield, but Ruffner showed up again to close out the last four points of the set with three kills and a block. The Hounds wrapped up the game in the third set with a close 25-23 score, solidifying the sweep over the Prairie Stars.

Before their win over the Prairie Stars, the team was defeated by the McKendree Bearcats in five sets. The team captured the first two sets before letting McKendree come back and take the next three for the win.

Junior outside hitter Kacee Salyers lead the team with 16 kills and two blocks while senior outside hitter Becca Lira had 9 kills and two blocks of her own.

“I’m more of an intense player,” Lira said. “I like to get into it, and I play pretty seriously. I like to yell, scream and get really excited after the play. But during the play, I stay pretty focused.”

Reed’s work in consistency has been primarily focused on defense, which he said the team had been lacking in prior to McKendree and UIS matches.

“I feel like our offensive side has gone well, more often than not, but we need to pick it up defensively. So that’s been a piece of what is helping us have some success.

We just flat out needed to have a better defensive focus, dig more volleyballs,” he said. “I think [3-2] on these last two weeks is a testament that it[consistency] is working. We just have to continue with that process. We have yet to still turn the corner, but it’s coming.”

Lira has seen the defense-centered practices’ benefits pay off for the team, and for her personally as well.

“I feel like I’ve really improved,” Lira said, “specifically in the back row with my defense. We’ve just been focusing on being at the right spot at the right time and making a play.”

The Greyhounds proved that in their matchup against St. Joseph’s College on Oct. 4, clinching their 29th straight victory over the Pumas 3-0.

Freshman outside hitter Anna Fehribach led the Greyhounds with 12 digs and Lira closely followed with 11. According to the UIndy athletics website, UIndy averaged 17.33 digs per set, which was an improvement from their 12.51 average on the overall season.

The Pumas came out strong in the first two sets, according to the UIndy athletics website. St. Joe kicked off the match with a 4-0 lead, but it was not long before UIndy found a groove, taking its first lead in the middle of the set and continuing on to claim a 25-21 win. However, when the Greyhounds found themselves down 12-6 in the second, Reed called a timeout.

“They came out strong, and we had to battle back in those sets. Really, in both

those sets, it was because of one rotation with a specific server, and we just couldn’t get a dig to get a kill,” Reed said. “She just really got us out of our system, and we couldn’t score. So calling a timeout was just to give a reminder like, ‘Hey, we have got to move our feet on the pass’ and really just to slow the momentum.”

The third and final match appeared much smoother for the Greyhounds, with an 8-2 run that brought them to a 17-12 lead. UIndy pushed farther to seal the win 25-17.

They Greyhounds also had statistically impressive offensive play with Lira, Fehribach and Salyers, each claiming nine kills.

The 29th consecutive win brought the Greyhounds’ win total to 87 out of the 95 times they have faced the Pumas.

Although the victory was a great one, Lira said the streak was not a priority.

“We really weren’t thinking about the streak, we just went into it knowing that we wanted to win in three and get in and get out,” she said. “So we just went into the game worrying about ourselves and not really thinking about what was going to happen on the other side.”

Reed also was not thinking about the dominant history the Greyhounds had over the Pumas, rather just thinking about how UIndy was going to play.

“Maybe it’s something where we kind of know that we’ve had quite a bit of success against an opponent in the past, but at this point, there’s a lot of focus on us,” Reed said. “We need to keep having success on our side of the net, and so it really wasn’t in my mindset at all. It was about getting the W and trying to play our game a little bit better.”

The Greyhounds will hit the road again as they travel to the Midwest Region Crossover in Aurora, Ill. on Friday, Oct. 14.

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Sophomores middle block Katie Voelz and setter Maggie Gibson celebrate a kill in the game against Saint Joseph’s College on Oct. 4.

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Football wins homecoming game against McKendree

By Derek Walter & Sophie Watson STAFF WRITER & SPORTS EDITOR The University of Indianapolis football team captured the homecoming game against the McKendree University Bearcats after losing in a margin of seven points to Truman State University the previous weekend.

Before the game against McKendree, head football coach Bob Bartolomeo expressed his confidence taking his team into the weekend.

“We have confidence coming into the game against ... McKendree,”Bartolomeo said before the game. “They [McKendree games] are conference games, and it makes it a little easier because we have faced them several times over the years.... It is going to come down to the fourth quarter, and we just need to execute.”

After going into the halftime break with a tie at 17, the Hounds came back out to shut down the Bearcats in the third quarter, not letting them score a single point.

After redshirt sophomore quarterback Jake Purichia left the game due to an inury, redshirt freshman Bryce Stancombe came in to lead the offense.

The men took the lead in the third quarter when redshirt junior kicker Brad Shickel kicked a field goal taking the score to 20-17.

In the final quarter, the Hounds allowed the Bearcats to rack up seven points, but still were able to score 14 of their own and get the win. The game winning play was identical to the that of last year’s, when Stancombe got his third interception of the game and took the ball the other way to score once more with less than two minutes on the clock. The play moved the final score to 34-24 sending McKendree home in defeat.

The previous Saturday the Hounds lost to the Truman State Bulldogs after not being able to score from inside the ten-yard line in the closing minutes of the fourth quarter.

The Bulldogs took the early lead 14-0 in the first half, before the Hounds finally scored on a pass to sophomore wide receiver Malik Higgins with only 1:02 remaining in the second quarter. Higgins led the charge, catching a variety of passes from 18 to 20 yards, while scoring his third touchdown of the season.

Purichia threw the longest Greyhound pass in 13 years at the 20 yard line. Higgins picked up the ball at the end of the field for an 80 yard sprint to get the next touchdown.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Truman Bulldogs fought back with 10 unanswered points. In the final minutes of the game the hounds made several attempts to drive the ball but fell to Truman 24-17.

“We just keep giving effort,” Bartolo-

meo said about the season thus far. “We have not given up, even after a slow start.”

The team came into the Truman State and McKendree games after a career milestone by redshirt junior running back Andrew Walker, who became the 13th Greyhound in school history to hit 2,000 career rushing yards.

“It was never a goal. I just wanted to come in and help the team win,” Walker said. “I just want to thank my offensive line throughout the years.Without them, I would have never been able to accomplish such a remarkable goal.”

Bartolomeo had a lot of praise for Walker’s performance and said he leads his team on and off the field.

“Andrew has done his time and is one of the leaders of this team, by his actions and by his performances,” Bartolomeo said.

Walker said that the small size of UIndy has been very beneficial to him as an athlete and student. His coaches and teachers have pushed him to be his best and made him the person and player he is today.

“Every detail in the game is crucial and comes to the surface like in the business world, Walker stated regarding his education in business. “In the game though, hunger takes over, and I just want to win.”

For the next game, the Hounds will travel to Quincy, Ill. to battle the Quincy University Hawks.

Kick off will be at 7 p.m. on Oct. 15 at Flinn Stadium.

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Junior defensive back Martece McClinton leads the team in a march out of the tunnel at the homecoming game against the McKendree University Bearcats on Oct. 8.

Men’s soccer uses new heart monitor technology Men’s soccer coaches and players get an edge on the competition by integrating their new technology in games as well as during the recruitment process

By Melvin Mendez EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

The University of Indianapolis men’s soccer team has recently acquired new equipment that can be used during training or during a game called Polar Team Pro. The new device has many functions, including a GPS, functioning as a heart rate monitoring and also being able to track a player’s speed.

To be able to get the new equipment, it needed to be researched and then proposed to the administration board. Then, the board allowed the new equipment to be put in use, according to Head Men’s Soccer Coach John Higgins.

“It’s an unbelievable tool for us. Credit [goes] to our administration, Sue Willey in particular, for allowing us to go ahead and make that purchase,” he said. “It’s one where we have the top end heart rate monitors. They come in all different qualities, and we have the best ones. We have the one that the national team uses.

On that monitor, it has GPS tracking, so it is able to track every movement that our players do. We’re able to see it live, so we are able to see their movement, [and] see their heart rate. We’re able to look at their top speed and how many sprints they’ve had. Since we’ve had some training one of the biggest thing has been the training log for the guys during the week.”

Each player has his own separate information and requires data to be able to show what a player can improve upon, or simply what just needs to be worked on.

According to Higgins, because this is the first year that the new equipment is being used this season will be used to collect data and from there the new equipment will be able to be put in full use.

“Our guys are each assigned a number through the week for how hard they’ve trained. We’re not overtraining our players, were not undertraining our players, so that we can make sure that we get our guys peaking for the weekend. From that standpoint it’s [the equiptment] fantastic

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Freshman midfield Mase Koki drives the ball and makes a swift kick toward the goal in the match against the University of Southern Indiana on Oct. 2 at Key Stadium. for us. Now it’s the first year and we need some data. It’s not going to be until next year until it starts making a big impact for us. We’ve got some raw data, we’ve got some stuff that we can work with through the offseason. The offseason is going to be massive for us, we need to actually get VO2 maxes [maximum value of oxygen that an athlete can use] for our guys. We’ve got a test to make sure we get the proper starting heart rate for them, and that’s something that we need to do a better job on, moving forward. I think that right now we’re one of two teams in the nation in Division II that’s got it.”

According to Higgins, one way the

new equipment is put to use is in a way that it was not initially meant for, is for recruiting new players.

“Any kid that comes on campus sees what we do, and it automatically shows that we really care about men’s soccer here and we really care about our student athletes here, and we’re invested in making those student athletes play at their top performance.”

The new equipment involves contact among multiple people, at times when the coaches cannot figure something out or are missing something the company is there to help assist, according to Higgins.

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watched a couple of videos, just in terms of how to manage it,” he said. “They wanted us to go ahead and use them for the first few weeks, just so we had some data. And they actually came on campus and spent a full day with us, went through everything in great detail, and we utilize their team often with emailing back and forth. And they can also see our data, as we can, and they’ll take a look at us and tell us, ‘Hey, you need to keep an eye on this kid’ or ‘You’re training too hard on a Wednesday’ or anything amongst those kind of lines, and they stay in contact with us. It’s almost like having another assistant coach, given that you’ve got another set of eyes looking at the data.”

Although the new equipment has numerous functions, there are few steps that a player must take to use the equipment, according to senior forward Jake Meyer.

“For us, it’s simple. We just play with it. There’s not much that we really have to do, which is great. The coaches wash the straps for us after each session. They hand them out to us during film before we go out, they have the monitors ready for us so there isn’t much for us, to do except strap them on and play.”

Each player has an online profile, which he can check to see his data. Along with helping a player during training, the new equipment also can assist a player when recovering. One way in which the heart rate monitor can assist a player is by telling him how many calories he has burned during training or a game. From there, a player can check to see what number of calories he should consume to replenish his body.

According Meyer, the new equipment is the next step for a player to feel like a professional.

“It [purchasing the new equipment]

was definitely awesome, because growing up, you see clips of these professional teams and they’ve got the monitors and the vests, and you think that’s the level that the premier and top teams use,” he said. “So when we found out that we were getting these heart rate monitors, we were definitely buzzing about it. We were pumped, because we knew that the program was stepping up and going in a really good direction. And not only that, but we knew that we’d get good data from it and our training, our games, our play—and just the way that we would be managed—would be at a much more professional level. Which is what we need and is sometimes overlooked in Division II, because it’s not DI, and they [DI teams] look down upon us a bit. But it’s definitely stepping up and giving us that feeling of being top athletes as well so it helps us.”

This weekend the men achieved a win and a tie in their games against Quincy University and Truman State University.

On Friday, the Hounds defeated the Hawks in overtime after freshman forward James Jenkins lead the team scoring, both goals for UIndy. Next, the men drew a tie in the game against Truman University. The team scored early in the first half and held down their lead until the Bulldogs picked up a goal in the second half, ending the game at 1-1.

The previous weekend UIndy faced the University of Southern Indiana on Oct. 2 and Bellarmine University on Sept. 30. The Hounds were defeated by the Screaming Eagles 1-0 and picked up a 1-0 win against the Knights.

The Greyhounds next game will be against the Missouri-St. Louis Tritons on Oct. 14. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. at Key Stadium.

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Conversation Circles works to connect international, US students

By Mercadees Hempel MANAGING EDITOR

Out of the 5,400 students who attend the campus at the University of Indianapolis, 9 percent of the undergraduates and 8 percent of the graduates are international students, according to the Fast Facts about UIndy page on UIndy’s official website. Despite the numbers, Associate Director of the Writing Lab Dawn Hershberger noticed a couple of trends while observing the international students when she was a teacher and when she worked in the Writing Lab. Hershberger said that she noticed the international students would stick with other international students from similar countries. And when she was teaching, the students were more shy about speaking up in class, even if they were doing well in the class academically. After attending several conferences, Hershberger heard about Conversation Circles and thought that was a great idea.

Conversation Circles is a program started by Hershberger and the Writing Lab in which international students meet with native English speaking facilitators, who are also UIndy students and tutors in the Writing Lab. The groups meet in the Writing Lab, in the Schwitzer Student Center or in other locations that they decide upon. Once they are together, the facilitators will lead conversations among all of the participants about whatever subject they choose. The setting is meant to be very relaxed and not a class, according to Hershberger, with the goal being for the international students to practice their English skills and become comfortable with the language in a casual and non-judgmental environment.

“They [the facilitators] help dictate what to talk about,” Hershberger said.

“So they really are there just to be facilitators, to keep the conversation going, not to overrun it or dominate it. Our hope is that the international students that are

in attendance will do the majority of the conversing.”

The program was started last fall semester, according to Hershberger, so this will be the second year for the program.

Hershberger said that the University of Michigan, which has a very successful Conversation Circles program, provided a lot of materials for the training and preparation. To spread the word about Conversation Circles this year, the facilitators spoke at the international students’ orientation and in a few classes as well.

The facilitators also visited Internexus, an English Education Network near UIndy, that teaches English as a second language.

Hershberger said that last year, students from Internexus showed up at the Conversation Circles as well, and she hopes that will be the case again this year.

Conversation Circles kicked off on Sept. 12. Although 150 students expressed interest in the program, Hershberger said only a few have shown up. She hopes to get the word out about the Conversation Circles programing and is planning to meet with the Multicultural Engagement and Global Awareness Center about spreading the information.

There are six Conversation Circles being offered this semester. Two of them are weekly. The first meets on Wednesdays at 4 p.m., and the other meets on Sundays at 6 p.m. The biweekly Conversation Circle meets on Tuesdays at 5 p.m.

Finally, there are three weekly drop-in Conversation Circles held in the Writing Lab Conference Room in the Krannert Memorial Library. The drop-in times are on Tuesdays at 7 p.m., Wednesdays at 5 p.m. and Fridays at 1 p.m.

Hershberger said that it is open to U.S. and international students, and if anyone is interested in signing up for the weekly or biweekly circles, all he or she has to do is email Hershburger directly or sign up with a Doodle link which can be found on The Reflector website. Signing up for the drop-in times is not necessary; students only have to show up.

While the turnout has not been as large as Hershberger would like, she said that last year, the participants and the facilitators had a lot of fun. For example, one international student had the circle meet in her dorm, and she taught them how to make dumplings. One circle wanted to know more about the services on campus, so the facilitator took them around campus and showed them what offices and programs are offered. Another circle spent its hour looking up the members favorite music and making comparisons.

“What I’d really like to drive home is that mainly for the international students to know that this really is there for them,” Hershberger said, “that it’s something we would very much like to see them mold into whatever they find most useful….

It’s there to help give them confidence, to help them learn and also to help us learn from them, to have some intercultural exchange both ways, not just us feeding them American culture.”

Junior history and education major

Mary Anne Schneider was a facilitator last year and decided to be a facilitator again this year. She said that last year was a lot of fun working with Conversation Circles, and she and the circle would talk about social media, apps, school and other relevant topics. At first, Schneider said that she was nervous, but she is happy she signed up for the program because she wanted to improve her intercultural communication and meet more people.

Last year, Schneider facilitated a circle on a biweekly basis. This year, she facilitates the drop-in circle on Friday at 1 p.m. She said that she had a lot of fun learning about the students’ lives in their home countries, and that one week they visited a traditional Indian restaurant.

The next time they met, they went to a traditional American restaurant. Schneider said not only was it a great time and educational, but she gained communication skills as well.

“The ultimate goal is for them to improve their English speaking skills,”

Schneider said. “I feel like a big thing is small talk, and like the same thing that is benefiting me is benefiting them, like just being able to talk to someone with a different background as you but being able to keep up a conversation…. I just feel like I want them [the international students] to get a sense that they have friends that they can come talk to that are different from the people they usually hang out with, people they wouldn’t normally associate with, and learn different things because everybody has their own biases.”

Hershberger said that she hopes that the international students who participate will feel more comfortable and closer to the campus.

“We just want them to feel more at home here…. I just really want people to be aware that it [the Conversation Circles] is here,” she said. “And that it’s not a class, it’s a fun thing. It’s meant to be a place where you can meet friends and laugh and enjoy yourselves and learn from each other.”

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There are more than 1,800 subscription boxes listed on mysubscriptionaddiction. com. My Subscription Addiction is a blog started in 2012, originally created to review subscription boxes that now acts as an online directory, breaking down the many subscription boxes into categories and giving a brief description and price for each.

Subscription boxes typically range from $10 to $40, with some higher end boxes reaching $100 or $200. According to Shorr Packaging Corp., subscription box sales have grown by 3,000 percent in the last three years, with the number of subscribers reaching 21.4 million.

Subscription boxes are also popular on the University of Indianapolis campus.

Sophomore exercise science major Noah Smith subscribes to the Dollar Shave Club for $6 a month.

“So you can go online to Dollar Shave Club.com,” Smith said, “and look at different razors that they have and different gels and scrubs and stuff that you can put on your face. And you can order what you want, set it to different frequencies.”

Smith gets his box every month but said it is possible to get one every other month as well.

“I don’t have like an overabundance of it or I’m not desperately in need of it,” he said. “It comes exactly when I need it.”

Another student who subscribes to mail order subscription boxes is sophomore psychology major Noah Hinkley, who gets Ipsy for $10 a month. He said the company sends out different beauty products each month tailored to the customer’s preferences.

“It might be makeup. It might be skin care. It might be shampoo samples,” Hinkley said. “They let you fill out a questionnaire about things you like, different brands you like, what your skin type is, so they can send you better things. And every month they send you five random products that they’ve selected for you in a bag, a really cute bag that they design differently every month. And then you get to review the items that you got, and based on your feedback, they’ll alter what they send to you in the future.”

Both Smith and Hinkley received recommendations about their subscriptions.

Smith said his roommate suggested it to him, and he is glad he tried it.

“Before I started using Dollar Shave Club, I just had an electric razor that I used, and I didn’t really like it that much,” he said. “But now that I actually use the

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Smith said he thought Dollar Shave Club sounded like a good deal when it was recommended to him, and he now really enjoys using the products he gets.

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“It’s not like normal foam or gel. It feels like butter. You rub it on your face, and it’s like, ‘aw, it’s so soft.’”

Hinkley had a coworker who recommended Ipsy to him this year. He said he enjoys being surprised by what they send him each month, and usually does not open the preview email, although he said his favorite part about Ipsy is its review program.

“I like that you can get points for reviewing things,” Hinkley said. “Like at the end of every month, if you review everything you get you accumulate points and can use those for additional free gifts.

And also the reviews you leave help them send products that you will enjoy more. I like how you can give them feedback, and they’ll send you better things.”

Hinkley said that Ipsy, like many other subscription box companies, offers a discount if subscribers subscribe for a year at a time.

Subscription boxes also extend to larger companies and chain stores. Walmart,

Starbuck, Aidis, Amazon and Macy’s are just a few of the larger brand names that have gotten involved in monthly mail order subscription boxes, according to Shorr Packaging Corp. Hinkley said he enjoys not having to go to the store for beauty products, which could also explain why retailers have become involved.

“I think it’s just really cool to get … a nice little rewarding surprise every month,” he said. “So it used to be that I had to make lists—like ‘oh, I need this,’ ‘I need that’—and have to go out and buy them [the products]. But generally, if you have a subscription, [it’s] everything you need plus some fun stuff, and it’s kind of a surprise.”

Smith and Hinkley both feel subscription boxes are a worthy investment and enjoy getting them in the mail each month. Smith said receiving a package is one reason he likes getting Dollar Shave Club, and he thinks others may feel the same way.

“I think probably the biggest reason that they are popular is that people like getting stuff in the mail,” he said. “And you know, in our day and age, people don’t really get boxes or letters in the mail.

Everything is on everyone’s phones. So it’s nice to actually get something tangible.”

Photo by Mercadees Hempel

Mikail Bashir, who is from Nigeria, and Adjunct Faculty Laura Day discuss the differences in climate between the U.S. and Nigeria during Conversation Circles.

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Paving the way for Saudi women

By Ryan Wright-Jordan STAFF WRITER

Photo Contributed by Brenden Dudas

Two teams from Indy Southside Wiffleball League face off in the Dirt Yard, a wiffle ball field created by senior sports management major Brenden Dudas.

Wiffle ball brings friends, fundraising, fun together Student starts wiffle ball league to connect with friends, raise money

By Melvin Mendez EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

It is a Thursday night on the wiffle ball field, and the pitcher warms up to throw the first pitch of the game. The teams are getting pumped, fans are cheering and it is going to be a long night for senior sports management major Brendan Dudas, who started Indy Southside Wiffleball.

ISWB was founded in 2009 and is the premiere league of central Indiana. According to its website at ssindywiffleball. com, ISWB plays home to the best and most competitive Wiffle ball experience in central Indiana. ISWB has eight teams and gives out trophies. Dudas, the founder of ISWB, said it is a very real league.

“When people think wiffle ball they laugh at it, and it’s a lot more serious than people would think,” Dudas said.

“We belong to a National Wiffle League Association that ranks all of the teams in the nation and looks at all the teams and hands out player of the year awards and does a lot of really cool stuff. It’s a bit overboard, but to the people that are involved, the league is awesome.”

ISWB has two venues: the Dirtyard and the Graveyard. The older of the two venues is the Dirtyard. It was built on top of an old RC car track that Dudas had and was constructed in 2015. The Graveyard was built in 2016 and is called that because it was built on top of the original field.

When the league first began, there were only four teams that participated, but that number has increased to eight.

All the games are played on one night, and all the statistics are put on the web-

site the same night. During the games, pictures are taken, videos recorded and pitch speed tracked.

Most of the work needed for the league Dudas does himself, such as field work and website maintenance.

“I’ll come home from work and spend two hours out there raking and doing whatever I have to to get the fields ready,” Dudas said. “Most of my time commitment comes after game night on Thursdays. I’ll be up at midnight or 1 a.m. putting in stats and uploading pictures and videos, just trying to make sure that everybody gets the full experience and keeping it cool and interesting for everybody.”

According to Dudas, even though he does do a lot of work, there are times when he still needs help from some of the league's players.

“Every year, I look out for the guys who I’ve noticed are into it and committed and are there every week, and I’ll ask those guys for a little help planning the events,” Dudas said. “Every year, we’ve got the big all-star night, where we do a home run derby, and that’s where we raise most of our money. We have a cookout, then the all-star game and then fireworks.

So I always need help running that. There are guys that are super-committed and are more than happy to help me with that.”

Since the league was first formed its focus has been to provide an opportunity for a group of friends to spend more time together, according to Dudas.

“It’s really important to me. It’s a great way to get everyone together for one night a week and hang out and have fun,” Dudas said. “At this point in our lives, we all get really busy with school and

work and everything, so it’s easy to lose touch with everybody. For the most part, we’re all really good friends, and we get competitive with each other and have fun.”

One of the things that ISWB does is fundraise money for Whitley’s Wishes, according to Dudas.

“My niece [Whitley] died from a rare type of brain cancer called DIPG [diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma],” he said. “She has a fund in her memory that raises money for other kids, families. It raises money for local softball fields in Edwardsville, Ill., just basically anything that Whitley liked doing when she was alive. And [it helps] fulfill those wishes for other people. Throughout the year, we will have several little fundraisers to help raise money for Whitley’s Wishes, and we raise it through our own fundraiser called ‘Wifflin’ for Whitley.’”

Whitley’s fund is now one of the league’s main causes. Most of the fundraisers are for her fund, including the all-star game which is the league’s biggest fundraiser.

According to Dudas, ISWB is an important part of himself, his family and the community and it is not just a league, but a cause for something important.

“As far as the field goes, it’s a chance to put my effort into something, and it shows a reflection of me,” he said. “I’m a perfectionist, so I’m always out there doing things and making sure it's perfect for everybody. As far as the league goes, everybody is super-passionate about the cause behind it and raising money. It means a lot to us because of the support of friends and the support of community.

Once they find out that we’re raising money through it, it gets cooler.”

Heartbreak.” She spent a week there as author in residence, hosted by the dean of the chapel, living on campus, and interacting with students. The dean encouraged her to explore the idea of university chaplaincy.

“It was crazy, because this man had known me for all of three to four weeks, just in our planning for the trip,” Williams said. “He didn’t really know me.

And then while I was doing all the work, I just felt so connected to it and this idea of working with students. I was really discerning that God was calling me to university chaplaincy. It was something I’d never thought of, and then suddenly it was all I could think about. I started to pray about it.”

After a conversation with her godfather and spiritual mentor, who encouraged her to continue praying about the decision, Williams found out about the open position at UIndy and immediately applied.

She was offered the position and accepted the job in the Office of Ecumenical and Interfaith Programs. She said she felt like it was time for a transition from her current job and that God was opening doors for her.

“I just [had this] feeling like this was the right move,” Williams said. “It was like all the doors were opening. It was just like every little thing that needed to happen just happened and sort of opened up for me.”

Williams’ background differs from that of University Chaplain Jeremiah Gibbs, who has a background in both the Assemblies of God and United Methodist churches.

Williams’ background in the AME Zion Church is appealing to sophomore religion major and Chapel Student Director of Music Nate Raab.

“I think just the fact that she’s from a different faith tradition than the other leaders in the EIP office is a really valuable thing,” Raab said. “Her background is so different from anything we’ve had in the EIP office for a long time. So she’s going to be able to connect with a group of students that just haven’t felt as represented.

She’s already started doing that.”

Sophomore English education major Bekah Edmonds also believes that Williams’different background will positively impact students. “[She] will bring different kinds of religions together, which is really cool,” Edmonds said. “There will be a lot of fellowship that goes on, which’ll be great.”

Williams said her job focuses on interfaith programming and working with the chapel steward of interfaith, pastoral care and counseling, overseeing the chapel stewards and preaching in chapel worship once a month. She also would like to add gospel music to the Thursday night chapel program and lead a service trip this spring.

“I feel so blessed to be here. It’s been

Incoming chaplain brings new perspective to UIndy

By Maia Gibson EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Co-Chaplain and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy and Religion Lang Brownlee announced in the spring of 2016 that he was stepping away from his role as chaplain after 15 years of service. Shortly after, the University of Indianapolis began looking for a qualified individual to fill the position. In August 2016, the university announced that Rev. Arionne Williams had been hired. Williams began serving as associate chaplain on Sept. 12.

Williams worked for the Social Security Administration for eight years as a lead instructor for training programs in Kansas City, Mo. prior to coming to UIndy. She earned her Master of Divinity degree from Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Ill. She spent five years leading youth ministries and two years working in women’s ministry. In the spring of 2016, she created and led the “iSlay Bible Study Series: Secrets of the Savvy, Successful Women of the Bible,” inspired by Beyonce’s song “Formation.”

Williams’ work in women’s ministry helped her discern her call to chaplaincy, she said. In October 2015, she was invited to Lincoln University in Pennsylvania to do workshops and lead a women’s conference based on her book, “Love Like I’ve Never Been Hurt: How to Heal from

hijab or my religion.… Here Americans can accept my opinions, but there [in Saudi Arabia] they don’t accept it.”

Her primary concern when coming Senior communication major Malak to the United States was if she would be Aldawood is Saudi Arabia’s first woman able to wear her hijab on air. Both the to study electronic media and attends the producers at MTSU and UIndy TV5 University of Indianapolis.

News Director and senior communication Sharia law governs Saudi Arabia, so major Tanner Alexander did not have a the rights of women, according to social problem with it. conventions, are substantially different “It wasn’t something that I sat at my from that in the United States. While desk producing my news show and thinkthe late Saudi monarchal leader King ing, ‘I can’t have that on TV. She needs Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud enacted to put her hair down,’” Alexander said. many women’s rights proclamations, lack “That’s not my choice to make.… That’s of freedom of speech and ability to drive not my judgement call.… If it’s what and strict guardian laws still makes her comfortable—if affect the women of Saudi what it represents to her Arabia today, according to is more important … than the Washington Post. Alhow it looks on TV, [that’s dawood intends to become okay]. And it looks good by the women’s voice with the the way.” knowledge she has gained As a child, she saw Jordafrom her studies. nian journalist Ola Al-Fares “I have a new package on Middle East Broadcastfor next week’s news about ing Center and Aldawood Saudi girl’s rights,” she said. was in awe.

“And the community will “When I saw her on TV fight me about it, but my goal I immediately wanted to be ALDAWOOD is to deliver the Saudi voice, like her,” she said. [the] Saudi women’s voices.”

Aldawood’s first published The rights of Saudi women have event on social media was about a cancer increased notably in the recent decade. drive for Saudi Arabian women. She said According to the Washington Post, it resulted in an individual telling her to Abdullah opened a coed university named “go sell some food; we don’t want to see King Abdullah College of Science and girls on TV.” Following her report, the Technology in 2009 where women are Saudi community erupted in opposition. permitted to not Despite the outwear their veils, cry, Aldawood which cover continued to their faces, on persevere. campus. In “ I do not 2011, Abdulcare because I lah signed a want to deliver decree granttheir voices,” ing permission Aldawood said. for women to “I used to live vote and run for there. I know election starting the problems. I in 2015, according to the Washington know what’s going on with us.”

Post. He also proclaimed that there Progression leads to confrontation, should be a 20 percent female quota according to Aldawood.While Saudi Arafor the Shura Council, which advises bia has had positive change for women’s the monarchy, and then he appointed rights in the past decade, there are still 30 women. It is not a position of much those who believe in strict Sharia Law. power, although it is highly public and Aldawood said that the Saudi community gives them a platform from which to speak scrutinizes every step she takes. about women’s rights in Saudi Arabia, Alexander said that throughout history according to CNN. there always have been pioneers in social Aldawood came to the United States to reform that have met opposition similar to study electronic media because females are what Aldawood faces. He said that like not permitted to study it in Saudi Arabia. the social activists of the past, Aldawood Initially, she went to Middle Tennessee continues to work against opposition.

State University in 2011 but came to “She is paving the way for people who UIndy in the fall of 2015 didn’t think this was possible for them,” “I really love UIndy,” Aldawood said. Alexander said. “I think her tenacity is “I was really sad when I came here, but definitely something other people should UIndy made it very easy for [me] and admire. So many people are complacent [is] a comfortable place to do my work. and just okay with whatever they can get.

They [people at UIndy] didn’t make me And if that were Malak’s case, she would feel different. They didn’t care about my not be here.”

“The community will fight me about it, but my goal is to deliver the Saudi voice, [the] Saudi women’s voices.”

Photo by Shane Steel

Rev. Arionne Williams’ office is located in Schwitzer 203. Williams began working at UIndy on Sept. 12. a very warm community, very supportive in a number of ways,” Williams said.

“I’m just ecstatic to get up every day and do work that is meaningful to me, that I feel called to do, work that I feel is deeply rooted in my divine purpose. So for that, I am just overwhelmed with gratitude.”

Williams already has made an impact on the students involved in the chapel ministry. Edmonds likes Williams’ preaching style and the energy she brings to the EIP office.

“She’s very sweet, [and] she’s got a great sense of humor,” Edmonds said.

“It doesn’t even feel like she’s a chaplain, because she’s so personable.”

Raab believes that students will learn a lot from Williams, especially since she is the first female chaplain UIndy has had in several years.

“It’s a little bit weird that we haven’t

had a female chaplain,” Raab said. “It’s one of the more identifiable characteristics of the UMC that students haven’t had the opportunity to witness. I think it’ll be a learning experience for a lot of students in a really good way.”

Williams hopes to provide students with learning experiences and support for as long as she works in the EIP office and with the chapel ministry.

“I really love to meet people and see how I can be supportive,” she said. “The biggest thing is that my door is open. If there’s any students or student organizations that feel like I could be somehow supportive to them, just shoot me an email [or] stop by the office. I just want to be as helpful and make as meaningful of a contribution to this campus as I can.

My door is wide open, and my heart is wide open.”

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

THE REFLECTOR

FACS spins Jane Austen novel ‘Emma’

By Morgan Ellis ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR A trio of faculty members in the music department offered an ensemble of classical repertoire from the nineteenth century representing the time period of Jane Austen’s fictional character and novel of the same name, “Emma,” on Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ruth Lilly Performance Hall for the Faculty Artist Concert Series. Assistant Professor of Music and mezzo-soprano Mitzi Westra, Director and Professor of Music and pianist Rebecca Sorley and Assistant Professor of Music and violinist Austin Hartman performed together in a staged setting to replicate a parlor mentioned in the novel “Emma.”

According to Westra, composers and their music were selected by Westra, Sorley and Hartman after finding that English composers were not around to produce music for that specific time period. Music from composers such as Christoph Willibald Gluck, Ignatz Pleyel, Johann Baptist Cramer and John Field were performed.

“When we sat down and started thinking about ‘Who are the English composers of this time?’ we drew a blank because there wasn't anybody,” Westra said. “We did Pleyel, who is French and German, we did Gluck, who is French and Austrian….

Everybody from Mainland because there really wasn't anything [else].”

During the performance, a total of 12 pieces of music formed the set list; some pieces were duets and some were solos. Westra sang two pieces composed

by Gluck and a set of five Scottish Folk Songs arranged by Pleyel.

“This was supposed to be amateur music-makers, and the way I sing Italian arias is not amateur. If I were to sing like an amateur, it probably wouldn't be what they [the audience] were looking for for the evening,” Westra said. “Character-wise, I’m thinking the whole time that I’m up there . . . Emma, herself, she’s constantly

thinking about interrelationships; she was a matchmaker to the nth degree.

There was a piano player who knew that she was better than she [Emma], and she [Emma] had to admit it, and it really hurt.

She didn’t like to admit that somebody was better than she was, but she had to admit because it was really obvious. There were all kinds of personal interconnections that were going on all around all of the time. After reading the book, her brain was always going that way, thinking about the stratified society [of that time period].”

According to Westra, the music department has put on Faculty Artist Concert Series events in the past that had a timely theme, such as a German Liederabend. A Liederabend is an evening of German art songs dating back to the 1800s, according to the New England Conservatory.

“We’ve had a German Liederabend a long time ago, where we kind of did the same thing. Liederabend were very much the same thing; they were meant to be done in small salons, and we had a little setup,” Westra said. “We also had some more adjuncts involved that year, so we had a few more people on stage, rather than just three. There were about four or five of us that got up and switched off.

Every once in a while, the piano department will do something from specific [time] periods. [These events are] not terribly often, because if you get all music from one period, it starts to sound kind of the same.”

At UIndy, an interdisciplinary course, Communiversity, is offered and meant “to bring together current students, alumni, faculty, staff and community members to model and promote life-long learning,” according to the UIndy course catalog.

Communiversity asked the UIndy music department to host an event for their Lecture/Performances schedule.

“I’m in the Communiversity class on ‘Emma,’ but all of these lectures are not required,” said sophomore professional writing major Kara Wagoner. “We [the class members] have to attend at least

Photo by Morgan Ellis

Mitzi Westra performs “Que faro senza Euridice” with Rebecca Sorley accompanying her for the FACS performance, replicating the time period of “Emma.” one because we have a paper due over at least one. For me, I went to the music performance because I like music performances. I also hadn't really connected with everyone in the class yet, so I wanted to put faces to names since it’s online. To do that through a performance, I thought, would be a good idea,” Wagoner said.

Wagoner said she was involved with music and instruments for years and considered music as a career opportunity when she was in high school. This performance, and Hartman’s violin performance, was special to her.

“I was in band, and I’ve played flute since the fourth grade. And I’ve played in a couple [of ] pit orchestras in high school.

I’ve never played strings, but they’ve always been my favorite,” Wagoner said.

Wagoner believes that lecture perfor-

mance put together with music presents a better visual to students versus an adaptation or lecture.

“I’ve read a lot of Jane Austen, but outside of Jane Austen, other than requirements for class, I don't do a lot of reading for that time period. Even reading ‘Emma’ from this semester and reading ‘Pride and Prejudice’ and seeing the movie[s], it’s pretty obvious that music was a big part of their lives.

Even by just having people over, you were expected to entertain and impress through music. Seeing that [the scenes from ‘Emma’] brought to life by having that chair and floor lamp, kind of how they would in a sitting room, helped me picture what was going on in those scenes [of the book],” Wagoner said. “I think they bring visuals that are a little more

genuine than a movie adaptation or a book .”

According to Wagoner, a lot of people from the community came to view the performance, and she believes that a lot of people from older generations enjoy viewing these kinds of performances.Wagoner stresses that events by the music department are often over looked by students on campus and hopes that students will attend more of these performances in the future, not just for Lecture/Performance credit but to sit and listen to art.

The next Lecture/Performance by Communiversity on campus will be “Donna Adams: Pride and Portraiture: Painting in Jane Austen’s World” on Oct. 24 in the Health Pavilion theatre. There will be a reception at 6 p.m., and a lecture to follow from 7 to 8 p.m.

Community theatre program features UIndy music student in show ‘The Addams Family’

General music major Ivy Bott, cast as Wednesday Addams in the musical “The Addams Family,” performs for Footlite Musicals in Indianapolis

By Morgan Ellis ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Photo contributed by Gary Nelson

Ivy Bott, as Wednesday Addams, holds Joseph Massingale, as Lucas Beineke, captive from other girls.

They’re creepy and they’re cooky, mysterious and spooky, and since 2009, “The Addams Family” musical has toured in Chicago, Tokyo, Mexico and on Broadway. Recently, presented by Footlite Musicals community theatre program for three consecutive weekends,“The Addams Family,”featured University of Indianapolis junior general music major Ivy Bott as Wednesday Addams. “The Addams Family” was directed by Ed Trout and performed at Hedback Theater located at 1847 N. Alabama Street in Indianapolis.

Bott’s character, Wednesday, is 18 years old, and she has met a boy named Lucas Beineke. They have fallen in love with each other. Lucas is the epitome of a normal guy who has his quirks but comes from an extremely normal family. He and his family are not used to the Addams family, but he is taken by Wednesday and is attracted to her weirdness.

“The Addams Family”story is all about how they make it work and how their parents make it work aside from their reactions to their children’s relationship.

In the end, the moral of the story is that there is no such thing as normal.

Bott said that as a music major, each student is required to take private lessons with a faculty member in the music department who teaches that student’s instrument. Bott’s private voice instructor is Assistant Professor of Music Mitzi Westra. Westra had been working closely with Bott to improve her vocal technique for her role as Wednesday, in order to save her voice for years to come.

“The belting technique that I’m teaching is actually classically oriented. It’s like, ‘How can we make you sound like a belter while you’re using the classical technique?’

Now that she’s doing that [the belting technique] more often, all she really has to do is play with her vowels a little bit and take some of the vibrato out, and it sounds like belting,” Westra said. “You can fool people into thinking it’s belting while you’re making a very healthy sound.”

Working in Westra’s studio has helped Bott improve her vocal technique for her musical role as Wednesday and for future musical roles.

“She’s really been working with me

on creating a healthy sound. And I know for this musical, that is very much so the opposite of what they [directors] wanted,” Bott said. “She has taught me how to create that sound, and I also know how not to blow my voice out doing the unhealthy sound.”

Bott’s musical theatre career began when she was in eighth grade playing as Mrs. Potts in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast Jr.” “That was really the experience that set me up to continue in [musical theatre].

It’s where I learned that it was something I really enjoyed,” Bott said.

Wednesday Addams has been Bott’s dream role since the day she received news of the creation of “The Addams Family.”

“It’s always the current project, but Wednesday Addams will always be my favorite [role] for a long time, because she’s been a dream role since [my] sophomore ye a r o f h i g h school. Since the musical came out, I’ve been obsessed with wanting to be Wednesday Addams,” Bott said. “This experience has been special, and so I think she’ll be a favorite for a long time.

According to Bott, the most emotional parts of the musical come about more during the rehearsal than the performance, because she tends to get too intense on stage. She tries to balance out the really intense moments between rehearsals, so that during performances, she has more control over balancing her emotion and control over what she is doing.

Leaving the stage when the curtain is drawn, Bott finds some of the most memorable moments of her performances when she meets the audience members.

“I had a really special experience this time, being able to go out in costume. A lot of the little girls in the audience can relate to Wednesday, which sounds kind of strange considering her character, but it’s really cool to have little girls come up to you and say, ‘Hey, you were my favorite person! I love Wednesday, [and] I’m going to go as Wednesday for Halloween,’” Bott said.

“There was one girl in particular.... She has this passion for musical theatre, and she just connects with musical theatre on a deep level. You can just see it in her eyes. She’s come to at least three of the performances, and every time after the show, she’ll come and give me this huge hug, and it’s so special.”

Aside from being a part of “The Addams Family Musical,” Bott is active in UIndy’s Concert Choir and select courses that are major-specific. She’s been involved with UIndy’s vocal jazz ensemble Crimson Express directed by Professor of Music Peter Schmutte and the Jazz Combo in years past.

“Working in ensembles has taught me how to be respectful of the conductor and the music director,” Bott said. “Being in ensembles has also taught me how to rehearse ensemble music and how to be ready for rehearsals. It can be challenging during rehearsals, when there are members who don't study their music outside of rehearsal.”

Westra said she expects her students to show up, be on time and possess integrity during their time in class, just as any other professor in any other department would expect of their students.

Bott’s experience as Wednesday and meeting with audience members has offered her inspiration for her other shows.

“She [the girl mentioned before] is the type of person who makes it worth it. The first time she came up to me, it was a really good reminder that it’s not always about perfection. It’s about getting an emotional response from the audience by inspiring someone. It’s good to have a reminder, because as a perfectionist, I can tend to forget that.”

Upcoming events by Footlite Musicals community theatre program include “Monty Python’s Spamalot,” beginning in November and running through December; “Little Shop of Horrors,” during the month of January; “Anything Goes,” during the month of March; and “Dreamgirls,” during the month of May.

“Wednesday Addams will always be my favorite [role] because she’s been a dream role since [my] sophomore year of high school.””

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>>Based on Ransom Riggs’children’s book, ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ turned into a much- anticipated major motion picture.

Directed by Tim Burton, the movie premiered in theatres on Sept.30.The story follows protagonist Jake, played by Asa Butterfield, who uncovers the mysterious secrets regarding his grandfather’s bedtime stories. In the process, he realized the dangerous truth about the lives of the peculiar children and his family. With the help of the children, Jake discovers his role and makes it his mission to save the others. Impeccable casting by Susie Figgis’ of some bigname actors–such as Eva Green as Miss Peregrine, Samuel L. Jackson as the antagonist Barron, Allison Janney as the psychologist Dr. Golan and Terence Stamp as the infamous grandfather–truly helps bring out the characters of the book. Burton, who is known for a darker genre of movies, kept the movie fun and entertaining by incorporating humorous one-liners in the witty dialogue. The humor etched throughout the darker moments keeps this movie light and enjoyable for the family. Although fans of Riggs’ book will notice a number of changes in the movie adaptation, Burton’s longtime screenplay writer Jane Goldman kept the spirit of the story perfectly intact. Overall, whether you are a fan of the book series or just a fan of Burton’s work, I recommend venturing out to see this outstanding movie.

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>>Getting his start by singing sixsecond covers on Vine, 18-year-old Shawn Mendes is still captivating his fan base with his sophomore album “Illuminate.” In 2015, Mendes broke onto the music scene with his debut album “Handwritten,” his third single “Stitches” peaking at number 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Although young for his age, Mendes breaks away from the typical boy band sound and merges the singer-songwriter genre with rhythmic pop melodies. “Illuminate” opens with the track “Ruin,” a personal favorite of mine, which channels Mendes’ inner John Mayer with wavering guitars and harmonies. “Mercy” is Mendes’ all-tooliteral romantic plea with a layered chorus and heavy drum beats.“Patience”channels Jason Mraz’s acoustic storytelling is the tale of a complicated relationship while an EDM-Justin Bieber-inspired “No Promises” echoes the desire for an uncomplicated one-night stand.

Reminiscent of his first pop hit “Stitches”, the catchy, drum heavy “Treat You Better” is Mendes’ crooning promise of being a better man than the current lover of his object of affection. “Honest” features an Ed Sheeran-inspired, guitar-picking riff, but Mendes fails where Sheeran succeeds in lyrical poetry. “Illuminate” produces several worthy tracks balancing Mendes’ acoustic singer-songwriter and soulful pop-rock influences, but the rest of the album falters with the wannabe groove of more mature contemporary artists.

>>Walking into this gorgeous and super chic shop in Broad Ripple, I felt like I was walking into a café in Paris, or probably another city besides Indianapolis. The décor is absolutely beautiful, and I almost felt under dressed walking in. However, the sweet smell of baked goods and coffee hit me immediately and made me feel right at home. Choosing from among all the options, which can vary daily, is probably one of the most difficult decisions you can make. One of the most popular options, Earl’s Court Chocolate Cake, was featured on Food Network’s “Guilty Pleasures”and has been served to celebrities such as Elton John. The shop has a few staples and then also rotate selections based on season.

Caramel Apple Crumble and Pumpkin Chocolate are a few of the fall options.

I went with a slice of the Raspberry Champagne Cake, and it was a wonderful choice. The vanilla cake was filled with raspberry jam and fresh raspberries, brushed with champagne syrup, and topped with champagne frosting and more raspberries. Even not being a huge cake fan, I thought the cake and frosting were a soft and delicious balance. I paired my slice with a glass of champagne. It was my 22nd birthday, so why not? The only negative aspect was the price. With a single slice ranging from $10 to 13, my bill came to $20 for my cake and drink. We are all definitely lucky to have The Cake Bake Shop in Indianapolis for days when we feel the need to splurge and celebrate.

>>“Wolf Boys,” written by Dan Slater, is a riveting story that plunges the reader into the violent world of a Mexican drug cartel. At first, I was expecting it to be a slow read. Then, to my surprise, the pace quickened. At first glance, Gabriel Cardona appears to be a normal American teenager, but under the surface of his poster-boy look is a hardened criminal. At the ripe age of 18, Cordona is working his way up in the business; “going national” as they call it.

In the United States, a detective named Robert Garcia, has been transferred to local crimes. Robert and Gabriel seemed to be on separate paths. Little did they know, they were closer than ever to meeting up. The focus of the book is on teens that were turned to the disheveled Mexican drug trade. This focus pulls in the reader as quickly as a fictional mystery. But this is a nonfiction story, written so well it seems like a fictional thriller.The action scenes had me hooked.

Once the pace picked up it didn’t seem to stop. When Cordona is taken into the United States for a drive by, he is questioned about his boss. Once he returns to Mexico, Garcia is closer to tracking down one of the biggest drug lords of Laredo, Mexico. This book is a great read, but its one drawback is that gang members are talked about in great length, and at times, it is hard to keep up with the large number of characters and their backgrounds. Other than that, this is an amazing book!

>>Conveniently located next to the Greenwood Park Mall, You Are The Potter is a pottery-painting store that is fun for all ages. As I walked into the busy studio on a Saturday afternoon, the employees greeted me with warm welcomes and smiling faces. The staff was very friendly and attentive, to answering any questions that I had and also suppling a list of helpful tips for painting. The price for the pottery ranged from $6 to $70, along with a studio fee that is half the price of the piece. The studio fee includes paint, paint brushes, stamps, stencils, idea books, glazing and firing. I chose to paint a bowl for $15 with a studio fee of $7.50. The studio had a nice variety of paints to choose from, but I ended up picking a pastel purple and blue for the base color and design of my bowl. I spent three hours painting that day, but it was such a blast that it felt like only one. Being the perfectionist that I am, I couldn’t even finish in time before the shop closed, so the employees actually let me come back the next day free of charge. After you finish perfecting your piece, you leave it with the employees for a week so they can glaze and fire it. If the piece happens to crack or break in the kiln, they even let you paint a new piece for free. I absolutely cannot wait to see how my bowl turns out. Even if you think you have no artistic ability at all, I highly recommend going to You Are The Potter.

The friendly staff will make sure to help you every step of the way.

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By Maia Gibson EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Jazz vocalist and Adjunct Lecturer in Music at Indiana University of Bloomington Rachel Caswell gave a concert at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept.

28, in Ruth Lilly Performance Hall as part of the Jazz Concert Series.

J a z z S t u d i e s D i re c t o r M a rk O’Connor was in charge of bringing in the artists for the Jazz Artist Concert Series. He chose Caswell because of her talent as a vocalist.

Caswell sang songs from her most recent album, “All I Know: Duets with Dave Stryker and Jeremy Allen,” and her first album,“Some Other Time,”as well as songs of non-jazz artists from the 1970s and 1980s. She was accompanied by an instrumental trio that included a guitarist, bassist and drummer.

The first song Caswell performed was “Sometimes I’m Happy,” by Leo Robin, Clifford Gray and Vincent Youmans and made popular by Nat King Cole. It featured both vocal and guitar improvisation.

Next was “For All We Know,” by J. Fred Coots and Sam M. Lewis, the inspiration for the title of her second album, according to Caswell. The song included vocal, guitar and bass improvisation.

Caswell’s third song was “Fragile,” written and performed by English musician Sting. Caswell sang the song in a jazz style, featuring vocal and guitar improvisation. O’Connor said he liked that Caswell chose to incorporate more modern pieces, such as “Fragile” in her set. He hoped the audience was able to take away something from Caswell’s blend of traditional jazz standards and modern pieces.

“I hope that the main thing that they took away from it is that good music is good music, no matter what style it is,” O’Connor said.

Following “Fragile,” Caswell sang “How Deep Is the Ocean,” originally written by Irving Berlin and performed

by Frank Sinatra and Billie Holiday.

Vocal, guitar, bass and drum improvisation was added to the piece. To follow, Caswell performed a slower song written

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Adjunct Professor of Music Thomas Gerber performs for Friday Nights at the Keyboard.

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Rachel Caswell performs during an evening of jazz for UIndy’s Jazz Artist Concert Series.

by Billy Strayhorn, known for his work with Duke Ellington. “A Flower is a Lovesome Thing” which featured a solo guitar intro and bass and guitar improvisation. “Marsh Blues” by jazz saxophonist Christine Jensen, followed Strayhorn’s piece. Caswell vocally improvised the entire song, which also included guitar, bass and drum improvisation.

“Agua de Beber,” by Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim and lyricist Vinieius de Moraes, was the seventh song in the set. While the song was originally written in Portuguese, Caswell sang it in English.

“I Didn’t Know What Time It Was,”

by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, followed. The piece featured vocal improvisation by Caswell as well as guitar and bass improvisation. “Drown in My Tears,” by Henry Glover and performed

by Ray Charles was the next song.

The piece, originally written by Henry Glover, was made popular by Ray Charles,

Caswell told the audience. Caswell concluded her set by singing a jazz rendition of “The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)” written by American musician Paul Simon for Simon and Garfunkel.

Throughout the duration of the song, Caswell encouraged the audience to snap along as she sang.

O’Connor encourages UIndy students to attend the other concerts in the Jazz Concert Series throughout the school year.

“We’re lucky at UIndy that we have world-class talent coming through [in] the Jazz Concert Series and Jazz Week,” O’Connor said. “Particularly with the Jazz Concert Series, we’re lucky to be featuring the great talent that we have here in Indianapolis. That’s really what that concert series is all about.”

Upcoming in the order of performance for the Jazz Concert Series are the Tucker Brothers, who will perform at 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 30 in the Ruth Lilly Performance Hall.

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Magical Carnival

By Angie Mercado STAFF WRITER

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(Top) Junior biology and psychology major Lauren Bryant receives a face painting during the event.

The University of Indianapolis held the annual Homecoming Carnival in UIndy Hall on Oct. 4 last week during Homecoming. What was previously known as a circus-themed celebration, was transformed this year into a magical escape, fit with a magic show. The event had its usual stations with activities, prizes and snacks that had been put together by students and faculty members.

The Harry Potter-themed stations from each residence hall allowed people to participate in activities such as face painting, wand making, watercolor painting and posing in a photo booth for a mugshot as a prisoner from Azkaban.

Assistant Director of Residence Life Timeshia Keys said this was the first year that the university had stepped away from the carnival theme and had not done a magic show in four years. She said she liked the way the event gave students a different way of seeing their professors.

“The event as part of Homecoming Week helps the students come together and see the faculty in a different light, with their families, than what they would normally see in the classroom,” Keys said.

Director of University Events Jeffrey Barnes also gave insight on the event and its setup. “[We started] figuring out the actual event—so a theme, the date and time, how it fits into the Homecoming schedule and deciding how to set up,” Barnes said.

The different stations were set up along the perimeters of the room, with a center stage arranged for the magic show.

There also were decorated tables toward the back of the room for people who wanted to take time to relax and eat.

The decorations also included projections along the walls and hanging magician’s hats and wands.

The Homecoming magic show was one of the many events available throughout the week for the campus and the community.

The magic show was set to start at 5:45 p.m. and audience members made their way to their places where the children took up the chairs in front of the stage, and the adults mainly at the tables in the back.The magic show starred Ace and the magician Chad Collyer and began with participation from audience members.

Children volunteered to go up on stage with Collyer and Ace and assist in the different tricks and illusions, such as spoon-bending, guessing tricks and making objects appear out of what was thought to be an empty bag. Adults occasionally were asked to join in on the tricks as well or to assist the children with some. Additionally, jokes told throughout the performance kept the entire audience engaged for the duration of the show.

After the show, Collyer said his experience at the event was “all right.”

“I had to play it down for this type of audience,” he said. “I usually add mindreading and hypnotism in other acts.”

Collyer explained how he got into basic magic at first and then went on to teach himself more advanced tricks by reading or attending seminars. Despite the show being over, Collyer performed a couple of tricks for audience members who went up to him wanting to see more.

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HOMECOMING KING Stephen Price

ComedySportz Show

By Erik Cliburn EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Once again the troupe from ComedySportz Indianapolis performed at the University of Indianapolis during Homecoming Week. The ComedySportz match was held in UIndy Hall A on Oct. 6 at 9 p.m. The large turnout nearly filled all the seats. The match opened with introductions of both the red and blue teams. The red team featured team captain Aaron Stillerman, Courtney McClure and UIndy alumnus Andy Wegg. The blue team included team captain and UIndy alumnus Daryl Hollonquest, Aili McGill and another UIndy alumnus Nate Coder.

According to McGill, audience turnout and participation is key when it comes to matches.

“Audience participation is absolutely mandatory for ComedySportz,”McGill said. “We can’t do what we do without an audience who wants to be there and have fun. I actually kind of like a crowd that is unsure to begin with, because I love that process of winning people over, figuring out what’s going to make them laugh and have a good time.”

The first round of the match started with a head-to-head game called “What Are You Doing?” in which the players used an audience suggestion and then acted out difference aspects of the suggestion until one of the players ran out of ideas. After the blue team won the head-to-head game, they went on to play the game “Texts from Tonight.” That game involved the blue team members borrowing cell phones from audience members and using text messages from the phone as lines of dialogue.

The red team then played the game “Columns.” Two audience members

were called to the stage, and at any time, the red team members could call on the participants to finish their sentence within the scene.

The next head-to-head game was titled “Three Rooms.” All players were split into groups of two, then three separate scenes had to be acted out, each scene starting its dialogue using the last sentence of the previous scene. The next game, “Five Things,” was played by the red team. It was a charades-style game in which Stillerman and Wegg had to use mime and gibberish to get McClure to guess five obscure and absurd activities suggested by the audience.

An example of an activity would be that you are playing cricket, but your bat is a panda bear and the ball is a dragon fruit.

“Hyper Flashback” was the third headto-head game played during the match.

Players would act out a scene based on an audience suggestion while the ComedySportz referee DJ Murray could flash back, flash forward or “flash sideways” in terms of the characters made up in the scene.

The next game the blue team played was called “Forward Reverse.”Players would act out a scene based on an audience suggestion, but Murray could call either to reverse or advance the scene at any time.

The red team played “Advice Panel” next, and Hollonquest acted as host for an advice panel made up of red team players.

Each player would make up a character and attempt to answer questions posed by the audience. Wegg based his character on Kory Vitangeli.

The final game was head-to-head called “It’s Not You, It’s Me.” Players would make breakup-related puns based on words suggested by the audience. The red team was declared the winner of the match and awarded the proclaimed “meaningless trophy” for their effort.

Wegg was excited to return to UIndy and perform in front of his friends and

former classmates.

“It’s pretty surreal [returning to UIndy],” he said. “It’s because of UIndy that I discovered ComedySportz. I was just one of those students coming in two years ago saying, ‘Oh my gosh. I need to do this’.

Last year, I tried out and made it [onto the ComedySportz team]. I graduated this past semester, and now I’m back doing the show. And it feels really cool.”

Wegg discussed what pushed him to join ComedySportz during his senior year at UIndy.

“I actually did not [have previous experience]. I wanted to try something new, something that scared me, and just step out of my comfort zone,” he said. “I love acting and I love theatre, but this was something I had ne ver done before.”

According to Wegg, Comedy Sportz has introduced him to a whole new group of people in the Indianapolis area.

“It [ComedySportz] has exposed me to an entire new community here in Indianapolis,” he said.“ComedySportz isn’t just made up of theatre people.

It ’s made up of doctors; it’s made up of accountants.

[ComedySportz has] people at Starbucks to people who are CEOs of their companies. It just brings these random people together who all have a passion to make everyone laugh and to make everyone smile.”

Senior theatre major Lizz Krull explained why she enjoyed attending the ComedySportz match so much.

“I was one of the alternates in my high school league,” Krall said. “I haven’t seen one [ComedySportz match] in a while though, so it’s really nice to get to watch, especially the people that were in our de-

partment [theatre]. It’s really fun to get to see them do the thing I love.”

According to Krull, it was also fun to see some of her friends and former classmates perform at the match.

“It was great because we know their [the UIndy alumni] senses of humor really well,” Krull said. “They both [Hollonquest and Coder] do a lot of standup, and they would try out their routines on us. They’re the people that you go to for one-liners in class. It’s like seeing your friend[s] on a sports team do really well. You’re just really proud of them.”

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Hound Hustle 5K

By Sophie Watson SPORTS EDITOR

Photo by Darion Hutchinson

HOMECOMING QUEEN Gracynn Jennings

University of Indianapolis students, faculty and staff, along with members of the community, laced up their running shoes to participate in the third annual Hound Hustle 5K Run/Walk to kick off homecoming activities on the morning of Oct. 8.

Professor and Chair of Chemistry Kathy Stickney has been in charge of the event for all three years that it has taken place and said she was enthusiastic about this year.

“We put a lot of time into figuring out the course,” Stickney said. “It goes past all of our new [and] renovated buildings, so it highlights the campus really well.”

According to Stickney, Associate Professor of Chemistry David StyersBarnett mapped out the course and was very involved in other aspects of the run.

The course began at the football stadium and wrapped around the field and back onto Hanna Avenue. Then it continued down Otterbein Avenue, past the newly renovated Martin Hall which also was on display later that day, along with Lilly Hall. After crossing over to Bowman Avenue, the course wrapped back up around Key Stadium one more time before passing the renovated Lilly Hall for the last look at the new renovations.

Sophomore computer science major Lucas Spray said this was his second year running the 5K with his family.

He hopes to continue the tradition for the next two years and keep improving

each time.

“I would say the best part of the 5K was being able to see the finish line and finishing,” Spray said. “Also, knowing that I won the bet with my dad that I beat him in the race … I would say the Hound Hustle this year had a lot more people, so that way there are more people to push you and hopefully make you get a better time.”

Participants in the 5K run paid a $20 registration fee, which included a T-shirt and a $5 donation to the academic department of their choice.

New this year was that cash prizes were awarded to the top runners. Stickney also expressed excitement about the prizes and giveaways for the top individuals, as well as the door prizes for random lucky runners.

A $25 cash prize was given to each of the first place male and female runners and gift cards were awarded to the runner-ups and third place runners. Prizes also were given to the top runners in each age division. Door prizes included gift cards, goodie bags and other small prizes.

After the 5K, the Ace Chase event began for young participants. Runners age 10 had an opportunity to run a small course with the UIndy mascot, Ace. “Ace is there, and he will run a lap around the Smith Mall,” Stickney said. “We have the kids split up into two sets, a younger set and an older set, and it is their job to run down Ace. But a lot of times, Ace has to stop and tie his shoes, so the kids usually end up beating him.”

This activity included a meet-and-greet with Ace and a short run around Smith Mall. Prizes also were given to each of the young runners.

Stickney said she plans to continue the event in the coming years.

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Runners from UIndy and the surrounding communities participated in the Hound Hustle 5K on Oct. 8.

Homecoming Parade

By Zoë Berg FEATURE EDITOR The University of Indianapolis Homecoming Parade, one of the many homecoming festivities leading up to the football game, started at 4 p.m. on Oct. 8. The parade lasted for about a half hour, starting behind the Schwitzer Student Center, continuing down Campus Avenue past the dorms to Hanna Avenue and ending in front of Key Stadium.

Representatives of the Marion County Sheriff ’s Department and UIndy Campus Police Department led the parade.

Then came the cheerleaders, cheering the Greyhounds on for the win. The parade also featured the pep band, homecoming court, floats made by representatives of the residence halls and RSOs and other community organizations. Because the parade’s theme was “Out of this World,” most of the floats had a space theme.

The Collegiate National Association for Music Education’s float featured the solar system. Junior music education major and NAfME Collegiate President Shaina Liv Lescano said they got the inspiration for their float from music.

“We thought about “Out of this World,” and one of the most iconic pieces that involves space is ‘Mars,’ which is part of ‘The Planets,’ by Gustav Holst,” she said. “And so we did planets theme. So we pretty much just put the solar system on our golf cart.”

Their float had planets hanging from the top around the golf cart. Lescano said they used streamers around the planets to represent space and had the sun on top of the golf cart.

“We used crate paper, known as

streamers, styrofoam balls, and then the sun is made out it’s like a styrofoam half ball thing that has tissue paper taped onto it,” she said. “And then we have a styrofoam wig head that we painted green to look like an alien.”

As an extension of their float, NAfME Collegiate had some of its members marching behind the float playing music.

“They’re going to play some ‘Star

but people to accompany it dressed as the show’s characters.

“It’s a great 90s show from [our] childhood,” said graduate student in strategic leadership and design Kyle Johnson.“And our costumes are representing some of the characters. [For example,] we have Miss Frizzle…. We thought it [the float] would represent the fun energy of Cravens Hall in general.”

Johnson said they made the float out of yellow spray-painted cardboard and construction paper. Cravens’ float also featured dry ice at the back of the golf cart, to give the float the appearance of having rocket boosters.

The Biology Club also had a float in the parade.

According to sophomore biology major Jayme Hambleton, it took Biology Club members about six hours to create their float, which looked like a space rover. “[We made it out of ] a lot of cardboard and . . . shiny fabric,” Hambleton said.

She said they got the idea by thinking about what they could do that was “sciencey,” and a rover was suggested. The driver of the Biology Club’s rover wore a space suit, to complete the space theme.

The parade also featured a “Space Jam” float from Photo by Jennifer Ulrey Crowe Hall, a Pizza Planet and Buzz Lightyear float from

Wars’ stuff,” Lescano said. “We couldn’t find any Gustav Holst arrangements. So that’s still pretty fun.”

Another of the golf cart floats was made to look like the Magic School Bus. It was created by representatives of Cravens Hall and featured not only a float,

UIndy Dance Marathon, a float that looked like Wall-E from the Student Organization of Latinos, an “Angels in the Endzone” float from Central Hall, an “Up”float from Warren Hall and a “UIndy Circle K Mourns Pluto” float.

Also marching in the parade were the Circle City Sidewalk Stompers Clown Band, and the Prison Greyhound volunteers, who were walking about 10 greyhound dogs. President Robert Manuel also rode in a convertible, showing his support.

Sophomore pre-med major Laura McKee attended the parade.

“Honestly, [I came] because I wanted candy,” McKee said, “but also because a lot of my friends are RAs, and they’d been building these floats [and] spending a lot of time on them.”

McKee said she enjoyed the parade and thought it was a lot of fun.

“It was super-fun seeing everyone dressed up and everything,” she said.

Freshman nursing major Bailey Lannan also attended the parade after hearing about it from her RAs. She said she thought it looked like fun, and she enjoyed it.

“I always love seeing the police officers and the military coming out,”Lannan said.

“And the floats were really interesting, because they decorated them.”

Lannan said her favorite float was the Biology Club’s space rover. McKee liked Warren’s “Up” float.

“I really liked Will [Parslow],” McKee said. “He dressed like Russell, from ‘Up,’ and it was the cutest thing.”

Both women planned on attending the UIndy football game against McKendree University later that evening in Key Stadium. During halftime, Stephen Price and Gracynn Jennings were crowned Homecoming King and Queen.

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FREE High-Speed Internet & Cable Online Payment Options Energy Efficient Appliances Washer & Dryer in Every Apartment Controlled-Access Building

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