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‘Cosmos’ scientist speaks at UIndy

Famous astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson speaks to UIndy students about the importance of science for the future

By Kameron Casey EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Astrophysicist, author and educator Neil deGrasse Tyson visited the University of Indianapolis on Oct. 22. Tyson came to speak as a part of his “This Just In: Latest Discoveries in the Universe” lecture series as well as the UIndy Blanche E. Penrod Lecture Series in the Nicoson Hall arena.

More than 4,000 people greeted Tyson with a standing ovation, while another 400 students and community members viewed a live stream of the presentation in Ransburg Auditorium.

Tyson presented in a manner that almost anyone in the crowd could understand. Rather than clouding his lecture with indecipherable banter, he covered complex topics in layman’s terms. Using

a slide show to guide the presentation, Tyson shared his feelings on “supermoons,”Pluto’s status as a “planet,”about which he also has written a book about, and the lack of development in the U.S. advances in space exploration.

Audience members also were treated to a guest phone call from Tyson’s colleague Bill Nye, also known as “the Science Guy.” Mid lecture, Tyson’s phone rang, and Nye offered a few words of wisdom to the crowd.

“You can change the world,” Nye said.

“I want everyone to know our place in space and to know and appreciate that Dr.Tyson and I work together to advance space exploration so that we can have an optimistic view of the future and, dare I say it, change the world.”

Sophomore political science and nursing major Trace Plaugher appreciated Tyson’s style of presentation.

“Dr. Tyson presents his information in a way that even the simplest minds can understand. He presented himself in a professional yet humorous fashion,” Plaugher said. “I believe that very few scientists have the great presentation and social skills that Dr. Tyson has. It would be cool if more scientists presented in Tyson’s fashion.”

Tyson was born in the Bronx in New York City, where he attended public school until his graduation from the Bronx High School of Science.

He later received his bachelor’s degree in physics from Harvard and his doctorate of astrophysics from Columbia. He also has served on two commissions for President George W. Bush as well as NASA’s advisory council.

In addition to these achievements, he has had 10 books published, including a memoir and a number of books covering a range of topics in astrophysics. What he

may be known for most recently is his 2014 “Cosmos” series that ran 13 episodes on Fox. The show aired in 181 countries in 45 languages and was nominated for 13 Emmy Awards. Tyson has been praised for his efforts to popularize science.

“You could tell from the audience reaction that they were completely enthralled,” said department chair of Physics and Earth-Space Science Stephen Spicklemire. “It was amazing to see how captivated they were by a conversation about science.”

Spicklemire viewed many of the topics Tyson touched on, including climate change, disease and meteor strikes, as important points. He viewed other topics as more simplistic, but nonetheless, topics that make their way into the news periodically (e.g. the blood moon, super moon, etc.)

One of the points Tyson touched on

was America’s shrinking status in the science world. He emphasized the correlation of countries with thriving economies to their excellence in science. Spicklemire agreed with Tyson on this matter.

“It seems to me that the U.S. needs to invest in science again,” Spicklemire said. “Dr. Tyson is focused on educating the general public. My personal focus is educating our student-citizens and others through courses we offer and community outreach events we organize. My hope is that a scientifically literate and aware public will be motivated to elect representatives who share an appreciation of the importance of investment in scientific research and discovery.”

Tyson’s next lecture is his “This Just In” series is at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass.

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2004: Appointed by President Bush to serve on the “Moon, Mars, and Beyond” commission 1995: Began writing under the title “Universe” for the Natural History magazine 2009: Began hosting the podcast “StarTalk”

1994: Began working at the Hayden Planetarium

June 1980: Obtained BA in Physics from Harvard University

2006: Became host of “NOVA ScienceNow” 2006: Appointed to served on the NASA Advisory Council

Oct 5,1958: Born in Manhattan, N.Y.

2001: Appointed by President Bush to serve on the Future of U.S. Aerospace Industry commission

2014: “COSMOS: A Space-Time Odyssey” premiere, with Tyson as host Graphic by Kyle Dunbar

New master of public health program offered at UIndy, only one in Indiana

By Robbie Hadley BUSINESS MANAGER

The Five Year Plan at the University of Indianapolis is creating many changes and additions intended to expand the services the university offers. Among those changes is a new Master of Public Health program.

“A master of public health program is [for] someone who wants to go on to work on health issues on the population level, at the community level,” said interim director of the Master of Public Health Program Shannon McMorrow. “There are lots of programs in the country and a few in the state, but what makes ours unique is because it is the only master of public health program that specifically

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Michael Martone speaks at UIndy for Kellogg Writers Writer Michael Martone visited the University of Indianapolis to a reading from his fiction as a part of the Kellogg Writers Series on Oct. 7. Martone has written 12 novels and is a professor of English at the University of Alabama, where he teaches creative writing.

Although the event was a late addition to the calendar, many students attended. Sophomore creative writing major Christian Blanco was one of the students.

Karen Gettert Shoemaker gives new writing perspectives Karen Gettert Shoemaker made an appearance to share her writing at the University of Indianapolis in the Schwitzer Student Center on Thursday, Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m. Shoemaker lives in Nebraska, but she travels to share her work. She is a writer, teacher and business owner.

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has a concentration in health disparities in the Midwest. ” McMorrow explained that health disparities are avoidable differences in health. She said that those involved study the death rate from avoidable diseases and differences among various racial and socioeconomic classes. She also explained the rationale for starting the new program.

“Our university’s philosophy is dedicated to community service, so there was a lot of leadership across the university that was focused to help reduce disparities and have that align with what UIndy is all about,” she said.

The program has enrolled several students. Garrett Sheets, is a first-year student in the Master of Public Health Program with an undergraduate degree

in biology and chemistry. He graduated from UIndy in 2013 and, after graduation, pursued a Ph.D. program at Purdue University where he first heard about UIndy’s new program.

“A lot of the research that we were doing was very specific and molecularly based,” he said.

“I found that I was more interested in the wide-scale population effects of the disease [Progeria,] which was not what we were focusing on in that laboratory. I made the difficult decision to come home and study at UIndy.”

McMorrow said that while the most common degrees are sociology, anthro-

pology and communication, the Master of Public Health program accepts any undergraduate degree.

In addition, M c M o r row said it is the only program designed for the students in the program to work full time. The program is predominantly online, unlike many of the other programs. This allows students to study for the degree while living and working wherever they are.

Some students live as far away as South Bend or Evansville, only coming up once a semester for a meeting. Sheets works full time while studying for his degree.

“There is a wide scale of disciplines that

“I think that if you have an interest in population health and various disparities that exist in communites, it would be a good fit.”

you can come from that can branch off into public health,”he said.“I was in biology and chemistry. You can come from very technical fields, or you could come from more related fields like anthropology, sociology or communication. I think that if you have an interest in population health and various disparities that exist in communities, it would be a good fit.

There are also various opportunities in the community.”

McMorrow also suggested that anyone who is interested should have a strong background in community service, since that is what the program is most widely used for. Anyone interested in more information on the Master of Public Health program can contact McMorrow or the kinesiology department in Ruth Lilly Fitness Center 104.

UIndy library will adapt to technology, student, faculty needs

Krannert Memorial Library renovations will include new furniture, study rooms and more.

By Jessica Hoover STAFF WRITER The Krannert Memorial Library will soon undergo some changes due to the technological advances of the 21st century. When the library was built in 1977, funded by the Krannert family, it was not made for all of today’s technology. Christine Guyonneau, university archivist and associate librarian, compared the libraries of today with those when she went to school.

“Life is changing tremendously because of technology. You, students, are doing things quite differently from what we were doing,” Guyonneau said. “One of the things that this library was not built for was the arrival of technology.”

This prompted committees to start brainstorming ideas about how to improve the accessibility and connectivity of the library. Matthew Shaw, director of Krannert Memorial Library, attended many of these committee meetings.

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“We need more space [in the library], so one of the goals is to consolidate the print collections into a single area and to utilize the remaining space for active learning,” Shaw said. “We want the library to be a place where students and faculty can work together, where students can come study individually, they can study in groups [and] they can practice presentations in study rooms.

We want this to be a place where learning is happening.”

Some new additions to the library include study spaces, new furniture, outlets and more. The majority of this new furniture will be easily movable, unlike the current bulky chairs and couches. The egg chairs will not be removed. A strong possibility of the renovation is the addition of a coffee shop. “[A coffee shop] is one of the things that emerged in the discussions with students and faculty,” Shaw said. “I think that

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there’s a high demand for it, and I think that there will need to be those kinds of social spaces in the renovated library to make it truly more welcoming.”

Some other things that Shaw hopes will be changed are some of the service areas and the front desk on the first floor.

“You walk in the door, and you are g re e t e d by that fortress of a desk. It’s a barrier, and it’s not inviting,” S haw said. “One of the things that we want to do is create spaces and service spaces that are more inviting to students, where a student really feels like they can approach a librarian, sit down and have an impromptu conversation about their information needs.”

The renovations to the library may affect students and faculty in a number of ways. While these changes may be beneficial in the long run they also may be an inconvenience during the switch.

“We want this to be a place where learning is happening.”

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“I think our students are looking for more places on campus to work together and to work with faculty,” Shaw said.

“I think this will have a real impact on student success. ... [I hope] the renovated library will offer the kinds of spaces and the active learning environment that our students and faculty are looking for.”

Shaw also said that the library will remain open for students and faculty to use during renovations.

“There are going to be times where some of the spaces won’t be available during renovation,” Shaw said. “The plan is that the library will remain fully operational during the entire renovation.”

Even with inconveniences Shaw is excited about the changes.

“We will experience some kind of displacement, and the collections are going to have to be moved,” he said. “Service areas will likely be moving, but we have a good team here that I think is flexible and agile enough that we can continue to offer access to our collections and services throughout the renovation period.”

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OCTOBER 29, 2014

Vote and make your voice heard Turning away from politics will hurt your chances of helping any sort of real change in your life

By Quiaira Johnson ONLINE EDITOR

Source: Rock the Vote’s October 2008 Press Kit.

Graphic by Brian Lambright

For the 2010 elections, nearly 71 million unmarried women, people of color and individuals under the age of 30, who make up the Rising American Electorate voters, did not vote, according to Voterpaticipation.org.

According to the same website, more than 46 million members of the RAE failed to vote and of these non-voters nearly, 37 million were not even registered.

A large percentage of those in this group are young individuals between the ages 18 and 29.

They make up about 51 percent of the RAE’ s that are not registered to vote according to.These numbers demonstrate the large pool of unregistered potential voters.

I’ll take a moment to be completely honest, voting has not been something that has been on the top of my to-do list, either.

If anything, my priority was to try to stay as far away from politics as I could.

But can we ever really stay away from

politics? The answer is simply no. There is a political element in everything, and political decisions will be made whether you participate or not.

So often, I hear people complain about Congress, about laws that are being passed, or about how their voices are not being heard, but have not even done their part by voting.

Voting helps you make a difference.

Individuals complain that the system is “corrupt” or is “ineffective.” And while the system will never be perfect, there is always hope for improvement.

Voting for the candidates that you feel are going to make a difference is important; you have the power to make them respond to you.

As Americans, having the right to vote is something that is very valuable, but is a forgotten privilege.

There are countries that cannot hold elections and countries where women and minorities still cannot vote.

Although voting is not required in the U.S, it is a privilege that people around the world would be grateful for.

It is also a right that millions of men and women gave their lives to secure.

Voting gives me a choice to decide on which candidate I feel is best to be the voice of our country, state, county or whatever the case may be.

If you don’t vote how can you complain about what you don’t like about what’s taking place?

I am not saying that those who vote have the right to complain, but at least they are attempting to get their voices heard.

There are many states that require registration weeks before an election in order for individuals to be able to vote.

If you are interested in voting and don’t know how to register to vote visit your resident state’s government website in order to find the steps.

For those who are residents of Indiana, visit www.in.gov/sos/elections/2403.htm.

The opportunity to register for this election has past, but that’s the beauty of our system. Another election is just two years away.

Young people, women and underrepresented individuals have fought hard for the privileges of being able to vote.

So set aside a half-hour this Tuesday and vote.

It’s your right, and your duty.

A student reacts: Pink Week

By Sarah Hunker STAFF WRITER When I was 15-years-old I got the worst news I could ever have imagined.

My grandmother had been diagnosed with stage three ovarian cancer.

My grandmother and I were close, especially since my family lived right down the street from her.

You never think about such harsh realities when you’re young. It may be too hard even to fathom anything so negative in your life.

When my grandmother passed away just three years later, I never understood why.

All I knew was the strength she conveyed and instilled in me. That is something that I will carry for a lifetime.

Cancer is a growing problem and one type has become extremely prominent. It can strike either gender. Breast cancer has affected too many lives and continues to do so. I personally have an aunt who battled and overcame it.

It was not an easy fight for her. Many donations were made, not only by our family, but by others as well. This generosity from strangers was astounding, and I never knew that generosity could go such a long way.

The University of Indianapolis has done a fantastic job of showing its support in the matter.

Pink Week offered students many ways to make donations to the Susan G. Komen fund.

Pink Week was so successful because cancer touches many lives. Many people will donate to such a cause, especially if it is something that ultimately hits home.

UIndy has given us a tremendous way to donate and raise awareness about this cause.

Breast cancer will continue to be a growing problem if it is ignored, so raising awareness will certainly help spread the word about this growing issue.

Many families deal with multiple types of cancer, and UIndy has shown support for that, too.

By holding Pink Week each year, the university has shown its concern for outside issues that don’t have exact school involvement.

Pink Week made me feel very supported because my family has been personally

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affected by cancer, just as many other students and their families have been.

Raising awareness for this cause has brought up many emotions within me.

Just the reminder of not being alone makes you feel human.

Many students have dealt with cancer in their lives, and knowing that UIndy fully supports its students is a huge comfort.

As the Susan G. Komen Foundation has said, “Breast cancer touches us all.

It’s a journey we take together.”

Cancer is a journey taken not just by an individual loved one, but by the entire family.

Support can go such a long way, even if you donate to someone you have never met before. The generosity and support can extend to a multitude of families.

We all have been taught to fight for our spots in life. Some people need help in that fight, and this is one of those times.

All the donations made to multiple cancer organizations give us the chance to help find a cure and help those in need.

The process of finding a cure has been daunting, but there is no room to give up in this fight.

My grandma always told me that life should be lived no matter what situation you encounter.

When she was diagnosed, she never let it faze her. That is what I admired the most. All of the donations and walks our family did for her proved more than just our compassion. It proved our strength as well.

Cancer has made its mark on my life, it has taken away some of the most amazing people I will ever know, but you can’t let that limit your life. You have to learn and grow from it.

I feel that UIndy has given me a chance to learn and to make a difference. Walking to the Perk that Monday morning astounded me.

All of the balloons and the prominence of pink week took my breath away, as cheesy as that sounds.

October shouldn’t be a time of grieving about cancer, it should be a time of celebrating all the good that can be done, not only to beat breast cancer, but for all of the other cancers as well.

The not-so-hot zone Cartoon by Ahmed Adel

Needless fear of ebola is distracting us from the real issues we face in everyday life

By Kylee Crane MANAGING EDITOR

I am sure we all have recently seen someone post online about either traveling by plane or having to go to the doctor to which another person must make the comment, “Watch out for Ebola!” or “You must have Ebola!”

And while some people seem to be taking the issue lightly, many more Americans seem to be in a panic.

In a recent Gallup poll of more than 1,000 Americans, a fifth of them said they were legitimately worried they would contract the disease.

Sure, I would be panicking, too, if I lived in West Africa where there are more than 9,000 cases of Ebola.

Those developing nations do not have the state-of-the-art medical care that we do.

Let’s start with the most critical fact about the disease. Ebola cannot be contracted through simply just being in the

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same vicinity as someone with the virus.

One must have contact with bodily fluids from someone with Ebola. Of course, this did not stop a Maine elementary school from putting a teacher on a 21day leave, after she went to an education conference and just happened to stay at a hotel miles from the hospital where an Ebola patient had died.

Second, more Americans have been married to Kim Kardashian than have died from the disease so far. I think that is all that needs to be said.

While Ebola is the hot topic of today, the hysteria about the disease is the epitome of what the real epidemic is in America: fear.

Today, we teach young children that they cannot ride their bikes to the end of the street because someone might snatch them up, and police officers have to roam the halls of schools to decrease the chances of another school shooting.

I am not trying to say that these things are nothing to be worried about, because they are very real and do happen.

But instead of making people feel

protected, we instill in them more fear by constantly bombarding them with the idea that these things will happen.

We run to the emergency rooms when someone has a cough or the sniffles in fear that they have contracted a rare and fatal disease, because we assume the worst possible scenario. It’s hard not to when all the news stations have been repeatedly reporting on a deadly virus that has surfaced.

We refuse to meet new people or talk to strangers on the bus or plane, because we are taught that everyone is out to get us.

In fact the last time I was on a plane, I talked to a little girl about her vacation, and the mother looked frightened that her daughter would even talk to me, a stranger.

We sit in our homes at night in paranoia, yet we have the most advanced medical care, strong security and relative peace. We have a much higher standard of living than most of the rest of the world.

Instead of putting on surgical masks every day and avoiding others while walking down the street, we should take action to fix the real problems facing us.

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OCTOBER 29, 2014

Red Line to include UIndy in route

By Michael Rheinheimer OPINION EDITOR

in order to make it into President Obama’s 2016 budget.

According to Northup, if the plan does not make it into Obama’s 2016 budget, funding will rely on a referendum. Senate Enrolled Act 176 would authorize that referendum, which would be a vote to decide whether or not the people of the eligible counties would support a .1 to .25 percent increase in income tax in order to support development of transit systems such as the Red Line.

Northup said the plan calls for realtime information on arrivals and delays and off-board fare, and hopefully there would be no more than 10 minutes between departures from each station.

This will be achieved through the use of dedicated traffic lanes and the use of signal priorities. Northup said that this would allow for quick and dependable travel, so that a rider could show up at a station and expect a bus to come by shortly.

The line will operate 20 hours on weekdays and 18 and-a-half hours on weekends and holidays.

The fleet will be made up of 17 electric powered buses, which according to Northup and Lotter, has drawn positive attention from the federal government.

Northup believes this will improve their chances of receiving federal funding.

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The University of Indianapolis has been designated as a future stop along the planned Red Rapid Transit Line, according to the Indy Connect website.

The planned north-south route will run from Carmel to Greenwood through downtown Indianapolis.

According to Indy Connect, the Red Line will be a Bus Rapid Transit system.

This style of rapid transit combines elements of both light rail and buses.

Assistant Executive Director of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization Sean Northup said the decision to add UIndy as a stop came after research into the area.

“That was a very big, methodical analysis to understand which streets had the highest potential to carry high capacity – where is the build environment rate, where is the density, where are there sidewalks?” Northup said.

The choice was between Madison and Shelby streets. Northup said that because Madison is a sunken street, and because the university has thousands of people on its campus every day, Shelby Street was selected.

President Robert Manuel said that he sees this as a great result of the FiveYear Plan.

“For any major, urban city there are a number of ways and corridors that people travel. And along those corridors, you find vibrant arts communities, vibrant living communities, vibrant economic development zones,” he said. “... To be on one [corridor] that the city is considering shows potential for all of that to happen, with university input and certainly with private interest along and around campus.

I think it will help with the development of the area.”

According to communications director for Mayor Greg Ballard Marc Lotter, construction on the line could begin in 2016 or 2017, depending on how the project receives the majority of its funding.

Earlier this year, the Indianapolis Red Line Planning Studies group received a $2,073,200 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grants allow for either construction or planning.

Northup said the planning committee is hoping to receive between 50 and 80 percent of its funding from the federal government. They will need to have their funding proposal filed by the end of 2015

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University of Indianapolis

Reaching loan limits

Financial Aid and Accounting off ice encourage students to seek f inancial guidance

By Brian Lambright STAFF WRITER

Photo by Shane Collins-Yosha

President Robert Manuel gives his speech on diversity at the Celebration of the Flags. The event took place in the Athletics and Recreation Center this year on Oct. 9.

Annual Celebration of the Flags highlights diversity

By Shane Collins-Yosha DISTRIBUTION MANAGER

The 26th annual Celebration of the Flags took place on Thursday, Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. It is an event at which international and American students celebrate the diversity at the University of Indianapolis.

“It means a lot to me, as an international student, that the university recognizes the need to show off our diversity,”said senior computer information systems Darcy Bax from Greece. “It was an amazing feeling going up on the stage and waving my country’s home flag and having the crowd cheer.”

The Celebration of the Flags is usually held on Smith Mall but due to rainy weather, it was relocated to the Athletics and Recreation Center.

The event began with a procession of flags, one flag for each country from which the university has an international student.

Three students performed a song called “Moonlight in the City” with traditional Chinese instruments. Junior business

education major Roshanne Smith spoke about the pride she felt holding a flag in the celebration. Indianapolis Student Government President Tyler Offutt spoke as well. President Robert Manuel gave a speech about the importance of diversity on the campus and how he has diversity in his own life.

“I thought the Celebration of the Flags was pretty interesting,” freshman pre-athletic training major Jeff Todd said. “The way that they showed each individual country was pretty neat for myself. Coming from a small town, you don’t get to see a lot of diversity. But coming to a place where you get to see a bunch of international students every day is pretty awesome.”

After the speeches, students had the opportunity to go to four tables that were set up in the ARC. These tables repre-

sented Africa, China, Saudi Arabia and India. At these tables, visitors could learn a dance, try different foods and complete a “passport” for a chance to win a free sweatshirt. “[One of my favorite parts was] definitely seeing all the different types and kinds of flags. I am a huge flag guy and even have a flag collection at home,” Todd said. “Also seeing the different types of art styles that represented the flags was something that you don’t get to see a lot of.”

Many freshmen attended the event, which was required by their New Student Experience classes.

“I think that it’s important to have the freshmen required to go,” Bax said.

“It lets freshmen see a lot of culture and diversity that they normally would not see on a day-to day-basis and lets them appreciate these different cultures.”

“It means a lot to me, as an international student, that the university recognizes the need to show off our diversity.”

Student loans, and other methods of funding one’s education, are a concern that most students at the University of Indianapolis must face. From scholarships, grants or loans, students explore a variety of options when seeking funding for tuition, room and board. When any student gets close to his or her student loan debt limit and does not know what to do next, he or she can go to the UIndy Financial Aid Office.

Assistant director of Financial Aid Sandy Osborne can offer guidance and information to students when they reach their limit.

“We offer links on the Financial Aid website along with having brochures and a scholarship book in the office to assist students,” she said.

Osborne said that the one thing students must do to receive help from the office and receive loans and financial aid is to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. “Once a student has done that [filed FAFSA], the Financial Aid Office can furthermore assist students on what they can do to be able to cover the cost of attendance,” she said.

Osborne also said that students should be aware of interest rates when they take out loans because that is money they will have to pay back. “ … It [the loan] is accruing interest throughout the time a student is going to college,” she said. “Even though students do not need to pay on the debt while you are attending college, it is a good idea to pay down the interest at least.”

As for scholarships and grants, students can find help and financial aid

in their own departments, according to Osborne.

“It is a good idea for the student, once they get to their second year at UIndy, to check within their own department of study to see if they [the departments] are awarding grants and scholarships to students that can be on merit or need based,” she said.

The Accounting Office at UIndy is also a place that can help students by helping them set up payment plans to pay back their loans.

According to Assistant Bursar Andrea Stranak, 700 students last semester used some kind of payment plan to pay off their loans. Stranak said there are multiple plans from which a student can choose, but it depends on when the student sets up a payment plan.

“Each semester, we have an up to five-month payment plan, if they have it planned out,” Stranak said. “Next option would be a four-month plan. Subsequently, there is a three-month, and then it would go to a half-and-half payment plan.”

Osborne said the National Student Loan Data System is beneficial for students.

Their website is NSLDS.ed.gov. This website not only has all federal loans offered on it, but there is also a breakdown of each loan. There is a Frequently Asked Questions forum that addresses questions students may have, such as “When do I have to start repaying my student loans?”

Stranak said that if any student needs guidance with financial aid, he or she is free to stop by and ask for help.

“The thing we want to stress to the students is to come see us if you are having issues trying to pay one’s bill,” she said.

“Don’t hesitate to stop by the Accounting Office. We try to work with students as much as we can.”

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Football set to appear on CBS Sports Network

By Robbie Hadley BUSINESS MANAGER On Thursday, Oct. 30, the University of Indianapolis football team will face off against the Pumas of Saint Joseph’s College. The game will be televised nationally on CBS Sports.Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics, Dr. Sue Willey, and many others, such as Student Affairs, have partnered to prepare for the game and create a theme for the fans.

“We are purchasing 4,000 black Tshirt; it’s going to be a blackout game.,” Willey said.“We feel like people are going to be excited. The NCAA is excited since they are right here [in Indianapolis].”

The Pumas are currently 5-2 on the season, with both of their losses coming from the Great Lakes Valley Conference.

CBS Sports has never featured UIndy in a Thursday night game within the nine years that they have been airing Division II football.

“Saint Jo is pretty good. We almost lost to them at their place last year. It was right down to the last minute,” Willey said. “Hopefully it is going to be a good game. They are also the closest team to us, so I think having two Indiana teams in Division II football, the only two in the state, makes for a great story. Saint Jo has at least 300 people coming to tailgate before [the game]. I am sure that we’ll show up and find fashion. We are looking for a great atmosphere.”

President Robert Manuel has high expectations for the upcoming game.

“I think that it’s a terrific opportunity for the university and all that we have to offer,” Manuel said. “Not just football and the athletic traditions we have, but the student support and service aspects of what we do. It’s a chance to broadcast what we do here on campus across the country.”

With many departments and organizations across the campus making preparations, Manuel has very high expectations for the game and the coverage, and hopes for the university to be shown at its best

on the big stage.

“We are honored to be asked by the NCAA to host one of these games and really grateful that they would think we should be one of the teams that would be on their weekly show,” Manuel said.

“I hope the nation can see the uniqueness of the education and the students and the faculty all the work that we do here.”

According to a June 6 press release from the NCAA, the game will be the last of only seven Division II games to appear nationally this year.

Though division II sports rarely get national coverage, there are a number of professional players drafted out of schools with division II programs every season. The most notable of these players are Eugene Sims of the St. Louis Rams (West Texas A&M University) and Adam Vinatieri of the Indianapolis Colts (South Dakota State).

There are also plans to advertise the university during the game to further increase visibility.

“There is a video spot that will be aired in thirty second increments throughout the show,”Manuel said.“The video shows our students interacting with our faculty and shows a lot about the university and what we are known for academically.”

Aside from the players, the University will also get a lot of coverage above the normal level of a division II program.

“Because this is on a national network, it goes to 100 million homes. Obviously seeing the product that far and wide is great,” Willey said. “We are getting it out regionally, but this is national. It’s a great time for UIndy to show what a great institution it is and what a great program we have.”

The NCAA will also be presenting the annual check to their division wide sponsor, the Make A Wish Foundation.

In 2012, NCAA Division II Athletics raised nearly a half of a million dollars for the organization.

After the Thursday night competition, the Greyhounds will next be in action against Missouri University S&T on Nov. 8 with kickoff scheduled for at 2 p.m.

Men’ssoccerhopesfor tournament chance

UIndy draws and falls in conference play over the weekend

By Laken Detweiler STAFF WRITER The University of Indianapolis men’s soccer fell 1-0 in a double overtime battle against Lewis University in their last home game of the season on Oct. 26.

Despite the Greyhounds outshooting the Flyers 21-7 and having five shots on goal, the team could not find the back of the goal.

In the final 30 seconds of the second overtime, Lewis scored the first and final goal of the game.

Two days before, the Greyhounds battled into another double overtime game against University of Wisconsin -Parkside, resulting in a 0-0 tie.

UIndy outshot the Rangers 26-8, with junior back Daniel Wellman leading the team with seven shots for the night.

The Greyhounds earned wins at home on Oct. 19 against the Maryville University Saints, by a score of 6-2, and on Oct. 17 against the University of Missouri-St. Louis Tritons by a score of 3-0.

UIndy struck early against Maryville, after senior forward Ngwese Ebangwese scored in the 7th minute of the first half.

Maryville tied the match with a goal of its own in the 17th minute, but the 1-1 score did not stand for long. Two minutes later, senior midfielder Casey Castle scored on a rebound from Ebangwese’s shot, putting UIndy ahead 2-1.

The Greyhounds continued to dominate in the first half, putting up three more goals to make the score 5-1 at the half. Two of the five goals in the first half came from Wellman off of corner kicks by freshmen midfielder Josh Ling. The duo scored twice, in the 27th minute and the 43rd.

Sophomore forward Jacob Meyer also scored in the first half for the Greyhounds, with his then team-high sixth goal of the season. Meyer’s goal came from a pass by Wellman at the 42:27 mark.

UIndy continued to stay strong throughout the second half of the match, as Ebangwese added another goal to the

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The Greyhounds huddle up during their match with the University of Missouri-St. Louis Tritons on Friday Oct. 17. scoreboard during the 57th minute, giv- second half resurgence. Kurz got his first ing the senior five goals on the season at goal of the season from a midfield pass the time. by junior forward Patrick O’Brien at the The Greyhounds’ win over Missouri- 47:28 mark. O’Brien contributed more St. Louis came on a special night for the assists and helped Meyer score the next team, which took the field at the begin- goal in the 54th minute with another ning of the match with Braden Tamosaitis, pass from midfield. The Greyhounds’ who has been a member of the team final goal came in the last two minutes throughout the season as a TeamIM- of the match, when junior forward Zak PACT student-athlete. Braden started for Mitiche passed the ball to Wellman, and the Greyhounds and donned the No. 10 Wellman took a shot that passed between jersey for the Crimson and Grey. a defender’s legs, ending the match with “Braden [being a part of the team] is a 3-0 final score. Verhonik once again absolutely special, one of the most special took the win in goal for the Greyhounds, things that I have seen out there [on the making seven saves in the match. field], and I have been at UIndy for 10 Looking at where the Greyhounds years now,”Head Coach John Higgin said. stand now, O’Brien said that he feels The first half of the match remained good about their position as a team at tied until intermission, as both teams this point in the season. failed to find the back of the net.

“I think everything is starting to come “For whatever reason, we were unbe- together now,” he said. “I was expecting lievably flat in the first half, and I was a quicker start to the season, but I think worried at halftime going in [to the locker it was a big [request to] ask for a lot of room] because we hadn’t played well at new players coming in to start as quick all. But to be fair to the guys, they came as we thought we were going to. ” out in the second half and did a really The Greyhounds will travel to Saint nice job,” Higgins said.

Joseph’s College this evening for their Freshman midfielder David Kurz, who final match of the regular season, which scored the first goal of the match, led the is set to begin at 6 p.m.

The University of Indianapolis men’s and women’s cross country teams travelled to the University of Southern Indiana on Oct. 25 for the Regional Preview.

The men’s team placed sixth overall, with senior Kameron Casey leading the Greyhounds with a time of 25:35.8 and a 22nd place finish in the 8k. Junior Joel Keller finished with a time of 25:46.2 and freshman Andrew Carr followed with a time of 26:16.1.

Junior Haley Havert led the women’s team in the 6k with a 14th place finish and a time of 22:06.2. Senior Jacklyn Howland and freshman Kieran Casey were the next Greyhounds to cross the finish line with times of 22:19 and 22:22.1, respectively.

Each week, Head Cross Country Coach Kathy Casey giver her runners a dose of positive mental attitude before big meets or just to keep up the moral of the teams. These can include activities, speeches and videos. According to Casey, these motivational tools are key to a cohesive team.

“If you’re yelling and you’re on their case all the time, [saying] ‘why can’t you do this,’ ‘why aren’t you doing this,’ ‘you should do this,’ you’re browbeating them,” she said. “And internally they know they have the goods to perform. It’s just believing in yourself and letting them know you believe in them. That’s the big part of what I do.”

Coach Casey said she has seen steady improvements over the season and attributes some of it to her PMA exercises.

Keller enjoys the exercises and Coach Casey’s coaching style.

“I really like it [the PMA]. I wouldn’t want a coach that’s on you all the time and yelling at you,” he said. “She’s kind of like our mom on campus. We’re not all right by home so that’s kind of nice.

You can always talk to her about stuff.”

This encouragement can pay off with faster times and better pacing.

“To see their faces when they get done and to see how happy they are . . . is really special,” Coach Casey said.

Junior Jasmine Al-Anzi said that she

believes her season is going well so far and that she has made many of the improvements that she had been looking for.

“I think it [the season] is good. We don’t have as many meets this year, so it’s hard to tell on a weekly basis how you are doing,” she said. “But it’s nice to see improvement through the season. I think a lot of girls have improved throughout the season, [and] a lot of girls have felt more confident.”

While Al-Anzi does not set strict goals for herself, she said that she is always looking to improve her times and form.

“Goals sometimes scare me,” Al-Anzi said. “I know a lot of girls have pretty big goals, but I just wanted to get better throughout the season and have people to run with. [I also want to] have a good race, a strong race.”

Keller also has seen improvements in his times over the season and said that he is looking forward to the season’s bigger meets.

“I’m in a very good position to be both all-conference and all-regional as of right now,” Keller said. “For a meet-by-meet basis, I just like to go for whatever award it is for that race, whether it’s top 10 or top eight.”

Coach Casey said that all of the runners’ goals are good and that it helps them keep their seasons in perspective.

“I always tell the kids that really the place and times coincide,” Coach Casey said. “So race the race . . . You’re going to get a good time, and you’re going to be amongst good racers because our conference is full of talent at this point.”

The Greyhounds’next meet will be the USI Regional Preview at the University of Southern Indiana on Saturday, Oct. 25.

According to Coach Casey, both the men’s and women’s teams have been working hard and are in a good place for the race.

“I think they’re going to achieve some times that they were like ‘wow’ again,” she said. “They’re just at that point where they’re ready to pop some really good times, and they’re at a good place mentally of where they’re at.”

Both teams will compete in the GLVC Championship at Lewis University on Nov. 8 at a time to be determined.

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Volleyball sweeps at home over weekend

Greyhounds get back on track in GLVC play

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Redshirt sophomore running back Aaron Bruning carries the ball and fights off defensive players in the Oct. 11 matchup against McKendree University at Key Stadium.

Football tames Tigers

Greyhounds claim homecoming victory over Lincoln University 52-14

By Jessi Shelton STAFF WRITER The victory bell was rung on Saturday, Oct. 25, as the University of Indianapolis football team won their fourth straight Homecoming in a 52-14 defeat of the Lincoln University Blue Tigers.

The Greyhounds, now on a six game winning streak, earned top seed status of the Great Lakes Valley Conference the victory and a William Jewel College loss earlier that afternoon.

Junior quarterback Connor Barthel’s performance threw for four touchdowns, going 23-28 with 255 yards passing.

The Greyhounds saw a lot of action on the ground as well with redshirt senior running back Matt Ripp scoring two touchdowns, one a seven yard reception and another a three yard rush. Ripp also totaled 112 rushing yards, his third straight 100-yard game this season.

Redshirt sophomore running backs Andrew Walker and Aaron Bruning also rushed for 74 yards and 59 yards,

respectively, with one rushing touchdown apiece. Walker also grabbed a three yard Barthel pass late in the third quarter for his second touchdown of the match-up.

After the first five possessions of the evening, UIndy went up 31-0 in contrast to Lincoln’s sole first down and 26 offensive yards in the same amount of time.

Senior defensive back Koby Orris recorded his second interception of the season early in the second quarter, his eighth interception of his career, to help the defense. Sophomore linebacker Rob Drury led the team in tackles with nine for the night.

Redshirt junior wide receiver Reece Horn contributed 72 yards receiving on six total receptions, including a 15-yard touchdown reception just following halftime. Horn said he was encouraged by the victory.

“Being at home definitely had a presence of that we expect to win,” Horn said.

“That is what Bart [Head Coach Bob Bartolomeo] says every week: that we expect to win. We show it in practice each week and then we show it on Saturdays.”

As the Division II play-offs roll closer, the expectations for the Greyhounds grow larger.

“Every game is important, and this is just the next step,” said Defensive Coordinator and Linebacker Coach Chris Keevers.

Although the UIndy football squad is not featured in the current top 25 Division II standings, they are still top contenders for the upcoming Division II playoffs as they received 14 votes this past week from the American Football Coaches Association coaches’ poll.

Horn says he is confident about the impending tournament and the team’s play-off contention.

“Everyone is going to need to show up and play,” Horn said. “We have a lot of playmakers on our side of the ball and on our team in general. Everyone is going to be on their A-game and everyone has to be on their A-game.”

The Greyhounds will be back on their home turf for the nationally televised match-up against conference rival Saint Joseph’s College on Oct. 30, at 8 p.m.

For the third straight match, the University of Indianapolis women’s volleyball team was victorious, beating Maryville 3-1 (25-11, 23-25, 25-20, 25-16).

The Greyhounds finished with more than 55 kills, the highest for the season so far. Senior outside hitters Hailey Brown and Arielle Knafel each had 16 kills and junior outside hitter Lynsey Hazelwood finished with 11. Senior setter Meghan Binkerd led the team with a total of 48 assists for the day.

The day before, the team defeated the University of Missouri-St. Louis on homecoming 3-1 (25-19, 25-13, 24-26, 26-24).

The Greyhounds had at least five players with five or more kills which has happened in the last six victories and Binkerd finished with 46 assists. The team also totalled 72 digs in the match.

The Greyhounds defeated the Cedarville University Yellow Jackets on Oct. 21, 3-1 (25-17, 25-18, 12-25, 25-18) in their annual “Dig Pink” match.

The Greyhounds, sporting pink jerseys, jumped out to an early lead against the Yellow Jackets, as Binkerd racked up 12 of her 41 assists in the first set, leading to five kills from five different Greyhounds.

UIndy fell 25-12 in the third set, but sealed the victory in the final set, winning 25-18, with six Greyhounds claiming several kills.

Senior defensive specialist Kimberly Trojan, named the Great Lakes Valley Conference defensive player of the week on Oct. 13, had gone 20 straight matches with double-digit digs, after claiming the win over Cedarville.

Trojan said that she attributed the award not only to her play, but the team’s play as a whole.

“It is an individual award, but it was still a team effort,” Trojan said. “I couldn’t have [made] the digs I got without the help of everyone else.”

Although the Greyhounds’ overall record stood at 12-8 following their win against the Yellow Jackets, UIndy had found success in conference matches to that point, as the Greyhounds started out 9-2 in conference play. With four conference matches remaining on the schedule, the Greyhounds have a possible shot of obtaining a regular season conference title.

Head Volleyball Coach Jason Reed emphasized consistency as a key factor in the team’s future success.

“When we control the outcome [of games] we are one of the better teams in the region and possibly the country,” Reed said. “We’ve had a decent handful of matches where we let our opponents control the tempo of the match. We start shooting ourselves in the foot and it costs us matches.”

The Greyhounds have had multiple strong contributors on offense and defense throughout the year, with five girls who have had more than 100 kills and five that have claimed more than 100 digs on the season.

“That is a testament to what we have within our group. But we are still lacking a little bit of consistency,” Reed said.

“On the positive side, we might get good contributions from a few players in one match and a few players in another match, and that’s great. But what we’d like to see is a little more of the same in every match.

And when we do [see more of the same], that’s when you see the blowouts and the matches where we are just cruising.”

Trojan reiterated the importance of the team’s playing clean volleyball in order to avoid beating themselves in games.

“The two games that we lost [in conference play], [was because] we weren’t in system and we were making a lot of errors, and that’s something we have talked a lot about,” Trojan said. “When we miss serves, we hit out of bounds. We are just handing out free points. In the games that we have lost, we’ve beaten ourselves.”

The Greyhounds will return to action on the road against Quincy University on Nov. 1. The match is set to begin at 5 p.m.

Women’s Soccer falls in final home match of 2014

By Kylee Crane MANAGING EDITOR

In the last home game of the season, the University of Indianapolis women’s soccer team fell to Lewis University 3-2 on Oct. 26.

The Greyhounds took the lead early, with junior midfielder/forward Taylor Cotherman stealing a Lewis goal kick and driving it down the field in the 19th minute of the game.

Cotherman assisted sophomore Jocelyn Evans right before the 27th minute of the game, putting the team up 2-0.

The Flyers scored their first goal of the game just before the first half ended, making the game 2-1.

Lewis came back for the second half and tied the game at the 57th minute mark.

With two minutes left in regulation, the Flyers made the game winning goal off a corner kick.

Two days before, the Greyhounds travelled to the undefeated University of Wisconsin-Parkside Rangers on Oct. 24 where they fell 3-0.

Prior to the loss, senior midfielder Stacey Klene said the team was prepared to challenge the Rangers.

“I think this weekend’s going to be really tough, but we’re excited to give them a taste of us Greyhounds,” Klene said.

While the Rangers scored the first goal in the 17th minute, the Greyhounds did give them a taste as they held the Rangers from scoring again until after the 70th minute mark.

Sophomore back/midfielder Hannah Mangus and Evans both took two shots, while senior midfielder Stacey Klene and freshman midfielder Melissa Kapsalis each took a shot as well. Senior goalkeeper Megan Fee made seven saves in goal in the game.

During the weekend before their trip

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Sophomore forward Jocelyn Edwards runs after the ball in the women’s soccer team’s Oct. 17 pink-out game against the University of Missouri-St. Louis at Key Stadium. to Wisconsin-Parkside, the Greyhounds celebrated Senior Day on Sunday, Oct. 19, with a 1-0 victory over the Maryville University Saints at Key Stadium.

Thirteen minutes into the game, Klene scored the first and only goal of the match off a corner kick from junior midfielder/forward Lindsey Adams. Senior goalkeeper Megan Fee also had her fourth shutout of the season with seven saves in goal.

Head Women’s Soccer Coach Kiley Cirillo said that the win itself was great, but to have it on a day of senior celebration was even more rewarding.

“Anytime you can give an opportunity to your seniors, who have worked so hard for four years, a chance to reward them, and the team can reward them with a victory, [it] is a special day,” Cirillo said.

As a senior, Klene said the win was special and enjoyed the moment with her team.

“It was awesome and such a big day for us.,” Klene said. “Emotions are high obviously and so you have to put in that factor, but I think everyone just worked their butts off. Everyone worked for each other in that game.”

Two days before the victory, the Greyhounds battled with the University of Missouri-St. Louis Tritons in double overtime, ending in a 1-1 tie.

The Tritons scored first in the 37th minute of the game, but in the second half, sophomore forward Jocelyn Evans scored her third goal of the season, with the assistance of senior midfielder Katie Johnston, to tie up the game. Neither team could respond with a goal, taking the game into two periods of overtime.

The Greyhounds took 18 shots total in the game, five of which were in overtime, but could not score the match winner.

The tie was UIndy’s fourth of the season, something Cirillo said is quite a

high number for a single season. Cirillo also said that despite the team’s difficulties, the tie was still an achievement. “[The Tritons] did some things that created havoc for us, and we really couldn’t find our rhythm of the game,” he said.

“Our styles are completely contradicting, but anytime you can come away with a tie or a win, that’s important. We gave up a goal early, but our team battled back, and that shows character.”

According to Klene, having the right mentality is crucial when going into overtime during a match.

“My mentality is ‘Okay, I really don’t want to have to play these two extra 10 minute halves, so I’m going to go as hard as I can in this 10 minutes and make sure we score,’” Klene said.“Your body is totally fatigued, so it’s all mental at that point.”

After the victory against Maryville, with a record of 4-7-4, Klene said that she still felt that she had accomplished

her personal goals and is also proud of her team.

“Personally, I think I’ve reached the goals I’ve wanted to reach. I think I have become a leader on this team and somebody that people look up to. I work my hardest out there. I give it all I can when I am out there on the field,” Klene said.

“Obviously, we want to make it to the tournament more. We’ve only made it once in my four years of being here, and I wish we made it every year, but we work very hard every year and that’s something to be proud of.”

With a record of 4-9-4 , 3-7-4 in the GLVC, Klene said the chemistry and the team’s flow on the field still make her final season successful.

“This year, I honestly feel like we were the best team yet that I’ve been with,” Klene said. “The chemistry is there. It took us awhile, but we execute and finish, and that’s one of the main points of soccer. I’ve gotten a ton out of soccer here at UIndy, and I would never take that back.”

Cirillo credits the chemistry to the strong leadership shown not only by the seniors, but also by every player on the team.

“We like to say all the girls on our team are leaders.We try to encourage them to be leaders, and we try to empower our team.

We’re about empowering our women to be young women who are growing into adult women. The leaders who have shown up, like [junior midfielder/forward] Taylor Cotherman, Stacey Klene, Katie Johnston -just to name a few- have done well and have grown in their leadership positions,” Cirillo said. “The list goes on and on, and I don’t think there’s anyone on the team that we don’t look at [at] some point and see they are being a leader.”

The final regular season match for the Greyhounds will take place tonight at Saint Joseph’s College and is set to begin at 8:30 p.m.

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>> To see a major Hollywood film that is based upon a story that takes place in Indiana is rare in today’s entertainment industry. That such a film would star the Forbes current highest-paid actor Robert Downey Jr., and film legend Robert Duvall is also surprising. This beautiful film is about a successful lawyer from Chicago (Downey), who returns to his small hometown in southern Indiana for his mother’s funeral, but soon after his father (Duvall), who is the judge in this small town, is accused of murdering a middle-aged civilian.The film takes you on an emotional rollercoaster ride, from laughing at Downey’s typical humor to mourning at the strained father-and-son relationship he and Duvall must rebuild.

I thoroughly enjoyed this film, because it delivers the message that it is important to never forget the ones who truly love you and have helped build you into what you have become. I recommend seeing this film.

>> The band Weezer has just released its 10th album, “Everything Will Be Alright in the End.” This band has come a long way since its self-titled record “The Blue Album” in 1994. This album is the most unique among Weezer’s discography.

With a few instrumental tracks, Weezer is testing the waters to discover how people will react. One of the instrumental tracks, “Return to Ithaka,” is riveting because the guitar is so different. This album is eclectic and fresh, and it may be one of the best albums released by the band yet.

“Da Vinci Code” is a pretty catchy track and brings me back to Weezer’s original rock roots. Being in the 21st century, of course, something has got to change and Weezer has done just that. No matter your age or where you are, giving this album a listen will be one of the best decisions you could make in 2014. Weezer can never lose its essence, and that’s what has created such a great band. I look forward to many more CD releases in the future.

>> Walking along Mass Ave, one cannot miss the Irish flags and Gaelic words that cover the exterior of Nine Irish Brothers. When I walked into the restaurant, I immediately felt as if I had stepped into a cozy pub in Ireland, given the restaurant’s green, gold and brown color scheme, high top tables with bar stools and the various Guinness and family photos. The menu offers pub food and traditional fare for the entrees, and I decided there was no other option at a pub for me then to try their fish and chips. I am glad I ordered the half portion, because Nine Irish Brothers does not stimp on the amount of food and I was not disappointed with the tender fish and the crispy pub chips. The fun atmosphere and good food made my first Nine Irish Brothers experience a great one. If you are under 21, make sure you have a parent or guardian with you if you plan to make the trip on a weekend. I would definitely come back here again soon.

>> “Confessions:The Paris Mysteries” is the third book in James Patterson’s “Confessions” series. The book begins with series protagonist Tandy Angel reuniting with her missing boyfriend. In the next paragraph, they already are accosted by her boyfriend’s domineering, possibly evil, father. Two paragraphs later, he is chased away by Tandy. That’s right. The main antagonist is chased away within the first three pages. He comes back later, but I was so dumbstruck by this sudden rush of action and payoff that I had to take a break from the book. I’ve never really been a James Patterson fan, but after that rush of excitement, I understand why so many people like his books. They are exciting and leave things such as character details to the reader’s imagination. Despite that, this book just wasn’t for me. Still Patterson does know how to keep his readers on the edge of their seats, which is always a plus when it comes to books. If you like Patterson, this is a must read.

>> Atomic Bowl Duckpin has been open since December of 1997 in the basement of the Fountain Square Theatre Building. Duckpin bowling is just like regular bowling, but instead of having tall skinny pins and a big ball, you use short fat pins and a smaller ball.

The game even gives you three chances to knock down all the pins, instead of the traditional two. The game is much more fun than traditional bowling.This type of bowling offers you more of a challenge and gives you a chance to try something new.

I had a blast going duckpin bowling with a group of friends. I strongly recommend going duckpin bowling at least once in your life. The Atomic Alley is located in the basement of the Fountain Square Theatre Building, while the Action Alley is located on the fourth floor of the same building. The next time you and your friends are looking for something to do, you won’t be disappointed with this fun-filled atmosphere.

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Follow your heart to ‘Urinetown: The Musical’ UIndy theatre production tells a satirical tale of greed, love and rebellion with underlying theme about limited resource

By Mercadees Hempel NEWS EDITOR

The University of Indianapolis theatre department’s first production of the year was the satirical comedy musical “Urinetown: The Musical.” The preview was Thursday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m. Performances took place Oct. 17-Oct. 18 at 8 p.m., Oct. 19 at 2 p.m. and Oct.23-25 at 8 p.m.

“Urinetown: The Musical” was written by Greg Kotis and takes place in a city where, due to a 20-year drought, the water is so scarce that private restrooms are banned. Whenever citizens have to use the restroom, they must pay a fee to use the public amenities. The amenities are controlled by the corporation Urine Good Company. Citizens in poverty cannot afford to use the public restrooms, but if anyone urinates on the streets or in bushes and are caught, he or she is taken to the fabled Urinetown. Nobody is sure what Urinetown is, and offenders are never seen again.

Bobby Strong is in charge of accepting fees at Public Amenity No. 9. After his father is taken to Urinetown for urinating in the streets, he meets Hope Cladwell.

Hope is the daughter of Caldwell B. Cladwell, the man in charge of UGC.The two fall in love, and Hope inspires Bobby to start a revolution and encourage others to fight for their right to urinate for free.

Junior music composition and theory and recording technology major Andrew Wegg plays Bobby. He describes Bobby as a compassionate, every day man turned hero who wants the best for people.

“I like Bobby because he knows that he is a good person and that he’s good at heart, but he’s very humble about it,” he said. “And he only brings out his leadership when he needs to, when he sees other people need hope and inspiration.”

While Bobby inspires poor citizens, senior English and theatre major Elise Campagna’s character, Hope, inspires Bobby. She encourages him to “follow his heart.” Campagna said she enjoyed the challenge of making Hope her own character and being a part of a musical that makes fun of itself by referencing other musicals and breaking the fourth wall, which is when the actor recognizes that the audience exists.

“We don’t do a lot of musicals,” she said. “So it’s exciting for me to take on a bigger role in a musical. But also it’s really ridiculous in nature, and that’s how it’s

written to be. And it’s been really fun to have the freedom to be that ridiculous.”

According to Musical and Vocal Director Pete Schmutte, the 16 songs in the musical not only reference other musicals, such as “West Side Story,” but also reflect the nature of “Urinetown: The Musical” itself.

“The whole play, even from its title, is kind of off-putting,” he said. “But it’s poking fun at all these various types of musicals and every little cliché from musicals… Everything is a cliché, and even the music is a cliché, and it helps heighten that.”

While the musical is described as a comedy, the ending does take a tragic turn.

Cladwell offers Bobby a deal at UGC headquarters in exchange for the return of Hope, who has been taken hostage by Bobby and the other rebels, and for the people to agree to the fees for the public amenities. Bobby refuses and is told he will be taken to Urinetown. But when Bobby is taken to the top of the UGC building, he realizes that Urinetown does not exist, that offenders are just killed, and he is thrown off the building. Hope and the rebels then storm to Cladwell’s office and throw him off the building.

With UGC and Cladwell gone, the

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people are free to pee whenever they wish. But with this new freedom, the water supply is completely used up. The population begins to die of thirst, and the town becomes the “Urinetown” everyone had feared for years.

Wegg said this dark ending emphasizes the underlying message audience

members need to take to heart.

“It [‘Urinetown: The Musical’] has its comedic moments, but it’s the fact that there is no happy resolve,” Wegg said.

“Urinetown will always be Urinetown, and that’s what makes it such a powerful message. The world will end up like this if we are not careful with our resources.”

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Bobby (Junior Andy Wegg), along with his pack of rebels, kidnap Hope Cladwell (Senior Elise Campagna) in order to gain an upperhand in the conflict between them and Urine Good Company.

Echoing scare returns

By Artemis Choungk STAFF WRITER The fourth annual “Echoing Scare” at the University of Indianapolis will be held in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center on Oct. 30 to celebrate Halloween.

The event will start at 7 p.m. in Ruth Lilly Performance Hall. Pre-concert activities will begin at 6:15 p.m.

Each year, the dynamic baroque instrumental and vocal ensemble Echoing Air, along with UIndy music faculty and students, presents “Echoing Scare,” a Halloween music performance that features classical music by various famous composers from 17th and 18th centuries, such as Purcell, Haydn, Bach, Gardner, and Rossini.

The concert is directed by faculty adjunct music professor and countertenor Steven Rickards, following Jeffrey Collier as recorder, Keith Collins on bassoon, Thomas Gerber on harpsichord and organ and Christine Kyprianides on viola da gamba. “Echoing Scare” will celebrate Halloween with various performers dressed up as witches, goblins, and ghouls to bring the spooky atmosphere of this special day.

“I wrote music for it [‘Echoing Scare’].

It’s a wonderful thing, it’s a fun thing.

We want people to enjoy themselves,” Rickards said. “We want people to get the feeling of Halloween.”

Rickards also said that students and faculty members have been dedicating much time and preparing for “Echoing Scare” since August.

“This year, we combine UIndy students with students from Butler University and Marian University,” he said.

After the concert, there will be a costume competition. Awards include titles of the most inventive costume, the spookiest, or the funniest. The audience also is invited to arrive in costume for the event.

Tickets for the concert are $10 for adults and students, and $5 for seniors.

Attendance and tickets are free to all UIndy faculty, staff, and students.

With support from the Indiana Arts Commission and Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation, as well as with funding support from Early Music America, part of the proceeds from the performance will help Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health.

According to Rickards, the event is dedicated to children so they can experience the day of Halloween.

All UIndy students are encouraged to help decorate the performance hall prior the concert.

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Gracie Lyons is crowned Miss Central Indiana Emily Darr FEATURE EDITOR

Senior communication major Gracie Lyons was recently crowned Miss Central Indiana 2015. Lyons had previously won the title in 2013.

“It [being Miss Central Indiana] means being authentic, relatable and holding a personality that’s truly captivating,” Lyons said. “My mentors have instilled a strong voice within me, and I’m thrilled to encourage others to find that strong voice within themselves.”

During her past five years of school, Lyons has won a title each year. She has won Miss Kankakee Valley 2011, Miss Heart of Indiana 2012, Miss Central Indiana 2013, Miss Elkhart 2014 and now Miss Central Indiana 2015.

Lyons first started participating in Miss America local pageants when she was 17-years-old. She said she became involved with pageants because her mentors encouraged her to get involved.

“I already had a talent and a platform, Mentoring Matters,”she said. So the Miss America Organization was a perfect fit with what I was already doing in my life.”

Lyons has benefitted from the pageants by winning scholarships. She said she got involved with pageants because they helped pay for her five years of schooling at the University of Indianapolis, and she will graduate debt free.

Now that Lyons has won Miss Central Indiana, she will go on to compete for the Miss Indiana title this coming summer.

“It [participating in pageants] has helped me gain interview skills, the ability to be a strong public speaker and networking opportunities,” Lyons said.

“Representing Central Indiana at Miss Indiana has also given me the medium I

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Senior UIndy student Gracie Lyons singing for the talent portion at the Miss Central Indiana 2015 competition. need to reach the number of people I need to with my platform, Mentoring Matters.”

Mentoring Matters is a nonprofit organization that Lyons started two years ago as a way for her to give back to her personal mentors. Lyons said Mentoring Matters is a one-on-one mentoring organization that grants scholarships for academics, arts and athletics.

“It’s our mission to inspire, motivate and empower those who truly need it most, while at the same time celebrating mentoring,” Lyons said. “We hold free community events throughout Indiana and want others to embrace the celebration of family, community and mentoring.”

To prepare for the Miss Indiana pageant this summer, Lyons will work with different trainers and coaches. The categories in which Lyons will be judged include interview, talent, swimsuit, onstage question and evening gown. Lyons

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“My directors, Mark and Debbie Wiley, are so gracious and fun-loving,” Lyons said. “They continually push me to be the best that I can and to reach that next level of greatness.”

Lyons is looking forward to what comes next as Miss Central Indiana.

“It [being Miss Central Indiana] is truly an honor and so exciting,” she said.

“I love being able to share my personal story and mission with other people, and I’m glad I’m able to do that as Miss Central Indiana.”

Lyons said she is excited to make appearances and to talk with the community about her platform, which is personal to her.

“As Miss Central Indiana, I take this role [mentoring] on just as my mentors have done for me,” Lyons said. “It’s not all about the sash and crown.”

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Gracie Lyons in her evening gown at the Miss Central Indiana 2015 competition before taking home the crown.

MyUIndy website gets makeover Katherine Dzelme STAFF WRITER

The MyUIndy site received an upgrade on Sunday, Oct. 12. Students will find that a lot of other changes have been made to the site besides the basic visual presentation. The old site was based on software from the 1990s.

“Elucian came out with a new version of the software two years ago, but there were so many bugs, and it was clear that it was not ready,” said Portal and Content Management System Administrator Kathy Ellis. “About a year ago, I knew that we were ready to start working on migrating to the newer software.”

The new version of the site was in the works beginning in April of this year.

“Getting the site to communicate with other devices became the trickiest part [of the development and migration process],” Ellis said. “Information had to be able to be shared securely, and communication with other sites like ACE had to be worked out.”

Ellis also explained that the content itself proved to be quite time consuming.

“There are over 300 pages of content for the site,” she said. “There isn’t some kind of import system.We have to recreate that data ourselves.”

Ellis did have help for the color scheme and visual elements from the One 14 Design Studio, which is the design studio in the Department of Art and Design.

“I like the new MyUIndy site, but it took a bit [of time] to get used to it,” said freshman chemistry major Alexandra Jaros.

While the site has a new look, most of the features on the site existed on the old version of MyUIndy, but they may have been harder to find. For example, there is a feature that shows the number of computers available in different computer labs on campus, which existed on the previous MyUIndy site.

“People would ask me where to find things. I’m the admin, and I couldn’t tell them,” Ellis said, referring to the old site.

Changes to the home page are among the most evident.There is a spot for current weather on campus, an announcement box, an event calendar, newsfeeds and the UIndy Twitter feed.

“The new site also has a fully functioning search engine,” Ellis said.

The improved search engine allows students to search both within and outside the My UIndy site, with more accurate results.

According to Ellis, small irritations such as being unable to share URLs without the other person having to log in also have been addressed.

“You can now copy a URL and mail it to someone, and it will take you directly to the page,” Ellis said.

With registration this week, directions and help can be found under the Student tab. On the left, where Student Quick Links are found, there is a link for the Center for Advising. Under Center for Advising, a Help with Registration tab can be found. Under this tab are multiple links to help with registration, such as curriculum guides, class search, registration forms, advisor lists and more.

There are no other big updates planned in the near future, according to Ellis.

“We are now in ‘cleanup mode,’” Ellis said. “We are still looking for things like broken links. The site, overall, seems to be more user friendly.”

Ellis said if students find any such problems, they are encouraged to report them.

Student performs magic on campus Nicole Monday ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Only one student has the title “Magic Man” at the University of Indianapolis.

That is sophomore transfer student Justin Halaska. Halaska, a double major in communication and criminal justice, likes to spend his free time showing people magic tricks, a skill he acquired back at his previous college.

“At my old college [Heidelberg University] last year, my buddy Alex Vencil did card tricks all the time for wrestlers and other people on campus. I kept asking him to show me, and he wouldn’t, until I told him I was transferring,” Halaska said.

“I had to prove to him I was transferring just for him to show me a few tricks. He showed me a few really cool tricks, and I decided it was fun.”

Halaska continued to polish his card tricks, starting with easy and simple tricks to then learning better and harder tricks.

“The first trick that my buddy Alex taught me was called the ‘shape shifter,’” Halaska said. “To learn the trick, it took me at least four weeks, maybe even more.

It’s the easiest trick to do, but I just couldn’t get my fingers to move properly.”

Halaska said he has significantly cut his time to learn a card trick compared

to learning his first card trick.

“To learn a trick today, I usually take between 20 to 30 minutes.” Halaska said.

“I don’t take as long anymore because my fingers can move cards around pretty easily, and I can grab them more efficiently.”

Halaska, who is from Ohio, got a job over the summer working at Three Brothers Pizza, located in Parma, Ohio.

Halaska was originally a server at the restaurant but then showed his bosses his card tricks.

“When I got the job, I said, ‘I am going to do card tricks.’ And my bosses said, ‘Well, why don’t you do your job first,’” Halaska said. “As soon as I started doing card tricks, I started bringing in more people [to the restaurant].”

For now, while he is at UIndy, Halaska practices his tricks around campus so he does not become too rusty.

“A lot of my friends think I just go around and talk to random people because I want to get to know them, but people do not realize I am paid to do it over the summer, so I have to practice,” Halaska said.

Freshman nursing major Amy Fraikin was one of those people for whom Halaska decided to practice his tricks. The trick Halaska performed was one in which he asks the person to choose a card, then asks the person all sorts of questions before

revealing the card to him or her.

“I am so easily amused, so that was really just fascinating,” Fraikin said.

“The trick is cool, but the interaction he [Halaska] has makes it even cooler.”

Another student, freshman psychology and pre-OT major, Darby Casey also watched Halaska and was surprised how easily he performed the trick.

“I liked how he [Halaska] acted while he was performing the trick, and the trick itself was pretty cool,” Casey said.

Overall, the friends Halaska has made, whether from around campus or on the wrestling team, they seem to really enjoy his act.

“Some friends think I am crazy, going up to random people and just talking to them,” Halaska said. “But otherwise, all my friends around campus and from the wrestling team are really supportive.”

Halaska’s summer plans include returning to Three Brothers to continue his employment there. He also plans to learn as many new tricks as possible. “[My plans are] just to keep making people smile. When I work, half the time I don’t take tips,” Halaska said. “I just like seeing people smile, which is why I do it.

It is more fun to brighten someone’s day when they are upset than to take money from someone who needs it more than I do.”

Photo by Laken Detweiler

Sophomore Justin Halaska (right) entertains UIndy alumnus Mark Foerster with a card trick in the Dining Hall.

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Hound lounge officially opens Lounge provides a space for students

By Mercadees Hempel NEWS EDITOR

Photo by Emily Darr

Students gather in the Schwitzer Student Center and listen to live music. Events such as giveaway, fortune tellers and live performers took place in Schwitzer from Monday, Oct. 20 to Friday, Oct. 24 as a part of Homecoming.

Homecoming brings the circus to UIndy for one week

By Dallas Thacker STAFF WRITER Every year at the University of Indianapolis one week stands out above the rest. Homecoming week is dedicated to showing school spirit and pride in the UIndy football team. The faculty and students at UIndy set up all the different events for the students to get involved around campus.

This year’s theme was Cirque Du UIndy. Throughout the week, there were activities around campus and free food, candy and more given out in the Schwitzer Student Center. Each day also had a highlighted event, such as Homecoming Movie Night, the ComedySportz match, Neil deGrasse Tyson and the Plain White T’s.

The university hosted a free lunch in the Schwitzer Student Center, which

consisted of hamburgers, hotdogs, beans and others before the Pep Rally in the atrium on Monday, Oct. 20. The featured event of the day was Homecoming Movie Night, which featured “Oz the Great and Powerful,”a prequel to the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz.” The movie stars James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz and Michelle Williams.

There were giveaways inside Schwitzer on Tuesday, Oct. 21. The highlighted event was the ComedySportz match.

ComedySportz is an improv group that performs on Mass Ave. Although it is not a club at UIndy, UIndy students. are involved.

The match consisted of two teams competing to see which had the best improvisation of suggestions from the audience. Mimicking other sports, they competed with a referee and for, as the ComedySportz group put it, a “meaningless trophy.” Senior human biology major

Anthony Glidewell said he enjoyed the event. “ The show was one of the coolest and most hilarious events I have attended in my years at UIndy,” he said. “I hope they have more events like ComedySportz in the future.”

“This Just In: Latest Discoveries in the Universe,” with Neil deGrasse Tyson, was the big event on Wednesday, Oct. 22.

Tyson an internationally known astrophysicist, delivered a lecture in Nicoson Hall. Tyson’s presentation lasted nearly three hours and drew more than 4,000 people.

The Plain White T’s concert and This Wild Life performed in Nicoson Hall on Thursday, Oct. 23. The concert drew a crowd of students, staff and others.

Freshman Harrison Silcox was surprised by the performance. “ Overall, the Plain White T’s put on a great show,” he said. “I was impressed.”

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The commuter lounge, officially named the Hound Lounge, opened on the second floor of the Schwitzer Student Center on Monday, Oct. 27. The lounge is around the corner from the Center for Advising and Student Achievement.

The lounge has been planned since last year. After the Vision 2030 survey showed that commuters wanted their own spot on campus, Director of Student Support and Parent Programs and Title IX Coordinator Erin Stoner researched other college campuses and found they had lounges set up for their commuters.

So she decided to bring this idea to the University of Indianapolis.

Along with developing the lounge, Stoner hired commuter assistants, who are in charge of assisting commuters, informing them about events, and helping students get involved by creating their own events for students.

On Oct. 22, the lounge was open for commuters to come and visit for a couple hours.The first 50 to arrive received a free ticket to the Plain White T’s concert in Nicoson Hall. Visitors also got to see the lounge for the first time.

The lounge has a plasma television, a couch, a printing station, two armchairs with tables attached to them, two desks and two computers.

One commuter assistant, sophomore computer science and electrical engineering major Han Shih, said she was pleased to see the Hound Lounge opened to the community.

“I think for me, personally, it feels great to see everything come together,” she said. “Like last time we just talked about things, and we weren’t sure how it would turn out to be. And now we actually have a more concrete idea.”

To celebrate, Shih and the other commuter assistants hosted an open house on Monday, Oct. 27, 3 p.m.-6 p.m. Those who attended could decorate cookies; take photos in the photo booth; win door prizes or a gift card for gas, The Cheesecake Factory, Taco Bell, McDonalds, AMC Movie Theater or the University of Indianapolis bookstore.

Shih said the Hound Lounge is intended for students to use to socialize, seek help from the assistants, relax or study. However, she said students need to be mindful that other people may want to use the resources, too, and to be careful with the property in the lounge.

Shih said the commuter assistants are in the lounge from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and their individual office hours will be posted in the lounge. They will have their own tab on the My UIndy website to inform students about any updates or events.

Freshman biology and nursing major Sean Miller reacted positively to the lounge.

“It’s very neat, [and] well organized,” he said. “It’s got a nice view, too, and it’s very well lit.”

The lounge has the same hours as the Schwitzer Student Center.

Panel discusses violence in migration

By Kayleigh Jordan STAFF WRITER University of Indianapolis’s Associate Professor of Biology and Anthropology Krista Latham and IUPUI Assistant Professor of Anthropology Wendy Vogt presented an anthropology panel session entitled “Bringing Together Biological and Cultural Perspectives on the Violence of Migration” on Thursday, Oct. 16. The panel session was at 4 p.m. in Lilly Hall 210 at the University of Indianapolis.

It was sponsored by FOUND, a UIndy student organization which “students work to stimulate interest and education in forensics in people of all ages through activities such as lectures and workshops,” according to the university’s website.

Vogt is a cultural anthropologist. She obtained her doctorate from the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona.

“I’ve been dedicated to this issue for almost a decade, but I think that people here in Indianapolis, and just in the U.S., are becoming more aware of these issues,” Vogt said. “We really wanted to do an event that kind of gives a more complex and deeper understanding of what we’re seeing in the media right now and why it’s important for us, as Hoosiers, or people

who don’t even live near the borders, to be thinking about these issues.”

Vogt elaborated on the issue of violence in migration. She said that it has been a problem for years, but recently was brought to light by writers and journalists.

“Particularly after 2010, there was a pretty horrific discovery of a massacre in the northern state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, where 72 mostly Central American migrants were found on a ranch. They had been executed,” Vogt said.

She said that this event made people realize what was going on and question it. Vogt said that she and Latham may be focused on one particular migration journey at the moment, but that it is not the only one in the world.

“To put this into kind of a broader context, we’re [Latham and Vogt] really focused on this migration journey from Central America to the U.S. But this isn’t the only migration journey in the world,” Vogt said. “When you look almost every week at the newspapers right now, we’re seeing lots of stories, particularly with the events that are happening in Syria and in Iraq.”

The title of the panel, “Bringing Together Biological and Cultural Perspectives on the Violence of Migration,” also explains the relationship between Latham and Vogt.

The two met coincidentally and were each interested in the same topic, but brought something unique to the table.

Latham is the director of the Molecular Anthropology Laboratory and co-director of Archaeology and Forensics Laboratory at the University of Indianapolis. She and a team have been digging up dead bodies, examining the bones, and attempting to send the bodies back to their families for proper burial and closure. She said that she took a team of UIndy students to Brooks County who volunteered to help out recovering the remains over the summer.

“The county I’m working in is one particular county in Texas called Brooks County,” Latham said. “The reason that I’m working in Brooks County is because over the past four years there’s been a 440 percent increase in the number of migrant deaths based in that one county.”

Latham said she hoped to have more opportunities in the future to bring awareness about violence in migration to the University of Indianapolis and other areas.

“We’re hoping to have more lectures on this topic,” Latham said. “But also possibly show some documentaries here on this topic just to bring awareness to what’s going on and to educate the community about the human rights crisis on the border.”

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K9 dogs return to work after recovery NEWS

By Lesley Clark MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAU

Jordan, a member of the Secret Services K-9 unit who stopped a White House intruder Wednesday, Oct. 22 night, is back on duty at the White House on Friday, Oct. 24, in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)

WASHINGTON (MCT)— Hurricane and Jordan, a pair of Secret Service dogs who were injured as they helped take down a White House fence jumper, got the all-clear to return to duty Thursday, Oct. 23 and quickly became stars for the beleaguered agency.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest hailed the duo at a daily press briefing Thursday, Oct. 23 and the Secret Service tweeted out their service pictures and mini-bios: “Jordan—black/tan Belgian Malinois, brown eyes, age 5, enjoys walks around (the) White House.”

Jordan and Hurricane, age 6, were taken to a veterinarian Wednesday, Oct. 22 and treated for “minor bruising,”Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary said.They were later released and “cleared to return to duty by the veterinarian,” Leary said.

News footage of the incident showed the intruder wrestling and kicking the dogs on the North Lawn of the White House.

Dominic Adesanya, 23, of Bel Air, Md., was charged with two felony counts of assault on a police officer—the dogs.

He also was charged with four counts of resisting/unlawful entry and one count of making threats.

Adesanya, who was unarmed at the time of his arrest and was treated at a local hospital for dog bites, was in custody with the U.S. Marshals Service for previous outstanding warrants, and a court date was pending.

His capture after vaulting the fence was a bit of good news for the agency, which has been pilloried since last month when a man with a knife scaled the fence, ran across the lawn and got inside the White House before he was apprehended.

President Barack Obama had just left for Camp David when the man jumped.

The dog teams that protect the White House were not released last month, and fans of Hurricane and Jordan quickly suggested Thursday, Oct. 22 that the doggy duo be awarded a presidential medal.

“That would have made for a good

photo op, wouldn’t it?” Earnest said Thursday, Oct. 22, after asked why the two didn’t accompany him to the daily press briefing.

Earnest hailed the operation—even as reporters noted that Adesanya nevertheless made it over two layers of fence, the permanent fence plus a shorter temporary fence installed after the September breach.

The latest fence jumping came hours after Obama, in the Oval Office, warned of the importance of vigilance in the wake of a shooting at the Canadian Parliament building. And Earnest said the apprehension “underscores the professionalism of the men and women of the Secret Service.”

As for Hurricane and Jordan, Earnest made it plain they’re working animals and unlikely to mix with the first family, nor perhaps with Bo and Sunny, the Portuguese water dogs who often greet visitors to the mansion.

“The animals that performed so bravely last night are not something that we come into regular contact with here,” Earnest said. “I think that there’s probably a good reason why these animals are kept at some remove from employees and others who frequent the grounds of the White House. I think the individual last night probably saw pretty vividly why we all keep our distance.”

The Secret Service uses Belgian Malanois, a short-haired breed that packs considerable speed and energy into its small frame. The service began its canine program in 1975 because it was found to be the most effective way of detecting explosives, according to the Secret Service’s website.

The dogs, which the service says are “very sociable,” undergo 20 weeks of training with a handler before they begin working. After graduating from basic training, each dog retrains eight hours a week during its career.

The dogs stay with their uniformed division handlers 24 hours a day and “become members of the family,” the service said. They stay with their handlers after retirement, generally at about 10 years of age.___ (c)2014 McClatchy Washington Bureau.Distributed by MCT Information Services

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MEXICO CITY—The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday, Oct. 24 admonished Mexico to “step up”efforts to locate 34 students who went missing nearly a month ago, a sign that Mexico faces increasing heat over its human rights record.

—McClatchy Foreign Staff

U.S.travel restrictions tighten

WASHINGTON — Ever since an Ebola case from Liberia arrived at a Dallas hospital last month, political pressure has been building on the Obama administration to restrict travel from the three West African countries where the disease has spread with frightening speed.

—Tribune Washington Bureau

University of California contemplates limiting out-ofstate student enrollment

LOS ANGELES — The University of California is beginning to have second thoughts about its highly successful effort to bring more out-of-state students onto its campuses. In a bid to boost revenue, the system five years ago began to aggressively recruit students from other parts of the country and from around the world.

—Los Angeles Times

Analysis shows college costs rising faster for poorer students

WASHINGTON — America’s colleges and universities are quietly shifting the burden of their big tuition increases onto low-income students, while many higher-income families are seeing their college costs rise more slowly, or even fall, an analysis of federal data shows. ©2014 McClatchy Tribune News Service

Nurse with Ebola makes full recovery

By Tony Pugh MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON (MCT)—The dangers confronting health care workers who treat Ebola patients took center stage Friday, Oct. 24 in the nation’s capital and in America’s largest city.

While doctors in New York City closely monitored the condition of Dr. Craig Spencer, the nation’s newest Ebola patient, others in Bethesda, Md., marveled at the rapid recovery of Nina Pham, a Dallas nurse who contracted the deadly virus only weeks earlier.

Pham is the sixth U.S. patient in the current epidemic to fully recover from the virus after treatment in one of the four specialized bio-containment facilities in the United States.

Spencer, 33, became infected while treating patients in Ebola-stricken Guinea, in West Africa, as a volunteer with the humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders. He’s currently in stable condition at Bellevue Hospital Center as health officials try to retrace his travels and find people he may have infected while he was contagious. The governors of New York and New Jersey announced a mandatory quarantine for all health care workers returning from West Africa who had direct contact with Ebola patients.

Pham, a nurse at Texas Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, became infected on her job while caring for a Liberian Ebola patient, Thomas Eric Duncan. She was one of more than 70 health care workers at the beleaguered Dallas hospital that were monitored for possible infection after they helped treat Duncan, who later died.

On Friday, Oct. 24, Pham, 26, looked healthy, happy and emotional as she faced a throng of journalists who cheered her release from the clinical center at the National Institutes of Health in suburban Washington, where a medical team helped her beat the same Ebola virus that’s killing 70 percent of people who become infected in West Africa.

With her mother, Diana, and sister, Catherine, in attendance, Pham thanked her care team, her public supporters and former Ebola patient Dr. Kent Brantly, for his “selfless act” of donating his plasma.

Because he recovered from Ebola, Brantly’s plasma may have developed antibodies against the virus, which may have helped Pham “jump-start” her own immune response, said Jennifer Kanakry, assistant professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine “It’s still experimental at this point,” Kanakry said. “It’s been used in a handful of patients with Ebola, and it may have some benefits, but it’s not been proven to have a benefit yet.”

Pham didn’t receive any experimental medications during her eight-day stay at NIH, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

A s i d e f r o m Pham being young and very healthy and receiving intensive care immediately in Dallas after becoming infected, Fauci said it’s impossible to say what made the difference in Pham’s improvement.

“I can’t pinpoint in one patient what is the turning point,” Fauci said. “The only thing that we’re really happy about (is) that the turning point occurred.”

Pham seemed fully cognizant of her improbable recovery.

“As a nurse, I have a special appreciation for the care I have received from so many people,” she told reporters. “Not just doctors and nurses, but the entire support team.”

“I believe in the power of prayer because I know so many people all over the world have been praying for me,” she added. “I do not know how I can ever thank you, everyone, enough for their prayers and their expressions of concern, hope and love.”

Pham’s colleague at the Dallas hospital, nurse Amber Vinson, 29, also contracted Ebola after treating Duncan. Vinson is hospitalized at the bio-containment unit at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.

Earlier this week, Vinson’s family released a statement saying she, too, was free of the virus. On Friday, Oct. 24 the hospital and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a statement saying

Vinson was making good progress in her treatment.

“Tests no longer detect virus in her blood,” the statement said. “She remains within Emory’s Serious Communicable Diseases Unit for continued supportive care. We do not have a discharge date at this time.”

While Pham’s release was good news, her recovery hasn’t allayed the concerns of nurses nationwide.

As Pham and her family greeted reporters Friday, Oct. 24 and made their way to the White House for a triumphant meeting with President Barack Obama, another nurse testified before Congress that the federal governm e n t should do more to protect members of her profession from Ebola infections as the virus continues to turn up in the U.S. Deborah Burger, co-president of National Nurses United, which represents more than 185,000 registered nurses, told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that uniform national standards are needed for the use of personal protective equipment and respirators when treating Ebola patients.

Burger testified that the government should require—through an act of Congress or by presidential executive order—two direct-care nurses to treat Ebola patients. She said the response to Ebola by governmental agencies and U.S. hospitals had been “dangerously inconsistent and inadequate,” by relying on voluntary compliance to safety guidelines that have “left caregivers vulnerable to infection.”

A poll released Friday, Oct. 24 by a trade group, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, found that just 6 percent of U.S. hospitals are well-prepared to take in a patient suffering from Ebola. The association calculated the results from polling 1,039 of its own members who work as infection prevention experts at hospitals across the country.

The survey also found that half of all hospitals had only one full-time infection

“As a nurse, I have a special appreciation for the care I have received from so many people. Not just doctors and nurses, but the entire support team.”

prevention expert on staff, or none.

“We are your first line of defense,” Burger told the committee. “No nation would ever contemplate sending soldiers into the battlefield without armor and weapons. Give us the tools we need. All we ask from President Obama and Congress is not one more infected nurse.”

Earlier this week, the CDC tightened its recommended safety measures for health care workers treating Ebola patients. The new guidelines require that medical personnel train, practice and show competency in the donning and removal of personal protective equipment before they’re allowed to treat Ebola patients; that supervisors monitor the donning and doffing of protective gear; and that no skin be exposed when protective gear is worn in the presence of Ebola patients.

Also at the hearing, Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, raised concerns about Spencer, the New York Ebola patient, going bowling and not being quarantined after returning from Africa. Turner said the public worries that others being monitored for possible Ebola exposure have “too much contact with the American public and (are) raising the risk to the United States’ citizens.”

On Friday, Oct. 24, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Mario Cuomo announced a mandatory quarantine for all health care workers who had direct contact with someone infected with Ebola in Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea, the three West African nations where the outbreak is centered.

“The steps New York and New Jersey are taking today will strengthen our safeguards to protect our residents against this disease, and help ensure those that may be infected by Ebola are treated with the highest precautions,” Cuomo said in a statement.

Spencer, who had been purposely limiting his public activities since he returned from Guinea on Oct. 17, isn’t thought to have been contagious during his bowling outing earlier this week because he had no Ebola-like symptoms, only fatigue.

Spencer is helping investigators reconstruct his movements over the past few days. Teams of detectives with the New York City health department are retracing his travels since Tuesday, when the doctor first started feeling sluggish.

That day he visited the Meatball Stop, a restaurant on Greenwich Avenue, and went jogging on the popular High Line elevated park in Manhattan, where he stopped at the Blue Bottle Coffee shop.

On Wednesday, Oct. 22, Spencer took the subway from Manhattan to Brooklyn and visited a bowling alley.

In his daily briefing, White House press secretary Josh Earnest stressed that Ebola is only transmitted when someone comes in contact with the bodily fluids of an individual who has the symptoms of Ebola.

Earnest said disease protocols are continually being reviewed, but he said the president “would have no qualms about riding the subway in New York or taking a stroll on the High Line . . . or even bowling a few frames at this bowling alley in Brooklyn,” where Spencer visited.

“The risk that is facing the average New Yorker, the average person going to those places, remains today exceedingly low.”

As for a mandatory quarantine for people returning from Ebola hot zones, Earnest said those decisions would be “driven by the best scientific advice.”

In a breakfast meeting with reporters on Friday, Oct. 24 in Washington, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank, praised Spencer as a “hero,” saying the doctor’s decision to volunteer in West Africa was “exactly what is needed to stop this epidemic.”

Kim, a physician by profession who has taught at the Harvard School of Public Health, has been at the forefront of pushing the global response to the Ebola epidemic. He persuaded the slow-moving World Bank system to approve $400 million to accelerate the medical response in West Africa in just nine days when it was clear that other potential donors weren’t coming forward. Of that, $117 million has been dispersed, he said.

As for Spencer: “I would not be surprised if he goes back,” Kim said. ___ (Lindsay W ise, L esley Clark, Samantha Ehlinger and Mark Seibel of the Washington Bureau contributed to this report.) ___ (c)2014 McClatchy Washington Bureau.Distributed by MCT Information Services

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