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COUNTY HUNTER | Amy Reinhart

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FASCINATING PEOPLE | Jamelyn Wheeler

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FEATURE | Chelsea Modglin & Amy Reinhart

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OVERTIME | Emily Molli

03 Our Viewpoint 05 Myth Busters 06 Innovation 10 First Time

Students always need things to do on weekends. With nearby counties abuzz with activity, there might just be something for you.

Sophomore Dalton Bosze spends his summers re-enacting Civil War battles, and his passion for history plays a role in many parts of his life.

FEATURE | Jessica Ingle Tekoppel Elementary School got a new look thanks to hundreds of college students who helped with the Outreach to Teach project.

COVER | Alexandra Wade The meanings of words are under constant debate, but what about diagnoses such as depression, OCD and ADHD? Can using these words in everyday conversation cause them to lose their real meaning?

Eating disorders are usually associated with women, but men are victims too. Find out why they tend to be forgotten.

When coach Don Walters arrived at UE, the cross-country team needed a lot of help. See how his teams become successful.

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Q&A Super Snaps Even the Score Campus Crime

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A Closer Look Throught the Lens Off the Wall Half the Wit

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Digital de-evolution

Electronic age is here to stay but without the privacy.

WALKING THROUGH RIDGWAY, you’re bound to see at least a dozen people texting, talking or playing with their phones. Smartphones and other tablet devices are especially popular because of their convenience and what they can do for us. We can look up movie times, get driving directions or poke around just to see what is going on, and we do so without giving it a second thought.

Strategy Analytics reports that the number of smartphones being used globally topped the 1 billion mark in 2012, and one in every seven people worldwide owns a handheld device that works like a computer. And the market research firm Catalyst reported that last year, for the first time, vendors shipped more smartphones than personal computers, which included pads and tablets, although this was the growth area in PCs. Quantities aside, once you use your smartphone, iPad or other device, either wireless or hard-wired, you have essentially allowed for the tracking of your location and the collection of personal data from your device.

Most service providers collect this data for companies so they can offer you things you want.

Companies, including Google, Garmin and TomTom, are currently programming themselves to offer GPS-enhanced ads. But user-targeted ads are really nothing new. Gmail already posts a “Why this ad?” message on your inbox page stating its ads are generated onto your inbox page directly from your emails. Facebook also uses its platform to deliver location- and interest-centered ads to users.

But providing a platform so advertisers can reach people hasn’t been enough, and “free” service providers have resorted to disclosing other information. The Wall Street Journal reported in 2010 that social networking sites were sending users’ personal information to advertisers. This included names, ages, locations — anything users had made public on their profiles. Techno-geek Jason Fitzpatrick might have put it best on lifehacker.com, a daily web blog focusing on software and personal productivity, when he wrote, “If you’re not paying for it, you’re the product.”

Tracking — the ability of someone to invade your device to have a look at your history, which basically spells out all the sites you have visited — has become more than just sneaking a peek at your consumer likes; it includes the GPS positioning used to make an all-around profile about you — who you are, the way you live, the things that

interest you and the people you associate with.

To make matters worse, the National Security Agency, through its PRISM program, is legally allowed to collect information directly from the servers of U.S. service providers. PRISM has been in the news lately because details of it and several other top-secret Internet surveillance programs were leaked to the press by Edward Snowden, a computer specialist who worked for the CIA and NSA before fleeing the country after he disclosed the information.

Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, Skype and YouTube have all had data and metadata lifted from their servers by the NSA. Many of these providers originally denied that data was being monitored, but we now know, based on the controversy surrounding the Snowden affair, that it is happening. Data was — and is — lifted from our devices without our knowledge.

But consumers actually give permission for others to have our information. People opt in to these tracking programs and give providers the legal right to follow our information when they activate their smartphones or install software that requires them to agree to a provider’s user agreement in order to access their program.

Privacy advocates are uneasy about PRISM and other programs because many believe they violate our rights as guaranteed by several amendments to the Bill of Rights. While the right to privacy is not mentioned in the Constitution, the Supreme Court has interpreted several of the amendments as creating this right. But President Barack Obama recently said the PRISM program is “lawful, effective and appropriate,” and many lawmakers agree because they think PRISM helps protect Americans. Some argue that reforms are needed, while others do not believe privacy rights have been violated at all.

Privacy protection remains an open question, and many want a new amendment that fills privacy gaps and prevents the government from overextending its authority. But for now, as long as we continue to use smartphones and other devices to log onto the Internet, there is not much we can do about someone knowing more about us than we may want them to know. We can always choose not to use smartphones, post anything too personal online or use providers’ software. While that would provide a modicum of privacy, realistically, we know that’s just not going to happen.

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by Chelsea Modglin, Alexandra Wade & Jamelyn Wheeler

Death, voting and excuses top this month’s look at UE’s myths.

Crescent Magazine presents Myth Busters each issue and compares UE’s myths to those at DePauw, Bellarmine (Ky.) and other similar schools to see how we stand up.

“Hughes Hall basement is empty because someone once died there.”

While there are a lot of oddities that come with living in campus’ oldest residence hall, Hughes Hall residents feel comfortable with them because they are easily explained.

But there is one oddity some want explained. Why are the Hughes basement rooms not used? Some think it is because someone once died there, and it is haunted, but Michael Tessier, assistant vice president for Student Affairs, said that is not the case.

“Those rooms are empty because they just aren’t in the best condition,” he said.

While UE does use the basement occasionally for temporary or emergency housing, similar rumors also circulate on other campuses. A student at Greenville College (Ill.) told Pedro Valentin, associate dean of Campus Life, that she did not want to live in a certain campus house because she had heard that someone had died there.

A similar rumor at DePauw is even more bizarre. The East College bell tower has been the site of multiple rumored deaths, most notably the death in 1889 of Henry Warner. He supposedly climbed the bell tower to warn campus of a prank when one of the pranksters mistook him for another student and clubbed him in the head.

Although it makes for a chilling story, thankfully Hughes is ghost-free. A myth? Yes

“Graduating seniors get to vote on what the senior gift will be.” From

benches dotting campus to student scholarships, a gift to UE by graduating seniors has been a tradition for years. Though these gifts

are attributed to each graduating class, it is unclear who actually chooses what the senior gift will be, let alone who funds it.

Liz Riffert, annual giving officer, said when she started in her position last fall, she tried to form a committee of seniors to decide on the gift but was unsuccessful. Instead, she gathered together a group of juniors to begin planning for this year’s class gift. She said forming the committee early allows time for a decision to be made.

The group decided to donate money to the Walnut Plaza project, which is part of President Tom Kazee’s 10-year facilities plan.

“I’m excited, and hopefully the next group of students will be this gung-ho,” Riffert said.

Other universities have similar selection processes. Tina Kauffmann, Bellarmine’s (Ky.) associate vice president for Development, said her school’s committee chooses a group of student leaders to make the decision, but other students can join.

Rose-Hulman’s seniors also form a committee to select their gift, and they take the consensus of the class into account before making the final decision. Jennifer Kenzor, assistant director of annual giving and donor relations, said the first committee was formed last year.

Greenville’s senior class elects class officers at the beginning of each academic year.

They present different options to President Ivan Filby, going over the costs and locations of each possible gift.

“Ultimately, it’s up to the president,” said Tamie Heichelbeck, senior assistant to the president.

UE’s method for choosing the senior gift may be similar to those used by other schools, but unlike the others, UE seniors do not vote for the gift or the representatives who choose the gift. A myth? Somewhat

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“A note from the Health Center is an official excused absence.” Students are

expected to understand and respect the need to attend class. Professors maintain attendance policies and are allowed to make attendance mandatory or use it to evaluate performance.

The Student Handbook states that grades cannot be lowered because of an excused absence. So, to avoid losing points, students try to get their absences excused, and it seems that many believe a note from the Health Center is a way to earn it.

“I feel there is quite a bit of confusion over the power of a class note,” said Becky Ziliak, Health Center director. “A class notification from the Health Center can never override a professor’s attendance policy for absences or tardiness. The note only verifies that a student visited the Health Center on that date and is not a reflection of the student’s level of illness.”

In reality, only Dean Dana Clayton, vice president for Student Affairs, can grant an official excused absence.

Greenville does not have a campus health center or offer health services. Staff directs students to a local hospital and doctors for their medical needs. Its student handbook states only that professors must establish attendance requirements in their syllabi with time allotted for serious illness, injury or personal crises, and they may require verification for an absence.

Rose-Hulman allows its health center staff to write excused absences if the illness or injury is deemed severe or contagious, but it is still up to students to contact and inform faculty if they are ill.

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Helping to bring back a native plant species.

MANY PEOPLE AVOID doing yardwork. But restoration ecologists are the kind of people who never back down from the outdoors, no matter how big the project may be.

Since the summer of 2012, junior Samantha Montgomery, an environmental administration major, has been working with Cris Hochwender, associate professor of biology, to bring Vectren Conservation Park back to life.

Other faculty and students, including junior Stephanie Tran, have also been helping to restore the 1,100-acre research field site that, for many years, had been used for agriculture before being leased to UE in 2007.

Montgomery was in charge during the summer with handling the second part of the VCP project, which focuses on overcoming the Johnson grass that has taken over much of the park. Because of its root system, Johnson grass is a fierce nemesis that makes it nearly impossible for native plant species to grow. If the restoration project is to be successful, Montgomery, under Hochwender’s guidance and with Tran’s assistance, will have to find a native species that can overpower Johnson grass.

To find such a species, the trio performs experiments in which a native plant species is grown next to Johnson grass. They keep variables such as water and sunlight consistent, and the growth of the native species is monitored against that of the Johnson grass. How well a native plant does in these experiments determines whether or not it would be able to deter the spread of the invasive species.

“It’s still in the early stages,” Montgomery said, “but we’ve definitely learned a lot through our experiments, so in that way it’s been very successful.”

Montgomery said these experiments could help other restoration projects, especially where Johnson grass is concerned. Restoring the native plant species to the Vectren Conservation Park will also eventually provide habitats for native animal species.

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Thousands to flock to Owen County this weekend to enjoy some catchy music, stimulating art and delicious food.

IF YOU ARE IN THE MOOD to get out of Evansville for a different type of weekend, take the short trip up Highway 41N to Spencer, Ind., about two hours from campus, for two festivals, each with its own special qualities.

The Hyperion Music & Arts Festival starts Friday morning and continues through Saturday night at Stable Studios. The setting is home to what has been called one of the area’s best weekend camping festivals. More than 50 of the Midwest’s top jam-electronic bands, along with some folk and bluegrass thrown in, will perform while about 25 visual artists create a truly unique atmosphere that’s sure to add to the festival’s ambiance.

In its second year, the festival welcomes the mix of music and art as painters, aerialists, Poi dancers and hoopers add visual drama to the musical performances. Papadosio, Gramatik, Break Science, Future Rock, Snarky Puppy, Cyberoptics and an Evansville favorite, Ultraviolet Hippopotamus, are just a few of the bands that will perform.

Gates open at 9 a.m. Friday for those with two-day passes. Ticket prices vary so visit hyperionfestival.com to learn more about the festival or hyperion.brownpapertickets.com for ticket information.

If jam-electronic bands are not your thing, McCormick’s Creek State Park might be the better draw as it hosts BBQ & Blues, a one-of-a-kind blues and food festival that attracts more and more visitors each year.

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of Spencer, is the site of Saturday’s fifth annual festival.

And when it comes to the food, barbecue is its main draw.

But the event also offers other options at reasonable prices for the less adventurous. Food stands open at 11 a.m., and along with the food is plenty of blues. Bands, including four from Bloomington, Ind., will perform from 12–8 p.m.

Although many people attend the festival to savor the music and barbecue, Samuel Arthur, an organizer for BBQ & Blues and park interpretive naturalist, said the setting is what makes the festival different from others.

“I think it is one of the finest parks in our nature system,” he said. “[The festival] offers a lot. It’s a unique opportunity for people to come out to a state park and participate in a unique experience.”

Nearly 2,000 people attended the festival last year, but McCormick’s is also home to a campground, caves and more than 10 miles of hiking trails.

Visitors with Indiana license plates enter the park for $5, while those with out-of-state plates pay $7. Admission not only gets you into the concerts but allows you to explore the park’s nature center, which Arthur says offers a little bit of everything. It is home to various species of animals, and there are also exhibits about the geological, glacial and cultural history of Indiana and the park. A nature trail lies just behind the building.

For more information about the festival, visit indianaagconnection.com or in.gov/dnr/parklake/2420.htm.

“Little Shop of Horrors” — Daviess County The cult-classic rock musical “Little Shop of Horrors” has been a popular production since it was first released in the 1960s.

With numerous film adaptions since then, the black comedy is the story of a florist’s assistant and a sickly Venus’ flytrap that feeds on human flesh and blood. When the Theatre Workshop of Owensboro presents its version, it will be with a live band playing the tunes Motown-style. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20– 21, 27–28 and at 2 p.m. Sept. 29 at TWO’s historic Opryhouse, 418 Frederica St., Owensboro, Ky. Tickets are $12 for students, $18 for adults and can be purchased at facebook.com/theatreworkshop.

Ferdinand Folk Festival — Dubois County In its fourth year, the Ferdinand Folk Festival, set for Sept. 21 at the scenic 18th Street Park in Ferdinand, Ind., features nationally-acclaimed acoustic musicians, the work of local artists and a variety of food and wine. Headlined by Todd Snider, the Nashville, Tenn., singer-songwriter combines Americana, alt-country and folk. Rolling Stone called him one of the best storytellers

in rock, and his lastest album landed him on the magazine’s 2012 “best of” list. There are eight other acts scheduled, and all concerts are free. Also on tap are artists selling their work and area farmers selling fresh produce. Food booths open at 11 a.m. EST, with music starting at 11:30 a.m. and Snider taking the stage at 7:30 p.m. Ferdinandfolkfestival.com provides more information.

Block Bash & Red Rock — Orange County Hunks of wood will be transformed into art as 10 of the U.S.’s top chainsaw carvers compete at Block Bash, French Lick, Ind.’s, annual street festival. Slated for Sept. 20–22, it also features live bands, a wine garden, plenty of food, a classic car and bike show and artists selling their works. While there, hop on over to Orleans, Ind., and take in Red Rock, a recreation of an 1800s Western town where you can see how the West was won and the law was kept. Shows are scheduled from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

EST Saturday, and you can also listen to live bluegrass music and shop at a variety of stores. Check out bearhollowwoodcarvers. com and redrockwwtown.com for more information.

RiverCity Faithfest — Vanderburgh County First Baptist Church, 320 Cherry St., will be the site of the fifth annual RiverCity Faithfest from 3 to 8 p.m. Oct. 5. The free outdoor concert seeks to blend the message of Jesus with the chance to hear inspiring music and worship together. The awardwinning Christian bands Building 429 and The Afters, along with Hawk Nelson and Finding Favour, will present their special brand of music as part of their United We Stand Tour, sponsored by Liberty University and Food for Thought. Building 429, whose We Won’t Be Shaken album debuted in June at No. 1 on the Billboard Christian albums chart, takes the stage at 6 p.m. Those attending should bring a lawn chair, and snacks and drinks will be available for purchase. Visit rivercityfaithfest.com for more information.

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Dust off that guitar and get ready to rock on.

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he once entertained our family at a family reunion.

While everyone clapped and cheered after he strummed us a song, I thought, “What’s so difficult about flicking some strings?” My fingers found out the hard way during my guitar lesson with Mike Boren, owner of the Guitar Lab, a music center located at 1010 S. Weinbach.

Boren founded the Guitar Lab in 2002, renovating the two-floor building into an instrumental paradise. The Lab teaches guitar, piano and drums alongside quirkier instruments like the ukulele. Aspiring songwriters or producers can also produce their own music in the Lab’s recording studio.

Before my lesson, I waited in a lounge that could have housed a rock band. Posters of Elvis, Metallica, Kiss and other musicians from over the decades cluttered the walls. Then Boren walked in and escorted me to the practice room. We chatted a bit, and he handed me a beginner’s acoustic guitar.

First, he taught me guitar terms. He identified the neck, the long, thin piece the strings are stretched along; the instrument’s head, the area at the end of the neck where the tuning knobs are; and the large hollow body where the sound hole is located.

Boren also explained how to tune the instrument. He said he normally tunes students’ instruments for them and later recommends they buy an electronic tuner to use while their ears learn how to help them tune their guitars manually.

He then placed a music sheet with diagrams onto a stand. I was confused by the cryptic sheet music until Boren taught me the diagrams were instructions on how to place fingers on the neck’s frets, which cross the strings perpendicularly. I mimicked his example and played my first chords.

The next few diagrams were more difficult.

Picking the strings over the sound hole was easy, but my fingers had to flex to reach the frets.

“It’s like grabbing someone off the streets and asking them to do the splits,” Boren said.

I had to twist my hand into a pretzel to pull off some of the chords I was asked to play, but Boren supported me with jokes and compliments.

His casual tone echoed the young, passionate rocker who has been aged by experience. Both he and the Lab were groovy with an educational riff.

Boren taught me the basic chords, breaking each into four stages: reading, getting the fingering down, memorizing music and building mus-

cle memory. Completing all the stages takes weeks of practice. I was proud to pull off three in half an hour. The accomplished guitarist said he adapts his lessons to students from many walks of life, based on what they want to learn.

“If it’s someone who wants to study music in college, I’ll grill them,” Boren said. “If it’s an adult who wants to learn to play ‘Hotel California,’ it’s pretty chill.”

Boren gave me feedback on where I needed to ease up on my picking and how to stretch my fingers to play more difficult chords. Plus, the retired musician had great stories to share.

Boren said he began his musical career when he borrowed an electric guitar from his roommate, who never got that guitar back. As he spent more nights performing at bars and fewer nights studying for classes, Boren quit college and dreamed of the rock star life. But that dream fizzled, and he looked for other ways to make a living from his skills. After Boren discovered he liked teaching, the Guitar Lab was born.

The lesson hit a high note when Boren demonstrated what harmonized guitars sound like. He told me to play a chord repeatedly, setting a metronome for him. Once I started, he launched into an unfettered, complex solo. Our improvised duet sounded like a real track. He next played a discordant solo, which helped me hear how much better chords sound when they are in harmony. I was convinced as I watched his hand run like a spider along the guitar’s neck.

For those looking to learn from a music veteran, the Lab is the place to go. Students can attend weekly lessons, either individual or group, for $90 per month. Individual lessons last 30 minutes, while group classes are 60 minutes. There are 30-minute consultations that cost $25, and 60-minute consultations are $50. Students can also use the recording studio for $60 an hour with a 50 percent deposit.

I doubt I’m capable of wooing anybody with a ballad at this point in time. And after I left, I’m pretty sure my fingers forgot all the chords I had just learned and played. Learning them takes plenty of practice, but I do remember the feeling after Boren and I finished our harmony. I dreamed of strumming a tune for an audience and hearing everyone cheer. All in all, I really owe my little brother an apology.

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MOST STUDENTS spend their summers relaxing, working or doing some type of internship. But sophomore Dalton Bosze spends part of his summers rolling rifle cartridges and chatting with men like Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman — or at least the man who portrays him. As a Civil War re-enactor fighting for the Union and an all-around fanatic concerning the past, Bosze’s double major in political science and history is no surprise.

“History is my passion,” he said, and this passion has become a crucial component of his life. The New Jersey native’s love for history began with a seemingly normal event — watching his grandfather as he tinkered with his model train set. Included in the collection was “The General,” a train that was named after the 1926 silent slapstick comedy starring Buster Keaton.

The train caught Bosze’s attention, and when he watched the film, he noticed it was set during the Civil War. Because Revolutionary War re-enacting is more prevalent in New England, he had had little exposure to Civil War culture. And before

AN ERA REVISITED

“It’s a great feeling of pride to represent — not re-create — the war.”

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A Civil War enthusiast, Dalton Bosze’s re-enacting allows him to live life in the past.

by Jamelyn Wheeler photo by Samantha Cook that day, Bosze had not thought much about the impact of the Civil War on the country, but the movie sparked a lasting interest.

By the time his family moved to Canfield, Ohio, when he was 10, Bosze’s knowledge of the Civil War had expanded tremendously. His junior year of high school in 2011 marked the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War. To commemorate the event, the History Channel partnered with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to sponsor the National Civil War Student Challenge, a competitive online exam consisting of multiple-choice questions. Out of the more than 21,000 participants taking the nationwide test, Bosze placed in the Top 30. After completing another part of the test, he received history materials for his school.

While Bosze’s passion for history and the Civil War has grown through the years, his interests do not end there.

“Music is another love of mine,” he said, sharing that he learned to play the trumpet in fourth grade. Bosze excelled at the instrument, so much so that he had the opportunity to attend the 2012 Ohio Music Education Association Convention, a statewide conference with a competitive entry process.

“I got to learn amazing music and get my name out there,” he said.

After learning the trumpet, Bosze bought a bugle and learned more than 40 calls, short tunes originally used for clear communication in the noise and confusion of a battlefield.

“I can still rattle off about 30 of them,” he admits.

For four years, Bosze also had the opportunity to combine his loves of history and music by playing taps for a televised Veterans Day ceremony at his hometown church. He has also incorporated his bugle playing into re-enactments. Though re-enacting has become an important pastime in his life, it did not begin until he moved to Ohio. And after joining the 61st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company D, he remembers being ecstatic when his uniform was finally delivered.

“It came in October and was like an early Christmas present,” he said.

Since then, Bosze has worn the uniform in many mock battles and competitions, where the weather is always a factor as he fights for the North.

“I’ve fought in 40-degree weather, and I’ve fought in 80-degree weather,” he

said. And if the uniforms were not hot enough in warm weather, Bosze also carries about 60 pounds of equipment, including a 10-pound rifle. His most recent performance was this summer at the annual Gettysburg Battle Reenactment in early July in Gettysburg, Pa. Unlike some re-enactors who portray famous generals, Bosze is just a soldier. Though the actors do their best to stay true to the period, he said some modern technology is unavoidable, admitting that re-enactments are modern reproductions.

One example is the age and size of the soldiers. Because many older men have taken an interest in re-enacting, there are more gray-haired soldiers than there were during the actual war.

Similarly, the average size of Americans has increased over time. Another difference is the availability of materials. A soldier fighting in the Civil War would not have been able to afford eyeglasses, but the actors keep modern amenities such as these while remaining true to the time in many other respects.

Along with engaging in realistic mock battles, the re-enactors also partake in other activities. Occasionally, Bosze competes in speed races to see who can shoot their rifles the quickest. He also usually attends a military ball — a white glove event that includes dancing to music of the time.

He said his favorite dances are Toss the Maiden, Garfield and the Virginia Reel.

Battle may take up most of the re-enactors’ time, but there is plenty of room for competition and merriment, and Bosze is determined to dispel a common misconception about re-enacting.

“It is a great feeling of pride to represent — not re-create — the war,” he said.

It is impossible to completely re-create what took place more than a century ago, and re-enacting is expensive. Uniforms can cost up to $400, and rifles can cost more than $600. Plus, each shot fired costs about 20 cents, and it costs about $8 to fire a cannon. Despite the costs, it is a worthwhile experience for the public and the re-enactors. And Bosze enjoys his involvement.

“It’s a friendly hobby,” he said. “I have friends on both sides.”

As for the future, Bosze keeps an open mind, since his interests are diverse.

“I feel that he could be a good history teacher or a professional re-enactor,” sophomore Travis White said.

But Bosze’s interest in political science cannot be forgotten. After college, Bosze hopes to help with political campaigns — eventually running for office himself. No matter what he decides to do, one thing is clear: Bosze will find ways to act on his many passions.

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Helping students find their way into careers in an ever-changing employment world.

Gene Wells, Center for Career Development director Q: What is the main mistake students make when building a resume?

A: They limit the kind of information they utilize. They don’t see their college experiences in total. Your projects, your study abroad, your organizations, your leadership, your community service — those are all areas a student could utilize. It fills up the page, but it’s also the most relevant information about you. And you’ve got to be able to tell the story about where you’re going with that information. It isn’t about just relaying facts about you; it’s about relaying value.

to do the best job and personalize projects as much as possible. Get involved with faculty projects, with faculty research. You also need to have at least one quality internship. Another way to stand out is to make sure you’re networking with the people who are in the field you’re interested in.

Q: Career Development offers to help those

offer that students do not use?

A: One would be the support for going to graduate school. Our career guide is a wonderful how-to, and we’ll take that information and help students determine how many grad schools they may need to think about, what their timelines need to be and how to get started with their purpose statements.

seeking internships, but what do you do that students aren’t able to do in an online search?

A: We help create a list of companies students are interested in, and it’s possible we may know someone at those organizations. We may have a LinkedIn connection, an alum that’s been in touch about that area or maybe competitors. The personal touch and connection we provide is important. We provide a personalized set of approaches you’re not going to get if you just look at monster.com or Career Builder. We’re going to use those tools, but we want to be able to look at what our human connections are before we do anything else.

Q: What are some ways students can be sure

Q: It has been said that it’s not what you

they will be noticed by employers?

A: Take their class projects seriously. Try

know but who you know. How can students build a strong professional network?

Q: What services does Career Development

A: Start early. As a freshman or first-year student, start brainstorming about who could be in your network. Your network is much more extensive than you think, and there’s a lot of power in writing things down. If you do things electronically, add the people you know to your address book and find a time to talk to them and ask permission to network with them. Spend time each week on your LinkedIn account, as much as you spend on other social media, and start transferring people from your Facebook to LinkedIn. Q: What advice do you have for students who want to succeed in finding an internship or starting a career?

A: Make use of planned happenstance.

When life happens, be ready to act. Many times we find ourselves in a situation where an opportunity comes up, but we’re not ready to act on it. And it’s an easy checklist: I’ve got my resume, I’ve got my cover letter, I’ve got a LinkedIn network, I know when to send a thank you, my professors are willing and interested in providing me letters of recommendation, I can apply tomorrow. I know what to do, and I’m confident in how to do it.

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FEATURE

Now a centerpiece of the school, this mural is a welcome addition to Tekoppel Elementary School after Outreach to Teach volunteers put the finishing touches on it.

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by Jessica Ingle

MAKEOVER

Outreach project gives a local school a much-needed revamp as students and others come together for a cause.

THE SURROUNDING AREA was quiet — but not for long. As 8 a.m. arrived on an overcast Saturday in April, a tall sign in front of Tekoppel Elementary School greeted nearly 150 volunteers from across Indiana with the words “Welcome Student Education Association.”

The volunteers, a mix of college students, teachers, Indiana Student Education Association members and other supporters, had taken time out of their day — and for some, most of their Friday night — to brighten the lives of those who spend much of their lives inside the elementary school.

ISEA calls this student-led project Outreach to Teach, and it brings a community together for one day to truly better the lives of those who have a relationship with a school — students, teachers and principals.

“Outreach to Teach is like Extreme Makeover: School Edition,” said senior Grace Hayes, ISEA president. “We go in and fix up schools in Indiana that really need it.”

Nine years into the annual project, with its 10th anniversary in 2014, ISEA renovates a different school every year, participating in a variety of activities, including painting, cleaning, landscaping, gardening and decorating, to breathe new life into a school and community that deserve it.

“The principal sees us, and it’s like, we’re going to let all these college students into your school,” Hayes said.

“Sometimes there’s this look of relief on the principal’s face. They’re so glad for the work we do.”

Evansville’s Tekoppel Elementary School was the winner of the 2013 ISEA contest. Essentially, the association divides the state into four regions. These regions rotate every year, and those schools within the current district nominate themselves for the chance to have volunteers come and renovate and repair their school. After nominations are received, executive board members survey the eligible schools to find the one that needs the most help.

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Since the lucky winner this year was Tekoppel, it was convenient for many volunteers.

“We travel up and down the state each year,” said Donnie Dunville, a UE maintenance technician who has helped with the project for years, “but the base of the project is here at UE.” Dunville and Davies Bellamy, associate professor of education, both have been a major part of Outreach to Teach since its inception. They enjoy seeing their family of volunteers and educators expand each year as they visit a new school to restore.

“It’s good to see future educators in this environment,” Dunville said. “I always say it’s like planting a seed — as the project goes on, we see the trees grow.”

A different aspect of this year’s project as compared to those of past years was the transition of Tekoppel’s mascot from the Bears to the Tigers. Most of the day was devoted to making this transition a reality as smoothly as possible. Volunteers lined the walls inside the building with brightly painted paw prints varying in size and color. Slogans such as “Home of the Tigers” were displayed in bold so that students would be able to see them as soon as they walked into the building. Outside, volunteers repainted the curbs, redid the lines on the basketball court and placed a new sign for the school in the middle of a giant paw print filled with flowers and mulch.

“We wanted to make it kid-friendly,” Hayes said.

“We wanted the school to be inviting and warm. You could just see the life brought back. It opens the school to the parents as well.”

In the cafeteria, volunteers also designed and painted colorful murals; one mural depicted a giant white tiger breaking through the concrete wall. Senior Kara Martyn, an education major with an art minor, spent most of her time on the mural. She said that throughout her three years participating, painting the tiger was the most memorable for her because she was able to integrate both her interests into one project.

“This is just something I like to do,” she said. “It’s my ambition, and getting to share this with others is great. It’s nice getting to know other students who share the same passion.”

Even after years of participating in the project, volunteers were still amazed at how many improvements could be made to a school on a tight seven-hour schedule. There was no time for slacking — rarely were there volunteers with nothing to do. The tasks were demanding, and it may have caused some sore muscles the next day, but the feeling of working together to make a difference was beyond words.

“You see all the materials at the beginning of the day, and as the day goes on, you see a complete transformation,” said Sharon Gieselmann, associate profes-

sor of education. “It’s a great team effort from all the students.”

Before the day of the project arrived, some volunteers felt apprehensive when they realized just how hard they would have to push themselves to finish everything that needed to be done. But Dunville was confident, and he believed that through teamwork and good communication, the project would flourish.

“Sometimes the students don’t think they can get something finished,” he said, “but in the end, they’re always able to.”

Though these volunteers took on this project for Tekoppel’s community, the students, teachers and principal who use the building were not the only ones who valued all of the effort put into the school. For Dunville especially, Outreach to Teach is like Christmas in April.

Normally taking an entire week off before the day of the project, he brought a small group together to begin setting everything up, staying until 8 p.m. or 9 p.m. each night. He wanted to be involved as much as he could, but more importantly, he wanted UE to shine.

“These students deserve recognition for all they’ve done,” he said. “This project lets these students shine. I rely on them because they get a lot done. This is fun for us. This is what we love doing.”

Possibly his favorite part of the project each year is when the workers are able to reveal the school to the teachers and students once the work is done. To him, it is all worth it as he hears the awed praises of the students as they walk through their renovated school in disbelief at how much the volunteers did in a few hours.

“It’s all to see the principals and teachers light up because of the energy we bring to the project,” Bellamy said. “As the project unfolds, there’s this great synergy that occurs because of the volunteers and the sense of community here.”

Because education is usually at the heart of a community, it is no wonder that simple repairs to such an integral structure receive a positive response throughout the area. A small amount of time goes a long way when volunteers genuinely care about the people they help.

“It’s not often we get to make a difference,” said junior Aaron McGee, co-chair for Outreach to Teach, “so when we do, we have to take advantage of it.”

Beyond fostering a positive outlook on volunteering, Outreach to Teach as a whole provides future educators with inspiration. It demonstrates that education does matter and that the school building is just as important to a child’s education as school supplies, teachers and books.

“All this is part of being a teacher,” Gieselmann said. “We’re modeling what students will do in the classroom someday because at some point, it may be their school we’re renovating.”

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COVER STORY

Does casually referencing mental health terms cause misconceptions or acceptance?

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COMPLAINING about the bipolar Evansville weather or making fun of your roommate’s OCD tendencies are becoming common forms of hyperbole. While the use of terms like “bipolar,” “schizophrenic” and “hyperactive” may mean that mental illness is no longer being relegated to the social shadows, it is also changing the way people think about mental disorders — for better or worse.

Using clinical diagnoses to describe personality traits is becoming common in everyday language, and while most people are not serious or being literal when using them in casual conversation, some think this new way of using psychological terms causes specific mental illnesses to be further misunderstood and treated too lightly. But some believe the opposite — that usage of certain terms shows a better understanding of mental illness.

“I think it’s a good thing that people feel familiar enough with the terminology to start applying it more generally in society,” said John Felton, assistant professor of psychology. “I think that reflects a more psychological mindedness in society.”

Not too long ago it was unacceptable to talk in public about mental illnesses like attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, manic depression or obsessive-compulsive disorder. Mental conditions were either whispered about or ignored altogether, and those suffering from a disorder were ashamed to admit it. Now, people are more willing to talk about mental disorders, reducing their taboo nature by taking away some of the mystery.

But because of this new openness, the

terms have entered the public consciousness, and they have started appearing everywhere — sometimes with repercussions.

Many of the terms are being treated almost like slang, similar to the frequent use of “gay” as a synonym for stupid. Professional organizations, including the media, have even joined in, and not always in a good way. The Observer, a British newspaper, had to release an apology in 2010 for describing in an article a TV host’s fashion sense as schizophrenic. And in 2011, the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook report referred to the global economy as bipolar.

But these are not the only terms being used as descriptors or in a joking manner.

Some of the terms most often used include: depression, ADHD, bipolar, schizophrenia and OCD. Though the use of these terms slip more and more into everyday language, it may not be obvious that all of them are in reality serious illnesses and can make it difficult for sufferers to function on a daily basis, though many are manageable with medication and therapy.

Some people claim that using the terms to describe everyday scenarios and personality traits might diminish their status as mental health diagnoses.

“You certainly don’t want to minimize the adverse impact that those disorders have on a person’s life,” Felton said. “They’re mental disorders, and they’re often very painful and very debilitating.”

Exaggerating a point seems to be part of today’s mindset. People frequently post statuses and pictures online about everyday happenings — sharing every aspect of one’s day through

social media no matter how inconsequential. This can give the illusion that insignificant events are important.

“I feel like we live in a very hyperbolic society,” said senior Kasey Michel, a neuroscience, cognitive science and psychology major.

“Every issue has to be made into a major issue so that your situation seems important when it’s not at all that way.”

Michel also believes that using an acronym like OCD to describe, for example, the way you must always separate your dark and light laundry, is only hurting those who actually have the disorder.

“When you use the phrase, ‘I’m so OCD,’ you’re saying you feel the need to organize,” she said. “That’s not an obsession or compulsion, so you’ve lost the meaning of the disorder and are making it mean something else. By using those terms, you’re telling a person who might be struggling with that disorder that everyone feels that way and you should be able to overcome it yourself.”

Another force that has often worked against accurate perceptions of psychiatric disorders is the entertainment industry.

Many times, disorders are oversimplified onscreen, concealing the difficulties they can really cause in someone’s life. And it is not that the terms themselves are harmful, but misconceptions can be created when they are used inaccurately.

“I don’t think it’s a bad thing that they’ve become more widely used,” said senior Kate McKnight, a psychology major. “It’s a bad thing that people don’t know what they mean.”

She suggested combating these inaccurate portrayals by finding real facts about the disorders and the terms that go with them, using resources such as psychology professors, reliable sites online and those available through the Bower-Suhrheinrich Library.

Another group that may need more information is young people diagnosed with psychiatric disorders. While many psychiatrists like to wait to make diagnoses until the brain is fully developed at about age 25, there are many younger than that with psychiatric disorders who have to deal with the confusing terminology just like adults do.

Michel worked with children with disabilities for three years at the Northern Suburban Special Recreation Association in Northbrook, Ill., as part of an inclusion support team and witnessed their struggles firsthand.

“Those affected are people too,” Michel said. “They have feelings and faults and emo-

tions just like you, but they just need a different type of attention.”

She stressed that if the definitions for diagnoses are used too commonly, they can cause the true meaning of the terms to be lost.

She advocated using them only as diagnoses in order to ensure clarity.

“Use terms that aren’t diagnoses,” she said. “Use words like upset instead of depressed. You might be sad right now, but we’re losing the meaning of the diagnosis. It makes us lose that definition, and it downplays the severity of the problem. Change your vocabulary.”

While some believe that using the terms only as diagnoses would help, the diagnoses themselves can be confusing. To make diagnoses, mental health professionals use the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disor-

ders. The manual, which some in the field call the “bible of psychiatry,” is surrounded by controversy. Some swear by it; others say it causes over-diagnosis and over-medication.

“Even defining the word ‘diagnosis’ is important,” Michel said. “It’s a guideline for treatment, not just a disease.”

The criteria for each disorder in the DSMMD is reviewed every 10–20 years, and the newest version was released in May. Before that, the manual had not undergone a major revision since 1994. Changes in the most recent edition included moving Asperger’s syndrome, considered a high functioning form of autism that is characterized by difficulties with social interaction along with repetitive patterns of behavior, into the autism spectrum, and introduced disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, 09.2013 | Crescent Magazine

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a disorder ascribed to children who have frequent temper outbursts that are disproportionate to situations.

Respected psychiatrists voted on the revisions, but the voting panel and the choices they made were heavily criticized by many. The infrequent revision of the manual and some people’s tendency to trust it completely caused concern for a lot of professionals.

While some, like Michel, feel strongly about using the terms purely for diagnostic purposes, there are people, even those with the disorders, who do not seem to mind when the terms are used in an offhand way. They believe using the terms casually normalizes the terms and the disorders along with them, eliminating stigmas.

A social movement behind this sentiment, Mad Pride, formed in 1993 by a Canadian group of psychiatric survivors, ex-patients and supporters that today has chapters in cities around the world, is trying to reclaim words such as mad and bonkers. The movement focuses on educating the public about the realities they live with, such as a lack of treatment choices.

They are confident in referring to themselves as mad, maintaining that their disorders do not stop them from living productive lives.

But no matter what views people have on the use of terms, those in the psychology world seem to agree that education should be the first priority.

“I don’t think we’re ever going to get the public to not use those terms,” Felton said.

“They’re out there; they’re too pervasive. We just have to continue with the education of the public.”

The hope is that educating the public will help people to understand that those with mental disorders are receiving the same stigma-laden messages as everyone else. Using the terms to express everyday feelings can make people with disorders feel as if they do not deserve help or that seeking treatment means they are weak, which is not true.

Using the term depression to discuss mild sadness or schizophrenic to describe someone’s wardrobe can suggest that the disorders are mere annoyances that should be ignored or shrugged off. Those definitions do not even begin to encompass the full scope of each disorder and the effect it can have on a person’s life.

But it can also make the disorders seem less intimidating and open the door to more accurate information.

“Awareness: that’s the first step,” Felton said. “If you’re trying to change something, you have to be aware of it.”

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FEATURE

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It may not be well-known, but male eating disorders are a real issue.

IMAGES OF ROCK-HARD PECS on shirtless men, complete with P90X-inspired six-pack abs and slimmer-than-normal waists, are a constant reminder in today’s body-conscious culture that the only good body is a well-chiseled body. Or is it?

Researchers say the number of men suffering from eating disorders is increasing even though many sufferers do not view their eating habits as problematic. The National Eating Disorders Association estimates that about 1 million men struggle with binge eating, bulimia or anorexia at some point in their lives. Yet most think women are the sole victims of these often life-threatening conditions, and many guys with abnormal eating habits assume they do not have one because they see them as “girly.”

While women are more likely to be diagnosed with an eating disorder, men also suffer from binge eating, bulimia and anorexia.

Leigh Cohn, author of a number of books on the subject, including “Making Weight: Men’s Conflicts with Food, Weight, Shape & Appearance,” believes it is a hidden problem for millions of men and such disorders afflict about 2 percent of men.

“Men, in many cases, are unaware that they have an eating disorder,” he told Michael Hill of The Associated Press in 2009. “For example, they may exercise obsessively and just think that’s regular guy exercise behavior.”

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women, there is now an almost equal focus on images of the “perfect” male, reinforcing the notion that average bodies are not acceptable.

“Men strive to emulate or copy what they see on the front of magazines,” said Sandy Bowersox, pediatric psychologist at St. Mary’s Center for Children. “Sometimes people equate a fit body with success.”

Trying to become physically perfect has become an obsession for an increasing number of men, although it is difficult to know for sure how many men actually suffer from an eating disorder since so few report or seek treatment.

Amy Cavanaugh, a USI staff therapist, said of the people she sees, only about 4–5 percent come to deal with an eating disorder.

“Which supports the idea that many don’t seek treatment,” she said. “Three out of four people don’t receive help.”

Sondra Kronberg, a New York-based nutrition therapist who has been treating people with eating disorders for more than 30 years, said the biggest cause of male eating disorders is the idea that they can change their bodies to be more perfect.

“It is due in part to our culture that values the beautiful, thin and perfect physical exterior instead of what is on the inside,” she told WebMD in 2005. “The cultural message suggests that if you don’t like your body or face, you can fix it, and bigger is better.”

The National Institute of Mental Health reports that the average eating disorder onset age for men is 19 and that males account for an estimated 5 to 15 percent of patients with anorexia or bulimia. In the first national study of eating disorders in a population of near-

ly 3,000 adults, Harvard researchers reported in 2007 found that 25 percent of those with anorexia or bulimia and 40 percent of binge eaters were men.

Body image problems for many men can be the result of anything from gender issues to sexual abuse. But regardless of the reason, men approach “fixing” the problem differently. Where women fear fat and become extreme dieters, a substantial number of men engage in excessive exercise in order to gain muscle definition along with cutting meals.

Normal exercise is said to be for 30 minutes four to six days a week, but Cavanaugh said those who overexercise normally put in two to three hours each day or work out multiple times each day. But the problem with overexercising becomes even more serious when a person also cuts out meals. This demands more of the body without giving it the fuel it needs to meet those demands.

“They’re restricting in a different way by overcompensating, by burning calories and not replacing them,” Cavanaugh said.

Although people usually think of anorexia or bulimia when they think of eating disorders, overeating tends to be the bigger problem for men. Abby Ellin, in a The New York Times article on male binge eating, wrote in 2012 that about 70 percent of those who have a bingeeating disorder are overweight or obese, but a higher weight is generally more accepted by society for men than for women.

And no one really thinks twice when a man overeats. Even men themselves do not see that anything is wrong.

“There’s more of a social acceptance

of men overeating,” Cavanaugh said. “I think there’s a lot of conflicting messages about how to act. In the media, you do see fat men.

There’s an acceptance there that isn’t there for women.”

Some men who play sports, especially those where significant attention is paid to one’s physique, such as with running, swimming, gymnastics and wrestling, are more likely to engage in binging or are at a higher risk.

“It’s ironic that the more one dedicates a lot of their time to transforming their body, it almost becomes addictive and they’re unable to be flexible,” Bowersox said.

Whatever the situation behind the disorder, the mental and emotional effects are similar. Victims of eating disorders have little confidence and usually feel helpless in both personal and social situations.

“It’s easy to feel a little out of control,” said Jessica Zellers, UE’s health education and wellness programs coordinator. “It’s easy to feel like life is happening to you. Meals and exercise are something [victims] can control, something they can manage.”

People sometimes use food as an escape from sleep disorders and mental or emotional issues, such as depression and anxiety. Ironically, these conditions are also a side effect of eating disorders. Rigorous control of diet and exercise gives victims a sense of stability even though it ultimately can destroy their lives. “[Eating disorders] are psychologically exhausting,” Cavanaugh said. “There’s not a minute of their day when they don’t think about food, weight, dieting and exercise in some way.”

While the major risks associated with eating disorders and the physical effects suffered are different for each disorder, the ultimate consequence of any untreated eating disorder is death.

“The reality is that people die,” Cavanaugh said. “It’s incredibly dangerous.”

But getting guys to admit they have a problem is difficult because many men feel emasculated or ashamed that they have an eating disorder since society has come to see it as a women’s issue.

“It’s difficult for men to report having an eating disorder,” Cavanaugh said. “There’s a stigma associated with having one. There’s

a stigma on coming forward. If [counselors] don’t know that men are having this problem, it’s a lot more difficult for us to treat and learn more about it.”

Recognizing that one has a problem is of course the first step toward treating any eating disorder. Once a man admits he has a problem, he can take the next step — getting the help he needs to deal with underlying issues and return his eating to a healthy level.

“I think, more than anything, it’s trying to help [men] feel comfortable enough to talk about it,” UE counselor Karen Stenstrom said.

The word may be spreading that help is available. Stenstrom said she is working with more male students than ever before.

“We hope there is a piece of campus picking up on the fact that we’re here to help,” Zellers added.

Cavanaugh said USI’s Counseling Center is also seeing more men seeking help. She credits the rise to improved campus outreach.

“We try to go outside the Counseling Center to provide general information about eating disorders,” Cavanaugh said.

Overall public awareness is increasing, too.

While research may not always substantiate the change, it is important to remember that anyone can develop an eating disorder.

“It’s an equal opportunity thing,” Zellers said. “Men are an overlooked population for mental health issues in general, and they tend to overlook themselves.”

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DISPARATE

PUNISHMENT CIVIL INEQUALITY is not understood in a day, and senior Sarah Malik dedicates about 10 hours each week to understanding it. But the psychology and sociology major said she is just doing what she loves.

Malik was awarded a grant in December 2012 from the Access Path to Psychology and Law Experience program for underrepresented groups to conduct psychological research.

She qualified for the research grant as a firstgeneration college student and a member of the LGBT community, but it was the topic that convinced judges.

“I’m studying the effects of sexual orientation and masculinity and femininity on juvenile sex offender registration,” she said.

Besides personal interest, Malik cited her adviser, Maggie Stevenson, assistant professor of psychology, as inspiration. Stevenson primarily focuses on how psychology pertains to the law. It was one of her more recent studies that had a most profound influence on Malik.

When laws were implemented in 2006 that required juvenile sex offenders to register the same way as adult sex offenders, it sparked Stevenson’s interest. She said people commonly think sex offenders have committed rape.

But when it comes to juveniles, as Ste-

venson pointed out, the reality is that only about 15 percent of offenders meet this description. More often than not, it is simply a case of “sexting” — sending sexual photos or messages via cell phone, which is viewed as child pornography — or consensual but technically illegal sex.

There are “Romeo and Juliet” laws that serve to protect some juveniles from the sex offender list, but these laws vary from state to state. In Indiana, if an 18-year-old and a 15-yearold are engaged in a consensual intimate relationship — while it is still illegal for the of-age partner to commit sexual acts with a minor — the law reduces the severity of the punishment — that is, for juveniles in a heterosexual relationship. The laws do not hold for homosexual juveniles. It was this flaw that caught Malik’s attention.

“Since I do research for Dr. Stevenson, I’m really familiar with [research on juvenile sex offenders],” she said. “And I am really interested in how sexual orientation affects other people.”

As part of her research, Malik enlisted participants to take a scenario-based online survey, and she is analyzing the results. In the survey, she asked the participants to answer questions about multiple scenarios involving

both a juvenile sex offender and a juvenile victim, in which the gender of the victim and sex offender changed depending on the scenario.

Having also received the UExplore grant, Malik was able to stay on campus during the summer to conduct her research. She does the majority of her research on campus, most of which consists of analyzing survey results.

Malik is working under the guidance of two mentors, and she will present her findings at the American Psychology-Law Society’s conference next semester. While the aspiring professor hopes the experience will better prepare her for graduate school, she is not sure exactly where her research will take her.

“I think it will really depend on where I go to grad school,” Malik said. “I think it can really be shaped by who I work with.”

Stevenson said their ultimate goal is to have Malik’s research published in a peer-reviewed journal. As her mentor, Stevenson has come to know Malik quite well, and she believes Malik’s motivation and passion for the subject will drive her to complete the longterm project.

“Research like this takes years,” Stevenson said. “If we want to get this published, we’ll be working together after she graduates.”

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The new commodity

Paying the bills involves more than just selling tickets.

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changed considerably in the last 10 years as the potential for lucrative business deals has clouded the original reason for colleges supporting sports teams. Programs that once simply took pride in the competitive spirit and unrelenting drive of their student-athletes are now more concerned with what has become “the franchise’s” moneymaking potential.

The term “the business of college athletics” has been thrown around for years, but more and more people are becoming aware of just how scary that term really is when referring to programs that devour many student-athletes, not to mention the pressure placed on coaches to win and others to generate revenue.

For many schools, the scope of college athletics now includes TV contracts, merchandising and media rights, and excessive salaries and other perks for coaches. The pressure to generate money places added weight on student-athletes as well.

As expenses increase, budgets are stretched to the limit, making it necessary for athletics departments to find other ways to cover costs. Successful major D-I programs draw the most attention, since some generate millions of dollars annually. With multimillion-dollar budgets and the expenses to match, they rely on any means possible — not to mention the hope of big payouts from bowl games and championships — to make ends meet.

But according to a 2013 USA Today report on 202 D-I programs, less than one in eight made more money than it spent between 2005 and 2010.

For many smaller schools, revenue sources involve subsidies that rely on student fees and, if eligible, state funds to get them by because they are not able to survive on their own.

Administrators find themselves backed into a corner, and the reality is that they need their student-athletes to be the driving force behind their moneymaking efforts. It might not start out that way, but that is what ends up happening. To make serious money, teams have to be successful — year in and year out. Schools have to have continuous fan-backing, ticket holders in seats, endorsement deals and supporters with deep pockets.

It means they have to market and advertise programs nonstop and sign top-notch recruits.

Successful teams create publicity for their schools and make for profitable athletics programs. That is a great thing. But it is also where things can go wrong. If a school doesn’t maintain

its winning ways, what happens to the financial support? Potential revenue can easily dry up, but even programs with winning traditions rely on one commodity to help fill their bank accounts — student-athletes.

The pressure is on student-athletes to make and keep their teams successful. It is on them to win — to live, eat and breathe their sports, especially where big-time college sports is concerned.

Many D-I athletes are “bought” by their schools in the form of scholarships. In return, they get an education. But do they really?

The NCAA conducted a survey in 2009 where it asked 21,000 student-athletes from all three divisions to report how much time they committed to their sports, self-reporting the hours they spent taking part in sports activities each week while in-season. About 66 percent of D-I schools responded, with the highest average number of hours recorded by football players at 44.8. The study also disclosed that many studentathletes dedicate close to 40 hours weekly to their studies. Combined, that’s a lot of hours.

And here’s another thought worth pondering: for many, just playing a sport is the equivalent to holding down a full-time job. Education is important to many student-athletes, and they find ways to succeed while doing both. That is certainly the case with most athletes at UE. But the pressure to succeed seems overwhelming. How does someone truly succeed while doing both since there are only so many hours in a week?

Essentially, student-athletes are responsible for creating a product the public will rally around and pay for. While all of this could evolve into a debate on whether or not student-athletes should be paid, the question remains: Do they deserve it?

Probably, because they help their schools create revenue and they devote so much time to their sports. But if we pay student-athletes, then we agree that the “business of college sports” is acceptable, that the system that treats our studentathletes like property is OK. What really should matter is that studentathletes get a good education, graduate and play collegiately solely because they love sports and are good enough to play. Pressure to “sell” the program should not be placed on their shoulders. Financial success should not come at the exploitation of student-athletes.

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Coach Don Walters surges ahead as he leads his cross-country teams.

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BEFORE DON WALTERS became UE’s men’s and women’s cross-country coach, the U.S. track and field and crosscountry teams requested he assist them with their preparation for the 1996 Olympics. But he turned them down — not because he was busy coaching another nationally ranked team, but because he was already a dedicated basketball, softball and baseball coach at Tecumseh Junior-Senior High School in Lynnville, Ind. Though some people might think turning down such an opportunity was unwise, Walters considered the 430student school to be his home. He said he had known his athletes since they were in fourth grade, and he did not want to leave them.

But after coaching at Tecumseh for 11 years, Walters was ready for a change, and he decided to apply to UE in 2000. After he did, Walters had his first test of endurance — a four-hour interview. He was exhausted and unsure if he really wanted the job that much, but decided to take it

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“I didn’t really start running until I met coach Walters,” Stein said. “He saw me running after a shuttlecock and said, ‘You run really well; you should try cross-country.’”

As a coach, Walters uses a give-and-take approach. To him, winning is a great accomplishment, but it takes a backseat to his top priority: academics. Under his direction, UE has received 18 Academic All-America team awards and the women’s team had the top team GPA at UE for the 2012 fall semester, ranking eighth in the nation. “[After] the four years you run cross-country or whatever sport it is, you will probably never be competitive in that manner again,” Walters said. “But that four to five years it takes to get that degree, that’s your life — that’s forever.”

Walters’ teams have such high GPAs partly because of his flexibility. He knows that different runners have different needs, and he tailors workouts to their individual abilities.

“Everyone puts in a lot of miles,” he said. “They have to know what their comfort zone is.”

My graduates all had jobs before they got their diplomas, and the ones that didn’t have jobs went on to higher education.”

when it was offered to him. Coaching at the university level was a change for Walters, and he felt as though he was stepping into a brand-new experience, one where he had no idea what to expect.

“I was in no man’s land,” he said. “I knew the sport, but I didn’t know the dealings with the NCAA. That’s something they left out of the interview: all the paperwork.”

Walters established himself as a coach with clear goals and was ready to lead. He made it known to everyone that his focus was not on winning but on improvement.

“My first words in our first meeting were ‘I’m here to make you better,’” he said. “If you don’t want that, then you need to leave now. Luckily, no one left.”

Walters’ first obstacle was meeting the NCAA requirements for participation minimums. When he was hired, the men’s cross-country team only had five members, and the women’s team had eight, adding up to 13 runners — one below the minimum requirement.

Needing another runner, Walters quickly called 2003 graduate David Meuer — then a freshman — who had just quit the swim team.

“I called him up and said, ‘David, I’m down a man, and I need someone to run cross-country,’” Walters said.

The ex-swimmer told Walters he was not a runner, but Walters said he needed him anyway. Meuer agreed to participate, and 15 minutes later, they were driving five hours across the country so Meuer could run in an 8K race.

Walters then began recruiting, selecting anyone around campus who looked like a potential runner. He approached 2013 alumnus Cody Stein when he was playing a game of badminton when Stein was a freshman.

Outside of coaching, Walters owns D.W. Construction and Supply Co. Using his contracting and building skills as well as his knowledge and resources, Walters acquired land located near the Interstate 64 and U.S. 41 interchange in 2002 and designed and built the team’s home course. Now recognized as one of the best courses in the Midwest, it was the site of the 2005 MVC Championship.

“It’s definitely in top shape for home and invitational meets,” said assistant coach Brian Joyce, a 2012 alumnus who ran for Walters. “It’s really nice to have other teams in and [for us to] be represented by that well-maintained course.”

Another project Walters took on was fixing the Auxiliary Support Facility. Known around campus as the armory, it was a run-down, filthy building, complete with broken windows and pigeons — living and dead — before he began renovating it. Now it serves as a year-round sports facility for 11 different sports, with locker rooms, bathrooms, a lounge and a golf area so the golf team can practice.

Just as the rejuvenated armory serves as the crosscountry team’s reward for the runners’ hard work and devotion, Walters’ personal reward comes from seeing the success of each runner, and he strives for them to succeed now and after graduation. For the 13 seasons he has already coached at UE, 92 percent of the runners who have trained under Walters left the cross-country program and graduated with assured jobs or pathways to higher education.

“The last three years, my graduates all had jobs before they got their diplomas,” he said. “And the ones who didn’t have jobs went on to higher education. I look at that as my reward. As long as I can make my student-athletes successful, I’m happy.”

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July 6 — Student found in possession of alcohol. Referred to the vice president for Student Affairs for disciplinary action.

July 3 — Money stolen from the Sodexo office safe in Ridgway. Loss reported at $1,500.

— Bicycle stolen from Powell Hall bike rack. Loss reported at $50.

June 23 — Student found leaving Phi Gamma Delta house with items that did not belong to him. Referred to the vice president for Student Affairs for disciplinary action.

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ter second floor office. Loss reported at $26.40.

May 1 — Money stolen from the Bookstore cash register. Loss reported at $50.

— Two people found in the Frederick Commons construction site. Both fled the scene and were not apprehended.

April 30 — Student found in possession of marijuana on Hughes Hall third floor. Referred to the vice president for Student Affairs for disciplinary action.

— Money stolen from a Hughes Hall third floor room. Loss reported at $20.

April 29 — Woman arrested for trespassing after being found by Evansville Police behind the Panhellenic Suites on Lincoln.

— Bicycle stolen from Hale Hall bike rack.

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NASA astronaut. But Brian St. John, assistant professor of music and director of orchestral activities, once performed for Vance Brand, a member of the three-man Apollo flight crew of the Apollo-Soyuz Mission in July 1975. It was the first international space partnership between the Soviet Union and the United States.

“After the performance, Brand said to me, ‘It always has amazed me how someone like you can do what you do,’” St. John said. “It was very humbling, in a way, to have someone who’s an astronaut express fascination with your career.”

St. John realized his interest in music at a young age, and started playing the viola when he was 10. “By eighth grade I realized how

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terrible I was at baseball and how good I was at music,” he said.

In high school, St. John played guitar and bass in a band with his friends and thought he wanted to be a rock musician. “I still have the basement tapes,” he said. “They’re sort of like musical home movies.” But after performing Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and Juliet” with his school orchestra at 16, he realized he wanted to conduct.

After earning a bachelor of music in viola performance and a master of music in orchestral conducting from Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, St. John worked for 15 years and then went back to school to earn a doctorate in orchestral conducting from Arizona State. During his time off, he began writing ballets.

Although he has now written seven, St. John was reluctant to start composing. He went to work for a youth symphony in Longmont, Colo., and his former wife, who owned a ballet studio, volunteered him to write a ballet for grant money. “I was worried about it,” he said, “and she joked, ‘You’re a good musician. Figure it out.’”

St. John based his first ballet on “Cain,” a drama written by Lord Byron, and it was a success. He continued writing to earn additional grant money and soon found he loved writing. “That’s where my brain feels like it actually is awake,” he said.

To write a ballet, St. John begins by drafting the scenario. He thinks of the plot and jots down the scenes. He later adds the choreography and said the writing process is like an hourglass. “It starts out with a wide view,” St. John said. “You start to work your way to the center, and then you work your way back out.”

But St. John does not use instruments when composing. “If you use an instrument, you’ll be limited by your technique,” he said, “or you’ll be in love with certain chord progressions.”

St. John knows that writing music is a process that takes a lot of time and dedication. “It can take a lot of effort to write a piece of music that stinks,” he joked.

It is more than apparent that St. John loves what he does.

And though he was humbled by Brand’s praise of his music, St. John knows his job is special, and he enjoys the creativity his career allows. “Musicians take for granted what they do because they spend most of their time locked in a practice room,” he said.

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who know me that polite small talk is not my forte.

Without meaning to, I tend to push unwanted discomfort into a conversation that is already dragging along on its last leg, gasping for breath and imploring anyone to finish the job before I metaphorically spatter broken sentences and inappropriate words all over my conversation buddy.

See, in my head, I jump through hoops trying to come up with a topic somewhat relatable to the hapless soul eyeing me with worry and small traces of fear, but what spills out of my mouth instead resembles word vomit, awful and awkward. Talking small is not something I am accustomed to — it is a foreign concept, an idea that hasn’t quite taken root in this brain of mine.

Or, more scientifically, a combination of small talk and an introvert equals a catastrophic experience for anyone involved.

To counteract this unfortunate flaw within me, I avoid initiating contact when possible. Granted, this is not an ideal way for a companion-hungry human to navigate through life, but this is my life, and I have to say, I have gotten by all right. Unless, of course, I happen to be thrust into a situation whereby I must strike up interesting conversation with every person I come across — a situation both terrifyingly convenient and hysterically ironic all at once.

Then, if that were to go down, I would be royally screwed as I watched Darwin’s survival of the fittest play out before my eyes, obliterating the weak — the quiet, the meek, the timid — and shouting high praise to the strong — the loud, the confident, the brave.

I hardly need to explain which category I would nicely nestle into within this “Hunger Games”-esque competition to discover not who can best handle a weapon or hunger but who can handle socialization at its finest.

So essentially, a conversation with me, once initiated by a third party, does not traditionally trail down the course of weather, school, work, family.

It can, when I am feeling particularly generous, but my lead-ins usually begin with a recap of the latest “Supernatural” or “Doctor Who” and end with the last excruciating, emotional detail of all the main characters’ developments as the episode came to a close.

I am rather good at convincing myself these characters are, in fact, real people and this, of course, leads me to question beyond the charac-

ters, beyond the show and beyond myself. Usually, I question aloud, within earshot of friends, and herein lies the problem. Is there life on other planets? What would this life look like? Would we, with our insufficient smell, taste, touch, sight and hearing, even be able to sense their presence? It is all highly fascinating to me — the stars, the universe, the unknown — and at times, I cannot keep it to myself. It is far more interesting than the weather is anyway.

I cannot say all of my friends agree with me.

But they do make for the most entertaining reactions in response to my musings, so I take the good with the bad and call it even.

These are the friends who opt to stick their heads in the supple earth as an ostrich would, refusing to ponder the existence of anything outside the bubble of their everyday life. I won’t say I aim to disquiet the atmosphere exactly, but I won’t say I shy away from these conversations for the sake of their sanity.

They need to know how to react if an alien race were to land in front of their home, after all, and where would they be without my loving guidance? Ignorance is bliss, they say, but not so much when ignorance gets you atop a slab of stainless steel, probed, petted and poked with unknown tools handled by hostile entities who were merely displaying a greeting while you so unkindly sprayed them with the garden hose in defense.

I beg my friends to keep an open mind, to see there is more to the idea of an alien than green skin, large eyeballs and glowing fingers with supernatural powers. “Two possibilities exist,” science fiction writer Arthur Clarke says, “either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”

And, really, isn’t that the truth? If something is out there, where are they and why? If something is not out there, what does that say about us, alone in infinite space — tiny, insignificant blips of time?

More importantly, why the hell aren’t more people talking about it?

Oh, that’s right — we are much too busy with our weather talk and school talk and work talk and family talk. Which is important talk, do not get me wrong, but in the end, I choose to talk big, to talk huge, to talk black holes and aliens and exoplanets — the whole slightly creepy shebang. This, oddly enough, happens to be very much my forte.

jessica ingle | essayist

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