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■ ENROLLMENT TRENDS

■ SUMMER RENOVATION

UIndy takes action to accommodate growth

Expansion and age bring about campus renovations

Katy Yeiser Editor-in-Chief

Total enrollment over five years

With the ever-increasing enrollment at the University of Indianapolis, more students are looking for places to park and rooms to sleep in, and university administrators are looking for ways to accommodate growth.

The total enrollment this year, including graduate and School for the Adult Learning students, reached a new high of 4,350 students, with a record freshman class size of 752.

The university’s total enrollment over the past five years has grown by 18 percent and at the current growth rate, the university will have 5,100 students enrolled by 2011.

“We’re doing a better job of getting the word out about the value of education at this institution, and once you get the students here, they help spread the word also,” said Director of Admissions Ron Wilks.

Part-time and full-time undergraduate day student enrollment also is experiencing the same growth. Undergraduate student enrollment has increased 23 percent from 2002, and with that increase comes the need for more parking and residential space.

The new parking lot to the south of Warren Hall adds 164 spots to the 1,949 currently available. That project, which is being developed

by F.A. Wilhem, costs between $500,000 and $600,000.

According to Mike Braughton, treasurer and vice president for business and finance, the university also is considering a parking garage as a way to improve campus parking. However, that option is a last resort. Braughton said that one parking garage spot cost around $10,000.

“It’s a possibility. It would probably be our last alternative because of the cost involved.

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We’re going to use as much surface parking as we can,” Braughton said.

This year, 35 students had to be placed in temporary housing because of residence hall capacity problems. Those students were placed in extra apartments in Central Hall, lounges and R.A.’s rooms. However, Dean of Students Kory Vitangeli said that number already had dropped to 23. Vitangeli said the students in temporary housing would soon decrease Day undergrad part- and full-time enrollment as other students move off campus, transfer or drop out.

To address dorm capacity needs, the university established a partnership with College Crossing at National.

The partnership was finalized in Business the fall of 2005 to help address Arts & Sciences 17% the overcrowding problems.

44% Braughton and the developer for College Crossing started discussing partnership options about three years ago.

Nursing Braughton said he looked to a 16% partnership with a developer, instead of building a new residence hall, because of the risk in using borrowed money to build a residence hall that might not be Education filled.

14% The partnership with College Physical Crossing lets the developers run the complex, handle the expenses and reTherapy ceive the revenue and profit. According to 2% Psychological Braughton, the arrangement does not cost the university. The university’s only responsibiliSciences ties are to help promote the complex and make 7%

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Graphics by Katy Yeiser students available to the developers.

The complex offers 56 apartments.

The Admissions Office had to send 27 percent more rejection letters this year than last year and limit the acceptance of students who met the minimal standards.

Wilks said his office had to cut down on the number of applicants who were recommended by counselors as having the potential to succeed but may lack in certain academic areas.

However, Wilks said that the limiting process should not lead to an enrollment cap.

“The university has been able to find ways to manage growth, not necessarily cap growth. We want to have slow, manageable growth,” he said.

One department that has been growing quickly is the School of Nursing. The parttime and full-time enrollment has nearly doubled since 2002, and the faculty has had to adjust to 415 students as opposed to 227 five years ago.

Sharon Isaac, dean of the School of Nursing, said about 130 freshmen are enrolled in the department. After their first year, only 56 will continue in the department with clinical studies.

According to Isaac, the School of Nursing has managed its growth by increasing parttime faculty.

Isaac said the department had to hire several part-time instructors in order to meet the Indiana State Board of Nursing student to teacher ratio requirements. The student to teacher ratio in the nursing department is currently eight

The University of Indianapolis campus was updated this summer with new additions and renovations totalling about $1 million. A parking lot with 164 spots was added in the southeast corner of campus near Warren Hall, Good Hall received repairs and classrooms in the lower level of the Sease Wing of the Krannert Memorial Library were revamped.

The project was supposed to be completed by the end of the 2006 spring semester. However, Director of the Physical Plant Ken Piepenbrink said there were some obstacles for the Physical Plant to overcome.

Surface water drainage on campus is an issue regulated by the city government. The portion of campus located north of Hanna Avenue drains into a retention pond. However, because construction was taking place south of Hanna, the issue of drainage had to be assessed and dealt with accordingly.

“It’s the university’s responsibility to control the storm water before it gets into the city sewer system,” Piepenbrink said. “The parking lot is Contributed by designed as a catch basin for short- Athletic Department term retention.”

Ken Piepenbrink The Physical Plant team also dealt with temperatures in the upper-90s and said the new many rain delays. Once the lighting parking lot will system is installed by Indianapolis soon be Power & Light, the parking lot will completed. be officially completed.

According to Piepenbrink, the renovation of Good Hall included repainting and construction of ceilings above the porticos on the north and west sides of the building and the repairing of holes that were letting in pests. Good Hall, a longheld image of the university, is more than a century old. Built in 1902, it has undergone five major renovations and requires some work every year.

Renovation of the classrooms in the basement of the Sease Wing helped the university develop further without the cost and effort of expansion.

“Instead of building something new, we reworked it to get the most out of our money,” Piepenbrink said. “There again, we’re spending the students’ money more wisely.”

The rooms weren’t being widely used because of the lack of a school of education department in the area. Offices were built to house the modern language department, and a lab was constructed to accommodate the graphic arts department. The music department also makes use of the new rooms.

According to Mike Braughton, treasurer and vice president for business and finance, although the price tag on the summer renovations is high, the students will feel no adverse effects.

As Braughton explained, funds for the work done this summer

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See Enrollment Trends on Page 3 ■ MAYOR’S VISIT

■ CELL GRANTS

CELL helps build smaller city high schools to foster improved student achievement and the Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township. The school is set to open in the fall of 2008 and will reach a The Center of Excellence in Leadermaximum enrollment of 400 students. ship of Learning recently awarded grants These four new start-up high schools to four local high schools as part of a high are among 15 Marion County high school transformation initiative funded by schools that have been funded by CELL the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. and are in different stages in the developThe initiative involves an effort to comment process. CELL funds these grants bat low graduation rates in through the $11.3 million Marion County by convertgrant awarded to the oring the large Indianapolis ganization in 2003 by the Public Schools (IPS) into Gates Foundation. Schools CELL GRANT PHASES smaller schools, as well as funded through this grant opening brand new start-up must be high school level Exploration grants: high schools. and have an enrollment of • awarded at the beginning stages of the development process Hope High School, • amount is up to $100 per pupil at mature maximum enrollment 400 or fewer students.

• helps with the development of plans for the schools which is a mayoral-charAccording to Lynne tered school that opened Weisenbach, executive Design and Preparation grants: • awarded once plans for the schools are complete this fall, received a $42,000 director of CELL and dean • amount is up to $250 per pupil at mature maximum enrollment implementation grant from of the School of Education, • helps with the construction and preparation of the schools CELL. The school is loCELL’s work with high Implementation grants: cated at Fairbanks Hospital school transformations is • awarded when the schools first open and will have a maximum all about putting students • amount is up to $325 per pupil at mature maximum enrollment • helps with the schools’ first-year expenses mature enrollment of 129 in better learning environstudents. This start-up high ments.

Sustainability grants: school has open enrollment, • awarded after the schools complete their first year “The idea is that if you • amount is up to $325 per pupil at mature maximum enrollment which is a requirement of get the kids into smaller en• helps the schools transition to their second year all Gates-funded schools, vironments, the [students] but it targets students who and the teachers will know have successfully comeach other a lot better, pleted substance abuse and the teachers can work programs.

Infobox by Abby Adragna together to create a very CELL awarded a $260,000 rigorous curriculum and then implementation and sustainability grant to to earn early college credit. The school really monitor progress very carefully,” Lawrence Early College High School for will reach a maximum mature enrollment Weisenbach said.

Science and Technologies, which opened of 400 students.

According to David Dresslar, CELL this fall to freshmen and sophomores.

CELL awarded a $40,000 exploration senior fellow for systemic change, the This school is chartered by the mayor grant to Building Trades High School, start-up high schools that have received and will eventually reach a maximum which is a collaboration between the CELL grants are focusing on the “New enrollment of 400 students. This school Indiana State Building & Construction also provides students with the oppor- Trades Council, the Area 31 Career Center See Cell Grants on Page 3 Abby Adragna News Editor

tunity to earn college credit through a partnership with Ivy Tech Community College-Central Indiana.

Herron High School, which opened this fall to freshmen, also received a $260,000 implementation and sustainability grant from CELL. This mayoralchartered school has a partnership with Marion College, which allows students

Sophomore political science major Tim Ott meets with Mayor Bart Peterson, who spoke on campus Thursday, Sept. 21.

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■ DRUG AND ALCOHOL WORKSHOPS

Athlete alcohol policy called ‘ridiculous’ Abby Abdragna News Editor

A few weeks ago, I was informed of the university’s “new and improved” policy regarding studentathletes and alcohol. My immediate reaction was that the new policy is ridiculous. Now that I have had a few weeks to consider it, I still think it’s ridiculous.

The first part of the new policy involves random selections of studentathletes to be tested for drugs throughout the year. The second part says that

athletes must each attend three alcohol presentations throughout the academic year in order to keep athletic eligibility. An E-mail recently sent out to all student-athletes stated that athletes could lose their scholarships if they do not attend these three alcohol workshops.

However, (this is the ridiculous part) according to the student-athlete handbook, a student-athlete can fail a drug test three times before his or her scholarship will be taken away. This means that the athletic department is going to take away athletes’ scholarships if they do not sit through three pointless meetings, but the athletes can keep their scholarships if they’ve failed two drug tests. Makes sense, right?

I am a student-athlete. Therefore, I

know that the life of a student-athlete is different from the life of a traditional college student. We are held to the highest standards in every aspect of our college lives. We’re expected to study several hours a week in order to maintain high grade point averages.

We’re expected to practice several hours a week in order to improve our performances. And we’re expected to spend several weekends and weeknights out of the year representing our school in competition. This is all understandable. However, it means that student-athletes lead extremely busy lives.

Now UIndy athletes are expected to take three hours out of our alreadyhectic lives to sit through presentations

about the dangers of alcohol abuse and how to drink responsibly—things we’ve been hearing about since fourth grade health class. No offense to the athletic department and their effort to combat student-athlete alcohol use, but if students don’t know about the dangers of alcohol by the time they enter college, a few one-hour presentations are not going to reach them.

In fact, I attended the alcohol presentation that was held on Sept. 11 in the Schwitzer Center Atrium, and it was a joke. The majority, if not all, of the students who attended the meeting were athletes fulfilling their requirement, and I am sure that very few of them have any idea exactly what was said during the workshop. I saw several

students talking to each other, playing with their cell phones, talking on their cell phones, text messaging their friends or each other and just generally not paying attention. I will admit that I did not pay attention because the meeting was at 9 p.m., and I had been going nonstop since about 10 a.m. that day with homework, class, practice and night class. I was physically and mentally exhausted, and I’m sure several other students who attended that meeting were feeling the same way.

I know that the athletic department is just trying to keep athletes safe and out of trouble, but I really don’t think that wasting time we don’t have with a trip back to our fourth grade health class is going to do anyone any good.

■ SURVIVOR

Ethnicity is now ‘reality’

■ POLITICAL CARTOON

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■ NEWS-FEEDING A GENERATION

show) really represent the vast realwhat exactly defined these things. But Kim Hopper ity of the billions of people who are we had a problem because we couldn’t Opinion Editor members of different ethnic groups? do it. We weren’t able to define what The new season of “Survivor” is Can you imagine what is going to be race is because we couldn’t make it in full swing, and it is offering a new sprawled across the front page of every fit all people. By even placing the cast and interesting take on reality TV. newspaper from here to Timbuktu into these categories they are putting This season, the show has divided the when the winners are announced? an identity freeze on them; they are cast into four different ethnic groups: There will be the usual conspiracy associating some common stereotype Asian- American, Caucasian, Latino theories, but there will also be some with that person and expecting them and African-American. I guess I unvery hateful accusations that will probto perform on cue, all in order to gain derstand CBS’s theory behind this tacably take place. Do we really need that better ratings. There is a major differtic. I’m sure ence between they’re afraid representing the show will a culture or become stale, showing ethnic and people pride and dividwill become ing “the world” bored. We all into four teams. know the atThe media tention spans should not be of Americans choosing what these days. race or ethnicAnd you have ity people are to hand it to considered. We the producers; may gain part “Survivor” of our identihas already ties from the inpopped out formation that a few surmedia provides, prises: Tribes but for the most exchanging, part we obtain seasonal our identithemes and ties from our teams divided surroundings by gender and or those in our age.

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Maybe Frankly, The highly diverse 20-member cast of “Survivor: Cook Islands.” I don’t want the current race-based a bunch of survivor is an attempt by CBS to be kind of trouble in our war torn country producers at CBS telling me that they politically correct and represent differright now? consider me something other than ent ethnic groups. But does the number Recently we discussed the idea of myself. They need to stick to writing four (the number of ethnic groups on race and ethnic groups in one of my scripts about unimportant things such display for all of America to see in this classes. We were trying to decide just as love lives.

What are we so upset about?

Shelly Grimes Managing Editor

Earlier this month, thousands of students began protesting. Scores of students signed petitions, sent letters and organized boycotts. The protests weren’t against the War in Iraq, oil prices, genocide in Darfur or a call to end violence in the city of Indianapolis. The protests were against a much darker evil: new Facebook layout.

I wish I were kidding.

In case you’ve been completely devoid of all social contact in the past month, the popular student social networking site Facebook.com launched a new layout with functions called “News Feeds” and “Mini Feeds,” which allow other users to see each person’s actions on the site. Students nationwide were immediately angered by the new layout, many saying they felt “betrayed” by Facebook’s “violation of privacy.” The subject was such a hot topic that the plight of these “betrayed” college students even ran in the Wall Street Journal.

I have to say that at first I got caught up in the new Facebook issue.

But my anger at the News Feed (and the fact that 200 of my not-so-closest friends could see my every virtual move) soon changed into bewilderment. The Facebook Riots of 2006, as I like to call them in my hyperbolic

world, actually got a largely indifferent generation of students to organize and try to change something.

While it may seem trivial that students get so upset over a simple Web site layout, it actually indicates that our generation doesn’t completely live up to its apathetic stereotype. It’s easy for us to get worked up about things that affect our daily lives, such as Facebook. But why aren’t there large movements for bigger issues? Are we really so self-absorbed that we simply ignore the things that don’t directly affect us on a daily basis?

Unfortunately, that seems to be the case. Generations before us organized to fight oppression, protest wars and gain equal rights. And our generation fights to make sure their friends can’t see who tagged photos of them.

It should be easier than ever to organize social movements. Facebook embodies the technological inter connectedness available to our generation; yet most choose to do very little with it, except spy on people they normally would care nothing about. Sure, Facebook claims to have “advocacy” groups that students can join to show support for certain causes, but these groups don’t actually do anything. If more than 870,000 people can band together to join “The Largest Facebook Group Ever,” then why can’t we band together for causes that will actually make a change?

In our defense, the world we live in has not exactly facilitated our stepping

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up and speaking out. Every day in the media, we see people attacked and reputations plummet because people actually do take a stand. When the Dixie Chicks made a passing comment against George W. Bush, radios boycotted the band, CD sales went stagnant and many of the group’s concerts were canceled.

Politicians so often polarize subjects that it turns many people off to the idea of standing up for a cause- me included. According to today’s media and politicians, protesting the War in Iraq means that you are a liberal who doesn’t support the troops, while supporting the War in Iraq means you are a flag-waving right winger out for vengeance. If you don’t support NSA wiretapping, then you support terrorism, while supporting the wiretapping program means you’re against the First Amendment. If you oppose gay marriage then you are dubbed homo phobic, but if you support gay marriage you are out to destroy the sanctity of the American family.

Perhaps this is the real reason our generation feels the need to band together on such trivial matters: It’s easy.

Facebook doesn’t have a “liberal” or “conservative” side, nor does it have thick rhetoric to cut through. Perhaps one day, it will become easier to take a stand for things we truly believe in and want to change, but until then, I’m sure there are plenty of advocacy groups to join on Facebook.

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■ TERROR ISSUES

Bush to press Afghan, Pakistani leaders to work together against Islamic extremists Ron Hutcheson McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON (MCT)—Faced with a bloody Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan, President Bush over the next several days will be prodding leaders from Afghanistan and Pakistan to work together against Islamic extremists.

The diplomatic arm-twisting comes at a particularly challenging time in a region that remains a spawning ground for international terrorism. In Afghanistan, a Taliban military offensive is testing the viability of the U.S.-backed government in Kabul. Neighboring Pakistan continues to serve as a haven for Taliban operatives and al-Qaida terrorists.

“The real war on terror is going on in Afghanistan, and frankly it’s not at all clear that we’re winning,” said William Milam, a former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan. “Pakistan could help by keeping the Taliban out of there.”

Bush delivered a similar message to Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf when they met in the Oval Office on Friday, Sept. 22. He also pressed Musharraf for information on the search for Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaida leader who’s believed to be operating in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region.

“Karzai and Musharraf do not like each other,” said Stephen Cohen, a South Asia specialist at the Brookings Institution. “Our influence with both is declining.”

Barnett Rubin, a South Asia expert

at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Thursday that Pakistan has become “the global center of terrorism.” He said Bush should use a “big diplomatic stick” to force Musharraf to shut down the Taliban’s headquarters in Quetta, a provincial capital.

“The government of Pakistan has done virtually nothing to disrupt the command and control of the Taliban, which is based in Pakistan,” Rubin told the Senate panel. “The destabilization of Afghanistan, insofar as it’s coming from abroad, is coming from Pakistan, regardless of the fact that President Musharraf speaks good English, wears a suit and says things that we like to hear.”

Karzai has complained repeatedly that Musharraf isn’t doing enough to keep Islamic extremists from using Pakistan as a base for attacks in Afghanistan. Pakistan was one of three countries, along with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, that recognized the Taliban regime when it served as al-Qaida’s government sponsor in Afghanistan.

Musharraf switched sides after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, but critics say he’s been a less-than-stalwart ally in the war on terrorism—despite an infusion of more than $3 billion in U.S. aid to Pakistan since his conversion.

Although Pakistan has captured some well-known al-Qaida members, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, it hasn’t arrested a single Taliban leader.

continued from p. 1 came from the “budget surplus” after all other financial needs were met.

Renovations for the UIndy campus are dealt with as they arise. A 10-year master plan was drawn up and submitted to the board of trustees this summer. The plan attempts to anticipate variables for the future of the campus at large, and Piepenbrink hopes it will help speed up the renovation process in the future. “When something pops up, we’ll be able to just pull it from a file and move.”

CELL Grants continued from p. 1

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President George W. Bush walks with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf before speaking with the media at the White House on Friday, Sept. 22.

On Thursday, Sept. 21, Marine Gen. James Jones, NATO’s top military commander, confirmed that the Taliban leadership is directing the insurgency from Quetta, the capital of a Pakistani province.

Musharraf recently pulled his troops back into their barracks in the border region for what he said were promises from separatists to halt infiltration into Afghanistan. But Western diplomats in Kabul said the deal has effectively ceded the region to the militants.

Bush rebuffed Karzai’s efforts last year to assert more Afghan control over

■ QUICK LOOK

U.S. military operations. Bush and Musharraf differed publicly last week over whether the United States could attack bin Laden in Pakistan without involving the Pakistani military.

Bush told CNN on Wednesday, Sept. 20, that he “absolutely” would send U.S. forces into Pakistan if he had good information on bin Laden’s whereabouts. When asked for his reaction, Musharraf told reporters, “We wouldn’t like to allow that at all. We will do it ourselves.” (c) 2006, McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

Three R’s:” relationships, rigor and relevance. This means that the schools are working to create an environment with close student-teacher relationships, high quality standards and academic achievement and coursework that is relevant to life.

“These ‘New Three R’s’ are so critical because it is a different student population. High school kids today are different than they were in the relatively recent past, and schools need to adapt to those differences in order to be successful,” Dresslar said.

The ‘New Three R’s’ also are part of CELL’s goal to better prepare high school students for postsecondary education.

“We not only want the kids in Indianapolis high schools to graduate from high school, we want them to have the skills that they will need to succeed in college and a belief that they can do it,” Weisenbach said.

CELL reviews grant applications on a quarterly basis. The most recently announced reviews took place on June 13, and the grants were awarded in July. CELL is currently in the process of reviewing applications and awarding a new round of grants.

■ INDIANAPOLIS STUDENT GOV’T

Shelly Grimes Managing Editor

Graduate School Fair The Graduate Admissions Council is hosting a Graduate School Fair today, Wednesday, Sept. 27, in the Schwitzer Student Center Atrium from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. More than 20 University of Indianapolis graduate programs will be represented at the event.

“This event is open to students, as

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well as the general public, whether they are interested in attending graduate school at the University of Indianapolis or elsewhere,” said Occupational and Physical Therapy Admissions Director Anne Hardwick. “Students of all grade levels can come and get information about prerequisites, applications and testing requirements for graduate school admissions.”

In a related presentation, the Office of Career Services will hold a GRE Preparation session today at 1 p.m. in Schwitzer 012.

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to one in a clinical setting which meets the state board requirements.

“It’s hard to find nursing faculty.

There aren’t that many nurses with master’s degrees or doctorate degrees,” Isaac said. “We might find a nursing practitioner willing to teach, but maybe she only wants to teach part-time.”

The high number of freshmen enrollme caused the department to run into problems placing freshmen in prerequisite courses. Freshmen have to take prerequisite courses before moving on to clinical courses in their subsequent three years. If those freshmen were not able to get into those prerequisite courses, they would have to be put on a five-year program. However, the science and math departments were able to add extra sessions to the prerequisite courses after Isaac said the departments “scrambled” to find more math and anatomy professors.

The nursing department also had to

adjust to the complication of limited clinical sessions available to students.

The university’s nursing program already competes with the nursing departments at IUPUI, Marian College and Ivy Tech for clinical spots in city hospitals. Additionally, Ball State and Purdue universities have recently been sending students to Indianapolis for clinical studies.

With the competition outside the department and growth within it, Isaac said some students have to take clinical sessions at night.

How the university handles student growth and bulging facilities in the next few years will depend on the Campus Master Planning and Strategic Planning Task Force committees, and on the board of trustees authorization of those committees’ plans. Braughton hopes that the Campus Master Planning committee will be on the agenda for the board of trustees meeting in November.

■ NEW PROVOST

New provost takes post Megan Coombs Staff Writer

Deborah W. Balogh became the new provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Indianapolis on June 15, 2006.

Balogh has been a resident of Indianapolis for 25 years and has watched the university grow and develop for some time. She was impressed by the nationally-ranked programs in the health science fields as well as the doctoral program in psychology. Balogh also was attracted to the job because the university shared some of her background and interests.

Balogh graduated in 1975 from Bowling Green State University in Ohio with a bachelor of arts degree in psychology. She received her master’s in 1978 in clinical psychology and her Ph.D. in 1981. Then she began to work as a pre-doctoral intern at Ohio State Medical School.

Balogh has worked in higher education for 25 years. She started out as a graduate dean at Ball State University for a couple years and then became an associate provost for two years. This gave her the chance to work with all the university’s departments in academic affairs.

Some of Balogh’s many accomplishments include sharing responsibility with others in raising $26 million for projects at Ball State. She also worked in directing a reaccreditation self-study—a project that took three

years of preparation. When the study was complete, the Higher Learning Commission visited the university and reaccredited it for ten years.

As provost, Balogh is responsible for the entire academic experience. She oversees new major and minor programs and the different academic units.

She is also in charge of the different aspects of faculty development such as hiring, promotions and grants. Her main interests include quality of the student experience and university success.

The new provost’s major goal for UIndy is to start where the faculty and institution is now and strive to make it better. Her work will be guided by the institution’s strategic plan, which she will work to achieve.

“Good administrators follow where the faculty lead and enable faculty to be the very best,” Balogh said. “The provost is all about academic quality.”

Balogh has spent most of her time getting to know the institution, faculty, students, leaders and members of the board. She also is trying to become familiar with the culture and history of the University of Indianapolis because she considers understanding the people and their needs essential before making any major decisions. She also has been asked to collaborate on faculty evaluation with the leadership of the Faculty Senate.

In December, Balogh will be leaving to visit the UIndy sister university in Athens, Greece. She will be staying for one week to meet the faculty and students.

All undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students planning to graduate during the 2006-2007 school year (December, May and August) must complete an Application for Graduation and return it to the Office of the Registrar by Friday, Oct. 6. Forms are available in the Office of the Registrar or online at http://registrar.uindy. edu/forms/gradapp.php. Students also are required to meet with their key advisor to determine that all requirements will be met on time, but do not have to meet with the advisor before returning the form.

ISG promotes homecoming, voting Katy Yeiser Editor-in-Chief The Indianapolis Student Government will host a Texas Hold’Em tournament on Saturday, Sept. 30, in the Student Schwitzer Center after the UIndy Homecoming football game.

The tournament is part of Game Nite that will include other card and board games. The Homecoming game versus Findlay starts at 6 p.m.

A luau today, Wednesday, Sept. 27, also will be part of the Homecoming celebrations. “Hula with the ‘Hounds” will start around noon under an outdoor tent by the baseball field. Students or faculty without a meal plan will be

charged $5 to eat at the luau.

ISG ran a voter registration booth on Sept. 20-22 and will have registration forms available to students until the Oct. 9 registration deadline.

Students can pick up those forms in the ISG office. ISG will continue to promote voter participation and awareness in this year’s midterm elections with a guest speaker from the Secretary of State office.

“There are several people who have strong feelings about politics but they may not know how to actually register to vote,” said ISG President Susan Decker. “We are encouraging people to register to vote to make it easier for them to express their views.”

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SPORTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

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■ ‘HOUNDS SOCCER

Men’s soccer team climbs to fifth in conference with 9-3 record Amanda Zimmer Staff Writer The men’s soccer team started the 2006 season with six straight wins before its first loss to University of Wisconsin Parkside on Sept. 10.

The ‘Hounds are 9-3-0 (5-3-0 in Great Lakes Valley Conference play) as of The Reflector press time.

The ‘Hounds defeated conference opponent Southern Indiana University 2-0 on Sept. 24.

Sophomore Jon Walker scored his team-leading 7th goal of the season, which was followed by another first-half goal by Josiah Mullen. Junior goalkeeper Matt Spaulding made three saves, keeping the opponent scoreless for the third time this season.

The team also held Kentucky Wesleyan scoreless on Sept. 22. The win ended a twogame losing streak after a pair of overtime losses to Drury and Rochurst on Sept. 15 and 17, respectively. The ‘Hounds defeated Kentucky Wesleyan 3-0 with goals by Walker, freshman Kurt Grandin and sophomore Brian Fishback.

Fishback scored a total of three goals in the first two games versus Ashland and Gannon.

Head Coach John Griffin said that he has been surprised by Fishback this year and that Fishback has been a factor in the team’s success.

Fishback said that he enjoyed making an impact on the games’ outcomes and attributes his play to training and hard work.

“The experience from last year is really helping me,” he said. “I’m playing a lot quicker.”

Griffin, who is in his third year as head soccer coach, has been working to build a better,

Photo by Michelle Miller

Members of the ‘Hounds soccer team pile on teammate Nick Eddy after Eddy scores a goal. Eddy’s goal helped propel the team to a 2-1 victory over No. 15 Lewis. stronger team. He said that one of the most important factors in the team’s success is its strong freshman class. Junior midfielder John Higgins agrees and said that every year Griffin brings in better players.

Higgins, who scored both of the team’s goals in the win against Saginaw Valley State, said he thinks that the experience and maturity of the players has contributed to the team’s success. Fishback said the team is more focused

this year.

“We got kind of complacent [last year],” he said, but he believes the team is ready to take on competition this year. “We’re looking very good… I think we’re definitely going to get to the conference tournament.”

The team’s first loss of the season was to the 10th-ranked University of Wisconsin-Parkside Rangers. The ‘Hounds lost 4-0.

“We’re not going to focus on the fact that

we lost the game,” Griffin said. “[Parkside] was a good opponent, and we didn’t have the greatest of games.”

Griffin said that despite the loss, the ‘Hounds have the ability to defeat Parkside.

“We’re a good team,” he said. “We’re going to continue to improve, and if we’re given another opportunity to see Parkside, it’ll be a different game.”

Fishback believes to continue winning, the team needs to finish every opportunity and limit its opponents’ opportunities. He and Higgins agree that Southern Illinois University- Edwardsville (SIUE) will be the toughest opponent this season.

“SIUE is always a number one team,” Higgins said.

The ‘Hounds tied in their match against SIUE last year, and Higgins said he thinks that with hard work, especially in the training room, they can emerge victorious this season.

“SIUE will be a tough game for us,” he said, “but apart from that, everything else is winnable.” The ‘Hounds will play SIUE on Oct. 6 “All the guys in some respects have impressed me,” he said. “They’re not doing everything perfect, but they’re doing pretty well. So we’re just going to continue to build on that.”

The players said they are excited about the team’s success and are thinking positively about the rest of the year. Fishback said he feels strongly that the ‘Hounds will be one of the top teams in the conference at the end of the season and that they can “hopefully get a conference title.”

Higgins said he feels the same. “I really think we can finish top three in the conference,” he said. “I can’t see us really getting beat much this season.”

■ VOLLEYBALL

Volleyball team serves up 14-4 record with win against Bellarmine Lesley Wells Staff Writer The women’s volleyball team opened the season with a 14-4 record (6-1 in Great Lakes Valley Conference play).

“There’s always room for improvement,” said senior captain and middle blocker Lynne Ross.

The ‘Hounds faced Bellarmine on Sept. 23, taking it to four games and winning 30-22, 27-30, 30-26, 30-27.

Ross had 14 kills and eight blocks, with

junior Casey Chrzastowski and sophomore Alyssa Carlotta adding 11 kills.

Freshman Brandi McAllister recorded her third double-double of the season with 29 assists and 10 digs.

The ‘Hounds faced Northern Kentucky for the second time this season on Sept. 22, sweeping the match 30-25, 31-29, 30-24. The performance followed suit with a Sept. 19 sweep of St. Joseph’s, 30-22, 30-18, 21-29.

The ‘Hounds’ suffered a Sept.

16 loss to No. 20 Southern Illinois Edwardsville, 23-30, 28-30, 30-26, 1930. McAllister confirmed her second straight double-double with 11 digs and

season-high 41 assists.

The ‘Hounds’ defeated conference rival Southern Indiana on Sept. 15 during a tight set in which UIndy emerged victorious 30-23, 26-30, 30-28, 30-20.

The ‘Hounds scored a 30-18, 30-14, 30-16 win against Marian on Sept.

11. Ross had one error in 14 attack attempts and contributed a match-high four blocks. Sophomore Ashley Fallos had game-highs of 11 digs and four aces.

Ross led the team to victory in the team’s first match up with Northern Kentucky this season on Sept. 9, teaming up with Chrzastowski for a total of

21 kills. The ‘Hounds squeaked past NKU in the first two games 30-27 and 30-28 before winning the final game 30-19. Ross had 10 kills without error and five blocks.

Results for the Sept. 26 game

against St. Francis were not available as of The Reflector press time.

The ‘Hounds return to action at home on Friday, Sept. 29, against the University of Wisconsin-Parkside at 7 p.m.

Casey Chrzastowski returns a volley while teammates Cassie Schott, left, and Kyleigh Turner watch.

Photo by Carolyn Harless

■ MEN’S AND WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

‘Hounds cross country teams open season with strong finishes at first two meets Unlike the women’s team, the men’s team is young.

“We have no seniors this year, but we’re confident we will do well,” said junior team captain Brad Robinson.

The women’s cross country team is The team makes up what it lacks in looking to its veteran runners this season, seniority with depth. while the men’s “Our team is relying on top five its roster strength. runners The women’s are great,” team boasts a said sophstrong upperomore classman roster Adam — seven seniors Settle. and three juniors.

“Even if Head coach Kathy something Casey said senior happened Karen Bower and to one of junior transfer them, we LeAnn Sarka are Photo by Carolyn Harless would her top runners, be able with senior captain Senior Karen Bower, center, runs in the to bring Miranda Loney, someone Indiana Intercollegiate race at Indiana seniors Shay Hyup who land and Dorothy State University. Bower was the team’s is just as top finisher for the meet.

Fernandez and good.” sophomore Ashley The Clifford following ‘Hounds behind. placed third at the Wabash College Hokum “These girls tend to run together in a Karem. The team was led by Robinson and pack,” Casey said. “They will be crucial to Settle with a fifth place finish, followed scoring.” by freshman pair Cody Parks and Kean The team placed second at the Wabash Coy in 11th and junior Dennis Weaver and College Hokum Karem on Sept. 2, which sophomore Derek Speer in 14th. features pairs races. Bower and Sarka At the Intercollegiate Meet, the men’s placed second, followed by Loney and team placed 13th overall and eighth in the Clifford in fifth and Hyland and Fernandez Little State division. The top runners for in ninth. the ‘Hounds were Settle, Robinson, Parks, At the Sept. 15 Intercollegiate Meet Weaver and Speer. at Indiana State University, the ‘Hounds Both the men and women next complaced ninth overall and third in the Little pete at the Loyola Invite in Chicago on State division. Bower, Sarka, Loney, ClifSept. 29. ford and Hyland were the first five UIndy “These races are indicator races for us,” finishers across the line.

Casey said. “They will show us what we “Our goal this year is to win conference need to do to be ready for the GLVC race and advance to nationals,” Bower said. and for regionals.”

Samantha Shelton Staff Writer

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■ FOOTBALL

‘Hounds earn three-game win streak with St. Joe win Brooke Halferty Staff Writer

The ‘Hounds brought their record to 3-1 with their 35-22 win over in-state rival Saint Joseph’s.

The win put the ‘Hounds Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) record at 2-1.

The Pumas could not stop the offensive efforts of junior quarterback Casey Gillin and junior wide receiver Justin Russell.

Gillin finished the day with two touchdown passes and a five-yard touchdown run. He passed for 180 yards on 13-for-20 attempts.

Russell led all receivers with 81 yards on five catches.

The ‘Hounds 34 points per game average is the best in the GLIAC, and their average of 389.5 total offensive yards per game is also ranked first.

On the defensive end, Kenneth Akridge, junior defensive back, tallied eight tackles and five pass breakups along with a blocked extra point

The win over St. Joe’s put the ‘Hounds in fifth place in the GLIAC standings.

The ‘Hounds win on Saturday came after a blowout victory against Gannon University, 4914 on Sept. 16.

The ‘Hounds spread the offense around against Gannon with six different players scoring throughout the game.

Gillin produced 237 yards and two touchdowns in just one half’s worth of work, while senior back-up QB, Mitch Brown, got in on the action with 52 yards and one touchdown pass.

Within four games, Gillin has thrown for 933 yards and nine touchdowns with only three interceptions.

Gillin said his goal this season is to throw 2500 yards, and in order to do that, he must average 224 yards per game for the rest Photo by Kayla Jo Goodman of the season.

Gillin’s 255 passing yard The ‘Hounds offensive line and defensive line at practice. game average is the best in the to 89 rushing yards per game, which is against St. Joe’s.

GLIAC. third best in the conference.

The ‘Hounds are holding opponents Gillin also said he has more arm

■ MEN’S GOLF

strength than last year, better leadership skills and a better understanding of the offense.

Gillin blasted Michigan Tech’s offense for 329 yards and four touchdown passes, all to Russell, in the ‘Hounds 34-31 home win on Sept. 9.

Russell’s four receiving touchdowns in the ‘Hounds first win tied a school record.

Russell tallied 170 yards on eight catches on the day, which was enough to make him GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week for Sept. 9- 16.

The ‘Hounds lost their opening game to Northern Michigan 27-20 in overtime.

Head coach Joe Polizzi said he expects to continue to see big performances this season from Gillin and Russell, along with junior defensive lineman Jimmy Fleshman and junior defensive back Kevin Shaw.

“I think that we have lots of potential. We have good leadership and we’re thinking that this is going to be a fantastic year,” Polizzi said.

The ‘Hounds will pick up play on Homecoming night, Sept. 30, against Findlay at 6 p.m.

■ WOMEN’S SOCCER

‘Hounds win three tourneys under Young mix with old to push for GLVC dominance of the season against Southern Indiana, the first conference loss at home since Dan Friend new coach with familiar name 1-0, on Sunday, Sept. 24.

1998 for NKU, which was ranked 11th Staff Writer Andrew Gouty Staff Writer With accuracy and efficiency, the Greyhounds have shot top results in season play.

The ‘Hounds won their third tournament of the season at the Taylor University Invitational on Sept. 22.

The ‘Hounds’ senior Chris Clemens and freshman Seth Fair shot for a first and second place finish while teammates junior Jon Schultz and freshman Kyle Miller tied for fourth.

The tournament win brings an impressive start for first-year head coach Brent Nicoson, who replaced retired long-time coach Ken Partridge.

“I feel really comfortable here,” said Nicoson, whose father Dan and grandfather Angus both filled coaching roles at UIndy in the past. Nicoson Hall was renamed to honor the late Angus Nicoson, who coached basketball at UIndy for 30 years.

The ‘Hounds earned their second tournament win at the Northern Kentucky University Invite on Sept. 10.

Sophomore Justin Hueber and Clemens placed first and second, respectively. Hueber finished three under par; Clemens followed at two under. UIndy’s top five rounded out with Schultz at par, Fair four over and sophomore Kyle Pearson at six over.

The ‘Hounds finished in second place at the Southern Illinois University Classic at Edwardsville. The event was held Saturday, Sept. 16, with rains canceling Sunday’s play. The UIndy squad was subsequently unable to recover from a narrow three-shot gap behind SIUE, which claimed top honors. Clemens, Pearson and Fair shot par games, followed by Schultz at one over and Hueber at two over.

The ‘Hounds started the 2006 season with a team win at the University of Indianapolis Invite on Sept. 2 and 3 at the Heartland Crossing Golf Course.

At the UIndy Invite, Clemens shot five under par to clinch the individual victory.

Following closely were Hueber and Pearson, who finished in second and third place, respectively.

The ‘Hounds will return to play at the Murray State (Ky.) Invite on Oct. 2.

The win came on a late penalty kick by freshman forward Amanda Reese in the 84th minute after she was knocked Blending athleticism and experidown in the six-yard-box. ence, the women’s soccer team kicked It was the sixth goal for Reese this the 2006 season off to a 9-3 start. season.

The ‘Hounds won their ninth game The ‘Hounds have brandished an offensive attack led by Reese, fellow freshman Ashley Seehase and senior forward and team captain Sarah Jones.

Reese, Seehase and Jones have scored a combined seventeen of the team’s twentythree goals this season.

Reese and Seehase led the ‘Hounds to a 2-1 Photo by Michelle Miller win over Northern Kentucky Seehase, left, and Laura Lubbe pressure a University on Sept. 1. It was Wisconsin-Parkside opponent on Sept. 10.

■ WOMEN’S GOLF

Golf ‘Hounds garner top finishes early Abby Adragna News Editor

Photo by Andrew Gouty

Freshman Ashley Seaton.

The women’s golf team had a strong finish at the Ball State Cardinal Classic Sept. 9-10. The ‘Hounds placed seventh of 18.

Freshman Sarah Prascsak shot 76 and 75 to place fourth overall. “[Placing seventh] was a huge accomplishment for us,” said senior Jenna Brown. “We were one of four teams there that weren’t Division I.” The ‘Hounds competed in the Grand Valley State Laker Fall Classic Sept. 4-5 and tied with Catawba College to place fourth of 19.

Sophomore Kristi Piepenbrink lost in a playoff to place second.

The ‘Hounds were successful at the Ferris State Invitational Sept. 23 where they placed second behind host Ferris State in the field of 20.

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According to Coach Ken Piepenbrink, finishing only six strokes behind Ferris State was a major accomplishment for the team.

“Ferris State was runner-up to the national champions last year, so [it was] another good start for our young team,” he said.

According to Brown, the ‘Hounds are happy but not satisfied with the success they’ve had so far this season. “It’s a little bit surprising to me when the freshmen shoot what I think is a really good score for a freshman, say 78 or 80, and they are not excited about it,” she said. “I know that we have a lot of potential, and I know that there are some more good scores to come in our next three tournaments.”

The ‘Hounds competed at the Southern Indiana Invitational Sept.

24-25. Results were not available as of The Reflector press time.

The team will compete next at the Findlay Invitational Oct. 1-2.

Upcoming Greyhound Home Games Thursday, Sept. 28 • Women’s Soccer vs. St. Joseph’s @ 5 p.m.

• Men’s Soccer vs. St. Joseph’s @ 7 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 29 • Volleyball vs. WisconsinParkside @ 7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 30 • Volleyball vs. Lewis @ 3 p.m.

• Football vs. Findlay (Homecoming) @ 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 3 • Men’s Soccer vs. Findlay @ 7 p.m.

• Volleyball vs. Taylor @ 7 p.m.

nationally at the time.

The ‘Hounds offense has been putting the pressure on opposing defenses, shooting 148 goals to their opponents 79 through Sept. 23.

The ‘Hounds are averaging just under two goals per game.

On the other end of the soccer spectrum, the defense has been keeping down opposing team’s goals.

Abby Tracy, starting sophomore goalkeeper, has recorded five shutouts and has managed to hold opposing teams to under one goal per game. “[Tracy] is playing with a lot of confidence right now,” said Head Coach Drew Roff.

The team is currently in the middle of the conference standings with a record of 5-3.

The ‘Hounds have five conference games left before the GLVC tournament begins on Oct. 22.

“We are optimistic about our chances of winning conference and earning a NCAA tournament bid,” said senior midfielder and captain Jenny Joerger.

The ‘Hounds will take on Saint Joseph’s at home on Thursday, Sept. 28 at 7:30 p.m.

Captain’s Corner Ross hopes to lead young team to NCAA tourney Ben Reed Online Editor

On a volleyball team that only returned five members from last year’s squad, strong leadership is certainly needed. Few will deny that senior Lynne Ross has brought just that to the ‘Hounds this year.

As of The Reflector press time, Ross has led the team to an impressive 14-4 record.

Ross felt privileged to be named team captain by Coach Jody Butera and her teammates. “It’s an honor, but the job also comes with responsibilities,” Ross said. She knows that the newly blended team is looking for her guidance and motivation in the big games. “It has been very difficult at times,” Ross said. “But I do enjoy my leadership role.”

Ross said commanding from the captain role is probably the best way she can cap off her career in a program that has taught her valuable lessons.

“Volleyball has matured me in more ways then I ever thought it would. I know that sounds cheesy, but volleyball has taught me several life lessons and skills,” Ross said.

UIndy was one of Ross’s first choices when she began her college search at Connersville High School.

“I liked it because it’s small and close to my home,” she said.

Ross has had many positive memories on the volleyball court during her UIndy experience, but her freshman season in 2003 was a bit special.

“My most memorable moment is playing against USI [University of Southern Indiana] in the GLVC [Great Lakes Valley Conference] championship game in 2003. This game was one of my best games,” Ross said. “We won the game and got a bid to the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history. Then we got to fly in a 20-passenger plane to Northern Michigan on my birthday.”

The 2003 season was also the year that the ‘Hounds broke the school record for most wins in a season with 29.

Photo by Carolyn Harless

Senior captain Lynne Ross is nearing a 100 win career. With at least 13 games left, Ross has won 90 matches as of Sept. 24.

Ross is an exercise science major at UIndy, with a minor in physical therapy assistance. After graduation, Ross plans to finish her clinical studies and pass her accreditation exams to become a full-time physical therapy assistant.

Ross leads the GLVC in hitting percentage, (.371), and is second in total blocks, 72.

She recently set a new career record with 10 blocks in the ‘Hounds defeat of Northern Kentucky University, 30-25, 31-29, 30-24, on Friday, Sept. 22.

Before Ross graduates, she expects to have a pleasant farewell with the ‘Hounds’ volleyball team.

In her eyes that includes an GLVC championship, a GLVC tournament championship and a NCAA tournament berth.

FEATURE

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

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■ PASSPORT TO POSSIBILITIES

Students experience different cultures with travel grants Stephanie Little Staff Writer Last year, ten students were given the chance to be ambassadors of the university in one of four countries.

In honor of President Beverley Pitts’ presidential inauguration, the inauguration committee declared the theme “Passport to Possibilities.” After the review of nearly 80 applications, ten students were selected by the travel grant program. They each received $4,000 to explore the country they chose in their application.

Several of these students chose to travel this past summer. Andrea Buchler, a junior Spanish teaching major, Ryan Davis, a junior international relations major and Hilary Conklin, a senior physical therapy major are just three of the students chosen to receive the grant. For all three students these trips were their first traveling solo.

Buchler said she chose Belize mainly because it allowed her to practice her Spanish language skills with native speakers. One of her favorite memories in Belize was being able to “just walk around the city by myself and talk to natives in Spanish,” she said.

Along with improving her Spanish, Buchler was able to develop other skills that will enhance her career as a teacher. She said since in today’s schools there is such a wide mix of ethnic groups her experience in a foreign culture will enable her to be a better teacher.

Buchler said some of the highlights in Belize included zip-lining, snorkeling alongside stingrays and nurse sharks in one of the longest barrier

reefs in the world, and a trip into some Mayan caves, which still contained old bones from sacrifices.

Above all, Buchler said she appreciated the new experiences and finding what else is out in the world. Belize enabled her to meet new people, “instead of sticking with the same people I’ve known,” she said. She hopes to travel more in the future.

For her next trip, Buchler said she hopes to go to Spain.

Davis chose to travel to

Photo courtesy of Hilary Conklin

Greece, allowing time for side visits to Paris and Rome as well. He said this trip “cemented” his career goals. After graduating from University of Indianapolis, Davis said he plans to go to graduate school in Europe and hopes to eventually work for the United Nations.

Despite the fact that he was completely alone for the first time in his life, Davis said he felt extremely comfortable in Greece. “[It] was as close to perfect as you think it could get,” he said.

Davis walked around Greece, Rome and Paris every day seeing the sights.

He visited Athens’ National Garden and toured La Sorbonne, a Paris university. But Davis said he was careful not to overload himself on sight-seeing and wandered for much of the time.

His “first sunset to ever watch” was atop a hill in Greece with a perfect view of the Acropolis and the mountains. He said it was wonderful to watch the “city turn from day to night.”

Davis said Greece was a big culture shock.

People there were much more laid back, he said, with no apparent place to be, but could just “enjoy their lives.”

■ COMPUTER ANIMATION DESIGNER

Conklin chose to visit Taiwan. She stayed with the family of her friend, former UIndy student Yi-Chin Wang.

She and Wang met during Conklin’s freshman year.

Conklin said Taiwan was a big culture shock, but she adjusted quickly.

She was struck by the narrow streets and tall buildings. Because of the large populaPhoto courtesy of Andrea Buchler tion and small square miles, she explained, the Taiwanese have learned to conserve space. A Taiwan

home is typically three to four stories high.

The typical Taiwan teenager’s idea of cool is radically different from that of the average American, Conklin said.

For example, the Taiwanese protect their skin at all costs, even carrying around umbrellas and wearing long sleeves in summer to avoid getting burned. Conklin said the food was also drastically different. Conklin said she “ate rice at every meal, including breakfast,” and enjoyed tropical fruit as well as “the best seafood in the entire world.”

Conklin said she realized that “traveling helps everyone” because it teaches people to be less judgmental of other people’s culture and way of life.

She recommends traveling the world to everyone.

“We’re young now. It’s great to meet new people,” Conklin said.

Photos from left: Hilary Conklin holds freshly picked fruit pronounced “taiguay” during her trip to Taiwan; Andrea Buchler leans against Mayan ruins in Belize; Ryan Davis wandered the streets of Athens, pausing at the Parthenon, during his trip in Greece and Italy.

Photo courtesy of Ryan Davis

■ THE PRIDE

Student involved in ‘9/11’ movie 10 years of The PRIDE Kayla Jo Goodman Staff Writer

The 9/11 tragedy left America with many questions. Junior elementary education major Erik Potter and the company Banded Artists created the independent film “9/11: Press for Truth,” to take a deeper look into the answers America was given.

As the lead computer animator for the film, Potter’s largest project involved creating an enormous wall of 350 television screens. “It was an impenetrable wall of televisions, 350 televisions symbolizing the media,” Potter said.

Potter became interested in computers at a young age, his first incident with computer image exploration while in the sixth grade.

Toying around in his middle school’s computer lab, Potter hacked into the yearbook photos.

After editing a few friends’ faces, he headed for something slightly more dangerous. He decided to give his principal a makeover, tagging his face with a mustache and horns. He then saved revised photo over the original.

Potter took his prank one step further. He hacked into the school’s printing network and sent the command for every printer in the school to simultaneously print the principal’s new image.

Chumming it up with his friends and receiving praise for the prank did not last long. Even with all of his hacking skills, Potter hadn’t realized that when something is sent through the printing network, the location of the origin of the command is sent with it. “Within minutes there was a teacher leaning over my shoulder, escorting me to the office,” Potter said.

Potter received one week of outof-school suspension as punishment.

“The funny thing is,” he said, “instead of taking away my computer privileges, they asked me to help them! I began working with the staff, showing them how I got in and other holes in

the system that they had no idea about.” of Indianapolis Potter’s reputation as a computer Potter said the drastic shift in majors was because “I realized that genius followed him into high school.

I didn’t want to spend my whole life There he was pulled out of class to behind a desk and a computer.” answer teacher’s computer questions.

He said he is interested in having As his interests in computers grew throughout high school, Potter looked an impact on youth and helping them for ways to use his talents. He found an succeed. “I am very interested in the outlet in the Indiana Black Expo, work- use of alternative teaching techniques. ing with the Youth Video Institute. The I want to teach them how to ask Expo is a non-profit organization whose questions, to help them learn how to mission is to promote the advancement learn.” of black individuPotter is also an als throughout avid music lover. A Indiana. The YVI piano in one room is a program open and numerous guitars to high school in the next reflect his students, allowpassion for the arts. ing them to work Being around music alongside profesfrom a very young age, sionals and with Potter said, has made high-end industry him extra sensitive to video equipment emotions. “My mom to create televiwas an elementary sion shows to school music teacher, air on local and so I’ve been around cable television. [music] my whole Working in the life.” basement of the When composing Expo’s headquarhis own arrangements ters, met the four on the piano and the individuals with guitar, Potter said he who he would writes what he feels. create the pro“For me, music is an Image courtesy of Erik Potter duction company extension of thinking. I Computer animator Erik think in song. Thinking Banded Artists.

After leaving and art are insepaPotter designed the YVI, Ray Norable.” “wall of TV’s” above. wosielski, Brent This type of Wheeler, Philip Williams, John Roberts thinking prompted the making of the and Potter remained good friends. In movie. After thoroughly researching 2001, after they were all of age, they the Web site created by Paul Thompcreated their full-service production son, which was later turned into the company, which offers television book, “The Terror Timeline: Year by and film production, Web site design, Year, Day by Day, Minute by Minute,” print design and advertising. Together, Potter said that writer and director Banded Artists has over 30 years of Nowosielski, along with co-producer combined experience in the field.

John Duffy, found it imperative to Potter began his higher education at make the site into a documentary.

Indiana University Purdue UniversityThe movie, Potter said, has been Indianapolis, attending for three years a great and fulfilling project for the as a visual communication major becompany. It was released in Septemfore changing his major to elementary ber and is currently airing in more education and transferring to University than forty cities across the nation.

of building that we’ve come to today.”

Founders named the organization The PRIDE with careful consideration.

Pride is a common word used in the For the past 10 years, The PRIDE GLBT community, a word that prohas promoted sex education and motes unity and acceptance of self and diversity at the University of Indiaothers. napolis.

“The term is [also] used for a family The PRIDE is a gay-straight alliof lions,” Barnes said. “The pride of ance on campus that meets weekly to lions look out for one another, and it openly discuss issues that hold value to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans- promotes a larger and stronger group, and a stronger bond.” gender community–often referred to In the past, The PRIDE has featured as GLBT. a number Faculty of speakadvisor ers that Jeffrey included Barnes, “Rent’s” producBroadway tion and film acmanager/ tor Anthony technical Rapp. This director year, The of the PRIDE theatre plans to departhave Judy ment, was Shepard, a founder the mother of the orof Matthew ganization Shepard, ten years victim ago. of a hate “When crime that I was a received student, national there was media cova real lack erage. of accepOther tance on major campus events for for sexual this acadiversity or Photo by Megan Komlanc demic year include the orientation,” September Barnes From left, Alison Verplaetse, David 28 perforsaid. “I West and Rowdy Halter play a trivia mance of really just game Sept. 14 during The PRIDE’s “ICONS,” felt the a musical need to “History and Culture” month. comedy by address that, and for people to be made aware Jade Esteban Estrada, the Oct. 15 Indiana AIDS Walk & Ride, the March 29 and educated.”

Barnes and others faced opposition 3rd Annual UINDY Drag Show and the April 3 “Remember Who Made You,” while in the process of establishing The PRIDE as an official organization a one-man play performed by Jeffrey Barnes. on campus.

The 10-year accomplishment of “[A] committee reviewed our recbeing an official organization motivates ommendation and denied us without the group to continue to teach others even telling the faculty,” Barnes said. the values on which The PRIDE was “When the faculty found out about founded. that, they voted almost unanimously Rowdy Halter, public relations to accept us as an organization.” chair of The PRIDE said, “We’re all Once The PRIDE became an ofpeople, and we’re all human. No matter ficial organization, members faced more opposition from fellow students, what identity we want to associate ourselves with we know we’re all equal. according to Barnes. “When we first We’re really trying to connect people.” started, we would put up posters for “I’m not gay,” Alison Verplaetse, our weekly meetings, and they would social events chair of The PRIDE said. almost immediately be torn down, or This involvement in The PRIDE “is a written on, or defiled in some way,” goal for the club, to show people that he said. “That almost never happens you don’t have to define people in catnow.” egories. It is about looking past that.”

David West, executive co-chair of West said that The PRIDE has The PRIDE, said organization today is the product of many people’s dedi- become an important part of his life.

To him, the work that others have put cation. “I wasn’t the one who started into the organization is incomparable. the organization,” he said. “Those “I can’t speak the words that would who started this paved a way for us give it enough credit and give it enough to be where we are now. So with that honor. There are just no words.” very first concept 10 years ago about The PRIDE meets every Thursday at having a gay-straight alliance on 9 p.m. in the Schwitzer Student Center campus, they laid that one brick, and that one brick has led to this 10 years basement. All are welcome.

Jessica Gould Staff Writer

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■ INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION OF INDIANAPOLIS

■ 7 LIST

Webcomics for all tastes DeHaan Center houses prestigious Elyse Kaiser Entertainment Editor

In the past, the 7 List has tackled, among other things, movies, actors, music and television shows. But there is a genre of entertainment that has largely been overlooked by the entertainment world and definitely deserves due credit. Webcomics have been around for quite a while. Most people (video gamers at least) have heard of the wildly popular “Penny Arcade” which is mostly just about video games and the people who play them. However, if you don’t like video games, don’t be disheartened. There is a plethora of webcomics out there, with something for everyone. Here is a list to get you started as you look for something to distract you from the mounting homework and pending exams.

7. “Mutiplex” revolves around the staff of a large movie theater. The comic mostly consists of the staff watching movies and making fun of them or making fun of the people who enjoy them. Running storylines and jokes help maintain consistency and long-term interest in the comic. www.multiplexcomic.com 6. “Scary-Go-Round” takes place in Tackleford, England, a town where weird things happen daily. The plot really revolves around Shelly Winters and her friends Amy, Hugo, Ryan, Fallon and Tim. While sometimes lacking in jokes, this comic has great story lines and is always an entertaining read. One drawback is the British slang, which isn’t always easy to understand. But the bizarre stories, like when Shelly was a zombie after Ryan raised her from the dead, when Fallon opened a portal to feudal Japan and was attacked by ninjas or when Amy was taken to an alternate dimension where she was worshipped for her beat poetry, make this drawback a slight one. www.scarygoround.com 5. “Rob and Elliot” is a great comic even though its theme is somewhat overused. Rob and Elliot are two roommates with very different personalities.

Elliot has a steady job teaching English as a second language and is clean, organized and usually more serious. Rob is a slacker who spends most of his time making a mess or playing with his iMonkey (a monkey with an iPod embedded in its stomach). While this roommate dynamic is one that we see used over and over, the wordplay and great one-liners make this comic completely worthwhile. www.robandelliot.cycomics.com 4. “Pirate and Alien” is a fairly new comic about a semi-crazy pirate, a docile alien and their roommate, Seth, who works in a coffee shop and can’t tell that Alien is really an alien. The best part of this comic, though, is the pirate’s parrot. He’s not in every strip, but pops up on occasion to say random words that somehow fit with the jokes in the strip. The other remarkable thing about “Pirate and Alien” is all the artwork is done using only black, white and two other colors. This makes the comic visually appealing in a unique way. www.pirateandalien.com 3. “Joe and Monkey” is written by Zach Miller and is about Joe and his pet monkey, who work for a delivery service. Other characters include their arch nemesis Kleptobot, Joe’s sister Megan, his friend Josh and the occasional leprechaun. I don’t know whether this comic is so great because of Joe and Monkey’s irrational fear of ducks, Joe thinking he’s Jewish just because he wears pants or that the only thing evil about the Kleptobot is that he likes to steal. Whatever it is, “Joe” is definitely one of the best comics out there. www.joeandmonkey.com 2. “Nothing Nice to Say” is probably one of the most well-known comics currently published online. Written by Mitch Clem, “Nothing Nice” is about two guys who rant about music culture and punk music in particular. While knowing the punk genre and culture helps one understand a lot of the strips, it is not necessary. Most of the strips are funny on their own simply because of the circumstance. Mitch Clem has other projects as well, including “San Antonio Rock City” and the brand new “Kittens!,” which began when Clem did a guest month for the “Joe and Monkey” strip. “Rock City” also is a very funny strip and definitely worth checking out. www.mitchclem.com 1. “Joe Loves Crappy Movies” is a great strip written and drawn by Joe Dunn. The strip works well with the accompanying movie reviews about whichever film Dunn has seen that week. While his reviews often have a couple spelling errors, the comics and reviews are very entertaining to read and contain much more honesty than you will find in other reviews. Dunn also has other comics, including “Free Lunch,” about a food critic who is friends with a zombie and enemies with Santa Claus and “Matriculated,” about college students and dorm life. He also drew the short-term strip written by Mitch Clem, “The Coffee Achievers.” www.digitalpimponline.com

international violin competition Ruth Shirley Feature Editor In early September, 45 young violinists from 19 different countries came to Indianapolis to compete not only for a gold medal, but a career.

The International Violin Competition of Indianapolis (IVCI) would award the gold medal winner of its seventh quadrennial competition a dynamic entrance into the world as a professional solo violinist: a Carnegie Hall debut; four years of career management by the executive director of the IVCI, Glen Kwok; at least 40 guaranteed performances; a debut CD recording with the classical music label Naxos; $30,000; a 24k gold medal and the four-year loan of a $1.2 million Stradivari violin, which belonged to the competition’s founder, Joseph Gingold.

By Sept. 13 and 14, the 45 participants had been cut to six. The Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center housed the first half of the competition’s finals, the Classical Finals, in which three of the six finalists performed concertos by Mozart and Haydn each night accompanied by the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. The second half of the finals was housed at the Hilbert Circle Theater on Monument Circle.

The Medalists’ Recital was also held in the DeHaan Center on Sept. 12, featuring the return of the 2002 competition’s gold and bronze medalists. The recital was primarily an appreciation concert for donors and friends, but tickets for both the finals and the recital were available to the public.

According to Cathy Strauss, director of public relations for the competition, the competition grew from a group of people’s desire to create something cultural that would draw international attention to Indianapolis. The group realized that a major violin competition would be ideal.

They approached Gingold, a highly acclaimed violinist and Indiana University music professor, who had served on the juries of every major violin competition in the world, about forming a world-class competition. Gingold agreed and directed the first competition in 1982.

“In just a very short amount of time, we have achieved the status that some of the most prestigious European competitions enjoy,” Strauss said. The IVCI was the first major violin competition in North America and is still the most prestigious.

Both Kwok and Strauss said the DeHaan Center was chosen to house this world-class event for its excellence in beauty and acoustics. The center was also used in the 2002 competition. “It has been our tradition to do the classical finals at the DeHaan Center because we believe it’s one of the most beauti-

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Photo courtesy of Cathy Strauss

The 2006 Gold Medalist for the IVCI was Augustin Hadelich from Germany. Above, Hadelich performs with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra during the classical finals, which took place in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center. ful and acoustically wonderful halls in the city,” said Kwok.

“It had a fantastic stage area,” Strauss said. “The acoustics in the Ruth Lilly Hall are ideal for chamber orchestra and classical repertoire.”

Strauss said the competition will likely be back in 2010.

Adjunct music professor Dennis McCafferty is a member of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra (ICO) and performed with the finalists during the Classical Finals. The chamber orchestra had limited time to practice with the violinists.

“Our repertoire depended on what new finalists were chosen and what they were going to play,” McCafferty said. The orchestra and the violinists collaborated for practices during the morning of the recital and then again during the mornings of the classical finals.

The event, he said, was very exciting to be a part of and “a great thing for the campus.”

He said the performers are all of extremely high quality, on the brink of their professional careers. “With every night [the quality] keeps getting higher,” he said.

Strauss agreed.

“It’s been an unbelievable level of playing,” Strauss said.

Kwok attributed the quality musicians to the reputation of the competition. “Since [the competition] is regarded now as one of the foremost competitions in the world, it always draws the highest caliber of participants. This year is no exception,” Kwok said.

“These are the most promising violinists in the world,” Strauss said, “the cream of the crop within their own countries. It’s really extraordinary music-making.”

The high quality violinists made the jury’s decisions very difficult, according to Strauss. “The jury has again and again said how difficult it is to make decisions. They’re really splitting hairs when they decide who moves on,” Strauss said.

The eight jurors are representative of the world population, keeping in accordance with the statutes of the World Federation of International Music Competitions. The competition is a member of this organization, which requires diversity in the jury. The jurors represented Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Canada and the United States.

Jurors are active performing and teaching musicians themselves, who make the three-week commitment to the competition. Usually, the jury consists of nine, but at the last minute, the ninth was forced to resign this year due to visa complications and health issues, Strauss said.

This year, the jury chose the German violinist Augustine Hadelich for the gold medal. The other five finalists also received monetary prizes and also will benefit from career management, according to Strauss.

The entire competition was streamed live on its Web site, www.violin.org and will be accessible in the site’s archives for 30 days after the end of the competition, which was Sept. 17.

■ MOVIE REVIEW

Ceramics exhibit on display at UIndy ‘Last Kiss’ a formulaic plot Tom Rastall Staff Writer

Clayfest 2006, a current exhibition at the Christel Dehaan Fine Arts Center, showcases the work of many of the best ceramic artists in the state.

Supported by the Mary Howes Woodsmall Foundation, Clayfest is held bi-annually to support the ceramic arts in Indiana.

The show runs from Sept. 5 to Sept.

29, and entries are only accepted from current and former Indiana residents.

“Clayfest gives everyone an opportunity to see talent in the state of Indiana,” May Allyson said.

She has spent the past ten years in her basement experimenting with raku—a pottery technique that plunges

red-hot pottery into sawdust or water to attain color from heat reduction.

“I love the unpredictable colors, the fire production and the crackle,” she said. Her piece “Chiaroscuro” won honorable mention this year in her first Clayfest.

Michelle Adler, 29, said she was “simply shocked and amazed” when her work was admitted into the exhibition.

Her passion for clay began a year ago. Mostly, her background is in painting.

“I wanted to be an art teacher even before I knew what that was,” she said.

That soon changed when she began to work with ceramics.

“I feel like I was born to work with clay,” she said. Although her piece “Fragmented Angel” did not receive an award, she is happy to be represented in the exhibition.

Professor Dee Schaad, chair of the UIndy Art and Design Department and director of Clayfest 2006, said he was satisfied with this year’s Clayfest.

He talked of the exhibition’s history and of the judge’s artistic credentials and achievements. His said he appreciated the artists and the effort they brought forward to sculpt their work.

He spoke specifically about UIndy undergraduate Sarah Tirey. She received the undergraduate award for her piece “Worn.”

Suzanne Mauro received third place and $250 for her porcelain piece “Caress.” Coming in second, Von Venhuizen earned $500 for “Extinguisher.”

The first prize of $750 went to Nan Coffin for her sculpted “Creamer/Sugar” collaboration.

The exhibition will run until Friday, Sept. 29th in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center.

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Carol Burt’s “Ewer Family” was created using soda fired stoneware. This piece is one of 51 on display in the Christel DeHaan Center.

Kim Hopper Opinion Editor

When you hear the movie title “The Last Kiss,” you automatically think of the archaic romantic comedy. It would be nice to say that this movie, a remake of the 2001 Italian film of the same name (“L’ Ultimo Bacio”), is any different from every other romantic comedy you see. It also would be nice to say that the movie had an interesting, if not an unusual, take on the topic of love. But, sadly, “The Last Kiss” isn’t a movie that offers much shock.

Though predictable, it’s not a bad movie; it’s actually very good.

Each individual character in this film is going through some sort of emotional crises. The emotions that are attached to each character are portrayed with a credibility that makes it easy for the audience to identify with the cast from the earliest scenes of the film.

Zach Braff (“Garden State,” “Scrubs”) plays his usual role of the quiet, in distress, 20-something man, Michael, who feels he is experiencing a crisis. Michael has been dating beautiful and delightfully perfect girlfriend Jenna (Jacinda Barrett, “Poseidon” and “Ladder 49”) for three years and spirals into a pity party for himself when Jenna announces at a dinner with her parents (played

by Blythe Danner and Tom Wilkinson) that she is 10 weeks pregnant.

Scared by the impending idea of fatherhood and turning 30, Michael meets quirky college student Kim (Rachel Bilson, “The O.C.”) at a wedding reception. Innocent flirting soon turns into something more and Michael soon finds himself in a bit of a predicament. The usual tears, screaming matches and love scenes ensue.

With circumstances that most viewers will be able to identify, viewers will ask themselves “What would I do?” which fits well considering the movie’s tagline states, “We all make

choices. What’s yours?”

What keeps the movie interesting is the fact that it doesn’t just center on the Michael, Jenna and Kim love triangle. It actually follows the lives of Michael and three of his friends (Casey Affleck, Michael Weston, Eric Christian Olsen) and Jenna’s parents as they all deal with the idea of domestic love.

Every character offers something unique and shows the different approaches and personalities that go into making relationships work.

Ordinarily, throwing so many subplots together would make a movie seem choppy and hard to follow. But surprisingly, “The Last Kiss” flows smoothly. As long as you have an attention span longer than that of a five-year-old child, everything works out nicely.

Braff’s character, though fun to watch, makes you wonder why such a perfectly put-together woman like Jenna would bother to waste her time with him in the first place.

After the initial scandal involving the promiscuous Kim, you wonder even more why in the world Jenna would consider giving Michael a second chance.

The other characters give the movie a little more flow and a little more liveliness, to keep viewers entertained during moments when the plot would otherwise drag.

In the end, while being predictable, “The Last Kiss” has many good qualities.

This is a movie that will have something to offer any adult audience. The subplot involving Jenna’s parents’ marriage will give older viewers something to relate to and the younger crowd will have no problem connecting with the younger characters.

I would definitely recommend this movie for anyone who is a fan of Zach Braff or looking for a good romantic comedy. “The Last Kiss” excellently showcases the raw emotions that can come from dealing with growing up and the relationships that will happen along the way.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

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