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Second annual <strong>UIndy</strong><br />
drag show. See Page 8.<br />
I PRESIDENTS INAUGURATION<br />
THE<br />
UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS<br />
1400 EAST HANNA AVENUE INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46227<br />
Final Four in Indianapo-<br />
lis. See Pages 6 and 7.<br />
<strong>UIndy</strong> <strong>inaugurates</strong> <strong>first</strong> <strong>woman</strong> <strong>president</strong><br />
Pitt’s inauguration celebration involves community service projects, travel grants ceremony, food, music<br />
Tony Puckett<br />
Sports Editor<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Indianapolis</strong> President<br />
Beverley Pitts was <strong>of</strong>ficially inaugurated<br />
in a ceremony in Christel Dehaan Fine<br />
Arts Center, Ruth Lilly Performance Hall,<br />
Wednesday, March 29. Pitts assumed the<br />
responsibilities <strong>of</strong> the presidency before<br />
the 2005-2006 school year, but the inau-<br />
guration took place nearly eight months<br />
into the school year.<br />
“It’s typical that a <strong>president</strong> waits a<br />
bit into their term to have an inaugura-<br />
tion,’’ said Director <strong>of</strong> Alumni Relations<br />
Monica Woods. “It also takes quite a<br />
while to plan.”<br />
Woods was appointed by Pitts to<br />
chair a 13-person committee to plan the<br />
inauguration events.<br />
“She [Dr. Pitts] gave us loose guide-<br />
lines, that she wanted something creative,<br />
something unique, and a platform to tell<br />
the university’s story,” Woods said. “Any-<br />
time you have an event <strong>of</strong> this magnitude,<br />
your communities are listening.”<br />
Among the objectives that Pitts gave<br />
the committee were to create inaugural<br />
events focused on the students and on<br />
community outreach.<br />
“I wanted to keep our program tra-<br />
ditionally nice but not overblown or<br />
overdone, so that we could take some <strong>of</strong><br />
the resources that might have gone into<br />
an inauguration and move them to bet-<br />
ter reflect the culture <strong>of</strong> the university,”<br />
Pitts said.<br />
The theme <strong>of</strong> the <strong>president</strong>ial inau-<br />
guration was “Passport to Possibilities,”<br />
with events that included several dinners,<br />
travel scholarship awards ceremonies, and<br />
a day <strong>of</strong> service that allowed students to<br />
volunteer at several sites throughout the<br />
community.<br />
“We started with a blank piece <strong>of</strong><br />
paper ... and while it did focus on her,<br />
the “Passport to Possibilities” theme and<br />
travel grants were what we thought to<br />
be a pretty creative idea in focusing on<br />
students, giving back to students.. . and<br />
I really think we achieved it,” Woods<br />
said.<br />
“The morning <strong>of</strong> service seemed like<br />
a great opportunity to demonstrate to the<br />
community just what an outgoing institu-<br />
tion we are,” Pitts said.<br />
Both Pitts and Woods were impressed<br />
with the number <strong>of</strong> students who partici-<br />
pated in the day <strong>of</strong> volunteerism.<br />
“I was at the registration desk tor<br />
the service opportunity. It was eight in<br />
the morning, and they [students I were<br />
out there with smiles on. ready to go to<br />
ally difficult circumstances,” she said.<br />
“I uorked a bit with the preschoolers [at<br />
Fletcher Place] and read them a story. I<br />
also cheered on our food workers who<br />
were there feeding the homele-,s.”<br />
The final dinner <strong>of</strong> the inaugural week<br />
\viis organized by the student bodv. India-<br />
Photo by Crystlo Collins<br />
(Far left) Jeff Russell, chief<br />
information <strong>of</strong>ficer for infor-<br />
mation systems, and David<br />
Wantz, vice <strong>president</strong> for stu-<br />
dent affairs, mingle at the re-<br />
ception after the inauguration.<br />
(Left) Freshman Theresa<br />
Hammond changes the Boys<br />
and Girls Club sign on Troy<br />
Ave. Toni Peabody, instruc-<br />
tor <strong>of</strong>social work, right and<br />
Leeann Harris, unit director <strong>of</strong><br />
the club, assists after helping<br />
paint, clean and organize the<br />
interior <strong>of</strong> the club.<br />
(Right) Senior Wade Baker<br />
plays in a jazz combo at the re-<br />
ception after the inauguration. Plzoto hv Crystle Collins<br />
PROVOST<br />
Ball State’s Deborah Balogh named <strong>UIndy</strong> provost<br />
Crystle Collins<br />
News Editor<br />
The <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Indianapolis</strong> has<br />
recently named Deborah Balogh <strong>of</strong> Ball<br />
State <strong>University</strong> as the new Provost.<br />
Balogh is the current interim provost<br />
and vice <strong>president</strong> for academic affairs at<br />
BSU, where she has served since 1981.<br />
The current university interim provost<br />
is Mary Moore, who has been filling the<br />
position since Everette Freeman left in<br />
October <strong>of</strong> 2005. The search for a new<br />
provost began shortly after Freeman’s<br />
deDarture.<br />
highly qualified persons and several<br />
international applications,” said David<br />
Wantz, vice <strong>president</strong> for student affairs.<br />
“It was difficult to narrow it down to the<br />
top 16, but once we did, we saw four<br />
people who stood out.”<br />
The four candidates chosen by the<br />
searchcommittee as finalists wereBalogh,<br />
Moore, Yatish Shah, provost and execu-<br />
tive vice chancellor <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
Missouri-Rolla, and LindaPritchard, dean<br />
<strong>of</strong> college <strong>of</strong> Arts and Sciences at Eastern<br />
Michigan <strong>University</strong>.<br />
“We took the best eight people that<br />
looked good on paper and made telephone<br />
interviews,” Wantz said. “Then we chose<br />
vague or stuffy.” The top four had to<br />
display a distinguished academic past,<br />
and a breadth <strong>of</strong> experience along with<br />
strong character and have chemistry<br />
with the university community during<br />
the visiting.<br />
Balogh visited the university on March<br />
2 and “wowed’ faculty and staff accord-<br />
ing to Wantz and several members <strong>of</strong><br />
administration.<br />
“What attracted me to the position is<br />
the emphasis on combining liberal edu-<br />
cation with preparation for pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
careers, the strong commitment <strong>of</strong> the<br />
faculty to the mission <strong>of</strong> the institution,<br />
the extensive involvements <strong>of</strong> the institu-<br />
academic programs,” Balogh said.<br />
According to BSU’s Web site, Balogh<br />
was named interim provost and vice<br />
<strong>president</strong> <strong>of</strong> academic affairs on June I,<br />
2005. Before the appointment she was as-<br />
sociate provost, which began April 2003.<br />
She has also held the positions <strong>of</strong> dean<br />
<strong>of</strong> graduate school, appointed in 1999.<br />
director <strong>of</strong> graduate student development.<br />
appointed in 1996 pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> psychol-<br />
ogy science and coordinator <strong>of</strong> graduate<br />
studies between 1983- 1994.<br />
Wantz said he wanted to dispel1 rumors<br />
that have surfaced about the relationship<br />
that Pitts and Balogh have, because they<br />
worked together previously at BSU.<br />
for people to think that there wag any sort<br />
<strong>of</strong> set idea in President Pitts’ mind about<br />
hiring Dr. Balogh from the start, or any<br />
other idea about Dr. Balogh using her<br />
connection to get the position,” Wantz<br />
said. “Dr. Balogh pulled herself up on<br />
her own measure and is acourageous and<br />
charming <strong>woman</strong>.”<br />
The provost search committee all<br />
agreed that Balogh brings a hew per-<br />
spective from a big school to U <strong>of</strong> I and<br />
that she will make an excellent addition<br />
to the university community, according<br />
to Wantz.<br />
Balogh will <strong>of</strong>ficially take over as<br />
pro\ ost for the 2006-2007 academic<br />
TOWN HALL GUEST SPEAKERS<br />
Crystle Collins<br />
News Editor<br />
<strong>Indianapolis</strong> Student Govern- smo<br />
Crvstle Collins<br />
versity <strong>of</strong> <strong>Indianapolis</strong> Department <strong>of</strong> Communication will host two guest<br />
their annual communication awards ceremony on April 21 at noon in Good<br />
1 Hall.<br />
Irwin Gratz has been a broadcast journalist for more than 25 years and is the morning<br />
er for the Main Public Broadcasting Network. He was a reporter, anchor<br />
mmercial radio stations for 12 years. He has spent the last 13<br />
anchor for public radio.<br />
-winning broadcast and print journalist, also will speak at the<br />
wo decades <strong>of</strong> experience in reporting, anchoring and print<br />
hton is the vice <strong>president</strong> <strong>of</strong> the board <strong>of</strong> directors, as well as the chair <strong>of</strong><br />
e, <strong>of</strong> the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation.<br />
part <strong>of</strong> the National Freedom <strong>of</strong> Information Coalition that
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PAGE<br />
2 THE REFLECTOR APRILS 2006<br />
Failed ports deal reflects culture <strong>of</strong> fear<br />
Sandra Arao Ameny<br />
Staff Writer<br />
The failure <strong>of</strong> the Dubai ports deal<br />
reflects intolerance and prejudice<br />
towards Arabs. The controversial<br />
deal would have allowed Dubai Ports<br />
World, a company owned by the United<br />
Arab Emirates, to operate six major<br />
American ports.<br />
According to CNN, DP World<br />
bought London-based Peninsula &<br />
Oriental Steam Navigational Company<br />
for $6.8 million, giving DP World the<br />
right to operate six major American<br />
ports, including ports in areas such as<br />
New Orleans, New York, New Jersey<br />
and Philadelphia.<br />
Three-quarters <strong>of</strong> cargo containers<br />
pass through terminals that are leased<br />
to international companies. Some <strong>of</strong><br />
these companies are based in Denmark,<br />
Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea and<br />
China. So, what is all the fuss over<br />
another international company leasing<br />
another American port?<br />
Politicians who opposed the Dubai<br />
port deal have repeatedly pointed out<br />
that the deal would have jeopardized<br />
national security. They are quick to<br />
point out that two <strong>of</strong> the 911 1 hijack-<br />
ers came from the UAE and that the<br />
hijackers attained the funding from<br />
Dubai banks prior to the attack. They<br />
also are eager to point out that the<br />
UAE was one <strong>of</strong> three nations to give<br />
recognition to the Taliban’s regime in<br />
Afghanistan. These are not hard points<br />
to sell at face value, but one must ana-<br />
lyze and be educated about all the facts<br />
before writing <strong>of</strong>f DP World and the<br />
UAE altogether.<br />
The reality is that the UAE has been<br />
a necessary ally in the Middle East in<br />
the war against terrorism. According to<br />
The New York Times, after the Sept. 11<br />
I EDITORIAL<br />
Attacks, the UAE cut all diplomatic<br />
ties with the Taliban, especially when<br />
the Bush administration was calling<br />
for Afghanistan to give up Osama Bin<br />
Laden. Secondly, the US. Navy uses<br />
the port <strong>of</strong> Dubai, and the U.S. Air<br />
Force uses the UAE airfield to launch<br />
weapons into Iraq and Afghanistan. If<br />
the U.S. labels all Arab countries as<br />
threats, even an ally, it will only create<br />
more enemies. After the invasion <strong>of</strong><br />
Iraq and the prison abuse cases, the<br />
U.S. image in the Arab world plummeted.<br />
Refusing business from a<br />
legitimate Arab company and connecting<br />
all Arab countries with terrorists<br />
and enemies will only tarnish the U.S.<br />
image in the international community.<br />
After bipartisan opposition in<br />
Congress and public opinion ~olls, DP<br />
World agreed to a 45-day review and<br />
even <strong>of</strong>fered to divert its holdings to<br />
an American company. DP World was<br />
poised to subject itself to scrutiny and<br />
cooperated to show politicians and the<br />
American people that it was legitimate<br />
and willing to comply with Congress’s<br />
demands. Unfortunately, the deal fell<br />
apart.<br />
What the public tends to forget,<br />
behind all the political rhetoric, sound<br />
bites and patriotism, is that Dubai was<br />
the <strong>first</strong> place to join the U.S. Container<br />
Security Initiative, a program<br />
that allowed U.S. Customs to go to<br />
overseas ports and check cargo that<br />
was bound for America.<br />
According to Time Magazine, Stephen<br />
Flynn <strong>of</strong> the Council on Foreign<br />
Relations said that DP World is not “a<br />
shadow organization <strong>of</strong> AI Qaeda.”<br />
Even Jimmy Carter, who is known<br />
to criticize the Bush administration,<br />
defended the deal and told CNN that<br />
the deal was not a particular threat to<br />
U.S. security. Why is it permissible to<br />
allow some international companies<br />
inside U.S. borders, yet chase other<br />
companies away? Are we not undermining<br />
national security by allowing<br />
any international company, regardless<br />
<strong>of</strong> origin, to lease ports in the U.S.?<br />
The reality is that the DP World deal<br />
fell apart simply because we were deal-<br />
ing with an Arab country. Ironically, the<br />
war on terror, highlighted with words<br />
like “democracy,” ‘‘liberation’’ and<br />
“freedom,” has exposed an uglier side<br />
<strong>of</strong> ourselves that some <strong>of</strong> us refuse to<br />
see: intolerance. We rant and rave about<br />
the freedoms we are going to bring to<br />
people in Iraq, yet we do not display<br />
tolerance and non-prejudicial attitudes.<br />
It’s time to wake up. We do not only<br />
fear national security breeches. We fear<br />
a culture and a people that we do not<br />
understand, a people we have equated<br />
with nothing but terrorists.<br />
In my opinion, the Dubai Ports<br />
World deal was blocked by politicians<br />
who made decisions on too little, and<br />
biased information. Even worse, the<br />
public was not adequately educated<br />
about both sides <strong>of</strong> the issue and auto-<br />
matically jumped on the bandwagon<br />
to support protectionist laws without<br />
really understanding that the UAE and<br />
DP World are actually legitimate and<br />
necessary players in the war on terror.<br />
It is unfortunate when politicians can<br />
exhibit Anti-Arab sentiment and no one<br />
checks them for intolerance or preju-<br />
dice. What if this were one <strong>of</strong> us facing<br />
scrutiny in a foreign country? Wouldn’t<br />
we want to be measured with fairness<br />
and respect?<br />
Even though it crumbled, the Dubai<br />
Ports World deal gives us an opportuni-<br />
ty to examine our political conscience.<br />
Before we raise our banners <strong>of</strong> democ-<br />
racy and wave our American flags, we<br />
should ask ourselves if we are tolerant<br />
enough to refrain from stereotyping a<br />
group <strong>of</strong> people as terrorists. We should<br />
challenge ourselves to recognize that<br />
not all Arab countries or companies are<br />
a threat and consider the possibility that<br />
the entities may be legitimate business<br />
partners and necessary allies in the war<br />
on terror.<br />
Protests at U.S. soldiers’ funerals spark legislation, enrage editor<br />
Valerie Miller<br />
Editor-in-Chief<br />
Members <strong>of</strong> the small congregation<br />
<strong>of</strong> Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka,<br />
Kan., have made headlines recently for<br />
their anti-homosexual protests across<br />
the country at soldiers’ funerals. Their<br />
actions have been so <strong>of</strong>fensive that a<br />
number <strong>of</strong> states, including Indiana,<br />
have passed, or are in the process <strong>of</strong><br />
passing, legislation restricting where<br />
and when people can demonstrate at a<br />
funeral.<br />
Before 1 go into an all-out tirade<br />
about why these people are lunatics, I<br />
should tell you a little more about the<br />
congregation, the protests and their<br />
logic (or lack there<strong>of</strong>). According to<br />
both the church’s Web site<br />
(www.godhatesfags.com - yes, this is<br />
really the name <strong>of</strong> their Web site and<br />
with that, I could probably end this<br />
editorial right now, but I will continue)<br />
and various news sources (ABC News,<br />
CNN, USA Today, etc.), the church<br />
was founded and is still led by 76-<br />
year-old pastor Fred Phelps. Most <strong>of</strong><br />
the congregation is comprised <strong>of</strong> his<br />
family members, which includes (to<br />
date) 13 children, 54 grandchildren and<br />
five great-grandchildren. Although the<br />
church has the word “Baptist” in its<br />
name, according to MSNBC, it is not<br />
affiliated with a larger denomination.<br />
The group <strong>first</strong> gained notoriety<br />
by protesting at the funerals <strong>of</strong> AIDS<br />
victims in the 1990s. Since then, they<br />
have made it their mission to spread<br />
their hate-filled doctrine by protesting at<br />
the funerals <strong>of</strong> slain American soldiers,<br />
as well as other places like the funer-<br />
als <strong>of</strong> the West Virginia coal miners.<br />
Their protests at soldiers’ funerals have<br />
sparked the most controversy and led<br />
to most <strong>of</strong> the legislation. They believe<br />
that soldiers are evil because they die<br />
defending a country that tolerates ho-<br />
mosexuality. This is faulty logic at best,<br />
and really it is just plain stupid.<br />
Members <strong>of</strong> the group have (to date)<br />
interrupted more than 100 soldiers’<br />
funerals (including some in Lafayette,<br />
Evansville and Elkhart) by standing<br />
near the funeral or memorial service<br />
<strong>of</strong> a fallen soldier with signs that say<br />
despicable things like “God Hates You,”<br />
“Thank God for 9/11 ,” “God is Your<br />
Enemy,” “God Hates Fags” and “You’re<br />
Going to Hell” and chanting equally<br />
<strong>of</strong>fensive phrases. Not only are the<br />
adult church members doing this, but<br />
they take their kids, too! One picture <strong>of</strong><br />
the protests shows a <strong>woman</strong> with her<br />
nine-year-old son, both <strong>of</strong> whom are<br />
holding similar signs and smiling. NINE<br />
YEARS OLD!<br />
Phelps and his followers show no<br />
remorse for their actions and plan to<br />
continue them. When asked by ABC<br />
News how he would respond to a<br />
widow who asked him to leave, he<br />
replied, “No. Some maudlin widow.<br />
Look, you’re partly to blame for him<br />
being dead, <strong>woman</strong>.” Yes, this heartless,<br />
uncaring man said these exact words.<br />
Not only do they believe this crap, they<br />
choose to share their message at a time<br />
when people are grieving the loss <strong>of</strong> a<br />
loved one. LEAVE THEM ALONE!<br />
Fortunately, some motorcycle-riding<br />
veterans have formed a group called the<br />
Patriot Guard to try to protect the griev-<br />
ing families. This group comes to funer-<br />
als where the congregation is protesting<br />
and blocks them from the view <strong>of</strong> the<br />
family members with their bikes and<br />
American flags. As the family members<br />
and other mourners come by, the group<br />
revs their engines to drown out the<br />
cacophony <strong>of</strong> protestors. These patriots,<br />
heroes in my opinion, do this out <strong>of</strong> the<br />
kindness <strong>of</strong> their hearts in order to spare<br />
these families further anguish. God<br />
bless them.<br />
When I <strong>first</strong> learned about this socalled<br />
church, I was appalled. First <strong>of</strong><br />
all, they should not be called a church.<br />
They are more like a cult. The definition<br />
<strong>of</strong> a cult, according to<br />
dictionary.com, is this: “a religion or<br />
religious sect generally considered to be<br />
extremist or false ... under the guidance<br />
<strong>of</strong> an authoritarian, charismatic leader.”<br />
Also, they are NOT, I repeat, NOT<br />
Christians. They give Christians a bad<br />
name by doing this stuff and causing<br />
people to generalize that all Christians<br />
are like this. Remember how they seem<br />
to fit the definition <strong>of</strong> cult? Well, here<br />
are a couple definitions <strong>of</strong> “Christian”<br />
that they don’t fit into: “pr<strong>of</strong>essing<br />
belief in Jesus as Christ or following the<br />
religion based on the life and teachings<br />
<strong>of</strong> Jesus” and “showing a loving<br />
concern for others.” This group comes<br />
nowhere near following the life and<br />
teachings <strong>of</strong> Jesus. If they bothered to<br />
read more <strong>of</strong> the Bible than just what<br />
they want to read, they would notice<br />
that Jesus spent a lot <strong>of</strong> his time with<br />
people who were rejected by society,<br />
including lepers, Samaritans and tax<br />
collectors.<br />
They pick a few choice words from<br />
the Bible, mostly from the Old Testa-<br />
ment, paste them together and call it<br />
doctrine. They do not teach the Word <strong>of</strong><br />
God, but rather a polluted, false form <strong>of</strong><br />
it and they use ridiculous logic to justify<br />
it. They say that the only hope that<br />
people (specifically homosexuals) have<br />
is “to listen to the preaching <strong>of</strong> West-<br />
boro Baptist Church.” This direct quote<br />
from their Web site is not a message<br />
<strong>of</strong> hope. If they were trying to witness<br />
to people about being a Christian, they<br />
would tell them to turn to the teachings<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Bible for hope, not the teachings<br />
<strong>of</strong> Westboro Baptist Church.<br />
You don’t need to take a critical<br />
thinking course to figure out that the<br />
idea that God kills soldiers because<br />
there are homosexuals in America is ab-<br />
surd. That’s like saying I + 1 equals 594.<br />
They use the story <strong>of</strong> Sodom and Go-<br />
morrah to justify this. Anyone who has<br />
even casually read the Bible will know<br />
that God destroyed Sodom and Gomor-<br />
rah because <strong>of</strong> the things the people <strong>of</strong><br />
these cities did - things like trying to<br />
attack visitors to the city. Thw. Not<br />
other people - the people who actually<br />
committed the sins. God does not pun-<br />
ish people for things they didn’t do.<br />
Another <strong>of</strong> their teachings is that<br />
God is a God <strong>of</strong> hate. They basically<br />
teach that if you do not believe every-<br />
thing they say, God hates you and you<br />
are going to hell. Well, 1 have read the<br />
Bible too, and I have a number <strong>of</strong> verses<br />
to directly refute these false claims.<br />
Here are just a few verses to keep in<br />
mind:<br />
“Dear friends, let us love one<br />
another, for love comes from God.<br />
Everyone who loves has been born <strong>of</strong><br />
God and knows God. Whoever does not<br />
love does not know God because God is<br />
love.” 1 John 4:7-5 (NIV).<br />
Another verse says, “For all have<br />
sinned and fall short <strong>of</strong> the glory <strong>of</strong><br />
God, and are justified freely by his<br />
grace through the redemption that came<br />
by Jesus Christ.” Romans 3:23-24.<br />
All have sinned. ALL - including you, 8<br />
Freddie.<br />
Here are a few more verses that not<br />
only show the love <strong>of</strong> God, but the sin<br />
these people commit by hating others.<br />
“Anyone who claims to be in the<br />
light but hates his brother is still in the<br />
darkness.” 1 John 2:9; “If anyone says<br />
‘I love God,’ yet hates his brother, he<br />
is a liar. For anyone who does not love<br />
his brother, whom he bas seen, cannot<br />
love God, whom he has not seen.” 1<br />
John 4:20; and finally, “Anyone who<br />
hates his brother is a murderer, and you<br />
know that no murderer has eternal life<br />
in Him.” 1 John 3: 15. Read that, you<br />
crazies. I’m sure they don’t like to be<br />
told they are lying murderers stuck in<br />
darkness. But, hey, I’m just quoting the<br />
Bible.<br />
While I’m sure that I am now going<br />
to hell for calling them out, I realize that<br />
hating them is not the answer either;<br />
in fact, it only makes things worse and<br />
directly contradicts the verses I just<br />
quoted. The Bible also says (a quote<br />
from Jesus) “Love your enemies and ;<br />
pray for those who persecute you.” Matthew<br />
5:44. SO although the members <strong>of</strong>,<br />
this congregation may be hateful and i&<br />
norant, we should not hate them, for that<br />
makes us no better than they are. We 1<br />
should pray for them and feel sorry that,<br />
their lives are so consumed with hate.<br />
And while I hope they change their ;<br />
beliefs and leave the grieving soldiers’<br />
families alone, I also realize that under<br />
the U.S. Constitution, they have the<br />
right to free speech, just like every :<br />
other American. However, I won’t be<br />
’<br />
surprised to see a new Web site called<br />
“godhatesvaleriemiller.com.” That’s ;<br />
OK, I’m changing my name soon ;<br />
anyway.
Travel grants awarded at Presidential Inauguration<br />
Ruth Shirley<br />
Sta8 Writer<br />
Ten students were chosen to reflect President<br />
Beverley Pitts’ <strong>president</strong>ial inauguration theme,<br />
“Passport to Possibilities,” as ambassadors <strong>of</strong> the<br />
university in four different countries.<br />
Each student was selected through an application<br />
process in the travel grant program, “Passport<br />
to the World,” to receive $4,000 in an open-ended<br />
grant, so they can explore the country chosen in<br />
their application essay. The winners were announced<br />
during the Investiture Ceremony on March<br />
29 and participated in a luncheon with Pitts and<br />
the Athens campus Chancellor and Vice-<strong>president</strong>,<br />
Visilis Votopoulos.<br />
Pitts and the committee wanted to celebrate in<br />
a unique way, while showcasing “what is good at<br />
the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Indianapolis</strong>: our students,” said<br />
Inauguration Committee Chair Monica Woods.<br />
They wanted to honor the statement in the<br />
university mission that says the university is committed<br />
to fostering “international relationships and<br />
programs that promote intercultural understanding,<br />
awareness, and appreciation,” as well as “campus<br />
culture that embraces and celebrates human diversity.”<br />
More than 80 students applied for the travel<br />
, grants. The ten winners are required to use the grant<br />
between May 2006 and August 2007 and to write<br />
, an essay within a month <strong>of</strong> their return describing<br />
their travel experiences. The planning <strong>of</strong> the trips<br />
and completion are being advised through Mimi<br />
Chase, Director <strong>of</strong> the International Division, and<br />
’ the Office <strong>of</strong> International Relations.<br />
,<br />
Representatives from the host universities<br />
will greet the students, but that is the only pre-<br />
determined aspect <strong>of</strong> their trips. The recipients are<br />
encouraged to take side-trips and visit surrounding<br />
s countries, according to Woods. Some students have<br />
s specific goals to achieve, and others will spend<br />
1 their<br />
gralits “as a tourist but also as a learner <strong>of</strong><br />
life, if you will,” Woods said.<br />
Three students chose Stellenbosch <strong>University</strong><br />
in South Africa as their destination: sophomore<br />
Hilary Foltz, senior Todd Harrington, and senior<br />
Mboone Umbima. Graduate student Molly Schiel<br />
chose the South America campus in Belieze.<br />
Foltz, an elementary education major from<br />
. Dyer, Ind., also is going with a clear goal in mind.<br />
She will be volunteering at the Christel House-a<br />
school for impoverished children funded by Chris-<br />
; tel DeHaan.<br />
“I just believed that I should do it,” Foltz said.<br />
‘‘I think it will really help me as 1 teach later on.”<br />
, Her trip is tentatively scheduled for the summer<br />
“ <strong>of</strong> 2007.<br />
‘<br />
School <strong>of</strong>Adult Learning student Harrington <strong>of</strong><br />
. Anderson, Ind., who will graduate this year with<br />
~ a degree in liberal studies, is looking forward to<br />
. going to Africa. While in South Africa, he plans to<br />
go on a safari, possibly visit aneighboring country<br />
and visit the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg,<br />
which documents the history <strong>of</strong> the blacWwhite<br />
Photo b~ MeRm Komlunc<br />
Ten students from the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Indianapolis</strong> were awarded $4,000 travel grants on March 29 at President<br />
Beverley Pitts’ Inaguration. The grants will allow the students to travel to South Africa, Belieze, China, Taiwain<br />
or the university’s sister campus in Athens, Greece.<br />
segregationist Apartheid government which fell<br />
in the early 1990’s. Harrington plans to travel this<br />
August.<br />
Schiel, a graduate student and B.U.1.L.D tu-<br />
tor studying human biology, plans on working<br />
closely with the host university in the anatomy<br />
and anthropology department. She will work with<br />
the faculty there as a teaching and laboratory as-<br />
sistant, as well as do independent research for her<br />
thesis.<br />
According to Schiel, the school does casework<br />
for South America and she will be assisting in the<br />
cases, gaining more experience in that field. She<br />
also plans to visit the Transvaal Museum, which<br />
houses many important skeletal collections. Schiel<br />
will travel in February 2007.<br />
Umbima, from Nairobi, Kenya, chose South<br />
Africa out <strong>of</strong> curiosity and planning for the fu-<br />
ture.<br />
“It’s the New York <strong>of</strong> Africa. It’s very mod-<br />
ern,” Umbima said. She also considers it a place<br />
to relocate after completing a master’s degree.<br />
Umbima plans to travel this August.<br />
Another destination for four students is Greece,<br />
through the UTndy sister campus in Athens. The<br />
students traveling to Greece are freshman Ross<br />
Atteberry, sophomore Ryan Davis, freshman<br />
Phyllinga Jackson and junior Kelli Norton.<br />
Atteberry, a history major from Westfield,<br />
Ind., chose Greece primarily for its historical<br />
importance. While in Greece, he plans to see the<br />
ancient sites, such as the Acropolis, study the<br />
Greek military and explore the Mediterranean Sea.<br />
In addition to Greece, he hopes to spend time in<br />
another European country in cities such as Paris<br />
or Rome. Attebeny is considering using the grant<br />
towards the Odyssey in Athens Study-Abroad<br />
program. He plans to travel this summer.<br />
For international relations major Davis, from<br />
<strong>Indianapolis</strong>, this grant is his <strong>first</strong> opportunity to<br />
travel outside the United States and explore Europc,<br />
where he hopes to complete graduate school and<br />
possibly work. He plans to travel early this sum-<br />
mer.<br />
Jackson, a Spanish and elementary education<br />
major, chose Greece so she could explore the<br />
various facets <strong>of</strong> the country, and to also experi-<br />
ence a new and different place. She said “[when<br />
you travel], you get an education <strong>of</strong> others.” It’s<br />
so different but the same.” Jackson is undecitled<br />
about her travel time.<br />
Norton, a School forAdult Learning! student. i3<br />
studying organizational leadership and will tenta-<br />
tively graduate in May 2007. She said Greece has<br />
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always held her fascination-Greek mythology,<br />
food and architecture. Also. because she plans to<br />
have ajoh in the service industry, she wants to ex-<br />
perience a s much cultural diversity as possible.<br />
“It‘s an opportunity for me to see how people<br />
out side <strong>of</strong> the United States live, how they study,<br />
what interests them, where they go when they let<br />
their hair tiown,” Norton said. Norton has not yet<br />
planned a travel date.<br />
Junior Andrea Buchler, a Spanish teaching<br />
major from Fort Wayne, Ind., is traveling to Belize.<br />
Shc chose Belize to improve her Spanish by being<br />
immersed in it and toexperiencetheculture, which<br />
is a diverse mixture including Creole, (iarifunan,<br />
and Mayan. She plans to travel in May and stay at<br />
the host college. Galen <strong>University</strong>, in a program<br />
with other international students.<br />
Hilary Conklin, a senior psychology major from<br />
Rushville. I d . will travel to Taiwan, Republic<br />
<strong>of</strong> China. While in Taiwan, Conklin plans to stay<br />
with her friend. Teichan and her family. Accord-<br />
ing to Conhlin, Teichan attended Ulndy for a year<br />
as an intern;itioii:il student, and the two became<br />
friends.<br />
”She hac. aln,ays been thankful to my family<br />
[for] teaching her [about] American culture,”<br />
Conkli ti wid.<br />
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APRIL 5,2006 SPORTS THE REFLECTOR PAGE 4<br />
~~<br />
E MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING<br />
<strong>UIndy</strong> hosts national swim meet<br />
Marios Panagi (right)<br />
congratulates Jeremy<br />
Lindauer (left) after their<br />
relay race.<br />
Sten Roosvald dives in to<br />
begin his leg <strong>of</strong> the medley<br />
relay.<br />
Alison Smith sits exhausted<br />
after finishing third in the<br />
200-meter freestyle.<br />
Men’s and women’s Head Coach Gary Kinkead presents 2005 GLIAC Swimmer <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Year Alison Smith with third place in the 200-meter freestyle.<br />
Men take 11th place finish in NCAA<br />
Willie Little<br />
Stuf Writer<br />
The <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Indianapolis</strong><br />
men’s swim team end the season with a<br />
6-1 record, with a strong third finish at<br />
conference and a healthy representation<br />
at the national competition.<br />
This year, Ulndy hosted the 2006<br />
Division I1 Swimming and Diving<br />
Championship. Sophomore Hanno<br />
Ahonen, freshman Greg Jarvis, junior<br />
Jeremy Lindauer, sophomore Kieran<br />
O’Neill, freshmen Marios Panagi and<br />
junior Sten Roosvald all qualified as<br />
2006 All-Americans.<br />
Junior Sten Roosvald qualified for<br />
the nationals for the 100- and 200-<br />
meter butterfly as well as the 200- and<br />
400-meter medley relay.<br />
“I felt honored to be able to swim<br />
with all my teammates and compete at<br />
the national level,” he said. “Even if<br />
I didn’t win, it felt like I was a cham-<br />
pion.<br />
During the <strong>first</strong> day <strong>of</strong> the com-<br />
petition, the men’s 200 medley re-<br />
lay Panagi, Lindauer, Roosvald and<br />
O’Neill clocked 1 :33.33. The time was<br />
.54 faster than their preliminary time,<br />
earning a 12th place finish. On the<br />
second day <strong>of</strong> competition, the <strong>UIndy</strong><br />
men’s 200 free relay team tied for fifth<br />
place with Drury <strong>University</strong> whet)<br />
Panagi, O’Neill, Jarvis and Lindauer<br />
dropped .6 seconds <strong>of</strong>f their prelimi-<br />
nary time, swimming 1:23.36. Later, in<br />
the 400 medley relay, the men placed<br />
10th with, Panagi, Lindauer, Roosvald<br />
and O’Neill cutting 1.26 seconds <strong>of</strong>f<br />
their preliminary time to clock 3:24.81.<br />
During the third day <strong>of</strong> competition,<br />
the men’s hard work and effort and<br />
were rewarded when four swimmers<br />
qualified for the finals. Ahonen, Panagi,<br />
Lindauer and Roosvald swam well in<br />
the finals. qualifying in the 500 free,<br />
100 back, 100 breast and 200 fly, re-<br />
spectively.<br />
Roosvald said he felt that during<br />
nationals he learned the importance <strong>of</strong><br />
a team.<br />
“I have learned that teamwork can<br />
push me through any barrier,” Roosvald<br />
said. “The overall feeling was [that]<br />
we really missed all <strong>of</strong> our teammates<br />
because some <strong>of</strong> them weren‘t able to<br />
compete. Rut the ones that were there<br />
showed us a lot <strong>of</strong> love and support as<br />
we raced. Being from the Great Lakes<br />
conference and knowing some <strong>of</strong> the<br />
swimmers, we cheered for our team-<br />
mates as well as the swimmers from the<br />
conference .”<br />
With the national championship<br />
being held in <strong>Indianapolis</strong> this year the<br />
team felt a lot <strong>of</strong> pride in representing<br />
the Ulndy well.<br />
“It felt really good swimming in<br />
one the world’s fastest pools, and hav-<br />
ing your own teammates and friends<br />
see you compete to the best <strong>of</strong> your<br />
ability,” Ahonen said. “I feel like I’ve<br />
really accomplished a lot this season,<br />
I’m looking forward to next season and<br />
my team being in nationals.”<br />
Junior Sten Roosvald<br />
competes in the 200-meter<br />
butterfly, placing ninth at<br />
58.33.<br />
Valerie Crosby races during<br />
the final stretch <strong>of</strong> the 100-<br />
meter butterfly.<br />
P/ioro\ hi K ~ fU i ~ i ~ Junior Holly Spohr receives<br />
one <strong>of</strong> her three awards on<br />
the day.<br />
E MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING<br />
<strong>UIndy</strong> hosts ‘superior’ meet<br />
Katy Yeiscr<br />
MtrtitrXiti
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Photo bv Etnil, Scott<br />
Abby Worley, a three-year-<br />
old Hoosier, gets her face<br />
painted during the Coke<br />
Fest. Coke Fest goers were<br />
also treated with free Coke<br />
floats and samples <strong>of</strong> Coke<br />
products. There were also<br />
balloon animal stations and<br />
several other activities to<br />
entertain those who needed<br />
a break from the live music.<br />
Photo bj Emily Scott<br />
The Coca-Cola fire-eater<br />
wows the audience<br />
between concert sets. He<br />
warned the kids in the<br />
crowd beforehand, “don’t<br />
trvfhis at home- go to a<br />
friend’s house.”<br />
R-0-C-K in the I-NuD-Y<br />
John Mellencamp rocks in his roots<br />
The Wreckers1 Collective Soiil photo, hi Cr, d e Collins<br />
Main: Seymour, Ind. native John Mellencamp performed in front <strong>of</strong> 80,000 people<br />
during the Coke Fest at Monument Circle on April 2,2006. The crowd stretched south<br />
on Meridian Street toward Maryland Street and flushed to the left and right <strong>of</strong> the<br />
monument. Mellencamp played his hits and even played through a short period <strong>of</strong> rain<br />
before severe weather hit the metropolitan area. The all-day event was in relation with<br />
the Final Four.<br />
Top right: Michelle Branch, left, has put her solo career aside to be in the band, The<br />
Wreckers, with her friend Jessica Harp, right. The Wreckers played a set <strong>of</strong> mellow<br />
country tunes that included their new single, “Leave the Pieces” and a cover <strong>of</strong> Deana<br />
Carter’s, “Strawberry Wine.” Carrie Underwood also performed after The Wreckers.<br />
Bottom right: Collective Soul lead singer Ed Roland jumped to the front <strong>of</strong> the<br />
barricades to get closer to the crowd. Collective Soul played an energetic set that<br />
included their hits, “December,” “Better Now,” “The World I Know” and “Shine.”<br />
Photo bb Katv Yeiser<br />
Celebrity Nick Lachey and<br />
Marco, from 93.1’s Morning<br />
Mess, converse with the<br />
crowd during a set change.<br />
Lachey emceed Coke Fest<br />
as well as The Big Dance<br />
event on Monument Circle<br />
the day before. He passed<br />
out T-shirts, gave his<br />
predictions for the UCLN<br />
Florida game and left.<br />
Photo by Emily Scott<br />
Coca-Cola performers<br />
juggle over the head <strong>of</strong> a<br />
Coke Fest attendee. The<br />
Coke performers were with<br />
Family Time Entertainment.<br />
Basketball fans enjoyed the<br />
entertainment during the in-<br />
between-day <strong>of</strong> the men’s<br />
national semi-finals and<br />
final game.
GATOR BAIT -1<br />
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Florida whips UCLA, wins <strong>first</strong> national basketball championship ,<br />
Adrian Wojnarowski<br />
Knight-Riclder Tribune<br />
INDIANAPOLIS -There was<br />
Joakim Noah flying down the middle<br />
<strong>of</strong> the floor, pony tail bobbing, defense<br />
clearing, and the ball rising higher and<br />
higher, above the rim, above college<br />
basketball and slamming the ball on<br />
the UCLA dynasty. There was Noah’s<br />
bony, windmill arms swinging down,<br />
blocking Bruins shots and starting the<br />
fast break with his dribble. There was<br />
Noah doing it all.<br />
He blew kisses to the cheerlead-<br />
ers. And when the 73-57 beat-down <strong>of</strong><br />
UCLA was done, when Florida was the<br />
national champion, Noah stood on a<br />
press table and did the Gator chop with<br />
his school’s fans.<br />
Noah, out <strong>of</strong> New York City and<br />
Europe, out <strong>of</strong> the funkiest <strong>of</strong> sporting<br />
genes belonging to his old man, Yan-<br />
nick, did it all Monday night. Kareem<br />
Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton watched<br />
UCLA center Ryan Hollins sits in<br />
defeat in the Bruin’s locker room.<br />
I<br />
in the RCA Dome seats, but Noah had<br />
been right on the eve <strong>of</strong> the title game.<br />
History doesn’t win championships. If<br />
UCLA is the past <strong>of</strong> this sport, Noah is<br />
unmistakably the future.<br />
Noah made a lot <strong>of</strong> money in this<br />
tournament, a guaranteed top NBA pick<br />
developing out <strong>of</strong> a freshman bench<br />
player at Florida. Gators coach Billy<br />
Donovan will wave goodbye, wish<br />
him well, and thank him for delivering<br />
him that Final Four championship. He<br />
had 16 points, nine rebounds and six<br />
blocks. It was one <strong>of</strong> the most beautifully<br />
played basketball games you’ll<br />
ever want to see.<br />
Florida turned this 73-57 beat-down<br />
<strong>of</strong> UCLA into a dunk-fest, throwing<br />
down one after another, after another,<br />
until the Bruins were ducking for cover.<br />
This was one <strong>of</strong> the great performances<br />
in NCAA title history, one <strong>of</strong> the most<br />
dominant in tournament history.<br />
Donovan still looks like the Long<br />
Island kid who worked Wall Street<br />
with that stiff haircut,<br />
starched white dress shirt<br />
and perpetual grimace,<br />
but it would be the son<br />
<strong>of</strong> the go<strong>of</strong>y tennis star, a<br />
New York City kid with<br />
10 years <strong>of</strong> childhood in<br />
France that would turn his<br />
so-serious coach into a<br />
jubilant kid.<br />
This was the kind <strong>of</strong><br />
avalanche <strong>of</strong> excess that<br />
you would expect to see<br />
out <strong>of</strong> a football school,<br />
a Spurrier-esque romp to<br />
the national championship<br />
that would befit’the old<br />
image <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> Florida Gators. Only,<br />
this was Billy the Kid’s<br />
basketball team, the re-<br />
lentless running and shot-<br />
blocking and rebounding<br />
machinery that had run<br />
roughshod over the month<br />
<strong>of</strong> March, all the way to<br />
April.<br />
Along the way,<br />
Noah, out <strong>of</strong> a senior year<br />
at Lawrenceville Prep,<br />
turned into the tourna-<br />
ment’s best Dlaver. a<br />
star-free team <strong>of</strong> Florjda<br />
Gators. They were a joy to<br />
watch, picking apart that<br />
Photo by Louis DeLucnlKRT<br />
Florida center Joakim Noah boasts to the Florida crowd<br />
after winning the national championship in <strong>Indianapolis</strong>.<br />
Noah was voted the Most Outstanding Player and set the<br />
national championship record for most shots blocked.<br />
UCLA defense that had held Memphis<br />
and George Mason to 45 points each in<br />
the regional final and~national semis.<br />
After one football national champion-<br />
ship for Florida under Steve Spurrier,<br />
now there’s a basketball title too.<br />
They ripped UCLA and its great<br />
defense limb by limb, getting up 20<br />
points, with a barrage <strong>of</strong> blocked shots<br />
and power rebounds and slams that left<br />
the RCA Dome aghast.. The Gators<br />
would come to the season without the<br />
star power <strong>of</strong> past years, but this would<br />
be a March when they turned into them<br />
before a nation’s eyes.<br />
Yes, the Gators were wonderful.<br />
And now, Donovan takes his place<br />
among the best coaches in his pr<strong>of</strong>es-<br />
sion. This was the night that he truly<br />
broke out <strong>of</strong> the Rick Pitino stable,<br />
that he truly separated himself from<br />
his mentor. For some, Donovan will<br />
always be Billy the Kid, the pudgy<br />
point guard out <strong>of</strong> Saint Anges in<br />
Rockville Center on Long Island that<br />
Rick Pitino transformed into a most<br />
improbable Final Four point guard in<br />
1987. He’ll always be Billy the Kid, the<br />
6-foot nothing kid that Pitino would tell<br />
every day on that run, “You’re the best<br />
point guard in the country,” and every<br />
day Donovan would dig deeper, push<br />
harder and begin to believe that his<br />
coach truly believed that little white lie<br />
“Rick told him so many times,” Jeff<br />
Van Gundy, a graduate assistant for<br />
Providence that season told me once,<br />
“that Billy started to believe it.”<br />
Pitino will always be his mentor,<br />
but he’s been smarter in his own career<br />
in so many ways than his old col-<br />
lege coach and boss at Kentucky. He<br />
could’ve left Florida for pure basketball<br />
schools, but didn’t do it. He stayed,<br />
He could’ve had Indiana, but didn’t<br />
chase it. Florida has everything- a great<br />
recruiting base, terrific facilities and<br />
deep pockets to pay the coach- and he’s<br />
never gone running for the brighter<br />
lights <strong>of</strong> a basketball school, Pitino<br />
wouldn’t have been able to stay 10<br />
years at Florida, just like Bear Bryant<br />
couldn’t stay that long at Kentucky<br />
with its monstrous basketball program.<br />
“In the states <strong>of</strong> Indiana and Ken-<br />
tucky, the fanfare and enthusiasm is<br />
for basketball,” Donovan said. “In the<br />
southeast, it’s for football. I understand<br />
that. Billy Donovan is not changing<br />
that culture.”<br />
The Gators had been the hottest<br />
major team in this NCAA tournament,<br />
beating a No. 1 seed, Villanova, badly,<br />
in the regional final and then taking<br />
out George Mason too. If Tubby Smith<br />
leaves Kentucky for the Charlotte<br />
Bobcats, as many believe will happen,<br />
it will be fascinating to see whether<br />
Donovan can be lured back to his old<br />
Kentucky home. The thing is, he’s<br />
carved out his own identity in Florida. ‘“<br />
That’s his basketball program, his<br />
national championship program.<br />
Maybe Donovan doesn’t need to<br />
follow in Pitino’s footsteps anymore.<br />
Maybe this Noah kid, with the Bob<br />
Marley posters in his dorm room, the<br />
pony tail, his unique gifts, taught his<br />
coach a lesson about clearing your<br />
own path, about finding your own in<br />
the sport. Noah will probably leave<br />
now, but maybe Billy Donovan doesn’t<br />
have to leave. As he found out Monday<br />
night, he can have it all at Florida.<br />
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Joakim Noah said, “History doesn’t<br />
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)layers looked into the crowd and was he right. History didn’t stop Noah<br />
,aw Bill Walton.<br />
from setting the championship game<br />
They looked into the crowd and<br />
,aw Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.<br />
record for blocked shots (5, eventually<br />
6) by the time the <strong>first</strong> half was<br />
They looked into the crowd and<br />
,aw Reggie Miller.<br />
even over. The Bruins should have<br />
started calling their <strong>of</strong>fense “Noah’s .<br />
The Florida Gators could only Arc” because <strong>of</strong> the decided change itl<br />
ook within themselves to find trajectory their shots took whenever<br />
yeatness. And they did just that UF’s quick-leaping 6-foot-1 1 sophovlonday<br />
night- burying the ghosts more approached.<br />
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This incredible team has done<br />
)layers <strong>of</strong> UCLA present and hoist- it all. They slaughtered Cinderng<br />
a national championship banner ella Saturday. They slayed Godzilla<br />
hat symbolizes the emergence <strong>of</strong> Monday. They weren’t overconfident<br />
7lorida’s future.<br />
when they played lightly regarded<br />
The Florida Gators are national George Mason. They weren’t intimi-<br />
:hampiom. Did you hear what I dated when they played tradition-rich<br />
,aid? The Florida Gators are na- UCLA.<br />
ional basketball champions!<br />
This is a Gator team even UCLA<br />
Ten years after he arrived and patriarch John Wooden would love.<br />
nherited a downtrodden program, Wooden said a long time ago, “The<br />
3illy Donovan has hi\ <strong>first</strong> national main ingredient <strong>of</strong> stardom is the rest<br />
:hampionship at a younger age <strong>of</strong> the team.” Florida center A1 Horhan<br />
any active coach other than ford said a short time ago: “We don’t<br />
3ob Knight. A decade <strong>of</strong> domi- care who gets credit or who gets the<br />
lance comes to fruition. A decade points. What’s it matter if ’we’re all<br />
if Donovan comes to fulfillment. wearing championship rings?”<br />
Build a statue for him. Name You should have seen Horford and<br />
he court after him. The Donovan Noah run out on the court after the<br />
lome. The Billy Bowl. Whatever. victory, envelop their euphoric coach<br />
4nd give him a raise that makes and hoist him into the air.<br />
iim the highest paid coach on cam- UCLA has its John Wooden and<br />
JUS. Yes, he should make more than now Florida has itself one, too<br />
Urban Meyer because, by gosh, His name his Billy Donovan- a<br />
he’s done more. In fact, when is legend at age 40.<br />
some sports writer from New York (c) 2006, The Orlando Sentinel (Fla.).<br />
or Boston going to ask Meyer how Distributed by Knight RldderRribune<br />
it feels to be coaching football at a Information Services.<br />
basketball school?<br />
And make no mistake about<br />
it, Florida is a basketball school.<br />
Starting with the 1999-2000 season<br />
when Donovan <strong>first</strong> took the Gators<br />
to the Final Four, the Gators’ winning<br />
percentage in the last seven<br />
years is .754. Florida football, during<br />
that same time span, is ,633.<br />
What is a basketball school<br />
except a place where you sell out<br />
your gym, lure the best recruits and<br />
have a chance to go to the NCAA<br />
Tournament every year? The Gators,<br />
the <strong>first</strong> school to appear in<br />
two national championship games<br />
this decade, have all that. And now<br />
they have a national title, too.<br />
“Is Florida a basketball school?’<br />
Donovan mentor Rick Pitino said<br />
amid a jubilant postgame celebra-<br />
tion. “Look around you. This is<br />
the stuff <strong>of</strong> fairy tales. Of course<br />
Florida’s a basketball school.”<br />
Added Florida Athletic Director Photo by Mark C6rnelisonlKRT<br />
Jeremy Foley, wiping tears from his<br />
eyes: “Billy Donovan put Florida Head Coach Donovan<br />
basketball on the map and tonight cuts down the net.<br />
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APRIL 5,2006 FEATURE THE REFLECTOR PAGE 8<br />
HURRICANE RELIEF EFFORT<br />
<strong>UIndy</strong> student spends Spring Break rebuilding in New Orleans<br />
Shelly Grimes<br />
Opinion Editor<br />
hile many students’ ideas <strong>of</strong><br />
W Spring Break include MTVesque<br />
parties<br />
on beautiful<br />
beaches, I-<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Indianapolis</strong><br />
sophomore<br />
Laura Steed<br />
spent her<br />
Spring Break<br />
doing something<br />
a little<br />
different.<br />
Steed, a<br />
youth ministry<br />
major, took the<br />
university’s<br />
motto <strong>of</strong> “Education<br />
for Service”<br />
to heart<br />
and decided<br />
to spend her<br />
break helping<br />
New Orleans<br />
residents<br />
clean up from<br />
Hurricane<br />
Katrina and its<br />
Steed applied for and received a<br />
Greyhound Adventures Travel Grant,<br />
a grant that gives money to students<br />
interested in traveling for vocational<br />
and service initiatives.<br />
Steed and about 80 other AIM<br />
volunteers, which included a group <strong>of</strong><br />
college students from Canada, worked<br />
a fourth home’s drywall, which had<br />
been put up by other AIM volunteers.<br />
“We took everything out <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>first</strong> house we worked on. It looked<br />
like stuff had been picked up and just<br />
thrown into different rooms <strong>of</strong> the<br />
house,” Steed said.<br />
Steed said that one <strong>of</strong> the most<br />
surprising things she<br />
risen. The lines on the<br />
wall showed where<br />
water had settled, and<br />
these lines were “at<br />
doorknob level.” She<br />
said that this indi-<br />
cated that the water<br />
had originally been<br />
much higher, but had<br />
receded to this level<br />
and stayed there for<br />
long periods <strong>of</strong> time.<br />
Although Steed<br />
characterized the work<br />
as “exhausting,” she<br />
also found it very<br />
rewarding because she<br />
got to meet all <strong>of</strong> the<br />
homeowners, family<br />
members and contrac-<br />
tors <strong>of</strong> the homes she<br />
worked on.<br />
“We found out that<br />
an 86-year-old <strong>woman</strong><br />
aftermath. Photo courtesy Laura Steed owned one <strong>of</strong> the<br />
“I just homes we were work-<br />
wanted to do This Dicture <strong>of</strong> a house on top <strong>of</strong> a car is just One <strong>of</strong> the many ing on,” Steed said.<br />
something scenes <strong>of</strong> devastation Steed witnessed in New Orleans. ‘‘We met the daughter<br />
positive over<br />
break,” Steed<br />
said.<br />
Steed’s journey to New Orleans<br />
began with a simple Internet search.<br />
She found a ministry called Adventures<br />
in Missions (AIM) that was doing relief<br />
work in the area and decided that she<br />
wanted to help out.<br />
AFFRILACHIAN POETS<br />
on several different projects throughout<br />
the week.<br />
Because Steed went by herself, she<br />
was able to float between different<br />
groups <strong>of</strong> volunteers and go where she<br />
was needed most. Steed helped gut<br />
three different houses. She also painted<br />
<strong>of</strong> the <strong>woman</strong> and<br />
asked what had happened.<br />
The 86-year-old <strong>woman</strong> hadn’t<br />
wanted to leave because she and her<br />
husband had built the home and lived<br />
in it all their lives. Her grandson had to<br />
make her leave [before the hurricane].”<br />
Steed said that it also was rewarding<br />
to hear others say that the group was<br />
making a difference.<br />
“When we were working on one <strong>of</strong><br />
the houses, another <strong>woman</strong> came up to<br />
us and asked us to help her finish gut-<br />
ting her home,” Steed said. “We helped<br />
her, and afterwards she said, ‘Oh my<br />
goodness. It would have taken five<br />
days to do what your group did in two<br />
hours.’ Hearing that we helped made it<br />
worthwhile.”<br />
Steed stayed with other AIM work-<br />
ers in an 1860s style duplex in the<br />
city’s Garden District. She and other<br />
members <strong>of</strong> the group worked in a<br />
part <strong>of</strong> the city known as Holly C J ro ve ,<br />
located in the city’s Eighth Ward. She<br />
also had the opportunity to visit the<br />
city’s Ninth Ward, one <strong>of</strong> the city‘s<br />
hardest-hit districts.<br />
“Almost everything in Holly Grove<br />
seemed to be salvageable,” Steed said.<br />
“From what I understand, the Eighth<br />
Ward had damage from the hurricane<br />
itself. In the Ninth Ward. cverything<br />
seemed to be demolished.<br />
We were told that the damage<br />
in the Ninth Ward was caused<br />
by the levees breaking, not just<br />
the hurricane.”<br />
Steed said that traveling<br />
through the Ninth Ward and<br />
seeing the destruction <strong>first</strong>hand<br />
was a very emotional experience.<br />
“When we were in the Ninth<br />
Ward driving through it, we<br />
saw a <strong>woman</strong> just standing in<br />
the middle <strong>of</strong> the road bawling,”<br />
Steed said. “[Being in the<br />
Ninth Ward] was like doing<br />
a short-term mission trip to a<br />
Third World country. It made<br />
me want to stay and help out<br />
more. We were onlv there for a<br />
she did face one challenge: the airline<br />
lost her luggage.<br />
“I couldn’t even go and buy clothes<br />
because everything in the city is still<br />
pretty much closed,” Steed said. “Even<br />
the places that have opened hack up<br />
don’t have the employees to stay open<br />
all day.”<br />
Steed said that AIM <strong>of</strong>fered her an<br />
internship to work with youth volunteers<br />
this summer. She said that she<br />
hopes to do more to help the New<br />
Orleans relief effort.<br />
“Here, and in the rest <strong>of</strong> the world,<br />
we seem to have moved on. But Hurri-<br />
cane tiatrina is still 85 to 90 percent <strong>of</strong><br />
the news in New Orleans. These people<br />
are still rebuilding, and they are seeing<br />
how slow the process <strong>of</strong> rebuilding is,<br />
if it is even possible,” Steed said. “I’ve<br />
seen [the devastation] on the news, but<br />
I can’t express in words the emotion <strong>of</strong><br />
seeing it in person.”<br />
week, but it will take years to Laura Steed wears protective<br />
rebuild everything.”<br />
While Steed said the experi- gear while gutting a house with<br />
ence was overall a positive one, extensive hurricane damage.<br />
<strong>UIndy</strong> Kellogg Writers Series draws large crowd for female poets
PAGE 9 THE REFLECTOR ENTERTAINMENT APRIL 5,2006<br />
UINDY TV 5<br />
New campus TV station<br />
Sandra Arao Ameny<br />
Stuf Writer<br />
<strong>UIndy</strong> TV 5, a student-run television<br />
station produced by the Communica-<br />
tion Department, will soon be available<br />
in campus residence halls.<br />
According to the programming<br />
schedule, <strong>UIndy</strong> TV 5 consists <strong>of</strong><br />
Greyhound News Weekly, coverage<br />
<strong>of</strong> news that affects students, a movie<br />
segment, a compilation <strong>of</strong> classic and<br />
recent movies, Campus Events, a list<br />
<strong>of</strong> academic and social events taking<br />
place on campus, 5 Minute Update, a<br />
news update twice a day, Backatcha!,<br />
a student-produced trivia game show,<br />
Greyhound Sports Monthly, coverage<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>UIndy</strong> and local sports and Study<br />
Break, a miscellaneous program con-<br />
taining topics such as cooking, fashion<br />
and workout tips.<br />
“Planning and preparation for the<br />
station has taken place for the past<br />
CAMPUS EVENT<br />
three years,” said Scott Uecker, com-<br />
munication instructor and general<br />
manager <strong>of</strong> WICR radio. Uecker said<br />
that the Communication Board, which<br />
consists <strong>of</strong> the Communication Depart-<br />
ment faculty, Daniel Briere, dean <strong>of</strong><br />
the college <strong>of</strong> arts and Sciences; David<br />
Wantz, vice <strong>president</strong> <strong>of</strong> student af-<br />
fairs; Deborah Ware Balogh, provost;<br />
Michael Braughton, vice <strong>president</strong> for<br />
business and finance; and Mary Moore,<br />
vice <strong>president</strong> for research, planning, &<br />
strategic partnerships; have helped to<br />
make <strong>UIndy</strong> TV 5 a reality by helping<br />
draft a proposal and finding necessary<br />
funding to support the station.<br />
Uecker said that programming will<br />
be not be 24 hours a day. “We are not<br />
able to put out 168 hours in the begin-<br />
ning,” he said. “Instead, during times<br />
when there is no programming, there<br />
will be a bulletin board, if you will,<br />
with campus events.”<br />
Uecker pointed out that the staff for<br />
the station will consist <strong>of</strong> student man-<br />
agement and television students, but<br />
there is no requirement for a student to<br />
be a communication major to be part <strong>of</strong><br />
the <strong>UIndy</strong> TV 5 team.<br />
“Students will receive academic<br />
credit,” Uecker said, “This will ensure<br />
set to broadcast soon on channel 5<br />
quality programming as opposed to priate, because it will reflect on the<br />
other schools that have television as a students themselves.”<br />
club, not a class.’’<br />
Wantz said that he felt Ulndy \vi14<br />
He added that the campus has a treading behind other schools in the<br />
radio station and a newspaper for state, since many schools have tele\ i -<br />
students to gain practical experience sion stations. “I was at DePauw Unibut<br />
has been lacking for television versity over IO years a ~ and o they ha\ e<br />
students.<br />
a TV station,” Wantz said. “ I thought.<br />
“The purpose <strong>of</strong> Ulndy TV 5 is why don’t we?”<br />
According to Russ illalone!. conmunication<br />
instructor and chiet engineer<br />
<strong>of</strong> WICR, all residence halls. witl!<br />
the exception <strong>of</strong> Campus Apartment\.<br />
will receive the station.<br />
“If we fed it to Campus Apartment\.<br />
dual-fold, to create a greater sense <strong>of</strong><br />
community and provide another voice<br />
for the campus,” Uecker said. “The<br />
marketplace <strong>of</strong> ideas theory states that<br />
the more voices there are present, the<br />
better the community is served. <strong>UIndy</strong><br />
TV 5 is another voice for the campus.”<br />
Wantz said that the source <strong>of</strong><br />
funding for the television station is the<br />
Cable Access Fee that students pay to<br />
the cable company.<br />
Wantz pointed out that he and other<br />
members <strong>of</strong> the Communication Policy<br />
Board are advocates <strong>of</strong> free speech and<br />
stressed that Ulndy TV 5 would operate<br />
without any censorship.<br />
“This is a university. We provide<br />
conversations from all viewpoints and<br />
backgrounds,” Wantz said. “I don’t<br />
think any censoring will be going on<br />
because I don’t believe our students<br />
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but we will do what we can to get tci<br />
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is to have the station in all places oil<br />
campus.”<br />
The 30-member team <strong>of</strong> televi-<br />
sion staff consisting <strong>of</strong> beginning ;tiid<br />
advanced television students has !>eeii<br />
preparing for the launch <strong>of</strong> the statioii.<br />
Tiffany Hanson, promotions ii i rector.<br />
said that the Communication I)eixir-<br />
ment surveyed students 1;i<br />
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L\ auld like to involve students v&h<br />
what ii going on on campus,” she said.<br />
Chase Eaton, production director,<br />
poiiitetl out that some students are not<br />
;I\\ :ire ot what television students do,<br />
sinc,c they may not appear visible on<br />
canipis. .‘Students will get to see what<br />
\\e :ire doing. It will open up general<br />
kiioi\ lect~c<br />
that we have a television<br />
d~:p;i~itnel1t.” Eaton said. “I hope they<br />
we tht \ve work hard. It’s not reward-<br />
ctl iii our grade but in our experience.”<br />
SUWI Decker, operations manager,<br />
uitl that she hope students are cnthusi-<br />
a’itgc ;ih{)ut the launch <strong>of</strong> the station. “1<br />
Ihqw the student body gets as excited as<br />
\\ C> :IW.” Decker said. “The work load<br />
I\ dit’ticuit, but we mentor and help<br />
cx.h othcv.. It is a neat experience to<br />
\\ i!~ch each other grow.”<br />
(‘2ii.i I ludson. news director, said<br />
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