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(11/14/06 4:28am)
With Vietnamese folk music playing in the background, the bride and groom held hands atop the red curtain-draped stage as they received offerings of good luck from family and friends. After placing a pair of gold earrings on the bride, an act comparable to the Western tradition of exchanging rings, it became official -- the couple had just been married in a traditional Vietnamese wedding. \nAlthough the celebration was merely a skit, attendees of the IU Vietnamese Student Association's wedding celebration Friday night might have felt like they were witnessing the real deal. In any case, that was just what the organization wanted. \n"We like to promote Vietnamese culture and want other people to know what a rich culture it is," said junior Cassandra Tran, president of the Vietnamese Student Association. "We decided to do something different to showcase the culture through our food and traditions and show people what a real Vietnamese wedding would be like." \nLighthearted skits touched on all stages of a Vietnamese wedding, from the ceremonious proposal to the post-wedding banquet. After the wedding commenced, six girls in traditional Vietnamese garb performed a choreographed dance with lanterns.\n"We tried to think of the biggest celebrations people go through in a lifetime, and a wedding is certainly one of them," said sophomore Brandon Tran, the group's external vice president, who played the groom. "I don't know too much about the culture, so it's good for me to learn about it while spreading cultural diversity and awareness on campus." \nLocal families and members of Ohio State University's Vietnamese Student Association joined about 50 IU students and faculty members in the festivities. \n"We came down to see the culture show and see what we can learn and expand our own culture show that we have," said OSU junior Nancy Nguyen. "We also came to connect with IU's organization because we want to share cultural awareness with people beyond our campus, and hopefully they will come to our events." \nOther students less in tune with Vietnamese culture attended to get a taste of what a traditional wedding would be like.\n"I like learning about other cultures, and it sounded cool," said freshman Lauren Ashkenazy. "I didn't know what to expect when I came here, but it was different and definitely interesting." \nStudents prepared educational poster board displays illustrating various aspects of Vietnamese culture, and Chow Bar served traditional Vietnamese dishes. Vegetable Lo Mein, caramelized chicken wings, stir-fried beef with sesame sauce, black pepper pork, Vietnamese salad and sweet sticky rice were some of the foods those in attendance enjoyed. \nThe wedding, the organization's main cultural event of the year, was planned by the students and sponsored by the Asian Culture Center, IU Student Foundation and Residence Hall Association.
(11/13/06 5:37am)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Dissatisfied black student leaders at IU-Purdue University Indianapolis on Sunday night publicly rejected the administration's response to a list of demands the students gave the university last week.\nTwo weeks ago, black student leaders declared university policies, as well as certain faculty and staff, racist. The students threatened to sue the university if demands, including the introduction of a black culture center on campus, a major in African-American studies and $78,000 in funding for black organizations, were not met. Administrators responded to the demands by the set deadline, but the initiatives they outlined were deemed "unsatisfactory" by black student leaders.\n"They didn't properly outline a timeline to have all of their initiatives achieved, and they didn't address the issues of the cultural center or an African-American undergraduate studies degree or a definitive cultural initiative," said senior Dominic Dorsey, president of the IUPUI Black Student Union.\nAbout 40 Black Student Union members filed down the aisles with their fists proudly raised. During the presentation, students presented tear-filled testimonies, chronicling racism they had experienced on campus. Dorsey and other students who lead the forum cited specific instances that illustrated what they felt to be the exclusion of black student groups on campus.\n"There is $5 million allotted to student activity fees for the entire university, but black organizations are denied funding time and time again," Dorsey said. "Other organizations get funding for their events through the same loopholes that trip us up."\nDorsey and others claimed traditionally black greek organizations were not invited to participate in Campus Day, an event that promotes greek unity, despite a display board advertising the event that featured a picture of a black student wearing greek letters. \nTraditionally black greek organizations put on 130 days of educational programming a year, said senior Jocellyn Ford. \n"We don't see administrators at any of our educational functions, yet they are quick to go to the Union during one of our parties to make sure nothing's happening that's not supposed to be," Ford said. "We don't want to just be tolerated anymore; we want to be respected." \nThe student leaders concluded the forum with a speech titled "You Didn't Listen" and gave university officials until 5 p.m. Wednesday to adhere to the demands or face further action. \n"I think they want to be able to address it, but in all actuality, I'm skeptical. They don't have a really good track record at this point, but we'll see what happens," Dorsey said.\nUniversity officials are more confident a resolution both sides can agree on will come. \n"I am impressed with our students, and I am concerned about the experiences that they are having," said IUPUI Chancellor Charles Bantz. "I'm optimistic that we can work on moving forward to making IUPUI a better university for everyone, and the next step is to continue to communicate and respond. We will respond as fast as we can." \nDorsey said dissatisfied minority students are not going to file a lawsuit, but he said that option is still on the table. \n"Suing is one of many possible end results, but we're not trying to go about it in an ugly way," he said. "We are against IUPUI slipping things around the rug. We'll put that card if its necessary. Otherwise we are trying to be amicable and make sure all of our needs are met, and once we get to that point, we will be the one big happy diverse family they want us to be."\nStudents from IU-Bloomington's Black Student Union said they will continue to support their IUPUI counterparts. But because of the Black Student Union's Soul Food Dinner Sunday night, IUB black leaders did not attend the meeting. \n"We do support them in their efforts and I appreciate their activism, and I think it's going to go a long way," said D'Anna Wade, the organization's president.
(11/10/06 5:17am)
For students missing comforts and food from home, an evening at the Black Student Union's annual Soul Food dinner might just do the trick. \n"Every ethnic group has what it calls 'soul food,' which is food that brings back warm memories of family dinners," said Reggie Ingram, the publicity chair for the group. "The BSU will talk about where the concept of soul food came from and its tradition." \nEvent-goers will do more than just talk about the food; they will make it and eat it too. Students will prepare the meal themselves with the supervision of Ambrosia Catering, said the organization's president, D'Anna Wade. The menu will include chicken, honey ham, smoked turkey, homemade baked macaroni and cheese, sweet potatoes, corn, dressing, cakes, fruit salad, corn bread, tea and rolls. \n"This is an occasion to bring us all together to socialize in a comfortable environment with soul food," Wade said. "It's not based on anything in particular, but we are bringing the cultural tradition of eating soul food to the Bloomington campus." \nThe dinner will do more than just feed hungry mouths. All monetary proceeds will go to the Alvin Henry Memorial Scholarship, a fund named in honor of the former Black Student Union member and residential assistant who was killed in a car crash earlier this year. Attendees are also encouraged to bring canned goods to donate to the Hoosier Hills Food Bank, which will distribute the cans locally. \nAnyone can come to the event, Wade said, but it is mainly geared toward black students. It will be held Sunday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Grand Hall of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center. The cost for the event is $2 for Black Student Union members, $3 for nonmembers who bring at least one canned good and $4 for those without canned goods.
(11/10/06 5:13am)
After speculation of possible closure of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Library last May, IU officials and student leaders have now ruled out that option and are researching ways to improve the facility. \nConcerned students, faculty and staff met in two open forums to discuss the future of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Library Wednesday and Thursday. A panel of faculty serving as the advisory board for the library made a presentation to students and explored various routes of change to improve the library.\n"The two forums went very well," said Librarian for Reference Services, Undergraduate Library Services Mary Strow, who facilitated the open discussion. "I think we got a lot of good, creative, thoughtful responses, and now we have a real sense of what people say they want in the library, and we can go forward from there."\nThe most common feedback from students about the library was a desire for better technology and longer hours. Currently, the library is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, and it is closed on the weekend. Other students requested more African-American studies resources, such as books and DVDs. Some students reported they were satisfied with the current state of the library.\n"Because it collects materials on the black experience and the history of African-Americans, and because it's in the black culture center, it's an important intellectual space," Strow said. "Its important for retaining the expression of black culture. It's a very vital part of the whole dynamic." \nThe library, which boasts hundreds of volumes pertaining to African-American studies, is also used as a meeting place for groups and has a computer lab. Last spring a predominantly black group of students protested after administrators spoke of potentially closing the library due to low usage. Since then, IU and the NMBCC have been looking for ways to improve the library. Some options explored at the meeting were adding new programs or combining it with another library.\nTo brainstorm different options and elicit ideas from students and faculty, the library advisory board and the Black Student Union distributed surveys recently to more than 180 people.\nAnother issue discussed in the forum was the need to make more students on campus aware of the library so that the facility is used to its full potential. Including the center in campus tours would be an effective way of promoting the library, Black Student Union president D'Anna Wade said.\n"We are all looking forward to giving the library more attention so that people will know about it and use it," black culture center Director Oyibo Afoaku said. "I think it would be good if more of IU's publicity information would include the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center and the library." \nStudents and faculty who attended deemed the forums successful.\n"I'm excited with what they are doing to refurbish and revamp it and letting students on campus know about it," said senior De'Ondray Pope, a member of the Black Student Union and employee at the culture center. "I'm also very happy with their decision not to close the library and their efforts for what they want to do in the future."\nThe controversy surrounding the possibility of the library's closure is no longer an issue, and that idea has been ruled out, Strow said.\n"We still have a ways to go in deciding what exactly we are going to do with the library, but I'm really hopeful that we are going to get something good out of this," she said.\nThe faculty advisory board that presided over the forums will submit its proposals before Dec. 15 to the dean of libraries to be reviewed. The final decision about the future of the library will be announced sometime soon thereafter.
(11/09/06 8:59pm)
Toward the end of another lackluster psychology lecture, senior Kimberly Ranney grows anxious and glances at her phone to check the time. Only six more minutes until class is over, and then it's off to Kady's highly anticipated first basketball game of the season, she thinks to herself. After picking her up from school and walking her to the locker room at the gym, Ranney finds a good spot in the bleachers and chants "Go Kady!" as she makes her debut on the court. Anyone who didn't know the pair would think they were sisters by the way they interacted, but they aren't. Yet even though their connection isn't a biological one, Kimberly is Katie's big sister in the eyes of Big Brothers and Big Sisters. \nBig Brothers and Big Sisters and the Boys and Girls Club, which tied for second place in the Best of Bloomington poll in the category of Best Place to Volunteer, draw hundreds of IU students and members of the community to get involved in the lives of local children. Although they are two separate organizations, they have similar missions and sometimes work in collaboration with one another. \nBoth organizations are wildly popular within the Bloomington community. \n"Right now we have 569 volunteers that are matched with a child, 347 of those being IU students and professors," says Andrea Smith, Big Brothers Big Sisters director of operations. \nRanney decided she wanted to be a volunteer after her first job at Big Brothers Big Sisters, during which she performed simple tasks to help out in the office. She got connected with the organization to fulfill a volunteering requirement for a class. \n"I went through an interview process, and they picked two or three kids that they thought were the most compatible with me based on the kids' interviews and information," she says. "I worked with a case manager and we looked at each of the different girls and what sort of activities they liked to do, and I picked the girl I thought I'd work best with."\nBig Brothers Big Sisters has three different programs that volunteers can take part in. Ranney is part of the Community Big program, the most intensive of the three. "Bigs" can spend as much time as they'd like to with their "Littles" and can drive them to different places to do activities, pick them up from school, take them to sports practices and other things along those lines. The other programs are the School Bigs program, in which volunteers go to the child's school for a certain amount of time each week. The third option is the Club Bigs program, which intertwines Big Brothers and Big Sisters with the Boys and Girls Club. \n"Every Wednesday afternoon, I hang out with my Little, who I have been with for about a year now," senior Adam Waltz says. "For about an hour and a half, we hang out at the Boys and Girls Club, or take walks to Kirkwood or play in the park near the club."\nIn addition to student mentors, the Boys and Girls club offers various services to children in the Bloomington community. According to their Web site, they provide tutoring services, cooking classes and life skills classes, along with an arts-focused program that exposes kids to writing, art and photography. Their facility is equipped with computer labs and places for children to work on their homework. Exercise classes from cheerleading to Tae Bo are offered throughout the week as well. \nLike Ranney and Big Brothers Big Sisters, sophomore Paolo Balmaseda began to work at the Boys and Girls Club as part of a class assignment.\n"I started volunteering at the Boys and Girls club last semester when I took a class that required service work in the Bloomington Community," Balmaseda says. "When the semester was over, I decided to keep going there because I enjoyed it so much." \nRather than working directly with one child as volunteers at Big Brothers Big Sisters do, Boys and Girls club volunteers work with a number of children when they spend time at the club. \n"I help supervise the gym and play with the children in games as they come and go," he says. "During free time, I usually play with one to three kids and either shoot hoops or chase them around the gym." \nThe majority of the people that volunteer in both organizations work with children that are underprivileged and come from low-income families, Smith says. For many of them, the activities and programs they take part in during their time spent with either organization are things they would not normally be exposed to.\n"Two weeks ago my Little missed a Wednesday at the Boys and Girls Club because he was sick," says Walts. "The following week when I went to visit him he was really bummed that he hadn't been able to be there and spend time with me. He told me how sad he was to have missed just that one day and listed all the reasons why he liked spending time with me, and one of the main reasons was because he got to do fun stuff he doesn't usually get to do." \nNational studies have shown that the benefits of volunteer mentor programs for children are unmatched. Kids in these programs are 52 percent less likely to skip school, are more confident in their schoolwork and are more trusting in parents and other adults. They are also 27 percent less likely to start drinking alcohol and 46 percent less likely to start using drugs, Smith says.\nBut at the end of the day, it's not just the kids that enjoy the perks of these volunteer organizations.\n"Our volunteers love it so much, we often hear that they benefit more than the kids," Smith says. "Especially for IU students, it gives them an opportunity to do things in the community and we hear from a lot of students that it's a good release and fun way to get away from the stress of classes and working." \n"Going into this I was expecting to be a positive role model for these kids, by showing them that yeah, I go to college, they would want to be like me and want to go to college also," Walts says. "But I also did it to have fun, because this is a time where I can hang out with kids and sort of be a kid once again myself."\nBeyond an outlet to escape the pressures of schoolwork, volunteers enjoy working with these organizations because they see the results of the work they do every day. \n"One time when I was helping supervising children at the playground I had to take two kids back to the club and walk them across the street," Balmaseda says. "When we were about to cross, both of them just took my hands and walked with me. It just brought a good feeling when they held my hands. The kids know who I am and they listen to me, and I think the kids enjoy having an adult who plays with them"
(11/09/06 5:28am)
Last week, minority student leaders at IU-Purdue University Indianapolis threatened to sue the University if administrators did not meet a number of demands, including $78,000 for black student groups and an undergraduate degree in African-American studies. \nMembers of IU-Bloomington's Black Student Union said they agree with the move by their IUPUI counterparts.\n"We support what they are doing now, and I think the steps (IUPUI's black student leaders) are taking to address the concerns of minority students on their campus are good," said D'Anna Wade, IU's Black Student Union president. \nIUPUI's Black Student Union president, senior Dominic Dorsey, said in a letter to administrators that IUPUI was not meeting the needs of minority students. Though Dorsey was on the forefront of the campaign, he said the letter represented the views of not just black students but also Asian, Latino and American Indian students, as well. \n"It's not right when a black organization can get rejected from funding almost immediately but another predominantly white organization can request funding and get it almost immediately through loopholes (IUPUI) uses to exclude minority groups," Dorsey said. "Everything gets swept under the rug and makes us seem like one big happy diverse family." \nIn addition to the funds and degree program, Dorsey's letter also said students want a black culture center, sensitivity training for administrators and more black faculty.\n"IU has a multi-cultural center. They have an African-American studies program," Dorsey said. "The advantages that these other universities have, IUPUI does not. Yet they are making an outward appearance of diversity at a campus by putting pictures of minorities on their brochures and painting images of minority students on their buildings." \nDespite the recent controversy, black leaders at IUB still feel content with the resources the University has provided them, they said. The Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center at IU has a library full of books pertaining to African studies, meeting and conference rooms and an auditorium for students to utilize. The Black Student Union, among other organizations, holds meetings there. \n"The value that our culture center at IU has added to our University and our life and the African Studies program has been beneficial both academically and socially," Wade said. "Having a safe haven for minority students on a campus is important, and the faculty at IUPUI should definitely look into having one." \nNeither Dorsey nor Wade think a lawsuit will be pursued. As long as demands are met, communication is kept open and officials can show they appreciate minority students at IUPUI, no further action will be taken, Dorsey said. \n"I'm proud of Dominic (Dorsey) for what he's doing," Wade said. "I don't believe it'll come to the point of a lawsuit, but if it does, we will support him with that." \nIUPUI officials in a response to Dorsey's letter contended that his "request for results is reasonable, and (they) are committed to working with (him) and with other fellow students, staff and faculty to respond." \nIn their response, officials outlined ways they will work meet each of the demands.\nDorsey said the group is considering the administration's response and is waiting to see if it will translate into actions. \n"He's looking for dialogue and action and letting the IUPUI family know that there are a group of students that feel the University could be a better place for them," said Karen Whitney, vice chancellor for student life and diversity at IUPUI. "Right now we are looking for feedback for how to make IUPUI a more diverse place. It was very appropriate for these students to go ahead and contribute and provide the information they did."\nIUPUI's Student Life and Diversity Web site currently offers a place for students to offer feedback on how to improve the school and provide better for all students. Anyone can pitch ideas, Whitney said.
(11/09/06 5:00am)
Toward the end of another lackluster psychology lecture, senior Kimberly Ranney grows anxious and glances at her phone to check the time. Only six more minutes until class is over, and then it's off to Kady's highly anticipated first basketball game of the season, she thinks to herself. After picking her up from school and walking her to the locker room at the gym, Ranney finds a good spot in the bleachers and chants "Go Kady!" as she makes her debut on the court. Anyone who didn't know the pair would think they were sisters by the way they interacted, but they aren't. Yet even though their connection isn't a biological one, Kimberly is Katie's big sister in the eyes of Big Brothers and Big Sisters. \nBig Brothers and Big Sisters and the Boys and Girls Club, which tied for second place in the Best of Bloomington poll in the category of Best Place to Volunteer, draw hundreds of IU students and members of the community to get involved in the lives of local children. Although they are two separate organizations, they have similar missions and sometimes work in collaboration with one another. \nBoth organizations are wildly popular within the Bloomington community. \n"Right now we have 569 volunteers that are matched with a child, 347 of those being IU students and professors," says Andrea Smith, Big Brothers Big Sisters director of operations. \nRanney decided she wanted to be a volunteer after her first job at Big Brothers Big Sisters, during which she performed simple tasks to help out in the office. She got connected with the organization to fulfill a volunteering requirement for a class. \n"I went through an interview process, and they picked two or three kids that they thought were the most compatible with me based on the kids' interviews and information," she says. "I worked with a case manager and we looked at each of the different girls and what sort of activities they liked to do, and I picked the girl I thought I'd work best with."\nBig Brothers Big Sisters has three different programs that volunteers can take part in. Ranney is part of the Community Big program, the most intensive of the three. "Bigs" can spend as much time as they'd like to with their "Littles" and can drive them to different places to do activities, pick them up from school, take them to sports practices and other things along those lines. The other programs are the School Bigs program, in which volunteers go to the child's school for a certain amount of time each week. The third option is the Club Bigs program, which intertwines Big Brothers and Big Sisters with the Boys and Girls Club. \n"Every Wednesday afternoon, I hang out with my Little, who I have been with for about a year now," senior Adam Waltz says. "For about an hour and a half, we hang out at the Boys and Girls Club, or take walks to Kirkwood or play in the park near the club."\nIn addition to student mentors, the Boys and Girls club offers various services to children in the Bloomington community. According to their Web site, they provide tutoring services, cooking classes and life skills classes, along with an arts-focused program that exposes kids to writing, art and photography. Their facility is equipped with computer labs and places for children to work on their homework. Exercise classes from cheerleading to Tae Bo are offered throughout the week as well. \nLike Ranney and Big Brothers Big Sisters, sophomore Paolo Balmaseda began to work at the Boys and Girls Club as part of a class assignment.\n"I started volunteering at the Boys and Girls club last semester when I took a class that required service work in the Bloomington Community," Balmaseda says. "When the semester was over, I decided to keep going there because I enjoyed it so much." \nRather than working directly with one child as volunteers at Big Brothers Big Sisters do, Boys and Girls club volunteers work with a number of children when they spend time at the club. \n"I help supervise the gym and play with the children in games as they come and go," he says. "During free time, I usually play with one to three kids and either shoot hoops or chase them around the gym." \nThe majority of the people that volunteer in both organizations work with children that are underprivileged and come from low-income families, Smith says. For many of them, the activities and programs they take part in during their time spent with either organization are things they would not normally be exposed to.\n"Two weeks ago my Little missed a Wednesday at the Boys and Girls Club because he was sick," says Walts. "The following week when I went to visit him he was really bummed that he hadn't been able to be there and spend time with me. He told me how sad he was to have missed just that one day and listed all the reasons why he liked spending time with me, and one of the main reasons was because he got to do fun stuff he doesn't usually get to do." \nNational studies have shown that the benefits of volunteer mentor programs for children are unmatched. Kids in these programs are 52 percent less likely to skip school, are more confident in their schoolwork and are more trusting in parents and other adults. They are also 27 percent less likely to start drinking alcohol and 46 percent less likely to start using drugs, Smith says.\nBut at the end of the day, it's not just the kids that enjoy the perks of these volunteer organizations.\n"Our volunteers love it so much, we often hear that they benefit more than the kids," Smith says. "Especially for IU students, it gives them an opportunity to do things in the community and we hear from a lot of students that it's a good release and fun way to get away from the stress of classes and working." \n"Going into this I was expecting to be a positive role model for these kids, by showing them that yeah, I go to college, they would want to be like me and want to go to college also," Walts says. "But I also did it to have fun, because this is a time where I can hang out with kids and sort of be a kid once again myself."\nBeyond an outlet to escape the pressures of schoolwork, volunteers enjoy working with these organizations because they see the results of the work they do every day. \n"One time when I was helping supervising children at the playground I had to take two kids back to the club and walk them across the street," Balmaseda says. "When we were about to cross, both of them just took my hands and walked with me. It just brought a good feeling when they held my hands. The kids know who I am and they listen to me, and I think the kids enjoy having an adult who plays with them"
(11/07/06 4:01am)
The IU women's rowing team traveled to Chattanooga, Tenn., this weekend to compete in the 26th annual Head of the Hooch regatta. The rowers on the first novice boat left with a silver medal, just 0.8 seconds shy of capturing the gold. \n"We all went out really hard and enthusiastic about the race, and we had our goals set from the very beginning to finish in the top three," freshman novice eight rower Laura Jones said. "This was our first real race, and considering we had five walk-ons and only three recruits on this boat, it was pretty incredible how well we did."\nThe crew finished the three-mile race in 16:41.2, placing second to the University of Texas. The second novice boat, which competed in the same race, finished in seventh, clocking in at 17:38.0.\n"The novices did great, and we're really excited about that," IU coach Steve Peterson said. "That boat is a sign of the future, and it shows the potential we have to do well down the line."\nThe varsity boat did not see the same success that the novices did. It placed 11th in the women's championship eight race, an event in which members expected to finish in the top two. The second varsity eight placed 13th in the same event.\n"After seeing success at the Head of the Charles a few weeks ago, we felt like we'd made a big step, and we have been working with really high intensity, and we didn't meet our expectations," senior varsity eight coxswain Betsy Hibbard said. "At the Head of the Charles, we got a taste of what it's like to race, what it's like to row so hard you die. We rowed better than any of the crews at the Head of the Hooch, but we just didn't pull." \nA variety of factors contributed to the varsity boat's sub-par performance, Peterson said. Three of the rowers obtained injuries in the past week that prevented them from rowing, and a few of the athletes who did race were ill. Problems at the race threw off the rowers, as well. The course was closed Friday, a day designated for practice time to enable crews to get a feel for the course before racing it, and delays on race day left the rowers waiting more than an hour on the water before being able to start. \nDespite facing disappointment after the varsity boat's performance Saturday, the Hoosiers are looking forward and focusing on preparing for their spring season, Peterson said.\n"The nice thing about rowing is that this is just the fall preseason," Peterson said. "We have a lot of time now to learn from our mistakes in the fall and work better for the spring, and I'm very optimistic about what's going to happen then"
(11/06/06 3:59am)
More than 400 students and faculty from the Kelley School of Business heard former Enron executive Lynn Brewer speak in the IU Auditorium on Friday about the unscrupulous dealings she witnessed within the infamous energy company.\nBrewer recounted her personal experiences working for Enron, where she oversaw risk management in energy operations, e-commerce initiatives for Enron's water subsidiary and competitive intelligence for Enron Broadband Services. She cited specific examples of unscrupulous behavior and fraudulent actions within the company that she directly witnessed and explained how Enron got away with it for some time.\nAfter seeing fraud firsthand and telling her supervisor about it, Brewer said she was discouraged from bringing it up again. She explained the ethical dilemma she faced and how it could be tempting to ignore.\n"Some days I was making $20,000 or $30,000 per day. I didn't even have to go to work to make money," she said. "I began to realize that I'd been given twice as many stock options. ... I realized that I'd become Enron at that moment because I chose to look the other way for the financial benefit of the stock options, something that (former Enron CEO) Jeff Skilling and (former Enron chairman) Ken Lay were doing every day."\nIn addition to telling her own story, Brewer made an example out of Enron by explaining how easy it is for large corporations to become entangled in corruption and what students should know before considering a job at such places.\n"When you hear about Enron or other companies like them, you have to realize there are two destructive forces within these companies," she said. "There is the corruption that goes on, but that's very small. The more destructive force is the complacency towards that corruption, which allows it to grow."\nBrewer, who left Enron because of frustration she felt with the company after refusing to acknowledge the crookedness she reported, wrote the novel "Confessions of an Enron Executive: A Whistleblower's Story," which chronicles her days at Enron and explains why she decided to blow the whistle on corruption at the company. \n"It really is up for you in the audience to take these lessons learned today and change it for the future," she said. \nHowever, not all in attendance felt Brewer was an appropriate person to talk about ethics. \n"It wasn't a credible speaker, and the speech was a waste of time," said junior Elise Roberts. "I just didn't think she had any room to talk because she did the same thing as everyone else. She just happened to resign at the right time so that she could get out with the millions that she made without getting caught and then reap the benefits of blowing the whistle"
(11/03/06 4:27am)
Students from the Association for India's Development, donning poster board signs depicting graphic images of chemical explosions and dead babies, spent four hours handing out fliers and protesting outside the Life Sciences Career Fair Thursday against Dow Corning Silicones, a company recruiting at the fair.\n"Dow Chemicals is responsible for the most heinous crimes against Indian people by a corporation," said Ph.D. student Yogesh Simmhan, former president of the Bloomington chapter of the Association for India's Development. "They have complete disregard for human health and a history of complete negligence." \nA 1984 accident at the Union Carbide chemical plant, now owned by Dow Chemical, in Bhopal, India, released toxic gases into the air killing thousands of people, graduate student and Association for India's Development activist Harini Gopalakrishnan said. More than 150,000 people have suffered extensive mental and physical disabilities as a result of the accident. \nIn 1984, 3,000 people in Bohpal suffered immediate death after a chemical leak occurred at the Union Carbide factory, which has since been purchased by Dow Chemical. More than 50,000 people are said to have permanent disabilities as a result of the accident, according to a 2004 article on the BBC's Web site.\nIn a negligence case in the 1990s, Dow Chemical settled for $3.2 billion in a class action lawsuit filed by women who claimed the silicone breast implants they had were made by Dow Chemical and caused multiple health problems, Gopalakrishnan said. \n"You still have children today being born with physical anomalies and people that are still breathing toxic air drinking toxic water because Dow will not clean up the site (in India)," she said. "We are protesting to try to inform students. We want them to see the darker side of the company. We want the University to set a standard for the kind of companies they bring on campus." \nDow Corning Silicones is not directly affiliated with Dow Chemical but holds 50 percent of its stock, Dow Corning representative K. Shawn McClarnon said. "We are very independent, we aren't a division and we don't report to Dow Chemical," he said. "Dow Corning doesn't have any more influence on Dow Chemical than another company would, and they are protesting the wrong company." \nAID students disagreed with this statement. \n"The problem is, Dow Corning says they aren't affiliated with Dow, but they hold 50 percent of their stock," Simmhan said. "If something happened to Dow their company would be half of what it is today, so it is not accurate for Dow Corning to say they aren't associated with them." \nAssociation for India's Development activists distributed fliers about Dow Chemical to students to inform them of the Bhapal chemical disaster and Dow's company history. They also asked students to sign a pledge vowing not to work for Dow until the company took responsibility for the Bhopal accident. Throughout the course of the day the group recorded more than 90 signatures. \n"At first I didn't think I'd sign it because Dow is a huge company and you never know who you'll end up working for, but then I thought about it, and I don't want to work for a company with these sort of ethical problems," graduate student and attendee of the fair Michelle Wynn said. \nMcClarnon said he didn't think the protest would affect Dow Corning's success at the career fair. \n"The story they're telling people is really inaccurate," McClarnon said. "We have had a good track record recruiting at Indiana and are going to continue. What happened in India 20 years ago is a tragedy, and we are probably just as sorry about it as those people out there protesting"
(11/02/06 5:00am)
They file in one by one, congregating in a cluster in a corner of the waxy gym floor. Vigorously scuffing the suede underside of their elegant ballroom shoes with a wire brush and unrolling their toned legs, they chat about travel arrangements for next week's trip to Purdue University. The only other sound besides the side whisperings is the clickety-clack of high-heels worn by a loner waltzing across the floor. \n"Can you put on Samba?" asks a flowy-skirted girl of someone sitting near the CD player. \nWith a touch of the play button, the idle students burst out of their cocoons and metamorphose into a fluttering of butterflies, swishing their hips to the beat and gliding across the room effortlessly to the sound of the blaring Brazilian music. With their fervent dancing, the students transform the gymnasium into a ballroom. Soon the ballroom will double as a training facility for these dancers who mean business. \n"Right now they are just warming up, doing drills from each of the different dances," says senior Jasmin Quasniczka, captain of the competitive ballroom dancing team. "Some people practice by themselves, and others work with their partner." \nThe dancers are part of IU's competitive ballroom dance team, Dancesport. The team, open to any student regardless of experience, practices three times a week and spends weekends traveling to competitions across the country. Two weeks ago, the team competed in Champaign, Ill., and are now heading to West Lafayette on Saturday for the Purdue Ballroom Classic. \nIU's Dancesport team saw immense success last year when Quasniczka and Joe Ehlers paired up to win the national championship. \n"The first time we ever danced together was actually at a competition, and it worked so well, we decided to stick together," Quasniczka says. \nAfter dominating the Gold level of competition, they are working toward winning the national title at the next level, Pre-Champ. In competitive ballroom dance, there are six skill levels in which participants may compete. Novices compete in the New-Comer category, elites dance at the Champion level.\nLike other Dancesport couples, Quasniczka and Ehlers specialize in one area of dance and dedicate the majority of their time on the dance floor to perfecting it for competitions. During practice, however, Dancesport members do a range of dances that are under the umbrella of International style of dance. \nThere are two categories in International, Standard and Latin. The Cha Cha, Rumba, Samba, Jive and Pasa Doble are Latin dances, while the Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango, Quickstep, and Vienese Waltz fall under the Standard category. \nBut before mastering the dances, students must find partners with whom they work well. Because of the 2-to-1, female-to-male ratio within the Dancesport team, Quasniczka and other leaders encourage male dancers to have more than one partner. They are trying to recruit more men to the sport, but Quasniczka says it will probably be a long time before the ratio is even.\nStudents don't need a partner when they first come to Dancesport. Dancers of similar skill level and height will be paired up by team leaders, but these factors alone don't necessarily make a good partnership. \n"The most important thing to have in a partner is a compatible personality," says Ehlers. "You have to get along well because you are with them a lot. You also have to have similar ideas about the type of involvement you want to have, you have to have the same motivation and same goals." \nWhile some dancers like Quasniczka and Ehlers are in it to win it, others find that the opportunity to participate in Dancesport affords them an outlet to escape the stress of school work and daily life. \n"While I do take it seriously, and I want to do well at competitions, it's very relaxing," says graduate student Kevin Li. "I was scared when I walked in there for the first time and was like, 'Oh my gosh, these people can really dance.' But everyone was really nice, and I got hooked." \nOne drawback of Dancesport is the high expense it incurs, Ehlers says. In order to allow the opportunity for anyone interested to participate regardless of ability to pay, Dancesport receives some funding from IU and holds fundraisers throughout the year to subsidize some of the costs.\n"Shoes can cost anywhere between 60 and 130 dollars, and you have two pairs, one for Standard and one for Latin dance, and then you have travel fees and entrance fees," Ehlers says. "Ballroom dresses can cost anywhere between a few hundred dollars to 10,000 dollars, and you really do need more than one." \nBecause Dancesport is without a professional coach this year, Quasniczka and Ehlers are giving their own dancing the backseat to coaching. Because the majority of last year's Dancesport members graduated, Quasniczka says their focus will be on rebuilding the team.\nAfter getting the young team on their feet, Quasniczka and Ehlers plan on returning to the highly competitive level of ballroom dance they lived and breathed last year. At times, they devoted 20 hours a week to perfecting their choreography. This year they aspire to become "10-dancers", meaning they will be judged on all 10 International style dances rather than just one or two.\n"I like helping coach the team and watching them improve, but when you are focusing on something of your own advancement, it is really rewarding, and I am excited to get back into that," Quasniczka says.
(11/02/06 4:11am)
They file in one by one, congregating in a cluster in a corner of the waxy gym floor. Vigorously scuffing the suede underside of their elegant ballroom shoes with a wire brush and unrolling their toned legs, they chat about travel arrangements for next week's trip to Purdue University. The only other sound besides the side whisperings is the clickety-clack of high-heels worn by a loner waltzing across the floor. \n"Can you put on Samba?" asks a flowy-skirted girl of someone sitting near the CD player. \nWith a touch of the play button, the idle students burst out of their cocoons and metamorphose into a fluttering of butterflies, swishing their hips to the beat and gliding across the room effortlessly to the sound of the blaring Brazilian music. With their fervent dancing, the students transform the gymnasium into a ballroom. Soon the ballroom will double as a training facility for these dancers who mean business. \n"Right now they are just warming up, doing drills from each of the different dances," says senior Jasmin Quasniczka, captain of the competitive ballroom dancing team. "Some people practice by themselves, and others work with their partner." \nThe dancers are part of IU's competitive ballroom dance team, Dancesport. The team, open to any student regardless of experience, practices three times a week and spends weekends traveling to competitions across the country. Two weeks ago, the team competed in Champaign, Ill., and are now heading to West Lafayette on Saturday for the Purdue Ballroom Classic. \nIU's Dancesport team saw immense success last year when Quasniczka and Joe Ehlers paired up to win the national championship. \n"The first time we ever danced together was actually at a competition, and it worked so well, we decided to stick together," Quasniczka says. \nAfter dominating the Gold level of competition, they are working toward winning the national title at the next level, Pre-Champ. In competitive ballroom dance, there are six skill levels in which participants may compete. Novices compete in the New-Comer category, elites dance at the Champion level.\nLike other Dancesport couples, Quasniczka and Ehlers specialize in one area of dance and dedicate the majority of their time on the dance floor to perfecting it for competitions. During practice, however, Dancesport members do a range of dances that are under the umbrella of International style of dance. \nThere are two categories in International, Standard and Latin. The Cha Cha, Rumba, Samba, Jive and Pasa Doble are Latin dances, while the Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango, Quickstep, and Vienese Waltz fall under the Standard category. \nBut before mastering the dances, students must find partners with whom they work well. Because of the 2-to-1, female-to-male ratio within the Dancesport team, Quasniczka and other leaders encourage male dancers to have more than one partner. They are trying to recruit more men to the sport, but Quasniczka says it will probably be a long time before the ratio is even.\nStudents don't need a partner when they first come to Dancesport. Dancers of similar skill level and height will be paired up by team leaders, but these factors alone don't necessarily make a good partnership. \n"The most important thing to have in a partner is a compatible personality," says Ehlers. "You have to get along well because you are with them a lot. You also have to have similar ideas about the type of involvement you want to have, you have to have the same motivation and same goals." \nWhile some dancers like Quasniczka and Ehlers are in it to win it, others find that the opportunity to participate in Dancesport affords them an outlet to escape the stress of school work and daily life. \n"While I do take it seriously, and I want to do well at competitions, it's very relaxing," says graduate student Kevin Li. "I was scared when I walked in there for the first time and was like, 'Oh my gosh, these people can really dance.' But everyone was really nice, and I got hooked." \nOne drawback of Dancesport is the high expense it incurs, Ehlers says. In order to allow the opportunity for anyone interested to participate regardless of ability to pay, Dancesport receives some funding from IU and holds fundraisers throughout the year to subsidize some of the costs.\n"Shoes can cost anywhere between 60 and 130 dollars, and you have two pairs, one for Standard and one for Latin dance, and then you have travel fees and entrance fees," Ehlers says. "Ballroom dresses can cost anywhere between a few hundred dollars to 10,000 dollars, and you really do need more than one." \nBecause Dancesport is without a professional coach this year, Quasniczka and Ehlers are giving their own dancing the backseat to coaching. Because the majority of last year's Dancesport members graduated, Quasniczka says their focus will be on rebuilding the team.\nAfter getting the young team on their feet, Quasniczka and Ehlers plan on returning to the highly competitive level of ballroom dance they lived and breathed last year. At times, they devoted 20 hours a week to perfecting their choreography. This year they aspire to become "10-dancers", meaning they will be judged on all 10 International style dances rather than just one or two.\n"I like helping coach the team and watching them improve, but when you are focusing on something of your own advancement, it is really rewarding, and I am excited to get back into that," Quasniczka says.
(10/30/06 4:04am)
Using the University's intricate two-way videoconference technology, IU students and faculty in all disciplines are being given opportunities to converse live with virtually anyone in the world. The system, which is still being developed, is currently used to save time and money, implement long-distance learning and explore new cultures. \n"We have built a very large network. There are about 60 conference rooms with two-way videoconference capability at IU and about 250 total at all eight of IU's campuses," said Steve Egyhazi, network operations manager for educational services. \nStudents and staff in various academic departments use the technology in a range of ways. For example, videoconferences provide continuing education to students who have full-time jobs and can't make it to campus but want to earn an IU graduate degree. Faculty teach these students through teleconferences in Bloomington and at IU-Purdue University Indianapolis. Through the technology, they can receive their certification without stepping foot in a classroom, Egyhazi said.\nBut continuing education isn't the only way the University is using videoconferencing technology. \n"The import and export of faculty expertise is something we use all the time with this technology," he said. "In addition to continuing education, you will have professors at IU teaching something like Uzbek to people at other colleges (or) universities that don't offer those classes." \nProfessors also employ videoconferencing when conducting meetings with faculty and staff on other IU campuses. Having teleconferences with administrators in other locations cuts the cost and time of traveling immensely, Egyhazi said. \n"As a professor in the School of Informatics, it allowed us to have had joint-faculty meetings with IUPUI because the Bloomington and Indianapolis campus were the same school (of Informatics), just at different locations," said journalism professor Christine Ogan, who holds a joint appointment in the Informatics school. "If you have visual contact, it's better than just audio." \nThe hardware for each videoconferencing station ranges from $3,000 to $13,000. Once the equipment is installed, however, conferences are not expensive to conduct.\n"The cost isn't very great because we are running it using the Internet," said Bryan McCormick, associate professor in the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, who uses videoconferencing for one of the graduate classes he teaches. "By using the Internet, we can connect to pretty much anyone who has that capability." \nIU students have benefited from the technology by communicating with people from around the globe. Recently, students in journalism professor Steven Raymer's International Newsgathering Systems class conducted a teleconference with journalists in China and were given the opportunity to ask questions they might have otherwise never had the opportunity to ask. The issues discussed ranged from journalism to politics to Chinese pop culture. \n"(Videoconferencing) lets us communicate with almost anyone in the world who has a phone line and a good long-distance carrier," said junior Danny Fontaine-Goldblatt, who participated in the teleconference. "It makes the world a much smaller place"
(10/24/06 4:15am)
Last weekend a group of 50 IU students traveled to Gulfport, Miss., to aid Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. The group, composed of greek students from 10 chapters on campus, volunteered at God's Katrina Kitchen, a nonprofit organization, serving meals to displaced families and helping the organization move its campsite to a new location.\nAlthough it has been more than a year since Hurricane Katrina demolished communities in parts of Louisiana and Mississippi, thousands of residents are still homeless and in need of aid, said junior David Schweer, who organized the trip with sophomore Chelsea Vanderlinden.\n"I went down there and thought because the hurricane happened so long ago that things would be back to normal, but that's the farthest thing from the truth," Schweer said.\nSchweer said he was surprised at how poor the conditions still are for Louisiana residents and that he was glad to help as much as he could for two days.\nAnd that's just what they did, said Vicki Weesner, God's Katrina Kitchen camp coordinator. \n"They did everything from help us move the camp to our new site, to serving food, to moving supplies and organizing the new site, to raking and cleaning up," she said. "They were really great to have."\nGod's Katrina Kitchen serves up to 3,500 meals a day to both homeless people and volunteers helping with Hurricane Katrina relief. The organization is in the process of moving its entire campsite to a new location, a task that was sped up by weeks because of the help from IU students this weekend, Weesner said. \n"They had to completely move their entire kitchen and bunks to a new location, and we helped them do that and set everything up," Vanderlinden said. "I think it was really cool for the long-term staff to see how students came down to help them. They were telling us they didn't know how it was going to get done."\nThe group, which unofficially called itself the "Road Trip to Relief," has no set plans just yet for future weekend relief trips but hopes another will be in order for the spring. \nDespite God's Katrina Kitchen's Christian affiliation, the trip was not sponsored by any religious group and was open to all students. \n"We really appreciate ... these kids, and if they can do fundraisers and get groups like this down more frequently, that would be great," Weesner said. "It has been a blessing to us"
(10/20/06 4:01am)
The coxswain and top eight rowers of the IU women's crew team will travel to Boston this weekend to race in the prominent Head of the Charles regatta. Sunday will be the second time that an IU boat has ever raced in the event in its 42-year history, and the Hoosiers intend to make their mark.\n"We're looking for our athletes to be in the top 25 finishers, which is basically the top half of colleges and probably the U.S. National Team," IU coach Steve Peterson said. "It's ambitious, and it's not going to be an easy thing to accomplish, but it's our goal for the weekend."\nBased on years past, an anticipated 10,000 spectators will crowd the banks of the Charles River to watch more than 7,500 top-tier rowers -- ranging from high school athletes to national team contenders -- compete over the course of the weekend. \n"I've competed there before in high school, and it's such an overwhelming experience," said senior coxswain Betsy Hibbard. "This is the biggest fall race in the country."\nThe team will arrive in Boston mid-day Saturday and have an entire day to become familiar with the race course. The Hoosiers will race the time trial-styled event on Sunday afternoon. In the head race, boats are released off the starting line every 15 seconds. Peterson hopes IU can pass the University of San Diego, which starts right before the Hoosiers and stave off Dartmouth College, two boats behind. \nOne of the greatest challenges for the Hoosiers will be maintaining concentration on the complex and unfamiliar course, Peterson said. \n"The Charles is a narrow river with a lot of turns, so it's very easy for a crew to get overwhelmed and distracted," Peterson said. "Last weekend, we didn't perform well because we weren't focused, and this weekend they have to raise their game." \nThe Hoosiers faced a disappointing loss to the University of Cincinnati last weekend at Lake Lemon and have spent the week testing new lineups to find the best boat IU can have for the Head of the Charles regatta. \n"After losing last weekend when we knew we could have done better, we've been kicking each others' butts and fighting for each position since we know only one boat can go," Hibbard said. "We have a lot to prove to our coaches, teammates, IU and ourselves. We'll remember that every stroke, and we won't forget what we're racing for"
(10/19/06 4:00am)
The dreaded 'Request Invitation' button - Whitney's Notes
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The dreaded 'Request Invitation' button - Whitney's Notes
(10/17/06 11:32am)
IU students can help break a Guinness World Record by simply cleaning out their cupboards. The Indiana Memorial Union and Sodexho food and facilities services are urging students to donate their canned goods today and Wednesday to beat the world record for "most canned food collected in a 24-hour period by a noncharitable organization." The event is part of the national Cans Across America campaign. \n"Sodexho is committed to fighting hunger in the communities we serve," said Steve Richards, operations director for IMU Dining Services, which is run by Sodexho Campus Services. "What we are doing now is trying to break a world record and at the same time help the Bloomington community." \nMore than 400 college campuses served by Sodexho will work together to attempt to break the current record of 156,889.34 pounds, Richards said. At 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dean of Students Richard McKaig and Assistant Dean of Students Steve Veldkamp will weigh the cans in the Market at the Union. That number will be added to the weight of food collected from the other colleges and universities around the country. After being weighed and recorded, the cans collected at IU will be donated to the Hoosier Hills Food Bank.\n"Right now I know that Bloomington food banks are desperately low, so any canned food drive is good for the community, especially as we're approaching the winter season," Veldkamp said.\nDrop-off points are located at seven different spots on campus, including the Cyber Café of the Herman B Wells Library, the Education Building's snack center and outside all IMU dining locations. \n"Students can bring their own cans from home or they can purchase them at the cash register of the various locations," Richards said. "The cans are under a dollar and each one that's bought helps the community and contributes to breaking this record." \nAnd students are excited to donate to the cause.\n"I definitely believe a dollar is a good amount to pay to give back to the community in Bloomington," said fifth-year MBA student John-Francis Kraemer.\nThe Hoosier Hills Food Bank will distribute the cans to 86 organizations that serve six local counties. \n"We have always had a lot of support from the campus for our food drives," said Hoosier Hills Executive Director Julio Alonso. "We know that the need for food has increased, and we think people are conscious of this need and think there will be a great response from the students at IU"
(10/17/06 3:25am)
The IU women's rowing team left Lake Lemon disappointed after being defeated by the University of Cincinnati in Sunday's race. \nIn the first competition of the 2006-07 season, the Hoosiers raced their first, second and freshman boats against the Bearcats' first and second boats. The teams competed in both a head race and five two-minute races as part of the scrimmage.\n"We are good enough to beat Cincinnati's crew, but we almost got a little too confident and waited too long to go hard," said assistant coach Fran O'Rourke. "Our program is obviously stronger than that of Cincinnati's, and reflecting back on the week, maybe we could have raced with a little more guts."\nDuring the head race -- a 4,000-meter time trial in which crews race against the clock -- Cincinnati finished with a time of 16:15, 13 seconds faster than the Hoosiers. However, Cincinnati's second boat finished behind all three IU boats. Though they were behind for most of the race, IU's first boat made up huge margins in the last 1,500 meters of the race, O'Rourke said. \n"Their first eight started off the line more aggressive and at a faster stroke rating than we did," said senior Dana Powell, who rowed in the first boat. "We rowed well and had good technique, but we didn't go after it enough."\nThe freshman boat showed a strong performance throughout the day, coming in just four seconds behind IU's second boat in the head race. \n"The freshman eight realized that on any given day, you are still racing yourself and have to push yourself no matter who the competition is," O'Rourke said.\nThe Hoosiers saw more success in the two-minute set pieces, the first boat winning three out of the five races. The Bearcats' first boat won the other two pieces.\n"Even though we lost, we are going to work hard this week to make changes in our boat," Powell said. "This was just a scrimmage and the first race of the season, so there is plenty of time to improve."\nThe Hoosiers will travel to Boston this weekend to race in the prestigious Head of the Charles, which attracts more than 7,500 rowers, from high school students to Olympic-caliber athletes. \n"Based on our weekend against Cincinnati, our goal is to find the fastest crew that our team has right now," O'Rourke said. "Right now we are looking to represent Indiana the best we can and are focusing on having a solid race next weekend"
(10/13/06 3:17am)
IU was recently selected to receive $30 million in funding over a five-year period for a University computer that will link to others across the world to increase research productivity. The grant from the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science will help expand a large network of computers, called the Open Science Grid. \n"Essentially (the) Open Science Grid makes it possible for IU researchers to use computers at other universities and laboratories in return for IU researchers making their computers available to researchers at those other universities and laboratories," Fred Luehring, a senior scientist for the physics department, said in an e-mail. \nCraig Stewart, associate vice president for research and academic computing, said the grid is primarily a research tool that links a lot of small computers together and attempts to do large amounts of work that normally could not be done. He said by doing this, computers and storage systems can analyze experiment data with ease.\nThe grid has millions of gigabytes of storage space that researchers around the world will be able to access and use for data analysis. The grid location at IU will link computers in Bloomington to the 60 other computing stations throughout the United States, Europe, South America and Asia. \nThe grid is a unique asset that most college campuses do not have and was designed to support research for fields such as physics, biology and chemistry, Stewart said. He added that it is one of the most important federally funded programs in the field. \n"This project brings together a unique ensemble of scientists, software developers and providers of computing resources who share a common goal to stimulate new discoveries by providing scientists with effective access to the OSG, a national distributed computational facility," IU Open Science Grid Site Lead Leigh Grundhoefer said. \nThe grid will not just benefit researching faculty. It also will give undergraduate and graduate students who conduct research more computer power to analyze their data. \n"The students at IU that this is going to effect are going to be those graduate or undergraduate students doing research projects, particularly students in one of the science collaborations," Stewart said. "For graduate students throughout the U.S., it's often the case that research is limited because of limited access." \nIU was selected five years ago by the International Virtual Data Grid Laboratory to become involved in a grid operations program. Since then, researchers have been able to develop the structure necessary to support the Open Science Grid. \n"It is important for IU technology services to create effective cyberinfrastructure that provides to students and faculty the foundations for research and scientific discovery," Grundhoefer said.