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(12/10/08 5:22am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Bloomington: a drinking town with a football problem. And after another bad football season, students on campus should know the IU campus is anything but dry.But not everyone knows that on this dry campus there are places that are allowed to get moderately “wet.” The policy of alcohol not being allowed on campus is one that Dean of Students Dick McKaig said cannot be found in any University document.“Indiana University as a ‘dry campus’ is what you would call student terminology,” McKaig said. “That terminology is a catchy phrase and sells some T-shirts, but in reality it’s not the policy of the University.”IU students wear T-shirts mocking the idea of an alcohol-free campus, often using the term “dry campus,” when they gather before, for football games to tailgate. With much underage drinking occurring on campus, McKaig said Indiana state laws apply to tailgating areas.“Students who are underage who are possessing and consuming alcoholic beverages in that area can be cited,” McKaig said. “They would also be on University property at that time, so they would probably be cited for violating University regulations as well.”The Interfraternity Council came up with a way for of-age students to avoid violations when they made a proposal to McKaig in 2006 for a Bring Your Own Beer (BYOB) registered party. First the party must be registered by the fraternity chapter to the IFC, then by McKaig. BYOB parties would have an off-duty police officer – not affiliated with the IU Police Department – to supervise and check IDs.The IFC wanted to show the University that ignoring drinking in fraternity houses isn’t going to solve the problem, said Stephen Poremba, vice president of recruitment for IFC.Thom Simmons, assistant director of the IMU, said student organizations are allowed to hold private catered events where alcohol is present. The IMU is allowed to serve alcohol because of a hotel permit from the Indiana Alcohol Beverage Commission.“Is (alcohol) allowed anywhere in the Union? Based on our permit, yes, but based on our practice, no,” Simmons said. “What we’ve limited it to in practice is for alcoholic beverages to be served at basically private catered events. We card anyone that doesn’t appear to be of age.”McKaig said it is not uncommon for there to be alcohol in the IMU.“If you’ve been in the Indiana Memorial Union when somebody’s having a wedding reception, you might notice alcoholic beverages,” McKaig said, “or maybe you’ve been to a University dinner in the Tudor Room where alcoholic beverages have been served.”Steve Veldkamp, assistant dean of students and director of student activities, said the student code of conduct allows for the dean of students to give a permit to an organization to hold a social function where alcohol is present.Alcohol is also allowed in some apartments and in some campus dorms such as Willkie Quad. Director of Residential Operations Bob Weith said residents in some spots, such as Stemple in Ashton Center and select floors of Eigenmann Hall, are legally allowed to drink in their dorms if they are 21 or older.“One of the prohibitions is that residents are not supposed to be sharing their alcohol with folks who are not of legal age,” Weith said. Empty alcohol bottles are not allowed in the dorms either, Weith said.“Just this fall, we had approved a new residence hall policy that having empty alcohol containers is a violation for those who are underage,” Weith said. “It’s largely because we have historically had lots of empty containers like people stacking them up in their rooms, etc., like trophies. And it makes it very difficult for our staff members to enforce policy when they’re unsure about what has alcohol in them and what doesn’t.”
(12/09/08 4:19am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>For most students, Steve & Barry’s closing means they will no longer be able to buy discount IU attire on Kirkwood Avenue. But to alumnus Matt Kesten, it means he might never see a cent of the money owed to him.“My outlook is just that we’re never going to get paid – at all,” Kesten said.Kesten’s company, hoosierbeat.com, has yet to be paid for an order of T-shirts they sold to Steve & Barry’s in 2007.In 2005, Kesten came up with the idea of “Sampsonite” T-shirts after Kelvin Sampson was hired as IU men’s basketball coach.Kesten said Steve & Barry’s made two purchases from hoosierbeat.com. In February 2007, Steve & Barry’s first ordered about 400 “Sampsonite” T-shirts that they eventually paid 120 days later than expected, Kesten said. Steve & Barry’s then ordered about 2,700 “Sampsonite” T-shirts for about $13,000 in November 2007, Kesten said. He has yet to receive the money from the second purchase.“We produced all the apparel and never got paid a dime for any of it,” Kesten said.Steve & Barry’s filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection during the summer. The company did not return six phone calls made to its corporate office.Chapter 11 bankruptcy is mostly used to help a business reorganize, but a business can choose to liquidate if reorganization does not seem possible, said Joel Rubin, clinical associate professor of business law at the Kelley School of Business.Within Chapter 11 bankruptcy, there are two types of claims: secured and unsecured. Secured claims deal with a kind of security such as a loan to a bank. An unsecured claim is anything unsecured such as a vendor. Secured claims must be paid off before unsecured claims will be paid.“Since this guy is a vendor, he’d be an unsecure claim,” Rubin said.Kesten said hoosierbeat.com filed paperwork to receive a portion of their money when they found out Steve & Barry’s filed for bankruptcy. Steve & Barry’s sent them a letter promising to pay them two cents on the dollar for the money they owed.Tim Lemper, clinical associate professor of business law at the Kelley School of Business, said when a company files for bankruptcy, certain legal protections take place to protect a company from hiding or transferring money or assets to preferred people.“In some cases, even if the company has promised to pay Matt a certain amount, that’s subject to the court’s approval,” Lemper said. “There could be an issue here with the court and the bankruptcy order as to why the money hasn’t been paid.”Rubin said Steve & Barry’s has not broken any laws and situations like this happen all the time.“If you can’t pay your claims, you can’t pay your claims. That’s not a crime,” Rubin said. “It’s just bad business, and that’s the idea of bankruptcy.”Kesten said he believes his company will never get paid. He said he believes the management staff at Steve & Barry’s in Bloomington were good people.“It’s the corporate heads who concocted a ridiculous scheme,” Kesten said.
(12/03/08 4:56am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Even in a town that has long harbored an obsession with college sports, the slumping economy has taken its toll on the local Steve & Barry’s sports-apparel store. The Kirkwood staple is about to be yanked off the list of places to shop for IU apparel.The Bloomington Steve & Barry’s location announced it is going out of business after serving IU’s campus for years. The corporation will close all of its remaining 173 stores within the next five to seven weeks.Company representatives were not available for comment Tuesday.“I don’t know how they’re not staying in business because I feel like they make a lot of money,” said sophomore Bryant Donowitz. “It’s like the only store you can get Indiana clothes.”During the past decade, the chain has focused on expanding in malls and college campuses around the nation. Throughout the years, students have turned to Steve & Barry’s for its “high quality clothing at astonishing low prices,” according to its Web site.“All the other stores like adidas and Nike are so expensive,” said sophomore Matt Gillis. “I’m surprised because everything there is so cheap already.”The closing of these stores follows Steve & Barry’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in July. Chapter 11 bankruptcy means the company can restructure without shutting down entirely, but the company said in court last week that it was scrapping plans to do that.“Bankruptcy just means the corporation ran out of assets,” said associate law professor Christiana Ochoa.The amount of workers a company employs affects the degree of harm to a community, especially a college campus. But a college town like Bloomington will survive without an “icon” such as Steve & Barry’s because there are usually a number of replacements, Ochoa said.“I was surprised because I thought it did really good business, but I guess I was wrong,” said sophomore Andrea Kroeger. “I think it’s a place that a lot of parents and stuff go when they come up for games.”Bloomington’s Steve & Barry’s is one of seven in Indiana. With the declining economy, businesses throughout the state are continuing to hurt.“People are spending less money with the economy being down, so I’m not surprised,” said sophomore Jason Brodsky.Though the closing could mean a new business will move into the location, some students will be spending their money at alternative apparel stores.“I’ll turn to other stores that sell the same thing, but I do think it’s kind of weird that it’s not going to be here anymore,” Kroeger said.-The Associated Press contributed to this report.
(12/03/08 4:28am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The smell of peppermint fills the winter air. Holiday break is almost here. Finals and home-cooked food are drawing near.Fit for finals? No sweat, no fear.With the stress of finals, eating routines often do not contain the healthiest of choices. Heidi Titus, registered dietician for Residential Programs and Services recommends increasing serotonin, which is a “happy hormone,” by eating protein and carbohydrates. “I’ll probably get stressed out, but I’m not going to eat more,” said freshman Tanner Nassau. “I’ll try to stick to my usual eating routine.”Titus said many people claim certain foods will increase blood flow and memory. “That’s an old wives’ tale,” he said. “There is no ‘miracle food.’”While most students are frazzled during finals, some students are planning to stay fit. “I’m training for a marathon, so I’m doing more running than a lot of other people,” said sophomore Alex Drudge. “In training for our marathon, mainly my roommates and I run two times a week, for, like, two to three miles, and on the weekend we’ll run longer distances and progressively increase those distances.”Lifting weights, going for a run and exercising, along with healthy eating, helps some students stay fit during the stress of finals. “I’ll try to play sports and do stuff to try to get my mind off of it,” said freshman Chris Scott.Titus recommends getting up periodically to increase blood flow. Drudge said to spend extra time in the weight room instead of playing video games or watching TV.“Just balance your time and do as much exercise as you can without failing or getting behind,” Drudge said.
(11/21/08 4:53am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>As the seasons at IU change from almost winter to winter, students are busy switching over to winter gear and teachers are preparing their classes for final exams. Mike Girvin, manager of the campus division of the physical plant of IU and his crew are also getting ready for the first snowfall.“Right now we’re still heavily into leaf pickup,” Girvin said. “That’s an important part of early winter preparation, because if we don’t get a big chunk of leaves picked up on campus, they’ll end up on the streets.”He said these leaves then clog the storm drains, which eventually leads to icy spots on the road.The workers of campus division rake leaves eight hours a day, five days a week. Girvin said he rotates his workers between raking and other winter preparation tasks so they don’t get burned out on one job.“All the leaves we collect are taken out to the campus nursery and are composted,” Girvin said. “We use that after it breaks down as topsoil in our flower beds.”Changeover of equipment is also vital before the first major snowfall. The lawn mowers are being changed to broom units, which are mainly used on the sidewalks. Heaters are even attached to these units to give the crew some heat. Snow blowers are also used on the sidewalks for spots the broom units cannot reach, like steps.“We currently have about 25 percent of our fleet ready for snow,” Girvin said.Dump trucks are also being fitted with blades on the front and salt spreaders on the back.“I think that they do the best that they can,” said junior Julie Singer. “It’s hard to make sure that all of campus is safe and ice-free for the winter because it’s such a sprawling area.”Although there are the occasional spills on ice, Girvin and his crew are prepared for any ice Jack Frost brings IU’s way.“We ordered about 12 thousand pounds of ice melt,” Girvin said. “The crews do the wooden boardwalks down around the Jordan River or where they see ice forming. The entire crew is on call for any snow emergency, so once it starts snowing, we work pretty much continuously around the clock to make sure the campus is clear and open.”Girvin said when winter storms hit, his employees often spend the night and do not go home for two or even three days.“I’ve never had really early morning classes, so if it’s ever been snowy out, it’s already cleared out by the time I have to go anywhere,” Singer said. “There’s only so much people can do when there’s bad weather.”Preparing 2,100 acres of campus for winter will keep the workers busy in the upcoming weeks.“I have a really good group,” Girvin said. “They’ve been here doing this a long time. They take a lot of pride in how IU looks.”
(11/18/08 3:26am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Holidays: times for drinking hot cocoa, putting up decorations, building snowmen, attending religious ceremonies, spending time with family and stressing over presents. This holiday season, however, consumers are searching for stores that will stretch their dollars. That’s good news for area thrift shops, which are experiencing an increase in sales. Cindy Graham, vice resident of marketing for Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana said the sales for the 38 area Goodwill retail stores are up 3 percent for October.“(That) doesn’t sound like a lot, but most retailers aren’t seeing an increase. They’re seeing a decrease,” Graham said. “The economy is bringing in some new shoppers because it makes sense to stretch your retail dollar where you can.”The Manchester, New Hampshire-based American Research Group predicts that only 14 percent of shoppers will pay full price for gifts this holiday season.Jonathan Fitzgerald, lieutenant of Bloomington’s Salvation Army, said store sales from last month are higher than in past years.“The stores sales were higher in the last two months,” Fitzgerald said. “Also we’ve been the administrators here for only six months. It could be just a different emphasis or it could be the economy.”The increases at Goodwill and Salvation Army should brighten Fitzgerald’s and Graham’s holiday smiles. However, because the inventory at those stores comes from donations, Graham said she’s worried that the lackluster economy could affect future product drop-offs. “What we don’t know is if consumers buy fewer new goods, if down the road that means they’ll have less used goods to give to us,” Graham said. “That’s not saying we don’t need donations. We always do. That’s how we fill the retail stores.”With year-end tax-deductions on the mind, Graham said the week before Christmas and New Years is always a busy one.In a survey done by the National Retail Federation, 69 percent of consumers said they planned to do their holiday shopping at discount stores. Fitzgerald said he believes the Salvation Army’s sales spike reflects the current economic challenges. “If people have to choose between buying at a cheaper thrift store versus buying what they traditionally might have bought at Wal-Mart, then they come to our thrift store,” he said, “because of the cheaper prices and because they don’t have the income to support maybe what they were doing previously.”
(11/17/08 3:01am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>In the past 100 years, IU has established six schools, including the School of Education, which is marking its 100th anniversary through Thursday with symposium events.“We started with four professors and 189 students,” said Dean of the School of Education Gerardo Gonzalez. “We have evolved into a school that graduates about a third of the teachers for Indiana schools, a school with international reach. We have graduates of our program throughout the world. We have faculty that have come here as visiting scholars.”For the past 10 years, U.S. News and World Report has ranked the graduate program at the IU School of Education among the top 20 schools nationally. More than 2,000 students are enrolled in the School of Education this fall, Gonzalez said.“At IUPUI, which is also part of the core campus schools of Indiana University, we have about 1,600 students. On both campuses, 3,719 students, and that doesn’t include the students who are attending the educational programs at the six regional campuses of IU.”The symposium will include two speakers, Deborah Meier and Jonathan Kozol. Meier’s ideas have influenced other area schools such as Bloomington’s Harmony School. Jeremy Bazur, a third- and fourth-grade teacher at Harmony, said Meier’s reaction to “No Child Left Behind” and her feeling that standardized testing underserves the community’s children are views that Harmony shares and feelings that the School of Education has recently recognized.“The School of Education bringing Debbie in says something about what they stand for and where they’re coming from,” Bazur said. “The School of Education’s job isn’t to just teach you one way of looking at things. It’s to look at all these different perspectives, and you’ve got to decide where you fall into all these things.”Kozol, an educational writer and activist, has written several provocative books, some of which are read in the School of Education’s classes. Having two great figures of progressive ideas in education at IU is encouraging, said Kate Minelli, a new teacher at Harmony and graduate of the School of Education last May.“I know we’re one of the top Schools of Education in the nation,” Minelli said. “The fact that the two of them are coming together at IU will hopefully influence our School of Education to have more of a focus on progressive education and reforming education around the nation.”The teachers from IU who find out about Harmony have read Meier’s works in the School of Education classes, said executive director of Harmony Steve Bonchek.“It’s helped us attract teachers from Bloomington from IU’s School of Education because they recognize that similarity in practice and philosophy,” Bonchek said.Throughout its 100-year history, the School of Education has grown into one of excellence, Gonzalez said.“That’s really what we’re celebrating during the centennial celebration,” Gonzalez said, “the great traditions of academic excellence that the School of Education has developed over the last 100 years.”
(11/14/08 4:50am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>L is for living in multiple foreign countries.O is for operating missions undercover in Russia and Greece.V is very, very extraordinary.E is even more delegates to explore.But love was made for Jan and Gene.Jan and Gene Coyle met at IU in the 1970s. Within seven weeks of their first date, they were engaged. They were married at Beck Chapel and have had a life of missions and undercover investigations ever since. Gene Coyle joined the CIA in 1976, and Jan Coyle joined 10 years later. The tandem couple posed as boyfriend and girlfriend and as an engaged couple throughout their espionage missions in Russia, New Zealand and Greece.“Whenever we went out to do an operational act, we had to do a three- to four-hour detection route to make sure we weren’t being followed,” Jan Coyle said. “If we were being followed, we would have to abort the mission. Literally only one act in Moscow did Gene do it by himself. We operated as a couple undercover.”Throughout their many years in the CIA, they lived in numerous cities, became accustomed to the local food and completed many successful missions. Unlike what Hollywood productions portray, Gene Coyle said his life does not include women constantly throwing themselves at him.“Contrary to the James Bond movies where there’s always some gorgeous woman trying to seduce him, the closest that ever came was (when) I was down in Keshinyon Negova and (we) were in the hard currency bar,” Gene Coyle said. A gorgeous woman walked in and invited him up to her room for imported chocolate and vodka. Gene Coyle told her he didn’t like chocolate.“I wrote this up to a telegram back to CIA headquarters, and for many months thereafter I was known as Gene ‘I-don’t-like-chocolate’ Coyle,” he said.After working for the CIA for 30 years, the couple has retired and now resides in Bloomington where Gene Coyle teaches on campus.“(Gene’s) going to be teaching a Russian spy detective course, a two-credit-hour, second-eight-weeks course,” said Shelley Scott, administrator for the Slavic Language and Literature Department. “He’s doing that to help promote the interest in Russian because it’s a challenging language, but there are a lot of career opportunities. He says that it has served him well.”Along with being the recipient of the CIA Intelligence Medal of Honor, Gene Coyle is the author of “The Dream Merchant of Lisbon,” a spy novel. He is currently working on a second novel. He has also taught classes such as “The Role of Intelligence During Wartime” and “The American Intelligence Community.“He’s wonderful at recruiting and getting people interested in the language,” Scott said.
(11/11/08 5:19am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Real leaders may be ordinary people with extraordinary determination, but everyone has to start somewhere.As the economy declines, experts say it’s now more important than ever to master the art of the schmooze.“The main thing is you need to completely convert your thought process and learn to enjoy the (networking) process,” said David Haeberle, a clinical assistant professor of investment banking and entrepreneurial finance. “That’s the way networking in life is.”Job fairs and meeting new people can be nerve-wracking, especially for those who are shy. But even quiet students need to find a way to connect with recruiters, Haeberle said.“There should be no difference meeting new people at a party or meeting new people at a career fair,” he said. “Meeting that person doesn’t do any damage; it’s not like they can do anything to you. The fear factor needs to be getting over.”But not all people agree.Jacqueline Whitmore, etiquette expert and author of “Business Class: Etiquette Essentials for Success at Work,” said being shy is not a problem for students who are trying to build a network. Shy students should be able to go up to a potential employer with a firm handshake and great eye contact, just like extroverted students.“If you’re shy, show the employers that you’re very bright, you’re energetic, you’re eager to work, you’re interested in their company,” Whitmore said. “You just have to realize that you are selling yourself. Employers will look at your ability to do that.”Whether a student is a social butterfly or a quiet mouse, the animal within them must find a balance of qualities.A student’s personality and knowledge of the company are what it takes to land an interview, Haeberle said.“If I’m going to hire somebody, I want to interview somebody that I’m going to enjoy, somebody I can work next to,” he said. “It’s got to be an honest effort to build a personal relationship and to establish that relationship with people that you’re networking with. If it comes across that you’re sucking up or schmoozing just to get to the next level, you’ve failed.”Making a first impression is key, too.Employers will take note of what potential employees wear, Whitmore said.She recommends that men go out and buy a new dress suit; women should wear a jacket to cover their arms, she said. Subdued colors such as black, gray, blue or tan generally work best.“Something that is very professional, tailored, makes you look your absolute best,” she said. “First impressions are worth a thousand words.”Students should also be armed with a crisp, error-free version of their resume, Whitmore said. (Don’t have one? That’s no excuse: Whitmore says students should never say, “I’m working on one.”)For an extra dose of professionalism, she also recommends that students carry multiple copies of their resume in a leather-bound folder.“Your accessories are a reflection on you,” she said.Other tips: Arrive as early as possible to a job fair and do research to show an understanding of the company’s business and challenges, she said.“Never, ever, ever go to a job fair and ask an employer, ‘Tell me about your company,’” she said. “That is the kiss of death. They assume you have not done your research, and they will just go ahead and write you off the list right then and there.”All leaders in the business world had to begin somewhere, Haeberle said. Networking is just the first step in landing an eventual job.“Enjoy the process and enjoy meeting new people,” he said. “That’s what it’s going to take.”
(11/07/08 4:55am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Little boys want hot rods. Teenage boys want girls. And rock ’n’ roll boys ... they want only the need to breathe.Scaling the Adult Rock charts with the hit single “More Time” from its current album “The Heat,” NEEDTOBREATHE is performing tonight along with Third Day at the IU Auditorium.“From what I’ve heard from the students that I interact with, they are very excited for them to come,” said Maria Talbert, events manager for the IU Auditorium.NEEDTOBREATHE, a self-claimed rock ’n’ roll band, has had numerous songs in big-name TV shows, such as “Oprah’s Big Give” and “The Hills.” The band’s hit single was featured in the award-winning romance “P.S. I Love You.”“We’re just trying to write honest music and make it as good as we can,” said founding member and drummer Joe Stillwell.IU is one of 12 stops on the tour. From catering food to stage setup, the Auditorium is handling much of the event, Talbert said.“Everywhere we go, we try and find some nice local places to get some good food,” Stillwell said. “And I’ve heard some good things about Bloomington, so I’m pretty pumped.”For these artists, music is life.“We’ve been together for about eight or nine years now,” Stillwell said. “We started when the lead singer and I were freshmen in college in South Carolina and have been going strong ever since then.”But NEEDTOBREATHE goes deeper than finding great food or college friendships. Its name came from a story Stillwell once heard.“Socrates is teaching his students beside a pond, and one of his students asks, ‘Teacher, how do I know when I’m really seeking after my purpose in life?’ and he doesn’t answer him. He just gets up and walks over to him, and he grabs him and holds his head underwater,” Stillwell said. “He just keeps holding him down for a while until he’s on the verge on drowning, then he lets him back up and he’s gasping for air. And he says, ‘When you need that purpose as much as you need to breathe, that’s when you know that you’re really seeking it.’”Stillwell promises a good time for audience members.“It’s not just playing songs straight from the record,” he said. “We change things up and respond to the audience.”Third Day / NEEDTOBREATHE When: 7:30 FridayWhere: IU AuditoriumMore Info: Show tickets start at $28.50 for the general public. There is a group price of $23.50 per ticket for groups of 10 or more.
(11/06/08 4:34am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>It’s a basketball gym. It’s an exercise facility. It’s a ... school?The untold story of the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation is waiting to be captured on film. Between now and the end of November, undergraduates and graduates of the IU-Bloomington campus are eligible to submit videos on the “Real HPER.” The videos, which must be submitted by 5 p.m. Nov. 25, can be no longer than three minutes.“The focus is on the School of HPER, and the idea is that HPER is not a gym. It’s a school,” said Debra Kent, executive director for the School of HPER. “What people don’t realize is we’re the third largest school on campus.”There are 2,022 undergraduate and 363 graduate students involved in HPER programs.For senior sports broadcasting major Alexis Hosier, the school of HPER is the perfect fit.“It’s a really good school on campus,” Hosier said. “I would encourage anyone to pick a major in there because it’s fun, you learn a lot and the advisers are just unbelievably helpful. I love it. I’m glad to be graduating from there.”Hosier is planning on creating a video for the contest. She figured the contest will be good experience for her major.“Everyone that thinks of the School of HPER thinks it’s a joke – that the kids don’t have hard academics – but there’s really tough programs,” Hosier said. “I want to show that there are really hard programs. It really is an academic school on this campus.”The contest was created to spread awareness of HPER as an academic school as well as a recreation center.“HPER is overlooked in terms of its school,” said Tian Ming, coordinator of the contest. “We want to have a different look of the school.”Videos should highlight the scholastic emphasis in the School of HPER and will also be judged on the ability to convey the story of HPER.“The videos will be judged more for their creativity and fun and more for the message that HPER is more than a gym,” Ming said. “I think the content is more important.”Hosier is keeping her eye on the prize while trying to portray her school properly.“Yeah, you can take volleyball and racquetball there, but you can also take physiology,” Hosier said. “(The video) will show the harder things and the easier things and the fun things in the school of HPER.”
(11/05/08 7:40pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>When Mike Huckabee was in college, he used to take a popcorn popper – because that was the only thing he was allowed to have in his dorm – and fry squirrels in it.Not a recommended experiment. Not a likely college story, from an unlikely presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee.When students step in to vote today, Huckabee’s name will not appear on the ballot. However, the American public can still vote for him through a write-in ballot.For senior Timothy Wallace, this not-so-typical candidate was once his choice.“A year ago in January, I started campaigning for Huckabee – just a few things around campus and around the country,” Wallace said.Those few things include being the state chairman for Indiana Federation of College Republicans that controlled the 26 chapters throughout Indiana and trips to Iowa to help with Huckabee’s campaign. However, since Huckabee lost the primary nomination, Wallace’s vote has changed.“I realized while it was good to stand up for my beliefs, it’s not exactly going to do anything because he is obviously not going to win. So what my vote is actually doing is just giving Obama a vote because most of the people who would have been voting for Huckabee will now be voting for McCain,” Wallace said. “Whether or not I’m voting for Obama doesn’t matter, but if I’m going to vote for Huckabee, I may as well be voting for Obama.”For some presidential candidate hopefuls, their supporters are sticking to their man, whether there is a chance or not. They are voting with their choice of a write-in ballot.“A write-in, first and foremost, is a candidate who in Indiana has filled out what is actually like a three- or four-page form and provide the necessary identification to be eligible for election within the Indiana general election,” said sophomore Barry Donnelly, who plans to vote for Ralph Nader. “They are very important because they allow candidates who don’t have the kind of resources and pretty much government favoritism that is given to the two parties.”The only way a person can vote on a write-in ballot is if they register previous to Election Day with their intent to vote with a write-in.“Using the write-in, I think, is good to do, but it’s sad that you have to do it that way. I think it should be easier to get on the ballot, and it should be easier for more people to be there,” said senior Andrew Sharp, who plans to vote for Ron Paul.On rare occasions, voters will vote for a candidate who is not even eligible for a write-in. The Monroe County election board said they handle these cases by not counting the vote.“How a person votes or how they don’t choose to vote is totally up to them,” said Jessica Sears, a member of the Monroe County election board. “If they want to throw away their vote on a candidate that is not a declared write-in then that’s their right.”But not all students who aren’t voting for McCain or Obama thinks they are throwing away their right to vote.Sophomore and Hillary Clinton supporter Laura Robinson said she believes she is still an involved citizen even though she will not be voting for president.“After working on the Hillary Clinton campaign for several months, the flaws in Obama’s campaign became really obvious, and I have a hard time voting for somebody when I know he is not the best person for the job,” Robinson said. “I wouldn’t say I’m throwing away my right to vote, because I’m still following the governor race and the senators and representatives.”Although Huckabee is not the typical candidate and a write-in is not the typical way to vote, many Americans still exercise this right.Wallace will not be voting as a write-in, but he will not be throwing his right to vote away either.“I was actually able to find a candidate that I did agree with on pretty much anything,” Wallace said. “It’s important to find someone you can agree with on most of the things – a candidate who has a chance of winning who is actually going to win as a opposed to one you agree with fully but just doesn’t have a chance. I have decided on a candidate, and I will be voting.”
(10/31/08 3:05am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>In a few weeks, Americans will wait endless hours in line for holiday sales.However, a handful of Americans will not step foot in a voting booth on Tuesday because the lines will be “too long,” said junior Alexa Lopez, membership director for IU College Democrats.Some IU students believe all Americans need to get through the wait is a little comedy.“We just really, really want to get everybody to early vote,” Lopez said. “We can tell people as much as we want and give people fliers, but I feel like if we get some kind of entertainment, something that catches people’s attention, it will incline people to go with us.”The entertainment will be a political satire about Barack Obama by freshman Ben Bizuneh, a stand-up comedian who recently won open-mic night at Funny Bone for his “Obamedy” act.“I am a big political junkie, and I watch MSNBC, CNN, all that,” Bizuneh said. “My brother told me I did a pretty good impression, so I started writing stand-up for it.”Bizuneh will put on his act starting at 1:30 p.m. Friday in front of the Sample Gates. His 30 minute act will be about Obama’s hesitation to choose a position and what Obama should have done at the debate, among other things.“Obamedy” is just the start of the political fun, said junior AnnElyse Gibbons, who is coordinating a march following the performance.Participants will start marching down Kirkwood Avenue at 2 p.m. to the Curry Building, where early voting will take place, Gibbons said. All supporters are welcome.Gibbons said she is hoping “Obamedy” draws a crowd of people to help get voters to vote early, because lines on Election Day are expected to be extremely long.“Anyone that shows up can come and early vote with us,” Gibbons said. “We would never turn anyone away, although Students for Obama is hosting it, and we will be walking with Barack Obama signs as well as Baron Hill and Jill Long Thompson signs. So if they are OK with that, then they can come and walk, too.”Bizuneh said he believes anyone who has not voted early should definitely come out.“If they also want to laugh and be entertained before they go, they should come and check it out because they will hear one of the best Obama impressions ever,” Bizuneh said. “I’m told by people it’s much better than the Saturday Night Live guy.”
(10/31/08 3:02am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>About 2,000 students will learn about EXCEL over the next eight weeks in K201, the Kelley School of Business’ “The Computer in Business” class.However, no spreadsheet will compare to the experience that Expanding and Creating Excellent Leaders will give.The name EXCEL is more than the software used by the business world today. It is also the name of a conference geared toward graduate and undergraduate students.The fifth annual conference, scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at the Kelley School of Business, offers workshops from leaders in the business market. The conference’s goal, as the keynote speech will address, is to encourage students to become socially responsible leaders, said Kenton McDonald, EXCEL conference chairperson.“We’re looking at alternative energies and looking at developing leaders who will help out the environment,” McDonald said. “(We’re) looking at developing social involvement, developing students socially, professionally and for the community as well.”Among the speakers will be Mike Whittier, business developer for BloomEnergy.Whittier, who will be a panelist with two other speakers during his session, will talk about alternative energy. Although many people only think of solar and wind energy, there is new, little-known technology.“I’m going to be speaking about fuel cells in the marketplace,” Whittier said. “What they are, how they work, the different types of fuel cells that exist. I want to bring the students up to speed about some of the new emerging technologies that are out there.”On the other hand, Louis Maldonado, the client director for the marketing agency, D Exposito & Partners, will revolve his workshop around emerging domestic markets. There are key things he hopes students take away from his section of the conference.Maldonado said students need “to be cognizant of these markets, the fact that they do exist and they aid business opportunity that lies within them.”Other topics will be covered during the EXCEL conference – from gas prices to the recent crashes on Wall Street – McDonald said.Maldonado said students need to “know that there are potential opportunities, when they actually start their careers, to be reliable and ethical consumers, particularly youth and young adults, are rapidly growing in number and influence.”
(10/27/08 2:47am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Throughout the past 40 years, the Groups Student Support program has evolved, providing a helping hand to students whose college careers were uncertain because of finances, disabilities or family background.GSS has been helping underprivileged students on campus since 1968. Serving about 10,000 students, past Groups members gathered together at the Indiana Memorial Union to celebrate 40 years of the program on Saturday.“We’re celebrating 40 years of our existence, and we’re talking 40 years of helping first-generation, low-income students attend Indiana University,” said Director of GSS Janice Wiggins. “We’re proud of what we’re doing. A college experience is where it all begins.”GSS enables disadvantaged students who, without assistance of GSS, would be unable to pay for college. Students who are told about GSS or recommended by their school counselor can apply to become a member. This application, if accepted, can change a life, members said.Tracie Greer, a Group ’93 member, said without GSS she would never have gone to college. “My mother actually said to me ‘Why do you want to go to college? Why don’t you just get a good job at a factory?’ because in her mind, that was what was good,” Greer said. “But I didn’t want a job at a factory. When I had the opportunity to go to school, I went to school. I’m glad I went.”GSS plants the seeds and then watches students grow. Students of the GSS program meet some specific requirements. A new GSS student must attend a summer orientation program in which they take a few classes to help them adjust to college life, and he or she must keep a certain grade point average in order to maintain their place in the GSS program.Dennis Hayes, CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said at the celebration that he believes throughout the past 40 years GSS has provided a continuing mark of excellence and equality.“(GSS) has done so much, for so many, for so long, for so little,” Hayes said during his speech. “We are evolving through the best of times and the worst of times.”A member of Group ’69, Hayes has become an accomplished individual since joining the GSS Program. Many of the GSS participants have become doctors, educators, lawyers, reverends, politicians and businessmen.Hayes spoke about his first impressions of IU – GSS support that embraces every aspect of the community and the changes in the black community throughout history.“Other volunteers took on the fight to ensure that the ‘we’ in the Constitution would include all people across racial, ethnic and gender lines,” he said. “There’s a popular story that we all know, and it puts our humanity into context and reminds us how we are not called upon to lead perfectly, but that we are called to a perfect mission. In the end we all need each other to succeed.”
(10/23/08 2:15am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Music is more than notes on a page or the beat of a techno song. It’s more than playing air guitar or rocking out on stage. Music is a way of life, a medicine for all ages.Music therapist Jonni Fogerty, who specializes in helping children and adults with developmental disabilities, opened a private practice in town. Fogerty is the only active music therapist in the area.“By starting my private practice, I have brought music therapy to the people here in this area who were otherwise not able to receive music therapy services,” Fogerty said.Each client’s therapy is different and suited to their needs, Fogerty said.“When I meet with a new client, I do a music therapy assessment of their strengths and their needs, and then I develop a treatment plan to work with them,” Fogerty said. “When I implement that treatment plan, it may be just listening to music and discussing its lyrics or listening as relaxation, developing different relaxation techniques.”Fogerty completed the requirements to become a music therapist, including becoming a board-certified music therapist and completing a four-year degree at a college approved by the American Music Therapy Association and accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. She also completed the required 1,040 hour internship at an accredited health care or education facility. To keep her certification, Fogerty is required to fulfill continuing education requirements.“It’s quite challenging to develop music skills in that wide range, and it’s also difficult to develop therapy skills at the same time,” Fogerty said.Although music therapy is offered as a degree at four colleges in Indiana, music therapy is not available at IU-Bloomington. IU-Purdue University Indianapolis and IU-Purdue University Fort Wayne have music therapy programs.IU sophomore and trombone performance major Broc Power thinks this should change.“I’d want to learn more about it,” Power said. “It just seems like a topic that needs to be understood more. There needs to be a more scholastic approach to it. When you’re having a bad day, you go home and listen to music to feel better. It helps with depression and stuff like that.”Mary Wylie, chair of the Music Therapy Department at the University of Evansville, believes music therapy is a tough job, but the future is looking bright.“We’re constantly working,” Wylie said. “We have music from around the world and from all kinds of different styles throughout history to work with, but we also have to be familiar with that music because we’re going to use it for the benefit of our clients.”Music therapy is not only growing in America but expanding globally.“There are groupings of music therapists in different parts of the country,” Wylie said. “For example, in Texas and Michigan, therapists work in the correction facilities. (They work in) schools, throughout the United States. There are music therapists in Europe, South America and Asia.”Through her private practice and working with Medicaid waiver program in Indiana, Fogerty is bringing music therapy to Bloomington to increase the rehabilitation services to Monroe County residents.“Bloomington is a very cultural community and very supportive of the arts,” Fogerty said. “Music therapy is adding value to the community by helping to ensure that everyone is able to benefit from the arts, including people with disabilities.”
(10/17/08 3:11am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Go out and howl at the moon ... Hoosier style.New to this year’s Homecoming line-up is the Howl at the Moon Midnight Madness Bash on Friday.“The Midnight Madness Bash is basically the kick-off to Homecoming,” said Alyse Vail, vice president of special events for the Student Alumni Association. “It’s to allow students to just come have fun and listen to a band. There’s going to be a bunch of inflatable games to play. There’s also going to be promotions there the rest of the week just to get people aware of the different days of the week and what’s going on during the week of Homecoming.”The event kicks off at 7 p.m. at Hoosier Village behind the DeVault Alumni Center at 1000 East 17th St. and plays until the start of Hoosier Hysteria, an open basketball practice at Assembly Hall. SAA is teaming up with Union Board to promote the Madness Bash.“We’re working with SAA to help with the entertainment,” said Brian Holthouse, director of Union Board’s Spirits and Traditions. “We’re helping to provide True Story, a local band that has been featured with various Live from Bloomington events.”The band, free food, games and prizes will be there to bring in Hoosier spirit before the court at Assembly Hall lights up. SAA and the Union Board will be working together on various other activities throughout Homecoming week.“We always partner with SAA on the bonfire. It’s a really cool thing that we do every year, and we’ve developed a great relationship with them,” said Union Board’s President Liz Retana. “I consider SAA and Union Board two of the most involved organizations on campus, and I think our partnership is huge for the IU community. We both have the same goal in the end and that’s for students, and I think through a collaboration is a great way to do it.”The theme for this year’s Homecoming, “Field of Dreams,” ties into more than just the Howl at the Moon event. What sets this event apart from others is this bash celebrates a part of IU that is more than a field of dreams, but a court of championships and traditions, organizers said.“Instead of the focus being on the culmination up to the football game, it’s more to celebrate the kick-off of the basketball season ... to kick off Homecoming,” SAA President Lindsey Livingston said. “It’s basically a big party behind the Alumni Center.”
(10/15/08 2:33am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>An apple a day might keep the doctor away, but not the governor.Gov. Mitch Daniels will visit IU today to convene his annual summit. The purpose of this year’s summit is to provide awareness on the health of the children of Indiana. “We cannot expect the schools by themselves all alone to improve the health of the student, especially given the enormous education task that they have before them,” said Lloyd Kolbe, a professor of applied health science. “There are just so many organizations now on the national level that are working to make it easier for teachers to improve the health of young people.”The 2008 Indiana Health Summit, part of INShape Indiana, will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Indiana Memorial Union. Howell Wechsler, the director of the Division of Adolescent and School Health at the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as Gene Carter, director for the Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, will present. Wechsler said he plans to talk about nutrition as well as the national resources that can help develop school health programs in Indiana. “We’ve identified six key risk behaviors for young people that are critical to address,” Wechsler said. “Those areas are physical activity, nutrition – what they eat – tobacco use, alcohol and drug use, sexual risk behaviors and the last one is a broad area called injury prevention that deals with unintentional injury prevention, safety-related things. It also deals with violence and suicide prevention. Those are the most critical areas that threaten the health of our young people.”The summit will allow people to find information about resources, to talk with others and to give support. “If children are hungry or depressed, if they are ill or suffering from any type of disease, if they simply aren’t healthy, they don’t learn as well as those who don’t suffer from those problems,” Kolbe said.Daniels’ summit takes place at a different university each year. Although the attendees will have registered to attend the summit, Kolbe said all IU-Bloomington faculty and students are welcome for free. Robert Goodman, dean of the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, said he expects a large turnout. “It’s our turn to bring it to the Bloomington campus this year, and of course we’re very thrilled it’s coming here,” Goodman said. “The reason the school of HPER is invested in doing this is because our mission is to advocate and help in any way we can to assure that Hoosiers are experiencing less disease.”Wechsler said he will discuss how the health of Indiana children compares to the children of the nation. “Indiana is kind of in the middle,” Wechsler said. “It’s not particularly higher than most states; it’s not particularly lower than most states. Congratulations to the government of Indiana for really focusing on the attention on the role that schools play in providing the health of young people. Leaders in education have come to realize that you can’t ‘leave no child behind’ unless you’re addressing the health barriers to their academic performance.”
(10/13/08 2:58am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The IU Kelley School of Business was recently ranked as the top business school for “Best Classroom Experience” by the Princeton Review.Based on 19,000 students from 296 business schools, the Princeton Review assembled these rankings of top honors.“The Princeton Review is one of the most thoughtful approaches to ranking programs because of the questions they ask,” said Jim Wahlen, chairman of Kelley’s MBA program, “They ask the questions directly of the students in the programs. So they’re not trying to say ‘OK, overall the best program is Harvard or Stanford or Indiana.’ They’re saying ‘No, from a classroom experience perspective, the students who’ve experienced the classroom rank Kelley’s best, from a family’s perspective, from a facility’s perspective.’”The school also ranked third in “Most Family Friendly” and fourth for “Best Campus Facilities.”Kelley’s accolades do not stop just at top-notch classroom experience, but professors as well. Kelley’s Master of Business Administration program ranked second in “Best Professors.”“We have authors of the top-selling academic textbooks, we have tremendous researchers,” said Chip Snively, a senior lecturer in finance. “I’d like to certainly see that our peers are a No. 1 ranking type of faculty but No. 2 is a very good recognition of the product we produce out of here.”Although the Princeton Review self-selects, Snively said he believes this survey is an accurate description of rankings. Snively said each publication ranks differently, and Kelley does not rely on one heavily over the other.“The things we strive for are quality education, good recognition for the students,” Snively said. “I think the one thing that you see is our rankings don’t fluctuate tremendously. You’ll see some schools that jump into the top 10 and then you won’t see them in the top 50 two years later, so consistent rankings are certainly something I think we’re most proud of, and they’re high rankings in general.”These high ratings by the Princeton Review have been high for the past three or four years, Wahlen said. “We have faculty that have actually been around the business world that bring real-life experiences,” said junior Mike Rarey. “Their teaching methods are also current and applicable to the business world. So we get so many real-life situations that we can just pick right over to a position. It’s like we’re actually working toward a corporation that’s inside the classroom.”Because the rankings are considered accurate, they will be used in promoting IU’s business school to the nation and potential students, Wahlen said.“What we can influence and what we can do is run the very best program, and we do that for our students,” Wahlen said. “Now along the same lines, hopefully, the students who consider whether to come to Kelley for the MBA or not look most closely at what we do here as a program.”Overall, the business school is incredibly pleased with the rankings, Snively said. He believes a large amount of satisfaction is being derived from the classroom experience and the quality education they are receiving.“We produce a great product here, and it’s getting the recognition it deserves,” Snively said.
(10/10/08 2:09am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a ruling that child rape is a crime that does not merit the death penalty, and IU experts say the ruling narrows the scope of capital punishment. In the recent Supreme Court case of Kennedy v. Louisiana, the Court denied re-hearing the case involving the death penalty for a child rapist. On Oct. 1, the Supreme Court amended but held its initial decision on the case. Indiana is among the more than 40 states that do not have laws extending the death penalty to child rape cases.Jody Madeira, associate professor at the IU School of Law, said this lack of law might have played a role in the Court’s decision.“There are two open questions going into the Supreme Court’s hearing of Kennedy v. Louisiana,” Madeira said. “In its decision, they basically said there is not enough of a nation-wide consensus to authorize the death penalty for child rape. The majority of states that have the death penalty do not have books authorizing execution for child rapists in their state statutes.” In 1998, defendant Patrick Kennedy was convicted of raping his 8-year-old stepdaughter.Initially, Kennedy’s lawyers appealed to the Louisiana Supreme Court, which struck down the appeal, ruling the death penalty was a suitable punishment in this case. The U.S. Supreme Court did not agree.The Court not only considers laws on the books, but also public consensus, she said.“Public ire not withstanding is not enough to demonstrate public consensus,” Madeira said. “People are angry about the decision.”Many people, such as current law school student John Keele, said they agree with the court’s decision because they believe capital punishment is an unconstitutional act.“I felt the decision was correct out of the general principle I have that the death penalty is wrong,” Keele said. “I just object to the death penalty in general.”Despite some outrage with the Court’s decision, Madeira said there are some positive aspects of the ruling. She said the court noted in the original opinion that if capital punishment were to be upheld, rapists might have less incentive to keep the child victims alive.“The other thing is that if family members know that a relative is molesting a child they might not turn their relative in for fear that they will be setting them up for the death penalty,” Madeira said. “It facilitates reporting as well.”A case like this one would take consensus across the nation for the Supreme Court to revisit the issue and likely new judges to overturn the decision.For Michael Grossberg, a professor of history and adjunct professor of law at IU, the court’s ruling was not a surprise.“It seems to me the basic message of the case is that the courts have become more and more insistent that the death penalty only be used in cases that are clearly cruel that involved murder,” Grossberg said. “This case represented a case to get beyond that by including child rape and the courts said no to that. It strikes me as part of a trend in the court, to narrow the kinds of crimes and the kinds of individuals subject to the death penalty. The decision of the court would suggest that if a law like that were passed in Indiana it wouldn’t meet constitutional muster.”And even if the court had upheld the Louisiana Supreme Court’s decision, the death penalty might not have affected the numbers of criminals or victims.“Child rapists aren’t going to be deterred by punishment,” Keele said. “For child rapists, I don’t think they are going to take punishment into account.”