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(06/12/03 1:22am)
The supporters of Indiana Equality, an initiative to extend civil liberties to people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, are looking for a few good legislators.\nIndiana National Organization for Women member Cathi Crabtree announced at a press conference Monday that supporters of the initiative will strive to obtain support from at least eight legislators. \n"It's the right thing to do," said John Clower, director of the Bloomington Chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.\nClower also said acceptance and understanding of people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender with hospitable attitude can promote economic development in part by keeping and drawing highly-skilled workers.\n"It's also the smart thing to do," he said.\nAbout 90 percent of the respondents for a survey conducted by the IU Center for Survey Research in 1998 said "gay and lesbian Hoosiers 'should' have equal rights in employment matters," according to the Indiana Equality Web site.\nAs a concrete goal, organizers want to add "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to the Indiana civil rights laws, including Indiana Code Title 22, Article 9, Chapter 1, Section 2, which provides all Indiana citizens equal opportunity for education, employment, access to public facilities and acquisition of property.\nIndiana Equality organizers are looking to amend the state legislation instead of city ordinances because the former can protect not only city employees, but employees at private businesses as well, according to the Web site.\nBryan Sirtosky, president of Indiana Transgender Rights Advocacy Alliance, said sexual orientation can jeopardize employment. To lead the way, Sirtosky, with his other job in the private sector at stake, publicly acknowledged that he is a female-to-male transsexual and a heterosexual man.\n"I shouldn't have to move," Sirtosky said. "I was born and raised in Indiana."\nSirtosky also shared the experience of his friend who was fired at a law firm. He met her during the formation of INTRAA and called her Terry to protect her identification. Sirtosky said Terry's coworker allegedly told a manager Terry was dressed as a female in a picture online.\n"Terry was escorted out the building with no opportunity to defend herself," Sirtosky said.\nAmong Fortune 500 companies, 127 corporations implement non-discriminatory policies that include gender identity, according to the Web site.\nDoug Bauder, coordinator of IU Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Student Support Services, referred to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to make his points. Bauder said justice requires dignity, respect, open discussion and support for the GLBT community.\n"I have a dream," Bauder said. "(After accomplishing them) everybody wins."\nCharlie Nelms, vice president of IU Student Development Diversity, said educators need to expedite the social change, which he said is "overdue."\nNelms said the issue is related to race in the United States. Growing up as part of a minority in the South, he said African Americans used to have to sit in the very back seats at movie theaters.\n"How can justice say 'yes' to some people and 'no' to others?" he said.\nOfficials and supporters said they believe the effort will take a few years. In 2003, they will strive to obtain support from at least eight legislators. In 2004, they expect to see the introduction of the bill, its hearings and implementation. In case the General Assembly rejects the bill, it will be pursued in 2005, according to Indiana Equality.
(06/09/03 1:34am)
As the end of Bloomington Mayor John Fernandez's eight-year tenure looms, he continues to get recognition added to his resume.\nMayor since 1996, Fernandez was named in May as one of the Democratic Leadership Council's 100 New Democrats to Watch: The Next Generation of Leadership.\nIU political science professor Gerald Wright said Fernandez strived to achieve goals while searching for consensus in his action, and the award should help him for his future career.\n"(Fernandez) is a bright, personable and energetic public servant," Wright said. "He's a moderate liberal, which with his politically winning personality is why the D.L.C. finds him attractive."\nAlthough Fernandez said he appreciates the recognition and supports the party, he will not run for a position in the upcoming elections in November. Fernandez said mayorship, although pleasant, has left him insufficient time with his family.\n"I enjoyed every minute of it," Fernandez said. "I plan on continuing to be active in Democratic politics."\nFernandez also said he wants to accomplish as much as possible before he completes his term, which ends on Dec. 31. As for his career in upcoming years, the former attorney said he might practice law, but he'll keep his options open.\nReflecting on his eight years in office, Fernandez said economic reform stands out. In 1996, his first year as mayor, the annual unemployment rate dropped to 2.7 percent from the previous year's 3.4 percent, according to the Indiana Department of Labor. Since then, the rate has hovered between 2 and 3 percent before it rose to 3.4 percent last year. These numbers fared well against national averages, which never averaged below 5.6 percent during 2002.\nHowever, jobs in Bloomington pay conservatively overall. Wages of an average job in Bloomington paid 78 percent of the national average, according to a study by the Bloomington Economic Development Corporation and Indiana Business Research Center in 2002. \nBloomington has also seen a breakthrough in security. Fernandez revamped the city's law enforcement by adding police officers. In 2000 and 2001, the city employed 80 police officers, up from 64 in 1996, according to the Bloomington Police Department's crime statistics.\n"It sure helped a bunch to get a large increase," said BPD Sgt. Alan Pointer.\nD.L.C.'s award also included Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson, who was also recognized in August 2000, when a similar acknowledgment took place.
(02/04/03 5:01am)
Students in kindergarten to 12th grade are capable of resolving conflicts between themselves through non-violent methods, according to a study released by educators from IU and other institutions.\nThe research was conducted between August 1999 and June 2002 by IU education professor Russell Skiba in collaboration with 10 other professionals and school officials. \nSkiba said the research found that peer mediation can help students learn how to solve conflicts.\nMuch of the study was conducted at Bloomington High School South, where more than 20 trained peer mediators help about 1,500 fellow students with their social problems. Janet Stake, a counselor at Bloomington South, said gossip among students causes most conflicts at the high school level.\n"Students rely on other students for information that's often false," Stake said. "A lot of times (conflicts) are cleaned up very quickly."\nPeer mediation is a learning process for high school students, Stake said, and can help them avoid the situation of "big guys win." It also provides the opportunity for students to express their feelings freely, she said.\nIn a common conflict at school, Stake said peer mediators first ask students of both sides to agree on mediation. After discussing the situation they gather points of view. Finally, peer mediators help the involved students generate solutions for the conflict while also focusing on the students' interests and arguments. Peer mediators themselves do not offer or force solutions, Stake said.\nThe program exceeds the sole benefit of solving conflicts, Stake said.\n"There's no better way to learn than to be a teacher," she said of the advantage of working as a peer mediator.\nOther research findings include the uncertain effectiveness of the zero tolerance approach, which includes suspensions and expulsions of students from schools. \nAccording to the study's Web site, in the long run zero-tolerance leads to higher school dropout rates, while no short-run effect has yet been determined. In Indiana, about four percent of suspensions and expulsions in the 1997-98 school year corresponded to "serious disruptions."\nAs alternatives to suspensions and expulsions, the study said the school should cooperate with parents and the local community to create a safe school environment.\nLinda Berry, an inclusion teacher at the Unionville Elementary in Bloomington, said the school of about 250 students and 20 staff members communicate well, partly thanks to the smaller student enrollment.\n"We are not hesitant to know how the other feels," Berry said. \nShe also said the parents know the school staffs and vice versa. \nThe study was funded by a grant from the Department of Education.\nSkiba recently co-edited the book, "Zero Tolerance: Can Suspension and Expulsion Keep Schools Safe?" Last spring, Skiba testified in front of Congress. He reported on the results of the three-year project.\nFor more information, visit www.indiana.edu/~safeschl/.
(12/09/02 4:28am)
The lineup for next year's Union Board representatives is complete. \nAfter students elected eight of the 16 candidates for next year's Union Board directors and executives Tuesday, the remaining spots were filled by interviews Thursday.\nSome of the new representatives, in response to a questionnaire about their goals for next year, said they want to provide entertainment that represents all kinds of students and as many students as possible.\n"Every student at Indiana University should be able to feel involved and should feel like their student organizations care about what they think," sophomore Scott Wilson said.\nSophomore Amy Wanninger already has specific goals for next year.\n"I plan on trying to recruit more students that want to have a say in how their activity fees are spent and have them come together and implement those ideas," said Wanninger, who served on the marketing committee this year. "Also, (I will) find out what can be done about possibly lowering concert ticket prices."\nTickets for concerts by Jewel and by John Mellencamp last month were $35.50 and $34 for IU students, respectively.\nThe comedy director Kelli Kleindorfer said new Union Board student directors and executives will decide who will serve as the three executives and 13 committee directors by an internal election at a retreat, which takes place Jan. 17 at the Waycross-Hickory Hill Retreat Center in Morgantown, Ind.\nThe election results will be available in an advertisement in the Indiana Daily Student and on the Union Board Web site a week after the retreat. The new directors will take over the positions in the second week of spring semester.\nUnion Board Alumnus John K. Malkin funds the retreat, Kleindorfer said, and it is always held at Waycross Retreat.
(12/04/02 5:21am)
After more than 1,300 students voted today for next year's Union Board directors, eight students have secured their positions. \nThe elected candidates in alphabetical order of their last names are junior Cory Buckner, junior Drew Goldberg, junior Adam Hitchcock, sophomore Mzilikazi Kone, sophomore Jeremy Morris, graduate student Dietrich Willke, sophomore Jessi Williams and junior Seth Zimmerman. This year, Goldberg was the major attractions director and Mzilikazi was the lectures director.\nThe election was held today online and at the East Lounge of the Indiana Memorial Union. The election results are now on the Union Board Web site, at www.indiana.edu/~imub/elections/. Voters were given the option to have the results e-mailed to them.\nStudents were allowed to vote for up to eight candidates, and a total 5,000 votes were cast. \n"As people walked by the East Lounge, they were reminded that (the) election was going on, and they took advantage of the poll and cast a vote then," said Union Board President Amanda Murray, who worked the polls at the IMU today.\nMurray said the Internet voting, which started this year, increased the total votes from previous years' elections.\n"It's much more convenient than having to go to the polling site," Murray said.\nTo fill the eight director positions left the remaining candidates can interview with the Union Board Selections Committee Thursday. Union Board will post the results on its Web site and e-mail it to voters who requested the service Thursday night.\nThis year's committee consists of Murray, Union Board Marketing Director Scott Dittmer, Residential Halls Association President Ilia Smith, IU Student Association President Bill Gray, Panhellenic Council President Leslie Fasone, Graduate and Professional Student Organization Moderator Rachel Anderson, Black Student Union Community Service Chair Lynell Westbrook and Latinos Unidos President Adriana Guerrero.\nIn January during the first week of classes, the 16 appointed students will attend a retreat, before taking over the positions in the second week. During the retreat, new directors will conduct their internal election to decide who will serve on which committee and executive position.
(12/03/02 4:26am)
As the Indiana Department of Transportation plans to extend Interstate 69 to southern Indiana, it is weighing the effect the proposed routes will have on local business against the benefit of faster transportation.\nINDOT plans to decide on a route by the end of the year.\nExtending I-69 from Indianapolis to Evansville is a part of the National I-69, which helps accomplish the North American Free Trade Agreement, implemented in 1994. NAFTA promotes freer trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico by eliminating economic barriers.\nThere are 12 possible alternatives for a route between the two cities, and new roads have the potential to save truck drivers between 2,000 and 4,500 hours a day of driving, said Roger Manning, manager in INDOT's office of communications.\nBut some local businesses fear that an I-69 extension will destroy their livelihood.\nUnder some of the proposals Oliver Winery would be forced to relocate.\n"The problem is they do not give us enough money to buy a new place, build a winery and move," said Bill Oliver, owner of the Oliver Winery. His winery has about 50 employees and has operated for more than 30 years.\nOliver also said he has corresponded with politicians and involved himself with the Citizens for Appropriate Rural Roads and some other organizations. He said the fewer exits on the Interstate could destroy his winery business.\nOther opponents of an extension say it does not makes sense financially for southern Indiana because the new road would only bring jobs to Indianapolis and Evansville while hurting rural Hoosiers.\n"The new highway or even using 41 and 70, according to Department of Transportation's study, it will bring between four and seven jobs per county per year," said Sandra Tokarski, a member of Steering Committee of CARR, that opposes the extension of I-69. "Most of those jobs will be concentrated in Evansville and Indianapolis, not in rural county. (The government) is squandering tax dollars for the road we don't need and we don't want. It will do tremendous damage to our farms and forest."\nStill, some businesses believe they would benefit from the extension. \nCrane Naval Surface Warfare Center, near Bedford, provides assistance to the military and other types of ships. Crane does business with several contractors throughout the state.\nSue Webster, public affairs officer at Crane, said it employs about 3,200 navy civilians, 550 army civilians and 1,000 contractors who mow lawns and conducts computer support and technical engineering services.\n"It makes sense, doesn't it," Webster said about the probable Interstate that could accelerate the transportation of equipment, including laser guided bomb kits, night vision and chemical-biological detection devices.\nBut Webster said she could not yet determine exactly how much the warfare center and consequently the public will benefit from the extended Interstate.\nINDOT's Draft Environmental Impact Statement suggests the negative impact on local businesses will be smaller than what CARR predicts.\nThe report expects alternative 1 will relocate between 70 and 131 businesses and other plans predict between 17 and 75 businesses will need to be relocated.\nDespite possibly hurting some local business, the major goal of the project is to improve the connection between Indianapolis and Evansville and increase accessibility and improve the motor freight in southwest Indiana, said Mike Grovak, project manger of I-69 Study from Bernardin Lochmuller. Grovak works for the Indiana Department of Transportation.\nHe said the businesses will benefit more from the new Interstate than from 70/41 alternative. He said the new road through Bloomington will stimulate the economy not only in Bloomington, but throughout the state.\nMost discussions have focused on the choice between alternatives 1 and 3.\nAlternative 1 uses existing roads of I-70 from Indianapolis to Terre Haute and the US 40 from Terre Haute to Evansville. \nOn the other hand, alternative 3 starts from Indianapolis and goes around Bloomington along State Road 37 to Evansville.\nGrovak said alternative 3, preferred by the government, can save between $162 and 165 million more than alternative 1 every year in 26 counties of southwest Indiana, including Monroe County. \nHe said the new route will see completion in about 10 years, but it heavily depends on the available funding for the project. \nUnder alternative 1, drivers can save about 12 minutes when traveling on the typical road conditions from Indianapolis to Evansville and 29 minutes under alternative 3B, the option with the most projected time saving, according to the DEIS.\nBut the government focuses more on the future transportation on the road.\n"Depending on the traffic we may need, we provide the number of lanes that will be needed for traffic 20 to 25 years in the future," Grovak said.\nIn 1991 Congress passed the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, which established transportation corridors throughout the country, including Corridor 18 (I-69). \nA reauthorization of the bill in 1998 divided I-69 into three segments in Indiana -- one from the current end of I-69 on the north side of Indianapolis to the south side, the next from the south side of Indianapolis to Evansville and finally from Evansville across the Ohio River into Kentucky. \nAs INDOT plans to build the second segment of I-69, other states are also planning for I-69 routes.
(12/02/02 4:21am)
The election for next year's Union Board directors starts Tuesday, and some of the candidates have already proposed programs to improve the board.\nThe Union Board will hold an election forum at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Market Place in the Indiana Memorial Union. \nOn Tuesday, the student body can vote online between 12:15 a.m. and 8 p.m., or from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the East Lounge of IMU. \nSixteen spots are available, and 29 people are running. An internal election will then decide the placement of each person elected.\nJunior Seth Zimmerman, the Union Board's assistant director of comedy and major attractions committees, said he is running because he wants to improve the concert lineups for next year.\nZimmerman said he knows students are stressed out with their studies, and naturally want some entertainment.\n"They want to see concerts that will make their friends at other schools jealous, and they want to see events that will make them say, 'god damn that was cool' when they leave," Zimmerman said.\nZimmerman also said the events must be reasonably priced for students.\nTo find out what students want, junior Ryan O'Connell said the Union Board should adopt online questionnaires and continue to use the printed questionnaires.\nGraduate student Dietrich Willke said he wants to create programs that represent everyone.\nWillke has a black mother and white father and has traveled to more than 60 countries, and also speaks five languages.\nMinority students compose 9.2 percent of the student body, and 8.45 percent of all IUB students are international students, according to the fall 2002 statistics from the Office of Academic Support and Diversity.\n"We could say to encourage people to step outside their 'boxes,'" Willke said. "I am always trying to expand my comfort zone to include things that I did not experience."\nUnion Board marketing director Scott Dittmer said two candidates are running for reelection, and many others have some prior experience with Union Board.\nAt the forum tonight, senior Kelli Kleindorfer, the current Union Board comedy director, said, candidates will speak about their platforms for a minute or two each, and afterwards voters can ask the candidates questions. \nStudents can choose to have the election results sent to them when voting. The result of the election will also appear on the Union Board Web site at www.ub.indiana.edu and on the Union Board office door in rm. 270 in the IMU.\nKleindorfer said the results will be available by Wednesday morning.
(12/02/02 4:19am)
Biology professor Butch Brodie and his wife Suzan walked their daughter Eliza and son Fisher around the downtown area Friday night for the annual "Sparkling Holiday Tradition" celebration. \nMany families came to the event to see the lighting of the Hospice Community Trees and the Canopy of Lights, which officially begins the holiday season in Bloomington.\nBrodie said it was the first time his family came to the event.\n"They have a whole month to be in the holiday mood now," Brodie said.\nThe ceremony started at 6 p.m. with music from the Bloomington Brass Band as people packed the Courthouse Square, on Kirkwood Ave. between Walnut St. and College Ave. \nJake Wonder, a Bloomington Brass Band member, played the coronet Friday night, but was also dressed as Santa Claus. Although he said he enjoyed the experience, he said he did not want to be identified as the "real" Santa.\n"If they knew I was Santa Claus, millions of kids would be trying to tell me what they want," Wonder said.\nAbout 7 p.m., Keith Klein, emcee for the event, welcomed the crowd to the 17th annual lighting ceremony. Polka Dot the Clown then led the audience in singing some Christmas songs, including "Deck the Halls," "Here Comes Santa Clause" and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," before the countdown to the lighting began.\nExecutive Director of Downtown Bloomington commission Talisha Coppock said this was her 15th lighting event. She said about 100 volunteers and businesses put up the lights and started to support the event in July. \nThe Hospice Community Tree, on the southeast corner of the square, was lit as a dedication to the people involved in the Hospice of Bloomington Hospital, a care that provides comfort for people with limited life expectancy. An enclosed glass case was placed next to the tree with the names of persons memorialized and honored by the Hospice.\nThe event was supported by donations from local businesses and families.\nLights were not the only attraction for the night, especially for children.\nIn the Fountain Square Mall, Santa Claus listened to Christmas wish lists until about 9 p.m.\nBloomington resident Jimmy Teague and his girlfriend, Heather Weatherbee, said they waited in the mall so her daughter, Hanna, could tell Santa her wish for Christmas -- a Barbie video camera.\nBloomington resident Kenny Myers, who was dressed as Santa, said he loves helping kids.\n"It makes chills go up your body," Myers said.\nSanta is scheduled to be on the bottom floor of the Fountain Square Mall from 5 to 8 p.m. on Fridays, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m on Saturdays and from noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays. He is also scheduled for visits between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Christmas Eve.\nIf you would like to support the Hospice with a donation, visit the lit canopy on the square or contact Bloomington Hospital at 800-206-5200.
(11/22/02 5:14am)
New and veteran sailors in the IU Sailing Club will compete at a top event in its conference for the first time in its four-year history. \nThe club will race in Timme Augsten Memorial, the highest event hosted by the Midwest Collegiate Sailing Association (MCSA). Some teams from other conferences also participate in the event.\nThe meet will take place at the Belmont Station of Chicago Yacht Club between Friday, Nov. 29 and Sunday, Dec. 1.\nThe club already took second place at a qualifier event, Area East Eliminations, held Nov. 2 and 3 at Ohio State University.\nSenior Elizabeth Mirr, last year's club commodore, said this year's recruits played a large role in clinching a berth to the regatta. \n"It has focused on competition instead of growth (of new sailors)," Mirr said.\nFreshman Mike Schmid said he started sailing when he was nine. Schmid said his father who sailed at Marquette University in Milwaukee got him on the water.\n"He taught me the tricks of the trade in sailing," Schmid said. "He worked with me on my form, strategy and gave me the knowledge that I needed." \nSchmid and three other sailors represented an 11-member club earlier this month to participate in the qualifying regatta and placed second out of 11 teams overall to advance to Timme Augsten Memorial. \n"When we found out that we took second place out of the whole event, the main thing that was running through my mind was that I could not wait to notify my father," Schmid said. "I felt he should be the first one to know how we did because he was the one that got me involved with this sport."\nSchmid said he will sail in Chicago during the Thanksgiving break. As for the tactics of the regatta, he said he would figure that out after he reaches the site.\n"We do not know how strong the wind is, what direction it is going, if it is a steady breeze or even if part of the course has more wind than the other side," Schmid said. "Most of the time I develop tactics through my experience on the water and just observing the fleet when I am not sailing."\nSenior Katie Triplett is the club's commodore and publicity secretary of the MCSA. \nDespite the club's success in recruiting this season, Triplett said they would like to have more sailors, and new members are always welcome. The club holds a callout meeting every Thursday.\nTo raise the awareness of the club Schmid has worked to develop a club Web site, and it should be complete soon, Triplett said.\n"Now, I know that there are a lot of skilled sailors out there, but the fact is that they know nothing about our sailing program," Schmid said. "That also included me at the beginning of the school year. With this Web site, I am hoping that people would become more involved and aware of the program."\nMirr said the club must advertise itself strongly at the beginning of the semester when many other organizations approach students. \nThe club belongs to IU Recreational Sports, and the University also offers non-credit lessons and one-credit classes about sailing and other related fields. \nInterested students can join a beginner or intermediate class.\nThe Timme Augsten Memorial will start after a skippers' meeting at 8:30 a.m. \nFor more information about the Timme Augsten Memorial, visit www.mcsail.org and click on Notices of Race. Students must pay a $75 fee to join the club. Triplett can be reached at ktriplet@indiana.edu and 339-9892. \nThe lesson and class offerings can be found at www.indiana.edu/~iuyacht/classes.html.
(11/15/02 5:03am)
Students who plan to live with three or more roommates might want to reconsider their living situation. \nOn Nov. 7, the Indiana Supreme Court held a hearing on a case about a city housing violation.\nThe city sued landlord Peter Dvorak and five tenants -- former IU students Imram Ariz, Brian Gach, Eric Himes, Scott Albright and Alan Lutz -- for a 1996 violation of a city ordinance that allows up to only three unrelated adults to share rental property in Bloomington.\nAfter the Monroe Circuit Court found the ordinance constitutional, the Indiana Court of Appeals reversed the decision in May 2002.\nIn 1985, the city enacted the ordinance that applies to all houses in Bloomington. \nMichael Flory is assistant attorney for the city of Bloomington. Flory attended the hearing last week with two others.\nFlory said the increasing student population caused the city to protect local residents from noise, trash and other public nuisance.\nFall student enrollment at IU Bloomington increased from 5,403 in 1940 to 10,715 in 1950 and 30,368 in 1970 before the record 38,903 students enrolled in Fall 2002, according to the University's Factbook.\n"You are going to have certain adult density impacts," Flory said. \nFlory said the ordinance helps the city classify certain land uses and geographic areas. He said the city consists of districts, including commercial and industrial zones and different kinds of residential areas, such as fraternities, sororities and single-family residential zones.\nFlory said about 20 similar cases have occurred, and complaints from neighbors often initiate the investigation. \nIn the case involving Dvorak and his tenants, Flory said the city responded to a neighbors' notice that six cars were parked outside the house.\n"Increased enforcement of initial limitation (of the number of unrelated adults in a house) is one of the main steps taken," Flory said about the solution to reduce the ordinance violations.\nFlory also said every landlord is aware of the limitation through the inspection program the city conducts to all rental property in Bloomington.\nIU law professor Alex Tanford was one of the attorneys for Dvorak and the tenants.\nTanford said the ordinance is against the Indiana State Constitution. \n"The Indiana Constitution says law may not discriminate against groups of citizens by denying them the same right as everybody else," Tanford said. "That should be enforced. This ordinance singles out one group of citizens, group of (four or more) unrelated citizens and says that they may not live in the neighborhood near the campus, but everybody else can."\nFlory said typically the Supreme Court takes about six months to a year to review the materials before giving its verdict.\nSome other cities in Indiana also have similar ordinances, including Indianapolis, Michigan City, South Bend, West Lafeyette and Vincennces.
(11/11/02 10:48pm)
Some undergraduate parts of the Main Library will be open until 2 a.m. tonight through Dec. 19 following a request for extended hours from the IU Student Association.\nIU Libraries approved the extension on a temporary basis, to gauge whether students take advantage of the extra hours.\nThe first through the fourth floor of the Undergraduate Tower of the Main Library, which normally close at midnight, will be open until 2 a.m.\nCarolyn Walters, head of the Undergraduate Library Services, said the change will be beneficial for students.\n"It's something we feel strongly about and willing to put some of the limited resources toward," Walters said.\nWalters said IU Libraries and the University Information Technology Services have agreed to compensate the additional cost of $500 per week.\nJudd Arnold, the IUSA Student Body vice president, said extended hours at the Main Library was on Kirkwood's campaign agenda.\n"College students operate in what I call 'college time,'" Arnold said. "Midnight for regular people is 8 p.m. for college students."\nThe extended hours at the Main Library is a part of the IUSA's "Work Hard" project, which also includes, distribution of 400 copies of The New York Times and change of grade value of A+ from 4.0 to 4.3.\nWalters said she and other organizers of the change will carefully assess the effect of the new change at the Main Library and make necessary changes for future semesters.\nJunior Corey Agee said he studies on the fourth floor of the Main Library three or four times a week because too many people gather and get too loud in the lobby or the first floor. The second and fourth floors are quiet areas, according to the Quiet Policy of the Main Library.\n"(Now) I can stay until whenever I want, pretty much," Agee said.\nHe said he sees about 30 people leave after hearing the closing announcement around midnight.\nUnder the new open hours, the first floor lobby, including the computer labs, remains open 24 hours a day, but the fifth floor, where group work is permitted, will still close at midnight.\nGroup meetings for Bus X201, Technology in Business, and X205, Business Communication-Honors, were scheduled for sophomore Eric Steele on the fifth floor Sunday afternoon.\nSteele said he would meet his X201 group members four times to finish a project in two weeks, and he will have seven or eight group meetings in between a month and two for an X205 project. \n"I've been here when they shut the lights off," Steele said.\nHe also said he has seen other X201 groups and students for K201, The Computer in Business and other classes leaving at midnight.
(11/08/02 4:41am)
Students can seek leadership positions at the largest student programming organization on campus when Union Board conducts its annual election Dec. 3. \nThe deadline to apply for one of the 16 positions is 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15. Interested students can apply online or receive applications and submit them at the Union Board office. \nThe results of the election will appear the following Wednesday or Thursday on the Union Board Web site at http://www.ub.indiana.edu and on the Union Board office door. Voters can choose to have the results e-mailed to them when they vote online.\n"The Union Board is unique because this is the largest student programming board," said Scott Dittmer, Union Board marketing director. Dittmer said the organization hosts lectures and conducts social events. For example, Union Board brought Nobel prize nominee and author of "Dead Man Walking" Sister Helen Prejean to campus last month. Union Board is also bringing pop singer Jewel Nov. 21 to the IU Auditorium.\nAll IU Bloomington students are eligible for the election. \nOn Dec. 3, the student body can vote online between 12:15 a.m. and 8 p.m. or from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the East Lounge of the Indiana Memorial Union. Eight of the 16 candidates will be selected by voting, and the remaining eight spots will be filled after candidates have an interview with the Selections Committee Dec. 5. \nThe Selections Committee consists of the highest non returning-officer at the Union Board, another non-returning director elected by the Union Board, a representative each from the IUSA, Residence Halls Association, Panhellenic Council, Graduate and Professional Student Organization and two individuals chosen by Dean of Students Richard McKaig. \nMcKaig said he chose sophomore Lynell Westbrook, community service chair of the Black Student Union and junior Adriana Guerrero, president of Latino Unidos, to be on the committee.\n"It's good to have committed student leaders who are willing to serve the student body by planning programs of education and entertainment for the campus," McKaig said.\nThe 16 appointed students will participate in a retreat during the first week of classes in January, before taking over the positions in the second week. During the retreat, candidates will conduct their internal election to decide who will serve on a specific committee and executive position.\nThe Union Board is a student-run, completely volunteer organization.\nDittmer joined the Advertising Committee of the Union Board in Fall 2000 as a sophomore. After serving as the Assistant Director of the Committee the following semester, he decided to run for a director position in fall 2001. \n"I had the motivation, the drive and passion to run for the Union Board," Dittmer said. "And I turned in my application."\nFormer Union Board directors include John Whittenberger, the Union Board founder and Paul McNutt, both of whom served as the President from 1909 to 1910 and from 1911 to 1912, respectively. \nWendall Willkie was a director from 1913 to 1914, and Herman B Wells, a former IU President, was the treasurer from 1923 to 1924.\nDirectors need to work 15 hours per week during the fall and spring semesters, but Union Board president Amanda Murray said they usually stay in the office more than 30 hours a week to serve students.\n"It's a big commitment," Murray said.
(11/04/02 5:10am)
About 300 students have a new Halloween memory to share after attending a live rock band concert, costume contest and comedy show following this weekend's "Dusk til Dawn" event at Willkie Auditorium.\nThe Residential Halls Association sponsored the fifth annual event on Friday.\n"It's something fun to do," said junior Joe Grimme, student president of Read Center.\nGrimme wore a costume of his favorite wrestler -- Hulk Hogan of the World Wrestling Entertainment.\n"If I walked around like this, everyone would've looked at me funny, but since it's Halloween, nobody cares," Grimme said.\nNine gravestones made of Styrofoam depicted historical significance of the holiday.\nThree Minute Mile (3MM), a rock group of former IU students, performed songs from their first album, Waiting for Whenever in front of more than 100 students, keeping them on their feet for nearly two hours.\n"It was quiet, but, the next 10 minutes, everybody showed up," Nick Vlesch, student at University of Evansville, who also said he liked their song "Groove Me."\nThe Chicago-based group returned to IU as a part of its road tour. Since its debut in the fall of 1999, the four-man band has searched for appearances and performed at venues, including the Elbo Room in Chicago, The Gig in Hollywood, Calif. and Kilroy's Sports in Bloomington. \nJason West, the band's manager, said the band has become accustomed to playing in front of both large and small crowds. \n"If they really want to do music for a living, don't quit," West said. "Be glad that five people showed up."\nAfter their gig at Willkie, the band had to prepare for a long road trip ahead. Their destination: Atlanta, Ga., for another concert Saturday night at Emory University.\nThe band is tentatively scheduled to return to Bloomington later this month, either on Wednesday or Thursday Nov. 14 to perform at Bluebird.\nBass player Justin Leone said the group is working hard to appeal to the world by learning from successful bands, such as the Counting Crows.\n"We're trying to break into a bigger market," Leone said. \nLeone, the only member who graduated from the School of Music, majored in music performance and English. Other members' majors include Spanish, psychology, economics and business.\nA costume contest drew many students' attention. About 25 contestants in Halloween costumes competed for cash and other prizes. \nSophomore John Conner, who dressed like Elton John, won a Philips DVD player as the first prize. He wore a purple boa, limestone glasses and zebra print trim.\nStudents also had some laughs from a comedy show by a student improvisation group, Full Frontal Comedy. In addition to improv, the group looked at current events, such as the sniper shootings in the Washington D.C. area.\n"'Dusk til Dawn' has become more of a social event," said Eric Hafner, vice president of the Residence Halls Association. "Halloween is time to have fun with your friends"
(10/24/02 6:21am)
Jane Elliott, a leading race educator, doesn't allow racism.\nElliott spoke with students Wednesday at Alumni Hall in the Indiana Memorial Union to discuss issues of racism. \nElliott interacted frequently with the crowd to prove her point, and even asked two students to stand on the stage. After she and the student volunteers conducted a question-answer series to determine what and which race, gender, age and height are perceived to be more privileged, the audience agreed young, tall, white males have the most power. \n"It was amazing how she formed our responses to her questions about race," freshman Scott Tidwell said. Tidwell was one of the volunteers and is a 6-foot, 6-inch white male. "I was trying to come up with the most honest responses."\nElliott conducted an experiment known as "Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes" for her third-grade students the day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis, Tenn., when she worked as an elementary school teacher in her hometown, Riceville, in Northeastern Iowa. \nElliott divided her students into two groups according to their eye colors. \nStudents with brown eyes received temporary superiority over students with blue eyes. Brown-eyed students received privileged treatment, such as a longer recess, while blue-eyed students lost some of the classroom rights, such as drinking directly from the water fountain and taking a second helping at lunch, according to an online magazine, Horizon.\nElliott said within 15 minutes some brown-eyed students became controlling. But at the same time some mentally disabled brown-eyed students showed significant improvement in spelling words. \nOn the other hand, a blue-eyed girl suddenly cried because other brown-eyed students were bullying her, Elliott said.\n"I was shocked by what I learned that day," Elliott said.\nElliot said her students were about nine years old, and they told her that their parents taught them racism. She said the age of reason in children is 12, and children older than that age should be able to question what they have learned from their parents.\nWhen asked about the justification for causing ordeal to random people, Elliott said she acknowledged that she sympathized with the examinees. But she said work must be done first. \n"You have to nail it down," Elliott said. "Get busy at it."\nLewis said IU should implement Elliott's experiment.\n"I think when we talk about diversity issues and prejudice, one of the most impactful lessons is a lesson that is learned or experienced first hand," Lewis said. "In terms of IU, whether our student body should go through such an experience, I would be in favor of "Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes."\nOn the day she conducted the experiment to her students, Elliott said she talked to her colleagues about the experiment. She said their reactions to her exercise and opinions about African Americans were more negative than she could imagine. \n"I was afraid I was going to lose my job," Elliott said. \nElliott also said her father lost respect for her, and many other people stopped talking to her.\n"I've been threatened to death," Elliott said. "You pay a price to stand up for people. You want to be sure what's coming."\nAt the end of the lecture, Elliott showed the video, "The College Eye," in which she gave a similar experiment, this time, to college students.\nIn dealing with racial hardships, Elliott said victims should do whatever they can to raise awareness of the issue.\n"You have the right to say, 'I will not tolerate it,'" Elliott said.\nAfter being born and raised in Riceville, Elliott went to the University of Northern Iowa. There, Elliott said she met African-Americans who were smarter than she was and richer than her family. She said their characteristics astounded her.\n"My K-12 education was a lie," Elliott said. "I was ignorant because I was schooled instead of educated."\nElliott also talked about the Ku Klux Klan that advocates White Christians. She said the organization should openly argue for their point.\n"The KKK is scared white males who are afraid of their loss of power," Elliott said.\nElliott's speech, "Anatomy of Prejudice" was sponsored by the Union Board, the Kelley School of Business, Liberal Arts and Management Program, the Office of Diversity Education and nine other organizations.\nWilliam Lewis, director of diversity at the Kelley school, said he hopes Elliott will keep making changes in our society. \n"What I learned from Jane's lecture is that prejudice and discrimination happens regardless of race and gender," Lewis said. "She can continue to do this work, and what she has accomplished is raising the awareness of prejudice and discrimination in America"
(10/22/02 5:54am)
Opinions on the new IU Bloomington Web site seem to vary greatly, after its debut two weeks ago.\nThe new Web site appeared on the Internet Oct. 7 and has received some favorable views both on its functions and design.\n"I think it looks a lot sharper," sophomore Laura Greenspan said. "It has more links than it used to with the pull-down menu."\nGreenspan said the location of the toolbars and a photograph on the homepage is ideal. She said she learned in Bus X201, Technology in Business, adults, including college students, tend to look at the side of the screen, and children focus on the middle of the screen. Greenspan said the Disney company's Web site uses a similar strategy to attract both adults and children.\nSome users also show concerns about the new Web site.\n"What bothers me most is the red space on the side," graduate student Guan-Jang Wu said. "There's a lot of empty space that (could have been used to) represent IU. They could have made the font bigger and added more content."\nStudents addressed the trouble in finding certain links since the new Web site uses a pull-down menu for some of the most frequently used links, such as Webmail, Insite and Oncourse. The "Find People" feature is hard to find for some students because of the use of smaller letters.\n"Webmail is difficult to find," Wu said. "I have to type in the letters."\n"It takes more time for me to navigate through the Web site."\nWu also said whether the site offers more convenience to users is still a question, as it has been in service for only two weeks.\nThe new Web site features more audience-specific links than the previous Web site, according to the Office of Communications and Marketing.\n"I created resources pages for our individual audiences in an effort to improve their experience by guiding them to the information they needed quickly and efficiently," said Jane Below, information architect for OCM. Below also said "International Resources" is a new addition to the Web site.\nTo provide faster downloading, Below said a Web project team reduced the overall number of graphics on the site. Instead, she said students can now see more photos of the campus, which she said would make the site more visually interesting.\nStudents also helped create the new Web site. Although Below and her Web team joined the project this May, the whole project lasted about a year. \n"I helped write meta tags so our Web site can be found easily by searching engines such as Yahoo and Google," said student OCM Web assistant Ashley Reszka. "I also added my input from a student's perspective as to what kind of links are useful to students, which can be seen on the current student pages."\nBelow said over 100 faculty, staff and administrators participated in the meetings, and seven focus group tests and usability testing took place with target audiences, including current and prospective students, parents, faculty and staff. \nReszka said decision-making on the content of the site gave the biggest challenge to the members because participants offered various opinions.\n"It's hard to put yourself in their position and try and think of the information that they need and how they need it to be presented," Reszka said. "For example, international students need information included on their pages, such as residence hall, dining, transportation, citizenship and directions that current students might already know."\nAlthough the new Web site is up and running, the work is not complete.\n"It's ongoing. You can always make changes," said Associate Vice President Perry Metz.
(10/21/02 3:09pm)
NASHVILLE, Ind. -- Over 20 candidates in Districts 4 and 9 and their voters better understand each other after having met on Saturday morning.\n"The Candidate Breakfast" started at 7 a.m. at Brown County High School. The school's student newspaper, The Talon, sponsored the gathering. \n "I didn't expect this many candidates to show up," The Talon Editor-in-Chief Megan Gushwa said. "It's always a good thing."\nMike Sodrel, a Republican candidate for the House of Representatives talked about homeland security, the war against terrorism and a local tax condition. Sodrel is running in District 9, which includes IU.\n"The first thing mentioned in our Constitution is to provide for the common defense," Sodrel said in reguards to homeland security.\nSodrel said a decision for the United States to take military action against terrorist organizations must be made only after the most careful consideration. But he also said that the United States must act if necessary.\nSodrel did not say the specific timing about the possible U.S. military act against terrorism, as the Federal government owns the necessary information.\nRegarding the economy in Brown County, Sodrel said he has a significant task to undertake. \nBrown County State Park, the largest state park in Indiana, has 16,000 acres and a part of Yellowwood State Forest also lies in Brown County, according to the Brown County State Park Web site.\nLynda Sereno, Brown County Republican Chairman, said one economic problem in Brown County comes from lack of property tax. She said the natural soil accounts for one-third of the land in the county. She also said the lack of industry in the area hurts the local economy.\n"There's no tax base," Sereno said. "We need to look at revenue sources." \nBob Melton, County Chairman for the Democratic Party, said President Bush needs to listen more to the public's opinion.\n"The economy is a good example of that," Melton said. "He needs to get us back on our feet."\nMelton said he hopes the United States does not need to take military action against terrorism.\n"War is a drastic measure," he said. "They need to do a lot of communication with involved countries and people."\nLibertarian Al Cox represented his party Saturday. He is running for the U.S. House of Representatives from District 9.\nCox said the Libertarian Party has a unique stance on issues and supports the Constitution.\n"Free Speech is number one, and (the right to) keep and bear arms," Cox said. "Founding fathers gave us those rights in our Constitution."\nRegarding a recent change of constituency in South Central Indiana, Cox said the east two-thirds of Monroe County will be in District 9.\nVoters in the area met with candidates and enjoyed a warm family breakfast.\nJohn and Vicki Brummett visited the school with their sons, John and James, to talk with candidates. They had breakfast of pancake, sausage and coffee in the school's cafeteria.
(10/21/02 3:05pm)
Noisy music video production and quiet reflection during poetry presentations were both parts of Friday night for students at the Indiana Memorial Union.\n"Around the World Adventure" drew a diverse student body for development of personal music videos, political and social poetry, pictures from around the world, rides, food and drinks. \nThe event, held between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m., was sponsored by the Union Board.\n"We came here to have a fun night," freshman Janieka McCracken said. McCracken attended the event with her friends after a fellow member of the African American Choral Ensemble told her about the festivity a few weeks ago.\nMcCracken and her cohorts flew through the list of karaoke songs to choose songs to make their own music videos in the IMU Gallery.\nA poetry contest caused a crowded site, as "Mums" from HBO's show OZ hosted "Poetry Slam" at the Market.\nThe Market, which is normally a cafeteria, was packed with spectators, and the crowd overflowed into the hallway.\nPresenters from various backgrounds shared their opinions on capitalism and race. They rejected distorted views against ethnic minorities and denounced the possible military solution by the Bush administration against terrorism. The audience applauded after each presenter delivered a poem with unique style.\n"It was a diverse event," said junior Adrienne Bond. "There were a lot of different viewpoints on the same subject. Poets raised issues about our identity as a country." \nBond also said the Fine Arts Committee, which sponsored "Poetry Slam," succeeded in gathering a large crowd.\nAlso in the IMU Gallery, participants could get their pictures taken and then could choose a computerized background for their picture from various locations. Over 20 background selections laid down on a table represented cities, weather and other symbols, including "New York," "Storm" and "Cathedral."\nAfter much deliberation, Continuing Studies student Sachiko Higgins-Kante decided to put herself in front of "the Arch of Triumph" in France.\n"She's adding some French to it," said Higgins-Kante, looking over a computer screen while an assistant worked on the background design of her picture. "We can go to Asia and be back in five minutes."\nSome participants also sweated through physical activities, such as the "Bungee Run" in the Solarium. Ropes attached to a plastic air machine pulled runners as they tried to move forward. The runner who reached farther won.\n"It's very interesting," said sophomore Denairo Equihua-Spann, as he sipped some Sprite to recover from his sprint. "I'm still dizzy from it."\nThe IU Fencing Club also appeared at the IMU as club members demonstrated their skills with the weapons in the South Lounge. But not all sites were packed with visitors.\n"It helped boost our club interest," junior Nathan Shewell said. "I would say publicity could've been better. I would like to see more people here."\nJunior Drew Goldberg, the director for the Union Board's Major Attractions, said the staff ran the event as scheduled, and he was satisfied with the event. Goldberg also said a similar event will take place in December.\n"Based on the experience from the past, we're contracting these types of events," Goldberg said. "We've anticipated that turnout would be good. It's fantastic how things are going"
(10/18/02 4:43am)
Students with or without plans tonight can enjoy some recreational activities at the Indiana Memorial Union.\nAs a part of Homecoming, "Around The World Adventure" will take place from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. tonight at Alumni Hall and other locations in the IMU. The Union Board is sponsoring the event. \nThe activities will reflect on culture in the United States and Europe.\n"The purpose of these late-night extravaganzas is to provide students with free entertaining quality programming as an alternative to other weekend activities," said Drew Goldberg, the director for Union Board's Major Attractions. "These are attractions students normally don't have access to."\nIn the IMU Gallery (IMUG) will be the "Hollywood" theme, and a show entitled, "Megaflix," will allow participants to make their own music videos.\n"The CD thing is very interesting," junior Josh Ross said. "A lot of these videos cost a lot to make them."\nRoss, a transfer student from Vincennes University, said a similar event was successful there.\nThe IU Fencing Club will use their skills in the Medieval European section of the event in South Lounge. \n"It sounds like fun for the club," said graduate student Alison Griffith, the vice president and secretary of the club. "It's also a good way to promote our club. People don't know we're here."\nGriffith said 10 club members will hold a demonstration about the sport. \nParticipants can also engage in "Gladiator Joust," an event where two participants with padded jousting sticks try to knock their opponent off their platform.\nThe Alumni Hall and Solarium will serve as the "American Midway." Participants can get food and drinks and play with inflatable attractions, such as the "Bungee Run."\n'Mums' from HBO's show OZ will host "Poetry Slam," a competition where students read their poetry. Audience members will judge the event, and 'Mums' will give feedback to each of the authors.\nAlthough many students said they liked the idea of the event, some students said they would not be able to make to the festival as midterm exams near.\n"It looks it has a lot of variety," freshman Curtis Cunningham said. "That's good for a big campus like IU." \nCunningham said he would not attend the events because of his finite math exam.\nThe events will start in the Alumni Hall Lobby. Participants will receive a passport at Travel Agency, and passports will be stamped at each attraction they visit. The more stamps they collect, the better chance they have to win prizes.\nThe prize drawing will start at 1 a.m. Saturday morning.\nDVDs, CDs, CD players and walkmans are among the prizes. DVDs include "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" and "Ocean's 11." \n"The highlight attraction will be the concept itself," Goldberg said. "Students are encouraged to explore the Union and participate in each of our attractions while increasing the chances of winning prizes at the end of the night."\nStudents with a valid ID can bring along one non-student, and admission is free.
(10/16/02 10:30pm)
Sister Helen Prejean was raised in a wealthy family with a two-story spacious house in the 1940s and '50s. \nHer family sought out knowledge and traveled extensively in the United States, Canada and Europe.\nThough Prejean's life was normal for most of her generation, her new quest is anything but.\nPrejean now spends her days dealing with death.\nPrejean, the author of "Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the U.S," is visiting the IU campus this week for a series of events called "The Death Penalty: Two Views." She participated in a forum about the death penalty Tuesday night.\nIn her 1993 book which later became a motion picture, Prejean deals with a case of two brothers accused of killing two teenagers. Prejean, a nun, visited with Patrick Sonnier, the oldest brother, while he was in prison.\nThe sentences for the brothers did not satisfy Prejean. Sonnier was sentenced to die in the electric chair of Louisiana's Angola State Prison, according to Prejean's Web site.\n"My first question was about the legal system," Prejean, 64, said. "One brother gets death, and one brother gets life. I wonder how that could've happened."\nPrejean's book was nominated for a 1993 Pulitzer Prize and was nominated for a Nobel Prize in 1998,1999 and 2000.\nHer book was developed into a major motion picture called "Dead Man Walking" in January 1996. Actress Susan Sarandon starred as Prejean. The movie received four Oscar nominations, and Sarandon won the Oscar for Best Actress.\nPrejean discussed current death penalty issues Tuesday afternoon.\nThe State of Illinois began a series of clemency hearings Tuesday morning for nearly all the 160 death row inmates. Prejean said she welcomes the moratorium movements in Illinois. Moratorium campaigns seek to stop or delay death penalties.\n"The moratorium is definitely right," Prejean said. "Because they had 13 people who've come off the death row that proved to be innocent and they had executed 12 people."\nAlthough Prejean said she supports the movements in Illinois and some other states, she said Illinois Government George Ryan should spend sufficient time to decide whose sentences he will overturn.\nPrejean also expressed her opposition to Timothy McVeigh's execution in June 2001.\n"By killing him, we emulate his actions," according to Prejean's Web site, www.prejean.org. "Like him, we make our point through violence."\nPrejean condemns the death penalty by describing what the families of the victims experienced after McVeigh's attack in April 1995 in Oklahoma City, Okla.\n"One in every four of them wanted to watch Timothy McVeigh die on the closed circuit," Prejean said. "Their problem, what they have to deal with is a loss of their child or the loss of their loved one."\n"Whether or not he was given the death sentence or whether or not it was going to be life without parole in prison, their grieving process or their healing process is around the loss of their loved one."\nPrejean said one of death penalty supporters' arguments is that the presence of capital punishment can deter violent crime. But she said the statistics and the criminals' psychology do not support the claim.\n"All you've got to do is look at the track record," Prejean said. She said studies recently conducted by the New York Times did not show that the death penalty reduced murders. \n"Most people, when they get involved in the acts of violence, aren't thinking of consequences," Prejean said. "They've got a gun or they're on drugs. All they know is they want to get this guy, or something goes wrong, but they're not thinking of consequences." \nThirty-six states enforce the death penalty. Twelve do not perform capital punishment, and two states, including Illinois, have a moratorium on executions.\nAt the moment, Prejean said moratorium is the correct step to take.\n"When you have a war, long-standing war, between two countries, what do you do?" Prejean said. "We have a cease-fire. During the time of cease-fire, you can look at the roots of the solutions for peace, and that's what I think we need to do for the death penalty"
(10/14/02 5:44am)
As the head of the IU Bloomington campus, Chancellor Sharon Brehm has the right credentials to teach lessons in leadership.\nChancellor Sharon Brehm and her student advisor will host students for a series of "Leadership Dinners" to discuss leadership skills and discover what makes a good leader. \n"The chancellor is a wonderful role model, and this dinner series provides an excellent opportunity to interact with a campus leader," said senior Erin Lynn Ransford, the chancellor's advisor to Undergraduate Leadership Programs. She will facilitate the discussion with Brehm.\n"I hope the participating students gain insight from the chancellor and are inspired to take chances and take on leadership roles."\nThe first dinner in the series will be on Nov. 5. The deadline to apply for the November dinner is Tuesday, Oct. 22.\nThe program emphasizes exchange of opinions about leadership between the chancellor and students.\n"It'll be a two-way street conversation," Brehm said. "I'll learn from them, and they'll learn from me."\nRegarding the specific activities or topics in the discussion, Ransford said she is flexible about how the program will develop.\n"We have discussed the possibility of hosting guest speakers, but no decisions have been made as of yet," Ransford said. "As the November dinner is the first in the series, we are open to modifications of the format depending on its success."\nThis year five Leadership Dinners are scheduled: two in the fall and three in the spring. \nIn order to participate in the program, a student must be a full-time IU Bloomington student with two full semesters of classes and 3.0 GPA or higher. Also, experience on leadership positions is preferred, and applicants must show initiative or potential as a student leader and aptitude for leadership. \nRequiring the completion of two full semesters of classes will disqualify new students, including most freshmen.\n"As this program has the dualistic goal of gaining the insight of students and allowing a venue for students to learn from the chancellor, we decided to aim for the students with a little more experience on the Indiana University campus," Ransford said.\nFreshman Jill Hutcherson is the Language House Representative on the Executive Board at Foster- International Quad. She said she understands why the program is designed for students with leadership experience and familiarity at IU, but not completely.\n"To make sure people are really serious about leadership in college, it's understandable that they don't want freshmen to participate," Hutcherson said. \n"But at the same time, it's slightly to their own disadvantage because if you start thinking about leadership in your freshman year, some of the best leaders can be developed."\nEach dinner will take place at the chancellor's house with eight students. \n"The decision was made to have an intimate environment for the dinners," Ransford said. "If we went with a larger venue, there would be less time for each student to be able to interact with the chancellor, and she would have to go from table to table." \n"With a smaller group, there could be more continued and proactive dialogue about leadership."\nThe November dinner focuses on Italian cuisine. Ransford said the dinner attire is business casual. \nThe Office of the Chancellor funds the program, so the dinners are free to students. Interested students can request an application by e-mailing Ransford at eransfor@indiana.edu. Applications can be sent to the above e-mail address or sent by campus mail to Leadership Dinners, c/o Erin Ransford, 1000 North Fee Lane D100.\nThe December dinner is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 3. Deadlines to apply for the November Dinner and the December Dinner are Tuesday, Oct. 22 and Tuesday, Nov. 19, respectively.\nDates and times for dinners in the spring semester have not been determined.\nLeadership Dinners:\n• There will be five Leadership Dinners: two in the fall and three in the spring.\n• Fall dinners are scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 5 and Tuesday, Dec. 3 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the chancellor's house.\n• Dates and times for dinners in the spring semester have not been determined.\n• Eight students will participate in each dinner.\n• Deadlines to apply for the November Dinner and the December are Tuesday, Oct. 22 and Tuesday, Nov. 19, respectively.\n• Interested students can request an application by e-mailing Erin Ransford at eransfor@indiana.edu.\nApplications can be sent to the above email address or sent by campus mail to Leadership Dinners, c/o Erin Ransford, 1000 North Fee Lane D100.