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Survey seeks to strengthen schools

By SUSAN GREENWELL Staff susdgree@ius.edu

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IU Southeast will disperse the National Survey of Student Engagement via IUS e-mail. Eligible students are entered into the weekly prize drawings upon the completion of the NSSE survey.

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Students in their first year, as well as seniors, are invited to participate in the National Survey of Student Engagement.

The survey is sent to students through their IUS e-mail and comes out every three years. The survey is geared toward helping faculty and administrators improve college life for undergraduates.

IU Southeast joins an estimated 600 other schools who will also participate. All other IU campuses, including Bloomington, will also be participating.

“The NSSE surveys only freshman and senior undergraduate students,” Ron Severtis, assessment and research specialist, said. “We define eligibility based on credit hour completion as of the end of fall 2011. Therefore, eligible students are those with 25 or less credit hours and those with 86 or more credit hours, as well as undergraduate standing.”

Erica Walsh, public information specialist for University Communications, said the information IU Southeast acquires from the survey is vital in letting administrators know how students feel.

“For students, filling out the survey gives them a chance to provide

feedback,” Walsh said. “For freshmen, their answers could have an effect on their next three years at the university.

For seniors, it’s a chance to reflect on their time here and potentially be a part of change for future IU Southeast students.”

The NSSE website suggests many reasons why the survey is of great importance to students and faculty.

Part of the mission at IU Southeast, according to the website, is to make sure that educational programs and services are of high quality and promote student learning. This survey provides data to schools so they may have an opportunity to improve in lacking areas.

“The data we gather will be used to help make decisions, improve the campus and improve the opportunities that IU Southeast can provide all students,” Severtis said. “The contribution that students can make to improve their own education is immeasurable, and this is an opportunity to do just that.”

Walsh said she agrees the NSSE is beneficial to both students and faculty.

“The survey is a good way for the university to gauge how connected students feel to IU Southeast, both in terms of academics and life outside the classroom,” Walsh said. “It also gives students a way to voice their See SURVEY, page 2

IUS blood drive draws different types Faculty fill in for vice chancellor

By HANNA WOODS Staff

hrwoods@umail.iu.edu

Alpha Phi partnered with the Red Cross to host a blood drive on Jan. 30 in the Hoosier Room.

Alpha Phi has worked with the Red Cross for more than five years to bring blood drives to IU Southeast in order to get students involved with giving back to the community.

Lauren Smith, marketing senior and Alpha Phi vice president, said Photo by Hanna Woods the sorority decided to Tyler Spellman, undecided junior, prepares to give blood while a worker from the Red host blood drives as part of their cardiac care phi- Cross asks him some last minute questions. According to the Red Cross, only three in every 100 people in the United States donates blood. lanthropy.

Alpha Phi hosts three blood drives a semester, no substitution for the blood, and our supply is very and they said they encourage students to get in- low.” volved in the donation process.

According to the Red Cross, only three in every Donna Applegate, employee with 100 people donate blood, which is Donor Resources at the Red Cross, said why there is a shortage in the supply. there is always a good turnout of stuAllison Wyne, accounting sophodents willing to donate. more, gave blood in the Hoosier “For every drive, we get an average Room for the fourth time. of about 40 to 50 donors,” Applegate “If I was ever in a car crash or said. “That’s pretty awesome because needed blood for something, I would we come about every month, and we want someone to [donate] blood for have pretty regular donors.” me,” Wyne said. “My blood can help The process of giving blood lasts someone else out. I mean, I’m alive about 30 to 45 minutes for the students right now, I obviously don’t need that Autumn Vila who participate. It includes reading inmuch.” supervisor for the formational material prior to donating, Applegate said she understands a Red Cross team a questionnaire session and the process lot of people are scared to give blood, of giving blood. but she said the important thing to fo“We always try to provide some sort cus on is the good they are doing. of incentive,” Applegate said. “Today, we have free “I would never try to shame anyone into givT-shirts, sometimes we have free tickets. We try to ing blood, but, for the people that are afraid to give do whatever we can do to give back to the students.” blood, they should think of the babies and cancer Autumn Vila, supervisor for the Red Cross team, patients who get stuck [with needles] every day,” said some operations require more than 30 units of Applegate said. “Once people see what you are doblood for a single operation, and, without help from ing and see how it helps others, giving 45 minutes of donors, there is no other way to operate. your day is the best thing you’ve ever done.”

“This is the only way that we can get the blood,” Regulations and requirements for donating blood Vila said. “There is no artificial blood, and there is can be found through the Red Cross website.

This is the only way that we can get the blood.

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Ruth Garvey-Nix, vice chancellor of Student Affairs, has been out since last semester, recovering from surgery. Due to the recovery process taking longer than expected, IU Southeast has temporarily filled in her position.

Anne Skuce, director of Admissions and assistant vice chancellor for Enrollment Management, and Chris Crews, associate director and acting director of Admissions, are filling in until Garvey-Nix is able to return.

Crews became acting director of Admissions on Jan. 17. He will hold this position for five to six months.

“Being associate director was a qualification needed to become acting director of Admissions,” Crews said.

As associate director, Crews handled dayto-day admissions, and he said he worked with student ambassadors.

Crews works with committee assignments, supervises daily operations and works with admissions counseling.

“I was prepared for this position because, when the director was on vacation or gone, I would fill in,” Crews said. “With this new position comes busier days, meetings and trying to squeeze more into one day.”

However, Crews said he does not want the student experience to change with the changes in interim.

Skuce is now serving as interim vice chancellor for Student Affairs.

“Since this is an interim position, I will move back to my previous position and title after this temporary position is concluded,” Skuce said.

Skuce has worked in her position for Admissions and Enrollment Management since February 2004. Skuce was also appointed on Jan. 17 to her new position.

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SGA moves forward with resolution

By AMANDA BROWN Staff anb4@umail.iu.edu The Student Government Association voted to refer the “Faculty Handbook C-3 Proposed Update” policy to the Faculty Affairs Committee on Feb. 3, moving the resolution one step closer to being adopted as an official IUS policy.

“What this policy will do is to strongly encourage the faculty to specifically post their syllabus onto OnCourse by the first week of the semester,” Stephon Moore, journalism freshman and SGA press secretary, said.

With the bill, faculty will be strongly encouraged to include in their course descriptions the course requirements.

It will also involve how students will be graded, make-up policies and any required books or a reading lists.

“You think that would be common sense, but, actually, there are a lot of professors on campus that don’t do that — almost 60 professors on campus that don’t do that,” Moore said.

The Faculty Handbook currently encourages all faculty members to develop a syllabuses and post them on OnCourse but does not require them to do so. Moore explained that the policy cannot actually make faculty members post their syllabuses.

The wording in the Faculty Handbook would be changed from “encourage” to “strongly encourage” to promote the faculty to post their syllabuses by the first week of the semester.

However, the proposed policy has met with some

resistance from the IUS faculty.

The provisions of the “Faculty Handbook C-3 Proposed Update” policy that was referred to the Faculty Affairs Committee was originally included in a broader SGA bill.

It would have strongly encouraged faculty to provide brief descriptions of their courses on the IUS course registration webpage, refrain them from using websites aside from OnCourse for course-instruction purposes and to use all of the features Stephon Moore of OnCourse. journalism freshman and In addition, faculty SGA press secretary would have to post their syllabuses by the first week of the semester.

Upon consideration of the broader bill, the Student Recruitment and Retention Committee of the Faculty Senate requested the SGA to divide the bill into two separate bills and introduce those bills individually to the Faculty Senate.

The faculty also expressed some concern over the wording of the “Faculty Handbook C-3 Proposed Update” policy, as it originally referred to “course

The rationale is that, by the faculty having to post the [course description], they will ultimately start using OnCourse.

descriptions” as “syllabuses.”

“The word ‘syllabus’ means something very specific to faculty,” Jay McTyier, program analyst for the Registrar, said. “It’s the implied contract between themselves and the students. Therefore, they are uncomfortable using the term to describe anything but their final syllabus, the one we’re asking to be uploaded into OnCourse by the start of the academic term.”

The “Faculty Handbook C-3 Proposed Update”policy must be approved by the Faculty Affairs Committee of the Faculty Senate.

It must also be approved by the full body of the Faculty Senate before the resolution can be officially adopted.

The SGA said they hope the adoption of this policy will also further spur faculty into implementing all of the changes they have called for in the original bill.

“The rationale is that, by the faculty having to post the [course description], they will ultimately start using OnCourse,” Moore said. “The rationale is that, eventually, faculty will use all of the features of OnCourse.”

Some members of the SGA have decided to focus their energies for the remainder of the spring 2012 semester on facilitating the adoption of the syllabus and course requirements policies.

As a result, Bill 49-10 “Constitutional Amendment: Elections,” which would have restructured the SGA organization, has been repealed.

In addition, the SGA Town Hall Meeting that was scheduled to take place on Feb. 7 in order to discuss the bill to the student body, has been cancelled.

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opinions.”

However, there are reasons the survey only comes out every three years.

“The survey is actually an annual survey, so schools can choose to administer it every year,” Severtis said. “However, we use a three-year cycle so we can survey freshmen and then survey them again as seniors, to measure some amount of change over that three-year period.”

The survey is short and asks questions about service-learning and first-year experiences, Residence Life and Housing, Greek Life, transfer students and Career Services.

There are also questions about academic activities and experiences with other students and faculty.

Results are shared

with IU Southeast upon completion of the survey. According to the website, campus officials use the information so they can create positive change. The survey also compares IU Southeast with other similar campuses.

Students who complete the survey are also entered into a drawing, making them eligible to win a number of prizes.

“We are excited to offer a number of prizes for completion of the NSSE for this 2012 administration,” Severtis said. “We have 18 $10 UCard gift cards, which will be drawn weekly from Wednesday, Feb. 8 through Wednesday, June 6. We also have three $200 IU Southeast scholarships, which will be drawn monthly from Wednesday, March 7 through Wednesday, May 2. Lastly, we have

a number of end-ofsurvey drawings to take place on Wednesday, June 6, which include a $100 UCard gift card, a $500 scholarship, an iPad2 and a one-year parking permit.”

IU Southeast has budgeted funds for the survey and the prizes awarded.

“Because of the importance that the university places on assessment projects, such as this survey, IU Southeast has budgeted funds to support the administration of the NSSE,” Severtis said.

Severtis said he recommends taking the survey early. The survey closes on June 1, and the final drawing is June 6.

Severtis said he hopes many students will respond.

“It is important for the student body to know that the data they

provide us is confidential, and, more importantly, that the information we obtain is used to make very important decisions that affect the student experience, both inside and outside the classroom.”

Severtis said students have a real opportunity to make change on campus.

“One of the best ways for students to take a responsible role in improving their educational experience here at IU Southeast is to take surveys and have their voice be heard,” Severtis said. “After all, they have the answers.”

Walsh sees the survey as a great opportunity for both students and staff.

The survey’s goal is to improve the student experience, and, to do that, we need to know students’ thoughts,” Walsh said.

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Garvey-Nix but I have been asked to step in until June 30, 2012,” Skuce said. “Dr. Garvey-Nix has been a tremendous leader and mentor and has provided solid direction and vision for the division.”

Skuce said, with the right direction, they will be able to stay on track.

“My work history at IU Southeast and at four other institutions has provided me the experience to take on this interim appointment,” Skuce said.

Skuce has worked in higher education for 20 years.

“All of the experiences over those 20 years and at a combination of colleges and universities have provided me with a broad range of student affairs experience,” Skuce said.

As interim vice chancellor, Skuce has the opportunity to assist with the selection of a new Residence

Life and Housing director. She will also work with other student directors at IU Southeast.

“My focus will continue to be on students, and their successful college experience,” Skuce said “I will have additional opportunities to get to know students through various committees and student organizations.” In her previous position as director of Admissions, she was able to assist students but not conduct activities with and among the students.

“I am humbled to be given the opportunity to step up in the absence of Dr. Garvey-Nix,” Skuce said. “She is an excellent leader.”

Skuce and Crews said the students will not be affected.

“Providing some level of service that students are used to so that the student experience does not change is the ultimate goal,” Crews said. As of now, there will not be a new vice chancellor of Student Affairs.

Multiple arrests spark concern for IUS Police

By CLAIRE MUNN Senior Editor clamunn@umail.iu.edu Jan. 28 at 2:30 a.m.

Officer responded to a female student who said she was raped on campus. A report was taken.

Jan. 31 at 11:10 a.m.

There was a report of a missing student who had been gone since the previous night.

The officer was unable to locate student. The student did return home later that day.

Jan. 31 at 6 p.m.

A theft report was taken by La’ Krista Toogood, 19, who reported $35 had been taken from her room in Forest Lodge. Kaci Seger, 19, also reported $40 was missing from her room.

Feb. 1 at 6:06 p.m.

An arrest report was taken following an officer who found two female subjects smoking by the IUS Lake. Emily Spencer-King, 19, was arrested on a charge of possession of marijuana.

Feb. 2 at 9:58 p.m.

IUS Police responded to a report of drinking and marijuana odor from a loud party at Meadow Lodge. Officer located Dylan Parks, 19, who was arrested on a charge of illegal possession of alcohol by a minor. Three nonstudents were given trespass warnings.

Correction An error was made in the previous issue of The Horizon, published on Jan. 30.

On Sports, page 3, a mistake was made in “Lady Grenadiers bag the Bearcats.” The photo caption should have read Heather Wheat, freshman guard.

The Horizon apologizes for this error.

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Asbury Eagles swoop down on Grenadiers

By S.B. WEBER Staff samweber@ius.edu

The IUS women’s basketball team lost to Asbury on Jan. 26 with a final score of 76-73.

The game was packed with hard fouls, scrums on the floor for loose balls and a double technical foul.

The opening tip went to the Eagles as they pushed it up and down the floor for several early baskets.

The Grenadiers called a timeout to regroup, but the Eagles hit the floor again with intensity and a game plan, which earned them two more 3-point plays.

A bit stunned, the Grenadiers called another timeout and came back with determination. They hustled down the floor, ran their play and swished a 3-point shot.

Trenia Barbee, junior guard for the Eagles, pushed it up the floor, down the lane and drove hard toward the basket. However, she was unintentionally tripped by Megan Murphy, senior forward.

The Grenadiers looked frustrated. Though the Eagles had nearly doubled their score midway through the first half, the Grenadiers still fought.

Back in, after her injury, Barbee stormed down the lane again coming against Murphy at center.

Murphy tipped the ball and disrupted the shot, which infuriated Barbee.

After the whistle, she swung her arms around and beat her chest while yelling profanities. She walked over to Murphy, screaming in her face and bumped chests with her.

Murphy stood her ground, looking into Barbee’s face and said a few things of her own before the referee blew another sharp whistle and came over to break Ashmere Woods them up. junior guard He called a technical foul on Barbee for unsportsmanlike conduct, which garnered strong applause by the IUS crowd.

Before the clapping finished, a second referee came over to change the call. He gave an additional technical foul to Murphy.

The crowd yelled, booed and cursed at the referee. Three men stood and faced the crowd to lead the uproar. They swung towels over their heads and yelled back and forth from the crowd to the floor.

After about a minute of disruption and several questionable comments from the three men, the referees sent Denny Williams, assistant athletic director, to escort the men out of the gym. The young men filed out in front of Williams, while yelling a few more chants to the crowd.

The Grenadiers, fired up from the crowd, pushed back hard and closed the gap down to nine points before the half, making the score 38-29.

The Eagles were scoring well, and the Grenadiers were fighting for every point. Gradually, though, the persistence of the Grenadiers started to show.

We can’t get down 18 points in the first have and expect to win.

Photo by S.B. Weber

Megan Murphy, senior forward, Dorian Downs, junior guard for the Eagles, and Tia Wineinger, senior forward, jump for the ball.

The Eagles were missing more shots and allowing more turnovers. The Grenadiers pushed it back the other way each time and began scoring several points at a time. With four minutes to go, the Grenadiers were within 5 points of the lead — the closest they had been all game. Several more turnovers by the Eagles became several more tense points scored by the Grenadiers. With less than a minute left, the Eagles led by only one point.

It was the Grenadier’s possession. They pushed it down the floor and ran their play but couldn’t connect. The Eagle’s took it back the other way to score the final two points, and won the game 76-73.

“Before this year started, Asbury was 0-41 against IU Southeast in 17 years of basketball,” Flener said.

“I told the girls, only 39 more in a row, and we’d even the series,” he said.

In response to Flener’s rivalry comment, Robin

Band coach aspires to higher notes

By LYNN BAILEY Staff lfbailey@ius.edu

Jennifer Spainhour, ur, head coach of the pep band, and, is a newly hired employee oyee of the IUS Athletic Department since October 2011.

She is also a part-time art-time band director, and nd she said she providess pep band students with th the opportunity to play y pop tunes during basketball ketball games and pumping ng up the crowd with energy. rgy.

Joe Glover, athletic thletic director, spoke about out the purpose of pep band nd performing at gamess and what they offer.

“Pep bands bring g excitement to the game ame atmosphere,” Glover over said. “We want to have exciting games, and d the pep band is one way ay we can improve our fan’s overall experience.” ” Glover also said what it feels like to work alongside Spainhour. ur.

“She has lots off experience as a formerr band director and as a musician.” Glover said.. “Her dge of in-depth knowledge rating organizing and operating a pep band make her the ideal candidatee to lead our program.” alked Spainhour talked about what she wants the pep band to do.

“The pep band plays at home basketball games and possibly some baseball games in t h e spring,“ Spainhour p said. “We might said ht also play at other univerpla niversity events.” si Spainhour S said her best experience he erience as band director ctor so far is being fa g able to choosee ab what musicc w tthe band will ll be playing. She he said she ensa joys all difjo ferent types fe of music.

“Choosing a wide in variety of v music the crowd m wd could enjoy was as a lot of fun,” Spainpainhour said.

Spainhour said sshe sparked an inter- est in band when she was in elemenb ttary school. ““In elementary school, I starteed violin in 4th grade and hated it” Spainhour said “It wasn’t the teacher, it’s just that violin th wasn’t for me.” w Spainhour said, when sixth grade came around, she decided gr to play the clarinet and fell in love with that instrument. lo Spainhour also said the experiences she had with band in high school and college helped her advance as a person.

She said it also helped her find

long-lasting relationships that she still encounters today.

Spainhour said she comes family of about 60 from a large fam people. summer, Spainhour This summ will be getting married to her fiance Scott, who she met through a music th group grou that is based in Nashville, Tenn.

Na Right now, the Rig band is i working on building a strong foundation for the future.

They are rehearsing, fundraising, procuring necessary equipment and recruita ing in new members. bers “A significant thing thin that makes the IUS pep band stand sta out from other bands is i the th fact that we are building this program from scratch,” Glover said. “This is a new program for our university and everyone is working hard to make sure it is a success.”

Spainhour is a Floyd Knobs native, and she said she attended high school at Floyd Central. She also played the bagpipe.

Spainhour said she hopes to become full time band director at a high school in Southern Indiana.

“There is a special atmosphere in the band world that promotes friendly competition and camaraderie between high school bands,” Spainhour said.

Farris, IUS women’s basketball head coach, said he was not so sure about that.

“Maybe he feels that way, and it sounds like he does,” Farris said. “I don’t think they’re any different.”

Farris said the team needs some work.

“This year, we’re struggling defensively,” Farris said. “When we score over 70 points, we should win, but we gave up almost 80 points.”

Farris said he wants the team to practice more.

“Early in the game we settled for too many 3-pointers,” Farris said. “We took a lot of 3-point shots ourselves. We just weren’t making them. We can’t just be a perimeter team.”

Ashmere Woods, junior guard, talked about the next time they play Asbury.

“We can’t get down 18 points in the first half and expect to win,” Woods said.

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TOP EVENTS Thursday

Thursday

Saturday

Game Night

Homecoming Dance

Homecoming Games

Where: University Center North, room 120, 126, 128 When: 6 - 11 p.m.

Students are invited to bring their favorite video games, board games and card games and meet and greet with other gamers for a game night. Snacks and drinks will be provided.

Where: University Center North, Hoosier Room When: 9 p.m. - 2 a.m.

As part of Homecoming celebration, a Blackout dance will be held where students will be offered free catered buffet-style food and music. This event is free to students who bring their student ID.

Where: Activities Building, Gym When: 2 - 6 p.m.

The Homecoming game for the IUS women’s basketball team will begin at 2 p.m. It will be followed by the Homecoming game for the IUS men’s basketball team at 4 p.m.

Feb. 6

MONDAY Turbo Kick

Healthy Mind

Noon - 1 p.m.

Activities Building, Gym

4 - 5 p.m.

University Center North, room 124

As part of the year-long Get in Shape series hosted on campus, students can exercise and stay healthy in Turbo Kick classes led by instructors from local gyms.

Wise Mind, Healthy Mind is a free counseling session to help students with anxiety and mood management. Contact Personal Counseling Services for more information.

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Events should be submitted one week in advance.

Feb. 7

TUESDAY PiYo

Living with HIV

NSLS

Noon - 1 p.m.

Activities Building, Gym

6 - 7 p.m.

University Center North, room 126

7 - 8:30 p.m.

University Center South, room 245

Students can attend a Yoga fusion class that combines Pilates, strength exercises and core building. This session is part of the year-long Get in Shape series on campus.

There will be a Common Experience event called “Compassionate Conversations: Living with HIV/AIDS” to discuss the social effects created by this disease.

The National Society of Leadership and Success will present a live broadcast of Linda Papadopoulos’ presentation “Learning to Project the Person You Really Are.”

WEDNESDAY

Feb. 8

Writing Woes

Zumba

Dress for Success

11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

University Center South, Adult Student Center

Noon - 1 p.m.

Activities Building, Gym

12:15 - 1 p.m.

University Center North, room 122

Students who have questions about writing bibliographies or need help proofreading a paper can receive help at the Adult Student Center every Monday and Wednesday.

Try moving to the beat and beating the Freshman 15 with a Zumba workout class for students. This session is part of the year-long Get in Shape series.

Students are invited to explore what dress styles are expected for the interviewing process and for a professional job. This workshop is free to all students.

THURSDAY

Feb. 9

SGA

NSLS

Basketball

4:30 - 6 p.m.

University Center North, room 127

6 - 8 p.m.

University Center North, room 122

7 - 9 p.m.

Activities Building, Gym

The Student Government Association will be having its weekly meeting. All students are welcome to attend and bring concerns or ideas to the SGA.

The National Society of Leadership and Success will host a Leadership Training Day for pending members to develop a personal action plan for success.

The IUS men’s basketball team will play against Cincinnati Christian. The Grenadiers defeated Cincinnati Christian earlier this season with a score of 86-61.

WEEKEND

Feb. 10-12

Demetri Martin

Performance

Open Books

Louisville

9 a.m. - noon University Center North, room 124

Noon- 1 p.m.

IUS Library,

Comedy Central’s Demetri Martin will be performing his comedy act in Louisville on Feb. 9. To order tickets, go to www.improvlouisville.com or call (502) 581-1332.

On Feb. 10, the first part of a two-part interactive performance training session will be offered to provide students with feedback on job performance.

8 - 11 p.m.

The Improv Comedy Club,

Photo by Taylor Ferguson

Robbie Steiner practices his role in The Fantasticks play. Steiner plays the part of El Gallo, narrator and bandit.

Visual Arts

Local Music

Bourbon Dinner

room 230

7 - 10 p.m.

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Louisville

9 p.m.- 1 a.m.

Phoenix Hill Tavern, Louisville

6 - 11 p.m.

Maker’s Mark, Louisville

On Feb. 10, there will be an Open Books discussion featuring the book “The Help”

by Kathryn Stockett. Students will be able to debate the book and discuss literary elements.

Just in times for Valentine’s Day, “Local Art in the Highlands” will present its second charitable Visual Arts show: Unconditional Love on Feb. 10.

There is a $5 cover fee.

An assortment of local music by The Cigarettes, Field of Kings, Beeler Attic and Jamie Tingle will be perform live on Feb. 10. There will be a $10 cover charge.

Maker’s Mark will host its monthly Bourbon Dinner on Feb. 11. The three-course dinner will have Bourbon pairings. The dinner is $30 per person or $50 per couple.

NOTICES

UPCOMING

LOCAL Rob Schneider

Make Out Like a Bandit

Chocolate

Giveaway

Internship Panel

Blood Drive

Teens for Jeans

Noon - 5 p.m.

University Center North, Hoosier Room

All Day Knobview Hall, room 235

Students can stop by during a break between classes to donate blood for those in need on Feb. 28. For more information, contact Angela Calbert at acalbert@ius.edu.

Teens for Jeans is accepting jean donations, which will be taken to Home of the Innocents in Louisville. These jeans can be any size, brand, color or style.

8 - 11 p.m.

The Improv Comedy Club, Louisville

All Day Turtle Run Winery, Corydon

10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

University Center North, Student Involvement Center

12:15 - 1 p.m.

University Center North, The Commons

Rob Schneider, emmynominated actor and comedian, will take the stage on Feb. 10-12. To order tickets, go to www.improvlouisville.com or call (502) 582-1332.

There will be a free Chocolate Lovers event on Feb. 11 and 12. Attendees are invited to visit nine Indiana Uplands Wine Trail members for wine and chocolate pairings.

Free condoms, free pamphlets and information about STD prevention will be offered to students by the IUS Student Nurses’ Association on Feb. 14.

On Feb. 16, there will be a free Internship Panel where current interns will speak about their experiences with internships and how to find a suitable internship.

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Board Games

Luv Sux Party

History

Performance

Luncheon

Survey

4 - 11:55 p.m.

BluegrassMagic GameShop, Louisville

8 p.m. - 4 a.m.

Howl at the Moon, Louisville

12:30 - 1:15 p.m.

IUS Library, 3rd Floor

9 a.m. - noon University Center North room 124

11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Calument Club, New Albany

All Day University Center South, room 254

There will be a familyfriendly Board Game Madness event on Feb. 11. Attendees are welcome to bring their own board games and card games to play with the group.

The annual, anti-Valentine’s Day party, Luv Sux, will be held on Feb. 11. Games and prizes will cap off the night, including a frozen T-shirt contest.

Maxine Brown, founder of the Louisville race-relations forum NETWORK, will speak about African American history in Southern Indiana on Feb. 16.

On Feb. 17, the second part of an interactive performance training session will be offered to provide students with feedback on job performance and development.

Alpha Phi will be hosting a Red Dress Luncheon on Feb. 25. There will be entertainment and a silent auction.

Tickets are $25, and the last day to purchase is Feb. 12

Freshmen and seniors can take the National Survey of Student Engagement. The survey will be online, and prizes will include an iPad2 and free parking for a year.

Opinions

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Week of Feb. 6, 2012

Editor not one for ‘mushy-gushies’

By DESIREE SMITH Newscast Senior Producer demismit@ius.edu Well, IU Southeast, it is that time of year again — flowers, candy, teddy bears and other “mushy gushy” love items.

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, it is the one day a year boyfriends and girlfriends shower their partners with material affections or otherwise face relentless amounts of scorn from their significant other.

Well, that’s the idea, right? Not originally.

Year after year, couples participate in the “I love you” gift charade without really knowing why they are doing it.

Before it became the Black Friday of florist and chocolate industries, Valentine’s Day had an interesting start.

A sensationalized version of this tale claims that,, while in jail, Valentine fell in love ove with the daughter of the jailer.

Just before his execution, hee sent her a love note signed “From rom your Valentine,” thus sururrounding his death with an air ir of dramatic romance.

Bishop Valentine soon be-came known as Saint Val-d entine, and his story spread across nations. e’s As the fame of Valentine’s ing tale grew, Romans began holding an annual festival in which they exchanged cards with words of romance. y Feb. 14.

This festival occurred every alentine cards Some museums display Valentine that date back as far as 1415.

Go figure — a holiday known for love and affection was based off of someone’s tragedy and despair. How romantic. ot explain explai ain ai n where wh he the chubby However, this does not o the th equation. equ naked kid with arrows fitss into wan nt to know. know Perhaps I do not really want h A According to Research American, on average, Americans spend $14.7 billion on Valentine’s Day gifts each year. That is right — $14.7 billion.

For those who fall into this trap year after year,

take a second to ponder what contribution these purchases have made to that astronomical number. After all, the average person puts $103 toward Valentine’s Day each year.

Maybe I am stingy, but, to me, that sounds crazy.

I probably also sound like a lonely, cynical and loveless Debbie Downer.

Rest assured that is really not the case.

As a matter of fact, my boyfriend is more into this holiday than I am. I try to be the voice of reason.

To spend that much money each year on a holiday that is not even important enough to keep the mail from running or keep students out of classes seems idiotic.

OK, maybe there is a little bit of Debbie there.

Whether someone is unlucky in love, happily single and looking for something to do or madly in love but bored with the same old stuff year after year, I suggest tossing around a little bit of creativy to celebrate this un-holiday, such as hosting an ity anti-Valentine Day party rather than a traditional anti-Valentine’s Valen Valentine’s Day party.

T There are several fun things that can ma a great anti-Valentine’s Day party a make hit hit: • Decorate with photos of famous celeb lebrity break-ups on the walls. Kim Karda dashian and Kris Humphries? I think so.

• Serve heart-shaped cookies for sna snacks — ones that are broken in half, of cour course.

• Enforce a dress code. No pink or red allo are allowed, but shirts with phrases such as “Cupid is stupid” are encouraged. p • A party is not a party without good muth one calls for some serious anti-love sic, and this Ge Band’s “Love Stinks” is sure to set songs. J. Geils m the right mood.

If the thought of having an anti-Valentine’s Day party is appalling, then I guess there are people out there who genuinely enjoy having one day a year specifically set out for wining and dining lovers, regardless of what the price tag may come out to be.

Well, apparently there are if people are spending billions each year doing so.

If this is true and simply nothing different will do, then by all means, carry on. We are in a recession after all.

Student Opinion How can IU Southeast improve college life?

Hannah Watkins Nursing freshman

A track and cross country team would make my college experience better. I’d like to see more sports available.

Summer Sanders Radiation therapy freshman

IUS doesn’t have my major. It could be improved if there were more academic major options.

Anne Fowler Nursing junior

There are not many activities in the spring.

They could add more student involvement around campus.

Anthony Ewurum Biology freshman

IUS can provide more sports that general students can get involved in — like badminton.

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Censorship damages newspaper value, hinders learning

By BRYAN JONES Features Editor jonesbry@umail.iu.edu Jeffersonville High School recently suspended my favorite high school teacher, Kelly Short, in November of last year, and, last month, recommended her termination.

The reasons for the recommendation included immorality, insubordination and neglect of duty.

However, the school board did not give Short evidence for their claims.

I would imagine these accusations have something to do with her refusal to let The Hyphen, Jeffersonville High School’s newspaper, be censored by James Sexton, principal of Jeffersonville High School.

By censored, I mean taking out strong opinions that oppose Sexton’s administration or stories that

would make the school look bad, and, after looking for that, he might look for grammatical, spelling and style errors.

Suspending Short for standing s’ rights is up for her students’ like fighting for peacee — it is end her a teacher’s job to defend students. ol paEven if high school pers have to abide by rules rofesthat college and profeso not sional newspapers do have to worry about,, they can still correct it. rying to Sexton is merely trying censor the newspaperr to make dministration himself and his administration look good.

The issue arose when The Hyphen ran a story about the costs for new security measures for the school, which included four flat-screen TVs in Sexton’s office.

Letters

SGA member voices organization concerns Dear Horizon, As an officer in the IU Southeast Student Government Association, I am writing this letter to express my continued disgust and displeasure with The Horizon.

Each week, an article is published about the SGA and what our organization is working on to help better the student body at IU Southeast.

However, each week I feel the SGA and its projects are misrepresented to the student body through what is published about us. The latest example of my displeasure is the article entitled “SGA introduces new bills” in Volume 80, Issue 14, page 2 of The Horizon.

The intent of the article was supposed to describe the framework of two bills that are currently on the table regarding the restructure of our student senate and how they would essentially improve and affect the representation of our student body.

It was a crucial article for students to read so the SGA could receive their feedback on which bill seemed more appropriate.

However, the article failed to lay out any of the important facts or underlying issues about either bill. The article had misquotes and several irrelevant comments about the two bills.

Overall, the article was either poorly written or poorly edited. It did not effectively represent the two bills in enough depth as to where the students reading the article would have enough information about either bill to provide us with feedback.

In closing, I ask The Horizon do a better job of reporting relevant and factual data of what our organization is working toward. Better representation through The Horizon is imperative to the students who cannot attend our meetings and turn to its publication to stay up-to-date on what our organization is doing.

Stephen Prather radiography junior and senate pro-tempore

Sexton said the newspaper published inaccurate information about the amount the school spent on security equipment, and, because of this, he wanted to censor the paper prior to being printed.

Sexton has no reason lookov ing over The Hyphen — i he has a degree in even if Engli English.

Knowing a lot abou the English lanabout gua does not mean he guage kno knows anything about s AP style.

A According to a letter Sexton sent to Short, The Sexto Hyphen cannot be considHyphe ered an open forum for students, facu faculty or community dents members because the students were getting credit to do the stories.

If that is the case, then not many newspapers outside of the professional world can be considered an open forum since some of them obtain credit for taking the course. This includes The Horizon and other college and high school newspapers.

During my three semesters on The Horizon, I have learned more than I have in any journalism class throughout college and high school, so how does Sexton expect the students on The Hyphen to learn anything with him breathing down their necks constantly?

Turning stories in and having them edited is a great way of learning AP style and deadlines, a major part of journalism in high school, college and professionally.

Does Sexton have so little trust in his students that he has to censor the newspaper that has been a part of the school for many generations?

It would appear so.

With Sexton’s review and Short no longer there, The Hyphen is doing a great job. They printed an issue completely in color, and I commend them for that.

However, the staff members should stir the waters with Sexton and not just let him have his way.

He cannot expel all of the students for expressing themselves, and, even if he did, they could fight it.

I understand he has to review the newspaper first, but maybe the students can write a highly opinionated piece that will get the gears turning in his head.

Maybe he will see the wrong in censorship.

I hope they reinstate Short because she is by far one of the best teachers at the school. She knows a lot about journalism and has even more to teach to her students. I hope Sexton sees what he is doing to these students is wrong and not American.

When I was in grade school, they always taught me the principal was your pal, not your dictator.

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Profiles

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Week of Feb. 6, 2012

Student works runway Part-time model admits fashion obsession

By AYSIA HOGLE Staff ahogle@umail.iu.edu

Photo by Brittany Elmore

Kimberly Pelle, coordinator for Non-traditional Student Programs helps Scott Shireman, undecided sophomore, with a math problem.

Coordinator assists with family-oriented programs

By BRITTANY ELMORE Staff blelmore@umail.iu.edu Kimberly Pelle, coordinator for Non-Traditional Student Programs and Family Parent and Children Programs, is a popular face around campus. She works with students who have their own families, and she coordinates related programs around campus.

Pelle said she knows what it means to juggle school, work and a family because she has been down that road before.

“I know how hard it is with a family, job and school,” Pelle said. “That is why I took the job.”

Pelle has a degree in journalism and political science. She also has her master’s in education. She has three children and has been with IU Southeast since 2001.

She said she loves her job because she loves to help others.

“I want to be someone that the students can come to with any of their problems,” Pelle said. “I once bought groceries for a student here because they needed a little help.”

Pelle said she also wants to be the one who directs students in the right direction.

Pelle hosts almost all the events around campus. She said her ideas and inspirations come from the students, as well as her connections around the world.

“I know people everywhere,” Pelle said.

Although her program is directed to older generations on campus, all students are welcome in the Adult Student Center.

The program also involves the children of college students in their education.

“When the family is involved, it makes it easier to graduate,” Pelle said.

Pelle said the Herps Alive event she hosts once a year is one of her biggest turn outs. At the event, attendees can see numerous reptiles, interact with them and learn about them.

Pelle works with the Children’s Center, Campus Life and Alumni Affairs, as well as other departments around campus.

Her most recent event was the Chinese New Year. It was a Brown Bag Lunch series event in a celebration of the Year of the Dragon, where participants made lanterns and tangrams and listened to music.

Rebecca Bussey, international business sophomore, models for famous designers in fashion shows and magazines.

Bussey has been in five fashion magazines, two of which she was on the front cover and has done commercial and high-fashion modeling.

“I like doing runway shows,” Bussey said. “It’s a lot more fun to do than a photo-shoot. It gives you a lot more adrenaline.”

Bussey said she has been in runway shows for designers Badgley Mischka and Christian Siriano, who was the Project Runway fourth season winner.

Bussey first became interested in fashion and modeling when she was 13.

“I saw a Valentino fashion show and there were so many beautiful dresses,” Bussey said. “It was amazing.”

McKenzie Knight, elementary education junior, has known Bussey since she was 5 years old.

“When we were really little, we would sit in Rebecca’s room and draw designs of dresses in her sketch book.”

Knight said.

Bussey said her uncle was in charge of the David’s Bridal convention in Louisville. When she was 15 years old, he asked her to model in the David’s Bridal runway show. As a result, Bussey was asked by an agent to join a modeling agency.

“I don’t really follow what’s in style,” Bussey said. “I like pieces that are timeless and never go out of style.”

Bussey said she would describe her Courtesy photo style as sophisticated but sexy. The way she dresses each day reflects her mood.

Rebecca Bussey, international business sophomore, models her cover Bussey said her favorite designer is shot on “Bridal” magazine at the cover launch party.

Valentino Garavani — she thinks his pieces are sophisticated and timeless. jobs came up in New York, she said she would take Bussey said she does modeling for fun, but if big them.

She is focusing on getting her degree in international business so she can travel and be a fashion buyer for clothing companies.

“I usually don’t tell people I’m a model upfront because they’ll automatically make assumptions about who I am,” Bussey said. “It’s fun to prove them wrong.”

Bussey said models tend to be stuck-up and brag about their achievements, especially if they have modeled internationally.

“The last thing I want to do as a model is to cause drama,” Bussey said. “You have to learn to work with other people you may not particularly like.”

Knight said Bussey is not like the stereotypical model because she is conservative.

“If something looks too revealing, she won’t wear it,” Knight said. “She’s very strict on that. She has had to turn down a lot of jobs because they’ve asked her to wear clothes that were too revealing.”

Bussey said IU Southeast has helped her learn how to work better with different types of people.

Bussey said, she will have to work with a variety of people, including photographers, agents and other models.

Rebecca Bussey, international business sophomore.

Administrative secretary dedicated to nonprofit theater

By ETHAN FLEMING Staff ethflemi@umail.iu.edu

Dana Hope, administrative secretary for the dean of the School of Natural Sciences, likes to think of herself as a clearing house in her department.

Hope said concerns filter through her in the School of Natural Sciences so the dean can do his job more efficiently.

On a normal day, this means taking care of writing contracts for the adjunct faculty of the Natural Sciences and acting as office administrator to make sure everything is running smoothly.

Also, Hope journeys across the bridge to Louisville after office hours to her second life as the president of the nonprofit theater organization, The Alley Theater.

The Alley Theater is an organization that brings the art of theater to the community and produces alternative productions that emphasize humor and crowd involvement, as well as providing theater performances for children through their children’s theater program.

Hope said there are many similarities between her job at IU Southeast and her job at The Alley Theater. She said she uses the event planning skills she learned as a theater major to plan the events on campus she is in charge of.

“The very first thing the dean said we had to do was plan the big, yearly alumni luncheon,” Hope said.

She was assigned the event within the first month of working on campus.

“So I felt like I got to shine within my first month of being here,” Hope said.

Melissa Lamanna, biology senior and office worker for the School of Natural Sciences, said working with Hope is fun and exciting.

“We are able to keep the office setting alive,” Lamanna said. “Sometimes filing folders and documents can be very tedious and dull, but, with a good office community, we’re able to have a good time at work.”

While Hope’s title as president of The Alley Theater is one that holds power, she said sometimes her list of responsibilities grows into a list that encompasses the “grunt work” that has to be done as well.

“I am box office manager, I run the children’s the-

Dana Hope, administrative secretary for the dean of the School of Natural Sciences.

ater, I’m a janitor, a bartender and I do whatever else needs to happen,” Hope said.

Hope said, while she works hard, everyone involved in the organization does also.

Working hard not only entails her duties on the organizational side of The Alley Theater, but also the art side itself.

Hope is directing two plays in the theater’s upcoming “Inhuman: A Festival of the New American Undead Theater,” which include “Keep Hope Alive,” by local playwright Gregory T. Fugate and “The One-Minute Zombie F--- Play,” by Martin French.

“We sent out a request all over the country for original zombie plays,” Hope said. “We got 50 submissions from all over, chose the top 10, and the entire month of March we’re presenting them.”

Hope said there will be two theaters going at once, and there will be 32 performances between the 10 plays in the four weeks of March.

Hope said she owes her stepfather for getting her into the theater.

“I was 11 years old and always in trouble or bored.

He signed me up for lessons, and it was a long time before I realized I need to keep doing this.”

Hope said she was in and out of theater from that point on, until she met the crew at The Alley Theater.

Even though Hope said she loves The Alley Theater, she was adamant that she loved working at IU Southeast, as well, explaining how both played a big role in her life.

Hope said she wishes there was more pay in the arts, but she was happy to be doing the work with little to no income with the intent of growing the theater.

Diversions

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Week of Feb. 6 , 2012

The following articles were found on a flash drive in the wreckage of a time machine in the woods behind Knobview. Experts say the future is always in motion, so the following should be enjoyed for their entertainment value only. » Aug. ₂₉, ₂₀₁₄: Disaster struck during the First Annual Water Hamsterball race on the IUS Lake during the Week of Welcome event.

Looking like traditional hamster exercise balls but designed so humans can walk on water, the Water Hamsterballs started to deteriorate.

“The students were about five yards in when the plastic around them started melting,” Chuck Mix, psychology freshman, said. “Soon they were just covered with plastic goo, trying to swim ashore.”

The students were treated and released by the IUS Health Center.

Gary and Mike

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» illustration by Kasceio Niles

to Skype into any class currently being taught at the main campus.

“When they shut down the Second Street Bridge, too, we had to do something to get the students to their classes,” Becky Tathcher, IT spokesperson, said. “We had to do it virtually.”

All classrooms on the main campus are now equipped with a camera and a microphone.

Students can login to the class via OnCourse to see and hear what is happening as it happens.

“Small group discussions are difficult to accommodate, but everything else is fairly easy to transmit to the students at the Connect Campus,” Tathcher said.

Students may even watch classes after they are over, since IU Southeast records each Skype session.

The Kennedy Bridge has been closed since December 2015. No re-opening date has been given. The Sherman Minton has been scheduled to reopen since March 2012.

» May ₂, ₂₀₁₂: The final sandwich in the Library Bistro was finally sold.

This solitary tuna salad sandwich had been offered for sale since mid-February with no other sandwiches or wraps being available since that time.

“I was desperate,” Ty Fieri, undecided senior, said after buying and eating the lonely sandwich. “The vending machines have been empty since April and my stomach was eating itself.”

Fieri refused medical assistance by IUS Police.

» March ₇, ₂₀₁₆: The last paper edition of The Horizon was printed this week. All future issues of this valuable source of IUS news will be online.

“This is an evolution, not an extinction,” Ron Allman, associate professor of journalism and program coordinator, said. “This is how people receive their news. We’re on it.”

Two paper issues will be still be printed from the copier in Crestview Hall for archive purposes.

» Feb. ₂₄, ₂₀₁₆: To help IUS students recently stuck on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River, IU Southeast opened the IUS Connect Campus in Louisville.

Located at 829 West Main St., the Connect Campus allows students

» Dec. ₂₃, ₂₀₁₂: We’re still here, baby! Yeah!

Personally, I welcome our new alien overlords.

If you don’t want to be used for heat, you can be used for food — so quit your whining.

Be thankful you are not a cow.

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Features atures

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Week of Feb. 6, 2012

Musical performance premieres

By TAYLOR FERGUSON Staff tayfergu@ius.edu

The Robinson Theater will open with its first play — a musical called The Fantasticks — of the semester on Feb. 10 at 8 p.m. in the Ogle Center.

The original production of The Fantasticks first premiered in May 1960 in Greenwich Village, NY, and has been appearing on offBroadway for the past 70 years. It is he longest-running show in the U.S. “It’s become such a classic show,” Jesse Brown, theater graduate, said. “I think that’s in large part due to the fact that it tells such a simple story, one we can relate to on some level.”

The Fantasticks tells a story of a young couple, Matt and Luisa, who are separated by a wall between their neighboring houses, constructed by their fathers who pretend to feud, all in belief that they can trick their disobedient children into falling in love.

Jim Hesselman, assistant professor of theater and director of The Fantasticks, said it was time for him to put on this show again.

“As you get older and have more experiences, the show tends to grow with you,” Hesselman said. “I also thought it fit our current group of students well and could be a real challenge to present something with such a pure heart and message in a

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world that tends toward cynicism and defensiveness.”

Jenna Underhill, theater and biology freshman, plays the part of Luisa.

“Yes, it is the typical ‘boy meets girl’ story, but it means so much more than that,” Underhill said. “This play has a message for everyone.”

Brown, who plays Luisa’s father, Bellomy, said his character is high-energy.

“He can be a bit bumbling, even clueless, but it’s always well-intentioned,” Brown said. “He’s fun, but I haven’t played many similar roles, so it really forces me to stretch my skills.”

Gabriel Vanover, theater junior, plays Matt’s father, Hucklebee, and said his character is fairly straight forward.

“Usually I don’t get to play these types of characters, so, in the rehearsal process, I am enjoying the challenge of building a new type of character for myself,” Vanover said. “I like how relatable Huck is.”

Robbie Steiner plays the part of El Gallo, a narrator who also becomes a part of the story when he becomes the bandit.

“I enjoy being able to create two characters that are unique, yet somehow unified,” Steiner said.

Not only is The Fantasticks an original off-Broadway play, but it is also the world’s longest-running musical.

“I personally enjoy doing both musicals and straight plays the same,” Vanover said.

“Both are different forms but have the same goal — to share a story.”

Vanover said musicals tend to have one advantage over straight plays.

“In a musical, you do have the songs to help develop your character and the plot,” Vanover said. “I think music helps set the tone for a show much faster than a straight play.”

Brown said he seems to agree.

“Of course, every performance, whether it’s a musical or straight play, has a certain rhythm to it,” Brown said. “In musicals, that rhythm can be a lot more obvious.”

Steiner said he usually prefers musicals over straight plays.

“Music has a way of reaching the soul and telling stories in a way words simply cannot do on their own,” Steiner said.

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Showings Feb. 10 & 11 Feb. 12 Feb. 17 & 18 Feb. 19

Paul W. Ogle Center

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$12 Adults / $6 Students, Seniors, IUS Faculty & Staff

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Robbie Steiner plays the part of El Gallo, Ro narrator and bandit. narra

There are so many styles of musical theater today, but, in general, musicals have had to become much more realistic over the years because the audience today does not very easily buy a person bursting into song.

Jim Hesselman

For more information, visit www.oglecenter.ius.edu

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Robbie Steiner, Gabriel Vanover, theater junior, and Jesse Brown, theater graduate, rehearse a number in Fantasticks.

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