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Campus mourns professor

President promotes Atteberry

By Anna Wieseman MANAGING EDITOR

University of Indianapolis Assistant English Professor Udo Natterman passed away on June 15 in his hometown of Bloomington, Ind. Nattermann was 53 years old and had been teaching for 20 years.

Nattermann first came to the United States in 1986 as an exchange student and later emigrated from Germany. He received his master’s degree in American literature and philosophy at the Free University of Berlin. He did his exchange program at Indiana University and received his Ph.D. in American literature there.

Department Chair and Professor of English William Dynes was informed of Nattermann’s death in an email from Nattermann’s wife. Dynes described Nattermann as very fun and collegial.

“It’s interesting because he could seem rather—austere, [I think] is the best word.

And because he was from Germany… initially some students were worried that he was a very strict and demanding instructor. And he could give that impression,” Dynes said. “But he loved to have fun in class. When I sat in and observed his classes, [he was] not funny or silly in any sense like I tend to be, but always warm, always [with] a clear sense of humor in class.”

Dynes said that he witnessed how Nattermann’s passion for teaching greatly impacted students after they had a chance to get to know him.

“One thing that a lot of students commented on after he passed away was just how passionate he was about teaching.

How clearly he wanted his students to do well,” Dynes said.

Acting Dean of the College of Arts and Science and Director of the Woodrow Wilson Program Jennifer Drake worked with Nattermann in the English department.

“He was a very learned man. He was a generalist in the best sense of the word, in that he knew a lot about literature and had a remarkable ability to talk with all of us about our areas of specialization,” Drake said.

Both Dynes and Drake said that Nattermann was always willing to help the department in any way he could.

“Dr. Nattermann was always willing to step in and cover what needed to be covered,” Drake said. “His ability and knowledge base in literature enabled that. But also his willingness to serve the department and serve students was remarkable.”

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Uncertainty about crossing rules led campus police to take action after complaints of students, faculty and staff disturbing traffic.

Are you breaking the law?

Campus police issue warnings in an attempt to promote safe crossing

By James Figy NEWS EDITOR Warnings issued by University of Indianapolis campus police prompted rumors of fines over the weekend of Sept. 8. But according to Interim Chief of Police Sgt. Hailey Padgett-Riley, that is not true.

“Honestly, we haven’t issued any citations—nothing that’s a fine—according to our stats and our officers’ stats,” PadgettRiley said.

Campus police have, however, issued 56 written warnings and about 30 verbal warnings, according to Padgett-Riley.

Complaints from motorists about pedestrians crossing out of turn at traffic signals motivated campus police to issue warnings. She said that before the traffic lights were installed and there were only crosswalks, it was not an issue, but now if pedestrians do not wait for the walk signals they are breaking the law.

“We’re getting compliance with the warnings, so that’s why no fines have really been issued,” Padgett-Riley said.

The warnings started in May, right after graduation, mostly at the stoplight by Nicoson Hall, but recently have increased to remind pedestrians at the start of the school year, according to Padgett-Riley.

She said that this is important, not only because it is the law, but to keep everyone on campus safe.

“When the motorists have the green light, it honestly is the motorists’ right of way, and it is not a pedestrian right of way at that point. So, basically it’s just awareness for safety,” Padgett-Riley said. “We don’t want anyone to get hurt.”

Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Kory Vitangeli said that everyone needs to know and follow the rules so that students, faculty and staff do not get injured.

“We don’t want anyone to get hit by a car, so it’s really a campus safety issue,” Vitangeli said. “All of us together help make UIndy safe.”

Both Padgett-Riley and Vitangeli said that the best way to stay safe while crossing is to simply wait for the signal.

“You have to press the button and that will signal it [the signal] to be able to let you walk across. And when you do have the walk signal it is your right of way,”PadgettRiley said. “You are able to cross, and that means that the traffic has a red light and if you have the ‘don’t walk ’ and you walk anyway, you’re in violation according to our IC Code, Indiana State code.”

The misconceptions about right of way do not stop there, according to PadgettRiley. Pedestrians are not supposed to enter the roadway if there are vehicles approaching and it will cause immediate danger, under Indiana Code 9-21-17, Section 5. However, once in the road pedestrians have the right of way to cross.

“The law states that once you’re in

the middle of the roadway—that you’ve already taken action to cross the street—to oncoming traffic you do have the right of way. But if oncoming traffic is coming and you step out in front of them, you don’t have the right of way,” Padgett-Riley said.

“So basically it’s like saying, you have the right to make it safely to the other end of the street, but not to walk in front of cars.”

Problem spots still remain, such as on Shelby St. in front of the Music Annex, where pedestrians regularly cross. Both Padgett-Riley and Vitangeli said that students always need to obey the traffic laws.

“Technically, if there’s not a crosswalk, you need to go to the light,”Vitangeli said.

Although she said the university requested that the city install a new crosswalk, so that pedestrians could cross directly to the Music Annex, nothing can be done without the city’s approval.

“It’s not like we can put in crosswalks, because it’s not our property to do so,” Vitangeli said.

The other problem spot is the intersection at Otterbein and Hanna Avenues, where Padgett-Riley said campus police soon will be issuing more warnings.

However, she said that the actions taken by campus police have definitely encouraged adherence to traffic rules.

“From our issuing warnings, we’ve been seeing compliance from the students, so we’re happy about that,” Padgett-Riley said.“It seems to be working, and students are more aware and paying attention.”

University of Indianapolis President Robert Manuel promoted Mary Wade Atteberry to the recently established cabinet level position of vice president for communications and marketing.

Atteberry worked for 14 years in journalism, then worked as the community relations director for Westfield Washington Schools for five years before coming to UIndy in 2002.

Atteberry has held several positions at UIndy, including media relations director, executive director of communications and marketing in 2005 and her new position.

Atteberry now will be privy to cabinet meetings and thus more able to communicate the intentions of the administration.

“I will be supervising the same team but will be involved in strategy at a higher level as a member of the cabinet,” Atteberry said. “Having the chief communications and marketing person at the table allows for better integration of these areas throughout an organization.”

According to Assistant Professor of Communication and Distinguished Professor of Service Learning Rebecca Deemer, the new position provides a great opportunity for better communication.

“A PR professional listens to all different audiences with a genuine concern.

They also consider how every message and action will be perceived by and affect all different constituents,” Deemer said.

Manuel said that this position completed the cabinet, so it can fill every role.

“The questions we examine as part of the cabinet need to be communicated to the university community,” Manuel said.

“In addition, there are so many innovative and unique programs happening at the university that I wanted to be sure we were showcasing them.”

Deemer said this position will help inform the campus about what is happening, especially in the President’s Office. “[Atteberry’s] promotion signified a strong commitment by the cabinet to the value of open communication and relationship building, both within the university and between UIndy and our external audiences,” Deemer said.

Manuel said that he is committed to informing everyone involved with UIndy.

“Firstly, I think it will make our community aware of all the work and progress that is being made around campus. This should also connect faculty, students and alumni,” Manuel said. “Lastly, it will enable us to focus [our] messaging to prospective students, allowing us to accurately talk about what makes UIndy different, and how our education is focused on changing the life chances of our students.”

Students raise awareness on and off campus Working to put the brakes on to sex trafficking is the goal of women’s soccer team and new club

By Alexander Taylor ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Two University of Indianapolis organization are working to spread awareness about sex trafficking, which is a prevalent issue in the world. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s website, www.fbi.gov, sex-trafficking is typically identified as the movement of people across areas in order to exploit them sexually. Statistically, many of the people involved in sex-trafficking are young girls ages ten and up.

According to the FBI, “An estimated 293,000 American youths currently are at risk of becoming victims of commercial sexual exploitation.”

UIndy has two on-campus organizations that are currently promoting sextrafficking awareness. Both the women’s

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soccer team and the organization known as Keys are bringing sex-trafficking awareness to students.

“We are doing a season-long campaign to raise awareness,” said Women’s Soccer Coach Kiley Cirello. “We are asking for pledges or donations through our athletics website. Most have been a specified amount per goal scored on the season.”

The women’s soccer team also is providing public service announcements at every home game and wearing custom warm-up uniforms to promote awareness.

In October, the team will be accepting pledges from opposing teams as well.

Keys, an organization that was recently created by UIndy students also has set its sights on sex-trafficking awareness. The organization was created to educate the students and faculty.

“While many think Keys is an acronym, the word Keys is a representation,”

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said Nathan Stoneking, one of the original creators of Keys. “It represents our organization unlocking the silence of human trafficking by advocating, educating and supplying service opportunities.”

The organization holds meetings every other Monday. The meetings focus primarily on the education of young adults about sex trafficking but is not limited to just that topic. At Keys, many of the students are taught how to speak to strangers, family and friends about the issue of sex trafficking.

Students also are informed about important dates, speakers and events that also promote sex trafficking awareness at UIndy.

The women’s soccer team and Keys, although two very different organizations, are helping spread awareness for the same cause.

Because of these organizations’ ef-

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forts, many UIndy students understand the implications of sex trafficking and are assisting in spreading sex trafficking awareness.

“We have about 160 emails of people

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who have shown interest in our group.

We have just over 100 members on our Facebook group, UIndy Keys,” Stoneking said. “For this being our first semester I’d say we are doing pretty well.”

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

VOTING: A RIGHT AND A RESPONSIBILITY

By Abby Gross OPINION EDITOR Do you have any plans for the Tuesday following the first Monday of November?

Nov. 6 is the date—the culmination of one of the biggest races in our nation. And if you are 18 years or older and a citizen of this country, you are cordially invited to attend.

If you’re still confused, I am not talking about a race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but rather, the presidential race: November 6 is Election Day. For many current college students, this will be the first presidential election in which they are eligible to vote. Many of us likely have voted in local and state elections, but never before have we been able to claim the voting milestone of casting our ballot for a presidential candidate.

I would argue that this “cordial” invitation to vote, to participate in what makes our democracy a democracy, is not so cordial in reality. In fact, we should see it as more

of an obligation or responsibility of a citizen. If you are a voting-age citizen, you owe it to yourself and others to make sure you are represented in this nation’s government through your vote.

But enough of my incessant imploring. You don’t have to listen to me, because the shocking numbers speak much louder than my words.

In the last presidential election, in 2008, only 63.6 percent of votingage citizens voted.

I repeat, 63.6 percent.

I’m not even going to bother with doing the math to figure out how many American citizens that is, citizens who essentially do not have a voice because they didn’t cast a vote. That would be an even more depressing statistic. But can you imagine what the voice of the other 36.4 percent could say in an election, especially one as important as the

“Exercise your right to vote, or revoke your right to complain.”

Reality television spirals downward

The home of unstable, immoral and unreal celebrities needs a reboot

By Anna Wieseman MANAGING EDITOR Reality television has hit some low points over the years, but the lowest of the lows came with the sex-crazed, tan, alcoholic members of “Jersey Shore.”As much as this group of eight made us cringe and feel better about our own lives, we love them.

I love “Jersey Shore,” and I hate myself for it. The fact that the show is ending is a weight off of America’s chest. It became the defining part of my week, and after the final season is over, I will be able to focus on more important things.

Reality shows grip us and hold us in.

They feed our desire to be free and not be held down by society’s rules. These wants and needs are why this show specifically gripped Americans and even the world. It dropped the social expectations of younger people. We all want to burn our skin and glue caterpillars to our “inadequate” eyelashes. This type of reality television has tainted our sense of beauty.

The end of the series will help boost people up. This end will show them that speaking in complete sentences without cursing does not sound odd. We will be able to focus again on our work. Maybe we will see less skin and more of people taking responsible actions.

As much as Nicole “Snooki” Pollizi makes my stomach turn, the change I saw in her when she found out she was pregnant was astonishing. We all have little Lorenzo to thank for the end of the series. The series helped her meet her now-fiancé and the father of her child. Even though she did cheat on him on camera, she showed growth as time went on. She left that part of herself in the reruns of the show. The final season’s previews seem to show this growth, and hopefully it’s not all for show.

As strangely heartwarming as the change in Snooki has been, MTV is still bringing the smut full force. The heartbreaking part is that this sells. One of the clearest examples is “The Real World: Where the Heck They Are Now.” This once meaningful social experiment is now in its 27th season and has lost all meaning it originally had. It has become about partying and seeing how many hook-ups cast members can rack up.

In earlier seasons, the show brought true social discussion. Hawaii season cast member Ruthie Alcaide was hospitalized for alcohol poisoning after she was filmed falling off a stool at a bar. Pedro Pablo Zamora, a member of the San Francisco cast, was the first openly gay member of the cast who had AIDS. Alcaide used her experience to become sober and teach others about the dangers of alcohol, and Zamora used his fame to become an activist for education about HIV/AIDS. Not all “Real World” experiences are that life changing. Cast members come in and out of the house acting as if they were raised in the wild. MTV needs to see the effect that these shows are having on view-

election that determines the presidency of this nation?

Our country functions as a representative democracy, but if only 64 percent of eligible citizens vote, exactly who do our nation’s elected leaders represent? Yes, 64 percent does constitute a majority, but given the fact that the margin of victory in many elections is often incredibly small, an extra handful of voters—by a handful, I mean a few percentage points—could completely change the election results. If more citizens voted, the face of majority rule could undoubtedly change.

Then again, who are these nonvoters?

Perhaps they are apathetic. To be honest, I don’t think anyone wants politically apathetic individuals voting just for the sake of voting, treating the polls like guesswork on a multiple choice test. But

ers, who see reckless behavior without consequences.That’s what viewers often want to imitate. Many viewers ignore Alcaide’s struggles and the equality and education that Zamora brought to the airwaves.

Even major networks’ reality shows have focused on unstable characters. A man who goes by the stage name Horse showcased himself on the NBC show “America’s Got Talent” getting hit in his testicles multiple ways. The fact that the producers would let this “act”get beyond the initial screening is appalling. Even more disgusting is that he got beyond the first round. He was chosen over singing, dancing and other artistic talents. Now even reality shows meant to showcase real talent are choosing sensational acts over real talent.

Each network needs to take a serious look at what it is marketing to its viewers.

Even “Jackass” told its viewers not to try things at home and that professionals oversee the stunts. MTV is the worst for showing these destructive behaviors.

And I’m addicted.

I’m glad that “Jersey Shore” is ending. Now I can move on with my life.

I can use my hour from 10-11 p.m. on Thursdays for reading, watching the news, catching up with friends or even being a productive member of society.

I can stop having my mind warped by GTL and the drunk mannerisms that Deena Nicole Cortese comes up with.

“Jersey Shore” is not the only landmark show to end its time on MTV. “Teen Mom,”which followed the lives of young mothers Maci Bookout, Catelynn Lowell, Farrah Abraham and Amber Portwood, wrapped up its final episode this month. This show had impact and demonstrated the true colors of the teenage mother experience.

Even this show took a turn for trash television with cast member Amber Portwood being charged with domestic battery and probation violations during the filming of the show. It ended at the right time, so that the girls could leave as some of the rare respectable MTV alums.

Reality television needs a reboot.

Networks need to get back to reality television that is responsible and educational, rather than raunchy and disgraceful.

The first launchings of “The Real World,” “Big Brother” and many other shows were true social experiments. Now they are cess pits for the bottom of the gene pool. This brand of television can accomplish ratings without pushing limits of profanity and nudity.

Most importantly, if MTV listened to viewers, the network would realize that bringing music videos back would be the greatest business decision they could ever make.

I find it hard to stomach that 36 percent of all Americans are just that apathetic.

Many of us are fiesty, and when things don’t go our way, we strike, protest and make our opinions known in any way that will attract the attention of the media or government. The message of the story is that we do have opinions, and more of us should be voting.

If you currently are not registered to vote, you should do so soon. Many states’ deadlines are quickly approaching. According to the Indiana Secretary of State website, the last day to register to vote for the 2012 general election is Oct. 9.

Prospective voters can register online, in-person or via mail.

If you are from out-of-state or outof-town, you have the option of voting absentee. The state of Indiana allows registered voters to vote absentee-inperson beginning Oct. 9, which is done at the county clerk’s office. The deadline by which absentee-by-mail applications much be received is Oct. 12.

Voters wishing to vote absentee-by-

mail must meet one of nine possible requirements, one of which states, “You have a specific, reasonable expectation that you will be absent from the county on Election Day during the entire 12 hours that the polls are open (6 a.m. until 6 p.m.).”

Having a day’s worth of college classes at the University of Indianapolis would likely qualify for most voters, depending on one’s home county. If Marion County is not your home county, you have the choice of making the trip to your home country on Election Day or voting absentee, either in-person or via mail. The government has made it easy for you to exercise your right to vote.

So vote if you wish to have a voice in our nation’s future. If you don’t vote, though, please consider yourself an invisible and voiceless citizen, because that is what you have made yourself. And don’t even think about complaining about the politicians who gain power and the legislation they enact. Exercise your right to vote, or revoke your right to complain.

Death over designer Violence over shoes persists among “sneakerheads” and “hypebeasts”

By Ariana Gainer & Kaitlyn Kopetski FEATURE EDITOR & BUSINESS MANAGER The terms “dead stock” and “hypebeast” may not mean much to the average person, but to a “sneakerhead,” these words are a part of everyday vocabulary. Sneakerhead is an American colloquialism for a person who collects rare, limited or exclusive shoes, which they refer to as “kicks.” Usually, the collection include many shoes from the Jordan brand. Sneakerheads have a vast amount of knowledge about not only the shoes in their closets, but also all shoes being bought and sold.

Waiting in line for hours and camping out for a pair of what seems to the outside world like meaningless kicks is a way of life for sneakerheads. “Copping” (buying) the latest pair of shoes affords them prestige in the sneaker game, or as they might say, “packing heat” and upping their status as a sneakerhead.

While the phenomenon recently has grown, the concept of being a sneakerhead is not new. In 2008, rapper Nelly released the song “Stepped on My J’z,” which features these lyrics: “We used to ditch school and head straight up to the mall, just so we can be the first ones with ‘em on.” Among consumers of all ages, this sentiment is widespread. Being the first to get their hands on the latest pair of Jordans has become a priority for sneakerheads.

Ironically, after standing in line for hours and perhaps even braving violence just to have a new pair of shoes, many sneakerheads refuse to even wear them. Many hardcore shoe lovers religiously clean their shoes and guard them against scuffing, simply to place them back in the box. This begs the question: Is being able to display a massive shoe collection that never leaves your closet worth all this madness?

Hypebeasts are yet another source of controversy surrounding the sneakerhead community. The term is used derogatorily to describe people who are “often sneakerheads with a generic sense of style that entails wearing New Era fitted hats and god-awful all over print hoodies and jeans so tight that they cut off the wearer’s circulation to the brain,” according to a definition on the popular urbandictionary.com. This definition of a hypebeast highlights the tension that exists even between real sneakerheads and the “wannabes.”

The release of the Concord 11s in December 2011 brought additional problems to the sneaker community. Most stores only sold one shoe of each size, making pairs of the shoe extremely difficult to obtain. Reports of stabbing, killing and overall violence laced the media and shocked the sneaker population following the exclusive release of these shoes.

Rapper J.Cole addresses this phenomenon in his recent song “Nobody’s Perfect,” in which he warns fans about what he has dubbed “death over designer.” The lyrics “They killin’ [people] for J’s, that’s death over designer,” directly reference the violence surrounding the Jordan brand.

Recent reports of violence accompanying the exclusive releases of sneakers are causing a buzz on YouTube as well. YouTube sneakerhead personality “Jumpmanbostic” released a video telling his fans his plan to boycott the releases of the Bred 4s and Bred 11s, limited edition shoes coming out at the end of this year. His reason is simple: the reselling of Jordans at insanely high prices on EBay and Craigslist is making it difficult for sneakerheads to truly enjoy buying new kicks.

In his video, “Jumpmanbostic” also addresses the violence problem erupting around the hype of releases. He explains, “I don’t like the hype, the problems with obtaining shoes, the lottery system that is being used, the killing, the stabbing, the fighting, the problems with obtaining sneakers nowadays.” His video “A_KictionTalk 16 I’m Passing on the Bred 4 & 11 What About You?” currently has over 6,000 views on YouTube.

Whether boycotting is the solution is disputable, we don’t think a few people boycotting two shoe releases will prevent others from committing violent acts to obtain Jordans. Although “Jumpmanbostic” and his followers are commendable for their attempts to decrease the madness, that alone will not diminish the hostility that exists in the sneakerhead community.

While we can identify with shoe lovers, the sneakerhead phenomenon presents the million-dollar question: Is all this hatred and violence over shoes justified?

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Groups work together for Homecoming 2012 The 2012 University of Indianapolis Homecoming will take place throughout the first week of October and will have new activities for both students and alumni.

One of the additions to this year’s Homecoming is Hound Pound Late Night, an activity resembling the tradition of Campus Program Board’s Midnight Breakfast, which will help establish new relationships on campus, according to Associate Director of Athletics Matt Donovan.

“The coaches and student-athletes will obviously be a part of that event to help create a good relationship with the students and get everyone excited for the Homecoming week, because that will basically kick off the week,” Donovan said.

Donovan said that students also will receive a free Homecoming t-shirt in exchange for an old UIndy t-shirt, which will be donated to a local nonprofit.

“You bring a college shirt, and you give that shirt, and you will get your Homecoming shirt. And those shirts [the

donated shirts] are actually being given to Damar Homes, which is an organization that helps children and adults who have special needs,” Donovan said. “So that’s kind of a neat thing that we’re obviously conducting.”

Another new feature of this year’s Homecoming is the Greyhound Village, a small carnival that both students and alumni, along with their families, can enjoy prior to the start of the Homecoming football game.

Natalie Cummings, director of Alumni Relations, said that the new event, which was suggested by a focus group of alumni, hopefully will attract many former graduates of the university.

“It is a fun, family-oriented activity the afternoon of Homecoming day,” Cummings said. “It features a carnival with a variety of games and inflatables targeted to kids of all ages. So alumni can bring their families with them and enjoy kind of a fun day on campus.”

Cummings said that the day will feature a cover band, and alumni will have the opportunity to reconnect with former classmates, faculty, staff and current students.

“We have a lot of fun things planned,

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and there are a lot of details that have gone into it, but I think we will make it a really exciting and fun day,” Cummings said.

Another contributor to the development of this year’s Homecoming, Student Activities Coordinator Stephanie Barry, said that this year’s Homecoming will feature activities for everyone.

“This year, there are a lot of events that kind of attract anyone. So if you’re not really into sports, we’re fortunate that there are theatre productions that week. So if they’re interested in going to the theatre productions, we have that,” Barry said.

Barry said that finding something for everyone has always been a goal of the Homecoming board in the past, but this year will be the first time it becomes a reality. She hopes it will get almost everyone, both students and alumni, involved.

“We’ve tried in the past to hit upon it, but I think there is something for everyone, and obviously we go here for education for service and we like to do service, so we kind of have that component throughout the week, too,” Barry said.

The 2012 UIndy Homecoming activities will begin on Sept. 29, and conclude with the Homecoming football game on Oct. 6.

Homecoming Week 2012

Hounds Around the World

By AJ Rose SPORTS EDITOR

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Super Saturday of Service 8 a.m.-Meet on The Steps Outside of Ransburg Auditorium (Esch Hall)

Theatre Production: Little Shop of Horrors 8 p.m. in Ransburg Auditorium *L/P Credit Available*

Women’s and Men’s Greyhound Soccer vs. Southern Indiana 12 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. in Key Stadium

Greyhound Village 1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. in Schwitzer Park (Rain Location: Schwitzer Student Center)

Hound Pound Late Night 9 p.m.-10:30 p.m. in the Dining Hall

Hump Day Special: Photo Luggage Tags 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in Schwitzer Student Center

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Around the World in 90 Minutes 8 p.m. in UIndy Hall A *L/P Credit Available*

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Study Abroad Information Session 2 p.m. in UIndy Hall C *L/P Credit Available* Graphic by Madie Eash

UIndy launches Common Reading Experience

By Wade Theil STAFF WRITER

and slave owner. Berry based the character on a real man by the same name who she thought owned the plantation her family came from. She later found out that he Author Bertice Berry spoke at the was an abolitionist, and the southernmost University of Indianapolis on September conductor of the Underground Railroad, 18th to discuss her book The Ties That a mistake she wanted to correct.

During her performance in Ransburg Bind as part of the Common Reading Experience, a new program designed to Auditorium, Berry told jokes, sang and give incoming freshmen a common point recited poetry to get her point across. She urged people to interact with each other, of discussion on a centralized topic.

The Common Reading Experience to read and to forgive and forget.

“You cannot evolve to the person you also is designed to work with the University Series theme. This year’s theme is are meant to be if you don’t let some things “who do you think you are?” Berry’s book go,” Berry said.

Berry said that she was happy to be a The Ties That Bind was chosen because it discusses ideas and themes similar to this part of the Common Reading Experience.

“The program is doing almost exactly year’s University Series.

Executive Director of Student Services what I wanted people to get from the Dan Stoker is involved with coordinating book,” Berry said.

The Common Reading Experience was the University Series and the Common first brought up to incoming students at Reading Experience.

“We have talked for a long time of orientation and summer registration. Afdoing a common reader as a campus,” ter that, there were events and facilitated discussions during Welcome Stoker said. “We’ve looked Week that tied into the at different books, but we book. Stoker said that the have never been able to response from students has commit until this year.” been mixed.

Stoker said that As“We have some students sociate Director of Career who seem to really be enServices Lela Mixon gave gaged in it and who seem Berry’s book to him and to really like it and others Dean of Ecumenical and who are not as excited or Interfaith Programs and Asenthralled,” Stoker said. sociate Professor of PhilosoThe university attempted phy and Religion Michael to make the book affordable Cartwright. Cartwright also for students by subsidizing the helped start the Common STOKER cost and cutting the price to Reading Experience.

“We both read the book and said, ‘This $10, Stoker said. This helped to keep the has some real possibilities and it connects cost down for the university, because it did not buy every book, and for students, well with our theme,’” Stoker said.

After Stoker and Cartwright had some because they did not have to pay full price. conversations with other staff and faculty The university’s bookstore sold out of all members, they decided on Berry’s book. 734 copies of Berry’s book.

“We had 75 percent of the freshmen The Ties That Bind is a reflective memoir that discusses the history of Berry’s coming through summer registration African-American family members, purchase the book,” Stoker said. “Yes, it from the days of slavery all the way to would have been great to have 100 percent, the present day. The book shows readers but the only way we could probably do that they can always learn something new that is if we paid for it and gave a copy to every person.” about their roots.

The search for next year’s Common Berry said that The Ties That Binds was in part about “getting the story right.” Reading Experience book is already Barry said that in her first novel, Re- underway. Stoker said it is very likely demption Song, she misrepresented a man that the cost of year’s Common Reading named John Hunn as a cruel plantation Experience book will be subsidized.

Photo contributed by Geri Watson

Junior social work major Carla Richey (left) and sophomore theater and English major Elise Campagna (right) interact with children during their Spring Term trip to Serria Leone last May.

Students travel to Sierra Leone, recall experiences Story-telling event commemorates Spring Term trip last May

By Gwen Debaun STAFF WRITER

Twelve students and three faculty members gave a presentation that included pictures and stories about how they were changed during a Spring Term trip to Sierra Leone on Sept. 21.

The trip lasted for 15 days in May when students were able to go overseas to work and become more culturally aware.

Adviser for the trip Chaplain and Assistant Professor and Ecumenical and Interfaith Programs Lang Brownlee said that it was a pilgrimage of service.

“God would be working in the lives of the people there,” Brownlee said. “We would see people doing God’s work and be able to help do God’s work as well.”

Junior social work major Carla Richey and junior math and actuarial science major Austin Cripps said that the trip was not only a service learning project but also a spiritual experience.

Cripps said that he was very enthusiastic about taking a trip that allowed him to see how Christians around the world lived.

Because the trip was a service-learning project, the team worked on a dormitory, to make it livable. Richey said that she got the opportunity to paint and sand rooms.

“We actually had to shoo out livestock,”

Cripps said. “It was quite the experience.”

The children of the community even helped the team carry water from a pump and mix the cement.

To prepare for the two-week trip, the students had to go to a series of five to six meetings taught by Brownlee, Assistant Director of International Division Geri Watson and Chaplain and Director of the Lantz Center for Christian Vocations and Formation Jeremiah Gibbs. All of them helped instruct the students about what they would face in Africa.

Richey said she only attended the last meeting because of her roommate’s persistence, but she still felt called to go afterward. Cripps, however, had been thinking about going for quite some time.

Both students said that the meetings helped them feel prepared.

The group left Indianapolis with a maximum of 50 pounds of luggage each.

When they arrived in Sierra Leone, tour guides from Operation Classroom were awaiting them.

UIndy partnered with Operation Classroom, which is a worldwide organization that has a satellite agency in Sierra Leone.

Brownlee said that UIndy teamed up with Operation Classroom because of their Methodist roots, which made the choice an easy one.

The guides from Project Classroom

showed them the cities of Bo and Tiama, as well as where they would stay in the Presidential Suite at Njala University, where the president of Sierra Leone stays when he visits the area.

Cripps said that the community was joyous and hospitable.

“They were used to [Caucasians] coming to help them, but me, being black, was strange for them, foreign,” Richey said.

According to Richey, the locals took a little while to open up, but once they did, she had to fight off suitors.

Cripps remembered learning songs in Mende, the main tribal language, and said the local people would sing for hours over cooking meals, walking through town, or around the campfire.

“One of the main songs they would sing was “Telam Tenke”. It means, ‘Tell God thank you,’” Brownlee said.

According to Cripps, the locals were not the only ones to share their songs.

“One night, we even taught them some of our songs,” Cripps said. “It took them a little while, but they seemed to enjoy it.”

Cripps and Richey both met students from Sierra Leone with whom they still correspond. The trip touched the lives of the students, making many want to return.

“In the US, we take so much for granted when some of them [in Sierra Leone] don’t even have their families,” Richey said. “I want to change that.”

member Laura Irmer first had a class with Nattermann when she was an undergraduate social work major. Irmer said that Nattermann helped her start on the path towards her English major.

“I completely credit Dr. Nattermann for inspiring me to later receive my master’s in English,” Irmer said.

She said Nattermann’s teaching style helped her decide to take a new major.

“He made looking at literature and poetry so interesting—such a bigger

picture than what I ever knew it to be,” Irmer said. “I loved literature prior to having him, but the way he was able to show us how to analyze it and break it down and interpret it was so fascinating and interesting.”

Irmer has continued to be inspired by Nattermann even after her graduation.

“I have this beautiful opportunity of teaching this course that I had him for originally, the [English] 102 class,” Irmer said. “And every semester that I go to construct my syllabus and decide what it is I’m going to teach my students....

He’s always been an influence as to how that plays out for me, based on the stories that I read and the way he taught [when I was in his class].”

Irmer said that Nattermann’s careful

instruction helped her thrive as a student.

“I just remember feeling so accomplished as a writer, in addition to feeling accomplished as a student who was working under him,” Irmer said.

Dynes said that Nattermann’s presence is greatly missed in the department.

“He was always willing to talk to other folks about their disciplines, about the kinds of books he was reading and teaching,” Dynes said.

Nattermann’s effect on the university is still felt in the way he helped students grow and succeed, according to Dynes.

“His interactions with students I think really helped them see their own potential,” Dynes said. “[It] really helped them see where they could grow and how they can grow as students.”

NATTERMANN from page 1 interact. According to sophomore German and psychology major Kyle Mishler, Natterman would start his English 102 class by asking a question and allow the students to steer the discussion.

“I enjoyed his teaching style... He would give us a question to spark discussion and one question over 10 students could respond to in different ways,” Mishler said.

Mishler said that he enjoyed visiting Nattermann’s office for help because of their mutual affinity for German culture.

“We [Nattermann and I] sometimes would have full on conversations in just German. I think that’s what he liked about me as a person,” Mishler said. “I had a really good understanding of just who he was as a person because he lived

in Germany for most of his life, and I have a pretty good understanding of German culture.”

Mishler said that he only had one class with Nattermann but enjoyed their conversations.

“I really enjoyed his teaching style, and he’s probably one of the professors I really liked at this university even though I only had him for one semester,” Mishler said.

Administrative assistant in the President’s Office and English faculty

“He made looking at literature and poetry so interesting— such a bigger picture than I ever knew it to be.”

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Volleyball extends winning streak

By Madie Eash STAFF WRITER The No. 9 ranked University of Indianapolis volleyball team extended their winning-streak to eight on Sept.

22, defeating the Bellarmine University Knights 3-0 at Knights Hall.

In the first set, UIndy trailed early 9-7, but was able to come back and hold on to win the set 25-19.

In the second set, UIndy held the lead early with a 9-6 advantage. Bellarmine however, came back and took the lead 14-13. A kill and two consecutive aces by junior middle blocker Brittany Anglemyer led UIndy back to take the lead 16-14.

The Knights came back once again however, and earned the set point at 2423. Bellarmine failed to make the next serve however, and UIndy had a chance to capitalize but failed to do so as well, missing the next serve.

Bellarmine had another chance at a set point with the score at 25-24, but failed again to finish. The Knights, after committing three consecutive attack errors, opened the opportunity for UIndy to win the set 27-25.

In the final set of the match, UIndy started off with a slight lead 10-8. UIndy pulled away after another missed serve

by Bellarmine, and went on a 12-1 run.

The Greyhounds led 22-9, and following the ninth service error committed by Bellarmine, UIndy closed out the set and the match winning 25-16.

The Greyhounds won their road opener of the Great Lakes Valley Conference portion of the season, defeating the McKendree University Bearcats on Sept. 21, 3-1.

The Greyhounds were victorious in their first two sets, winning 25-23 in the first and 25-22 in the second. However McKendree won the third 21-25. UIndy finished the match however, with a 25-19 victory in the fourth set.

UIndy defeated the Saint Joseph’s Pumas 3-0 on Sept. 18. This brought the Greyhounds to their fifth win at home, making them undefeated at home this season.

Senior outside hitter Kristina Kerrigan had 17 kills, making her the second in all-time career kills at UIndy.

Kerrigan spoke of the team’s advancements and what that would do to their game.

“We’re a top team now,” Kerrigan said. “This means everyone is going to bring their A-game when they play us.

So do we.”

Alongside Kerrigan, Anglemyer had eight kills during the game plus two aces, two blocks and three digs. She had the second-most kills during the game, after Kerrigan.

Together, sophomore setter Meghan Binkerd and freshman setter Karsey King made 44 assists throughout the game.

Binkerd led with 36 assists, and King added eight more after she was subbed in.

Although the Pumas stayed two points ahead during the beginning of the first match, the Greyhounds came back and eventually led by five, the result of an error made by the Pumas.

Kerrigan made the final kill, and UIndy won the match 25-14.

During the next match, the Greyhounds started scoring early and took a two-point lead from the Pumas. With the Greyhounds leading 8-4, the Pumas took a timeout. Kerrigan, with freshman middle blocker Payton Schultz, executed kill after kill, again ending the match at 25-14.

Following a successful start, the Greyhounds maintained the lead by racking up points, scoring the first three points and eventually gaining a six-point lead.

An ace by sophomore outside hitter Kimberly Trojan and a kill by freshman middle blocker Hannah Bauer at the end helped the Greyhounds win the match 25-23 and the game overall 3-0.

On Sept. 15, the Greyhounds played Lewis University, defeating the Flyers 3-0.

According to Kerrigan, the girls were very aggressive with their serves.

“We worked on aggressive serving [during practice], taking other people out of their game,” Kerrigan said.

Anglemyer finished with 11 kills, a career-high. Kerrigan also finished the game with 17 kills, leading the match with the most kills.

Freshman libero/defensive specialist Shelby Holland had 10 digs, a career-high,

and three aces. Senior libero/defensive specialist Amy Oldenburg also finished with a high number of digs, racking up a total of 13.

When the first match started, the Flyers took a six-point lead.The Greyhounds came back, however, led by back-to-back kills from Anglemyer.

Binkerd saved a rogue ball and directed it back towards the court, where Anglemyer made another kill against Lewis.

Lewis took a timeout, but only after the Greyhounds had gained the lead.

The Greyhounds lost the lead after the timeout but came back and won the match 25-19.

The Greyhounds obtained the lead early in the second match. The Flyers tied the score three times but failed to gain the lead, and the Greyhounds won 25-21.

Hoping to sweep the Flyers in all three matches and win the game, the Greyhounds gained an early lead with a score of 13-4, finishing out the match on top, 25-11.

Head Volleyball Coach Jody Rogers said what helps her team come out victorious, is teamwork.

“If they play collectively as a team, and they’re talking and communicating and executing, a ‘W’ is about to come,” Rogers said. “If they don’t do those little intangible things, that is when they falter and lose it.”

The Greyhounds next match will be at home on Sept. 28 at 3 p.m. against Wittenberg University.

Photos by Victoria Jenkins

Top: (from left to right) senior opposite hitter Kourtney Crawford and sophomore middle blocker Julia Watkins go up for a block against Wisconsin-Parkside. Bottom: (from left to right) Crawford, junior middle blocker Brittany Anglemyer and freshman outside hitter Hailey Brown go up against the Rangers.

Herendeen gains Willey earns promotion experience overseas Manuel names new Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics at UIndy

By Scott Mitchell EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Greyhound swimmer Dalton Herendeen returned from his trip to the 2012 London Paralympics on Sept. 10 and was welcomed home by friends and teammates.

A sophomore physical therapy major, Herendeen was chosen to represent team USA in this year’s Paralympic Games. He swam five individual events, and although he did not final in any of them, Herendeen was grateful for the experience.

“Just being there was awesome. Olympic Village and all of the noise, meeting new people from all over the world and building relationships with them, it was a great experience,” Herendeen said.

While Herendeen was disappointed that he did not final, he said that he plans to build on this trip in his future with the Greyhounds.

UIndy Head Swimming Coach Gary Kinkead believes that the Paralympics have helped to mature Herendeen as an athlete.

“I think what it does is it gives him a lot of confidence in what he’s doing,” Kinkead said. “Going there, I think he realized how fortunate he was to be in a position 99 percent of athletes don’t get to be in.”

Herendeen stayed in contact with Kinkead during his time in London.

He informed his coach about the atmosphere at the pool—something that was unlike anything Herendeen had ever encountered.

“Walking out to a crowd of 18,000 people gave me chills. Being there was definitely an unreal experience,” Herendeen said.

Kinkead is certain that those feelings will build the young athlete into someone even better.

“It’s going to help him be able to understand that he has to be calm before races, that he has to stay within himself and not focus on outside interferences,” Kinkead said.“His later events were better than his earlier events. He matured tenfold

in those eight days.”

Both Herendeen and Kinkead came away with experiences from suitcases full of USA team gear to character-building and racing experience. Both are certain that these experiences will play a major role as Herendeen continues to build his career.

“I really think that this is going to be a stepping stone, not only for his next three years with us, but for his Paralympics and his next trip, when he goes out to Rio,” Kinkead said.

Kinkead said that he believes Herendeen has a real opportunity to medal in the next Paralympics.

Herendeen said that he will continue to work hard in his remaining years at UIndy and that he looks forward to what the future has for him at Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

Back in the United States, Herendeen and the rest of the USA Olympic and Paralympic athletes traveled to Washington, D.C. , to visit the White House. On Sept. 13, Herendeen and the other athletes met President Barack Obama.

Kinkead is proud to see his studentathlete gaining recognition for himself and the HERENDEEN university.

“He’s a great ambassador for us [the swim team], he’s a great ambassador for the university and he’s always been a positive influence,” Kinkead said.

Kinkead said that Herendeen is still excited by the many new memories he has made and that his career has only just begun.

Herendeen and the UIndy men’s and women’s swim teams will return to the pool on Oct. 13, when they host Asbury, University at 1 p.m. inside the Ruth Lilly Fitness Center.

By Kaley Belakovich EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

contributed to his decision to promote her.

“First, Sue has an incredible history with UIndy. From her days as a studentathlete to her current position, she has Sue Willey, who is in her tenth year devoted her life to ensuring [that] we have serving the University of Indianapolis as the best athletic program in the country,” director of athletics, has been promoted to Manuel said.“Second, Sue has taken leadvice president for intercollegiate athletics. ership positions with the NCAA and the Willey said that she asked UIndy Presi- GLVC. Her work with those organizations dent Robert Manuel for the promotion. has raised the image of our university well “It’s not common, but there are other outside of Indiana and has impacted the vice presidents for intercollegiate athletics experiences of Division II athletes around the country. Sue has earned a Ph.D. and on some campuses,” Willey said.

Willey has been with the university continually engages the conversation since she was a freshman in college. She between athletics and education in ways has served as a teacher and a coach for that serve our population well.”

Willey said that one of the reasons many sports. She also served as chair of the Department of Health and Physical she asked for the promotion was because Education, which is now the Department she was the only member serving on the of Kinesiology. She even started the ten- president’s cabinet that did not have the nis team as a sophomore, because UIndy title of vice president.

“At one point in time, there were two previously did not have a tennis team.

Willey also said she has worked to try of us on the cabinet who did not have VP to improve the athletic experience for titles. I never asked [for the promotion].

I thought, ‘OK, it’s not fair for me to ask student athletes.

“One of the things I’m proud of for our when the other person doesn’t have that student-athlete experience is that when title.’ And now that person is no longer I took over, we had a lot of part-time on the cabinet. So it came down to ‘OK, coaches,” Willey said. “[Having coaches] now I’m the only person on the cabinet just as adjunct faculty is very difficult, be- not a VP,’” Willey said. “I’m not going to cause you just don’t have the same access to get all caught up in titles, but it’s just [that] them, [and] you don’t have the same rap- everyone at the table is equal, so just make port. So I felt pretty strongly that the two the titles equal.”

Willey considers her promotion to be things I did was work into more full-time a promotion for the coaches and department, not just bring soccer “From her days as a for herself. back on“I always put a lot campus, bestudent-athlete to her current of pressure on myself cause it was off-campus position, she has devoted her life for us to do things in the right manner. I and I hated it [the situa- to ensuring [that] we have the best think it’s just what we do as a department. tion]. I hated athletic program in the country.”

I don’t look at this it, [and] the necessarily just as a studentathletes hated it. So I’ve made a lot of promotion for me, but a promotion for our whole athletic department and what it progress.”

Willey said that she believed these represents,” Willey said. “You know; we’re accomplishments were part of the reason fifth in the country [Director’s Cup], we’re doing some things right. And the fact that Manuel decided to promote her.

Manuel said that Willey’s dedication the academic accolades are as many and as to the school, as well as her relationship numerous as the athletic—that’s what it’s with members of the athletic program, all about. If you look at the sport in some

colleges, it’s not very positive, in my opinion. But I think many times we’ve got a lot of bright, intelligent student-athletes, and they go on to do great things.”

Willey has received regional and national awards throughout her time at UIndy, including 2010 Under Armour Division II Central Region Athletic Director of the Year and 2005 NACWAA Division II Administrator of the Year.

Manuel said that although the WILLEY decision to promote Willey was ultimately his, it was informed by what he had learned when meeting with the leadership around UIndy during his transition to the presidency.

“Athletics has a very deep and rich tradition at UIndy. Our devotion to balancing the student/athlete life is not easy, but in her time here, Sue has provided a national example on how to do that,”Manuel said.“Our student athletes are performing on the field and in the classroom. Sue created that culture and was worthy of the title change.”

Willey said that although she has been promoted to a new position, her duties around campus will remain the same as the ones she carried as Director of Athletics.

“There are no additional responsibilities. However, in some respects, there are.

We have a new president, so he has new ideas and a path where we want to go. So it will be some responsibilities just as we go forward with a new president and where our future’s going to take us,”Willey said.

“You finish one strategic plan and then you move on to something else. But as far as ‘you’re going to be Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics and here are the new things you have to do,’ I’m already doing them.”

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Football improves record, wins

By Allison Gallagher EDITORIAL ASSISTANT The UIndy football team defeated the McKendree University Bearcats on Sept. 22, winning by a score of 45-15.

Senior wide receiver Mar’quone Edmonds had 10 catches, which included 169 receiving yards along with two touchdowns.

During the game, Edmonds brought his career total in receiving touchdowns to 27 and claimed the program’s record in that category.

Junior running back Klay Fiechter averaged 6.0 yards per carry, and had 144 yards on the ground, which proved to be a personal best.

On the defensive side of the ball, UIndy was led by senior linebacker Tyler Peterman, who had 14 total tackles.

At the beginning of the game, both defenses prevented either team from driving down the field as each possession was either a punt or turnover.

The Greyhounds started off the game with turnovers on two of their first three drives, and failed to put any points on the scoreboard until late in the first quarter off a 15-yard touchdown by Fiechter.

Early in the second quarter, both teams were tied 7-7. UIndy took control from that point, however, outscoring the Bearcats 38-7.

The Greyhounds offense was able to be successful on nearly every one of their last seven drives, scoring on six of them.

UIndy defeated the Quincy University Hawks 35-7 on Sept. 15.

It was the Greyhound’s first appearance in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.

The team produced about 400 yards of total offense, with all five touchdowns coming from at least 15 yards out.

Junior quarterback Chris Mills threw for 233 yards and a touchdown, while Edmonds had 113 receiving yards along with a receiving touchdown.

Edmonds was denied one touchdown score earlier in the game, after the Greyhound’s offense was penalized for holding.

Fiechter scored three times in the game, and totaled 268 yards, with 92 of them on the ground.

Fiechter also delivered a 75-yard punt return, which marked the third punt-return touchdown in the last four years and the longest since 1998.

The Greyhounds defense prevented Quincy from scoring until the Hawks reached the endzone within the last 90 seconds of the game.

Leading the Greyhounds in total tackles was junior linebacker Todd Hacker, who had 14 tackles.

Senior linebacker Max Davis had 10 tackles and a forced fumble, while sophomore defensive back Koby Orris had a fumble recovery that he returned for 56 yards and a touchdown.

The touchdown was the defense’s first of the season.

A week before, the Greyhounds visited Division-I Western Illinois University and were defeated 27-17.

The greyhounds established more total yards and first downs, but the Leathernecks corralled four interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown.

Davis, Hacker and senior linebacker Tyler Peterman all reached double figures in tackles.

The Greyhound defense held the opponent to a field goal late in the game,

Moss heads to NBL of Canada

By Kyle Weidner STAFF WRITER

Former University of Indianapolis point guard Adrian Moss will take his basketball skills to the professional level this fall as he begins his career with the defending champions of the National Basketball League of Canada, the London Lightning.

The 2012 NBL draft took place on Aug. 27 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Present at the NBL draft, according to Moss, were 170 total prospects for the league, including 85 American players, from which only 24 were selected.

W h e n talking about the draft process, Moss turned the negative MOSS aspects into positives.

“Pressure just makes you better,” he said.

According to Moss, his current position with the London Lightning came about following a trade that was made with the original team that had drafted Moss with the sixth overall pick in the draft, Kebs de Leval.

In that trade, the London Lightning acquired both Moss and the Kebs de Leval’s second-round draft choice in exchange for cash considerations.

The London Lightning, being the defending champions of the NBL, did not have a pick in the first round of the draft. Shortly after being drafted by Kebs de Leval, Moss received word that he had been traded to the defending champions.

Moss said that being traded was not

something that he looked at in a negative way but instead was rather excited about the move.

“It couldn’t be a better situation for me,” he said. “I will be going to an established team that really takes care of their players.

And the trade really shows how badly they wanted me.”

Before signing his contract on Sept.

17, Moss said that he had been preparing himself for his first season as a professional basketball player.

“I have always treated basketball like my job,” Moss said.

Basketball, he said, has required much of his time and devotion. Moss said that he was appreciative of both the University of Indianapolis and the Head Men’s Basketball Coach Stan Gouard for their support throughout the process.

Gouard said Moss has handled the process extremely well.

“He [Moss] has done a great job of being professional,” Gouard said. “Adrian understands that basketball is his career now and is doing a great job getting up every day and getting his work in.”

Gouard described Moss as someone with a real “coach’s mentality,” as a result of his extra study with film to prepare for games. He said that through his knowledge for the flow of the game, Moss had a way of knowing what the opponent was running.

Moss said that two individuals have stood out the most in helping him reach his goal of being a professional basketball player.

“Coach G and my dad have been my biggest mentors throughout this whole process [the NBL draft],” Moss said.

Gouard said that the men’s basketball team will certainly miss having Moss on the team.

“We will miss him on and off the court,” Gouard said. “Making sure everyone gets better and sharing his knowledge of how everything flows.”

Moss’s season begins Nov. 3, against the Halifax Rainmen, at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario.

Photo contributed by Ryan Thorpe

(From left to right) Redshirt senior linebacker Jayme Comer, redshirt sophomore defensive back Andre Smith, redshirt senior linebacker Tyler Peterman and sophomore defensive back John Strickland run down the sideline moments before their game against the Quincy University Hawks. UIndy beat the Hawks 35-7. following another turnover, but the resulting two-possession lead by the Leathernecks ultimately resulted in a victory.

Head Football Coach Bob Bartolomeo said that the loss to the Leathernecks was due to both the offense and defensive sides of the ball, and that all together those mistakes led to the loss.

“One of our big issues during that game was that our defense kept giving up big plays, which obviously was not good for us, and our offense had several turnovers,” Bartolomeo said.

Fiechter agreed that the offense’s turnovers were a reason for the loss and said that the team needs to improve

on that part.

“Our offense was not as good as it should have been. Four turnovers were too much, so what we needed to do, and need to do next time, is clean things up,” Fiechter said.

In spite of being 0-2 at the time, the team had high hopes heading into the matchup with Quincy, and players realized that the reason for their slow start was their own, according to Bartolomeo.

“Our first games, we played two very good football teams,” Bartolomeo said.

“Right now, we are 0-2 and we are beating ourselves.”

Despite the two losses, Fiechter had high expectations heading into conference

play, citing the team’s mood for the rest of the season.

“I think we will do well in conference,” he said. “Everyone is excited.”

Bartolomeo said he remains unsure of how the team’s season will go, but with the leadership they have, the potential to turn around the season is there.

“You never know how far you will go,” Bartolomeo said. “You can have some key players getting injured—and that would be unfortunate. After all, football is survival. But the sky is also the limit for us. We have got a veteran team with potential for a great year.”

The Greyhounds will look to extend their winning streak to three games at Missouri S&T on Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m.

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>>Clint Eastwood stars in director Robert Lorenz’s inspirational drama, “Trouble With the Curve.” Amy Adams is joined by a strong supporting cast that included stars such as Justin Timberlake and John Goodman. This movie brings quality actors together in a heart-warming movie. Eastwood plays the role of an older gentleman who is a baseball scout.

Adams brings the modern part of the story to life as Eastwood’s successful daughter and Timberlake provides the much-needed comedic relief. While baseball plays a major role in this film, its main focus is not on the game but on the relationships surrounding it. A basic knowledge of baseball would definitely enhance the movie but is not necessary to enjoy the film. The love story between Timberlake and Adams appeals to the younger audience, while the struggles of life would appeal to an older audience.

>>“Hey! I just met you. And this is…” one great album full of catchy, toe-tapping songs from Carly Rae Jepsen. “Call Me Maybe” may have been Jepsen’s first single to reach No. 1 on “The Billboard,”but Jepsen’s music career began blossoming in 2007 when she auditioned for “Canadian Idol.” After receiving third place in the competition, her debut album was released in 2008. Geared toward a pre-teen demographic, Jepsen’s music nonetheless appeals to an older audience.

Throughout the past five years, she has released a total of seven singles from her three albums. Two of those singles, “Call Me Maybe” and “Curiosity,” are from her latest album, “Kiss.” Jepsen took part in writing 10 of the 12 tracks from this album and also collaborated with Owl City and Justin Bieber. If you need a little pick-me-up, pumping up these tunes will be sure to fuel a positive mood change.

>>Shapiro’s Deli and Cafeteria provides diners with kosher cooking that is both affordable and delicious. Shapiro’s was originally opened in 1905 by Louis and Rebecca Shapiro. In its early days, Shapiro’s was a deli-grocery store that served kosher items to the public. Now, it’s one of Indianapolis’most popular restaurants, serving more than 2,000 people per day. Shapiro’s menu encompasses many different food items, including pastrami, corned beef, baked chicken, meat loaf, macaroni and cheese and many other entrées. Besides entrées, Shapiro’s also is known for its high-rise pies, cakes and pastries. Overall, my experience at Shapiro’s was excellent. The service was personable with a professional twist. The entrée was delicious, and the dessert was savory. I recommend eating at Shapiro’s.

The atmosphere is lovely, the people are friendly, and the food is delicious.

>>“Saturday Night Live” premiered its 38th season with voice actor and director Seth MacFarlane as the host.

The premiere brought viral video star Psy, best known for “Gangnam Style,”and Bill Hader bringing back his impression of Clint Eastwood.The show kicked off with MacFarlane showing off his various voices from “Family Guy,” “American Dad” and others. Cast members Jay Pharoah and Jason Sudeikis ramped up the political humor with life-like impressions of presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Musical guest Frank Ocean brought down the rhythm of the episode, but his video arcade, themed stage and accompaniment by John Mayer gave the performances a nice vibe. Even with the absence of standout cast members Andy Samberg and Kristen Wiig, the episode brings all the aspects that true SNL fans desire.

>>Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger shares his story of making it to Notre Dame and the adversity he endured to reach his dreams. Ruettiger uses his story to inspire people to achieve their dreams in his book “Rudy,” but he also explains that to achieve any dream, one must work hard and persevere.The story is more than just his making it into Notre Dame, but also covers the struggles that came after graduation and worries about his future career. Life’s struggles never stopped for Ruettiger, and his perseverance to achieve his dreams makes his story uplifting and inspiring to people across the country.

Ruettiger describes how he has touched others and how others have touched him in a moving way. I enjoyed reading the book and was enthralled by his life’s achievements. I recommend this to college students, especially as they work to find their career path.

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Faculty Artist Series celebrates Maestro

By Annisa Nunn STAFF WRITER

Dan Thompson (above) and his brother Ben Long create a mural on Smith Mall during the UIndy Life Expo on Aug. 24. The mural was then put on display as part of FAB Crew’s exhibit “City Walls to Gallery Walls” in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center gallery.

Graffiti artists showcase work

By Kelbi Ervin PHOTO EDITOR

The Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center Gallery opened its first exhibit of the school year with the display “City Walls to Gallery Walls” from Fantastic Aerosol Brothers. FAB is a two-man group of professional graffiti artists who create murals and paintings by using cans of spray paint.

At its beginning, FAB Crew made graphic art on walls and other public places. FAB Crew evolved to reflect new interests and creative disciplines. After 15 years of mastering lettering and graffiti style, FAB began working on a much larger scale and began broadening its audience.

Today, the artists work in an intentional and controlled environment and they have moved from city walls to gallery walls.

The Fantastic Aerosol Brothers are Dan Thompson and Ben Long of Indianapolis. They have been working together as a duo team since the 90s. After mastering their graffiti art on the streets, they were able to create more mainstream work.

Today their work has evolved into an ongoing series of paintings that is able to reach an audience that graffiti might not otherwise engage.

FAB Crew’s work consists of a series

of “Bridgescape”paintings inspired by the sacred places that most inspires the artists.

The graffiti work in this particular gallery separates itself from other artwork, because it has a personal connection with UIndy.

During Welcome Week, The FAB artists had a “spray out” on Smith Mall, where they created a mural in one day.

The artists used spray cans and custom spray tips, the way a painter would use different brushes.

The piece, entitled “Graffiti Wildstyle,” was created on Smith Mall and later moved into the gallery after it was completed.

Students were able to go near the artists and watch the entire process of how a mural is made with only spray paint. This gave students an opportunity to be RUSCHMAN involved with the fine arts program at UIndy.

Mark Ruschman, gallery coordinator at UIndy, said he wanted to create a new perspective on graffiti art.

“I wanted to not only put on a great exhibition, but I also wanted to reach out and engage the students in a typical way,” Ruschman said.

The FAB gallery was able to give a fresh perspective on graphic design and graphic art.

Ruschman said that the gallery not only entertains on an aesthetic plane but it also educates in a subliminal way.

For students, graffiti work has come from an age that mirrors the modern age.

Junior music major Addelyn Ratcliff was impressed by the way the gallery had a unique artistic endeavor.

“I loved the use of color and the texture of the spray paint on the canvas,” Ratcliff said.

According to Ruschman, he ultimately hopes that students will be provided with a new perspective of graffiti art. Many students have developed negative connotations of graffiti, as if it were something done only in the dark.

Graffiti art is often only visible in public areas or on the backs of train cars, and now that students are able to see it in a positive light and professional setting it holds a new perspective.

“It’s about seeing things in a new light, giving a fresh perspective,”Rushman said.

“And [about] having a new appreciation for something that may not otherwise be on a person’s radar screen.”

UPCOMING EVENTS

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The University of Indianapolis Faculty Artist Concert Series opened its 32nd season with the event “Maestro Raymond Leppard’s 85th Birthday Celebration.”

The concert was held at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 17 in Ruth Lilly Performance Hall of Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center.

The gala featured the university’s Festival Orchestra, accompanied by Anne Reynolds, Austin Hartman,Thomas Gerber, Kathleen Hacker, Daniel Blosser and Thomas Schurich.

Benjamin Britten’s “Simple Symphony,” Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Brandenburg Concerto No. 5,” and Franz Schubert’s “Mass”were three of the pieces played during the gala.

Professor of Music Richard Ratliff said the purpose of the concert series is to share the great musical works with the community.

University of Indianapolis President Robert Manuel said in his welcome speech for the gala that the performance “is a perfect example of the bridges being built between the university and the community.”

The concert series includes 19 events, all held on Monday nights throughout the year.

This event included the university’s

student Celebration Chorus, which added to the Festival Orchestra.

This event also celebrated the 85th birthday of the international conductor Maestro Raymond Leppard.

Leppard has conducted more than 170 recordings and earned five Grammy awards, a Grand Prix Mondial du Disque, a Deutsche Schallplattenpreis and an Edison Prize.

Leppard was born in London and grew up in Bath, the United Kingdom.

He has led multiple performances at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera and Santa Fe Opera.

Leppard also holds many honorary degrees from the University of Indianapolis, Indiana University, Purdue University, Butler University and Wabash College.

He is currently an artist-in-residence at UIndy.

The gala included a brief, on-stage talk between Leppard and Professor of Music Paul Krasnovsky during which they shared information on Leppard’s 60-year career.

The audience learned that in addition to Leppard being a wise man, he is portrayed as very amusing and exuberant.

“It was my first time [attending any type of orchestra concert], and I really, really enjoyed it,” said freshman visual communication major Oreonna Shepherd. “It calmed me because I was really frustrated after my class.”

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Faculty Artist Concert Series: Bach to Boogie Jazz Combo

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Trombonanza

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Guest Composer Recital

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Faculty Artist Concert Series: Musical Potpourri

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FEATURE

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Objectives

HEALTH

To provide primary health care in a timely and effective manner.

To increase and promote health education among members of the university community.

To identify, develop and use community health care resources and have these accessible to the university community.

To maintain and strive continually to improve communication, observation and assessment skills and practices.

With full respect for professional confidentiality: to plan, share and collaborate with other university officials as appropriate to enhance the achievement and well-being of students and other care recipients; being holistic in approach (looking at the whole person: mind, body, spirit).

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Monday-Thursday 8 a.m.-11:45 a.m., 1:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m.

Friday 8 a.m.-11:45 a.m.

To provide short-term individual counseling, psycho-educational or personal growth groups.

To provide crisis intervention, assessment and referral services.

To maintain a system of support and referral for enduring or special needs that individuals may present.

To conduct educational seminars, workshops and training for students, faculty and staff.

To provide consultation and medication services to students, faculty and staff.

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Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-12 p.m., 1p.m.-4 p.m.

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Counselors give survival tips Campus offers academic resources to students

By Morgan Benjamin STAFF WRITER Stress can become a strong inhibitory emotion for everyday activities. It can be roused by a number of issues when on a college campus, including health problems, poor time management, poor study skills and homesickness.

However, several members of the campus community offer a few basic strategies that can help students reduce stress and enhance their academic performance.

Tammie Dones, a psychologist and director of training at the University of Indianapolis counseling center, advises students to take care of their physical needs. She said students should be conscious of the fact that getting the recommended eight DONES hours of sleep every night can be difficult. But it is imperative for their mental health to try, as often as possible, to sleep.

Visiting the counseling center may help students to cope with anxiety and depression. Dones said that there is not shame in seeking extra help when necessary. The center is on the second floor of Schwitzer Student Center in Room 210.

Dones also said that if students do not sleep well, they may have difficulty concentrating in their classes. “[Students] may feel ragged emotionally when sleep deprived,” Dones said.

Dones also recommends that students practice healthy eating habits.

“Think about your eating as proactive and planned versus reactive,” she said.

She explained that this means that students should work on creating a disposition toward wholesome eating in order to become healthier both physically and mentally and should also avoid injurious food binges.

Dones said a nutritious diet produces a more efficient mental performance because the brain needs certain chemicals to function. These chemicals exist in larger quantities in nutritious foods.

As students begin to schedule activities in order to improve their time management, Dones also pointed out that they should be wary of overcomplicating their lives through excessive scheduling, which can limit some of the benefits of time management.

Sarah Mulder is in her second year of the doctor of psychology program and said that no cure—all can remedy poor time management, but she suggested that students use the agenda book the school offers, a cell phone or paper calendar, or some other form of tool to map out their activities.

Dones also suggested laying out conflicting demands in the same visual plane to reduce forgetfulness.

Mulder said that holding a job while also being a student may be a poor decision if one is unmotivated and disorganized. She said that if a student wishes to hold a job and also commit to school, he or she should be careful not to spread

him or herself too thin.

Students presented with a term paper or some other long-term project can use a method Dones described as “backward-chaining,” which is the act of breaking a larger task into smaller components to ease the stress that it could produce.

Alex Borowsky is another student in the doctor of psychology program. He proposed a similar method for studying.

He said that students should reward themselves every half hour. But cautioned against rewarding oneself before the work is finished because this would undermine the reinforcement process.

Borowsky also proposed that students study in a place similar to the test location. For example, finding an empty lecture hall and studying there may be useful.

“Study in test form; make up questions for yourself,” Mulder said.

Another common stressor is test anxiety. For the physical symptoms, Dones suggested that a student take deep breaths if the breath is shallow and the heart rate is on the rise.

For the mental symptoms, she suggested that the student try reasoning out exaggerated thoughts and “decatastrophizing the thinking process” by avoiding all-or-nothing predictions.

Mulder recommended not ignoring one’s studies merely because they provoke anxiety. If something provokes much anxiety or stress, one should attempt repeatedly to do it to lessen the anxiety. If one tries to escape or avoid the stress-causing entity, it is likely to fester and grow worse.

According to Dones, students should use the clubs and organizations on campus to try to find others with whom to eat with and walk to classes.

Mulder said that commuters, even more so than dorm-dwellers, should join clubs to fill in the spaces between classes and to be more socially active in smaller group settings.

Dones said that students, especially those new to the campus, should maintain an open posture when in social settings. When conversing, they should sustain eye contact and smile. When working with a partner or in a group, they should make the overture to say, for example, “Hey, do you want to get coffee and work on this later?”

Residents should quell the impulse to go home on some weekends so that they can become a part of the campus community, Dones said.

Mulder also noted how easy it is to become overwhelmed with feelings, especially when students are removed from friends and family.

She also said it is increasingly simple with social networking to maintain contact with loved ones and old friends, so residents should avoid isolating themselves from potential new friends on campus.

Striving to maintain a healthy relationship with one’s roommate also can reduce stress. Dones advised being unafraid to calmly convey one’s complaints in a respectful manner.

“Your own habits and idiosyncrasies are so engrained that you don’t even notice them anymore,” Mulder said. “But when you’re living with someone, you notice theirs immediately.”

Dones also said that it is helpful for people to encourage themselves if they are feeling discouraged.

“It also may be useful,” Dones said, “to send reassuring mental messages to yourself to avoid future catastrophes.”

By Taylor Yarling STAFF WRITER New students may wonder where to go when they are struggling with the transition to college life. Some may not know what resources are available to ensure their academic success.

“I cannot think of any besides just emailing my professor,” said freshman biology major Audrey Arbuckle.

However, UIndy does offer resources to help students succeed.

A few of the important resources on campus include the Writing Lab, the Math/Science Lab, the Academic Success Center and Student Business Center.

The Writing Lab is located on the second floor of Krannert Memorial Library. The Writing Lab can help students become better writers. Tutors offer help with any type of writing for any class. In addition to holding consultations for struggling students, the

Lab also provides many useful materials such as pamphlets, guidelines and books that pertain to writing. The lab is open Mondays through Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and then from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

On Fridays, it is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. On Saturdays, the Lab is closed, but on Sunday the hours are 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome, but scheduling conferences is recommended so students can be sure to get the help they need. Conferences can be scheduled from the Writing Lab’s website at english.uindy.edu/writinglab.

UIndy offers similar labs for math and science help. The Math/Science Lab is located in Lilly Science Hall.

The Academic Success Center is located in the second floor of the Schwitzer Student Center in Room 206. The center has many resources for struggling students. Staff members offer peer tutoring and information on time management and study skills. Free peer tutors are available Mondays through Thursdays from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. They also

meet with students who are on academic or financial aid probation.

The Secrets of Success workshops also are set up through the Academic Success Center. SOS workshops cover subjects ranging from academic topics such as how to study abroad to social topics such as how to survive a breakup.

“We do individualized academic help.

So if a student comes in and says, ‘I really struggle with taking notes,’ then we can meet individually with them on notetaking,”Debbie Spinney, executive director of the Academic Success Center, said.

The Academic Success Center’s website is www.uindy.edu/asc.

The Student Business Center is also located on the second floor of Schwitzer.

The center helps students find jobs. Students can sign up at the center’s website, uindy.edu/career-services. Internships also can be set up through the center.

“It is important for students to not wait too long to ask for help,”Spinney said.“Use the faculty members and other resources that are at your disposal.”

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