Students raise money to benefit Jill's House

In Tuesday's Business X333: Integrating Business class, professor David Rubinstein asked for volunteers to frisk him. He emptied his pockets, lifted his arms, and one of his students patted him down. Afterward, Rubinstein asked if the search was a thorough one as he brandished a permanent marker he had hidden in his sock.\nIt was a lesson to the class -- one cannot be too careful in frisking the guests at tonight's Catalyst benefit.\nTonight from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m , the students in Rubinstein's X333 class will play host to a unique music and dance party at Liquid, the newly remodeled club at 213 Walnut St. For $10 or $5 with a school ID, guests will enjoy a variety of popular disc jockeys and bands. Since it is a non-alcoholic event, everyone ages 18 and up is invited. All proceeds from this event go to Jill's House. \nThe featured disc jockeys are Slater Hogan, Chocolate, K-Step, Vibe Raider, Pixie & Justin, R.J. Spencer, Safari and the Wondertwins. During the first three hours of the event, the bands Three Minute Mile and Blue Moon Revue will also perform. \n"The music ranges from tech house, techno, disco house, jungle, jump up, which is hip-hop oriented, and progressive," said senior Victoria Battista, the X333 student who proposed the event and contacted all of the disc jockeys and the venue. "For this amount of music and this much talent, it is really, really cheap." \nBattista expects a diverse crowd.\n"I think it's going to be a nice change with the bands downstairs and the DJs upstairs, and all of us have our own styles," said junior Jason Chavarry, playing as Safari. \nSenior Mike Stocksdale, an X333 student and member of Three Minute Mile, is excited to play for charity. He said the band often plays for good causes, but this one is especially meaningful because Peg Howard, president of Jill's House, "came and talked to our class and made us all very passionate about the cause."\nPeg Howard and her husband were contacted about a year ago to begin working on Jill's House. They named the project after family friend Jill Behrman, the Bloomington resident and IU sophomore who vanished nearly two years ago. According to its Web site, Jill's House's mission is to "provide a temporary, home-like residence for patients undergoing outpatient therapy at the Indiana University Proton Therapy facility in Bloomington."\nJill's House will be located across the street from The Proton Therapy Center, which will replace The IU Cyclotron Facility at 2401 N. Milo B. Sampson Ln. Proton therapy is a highly specialized cancer treatment that is currently only available at two sites nationwide.\nHoward said she hopes to see Jill's House up and running in Spring 2003. She said she sees Catalyst as a great opportunity to get the word out.\n"I think it is absolutely wonderful to get young people involved here because their generation is the generation that is going to be impacted a lot by this," Howard said. \nThe students in Rubinstein's X333 class are all Liberal Arts and Management Program students. They are working toward a major in the College of Arts and Sciences along with a Kelley School of Business certificate. \nAccording to the LAMP Web site, "To draw together their course work in business, economics, and liberal arts, LAMP students take the program's own seminars focused on solving real-world business problems and analyzing the relationships between business and society." \nThis is where Rubinstein's class surfaces. The Catalyst benefit has been a semester-long endeavor for his students. \nThe X333 students have shouldered a number of responsibilities throughout the semester to make Catalyst a success. Each contributed $20 to get the event off the ground, and they hope to have a $2,600 return. \n"It's everywhere," Battista said, "The class has done a very good job of promoting (Catalyst), and they are all helping out at the party doing searches and taking money." \nRubinstein was pleased with his students, as well.\n"I am so very proud of the X333 class," he said. "They have great brains. And more, they have great hearts. And more, they all roll up their sleeves. And more, they take on tough challenges and work to make things better."\nAs an afterthought, Rubinstein offered this:\n"I may not be able to say this, but I am so freaking proud of this class. We know we are going to make this work."\nFor more information about Jill's House, see www.indiana.edu/~jshouse.