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H 2004 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

Woodrow Wilson scholar speaks on presidential campaign

Photo by Joy Hernandez Dr. Bill Ayres, Derek Shearer and Dr. David Anderson discuss issues of the 2004 presidential campaign in a forum hosted by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation and the U of I Institute for the Study of War and Diplomacy. The forum was held on March 17 in Good Hall’s Recital Hall.

Katy Yeiser Stuff’ Writer

The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation and U of 1’s Institute for the Study of War and Diplomacy hosted a discussion entitled “Foreign Policy Issues in the 2004 Presidential Campaign” with f0rmerU.S. Ambassador to Finland Derek Shearer and U of I history professor and Vietnam War expert David Anderson.

The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation brings in knowledgeable people to help colleges and their surrounding community gain more access to certain areas of expertise.

Sue Toigo, chairman of Fitzgibbon Toigo Associates (FTA), accompanied Shearer in his visit to campus on March 17. Both spoke toclasses and faculty and about their areas of expertise.

“Having Ambassador Shearer was a tremendous opportunity because of his background,” said Dr. Bill Ayres, associate professor of history and political science and moderator of the program. “His knowledge on political issues i s quite broad. It’s rare that you get access to somebody who’s had those types of opportunities,” he said.

Toigo co-founded the Institute for Fiduciary Education (IFE) with her late husband Bob Toigo.

IFE and Toigo provide educational and informational services to institutional investors, and Toigo has been a well- known advocate for children and

minorities. She has helped develop child care centers throughout California and also helps students attending MBA programs and minority students seeking careers.

Shearer graduated from Yale University with President George W. Bush in I968 and i s knowledgeable about Bush’s foreign policy.

He.nRo is‘familirrr with Democratic nominee Sen. John Kerry and about his foreign policy views as well. Shearer has served for former Arkansas Governor and former President Bill Clinton and has worked as California Governor Jerry Brown’s economic advisor.

Shearer and Anderson spoke on issues such as how they feel the elections will turn out and whether voters will vote for Bush or against Bush, but not necessarily for Kerry.

“The election will be very close. or something will happen that will tip it,“ Shearer predicted.

Shearer feels that voter turnout among college students will increase from previous elections because many people are very concerned with the current state of the nation.

Ayres said he has not seen a high level ofpolitical interest around the university, but he feels that will increase during the few months before the election.

“In general, I th ink there’s some There’s not a lot. I

don’t see a lot of knowledge. I see a fair amount of knowledge about Indiana and what’s here,” Ayres said. “I don’t see ;I lot of knowledge about national issues or in particular about how issues might be viewed by other parts of the country. And so far, I haven’t seen a lot of expression of interest in the campaign itself.”

According to Ayres, programs like this one not only educate American students and communities about their government but also assist international students in understanding American government.

“They get to see how Americans see the world,” Ayres said. “There are a lot of things about our system that are very quirky and strange to international eyes. When they return to their home countries, that helps them interpret the U.S. to their fellow countrymen.”

Shearer and Anderson also spohe on how the status of the Iraqi war may sway voters one way or the other.

He feels that the Bush administration has squandered support from the Iraqi people and has created anti-American feelings.

Shearer repeatedly brought up the question of whether Bush was trying to lead or dominate.

“How much can ~ O L I change wcipty by conquering them and giving them democracy,” Shearer said. “It’s hard to be number one.”

Shearer and Anderson talked about how Shearer feels the Republicans and Democrats will form their policies about the War in Iraq.

Shearer believes Bush will claim that there are dangerous people in the world and the only way to be secure from them is with his administration.

Shearer thinks the Democrats will iicknowledgc that there are dangerous people, but they will question Bush for attaching Saddam Hussein and Iraq even though they were not part of the Al- Qaeda connection.

“ I a l w a p hope with a program like this that we help them (students and pub1ic)thinkabotit issuesandmake better judgments.” Anderson said. “The idea is not to tell the students or public what to be. but just to expose them to ideas. I hope students m,ould go away thinking about what they heard.”

Anderson : i n d Ayres hope the university \ + i l l continue its connection with the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation in order to host more events and experts in the future.

“It’s something we had a very good experience with t h i \ time. and we plan to continue to do it.” Anderson said. “We’ll have other people come. Maybe on other topics or similar topics in the future.”

“We plan t o host a s many forums as we can organize.” Ayres said.

“I’ve been getting a lot of feedback from my studcnts saying that not only did they appreciate the opportunity we had last night, but they’d like to see more,” he said.

According t o Ayres. more political- based programs will take place in the fall bccuuse i t is close^. to election time.

“The university is performing a community service function,” Ayres said. “We have 21 number of people that come i n from the community. The university sees itself a s not just serving the student population but wrving the community around thcni .”

“Wc have cxpcrtise. We bring people i n with expertise, that people otherwise wouldn’t get access to. That helps them to get new inforniation. to see issues in a dil‘ferent light. and that hopefully makes i1ie;n ;I iiioic ~~liicatctl voter,” hc said.

Ayres also hopes U ot‘I will continue t o tahe advantage ot the many high- quality and informed professors from various fields around campus.

“Historically. this has been a very quiet. humble sort of school. Yet it has, at various points in its history, attracted faculty who arc just extraordinary in their field.” Ayrcs said. “And we’re not always very good about appreciating how really good these people are.”

H INTERNATIONAL DINNER

International dinner celebrates Latin American culture Sarah Clough

Stuff Writer

Thecafeteria in Schwitzer Center was transformed into a city road lined with street lamps and green, yellow and orange balloon palm trees for the celebration of Carnaval on March 24.

The scene that many thought looked a little like Mardi Gras in Indianapolis was created for the 2004 International Dinner, which specifically honored the Latin- American culture represented at the University of Indianapolis.

Every year the International Division hosts a dinner of this sort, and every year the theme changes to recognize a different country or different region.

“We like to showcase our international stud en t s , ” s ai d Ge ri Watson, international student and scholar advisor.

The theme for each year depends on how many students from the different regions and countries are enrolled at the University of Indianapolis. According to Watson, the International Division chooses a theme that they feel many of the international students will be interested in and willing to help with the presentation.

After the International Division office decided which countries and regions to honor for this year’s dinner, Watson explained that the theme of Carnaval actually came to them very easily.

“We always have this event in the spring every year, and Carnaval was perfect because it happens at this time of year in Latin American countries,” Watson said.

The event began when people entered the room and were welcomed by the rhythm of the salsa music played by DJ Taz.

Some people came wearing masks and colorful beads around their necks, ready for anight of music, food, dancing, and fun.

Marcela Llinas was the first speaker of the evening. Before she introduced the audience to the culture and lifestyle of her native country, Colombia, she took the opportunity to honor the Latin-

come to the event. The individuals who stood to be

honored at this time represented the countries of Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Puerto Rico.

Llinas then invited all of the international students and staff to stand and be recognized, demonstrating that the International Dinner was not simply to honor the members represented by the specific theme of the evening, but all the different ethnicities at U of I.

“Tonight we are going to dine and dance the night away,” Llinas said. She presented a slide show of the different traditions of Colombia to show how the Carnaval should be done.

“It’s always very colorful, and they just have joy,” Llinas said. “All ages, all sizes, all colors.. . everybody’s a star.”

The slide show continued as Hector Barrantes explained the traditions of his homeland and how Carnaval was celebrated within Peru.

Later in the evening, dancers Devi Haripal, Yang Xiao and Erin Lamb entertained the audience through Salsa and “Chutney” or Indo-Caribbean Dance, and those in attendance had a taste of these different cultures through the meal.

Once the tables had been cleared and the audience had seen the dances, the entire audience was invited to come forward and join in while Lamb and Xiao taught a Salsa lesson.

“Salsa in the United States is really every ethnicity you could think, it’s international,” said Erin Lamb of INtoSalsa.

She explained how her interest in Salsa dancing had been peaked while she was in school as a Spanish major. From there, she and her partner, Yang Xiao, delved further into this form of dancing. “Salsa’s a lifestyle,” Lamb said.

Since the time they began dancing Salsa seriously, about three years ago, the pair has founded their dance company INtoSalsa and begun giving Salsa lessons.

Some of the couples from the audience actually had been attending these classes and were brought up on stage to help lead as the dancing continued.

The evening concluded with more

Photo l n J o y Hernandez

Salsa dancers Erin Lamb and Yang Xiao perform a salsa dance at the International Dinner on Wed., Mar. 24, in the cafeteria in Schwitzer Student Center. Lamb and Xiao also provided salsa lessons to those who attended the event. The annual dinner, hosted by the International Division, celebrated Latin American culture with decorations, food, presentations and dancing. The event celebrates a different culture each year.

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RELIGIOUS EDITORIAL

Student reflects on controversy surrounding “The Passion’’ Jessica Elston

Staff Writer

A movie is sweeping across the nation: “The Passion of The Christ.” This movie has sparked more support and hot debate than anything I’ve ever seen. But what I do not fully understand is why people just cannot let it be.

Many groups are out to get this movie. The liberals are upset because it shoves religion where they think it doesn’t belong-in the mainstream. Jewish people say that it is anti- Semitic; and some Catholics believe that the Pope was unjustly quoted to have said after the movie, “It is as it was.” And even dear, bitter, old Andy Rooney decided to shove his weight

W SPORTS EDITORIAL

against this movie and call Me1 Gibson “a wacko.”

I saw this movie, and although I cannot recommend it for children, 1 think it is easily the most powerful movie I have ever seen. I do not believe that 1 have earned the right to be called a Christian just yet, but seeing this movie helped me gain a true hold on what Christianity is about. Gibson said this movie was to be about love, trust, faith and hope. Those messages come across so clearly in “The Passion.”

This movie is so important because it shows that no matter what the liberal-minded media think about free speech, they assume it to be crossing the boundary when a person talks about religion. Yay for pornography and movies about drugs but, hey, don’t you dare touch on that religion thing!

I am not for censoring at all in movies. People should, and do, make

movies about whatever they want. It is important that this standard be held for all things though. I did not find this movie in any way anti-Semitic. I am not a theology scholar but immediately after viewing the movie, I went home and read all of the Gospels over again, and this movie hits pretty close.

If anything this movie tries very hard not to place any bias on the Jewish community, because Gibson chose to add to the story of Simon of Cyrene. He was the person chosen to help Jesus carry the cross to be crucified on. In the Bible, Simon was not clearly defined. In “The Passion,” Gibson gave him a characterization of wanting to help in the end, almost being seen as heroic by fighting off those who were beating Jesus. When Gibson went on “The O’Reilly Factor,” he admitted that he added more to the story, to parallel the story of Christ by taking “this man and have

him have a burden put on him that he didn’t necessarily want, but he cnded up taking.”

As far as the few Catholics I have heard on the news protest “The Passion,” such as actor John Voight, what are you so upset about? I believe what Tom Piatak o f Chronicla Magazine said, “evangelical Christians have warmly embraced a film directed by a Catholic, starring another devout Catholic, and placing a strong emphasis on Mary and Eucharist.” That makes a lot of sense to me.

“The Passion” i s such a hard-hitting movie. In all honesty, you shouldn’t listen to me. You should go and watch the movie for yourself and see what you make of it. I believe people from every religion should go see this movie, even if they’re atheists. This movie explains why Christians are Christians. “The Passion” shows the reason why some people are so

passionate about their faith. Let’s be honest here, haven’t you always wondered what could make people want to go to church five nights a week and take trips to build houses in run-down countries? This movie explains it.

I cannot lie and say this movie is easy to take. Whether you are a believer or not. you will be shaken, and 1 do not believe too many people in the theater were not crying at some point in the movie. The violence is graphic and completely unbearable at times, but necessary.

This is not the gratuitous violence of, for example, “Reservoir Dogs” where the guy gets his ear cut off. But it is still very hard to take. However, I do promise you this: whether you love it or hate it, you’ll be glad you saw it, i f only for the understanding you’ll gain of the people around you. It is as i t was.

Now’s the time for a Pacers title run Lucas Klipsch

Managing Editor

A week ago today I watched our very own Indiana Pacers dominate one of the best teams in the National Basketball Association, the Dallas Mavericks.

The Pacers’ frustrating and physical defense baffled the soft Mavs, and sent them into a downward spiral of technical and flagrant fouls, leading to an eventual meltdown and subsequent loss. All the Mavs could do was stare, confused, as the NBA’s best defensive team locked them down for 48 minutes.

All the while, Dallas owner Mark Cuban (the world’s wealthiest basketball pseudo-intellectual), seated one row behind his team’s bench, could only scowl as his team succumbed to the Pacers’ defensive superiority.

Is this a big deal? Yes. For one thing, the Mavs are one of the most explosive offensive teams in the league. On most possessions, the shot clock had dwindled to ten, or even five seconds before Dallas point guard Steve Nash could dribble the ball past the free throw line. Secondly, even though the final score was close (103- 99), it was not indicative of the whole game, as the Pacers had their opponents struggling to create offensively from start to finish. Lastly, the Pacers did all of this with their best player, All-star and MVP candidate, Jermaine O’Neal, out with a knee injury.

This win is symbolic for our Pacers. The Mavs definitely are not the best team in the NBA, or even the Western Conference. But they are the fourth or fifth best team in the dominant West, and that means they’re in the top five or six league wide. If Indiana can make it through the Eastern Conference playoffs, it will be a Dallas-caliber team that we will face in the NBA finals. The notion of playing a seven-game series with one of the best in the West used to strike fear in the hearts of all Eastern Conference teams. After all, the West has won six out of the last nine NBA Championships, and the last five consequtively. The East hasn’t produced an NBA champion since Michael Jordan’s reign with the Bulls. But now, the tables have turned.

Suddenly the West is crumbling, and if you ask me, it’s about time. At the beginning of this season the Lakers appeared ready to take a fourth

they’ve been hampered by injuries to their three best players, Karl Malone, Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant. Now they’re fighting for the fourth seed in the West, and home court advantage in their first round series.

The Sacramento Kings, the best team in the West, have been forced to adapt to playing without their best player, Chris Webber, all year. And now that he’s back, their defensive strategies look about as strong as the Latvian army.

The reigning champs, the San Antonio Spurs, are good when they’re on, but will probably draw Yao Ming and the Houston Rockets in the first round, and nobody wants to bang with big Yao for seven games.

I already mentioned the Mavericks, whose strength and toughness rivals that of the AARP national

game’s best passers but has had problems with turnovers. Unfortunately, this is the real world, not Voltron, and we can’t combine the strenghths of three players. We just need one of them to step up and lead this team.

With their poor perimeter shooters, the Pacers have been accused of being a substandard offensive team. That may be a problem come playoff time, but it won’t if “Uncle Reggie” steps up as he has in post-season games throughout his career.

So, let’s say that the Pacers do make it to the finals and meet, say, the Kings. Then, let’s say, the Pacers beat the Kings in a very exciting seven game series and bring home a ring to our lovely city. What does that mean?

The Pacers have never won an NBA

It means more than you might think.

shuffleboard team. The team with

the best chance of coming out of the West is the Minnesota Timberwolves, but who says they’ll be around and at full strength by then? The Pacers and the rest of the Eastern Conference elite will be hoping that such Western Conference teams will kill each other

championship. They won an ABA championship, but hardly anyone remembers that. It’s a shame, but the ABA doesn’t exist anymore, and ABA championships mean about as much as “The Daily Show’s’’ Peabody award. So, understandably, the city of Indianapolis would be ecstatic with an NBA title.

Also we represent off before the NBA the little guy. We’re a finals, and the East very small market. The will be left to past decade has been

riddled with NBA compete against steadily, even without either a Western Jermaine O’Neal. champs from huge Conference leftover cities like Houston, like the Rockets or Memphis Grizzlies, or a worn out Minnesota or Sacramento team.

The whole point is that the Pacers, for the first time in my life, have just as good a chance as any other team in the NBA to win it all. Their coach, Rick Carlisle, is a legitimate Coach of the Year candidate, who was honored by being selected to coach the Eastern Conference All-star team. Speaking of All-stars, the Pacers sent two, O’Neal, and Defensive Player of the Year favorite Ron Artest. As of press time, Indiana boasts the best record in the NBA, and they’ve won seven of their last ten games.

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The Pacers have played

Chicago and Los Angeles. How about some love for the little guy?

It’s not that big-city franchise’s are bad. They’re good for ratings, help make the NBA more popular and are generally fun to watch. But enough is enough!

entertaining series for any Western Conference team. Besides, even if our market’s small here in Indy, it expands.

If the Pacers earned a trip to the finals they’d surely steal fans from the Chicago market, and perhaps even the Cleveland market (espescially if we end up beating the Cavs in the first round).

I think the Pacers would provide an

There are some holes in this theory. As with all teams, Indiana has its share of problems.

They don’t have a consistent point guard, but a committe of three who, if combined, would be the best point guard in league history. Anthony Johnson’s got a great jumper but can’t handle the ball, Kenny Anderson is a confident veteran leader, but can’t

Finally, even if the Pacers don’t win it all, it’s time a blue-collar, glam-free small market team did win (and I don’t mean the Detroit Pistons!).

happen in the NBA post-season, but I do know that the Pacers are way past due the opportunity to hang one of those fancy Championship banners up

I don’t know what’s going to

ring home in five yearst but since then shoot and Jamaal Tinsley’s one of the in Conseco Fieldhouse.

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H IRISH DANCERS

Irish dancers help celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on campus Members of the Richens-Timm

Academy of Irish Dancing, Kathleen Cunningham (14),

Colin Fleck (E), Christen Neary (15) and Amber

Patton (13) perform one of

their many routines in the

Schwitzer Center Atrium on Mar. 16.

as part of the St. Patrick’s Day

celebration. Fleck is a world qualifier in Irish

step dancing. He will be going to

the world championships in Ireland on Apr. 7.

H NEW BOARD MEMBERS

Crystal Tackett Stuff Writer

Natalie Konyalian Stafj Wi iicr

As part of the St. Patrick‘s Day celebration, Audrey Cunni n g h ani. communication instructor and forensic team coach, organized a group of Irish dancers to perform at the Schwitzer Student Center on Tuesday, March 16.

Cunningham, who is president of the Richens-Timm Academy of Irish Dancing in Indianapolis, helps organiLe and host a variety of events throughout the year.

A band called the Irish Airs also performed the same evening. They have been together for 1 X years, and perform both together and separately around Indianapolis .

The students of the academy are taught bya 1993 worldchampion dancer, John Timm, who has been teaching there for ten years. The group consists of I95 dancers, all of different ages and backgrounds, who mostly join for f u n .

“We have a variety of students. some of them do have Irish backgrounds, but a lot of them don’t.” Cunningham said. “They just like it. It’s fun , it’s exciting, and there are a lot of opportunities.”

The erouD that danced at C of I on L L Photo hy Luke 7 liorriheriy

March 16 consisied of several senior dancers, ranging from 13-17 years of age.

Many of these students have been at the academy for 5- IOyears. Cunningham said that it takes between five and six years to become a senior dancer. The dancers performed several types of dances, such as the jig, reel, slip jig, trouble jig, horn pipe and trouble reel.

“Some of them [the dances] are very traditional,” Cunningham said. “They have the same steps, so no matter where you go in the world, everyone knows the same steps.”

The dancers, mainly girls, were dressed in traditional dresses of the same style, but with their own unique designs and colors. Cunningham said that these symbolize the level of dancing, because only seniors are allowed to wear these outfits.

“We get to help design our dresses and choose what color we want them,” said one of the dancers.

The band entertained the audience throughout the evening with several limericks, and let them join in some of their traditional Irish songs.

‘‘It was an enjoyable event, great atmosphere,” said David McNeice, an international student from Northern Ireland.

[H RUMMAGE SALE I

In February, Katharine Walker and Daniel Evans joined the other members of the University of Indianapolis board of trustees as two of its newest inductees. During a ceremony held at a trustee board meeting, both Walker and Evans were sworn in and accepted their duties.

A third trustee, Polly Hix, a graduate of U of I, was not able to attend the February meeting because of her schedule and so is not functionally a trustee yet. She will be sworn in on May 20 at the next board meeting.

“Board of trustees [members] are the ultimate volunteers,” said President Jerry Israel. “But they are as a board also the authority for the university.’’

Members ofthe board of trustees meet every three months. Board members are nominated to four-year terms and may be re-elected twice, allowing them to serve a maximum of 12 years.

“They [trustees] are chosen because of their success in their careers, their intelligence and what they can bring to the university in terms of talent,” Israel said.

Katharine Walker, senior pastor for First United Methodist Church in West Lafayette, earned her bachelor’s degree from Indiana University and she also earned amaster’s of divinity from Perkins H AQIP

School of Theology at Southern Methodist University.

“She is a very strong church leader,” Israel said.

Since U of I is a university that has long been associated with the United Methodist Church, Walker believes “i t [becoming atrusteel isagreat opportunity for me to serve the United Methodist Church in a way I haven’t done before.”

Along with serving on the board of the United Methodist Publishing House as chair of its audit board, Walker also is amemberof theKiwanis, an international organization focused on service to the community.

Walker said she is motivated to become a trustee thanks, in part, to her long-time association with U of 1 and also the respect that she has for the university.

“I believe in Ihe value of higher education,” she said.

With her particular focus on Student Affairs, Walker wants to have a hand in making U of I “a home away from home” for the students.

Daniel Evans, who is also active in the United Methodist Church, is a graduate of Indiana University and the Indiana University School of Law.

“He is a long-time Indianapolis leader,” Israel said.

Since 2002, Evans has been president and CEO of Clarian Health Partners, Inc., in Indianapolis. He serves on several health-related boards, including the Indiana Hospital and Health Association, Indiana Health Industry Forum, Indiana

AQIP works to improve campus Crystle Collins

Stuff Writer

The Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) is an alternative institutional accreditation process for any university. AQIP allows a university to become an accredited educational institution by continuously working on projects to improve the quality of education offered to students.

“Accreditation is like a license to operate the institution,” said Mary Moore, vice president of research, planning and strategic partnerships and administrator of AQIP on campus. AQIP is concerned with curriculum, student government, student affairs and needs and topics such as employment for students during schooling and after graduation.

Every institution has to be accredited through the Higher Learning Commissionevery 10years. AQIPalIows an institution to be accredited every seven years, through continuous communication with the Higher Learning Board. U of I was accepted into AQIP in August 2002.

AQIP involves all of the campus community including students, faculty, staff, professional staff, the president of the university and the board of trustees. AQIP gives U of I the opportunity to fulfill the needs of accreditation while helping students and improving the educational environment of the university.

“The focus is on continuous quality improvement,” said Connie Wilson, coordinator for the U of I AQIP committees. The program has four action projects, which it is working on now through subcommittees.

AQIPrequires the committees to write an annual progress report for each action project taken on by the university.

Each committee gets a total of three years to work on each action project. The committee makes a list of goals that are directly a part of the action project’s

’These goals, when fulfilled, are intended to enrich the entire campus, while meeting the specific topic’s concerns.

topic.

The AQIP committee decided what action projects would be done through an online survey for faculty, staff and administration. The survey answered two questions for the committee: What is most important to us as a campus community? And how well do we do it?

“We did not do well,” Wilson said. Five areas were shown, and after a student vote, the actions discussed were narrowed to three main priorities. Later, a fourth project also was added to thecommittees. These priorities became the action projects for the subcommittees.

The subcommittees use the three years allotted to achieve the goals and improve the campus with their action project’s plan. The four action projects currently in progress include Connecting Learning to Student Employment, Stakeholder in Curriculum Development, Campus Wide Learning Goals and Help Desk Support. These four areas were chosen as the top priorities and are currently being headed by subcommittees, that have completed one year, accomplishing some of the goals setforeachproject. Wilson believes the projects are actively pushing forward to completion and are already making the campus a better place.

“While we are working on these specific projects, the feeling of ‘continuous quality improvement’ is starting to affect other areas that are not AQIP projects,” Wilson said.

Wilson heads the committee for Connecting Learning and Student Employment. This committee has been working on the action project for one year, and has made progress.

The committee successfully assessed the improvement being made and has documented the accomplishments thus far.

Among the accomplishments of the committee is recognizing student employees, holding two job fairs per school year, and shortening the student employee pay period from every seven weeks to every five weeks.

When an AQI P committee finishes an action project, another project is immediately started on its three-year plan. “AQIP is a program which continuously improves U of I as a whole,” Moore said.

Public Health In5titute, Central Indiana Life Science\ Initiative and the American Health Network of Indiana.

In addition, Evans also is amember of several civic boards. These include the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, Indianapolis Downtown, he . , Central Indiana Corporate Partnership and Indiana Economics Development Corporation.

Evans has long felt an “affiliation with the university.” dating back 35 years, when his father earned a degree at U of I.

Evans will be on the Environmental and Student Affairs committees. He intends to learn from students what can be done to improve the campus, as well as its academic mission.

“I am interested to see U of 1 enhance its academic reputation and produce high- quality graduates who will stay in Indiana,” he said.

Both Walker and Evans admire current trustee membcrs such as Christcl DeHaan. -h&, of. trustees chair and president and founder of the Christel DeHaan Family Foundation.

“She is outstanding,” Walker said. “ I look forward to working with her.”

“I think it’s important for the campus community and the student body to be aware that there are those very able people who are volunteers who don’t get paid for doing this,” Israel said. “They have chosen to invest their time, talent and in many cases their treasure as well with the university, and I t h ink that’s a wonderful affirmation of the quality of the university.”

H INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Anger expressed over teen suicide bomber

JERUSALEM (KRT)-The uncle of a Palestinian boy caught trying to cross an Israeli army checkpoint in a vest stuffed with explosives was hopping mad.

If he finds out who sent his nephew on the aborted mission a s a suicide bomber, said Khalil Abdo, he’ll gladly kill the dispatcher himself.

“1 would serve a life sentence for it.” Abdo told Israeli Army radio. “One must never do a thing like that.“

Abdo’s anger was only part of the uproar across Israel and the Palestinian territories on Thursday at what inany viewed as the exploitation of a troubled and vulnerable child.

Exactly who was to blame remained unclear. Some suspectedasetup by Israeli collaborators, but Israel maintained the incident was genuine and symptomatic of a growing problem as militants turn increasingly to children to launch terror attacks.

Hussam Abdo, 16, a 10th-grader at Omar Ben al Hatab school in the volatile West Bank city of Nablus, was caught Wednesday at the heavily guarded Hawara checkpoint south of the city.

Soldiers noticed a suspicious bulge beneath his sweatshirt and ordered him to freeze.

News photographs and videotape of the panicked teen held at gunpoint and a remote-controlled robot cutting off the vest with scissors played around the world.

The event diverted attention. at least temporarily, from Israel’s widely condemned assassination Monday of Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Ya the quadriplegic spiritual leader ot group responsible for killing hundreds of Israelis in scores of suicide attacks.

Israeli spokesmen went into overdrive after Abdo’s capture, decrying the ruthlessness of an enemy that took advantage of a boy who was easily swayed to prove himself by detonating a bomb among the soldiers a t the checkpoint. The governm followed up with a m background information.

Among recent examples: a 17-year- old boy who killed only himself in January when his bomb belt exploded prematurely and two 17-year-olds who blew themselves up at the Israeli port of Ashdod, killing 1 0 Israelis on March 14.

Two days later. m o p s stopped an I 1 - year-old boy as he allegedly tried to smuggle explosives through the same checkpoint where Abdo was caught. The

boy, who worked for tips carrying bags a s a porter, said he thought he was carrying a heavy bag of car parts.

Early Thursday, Israeli troops entered Nablus and arrested six people. The Web siteofthe Israeli daily newspaperHaaretz reported that three of the six were students at Abdo‘s school. An army spokesman declined to elaborate.

AI-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, a militia affiliated with Palestinian President Yasacr Arafat’s Fatah party, at first claimed responsibility for Abdo‘s thwarted attack, but withdrew the claim Thursday and said Israel had set up the attack to discredit the faction.

In an interview with the Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot, Abdo said that, after years of bullying by classmates who teased him because he’s small for his age, he wanted to reach the paradise he had learned about in Islamic teachings in school.

“A river of honey. a river of wine and 72 virgins. Since I have been studying the Quran, I know about the sweet life that waits there,” the newspaper quoted Abdo as saying.

“But when the soldiers stopped me, I didn’t press the switch. 1 changed my mind. I didn’t want to die anymore,” he said. “I’m sorry for what I did.”

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STUDENT PROFILE

U of I junior with disability takes another step toward independence

Photo hv Julie Coin Junior George Stevens demonstrates how he drives his specially equipped 1998 Ford Taurus.

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For most 22-year-old college juniors, driving a car is a luxury they easily take for granted. For George Stevens, however, finally receiving a car and being able to travel alone will always be his personal independence day.

Stevens is for the most part no different than the average University of Indianapolis student. He is involved in many campus organizations such as College Mentors for Kids, and is the vice president of Leadership Experience through Academic Developnient Service. Stevens also

What sets Stevens apart from the crowd is that he was born without arms. Simple tasks such as getting dressed, that most students complete without thinking, are for Stevens challenges he must face every day.

Yet in February, Stevens reached another stepping stone in his quest for complete independence. The 1998 Ford Taurus he had received for his high school graduation was returned to him from Alternative Mobility in South Bend. The company adapted i t to meet regulations that have been set for drivers without arms. It’s been a long time coming for the man who was once separated from all the other

ICE LEARNING

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begun by Dr. Daniel Briere, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, a few years ago.

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s who work in a school students in an English as a nguage program to help the

students. While growing up in Florida,

Stevens attended his elementary, middle school and some junior high school classes in a one room classroom with all the other disabled students, regardless of age or grade level. According to Stevens, the students stayed in the same room all day, every day, with the exception of gym class. Stevens feels his lack of self-esteem during this time stems from his seclusion from other students.

Stevens suffered. “It [the class setting] caused very low self-esteem,” he said. “I got in trouble a lot when I was there because I got tired of being in that one room class. It’s not like we had any kind of brain problem, we were just physically different.” The school did have a program that granted students with disabilities access into normal classrooms after they proved they could handle being with normal students daily. Stevens was not in favor of the “mainstream” program. “It was like an application to be a normal person,” he said.

Things began to improve for Stevens when his mother and he moved to Indiana for his high school years. At Emmerich Manual High School in Indianapolis, he was able to interact with all of the other students. Although he still had an aid to help him throughout the day, he considers that his first step in his independence. According to Stevens this first step helped him gain more confidence because he learned a lot about himself and who he wanted to be.

The next step for Stevens came when he decided to call on an acquaintance that he had made four years ago to help him. After Stevens was featured in a 2000 issue of JET magazine, he received a call from a man named Adonis Brown. Brown had

STUDENT TREND

Without a healthy self-image,

read the article and expressed hi> desire to help. He rold Stevens that there was ;I lot niore he w ~ i s capable of doing that woiild help hini become more independent m d that he could teach him how to ‘ichieve his potential. Stevens talked with Brown but said he was not intere\icd at the timc. “I wam’t trying i o be independent. 1 didn’t take ad\ antage of i t like I should have.” Steven\ s a i d .

Alter high \chooI graduation, however. Steven\ decided he needed to learn to beconic more independent if he wanted io go to collcge and live in a dorm. Then he callcd Broajn. With Stevens set to ixgin his college career soon. Brown c;inie and stayed with Stevcns for t m 0 weeks and then Stevens spent oi ie week i n Korth Carolina with B r o \ j n.

was ready to tackle the nexl step in reaching complete indepcn(ience- driving a car. F.ven though he had a car, hc still had to go through Indiana‘s Vocational Kchabilitation program. The \iatc-supportcd service works to help disabled iiiciividuals wiho are pursuing meaningful careers. The program helped Stevens get an instructor to tc:ich him how to drive. It wits ;I bear bcl’orc Stevens wii\ set up with ; i n in\truct\)r and another two years bctorc h i \ iii\lructor p i s s e d him. According to Sti‘Lciis, it took hini only two to three months to learn bow to drive. but his in\truc~tor continued to prolong thc p iwe\ \ in order to earn more money.

A I‘ter ti i s i 11 il I rtic t o r pa\sed hi in. Stevens had to o\~ei.comc one more hurdle to obtain h i \ l icense. Thc license branche\ i n Iiidiana would not allow Stevens to drive a regular car. des pit c hi s pro tic i c 11 c y . B e 1‘0 re t he state \\\auld givc him a license. he had to have h i s ciii- xiwt l o Alternative Mobilit\, in South Bend for the

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necessary changes. A year later, Stevens finally received his car, equipped with the steering wheel on the floor and a shoe to put his foot in to steer. It also had a touchpad shifter on the floor and a pad on the headrest to activate the turn signals and windshield wipers.

Stevens’ friend Christina Morris, a junior psychology major, said that despite all of the hassles, he has never really complained. “He has to be one of the most positive people I know. He

According to Stevens, his only fear was driving on the highway. He conquered that fear by driving with his roommate Fenrick James to his Westside church late one night when there wasn’t much traffic.

James, who graduated from U of 1 in December, remembers the struggles Stevens had trying to get his license and his car. However, James said that now they are able to joke together that “when they gave him his keys. they actually gave him his freedom.”

James said he and Stevens talk a lot about taking road trips, “It’s wide open for him. He’s the kind of guy who can do anything,” James said.

Now that he has his car, Stevens looks forward to moving into an apartment and living on his own when he graduates from U of I .

Working toward his independence has been a long journey for Stevens, and he has developed a philosophy that helped him through the process that he hopes may help others in a similar situation.

[Brown] told me,” Stevens said. “Adapt to your environment. Know what you can do, know your limitations. Know what you can and can’t do. Whatever you can’t do- find a way to do it.”

“I would just tell them what Adonis

Students prove that knitting and crocheting are no longer grandmotherly activites

Sara Kaiser Snorts Editor

A new fad sweeping college campuses across the country has landed at U of I. “Knit one, pearl two” is now a common phrase on campus because knitting and crocheting have become a popular pastime for many students.

Bethany Lillis, a junior theatre major, said that crocheting is great because it gives her something to do during her down time. “If I’m sitting in my room just watching TV, crocheting is something 1’11 do,” she said. Lillis added that her friends often join her to crochet or knit.

Freshman theatre and social work student Jennette Wright said she learned to crochet when she was younger but needed to find a hobby while she was the assistant stage manager for a recent theatre production.

I need to pay attention. So I saw someone else doing it and decided it was something I could try,” Wright said. “When I’m watching movies it’s something to do. I usually keep it with me so I work on projects ten minutes here, ten minutes there.”

Sophomore Zack Bolinger, a communication and music major, started knitting about two months ago. “I just had a craving to learn how to knit,” Bolinger said. “I learned how to knit from a cousin of mine.”

Sophomore English major Lauren Howey was taught how to knit when she was in seventh grade. “It’s something I just started to do again recently,” Howey said.

hats and scarves have been the most popular items they’ve made so far. They also have been working on blankets, and Bolinger hopes to try to work on a pair of slippers soon.

Howey said that learning how to knit isn’t difficult, but it can be addicting. “I like to knit,” she said. “It gives me something to do while I’m watching TV. But once you start, you just can’t stop.”

and easy activity to get involved in, it does take time to complete a project.

“It takes me about six hours to make a hat,” Bolinger said. Even though it is time-consuming, Bolinger said the comments he receives from

“I had hours on end to sit there. yet

Both Bolinger and Howey said that

While knitting may sound like a f u n

people when t h c ~ \cc his h a t s makes it f u n . Holingcr wid i t ‘ \ ;I compliment to h i s woi-k when \oiiicoiic tell\ him they like his ha t and a \ k s \\here he got it.

Altliouyh hii i l ! ir i< l i x s bcen relauiny for Bol\nger. he \:i>’s there are some down \icic\ to knitting on campus.

“ I t ‘ \ tnuglit i i i c ;I lot ahout discri ni i wit ion ..’ 1301 i iiger said “People antoni;itii‘all! assunic it‘s R feninle activitl.“

Lillis. ~vIio~jt1\1 learned OM to crochet. \:rid she iitltii is told that only old people crochi‘t. Lillis disagrees and said mo\t of licr 1 i-icmls in the theatre department aI\o i’t-oc‘hc‘t or k n i t . “All of a sudden ;I bunch 01’ L I \ \tartcd doing it.” slic \aid.

5 i m i I a r re;^ t i o n s I? 11 t li and I e \ coni me I I t 4 by c r x h i n y ii joke.

Like Holinger ; i n d Howey. Lillis said \c;irvt‘\ are (i i ic 0 1 ‘ her favorite

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things to make. “Right now, I love making scarves,” Lillis said. Lillis also said that she has only been crocheting for a short time but can crochel hats and potholders.

Lillis did offer advice to those looking into experimenting with crocheting. “Find someone to teach you,” she said. “The instructions that come with the crochet hook are really hard to get.”

Crocheting and knitting both require a few supplies. Knitting requires needles that typically run four to five dollars as well as a skein of yarn that also will cost four to five dollars. Crochet hooks are needed for crocheting. Learn-to-knit and learn- to-crochet kits also are available for about ten dollars. These supplies, plus books that offer different patterns for projects. can be purchased at any hobby or craft store.

Photo by Chrysanthi Ioannidou

Bethany Lillis, a junior theater major, spends an afternoon knitting in the library.

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I MOVIE REVIEW

CD REVIEW

Lou Reed’s new album: Thumbs down

Lou Reed, former front man ofthe revolutionary 70s rock band, The Velvet Underground, recently released a live album entitled “Animal Serenade.” The perpetually strung-out singer has proven several things with his most recent release, but his ability to serenade anything isn’t one of them.

Reed, 62, recorded “Serenade” last summer at The Wiltern Theater in L.A., California, the city where his band became famous. The Velvet Underground was one of the f’ew rock- and-roll bands to experiment successfully with the electro-rock style pioneered by Jimi Hendrix and inade famous in the late 60s and early 70s by bands such as The Who and Led Zeppelin. Reed is a prolific poet and phenomenal songwriter, but his vocals leave much to be desired. I t was the innovative music of The Velvet Underground that bolstered its success, not Reed’s singing. On many songs an electric viola was featured, something seldom used in rock. Another alluring aspect of The Velvet Underground was its backup vocalist. Nico, who sounds like some bizarre European version of Billie Holliday, mixed with hints of

was, and still is, nothing more than interesting , and that ‘ s being pol itc.

There was nothing spectacular about Lou Reed’s vocal talent during his time with The Velvet Underground, and nearly 20 years after the band broke up. he demonstrates, a\ expected, even less vocal range and tonal capacities.

mumbling his lyrics worked in his youth. Audiences caiile to expcct overbearing backgrounds and under- emphasized lead vocals. Furthermore. The Velvet Unclerground alwiys seemed to be recording in a large aluminum box, and audiences (namely devoted fans) didn’t mind one bit. With today’s technological advancements i n sound engineering and recording, every aspect 01‘ Reed’s vocal mediocrity is accentuated, and exem p I i fied in “Sere nadc. *’

Lou Reed as a solo artist. It’s like Flava Flav trying to make an album without Public Enemy, or Ringo and George trying to record on their own without Paul an4 John. As an individual, Reed just doesn‘t measure up to the standards his band set in its prime.

Reed’s songs written without The

. As for Reed, his voice

Reed’s proclivity for whining and

Aside from this, 1 have never likcd

‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’questions memory, ~

Steve Takacs Ento~tainnicnt Editor

Longtime funnyman Jim Carrey and new-age beauty Kate Winslet combine their talents in a romantic film that is real, heartfelt and mysterious. “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” begins with Carrey’s character. Joel, waking up from what seems to be a normal night’s rest. While stumbling around his apartment, he has multiple negative thoughts concerning Valentine’s Day, and the audience hears them. In fact, a good portion of the movie takes place in Joel’s head, but 1’11 get to that later.

Joel readies himself and heads out for the day. However, once he’s on the train, quarreling with himself about attending work, he whimsically decides to head to the beach for a day. The beach, though, is a cold windy place, and while he mopes along the shore, we’re in his mind. We learn of his failed relationship with a woman named Naomi and how he desperately wants to find a woman with whom he’s compatible. No sooner than that, he encounters a female stranger with blue hair. Although Joel and the stranger travel to the same places throughout the day, they comfortably ignore one another for a while. This comes to an end when Clementine (Winslet) introduces herself, and the rest of the relationship snowballs from there.

All of this seems like it’s too good to be true, and it is. A time shift from past to present reveals that the two had met before. In fact, we see Joel’s fleeting memories of this past life, and then the mind-boggling twist comes in. The scene shifts, and Joel takes a Valentine’s gift to Clementine, but she has no conception of Joel or of their relationship. Another time shift shows Joel and Clementine in a past relationship that flopped for some reason. The reason, although it’s a tad unclear, centers around Clementine’s unhappiness. She’s really found of alcohol and is often seen with Joel drowning her sorrows.

this, and so does the audience. However, Joel and the audience become aware of a procedure which erases a person’s memories. Clementine’s unhappiness becomes too much, and she undergoes the mind- erasing procedure. This procedure is precisely why she can’t recollect Joel

Joel has a hard time grasping all of

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when he stares her in the face. A heart- broken and gloomy aura surrounds Joel as he struggles to grasp his new life without Clementine.

Joel soon understands that a life filled with past memories of a wonderful woman is too unbearable. He, too, decides to have his memories erased. He gathers everything associated with Clementine and heads to the doctor’s office. The doctor and Joel enjoy a chat in which Joel discusses every memory of Clementine he has. This is crucial to memory- erasing, because the doctor copies this part of Joel’s brain to a mainframe computer. Joel is then given a pill that literally knocks him out. Then the fun begins.

Once Joel is in a drug-induced coma of sorts, a team of the doctor’s assistants, including Elijah Wood, move into his apartment and hook up his brain to a computer. The pre-made mind map allows the team to track Joel’s every memory of Clementine, so that each one can be erased.

From this point on, most of the movie is captured in Joel’s mind. The point, though, is that while Joel’s memories of Clementine are being

erased, the rest of his mind reaTzes what is happening and tries to stop it. Essentially, Joel wants to keep his memories of Clementine, and to do this, he unconsciously pulls memories of Clementine into other parts of his memory. This stunt is executed wonderfully as the audience sees the memories shifting on the pre-made mind map and Joel’s inner reactions to the thought of losing the accompanying memory.

During Joel’s mind alteration, Clementine finds a new boyfriend, Elijah Wood, who literally steals Joel’s recorded memories of Clementine and uses those to woo her. Even though we don’t see her memories of Joel erased, she is portrayed in a state of panic or paranoia after undergoing the procedure, as if she knows no one and senses that something is wrong.

Meanwhile, Joel is still hooked up to a computer losing part of his identity. He eventually snaps back into reality and wakes up with no memory of Clementine. However, the audience gets a creepy sense of deja-vu when Joel repeats the same pattern of glumness they saw during the opening scene. This could be due to the

movie’s portrayal of a nonsequential sense of time. The point, though, is that Joel had a life with Clementine and during the erasing of her, he told himself to go to the beach. Oddly enough, Clementine is there, and the two meet for the “first” time. I won‘t outline the film‘s ending, but i f you know anything about Shakespearean lovers’ star-crossed destinies. the ending should make sense.

I don’t know why I saw this movie. Perhaps I saw the word “mind” in the title and became anxiously excited? I don’t know, but I do know that this is one of the best movies I’ve ever seen.

Director Michel Gondry and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman take the viewer through the multiplicities of the mind. Not only does the film tackle issues of complex states of consciousness. i t shows how the “I” within those states is able to understand its surroundings. For instance, when Joel subconsciously understands he is erasing Clementine, in his mind, he grabs her and they attempt to store that memory elsewhere in Joel’s mind. This fails. of course, but the idea alone is astounding .

Velvet Underground are noticeably the worst songs on this compilation. I enjoy stream of consciousness ramblings in free verse poetry, but come on, Lou- this is music! The listener needs rhymes and catchy, if not easy to remember. hooks. The listener needs something to sing to. On disc one of “Serenade,” Reed assaults the casual listener with “Tell It to Your Heart,” a wannabe ballad that really should have been sung by a talented vocalist. Later, on disc two, he plays two gut-wrenching tracks in a row: “Set the Twilight Reeling” and “Candy Says.” In both songs, he is accompanied by a seemingly androgynous vocalist identified only as “Antony.” This character sings back- up in most of the songs o n the album, providing a much-needed harmonic support system to Reed’s puny lead. On these two tracks. though, the listener actually gets a chance to hear Antony without Reed, and it’s borderline frightening.

Of all the tracks on the disc that I hadn’t already heard, only “Ecstasy” impressed me, but by the sixth minute, I was over it .

immediately began to look forward to listening to the old Velvet Underground songs Reed covers, such as “Venus in Furs” on Disc One, and “Sunday Morning,’‘ “All Tomorrow’s Parties” and “Heroin.” all on Disc Two. Unfortunately, Reed let me down again by butchering “Sunday Morning” and “All Tomorrow’s Parties.” He does fine in “Heroin,” the last song on Disc Two, but kills “Venus in Furs” by condoning an overbearing electric cello solo that sounds like large alley cats mauling each other over the dregs of a tuna fish can. Reed always seems to have prided himself on his effective use of distortion and harmonic dissonance, but he takes i t too far i n “Serenade.”

As I said before, Heed is a great

apparent in his reading o f the timeless Edgar Allen Poe classic “The Raven,” which was the title track of Reed’s last solo album. I hadn’t heard Reed do this before, but I have to admit, it was pretty moving.

As much as i t pains me to say it, I think it’s time for Lou Reed to hang up the old guitar and enjoy life as a retired former rock-and-roll mastermind. Will he take me up on this? Probably not, but every story has a moral, and the moral o f “Animal Serenade” is that rock-and-roll takes its tol l on everyone, and perhaps 62-year-old rockers should call it quits while they’re ahead. Did you hear that, Rolling Stones?

When I received this album, I

consciousness “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless

Mind” also juxtaposes two ideas- happiness and misery- and shows how happiness is bliss. but not in a sloppy, chick-flick sort of way. I really felt I knew these characters and their experiences with each other. Love is such a difficult concept to grasp and experience, but Carrey and Winslet weave us through the lives o i Joel and Clernentine i n a way that pulls at the heart. I didn’t want to see thew two quarrel because they were such a perfect pair, and the ways in which they interacted plucked my inner chords attached to the concepts of love and happiness.

In any other review. I probably would have complained about something by now. However, I can’t do that with this movie-it’s just that good. I n short. “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” calls into play the very notion of identity and how we consciously or unconsciously define who we are based on our subjective experiences. I t was excellent to see a movie that had so much to say about how our experiences help us define who we are. I ’ l l probably see this one again.

SPORTS MARCH 31,2004 PAGE 6 THE REFLECTOR

MEN’STRACK

U of I optimistic about outdoor season, ready to bounce back after disappointing indoor finish

The University of Indianapolis men’s track team is looking forward to a successful outdoor season. The team is expecting better results after competing in the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 13 and 14 in Boston, Mass.

Championship we had four All- Americans,” assistant men’s and women’s track coach Giles Davis said.

In the men’s 35 pound weight throw, senior Dameion Smith finished second, junior Aaron Lawson third and junior Corey Young finished fifth.

In the Men’s 400-meter dash, senior Reggie Cross finished seventh overall. In the mile. junior John Parson qualified for the final and finished tenth.

points, and finished sixth overall, which is the highest place in team history at a national meet,” Davis said.

“We’re hosting a meet this weekend, here at the University of Indianapolis at Key Stadium. It’s the J.E. invitational. The field events start at 10:30 a.m. and the running events start at 1 1 a.m.,” Davis said.

“At the NCAA Indoor

“We scored the school record, 33

W MEN’S TENNIS

Admission is free for U of I

The indoor season is different than students.

outdoor season for a number of reasons.

“The indoor track is only 300- meters,” said senior Josh Marshall. “The events are different. They don’t do a couple of the field events like javelin and discus throw, and they don’t have hurdles in indoor. The turns are a lot tighter.”

optimism about the upcoming season. After a disappointing third place on Feb. 28 at the GLVC Indoor Championships, the team is ready for a victory.

“I t was pretty disappointing because we had a shot to win,” senior Sean Weisman who is a computer information systems major said.

.4lthough the team suffered a disappointing loss at the end of the outdoor season the team i s hoping to rebound quickly. The team has strong atheletes competing in the running events and field events.

“I obviously think that this year we’re pretty strong in the throwing events,” Davis said. “We’re pretty deep in the hurdles and some of the jump events. And we’ve got some quality individuals in the sprints and distance.”

Marshall said. “We’ve always been a better outdoor team anyway. We’ve been picking up a few events in

The track team has a lot of

“For outdoor, we’ll be pretty good,”

outdoor that aren’t in indoor, like javelin and discus throw.”

“We’ve got a lot of‘ athletes who can win individual events,” Weisman said. “Our focus is to get the team championship. We’ve won the past two outdoor championship and we‘re looking to make i t a third straight championship.”

The team hopes to defend its intercollegiate title. They also hope to win conference and take athletes to nationals.

intercollegiate title] two years in a row,” Davis said. “That’s a meet where all of the Indiana schools come tog et her. ”

The team is focused on the goals ahead as well.

“We are the three time defending conference champs. We’re looking to win our fourth consecutive conference meet. Finally, we are looking to qualify athletes for the national meet and break the top five. That’s our ultimate goal, to be one of the top five teams in the country,” Davis said.

“It’s been a good four years,” Marshall said. “We have a good time, we support each other. “We do a lot of cheering.”

The team competed at home in the Jerry England Invitational March 27. The scores from the meet were unavailable at The Rejlector press time. Check out the next issue of Tlzr Rejlector for all the scores and highlights.

“We’ve won that [the

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Young and inexperienced ‘Hounds face uphill battle ~ ~

Craig Haupert Slufj’ Wj Iter-

The men’s tennis team is hoping for a good result when they start Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) play, despite starting off the season 1- 14.

According to Pat Nickell, men’s tennis coach, there are a couple of reasons the ‘Hounds have gotten off to such a slow start.

“One of the reasons we have a 1 - 14 record is that we probably play the toughest schedule in the GLVC,” Nickell said. “Every team we have played so far has either been nationally ranked Division 11 or Division 111, or they have been Division I. So looking at the schedule, you see there are no easy matches on there.”

According to Nickell the other reason for the slow start is due to the inexperience of the players.

“They are a young team,” he said. “We lost two seniors this year and five the previous year, so everybody is a fairly new face.”

According to Nickell, the tough schedule will help the ‘Hounds play better at the end of the season.

“The reason I pick the schedule is because I have always had the philosophy that you play the best people you can possibly play, and by the time conference comes around, it will have made you better and stronger, and you will be peaking as a team,” Nickell said.

W SOFTBALL The ‘Hounds have lost their last ten

matches, including their GLVC opener at Northern Kentucky 4-5 on March 23.

Junior Ross Johnson won at number one singles, 6-2.0-6, (10-6).

Freshman Alan Dowell won his second in a row in two sets 6-4, 6-4 at number six singles.

Sophomore Ketan Saggar also won his second consecutive match in singles play 5-7,7-6 (S), (10-6).

sophomore Dustin Guthrie and Johnson won their match 8-6.

According to Nickell, Northern Kentucky is a better team than last

The number one doubles team of

year, when they went undefeated, so he is proud of the close match.

“For us to go in there and get the singles and take a double point was pretty meaningful,“ Nickell said.

Vincennes at home 3-6. On March 24, the ‘Hounds lost to

Johnson at number one singles won

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Junior Ross Johnson practices his strokes behind the baseline during a team practice.

his fourth straight match. The number three doubles team of

Saggar and Dowell won their match. Freshman Felipe Rqjas won his

match at number six singles. Nickell said a lack of experienced

players has forced younger players to step up and play well, and some of them have seized the opportunity.

“Alan Dowell seems to be the one freshman who has the most experience,” Nickell said. “He is still trying to learn how to play hard court tennis. The hard court i \ farter than the clay court he was used to.”

According to Nickell. another new player who has been doing well is Ketan Saggar.

“Saggar is a great addition to the team,” Nickell said. “He is a sophomore transfer from Hillsdale. He has been really coming on here lately and is winning matches.”

According to Nickell the ‘Hounds are looking forward to the upcoming matches and the end of the season.

“Our primary goals are what they always are,” Nickell said. “That is to win conference. That gets us the automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament. It’s a pretty uphill battle, but it is all about how good can we be and if we can peak conie conference time.”

The ‘Hounds faced Division I Toledo on Friday. The team lost 6-3. Johnson defeated Khalid AI Nabhani 6- 1,6-0. With the win Johnson has now had five singles wins in a row, extending his record to 1 1 -10.

were unavailable as of T ~ c Rcvlector press time.

The scores from St. Joe’s and Lewis

Team competes in Rebel Springs Tournament over Spring Break Sarah Clough

Stulr Writer-

The University of Indianapolis softball team began its season with a trip to Florida over Spring Break to compete in the Rebel Springs Tournament just outside Orlando.

team competed in games against Shippensburg, Pa.: Southern New Hampshire, W. Va.; East Stroudsburg, Pa., Dowling, N.Y.; Bloomsburg, Pa.; South Dakota State, New Haven, Conn.; Truman State, Mo.; and Merrimack, Mass. The softball team came away from the trip with two wins after beating Dowling, N.Y. 7-0 and New Haven, Conn. 10-6.

of the season in a shutout against Dowling. Junior 2003 All-Great Lakes Valley Conference second-team catcher Jessi Conant recorded a team high in this game with three hits, one being a double during her four at-bats. Junior Ashley Vachon and sophomore Megan Hall also contributed to the team’s win. Vachon came forward with two RBI’s and Hall had a team- high of three RBI’s.

The Greyhounds lost the following two games to Bloomsburg 1-9 and South Dakota State 3-4 before coming back to get the second win of the season over New Haven.

Throughout the week, the softball

The softball team took its first win

Just a week after their return, the

‘Hounds matched up against Missouri- St. Louis i n a double-header and their first GLVC game of the season. They ended the day splitting the games, winning the first game 2- 1 and losing the second 0-8.

evening, sophomore shortstop Lindsey Mishevich scored the first point for the ‘Hounds within the first inning and later in the sixth inning batted in the game-winning run to break the tie and lead to a win over Missouri-St. Louis.

The Greyhounds’ next game was another conference double-header in which they matched up against 23rd- ranked SIU-Edwardsville. SIU-E swept the games 6-0, 8-0, making the ‘Hounds 1-3 in conference play.

The softball team then faced its fourth loss in a row with a close first game in the double header against Franklin, 4-5, tying the longest losing streak of the season. The ‘Hounds were able to recover and sweep the night game against Franklin 7-0.

In the opener against Franklin, sophomore outfielder Brandi Grubb batted the team’s first home run of the season and had two RBI’s.

performance at the plate with a double, a run scored, and one RBI, helping to place her at the head of the team in batting average, slugging percentage, base percentage, and triples.

In the second game of the evening, U of I came back strong against Franklin with eight different players combining to get 13 hits.

During the first game of the

Mishevich had another solid

Junior third baseman Erin Schenck helped contribute to the lead as she was 2-3 at the plate, with a double, two RBI’s, and a run scored. Grubb remained strong throughout the entire day as she contributed a double, three

runs scored. and IWO \[olen bases. On March 27. the softball team

niatchcd up against Saginaw Valley State, Northwood and BlueI‘ield State after a game against Ferris State the night before. The team finished up the

weekend at East Peoria, Ill. , with a game against Mercyhurst, Pa., Sunday at I 1 a.m.

The scores from these games were unavailable at Thr Rqflector press time.

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Photo by Lucas Klipsch

Senior first baseman Brian Roemke prepares to swing in the ‘Hounds home victory over St. Joe’s in game one of a double header last week. The ‘Hounds swept the double header 4-3,3-1. The team is in action at home on Thursday when they face Findlay.

BASEBALL

‘Hounds baseball team goes 5 4 0 over Spring Break

Katy Yeiser Stuff Writer

Coach Gary Vaught’s baseball team opened its 2004 season with 15 games in Ft. Meyers, Fla., over Spring Break. The ‘Hounds went 5-10 over their ten day trip in Florida.

“We played really well as a team,” said senior first baseman Brian Roemke. “We played really good defense. We just didn’t get some breaks, and a couple of times the ball didn’t bounce our way. So we just eliminate one or two mistakes, and we could easily be 10-5 instead of 5-10. We have to learn from our mistakes and get ready for our conference.”

On the second day of action the ‘Hounds rolled over Salem International, W. Va., 16-1 and beat Cannon, Pa., 8-4.

The ‘Hounds suffered five losses before easily picking up their third win of the year against Mansfield, Pa., 13- 1.

They followed their win over Mansfield with a 9-0 shutout of Southwest Minnesota State. Freshman pitcher Keith Hatfield picked up the fourth win for Coach Vaught’s squad against Southwest Minnesota State by posting a four-hit shutout.

“Pitching got off to a slow start, but around the middle of the trip they really turned things around and pitched very well,” Roemke said.

“The pitching’s there. We just need to get some key hits to turn this thing around,” Vaught said.

On the final day of action in Ft. Meyers, the ‘Hounds split two games

with Great Lakes Valley Conference opponent University of Missouri-St. Louis. Senior pitcher Nolan Bastien allowed only three hits against UMSL in the first game of the day, but UMSL managed to get by with a 2-0 win. However, the ‘Hounds pulled away with an impressive 10-2 win in the night game. Junior pitcher Brandon Will struck out nine hitters and allowed only one earned run in eight innings, leading the ‘Hounds to victory.

The ‘Hounds also got four hits apiece from senior second baseman Eric Peterman and junior left fielder Brent Miller. Peterman scored three runs,.aul Miller scored two for the ‘Hounds. Miller also chipped in two RBI’s. Miller is a transfer from Western Kentucky and already impresses his teammates.

“Brent Miller had an unbelievable spring trip,” Roemke said.

“He’s (Miller’s) got all the tools to make it (to the pro’s). It comes down to how hard he wants to work,” Vaught said.

Miller is batting ,457 for the ‘Hounds, and has five home runs, 17 RBI’s, 32 hits, 19 runs and only six strikeouts. He has a ,714 slugging percentage and has started all of the games in left field for the ‘Hounds.

Sophomore outfielder Brandon Costilow and freshman first baseman Daren Johnson are also hitting above .400. Some of the ‘Hounds newcomers showed potential over Spring Break.

up,” Roemke said. “Kyle Stevenson, Jason Beck and Keith Hatfield did very well for freshmen.”

“The big surprise is Keith Hatfield, a freshman that’s stepped up and done

“We had a couple of freshmen step

a good job,” Vaught said. “Jason Beck (a freshman), behind

the plate has done an outstanding job. I’m very pleased with my freshmen,” Vaught said.

The ‘Hounds split two games with Bellarmine after the Spring Break trip on Sun., March 21. Bellarmine barely got by the ‘Hounds 1-0 in the first game, but the ‘Hounds easily beat Bellarmine 9-2 in the second game.

Junior pitcher Gary Mauer picked up the win for the ‘Hounds allowing only seven hits and striking out six batters.

Senior first baseman Zac Boulond collected four hits, two RBI’s and a dhutbkan themglLand.seniar slaird. baseman Jeremy Kliewer clocked in a double and a triple in the victory. Vaught’s team managed 16 hits against Bellarmine for their second GLVC win.

the ‘Hounds are looking to get back on the winning track and be the team to beat in the conference.

“Our first goal is to win the conference, get to the regional again and make it to the World Series,” Roemke said.

special,” Vaught said. “I think something good is going to happen. We’ve weathered the storm, and now it’s time to start making the plays and get this thing going back uphill. A lot of people are wondering if this is our down year, and I don’t believe that in any form or matter.”

weekend against Kentucky Wesleyan, Scores from the games were unavailable as of The Reflector press time.

According to Vaught and Roemke,

“From day one I’ve said this team’s

The team was in action this

m WOMEN’S TRACK

Roush named NCAA I1 All-American Team makes quick transition from indoor to outdoor season

Jessica Elston Stuff Writer

The indoor season for University of Indianapolis women’s track team recently ended. At the NCAA I1 Indoor Nationals at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, Mass., senior Cari Roush received NCAA I1 All-America honors, placing third in the shot put. She also earned fifth place in the weight throw competition. She also was awarded “Athlete of the Year” at the Great Lakes Valley Conference Indoor Track for the second straight time.

the conference meet. “We have an overall strong team, but we’re few in number,” Roush said.

The emphasis on competition is saved more for the upcoming outdoor

Overall, the women placed third in

season. “Because we lack indoor facilities, it’s hard to focus on it. We train outdoor year-round,” Assistant Coach Giles Davis said. More events are offered during the outdoor term.

“Indoor is a training tool for the outdoor season,” Roush said.

The differences between the indoor and outdoor season, aside from environment, are that the relays are different and the meter dashes are shorter when run indoors.

Senior Ashley Moore said that the track team practices every week day. “We spend a lot of time practicing by lifting and spending time on the track,” she said.

Davis said that making a smooth transition from indoor to outdoor is important for the team. “We need to put ourselves in a position to compete in a two-day format. People need to be able to compete in one or two events on the second day,” Davis said.

Roush said there is not a big difference between training for indoor and outdoor. “We prepare for this all year round. We’re building on a base we already have,” she said. “Everyone puts in the time they need to put in.”

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year,” Davis said. For starters, the team has a new track to run on.

personal goals, such as having more people qualify for nationals and winning the conference. Roush’s personal goal is to end her collegiate career on a good note. “I would like a good finish on a career,” she said.

The team competed at home in the Jerry England Invitational on Saturday, March 27. Scores from the meet were unavailable as of The Reflector press time. Check out the next issue of The Reflector for scores and highlights.

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