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Marshall Professor Talks about Service Learning on Campus Learning while serving the community. That is the heart of service learning and the subject of Marshall University professor Dr. Sherri Smith’s Sept. 16 lecture at IPFW. Service learning is not volunteering and nor is it an internship or co-op. Instead, it incorporates research and learning into projects that give back to the community. According to Smith, in order to make service learning successful, it “needs to be an integral part of the curriculum.” This means that it’s for a grade, part of the syllabus and not optional. “You don’t tell students you’re volunteering to do an exam, you’re volunteering to write a paper,” she said. For the community, the benefits of service learning could be numerous. This type of class work would have students using their time for free to address a need residents have expressed. They would also be overseen by a faculty member, which adds the advantage of professional experience. Smith warns, however, that experience and expertise comes in all forms. “It’s important for academics … to not assume they are the only experts,” she said. Community members should be taken into consideration when forming plans and making decisions that have an impact on them. Students would also have the opportunity Jessica Geyer
to take the skills that they are training in the classroom and apply them to real world problems. In her presentation, Smith gave the example of environmental science majors. While picking up trash on the side of the road would be simply volunteer work, having students analyze the garbage would take the project to the next step into service learning and allows them to apply their knowledge. Professor of political science Dr. Andrew Downs has incorporated projects like these into his higher level classes. Last spring, students in his urban politics course researched weed and abandoned vehicle ordinances in other cities and presented their findings and suggestions as to what Fort Wayne could do to make theirs better. “I always try to pick some project that has a real-world application,” said Downs. However, to him, the learning side takes priority. “I don’t think to myself, this is service learning,” he said. “For me, while I think about that … I don’t necessarily view it in the same way as other people.” IPFW has an office that handles service learning, but it is not fully developed and institutionalized on campus. Carl Drummond, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said that he would like to get service learning to the point where “it is an integral part of what we do at IPFW.”
School of Journalism Celebrate Centennial Jessica Williams, Indiana Daily Student You won’t find many typewriters in Ernie Pyle Hall today. Since its founding 100 years ago, techniques in the School of Journalism haven’t changed, but the tools have, trading the pens for typewriters and, eventually, the computers 21st century students use. “We’ve been around a long time,” said Owen Johnson, a journalism school professor since 1980. “We’re one of the oldest journalism schools in the country.” The early years Journalism instruction at IU began in 1893 with three students, according to the school’s website. “Classes in writing and reporting were taught at intervals during the next few years, supplementing the students’ liberal arts background in English, history and economics,” the site said. The College of Arts and Sciences launched the Department of Journalism in 1911, but students couldn’t major in journalism until 1932. Professor Joseph Piercy served as the first head of the department until 1938. Pyle left school in 1923 for a reporting job one semester shy of a degree. He received an honorary degree in 1944. From 1938 until his retirement in 1968,
alumnus John Stempel served as head of the department. “It was in the Stempel years that journalism, after moving through various offices on campus, found its home in Ernie Pyle Hall in 1954,” the site said. Succeeding Stempel as department chair in 1968 was Richard Gray. The program became a school in 1974. And eight years later, journalism became a field of study at all eight IU campuses. The Bachelor of Arts in Journalism has been available since 1990.
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After 100 years, there are now more than 10,000 alumni worldwide. Alumni remember Marjorie Blewett, a Bloomington native and 1948 graduate, started school in 1944 with the world at war and most of the male IU students in the service. Journalism education isn’t the same as when Blewett was in school. Blewett said she could still write and create headlines today, but making the product is questionable. “I wouldn’t have the faintest idea how to put out a paper today,” she said. “There have been a lot of changes, but that’s life.” But one aspect has stayed the same for Blewett — how the IU School of Journalism has put a continuous emphasis on writing. story continues on pg. 4 u
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Every college student wants to save cash when and where they can. If you think you’ve run out of ways to do it, have you tried looking at your living arrangement? Living in on-campus housing seems like the easiest and most viable option. Once you make your intent to attend the university clear, IPFW Student Housing will send you information on their apartments right away. And for many traditional students who don’t commute from home, this is the route taken. A student survey found that 44 percent of students who answered didn’t believe on-campus housing was offering them the best deal. 24 percent
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and splitting rent with someone may be easier on the wallet. The end result is what works best for you. Convenience may be the deciding factor for some people, but don’t throw out the options. Take the time to weigh the benefits and decide what really is the best deal.
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C O R N E R Networking is essentially building friendships and relationships with people. Some people in your network will be very personal while others may be less familiar acquaintances; regardless, here are some tips when faced with an opportunity to network at a professional or structured event, like a job fair. Nuts & Bolts of the Introduction Firm handshake and eye contact goes a long way. Try to remember names; this will impress the others you meet when it comes to ending the conversation. Give what you want to get: "Hi I'm Karen from IPFW" will in turn give you his/her first name and where they work. You have 15 seconds to introduce yourself before the other person gets bored and the mind starts to wander. Treat it like a tennis match and volley. Remember to ask "What do you do?" or "Tell me more about yourself." Bridging the Conversation If you can't make the bridge from an
unrelated topic, like clothes or sports, then don't go there. Try a simple bridge phrase like: "... and what do you do?"
Ending the Conversation Sometimes it's hard to end a conversation, but it's necessary for you to continue networking and meeting the people that would most benefit you. Try some of these enders: "I enjoyed talking to you..." then step backward. Most people will catch onto this nonverbal cue and follow your lead. "I would love to talk with you further; can I have your contact information?" But, only ask for contact info if you plan on following up. Receiving Business Cards: Treat this card with respect and take a little time to view it in front of the owner. Working the Room If someone you want to meet is conversing with someone else, keep in mind these options. Position yourself in the person's line of
sight. Pay attention Karen Obringer to that person's body language. If he/she acknowledges you with eye contact, a head nod, or even a verbal hello then it's your opportunity to enter the conversation. If you're being ignored, even after trying the previous option, move on to another person. That nonverbal is telling you that he/she cannot or does not want to be interrupted at the moment. Maybe he/she will open up later and you can speak to him/her without causing negative emotions. After the Networking You have about 48 hours to follow up and remind your connections that you're interested in remaining in-touch. Think about it, can you remember what you had for lunch three days ago? Most people start forgetting what's happened within a 48 hour window. Send an email or thank you card to follow up. Maybe make plans to meet for lunch if this is someone you really want to talk with further.
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Every year around this time, libraries across the country will begin setting up displays of books that have been widely banned or challenged. This practice is in conjunction with the American Library Association's (ALA) Banned Books Week. Banned Books Week takes place Sept. 24-Oct. 1. The centerpiece of this year's celebration is an event called the Virtual Read-Out. The ALA is inviting everyone “to create a video of themselves reading from their favorite banned or challenged book and upload it to a special Banned Books Week channel.” Videos no more than two minutes in length may be submitted at any time during the week-long celebration to www.youtube.com/bannedbooksweek. Titles such as Brave New World, The Grapes of Wrath, To Kill a Mockingbird, 1984 and The Color Purple are among the list of Banned and Challenged Classics as reported by the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom. At one time, all of the titles on the list were challenged by a particular group or individual in attempt to remove them from library shelves and school classrooms. Most of the reasons cited for their removal according to the ala.org website included, “vulgar language, sexual references and excessive violence.” Other titles, like the Harry Potter series, have been targeted by religious groups because of their subject matter pertaining to the occult, according to the ALA. The 30th annual Banned Books Week event is the only national celebration of its kind. The event hopes to raise awareness of censorship in schools and libraries. The American Library Association reported 348 challenges and bans in 2010. Molly Raphael, President of the ALA stated, “We celebrate the freedom to read because we all know that
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Running season is upon us, at least in Northeast Indiana. The cool, crisp, easy to breathe Autumn air is greatly preferred by runners to the heat and humidity of the summer months where it can feel, at times, like running through a blow dryer while wearing a bed comforter that has been soaked in old bathwater. With those kinds of conditions to battle, it’s easy to see why so many people would rather lounge around than run a mile. However, there are people, extraordinary human beings that would consider one mile akin to walking to the car from the front door of the house. In “Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen,” author Christopher McDougall goes on a quest to discover the ancient secrets of history’s greatest endurance athletes: distance runners. McDougall’s journey begins with a simple question, asked to some of medicine’s top doctors, “Why does my foot hurt?” Unsatisfied with the usual treatment of a cortisone shot and the doctors’ pleas for him to quit running and buy a bicycle, the author set out to find the world’s greatest runners and probe them for their secrets. Along the way, he discovers the nearly forgotten Tarahumara Indians deep in the Copper Canyons of Mexico, befriends the greatest Ultramarathoner of all time, becomes simultaneously enamored and annoyed by a shoeless revolutionary in Barefoot Ted, and participates in a 50-mile footrace organized by an infamous American nomad the Tarahumarans nicknamed Caballo Blanco. In the two years since “Born to Run” was released, the book has become a sort of minimalist runner’s handbook, or the “Barefoot Bible.” The Tarahumara not only run 60-plus miles for fun, they do so in sandals made of old tires and leather straps and they very rarely succumb to injuries. This is even more amazing when the terrain on which they run is factored in. The Copper Canyons are infamous for being some of the most treacherous wilds on Earth. The Tarahumara Indians survived the Spanish Conquest and preserved their culture by simply running away, deep into the canyons where the conquistadors feared to tread. They wear these sandals as added protection against jagged rocks. story continues on pg. 12 u
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After sitting in on classes for the past seven years, homeless person Elton Jenkins has accumulated enough credits to receive a Bachelor’s degree in general studies. Jenkins began “attending” classes when he wandered onto campus looking for a place to sleep. He woke up in a room in Kettler during an introductory history class. After that, he regularly wandered in and listened to various lectures throughout each semester. Due to a technical fluke when one professor searched for him on the roster, Jenkins was admitted to IPFW enrollment but never to the Bursar’s list. “He showed up for class every day. He even turned in the homework,” said political science professor Dr. George Chenning. “I just thought the beard and clothes were because he was a hipster.” Jenkins has a perfect attendance rate and a 3.7 GPA. He will be receiving a degree with honors after this semester.
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A cold bottle of Old Rasputin, worn leather boots and a jacket made of material reminiscent of steel wool each have their place on or in the hand of senior John Jenke. Jenke’s hands showed his obvious hard-work lifestyle — large knuckles, calluses at the edges of fingertips, dirt under the nails — as they gripped the pitch black beer. “My friends see me as a man’s man,” he said. “You rip one phone book in half and you’re apparently categorized for life.” In his last year of college, though, Jenke decided to utilize experience gained from his video production minor and self-shoot an application for MTV’s Made. In the lumberjack-like attire and freshly grown beard, Jenke let his Made desires be known in one small statement: “I wanna be a fuckin’ cheerleader.” “I’m not talking about being that creepy guy with the sweater and blow horn that holds up the women,” he said. “I want to be thrown in the air, I want pompoms, I want to bare my midriff and most of all, I want the built-in underwear.” It’s unsure whether Jenke’s application, leaked on YouTube by his young sister, will be picked up for the show, but the online video has already spawned support from Internet sensations Rebecca Black and LOLCATS.
Local IPFW student Shane Hatsworth watched a foreign film with his family over Labor Day weekend. The popular movie originates from South Korea and is about a man seeking revenge. “Well, I didn’t really watch it,” he commented. “I just kinda played games on my laptop and looked at the screen every now and then to see what kind of action was going on. But I could hear everything.” To his amazement, he found out he could understand the movie completely. “I was playing League of Legends and would hear Korean. Without even looking at the screen, I knew what the character was saying. It was weird, like I took South Korean in high school for four years. So, I asked my parents about it. They sighed, paused the movie, and explained to me why I could understand it.” He then explained how when he was a fetus, his parents wanted to try and enrich their child by having it listen to Mozart, Beethoven, Bach and other classical composers. “They went to a garage sale to see if they could get the CDs cheap, and they eventually found a few classical music CDs. Unfortunately, the discs were bootlegs and weren’t classical music – they were CDs for learning Korean.” Zach Crook
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Athletic Department Offers Knowledge, Fun Through Single Credit Courses Laura Rosenbaum
In the university, students have the freedom to pursue classes in a variety of fields and disciplines, and here at IPFW, that includes single credit classes ranging from bowling to racquetball to yoga. But what is the use in taking one of these classes? As athletic director Tommy Bell pointed out, IPFW has no physical education major discipline, but the department of athletics still offers classes in physical fitness and first aid to students. These classes mirror many of those offered in the IU curriculum. “These classes are developed for lifelong learning and physical fitness. Somebody can maybe gain knowledge in something they’ve never done before, like racquetball,” said Bell. According to the director, the majority of students who sign up to take the courses are nonathletes. And because the classes are introductory in nature, it is not believed that many classes will be expanded to include more than one credit hour. “I’ve had students say ‘I need one more
hour or I don’t get financial aid,’” said yoga teacher Teresa Thorne. “I could make it a three hour class that lasts the semester, but the eight week classes really help a lot of students.” For junior Macey Stafford, the choice to take a single credit course in yoga was a need for something fun and interesting to alleviate her busy schedule. “The way these classes have been taught historically in universities and Ujike’s Elementary and Second Year Japanese classes doing outdoor exercises in celebration of Japan’s Sports Day.
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colleges throughout the country, it would be a disservice to students to charge more money for that. I think the enhanced value for our activity courses is going to be when we open the new facility,” said Bell. Without the space and necessary resources available, the athletics department does not expect to expand their physical education department, a move which might effect the length of some of the single credit classes available. However, the opening of the new facilities is expected to affect the teaching of these courses. Classes such as golf and tennis will be able to play inside the facilities during inclement weather and the winter months. Dance classes, offered through IPFW and currently taught at the Dolnik Learning Center, will be able to take place in studio areas of the new Gates facilities.
The acquisition of new equipment will also have an effect on what the university can offer. The athletic department expects to replace old equipment and expand into new types over the next few years. “We see the potentials of what we can do, we just can’t buy everything at one time. We’re even playing around with [the idea of] a rock wall in the building. So if we did that, we could offer a one hour credit for beginning rock wall climbing,” Bell said. For now, both Bell and Thorne believe that one hour is adequate for the 100 minutes a week that each class offers.
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“It depends on the time spent in [the class], and one credit is appropriate. I do think with these classes, it’s important to integrate everything into it. I don’t cheap out the one hour class,” said Thorne. Bell believes that after taking one of these courses, even with only slightly less than two hours of class time a week, the student will learn the fundamentals necessary to understand the sport the class undertakes. “I’ll use the basketball class. They’ll teach them warm-up drills, gameplay, and then they’ll show them the basics. So someone who has never participated in athletics can actually go to a game and say ‘they’re playing man to man, nice pick.’ They would be proficient.”
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By, Max McCombs, Indiana Daily Student With both the season and home openers in the past, IU managed to find one more first for the Kevin Wilson era Saturday afternoon: a win. The Hoosiers emerged victorious for the first time in 2011, defeating South Carolina State 3821 at Memorial Stadium to give Wilson his first victory as a college head coach. “It feels good to get that first win,” sophomore wide receiver Kofi Hughes said. “Hopefully it’s just going to jump start more wins to come.” IU never trailed in the game and led by at least 10 points for 54:20 of the contest. Despite the score, the Hoosiers’ performance was marred by a team-record 20 penalties. Wilson said he is not necessarily discouraged by the seemingly careless nature of the team’s play.
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“You could pull up a lot of conference champions that have 12 penalties because they’re aggressive, they’re assertive, and things just happen,” Wilson said. “We’re trying to be that way. I’m not justifying it. I’m not condoning it.” Many of the penalties were false start calls on IU offensive linemen, particularly senior left tackle Andrew McDonald and freshman right tackle Peyton Eckert. Eckert was one of three true freshman to start on the offensive line Saturday for the Hoosiers, joining guards Bernard Taylor and Collin Rahrig. “As we got into Tuesday, we thought those guys were playing harder so we went with them, and as we went through the week they actually practiced even better as they saw that they were
going to play, and the other guys didn’t respond in together, and everyone meshed together as a well,” Wilson said. “It’ll be interesting to see again team. We just worked from there.” On the third-quarter touchdown drive if a guy’s got some fiber and a guy’s got some pride. that ended with a seven-yard Roberts run for a He’ll come back scratching and fighting.” One notable penalty not on the offensive touchdown, the Bloomington North High School line was an intentional grounding penalty on product carried the ball on eight of the drive’s 10 sophomore quarterback Dusty Kiel in the fourth plays for a total of 47 yards. “He has some energy,” Coach Wilson said. “He quarter that cost the Hoosiers 12 yards on second down. The drive did not get better, with an does have a lot of fire, and he does have a lot of passion. He’s a tough dude, and that’s something incomplete pass and then a punt. we need, and it’s nice Though Kiel played several plays, to see him transfer sophomore Edward Wright-Baker that into some plays.” started for the third consecutive game. Coach Wilson Statistically, it was his strongest viewed the first win effort as quarterback — completing for the new coaching 21 of 27 passes for 273 yards and staff as a useful two touchdowns. The first of Wrightbenchmark that Baker’s touchdowns was a 30-yard proves the team is on strike to sophomore wide receiver the right path. Duwyce Wilson. “To get some “I did better in the first half — Saturday reward is throwing the deep ball, getting it up something deeply to Duwyce on the fade and the post needed, and so route,” Wright-Baker said. “There is hopefully that will still a lot to improve on, but the game continue,” he said. is getting slower to me now.” “You keep trying to Duwyce Wilson finished with six go to the well and ask receptions for 101 yards to lead the them to keep working team. hard and have a great On the ground, true freshman attitude and coming running back D’Angelo Roberts ran to work. When you for 102 yards and a touchdown on 19 have a couple of carries. Miss Indiana Collegiate America Pageant hiccups and end up “My line did very well, so Nov. 4 & 5, 2011 in Indianapolis. everything was in place, and I just did State winners compete for a $10,000 Scholarship! on the wrong side of the ledger, you worry what I needed to do with the ball,” No Swimsuit and No Talent. about that in the Roberts said. “I just felt comfortable Contact: MaryWest2@aol.com www.americashighschoolpageant.com coaching transition.” out there. Everything started kicking