The Student Program Council held their annual How The Health Are You? event on Nov. 10 in the Hoosier Room and the hallway of University Center South.

The SPC invited local health vendors from southern Indiana and Louisville to showcase what their companies have to offer to prospective IUS students.

The event offered a wide variety of vendors from places like local gyms and mental health hospitals. It also included information on chiropractors, blood pressure, skin care and the harmful effects of smoking and energy drinks.

“We want this to show health awareness,” Keneshia Berkley, biology junior, said. “This gives students information about health practices in the community. We call the vendors about setting up a free promotional booth and they are very excited to come,” she said.

The SPC has a database of vendors they use every year for their event. The event has grown throughout the years because of newer vendors asking to be a part of the health event.

“The vendors that come every year tell other vendors about the event and those vendors will ask if they can have a table,” Channell Barbour, assistant director of Campus Life, said.

“We want students to learn, no matter how busy they are, they should at least take the time out to stay healthy,” Barbour said.

The health event was a hit for some IUS students who took advantage of the opportunity to have their blood pressure checked.

They could also check out the discounted prices for local gyms and have a chance for a free massage.

“I really liked this event, it offered a lot of different health information for students,” Lyle Renfrow, communication freshman, said.

“I like to run and there was a running store booth here at the fair that I didn’t know about until now,” Renfrow said.

Luke Schmoll, general studies senior, said he really liked the event and thought it was a good idea for students.

“This provided us with useful information that a student can adapt into their daily lives,” Schmoll said. “Youth today do not take as good of care of their health as they should. Maybe this event will help open some peoples’ eyes by looking at the information on the food charts the event had.”

The event was helpful for students but it also helps bring recognition to the local businesses that are in this area.

Amanda Reinhardt, Wellstone Regional Hospital marketing operations manager, came to the health event to bring mental health awareness to IUS students.

Reinhardt said Wellstone offers free behavior and health counseling for patients. Wellstone also offers chemical dependency program to help patients detox from drug usage and offers counseling programs for patients.

“Our hospital is made for a person with a busy life but who still needs help,” Reinhardt said.

Wellstone is located in Jeffersonville and was started by Paul Wellstone, a former Kentucky senator.

Cleure, a company, gave students a look at their toxin-free toothpaste, anti-aging skin care and sunscreen products.

By JUSTIN RAY and CARLOTTA HARRINGTON
Staff Writers
jusray@ius.edu
ch8@ius.edu

The fate of the world was in the hands of high school students at the Model United Nations Security Council Conference in the University Center on Thursday, Nov. 19, and Friday, Nov. 20.

This was the 20th year for the conference hosted by Cliff Staten, dean of the School of Social Sciences.

About 120 students from 13 regional high schools gathered to debate and propose resolutions to some critical U.N. security issues.

The students formed a mock U.N. Security Council by assuming roles as delegates for each country.

Mark Boone, social studies teacher at Crawford County Junior/Senior High School, said he has attended the conference for 11 years.

He said his students have been preparing for the debates since mid-September.

“Students learn how parliamentary procedure works,” Boone said. “They find out how complicated it can be to form resolutions and why they aren’t done very quickly.”

The conference was a two-day event.

It began Thursday evening in the Hoosier Room with introductions, followed by a showing of “Life in Occupied Palestine,” a video depicting the life of a Palestinian living in the West Bank.

The students then broke into eight security councils of about 30 students, with two students representing each country.

Eight IUS student chairs were placed with each council to help facilitate the debates.

Student chairs were volunteers and IUS Civil Liberty Union members.

Topics addressed by the Security Council delegates were Israeli settlements on the West Bank, nuclear weapons and Iran, nuclear weapons in North Korea, the U.S. embargo of Cuba and the Iraqi claim that Syria provides a safe haven for terrorists who could cross the border.

Stephen Sells, senior at Crawfordsville High School, was a delegate for Croatia in Security Council No. 2.

Sells said he called for the nuclear weapons and Iran as the first issue to be discussed in his council.

“I thought most delegates would come to a quicker resolution for that one,” Sells said.

Sells said he enjoys history and political science and has been preparing for the debates since September.

“I put others on edge,” Sells said. “I wanted to see how prepared they were.”

Thursday night debates lasted for an hour.

On Friday, the students met for brunch provided by IU Southeast in The Commons and toured the residential lodges before breaking into their respective security councils to debate resolutions. The students debated for five hours on Friday.

By LEAH TATE
Staff Writer
lmtate@ius.edu

The IUS College Democrats hosted a forum with Shane Gibson, Democratic candidate for the district 72 state representative seat, on Nov. 18, in University Center North, room 120.

District 72 covers the Floyd and Clark county areas of New Albany. He announced his candidacy in October, and will be up for election in November, 2010.

After working as a full-time city attorney, Gibson, a University of Louisville Law School graduate, said he wants to take the further step in supporting his community, but he said he has not always been a political person.

“A passion for politics came later for me,” Gibson said. “I started to become interested in politics in my later years of college.”

At the forum, students asked Gibson about his main topics, including education and the county’s budgets.

IUS students were concerned about property taxes and asked questions pertaining to the use of the money and how the system worked.

“Most of our revenue comes from property taxes,” Gibson said. “By shrinking revenues, services are no longer provided.”

Gibson said he understands the process is a frustrating and often illogical system.

“I will try to do my best and serve the people,” he said.

Gibson said municipal bonds, which can be used past property tax revenue to finance city improvement and work, was used to build the downtown New Albany YMCA, as well as contributions from the Horseshoe Foundation.

Gibson also said he hopes to create conversation about education.

County public school budgets in Indiana are now decided by the state of Indiana, instead of local government deciding on the two-year budget plan. Gibson said the 0.02 percent raise in education from the state budget for Floyd and Clark counties is a dismal compared to the 1.1 percent average raise in money for education in Indiana.

“I definitely would not have voted for education to become a statewide decision and not a local decision,” Gibson said. “Some people choose communities for the schools. Schools are purely a local choice.”

Gibson also touched on the federal government topic with the healthcare debate.

Gibson said his wife,who has kidney disease, would not be able to get coverage if not for his insurance coverage given by his employer.

Gibson said the idea of the state being able to make a decision for the citizens about the healthcare option is one he is wary of.

“I am not comfortable with any governor making that choice for their state,” Gibson said.

Brittany Scifres, criminal justice sophomore, came to the event hoping to get more information about local politics.

“I have no idea what to expect,” Scifres said. “This was my first one-on-one interaction with a political figure.”

Scifres said she enjoyed the event and found Gibson prepared for his run in the elections.

“I thought he was very full of information about upcoming issues,” Scifres said.

Tamara Davis, political science senior and president of the IUS College Democrats, said she was happy with the turnout and with the students’ desire to be knowledgeable about politics and what is going on, especially in an off-year for elections.

By JESSICA MEYER
Staff Writer
jessmeye@ius.edu

In a display of defiance, the Student Government Association senate voted to override SGA President James Bonsall’s veto of a passed constitutional amendment at their meeting on Nov. 19.

The amendment will add the office of secretary into the constitution. Bonsall vetoed the amendment because he said the constitution was already too long.

“I don’t think the constitution needs to be any longer than it already is,” Bonsall said. “If I were a senator, I would create a bill removing all officer positions [from the constitution] because they are already in the bylaws. Why add more to a 28-page-plus document?”

While the SGA approved the constitutional amendment, the student body must approve the changes at the SGA elections in the spring.

SGA Senator Ruben Dodge, computer science freshman, said the fact students have to approve the changes adds clarity to the process.

“We can edit the bylaws ourselves at anytime, but we can’t modify the constitution without student approval,” Dodge said.

SGA Senator Johann Pedolzky, philosophy and political science junior, said he agreed.

“Any paid officer position needs to be in the document,” Pedolzky said. “The approval of the student body makes the document more transparent.”

Bonsall said he disagreed, and he said the constitution was already clear.

“The bylaws are already transparent enough,” Bonsall said. “Not only do you repeat what’s already there, but you may see contradictions from what you see in the bylaws. You might see some lapses in the constitution if every paid officer isn’t mentioned.”

Bonsall said the veto against him did not come as a surprise.

“I definitely expected it,” he said. “I just wanted to make a point that it doesn’t make sense to add things into the constitution that are already there in the bylaws.”

The meeting was bogged down by further amendment discussion, all of which reorganized and merged sections of the document together.

In other business, Bonsall gave an update on the Purdue College of Technology and IUS School of Education building.

Bonsall said the location is still being discussed, but tentative plans call for the building to be placed in the parking lot directly in front of University Center North.

“The building has already been approved by the state legislature, but the bond money hasn’t been approved yet,” Bonsall said. “Regardless, they’re shooting for a late summer ground-breaking.”

The senate voiced concern that placement of the building in front of the University Center would make the parking situation more difficult.

Bonsall said 75 to 100 parking spaces will be lost if they put the building in one of the main parking lots.

“But [the IU administration plans] on expanding the lot by the Physical Sciences building where the overflow lot is,” Bonsall said. “As many parking spots that they take away, that many if not more will be added.”

By ZAK OWENS
Staff Writer
zowens@ius.edu

The Writing Center at IU Southeast is set up to help college students improve their writing abilities, but one faculty member had an idea to help a local high school create their own writing center.

Leigh Ann Meyer, director of The Writing Center, attended an International Writing Center Association conference in Las Vegas last spring, where she met with other writing center administrators.

“This was a four-day conference where we talked about various things, such as how to train student consultants, finding student consultants and how to update and provide needed material,” Meyer said.

While at the conference, she learned about a way IU Southeast could connect with the community by reaching out to New Albany High School and help them develop their own writing center for their school.

Meyer said she thought it would be a great idea and reached out to her connections at New Albany High School, where her children attend, to discuss the idea with them.

After meeting with the department chair of NAHS, they came up with the idea to have the honor and advanced placement students work together on this project.

However, due to NAHS changing their schedule to a seven-period day, Meyer said she feared it may not happen.

“Because of the students changing their schedule, we thought this project wasn’t going to happen, but the department chair came up with the idea to start a writing club,” Meyer said. “We presented the writing center idea to them and the students expressed interest.”

The NAHS Writing Club is made up of 26 students, all of whom are volunteers.

Meyer said this would be great résumé builder for the students and could get them a job at a writing center in a college.

Meyer brought on two interns to help her with this project.

Jessica Mattingly, secondary education and English senior and consultant who worked for The Writing Center, was presented the idea to do an internship that seemed perfect for her.

“I really want to do something that involves writing with the schools, so I thought this would be an awesome opportunity for me,” Mattingly said. “Getting into the school system is something I want to do and I just finished my student teaching this summer.”

Mattingly said this is a great resource for students, and she said she was happy to have some involvement in the project.

Mattingly was in charge of coming up with the training guidelines, doing research to setup the writing center and gathering the particulars of the project.

“To help the students along, we gave them all flash drives with the manuals and other material to help them start the center,” Mattingly said.

With all the material prepared and handed to the students, the consultants had some scenarios set up and put them in groups to see how they would handle them.

When each group was done, they came back as a whole and talked about what they would do to solve those problems. They also went over whether or not they thought if it would be something good for their school.

“I think this would be cool,” Taylor Harmon, NAHS junior, said.

Danielle Hutchinson, NAHS junior, said she agreed the center would help them in their future careers.

“Jobs are getting to get so you need to know what you are doing,” she said.

Hutchinson said the best way to learn something is to teach it. She said it helps improve your writing.

By CARLOTTA HARRINGTON
Staff Writer
ch8@ius.edu

Nov. 16 at 12:58 p.m.

A professor in Crestview Hall didn’t feel well and called for assistance getting to the first aid room located in the IUS Police Department.

Nov. 16 at 9:35 p.m.

IUS Police arrested two residents of Grove Lodge after receiving an anonymous report. Ben D. James, 18, was arrested for possession of less than 30 grams of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia. Lee D. Mai, 18, was arrested for possession of paraphernalia and possession of alcohol by a minor. Both were transported to Floyd County Jail.

Nov. 17 at 12:07 a.m.

IUS Police received a noise complaint from a resident in Meadow Lodge. When an officer arrived, there was no noise.

Nov. 17 at 11:51 a.m.

IUS Police received a call from a student using the emergency phone outside of Meadow Lodge. She told the dispatcher that she could not locate the house phone to make her call. The student was advised that if she would simply step into the main foyer of the dorm, she would see the phone. There was no emergency.

Nov. 17 at 8:30 p.m.

IUS Police responded to a report of harassment in Woodland Lodge.

Nov. 17 at 10:21 p.m.

IUS Police received a request to see if the doors to the IUS Children’s Center were locked. The doors were locked.

Nov. 18 at 12:37 a.m.

Students playing loud music in Magnolia Parking Lot were told by IUS Police to keep it down.

Nov. 18 at 11:13 a.m.

A smoke alarm was set off in Orchard Lodge by a student burning eggs.

Nov. 18 at 1 a.m.

A student parked in the Central Parking Lot needed help changing a flat tire. IUS Police didn’t have the necessary tools and were unable to help change the tire.

By SCOTT GILLESPIE
Editor
tsgilles@ius.edu

On Tuesday, Nov. 10, in a battle of top 25 teams, the IUS men’s basketball team defeated the University of St. Francis 84-71, in the Activities Building.

The Grenadiers are currently ranked No. 10 in the NAIA Division II Coaches’ poll, while the St. Francis Cougars are ranked No. 23 in the same poll.

The game started slow, with both teams having problems with fouls and turnovers.

However, the Grenadiers responded and pushed their lead to 23-9 with a little more than six minutes left to play in the first half.

“We got out on them early,” Rick Bodiford, junior guard, said.

IU Southeast’s lead grew to 17 points at the half. The Grenadiers went to the locker room leading by a score of 39-22.

The second half brought more turnovers and fouls for both teams.

“Defense in the second half was terrible,” Wiley Brown, men’s head basketball coach, said.

The Grenadiers forced 35 turnovers and had 15 steals in the game.

IU Southeast was led by Carlos Mitchell, senior guard, with 14 points, five rebounds and three assists. Alex Gravelle, senior guard, scored 13 points with one rebound and one assist. Both Kevin Slaughter, sophomore guard, and Brice Mitchell, freshman forward, scored nine points. Brice Mitchell also had eight rebounds.

Jazzmarr Ferguson, junior guard, Rick Bodiford, junior guard, and Craig Bryant, senior guard, all scored eight points for the Grenadiers.

Ferguson also had four steals and one block. Bodiford had two steals and two blocks.

Leading the Cougars was DeJovau Sawyer Davis with 17 points. Qadr Owens scored 16 points with two steals and three assists. Kevin Bloom scored 11 points and had two steals. Brad Sneary had 10 points and three steals.

Even though the Grenadiers won the game, Brown said he considered the game a loss.

“[We] lost another chance to improve,” Brown said.

By AMANDA FRENCH
Staff Writer
aafrench@ius.edu

Luck wasn’t with the IUS women’s basketball team Friday, Nov. 13, as they lost, 70-64, to the University of Virginia’s College at Wise in the first round of the Grenadier Invitational Tournament.

“It was a tough loss,” Whitney Duncan, junior guard, said.

This was the first home game for the Grenadiers after winning their first two games on the road during the St. Francis Tournament in Fort Wayne, Ind.

With the loss the Grenadiers fell to 2-2 overall, while the Lady Cavs moved their record to 3-0.

The first half was hotly contested, as Virginia-Wise took a three-point lead into the intermission, leading by a score of 32-29.

Morgan Hunsaker, junior guard, fell in the first half and injured her right ankle. Hunsaker was out for the remainder of the game.

Megan Murphy, sophomore forward, was also unable to play after suffering an injury during a previous game.

The Grenadiers made a comeback in the second half, taking the lead with seven minutes left in the game, but then lost its grip on the Lady Cavs at the end.

“We gave up a couple offensive rebounds and made a couple of turnovers at the critical time of the game,” Robin Farris, head coach of the Grenadiers, said. “We had the lead and didn’t have the chance to expand on the lead.”

The Grenadiers shot 39 percent from the field, and 23 percent from the 3-point arc.

Leading scorers for the Grenadiers were Kortney Woods, freshman center, scoring 14 points, and Duncan with 13 points.

Woods also led the team with eight rebounds and blocked three shots.

Farris attributed the Grenadiers’ loss to the Lady Cavs getting 15 offensive rebounds and shooting at 46 percent from the field.

“Our goal is to hold the opponent to less than 10 offensive rebounds and keep their shooting percentage to under 40 percent,” Farris said. “They got too many easy shots.”

The Lady Cavs shot 46 percent from the field and 50 percent from behind the 3-point arc.

They also had 25 defensive rebounds and 15 offensive rebounds.

The Lady Cavs were led by Amber Carter, sophomore guard, and Kristin Mullins, sophomore guard, scoring 16 points each.

Carter also led the game with seven assists and four steals, and Mullins had the only block for the Cougars.

Although Virginia-Wise gained a victory against the Grenadiers, Jason Montgomery, head coach for the Lady Cavs, said his team didn’t execute well.

“We’re averaging about 85 points per game,” Montgomery said. “Any time you can not play well and win, is a good win.”

The Grenadiers lost to the Lady Cavs in the first night of the 2009 Grenadier Invitational Tournament.

This was the second game at the two-day tournament hosted by the IU Southeast in the Activities Building.

The University of Northwestern Ohio defeated Grace College, 50-53, before the Grenadiers’ loss to the Lady Cavs.

The Grenadiers defeated Grace College, 74-63, Saturday, Nov. 14, in the consolation game of the Grenadier Invitational Tournament.

The University of Northwestern Ohio defeated the Lady Cavs on day two, 81-78, to win the tournament.

By LEAH TATE
Staff Writer
lmtate@ius.edu

Alden Krausse, junior forward, said her love of basketball started early and has stayed with her all the way through college. She is now in her third year of playing for IU Southeast.

She said she was just 3 years old when her older sister started making her play the game with her.

“I’m glad she made me play though, because I absolutely love it,” Krausse said.

Krausse is getting her degree in general studies, with a minor in English, but, she is not stopping there.

“After graduation, I hope to get my master’s degree in elementary education,” Krausse said. “I think teaching kids would be the greatest thing ever.”

While some consider it hard to be a student athlete, Krausse said she doesn’t agree.

“I don’t think it’s that hard to go to school and play on the team. It’s not hard to pass classes,” Krausse said. “You just have to be dedicated.”

Robin Farris, head coach of the women’s basketball team, said Krausse does a great job juggling everything.

“She works hard both in the classroom and on the basketball floor,” Farris said.

Krausse said one of her favorite things about being on the team is playing home games.

“There is so much support when we play at home, we have a great fan base,” she said. “The away games are fun too, but given the choice, I’d rather play at home.”

However, she said she feels more pressure to win at home.

She said a benefit to playing an away game is the bonding that happens on the bus while traveling. Since some trips can last two to three hours, she said it’s a good thing the team really gets along and has fun while on the road.

On the court, Farris said Krausse is very skillful.

“Her greatest strength is her versatility as she has the ability to score inside because of her height and she also is a good shooter, so she can step outside and shoot as well,” Farris said.

Farris said he also appreciated the way Krausse went the extra mile this summer by doing a lot of running. This enabled her to be better conditioned when the season started.

“She was better able to run up and down the floor by being in better shape,” Farris said. “She has also increased her jumping ability which has helped her become a better shot blocker and defender for our team.”

Krausse said when she isn’t on the court, she and her friends like to investigate an urban myth.

“We like to go to Fairdale and go Big Foot hunting,” Krausse said. “We had heard there was a sighting so on days we’re all free we get together and go look for clues.”

During the summer, Krausse is a lifeguard at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville.

“I love life-guarding and when I’m not working I get to ride the rides there,” Krausse said.

Krausse said she always wears flip-flops, except on the court.

“I don’t ever wear anything besides them,” she said. “My feet don’t really ever get cold, so when I’m not on the court, I’m wearing them.”

By LINDSAY VEITZ
Staff Writer
lkveitz@ius.edu