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Students look forward to next chapter By JESSICA STALLINGS Staff writer Senior Chelsea Schmidt, who will graduate in May with a degree in marketing and a minor in psychology, said after being in school for four years she is very excited to close this chapter of her life. “I’m most excited about not having a pile of homework staring at me every evening and weekend and to have free time,” Schmidt said. Schmidt said during her time here she learned to always do what is right and to do your best work at all times, even if you think no one is watching or will notice. “Doing my best at everything is something my professors have taught me, and something that has proven to be very valuable to me,” Schmidt said. Schmidt is one of 1,500 students graduating in May. Commencement this semester will be held on campus in the Physical Activities Center (PAC) for the second year in a row. Five separate ceremonies will be held over two days, May 3 and 4, with a reception in University Center East following each ceremony. Undergraduates will participate in four ceremo-

nies, one for each college, on Saturday, May 4. A ceremony for graduate students will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, May 3. The Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education ceremony will be held at 9 a.m., College of Nursing and Health Professions at 12 p.m., Romain College of Business and Division of Outreach and Engagement at 3 p.m., and College of Liberal Arts at 6 p.m. The doors to the PAC will open one hour prior to the start of each ceremony. Kindra Strupp, assistant vice president of Marketing and Communications, said students are told not to have their cell phones on them during the ceremonies, and not to wear anything not given to them by their college. “Beyond what each college gives the students, they are told not to wear any additional adornments,” Strupp said. For many students it is a tradition to decorate their mortarboards. “While we recommend against it, there is no written policy forbidding it,” Strupp said. Live video of each ceremony will be streamed in Carter Hall in the University Center. The ceremonies

Conference Center would impact campus nature By: JAMES VAUGHN Staff writer

As plans for the unconfirmed addition of a Conference Center to USI’s campus move forward, students and environmentalists express concern for the proposed location. Recent design plans illustrate the possible Conference Center on the west side of Reflection Lake. University architect Mike Mohr said construction would affect some of the Bent Twig trails. “A lot of them are up along the northern part of the lake,” he said. “As for the ones on the south end, I don’t know if they’re going to be rerouted or what.” Trees are going to have to be torn down as well. He anticipates some opposition, but they do not have a plan in place to deal with that yet, Mohr said. Sophomore computer science major Derek Keerl said he spends a lot of time in the Business and Engineering Center staring toward the lake. “Looking out at the lake is amazing from the upper floors,” he said. “Seeing this Conference Center back there would just destroy the peaceful image that I enjoy. It’s my small getaway when I’m spending hours toiling away at assignments. It’s the one place I can look to and see nothing but nature when I’m surrounded by buildings.” He doesn’t believe a Conference Center would benefit the student body, he said. “It’s already absurd to think that they would destroy a natural landscape for a building,” he said. “Especially for a building that would be used by so few.” CONFERENCE CENTER on Pg. 3

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2013 Graduation • More than 1,500 students will graduate • More than 300 students will graduate with honors • More than 20 percent of the 2013 graduating class earned a GPA of 3.6 or better • Commencement ceremonies will be held in the PAC over two days, May 3 and 4 • The graduate ceremony will be held at 6:30 p.m. on May 3 • Undergraduate students will have four different ceremonies on May 4: • The Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education, 9 a.m. • College of Nursing and Health Professions, 12 p.m. • Romain College of Business and Division of Outreach and Engagement, 3 p.m. • College of Liberal Arts, 6 p.m. • Doors will open an hour prior to the start of each ceremony • Live video of each ceremony will stream in Carter Hall • The ceremonies can also be viewed online at http://instructech.usi.edu/spring2013/

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New sorority ‘adds another dimension to Greek life’

Photo courtesy of Photo Services Charter members of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Theta Rho Chapter. Front Row: Briana N. Howard, Alaisha Johnson-Rhone, Tennille Baxton-Vaughn, Chelsea Brown, and Whitney Bowie. Back Row: Ariel Crenshaw, Briony Towler, Sydney A. Watson, Erica G. Langley, Kelsey E. Miller, Christina Pullings, and Kali Hayes.

By JESSIE HELLMANN News editor Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (AKA) charted a new chapter on USI’s campus Sunday night. AKA, which is the oldest Greek-lettered organization established by African-American college women in the United

States, welcomed 12 USI students. David Stetter, fraternity and sorority life director, said USI has worked for over a year to find 12 women, which is the minimum amount of required members to charter, who met the GPA requirements and could meet the financial requirements. “I’m really proud of them, and

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I’m really, really excited,” Stetter said. He said when he started working at USI in 2010, a student’s parent said she wanted to start discussions about creating an AKA chapter at USI. “Last night her daughter was initiated into Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. as one of the charALPHA KAPPA ALPHA on Pg. 3

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GRADUATION continued from Pg. 1 also may be viewed online at http://instructech.usi. edu/spring2013/. Amie Shipman, a senior graduating with a degree in international studies and in Spanish studies, said she is feels torn about leaving USI. “I am ready for the next step in my life, whatever that may be, but at the same time I have met

some great friend and colleagues that will be hard to say goodbye to,” Shipman said. Shipman said her involvement with the International Club for all four years of college is one thing that will stick with her for a lifetime. “Through this club I have been given the opportunity to travel to Chicago,

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Florida, Cincinnati, and many other places while simultaneously building friendships,” Shipman said. “Even though it has been hard to say goodbye each year to my friends when they have to return to their countries, it is still an amazing opportunity that USI has provided me with.” Shipman said even

though USI has more than 10,000 students, it still has a large sense of community. “Most of my teachers are very open to helping students in any way possible, and it truly feels like they want you to succeed,” Shipman said. “They treat you like an individual and not like a number.”

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He said the university has plenty of “Conference Centers” as it is. There are conference rooms in the University Center. Large conferences and events are currently held in Carter Hall, which seats 740. Keerl said parking would be another issue. “I already drive all over the front and back lots and near the (Recreation, Fitness and Wellness Center) and find almost nothing,” he said. Keerl said he will protest any construction. John Blair, who heads Valley Watch, an environmental organization in Evansville, said his organization would not take action against the development, but he’d be willing to lend knowledge to anyone who wants to try to stop it.

“It’s frivolous,” he said. “Any destruction of nature is usually for progress or profit.” During his flights over campus, he’s realized that growth is going to require destruction, he said. “I just don’t understand this kind of thinking,” Blair said. “Why don’t we just tear down everything on the West Side?” He hopes they will seek alternatives, he said. Finance and Administration Vice President Mark Rozewski said he doesn’t know if the funding for the Conference Center is secure, and he doesn’t think the $5 million needed to build it is being taken from the $26 million the university has raised as part of its Capital Campaign.

ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA continued from Pg. 1 tering line members,” Stetter said. “It’s really cool that with a conversation two years ago and a lot of work, it finally hit this point.” He said having AKA on campus will challenge the way current sororities and fraternities look at Greek and campus life. “I think it’s going to provide more diversity to the University of Southern Indiana fraternity and sorority life,” Stetter said. “Their way of service and looking at the community is tenfold to (that of) IFC and Panhellenic organizations.” Other African-American fraternities and sororities have been at USI but have dissolved because members graduate and

don’t get replaced, Stetter said. The only other AfricanAmerican sorority to charter on USI’s campus was Delta Sigma Theta, which was last recognized on campus in 2008. It was an Evansville city chapter between USI and the University of Evansville. Stetter said the establishment of AKA will lead to more National PanHellenic Council (NPHC) organizations, historically African-American fraternities and sororities, to come to campus. “I believe that (AKA) will be the first of multiple NPHC organizations to come to campus,” Stetter said. “I think they have laid a foundation. We have had multiple conver-

sations with other graduate chapters of other NPHC organizations locally.” He said the chapter will be governed by USI’s Panhellenic council, until another NPHC chapter is on campus, then it will break off and be governed by a USI National Pan-Hellenic Council, which will be formed from members of the NPHC fraternities and sororities. Pamela Hopson, the President of Zeta Zeta Omega, the local graduate chapter of AKA which helped bring the sorority to campus, said she’s excited. “I’m excited that (AKA) is represented on USI’s campus. It adds another dimension to Greek life,” Hopson said. “I hope that the campus commu-

nity shows them the USI love that they have shown when other fraternities and sororities have come on campus.” Associate Provost of Student Affairs Marcia Kiessling said it’s a historic moment for the institution. “We haven’t had a historically black sorority on our campus before,” Kiessling said. “I think it will benefit because it will add to the diversity of the institution.” She said it will also help with recruiting students to the university. “As students consider different schools and see (AKA) is one of their many options, that is an asset to our institution,” Kiessling said.

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‘Greatest payment in the world’ USI choirs combines with other musicians for riverside performance By HALEY FULK Staff writer USI’s Women’s and Chamber choirs joined professional musicians, church singers and rival university students on the stage of Riverpark Center for a regional choir performance. At 10:30 a.m. an orchestra and more than 200 voices joined together for rehearsal. USI’s Women’s and Chamber choirs accounted for 62 of these voices. The whole ensemble first worked together the night before, and the morning’s rehearsal was their second-ever and last united performance before the concert. As USI’s choir filed into position on the stage, Daniel Craig, music coordinator, called to his students over his camera used to photograph the theater, “There they are!” Craig put away the camera, and joined his “kids,” as he refers to his students, on stage as the Baritone soloist. The USI music director was to perform “Schubert’s Mass in G” major with his kids, who were dispersed among members more than two or three times their ages. Craig said he had a special attachment to the piece, which he first sang 30 years ago as a senior in high school and then again as a freshman at Murray State. He said it is his favorite mass, and it was a “spiritual experience.” The spiritual experience began with papers shuffling, the sound crew setting up and a young man talking about what kind of PC he planned on buying echoed through the empty theater, which would later be filled with the young and old alike, much like the body of the choir. The empty sounds of the theater stopped when the rehearsal began, commanding the attention of the sound crew. The ensemble followed the maestro’s advice, and ended with someone speaking over the applause, saying the perfor-

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The Owensboro Symphony Orchestra played along with five shoirs, including USI chamber and women choir. Daniel Craig, music director, performed with the students for the arrangement of “Schubert’s Mass in G.” He first sang the piece in high school and again in college.

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USI choirs performed at RiverSide Center in Owensboro, Ind. The center sits along the river and hosts broadway events. This is the view the audience sees the performance.

The choirs practice in an empty room, but the Center fills for the performance. USI choirs’ next performance will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Old North Methodist Church.

mance was “glorious.” The performance brought unlikely people together. Despite intense sport rivalries between the universities, students worked with the Kentucky Wesleyan Choir. Both sets of college students had the opportunity to work with Maestro Nicholas Palmer, Owensboro Symphony Orchestra director. The two choirs combined with three others to work with Palmer, who led musical productions with Harvard University Opera among others, and conducted in Mexico, Latin America and Europe. This was both the choir’s

hard. We got it. There’s no fear.” The choir members spent an hour of most of their rehearsals during the semester practicing the repertoire, on top of music for other performances. Many of USI students sang with an orchestra for the first time. The Owensboro Symphony Orchestra professionally performs with about 120 musicians each season, and more than 60 programs yearly. “A live performance with orchestra is seriously a bucket-list item. How many people do you know can actually say, ‘I sung with a full orchestra,’”

second time performing in Owensboro and Craig’s second time working with Palmer. Craig said he trusted the co-directors, which were all in sync, and it wasn’t difficult to let loose from the reigns of his kids. Craig said his kids were ready, and he was “happy, happy, happy” for what the night would bring. “It’s the culmination of a long, hard semester,” Craig said. “I’m not nervous at all because I love singing here, my kids know their music - or my students, I should say - the choirs are a good family and, you know, we’ve been working really

Craig said as he referred to the moment when the stage “comes alive.” At 7:30 p.m., “Romantic Magic,” the final concert of the 47th season for Riverpark Center began. As the room settled into an excited buzz, musicians glanced at each other and the audience. As the music released itself over the silence of the theater on the strings of instruments and cords of voices, Craig tilted his head upward as the choir followed the maestro’s guidance. “What an amazing sound! Several times I put my hand over my heart,”

Craig said. “To hear that sound from my vantage point - because I am right in front of the string section - there’s this wall of choir that comes out over that. It, for me, is the greatest payment in the world.” The performance ended with a long standing ovation, and audience members complimented students outside the theater before the choir members loaded the buses back to USI. Older musicians of the performance praised students, and one man told a USI student to “keep singing” as he shook her hand. “To feel that, the music just completely transforms you. I was almost in tears,” Craig said. “I was chokin’ ‘em back - that’s my babies up there singin’. That’s my family up there singin.’” Brieanna Goreham, who has had a year of choir experience, said she was a little nervous, but it was exciting. Goreham said an older tenor told her it wasn’t very often he was able to sing next to a pretty girl like her. She said performing with a diverse group of people was fun. “Dan is the most awesome choir director in the world, and he sings like an angel,” said the freshman elementary education major. A member of the Owensboro Symphony Chorus, Virginia Zoglman who is in her 70s, agreed with Goreham. “(Craig’s) voice is so beautiful,” Zoglman said. “I am excited. I hope (USI students) take back the experience and have fond memories of it. It’s an experience of my life.” Breally Bunch, junior psychology major, has four complete semesters of choir under her belt. “It’s a fantastic opportunity being able to be invited back for a second time,” Bunch said. “Singing is always an adrenaline rush.” Students also practiced for another concert with a different repertoire, which is at 3 p.m. Saturday at Old North Methodist Church.

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DEUs connect USI students with local hospital staff, patients By SHANNON HALL Life & Culture editor

Tizer said. But the DEUs create a common ground with future and present nursThe College of Nursing and Health es where they can engage more. Professions is living up to USI’s motto “(DEUs) start to diminish that “Get the Edge” by adding a second lateral violence, and you get to have dedicated education unit (DEU) for more of a collaborated effort on prenursing students to utilize. paring those new nurses,” Titzer said. The nursing program began the USI is one of the first universities semester with one DEU at St. Mary’s, in Indiana to start the DEUs for nursbut it now has a second one at Dea- ing. coness, which began in March. “We are one of the pioneers going “The benefit of the DEU is the abil- forward with this model,” Titzer said. ity to place students 24/7,” said JenniAnn White, College of Nursing and fer Titzer, USI nursing instructor and Health Professions dean, said USI is Deaconess DEU liaison. one out of about 20 nursing programs The students in the country that work five 12have DEUs, or prohour shifts durgrams similar to it. ing a four-week Now USI faculty duration with members, such as trained nurses, Titzer and Susan called clinical Seibert, USI nursteaching parting instructor and ners (CTPs), at St. Mary’s liason, USI on how to take phone calls handle educatfrom across the naing the students. tion asking about The tradiDEUs, White said. tional clinical “It kind of like model allows pay it forward – we students to have started it,” she said. a set schedule “People helped us -Jennifer Titzer while the DEUs and now we’re tryUSI nursing instructor permit students ing to figure out to work with how to we can help specific nurses other people and where they can move forward in take ownership this type of environof what the students learn. ment. The faculty members have high The nurses are “experts” at their expectations for the students, and I unit, and they are providing USI know that. And I know that we ask the students with hands-on experience, students in our programs a lot.” Titzer said. While the College of Nursing and “They’re there for a full 12 hours Health Professions may ask a lot out with those nurses, so they get to see of students, the results show these the entire shift” she said. “They get to DEUs are working. see those nurses come on, and they “(The hospitals’) patient satisfacget to actually see them report to the tion scores have soared, and the only next nurse on the night shift.” thing they can (attribute) it to is the The DEUs allow relationships to implementation of the dedicated eduform and grow with those nurses. cation unit,” White said. “What I’m hearing students tell me Though there’s not research data to is, ‘I feel very comfortable asking my support that, and the hospitals don’t nurse anything,’” Titzer said. know why the satisfaction is so high, With the traditional model, stu- the DEUs seem to not only help the dents may not have felt as comfort- students, but the patients at the hospiable because it could be the first time tals as well, White said. working with that nurse, she said. “The students absolutely love it,” “(Students) are no longer seen as she said. “The faculty is loving it bevisitors on a unit for a day,” she said. cause they can be at the faculty level “They’re seen as part of that unit.” and move these students forward.” A problem commonly seen in The plan is to expand the DEUs to nursing is something called lateral other units outside nursing, such as violence, which is when a new group respiratory therapy, White said, but of professional nurses come in and big ideas take small steps. the seasoned ones are “not very nice,”

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Galleries display student work By ARIANA BEEDIE Staff writer Matt Perez never thought he would place first in an art exhibition. The junior studio art major won Best of Show, along with two other major awards, at the 43rd Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition on April 7. “I’m happy to be where I’m at right now,” Perez said. Perez entered four pieces of art into the exhibition and won awards on two: a five-foot-tall “Yim Yeti,” which earned him Best of Show and the Sculpture Merit Award; and a piece titled “The Suspended Thoughts of Mr. Dwayne Hoover,” which won the Junior Scholarship Award. “It feels like the juror was having a good day, and liked mine,” Perez said. “It’s kind of crazy.” The former journalism major has always wanted to be an artist. “Art was one of my earliest memories,” Perez said. “My uncle bought me a sketchbook, and I filled it up.” Upon transition to the Art Department, Perez found his hidden talent - weaving chicken wire. From that point, he hasn’t looked back. “The USI art community is super supportive,”

Perez said. “They don’t think you’re crazy for wanting to build a fivefoot-tall Yeti.” With the talent USI has, he said it would be cool to make USI’s Art Department nationally known. “You have to push yourself and take advantage of the circumstances,” Perez said. The Juried Student Art Exhibition is a chance for art students to submit works from the current school year. Each student can enter up to four pieces for judging. Student works are displayed in the McCutchan Art Center and Pace Galleries in the basement of the Liberal Arts Center. The exhibition is open to current USI students. An independent juror was invited to evaluate each student’s work to be eligible for prizes, which amount to more than $7,000. “We like to have a fresh eye come in and choose what they think is the best,” art professor Katie Waters said. It’s hard to be objective with students the faculty work with and love, said the McCutchan Art Center and Pace Galleries director. “The juror really loved Matt’s piece,” Waters said. “It’s very exciting when

people connect with your work. Everyone should see the show - they will be surprised at the creativity, she said. The exhibition is open to the public until May 5. “It’s really cool, getting my students to enter,” said Rob Millard-Mendez, associate art professor. Millard-Mendez helped arrange for the juror to examine the artwork. “I’ve done work for over 300 competitive exhibitions,” Millard-Mendez said. “Very rarely are the prizes over $7,000.” The process of submitting pieces and receiving the award can be intense, Millard-Mendez said. The art exhibition was a first for many new artists, such as Matthew Cooper. The sophomore studio art major submitted his first piece, titled “Focus,” created in Drawing I. “I was nervous entering since it’s my first year here,” Cooper said. “Basically I drew myself holding a camera.” His art professors persuaded Cooper to submit his work. “I like the art community,” Cooper said. “They enhance creativity on what to do and what not to do.” They help students see something different, he said.

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Campaign video creates false image By JIMMY PYLES Editor-in-Chief I love this university, and when I graduate, I hope that I am fortunate enough to have money to donate to this university that has given me so many opportunities. But the new video USI has put out in hopes to gain more donors through their “Elevating Excellence” capital campaign to reach their goal of $50 million shows the university differently than it actually is. I’m not talking about the way the video was shot or the way the people in the video are awkwardly talking into and then away from the camera. The university is trying to create the illusion for our alumni donors that USI’s di-

versity has increased since they attended. But it hasn’t changed as much as they’re making it seem like. The people who are featured in the video have great and interesting stories that are true and touching, but the people featured in the video are not representative of our student population. There is not one white male in the video, and USI’s student population is 38 percent male and almost 90% white. Everyone has a story that should be heard, regardless of color, gender, or any other reason. By focusing on diverse students’ stories in the video, it makes it seem that it is more shocking or impressive to donors that those students overcame their obstacles, when it was actually their drive and will that got them where they are, not

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Editor’s Note: In honor of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, staff writer Meredith Harris will give personal accounts of abuse and how to help prevent child abuse for every issue this month. For the next couple of months, I was jumpy, angry and emotionally hurt. The pain slowly ebbed away, and I was left with memories. The memories come back at inopportune times. Whenever I see something on TV where someone is choked or asphyxiated, my hand automatically moves to my throat as a protective instinct. I worry about everything now. I am a walking bundle of nerves, and there’s no reason for me to try to hide it because everyone who meets me notices it. I worry about normal

things, like, “Did I forget to turn my stove off?” And I worry about weird things too - “Did that one little comment offend that person so much that they are forever pissed at me?” Learning self-respect is very important for survivors. It is something they grow up without and are taught they don’t deserve. It is a slow process that I still have trouble with. When my friend Brandi, another survivor, and I have “girls’ nights,” we offer each other support and share our feelings. We cry every time, either from pain or sheer joy. One thing that Brandi taught me at one of our “girls’ nights” is her mantra. Every survivor’s mantra is different and holds different meanings. Pick things you think about yourself that you know are not true - example: “I’m ugly” - and say the opposite to yourself until you believe it. Say it every day before bed and every morning when you wake up.

Say it until you believe it. An example of a mantra is, “I am pretty. I am nice. I am worthwhile. I deserve love and happiness.” Trusting is very difficult for a survivor and learning to trust can be hard. Take time and get to know people before you trust them completely, but also give them a chance to earn your trust. Find a support system. Gather your friends who you trust around you. If you don’t have friends, make some. Share your story with your friends and let them support you. True friends love you and want to support you. If you do not have close friends on campus and you need someone to talk to, you can go to the counseling center, or I would be happy to help you. My email address is miharris@eagles.usi.edu. It can and will get better. Things can only go up from here!

their color or gender. I understand this video wasn’t made for me, and as a public relations & advertising major, I know that it is important for USI to have that image. However, anyone who walks around this campus knows we are not as diverse as the video made it seem. Instead of pretending that we have such a diverse student and faculty population, let’s work toward actually making that happen. So if you want to hit me up for money 20 years after I’ve graduated, find five random students and have them tell you their stories. Everyone’s story about how they got this far in life or how this university has affected them will shock you, even if they are a white male.

‘How much better are we than him?’ By JAKE TAPLEY Opinion editor

I am all for debates. I feel that every side of an issue needs to be explored to properly assess its multifaceted nature, and I find that, usually, there are valid points made on either side of an argument. However, recently, there has been a debate broadcast heavily by the media that should have never happened. This debate was the decision of whether or not Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the second suspect of the Boston Marathon bombing, should be read his Miranda rights. I found this ridiculous because it was founded on a logic fallacy that our government can make executive (legal) decisions in an arbitrary manner. Spoiler alert: they can’t. Carrying things out in such an arbitrary manner raises so many ethical questions that you’re, more or less, causing the system to cave in on itself. This being the case, we definitely need specific laws and regulations to govern our executive actions. Also not reading him his rights is, in a way, similar to what he did when he decided to drop off a backpack carrying a bomb in a crowd of people. In both of these situations, people are devaluing humanity. Obviously, what he did was more violent and permanent and twisted, but I think that the basic principle is the same. If you value human life, you won’t take part in a bombing. Likewise, if you value human life, you will exhibit fairness and take the proper legal action of reading the rights that are guaranteed to him as an American citizen. So, isn’t it a little ironic that people were up-in-arms about the loss of human life but, as soon as they found out who was being considered as one of the likely suspects responsible, they wanted this person to be dehumanized and “fried”?

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Letter to the editor Breaking News: USI's School of Engineering has been sold to Ivy Tech College for an undisclosed sum and future considerations. Acting on the demands by the School of Engineering to reduce or eliminate those parts of the university’s educational experience that are not considered relevant or important for today's engineers, the School has been sold to Ivy Tech College, a state supported institution and trade school. According to unnamed sources from the School of Engineering, "twenty first century engineers don't need those "liberal" classes that interfere with their purposes for being here: which is to get a job, not get educated." The unnamed source went on to further state that "those literature, poetry, artsy and foreign language courses are corrupting our young engineers’ minds, giving them a broader view and pushing a radical viewpoint that is contrary to the American engineer." "American engineers," he said, "have no need for complex thinking, elegant language skills nor visual or aesthetic education. We just want to get 'em in and get 'em out." When asked to comment on a recent Techcrunch article that pointed to a "glut" in run of mill engineers, the source declined official comment, saying only, "Jobs for graduates are always available. So what if they aren't in their chosen field?" Upon hearing of the sale of the School of Engineering, an anonymous faculty source from the College of Liberal Arts commented that "It doesn't surprise me. After all, the sale is a logical extension of the movement to run the university from the ‘business’ model perspective where the goal is to produce graduates (products), not educated men and women (frills)." "Yes" he said, "it is a great day, when a University can finally offer a trade degree, free of all those extraneous courses that make up a university degree. The lowering of standards and requirements is just like businesses everywhere,” he stated. “When the competition gets tougher, you cut the quality of the merchandise as much as you can." Officials from the office of Academic Affairs were unavailable for comment. Lenny Dowhie Professor Emeritus, USI

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Men’s tennis team wins sixth GLVC title in program history By ZANE CLODFELTER Sports editor All season long, Southern Indiana Tennis Head Coach Chris Crawford wanted his team to play with the level of potential he knew they had. On Saturday, the Eagles exceeded his expectations when No. 40 USI won the GLVC Championship, defeating No. 20 Drury 5-3 in Indianapolis. “I saw more than what I’ve ever seen out of these guys this past weekend,” Crawford said. “These guys came in focused. They came in ready to fight.” Crawford said his team put in the extra work and preparation throughout the weeks leading up to the championship match, and it was rewarding to see the hard work pay off. “It’s great for the school and great for the program,” Crawford said. “As a coach, I couldn’t be more proud, and just seeing the guys’ reactions makes me happy.” The Eagles (16-4) won their sixth GLVC title in school history, with the last title coming in 2005. For senior Ben Boesing, the feeling of finally winning the GLVC title is almost indescribable. “It’s a relief - we’ve been so close the last three years,” Boesing said. “It’s a lot of weight off my shoulders and it’s the greatest feeling in the world.” Boesing extended his personal match winning streak to 17 with a 7-5, 7-6 (72) win over Drury’s Sergio Manzanas. The win also gave Boesing his 82nd career win as an Eagle, breaking the school record. Also contributing to the Eagles’ match point total in singles competition was junior Santiago Lopez, who beat Lukas

Kriem in three sets, 6-7 (3-7), 7-5, 6-3; and senior Rodrigo Flores, who hit the championship clinching point in his 6-1, 6-1 win over Jandui Reyes. Jack Joyce, who won GLVC Freshman of the Year honors last week, didn’t figure in the singles total after his match went unfinished when the Eagles earned the necessary points to clinch the title. The Eagles took two of three matches in the doubles competition, with doubles partners Michael Kuzaj and Juan Quiroz winning their match 8-4 while Flores and Santiago won their doubles match 9-7. Joyce credited his teammates for setting the tone early against Drury. “We go out there and try to start off quickly,” Joyce said. “We did that very well.” With the win, the Eagles will host the preliminary rounds of the NCAA Tournament on campus this weekend, facing the match winner between Ferris State and Rockhurst Sunday, making the GLVC title all the more sweeter for Crawford and his players. “The guys were wanting to host,” Crawford said. “They were just as excited on the way home about hosting as they were about winning the conference tournament.” Though the Eagles still have a long way to go, last weekend’s accomplishments will last forever in the mind of the Eagles’ head coach. “The look on their faces after we won is the one thing I will always remember,” Crawford said. “As a coach, that’s what you want to see - that you know your team enjoys what they are doing.”

File Photo/The Shield Senior Ben Boesing gets into position to return the volley during a tennis match last year. Boesing extended his personal match winning streak to 17. The win also gave Boesing his 82nd career win as an Eagle, breaking the school record.

Eagles sweep ‘homeless’ Rangers By JIMMY PYLES Staff writer

The University of Wisconsin-Parkside was the home team this weekend at USI due to the bad weather its campus has endured this year. “In my 12 years with the team, this is by far, weather-wise, one of the worst spring seasons for us,” said Laura Fillipp, head softball coach for UW-Parkside. “We have only had one practice outside, four games on our field this year, so it has been a pretty challenging spring for us.” With the changes in its schedule due to bad weather, UW-Parkside has played 14 games away from home, while four of them were postponed. “Our team is tired of being on a bus,”

Fillipp said. “We have been on a bus since the middle of February, aside from one home week. USI is quality place to play and the field is in great shape, but it’s not home.” Although UW-Parkside was considered the home team, they didn’t have any advantages as Eagles (24-17, 12-14 GLVC) swept the Rangers in Sunday’s doubleheader, beating them 3-2, 10-3. In game one, sophomore Brooke Harmening threw 101 pitches, giving up only seven hits through seven innings of work, improving her season record to 17-9. The Eagles were able to make Harmening the winning pitcher thanks to a seventh inning rally with USI down to its last out, the tying run at third and the goahead run at second base.

Junior outfielder Kyla Gogel hit a ground ball that was mishandled by Rangers shortstop Jessica Loy which went into center field, allowing both runners to score and the Eagles escaped with a 3-2 win. Going into the second game, the Eagles started up where they left off. In the third inning, the Eagles scored a pair of runs as junior Kelsey Jankowski followed Harmening’s RBI-double with an RBI-single, giving USI a 2-0 lead in the top of the third inning before the Rangers answered by putting three runs on the board, taking a 3-2 lead. The Eagles had a huge fourth inning thanks to a two-out grand slam by Jankowski, bringing in four runs to put USI up 6-3. “I didn’t feel it when I hit it, but after it

went over the fence, it felt good,” Jankowski said “It’s always a good feeling to help the team out.” Jankowski went 2-4 and had five RBI’s in the second game. After the six run fourth inning, freshman pitcher Sarah Owens shut down the Rangers offense, throwing four scoreless innings as she earned a complete-game victory for the Eagles, giving up three runs off nine hits. Owens improved her record to 6-7. The Eagles will wrap up the regular season this week with games against Kentucky Wesleyan College, Bellarmine University and McKendree University, in hopes of earning a wildcard spot in the Great Lakes Valley Conference tournament.

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Spring Semester

Housing & Residence Life closes on Wednesday, May 8 at 6 pm. Residents must be out 24 hours 6 pm on May 8, whichever

Need to Stay Late? If a resident needs to stay after 6 pm on May 8, then a Request to Stay Late - Spring 2013 form must be completed. Stay Late requests must be submitted no later than Monday, May 6. Form available at: https://www.usi.edu/housing/online-forms/stay-laterequest/stay-late-request-form

If you need to stay after May 12, but not the full summer: You must complete a summer housing contract. Residents will be charged by the day for all days in Housing after May 12. Contract is available online at: https://www.usi.edu/media/954960/summer_contract_2013.pdf

Midnight Breakfast/Chill Out On Tuesday, April 30, take a break from your studies to get some late-night served to students in The Loft and Carter Hall. This event is sponsored by SHA and APB. Bring $1 to eat or a canned good for Archieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Closet!

Staying for Summer? Intensive Study Hours If you are staying for summer, you do not have to move from your room. You need to Study hours begin 11:59 pm have completed a summer housing contract on Tuesday, April 30. The HRL by May 1. HRL will contact you when you can move to your summer housing assignment. halls & study lounges will be Residents will be housed in McDonald West. reserved as a quiet study Only four person/two bedroom apartments are available for summer. Residents must be enrolled in 3 credit hours per summer session to be eligible for housing.