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Students sign a pledge to fight against sexual assault against women at the 2012 Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event.
By JESSIE HELLMANN News editor The Board of Trustees took its first step in USI President Linda Bennett’s tenure evaluation Tuesday night in a way that is entirely new to the university. This is the first time an outside firm helped with a presidential evaluation, but the trustees thought it was necessary because the university had never formed a formal evaluation policy. Stephen Portch, from the firm PapAs any president pas Consulting Group, Inc., confaces, she is torn ducted the interwith her time. I views and focus groups that took know there are course over a day times when she and a half. The firm is wishes she had based out of an extra 24 hours Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., and in a day to do has worked on what she feels she reforming presidential evaluation needs to do. processes with schools such as -Mary Hupfer Eastern Kentucky Assistant Vice President University and for Business Affairs The College of New Jersey. “Ironically almost everyone got evaluated formally except the president, and (the board) started to look around for best practices,” Portch said. “We got into conversation, and they’ve now adopted a policy which calls for an annual evaluation by the board of the president.” Before this year, none of USI’s three presidents have ever had a comprehensive, or a “360,” evaluation. He said the informal evaluation, which occurs annually, will be primarily conducted by the board, but every few years an outside consultant will be brought in. “No less than every five years, but probably a little sooner, (the board) will conduct what’s called a comprehensive evaluation where they would engage someone like myself to come in and conduct EVALUATION on Pg. 3
Men walk to end violence against women By JESSICA STALLINGS Staff writer
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Participants raise their signs in protest of violence against women while wearing high heels and T-shirts for the 2012 Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event.
Tyler Pipes has his own pair of high heels prepared for this year’s Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event. “They’ll hopefully show off my legs,” Pipes, senior kinesiology and sports management major, said. “Unfortunately, we haven’t had too much sun to work on my tan, but the heels will make up for it.” On April 9, Albion Fellows Bacon Center and USI will hold the seventh annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event. This event is an international men’s march to stop rape, sexual assault and gender violence. Albion Fellows Bacon Center is a nonprofit agency that serves victims of domestic and sexual violence. The center provides emergency shelter, a 24-hour crisis line, short-term individual crisis, counseling, support groups, and legal and medical advocacy to victims and their friends and family. Pipes said the more people that become informed of the many ways to prevent these situations as well as how to overcome them, the more likely these terrible things will be WALK A MILE on Pg. 3
Visitor, Conference Centers a possibility Plans for new campus buildings in early stages By JAMES VAUGHN Staff writer If university donors give the university enough money, a Visitor Center and a Conference Center could be added to USI’s campus. Vice President for Finance and Administration Mark Rozewski said construction could start years from now as they are in the very early stages of planning.
He said he doesn’t know for certain who the donors are, but he has an idea. “If it’s not completely donorfunded, it won’t be built,” Rozewski said. He said the university is not spending any money on the project because it’s not a priority. Core academic projects, such as renovating the Biology Department, are more important. “Our money is really hard to come by,” Rozewski said. “It’s really just the core academic stuff that needs to be done with state dollars.” He projected the Visitor Center to cost around $2 million and the Conference Center to cost around $5 million. The Conference Center, which will span about 15,000 square feet, has an unconfirmed site
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near Reflection Lake, he said. There are no plans for the location of a 5,000-square-foot Visitor Center yet. “Each will have their own life cycle,” Rozewski said. “Nothing is firm yet.” He said most universities have a Visitor Center for prospective students and their families. “We only have the lobby of the Orr (Center), which is nice, but it’s not standard for creating a good first impression,” Rozewski said. Stephen Helfrich, director of facility operations and planning, presented the project at the March 7 Board of Trustees meeting. He said it’s in the earliest stage of design. “In our business, we call it the conceptual phase,” he said.
Helfrich said it would take about a year to fully design the buildings. If they weren’t on a donor schedule, they could have construction going as early as next summer. Sophomore communication studies major Morgan Watkins said it sounds like a great idea as long as the building costs do not affect the price she pays for tuition. “I don’t know if we need it right now, but USI is expanding at a fast rate,” she said. “We’re going to need it in the future.” Watkins doesn’t agree that renovating the Biology Department should be a priority. “I think that university money should go toward something that will benefit everyone and not just one department,” she said.
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News Briefs Law enforcement panel USI’s fifth annual law enforcement panel discussion will take place from 4:30 to 6 p.m. April 3 in the Forum 2. People from several branches of law enforcement will make up the panel of presenters. For more information call Bobbi Russell Miller at 812-465-1624.
USI Security Incident Log 03/20 - 03/27 Code of Conduct – Explosives/Fireworks OʼDaniel Lane 3/20/13 10:02 p.m. Closed
Code of Conduct – Parking Violation Various Locations 3/22/13 8:00 a.m. Closed
Issued in Error 943B Eckels Lane 3/20/13 11:56 p.m Closed
Traffic Accident – Hit and Run 904B McDonald Lane 3/23/13 2:01 p.m. Closed Illness Report 7848A Mahrenholz Road 3/23/13 5:52 a.m. Closed
Illness Report 943B Eckels Lane 3/20/13 11:56 p.m. Closed Fire – Alarm OʼBannon Hall 3/20/13 3:04 p.m. Closed Injury Report Broadway Sports Complex 3/20/13 5:32 a.m. Closed Code of Conduct – Co-Habitation 933 Varsity Drive 3/20/13 5:50 p.m. Closed Theft Rec. and Fitness Center 3/20/13 9:49 p.m. Closed
Code of Conduct – Alcohol Violation 7848A Mahrenholz Road 3/23/13 5:52 a.m. Closed Fire- Order Investigation Technology Center 3/25/13 10:54 p.m. Closed Suspicious Circumstances Rec. and Fitness Center 3/25/13 12:30 a.m. Closed Illness Report Liberal Arts Center 3/25/13 3:29 p.m. Closed
Code of Conduct – Disruption – Roommate 823A Moutoux Lane 3/21/13 4:32 p.m. Closed
Lost Property Report See Report 3/26/13 10:47 a.m. Closed
Illness Report Forum Wing 3/21/13 7:32 p.m. Closed
Illness Report Orr Center Drive 3/26/13 12:52 p.m. Closed
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Fire – False Alarm (Pulled) 911A Eckels Lane 3/22/13 10:32 p.m. Closed Incident Report (Information Only) 819A Buschkill Lane 3/22/13 11:29 a.m. Closed Traffic Accident Clarke Lane 3/22/13 2:02 p.m. Closed Incident Report (Information Only) Private Off Campus Residence 3/22/13 6:00 p.m. Closed
Drugs – Possession OʼBannon Hall 3/26/13 12:56 a.m. Closed Code of Conduct – Disruption – Roommate 819B Jarrett Lane 3/26/13 6:05 p.m. Closed Code of Conduct – Co-Habitation 819B Jarrett Lane 3/26/13 6:05 p.m. Closed Illness Report Business and Engineering Center 3/27/13 12:24 a.m. Closed
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WALK A MILE continued from Pg. 1 completely eliminated from the area. “Having domestic abuse come close to my family proved that it could happen to anyone,” Pipes said. “Being able to inform others about the precautionary steps as well as what to do and who to go to while in the terrible situation is the least someone in my position can do.” Pipes said this is his fourth year participating in the walk. He initially got involved with the Rugby Club, which helps out and participates each year. Jordan Whitledge, senior business administration and economics major, said the USI community has embraced the event and what it stands for, and it continues to grow every year. “My favorite thing about the event is standing, even in high heels, with men and women throughout the community to (stand against) an important issue like gender violence,” Whitledge said. Whitledge said USI has dedicated and involved students, administrators and community members that want to bring this issue to light and stop gender violence. “It is an important issue for our students,” Whit-
ledge said. “We want to stop gender violence on our campus, and this is one
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way we hope to do it.” Christina Wick, who is in charge of the event, and
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes When: April 9 Time: 5 p.m. Where: University Center Amphitheater
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Rugby team members walk on campus in high heels in the 2012 Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event. Albion Fellows Bacon Center and USI host the annual event to raise awareness about sexual assault against women.
has worked with Albion Fellows Bacon Center since the walk began, and she said she is proud of the community support and student body support that comes together for this event each year. “I hope for this year we have a bigger crowd of students and members of the community,” Wick said. “Also, for more people to take action to stop violence.” Wick said this is the only walk like it in southern Indiana, and the Albion Fellows Bacon Center works with USI in a Sexual Assault Task Force. She said she wants people to be more aware that everyone can do their part to stop violence. “We encourage victims to speak out,” Wick said. “Definitely talking to someone is a big part of the healing process.” At the walk, a young man will speak about how child sexual abuse had an impact on his life and his role with helping other survivors. The event is free and open to the public. Men, women and children are allowed to participate. Registration begins at 5 p.m. in the University Center Amphitheater, near the Cone.
EVALUATION continued from Pg. 1 focus groups, talk to stakeholders and gather some information, and then synthesize that information and present it as a report to the board,” Portch said. About 15 faculty members and administrators showed up for the focus group and had a mixture of things to say. Assistant Vice President for Business Affairs Mary Hupfer said she knows Bennett cares about the university a lot, but time may limit her. “I think that she would do anything in her power to grow the institution and strengthen the institution,” Hupfer said. “As any president faces, she is torn with her time. I know there are times when she wishes she had an extra 24 hours in a day to do what she feels she needs to do.” Lee Ann Shafer, academic programs adviser for the division of outreach and engagement, said she’s not sure if the strategic plan, which Bennett had a hand in putting together and was approved by the board in summer 2010, is making any headway. “I was really pleasantly surprised to have a strategic plan developed,” Shafer said. “I know that the board of trustees is holding her and the upper level of management of our university accountable for the plan, but I would just say that those goals have not necessarily been achieved, or some of those have not have had progress made.”
She said she is worried that the efforts toward helping the strategic plan get dropped when the university is working on other projects. “The many of us who have a part in that process and pin some hopes on progress as a way of moving forward - where is that going?” she said. “Is it dropped? Are we going to drop it to work on other things?” Others present said Bennett should take into consideration everyone’s issues, not just those of the administration. But overall, everyone agreed she is approachable. The draft of the presidential evaluation proposal has yet to be passed by the board. It includes metrics by which the president will be evaluated and was proposed by the Board of Trustees in a meeting in Indianapolis in January. Members were told to read over the proposal and be ready to discuss it at the next meeting in March. This month, the members discussed it briefly citing that the strategic plan wasn’t mentioned in the proposal, and they moved to have it included and brought up and possibly voted on at the next meeting, which will occur May 2. Every trustee was contacted by The Shield yesterday. Both Ted Ziemer and Jeff Dunn were on vacation and could not be reached for comment. All other trustees did not return calls as of Wednesday.
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Day in the life: Tim Mahoney BY JAMES VAUGHN Staff writer It’s 5:30 a.m. Campus is dead. The parking lots are empty for a change. Not a soul is in sight. Blistering winds and snow falling under the dim lights in March are about the only interesting things about USI on this early Monday morning – except for the fact that Timothy Mahoney has already begun his work day. The doors to the Business and Engineering Center don’t automatically unlock until 6 a.m., but that doesn’t stop Mahoney from preparing for the day’s classes. Once he sets everything down in his office, he proceeds to turn on all the lights in the College of Business. “This is my morning routine,” he said as he flipped the light switches. He reads the Wall Street Journal from front to back in the room next door to his office. “That is one of the best buys I’ve made,” Mahoney said, pointing to a standup table. “It’s not good to sit at a desk a lot, so I can read and grade things a lot better at that table.” He said he enjoys the print version of the Journal, but he also likes the electronic version because if he reads something he thinks a student or faculty member on his email list might like, he can share it with them. Mahoney has been with the university since 1988. He said he’s had a pretty similar routine for those 25 years - a routine that doesn’t end at reading the newspaper. At 7 a.m. every day, Mahoney swims in the campus pool located in the Physical Activities Center. “It’s good exercise,” he
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Economics Instructor Timothy Mahoney shares articles he read in the Wall Street Journal with students and faculty members on his email list.
said. “It’s a great way to wake up and a great way to start to the day. It gives me a chance to clear my head and come up with some ideas for class.” On his way to the pool, he walks past the Teaching Theatre construction site. “It’s kind of fun walking past this place every day,” he said. “You get to see it go up.” He swims on Sundays and during the summer as well, which means he has swam almost every day since he was hired at USI. “We all sort of pick sports we’re comfortable with,” he said. “It’s been a lifelong activity and unlike a lot of sports, I can enjoy it at any time.” After a 30-minute swim and a shower, Mahoney heads back to his office. As he makes his way back, he has a friendly hello for most passerbys. At 8 a.m., his door opens to meet with students. His Fundamentals of Economics course begins
at 10 a.m. After about 20 minutes of discussing the Wall Street Journal, he gets to his lesson for the day. “When you start to read more and more things, the world opens up to a lot more,” he said to the class of 56 students. The class gets a quick break from bonds, stocks and mutual funds when the navigation system on a student’s phone interrupts. “Are you getting a message from outer space?” Mahoney joked. The students laughed. Following his second class at noon, he meets with students for the rest of the afternoon. He talks to them about various things, from scheduling courses to discussing an assignment to evaluating personal finances. “I have one student coming in today to talk about his 401K,” Mahoney said. “He’s working for a local company and
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Mahoney starts his mornings by reading the Wall Street Journal from front to back.
he’s confused about some things.” Sophomore finance major Marcus Richards said Mahoney helped him switch majors. “I met with him a few times, and he got me set up,” Richards said.
Richards said he went to him for advice because five people referred him to Mahoney. “When I went there, there was a line of about seven other students, and he still made time for me within about 15 minutes,”
Richards said. “I just go to my adviser now, but I’d recommend him to anyone.” He gives Mahoney a nine on a 10-point scale. Mahoney left a lasting impression on Danielle Norris, who graduated from USI with a bachelor’s degree in journalism, Spanish and international studies in 2011. “(Mahoney’s classes) had practical applications to my life,” Norris said. “Reading the Wall Street Journal was a highlight for me. Mr. Mahoney used it to demonstrate how what’s going on in the world can affect our economic situation.” She took the class in 2008, which is when the housing crisis began, the DOW plummeted and bail-out talks began. “It was an interesting time to be studying economics,” Norris said. Before beginning graduate school, Norris worked full-time at Berry Plastics, where she opened a 401K. When she left the company, she rolled it over into a traditional IRA fund, which consists of a group of mutual funds. “Mahoney’s class was the closest thing to a financial literacy course I’d taken,” Norris said. “I wouldn’t know a stock from a mutual fund if it weren’t for his class.” She said she feels that everyone should take his class or something similar to it. “It is as important to liberal arts students like myself as it is to business students,” Norris said. “Even if you are certain you’ll find a well-paying job that you love right out of college, chances are you won’t have the funds to hire someone to manage your finances right away.”
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Bless My Souls takes off running BY ARIANA BEEDIE Staff writer Megan Lengacher makes shoes. Working between, before and after classes, she uses fabric markers to recreate images and designs for a small price. The freshman graphic design major maintains this hobby, along with schoolwork, just for the love of art. Her business, Bless My Soles, took off this semester. Now she is making more shoes than ever before. “It became really popular here on campus,” she said. “This month I’ve had 30 people want shoes.” Lengacher’s wearable art creations began as simple pair she designed for herself in summer of 2011. A year later, she created a Facebook page that showcases her talent. Other Facebook users are able to check out her latest pairs and others that are for sale. That is how Lengacher sells most of her shoes. “I don’t know a lot of people that order,” she said. “For instance, the farthest I’m shipping to is Goshen, Ind.” She has also shipped shoes to Missouri and Nashville. “I’m busy all the time, and I love it,” she said. Lengacher can recreate any image, from Iron Man to Harry Potter, and she enjoys the process. Once she receives an order, she creates the shoes in one sitting. “Once I get started, I want to finish them,” she said. “When I come back, I don’t feel like I have the same ideas as I did.”
Lengacher has two set prices: $20 if the customer provides shoes, and $30 if she provides the shoes. Lengacher has a large tub of shoes just waiting to be drawn on. When she doesn’t have orders, she makes a pair then tries to sell them, she said. The majority of Lengacher’s time is spent drawing. The creation speed all depends on the shoe size. “I’m still learning,” Lengacher said. “It’s not very formal and official, I guess.” Some USI students have purchased shoes and they love them. “I found out about Bless My Soles because I follow Megan on Instagram and Twitter,” Amanda Boyd said. The undecided freshman said her and Lengacher had a drawing class together. “I have recommended others to buy her shoes,” Boyd said. “I show off the pictures all the time.” She plans to buy another pair at some point, she said. Even if she hasn’t drawn something before, Lengacher will try. “I’m up to draw anything,” she said. “It’s a challenge sometimes.” Freshman biology major Rebecca Doubet said she is eager to purchase shoes. “I asked her if she could make me a pair with my sorority theme,” Doubet said. The shoes are one-of-a-kind, and that’s the best thing about it all, she said.
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Main: Freshman graphic design major Megan Lengacher works on a pair of shoes. Lengacher has been making custom shoes since 2011. She started Bless My Soles a year later. Right: A pair of shoes that Lengacher has completed for a customer. Lengacher’s handiwork costs $20 if the customer provides shoes, and $30 if she provides the shoes.
RecycleMania ends Saturday BY ARIANA BEEDIE Staff writer Each year three universities in Evansville enter the RecycleMania competition for the bragging rights of being the best recyclers in the city. More than 500 schools nationwide participate in RecycleMania, an annual national competition to “promote waste reduction on college campuses.” The competition began in early February and ends Saturday.
Last year, the three schools combined salvaged more than 86,000 pounds of material from the area. “This is the second year that the university as a whole has participated,” Greg Wagoner said. Wagoner, the assistant director of residence facilities and operations, is also in charge of logistics for the competition. He has enrolled the university in the competition for the past 12 years, he said.
RecycleMania When: Started in February, ends Saturday Last year’s: USI placed 212th at the national level, with UE following at 248th and Ivy Tech at 272nd. “I set up our account and make sure the university is registered,” Wagoner said. Last year, USI placed 212th at the national level, with UE following at 248th and Ivy Tech at 272nd, he said. With the single stream
recycling debuted in Evansville, there is less of a chore associated with recycling. “Any recyclable material put in recycling is taken and separated somewhere down the line,” Nick Mathis said.
Mathis, SGA chair of the Sustainability Project, said he is eager to find out the results of the competition. “It’s a fun way to promote sustainability for campus members,” he said. Even though USI beat UE and Ivy Tech last year, both are strong competitors, he said. RecycleMania is sponsored by The Alcoa Foundation and Alcoa Warrick Operations, the leaders in sustainability in southern
Indiana. Freshman elementary education major Chris Broughton said he thinks recycling is pretty important. “It’s just as easy as taking your trash out,” he said. “I think everyone should recycle. It’s not that hard.” USI should always beat UE in everything, and Ivy Tech doesn’t have as many students as USI, he said. “There’s no excuse for us not to win,” Broughton said.
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BY JAKE TAPLEY Opinion editor If you have been reading The Shield lately, I’m sure you are familiar with the newest technological innovation that the university is trying out - iPads. Students are now able to check out these fun little tablets from the library, which I think is a great thing. This could be the start of a much more digitalized college experience, which would assist students who are already having to adjust their lives to the constant influx of new technology. I know that I, myself, would benefit from such an experience, as I have a tablet of my own and would love to be able to use it in the classroom as much as possible. I think this is just a taste of what is to come. Now, I understand that the current circumstances are kind of weird, having only 40 available, and that these circumstances will limit the practicality of this service. But I still think the good outweighs the bad, and I appreciate what the university is doing for us. Like most any new and potentially revolutionary ideas (in terms of our campus), having iPads available to students requires a transitional stage to see if it transcends “sounding good in theory.” This is a time where the details are worked out, and any issues or discrepancies are resolved. So before we add this to our lists of things to criticize or gripe about, I think we need to give the university some time to patch things up. I don’t think they ever released a statement saying this is what they had intended when they envisioned upwards of 10,000 students checking out iPads, and I don’t think they would ever consider finalizing the current studentto-tablet ratio. Progress doesn’t just happen all at once, so let’s not pretend it does. It took our university many years to get us to where we are, and it might take many more years to get to where we want to be. And although that may sound like a bad thing, it gives us something to work towards and something to look forward to.
iGood iBad iPad Students have mixed reviews of library’s newest addition So before we add this to our lists of things to criticize or gripe about, I think we need to give the university some time to patch things up. -Jake Tapley
Congratulations - the building that promotes studying just gave students a tool to procrastinate even more than we already do.
-Jimmy Pyles
BY JIMMY PYLES Editor-in-Chief The library just got 40 iPads for students to check out for a week at a time. Congratulations - the building that promotes studying just gave students a tool to procrastinate even more than we already do. A lot of professors don’t even allow students to use laptops and tablets in class, but when they do, students rarely use them for school work. Having students borrow the iPads provides students a better way to check Facebook and Twitter during class. It’s a waste of time and money for the library to offer these iPads when they don’t even give the same options for MacBooks. They should have experimented with loaning those to students before buying iPads, because they didn’t know if this was going to be something students would utilize. And why do the students need to use the iPads at home? Putting music, apps and other things on the iPad just to be deleted a week later is too time consuming. One of the only good things about being able to take them home is for students who don’t have a computer they now have something they can use at home. I’m not saying that every student is going to misplace or break the iPads, but more often than not the iPad will get messed up, leaving the student paying $800 for an iPad that costs $500 or less. So how is it fair to make students overpay for a damaged iPad that the university got at a discount? At first, the iPads should have been only available inside the library. Then, if they saw a need for students to take them home and into the classrooms, staff could have made it possible for them to do so. Even with a discount, the iPads probably cost the library $12,000 to $14,000 dollars. They could have spent the money upgrading software for the computers already in the library. Having the iPads available for students is a great opportunity, but the money spent on them will not outweigh the educational use the library is hoping to get out of them.
Nothing wrong with background checks BY ARIANA BEEDIE Staff writer In the February 7 issue of The Shield, my fellow staff members reported “USI guest director arrested for cocaine, marijuana possession” about Gerald McIntyre. The guest director received three grams of THC and two grams of cocaine via mail and was apprehended in his on campus apartment. The drugs were mailed to USI Housing. What the university didn’t know was he had a criminal background in New York.
How could the university not have known? Honestly, that makes me question certain policies we have in place. I’m not worried about current faculty members, professors and administrators - people who are adding to the growing diversity and amazingness of this campus. However, I am worried about the people we hire as “guests” to this campus - especially someone who lives on campus! I wasn’t aware that guest faculty could live on campus, and I’m certainly glad that I don’t live on
campus. I’m sure if parents knew about this issue, it would be a great concern. I know my mother would be worried. I think that whenever someone is hired out of nowhere, they should be thoroughly backgroundchecked and should at least have an entrance drug test. If you can’t pass a onetime drug test, you don’t deserve to work at the university level. I don’t think that’s too harsh. Also, regarding Mr. McIntyre: how dare he come to our campus and make a fool of himself and us! While reading over
the reports, I saw that his quotes are really ridiculous. McIntyre said he didn’t know that his friend was going to send cocaine. Really? I don’t believe that, especially because he asked his friend to send him a joint in the mail. How stupid could you be? Mailing drugs. Since when did that become a thing? McIntyre also said he would have used the cocaine and would have thanked his friend for the surprise. What an ass. That is the kind of person USI hired to help di-
rect “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992.” In my opinion, he embarrassed the entire university and the Theatre department. I saw the play, and it was amazing. I can’t believe someone would want to embarrass them like that. The Theatre department obviously didn’t need McIntyre because the play was great without him. I just think we should be more careful next time someone on the outside wants to join our community. There’s nothing wrong with a little background check.
Facebook app makes sex even easier By GABRIEL STOFFA Iowa State Daily, Iowa State U. via UWIRE Ever wonder if that “poke” you got from a friend on Facebook was really more of an invitation for sex rather than a friendly “hello”? Well, now you can get around the awkward wondering with a new app that notifies other friends if the two of you want to “bang.” Here is the breakdown: A person installs the “Bang With Friends” app. That person clicks any friends they might want to sleep with. The friends they might want to sleep with will only be notified of the desire should that same friend also have clicked the desire to sleep with that person. Long and the short is, people don’t have to worry about if the other person is going to feel awkward about their advances. Now, there are some obvious problems with the whole plan, namely the whole friends having sex thing. Sex is already an awkward situation for some folks, and then, adding that to a friendship can quickly destroy the relationship. Those worries aside, this app appears to be a marvelous bit of technological advancement for all those out there that are not afraid of “no strings” sex and see it as healthy. Yes, the app goes against many religious teachings and some more traditional outlooks toward relationships and fornication, but those folks that dislike it won’t know about what
does or does not go on as they will never be notified due to the way the program is set up. A big fear with the program though is when those under 18 start using it as there are always ways around any age restrictions involved in using the app. But then, problems like that already exist when using Facebook anyways, and with time, the program should have a lot of those problems covered. As of now, the app appears to be more centered around men and their desire to get down, which makes sense given men tend to be a bit more talkative about constant sexual desire. As the app matures, maybe it will come to encompass homosexuality and alter its marketing to target more than the Y chromosome or just heterosexuals. There is also the possibility for someone to just click all of their friends as would-be partners just to see who is going to click them for some intimate times without actually having any intention of following through with it. That could result in some serious embarrassment for those using the app. However, why would people want to have a friend who was enough of a jerk to do something of that sort? Maybe this app will finally help people to stop accepting every random person they meet as a “friend.” Complaints about the death of personal communication will be stirred fully by this new way to circumvent actual in-real-life get-
ting-to-know-you conversation. Those fears will be around as long as technology and the Internet continue to offer people new means to do things. So cast them aside. It isn’t as if this is any worse than spending hours in a bar trying to get enough liquid and regular courage together to hit on, with the likely intent of sleeping with, that certain someone. It could be said the app is hardly different from dating sites currently available, and those people would be right. Really, all the app does is cut out some of the time people might spend cruising the “one night stand” preferences but with one big difference: The app cuts out most of the creepy folks that someone looking just for a hookup is bombarded by. Yes, this app is likely going to be a headache for some women as they discover that almost every male friend they have wants to get in their pants, but a little honesty can go a long way. Who knows, the app could finally begin to show some men out there that women are sexual creatures the same as men when guys realize the girls they are into had to be in the same mindset for the app to function. “By your powers combined, we are sexuality!” Use of the app doesn’t even have to be for sex; it could just be so people know the attraction is there and, therefore, get the ball rolling for a date. trip to the bedroom. For the full article go to http://bit.ly/10NMcsZ
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Sports
‘I’m a Screaming Eagle’ High hopes Coach Watson looks toward next season for outdoor track & field By ZANE CLODFELTER Sports editor
By JIMMY PYLES/The Shield Senior guard Kenyon Smith passes the ball against Lewis University in the GLVC Tournament. In the two seasons Smith has played with the Eagles, he has recorded 324 rebounds, 110 steals and 374 points in 61 games.
By JIMMY PYLES Staff writer Next year’s basketball season is far away but, men’s basketball head coach Rodney Watson has a lot to do before being ready for next year. Watson is out on the road now trying to fill spots for the five leaving seniors Kenyon Smith, Travis Jones, Melvyn Little and Keith DeWitt. DeWitt might stay DeWitt, the 6’9” and 220-pound center/forward transfer from the University of Southern Mississippi, played 27 games and was the team’s second leading scorer with 14.9 points per game in his first - but maybe not last - season with the Eagles. Watson is in the process of trying to get DeWitt to play a second season at USI after he played only
two games at Southern Miss last year. “We are trying see if it’s possible to get a hardship waiver on that season,” Watson said. “There has to be a lot of information collected, and it’s going to be a while before we know anything about his eligibility.” Unless Watson has DeWitt’s season at Southern Miss waived, he will have used all four years of eligibility. Recruiting With or without DeWitt, the team is trying to get three types of players point guards, wing shooters and bigs, Watson said. “We are always looking for the same thing, regardless,” he said. “You can never have enough bigs because they are so hard to come by.” Watson would have to fill the shoes of DeWitt,
who was named the first team All-Midwest, and guard Kenyon Smith, who has been named GLVC All-Defensive two years in a row. “Someone who plays like Kenyon is hard to go out and recruit, but someone that is currently here is going to have to step up to fill that role,” Watson said. In the two seasons Smith has played with the Eagles, he has recorded 324 rebounds, 110 steals and 374 points in just 61 games. “That is going to be an interesting situation because for two years, we have been pretty spoiled by a guy who we know is going to guard their best perimeter player,“ Watson said. One area the team needs help with is perimeter shooting, Watson said. He also needs a point guard for the future.
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“We have Lawrence Thomas, who should be fine for next year, but things come up,” Watson said. “We need to make sure that position is taken care of not just next year but after.” Watson stays Eagle Watson is in his fourth year coaching the Eagles. He currently owns a 94-23 overall record and a 54-18 record in the GLVC. Last year, Watson coached the team to its third GLVC tournament title in program history. Despite being mentioned in The Star Press in Muncie as a possible target for Ball State’s head coaching position, Watson said there is nothing to talk about. “There has been no communication whatsoever with any other school,” Watson said. “I’m a Screaming Eagle.”
Despite the below-freezing temperatures and snow on campus, Friday marks the beginning of the men’s outdoor track and field schedule for head coach Mike Hillyard and his Southern Indiana athletes. “We have been trying to deal with the weather,” Hillyard said. “We are used to dealing with it without an indoor facility.” Even with the irregular outdoor track season weather, Hillyard said his team is continuing to work hard in preparation for the Eagles’ opening meet in St. Louis this weekend. “We haven’t missed a beat,” he said. Leading the transition for Hillyard from a productive indoor season to the outdoor slate is the senior All-American Michael Jordan, who collected two All-American honors earlier this month in indoor track and field competition. Jordan attributes his readiness and transition to the outdoor schedule with his experiences running cross-country in fall. “I feel like cross-country prepares you for any kind of weather,” Jordan said. “You learn to take it as it comes.” Joining Jordan is Purdue transfer Johnnie Guy, who qualified for the NCAA Division I Championships
as a freshman last year, running the 10k for the Boilermakers. “He has his head right early,” said Jordan about his new teammate. “He is very mature along with having the talent.” Hillyard said the strength of his team during the outdoor season will be experience. “It all starts with Michael (Jordan),” he said. “We have a lot of depth behind him.” This weekend’s opening meet, hosted by Washington University, will also be a homecoming for redshirt freshman Lakeem Scott, who grew up across the Mississippi River in East St. Louis, Mo. Scott is coming off a top 10 finish at the GLVC Championships during the indoor season and credits his redshirt season last year in making his first year of competition so successful. “It made me better,” Scott said. “I was still able to practice with the team and gain valuable experience.” As for Jordan, his goals for his final outdoor season are simple - he wants to finish with a national title. “I would like to finish off my senior season in the steeplechase and go at the national title,” Jordan said. “I’m putting all of those cards in the steeplechase.”
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