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(07/08/04 1:13am)
From Macho Man Randy Savage to Hulk Hogan to the Ultimate Warrior, all the classic wrestling superstars make up the roster of this game. In total, the game comes with more than 70 superstars from all eras of wrestling. \n"Showdown: Legends of Wrestling" is a drastic improvement over its two predecessors, complete with better graphics, an improved grappling system and faster action, but the game has its flaws. The problems with the game go beyond the usual clipping troubles of wrestling games, as wrestlers will sometimes teleport across the ring while executing moves. Also, with such a large roster, the game's commentary begins to repeat itself by the second match with the same character.\nThere are three modes of play: Quick Play, Match Play and Showdown Challenge. Each of these modes are essentially the same with the Showdown Challenge providing a lackluster storyline of wrestling through the ages. \nOne of the best features of "Legends of Wrestling 2" were the wrestler interviews, but they did not make it into this rendition. In its place, the legendary Brett "The Hitman" Hart provides the voiceover to a rather feeble tutorial system. \nHowever, if you grew up bodyslamming Wrestling Buddies and watching Hulk Hogan's "Rock 'n' Wrestling" every Saturday morning, then this is the game for you. All others need not apply.
(07/01/04 2:04am)
IU board of trustees incumbent Sue Talbot will get another three years to make her mark as an IU trustee. \nTalbot won the annual election for the open trustee seat Wednesday, defeating the nearest candidate by more than 3,500 votes in a race that brought in nearly 29,500 ballots.\nTalbot said she is extremely happy with the results of the race, but made sure to give the four other candidates credit for their commitments to IU.\n"It makes me feel very good (to have won) because the candidates I ran against were wonderful and fully qualified people," Talbot said. "I've learned a lot in the three years I have served with the trustees, but I think that all of (the candidates) love this institution.."\nTalbot won the race with 11,396 votes, Robert Cummins finished with 7,846 votes, Gary businesswoman Faye Tippy finished with 4,026 votes while David Dan Welker and David Northern finished with 3,072 and 3,018 votes, respectively. \nIU Alumni Trustee Election Coordinator Doug McKinney said IU received a total of 29,432 ballots from IU alumni, down slightly from the 30,752 votes in the 2003 race, while 74 ballots were deemed invalid because of reasons ranging from voting for more than one candidate to IU alumni who are now deceased. McKinney said this year's count went quickly because of the relatively low number of ballots received as opposed to years past.\n"Prior to the 'Year of Bobby Knight,' we received about 25,000 ballots," McKinney said. "During the 2000 race, we received a record of about 45,000 votes, and since then, we have slowly decreased every year."\nCummins also finished as the runner-up in last year's race, garnering 14,303 votes to current trustee Cora Breckenridge's 16,368. Despite the loss, Cummins said he wishes for a good term for the incumbent and applauds the job she has done while serving as a trustee.\n"I have nothing but good to say about Sue," Cummins said. "She's worked hard for the University and that's been recognized by the alumni."\nTalbot said she expects an entirely new experience for her next term as a trustee.\n"I think this term will be entirely different," Talbot said. "There's a new president and we want to be able to help him forward his plan and the administration."\nTalbot said the main goal for her second term is to control costs for both the students and the state at-large. She said the trustees recognize the financial problems the state government has dealt with and the University budget will change accordingly. \n"Cost containment for the students is very important for both the students and the University," Talbot said. "Everything gets more expensive every year and we try very hard to run the best university and still contain the cost so we can maintain a world-class university the public can afford."\n-- Contact Managing Editor Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(06/28/04 1:52am)
While the presidential election is in full swing, another campaign is taking place in Bloomington as the IU community is about to elect a member to the IU board of trustees.\nThe trustees consists of nine members; six of which are appointed by the governor while the remaining three members are chosen by IU alumni. Each year one of the three elected members is chosen in a ballot process which began this year after commencement. The ballots will be counted Wednesday in the Main Library.\nThe incumbent, Sue Talbot, has been a board member since 2001. Talbot was elected with a total of 34,502 votes, of which 6,429 came from IU alumni, on her way to defeating seven other candidates for the position.\nThis time around, Talbot vies for the position against four other candidates: Robert Cummins of Naperville, Ill., David Northern of Round Lake, Ill., Faye Tippy of Gary and David Dan Welker of Roanoke, Ind. All four challengers are IU alumni.\nTalbot earned her bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in education from IU. She also served as the president of both the IU School of Education Alumni Association, the IU Alumni Association and was a founding director of the Hoosiers for Higher Education.\nTalbot said she believes she is the best candidate for the job both because of her long association with the University and her experience of working with alumni.\n"I have brought the practical knowledge of working with the University for three decades (to the board of trustees)," Talbot said. "After being president of the alumni association, I have in-depth knowledge about working with alumni for the good of this University."\nWhile Talbot's experience with IU is unquestioned, the three other candidates also bring similar credentials to the table. Cummins received his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from IU while Tippy is a member of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Alumni Club Executive Council. \nThe race is also not a new experience for most of the candidates as Talbot and Cummins have both run for the position before.\nRegardless of the outcome, Trustee Erin Haag Breese said she has enjoyed the time she's worked with Talbot and her experience with the University has been valuable to the board. \n"Sue has done an amazing job and she has the qualities that are hard to duplicate," Breese said. "She has an unparalleled background in education and teaching and she has served on alumni association. Her understanding of the University is so extensive that it would be hard to find someone with her knowledge."\nTrustees President Frederick Eichhorn also said he values Talbot's input while serving on the board, but refuses to make any predictions about the upcoming race. As for the possibility of a new member, Eichhorn said the board is confident with whatever decision the alumni make.\n"Sue has done a great job and she's been very much involved and on top of all of the issues," Eichhorn said. "However I cannot make a judgement as to how the other people might handle the issues that we have faced and whoever is elected will most likely do a fine job. If there was a new trustee there would be an adjustment period, but we've done that time and time again."\n-- Contact managing editor Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(06/17/04 7:31am)
The IU board of trustees approved a measure that would allocate $3 million from the "Commitment to Excellence," or CTE fee, to support life sciences within the College of Arts and Sciences during a trustees meeting Friday. Conflict arose after recent reports contended that the trustees had misappropriated funds from the CTE fee in order to cover for recent losses within the IU-based Indiana Genomics Initiative, or INGEN.\nINGEN, a research program based at the IU School of Medicine, is part of the $105 million Lilly Endowment Grant, which went into effect in 2000. University officials said that contrary to published reports, the CTE funds were not spent for programs other than their intended use.\nCTE began in 2002 and was the brainchild of former IU President Myles Brand. It included a $1,000 yearly tuition fee implemented upon incoming freshmen and new undergraduate students. Overall, the fund was expected to generate $7.1 million for the 2003-04 academic year. \nA May 9, 2003 IU press release said the fee was intended "to enhance the academic excellence of the University." IU Board of Trustees member Cora Breckenridge echoed this sentiment.\n"The CTE project began under the administration of Myles Brand, and that money was assessed to our students," Breckenridge said. "It was essentially for improved educational advancement, opportunities and to improve our whole framework of education and enhance education at all of our campuses."\nBill Stephan, vice president for internal affairs and government, said the University did not use CTE funds in order to make up for recent losses within INGEN and the money was not misallocated. \n"A decision was made to use those funds for hires (and) space improvements, so this really hasn't been back filling because there were losses," Stephan said. "It was really how to sustain the life sciences efforts that were underway at the Bloomington campus. That was one of the things the fund was intended for in the first place, and we have carried out its intended purpose."\nStephan said he believed the misunderstanding stemmed from miswording on a report handed out during a recent IU board of trustees meeting. \n"There was a handout at the board of trustees meeting last Friday which was intended to provide an update on the CTE funds," Stephan said. "Within that handout, there was some terminology used that said 'Mandated Transfers of CTE Funds,' and had a subset that said 'Cover INGEN Investment Losses,' and that is not accurate. Essentially, what it meant to say was that investment earnings weren't what we expected them to be."\nTrustees President Frederick Eichhorn also said there wasn't any transfer of funds.\n"There wasn't any transfer, there was a decision made to apply the CTE money in furtherance of a stated goal that the trustees approved," Eichhorn said. "We invested the money in the College of Arts and Sciences. Essentially, there wasn't any transfer of CTE money to backfill for the INGEN money."\nUniversity officials said that even if the INGEN investment hadn't gone down, the money would still have been given to the College of Arts and Sciences. \n"If the investment earnings were still there, I think what you would have had was enhanced efforts," Stephan said. "To some extent, it's a matter of scale, we might have been able to do more and I think that that's the distinction. The CTE money has always been for investment in the University and it is continued to be used for the University. There wasn't any problem with the use of the CTE funds, there was a problem with the investments."\nBreckenridge contends that the trustees have been extremely careful with the both the CTE money and the endowment, and no wrongdoing has taken place.\n"We, as trustees, have been very competent with every penny of that money," Breckenridge said. "And we have made sure that it went to its intended goal of enhancing education for our students."\n-- Contact managing editor Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(06/14/04 1:56am)
The IU board of trustees discussed the approval of a capital appropriation request for the 2005-2007 budget cycle and approved changes to the Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities and Conduct and the Intercollegiate Athletics Programs Policy during their meeting Thursday.\nThe appropriation request includes includes $1.03 billion in operating costs and $251.6 million for capital projects. \nIU board of trustees President Fred Eichhorn said the request is reasonable, but is unsure how it will be received by the state.\n"It's really a conservative budget and I would hope that it would be realized," Eichhorn said. "However, I cannot predict what some individuals in the state legislature might say about it."\nThe major items within the capital projects' part of the plan include the allocation of $45 million to update IU's central heating plant and a $46.8 million for the repair and rehabilitation of facilities and infrastructure for all of IU's campuses.\nThe update for IU's central heating plant will be used to comply with new federal air pollution rules, which go into effect in 2007. Eichhorn said the update is long overdue and cannot be ignored because of its environmental implications.\n"There's really no discretion involved in the (central heating system update)," Eichhorn said. "The clean air laws will require us to do something. Indiana law requires us to use Indiana coal, and in order to use that coal, we need to update the system."\nThe trustees also want to resurrect state funding for building repair and renovation, as the University has not received this money since 1998. The money is used for the upkeep for IU's existing buildings and does not include the construction of any new buildings. \nTrustee Patrick Shoulders said the new capital appropriation request falls well within the needs of the University without any unneeded expenses.\n"I think that it ought to be favorably received by the state because it does not have anything for new buildings or any other fund that might be seen as extraneous," Shoulders said. "It's actually a modest request in terms of our needs. However, it does ask that we receive the repair and rehabilitation money that we haven't seen in a few years, but we certainly need that to maintain the University."\nAlso in the meeting, changes were made to both the Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities and Conduct and the Intercollegiate Athletics Programs Policy. The changes within the student code involved the update of the Individual Rights section, which involved matters of harassment due to sexual harassment and harassment involving sexual orientation and race.\n"The major change was the harassment section was modernized and consolidated," Eichhorn said. "Over time the code evolved as issues would arise and there's a major consolidation under the harassment section. There was a clarification of students' rights and resolutions."\nThe Intercollegiate Athletics Programs changes included streamlining the firing process of coaches if he or she carries out an egregious act against the University, which constitutes an immediate firing. Trustee Peter Obremskey said the change allows IU's president to fire a coach without assembling the personnel subcommittee.\n"We tried to make it a little more responsive to the needs of the president in the event he's not able to get the committee together," Obremskey said. "This would occur if a coach has made a serious transgression that would necessitate an immediate firing."\nObremskey said all of the changes made during the meeting were needed by the University. As for the capital appropriation, he remains hopeful that no changes will be made to the board's plan.\n"The state is short of money, but the state recognizes the importance of education," Obremskey said. "I would hope that none of the items would be cut, but you never know."\n-- Contact managing editor Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(05/07/04 4:59am)
The end of an era will come for more than 7,000 people at Saturday's commencement, and there will be more than the simple switch of the tassel for these soon-to-be graduates. \nIn total, 15,639 graduates will be eligible for degrees from IU at all five of the campuses while 7,121 degrees will be split into two ceremonies which will take place at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Former Indiana first lady Judy O'Bannon will serve as the speaker at both ceremonies.\nThe 10 a.m. ceremony will consist of diploma recipients from both the undergraduates and graduates in the Kelley School of Business, Education, Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Law, Music, Public, Environmental Affairs and the Social Work schools.The latter ceremony includes graduates from the College of Arts and Sciences, Continuing Studies, Informatics, Journalism, Library and Information Science and Optometry schools. The Division of Labor Studies will also take part in the 3 p.m. event.\nIU Dean of Students Richard McKaig said O'Bannon's speech will be what most will look back upon at this particular commencement.\n"I think the selection of Judy O'Bannon as a speaker was a great decision and I'm looking forward to hearing her speech," McKaig said. "This commencement will bring some closure for our students because all of our graduates and their friends, their brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles make big family events out of each and every Commencement." \nMcKaig said the setup of the event was a massive undertaking from numerous departments in the university, from contacting senior students to printing pamphlets to the set-up of Assembly Hall for the ceremony itself.\n"For some people at the alumni office, the board of trustees and others, the graduation ceremony is a considerable amount of work," McKaig said. "There's all of the notification and getting information out about the ceremony, there's the scheduling of honorary degrees, among other things. It's a major undertaking right down to the physical plant because they've got to set up the stage and all of the chairs. There are all those things that need to be ultimately done before any of us will even get to sit down for the ceremony."\nOutgoing students won't be the only ones receiving degrees as nine individuals will also be given honorary degrees from IU at all five of the campuses. Commencement speaker Judy O'Bannon will receive an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters. IU Professor Emeritus of Geological Studies Haydn Murray will join O'Bannon in the IU-Bloomington ceremony while IU-Bloomington graduate and radio and television personality Tavis Smiley will get a honorary degree from IU-Kokomo. \nFor most students the ceremony will represent the end of an era in their life. IU senior Jason Rutherford said the ceremony will provide some welcome closure for his college career.\n"(Graduating) feels like a weight has been lifted off my chest," Rutherford said. "It's because I need to change and graduation allows me to do that. I've been in the midwest my whole I need to leave."\nWhile students like Rutherford cannot wait to get out of the Bloomington area, some students feel an attachment both to IU and the friends they've made during their tenure at the University.\n"My experience here has been great," IU senior Lynsey Comess said. "I've met a lot of great people during my time here and the academics are second to none. It's been wonderful experience and I would never go anywhere else." \nMcKaig said he wishes good luck to the members of the outgoing class of 2004 in all of their future endeavors.\n"The message we have for each and every class is good luck in the future," McKaig said. "We want the students to remember Indiana University and the friends you have made here."\n-- Contact managing editor Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(04/27/04 5:26am)
Tavis Smiley has a new reason to live up to his surname after his show was recently brought back into the WTIU lineup.\nSmiley, an IU graduate and native of Kokomo has an aptly-named "Tavis Smiley" late-night talk show which has featured guests atypical to traditional PBS television, including actors, musicians and politicians, among others. \n"It's a program that has a lot of guests that don't normally appear on public television," WTIU Station Manager Phil Meyer said. "It also has a voice from a young African-American and it's not a common voice it's also an interesting about politics, culture, and social issues."\nWhile Smiley's show brought a new demographic to the PBS, the recent time change brought his show into a time conflict in WTIU's lineup, and was therefore taken off the air in Bloomington. When Smiley learned his show was canceled from a fan, he was especially distressed because of his ties to IU and the state of Indiana. \n"I was shocked because it took a little work to get the station to understand why they should put the show on in the first place," Smiley told the IDS. "I'm a graduate of Indiana University and it really hurts when your alma mater takes awhile to decide to carry show and then it especially hurts to be taken off that particular station. It's one thing to be taken off of any other station, but to be taken from your alma mater really hurts."\nWhile the decision to take his show off of the air was painful for Smiley, he said it was especially moving when his fans made the effort to bring his show back into the WTIU lineup.\n"I got a little emotional about it, it took me by surprise, it was not a coordinated effort," Smiley said. "I didn't even know that the IU station had taken the show off, I only knew about it through the students they wrote me about how they were going to write to the station to try and bring the show back."\nSmiley carries some serious credentials into his public television show. As the former host of "BET Tonight," Smiley was honored with the NAACP Image Award for Best "News, Talk or Information Series" for three consecutive years, has been named as one of Time magazine's America's 50 most promising young leaders and has hosted "The Tavis Smiley Show" on the National Public Radio network for years. Smiley was also the first black person to have his own show on NPR.\nMeyer said the decision to bring the show back had nothing to do with his ties with the University, but with the response from the WTIU viewership. \n"I think it had to do more with people's interest in it, we heard from students, staff and faculty," Meyer said. "The response from the viewers was relatively high because of his association with the University because they watched the show and wanted to see it come back."\nSmiley wanted to thank the WTIU management just as much as his fan base because the final decision to bring the show back on the air was in the hands of the station's leaders. \n"I really appreciate him for responding to these students. I'm glad that (WTIU Director of Radio and Television Services Perry Metz) brought the show back into the lineup, just as much as for the students and faculty who wanted the show back," Smiley said. "Television officials don't have to listen to what the viewers have to say, and he listened to what the students wanted."\n-- Contact senior writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(04/26/04 5:53am)
IU freshman quarterback Blake Powers lived up to his surname, as the signal-caller led the Crimson squad back from a 13-point deficit in the second half to take the 20-19 victory for his squad over the Cream in the annual Cream and Crimson game.\nPowers was instrumental in the Crimson squad's comeback win, as he completed 14-of-26 for 258 yards and three touchdowns. Powers wasn't the only player to shine on the Crimson team, as senior Travis Haney caught two of Powers' three touchdown passes for the victory.\nPowers praised Haney for his performance and cited his physical attributes as one of the reasons for the Crimson squad's success. \n"Travis Haney is a tall, athletic receiver, and we try and take advantage of him on the go-route as much as possible," Powers said. "When we called the go, I knew I just had to put it up there and let him make a play, and he did."\nAfter Friday night's performance, Powers was named as the Hoosiers' Most Outstanding Freshman for the spring. While he is happy with the distinction, Powers said there is still work to be done before the beginning of next season. \n"I'm just looking forward to learning. I learned a lot last year, and I've learned a lot this spring," Powers said. "(IU quarterback coach Matt) Canada is really teaching me a lot. I'm just looking forward to learning more come August."\nWhile the Crimson squad moved the ball through the air, the Cream squad chose a ground-based offensive. Junior Chris Taylor was the Cream's most effective weapon, as the 210-pound running back logged 161 yards in 19 carries and notched two touchdowns for his efforts. \nIU coach Gerry DiNardo said Taylor's performance in the scrimmage was one of the best he has turned in since last season.\n"It was probably the best he has had this spring," DiNardo said. "These kinds of games allow a guy that kind of opportunity. He had his best day, which is good." \nOverall, DiNardo was happy with both teams' offensive performance and wants similar play to carry into IU's fall campaign. \n"One of our goals offensively is to be more explosive, and it looks like we're there tonight. We just have to carry it out in the fall," DiNardo said. "We have to make sure we have the schemes to allow them to be explosive, and then when they have the opportunity to be explosive, we have to make sure they do."\nSenior quarterback Matt LoVecchio said he has been pleased with the Hoosier program's progress since the conclusion of the 2003 campaign.\nAs a result of IU's offseason efforts, LoVecchio said he thinks the program should have some success in 2004. \n"The guys that have been here have matured, and we had a good winter. We had a great spring," LoVecchio said. "As we continue to build within our offensive scheme and put guys in position where they can succeed, we will be successful."\n-- Contact senior writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(04/23/04 5:54am)
Spring is here. The air is warming, the snow has melted and the flowers are beginning to bloom. Tonight there will also be the familiar sounds of cracks from baseball bats and -- football helmets? The IU spring football season is about to come to fruition in the annual Cream and Crimson game tonight. \nOptimism is high heading into the game, as both the offensive and defensive units have strengthened since last season. \nIU's offensive line comes back with a full roster of returning players headlined by junior guard Adam Hines, junior tackle Isaac Sowells and sophomore tackle Justin Frye. The trio had the most action on the Hoosier team as they took 969, 967 and 821 snaps, respectively. \nHines brings serious experience to the Hoosier roster and has started in nearly every game of his two-season career -- dating back to the second game of his freshman season. \nThe Hoosier line will work to protect IU's ample backfield, which sports five quarterbacks, five running backs and four wide receivers. \nSenior Matt LoVecchio headlines the playcallers, leading the Hoosiers with 1,778 passing yards during the 2003 season. Sophomore Graeme McFarland will also return after being thrust into the starting role against Minnesota, where he completed 12-of-30 passes for 152 yards.\nIU's large backfield is bolstered by two players coming off season-ending injuries. Junior running back Yamar Washington is coming back from a torn anterior cruciate ligament, while freshman Kenni Burns rejoins the roster after breaking his arm last season. \nWhile Washington made a full recovery from his injury, he said he is not yet at the level he was before he tore his ACL one day prior to last season's spring football game. \n"I'm not quite (at the same level). I think after the summer, I'll be really good," Washington said. "I still have balance and explosion to work on right now."\nOverall, IU offensive coordinator Steve Addazio is pleased with where the offensive unit currently stands.\n"We're happy from the standpoint we have a great group of kids working hard everyday. That makes you happy," Addazio said. "The spring is about having a mountain of work and pecking away all spring long, and that is what we are doing right now."\nAs for established IU running backs, sophomore Benjarvus Green-Ellis has seen some improvement over his freshman season, when he ran for 938 total yards.\n"It's a little different (between freshman and sophomore years). I'm young enough to learn new things every day," Green-Ellis said. "I knew that I needed to get bigger, faster and stronger to get ready for the season. I can tell from lifting weights that I have more explosion and can break more tackles."\nThe Hoosiers have some weapons on the defensive side of the ball, as well. IU's defensive unit is led by fifth-year senior Jodie Clemons, a 2003 All-Big Ten honorable mention who compiled 33 tackles and six sacks. \nIU also has become stronger in the linebacker position, with five players competing for the position as opposed to perennially smaller numbers in past seasons.\nHoosier defensive coordinator Joe Cullen said he is pleased with the leadership role some of the players have taken since spring practice began.\n"We are older and more mature, and we have more leadership," Cullen said. "Up front, Jodie Clemons has been a guy you can count on from day one. Kenny Kendal is really having a good spring. He has matured and is making some great plays. We have some linebackers that are playing well, too."\nThere is one concern for IU coach Gerry DiNardo coming into Friday's scrimmage: good situations. DiNardo said both the offensive and defensive teams have not done well in optimal conditions.\n"We still need to work on situations that favor us," DiNardo said. "On third-and-long, we need to get off the field on defense. On third-and-short, we need to convert if we're on offense. In the red zone, we need to come away with points. If I had one criticism, it is that we are still not playing well in situations that favor us."\n-- Contact senior writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(04/21/04 5:30am)
Children, jobs and school. It is quite a task to juggle such responsibilities, even with ample help from family members. \nThe problem for sophomore Sara Acres is her family has classes, too. \nSara, a 24-year-old with two children, is seeking a degree in education while her brother Jordan, a 22-year-old-freshman, is currently pursuing a B.A. in English. \nJamie, 54, is the maternal leader of the group and started her entire family down the journey of higher education after some jostling from her Cornell-educated husband, Mark. \n"I came to IU as a freshman back in 1967, I stayed for about a year, got married and I left school, but I always wanted to come back and finish my degree," Jamie said. "I got rid of my first husband because he did not want me to go back to school and then I married a childhood sweetheart who always encouraged me to go back to school, so I finally got the guts up and went back." \nWhile Jamie looked to her spouse for inspiration to make the jump to college, Sara had to look no farther than her two children, Sean and Elijah.\n"I had always wanted to go on to college, but I had a kid coming out of high school," Sara said. "However, my kids were actually my motivation to get here and accomplish what I wanted to do and get my degree so that I could support my family."\nJordan decided to come back to school after he left for one year to travel and write. He said a little peer pressure from his family members aided in his decision to return to school after his hiatus. \n"Their first day was coming and I decided, 'Well, I gotta go back to school,'" Jordan said. "I figured that everyone else was doing it, so I should, too."\nMark's presence in the education family did not end with the persuasion of his wife as he serves as the manager of the team.\n"Dad is the overseer," Sara quipped. "He oversees it all for us because he's already got his degree, unlike the rest of us."\nThe Acres' devotion to education runs deep through all members of the family, balancing other obligations with school. Jamie's devotion runs so deep even a serious injury could not derail her pursuit of a college degree, as she returned to school after a one-semester hiatus after a fall that left her with a brain injury affecting her short-term and long-term memory.\n"I can only take two classes at a time because I have to study twice as much as the other students," Jamie said. "I can no longer take notes like I used to because I can't process it as fast so I have to record the lectures and take notes as best as I can and listen to the lecture and take notes again when I get home."\nAs for classes, the Acres family has made attempts to schedule classes together in the past, but the clan faced trouble because of conflicting schedules and dissimilar majors. But Sara and Jordan managed to put together a study group with ties that could not be broken. \n"We had finite together -- M118 -- we really needed each other in that class," Sara joked. "We often hoped to take some classes together, but we have three very different majors."\nWhile the family hasn't been able to take many classes together, the team has managed to use its blood ties through study sessions and writing critiques.\n"(We) discuss 'What would you put into this paper?' or 'How do you figure out this math problem?'" Sara said. "We (Jordan and Sara) did our math homework together, we just set up a time and we would help each other. With papers, we would look each other's work and shoot ideas back and forth." \nJordan, the youngest of the Acres clan and the lone male among the students in the family, tends to spend weekends with his father in order to get away from his mother and sisters. \n"Every Sunday, my dad and I, we have our time where it's just us," Jordan said. "We play war games and do our guy stuff. We think alike and I think I'm basically turning into a clone of my father."\nSara has the most responsibilities to juggle with her children and full-time schedule. While Sara acknowledges her workload can be quite overwhelming, she said her eventual goals keep her motivated. \n"It's really difficult -- people ask me, 'How do you do it?' and I don't have an answer, I just do it," Sara said. "You just learn, you decide what you want and you just go for it. I want to do everything I want to achieve -- I want good grades, I want to teach and I always keep my goals in sight."\nThe Acres family hasn't relegated its IU presence purely to Bloomington, as another family member -- daughter of Jamie and sister of Sara and Jordan -- Dara (Acres) Crowder attends IU-Southeast in New Albany, Ind. \nWhile all four doggedly pursue their respective diplomas, there will be another Acres on the horizon for IU. Amy (Acres) Daugherty, who has a child of her own, is currently attending Ivy Tech studying early childhood education and will have to transfer to IU to complete her degree. \n"(Amy) works at Head Start, she just needs more child classes," Sara said. "She'll be transferring to IU within a year, you can't earn your bachelor's degree at Ivy Tech. It's foundation classes for this university and then there will be five of us at IU."\n-- Contact senior writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(04/20/04 6:22am)
Delta Tau Delta faces sanctions from the University after IU Police Department officers responded to a call Saturday at the fraternity house and found people who "looked drunk," said IUPD Lt. Jerry Minger. \nMinger said while there weren't any state laws broken, University rules might have been violated during the event.\n"There really wasn't any action taken by the officers other than checking the IDs, and the students they did check were all over 21," Minger said. "However, since it was apparently in violation of University law, it was given to the dean of students."\nPart III, section B of the IU Code of Student Rights prohibits the use or possession of alcohol in a fraternity house. \n"We went to the house, and there was a report from the officers, and there were people there that appeared they were there at a party," Minger said. "There was probably a breach of University regulations, and it was written up as an informational case for the dean." \nInterfraternity Council Executive Vice President of Administration and senior Mike Trent denied anything of interest occurred Saturday afternoon.\n"There was basically a misunderstanding, and nothing came out of it," Trent said. "There was a philanthropy event (at Delta Tau Delta), and the cops went there, and they didn't find anything. If anything, it was a false report." \nSenior Delta Tau Delta President Billy Riesner agreed with Trent's stance and said there wasn't any drinking.\n"Police officers approached our back door, they were met by two vice presidents," Riesner said. "(The police) said they had witnessed drinking, and the vice presidents denied that claim. There was a philanthropy that day, but there wasn't any drinking. The police officers did not press the issue, they did not enter the house with the dean, and no one has been charged." \nIf students are found to have been drinking at Delta Tau Delta, Dean of Students Richard McKaig said the fraternity could face a number of different potential punishments handed down from an appointed Judicial Board. \nMcKaig said Monday he has not yet looked at the police report concerning the matter. \n"If a Judicial Board determines the allegations are accurate, the fraternity could face a wide range of consequences," McKaig said. "They could face probation, social restrictions for a period of time, suspension of the chapter or an expulsion from campus."\nMcKaig said he won't be able to look at the report until he meets with IU officials Wednesday. But, if the fraternity is found responsible, the typical timetable for a possible punishment should come within the next two to three weeks. \n"It would immediately go to the Office of Student Ethics, and if there is grounds for a charge, a hearing would be scheduled in front of the Greek Council," McKaig said. "Or because it's so close to the end of the year, it could go to an independent board."\nRiesner maintains his fraternity has done nothing wrong and calls the incident a simple misunderstanding.\n"(The police) were mistaken," Riesner said. "I know it caused a little confusion with the administration, and I'm trying to get everyone on the same page with what happened."\n-- Contact senior writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(04/20/04 4:53am)
While most students his age are thinking about senior pranks and which tux to wear to the prom, IU freshman quarterback Mike Vlahogeorge has his mind set on another topic -- football. Vlahogeorge is in a unique position because he opted to graduate high school early and enroll at IU in order to play with the spring football squad.\nVlahogeorge comes into the IU program with serious credentials as the six-foot-three, 220-pound playcaller ranks No. 4 all-time in the Indiana state high school list with 10,757 career passing yards. Vlahogeorge acquired such numbers after a stellar senior season, passing for 3,347 yards and 44 touchdowns while averaging well over 300 yards per game.\nVlahogeorge said he made the decision because of IU's relative proximity to his hometown and his lack of obligations at Lafayette Jefferson High School. \n"I haven't played any other sports since my sophomore year, and it's really close to home, and I decided it would help me get a jump early," Vlahogeorge said. "It's something that I knew I could do, so I chose to."\nWhile a Lafayette-native football star enrolling at IU may seem like blasphemy for Purdue fans, Vlahogeorge said he prefers IU's campus over the Boilermakers' nest.\n"(IU is) great. I live five minutes from Purdue, and the campus is the complete opposite of Purdue," Vlahogeorge said. "IU's got a great campus, especially when it gets warm out here, and I've had a good experience with the teachers and players here."\nIU quarterbacks coach Matt Canada said Vlahogeorge's decision will aid him, as he will have more time to adjust to the college game and get used to IU's offensive sets. \n"It definitely gives him a leg up (on the incoming freshman class)," Canada said. "It gives him a chance to learn the system in the offense, and it allows him to get reps, and he's certainly ahead of anybody who's going to come in the fall." \nVlahogeorge said the most difficult aspect of the jump from high school to college is the speed of the game. \n"The difference (between high school and college football) is that everything's faster," Vlahogeorge said. "You've got to know things faster, and you've got to do it right faster, and that's the biggest difference."\nGreater participation among young players like Vlahogeorge has increased numbers for IU's spring season. Hoosier coach Gerry DiNardo said this increase has allowed the team to scrimmage in more game-like situations. \n"The one thing that separates this spring from the previous two is that our depth is better," DiNardo said. "We're getting some of our younger players more reps than we have in the last two."\nAs for prom, Vlahogeorge said he intends to don his tux and attend the event just after the spring game.\n"It'll be fun, but it's something that I kind of lost track of because we're doing so much in spring ball," he said. "I kind of forgot about prom, while it's a big event, I lost track of it because your mind moves at a million miles a second at practice, but I'm definitely looking forward to it."\n-- Contact senior writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(04/14/04 5:33am)
The hall was packed full of people anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Ultimate Warrior. But there was a conspicuous lack of hand-drawn signs, painted faces and the likes of Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage and Vince McMahon. \nWarrior, who had his name legally changed from James Hellwig in 1993 when he first left the then-World Wrestling Federation, modified the "Always Believe" philosophy he popularized during his professional wrestling days to "Always Believe in the Conservative Cause." \nWarrior spoke in front of a packed lecture hall on behalf of the IU College Republicans Tuesday night, vehemently defending conservative ideals. \n"The difference between a liberal and a conservative is the difference between feeling and thinking," Warrior quipped. "Life doesn't work the way liberals want it to. Instead, their utopian view of life will ultimately lead to the end of our civilization ... The only thing liberalism has created is the road paved to hell with good intentions." \nWhile Warrior sometimes made self-deprecating jokes about his previous profession in the "squared circle," he never deviated from the agenda of relaying his conservative stance.\n"In your own life, political ideas that you want to happen in the Republican agenda are only as strong as the philosophical base they're sitting on," Warrior said. "The philosophical base is only as strong as each of you, as individuals, live by conservative philosophy."\nAs for the war in Iraq, Warrior said President George W. Bush's actions were flawed only because the information was flawed.\n"We should not have had the war to provide freedom for the people of Iraq only," Warrior said. "I don't believe (President Bush) did it under those circumstances. I believe that he did it under faulty intelligence information and everything that happened there. I still believe that we might still find (the weapons of mass destruction)."\nChairman of the IU College Republicans Angel Rivera said the group brought the Warrior to campus both because of his recognition with college-aged students and his message of championing conservatism.\n"We brought him in because the Warrior's a popular guy among Hoosiers," Rivera said. "But he also brings a very substantial and important message about what being a conservative is all about, and that's very important to us."\nRivera said the Warrior was also employed as a recruiter of sorts for the IU College Republicans.\n"He's kind of an emissary to people that may not be politically inclined," Rivera said. "They have to realize that they must get involved in the conservative movement because it is here where they belong."\nIU College Republicans Events Director Andrew Lauck said he enjoyed Warrior's presentation not only because of its conservative agenda, but also because of its energetic delivery.\n"My favorite part of it was to see someone that's so energetic about what he had to say," Lauck said. "You get a lot of speakers to come to campus and they're really cut and dry, but with the Warrior, he engaged the audience by asking questions. And the fact that he's so passionate about what he had to say made him entertaining to everyone, regardless of their political stance." \nWith his painted face and bouts in the wrestling ring now a distant memory, Warrior said his goal is to relay his beliefs and to guide his listeners. \n"It's my role to go out there and be a mentor," Warrior said. "(People say), 'here's a guy that you watched when you were a little kid, and he's out being the man he should be.' I'm not trying to be friends; it's not my goal to go out when I talk to kids to be friends with them. It's to go out and be a mentor."\n-- Contact senior writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(04/14/04 5:15am)
Sophomore Ben Brodsky, who signed into the University emergency alert Web site and changed its message earlier this semester, was denied an appeal in a session before the University Hearing Commission Tuesday. Brodsky's punishment was increased to a 7 to 10 page report on a book of ethics in addition to the one-year probation the Judicial Board handed down March 1. \nThe appeal came after the Judicial Board found Brodsky guilty of both "disorderly conduct which interferes with teaching, research, administration, or other University or University-authorized activity," and "published University regulations, policies, or rules" in the Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities and Conduct.\nAfter a two-hour proceeding, the three-person commission unanimously found Brodsky in violation of both sections of the Student Code. While Brodsky said he was treated fairly in the hearing, he said he does not find any fault in his actions and did nothing more than expose a flaw in the Web site's security system by logging on and changing its text.\n"(Chief of Information Technology Security) Mark Bruhn and (Assistant Director of Student Ethics and Anti-Harassment Programs) Gerald Olson are out-of-touch with reality," Brodsky said after the hearing. "I think there was nothing that I did that was wrong. I didn't break any rules, and it's not my fault they had an error in the system. I think they're using me as a scapegoat to cover up their problems in security."\nBrodsky originally accessed the IU Emergency Web site Jan. 26 and posted a false weather advisory that stated: "Call up your Congressman and suggest the educational process at Indiana University be suspended on Monday."\nBut Bruhn said there was indeed a flaw in the Web site and the University is still working to strengthen its security system. \n"There is no question that the Web site was configured incorrectly," Bruhn said during the proceedings. "No one but the administration should get in, and we're still making tweaks to the system to secure it."\nUniversity Hearing Commission member Marty Siegel said Brodsky's fault was not simply in logging onto the Web site but making the changes.\n"(University Information Technology Services) did not try to hide the fact that there was a problem with the Web site," Siegel said. "The unethical behavior is that (Brodsky) went ahead and exploited that mistake."\nBrodsky argued that neither the students nor the faculty missed classes or changed their actions as a result of his posting the false weather alert.\n"There was no malicious intent," Brodsky said. "I have yet to see any evidence that anyone was disturbed by my actions."\nUniversity Hearing Commission member Elizabeth Boling said the issue did not lie in the number of people affected by Brodsky's actions but in the unauthorized revision of the Web site. \n"While it didn't cause the biggest problem, it did impact the University," Boling said. "Even if it did not affect anyone, we thought (the change) was unethical."\nBrodsky said he intends to appeal the decision again. \n-- Contact senior writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(04/12/04 1:41pm)
The power of the force will soon be with IU, thanks to the approval of a $45 million project for the IU physics department. The grant will fund the GlueX/HallD project to finance the refurbishment of a component at the IU Cyclotron Facility and the construction of a on-site manufacturing facility.\nQuarks are the smallest known particle in the universe, smaller even than electrons. The quark-binding force, which holds together the parts of the proton and neutron, is quite unique, as it is the strongest known in nature and is not affected by the distance between the quarks unlike other forces in nature. Project Leader and IU Physics Professor Alex Dzierba said this project should shed some light into the force and could even lead to the discovery of a new form of matter. \n"The idea is the detector would provide the data about the nuclear force that holds the quarks together," Dzierba said. "We could answer why the force is so strong and why they are always confined within the center of an atom."\nThe questions surrounding this force have been called one of the 10 most important questions in physics by The New York Times. \n"That force is the strongest force that we know about," Dzierba said. "It's a fundamental question in physics and is one of the most important questions today."\nThe signing ceremony for the formal approval of the project is scheduled to take place April 19 in Newport News, Va. Dzierba said the amount of money is completely justified for the project, citing how no research can be done without the full detector. \n"The project is involved in building a fairly large detector. It's one of those things that it's all or nothing," Dzierba said. "In order to do the physics, we need the full detector, and for that, we'll need the $45 million. The cost has been reviewed by several people, and they looked at the design, and the decision was that the scientific goal justified the cost."\nAccording to an IU press release, the 250-ton superconducting solenoid is currently being refurbished at the IU Cyclotron Facility, and Dzierba said the project is only a few years away from fruition. \n"If everything goes well, we could have it finished as early as four years," Dzierba said. "However, it could stretch to as much as five years."\nPhysics Associate Professor Adam Szczepaniak said the project cannot be completed soon enough because it will allow physicists to reach new heights in the quantum physics field.\n"It's an experiment to probe the fundamental force that holds quarks together, which we have never been able to see," he said. "This will give us the opportunity to investigate these properties in a way that we never have been able to before."\nWhile the physicists are excited about the chance to research a major question in their field, this excitement is underscored by the fact that IU is leading the project.\n"It's very exciting. This is a project that involves about 100 physicists from all over the country, and this project was born here at Indiana," Dzierba said. "The fact that we're leading this project is not only scientifically exciting, but it's also personally exciting to know that we are spearheading such an important project." \n-- Contact senior writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(04/08/04 5:51am)
Alvin Chambliss, the lead attorney of a controversial lawsuit filed against the state of Mississippi, gives IU credit for its integration programs. Wednesday night, he praised the University because he said many southern states send minority students to IU for higher education. \n"I give this University top performance," Chambliss said. "Even though (IU) was paid by the southern states, the University graduated more black Ph.D.s from the south than any institution in America. I give them that credit. That's not to say that everything at this University is perfect. At this point, it has done more than any other school in America in producing black Ph.D.s from the south."\nChambliss spoke at the Neal-Marshall Black Cultural Center Wednesday night.\nChambliss was part of a landmark civil rights lawsuit that claimed Mississippi state government gave more money to predominately white schools than predominately black ones. Some would look at the $503 million settlement as a victory for minority students and universities, but Chambliss said it was a defeat because the settlement was not enough. \n"It's not about the money -- it never was," Chambliss said. "These schools do not have any sort of higher education like doctoral or law schools and have never had any programs that seek to be No. 1."\nFrank Motley, assistant dean to the school of law and speech organizer, said Chambliss' presentation underscored existing problems at universities all over the country. Motley also said Chambliss seeks to galvanize the historic Brown v. Board of Education case that ended federally-sanctioned racial segregation in public schools, which Chambliss said is in need of "mouth-to-mouth resuscitation." \n"I thought his presentation was wonderful, I think it was a message that needed to be heard," Motley said. \nIU Assistant Professor Paulette Patterson said Chambliss touched on the problems with the American education system most people choose to ignore. \n"He's getting to the core of the debate on whether or not Brown did more harm than good or did more good than harm." Patterson said. \n-- Contact senior writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(04/05/04 4:24am)
As advisers begin to pour registration information into the e-mail inbox of every returning IU student, the task of tailoring a class schedule to specific needs weighs heavily on the minds of these students. And the creators of www.pickaprof.com think they might have a proverbial dose of aspirin for the headaches of student registration.\nPick-a-Prof provides class listings, professor information and grade distributions in the professors' past classes. There are even students' critiques of professors on the site, which are edited by the Pick-a-Prof staff for etiquette and amount of information. \nThe Web site started in 2000 after co-creators John Cunningham and Chris Chilek became tired of the traditional process of class registration at Texas A&M University. Chilek said the site is especially useful because it widens the amount of information a student has when choosing classes.\n"It just seemed like the next logical step for schools to take," Chilek said in a press release. "People have always been able to ask their friends, but that offers a very limited amount of information." \nAfter Cunningham and Chilek started the site at Texas A&M, student participation grew to 80 percent within two semesters. As a result of the site's success at Chilek's alma mater, the company decided to enlarge the roster of schools. \n"Most of the schools are listed on our site through partnerships with the university's student government," said Karen Bragg, Pick-a-Prof director of university relations. "While we currently don't have a partnership with IU's student government, we would value their input in order to better streamline the site to the specific school's needs." \nBragg said so far, Pick-a-Prof has 67 universities participating in the program and nearly 500,000 students using the Web site nationally. Bragg said the Web site added IU to its growing roster of universities just 18 months ago. Bragg said the University has a relatively large number of users given the lack of advertising. \n"There are currently 6,000 IU students using the site," Bragg said. "While it's not such a big number for the size of your university, it's actually quite impressive because we have never participated in any active marketing with IU."\nIU isn't the only place where Pick-a-Prof lacks advertising, as the Web site deliberately avoids the use of pop-up ads and the sale of information about the service's users. \n"We actually try to keep the site really clean of Internet ads and pop-ups," Bragg said. "We cover our operating costs through partnerships with the local bookstores. We don't sell e-mail addresses, and we would never do anything like that." \nFreshman Amanda Gerson said she finds Pick-a-Prof both easier to use than IU's registration program and more useful in general because of its features.\n"I think the Web site's a lot easier to use than IU's interface," Gerson said. "It helps me a lot. That's the first thing I do whenever I register for classes. I used the site for my spring semester, and I was able to register in two minutes before a test."\nSophomore Aftab Maredia said he chooses to use the site because of the greater amount of information about the professors. \n"INSITE is good, but it doesn't have student reviews on it," Maredia said. "Pick-a-Prof has reviews of every professor in every course they have ever taught for. When I check with the University's Web site, it gives me the names of the professors, but with Pick-a-Prof, it's easier to get information about the actual professor."\n-- Contact senior writer Dan Patrick at .
(03/12/04 5:08am)
Warm weather, crystal clear water and skimpy clothing are in the immediate future for many IU students. But there are still a few stragglers who have put their planning for the perfect vacation off until the last possible day. \n"There have been a lot of students looking to get a vacation within the last week, but a lot of things are starting to book up," said Erika M. Funston, the Indiana Memorial Union's STA Travel branch manager. "A lot of people think that just flying to Florida last-minute is going to be reasonable when actually it's really high now. The days of going somewhere last-minute cheaply are kind of gone."\nFunston and AAA Travel Agency Branch Manager Linda Grimsley both said the most popular spring break locations are Florida and other southern U.S. coastal regions. Due to the large amount of students flocking to American beaches, alternative options, such as cruises and international locations, have also become popular.\n"Overall, cruises to the Caribbean have been really popular, along with trips to Aculpoco and the Bahamas," Funston said. "Most people don't hit those regions because they're more expensive, but during this season, a lot of kids have been going." \nWhile traditional warm-weathered spring break locations are already full, there are other travel possibilities still open to the last minute traveler. \n"If you're planning to go and get a flight at the last weekend of spring break, then that's fine, and we can definitely do something," Funston said. "If they're still planning to go to New York or Chicago, then we can definitely get something reasonable for them."\nHowever, all students haven't waited so long to plan their much-needed week off. Junior Stephanie Violette said she has been planning her trip for more than a month. \n"I'm going to Orlando (Fla.) to see my boyfriend, and I've planned the trip since early February," Violette said. "However, the price has actually gone up this year to fly down to Orlando, and that bothers me."\nBoth travel agents agree there are still vacation options open to last-minute travelers. However, they also warn people that simply driving down to a hotel in a southern location is something one should never do. \n"Call and make hotel reservations now -- don't try to make reservations when you get there because they won't have any room for you," Grimsley said. "Also, this weekend there's a NASCAR race in Atlanta, so people should expect long delays in that area if you're driving down to Florida."\nSome students may think the best parts of spring break are the beaches, blue skies and the lack of Indiana's fickle weather, but others simply like the "break." \n"The break from school is actually the nicest part of spring break," Violette said. "It's definitely not just traveling and the warm weather, especially with the stress the midterm tests brought last week." \n-- Contact senior writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(03/11/04 5:53am)
A violin was stolen from a secured locker in the Music Practice Building some time between 6 p.m. March 7 and 6:30 p.m. March 9. The theft, the second this week in the music school, left no signs of forced entry or keyed lock, according to an IU Police Department report.\nIUPD Lt. Jerry Minger said the police are still looking into the possibility of this theft being linked to the previous music school thefts. The value is still unknown.\nThe School of Music rented the violin to senior Yu Mi Ko in January. Ko said she first noticed the violin was missing from her locker Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. \nKo said she doesn't plan to bring any more valuable items to the music school anymore. \nWithin the last year, thefts at the Musical Arts Center and the IU School of Music include $1,000 in checks and cash from a lockbox, a $20,000 violin, a $5,000 violin bow, $5,400 of video equipment and cash stolen from the dean's desk of the music school. Most recently, an undisclosed amount of money was stolen from the Musical Arts Center March 9. \nMusic School Violin Professor Miriam Fried said he sympathizes with Ko because of the sentimental value of the instrument, in addition to its monetary value.\n"If my violin was stolen, it would be absolutely terrible," Fried said. "A violin is something you live with and learn to interact with." \nMinger said the instrument was stolen from a locker in the first floor lounge of the Music Practice Building adjacent to the main school building. \nFried said this theft is especially disheartening because most music school students and faculty thought the problem had already been solved.\n"I thought the security was pretty good," Fried said. "After the first theft, they changed all the locks on our doors, and I thought they were safe. However, what happened before was in locked rooms as opposed to a locker."\n-- Contact senior writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(03/10/04 6:05am)
Thirty-two years, one job, one employer, one year before retirement. \nWhile former IU Materials Management employee Barney Corder thought he was only one year away from receiving the proverbial golden watch, he received something else -- a pink slip.\n"I guess working here for 32 years doesn't count for anything anymore," he said.\nIn November 2003, Corder suffered a strained lower back while working as a truck driver for the Materials Management department. After his injury, Corder's duties were relegated to the Physical Plant, and he was put on workman's compensation because he could no longer lift items over 40 pounds.\nAfter working under workman's compensation for nearly two months, Corder was required to take a physical. According to Corder's Work Status Worksheet, Corder suffered from a lumbar and lower back strain while he was moving equipment for the University. Corder said after he was given his physical, he was simply told to apply for another job.\n"Those Human Resources people are about the coldest people I've ever met. No goodbye, no nothing. They just told me to pick up an application if I wanted another job with the University," Corder said. "I figured after I worked here for 32 years, I would get some sort of preferential treatment, but now I've got to fill out an application just like everyone else."\nWhile Corder claims his only problem was a bad back, Jim Mcauley, a manager for the University Printing Services, who served as Corder's boss, said he could also be unreliable at times on the job. \n"Sometimes he does his work," Mcauley said. "But he would get bent out of shape on something and just like to raise heck about it, and that's the biggest complaint that I had with him. At times, he can be likeable, and also, on some days, he's impossible to work with."\nDirector of Human Resources Maurice Smith said the University could not comment about Corder's situation because federal law prevents employers from speaking about individual situations.\nWhile Corder's family formerly subsisted on both the incomes of Corder and his wife, he has been forced to rely purely upon his wife's earnings and unemployment checks to take care of his family after his termination.\n"I've got a 5-year-old son, a wife and a mortgage just like everyone else," Corder said. "But now, I don't have a job, I don't have insurance and all I've got is unemployment."\nMcauley said Corder was fired because he could no longer perform his job tasks at the desired level. \n"I don't know if he was fired. It was medical," Mcauley said. "He could no longer do his job with the medical restrictions that were placed on him."\nDespite his recent money troubles and difficulty finding a new job, Corder is quick to say he does not hate the University. \n"I'm only angry at my department," Corder said. "They didn't want to accommodate me, and I think they looked at it as a chance to eliminate a guy that's costing them some money."\nWhile Corder is unhappy in his current position, he still wishes to thank some of his former co-workers.\n"I'd actually like to thank (IU Physical Plant Worker) Dave Hurst for helping me out," Corder said. "I did appreciate what he did, and I just want to thank all the guys I worked with during that time."\nRegardless as to whether Corder is rehired at IU or finds a job at another location, Corder said all of his thoughts will be with his family.\n"I've only been off for about a month, but I can see it's going to be tough," Corder said. "I thought maybe one day I could have sent my son to IU. \n"But now I don't know if I'm going to be able to."\n-- Contact senior writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.