Jan. 13, 2014

Jan 13, 2014 | Issue 9

CAMPUS LOCKDOWN

How students, faculty reacted What’s being done to keep us safe

ALSO: Life with gastroparesis, p. 8-9 | Counseling services on campus, p. 16-17

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Jan. 13, 2014| TABLE

OF CONTENTS |

In The Horizon Page 20 Pages 8 & 9

FEATURES

Letter from the editors.......................................Page 4

A letter from the editors of The Horizon.

Alumna profile..................................................Page 5

See how an advertising alumna shows how she’s succeeded in her field since graduating in 2011.

A lifelong battle........................................Pages 8 & 9

A junior discusses her experiences living with a disease that prevents her from eating.

Lockdown..............................................Pages 10 & 11

A look at how IU Southeast and its students responded to last semester’s lockdown.

New Year’s resolutions.....................................Page 13

Students share their goals and resolutions for 2014.

Managing Editor Jims Porter

Staff Emily Aschbacher Hannah Ash Alphonzo Bridgeman Duncan Cooper Kimberly Crowe Erica Farley Taylor Ferguson Marisa Gartland Angrestasia Grover Rebecca Herrala Zachary Kerr Elijah Lossner

Print Platform Editor Nic Britton

Online Platform Editor Joel Stinnett Video Platform Editor Adam Taylor

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Since adding residence halls, IU Southeast has expanded its personal counseling service. Students share their experiences with it.

Basketball........................................................Page 20

Editorial & Production Advisers Adam Maksl Kendra Ulrich

Nitty Gritty........................................................Page 3 Opinion.................................................Pages 14 & 15 Events.........................................................Page 6 & 7 Diversions.............................................Pages 18 & 19

Personal counseling on campus............Pages 16 & 17

A preview of the upcoming basketball season.

Editor-in-Chief Gail Faustyn Aprile Rickert

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Jan. 13, 2014 | NEWS |

The Nitty Gritty

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Briefs and links to news from campus and beyond Local Briefs

Dec. 2 at 9:24 a.m.

An officer was dispatched to a domestic disturbance in Orchard Lodge. A female reported that she and her boyfriend got into an altercation and he struck her. An investigation revealed the female was the aggressor. The victim received injuries to his hand. No arrest was made.

Dec. 5 at 2:48 p.m.

Officers were dispatched to Knobview Hall and the Hickory Lot to look for a man with a pistol.

Officers searched buildings on campus. Subject called in and said that he is a theater major with a airsoft gun and he would come in to speak with officers. All clear IU Notify message sent.

See pages 10 & 11 of this issue of The Horizon for a more detailed account of the day’s events.

Dec. 9 at 1:16 a.m.

An officer was dispatched to Meadow Lodge to address a complaint of students stomping and making loud noises in their apartment.

Dec. 10 at 3:09 p.m.

Officers were dispatched to the Hickory Lot to check the tire of a student who felt his tire was intentionally damaged. The student said his tire was cut in several places. The officer said that damage did appear on the tire.

Dec. 30 at 11:31 a.m.

Officer was dispatched on a report of a suspicious person in Grove Lodge. The subject was located and verified he was an employee of a vending company.

Jan. 8 at 10:37 p.m.

An officer was dispatched on a report from the CA that alcohol might be at a noisy party in Meadow Lodge. Consent to search was given, and the lodge room checked OK.

New Albany fire kills 3 children An fire in downtown New Albany claimed the life of three children and put one child in the hospital on Saturday, Jan. 4. The fire was caused by combustibles that were left near a space heater.

Louisville considering ban on underage hookah sales Health officials in Louisville are considering a ban on sales of hookah products to minors, due to recent warnings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding the toxins found in hookah smoke. Dave Langdon, Louisville Metro Health Department spokesman, said health officials will soon recommend the ban in a report coming out in a few weeks.

Kentucky Humane Society Breaks Adoption Record The Kentucky Humane Society reported on Jan. 10 that it had 6,316 adoptions over the course of 2013 – a record for the organization. Lori Redmon, president and CEO of the KHS, credited a “long-term, two-tier proactive strategy” for the organization’s accomplishment.

Police announce arrest in St. Matthews Murder Case A teenager has been arrested and charged with the murder of a St. Matthews Kroger employee. Officer Dennis McDonald from the St. Matthews Police Department announced the arrest of Aaron Cross, 18, on Jan. 10. The murder occurred on Nov. 23, when Jack Combs, 34, was shot and killed while walking back to his car after work.

National briefs Chemical spill in West Virginia More than 200,000 people in central and southwest West Virginia are without water because of a chemical spill that leaked into the local water supply. The president of the West Virginia Water Company said that the entire water system has to be flushed before the water will be decontaminated.

New Jersey governor hit with lawsuit New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is currently facing a lawsuit because of his possible involvement in the George Washington Bridge scandal. Christie’s top

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Workers at the site of the nearly completed One World Trade Center in New York on Nov. 21, 2013. More than 26,000 people have worked to rebuild the World Trade Center complex, and many will continue working there for years until the five skyscrapers, transportation hub and retail complex on the site have been completed. aide orchestrated the closure of lanes on the George Washington Bridge after Fort Lee, N.J., mayor Mark Sokolich declined to endorse Christie.

Tyson recalls potentially contaminated chicken Tyson Foods Inc. recalled approximately 33,840 pounds of mechanically separated chicken products that are possibly contaminated with a Salmonella Heidelberg strain. The recall was announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Jan. 10. The recalled chicken was intended only for institutional use and was not sold in retail stores.

World briefs Pakistani teenager stops suicide attack Aitzaz Hasan, 15, sacrificed his life when he tackled a suicide bomber outside of his school in northwestern Pakistan. Hasan’s friend noticed a detonator on a stranger who was heading toward their school. Hasan saved hundreds of his fellow students by tackling the bomber, who then detonated his vest.

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Jan. 13, 2014| FROM

Meet the editors

THE EDITORS |

Welcome back Grenadiers!

First of all, we would like to wish each and every one of you a great spring semester. As the seasons change, The Horizon will be turning a new leaf as well.

As it stands currently, this semester will feature the biggest staff The Horizon has seen in a while. We want to take advantage of this as much as we can, by making sure the stories you want to hear about are being told.

We are becoming, bigger, faster and stronger and now have three platforms — print, video and online — all incorporated in to one entity. We hope to utilize these platforms to produce more content.

There is a next-to-new editorial staff, who bring with them expertise and enthusiasm that will hopefully show within everything they produce.

Our look is different; broadsheet was so two semesters ago. We’re now considered a tabloid; it’s easier and more fun to read, and most importantly, easier to hold while you fill out the crossword on page 18.

But enough about us. Let’s talk about you.

We want to make this semester all about you. We want to hear from you: Voice your concerns, write a story for us and send us your photos.

If you’re interested in the arts, write a music review. Or if you consider yourself a diehard sports fan, we would love an opinion on which team is the best and why. If you’re pissed off about something around campus, tell us about it — we’ll sick one of our“watchdogs” on them.

Heck, it never hurts to brush up on those writing skills.

In order to continuously improve, though, we need feedback. If we aren’t meeting your The liver metabolizes alcohol at standards let us know. the rate of one drink per hour, Just like most of you, we are ambitious sturegardless of your size or weight dents, hoping to learn as

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much as possible before entering the big, scary world that is the job market.

We hope to leave this place with as many experiences as possible, and we encourage you to do the same.

As the saying goes, “you don’t know until you try,” and honestly that’s become our mantra.We started fresh with The Horizon, and so far, it has only been for the better.

We encourage you to do the same: experience, create and explore. Don’t be afraid to fail if you know you’ve given it your all.

While we may be new to our positions, we’re going into them open-minded and hopeful.

Wishing you all the best, Gail Faustyn & Aprile Rickert Co-Editors-in-Chief

Jan. 13, 2014 | PROFILE |

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Sorority life prepared alumna for business world

By GAIL FAUSTYN Co-Editor-in-Chief gfaustyn@ius.edu The thought of graduating college can be intimidating to most students. It becomes easy to get hung up on immediately landing that “perfect” job and focusing on living that post-graduation fairy tale ending. Sometimes, though, you have to readjust.

Kristina Carpenter, 2011 alumna, knows that sometimes it’s not so easy to just settle down.

In 2011, Carpenter graduated from IU Southeast with a degree in communications and an emphasis in advertising. Originally however, Carpenter started her college career as an elementary education major.

“The advertising program didn’t even really exist when I first began attending IUS,” Carpenter said.

“When the program started up, I made the switch, and I’m very glad I did.”

In her time spent at IU Southeast, Carpenter said she was very actively involved with the Phi Sigma Sigma sorority, which she said helped her to prepare for her future in advertising and office management.

“Being president of my sorority was like running a business,” Carpenter said. “I had to plan meetings, organize community service events, and it helped me develop a lot of skills that I still use nearly every day.”

During her junior year, Carpenter accepted an internship with NowSourcing, an advertising firm based in Louisville. Her work there focused on social media marketing, blogging and administrative work.

Immediately after graduation, they offered her a position that she humbly accepted. She said she was content, doing exactly what she thought she wanted to do. However, it wasn’t until a year and a half later when she began working for the corporate side of the business that she realized that perhaps this wasn’t the “dream job” she had been working towards.

“It was nice, and business was growing, but I wasn’t happy,” Carpenter said.

Carpenter said changes were being made to the business, and she didn’t agree with the way certain situations were being handled.

Fortunately, Lee Sepata, owner of the CertaPro Painters chain in Louisville and a client she worked closely with, offered her a job with his firm, where she

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still works today.

With CertaPro, Carpenter oversees Internet marketing, direct mail campaigns and takes care of all the customer interfaces.

“Kristina has worked with us for five years,” Sapata said. “We’re hoping to promote her soon to marketing manager.”

Sapata said that he loves working with Carpenter and is proud of the fact that she is a graduate of IU Southeast.

“I can only hope for our community’s sake that everyone who graduates from IUS is like her,” Sapata said. “She has a strong work ethic—dedicated, committed and loyal.”

In addition to the work she does for Certapro, Carpenter is working on getting certified to teach yoga.

With all of the changes that she has gone through, Carpenter said she is very happy with where she is now and proud of how far she has come.

“If I could give any advice to current students, it would be to be true to yourself,” Carpenter said. “Don’t get stuck in something just because it’s good money or within your major. Happiness should come first.”

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Jan. 13, 2014| EVENTS |

TOP EVENTS Week of Jan. 13

Week of Jan. 20

Week of Jan. 13

Grace Kelly

Men’s Basketball

Speech Contest

Where: Ogle Center, Stem Concert Hall When: Wednesday, Jan. 15, 7:30-10 p.m.

Jazz musician Grace Kelly will be performing an eclectic set, incorporating influences from a variety of genres. Admission for students is $10.

Where: Activities Building When: Saturday, Jan. 18, 4-6 p.m.

Support the Grenadiers by seeing them face off against Alice Lloyd College in the first home game of the semester. Students get in free.

Where: University Center Room 127 When: Wed, Jan. 22 7-8:30 p.m.

The University Center will be hosting the second annual “Voices of Change” speech contest. The top five finalists will compete for scholarship awards.

Week of Jan. 13 MONDAY

Jan. 13

Semester Begins

The Tens

All day IU Southeast The spring 2014 semester kicks off at IU Southeast.

It is still possible to register for classes until the end of the week, though a late registration fee is assessed.

THURSDAY Ben Sollee

7 - 10 p.m.

Headliner’s Music Hall, Louisville Cello player Ben Sollee, known for mixing bluegrass, jazz and R&B, comes to Louisville will guitarist Matt Anderson. Tickets cost $20 at the door.

7 - 8 p.m.

Actor’s Theatre, Louisville The Tens will feature work chosen from Actors Theatre’s National Ten-Minute Play Contest. Nine pieces will be presented. All tickets are free to the public.

Jan. 16

Mentor Day

All day Everywhere ”Thank Your Mentor Day” is a great opportunity to show your appreciation to those who have mentored, inspired or otherwise helped you.

TUESDAY

Jan. 14

Center for Women

Basketball

12:15 - 1:15 p.m.

Student Involvement Center, IU Southeast Come join Prevention Coordinator Lori Droege and learn about the services offered by the Center of Women and Families. “Prevention is our passion.”

FRIDAY Beach Party

7 p.m.

Jim Porters, Louisville Jim Porters hosts a Dead O’Winter Beach Party. There will be a “Whitest Legs in the Ville” contest and tropical beach decor. Admission is $10.

7 p.m.

Activities Building, IU Southeast Come cheer on the women Grenadiers as they take on Asbury College in a home game at IU Southeast’s Activities Building. Free student admission.

Jan. 17

Aaron Neville

8-10 p.m.

French Lick Resort The New Orleans R&B musician will be performing hits from his multi-decade career at French Lick Resort. Tickets start at $35.

WEDNESDAY Grace Kelly

7:30 - 10 p.m.

Ogle Center, Stem Concert Hall Grace Kelly will meld her background in jazz with groove and pop promising an entertaining show. Tickets are $10 for students.

WEEKEND Women’s Basketball

2-4 p.m.

Activities Building The IUS women’s basketball team will be taking on Alice Lloyd College. Admission is free for students.

Jan. 15

Bartending

7 - 9 p.m.

Down One Bourbon Bar, Louisville Down One Bourbon Bar is holding a Charity Bartending Challenge. All couples will compete to raise the most tips and all tips will be donated to Star Duck Charities.

Jan. 18-19

Men’s Basketball

4-6 p.m.

Activities Building The men’s basketball team will be going head-to-head against Alice Lloyd College, right after the women’s team concludes their game. Student admission is free.

Want more?

Check out the events calendar at iushorizon.com

Jan. 13, 2014 | EVENTS |

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Week of Jan. 20 TUESDAY Our Town

7:30-10:30 p.m.

Actor’s Theatre of Louisville The classic play by Thornton Wilder is being presented by the Actor’s Theatre of Louisville. The limited run begins Jan. 21.

Jan. 21

Greensky Bluegrass

7-10 p.m.

Headliner’s Music Hall, Louisville Headliner’s is hosting the Americana group, who is performing with Tumbleweed Wanderers. Tickets are $15.

WEDNESDAY

Jan. 22

Speech Contest

Sportshow

7-8:30 p.m.

University Center, Room 127 The second annual “Voices of Change” speech contest will be taking place in the University Center. Five finalists have been chosen to compete for scholarship awards.

5 - 9 p.m.

Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville The Progressive Insurance Louisville Boat, RV & Sportshow is back. Hundreds of booths, boats and RVs will be on display. Adult admission is $10.

FRIDAY Winter Jam

7-10 p.m.

Freedom Hall, Louisville The Christian music tour is returning to Louisville. Featured artists for the 2014 iteration of the tour include Newsboys, Lecrae, Tenth Avenue North and more.

SATURDAY Ray Charles Tribute

6-8 p.m.

Kentucky Center, Whitney Hall Louisville Orchestra will be paying homage to the legendary musician and his most beloved songs. Tickets start at $26.

Jan. 24

Roast of Zack Morris

10-11:30 p.m.

The Bard’s Town, Louisville The Bard’s Town will be sending up 80s and 90s TV favorites such as Saved By the Bell, Full House and Fresh Prince. Tickets are $10.

Jan. 25

Historical Ball

Locust Grove, Louisville Locust Grove’s third annual Historical Ball. Guests may dress in clothes from any historical era they wish.

Free dance practice will be offered as well.

Snowfall On Campus

Photo by Nicole Wynn

IU Southeast received several inches of snow near the end of the fall 2013 semester. Pictured are Grove and Orchard lodges after the snowfall hit campus.

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Jan. 13, 2014| PROFILE |

A lifelong battle:

Student fights daily to keep herself fed

By MELISSA SPAIDE Staff mspaide@ius.edu A single serving pot of black coffee sits in the refrigerator overnight waiting for Kristi Roach, nursing junior, to shoot three syringes full of it directly into her stomach.

The coffee is the only caffeine she takes in. She savors the buzz.

Roach is forced to consume food and beverages this way. She learned in March 2012 that she has gastroparesis.

The disease hinders her ability to eat or drink because it paralyzes her digestive tract. In August 2012, Roach had a feeding tube inserted into her jejunum, a part of the small intestine.

Due to her inability to eat or drink, Roach has to find a way to keep herself from dehydrating. Sucking on ice cubes is the only way, and though it often leaves her feeling sick, she has a cup of ice daily.

She lives a daily struggle, avoiding food and beverages so she does not become physically ill; however, Roach said she believes there is a reason for her situation and does not let it get her down.

“I rely on my friends, boyfriend and family to help me stay strong,” Roach said. “I just have to remind myself that even though I may not be cured, each day that I live to beat gastroparesis is a miracle in its own way.”

In her dorm room, a bright smile dances across Roach’s face as she automatically tucks the tube under her shirt.

Her eyes flutter to the side; she looks down brushing at her shirt some more.

The smile is unwavering. When an average girl her age could easily whine and complain at her situation, Roach smiles, Gina Johns, Roach’s mother, said.

Photo by Melissa Spaide

Roach spends time reading her Bible. She said this helps her stay strong.

In the classroom, Roach sets a backpack on the floor. A cord with cream traveling up the tube was hanging from the bottom of her shirt. A few girls asked about the backpack and the tube connected to her stomach. “Oh, I can’t eat.” Roach responds with a smile and a small laugh.

This came as a shock to Roach’s roommate, Melanie Zierten, psychology sophomore, who said she had never heard of the disease before. Zierten said although the guilt she initially experienced with eating around Roach has eased, it is still something she does not make a habit of.

Roach said she seldom carries her feeding tube to class and does not like to carry it in public. Once people learn there is something different about her,

they treat her differently, Roach said.

Normal situations become awkward for her.

“I went to a restaurant with my friends; when I ordered a cup of ice the waiter thought I was joking,” Roach said, “He told me if I were too broke he would give me a drink for free. Finally my friends told him that I couldn’t eat and have a feeding tube. He acted really weird after that. He brought silverware to the table and ended up giving the person next to me two sets because he didn’t know what to do.”

The stomach problems had started out as what Johns called a stomach virus. Johns noticed Roach would get sick more than most people she has known, but her concern was that Roach, instead of avoiding food for a few days, wanted

to eat through it.

Every couple of months she would be sick for several days. Excess vomiting led to dehydration, which led to immediate care center trips to get fluids through an IV. Struggling through sickness and pain was difficult, but struggling with her situation through high school was worse. Other students treated Roach harshly. Because she would get sick after eating, other students called her bulimic. They used to ask why she would bother to eat if she was just going to get sick. The bullying led her to the guidance office where she ate her lunches alone, and to her dismay, the counselors did not help ease the pain.

“The worst was when a guy in my Spanish class loudly stated that I should have been aborted,” Roach said, “I went home crying.”

School, a place she once loved, became a nightmare until her senior year, when she switched schools. Students at Silver Creek High School were nicer to her, Roach said.

Although school became less stressful, trips to the doctor remained frustrating. Doctors could not explain why Roach continually got sick.

“I was at the immediate care center the night before graduation. I was so weak I barely made it through. I couldn’t even go to my friend’s graduation parties, I was so sick,” Roach said.

Bouts of sickness had stopped for a couple of months after she had her appendix removed, and then surfaced more often, Roach said.

In November 2011 Roach spent two weeks in the hospital. She shed 20 pounds; she became malnourished and discouraged without knowing the source of the problem. Luckily, her mom found a doctor in Indianapolis

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Jan. 13, 2014| PROFILE |

I try to stay happy. It’s hard, but there is a reason I’m going through it. I trust God has a plan.

I have to smile about something.

Kristi Roach Nursing sophomore

who tried to rule out everything.

In March 2012, Roach’s doctor had her eat dyed eggs and took pictures of the eggs traveling though her body every 15- 30 seconds for four hours. The doctor discovered that her stomach did not function. She received her diagnosis: gastroparesis. Her vagus nerve, a control center for many bodily functions, is damaged.

“There are people in worse situations than I am,” Roach said. “I try to stay happy. It’s hard, but there is a reason I’m going though it. I trust that God has a plan. I have to smile about something.”

On Aug. 20, 2012, Roach received her feeding tube. During the surgery her doctors accidentally overdosed her and she was not allowed to have any pain medication for 24 hours. However, the night of her surgery, without pain medication and in so much pain she could hardly move, Roach was trying to walk the hallways in the hospital. Move-in day

on campus was three days away, and she was determined to make it, despite reassurance from family that if she sat out a semester they would not think any less of her.

“There is a Facebook page dedicated to people with my disease,” Roach said.

“It seems like most of them don’t do anything and draw disabilities. I don’t want to be like that. I want to have a life as close to normal as it can be.”

Part of living a normal life for Roach includes going to school. Roach is majoring in nursing. Due in part to her time spent in immediate care centers and hospitals, she said she feels comfortable enough in the surroundings that it has inspired her to help other people by being a nurse.

School and working out also keep her mind off food. Roach said her faith also keeps her grounded.

“Kristi has a strong faith in God,” Johns, Roach’s mother, said. “It’s helped her keep her smile. I’ve never heard her

say ‘why me?’”

Johns choked on tears as she marveled at her daughter’s strength.

“I don’t understand,” Johns said.

“I’m proud of her, but I don’t know how she stays positive. Kristi kept her smile though the worst of it and was always positive.”

Zierten also said she is amazed by Roach’s strength.

“She’s always so positive and strong,” Zierten said. “I would never be able to act how she does. I know she has a close relationship with her mom and God, but still.

It amazes me how she can be like that with all she has to go through.”

Roach said she knows it is important for her to stay strong.

“It’s hard, but I have to be strong. I don’t like to complain. I don’t want people feeling sorry for me.” Roach said. She let a huge smile spread across her face as she brushed at her shirt, tucking her tube under it, again.

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What happened?

2:48 p.m.

IUS Police dispatchers receive a report of a man with a handgun in the lobby of Knobview Hall, walking toward the parking lot.

Officers immediately search the parking lots and Knobview but do not find the man.

3:01 p.m.

Campus officials send out a message that “an armed person has been reported on campus” and ask people to take shelter in the nearest room and to lock the door.

The New Albany Police Department, Floyd County Sheriff’s Office and Indiana State Police help IUS Police check campus buildings.

3:03 p.m.

IUS Police Chief Charles Edelen interviews the woman who’d called in the tip to dispatchers.

She tells him she was in Knobview when she saw a man pull out a weapon and show it to a friend.

She says she did not observe any threat. She describes the weapon as a 9mm handgun with a black handle.

She says the man with the gun talked with his friend for a short while before going outside.

3:25 p.m.

IUS Police receive a call from a student who said he might have been the one seen with the gun. The caller tells Edelen he had brought a BB gun to campus to use as a prop in theater class. He says he’d shown the gun to a friend in Knobview.

After confirming other details, Edelen orders officers to stand down.

3:39 p.m.

Campus officials send a message to the campus community stating that the armed person had been identified and that there was no longer a threat to campus.

Campus police interview the student and confiscate the BB gun.

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Jan. 13, 2014| IN-DEPTH |

Tales of a lockdown Cell phones buzzed, beeped. “An armed person has been reported on campus.”

Fear. Scrambling. And then, relief.

Everyone on campus had a story from the lockdown. Here are a few of them.

Uneasy, even after ‘all-clear’ Quintera Quinn, elementary education freshman, had just started up her computer in the Physical Sciences Building to take a math exam when she overheard her professor whispering to her assistant that there was “a gunman on campus.”

Quinn said she immediately became alarmed and wanted to yell but remained quiet until the class had been told the news.

“I looked at this girl in my class and said ‘I really hope this is a joke because I’m scared,’” Quinn said.

The room Quinn’s class was in was not able to be locked, but she said her instructor, Delaine Cochran, senior lecturer of mathematics, tried to jamb the door shut to the best of her abilities.

Quinn said there were mixed emotions among the other students in the room—some were afraid like she was while others were angry and discussed a strategy for what they would do if the person entered their classroom. One student who was in the armed services offered safety techniques, such as getting on the floor in case bullets came through the room.

When the all-clear was issued and it was revealed that the threat had been a student with an airsoft BB gun, Quinn said she was a little angry about the gun but felt relief at the way the university handled the situation.

“Since the people on our campus, the campus police and the alert system was so proactive, I feel a lot better because if something does happen, we will be safe,” Quinn said. “I just hope I’m in a room where the door locks.

Quinn said she continued to experience fear throughout the day and even felt uneasy walking to band practice, which was in Knobview, alone later.

Professor goes on auto-pilot Gregory Kordsmeier, assistant professor of sociology, was lecturing in Crestview Hall, room 109, when he said a student stopped him mid-sentence to tell him about the alert.

“I signed up for IU alert and all that other stuff, but of course, like a lot of other professors on this campus

who don’t want students on their cellphones in class, I don’t like to have my cellphone out in class,” he said.

“I put it on vibrate and stick it in my pocket and generally ignore it when it vibrates.”

He said he was fearful at first, for the safety of his students, himself and his wife, who was also teaching on campus at the same time.

“In the moment, I sort of pushed that aside and sort of went on automatic pilot, doing the things just to make sure we were safe,” Kordsmeier said.

He said he told students to remain quietly in their seats and he turned off all the lights. He could not find a locking mechanism on the inside of the door, so he sat on the floor and braced himself with his back to the door until a student relayed a text from a friend in another classroom that some people were barricading unlocked doors with furniture. A table was moved, and Kordsmeier sat on top of it until the all clear was issued.

Kordsmeier said although he realized his life may be in danger, he feels a responsibility to his students while they are in his classroom.

“If I had a student try to slug another student, I’d feel responsible for the safety of the student who was going to get hit in my classroom,” he said.

In this situation, Kordsmeier said he felt the same duty.

“In a way I wanted to put myself in the most vulnerable position because if anybody in my classroom was going to get hurt, I would want to put myself in harm’s way if I could, because I feel responsibility for my students,” he said.

They had nowhere to hide Kirsten Goodman, fine arts senior, was in University Grounds with several other students when the emergency alert was issued. Goodman said at first, everyone tried to make sure the message was not spam, then when it was confirmed to be a real threat, some people started to get pretty nervous.

Goodman said the student who was working in the coffee shop at the time began locking the doors, and Goodman believed that everyone was going to go hide behind the counter or in the stockroom, but she said

By APRILE RICKERT Co-Editor-in-Chief apmricke@ius.edu

with what seemed like an afterthought, the employee asked everyone to leave.

“I don’t blame her because she panicked and she didn’t know what to do,” Goodman said. “I could tell she had not been through any kind of training on what to do with the customers or guests or the public that’s in there in an event of an emergency.”

Goodman said by this time, which by her account was five to seven minutes after the initial alert, many of the rooms had already been locked. She and several other students relocated to an open area outside of the student organization offices while they waited to receive more information.

They were in this area when the first tactical team came through.

“We all had our hands up — that was a little unnerving — given the full tactical gear,” Goodman said.

She said once the officers realized the students were innocent, they moved on to search other parts of the campus. A sheriff from one of the surrounding departments walking down the hall directed them to wait out the remainder of the incident in the campus police office down the hall.

The university’s response Interim Chancellor Barbara Bichelmeyer said the main functions of this misunderstanding-turned-accidental-emergency-drill worked very well — quick and effective communication and the response from IUS Police as well as other local law enforcement agencies — and the incident has proven to be a learning experience for the university.

Photo by Christopher Fryer/News and Tribune (used with permission)

Indiana State Police officers move across campus after responding to reports of an armed person Dec. 5. Officials determined within 45 minutes of locking down the campus that the weapon was a BB gun used as a theater prop.

But she added that it would be much too expensive to immediately retrofit all of the doors — there are more than 300 that would need it — so the university is exploring other options that would work until repairs could be made. One proposal, for example, is doorstops.

What about training?

One of the main concerns in the wake of the lockdown has been the lack of specific protocols for faculty and staff to follow in an emergency situation.

“That’s incumbent upon us to provide clarity on that,” Bichelmeyer said.

This is why the Faculty Senate is studying training and response plans. Its report is expected to be comWhat worked? plete at the end of next month and implemented later Many students, faculty and administrators exthis semester. pressed positive comments that the immediate reTwo days before the lockdown, IUS Police had sponse and thorough investigation from the IUS poscheduled a joint active-shooter training with other lice department and other local police agencies who law enforcement agencies. That workshop took place assisted, as well as the emergency alert from IU Notify, during the semester break. worked very well, especially since such an incident has Administrators also are scheduled to join local never occurred at IU Southeast before. first-responders in a tabletop drill based on a campus What about the doors that didn’t lock? emergency scenario.

A full-scale exercise involving faculty and staff is While most doors on campus do have locks, many slated for this summer. are not equipped with the ability to be locked from the inside — an important function in a situation such as What if students have more concerns? this.

“We understand better the ramifications of not havJason Meriwether, vice chancellor of Enrollment ing inside locks on all our doors,” Bichelmeyer said.

Management and Student Affairs, along with his

team in Student Affairs, has been compiling student accounts — both positive and negative — of what occurred during the lockdown.

“We definitely want students to know that you have an administrative team that you can communicate with,” he said. “Theres no wrong answer; there’s no bad question.”

Bichelmeyer said all pieces of information in this in- Many in the campus cident are being community found out about taken seriously and the lockdown by using IU addressed to help locate and reinforce Notify. To sign up, log into vulnerabilities in the OneStart and choose the emergency systems. “Notifications” tab.

“We don’t want to leave any stories out there that we don’t know about, not just for education now but for process and protocol in the future,” Bichelmeyer said.

Dana Wavle, vice chancellor of Administration and Finance, said that while it is unusual to have a real incident like this happen, he was thankful that it turned out the way it did and that everyone worked together so well.

“This whole situation is a reminder that we are a community, and that means that we have to watch out for each other,” Wavle said. “If a student, faculty or staff member sees something unusual, we want them to feel free to call the police department any time.”

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Students set resolutions, goals for 2014

By NIC BRITTON Print Platform Editor nmbritto@ umail.iu.edu

For

some students, the new year is a chance to try new things. For others, it offers hope of getting their lives back to normal.

As the spring 2014 semester begins at IU Southeast, many students have set New Year’s resolutions and goals for themselves and plan to put them to the test as classes begin.

Alyssa Hendershot, business analysis junior, said she is hoping to raise her GPA while helping her sorority, Phi Sigma Sigma, continue to grow.

“My goals are to raise my GPA and get all A’s and B’s this semester, and hopefully for the whole year,” Hendershot said. “I also want to see us [Phi Sigma Sig-

ma] grow even more as a chapter. Not only in numbers, but also in how we are involved on campus and in the community.”

Whitney Estes, criminal justice sophomore, said she wants to improve her GPA as well. She said she also wants to resume playing for the softball team and become healthy again, as health complications – particularly severe asthma – have made her life as a student more difficult.

“Being sick has not only affected me with not being able to play softball, it’s also affected me in the classroom,” Estes said.

She said that, while winter break at home was “rough at first,” she has started to feel better and is hopeful that her health will continue to improve.

“I’m just hoping I can walk to class and not get out of breath,” Estes said. “Last semester, I couldn’t walk to class without having to use my inhaler.”

Gloria Haley, business accounting sophomore, said she was inspired to become healthier after seeing two

family members undergo heart surgery.

“I want to be able to prevent myself from health problems in the future by being healthy now,” Haley said. “I’m going to exercise more and eat better. I stopped drinking caffeine last year, so now I’m working on eating more fruits and vegetables.”

Haley said she also resolved to strengthen her relationships with family and friends.

“I’m going to express myself better and spend more time with people,” Haley said. “I want to be more open and expressive, while trying to encourage the ones I care about to do the same.”

For students approaching graduation, some New Year’s resolutions involve how they wish to spend their final semesters at IU Southeast. Diane Pridgen, Spanish senior, said she wants to travel abroad to practice her skills with the Spanish language.

“Costa Rica’s close to my heart, but I love most of Central America,” Pridgen said. “I’d like to get some hands-on experience with the language.”

Pridgen said she is determined to graduate this year, likely in the fall.

“Having family and a job makes it tougher to predict, but I’m going to stay on track,” Pridgen said.

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Jan. 13, 2014| OPINION |

There’s more to the world than the web

By GAIL FAUSTYN Co-Editor-in-Chief gfaustyn@ius.edu

I hate the Internet.

OK, I really don’t, but like most people I have become completely dependent on it. Honestly, the idea of life without it freaks me out. From that notion alone, I guess I’m in a lovehate relationship with it.

I bank online, register for classes online and even read entire books online. It is a great and convenient asset that I’m grateful for.

However, it becomes kind of unnerving when you realize that the Internet is always somewhere near you; it’s in my phone, my house and my job. It’s even implemented within public transportation.

During an interview with Conan O’Brien, comedian Louis C.K. told a story about a flight he had just recently taken. This was the first flight he had ever been on that offered Wi-Fi services.

He said he was amazed by how fast it was working, and simply by the fact that there was Wi-Fi on an airplane.

“It’s fast, and I’m watching YouTube clips and things like that, and then it breaks down,” C.K said. “They apologized for the Internet not working when the young guy next to me scoffs and says — ‘This is bullshit,’ like how quickly the world owes him something he knew existed only 10 seconds ago.”

We’ve become addicted to the satisfying and fast response of the Internet. We’ve become so accustomed to this sort of “instant gratification” lifestyle that now everything we do must be fastpaced, or it’s garbage. What we’re failing to see is that we have nearly the entire world at our fingertips, and we don’t even appreciate it.

Take a step back and assess when you last spent a day without the Internet. It has infiltrated our lives so deeply that it has essentially become a close friend. We refuse to live without it. I am alerted nearly every 15 minutes of an e-mail,

Facebook message or the occasional Candy Crush notification.

While we are so quick to say that the Internet is one of the few things that is right within our society, I’m quickly beginning to realize that it could be the exact thing that is corrupting and shaping the youth.

A lot of things have been said to have “corrupted the youth of America,” like rock ‘n’ roll, cutting your hair, not cutting your hair and all the things that your grandmother warned you about.

However, the difference between those elements and the Internet is that those things were all fads of the time. Unlike most things that have come and gone within the past decade, the Internet is not something that will just leave in due time until the next “big thing” comes out. It just so happens that teenagers are the ones who are spending the most time consuming this type of media.

In a study done by the Kaiser Family Foundation, teenagers aged 8 to 18 years old spend more than seven and a half hours daily on the Internet.

This generation’s identity has even been titled “the Facebook generation” or “the digital natives.” Proving this generation finds their identity in an egocentric wasteland fueled by “likes,” “friends” and “status updates.”

During the winter break, I headed home to see my family in Michigan. My younger cousin and I were sitting around the dinner table when she asked me if I had Instagram.

I should’ve said no.

It was there she proceeded to show me all the things that she deemed hilarious: smoking with her friends, her more-than-revealing outfits, and provocative messages she’s receiving from men who are approximately three times her age. She’s only 14 years old and thinks it is OK to exploit her sexuality for, in essence, the entire world to

see.

I don’t want to sound like an old fogey, but back in my day, when I was 14 and blissfully unaware of Instagram, the thought of taking a picture of myself every day to show to my “Internet friends” would’ve seemed absurd. I was more concerned with riding my bike or brushing my hair or anything else for that matter.

She also showed me the Instagrams of her friends from school, all of whom essentially looked the same as my cousin’s: young, hardly dressed and doing some sort of illegal activity.

As my cousin scrolled through her pictures, laughing, she began to realize that none of this was funny to me. She looked at me and in the snottiest, most preteen voice said, “Hello, do you even care about anything I have to say?”

I was dumbfounded, mostly for the fact that we didn’t hold a conversation, asking who she was in the pictures with was “weird” and I should “learn to stay out of other people’s business.” Secondly, I was astounded that she didn’t understand that what she was doing could be seen, and by a lot of people. She thought everything that she posts could only be seen by who she chose to show it to.

There are hundreds of thousands of “my cousins” out there. Young, naïve, posting pictures that really can never be removed from the black hole that is the Internet. It has become her identity; everything she stores and shares on it is part of who she is.

Growing up is hard, and so is establishing an identity, but I can’t imagine having to maintain multiple on several different websites. There is no obvious and direct solution to this problem.

You can’t take away the Internet from a 14-yearold, though you may try.

The only thing we can do as a society is grow and advance with the technology and educate ourselves to know exactly what it is that children are doing when they’re online. Overall, we need to learn to appreciate more than just the Internet.

Instead of sharing a photo, share a meal with your family, and don’t post it to Instagram. Instead of reading what people “tweet,” listen to actual birds. Explore, create, run, jump and sing.

Be free to be yourself without documenting it.

Instead of reading what people “tweet” listen to actual birds

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How it is here; aka, it’s just snow

By APRILE RICKERT Co-Editor-in-Chief ampricke@ius.edu I’ve spent my entire life in a little part of Midwestern America known as The Ohio Valley, a part of the world where the only real predictability in the weather is her fickle diversity and a penchant for extreme midsummer humidity.

Here, it’s often too cold to be in shorts on spring break, and I have memories of swimming up until harvest season.

I’ve been through windstorms, ice storms, blizzards, tornadoes, droughts and floods. I’ve seen it snow in April. When out-of-towners ask about the weather here, it’s impossible to give them an accurate description. “Stick around for a few decades,” I want to say, “you’ll get a feel for it.”

If they have recently moved here, especially those transplants from northern cities, non-locals love to mock the seemingly irrational fear and over-preparedness for snow shared by so many in the area. I suppose that where they’re from, winters are harsh but predictable; snow tires are put on no later than October, everyone owns down coveralls and the city settles in to accept their collective fate for the next several months without grumbles or surprise.

In the Ohio Valley, however, things aren’t so clear-cut. The weather team on the news may call for several inches of snow or a light dusting overnight, and we all know that this means nothing. We could just as easily wake up to 3 feet of snow and a city that’s closed for business as to icy blades of grass that will melt by lunch.

To be fair, the large amount of unexpected snow happens less frequently than the other way around, but it has happened just often enough to keep many people on their toes, always alert in case this is a big one.

If the 5 o’clock news calls for overnight snow, by 7 p.m. the grocery stores will be full of wary folks stocking up a bit for a few days’ worth of hibernation. If the news calls for heavy snow, this-time-we-mean-it snow, one could expect to find the store in an apocalyptic shape by 7; shelves and coolers robbed of their bread, milk and eggs—enough to make piles and piles of French toast if locked in the house for two days from 3 feet of snow. There might be one or two other fearlessly late shoppers, and there will likely be a sign posted on the door about an early closing time.

When the snow turns out to be too little for even a dirty snowman and the eggs have to be repurposed quickly, when life resumes as usual, I’m always a little sad. I don’t wish for anyone to suffer any bodily or property damage, but I don’t think I’m alone in being one to thrive on things being tossed up a bit, as long as we’re just acting out this fear in a script and nobody really gets hurt.

Besides, I really like snow cream.

Photos by Aprile Rickert

Shelves emptied quickly on Jan. 5 as shoppers rushed to stores to stock up on essentials in anticipation of the polar freeze. Milk, eggs and bread were some of the most common items by this day.

Jan. 13, 2014|

FEATURES |

Here to help IU Southeast offers services to meet growing demand of students with mental illness.

By Zak Kerr Entertainment Coordinator zakerr@iu.edu

Every year college students face stressors that come from their class work, personal lives and jobs. These pressures can be overwhelming to some students. The stress can sometimes lead to falling behind in course work and difficulty managing everyday life.

Nicholas Moore, management junior, was getting overwhelmed with stresses from life on and off campus. He noticed symptoms of clinical depression appearing, and they were affecting his studies.

One of his close friends suggested that he see the IU Southeast personal counselor. Moore called the Personal Counseling Services and made an appointment for the next week.

The day came for Moore’s appointment, but he didn’t go.

“It was nerve wracking,” Moore said. “I missed the first one because I was so scared to go. That’s a little embarrassing to say, but in hindsight, that was the reality.”

At that point, Moore said his depression symptoms had gotten very bad. He had lain in bed

for two days in a row, missing the appointment and classes. A few days later he called Personal Counseling Services to let them know what had happened. To his surprise, they set up an appointment for him to come that day, due to the severity of the symptoms he was describing.

Sadly, this ideal situation at IU Southeast does not mirror the rest of the nation’s colleges.

According to a study by the University of Michigan, more than one third of all college students suffer from at least one form of mental illness during their time in college. This has caused the demand for student counseling at colleges to be higher than ever, and because of this, many universities are struggling to meet that demand.

While IU Southeast is able to accommodate its student needs at the moment, increasing numbers of those seeking services could prove problematic.

Many universities are seeing a rise in students with more severe mental illnesses, a study published in the journal Qualitative Social Work found. This study, which interviewed multiple administrators from college counseling and mental health centers across the United States, found that more students with mental illness are able to attend and be successful in college because of the availability of medications that effectively treat their illnesses.

One of the administrators mentioned in the study said he

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More than one third of all college students suffer from at least one form of mental illness during their time in college.

-University of Michigan study

believed many of these students might not have been able to go to college without the advances in medication during the past 20 years. As a result of this, the administrators found that more students are in need of specialized mental health care from the counseling facilities.

Additionally, the stigma attached to seeking mental health care has lessened in recent years.

This has caused students with less severe mental health issues to be more open to seeking professional counseling from their school.

With the influx of students needing long-term specialized care, many of these institutions are struggling to keep up with the demand for mental health services, citing a lack of funding, staff and space as being the biggest problems that they are facing. The administrators surveyed reported that this has left their counseling staff feeling overwhelmed and ill-prepared.

Considering the growth in demand for personal counseling, IU Southeast is doing really well, said Michael Day, director of Personal Counseling Services.

Day has been the director of Personal Counseling Services since the position was created in 2008.

Prior to this, IU Southeast had a part-time counselor. With the addition of the residence halls and recent events like the shooting at Virginia Tech, it was decided that IU Southeast needed a full time student counselor, Day said.

Students say they have benefited from having that help nearby.

“My main problem that I would talk to him about was, I can’t focus to do my homework and

I have no motivation,” Jessica Marsh, mathematics and fine arts junior said, about her visits to the Personal Counseling Center.

Marsh was referred to the Personal Counseling Service after speaking to one of her professors about the difficulties she was having.

“Setting up the appointment wasn’t difficult at all,” Marsh said. She said she called the Personal Counseling Service offices, and they were able to work around Marsh’s schedule to arrange an appointment within the week.

During her three sessions with a personal counselor, Marsh said she was able to set herself in the right direction.

Dylan Kidwell, English freshman, said he was experiencing depression and anxiety problems that he felt he couldn’t sort out by himself. So, he sought out the counseling service on his own.

“You never really what to expect when you go to a counseling session or even set it up,” Kidwell said.

After several appointments, Kidwell said the counseling service has been extremely helpful, even referring him to a local psychiatrist to provide him with the medication he needed to get back on his feet.

But IU Southeast may face some challenges in the future, according to Day. “I do wonder if more students knew about the counseling available at IU Southeast if we would have a high increase in the demand for services,” Day said.

Day said that he wants the Personal Counseling Services to grow, hoping that they will be able to do more preventative outreach programs like pairing counselors with groups around campus, providing free mental health screenings and offering stress management classes for students.

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With IU Southeast being a heavy commuter school, Day said that he feels like many students are not aware of the free counseling services available on campus. Adding that potential growth could call for the addition of another full-time counselor.

Even though their budget has been tight, Day said that they are doing really well for where the program is today.

When Moore arrived at the Personal Counseling Service office, he said he noticed how comfortable the room made him feel. The walls are soft earth tones, the seats are comfortable and there are no distractions or noises to be heard. It’s all very personal.

“The room sounded air-tight, in a good way,” Moore said. “The only sounds in the room are the two of us talking.”

Since then, Moore has been going to his appointments at the Personal Counseling Center.

He said that counselors have helped him to keep things in perspective and look at things in different ways.

“It’s started a domino effect,” Moore said. “I’m starting to see everything a little bit differently.”

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By JOEL STINNETT Online Platform Editor joelstin@umail.iu.edu

Jan. 13, 2014 | SPORTS |

Guts. Glory. Grenadiers.

THE IU SOUTHEAST MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM is 3-0 in the Ken-

tucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and is the winner of four straight games heading into their matchup at rival IU East on Jan. 11.

Six of the Grenadiers’ nine games in the month of January are on the road, but they are playing like there is only one place they want to be in March: Point Lookout, Mo., home of the 2014 NAIA Division II National Championship Tournament.

“We got to the final four the season before and now we are third in the country,” Stephen Utz, IUS sports information director, said. “I think you got to look at us as a team that is focused on that [championship].”

The Grenadiers rose to No. 3 in the latest NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, tied for its highest ranking ever. The team is averaging almost 100 points per game while beating its opponents by an average of 17.5 points. There are five players averaging more than 10 points per game, led by seniors Kevin (15.9 pg, guard) and Cameron Mitchell (17.7pg, guard).

IU Southeast coach Wiley Brown guided his high scoring group to a 9-3 record, highlighted by a victory over then No. 2 ranked Indiana Wesleyan, to begin the season.

The tough non-conference schedule has led to losses against defending NAIA Division I champion Georgetown and undefeated NCAA Division II powerhouse Bellarmine University. Utz, however, thinks that the missteps can be used as learning experiences.

“I think they have handled the pressure because they have been in this situation before,” Utz said. “They played such a tough schedule so that they will be ready for March.”

First, the team must navigate its KIAC regular season schedule.

The Grenadiers’ next home game is Jan. 18 against Alice Lloyd College.

Homecoming is Feb. 15 against rival IU East followed by senior night against Brescia University on Feb. 19.

“That’s a big game,” Utz said. “To be able to send Kevin and Cam off, and the rest of seniors off, with a win and a good performance is important.”

When the regular season concludes, IU Southeast will try and repeat as conference champions in the KIAC tournament Feb. 25 – March 1 at Alice Lloyd College. Finally, the Grenadiers will head to College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Mo., for a chance at the national championship.

“It’s a balanced team. They are probably one of the deeper teams coach Brown has had,” Utz said. “They are really well positioned to make a run.”