Sept. 26, 2018 | The Reflector

THE OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS

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Parking at UIndy

The Reflector conducted an anonymous survey to gauge the campus community’s opinion on the parking changes. The survey was open September 12-19 through Google Forms. Participants were given the option to write in comments. 400 people responded to the survey.

Do you think parking has been improved?

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69% 15.2%

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The University of Indianapolis hosted the participants of the Chief Diversity Officer Skill Set Symposium. The event was held by CoopLew, who strive to prepare diversity officers for the challenges that they face in the profession. Elmira Mangum spoke on the second day and focused her presentation on finance and budgeting.

National diversity event held at UIndy

UIndy hosts symposium in conjunction with CoopLew to prepare chief diversity officers

By Crystal Sicard STAFF WRITER The University of Indianapolis hosted the Inaugural Chief Diversity Officers Symposium on Sept. 11-13, a national three-day workshop to help chief diversity officers from higher education institutions across the country improve their skills. This specific event focused on finance, budgeting and strategic diversity fundraising.

Vice President for Equity and Inclusion Sean Huddleston said it is important for diversity officers to continue their education on diversity matters. He said that education like this has become an increasingly important addition to the resume of a chief diversity officer."

"It is becoming more and more required that many institutional leaders find ways to contribute to the development of fundraising strategies of the institution,” Huddleston said.

“So this one was specifically designed to help build that skill set for the chief diversity officers. “ About 25 different chief diversity officers came to UIndy to learn these specific skill sets. The event was organized by CoopLew, who selected UIndy

as a host location. CoopLew is a group made up of national diversity researchers, former chief diversity officers as well as experts that develop ways to transform current officers. Co-founder of CoopLew William Lewis was able to attend the event and said he believed it was a huge success. Huddleston also said he was pleased by the amount of interest they had in this first event held at UIndy.

“We really did not know what to expect,” Huddleston said. “We were very pleased that the level of interest was there to attend the symposium but also to come to UIndy as a place to have a conversation.”

Lewis said that the company takes the needs of the officers into consideration when planning events for the symposium.

He said they collect information about topics the officers would like to learn about during the conference and create the sessions based on their needs.

“We surveyed 262 chief diversity officers in the United States and from

there, the data pointed us to the fact that there needed to be some ongoing training development for chief diversity officers in the states,” Lewis said.

The panel was made up of many people who had different expertise in fundraising and finance in higher education. Huddleston said that his role was to connect the fundraising and finance with the diversity inclusion work that is happening around campuses. Others members of the panel came from all across the nation.

With this being the first event hosted at UIndy, CoopLew is already partnering up with the university for a second time to host a boot camp for new chief diversity officers in February. Huddleston said that this event will help new chief diversity officers with introductory skills.

“CoopLew is greatly appreciative for the University of Indianapolis being the host and we had a great time there in Indianapolis and are looking forward to coming back for the boot camp in February,” Lewis said.

“There need to be some ongoing training development for chief diversity officers in the states.”

Nursing creates first of a kind minor

By Sophie Watson NEWS EDITOR The Community Health Network received a $2.5 million grant in conjunction with the University of Indianapolis in hopes to revolutionize outpatient nursing care. As a contractor with CHN, UIndy will benefit from this grant in developing a nursing minor, which is the first its kind and distinguishes UIndy from other schools in the United States, according to Dean of the School of Nursing Norma Hall.

“Our particular piece of the grant is to develop a primary ambulatory minor within the nursing specialty. That is something that is really new and unique in nursing education,” Hall said. “It's literally never been done anywhere, in any nursing program, anywhere in the United States. The whole purpose is to prepare nursing students for when they exit the program to be versed in primary and ambulatory care settings.”

Hall said that this minor will aid nursing students in staying up to date on recent trends in healthcare and the push toward outpatient treatment and care.

She said this program will give UIndy

students an experience outside of the traditional hospital setting that students from other schools may not have.

“Historically, nursing students have been prepared to work in acute care settings, so you’re talking about primarily hospitals. So this is a very different shift, and it really goes along with how healthcare is changing nationally,” Hall said.

“There is been a push in recent years to do more and more things outpatient. It's a cost effective way of managing health care. Not only that, but people would rather be at home than in the hospital.

So, with that in mind, we need to start looking at putting nurses in positions outside of the hospital. We need to be able to educate them to take on those positions.”

According to Hall, there is a whole new curriculum in the works that will alter current course and add new courses specific to the minor. Students taking advantage of the new minor will also be required to do additional clinical hours in outpatient services, provided by CHN. “The type of setting you would see [in the nursing minor clinicals] would primarily be physicians offices,” Hall said.

“At most physicians offices there are

usually a medical assistant or a licensed practical nurse, which has a little less education than a registered nurse. So the goal is to prepared registered nurses to work in that environment. The other types of places you would see would be rehab facilities, free standing outpatient centers and anything that you would not actually be entering a hospital for service.”

Junior nursing major Annie McCall said that her current experience in the nursing program has revolved mainly on hospital and assisted living care. She said that giving students the opportunity to have more experience in outpatient care will allow them to see new settings that they might want to work in, opposed to the normal hospital environment and allow them to be of more interest to those employers upon graduation.

“Having more outpatient experience will allow students to get a better idea of how the settings differ and what they might be interested in when they graduate. Outpatient care has a much faster turnover than inpatient care, so seeing this in a clinical setting will help them [nursing students] adjust better in the real world,” McCall said.

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“Nothing is worse than trying to find a parking spot junior commuter, in your designated lot and seeing hundreds of not improved open spaces in other lots not assigned to you.”

“I would rather walk than try to park with the current system.” senior commuter, not improved “The new parking system has opened up prime parking spaces that were previously too full of vehicles to be useful. I can now park near my building, using my parking sticker and lot designation. Previously, upon arriving after 9 a.m., parking was unavailable near my building.” faculty/staff, improved

“I think it’s silly that [UIndy] made Lot 2, which had been the biggest lot for commuters in the past, freshman-only. I feel like 1: the university is admitting too many freshmen and 2: they’re giving preferential treatment to freshmen and residents to encourage people to pay to live on campus.” graduate commuter, not improved

“Multiple times, I have been forced to choose between possibly getting a ticket or being late to class. That is not a choice that UIndy students should have to make.” sophomore commuter, not improved “We need a better solution for visitor parking. We are asking our guests to hope they find spaces [in] the gravel lot by Athletic Development. Doesn’t give a very good impression.”

faculty/staff, improved

“I have to work late to be able to afford this school’s tuition, and when I get back to campus there are no open spaces in the GV lots. I do not feel comfortable walking from an overflow lot to GV at 11 p.m., especially with the crime that happens around campus. There should be enough GV spaces for the amount of residents there; that only seems logical.”

senior Greyhound Village resident, not improved

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“Might the adjuncts be permitted to park closer after say 3:00? I suggest this for a couple of reasons. A) The 5:00 time means it’s pretty much impossible to get into the office to retrieve supplies and any copies we’ve requested. B) I like to get to campus early on the days I teach. This now ‘disincentives’ me from doing that. C) The remote lots make things a bit more challenging when evening classes don’t finish until almost 9:00, and it will be even more ‘fun’ when cold weather arrives.” adjunct, not improved

“Although I understand the struggle for commuters to find parking, having lots designated for upperclassmen that do not allow freshmen has really made a difference when coming back from work and home. Sometimes I get back from work late at night, and I feel a lot safer as a female walking alone at night now that I can park in one of the lots near my dorm.” junior resident, improved

“Grass or gravel parking lots are unacceptable for the amount of tuition we pay.” senior commuter, not improved

“It is illogical to assume that making tighter restrictions on parking would solve the problem of not having enough parking, and then they have the audacity to punish people 5xs the usual amount for parking in a space? The ‘solutions’ that our university tends to come up with come with little to no warning and no consultation with the people who have to actually suffer the consequences.” senior Greyhound Village

“I’m not sure why faculty are restricted to one parking lot vs. being able to park in any faculty lot. Sometimes we teach in different buildings from where our offices are located. It would be nice to park in the faculty lot where you will be teaching or having meetings instead of having to walk with laptops, books and other resources you may need for the day.” faculty/staff, not sure if improved

resident, not improved

“I purposely did not get a parking pass, so that I can park as a visitor. Another friend puts a fake ticket on her vehicle so as not to get a real one. It is ridiculous. The amount we have to pay, plus the gas to get here, plus tuition and now parking tickets is not affordable.” sophomore commuter, not improved

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OPINION

THE REFLECTOR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Parking changes upset commuters

By Madison Hershberger OP-ED SUBMISSION

The University of Indianapolis has attempted to resolve the parking issue by reassigning the current parking spaces and adding spaces to preexisting lots. However, these parking changes, along with the increase in university enrollment, have made parking at the university significantly worse for many commuters, residents, staff and faculty.

This is my fourth year as a commuter student, and I have slowly watched the parking situation go from bad to horrendous, especially for commuters.

The major parking concerns are availability and safety. Sadly, the parking issue is nothing new for the university. Numerous past news articles attest to this. UIndy has constructed a number of parking lots over the last 20 years, but not as fast as student enrollment has increased.

Regarding availability, while UIndy has added additional parking, space has been taken away from commuters. Our parking has been significantly cut from 12 lots to 7, and none of these lots are reserved for commuter students only.

Each lot is shared with at least one of the following groups: residents, faculty, adjunct faculty or visitors. These lots completely fill up by 8:30 a.m., leaving commuters who arrive later no parking spots. The grass overflow lots are being used as full-time commuter lots. Commuters have resorted to parking in nearby neighborhoods, on side streets and anywhere they can find an open space to fit their car. Students are having to choose between missing class or finding a legal parking spot.

A shuttle lot also was added this year approximately 0.3 miles away from campus. This lot is easy to use if students know they will not be able to find parking on campus. However, commuters are sometimes on campus for up to 14 hours a day and using their cars as lockers to switch out books and school supplies, which is difficult if their cars are not on campus.

There are numerous concerns regarding safety. The overflow grass lot closest to the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center was a mud pit after the heavy rains right before the third week of classes. Another commuter student told me their car was stuck for an hour,

and multiple people complained about their feet being covered in mud. The gravel lots are another problem because they are extremely uneven. Because of this, they also tend to flood in heavy rains. In the winter, a major concern is how these lots will be cleared effectively for student safety after they are covered with snow or ice. Gravel and grass cannot be plowed or efficiently salted.

There are also several concerns about personal safety. Currently, no safety call boxes exist out in the two far grass overflow lots. Lighting is minimal if students have to park there in the evening.

On Sept. 8, an alert was sent to students that several vehicles had been broken into and one vehicle had been stolen from the two far grass overflow lots at State Street and National Avenue. Lastly, there are no pedestrian cross walks and/or signs to cross Shelby Street from the small corner lot 9 by the police station. Shelby Street is a very busy road not to have any crosswalks for student safety.

Next, ticketing is very frustrating for commuters who are parking illegally when there are no spaces for them on campus, especially with the increase in ticket prices. It’s infuriating to have to pay $50 when there is no parking, and all you want to do is get to class.

Students are already stressed, so struggling to find parking, then having to go through an appeal process to get rid of a ticket is not something they should have to deal with.

Several senior commuters are attempting to help the administration develop a resolution that will benefit everyone. We encountered resistance at first, but as the parking issue became more apparent, a dialogue was opened up and progress seemed more possible.

We hope to find a permanent solution, not a temporary one. Several students wrote a parking petition that addresses the concerns of parking safety and availability.

As of Sept. 15, we have collected more than 1,000 signatures. A space was included for parking concerns and suggestions to fix them. This information will be taken to Kory Vitangeli, Dean of Students, who has agreed to set up a meeting to discuss this issue.

If you have any questions or concerns or would like to sign the parking petition, please send an email to uindycommuters2018@gmail.com.

Students are having to choose between missing class or finding a legal parking spot.

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Anonymous sources aid journalism Despite being highly controversial, anonymous sources still deliver truth to the public

By Abby Land ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Following The New York Times’ publication of an anonymous opinion editorial titled “I Am Part of the Resistance in the Trump Administration,” frenzied speculation about the author’s identity has covered newspapers, social media and nearly every other platform of public debate. One resurfacing criticism in this sea of coverage concerns anonymous sources, and not without reason. The recent op-ed is just one of many pieces that have emerged over the past year showing the president in an unflattering light, and without the source’s name attached.

Never one to turn the other cheek, Trump has denounced the unnamed source’s criticisms as “fake.” While criticizing the president is certainly easy, the issue of anonymous sources should be examined separately from Trump himself. Trump may preoccupy every bit of media coverage in Washington right now, but one day he will not. Anonymous sources will always be important to the functioning of the free press, no matter who sits in the Oval Office.

In fact, some of the most important events in U.S. history, like the publication of the Pentagon Papers or the Watergate scandal, involved journalists using confidential sources.

These exposes brought about necessary changes that were in the interest of the American people, and they would not have happened without the promise of confidentiality to the source. Believe it or not, most people, especially those

in powerful positions or at the mercy of those in powerful positions, are not willing to share information when their livelihood is at stake. In cases like the New York Times op-ed, the best the publication can do is thoroughly vet the author and be absolutely clear about the source’s legitimacy, which the editors at that paper did. Even on a smaller scale, there can be ethical reasons for withholding a source’s name, such as in the testimonies of rape victims. While the ethical principles involved in not naming sources often are justifiably questioned, there are situations in which doing so is just the decent thing to do.

When a reporter promises to protect a source, that relationship is built on trust, and without that trust, some of the most important reporting of this century would not have been possible. Journalists prove their credibility by reporting accurately on issues that matter, and while naming sources makes the information seem more legitimate, that fact is countered by another: a journalist who exposes a confidential source is done for in investigative reporting. Once a reporter or editor rats out a source, he or she will not be approached again by a person willing to leak sensitive information.

A reporter who is approached by a source wishing to remain anonymous is in a difficult position. Even if the source does not want to be identified, the information may still be valuable, and even more so if, like has happened in recent

months, that information is coming from someone in a position of authority. One option is to protect the source’s identity completely, and risk that source being doubted by readers. Another is to withhold the source’s name but to provide some background that lends credibility, such as stating the person's career position or social rank. A third option is to find the information from a source that is willing to go on the record, which is, of course, not always possible.

It would be great if every source went on the record. It also would be great if chocolate cured pancreatic cancer or if Oprah worked for FAFSA. Many things in the universe simply do not function the way the general public would like them to. Anonymous sources are not preferable for politicians, readers or even journalists. But when faced with the choice of accepting important information from a source who refuses to go on the record or rejecting the source and the important information, every journalist who values public awareness will choose the former.

Credibility is everything to a journalist, except for one thing that surpasses it—the truth. Delivering the information to the public is more important. It is the reason journalism exists, no matter how much criticism it endures from powerful people who despise it, and from the everyday Americans it exists to serve.

Credibility is everything to a journalist, except for one thing that surpasses it—the truth.

Compelling, unique superhero stories neglected

By Ethan Gerling EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Once, liking superheroes was a stereotype only associated with nerd culture. However, superhero adoration has passed beyond the boundaries of niche geekdom to dominate modern pop culture. With the Marvel Cinematic Universe overtaking the movie industry (being the highest grossing film franchise at over $15 billion according to Mental Floss), and the DC Universe also doing incredibly well with the Batman franchise alone making more than $4.5 billion, superhero-inspired merchandise is virtually everywhere. Fun challenge: try walking through a Kohl’s without finding a Captain America T-shirt.

Nerds across the world can rejoice that obscure characters they have loved for years are finally being enjoyed by everybody. There’s only one problem though: The wrong characters are being enjoyed. A lot of fascinating characters in the comic book world are being neglected, compared to all of these bigname heroes from the big screen.

Currently, the highest-rated liveaction superhero film on Rotten Tomatoes is “Black Panther,” at a staggering 97 percent, with second place going to “The Dark Knight,” at 94 percent. The relevance of this can be seen in the popularity of the characters, Black Panther and Batman, before these films.

It’s no doubt nearly everyone already knew who Batman was, especially since Adam West played the caped crusader on television in the 1960s. On the other hand, Black Panther was not nearly as well-known. Using Google Trends to judge popularity, “Black Panther,” as a phrase, garnered more than a hundred

This actually happens in the comics, by the way!

times more internet searches in February 2018 than it ever had before. Until the release of the film, the Black Panther was not a “famous” superhero. Despite this, the movie about the character has still achieved the overwhelmingly positive response, now being the ninth highest-grossing film of all time (at $1.3 billion, according to newswire).

That data shows that the world is paying attention to the wrong heroes, and if we can just refocus, then like the Black Panther, we can make some quality films. Billions of dollars are being spent on the production of films based

on these already famous heroes, and the production companies are certainly getting all of that money, and plenty more, back. However, these new and refreshing names seem to have a larger impact on the audience.

One hero in particular who deserves more attention (and one of my personal favorites) is Kamala Khan’s Ms. Marvel.

Previously, the title of Ms. Marvel was held by Carol Danvers, a woman who later went on to become Captain Marvel (and is now getting her own movie). Once the name became up for grabs, and Khan, a teenage Pakistani-

Graphic by Ethan Gerling

American Muslim girl, discovers some fun new superpowers, the torch is passed, and we have a new Ms. Marvel.

The comics, which first began their run in 2014, offer an entirely fresh perspective on the superhero world, and with the main protagonist having powers that allow her to stretch and shape-shift into virtually whatever she wants, it’s difficult for Ms. Marvel not to be interesting. And if my words aren’t enough to sell the character, then maybe the Hugo award that the series won in 2015 for best graphic story will be.

While I would love to continue rat-

tling off more superheroes that I feel deserve more attention (like Squirrel Girl, Moon Knight, Swamp Thing, Nova, etc.), I would rather consider what makes the superheroes' stories interesting.

I enjoy seeing the perspectives of all the different heroes, as each has a different sense of justice. That’s why huge events, such as the ones featured in “Captain America: Civil War,” are so fascinating: because they are major clashes of ideals. However, they stop being interesting when the same kinds of redundant heroes keep getting the spotlight. It’s just more of the same rich white guys having some tragedy that motivates them to become a hero.

I’d rather see a movie about Khan, who, already facing struggles from society and her family due to her faith and background, fights not only to maintain her unique vision of justice, but also to hold on to the youth she has so suddenly stripped away from her.

A movie about Squirrel Girl, a superhero who is a college student and doesn’t actually enjoy fighting all that much, would not only be compelling, but relatable. She’s always looking for ways to end conflict in a way that lets everyone be happy.

A movie about Nova, a boy from a small Nevada town who simultaneously is searching for his father and trying to live up to the standards his dad set as the previous Nova, would be another compelling tale to see on-screen.

Something that takes the genre in a new direction and tells the story from a new and refreshing perspective is what makes superheroes great. Currently, however, the movie industry is sleeping on compelling and unique super hero stories in favor of the big names.

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SPORTS

THE REFLECTOR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

A successful beginning In their second year with the reserve team, UIndy men’s soccer team starts season 6-1-1

By Cassandra Lombardo DISTRIBUTION MANAGER

Photo Contributed by Women’s Lacrosse Team

Members of the women’s lacrosse team visited Riley Children’s Hospital on September 5. The team has been going to Riley once a semester since the program started in 2015, according to Assistant Coach Erin Abbott.

Women’s lacrosse continues tradition of visiting Riley

By Reid Bello STAFF WRITER

Once a semester, the University of Indianapolis women’s lacrosse team visits Riley Children’s Hospital. This has been a tradition for the team since the lacrosse program started, according to Assistant Women’s Lacrosse Coach Erin Abbott. Their first visit to the hospital was a success, Abbott said, so they continued scheduling.

During these visits, the team spends time with the kids playing games, or doing a variety of other activities, according to senior goalkeeper Irene Carlquist.

The team plays with the children and their families in the Indiana University Health Child Life Zone, which allows children to spend time outside of their room in the hospital.

On their most recent visit on Sept. 5, the team was able to interact with the kids in a new way. They interacted with the children virtually through televisions in the children’s’ rooms. The team stayed in the TV studio at the hospital and was able to broadcast through a closed circuit straight to the children’s’ TVs. The team members hosted bingo and mix-and-match virtually, and the children were able to call in to the live broadcast with the team when they had an answer. Even though they were not able to meet in the Child Life Zone, this allowed them to keep the experience of playing with the kids, according to Abbott.

“It was neat to hear their expressions,” Abbott said. “You could still hear how they were feeling over the phone.

They were getting excited about the little things and I think it just kind of helped them get through their day.”

The children love when the team comes and they get to meet new people, said Carlquist. Some of the kids are shy at first, according to Carlquist, but as the team keeps going back they make more connections.

“I think it’s great just to get the girls out of the school and into the community,” Abbott said. “To put them into the community and show them where people are struggling, I think it makes them better people. It is something that the girls look forward to. They love giving back. It is just neat to watch them interact and change people’s day and put smiles on other people’s faces.”

This experience gave the team an opportunity to bond not only with the children but with also with each other, according to Abbott. Getting to interact in an environment, other than playing lacrosse allowed the team to bond on an emotional level instead of just the physical level of the sport, and they used this experience to grow together Abbot said. “[This service] also helps us bond in the sense that you get that good feeling of doing something for others,” Carlquist said. “When you share that feeling with one another, you really kind of have the strength of that feeling of getting to perform the act of giving together.”

After winning the GLVC tournament last year, the University of Indianapolis men’s soccer team has continued their success into the 2018 season. They won their first two GLVC games and four out-of-conference games before losing to University of Illinois-Springfield on Sept. 21.

According to head men’s soccer coach John Higgins, the reserve squad has been a huge asset to the success of the team so far this season. The university brought in the reserve squad last year, which allows them to add more players to the roster. The goal for the reserve squad is to train them and gain more experience in order to move them up to the first team.

“It’s been brilliant for us honestly.

This year we’ve had goals and assists from players who started on reserve,” Higgins said. “They are trained the same way as the first team, so when they come up its like they are a part of the group and not like we’re adding somebody new in there. A lot of them have helped us out this fall with some really great performances. We’ve signed a much higher quality of reserve than I thought we were ever able to and we’ve developed them to where they can really help us, so it’s been brilliant.”

Junior midfield Ben Rohder is in his third year of playing soccer for the university. According to Rohder, the players from the reserve team help raise the culture and keep competition at a high level as well as raising standards for the team on and off the field. This quality is carried over into the recruitment process in order to keep these characteristics in their players.

“From my standpoint, it’s about recruiting the right personalities and making sure we are getting good kids in, and that’s what we have, a bunch of really nice guys that have good character,” Higgins said.

According to Higgins, they are usually relying on young players, but because of experience and maturity, the team has had a good start to the season. As far as experience goes, the seniors have brought in a lot of maturity as well as some of the transfer students, according to Higgins.

Photo by Johana Rosendo

Senior back Bryan Davis lines up for a kick during the game against William Jewell College on Sept. 16. The Hounds defeated the Cardinals 2-1, their sixth overall win and their second win of the season in the GLVC. “We’re a bit more experienced this pectations and expect to win, but it’s a year than we’ve been in the years past long season and a lot can happen.” just because we have such a big senior As of Sept. 23, the team was ranked class,” Higgins said. “A lot of the seniors number nine in the United Soccer have been around for all four years, but Coaches Division II Poll, up two spots even the transfers that we’ve brought in from the previous week’s poll. This is are so mature. They have a lot of matu- their first top ten ranking since 2013. rity and know how important it is to get The chance to finish the season strong good results.” is because of the early success, according The team currently has eight seniors to Higgins. and according to Higgins they all have “We’ve always done a good job at the potential to have their best season finishing the season strong, and typicalthis year. The team has started their sea- ly we usually have a slow start, but the son strong and now have high expecta- fact that we had a fast start gives us a tions to win, according to Rohder. chance to be even better down the line “It is always great to start the season and that’s the really exciting thing for out with four wins like that, but we’re me.” Higgins said. “Since we’ve started looking forward to starting our GLVC at a higher level, can we continue to get games,” Rohder said. We have high ex- better as a team.”

GREYHOUND SPORTS UPDATE MEN’S GOLF

1/9 Sept. 17 and 18 at University of Wisconsin-

Photo by Jacob Walton

Sophomore wide receiver Aaron Matio catches a pass. The team made ten first downs via passes and averaged 8.6 yards per passing attempt.

Photo by Jacob Walton

Junior center Dan McHale prepares to snap the ball. The offensive line helped the team finish the game with 4.2 yards per carry on the ground.

FOOTBALL

After an undefeated regular season in 2017, the #25 ranked University of Indianapolis football team has one thing on their mind: winning. While the ultimate goal is to walk away with the GLVC championship, Head Football Coach Bob Bartolomeo said the team is focusing on the next six weeks of conference play.

Their season opened with a loss to #10 Grand Valley State University 30-7 at the end of August. Despite the loss, the team was still positive they could come back, according to redshirt senior quarterback Jake Purichia.

“One loss does not ruin the season,” Purichia said.

“We have plenty more games and conferences. There are still chances to make it to playoffs.”

Bartolomeo said that the loss was an eye opener for some of the players and showed the team their strengths and weaknesses.

“We have to work on the deficiencies that we have and keep going with our strengths,” Bartolomeo said.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

“Hopefully, in the long run it [the loss] was good for us, but we rebounded really well and played a real strong game against Wayne State.”

At their home opener, the Greyhounds came back to defeat Wayne State University 28-6, despite non-stop rainfall. According to senior linebacker Cole Sigmund, the win was big for the team because it was an out of conference game and proved that they were not just champions in the GLVC. The Greyhounds’ streak continued into the GLVC opener against Willliam Jewell College, deafeating the Cardinals 41-14. It felt good to win, Sigmund said, and the team plans to keep that momentum going for the remainder of the season.

“We are going to remember what it felt like in week one, because that was a real frustrating moment for all of us,” Sigmund said. “We want to get back to where we were last year or better.”

CROSS COUNTRY

W 2-1 Sept. 21 vs. University of Illinois Springfield T 0-0 Sept. 22 vs. McKendree University

M 8/12 Sept. 15 at John McNichols Invitational W 7/12 Sept. 15 at John McNichols Invitational

The Hounds were able to out-score University of Illinois-Springfield to secure their sixth win of the season. The Hounds scored their two goals within the first 13 minutes of the game, thanks to Stephanie Burdsall and Michele Govern. UIS scored their single goal of the game at the end of the first half.

The game against McKendree University ended in the Hounds’ first tie of the season, despite efforts from several members of the team.

In their second meet of the season at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Ind., the men’s and women’s cross country teams faced both Division I and Division II schools.

Mickayla Wenzel and Lauren Bailey finished in the top 15 individually for the small school division, with Taylor Kleyn finishing in 9th.

All three runners helped both teams to finish first in the small school division. The women beat out three Division I teams and the men finished above one to earn their overall placing.

Parkside Fall Invitational The men’s golf team earned their second first place of the season after besting eight GLVC teams at the University of WisconsinParkside Fall Invitational. Spencer Kilmek finished at +1, earning him the top position in the individual leaderboard. Jacob Nickell finished at a +3, tying him for 4th. Erik Edwards, Oliver Mast and Cam Carroll tied for 7th, each finishing at +4. Other top scorers for the Greyhounds included Ian Carroll, who shared 20th, Kyle Wensel in 16th and Jon Cloyd in 27th.

WOMEN’S GOLF

1/16 Sept. 17 and 18 at Cardinal Classic

Up against 15 Division I teams, the No. 1 ranked women’s golf team was able to beat the competition to place first at the event.

Kennedy Holtsclaw came in first out of 87 on the individual leaderboard finishing -3, Pilar Echeverria finished second, Cailyn Henderson finished third at +1. Anna Kramer shared 8th and Katharina Keilich tied for 27th. The team finished +2, beating Indiana State University and Ball State University, among others.

VOLLEYBALL

L 3-0 Sept. 21 at Drury University L 3-0 Sept. 22 at Missouri S&T

Drury University ended the Greyhounds’ six-match winning streak, topping UIndy by at least six points in all three sets. Katie Furlong led the team in kills, picking up 12, while Olivia Martin recorded 12 digs. The Hounds were held to .120 hitting overall.

The Hounds were not able to top Missouri S&T, trailing the Miners by between two and seven points. Furlong had 15 kills, Martin had 15 digs and Emily Ellis led the team with three blocks.

UPCOMING GAMES Cross Country September 29: Greater Louisville Classic

Men’s Golf October 1-2: Butler Fall Invitational

Women’s Golf September 29-30: Gilda’s Club Laker Fall Invitational

Football September 29: HOMECOMING vs.

Lincoln University

Volleyball September 29: vs. Lewis University

Men’s Soccer September 28: @ Lewis University September 30: vs. Quincy University

Women’s Soccer September 28: @ Lewis University September 30: vs. Quincy University

Tennis September 28-30: ITA Midwest Regional

Greyhound Update Box by Maia Gibson

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THE REFLECTOR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

UIndy student moves forward after stroke

By Jayden Kennett FEATURE EDITOR & CO-PHOTO EDITOR

Most 20-year-olds plan to spend their 21st birthday celebrating with their friends and family. Senior secondary education and history major Kaitlin Holton was no different, intending to spend her 21st birthday at Olive Garden over endless breadsticks with her family.

Instead, Holton spent her 21st birthday, and the week following, at Franciscan St. Francis Health recovering from a stroke.

On February 17, the night before her 21st birthday, Holton stood in her bathroom, finishing the last touches of her mascara when suddenly her left arm went numb.

“I was touching my face and I thought somebody else was touching me,” Holton said. “I looked down and it was my own arm. And I had no feeling in it.”

But because she gained feeling back in her arm within 15 minutes, she brushed the numbness off as a pinched nerve and continued with her plans.

When Holton arrived at Texas Roadhouse she checked her makeup in the mirror on her visor. That is when she realized the left side of her face was drooping. She knew this was a sign of a stroke. Holton tried to tell her friends, but she could not form proper words.

But, once again, her symptoms resolved within ten minutes.

“I told my friends, ‘I think I just had a stroke,’” Holton said. “And my mind went, ‘I didn’t have a stroke, I’m almost 21.’”

The next day, while opening presents with her family, Holton said she casually mentioned her symptoms from the day before to her mother, Kimberly Holton.

That is when her mother took her to the emergency room. Because of her nursing background, Kimberly said she recognized the signs and had a feeling that Holton had had a stroke. Even though it made sense from a nursing perspective, Kimberly said she was still in disbelief.

“It was shock too, because you obviously don't expect your young daughter to have a stroke,” Kimberly said.

After spending hours in the emergency room and running several tests, Holton’s doctors discovered two spots on her right frontal cortex. Doctors confirmed that, despite her youth, Holton had suffered from a stroke due to an underlying heart condition. The condition does not cause a stroke, according to Holton, but it does heighten the risk of having one. Six days after her initial symptoms began, Holton said she received surgery that dramatically lessens the risk of her having another stroke.

From family praying with her before her surgery to friends visiting her in the hospital, Holton said, although it seems silly, having a stroke was one of the best parts of her year because of the support.

“I always knew I had it [support], but to actually see it physically all around me in the most difficult time, up to this point, was just beyond words,” Holton said. “It gives me tingles just thinking about it. I love all of them so much and to have them sit around and pray for me and with me… that's the only thing that would calm me down in the situation.

That's when I knew that I am a firm believer that God will never give me anything that I can't handle.”

Not only was she receiving support from her family, but Holton said the University of Indianapolis was also a good support system for her. Because

“I think it [the situation] just reaffirms that everyday is a blessing.”

Holton spent a week in the hospital, and another week at home recovering, she missed two weeks of school.

However, despite missing two weeks of school, Holton said she was determined to power through and catch up on her school work. With the help and understanding from her professors, Holton said that is exactly what she did.

“I felt good with my family supporting me, but I also felt like I was being supported by UIndy at the same time,” Holton said.

Holton said that while her life has continued as normal, her faith has become stronger and her outlook on life has changed. Life is precious, Holton said, but she had not realized just how precious life was until she had a stroke.

Kimberly agreed.

“I think it [the situation] just reaffirms that everyday is a blessing,” Kimberly said. “...All my kids are a blessing but her being here is such a blessing… I think its just made me appreciate every single day more.”

Beyond UIndy, Holton said she hopes to spread awareness about the symptoms and signs of a stroke. She strongly encourages others to never ignore their symptoms and to listen to their body. Holton said she believes that it is important for other people to hear her story, so that they know anyone can have a stroke at any time.

Another patient, who was scheduled to have the same surgery as Holton in October reached out to Holton after seeing an article about her in The Indianapolis Star. Holton was able to walk the patient through the procedure from her perspective and talk about what recovery was like as well.

“She told me that I made her feel so much more comfortable about everything and that made me think that things had finally come full circle and that by sharing this story I was able to help one person.... which was my goal,” Holton said. “This story isn't about me, it's about awareness.”

Photo Contributed by Kaitlin Holton

Despite missing two weeks of school, Kaitlin Holton still made the UIndy Honor Roll. Holton said UIndy was a good support system throughout her recovery and allowed her to take all the time she needed to come back.

Alumnus sings for Army Soldiers’ Chorus

By Abbie Fuhrman STAFF WRITER

Photo by Sam Horning

Students at Lowell Elementary School play Extreme Rock Paper Scissors after being taught the rules of the game by their teacher, UIndy alum Eric Branch. Branch posted a video of the children playing the game on Facebook, which went viral, gaining over 11 million views.

A new twist on a classic game UIndy alumnus, elementary gym teacher creates a game based on rock, paper, scissors

By Naomi Coleman STAFF WRITER “Rock beats scissors. I win.”

Phrases like this are commonly heard coming from Eric Branch’s fourth grade physical education class at Lowell Elementary School. The University of Indianapolis alumnus has put a spin on the game, rock, paper, scissors, that has now gone viral. He created a video that was viewed over 11 million times.

The game is played like this: Two teams line up at opposite ends of an obstacle course of hula-hoops. One player from each team has to hop through the hula-hoops using both feet.

Whenever the players meet, they play one round of rock, paper, scissors, and whoever wins the round is able to continue forward, while the other player has to return to their team. The game is won when a player is able to make it to the end of the course.

Branch said that the game began as an effort to help his students become more acquainted with one another, but the outcome was much better than he had expected.

“You have a lot of combinations of kids who have not been together in classes,” Branch said. “If they’ve been here before, they might know some other friends, but a lot of times they’re kind of timid and quiet the first couple weeks

of school.”

Branch said he finds it interesting when the kids tie. When this happens, the two players get to play another round.

“The whole time, in the whole gym, you can hear a pin drop,” Branch said.

“Because the whole class is just locked in, eyes on it, just waiting to see the outcome.”

Branch said he did not expect the video to go viral and was surprised that something like this could happen. However, he said, that he loved how positive the response was.

After the video went viral, Branch said other P.E. teachers, principals and camp counselors came to him asking where he came up with the idea for the game.

Branch’s inspiration for extreme rock, paper, scissors game came from the very place it went viral: Facebook. Branch said that a fellow teacher at Lowell Elementary School shared a video with him on Facebook that resembled the game that he came up with. The game that he saw, Branch said, was done at an outdoor camp.

“So I was playing around with the idea and I decided to do it with hula hoops and do it indoors,” Branch said, “And to do it within the gym. And the kids gave a little creative input on how to make a course, and how to make it winding around.”

Branch said that the excitement from the viral video not only surprised him, but also Lowell Elementary Principal Kim Griffin. Griffin said that it was great to see kids have so much fun in the video and she was amazed to see it go viral.

“You know, it was funny because I was going through Facebook and I saw it and I thought, ‘Oh look, there’s our kids. They’re actually having so much fun,’” Griffin said. “And it was cool to watch because you really have that connection to the kids. And they’re laughing, and they’re cheering each other on, and then, all of sudden, everyone has seen it. So, I think it was just a really neat experience.”

Griffin said that the kids really loved that the video went viral and the attention that it got was thrilling for their families as well.

Griffin said that it was a once in a lifetime experience for the kids and that it was great that they got to participate in it. Despite the excitement, Griffin said that the kids were able to get right back on task.

“They went right back in and whatever they had to do next, they got the job done. And they did what we expected them to do and so on,” Griffin said. “But it was a very fun moment for them and...for a lot of them it really was an opportunity that they may not have gotten otherwise.”

program was great. After graduating high school, Hilgert followed his mentor’s path and went to UIndy to continue his musical education.

“I ended up going to UIndy because Sergeant First Class Ben Hilgert’s music career began with an unexpected my high school choir director’s connecrun in with a stranger. During his honors tion. I ended up having all of the same training program, the University of professors that he had [and] sat through Indianapolis alumnus met a man who all of the same classes,” Hilgert said. had just retired from the Soldiers’ “My path took a little turn, but certainly Chorus, an ensemble in the Army Field the choral roots and having that time at UIndy in the choir, that was led by the Band.

“He kind of planted the seed in same person who mentored my mentor my head that this was an opportuni- [was the same].”

Hilgert said that his education at ty,” Hilgert said. “I guess I never really [thought about this]. During my time UIndy helped him prepare to join the at UIndy, I didn't know that this was a Soldiers’ Chorus. Hilgert also credits career path. I had never met a military his well rounded mindset to UIndy’s liberal arts education. He said he drew musician.”

When Hilgert’s friend joined the inspiration and guidance from his voice Soldiers’ Chorus and talked to him professors, then Adjunct Professor about his experience, Hilgert said he Steve Enzinger and Professor Kathleen was eager to join. The opportunity of Hacker, as well.

“All of my music education at UIndy serving the country appealed to him because service has been a part of his life played a very valuable role in being able to walk into the audition process and since he was young, Hilgert said.

Hilgert decided that this was what he show up with the skills needed,” Hilgert said. wanted to do, and Not only is a asked his friend to music education let him know when vital to being in the next tenor poan ensemble of sition opened. It the Army Field was not much later Band, being than one opened. physically fit is “So he [my also an important friend] helped me aspect, Hilgert with the applicasaid. Just like tion process and every other offithe next thing I cer entering the knew I was going military, Hilgert to basic training,” and his colleague, Hilgert said.

Staff Sergent and According to soprano in the Hilgert, his musiSoldiers’ Chorus cal journey began Michaela Shelton in high school, carhad to participate ried on into college in a 10 week basic and became his catraining. reer. Hilgert joined “When I was his high school in school, I didn’t choir his sophorealize that I more year, and that was going to be is where he said he Photo Contributed by Ben Hilgert throwing grefound his mentor, nades in prepaAaron Coates, the ration for a career in singing,” Shelton director at the time.

Hilgert said he had never thought said.

Hilgert said he believes that followabout being a professional musician until he joined his high school choir. ing his instinct and his heart lead him Growing up across the street from to this path of being a great performer.

“Explore what is interesting to you, UIndy, Hilgert said he was familiar with the school, but Coates referred him to whether that is driving a tank or learnUIndy because he believed the music ing German.” Hilgert said.

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Nursing from page 1

Photo by Alli Woodall

Greyhound students filled the stands at Key Stadium on Sept. 22 for the football game against William Jewell College. Senior content marketing major Trevor Trowbridge (right) leads the Hound Pound in cheers.

“When patients come in for something like wound care or a simple surgical procedure, like a colonoscopy, the time a nurse spends with their patient is shorter, so the time they have with them to answer questions the patient might have and provide patient education is really important.”

McCall said she has done a number of hours of clinicals and works at IU Health West Hospital, and has seen the importance of shifting to heavier outpatient care. Though she is focused on working in a traditional hospital setting, McCall said that she has felt the needs of the patients sometimes are better suited outside of the hospital. She said that keeping patients in the hospital restricts them from regaining normal activity levels. When patients spend too much time in bed, they may struggle to get better, or even weaken because of poor muscle tone, skin breakdown and other factors involved with inactivity.

“Hospitals are trying to encourage patients to work through the pain as best they can to prepare them for returning home or transferring to a rehab facility within 24-48 hours, unless there’s a major issue,” McCall said. “I think this is a great shift to see because it helps the patient stay healthier and more independent instead of causing them to need more time with PT [physical therapy] or OT [occupational therapy].”

Hall said that she sees other colleges and universities adapting this type of specialized education for their programs, as it gives students more experience in areas they might be working and to help them stay current on the needs of the healthcare industry.

As technology increases, Hall said that UIndy will continue to change the curriculum to meet the needs of nurses when they graduate.

“I think we’ll have to more training in those outpatient services, or else people won't be prepared to work where the jobs are,” Hall said. “I think ultimately you’re going to see the type of patients in hospitals has already started changing… I think it is going to put them in a great position to be able to negotiate because no one else is doing this.

To be able to say that you have a minor in nursing, which no one has ever had anywhere, is going to give students a huge edge in being able to negotiate a job. I absolutely think other schools will start doing this. It's just about keeping the curriculum up to date with what is going on in healthcare.”

Photo by Alli Woodall

The Hound Pound celebrates another Greyhound touchdown against William Jewell College. The theme for the student section was jersey's and jorts, so many students donned their best jorts and favorite jerseys.

Hound Pound promotes student involvement with campus athletics

By Jacob Walton STAFF WRITER

The Hound Pound is the student run cheer section for athletic teams at the University of Indianapolis. Its mission is to bring UIndy students together through participating and supporting athletics organizations on campus. They decide themes, chants and organize events to promote UIndy athletics and interaction on campus, according to sports management graduate student Jessie Benner. Senior sports marketing major Brandon Zehner said that he and the athletics office have worked together in order to create a larger presence for the Hound Pound on campus.

“We want to get more students to go to games. Obviously football is

more relevant, but we see people go for the first half and leave. They don’t have any real desire to stay,” Zehner said.

“We’re trying to get more people to go to basketball, volleyball, soccer and everything. So we’re getting all these themes put together and trying to get pizza there and giving out T-shirts so more people are likely to attend.”

Benner said that the group is more than just a student section for the university, it tries to bring UIndy students together in other ways. Her role on the organization is to help work with the athletic department to choose which games would be best to promote heavily for each sport. Benner said the main goal is different as Hound Pound wants to get students more involved on campus to help support our athletes while also supporting each other.

Lin honored for 45 years of service

her international work from Zhejiang Yuexiu Foreign Languages University

By Alissa Kennelly and Ningbo Institute of Technology for STAFF WRITER her outstanding service to those high education institutions.

Retired Associate Vice President for “We want to have international proInternational Partnerships Phylis Lan grams for UIndy,” Lin said. “So anyLin received the Meritorious Award where, always, some UIndy related acupon her retirement from the University tivity is going on, so the sun never sets. of Indianapolis fall 2018, and was That is my dream.” granted the title of professor emerita.

Lin said she was honored and The award was presented by the Office humbled that her colleagues from all of the Provost at the 2018 Faculty-Staff across campus found her to be such Institute Luncheon. a large influence on the campus and According to Executive Vice Presi- deserved the award. dent and Provost Stephen Kolison, the She said that she plans to stay in award is given to faculty members who the Indianapolis area in order to stay a make a significant impact on the uni- partner of the university and fulfill her versity. He said the recipient is someone role as professor emerita. Even in her who distinguishes themselves from their retirement, Lin will be starting a new colleagues and deserves a high recogni- position as the chair of the Academic tion for their work.

Advisory Board at the Chinese Kolison said it was an easy decision American Museum in Washington, to choose Lin for this award to conclude D.C. The board is designed to create her long and successful career a scholarship program for at the university. students prior to the opening “We are talking about of the museum in 2019. someone that served this inKolison said that even afstitution for 45 years, taught ter her retirement, Lin will a lot of students, contributed continue to have an impact significantly, represented us on the university in her past abroad in so many countries and present work with the inand helped us build programs stitution. overseas that brought students “She has a legacy at this from those countries to UInuniversity that is going to go LIN dy,” Kolison said. “She is very on for years to come,” Kolison generous, established scholarship funds said. “I believe she was very deserving. that support students on this campus You know, it was meant to be a surprise. and helped to establish the social work But when I announced it the entire auprogram and was very generous to that ditorium, faculty and staff, everybody program. We look at that in its totality.” stood up on their feet and applauded During Lin’s career, she also worked her for five minutes. She is regarded very with non-profit organizations, wrote 30 highly. It was very special.” books in English and Chinese, taught Throughout the last 45 years of Lin’s classes in sociology and social work and life she has been a dedicated faculty organized many international confer- member at UIndy, according to Kolison. ences to help found programs across the He said she presented herself in a way world. Lin said that her goals for UIndy that would bring pride to the university were related to study abroad, interna- through her dedication to higher edutional travel and allowing students from cation. Kolison said he was happy to other countries to gain access to educa- honor Lin with this award upon her retion from UIndy. tirement and to congratulate her on her She has also received recognition for successful career at UIndy.

“The biggest benefit of being a part of Hound Pound is it gets you to go out and meet people on campus you wouldn’t normally meet and see.

Its people who aren’t in your major, people who you don’t have classes with,” Zehner said. “You just interact more.

And I think that if you all meet before a game and think of things you can do such as cheers during the game you can support all your teams and it creates a better environment.”

The club has eight main leaders, senior sports management major Maddi Weiss who is the president, Benner and marketing major Bobby Kaufman who share the role of vice president and treasurer, Zehner and senior content marketing major Trevor Trowbridge are the student section leaders. The leaders for Registered Student Organization

Outreach are nursing major Nick Kotcher and human biology major Dawson Labaw.

Zehner said that some examples of themes they have planned or done in the past would be a blackout night, Sunday study break, costume night, galaxy, Star Wars night and beach night.

“People will complain that there is nothing to do on campus while there is a soccer game going on. It’s better than just sitting around in your dorm doing nothing or sitting there playing Fortnite,” Zehner said. “You’re able to meet people, get involved and when you meet people at sporting events, you can go out to parties with them afterwards or do whatever you do with your friends.”

If any students are interested in joining Hound Pound they can contact Weiss at weissm@uindy.edu for more information.

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Fifth Third Sculpture Walk expands with “Segments”

By Madison Gomez STAFF WRITER

Made of stoneware clay, with pieces glued together by silicon, each of the 17 pieces of “Segments” are placed across from the ceramic classroom of Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center. The artist is first year graduate student and adjunct professor Margaret Augustine. The piece is one of the newest additions to the Fifth Third Bank Campus Sculpture Walk.

Professor emeritus Dee Shaad, who helped start the walk and Jim Viewegh, Associate Professor and Chair of Art and Design, have worked together to select which pieces to display.

“If you look at the three of us [Shaad, Viewegh and a newly added sculpture professor], we have over 100 years of art expertise,” Viewegh said. “We look at pieces, decide what we think is aesthetically pleasing, does it fit within the criteria of our sculpture walk, which is

original works of art and will it last outside.”

The majority of pieces on the walk are from artists who have no association with UIndy, which Augustine said made her all the more appreciative of her selection.

“I consider myself an artist but not that developed, but to think my work is good enough to be seen in public, it’s very exciting,” Augustine said. “It was a nice surprise since it was a lot of hard work making that piece.”

Augustine’s piece was inspired by a project in the fundamentals of twodimensional design. She said she began with a maquette, which is a smaller sculpture of the piece, before creating the final version. Each shape is now nine times larger than her maquette and held together by silicone.

Augustine made the piece for her senior thesis. She said that she was tasked with trying to portray her identity as an artist as part of the project. Augustine

explained that “Segments,” dealt a lot with what she appreciates most about her art—the idea of part versus whole.

“Each artist has their own thing they want to work with, [mine is] what creates wholeness?” Augustine said.

The goal of the project was being able to place herself in the art industry in a specific area, because there are many out there, but the part versus whole, organic versus geometric is the area she finds most enjoyable, she said.

To those who would like to get a piece featured like Augustine, she advises them to keep working. She said that she never imagined this piece being displayed outside and that it was purely by chance that Viewegh liked it enough.

“Just work hard enough and there will be people out there who will be interested in your work,” Augustine said.

“Maybe not everybody—there’s different people of different tastes—but the advice is to just keep working hard and good things could come your way.”

Photo by Ki Tally

The 17 stoneware pieces can be seen stacked upon each other in “Segments.” Augustine’s idea behind the sculpture was that every part makes up the whole. It can be found outside the west entrance of Esch Hall.

Sculpture Walk Highlight The Fifth Third Bank Campus Sculpture Walk features 24 sculptures both inside and outside of buildings around the University of Indianapolis.

The pieces were created by artists from around the country and use a variety of mediums, including metal, ceramic, glass, lights and wood.

Photo Illustration by Zoë Berg

Photo by Ki Tally

“Universal Continuum” is one of the most well known sculptures on campus because of its location in front of Krannert Memorial Library. This prodigious sculpture was created

by Beverly Precious, who is internationally known for her site-specific designs.

Photo by Zoë Berg

Located to the South of the Schwitzer Student Center is “Modular Tower,” a ceramic sculpture created by Barry Barnes. Each block was treated as an individual canvas and features different patterns, textures, shapes, colors and images.

Photo by Zoë Berg

Photo by Ki Tally

Near the west entrance of the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center is “Dot to Dot,” created by Shawn Phillip Morin. It shows an industrial visual theme which can be seen from the design and the material used: steel, granite and stainless steel.

Photo by Ki Tally

“Firefly” was created by Lee Badger and can be found at the corner of Lilly Science Hall, on the edge of Smith Mall. It was made using high-tech fire torches and a gas jet furnace, used to cut and bend the main element.

Photo by Jayden Kennett

This sculpture was created by Quincy Owens and Luke Crawley and added near the beginning of the academic year. The columns are located on Smith Mall in front of the Krannert Memorial Library. At night they glow and change color, as can be seen in right.

Photo by Zoë Berg

“Precautions” by Bernie Carreño is a welded steel and cast iron sculpture intended to make viewers consider making parenthood an active decision as opposed to an accident of passion. It is located outside of Esch Hall by Hanna Avenue.

Photo by Ki Tally

The sculpture located next to Hanna Ave. and the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center is called “On a Worldly Roll.” It was created by Gary Bibbs and is made of stainless steel and bronze. It is said to welcome visitors to the university.

Photo by Zoë Berg

On the corner of Hanna Avenue and Otterbein Avenue, near Good Hall is “Source,” a sculpture created by K. Brunett and K. Thielking. It depicts an abstract river that’s wave forms move and change as the wind blows.

Photo by Ki Tally

“Anatomy Vessel” is an abstract sculpture created by Eric Nordgulen. This sculpture is located to the right of the sidewalk leading up to Krannert Memorial Library. Nordgulen’s work can be found in numerous public and private collections.

Photo by Zoë Berg

“Crucible” was created by Don Lawler. It is located outside of Martin Hall near the faculty parking lot. It weighs 7,000 pounds because it was created from Indiana limestone and has a diameter of 5 feet. The piece was installed via crane.

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Photo by Ki Tally

Senior theatre major and director Mary Schreier advises senior technical theatre major Emily Hart on a scene in preparation for their performance of “The Bear.” Schreier said this play has been one of the best casted performances she has been able to direct in her career.

Photo by Ki Tally

“The Love Talker” director, senior theatre education major Zech Saenz, observes his cast performing a scene to determine how else he can guide them through the play. Saenz said that he is most looking forward to sharing the play with audiences and seeing it come together.

Theatre seniors direct works for engagement series

By Maia Gibson MANAGING EDITOR Weekday evenings and nights, the theatre suite in Esch Hall is full of activity, from reading lines to sewing costumes. Rehearsals for three of the four plays in the Student Engagement Series began the third week of classes and will continue through early October.

The Student Engagement Series was introduced this year as a push toward a more theatrical capstone for senior theatre majors, according to senior theatre major Mary Schreier.

While the four seniors this year are all directing and producing one-act plays, the series is designed to be able to fit the tracks of whomever is involved, be it performance/directing, design/ production, education or music/theatre, Schreier said.

“A professor actually was the person who gave me the most interesting [explanation],” Schreier said. “He said about it, ‘You guys need something to showcase what it is that you’ve learned over your four years. Whether you’ve learned it correctly or whether you’ve learned it well or whether you’ve retained it...This is the ability to show what you’ve learned in a capacity that is nurturing to the educational process.’”

While all four seniors are directing, the expectations are different based on their track. Senior theatre education majors Zech Saenz and Bailey Williams said they are responsible for directing and designing every element of their play while Schreier and senior theatre major Kelly Casey said they are directing and working with a team on design.

“We’re all really excited because, I think, especially for the theatre education majors, it gives us a chance to kind of have a dress rehearsal before we start doing this for real with students,”

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Williams said. “Especially, for me, I’m excited because during this student engagement series we have to do literally everything...And I know we have a lot of support here and students will help and stuff but I definitely think it’s what we need before we start teaching for real.”

Saenz’s production of Deborah Pryor’s “The Love Talker” is the first in the series. According to Saenz, “The Love Talker” follows two poor sisters that live on the land surrounding their secluded home in the wilderness. The younger sister stumbles upon a cottage while venturing out into the woods.

In it she discovers a magical well and drawings and ends up summoning a demon.

The play is nowhere near what Saenz was planning on originally producing, he said. Initially, he said he was looking into children’s theatre scripts and was going to market the play toward children and elementary schools in the Indianapolis Public Schools system. In the end, however, he took a different route.

“I was like, ‘This is my senior year in college,” Saenz said. “‘If I’m going to do children’s theatre, I could easily do children’s theatre in high school.

That’s totally acceptable.’ I don’t know if I can do darker, heavier content in a high school, because it always depends on administration. So that pivotal point was when I decided, ‘Okay, maybe I’ll do darker scripts, maybe I’ll do something a little risqué.’”

Schreier chose to direct Anton Chekov’s “The Bear,” originally published as a short story entitled “The Boor.” According to Schreier, the play centers on the widowed Popova, who pledges to be faithful to her husband even though he has died. Out of the blue, a man shows up claiming that her late husband owed him money and demanding she pay. When she says

that she does not have the money, an argument about the debt and the ensues, ending with Popova challenging him to a duel. Schreier said that she chose the play because Chekov is her favorite playwright and also because of Popova.

“I read the short story and I fell in love with her [Popova],” Schreier said. “I fell in love with her spunk and her tenacity even in a time when—because this was written in 1888—women did not do this sort of thing and did not stick up for themselves . . .She’s not afraid of being a woman, and I think it’s interesting that she seems to want to stay traditional in a sense, but then all of a sudden he pushes her over the edge to become this sort of stronger [woman who is] passionate about women.”

Seeing the story unfold and Popova’s character brought to life are two elements that Schreier said she is most looking forward to. According to Schreier, “The Bear” is senior technical theatre major Emily Hart’s first time on stage as a performer and she is playing the lead.

“I had kind of been teasing her about coming out and auditioning for it and she didn’t really give me an answer. But then all of a sudden she came into auditions and she auditioned with the monologue that I had chosen for them to read…”

Schreier said. “And in that moment, it was one of those things where you just hear it and all of a sudden you see the story happening before you. So I think the thing I’m most excited about is to see her bring this character that I’ve already felt and I’ve already seen, bring her to life for everybody else…”

Casey’s play is the last performance

in the series for the first semester. She is producing absurdist playwright Edward Albee’s “The Zoo Story,” which centers around two men, Peter and Jerry. Casey said that the play opens with Peter sitting on a bench, reading, when he is approached by the eccentric Jerry. Over the course of their conversation, the audience learns more about both men and watches their relationship form.

Casey said she chose the play because she thought it was both a humorous and entertaining show that allowed the audience to see the characters develop.

Because she had directed a play of Albee’s before, Casey said she was familiar with his style.

“I think absurdist [work] usually has a bunch of twists or makes people in the audience at least think ‘What are we doing? What’s happening?’” Casey said. “And then you kind of think, ‘Oh wait, there are moments in real life that happen like this.’ But you don’t really understand it, and it kind of makes you question almost everything. So I think, especially with the ending, it makes you question a lot about what’s happening and what other people are thinking and it’s just really different.”

At the beginning of February 2019, Williams’ cast will perform her production of Georg Buchner’s “Woyzeck.” The play, written in 1836, follows the soldier Woyzeck, who has just returned from war. He is suffering from a mental illness, leading him to be experimented on by a doctor. At the same time, he discovers his girlfriend, with whom he has a child, is having an affair, further impacting his mental health.

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“He’s [Woyzeck] kind of just a spectacle to everyone in his life,” Williams said. “And it’s [the play] so sad and so revolutionary because it was written so long ago and a lot of this stuff wasn’t really talked about or wasn’t really a thing...basically it’s just how life was for a common man and he’s also suffering from mental illness.”

Because the play is unfinished, there are multiple endings to choose from, according to Williams. In addition to the selecting the ending, she said that the play can be set in any time period and that she has chosen to modernize it as well as change tone of the characters and the doctor to a police officer.

“I think with a lot of stuff that’s happening in the world right now, I feel that making this show modern I can reach a lot of different people,” Williams said. “ . . . just the fact that you can literally set this in any time and it portrays something different. . . making it modern, I feel like, depending on who auditions and who I cast...I will be able to shine light on some of the issues in our world today. And I think that’s very important for things I want to do in theatre because that’s a chance to shine light on issues and everything.”

All of the plays in the Student Engagement Series will be performed in the Studio Theatre in the basement of Esch Hall. Saenz’s production of “The Love Talker” will be performed on Friday, Sept. 28 at 6 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 29 at 2 p.m. “The Bear,” directed by Schreier, opens on Friday, Oct. 5 with a second show on Saturday, Oct. 6, both at 8 p.m. Casey’s production of “The Zoo Story” is showing right before fall break, on Wednesday, Oct. 10 and Thursday, Oct. 11, also at 8 p.m. both nights.

Auditions for Williams’ production of “Woyzeck” will be held in December with the performances scheduled for Friday, Feb. 8 and Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019.

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RATING SYSTEM AMAZING An unforgettable experience in its category.

The highest of recommendations. Extremely satisfying and entertaining, with few (if any) issues worth noting.

VERY GOOD Incredibly well-done, engaging, and stands above the crowd. Perhaps a few minor grievances, but nothing that substantially takes away from the overall experience.

DECENT May have some worthwhile positives; makes for a good experience, but perhaps brought down by frustrating issues. Entertaining on a basic level.

MEDIOCRE Maybe moderately entertaining to the right crowd, but too riddled with elements that don’t work or aren’t original/interesting enough for most audiences.

BAD Poorly executed on almost every level. Any positive notes are a chore to find amid the abundance of mistakes and frustrations. Not worth anyone’s time, except someone with a special interest in the subject matter.

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wanted to see “A Simple Favor”again as soon as the credits started rolling. The film is full of twists and turns that keep the viewer guessing. It is also bolstered by the strong performances of the main characters, mothers that unexpectedly become friends through their children.

Stephanie, played by Anna Kendrick, is a blogger with a relatively dull life, while the mysterious Emily, played by Blake Lively, works for a glamorous high-class fashion company. One day, however, Emily suddenly goes missing, and it is up to Stephanie to find her. The ending is the biggest plot twist of all, so I am not going to spoil it. The sheer amount of jaw-dropping moments in this movie will make any viewer want to see it again.

The twists and turns, lies and deceit had everyone in the theater gasping. My only complaint is that the movie was slightly all over the place because it included so many different elements; however, this problem was not so severe that viewers struggled to keep up with the plot. Be warned that this movie is rated R for a reason, and there is a fair amount of sexual humor and language.With that being said, I personally cannot wait to buy it when it is released on DVD.

arrie Underwood’s newest album, “Cry Pretty,” is a 13 song album worth listening to a dozen times. While most people know Underwood for her songs about southern romances, she takes a step outside of her comfort zone in this album. Underwood featured several other voices such as Ludacris and a background chorus, showing a willingness to experiment with new genres. Underwood also found subtle ways to hide political references throughout the album in songs such as “The Bullet,”which is about gun violence. As a whole, “Cry Pretty” is a well balanced arrangement of ballads and upbeat songs. After listening to the album, the catchiness of the songs make you want to go back and sing them as loud as you can. There seems to be an attitude behind the album that is new for Underwood. This is obvious in “The Champion,” which has been featured before NFL games. Even Underwood’s songs about romance and heartache seem to have more of a bite to them. Like always, Underwood’s ballads have touched my heart and her upbeat songs have left me dancing in my room like a fool. Her voice has made magic once again, and she’s gone beyond just singing country love songs.

n Indianapolis, there are multiple holein-the-wall restaurants that few Indy residents seem to know about. One of these restaurants is Saffron Café, located on Fort Wayne Avenue in downtown Indianapolis. Since I am not familiar at all with Moroccan food, I took a few minutes to look over the menu. I started off with a cup of Kahwa, which is Moroccan coffee roasted with ground cinnamon. As a college student who lives off of coffee, I have tried many flavors, but Kahwa was one of my favorites. For my meal, I decided to order the falafel sandwich plate. For those people who aren’t too sure of what falafel is, it is a deep fried ball or patty which is made from chickpeas and fava beans. The sandwich came on warm pita bread, with a side salad. When my food came out, it looked amazing, but I soon found out that I’m not the biggest fan of falafel. It has a texture and taste that I was not too fond of, but the side of spicy Harissa sauce and cucumber yogurt that my order came with made it much tastier. If I go again, I would definitely try a different dish without falafel. Despite this, I have to say that going to Saffron Café was a cool experience because of the Moroccan food.

eople from all walks of life, whether they create art to pay the bills or for enjoyment, came to Fountain Square Sept. 15 to show their work to the Indianapolis community. The event was called Art Squared and had hundreds of people coming out to see the various art forms that were represented. People were also playing live music in the streets, which was a nice addition to the overall atmosphere. Things such as clothing, photography, drawing, painting and even woodwork were popular. The artists and vendors had everything set at a reasonable price considering the size and detail of each piece. The streets were not overly crowded but were still busy with people.

Every person I met was more interesting than the last. With that being said, it was not as “high end” as some art events. The event showcased amateur artists who were very talented and displayed a wide variety of art forms and skill levels. The art fair was just one part of the day. Art Squared also included a parade and masterpiece showcase later in the day. All in all, it was a quaint yet fun event and the art there celebrated each artist’s individual talent and the Indianapolis community as a whole.

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Constitution Crash Course celebrates day of adoption

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Books & Brews offers craft beers named after books, including Clifford, Cream & Punishment and the Stout of Monte Cristo. It is set to open this fall and will be located next to the University of Indianapolis police station.

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By Abby Land ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR The much-anticipated restaurant and bar Books & Brews is expected to open soon on Shelby Street, next to the University of Indianapolis police station.

Despite the establishment’s original goal to open in spring 2018 and later postponement to July 2018, maintenance in the building took longer than expected, according to the South Indy franchise owner Evan Sandullo.

“We’ve had a lot of frustrating delays,” Sandullo said. “Pretty much anything that could go wrong on this project has.”

Books & Brews markets itself as "the place for people without a place."

The franchise has established locations in Broad Ripple and downtown Indianapolis. The menu features a basic lunch and dinner menu and craft beers named after works of literature.

After deciding to get involved with the franchise near UIndy, Sandullo said he understood that renovations to the building would be necessary, but were not anticipating the level of work that would go into the location.

Plumbing in the building, however, was more collapsed than renovators had anticipated, Sandullo said.

“We’ve had a myriad of permitting issues delays due to various things and the construction process. That’s the difficulty of having a venture like this, you run into some last-minute issues,” Sandullo said. “The landlords themselves had delays when they were doing their part of the build out, and we ran into issues doing our part of the build out.”

According to Sandullo, equipment and other amenities are already inside the building. He and wife Melissa Sandullo, who is a co-franchise owner, both said that while the delays were discouraging, they are excited to open the establishment as soon as possible.

“Barring any unforeseen circumstance or anything that might come up,

I would say we’re within two weeks [of opening],” Sandullo said. “As soon as we get that final clearance from the inspector, we’ll be ready [to open].”

Once Books & Brews does open, Melissa said she is excited to welcome UIndy students of all ages alongside members of the greater southside community. The restaurant section of the building will be open to students under 21 while the bar area will be separated by a bookcase. Families and children will also be welcome, according to Melissa.

That community is also excited to welcome the new addition to the southside. Books & Brews will be one of few restaurants within walking distance of the UIndy campus for students to enjoy, and the first brewery.

"I'm excited for Books & Brews to open because it's close by," senior psychology major Lauren Cohen said. "I don't have to deal with the traffic of downtown and it seems like it will be a more relaxed environment."

Cohen lives in Greyhound Village, which is across from where the establishment will open. She and other students that live on campus will have quick and easy access to Books & Brews.

"My boyfriend and I used to do homework at the brewery close to us back home [in North Carolina]," Cohen said. "So I'm kind of hoping I can do that here now."

Cohen is not the only Greyhound Village resident who is looking forward to having a place to go out with friends.

"I'm really looking forward to the opening of Books & Brews. It will be a great new place for me to go and eat and drink and study with [my] friends that's also walking distance from campus," junior international relations major Danielle Cook said.

The Sandullos plan to welcome these students and the rest of the UIndy community's company within the coming weeks.

“We’re really looking forward to serving the university and the surrounding community,” Melissa said.

On Constitution Day, Sept. 17 senior psychology major Corey Nack held a crash course about the Constitution in order to learn more about the history of the nation and how it can affect its future.

The course was made up of three lectures from Instructor of History and Political Science David Root, Assistant Professor of History and Political Science Laura Merrifield Wilson and Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion Jeffrey Tolly.

The day marked 231 years since the nation first adopted the document and started putting in its policies. To celebrate it, Nack said he decided he wanted to learn more about what it really means.

Constitution Crash Course was put together by Nack and Wilson. Nack said that Wilson was interested in putting on an event similar to the one he had in mind, and decided to work together to make the event a success. “[The Constitution] has profound impacts on our history, our future, in terms of how our identities as

Americans are shaped, how our government interacts with its people and other governments … The more knowledge you have with you the better you’ll be able to do,” Nack said. “So we really want to equip people to be more civically engaged and it will make a difference in the community.”

Wilson had other professors from the university get involved as well, including Root and Tolly. Each of the three got time to speak on a topic. Wilson chose to present about how the Constitution has changed and what it looks like today in government. Root spoke about how the government balances itself and how it can be effective, Tolly explained the basics of the document and how the founding fathers thought ahead and proposed solutions to the problems they created.

Junior political science major Emma Kieffer said she attended because she had an interest in the event ever since she heard about it. She said she took a course in high school that was related to the Constitution and was intrigued by the topic of the event. Kieffer said that, after having all of the speakers in class, she was intrigued to learn more about the constitution and its history.

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Senior psychology major Corey Nack began by introducing the panel of professors, which included Instructor of History and Political Science David Root, Assistant Professor of History and Political Science Laura Merrifield Wilson and Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion Jeffrey Tolly. Each presenter lectured.

Photo by Macy Judd

Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion Jeffrey Tolly and Assistant Professor of History and Political Science Laura Merrifield Wilson answered questions from the crowd at the end of the course, held on September 17. All four members of the panel wore party hats to celebrate the adoption of the Constitution.

EXD students create mock event at conference

By Hannah Morris STAFF WRITER

A group of past and present University of Indianapolis experience design students shared their knowledge by preparing an experience for the Meeting Professionals International World Conference. The students were able to present their designs through a fictional event that they staged for MPI. This conference offered real world experience for the students by giving them a platform to explain the importance and various uses of experience design.

During this three day conference, attendees were able to take part in an interactive event planning scenario created by Chair for Experience Design Samantha Meigs and her students. The students created a simulation in a fictional town they called Ludensvilla and used props and characters to create an

event for Ludensvilla’s Verde Luna, also known as the Green Moon festival. The opportunity allowed students to showcase their experience in event design.

The offer to design an experience for MPI was given to Meigs and her students this past academic year through a colleague in the field. The purpose of the conference was for members of MPI to expand their knowledge of education and play.

“Many people try and make experience design too complicated,” Meigs said. “It is what it sounds like, designing experiences.”

Meigs said their fictional town was as a centerpiece of the event, allowing others to interact with one another to create something unique.

“I knew as soon as I saw that there was a constitution crash course that I would be here, even before I knew the speakers,” Kieffer said.

The event concluded with handouts of mini-Constitutions as well as a question and answer panel. Nack did not know how the event would turn out, but he said that, either way, a message was spread to at least some of the attendees.

“If one person comes and learns something new it’ll be a success, and if 100 people come and learn new things it’ll be a success,” Nack said.

Nack said he plans to do more events like the crash course, including lectures on the last Monday of each month. Topics will be chosen for the talks through a poll he will send out through email.

Those interested can contact nackc@ uindy.edu to learn more. The goal is to educate students through presentations and through the interaction with each other.

“We’re working really hard to come up with a wide variety of activities, things you can learn, things that you might not always get the opportunity to learn,” Nack said. “We just want people to come out of college extremely well rounded and educated on any topic.”

“We wanted a fantasy that wasn’t a recognizable one,” Meigs said. “It works better for people to work in a fantasy world because then people don’t bring too many preconceptions to it.”

By giving Ludensvilla a small background and plenty of working and moving parts and characters, the town felt more realistic. Meigs expressed the event as excited even though it held challenges. The team was able to pitch their view of experience design and extend the knowledge of how it can be applied to many fields and markets.

Alumnus Austin Baker helped out on this project and worked on the imaginary town that the group presented.

Baker said that the students working

“...this was the first time we had been playing in the big leagues.”

on the project took pride in showcasing their work for UIndy at such a larger event with over 60,000 members involved.

“It was just a really cool experience because this was the first time we had been playing in the big leagues,” Baker said. “This was a conference that cost $1,000 for someone to attend and we got to create something for it.”

Meigs said she wants people to see and understand that the events around them have been designed by a team just like that of this group of UIndy students.

“This area of work is much better recognized in European countries and on the coast, and I fear sometimes that my folks [EXD students] feel like they are out there lonely because we don’t have that type of industry excitement here that you would have if you were in Orlando, Florida for example,” Meigs said. “This conference was a wonderful way of seeing that yes, this field is vibrant and growing.”

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Religious affiliation shapes campus communities TYPES OF RELIGIOUS-AFFILIATED COLLEGES

By Sophie Watson NEWS EDITOR

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Recently, Roncalli High School Guidance Counselor Shelly Fitzgerald was put on administrative leave after the school was informed that she was married to another woman while working at the Catholic-affiliated institution, according to an article by USA Today. This event attracted national attention and sparked questions about religiously-affiliated schools and their power and causation for terminating employment. The University of Indianapolis and other religious affiliated schools differ in the way they structure their expectations around religion, as there are different levels of affiliation in educational institutions.

According to Roncalli President Joseph Hollowell, gaining employment with Roncalli includes a contract with the school that resembles a code of conduct for religious matters. Part of this is a ministerial job agreement that describes in-depth the expectations of the employees and how those expectations relate to the religious mission of the school. Hollowell said that this is a set of agreed-upon expectations regarding living a life consistent with the teachings of the Catholic Church. All archdiocesan schools use this contract, and the articles are not specific to Roncalli, but rather a general contract that all archdiocesan Catholic school employees agree to, according to Hollowell.

“The Archdiocese of Indianapolis has a legal team that assumes responsibility for preparing the contract language and ministerial job agreements that are both a part of those contracts for teachers and guidance counselors who serve at Catholic schools throughout Central and Southern Indiana,” Hollowell said.

“All archdiocesan Catholic schools use the contract.... Dismissals are handled in concert with the archdiocesan human resources department and, for

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According to Special Assistant to the President for Mission Michael Cartwright, UIndy’s philosophy about religious affiliation differs from that of Roncalli or other religiously-affiliated schools. He said there are many different approaches that each school can take. A school or church can adopt an orthodox, critical-mass, intentionally pluralist or accidentally pluralist approach when defining itself as a religiously-affiliated institution. Roncalli and other Catholic schools that are archdiocesan-approved are orthodox, meaning that all statutes of the Catholic faith are directly incorporated in to the education and culture. He said that UIndy would be considered intentionally pluralist, meaning that the values of the church are open to interpretation, and other religions and ideals are welcome.

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Catholic faith. “[UIndy aims] to encourage “We went to an all-school mass once respectful inquiry and to have an honest a month and we began the day with exploration of things in a quest for prayer, prayed as a school before lunch the truth.…” Cartwright said. “I try to and had a religion class once a day to avoid all-or-nothing thinking. All-or- learn more about our faith." DeLong nothing thinking in reference to these said. “The religious affiliation at UIndy matters, might be more characteristic to is different than at Roncalli because the orthodox pattern, would say that all it hasn’t had [as] much of an impact differences are fundamental differences as Roncalli did on me. At Roncalli, I and we cannot cross those lines. So the practiced my faith everyday almost like lines have to be really firmly made and a routine, but at UIndy I’m encouraged freedom exists inside of the lines but to learn more about other religions

rather than just the Catholic faith.”

According to Cartwright, UIndy is more focused on the exploration and joining of different religions and cultures, while more orthodox affiliations take scripture more literally with less room for discussion.

“If all differences are ultimate, and we are talking about homosexuality, you’re right or I’m wrong, and there is no ambiguity,” Cartwright said. “So a difference that is ultimate is a difference that is there is no room to talk. If there are differences that we can be puzzled about, then there is not only room to talk, but there is a need to talk and we can learn from one another in the midst of conversation. In the midst of talking, we are about the mission of the university which is to achieve better understanding. Certainly, Christians disagree about homosexuality. Certainly, Muslims, Hindus, and folks in a variety of traditions disagree, but how do we hold those differences?”

As religiously-affiliated schools continue to provide education for students and staff of all beliefs, Hollowell said that Roncalli will continue to focus on its mission to educate Christian leaders and to fulfill their potential as lifelong learners.

“Our relationship with God, our church and each other are at the heart of our mission statement, which is a living document at Roncalli,” Hollowell said. “The mission statement guides our strategic planning, which identifies the steps we plan to take to continue to grow as a school. Most Christian organizations believe that growth comes from prayer, faithfulness to Christian principles and actively engaging members of our communities.”

According to Cartwright, the mission of UIndy as it pertains to religion, is to educate students about hospitality that allows open conversation and exploration of religious principles and religiously-affiliated organizations will continue to coexist among the principles of each type of affiliation.

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