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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. The 1984 film Red Dawn was the first to garner a PG-13 rating.
Week of April 20, 2009 Diversions The Horizon • Page 7 Comments? Send them to horizon@ius.edu Time-Wasting Web Sites HTTP://HOMEPAGES.IUS.EDU/HORIZON/TWWS.HTML • http://www.oddee.com/item_96627.aspx • http://lab.andre-michelle.com/swf/fl10/ToneMatrix.swf • http://listverse.com/ • http://www.iheartchaos.com/ • http://repairpal.com/ • http://rightwingnews.com/mt331/2009/04/50_things_every_18yearold_shou.php • http://www.mikeadair.com/David%27sNewSnail.swf • http://sovietrussia.org/f/src/tetoris.swf • http://balldroppings.com/js/ • http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/04/hot_girls_have_lightsaber_strip-fight_for_your.php By Scott Gillespie / tsgilles@ius.edu By SAMANTHA WEAVER (c) 2009 King Features Synd., Inc. • It was humorist and commentator Andy Rooney (of “60 Minutes” fame) who 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.
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