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Indianapolis ‘think tank’ hosts foreign policy discussion
Lucas Klipsch
Editor-iii-Chief
The Sagamore Institute for Policy
Research helda publicdiscussionentitled
“How Can We Achievea Sensible Foreign
Policy? A Forward-Looking Conversa-
tion with Four Security Scholars,” on
Monday, Nov. 8.
One of the participating scholars was
University of Indianapolis Associate Pro-
fessor of Political Science and Director
of the International Relations Program,
Dr. Bill Ayres.
The Sagamore Institute is an interna-
tional think tank in Indianapolis. John
Clark, senior research fellow for the Hud-
son Institute, and other former members
of the Hudson Institute, founded it. The
Hudson Institute moved to Washington,
D.C., less than a year ago. Instead of
following, Clark decided to start a new
think tank, entirely separate from the
Hudson Institute.
“The Hudson Institute was an old,
well established think tank,” Clark said.
“We [the Sagamore Institute] are a new
thinktank basedonold [Hudson Institute]
researchers .”
The discussion was held at the Hudson
Institute’s old headquarters, a mansion
on the east side of Indianapolis. “We’re
kind of squatting here until our divorce
negotiations with Hudson are finished,”
Clark said. “But we might stay here.”
The discussion, according to Clark,
will be the first of many at the Saga-
more Institute. He hopes that similar
discussions will follow, and perhaps the
international relations community can
start coming up with answers to some
questions concerning America’s future
role in the international system, and the
Bush administration’s plans for the next
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four years.
“What my guests want to do is go be-
yond just saying we’ve got problems, but
actually trying to find ways we can solve
those problems,” Clark said. “These four
scholars are an important asset to India-
napolis. We need people to provide facts
and per,spectives on war and peace.”
Besides Ayres, the other three scholars
werePierreAtlasofMarian College, Siob-
han McEvoy-Levy of Butler University
and Scott Pegg of IUPUI.
All of these professors were signatories
of an open letter that was distributed to
the global community of international
relations scholars. The letter, dated
Octobelr of 2004, originated within an
organization called Security Scholars
for a Sensible Foreign Policy, and al-
ready contains over 850 signatures from
various political science and international
relations scholars across the world. The
letter is addressed as “an open letter to
the American people,” and calls for a
“fundamental reassessment” of the Bush
administration’s foreign policy ofthe past
four years.
During the discussion, the scholars
talked about, among other things, the ma-
jorchallenges for the Bush administration
in the coming four-year term. Although
several topics were discussed, security
was a Focal point of the evening, as it
was heavily stressed in the open letter.
“The rmost immediate (security] concern
is North Korea,” Ayres said. “If we solve
every problem there is between Morocco
and Iran, we wouldn’t be solving the most
important problems.”
War and peace were not the only top-
ics discussed. Clark, who mediated the
event, made sure that topics “off the radar
screen” were also discussed. Included in
these hereenvironmental policy, poverty,
disease: and international gun control.
“The vast majority of people lkilled
by weapons] are not killed by weapons of
mass destruction, they ’re’killed by AK-
47s and other small arms,” Pegg said.
Clark agreed. “Small arms put an
enormous amount of killing capacity into
the hands of child soldiers.”
Although the discussion was mainly
about foreign policy, not domestic
politics, it eventually turned into a post-
election Kerry vs. Bush debate, based on
audience reaction. According to Clark,
the main goal of the open letter was to
“give a failing grade to the Bush admin-
istration and its policies on Iraq and the
war on terrorism.” Despite some pro-Bush
arguments from the audience, the scholars
did not retort negatively and were more
concerned~about how the president will
conduct his administration in the future,
than his mistakes in the past. “You can
be very smart and still not adopt reason
as your basic framework,” Ayres said.
“People who know the president best
will say he’s not stupid, he just operates
from a world view in which statements of
faith, beliefs and feelings are the opera-
tive motives.”
Although the discussion was meant to
be apublic forum, the audience was small,
and the president, for whom the discus-
sion was designed, was clearly unaware
of its existence. “[At the discussion]
we talked about the responsibility to be
engaged in public conversations, to get
what we know out into the media,”Ayres
said. “That conversation was colored by
the sneaking suspicion that that doesn’t
make any difference.”
Clark agreed with Ayres. “The chances
are pretty slim that the Bush administra-
tion is going to listen to us here tonight,”
he said, prior to the discussion.
Still, all four scholars speculated on
how Bush will handle his second term as
president. According to Ayres, presidents
traditionally view their second term as an
opportunity to establish a legacy.
Continued on Page 3.
Photo by Zach Bolinger
U of I Associate Professor of Political Science Dr. Bill Ayres
answers a question at the Sagamore Institute on Nov. 8.
Class of 2007 students inducted into Phi Alpha Epsilon
Plzoto hv Luke Thornberm
Dr. Mary Moore, vice president for research, planning and strategic partnerships,
speaks to Phi Alpha Epsilon inductees and their families and friends who attended
the induction ceremony held on Nov. 7 in the chapel in Schwitzer Student Center.
Sarah Clough
Distribittioii iLliiizciger
Phi Alpha Epsilon, the freshman
honors society, held its annual induction
ceremony at 1 pm. on Nov. 7.
Friends and family were invited 10 the
University Chapel to attend this event
honoring the Class of2007 students who
had excelled academically during their
freshman year.
Students who were recognized came
from many different majors but shared
one common trait, they all were able to
maintain a 3.5 or above grade point aver-
age in their first year in college.
“It was important that the university
recognized the academic achievements of
its students,” said Cristy Corwin, sopho-
more elementary education major.
Corwin was among the students in-
ducted into the honors society. Ed Wall.
at the event, and nearly every seat in the
chapel was filled. The students came
forward and were presented with their
award by the professor or mentor of
their choice.
Lana Lukas, a biology major inductee,
was honored by Assistant Professor of
Biology P. RogerSweets, who apologized
for breaking the mold from the otherpro-
fessors and gave an extra explanation of
why Lukas deserved this award.
SweetsclaimedthatLukasnotonlyde-
served the award for her hard work in her
academic endeavors but also because she
had saved his life during the department’s
Spring Term trip to Belize.
“I didn’t really save his life,” Lukas
said. “1 held a flashlight while they were
doing a night swim in the ocean. I was
just a beacon. But I do appreciate being
honored with thisceremony. I didn’treally
know what it was at first, but now that
I know more. I think it’s a great idea to
have an honors society to award students
for their efforts, because that first year
is hard.”
All the students felt that this honors
society would help them in the future.
“Hopefully, futureemployers will look
interimcoordinator,cducation masters in at our resumes and see that we were ac-
curriculum&instruction, washerchosen ceptedtoaprestigious society,anditwilI
inductor. better our opportunities for employment,”
More than 2o were Inducted Corwin said
ELECTIONS
Voting problems delay results in eventual Bush win
Computer glitches, broken ballot machines complicate vote count
Shelly Grimes
Stafs Writer
After a record turnout at the polls and hours of waiting for
results, George W. Bush was elected to serve as President of the
United States for four more years.
According to USA Today, a record setting 60 percent of those
eligible to vote cast ballots this election year. Exit polls from USA
Today and CNN show that President Bush received 51 percent of
the popular vote, as opposed to Sen. John Kerry’s 48 percent.
However, this election, like the one in 2000, was not called in
favor of either candidate on Election Night.
The battleground state of Ohio, which holds 20 Electoral Votes,
was deemed “too close to call.” Without Ohio, both candidates
were short of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the Presidency.
Initial results from CBS and other news media showed that Bush had
a slight lead in the state.
Sen. Kerry’s camp reportedly considered refusing to concede until
all absentee provisional ballots were counted, but it became evident
the following day that Bush had won the state. Sen. Kerry conceded
later Wednesday afternoon, saying in his concession speech that he
would not “give up this fight if there were a chance that we [Demo-
crats] would prevail.”
It was not until Friday, Nov. 5, that the last of the states-Iowa and
New Mexico-were called by the Associated Press, also in favor of
Bush. The final count gave Bush 286 electoral votes and Kerry 252
electoral votes.
Computer glitches were partly to blame for the delayed results.
CNN reported that in lowa two machines used to count ballots broke
down. The machines were later repaired, but the votes could not be
counted until Wednesday morning.
An error with an electronic voting system in Ohio apparently gave
Bush an extra 3,893 votes. The totals first showed Bush receiving
4,258 votes and Kerry receiving 260 votes in a precinct in a Columbus
suburb where only 638 voters cast ballots.
Records show that Bush actually received 365 votes. CNN
reported that the Secretary of State could not change the state’s
election totals until the error was officially reported to the state.
CNN also reported that in one North Carolina county more than
4,500 votes were lost when officials tried to store more electronic
data in a machine than it could hold.
Also, 32 voters in six states complained to the Election Protec-
tion Coalition, a group of volunteer poll monitors, that the wrong
candidate appeared on their touch screen voting machine.
The problem appeared mainly with Democrats in Florida. Several
voters who intended to select Kerry were shown Bush’s name on
the verification screen. Initial reports indicate that these cases were
simply computer glitches and that the problems were corrected.
In his victory speech. President Bush said that Sen. Kerry
“waged a spirited campaign” but now that the campaigning was
over, the country would have to unite to move ahead in the next
four years.
”We have one country. one Constitution and one future that
binds us. And when we come together and work together, there is
no limit to the greatness of America,” the president said.

RELIGION EDITORIAL
It’s time to question Religious Right, political morality issues
Lucas Klipsch
Ediror-iri-Chief
What’s happened to the American
system of democracy‘? HOW is it that on
Tuesday, Nov. 2. President George W.
Bush was re-elected by both the popular
and electoral votes? 1-11 tell you.
The Republican Party has monopolized
moral issues with which voters, both
liberal and conservative, feel compelled
to align themselves.
President Bush was reelected fairly.
I’m not a conspiracy theorist who
thinks that the Republican Party rigs
every election and has “stolen” democracy
out of the hands of the American
people. I just think that the G.0.P has
many United States voters gassed. so
to speak. They’ve pulled the wool over
our eyes, America. They’ve convinced
us that not only is Bush the best political
presidential option, but that he is
the best. no, the only morul option.
There are three types of Republicans.
There are what I like to call the
“real Republicans.” These Republicans
believe in actual, Republican principles
of free trade, a laissez-faire economy
and personal prosperity through hard
work and sacrifice. These people are
conservative and do not believe that a
strong federal government is beneficial
to’America as a whole. Although seemingly
self-serving, these “real Republicans”
actually believe what they say
and risk appearing heartless in order
to stand up for their apparent me-first
ideology.
There are the “nai’ve Republicans.”
These Republicans have been con-
vinced, through chicanery and manipu-
lation, that they, and their less fortunate
American peers, will somehow benefit
from typically conservative economic
itch Daniels, the gova-
ject of Indiana, has said
that Hoosiers can expect a
lot of reform to get our state
going again. Daniels Seems
to a man who speaks the
language of money. He is a
very rich man after working
for very rich companies. His
web site, mymanmitch.com,
lists some of his reform plans
for the state. He has prom-
ised to save our state from
its financial Droblems. One
area of refotk is in Indiana’s
correctional facilities. I know
a way that Mitch Daniels can
drastically reform the cor-
rections program in Indiana,
make our state safer, create
jobs, promote social justice
and save taxpayers millions.
The simplest way for all of
these things to happen would
be for Indiana to suspend the
death penalty.
Each death penalty case
costs our state millions.
According to a USA Toduy
article, “The Case Against the
Death Penalty” by Eric M.
Freedman (1 9971, the death
penalty is far more expensive
than housing prisoners in jail
for life. In many cases, the
death penalty is two times
more expensive than life
in prison. This is because
most people facing the death
penalty are indigent and can’t
afford their own attorneys.
The state must provide them
with an attorney and, accord-
ing to law, each death penalty
sentence is automatically ap-
pealed. Crimes that warrant
the death penalty involve
more complicated investiga-
tions and longer trial times.
Limiting these factors would
limit a prisoner’s constitu-
tional rights. Therefore, the
agendas. such as limiting or removing
New Ileal policies like Welfare, Social
Security and federally funded health-
,.....,.
Lair;.
determines what makes a good presi-
dent just astounds me.
l‘raditionally Democrats have been
Lastly, there is the Religious Right,
or as I refer to them, the Religious
Wrong. These are exceptionally conservative
Rep~lblicans who vote solely
according to their religious beliefs
Members of the Religious Right are
typically fundamentalist, or some variation
of Christian, and assert that only
through the sanctity oftheir church,
and the of their beliefs, will
salvation, both political
and “everlasting.”
be attained.
These are the
people wiio have ruined
our conception
of denioclwy. They
are deceitful. misrepresentative,
and
cannot be trusted
They’ve naturally,
and quite predictably.
dominated the
Republican party
pro-choice, but somehow the religious
kight has weaseled its way into p&lic
opinion. convincing many of my
Democrat peers to join the anti-abortlon
bandwagon. Maybe It was Kerry’s
mistake in admitting that he was, in
fact, pro-choice. It sure didn’t help him
u in the Catholic vote (Bush won that
vote, accordiag to CNN.com, despite
the fact that Kerry i.\ a Catholic). Maybe
Americans just don’t like the idea of
killing unborn babies. Come to think
of it, when worded
that way. I don’t like it
either. But maybe, just
maybe, this new regime
of power-hungry
religious zealots, such
as evangelists Jerry
Falwell and Pat Robertson,
have muscled
their way to the tops
of voter priority lists
by using hellfire-andbrimstone-style
scare
in the past, especially during the 2004
election. and are now trying to infiltrate
our minds with their hatred and intolerance.
They’ve suc~ssfully skewed our
perception of ethics and have attelnpted
to hard sell their version of moral values
as the only way to conduct life in
America.
The day after th;election, I was
listening to a call-in show on National
Public Radio. A man called in and
said, essent~a~ly, that he was a liberal
Democrat but did not vote for John
Kerry because Kerry was pro-choice,
and he, the caller, was morally opposed
to abortion. So, I thought, you’re willirig
to change your vote just because
your partj’s candidate doesn’t agree
with you on one point? The idea that
abortion should even be an issue that
tactics and massive
guilt trips.
Abortion is not the only issue that
ha\ been inappropriately laced into our
decislon-making process
by the religious right. For some reason,
gay rights is an issue that, apparently,
most Americans feel strongly about.
Eleven states passed bans on same-sex
Inarriages On 2.
a dozen states changed their constitutions
in order to deny same-sex couples
govern men tal recognition of marriage.
Why? What were these voters afraid
of? Did they think that if gay couples
were married, their children could
“safely” walk down the street without
two men Or two
ing ha~ds? If so, they were wrong.
Gay people will continue to be gay,
could go to fund more jobs for
police officers, which would
make lndiana safi:r. The death
penalty has been proven in no
way to make a state safer. 111
fact, Michigan, with no death
penalty and Indiana, with an
active death penalty have very
similar crime statistics (USA
Today). According to Rich-
ard Dieter, head oif the Death
Penalty hformation Center,
the average salary of a new
police officer is about $42,000
including benefits. The average
$2 million spent on a death pen-
alty trial could pa,y for 48 new
officers OR the streets. It also
could buy bulletproof vests and
improve many crime preven-
tion programs. The new officers
would effectively make Indiana
a safer place. The money saved
also could go to provide more
jobs in correctional facilities
around the state.
Ending the death penalty in
lndiana would help to pro-
mote social justice in our state.
According to the American
Civil Liberties Union, African
Americans make up 12% of the
population of the United States
yet they comprise 3.5% of all
people on death row. According
to the Clark County Prosecut-
ing Attorney’s Web site (www.
clarkprosecutor.org), right now
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The new governor, who is
a businessman to the core,
should be able to nd
these demands, e
when we’re talking about
millions of dollars.
If you would like to send
Mitch Daniels a letter about
ending the death penalty in
Indiana, you can write to Of-
fice of the Governor, State-
house Room 206,200 W.
Washington St., Indianapolis,
IN 46204.
Letters to the e
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regardless of whether or not it is legal
for them to be married. ‘l’hen why were
these voters 40 against gay /riurrici,yo’!
Why weren’t they againyt homosexuaity
in general? They were against gay
marriage because the hateful and bigoted
religious right has con\ inced them
that banning gay marriage is consistent
with God’s teachings. So God wants tis
cult for gay people
to receive spousal employee health
benefits and tar breaks’.’ .According to
the right, homosexualit4 is immoral.
and un-Christian. so wc should punish
homosexuals by disallo\i ing the
aforementioned benefits that come
with marriage. I don’t rccall that verse
in Genesis. Besides which. it doesn’t
sound very Christ-like to me.
This brings me to my next point.
The Religious Right. and the Republican
Party agendas the) s~ipport, are
inconsistent with Jesus‘ leachings and
the Bible in general. In Galatians 3:26-
28, Paul says “...for in Christ Jesus
you are all children of God through
faith. As many of you a4 u’ere baptized
into Christ have clothed yourselves
with Christ. ‘I’here is no longer Jew
or Greek, there is no longer male and
female; for all of you arc one in Christ”
(New Revised Standard Version). This
leads me to believe that God sees [he
worth of all people from every ethnicity,
race and class. Jesus had compassion
for the persecuted, according to
Mathew 9:36. which reatls, “When he
saw the crowds he had compassion for
them because they were harassed and
helpless, like sheep without a shepherd”
(NRSV). Yes the Hible makes
a point to single out honiosexuals as
sinners, but isn’t it the obligation of
responsible Christians to “hate the sin.
not the sinner’?” I’m not suggesting that
I think that homosex~iality equates to
sin, but some Christians do. Then why
is this hateful anti-gay niarriage agenda
so popular? It seems to me like these
Christians are focusing their energy in
the wrong areas.
While we’re on the topic. as I understand
it, Christians believe that it is
not a human obligation to judge, but a
holy one. In other words, it is God’s job
to tell us who’s sinning and who’s not,
and to punish sinners accordingly.
The Bible repeatedly condemns self-
righteousness. In Romans 14:4 Paul
said, “Who are you to judge someone
else’s servant? To his own master he
stands or falls” (New International
Version). In James 3: 12 James said,
“There is only one law-giver and one
.judge. the one who is able to save
and destroy,” referring to God, “but
you-who are you to judge your
neighbor?” (NIV). That said, I think it’s
pretty apparent that. if given the choice,
Jesus would prefer us to be compas-
sionate and loving to our fellow man,
regardless of their sexual orientation,
rather than hateful and vengeful toward
homosexuals as the counter-Christian
Religious Right has been. I mean, you
only have so much time here on Earth.
Why spend it hating and judging, when
your own religion compells you to love
and refrain from judging others?
Don‘t be nai’ve, America. You’ve
allowed them to use rhetoric and hate-
speech to inspire you to vote a certain
way. Don’t let it happen again. They
are not practicing what I believe to be
compassionate Christianity, and I am
personally offended by anyone who
considers the Bush administration a
Christian administration. They are not.
and don’t let them fool you into think-
ing they are. Regardless of what you
believe, it’s not your place to impress
those beliefs upon others, and neither
is it the place of the Religious Right
to impress their beliefs, however cruel
and inconsistent, upon the rest of the
country.
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Sometimes, he says, it turns out posi-
tively. However, he has some concerns
about Bush’s second term.
“My concern is that ... the Bush ad-
ministration is going to try to perpetuate
their dominance in the system,” he said.
“The goal may become the maintenance
of control.”
He added that because of this admin-
istration’s behavior toward power, there
will likely be some tension within the
Republican Party.
“There is going to be some bloodlet-
ting. It’s not a party thing, it’s not an
ideology thing either,” he said.
“[George] Orwell’s whole point
was.. .the greatest mistake that they [the
totalitarian regime in 19841 made is once
they got power, they tried to do something
with it.”
According to both Clark and Ayres,
there will be more events like this
hosted by the Sagamore Institute. They
are public, and open for all interested in
attending.
WORLD NEWS
“You guys [U of I students] are at a
disadvantage. A lot of [the events] on
campus seem to be ‘let’s bring in another
hypnotist or illusionist’,’’ Ayres said.
“The number of public intellectual
discussions offered to students [by the
university] is not large.”
Still, students are welcome to attend
any public meeting at the Sagamore In-
stitute. An events calendar can be found
at the Sagamore Institute home page,
sipr.org.
Also, Clark has a Web site, indybuzz.
blogspot.com, which lists events ranging
from foreign policy, to poetry to reli-
gion.
The next Sagamore Institute scheduled
event is on Dec. 8, and will feature a
talk by associate fellow Barbara J. El-
liot, who will discuss her new book. ;But
other events may be added and will be
announced when they are planned.
More information is available on
the Sagamore Institute, via email at
info@sipr.org, or via telephone at 3 17-
549-4 156.
1. NEW GENDER COURSES
lNew courses to address gender
Jessica Elston
Opinioii Editor
Ever heard of-a science course with
out laboratory work? How about a math
course withoiitdoingasinglemath prob-
lem? Well, now one exists: Gender and
Ethntcity in Math and Science.
Sandra Davis, assistant professor of
biology, and Krystina Leganza, associate
professor of mathcmatics & computer
science, will be offering the new course
next semester. Students can receivecredit
for taking the course in both math and/or
science. The course is also waiting on
approval to fulfill the social inquiry
requirement.
Leganza previously taught acourse at
Ball State University about gender issues
inmatheniatics, but she wanted theclass
to expand. “Last spring, I saw an ad for
a curriculum workshop at the University
of Wisconsin focused on women’s issues.
and I thought, ‘This would be the time
to design my women in math course and
offer it here’,” Leganza said.
Davis overheard Leganza talking
about the workshop when they were in
the mailroom. “I hadactually gone to the
same workshop before.” Davis said.
The two began talkMg and decided
to combine their knowledge and teach
a joint class for both subjects. “1 had
always wanted to get more into math,”
Davis said.
The course was designed partly from
the previous course Leganza had taught
at BSU and from other courses Davjs and
Leganza had read about. Leganza had a
mentor when she taught at Saint Mary
of-the-Woods who included historical
biographies in her course. “She would
tell the kids what to read and then they
would come in and have a discussion,”
Leganza said. “As a mathematician, I’m
not used to doing a discussion course
and 1 thought, ‘It’s boring if everybody
reads the same thing. What are we going
to talk about?”’
At BSU, Leganza decided to change
the discussion pattern of her mentor by
not using the biographies in the textbook.
She plans to do the same for the course
here. “I would tell the kids ‘next week
these are the three people we’re going
to talk about. You come up with your
own sources’,”Leganza said. “That way
everyone might read a different author
and would have a different slant on the
person’s life.”
The course will not be biographies
about women and minorities alone.
Leganza said the course will range from
Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, dies in Paris Critical Care Unit
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Michael Matza
Kriigh Ridder Newspapers
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Black
smoke from burning tires draped Ramallah’s
skies in a curtain of crepe Thursday,
and black flags sprouted atop power lines
at the entrances to refugee camps as the
city that had been Yasser Arafat’s last
home prepared to bury its leader and
welcome his successors.
Palestinian police, patrolling on foot,
wore black armbands in mourning, and
Palestinian leaders seemed particularly
awkward about ushering in a new era
without the man who’d held all the reins
of power with an iron fist.
At the investiture of the Palestinian
Authority’s new interim president, Rauhi
Fattouh, officials didn’t know what to do
ritually cleansed, perfumed and wrapped
inawhiteshroud - wasflown from Paris
to Cairo on Thursday. A quick funeral
service. attended by scores of foreign
dignitaries, was to be held at a tightly
guarded military base near the Egyptian
capital on Friday before Arafat’s body was
to be flown to Ramallah for burial.
The brevity of the Cairo ceremony
- no longer than 30 minutes, officials
said -was intended to ensure that Arafat
was buried before sundown.
Arafat will be laid to rest on his right
side, with his face pointing toward the
Muslim holy city of Mecca, beneath a
stand of pine trees inside the battered
compound that’s been destrciyed by the
Israeli airmy. Palestinian crews have been
working around the clock to push away a
mountain of crushed cars that had littered
the area for three years, since they were
run oveir by Israeli tanks.
,
and. in a departure from Muslim tradition,
he’ll be buried in a concrete box
so his body could one day be moved to
Jerusalem.
It was evident that Palestinians were
grappling with a world without Arafat.
At Fattouh‘s swearing-in inside the 88seat
Palestinian legislature, Legislative
Council Speaker Hassan Khreishe cited
the wrong subsection as he read from the
Palestinian basic law putting Fattouh in
power.
Legal Committee Chairman Ziad Abu
Zyad piped up to correct him. Zyad later
said that he wanted the first use of the law
to be letter-perfect.
Under Palestinian law. elections for a
permanent president must be held within
60 days. Fattouh will share power with
Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia
and Palestine Liberation Organization
leader Mahmoud Abbas.
with a large portrait ofArafat, which had Arafit had wanted to be buried in “‘rhis is a difficLllt period, a transition
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tobemovedfromachair. One lawmaker Jerusalem on the disputed holy site that period, and I hope the system will not Several mOUrnerS took to the Streets Of Ramallah,
moved it behind the podium. Then he
propped it against the speaker’s rostrum.
Finallv. a tall lawmaker lifted the portrait
oncehelldthe biblicalJewishtemplesand
now holds AI Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third
holiest :shrine after Mecca and Medina.
break down,” lawmaker Hanan Ashrawi West Bank, on Thursday, Nova 11, after hearing
said of the Palestinian Authority’s tentative
steps tow;ird - greater democracy. news Of Palestinian leader YaSSer Arafat’s death.
overhead, putting it on a ledge against the
chamber’s front wall.
Arafat’s body - in Islamic tradition,
Israel refused.
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earth taken from the AI Aqsa compound
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tormatiori Services
CHARTIY DONATIONS
Campus-wide charity donations are meant for more than the holidays
Lucas Klipsch
Editor-in - Chief
“Education for Service,” the Univer-
sity of Indianapolis motto, takes on a
whole new meaning during the holiday
season. Several campus organizations
have begun various charities, including
coat drives, canned food drives and even
a drive for eyeglass donations.
The Ecumenical and Interfaith Pro-
grams department had a worship service
last Wednesday, Nov. 10, called “Count
Your Blessings.”
The service invited people to donate
various items for the Julian Center and
the Holy Family Shelter. The University
Community Eucharist service will be
tonight at 9, and attendants are urged to
continue the donations.
“We’ll be collecting things through
Thanksgiving break,” said University
Chaplain Rev. Dr. Lang Brownlee. “We
hope people come to the service because
it will not only be about counting our
blessings, but also what we can do to
help others.”
Besides the charitable donations orga-
nized by the Ecumenical and Interfaith
programs, there are also several coat and
food drives going on around campus.
Several groups also are gathering towels
and other toiletries for the Horizon House,
a homeless shelter.
Circle K, an organization dedicated
to volunteer service, will be working at
LutherWood. Luther Wood is a temporary
foster care facility for children. On Dec.
4, Circle K will be volunteering there,
helping to wrap presents for the children,
purchased by Luther Wood.
Next semester, Circle K will be partici-
pating in several other charities. “[Next
semester] we’re going to do a Cinderella
project,” said sophomore Susan Decker,
Circle K president. “We’ll collect prom
dresses for girls who can’t afford them. 1
did it (with Key Club] in high school, and
I had almost 400 dresses donated.”
Last Saturday Circle K went to St. Vin-
cent DePaul to help sort donated food.
Although not necessarily charity,
every January the Ecumenical and Inter-
faith Programs offers a service learning
opportunity called Appalachia Service
Project (ASP). This year’s class counts
for two credit hours, and will be Janu-
ary 9- 15. The class entails a trip to rural
Appalachia, and will involve home im-
provement projects. Students interested
in signing up can contact Brownlee at
3 17-788-3382.
The holiday season, from October to
January, seems to be the most popular
time for charities. But it doesn’t have to
be th,at way, according to Brownlee. “I
wish we had that spirit of giving all year
round of course,” he said. “But during
the Christmas and Thanksgiving seasons
we do have that spirit, and I’m grateful
for that.”
Participating in charitable events
means different things todifferent people.
“I like the theme that [when we give)
we d’on’t just sit back on our laurels and
thank God, but with what God has given
us, we have an opportunity to share and
give to others,” Brownlee said.
“I think the best part of coming to-
gether for any charitable organization is
that you’re helping someone.” Decker
said. “You’re making a difference, be it a
smille, apresentorwhatever, you’re help-
ing that person in their time of need.”
Students interested can donate to any
given charity on campus. The eyeglass
donations, by the University of India-
napolis Lion’s Club, are being collected
at the Hub at Schwitzer Student Center.
Circle K, and many other campus orga-
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November 17,2004 SPORTS
PAGE 4 THE REFLECTOR
FOOTBALL
Polizzi’s football team wins last four out of five games after shaky start
Becky Nakasone
Stuf Writer
The Greyhounds finished their sea-
son with a victory over Ashland, 24-21,
Saturday Nov. 6, at Key Stadium.
“It was really a quality win,” said
head coach Joe Polizzi. “The goal for
the day was to come out strong and
physical. and play good Greyhound
football.”
The game started with the ‘Hounds
behind the Ashland Eagles early in
the second quarter, 7-0. After Ashland
scored, senior quarterback Matt Kohn
found four different receivers during a
5 1 -yard drive that led to a 22-yard field
goal by junior Nick Parker.
Freshman cornerback Kenneth
Akridge made an interception during
the Eagles’ next drive and returned it
I3 yards to Ashland’s 29-yard line.
After Akridge’s interception, Kohn
connected with freshman wide receiver
Justin Russell, who brought it in the en-
dzone to give the ‘Hounds a 10-7 lead.
A touchdown by the Eagles brought
the score to 14-10 late in the first half.
The ‘Hounds responded with a 57-yard
drive for a touchdown that was led by
senior tailback Donnie McCoy’s five
carries. Kohn finished the drive with
a 7-yard touchdown pass to freshman
wide receiver Kevin Stanford with only
35 seconds left in the first half.
After the intermission, the ‘Hounds
brought the lead to 24-14 with an
89-yard drive in six plays. During the
drive, Kohin found Russell again for a
38-yard gain that gave Kohn the opportunity
to hit Stanford for a 38-yard
touchdown pass with 354 to go in the
quarter.
Ashland found their endzone and
closed the gap 24-21 with 456 left in
the game. After the Eagles’ defense
forced the ‘Hounds to punt late in the
game, Ashiland was tagged with a penalty
for roughing the punter, which allowed
the ‘Hounds to keep possession
of the ball and bring the team victory.
“This football game was as good as
we’ve ever had around here. We just
played very, very well,” Polizzi said.
“And this overall outstanding performance
really put the icing on the cake
for the tail1 end of a good year.”
Russelll also felt the ‘Hounds played
well, especially on offense.
“I felt that our offense came out with
a lot of inl.esity and fire. This was one
of the best performances our offense
had all season,” he said. “I think we
came a long way.” Russell also noted
that one of the reasons for their wins
was the leadership of the veterans.
Although the ‘Hounds finished off
the seasoil well, the team had a rough
start, only winning two of the first
seven games. Two of the seven games
were lost in overtime.
SPORTS EDITORIAL
“We were disappointed in the start,”
Polizzi said. “Being able to come back
and win four of the last five and play
the kind of football that we did, that’s
exciting.”
Polizzi felt that the leadership of
the older players was a reason for the
‘Hounds strong finish.
“They [the seniors] not only played
well, but were strong leaders on and off
the field,” Polizzi said.
Russell also realized the importance
of senior leadership.
“They [seniors] gave us some very
valuable advice to take into the up and
coming seasons,” Russell said.
One of the senior players Polizzi
was referring to was Kohn, who be-
came U of 1’s all-time passing leader
in total offensive yards (8,921), total
passing yards (83 14), completions
(652) and touchdowns (55) throughout
the course of the season.
Kohn also left his mark in the Great
Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Confer-
ence by finishing his career in third
place for passing yards (7,689) and
total offensive yards (7,785) during
play against GLIAC opponents.
“Having Matt at quarterback was a
big plus for me this season. He taught
me how to rea$ defenses and where to
run my routes,” Russell said. “Matt was
a great leader and a great person. He
was always there to pick me up when
I would drop a pass or if he saw that
something was wrong.”
Photo hv Ranru TollefAon
The ‘Hounds offensive team reacts as the ball is snapped
during their close victory over Ashland University, 24-
21. The game came down to the wire and was won on an
Ashland penalty with little time left in the contest. The
win marked the fourth win out of their last five games and
improved their overall record to 4-7.
Is Artest’s heart in it? Fans deserve answers
Pacers forward raises eyebrows with recent record label controversy
Lucas Klipsch
Editor-in-Chief
“I think I’m one of the few guys
who gets better every year. I’m on
my way to becoming an MVP and a
champion” -Ron Artest in an inter-
view with ESPN.com’s Marc Stein last
Thursday.
“Yeah right” -Lucas Klipsch, in a
sports editorial, about how much of a
load of crap that statement was.
Artest will never be an NBA league
MVP. He’s not cut from MVP stock.
Last week’s three-day circus proves it.
On Tuesday, Artest was benched for
unspecified reasons. On Wednesday, it
VOLLEYBALL
came out that Artest had asked Coach
Rick Carlisle for some time off because
he was tired, his body hurt and he
wanted to spend time with his family.
Not a good enough reason to bench one
of the team’s best players? Try this on
for size: Ron was apparently tired not
only because of the rigors of the NBA,
but because he had been spending a
substantial amount of time promoting
his record label’s upcoming album.
TruWarier (the label) is a phonetic
nightmare, but is apparently Artest’s
pride and joy, as he demonstrated in an
ESPN interview last Thursday, when
he flashed promotional material in front
of the unsuspecting camera operator
and claimed defensively, “I’m a grown
man. 1 can do what I want.”
Here is an open letter to Ron Artest,
Indianapolis SturlKRT
Pacers
forward
Ron Artest
has a lot to
prove after
reportedly
requesting
time off
because
he was
tired from
promoting
anR&B
album. Artest
is the NBAs
reigning
Defensive
Player of the
Year.
Volleyball moves on to GLVC
tournament’s final rounds
Crystle Collins
New’s Editor
The University of Indianapolis volleyball
team is making strides toward
one ultimate goal, to win conference.
Coach Jody Rogers-Butera said exactly
that as ‘her team prepared for the Great
Lakes Valley Conference tournament at
the University of Southern Indiana.
“If the team relaxes and just has fun,
I think we can win,” Butera said.
The ‘Hounds went into semifinals
after a 3- 1 match over Lewis University.
The team is currently seated fourth
in the GLVC and has a record of 23-
12. The tournament, which began on
Thursday, Nov. 1 I , hosts all 1 1 GLVC
volleyball programs as they fight for
the number one spot.
“An1 individual goal 1 have is to
break my personal career records in
digs,” isaid junior Kristin Lay.
“The team goal for conference is to
Lay is in her third year with the
Greyhounds volleyball team. She has
lettered twice and is a left front line
player.
Shaun McAllister, Deanna McClure
and Whitney Boling were U of 1’s three
choices for all-conference. McAllister
was named to the All-GLVC first team
for the fourth time. McAlister is the
Greyhound season leader in kills and is
second in the GLVC for kills per game.
Boling earned the All-GLVC honor as
second-team outside hitter for the second
consecutive year, and McClure was
named to the All-GLVC second team.
“The soul of my team [upperclassmen]
has played together for three
years. The coaching part is over, now
the players just have to play without
fear,” Butera said.
Unfortunately, the ‘Hounds lost in
the semi-finals of the GLVC tournament
to top seed Southern Indiana
30-20, 32-30, 30-21 on Nov. 12.
The ‘Hounds finished their 2004
season with a 23-13 overall record and
win the wholetournament.” Lay said. a 12-4 record in conference.
from Pacers basketball fans every-
where:
Yes, Ron, you are a grown man.
But no, according to the collective
bargaining agreement signed by agents
representing both NBA OM ners and the
player’s union. you cannot “do what
you want.” That is. when what you
want, entails sitting out for arbitrary
reasons and indefinite time periods.
This isn’t the playground. it’s not
St. John’s University (where Artest
attended prior to being drafted to the
NBA). And it most certainly is not you^
company, Ron. This is the KBA. You
aren’t in charge. You have bosses. Several
of them. And they make the rules.
The rule is, to get paid, you must
play. But it doesn’t stop there. Yoti can
sit and lose money, all you want (and
Artest has proven that he doesn’t care
about losing money).
You are legally bound by the terms
of your agreement to continually play
for this team for the duration of said
agreement. And though yoti don’t
understand the word integrity (I‘m not
being sarcastic. He really didn’t know.
what Carlisle meant when the coach
told him that he was “compromising
the integrity of the team”), you must
understand agreements. Promises.
maybe?
If not an agreement between you
and your teammates, surely you ~vould
respect an agreement with the fans.
I
you throughout your tenure as the
NBA’s most misunderstood player.
We’re the ones who looked past your
television monitor smashing, your
flagrant fouls, your constant ejections,
your fines. your suspensions, your tardiness
to practices, your missed flights,
your selfish and clumsy playing in the
3004 Eastern Conference Finals, your
self-destructive proclamations that you
are the best player on the team. We’ve
seen past these things to see the real
VOLI: the misunderstood, under-appreciked,
hard worker who helped lead the
Pacers to a franchise record 6 I wins
last season.
But this is over the line. You’ve let
LIS down. and now we can’t trust you.
We can trust your talent, but what good
is talent when we have to question your
effort, your drive to keep winning and
your sanity‘?
Ron. I know you say you‘re going
to play for the rest of the season, rap
label or not. But after this recent turn of
ebents, how can we, the fans, expect to
trust you to not flake out in the future?
Why should we trust you? .
You haven’t given us much reason
to trust you after the comments you
made to ESPN.com.
You said, “1 want to take the whole
year off. I want to take the year off,
but that’s not going to happen because
we’re [the Pacers] going to win the
championship this year,” and “[time
off] would have been great for me because
I’ve been doing so much lately.”
Is it a question of love for the game,
Ron‘? Or is it that you just love a different
game now? Maybe you love the rap
game.
That’s the wrong game.
1 don’t want the Pacers to deal Ron
Artest. But do they have a choice?
1 want Ron Artest to be a Pacer, but
I want a lot of things. I want Ron Artest
to be MVP-caliber. 1 want the Pacers to
win a championship.
The real question is: what does Ron
We’re the ones who’ve supported want:‘
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THE REFLECTOR PAGE 5 SPURl% NOVEMBER 17,2004
WINTERSPORTSPREVIEW
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Defense, exper ience key to ‘Hounds’ success
Craig Haupert
Entertuinnzent Editor
Coach Teri Moren’s women’s basketball
team wants to regain the title
of the best defensive team in the Great
Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) this
season.
“Our goal is holding our opponents
to 56 points or under,” Moren said.
“That is a lot when you consider that
we are part of a conference that is offensive
minded. This makes us a little
different, because we really try to get at
it defensively.”
Team members have been practicing
for about a month and have just started
their preseason games.
The ‘Hounds are coming off two
straight 20-win seasons, and last year
the ‘Hounds were ranked No. I in
the country in three-point field goal
percentage. Senior Erin Moran led all
divisions in three-point field goal percentage
last year, shooting more than
50 percent.
The ‘Hounds are returning four
seniors: guard Erin Moran, guard
Amanda Davidson, guard Sara Riedeman
and guard Amy Wisser. Coach
Moren is counting on their leadership
to carry the team deep into the NCAA
tournament at the end of the season.
“They have the experience, and they
have won a lot of games, so they will
MEN’S BASKETBALL
play a large part in how we do,” Moren
said.
The returning players will get some
help with tlhree new players this season:
two transfer students, Leisha Walker
(IPFW) and Mandy Geryak (Xavier),
and one freshman, Deanna Thomson
(Center Grove). “Thomson will bring a
lot inside. !She is a very athletic, mobile
post player,” Moren said.
Two new assistant coaches have
joined the team as well. Former U of I
player Saralh Shackle and Amy Cherubini,
former Indianapolis Pike High
School head coach and St. Louis and
Michigan assistant coach will be working
on making some changes to the
team’s defense.
“Defensively this year we want to
apply more pressure, extend the defensive,
throw some full court presses
at people, just mix it up a little bit,”
Cherubini said. “This is a little more of
an aggressive approach this year.. . we
want to get out in the passing lanes and
force more turnovers.”
The team is ranked second in preseason
standings, behind Bellarmine in
the GLVC and ranked 1 1 th nationally.
“We don’t pay as much attention to
the ~011s as, DeoDle think.” Moren said.
1 I
“Th;ee years ago, we were picked fifth
in the conference, and we ended up going
29 and three.”
The ‘Hounds oDen the regular
season at Ciannon ‘in the GLk/GLVC
challenge on Nov. 19.
Photo by Amber Liponoga
Head coach Teri Moren
gives instructions to
freshman Deanna Thomson
while senior Amv Wisser
(left) looks on.
Exhibition wins he1 .p new players fit into Sturgeon’s system
Photo bj Zuch Bolingrr
Senior David Logan runs
a drill in a recent practice.
Logan is the top returning
scorer for the ‘Hounds.
H -~ WOMEN’S SWIMMING
Katy Yeiser
Sports Editor
Coach Todd Sturgeon’s men’s bas-
ketball team is heading into the 2004-
2005 seascin with two solid exhibition
wins under their belt. The ‘Hounds
easily defeated Niagara College of
Welland, Ontario and Mohawk College
of Hamilton, Ontario 104-52 and 85-55
respectively on Oct. 17 and 18.
Sturgeon said the two Canadien
teams were not as tough opponents
as the teams the ‘Hounds will face
in the Great Lakes Valley Confer-
ence and Region, but he was pleased
with the ‘Hounds defense and level of
intensity they played with. He noted
that one of the reasons the ‘Hounds
played so hard was due to the work
ethic of veteran players that spilled
over to the new players. Sturgeon will
look to his veteran players of seniors
Mickey McGill, David Logan, Cory
Bennett and Lawrence Barnes not only
to provide a consistent level of hard
work but to also lead the team until the
younger players get comfortable with
the ‘Hounds system.
“We have a lot of new guys so it
takes a while for them to get the hang
of the program. We are just trying to
get better everyday,” Logan said.
Logan returns as the ‘Hounds
leading scorer and could become the
conference’s all-time leading scorer
after the season if he averages around
25 points per game.
“I don’t think that will be very tough
for me,” Logan said. “I worked a lot on
my game in the off-season. I just have
to be a smarter player on the court to
get those extra and easy points.”
The ‘Hounds conference has tra-
ditionally been the best in Division I1
basketball, according to Sturgeon, and
U of I was selected to finish fifth in the
pre-season GLVC poll. However, Stur-
geon feels having the top place in the
GLVC is not a team goal, but making
sure the ‘Hounds finish in a spot that
sends them to the NCAA tournament is.
“As far as picking out a spot in the
conference, we haven’t talked about
that,” Sturgeon said. “What we have
talked about is being the first team in U
of I history to go to three consecutive
NCAA tournaments. That, I think, is
our primary goal.”
I LING
h Fellure’s wrestling
eeks improvements
e previous season
“Obviously we want to place higher
than we did last year in the National
Championships,” he said. “I think a
realistic goal would be at least top 15
this year with more than one All-Amer.
ican.”
Many freshman wrestlers are ex-
pected to aid in the realization of these
as he sets his sights on t
hard, and they are looking forward to
last year as long as everybody stays ii good season. *‘It’s hard to say who’s
I healthy,” junior Zach Goldsberry said. going to be in the starting line-up.’’
only two home meets will
Women’s swimming looks to capture GLIAC crown and qualify for nationals
A ‘Hound swimmer practices her breast stroke in a recent
practice. The women’s team swam to victory against
Ashland in their first meet of the season on Oct. 23, and
finished third at the intercollegiate meet at Purdue.
Abby Adragna
Staff Writer
The women’s swimming team is
ready to splash right into the new
season with high hopes of winning
the 2005 Great Lakes Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference, as well as earning
a top five finish at Nationals.
Sophomore and 2004 “Freshman of
the Year” Alison Smith thinks that the
team’s current speed shows potential.
“I think we’re swimming pretty fast for
this early in the season,” she said.
According to Coach Gary Kinkead,
those expected to play a key role in the
team’s success include veterans senior
Kristen Kendzierski, senior Kenzi
Miller, junior Kristen Lund, sophomore
Alison Smith and sophomore Holly
Spohr.
Kinkead also expects freshmen Ellie
Miller, Valerie Crosby, Amand Herd,
and Laura Folsom to step up this year.
Kendzierski agrees that the freshmen
will be an important asset to the
team. “I think a lot of the freshmen are
going to be a big part of it [the team’s
success] because we have a lot of them.
So it kind of adds to our depth,” she
said.
According to both Kendzierski and
Kinkead, the ‘Hounds’ main goals for
the season include winning the 2005
GLIAC Championship and making it to
Nationals in Orlando, Florida.
Both Kendzierski and Smith hope
to compete at Nationals in 2005. “My
personal goal is to make it back to
Nationals for my senior year,” Kendzierski
said.
“[I want] to make top eight at Na-
tionalr,” Smith said.
Kinkead has some personal goals as
well. He hopes that the members of his
team continue to be recognized for their
outstanding performance. “We’ve had a
real good run [over the past few years]
of ‘Swimmer of the Year’ and also the
‘Freshman of the Year,”’ he said. “So
hopefully we can continue that trend of
having those particular awards given to
one of our swimmers.”
The ‘Hounds currently have a win-
ning 7-4 record after defeating Ashland
113-36 in the season opener on Oct.
23. tinishing third of seven teams in
the Indiana Intercollegiate Meet at
Purdue on Oct. 30 and placing third of
tive teams at the Truman State Bulldog
Invitational on Nov. 6.
The team’s season continues when
they compete with Wayne State at
home on Nov. 13.
MEN’S SWIMMING
All- American’s ope to lead ‘Hounds into unprecedented waters
Ben Reed
Stuff Writer
“I think that our team can be the best
ever men’s swim team at U of I,” said
Freshman Hanno Ahonen.
The team returns three 2004 All-
Americans: junior Cole Tedhams,
junior Drew Hastings and senior Deniz
Monkul.
According to Ahonen, the under-
classmen also have been showing well
in training.
“With the high caliber of swimmers
we have, I believe we have a good
chance of winning a GLIAC trophy,”
Tedhams said.
The swim team has already begun
the season1 with a 6-5 record after the
first three meets, defeating GLIAC
rivals Ashland and Lewis. They also
defeated Division I opponents Butler
and Valporasio.
Junior co-captain and Division I1
national champion, Cole Tedhams will
lead the ‘Hounds this season. He won
the 50-yard freestyle event in the first
three meets. Tedhams also dominated
the 100 freestyle event, winning twice
and finishing 2nd at the Indiana Inter-
collegiates Meet at Purdue.
Tedharns plans to defend his na-
tional championship in the 50 freestyle
and hopes; to set the Division I1 national
record of 19:93.
Junior co-captain Drew Hastings
also triumphed in the first three meets.
Twice he won the 200 backstroke and
400 individual medley.
“I hom to achieve All-American
vidual medley, 400 individual medley
and 200 backstroke,” Hastings said.
The team has had many contributors
this season. Senior Brian Calandra
placed in the 100 backstroke and 200
backstroke. Deniz Monkul placed in
the 200 breast and the 200 individual
medley.
Junior Jeremy Lindauer placed in
the 200 backstroke, in the 100 breaststroke,
200 individual medley and 200
freestyle.
Sophomore James Landis placed
in the 100 butterfly. Freshman Hanno
Ahonen placed 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle
and 200 breaststroke.
Freshman Kieran O’Neill placed
in the 200 freestyle and 200 individual
medley. Freshman Drqw Johnson
placed in the 500 freestyle.
“We all train very hard. Hopefully
it will help - us - get many wins,” Ahonen
‘Hounds swimmers wait at the block during a recent
practice. The men’s swimming team boast three All-
Americans in junior Cole Tedhams, junior Drew Hastings
and senior Deniz Monkul.

NOVEMBER 17.2004 THE REFLECTOR PACE 6
H STUDENT-OWNED BUSINESS
Graduate student owns and operates nightclub
Craig Haupert
Eiitertainment Editor
Jared Sigler is not a typical graduate
student. At age 27, this Indianapolis
native owns and runs a nightclub
called Fusion, while attending graduate
school at the University of Indianapolis
for his MBA. He will tell you that the
combination is not for the motivationally
challenged.
“When my brother Jason and I
started this club back in 2001, I was a
nervous wreck,” Sigler said. “I had so
much stress that I would literally start
cramping up, and 1 had trouble sleeping.”
The stress accumulated as Sigler
quickly learned that owning a nightclub
is not easy. It takes time to establish a
client base. The club lost a substantial
amount of money during its infancy.
“When we first opened we spent
about $13,000 at Radio Now 93. I . We
tried to do like an eight-week ad campaign,
and I bet we only saw about a
fourth of that money come back to us,”
Sigler said.
Sigler had a tough time finding an
audience for Fusion.
“We are not
on Meridian street and we are not in
Broadripple,” Sigler said. “So we had
to basically find a niche.”
It took about a year, but Sigler and
Fusion found that niche and it turned
out to be the Gothic and hip-hop
crowds.
The gothic crowd was a demograph-
ic that was not well served by night-
clubs in the Indianapolis area. Sigler
found in them a small, but loyal crowd
that helps keep his club making money.
The hip-hop crowd has been consistent
as well. “On Sunday night, which
is our busiest night, we do a hip-hop
night,” Sigler said. “We get 350 to
400 people: on Sunday night and it is
about 95 percent African American. It
is a totally different demographic than
Friday niglht.”
Before Jared became involved in the
nightclub business, he was a student at
IUPUI. where he earned his bachelor’s
degree in psychology in 2001. Sigler
originally had planned to be a school
counselor. After graduating from IU-
PUI he expressed an interest in starting
a nightclub to his father, Joe Sigler.
His father had owned a nightclub in
Florida before he moved to Indianapolis.
He played an important role in
helping Sigler get Fusion started. With
his father’s help, Sigler and his brother
Jason purchased Ozzies, a bar on Market
Street in Indianapolis.
Sigler ,grew up in Perry Township.
When he was three years old his
parents divorced. Sigler and his brother
ended up staying with their mother
and their father moved away. Sigler
still saw his dad in the summertime
and when their family took vacations
together. Sigler said his parents are still
very close.
“He [our father] has given us a lot
of advice and guidance. His involvement
now is helping write the employee
checks and he helps with the taxes at
the end of the month,” Sigler said.
In the fall of 2004, Sigler decided to
go back to school to earn his master’s
degree in the School of Business at
the University of Indianapolis. He has
found his first semester at U of I to be a
challenging experience.
“1 actually enjoyed the psychology
courses more than I enjoy my business
courses now,” Sigler said. “They are
very hard, but there are a couple rea-
sons for that. I am not very interested.
I also feel like I am at a bit of a dis-
advantage because I did not have any
undergrad business courses. So going
into it [the business program] has been
intimidating and it has been difficult to
grasp the material.”
Sigler plans to use the knowledge
gained in his U of I business courses
to help him succeed with Club Fu-
sion. He also is interested in sales and
marketing.
“I have been working with this
guy, he is a regional sales manager for
a company called William Grant and
Sons. They own Armadale Vodka and
other liquors. 1 give him ideas all the
time to help him with his products. I
love taking a product, something that is
not well known, and trying to make it a
hot product. Maybe I can get into that
business someday,” Sigler said.
Recently, Sigler has had to as-
sume more responsibilities at the club
because his brother decided to step
aside and just help out with repairs and
maintenance. This left Sigler in charge
of everything.
Although owning Fusion takes up a
significant amount of his time, Sigler is
excited about where the club is going in
the future.
“Right down the street, we have
Market Square Arena, and the city is
getting ready to build a whole new
neighborhood,” Sigler said. “Two
20-something story high condos, retail,
like high end.. . It will move right into
here.”
Sigler is hoping that this develop-
ment will bring in more business.
He is planning to change the whole
atmosphere of his club to cater to the
new prospects. Sigler wants Fusion to
transform into an upscale Cheers-like
neighborhood bar.
“People tell me to be patient with it,
that I am sitting on a gold mine,’’ Sigler
said.
Jared Sigler (right), a
graduate student in the
School of Business, owns
and operates Fusion. Fu-
sion is a nightclub that ca-
ters to different groups on
different nights. The dance
floor offers a unique setting
(below).
Phoro b y Lirhc ThorribrrrL
Photo h,v Zuch Bolinger
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT IPROFILE
Student from Rwanda active on campus
Brittani Whitmore
Stu8 Writer
Maintaining a full schedule of
classes, studying two majors and being
involved in more than five different
co-curricular programs on campus
are just some of the items on Chantal
U w izera’s schedule.
Uwizera. currently a junior at the
University of Indianapolis, is a native
of Rwanda, Africa. Uwizera arrived in
the United States in 2000 along with
her sisters. She attended Riley High
School in South Bend, Indiana, before
coming to Indianapolis.
“It was different because I came
when I was 16 or 17, and that’s the
time when you make all your friends.
So I left [Africa] kind of sad but it was
good. It was a really good change,”
Uwizera said.
Uwizera moved to the United States
for safety reasons. Her mother was
Tutsi and her father was a Hutu. They
were unlikely to marry because the two
tribes wlxe in a conflict, so they were
discriminated against. The conflict cost
Uwizerai several members of her family.
She is here under political asylum.
Before coming to the U.S., Uwizera
attended a private Catholic school and
a French school. When comparing the
GREYHOUND ADVENTURE,S FUNDING
Greyhound Adventures
~~ ~
Becky Nakasone
Stuff Writer
Thousands of dollars recently
became available for students to use
for off-campus learning experiences.
Greyhound Adventures was created so
that undergraduate students can have
a chance to be involved in an area
of interest off campus. This funding
program can help with the needed extra
money.
it also provides funding for intern-
ships and vocational callings through
projects, and for service-learning travel
experiences. If a student wants to take
an internship that will only pay half
of what they could make at another
job, but will greatly assist the student
with his or her major, the funding can
help make up the difference from the
internship. Or if a group of students
would like to go to another country to
help build homes, and they do not have
enough money for the travel expenses
Photo by Zuch Bolinger
and materials, then the funds can help.
‘‘We want to make it possible for a
variety of students to take initiatives to
serve, to explore, to discover possibili-
ties that they are interested in doing,”
said Michael Cartwright, dean and
associate professor of Ecumenical and
Interfaith Programs.
This funding came from The Cross-
ings Project. The Religion Division of
the Lilly Endowment, Inc., funded the
Crossings Project through the Programs
for Theological Exploration of Vocation
Initiative. The Lilly Endowment Inc.
gives to campuses across the nation
who are exploring in the area of voca-
tion, or careers.
‘‘The whole point of [The Crossings
Project] was to find ways to have the
campuses intersect with each other and
give people opportunities,” said Sister
Jennifer Homer, co-chaplain and as-
sistant professor of spiritual formation.
“We’re really blessed to live in Indiana
because [Lilly] is in Indiana.”
The funds have been broken up into
three different types of funds, and each
has si set amount of money that can be
used for that area. An International
schools in Rwanda to the ones she has
attended in the United States, she notices
some major differences. “[The private
school] was really strict. We wore
uniforms, no makeup, nothing like that.
Like here in class, you bring your food,
or you can sit the way you want to, and
there you can’t just talk without raising
your hand.. . it’s really proper the way
it is,” Uwizera said.
After arrivng in the United States,
Uwizera noticed that the U.S. is
perceived incorrectly in Africa. “[l no-
ticed] how friendly people are. Because
when we are there [in Africa] all we see
on TV is totally different, like the po-
litical side. But when you get here, you
see that people are actually nice, and
Chantal Uwizera, a
junior, helps a student
in the library. Uwizera
works in the Krannert
Memorial Library and
as a resident assis-
tant in Warren Hall.
She is majoring in
political science and
international relations.
Uwizera is an inter-
national student from
Rwanda who came to
the United States in
2000.
they try to get to know you. Also. how
diverse it is. Different people dress so
differently. In Rwanda. we dress inore
European, although it is changing right
now because hip-hop is niorc popiilar
over there,” Uwizera said.
Although she has lived in the L’nited
States since her departure from Africa,
Uwizera does miss Rwanda.
“I miss everything. No matter where
you go in your life there is no place like
home. I miss just going out and having
fun. Here you have to force yourself to
have fun. There it just comes natural.
I don’t know, maybe it’s because of
the music. And the food, oh gosh, the
food!” Uwizera said.
While attending school in South
Bend she became involked with the
Notre Dame Talent Search. This orga-nization
sent out her profile, and the
University of Indianapolis was one of
the colleges that contacted her.
“This school was sending me
information. Every time I had a question,
they were so quick at responding.
When 1 came to visits like Campus
Camp-ln, the people were really nice. 1
wanted to get to a big city but not that
far, and Indianapolis was the one. ..I
fell in love with this school,” Uwizera
said.
Uwizera has a double major in political
science and international relations.
“I love it. especially right now with the
election. I love my professors and how
they interact with us,“ Uwizera said.
In October, she was crowned Home-
coming Queen, after a vote by the
students. “It was good, and a surprise.
It was a really good thing. I don’t know
how to say it. We don’t have anything
lihe that at home,” Uwizera said.
Aside from her studies, Uwizera
spends time getting involved in many
co-curricular activities. She is the
diversity and current events chair for
Campus Program Board and a mentor
in the College Mentors for Kids
program.
“I have a little girl that 1 love,”
Uwizera said about the child that
she mentors. She is involved in the
(;reyhound Ambassadors, International
Student Association, the Janus Club
and is a resident assistant for the fifth
tloor of Warren Hall.
“She is very cool, and nice. Nobody
has a problem with her and she is easy
to get along with. Overall she is a good
person,” said Semhar Meresie, fifth
floor resident of Warren Hall.
Uwizera also works at the Krannert
Memorial Library on campus. “She is
reall) helpful. and a lot of the patrons
know her, which is good to have that
cunnection. Also, she is always in
it good mood. Students seem to be
frustrated sometimes when they are
searching for things, so her good atti-
tude helps,” said Adela Chipe, a library
co-worker.
After college, Uwizera would like
to go to law school, possibly to study
international law or human rights law.
“I want to save the world! ... 1 know that
there are so many things that happen in
my country. I’ve been questioning my
country about human rights violations,
and nobody cared about it. So whatever
I do with my life, 1 just want people to
learn more about it [Rwanda] in order
to help,” Uwizera said.
n
tunding helps meet students’ needs
Service-Learning Travel Study Opportunities
area has a total of $5,000. A
Christian Vocation Opportunity has a
total of $5,000. Co-Curricular Programs
ServiceiExploration Funds have
a total of $1 2,500.
In each area a maximum amount of
money can be applied for for individual
grants: International Service-Learning
Travel Study maximum is $1,000,
Christian Vocations maximum is
$1,250, and Co-Curricular Programs
maximum is $1,250.
According to Cartwright, the funds
are supposed to help with some of
the “financial obstacles” that students
who do want to take the initiative may
encounter.
The money can be used for such
things as books and materials, travel
expenses and tuition and fees. The
money is not going to cover all the expenses;
students will need to make up
for the rest of the money needed.
The money,also can be used toward
a certain kindof international service
learning that may earn college credit.
This kind of program must go through
the Financial Aid Office.
“There is a sort of obliption, once
you get a certain level of education,
and get to a certain level of life. and
then there is a little bit of obligation to
help others,” said Mimi Chase, director
of the lnternational Di\ I is ’. ton. ’
The program already has peaked
interest in some students according to
Dan Stoker, director of co-curricular
programs, but they are still working on
putting it all together.
“We’ve already had two or three
requests that have already come in. and
right now, since it is a new grant opportunity
as well as processes, we have not
figured it out yet,” Stoker said.
Collaboration with other undergraduate
students, graduate students. and
faculty is encouraged. Only undergraduate
students are eligible for the
money. After students decide that they
would like to pursue this in some way
they need to set up a meeting with the
appropriate person.
“Anybody who is interested is supposed
to set up a meeting with either
myself, Sister Jennifer, or Mirni Chase.
We’re supposed to help understarld and
exdain what the urocess is going to be
and how their interest may fit in with
the goals of the project, and give them
the application materials,” Stoker said.
A separate committee will be in
charge of granting the funds. None of
the advisors of this program will be on
the committee. Students should know
within about three weeks after submit-
ting their application whether or not
they will receive any money.
After students have returned from
their adventures, they are required to
present what they have done.
“We’ve always had Study-Abroad
Coffee Hours,” Chase said. “We coiild
do something like Service-Abroad
Coffee Hours. The brand new thing
we‘re going to do next year is called a
study-abroad fair. So we might call it a
service abroad fair.” Chase is thinking
about having the students who have
been part of this funding program be
on hand to talk to students who may be
interested.
These funds will only be available
for the next two years, until 2006,
because The Crossings Project, the
program that makes this possible, is in
its final two years.

CONCERT REVIEW
Rock band shows up late, sends editor home early
Treologic has yet to find its own sound
Katy Yeiser
Sports Editor
Usually bands that have the right
mix of dift‘erent sounds, genres and
hflucnces make successful acts, such
a:: No Doubt and The Black Eyed Peas.
T le group Treologic, which played at
tl- e Ransburg Auditorium on Nov. 5, is
trying for a different sound like the previously
mentioned bands but has a long
\n ’iy to go before perfecting its sound,
Treologic group members include
a lead rapper, an electric guitar player
who does vocals, a keyboard player
wJ;o contributes back up vocals, a
drummer who also sings back up
vo;als, a DJ and a tenorbaritone saxaphone
player.
To start the band was 30 minutcs
late to the show and were still
doing soundcheck when the audience
was seated. However, I don’t think it
was that big of a deal because only
around 50 people attended the concert.
The band showing up late, the lack of
support and the silence of 50 people
sporadicly seated among a 500 plus
capacity auditorium did not set a great
tone for the show.
Treologic started the show with four
of its members (the guitar and keys
players, DJ and drummer) playing a
tune that at first sounded like elevator
music or something WICR would play.
The guitar player had a definite jazzy
sound and was joined by the keyboard
playersjazz and hip hop sound pro-
duced by playing the bass lines and the
melody on his double decker keyboard.
The sound was very relaxing and cool
at first, but got old after a while.
The stage presence and manners of
the band did not help their appeal at
all. After airound a minute of playing
the first tune, the DJ left the stage to
go walk about the auditorium for an
extended sound check, which threw me
off a bit. After a little more playing the
lead vocalist walked out without any
introduction and attempted to start the
rap verses to the song, but he first had
to do the soundcheck on his mic.
Instead of hearing the opening verses
and finding out what the vocal side
of Treologic was all about, the audience
was treated with “check, check, check,
hello, hello, higher, higher, no sorry a
little bit less vocals, yo, yo, yo, can you
hear me” fix about a minute.
The leaid rapper then went on to start
his verses but the volume of his vocals
went from soft to medium to high over
and over again during the first song. It
was hard to understand what he was
saying and it seemed at times that he
just started to freestyle over the music.
I was thrown off once again during
the opening song when the sax player
came out around seven or eight minutes
into the song and started to nonchalantly
set up his sax stands and mics while
his band was trying to perform.
The opening two tunes, which
flowed toglether, lasted almost 25 minutes
and sounded pretty much the same.
The players seemed to be well trained
musicians and played their instruments
well, but I had no sense that they had
yet found their sound.
There was little to no interaction
between the members on stage and
there was little to no uniqueness to
their sound. With such good muscians
I thought at least they could have came
up with a cool or different sound, but
all they could come up with was a
Photo hv Luke Thornberry
The lead singer, guitar player, and keyboardist play in front of a small crowd at the
Ransburg Auditorium. Treologic’s sound is a mix of hip hop and jazz.
bland jazzy light rock feel. The only
exciting part about the first 25 minutes
was this random middle aged guy in
the audience who got up in front of
the stage and started to dance wildly.
I think he may have been a honiclcss
person or really drunk.
The third song, however, did
have a unique sound. The keyboard
player started out with the music to
Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” and
the drummer’s beat gave the classic
piece a hip-hop beat. The sax player
also joined the keys player with the
lines to Beethoven’s classic. Although
it was still hard to understand the lead
rapper’s vocals, the third song was by
far better than the first two.
The fourth song returned to the
badness of the first two songs but the
interaction of sounds between the keys
and DJ was impressive. 1 could barely
hear the guitar player and was not
impressed with the lyrics to this song’s
chorus which were “ooh, ah ah, ooh, ah
ah.”
Then the band came back \vith their
best songs of the night. Their best song
was about cadillacs and “gangster
leans” that was played with just the
electric guitar player, the keys player
and the drummer. The vocals displayed
by the electric guitar player was stun-
ning and made me wonder u hy hc
hadn’t been singing all along, instead
of the rapper. He had a nice range in
pitch and had a smooth clear voice. I
cnjoyedjust the three members of the
band playing together during this song
than I did the rest ofthem all together,
and thought it might even be better to
let the guitar player sing the bulk ofthe
band’s lyrics. The sound made from
the three was very organized, clean and
catchy. However, that Libe \+as shot
dovvn when the rest ofthe band came
back on stage andjoined thcm for the
remainder of the song.
I left after the band started to play
some covers which the lead rapper
Movie Reviews
‘The Incredibles’ fails to meet expectations
Valerie Miller
Munu,yinR Editor
The latest computer animated movie
to hit theaters is Disney and Pixar’s
“The Incredibles.” I was a bit disap-
pointed by this much-hyped movie.
Maybe it’s because I was ready for a
laugh-out-loud, rolling-in-the-aisles
comedy, but all I really got was a
mildly humorous, kid-oriented flick.
The movie focuses on superheroes
forced into hiding because of a lawsuit-
happy society. Mr. Incredible (voiced
by Craig T. Nelson) and Elastigirl
(voiced by Holly Hunter), the two main
heroes. marry and have three children.
They are subsequently forced into a
sort of witness protection program
for superheroes and must lead normal
lives with normal jobs like everyone
else, rather than the dramatic superhero
lives to which they are accustomed.
The story follows Mr. Incredible’s
struggles to adjust to this “normal” life
in hiding when all he really wants to do
is save the world with his superhuman
strength.
A disgruntled former fan draws Mr.
Incredible out from hiding and plots to
destroy hiim. After being trapped, Mr.
Incredible relies on his family of super-
heroes and superhero friend Frozone
(voiced by Samuel L. Jackson) to help
him save the day.
While Ihe movie wasn’t bad, it
didn’t meet my expectations, and the
plot was slow-moving early on, which
left me looking at my watch, rather
than anticipating what came next.
Most of the scenes just weren’t
that funny. In fact, one of the funni-
est scenes was one in which Frozone
is looking for his suit. This scene has
been played a million times in the
previews for the movie. Another scene
that I found hilarious was one in which
the Incredibles are driving down the
highway trying to find the right exit.
Really the only reason I thought this
was so funny was because I had been
in that situation numerous times a few
days before I saw the movie. Other
than that, most of the humor only got
minor chuckles from me, not roaring
laughter.
Don’t get me wrong, the movie
was by no means bad, just not as good
as I had hoped. Obviously, many
people disagree with me, including
my boyfriend, who thought the movie
was absolutely hilarious. Maybe his
opinion is in the majority, because the
movie garnered more than $70 million
in its opening weekend, but maybe
they saw something I didn’t. To me, it
just seemed like another Disney movie
geared towards kids, without the Shrek-
like adult humor I was hoping for.
I will give Pixar credit for the
animation, which was of course high
quality, typical of what I have come to
expect from them. But for me, ani-
mation takes a back seat to plot and
humor, so it didn’t save the movie. I ac-
tually enjoyed the short little animated
story that came before the movie more
than I really liked the movie.
“The Incredibles” is a mediocre
comedy that didn’t really appeal to
me. It wasn’t nearly as funny as I
anticipated, although there were some
funny scenes. This movie will almost
definitely be a kid favorite. Adults may
not enjoy it as much. But feel free to
disagree, obviously millions of people
did.
‘Ray’ chronicles life of superstar
Sarah Clough
Distrihiition Mmager
The life of Ray Charles unfolded
onto movie screens Oct. 29.
Fourteen years of planning and
preparing paid off, making “Ray” into
what many believe is the best movie of
this year.
“Ray” shines out among the current
onslaught of horror films, romantic
comedies and cartoons, providing one
of the most emotional plots by reveal-
ing the story of Ray Charles Robin-
son’s ascent to fame, despite being
blind, and his plummet caused by drug
abuse and infidelity.
Jamie Foxx takes on the lead role of
Ray and nails it.
Prior to the production of the film
and the recent death of Ray Charles,
Foxx took the time to study him, his
movements, how he played the piano
and how he spoke.
It is obvious to the audience that he
did his homework.
As 1 watched the screen, memories
of photographs and footage I had
previously seen of Ray Charles came
flooding into my mind.
They easily mixed together with the
action on the screen.
The producers of the film used
flashbacks as another way to add depth
to the plot and reveal the strong impact
Ray’s mother had on his life. The
scenes colntinued to jump back to his
childhood and to the two major events
that affected his life: the death of his
younger brother and him losing his
sight when he was seven years old.
The audience sees the lessons that
Ray’s mother had taught him and what
he held on to throughout his life. Even
after her death, her words “Don’t ever
let anyone turn you into a cripple” echo
through his mind.
The two and a half hour movie feels
a little long in some parts, but after
realizing that it had been packed with
over 30 years of events you know that
it probably could have been longer.
Also the length of the movie allowed
the producers to cram an awesome
soundtrack into every scene of the
movie.
This helps to show the constant
presence of music in Ray’s life.
The movie progresses to show how
his life develops and evolves from
playing in small bands to becoming a
star and all the mistakes that come with
it.
His life is the perfect portrayal of
the downfall of a iock and roll star.
He began getting mixed up with
drugs, starting with marijuana and
gradually building up to heroin. He
began neglecting his family and friends
in order to pursue his dreams and other
women.
While he was pursuing drugs and
fast women Ray tried to hide it from
his family.
As his career succeeded, it became
harder to hide these things from the
ones that he loved, and after being
caught twice for possession Ray entered
a rehabilitation clinic to clean up
his life.
Not only does the plot of this movie
captivate you by showing the trials of
his life, it inspires you by showing how
Ray was able to overcome his handicap
to become one of the greatest musical
legends of his time.
He forced a musical transformation
within his generation as he strove to
break out from the mold that had been
set by previous artists who had inspired
him.
By finding his own sound he also
developed the music of our nation as he
combined country western with gospel.
with jazz and with blues to create soul.
Ray is well worth the two and a half
hours spent at the movie theater and
even afterwards you’ll walk away humming
“Georgia’s on My Mind.’‘
called “a journey through old school
hip-hop.’‘ The highlight of the compila-
tion was the cover of “Let Me Clear
My Throat.” I thoroughly enjoyed this
part ofthe show and decided to leave
on a high note because I was certain the
band would eventually go back to their
boring jazz sound.
I left the show with mixed feelings
about their performance. The pros of
the show were the few unique songs I
licard, the muscianship of the band and
the bocals of the guitar player. The cons
oSthe show mere the boring repetitive
long songs, the lack of stage presence,
the band not identifying themselves
or their songs and the disorganization
01’ some of the songs. Sometimes, the
songs would seem more fit for a mixed
C‘I) for someone to play at a new age
cafc that people Lvould freestyle over.
If the band can stick to the formula
that produced the unique songs played
during the set then they might be well
on their nay to successful careers.
Jude Law
scores
with ‘ Alfie ’
remake
Lauren Howey
Feature Editor
I love Jude Law, and I couldn’t wait
to see his new movie. “Alfie.” What
I expected when I went to see it was
a romantic comedy. What 1 got was
something much different. “Alfie” is
ii dark and depressing movie about a
promiscuous man who tills his life with
hot women, sex and no emotional ties.
“Alfie” is a remake of a 1966 film
starring Micheal Caine. The new
film adds a modern setting and some
feminism.. . but not much. This movie
makes it certain that Law is one of the
sexiest men in Hollywood. His cha-
risma permeates the film. He charms
the audience directly, by narrating his
on II story.
One of Alfie’s first comments to
the audience sums up his attitude. He
says, ”1 rarely spend the night in my
owti bed.” Alfie spends his time with
barious lad) friends played by Marisa
Tomei, Susan Sarandon and Nia Long.
.4lfie makes efforts to justify his
behavior. hut it is clear to the audi-
ence that it is self-destructive. After
he sleeps with his friend’s (played by
Oniar Epps) ex-girlfriend, he says to
the audience, “I find that lately even
lying to myself comes easily.”
‘The movie was hard to watch
because there are some emotionally
disturbing moments. The movie had
this effect because of Alfie’s lack of
regard for others- including his best
friend. I found the movie upsetting, but
1 ,aw’s character was charming. Alfie is
;in irresistible but destructive force.
“Alfie” is definitely worth seeing if
you’re a man or a woman. Men will
tind enough eye candy in the female
characters. The plot is one that can ap-
peal to all types of people.

Photo by Zuch Bolinger
The Wheeler Arts Center, pictured above, is holding a month-long open house featuring
art work from some University of Indianapolis students. The open house supports the
community and gives local artists an opportunity to showcase their works of art.
Crossword
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1 Parkway fillers
5 Church
assembly
10 Foundation
14 Chills and fever
15 Nettle
16 Coffee servers
17 Rational
18 Sadat of Egypt
19 Sacred bird of
ancient Egypt
20 Quakes
22 Slanted
24 Vow falsely
25 Offspring
27 Symbols of
slowness
30 Screen parts
31 Salesman’s
goods
32 Took the plunge
33 Actor Danson
36 Declare
37 Seethed
38 Salami seller
39 Green color
40 Solitary one
41 Played again
42 Approximately
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43 Laying asphalt
44 Prepare to
remove
47 Simple card
game
48 Pestle’s partner
49 Accords
53 Champagne
description
54 Turn inside out
57 Wight or Man
58 Actor Jannings
59 Suit-able
material?
7 Fresh
8 Latin eggs
9 Jumped the
tracks
10 Erects
11 Ann __, MI
12 Shoot from
cover
13 City on the
Ruhr
21 Old Masters
medium
23 Rosebud, e g
Solutions
60 Kiln 25 __War (1853-
61 Evaluate
62 Guide
63 Refusals
56)
26 Remain
suspended in ail
27 Trade
DOWN 28 Basilica section
1 Suuuortina
players -
2 Culture mediui rn
3 Ancient
alphabet
character
4 More proper
5 Lets live
6 Cravings
29 Neiahborhood
32 Niniy
33 Garr of “Tootsie”
34 Distinctive flair
35 Fender flaw
37 Stronghold
38 Piety
40 Kudrow of
“Fr ie nds”
41 Indian princess
42 Cows and bulls
43 Football team
member
44 Brown pigment
45 Actress
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WHEELER ARTS COMMUNITY
Wheeler Open
House features
U of I students
Jessica Elston
Opiniori Editor
The Wheeler Arts Community
(WAC) held an open house 011 Oct.
6 to kick off a month-long display of
activities in the building. University of
Indianapolis art students were among
the 14 artists who opened their studios
for tours, as well as seven guest artists
who displayed their work.
“Since U of I leases space here we
get to participate in these shows,” said
Marilyn McElwain, arts academy coor-
dinator. U of 1 has a community theatre,
studio space for artists, a small gallery.
a classroom and four offices all located
within WAC.
McElwain believes part of the rea-
son the university participates in WAC
is to support the community. “For the
university, we want to be a part of this
because we support the residents that
live here and what they’re trying to
do,” she said.
McElwain said most of the U of I
artists on display tonight were cho-
sen by their professors. “Most of the
photography and printmaking teachers
recommended certain students’ work.
Then we have several students who do
a lot of painting in the space.” she said.
Senior Nick Ray is one of the stu-
dents who uses the art studio leased by
U of I. “They grant [the space] to all
upperclassman. I’ve been working here
I
since I was a junior. I spend most of mq
free time here,” he said.
Senior Natalia Kostus also LIS~S the
studio space. She believes the purpose
of the open house is to “get people
interested in art. 1 see art as a way of
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communicating your feelings or your
thoughts. Having a show is a great way
to bring the public in and show them
your work.”
Ray said the intention of others
viewirig his work is to connect with
people. “Hopefully my artwork is expressive
enough that the viewer of my
work CRII feel what I felt when I was
creating it,” he said. “That’s the basis
of all art. that connection you have with
people .”
Kostns’s work consisted of many
oil paintings. “1 really like oil painting.
That‘s how I started,” she said. “1
started when I was really little, 1 went
to an artistic kindergarten in Poland.”
Kostus said it is very difficult to
part with her art work. “I’ve never
really sold my pieces. I’m not comfortable
with the idea,” she said. “It’s
almost like I would be selling myself.
I‘ve hpent so much time on it, They’re
my ideas and my personal thoughts.
They’re almost like my children.”
Ray agreed. “I have work that I sell
and then I have work that I do for myself.
I don’t have much time to produce
work that I intend to sell,” he said.
Some of the other artists at the open
house were selling art, but that was not
the purpose of the night. “The purpose
is for the artist residents to open up
their studio space to show what they’re
doing.” McElwain said.
Along with art and photography
there was also a showing of the video
“Neighborhood at the Crossroads,”
which was a collaboration of U of 1
Community Programs, WFYI, and
Southeast Umbrella Organization.
The play “A Prayer for the Dead”
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performed in the U of 1 community
theater space.
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