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HORIZON
Week of April 20, 2009 Volume 63, Issue 24
Dining
services
presents
to SGA
By LORI RICHIE
Staff Writer
larichie@ius.edu
The Student Government
ssociation was addressed
by Dining Services Thursday,
April 16.
Vice Chancellor of Administrative
Affairs Dana Wavle
and Director of Dining Services
Ernie Gionis presented
SGA with some of the findings
from the recent Food
Services Survey.
Wavle said they will be
changing the hours for The
IUS Food Court, University
Grounds and The Library
Bistro. Gionis and Wavle
both said they agreed the
new hours were to help make
food cost more affordable to
the students.
“It’s just not profitable to
have [Dining Services] open
on Sundays,” Gionis said. “It
takes $190 to open up for the
day, and when we only make
$38 for the day we can’t be
more affordable.”
Wavle explained they are
orking on making food
rovided for student orgaizations
more reasonably
riced. Wavle said it has
been hard because they had
to work with an area that was
already established and not
designed for them. However,
they are looking to the future
and it is taking time to transform
to a commuter campus.
In the meeting’s unfinished
business, the T-shirt
Bill was passed after going
into emergency status. The
bill allots $248 for T-shirts for
the SGA senators and was
passed into emergency status
so the shirts would arrive before
the end of the semester.
Melissa Lamanna, SGA
press secretary, authored
the bill and said each T-shirt
would cost approximately
$7.50.
Greg Roberts, Arts and
Letters academic adviser,
said volunteering at graduation
to hand out bottled water
to the graduates would
be a good time to wear the
T-shirts.
In other business, Candice
Boudreaux became SGA
technology officer by acclamation.
The tech officer is
esponsible for the Web site,
unning the projector during
eetings and other technical
ssues.
Probationary Senator Lesie
Drury proposed the duties
f each committee be posted
or the benefit of the Student
ody. She also offered her
ervices to the new tech ofcer.
Drury said she would
ike to be the tech officer if
he weren’t probationary.
James Bonsall, SGA presient,
suggested the creation
f a new position, Director of
ustainability, to be filled by
ee Allen. Allen would be reponsible
for coming up with
ays for SGA to help the IUS
ampus decrease energy use,
undraise for the greening efort,
environment issues and
ould also work with the
GA President when talking
o the administration. Bonall
said it wouldn’t be a paid
osition.
“I would refuse any kind
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Sleep-out raises awareness
Photo by Jerod Clapp
Students build boxes
to sleep in for Barricade
of Boxes on Wednesday,
April 15.
Students and faculty
volunteered to sleep outdoors
to gain awareness
about the homeless from
6 p.m. to 6 a.m.
There were two guest
speakers. One was
previously homeless,
who spoke to the group
about what it’s like to be
homeless and what can
be done to help. This was
followed by the movie,
The Pursuit of Happiness.
The event was organized
by two students,
Erin Carlisle and Emily
King. They want to start
a new organization called
Student United Way,
with the help from Metro
United Way and faculty
and staff support.
Forum discusses same-sex marriage
By MARY LYONS
Staff Writer
marlyons@ius.edu
The Civil Liberties Union
held their spring forum
April 9, where they discussed
same-sex marriages.
A large crowd gathered to
listen in the IUS Library.
One of the speakers,
Kathy Sarris, president of Indiana
Equality, said people
in legislative positions know
the legalization of same-sex
marriages will happen eventually.
“Politicians need to hear
from people [about samesex
marriages],” Sarris said.
“They know it’s inevitable.”
When the CLU picked April
9, back in December, to hold
the forum, they did not
know same-sex marriages
would be in the news.
The issue was recently
in the news April 3, when
Iowa’s Supreme Court announced
it would begin to
issue marriage licenses to
Officers
discuss
nuclear
arms
MICHAEL MARCELL
Staff writer
mdmarcel@ius.edu
Lt. General Robert G.
Gard Jr. and Col. William
Hauser gave a presentation
on U.S. Nuclear
weapons policy April 10
in University Center, room
122, to a crowd of more
than 25.
The presentation comes
shortly after President
Barack Obama announced
the United States is encouraging
all relevant nations
to disband their nuclear
arsenals during his
trip to Europe.
Both Gard and Hauser
served as career army officers
during the Cold
A group of people gather for the IUS CLU discussion on same-sex marriage.
same-sex couples because
they decided a ban on samesex
marriages violated the
Lt. Gen. Robert G. Gard
War. Gard is currently the
chairman of the board of
directors for The Center
for Arms Control and Nuclear
Proliferation.
Hauser is a member of
The Council on Foreign
Relations, a non-partisan
think-tank based in Washington
D.C. and New
York.
Both Gard and Hauser
said the United States is
facing a more tumultuous
threat from nuclear
weapons with the advent
of terrorism than we faced
against a conventional
See Nuclear, Page 2
By TRAVIS STURGILL
Staff Writer
trsturgi@ius.edu
A contract to bring the first
online plagiarism prevention
service, Turnitin.com, to IU
Southeast was awarded at the
end of the fall 2008 semester,
with services set to begin by
the start of summer session I.
Katherine Wigley, instructional
designer at the Institute
for Learning and Teaching
Excellence, said Turnitin.
com is a resource for faculty
and students to screen academic
papers for plagiarism.
“For students, it’s a great
tool to check citation references
in papers,” she said.
“Turnitin.com is going to
highlight the section of quoted
text.”
Students can then compare
the originality report
they receive to their works
cited or references page to
ensure that proper citation
was given.
Originality reports calculate
the percentage of the
paper that is allegedly plagiarized
after comparing it
Photo by Mary Lyons
equal-protection clause of
Iowa’s constitution.
On Tuesday, April 7, Vermont’s
state legislature overrode
a veto of a bill legalizing
same-sex marriage.
to billions of pages of content
in the Turnitin and IU databases.
The reports also include
an anonymous copy of the
material suspected of being
reproduced.
For faculty, it can be used
to compare a paper suspected
of containing plagiarism.
“Often times, it’s obvious
when a paper seems suspicious
because it’s not in a
student’s voice,” Wigley said.
“They can use Turnitin to see
if it was plagiarized.”
She said it was also a tool
for faculty to teach students
the proper way to cite papers
and paraphrase.
“At IU, there’s definitely a
commitment to use the tool
slanted much more toward
student learning,” she said.
Before the new contract
was awarded, IU Southeast
had a discount agreement
with Turnitin.com.
“It was based on our fulltime
student enrollment
numbers,” Wigley said. “So,
it made it cost prohibitive for
us to purchase it for our campus.”
On the same day the
Washington, D.C., City
Council voted 12-0 in favor
of recognizing the marriages
of same-sex couples who
were married in other states.
These events were frequently
mentioned or referenced
in the discussion along
with Proposition Eight.
Proposition Eight is an
initiative that amended the
California constitution to
ban same-sex marriage.
There were four speakers
at the discussion, includeding
Linda Gugin, professor
of political science, Michael
Aldridge, executive director
of The ACLU of Kentucky,
Gil Holmes, interim executive
director of The ACLU of
Indiana, and Sarris.
Gugin talked about relevant
background information
pertaining to how initiatives
like Proposition Eight
get started.
Gugin described initiative
See Forum, Page 2
Web site tracks plagiarism
IU Bloomington negotiated
the contract that brought
the services to each satellite
campus for three years.
“We don’t know what’s
going to happen after the
third year,” Wigley said, “but
I suspect it’ll be renewed.”
Turnitin.com wasn’t made
available during the current
semester because the
IUS administration wanted
to ensure faculty were properly
trained on its use and
students were aware of its
implementation.
Faculty members choosing
to use it are asked, but not required,
to include information
about the service in the
syllabus that they give students
on the first day of class.
“We consider the syllabus
to be a contract of sorts,”
Wigley said. “It lets you
know what the instructor
has in store for you [and] we
want Turnitin to be like that.”
Colleges and universities
have the option of allowing
papers they submit to be
stored in the Turnitin.com
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Nuclear
Experts say terrorism still a threat
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enemy during the Cold War.
“During the Cold War, we
had thousands of weapons
on alert pointing at the Soviet
Union, and they had thousands
of weapons pointing
at the United States,” Gard
said. “Had there been an exchange,
it would have obliterated
both sides if not the
entire world.”
Web site
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of payment for doing something
like this,” Allen said.
The creation of the position
was voted down.
The vote on the Election
Contestation Modification
Bill was postponed.
Currently, elections are
contested by obtaining the
signatures of five students,
— even if they are SGA members
— who voted in the election
who agree to contest the
election and presenting those
Despite this ominous
doomsday scenario, Gard
said the risk of the United
States being attacked with
a nuclear weapon has increased
partly because of a
deterioration of Russian advanced
warning and command
and control systems.
“Each of us still keeps
about 2,000 weapons on high
alert, pointed at, and ready to
be launched on warning of an
Plagiarism may
become harder
Continued from Page 1
database where they can be
used by other institutions to
screen for plagiarism.
IU Southeast chose the option
to have their submitted
papers stored exclusively in
the IU database which means
that only IU campuses will
be able to view them for comparison.
While Turnitin.com is
meant to be a faculty and
student resource, not all students
will have access.
Only students whose professors
have chosen to use the
service to supplement their
class will be able to check
their papers for plagiarism.
Wigley said students that
find themselves in a class
where it is not being used can
ask their respective professors
to make it available.
“For the most part, students
don’t have an account
until their instructors create
it,” she said.
The service will not automatically
be available to
every student because it will
be used primarily as a faculty
resource.
“Because it’s a faculty
tool and because it’s a classroom
resource, those are faculty
decisions,” Wigley said.
“They get to decide how their
classes are run.”
Students will still be required
to use the style guides
and, if it is available, should
not rely on Turnitin.com to
avoid plagiarizing someone
else’s work.
“Before there was Turnitin,
there was no use of Turnitin,”
Wigley said.
“The onus is absolutely on
the student to submit good
work.”
Leigh Ann Meyer, director
of the Writing Center, is
SGA
piloting Turnitin.com during
her summer writing courses
to get an idea of its effectiveness.
She said faculty should
use it to educate students
on the importance of properly
citing sources instead of
strictly as a tool to catch those
that plagiarize.
“A lot of times plagiarism
is accidental,” she said.
“We’re going to use Turnitin.
com in a positive way.”
Robert Lennartz, assistant
professor of psychology, and
Yu Shen, professor of history,
said they use Google to check
any suspicious papers for
plagiarism and will probably
use Turnitin.com when it becomes
available.
“I don’t know a lot about
it,” Lennartz said, “but it
sounds like it’s potentially
useful.”
“It will be good to check
for originality,” Shen said.
James Bonsall , Student
Government Association
president, said the issue was
concerning to students and
there wasn’t enough education
on plagiarism.
“At least they’re doing
it the right way,” he said.
“They’re letting students
know and giving them a
chance to correct their mistakes.”
Robert McGonnell, MBA
student, had a skeptical outlook
on the service.
“It could be helpful to
those that have the intent of
not plagiarizing,” he said.
“Those that want to will turn
a blind eye to it.”
Student and faculty surveys
will be conducted during
the spring 2010 semester
to get feedback on the service
which will then be used to reevaluate
policies and procedures.
Future election
date may change
signatures to the chief justice
within five days of the election.
However, the election is
held the week before spring
break, which means the time
period to contest the election
falls during spring break.
The bill would modify the
five day period in the bylaw
to five academic days.
The postponement will
allow for a rewrite to clarify
which election and how to
handle getting the information
to the chief justice.
So long!
And please, recycle me!
incoming attack on the other
country,” Gard said.
Gard said while highly unlikely,
misinformation could
lead to these weapons being
launched, but the more pertinent
threat, and probably the
greatest we face according to
Gard, is the desire of terrorists
to steal, buy or build, and
ultimately detonate a nuclear
weapon.
“That wasn’t an issue at
Forum
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processes as a citizen-driven
process and they are usually
more common in western
states since they are more
liberal.
“$83 million was spent
on both sides of Proposition
Eight,” Gugin said. “That
was the most money spent
on a campaign in 2008 besides
the presidential campaign.”
She also said Proposition
Eight was a battle among interest
groups.
“Almost a mirror image
of those who were for it was
against it,” Gugin said.
Those who were in favor
of the proposition were
churchgoers, like Evangelicals
and Catholics and couples
with children.
Gugin also said the
people who were against
the proposition were nonchurchgoers,
lesbians and
gays.
Aldridge spoke on the
differences between a constitutional
amendment and
revision.
He also said the reason
some were challenging the
Proposition Eight was because
some believed it was
more of a revision than an
amendment.
Aldridge went on to say
that it’s rather hard for a
government to recognize
same-sex marriage and then
take it back.
He said the California
court is struggling with
what are inalienable rights
and what are not.
“There has to be a limit to
the power of the majority on
minorities,” Aldridge said.
Sarris said Proposition
Eight failed for a variety of
reasons.
Some of which included
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the time of the Cold War,
but it certainly is now,” Gard
said.
“Take it on faith, they’re
after one, and they would
like to use it.”
Gard then proposed another
doomsday scenario to
the crowd.
“Consider the unthinkable;
the detonation of a
crude, 10 kiloton nuclear
weapon on Manhattan Island,”
Gard said. “It would
kill 1 million people and render
that area uninhabitable
for centuries.”
Houser noted our current
armed forces are overworked
and, in some part, staffed insufficiently.
To fix this, Houser suggested
the United States draft
young men and women to
supplement the ranks of the
armed forces.
Gay marriage discussed
the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual
and transgender communities
didn’t campaign in
Spanish and African-American
communities to get their
support.
“It was a matter of them
not doing their leg work and
expecting people to do the
right thing.”
The four speakers also
took questions from the
large crowd in attendance.
Peter Clark, president of
the CLU, said this was the
largest turnout the CLU has
ever had for their spring forum.
Julie Bland, CLU events
coordinator, said there were
127 people in attendance at
the forum.
The speakers took questions
concerning the arguments
against same-sex
marriage and legislation in
Indiana concerning samesex-marriage.
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Week of April 20, 2009 Sports The Horizon • Page 3
IUS women’s tennis tames Tigers
OP LEFT: Brooklyn Becher, sophomore tennis player, attempts a backhand at the net during the match against the Campbellsville University Tigers.
Photos by Patrick Emmert
OTTOM LEFT: Britta Oliver, junior tennis player, returns a shot during the Campbellsville match.
IGHT: Abby Enteman, sophomore tennis player, serves during the Campbellsville University match. The Grenadiers won the match 8-1, improving their record to 13-3 overall and
-0 in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
Grenadiers sweep Midway Eagles
Photos by Meagan Scott
TOP LEFT: Rachel Ferguson, freshman third base, asks the umpire for a little more time during her at-bat against Midway College on Friday, April 17 at the Koetter Baseball Sports
Complex.
BOTTOM LEFT: Allie Alford, freshman outfielder, rounds first after hitting a single against Midway.
RIGHT: Paige Dickey, senior outfielder, runs to first after hitting a ball against the Eagles. The Grenadiers swept the Midway University Eagles on Friday, April 17, to improve their
overall record to 20-19 and 10-3 in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
In ancient Japan, public contests were held to see who in a town could fart the loudest and longest.

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plays against Oakland City
University on April 21 at the
IUS tennis courts. The game
starts at 4:30 p.m.
April 23 at the Children’s
Center.
• • •
hildren’s Center
Children’s
Parade
Children at the Children’s
enter will parade around
ampus to make people
ware of the Week of the
oung Child.
It starts at 10:30 a.m. on
onday, April 20, beginning
t the Children’s Center and
ontinuing through campus.
To take part in the parade,
ontact the Children’s Center
t 812-941-2402.
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Softball Against
Asbury
The IUS softball team
lays against Asbury College
n April 20, at the IUS softball
eld. The first game starts at
p.m. and the second starts
t 5 p.m.
• • •
Baseball Against
Alice Lloyd
The IUS baseball team
lays against Alice Lloyd
ollege on April 20 at the IUS
aseball field. The first game
tarts at 2 p.m. and the secnd
starts at 4:30 p.m.
St. Jude Trike-a-
Thon
The Children’s Center is
aking in pledges to benefit
he children of St. Jude Chilren’s
Hospital.
The children will ride triycles
and learn about bicyle
safety.
It starts at 9 a.m. on April
1 at the Children’s Center.
• • •
Baseball Against
Lindsey Wilson
The IUS baseball team
lays against Lindsey Wilon
College on April 21 at the
US baseball field. The game
tarts at noon.
• • •
Men’s Tennis
Against Oakland
City
The IUS men’s tennis team
Men’s Tennis
Against
Bellarmine
The IUS men’s tennis team
plays against Bellarmine University
on April 22 at the IUS
tennis courts. The game starts
at 4:30 p.m.
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Children’s Center
Balloon Race
The children at the Children’s
Center will release
balloons with cards attached
to see how far they go.
The children will also
present a handmade Derby
hat to Chancellor Sandra Patterson-Randles
after the balloon
release.
It starts at 11 a.m. on April
22 at the Children’s Center.
• • •
Sex Therapy
Speaker
Shely Steinbech is a guest
speaker at this “Lunch and
Learn” event hosted by the
Psychology Club and Psi
Chi.
It starts at 12:15 p.m. on
April 22 in University Center
North, room 127.
• • •
Camino
Flamenco
Performance
Camino Flamenco is a
professional flamenco dance
company which promotes
the Spanish culture through
performances and community
outreach.
It starts at 8 p.m. on April
22 in the Hoosier Room.
Children Center’s
Safety Day
Local emergency response
departments will be
at the center to display their
vehicles, talk to the children
and provide information
about what services they perform.
It starts at 10:30 a.m. on
Francophone
Film Series
“Horloge Biologique,”
which means “dodging the
clock,” is a film from Quebec
about the decision-making
process as age begins to
weigh more heavily on a person’s
mind.
It follows three middleaged
men and their instincts.
It starts at 7:30 p.m. on
April 23 in University Center
North, room 127.
• • •
Pike Waterfront
Activities
The men of Pi Kappa Alpha
are hosting games of ultimate
frisbee and football at
Louisville Waterfront Park.
The games start at 9:30 p.m.
on April 23.
Children’s Center
Picnic
The Children’s Center
concludes their celebration
for the Week of the Young
Child with a picnic.
The children at the center
will have a picnic, including
other events focusing on the
Kentucky Derby, at the IUS
Lake.
A mock Derby event will
take place, including boat
races, wearing their homemade
Derby hats and horse
races with stick horses.
It starts at 10:30 a.m. on
April 24 at the IUS Lake.
• • •
Fine Arts Open
House
The Fine Arts Department
is hosting an open house. The
event will feature student
art work and live music. Refreshments
will be provided.
It lasts from 5 to 8 p.m. on
April 24 in Knobview, room
035.
Study
Roundtable
The IUS Library is hosting
a study roundtable for
students preparing for final
exams. Food, drinks and a
study area will be provided.
This event is co-sponsored
by the Center for Mentoring
and the Office of Equity and
Diversity.
The food and drinks are
available from 6 to 9 p.m. in
the third floor reading gallery
of the IUS Library on
April 27 and April 28.
• • •
Flower the Tower
Get a carnation to place
on the clock tower in Mc-
Cullough Plaza for good luck
on final exams. It lasts from
April 20 to April 23.
If weather is bad, it will
take place in The Commons.
• • •
Campus Smile
Day
Get a smiley goody bag
for finals week. It starts on
Thursday, April 23, in The
Commons.
• • •
IUS Theatre
Performs ‘The
Nerd’
The IUS Theatre Departments
is hosting a comedy
show called “The Nerd.”
The performances from
April 23 to April 25 start at
8 p.m. The performance on
Sunday, April 26, starts at
2:30 p.m. All showings are in
the Robinson Theater of the
Ogle Center.
Taste of Derby
Festival
The Kentucky Derby Festival
is hosting “Taste of Derby
Festival.” It features signature
dishes from more than
65 of Louisville’s restaurants
and beverage companies.
There is also a bourbon-tasting,
a Bloody Mary contest,
wine tasting and a silent auction.
Tickets are $75.
It lasts from 5:30 to 8:30
p.m. at Louisville Slugger
Field on Tuesday, April 21.
• • •
Chow Wagon
The Derby Festival Waterfront
Chow Wagon features
carnival-style cuisine, drinks
and live music and will feature
more than 20 live concerts.
The Chow Wagon lasts
from Thursday, April 23, to
Friday, May 1, at Louisville
Waterfront Park. It begins at
11 a.m. and goes until 11 p.m.
Monday through Saturday. It
Photo by Mary Lyons
These ceramic babies were made with plaster molds by Ashley Bell, ceramics junior.
The babies are part of an installation piece that represents the number of people killed
in Iraq and Afghanistan. Bell said she had a friend who did three separate tours overseas,
which she drew her inspiration from.
lasts from noon to 11 p.m. on
Sunday, April 26.
• • •
Pajama Party
The Kentucky Derby Festival
is hosting a pajama party
on April 24. Participants are
encouraged to wear pajamas.
It lasts from 6 to 9 p.m. on
Thursday, April 23, at Ri Ra’s
at 4th Street Live in Louisville.
• • •
Great Balloon
Race
The Great Balloon Race is
hosted by the Kentucky Derby
Festival. It features about
50 balloons racing for first
place. Weather permitting,
it starts at 7 a.m. on Friday,
April 24, and Saturday, April
25, at the Kentucky Exposition
Center.
• • •
Derby Marathon
The Kentucky Derby Festival
is hosting a marathon and
mini-marathon on April 25,
at 7:30 a.m.
The race starts at Southern
Parkway at Iroquois Middle
School, and goes to the finish
line at Market and Sixth
Street in Louisville.
To submit material for the
What’s Happening page, call
The Horizon at 812-941-2253
or e-mail, us at horizon@ius.
edu. Events should be submitted
one week in advance.
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Week of April 20, 2009 Opinions The Horizon • Page 5
University advertises
wrong talking points
Well, guys, I’m finally out
of your hair.
But not before I have one
last opportunity to try to
make a point. So, with one
final battle cry, here it comes.
I know I’ve already ady ar-
gued this, but some
topics just need a
little more emphasis.
Something this
university hasn’t
made a habit of,
though, is emphasizing
what deserves extra
attention.
The marketing of this
campus has improved over
the last year or so, but I can’t
help but feel it’s misguided.
Last week, I talked about
how no one really cares about
the Core Values, Mission and
Vision Statements plastered
all over campus. They’re the
same droning words every
university has and they mean
just as little abroad as they do
here.
There’s nothing unique
about these concepts, which
makes them easy to miss
when choosing a college.
Sure, the university has
grown with residence halls
and the improvement of
some of the buildings here,
but all that says to me is there
was more money coming to
the school. Big deal.
Even with the fun aspects
they try to advertise, it all
seems off-target. Last Friday,
some students were video
taped playing Frisbee for
Public Relations. They’re not
even the ones who actually
play the game from week to
week, and it shows.
I’ve spent six years here
[yes, six], and nothing
pumped out of the school’s
various incantations of Public
Relations has inspired me
in the least. Never have I recited
the Core Values when
I talk about IU Southeast. I
don’t talk about how the Mission
Statement has affected
my education, nor do I mention
how the Vision Statement
gives me hope for the
direction of this campus.
Rather, I always talk about
how the faculty has an unbelievable
willingness to help
students succeed in the real
world. If it weren’t for my
professors and other staff
members here, I wouldn’t
have a portfolio of real-world
work. They’ve helped me get
in touch with professionals
and put my skills to work
before I ever thought about
wearing a cap and gown.
Other students who have
done the same have helped
me to bounce ideas around
and develop concepts for
what I’m going to do when
I leave this campus. None of
that had to do with a Mission
I’m graduating soon, and
as much as I hate to admit it,
I’m sad to leave.
The past 19 years of my
life, I’ve been in school in one
form or another. It’s eaten
up hours upon days upon
months of my life, and I’ve
complained about having to
attend it constantly.
Now I’m leaving, and I
don’t want to.
I propose a solution: pay
me to attend college.
It could be a new salaried
position at IU Southeast. Let’s
name the position “Campus
Scholar.” Sure, there are lots
of “scholars” on campus, but
only one is designated as the
official Campus Scholar, my
dears: Yours truly.
I guess we could start out
the salary at $40,000 and I
could get raises based upon
cool stuff I learn. Like, say
I learn how to sew a quilt.
That’s pretty useful, but I
Statement.
Administrators who have
worked in my field have offered
perspectives I couldn’t
have imagined as an amateur
in the journalism business.
Maybe that ties into a Core
Value
Jerod
some-
Clapp
where,
Senior Editor
but that
jlclapp@ius.edu
doesn’t
really
matter.
The schools on campus
need a little more press, too.
They’re not recognized for
their achievements or celebrated
for having unique degree
programs in this region.
Only a couple of schools
get any significant notoriety,
and it’s a real shame the focus
isn’t spread out more.
The School of Business and
the School of Education get
plenty of exposure.
I’ve always loved the art
shows put on by students in
the Barr Gallery. Students in
Social Sciences come away
with awards from conferences
across the state consistently,
and the most they get
is a mention in the PR section
on the IUS Web site, or a few
pictures on screensavers.
We had a story in last
week’s issue about an advertising
student who graduated,
began to work in one of
the biggest advertising firms
in the world, then was nationally
recognized for being
one of the best in his field.
Of course, I have to tout
the journalism program a
little. The University of Louisville’s
paper might be prettier,
admittedly, but it’s certainly
not better. It’s run by
communications and English
majors because U of L doesn’t
have a journalism program.
Students who have graduated
from our journalism
school have gone on to become
corporate figures in
national news corporations
and secure the spot of LEO’s
editor in chief. I didn’t learn
about any of this until after I
came to school here.
Promoting these points
about all of the different
programs on this campus
will not only make students
want to attend this university,
but make parents feel
more secure about spending
thousands on tuition at
this school. IU Southeast has
consistently advertised competitive
tuition rates. cheaper
doesn’t always mean better.
Well, it’s been a good run.
I hope this school continues
to grow, and I hope it takes
more of an interest in the
people who make this place
wonderful. Without them,
we’d genuinely be another
community college.
wouldn’t really say quilting
is cool. Learning quilting
would be like, a half percent
raise. If I learned how to do
something sweet, like dissect
a chicken or create a debilitating
virus, I could get a
whole percent raise.
There could also be special
bonuses for learning special
skills. Personally, I would
love to see a $1,000 bonus for
acquiring James Beeby’s ability
to wear awesome sport
coats with turtleneck sweaters
on any day of the year,
Liam Felsen’s mastery of all
things Tolkien or Rebecca
Carlton’s powers of expert
speech and adorability.
It’d be amazing. Think
about it. All I would do is
go to class, learn awesome
things, and take tests. Then
I’d get a bunch of money for
it. The other half of my job
would be to go around campus,
and tell people the cool
No more ‘sleeping out’
On Wednesday, April 15,
a new student-led organization
held “Barricade of
Boxes.” I attended expecting
students and faculty to
be rallying for the homeless
and trying to raise money
from students living like the
homeless. However, I was
startled to see how students
were really volunteering
their time.
Some students had made
their boxes into homeless
condos. Several students
took various boxes and
taped them together to make
it look like a fort or a house.
They also decorated their
boxes with spray paint and
markers. Some of the boxes
had homeless statistics, but
some had written that a certain
fraternity loved the Alpha
Phi’s and how they were
the “boss.” I mean, I’m sure
homeless people have boxdecorating
contests to see
whose fort is better.
I was appalled to see a
group of students had their
friends bring them pizza.
Do homeless people order
pizza? I don’t think so, but I
could be wrong.
There was a flash of light
with laughter and I looked
over in time to see three girls
cuddling in a box taking pictures
of themselves. Homeless
teens can’t afford digital
cameras, and if they had one,
I’m sure they would sacrifice
it to feed their families.
It made me so angry that
people weren’t taking this as
seriously as I had hoped.
Some guys even joked
about sleeping in the same
boxes as girls. Could we be
any more immature?
I later found out there
The Horizon has been
known to print some scathing
articles and columns.
I have written my share
of harsh stories.
Recently, a fellow
student mentioned
to me how it
seemed we want
to make the
school look
bad and that
we have no school spirit.
I can’t speak for every
member of The Horizon,
but for me, this could not be
further from the truth.
The truth is I have a lot
of school spirit. I don’t have
the cheerleading, Gus-type
school spirit, but I do love
IU Southeast. I think it’s a
great school. Our professors
are knowledgeable
and friendly, our campus
is fairly nice to look at, and
the atmosphere is great. I
like that IUS is a commuter
school, even though it may
pretend at times to not be.
I don’t go to any organized
athletic events or gimmicky
Campus
Zach
Life gettogethers,
Hester
Editor
but the
zwhester@ius.edu
fact that
these are
not the focus of
our campus is another
pro to IU Southeast.
But there is room for improvement.
That’s where
the critical articles come in.
Last year I wrote an article
about how the school
failed to provide the chemistry
department with a
working nuclear magnetic
resonance machine. I did
not want to write the article
to point out how ridiculous
and embarrassing it was
that the chemistry department
did not have one of
the most important pieces of
things I’ve learned. Then, as
a gesture of kindness, they
could tip me for my expert
advice.
I understand this position
would be controversial, considering
I’d be getting to do
everything cool, and I’d be really
smart and attractive. I’m
sure a lot of men would envy
me, because all of the women
on campus would naturally
be attracted to me and my big
brain. It’s all right. I have a
contingency plan.
Most people who are acquainted
with me know I’m a
huge fan of “Buffy the Vampire
Slayer,” the amazing
television program that features
Sarah Michelle Gellar
being awesome. It aired from
1997 until 2003. Simply put,
it was the best TV show ever.
Surely our humble readers
remember “Buffy.” No?
Make sure not to tell me that.
It hurts me like a knife.
Anyway, we could start
a new degree program in
“Buffyology.” It wouldn’t
require much work on my
part, because I’ve already
earned my doctorate in Buffy
science. I would probably
ask Beeby to teach “Watcher
101,” since he’s British, and
all Watchers are British. Do
we have any martial artists
on campus? I could pretend
to teach that, but I’m overweight,
and would probably
fall down a lot when instructing.
We could get one of the
goth kids on campus to teach
vampire studies. The only
member of my staff I would
have problems finding would
Nikki
Fouch
Editor
bnfouch@ius.edu
would be speakers indoors,
followed by a movie, “The
Pursuit of Happiness.” So
when you are supposed to
sleep out for the homeless
from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., it is
OK to spend three of those
hours indoors to listen to
people talk and watch movies?
I don’t think so. If you
are going to commit yourself
to something, you need to
really commit to it. Don’t do
things half-heartedly. It is a
joke and if I were homeless, I
would be offended.
Don’t get me wrong. The
two girls that put the event
together, Erin Carlisle and
Emily King, had good hearts
and tried to make the best
out of it. This was their attempt
to create a new organization
on campus called
Student United Way. For being
a first event for an aspiring
organization, they did a
good job; students just took
advantage of this event.
The icing on the cake
was finding out some students
were sleeping in tents.
Homeless awareness is
raised by sleeping in tents?
What Einsteins thought of
this? Those would be the Phi
Beta Sigmas.
“We just decided to sleep
in tents, they (Student United
Way) decide to sleep in
boxes, Reuben Otero, Phi
Beta Sigma member, said.
“Not every homeless person
sleeps in a cardboard box.”
I think the whole thing
be someone to teach sorcery.
On the television program,
Willow, the resident magician,
was a lesbian, so being
gay would be a plus. I’m going
for authenticity here. If
you’re not gay, that’s cool
though. I would welcome all.
Or I could turn campus
into a year-round Oktoberfest
with Bohdan Bochan and
David Domine.
I guess the underlying
piece of my argument is my
lack of desire to leave. I feel
was a half-ass way to do
things. Why not take a group
of students and volunteer
your time working with the
homeless in a shelter or in
a soup kitchen? I think they
would appreciate that more
than students being aware
they exist. Newsflash! There
are homeless people. I don’t
think this is new news.
I hope student organizations
learn their lesson and
stop sleeping out for the
homeless. Instead, spend
time with a homeless person
for 12 hours and see what
their life is like if you want to
be more aware. Raise money
for a homeless person or
shelter. Volunteer to help
build homes for homeless
people. Please, I beg you, do
something better than sleeping
out for the homeless next
year.
Express your school spirit wisely
‘Some people want the school to look
great. I want the school to be great.”
equipment for research and
education. I wrote the article
to bring attention to the problem
so the school would stop
pinching pennies and give
the chemistry students and
faculty what they needed.
I’ve written a couple of
articles about how the buildings
on campus are in various
states of disrepair. My goal
was not simply to make the
school look bad. I was hoping
more people would become
aware that the campus
was too dependent on state
funding for building repair
and rehabilitation that is drying
up so alternatives could
be explored. Obviously the
alternative of not spending
$8,000 on a mascot was not
explored very thoroughly.
Several Horizon writers
have been hard on the SGA,
particularly on the Opinions
page. But it’s nothing personal.
I don’t dislike any SGA
members as people. But I and
some of my colleagues think
they could do a better job.
The point is we expose
problems so they can be addressed
and, hopefully, fixed.
Some people on campus
want the school to look great.
I want the school to be great.
If embarrassment is what
it takes to prod the administration
into action, then so be
it. If people would rather hide
the problems than fix them, I
may have more school spirit
than any of them.
chool is fun; I don’t really want to leave IU Southeast
Ian
Hoopesopes
Editor
ihoopes@ius.eduopes@ius.edu
as though I’ve been here for
so long, I’ll feel empty without
a little IU Southeast in my
life. I’m really going to miss
it all, even the people who
pretend they’re living like the
homeless, even though they
actually slept in tents and ordered
pizza.
Even people who hate The
Horizon. Even the people
who didn’t tell me I couldn’t
get a student loan if I was less
than half-time.
I’m not bitter.
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Page 6 • The Horizon Features Week of April 20, 2009
Dirt Bags host fine arts open house
By ASHLEY MEREDITH
Contributing Writer
almeredi@ius.edu
Photo by Mary Lyons
This banana chandelier, made by ceramics junior Ashley Bell, is just one piece that will be featured in the IUS
Fine Arts Open House, Friday, April 24.
On Friday, April 24, from 5
o 8 p.m., there will be a Fine
rts open house in Knobiew,
room 035.
The purpose of the open
ouse is to provide an opporunity
for students to show
nd exhibit the artwork that
hey have created during the
chool year.
Admission and parking is
ree and refreshments will be
erved with live music by a
jazz ensemble, a solo violinist
nd an acoustic guitarist.
Brian Harper, assistant
rofessor of Fine Arts and
irector of ceramics, is the
dviser of the Dirt Bags, a
roup formed by students in
he Fine Arts department.
Harper said the group oranized
the open house from
ay one.
“I pitched the idea to the
roup to see if they’d be inerested,”
Harper said. “I
anted them to be the orgaizers
and to get excited and
lan it.”
He said the idea was deeloped
from similar events
t other schools and suggestd
it to the group last Sepember.
Pieces will be featured
rom multiple disciplines
ithin the department, inluding
ceramics, drawing,
ainting and printmaking.
The exhibit is open to any
ne arts student who is inerested
in having work dislayed.
Harper said there isn’t a
et criterion for what is being
ccepted, but if the amount
becomes too great, then they
may have to change it.
“We are going to have it
organized so that there is
work in the studio and even
down the hallways,” he said.
Many of the students submitting
work are Dirt Bag
members.
There will also be an installation
on display in a
room adjacent to room 035.
Ashley Bell, ceramics junior,
created the installation
of more than 1,000 by casting
porcelain into molds of dollsized
babies.
The babies are painted to
replicate desert camouflage
in representation of the number
of people that have been
killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Bell said her inspiration
came from a high school
friend who served in three
separate tours overseas.
“Society doesn’t realize
what is happening,” Bell
said. “They just want to close
the door on it.”
The babies were made
from handmade plaster
molds that allowed her to
produce around 80 of the babies
per day and it took three
months to complete.
“It’s a tedious process,
making things with molds,”
Bell said.
Other work Bell will include
in the open house is a
Writing Center evolves to better serve students
By AMY FAULHABER
Staff Writer
amfaulha@ius.edu
The Writing Centers at IU
Southeast will soon be introducing
a host of new, revamped
and innovative programs.
Leigh Ann Meyer, director
of the Writing Center, said
this will meet the needs and
combat the challenges of students.
The new programs in development
will include greater
support for international
students, a Writing Center
handbook, a new system to
compile student information,
a writing-across-disciplines
podcast and access to a powerful
anti-plagiarism program
through Turnitin.com.
Meyer said all of which
will ideally be ready to hit
the ground running with students
as they return for the
fall semester.
“Because we strive to create
stronger writers, not necessarily
perfect papers, we’re
changing some of our strategies,
and implementing new
programs so we will be more
a center for teaching, not just
proofreading,” Meyer said.
“Guided by our existing
programs, and by including
some new ones, our mission
at the Writing Center is to
create conversations through
writing,” she said.
The Writing Center provides
consultation for anything
from a term paper, a
poem or an e-mail.
“Every writer needs an
unbiased reader, which is
something we’re happy to
provide here,” Meyer said.
“We will help students
with any kind of writing,
either for school and work
situations, including looking
over résumés, cover letters,”
she said.
Developing greater support
for the international
community at IU Southeast,
Meyer said, is the most
prominent project underway.
Through the ELL Student
Experience Survey, the Writing
Center will be able to survey
international students so
they can gauge how to better
serve their needs.
“Through the survey, we
hope to be able to pinpoint
specific ways we can grow,
and we also hope to expand
by offering lunchtime writing
conversations either once
a week, or once a month
where students can practice
their language and writing
skills together,”Meyer said.
Other additions to the
center will be the completion
of the first Writing Center
handbook, and a student usage
tracking system that will
allow the center to compile
information that will help
them better understand how
the center’s services are being
utilized.
“Through this database,
we will not only be able to
keep track of how many students
and classes use our services,
but we will be able to
see who is a return client,”
Meyer said.
“It will also show us how
we helped this student before,
and other information
that will help us serve our
students better and know
where they’re coming from.”
One of the most innovative
new programs the center
is working on, Meyer said,
is a podcast that will feature
IUS professors across a broad
spectrum of disciplines discussing
how to write effectively
for their classes and
detailing how to tailor projects
to their specific documentation
style and content
requirements.
Meyer said several professors
are already on board for
the project, which is being
coordinated by Jana Morgan,
English literature senior and
mentor for the center.
“The main purpose of the
podcast is to address the
main questions for writing
between disciplines,” Morgan
said.
The importance of developing
the podcast, Meyer
said, will hopefully help
students in all disciplines
discover the importance of
strong writing skills.
“No matter what major
you are, strong writing skills
are necessary, and I don’t
know of any job that doesn’t
require you to be able to communicate
effectively through
writing,” Meyer said.
Perhaps one of the biggest
giant ceramic daisy and a ceramic
banana chandelier.
Kristy Leverock, painting
junior, will be displaying
a series based on environmental
issues.
The pieces consist of
mixed media and ceramics
and focuses on birds as the
main subject.
“Birds have an intimate
relationship in our society,”
she said. “Intimacy is a
resources being added to the
center’s arsenal, Meyer said,
will be the first-time access
students will be granted to
Turnitin.com’s anti-plagiarism
search engine.
“For the first time, students
will be able to upload
research papers and have
them marked with what
percentage is not authentic
wording,” she said.
Meyer said she hopes students
will use this resource
as a proactive tool to identify
plagiarism in their writing,
rather than view it as a policing
system.
“We are excited about the
possibilities of this software,”
Meyer said, “but more importantly,
we are hopeful
this process will stir many
conversations about the definition
of plagiarism, how it
can be avoided and what a
student needs to do if they
do plagiarize.”
Meyer, who has worked
at the center since January
2008, said what spurred her
to want to further the development
of the Writing Center’s
programs was the need
to reach out to students in a
more proactive way.
“To get ideas for where we
could take the program to accomplish
this, I started going
to writing conferences, where
representatives from writing
centers get together and help
each other,” she said.
“From these experiences, I
was able to see that the writing
center can be so much
theme that is replicated in my
work.”
She said she created her
paintings on wood for added
creative value as well as contributing
to her environmental
theme.
“This is the first time I’ve
painted on wood,” Leverock
said. “It allows me to use different
shapes and the open
grain allows the paint to sink
in, which incorporates intimacy,
as well.”
She also said the wood
continues the environmental
purpose of her pieces.
“I really want this to be
an annual thing. Like a tradition.
Something we can look
forward to doing every year,”
Harper said.
Organizations and schools
from the tri-state area are
invited to attend, including
the University of Louisville,
Ball State University, Indiana
University Bloomington and
Ohio University.
“Students’ ability to be
able to show their work is
really limited,” Harper said.
“We want to make it bigger
and bigger with more interaction.
It’s a win-win situation.”
Throughout the planning
process Harper said there
has been help and support
coming from many different
sources.
Mike Hayes, ceramics intern,
and his friend, Bonny
Wise, have contributed a lot
of time to spread the word
about the open house.
Annette Wyandotte, dean
of the School of Arts and Letters,
has been involved in the
process as well.
“She has helped by informing
us of who to approach
in order to get what
we need done such as parking,
the marquee sign and
other things. She’s very supportive,”
Harper said.
In addition to displaying
student work, Harper said
they are also accepting donations
to the ceramics department
for future equipment
purchases and to bring visiting
artists to the campus.
“There is always something
that can be learned
from the artists that come,”
he said.
Harper also said this
open house gives the public
a chance to see the student
artists in their environments
and allows the public to talk
directly to the artists about
their work.
“It’ll be interesting to see
all the different kinds of work
together and be able to see
what the students have been
doing,” he said.
Courtesy photo
Leigh Ann Meyer, IUS Writing center director, and Purdue Professor Emeritus of English
Muriel Harris, at the 2009 East Central Writing Centers Association Conference.
more than a proofreading
service, and can coordinate
all writing needs in the big
picture,” Meyer said.
Achieving this goal could
not be accomplished without
the students, which Meyer
said are her best resource.
With the new programs in
place, Meyer said she hopes
that the center can continue
to be a reassuring and instructive
resource for students.
“We realize that nobody
is born with a great ability to
write, it’s a learned skill,” she
said.
There are four Writing
Centers located on campus:
Knobview Hall, room 208,
the IUS Library, Meadow
Lodge and Orchard Lodge.
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made the following sage observation:
“Making duplicate
copies and computer printouts
of things no one wanted
even one of in the first place
is giving America a new
sense of purpose.”
• The next time you find
yourself picking up a complimentary
toothpick on
your way out of a restaurant,
you might want to consider
this fact: More Americans
choke on toothpicks than on
any other item.
• At one time in Corpus
Christi, Texas, city leaders
saw fit to make it illegal for
an individual to raise alligators
in his or her home.
• If you’re a man, you might
be surprised to learn that in
a survey that was conducted
recently, more than 40 percent
of women in the United
States admitted that they
would wear a stylish shoe
even if it were uncomfortable.
If you’re a woman, you
might be surprised that the
figure was only 40 percent.
• Resources are very scarce
in space, so it’s important to
conserve wherever possible.
The astronauts on the International
Space Station might
be going a bit far, however;
it’s been reported that they
change their underwear only
every three or four days in
order to cut down on laundry.
• Those who study such
things say that the average
grocery store today carries
approximately 30,000 different
items — that’s more than
twice as many items as those
stores carried 20 years ago.
• A couple of years ago,
Mariah Carey — the American
singer, songwriter,
actress and, not incidentally,
pitch woman for Gillette’s
“Legs of a Goddess” ad campaign
— insured her legs for
$1 billion.
•—•
Thought for the Day: “Writing
is the only profession
where no one considers you
ridiculous if you earn no
money.” — Jules Renard
Completely Made-Up
Horoscopes
ARIES (March 21 to April
19) I believe I have seen this
before. It is called a case of
extreme boredom with a side
of slaw.
TAURUS (April 20 to
May 20) Because of Saturn
rising in Taurus, you will
be stuck in a loop of neverending
nothingness — like
last Tuesday.
GEMINI (May 21 to June
20) I have seen the future,
and it smells like ketchup.
Yummy!
CANCER (June 21 to July
22) Sometimes it is best not
to understand or even try.
This is called “saving your
sanity.”
LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22)
It’s OK to be weird if those
around you are weird in the
exact same way. That way,
it’s not so weird, is it?
VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept.
22) A bunch of posters,
even large ones, with the
university’s “core values”
and “mission statement” on
them, will not necessarily
assure reaccreditation. Do
what other universities do:
paint the halls and bribe the
evaluators.
LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct.
22) Relax. The economy is
fine. The Wal-Mart parking
lot is still full. People still
drive their SUVs too fast. The
line around McDonald’s is
still around McDonald’s. Be
at peace.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to
Nov. 21) When it’s late at
night and you are feeling, er,
“lonely,” you think of me,
don’t you? I knew it.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22
to Dec. 21) As an IUS student,
you are not allowed to
say, “Peace out, yo!” Evar.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22
to Jan. 19) OK, I’m sick of
having a ham sandwich
every day from the IUS Food
Court. Can’t you make graband-go
sandwiches with
some other type of meat?
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to
Feb. 18) Nature isn’t our
mother, it’s our sister — a
mean, selfish, hateful sister.
PISCES (Feb. 19 to March
20) You don’t see many
“Baby On Board” signs
anymore. You do see a lot of
“Baby On Roof Rack” signs,
though.
Crossword
Answers
Recycle Me!
In 2000, not a single hurricane made landfall in the United States.

Page 8 • The Horizon Features Week of April 20, 2009
Bicentennial celebration inspires career
By GRACE STAMPER
Staff Writer
gstamper@ius.edu
When Brigitte Le Norand,
assistant professor of
istory, was 12 years old, she
xperienced the year-long bientennial
celebration of the
rench Revolution in Monreal,
Quebec.
The celebration had a large
mphasis on liberty, equality
nd the turn it took on Canaian
history.
Le Normand became so
nraptured with a feud beween
two French Revoluionary
persons, Camille Desoulins
and Louis-Antoine
e Saint-Just, that she evenually
wrote a short novel.
“First, they were both relly
cute, which was imporant,”
Le Normand said.
“I spent a lot of time thinkng
about how opposite the
wo were. I eventually wrote
he novel about their reconiliation,
which was imposible
in real life.
“I think I titled it ‘For
ood and For Evil.’”
Le Normand continued to
ursue history and earned
egrees from McGill University,
The University of Toronto
and UCLA.
She was close to finishing
a bachelor degree on Western
Europe at McGill University
when she decided it became
uninteresting and boring.
Shortly afterward Le Normand
went to see a play
about a Bosnian rape victim
and her visits with a therapist.
“It wasn’t just about the
victim, it turned into a dialogue
between equals,” she
said.
Le Normand developed a
special interest in Yugoslavia
and started focusing her
schooling, much of her research
and overseas studies
in that direction.
“Yugoslavia is an example
of a society built up after
World War II that seemed to
function well for years then
suddenly collapsed,” she
said.
“We can ask how it holds
society together and bring
about a solution. In a globalization
age, these are important
questions to ask.”
Le Normand has lived
in several foreign countries
including Germany, Italy,
Hungary, Serbia and France.
She returned to North America
because the job market in
Europe was closed to foreigners
that had not gone through
the European educational
system.
“What I like about Europe
is the fact that people aren’t
Brigitte Le Normand
centering their lives around
the automobile,” she said.
“There’s always a café to
walk to; it’s a pleasant lifestyle
that’s more sustainable.”
Le Normand chose IU
Southeast because she was
going to have the freedom to
teach what she wanted and
IUS had the ability to help
her continue her research.
If Le Normand’s pursuit of
teaching had not worked, she
would probably find excuses
to travel.
A few destinations she has
in mind are Latin America,
Argentina, Africa and Vietnam.
“They would be interesting,”
she said. “I haven’t seen
much of Latin America.”
Although she grew up
from a French heritage, she
is fluent in English, Croatian
and Serbian as well.
Aside from school and her
research, Le Normand said
she enjoys swing dancing.
When she had more time she
used to sing in the choirs at
Stuttgart, Germany, the Heart
House Choir in Toronto and
a church choir at St. Pauls in
Los Angeles.
She sang for most of her
college years.
While she misses her
hometown, she said she tries
not to focus on the differences
of where she is now.
Although she has not had
the chance to visit her hometown,
she said she plans to
visit this May with her husband,
Ted Sandstra.
“Canada has a different
political culture; the accent
is different in the small town
I’m from,” she said.
“One thing I miss would
be the French language. I
miss it quite a bit.”
Opinion
Recession inspires music
By HUNTER EMBRY
Staff Writer
ahembry@ius.edu
With an economy that
resembles a shattered and
streaked toilet seat stuck in
the bottom of the Ohio, Americans
are exhausted. But even
in the dumps, there’s inspiration
in audible form.
Social and cultural values
are being rafted back to
shore, back to the basics, and
somehow it seems easier to
have a good time. Stresses of
work and school bear down
like a swallowing abyss, but
people are managing to find
a way to release.
Homes and jobs are being
lost like car keys because the
American dream somehow
evolved from a little house on
the prairie to the need for every
new family to have their
own starter castle. Still, a few
industries are on the up-andup.
Movie attendance is up,
which shouldn’t come as a
surprise considering the theatre
is dark, quiet and stimulating
– a place that provides
a few, drifting hours of getaway
time. Bar and alcohol
sales are also jumping and
I’m sure one could come up
with one’s own explanation
for that.
Meanwhile, major music
labels are crumbling, which
isn’t a bad thing. Five major
record companies are in
control of 80 percent of the
world’s recorded music, but
that number is slimming.
Thanks to the Internet and
all those nasty little music
pirates out there, yeah I’m
talking about you, our generation
is a different breed of
consumer and we just happen
to be reshaping the music
industry.
Over the past 30 years, the
music business has become
a small penthouse club with
people making big money.
Because anyone looking can
now hear whatever their
ears stumble across, record
sales have tanked. There’s no
doubt jacking music for free
on BitTorrent sites isn’t just
sharing, it’s stealing, but it
does channel that inner Robin
Hood.
While it may be unfortunate
for those multi-millionaires
who now have to think
about lowering their standard
of living to stinking rich
instead of queasy rich, the
number of artists doing well
is on the rise. Politically, the
wealth is being distributed.
Music has never been a
safe profession and job security
is just about non-existent,
but the playing field is being
flattened by the Internet and
carved again by an economically
challenged time.
Our generation is the first
to have almost complete access
to any kind of music
from anywhere in the world.
The Internet has provided a
place for musicians to connect
and promote themselves
and the economy has revived
a supportive local spirit.
Why hire a money-hungry
label executive to pinch
quarters from every dollar
musicians make and keep a
stronghold on the creative
output, when musicians can
do it themselves? The best
music is being heard and
quickly surfacing above the
rest.
While it’s harder to sell albums,
bands are now making
a living the old fashion way,
hitting the dark corners of every
smoke-filled tavern every
single night, developing their
craft for anyone who will
hear.
We happen to be in the
trenches of such activity.
Our area’s strong “keep it local”
attitude is helping us to
get by and simultaneously
creating a heightened diving
board for the local arts.
People are learning to enjoy
the simple again and we are
witnessing the return of the
live, local show.
Illusions of those million
dollar bills are fading, but
it’s reasonable to think that
people with artistic talent
have a better shot of making
a living. Competition is high,
but that’s democracy. Ideally,
that’s survival of the fittest
and nothing kicks more ass
than the real thing, the live
show.
In the Kentuckiana area
alone, several bands are on
the verge of being stable
while producing their art and
it’s gaining attention nationwide.
Due to their relentless
work ethic, perfected sound
and non-stop touring for the
last decade, Louisville band
My Morning Jacket sells out
every stop on their never ending
tour schedule. They’ve
pushed their way through
the established ranks to become
the best live show in
the world. Just ask Rolling
Stone or most any other music
publication.
More recently, the Nashville-based
Kings of Leon are
hot on the Jacket’s coat tails,
along with Akron, Ohio’s, the
Black Keys.
The three bands could
write a musicians bible on
how to stay afloat in a cutthroat
economy. The music is
different, infectious, honest
and heartfelt. But while these
groups continue to make
headlines and scorch through
their tours, there are several
groups in the area working to
achieve the same musical status,
and they’re close.
Leading the pack, Wax
Fang, and their psychadelic
brand of Bowie-esque rock,
are forcing critics around the
country to scratch their heads
and their live shows are just
short of audible and visual
ecstasy.
If rap is what you dig,
Louis Keys, along with his
streams of creative metaphors,
can be caught at random
gas stations across
town, pushing his latest release.
For the country, southern
rockers, Bloom Street is
an Allman Brothers-esque
band with jams that keep on
grooving.
Furthermore, established
artists such as the band Cabin,
which is picture-perfect
college rock, intellectual and
thought provoking with masterful
production, are scheduled
to release their upcoming
album early Summer.
Sleazy rockers The Broken
Spurs, east-end jammers
The Local Villains and Toolstyle
heavies Mungus, are all
scheduled to release new material
around the same time.
This music is organic,
fresh and it’s earned its hype.
These groups haven’t been
tainted or lured with major
label promises and work for
their audiences. Instead of
dishing out your money in
these pocket-pinching times
to big retailers, buy local.
You’ll know exactly where
your money’s going and
could possibly establish relationships
with music you can
call your own.
Officer rides for a cause
By NICKY OSINSKI
Staff Writer
nosinski@indiana.edu
For IUS Police Officer
Ruben Borrego, bike riding
is an activity he enjoys and
has made a part of his work
routine at IU Southeast.
He even started the program
for officers to ride
bikes instead of cars, a sight
that has not always been familiar
on campus.
“I do not drive a car unless
I have to,” he said.
“Tuesday through Thursday
you’ll see me on bike or
foot. I like interaction with
students.”
“Our entire police staff is
dedicated, loyal and serviceoriented,”
Dana Wavle, vice
chancellor for Administration
and Finance, said.
“I like the part of community
policing and being out
and visible to students. It’s a
creative way to monitor the
campus and get officers out
there.”
Borrego is now extending
his bike rides around campus
to a 150-mile ride from
Louisville to Lexington and
back.
It’s called the “Ride to
Conquer Cancer,” and participants
are in the middle of
raising money to go toward
benefiting the Norton Cancer
Institute.
Borrego has his own personal
goal of raising $2,500
for his “Team IUS,” which
currently consists of two riders.
“I want to be a rider,”
Borrego said.
“I have a task to raise
$2,500 right now and I have
a little over $300.”
“He understands community
policing and it’s part
of his personality to overcome.
It helps raise awareness,”
Wavle said.
Concerns about money
do not show when Borrego
talks about the ride. He said
he is very optimistic and excited
about this challenge.
Borrego’s positive attitude
is something that has
also helped him overcome
more trying times, namely
cancer.
“I developed cancer two
years ago and was dragging
but I had a lot of support
from the [Police] department,”
he said. “I would
say ‘I’m not going home.’
I wasn’t going to have a fit
and get depressed.”
Flo Gonya, English senior
who worked with Borrego
during this time attested to
his determined attitude.
“Ruben was a Marine
all the way,” she said. “Regardless
of what he’s going
through he doesn’t let
it show. I visited him in the
hospital and at work and he
always had a positive attitude.”
It was during these two
years that Borrego had to
stop his daily bike rides.
“I was a daily rider. I’d
ride around my neighborhood,”
he said.
Going through this, he refused
to let it get him down.
“I had cancer but cancer
didn’t have me,” Borrego
said. “I wasn’t going to worry
about this. I refused to let
it get me down.”
Borrego’s cancer went
into remission in 2008. Now
the signs of cancer are gone.
He is also using the tools
that got him through those
two years to help people
around him who have been
diagnosed with the disease.
Sara Kerberg, the wife
of Jason Kerberg, a Floyd
county deputy sheriff, developed
cancer.
His uncle, George Borrego,
also developed cancer
and two other uncles died
due to other forms of cancer.
“George is my rock,” Borrego
said. “Sara is my rock,
too. I talk to her husband
and say ‘Don’t ever be negative.
Be strong, be positive.’”
It is for people like Sara
and George that Borrego is
doing this 150-mile ride. He
said now that he has beaten
his cancer he wants to do
Photo by Nicky Osinski
Ruben Borrego, IUS Police officer, stands with his
trusty bike. Borrego is riding from Louisville to Lexington
in an effort to raise money to fight cancer.
this ride for anyone else who
has not overcome it.
“It’s going to raise awareness
and people can look to
him as a role model,” Wavle
said. “He wants to help and
serve the community. He
takes a great deal of pride in
sharing ideas.”
The ride is September
26 and 27. Borrego’s Team
IUS is getting back into the
swing of things to prepare.
“I haven’t ridden a bike
in two years,” he said, “But
I can be ready by then.”
Right now he is settling
back into his routine of biking
around the IUS campus
while also making those
around him aware about the
cause of the ride.
“I’d love to see people put
in at least one dollar. Students
can even ride for Team
IUS,” Borrego said.
“Ruben is very involved
on campus,” Gonya said.
“As far as I’m concerned, he
is a very good representative
of the university.”
Borrego has even set up
a Web site at Ridetovictory.
org for Team IUS where
people can support him and
watch his progress.
“He is going above and
beyond,” Wavle said. “He
will be successful no matter
what the outcome. We’ll all
be there with him.”
Borrego said along the
way he has had support
from those around him and
understands what it is like
to go through having cancer.
“This ride is not for me
but for people who maybe
don’t have the drive I did
and who don’t have courage,”
he said.
“I’m doing it for them.”
Ron Allman does not own “Allman.com,” but he does own “RonAllman.com.”