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Univ. breaks ground on Griffin Center By PAOLA MARIZAN Staff writer
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Construction continues on the highly-anticipated Teaching Theatre, a building that is now scheduled to open in November of this year.
Teaching Theatre falls behind schedule By PAOLA MARIZAN Staff writer The Teaching Theatre, which the university broke ground on two years ago, will not be wowing students and faculty when they return from summer break as originally planned. Obstacles pushed the opening to October or November, said Mark Rozewski, Vice President
for finance and administration. “The opening of the theatre is going to be a little delayed because we’ve had some trouble getting the red sandstone that’s being used on the skin of the building,” Rozewski said. The manufacturers of the red sandstone, which is coming from Brazil, Indiana, had some trouble matching the color requirements the university has for the project.
“It’s sort of a typical construction delay. It’s not entirely controllable,” Rozewski said. The essential structure, however, is finished, he said. The building is fully enclosed and weather tight. Rozewski said Aug. 12, that there was a shipment coming in. “It’s unfortunate,” he said. “We had hoped to have a theatre season this fall, but it looks like
that won’t be happening.” Rozewski said that after the theatre is finished, the theatre department will have to learn how to operate it. “A theatre is an unbelievably complicated thing to operate,” he said. “There’s literally millions of dollars of rigging and lighting controls and stuff that makes a theatre what it is, and they have to be trained to know THEATRE on Pg. 3
With dozens of websites, a popular rental store a short drive away from campus and the Campus Store, students have many options when it comes to buying or renting their books. But with so many choices, the question arises – which option is the cheapest? The Shield asked three USI students what books they needed and where they got them.
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“I can charge my books to my financial aid. That way I’m not paying out of pocket for them, like I would if I bought them online or something.”
“I heard about this place from my friend’s mom. I’m glad I checked it out, it ended up saving me a lot of money”
6 BOOKS AT $308.68
4 BOOKS AT $119.50
- 88.3% shopping online - 47.5% renting at TXTBook Rental
+ 48% by renting off campus - 45.6% shopping online (one book was out of stock)
“It turns out I worried for nothing - they all looked new, even though they were used and rented.”
4 BOOKS AT $172.99 + 97% by shopping off campus + 56.8% when compared to TXTBook Rental
“-” indicates how much money could have been saved, “+” indicates how much money was saved Campus Store totals do not include tax. Online shopping totals include shipping costs.
LA Advising Center up and running ahead of facility By JAMES VAUGHN Staff writer Another advising center is up and running this semester in addition to the two that have been available to students for the past two years. Renee Rowland and Mark
Razor moved into temporary offices on the third floor of the Liberal Arts Center Aug. 4, and began seeing students immediately. They’re expecting a rush this week and next as nearly 2,000 undergraduates enter or return to the College of Liberal Arts. “The main students that we’re
going to be working with will be the incoming freshmen – they will all be assigned to us – and we’ll do programs for transfer students,” said Rowland, director of the new advising center. Returning students will continue to meet with their faculty advisers.
“If for some reason they can’t get ahold of their adviser, of course they can come to us,” Rowland said. “We’re not going to turn students away.” Rowland hopes to host some type of program to transition freshmen from the center to their discipline during the spring se-
Another addition to the USI campus is underway. The university broke ground on a new conference center July 21, after receiving a $5 million donation from Bob and Judy Griffin. Construction of the $5.75 million Griffin Center is scheduled to start in October. It will overlook Reflection Lake on the southwest side of campus. “I think it’s going to be a wonderful addition to the campus,” said Gary Burgdorf, construction administrator. “The parking lot will probably be the very first thing that we put in and then we will use the parking as that laydown area for assembling the materials that would then become the conference center.” The Bent Twig trail will remain in place. “The trail will skirt the western edge of the parking area and then the western edge of the building and continue on into the woods,” Burgdorf said. He said there are some features that will make the building distinguishable from the other buildings on campus. “The side of the building that faces the lake has a lot of glass in it, so you’ll be able to literally look across the lake and see the campus,” Burgdorf said. “I think it’s going to be a pretty interesting picture and at night, I think it’s going to be a real nice picture of the campus.” The other $750,000 came from the university’s parking and transportation reserve. The 12,700 square-foot Griffin Center is expected to be a one and a half year project and will host Board of Trustees meetings, the University Foundation directors, college advisory meetings and other meetings that currently take place in the UC complex. “It’s almost impossible to book a room in the University Center unless you have booked it months in advance,” said Mark Rozewski, Vice President for finance and administration. “We are really short of places for different groups to come together.” Rozewski said this building is needed on campus. “I think people will enjoy using it,” he said. The Griffin Center will include a 2,400 square-foot meeting room that will accommodate approximately 150 guests. It will have other meeting spaces, breakout areas and Food Services support facilities. It will feature a large canopy allowing outdoor gatherings and a floor-to-ceiling window facing Reflection Lake.
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News Briefs Psych professor wins core award Dr. Aimee Mark, associate professor of psychology, received USI’s H. Lee Cooper Core Curriculum Teaching Award for the academic year 2014-15 during the fall faculty meeting on Aug. 19. Mark was nominated for her teaching in Introduction to Psychology, in which she teaches about 250 students a year. She advises about 50 psychology majors and is the advisor for USI’s chapter of the Psi Chi National Psychology Honor Society and co-advisor for the Psychology Club. As this year’s winner, Mark will deliver a presentation to the University community during the 2014-15 academic year.
New director of facilities operations Jim Wolfe Jr. joined USI as director of facilities operations and planning Aug. 4. Wolfe comes to USI from Indiana University-Southeast in New Albany, Indiana, where he was director of the Physical Plant. An Evansville native, Wolfe has held senior facilities positions at the Sisters of St. Benedict Monastery in Ferdinand and at the headquarters of Springleaf Financial Services in Evansville. Wolfe steps into a position held by Stephen Helfrich for 36 years, until he retired at the end of July.
ester of their first year. “In the fall semester, I’m hoping to have some kind of open-house-type gathering even though we don’t have an official space yet,” Rowland said. “So freshmen can meet the faculty of their discipline.” Construction of the new advising center’s facilities is expected to begin in October. The advising center, which will be located on the second floor of the Liberal Arts Center, should be open for the spring semester. Rowland said she also plans to focus on students who have earned 60 to 90 credit hours because they are close to graduating. “I’ll be having workshops to show them, you know, how to read Degreeworks so they can see what they have left to make sure that they’re on track for graduation,” she said. “You don’t wait until your senior year and say, ‘Oh, well I’m going to graduate.’ Well, no, you need to
start now to make sure that you’re taking everything that you need and that you are on the right path.” As of Friday, 266 freshmen were registered for fall classes. The Liberal Arts Advising Center, like the other two, will feature an open area for students to study in, as well as workshops about topics ranging from Core 39 to transferring from a two-year college. Rowland and Razor worked as advisers in University Division before spearheading the Liberal Arts Advising Center. Rowland has been with the university since 1999 and has been an adviser since 2003. She is familiar with Liberal Arts’ many majors, from art, to philosophy, to social work. “Since I’m used to working with undecided students, I had to know about all of the different majors on campus,” Rowland said. “The majority
Dean of Students holds open house
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The Dean of Students Office is hosting its third annual Fall Open House Sept. 8 from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Fireside Lounge in University Center East. Students and faculty are encouraged to stop by the Fireside Lounge (next to Cyclone Salads) and say hello, network or get to know the Dean of Students. Refreshments will be served. Email any questions to the deanofstudents@usi.edu.
how to use it.” Rozewski said the theatre will be a stunning addition to campus once it’s done. He said the project will offer the community real life scale theatrical productions in the heart of campus. Adrian Small, a senior theatre major, has performed in multiple shows at USI. She said when she’s on stage, it feels like home. “I feel like a star. I like the spotlight,” Small said. “It’s just fun. It’s just my heart.” Small said the new theatre will increase admissions to the theatre department and should bring larger audiences to the shows. “A lot of students that were not even in the department were asking me if I was excited about the new theatre," she said. "A lot of students want to come to our shows now and bring that life to the theatre." She said the process has been exciting and she is ready to see the new theatre. “It’s been long,” Small said. “We are just ready to open it up." Elliot Wasserman, chair of the performing arts de-
The 19th Annual Alumni Golf Scramble will take place Sept. 12 at Helfrich Hills. Check in begins at 10:30 a.m. The cost is $85 per person and $340 per foursome (the entry fee includes a green fee, cart and food on course) located at 1550 Mesker Park Drive in Evansville. Prizes, including contests and hole-in-one competitions, will be awarded immediately following the scramble.
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of our students, when they did declare, would declare something in liberal arts. So it hasn’t been a learning curve for me.” Incoming freshmen are required to take a First Year Experience course and the advisers have assigned themselves specific FYE courses, so they plan to meet with students during those class times. “They’re only meeting once a week,” Rowland said. “So if they have a class Tuesday at 9, they should have 9 o’clock on Thursday available.” The College of Business remains the only college without a formal advising center, but that’s about to change, too. Assistant Dean of the College of Business Timothy Schibik said there are two activities taking place to get the official facility up and running. A search committee met Tuesday morning about the director’s position, which Schibik said the
college received 14 applications for. He said they should hire a director in the next few weeks. Also, construction is taking place within the College of Business’s main offices on the first floor of the Romain College of Business. “They’re ripping out walls as we speak,” Schibik said. The College of Business changed its advising system a year and a half ago. A team made up of Schibik, Dean Muhammed Khayum, Associate Dean Brian McGuire, Economics Instructor Tim Mahoney and three full-time faculty advised the class of 2017. “We’re basically just adding a formal structure,” Schibik said. “Mahoney is, as we all know, a legend on this campus. He has been our advising center for the better part of 20 years.” Faculty will continue to advise freshmen in the College of Business.
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most beautiful theatres in the state for it’s architectural design, he said. “When (people) go into the auditorium for the first time and sit down they will not have been, ever, in a theatre that looks quite like this one will look,” Wasserman said. Shows will continue in the Mallette Theatre in the lower level of the Liberal Arts Center until the university opens the Teaching Theatre's doors. “Picnic” by William Inge will be the first show in the new theatre. “It would be a rep show, which means we will have a couple of profes-
sional actors in the cast,” Wasserman said. He said the sincerity and support of the university and the faculty has been remarkable. Construction Administrator Gary Burgdorf said the interior carpets and seating will not be placed inside the theatre until construction is completely finished. Burgdorf said they ran into stone when they first started excavating underneath the building, which also caused a delay.
Vacant lot becomes garden Franklin Street seeks volunteers to help with community green space By RACHEL CHRISTIAN News editor A west side garden, created by the Franklin Street Events Association, offers a volunteer opportunity for students and campus groups looking for a new way to spend their Saturdays. The garden is improving the area's green space and giving back to local employees and members of the community. Madeline O'Daniel, a senior marketing major at USI, first heard about the garden through a friend's Facebook event. She liked gardening and wanted to try something new on her Saturday off. "When I went," O'Daniel said, "I didn't know it would be so much fun. It's something good for the community that doesn't feel like community service." O'Daniel volunteered during the garden's first work day in late April. The garden, located in an empty lot across the street from Pierre Funeral
Home, is divided into community and business sponsored beds. The business sponsored beds pay for some of the materials needed to improve the garden, and the produce cultivated at the end of the season will be donated to that company's employees. "It's a way for businesses to give back to their employees," said Karen
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partment, said the Teaching Theatre is not just for the department, but also for the community. “We provide a cultural voice in the city,” Wasserman said. “It’s important for all of us, but obviously for our students. It’s a great learning opportunity.” He said the project was considered for many years, but the funding was not easily distributed. “For me, it’s an amazing change,” said Wasserman, who has been at USI for 23 years. He said the theatre is “the flag to the flag post,” but there are many components to the project. “It took us many years to get to this point," Wasserman said. "A month here or a month there is immaterial." Another building is under construction next to support services and the physical plant for the construction of sets and the fabrication of costumes. It will be finished before the theatre is. Wasserman said it's a good thing the costume and scene shops will be available before the theatre is because it will make the first production easier to manage. It could be one of the
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Conaway, special projects manager at Lamasco Bar and Grill. Food grown in the community beds will serve a similar purpose. Those in the area who want fresh produce, but may be unable to afford it, are encouraged to swing by the garden. For the volunteers who help in the garden, the project is about more than who gets the food. It's also about teaching people in
Evansville how to grow and harvest their own food while working to improve a space that last year was nothing more than a vacant lot. "It has been awesome to watch this place transform over the past few months," O'Daniel said. "It's really turned into something the city can be proud of." The lot was purchased last May by Franklin Street during a tax auction. Since April, volunteers have spent several official "work days" and many unofficial ones helping tend the land, weed, plant and build. Although there are no more empty beds, there is always a need for volunteers. O'Daniel said volunteering to help in the garden would be an ideal project for a sorority or other group on campus. "You meet so many different kinds of people," she said. "It's a good thing to get involved in." If people are interested in volunteering, they can find the group's page
on Facebook at Franklin Street Community Garden. The volunteers come to the garden for different reasons, but many of them said they're glad groups around Evansville have taken the initiative to improve the area. "There are cities all across the United States that are setting up their own urban gardens," said Derick Hooley, a regular volunteer and a chef at Perfectly Fresh. "I'm glad Evansville can be a part of that." As the garden continues to develop, those involved with the project hope it will expand some day, with locations on the east side or by the river. There aren't any current plans for expansion, but O'Daniel said it should only be a matter of time before other people get inspired by the West Franklin Street garden. "Evansville has a lot of good potential," she said. "And this garden really makes you want to be a part of that."
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Alum to open bar on Franklin Street By BOBBY SHIPMAN Features editor A USI alumnus plans to open a new Franklin Street bar before Fall Festival festivities kick off. Britt Wilson, who graduated from USI in 2002 with a degree in public relations, took over Ken’s Out Arounds Tavern 12 years ago after he spent several years as a bartender at the bar on Claremont Avenue. When Wilson took over the bar he quickly saw potential on Franklin Street. “The opportunity on Franklin Street is pretty good right now,” he said. “It’s probably the hottest spot in town.” Wilson purchased an old insurance building in June 2013, on Franklin, just south of Piston’s, in order to cash in on the street’s growing popularity. Wilson’s said his new bar, Franklin Street Tavern, will bring a unique experience to the street. His target opening date is Sept. 16, 2014.
“There’s going to be a patio out back. There’s another building back there -- it’s called a carriage house -- and we’re putting a bar in that as well,” he said. The patio will flow into the second bar and look similar to Chilly Willys’ beer garden. “During all of the events, Fall Festival and all that stuff, you’re not going to have to keep going inside to get a beer or wait on the waitress to come from inside.” Wilson said. “There’s going to be beer right there. There’s going to be a full bar out there. Franklin Street Tavern will have a similar humble philosophy and mentality to that of Chilly Willy’s and will feature live one to three-man acoustic music, Wilson said. He said he looks forward to joining the Franklin Street Events Association, which is responsible for many of the events in that area. “They’ve always kept
nice, clean bars that the college kids like going to,” he said. “You can get all ages down there, hit all the demographics. Obviously everything (Word’s) doing at Lamasco’s is huge, you know, with the Franklin Street Events Association. We are going to be a big part of that.” Amy Rivers-Word, FSEA president and Lamascos’ Bar and Grill owner, said she is excited about the new addition to the Franklin Street community. “One of the first premises we had when forming FSEA was to realize all of our bars are not in competition with each other,” Word said. She said Franklin Street is similar to Broad Ripple Avenue, Fountain Square and Massachusetts Avenue in Indianapolis, where all of the bars and restaurants work together to help one another thrive. “What makes those places unique is they have a variety of niche bars,”
Word said. “More bars does not mean less for everybody. Oftentimes, more means more for everybody.” Wilson said converting the former insurance building into a bar has been no picnic. “We’ve been through so much to get this place open,” he said. “When we first closed on the property, right before we were getting the permits released, we found out we were 50 feet too close to Simpson Methodist Church.” By Indiana Law, any new businesses that were not previously a bar must be 200 feet away from any churches. Eventually, a piece of legislature was written to change the law, but prior to vote, an exemption to the law was discovered. “We found out there was one exemption to that law and it’s if your building was deemed historic and/or you’re in the historic district,” he said. “And (Franklin Street Tav-
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Britt Wilson oversees the construction on the back patio of his new bar Franklin Street Tavern.
ern) qualified for both.” Wilson’s new bar will have food available and will be bar-heavy, drinker-friendly, he said, and sports will always be on
the TV’s. Franklin Street Tavern will be located next to the old Bud’s Harley Davidson building on Franklin Street across from Piston’s.
USI’s collaboration with New Harmony continues to grow
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USI Associate Professor of Anthropology Michael Strezewski (left center) works with USI students Zane Dunlap and Grace Francis and Alyssa Reynolds of UE at an archeological dig site in New harmony over the summer. By BOBBY SHIPMAN Features editor Rachel Eickhoff stepped foot into a cellar that had been buried beneath the Earth for over a century this summer. During an archaeological dig in New Harmony, a group of USI students -- and two from UE -- excavated the underground remnants of what is known as Dormitory One. The dormitory ‘s foundation was left behind from the days of a utopian society.
“It was a lot of fun. We had a really great group of students that came out,” the junior biology major said. “We all just bonded instantly.” The archaeological dig, led by Professor of Anthropology Mike Strezewski, was worth six credit hours and just one of the many projects made available through the small, historic town’s collaboration with USI. “Some days it was really tedious when you would be digging in the dirt and wouldn’t find any-
thing,” Eickoff said. “And then all of a sudden you would find this really cool feature; like we found the foundation of the dormitory. It just makes it all worth it.” Since 1985, when USI gained management of Historic New Harmony, which is now a branch of USI’s Outreach and Engagement office, the two entities have worked together to assist one another, and the collaboration has continued to expand. Catherine Cotrupi, Historic New Harmony
community engagement manager and liaison between USI and the former utopia, said she has seen the partnership grow since stepping into her position in February. “Every year we have an Outreach and Engagement grant that we give out and that’s for a faculty member, or a few faculty members, who want to relate their research interests on campus with something to do with New Harmony,” Cotrupi said. Several grant projects recently finished up.
Bill Elliot, professor and chair of the Geology Department, completed an exhibit of geology at New Harmony related to the history of the town and its close ties to several very prominent geologists in Indiana and the U.S. Associate Professor of Biology Eric McCloud received an entire house for entomology studies, which will also serve as a work lab for some of his students to utilize. There will also be an exhibit space for his findings. The house is currently open, but an official opening reception will be held in the fall. Historic New Harmony will also hire an inter-faith intern, who will work with students on campus and in New Harmony to get them engaged in inter-faith history, within the next month. “Retreats are something we’re stepping up as well,” Cotrupi said. “We are just really trying to step up getting faculty and students out there and also letting the town benefit from having the university so closely tied.” The New Harmony Writers Workshop offered weeklong summer workshops in both poetry and prose. The university owns 28 buildings and 40 acres of land in New Harmony. “Things like these internships we are trying to get started, some of the local businesses can benefit
from having marketing interns or having students from campus use their newfound knowledge to either improve the business or help out in someway,” Cotrupi said. “The town will also benefit from having the resources the university has to offer.” Sara’s Harmony Way, which is located in the center of town, offers student discounts for coffee with a student I.D. and Cotrupi said she has been working with more businesses to make more discounts available to students. Assistant Professor of Marketing Chad Milewicz and Assistant Professor of Economics Perry Burnett will present findings for their recently completed grant project on the branding and marketing of New Harmony at 6 p.m. Aug. 28. “Just last week, I started working with Sarah Harlan, who works for Alumni and Volunteer Services, and she and I are going to be talking about different ways students can volunteer,” Cotrupi said. “We’ve got a lot of events coming up that we’ll need student help with, so she’s going to bring students out. “I think campus benefits from having such a valuable historic resource just 30 minutes up the road. I think we take it for granted a lot.”
HSI grants Corydon historic preservation award By BOBBY SHIPMAN Features editor USI’s Historic Southern Indiana awarded Corydon, Ind. a $1,000 grant as the recipient town of the 2014 Community Legacy Award. Historic Southern Indiana is a community outreach program that annually recognizes a community that has done an “admirable job” in the areas of heritage tourism, preservation and sense of place. Vi Eckart, director of
the Harrison County Public Library, nominated the town with the help of the Historical Society of Harrison County and its president, Karen Schwartz. The nomination application had to show how a town has accomplished historic preservation, downtown revitalization or restoration, used planning and zoning through billboard or sign ordinances, shared vision as a special place, has a historical society, museum, archives and/or a published history and has heritage-related
festivals or other special events. “We’re coming up on the big celebration in 2016 and everything else that’s going on here in Corydon and trying to get a museum and all of the things that the town has done, we got the application together,” Eckart said in an interview with The Corydon Democrat. “The application said to talk about whatever you want to talk about, but keep it less than four pages long. That was really hard to do.” The hard work paid Photo courtesy of The Corydon Democrat
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Corydon Town Council President Fred Cammack shakes the hand of the Director Historic Southern Indiana Leslie Townsend.
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Entertainment “Jazzy” band to play at PG, release EP
KEEPING YOU IN TUNE WITH EVANSVILLE A
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Sexy, etc. lead vocalist and bass player Brent Sigler jams out with keyboardist Zach Zintduring an evening performance at PG.
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By BOBBY SHIPMAN Features editor A fan of Sexy, etc.’s once described their sound as “The prom night dumpster baby of spoon in the hollies.” “I think there’s a little bit there that fits to an extent. I feel like the ‘prom night dumpster baby’ part makes us sound like a punk band and we’re not at all,” said Jeremy Graham, Sexy, etc. drummer. Graham, Brent Sigler and Zach Zint began performing as Sexy, etc. in October of 2012, during a tribute series at Penny Lane. The jazzy, down beat, alt pop band, now near completion of its first EP, is excited about their most recent song “Avoid the Light.” The song centers around Graham’s and his girlfriend’s interaction at a bar with a middle-aged man audacious enough to refer to himself as “Lovercat” “Avoid the Light” takes a satirical turn most of Sexy, etc.’s lyrics do not. The three-man band plans to debut the song during a show at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 30 at PG. Sexy, etc. will go on second after The Hungry Ears, a funk rock band from Bowling Green, Kentucky, and before solo artist Gabriel King Neville. “Lyrically, I feel it’s a lot of like reminiscing on bullshit I dealt with in high school and college and stuff,” said Sigler, lead vocalist, bass and head songwriter of the group. “Usually around like relationships.” The music comes from a collaborative “organic” effort by the whole band building off of Sigler’s initial inspirations, many of which he pulls from his favorite author Jerzy Kosiński. “A lot of themes in his books pull from sexual themes outside of a sexual relationship and stuff that surrounds that,” Sigler said. “A lot of our songs end up being about sex and sexual relationships without the physical part of them. There’s always like a social, emotional part. They’re usually down trodden and sad.” On the contrary, their music’s upbeat melodies create a unique distinction. “That’s something I admire about Brent’s lyrics compared to the music we write,” Zint said. “The contrast between them. I feel like that has its own effect in-and-of itself.” Zint is the keyboardist for Sexy, etc. and also plays for the band Thunder/ Dreamer, which recently took a hiatus from performing. He also writes music as a solo artist. PG is located on Franklin Street across from Lamasco’s Bar and Grill.
“A Most Wanted Man”
“All You Can Do”
In theatres now “A Most Wanted Man” is a movie you probably haven’t heard a lot about. It didn’t get a lot of promotion outside of in-theater previews and was substantially overshadowed by box office hits like “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Lucy.” To top it off, there is really nothing earth shattering about it. Coming in at a run time of just over two hours, the film follows a German espionage agent, played by the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, as he tracks down a Chechen immigrant with an affiliation to a Muslim political figure that he believes might have connections to a terrorist organization. Though labeled as a thriller, the movie’s suspense exists primarily in the set-up of immigrant Issa Karpov and public speaker Abdullah. Much
of the movie is simply building to the end payoff. But, I think it pays off. In its defense, the film doesn’t rely on action sequences, an outlandish budget or an off-the-wall premise to garner its status as a thriller. In this regard, the plot and screenplay are commendable. Most commendable, though, is Hoffman’s performance. I have always felt that he was one of the best
Available on iTunes in the business, and this movie speaks to his talents on the big screen – a talent that has since been misplaced. For the role of Günther Bachmann in “A Most Wanted Man,” Hoffman immersed himself into a character. A man. A German espionage agent. But, more than that, he immersed himself into an idea: in Bachmann’s words, “to make the world a safer place.” This is what I love about cinema, because I believe in this character. I believe in Günther Bachmann, what he stands for, what he feels for and what he yearns for. I sympathize with this man. With “A Most Wanted Man,” Hoffman has proved once again that just because a character is fictional doesn’t mean he isn’t real.
Spoken word artist and rapper Watsky released a third studio album Aug. 12. The 16-track album, “All You Can Do,” is just as amazing as its predecessor, “Cardboard Castles,” which is a solid album from beginning to end. “All You Can Do” doesn’t feed you the same tired beat tracks with substance-less rhymes like a lot of the rap music on the market. It blends many types of music to make beats that I didn’t know could be rapped to. The first track “All You Can Do (feat. Jimetta Rose)” was the best choice to kick off the album. The song starts with string orchestral music followed by trumpets that let you know the King of Wit
has arrived. It showcases just how clever Watsky is with his words as he flows through free-style type verses. “Whoa Whoa Whoa” shows the full range of Watsky’s speed and abilities as a rapper. As the most straight forward song on the album, “Whoa Whoa Whoa” has a constant beat track and chorus, but Watsky’s verses are far from simple as they hit hard and fast. If you’re going to pick one song on the album to listen
to, make it this one. The album features nine other artists throughout, which makes it much more dynamic with each track, giving it a feel and a vibe while experimenting with alternate styles of music, like in “Stand for Something (feat. Anderson Paak)” and “Never Let It Die.” Watsky said in a YouTube video that he wanted the album to be a tribute to his parents, and that because of this, the album cover would be a photo of his father, poet Paul Watsky, and his cat, Saruman. Watsky isn’t for everyone, but if you prefer smart and meaningful music over the swag-filled garbage on today’s radio, give “All You Can Do” a spin.
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Award continued from Pg. 4 off as the application impressed Leslie Townsend, director of Historic Southern Indiana, and the advisory board. Townsend, who selects the recipient of the award with the help of two board members, said Corydon has an impact on Indiana history. "We look for sites that embody our mission," she said. Corydon, Indiana’s first state capital, was founded in 1808. "In addition to the original capital state historic site, they've done a lot of efforts in the town preserving some historic buildings that will be open to the public," Townsend said. The site is home to the Harrison County Fair, the oldest fair in the state that has continuously been held in the same location and the Leora Brown
School, the oldest standing black school in the state. Downtown Corydon has many buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. Nine original buildings from the Capitol Period (1816-1825), including the First State Capitol, Governor Hendricks Headquarter, the First State Office Building, the Posey House, the Westfall House, the Heth House, Cedar Glade and the Adams-Payne House, still stand in Corydon. Corydon is also home to the constitutional elm, which is now just a stump due to disease, here 43 delegates met in 1816 to draft Indiana's first constitution. Eckart said one of the things that stood out was the collaborative nature of the community and how so many organizations work together on projects in the town. Previous recipients
include Shoals, Aurora, Bedford, Ferdinand, Jeffersonville Madison, New Albany, Newburgh, New Harmony, Orleans, Rising Sun, Tell City and West Baden Springs. Historic Southern Indiana was created in 1986 to serve the southern 26 counties of Indiana. Its goals are to identify, preserve, protect, enhance and promote the historical, natural and recreational resources of the region. It seeks to implement those goals through programs in historic preservation, history education, heritage tourism, community development and scenic byways. Internships are available to students in tourism, history, media, marketing and other fields. Armon Siadat contributed to this story.
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Ice Bucket Challenge needs to cool down By Armon Siadat Opinion Editor Many people felt the chill of winter this summer after dumping buckets of ice over their heads or jumping into bathtubs overflowing with ice cubes. While some may assume this was done in an effort to escape the barelythere blistering heat of this summer, it was actually the result of many accepting the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The Ice Bucket Challenge was started to raise awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, ALS is a lethal disease that attacks the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, resulting in involuntary muscle movement. So what does ice have to do with ALS? Nothing. The Ice Bucket Challenge was designed to raise money for research by challenging participants to either donate $100 to ALS or dump ice water on their heads. This “challenge” isn’t the answer.
Scrolling through my Instagram, Facebook and even my Twitter feeds, the only thing I’ve seen are 10-15 second videos donned with hashtag #ALSIceBucketChallenge. While social media is credited with giving life to the challenge, I also blame it for killing the challenge. What began as a fundraiser ended as merely a hashtag. It’s become something many are doing just because their friends are doing it, just because it’s what is “trending,” just because they don’t want to be left out. These 15 second videos have very little to do with “raising awareness” outside of saying “ALS” in the video. Every video is the same: “My name is Soand-so and I was nominated for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge by A-differentso-and-so. I nominate Person X and Person Y. You have 24 hours to complete the challenge. Good luck. *Pours bucket of ice over head*” None of these videos contain any information about the disease, why the money being raised is
needed or how the money will be used. As writer Will Oremus points out, “More than anything else, the ice bucket videos feel like an exercise in raising awareness of one’s own zaniness, altruism, and/or attractiveness in a wet Tshirt.” I couldn’t have put it more accurately. One of the videos on my Instagram timeline was a kid belly flopping into an icebath. Another portrayed a guy laying on a field as a pickup truck pulled up next to him, someone opened the tailgate and what seemed like an endless waterfall of ice water poured out over the kid. I can’t even begin to guestimate the amount of videos on my feed that are blatantly posted just to show off girls – and guys – in their underwear. The challenge isn’t even a challenge. Who wouldn’t want to go outside, in the middle of summer, and jump into a swimming pool because someone nominated them to in the name of medical research? It’s also been reported that many are using warm wa-
The ‘Purge’ won’t happen anytime soon By Jake Tapely Staff Writer Tensions were high on Saturday in Louisville as talk of a citywide purge swept the region, garnering both local and national news coverage. Though it turned out to be a high school prank, it still inspired fear in both residents and spectators alike. The concept of this purge was based off of the recent blockbuster hit, “The Purge: Anarchy,” the unnecessary follow-up to 2013’s, “The Purge.” If you aren’t familiar with the premise of the film(s), allow me to enlighten you. No, maybe “enlighten” isn’t the right word. Allow me to inform you. In the future, our government will become totalitarian, and the crime rate will somehow miraculously plummet to the point of being seemingly nonexistent. How do they manage this, you ask? Well, in the year 2017, they create the Annual Purge, where all crime is legal for one night – a 12-hour window to do whatever you want. It’s basically just another home invasion movie, except now people are abiding by the law, not breaking it. So when flyers and posters started to pop up around Lou-
isville and circulate via social media – spreading like wildfire, I might add – it makes sense why some people might have felt a bit uncomfortable or uneasy about the whole thing. We live in a world where there is no purge, and that won’t be changing anytime soon. Recently, it seems bad timing and a bit of a coincidence has brought some of the events from Ferguson, Missouri, into the public eye that parallel some of the violence seen in the movies. There has been widespread looting in the area. The convenience store that the victim of the fatal police shooting allegedly robbed was ransacked and burned down. There are many other events like this that have happened and continue to happen in the St. Louis region, but we have to keep in mind that these are all part of a singular, isolated incident caused by a perceived civil duty. Crime will always exist, and we must continue to fight it and maintain control over it. We must employ officials who we feel are on the same side with humanity and seek our best interest. The Purge may never be real, but I sure don’t want any copycats.
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ter instead of cold. If this is the case, why add #IceBucket to your video? The Ice Bucket Challenge has morphed itself into an ineffective fundraising campaign and an Instragram show-and-tell. I doubt many of these kids that are posting videos are actually even donating to ALS. I like to think the Ice Bucket Challenge peaked this week when Shakira accepted the Challenge and then nominated the pope (don’t expect the pope to accept the challenge though as the ALS Association donates some of its money to Planned Parenthood to fund embryonic stem cell research), and is starting to die down. Even though videos posted last night show Screaming Eagles over in Eagle Village accepting the Ice Bucket Challenge, USI was ahead of the hashtag when it comes to cold water donations when Allison Kinney ran through the UC fountain in May. The difference was, her challenge was more effective.
Posting a roughly one minute video to her Facebook page to explain not only what she was doing and why, but who it was benefiting, Kinney took on the Cold Water Challenge. As a result of accepting the challenge, Kinney was required to pay $10 to a charity of her choice before drenching herself with cold water. She then nominated friends to take the challenge, giving them 24 hours to accept. Should they decline, they were then required to donate $100 to the charity Kinney selected. Not only did the Cold Water Challenge actually require charitable donations to be made, it gave participants the ability to choose where their money went – to causes they were knowledgeable and passionate about. This isn’t to say that ALS doesn’t need or deserve donations; it’s to say that we need to stop using charity as an excuse to create a social media fad that accomplishes very little.
Advice for Freshmen By Brenna Wu Staff Writer Welcome back everyone. School is finally in session, and I imagine that everyone was missing school… yeah right. I also want to give a big welcome to all of the new incoming students. USI has become a great home for most of its students, and I believe it can become a new home for you, too. Seeing as how this year is my second at USI, I do believe that I have better information concerning what to do, and not do, when walking onto campus to meet your fellow Screaming Eagles. I call them my, “Brennaisms of USI.” Be ready for an insane time at Welcome Week, where you will meet tons of new people. Jump into your classes straight away - no slacking off. Get help as soon as you need it. Do not wait until finals week to get help on your final essay that might be worth 60 percent of your grade. Get involved. There are hundreds of organizations on campus. Some of the big ones include the Student Government Association, Activities Programming Board and Student Housing Association. Ignore the myth of not having anything to do on the weekend. At USI, there is always something going on, and this year’s organizations are working harder to make sure something is always happening on campus. Locate the nearest computer labs, resource centers, and/or tutors - anything you might need for a quick edit for a paper or a nice little study tip. And finally, be ready to become an Eagle. These are just some of the numerous tips that people have offered me throughout my first full year at USI. Now, I am in involved in several organizations, play tennis for the university, and have so many more friends than I could’ve imagined. In my mind, new students should be ready for USI, be ready for the
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Seven national champions surprise faculty at their annual meeting Tuesday.
National champs surprise faculty Wannemuehler thanks professors for their hard work, support By BRADIE GRAY Sports editor The baseball team started its summer with a victory, snagging the NCAA Division II national championship May 31, for the second time in program history. President Linda Bennett surprised faculty during the fall faculty meeting Tuesday morning by inviting seven players and Head Coach Tracy Archuleta to the stage in Carter Hall. Outfielder Brad Wannemuehler spoke to the crowd, thanking professors for their hard work and support during the school year.
“I was blessed to have professors that weren’t only passionate about their own work, but were understanding and fully supportive of my athletic commitment,” Wannemuehler said to the crowd. “I know it’s not always easy for you as professors to accommodate things, especially with our crazy travel schedule in May.” Wannemuehler came to USI in the fall of 2010, right after the Screaming Eagles won its first national title against UC San Diego. “I came here with a dream,” he said. “When I left, I, too, wanted to have a national championship ring.”
Three years went by, and still no ring, he said. “I was beginning to think, you know, it just seemed impossible,” Wannemuehler said. “And then we have a group of guys who were able to do it my senior year.” He thanked his coaches and his teammates for standing behind him. “We shared one common goal,” Wannemuehler said. “We believed at the beginning of the season, when we came in in August, that we had the group to do it.” “All of sudden, we were right where we wanted to be in Cary, North Carolina,” he said. “Nine long days later -- four wins later
-- we were national champions.” USI battled Colorado Mesa in an intense game for the national title. The teams were tied 2-2 in the top of the 12th inning when Senior Infielder Matt Bowles drew a one-out walk to push across the goahead run. “I am very very proud of our guys,” Head Coach Tracy Archuleta said. “We couldn’t be more fortunate and blessed.” Archuleta was very confident in his team going into the tournament. “Going in, I just wanted to make sure we took care of the first game and I knew that after the first game, we could win the
whole thing,” he said. Archuleta said every single one of the baseball players played their part, whether it was in the dugout or on the field. “Even the guys that didn’t play helped every chance that they could,” he said. Ben Wright played his part in the tournament, keeping the Eagles in the game by blanking out Colorado Mesa for 5 straight innings. “I decided not to think,” Wright said. “I went in there thinking it was just another game because I didn’t want to over think it.” Wright, much like the rest of Evansville, felt im-
mense pride that night. “Every time I get asked (how it felt), I can’t put it into words,” he said. “Every emotion that you’ve felt from t-ball to high school to that night goes through you.” Wright plans to carry the success of last season to this season by not being satisfied. “My advice to the new guys is to be hungry and to the returning players -keep working,” he said. Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke declared June 2, 2014, “USI Baseball Day”.
James Vaughn contributed to this story.
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One of USI’s oldest traditions is taking a backseat this year. For the first time in over 35 years, USI will not play Kentucky Wesleyan in the 2014-15 men’s basketball season. USI’s basketball schedule was released Thursday missing a space for its usual game against the Panthers. The two teams have played each other up to four times per season since 1976. Although USI has won the last four games, Kentucky Wesleyan leads the all-time series 49-40. When Kentucky Wesleyan joined the G-MAC league after the 2012-13 season, finding space for a game with the team has proven to be difficult. “We knew that when they changed leagues this wasn’t going to be easy,” USI Men’s Basketball
Coach Rodney Watson said. Of the eight non-conference games both teams are allowed to schedule, one is reserved for the Bill Jergins classic held at USI and another is reserved for the Bellarmine classic that USI will attend, which leaves USI with only six non-conference games to schedule. In order to keep the rivalry in place, Watson suggested the two teams play when a large fan base on both sides could attend. “I suggested that in order to maintain the rivalry, the game must be played on a day when both teams can travel, like a Saturday,” Watson said. “The first two Saturdays in December didn’t work for either of us and the only opening was in late December, when all of the students will be gone for Christmas break.” Playing a rivalry game
in November was out of the question for Watson. “Rivalries take place when basketball season is in full swing, like January, February, March,” Watson said. Though there is not a time or place for a USI and Kentucky Wesleyan game this season, Watson hopes to pick up the rivalry in the future. “Maybe not playing each other will boost the rivalry,” Watson said. “Maybe we can figure something out down the road.” USI will start its schedule on Nov. 8, with an exhibition game at the University of Dayton and first regular season game at home against Davis & Elkins College. USI will play eight games -- six at home -- before the GLVC season starts Jan. 2, at home against William Jewell.
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WELCOME BACK! Welcome USI students! Together we can achieve USI’s vision: Shaping the future through learning and innovation. Let’s have a great start to the 2014-15 academic year! Laurie Berry, Director Housing and Residence Life
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PAC court undergoes brand renovations By BRADIE GRAY Sports editor The Physical Activities Center underwent a makeover earlier this month. The PAC floor now has a new look to match the rest of the campus’s updated assets. Work on the new floor began July 24. It was the first time the floor had been sanded since it was installed in 2006. The new USI logo does not cover the entire floor like logos can be seen at other universities. The new logo sits proportionately in the middle of the court, covering only the half court line. The new floor replaced the “Screaming Eagles” text in the center of the old court with USI’s new logo that was unveiled last spring. The worn red sidelines, end lines and foul lines were replaced with a
dark blue. “The floor was designed in house,” said Kindra Strupp, Assistant Vice President for Marketing and Communications. “A fair number of staff and coaches had a lot of say in it as long as they followed the GLVC requirements.” The gym is open again to athletes. USI’s volleyball team will be the first to play on the new floor. “It is nice and definitely reflects our campus in a positive way.” Strupp said. “You can just tell how new and of good quality it is by looking at it” As far as the cost of the replacement goes, Vice President for Finance and Administration Mark Rozewski said it was not typically expensive. It was more of a routine rather than special expense. “The reason we updated the floor is because it
needs to be replaced every few years for the safety of the athletes,” Rozewski said. “We added the logo to the PAC first because it is seen by more people throughout the year.” Another item on campus that gets a lot of exposure is the water tower. While the university hoped it would be updated like the PAC floor, it will have to stay as is for the time being. “We have to do this as funds will allow,” Strupp said, “The water tower is painted as needed and it is still relatively new. The cost to repaint it now would simply be too much.” The university will continue to update small assets such as stationary to match the new logo, but nothing bigger is in the works at the moment.
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