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Week of April 1, 2013 | Volume 67 | Issue 22

The Grenadiers make IUS history going to the final four The student voice of Indiana University Southeast

for the first time, read all about it on Page 3

Working with tattoos Body art accepted by some, tolerated by others, questionable for professional jobs

In the last issue of The Horizon, the modern popularity of tattoos was evidenced in the article “Artistic expression of body.” Students and faculty alike were featured showing off their tattoos, and it is safe to say that numerous other students at IU Southeast sport ink.

By SAMANTHA FRAZIER Features Editor sefrazie@ius.edu

Today about 4 in 10 people between the ages of 18 and 29 have at least one tattoo, according to a Pew research study.

Because college students look to enter the workforce after graduation, the effects the popular trend has on career potential could be of concern.

These days, with almost half of the population sporting tattoos, is having a tattoo still taboo in the workforce?

Jay White, dean of the School of Business, said tattoos are becoming more accepted in the professional world, but exercising discretion is still necessary.

“It is true that tattoos and other lifestyle expressions such as body piercings are more accepted than they used to be,” White said. “However, before anyone runs out to get a face tattoo, I’d advise them to pay attention to the word ‘generally.’”

White said that while some work circles are accepting of tattoos, others are not. There are certain professions where tattoos could be detrimental to a person’s career, he said.

Lynn Prinz, assistant director of the Career Development Center, agrees.

“What I would tell a student body is it’s your choice [to get a visible tattoo], but you are limiting yourself,” she said. “I will tell you, you are limiting yourself for particular employers.”

Prinz, too, said she thinks the landscape concerning tattoos in the workplace is changing, but for some professions she thinks it will not change.

In an article on http:\\www.marketplace.org, executive career coach Meredith Haberfeld listed the professions that are generally more accepting of tattoos and which are not. Military, athletics, music, digital media, film and styling were all fields she said were accepting of tattoos. Jobs in business, government, education, medicine and law are generally not accepting, she said.

Both White and Prinz said that tattoos are an issue because of the role appearance plays in a professional atmosphere.

About 37 percent of human resources managers cited tattoos as the third physical attribute most likely to limit career potential, after non-ear body piercings and bad breath, according to a study conducted by careerbuilder. com.

Prinz explained that the main concern is for clientele. She said employers won’t hire anyone that their clients or customers could potentially view as unprofessional.

“An employer can’t take the chance of losing revenue over what the client is going to think,” Prinz said.

This stands true for the self-employed, as well, White said. Even if a person owns his/her own business, White said that person “wouldn’t want to ignore the power associated with a first impression.”

“Like it or not, appearance is still a major component in first impressions,” White said.

Because of this issue, some professions have Courtesy photo policies concerning tat- Tattoos have many affects in the workforce it can prevent a potential hire from getting the job toos and body piercings. or turn potential clients away from the company because of predispositions toward tattoos.

Nursing is one of these Some employers make their employees cover up their visible tatoos with bandages or clothprofessions. ing or fire employees after getting a new one depending on the industry.

Jacquelyn Reid, interim dean of nursing, said everyone needs to ask some important questions bethat hospitals enact policies that require nurses to yond the ‘where’ and ‘what’ of a tattoo,” White said. have tattoos covered up while in uniform.

“What profession do you plan to go into? What are IUS nursing students are required to cover up you trying to say with the tattoo? Will that tattoo any visible tattoos while in the clinical setting by us- give the kind of first impression that is appropriate ing a large Band-Aid, Reid said. for your chosen career? Are you sure you’re going “This is primarily because many patients have to stay with that career for 20 or more years? Things preconceptions about people with tattoos and we change.” don’t want anyone viewing someone as having less White also said he suggests anyone planning to professional behavior because they have a tattoo on pursue a career in the business world avoid any their arm,” she said. kind of body art that cannot be easily hidden on the White had several suggestions for students enter- job. He also said personal expressions such as tating the professional world with existing tattoos or toos should be kept out of job interviews and social those looking to get one. networks because “employers, customers, and cli “A tattoo is definitely a long-term commitment so ents look at these things and form an impression.”

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Tutoring Center offers help to students for discounted price

By APRILE RICKERT Staff apmricke@ius.edu

IU Southeast offers a variety of academic resources available that many students may not even know about.

In addition to giving placement tests and running the Supplemental Instruction program, the Student Development Center offers tutoring for most 100-and 200-level courses for just $5 per hour.

“It’s definitely cheaper than if you were to go find someone privately,” Ryan Norwood, aca-

demic resources coordinator for the Student Development Center, said.

Students seeking tutoring can buy vouchers from the Bursar’s Office or the Student Development Center.

If they are purchased in the SDC, only students can only pay with their UCards.

Norwood said the Center works to schedule the appointments as quickly as possible.

“We try to get them in within that week,” Norwood said. “Of course it depends on what time they come in. Our

Photo by Aprile Rickert

Rob Brown, recent IU Southeast alumnus, tutors Stormi Zeis, nursing sophomore in what he calls his “rock-and-roll hardcore boot camp chemistry.”

goal is to have a two- to three-day turnaround on an appointment.”

Norwood said there are about 100-120 different students that come

through the Center each semester for tutoring, and most thought the tutoring was beneficial.

“We send them a survey every semester to

see how their experience was, and generally it’s a positive experience,” Norwood said.

Norwood said the most requested are for math and chemistry.

He said they do not generally do upper level classes because they are more specialized.

“It’s very difficult to find someone that’s willing to tutor those classes because generally they’re doing internships, getting ready to graduate, stuff like that,” Norwood said.

There is still plenty of academic support to supplement the higher

level classes, Norwood said.

“Obviously the first step for any student seeking help should be their professor,” he said. “Generally they can direct them toward the resources. For math, we have the Math Lab as well, we have the Writing Center, and we actually have the Science Center now too. Those things can accommodate those upper level classes generally.”

Norwood said there are around 40 tutors on staff right now, and they are all students who See TUTORING, page 2

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Week of April 1, 2013 | NEWS |

Tutoring

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Tutors teach subjects different ways

March 16 at 5:54 a.m.

An IUS Police officer checked on a truck driving slowly in Evergreen West Parking Lot, the driver was looking for his dog. He gave his number to the officer to be contacted if the dog was found.

March 16 at 7:30 p.m.

IUS Police pulled a driver over for failure to signal. The officers received permission to search the vehicle and found consumed alcohol containers. Wade Niehoff, 20, was found with a false ID and cited. Three other students, James Cambron, 20, Michael Hettinger, 21, and Jerome Finn, 20, were cited and released. Finn lived on campus and IUS Police searched his room and found more alcohol. The alcohol was confiscated and disposed of.

March 18 at 8:55 p.m.

A report of marijuana was reported in Woodland Lodge and IUS Police responded to it.

When the officers arrived they were unable to locate the source of the smell but found a nonstudent using a student ID to enter the lodges.

A report was taken.

March 19 at 5:20 p.m.

IUS Police stopped a vehicle that appeared to have a false temporary tag. The driver had current registration and insurance information he is waiting for the plate from the state.

March 19 at 5:58 p.m.

An officer attempted to contact a student attending class in Crestview Hall after finding a car left running in the parking lot. The student was not in class and the officer unlocked the car and shut it off.

March 20 at 10:10 a.m.

A call was made that a student had fallen down the stairs in Life Sciences. IUS Police responded and an ambulance was dispatched to take the student to Clark Memorial Hospital.

have done well in the classes they are tutoring. They also have a recommendation letter from the professor.

Stephanie Collins, business management, has been a tutor and SI instructor for over a year.

She tutors math, and said finite math is her favorite.

“It’s a lot of fun for me and I like to think I’m pretty good at making the math sound like other random stuff that doesn’t seem mathematical at all,”. Collins said. “It sounds a lot easier and it makes a lot more sense for people who hate math. We play a lot of games.”

Collins said although she loves tutoring, she does not want to get a math degree to teach full-time.

She said she plans to continue working in the Tutoring Center and doing the Supplemental In-

struction until she graduates. She said she feels good about getting to help people.

“You can definitely see improvement,” Collins said, “but when people feel better about what they’re doing--they may not necessarily have it perfect--but when people feel like they can actually do the work, I feel like I actually did something so that’s pretty sweet.”

Stormi Zeis, nursing sophomore, has been coming to the Tutoring Center for a month to get help with chemistry from Rob Brown, recent IU Southeast alumnus.

She said she is seeing improvement and will continue the tutoring.

“I considered doing a chemistry minor, and I was like, ‘as long as I can find a good tutor with a

math brain,’ I would definitely come back.’”

Norwood said it is important for students seeking help to remember that they still have to put in the work. They are not getting “the magic wand” treatment just by showing up.

“We always encourage that if you feel like you’re going to need some tutoring in a course, it’s better sooner than later,” Norwood said. “Even if it’s right when the semester starts and the student just knows, ‘I really have this struggle with math’ or something, get in here as soon as you can.

There’s only so much we can do after a certain point.”

For more information about tutoring services or the Student Development Center, call (812)9412342, e-mail sesdc@ius.edu, or visit University Center, room 203.

Presentations highlight feminist happenings

By SONDRA MORRIS Contributing Writer sobmorri@imail.iu.edu The “Happening” on March 19 was sponsored by the Women’s and Gender Studies program in honor of Women’s History Month. Informative and interactive booths created by a variety of organizations and departments from campus presented challenges for the attendees.

Anyone not able to attend missed food, live music and a chance to dispel any stereotypes they might hold for “feminists.”

Men were well represented as booth operators and audience members.

One of the most popular booths was a game, “Match the Quote,” presented and staffed by the College Democrats. The “rape” quote by Richard Mourdock during the senatorial debate held on the IUS campus was the most often correctly identified.

“Democrats have always emphasized equality

for all people, regardless of gender or race,” Bradley Cooper, advertising junior, said. “The right pushes traditional, patriarchal values and we don’t want to go backwards; we’ve been there already.”

The English Club, best known for its “Lit at Lunch” series held in The Commons, provided poetry reading. The poem “Pretty” written by Katy Makkai was read by Justin LeVesque, psychology senior, was especially moving and relevant for modern times.

“Anyone who thinks the issues feminists fight for are no longer true is wrong,” LeVesque said. The overall theme of the event highlighted issues that are current to women’s fight for equality and need to be freed from the constant threat of violence.

1. Gendercide: Where are the estimated 1.63 million missing women?

2. Violence: At least 1 in 4 women in the world have been raped.

3. Education: 61 percent of illiterate people in the world are girls.

Were the biggest issues touched on at the event.

The departments of Criminology and Criminal Justice and many others presented as well.

March 20 at 4:50 p.m.

An officer stopped a vehicle on an off campus roadway for failure to yield. The officer issued the driver a verbal warning.

March 20 at 8:20 p.m.

IUS Police took a student to Wheeler’s Towing Services Inc. to retrieve his vehicle from a recent tow.

March 21 at 12:14 p.m.

IUS Police pulled a vehicle over for speeding on Interstate 265 between Charlestown Road and Grant Line Road. The driver was issued a citation.

March 22 at 9:24 a.m.

A report of possible gunfire was made in the woods near Willow Parking Lot. When the officer arrived he was unable to locate the source and spoke to a contractor nearby who said he did not hear anything.

March 23 at 5:05 p.m.

IUS Police responded to a request from Floyd County Sheriff’s Department to assist at 3709 Drove Circle with a domestic dispute call.

March 24 at 10:59 p.m.

An officer received information on possible marijuana use in Grove Lodge. The officer made a traffic stop near Grove Lodge and upon speaking with the driver smelled a strong marijuana odor. Alexander Goldsmith, 19, was cited with a misdemeanor for possession of marijuana.

Photo by Sondra Morris

Justin LeVesque, psychology senior, gives a passionate reading of the poem “Pretty” by Katy Makkai at the Happening sponsored by the Women’s and Gender Studies Program.

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March 26 at 5:38 p.m.

IUS Police conducted a traffic stop for failure to use a turn signal. The driver gave police consent to search the car and nothing was found.

March 27 at 12:45 p.m.

IUS Police responded to a report of a hit-andrun in Magnolia Parking lot and a report was taken.

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Week of April 1, 2013 | SPORTS|

Grenadiers take first trip to Final Four Men’s basketball honored, reflects on historic season

By RAYMOND SHUTT Staff rshutt@ius.edu The IU Southeast men’s basketball team made its first National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Final Four appearance in school history.

The IUS men’s basketball team finished with a record of 30-5, and did not lose a game at home this season.

The team clinched their sixth straight Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship, and made a trip to the NAIA Elite Eight, marking the second time that IU Southeast advanced to the Elite Eight in the school’s history.

This season, the team also tied the school record with wins in a season with 30.

In recognition of their NAIA Final Four run, the university hosted a celebration on Wednesday March 20th in Hoosier Room East, congratulating the coaches and players on a historic season.

Chancellor Sandra Patterson-Randles, took the podium first at the celebration and said she was proud of what the team accomplished. She then gave the podium to an emotional Head Coach Wiley Brown.

Fighting back tears, Brown said he really loved his team and thanked the chancellor for giving him the opportunity, the rest of the administration and thanked the fans.

“Fan support has been great,” Brown said.

This season marked the highest fan attendance in the Activities Building. The Grenadiers maintained a perfect home record with 13 games won.

Kegan Clark, junior forward, took the podium

Courtesy Photo

Kegan Clark, junior forward, speaks to a group gathered to celebrate the Grenadiers’ first trip to the Final Four March 20 in the Hoosier Room. The Grenadiers finished their 2012-2013 season with a 30-5 record tieing the school record for wins in a season. next and said he had not been sure in the beginning the team would advance as far in the tournament until after the Conference Championship.

“I feel like we can win a National Championship next year,” Clark said.

The men’s basketball team will lose only one senior after this year, and next year they will have six seniors along with underclassmen who all played many minutes this season.

Cameron Mitchell, junior guard, was the team’s leading scorer averaging 16.8 points per game. He was also Cameron Mitchell, named to NAIA Divijunior guard, on sion II All-American IUS Men’s Basketball Second Team and Head Coach, ranked 23rd in NAIA Wiley Brown Division II for total points scored with 587.

“It’s remarkable that we are the first ones to make history, and it really is a blessing,” Mitchell said “It’s a great feeling,” Mitchell said he was also excited for the team that is coming back next year.

“Just because we have so many coming back,

He is a real

father figure to

us. He is on us every day, but

it is out of love.

On the court it

is business, and off the court

we’re having a good time.

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IUS Men’s Basketball Head Coach, Wiley Brown, reflects on one of the Grenadiers’ most successful seasons that resulted in their first trip to the NAIA Final Four. Brown held back tears as he congratulated the team for their hard work and said he is looking forward to coming back next season.

we really think it is our time, and we have a shot at a National Championship,” he said. “That is our whole goal. You know, we went to a Final Four, and it feels great, but next year is when we take it to the next level.”

Mitchell said his improvement as a player is a testament to Brown.

“He believed in me,” Mitchell said. “He is a real father figure to us. He is on us every day, but it is out of love. On the court it is business, and off the court we’re having a good time. He improved my game by making sure I am doing the right things on and off the court. It is truly amazing, and I am really happy for him to be my coach, and couldn’t ask for nothing better.”

Of the team’s five losses, two of them were against the eventual National Champions.

Georgetown College beat IU Southeast earlier in the year, and went on to win the NAIA Division I championship.

Cardinal Stritch University beat the Grenadiers in the NAIA Final Four semifinals, and they would go on to win the Division II championship.

To reach the Final Four, the team beat Valley City State [N.D.], St. Xavier [Ill.] and College of the Ozarks [Mo.].

The Grenadiers finished ranked No. 3 in the final coaches’ poll.

Sophomore Guard Jake Simpson was named Honorable Mention for NAIA Division II All-American Team, and he ranked first in 3-point percentage shooting 50 percent from 3-point range.

Brown said when he first got the head coaching position at IU Southeast, he did not know what a Grenadier was, but six years later he is the happiest one of them all.

“They’ll be back,” Brown said, talking about next year’s team.

Grenadiers plow over Pioneers

By NIC BRITTON Staff nmbritto@umail.iu.edu

tiously optimistic about maintaining the team’s winning streak.

“The winning streak is very exciting, but you can’t get too excited,” Sutherland said. “As long as we play how we know how to play, we should be able to extend the winning streak.”

Witten said he is pleased with his team, and praised the players’ offensive abilities. He also said there are still areas in need of work.

“I have been pleased with the player development so far. However, we much more room to grow and improve,” Witten said. “Our defense and base running have plenty of room for improvement.”

Looking ahead to the rest of the

season, Witten said he believes in the team.

“We have the ingredients to be a champion,” Witten said. “We just have to focus on improving every day to meet our team’s potential.”

Witten said he is committed to making each individual player a strong asset within the team.

“Each team member understands our goals,” Witten said. “When they become off track on those goals, it is my responsibility to reinforce them and continue to make each player better each day.”

Sutherland said she appreciates her team and is optimistic for their future.

“I am really looking forward to us growing closer as a team in the remainder of the season,” Sutherland said.

“The closer we become, the easier it is to fight when our backs are against the wall in games.”

Though Sutherland is in her senior season, she said she plans to continue supporting her teammates even after her time on the team is over.

“These girls will be my friends long after the season is over,” Sutherland said.

The Grenadiers will be playing regularly throughout the rest of the semester. Admission to their games is free for all students

The second half of softball season is beginning, and the Grenadiers are entering it in strong shape.

The team – led by new Head Coach Joe Witten – has achieved a 16-4 record so far this season, as of March 30.

They currently possess a 12-game winning streak, and have won all but one of their March games so far.

A challenge to the team’s winning streak came in the form of the Point Park Pioneers, who recently joined the Grenadiers in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

The teams played against each other for the first time this season on March 22, and both of their games were close.

In each game, the Pioneers got off to a strong start.

However, the Grenadiers built stronger momentum in the later innings, and ultimately got the upper hand in each matchup.

The Grenadiers won the first game 5-3, and the second game 5-4.

Megan Sutherland, team captain for the Grenadiers, said she was satisfied with the team’s performance against the Pioneers. She did not name any MVPs, instead praising the team as a whole.

“We had a few hiccups here and there, but overall it was a great team effort,” Sutherland said. “We pitched well, we hit well, and we fielded well.

Even the little things that don’t make Photo by Nic Britton it into the scorebook are equally as important.”

Bethany Sullivan, junior pitchers, throws a pitch during the Grenadiers’ games against the Point Park Sutherland, who is in her third sea- Pioneers on March 22. The Grenadiers ultimately won the game 5-3 with the help of Sullivan’s pitchson as team captain, said she is cau- ing. Sullivan pitched the full seven innings only surrendering three runs.

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Week of April 1, 2013| EVENTS |

TOP EVENTS Monday

Job Fair

April Fools’ Where: Nationwide When: All Day Did you know that if you squint at the front page of this issue hard enough you will see a dolphin?

We saw you staring, got you Grenadiers.

MONDAY

Grizzly Bear

8 - 11 p.m.

Brown Theatre, Louisville Indie band Grizzly Bear will play a live concert at Brown Theatre in Louisville.

Grizzly Bear will be touring with Owen Pallett a, violinist, keyboardist and vocalist.

3 - 4 p.m.

University Center, room 124 Feel like the end of the spring semester just came up and smacked you in the face?

Unwind with a support counseling group on campus, for free.

TUESDAY

Bible

6 - 8:30 p.m.

University Center, room 127 Honor Autism Awareness Day by watching the movie “Temple Grandin.” Following the movie there will be a discussion session about fighting for the right for education.

Noon - 1 p.m.

University Center, room 121 The religious studies group is hosting a Bible study. Open to all students. This will be an open discussion about parts and passages from the Bible.

Held every Tuesday.

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY Bicentennial

10:30 a.m.

The Grand, New Albany Handle bar mustaches, vintage bicycles and hoop skirts oh my! Come to The Grand for a celebration hosted by the Living History Committee. Cost is $20

Volunteer

6 p.m.

Hoosier Room, University Center North Many students on campus have dedicated time to helping others and their community, some even more than 100 hours this year. Come and celebrate their hard work.

To submit material to The Horizon for the Events page, call The Horizon at 812-9412253 or e-mail us at horizon@ ius.edu. Events should be submitted one week in advance.

Feminist

Noon - 1 p.m.

University Center, room 122 The Feminist Alliance will be giving a presentation with the Center for Women and Families. The focus will center around volunteering and internship opportunities.

John Floyd

1 p.m.

Locust Grove, Louisville Retired Courier-Journal columnist Bob Hill will be giving a presentation on Floyds Fork and John Floyd. Floyd was Louisville first magistrate and first commander of military forces. Event is $5.

April 4

Orchestra

6:30 - 9 p.m.

Brown Theatre, Recital Hall The Louisville Orchestra, conducted by Bob Bernhardt, will be preforming Beethoven’s “Pastoral” symphony. Part of the Nightlites Insights series.

Tickets are $15.

April 5 - 7

Painting

MLA / APA

Friday 10 - 11 a.m.

University Center With the advancement in technology plagiarism has become a lot harder to avoid.

This free workshop will explain in-text citations in APA and MLA style.

Hats Off

5 - 7 p.m.

Margaret’s Consignment, Louisville Derby is around the corner. Do you have your hat yet, ladies? Margaret’s Consignment is holding a silent auction of Derby hats. Proceeds benefit Hosparus of Louisville.

Archery

Saturday 9 a.m. - Noon Jefferson Memorial Forest Ever wanted to try to shoot a bow and arrow? Of course you have. Channel your inner Katniss and learn how to this weekend. Open to ages 8 and above. $6 fee per person.

Photo by Jonathan Cates

Ian Vertrees, producer of Clear Channel Radio in Louisville, offers internships to students interested in broadcast and communications. Jonathan Cates, newscast producer, has had the opportunity to work with Vertress. Students interested in an internship can visit www. careerchannel.silkroad.com

Hellebore

Saturday 10 a.m. - noon, Yew Dell Botanical Spring is approaching — hopefully. Thinking about starting a garden this year?

Yew Dell Botanical Garden will be selling plants, and explaining how to grow them.

Drama

Tax Deadline

Bats

Sunday, 2:05 p.m.

Slugger Field Baseball is back y’all. Come down to the Louisville Slugger Field and cheer on the Louisville Bats as they take on the Toledo Mud Hens. Regular tickets are $11.

LEGO

Sunday 3 - 7 p.m.

Exposition Center LEGO KidsFest is something for all ages. See life size Buzz Lightyear and other famous characters all made from Legos. Build with the whole family. Cost is $18

NOTICES

UPCOMING

LOCAL Pet Camp

Radio internships available

April 3

WEEKEND Friday 7 p.m.

Bardstown Road Do you like drinking? How about painting? Uptown Art is featuring a couples night.

You and your friend can create your very own painting, while drinking. Cost is $29.

SUBMISSIONS

Where: Hobknobb Roasting When: 7:30 p.m.

The English Club and the IU Southeast Writing Center are having a “pay-per-read” event to support English Major Jonathan Carson in his fight against cancer. Every donation helps.

April 2

Awareness

Noon - 1 p.m.

The Commons, IU Southeast The English Club is hosting another open mic reading.

Free for all students. Come hear others share their own poems, or read one of your own.

Benefit Reading

Where: Hoosier Room When: Noon - 2 p.m.

Put on the ole’ suit and tie or that dress you have been saving for that special occasion. Meet professionals and IUS alumni in various fields from the New Albany area. Free event and open to all.

April 1

De-stress

Lit At Lunch

Thursday

Wednesday

Lost & Found

Kentucky Derby

Exams

April 3 - 5 Newburg Road, Louisville Looking for a way to get your child out? Metro Animal Service is offering a 3 day camp teaching your kids all they need to know about owning a pet.

April 1 - 5 Lincoln Preforming Arts, Louisville StageOne Family Theatre is offering a drama camp open to children. The classes will help the students gain selfconfidence all while having fun. Call 502-498-2436.

April 15 Midnight, Nationwide The IRS tax filing deadline for this year is April 15. Make sure you complete both your state and federal taxes so you do not receive a penalty. File online or professionally.

April 15 Hoosier Room IU Southeast IUS will be having a lost and found sale. Items from USB drives to umbrellas will be on sale at very low prices.

All the proceeds go to scholarships for students.

May 4 All Day Churchill Downs The Derby is near. Ladies, start picking out your favorite hat and your favorite dress.

Derby events start with Thunder Over Louisville on April 20.

April 24 All Day IU Southeast.

You probably do not want to hear this yet, but spring exams are about to start. Start preparing now, give yourself plenty of time. Do not stress that the semesters’ almost over.

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Concert Choir

STYX

Fleetwood Mac

Beautification

Housing

Earth Day

April 7 Ogle Center, IU Southeast Come see the IU Southeast Concert Choir preforming songs they have been learning throughout the course of the semester. Show begins at 3 p.m. Open to everyone.

April 6 Horseshoe, Indiana Come and sail away with the “Holy Trinity” at 8 p.m. at the Horseshoe Casino in Elizabeth, Ind. You have not heard a rock ballad until you have heard STYX.

April 11 8 p.m. - Midnight Louisville Let that landslide bring you on down to the KFC! Yum Center. They will be performing all of those famous hits you can’t stop singing like “Go Your Own Way.” Cost is $50.

April 17 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

McCullough Plaza In celebration of Earth Day, Campus Life and the Student Government Association is hosting a campus beautification day. Everyone’s invited to help. Tools and gloves will be provided.

May 1 All Day IU Southeast If you are planning on living on campus next semester now is the time to start filling out your housing application.

They are available online. First come first serve basis.

April 22 All Day Nationwide Hug a tree, plant a flower or just enjoy the sun. That might sound like “hippie talk,” but recycling even just once this day could help the Earth a lot in the long run.

Week of April 1, 2013 | OPINIONS|

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When it comes to plastic, change must be drastic

By SAMANTHA FRAZIER

Features editor sefrazie@ius.edu “Paper or plastic?”

Remember when we had this option while shopping? It is rarely available now-a-days.

Instead, the option is replaced with silence, and our items are automatically placed into plastic bags. This has become the norm, a habit.

And I think it’s time we kicked this habit.

Plastic bags — and other plastic products for that matter — are not only bad for the environment, but also for animals and human health.

Plastic bags are so detrimental, in fact, that numerous places worldwide— even entire countries in some cases— have made laws banning or restricting their use.

Many cities within the United States have done so, and it’s not just environmentally-minded cities like San Francisco and Boulder, Colo. Even cities in Texas, a state known for its oil rigs, have enacted plastic bag bans, according to The New York Times.

Kentucky and Indiana, however, have yet to pass any plastic bag bans. I think this is embarrassing.

Kentucky and Indiana should join in on the effort and enact either a ban or a fee on plastic bags.

You may be wondering why I think we should do this. You may wonder what the big deal is.

That’s totally understandable. Most people just use plastic bags because it’s the norm, but don’t know much about them.

In fact, it wasn’t until I worked as a cashier at a retail store that I realized just how big this problem is. I noticed the ridiculous amount of plastic bags being used and the absurdity of their use — does one really need a large plastic bag to carry one spool of thread?

I began to research and what I found was disturbing.

One of my modes of research was a documentary film entitled “Bag it!” Most of the information below is taken from that film, unless otherwise noted.

Warning: you may be surprised to find that there’s more to plastic bag bans than what some people would call “tree-hugging hippie politics.”

Environment First off, Americans alone use 100 billion plastic bags each year. That means 60,000 plastic bags are used every five seconds in the United States.

And what are these plastic bags made out of? Oil, —yes, the same oil you put into your car— fossil fuels and nonrenewable resources —emphasis on the word ‘nonrenewable’.

In fact, in order to produce that many plastic bags in one year, 12 billion barrels of oil are used.

It takes 7 million years to make oil, so doesn’t it

seem silly to use that to create something that we use for only a few minutes?

Additionally, plastic bags last forever. Landfills are only covered by rock over time. That means that if archeologists in the future dig into the ground what they will find is plastic bags and other trash.

Is that really what we want to leave behind?

Transporting trash, such as plastic bags, to landfills —and to be dumped in the ocean — also requires fuel and pollutes the air.

I know we’ve all seen plastic bags everywhere in the environment — trees, sewage openings, fields, etc. Their light weight causes them to easily fly everywhere, littering the earth and becoming an indigestible, and often fatal food for animals.

Marine Life Plastic bags are especially lethal to marine animals. As mentioned, plastic bags are often dumped in the ocean. A popular dumping spot located in the Pacific Ocean has even come to be known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Dumping trash there has become extremely harmful for marine species.

Plastic bags are specifically lethal because they resemble jellyfish. Therefore, animals whom prey on jellyfish confuse them for food and eat them. They can also strangle animals, such as sea turtles.

Otherwise, the sun causes the bags to disintegrate, but never fully evaporate. This leaves behind plastic debris, or tiny pieces of plastic.

The plastic debris are of concern, because fish eat them, and this ultimately kills them.

These plastic pieces are so prevalent in the ocean that they outnumber plankton 40 to 1, and kill over 100,000 marine animals each year.

Human Health You may be thinking: well, if that’s true then why should Kentucky or Indiana, two states nowhere near oceans, pass bans on plastic bags? And why should we care about plastic bags if they’re affecting marine animals, not humans?

Plastic bag usage affects humans, and even those humans that aren’t near oceans. Plastic is actually very detrimental to human health.

You know those fish that are eating plastic? Well, humans eat those fish. Most likely, when you are eating fish, you are also eating the plastic pollutants that they ate.

“When fish and other animals mistake the plastic as food – and they frequently do – the toxic chemicals work their way up the food chain. This is not only potentially devastating to fish and wildlife, but to human health too,” explained the Surfrider Foundation.

The toxic chemicals they speak of are BPA and phthalates.

BPA, or bisphenol A, is a chemical commonly used in plastic products and has found to be toxic.

Studies have shown links between the chemical to breast and prostate cancer, early-onset puberty and polycystic ovary syndrome, according to the New Yorker.

Phthalates are listed as one of the chemicals linked to breast cancer on breastcancerfund.org and

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the site explains that it can readily enter the body through the skin. Therefore, just carrying a plastic bag can be harmful to humans.

Studies have found low levels of phthalates to cause infertility, lower sperm count and smaller penis size as well, according to bagitmovie.com.

Overall, “BPA and phthalates have been proven to be toxic, endocrine-disrupting, hormone levelchanging, and disease-causing chemicals,” according to the same website.

Solution

It is obvious why plastic bags should be banned.

Most importantly, banning them does work.

The entire country of China banned ultra-thin plastic bags in 2008, a move that has saved 1.6 million barrels of oil and reduced plastic bag usage by 66 percent, according to the Huffington Post.

Ireland placed a fee on plastic bags and reduced their consumption by 90% in its first year.

The city of Fort Stockton, Texas, banned plastic bags because they were getting stuck in barbed wire and cactuses, according to the New York Times.

Since the ban, the article explained, residents have grown accustomed to using their own reusable bags and the litter situation has improved, said its city council member Darren Hodges.

There are also other benefits. Placing a fee on plastic bags can help increase tax revenue, as well. Our country’s capital, Washington D.C., for instance, has a fee on plastic bags. During the fee’s first year, D.C. collected an additional $2 million in tax revenue, according to The Huffington Post.

I think that for Louisville particularly, enacting a paper bag ban would be very beneficial. Louisville is an up-and-coming city. It works hard to prove it is progressive and following this trend would do just that.

Of course, some argue that a ban is inconvenient.

Sure, it will take some getting used to, but that’s only because we aren’t used to it.

As time goes on, we will grow accustomed to the change and it will become a habit.

And that would be a habit worth keeping.

For more information on bans and how to rally for one in your hometown, visit www.bagitmovie. com.

In the meantime, be sure to cut back on your use of plastic, including shopping bags, bottles and other products. Remember, every movement begins with individual efforts.

Break down of college basketball

Conference Realignment, Prepare for Repercussions

By CASSIDY TEAGUE Newscast producer casateag@ius.edu

In 2005, the University of Louisville Cardinals decided that in order to better their athletic programs it would be in their own best interest to make a conference move from Conference USA to the Big East Conference.

They were definitely correct in that decision, but there is no doubt that their move created a monster.

That same year, Cincinnati, University of South Florida and Marquette made the move to join Louisville and the other Big East teams.

Since moving, the Cards have made an impact in the world of college sports. The men’s basketball team has appeared in a Final Four, the football team has won two BCS bowl games, the baseball team appeared in the college World Series in 2007, and in 2009, the women’s basketball team was national runner up.

This move proved to be so effective for their athletic department that many other teams decided to do the same.

Most changes have been as insignificant as Louisville’s move. Missouri and Texas A&M joined the South Eastern Conference, and Nebraska moved to the Big 10 for the 2012 season.

Ultimately, these moves have not affected much overall, but fans have another thing coming in the fall of 2013.

Basketball teams, annual match ups, and arguably most importantly, the conferences as we know it will soon become a thing of the past.

In the fall of 2013, the Big East Conference will cease to exist in its current state.

The Catholic teams of the Big East will take the games. name and form their own conference. This confer- This shift has the potential to break down rivalence will consist of 10 teams: Georgetown, Villa- ries that give fans bragging rights annually. nova, Seaton Hall, St. Johns, DePaul, Marquette, Every year, 31 teams get automatic bids into the Providence, Xavier, Butler and tournament.

Creighton.

More often than not, a majority Cincinnati, UConn, of these teams are seen as Cinderella Louisville, University of teams because they are not in conferSouth Florida, Southern ences like the Big East, ACC, SEC, or Conferences Methodist, Memphis and Big 10, and the only way they make as we know it Houston will make up an the tournament is by winning their entirely new conference conference. will soon be that has yet to be named.

With a team like Butler who is Notre Dame, Pittsburgh making a jump to the Big East this fall, a thing of the and Syracuse will move they will be hard to be classified as a to the Atlantic Coast ConCinderella team when they are in such past. ference. a big name conference.

In 2014, Maryland and

In their two Final Four runs, ButCassidy Teague Rutgers will move to the ler was considered a Cinderella team Newscast Producer Big 10, and Louisville, because of their low rank, and their regafter just one year in the ular-season conference schedule that new conference, will did not seem to adequately prepare the move to the ACC. Bulldogs for their tournament run.

All of these changes are

It was their non-conference play, effective for the fall of 2013, but the conferenc- however; with their move to the Big East their cones are still subject to change. ference schedule should prepare them for the post Now that the facts are straight, I want to evaluate season year after year. how this will affect non-conference rivalries, elimi- Although only using one example in Butler, this nate the possibility of Cinderella teams, and build brings me to my final point: power conferences in and help reinforce two or three major basketball college basketball. power conferences.

By adding teams that were once seen as Cinder Some great rivalries are formed in conference ella teams to big-name conferences, it strengthens such as Duke and North Carolina, Indiana and Pur- talent in those conferences. This inadvertently creates power conferences. due and Oklahoma and Texas.

However, the best rivalries seem to be between It hurts the little guy’s shot at the tournament run, schools that are close in distance, but play in differ- and definitely eliminates their chances of becoming ent conferences, and only meet once a year. Some the next 1983 North Carolina State story. examples would be the obvious—Louisville and The only thing this transformation is doing to the Kentucky, Missouri and Kansas and Florida and Mi- game is hurting it.

I hope everyone enjoyed true rivalry and the exami.

Although none of these non-conference rivalries citement of college basketball while it lasted because will be effected, some will become obsolete due to it is but a memory now, and we have the University larger conferences and more in-conference priority of Louisville Cardinals to thank for that.

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Week of April 1, 2013 | PROFILES |

Newly elected SGA leaders take office President, vice president offer student-focused goals

“I really didn’t know what it was about,” Tomanic said. “I was new here.”

Tomanic said he began to flex his small amount of influence in the SGA to gain an officer position.

Stephon Moore, political science sophomore, “I ran with my position,” Tomanic said. and Dejan Tomanic, political science sophomore, He said through his involvement with the say although they do not always agree, they make SGA, he has learned about the issues that concern a great team as Student Government Association students most, and he is excited to have a seat at President and Vice President. the decision-making table as a representative of The duo met when they were assigned as the student body.

Model U.N. partners, and they continued to work Like Moore, Tomanic said he recognizes the together in the Civil Liberties Union and in classimportance of serving others and learned at a es. young age the impact simple acts of kindness can “We’ve had a working history longer than have on another person’s life. we’ve had a friendship,” Tomanic said.

As refugees from former Yugoslavia, now Moore said part of the reason they make such Bosnia, Tomanic said his family relied on help a good team is that they do not always agree on from others, even before arriving in the United everything.

States. He said witnessing these acts of service “We honestly have open debate about a lot of helped him realize the importance of giving back. things,” he said. “We play devil’s advocate.”

“Service to others is a virtue,” Tomanic said.

Moore said he and Tomanic are different sides He also said when people are the beneficiaries of the same coin and that they both share a vision of kindness it is their responsibility to pay it forfor the campus. ward. Otherwise, they are not doing justice to the Moore and Tomanic want to focus their efforts people that helped them. on academics and a recommitment to student or Tomanic said he spends his free time relaxing ganizations, Moore said. by reading historical nonfiction, working out and He said as part of these goals, the two are hunting for a new pair of sneakers. pushing for more in-depth course descriptions He described himself as a “sneakerhead” and on OnCourse. said he looks for a new pair nearly every other These descriptions could be taken from class Photo by Kali Schmuckie week. syllabuses to give students a better idea of what As the new leaders of SGA, President Stephon Moore [left] and Vice to expect from different courses, Tomanic said.

President Dejan Tomanic [right] say they want to make improve- As SGA Vice President, Tomanic said he is Moore said the SGA approved the descrip- ments for the entire student body, not just a select group of students. open to suggestions. While Tomanic described himself as passionate in his beliefs, he said he tions last year, but they have not been fully imcould never be called close-minded. plemented.

“These aren’t some lofty, grandiose ideas,” Toman “I do enjoy trying to understand other per “This is something I want to make sure is reic said. “These are things you can actually implespectives, and I can appreciate a good argument,” vived,” Moore said. ment.” he said.

He said he also wants the descriptions to include Moore and Tomanic said they want to focus To present their ideas or express concerns, stuinformation about requirements and structure of making improvements for the entire student body, dents can contact Moore at mooreso@ius.edu or Toclasses, so students are fully aware of what they are not just a select group of students. manic at dtomanic@ius.edu. Students can also visit signing up for when they enroll in a class.

“Our main focus is we just want to dedicate the the SGA Executive Office, across from the Campus For instance, Moore said, some students are not SGA to students,” Moore said.

Life Office, where Moore’s door is always open. good at taking tests, they could avoid taking classes Moore said he ran for president because he that have grades based mostly on exams. wants to help students in any way he can.

“This is something I wanted to do for a long time,” Moore said.

Stephon Moore Dejan Tomanic Moore said since he started attending college, he has been involved in the SGA. Political science sophomore Political science sophomore “I really want to contribute to the student body in a lot of big ways,” he said.

Favorite place on Favorite place on Moore is also the president of the Civil Liberties campus? campus?

Union and a community advisor of Orchard Lodge and said he is dedicated to service because of his past experiences.

University Grounds.

The Student “O”.

He said throughout his life, he has seen people that need help go without it, but he has also seen good people make sacrifices to help others.

“I like seeing people do well,” Moore said. “I enjoy seeing people do what they aspire to do, and Favorite TV Favorite food? any way that I can help them in that, I want to.” show?

When Moore is not working to serve his fellow students, he enjoys playing “NBA 2K13” and My native The Walking watching University of Louisville basketball.

Mediterranean Dead.

“I’ve been a U of L fan since I was two,” he said. food.

Moore said he enjoys learning and is open-minded and happy to listen to different opinions.

Favorite book?

Favorite music?

He said if people have a question, they can come ask him any time.

Historical Jay Z, Kendrick Tomanic said he originally joined the SGA a year Non-fiction.

Lamar, Justin ago because Moore convinced him it was a good Timberlake. idea.

By HANNAH ASH Staff hash@ius.edu

Music professor teaches inspiration through music

By TINA REED Staff tinkreed@ius.edu The music performers are seated on stage in a semicircle, wearing black dresses ties and tuxedos.

Ebony music stands are positioned in front of the musicians. With their choice of instruments in hand, they begin to play rhythmic music as the sounds swirl in the large cathedral-like hall. The Louisville Orchestra comes alive in the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville.

Jerry Amend, adjunct professor of trumpet, plays principal trumpet for the Louisville Orchestra. Currently he is the music director of the IUS Commonwealth Brass Band. He also plays trumpet for the Philharmonic Jazz Quintet, [Swing Jazz Quintet of the Louisville Orchestra] and plays first trumpet for the Symphonic Arts Brass Quintet.

Amend said he began his trumpet career in the fourth grade at the age of 10. Like most elementary students, he was asked to choose an instrument.

Knowing his father played trumpet,

Amend said he chose the same instrument hoping it would create a bond for him and his father.

Amend said his first professional band was “Amarillo Symphony” in Texas in 1964. Then, he played with the Houston Symphony from 1965-1968 and later joined the Air Force, where he was trumpet soloist with the 564th Air Tactical Command Band in Langley, Va. for four years.

“Then I came to Louisville in 1972 to play for the Louisville Orchestra,” Amend said. “This is my 41st year there. I also taught at the University of Louisville for 28 years.”

Amend said he has now been teaching at IU Southeast for 27 years. He said, the university was looking for teachers from the orchestra, and they offered him the opportunity. Amend said since 1954 he has taught over 2000 students in his career.

“I have always learned much more from my students then they have learned from me. A number of my students have gone on to play the trumpet professionally.”

Amend said he enjoys life and has always had a fulfilled life.

“I’ve lived life, and every day I find more things to do,” Amend said.

Patrick Sellers, Silver Creek High School junior, is a former student of Amend. Sellers said Amend is very passionate about music.

“Jerry’s style of teaching is very different from other music teachers,” Sellers said. “The concepts that he gives are very understanding in his ways of teaching. Whenever he gives me a new piece of music he tells of the significance of the music and where it came from. He gets very excited when he introduces a different piece of music.”

Amend said he uses music to work through his emotions.

“I love being in music,” Amend said. “It’s competitive, it’s hard. There’s something about it that I

can’t explain. It’s kind of magical in a way.”

Amend said he enjoys having a career that provides a variety of challenges and experiences.

“Every week there’s something new. A new piece you have to learn. A new challenge, new conductor, other people rate you,” he said. “I’ve been blessed. I worked hard to get to where I’m at and sometimes it’s just the luck of the draw. I’m very happy where I’m at.”

He said has had other interests besides music.

Amend said he once wanted to be an architect and he also has thought of being a farmer.

“I’ve always enjoyed the soil and the animals,” he said. “When I wasn’t playing music, I worked in warehouses and for a quarter horse breeder.”

Amend said he owned a farm in Bullet County for 10 years, but later gave up on farming.

“Farmers thought I was a musician, and the musicians thought I was a farmer,” he said. “I had to check my identity crisis.”

Kettledrum player for the Louisville Orchestra, Jim Rago, said he met Amend in 1974 when Amend joined the orchestra.

“Jerry could have done many things, very versatile guy,” Rago said. “A teacher, a banker, a manager, a CEO. He does so many things. It’s to our good fortune he chose music.”

Amend’s leadership qualities are partially responsible for helping the Louisville Orchestra get to where it is now, Rago said.

“I think what alerted me to Jerry was he started a survey at our orchestra committee,” Rago said. “He was doing so much work to advance the committee.

He would come in with books of research he had done, comparing us with other orchestras and making profiles of where we were and where we should be. He would ask everyone’s opinion.”

Rago said many young players don’t know of what Jerry and the committee did for the orchestra.

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Week of April 1, 2013 | DIVERSIONS |

Los Angeles Times Crossword

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27 Pyromaniac’s crime 31 Lock horns (with) 33 Figs. well above 100 in Mensa 35 Marsh grasses 36 BBC nickname, with “the” 37 Juan’s water 38 Spawned 39 Ice show site 40 “Hud” Best Actress Patricia 41 Yours and mine 42 Dean’s __ 43 Inelegant laugh 44 ICU personnel 45 Campaign sticker, e.g.

46 Cold hard cash

47 Cubes in a bowl 49 Folk icon Seeger 51 Spiteful, as gossip 53 Antitheft noisemakers 58 Bracelet site 60 Cry heard today, and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues 63 Deep trepidation 64 Not hypothetical 65 “Not only that ...”

66 Mayo holders 67 Beaver-built barriers 68 Conserve energy

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56 Forest-floor plant 57 One-armed bandit 58 Descriptive wd.

59 Org. that created American Hunter magazine 61 Potpie veggie 62 Chrysler truck that sounds hard-hitting

1 Soak up the sun

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Horoscopes

By Nancy Black Tribune Media Services

Aries (March 21-April 19) It could get foolish; work causes delays, so call if you’ll be late. Talk about money later. Consider what’s best for home and family, and work it out.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You tend to overestimate your powers and underestimate costs. Everything seems possible. The more old projects that you finish, the more new ones arise.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Think, then talk. Work on the big picture first. Your influence grows. The more you plan, the more you profit. Use your good judgment.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) See friends later; work is busy. Be prepared to applaud your team. Past efforts represent you well.

Think quickly while moving slowly. Conserve resources by sending someone else ahead.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) If you don’t find out, ask again. You’re in a state of disruption ... there’s some chaos. You look good, nonetheless. Travel or send packages later. Visit a partner who provides inspiration.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Use your persuasive skills.

Be brief, however, if it costs you money. Emotions are all over the map. There’s more work coming; pace it carefully, as there’s danger of breakage.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Don’t gamble, discuss money or play the fool.

Provide excellent service, and make a good impression. Optimism enters the workplace, though costs may be higher than expected.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Controversy arises. Acknowledge considerations, and provide for others.

Get a friend to intervene, if necessary. Make essential contacts. Put energy into creative projects, and test out the new playbook.

Proceed with caution.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22Dec. 21) There may be a setback or temporary confusion. Accept enthusiastic coaching. Reassure someone who’s uncertain.

Something planned is no longer necessary. Don’t mention everything you know or suspect, yet.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Review details and postpone travel as complications arise. Pay an old debt, or put in a correction.

Acknowledgment comes from an unexpected direction. Notice your wealth, with gratitude.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) A distress call comes in. Use something you’ve been saving. Ask for more, and say please. Turn down an expensive invitation or risky proposition.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Don’t make expensive promises or believe everything. Challenge authority to get the truth. Keep pursuing a dream. It’s easy to work harmoniously with a partner.

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Week of April 1, 2013 | FEATURES |

By HANNAH ASH Staff hash@ius.edu

Amy Levins, biology sophomore and IUS PreMed Society President, said she is nervous about shaving off her long, dark hair, but she has been watching online videos of people with long hair having their heads shaved to help inspire her and ease her nerves.

It is just hair, it will grow back, Levins said.

“I’ll probably cry though,” Levins said.

Levins is one of many IUS students that have committed to shaving their heads to raise money for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a national foundation dedicated to raising money to fund childhood cancer research.

The IUS Pre-Med Society is hosting the fundraiser and has formed a team on campus to help raise money for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.

According to the St. Baldrick’s Foundation website, foundation volunteers have helped raise enough money to award more than $103 million in cancer research grants since 2005. The foundation focuses on childhood cancers because even though more adults are diagnosed with cancer than children, childhood cancers are responsible for stealing more years of life, according to the website.

The Pre-Med Society is looking for more volunteers for the cause, Joshua Scantland, biochemistry senior said.

While Scantland has agreed to shave his head, he said people don’t have to cut their hair in order to participate.

“Cutting the hair is a symbolic thing,” he said.

To have their head shaved, participants have to raise at least $50 for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.

Daniel Weaver, biology senior, said he set his fundraising goal at $70.

“I figured people would enjoy seeing me bald enough to donate,” he said.

Levins said she committed to shaving her head because she wants to work in oncology, and losing her hair would help her relate to her patients.

“It would be a good way to see things through their eyes,” she said.

Levins said she raised $35 online and about $70 in cash so far. She said her original goal was $1500, but she plans to lower it to $500.

“I planned on working on it a lot during spring break,” Levins said.

However, she said she will not be able to work on raising money because she will be out of town.

The goal is for IU Southeast to raise $4,000 as a whole and for the Pre-Med Society to raise $3,000, Levins said. The Pre-Med Society has raised about $1800.

Scantland said the Pre-Med Society plans to host the St. Baldrick’s event each year and in the future hopes to join other groups on campus in raising money for the foundation.

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Quasar and the Eye of the Serpent

By T. K. Reed

It is a dark day when teenagers Mathew and Sue Robert discover unfamiliar surroundings while playing in the woodlands where they live with their father. As they spot a bright light they move toward it hoping it would help guide them. Fear washes over them when they meet a stranger in the woods. The man said the teens were expected, according to an ancient text: Although alarmed they follow him deeper into the forest, where they are introduced to a great wolf named Quasar.

Quasar asked the teens to find six magical objects, which will remove an evil spell placed upon him by the witch Xaviera. As they journey over this magical land, they must answer riddles and solve puzzles to find the next object.

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