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Low student presence creates debate uproar Debate tickets sell out despite empty seats
bate caused a low amount of atten- and so they used our limited seating,” Appel said. “At the end of it all, most dance for the IUS community. Stephon Moore, political science of them didn’t show up. We had a lot and journalism sophomore, said he of empty seats.” Moore said he saw at least was one of the By CLAIRE MUNN 15 empty seats despite tickets lucky few to get Senior Editor being sold out. tickets, which clamunn@umail.iu.edu “It was really disheartenwere given out ing,” Moore said. “The ticket IU Southeast took center stage on for free on a firstsituation was just handled awOct. 23 by serving as the location for a come-first-serve fully. It wasn’t jam packed like second debate between Indiana Sena- basis. He said he it should have been.” views this as a torial candidates. In addition to limited seat Hosted by the Indiana Debate Com- large problem being, Hannah Smith, mission, the event took place in the cause the school communications juOgle Center, where nearly 50 TV and was not representnior, said the debate radio stations broadcast a live discus- ed. also upset her besion between Democrat Joe Donnelly, “First and forecause none of the Libertarian Andrew Horning and Re- most, they were voter-submitusing our facilipublican Richard Mourdock. ted questions However, limited seating at the de- ties for the decame from bate,” Moore said. members of “We’re the stuthe commudents, we’re the nity. faculty here, and “I’m not we’re the people Hannah Smith sure why they who spend a macommunications junior had the debate jority of their days here if they here. We didn’t reweren’t going ally get a chance to to ask questions from welcome them to our campus.” Few seats remained available at the local people,” Smith debate due to members of the Union said. Auto Workers reserving a large por- Smith said the imtion of the tickets. The UAW came to portance of having Richard Mourdock, Republican candidate for the support Donnelly for his efforts in sav- a Senate debate on Indiana Senate campus was lost being auto industry jobs. Drew Appel, criminal justice and cause of the shift in political science junior, said he was audience members. conservative values,” Appel said. able to attend the event after a mem- “They could have had it at a town One topic discussed during the deber of the College Republicans offered hall for all that it mattered over having bate included the issue of abortion. it here at IUS,” she said. “It was good Donnelly said he believes abortion him tickets. Appel said he thought the debate publicity for the school, but, since the should only be used in cases of rape, should have been geared more for audience changed, it lost a lot of its po- incest and life of the mother. Howevtential that it could have had.” students and faculty, as well. er, Mourdock said only when the life “I mean, yes, outsiders are allowed Although Moore said he had been of the mother is at risk should aborto come, but the UAW used this to leaning toward one candidate, he said tion be considered. stage a protest against Mourdock, he does not have a clearer view of who “I struggled with it myself for a to vote for after the debate ended. long time, but I came to realize life is “I was supporting one person, and, that gift from God, and I think even now, I’m not really supporting any- when life begins in the horrible situone, honestly,” he said. “It’s just a ation of rape, that it is something that frustrating election for me in the Indi- God intended to happen,” Mourdock ana Senate.” said. Appel said the debate reinforced Moore said he was surprised Mourthe opinions he already had about dock spoke so plainly about his prowho to vote for. life stance, but it did not offend him. “I feel that Mourdock repreJoe Donnelly, Democratic candidate for the Indiana Senate See INDIANA SENATE DEBATE, page 2 sents the people of Indiana and their
It was good publicity for the school, but, since the audience changed, it lost a lot of its potential that it could have had.
Students design visual pieces for community project By SAMANTHA FRAIZER Staff sefrazie@ius.edu The Harrison County Community Foundation Center unveiled the visual work of three IUS graphic design students on Oct. 11 as part of an ongoing project called “The World Comes to Harrison County.” Designed by Amie Villiger, graphic design and painting senior, Brittany Norris, graphic design senior, and Courtnee Scifres, graphic design senior, their work included a floor map and a cultural timeline, which was made digitally and as posters. “Basically, in Harrison County, there are many cultural influences and people who have come from other countries, and this project is
to kind of show that and teach people about all of the diversity that is in Harrison County,” Norris said. The project is a collaboration between IU Southeast’s Center for Cultural Resources, the Harrison County Community Foundation, and a group called Community Unity, which consists of educational resource kits with a focus on the cultural diversity of Harrison County that can be loaned to schools and used as teaching methods. According to the HCCF, the foundation gave a $5,390 grant to Community Unity. Claudia Crump, codirector for CCR, said Community Unity asked CCR to act as producers for the project. Crump said the creators brainstormed and
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Scifres worked on the floor map, Norris on the tangible timeline and Villiger on the interactive, digital timeline. Villiger also designed the project’s logo. Map
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Amie Villiger, graphic design and painting senior, Courtney Scifres, graphic design senior, and Brittany Norris, graphic design senior, work on a CD design layout in the Design Center, an internship class that allows students to work with clients on projects.
decided the information needed to be presented visually. She said she enlisted help from Michael Koerner, lecturer in fine arts, because he leads the Design Center – a class that serves as an in-
ternship for graphic design majors and allows them to work directly with clients on specific projects. “This project would not be what it is without the help of the design
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center,” Crump said. Koerner selected Norris, Scifres and Villiger last semester to work on the project, and they finished their work at the beginning of this semester.
The map is a vinyl, 10-by-10 topographical map of Harrison County, which is surrounded by other countries the people of Harrison County came from. Villiger traced the outlines of these countries and Scifres placed them on the map. Scifres also picked the map’s material and decided how it would be constructed. “It was a fun process,” Scifres said. “It was definitely something totally different that anything I
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