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(11/14/02 5:06am)
A group of eager political spokespeople pass around campaign bumper stickers, make phone calls urging support on key issues, and hold debates to get out the word of candidates. These are not just expensive lobbyists and campaign managers performing these tasks. Many students right here at IU sacrifice their free time in support of their political views. \nThe IU College Republicans and the IU College Democrats are two student run organizations that give students a chance to be involved in the political arena beyond simply pulling a lever to signify your vote. \nFor the past few weeks, while many other students were busy doing other things, members of IUCR and IUCD were vigorously campaigning for their candidates. \n"It involved a lot of campaigning, mostly door to door and telephone calls," IUCD president Daniel O'Neill said. "It's not that exciting, but it's very important stuff. Also, it's a great way to get involved in politics and actually get to know about the candidates."\nWith the majority of the seats falling into the hands of the Republican party, reactions between the two groups contrast.\n"I'm very excited with the results of the midterm elections," sophomore Matthew Stevenson, IUCR treasurer said. "I think with the changes in the Senate we'll start to start to see that body doing its job and vote on federal judicial nominations. I doubt if the power shift has a major effect on the implementation of the President's agenda. Realistically, it takes 60 votes to pass bills."\nIUCR president Angel Rivera agrees that legislation will be easier to implement.\n"We are very excited and happy about the recent elections," Rivera said. "We swept, and now we will see the republicans move along with filling court seats and proposed national defense bill to get our country protected."\nOn the other side of the spectrum, IUCD is disappointed in the election results.\n"It sucked. That's my reaction," O'Neill said. "My dad was a Monroe County Commissioner until the midterm election so it was pretty personal for me."\nIUDC attributes voter turnout to its setbacks.\n"The turnout of normally steady democrats was quite low compared to the republicans," O'Neill said. "In order to change this, the party has to form a more coherent message to sell to voters."\nWith all the stress of campaigning out of the way, both organizations are planning meetings to increase their message among students. IUCR is organizing an event featuring Indiana representative John Hosttetler as a speaker.\nRivera said IUCR is excited about the event.\n"He loves our group," Rivera said. "It's not every day you get to sit down and chit chat with a congressman."\nIn addition, IUCR will host Indiana Supreme Court chief justice Randall Sheppard next Thursday. The event has been moved to the Willkie Quad lounge because attendance is expected to be high.\n"We expect a big turnout," Rivera said. "Many professors and law students have expressed an interest. So, we'll see how that goes."\nOther proposed speakers for IUCR are Director of the Federal Office of Management and Budget Mitch Daniels and Indiana Senator Richard Lugar. \nThe IUCD will hold an organizational meeting this Sunday in which events for their upcoming year will be discussed.\nThis year both organizations plan to have a debate against each other, which is open to the public. Rivera said last year's debate on issues relating to Sept.11 sparked quite an interest. \nBut campaign buttons and phone calls aren't the only things IUCD and IUCR care about. Rivera said IUCR is not all about campaigns, but finding others with a similar interest in political issues. \n"We also do many social activities such as football games and retreats to a lake house," Rivera said. "It's a lot of fun."\nRivera also said IUCR is affiliated with many other groups. \n"The CR's are currently involved in many organizations on campus and at the state level," Rivera said. "We have members in all sorts of groups, the Indiana Federation of College Republicans, where I serve as vice president, the greek system and several academic groups such as the Pre-Law Fraternity. Our organization serves the needs of students by representing them all over campus and around the state." \nBoth organizations claim it's easy to get involved, since both want to increase membership and hear ideas. \n"Look at me," Rivera said. "I come from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and I have been an active member in the organization, which shows they are really open-minded and anyone can get involved."\nFor More Information on IU College Republicans, check out: or e-mail . For information on IU College Democrats, check out: or e-mail .
(11/11/02 11:01pm)
Eli Lilly cancer research scientists gave a free lecture entitled "How does it impact us all?" at Alumni Hall Saturday afternoon. The lecture was part of a week-long series of events organized by the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity to raise money for the American Cancer Society. \nSophomore Yves Niyikiza, social chair for Phi Beta Sigma, who organized the events, said cancer affects everyone in one way or another.\n"It's a subtle monster that is prevalent in all of our lives," Niyikiza said.\nNiyikiza introduced the two guest speakers: his father Dr. Clet Niyikiza, senior research scientist and consultant and the Oncology Applied Genomics Team Leader at Eli Lilly and Dr. Kerry Blanchard, head of Cancer Research at Eli Lilly. \nBlanchard, who received his Ph.D. at IU, started off his discussion by giving thanks to IU's own chemistry teacher, John P. Richardson, whom Blanchard said affected him deeply.\n"He opened up his laboratory, his mind, and his heart to me when I was an undergraduate," Blanchard said. "I encourage you to seek out your professors. They are willing, able and talented mentors."\nBlanchard went on to warn the students of the dangers of smoking, in regard to cancer. His projector displayed a graph which showed lung cancer in males rises almost exactly parallel to the rise of tobacco advertising dollars spent in America. \n"More than 500 people die a day of lung cancer," Blanchard said. "That's like a 747 crashing every day. If that occurred, it would take only a few days for people to stop flying."\nBlanchard then discussed the many misconceptions Americans have about cancer. Among these are "most cancer is inherited," "most cancer is incurable," and "most cancer is caused by environmental or occupational exposures."\nNext, he revealed what the causes of cancer actually are, citing mutagenic events such as atomic bomb exposure, asbestos and tobacco, and the factors of aging.\n"We have 100 trillion cells in our body and of those cells we have 10,000 mutations per cell per day," Blanchard said. "Most of the cells are corrected or die, so it doesn't make a difference, unless it mutates a stem cell. But, age and longevity increase the chances of cancer."\nBlanchard also noted the advances made in cancer technology. \n"We studied cellular biology, but we didn't study cancer," Blanchard said. "Now we are studying cancer in patients instead of in a petri dish."\nAnother advance science has made is the involvement of computers, which Blanchard said is still a setback.\n"When I got my first Mac computer, it had only 20 MB of memory," Blanchard said. "Now some of the information we gather on cancer takes almost a GB of memory. The question is how do we make an excel spreadsheet 1000 by 1000 for DNA. We can't read such a document."\nThe next lecturer, Dr. Niyikiza, spoke about the importance of genetics in cancer research.\nDr. Niyikiza, a mathematician and native of Rwanda, spoke on the history of genetics and even brought up James D. Watson, an IU connection in the field of science. Watson was accredited with discovering the human DNA is in a double helix shape.\nThrough pharmocogenomics, Dr. Niyikiza and his team at Eli Lilly are working on personalizing cancer medicine to people's genetic makeup.\n"We are trying to accumulate, through some genetic work, some patients who could benefit from the drug and those who don't," Dr. Niyikiza said. "There is no point in giving someone a drug that does nothing and sometimes it makes them worse."\nDr. Niyikiza talked about his experience at IU, where he also received his PhD. He said IU students of all disciplines need to be work together in cancer research. \n"Swain East, Swain West and Jordan Hall need to cooperate to increase these efforts," he said.\nHe noted that math, physics, biology, chemistry and business all factor into Eli Lilly's business.\n"It's sad to say that it is partially about money when it comes to medicine," Dr. Niyikiza said. \nBoth Blanchard and Dr. Niyikiza concluded their lectures with a plea to IU students to become aware of cancer research.\n"Stay in school and study cancer," Blanchard said.\nAmple time for questions were given and a high percentage of those present asked inquiries of the guest lecturers. Attendees of the lecture said they felt they learned quite a bit from the speakers.\n"I felt that it was educational," junior Serre Bonne said. "The odds that any of us will have cancer are amazing. If you look around the room and think that a third of the people present will have cancer at one point in their life, it makes you realize it has a major impact on our lives."\nThe members of Phi Beta Sigma organized this event as a service to the community. Other events that occurred throughout the week to raise money and awareness included "Sigma Unplugged" where fraternity member showcased their musical talents, a "Brotherhood Dinner" and the "Party 'til you blue in the face," a Sigma party.
(11/08/02 6:30am)
Gasping for breath, a group of young law students ran up and down the fields of the IU-Purdue University at Indianapolis campus, heaving the football, trying as hard as they can to defeat their competitors -- but with no avail. But their opponents are quite a few years older. These students weren't competing against their peers, but against their professors. And among these professors was IU's newly appointed interim president, Gerald L. Bepko. \n"I remember during my days as a professor, we had a faculty touch football team, and we beat the students one year," Bepko said. "They thought we were old men, but I guess we weren't too old. I still tease a couple of people who were on the student team. One of them is a federal judge in northern Indiana, and I still joke with him about it."\nIt is this rapport with his students and faculty that motivated IUPUI Chancellor Bepko to dedicate his life to higher education. These years of dedication have led him to his recent job, filling in for IU President Myles Brand when he leaves to head the NCAA Dec. 31. \nBepko will serve as interim president until a replacement is found, and then will retire from chancellor at IUPUI and spend the rest of his days teaching on the Indianapolis campus. \nIn the IU board of trustees meeting Nov. 5 in Fort Wayne, Frederick F. Eichhorn Jr., president of the board, agreed Bepko's personality will play a factor in his position. Eichhorn said Bepko is a man of "unswerving commitment and unshakable integrity."\nBill Plater, who has worked with Bepko for over 16 years as his chief assistant and as IUPUI's academic officer, said Bepko is a man who is always sincere and honest. \n"He is in private as he is in public," Plater said. "There is only one Gerry Bepko, and he is the genuine article." \nThese qualities have taken Bepko from a college student at Northern Illinois University in 1962 to college chancellor at IUPUI in 1986. \nAfter practicing law in Chicago in 1965, Bepko served as a secret agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the next four years. During that time, Bepko said he learned a lot about the legal system and much about himself. \n"The first 14 months I was in the FBI, I was in Mississippi from 1965-66 during the peak of the civil rights movement," he said. "When I went to Mississippi, I was not looking forward to it since I had been most of my life in big cities like Chicago."\nUpon his arrival, Bepko said he realized how different his surroundings were compared to his previous places of residence. \n"When I went there I discovered how different it was and how privileged I was to be there in such a period of change," Bepko said. "It was like huge tectonic plates moving, and the epicenter of the activity was in Mississippi. I was privileged to bear witness to such history. I had not been exposed to the cruelty and brutality that people treated each other with, and I learned a lot from that experience. Most importantly, how powerful ideas are, more powerful than anything man can create with our hands or technology."\nBepko said it took a different incident at the FBI to change the way he thought. Years later, he said a close call with death opened his eyes up to a "new perspective."\n"I was almost killed while I was in surveillance in New York," Bepko said. "To make a long story short, I was pinned under a United Parcel truck that had been hit by a car. I was in the truck, in United Parcel uniform, and the impact threw me from the truck and flipped it over on top of me. Fortunately, I was alright, but it has given me a new perspective that no matter how bad things get, I can always know it can't be worse than being trapped under a truck. And I've already done that."\nExperiences with racism and near-death accidents weren't the only incidents which changed Bepko's life. While working with the FBI in Manhattan he met Jean B. Cougnenc. Gerald and Jean were married and now have two children, Arminda, who lives in New York, and Gerald L. Jr., who lives in Indianapolis.\nSoon enough fate took the couple to Indiana, after Gerald was offered a position at IUPUI. \n"When we originally came (to Indianapolis), we had not planned to stay," Jean Bepko said. "But, we had two young children at the time, and we thought, 'Gee, this is a great place to raise a family.' I lived there for three years in the late '40s, early '50s, but it wasn't the same city back then. Today, you can do more with your family. Especially compared to Chicago where it takes months to get tickets for anything. Gerald Bepko eventually took the children ice skating every Sunday. We would also take them to the Children's Museum, which is one of the best in the nation."\nBepko agrees that the city was an unexpected surprise, which they grew to love. \n"It's a city of manageable size and a diverse city as well," Bepko said. "It has many attributes of a large city, but not all the problems. We also liked it because it was a good place for the children. We are close enough to drive to Chicago to see my relatives. Also, a big part of it was, we fell in love with Indiana University."\nGrowing up, Bepko said his children did not have higher expectations because of his history in higher learning, but still "managed to get great grades." Arminda is finishing her final year of law school at New York University, and Gerald Jr. (or J.J. as he is affectionately called) is a graduate student at IUPUI. Bepko said his son originally left the campus due to conflicts on campus. \n"He graduated from DePauw, but originally studied at IUPUI," Bepko said. "He came to the campus as an undergraduate student and decided it wasn't big enough for the both of us and one of us had to leave. So, we flipped a coin, and he lost."\nSince he joined the IUPUI faculty in 1972, Bepko said he has made lasting friendships with his students, making IUPUI special to him. \n"I have made such good friends with students when I taught at the school," Bepko said. "We'd go have a beer once and a while. They'd come to my house. I got to know their spouses. We were friends, and so when they became successful individuals, I was very proud of them."\nIn addition, Bepko said his relationships with the faculty and administration have grown equally as strong during his tenure with IUPUI. He holds these relationships responsible for his commitment to IU. \n"I have so many good friends that I work with," Bepko said. "I like working in an environment where people enjoy what they do. They play practical jokes on each other, and it's just a fun environment, where I feel a lot can be done."\nPlater, along with other co-workers of his, all claim his positive attitude is one of the qualities which makes working with Bepko so fun. \n"He listens well and gives good advice," IUB Chancellor Sharon Brehm said. "He has a great sense of humor."\nJean Bepko agreed.\n"(His humor) is very dry," Jean Bepko said. "He likes to tease me quite a bit about being gullible."\nBepko had planned to retire from his position as chancellor, effective June 2003, but in addition to spending more time with his family, he will continue to teach law courses at IUPUI.\n"I hope next year I can go back to life as a faculty member," Bepko said. "I will be teaching a little, and I will be writing and trying to get involved in the community."\nAlthough he plans to travel and spend more leisure time, Bepko said he envisions the rest of his life being spent with the University in some way. \n"I will try to find ways to serve the institution," Bepko said. "If you talk to people who have had long lives full of rich experiences, they will most likely tell you that the most important things are service of any kind. I will continue to serve the University"
(11/08/02 4:49am)
Now that Bloomington Mayor John Fernandez's campaign is over, he can finally get back to work, spending his remaining year in office planning to expand the city through transportation. \nFernandez, the democratic candidate for Secretary of State of Indiana, lost to Republican Todd Rokita by a 9 percent vote. \nDuring his campaign, Fernandez had to juggle both the election and his recent job, but Penny Sims, communication director for the mayor, said during this time the city did not lose any momentum. \n"The city works in such a way that we were able to work the same as we always have," Sims said.\nSims said the heads of each department handled the day to day job, while any impeding crises were the responsibility of Deputy Mayor James McNamara. Sims said Fernandez did most of his managing during council meetings held every two weeks. \n"He is not a micromanager," Sims said. "The department heads know what they are doing and only need to report to the mayor with their progress."\nThe only difficulties Sims said Fernandez faced in trying to handle his job and the election were issues of time scheduling. \n"It was a little bit tough for scheduling," Sims said. "He sometimes had scheduling issues with appearing where people wanted him to."\nAngela Belden, Fernandez's campaign manager, said his loss in the election will in no way effect his performance for the remainder of his administration. \n"He is still the mayor, so nothing really is going to change," Belden said. "He has an election next year, so he still has a job to do."\nFernandez, elected in 1995, now in his second term, has not commented yet on whether or not he will seek re-election in Bloomington come November next year or move on to a different political career path. \n"He needs some time to reassess some things before he makes any statements on his political career," Sims said. \nSims commented on many goals Fernandez is currently working towards, including his goals for expanding the city.\nOne of these projects is the Growth Policy Plan. The project, which would involve expanding the city of Bloomington, received approval from the city council Wednesday night. \n"We have made quite a bit of progress, and now if we receive approval from the planning commission, then we can start working on the zoning," Sims said. \nAnother project in the works is the Alternative Transportations and Greenways Plan, which involves building more greenways to allow Bloomington residents to walk, jog and ride their way anywhere in town. If land acquisitions work out, a greenway will be built through the middle of downtown Bloomington. \n"The goal is to increase our network of trails throughout our city," Sims said.\nFinally, Fernandez is currently working on the W. 3rd St. Project, which involves expanding 3rd St. from Landmark St. to Interstate 37. \nWhether or not he decides to seek re-election next year, Sims said the rest of his administration will be busy regardless. \n"He has plenty on his plate to keep him busy," Sims said. \nFernandez could not be reached at press time. \nFernandez received 42 percent of the vote, compared to Rokita's 53 percent. Libertarian candidate Rebecca Sink-Burris received 4 percent.
(11/01/02 11:06pm)
It seems natural that Gerald Bepko will run the show in President Myles Brand's absence, considering he has so much history with the University.\nBepko began his career with IU as an assistant professor at the IU School of Law in Indianapolis in 1972. He became a full professor in 1975, associate dean for academic affairs in 1979, and dean of the law school in 1981. He was named IUPUI's Chancellor in 1986. \nBepko has striven to unify various IUPUI programs, both by moving schools to the West Michigan Street campus such as the Purdue Science, Purdue Engineering and Technology and the IU Herron School of Art.\nUnder Bepko, IUPUI Intercollegiate Athletics became a Division I program in 1998. \nDuring his administration, student enrollment grew by 15 percent and annual external support has increased from $38 million in 1986 to more than $190 million today. \nBepko has focused heavily on improving IUPUI's medical program. He worked with President Myles Brand and others to consolidate IU hospitals with Methodist Hospitals of Indiana, forming Clarian Health Partners, Inc. The merger has served the community as an economic anchor to the health industry. \nBepko has also remained active in the city of Indianapolis. He sits on the boards of First Indiana Corp., the Indianapolis Life Insurance Co., and the Lumina Foundation for Education. In addition, he serves as president of the Economic Club of Indianapolis and chair of the board of the Indiana Convention and Visitors Association.\nBefore working for IUPUI, he practiced law in Chicago, and was a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1965 to 1969. He earned his B.S. from Northern Illinois University in 1962, his J.D. from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1965 and his LL. M. from Yale in 1972.\nBepko is married to Jean B. Bepko and they have two children, Gerald L. Jr. and Arminda.
(10/30/02 4:35am)
Given the ambivalence regarding IU President Myles Brand's departure for the NCAA, choosing the next leader will be a difficult decision. \nIn a recent interview with the IDS, Chancellor Sharon Brehm said Herman B. Wells is the model the board of trustees should look at when selecting the next president of IU.\nWells, is known as one of the most influential figures in IU's history. He was President for a quarter-century, IU Chancellor for another 37 years after that and IU's "Man of the Century." \n"Chancellor Wells was, quite simply, a great man, one of the exceptional figures in higher education this century," Brand said in a press release following Wells' death in 2000 at the age of 97. "If it were not for his vision, his leadership, his passion and hard work, IU would not be the University that it is today."\nJames Capshew, professor of history and philosophy of science at IU, is currently rummaging through Wells' letters and documents to get information for his new biography of Wells, expected to hit shelves in 2005. Years ago, while Capshew worked as a houseboy for Wells, he gained a unique sense of who Wells was and what made him such a historical figure.\n"He was ambitious for the University, not just himself," Capshew said. "He profoundly affected IU. It was a good University, but it became a great University under his leadership."\nCapshew said one reason Wells stands apart was because of his relaxed attitude.\n"I think the statue of Wells says a lot about what kind of man he was," Capshew said. "That statue is not on a pedestal. He is sitting down. He is relaxed. People sit next to him and take pictures next to him. He had this charisma that was very comfortable."\nCapshew said Wells was born with a great sense of humor, pride and honesty. When he graduated from Lebanon High School in 1920, his classmates voted him "Funniest" and "Best All-Round Boy."\nRecently, IU trustee Jamie Belanger said one of the board's qualities they will look for in a new president is the ability to effectively work with the state legislature on funding. Capshew said someone like Wells would be able to handle the situation, noting Wells' ability to deal with officials on a personal level. \n"He had a tremendous ability for fundraising," Capshew said. "He developed this ease with the state legislators. He has the personal touch to achieve his financial goals."\nIn addition, Capshew said Wells would support many of the Brand's policies.\n"Wells would be happy with Brand's focus on academics first and athletics second," Capshew said.\nIn addition to developing the University academically, Wells had a knack for supporting social development on campus, particularly when it came to segregation. Wells made active efforts to desegregate restaurants in Bloomington during a time where involvement such as that on the part of the administration was rare. \n"He was very involved in egalitarianism," Capshew said. "He was very involved in the progress of African Americans. He was an all-around humanitarian."\nFor his efforts in civil rights, Wells received the NAACP Brotherhood Award for 1961-62.\nFormer IUB Chancellor Ken Gros Louis said Wells was a "very visionary person" and could plan far into the future.\n"One example is when the students' Recreational Sports building was being planned," Gros Louis said. "I brought over the plans to show Wells and he asked where the room was for the activities that aren't taught yet. Because he noticed that new sports are always being developed, and there needed to be room for these new classes in the future."\nIU's student body nearly tripled under Wells' leadership, from 11,000 in 1938 to 31,000 in 1962, and in his 1980 autobiography Being Lucky, Wells discussed his attempt to obtain a personal relationship with the student body. \n"During the past 25 years I personally signed the diplomas of all graduates," Wells said. "Neither printing press nor mechanical device of any type has been used to multiply my signature. Each diploma has been read as well as signed, one at a time. This has given me a sense of direct identification with each graduate." \nGros Louis said Wells was an "extraordinarily human" president who had a personal relationship with his University.\n"He had an extraordinary memory," Gros Louis said. "He made an effort to get to know all of the faculty he came across and could remember everyone's name. He also tried to get to students as well. You probably know that he used to dress up as Santa Claus during Christmas."\nCapshew said Wells, an IU student, professor and administrator was "married to the University." He claimed this sort of history of studying and working at IU helped Wells develop a love for the campus, which made him succeed in his job. \n"We have looked outside, especially with modern national search committees," Capshew said. "But there is a strong tradition of home grown talent and Wells was home grown talent."\nThe next president of IU will also need the passion for the job that Wells had, as revealed by his autobiography.\n"With full knowledge of the trauma, travail, blood, sweat and tears the office demands, I would eagerly undertake the glorious chore again," Wells said. "For me no other career could have been so satisfying. I have been lucky and happy in my life and work."\nFor more information on the life of Herman B Wells, check out his remembrance page at http://www.indiana.edu/~alumni/wells/.
(10/28/02 5:04am)
The IU Foundation honored six Indiana legends with the Herman B Wells Visionaries Award Friday.\nIn the spirit of the former president who led IU for 63 years, this award is given to Hoosiers whose vision and entrepreneurial spirit have not only had success in their own lives, but shared their success with others.\nThis year's recipients include:\n• Irvin M. Borish, an optometry practitioner, teacher and researcher, was voted "Optometrist of the Century" by the readers of Review of Optometry. He served on a committee which persuaded the state government to establish IU's School of Optometry and served as a professor there from 1973 to 1982. In 1994, the Center for Ophthalmic Clinical Research was named after him. \n• Edward L. Hutton, of Cinncinnati, Ohio, is the chairman of Chemed Corp. in Cincinnati and chairman of Omnicare Inc. Hutton, who grew up in Bedford, Ind., earned his bachelor's and master's degree from IU. After serving in the Army, Hutton became president, chief executive officer, and eventually chairman of Chemed and Omnicare, which is the leading firm in the United States supplying pharmaceuticals to patients of nursing homes.\n• Eli Lilly of Indianapolis receives this award posthumously for his pioneering of the pharmaceutical industry. Born in 1885, Lilly founded the pharmaceutical firm bearing his name and was instrumental in the creation of such medicines as Insulin for Diabetes, antibiotics and Jonas Salk's vaccine for Polio. Years later at his death in 1977, his company also developed the antidepressant Prozac, gaining billions for their company. Lilly, as a philanthropist, founded Connor Prairie in Indianapolis and helped support the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Indiana Historical Society and the Indianapolis Children's Museum. \n• J. Irwin Miller is the honorary chairman of Cummins Inc. in Columbus, Ind., the world's largest manufacturer of heavy-duty diesel engines. Started as a family business of only 40 employees, his investment blossomed into a Fortune 500 company with annual sales of over $6 billion. In addition, he was a leader in social reform. He helped organize Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 civil rights march on Washington. He even shut down a factory of his in South Africa to protest apartheid. In 1967, Esquire magazine ran his face on the cover and said, "This man ought to be the next president of the United States."\n• William S. Shields, retired chairman of Wells Companies, which make aluminum, electronics, metal tooling and plastic blast materials, grew his businesses by studying and anticipating customer needs in the market. He is a recipient of IU South Bend's E.M. Morris Achievement Award. His wife Kathryn was also a recipient of the Wells Visionaries Award. \n• Kathryn L. Shields, a former educator, is very involved in hospice and has been active in medical problems such as shortage of nurses. To address these problems, she helped found scholarships in nursing and technology.
(10/28/02 5:00am)
The IU Foundation honored six Indiana legends with the Herman B Wells Visionaries Award Friday.\nIn the spirit of the former president who led IU for 63 years, this award is given to Hoosiers whose vision and entrepreneurial spirit have not only had success in their own lives, but shared their success with others.\nThis year's recipients include:\n• Irvin M. Borish, an optometry practitioner, teacher and researcher, was voted "Optometrist of the Century" by the readers of Review of Optometry. He served on a committee which persuaded the state government to establish IU's School of Optometry and served as a professor there from 1973 to 1982. In 1994, the Center for Ophthalmic Clinical Research was named after him. \n• Edward L. Hutton, of Cinncinnati, Ohio, is the chairman of Chemed Corp. in Cincinnati and chairman of Omnicare Inc. Hutton, who grew up in Bedford, Ind., earned his bachelor's and master's degree from IU. After serving in the Army, Hutton became president, chief executive officer, and eventually chairman of Chemed and Omnicare, which is the leading firm in the United States supplying pharmaceuticals to patients of nursing homes.\n• Eli Lilly of Indianapolis receives this award posthumously for his pioneering of the pharmaceutical industry. Born in 1885, Lilly founded the pharmaceutical firm bearing his name and was instrumental in the creation of such medicines as Insulin for Diabetes, antibiotics and Jonas Salk's vaccine for Polio. Years later at his death in 1977, his company also developed the antidepressant Prozac, gaining billions for their company. Lilly, as a philanthropist, founded Connor Prairie in Indianapolis and helped support the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Indiana Historical Society and the Indianapolis Children's Museum. \n• J. Irwin Miller is the honorary chairman of Cummins Inc. in Columbus, Ind., the world's largest manufacturer of heavy-duty diesel engines. Started as a family business of only 40 employees, his investment blossomed into a Fortune 500 company with annual sales of over $6 billion. In addition, he was a leader in social reform. He helped organize Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 civil rights march on Washington. He even shut down a factory of his in South Africa to protest apartheid. In 1967, Esquire magazine ran his face on the cover and said, "This man ought to be the next president of the United States."\n• William S. Shields, retired chairman of Wells Companies, which make aluminum, electronics, metal tooling and plastic blast materials, grew his businesses by studying and anticipating customer needs in the market. He is a recipient of IU South Bend's E.M. Morris Achievement Award. His wife Kathryn was also a recipient of the Wells Visionaries Award. \n• Kathryn L. Shields, a former educator, is very involved in hospice and has been active in medical problems such as shortage of nurses. To address these problems, she helped found scholarships in nursing and technology.
(10/25/02 5:05am)
The Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, a part of the Kelley School of Business, honored Indiana's leaders in Business at its Ninth Annual Growth 100 Awards Luncheon Thursday.\nThe presentation, which was held at the Ritz Charles in Carmel, Ind., gave awards to 75 businesses which are Indiana's fastest growing entrepreneurial companies with annual sales of over $1,000,000. All the companies also have achieved over 15 percent sale increase over the last two years. \n"Although the economy across the state and nation has not been strong, this year's 2002 Growth 100 awardees have an average annual sales of $16 million, with a growth rate averaging 45 percent," said Elizabeth J. Gatewood, director of the Johnson Center. "These entrepreneurial companies have a strong impact on the state, not only economically, but also through employment and \ncommunity development."\nThe Bloomington Hat World store was honored at the luncheon. \n"We've grown from one store to over 400 stores and it's mostly accredited to good employees," said Jon Glesing, director of Marketing for Hat World and IU alum.\nMany of these businesses, including Hat World, started out as the visions of everyday people, not high priced executives or established businessmen. \n"Two guys who were working at Foot Locker got the idea to start Hat World," Glesing said. "So, they got it all together and one of the things that got them started is they hired their old boss at Foot Locker to run their business. By putting trust into the right people, they were able to do what \nneeded to be done."\nJerry Lou Curry, president of Jerico Metal Specialties, Inc., said one can still hold onto small business practices even when expanding to a larger market. She said a business can thrive even without elaborate marketing.\n"On a regular, normal basis for the average person, particularly in a service business, I say that it's not about huge advertisements," Curry said. "But that you give the customer the product that is advertised, and not something else."\nDean Foster, president of Bloomington's Pro Winds and Copper Cup, and IU business school graduate, said his advice to students at the Kelley School of Business is to start working on an idea as soon as you get it.\n"If someone has an entrepreneurial idea in college, they should start working on it then," Foster said. "I began working on my business ideas while I was at IU and it gives you a head start when you get out."\nAlong with the honor of being awarded, being on the list only encourages these businesses to continue to grow. \n"This is great publicity for these businesses," said Growth 100 program director Susan Martin. "It really is an honor, but also can help the business continue to succeed."\nFor a complete list of all the Growth 100 winners, check out newsinfo.iu.edu/attachments/2002growth100.htm.
(10/25/02 4:52am)
Wednesday night, Professor Bernard Lewis, a worldwide authority on the Middle East, gave a free lecture at IU on the historical problems with Muslims in the Middle East.\nLewis, the Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies Emeritus at Princeton University, visited IU as the Simona and Hart Hasten Visiting Fellow in Jewish Studies. The author, in his mid-eighties, has written over two dozen books which have been translated in over 17 languages. Lewis, originally from London, is probably best known for his recent book What Went Wrong: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response, which attracted particular attention since it was published soon after Sept. 11, 2002. As a result, the book is an international best-seller and Lewis has been sought after to speak on the Middle East.\nLewis opened his lecture with his main historical event which shows why the Middle East has been so volatile and what has caused tensions between Christianity and Islam: the battle between Austria and the Ottoman Empire.\n"The debate continues with increasing urgency though the 18th, 19th, 20th and now 21st centuries," Lewis said. "And it all stemmed from the defeat of Vienna."\nAlthough Muslims and Christians fought war after war, the downfall of Vienna, Austria in 1699 marked the first time the Muslims sustained a significant loss, Lewis said. This was a turning point in which power fell into the hands of the Christians. \nOne reason Lewis cited as a cause for so much religious feuding is the structure of both Christianity and Islam. Lewis says their inability to accept one another's religions has led them to their current conflicts.\n"Just as man has created different languages to talk to one another, man has created different religions to talk to God," Lewis said. "Relativists believe the righteous of all people have a place in the afterlife."\nMuslims and Christians do not share those sentiments, Lewis said.\n"In essence, 'I'm right. You're wrong. Goodbye!'" he said.\nLewis went to discuss how despite efforts to promote tolerance, Western societies have cut themselves from Islamic worlds. \n"If you think about it, tolerance is a very intolerant idea," Lewis said. "It says that I will accept you based on my terms, based on laws that I set down. That is not very tolerant, but it sure as heck beats intolerant."\nLewis also discussed how economically and socially the Islamic nations have been behind the rest of the world. He cited that other than oil, the entire exports of the Middle East are less than those of Finland, all the books translated into Arabic are one-fifth of the books translated into Greek, and all the Gross National Products of all the Middle Eastern countries combined are less than that of Spain. "And Spain's not even that great of a country," Lewis said. \n"A major reason why the Middle East has lagged behind Western ways lies in their inability to create effective governments," Lewis said. \nUpon visiting Europe, many Muslims decided Western democracy was the way to go. \n"Constitutions and Parliaments made a nation healthy, wealthy and strong," Lewis said. "So, many Muslims saw this as the West's secret."\nHe cites many nations such as Tunisia, Egypt and then Turkey all attempting to form Democracies, but all failed. \n"These are people not capable of democracy," Lewis said. "The only European model of government that will work in the Middle East is the fascist Nazi model which is very discouraging."\nLewis concluded his presentation with his opinion on the current government in Iraq. He said democracy is not very probable in the Middle East, but he feels Iraq is one of the better places for it to occur.\n"Iraq has a strong educational system and anywhere where people are educated, change can exist"
(10/18/02 6:04am)
Chancellor Sharon Brehm got a shock when she picked up the IDS Thursday morning to find that she was a candidate for the interim presidency. The interim president will be replacing President Myles Brand when he leaves IU in January to head-up the NCAA. After the discovery, Brehm immediately sent an official letter to IU board of trustees president Frederick F. Eichhorn assuring him that although she was flattered by the nomination, she would have to pass on the job.\n"I am not a candidate in any way, shape or form," Brehm said, noting that she is focused on her current position.\nBrehm was on the list of possible interim president candidates Eichhorn announced following the board of trustees meeting Wednesday. The board will announce the interim president at their regular meeting on Nov. 1. \nSome of the other candidates have not turned down the job yet.\n"I'm sure there are many among them who would take it," Brehm said. "It really is a service (to IU)."\nKen Gros Louis, who served as IUB chancellor for 21 years and retired in 2001, said he has discussed the position but has not been contacted by the board. He said he would be honored if they asked him to serve.\n"I have great affections for IU, and I would be interested in the position if it were offered," Gros Louis said.\nIf given the job, Gros Louis said he would strive to maintain IU's current momentum.\n"I think there are some significant challenges with the legislative budget and trying to maintain the Life-Sciences initiative," he said.\nVice President of Diversity and Student Development Charlie Nelms said he was shocked at the mention of his name and will not make any hasty statements at this juncture.\n"That's news to me," Nelms said. "I wouldn't even begin to speculate on that."\nJohn Ryan, IU's 14th president, who served from 1971 to 1987, said he hasn't considered the position, but would be glad to help out if necessary.\n"I haven't been contacted by anyone, and I haven't discussed it with anyone," he said. "I have spent nearly 50 years doing what Indiana University wanted me to, but I can't say right now because I haven't talked to anyone about it yet. But I am always there to help IU."\nBrehm, who is in her second year as chancellor, said the other candidates would be better suited for the job because they know the University better than she does.\n"All of the other people on the list have been here a lot longer than I have and would be a smoother transition for the University," she said.\nTrustee Jamie B. Belanger said the interim president will need to be someone who is familiar with the University. Both Gros Louis and Ryan said their lengthy history with IU is why their names have come up in discussion.\n"I am the only person around who is a former president of this University and one of only two living presidents, and I am familiar with the workings of IU," Ryan said. "They'll need someone who is familiar with Indiana University."\nBrehm said she thinks the board of trustees will most likely consider diversity during their search for an interim president.\n"I am sure they will seek a diverse pool of candidates," Brehm said. "That's terribly important. I'm sure the trustees will be committed to that."\nDespite his interest in the job, Gros Louis said he will support the board in their decision.\n"I have confidence in their judgments," Gros Louis said. "Whatever decision they make will be in the best interest for IU, and I am confident that it will be based on sound judgment."\nThe other candidates named Wednesday could not be reached for comment at press time.
(10/17/02 3:31pm)
The board of trustees wish list of candidates to succeed Myles Brand on an interim basis reads like a 'Who's Who of Indiana University.'\nThe group met for the first time since Brand shocked the University saying he was leaving Dec. 31 to run the NCAA, beginning a search to fill his vacancy. The trustees said they will announce an interim leader at their regular meeting Nov. 1. \nTrustee president Frederick F. Eichhorn confirmed that the list of interim candidates includes:\n• Retiring IU-Purdue University at Indianapolis Chancellor Gerald Bepko\n• Former IUB Chancellor Ken Gros Louis, now retired and living in Bloomington\n• Former IU President John Ryan, now retired and living in Bloomington\n• Vice President for Administration J. Terry Clapacs \n• Vice President of Diversity and Student Development Charlie Nelms\n• IUB Chancellor Sharon Brehm\n• Kelley School of Business Dean Dan Dalton\nEichhorn said there is no front-runner yet.\n"There are 9 board members," Eichhorn said. "I can't say because I only have one vote."\nBut trustee Patrick A. Shoulders said Bepko, who annouced he will retire from IUPUI's top position in June, would be an excellent interim leader.\n"Gerald Bepko would be a strong candidate for the interim president," Shoulders said. "He has done a great job at IUPUI. IUPUI has won numerous awards from organizations that recognize excellence and if he were interested he would definitely be a strong candidate."\nBepko was not available for comment Wednesday evening.\nThe board indicated that most likely the interim president will have IU ties.\n"Of the people we discussed for interim president, I do not believe any of them were outside the University," trustee Jamie B. Belanger said.\nBelanger also said the interim leader won't be a permanent replacement.\n"I don't think the interim president will likely be the next president," Belanger said.\nThe trustees also laid the groundwork for a nationwide presidential search at Wednesday's meeting. They said they hope to have a full time replacement by July 1, 2003. The trustees will name a committee to find Brand's permanent replacement at its Nov. 1 meeting as well. Eichhorn said the committee will be comprised of IU faculty, administrators and students.\nIU spokesman Bill Stephan said the interim president will be counted on to secure funding from the state government, the same mission Brand will be tackling in his last 11 weeks at IU.\n"(The trustees) are certainly cognizant of the challenges that we face with the legislature given difficulties with the state's economy," Stephan said. "They are very interested in making sure that an interim president will maintain the momentum in the areas which the University strives in and that in large part is meeting with legislators."\nThe trustees also noted that the interim president will need to continue to expand IU as a research university.\n"The candidate needs to be someone who has familiarity with our Life Sciences initiative," Belanger said.\nAlthough he will have no authority in the selection process, Brand will be able to express his opinions on the candidates, Eichhorn said.\nBrand said the final decision is out of his hands.\n"The choice is up to the committee," Brand said.\nIt will be the first big University decision without his signature of approval in nearly nine years.\n-Staff Reporter Ryan Lengerich contributed to this report.
(10/17/02 7:18am)
Known for its inexpensive cost, convenient portability and ability to be eaten at a later time, the bagel has become a staple of college cuisine.\nWhether in a sandwich at lunch or a quick breakfast on the go, no one can underestimate the power of this Austrian-born ring of dough. Taking freshness, variety and cost into consideration, here are some the best places to gnosh on this doughy delight. \nBloomington Bagel Company\nAs one of the best known bagel-stops in town, Bloomington Bagel Company earns its reputation through a variety of tantalizing treats, with favorites ranging from Pumpkin to Chocolate Chip to Sun-dried tomato. \n"I enjoy the sesame seed with vegetarian cream cheese," sophomore Casey Turner said.\nWhat makes BBC stand apart from other places is their freshness. The dough inside each one was soft and yeasty instead of being a hassle to chew through like some other places. Their sandwich selection is modest, but satisfying, with classics such as Turkey and Roast Beef complimenting their menu. \nPrice: $0.65, $1.81 w/ cream cheese\nSugar 'n Spice\nLocated inside the Indiana Memorial Union, Sugar 'n Spice boasts a wide selection of baked goods, unfortunately bagels aren't top on their priority list. With only five types of bagels and four flavors of cream cheese, only the basics are available. The bagels were tough and chewy and the cream cheese was simply a tiny package of Philadelphia brand. Not a place to satisfy one's bagel cravings, but with its location in the vicinity of most morning classes, this place can make do. \nPrice: $0.80, $1.10 w/ cream cheese\nPanera Bread\nAs a more delicious alternative to the Jared Fogle/Subway diet, Panera offers delicious bagel sandwiches that won't guilt you into breaking out the Solo-Flex afterwards. When it comes to the sandwiches, Panera clearly embarrasses both BBC and Howie's with its creativity extending far beyond its competition.\n"My favorite type of bagel sandwich is a sun-dried tomato with turkey and provolone," junior Ann Graber said, as she indulged in her favorite sandwich for lunch.\nTheir Bacon Turkey Bravo and Asiago Roast beef with smoked cheddar, red onion and horseradish sauce, both make eating healthy as easy to do as sleeping through "The Finite Show." \nPrice: $0.69, $1.89 w/ cream cheese\nHowie's Bagel Company\nCreative flavors keep this bagel bakery in competition with other college cafes. One of the things that keeps Howie's exciting is their bagel specials, with flavors such as Cranberry-Orange, Cherry Chocolate Chip and Pumpernickel all making cameo appearances. Keep in mind, a French toast bagel makes an excellent start to any morning. Howie's also boasts a wide variety of cream cheeses which can spice up any bagel.\n"My personal favorite is the garlic herb shmear," junior Patrick Coad said.\nOverly stingy penny pinchers will also sleep well knowing that they are getting the most dough for the dollar at Howie's, and can put those extra cents towards graduate school.\nPrice: $0.60, $1.70 w/ cream cheese\nHistory of Bagels: The Hole Story\n1683 -- Legend has it that a baker from Vienna, Austria created the bagel to thank Jan Sobieski the King of Poland for saving the people of Austria from Turkish invaders. Since the king was a master \nhorseman, the baker shaped the dough into an uneven circle similar to a stirrup (called a "beugal"). \n1700s -- Bagels are given as maternity gifts to expecting mothers in Russia because the ring shape represents the circle of life.\n1872 -- Cream cheese is invented by American \ndairymen trying to duplicate soft French cheeses. \n1880s -- With thousands of immigrant Jews from Europe moving into the New York and Chicago areas, bagels began to gain popularity in the United States. \n1907 -- The International Bakers Union, the first union for just bagel bakers is formed, joining over 300 bakers together.\n1960s -- Daniel Thompson invents a machine \ncapable of producing 200 to 400 bagels an hour. The first of these machines was sold to Murray Lender who set up the first frozen bagel business from his garage. Today, Lender's bagels can be bought at nearly every supermarket. \n1993 -- Americans eat an average of one bagel every 2 weeks.\n2000 -- Einstein's, the largest bagel chain in the United States, files for bankruptcy.\n2001 -- Bagel sales reach $4.7 billion and are in 40 percent of American homes.
(10/16/02 10:30pm)
Cooperative Opposition to Residential Programs and Services, a new student organization devoted to attacking problems with RPS, will hold their first meeting Thursday.\nThe organization will focus its attention on problems of the RPS, an organization that regulates dorms and campus dining. CORPS' complaints include unfair prices for food, quality of living quarters and lack of communication between students and RPS.\nJunior Ethan Ax formed CORPS this year to send a message to RPS.\n"Last year, I had decided after living in the dorms that there was a lot I was dissatisfied with," Ax said. "I heard other people tried to protest, but they couldn't get much done since they weren't organized. So, I decided to form a group to have a unified voice against unjust practices."\nAx said that the RPS' prices are detrimental to IU.\n"I am concerned for those who are just struggling to get by and have to pay extremely high prices for food and to live in these dorms," Ax said. \nMany students echo these concerns.\n"I have a problem with the Wright Quad C-Store," freshman Adam Stone said. "I pay $3.50 for a bag of Cheetos that would cost 50 cents at a gas station because the RPS has a monopoly because you have to get a meal card and you can't spend it anyplace else."\nSome students said given the choice, restaurants would be a cheaper alternative.\n"I hate that students have to pay for food like we're at a restaurant," freshman Debbie Bennett said. "It would cost the same to go out to eat for every meal, and it would taste a lot better that way."\nDirector of Residential Operations Administration Bob Weith said he is concerned about student costs and is actively trying to improve their services.\n"I tend to agree that it (high prices) is a problem," Weith said. "I think it is tough on a number of students, but we are willing to make accommodations. I think one of these is not forcing upperclassmen to renew their meal card if they feel they cannot afford it."\nSenior Laura Edwards, who sits on the RPS rate committee, said she thinks students exaggerate the costs.\n"They are constantly trying to make their prices more competitive," Edwards said. "I think it's a perception that students have that prices are too high and they think they are being screwed, but really they're not."\nDuring an instance last year, another problem Ax noticed was communication between RPS and students.\n"Last year during Sept. 11, the RPS issued a missed meal plan," Ax said. "If you didn't spend your meal points for that day, they would take your meal card and donate the money to the American Red Cross. Well, as it turns out, a large number of the funds were going back to RPS for what they called 'overhead.' I don't think it takes much overhead to simply give money to charity. I think that was dishonest and disrespectful to our country in our time of need."\nCORPS has many goals, but first on their list is recruitment for the group. \n"If we just recruit enough supporters, then the RPS will see that so many students care and will take us seriously," Ax said.\nCORPS would also like to see administration become more involved in their fight, Ax said.\n"I think what I would like to see is a little more participation by administration," Ax said. "I would like to see the chancellor or the board of trustees talk about how the RPS' prices affect students."\nStudents who join CORPS will write proposals for change and submit them to RPS.\n"We hope to have students research and provide options for changes and offer suggestions to build a positive relationship with the RPS," Ax said.\nOne way to gather information to promote change is to attend RPS meetings and understand how the organization works. So far, Ax has taken this responsibility on himself. \n"I'm currently working with the RPS committee to help raise awareness of students' needs," Ax said. "By attending the meetings, I understand how the RPS works, and I can work with them to help fix the problems."\nAx has already worked with Weith on the RPS' strategic planning committee to propose ideas to reach agreements.\n"I think its helpful for students to organize themselves to express their views," Weith said. "I think Ethan is a bright individual who has been very cooperative in our strategic planning committee."\nMany freshmen have limited their involvement with RPS through living off campus and getting the least expensive meal card possible, but with IU's new rule stipulating that all freshmen remain on campus their first year, all first-year students will be affected by RPS' decisions.\n"I want to help not only the living learning community of today, but next year's freshmen and eventually our children who might attend here some day," Ax said. "I am genuinely concerned about the future of Indiana University."\nAnyone interested in joining CORPS may attend a meeting at 8 p.m. Thursday in State Room West located on the second floor of the Indiana Memorial Union.
(10/16/02 10:30pm)
IU's next president will be unveiled Nov. 1 by the IU board of trustees, University spokesman Bill Stephan said today.\nAs the board of trustees met to discuss a list of interim replacements the group has accrued since Myles Brand indicated that he would leave to become the president of the NCAA last Thursday, Stephan spoke to the media about the search process.\nStephan said the trustees' list contains candidates from in and outside the University.\n "In as much as they are receiving nominations," Stephan said, "those nominations reflect a host of individuals, some from within the institution and some from outside the institution."\nThe board hopes to have reached a decision when they meet for regular business two weeks from Friday at Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne.\nThe group will simultaneously begin searching for a permanent replacement, Stephan said. The trustees hope to have a full time president by July 1, 2003.\nStephan said the interim president will be counted on to secure funding from state government.\n"(The trustees) are certainly cognizant of the challenges that we face with the legislature given difficulties with the state's economy," Stephan said. "They are very interested in making sure that an interim president will maintain the momentum in the areas which the University strives in and that it's in large part in meeting with legislators with elected officials"
(10/15/02 6:12am)
The Helene G. Simon Hillel Center, a Jewish campus organization, denies the account of a pig's head being left on its doorsteps which appeared in a column in the Oct. 14 issue of U.S. News and World Report.\nColumnist John Leo cited as his first example of anti-Semitism on campuses as "a pig's head left at the door of the Hillel building at Indiana University," which the Hillel Center claims is inaccurate.\n"I have been here for the past 13 years," Rabbi Sue Shifron, executive director at the Hillel Foundation said. "During this time, a pig's head has never been left on the door."\nAs a result of the column, the Hillel Center has been flooded with calls of support.\n"A lot of people expressed concern and wondered why we didn't spread the word," assistant director Joshua Stein said. "If any such incident ever occurred, we would be sure to alert the community."\nFor his column, which focuses on growing anti-Semitism at America's colleges, Leo received his information from an article published in August by The Jerusalem Post.\n"All I know is it was in The Jerusalem Post," Leo told The Indianapolis Star in an article published Oct. 11. "We'll certainly try to check it ourselves."\nThe article in The Jerusalem Post quoted Laura Lash, an IU graduate who said she remembered hearing of the incident but never witnessed it.\nShifron said Lash might have confused an incident in which a bust of Hitler was left on their doorsteps on "Holocaust Remembrance Day" with a threatening note. Suspected in the case was Benjamin Smith, who killed doctoral student Won Joon Yoon during a two-state shooting spree in July 1999.\nDespite this incident, Shifron said the IU campus is not one filled with anti-Semitism.\n"While Smith's campaign of hate was absolutely deplorable, it was the work of an individual, not an example of hatred on the IU campus," Shifron said. "On the contrary, the Bloomington community showed their absolute contempt of Smith's message."\nAs a result of the 1999 incident, a grassroots community coalition called Bloomington United was formed to promote diversity and awareness on campus.\nAlthough the Hillel Center says this was an isolated situation, concerns for Jewish students have grown in recent years.\n"We are certainly worried about the potential of anti-semitism on campus," Stein said. "Especially in light of what has happened at other universities."\nSome students feel that there still is some ignorance even in what they feel is an "open-minded community."\n"I've heard people make comments which they think are funny but they don't realize are offensive," junior Amalia Shifriss said. "It is mostly from people who came from smaller communities and after a while people get used to the diversity here in Bloomington and realize what is considered offensive."\nRegardless of the mistake in Leo's story, Shifron says she is very concerned about the issues of anti-Semitism addressed in his column.\n"I believe that we must be vigilant in our efforts to fight all forms of hate, including anti-Semitism," Shifron said. "I believe there is a dangerous anti-Semitic undertone to some anti-Israel rhetoric, particularly on some college campuses. We need to work to educate the campus community about Israel and anti-Semitism. I feel supported by the Indiana University administration in this endeavor"
(10/10/02 5:52am)
IU will receive $100,000 from the Lumina Foundation to fund service learning projects aimed at reaching first-generation students and students of color.\nThe Lumina Foundation is an Indianapolis based organization, and provides funding for secondary education through grants.\nThe first of its kind at any university, the project will incorporate community service into the curriculum of many introductory courses next fall, in order to bridge the gap between the classroom and the community. The project is primarily focused on first generation students and minorities.\n"Many students of color feel isolated on large college campuses," Lumina Foundation senior program officer Sam Cargile said. "Indiana University's service-learning project plans to break down this social isolation."\nProject coordinators are also targeting first-generation students who have little to no family history in college in order to help them make a smooth transition.\n"Many students who are the first in their families to go to college, do not have the same expectations to live up to," said Mike Wilkerson, communications coordinator for the Office of Student Development and Diversity. "My father was a college professor, so I know in my family it was expected that I would go to college and graduate, but not everyone comes from that background. By trying to target the classes many first-generation students take, we hope to get them involved in the community."\nThe Community Outreach and Partnerships in Service-Learning office will administer the project and hopes to have 17 classes in 11 departments participate in involving service learning into the coursework. Students who sign up for these courses will be required to fulfill a service learning project to be evaluated for a grade. \nJoAnn Campbell, Director of COPSL, hopes the project will help under-represented groups adjust to life on campus.\n"It will help students feel a sense of community, not just here at IU, but in Bloomington as well," Campbell said. "Students also get to know other students in their classes more quickly because they spend so much time together going to service projects."\nCampbell also said studies have shown community service projects are directly linked to a student's academic success.\n"When students participate in service-learning along with a course, they understand the course context on a deeper level because they've seen how it works in the real world," Campbell said.\nAdvocates for Community Engagement, a paid group of service-learning student coordinators will be in charge of organizing participation at different locations. One of COPSL's goals is to add 5-10 new service sites each year as an expansion of the project. \nCurrently there are 10 sites where a student can complete one's service requirement with locations such as the Boy's and Girl's Club, Girl's Inc., and Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department. \nIn order to carry out the project, student mentors, undergraduates who have previously completed the course, will assist the professors in preparing the service-projects and help students become oriented in their community.\n"With their previous experience in the course, the mentors will be able to help students make a connection between the community and the classroom," Campbell said.\nIU Vice President for Student Development and Diversity Charlie Nelms said in a statement that the program will also "enable those students selected as academic mentors and community liaisons to gain important leadership experience." \nStudents who are interested in enrolling in these service-related courses only need to simply enroll in those classes for Fall 2003. According to COPSL, the classes they are attempting to involve will most likely include courses such as introductory English, Psychology or Foreign Language courses which require no prerequisites.\nParticipation by students and service sites have increased every year since IU has organized its ACE program, and leaders at COPSL hope the new Lumina grant provides greater opportunities for students to integrate themselves into Bloomington's community.\n"I've had students involved in service-projects tell me that they didn't know their place beforehand," Campbell said. "And after they got involved in this program they really felt like they were a part of the community"
(10/10/02 5:51am)
Vernon L. Smith, professor of economics and law at George Mason University, who received the Nobel Prize for Economics Wednesday said his "friends, who had been predicting it for 22 years, finally got it right." \nIU's Economics professor Arlington Williams was one of those friends.\n"It wasn't a big surprise," Williams said. "He's 75. It's definitely time."\nWilliams met Smith in 1976 when he was a doctoral student at the University of Arizona, where Smith was teaching at the time. When Williams came to IU in 1979, he and Smith started to collaborate on different papers together.\n"When we worked together, I got involved in utilizing computerized laboratory experiments," Williams said. "He taught me how to design experiments to test if economic theories are true."\nSmith's economic theories paved the way for using economic experiments as a tool for analysis, which was never attempted before his time.\n"Economists don't do experiments. This one does," Smith said, referring to himself at a news conference. "It took me several years to realize that the textbooks were wrong, and the people in my class were correct."\nSmith began his theories on economic experimentation when he was teaching at Purdue University in 1955. At the University of Arizona, his experiments with Williams changed the way people look at many industries including the role of auctions, used for organizing markets for raw materials and deregulation and privatization of public monopolies. Smith's experiments also have proved that markets don't have to have a large number of buyers and sellers to operate efficiently.\n"It's important to bring a human behavior model into the economic market," Williams said. "Economics has room for laboratory experimentation. Not all the data we use has to be collected from market research, but through his experiments we could create a situation to test economic theories and models."\nWilliams, who has taught at IU for the last 24 years, claims that without his relationship with Smith, his economic theories would not be the same.\n"When I met him, it changed the way I think about how well markets work in a lot of different situations, trading rules and types of market outcomes," Williams said.\nSmith, who shared the award with Princeton University professor Daniel Kahneman, said he was "very happy" with the honor. Smith plans on donating his half of the 10 million kronor ($1.07 million) prize to the International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics, which he founded in 1997. \nWilliams said he is proud of his mentor, but isn't expecting a Nobel Prize in his own future.\n"I think they only will give an award for experimental economics once," Williams said. "But it's just an honor to have worked with him for so many years"
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Two local limestone companies provided a helping hand this summer by putting their other work aside to help rebuild the damaged wall of the Pentagon.\nDubbed the "Phoenix Project," the $700 million restoration makes use of over 2.7 million pounds of Variegated Clear limestone. Over 18,000 square feet of stone was cut into 700 pieces and then transported in 48 flatbed trucks.\nSince the original 1940 construction of the Pentagon used Indiana limestone, officials sought a company that could provide the same services.\nBloomington-based limestone quarry Independent Limestone Co. provided limestone similar to the original, and limestone fabricator Bybee Stone Co. of Ellettsville, Ind. used gang-saws, which were used in the original construction, to work with the stone. When both companies were asked to be a part of the project in late October, they dropped what they were working on and started right away.\n"At first, it was a daunting task to get it done in the time frame they wanted," said Bybee Stone Co. President Will Bybee. "But I think everybody who works here was very proud to be on the project. We were lucky to have the chance to do a positive towards such a negative act."\nIn the past, Bybee's company, in conjunction with Independent Limestone, has renovated or built many other landmarks such as the U.S. Capitol Building, the National Cathedral and the Smithsonian Institute, but never has a project generated this much national attention.\n"It is an honor to have Indiana limestone on this prominent building," said Independent Limestone General Manager Harry Cummins.\nWhen the limestone exterior wall was completed this June, a special ceremony was held in which a time capsule was placed in the building. The bronze box was filled with memorabilia from the attack including a plaque with the names of the 184 victims. \nBybee will be in attendance for the hour-long ceremony being held at 9 a.m. today. During the ceremony, addresses will be given by President George W. Bush, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers. Also as a part of the event, a moment of silence will be held at 8:43 a.m., the time when the airliner crashed.\nThe facility will not be completely workable by the anniversary. The majority of the building is made out of poured concrete. This part of the renovation will be completed sometime in the spring.\nThe entire Phoenix Project cost around $700 million dollars to complete, but Bybee said money was not a motivator.\n"A lot of guys here would do it for free," Bybee said, "We're all patriotic people"