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Only Two Years Old, Continuum to Close Up Shop The arts community in Fort Wayne has grown slowly but steadily over the past few years, but this spring the city almost saw one of its art galleries close up. In a web announcement, IPFW's own Continuum Art Gallery's website stated "IPFW has decided to close Continuum Art Gallery." Any art work held at the gallery was to be picked up no later than April 21, 2012 by 4 p.m. The gallery was opened largely because of efforts made by Charles O'Connor, Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at IPFW. Many of those who worked at Continuum referred to the gallery as "his baby." In January, O'Connor announced that he will be resigning to reside in the same position at the University of Nebraska -Lincoln. The gallery "Was an opportunity for artists who might not have the opportunity," to show their artwork around Fort Wayne, O'Connor said. "I'm sorry to see it go." Julie Wall Toles, initial president of Continuum, said the gallery was a place where she learned that Fort Wayne is a difficult place to create art. "I'm sad to see that it's closing because a lot of people put a lot of time and effort into getting it off the ground," she said. Though she said the gallery got a good amount of business for the short amount of time it was open to the public, one "can't sustain an art gallery just by selling art in Fort Wayne," and it was hard to find grants being "blanketed" under the IPFW name. Brandon Furniss, a volunteer at Continuum who is also being displayed, said he has sold three or four of his pieces since last year. "It's more about displaying artists and getting their work out there rather than pushing sales," he said. Furniss works four or five jobs, including teaching ceramics and drawing classes at IPFW. While he said many artists are able to make a living making certain kinds of art, "all artists should have Kristan Mensch

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passion." "In my view, I make my art because I have passion about it and it's something I want to do and I have thoughts and ideas I want to express," he said. "I'm less interested in what the market is interested in." In The Communicator's Feb. 1 article, "Learning to Leave? Influx of Arts Majors May Be Forced to Go Elsewhere for Employment," Conspiracy Gallery and Boutique's Jes Farris said the art displayed there by local artists typically sells more than others. "It's definitely good" to hang up the work of local artists, he said, because when they showcase it, people "are more likely to walk in our door." However, Farris said most of the local artists end up only being able to utilize their skill as a part-time or second job. Though Farris wouldn't call the art-making products of passion or hobbies, he said making a living off art "is hard." The gallery, however, was taken off the chopping block for the moment after Chancellor

Michael Wartell met with O'Connor March 19. "I think it was important," Wartell said in a phone interview. He said the next incoming dean will take over the oversight responsibility. Toles said in her initial reaction to the reopening of sorts that the turn around was "great," but that it was crazy how back and forth the decision was. O'Connor was unavailable for immediate comment about the gallery staying open, however, Susan Domer, Marketing and Public Relations Specialist, said the plan to stay open may not be definite. "We have discovered that there is a great deal of community support for the gallery," she said, adding that the university is looking at "all possible ways" to keep the gallery open. Furniss was noticeably pleased to hear of the possibility of Continuum's continuance: "If it stays open, that would be great." ► @IPFW_NewsBeat

IPFW Police Department Distinguished The IPFW Police Department (IPFWPD) is dedicated to the service of an entire community. The IPFWPD Chief of Police Jefferey Davis said that the IPFW campus is a community in itself. Davis pointed out that the campus includes many elements such as a bank, places to eat, housing and open fields of grass characteristic of a community. “We are committed to the prevention of crime and the protection of life and … the preservation of peace, order, and safety,” according to the IPFW University Police webpage. IPFWPD is operated 24 hours a day and seven days a week by 15 police officers, two safety officers and five dispatchers. Dennis Barbosa

What some might not realize though is that IPFW really is a community equipped with its own police department. “We aren’t associated with the Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) other than a partnership,” said Davis. However, FWPD has IPFWPD’s full cooperation when joint efforts are required. One such example occurred about a year ago where two men were shot leaving a nightclub near campus. Though sharing a common goal, the two departments carry subtle differences. For example, IPFWPD’s badge is a shield as opposed to the star used by the FWPD. Also, their pant legs do not carry the stripe the FWPD has. IPFWPD’s patch differs as well, reading

“Purdue” across one side. The patch acts as an indication of association. The campus police department is employed by Purdue University, along with West Lafayette, Calumet and North Central campus police departments. Although separate from the city police department, IPFWPD still possess “full police powers” according to the university police’s webpage: “Through agreement with the city of Fort Wayne, University Police has been authorized secondary jurisdiction throughout the city.” Aside from preventing crime on campus, the IPFWPD also provides services to those who need it.

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Legal and Social Issues Cloud Definition of Rape Jessica Geyer

What is Rape? In January, the official federal answer announced that they were changing their answer. The charge of the crime has not changed since 1927, when it was defined as “the carnal knowledge of a female, forcibly and against her will.” The old definition has been called archaic and outdated, and it left out a lot of crimes many people consider to be rape. First, a woman would not be able to be charged with the crime. Nor would any crime that involved the penetration of a male by another male, penetration of oral or anal orifices, the use of anything other than a penis in the rape or rape that didn't use force. The new definition takes into account these aspects. It now reads, “The penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.” “This new, more inclusive definition will provide us with a more accurate understanding of the scope and volume of these crimes,” said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in a Justice Department press release about the change. Assitant Director of the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services David Cuthbertson said the change “reflects the vast majority of state rape statutes.” Indiana's definition is not among those states. The state's rape definition still only includes sexual intercourse with two members of the opposite sex. Any other act of rape is considered “criminal deviant conduct.”

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battle. It has been a social controversy for decades with many gray areas. The issue of clothing is contentious, for one. If a woman wears a short skirt and a low-cut top, is she “asking for it?” Whether the woman was drunk or on drugs is another. “Society still has a really big hand in talking about what she was wearing, what she was doing,” said Candice Hall, outreach specialist for the Fort Wayne Women’s Bureau. Dressing proactively or acting flirty, however, does not change one’s chances of being raped. “It has nothing to do with sex because this is a control issue,” said Hall. One picture that has gone viral shows a young woman holding a sign that says, “My rapist doesn't know he's a rapist.” The photo has garnered mixed reactions. Many comments support her, while others say the fact that she was drunk makes her accusations suspicious. In 2011, however, a Fort Wayne man was charged with rape of a woman even though they had both allegedly been drinking and neither remembered the event. According the the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN), one third of sexual assault perpetrators were intoxicated when they committed their crime. And, as in this particular instance, 38 percent of rapists are friends or acquaintances of the victims.

only 16.3 percent of people charged with rape end up in prison. That means, accounting for the unreported crimes, 15 out of 16 rapists go free. “It’s never the victim’s fault, regardless of what they were doing,” said Hall. “We all make choices that make us more vulnerable … but that doesn’t mean you deserve to be raped.” Nor, she said, does it mean the victim was asking for it.

Social Stigmas Many people are trying to get rid of the stigma rape victims face. Some hold “slut walks” in an attempt to show the public that rape is not about how a woman dresses. Women dress in revealing outfits and go on parade, holding signs and proclaiming that they are not sluts. Other, tamer events exist for similar purposes. On Sept. 22, the Fort Wayne Women’s Bureau will hold Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, meant to stop rape and gender abuse. Men who sign up walk a mile around Headwaters Park in a pair of high heels. On IPFW’s campus, Take Back the Night walks seek to make the streets safer for women.

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IPFW offers courses for female students and faculty to help protect themselves against rape. This includes “awareness, prevention, risk Regardless of the legal definition, some rape reduction and avoidance” of rape, as well as victims feel a great amount of shame. They might physical defense training, according to IPFW's be labeled “sluts” if they dressed less modestly website. or “careless” if it happened at a party where they If a student suspects that he or she has been were drinking. The idea that the victim shares raped, Hall says it is important to get immediate some of the blame for rape has led to a disparity in medical attention. They should call the Sexual the rapes and sexual abuses committed compared Assault Center at 260-423-2222. According to to ones that are actually reported. the Women’s Bureau’s website, they should not RAINN states that 60 percent of rape and bathe, change clothes or eat or drink before going sexual abuse are not reported. Only 39 percent of to the center. them are ever reported to the police, and of those,

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IPFW Elections 2012 Meet the Candidates

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Bokhart is a senior biology pre-med student and has been involved in student government for over four years. He has been a leader and founder of several clubs and community service activities, and has worked in programming 24-hour library service and building an MCAT reference section in the library. If elected, he seeks to increase 24-hour study spaces, pursue healthier food options on campus, build a graduate school entrance exam reference section in the library and support more on-campus activities.

Jacob Monroe

Monroe is a senior political science major and founder and president of the Political Science Club. This year, he served as Special Master on the IPSGA judicial court. If elected, he seeks to create and ensure cohesiveness and synergism between the branches of student government to guarantee more efficient and effective cooperation for the benefit of all IPFW students.

Ketelhut is a biology and fine arts double major with a love of finance. Her official bio on the IPSGA website does not include any prior experience in student government or IPFW clubs. She wants to “please the entire student body with her experience and skills.”

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Audrey Donat

Crowe is a freshman pre-pharmacy major. He currently serves in student government as a student senator, Chair of the Ways and Means Committee and Vice-Chair of the Allocations Committee. He is also a student leader of the BIG Event and a member of the Community Counsel. He wants to increase the efficiency of the senate and update the IPSGA website to include more information relevant to the majority of IPFW students.

Donat is a junior media and public communication major. She has been involved in several clubs, the Student Activities Board and currently serves as Assistant to the Vice President of Student Programming. She wants to work towards creating stronger communication between branches of student government and with the student body.

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About the Elections How and Where to Vote IPFW's election season has begun, and the campaigning is already in session. This year, only seven students are running for positions and Vice President of Programming has no contest at all, even after IPSGA extended the deadline for petitions. None of the executive branch is seeking reelection, this year, as well, meaning that despite the small candidate pool, student government will be seeing new faces. Jessica Geyer

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Oversight Should Be From Within The Indiana General Assembly saw Resolution 19 in late February, and since have had IPFW firmly entrenched in their eye sight. The resolution calls for the assembly to put together an interim committee to decide what should be done about the university’s oversight situation. This resolution was written concurrent with the House Bill addressing the issue of forced retirement due to age at Indiana and Purdue Universities. The resolution cites IPFW’s “growing campus with a diverse student population and numerous academic offerings” and the fact that the university is operating independently as reasons for looking into removing Purdue as overseer of the university. Both the bill and the resolution could allow Chancellor Wartell to remain in his position past his impending retirement date in June, which currently seems to be the focus of Indiana representatives. The committee that will review IPFW’s oversight process will decide just exactly what our continuing connection to the Purdue and Indiana Universities will entail, which has left some faculty members unsure of their position about the resolution. “I would need to know what all the benefits might be in order to take a position. The process of bringing all the items up for discussion needs to Staff Editorial

take place before any position can be known,” said Faculty Senate Leader Robert Barrett. It should be taken into account, however, that IPFW has come a long way from offering just a few classes at random and varying locations around the city. If the ever-expanding campus and continually rising numbers of the incoming freshman classes are any indication, faculty and administrators are doing something right. And if we can manage to organize and execute all of this on our own, it raises the question of why the university doesn’t already oversee itself. Our own administrators spend the most time around our students and faculty, and deal with both our successes and failures as a university equally. To say that a self-sufficient university in Fort Wayne needs to be governed by directors in West Lafayette doesn’t make sense anymore. “I support controlling ourselves. It's stupid that we have to wait for a delegate to come tell us how to run our campus,” said English major Ryne Wemhoff. Where Wartell is concerned, Purdue has continued to forge ahead with his retirement, despite protests from IPFW and the legislation that has been authored to counter-act these measures. The people that compose our campus and the community that is affected by it should be making the decisions about whether Wartell stays or goes, because we are the ones that are the most affected by them.

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Tips for Creating a Successful Resume Remember that there is no one correct way to create a résumé. What one person likes, another may not.

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Keep it to one page unless you have signiﬁcant experience in your ﬁeld. If you do have a two-page résumé, make sure it has two relatively complete pages.

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If you will be moving soon, use the two-address format. Avoid using a “résumé template” due to formatting problems when uploading. Keep type font simple. It’s best to use Times New Roman or Arial. 8½” x 11” white or light colored, good quality paper is best. Avoid ﬂashy “look at me” colors. Use matching paper for cover letter and avoid folding your résumé into a mailing envelope. Send it in a 9” x 11” mailing envelope with the address typed on the envelope or on a label. Justify the left margin, but not the right. It’s easier to read. Highlight important information (your name, titles of jobs, and major categories) with boldface font. Use 11- or 12-point font, except for your name (use a 14- to 20-point font).

Proofread. Proofread. Proofread. One mistake generally means you won’t make it in the door. The quality of your résumé reﬂects the quality of your work and your professionalism. If you make a mistake on your résumé, will you make a mistake in your job? Employers will List your grade-point average if you indicate you are graduating with honors or have a 3.0 or higher. If you are still working on your degree, list graduation as “expected” or “anticipated” along with the date. Remember the Three-Example Rule: If you list a skill, you better be able to come up with three examples. Highlight computer/technology knowledge and skills, as well as experience in working as part of a group or Schedule an appointment with Career Services to have your resume critiqued – 260-481-0689!

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METAVARI: Like Being Reunited With an Old Friend

Music projects, especially on a local level, come John Small and go. It’s a constant and viscous cycle of ideas starting, ending and being replaced by something else. Despite a simple outward appearance, music is an expensive and sometimes very stressful venture of creativity, and when an artist manages to hang on and survive five years in existence it is a major achievement. For Ty Brinneman, Kyle Steury, Nate Utesch and Andrew McComas, 2012 marks five years of playing music together under the name Metavari. For half a decade, Metavari has created hopefulsounding electronic twinged post-rock music. This sound brought the band places they never would have dreamed of, crossing the United States and Canada several times including strings of shows with more popular contemporaries such as This Will Destroy You, El Ten Eleven, and Lymbyc Systym. They have released their recordings, including the well-received debut full length “Be One of Us and Hear No Noise” across the globe on Japanese label Friend of Mine Records as well as domestically on Crossroads of American Records. More recently, the group was chosen to take part in collaboration with The Fort Wayne Philharmonic. These achievements as well as creating and supporting many forms of art in the Fort Wayne area have made them one of the most important musical acts in Northern Indiana. Despite their fairly successful history, Metavari’s place as a band is hardly what it was. In fall 2010, they added Darkroom guitarist Kyle Steury and started work writing the band’s sophomore effort. However, this was a time of great strain in the Metavari camp.

Every week, the band would meet to jam and write new music, but the process that was once integral soon started to feel like a chore. From Key-op Nate Utesch’s perspective, the environment of the group felt “like some sort of constant independent variable had been removed from the equation. Relationships, personal tragedy, stress; it was like somehow things weren’t working the way they were supposed to.” So Metavari regrouped and went about creating music in a different fashion. “We started over,” Said Utesch. “Instead of meeting, each of us began recording on our own. We started a Dropbox folder of demos, electronic beats and samples. It has since become like an 'ongoing' practice session, with new ideas and additions being made all throughout the day.” This was a big growing up phase for Metavari. They began to understand the reliability of what was unreliable and the weight of circumstances. These ideas metaphorically manifest themselves as a force similar to gravity. As Utesch puts it, “Gravity is a constant force that you don’t even need to think about, you just kind of wake up unconsciously expecting it to happen.” Through these realizations and discoveries the group decided to title their next album “Gravity is Still Everywhere.” “Gravity is Still Everywhere” will show Metavari in a much different place musically. Gone are the post-rock comparisons and in are reminders of electronic musicians of both ambient and dance oriented stylings. Actual drums will no longer be used and programmed beats and synthesizers will be the main focus. Also, the use of vocals will be

much more prevalent and will most likely feature guest spots from friends and former tour mates. Despite these massive overhauls in sound, it’s still textbook Metavari at heart. Rather than feeling like a different band or artist, it’s like being reunited with a friend you haven’t seen in years. Time and life have molded and shaped that person to be different, but at the end of the day they are still unmistakably the person you once knew. For Metavari, the album is going to be a daunting task both physically and financially, so the band has turned to arts fundraising website kickstarter.com to help them raise $5,000 to put toward band expenses involved in the creation, packaging and future performing of “Gravity is Still Everywhere.” “[It's] a glorified ‘pre-order’ process, and [we] decided on this method because we genuinely want people to get their money's worth. It's not a loan, it's not begging, and someone is getting something in return that they will enjoy,” Utesch explained. Some of the rewards for the “Metavari is making a record: ‘Gravity is Still Everywhere’” Kickstarter campaign include ordinary merch such as a physical copy of the record or an exclusive t-shirt. Other rewards are a tad on the unusual side: For fans who donates $300 toward the project, bassist Ty Brinneman will get their name tattooed on his body, according to the site. On April 25, Metavari will let everyone see just what the new material will sound like when they take the stage with post-rock heavy hitters Tortoise in Grand Rapids, MI. The group doesn’t have any local performances planned for the immediate future, but the Kickstarter fundraiser will run until March 31.

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The Girl Scouts aren’t the only ones with notable cookies this year. Blondie’s Cookies, located in Glenbrook Square, will be represented as the CEO faces a panel of five on “Shark Tank,” who will go on to accept or reject their pitches for business and

product ideas. The Sharks are comprised of “self-made, multimillionaire/billionaire tycoons,” who need to be convinced to give up some of their own money to fund the entrepreneurial ideas, according to the show’s webpage.

Brenda Coffman, founder and CEO of Blondie’s Cookies, started the shop 26 years ago in Kokomo, Ind., and eventually expanded to include 12 stores throughout Indiana and Florida. According to 1985 IPFW graduate and Corporate Office Manager Lisa Downs, the Glenbrook location will be featured on the show.

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The Record Collector

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Story by Steven Arroyo, Indiana Daily Student Jonathan Richardson remembers the first time he said goodbye to his entire vinyl record collection. It was in the 1980s, and the music world was converting to the compact disc. “I probably had 200 or something like that, and I sold them and bought CDs,” he said. “I was young.” But when he nearly had to part ways with his rebuilt collection again in 2008, it was against his will. During a particularly brutal storm that year, his basement sump pump broke, causing a room dedicated to his records — roughly 7,000 of them now — to flood. Richardson is an audio engineer, DJ and member of local veteran indie rock group EDM (formerly Early Day Miners) who has been collecting records on and off since his aunt, a former roadie for KISS, gave him his first one when he was a kid: KISS’ “Alive II.” It was his mother, though, who first sparked his interest in vinyl when she handed down her box of Beatles and Rolling Stones seven-inches. “She totally got me started on records. She gave me a record player, and I just started playing them all the time,” he said. Originally from Yuma, Ariz., Richardson came to Bloomington via Portland, Ore., in 1999 with about 300 albums. Shortly after, that number began to multiply once he discovered the Bloomington Public Library, which had sales in its lobby on Tuesdays. There, he found many old and rare records being offered for less than $1. “I don’t know where they got those things, but they were just the most amazing records,” he said. “I’d leave with a stack every single Tuesday.” Those stacks now fill shelves that take up most of the space in Richardson’s own personal records library in his basement, accompanied

only by some furniture, stereo equipment and his own artwork. He loosely organizes the records into sections by genre: rock, reggae, hip-hop, soundtracks and “weird records, like incredibly strange type things.” Richardson was out of town on the day his basement flooded, and he lived a collector’s nightmare when he received the call from his friends who told him that many of those sections were underwater. They managed to salvage most of the damaged records thanks largely to knee-jerk reactions from Landlocked Music co-owner Heath Byers. “I had to take the sleeve off, take the record out, take the paper insert off, and I just had hundreds of piles of records, inner sleeves, outer sleeves and plastic sleeves throughout his entire house,” Byers said. “We managed to save more than he ever imagined, that’s for sure.” Richardson buys records less often today, and when he does, it’s mainly to bolster his repertoire for when he DJs, which he often does at the Bishop under the moniker DJ Jonny Yuma. Richardson might not be adding to his collection as actively as when he first arrived in Bloomington, but the vinyl industry is no longer completely dependent on people such as him, since vinyl sales have spiked again in recent years. He attributes that to listeners’ increasing disillusionment with the CD — the very same effect he experienced after selling his records all those years ago. “There’s no physicalness to mp3s, and people are tired of CDs,” he said. “It seems like digital blips, ones and zeros. It’s not physical, and I think people are craving that. “With vinyls, it’s like, ‘Oh, this is cool. It’s got inserts, it’s got a gatefold, and it smells like a record.’”

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student expresses Awe: “deviantArt is still a thing?” Junior in Photography Applications, Fo To, told reporters that DeviantArt might still be popular. The report came after To decided to check the website to see if one of his old projects was there. “I had an old picture I wanted to do something with, and I knew it was on Deviantart, but when I got there, I was surprised to see that people still actually used it. I mean, come on guys. It was cool when we were twelve, but it’s getting old.” To’s discovery was not the first of its kind. Last year Prin Broosh, now a senior in Traditional Arts, made a similar claim, stating that DeviantArt has become a dumping ground for useless photos. “I went on there looking for a picture to use, and the first thing I saw was a bunch of animal people. They weren’t even good. It looked like they used MS Paint to make a wolf that kind of looked like a person. Even after that, when I started looking for a stock photo, all I got were thousands of pictures of horses. I searched for scuba gear, not horses.” When Nugget journalists took it upon themselves to investigate further into the site, they found that one of the Daily Deviants, pieces of art that have been deemed as amazing, was simply a large white square titled “The Abyss.” The description described it as “looking into the Sean O’Leary

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void, and seeing all there is to be held in the world: nothing. Picture something so disturbing, and let it float away into the abyss. Let all troubles run free and your imagination run wild.” Many other Daily Deviants included nonsense abstract pieces that were overdramatized into something they were not. However, despite the lack of common sense, it appears that the site still receives enough traffic to still be called a trend.

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Ouija Board Puts Student on Hold “It seemed perfect, to use a Ouija board on Friday the 13th,” said IPFW freshman Aidan Lyle. “I wanted to contact my great, great, great, great grandfather for help on my Civil War test. I figured, he was there, he should know it.” Some experts call it unwise to use a Ouija board, because you never know what you contact, as was the case in “Paranormal Activity.” “However, when I used it, I heard the spirit’s voice. Instead of the cliché ‘What do you seek, mortal?’ line that always happens in the movies, or the glass thingy moving, I heard, ‘Thank you for contacting us. Your call is very important to us. Please hold while your party is reached.’ And then I heard … elevator music.” Lyle’s history professor heard of his attempts and, being an avid fan of horror movies, is expecting results—whether they be disastrous or successful. “I hope he does contact his … however many ‘greats’ grandfather. I’d love to hear about it, much more than the dumb history exam or whatever I assigned.” As of today, Lyle is still waiting for his call to get through to his dead relative. Zach Crook

indirect Proof and the existence of Math-Rock Sixth year math professor and longtime music fan Timothy Euler was surfing Pitchfork Media’s website after reading a review for the newest Bruce Springsteen record, when he stumbled upon the use of the word “Math-rock.” As Euler said, “When I learned that there was an entire genre of music based around math, I knew it would be a perfect outlet to show that math can be cool!” So, he assembled a group that currently includes math club members Juan Hundred, Todd Number and Evan Number on drums, guitar and bass, respectively. Together, they play under the name Indirect Proof. At the band’s first performance this past Saturday at The Science Mall, the group played math themed classic rock hits from artists such as Styx [“Come Solve Away”], Billy Joel [“Still Algebra to Me”] and Kansas [“Carry on the Decimal Son”] to a medium size crowd, before it subtracted itself. “I was expecting Indirect Proof to sound like Foals or Shellac when I heard they were a mathrock band, instead I got songs like ‘More than a Function,’’” described concert goer Ethan Planter. Despite criticism from some, Euler and Indirect Proof plan to push on and record their first album this spring titled “Hypotenuse.” John Small

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Spring Break Held a Week Early

IPFW Misses Memo

Last week, both Indiana University and Purdue University saw the arrival of the much anticipated Spring Break 2012. Students from both universities were in a state of confusion when friends at IPFW were returning to classes. Officials from Purdue and IU were shocked as well, stating that they had sent a memo to the Fort Wayne campus indicating that Spring Break would occur during Spring-like weather conditions. IPFW officials claimed that they could not find the memo, and that they thought they saw that the weather might be nice for the week. Sadly this was not the case. Instead of warm, sandy beaches, IPFW students found themselves confronted by a wall of cold, barren snow, and harsh winds for their first day off. Mora Losaumb, a junior majoring in Communications, said that the week was just awful. Sean O’Leary

"Instead of being able to go out to the beach and enjoy life, we left with a coat and cried." Similar situations spurred when other students made plans with their friends from other campuses for the same weeks, assuming that it would be logical to have the same break, but realized too late that they would need to skip classes to go to Cancun. Some students have even begun to form plans to protest the mishap. The activists, calling themselves Vacation NOW, plan to hold beach-ins, an event in which they hope to cover the field in the Science Mall with sand, beach umbrellas, and begin tanning, in order to raise awareness for future generations. IPFW school officials reminded students that the information is available online, for everyone to see, but students claimed that online calendars are "like, so totally lame." Upon further investigation, Nugget reporters discovered the alleged memo underneath a pair of yellow flip-flops in the IPFW mailroom.

Light Turns on, Walb Rats Scatter The lights in the Walb Student Union lounge have been off for longer than many attending IPFW can even recall. Though, most who were asked weren’t able to come up with a reason why. The Communicator may have uncovered the mystery when speaking with maintenence worker Haleth Genaro, who quit his work with IPFW shortly after having to face what he called his worst fear. “I was just going about my routine, emptying the trash cans, sweeping up, etc.,” he said. “My partner, however, had to leave early, so I was given the responsibility of cleaning the lounge.” It was too dark for Genaro to see where any Kristan Mensch

messes were left behind, so he flipped on the lights. “It was like something out of a horror movie. These human-sized rats just scattered, leaving behind a tornado of chips, laptops and backpacks,” he said. “I completely freaked out and ran.” When Genaro returned, shaking, he found the lights were switched off again and said he could see glowing eyes behind some of the laptop screens. The staff of The Communicator decided to investigate the issue, but all that was determined was that a group of students preferred spending their life in the lounge to doing so in apartments. There were, however, glowing eyes behind laptops and a hiss of hatred when maintenence workers turned on the lights. Scattering happened, but no rats were to be seen.

The Mustards

Coffee Mug Holding Sanity Hostage

He shook. His eyes jetted back and forth. His focus was entirely on his coffee cup. Paul Fiene cannot have a full cup without taking a sip. When his coffee mug began to threaten him, that showed. Medics were called to Fiene’s apartment earlier this week when a neighbor felt the vibrations in the floorboards from Fiene’s shaking. Upon entering his apartment, the neighbor said she witnessed him screaming and crying in the direction of his mug. Further inspection by police has shown that the mug seems to display messages to Fiene, mostly involving a refill, which is what investigators believe has caused Fiene’s behavior. “They don’t know. I don’t know. None of these people have any idea,” Fiene said. “I just don’t know what it’ll do to me because it just keeps ending in ambiguous ‘or else’ or ‘nobody gets hurt’ phrases. Is my family safe?!” Since Fiene was taken to the hospital and investigators claimed the mug evidence, it hasn’t been filled, and efforts are being made to find out when ‘or else’ will happen. Art Vandelay

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Verdell Jones III Adjusts to New Role By Connor O’Gara, Indiana Daily Student It was anything but a senior swan song. When IU senior Verdell Jones III drove and looked for an open man in transition, he didn’t think it would be his last time. When Jones scored his 1,347th point in the second half of IU’s 85-74 win against Purdue in the regular-season finale, he didn’t think it would be his last collegiate basket. But instead of dwelling on the final events, Jones embraced a first yesterday afternoon. Despite tearing his right ACL in IU’s first round win against Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament, Jones celebrated with his teammates yesterday when the Hoosiers were announced as a No. 4 seed on the NCAA Tournament selection show. “It was very bittersweet,” Jones said. “It’s a moment I’ve been waiting for since I came to IU. Even though I got to enjoy it with my team, it’s kind of a bitter time not to be able to participate when the game starts. But I’m happy for this team because they’ve been through just as much as I have.” Jones has been there for all the high’s and low’s the past four seasons. He was there in 2009-10 when he narrowly missed a halfcourt shot at the buzzer that would’ve sent IU into overtime against then-No. 7 Purdue. Jones was on the scorer’s table above the IU students that flooded Branch McCracken Court after Christian Watford’s three-pointer at the buzzer drowned No. 1 Kentucky. He was on that same floor well after the Minnesota game a month later. This time, he was getting shots up after IU’s only home loss of the season — a game in which Jones finished with zero points on 0-for-6 shooting. No matter how hot and cold Jones’ career has been, IU Coach Tom Crean said the senior is irreplaceable. “There’s no way — even with the way some of our guys have played — there’s no way we’re sitting in here today without the contributions that he’s made, certainly over his career but when you look at the season he had,” Crean said. The season Jones had was not his best offensive

season. The 7.5 points per game was half of what he averaged as a sophomore. Instead of being IU’s second leading scorer, Jones was sixth on that totem pole. The senior came off the bench every game following a shoulder injury that sidelined him earlier in the season. But Jones found other ways to contribute. Despite averaging four fewer minutes per game than last season, Jones divvied out just as many assists with less turnovers. That came to a screeching halt when Jones’ IU career ended with one awkward landing. “Right when it happened, I knew it wasn’t good,” Jones said. “It didn’t set in until Dr. Ahlfeld came in and said it was the ACL and that I was done. Hearing those words, it was tough. My parents were there and it was one of the toughest times.” Jones has now let the sting of his career-ending injury sink in for three days. His role has shifted once again, this time to another coach on Crean’s staff. “My biggest focus now is guys like Victor (Oladipo) and Remy (Abell) and guys like that,” Jones said. “I’m just going to give them bits and pieces of what I see on the bench and it’s hopefully helping them in the games.” Abell has already stepped up in Jones’ absence before. When Jones was sidelined with a shoulder injury on Feb. 4, Abell delivered a career-high 13 points and knocked down a three-pointer in the final two minutes to cement the IU win. The freshman point guard, who figures to again see an increase in minutes, said having Jones in his corner will be critical in his first NCAA Tournament. “I’m just happy to be a part of it and to have somebody like Verdell teach me and help me along the way,” Abell said. “Even when he was playing, he was helping me. I’m just going to take what he says, what the coaches say and what the rest of my teammates say and apply it on the court.” For now, all Jones can do is live through his teammates during IU’s first NCAA Tournament appearance in the Crean era. Four and a half months ago at Big Ten Media

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Day, Jones told the IDS he was sick and tired of watching other Indiana schools celebrate on Selection Sunday while IU was stuck at home. Now, IU is the highest seed of any Indiana school in the field. “It feels just as great as beating those Indiana teams,” Jones said. “We’re finally getting our dominance back and hopefully we can keep building it in the tournament.” IU will be without the kid who has played more minutes than anybody on the roster. They’ll be without the kid who stuck with IU after a 6-25 season. They’ll be without the kid who took the lesser role as a senior for the greater good. When Jones acts as an assistant coach from the IU sidelines this Thursday, he’ll once again be doing it for the greater good. “I’m a tough guy,” Jones said. “I’m very mentally strong and this is just another chapter to my book."

Mar. 21. • Womenʼs Softball vs. Bowling Green Fort Wayne, IN. • 3 p.m. Mar. 21. • Menʼs Basebal @ Notre Dame South Bend, IN. • 5:35 p.m. Mar. 23. • Menʼs Baseball @ Michigan Ann Arbor, MI. • 3:05 p.m. Mar. 23. • Menʼs Volleyball @ Lewis Romeoville, IL. • 8 p.m. Mar. 24. •Womenʼs Softball @ UMKC Kansas City, MO. • 1 p.m. Mar. 24. • Menʼs Baseball @ Michigan Ann Arbor, MI. • 1:05 p.m. Mar. 24. • Menʼs Tennis vs. South Dakota State Fort Wayne, IN. • 2 p.m. Mar. 24. • Menʼs Volleyball @ Carthage Kenosha, WI. • 8 p.m. Mar. 25. • Menʼs Tennis vs. Western Illinois Fort Wayne, IN. 8 a.m. Mar. 25. • Womenʼs Softball @ UMKC Kansas City, MO. 1 p.m. Mar. 25. • Womenʼs Tennis @ Evansville Evansville, IN. • 1 p.m. Mar. 25. • Menʼs Baseball @ Michigan Ann Arbor, MI. • 1:05 p.m. Mar. 25-27. • Menʼs Golf @ C&F Intercollegiate Williamsburg, VA. • tbA Mar. 25-26. • Womenʼs Golf @ Saluki Invitational Carbondale, IL. • tbA

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Association Names Hummel to All-District Team Purdue Exponent Purdue senior Robbie Hummel continued to add to his postseason accolades on Wednesday when he was named All-District 7 in an announcement by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). The all-district honor is the second of Hummel's career by the NABC, as he also earned the distinction in 2010. The Valparaiso, Ind., native leads the Boilermakers in both scoring (16.3 ppg) and rebounds (7.1 rpg), ranking fifth and fourth in the Big Ten, respectively, in those categories. He also leads the team with an average of 1.2 blocks per game and owns a 2.17 assist-to-turnover ratio for the season. He has six double-doubles and eight 20-point games on the season, having reached the mark in four of his last nine games. Hummel was named a first-team All-Big Ten honoree for the third time in his career on March 5, and earned Big Ten Co-Player of the Week honors on Feb. 27. Hummel will enter this week's NCAA Tournament ranked ninth in Purdue history in scoring (1,736), sixth in rebounds (846), fifth in three-point field goals (209) and seventh in blocks (111). He is the lone active player in the

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Big Ten with 1,700 points and 800 rebounds for his career. The 10th-seeded Boilermakers will square off with No. 7 seed Saint Mary's at 7:27 p.m. ET on Friday at CenturyLink Center Omaha in the

second round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament. TruTV will televise the action with Marv Albert, Steve Kerr and Craig Sager on the mics, while Larry Clisby and Rob Blackman will call the game for the Purdue Sports Network.

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Roberto cabrini/connor Andrews (iPFW) def. Mario naboa/Julian chavez (csu) 8-5 daniel Kang/Joao Freitas (iPFW) def. sergiu Muresan/Rashley Yeremia (csu) 8-5 Andres cobos/Junya saruta (iPFW) def. samuel McKinney/luis ulloa (csu) 8-1

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Anita Henestrosa (iPFW) def. nikole novikova (seMo) 6-2, 6-0 elizabeth nyenwe (seMo) def. Marcy Huck (iPFW) 6-4, 6-0 Raquel vescovi (iPFW) def. Jessica courtnell (seMo) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 Melissa Martin (seMo) def. Alex Forsyth (iPFW) 6-1, 6-2 Heather Robinson (seMo) def. caterina Kiefer (iPFW) 7-5, 4-6, 11-9 Frederique sunstrum (iPFW) def. lauren schaper (seMo) 6-1, 6-0

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Marcy Huck/caterina Kiefer (iPFW) def. Jessica courtnell/Melissa Martin (seMo) 8-4 nikole novikova/Heather Robinson (seMo) def. Alex Forsyth/Anita Henestrosa (iPFW) 9-8 (8-6) Raquel vescovi/Frederique sunstrum (iPFW) def. elizabeth nyenwe/lauren schaper (seMo) 8-2

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Walk/Run to Benefit Health And Medical Education

The Global Health 5K will be hosted by IPFW on Saturday, March 31, so break out the running shoes. This will be the Global Health Initiative (GHI)’s first 5K walk/run in order to raise funds for current medical students at IPFW. The 5K will be conducted on campus Saturday morning starting at the Athletics Center’s west entrance. Funds will support students traveling to San Lorenzo, Ecuador. While there, students will have Dennis Barbosa

“the opportunity to have hands-on experience in a surgical setting as well as volunteer with community members,” according to GHI’s website. The money raised will also support the health clinic in San Lorenzo where the students will be training. Registration time will be from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the west entrance of the Athletics Center, or it can be done online at ghiipfw.org. Cost of registration is $20 per person or $12 per person at a group rate of four or more people. The GHI 5K will be a timed event giving

awards to the top three fastest male and female runners and the top three fastest runners in each age group. The awards ceremony is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. and the actual race will begin at 10 a.m. Campus police will be working on site as well as medical personnel, and there will be water stations located along the route. For more information visit GHI’s website or go in person to the Student Life office in Walb Student Union room 210. ► Follow online @TheDonsReport

Men’s Baseball Team Hurting,

Season Just Beginning IPFW’s Men’s Baseball team began the season with a stretch of away games, playing in Alabama, Missouri, Ohio and several cities in Indiana without even so much as touching their home field. Kristan Mensch

Without that home field advantage, the team has a slowly building record of 4-10. Just over a month from the season opener, the team had already accumulated a losing streak of seven in a row from Feb. 26 to a 6-4 win March 16. IPFW students still have a small wait before

being able to attend a game at home, as the team will play another seven games spanning from Ohio to Michigan before finally stepping out in Fort Wayne March 30 against Nebraska-Omaha. The game will start at 3 p.m.