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Of Mind and MusicMusicians Talk Pros and Cons of Higher Education page 7

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Jessica Geyer

Sociology Professor to Speak on National Panel to Provide Insight on Violence in New Orleans

Indiana Demo-cratic gubernato-rial candidate John

Gregg drew a small crowd on Monday during his visit to IPFW. The visit, which included a question and answer period, was organized by the IPFW Campus Democrats.

According to vice president Donald Archey, there were fewer guests in atten-dance than the Campus Democrats had hoped.

“We wish we had a bigger turn out … but we’re very pleased with the turn out,” he said.

The event was originally intended to be only open to IPFW students. Howev-er, the time and date was still advertised in publications such as the Journal Ga-

zette because a university press release announced it as an open event. Regard-less, the audience consisted of mostly college students. Also in attendance was Nancy Henry, Fort Wayne’s first lady.

According to Archey, the students posed typical questions that concern them, such as energy and education.

One question dealt with the issue of gay marriage. Gregg said that he is op-posed to same sex marriage, though he believes that economic issues in this election outweigh the social ones.

When Gregg spoke about higher edu-cation, he tried to point out that he was qualified to represent students because of his past. Gregg was a first generation college student at Vincennes University. He also served there as interim presi-

Candidate for Governor

John Gregg Visits IPFW

dent from 2003 to 2004.“I’m a supporter of Pell Grants,” said

Gregg to a small amount of applause. He compared that to his Republican oppo-nent, Mike Pence. To voters, “If they’re a student, I’m running against the guy who voted against Pell Grants,” he said.

Pence has voted twice in favor of the Ryan budget plan, which is named for Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan. That plan would have cut 1 million students from Pell Grants by reducing the income requirements to qualify for one.

Gregg also said he is not a supporter of voucher programs for education. Rather, he said, “The tax dollars I think ought to go to public school.” He wants to create an incentive to keep Indiana

students in Indiana for higher education and work.

“I’d like to get them to vote,” Gregg said about college-age citizens. In the 2008 election, he said, there was a great amount of excitement to vote for presi-dent but not for local offices.

When asked about his position on IPFW’s independence from Purdue University, Gregg said that it was the first time he had ever heard of the issue. The governor of Indiana has the power to appoint people to the Purdue Board of Trustees. Because of the relationship between IPFW and Purdue, the Trustees have a direct affect on many policies.

Pence has not yet made a visit to IPFW.

Kristan Mensch Peter Iadicola, pro-fessor and chair of the sociology

department, will be taking part in a two-day symposium Oct. 26-27 about violence and crime prevention in New Orleans.

Sponsored by the Office of the Presi-dent and the Department of Criminal Justice at Loyola University New Or-leans, “Preventing Lethal Violence in New Orleans: A Public Symposium on Effective Community Based Solutions” will be providing viewpoints from na-

tional experts on the subject which could possibly help lower violence in the city.

“It is an honor to be included in such an esteemed group of scholars to engage in a discussion of remedies to reduce the level of violence in New Orleans,”

Iadicola said in a press release. “I see my own contributions in this discussion in broadening the focus of the investiga-tion … to go beyond the interpersonal violence to which police are responding, to institutional and structural forms.”

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2012 Candidate Forum: No Buffalo Wings, No Students

Dennis BarbosaLast week’s state candidate forum was rem-

iniscent of last semester’s student candidate forum with a low turnout on both sides of the podium.

Shortly after gubernatorial can-didate John Gregg visited campus in the second floor of the Walb Student Union building, a candidate forum was held one level below.

Sponsored by the Office of Di-versity and Multicultural Affairs (ODMA), there weren’t buffalo wings to entice students, as was the case last semester when candidates ran for student senate.

Early this year, Larry Barnhart, moderator for the student forum, said low student turnout was about cam-pus apathy.

A panoramic view of the Walb ballroom on Oct. 15, Monday eve-

ning, revealed few students present for the forum.

IPSGA President Jacob Monroe

said it was disappointing to see a low student turnout for an election pro-cess backed by so much hard work.

Chris Riley, ODMA assistant di-rector, said student apathy for politics was a possibility but also pointed to the fact that many other events were taking place that same day.

Senator David Long, incumbent Robert Armstrong, Democrat John Gregg and Kevin Boyd were among the candidates not present that eve-ning.

Questions for candidates who

were present were moderated by Herb Hernandez, executive director of United Hispanic Americans. Dis-

cussions were largely based in eco-nomics with the exception of obesity and smoking — considered two of Indiana’s most infamous trademarks.

“I do think there is some his-torical evidence on this campus to support that theory,” said Dr. Kasey Price — IPSGA director of special projects — referring to Barnhart’s statement regarding student apathy for politics.

However, Price was hesitant to fully agree with Barnhart, pointing out she had been absent on leave for

much of the last academic school year and thus unable to fully reflect on recent study body activities.

Monroe said political apathy was not merely a problem isolated to IPFW campus, but a problem affect-ing everyone.

“It’s a problem people struggle with in their own personal lives in every day American citizenship,” Monroe said. “Everyone has their own voice when it comes to politics, but when it comes to actually stand-ing up and fighting for that voice, the determination and drive is incredibly lacking.

“We definitely need to start see-ing an exponential increase in orga-nization … [to] create our next affec-tive leadership, both on campus and in our community, in government and around the country,” he said.

IPSGA President Jacob Monroe said it was disap-pointing to see a low student turnout for an elec-

tion process backed by so much hard work.

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Stutzman and Boyd deBate at IPFW

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District 3 in Indiana on the House of Representatives had their first debate on Friday, Oct. 19. Republican incumbent Marlin Stutzman and Democrat Kevin Boyd faced off in the Rhinehart Recital Hall in front of a live audience.

The questions were posed by moderator Jeannette Dillon, with the help of IPFW political science professors from the Mike Downs Center of Indiana Politics.

The format of the debate didn’t allow for each candidate equal time on all the questions. In the first segment of the debate, questions were posed to one of them, which then allowed for a shorter rebuttal of the opponent and a

subsequent follow up. Though Boyd and Stutzman had the same amount of time total to speak, some of the questions left them wanting to speak more. The second segment of the debate also had a single question posed to a single candidate, but their opponent was not given a chance to answer.

Though this local debate was not as animated as the recent presidential and vice-presidential debates, there were moments when Dillon had to step in to enforce the agreed upon rules. Subjects like health care and the creation of jobs had Boyd and Stutzman stepping out of their turn to get the final word in.

One such moment happened when Boyd pointed out that Stutzman believed that government can’t create jobs, but at the same time Stutzman

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called for fewer regulations and that “Washington continues to be a wet blanket on the economy.”

“Government doesn’t create jobs,” said Boyd in a sarcastic manner.

“But Congress can help,” Stutzman said out of turn.

Speaking about the Affordable Care Act also showed the points of contention between the two candidates. Boyd referred to the plan as the Affordable Care Act or ACA, but Stutzman called it Obamacare. Boyd praised the law as being able to pay for itself, but Stutzman said it paid for itself “by higher taxes and robbing Medicare.”

Jessica GeyerA search com-mittee has been formed to find

the replacement for former vice chan-cellor for academic affairs William McKinney.

McKinney left IPFW at the end of last semester to take a job as president of Valdosta State University. He served at IPFW since 2008. Since McKinney stepped down, Steven Sarratore, Asso-ciate vice chancellor for academic pro-grams, has been filling in as interim vice chancellor.

According to a press release, IPFW Chancellor Vicky Carwein asked that

the search committee find a new vice chancellor to start before July 1, 2013.

The search committee is mostly made of employees of IPFW, with vice chancellor for student affairs George McClellan chairing. The only student member of the committee is student body president Jacob Monroe. Also on the committee are Jerrilee Mosi-er, chancellor of Ivy Tech Northeast, Wendy Robinson, superintendent of Fort Wayne Community Schools and Karen Schmid, the vice chancellor for academic affairs at Purdue North Cen-tral. There are 15 members in all on the committee.

The committee will start meeting this month.

The vice chancellor for academic affairs is responsible for providing leaderships in academic affairs, edu-cational plans “including continuing education and the library,” oversee-ing the budget concerning academic affairs and “approving all personnel actions in the academics affairs area,” according to IPFW’s website. School deans, division directors and certain administrative offices report to the vice chancellor for academic affairs.

Search Committee Announced for Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

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From 7 to 11 p.m. in the Walb Student Union Inter-

national Ballroom, students are invited to participate in the dance marathon to help raise money for “Stop Child

Abuse and Neglect.”

For school-aged children and parents. Faculty, staff

and students will give tours of the department class-rooms and labs, answer

questions and give demon-strations.

The Fort Wayne Philhar-monic will perform music from Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” “The Phantom

of the Opera,” and others. Costumes encouraged.

2-3:30 p.m., $12 for adults.

A Halloween presentation by Dr. Rebecca Freeman.

The talk, coordinated by the Geology Club, will touch on geology, biology and history.

Pizza Provided. SB 185 from 12-1 p.m.

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universiTy Police Briefs

On Oct. 5, the UPD received a com-plainant claiming his credit card had been charged without his authoriza-tion. UPD Officer Andrew Cottrell was called to the station to speak to the complainant. Cottrell advised com-plainant Kenneth M. Perryman Jr., 46, that his situation was a civil matter. Dispatch then informed Cottrell of the active warrant for Perryman’s arrest. Perryman’s warrant was from Marshall County for failure to appear. Cottrell transported Perryman to Allen County Jail without incident according to the report.

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A couple hours after midnight, same day as the aforementioned incident, UPD Officer James Dague observed a silver Pontiac speeding over 20 miles an hour southbound on St. Joe Road just north of Stellhorn. Driver Chase

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Patrolling Student Housing Oct. 5, UPD Officer Lynn Armstrong observed an 18-year-old male, matching the description of Jamal Lipscomb. For the last two days, Armstong had been looking for Lipscomb, a suspect with a warrant for failure to appear, contempt of court and minor in possession. Seeing four individuals, Armstrong requested assistance. Circling back around, Armstrong again observed the four

except that this time they were staring him down, according to the report. Approaching the group, Armstrong requested Lipscomb’s identification. After identifying Lipscomb, he was arrested without incident.

Baker, 21, then yielded to Dague’s traffic stop shortly after Broyles Blvd. on Crescent Ave. Observed with red eyes and emitting a strong odor of alcohol, Dague asked Baker if he had been drinking to which he responded as unsure, but that “it was just beer,” according to the report. Blowing a .110 BAC, Baker was transported to the St. Joseph Hospital due to the lack of an unavailable breathalyzer operator. Baker was then taken to Allen County lockup.

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Patrick DeadyIPFW Alumnus

It appears that the editorial staff and the writers of the Communicator felt that they have been unfairly treated by the IPSGA Student Senate in the decision originally not to approve funding for the Communicator’s writers to attend a conference in Chicago. I think that you omitted some relevant facts from your open letter to the Student Senate.

One is the fact that the Commu-nicator receives over $40,000 from IP-SGA (student government) allocations to operate the student newspaper every academic year. For this support or sub-sidy, it does not seem unreasonable for the student newspaper to cover campus

events and sports in a comprehensive manner. Yet, for the entire 2011 aca-demic year, the Communicator editors chose to almost totally NOT cover any of the sports teams on campus and in-stead featured articles about the sports teams of the Indiana and Purdue main campuses at Bloomington and Lafayette, respectively. This was a completely un-conscionable decision. In addition, the Communicator has failed for three aca-demic semesters to even have a sports editor on staff. If you can’t recruit one, then appoint one from the writers you have wasting time on the fake news sec-tion, the Nugget. This is a section that no

A Letter to the Editor:one reads at all and it is stupid!!

Second, in your letter to the Student Senate, you neglected to mention that the editors and writers on the Commu-nicator are paid for their work. I do not know how much the editors receive in compensation but I have an idea it is a relatively substantial amount. Is it too much to ask that folks who receive mon-ey for their work also pay for themselves to attend a conference in Chicago? An-other factor that you failed to mention is the revenue that the Communicator re-ceives from the sale of advertising. How much does this bring in each semester and why couldn’t this have been used to

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Kristan Mensch Editor-in-Chief

While we respect your opinion on the matter, there are some flaws that we feel are necessary to bring to light. Per-haps we should have done this sooner, as many students have shared similar re-marks in the past.

First, our allocations budget goes toward production costs and the ability to keep the newspaper sustainable - that does not mean our content can be mod-erated by the student government.

Regarding sports coverage, we did not have a sports editor due to unforseen circumstances last year. While we have actively recruited for three semesters,

few people have shown interest in the position. Having been short-staffed al-ready, with few of our typical positions filled, we did not have the flexibility last year to write about sports.

We offered the sports editor posi-tion to three people at the beginning of this year, all of whom turned it down for one simple fact, and your next point: We don’t make enough money.

True, the editors and writers are paid for their work; however, the pay is mini-mal and essentially is present to show that we respect those who sacrifice time and effort to produce content for us.

Section editors, who are on-call be-tween 40 and 50 hours a week with The Communicator make $53 each week. When laid out simply, that is incredibly less than even the most minimum wage a typical job has. Most of our editors can-not afford to pay their own way to the convention, despite the fact that all but one hold a second or third job to support themselves through school.

Advertising, again, goes toward pro-duction costs. We try our best to surpass allocations, which we consider half of our total needed amount to continue publishing each semester. Newspaper

cover the costs of your attendance at the conference?

For all of the above reasons, I be-lieve that the Student Senate was justified in reviewing your request carefully and completely before acceding to your re-quest for funding for the trip to the con-ference in Chicago. In fact, if I was still on the Student Senate myself, I would have voted against your request even for the reduced amount finally approved.

advertisement revenue is, unfortunately, unpredictable at best.

We do greatly appreciate the support given to us by IPSGA and other student organizations to keep student media alive and serve campus better.

In closing, I thank you hope that your questions have been answered thor-oughly. To others, I hope the false per-ceptions have been cleared up about The Communicator and its staff.

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I WANT MY MUSIC TO BE LEISURE AND SOMETHING I DO IN MY

FREE TIME TO REVIVE MY SOUL. I DON’T WANT IT TO FEEL LIKE

A JOB WITH AN AGENDA. - LYNDSY PATTERSON

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The choice to study music in college is often accompanied by a warning to find a field that doesn’t leave the student relying on a career in performance – which may not pan out. Finding a con-centration in education, technology or therapy is a safety net that pushes a little bit of realism between a musician and their passion for the field.

Yet there are still a large number of students who choose to pursue music.

Music students will brave the classes in theory, history, aural skills, piano and keyboard – and those are just the gen-eral course requirements before a focus area is considered.

The music department encourages students to understand the type of com-mitment required by the major saying on their website, “Those considering college study in music should begin pre-paring as early as possible. Participation in ensembles and music classes, concert attedance and investigation of a variety of musical styles are all highly recom-mended activities for one contemplat-ing the pursuit of music as a career.”

Some students, like vocal perfor-

mance major Brianna Gamble, plan to stick with music not just for the typical four years, but long enough to gain a master’s degree. Gamble has studied op-era arias since high school, and wants to someday perform, hopefully culminat-ing in the earning of her doctorate and a collegiate teaching position.

While this can likely be considered a stereotypical path for a music major, it is by far not the only avenue for student musicians.

Eric Stuckey plays drums with local music group The End Times Spasm Band, and before

he dropped out of college to tour and play with the band full time had been pursuing a major in psychology for three years.

He didn’t feel that studying music in college was necessary because it had always been a hobby, something that he did for himself. Making the choice to drop his academic progress may not have been the easiest, but it has gotten him closer to the life he wants to lead.

“I have had a lifetime’s worth of travel in a year of my life, and went from

a person hardly noticed to the center of attention, something I never was until recently. Deciding to go against all logi-cal decisions and drop out of school to play music – it was the best decision I have ever made,” he says.

In Stuckey’s mind, the scholastic route only makes more sense if you in-tend to train classically.

For a student whose passion for mu-sic manifests in a desire to tour and play music with a band, the reality of provid-ing for themselves, as well as paying off loans if they’ve gone to school, becomes an issue when in-come depends on how many gigs you play. By contrast, studying music at the collegiate level, especially for those who aim at a master’s or higher, gives the stu-dent more time to offset loans. The op-portunity to play with an orchestra or teach privately can help to supplement income, as well.

“Most people majoring in music will go the safe route and teach music,

and probably be able to make their loan payments. I actually rarely meet a classically trained musician that is playing in a touring band. Not to say it does not happen, however, it is rare for a touring band to make that much. Most likely, classically trained musi-cians either have some sort of teaching or orchestral gig. Which is probably the safest way to go as a musician,” said Stuckey.

For Stuckey, the degree doesn’t dictate when or how he follows his dreams.

Gamble, on the other hand, be-lieves that taking the time for her mas-ter’s degree in vocal performance will give her voice the time it needs to ma-ture and allow her to perform on the scale that she desires.

“A singer’s voice doesn’t mature

until a bit later, mid-thirties, so gradu-ate school or young artist programs are a great option to sort of hone your craft until your voice is really ready for per-formance. After my master’s degree, the best scenario would be that I am hired by an opera company or accept-ed into a young artist’s program, which are paid positions. I will most likely teach private lessons during this time, as well,” she said.

Justin Zych, a member of sev-eral music projects, includ-ing local act Cougar Hunter

and metal bands Argonaut and Valhal-la, also feels that a music degree is not necessary when it comes to the average working musician. He has been playing in bands since high school, long before he decided to take college classes, and intends to keep doing so.

Despite believing that a musician can do well without the degree, Zych is currently wrapping up the process of obtaining a degree in music and business.

“I suggest learning as much as you can about music in all levels. Going to college broadened my music apprecia-tion, knowledge, discipline and abili-ties as a player. But playing outside of college also helped me increase all of those in a different way. They both bring different experiences to the ta-ble,” Zych said.

The difference that Zych points out deals largely in the relationship an in-dividual has to music. Those who want to study music and eventually teach or go into a field like music therapy are benefitted by study at the collegiate level.

Those who intend to be working musicians often have a different per-spective.

Just as intent on performing as Gamble, Stuckey, who taught himself how to play the drums, believes that his musical education comes in the form of real world experience on the road with the band.

“I have been to nearly every state east of the Mississippi River, and had the opportunity that practically nobody I know has ever had. That being the op-portunity to spend over a year traveling and playing music. Words cannot even describe all the things and people I have met, and I would not trade it for any-thing,” said Stuckey.

End Times has been playing togeth-

er regularly since early 2009, and began touring in the summer of 2011. Vocal-ist Lyndsy Patterson was just last week in France making connections for the tour the band plans to make there in the coming year.

While she is an IPFW student, ma-joring in French and international stud-ies, she chose not to study music because she didn’t want performing to have the structure of a college setting.

“I want my music to be leisure and something I do in my free time to revive my soul. I don’t want it to feel like a job with an agenda. I feel like I would lose the vibrant child-like eye it opens for me if I dissected it that much,” she said.

As she puts it, creativity with a les-son plan was never for her. Having tak-en part in both show choir and church choirs, Patterson said, “All of those

structured experiences I feel really dam-aged me as a musician.”

Alicia Pyle, who is nearing the completion of her degree in classical piano performance,

sees the structure provided by the study of music in a different light.

“I’ve taken the extra time to explore quite a bit in the areas of jazz studies and composition while I’ve been at IPFW. I feel that it’s truly the fact that I’ve chosen to pursue a diverse musical palette, both in my college studies and with my music business, that has been the key to mak-ing a living with music a true reality for me now,” said Pyle.

Aside from taking classes, Pyle also teaches privately and has collaborated with the Fort Wayne Youth Symphony and the Philhar-

monic. Neither of these, however, has stopped her from performing with her group The Alicia Pyle Quartet.

She attributes her success not only to the help and guidance of her music professors, but also to her sense of mu-sic as a business. She was only 15 when she launched her own studio, which has continued to grow along with her.

“I’ve found that you have to be re-sponsible for your business, your brand and seeing your artistic visions through to the finish, no matter what they may be. Nobody is going to do that for you. Good business/marketing traits follow you and help you no matter what your field of study may be, something very often overlooked that can always be more emphasized in music school,” Pyle said.

Zych felt the same, saying, “The de-

gree was unnecessary, but the classes I took did educate me a lot in becoming what I would like to be. Some of my business classes, such as accounting, business law and marketing, really did help me to get good at the business side of music. Now, if I go to join an orches-tra or run a music program, at least the degree will be there if I ever decide to go in that direction.”

While he doesn’t believe that he’ll be giving up any of his metal projects soon, the completion of a degree will not leave him hindered in performing.

The path of a musician is more complex than those who don’t make performing – collegiately or actively in the public eye – a priority in their lives.

While some students who study music may go on to classical perfor-mance, others may take jobs that allow them to play as no more than a hobby. And just as many musicians, includ-ing Young MC who has a bachelor’s in economics and Queen guitarist Brian May who has a doctorate in astrophys-ics, find that their love of music can be rivaled by their pursuit of a degree.

And others don’t see anything but the music.

“I have seen other musicians in my own position sacrificing living in their own house, and having kids and doing most things that a typical adult does in their thirties and beyond. And I won-der how they came to that conclusion to aspire to this lifestyle. However, after a single show, I completely understand how someone can rationalize choos-ing a life of touring over a typical life. Although being a musician at a certain point may seem selfish, I view it as the most selfless occupation someone can ever want to do,” said Stuckey.

Laura Rosenbaum

I suggest learnIng as much as you can about musIc In all levels.

goIng to college broadened my musIc apprecIatIon, knowledge,

dIscIplIne and abIlItIes as a player. -JustIn Zych

Of Mind and MusicMusician Talk Pros and Cons of Higher Education

decIdIng to go agaInst all logIcal decIsIons and drop of school to play musIc - It was

the best decIsIon I have ever made. -erIc stuckey

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Art Collection Poses Question:

“Does abstract art have a limit?” That is the ques-

tion that Professor Jeffery Strayer is trying to answer with his art collec-tion “the Haecceities Series.”

In this collection, and subsequent book, Strayer does a very in-depth study on artwork, and just how far one can take abstract art before it ceases to be art.

In his book “Haecceities: Essen-tialism and the Limits of Abstrac-tion,” Strayer gives his main points on what qualifications something must fit into to be considered art.

The minimum qualification for something to be considered art is that something must be singled out. In Marcel Duchamp’s “In advance of the broken arm,” Duchamp hangs an al-ready made shovel, and takes a photo of it. The shovel itself is nothing spe-cial, just a simple snow shovel. What made it art was Duchamp’s decision to single out that shovel, to make it the focus of his picture, and give it a

title. If he had taken the photo, tossed it aside, and then died that day, to anyone else the shovel and the picture would be just that, nothing more.

Another point Strayer makes is that the artwork must contain enough so that those viewing it can compre-hend why the artist chose what he did for his work; even if they can’t com-pletely comprehend the objects that the artist was thinking of.

In Robert Berry’s “All the things I know (1969),” the artwork is sim-ply the words “All the things I know but of which I am not at the moment thinking. 1:36 P.m.; June 15, 1969,” on a piece of white paper. But it isn’t the words that make up the art work, it’s not meant to be a poem or work of lit-erature; it’s meant to make one think, and really comprehend what he is say-ing.

Strayer has been working on the Haecceities series, and book, for ten years now. When asked, he said that the inspiration for this collection, and the idea behind the concept came

from a mix of Philosophy, Science and Art/Art History, with his main inspi-ration for this collection coming from British philosopher Bertrand Russell.

“But, I want to make it very clear that, this collection was not made in response to Russell’s work. It takes some of his work, and tries to come at it from a different angle,” he said.

The work in question is Russell’s philosophies on language. Strayer’s collection look’s at these philoso-phies, as well as the limits of abstract art, and progressive language.

In the end, the question posed is, does abstract art have a limit? Strayer said, “Yes, but to say ‘limit,’ is not cor-rect. ‘Limits’ is a more fitting word, as abstract art does not tell you what you can do; only what you cannot.”

Jeffery Strayer’s collection, “Does Abstract Art Have a Limit,” is on dis-play in IPFW’s Visual Arts Gallery through Nov. 11. It is a must see for anyone who is interested in abstract art.

Matt Showman

Is there a Limit to Abstract Work?

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Presses at Finish-ing Line Press will soon be rolling

off copies of English professor Curtis Crisler's new chapbook, "Soundtrack to Latchkey Boy."

This work is only half - the latter half - of a larger manuscript, but Crisler feels that both pieces can stand on its own. Once popular with nineteenth century pamphleteers, the chapbook style was revived with the popularity of zines and poetry slams, which seems to fit perfectly with the work's prose-poetry style.

“These are prose poems that ad-dress a sporadic rhythm, but still lives in the prose-like flow of longer lines. A

prose poem embodies both the poetic nature of figurative language combined with the long lines of prose, so there’s this overlapping, this murkiness of two genres. I hope to show an interesting lens for readers to access by using the prose poem, and the vehicle of Junior’s song, as a catalyst to see the effect a sin-gle mother can have on her son,” said Crisler.

He refers here to the songwriting of Junior Giscombe, who's popular song “Mama Used to Say” lends lyrics to the piece and helps to set the scene for the narrator's story.

Raised by a single mother him-self, Crisler weaves together fragments of imagery to paint the reflections of

a man looking back on the impact his mother has had on the different stages of his life.

While he thinks that listening to Junior's song may help to create anoth-er connection to the narrative, Crisler believes that the poems will create a vis-ceral connection either way.

And when the lines themselves are considered, it seems that the author is right to think that readers will connect more with the pieces emotionally than intellectually.

Currently weighing in at 29 pages, the work may be short, but the stacatto beat offered by Crisler's words still pack a punch.

Laura Rosenbaum

an excerpt from:

“…fat meat’s greasy. gristly brain matter. artery pasta. “got bacon?” don’t write a check yo behind can’t cash. i palpitate. i adhd. i lightbulb for the on. i matchless to her sane. mama’s tomorrows wrapped in butcher-paper-hones-ty. disney’s my shades. grimms’ my eyes. chicken. uncluck. able. mama put me down. my tongue lava spit. magma. she cut it off. me dull. butterknife. no butter.”

“SoundtrackToLatchkey

Boy”

Strong Prose Poetry by English Professor Draws from Personal Life

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‘That Student’ Keeps Mentioning Progess on Final PaperKristan Mensch

Despite just now reaching the half-way point of the

semester, students in a communication class are peeved at ‘that one.’ who keeps mentioning their progress on the exten-sive final paper project.

“I’ve been researching this since I signed up for class in June,” that one said. “I’ve pondered the different the-oretical models of communication and read up a lot about Marxist ways

of thinking, so now I feel like I’m just about ready to start my introduction.”

Other students in the class, how-ever, are voicing their concerns, saying that one’s go-get-’em attitude about the final paper is giving them anxiety.

“I just barely finished my midterm, and all I can think about is the final, and I don’t even know what my topic is going to be, and I haven’t done any research, and thinking about it is just stressing me out, and when I’m stressed

out I don’t do my homework, I drink milk chocolate,” said classmate Zon Jyll. “I think I can’t breathe. Am I breath-ing?”

According to the professor, at least four people have dropped the class al-ready, and others have shown up for his office hours to talk about the possibility of doing so.

“One person came in and just said they were considering dropping the class because they can’t start on their

final project yet,” he said. “I marked on the syllabus it wasn’t even supposed to be worked on for another three weeks, I don’t know where people are getting this from.”

“This is the earliest finals week has ever come for me,” said another class-mate. “I wish it would just go back to where it came from. I wish this would all just end.”

‘Ginormous’ Spider that Prompted Housing Evacuation Still at Large

Jessica GeyerA fire alarm

pulled at Student Housing led to

Building M being evacuated. While IPFW and University Police are refus-ing to comment, a reliable source said he knew the cause: arachnophobia.

“My friend’s roommate was the one who pulled the alarm,” said Mark Gus-so, resident of Building M.

According to Gusso, the fire alarm was pulled after the discovery of an ab-normally large spider in the shower.

“It was ginormous,” said Gusso, though he hadn’t witnessed the spider himself.

Though the original witness, Rick Stevens, was unable to be found for comment, his roommate Tucker Vick said that he saw the arachnid firsthand.

“If you saw it, you would have pulled the alarm, too,” said Vick. “When he saw it, my roommate screamed so loud, I thought he was being murdered. When I went into the bathroom he was standing in the sink, buck naked, and just pointing at the shower.”

The next moments Vick describes as “haunting.”

“I pulled aside the curtain and there it was, just completely covering the shower drain. Like, spanning it. At first I thought it was just hair in the drain, but then I realized it was just a hairy spider,” said Vick.

“I tried to be manly and went to go squish it with some toilet paper, but then it jumped. Jumped! I didn’t even know spiders in Indiana could jump!” said Vick.

That was when Vick and Stevens ran to the hallway and pulled the alarm. “I wouldn’t feel right about leaving my fellow students in a building with that thing,” said Vick. “The RAs are pretty mad, but they didn’t see it.”

Unfortunately, the spider was no longer in the bathroom when Univer-sity Police arrived. It is still somewhere in Building M.

“I haven’t gone back in my apart-ment since then,” said Vick. “And Rick, he hasn’t even come back to IPFW. I asked him if he wanted his stuff sent to

Missed Connection: I saw you in the woods. You picked up my papers. I tried to catch up to you to get them back, but you kept running faster and faster away from me. I was wearing a suit. Really tall. No face.

Looking For:Someone with a criminal personality/hobby to be friends with. Maybe do some unnamed, nonspecific illegal activities that would probably warrant some jail time if caught. I’m not a cop.

Missed Connection:I was watching you through the bushes outside your kitchen. You were making a casserole with chicken and carrots. I like carrots, too. Contact me, I want you to join my religion devoted to carrots. Tell me what color apron you had on.

Looking For:Someone who also believes Barack Obama is the Antichrist and is going to turn this great Christian nation into a land of liberal heathen scum.Need help handing out pamphlets.

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Remember the 2000 presidential election and that whole spiel

with Florida? The League of Statisticians (TLS) have unanimously decided, 12 years later and just in time for the presidential election, to ignore Florida’s results “if they have another episode like in 2000,” according to their press release.“I mean, really Florida, get it together,” said TLS chairman Lloyd Mint. “We were surprised they didn’t screw up the last two elections. We decided to take ac-tion before they ruin this one.”“We’re kinda tired of Florida anyway,” added vice-chairman Drew Grimes.

Florida Becomes Newest Voting Paradox

Unable to Afford Bacon, Students Live Sad,

Meatless LivesZach Crook With the world’s

leading agricultural experts saying that

bacon prices will rise due to a shortage, panic was expected to follow. Some peo-ple cried. Some are cutting their losses.

“I mean, I never tried being a vegetar-ian,” said IPFW sophomore Jordan Creek. “I guess I could give it a shot. I never gave up meat because of bacon, but now that it’s expensive…I don’t know anymore.”

He’s tried tofu and regular beans, but they just aren’t the same as the artery-

Kristan Mensch Though the pro-fessor wasn’t yet late to class, a

group of slightly-early engineering students began to debate how long was appropriate to wait for him be-fore leaving the classroom.

“I said 15 minutes, others were

Mint has stated that he’s considered ap-plying this rule not just to Florida but to all states, “only if the others screw up just as bad or worse.”“We still believe Gore should have won that election, according to our math,” said Mint further. “Think about if 2000-2008 was the Gore administration in-stead of Bush.”Citizens of Florida are outraged by this.“It was just one time! One. Time,” cried Florida resident Julian Raves. “One time!”Florida Residents for Ethical Treatment, or FRET, has been formed in response to the press release, and is anticipated to be active for years to come.

clogging taste of bacon. “I don’t know if I can even eat salads.

I’d put bacon on my salad, and though it probably ruined the whole damn point of it, it was so worth it,” said Creek.

After making a big plate of assorted veggies, Creek resorted to the Internet to Google pictures of bacon.

“What’s the point of living anymore without you, bacon?” he reportedly said to his laptop screen while sobbing. “I can’t af-ford you anymore!”

Students Begin Debating How Long to Wait for Late Professor 3

Minutes Before Class Time.leaning more toward five or 10 minutes,” said one student. “We all decided though, that it was more like a solid seven.”

While the students began to get excited for a possible day off, the professor showed up and declared the amount: “An hour and 15.”

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Hockey Team Improves After 3-Game Losing Streak

Kristan Mensch The Mastodons gained back some confidence this

weekend, breaking a three-game los-ing streak with an 11-2 win over par-ent school and rival Purdue University. Prior to this weekend’s games, Purdue stood at 2-6, winning only against Lewis University. The 11-2 loss was their low-est-scoring game of the season.

Outshooting Purdue 59-11, the Dons ended the game with nine scorers – one of which, No. 3 Ian Lower, netted a Hat Trick. Lower got the first goal of the game as well, off an assist from No. 19 Luc Lothamer, after only 5 minutes and 46 seconds of play.

Purdue snapped back fairly quick, and netted their first goal after a couple shot attempts, tying it up at 1-1 with 9:37 left in the first period.

No. 7 Tyler Mason broke the tie with a goal just under four minutes before the end of the period. A couple minutes later, Lower would get his second goal of the game, sending the Dons into the locker room with a 3-1 lead.

In the second period, IPFW really pulled ahead, jumping to 8-1 in the first seven minutes of play with goals from Lothamer, No. 81 Alex Lamborn, No. 9 Devin Malnor, No. 8 Adam Williams and Lower with his third goal.

This Week's sporTs

Women's soccerUp against Western Illinois at home for Breast Cancer

Awareness Night at 7 p.m. Oct. 26.

Women's VolleyballTaking on North Dakota State in Fargo, N.D. Oct 26.

Heading to Brookings, S.D. Oct. 27 to play against South Dakota State.

Men's soccerAgainst Eastern Illinois in Charleston, Ill. Oct. 27.

Men's Cross CountryTaking part in the Summit League Championships in

Rochester, Mich. Oct. 27.

women's cross countryAlso headed into the Summit League Championships Oct. 27

in Rochester, Mich.

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The puck ended up staying on IPFW’s side most of the period, as the Dons showed some great defense and was able to pass the puck smoothly through offense. In the final three min-utes, No. 18 Greg Degitz took the score to 9-1, and No. 26 Derek Hamilton hit the back of the net with a buzzer shot, which was eventually called no goal.

In the third period, all the tension had built up, and play became a little rough. With 11:08 left, Mason was able to take the score to 10-1, but the next seven minutes went by with a lot of pos-session changes and scrapping.

Purdue’s No. 11, Mike Carr, ended up getting a breakaway when two of the Dons lost balance and hit the ice, lead-ing to the Boilermaker’s second goal with less than five minutes remaining. Just 10 seconds later, a fight broke out, pausing the game for a length of time while the refs tried to break it up and figure out penalties.

Lamborn ended up with the five-minute penalty, sending him to the lock-er room for the remainder of the game. Lower also had a penalty for intended misconduct. Purdue also received a couple of penalties for unsportsmanlike conduct.

No. 88 Dillon Kelley took the score to 11-2 with 3:01 left on the clock.

Mason defending the puck against Purdue Saturday night

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The Men’s Soc-cer Team im-proved their

overall record to 3-12-1 after a win against the Oakland Golden Griz-

Dons on 3-Game WinninG streak

Kristan Mensch

Women’s soccer team Beats oaklanD for the first time

zlies Oct. 20. Oakland, tied for first place in the

Summit League standings, dropped to 9-6-0 overall.

15:29 into the game, freshman

The Women’s Soccer team beat the Oak-

land Grizzlies for the first time Sat-urday, and brought themselves up to first place in the Summit League standings.The team improved overall to 8-6-1 for the year as Oakland fell down to 7-5-3.Though the team was behind 2-0 in the first half hour, the Mastodons were able to get past the Grizzlies goalkeeper at 34:13 when sopho-more No. 10 Sydney Hoareau as-

Kristan Mensch sisted senior No. 3 Arianne Mason with a goal.Just minutes later, Mason assisted Hoareau in getting past the goal-keeper to tie the score at 2-2 near the 38-minute mark.A little over 10 minutes into the second half of the game, the Dons took what would be the game-winning goal from senior No. 16 Danielle Bishop, with the assist by freshman No. 5 Erin Gill. It was Bishop’s fourth goal this year, and third game-winner.

Photo by Sarah Pringle

Photo by Sarah Pringle

No. 9 Jose Rodriguez hit the back of the net for a 1-0 lead.

The Grizzlies tied it up about 16 minutes later, when Miche’le Lipari took his sixth goal of the season. The teams fought hard the rest of the half, and went into the locker room 1-1.

The Dons were a man short

with 25:21 left in the game when senior No. 13 Mitch Falkenstern got his second yellow card of the game. The Dons were able to pull through, however, when freshman No. 20 Austin West took a free kick right outside the box, getting past the Grizzlies goalkeeper to take the 2-1 win.

The first 25 people to come get candy Oct. 29will also receive two tickets to visit The Haunted Castle!

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