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W JAZZ ARTIST
World famous Jazz artist comes to U of I to perform new music
Shelly Grimes
Sta8 Writer
Jazz legend Benny Golson played to
a packed Ruth Lilly Performance Hall
on Dec. 3, performingjazz favorites and
sharing a few of his favorite stories with
the audience.
Golson, a saxophone player, was born
in Philadelphia in 1929. He began playing jazz music as a teenager and quickly
started having “am” sessions with other
teens in his neighborhood.
“They weren’t jam sessions,” Golson
said. “They weren’t good enough to
deserve the ‘J’, so we just called them
‘am sessions’.’’
Golson recalled meeting a neighborhood musician back in his early days
in Philadelphia. A friend of Golson’s
told him about a saxophone player who
played just like famous jazz musician
Johnny Hodges of the Duke Ellington
Orchestra. Golson told his friend to bring
the saxophone player to his house so he
could meet him.
“He was just acountry bumpkin standing there biting his fingernails,” Golson
said.. “And then he started playing his
horn.”
The saxophone player’s name was
John Coltrane.
.Golson and Coltrane soon became
good friends and began playing gigs in
Philadelphia. Coltrane later left Philadelphia and went to New York City to play
with Miles Davis.
When Coltrane found out that Davis
was looking for new tunes to record,
Coltram: insisted that Golson send one
of his songs to Davis. Davis recorded
the song, entitled “Stablemates,” which
is now considered a jazz standard.
“I owe my entirejazz career to my dear
friends Miles Davis and John Coltrane,”
Golson said.
Golson left Philadelphia and moved
to New York, or as he referred to it, “the
Mecca for musicians.” Golson’s career
flourishled after this.
“Once you’re in New York, if you’ve
done your homework, it can take you to all
sorts of fabulous things,” Golson said.
Golson has played with many bands,
including those of Benny Goodman and
Dizzy Ciillespie. He has composed music
for acts such as Sammy Davis Jr., Ella
Fitzgerald, Lou Rawls, Diana Ross and
The Monkees.
He also wrote musical scores for
television shows and movies such as
“M*A*S*H,”“ThePartridgeFamily”
and
“Mission Impossible.” He has recorded
over 30 albums under his own name or
with otlher people.
He also recently appeared in the Steven
Spielberg movie “The Terminal,” which
stars Tom Hanks.
Gol:;on is also the only living jazz
musician to have written eight standards
for jazz repertoire.
Golson shared afew of those standards
with the audience at his concert, including
“Stablemates,” “Along Came Betty,” and
“I Remember Clifford.”
Golson explained that the song “Along
Came Betty” was written for a girl named
Betty tlhat he met while traveling with his
first band to Dayton, Ohio.
“I could see us riding away into the
sunset. but then the sun set and she rode
away,’‘ Golson joked.
Golson also noted that this song often
got him in trouble with his wife, who’s
name is Bobbie.
“People came up to her and said, ‘You
must be Betty!”’ Golson laughed.
“1 Remember Clifford” was perhaps
the audience’s favorite song of the evening. Golson said that the song was written
as a tribute to his friend Clifford Brown,
a 25-year-old trumpet player who was
killed in a car accident in 1956.
Golson wrote the song while playing
for Dizzy Gillespie, and upon hearing it
Gillespie immediately wanted to record
it. Since then, it has been recorded by
numerous other musicians.
“Every time I play this song, I wonder
what would have happened ifthat 25-yearold’s life hadn’t been snuffed out on the
Pennsylvania Turnpike,” Golson said.
During the second half of the show,
blues singer JC Faulk came onstage. Faulk
sang and scatted two songs with the band
and had the audience tapping their feet
and clapping their hands.
The crowd continued to show theirenthusiasm through the next song, Golson’s
rendition of “Take The A Train,” a piece
performed by the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Golson received a standing ovation
from the crowd after the performance.
Golson said that he loves performing
his music live because it is so much more
personal.
“The stories of why these songs were
written.. . you can’t buy that at a record
shop,” Golson said.
Although Golson has done many
things in his 50-year career, he made
it clear to the audience that he was not
done yet.
“That’s the nature of creativity,” Golson said. “You’re never really satisfied.
It’s aperpetual thing; no matter what you
do, you always want to go further.”
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Photo I,v Luke Thornherry
World renowned Jazz artist and composer Benny Golson
(left) poses with Harry Miedema, assitant professor of
Music at U of 1. Golson, a saxophonists, performed at U
of I on Dec. 3.
I CHRISTMAS OPTIONS
Students on campus during winter break can still find holiday spirit
The University of
Indianapolis has
several opportunities
on campus for
students who cannot
return home for the
winter break during
holiday seasons.
Many students who
stay on campus or
nearby are athletes
and international
students. Christmas
can be celebrated by
all of these people
with something as
simple and symbolic
as the Christmas tree
on Smith Mall. The
tree lighting was on
Wednesday Dec. 1, by
University President
Jerry Israel.
Photo hy Zach Bolinger
campus usually come toschwitzertoplay
pool or ping-pong orjust hang out. Many
trf the international students will go out
of state to visit family and friends, even
if they are not able to go home.
Lee Schreyer, ajunior from Ghana, has
Christmas break is seen by most as chosen nottogohome this yearbutinstead
one of the best holidays of the year often will spend about half of his vacation in
including achance to go home, visit with Indianapolis. He looks forward to staying
family and friends, travel a little bit and around campus because some friends from
maybeget ajob to earn some extra money. Canada are coming to visit him.
For Christmas Schreyer plans to go to
But what happens to those students e h o
have been on campus for that entire break blarylandtovisit with hisaunt andcousins
and cannot go home for Christmas?
but is still debating on whether he wants
As soon as that last final is over, most to stay there for Nzw Year’s.
This isn’t the first time that Schreyer
students wave goodbye to their friends
then sprint to the nearest car or plane that has been away from home for the holiis heading home. Many have never even days. The winter break of his freshman
considered the ideaof not being able to go year he spent in Boston. The main reason
home for Christmas, but Office of Resi- that he chose to return home last year was
dent Life Administrative Assistant, Lisa because many of his friends were going to
Moore estimates that about 50 students be there and they planned to all be there
will be staying on the U of I campus for in order to have a little reunion. This year
his friends will be around campus so the
the holiday season.
These students include international decision to stay was easy.
“We don’t have anything planned,”
students who will not be going home
and a number of athletes who are i n the Schreyer said, “but we’ll find something
middle of their seasons. The athletes will to do.”
This year, some things to do include
fill their time practicing, traveling and
hosting numerous games throughout the several games hosted by the men’s and
break, but other students who will reside women’s basketball teams, a wrestling
on campus are left to fend for themselves invitational, amen’s and women’s swimming and diving invitational or a visit to
over the break.
“The halls pretty much shut down the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center
and the cafeteria is closed,” Moore said. after Jan. 10 to experience the work of
visiting artists Mark Gordon and Jeremy
“Students are basically on their own.”
The students are allowed to stay i n Simmons.
Cheap options for off campus entertheirown roomsafter filling out a request
and paying an extra $210, but near14 all tainment ideas can be found downtown.
of the rest of the campus will be closed. The Circle of Lights display on MonuAfew things that will be staying open for ment Circle has been shown every year
certain holiday hours will be the Schwitzer for 42 years and is free. Another event
Student Center and the Krannert Memo- is the Indiana History Center’s showing,
“Holidays in the Heartland,” which is free
rial Library.
Cora Heck, administrative assistai~t to everyone as well. For New Year’s Eve,
forthe International Division, said that i n several different clubs will be open and
previous breaks the students who stay on ringing in the New Year.
ONE CARD SYSTEM
U of I will make the change to a new ID card system in Fall 2005
Lauren Howey
Feature Editor
The University of Indianapolis is
planning to install a new system in the
cafeteria that will allow students to pay
fortheirfood with adebitcard-likesystem
called One Card.
The One Card system will be in
place by Fall of 2005. Funding has been
approved but other details still need to
be worked out. Students at U of I should
learn more details in Janury 2005.
,4ny amount of money can be put on
the card. Students will be able to check
their balances as well.
“The current system is that if you don’t
use the meals, you lose it,” senior Eric
Raiider, president of Campus Program
Board, said. “With this you can put a
thousand dollars on it and you can actually see the money decreasing.”
The University of Indianapolis is
planning to phase in the One Card sys-
tem. Students will be able to use their
card in the cafeteria initially. Eventually
the bookstore, vending machines, media
services and other offices will be accessible to One Card purchases.
“This is a long term plan,” Raider
said. “It could eventually even be a key
to the residence halls.”
According toTed Polk, director of Polk
Food Services, the menu and food in the
cafeteria will be the first change.
Each item in the cafeteria will have
a separate price and students will check
out at registers. The cafeteria also plans
on making more items available for
take-out.
“This will make most things grab-andgo style,” Polk said.
Many expect the new One Card system
to be a positive change at the University
of Indianapolis.
“1 think it’s something students are really going toenjoy,” Raider said. “You can
get more for your money and the charge
per item will help eliminate waste. This
will be completely efficient for everyone
involved.”
Polk said that the school has wanted to
use the One Card system for about three
of four years. “I think it’s a step up,”
he said. “I’m kind of excited. I think it
sounds fun.”
The One Card system requires an
entirely new computer system. Other
schools like Franklin College, Valparaiso
University, Indiana University Purdue
University Indianapolis, Indiana University and DePauw University all have
similar systems.
According to Polk and Raider, meetings will be held next semester to inform
&dents of the details.
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2 THE REFLECTOR
Sarah Clough
Distribution Manager
On the
day Of
my true love gave to me: one 12 pound
turkey, I 1 different veggies, ten mashed
potatoes, nine rolls and butter, eight
types of salad, seven apple ciders, six
bowls of gravy, five chicken wings,
four yummy pies, three plates of stuffing, two plates of fudge and 20 pounds
to lose before Spring Break.
Seriously, 20 pounds? No, more like
five to seven pounds. That’s the average weight gain of people during the
time between Thanksgiving and New
Year’s, or at least that is what most
news sources say. The thing about this
is that they’re wrong.
After watching and listening to
nearly half a dozen advertisements
about the latest and most effective
exercise machines that you can have
for only ten simple payments Of s893
I decided to do Some research Of my
own to see exactl) what people were 5 0
worried about.
According to actual scientific studies based on this question many doctor\
have concluded that weight gain is
often limited to under two pound\. and
that is if you really let yourself go and
eat the whole turkey by yourself.
I agree that we need to make ourselves get out and exerciw more during
the holiday season, and maybe \et aside
an hour Out of our shopping time t o
go to the gym, but we should be doing
that anqwaq just to stay healthy. If you
are honestly concerned about gaining
weight right now, get up and do something about it.
It rnaj be harder to continue your
workout routines during Christmas,
Iu\t because a gym or track might not
be as accessible, but it’s better to keep
up w i t h your usual 15-minute run
and \inall abdominal workout than to
complain to your best friend about how
you‘re going to have to reestablish your
New Year’s resolution from the previo t i s jear and drop seven pounds.
All ot this seems like common sense
to me If people continue to eat the normal amounts of food that they usually
eat and workout the normal amount of
time that they usually workout, why
\\otild they worry about gaining weight
over the hol~days?Don’t buy into these
myth\ that you’re going to have to
lump on t o the Weight Watchers bandwagon on the first of January. Enjoy
jour nioin’s creamy mashed potatoes
and gravy, take a jog afterwards and
everything will be okay.
N MEDIA EDITORIAL
Editor upset by media censorship
Jessica Elston
Opinion Editor
Franklin Central High School’s
student newspaper advisor, Chad Tuley,
was suspended after running a story
written about a student at FC who faces
murder charges. According to The
Indianapolis Star A’ article “Teacher
Overseeing Franklin Central Paper Was
Suspended for Story on Pupil’s Arrest,”
by Jon Murray, the suspension was
ended and Tuley’s teaching contract
with the school was not cancelled.
Whether or not Tuley was ever told
to withhold the article is debatable, but
it is upsetting that there is the possibility that he was told to hold the article at
for journalism students, it is. Some
of us want to push ourselves through
school to get out and teach young
students at the high school level just
what journalism is supposed to do: to
have an unwavering commitment to the
truth. Journalists are supposed to hold
people accountable for their wrongdoings.
The FC newspaper simply reported
what was public information. Besides,
if a student was arrested during school
hours, most of the students, facult) and
staff would know about it within minUtes, thanks to the way gosstp travels
Had the story not been reported, the
exectitibe director of the Student Press
La\\ Center, if a story creates a negat i v e \ i e w of the school, it has becomefar too common for the story to be
censored. I n “Student Journalism After
Hazelwood,“ Goodman wrote “the sad
fact is that tor many school officials,
their commitment is not to the truth
or to teaching students journalistic principles. but to create a positive image of
the school, no matter how unrealistic
happened in Tuley’s case. In Murray’s
article. Tuley said that the principal
of FC told him that the purpose of a
school newspaper is to “promote the
school. and he thought that [the story]
The school paper had every right
what actually happened. The story was
not criticized for inaccuracy, nor was it
poorly written. Yet the school administration felt the story was too sensitive
to be run, and therefore the advisor was
punished.
According to Mark Goodman,
good that the students gain from the
administration attempting to censor the
paper i\ that the students learn how real
journalism borks. Not every story is a
pleasant story and plenty of people will
not want some stories run. But it is the
public’s right, and need, to know.
N PHOTO SYMPOSIUM
Is it okay for the press to be censored?
No. there ore a lot of thiiig\ rhtir peoplc
need to k n o w rind should /w iiwire of.
Trndui KauNrl:o. Jirtiior
Ye,, hecaiise $[the prets] isn’t censored
theii there would be a lot of false
information thut come.\ out <$the press.
Him E i q , Sopliomore
Yes, because they take things too far.
They hype up [the story] and ruin
people k reputations.
Kelly Ford, Freshman
No. because then yoir cannor ,set t h e
truth behind the story.
Kurt Toler, Freshintin
io. t l i c ~\11(1iiId ger to know everything.
71ic\ \ l i i ~ i i l d i ii liide tiiijthingfroni us.
J ~ i ( . q i i e l i t i oSchnrider.
Freshman
Photos by Luke Thornberry
N AUTOMOBILE EDITORIAL
Editor reflects on what to do if a car is broken into
Craig Haupert
Entrrtuinnirnt Editor
My car was broken into this past
summer and I lost more than a thousand dollars worth of stereo equipment.
The worst thing about the break-in was
that it probably could have been prevented. Although I lost a lot, I can say
that I also have learned a lot. There are
some things that I will never do again.
The first thing that anyone with a
car should do is buy a security system,
preferably one that has a flashy light
that can be seen from the window. If
the system doesn’t have a light, you
can put a sticker on the car or anything
that makes it clear that your car is pro-
tected. Most criminals see a security
system and move on to an easier target.
I have a security system, but it had
stopped working about six months prior
to the break-in. After the break-in, 1 got
it repaired, bul about a week too late.
If you are worricci about annoying
your neighbors with a car alarm there
is another option. A product called Car
Sitter alerts you with an alarm in your
room when your car is being broken
into. When you hear the alarm, you can
look out your window to confirm the
break-in and call the police from your
room. This allows you to monitor your
car while at home, but does not protect
it while you are anywhere else.
I had two subwoofers in my 1998
Pontiac Firebird. The car has a hatch
back, and the speaker box sat down
inside it with the speakers facing the
window. The speakers were visible to
anyone who happened to glance at the
back window of the car. This was a
mistake. The officer I spoke to told me
that most criminals visit places where
there are a lot of cars, like the apartment complex where I was staying. The
criminals walk by each car and look
inside with a flashlight for anything of
importance, including stereo equipment. Because my speakers were so
visible, the criminals targeted my car.
If I had covered the speakers with
something the thieves probably would
not have bothered my car.
Besides the stereo equipment, my
wallet was also stolen. This is probably
self-explanatory, but never leave your
wallet in your car. I had to get a new license and a new Social Security card. I
had to cancel my bank and credit cards.
It was a huge hassle that I did not need.
Never ever leave your wallet in the car.
When the police arrive, they will
ask what was stolen. Make sure you
tell them everything. The insurance
company will look at the police report
to assess what was stolen. I f you leave
out something, the insurance company
will want to know why. If you have forgotten to tell the police something that
was taken, call and tell them as soon as
you re mem her.
.Also worth noting, you can claim
tip to $300.00 was taken from your car.
Even if you didn’t have this much, you
ciin claim you did.
The insurance company will want
t o see rcceipts for the stolen items. I
suggest keeping all the receipts for
expensive items that you keep in your
car. This will make negotiating with the
insurance company much easier.
Break-ins happen and will continue
to happen as long as there are thieves.
That‘s why it is so important to protect
your belongings as best you can. That
way y o i i don’t have to have the same
experience that 1 had with a car breakin..
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SAILING OUR VESSEL
‘Sailing Our Vessel’ has second conversation number on adult learning
Katy Yeiser
Sports Editor
The University of Indianapolis “Sailing Our Vessel” program held a faculty
and non-traditional student gathering to
discuss “Learning with Non-Traditional
Students, ‘‘ which was the title of the
forum.
The meeting opened with a buffet dinner that was served to the participants .
The nun-traditional students, professors.
faculty and staff were spread out among
four tables where different topics were
discussed.
Each table had one facilitator who
addressed questions and concerns to the
rest of the table in order to spark different
conversations between ekeryone. The facilitators from the School for Adult Learning were Tom Christenberry, director of
public safety education, Kathy Simpher.
the key academic advisor, and Clance
LaTurner. Perry Kea, the Philosophy and
Religion Chair and Associate Professor
was also a facilitator. SAL‘S Dean and
Associate professor, Pat Jefferson moderated the event.
Particiapants at each table had input
fromeveryone about what works and what
does not work with the current handling
of non-tradit ional students.
Each table had lengthy discussion
about the current state of teacher and
student relations at the School for Adult
Learning.
Some students discussed that it was
important for the professor’s to have a
clear syllabus that they stick to so they are
able to plan theirother activities around it.
Many of the students commented that it is
difficult when teacher’s change due dates
and reading assignments around, because
of the other obligations the students have
to their jobs and family. The professors
and students went back-and-forth between
what works with them in the classroom
and what does not.
It was dso noted by the particiapants
that the non-traditional students are very
independent incontrast tomost traditional
students.
They are not involved in group activities and do not have the luxury of being
with a professor more than once a week.
Professors, faculty and staff also felt it
was important to find a way for U of 1’s
traditional program could accommodate
their non-traditional program.
The topics discussed varied from
each table. The common thread among
the tables was efforts to imprcve the situations non-traditional students are faced
with, as well as enhance the School for
Adult Learning.
The third conversation. entitled “Student Leadership and ~
~ was last ~
Friday at
The last conversation is
in May.
Photo by Rania Tollefson
Another part of the “Sailing our Vessel” series of conversations was
held Nov. 18, in the Schwitzer Student Center. This was the second
~
i
~of a total
~
conversation
of” four that will be held during the academic
year.
COMPUTING SERVICES
Computing Services first to make the move from Esch Hall for renovation
Jessica Elston
Opinion Editor
Photo by Raniu Tollefson
Computing Services moved from the basement
of Esch Hall to Sease Wing first floor. This move
was a part of the Esch Hall renovation project.
The new location will be the permanent home for
Computing Services.
The Esch Hall renovation has yet to
be completed, but several offices have
already changed places. The offices that
have moved are from the Information
System department. When the renovation
is complete all Information System offices
will be located in the Sease Wing.
The first office tomove was theofficeof
Chief Information Officer Jeffery Russell.
His office was moved from across the hall
from the elevator in Sease Wing to what
used to be Kraft Conference Room, also
in the Sease Wing.
“We moved right at the beginning of
the year,” Russell said. The space is supposed to only be temporary.
The Help Desk was moved from the
basement of Esch and put in the place of
Russell’s previous office space. Unlike
Russell’s new office, this space is not
temporary for the Help Desk.
“The help desk will stay here,” said
Michelle Duman, director of client services. “We did get this [office] to be the
permanent location because I didn’t want
to have to move it and then move it again.
I didn’t want to try to have everyone get
used to a new location again.”
The Help Desk also has space in the
basement of Sease Wing to help correct
computers and have additional storage.
Duman said she hopes the Help Desk
will now be easier for students, faculty
and staff to access.
“I hope it is easier for people to find.
It is at a location where people can get
to it instead of down in the basement of
Esch and out of the way.”
Duman also feels it will be easier
to watch the computer lab in the Sease
Wing. “Now we’re across the hall from
the open lab. [Now] if they have trouble
they can walk across the hall and find
us,” she said.
During the break between semesters
another office will move to the Sease
Wing from the basement of Esch: the
office of Academic Computing S e n ices
[ACS].
“As it stands now, [the construction
company] is drilling through the basement walls [in Esch] so we need to get the
datacenter and the rest of the people out of
there as soon as possible,” Russell said.
Russell said the office will be moved
before Christmas but the data system
will not be transferred until Jan. 7-9.
The network is only expected to be down
half a day.
All of Information Services will be
located in Sease Wing after ACS moves.
Information Services includes Client Services (the Help Desk andclient Services),
Academic Computing Services, Krannert
Memorial Library, Web Services, Media
Services, Telecom and the Center for
Instructional Technologies.
According to Russell, the purpose of
having all Information Services located
in one building is so the department can
work better together.
“A number of years ago there was
a large technology campus committee
that came up with having a technology
building that would have everything
house inside of it, from computer labs
to media resources. I thought that was a
great idea.”
When the Esch Hall renovations were
beginning, Russell lobbied to have the
space the Communication department
was leaving behind.
“We already have the media here
[in Sease Wing] and the library and the
Center for Instructional Technologies,”
Russell said.
Media Services, already located in the
building, will also be updating. “What’s
happening with Media Services is a process that actually began last December,”
said Bob Jones, deputy chief iqformation
officer.
“We shifted the media holdings to the
library and freed up the space in the back
of media services where those cabinets
had been housed.”
Jones said there were new rooms built
i n Media Services which will house satellite equipment and the other will be a
video editing room.
“Outside that area will be what we’re
calling a self-serve production space.
When it’s finished there will be a variety
of computer spaces sitting there which
will be capable of doing everything from
C D burning to DVD burning, which will
allow students, faculty and staff to work
on more high tech projects,” Jones said.
All of the renovations are expected to
be complete by the summer of 2005.
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H MEN’S BASKETBALL
Sturgeon$s 6 Hounds clonnect on 13 three-pointers
in Illinois-Springfieldwin, are off to 3-2 start
Ben Reed
S t u j Writer
The U of I men‘s basketball team
opened its season with a 77-65 win
over Illinois-Springfield on Nov. 21.
The Greyhounds dominated the
game by making 13 three-point baskets
and out-rebounding Illinois-Springfield
4 1-32. Leading the ‘llounds in scoring
with 22 points was senior David Logan. Senior forward Lawrence Barnes
contributed 16 points and senior guard
Cory Bennett also scored in double
figures with I I points.
The ‘Hounds opened Great Lakes
Valley Conference play with Southern
Indiana and Kentucky Wesleyan, the
teams picked to finish first and second,
respectively, in the GLVC pre-season
poll.
The ‘Houilds lost 66-87 to topranked Southern Indiana on Nov. 26.
Barnes led the team in scoring, mith
25 points, and the only other ‘1Iounds
player to score i n double figures was
sophomore guard Luke Blank with I 1
points. Southern Indiana out shot the
‘Hounds’ 37.3 field goal shooting percentage with a 57.6 shooting percentage. Southern Indiana also controlled
the boards by out-rebounding the
WOMEN’S BAS
‘Hounds 50-25.
Kentucky Wesleyan defeated the
‘IIounds 91-84 on Nov. 28. Logan led
the ‘Hounds by scoring 37 points, and
Barnes was second in scoring with 19
points.
The ‘Hoi~ndscommitted 29 fouls
throughout 1,he game, sending Kentucky Wesleyan to the foul line 45
times. “We lost the game because we
fouled way too much,” Bennett said.
“We let ‘Wesleyan’s forward Antonio
Bright score 36 points. We can’t let an
opponent score that much,” said fi-eshman forward Justin Barnard.
Kentucky Wesleyan also won the
rebounding battle 30-27. “Our biggest
weakness so far has been rebounding.
We have new post guys, and they are
still learning the system,” Logan said.
However, Logan has been impressed with many of the new players’
performances. “The [Barnard] twins
have surprised me. Both work hard, and
Justin is our leading rebounder,” Logan
said. “[Junior forward] Mike Adibe has
played pretty well also, and I’m also
impressed with [freshman center] Reed
Ludlow. He is a hard worker and strives
to be good.’‘
Justin Barnard agreed. “We got a
lot of new guys on the team. We’re still
adjusting to the level of the Division
11 game,” he said. “But, we’re getting
better each game.”
A strong point for the ‘Hounds has
been their three-point shooting. After
three games, they had made 35 of 87
attempts, leading the conference, and
their 40.2 shooting percentage ranked
second in the GLVC.
The ‘Hounds offense shined in their
85-71 victory over Northern Kentucky
University on Dec.. 2. Barnes chipped
in 22 points for the ‘Hounds and Logan
led all scorers with 26 points.
Logan continues to work towards
becoming the GLVC’s all-time leading scorer. After three games, he was
second in the GLVC in scoring, averaging 20.7 points per game. Logan also
was ranked in the top ten in the GLVC
for steals, assists, three-point field goal
percentage and three-point field goals
made.
“For the most part, I’ve been happy
with my play so far. I am averaging
more assists and rebounds per game
than I did last year,” Logan said.
Logan was a key player in the
‘Hounds 87-79 victory over Oakland
City on Dec. 4, scoring 29 points in
the game. Also contributing to the win
were Barnes, who scored 23 points, and
Bennett, who scored 12 Doints.
The ‘Hounds will next play at home
against GLVC opponent WisconsinParkside on Dec. 9.
Photo by Kuty Yeiser
Sturgeon (left), Logan and assistant coach stan Gauard
converse during the ‘Hounds win over NKU on Dec. 2.
Women’s
Swimming Results
Wrestling
Results
Wabash Invitational, Nov. 19-20
Little State at Wabash College, Dee. 3-4
Team:
1 st out of nine teams
Team:
None given
Individual:
Freshman Ellie Miller won the 1650 free-style, the 200
free-style and the 500 free-style. Miller also qualified for
the 2005 NCAA I1 Nationals in the 1650 free.
Sophomore Alison Smith won the 100 backstroke and the
200 backstroke.
Miller, Smith, sophomore Holly Spohr and senior Erin
Sarbaugh won the 800 free-style relay.
Smith, Spohr, senior Kenzi Miller and freshman Valerie
Crosby won the 200 free-style relay.
Junior Kristen Lund won the 400 individual medley, the
200 butterfly and the 200 individual medley.
Crosby won the 100 butterfly.
Junior Kristel Sowa won the one-meter diving.
Individual:
Junior Neil Keddington won the 197-pound weight class
w i t h four victories.
Fre\hman Charlie Pingleton won the 141-pound weight
clas4 with four victories.
Freshman Shane Perkey was runner-up in the 133-pound
weight class with three victories.
Red-shirt freshman Mike Horton was third in the 165pound weight class with six victories.
Re4hman Clay Leek was third place in the 125-pound
\%eightclass with four victories.
Freshman Josh Harris was fifth in the 125-pound weight
class with two victories.
Freshman Nick Clifton was sixth in the 184-pound
weight clasc uith three victories.
Sophomore Tasha Wiesman won the three-meter diving.
Freshman Patrick Turner was seventh i n the 184-pound
\\eight class with two victories.
As of Reflector press time, results from the Notre Dame
Invitational on Dec. 2-4 were unavailable.
Lakes Valley Confe
The GLIAC/GLVC
H MEN’S SWIMMING
Men’s swim team preaches quality over quantity
“Ashland beat us on Q
same time a huge win
Three days after th
ourselves to go into
team that day,” Wis
Wisser said.
their record to 6- 1. Mor
Craig Haupert
Entertainment Editor
Halfway through the season, the
University of Indianapolis’ men’s
swimming team is overcoming a small
roster and finding success by implementing tougher practices.
Strong individual performances
have highlighted the season so far.
“We have been swimming very
well,” said head coach Gary Kinkead.
Kinkead feels one of the reasons the
team is performing well is because they
have increased the workload from last
The team continues to do more
“Because we have had better athletes in we have to train them harder
and longer,” Kinkead said.
Two major things the seniors have
done to intensify workouts compared to
previous years is add more yardage and
more dry-land activities.
They feel that because of the
dry-land and extra yardage the team
is swimming as well in competitions
early this year as they have in the past
in December and January.
Evidence of good performances
coming early in the season includes
two swimmers qualifying for Division
I1 nationals before December.
At the Wayne State dual meet at
home, U of I junior co-captains Drew
Hastings and Cole Tedhams got automatic qualifying times for the 2005
NCAA 11 Nationals in Orlando, FI.,
had even one that has qualified for
nationals, and we’ve got ‘twoqualified
for nationals,” Kinkead said.
Hastings, the reigning CollezeSwimming.com “Swimmer of the
Week,” qualified by wini~ingthe 1.00
individual medley in 4 04.85.
Tedhams, the 2004 NCAA II
national champion. automaticall) qualified for the 2005 National5 with a 20 89
leg leading off the rela).
The leading leg of the relay I\ the
only leg that can be c o n d e r e d l o r a i
individual national clii‘ilif) rng time
because it 15 from it dead \tart.
The swim team is using the Notrr
Dame Invitational as a re5t meet.
This means that the temi ha\ cut
down some of its qardage i n order to
rest the swimmers.
The extra rest can trandate into better swims tor the team.
“We think that we can ha\e a lot
of people that are going to make the
NCAA qualifying standards Ju\t on a
rest,” Kinkead said. “That has %orl\ed
men’s side, I don’t even think we lost a
relay.”
Junior co-captain Drew Hastings led
the Greyhounds by winning five events.
He took first place i n the 400 individual
medley (4:08.37). the 200 backstroke
(1.54.54) and the 200 IM (1:55.71).
The combination of Hastings, freshman Hanno Ahonen, junior Jeremy
Lindauer and freshman Kieran O’Neill
won the 800 freestyle relay (7:03.92).
Hastings, senior Deniz Monkul,
sophomore James Landis and Tedhams
woii the 200 medley relay ( 1 :38.63).
Tedhams won three more events In
the 50 freestyle (21.29) and the 100
free (46.84), and he combined with
Ahonen, O’Neill and Lindauer to
win the 200 free relay (1:26.91). He
also finished fifth in the 100 butterfly
(54.20)
Ahonen won the 200 free ( I :43.92),
provisionally qualifying for the 2005
NCAA 11 Nationals. He also finished
second in the 200 1M (1:59.49)
and
third in the 100 free (48.37).
Kinkead sard that the team will stop the
rest and bring the intensity back lip.
“We will keep the intensity u p u n t i l
about the last week in January.“ he
said.
At that time, the team will begin
a gradual decrease i n yardage and
intensity, called a taper, leading into the
GLVC champion\hip\.
According to the American SLvinming Coaches Association Web \ite.
the purpose of a taper I \ to allow) the
athlete to perform at peak condition
Typically. swiininers w i l l taper for
important meets tonard the end ot the
season.
The team finished second out ot I O
teams at the Wabash In\itational. Io5ing
to Wheaton College.
“The reason Wheaton beat u\ is because they have more bodies,” tiinkend
Uec. 2-4 were unavailable.
With half the season completed,
Kinkead has been able to assess the
team’s strengths and weaknesses.
“The strength is we have some
good, quality people,” Kinkead said.
tiinkead has learned that if the team
has a weakness, it is a lack of depth.
The team has two national qualifiers, an
indication of quality, but only I 1 total
swimmers.
‘The lack of depth may prove to be
detrimental to the team’s success at the
GLVC meet.
“We will have the strongest men’s
team at our conference that will not
%in,” Kinkead said.
He predicts that Grand Valley will
win the conference because of their
abundance of depth. Grand Valley has
25 swimmers.
“The team is doing all that I am
ity, there’s no doubt about that. On the
“But I wish we had more depth.”
COACHING PROFILES
U of I coaches plan to lead their teams in the pool and on the court for the 04- 05 winter season.
U of I basketball coaches are ‘thieves’ of the game
H WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACH T E N MOREN
IMEN’S BASKETBALL COACH TODD STURGEON
Moren learns from former coaches,
Sturgeon teaches values on and off the court
experiences and players on daily basis
” I still eii.ioq competing. Anyone who is competitive b) nature. I think, enjoys the games and
Staff Writer
tries to develop ii plan to beat the other teams,”
he said. “But the biggest thing is the players. I
enjoy being around the kids.”
Coach Todd Sturgeon can boast of many
While he enjoys the company of his players,
Sturgeon does not believe that the athlete-coach
praiseworthy achievements in his past eight
years as head coach of the U of I men’s basketrelationship should be OJW of best friends,
ball team.
“There has t o be sonic mutual respect and appreciation for what each other does,” he said.
He holds the school’s fourth-highest winning
percentage of S90,was the second coach in the
Labad agrees that there is a different rclationschool’s history to take a team to two consecuship between coaches and players on and off the
tive NCAA I1 tournaments, and has led his team
court.
to seven successive winning seasons for the first
“He’s cool off the court. But once he steps out
time in almost 40 years.
on that court, we know it is all
Sturgeon was the first rookie
about business,” he said.
“1 think coaches by
coach since Angus Nicoson in
According to Sturgeon, the
1947 to lead his team to a winnature,
beg
biggest reward of coaching is
seeing his players mature and
ning record. He is also the third
and Steal most Of
coach in U of I history to win
succeed
intheir careers and
their stuff from other
home lives. He also hopes that
over 100 games.
he and his administration Dlav at
Sturgeon led his 2003-2004
coaches.”
Greyhounds to their first 20 win
-Coach Todd Sturgeon lea\t minor roles in that maturity
and wccess.
season since the 1996- 1997 sea”We‘ve recruited good kids
son. The 2003-2004 team’s 12-0
from good tnniilies who have a certain value sys
start was the third best in school history, and
tem before thcy gct here.” he said. “Hopefully,
propelled the team to a seventh place ranking in
along the uay, u e ‘ l e taught them a thing or two
the national polls. They also won the school’s
to help them out also.”
first ever Great Lakes Valley Conference championship that season.
However, Sturgeon believes that the sport
goes beyond the formalities of scores and statistics to the lessons learned and relationships
formed.
Sturgeon hopes that he is able to teach his
players many things on the court that they can
use in their future careers. Some of these things
include hard work, unselfishness and problem
solving.
“We hope that, in addition to just winning a
couple of basketball games, we are able to have
some impact on the kids,” he said.
According to junior center Jon Labad, the
passion with which Sturgeon coaches definitely
has an impact on the players.
“He’s unbelievably passionate about the
sport,” he said. “He praises us to the faculty
even if they don’t really like basketball.”
Sturgeon has been connected to the sport
of basketball since he was young. His mother
played college basketball, and he comes from a
close-knit, sports-minded family.
He played for his high school team in Vallonia, Ind., and competed from 1984-1988 at
DePauw University. Over his four years at
DePauw, his team had a 87-23 record. He was
inducted into the DePauw Athletic Hall of Fame
in 2003.
Before becoming head coach of the ‘Hounds
in 1998, Sturgeon spent four years as head coach
at DePauw and five years as the ‘Hounds assistant coach.
He says that other coaches unknowingly
Photo hv Kuty Yeiwr
convinced him to pursue coaching.
Coach Todd Sturgeon will try
“I think I got into coaching because I had
to lead his team this season to
coaches that I really liked and respected,” he
said.
a school record setting third
According to Sturgeon, the coaching methods
NCAA tournament apperance in
and philosophies that he uses are the same as
those most other good coaches use.
a row. Winning is not the only
“I think coaches by nature borrow, beg and
concern
for Sturgeon. He enjoys
steal most of their stuff from other coaches,” he
coaching his players and having
said. “The things that we preach are probably
accountability, hard work and unselfishness .”
an impact on them during their
Like many coaches, Sturgeon believes that he
careers at U of 1. Sturgeon is
continues to coach because he is both competiin his eighth season as head
tive and friendly.
Abby Adragna
ette Jefferson she found her desire to be a college
coach.
“I didn’t realize I wanted to become a college
coach until my experience at Lafayette JefferCoach Teri Moren has evolved from a player
son. I just felt like-I wanted more contact with
influenced by her coaches to a coach influencing the players,” Moren said. “You don’t get that in
her players.
high school. You only see them [the
“I definitely want to
players] for an hour and a half to two
“I think I’m one of the
become a coach after
hours a day.”
I finish playing,” said
Moren got her first taste of colbest thieves there are...
senior guard Amanda
lege
coaching
in 1993 when she was
I read as much as li can hired as an assistant
Davidson. “Her coaching
coach at Butler
from not only great
style and her relationship
University under Head Coach June
with her players is the
Olkowski. During Moren’s six years
men’s coaches but
kind of style I hope to
at Butler, she was a recruiting coorwomen’s coaches as
have as a coach.”
dinator and was able to recruit nine
“She is by far the best
well.”
Indiana All-stars.
coach that I have ever
Moren moved on with Olkowski
-Coach Teri Moren
had.” said senior guard
to Northwestern University in 1999
Erin Moran.
for a season as the top assistant coach.
Davidson, the point guard on the team, feels
After her only season at Northwestern, U of I hired
she has to carry Moren’s leadership from the
her in the spring of 2000 to be head coach.
sideline to the court.
IMoren invested what she learned under Olkows“1 am her eyes on the floor,” Davidson said.
ki a i U of I.
Moren points to her talented players and for“I think my philosophy is very similar [to
mer coaches, more than to herself, as the reason
Olk.owski’s]. Both she and Coach Dunn had the
she has been successful.
philosophy that defense is going to win you a lot of
Moren was coached by Donna Sullivan at
games, and I think I’ve tried to bring that mentality
Seymour High School and Lynne Dunn at Purto our program here,” Moren said.
due University from 1988-1991.
In addition to the knowledge she gained from
“I learned a lot of things from them,” Moren
her coaches, Moren studies the coaching techniques
said. “A lot of the things I do in practice certain- of others.
ly come from them.”
“I think I’m one of the best thieves there are,”
Moren noted that her most memorable moMoren said. “I’m a student of the game, and I don’t
ment in high school was advancing to the state
think I have all the answers. I read as much as I can
finals her senior year, and she continued to have
from not only great men’s coaches but women’s
success on the court at Purdue. Moren started
coaches as well. I watch a lot of video and tape a
at the point guard position for four years and
lot of games at home to see if we can use them in
helped her team make it to it’s first ever “Sweet
what we’re trying to do.”
Sixteen” berth in the NCAA tournament in 1990
She also expects her players to be fundamentally
and win it’s first Big Ten Championship in 1991. sound and does not have to struggle with demandAfter her playing career at Purdue ended, she ing fundamentals over flash.
became the varsity assistant at Lafayette Jef“I think the women’s game is pure,” Moren said.
ferson High School. During her time at Lafay“We can’t play above the rim, and because of that
we have to become more fundamental. We have to
become great passers and great shooters.”
Moren also believes in an “open door” policy in
order to develop a strong player-coach relationship.
“Any of us can go into her office and we will
almost always come out laughing,” Davidson said.
“I love it when the kids come in and want to talk
basketball, and maybe not talk basketball. I think
it’s important that you listen. The kids want to be
heard, and 1 don’t have all the answers and I don’t
pretend like I have all the answers. I never got into
the profession thinking that I would never make a
mistake,” Moren said.
As a result, Moren is always learning.
“I learn something new every single day at
practice,” she said.
In Moren’s short four years at U of I, she holds
the highest winning percentage (.692) in Greyhound women’s basketball history and posted a
52-12 record over the past two seasons. During the
2002-2003 season, she led the ‘Hounds to a 29-3
record and to a seventh place ranking in the ESPN/
Women’s Basketball College Association national
poll, won the Great Lakes Valley Conference tournament championship and was named the GLVC
Photo by K a y Yeiser
and NCAA I1 Russell AthletidWBCA Region 4
Coach Teri Moren is in her fifth
“Coach of the Year.”
year as head coach. Her .696
“I’d like to think that we can continue to make
memories
each and every year, “ Moren said. “The
winning percentage is the highest
ultimate goal is still to win a national championin U of I women’s basketball
ship.”
Katy Yeiser
Sporrs Editor
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H MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING COACH GARY KINKEAD
After more than three decades of coaching, Kinkead still learning
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Craig Haupert
Etztertuinnzrnt Editor
After I I years as the head coach of
the University of Indianapolis men’s
and women’s swimming program, Gary
Kinkead is still learning how to be a
better coach and a better person.
“I believe that 1 know less now than
what I thought I knew 34 years ago,”
Kinkead said.
One of the things that Kinkead has
learned over his 34 years as a swimming coach IS that he can’t make a
swimmer great by himself. The swimmer has to meet him halfway. When
Kinkead was coaching in Montreal,
Canada, he had a girl who was 14 years
old and only seven seconds slower than
the world record in the 200 backstroke.
Kinkead believed she would be great.
He worked her very hard, but she
wasn’t willing to give it her all.
“I was young and stupid,’’ Kinkead
said. “I was forcing her to do things
that she didn’t think she could do it, but
I knew she could. After about a year
and a half she quit.”
Kinkead saw her about six months
later and asked her why she had quit.
She told him that he wanted it more
than she did. That response sticks in
Kinkead’s mind to this day.
“After that, I realized that some
people you lose,” Kinkead said. “The
only reason why you lose them is not
because you don’t work with them. You
lose them because they don’t really
care as much as you do. So instead of
beating myself up, I will go to someone
Before becoming a coach, Kinkead
Olympic trials in 1968 where I ended
said.
After Montreal, Kinkead got a job
was a swimmer. Kinkead started swim- up eighth,” Kinkead said. “So if I had
at Kokomo High School teaching and
ming when he was eight years old and
been born in any other country I would
coaching. In 1981 they won the Indiana
have gone to the Olympics.”
quickly proved to be a natural talent.
Kinkead earned a degree in physical High School State Boys’ ChampionAt age nine, only a year after he began
ship with an unprecedented four
swimming, he became the national
swimmers.
record holder in the 50-yard but“I believe that I know less now than
“After we won, I kept
terfly for that age group.
teasing the basketball coach.”
Kinkead continued to do well
what I thought I knew 34 years ago”
Kinkead said. “I said to him
through age 12, but then hit a pla-Coach G~~ Kinkead
you guys need at least five guys
teau and stopped swimming well.
to win a championship and w e
At that timie, his family moved
only need four.”
education at the University of Michifrom Indianapolis to Huntington, Ind.
Kinkead continued to coach at
gan. Kinkead always wanted to be a
There he swam under Hall of Fame
Kokomo for seven years when Ben
swimmer-tumed-coach Glenn Hummer. swim coach and a teacher. Kinkead’s
Davis High School offered him a
Hummer helped pull Kinkead out of his first job as a coach was at Ann Arbor
coaching job. Kinkead was reluctan1
Huron High School where he also
rut. “I don’t know if it was my attitude
to go because he was happy with the
taught.
or just my self image, but he turned it
“My first year of coaching there was Kokomo job. After talking it over w ith
around,” Kinkead said.
his wife, who also coaches swimming
pretty successful. We were second in
After high school Kinkead was
and diving, he decided to take the job.
the high school state meet in Michigan.
recruited and swam at the University
He remained there for seven years.
I really didn’t like teaching and so I
of Michigain. According to Kinkead,
On a Monday night, one of
strictly wanted to coach. So after that
while at the University of Michigan he
Kinkead’s former swimmers called
year I quit my teaching position and
continued to perform well. Kinkead
him. She said the swimming coach at
then found another job coaching in
placed first in the Big Ten conference
the University of Indianapolir had reLexington, Kentucky. I coached there
his junior year in the 400 individual
for a year and a half then found a job in signed. She knew this because she baby
medley. That event requires the athlete
sat for him. Kinkead called the Athletic
Montreal,
Canada,” Kinkead said.
to swim 100 yards, or four lengths of
Director that night and brought in hi\
While in Canada, Kinkead worked
the pool, fix each of the 4 strokes in the
rCsumC on Tuesday. On Wednesday the
in the 1976 Olympic games. Kinkead
following order: butterfly, backstroke,
Athletic Director called him back and
was
in
charge
of
all
the
results
that
breaststroke and freestyle. In order to
requested an interview for Thursday
came out of the swimming pool. The
perform well in is event the swimmer
After the interview on Thursday he
results system used computers, but in
must have a mastery of all strokes and
was contacted by the Presldent of the
1976 no one had any experience with
good endurance. In his junior and seUniversity who wanted to talk to him
them except military personnel.
nior year he was second in the Division
on
Friday. When he got back from the
“I
had
about
four
or
five
military
I nationals,. His junior year the only one
interview with the Presldent on Fridaj
people working under me. They would
that beat him was the American record
he got a phone call and was offered the
manually enter the times and splits for
holder ancl his senior year the only
job.
“So from Monday to Friday, that’\
the
swimmers
into
the
computer,
When
one to beat him was the world record
how long it took me to get the job,”
they finished that it was my job to
holder, Gslry Hall.
Kinkead said.
check it all to make sure it was correct
“I was ranked seventh in the world
of coaching at U of I because of
the type5 of 5wirnmers that were on the
temi M hen he ai-nved.
“When I first came in 1 was told that
there had been some problems with the
program. One of which was the team
GPA.” Kinkead said. “The previous
coach \vi15 looking more for the athlete
t h a n the \titdent athlete. When I came
i n I was towards the equaliLation of
\tident and athlete. Ober the past 11
j ears the overall GPAs have been
r i m g . The women’s overall GPA last
beinester was 3.66 which was number
otic not o n l y in Division II women’s
\w imming but also number one in
D I \ i \ i ~ n s1 and 111. The men’s GPA was
3 08 M hich was 1 1 .”
Kinkead finds that swimmers understand JIOM to perform better i n swimming when they perform better in the
room.
“ I f ;I perwn does not apply themw l \ e s academically then they will
not apply themselves in swimming,”
Kinhead said.
One ot the most memorable moments Kinkead has had ac coach of the
I’of 1 swim team Includes receiving a
plaque from the swinimers celebrating
h i \ 10th year here.
Kinhead remembers another one of
h i \ favorite moments at U of I. About
four o r hve years ago the team gave
him a caricature of himself as the end
of the year present. He appreciates it
u hen hi\ swimmers recognize the time
and effort he puts into each season.
“ T h e are probably the two experience> that stick o u t in my mind since
I have been here.” Kinkead said. “It is
j e m
DECEMBER
8.2004
FACULTY PROFILE
Chase lives a life of adventure, travel and learning
Brittani Whitmore
Staff’ Writer
Traveling to many countries, learning many languages, working with
government agencies, and becoming
a single mother are just some of the
things Mimi Chase has experienced
in her life. Yet she still says, “There’s
always the next adventure.”
Born i n Montclair. N.J., to a mother
o f French heritage and a father with an
Irish and American background, Mimi
Chase remembers her childhood as full
of travel. Her father’s job in the Air
Force meant she had to move every
two years as a child.
“ I t h i n k that is what really made a
big impact on my international travel.
I can remember as a child looking out
the window as we drove by the houses
with lights and TV’s on,” Chase said.
“And I was thinking about the lives of
all the people. I was just curious as I
traveled, and I still feel that way now.”
Chase especial Iy remembers having
to say good-bye to the friends she made
when she moved. “You had to meet
someone new every two years and say
good-bye to your old friends. It was
very hard. I remember crying sometimes,” Chase said.
After her father changed jobs the
moving halted and the family settled
in Indiana. Chase attended Indiana University in Bloomington and graduated
with a major i n Spanish and a minor in
French. “I loved Bloomington. It was
an international paradise. I loved it
from the minute I arrived,” Chase said.
Through I.U. Bloomington, she
went to Peru for a full calendar year. It
allowed her to become fluent in Spanish.
“I had a great time. It was a great
immersion program,” Chase said.
During Chase’s studying in Peru she
can remember what the Peruvians call
“social manifestations.”
“We would call them protests,”
Chase said. ‘The teacher’s union was
protesting. 1 can remember tear gas,
military officers on each street comer
with machine guns and plastic visors,
and a lot of slocial unrest in Peru. I
was there before the Shining Path, a
revolutionary group that practiced a lot
of terrorism in the country. But now
they’re gone and once again it’s [Peru]
a great place.”
While at an archeological dig in
Peru, Chase dug up a piece of someone’s hair with the scalp still attached.
It was over 1,000years old. Also,
Chase found part of an arm bone and a
piece of pottery, which all were turned
in to the museum in Peru.
While on a bus ride through Peru,
Chase encountered Tingo Maria, a
mountainous area in Peru. “I wasn’t
intending on going there but I told the
bus driver to stop. And 1’11 always remember that place,” Chase said. “It had
mountains that they call the Sleeping
Bruuty because the shape of the mountains look likes a woman lying down.
There were caves with bats and rivers.
It was an incredible place.”
After she left Peru, Chase came
back to Indiana and completed another
year of study. Chase then went to Spain
for a year.
Next, Chase went to Jordan to visit
some friends. On the way back, she
stopped in Greece. She ended up staying for a year working at a hotel and a
daycare teaching English.
“1 lived in Athens for a year. I never
took any classes to learn Greek. I just
learned it from hearing people and
going to the booths where you can buy
things,” Chase said. “I would just go
buy one item and practice speaking.
The first word was Efharisto [ef-harris-tou’], which is thank you. It was
so hard; it took me three days to learn
it. So I just kept buying candy until I
learned it. I’m self taught on Greek.”
After she left Greece, Chase came
back to the United States and decided
to go to graduate school in Washington,
D.C. There she received her master’s
in international education. Because she
could speak Spanish fluently, she got a
job with Miranda Associates. The com-
pany sent employees throughout Latin
America to set up courses for the FBI,
DEA, or Secret Service.
“I had an incredible three years
with this company. ‘They were teaching
techniques of protection and personal
security awareness,” Chase said.
Her responsibilities included working with the local police department,
cooperating with the embassy, making
plans for the courses, welcoming the
professors, and hiring translators.
During her time with the Miranda
Associates, Chase also helped the U.S.
Department of Justice set up a police
academy in Panama. The arrest of
Panamanian leader Manual Noreaga
threw the counrty into turmoil.
“The police and the army were
like one in the same. So they needed
a separate police force. It was such
turmoil before we got there. We wore
bulletproof vests, moved all the time,
and never took the same paths,” Chase
said.
Before Panama she had stayed in
Columbia for a year. “There were a
lot of bombings [due to the drugs and
cocaine that came in]. So our agents
were sent here to teach judges and
politicians how to vary their routines so
they couldn’t easily be targeted,” Chase
said.
“We taught in one building on
Friday, and on Monday it got bombed.
I know people who were horribly
scarred,” Chase said. “For the rest of
the time in Columbia you would see
a lot of people walking around with
scarred faces from that bombing. It
could have been us.”
That bombing remained in her mind.
One night while she was asleep back in
Washington, D.C., she heard sirens and
woke up to find herself trying to get
out of the window. “In my sleepy state
I thought it was a bomb. The screen [in
the window] was stopping me, and then
I woke up and saw the fire truck going by. I thought ‘Oh, I’m back in the
States’,’’ Chase said.
Although her job with the Miranda
Associates was risky at times. she did
I COLLEGE MENTORS FOR KIDS!
CMFK! gives children
Mimi
Chase
(right)
and Cora
Heck (left)
work in
the International
division at
u of 1.
get to pay off all of her college lo;ins
with danger pay.
Between earning her bachelor’s degree and going to graduate school she
joined the Peace Corps. She \\as sent t<)
Zaire to do vaccinations. T h e day she
arrived, her drivers had been di-ugged
and the chief police officer had (Limed
on them and was working with outsiders to steal the jeep and radio.
“It was a first day I will never forget!” Chase said.
After living outside of the United
States for many years, Chase was read)
to return. “When 1 was in Panama. I
started watching American movies ancl
noticing funny things like, little hids
running down pathways with trees. I
thought, ‘That’s only in America.‘ and
I just started longing for it,” C h a w said.
That longing led her bach to the
United States. She came to Indiana not
expecting to stay, but she decided to do
some informational interviews iii the
meantime. In 1992, she found herself
at the University of Indianapolis in the
office of the international dit ision.
“I interviewed at ever) institution,
and it turned out this positioii w;i\
available. It was a brand nem po\ition
and I love that,” Chase said.
Chase’s colleagues appreciate her
world travel experience.
“She is full of knowledge atid information. She can relate to the midents
through her experiences during licr
traveling. She is fun, energetic, and acl
venturous,” said 1nternation:il Di\ ision
[ x - u orher Cora
Heck.
“ I tliirih a large part of why I got
! h i \ ,io12 i \ not only because of my
tr:iiei. hut because I speak Greek,”
C-’lia\e \aid. “We have branch caml ~ i l \ t . ~ iii
y C) prus and Athens. and they
are both GreeL-speaking areas. Now
’“4 c~ h i i \ e ;
Icampus in Israel, and I now
\tiid) ;lrabic. We have approved sites
i n China and Belize, and we’re now
loohing at ;I site in India.”
R e c c i i t l j Chase went to China with
llr. I’hyllis 12an Lin, a sociology profes\or. “ I Iiad never been to China and it
\ \ a ? :iii anlaling experience. 1 got to see
the twrhidden City and the Great Wall,
;itid I’I! n e \ et’ forget that,” Chase said.
l’i.eseiitl> Chase is working on the
d ~ - ~ ~ e I ~ i p of
~ i ithe
e i inew
t sites and sett i t i ? i i p registration for the first students
i i i IC’liiise
s i ~ i e l .feels that her life has been
;I f i i l t i l l i i i ? .
“When I turned 30, I
r.ctnember telling my family. ‘If 1 die
toL!:i!
it’s okay because I have done
that I have wanted to do.’
t . \ i ~thin:
\
I c:iiinot imagine a more full life. But
i 1 i d i i . t l i d a child yet. and now I do.
So. I \\;itit t o see him grow up,” Chase
wid. wl’crring to her three-year old son
ielle Alexander Chase.
Chaw adopted Gabrielle through an
:igctiq i n Guatemala. “I lived in Guateiii;11;1 t o r n \\ hile after coming from
I’cru. I lovccl the people from GuatemaIll. atid it‘\ just a beautiful country. He’s
go in^ t o ha\e a good life. He opens
door^ \\.it11 smiles,” Chase said.
BARNARD TWINS
Twins play basketball
forUofI‘
Justin and Jordan Barnard, freshmen, are identical twins
who are both play on the basketball team.
This semester students and I‘aculty at I1 o t I i i i i i ) think that they are seeing
double. Actually they are probablq just scciny Justiii itiid Jordan Barnard.
The freshmen are identical t w i n s that botl? p l i i ) for the men’s basketball team.
Justin and Jordan stand 6 feet and 6 inc.lies tall. ”I ;ilu ays see the Barnard twins
around campus. You can’t miss those pu) \:” t’reshmaii Curtis Marmaduke said.
Marmaduke lives in Warren f la11 with the I3iirrinrds.
The twins were born January 7 5 . 1080 to pai.erits I’aiil and Melody Barnard.
They lived their entire lives in Shelby ilk. 1i:tliana with their parents and an older
sister, Ashley. Ashley is 27 and a senior ; i t Ha11 State Ilniversity. “Our family is
real cool. They have to be cool to put tip \\ i t h II\.” J u x t i n said.
Growing up, the boys acted i i i way\ tliat people \\auld expect twins to act.
Their mother dressed them alike until the! u crc ahout nine years old. I n middle
school, the twins would go to each other’\ clii>w\. ..It W I S pretty f u n . Teachers
couldn’t tell a difference,” Jordan said.
Neither of the Barnard twins knows of ;I iii;i.joi difference i n their appearances.
Throughout their lives. neither one grew tallcr o r hca\ ier than the other. “1 don’t
really think there is a way that people C;III tell 114 apart. unless they start talking to
us,” Justin said.
There are slight differences iii die broilit.r\’ Iierwnalities.
“Jordan is mouthy! He‘s :iIu iiys loohirir tor ;I tight.” Justin said. Jordan
agreed. Jordan claims that his temper c;in’t ht. controlled sometimea.
“Justin is pretty laid back. He talks ;I hit iiiorc tliaii lordan.” freshman John
Higgins said. Higgins is a fricnd who li\e:., on \cconcl floor of Warren Hall with
the Barnard Twins.
Despite their personality difference\. thc 1 ~ ) )s are still interested in many of
the same things. They hake a l w a s~ particilxitcd i n the same activities. They have
played many sports together. Hotti bo) \ a1.o eii.ioy hunting and fishing. “Besides
playing basketball, we ~tseclto plaj baseha!!, l’ootb;iIl.soccer, and anything else we
could,” Justin said.
Their passion and dedication helped thcm IO lead Waldron High School to a
state championship their senior year.
The brothers will admit that their deter-riii:i;ition on the court never carried over
into the classroom. Neither claiins t o h a \ c eii,io>ed going to school. “1 wish I
could sleep in everyday rather than go ro cl, . I I \ l ~ eto sleep!” Justin said.
Both agreed that Justin earns better gr;itle\ than .lordan. Jordan‘s study habits
could be improved. “ I don’t really cart‘ f’or iioiiig homework,” he said.
Neither twin slacks off when i t comes t c i attracting women. They both have
girlfriends that are seniors at LValclron. ‘Hie lm.)thers claim that the distance apart
is not a problem. “They are besl friends. \\hicIi is cool. because they can drive up
here together so we can see them.” Justin said.
Jordan and Justin go bach t o their p i r e t i t h ‘ honie it1 Shelbyville whenever they
have time during the weekend. They rmiiiiii \er! close with their parents and
sister. “It is really good to be ;hie to go lioinc. Our iiioni takes real good care of
us. She’s an awesome cook. I swear she niahcz the best cookies!” Justin said.
After finishing school, Jordan ;tiid Justin plaii t o i n o ~ cback to Shelbyville.
Justin imagines himself worhing us a phq\ic;il educ;ition teacher at Waldron, while
Jordan wishes to be an accountant. “Oiice u c Itnitlly l i k e apart. we’ll definitely
still see and talk to each other e\ery d~i).“J o r ~ l ~said.
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7 THE REFLECTOR
DECEMBER
8,2004
ALBUM REVIEW
Eminem is still explicit in his newest album ‘Encore’
Lucas Klipsh
Editor-in-Chief
“Parental Advisory, Explicit Content.” Everyone has seen this Reaganera sticker on album covers. Pop-rapper Marshall Mathers, a.k.a Eminem,
personifies this explicit content in his
newest album, “Encore.”
Since his first major album, “The
Slim Shady LP,” Mathers has both
divided and united the hip-hop world.
On one hand, he is the first Caucasian
rapper to hit the pop scene since Vanilla
Ice, and the only such artist to enjoy a
remotely long career. Em’s first three
albums, “The Slim Shady LP,” “The
Marshall Mathers LP” and “The Eminem Show” went platinum a combined
2 1 times. However, Em is not known
for his fame, but for his foul mouth.
His albums may be touted as success
stories for hip-hop, but they will be remembered as controversial and in some
cases even hateful.
“Encore” is no different. In fact,
the album’s first single, “Just Lose
It,” which seems to parody some of
Em’s earlier works, including “The
Real Slim Shady” (2000),“Superman”
(2002) and “Lose Yourself’ (2003)
already has sparked outrage from the
King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson.
In the single’s video Em, dressed as
Jackson, dances in a bedroom with
children while singing “What else
could I possibly do to make noise?/I
done touched on everything but little
boys/and that’s not a stab at Michael,
that’s just a metaphor1I’m just psycho.. .”
Em doesn’t stop with Jackson.
“Encore” is loaded with his usual
brand of scathing sarcasm along with a
healthy portion of verbal jabs directed
at celebrities. In “Rain Man,” Em says
“High fived Nick LacheyIStuck a pin in
Jessica’s head and walked away/and as
she flew around the room like a balloon
Ugrabbed the last can of chicken tuna
out the trash can and zoom I/headed
back to the Never Land Ranch/with a
peanut butter jelly chicken tuna sandwich.” Em is referring to pop singer
Jessica Simpson’s confusion about a
“chicken of the sea” brand can of tuna
on her MTV show, “Newlyweds.”
Though celebrities are free game,
apparenlly so is the Bush administration.
“Square Dance” (2002) and “Rap
Game” (2003) both took mild stabs at
the president, but “Encore” dedicates
two songs, “Mosh” and “We as Americans,” to displaying Em’s disgust with
Bush.
One element absent from “Encore”
is the betef song. Modem hip-hop
albums typically come equipped with
at least one song about how much the
artist hates another artist in the industry. The late Eazy E helped originate
the art of the beef song in the early 90s,
but since then every rapper from 2pac
to Jay-Z has made his beef public in
his albums. Em is usually the king of
such beefs. His list is dangerously long
and includes Everlast, Limp Bizkit,
Canibus, Jermaine Dupri, Dilated
Peoples and most notably, Ja Rule. Em
has been known to tear other rappers to
shreds 011 his albums, but doesn’t attack
anyone directly on “Encore.” In fact,
on “Toy Soldiers,” Em raps about “inheriting” protCgCe 50 Cent’s beef with
Murder Inc (Ja’s record label), and later
admits on the song that he wished it
had never started. But, never being one
to back down from beefs, Em promises
Abaca PresrlKRT
in the album’s final song, “Ricky Ticky
TOC,”that he’s ready for any challenge
when he says “Those that know me
know itlso they probably told you to
go with the flowljust so that I don’t explodeland have another episode where I
let it go as far aslthe one with [“Source
Magazine” co-owner] Benzino did1I’m
waitin’ for that next beefil’m cocked,
locked and loaded.”
Eminem is seriously popular. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, he is the second
highest-selling rap artist of all time. But
there’s clearly something wrong with
him. In probably the best song on “Encore,” “Crazy in Love,” Em raps about
his on-again off-again relationship with
his ex-wife, Kim Mathers. It’s lyrically
genius but it’s content is disturbing to
say the least. He explains, in first person, as though he were talking to Kim,
that he enjoys hurting her, yet he loves
her with all of his heart. Conversely, in
perhaps the crudest song in the Eminem catalogue, “A** Like That,” Em,
rapping in a poor and offensive Middle
Eastern accent, makes sexual references about youngsters Hilary Duff
and the Olson twins. In “Puke” Em
swears that Kim, who he compliments
in “Crazy in Love,” makes him sick to
his stomach, and even adds disgusting
vomit sounds to the intro of the song.
Outdoing himself on the insensitivity
meter, Em dedicates nearly an entire
verse of “Rain Man” to the recently
deceased Christopher Reeves, saying “I
killed Super Mad1 killed Super.. . Man/
and how ironidthat I’d be the bad guy,
kryptonite the green chronici’cause 1
ain’t got no legs.”
How, then, do fans stick with this
guy? I’ll tell you, because I am a fan.
that it’s not easy. After hearing “Encore” all the way through, 1 was angry.
It’s one of those albums that you have
to listen to over and over to hear the
good rap. Songs like “Evil Deeds,”
“Never Enough” and “Mockingbird”
remind me of why I started buying
Eminem albums in the first place.
However “A** Like That,” “Puke” and
“Big Weenie” make me wish I’d never
started.
In fact, “Encore” almost makes me
think that Em doesn’t care whether or
not his fans stick with him. He’s been
rapping about how much he hates being
famous since the “Marshall Mathers
LP,” but goes over the edge on “Encore.” Now he’s not just mocking his
fans, he’s daring them to stop buying
his albums. In “Evil Deeds,” admittedly
one of the best songs on “Encore,” Em
insults fans for not understanding the
rigors that come with fame. In “Big
Weenie,” arguably the worst song on
“Encore,” the lyrics sound more like an
experiment to see how much abuse listeners can take. The cd booklet art even
features Em murdering fans at a show.
I’d like to say that I’m completely
satisfied with Eminem’s career, but I
can’t. It’s not like he’s fallen off. He
displays enough talent and originality
in “Encore” to keep me wanting more,
but it’s certainly a disappointing finale
CONCERT REVIEW
Award-winning faculty guitarist performs in Indy
Adjunct faculty member Petar Jankovic played for a fundraiser at the Indianapolis Art Center
Sarah Clough
Distribution Manager
.
Award-winning classical guitarist,
and University of Indianapolis adjunct
faculty member Petar Jankovic, recently made an appearance in Indianapolis
as he performed in a fundraising event
on Nov. 2 I at the Indianapolis Art Center in Broad Ripple.
The fundraiser was designed to
raise money for St. Nicholas Serbian
Orthodox Church as they prepare to
build a new addition to their church.
With ticket prices set at $30 per person
and more than a hundred people in attendance the church was able to raise a
nice some of money for their construction project.
The price seemed outrageous to me
and I was tempted to walk away, but
after attending the performance I’m
glad that 1 chose to attend.
The event started with a short introduction and background on Jankovic
and after that was done he sat down
without a word and instantly began
playing.
There were no vocals to the song
and no back up instruments; just
Jankovic but he instantly mesmerized
the crowd with his musical talents and
the passion and energy that each piece
demonstrated.
I had never seen a classical guitarist
play before and it intrigued me to watch
as his fingers glided over the strings
and picked out each individual note
clearly and precisely. It was so different from the guitar music that we have
become accustomed to today. Rather
than strumming a few chords, each
note stoold out perfectly. The result of
this was often a swarming of individual
notes thal came together masterfully
to tell a story and to evoke such strong
emotions that there was really no need
for lyrics to dictate the story.
After the first song was finished,
Jankovic rose to his feet and gave a
slight bow. After the cheers of the
audience ranging from grandparents to
infants had subsided, he gave a short
explanation of the music and the cultural background of the song he had just
played. This would become his routine
throughout the entire performance as he
hypnotized his audience and then fed
them knowledge about the context of
the music.
One of the things that I had found
interesting as Jankovic was introducing
the next two pieces was that he said,
“Certain pieces are written specifically
for piano, but have been celebrated by
the guitar.’ If I had heard that same sentence outside of this event I would have
thought that he was crazy and that the
transition made from a work designed
for piano into the world of guitar would
be impossible. You think of the great
works by Beethoven and Mozart and
it’s hard to imagine a guitarist being
able to even produce the same effect,
let alone going beyond that to celebrate
it, but through this experience I could
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The result was often a
swarm of individual notes
that came together masterfully to tell a story and
evoke such strong emotions that there really now
no need for lyrics to dictate
the story.
really hear the notes coming together
and the vibrant sounds of the guitar
enriched the music by adding a deeper
quality to the characteristics of the
music than it would have had if it had
been played on piano.
His repertoire of songs was based
around works with strong Spanish and
Central American backgrounds. As the
music filled the auditorium, it was easy
to imagine yourself in a time and place
ruled by romance. The feeling of the
music transported you to the heart of a
small 19thcentury Spanish villa on one
of its most beautiful days. Culture rang
out from each note and its composition.
The hour and a half performance,
made up of nine songs, went quickly.
Nearly ever song was made up numerous movements. Some were composed
in three movements and some were
composed in five. As you sit listening
to each song and imagining your own
plot to go with it you do not realize the
length of the song until it is finished
and you think back over each of its
parts and how it evolved.
The song that interested me the
most was the “Libra Sonatine.”
Jankovic told the plot of this song
before he played it and explained that
the composer, Roland Dyens, created
this piece and dedicated it to his heart
surgeon.
The story that unfolds throughout
the music is the account of his trip to
India in which he discovered his need
for a heart bypass surgery. The second
movement begins with a sharp motif
that is meant to describe the incision
that the doctors made and then the music begins to mellow as he is relating it
to him passing out. There is a constant
pulsing rhythm throughout this movement, which is meant to represent the
IV that is pulsing through his veins.
Then the music turns dark and otherworldly as it conveys the account of
how he almost died during surgery. The
third movement, Fuoco, meaning fire,
returns to an energetic pace as it reveals
his love for life after his recovery.
This piece stood out so well in my
mind because of the fact that he had explained the plot prior to its performance
and in doing this I had listened to the
work understanding the exact meaning
and listening for specific points in the
song where this meaning was conveyed
the best.
Jankovic ended the evening playing an assortment of different Tango
pieces. The music was magnificent
and at the close of the event Jankovic
received a standing ovation.
It was a beautiful event and if the
opportunity were to present itself again
within Indianapolis, I would encourage
people to attend, it’s an experience that
you won’t regret.
H KATHLEEN HACKER
U of I music professor demonstrates her singing talent
Valerie Miller
Munging Editor
As part of the Faculty Artist Series
at the University of Indianapolis, Kathleen Hacker, director of vocal studies and assistant professor of music,
performed pieces by Joseph Marx and
his contemporaries, on Mon., Nov. 15
in the Rulh Lilly Performance Hall of
the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center.
German and English. She was accompanied on the piano by Sylvia Patterson
Scott, and on the cello for one song by
Anne McCafferty.
While Hacker did an amazing job
with each of the pieces, I didn’t really
care for the style of music. I can’t say
that I’m a big opera fan, especially
when I don’t understand the words,
although translations were printed in
the program. Regardless of the style, I
was very impressed by Hacker’s ability
to sing so smoothly in all of the different languages without any hint of an
“American” accent. She also had a very
pieces were those from the American
composers, although I wasn’t familiar
with any of them. It was strange to hear
opera sung in English, and some of the
songs sounded almost out of place with
the style of singing. For example, one
song had the words, “he ain’t a hero or
‘r anything but pshaw.” This sounds
like it belongs in a country music tune,
not in a selection of songs sung by a
soprano. However strange the song5
may have been, Hacker did an impressive job performing the variety of
rhythms offered by these songs. She
also whistled perfectly in tune as part
Regardless of the style,
I was very impressed by
Hacker’s ability to sing
so smoothly in all of the
different languages without
any hint of an “American”
accent.
I S what the Faculty Artist Series does.
There are a variety of these programs
offered throughout the year, usually on
EVENTS CALENDAR
Holiday events around the city provide entertainment over break
10 minutes from 5:30-8 p.m. Admission:
$12/adults. Reservations needed. Call (3 17)
776-6000.
Karissa Rittmeyer
Business Manager
Holiday Performances at the Indianapolis Artsgarden
A variety of holiday performances and
concerts are taking place at the Indianapolis
Artsgarden throughout the season.
The last papers have been written, final
projects have been completed and exams
are nearing an end. The time has come to
put away the textbooks and highlighters and
get out and enjoy the season. Winter break
offers students a welcome change of pace
and some well-deserved time for relaxation
and fun. Holiday events and celebrations in
Indianapolis provide a variety of activities
for students and their family and friends
this season.
Circle o@%ights@
presented by the
contractors of Quality Connection and
electrical workers of IBEW 481
Stroll around Monument Circle lit up for
the holiday season with twinkle lights and
decorated with artificial lighted trees, toy
soldiers and peppermint sticks. Monument
Circle will be lit through Jan. 8, 2005.
Holiday Ice Skating
Enjoy a night out with friends or a special someone at the IndiandWorld Skating
Academy in Pan Am Plaza. The Academy
offers public skating hours seven days
a week. Admission: $3.7S/adults. Skate
rental: $2.25. Visit www.iwsa.org for hours.
Holiday Open House
Walk through the wintery gardens of
Lilly House and the Madeline F. Elder
Greenhouse on the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Warm up inside with a
hot beverage and refreshments. Dec. 2 139,
5:3-8 p.m. Admission: FREE.
Winter Solstice Celebration
Welcome back the sunlight on the
shortest day of the year at the Indianapolis
Museum of Art. Dec. 16,6-7 p.m.
Celebration Choir Holiday Concert
Dec. 11, 12:lS p.m.
Circle City Sound Holiday Concert
Dec. 11,2 p.m.
Athenaeum Pops Orchestra
Dec. 18, 1 p.m.
Hampton Sisters & Friends
Dec. 31, 12:lS p.m.
Artsgarden Chamber Ensemble
Jan. 6, 12:15 p.m.
Rlueprintmusic
Jan. 18, 12:15 p.m.
Photo contributed by ICVA
Performers celebrate the
holiday season in the
Yuletide Celebration.
Kroger Ch,ristmasat the Zoo
The glow of twinkling lights, holiday
carols around the campfire, Santa’s jolly
laughter and the nighttime sounds of the
animals make the holidays a magial experience at the Indianapolis Zoo. Christmas at
the Zoo takes place each night from 5-9
p.m. through Dec. 30, closed Dec. 24-25.
Zoo admission $8 /adults. Parking: $5.
Conner Prairie by Candlelight
Stroll through time to Prairietown and
listen to the villagers reflect on the meaning
of the season in 1836 Indiana. Crackling
wood fires, candlelit paths and the cool winter air create ani enchanted evening. Dec.
10-12, 17-19,910-minutetours depart every
Visit www.indyarts.org for information about more performances and times.
Admission: FREE.
First Indiana Bank Yuletide Celebration
Singers, dancers, actors, puppets, an
aerialist and Santa Claw come together to
celebrate the holiday season in this musical
extravaganza. Dec. 3-23. Visit wwwhdianapolissymphony.org for performance times
and ticket information.
The Nutcracker presented by Ballet
Internationale
Join Clara on her magical journey to an
exotic land with a nutcracker that has turned
into a prince. Dec. 17-20, 22-23. Visit www.
balletinternationale.org for performance
times and ticket information.
A Christmas Carol: The New Musical
The American Cabaret Theatre takes
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More than 100,000 spectators gather around Monument
Circle in downtown Indianapolis every year for the annual
Circle of Lights festivities.
a new twist on a holiday favorite Lcith
Scrooge and the Cratchit famil\. N o \ .
19-Dec. 19. Visit www.americancabaretthr~
atre.com for performance times and ticket
information.
Film: Santa vs. the Snownian
Sit back and enjoy a 3-D, ringside seat
for a high-spirited and wacky feud between
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lonely snowman and Santa Claus. Visit
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for showtimes and
ticket information.
For more magical and exciting things to
do in Indianapolis this holiday season, go to
nw\\.indy.org.
4 VIDEO GAME REVIEW
‘Halo 2’ surpasses original, offers exciting gameplay, story line
Craig Haupert
Entertainment Editor
“Halo 2” is the sequel to one of the
most popular video games in recent
years. The first “Halo” sold an ungodly
amount of copies and since it’s release
in early November 2004, “Halo 2” has
been no different. But what makes the
game series so special? What makes
millions of people decide to spend
$50.00 on a little formatted disk? The
story isn’t anything we haven’t seen
before. Minor details aside it is just
another game where you have to save
the earth from hordes of aliens. The
genre of game isn’t groundbreaking,
“Halo” is one of hundreds of first-person shooters. The truth is that “Halo”
isn’t groundbreaking in any specific
area, it is just really good all around.
The controls are very intuitive, the
single-player campaign is really enjoyable, the graphics are great and the
multiplayer online is worth the price of
the game itself. There aren’t any legitimate complaints except that after you
finish the single player campaign you
are left wanting more. But that feeling
of wanting more is just you reacting
to finishing a great game and realizing
that it is over. It is like driving home
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from the beach on your last day of
vacation. You had a great time and you
don’t want it ito end. That is no reason
file a complaint against the game like
so many otheir reviews have done.
The game took me about 20 hours
over the course of two weeks to finish. On most reviews it says it should
take anywherlz from ten to 15 hours.
I assume those people were super
nerds with nothing better to do than
sit around and play “Halo” all day. If
you are a normal person with a job or
something else to take up your time,
completing the game should take you
around 20 hours.
You play most of the game
behind the helmet of a character known
as the Master Chief. The Master Chief
is a seven-foot tall half human half
robot who’s primary objective seems
to be protecting human life from
whatever threatens it. In the original
“Halo” the earth was threatened by an
alien race known as the Covenant. The
Covenant was trying to gain control
of a giant floating ring in outer space
called “Halo.” To the Covenant, Halo
was an important religious artifact. In
reality Halo turned out to be a powerful weapon created by an ancient race.
The weapon was a last resort used to
destroy a parasitic life-form called The
Flood. The weapon would destroy
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