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Mental Health Day a Success
But Panels Don’t Draw Crowds Outside the Walb Ballroom, the Mental Health Day information fair was crowded. There were 25 booths with displays about healthy communication, healthy eating and ways to lower stress and anxiety. Judy Tillapaugh, health and wellness Jessica Geyer
coordinator at IPFW, said that the event was a success. They had received hundreds of visitors, and even whole classes had stopped by. Inside Walb Ballroom, however, there were only a few people in attendance for the panels, despite the many tables and chairs set around. But this was where the
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message of Mental Health Day, “Love Heals: The Power of Healthy Relationships,” was supposed to be really addressed. When Candace Hall from the Women’s Bureau spoke, there were only four women and two cameramen. “I guarantee that if someone is in an abusive relationship it’s not happening behind closed doors. It’s happening right in front of us,” said Hall to the small group. It was part of the message Mental Health Day wanted to drive home, but barely anyone was around to hear. Hall didn’t seem conerned about the lack of attendance or the fact that all of the audience was female. She was still feeling energized by the Women’s Bureau’s Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event on Sept. 22, where 700 people, many of them men, donned red high heels to jog
or walk one mile at Headwaters Park. “It was amazing, the amount of men who were there,” said Hall. She said that usually men don’t attend workshops like hers. She tries to be gender neutral in her message, because people can be sexually assaulted regardless of their gender. “There’s a stigma of being a man at an event like this,” Hall said. She believes that some are afraid that they’ll be “man-bashed.” “I think men are more backhanded in dealing with [the topic of sexual assault,]” said Hall. “They’ll go to a big event where they’re not the only ones.” Tillapaugh said that attracting more students to the workshops is something Mental Health Day is going to work on in the future. However, she was satisfied with how the event turned out.
“She believes that some are afraid that they’ll be ‘man-bashed.’”
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UNIVERSITY POLICE BRIEFS POST TEST ARREST University Police (UPD) were notified by FWPD Officer Matthew Cline of two individuals with warrants living in student housing. Thursday, Sept. 27, UPD attempted to locate Isis K. Thomas, one of the two suspects, at 600 Lawshe Drive but to no avail. Inspection of building G at 700 Lawshe Drive East did, however, yield results. Quentin Campbell, 21, was located within the building and advised by UPD officers of the warrant for his arrest. Campbell was “very cooperative” according to the incident report, and told the officers that he had a test to take that his professor would not allow to be taken at another time. Officers escorted Campbell to Kettler Hall to complete his test before transporting him to Allen County lockup.
YOU’RE KIND OF ARRESTED Sunday morning, Sept. 30, UPD Officer
James Dague observed a red Ford Explorer driving southbound on St. Joe Rd. with no headlights. The vehicle failed to pull over after Dague activated his emergency lights. The suspect continued, driving into the Canterbury Green Apartments area. It was not until the officer used his siren, that the vehicle stopped, pulling over onto the sidewalk. The suspect was identified as Debra Erika Hogle, 43, who then failed to produce a valid license. When asked by the officer if she had been drinking, Hogle said “kind of,” according to the incident report. Hogle then said she had a few drinks after Dague asked for a yes or no answer. Submitting to a PBT test Hogle registered a .176 percent BAC. FWPD Officer L. Tague made the scene. Hogle was arrested for OWI and DWS-prior.
I’M GONNA CALL THE COPS ON YOU, ‘OFFICER’ UPD Officer Angel Hardesty observed a silver Honda running the stop sign in front of parking garage 1. Turning off of Broyles and onto one-way White drive,
the suspect proceeded west driving the wrong the way. Hardesty turned his squad car around and activated his emergency lights and siren in pursuit of the driver. The Honda did not pull over until reaching Kettler Circle. Upon approaching the suspect, Hardesty asked the driver why he had not pulled over. The individual did not answer the officer, rather he rolled up his window. Hardesty requested Sgt. Douglas Rupert make the scene. In a second attempt to find out why the driver had not pulled over his vehicle in a timely manner, Hardesty knocked on the driver’s window. The officer was answered with yelling, instructing the officer to not hit his window. The driver said the officer was not the real police, and that he did not have to speak to him. Hardesty advised him that he was the police and wanted his license and registration. The driver said he was going to call the police. Hardesty again knocked on the window repeating that he was a police officer and needed to see his license and registration. The driver turned off his car, and then said he would drive off. The officer advised
the driver of the possibility of arrest if the driver were to drive off. The driver turned on his car and drove off, nearly running over Hardesty’s feet, according to the incident report. At that time, Rupert was driving up to Kettler Circle and was able to pull over the driver on Coliseum Blvd. East. Rupert had to explain to the driver that UPD officers employ full police powers just as the FWPD does. The driver yielded his license and registration to Rupert, which returned a valid status once ran through dispatch. Although UPD could have arrested driver David A. Griggs for fleeing the scene, Griggs was only issued two citations: disregarding a stop sign and driving the wrong way on a one way.
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“UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY: IT’S NOT JUST BLACK AND WHITE”
DUMPLING NIGHT
5K RUN/WALK
The Chinese Club is hosting this event at the Holiday Inn, where they will teach attendees how to make Chinese dumplings. 2-4 p.m. at the Inn, 4-9 p.m. to eat them at Cole Commons. Registration is requested.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of IPFW 5K Run/Walk to support the program. At the fieldhouse from 9-11 a.m.
SOCIOLOGY BROWN BAG LECTURE
A panel discussion on varying aspects of diversity. 12-1:15 p.m. in Walb Union 114-116.
“Globalization and Escalation of Religious Fundamentalism,” presented by Sushil Usman, professor emeritus of sociology. From 12-1:15 p.m. in Kettler Hall G46.
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Stutzman and Boyd Debate at IPFW On Nov. 6, Americans are going to be voting on more than just the president. Residents of Indiana will be voting for a governor, a U.S. Senator, Attorney General, State Superintendent of Public Instruction and a U.S. Representative for their district. In District 3, which is where IPFW is located, the candidates are Republican incumbent Marlin Stutzman and Democrat opponent Kevin Boyd. Stutzman and Boyd will be holding a debate right on campus on Friday, Oct. 19. It will be held in the Rhinehart Center Recital Hall and is free to the public. It will be their first debate against each other. IPFW is one of three sponsors of the event, alongside the Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics and WFWA PBS 39. Because it will be filmed, doors are open at 6 p.m. and no one will be admitted entrance after 6:45 p.m. The actual debate will commence at 7 p.m. and end at 8 p.m. Boyd has previously been critical of Stutzman’s refusal in the past to debate. During a press conference last month, he said, “Twice now, different community organizations have Jessica Geyer
attempted to organize a candidate’s debate. In both instances, my campaign has accepted the invitation.” He then said that Stutzman claimed he did not receive the invitation to the first debate. “The second invitation, [Stutzman] accepted, allowed the community leaders to make plans, and then pulled out because of a sudden and unspecified schedule conflict.” “But who can blame someone for not wanting to defend a record that is indefensible?” Boyd added. According to the Journal Gazette, Stutzman said that his campaign just wanted the debates to be “done in the right way.” The debate moderator will be Jeanette Dillon, who is the former director at Northeast Indiana Public Radio. IPFW political science professors will also help provide the questions. Though he couldn’t comment on specifics, Andrew Downs from the Mike Downs Center said that the candidates “will be covering a variety of topics.” “I’d argue that students will be interested regardless of the subject because those are the people who want to represent them in Congress,” he added.
“Who can blame someone for not wanting to defend a record that is indefensible?” -Boyd
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Internationally Known Professor to Discuss Christian and Islamic Text An internationally renowned professor will visit campus next week, looking back to an antiquated era as he provides a discourse on medieval Christendom and Islamic text. The way these polarizing religions view each other has become increasingly crucial in the last decade. Following the clash of 9/11 all the way up to the death of an American ambassador in Benghazi, peace dialogues seem to hold no weight against polemic arguments offensive to the religious “other.” Perhaps a retrospective glance could clarify a few things which have been misconceived between Christians and Muslims alike. Dr. Thomas Burman, professor and head of the history department at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will be speaking on this subject. In particular, Burman will discuss scholarship performed by Christians of the Middle Ages in Islam’s holy book—the Qur’an. There is this “rarity of combining [these] two skills” said Damian Fleming, assistant professor of English and Medieval Studies program coordinator, referring to Burman’s expertise: the study of medieval Latin and Arabic literature. It is one thing to be a scholar of medieval Latin and another to be a scholar of medieval Arabic, but to do both and to do them well is a rarity, said Fleming, which makes Burman unique. “The idea of doing both of them, I think, is overwhelming to lots of people,” he said. IPFW’s College of Arts and Sciences (COAS), which will be hosting Burman’s lecture on Monday, has introduced a new minor this semester in Medieval Studies. Burman was at the top of the list of ideal candidates for Fleming, when considering who to invite for the COAS’s
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Fleming said. Even today the very same thing can be seen: “confusion between Christians and Muslims about what their religions are like.” Burman’s research focuses on medieval Christians who studied the Qur’an, producing Latin translations for a European audience largely unfamiliar with Arabic. “Generally the Christians who knew Arabic would be minimal, if not nonexistent,” Fleming said. “So it’s this fascinating little corner of scholarship that I think is very surprising,” he said. “It’s also very relevant for today, when we see the same exact situation.”
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An Open Letter to the IPFW Student Senate Recently, students connected to The Communicator requested travel funding from IPSGA to attend the Associated Collegiate Press convention in Chicago, Ill., which consists of a series of informational sessions. Our request was eventually denied. While we will continue to grow and evolve our skills without attending the convention, we do feel the need to point out what we believe was unfair treatment during the decisionmaking process. When we were able to present our proposal, the Senate voted 12-1 against The Communicator, mainly because we were requesting to only pay individually for food costs and half of transportation. One Senator motioned to reconsider the bill later on in the meeting, however, and we narrowly passed 7-6 with an amendment that brought our request down $500, to a total of $1,662.09. The questioning period showed apparent personal biases, though, as was demonstrated in the questioning period.
“All financial decisions made by IPSGA and its members shall be viewpoint neutral,” according to the IPSGA financial guidelines. However, there seemed to be a personal vendetta against us by certain students on Senate. Among a small amount of legitimate questions, Senator Aaron Ostermeyer asked simply to explain why we deserved to go, citing that in an issue of the publication we had failed to spell Richard Mourdock’s name correctly. While accuracy is always a journalistic goal, it seems hardly reasonable to judge a funding request based on a spelling error in much the same way it would be unfair to deny a sports team funding because of a missed goal. When it came time for IPSGA President and student media supporter Jacob Monroe to sign or veto the bill, he was forced to veto on a technicality: The fact that we are not a recognized student organization, and individuals
Letter to the Editor: Communicator Manager and Staff, In your most recent issue of the Communicator, you wrote an article about our most recent activity, The Don’t Text and Drive events. The student chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) would like to express our disappointment in your article, written by Jessica Geyer. Although she quoted a fellow student, and although we can accept criticism in order to im-
prove, as a group we felt as though the article could have been more supportive of the effort bringing awareness to a good cause. Please review your articles before printing something so disgraceful and unprofessional, lacking tact and talent. Thank you.
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requesting funds from IPSGA need to have gotten sponsorship by recognized organizations or departments. The Communicator, prior to the last meeting, received three sponsorships: The Communication and Media Society, Sigma Tau Delta and the Communication Department. Though the purpose of the next presentation was to present for and against a veto rather than the bill itself, the Senate again made remarks that were disappointing to say the least. It was mentioned that our going would be a “complete waste of money,” according to Senator James Langford, with the accusation that we would simply be going on a vacation. Many of The Communicator staff were fortunate enough to have attended this convention in the past, and we take the ability to learn and grow in the industry very seriously. Having such an accusation so freely brought up was not only unfair but also presumptuous
to us as students willing and hopeful to learn. Additionally, acknowledgement of our having gained sponsorships, the most important aspect of the proposal and the reason for the veto, was ignored by some senators just minutes after presenting the sponsorships to them and the question of why we don’t just petition to become a recognized student organization was also raised by one senator. In our opinion, these questions – while some of them may have had good intentions behind them – disregarded student media as a valuable and educational resource. Whether or not The Communicator staff should have been able to attend the ACP convention should have solely been based on the requirements set forth from the financial guidelines and not on personal opinions of the publication.
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“IT WAS MY WORDS AND NOT THEIRS. THEY WERE MY THOUGHTS AND NOT THEIRS.”
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or English majors, it’s a breeze. For others, it’s a nightmare. But no matter what the major, a big essay assignment is inevitable. It means hours at the library and in front of a computer typing up thousands of words. It’s also trips to the Writing Center to polish the grammar and organization and hours more of editing to get that A. Or, if you just can’t finish that term paper, you could just pay $100. At least, that’s how much Alysen Wade charged
her friends to write custom papers for them. A self-described “conscientious student,” Wade said the whole thing started as a joke. One of her friends said that she wished she could just pay someone to write a difficult paper for her. Wade joked back that she’d do it. “‘Well I’m not kidding if you’re not kidding,’” said Wade’s friend, and soon she was typing up a paper for a class she’d never taken.
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“It was roughly around $10 a page,” said Wade, though she charged more depending on the topic. She claimed to have written around 10 papers for people, mostly friends or friends of friends. If they had been strangers, “I don’t think I would have done it at all because … there was a level of trust that I wasn’t going to say anything to anyone,” said Wade. She also said that her non-student status was a been factor in her decision to write those papers. Wade had not yet entered college. “If I had been a student, it would have been more of a risk for me and them,” she said. According to Wade, paying for papers was not a big deal for her or for her clients. “Nobody ever really thought twice about it. They knew they were cheating, I knew they were cheating, but it didn’t shock either of us,” she said.
So they wouldn’t get caught, Wade said that she would alter her writing style so she sounded more like the friend she was trying to be. “My main goal was to get them an A,” she said, but as natural an A as possible. Once, however, she received a B because of, coincidentally, a citation error. “I was offended by the B,” said Wade. “I was like, ‘Dang it! That was so easy to fix!’” And, Wade said, no one was ever caught. ther than reaching out to friends for help, a student can just go online to buy a paper. A quick Google search turns up over 5 million hits for “custom term papers” and advertises writing services from $10 per page. Some websites sell pre-written term papers on a variety of subjects, which can be instantly downloaded. While there are a few that can be found for free, their quality is sus-
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pect. The better-written papers are more costly and some sites required monthly subscriptions of over $100. According to the Pew Research Center, 55 percent of college students have admitted to plagiarism. The process isn’t as simple as Wade’s experience makes it out to be. There is a serious risk of being caught with someone else’s work. “It’s also really hard to get away with,” said Wade. Though she could write a term paper in a weekend,“To create an entirely different persona or personality for a paper is a lot of effort.” “And it makes you kind of nervous … it’s hard to detach yourself when you’re doing something that you know is morally wrong,” she said. “Cheaters aren’t as clever as they think,” said Zach Kruse, an adjunct professor at Ivy Tech who teaches basic writing courses.
Reading drafts and revisions of his students’ papers allows Kruse to get to know the writing styles of his students. “You can look at a paper and find out if it was a student’s work or not,” he said. If a student turns in a paper that is graduate school quality when they’ve been writing at a college freshman level is a big sign that they’ve either plagiarized or had some help. Karen VanGorder, director of online learning at IPFW, agrees that the student-professor relationship is vital to curb cheating. “The best way to keep people from cheating is for the facutly to get to know the students,” she said. “As long as the professor feels faceless and nameless it will be easy to cheat.” But outside of writing classes, professors don’t often require their students to turn in drafts. Sometimes the first time they see the writing of a student is for a midterm paper assign-
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ment. Kruse said that how a student behaves and what they say in class can be another indicator of how they will write. If there’s a disparity, it should be checked up on. “That doesn’t mean they’re a cheater, though,” he said. Online, there are even more ways to catch a cheater. “SafeAssign’s a big help,” said Kruse. afeAssign is a program run by Blackboard that highlights unoriginal content in a student’s writing. The professor can then look through the report and decide whether the content was not cited or taken from another source. Many IPFW professors use this tool, according to VanGorder. Another tool that IPFW has yet to implement is called ProctorCam. Among its functions is using video to check a government-issued ID, monitor the student’s workspace to check for notes and books and alerting the professor if the student has opened up any other browswer window or program while taking that test. That prevents students from Web searching an answer they don’t know. Other programs exist that can lock a student’s browser to prevent them from opening other programs or retinal scans to ensure that the person taking the test is the person on the class roster. Both of these tools, according to VanGorder, have been discussed at IPFW. “There are some concerns campus that IPFW has the right to lock down your browser,” said VanGorder. That’s one of the reasons the browser-lock tool has not been implemented on campus yet. However, she said that
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she will be soon attending a conference in which that technology will be discussed again. “We encourage an honor statement in the syllabus of the class,” VanGorder said. These statements usually discuss
ciplined for it. Of course, these numbers don’t include students who are never caught or whose professors don’t report them. To get around all of these problems, IPFW does have proctored testing at
PROGRAMS EXIST THAT CAN LOCK A STUDENT’S BROWSER TO PREVENT THEM FROM OPENING OTHER PROGRAMS OR RETINAL SCANS TO ENSURE THAT THE PERSON TAKING THE TEST IS THE PERSON ON THE CLASS ROSTER. what plagiarism is and the consequences of it. Using honor codes was one of the ways Harvard University tried to curb cheating at that school. But despite the precautions that professors take, VanGorder said there will always be ways to cheat, whether in a class or online. “I can’t have the ProctorCam on you for every assignment,” she said, because the costs are too great. “There are all kinds of tools and there are ways to work around those tools.” Some of the consequences of cheating and plagiarism at IPFW are failing the class or even being expelled from the university. Despite this, the Office of the Dean of Students had 28 student reported to them for academic misconduct in the 2011-12 academic year. However, only about one per year is seriously dis-
the Testing Center for certain courses. Those require students to show up on campus to take their exams in person, show a photo ID and have strict regulations about what a student can and cannot bring into the testing area. VanGorder said that not all professors have proctored testing because it ties distance-learning students back to campus, and makes things inconvenient for people who like the freedom of the Internet-based class.
WHY CHEAT? “Most students don’t do this. Or they don’t do it because they’re bad people … there’s something else that’s motivating them,” said Kruse. One of his suggestions was simple desperation: If a student is behind on a paper or is strug-
gling to write one, they’ll panic. “Mostly it was stress from school, being really busy. Most people just had an increased workload,” said Wade about the people she wrote papers for. “Sometimes there’s a confusion of … what plagiarism is,” said VanGorder. Borrowing a paragraph but changing the wording is still plagiarism. But regardless of the reasons, there is no hiding from what it is. “Well, cheating is cheating … It was my words and not theirs. They were my thoughts and not theirs,” said Wade. “It’s all the same. It’s all morally the same thing. It’s cheating.” Now, as a college student with goals set toward being a professor herself, Wade would never cheat or help someone cheat again. “I couldn’t reason it because I know the risks involved and I’m a student now,” she said. “I would probably never do it again.” part from potential disciplinary action if a student is caught cheating, the act of plagiarising or cheating on a test can affect even students who don’t cheat at all. Technology like ProctorCam and SafeAssign cost the school money, which could lead to increased tuition or charges on online courses. Online courses through Blackboard already cost more per credit hour. “I don’t think we would increase our fees to cover that, although those things have been discussed,” said VanGorder. If cheating becomes a more visible problem on campus, however, she said that it could discourage online learning in general. It would hurt students, she said, that use those classes for convenience rather than an easy A.
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Artlink Artlink will be holding the Dead Artist Ball, inviting the public to come dressed as their favorite artist to celebrate the opening of three new exhibits: “Letter. Words. Books,” “A Celebration of Freedom” and the artwork of Audrey Riley. The ball is free to Artlink members and a $2 donation is suggested for members of the general public. Where: Auer Center, 300 E. Main St. When: 6-9 p.m.
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clude learning about pumpkins and games such as ring toss and bobbing for apples, while giving kids the chance to decorate their own pumpkin gourd and treat bag. Standard admission rates will apply to the event. When: 10-3 p.m. Later in the evening, the conservatory will also be airing Rocky Horror with reduced admission rates. Doors open at 8 p.m. and the movie starts at 9:15. Where: 1100 S. Calhoun St.
Embassy Theatre The Embassy Theatre will have events throughout the afternoon and evening. The Tunnel Tours, featuring stories of the buildings resident paranormals and other historic legends surrounding the
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building. When: 4:30-6:30 and 7:30-10 p.m. At 7 p.m. the theatre will present a showing of “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,” a black and white film made in 1919. The film is silent, but accompanied by organist Dennis James on the Grand Page, which includes 1100 pipes built into the wall of the theatre itself. For those who happen to stop in out of the cold during Fight Night, the lobby of the Indiana Hotel will feature spooky stories from TAG Art. When: 6-8 p.m. Last year, the Embassy introduced its Hunt for the Embassy Ghost in partnership with Indiana Paranormal Inquisitor. This activity must be registered for in advance, and costs $60, but allows the individual to stay the night in the Embassy and take part in an ac-
tual ghost hunt. More information for this event can be found by calling (260) 760-3644. Where: 125 W. Jefferson Blvd.
A Better Fort For those 21 and over, A Better Fort is sponsoring the Zombie Prom at the Thirsty Camel. Costumes are welcome and beers will be available for only a dollar. A $5 cover charge applies to entry. When: 8p.m. to 2a.m. Where: 120 W. Washington Blvd.
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Indian Culture Meets Accepting Audience at IPFW Auer Performance Hall’s stage was dark Saturday evening, when the silhouette of six figures appeared against a brilliant blue-lighted background. As the lights gradually brightened, a troupe of dancers began in fluid unison across the stage. Implementing geometric gesticulations, strong facial expressions and bell-adorned ankle bracelets, the story of Nayani was told. Hosted by IPFW’s College of Visual and Performing Arts, Nayani is an Indian dance-drama authored and performed by Rukmini Vijayakumar (rook-meh-nee va-jay-ku-mar), dance artist and emerging movie actress from southern India. Nayani was a sponsored event open to the public for free, with the funds Dennis Barbosa
[which] are actually housing units,” she said, providing the children from poorer communities with the basic living necessities plus transportation to school. At the age of 18, Vijayakumar began her studies in Ballet and Bharatanatyam—an antiquated Indian dance form, the basis for Saturday’s performance. “It’s not just Bharatanatyam … [but] all classical Indian dance forms [which] can be paralleled to the concert arts—art forms in the West,” Vijayakumar said. Much like the comedies and tragraised going to AIM for Seva, a charita- edies of modern performance arts, ble trust serving 15 states across India. Bharatanatyam aims to entertain, but Both tribal and village children live there is also this “divine element” acfar away from available school systems cording to the young dancer. said Vijayakumar, creating this impasse Story continued online at for basic education. ipfwcommunicator.org “[Seva has] 97 centers now …
Old Film Thrives on Audience Participation “Rocky Horror Picture Show” (RHPS) has one of the biggest cult followings in the world, yet the film hasn’t won many, if any, awards. It isn’t critically acclaimed, save for the performance of one actor, Tim Curry, and at the same time the Library of Congress Preservation Board added it to the National Film Registry in 2005 for its cultural significance. RHPS was released in 1975 as the screen version of the musical upon which it’s based. On opening night, it fared well in only one city, Westwood, Los Angeles; this was because many of the same people returned every night to view the movie, according to the ofZach Crook
ficial website, rockyhorrorshow.com. However, in 1976, Waverly Theatre in New York City decided to re-release the movie at a midnight screening. It was here that the true potential of RHPS was realized. The audience would respond to the dialogue onscreen and throw items at the screen during appropriate scenes, in addition to dressing up as the characters or in promiscuous outfits. Most of the acts done back in 1976 have become so common that it is part of the ever-evolving audience script. Theaters all around the country either show the movie itself or put on a live production. Kenny Zuber, a student at IPFW, has never seen a live production, but he
has seen the movie many times during the Botanical Garden’s yearly showing of the movie during Fright Night. “I started going 4 years ago,” Zuber said. “It was a free movie, so I thought ‘Why the hell not?’” He’s been going ever since. It’s almost the same every year. Why do people keep going back? “I find it a fun thing to do. Interaction with the movie is hilarious,” Zuber said. “That’s part of going to Rocky Horror Picture show—doing audience participation.” The month of October is generally the time when theaters start doing RHPS-related events.
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Downtown Improvement District The DID will sponsor both the Zombie Walk and the Zombie Machine – the face painting station that turns ordinary citizens into incarnations of the walking dead. The TAG Art run station will be open from 2 to 5:30 p.m., just in time for the start of the Zombie Walk. Both events will take place at the main branch of the Allen County Public Library, with the undead parade proceeding down Calhoun, Columbia and Harrison. Where: Wayne Street FREE
Science Central Alongside TAG Art’s face-painting, Science Central will be set up on the ACPL lawn to offer their services in creating zombie snot. This science experiment involves the mixing of polyvinyl alcohol with a borax solution, which creates a polymer that resembles snot. When: 2-5:30 p.m. FREE
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Housed in the old City Hall building, the Fort Wayne History Center will offer tours of the old city jail cells in the basement. The building was in use from 1893 until 1971 when the city government seat moved to the current CityCounty Building. There is a small $2 entry fee for this attraction. When: 5-9 p.m.
Orgs Come Together to Host Halloween Party With Halloween quickly approaching, three IPFW campus organizations have teamed together for a Halloween themed ball. Simply called The Orange and Black Ball, the event will include dancing, games, a costume contest and a foam pumpkin carving contest, each of which require a $3 entry fee. The tradition of hosting a Halloween party has long been a staple for the Spiritual and Pagan Student Alliance, as current organization president Kassandra Smith explained. “SPSA has been hosting Halloween parties since very early in the groups creation,” she said. John Small
Both OUTspoken and the Art Student League, jumped on the event as sponsors because they saw the ball as an entertaining fundraiser for their respective organizations. Each group is bringing together different parts of the event, with OUTspoken being in charge of the games, ASL helping with the pumpkin carving contest, and SPSA bringing together other parts of the event. The ball will take place Saturday, Oct. 20. Admission for the event is $5, which covers one free slice of pizza, a drink and one ticket for the games. It’s advised for students to bring their IDs to the event to prove they are over the age of 18. All minors will need parental consent to attend.
Where: 302 East Berry St.
Historic Fort Wayne
Historic Fort Wayne will be offering lantern-lit tours of the Old Fort to visitors throughout the night. Tales of paranormal activities in and around the area can expect to be punctuated by appearances of the Headless Horseman. Entrance into the fort is $2 for those over the age of 12. When: 6:30-10 p.m. Where: 1201 Spy Run
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The ACPL’s Fandom Ball will be ready to accommodate zombies, steampunk, and cosplay alike. Offering dancing and door prizes, the event requires registration to attend, but is free for those 12
and up. The library requests that no weapons, real or fake, be brought and no masks worn that are able to completely obscure identity. When: 7-9 p.m.
Cinema Center
Cinema Center will host the Braineaters’ Ball, a combination of food, movies and music in their Spectator Lounge. Macabre art will be on display here, while shorts of horror films will be shown in the main theater. JumBy’s JoiNt will be catering the event and DJ Steve “Tiny” Michaels will be offering music to those in the mood to dance. Prizes will be offered for best costumes, and a King and Queen will be crowned at the close of the event. The R-rated horror film “V/H/S” will be shown at 9:15 for $5. When: 6-9 p.m. Where: 437 E. Berry St. FREE
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Carla McNamick, like many other female college students, wants her Halloween costume to stand out. She’s been a witch, a firefighter and a half dozen superheroes over her course of adult costumes. This time, however, she’s having a hard time choosing between two ideas. “I wanted my costume to be unique. There are going to be dozens of sexy witches and girls in Catwoman suits,” said McNamick. “I mean, people get really drunk and crazy at Halloween parJessica Geyer
ties. I don’t want guys to be mistaking me for some other sexy princess, right?” This year, her choices are narrowed down to a sexy version of Elmo or sexy presidential candidate Mitt Romney. “The sexy Elmo costume will be a little warmer, I think. I mean, it’s fur,” Barkles said, showing the two options to her 2-year-old pet beagle, Barkles. “Plus I’ve got the great ‘tickle me’ line.” “But I don’t know, I am kind of leaning toward the Mitt Romney one,” McNamick said. Because it’s an election year, she feels as if this is her only shot
to make a political statement via baring skin. “I’m a Republican, so I think dressing as a sexy Mitt Romney will really grab attention to his cause.” The Romney costume will require McNamick to either wear a mask or style her hair like a billionaire. She said she plans to include Barkles in the costume, dressing him up as a tiny Paul Ryan. “I just think it will be so cute,” she said. McNamick’s roommate Gina Hile said that she was “so pissed” when she heard that McNamick was talking about
going as sexy Mitt. “She’s only doing this because the guy I like is into politics,” said Hile. “And I was planning on being a sexy Barack Obama. Like, she’s totally trying to be better than me.” McNamick said the costume similarities were only a coincidence. “I didn’t even know she was going to be Obama,” she said. “She’s just trying to start drama.” “Oh my god, this is totally like ObamaCare when the president copied Mitt Romney!” she added.
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Students Planning Warm Weather Costumes for Halloween They’ll Never Learn
Despite the forecasted high-30s to low-40s for Halloween night, many students are already planning costumes fit for mid-summer weather. “I just really liked this skirt,” said one student. “I can warm up with the Kristan Mensch
feather boa. Another student said he’d been planning his costume since July and won’t change it. “I’m just going to wear one of those bodysuit things,” he said. “If I really have to I’ll wear a suit over it and be Slenderman. Yeah. Original.”
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“For the Sake of Research!”
Many professors at IPFW are gearing up to trick-or-treat this Halloween. Some have bought obnixiously large clown wigs, others just a simple stick-on mustache. Still, some are going all out for the holiday, putting together full costumes of heroes such as Oprah and Rudy. “This research is very important,” said a sociology professor, while trying on cowboy boots. “I want to see how often the social norms are broken for adults who show up looking for candy in costume.” A culinary arts professor heard that trick-or-treaters were allowed to get a free Art Vandelay
rib at a local food joint, if they showed up on Halloween night in costume. “I need to know what professional level my students are up against,” he said. “Also, if the business is surrounded by houses with their lights on, I should also figure out what the amateur level is.” “This is the one night of year that I can watch my art scare the wits out of children,” said an art professor. “I just hate having to wash my body canvas clean afterward.” The professors have formed a peerreview group, and will be publishing their findings within the year. Testing of the findings will occur next Halloween.
Many Skeptical That Space Guy Wasn’t Really Attached to Weather Balloon “Don’t Think I Haven’t Forgotten About That Balloon Boy Hoax” A man was documented free-falling toward Earth from near-space on national television, but some say it was probably a hoax. “Don’t think I haven’t forgotten about that balloon boy hoax,” said conspiracy theorist Jason Finx. “All along it was just a ploy to get a television show.” After being shown on television crying Kristan Mensch
after her son’s departure, the jumper’s mother has received many letters in response to the “spectacle.” “Did you like your 15 seconds of fame?” one letter read. “Was a tear drop really worth duping ‘Merica?” There is a space suit and capsule set up for launching anyone willing to test the fakeness of the event that’s ready for take off, according to a report.
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Women’s Soccer’s Allison Breaks Assist Record in Tie Game Senior Tylar Allison took possession of the career assist record for the Mastodons in a Summit League match over the weekend against the Kansas City Kangaroos. After 110 minutes of play, the teams tied 1-1, which would end up being the final score of the night. Allison, who was tied for the record as of Friday’s game against South Dakota, took the title at the 54-minute mark Sunday when she assisted freshman Erin Gill for the only goal of the game. The Kangaroos took a quick lead in the game. A shot attempt by Sophie Kristan Mensch
Rackham was kept out of the net by the Dons’ goalkeeper, freshman Sam Pavlika, but the ball ended up in front of Ashley Gann who took the first goal at 6:20 into the game. The Kangaroos would take that 1-0 lead into the locker room at the halfway mark as the teams were fighting equally through the remaining time. The Dons tied it up in the first 10 minutes of the second half, however, when Gill hit the net with Allison’s assist. Much like the first half, 35:50 ran off the clock without another score. The tie brought the Dons to 7-61 this season, and 3-1-1 in the Summit League.
Offensive Player of the Week Volleyball’s Steenhuysen S e n i o r Me g a n Steenhuysen was named Offensive Player of the Week by the Summit League office. The title was spurred by her performance Oct. 8-14. This is the second time this season Kristan Mensch
and fifth time in her career that Steenhuysen has received the title. For the week, she ended up with 105 assists, 21 digs, five kills, three service aces and a block. Steenhuysen also leads the league in assists, with an average of 12.17 each set.
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Hockey Team Takes Third Loss in a Row Over Weekend The IPFW Hockey team added a couple more losses to its record this year, losing two games straight to the Robert Morris University-Peoria Eagles after RMUChicago also took the win last Saturday. The Dons’ record has now evened out to 3-3. The Eagles, who improved their record to a still-undefeated 6-0, were ranked Kristan Mensch
No. 4 in the north region last year. They took the wins narrowly, though both of them ended with a 4-3 final score. Up next, the Mastodons will take on the Purdue Boil ermakers at the Lutheran Health Network Ice Rink. Last year, IPFW played the Boilermakers twice and won both 8-2 and 9-0. As of Sept. 29, the Boilermakers had a 2012-13 standing of 2-4.
THIS WEEK'S SPORTS Men's Tennis
Taking part in the ITA Regional in East Lansing, Mich.
Women's Volleyball
Up against UMKC at home Oct. 19. Gametime at 7 p.m. Also taking on South Dakota Oct. 20 at home for Breast Cancer Awareness Night. Game starts at 7 p.m.
Women's soccer
Playing against Oakland at home Oct. 20. Play starts at 5:30 p.m. It’s also Alumni Night and IPSGA Night.
Men's Soccer
Also playing against Oakland at home after the Women’s Soccer game Oct. 20. Official start time is 8 p.m.
Women's Golf
Competing in the University of Dayton Fall Invitational 2012 in Dayton, Ohio Oct. 22.
Men's Golf In the Dayton Flyer Invitational in Kettering, Ohio Oct. 22.
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Freshman Climbs Higher on Top 10 List Freshman Jordan Holloman, who reached No. 10 on IPFW’s all-time top-10 list a week prior, climbed four places higher with a time of 26:35 at the Kristan Mensch
Bradley University Cross Country Classic. The Mastodons’ second finisher at the classic was freshman Chris Rudolph in spot No. 124 with a time of 26:57. Other placers were
freshman Cody Sengthong in No. 134 with 27:11, Garrett Glacker and Brandon Perry in Nos. 140 and 151 with 27:22 and 27:58, Evan Boucher in No. 158 with 28:20, Randy McComb in No. 162 with
Another All-Time List Score Broken by Women’s Cross Country’s Jeszenszky Just two weeks after junior Julia Jeszenszky ran fourth-fastest in the 5,000 meter, she ran the third-fastest 6,000 meter at the Bradley University Cross Country Classic. Jeszenszky’s time was 21:47, just six seconds faster than Ashley Ritchey ran at the NCAA Pre-National Meet. Overall, the Mastodons took 15th place out of 23 teams at the classic, with a total of 364 points. Illinois State was able to take the top team honors with 102 points. Kristan Mensch
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With a time of 22:41, freshman Katie Simmons nearly made it into the top-10 list, finishing in place No. 81. In place No. 89 was freshman Andrea Bell with a time of 22:46. Junior Kayla Boyes placed No. 90 with 22:47, and junior Amaya Ayers finished in No. 112 with 23:00. Freshman Anna Reibs and junior Jordan Tomecek placed in Nos. 129 and 150, while junior Rebecca Jacobs and freshman Alexa Brown took Nos. 173 and 201.
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