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A Roundup of the Best Places on Campus

Place to Enjoy Nature

The Children’s Garden, located behind the Visual Arts Building, is an ideal place to relax outside. There is a place to sit in the shade underneath the pavilion, pretty flowers in the spring and summer, and it’s very close to the river. It’s out of the way for most students, but that is one of its charms.

Avoid

The pond at Student Housing is home to a flock of geese during the warm parts of the year. They’re fairly territorial, especially when they have babies.

Strange/Interesting Place

The herpetology center is run by Dr. Bruce Kingsbury and about six graduate students. Inside, there are snakes, lizards and turtles. It’s not for people squeamish of reptiles, but the animals aren’t dangerous.

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There aren’t many strange places on campus that should be avoided, but the little memorial and cemetery by Broyles Boulevard is a little creepy, and is a pretty long walk from the main campus.

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The vending machines in the basement of Kettler have food like fruit cups and Campbell’s soup, mixing up the usual snack choices on campus. It’s also close to beverage machines, and there’s a frozen food vending machine located on the second floor, too. Just watch out for lunch-time lines.

Avoid

The pop machines in the basement of Walb Student Union have been known to steal money, and there used to be signs on them letting people know where to go to get refunded their change. Sometimes, though, two bottles come out instead of one, so it’s a gamble.

Best Bathroom

The family stall in the basement of the Science Building is a good place to get some privacy during your bathroom break. It’s in the basement in a mostlysecluded hallway - perfect for avoiding the lines before and after classes.

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The bathrooms on the ground and first floors of Kettler are used very often, and it shows. Some of the stalls are off the hinges or have huge gaps, and the pressure in the sink splashes water everywhere. There’s also a men’s restroom on the first floor, above Subway, that smells like toilets and burnt bread. Pictured is the shower that’s still around in the women’s bathroom.

More Bests and Worsts

More best and worst areas around campus can be found on our website, www.ipfwcommunicator.org. We’ll feature some like the best place to find a date, to take a nap and the best lounge. Get clicking, it’s not often IPFW is featured through these types of lenses.

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Faculty Share Struggles of First Generation Students According to the event I’m in many ways my dad’s worst nightmare…,” flyer, 41 percent of said McClellan. students at IPFW are McClellan recalled the day he received a letter first generation. from Northwestern University offering him more Ron Lewis, Academic Specialist for Upward financial support than his father made in a year. Bound, was first to speak. “Without really understanding what college Upward Bound prepares students “for would do for me…I instinctively knew it was my successful entrance into a college or university” ticket out of the trailer park and it meant I wasn’t according to the Office of Diversity and going to have to go into the military,” he said. Multicultural Affairs. The attitude McClellan’s family had toward his “[Completing]…an MBA for me was college experience was one of pride but lacking in completely out of the question,” said Lewis as he understanding. explained his origins. “My dad wasn’t going to tell his buddies at the Lewis is from St. Louis, a place he said was VFW, ‘Hey my son published a book’ … We didn’t dangerous, and where one could lose their life if have a book shelf,” said McClellan. they wore the wrong color clothing. “When people ask my mom what I do for a “I just made a conscious effort on getting a living she says, ‘Oh he plays with kids for a living,’” scholarship,” he said. said McClellan. “…I have no doubt they’re proud After attending a community college Lewis of it, but I also know it’s difficult for them to wrap began to ask questions pertaining to what credits their heads around.” transferred towards a degree and why some didn’t. Dr. Janet Badia, Associate Professor and Lewis graduated from his community college Director of Women’s Studies, proceeded after with 72 hours. McClellan. With an identical twin brother, Lewis made “None of my older siblings went to college [or] his journey through college. really showed an interest into going [to] college…” His sister—who was one year behind Lewis— said Badia. and his twin completed the team in pursuit of All except Badia’s older sister who attended their college dream. college for a semester then dropped out. In the end when Lewis finally received his Badia’s father, who attended college on the GI Masters degree in support management he called bill, was also a drop out. his father to tell him he was coming home, and “I went, over a quick little weekend, from not according to Lewis he said, “’Good ‘cause I’m attending college to being in an 8 a.m. biology going to need you to take out the trash.’” class,” said Badia. “Because my dad … said, ‘It’s The point Lewis was trying to illustrate was done. You’re going.’” the lack of understanding his family had for the Badia said she had spent all summer wondering difficulty involved in graduating from college. what college she would attend when her father “It wasn’t a big deal, because they never went spoke to a private liberal arts college and made the through the process,” said Lewis. decision himself. Dr. George McClellan, Vice Chancellor for “I was a commuter on a residential campus,” Student Affairs, followed Lewis in the panel said Badia as she began to explain the challenges discussion, questioning the statistic referenced by that entailed. Creek in the opening words. He said, “Two thirds Badia said that about 90 percent of the students of our students, neither of their parents have a lived on campus. college degree.” As a result, she found it hard to socialize, In McClellan’s family it was made very clear to especially since she missed attending orientation him that he was supposed to go to college. which she said was where a lot of students formed “At the same time—my dad did two tours of their cliques. First Gen. duty in Vietnam—guys with a degree and no field story continues online at experience got a lot of people killed in Vietnam. ipfwcommunicator.org u Dennis Barbosa

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The IPFW College Stress Survival Guide Making the transition from high school and moving to college isn’t without its stress. It might seem fun to leave home, but studies have found that students today face the highest levels of stress ever. According to a survey conducted by mtvU and the Associated Press, 63 percent of college students have felt stress so bad that they couldn’t finish their work and 55 percent have stress severe enough to keep them out of social activities. From the just-out-of-high-school freshman to the seven year senior, it’s important to keep stress low. Not only will it help with grades, but it will lead to better mental health. Luckily, there are plenty of resources on campus to help deal with these issues. Jessica Geyer

Heavier Coursework.

Unlike high school, college schedules are not blocked from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. every day. Most people get quite a few breaks between classes. This can give the impression that college is easier, but it can be a mental trap. According the the mtvU survey, 74 percent of students say that coursework has an impact on their

stress levels, with 37 percent saying it is “a lot of impact.” There are many places on campus to get help studying. The Writing Center offers help with essays and reports, there are tutors and supplemental instruction for many of the harder courses and the office hours of professors aren’t just for show. These services are preventative, though. Getting started before failing keeps both grades and mental health safer.

Social Life

Out-of-towners might struggle the most with maintaining a stable social life. Many people from Fort Wayne choose IPFW as their college, so lots of students already have a friend group. Getting into a new one can be difficult. There are over 100 clubs and organizations on campus and making a new one is as simple as visiting the Student Organization Resource Center and filling out some forms. Clubs are a good way of finding people with similar interests or just exploring what the university has to offer. The events calendar at events. ipfw.edu and The Communicator’s calendar and To Do List include many of these events. Beware of the temptation to party

every night. Sleep is necessary to keep campus is fast food. For those who live off-campus, up grades. Not only that, but partying that involves drug or alcohol use can packing a daily lunch with some healthy food is a good option. be dangerous to physical health. Subway, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut all Finances. have relatively good-for-you food, as At IPFW, the full-time, in-state well. Students who live in the dorms student pays at least $3000 per have the option of cooking their own semester. The price is even higher food in their full kitchens. Shopping when books, housing and food are is another matter. taken into account. 27 percent of Women’s volleyball coach Kelly students say financial problems have Hartley Hutton recommends not a lot of impact on their amount of buying easy fixes like frozen dinners. stress. They are typically loaded with extra On campus, there are some sodium and fat. Rather, she says, opportunities to get a part-time roommates in housing should try job. There are three restaurants to pool resources to buy things like and a coffee shop as well as student milk instead of having more than work activities. The Career Center one gallon in the fridge, and use the is also available, and they offer money saved to buy healthier fares. resources in student employment As for exercise, The Gates Fitness and internships. CASA hires tutors, Center is free for student use, and at supplemental instruction leaders and student housing there is an aerobic Writing Center counselors. Some center. Walking to classes instead departmental scholarships are also of driving is another way to get in available to students, and many of the daily recommended amount of them do not receive a high amount physical activity, and small choices of applicants. like taking the stairs instead of the elevator or parking further from class Staying Healthy. The freshman 15 is not a made up add up. Not only will the body stay phenomenon. The good news is that fit, but studies show the endorphins IPFW does not have a cafeteria full of help stave off depression and stress. french fries and ice cream. The bad story continues online at ipfwcommunicator.org u news is the only options available on

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arts&entertainment The Tasting of the Coffee Four students, with varying degrees of love and hate for coffee, went to shops near IPFW. They sampled the basic black coffee, mocha, a specialty drink suggested by employees and a non-coffee alternative speciﬁc to the cafe. each drink and shop were individually rated out of 10.

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Overall atmosphere rating: 7.5 Distance from Campus: .44 miles House Blend: 2.8 Mocha: 6.3 Turtle Latte (specialty): 7.4 Firefly Smoothie (non-coffee): 8.5

Overall atmosphere rating: 8.5 Distance from Campus: 1.46 miles House Blend: 2.8 Mocha: 8 London Fog (specialty): 6 Strawberry Bubble Tea (non-coffee): 9

Overall atmosphere rating: 6.8 Distance from Campus: 0 miles House Blend: 3.6 Mocha: 3.8 Shoaff Shake (specialty): 8.4 Strawberry Granita (non-coffee): 9.5

Overall atmosphere rating: 5.8 Distance from Campus: .49 miles House Blend: 3 Mocha: 5.4 Carmeled Sin (specialty): 5.9 Cream and Honey (non-coffee): 6.3

Firehouse Tea and Coffee has an atmosphere that employee Crystal Niver terms “fun, energetic, outgoing and quite enjoyable.” While this establishment offers both coffee and tea, their emphasis falls heavily on their tea products, which can be bought in bulk or enjoyed by the kettle in store. The shop is housed in a refurbished firehouse, giving it an open and accessible layout for sharing local art, musicians and conversations with friends.

According to barista Jordan Bledsoe, Higher Grounds is “one of the best places you can go.” The shop is located in the engineering building on campus, and can provide a sunny, quiet place to enjoy a coffee and study between classes. A large level of creativity is present at this location as well. Visitors can choose to substitute flavors or create their own concoctions from the high number of flavorings and syrups available.

Old Crown welcomes is visitors with bins full of coffee beans, solidifying their focus on the coffee rather than flowery decor and ornamentation. “We try really hard to get the best product quality,” said roaster Ben McEowen. “That’s why we make our own chocolate sauce and roast our beans in house.” The shop also offers alcohol, as well as lunch items that include fresh ingredients from the garden the shop maintains.

Firefly employee Jake Hargens described the environment as a “calm, cool, collected atmosphere that provides customers with the utmost enthusiasm and perfection in their craft.” This coffeehouse incorporates dreamy and exotic decor with a low-key vibe and jazzy music that makes it a great place to hang out with friends. Firefly specializes in fresh fruit smoothies and lattes that include chocolate syrups from Ghirardelli.

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LOCAL COUPLE TO BIKE CROSS COUNTRY OVER SUMMER

Summer is here. Finals week is over. Temperatures are peaking in the 80s. The birds are chirping and Fort Wayne residents are crawling out of the woodwork to enjoy the fresh air. Most people walk their dog, go jogging or ride their bike around town. Not Micah and Andrea Rapp, Fort Wayne couple who plan to bike across the entire country this summer. And not just for the fresh air either. Micah and Andrea are riding their bikes in a group effort to, “…raise money and awareness for affordable housing groups,” according to their blog. The name of this endeavor is Bike and Build, a non-profit organization. “Over nine seasons, Bike & Build has contributed $3,387,200 to housing groups to fund projects planned and executed by young adults…,” according

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to bikeandbuild.org. Each participant must complete 10 hours of volunteer work with certified non-profit affordable housing organizations, e.g. Habitat for Humanity, and raise $4,500 before the trip. “At this point we’re not entirely done with fundraising efforts, but we’re within striking distance,” said Micah. “Bike and Build puts together eight crosscountry trips a year, and each trip involves some thirty young adults…,” according to Micah’s blog. Micah and Andrea will be riding on the Central U.S. route, which begins in Virginia Beach, Va. and finishes at Canon Beach, Ore. And unlike fair-weather bicycle enthusiasts, Micah and Andrea will be on the road rain or shine. After a two-day orientation and bike repair seminar in Virginia Beach on May 27, the team will head west through Virginia for their first building project in Suffolk and Lynchburg. The Central U.S. route team will be seeing

elevations above 12,000 feet crossing the Rocky Mountains after making their way through the Blue Ridge Mountains and across the flatlands of the Midwest. “A brief two-day stop in Denver, CO prepares the group for the breathtaking ascents (and descents) on the roads leading to Rocky Mountain National Park,” according to Bike and Build’s website. “The climb up Trail Ridge Pass, voted by many year after year…,” is considered the trip highlight. After rolling through Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and then Oregon, the team is scheduled to reach their final destination on the Pacific coast August 8 with an estimated total mileage of 3,811 and ten days of building. Not your usual summer bike ride. To follow Micah and Andrea’s progress throughout the summer visit their blog at oregonbound2012.com. ► @AEStreetBeat

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Prepare to spiral through the air like a fighter jet on Six Flags’ newest ride this summer. The Six Flags near Chicago plans to cut the ribbon on the X Flight May 10. On this day, the park will be closed to the public and open to news organizations to preview the new roller coaster. “Six Flags Great America is the first theme park to announce plans for a wing coaster in the U.S.,” according to the Six Flags’ X Flight fact sheet. The ride will be opened for general admittance on May 16. Passengers sit two to each side of the track with nothing below or above them. “[Riders]…begin their climb up a 12-story plunge launching them into speeds of 55mph through 3,000 feet of intense drops and five inversions, including a barrel roll and zero-g roll,” according to Six Flags’ press release. The roller coaster was designed to look and feel like a plane by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard. “It’s like nothing you have ever experienced before,” said Hank Salemi, Six Flags Great America Park President. The ride includes simulated near-misses such as a narrow keyhole fly-through, in which the coaster hurtles toward a tower turning sideways at the last moment to fit through the opening.

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Six Flags began construction last fall despite being $2.4 billion in debt a few years ago. Located in Gurnee, Ill., Six Flags general admission tickets are $59.99, $39.99 for children under 48” and free for those two years and under. Stay posted on updates of the story after May 10 for The Communicator’s review of the ride, or if you’re into checking things out for yourself, ride the X Flight on May 16.

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opinion Sometimes, it is All Fun and Games

Get to Know the Happy Side of College Incoming freshman have a lot on their minds when they visit campus for the first time - where there classes are going to be, how late the library will be open and where all the food sources on campus are located. But at some point during the semester, when video games and paper writing get boring, students get the chance to see that the rest of campus and all of its wide open spaces are waiting to be used. IPFW is located to provide students with easy access to shopping and food options, but the campus itself is built more to encapsulate the feel of a park, making it perfect for recreational activities with friends and fellow students. Whether it’s exercise or relaxation, the campus is prepared to offer opportunities for both. Student housing has its own outdoor amenities, including several basketball courts and a sand volleyball pit. average of 15 to 20 people come to the courts Rodney Kalvin, who plays basketball at the every day. student housing courts nearly daily, says that an “It’s just cool to hang around. You can play basketball or sit and watch other people play. If these courts weren’t here, I’d probably be at my house on the Xbox 24/7,” said Kalvin. But aside from these obvious fixtures, the Waterfield campus also has two pavilions spaced out across housing that generally provide decent outdoor meeting places to sit and talk. Cole Commons also offers cook-out equipment that is located near the center of housing and its pond, making it ideal for resident students who want the feel of a day at the park without the transportation to travel to one. According to RA Heather Sheron, the grills at student housing only get used three or four times a week, when they are open to any residents with a little food and the urge to barbecue. The main academic campus offers more in the way of natural amenities. The West end of campus is bordered by the St. Joe river, giving students the Staff Editorial

opportunity for quiet study or relaxation on one of the many benches along its banks. The trees and woods on campus are also part of the Native Trees of Indiana River Walk, which students can access from several of the walkways or the Rivergreenway. The greenway itself makes a great place for runners and bikers to get exercise while they’re on campus. The campus also has several pavilions - the Friends Pavilion in front of the student union and the Pavilion in the Children’s Garden located behind the visual arts building. They can be quiet places to enjoy the scenery while studying, but also great places for outdoor meetings and picnics. For those who enjoy games, the student union boasts a large outdoor chessboard, and the open spaces around the student union as well as in the science mall are frequently home to impromptu frisbee and football tossing. IPFW has an immense amount of room for students to engage in recreation and get outdoors during the summer and fall semesters. Students - both incoming and returning - should take the time to enjoy one of the prettier perks to getting an IPFW education. ► @NewsDeskOpEd

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Heroic, MysterySolving Canine Diagnosed with Type-2 Diabetes Local canine resident and mystery-solving hero, Scoo Bee, was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes last Thursday by veterinarians. One of the veterinary assistants, Mr. E. Machine, said that “the dog, however heroic, was greatly overfed. Halfway through the procedure we had to perform a stomach pump in which we discovered 3 twelve-foot sandwiches, 10 tacos, and approximately 30 miniature dog snacks. He’s lucky to be alive.” The owner, a shaggy-looking man sporting a green t-shirt and a stoner’s stubble, is looking at charges of animal endangerment and possibly animal cruelty. Although the dog’s owner is part of the gang of vigilantes that tries to solve crimes by unmasking citizens, friends of his said he never really did anything except eat food and try to talk to his dog. Members of the gang also stated that this was not the first case of animal neglect from the owner. Two years prior existed a tiny, brown Chihuahua that went missing. The tiny dog was said to be incredibly annoying and not good for the group’s ratings. Regardless of the outcome, the brown dog muttered what sounded like “ruh row,” at the bad news. Sean O’Leary

Conveniently anthropromorphic female alien seeking human male to help save home planet. I live in a tropical paradise and I even meet human beauty standards. Will, of course, find you attractive, too. Feeling lonely? Buy a bear. They’re the ideal companions! Selling bears of all sizes. Perfectly legal, I swear. May seem aggressive at first, but they’re just shy. House-broken and super cute. Missing: pet rock. Comes to the name of Roger. Looks brownish gray, roundish and is about the size of a melon. Last seen chasing after a squirrel at IPFW. Very friendly, does not bite. Searching for roommate to share two-bedroom apartment. Must not ask questions about the strange noises coming from my room at night or about the people in cloaks who come to visit. Previous roommate too nosey. Pets are fine.

Summer Housing Resident: “It’s Just Like Hogwarts!” When all of his roommates left the dorms for summer break, music major Peter Brick suddenly felt all alone. “There are no cars in the parking lot, no loud music above my apartment every night,” said Brick, staring into empty space. “Everyone is just gone.” Brick spent the first few days of his solitude moping around until he realized something amazing. “This is just like when all of Harry Potter’s friends went home for Christmas break and Harry Jessica Geyer

was the only person back at Hogwarts,” said Brick. The new perspective has made Brick’s vacation infinitely better, he claimed. “I just started re-reading the series and I’ve begun to find so many similiarities between Harry and me. He had awkward teenage years, I had awkward teenage years! He didn’t feel like he belonged, I didn’t feel like I belonged!” Brick did say he was disappointed to find out that there were no rooms of requirement or chambers of secret at student housing, but he was able to dress like a wizard and no one was there to make fun of him.

Mastodon Statues Come to Life During Summer Nights

The colorful statues are dispersed throughout campus, decorated by IPFW students of yore. Some bear the likeness of famous paintings, others are dressed like Elvis. These mastodons, the symbol of the university, are not uncommon to see nor is it unnatural considering the mascot. What’s unnatural is to see them at night, roaming the halls and sidewalks of campus. “I couldn’t believe my eyes,” said Jeanne Walker, who just finished her freshman year as an English major. “There it was, a mastodon statue just trotting through the grass in front of the Science Building!” Walker’s Tweets documenting the incident went viral, but not everyone was as shocked. Renee Mavis, a senior anthropology major, has been taking summer classes since her freshman year. “It happens every summer,” she said with an Jessica Geyer

uninterested shrug. “You should really go see the mastodon fossil come back to life in Kettler. Much cooler.” Physics professor Mark Manning told reporters that the incident was likely not related to the portal through space and time that opened up near the Science Building early last fall. Rather, he said that it was the spirits of mastodons long dead, on top of whose bones IPFW was built. “It’s a simple case of prehistoric mammalian possession,” said Manning. “It’s actually quite a common phenomenon. I mean, the science is really complicated and you probably wouldn’t understand it anyway, so I won’t even bother trying to tell you.” When long-time IPFW janitor Sten Biller was asked about the animated statues, he said, “Hold on, is this a Night at the Museum reference in 2012? Come on!”

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Study Shows 9/10 People Still Unsure How to Dance to Dubstep In just a few years, dubstep has gone from being a lesser known style of dance music to a minor pop-culture phenomenon. With such a large commercial success, the genre has created larger rave communities across the nation, including Fort Wayne. The always diligent IPFW Anthropology department has been conducting a study all semester long on rave-culture in Fort Wayne and how it works. This study was no easy undertaking for the Anthropology Department with hundreds of dollars being spent on entry fees, several outfits of the observers being stained by the chemicals inside of glows sticks, and one near death experience involving the drug ecstasy. Despite these hardships, the department finds the information gathered from this to be very conclusive and provided a greater understanding of a small section of Fort Wayne’s youth. The most jarring figure from the study is that on average nine out of ten people are clueless on exactly how they should dance to dubstep. “There seems to be this underlying sense of awkwardness among its members. No one really knows what they are doing,” says Junior Anthropology major Emanuella Kant. “The catch is everyone tries to act with confidence, while floundering with an unestablished move set. You may see a couple grinding on each significantly off-time with the music, you may see someone mimicking that armbob motion found in hip-hop dance, and maybe, just maybe, you’ll catch some kid playing airguitar to a song that lacks any sort of guitar part. It’s strange to say the least.” Have insight on the rave community? Feel free to contact the IPFW Anthropology department at 260-481-6676. John Small

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Student Makes Anti-plans for Summer Many students plan out a terrific summer full of road trips, beach vacations, reading and partying. But with only a single season in which to accomplish them and a natural mind toward procrastination and laziness, most of these plans never come to fruition. That is why junior Zack Smarts set the bar low for himself this year “My summer plans include staying up until dawn every night, playing video games and gorging myself on snack food,” said Smarts. “I don’t even know if I’ll see sunshine until the fall semester.” This is the first time Smarts has made anti-plans for the summer. For his previous two summers at IPFW, he mapped out the perfect break like everyone else, only to be incredibly disappointed in himself once school started again. “You set out low goals and you meet them,” said Smarts. “Isn’t that what college is all about?” Some of Smarts’s fellow students are viewing his lack of plans skeptically. “We were planning a road trip,” said BFF Rosie Bloomberg. “Zack Jessica Geyer

wouldn’t commit to anything until the day of the trip. How are we supposed to get any planning done if he won’t make plans?” Smarts shrugged when asked about the road trip. “Yeah, we’ve been planning a road trip since we all turned 16. It’s never happened.” The business major has already been enjoying his summer, spending an entire day on Facebook while streaming Firefly on Netflix in the background. He claims that he doesn’t even know where his swim trunks or sunglasses are. Psychologist Betty Jinks said that Smarts’s behavior is a reaction to both his last summer as a college student and a sudden relief from the stress of the spring semester. “Having these two events occur at once basically made his brain go into full relaxation mode,” said Jinks. “It is incapable of seeing things in the shortish long-term.” Smarts himself waves off Jinks’s diagnosis. “I’m telling you, if you don’t make plans then you don’t have to worry about anything,” he said. “If I feel like going to the zoo tomorrow, I’ll go. But I won’t beat myself up for sleeping in past 5 p.m. and missing the monkeys either.”

The Communicator | May 9, 2012