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Police Blotter for the week of April 20, 2009

April 11
Suspicious activity was reported outside the Activities Building at 5:32 a.m. IUS Police investigated and found a bus waiting for students to arrive for a trip.

April 12
A student burning noodles in a dorm, set off a smoke alarm in Grove Lodge at 9:23 p.m.

April 12
IUS Police received a call at 9:49 p.m. from a CA who reported an odor of “garbage” coming from the vents of Forest Lodge.  IUS Police advised the CA to call Residence Life for permission to investigate the odor.  Residence Life told the CA it was OK to enter the dorm room in question.

Forum discusses same-sex marriage

A group of people gather for the IUS CLU discussion on same-sex marriage.

The Civil Liberties Union held their spring forum April 9, where they discussed same-sex marriages. A large crowd gathered to listen in the IUS Library.

One of the speakers, Kathy Sarris, president of Indiana Equality, said people in legislative positions know the legalization of same-sex marriages will happen eventually.

“Politicians need to hear from people [about same-sex marriages],” Sarris said. “They know it’s inevitable.”

Dining Services present to SGA

The Student Government Association was addressed by Dining Services Thursday, April 16.

Vice Chancellor of Administrative Affairs Dana Wavle and Director of Dining Services Ernie Gionis presented SGA with some of the findings from the recent Food Services Survey. 

Wavle said they will be changing the hours for The IUS Food Court, University Grounds and The Library Bistro.  Gionis and Wavle both said they agreed the new hours were to help make food cost more affordable to the students.

Students Barricade of Boxes for homeless

Photo by Jerod Clapp

Students build boxes to sleep in for Barricade of Boxes on Wednesday, April 15.

Students and faculty volunteered to sleep outdoors to gain awareness about the homeless from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.

There were two guest speakers. One was previously homeless, who spoke to the group about what it’s like to be homeless and what can be done to help. This was followed by the movie, The Pursuit of Happiness.

Web site to track plagiarism

A contract to bring the first online plagiarism prevention service, Turnitin.com, to IU Southeast was awarded at the end of the fall 2008 semester, with services set to begin by the start of summer session I.

Katherine Wigley, instructional designer at the Institute for Learning and Teaching Excellence, said Turnitin.com is a resource for faculty and students to screen academic papers for plagiarism.

“For students, it’s a great tool to check citation references in papers,” she said. “Turnitin.com is going to highlight the section of quoted text.”

Students can then compare the originality report they receive to their works cited or references page to ensure that proper citation was given.

Officers speak on Nuclear arms

Lt. Gen. Robert G. Gard

Lt. General Robert G. Gard Jr. and Col. William Hauser gave a presentation on U.S. Nuclear weapons policy April 10 in University Center, room 122, to a crowd of more than 25.

The presentation comes shortly after President Barack Obama announced the United States is encouraging all relevant nations to disband their nuclear arsenals during his trip to Europe.

Both Gard and Hauser served as career army officers during the Cold War. Gard is currently the chairman of the board of directors for The Center for Arms Control and Nuclear Proliferation.
Hauser is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations, a non-partisan think-tank based in Washington D.C. and New York.