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(03/29/05 5:48am)
The emotions that flowed from the remembrance session for IU senior Spc. Brett Hershey held at 9 p.m. Monday night included Hershey's demeanor as an all-around comedic guy, but kept returning to his love for Jesus Christ and the passion he felt for his faith.\nHershey, a member of Sigma Chi fraternity, had many friends who had great memories of his leadership qualities.\nBetween 75 and 80 people came to celebrate Hershey's life and to reminisce about the person he was and the tragic event that occurred Saturday when Hershey was killed by a land mine in Kabul, Afghanistan.\n"It was a shocking moment for us all," said Jeff Chudy, sponsor of Campus Crusade for Christ. "I can only imagine how his parents reacted to the loss of their son."\nThe stories of Hershey's life ranged from the goofy type to the way he wanted to help the people he met by aiding them to become enlightened with Christ's teachings.\n"This is the first person that I've lost in the war," said Hershey's high school friend, IU senior David Tann. "I just don't understand why this happened, especially to a great guy like him."\nSenior Nate Graeser, who spent more time with Hershey than he did his own family, said he has many great memories of him.\n"Anyone who has spent more then five minutes with him, knows he is a goofball," Graeser said.\n"We would get in the hot tub and reminisce about life," said Ryan Maher, senior at IU-Purdue University Indianapolis. "It was always just great time with him."\nThrough the first part of the make-shift ceremony, the mood was very light because those in attendance were remembering funnier stories about Hershey. Later on in the evening, the mood changed to one of a somber nature, as everyone began praying for Hershey and his family.\nThe storytelling lasted nearly two hours as those who were in attendance chatted late into the night.\nDespite his life being cut short, the memory of Hershey living life to the fullest continually radiated from the audience.\n"It is just a time to remember him, and the person he was," Chudy said. "I don't think we'll ever forget."\n-- Contact Staff Writer Ryne Shadday at rshadday@indiana.edu.
(03/29/05 5:10am)
As graduation and the end to the 2004-05 school year come to a close, many seniors and even underclassman are looking for jobs, either permanent or for the summer.\nThey'll have two chances this week to find an employer. The first will be the IU Student Alumni Association Career Day from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Wednesday at the Virgil T. DeVault Alumni center. The second is a joint effort between IU and Purdue University for the Indiana Collegiate Job Fair at 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.\n"It is a networking night for alumni to come back and talk to students," said Adam Russ, vice president of Special Events at the Student Alumni Association, referring to Wednesday career day. "We want the alumni to especially talk about what they wish they had known before they graduated."\nBring a list of questions and a résumé (not required) and research careers to better understand the employers and so students can ask more informed questions, Russ said. Dress for the event is business casual.\nAlthough not really a job fair, some alumni will hand out their business cards to students who are considering a career in their field.\nWhen attending the Job Fair at the Indiana Convention Center, Russ said students should dress professionally and bring a scannable résumé. The fair includes more than 100 employers ranging from companies such as AFLAC to the CIA and Indianapolis Public Schools, and there are jobs for anyone and anywhere, Russ said.\n"These employers are offering jobs for not only students, but community members as well," said Jeremy Podany, senior assistant director of employer development at the Career Development Center. "The companies are looking for transferable skills which relate to positions they have available."\nRuss encouraged students to research companies with which they plan to interview so they can come up with relevant questions.\nOn April 8, the Career Development Center will sponsor a trip to Chicago to the Big Ten Job Fair. The trip fee, which includes travel, is $20. Seats on the bus are limited, and the first 45 people to sign up by April 6 will be able to attend.\n-- Contact Staff Writer Ryne \nShadday at rshadday@indiana.edu.
(03/22/05 4:43am)
It's the inevitable weekend party and sleep buster: laundry. It piles into clumps in certain places of the room and sooner or later, it can begin to smell. But it must be done, and the ultimate question is when and who is going to do it?\nMost IU students who live in dorms tend to do their own laundry in the dorm-provided washers. However, others take their laundry to laundromats or other cleaners who can pick up the laundry for them and then deliver it once it is clean.\nFrom taking the laundry home to mom, doing it yourself or paying a professional cleaning service, each student chooses a personal favorite as the piles grow.\n"I don't mind doing my own laundry," said freshman Amanda Tawadros. "I'd rather do my own than have some random person touching it, and I like having (the clean laundry) when I need (it)."\nFreshman Keith Sims shares this sentiment.\n"It's my clothing; instead of paying someone else to do it for me, I'd rather wash it myself," Sims said.\nWho offers the best deal?\nA campus access card can help offset some of the pain in the wallet for students. It cuts 25 cents off washing and 50 cents off drying in the dorms. However, if students use the dorm facilities without a card, the cost can be quite hefty at nearly $1.50 per load to wash and $1.25 to dry.\n"The dorm laundry is so expensive," Sims said. "Although I've never been to a laundromat, I'd hope they offer better prices than what we have here."\nWhile waiting for their laundry at Campus Laundry East, students can easily go to Barnes and Noble, College Mall or run other errands.\n"We are relatively close to the dorms and the advantage of coming here is that we have many washers open," said David Hill, owner of Campus Laundry East. "You can get here and get it done, because normally at the dorms you have to wait and wait and wait."\nIt costs $1.50 per load to wash and 25 cents for 8 minutes of drying. The wash, fold and fluff service is 75 cents per pound, and Campus Laundry East offers drop-off services.\nFreshman Randy Gilley said he would like to see more washers open because of the time factor.\n"It takes too much time," Gilley said. "Then you get people who hog the things for hours on end."\nOther laundry services provide waiting areas and offer other courtesy comforts. \n"This laundromat is clean, there is always someone here to take questions and answers," said Marty Stevens, owner of Crosstown Laundry, 1811 E. 10th St. "We have tables to study on and TVs to watch, which give students the ability to do work while they wait."\nAt Crosstown Laundry, the wash runs $1.25 per load and drying costs 25 cents per 10 minutes. The laundromat also offers a drop-off service and 10 a.m. next-day service, which includes detergent, water softener and dryer sheets.\n-- Contact Staff Writer Ryne \nShadday at rshadday@indiana.edu.
(03/10/05 4:22am)
IU's new liaison between the University and the federal government, Doug Wasitis, wants to get the University's voice heard in Congress.\nWasitis, an IU alumnus, has been with Baker & Daniels Sagamore's education practice team for the past eight years and is the senior vice president of the company.\nWasitis also has been a part of the House Appropriations Committee and has extensive knowledge on the federal budget, including the aspect of education, according to an IU press release.\n"Doug has spent the last 17 years on 'the Hill,'" said Tom Healy, IU vice president for government relations. "He has been an aide for a congressman and is in his current position now for Baker & Daniels. Since he graduated from IU, he has a lot of understanding about what IU needs."\nThat understanding could be a factor in Wasitis' actions on Capitol Hill. Depending on what he does for the University, IU could receive funding for research, humanities and other opportunities that arise.\nWasitis hopes to keep in close contact with IU President Adam Herbert and keep up to date on what the school needs and what areas those needs are in.\n"I will work with President Herbert, the Vice Provost for Research and other IU officials to develop a federal agenda that enhances IU's strengths and creates new opportunities for the University at the federal level," Wasitis said.\nHealy said Wasitis' communication skills were part of the reason he was hired.\n"He has very high personal integrity, and his personal skills and his ability to get along with people were among the many reasons that we chose Doug," Healy said.\nWasitis is keeping a close watch on what the federal government does because it has proposed and passed many budget cuts in the education field. One of Wasitis' most important jobs will be to continue to push for IU to be at the top of the list in the funding area.\n"It is important to be strategic in our approach to both the Indiana congressional delegation and federal agencies which IU is currently involved with or with which we would like to be engaged," Wasitis said. "With this in mind, the first order of business related to the proposed federal budget reductions is to inventory their impact on IU's ability to serve its students."\nTo help curb the effects of the cuts, Wasitis has a starting point.\n"After we inventory those impacts, we will identify priorities so we can work with the delegation and federal officials on minimizing the impact of those proposed reductions," Wasitis said.\nWasitis graduated from IU in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences degree. \n-- Contact Staff Writer Ryne \nShadday at rshadday@indiana.edu.
(03/08/05 4:24am)
Educator, researcher and leader can all be posted in Martha McCarthy's résumé. \nIn 2004, however, McCarthy, a chancellor's professor in the School of Education, was able to post a more significant item to her résumé when she received the the University Continuing Education Association's Lifetime Achievement award. \nAccording to the IU Media Relations Web site, the award is given to senior professors who are committed to their profession, demonstrate excellence, leadership, productivity, generosity and service. It is the highest honor given by the association, which consists of major research universities that have doctoral programs in educational leadership and policy.\nAs the 10th recipient of the award since its inception in 1992, McCarthy's award has brought her great honor and accolades from many of IU's top officials.\n"Martha McCarthy is the kind of faculty member that anyone in my position would kill to have on the faculty," said IUB Interim Chancellor Ken Gros Louis. "She is a superb researcher, a superb teacher and a marvelous and exemplary campus citizen."\nShe is so valued, that upon rumors of her departure from the University in the past, Gros Louis took action.\n"I was so concerned that she might be tempted (to leave for another job), even though I was at a conference at Berkeley, I called her from a phone booth to get her as quickly as I could and try to persuade her to remain at IU, which for the school and the campus' benefit, she did," Gros Louis said.\nProfessor Barry Bull, chairman of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, is also quick to point out the University's respect for McCarthy.\n"We're extremely lucky to have Martha," Bull said. "She is a well-known leader in her field and has demonstrated it in a variety of ways."\nMcCarthy has demonstrated her leadership as the president of the University Council of Education Administration and vice president of the American Educational Research Association. Despite her years of service, she said the award came unexpectedly.\n"I was incredibly surprised and honored beyond belief," McCarthy said. "This is my major professional association and this is the biggest award they give." \nBull said he believes this is the capstone of McCarthy's career.\n"(Her peers) clearly value and respect her leadership positions that she has had during her career," Bull said. "She was a founding director of the Indiana Educational Policy Center, which became a model under her for most centers like it around the nation."\nPast awards for McCarthy include IU's Bowman Educational Award, the Gorman Teaching Award, and in 2001 McCarthy received the Living Legend Award, which has only been given to four other educators by the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration.\nIn the face of such praise, McCarthy remains humble.\n"Is it changing what I'm doing?" McCarthy said. "No, but it makes me feel happy and very humble indeed to receive this award."\nGros Louis puts the award and the praise in perspective.\n"In short," he said, "if we had more Martha McCarthys, we would be ranked among the best universities in the world."\n-- Contact Staff Writer Ryne Shadday at rshadday@indiana.edu.
(03/07/05 6:05am)
1820.\nIn this year Edward Bransfield discovered Antarctica, the tomato was proven non-poisonous and the Indiana Seminary School was founded Jan. 20 as the first state seminary school to be located in Bloomington. This established the beginnings of what became IU.\nSince then, 185 years have gone by with many changes to the University since its establishment.\nEven the name of the University has changed. IU was called the Indiana Seminary School upon its conception and was renamed Indiana University in 1838. Although a seminary school today refers to a place of religious study, in the 1800s it was simply a term for education.\n"People have the mistaken perception of what a seminary school is," said Jim Capshew, professor of history and philosophy of science and co-creator of the "Traditions and Cultures of IU" course, a class that looks at IU's history from 1820 to the present day. "The name was used in that time as a place of education but it has always been a secular school; there were never any religious requirements for students, faculty and staff."\nHowever, as per standard educational requirements, IU's original students did attend chapel. This was part of the Indiana Seminary School's goal of creating a well-rounded education for students on a beautiful campus in the woods.
(03/01/05 4:22am)
What began in 1971 as a way to help students run their own business now has decided to leave the labor-intensive service industry and help students in a different way.\nResidential Halls Association Student Services has been providing micro-fridges and lofts to students in residence halls for more than 30 years. Now it is looking to reorganize and depend less on other people by offering new services to students. \nThe organization has used student labor to install, repair and clean items likes the micro-fridges for many years. However, the cost of providing this service to students is increasing.\n"What we are making from the rentals of these items is not evening out with the cost," said senior Meredith Canada, also a RHASS accountant. "Basically, the cleaning, installation, storage and repairs are costing more than what we are making."\nAlthough Student Services has been delivering the products for many years, they believe this is not what students want.\n"The market has changed," said Sarah Nagy, assistant director of RPS. "The structure and what services this program provides have not changed in the past 20 years, and for the business to be a success, we have to make some changes."\nOne idea that has surfaced is Valet Today, which offers to pick up, wash, fold, fluff and deliver your laundry. \nStudent Services employs 14 people who work year-round, doing such jobs as repairing broken items. But RHASS is now hoping to diminish the size of its labor force considerably.\n"Eleven of those 14 will not have positions next year," Canada said. "That doesn't mean that we might not rehire them later, but it means that while we reorganize and plan what we are going to do, we will not need them."\nNo matter how RHASS changes its business, students are going to contribute their ideas, too.\nFreshman Bryan Etienne would like to see DVD players and VCRs made available.\n"Some of their items are in pretty bad shape. A friend of mine has a handle on his micro-fridge that is broken," Etienne said. \nFreshman Carrie Spratford would like to see only minor changes.\n"I would like for the majority of their services to stay the same. I like the loft idea," Spratford said. "And if the laundry service isn't too expensive, I would like to see that also."\nFor now, the main goal is to reorganize and develop ideas for new services. \n"Students should get out and tell us what they want," Canada said. "Our goal isn't to make a profit, it's just to learn valuable business experience, and to do so, we have to get into a better market."\n-- Contact Staff Writer Ryne \nShadday at rshadday@indiana.edu.
(02/25/05 5:07am)
Universities around the country have been facing declining numbers of out-of-state students, but colleges in Indiana have seen no such trend at this point.\nJo Ann Brown, the senior associate director of admission at Purdue University, said Indiana seems to have an increasing number of in-state enrollment.\n"Although the number of high school students is on the rise in Indiana, we still do quite a bit of out-of-state recruiting," said Brown. "We have our staff of 15-20 members and alumni who do places we can't easily reach on the road at college fairs and high schools."\nMost of Purdue's recruitment follows the national trend, focusing on areas such as California, Texas, Florida and the east coast, Brown said. The university also looks for people who live in U.S. territories, such as Puerto Rico.\n"We take a lot of people from the (Washington) D.C. area because they are normally a mobile population and are more willing to move to a different setting," said Brown. "We are also looking for people out of the country to help diversity ... we want diversity of gender and ideas. So we bring people in from all over the world to help constitute that belief."\nThe statistics at Purdue claim that they receive approximately 33 percent out-of-state students, while at IU more than 40 percent are from outside the state, according to the universities' enrollment booklets.\n"We want to stay right about where we are in out-of-state enrollment," said Mary Ellen Anderson, IU's director of admissions.\nAlthough IU doesn't do much recruiting out of the nation, Anderson said the University still has 10 percent of students enrolled from other countries.\nThe reason for out-of-state students being attracted to schools such as IU, Purdue or Ball State could be a result of students' comfort area and their major, said Larry Waters, dean of admissions and enrollment services at Ball State.\n"They come to BSU for architecture, telecommunication and nursing," Waters said. "The reason the majority of them come here is because, with only 19,000 students, they have a level of comfort. The faculty is accessible to them day and night, and they all feel very much at home."\nAlthough the new president at Ball State expects the admissions office to do more out-of-state recruiting, she still wants to keep between 85-90 percent of the students from Indiana.\nOther factors that could affect the way students choose their school are in the areas of race, gender and sexuality, among the few.\nAlthough the majority of the students come from Indiana, out-of-state students may find IU enticing due to its atmosphere and diversity.\n"Although Indiana has a wonderful population and we can always get a nice blend of students, we try to get diversity," Anderson said. "I don't see a population decline; we just tend to recruit more out of state then most schools."\n"I came here first for the business school," said freshman Eric Curry. "I come from Texas and the small college-town atmosphere enticed me also."\nAnderson said the many attributes of IU, including the beauty of the campus and the Kelley School of Business, seem to help recruiting as well.\n"Our diverse nature is what makes IU a phenomenal place for everyone," Anderson said.\n-- Contact Staff Writer Ryne \nShadday at rshadday@indiana.edu.
(02/24/05 5:07am)
When Edward Hughes opened Just Deliveries last month, his idea to deliver carry-out to his customers' front doors was just beginning.\nWhile delivering food items such as pizza is not a new concept, the idea to deliver other food from restaurants such as Casa Brava or The Trojan Horse, is relatively unique.\n"Especially with the many students who live in Bloomington who do not have vehicles and the elderly, the business is helpful," Hughes said.\nThe business currently averages five deliveries per day, but Hughes hopes business will pick up soon, especially with the lunch crowd. Until Monday, Hughes had not received an order before 3 p.m. However, Hughes had received five orders by 3 p.m. Wednesday, which indicates the idea might be catching on. \nThe process of delivery begins when, instead of calling the restaurant, the customer calls Just Deliveries first. Hughes takes the order and then calls the restaurant himself to order carry-out. From there, he picks up the order and delivers it to a house, dorm, business or even a hotel room.\nHughes charges a $3 delivery fee for orders of less than $40 and a 15 percent fee for orders of more than $40. As a start-up business, Hughes only accepts cash and check.\nHughes hopes to receive discounts from restaurants for people using his service, and he will add those places into a menu to pass out to students on campus and to Bloomington visitors in local hotels. He believes the restaurants will pick up on the idea also, because it doesn't cost them anything until after he makes them money. Once he makes the delivery, he looks to profit a percentage of the price of the food from the restaurant.\nAlthough the business' advertising is minimal at the time, he hopes to begin more when he hires another driver.\n"Right now it's a double-edged sword," Hughes said. "We can't really do more advertising until we get another driver, but we can't hire a driver until we do more advertising."\nHughes hopes business will catch on with smokers who can no longer smoke inside restaurants and bars.\n"People who smoke are not going out to eat (there) because they can't smoke," Hughes said. "This should appeal to them because they can smoke and have their restaurant meal in the comfort of their home."\nWith a Web site coming soon, more drivers and a business that looks to appeal to much of the public, Hughes believes his service will flourish. Beyers Marketing will help out with the Web site where Hughes hopes to have an online menu and secure ordering. \nTo entice students, Hughes hopes he will be able to provide not only discounts, but the ability to use the Campus Access card along with credit cards in the future.\nOne reason the fee for the low delivery is because Hughes' belief that at this time, his base is not large enough and he wants to give it time to grow.\n"I would rather make 100 deliveries for $3 than 25 for $10," Hughes said.\nJunior Paul Reaumond said the $3 charge is appealing because it's fairly cheap, but he probably won't use the service because he has a car.\n"I'm right on Third Street, however, if I didn't have a car I would probably," Reaumond said. "Plus I'm kinda broke right now, so (ordering delivery) wouldn't help."\nFreshman Harry Bramson said the concept of Just Deliveries could work.\n"I enjoy going down Kirkwood and going for a walk (to get food)," Bramson said. "However, when it gets cold in the winter I might use it. It is great to stay at home and be able to get restaurant food delivered to you."\nJust Deliveries is available by phone at 323-0604 from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day. Hughes hopes to eventually start delivering past 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday if customers ask for it.\nScotty's, Trojan Horse, Colorado Steak House and other such restaurants are all the focus of the business and it's an idea he hopes will succeed.\n"If they have take out or pick-up," Hughes said. "We deliver."\n-- Contact Staff Writer Ryne Shadday at rshadday@indiana.edu.
(02/22/05 5:05am)
When Lee Hamilton (D-Bloomington) retired from the U.S. House of Representatives in 1999, he felt like people did not know very much about what he and other congressmen did in Congress. \nAs he made his way into retirement, concluding a tenure that lasted from 1965 to January of 1999, Hamilton decided he would inform the public and IU students about what Congress actually did. So he, along with then-IU President Myles Brand, created the Center on Congress in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs.\nThe center focuses on teaching students and the public how Congress operates, from the beginning of a morning session, to committee meetings, and to adjournment at the end of the day. The center embodies the goals in its mission statement: "The Center is nonpartisan and its goal is purely educational -- to explain the work and role of Congress. Information on Congress is presented in a variety of ways, including newspaper op-eds, radio commentaries, Web site articles and brochures, teaching materials, conferences, books, television spots and videos and interactive learning programs for students."\nBesides those publications, the center sends daily briefings about what has happened in Congress, as well as information about programs they offer to organizations such as the Indiana Daily Student.\nProfessor of political science and Director of Research at the Center on Congress Ted Carmines believes it is the role of the center to help the public better understand what Congress does.\n"The center tries to give people a lot of information on what it does. How it interacts with the president, etc.," Carmines said. "It tries to be an educational resource so people can research what Congress does and why it does what it does."\nOne of the center's goals is to research what people actually do know about Congress, as well as people's opinions about how congress is doing. \n"One of the things I do as director of research is to conduct large nationwide surveys on what people know about Congress and their feelings of Congress," Carmines said. "We are hoping to institute a permanent monitoring of Congress conducted one to two times per year."\nAn advisory board helps direct the way the center is run and finds new information to help the public better understand Congress.\nMost of the people on the center's board of directors live in Washington, D.C., giving them direct contact with members of Congress and the ability to relay new feedback and information to the center fairly quickly, including up-to-date statistics and resources. \nThe center's Web site outlines not only the basics of what Congress does but also how citizens can participate and get involved with writing and voting on laws. \nTo learn more about the Center on Congress and to participate in your government, visit
(02/16/05 4:56am)
Despite the lack of attendance on the Bloomington end, the first of four video conferences on service civic engagement was held Tuesday in the Office of International Programs.\nThe conference began with introductions of the 12-member team from IU-South Bend and then moved on to the IUB contingent consisting of five members. The groups discussed what they had been doing weekly to prepare for this conference and what they have learned about the Bloomington/South Bend areas and the world through service learning. \n"The IUB group has met every Monday and Thursday since the beginning of the semester for one and a half hours," said Juhi Verma, co-facilitator for Conversation About Service and Engagement. "We have been discussing the Bloomington community and its identity in the terms of interaction from personal vantage points."\nThe students have been trying to learn the patterns of volunteering -- who does and who doesn't -- through readings, their own personal experiences and the experiences they have heard from others. \nAlthough people find it harder to get involved, more so in recent years than in the past because of the development of better technology, junior Amy Herman views IU students differently, she said.\n"It takes a certain mentality of a person to put themselves where they feel vulnerable," Herman said. "I don't feel there is a lack of involvement here, however."\nHowever, in the South Bend area, students are not as apt to get involved with their community because the majority of them reside elsewhere in the United States rather than in Indiana and have little attachment to the community while attending the University of Notre Dame and St. Mary's University.\n"IUSB students seem to invest in the community more often than those schools," said Scott Sernau, professor of sociology at IUSB. \nOther students, such as senior Kathleen Claussen, co-facilitator and Indiana Daily Student employee, believes it is the universities' responsibility to get students involved.\n"Students aren't likely to look up a service learning course unless they've already had one," Claussen said. "The University needs to help students see ourselves within the greater global good."\nOne of the program's goals is to promote more volunteering on college campuses. The program looks at how political, environmental and physical effects of volunteering will help with the communities we live in and the world around us.\nTo get a better feel for not only what Indiana thinks its role in the "global good" is, the program will also look at the world's view of U.S. civic engagement as well as participation in their own countries. CASE would like to continue building upon its existing program and gain more students.\n"It is good to get people from different backgrounds and different views from not only Indiana, but around the world," said freshman Brad Jones.\nLater in the year, the program will hold conferences with three different countries. On March 9, CASE will talk with a school from Budapest, Hungary, and will wrap up video conferencing April 11-12 with schools from Puebla, Mexico, and Dakar, Senegal.\n-- Contact Staff Writer Ryne \nShadday at rshadday@indiana.edu.
(02/15/05 5:27am)
Conversations About Service and Engagement, a program hoping to use videoconferencing to connect IUB to IU's satellite campuses and other campuses around the world, including the University of Southern Denmark and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, will hold its first conference today. \n"The conference will discuss a myriad of topics through global politics, civic engagement and even how America is viewed through the eyes of the world," said senior Kathleen Claussen, the program's co-facilitator and a Indiana Daily Student staff writer. \nToday's event is the first of four with IU's satellite campuses. IU-South Bend will participate in the event focused on the meaning of civic engagement, "community" and global citizenship.\n"Another focus of ours will be evaluating the amount of engagement, such as voting, volunteering and just being a part of the community in any shape or form, the other students are a part of in the other campuses," Claussen said.\nThe emphasis of this program is involving IU students in the Bloomington community and the surrounding area.\nThe main IU participants in the event are the Global Village, Foster International and Intensive Freshman Seminar, who have been meeting weekly to discuss the policies and activities in the global political arena.\n"They are hearing it from the horse's mouth," said Deb Hutton, outreach coordinator for the Center for the Study of Global Change. "They are connecting with not only students from around Indiana, but eventually the world."\nToday is just a stepping stone to something much larger, Hutton said. The students will be involved in seeing what other countries see and sharing our perceptions of them. \n"We believe people, especially students, need to have their own connections abroad," Hutton said. "This is the best thing next to actually sending the students to the countries that we will be speaking with."\nThrough videoconferencing students can gain knowledge about the views around the state, which can be much different from popular perspectives in Bloomington. \nFor those interested in attending the videoconference and learning more about service learning, the event will occur from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Center for Global Change, 201 N. Indiana Ave., across from the IMU.\nTo find out more check out: www.indiana.edu/~global/case.\nThe numerous benefits of this program will surface in the upcoming months as the students connect with other countries, Hutton said.\n"In the end, they will meet students from 10 countries," she said. "They could all find that they have the same opinion, or they may find it a lot different. I just find it outstanding that we are able to do this."\n-- Contact Staff Writer Ryne Shadday at rshadday@indiana.edu.
(02/15/05 5:09am)
Conversations About Service and Engagement, a program hoping to use videoconferencing to connect IUB to IU's satellite campuses and other campuses around the world, including the University of Southern Denmark and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, will hold its first conference today. \n"The conference will discuss a myriad of topics through global politics, civic engagement and even how America is viewed through the eyes of the world," said senior Kathleen Claussen, the program's co-facilitator and a Indiana Daily Student staff writer. \nToday's event is the first of four with IU's satellite campuses. IU-South Bend will participate in the event focused on the meaning of civic engagement, "community" and global citizenship.\n"Another focus of ours will be evaluating the amount of engagement, such as voting, volunteering and just being a part of the community in any shape or form, the other students are a part of in the other campuses," Claussen said.\nThe emphasis of this program is involving IU students in the Bloomington community and the surrounding area.\nThe main IU participants in the event are the Global Village, Foster International and Intensive Freshman Seminar, who have been meeting weekly to discuss the policies and activities in the global political arena.\n"They are hearing it from the horse's mouth," said Deb Hutton, outreach coordinator for the Center for the Study of Global Change. "They are connecting with not only students from around Indiana, but eventually the world."\nToday is just a stepping stone to something much larger, Hutton said. The students will be involved in seeing what other countries see and sharing our perceptions of them. \n"We believe people, especially students, need to have their own connections abroad," Hutton said. "This is the best thing next to actually sending the students to the countries that we will be speaking with."\nThrough videoconferencing students can gain knowledge about the views around the state, which can be much different from popular perspectives in Bloomington. \nFor those interested in attending the videoconference and learning more about service learning, the event will occur from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Center for Global Change, 201 N. Indiana Ave., across from the IMU.\nTo find out more check out: www.indiana.edu/~global/case.\nThe numerous benefits of this program will surface in the upcoming months as the students connect with other countries, Hutton said.\n"In the end, they will meet students from 10 countries," she said. "They could all find that they have the same opinion, or they may find it a lot different. I just find it outstanding that we are able to do this."\n-- Contact Staff Writer Ryne Shadday at rshadday@indiana.edu.
(02/10/05 6:12am)
A bill in the Indiana House of Representatives, which could affect student loan consolidation, has come up for debate once again.\nHouse Resolution 507 seeks to renew the Higher Education Act of 1967 with certain legislative action and several revisions to offset government costs.\nThe provision to the resolution would prevent borrowers of federal loans from being able to secure a low, fixed interest rate if the bill is passed. Other provisions to the resolution include keeping the authorized level for the Pell Grant at $5,800 for the next six years, providing Pell Grants year-round instead of nine months and phase out programs such as Work-Study, Perkins Loans and Supplemental Educational Opportunity.\nThere are many differences in opinion about the bill between the top officials of the College Democrats and College Republicans.\nThe Indiana Republican Party introduced this bill because it will help in the Financial Aid process, said junior Andrew Lauck, president of the IU \nCollege Republicans.\n"I see it as one of the steps by Congress to help simplify the Financial Aid process," Lauck said. "(In addition) President Bush has proposed increasing the loan limit on the Stafford loan."\nFreshman Mike Doyle, financial vice president of the IU College Democrats disagrees with Lauck.\n"Although (Republicans) are technically not raising the interest rates, they are not going to keep it at a low, fixed rate," Doyle said. "You want to keep the interest rates low, especially when you are dealing with young students."\nIn addition, the new version of the bill would clarify that student-aid applicants who have been convicted of drug-related offenses are ineligible for federal student aid if the offense occurred during their time in college. \n"You are using federal government money to purchase drugs," Lauck said. "The (students) who are purchasing drugs are not focusing their main priorities on education."\nAnother provision of the bill would be to place colleges that raise tuition by more than twice the rate of inflation on a government watch-list. \nA similar bill that attempted to change how the interest rate is calculated was defeated last summer because of debate about whether or not the bill would make the program less feasible to borrowers. \nRepublicans had expressed concern about introducing the bill at a time that might provide Democrats with a reason to criticize the White House during an election year.\nLauck and Doyle also disagreed on the Pell Grant aspect of the bill. While Lauck said it was a way for the government to eliminate bureaucracy from the process, Doyle said in comparison to 30 years ago, students will be receiving $800 less.\n"What they are doing is withholding money from students when they really need it," Doyle said.\n-- Contact Staff Writer Ryne \nShadday at rshadday@indiana.edu.
(02/10/05 4:50am)
One of the most popular alcoholic beverages on college campuses is slimming down a little. Bacardi Rum is now cutting the calories in its newest addition to its family, introducing Bacardi Island Breeze, which is due out in April. \nAdding to the already popular lineup of items such as Bacardi Razz and Bacardi Vaníla, Island Breeze comes as a great relief to those who like Bacardi products but are still watching their figure and do not want to drink the full-calorie beverages.\nIsland Breeze, dubbed "The Original Lite Spirit," not only cuts down on calories but also cuts alcohol content, decreasing from 40 percent to 18 percent by volume, according to The New York Times. The rum will be flavored with sucralose, the popular sweetener used in Splenda, a sugar substitute. \nAlthough the IU psychology department hasn't studied the effects of lower-calorie alcoholic beverages, psychology professor Peter Finn speculated on the success of the drink.\n"Reduced calorie intake doesn't make someone drink more," Finn said. "However, reduced alcohol content might, because the same effects on the body wouldn't be apparent until the same amount of alcohol has been consumed by the person drinking."\nFor instance, if there is half the amount of alcohol, one might drink two shots instead of one, thus equaling the same amount of caloric intake as a regular shot.\nJunior Kevin Chen takes a different approach, saying this fad will make people buy twice as much alcohol to receive the same effect of drinking.\nMost beverage companies are taking the initiative to create a good-tasting diet beverages because of the insistence of their customers. Diet pop and light beer continues to rise in the market and researchers believe this trend will continue to rise.\nIn 2004, diet carbonated beverage sales rose to 28.7 percent compared to their 1999, 24.4 percent total. It is projected that by 2015, sales will rise past current regular pop revenues, as reported in the Times. \n"I think the diet drinks are a fad right now," Chen said. "For now, however, the alcohol industry has captured the trend so it can make a profit off of those who will fall for it."\nSome see this as a ploy by the Bacardi & Company Limited to get drinkers of the beverage to purchase more. \n"It's an advertising scheme used by the beverage companies directed at people that are doing the 'low carb' thing," said junior Matt Gard.\nHowever, Bacardi representatives would like to dispel any kind of reaction toward its product, which might consider it to be for weight-loss purposes. Bacardi believes it is just helping people continue to have fun while enjoying their drink, according to the Times article.\n-- Contact Staff Writer Ryne \nShadday at rshadday@indiana.edu.
(02/04/05 4:25am)
From the Monarch Beverage Co. to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a wide range of businesses attempted to garner students' interests Thursday at IU's ninth-annual Internship Fair. \nInside the Indiana Memorial Union's Alumni Hall, one of the most popular desks had several beer cases and a large blow-up wine object sitting on the table. Monarch Beverage Co., which is based in Indianapolis, purchases products from suppliers and then redistributes them to restaurants, grocery stores and liquor stores, including Bloomington's Big Red Liquors.\n"The company is looking for five well-qualified people, ages 21 to 25, who are very personable and can get along with clients," said Lloyd Brown, sales trainer and recruiter for Monarch.\nClear Channel Radio, which broadcasts popular radio stations such as Q95 and X103, offers students a chance to broaden their skills in broadcasting and journalism.\n"Most people who have visited today are interested in promotions and marketing," said Maribeth Abels, public relations representative for Clear Channel. "We want someone who wants to learn and is interested in radio as a whole, not just the DJing part."\nMany students were hoping to find representatives from the CIA but were upset to find they would have to wait until next year because the government agency backed out of participating in the fair late Wednesday. However, the Career Development Center was still accepting applications for the position.\nAlthough Clear Channel was one of his last desks to visit, junior Ryan Esslinger had spent about an hour and a half looking around and attempting to find an internship.\n"One of the areas that would be an absolute area that I would intern at would be a radio station," Esslinger said. "You get into the management aspect and the public relations aspect yet you still get to work hand to hand with the DJs."\nThe Indianapolis Zoo was also another place where learning and working would take center stage. Artifacts from the zoo along with a computer presentation with photos and information were on hand to help demonstrate what the interns would do during the internship. \n"We have had mostly business-interested people drop by today," said Joel Vanderbush, manager of volunteer services at the zoo. "We hope to get about 60 people through this program today, no matter what field they are interested in."\nAlthough she is more interested in TV and the internship program Fox 59 offered, junior Sarah Hoback said she believed she would still be interested in what the zoo had to offer.\n"I'm good at speaking, so maybe the education aspect of the zoo such as the Zoo Mobile would help me out in that area," Hoback said.\nNichole Williams, planner and director of the fair, said she expected between 1,000 and 1,500 students at the event. And the attendance was on track, she said. Overall, she said the event was a success.\nTwenty companies will return to conduct follow-up interviews today in Alumni Hall. After these interviews, many students will be left hoping to get a position by the end of the week.\n-- Contact Staff Writer Ryne Shadday at rshadday@indiana.edu.
(02/03/05 4:06am)
Students across campus are polishing their resumés, throwing on decent clothes and preparing to head over to the IMU for IU's ninth annual Internship Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today in Alumni Hall. With more than 50 businesses participating, chances are high that interested students will find an internship -- whether for this summer or in a year or two.\nMore than 1,000 students attended last year's event, which boasted 56 employers on hand to interview candidates. This year's list includes a wide range of government organizations, including the Washington Leadership Program and the USDA Forest Service. Other employers such as the Indianapolis Zoo, WXIN-Fox 59, Wishard Health Services, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis and Macy's will be in attendance to help students get started on their way to working in their prospective careers. \nThe Indianapolis Zoo is always looking for about 50 people to fill a variety of positions, ranging from helping in the animal exhibits to working outside the zoo in classrooms. \n"There are many positions offered, however, the events that we use the most interns on are in animal care, environmental education and horticulture," said Joel Vanderbush, manager of volunteer services at the zoo.\nWith organizations based everywhere from Bloomington to California, students will have no trouble finding a place to call home, said Nichole Williams, organizer of the Internship Fair.\n"It is the largest career fair held at IU, in the number of students attending," Williams said. \nStudents who are interested in the CIA internship will have to wait another year to interview with representatives from that organization, though they can still apply for the internship. The government agency backed out of participating in the fair late Wednesday afternoon.\n"The Internship Fair: Preparing Your Plan of Attack" workshop will take place prior to the fair to help students get ready for their interviews with potential employers.\nFor a complete list of businesses attending the Internship fair visit http://events.iu.edu and click on Internship Fair.\nOther information can be obtained from the Career Development Center and Williams at 855-0299.\n-- Contact Staff Writer Ryne Shadday at rshadday@indiana.edu.
(01/27/05 5:04am)
When the 53 students on the first two floors of Foster-Martin began the year, they did something in the first few weeks that most people take years to do. They met people from all over the world. \nWednesday night, members of the Foster Global Village -- the thematic community that houses students from Japan, to Kuwait and the United States, among others-- along with the College of Arts and Sciences and Residential Program Services joined to celebrate the village's inaugural year and Grand Opening in a spectacular fashion. The event saw music, food and guest speakers who helped embrace the new community. The honored guests ranged from IU-B Interim Chancellor Ken Gros Louis, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Kumble Subbaswamy and about 75 others.\nThe Village offers many opportunities from getting a new point of view on world politics to exposure to new foods. What makes the Global Village different from Collins Living-Learning Center is the international aspect the community brings. Subbaswamy said because is great learning centers, he would like to include areas for a Village concept in all new buildings.\n"In the new Ashton Center complex that will be built, the design calls for a 'get-together' place that will help bring students together," Subbaswamy said. "This Village concept will be continued with all projects that occur in the future, since the College of Arts and Sciences has an impact on what can be built in conjunction with RPS."\nWhat makes this area unique is that many people are brought together from so many different views and beliefs. This makes the program interesting for students such as junior and village resident Mark Dawson.\n"We all have a world agenda, although it may be different among us, some of it remains the same," Dawson said. "Subjects such as the tsunami are at the top of our agendas while politics is near the bottom."\nThat spirit began with the late IU President Herman B Wells who believed building a diverse community was essential, The University has made it a priority to make a large student body smaller through these communities.\n"The success of both communities was essentially provided by the leadership of (Wells)," said Herb Terry, director of the Global Village and associate professor of telecommunications.\nTerry hopes there will not be another 34-year gap, such as the case between Collins and the Global Village, until another Living-Learning Center is created. Although it takes a group effort to get these communities developed, he has great faith another will be created in the near future, Terry said. \nThe community has weeks devoted to certain programs including learning about a country, trying ethnic food, watching videos and getting to know one another.\n"One of the most important concepts is that they can talk about international matters, languages and cultures and they can live with a roommate that speaks the same language," said Assistant Director of the Global Village Sean McGuire.\nGros Louis said the Global Village is another example of the University's growing partnership with international students.\n"Indiana has long been known for international students," Gros Louis said. "The international nature of campus makes everyone want to know more about the world, to interact with those people and get to know new cultures."\nIn his speech at the event, Subbaswamy said he believed there was "no doubt it will become a national model for other universities."\nThe president of the students at the Global Village, freshman Melissa Pflug, believes it makes the transition to college easier and it brings a good image to the IU campus.\n"The conversations that we have and the interests and goals that we all share are amazing," Pflug said.\nComing from an overseas adventure in Chile, senior Ryota Kashiwa believes this community is ideal for people who have just returned from their semester away.\n"The people are very friendly and sociable and it didn't take me very long to get used to the environment," Kashiwa, a Japan native, said.\nIt's that community environment that entices the residents to stay. The one item they have in common is the majority of them have been out of the states and continue to enjoy learning about new cultures.\n"It's a great community environment, it's socially active and everyone has different perspectives," said freshman Firas Alayyoubi. "It's a great place to live."\nOnline applications to live in the Global Village are available at www.indiana.edu/~college/global/apply.shtml.\n-- Contact Staff Writer Ryne Shadday at rshadday@indiana.edu.
(01/19/05 5:42am)
For senior Teasa Thompson, "Relay for Life, IU" is not simply another walk. Thompson, a cancer survivor, who had acute lymphocytic leukemia in August 1999, stresses how important the event is not only for those struggling with cancer, but those who have overcome its obstacles.\nAccording to the American Cancer Society, 1,368,030 people diagnosed with cancer each year. And research is continually needed to help find a cure. In conjunction with IU, the ACS annually holds Relay for Life to help continue funding research that will ultimately help thousands of people each year. \nThompson said the fact that many people show up to the event to help fund research for a cure is remarkable.\n"It makes me ecstatic that people care, to see everyone come out and support the people they care for," Thompson said. "It gives hope to people with cancer and to give that hope is great to me."\nThe myriad of people who are involved in the planning and organization of Relay for Life, which will be held April 9 and 10, met Tuesday night to help fund additional research at their organizational meeting. About 175 people came to help show their support for the event. But for cancer survivors and the people involved in the effort, it means a lot more.\nRelay for Life is organized mostly by students. Not all of them know someone with cancer, but because the disease is so widespread, all help is important. A captain initially organizes a group of interested people to form a team. The team then looks to find a sponsor who will donate a set amount of money depending on the amount of laps the team runs, hoping to raise money for a charity they believe in.\nWith many people affected by cancer, through family, friends and sometimes even themselves, being involved in this event brings people together to help find a cure.\nAlthough she does not know anyone with the disease, senior Amanda Wheeler, IU's Relay for Life chairwoman, said it has taught her to appreciate things, such as seeing patients.\n"The majority of our money (goes) to research and that is the most important aspect," Wheeler said. "The American Cancer Society is attempting to find a cure so we no longer have to have this event."\nAlong with the people who are participating to help raise money are those who have already survived the disease and are in remission.\nAnother person who has had to deal with cancer's effects is Community Development Director of the American Cancer Society, Blair Boles, whose grandpa passed away from lung cancer and emphysema and also had two aunts with breast cancer. Boles said she believes the students can benefit from the event through them knowing that they have helped attempt to save a life.\n"They also meet new people and have fun," Boles said. "It gives them an opportunity to raise awareness to fight cancer. It is also a time to honor and remember those who have or had cancer."\nFreshman Milissa Eley, who was the guest speaker at the event, lost her mother to cancer.\n"If you haven't already had someone close to you with cancer, you may soon and the odds are in favor of it," Eley said. "It's one of the only things in life that will only benefit others and you can do no harm by participating."\nOthers are involved in Relay for Life because they've found inspiration in the fund-raiser, including freshman Claudia Rhye.\n"During high school my cousin passed away while attending Notre Dame, both of my grandmothers had cancer also," Rhye said. "I think people, especially students, are oblivious to the fact that they can get it to."\nRhye participated in Relay for Life in Crown Point, Ind.,during high school. This event has helped her get involved in the community in a way she never thought possible, she said. Comforting people through volunteering has been a blessing to her, Rhye said.\n"I think people fail to realize the impact of just being present, seeing all those people makes them feel and know that they are being supported," Rhye said.\nA team captain meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Feb. 1 in the Georgian Room of the Indiana Memorial Union to prepare for the race/run April 9 and 10 at the Gladstein Fieldhouse. The event begins at noon April 9 and ends at 10 a.m. April 10. To participate, visit www.acsevents.org/relay/in/iu to sign up and get started to help find a cure.\nThompson, who has also had cancer, said she believes only good can come from this event.\n"I'm greatly appreciative for Relay for Life because it gives people a sense of hope and lets them know people are there and care," Thompson said. "We're all working towards a collaborative effort and that is to improve the lives of those touched by cancer."\n-- Contact Staff Writer Ryne Shadday at rshadday@indiana.edu.
(01/19/05 5:13am)
Imagine going to the bookstore or anywhere on campus and purchasing something with a card or an ID number. You draw on money that you will have to pay back one day, but it's there like a campus credit card.\nThat's exactly what students can do now with their student ID card. The obvious list of items available for purchase includes books and school supplies. However, glasses at the School of Optometry and clothing at the IU Bookstore are just as attainable with the ID card.\nThrough bursar billing, students can charge not only textbooks but also other items, including vehicle and bicycle registration fees, Auditorium tickets, optional selections during registration, SRSC and HPER lockers, tickets (opera, theater, football, Little 500), Arbutus, bus passes, health center charges and replacement ID cards, said IU Associate Bursar Kim Kercheval. \n"Other items, such as fines for parking tickets and damages done to your dorm can also be paid through your Bursar account," she said.\nStudents say the best aspect of bursar billing is the ability to charge books, school supplies and other purchases straight to the Office of the Bursar without having to worry about it later. \n"I was able to buy textbooks when I didn't have any money," said sophomore Tom Wheeler. \nSome people believe that other purchases should be allowed, but the Office of Bursar keeps a tight seal on what is approved and what is not. \n"We monitor bookstore charges since these are to be limited to textbooks and not all miscellaneous purchases," Kercheval said.\nWith that assertion come misgivings from students like Wheeler.\n"They should allow us to buy certain random things that we need, such as toothpaste and other supplies," Wheeler said. "I know we can use our meal points, but they should allow us to put it on our bursar bill to pay back later."\nBecause the purchase goes to one bill, life becomes simple and easy for most students, Wheeler said. \n"Because a lot of my bill is covered by scholarships, it makes it easy just to put a charge on there and then make sure it gets paid back later," said junior David Rastall.\nAdditionally, students can purchase items such as Little 500 tickets through the Office of the Bursar, which freshman Laura Kapoun said she likes best.\n"You can also check out everything on the 'Net to make sure payments are being billed to them on time and how much you owe," Kapoun said. "That's another great thing about (this system."\nTo continue to serve students better, the Office of Bursar is always looking for ways to improve the system.\n"We continually review the kind of activity posted to the Bursar account, as well as requests from various entities which want to have the privilege of allowing charges," Kercheval said. "This allows us to have a reasonable handle on the kinds of transactions which may be of value to students and which are appropriate to place on the Bursar account." \nTo charge items to the bursar account, the purchase must cost a minimum of $5. Items such as clothing and books that are not purchased at the bookstore are not allowed to be purchased through bursar billing. This option might be available in the future, however, as the Office of the Bursar continues to examine the benefits to students.\n"I believe the ability to have certain items charged to the student's account provides some additional flexibility and convenience for the student," Kercheval said. "Sometimes this is due to a lack of funds immediately available to the student, sometimes because it is better to consolidate charges in one place and allow financial assistance to cover educational expenses."\nAnd one of the best aspects for students whose parents pick up the bill is just that: The student will not have to worry about having money to pay the bill.\n"And certainly many students like to have the charges paid by their parent(s) by having bursar bills sent home," Kercheval said.\n-- Contact Staff Writer Ryne Shadday at rshadday@indiana.edu.