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UNIVERSITY POLICE BRIEFS RUN [THROUGH THE] FOREST, RUN! Shortly after 3 a.m. August 24, the University Police Department (UPD) assisted the Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) with a foot pursuit. While making a traffic stop in the Canterbury Green Apartments area, two suspects fled on foot from UPD officers. FWPD Officer Ron Coffelt and K9 Egres arrived to assist, being informed by UPD officers that a handgun had been found underneath the passenger side seat. A perimeter was formed by several officers. Coffelt was informed of a wooded area north of the apartment buildings around 2600 Northgate Blvd. where the two suspects may have fled. Coffelt did not locate the two suspects in said wooded area.
JUST A SLIGHT FOG UPD made another FWPD assist around 1 a.m. August 25. A southbound vehicle was observed “weaving badly” on St. Joe Rd. from Roebuck Blvd., according to the FWPD report. FWPD Officer Larry Tague initiated a traffic stop near the intersection of Hobson and Stellhorn roads, with the driver striking the curb before stopping. Tague reported a “very strong odor of burning marijuana” and a “slight fog of marijuana smoke” coming from the vehicle. UPD officers and a FWPD officer arrived to assist with a vehicle search. UPD Officer James Dague located a “large baggie” of marijuana on the passenger. Tague reported finding six “partial burnt used marijuana cigars” in the ashtray. Both the driver and passenger were arrested for possession of marijuana. The driver was transported to St. Joe Hospital for a urine test. After testing positive for THC/marijuana, the driver was also
arrested for operating while intoxicated with a controlled substance.
PUBLIC INTOX, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH ABUSE After 3 a.m. August 31, UPD officers investigated a disturbance at Hobson and Trier roads. Officer Jody Cartwright reported observing two individuals in a “physical altercation.” A black Ford Expedition was parked at the intersection with two subjects inside and one walking away. The two observed in the altercation were the female subject Pamela Ashley Lake, 26, and the male subject walking away, Ronald Leroy Penn II, 28. Assisting Officer Ricky Wiegmann informed Cartwright of marks observed on Lake, but Lake denied being hit by Penn. After a preliminary breath test, Lake registered a .197 percent BAC and Penn .166 percent. Both were arrested for public intoxication.
ERR’BODY LOOKIT ME ‘CAUSE I’M DRIVING ON A BRIDGE Around 2 a.m. September 6, a vehicle was spotted driving on the pedestrian bridge from campus housing. The UPD officer responsible for the traffic stop issued a verbal warning to the individual after informing the driver that the bridge was meant only for pedestrians. The individual said they had seen a truck driving on it and thought it was okay to drive on. IPFW maintenance trucks frequently drive on pedestrian walk-ways to perform routine tasks.
PREPARE YOURSELF: MASS CONFUSION TO ENSUE In the early morning September 9, paramedics responded to a stabbing at
Piere's Entertainment Center on St. Joe Rd. The victim was being transported while friends and family followed in a black Chevy Impala according to the FWPD press release. A white Ford Crown Victoria, occupied by four individuals, opened fired on both the ambulance and Impala while en route to the hospital. Traneilous L. Jaskson, 24, and Dontay D. Martin, 23, have been both charged with attempted murder, battery with a deadly weapon, criminal recklessness and gang activity. The investigation revealed 16 to 20 gunshots on both the ambulance and the Impala. Jermaine Loyall, the victim being transported, was being followed by his sisters, Latasha Loyall and Domonic Loyall and a friend, Lashanda Conwell. All three women were shot, one of which was reported to be shot 10 times. The ambulance driver was injured by broken glass and shrapnel. Receiving descriptions of the Crown Victoria from both the ambulance driver and the three women, police were able to apprehend the four suspects at Jefferson Blvd. and Fairfield Ave. The other two occupants of the Crown Victoria were driver Alfonso Chappell, 27, and an 18 year old. Chappell told police the shooting was an act of revenge for the stabbing of Jackson's brother. A 9 mm handgun, matching a picture on Jackson's cell, was found on the floor of the Impala. Charges against Chappell have been dropped, and the 18 year old was charged with illegal possession of alcohol. The shooting investigation continues under the FWPD and the Allen County Prosecuting Attorney's Office with Jackson's bail set at $227, 500.
THE TOKEN BANK ROBBERY The Chase Bank at 6141 N. Clinton St. was robbed by two male suspects September 10, according to the FWPD. The two suspects entered the bank with handguns and concealed faces, according to witnesses, demanded cash and fled in “possibly” two dark-colored vehicles, one with a box shape and shiny rims and the other a small SUV. No reports of injury were received. The continuing investigation is being conducted by the Northeast Indiana Bank Robbery Task Force.
LIGHTING THE WAY TO JAIL UPD arrested a 19-year-old suspect September 11, around the 5300 block of St. Joe Rd. Officer Jody Cartwright made the traffic stop after midnight of driver Andre Irvine for failing to use headlights. It was discovered Irvine had a warrant for his arrest for “failure to pay for criminal conversion,” according to the report.
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University Relations Soft-Launches New Identity System At Indiana University-Bloomington, crimson and cream are everywhere. At Purdue, it's black and gold. It's common at many universities for a consistent theme in the messages they have around campus, whether it's fliers from student organizations or placards announcing events. At IPFW, it's not quite the same. Colors in the advertisements posted at the entrances of buildings are an array of white and neon themes. Even events that are held through university departments don't always seem to be in accord with each other. This is why University Relations has begun a soft launch of a new idenJessica Geyer
tity system on campus. According to Jack Patton, director of marketing, this is to “help clearly convey key messages.” As for what those messages would be, “It's quite complicated,” said Patton. Depending on who the message is for, the messages can change. But having consistency in university marketing material is what is most important. For potential students, Patton outlined three messages about IPFW's identity. “The university is on the move in many ways,” he said about the school's growth in size and in terms of programs. “We're modern and we can innovate quickly … and we are diverse.”
Another message Patton wants to get across is what IPFW really is. Compared to IU or PU or IWU, “the one thing we don't have … is a U,” he said. “Yes we are IPFW, but this is what that means … it may not be readily apparent that it is a university.” Students might not notice much of a difference as this identity system comes to place. It will take place over the span of an academic year. Also, Patton is unsure as of yet how it will affect specific departments and organizations on campus. Students may notice that IPFW's university logo will show up in more places and in a more consistent manner. “The intent … is that they're felt
by the end user, but not necessarily known,” said Patton about the changes. “I think the campus needs it,” said student graphic design major James Farr. He was recently involved in a photoshoot for a university advertisement in which he was a model. “[IPFW's] lacking that oomph … there's no unity through design.” University Relations is currently working with an agency to help them with the identity system. Farr hopes they will also turn to a resource already here on campus: the students. “We have good students in VCD [visual communication and design]. Let's use them,” he said.
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IPFW Students to Represent Armenia at Model UN Conference Many students probably have no clue what Armenia is and probably wouldn’t be able to point it out on a map. Those who do know know that it’s a small country in the Caucasus Mountains that declared independence after the fall of the Soviet Union. There is a group of students though that will be spending the year researching Armenia, understanding Armenia and even being Armenian. The Model UN is back this year and ready to continue learning about the world from a non-American perspective. This year the IPFW team will be representing Armenia on the Human Rights Committee, the Economic and Social Committee for the Asia Pacific and the General Assemblies. They will be tackling issues such as women’s rights, providing sustainable energy for the increasing demand of it in the Asia-Pacific and providing safe drinking water and sanitation to their region. There is also a search for solutions to racism and keeping nuclear weapons out of terrorist’s hands. IPFW will be communicating with other Model UN countries on their committees to propose solutions that will be accepted by all countries. IPFW’s team has been practicing Nikole Sanders
weekly to prepare for the upcoming American Model UN conference in Chicago the weekend before Thanksgiving. James Toole, professor of political science and adviser to the Model UN, stated that the conference is “an amazing experience in diplomacy and real appreciation for how hard diplomacy is.” Students discover the difficulties the real United Nations faces when trying to create policies that the entire world will agree with. When not in committee meetings or voting sessions, IPFW’s team will spend a large portion of the conference trying to negotiate solutions to issues with other representatives in the hallways of the hotel and on recess from committee meetings. Student representatives of all countries seek to gain understanding of how difficult it is to agree on policies with countries that have opposing viewpoints. IPFW’s affiliates over at Purdue University-Campton will be joining the Chicago conference with a team representing Bolivia. Indiana University will also be participating with teams representing Malawi, Somalia and current topic of interest, Sudan.
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Community Conversation to spur ideas on theme: ‘The City’ The College of Art and Sciences (COAS) at IPFW is presenting a new community-based program, according to a news release. University Community Conversation (UC2) will host different speakers from the community with a different theme each year. This year’s theme is “The City.” Thursday, Sept. 20 in Neff Hall, speakers Matthew Kubik, IPFW Associate Professor of Interior Design, and Pat Ashton, IPFW Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Peace and Conflict Studies Program, will discuss topics relevant to the theme and the Dennis Barbosa
Remnant Trust books on loan to IPFW. Thomas Paine, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. The Rem“What personal action are Carl Drumnant Trust is an American edumond, COAS you going to take? We are cational foundaDean, said the responsible for the laws, goal of UC2 is to tion which loans out original colrules, regulations, building “facilitate a dialections of first logue within the codes and zonings that re- community.” and early edition works related to Although sult in the environment we Kubik and AshAmerican hislive in.” -Kubik ton will be the tory and themes of liberty. These manuscripts number featured speakers Drummond said the over a 1,000 and include such works as point was for the community to be the the 1542 Magna Carta, the Emancipa- speakers. As Remnant Trust approaches its tion Proclamation and writings from John Milton, Ralph Waldo Emerson, 50th anniversary, Drummond said
UC2 will aim to discontinue building on the “town and gown” dichotomy within the community. “What personal action are you going to take?” asked Kubik, rhetorically. “We are responsible for the laws, rules, regulations, building codes and zonings that result in the built environment we live in.” The community dialogue is a process of “visualizing” and “forecasting,” said Kubik. “We’re visualizing a world we’re not necessarily going to live in …[but] we can all work on creating the political structure that will make or create the environment we want to live in.”
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Mia Farrow’s Lecture Gives Omnibus A Somber Kickoff It was far different from Mitch Daniels' opening Omnibus speech, which was a cheerleading session of his achievements as governor and his hopes for Indiana, as well a publicity event for his book. It was lighthearted, though polarizing from a political standpoint. Actress and activist Mia Farrow's speech had a more serious tone. She talked about what she witnessed in the Darfur region of Sudan, about genocide and about not losing hope when faced with the daunting challenge of eradicating and prosecuting crimes against humanity. Jessica Geyer
Her book was hardly given mention at all. It was a somber way to start a lecture series whose most recent alumni were the Political Steps comedy troupe. The genocide in Darfur, which was most prominent in the early years of the last decade, is nothing to be joked about. Farrow displayed slides showing what she had seen there: Pictures of Janjaweed riding camels and carrying machine guns, of children starved and dying and of women scarred and
mourning. “The ultimate human crime,” said Farrow about the genocide. Though the images of suffering were able to cause many members of the audience to look away or to even cry, Farrow's message was not to give up hope but to not forget. “Mass atrocity crimes are not inevitable unless we let them be,” she said. Later, gesturing to a picture of a Sudanese orphan who was, despite it all, smiling, Farrow asked, “How can we
permit ourselves the luxury of feeling overwhelmed and helpless?” The rest of the Omnibus Series does not look to be as grave as Farrow's speech, but some topics still seem to have a political or advocacy-minded charge. News analyst Jeffrey Toobin will talk about the Supreme Court and human rights advocate Naomi Tutu will talk about racism. On the other side, robotics engineer Grant Imahara, known for his appearances on the popular television show Mythbusters, will talk about engineering and entertainment.
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IPFW: Invest in a Brighter Future While some students opt for morning or afternoon classes, others at IPFW don’t get out until nearly 9 p.m. There is also open access to some areas of campus all night, such as the 24 hour computer lab in Helmke Library. Resources are always available, but IPFW is in serious need of lighting in many sketchy-to-walkthrough areas. Many students live in Canterbury Green apartment complex, Staff Editorial
for instance, and typical paths home are the sidewalk that winds next to Broyles Blvd. and Mastodon Way through campus. While there are light poles on Broyles Blvd., there is little to no brightness extending to the extended sidewalk. Likewise, the walk down Mastodon Way is very dark after passing parking garage No. 3. Some students walk underneath the bridge to Anthony Blvd., as well, which is similarly dark. These areas are often secluded, and emergency buttons are few and
far between, as well. Students should have a reasonable expectation of safety coming to and from campus - but that is often difficult when entering hard-to-see areas. So, IPFW: Invest in some lighting. A small amount goes a long way at night. Though administrators may leave campus at a reasonable hour, students are always around, and it’s in neither interest for something to happen because a lack of foresight.
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ike the United States government, IPSGA has an executive, legislative and judicial branch. All of them are made up of students only, selected either by yearly vote in the case of the executives or through collecting 100 signatures for the legislators. The Student Activity Board (SAB) is also a related committee that plans mostly school spirit events. The students in IPSGA aren’t just the average 12-credit hour commuter who stays at IPFW only for classes. Those who vie for seats in student government are “by and large the engaged ones on campus,” said business manager Dave Reynolds. Kasey Price, IPSGA adviser, described IPSGA as the “leader-type” candidates, who already have an interest in making a difference on campus, or at least a name for themselves. Many of them are involved in other student organizations, sometimes in a leadership capacity, or are student workers.
IPSGA: the student organization on campus many students know for its free food-foisting events and a notoriously hard to pronounce acronym. What students may not know is that the Indiana-Purdue Student Government Association has a big effect on what happens financially in campus life. $1,168,255 of a big deal.
“I don’t think of ourselves as more important … we have a little more influence than other organizations,” said student body president Jake Monroe. Once a year, the senate allocations committee meets to discuss how the annual budget gets divided. This includes much more money than the student senate has available to offer organizations throughout the year. $1,168,255 is looked at, debated and agreed on by the committee. This number has remained stable for the last several years, and comes from the student activity fee part of the budget. A good chunk of the money does go toward student organizations. Even The Communicator received $45,000 to keep publishing. But the IPSGA committee also decides the student government office budget and sets the wages of the paid members of IPSGA. From the original amount, $218,920 went to the IPSGA office budget, for example, and the Student Activities Board (SAB) got the largest portion at $290,000 for a year of their activities. Other universities use this same system, in which students are in charge
of where student activity fee money goes. According to Reynolds, IPFW does give IPSGA a relatively greater amount of power than other colleges do. “From what I hear, we treat our students very well,” he said. “I think it’s very important that students make decisions on student money … if students want to have a voice in what happens to their money, it’s easier here than probably anywhere I’ve been. And students are really lucky here to have such a prat of that conversation,” said Price. Despite the amount of financial power IPSGA has on campus, the people who make up the organization are students. Many start in student government with little or no previous experience handling the kinds of decisions that they are now in charge of making. Many are freshmen and sophomores who are still getting used to campus, its dynamics and the clubs and organizations that make up the campus culture. In terms of checks and balances through the democratic pro-
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cess, only the four members of the executive branch are voted on. Senators are given seats when they collect a certain amount of signatures and the judicial branch is created through appointment. Price is one member of the administration who ensures the student government is running the way it should be. She serves as advisor to the group and helps to fill in the gap of knowledge that may exist. “My role here is to advise and not supervise,” she said. It is to “help them to make sure they are making a fully informed decision.” That includes informing members of the student government of the campus how higher education works and guiding them through tricky ethical questions. Price said that the student senate has done a good job of, “making sure they ask the same questions of the senators as they would of nonsenators.” Some senators even had their requests denied.
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cal responsibility of making sure everyone gets a level playing field,” said Price. Vice president of legislation Bradley Crowe has e-mailed first-time requesters about why their proposal failed, for example. Making sure that IPSGA plays by the rules of the uni2012-2013 IPSGA BUDGET versity and their own consti*Data represents 40% of budget, tution is why Price has sevwith the other 60% going to athletics eral thick binders stuffed with he admits, however, rules and procedures that she that senators request- constantly refers back to. She also ing funds have a better has a large filing cabinet with each knowledge of how to get shelf stuffed with printed records. their proposals to pass the vote. They go back to nearly 2000, she “They’re doing things that I said, at least the ones that she can think most objective observers … access with ease. That still requires would see worthwhile things being doing some digging through papers. done in very significant amounts,” Though these numbers are said Reynolds. “They’ve shown that available to the public to see, the althey’re good stewards of the money locations committee actually meets … I think [allocations] is one of the behind closed doors. When they best committees there are.” discuss the budget, they shut out Some of the worthwhile things students, departments and other Reynolds sees IPSGA spending interested parties from the debates money on include the $70,000 to- and the minutes are kept private. ward CASA tutoring, which helps This is done, said Price, to help students in both providing jobs on make the students on the commitcampus and giving students free tee feel comfortable. “They wanted hours of tutoring in some of the a space for students to be able to most difficult subjects at IPFW. speak freely and not feel threatened “It’s divided all over campus,” by anything,” she said. said Price about the allocations. Reynolds agreed that keeping “Most people are usually pleasantly the closed door meetings helps the surprised when they see the whole allocations committee do its job. list.” “I think it works because we en“I think trying to educate the courage students to be brutally honstudents about what the senators est,” said Reynolds. He has been at would like to see is part of that ethi- the university in an official capacity
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for 10 years, but went to IPFW and graduated from it. However, he is unsure of where the closed-door allocations meeting started. This is the only instance during the year, aside from judicial court deliberations, in which the opinions of the student government are kept private. Since all senate hearings are open to the public, whatever any student senator says is on the public record. For these meetings, there doesn’t seem to be any difficulty in speaking against funding requests, even when representatives from the organization in question is right there in the audience. However, once people requesting money from the allocations committee have finished their proposal, they are no longer able to defend themselves to student government. Nor are they able to see why their proposal was cut or denied. This runs contrary to the process of student senate’s public meetings, in which deliberations are held openly. Kara Miller, the new president of the Anthropology Club, said that she does not know why the student senate is being stricter with their money this year. Her denied request was for $3000 for the lecture series, with $2000 for pizza and $1000 for speaker fees. After the bill was cut to simply $1000, it was then simply denied completely in the vote. During the meeting, the student senate said they cut Miller’s request because the Anthropology Club had not done adequate fundraising. This is in spite of the fact that the club is
under new membership and it is still less than a month since the semester began. The club is running a fundraiser this semester and has plans for one more, but the amount will not cover the Luncheon Lectures. Miller also encountered some frustration with the debate on the senate floor after her presentation, in which information she had just said was questioned again. She said that sometimes “it feels like they don’t listen to the presenters.” At that same meeting, the Rugby Team said that the senate was discussing a budget proposal that was not current. During the senate’s September 17 meeting, there was another instance in which senators had not received an updated copy of a budget. At the beginning of the semester, “It takes a little while for the flow of senate to go,” said Crowe about the confusion that’s taken place during the first meetings. He said that many of the problems have already smoothed themselves out. “There was much confusion that day,” said Monroe about the September 10 meeting in which the Anthropology Club budget was denied. One thing, which the senate has since fixed, is that the colors for the voting chart were red for “yes” and green for “no,” which, “didn’t make a lick of sense,” according to Monroe. Now the colors are blue and red, respectively. This semester, the senate seems strict and is asking many questions of student presenters. They also cut
from proposed bills quite often. “Consistency” is one word that has been repeated many times on the senate floor. Denying or approving food funding for one club means that they should deny or approve it for the rest of the clubs that ask for similar funding. However, their words don’t always quite fit with their actions. The Model UN’s September 17 request to travel to a national conference was cut by $450, which was $45 per student. This is because, according to one senator, “students going to any event should contribute to that event.” The Model UN had already fundraised a significant amount in order to attend their conference, including money that would be used to reimburse them for food costs. Later during that same meeting, a student’s request to travel from Hollywood where she is currently studying as part of the National Student Exchange to Fort Wayne so that she can participate in the Miss IPFW pageant was funded in full without any cuts. “Very rarely has anything passed that hasn’t been cut down,” said Monroe of this year’s senate sessions. Though he acknowledged the senate was being strict with its money compared to some years past, he said it was for a good reason. “A lot of times they’ve been too liberal early on,” he said. That means that organizations who asked for money toward the start of the semester had more of a chance to get money than
at the end of year, when the budget had been depleted. This, said Monroe, evens out the odds for all the organizations and leads to the consistency the senate wants. There are few witnesses and not much publicity when funding requests are denied or approved on the senate floor. During the weekly senate meetings, there are rarely any spectators aside from presidents and representatives from clubs asking for money. Those that do, said Price, are practicing “try before you buy.” That is, they’re observing a senate meeting before making a decision whether to join IPSGA. Though Reynolds normally only has contact with the students who are involved in IPSGA and other campus organizations, he showed some doubt that the average Mastodon knew much about the student government. “When I was a student, I was not knowledgeable,” he said. In terms of leadership and participation, there have also been fewer people signing up to take part in IPSGA. During last year’s student elections, there were only two candidates for student body president and only one for vice president of programming. Only around 10 people were interviewed for a position on judicial court, according to Monroe, which was about half the number of the previous year. What it means is, although students select some members of the student government, or at least haphazardly sign a sheet of paper for a
potential senator, they sometimes aren’t aware of where their money is going or even the fact that a government exists. And though, as Reynolds and Price believe, the students that take part in IPSGA tend to have the drive and ability to succeed as senators, executives or judges, they are still only chosen from a small group of interested parties. The most people see of IPSGA, therefore, is when someone is slapping free food on their plate. The organization is in charge with a great deal of student programming, including Welcome Back Week and Freshman Fest. They also rent out calculators and, this year, iPads to students. Yet many students are still
ignorant of the other places where they distribute their money. It’s the identity crisis that Monroe is eager to address. Monroe said he wants to change the perception of the student government that they are the free-food heralds of IPFW. Part of that rebranding process includes posting their logo wherever their money has gone as well as the “Toilet Times,” a one-page flier posted in the stalls of some bathrooms throughout campus. That publication is meant to advertise the events of other clubs and organizations on campus, conveniently at eye-level when crouched on a toilet seat. Which, yes, takes money.
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Archaic Instruments to Come to Life During IPFW Concert
The Rhinehart Music Center will be hosting a music concert on September 23, featuring exclusively archaic instruments. Titled “Tous les matins du monde: Music of the French Baroque,” the music program will be played by five musicians utilizing stringed instruments, reproductions of the post-Renaissance era. The title is derived from the 1991 French hit film about legendary baroque composer and violist da gamba Monsieur de Sainte Colombe. The viola da gamba is only one of three instruments which will be used to perform at the early music program. “A lot of people picked up the viola da gamba after they saw that movie,” said Melanie Bookout, Associate Professor of Music at IPFW. “It is the movie that brought the viola da gamba to general popularity and introduced it to Dennis Barbosa
European and some American audiences.” Bookout will be playing the viola da gamba alongside her husband Russell Bookout—who will be playing the same in addition to the lute—with Wayne Peterson on harpsichord, Anne Martin on viola da gamba and guest performer Philip Serna from Valparaiso University also on viola da gamba. Now archaic, these instruments were once commonly seen in European homes among the middle class from 1600 to 1750 said Bookout. She described these early instruments as producing “music of great subtlety and intricacy,” referring to its “polyphonic” character, meaning each player plays an independent melody yet harmonizing with the other musicians. “And so playing becomes like a conversation among friends.”
Rhinehart Music Center Events Wind Ensemble Auer Performance Hall Oct 4 7:30 p.m.
Jazz Ensemble Auer Performance Hall Oct 5 7:30 p.m.
Vocal Showcase Recital Rhinehart Recital Hall Oct 17 7:30 p.m.
Faculty Jazz Combo Rhinehart Recital Hall Oct 22 7:30 p.m.
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Sifting Through the Stacks IPFW Professor Talks Devotion to the Victorian Novel
Sometimes, the things we stumble upon are the things that end up being the most important. Dr. Troy Bassett has found this to be the case, when what began as a simple statistic for one of his academic articles turned into a five year project that he can't let go. "This was all just going to be one sentence in this book I was working on. I'd looked around and nobody knew, so I Just said I'll count them, and five years later I was done. It's a massive undertaking which I didn't really quite grasp when I started," said Bassett. He refers to the number of three volume novels printed in England in the 19th century, part of his research focus into the economics of Victorian fiction. Currently, he has catalogued more than 7800 titles, including the original three volume novels that started the project and a large number of two volume novels. At this stage he has decided to embark upon the task of cataloguLaura Rosenbaum
ing serialized novels, or those that were printed in installments by newspapers and other periodicals. "It's kind of an amazing number in some ways. It took a lot of work to find. It is quite a lot more than when I started. I thought there'd be maybe 3000 at most,” he said. Before starting the project, Bassett had joked that 3000 titles couldn't be very difficult, and yet he now admits that it has snowballed and taken on a life of its own. "I think the big push now is to include every novel. And as much work as I've done now, I've done the easy part. Nobody knows how many novels we're talking here, but estimates range from 40 to 60 thousand novels. Whatever I have is at best 20 percent of all the novels," he said. The novels that he has catalogued so far can be found online At The Circulating Library, a database that takes its name from the institutions that made fiction readily accessible to readers of the day.
“If you think of a library in which you pay to become a member, I think the closest equivalent to this is something like Netflix – it works on the exact same model, where you pay a subscription and then you can check out a certain number at a time,” said Bassett. The online database doesn't allow researchers to check out books, but it does provide statistical information on 19th century publishing, biographical information about many of the authors and, in the case of some texts, links to the Google Books copy of the novel. Bassett has traveled to England throughout the course of his research to gather information for his database, and as recently as last weekend traveled to the University of Texas where there is a large collection of Victorian fiction. And at this stage in his project, he can't envision an end in sight. “In some ways it will never be done, and I guess that's just the way it is. Take just identifying authors, for instance. Genealogical information comes into being every once in awhile, so you may
not be able to identify an author today, but maybe five years from now. When you write a book and send it off to the printer, you can't change it, whereas with the digital humanities, it's always a work in progress. If I was being truthful right now, whatever is on the Web is a rough draft of some future perfection that will never exist,” he said. In the future, Bassett would like to improve the websites interface, allowing it to function more like a database and giving researchers the ability to cross-reference material and categories. He has also started applying for grants to bring student workers onto the project. “If you think about the whole project, you'll go mad because it'll never be done. You just can't do this all at once, and I've come to the realization that I can't do this by myself anymore.” “If I could go back in time and tell my young self what I was getting into, I might not do it. But now that I've started, I can't stop,” Bassett said.
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What’s Hitting the Shelves: Sept 25 “Melody’s Echo Chamber,” Melody’s Echo Chamber
This album debuts the stylings of Melody Prochet, featuring a blend of English and French lyrics from the Parisian musician. Prochet’s high, ethereal vocals are often not distinguishable as individual words, instead flowing in and out of the instrumentation. The music is very hands off, and great if you’re looking for a little background music for a lazy day of book reading.
“Dependent and Happy,” Ricardo Villalobos
Dance-music producer, Villalobos, puts forth this 118 minute electronic album with the intent of taking the listener from beat A to beat Z. The journey starts out slow, lacking a bit in any drive, but if the listener has time to see it through, the beats continually morph from one track into the next. This album definitely employs an interesting repertoire of sounds.
“Piramida,” Efterklang
In their fourth album, Efterklang experiments whistfully with the field recordings captured during their visit to the abandoned Russian mining settlement Piramida. The music rises and falls from track to track, sometimes employing horns to drive the sound forward, before following with hauntingly meandering vocals.
Local Poet Shares Creative Wisdom, Expertise Hudson claimed. Hudson has been writing poetry since the mid-1980s. He began his career in a Creative Writing class at IU wannabe poet.” Bloomington as an undergraduate, but “We all are,” responded a man. Twice a month since last fall, lo- before that, he was a freshman at IPFW cal poet Michael Derrick Hudson has during the 1982-1983 school year. “I was an undeclared major,” he hosted a poetry workshop at the Allen County Public Library. Last Wednes- said. Hudson is an accomplished pubday was the first meeting of the fall. lished poet, with poems featured in The workshop’s aim is to help amamore than two dozen magateur poets sharpen their zines and has won several Learning the techniques by examining what different poets skills is a “group awards, such as the River Styx International Poetry utilize in their poems. effort,” albeit a Contest. In addition to free Learning the skills is a verse poetry, he also writes small group. “group effort,” albeit a critical essays and reviews. small group. Hudson also provides poems of his He lends his expertise to the particiown choosing for a closer observation, pants with sound advice. “The heart of writing,” Hudson adand most of the time the names are unvised, “is revising it.” familiar. “Poets are pretty much all obscure,” Zach Crook
“Sorry,” a woman apologized. “But I’m more of a
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Entire Campus Sighs as Fall Approaches The weather is slowly changing to cooler mornings and evenings, and students are one-by-one beginning to break out the sweaters and jackets. Fall is approaching, and no one seems to be happy about it. Not even IPFW. “I’m pretty sure I heard the actual campus let out a sigh the other day,” said freshman Allie Swartez. “It was like Freshman
the buildings all decided to lash out against the seasons changing.” Reports of such a sigh spread just after 1 p.m. Monday morning. One person said it occurred immediately after he watch a leaf turn orange. “It did turn pretty quickly,” he said. “It went from green to orange to sigh all in a matter of minutes.” Experts at IPFW said they will research the sigh, but that they may never give the public results.
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Student Baffled By Bathroom Odor on Account of ‘Girls Don’t Poop’ After walking into the first floor restroom in the Science Building, freshman elementary education major Marcia Trist encountered a smell that made her nostrils want to turn inside out. Trist, who had entered the restroom between classes to check on her hair, immediately turned to the line of women around her. “What is that smell?” she asked them. “Why does it smell so bad in here?” The other women, who were lined up to enter the stalls shuffled and nodded in agreement that, yes, it did smell bad in there. But to Trist's frustration, Jessica Geyer
no one seemed to share her confusion and outrage about the smelly bathroom. Now, she is demanding answers from the university. “It's just not right,” said Trist. “It literally smells like someone pooped in one of these stalls. Who does that?” Herman Jones, nursing major, said that he's also encountered similar odors in the men's restrooms. But the fact that a women's restroom was smelly made him pause. “Girls don't poop, so I don't understand why it would stink in there. I always imagined it would be perfumey.” IPFW has yet to comment on the smell.
Students Leave First Omnibus Lecture Clinically Depressed Fort Wayne clinics have noticed a sudden increase in patients seeking treatment for depression, which researchers have linked to Mia Farrow’s recent Omnibus lecture. Her speech, which focused on the genocide and human rights abuses in Darfur, among other areas, left many students with severely depleted serotonin levels. Despite Farrow’s plea to remain hopeful in the face of atrocity, the somber parts of her speech have already affected IPFW in a serious way. “It’s a veritable epidemic,” said IPFW therapist Greta Laurence. She said her average amount of sessions has quadrupled in the days since Farrow’s university visit. “I haven’t seen so many Ann Algeier
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people displaying symptoms of depression at one time since NSYNC broke up. The only thing I can compare it to is when those Sarah McLaughlin commercials started playing.” “It was sad. It was so, so, so sad. Just sad,” said lecture attendee Tanya Fours, sophomore. “Sad, sad, sad.” Sociology major Robert Coleson was founded huddled in an armchair in the Walb lounge after the lecture, hugging himself and rocking gently. “My major means nothing. It won’t make a difference. Is there even a God?” he mumbled to himself. In a press release responding to certain grievous accusations, God blamed cloud-cover over the region for his lack of interference.
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Dear Editor, A couple of weeks ago, I read in your fabulous Nugget section about the "potential threatening situation" NOT being a raptor attack, which really got me thinking about the welfare of those living in housing. I mean, what if it had been an actual velociraptor attack? Take, for example, the doors in housing. They all have handles, which are relatively easy for anything without opposable thumbs to open. Remember "Jurassic Park"? That little girl and her brother almost got eaten because the park had handles instead of doorknobs. I mean, damn! That was close! Additionally, how many IPFW students can perform gymnastics in order to kick a raptor out of a two-story window onto wooden spikes? Remember Jeff Goldblum's daughter in the second movie? She killed that raptor good. Please take some space in your paper to properly warn students of this "potential threatening" scenario. Sincerely, John Silverbud Jurassic Park fan
Student Friendzoned by Candygram It was a simple morning for freshman Kylie Gunn, and she thought she was on top of the world. As she left for a 9 am class, she found a notice on her door for a “friendship candy gram.” “I thought it was from, like, my BFF or something,” she explained. “I thought, ‘Aw, how sweet of her.’” When she returned to housing and got her candy gram, however, she discovered something amiss. Sources at Student Housing confirmed that the candy gram was, in fact, from a guy. Zach Crook
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“I was talking to this guy,” Gunn said. “And I thought we hit it off pretty good after our second date she other night. I thought…” she sobbed. The guy broke things off with her through the candy gram. “I just didn’t want to be the jerk that broke it off with a text,” he claimed. “And I rarely see her on Mondays. So … yeah.” At the time of press, Gunn had been posting Adele lyrics as Facebook statuses, tweeting passive-aggressive thoughts and was seen buying bags upon bags of chocolate.
Many students of IPFW aren't employed in any fashion, relying on parents or financial aid for assistance. Especially with the economy recently, finding work is difficult, and sometimes even stressful. "It's depressing," said sophomore Greggory Folmer. "I have to call my parents to put more money in my account, and they ask what it's for, and it's too embarrassing to tell them I have to buy the Hello Kitty movies." "I'd rather chop off my arm than ask for more money. I mean, not that I'm really complaining. Free money is free money, you know?" commented Daniel Fisher. Thankfully, Kanye West stepped forward recently and offered nearly Zach Crook
140 students a job, providing backup vocals on a single on his next album. In response to critics questioning his actions, he tweeted, "'All of the Lights' was such a success, and that had 14 artists on it alone. Why not go tenfold? #kanyewestwinsagain" "All he did was tell us to say a couple of words in the recording studio," said Folmer, who was one of the lucky 140. "And we get a couple hundred bucks per word. Neat." Kanye West will not reveal the name of the song, and the words spoken by students are not any more helpful. The new album, though, is slated for a Summer 2013 release, just in time to be played in every retail store for weeks on end.
Honey Boo Boo Joins Obama Campaign Trail After outshining the RNC in ratings, Honey Boo Boo was recruited to the Obama campaign in hopes of gaining voter approval. In a speech Sunday, Obama explained that “America needs change… in programming, and Honey Boo Boo gonna do what she want.” When asked about how she likes being on tour with Obama, Boo Boo replied that “I, ‘Merica, likes. Obama Sean O’Leary
redneck-ognize ‘Merica my momma.” When asked for her opinion on Obama’s health-care, Boo Boo responded that “health gonna make ‘Merica look gooooood.” Boo Boo also voiced her opinion on the deficit, saying that “a dolla make ‘Merica holla!” The Obama campaign has also purchased two new screens to display subtitles at each new event that Boo Boo appears at, so that voters can understand what the child is saying.
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Want to Write for The Communicator? Send us an email at contact@ipfwcommunicator.org We want to hear from you! Men’s Soccer Falls to Ramblers In a non-conference game against the Loyola Ramblers Friday Sept. 14, the Mastodons fell in Chicago lowering their record to 0-6. The first half ended 0-0 as each team failed to make any shots connect
with the goal net. With the less than two minutes left and the score still tied, the Ramblers broke the Mastodon shutout with an unassisted goal by Jake Savino from five yards out on Don’s goalkeeper Brandon Cloutier, ending the game 0-1.
It was a mostly cloudy day in Oxford, Ohio when the Mastodons leveled out their record at 3-3 against the Miami Redhawks, Friday Sept. 14. The winning goal came from senior Danielle Bishop in the second overtime narrowly ending the game with a score of 1-0. In the first half, the Dons were out-
shot with Redhawks shooting 10 times and the Dons once. Freshman goalkeeper Sam Pavlika made three saves followed by three more in the second half. With less than three minutes remaining in the second overtime, freshman Rachel Good assisted Bishop with a cross which connected with a header past Miami’s goalkeeper Allison Norenberg.
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Dons Nearly Sweep Central Mich. The Women’s Volleyball team took its overall record to 10-3 this weekend with a win over Central Michigan. The Dons started out taking an early lead with the first four points of the game. The Chippewas ended up splitting that in half, but the Dons ended up with the 14-10 lead near the midway point. It went back and forth the rest of the way through the set, tying more than once until IPFW finally came out the other end with 25-23. Kristan Mensch
The Chippewas took the lead right away in the second set 3-0, but IPFW fought back until a tie came up at 16-16. Tying up again later at 25-25, Wienkes was able to get back-to-back kills and take the set 27-25. The Chippewas got a 25-23 win for the third set, setting IPFW back a little bit, but the lead never got further than three points deep as both defensive and offensive ends worked hard. The Dons were able to take the fourth set after more point passing with a score of 25-22.
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Men’s Golf Team Takes 12th Place at Invitational The Men’s Golf team managed to place 12th overall in the Wolf Run Invitational after an uphill battle. The Dons had a final round score of 304, which was the ninth lowest in the 14-team deep invitational. Finishing with an overall score of 919, the Dons were able to out-play IUPUI by three points and Butler by 53. Illinois took the champion title with a score of 855. Senior Drew Imel got a final-round of 74 and 226 overall, tying him up for 41st place. E. J. Tackett was the second lowest with a 76 and 233, tying for 59th place. The Dons are up again October 1 and 2 at the 2011 Cleveland State Invitational. Last year, they took the championship title. Kristan Mensch
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This Week’s Sports Women’s Soccer
Playing Goshen at home September 20. Game starts at 7 p.m.
Women’s Volleyball
Up against South Dakota in Vermillion, S.D. September 21. Play time is at 8 p.m.
Women’s Tennis
Kicking off the Bowling Green Invitational in Bowling Green, Ohio September 21.
Men’s Tennis
Starting the Purdue Invitational in West Lafayette September 21.
Softball
Up to bat with Huntington (DH) September 22 in Fort Wayne, Ind.
Men’s Soccer
September 22, the team will face off against UMKC in Kansas City, Mo. at 7 p.m.
Dons Come in No. 2 at Invitational The Men's Tennis team took home second place in the River Forest Collegiate Invitational this weekend, the first invitational of the 2012 season. Facing off against Belmont, Butler, Grand Valley State, Northern Illinois, IUC and Youngstown State, the Dons put up a fight. Junior Daniel Kang was able to win against UIC's Alan Reifer 1-6, 6-3 (10Kristan Mensch
6) in Flight 1 singles. Kang ended up in the semi-finals, but was eventually defeated by NIU's Dar Amir and instead took third place overall in Flight 1 singles. IPFW was fortunate to have sophomore Connor Andrews, as he was able to take over Belmont's Henrik Claesson in the quarterfinals 6-2, 6-4 and go one to win in the semifinals against Northern Illinois' Max Phillips 6-2, 6-4 as well. Butler's Billy
Weldon was Andrews' final matchup, to whom he lost 7-6, 6-4, taking the second place in Flight 5. The Dons took another second place spot with sophomore Martin Muadi, who won against Grand Valley State's Zac Felic 6-1, 6-0 and Butler's Sam O'Neal 7-6, 7-5. He made it to the finals, but UIC's Rahul Kamath took over there at 6-3, 6-3. Andrews Cobos, sophomore, competed with sophomore Joao Fre-
itas in Flight 4 singles. Cobos made it past one round with Belmont's Bruno Silva, but Freitas was taken over by Northern Illinois' Simon Formont 7-5, 6-2. The tables were turned in the semifinals, however, when Freitas beat Grand Valley State's Michael Kay 7-6, 6-4 and Cobos couldn't match up against Youngstown State's Rodrigo Campos, losing 6-4, 6-2. Cobos and Freitas ended up in fourth and sixth places overall, respectively.
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