Forum to discuss Living Wage held on campus

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Jason Payton, a U of I student, enjoys an afternoon in
the Schwitzer Student Center, which was decorated
to celebrate Black History Month.
Carey Hart
Feature Editol-
Black History Month was celebrated
at the University of Indianapolis during
the entire month of February. The Black
Student Association (BSA) sponsored
several activities and decorated Schwitzer
Student Center to commemorate the
month.
Sophomore marketing majorandBSA
chair Brandy Wright explained BSA’s
rationale for the different activities held
during the month. “Since February is
African-American month, we wanted the
school to participate in traditions that
happened in the past, as well as
celebrating traditions that continue
today,” she said.
Feb. 5 was designated as “Soul Food
Night” in the cafeteria. Jerk chicken,
ribs, sweet potatoes, green beans and
peach cobbler were served. According to
LIVING WAGE
Aaryn Lynch, a sophomore elementary
education major and BSA chair, soul
food was a part of slave culture. “The
slaves wouldcook different types of food,
and after eating, they would dance,”
Lynch said. “This is a time when they
could sit down with family and friends to
celebrate the free time they had together.”
The annual Valentine’s Ball was held
on Fri., Feb. 13, at the Downtown
Radisson. Christina Morris, a junior
psychology major, attended the dance.
“I think the dance did a good j o b
of ...creating an atmosphere of
togetherness and community, not just
among the black students at U of I, but all
the students who attended the dance,”
Morris said. “The togetherness andunity
is at the heart of Black History Month, so
I think that it did an excellent job in
celebrating Black History Month.”
BSA sponsored a ‘Segregation in the
Cafeteria’ discussion on Feb. 17. Dr.
Terrence Harewood, assistant professor
r/
of education, moderated the dialogue
among students. Approximately 35
students of various races discussed not
only segregation in the cafeteria, but
broader topics concerning race.
Harewood said that conversation can
move people toward greater racial
harmony, but that people must move
beyond conversation and apply the results
to their actions and attitudes. “We hope
students try to understand ‘the other’
[person] more,” Harewood said.
Kyle Monroe, a sophomore history
education major, attended the discussion.
He said he learned about current racial
relations. Monroe said he noticed that, in
general, people talk about steps toward
progress that are made, but that these
steps aren’t enough.
“I’m from a rural area and we don’t
have a single black family [in my
hometown]. Not much progress has been
made in rural areas,” he said. Monroe
observed that his town’s makeup affected
his interactions. “1 didn’t talk to a single
black person before I came to college,
but now I have black friends,’’ he said.
Based on his college experience and the
segregation discussion, Monroe said that
he believes racial progress begins with
interactions among various people.
As another way to celebrate Black
History Month, the Gospel Choir held a
concert on Feb. 26. Melissa Collins, a
junior sociology major and Gospel Choir
member, said that the concert was a
worthwhile celebration of Black History
Month.
“Gospel music ties intoBlackHistory
Month because it originated from African
American culture,” Collins said. “It is a
way of celebrating and speaking one’s
mind.”
Rose Wigglesworth, a sophomore
chemistry major, said she appreciated
BSA’s celebration of Black History
Month. “The prominent use of red,
yellow, green and orange to decorate
Schwitzer reflects the colorfulness of
black people and our roots in Africa,”
Wigglesworth said. “I think the activities
that B S A held were a positive
representation of black people in the
U.S. andthat they shouldcontinue [those
efforts] throughout the year.”
Black History Month was originally
Negro History W e e k , which was
established by Carter Godwin Woodson
in 1926. February was chosen because
both Frederick Douglass and Abraham
Lincoln were born during the month.
Woodson also founded the Association
for the Study of Negro Life and History
in 1915. The organization educated black
historians on the collection, preservation
and publication of documents regarding
black culture and people.
Paul Washington-Lacey, senior
student affairs associate and BSA advisor,
commented on Black History Month. “I
see i t [Black History Month] as a
celebration. But history should be
inclusive, whether it be [involvingpeople
who are] black, Italian, Irish or Jewish,”
he said. Washington-Lacey said he
blames ignorance, fear and stupidity for
the failure to celebrate diversity. He said
that many groups do not want to learn
from one another because of this fear.
Senior vice president and provost
Everette Freeman discussed the
importance of Black History Month.
“[Hisorically,] the contributions of
African Americans [have been viewed]
as minimal and marginal to the story of
American history,’’ Freeman said.
According to him, Black History Month
seeks to remind people that African
Americans have played a significant role
in the history of and contributions to the
United States.
Dr. EdwardFrantz, assistant professor
of history and political science, teaches
HIST-4 IO: History of African Americans
to 19 I O at U of I. The course was offered
for the first time last year. In the future,
Frantz hopes to offer African-American
HistoryinthefallandHIST-415: History
of the Civil Rights Movement course in
the spring.
According to Frantz. African
American history is “an essential chapter
of American history.” He stressed the
need for more knowledge of African
American history among Americans.
“I think it’s a story that people are far
too ignorant of,” Franta said. “It’s
something that more people should be
exposed to.”Frantz said that black history
should not only be studied by blacks.
“There’snoreason why whites shouldn’t
be interested in it,” he said.
“Having a month in which people are
supposed to pay more attention to it
[African American history] can be both
a strength and weakness,” Frantz said. “I
think it [Black History Month] has lost
some of the distinctiveness that I would
say i t used to have ten years ago. At the
same time, 1 think more people in general
are aware of the importance of black
history now than they were ten years
ago.”
Freeman said that the focus on black
history needs to be ongoing at U of I.
“I’m not interested in aone month-flashin-the-pan,’’ he said. According to
Freeman, U of I will be recognizing
important local African Americans at
this year’s commencement. Aletra
Hampton, age 83, and Virtue HamptonWhitted, age 75, will be honored with
honorary music degrees. The sisters are
swing and rhythm and blues musicians.
“It‘s very easy tor white people not to
see some of the things that black people
have to deal with,“ Frantz said. “Very
rarely are white people in positions in
which they are a minority.”
FrantL commented on American
history. “The freedoms that white people
had from the beginning were predicated
on the lack offreedonis forothergroups,”
he said. ”By sludying African-American
history. y o u realize s o m e of the
contradictory poles in America from the
beginning, which makes the story more
complicated than people tend to think.”
Frantz said that this long history of
polarization among social groups
indicates that today’s problems are very
deeply rooted and that many of the
suggested solutions [or these problems
are quite superficial.
“When we understand the human
story, 1 think we have better respect and
understanding. will treat others with
kindness and dignity and have less
suspicion of one another,” WashingtonLacey said.
Wash i ng t o n - Lace y sa i d that the
concept of race shouldn’t be focused on
skin color. “When people talk about race,
they really talk about cultural
differences.” he said.
Freeman believes that years from now
theconcept ofrace will be less important.
ed events and people
icant in the study of
African-American history. He views the
Supreme Court rulings in the series of
court cases which became known as the
Brown vs. Board of Education case as
central to African-American history. The
case a bo I i shed s e par a t e - b u t - e q u al
education policies. According to
Freeman. Brown vs. Board of Education
was “the capstone of the NAACP’s
[National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People]
strategy oisecuring equal rights through
the judicial procehs.” He said that
decision had implications for non-blacks
as well. “ I t is often overlooked, but the
Supreme Court decision also covered
education for Latino,” Freeman said.
Freeman posed quealions that he
believes must be asked when examining
possible future progress in the area of
race relations. “What are Hoosiers willing
to do to learn more about other people?”
he said. ‘*What dues it mean to be a
citizen of the world’?”
Frantr commented on the progress
that has been made in race relations. He
said Black History Month is important,
“to realize how fur we‘ve come in a
relatively short time.” He also stressed
the need f o r future improvements.
“Having Black History Monthalsoshows
how far you still have to go.”
Forum to discuss Living Wage held on campus
Lauren Howey
Stuff Writer
The Community, Faith and Labor
Coalition along with the Student
Sociological Association of the
University of Indianapolis hosted an
informational discussion on the issue of
a living wage. “Working Hard, Living
Poor: An Educational Forum on a Living
Wage” was held in Good Hall’s Recital
Hall on Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. The speakers
were Joanne Saunders, city-county
counselor at-large, Dr. Terry Kent,
associate professor of philosophy at U of
I and Gregg Keesling, president of
Workforce, Inc. Dr. Jim Pennell, assistant
professor and chair of social sciences at
U of I, provided musical entertainment
before the forum.
The forum was organized to inform
citizens of the issues surrounding the
working poor. “It’s an effort to try and
educate people about the many people
who are working-that work full time
jobs, sometimes two jobs-and
don’t
make enough to meet their basic
necessities of life,” Pennell said. “There’s
a moral obligation for people who work
to be able to earn enough to support
themselves and their families.”
“A [living] wage will allow people to
meet basic necessities for a reasonably
good life, to be able to take care of their
families and to provide them with the
basic things that we know that most
healthy families need to survive,” Pennell
said.
Dr. Charlotte Templin, professor of
English and a member of the Community,
Faith and Labor Coalition, has become
involved in the issue of living wage.
“Living wage is a very simple concept.
[A] living wage is defined as a wage that
pays a worker enough to cover basic
needs-such as food, clothing, shelter
and transportation-without
public
assistance,” Templin said.
Kent emphasized this point in his
comments to the forum. “There is no
incentive to working if you can’t make a
living,” he said.
The Community, Faith and Labor
Coalition claims that a living wage
reduces welfare costs and improves
neighborhoods, education and healthcare.
According to Templin, the object of the
group is to push for legislation, a city
ordinance. The city and its contractors
would be required to pay living wages.
According to the coalition, 89 cities have
adopted some sort of living wage policy.
“There have been studies in other
cities that have adopted this measure ...
The evidence of the towns where it’s
been introduced is that it hasn’t had a
negative economic impact,” Pennell said.
“You also have to factor in that if you pay
people more money, they are going to be
paying more taxes, and they are going to
rely less on public assistance. This helps
them to be better citizens.”
Saunders came after the Mayor’s state
of the city address to inform the crowd
about the proposed city ordinance on
living wage. Saunders is a union activist
who was elected in Nov. 1999. “I see [a]
living wage as rewarding the value of
work,” she said.
Keesling, who advocates work
supports and wage subsidies for small
business owners, said that many of the
programs already in use don’t help the
people who are working. “Equality needs
to be balanced with efficieficy,”Keesling
said. Keesling felt that a required living
wage would hurt small businesses that
employ a majority of workers. With
subsidies and supports, the government
would add money to the wages that these
businesses pay.
“If the employer pays a living wage,
The motivation is partly ethical. In a
community, we all need to make sure
that we aren’t exploitingan impoverished
working class,’’ Templin said.
“It’s really easy to assume that people
are poor because they are lazy, because
they haven’t tried to do anything about
being in poverty. So we tend to blame the
victims,” Pennell said. “I know people
who work at this university who have
been told that they are eligible for public
assistance because they don’t make
enough money here.”
There are some things that students
can d o about this issue. “The first
responsibility is to be informed, to learn
about the problems with our system and
to support the efforts to make changes in
that system that will let everyone have a
decent living.. .These are going to be
issues for the next presidential election,”
Pennell said.
Kent emphasized the university’s
Christian affiliation. “Especially for a
Christian school, we should be concerned
about the welfare of our fellow citizens.
It matters to me whether or not the person
serving me coffee is making enough
money to pay their child’s needs,” Kent
said.
“I was really pleased by the turnout.
We had a lot of people come. It was a
well-attended event, which suggests it’s
an issue that resonates with a lot of
people’s interests,” Pennell said.
For Kent, the issue of a living wage is
a personal one. He grew up in a poor
family. “There is a certain kind of shame
associated with being poor,” Kent said.
“It’s not fair. People don’t deserve the
deprivation that many suffer.. . I think
you’d be surprised at how many U of I
students come from working class
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Dr. Terry Kent, associate professor of philosophy, discusses
“living wage” in a forum held on Feb. 18 in the Recital Hall.
OPINION
PAGE2 THE REFLECTOR
MARCH
3,2004
rn SPORTS EDITORIAL
Student offers analysis, predictions for 2004 NCAA men’s basketball tournament
Katy Yeiser
Stuff Writer
It’s the month of March, and for
some that means slightly warmer
weather, the occaisonal flower bud and
the sight of birds returning from their
winter vacation. But for me, March has
bubbles, seeds, Cinderellas, madness
and the number four written all over it.
It’s March Madness time, and for you
college basketball fans like me, it’s
time to print out your NCAA
tournament brackets and narrow down
64 teams to your Final Four picks. It’s
time to decide which number one seed
will be knocked out of the tournament
first. It’s time to name your Cinderella
team and talk about who’s on the
tournament “bubble” and decide who
should be left out of “The Big Dance.”
Every college fan looks forward to
the NCAA tournament, mostly because
it gives them a chance to predict
winners, losers, upsets, Final Four and
Cinderella teams, and maybe even win
a few bucks in the annual office pool.
Like any other college hoops fan, I’ve
already started my predictions. I’m far
from a college basketball expert, but
hopefully my predictions will stir
fellow fans to begin their predictions
and get into the spirit of March
Madness.
The 2003-2004 season has been all
about the two undefeated teams,
Stanford and Saint Joseph’s (who were
both undefeted as of Reflector press
time), and the parity among the top
teams. In the beginning of the year,
being the Number One ranked team in
the country seemed like a curse. Every
time a team was dubbed the top team,
it would inevitably lose shortly
thereafter. Suprisingly, Stanford and
St. Joe’s, who were not ranked in the
top ten until the sixth week of the
regular season, have both remained
unbeaten throughout the regular
season.
It’s very rare for a college team to
go undefeated nowadays. The parity
among college basketball teams is so
extreme that the difference between a
Number One team and a Number 20
team is slim. That parity is what makes
this year’s NCAA Tournament so
appealing. There is no clear cut
favorite, and the opportunity for
countless upsets and successful
Cinderella teams is high.
Speaking of Cinderella teams and
possible upsets throughout the
tournament, consider Utah State,
Hawaii, Manhattan, East Tennessee
State and Kent State for the slipper in
this year’s tournament. I’m pretty sure
one of those teams will upset a higher
seed from a major conference and
possibly move on to the Sweet Sixteen
or Elite Eight. It’s going to happen. It
never fails that a mid-major team
storms into the tournament, upsets a
few teams, becomes the center of the
media’s attention and is the “feel good
story” of the tournament. That certain
Cinderella team is what makes March
Madness so intriguing.
Another reason so many mid-major
teams have the chance to get into the
tourney is the lack of strength in the
Big Ten and Pac-10 conferences this
season. These two conferences will not
have the usual number of teams
represented in the tournament, and this
allows for more mid-major teams to
have a spot.
The Pac-10 will be lucky to get
three teams into the tournament this
year. Stanford and Arizona are the
obvious teams from the Pac-10 to get
an at-large bid, and the Washington
Huskies have a slight chance to get an
invite also, but I doubt it. The only
way for Pac-10 teams, other than
Stanford and Arizona, to make it to the
tournament would be for them to get
an automatic bid by winning the
conference tourney. The somewhat
defunct state of the Pac-10 will
certainly give other teams a chance to
get into the tournament.
The Big Ten has not lived up to its
expectations so far this season either
and will have approximately four
teams in the tournament come March.
Although Michigan State had a rough
start to the season, they have bounced
back with an 11-3 record in the Big
Ten as of Reflector press time. In
addition to Michigan State , Illinois,
Wisconsin and Purdue likely will
represent the Big Ten in the
tournament. Some may argue that
because of Purdue’s conference record
(7-6) and losses against teams such as
Southern Methodist University,
Indiana, Ohio State and Northwestern
they are on the bubble. But I‘m certain
wins against Michigan State, Seton
Hall, Wisconsin and Illinois, and
against Duke in the Maui Invitational
earlier in the season, will get them into
the tournament without question. Iowa
is another team from the Big Ten that
could be considered for a bid into the
tournament, but they will be on the
bubble for the rest of the season unless
they shock everyone and win the Big
Ten conference tournament.
Memphis, Southern Illinois, North
Carolina State, Illinois and Providence
are a few teams that could sneak under
the radar and do some serious damage
in the tournament. I wouldn’t consider
them potential Cinderella teams
because they are expected to make the
tournament and have proven to be
among the best in the nation.
However, they get less national
attention than other programs and
probably aren’t anybody‘s favorite to
win right now. That‘s why they are
under the radar.
Here are a few reasons why these
teams have the potential to slip past
the favorites and make it to the Final
Four in San Antonio, Texas. Memphis
is on top of the Conference-USA
standings and has won 11 games in a
row as of Reflector press time.
Southern Illinois has not lost in its
conference (Missouri Valley) and are
currently ranked 17th in the nation.
NC State racked up two huge wins
against number one Duke and against
Georgia Tech on Tech’s home floor.
Illinois has been on a roll recently,
beating all the top teams in the Big
Ten. Providence has won five games
in a row as of Reflector press time, is
currently tied with Connecticut for
second place in the Big East and is
ranked 13th in the nation. All these
teams have an array of talented
players, and if they keep up their
stellar play, their tournament seeds
will continue to increase. And with
higher seeds, the road to San Antonio
is slightly more reasonable.
With the NCAA tournament, teams
basically begin a new season and leave
their regular season woes behind them,
if their regular season woes didn’t
prevent them from making the
tournament in the first place. Two
teams who are capable of using their
recent regular season struggles to spark
a run to the Final Four are Louisville
and Florida. These are two extremely
talented teams who have gone through
major slumps in the past few weeks.
Gators forward Christian Drejer
dumped his teammates, coaches and
college career for a million dollar
contract to play professional ball in his
homeland of Denmark. He didn’t wait
until the end of the season to move
back to Denmark but left his team in
the crucial part of the season. He
dropped them off at the curb when
they desperately needed a total team
effort to get back to playing at the
level where they should be playing.
That’s just disgusting and disloyal, but
that’s a whole other editorial.
Florida has the toughest schedule in
the nation and was once the country’s
top team, but it is now one game above
SO0 in the South Eastern Conference
and has lost four out of its last seven
games. It has been mentioned as a
bubble team, but unless it just bombs
the rest of the regular season and the
conference tournament, it will get into
the tournament. If the Gators can learn
how to play defense for an entire
game, and not just in spurts, they can
be a scary team in March with Matt
Walsh and Anthony Roberson’s
shoting, David Lee’s inside play.
Louisville is another team that has
been in a slump and could use the
NCAA Tournament to get out of it.
After jumping out to a 16-1 record,
spending most of the regular season
ranked in the top ten and ranked
among the top in the Conference-USA,
the Cards have fallen on hard times
with injuries and the illness of their
head coach, Rick Pitino. Louisville lost
six of its last seven games and scored a
season-low 46 points in a loss against
Texas Christian University, and are
now seventh in the conference. Under
the coaching of Pitino and with the
recovery of injured players, Louisville
should start to play like the Louisville
of old. If the team starts to click again
in the tournament, they will be hard to
beat. Their shooting, quickness and
full-court defense is something to be
reckoned with.
Moving on to my favorites in the
tournament. Connecticut, Pittsburgh,
Duke, Kentucky, Stanford, St. Joe’s,
Oklahoma State, Gonzaga, Mississippi
State and North Carolina will be the
powerhouses in the tournament this
year. All of these teams are good
enough to be number one seeds, but
only four teams get number one seeds
and only four teams move on to San
Antonio. My Final Four teams are
Stanford because of balance and
consistency and, oh yeah, they‘re
undefeated, Gonzaga because of
senior point guard Blake Stepp,
Connecticut because senior Emeka
Okafor’s inside presence makes
opposing teams think twice about
driving to the lane and Kentucky,
because the team dominates half-court
defense and always finds a way to
win.
My prediction for the team to win
the championship is Kentucky, not
just because I’m a die-hard Big Blue
fan, but because they are the toughest
team in America, they are unshelfish,
committed to defense and led by
veterans. I think this year’s tournament
will prove once again that defense and
veteran leadership win
championships.
There are many other teams that I
haven’t mentioned that are as capable
as any team to make the Final Four
(i.e. any SEC, ACC, or Big 12 team
that makes it in the tourney). But, hey,
you can’t cover them all.
During the 2004 NCAA
Tournament’s great Cinderella stories,
huge upsets, buzzer beaters,
memorable match-ups and the everso-appropriate amount of hype about
the Final Four, I hope you enjoy the
madness!
rn POLITICAL EDITORIAL
Student counters liberal media content
Jessica Elston
Stuff Writer
I should start this by saying the
overall theme that rules my thinking is
that I actually like to decide for myself
what my opinions are and not have my
mind made up for me.
In the past issues of The Reflector,
two leftist opinions were given in the
paper, but no Republican opinions
whatsoever. Call me Fox News, but I
believe when a college publishes a
paper, it should be fair and balanced.
Students are away from their parents
for the first time and are able to truly
make decisions for themselves.
Any psychologist will tell you that a
person is most likely to hold the same
political views as his or her parents,
but as a college paper. The Reflector’s
responsibility is to let students make
up their own minds by presenting both
sides of the political debate.
In my humble opinion, it is just as
easy to draw a cartoon about Howard
Dean as it is about Bush. The Reflector
is supposed to be a nonpartisan paper,
but clearly it has not been presented
this way in the past.
Perhaps this is partly because there
is not one Republican on staff ready
and willing to take a stand against the
left controlling the media. But this
semester I joined and will do
everything in my power to see that
both sides are shown.
I am not trying to turn the paper
into the next GOP, I just want both
sides to be presented, which in most
media forms, including this paper, is
not being done.
I can’t blame college papers for the
growing media bias, however. If
anything, they follow the trend set by
professional papers and TV news. For
example, let’s take into account the
way the media deal with the issue of
abortion.
A study explained in “Human
Events” by Cliff Kincaid showed how
the three major broadcasting networks,
CNN, the New York Times, USA
Today, and the Washington Post
handled reporting on abortion.
The study was actually done by Tim
Graham and Steve Kaminski of the
Media Research Center and came to
many interesting conclusions about
media bias. The sensationalizing of
labels for those who are pro-life was
far more descriptive than those
considered to be left. 1 16 stories
reported that pro-choice Republicans
were called “moderate,” yet in 37
stories, Republicans that were pro-life
were sensationally called “hard right”
or “far right.”
Interestingly enough, those who
were pro-abortion never were called
“extremists” or “far left.” That’s a
pretty hefty slant on how abortion is
portrayed if you ask me. Liberals
always say freedom of speech is so
important, but what about the freedom
to think for ourselves?
Perhaps this is why Fox News has
done so well recently. Their slogan is
“We report, you decide” and I think
the American people are beginning to
understand that it is now our
responsibility to shop around for news
that will present both sides of the story
and let you make up your own mind.
Yes, they have Sean Hannity and,
my personal favorite, Bill O’Reilly,
but either one of their shows is more
than willing to have the other side on
the air to present their case and they
both clearly love a good debate.
That is the kind of news that I
want-the news where I decide and
my mind isn’t made up for me. Fox
News isn’t perfect, but they let you
decide for yourself what you believe.
I am not asking for any paper to be
Republican, just show both sides. I
want a good debate. I want to know all
the junk Bush puts out that is faulty,
and I don’t mind hearing John Kerry’s
name slandered a time or two, but in
opinion columns, not disguised as
stories “without bias.”
It is the media’s duty to let the
public know what is going on so
people can make up their own minds,
and it is time we live up to that.
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NEWS
MARCH
3,2004
THE REFLECTOR PAGE
3
CERAMICS DISPLAY
NCECA displays ceramic art around U of I campus
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Steve Takacs
Entertuinment Editor-
Photo by Julie Corn
This display, “Pearl Enough for Swine,” by Ryan Kelly from Ohio State University, is one of the many
ceramic artworks displayed in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center from Feb. 23 to Mar. 20.
LlLLY GRANT
Lilly Grant to help with future careers
Jessica Elston
S t a f Writer
U of I recently received a grant from
the Lilly Endowment for $750,000.
The university is creating a new
organization to identify upcoming career
options called the lnstitute for Emerging
Careers. According to the executive
summary of the grant proposal, “through
partnerships, the IEC and the university
will work with employers to develop in
its graduates the core competencies
needed for emerging careers.”
Dr. Mary Moore. vice president for
research, planning and strategic
partnerships, said she feels thegrant will
offer a lot of new opportunities for the
school.
“There will be an increase in interns,”
Moore said. The interns will come
through partnerships the IEC hopes to
gain once they begin their research on
what newjobs will appear in the next few
years.
Students can talk to their professors
about ideas for job research or the
professors can create them. Dr. Bruce
Strom, executive director for the school
of business, said it is mostly up 10 the
faculty what happens with the money.
“The faculty applies through a minigrant process to the university committee
[IEC] to conduct research and make
career paths,’’ Strom said.
The idea is to develop partnerships
with businesses before the actual
research. “Faculty andstudent teams will
develop partnerships before the grant
occurs. It is important for us to know an
emergingcareerexists in terms ofmarket
research,” Strom said. The IEC staff will
help faculty develop project grants for
up to $50,000.
Strom said he feels the IEC program
is very necessary at U of 1. “This program
is a pilot f o r f u t u r e curriculum
development. After evaluating at the end
of the program, it will create a model for
the future,’’ Strom said.
Strom said he also felt the program is
beneficial to both students and faculty
because it keeps the curriculum current
and the faculty more educated about
emerging careers.
The grant was given by the Lilly
Endowment to many colleges in Indiana
i n order to diminish what is known as the
“brain drain.” “The ‘brain drain’ is the
idea that the best-educated and mostcapable people in Indiana are leaving the
The National Council on Education
for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) will be
on the University of Indianapolis campus
from Mar. 17-20. U of I is hosting this
event in conjunction with the Herron
School of Art in Indianapolis.
Even though the event doesn’t begin
for another few weeks, students can see
some of what will be featured.
For example, from Feb. 23 to Mar. 20,
students, faculty and staff can visit the
Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center and
view some ceramic selections from
NCECA’s student juried exhibitions.
Also, from Mar. 1-20, the Leah
Ransburg Gallery in Good Hall will have
an exhibitcal1ed“PIeasures of theTable.”
Art and Design Professor Dee Schaad,
has sat on the NCECA board of directors
for the last couple of years. “We’ve spent
the past two years planning for this event,
and it will bring together over 4,000
artists,” he said.
Although the event will include the
University of Indianapolis, other
Indianapolis establishments will be
involved as well.
The Indiana Convention Center, for
instance, will host a K- I2 art exhibition.
Also, theIndianapolis Marriott will hold
a series of lectures and other
programming events about technical
aspects of ceramics.
Spectators of this event can take a
shuttle from one location to the other.
“We’re going to have two shuttles
running, one coming to campus and the
other going away from campus,” Schaad
said.
The four-day NCECA visit includes
multiple displays in Good Hall and in the
Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center. These
displays, according to Schaad, are set up
in a circular fashion so that visitors can
rotate from station to station and take in
the whole event. “It’s a huge event,” he
said.
According to Schaad, all of the art in
the event deals with ceramics.
Other ceramic derivatives like
figurative sculptures and wall hangings
will also be present.
“This is a major professional meeting
that will bring people to thecampus from
all over the world,” Schaad said.
To find out more about this event,
visit
NCECA’s
Web
site:
www.nceca.net.
.I
state to find jobs,” Strom said.
Not all colleges will use their money
in the same way as U of I, however.
Moore said that each college was asked
to submit a proposal of how it would like
to use the money, and U of 1 decided to
use the money to research emerging
careers. Ken Sheetz, executive director
for capital gifts, also helped with the
proposal. “The school could have gone
in any direction,” Sheetz said. Many
ideas were brought up.
“The two or three best proposals were
combined.” Strom said. U of I then
formed an interdisciplinary committee
to oversee the project, and a faculty
member to be director. The amount of
money the Lilly Foundation gave to each
school was determined by the school
size.
Seven new emerging career fields will
be explored, and approximately 35 new
internships will be created. “We’re not
attempting tochange the whole university
curriculum, just attempting to modify
some curriculum to meet emerging
careers,” Strom said.
The application process is expected
to be very competitive. “There will be
many more applications than we can
give grants to.” Strom said.
RSVP
RSVPmoves to fountain square
Karen Bower
Oninion Editor
The Retired and Senior Volunteer
Program has recently been removed from
the basement of Cravens Hall to 901
Shelby St. in‘Fountain Square.
RSVP first began 33 years ago as an
attempt to engage the 55+ community in
volunteer activities. The program stems
from the efforts of private groups,
gerontologists, and government agencies
to address the needs of America’s retired
population. It is designed to match
volunteers’ experiences and skills with a
job that will showcase their talents and
abilities. T h e mission f o r R S V P
volunteers is to make a difference in the
lives of the people they are able to serve
in theircommunities, while also elevating
their own lives through service.
The University of Indianapolis’
branch of RSVP currently includes 50
volunteers, each of whom can choose to
work for 1 of 17 agencies. According to
Program Director Kyle Ciresi, RSVP
hopes to have 200 volunteers and 28
stations, a total of 20,000 hours of
volunteer service, by the end of March
2005. Stations, or agencies, are the places
that hire volunteers. A few ofthe program
areas in which volunteers can work are
education, homeland security, care
giving, homelessness, mentoring children
of prisoners, environment and culture
and technical access.
Volunteer Harriett Roberts has
benefited from the program in more than
one way. Although she has only been
with RSVP for about six months, she has
worked for the American Diabetes
Association on 2 1st street as well as for
the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center.
Roberts said she had hoped to do a
little volunteer work, so she decided to
go to a program on volunteering at the
Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center last
fall. That is where she met Cirsei. After
talking with Ciresi, Roberts was set up
with a job.
Roberts enjoys the stimulation and
change in her daily schedule. “I’ve met
some interesting people.” she said. “That
was what 1 wanted-to get out and meet
new people.”
While the U of1 branch of RSVP is no
longer located on campus. Ciresi feels
that moving the offices to Fountain
Square will aid RSVP expansion. “We
are excited to be in the Fountain Square
center,” Ciresi said. “It‘s an opportunity
for growth to work in this area.”
Another change underway for the
program is the addition of a recognition
banquet for the volunteers. When the
program holds its first recognition
banquet on Mar. 9, RSVP volunteers
will have a chance to meet fellow
volunteers. All volunteers are invited,
and the agencies will have tables set up
to meet with volunteers. Ciresi expects it
to be “exciting and lots of fun.” The
banquet will be held in the main dining
hall of Schwitzer Student Center.
More information about the program.
is available from Kyle Ciresi, RSVP
director, at 901 Shelby Street in Fountain
Square, by telephone at (3 17) 788-6 1 12
or by fax at (317) 788-6121.
CELL GRANT
CELL makes first disbursment from Gates Grant to IPS schools
Katy Yeiser
Staff Writer
Last year, the University of
Indianapolis Center of Excellence in
Leadership of Learning (CELL) received
an $1 1.3 million grant from the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation to support
the Network of Effective Small Schools
in Indianapolis (NESSI).
The plan for the Gates grant was to
build l0new small schools with noniore
than 400 students and reconstruct five
larger high schools into smaller schools.
Thenew schools will be public, charter
or private schools located in the Marion
County area and will f o c u s on
metropolitan areas with disadvantaged
students.
The five large schools that are planned
to be transformed are five Indianapolis
Public Schools.
One of the main reasons the grant was
awarded was to improve the quality of
education through smaller classrooms
a n d better teacher a n d student
relationships.
“Every student is well known by every
teacher,” said CELL’S education leader
in residence, Nancy Sutton. Sutton also
believes a smaller school setting will
dramatically increase the students’
learning abilities.
CELL recently took the first step in
the reconstruction of the IPS schools.
According to Dr. Lynne Weisenbach,
dean of the school of education and
executive director of CELL, CELL
awarded $304,000 to the IPS schools to
help the teachers and administrators
explore how to properly change larger
schools into smaller schools.
They can use the money to plan trips
to cities where they can study smaller
schools in a Large city setting. If
administrators and teachers use the
money for trips to other cities, the money
from the grant can also be used to pay
substitute teachers to fill in their places
while they are gone. The money can also
be used towardteachermeetings, summer
meetings and supplies.
“[We hope] high schools will have a
lot of positive energy and have dramatic
improvements in student achievement,”
Sutton said about the results of the
process.
The process of researching and
planning the development of smaller
schools will continue until Dec. 2004.
“They have to put together school
portfolios,” Weisenbach said about the
IPS schools research.
“The schools will make the choice to
move forward when they turn in
portfolios of work,” Sutton said.
CELL has put together 16 “essential
elements” around which to build the small
schools.
“Those are built from the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation, although
we‘ve added our own spin,” Weisenbach
said.
Some of the elements have been
proven by Bill Gates to make a difference
in high school education.
CELL wants the elements to enable
students to do beneficial internships.
increase graduation rates and make sure
all students learn at a higher educational
level.
Also, Weisenbach believes the
curriculum should “be relevant to
students and standards in our economy.”
According to Sutton, CELL wants the
IPS schools to represent the “Four R’s”
in education: rigor, relations, relevance.
resiliency.
CELL will work closely with each
school during the planning and actual
conversion process that will take place in
the fall of 2005 or 2006.
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MARCH
3,2004
W FACULTY PROFILE
Philosophy professor leaves his mark at university
Jessica Elston
Stuff W,-itcr
The University of Indianapolis
requires student5 lo take many
different c ~ u r s e sI‘or their core liberal
arts curriculum. s o they can broaden
their educational horizons. Dr. Terry
Kent. associate professor of
philosophy. teaches some of those
courses.
Kent was born in Washington but
grew up in Colorado. He has two
master’s degrees- one in philosophy
and the other in history arid
philosophy science. 21s well as a
doctorate i n philosophy. Kent said
that he has never considered a
“I just wanted to stay i n the area of
philosophy,” Kent said. “I’ve always
wanted to teach, even back when I
way i n high school. I wanted to be an
English teacher and a basketball
coach. I started as a journalism major.
but then I took a philosophy course.”
Dr. Perry Kea, chair of‘ the
Philosophy and Religion Department,
said he felt that Kent’s wide range of
academic nccomplishments are what
make him indispensable to the
university. “About 10 years ago, he
went back to school and earned a
second master’s degree,” Kea said.
“Very few people Liie willing to go
back to do that. He wanted it, but
didn’t need it.”
Kent’s many academic degrees
allow him to expand the scope of
courses taught at U of I. “If you look at
what we offer in the philosophy
catalogue. he can do it all,” Kea said.
“He can teach a broader range of
courses than any philosopher 1 know.”
Kent said he teaches for the
students. “When you do it well, you
get the satisfaction of students making
a breakthrough in a subject and a way
of thinking. When you are successful,
it is a life-changing kind of thing,”
Kent said.
Kevin Corn, instructor of
philosophy and religion, said Kent has
done a lot in the philosophy
department. “He has basically carried
the philosophy department on his
back,” Corn said. “He is still a major
voice in how we deal with
philosophy.”
Kent urged administrators to hire
another professor to teach philosophy,
because he is the only professor who
teaches strictly philosophy. “I resigned
three years ago because I had been
promised that they would search for
another philosophy professor,” Kent
said.
Kent later returned in 2002 to teach
part time and said he is glad he did. “I
got to see my students through their
last semesters,” Kent said. He also said
he has very close ties to this university,
partly due to the faculty. “There is a
greaifaculty here. The-people are the
best there are anywhere,” Kent said.
Those in his department said they
are easily able to see his love for
teaching. “He has always offered
academically challenging courses,”
Kea said. “He brings real passion to
his classes. He has been an
unrecognized asset for a long time.”
Lang Brownlee, university
chaplain, said he has felt that Kent’s
clas-ses serve a great importance to the
university. “People don’t see the
person-the commitments, the
caring-behind the exterior. I wish
students would take the time to get to
know him and realize he pushes them
in class for their own good,” Brownlee
said.
Dr. Gregory Clapper, professor of
philosophy and religion, said he also
has great respect for all that Kent does.
“I think he’s always tried to work to
maintain the integrity of the discipline
of philosophy,” Clapper said. “He
brings a lot to the university in terms
of his commitment to the discipline
and to the students.”
When Kent does decide to retire, he
will maintain a full schedule. “I’ve
had a small contracting business,’’
Kent said. He has done work on
restoration of homes and finishing
basements. He also takes road trips
across the United States and sleeps in
the back of his truck. He said he
would love to continue to travel.
“I’m working on writing a book
based on my experiences of the late
60s and ear& 76s,” Kent said. As an
example, he refused to serve in the
Army during the Vietnam War, and
stayed in jail from 1968- 1970. “That is
where I really got educated,’’ Kent
said.
Looking back. Kent said he
believes that he has made the right
choices in his life. “I can’t think of a
better way of having spent my life,”
Kent said. “I set out to become a
college professor, and I did it. That’s
really something. I wouldn’t have
wanted to spend it differently.”
Kent said his greatest
accomplishment ha5 nothing to do with
the academic world. “My greatest
accomplishment is raising my kid to be
a decent kid,” he said.
Photo h! Chi-ysunrhr loutinidou
Dr. Kent, associate professor of philosophy, does
paperwork in his office. Kent is Currently writing a book
about his experiences during the 1960s and 1970s.
W ALUMNUS FOCUS
U of I alumnus to publish university memoirs
Crystal Tackett
Stuff M/r.rtcr.
Jim Brunnemer has been affiliated
with the University of Indianapolis
for 41 years. In March, Brunnemer
w i 11 be 1aunc h i ng “Distinction
Without Pretension,” a memoir full of
anecdotes, conversations and
memories, which roughly covers the
Jim Brunemmer spent about
time period from John F. Kennedy’s
assassination in 1963 through Sept. 1 I ,
200 I.
Brunnemer arrived in 1963 as a
transfer student from Butler
University, a move he considers an
intluential deviation in his life.
Growing up in Martinsville,
Brunnemer always had planned to
attend the University of Indianapolis.
Instead of following through with his
plans, however, he chose to follow his
high school idol and basketball star
Tom Bowman to Butler. “I had
delusions that I was actually good
enough t o play basketball there [at
Butler],” Brunnemer said.
After returning to U of I, he
graduated in 1966 with a major in
physical education and a minor in
English.
After graduation, Brunnemer began
a 30-year career in univcrsity
development. He returned to U of 1 in
197 1 as alumni director. He also has
held administrative positions at St.
Norbert College, Eastern Michigan
University and Albion College. In
1989, he returned once more to U of I
as dean for institutional advancement.
He retired from the university in 2000
and has since served as Dresident and
non-profit organization that aids the
community by making grants and
scholarships available to students and
worthy organizations.
Brunnemer began developing
“Distinction Without Pretension”
while traveling. During his travels, he
would stop at various places and start
jotting down stories that had been in
his mind for years. He spent four to
five years putting together the book.
The book consists of “stories
people will relate to, things they will
remember, like silliness in their
college days and serious things like
tragedies,” Brunnemer said. “It’s
mostly about a lot of good people.”
The people mentioned in
“Distinction Without Pretension” have
had an important impact on
Brunnemer’s association with U of 1.
“[It] seems as if virtually every
experience he had here [at U of I], the
people that he was studying with or
working with, just all made him fall in
love with it,” said Peter Noot, editor of
“Distinction Without Pretension” and
director of publications at U of I. “The
people at the university were the main
motivator [for the book].”
Brunnemer regards “Distinction
Without Pretension” as genuine and
candid. “All of us have our flaws and
some of those flaws are mentioned in
the book,” he said. “It may not make
some of those folks happy, but I hope
that in the overall picture they will
understand that these are celebrations
about them, about folks I’ve told
stories about.”
“Distinction Without Pretension” is
not to be confused Lvith books written
by other alumni. Three histories of the
university have been written. Noot
characterizes Brunnemer’s book as
“much more anecdotal. ] I t includes]
much more about his life, not about
board meetings or who did what,”
Noot said. “ I t was much more
personal. I t doc\ ;I great j o h o f
capturing a college era that doesn’t
exist anymore.’‘
Those who have read the book have
come back with positive reviews.
“It’s been fai 1-1y extraordi nary ,”
Brunnenier said. “They [critics] have
consistently said the book is engaging
whether they knew anything about the
school or not. They enjoyed the
stories, and they thought they were
genuine, personal testimoniey.”
Patrick Aiknian, former director for
promotions for Tlw 1nu’iuiiupoli.s Star,
found “Distinction Without
Pretension” impressive. “It is a voyage
of self-discovery that i
intuitive from an author who
understands what motivates friends
and colleagues, and above all. himself,”
he said. “It’s one of the few literary
reminiscences from a college student/
administrator that’s compelling, bright
and above all, genuine.”
“Distinction Without Pretension” is
being published by 1st Books Inc., and
will be available after March 1. For the
first six months after publication, it will
only be available online at
www.brunnemerbooks.com. After that,
it will be available at the U of 1
bookstore.
Brunnemer will be holding a book
signing between 1 I a.m. and 2 p.m. on
March 20 at the Daily Grind coffee
shop in Nashville, Ind. Another book
signing will be held on March 25 at the
Brown County Public Library between
5 and 8 p.m. Brunnemer hopes to have
other book signing sessions. including
one at U of I.
All proceeds from “Distinction
Without Pretension” will be contributed
to the University of Indianapolis and
the Brown County Community
Foundation.
“It’s my way of giving back. My
way of saying thank you to the
university,’’ Brunnemer said. “This is a
personal expression of appreciation for
the influences of all the people- my
teachers, my colleagues, all the folks
who affected my life.”
CAMPUS LIFE
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Students strengthen ties with their
Lil’ Sibs through CPB program
Jessica Borges
Stujj”Writer
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Students recently got the chance to
spend time with their younger siblings
through a program established by the
Campus Program Board. The weekend
of Feb. 20-22 was designated as Lil’
Sibs Weekend.
Lil’ Sibs got to enjoy watching
“Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” playing
Uno, participating in a billiards
tournament, attending the
homecoming basketball games, and
receiving goody bags and free Tshirts.
The event, which was organized by
the Traditional Events Committee of
the CPB, was attended by about 125
Lil’ Sibs from all over Indiana. This
year’s attendance was the highest ever.
According to Eric Raider, chair of
the Traditional Events Committee, the
ages of the Lil’ Sibs range from about
10-18. In the future, the age limit may
be changed to 15.
Raider said the event is held once a
year, and the Lil’ Sibs get to spend the
entire weekend living with their older
siblings, either on or off campus and
participating in different activities.
The older siblings are responsible for
their Lil’ Sibs.
According to Craig Dike, registered
student organizations co-coordinator
and graduate assistant for Student
Affairs, the Lil’ Sibs weekend has
been held for a number of years.
“It has become more of a tradition.”
he said. “We do it just as a way for
students to allow their Lil’ Sibs to
come to campus and see what it is like.
It’s ;I way that l‘nmilies can get
together.”
Raider sent an e-mail to all
undergraduate students before
Christmas break. The e-mail explained
the event, and those students who were
interested responded and paid a $25
registration fee. Lil’ Sibs Weekend
also was advertised on the campus
I n trane t .
“The participation was completely
voluntary and not at all mandatory,“
Raider said.
According to Raider, most of the
activities planned for the Lil‘ Sibs
were based on previous events.
“We would really like the event to
get bigger each year,” Raider said.
According to Dike, the event was
started by the Campus Life Advocacy
Committee, which has since dissolved.
CPB took over Lil’ Sibs Weekend
because of its greater resources.
“The members of CLAC were
mainly seniors, and after they
graduated, no one stepped up to take
their place,” said Julie Anderson,
current treasurer for CPB and former
member of CLAC.
Raider said that he really appreciated
those who participated in the event and
hoped they had fun. He also said that
any suggestions they had regarding the
event were welcome.
Photo pro\Yded I>? U of1 Television
U of I students and their Lil’ Sibs play video games at Late
Nite on Friday, Feb. 20.
ENTERTAINMENT
MARCH^, 2004
THE REFLECTOR PAGE:
5
H CDREVIEW
West coast hip/hop artist Lyrics Born spouts poetry, emphasizes peace
Steve Takacs
Entertainment Editor
Lucas Klipsch
Manapinp Editor
Artwork by Joy Hernandez
He’s chubby. He’s Japanese. You’ve probably never heard of
him. And he might be one of the top five best rappers in the world.
His name is Lyrics Born, one half of the obscure hiphop group
Latyrx, and his debut solo album, “Later That Day,” is simply
mind-boggling.
The album is an apparent testament to the endless possibilities
of an ever-changing genre. Hiphop has devolved recently, and
“Later” proves that real art is still out there ...y ou just have to listen.
The first real song on the album, “Bad Dreams,” displays the
rapper’s smooth-as-Tone Loc voice over a steady and passionate
beat, common in many Quannum Projects (LB’s record label)
productions. In fact, “Bad Dreams” reminded me of something
from a Lifesavas CD, another group produced by Quannum. In the
song, LB offers a melodic account of his frustrating economic
state, claiming that troubles in his life are keeping him from a good
night’s sleep.
In the next song, “Rise and Shine,” the listener hears LB’s alarm
clock squealing in the background, immediately followed by a
beautiful chorus by singer Joy0 Velarde. After about two minutes
of singing, LB comes in with his signature furious-yet-smooth
voice, spouting lyrics a mile a minute, but making it seem
effortless.
The next song on the album, “Callin’ Out,” starts with a jazzy
string bass intro, which quickly merges with a hiphop beat, and is
soon joined by what seems to be an LB staple-a 70s sounding
chorus that throws the listener back to the days of platform shoes
and afro sheen. It gives the song a real “Dolemite” feel. Of course,
LB easily flows over this strange background, as he demonstrates
in the last verse when he utters a string of lyrics that I can’t even
decipher, they’re so insanely good.
The next track is a hilarious skit that’s worth a few listens, as its
punchlines are hard to catch the first time. Following the skit is a
song featuring fellow Quannum rapper Gift of Gab, Blackalicious’
front man. The song is called “Cold Call,” and pokes fun at
telemarketers, but it really disappoints me. It’s a good song, but it
really doesn’t flow as well as I expected it would when I read that
it featured Gift of Gab. He didn’t have a great part, and that’s sad,
because he may be one of the only rappers better than LB.
The next song is called “Stop Complaining” and follows LB’s
consistent format: a string bass intro followed by some funky 70s
vocals. One of the things I enjoyed about this track was that the
chorus, though simple (it was Velarde repeating the title phrase),
crept its way into the verses. LB even interacted with it at times.
When it would say “Stop Complaining,” he would respond with
phrases like “I know, Ladies, I know.” This is one of my favorite
songs on “Later,” mainly because LB lyrically bashes a fictitious
IRS employee in the second verse, then turns right around and
attacks lazy parents in the third, while rapping in this really bizarre
robot voice, which he changes later in the album.
Track nine, “Do That There,” features Jurassic 5 DJ Cut
Chemist, who is featured on several Quannum-produced 5ongs.
This may be the best song on the first half of the album. It is one of
only about two or three songs on “Later” that starts with a typical
hip/hop intro and somewhat normal hiphop samples. The
background is interesting, but it’s not too busy, leaving LB plenty
of space to prove his hiphop omnipresence. One thing 1 don’t like
about this song is the chorus, but it’s forgivable once the listener
reaches the third verse, where LB spews a series of rhymes and
sequential syllables that twist my tongue just thinking about them.
Before verse three, Cut Chemist throws in an old school scratch
bridge, then the verse starts. LB begins with: “Well abracadabra I
saddled up a camel/traveled the Sahara and the avenues of
Casablanca/rdn into Bin Laden and family/snackin’ on an AbbaZabba/cabbage patch are practicin’ the Macarena with who?/
Santana, Santa, a panda, my grandma, Dracula, Aladdin and the
Dali Lama ...” and he keeps going. I could write the whole verse,
but you get the picture. He’s really good.
Despite the energetic first handful of tracks, the latter portion of
the album begins by acquainting the listener with a smooth
serenade of LB’s heavy staccato voice, acapella style. His vocalic
rhythm and powerful lyrics open the tenth track, “Before and
After,” and eventually lead into a beat that I might expect to hear
on an Enya album. This background defines mellow while it
showers the ears drenching them with beautiful sounds.
Meanwhile, LB continues to use his lyrical talent,
rapping and flowing like a veteran and
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penetrating the airwaves with his messagepeace. “Before and After” carries the
listener on a hip/hop journey through the
eyes of a man who raps out of passion
1 1
and raw emotion in a system where
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neither friend nor foe can be trusted.
The title of the track connotes his
feelings before and after he entered
the hiphop world.
One of the greatest features on
“Later” is the way songs begin. For
instance, the first few seconds of
track eleven, “The Last Trumpet,” are
occupied by a voice that sounds like a
mix between Vincent Price and Orson
Wells saying, “Lamentations.” From
there, the beat progresses into something
which surprises me, an entire symphony
including vocals. I didn’t really expect to
1
hear something like this, and I didn’t at first.
However, after hearing the background a few
’1
times, it rapidly became one of my favorites. The
all-encompassing timpanis thunder through the
foreground while stringed and brass instruments, maracas and
Gregorian-like chants collide in the background. It’s truly a work
of art.
The lyrics, on the other hand, include another vocalist, Lateef
the Truth Speaker, the other half of Latyrx. The artists discuss their
feelings toward a whopper-jawed political system wherein slavery
of all people can still be seen. Additionally, they buck shots at
those in power, ripping on public education, foreign policy and
religion. While both flow at amazing paces throughout the song,
their lyrics are sometimes inaudible due to the always moving beat.
In the end, their message is still peace and the unification of all
ethnicities.
“Pack Up” is next in line, and its opening features a couple of
records mixed together to create an intro that Chuck D or Run
DMC probably would have used. In fact, the beat is a complete
throwback to a I989 Public Enemy concert. only LB battle raps an
imaginary adversary. For instance he says, “Bare in mind/ 1 come
from an era in tinie/where you actually had to have lyrics that
rhyme/let my baritone ride your insides/paralyze y o u r cerebellum/
throwin’ yo’ reality out of alignment.” Clever lyricism like t h i 5
helps separate Lyrics Born from below average rhymers like S O
Cent or Chingy. and LB’s witty nature continues to prevail
throughout the song. Essentially, the premise of this song is that i t
took him years to produce a quality album and terrible, slightly
talented so-called rappers are constantly signing record deals when
their music is garbage.
Track thirteen, “Hott Bizness,” can be captured by this phrasepsychedelically funky. When I listened to this track, I couldn’t help
but visualize Samuel L. Jackson-wearing a polyester suit, threeinch platform shoes and dark shades-boogying around a disco bar.
The track expresses the view that underground hip/hop is more
powerful than mainstream repetitive nonsense, and it certainly
proves to be a tongue-twister. Lyrics Born’s voice undergoes
massive inflections as he slides in as many syllables a 5 each verse
will hold. His use of alliteration coupled with his awesome ability
to repeat certain stressed patterns, creating a vocalic rhythm
embodied in the beat, exemplifies his endlejs talent.
Joy0 Velarde accompanies LB in ii duet i n
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it‘s awesome. The only part of the track that might
get annoying is the overused reggae voices of what sounds
like an underwater version of Shaggy.
The bonus track “Hello,” is one final showcase of talent. Joyo
Velarde’s vocals provide the sexy, funky swing of this song while
Lyrics Born offers his last meters of rhyme. This track seems to
have been thrown on the album. If that is the case, it was a good
idea. The listener receives multiple mind-bending lyrics, and it’s
like LB’s way of saying, “Hey, in case you missed any of the
previous lyrical content, I’ll do it one more time because I love hip/
hop.” Although he never said this, that’s the impres\ion I got from
the finale.
Overall, this is a spectacular album because it takes the listener
through a virtual hipihop house of sound with lyrics spit s o fluidly
they sometimes come off as indiscernible. I recommend this album
to anyone who loves funky, jazzy beats and lyrics with ;I
meaningful encoded message.
RESTAURANT REVIEW
Southside Italian joint mixes fun, food and old country values
If you’ve watched Hollywood’s
renditions of Italian families such as in
“The Sopranos;” any Godfather movie
or even “Good Fellas,” you know that
Italians supposedly love to eat.
I saw this myth transformed into
reality when the server, Brian,
explained that the portions were family
Buca di Beppo, which translates
sized. The whole idea of the restaurant
loosely to Grandpa Joe’s basement, is
seemed to be the togetherness of a
the name of a nationally renowned
fami I y .
chain of restaurants serving, of all
The menu, which hangs on the wall
things, Italian cuisine. The founders of for everyone to share, offers guests an
the restaurant traveled across the
extremely wide variety of Italian
Atlantic Ocean in the late 1890s. Their cuisine ranging from veal marsala to
status as poor immigrants forced them
enormous 2-feet by 1 -foot family-sized
to remain in the lower socioeconomic
Neapolitan pizzas.
class. However, they could cook and
More important than this, though,
did so with the utmost respect for the
is the amount of food that is actually
mother country, Italy. This led to the
brought to the table. Back up, let’s
opening of their first restaurant, a hole- start with an appetizer.
in-the-wall, family-operated eatery that
For instance, the garlic bread is an
was confined to a basement. Ever
eight inch circular loaf, which is
since, the name has gained recognition supposed to be cut like a pizza. Other
and exponentially expanded to serve
side items such as salads and fried
the American appetite.
calamari are also available.
The building’s internal structure
While eating the appetizers, I heard
equates to a windowless basement, and Dean Martin’s voice saturating the
this only adds to the overall feel of the restaurant as he serenaded the night
establishment, which is cozy to say the away and left me longing for a trip to
least. The multiple patterned rouge
Italy. If Buca is anything close to
carpet accented with other dark and
representing an authentic restaurant in
some light colors causes the eyes to
Italy, I definitely need to see the “real”
swirl. The exquisite fragrance of
thing.
slowly simmering Italian food
The servings were certainly more
paralyzes the guest and leaves the
than enough, and one could easily
mouth watering and the stomach
satisfy an appetite with salad and
rumbling. All of this before ordering?
garlic bread alone.
No way!
After ordering the chicken
Another distinct feature of Buca’s
cacciatore, an entire butchered chicken
interior decorating scheme is the
roasted with all possible Italian herbs
overabundance of Italian figures
and spices, served atop mouthwatering
prominent in American culture. These
garlic mashed potatoes and highlighted
figures can be seen in the framed
with a red sauce, I wasn’t sure how
pictures hanging on the walls. I do not
much of the meal we’d be able to eat.
say overabundance in a bad way.
Although I brought an appetite, it
Rather, one certainly knows the
might not have been Italian-sized.
The wait for the entree wasn’t’ badrestaurant is Italian and not, say.
Mexican.
a 25-to-30 minute intermission which
Pictures of legendary Italians such
allowed my fullness from garlic bread
as Joe DiMaggio, Sophia Loren and
and salad to subside. Seeing as how
Vince Lombardi line the walls.
family is a predominant theme, entrees
Additionally, an entire room is devoted are served on huge platters with a
to the dominant Italian religion,
couple of gigantic serving
Catholicism. The Pope’s bust serves as utensils.. .once again, everyone shares.
a centerpiece for a table that can hold
The chicken itself was perfectly
cooked- a lightly crusted skin and
10 or 12 people.
Steve Takacs
Entertainment Editor-
tender, juicy white meat. The garlic
mashed potatoes, on the other hand,
captured the essence of flavorful, real
potatoes, and the garlic was perfectly
blended so that it wasn’t
overpowering. It was all delicious, a
wonderful entree that delighted the
taste buds and satisfied to the last bite.
My first visit to Buca was one I
want to replicate, again and again. This
is by far one of the best Italian
restaurants I’ve encountered. The only
minor complaint I have is our server,
Brian.
Since I had never been to Buca, I
had to ask him what elements
comprised each dish. Although I didn’t
ask him about every listed item, his
response seemed somewhat
programmed. I guess I’m not really
complaining, though, because he told
what was in each dish down to the last
granule of salt or speck of oregano.
Brian, much unlike my waiter at
Stone Creek Dining Co., actually left
my sight and let my family and me eat
in peace. He came by every now and
then to check our drinks and to ask if
we needed anything, but that was
about it. No looming figures
reminiscent of Dracula, no pretendingBrian was an excellent server who
provided laidback and family-oriented
service.
Go to Buca- any of the locationCastleton Square, Greenwood or
downtown Indianapolis would be an
excellent adventure for a few college
pals. The prices are a little high, but if
the bill is split among a few people,
each person shouldn’t have to pay
more than $15, and that’s not 3 bad
price for the serving sizes.
If you’re not into Italian cuisine,
don’t go, but if you like a family-style
aura and eating like an Italian Mafioso.
Buca di Beppo is beckoning. Unlike
other Italian restaurants that serve
individual portions and claim that
when you eat at their restaurant, you’re
family, Buca serves enough for ten
made-men and lets guests vicariously
experience a little slice o f Italy. I n
short, I had a blast. and you will loo.
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motivated. Actually, you don’t even
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SPORTS
PAGE6 THE REFLECTOR
MARCH
3,2004
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Logan scores 47, ‘Hounds lose heart-breaker in overtime
Craig Haupert
Stuff Writet-
The seniors of the University of
Indianapolis men’s basketball team
combined to score 54 of the teams 93
points, showcasing their offensive
prowess in a win over Northern
Kentucky University Saturday, Feb.
21.
Junior guard David Logan scored
21 of his game-high 23 points in the
first half.
“David kept us going in the first
half,” said Todd Sturgeon, head coach
of the men’s basketball team. “He
came out aggressive offensively and
was able to find and knock down some
open shots. This gave us a big boost
because they [Northern Kentucky]
were defending us pretty well in the
first half.”
The ‘Hounds came out of the locker
room strong, starting the second half
with a 13-4 run and jumping out to a
59-47 lead over Northern Kentucky.
“In the second half we got our
inside game going,” Sturgeon said.
“Jason Wright and Ryan Hixson
carried us offensively for the most part
of the second half.”
Senior center Jason Wright got 16
of his 22 points in the second half and
snatched a team-high nine rebounds,
five of which were offensive.
Senior forward Ryan Hixson
contributed 15 of his 17 points in the
second half and grabbed nine
rebounds.
Senior forward Rodney Rollins was
a perfect 5-5 from the field, finishing
with 15 points. Rollins also had a
career high five assists.
Junior guard Cory Bennett
contributed I O points, four assists and
four rebounds.
The ‘Hounds shot 57 percent from
the field for the night and almost 62
percent in the second half.
According to Sturgeon, this is due
to the ‘Hounds’ getting better shots,
something they had failed to do earlier
in the season when they lost five out of
six games.
“In those games, our shooting
percentage was poor, due mainly to a
lack of patience and poor execution
which led to us taking more difficult
shots,’’ Sturgeon said. “We shot very
well in this game and that is a direct
result of being patient and getting
better shots.”
According to Sturgeon, there was
little to complain about in the second
half of Saturday’s game.
“Offensively we shot close to 62
percent and only had three turnovers,”
Sturgeon said. “One of those turnovers
was at the end of the game, when we
had substituted pretty heavily. So for
19 minutes, we played about as
efficiently as us or anybody else is
capable of against a quality team.”
The win gave the ‘Hounds a 19-6
record overall and a 12-6 record in the
Great Lakes Athletic Conference. The
19 wins is the most wins in a season
for the ‘Hounds since the 1996-1997
season, when the team went 23-5 and
won the GLVC championship.
“I think we are as good as we have
ever been,” Sturgeon said. “We had
three weeks where we were not. But
for the other 12 or 13 weeks of the
season we were pretty good.”
According to Sturgeon the team has
a mix of different talents. “We have a
perimeter player [David Logan] who is
capable of getting 30 points on any
given night. We have a post player in
Jason Wright that teams have tough
decisions to make on how they are
going to guard him. We have guys in
Ryan Hixson and Rodney Rollins who
can drive the ball. We have some guys
that can shoot like Mickey McGill and
Luke Blank. We have a pretty good
blend of players.”
According to Sturgeon the ‘Hounds
are primarily an offensive team, and
that offense this year is one of the best
he has coached in his 12 years at the
University of Indianapolis.
“I think our team seems to go the
way of our offense,” Sturgeon said. “If
we can be efficient offensively and not
turn the ball over and have the patience
to get good shots our defense usually
follows.’’
The ‘Hounds lost a heart-breaker in
overtime to Kentucky Wesleyan on
Thursday night, 12 1 - 1 18 despite
Logan’s career-high 47 point effort.
Wright and Bennett 16 each. Wright
also had a team-high nine rebounds.
U of I hit 42-68 from the field and
12-23 from beyond the arc.
Indianapolis is ranked fourth in the
Feb. 25 NCAA I1 Great Lakes Region
poll.
U of I finished its regular season
with a 96-79 loss to 17th-ranked
Southern Indiana on Saturday, Feb. 28.
Logan led all scorers with 25 points,
four steals and three assists.
Hixon added 12 points, going 6-7 at
the line. He had seven rebounds, three
assists and two steals.
McGill had 11 points going 4-7
from the field and 3-5 at the line.
Rollins had 1 1 points and eight
rebounds, tying his season high.
Wright was the fifth player in
double digits with I O points and eight
rebounds.
The ‘Hounds will be the fourth seed
in the GLVC tournament. The
‘Hounds will play SIU-Edwardsville
in the first round.
Photo by J o y Hernnnde:
Junior Triston Jointer (14) looks to in-bound a pass
during a team practice last Wednesday.
WOMEN’S TRACK
Team third at GLVC
Indoor Championships
Valerie Miller
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SOFTBALL
‘Hounds 3-2 after condensed fall season
Team prepares for ten games in six days over spring break
Sara Kaiser
Sports Editor
The U of I softball team is geared
up for spring season. The ‘Hounds
finished 3-2 during the condensed fall
season.
First vear Head Coach Jackie
Nebelsiek has 15 letter winners and
five starters returning for the ‘Hounds
this season.
Sophomore All-Great Lakes Valley
Conference pitcher Beth Wendlinger
opened the fall season with a complete
game over Valparaiso 3-1 on Saturday,
Sept. 20. Last season, Wendlinger had
a 13-8 recored with 155 strikeouts in
143 innings.
The Greyhounds split the last two
games during fall ball. The ‘Hounds
beat St. Joseph’s 7-2. Sophomore
Danielle Melon was 2-2 at the plate,
with two RBI and one run scored.
U of I rallied back with a six-run
sixth inning to rally to defeat St. Joe.
Freshman Tracey Harrell hit a two-run
RBI pinch-hit triple in that inning.
Sophomore pitcher Natalie Walker
earned the win allowing one hit and no
runs while striking out three in just
over two innings.
The ‘Hounds fell to Purdue 1-4 on
Saturday, Oct. 5. Senior Noelle
Horvath went 3-3 with a double and an
RBI.
Junior Courtney Poulos was 2-3
with a run scored.
Even though the ‘Hounds lost,
Horvath said there is no bad feelings in
losing to such a strong caliber team.
“That game proved to us, even
though we are an extremely small
Division I1 school, we can hang in
there with Big Ten teams,” Horvath
said. “Playing Purdue like we did was
extremely pleasing. It was a great way
to end Our fall Season.’’
Horvath, who is the only senior on
the team, said the team would like to
do better than SO0 on their trip to
Florida over spring break.
“We’d like to start our season off on
a strong note,” Horvath said. “I want to
know I can always get better
throughout the season.”
The ‘Hounds will open their season
against Shippensburg, Pa. on Sunday,
March 7 in Osceola, Fla. The team
will play two games a day while they
are on the road.
They will also face Southern New
Hampshire, West Virginia Wesleyan,
East Stroudsberg (Pa.), Dowling
(N.Y.), Bloomsburg (Pa.), South
Dakota State, New Haven (Conn.),
Truman State (Mo.). and Merrimack
(Mass.).
“There are always games that get
intense,” Horvath said. “The games
against NKU [Northern Kentucky
University] and US1 [Southern
Indiana] are always intense. They are
good teams in our conference.”
The ‘Hounds will play both teams
back-to back at home on Saturday and
Sunday, April 3 and 4.
With a large graduating class last
year the team has added some new
faces to the squad.
“We have some strong freshman
this year,” Horvath said. “Tiffany
Tyree in one of the hardest workers on
our team.
Other freshmen on the team are
Chelsie Stacy, Andrea Vachon,
Madison Dickman, Julie Van Zee and
Erin Kujawski,
The ‘Hounds will play their first
home game, Saturday, April 3 against
Southern Indiana. The Great Lakes
Valley Conference Tournament starts
Friday, April 30.
E d /1 0 1 ‘
The University of Indianapolis
women’s track team finished the
indoor portion of th
Great Lakes Valley
Championship at Lewis University on
Feb. 28. Qualifiers for the NCAA
Indoor Championship on Mar. 12 in
Boston, Mass., include throwers
Natalie Coffey, sophomore, and Cari
Roush, senior.
“We need to work on psychological
stuff,” said head coach Scott Fangman.
“They [team members] need to
[believe] in themselves and stay
focused on the task. Now is not the
time to make drastic changes.”
In recent action, the ’Hounds
competed in the IU Hoosier Hills Open
at Indiana University o n Feh. 30 and
the DePauw Classic at DePauw
University on Feb. 2 1.
In the Hoosier Hills Open. Coffey
finished 12th in the shot put with a
throw of43’9 1/4. Coffey also placed
14th in the 20-weight throw event with
a throw of 49’5 I/?, behind teammate
Roush, who finished 1 Ith with a throw
of 51’10.
In the 200-meter race. sophomore
Ivorye Long placed fifth with a time of
26.28, and senior Ashley Moore
finished seventh with a time o f 26.49.
Freshman Miranda Loney finished
in sixth place in the 5.000-meter race
with a time of 20:35.75.
At the DePauw mcct. Tiffany
Smith. a senior, finished I Ith in the
pole vault. jumping 7’0 1/4. Senior
Erin Webb placed fourth in the 5.000meter race with a time of I9:00.46.
“The indoor for us is nothing we
truly focus on. We do what we can to
survive and have fun ...We [U of I ]
don’t have indoor facilities, so that
makes it difficult.” Fangman said. “If
we win anything, it’s icing on the
cake. We’ve done well.”
Fangman also has expectations for
the outdoor part of the season. “The
outdoor [part] is what we peak for. We
are a much better outdoor team,” he
said. Fangman also said that he
expects more people to qualify for the
outdoor championships.
Lori Vising, a junior hurdler and
jumper, also expects improvement
once the team moves outdoors. “1
expect us to improve tremendously
from indoor to outdoor,” she said. “We
need to work hard to reach the goals
we’ve set For ourselves.”
Sophomore Liz Hall, a hurdler and
high jumper, is looking forward to the
outdoor half. “I‘m looking forward to
having meets at home with the new
track,” she said.
On Saturday the ‘Hounds traveled
t o Lewis University to compete in the
GLVC Indoor Champion,hips. The
team finished third behind Southern
Illinois-Ed~,ardsviIleand Lewis.
Thrower Cari Roush was named
“Athlzte of the Year.“ Roush won the
20-pound weight throw and the shot
put.
Junior Briana Berman finished
second in the 400-meter dash with a
time of 58.43.
Webb placed fifth in the one-mile
run and third in the 3000-meter run.
Freshman Karen Rower also placed
in the 3000-meter run finishing eighth.
Freshman Andrea Cook took third
place in both the long jump and triple
.jump.
The ‘Hounds will bc in action at
home on Saturday. March 27.
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MARCH
3,2004
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
THE REFLECTOR PAGE
7
MEN’STRACK
‘Hounds seeded third in GLVC tournament Cross named GLVC
Team makes history with second straight 20-win season
Natalie Konyalian
Stuff Writer
The University of Indianapolis
women’s basketball team won its 13th
consecutive game at Nicoson Hall on
Saturday, Feb. 21 against Northern
Kentucky with a score of 50-49.
Prior to the game, Head Coach Teri
Moren was feeling confident about
playing at home.
“There’s nothing like being in the
comforts of Nicoson Hall and being in
front of your own crowd,” Moren said.
The team has been having a
winning streak this season, with 13
wins at home and only one loss. The
last two games at home were also a
success for the Greyhounds, who
scored 74-62 against Lewis, and 62-52
against Wisconsin-Parkside.
Moren was certain this would be the
case because the ‘Hounds had lost at
both those places before. “We’ve
gotten better since we played those
two teams earlier in the year-which
we knew we would improve and get
better-and that’s nice to see,” Moren
said.
Saturday’s game also was Senior
Night, so the game was particularly
special for the three seniors on the
team-Sarah Shackle, Sara Strahm,
and Lesley Hughes.
Shackle, who has been with the
team for four years. will be the first to
graduate under coach Moren’s staff,
and she also hoped for a good win.
“We’ve got to beat NKU and get
them back,” Shackle said. “They beat
us here in the NCAA tournament last
year, so we hope for a win.”
The ‘Hounds have a long history
with Northern Kentucky.
“Northern Kentucky is a team we
aspire to be like,” Moren said. “Last
year was the first year we were able to
beat them. There’s such a rivalry
between the two teams. We love
nothing more than to win a big game
on Senior Night.”
Senior forward Sara Strahm was the
‘hero’ on Senior Night, hitting the
game-winning free throws with 1 1
seconds left to break a 49-all tie.
Overall, the team believes it is
improving, and the last few games
have been proof of this.
“We’ve come a long way and we
just keep getting better,” Shackle said.
I think we’re peaking at the right time
at the end of the season.”
The team has two more games to go
before their Great Lakes Valley
Conference tournament in Evansville.
“Right now we’re third in the
conference standing, but that’ll
change,” Moren said. “We won’t know
how and where we’re seated and who
will play until next week after we play
Southern.”
There will be some changes to the
team next year. A new recruiting class
will be brought in, and they will lose
seniors to graduation.
“They [seniors] have been in thc
program the longest and have really
built this thing,’’ Moren said.
However, along with their new
recruits, the team also has freshmen
and sophomores who look promising
for the future.
“The future is really bright here,
and we still have a lot to look forward
to in the next several years,” Moren
said.
The Greyhounds hosted Kentucky
Wesleyan on Thursday. The team
made history by reaching the 20-win
mark for the second straight season
with an 89-64 victory over the
conference rival.
With the win the ‘Hounds clinch a
top-three seed for the GLVC
tounament.
Junior Erin Moran moved into ninth
place on the U of I all-time scoring list
with her 28-point effort. She finished
IO- 13 from the field.
Sophomore Megan Dossen had 17
points and a team-high nine rebounds.
U of I shot 33-65 from the field.
The ‘Hounds will face the sixth
seed Northern Kentucky on Thursday
in the first round of the GLVC
tournament.
“Athlete of the Yea
AA I1 Indoor
n ran the mile in 4:08.16 to
break the U of I record. His time
The men’s track team traveled to
Indiana Univercity Friday, Feb. 20
to participate in the IU Hoosier Hills
Invitational. Senior All-American
Dameion Smith won the 35-pound
weight throw with a personal best
20.64 meters in his final attempt.
Junior Aaron Law\on finished third,
and junior Cory Young fini\hed in
fifth place.
Assistant coach Giles Davis was
pleased with the thrower’s efforts.
“They threw their personal bect,”
Davis said. “They are some of the
best throwers among Division I1
athlete? in the country.”
Sophomore Chase Eaton won the
p at the DePauw Cla\sic on
“Chase is one of the co-Favorites
to win conference,’’ Davis said. “He
oming together for us at the right
e.”
U of I alfo sent some runner? to
the Iowa State Track Classic last
Saturday. Senior All-American
Reggie Cross and junior All-Great
Lakes Valley Conference runner
John Parson each broke school
records.
Cross ran 47.26 in the 400 meters
to break the school record and
28 the U of I men’s tr
finished third behind
Illinois-Edwardsvill
Year” and Adam Campagna was
Cross won the 200 mete
with a time of 22.55. Cross
won the 400 meter dash in
Parson beat out Rich
of SUI-E to win the
4: 1 1.07. Sophomore
finished seventh.
Parson also won the 3000 m e
run.
Sophomore Carl Lile finished
third in the 55 meter hurdles and
fourth in the 200 meter hurdl
Campagna won the men’s
jump with Eaton in third.
U of I went one, two, three 1
35-pound weight throw. Smith
the event with a distance of 20.
Lawson and Young were right
Championships will be in Boston
Mass., March 12 and 13.
SWIMMING
Kinkead voted GLIAC “Coach of the
Year” for the second year in a row
Grunert GLIAC “Athlete of the Year” for the fourth consecutive time
Katy Yeiser
Stujf Writer
Coach Gary Kinkead’s women’s
swimming team swept through the
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athlctic
Conference competition with ease to
capture their third straight conference
title. Runner-up Northern Michigan
recorded 373 points which, was a far
reach from the ‘Hounds winning 541 .5
points. The victory capped an
undefeated record for the ‘Hounds
against their GLIAC competition.
“We’ve really been dominant in our
conference all year long,” Kinkead.
“We really expected that we would
dominate that well.”
The ‘Hounds nine-time NCAA I1
All-American senior Megan Grunert
was named GLIAC ‘:Athlete of the
Year” for the fourth consecutive time
after the tournament.
“It’s a good testament to her
(Grunert’s) ability to keep working for
four years,” said Kinkead. “I think
she’s had a great impact on the
program because of her work ethic and
her academics. She’s the optimization
of a great student athlete. She has been
a great influence and role model for
the rest of our swimmers to have.”
Grunert won the 200 individual
medley in 2:08.48 and the 400
individual medley in 4:34.22. Both
times qualify her for the national meet
in Buffalo, NY. She also recorded her
third win in the 200 breaststroke with a
time of 2:20.40.
Freshman Alison Smith was also
named co-GLIAC “Freshman of the
4
.
Photo by Luke Thornherry
Assistant head coach Scott Young hits to the outfielders
during a team practice last week. The ‘Hounds open their
2004 season in Fort Meyers, Fla. over spring break.
Year.”
“I was really surprised about that. I t
made all my hard work worth it in the
end,” Smith said.
Kinkead was not as surprised an
Smith was.
“That was not a surprise. 1 was a
little miffed she (Smith) didn’t win it
by herself. I thought she deserved it,”
Kinkead said.
Smith won the 1 .OOO freestyle with
a pool record time of 10:39.44and
won the 500 frcc.\Ljie i i i ;I t i l i l t o f
5:07.69. She qualified for the national
meet after recording hei t h i r d win of
the meet in the 200 freestyle with a
time of 152.34. Her time in the 200
freestyle was the second best in the
nation so far this season.
Grunert, Smith. junior Erin
Sarbaugh and sophomore Kristen Lund
captured another win for the ‘ H o u n d \
in the 800 freestyle relay with ;I time
of 7:46.63. Their time shattered the old
school record of 750.58. Junior Kenzi
Miller totaled two wins i n the meet
with a top finish in the 100 backstroke
(59.65) and 100 freestyle ((53.43).
Junior Emily Sabo kept u p the ‘Hounds
winning ways with a victory i n the
1650-meter freestyle in IX:OI .60.
Smith, Grunert, Miller and
freshman Holly Spohr combincti t o
capture the 200 medley relaq will in a
pool record time o f 1 :4X.X6. Smith.
Miller. and Spohr teamed with .junior
Kristen Kendzierski for the win i n tlle
200 freestyle relay i n 1 :37.XX. Smitli,
Gruncrt, Lund and Miller gave the
‘Hounds their third relay win of the
meet in the 400 mcclley with a time of
3:56.78. Their time broke the old
school record of 3:57.X2.
The ‘Hounds are ranked second
nationally in thc Division II polls and
will send Grunert, Kendlierski. Lund.
Miller. Smith. Spohr and f r c h i a n
diver Tasha Wiesman to the NCAA I I
National meet in Buffalo, New York.
“I’m just going to go there and try to
better my times,” Smith said.
The men’s swimming team also
competed in the GLIAC tournament
and took home a second-place finish.
The ‘Hounds tallied 436 points to
finish behind winner Wayne State (5 18
points) .
Sophomore Cole Tedhams was also
named GLIAC “Athlete of the Year.”
“He (Tedhams) deserved it
(“Athletc of the Year“) trerncndously
because of the times he did,” Kinkead
said.
Tedhams recorded the second best
SO freestyle time in the nation, with a
time of 20.5 I, and Kinkead believes
some of his times are as good as some
credible Division I swimmers.
Tedhams and won the 100 freestyle
i n 45.37 and teamed with freshman
Wayne Stewart, junior Deniz Monkul
and junior Bruno Fonseca for a victory
i n the 400 freestyle. Their time of
3:04.36 broke the school record and
cltialified the four for the NCAA
nationals. Stewart went on to win the
200 freestyle ( 1 :43.35), and Monkul
swam for another victory in the 200
backstroke (297.53). Tedhams also
won the SO freestyle in 20.5 1 to
qualify for the national finals.
Sophomore Drew Hastings won the
400 individual medley (4:05.73) and
won the 800 freestyle relay with
Stewart, Fonseca and Monkul. Monkul
added another win for the ‘Hounds
with his victory in the 200 individual
medley ( 1 :54.57) to meet the
provisional qualifying standard for the
national meet. Fonseca. Hastings,
senior Justin Lowarnce. Monkul.
Stewart and Tedhams all qualified for
nationals.
The 2004 NCAA I I Nationals will
be held in Buffalo, New York, March
IO-13.
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