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EDYVEAN THEATRE 

Edyvean theatre announces its closure 

Gretchen Rush 

Editor-in-Chief 

Instead of unveiling its productions 

who were Edyvean season ticket holders 

when the theatre was on the north side of 

Indianapolis but have not attended a 

performance on the U of I campus. He 

also said that subscription rates do fluctuate, 

but that Edyvean is not financially 

For example, Simmons said that the theatre 

expected $30,000 income from “My 

Fair Lady” and only brought in $18,000. 

Edyvean also lost money on “Visiting 

Mr. Green” when the group projected 

$10,000 in ticket sales and only sold 

“It was a compromise for us because we 

were suddenly forced into sharing everything,” 

said Ream. “But it also had a lot 

of huge benefits.” 

The Edyvean staff virtually tripled 

the size of the theatre department and 

its ugly head again .... That is our first 

line of connection with the public.” 

Ken Hottell, vice president for business 

and finance, said that a decision has 

yet to be made about the box office, but 

it may become the responsibility of the 

for next season’s lineup on Feb. 18, the stable enough to survive the drop in $4,900 worth. 

gave students six professionals to turn to theatre department’s administrative as- 

Edyvean Repertory Theatre announced sales. 

On Thursday nights this season, only when they had questions about anything sistant next year. 

that it will close its doors forever on May “An organization like the Indiana 217 people watched “My Fair Lady, 126 related to the stage. Members of the staff “I grieve this loss,” said Ream. “It’s 

25, the end of its current season. Repertory Theatre or the Indianapolis saw “Visiting Mr. Green,” 161 attended also taught classes in the theatre depart- like I’ve lost a good friend. They are not 

The professional theatre has performed 

at the University of Indianapolis 

Symphony Orchestra or the Civic Theatre-they 

would be in better shape to 

“Snoopy! ! !” and 93 people came to “The 

Adventures of Stanley Tomorrow.” 

ment, including production skills this 

semester and costuming in the past. 

just moving away-they’re gone, they’re 

gone. I think many of us will begin to 

on the Ransburg Auditorium stage for 

the past four years and in Indianapolis 

withstand a drop off of five or seven 

percent in season subscriptions,” said 

“Well, 93 people in a 700-seat auditoriumislike 

aghost town,” saidsimmons. 

Not only will this interaction disappear, 

but the theatre students who were 

experience that grief over the next couple 

of years in a variety of ways.” 

for 35 years. But the theatre’s financial Simmons. “And we had to constantly be “We’re kind of at a loss to explain it [the once able to benefit from on-campus Despite the loss, there will be gains 

situation is forcing it to say goodbye. 

Edyvean moved from the north to the 

south side of Indianapolis in July 1998, 

after the Christian Theological Seminary 

did not renew the theatre’s lease. 

Edyvean Repertory Theatre Facts 

+ Founded as the Repertory Theatre at Christian Theological Seminary 

for the University of Indianapolis. Groups 

such as Campus Program Board and nonprofit 

organizations are already calling 

to book Ransburg Auditorium for next 

year. 

The move to U of I caused season ticket 

sales to drop from the theatre’s peak of 

2,000 in the 1997-1998 season to an alltimelow 

of 860inthe 1998-1999 season, 

said Bill Simmons, managing director 

for Edyvean Repertory Theatre. 

“I think the board and the staff knew 

that the theatre was going to take a pretty 

serious hit with season subscriptions,” 

by Dr. Alfred R. Edyvean in 1966. 

+ The theatre was renamed Edyvean Reptertory Theatre in 1991 

+ Edyvean moved from the north side of Indianapolis to U of I in 1998 

+ The theatre’s first production was“A Cup of Trembling” 

+ Its last production will be “The Sound of Music” in May 2002 

“I already had a theatre call and ask if 

they could take Edyvean’s place,” said 

Ream. “Of course my response was n e 

certainly not at this point. We’re not 

interested in that.. ..The campus is not 

ready for another theatre to move in 

immediately after this.” 

Hottell said that after the season, 

Edyvean also will donate its lighting, 

said Simmons. “We thought that we 

would really have an audience because 

Information provided by Edyvean Repertory Theatre 

sound and audio-visual equipment as 

well as costumes, power tools, scene 

there hadn’t been a theatre down here [on 

shop equipment and computer programs 

the south side] other than the U of I 

theatre department. We thought there 

would be a hunger for professionally 

produced work. We thought that the faculty 

would be really in support of us.” 

The board of directors projected a 50 

percent drop in season ticket sales, but 

thought the theatre would recover those 

sales within three years. “Well, we 

haven’t grown that fast,” said Simmons. 

“We grew at an average rate of about 

seven percent a year in season subscriptions-which 

is actually pretty good. If 

an arts organization is growing by five 

percent a year in subscriptions, they’re 

doing pretty well.” 

“This year our season subscription 

did not grow at all, and in fact it came in 

under last year’s numbers by about $5,000 

in income, which would equate to about 

50 subscribers short of last year,” said 

Simmons. 

Simmons said he knows U of I faculty 

moving forward if we were going to 

make it.” 

Simmons said that aconstant increase 

in season ticket sales was necessary for 

the theatre, survive because it became 

more dependant on contributed income 

such as donations and grants from corporations 

and individuals after the move to 

u of I. 

He said that a good income ratio for 

an arts organization is 70 percent earned 

income (mainly ticket sales) and 30 percent 

outside contributions. Edyvean’s 

budget matched that ratio at the Christian 

Theological Seminary. 

“When we moved down here [the 

south side], the ratio almost flipped,” 

Simmons said. “We became about 60 to 

65 percent dependent on contributed income 

and about 35 percent reliant on 

ticket sales. That’s a bad, bad ratio.” 

Single ticket sales were another moblem 

Ezyvean encountered this season. 

drop in sales] because we thought the 

season we came up with this year was a 

blend of crowd favorites and new works 

that when we were at the seminary we 

could do because people came just because 

it was the Edyvean Theatre,” said 

Simmons. 

The theatre is able to finish out the 

season because of generous donations 

from contributors. Simmons said that 

Edyvean has received gifts ranging from 

$500 to five-figures. 

Because .the theatre performs in 

Ransburg Auditorium and Jim Ream, 

chair and associate professor in the department 

of theatre, worked on their stage 

in the past, Edyvean and the theatre department 

worked side-by-side, sharing 

set designs, costumes and lighting Over 

the past four years. 

When Edyvean first came to u of I 

both the universitv theatre deDartment 

andEdyveanhadtdadjustt0 &;changes. 

internships with a professional organization 

will no longer enjoy that luxury. 

“I think the greatest loss for us is that 

the general level of artistic creativity on 

the campus has now beenreduced,” said 

Ream. “I think second to that is the 

public relations value of bringing in 

people from the north side [of Indianapolis].” 

One public relations problem the U 

of I theatre department may run into is 

staffing the box office during the day. 

When Edyvean waved to U of I, part of 

the agreement was that they would Staff 

the box office Monday through Friday, 

1-6 p.m. 

“We haven’t quite figured out how 

we’re going to deal with it [the box 

office],” said Ream. “Before they came, 

it was a major problem for us. We were 

just about ready to throw our hands up in 

the air and say we have to do something 

about this.. .andnow that beast has raised 

that keep track of ticket sales to the 

University of Indianapolis, instead of 

paying rent. 

Ream said the lighting equipment will 

be a major benefit to the theatre program 

because it will not lose $30,000 worth of 

equipment that students grew used to 

working with over the past four years. 

He also mentioned that parking in lots 

near Esch Hall will open up and Ransburg 

Auditorium will be available for other 

organimtians to rent. 

Recently the Edyvean Repertory Theatre 

performed “Of Mice and Men.” The 

theatre will end its 35 years in Indianapolis 

with a popular musical, “The 

Sound of Music.” 

To celebrate its life in Indianapolis, 

the theatre will have a crowd sing-a-long 

after the final performance on May 25. 

The theatre also will have a celebration 

of its history on May 15 to honor long- - 

time members and contributors. 

I CAMPUS ORGANIZATION 

Circle K awarded for service 

and leadership at conference 

Joanne Grizzle 

Staff Writer 

Circle K, the University of India- 

napolis service group, received several 

awards at its District Convention in 

Nashville, Ind., on Feb. 22-24. 

There are 14 Circle K clubs in Indi- 

ana, and they are honored based on their 

leadership and the projects that they 

complete throughout the year. The U of 

I Circle K received awards for outstand- 

ing club president, outstanding club vice- 

president, outstanding club treasurer, 

and the scrapbook award. The club also 

won the people miles award, which is 

awarded to the club whose members 

travel the farthest-going to conven- 

tions and visiting other groups-as well 

as to the club that has the most people 

who travel. 

Circle K received honorable men- 

tion for the single service award for the 

spaghetti dinner they held earlier this 

year for the Kiwanians,which is another 

service group that has been helping out 

the community since 1915. Circle K 

raised $808 at the dinner. 

Other awards that Circle K won at its 

district conference include: awards for 

having club dues in on time and for 

monthly dues submitted on time as well 

as honorable mention for outstanding 

club and outstanding club secretary. 

This year the U of I Circle K has 5 1 

members. The group travels to various 

conferences, visits other clubs and vol- 

unteers on Saturdays. 

“We do a lot of service activities, and 

we also promote leadership through ser- 

vice. We have done tons of projects on 

campus,” said Circle K President Tif- 

fany Daly. 

Anyone interested in joining Circle 

K, or in helping out with any projects, 

should contact President Tiffany Daly 

at dalyta@uindy.edu. 

Photo provided 

AWARD WINNING-Circle K members pose at the district conference 

after winning several awards for their service. 

Photo by Kuthy Osborne 

Unstable economy causes 

university endowment to decrease 

Jessica Roberts 

News Editor 

The nation’s unstable economy has 

again hindered the university and its 

financial outlook. According to Presi- 

dent Jerry Israel, the stock market has 

caused the university’s endowment to 

suffer. 

An endowment is a sum of money 

that a company, or in this case univer- 

sity, continually invests in stocks and 

bonds. A portion of the return on that 

investment is retained to the endow- 

ment, as a guard against inflation, and 

the rest is used to fund the institutions 

important activities. 

Most companies and universities that 

keep an endowment are finding that the 

currently fluctuating stock market is in- 

hibiting the endowment growth needed 

for success. 

Israel says that the university’s en- 

dowment is not large enough in the first 

place and that this decrease forces him 

and the Board of Trustees to cut back in 

certain areas. These areas include a freeze 

in the hiring of people for new positions, 

a cutback in the travel budget and a 

smaller increase in income for profes- 

sors. 

Although the university could decide 

to spend more of the return on its endow- 

ment, that would hurt the institution in 

the long run, according to Israel. If there 

is less money to invest, then there is less 

chance for growth. 

Currently, the university spends about 

five percent of its return and puts about 

5.5 percent back into the endowment. 

The endowment is either invested in the 

stock market or is put into bonds. 

The university’s endowment is cur- 

rently around $55 million. Mike Ferin, 

vice president of the fundraising depart- 

ment, and his staff, as well as Israel and 

the Board of Trustees, are in charge of 

raising money to increase the endow- 

ment. 

Israel says he does not find it difficult 

to ask people for money. “When I go ask 

people for money, it’s for you [the stu- 

dents].” 

The majority of the money for the 

endowment comes after the death of 

people who have long been associated 

with the university and those people leave 

it parts of their estates or other large gifts. 

Even though the university’s endow- 

ment has experienced a decrease, Israel 

does not feel the current slump in the 

economy will hurt U of1 in the long run. 

“It is highly probable that by 2010 we 

will still have seen a 10 percent increase 

[in the endowment].. . .I’ll meet you on 

Dec. 31,2010, and I’m going to bet that 

our endowment is around $1 10 million.” 

Even though the endowment may be 

that high in 20 10, inflation is inevitable, 

which means that the university’s ex- 

penses will also increase. This means 

that board members must constantly work 

and rework the budget to find the most 

profitable ways to divide the return. 

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H LETTER TO THE EDITOR 

Human cloning on the horizon 

Dear Editor: 

The term “clone” is broadly used to 

describe a group of individuals or 

objects whose members are indistin- 

guishable. Cloning occurs in our 

factories, producing dozens of 

identical red minivans, several size10 

little black dresses, and millions of 

brown M&Ms. Meanwhile, in the 

research laboratory, cloning of 

molecules, genes, chromosomes, and 

cells is routine. Only recently has the 

cloning of animals been accomplished. 

Depending on your point of view, this 

ability is either exciting, unsettling, or 

horrifying as we approach the prospect 

of cloning humans. 

In nature, cloning commonly 

occurs among those organisms that 

reproduce asexually. Those who have 

taken biology may recall binary 

fission, the reproductive process of 

bacteria. These organisms divide one 

cell into two new cells that are 

indistinguishable from each other or 

the parent cell from which they were 

derived. Other one-celled organisms 

such as yeast and protists reproduce by 

mitosis, a process that also produces 

two identical one-celled organisms. 

Cloning also occurs when multi- 

cellular organisms, such as fungi or 

plants, vegetatively reproduce - you 

have facilitated this process if you 

plucked off a branch of an attractive 

houseplant, placed the stem in water 

until roots formed, then transferred the 

new plant to a fresh pot. In nature, 

cloning occurs less frequently in 

animals we are familiar with, since 

most reproduce by sexual reproduc- 

tion; the DNA of egg and sperm, each 

containing half the genes from two 

genetically unique individuals (par- 

ents), combine to create yet another 

genetically unique individual (off- 

spring). Genetically identical individu- 

als may be produced in some animals. 

Examples of these are identical twins 

in humans (rare) and identical quadru- 

plets or sextuplets in armadillos 

(common). However, unlike the case 

in bacteria, yeast, or plants, these 

clones are not identical to their parents 

even though they are identical to each 

other. These identical sibling animals 

are produced when the embryo, that 

develops after fertilization of an egg 

with a sperm, splits into two or more 

separate clumps of cells that then 

develop independently of each other. 

Whether produced by asexual repro- 

duction or by the splitting of embryos, 

organisms are called “clones” if they 

are genetically, biochemically, and 

morphologically identical to others in 

their group. 

It is generally recognized that a 

population of any species is most 

adaptable and healthy if there are 

FEWER clones and MORE genetically 

diverse members of the population. 

Environmental conditions may favor 

the survival of some individuals 

compared to others within a popula- 

tion; if so, genetic diversity may be 

temporarily reduced. But, the long- 

term survival of the entire population 

is greatest with more genetic diversity. 

For centuries, humans have desired to 

oppose some trends of nature, one of 

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which is the trend to maintain genetic 

diversity among members of a species. 

As humans began domesticating 

plants and animals 10,000 or more 

years ago, selective pressure for 

certain features, such as lean muscle 

mass in animals, short legs in 

Dacshunds, and larger fruit in strawberry 

plants, led to decreased diversity 

in some species. Today, inbreeding is 

routinely used to preserve desired 

traits, although often with negative as 

well as positive consequences (for ex. 

hip dysplasia in Labrador Retrievers 

and disease susceptibility in potatoes). 

For humans, the challenge has been to 

preserve the highly desirable traits of 

plants and animals over many generations. 

Even with inbreeding, the power 

of sexual reproduction to increase 

genetic diversity makes the preservation 

of some traits and the elimination 

of others temporary, especially in 

animals. That is, traits that seemed to 

have disappeared in a lineage after 

several generations, often mysteriously 

reappear. Perhaps you have 

personally experienced this phenomenon 

in your family when someone 

exclaims, “why, Jessica, you look just 

like your great-grandma,’’ even though 

you share only 12 percent of her 

genes! 

In the last century or so, scientists 

who conduct research with animals as 

experimental subjects have also 

desired genetically uniform, better yet, 

identical animals. Because in experi- 

mental science it is desirable to 

minimize as many variables as 

possible (except the one under study), 

reducing genetic diversity is thought 

to improve the validity of experimen- 

tal data. More close to home than the 

research lab, you probably know of 

humans who are so attached to their 

pets or show animals that they desire 

to find a perfect, exact copy of their 

aging companion, Fluffy or Fido the 

Great Wonder. Others wish to find the 

perfect replica of a prize milk cow or a 

winning racehorse. These and many 

other desires have motivated the 

efforts of some scientists to develop a 

method that circumvents sexual 

reproduction, perhaps “reproductive 

cloning,” to seemingly assure a 

continuous generation to generation 

line of identical, desirable individuals. 

I find that most people (including 

myself) who express an understanding 

of, or opinions about, cloning are quite 

comfortable with the prospect of 

cloning plants and animals as a way to 

obtain more of some “perfect” 

biological specimens. Certainly there 

are multiple justifications for advanc- 

ing the reliability of animal models for 

research, or to preserve nearly extinct 

species. And yes, even I would LOVE 

to have another dog exactly like 

Cindy, the beloved part-Labrador (we 

THOUGHT) and loyal companion (we 

KNEW) for 12 years of my childhood. 

However, we become less comfortable 

when the science of cloning arrives 

ever closer to the human animal. As 

intensely as some desire a clone of a 

favorite pet, a prize horse, or a perfect 

research animal, others who are unable 

to bear children, desire just as in- 

tensely an alternative to nature’s way 

of predictably producing a child who 

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looks, thinks, andor acts like them. 

Some individuals do not seek to 

produce a full term human, but to 

produce a reliable source of embryonic 

stem cells or transplantable 

organs that are genetically identical 

to themselves or some person they 

love. Doing so may provide the cure 

to a fatal disease (in this context 

scientists use the term “therapeutic 

cloning” rather than “reproductive 

cloning”). 

As you can probably understand, 

those directly involved in research to 

produce reproductive or therapeutic 

clones in animals are motivated by 

the demand for these clones and the 

ready availability of funds to make 

them possible. In 1997, this led Ian 

Wilmut and colleagues to produce 

the first and most famous animal 

“clone,” Dolly the Sheep, followed in 

rapid succession by cloned cows, 

goats, mice, pigs, a monkey, and of 

course most recently (October 2001) 

CC, the cloned calico cat. 

Reproductive or therapeutic 

animal cloning is carried out by 

removing an entire cell nucleus (not 

just the DNA, as has often been 

erroneously implied in the popular 

press) of an individual, then transfer- 

ring that nucleus to an egg whose 

nucleus has been removed. The 

nucleus from the donor cell contains 

the genes (blueprint) necessary to 

direct the development of an organ- 

ism. The egg, with its “new” nucleus 

is then subjected to an electrical 

shock to mimic the chemical changes 

normally imparted by a sperm when 

it fertilizes an egg (this stimulation is 

required for the egg to divide and 

produce an embryo). The shocked 

egg is allowed to divide, forming an 

embryo, in a petri dish. The four-to- 

six cell embryo is transferred to a 

surrogate mother. If the goal is 

therapeutic cloning, the embryo is 

harvested at an appropriate stage of 

development. In the case of repro- 

ductive cloning, the embryo is 

allowed to develop to term. Although 

seemingly healthy, full term animals 

have been produced by this unusual 

reproductive method, the efficiency 

is incredibly low (usually only one to 

four successful offspring among 

hundreds of embryos implanted). 

Most implanted embryos die early in 

development and so far, all surviving 

cloned animals had to be surgigally 

delivered. In spite of these setbacks. 

the motivation to ymmd 

humans has been high, 

a cloned human embryo (commis- 

sioned in part by a patient with an 

incurable illness) were released late 

last year. This cloned embryo did not 

survive beyond six cells, leading 

some critics to argue that this was 

NOT a human clone but a nuclear 

clone. Because it died at six cells, 

this embryo was not implanted in a 

surrogate mother. Nevertheless, it 

was clear that animal cloning is 

- 

moving from the relative comfort of * 

research, agriculture, and companion 

animals to humans. 

Scientists are observing that even 

though animal clones have the same 

DNA as the donor cell from which 

they were derived, they are NOT 

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proving to be truly identical to their 

clonal parents. This is because for 

animals, genes are not the sole 

determining force in shaping an 

individual’s characteristics, a fact 

most vividly illustrated by CC the 

cloned calico cat bearing little 

physical resemblance to her donor 

“mother” (and reportedly not having 

her donor mother’s personality). 

Some geneticists think that most 

genes only provide an initial frame- 

work for the final form to be attained. 

The chemical modification of genes 

or their products by unique chemicals 

found in the egg, the uterine environ- 

ment of the embryo, the environment 

that an animal matures in, and other 

poorly understood factors are thought 

to contribute significantly to the 

physical, biochemical, and mental 

traits of that individual. Indeed, 

because these animal clones do not 

always resemble their parents, many 

scientists are losing favor with the 

term animal “cloning.” Instead, they 

have suggested alternative terms such 

as “nuclear transplantation and 

propagation” since the source of the 

“clone” is a nucleus from a donor 

adult animal. It is thought this term 

does not erroneously imply that a 

perfect replica of the nucleus donor 

can be attained. 

Other than the potentially unpre- 

dictable traits of some cloned ani- 

mals, more serious problems with 

animal cloning are beginning to 

emerge. For example, the first animal 

clone, Dolly (but not her sexually 

reproduced daughter Polly) suffers 

from early onset of arthritis. Just this 

past week in Nature Genetics it was 

reported that cloned mice suffered 

from failing livers, defective immune 

systems and early death (all died by 

half the normal mouse life expect- 

ancy). Many cloned embryos that 

have not survived gestation were 

found to be enlarged andor their 

placentas to show abnormal amounts 

of tissue and blood vessels. There is 

growing concern that these problems, 

whose source is not known, will also 

be presented in human clones. 

The technological and financial 

motivations available to some are 

now sufficient to overcome the ethical 

and moral discomforts of others. The 

scientists of the Missyplicity Project, 

who cloned CC the Cat, did so for an 

jndiyidual who wanted to imrtalize 

his or her beloved cat, and are well- 

.anonymous dog lover 

er of U. of Phoenix, 

John Sperling. The scientists of 

Advanced Cell Technology, who 

cloned the six-celled human embryo 

last year, were provided the financial 

resources to do so on behalf of 

individuals with incurable chronic 

diseases. Not to be overlooked is the 

quiet but intense need of many 

humans to immortalize themselves 

and their loved ones (humans or 

animals). 

In the mid- 1990s many of my 

scientist peers and I felt that cloning 

in humans was many years in the 

future, that there would be little 

motivation to do so, that resources to 

clone humans were limited, and 

surely that committees overseeing 

research in humans would erect 

barriers to or outright ban the cloning 

of humans. However, in just a few 

years it seems inevitable that soon a 

human “clone” will be delivered. 

As a scientist, I expected to be 

totally objective in assessing the 

acceptance of scientific models. In the 

context of human cloning this means I 

am to objectively weigh the benefits 

and risks of human cloning before 

determining if it is a “bad” or “good” 

thing. In doing so, I see valid arguments 

for both sides of this issue. 

There are concerns about increased 

aging and the potential for creating 

“defective” or fragile humans that 

argue against reproductive cloning. 

The efficiency of this type of reproduction 

is low and the cost is high, 

making it unlikely significant 

numbers of humans can benefit from 

these efforts. On the other hand, the 

ability to dissect the source of the 

problems mentioned above seems 

likely and the ability to produce cells 

for therapeutic purposes (stem cells 

and transplantable organs) seems 

justifiable. Increasing our knowledge 

of factors affecting embryonic 

development in humans could lead to 

decreasing the incidences of birth 

defects. Who can argue with that? 

And if individuals have the financial 

resources to clone themselves, to fill 

the void in their lives that can only be 

filled with a biological child, who am 

I to judge that desire as selfish? 

However, I am also a member of a 

unique social species that has totally 

subjective feelings, emotions, and 

maybe selfishly believes that we 

humans are not just another research 

animal. I appreciate, respect, understand, 

and empathize with the views 

of those whose moral and ethical 

principles are violated by humans 

creating humans. I am also 

empathetic to those who are just as 

passionate in feeling it is morally 

wrong NOT to exploit the potential 

benefits of human cloning; that our 

ability to do so is a God given gift, 

meant to benefit the human species. 

With the first, soon-to-be-delivered 

human clone, we are going to be 

presented with new spiritual, moral, 

ethical, and legal issues, even more 

difficult than those associated with 

stem cell development. Will this 

clone have its own soul or does it 

share a soul with its nuclear donorldf 

it shares a soul with its donor and the 

donoz d t e an un-atoned sin, must 

the clone be damned? Doeg this clone 

have individual rights or must it share 

those rights with, or have its rights 

superceded by, its nuclear donor? If 

this clone hates performing music and 

its nuclear donor longed for a 

musically gifted child to share the 

concert stage with, does the donor 

have a right to sue the lab that 

produced the child? If the donor is 

found to have a degenerative genetic 

disease, can its clone be denied 

medical insurance? Perhaps you can 

think of additional difficult questions 

that will present themselves when a 

bouncing baby clone is born. 

Sincerely, 

Dr. Mary Ritke 

Assistant Professor of Biology 

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR 

Editor downplays cloning controversy 

Brian Robbins 

Manaaina Editor 

A couple of months ago, I saw a 

segment on CNN Headline News 

about some scientists who had spliced 

spider genes into mice’s bone marrow. 

Apparently this caused the marrow to 

begin producing the substance spiders 

use to make their webs, thus hardening 

the bones and making them very 

resistant to breaking. The scientists 

hoped to eventually use their findings 

for gene therapy for humans. How cool 

does that sound? We could basically 

make a real-life Spider-Man! 

I think people who are worried 

about cloning and advanced gene 

therapies spelling the doom of society 

are making a mountain out of a 

molehill. I mean, seriously, our society 

is going to be destroyed because we 

learn how to circumvent nature? We 

do that every single day in our hospi- 

tals, doctor’s offices and even homes! 

From the time the first nomadic 

people decided to stay in one place and 

try some crazy idea called farming, 

we’ve been going against the way 

nature happens. Yeah, we’re omnivo- 

rous and supposed to eat plants and 

other animals, but do you really think 

we were intended to raise them 

ourselves? That’s not what Mother 

Nature wanted! 

Or is it? When we went from 

hunter-gatherers to farmers, the world 

did not end. What happened when we 

started living in large groups? Or what 

about when we figured out there were 

things we could do to avoid sickness or 

heal injuries? If whatever God is out 

there was going to strike us down for 

going against nature, I think helshelit 

would’ve surely done so by now! 

The fact is, humans charted their 

own course a long time ago. We were 

born with an advanced brain to learn 

and make complicated decisions and 

with opposable thumbs to make and 

use with lots of objects. We’ve been 

tinkering with things for our benefit 

for thousands upon thousands of years, 

and will continue to do so for millen- 

Staff writer says Spring Break 

destinations are over-rated 

Cara Silletto 

Staff Writer 

Hey, let’s go somewhere for 

Spring Break! I’m guessing you 

have all heard this line before. 

You may have even said it 

yourself. Okay, so when you 

heard it, was your response (A 

Sounds great, let’s go to Florida 

or (B I’d love to, but I can’t, 

‘cause I’m poor? I’m guessing 

for most of you, it was the 

latter. Don’t worry. You’re not 

alone. 

Before Spring Break, I gave 

out a surirey to 82 U of I 

students asking what their plans 

were for this Spring Break. I 

was curious to see if I was the 

only person not going some- 

where besides home. I was very 

pleased to see that over 60 

percent of the people surveyed 

were either staying here in 

Indianapolis or going home. 

I have to admit that a smile 

crossed my face after seeing so 

many people answer “no” when 

asked if they were going 

anywhere besides home this 

year. Not because I like people 

to be miserable, I was just glad 

to see that I’m not the only poor 

college kid on this campus. 

Speaking of poor, money was 

the number one reason students 

gave for why they weren’t 

going anywhere fun. It was a 

“lack of finances” I believe 

someone called it, which 

sounds much better than what I 

like to call poor-dom. 

Other reasons people gave 

for staying home this year 

included the usual: work, 

homework, planning too late, 

looking for summer jobs and 

the need for relaxation. We all 

could have used that, no matter 

where we went for Spring 

Break. 

I found an interesting tidbit 

of information for all of this 

year’s non-Spring Break goers, 

though. Most of the people I 

surveyed who went somewhere 

for Spring Break went because 

they had family or friends who 

live in that very cool place we 

only dreamt about going. 

The other big reason was 

that they got really cheap 

tickets or hotel prices. If anyone 

knows how to do this, would 

you let the rest of us know the 

secrets. No matter how you 

spell it, Florida equals expen- 

sive in my book. 

nia to come. 

Personally, I don’t see what the 

point of cloning is. You create a 

different person who just happens to 

look exactly the same as someone 

who’s already lived. 

They will have different life 

experiences and come up with their 

own thoughts and ideas of the world 

around them. 

No rational scientist has once 

mentioned the possibility of making B 

clone that remembers his or her 

previous body’s life. That’s still in the 

domain of science fiction. So chill out. 

Gene therapy, however, seems like 

a good idea to me. We can use spliced 

genes from other animals to make 

people more resistant to injuries and 

even diseases. We can give people new 

organs when the ones they have don’t 

work. 

How is this really so different from 

vaccinations or antibiotics? It’s just 

taking the logical next step. All 

mankind has ever done is take the 

logical next step from where it is at 

right now. 

The hot spot this year, 

according to my 80 plus lovely 

volunteers, was of course 

Florida, with 53 percent of the 

votes. In fact, it looked like U 

of I had the state pretty well 

covered this year from Miami 

to Daytona to Panama City, the 

number one city. The other 47 

percent were spread all over thi 

U.S. from coast to coast. 

Now while it’s all nice and 

good that everyone but me got 

to go somewhere, what are 

those of US who grew up in 

Indiana suppose to do? Like 

many others, I went home. Not 

only did I not have any money 

to spare this year on a trip to th 

beach, I also owed my dad a 

birthday present, so I offered tc 

work for him for a few days. 

It was actually a great trip 

after all. I got to see my dad, 

sister, grandma, and, of course. 

some old friends from high 

school, all of whom I had not 

seen since Christmas break. 

I got to relax, get some 

homework done, and was back 

in Indy for my weekend shifts 

at work. I’m sure Florida wouli 

have been great and a tan woul 

be nice, but all-in-all, I don’t 

think it could have topped my 

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27,2002 

CENTENNIAL SERIES 

University historian completes book in time for U of I centennial 

Gretchen Rush 


Tucked away on the second floor of 

Krannert Memorial Library, next to the 

Writing Lab, is a small office that 

contains pictures, letters, minutes and 

memorabilia that document the entire 

history of the University of Indianapo- 

lis. Often overlooked by students, this 

office contains black-and-white photos 

of Good Hall surrounded only by grass 

and yellowed posters promoting a 

college named “Indiana Central.” This 

office is the University of Indianapolis 

Archives, and it is the place where Dr. 

Fred Hill worked for 13 years on a 

book that covers the 100-year history 

of the institution. 

In 1989, at the request of President 

G. Benjamin Lantz, Hill began 

working on what developed into the 

current 400-page book, ‘‘ ‘Downright 

Devotion to the Cause’: A History of 

the University of Indianapolis & Its 

Legacy of Service.” The title of the 

book was inspired by a quotation from 

U of 1’s third president, Irby J. Good. 

Because Hill taught more than 20 

history and religion courses at U of I 

from 1958-1988 and has worked as the 

university historian since his retire- 

ment, His connection with that history 

of the university expands beyond 

research. He has participated in more 

than 40 years of the history. However, 

when Hill started working on the book, 

no previous effort had been made to 

document the university’s history. As a 

result, Hill conducted years of in-depth 

research. 

Neither Hill nor the former presi- 

dent intended for the project to last 13 

years or to be finished to coincide with 

the Centennial Celebration, but Hill 

found boxes of minutes, catalogs and 

papers dating as far back as 1905. He 

read every page. 

“How some of it still happened to 

be here, I don’t know,” said Hill. “I 

found minutes from 1907 in a vault in 

the accounting office.” 

In the basement of Esch Hall, Hill 

also discovered boxes full of minutes 

from various meetings, including an 

Indiana Central University (ICU) 

catalog from 1905 and an almost 

complete collection of an ICU publica- 

tion, the Bulletin, dating back to 1908. 

President Good’s family also donated 

nine or 10 boxes of his papers from his 

29 years as president of the university. 

The biggest hurdle Hill had to cross 

while researching the book was finding 

living people who could help document 

U of 1’s early years. “I was on 

the borderline of survival of people I 

needed to talk to,” said Hill. 

Twice Hill contacted people 

connected to the university, and didn’t 

get to discuss the history of the 

university with them because they died 

within a week of the initial conversations. 

His biggest living resource for 

the book was Don Carmony. Carmony 

was an Indiana Central student and 

long-time trustee. Now 92, he enrolled 

at ICU as a student at age 15. 

“He was the only trustee [still alive] 

with the crucial transition from 

President Esch to Good,” said Hill. 

“He was a tremendous resource to me 

on this book.” 

The book contains 15 chapters and 

three topical essays that cover important 

U of I events throughout the past 

100 years. Hill’s favorite chapter, 

called “Some ‘Good’ Myths Dispelled,” 

explains that some rumors told 

about President Good are untrue. 

Although that is his favorite 

chapter, Hill said that Chapter 15, 

“The Legacy of Service,” is the climax 

of his book because it shows how 

strategic plans form and grow throughout 

the years. 

“It’s an amazing story, with all odds 

against us,” said Peter Noot, director 

for publications. “Faculty went years 

without getting paid, and they were 

incredibly patient-and creditors, too.” 

Noot has known Hill since the mid- 

1970s, when he took Hill’s world 

civilizations class. “I’m surprised he 

still speaks to me because I was always 

really sleepy,” said Noot. “We had 

world civ. discussions Friday mornings 

at 7:30 or 7:45. It was brutal, but he 

always kept things interesting.” 

After his undergraduate days, Noot 

became the retired professor’s col- 

league. Their jobs of historian and 

publisher intertwined to complete 

Hill’s book, and the two have worked 

closely together since November to 

prepare the book for publication. 

“He has treated me like a colleague 

always, and that’s been really a joy,” 

said Noot. “He’s done a thousand tons 

of work, and I came in at the end and I 

put it in the pages.” 

Noot said that like his classes, 

Hill’s explanations are clear because 

he makes connections that allow the 

reader to see the big picture as well as 

the intricate details. 

“While I read the book, the most 

fun for me was that it made those early 

years in particular more vivid, and I 

felt the connection to those early 

years,” said Noot. “It made the growth 

of the university palpable. You could 

almost see the buildings going up.” 

Dr. Lynn Youngblood, vice 

president and provost and assistant 

professor emeritus of math, has known 

Hill for 40 years. He, too, had Hill as a 

professor-for history of western 

civilization and three religion courses. 

“He was a true scholar, and yet he 

came across as someone who knew 

how to relate very well,” said 

Youngblood. “Because of the way he 

taught his courses, I had a deeper 

appreciation for the importance of 

history and certainly for the complexity 

of religion. I am sure I am a more 

rounded individual and a more 

cosmopolitan thinker.. ..He was among 

the faculty that taught me how to think 

without imposing their own personal 

views.” 

Jay Starks, administrative assistant 

for Career Services, worked part-time 

as the university’s assistant archivist 

from 1994-2001. She interacted with 

Hill on a daily basis for seven years. 

“I learned so much from him, and I 

never once felt like he was telling me 

how to do things,” said Starks. “I feel 

that the seven years I spent with Fred 

every day were probably more valuable 

than any college degree I could 

have gotten. 

“He has this marvelous memory. If 

anything has impressed me so much it 

is that he can remember dates and 

names.. ..We had a timeline, and I 

always had to refer to the timeline. 

Fred knew the date to everything that 

happened here .... without looking it 

up-and he was always right. 

“He loves this university. I think 

it’s really special that Fred is writing 

the book because of the devotion he 

has to the university.. . .He was all 

about making this school a better place 

and making his lifetime career here 

helping students.” 

Hill’s book is currently in printing. 

Within the next month, 500 hardback 

($20) and 2000 paperback copies ($10) 

will be available for purchase in the 

university bookstore, online and at 

campus events. The Celebration of the 

Presidents on May 3 1 will be the first 

campus event to showcase the book. 

“It would be a crime if anyone else 

had written this history,” said Noot. “I 

swear he knows each alumnus and 

alumna personally, and he remembers 

the family connections and where 

everybody’s from. It’s just amazing 

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Photo by Gretchen Rush 

HE’S DONE IT ALL-Dr. Fred Hill works on his book on the history of 

U of I last year. Hill has been with the university since 1958. 

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MARCH 27,2002 FEATURE THE REFLECTOR PAGE 5 

FACULTY RETIREMENT 

Ed Roehling will retire after 20 years as WICR general manager 

Cara Silletto 

Stuff Writer 

Ed Roehling will be retiring from 

the University of Indianapolis this 

June, after 20 years of educating 

communication students involved with 

Indianapolis’ own jazz radio station 

88.7 FM WICR. 

Roehling is the general manager of 

WICR. He also teaches the applied 

radio class every semester. It includes 

all of the students who run the radio 

station, from trainees to managers. 

Roehling has shared a great deal of 

talent and expertise with WICR over 

the past two decades. His previous 

broadcasting experiences include 

building three radio stations in Indiana, 

appraising and selling radio stations 

and consulting for those in the radio 

industry. 

When Roehling came to U of I, 

WICR was a 10-watt radio station. 

When he leaves this year, its power 

will be equivalent to that of a 30,000- 

watt station. 

As a teacher, Roehling has helped 

many students develop their electronic 

media skills. The one thing Roehling 

has tried to emphasize to all of his 

students over the years is the impor- 

tance of professionalism. He runs 

WICR as a public radio station, not a 

college station. He stresses that radio is 

a business, and he wants his students 

to know that it is okay to be competi- 

tive. 

One way he has done this is by 

creating a management staff for 

WICR. The staff consists of eight 

students, usually upperclassmen, who 

head many different areas of the radio 

station’s operation, including program- 

ming, promotions and the technical 

aspects. He has given dozens of 

ARCHAEOLOGY LAB 

Archaeology 

Jennifer Marks 

Stuff Writer 

Ancient skeletal remains have a 

home at the University of Indianapolis 

Archaeology and Forensics 

Laboratory. While on any given 

day students on the top three floors 

of Good Hall are studying skills on 

WMkh to’,bui€d the$ ~U~UITYS, a 

students and faculty in the basement 

of Good Hall are literally 

studying these remains of the past. 

Archaeology is actually a branch 

of anthropology. It encompasses 

the theories and methodologies 

used to study people from the past 

according to Dr. Christopher 

Schmidt, assistant professor of 

anthropology and director of dental 

studies for the Archaeology and 

Forensics Laboratory on campus. 

Faculty members specializing in 

archaeology at the University of 

Indianapolis do not always conduct 

archaeological digs in far-off, 

exotic places. Many times, the 

specimens are uncovered right here 

in Indiana. Excavating prehistoric 

skeletons takes precision, patience, 

and a great respect for the lives 

they represent. 

“Primarily my work focuses on 

researching the lifeways of prehistoric 

humans from Indiana,” said 

Schmidt. “I study skeletal and 

cultural remains that are accidentally 

discovered, as well as those 

that I find on research expeditions 

around the state.” 

Each year, archaeology faculty 

excavate numerous primitive 

skeletons from hillsides or 

riverbanks; these remains have 

either been disturbed by construction 

work or erosion. Schmidt also 

examines human remnants being 

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students the opportunity to take on a 

leadership role and grow from it. 

Roehling wants his students to 

understand that a variety of jobs bring 

worth to a radio station. Another way 

he has helped students learn that there 

are different aspects of radio station 

operation is by bringing in professionals 

from many different fields to help 

the students. Some of these professionals 

include Doug Housemeyer, director 

of underwriting and advertising, and 

Scott Uecker, chief engineer for 

WICR. 

In addition to his responsibilities 

with WICR, Roehling has also 

assumed the role of internship director 

for the communication department. He 

has helped many communication 

students find appropriate internshps 

around Indiana. His incredible list of 

contacts has been a big asset for this 

specific job. Dr.Rob Gobetz, associate 

professor of communication, said 

Roehling is the most connected man he 

knows. “He knows everybody,” 

Gobetz said. Oftentimes Roehling can 

write a letter or make a quick phone 

call to help a student obtain an 

internship that he or she may not have 

been offered otherwise. Because he 

knows so many people in the communication 

field, he can easily give a 

recommendation that means a lot to 

employers. 

One thing Roehling loves about his 

position at U of I is the new faces he 

sees each year as the communication 

department expands. According to 

Roehling, the nature of the situation of 

working at a school is that you are able 

to start over every year. “It keeps the 

professional staff young,” Roehling 

said. 

Working with students is what 

Roehling claims he will miss most 

when he leaves U of I this year. 

Specifically, he will miss the opportu- 

nity to see students develop their skills, 

move on to become successful, and 

finish with great communication 

careers. One of Roehling’s greatest 

sources of satisfaction in his position is 

seeing his students grow, on and off 

the air. Nothing feels more fulfilling to 

him than to see a freshman blossom 

into a hard-working intern who then 

gets a job offer from a company after 

graduation. 

The current operations manager for 

WICR is Jocelyn Schneider, a junior 

communication major who is in her 

fifth semester as a radio student. She 

Photo by January Newbunks 

A PROFESSIONAL AT WORK-Ed Roehling, general manager of 

WICR, will retire in June. Roehling has been a prominent figure in 

the communication department for the past 20 years. 

oversees a11 the radio station’s day-today 

operations. “Ed lets us swim, until 

we start to sink,” Schneider said. This 

is why she believes she has learned so 

much about the business. “He lets us 

run the station and usually only steps 

in when things may be objectionable.” 

She added that he cares a lot about his 

students and looks out for their wellbeing. 

Roehling holds his students to the 

same standard as professionals who 

work at regular radio stations, which is 

why Schneider believes she has gained 

an excellent work ethic for broadcasting. 

Scott Uecker, who has worked with 

Roehling for five years, says that as a 

supervisor, Roehling sets the bar very 

high for his students. Uecker has seen 

the professionalism that is demanded 

from them, which he believes has 

given most of the students the confi- 

dence to do what is asked of them. 

Uecker added that employers in the 

broadcasting field do not want to train 

their new employees. Employers want 

them to be ready to work as soon as 

they finish school. What Roehling 

demands of students helps them 

achieve their goal of obtaining good 

jobs after they graduate. 

Roehling believes the broadcasting 

business has been very good to him, 

but he is not through yet. Although he 

will be leaving his full-time position at 

U of I, he admits that he will still be 

around next year, working on a few 

projects of his own. In fact, this 

semester is his busiest yet. The next 

task for WICR is a technology up- 

grade, which will happen in the near 

future. Because this is such a huge 

project, Roehling is trying to hand over 

the station in as good a shape as 

possible for whoever fills his shoes 

next year. 

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museums and other institutions. 

Dr. Stephen Nawrocki, associate 

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osteology, is principally interested 

in excavating those newer remains 

of people who have died within the 

last year. He is a frequent contact 

for out-of-state institutions on such 

cases and is assisted in his work by 

graduate students in the Human 

Biology program. Nawra and 

Schmidt work as a team to uncover 

historic gravesites that need to be 

moved or have been upset by 

construction. 

Dr. Gregory Reinhardt, associate 

professor of anthropology and chair 

of social sciences, specializes in 

arctic archaeology. Aided by U of I 

students, he discovered artifacts at a 

northern Alaska site a few years 

ago. Throughout his career, he has 

accumulated an impressive assortment 

of Eskimo artifacts. Reinhardt 

is currently co-editor of two books 

regarding the work he has done in 

the arctic. 

A culmination of many years’ 

hard work by these U of I faculty 

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Archaeology and Forensics Laboratory. 

“The archaeology lab is now 

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concerning sensitive materials is 

conducted, and the Indiana Prehistory 

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Both labs are currently hosting 

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‘Hounds battle back after losing in Florida, bringing record to 12-9 

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Julie Anderson. 

Feature Editor 

The ‘Hounds have played to a 12-9 

record as of March 17, since their 

season began over a month ago. 

The baseball teamtried to continue 

their winning ways as they played a 

doubleheader on Saturday, Feb. 23, 

against Indiana Tech and started off 

strong. Senior pitcher Rick Hummel 

threw a complete game, allowing only 

two hits and striking out 11 Warriors 

in seven innings. 

Senior right fielder Josh Fuller 

secured the ‘Hounds win in the first 

game with a single in the fifth inning, 

brining the final score to 2- 1. Fuller 

also had a single in the fourth inning. 

The second game of the day gave 

the ‘Hounds a 7-3 win. Junior center 

fielder Tarron Acuff scored three runs 

and had one RBI, going 4-4 for the 

game. 

Junior catcher Justin Haire had two 

RBIs and went 3-3 at the plate. Senior 

third baseman Dennis Nisbet also had 

two RBIs. Outfielder Matt Guamieri, a 

junior, hit a home run and a triple in 

three at bats. 

The following day, the ‘Hounds 

managed a 9-8 win over the Warriors. 

It took seven innings to tie the score at 

8. Junior shortstop Jeremy O’Neill 

scored twice and drove in two runs. 

O’Neill also hit a home run and a 

double. Acuff scored once, and had 

one stolen base and two sacrifices. 

Guarnieri went 2-3, hit a double and 

scored two runs. Fuller also scored two 

runs, hit an RBI and another double. 

Sophomore second baseman Erik 

Peterman had one home run. Nisbet, 

showing his versatility, got the win for 

the ‘Hounds. He struck out two and did 

not allow any hits. 

The ‘Hounds traveled to West 

Alabama for another three game series 

on March 2 and 3. The team didn’t fare 

quite as well against the Tigers; the 

‘Hounds lost all three games. 

The first game ended 2-9, with 

Hummel pitching his first loss of the 

season. In his first game pitched this 

year, sophomore Chase Huotari could 

not fend off the Tigers, who won 2- 1. 

Senior Blake Wyatt also pitched his 

first losing game of the season in the 

3-5 final game of the series. 

A doubleheader at home against 

IPFW on March 6 brought a pair of 

disappointing losses for the ‘Hounds. 

Sophomore Kenny Mattner and 

freshman Gary Maurer each pitched 

with 4-6 and 1-7 losses, respectively. 

These games also brought Mattner and 

Maurer their first losses of the season. 

The ‘Hounds had a chance to 

recoup from their losses when they 

headed to Florida for Spring Break. 

They returned from the Sunshine State 

with an improved 10-8 cumulative 

record. Their trip began with a 6-9 loss 

to North Dakota on March 9. 

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First U of I Israeli student joins swim team 

Amy Haick 

Staff Writer 

Guy Ferber is the newest addition 

to the U of I swim team. He arrived at 

the start of the second semester from 

Tel Aviv, Israel. Ferber is the first 

swimmer to come to U of I from 

Israel. 

He was originally supposed to start, 

his college career three years ago, but 

had to serve in the army first. Every- 

one in Israel is required to serve in the 

army once they reach the age of 18. 

After 3 long years in the army, 

Ferber finally arrived in America and 

has started his academic and athletic 

pursuits. Ferber found U of I after 

searching on the Internet for Division 

I1 schools. Ferber decided to come to 

U of I because of its “small size, good 

programs and because [he] got 

accepted.” 

TRACK 

He spoke to Gary Kinkead, head 

coach of the men and women’s 

swimming teams through e-mails and 

over the phone and decided that this 

school was a good fit for him. 

He received an athletic scholarship 

after being cleared to compete in 

NCAA athletics and started to swim 

for U of I. The day Ferber arrived from 

Israel was the first day of competition 

at the U of I Invitational. 

Ferberls. majjpr is computer infor- 

mation systems, and he plans to go 

back to Israel after receiving his 

degree. 

Ferber has been to America twice 

before when he was younger. He 

visited both New York and Orlando to 

go to Disney World. Even though he 

has been here before, he still was not 

sure what to expect. Now that he is 

here, he thinks that he has made a good 

decision and likes the school. He likes 

his teammates and feels that he fits in 

well with the other swimmers. 

Swimming here was hard for him 

at first because of the difference in the 

length of the pool. He was used to 

swimming meters back in Israel, and in 

America competitor’s swim yards. It 

was hard to adjust at first because his 

“turns were off and his stroke count 

was different,” which is very important 

in order to hit the wall properly when 

turning. He feels he has swum well 

this year, considering he just started 

near the end of the college season. 

“It was hard since I only had two 

weeks of training before we started to 

taper.” Ferber’s best time in his best 

event, the 200-meter backstroke, came 

at Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic 

Conference tournament, where he won 

the event with a time of 1:55.74. He 

has enjoyed swimming and was close 

to making a NCAA Division 11 

national standard. His goal is to“make 

nationals and place in the top five in 

the 200-meter backstroke at nationals 

next year.” 

Track teams compete at GLVC 

tourney and indoor nationals 


News Editor 

Three athletes from the men’s and 

women’s track teams competed in the 

NCAA I1 Indoor Nationals in Boston 

on March 8 and 9. 

The GLVC Indoor Championship 

Meet that took place at Lewis University 

on Feb. 23 was the final chance for 

athletes to qualify for the national 

competition. 

At Lewis, junior Tiffany Turner 

earned All-GLVC honors with her 

second place finishes in the 55 meters 

and the 200 meters. Her times broke 

university records and qualified her for 

nationals. 

According to Giles Davis, the 

Greyhound track coach, Turner was 

the first athlete in U of I history to 

represent the university in a sprint 

event at the NCAA championships. 

“Tiffany is a fierce competitor and 

has a good shot of making the finals 

and earning ‘All-American’ honors,” 

Davis said before Nationals. 

Unfortunately, at the NCAA 

competition Turner had a false-start in 

the preliminaries of her 60-meter event 

and was unable to compete in finals. 

“It was simply a mental error, she just 

got a little excited,” Davis said. 

Back in February at Lewis University, 

sophomore Reggie Cross was 

voted “Athlete of the Year” by-league 

coaches after winning conference 

championships in both the 200 meters 

and the 400 meters. 

On March 8 and 9, Cross made his 

second consecutive trip to the NCAA 

Nationals. He finished in fifth place in 

the 400 meters, which was an improvement 

from his eighth place finish last 

year. 

Junior Dameion Smith was this 

year’s GLVC champion at Lewis in the 

weight throw. He won with a 57’8” 

meters throw. Last year, Smith 

finished 12th place in the hammer 

throw at the outdoor 2001 NCAA 

Championships. 

At this year’s Championships, he 

finished seventh place in the weight 

throw and earned All-American 

honors. 

In finals, Smith’s best attempt, 

17.91 meters, was only one centimeter 

off his personal best. His performance 

at nationals made him the second 

athlete in university history to earn 

All-American honors in the 35-pound 

weight throw. 

The coaches were happy with both 

performances. “I thought Reggie and 

Damieon really stepped up and 

competed well,” Davis said. “Their 

efforts reflect their determination and 

commitment.” 

The men and women Greyhound 

runners began their outdoor season on 

March 23 at the U.S. Coaches Chal- 

lenge at Saint Joseph’s College. 

Results were not available at press 

time. 

The next day brought a win against 

Alderson-Broaddus [WV]. Senior 

pitcher Blake Wyatt improved his 

record to 3-1. 

The ‘Hounds split a doubleheader 

with Southwest State [MN] on March 

11, losing 3-5 in the first game and 

winning 17-12 in the second. The 

winning pitcher for that game was 

Maurer. 

The ‘Hound’s last loss in Florida 

came in a 4-8 game the next day 

against Ashland. They ended their trip 

on a better note, however, when they 

won their last three games of the trip. 

Games against Edinboro [PA] and 

West Liberty State [WV] on March 13 

gave the ‘Hounds 10-9 and 11-5 wins, 

respectively . 

The team spent the last weekend of 

Spring Break in St. Louis, where they 

took on the University of Missouri-St. 

Louis Rivermen. The ‘Hounds won 6-3 

in a single game on March 16 and split 

a doubleheader 2-5 and 4-3 on St. 

Patrick’s Day. Wyatt allowed only two 

earned runs in eight innings in the first 

game. Hummel, pitching in the second 

game of the day, struck out five 

Rivermen and allowed one hit in 5 1/3 

innings. 

On Wednesday, March 13, the 

‘Hounds traveled to GLVC rival Lewis 

to begin their seven game intercolle- 

giate road trip. The ‘Hounds showed 

no mercy as they defeated Lewis 2-0. 

Wyatt pitched a complete game and 

improved his season record to 5-1. 

Guarnieri hit a double to lead off the 

top of the fifth inning, while 

McCollum added another double to 

bring in the first run of the game. 

The ‘Hounds will continue their 

success as they begin their nine game 

homestand on March 29. 

WRESTLING 

Wrestlers compete in 

NCAA I1 nationals meet 

Katy Hicks 

Opinion Editor 

NCAA Division I1 Midwest Region 

2002 “Coach of the Year” Terry 

Wetherald takes four Greyhound 

wrestlers to Kenosha, Wisc. to 

compete in the 2002 NCAA Division 

I1 National Wrestling Championship. 

Senior team captain Jason Warthan 

of the 165-pound weight class barely 

lost in the championship first round by 

one point. Warthan went undefeated 

throughout the season with a record of 

19-0. 

“Jason did a great job as a captain 

for this young team that we had [this 

season],” said Assistant Wrestling 

Coach Jay Yates. “Jason was hurt a lot 

of the season, but was still able to have 

a strong presence in the practice 

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Sophomore heavyweight Evan Love 

and iunior John Berry of the 197pound 

weight class both made their 

national debut, but went out in the 

consolation first round. 

Love was also less than two 

victories away this season from tying 

the school season record, held by 

former All-American Greg Matheis in 

the 1989-90 season. 

Freshman Mitch Napier in the 149pound 

weight class had a season record 

of 23-17. Napier was defeated in the 

championship first round. However, 

Napier came back from his loss in the 

first round and made it to the consolation 

quarterfinals. After five matches, 

Napier won 11-5 in the finals, earning 

him a fifth-place standing in nationals. 

The Greyhound wrestling team had 

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THE REFLECTOR PAGE 7 SPORTS MARCH 27,2002 

SWIMMING 

‘Hounds finish season 

placing at nationals 

Amy Haick 

Staff Writer 

The U of I men’s and women’s 

swimming team traveled to Orlando, 

Fla. March 13-16,2002, to compete in 

the NCAA Division I1 National 

Championships at the YMCA Aquatic 

Center. 

Head coach Gary Kinkead led a 

record 10 national qualifiers to 

nationals. The swimmers competing 

consisted of senior Lacy Spurgeon, 

junior Amy Haick, sophomore Megan 

Grunert, freshman Kristin Kiendzerski, 

freshman Kenzi Miller and freshman 

Erin Sarbaugh. 

Four males also competed: Juniors 

Orel Oral and Nate Pheney, and 

freshmen Bruno Fonseca and Deniz 

Monkul. 

The women’s team placed 12th 

overall while the men tied for 15th 

place. 

Sophomore Megan Grunert led the 

women’s team by placing sixth in the 

200 individual medley (IM) with a 

time of 2:06.51. Grunert also placed 

8th in the 100-meter butterfly with a 

time of 58.58, as well as 1 lth in the 

100-meter breastroke with a time of 

1:05.23 and sixth in the 200-meter 

breastroke with a time of 2:21.16. 

Senior Lacy Spurgeon placed 12th 

in the 100-meter backstroke, with a 

lifetime best time of 58.80. 

The women’s relay teams also 

contributed to the 12th place finish by 

placing in the top 15. The 200-meter 

freestyle relay team of Spurgeon, 

Kendzierski, Haick and Miller placed 

15thwith a time of 1:40.30. The 400meter 

medley relay team of Spurgeon, 

Grunert, Sarbaugh and Miller placed 

10th with a time of 3:58.66. The 800freestyle 

relay of Kendzierski, 

Sarbaugh, Haick and Miller placed 

15th and the 400-meter freestyle relay 

team of Miller, Kendzierski, Spurgeon 

and Grunert placed 12th with swims 

by Miller, Kendzierski, Spurgeon and 

Grunert. 

Junior Orel Oral led the men’s team 

by placing 2nd in three events. He was 

2nd in the 200-meter IM with a time of 

15 1.19, the 400-meter IM with a time 

of 357.08 and the 200-meter 

breastroke with a time of 2:01.88. He 

also placed 4th in the 100-meter 

breastroke with a time of 56.83. 

Freshman Bruno Fonseca also 

earned some individual points by 

placing 7th in the 50-meter freestyle. 

The men also swam relays which 

earned them points in their overall 

score. Swimmers Oral, Monkul, 

Pheney and Fonseca competed in three 

relay events, which earned them All- 

American honors. The 200-meter 

medley relay placed 14th with a time 

of 1:34.83, the 400-meter medley relay 

placed 16thwith a time of 3:30.95, and 

the 400-meter freestyle relay earned 

them 13thwith a time of 3:09.07. 

The national championship meet 

completes the Greyhounds swimming 

season. 

I MEN’S BASKETBALL 

‘Hounds end season with 

loss in GLVC tournament 

Anthony King 

Sports Editor 

leadership of senior guards Rob Kent 

and Cedric Moodie, the ‘Hounds 

came back and took the lead with 

3:30 left in the game. 

The Greyhounds traveled to After many fouls were called on 

Evansville, In. to compete in the both sides, the ‘Hounds found 

Great Lakes Valley Conference themselves one shot away from an 

(GLVC) men’s basketball tourna- upset in the tournament. With five 

ment. The ‘Hounds were ranked fifth seconds left in the game the ‘Hounds 

and were picked to play fourth-seeded were down by three. The team 

Southern Indiana. inbounded in to freshmen guard 

In the first half, Southern Indiana David Logan, and he missed the shot. 

put together a 20 point lead, but the The final score was 82-79. 

Greyhounds managed to come back The Greyhounds will lose the 

and go into halftime with a three senior leadership of Kent, Moodie, 

point lead. They ended the half Grant Peters, Ryan Hupfer next 

shooting 50 percent from the field. season, however, the ‘Hounds will be 

In the first five minutes of the returning several players next year 

second half, the Hounds went into a including Logan, Brad Borgman, 

shotting drought as Southern Indiana Mickey McGill, Cory Bennet, Demck 

rallied with several runs. With the Miller, and Doug Dybzinski. 

Photo by Kathv Osborne 

SOFTBALL POSTS 7-7-1 RECORD-The Greyhounds have played 15 

games since opening their season on March 6 against Marian 

College. The ‘Hounds then headed to Florida for‘Spring Break, 

playing 13 games in eight days and finishing the trip 8-4-1. 

I t

MARCH 27,2002 NEWS THE REFLECTOR PAGE 8 

FOOD SERVICE 

Polk Food Service to 

experiment with new 

meal plan options 

Lucas Klipsch 

Staff Writer 

One of the biggest challenges in col- 

lege life is finding time to eat. Busy 

University of Indianapolis students, with 

classes and other obligations, often can- 

not fit three healthy meals into their day. 

The Office of Student Affairs and Ted 

Polk, the director of food services, plan 

to change that and have come up with 

two options to make dining more conve- 

nient for students with busy schedules. 

One option is to offer students pre- 

made sack lunches that they can just pick 

up outside of the cafeteria. This plan is 

intended to help students in a hurry, 

according to Dr. David Wantz, vice presi- 

dent for student affairs. “If you have a 

class that lets out at 12, and a job that 

starts at 12:30, you may not have time to 

fight the lines,” Wantz said. 

Sack lunches have been available be- 

fore this plan, but they were offered as a 

“to-go” option, and students still had to 

wait in line in the cafeteria to assemble 

their own sack lunches. The pre-made 

sacklunch idea was tested before Spring 

Break, and students supported it. 

“We used to serve about 85 sack 

lunches aday. Now we’re serving 150. It 

really has helped the students manage 

their time,” said Wantz. 

One student, sophomore Katie 

Ballard, has had problems with the sack 

lunch system in the past. “A lot of times 

when you get there [to the cafeteria] you 

had to wait in line or at certain times you 

couldn’t get what you wanted,” she said. 

Ballard has given up on eating in the 

cafeteria because of the inconvenience. 

“It [the new sack lunch plan] sounds like 

it could be more convenient for students 

who are pressed for time,” she said. 

Another option for late-night dining 

is the fourth meal plan. This will be a 

meal served in the cafeteria from about 

9-10 p.m. The purpose of the fourth meal 

is to accommodate those students in- 

volved in night classes or jobs, who 

cannot make it to the cafeteria during 

dinner hours. 

*Registration Dates* 

Seniors (walk-ins) 

7:30 - 3:OO April 2 

Juniors (appt) 

7:OO - 3:OO April 3 

Sophomores (appt) 

6130 -3:OO April 4 

Freshman (appt) 

6:OO - 3:OO April 9 

open reg. (walk-in) 

8:OO - 1:OOApril 10 

“Financial Workshop* 

Open to seniors:Will be 

presented on Wed., March 

27, by Financial Aid Office 

and Fifth Third Bank. Topics 

include budgeting and credit 

card management. Schwitzer 

in Ober Side Dining Room. 

If interested in attending, 

contact Sandy Osborne in 

Financial Aid Office 788- 

3527. 

“Wheeler Mission” 

Serve a meal to the homeless 

April 2 at 3:30 p.m. Meet at 

the Bell Tower in front of 

Ransburg Auditorium. The 

group should return around 

6:30 p.m. Transportation is 

provided ! 

“Domestic Violence: An In- 

Depth Discussion” 

Hosted by U of 1 graduate 

Jennie Billings on Wednesday, 

March 27. at 8:30 p.m. in GH 

305. Sponsored by Social Work 

Association. 

*Spring Formal” 

When: Friday, April 5 

Time: 8pm - Midnight 

Where: Scottish Rite Cathedral 

Tickets are $7 in advance, $15 

at the door. Tickets are now 

available ! 

I 

*Poetry* 

Poet Richard Robbins will be 

giving a reading at 8p.m. on 

Wednesday, April 3, in the 

Studio Theatre, Esch Hall 001. 

He is the author of The Invisible 

Wedding and Famous Persons 

We Have Known. 

“It [the fourth meal plan] sounds good. 

There are a lot of students who can’t 

make it to dinner because of their night 

classes, and by the time they get out, 

dinner’s closed, and it’s kind of a waste 

of a meal,” Ballard said. 

However, the fourth meal will be un- 

like the three traditional, day-time meals 

in that it will be theme-oriented and 

based around certain foods. 

The meal will be based on foods that 

can be held for one or two days. “So what 

we’re doing is trying this as an experi- 

ment,” Wantz said. 

Polk plans to have a variety of foods 

available for those who want the fourth 

meal. 

“There will probably be a salad bar, 

deli bar and a couple of hot entrees. One 

of the things I’mplanning to do in the fall 

is to set up a stir fry, where students can 

pick different meats and vegetables and 

tell us what sauce they want to have. 

Meat will have to be pre-cooked,” he 

said. 

Besides variety and availability to 

students with evening obligations, Polk 

wants the fourth meal to be a healthy 

alternative to Streets, which also stays 

open until 10 p.m. 

“I think there will be some students 

here [for the fourth meal], even though 

Streets stays open until 10 o’clock. This 

will be different sorts of items than we 

have in Streets,” Polk said. 

If few students show up for the fourth 

meal, it will not be able to support itself. 

“We want to see what kind of response 

we get [for the fourth meal],” Polk said. 

The meal is tentatively scheduled for 

9 p.m., but Polk says there could be 

problems with that. “I’m thinking 9, but 

staffing could be a problem once you get 

that late,” he said. 

Students who take advantage of the 

fourth meal must count it toward their 

meal plan. Also, the fourth meal will not 

replace any meals currently available. 

The fourth meal plan started March 

25 and will be offered until Friday. If 

student response is large enough, it will 

be started again in the fall semester. 

*Food service website” 

Polk Food Service now has its 

own website. Check it out for 

information on: 

- upcoming menus 

- general food service info 

www. p fs.uindy.edu 

Ted Polk, director of Food 

Services, is experimenting with 

some new items in the cafeteria. 

He will be offering a 

“Mongolian grill,” which will 

allow students to choose what 

they would like in their stir fry 

and a “panini grill,” which will 

allow them to make their own 

sandwiches. He will also be 

receiving equipment to make 

doughnuts in the cafeteria. 

*Senior Salute* 

Attention seniors! Senior Salute 

will be on April 7 at Fountain 

Square Theatre. Make 

reservations with the Alumni 

Office by Wed., March 27. 

The reception to honor the class 

of 2002 begins at 6 p.m., with 

dinner at 7 p.m. and the program 

at 8 p.m. Entertainment begins 

at 8:45. Contact the Alumni 

Office for more information: 

788-3295 or alumni@uindy.edu. 

*Phoneathon* 

The Annual Fund Phoneathon 

will take place April 15-18,21-23 

and 28-30. If you would like to be 

involved, contact Valesa Skaggs 

at 788-3923. These positions are 

paid, so sign up now! All 

phoneathon sessions will take 

place in Kraftt Conference Room, 

6-9 p.m. 

*Race for the Cure* 

If you would like to run or 

walk in the Race for the Cure, 

sign up in the CPB office on 

the 2nd floor of Schwizter 

Student Center. The race is on 

April 20 at 7:45 a.m. There is 

an $18 registration fee for 

anyone who participates. 

Photo by Brian Robbins 

PEP BAND-The University of Indianapolis Pep Band performs at the GLVC Tournament in Evansville, 

Ind. The band performed on Feb. 27-28 at Roberts Stadium for the men’s and women’s basketball games. 

I ECONOMIC SERIES 

Economic slump impacts the 

university’s student enrollment 

Katy Hicks 

Oninion Editor 

down in enrollment, but we are hoping 

that we will not be,” Israel said. 

The economic uncertainties that rethe 

impact of the current economic 

climate. Programs must be able to sustain 

themselves in good times as well 

main have the administration at U of I as in bad 

looking toward several different sce- “We are always trying to create 

University of Indianapolis administrators 

are preparing for a tight year 

based on the recession and the aftermath 

of the Sept. 11 attacks, according 

to Dr. Jerry Israel, president of the 

university. The recession’s impact is 

already known to the administration. 

“We are aware of some significant 

strains on some of our students in terms 

oftheir ability to be able to afford their 

education,” Israel said. 

Pre-planning for enrollment in August 

has created a need for detailed 

decisions in advance from students and 

their families as well as the administration. 

“We are planning as if we will be 

narios to respond to a possible decline in 

enrollment in the next academic year. 

“If it were not for the terrorist attacks, 

I would be pretty optimistic right now,” 

Israel said ...“ because I think that the 

university can respond to the recession.” 

Israel said one way to counteract the 

impact of the recession is to recruit additional 

graduate students, both full and 

part-time, because usually people try to 

enhance their educational credentials 

when the job market is in decline. 

Israel said that despite the economic 

trend, the administration is not doing 

anything specifically new in response to 

the recession and that it would be wrong 

to create academic programs only to fit 

programs that are more adaptable to 

the environment that we find,” Israel 

said. 

Another alternative that the administration 

is implementing is widening 

the enrollment pool, Israel said. “We 

try to use the financial aid funds to 

encourage certain students to want to 

be students here,” he said. 

Regardless of the administrative decisions 

taking place in these times of 

economic uncertainty, Israel said that 

he remains confident that U of I will 

come out of this recession and enrollment 

for the next academic year will 

not be dramatically affected by the 

economic slump.

~~ ~ 

MARCH 27,2002 ENTERTAINMENT THE REFLECTOR PAGE 9 

W CDREVIEW 

Daashuur’s listeners relate to lyrics 


News Editor 

A week before Spring Break, I was 

thrilled to see that The Rejector had 

received two CDs for review. One was 

Alanis Morissette’s new release, 

Under Rug Swept, and the other was 

from a young woman I’d never heard 

of, Aja Daashuur. As usual, I decided 

to take the unbeaten path and review 

Daashuur’s album, Before rhe Beginning. 

What I found was a musician 

with a great deal of talent and potential. 

While she may not become a huge 

hit on the mainstream charts with this 

album, Daashuur may come back with 

a great album in time. She has made 

her entrance into the music worldand 

a good one at that-but she still 

has some growing to do before 

becoming a staple on every music 

lover’s shelf. Although if one uses 

Britney Spears or the Backstreet Boys 

as a guide, today’s music standards 

aren’t exactly high. 

Daashuur’s musical style is refresh- 

ing after all the same stuff on the 

radio day in and day out. Her style 

changes from song to song and has 

both a serious side and a relaxed, fun 

side. I have always appreciated 

musicians who are influenced by 

several different sounds-eclectic is 

the key to my wallet. 

Some of Daashuur’s songs are on 

the side of hip-hop, while others pull 

in rock and African sounds. She has a 

German and African-American 

background and has lived in England 

and New York, so I imagine these 

circumstances have pushed her to 

explore a variety of styles. 

Because I am an English major with 

a soft spot for angst and melancholy, I 

was most impressed with Daashuur’s 

lyrics. While she will become stronger, 

these lyrics will still catch the ears of 

many listeners. My one complaint is 

her lack of depth. She doesn’t look 

outside of her life for inspiration; she 

simply writes about her feelings. After 

hearing just the first few songs, I knew 

that she was on her way to “Alanis- 

ville,” with anger in her bags. 

The struggles that she focuses on 

most are relationships, God and being 

accepted for who she is-the same 

things many young adults strive to 

understand. Even as I complain about 

her lack of depth, I still think she has 

better quality lyrics than many popular 

musicians today. Yes, songs about 

relationships and [gasp] feelings are 

Photo Provided 

SHOWING SOON-Left, Kashun LeShaw Howell (Ismene) and Jaime 

Theresa Smith (Antigone) appear in “Antigone,” showing April 5,6, 

11,12 & 13 at 8:OO p.m. and April 7 & 14 at 3:OO p.m. 

sometimes cliche and sappy, but 

Daashuur goes about it differently. 

Even though she relies on feeling a 

little too much, she doesn’t use 

overworked words that are empty of 

meaning. She looks at the world with a 

fresh perspective. She gave me some 

hope that not all superstars are shallow, 

but real people with real problems. 

Her strongest song on the album is 

probably “Shadow of the Saints,” in 

which she explores her struggle for 

moral perfection: “Walking in the 

shadows of the saints/Can’t live up to 

the visions that they paint. We reinvent 

ourselves to be good as gold/But who 

can say for a fact that it’s ever saved a 

soul?’ 

Songwriting ability aside, she also 

plays guitar and piano on the album. 

The piano that flows in the background 

contrasts with the tense and edgy lyrics 

that Daashuur sings and gives the 

album the melancholy sound that I 

enjoy. 

If the opportunity presents itself, I 

would listen to Daashuur’s album 

Before the Beginning. The first couple 

of times through, you may find her 

bubble-gum voice a tu-off, but I 

think that YOU may gradually come to 

appreciate her talent and potential. 

THEATRE PREVIEW 

Photo Provided 

BEFORE THE BEGINNING-Aja Daashuur released her debut album 

and was born in New York and raised in New York and Montclair, N.J. 

Theatre department concludes 

2001-2002 season with ‘Antigone’ 

Lucas Klipsch 

Staff Writer 

Gretchen Rush 


“Antigone,” the Department of 

Theatre’s final production for the year 

appears on the Ransburg Auditorium 

stage April 5. The Greek tragedy, 

written by Sophocles, explores the life 

of Antigone, the daughter of two 

characters from “Odipus the King,” 

another Sophocles work. 

Senior Jaime Smith plays the 

leading role of Antigone, (and fourteen 

other U of I students, alumni and 

faculty make up the rest od the cast. 

“I love how Antigone is determined 

and strong in her ventures to bury her 

brother and yet is full of so much 

emotion that her strength fails her, just 

for a moment, as she truly realizes her 

fate,” said Smith. “I think the production 

will turn out great. We have a 

strong cast.. .and a very talented 

director. It is a great script in and of 

itself, and with the cast and Brad 

Wright, we will do our best.” 

Of the 15 actors, eight make up the 

chorus. “It [the chorus] is another 

character,” said Brad Wright, 

“Antigone” director and associate 

professor of theatre. “They’re a big 

part of the visual element of the 

show.” 

The chorus has rehearsed since Feb. 

8. “We’ve got a student [Jessica 

Morrow] that’s choreographing the 

choral odes,” said Wright. “We’ve got 

a music student [percussionist Jon 

Lindburgh] who’s composing original 

music for us.” 

Wright is also excited about this 

upcoming production because the cast 

includes people outside the theatre 

department-a residence hall director 

(Buckley Brockman) and an alumna 

(Rissa Guffey). 

“It’s always interesting to get other 

members of the U of I community 

involved,” said Wright. 

“Antigone” runs April 5-7 and 11- 

14. There will be a free preview on 

April 4 and a special matinee show on 

April 6. The play starts at 8 p.m. 

Thursdays through Saturdays and at 3 

p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $7 apiece, 

with $5 for groups, students and 

seniors. Contact the box office at 788- 

3251 for tickets. 

U of I graduate writes first novel 

Brian Robbins 

Managing Editor 

“Angel On the Lost Highway” is 

24-year-old University of Indianapolis 

graduate student Chris Edwards first 

book. 

Told in the first person, “Angel” 

follows the journey of Angel 

MOVIE REVIEW 

Dempsey, a 19-year-old wandering the 

nation to escape a rough childhood. 

He’s your basic tortured loner with a 

dark past. You know the type. Along 

the way, Angel meets Bryce, the illegal 

alien, who’s of course on the run from 

the law. He stole money from his 

employer and is falsely accused of 

committing murder. 

As a wannabe novelist currently in 

Avoid the crossfire; don’t 

see ‘We Were Soldiers’ 

Brian Robbins 

Managing Editor 

In “We Were Soldiers,” Me1 Gibson stars 

as Lt. Col. Hal Moore, who led 400 Ameri- 

can soldiers into the first major battle of the 

Vietnam war.The running theme throughout 

the film is Moore’s fear that his men will be 

slaughtered by the Viet Cong as Custer’s 

men were at the Battle of Little Bighorn. 

“We Were Soldiers” relies more on plot 

and characterization than the other big war 

movie of the moment, “Black Hawk Down.” 

However, the characters are somewhat 

stereotypical and make it way too easy to 

figure out which ones are going to buy it in 

the battle. I sat there trying to reason out 

which one would get shot next. One bright 

spot was Sam Elliot as Moore’s cantanker- 

ous, old second-in-command. I cannot repeat 

many of his lines here, but they were all 

gems. Watch for his “analysis” of why 

Custer lost the Battle of Little Bighorn. 

The action scenes themselves were 

dynamic and did do a better job of conveying 

the desperation of warfare. It also did not try 

to portray the Viet Cong as evil, which I 

thought was a refreshing change. I think too 

often war movies turn the other side into 

immoral degenerates who need to be killed 

for the sake of the world. I’m still waiting for 

the movie that accurately displays what the 

other side feels. Has it been long enough ago 

now for someone to make a film fromthe 

perspective of the Japanese or North Vietnamese? 

If “We Were Soldiers” had come out 

before recent war movies like “Saving 

Private Ryan” or “Black Hawk Down,” I am 

sure it would have been hailed as a revolutionary 

effort, and might even have won a 

bunch of pretty little gold statues on Oscar 

night. However, it is March 2002, and 

everything shown is already old. 

Further, he bar for war movies has been 

raised, and “We Were Soldiers” does not 

come close to reaching it. The action is 

contrived, corny and in some places just does 

not make sense. One person cannot just stand 

around in the middle of a hail of machine 

gun fire and not get shot, much less killed! 

There is a very good reason why “We 

Were Soldiers” came out in March, as 

opposed to summer or the end of the year 

when most big-budget killfests hit the 

theaters. It simply pales in comparison. “We 

Were Soldiers” offers a healthy diet of 

bullets and explosions, but it’s also loaded 

with cliches, boring characters and stupid 

plotlines. Don’t be another victim K.I.A.by 

making the mistake of going to the theater to 

see it. 

the midst of writing my own first 

effort, I was very interested in finding 

out what Edwards would have to say. 

He’s not an author I’ve read before, so 

1 didn’t really know what to expect. I 

just hoped I would not have to write 

about a bunch of completely illiterate, 

unreadable drivel. Thankfully, I didn’t. 

Although I found some of the 

characters to be slightly cliche 

(Afterall, well-adjusted people always 

know what path they want out of life), 

they all acted in a believable manner 

and had understandable motivations. 

The plot of a wandering loner’s 

probably way played out, but Edwards 

managed to keep it interesting. 

“Angel On the Lost Highway” was 

a very promising first effort from a 

fledgling writer. It had some very 

Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p,m. 

funny moments, and the story kept 

moving along constantly. I would 

definitely recommend this book to any 

young writer struggling to find the 

inspiration to chum out his or her own 

projects. With the proper motivation 

and confidence in their ideas, any 

young writer can find an outlet for his 

or her work. So go get a pen and paper 

or a keyboard and get writing!

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