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Jessica Geyer
Adaptive Sports Get Disabled Competing Again
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“Then you have a doctor come in and tell you you can’t walk, or there’s a
very minimal chance you’ll be able to walk without a walker. It’s like a slap in
the face.”-Leonard
It’s like any other sports practice. 70s rock plays in the
sound system. Banners hang on the gym walls showing championship wins in volleyball, tennis and basketball. 10 men, sweating with exercise, chase a basketball up and down the court. But rather than the sound of tennis shoes hitting the gym floor, it’s the rolling of wheels.
This is the practice of the Turnstone Bandits, Fort Wayne’s championship-winning wheelchair basketball team. They rank in Division III of the National Wheelchair Basketball Association. Each of the players has a disability that prevents them from playing regular sports and they come from all over the Fort Wayne area. Four of the athletes are current and former IPFW students.
Wheelchair basketball and other games such as power soccer and sled hockey belong to adap-tive sports. They keep all the rules but add a twist. For example, a player must dribble once for every two pushes of the chair or it is traveling. But apart from the addition of wheelchairs on the court, the game is the same—and just as competitive.
It’s the competition that brought many of these athletes to play.
Tim Leonard, an English major at IPFW, is one of these all out competitors. That mindset came from before his injury.
“I was active, I was doing things,” said Leon-ard. “Just for fun, I went to a professional wres-tling school … I was living a regular life.” He even went through police officer training and eventu-ally joined the Army.
“I was very fit when I was in the Army. I was a big guy,” said Leonard. His old pictures show a man with huge biceps, someone who certainly spent a lot of time in the gym.
It was in the Army when Leonard was injured.“Then you have a doctor come in and tell you
can’t walk, or there’s a very minimal chance you’ll be able to walk without a walker. It’s like a slap in the face,” he said.
After Leonard was confined to a wheelchair, he stopped competing and stopped being active. He gained quite a bit of weight and lost his previ-ous physique.
“I would just sit at home and watch Maury, find out who the baby daddy is,” he said. He was not himself. “It wasn’t healthy.”
Luckily, Leonard did not remain a homebody.
He eventually found an activity where he could compete and associate with other people with similar disabilities. Now, he competes in more sports than the average able-bodied person: bas-ketball, powerlift-ing, shotput, tennis, power soccer and even cross country are all on his list.
He has even taken home medals for his athletic abil-ity. In August 2011, he took home a sil-ver in shotput and a gold in powerlifting at the Valor Games, a sports championship event for wounded veterans. Now he’s in training to de-fend his title, still in good lifting form.
“I always say that if it wasn’t for adaptive sports, I wouldn’t be in college,” said Leonard. “I probably wouldn’t be alive … when I say it saved my life, it saved my life.”
Shelby Gruss, another IPFW athlete on the Turnstone Bandits, has a similar story. She played many sports before her injury, including basket-ball, cross country and softball. It was only recent-ly that she began playing adaptive sports.
“I was a very competitive person growing up,” said Gruss. What really got her back into sports after her injury was skiing. “It’s great to be back in the lull of things.”
“We’re still human,” said Leonard. “We still have that competitive edge.” That’s why so many athletes show up to Turnstone, a not-for-profit that serves people with disabilities in terms of re-habilitation and recreation.
The camaraderie and action of being on a sports team can also be mentally therapeutic to the athletes.
“It’s a good self-esteem builder,” said Shane McVoy, a former student of IPFW. “To be able to sweat and play with these guys, it’s just a good feel-ing.”
However, Turnstone is the closest place some-one can play on an adaptive sports team in Fort Wayne. Currently, IPFW has no adaptive sports
club or teams.“It’s not right on campus, it’s not that easy to
get to,” said Gruss about Turnstone.
And at IPFW, students in wheel-chairs cannot participate in in-tramural sports. Leonard, for exam-ple, signed up for intramural basket-ball and was told he couldn’t play in games because it was a liability to the university. He can’t even be on the team roster.
“I’m a ‘coach,’” said Leonard, accenting his words with finger quotations. “I have friends, I wasn’t to get on the court and play with them … It’s not the school’s fault, but there’s people who want to play, there’s people who want to compete. Why not give them that?”
Not only do students have limited opportuni-ties to play, but some adaptive sports athletes have moved out of state to continue competing in col-lege because of IPFW’s lack of teams.
Kevin Hughes, sports and recreation coordi-nator for Turnstone, said he could name 15 people off the top of his head that left the Fort Wayne area to compete. They traveled instead to places like the University of Illinois, Southwest Minne-sota State University and Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
“These students … they went for peer com-petition,” said Hughes. “I know many kids do not want to move to University of Minnesota. They want to stay local.”
“I think location-wise, regionally we’re in a very good position, especially when it comes to basketball,” Hughes added.
“If you had a student or a child who lived with-in 45 minutes of IPFW and they can compete and go to school, why not?” said Leonard.
Even With Injury, Competition Exists
Good for the Body and the MindBut is it Accessible?
Some Leave Fort Wayne Because it
Lacks Teams
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Being a political dissident in an authoritarian country is no fun. Azerbaijan - the former soviet country of 9 million landlocked in the middle of Turkey, Iran and Russia - is no fun.
Human Right Watch reported that in 2011, “the government cracked down on all forms of protest and imprisoned dozens of youth activists a� er sham trials.”
� is week, Tse spoke with Toghrul Shukurh, an international student from Azerbaijan. A self-described patriot, political activist and moderate Muslim, Togh had a lot to say about politics in his country and the United States.
Tse: What does the government look like in Azerbaijan? Is there an election at all?
Shukurh: On document there is ... but the winner was pretty much known before the election. People never got the chance to choose their president at all. Th e former president was Heydar Aliyev, then he died, and his son became the president. Th e current government is corrupt and illegitimate. Th ey were never elected; they just declared power on their own.
In the parliamentary level, elections were never fair. Th ere are only like four or fi ve opposition seats in the Parliament right now. Th e pro-government party got the majority of the seats. So people never get to vote.
In the past couple years, people just gave up on elections. Th ey wouldn’t watch the campaign—not that there is any “campaign” to speak of.
Campaigning is allowed only one month before the election, and every candidate gets 10 [minutes] per week on TV. Th at’s pretty much it.
What do the protestors want?We just want fair elections. We want to be able
to choose our government, so that the government will work for us.
What role does religion play in politics?It’s hard to answer. Even though the majority of
the population is Shia Muslims ... I’d say Jews and Christians aff ect the government more because of foreign infl uence from Israel and Russia. Th e Mossad [the “CIA” of Israel] fi lls our government with money. ... Some big nice churches were built with government’s funding. But many mosques were shut down.
Azerbaijan is a pretty secular country, certainly more secular than Turkey. Th e government even banned wearing veils in some public places. It’s pretty sad, considering that in most Western countries this is not banned. … Most people live their religion in a modern way. … Th ey are not radical at all.
What makes you so passionate about politics?
Th e main reason is that I grew up seeing a lot of messed up things in my country, like lots of people being thrown into jail for no reason. I was traumatized as a child, and I cried a lot. Lots of my family members ended up in jail just because my mom’s uncle was an opposition leader. Last name plays a big role.
One of my uncles is a rich businessman. He didn’t care about politics at all, but still got arrested and put in jail for nine years. Every cousin of my mom has served some kind of time in the jail, so did all of her uncles. My dad served only minor amount of time. I guess I got lucky because lots of my cousins never saw their fathers for like a 10-year span. I did not know my uncle until I was 14 because he was in jail. When he was thrown in jail I was only 5. When he got out of jail I didn’t remember him at all because I never got a chance to visit him.
It’s not just my family. You can get in a cab, and in a fi ve minute drive, the cab driver would tell you so many stories from his family that you just want to sit there and cry.
What do you like most about the US aft er living here for two years?
Defi nitely the freedom of speech. I love freedom of speech here: in classrooms, public places, political realm. … Here in the US, people can voice their opinion without being judge for their opinion; they are judged only for their actions.
Whereas in my country you don’t get to say stuff . No one [asks] for your opinion. Th e government, the school administration ... they kind of decide for you ... and you’re just supposed to comply with that. And I don’t like that.
Aft er I moved to the US, I started associating Azerbaijan
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Student Senator Absences Cause Trouble for Senate
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with people and talk with them about things like politics and religion. I realized sometimes people don’t like me because I’m foreign, but they still respect my opinion no matter what my background is. And I am entitled freedom of speech. Even if some people don’t like to listen to me, the Constitution protects my freedom of speech.
What do you think about the US political system?
It is as good as it gets as a system, because each institution has a regulatory institution above
it. All persons are entitled to have his opinion in the govt. It’s all about consensus in most cases. Trial by jury is probably the best thing that has ever happened to humanity. I don’t know why any other government is not trying to implement that.
Is there something you don’t like about the system?
I don’t like how businessmen get to be governors or congressman. I believe if you are in office, you should be a patriot, and you should have no personal gain in it whatsoever. ... People in higher government positions are just powerful rich businessman who went to law school. I don’t believe that’s right. Big businesses should not have so much influence in politics.
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The only exposure most students get to the
Student Senate is when they’re putting a funding request into student government. The Senate encourages these student organization representatives to attend the weekly Monday meetings, dress professionally and present their request in person. So most set aside the noontime from both work and academics to come.
Three times this year, however, students weren’t able to present because the senators didn’t come.
The problem comes with the IPSGA constitution, which requires a majority of senators to be present in order to make quorum. Without it, any business has to be postponed. Currently there are 16 senators, which means that nine must attend in order for the meeting to continue.
“Attending is kind of important,” said vice president of legislation (VPL) Joe Magistri. He presides over the Senate and runs their meetings. “Quorum is a requirement for us to conduct business.”
This semester, there has been a problem with getting the senators, who are there on a completely volunteer basis. Twice this semester and once last semester, the majority of student senators did not attend meetings.
The first time it happened was during the very first session of Senate. “I thought it was a great
start to the year,” Magistri said sarcastically. But after that, there were no more problems during the fall semester.
This year, senators have shown up late or not at all enough so that it has become a problem for the legislative branch.
“It really frustrates me,” said Magistri. “I spend my week preparing for the meeting.”
Not only that, but it can be very inconvenient for students who need funding. “I think it is completely unprofessional,” said Magistri, when the Senate wants students to show up in person to request money, but can’t meet quorum. “It’s just not fair.”
That’s why Magistri wants students to be able to present their funding requests to the present senators, even if a vote can’t be held. That way they have a chance to adequately represent their organization’s needs.
Despite the voluntary basis upon which student senators attend meetings, there is an attendance policy. Each senator gets two unexcused absences before being eligible for removal from Senate. “I was a bit lenient on [the policy] which led to this issue,” said Magistri.
During their meeting on April 2nd, two senators were removed because of attendance issues. One of them had never attended meetings.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
SINCERELY,Patrick Deady
Senior Anthropology Major
Jessica Geyer
Student Candidate Forums Fail to Attract Audience
And Candidates
Nothing gets students interested in school politics like free food. It
was Fazoli’s and Buff alo Wild Wings that attracted the crowds to the Student Candidate Open Forums on April 4 and 5.
Th e forums were the only two IPSGA student debates held before the Spring Fling elections. Th ey were meant to introduce the candidates to the student body in a deeper way than the meet and greets in Walb Union. Th ey would also allow a comparison between the candidates and a chance to pose questions and suggestions to each of them.
But the free food wasn’t enough to attract the student government candidates to the forums. On both days, the seven chairs behind the podium were mostly empty.
On the fourth, the only candidates present were Jacob Monroe, running for student body president, and Bradley Crow, running for vice president for legislation.
Th e forum on the fi ft h had the same original turnout, but student body presidential candidate Matthew Bokhart attended later.
Th e candidates were also pressed for questions. Larry Barnhart, the mediator for both forum days, was reduced to begging the audience to ask anything—largely to a silent response. Th e few students that did have questions were easily drowned out in the noise of side conversations held by the uninterested eaters.
Most students attended the forum simply because of the lunch that was off ered. On the fi rst forum day, there was a large line waiting for the doors to open, but less than 20 actually stayed. Th at led the election board to ask students to stay while they ate on Th ursday. However, as soon as the wings were gone, the students disappeared as well.
When asked why
they attended the forum, psychology major Kaleigh Jones and business major Jessica Fairfi eld responded in tandem, “For food.”
Fairfi eld also said that she was genuinely interested in the candidates: “It infl uences IPFW.”
However, the lack of candidates in attendance was disappointing.
“We still got to hear their opinions, but we didn’t get to compare them,” said Fairfi eld.
“It isn’t really that fair to students to see only one or two candidates,” said Crowe.
But the lack of student government hopefuls wasn’t necessarily because of lack of interest. Academic and work confl icts were involved. Even Monroe had to leave aft er he introduced himself on Th ursday because of a class.
Your editorial on the small pool of candidates leads one to channel John McEnroe who famously said “You can’t be serious!!” in a shocked tone. As a three year member of Student Activities Board as well as a Student Senator for one semester, I have two points to make regarding IPSGA that may be relevant and important to the issue.
Th e fi rst point involves the decisions of the people in charge of the Communicator itself to not cover the student government at all in any meaningful way. Th is not only extends to student government but to IPFW sports activities as well. Any issue of the Communicator in the past two semesters has had extremely limited coverage of events on IPFW’s campus while giving actions on Indiana and Purdue’s campuses extensive coverage. You can see this particularly well in the coverage of sports where IPFW’s teams received no coverage in the fall semester and very limited coverage in the spring semester. Th e sports events on the mother campuses especially Indiana actually received better coverage overall than the local teams. Th e lack of coverage of student government certainly helps to explain why there were so few candidates for student government positions even though those positions are part-time jobs earning $10 an hour for up to 20 hours per week for the executive offi cers. I have a diffi cult time understanding why you can have two pages of fake news in the Nugget a la the Daily Show but you can’t assign those same writers to actual events happening on campus.
Th e second point involves the attitude of the Administration where they have systematically ignored student government when it comes to decisions that will impact the student body critically in important ways. Th e critical decisions involving the closing of the child care center, the freezing of the IPSGA budget and the imposition of the computer lab printing fee were all undertaken by fi at without any student government input. Another important point is that student government has zero control over the funds that they supposedly are given to proctor on student’s behalf. Th e Student Senate spends hours debating endlessly over whether this group or that individual will receive funding. In reality, this means that the Student Senate does nothing to actually represent students to the Administration when critical issues are involved that impact the total student body.
In summary, the student government has become fairly irrelevant in the decision making process by the Administration in critical issues facing the total student body. Th is lack of information available on what the student government is doing [the Communicator aspect] as well as the Administration’s total ignorance of student government input on critical decisions [the Chancellor’s policy decision aspect] can only lead the vast majority of students to care less what is going on with IPSGA. For this situation to change, you have to have a change at the Communicator and a change in the Administration’s attitude toward student government.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
SINCERELY,Patrick Deady
Senior Anthropology Major
Jessica Geyer
Student Candidate Forums Fail to Attract Audience
And Candidates
Nothing gets students interested in school politics like free food. It
was Fazoli’s and Buff alo Wild Wings that attracted the crowds to the Student Candidate Open Forums on April 4 and 5.
Th e forums were the only two IPSGA student debates held before the Spring Fling elections. Th ey were meant to introduce the candidates to the student body in a deeper way than the meet and greets in Walb Union. Th ey would also allow a comparison between the candidates and a chance to pose questions and suggestions to each of them.
But the free food wasn’t enough to attract the student government candidates to the forums. On both days, the seven chairs behind the podium were mostly empty.
On the fourth, the only candidates present were Jacob Monroe, running for student body president, and Bradley Crow, running for vice president for legislation.
Th e forum on the fi ft h had the same original turnout, but student body presidential candidate Matthew Bokhart attended later.
Th e candidates were also pressed for questions. Larry Barnhart, the mediator for both forum days, was reduced to begging the audience to ask anything—largely to a silent response. Th e few students that did have questions were easily drowned out in the noise of side conversations held by the uninterested eaters.
Most students attended the forum simply because of the lunch that was off ered. On the fi rst forum day, there was a large line waiting for the doors to open, but less than 20 actually stayed. Th at led the election board to ask students to stay while they ate on Th ursday. However, as soon as the wings were gone, the students disappeared as well.
When asked why
they attended the forum, psychology major Kaleigh Jones and business major Jessica Fairfi eld responded in tandem, “For food.”
Fairfi eld also said that she was genuinely interested in the candidates: “It infl uences IPFW.”
However, the lack of candidates in attendance was disappointing.
“We still got to hear their opinions, but we didn’t get to compare them,” said Fairfi eld.
“It isn’t really that fair to students to see only one or two candidates,” said Crowe.
But the lack of student government hopefuls wasn’t necessarily because of lack of interest. Academic and work confl icts were involved. Even Monroe had to leave aft er he introduced himself on Th ursday because of a class.
Your editorial on the small pool of candidates leads one to channel John McEnroe who famously said “You can’t be serious!!” in a shocked tone. As a three year member of Student Activities Board as well as a Student Senator for one semester, I have two points to make regarding IPSGA that may be relevant and important to the issue.
Th e fi rst point involves the decisions of the people in charge of the Communicator itself to not cover the student government at all in any meaningful way. Th is not only extends to student government but to IPFW sports activities as well. Any issue of the Communicator in the past two semesters has had extremely limited coverage of events on IPFW’s campus while giving actions on Indiana and Purdue’s campuses extensive coverage. You can see this particularly well in the coverage of sports where IPFW’s teams received no coverage in the fall semester and very limited coverage in the spring semester. Th e sports events on the mother campuses especially Indiana actually received better coverage overall than the local teams. Th e lack of coverage of student government certainly helps to explain why there were so few candidates for student government positions even though those positions are part-time jobs earning $10 an hour for up to 20 hours per week for the executive offi cers. I have a diffi cult time understanding why you can have two pages of fake news in the Nugget a la the Daily Show but you can’t assign those same writers to actual events happening on campus.
Th e second point involves the attitude of the Administration where they have systematically ignored student government when it comes to decisions that will impact the student body critically in important ways. Th e critical decisions involving the closing of the child care center, the freezing of the IPSGA budget and the imposition of the computer lab printing fee were all undertaken by fi at without any student government input. Another important point is that student government has zero control over the funds that they supposedly are given to proctor on student’s behalf. Th e Student Senate spends hours debating endlessly over whether this group or that individual will receive funding. In reality, this means that the Student Senate does nothing to actually represent students to the Administration when critical issues are involved that impact the total student body.
In summary, the student government has become fairly irrelevant in the decision making process by the Administration in critical issues facing the total student body. Th is lack of information available on what the student government is doing [the Communicator aspect] as well as the Administration’s total ignorance of student government input on critical decisions [the Chancellor’s policy decision aspect] can only lead the vast majority of students to care less what is going on with IPSGA. For this situation to change, you have to have a change at the Communicator and a change in the Administration’s attitude toward student government.
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Arts&EntertainmentThe Communicator | April 11, 2012
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Spring FlingSunday: Student Housing 5-8
p.m. - cook out, slip n' slide, food and free beach towels.
Monday: Science Mall 11-2 p.m. - Chik Fil-A and free, colorful
sunglasses.
Tuesday: Fieldhouse 11-2 p.m. - Free T-shirts and pizza. Venderly Family Bridge 2-6 p.m. - Hog Roast,
zipline and freebies.
Wednesday: Majestic Grassy Knoll 11-2 p.m. - picnic and free bottle openers. Science Mall 10-4
p.m. - Blood Drive.
Thursday: Science Mall 11-2 p.m. - Penn Station, free cups, hula hoops, music and more. Science Mall 10-4 p.m. - Blood Drive.
Friday: Science Mall 11-2 p.m. - Frisbee with Panda Express.
Saturday: 9-12 p.m. - Weekend Breakfast Celebration.
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CS3 to Host Bike and Build Charity Event“Despite states’ efforts, there is no county in the country
where an individual can work 40 hours per week at the minimum wage and afford even a one-bedroom apartment at the local fair market rent,” according to Micah and Andrea Rapp’s blog.
Micah and Andrea plan to ride their bikes 3,800 miles this summer in order to promote affordable housing across the country.
Calhoun Street Soups, Salads, And Spirits (Cs3) will be hosting a concert, raffle and silent auction this Sunday to benefit their cause.
Biking in one of eight cross country routes, Micah and Andrea will be building houses for low-income families
with a non-profit organization called Bike and Build.“The proceeds from our events will be used to gain media
attention around the affordable housing problem and to fund affordable housing projects executed by young adults…,” according to Bike and Build’s brochure.
This Cs3 event will feature local bands and artists.“We’re going to have dozens of items available from various
businesses,” said Micah.A few of the businesses include El Azteca, Chop’s Fine
Dining and New Republic Tattoo, which have contributed items such as gift cards for the raffle.
“The silent auction is going to focus more on artwork,” said Micah.
Some artists who will have their paintings and photography auctioned off include Donny Manco, Patty Eykholt and Mikenna White.
Executive director Justin Berger.will be speaking for Habitat for Humanity Sunday, one of the charities Bike and Build contributes to.
“Hearing about an opportunity to ride my bike across the country while helping out individuals in need just seemed like a natural thing to do,” said Micah.
Home is Where the Music is, an all ages charity event, will take place from 5 to 10 p.m. at Cs3, 1915 S. Calhoun St.
Photo by Mikenna White
Of Monsters and Men seem to be everywhere these days. The Iceland based indie-
folk group, currently on a successful U.S. Tour, has been featured on large media juggernauts including iTunes and have recently released their major label debut titled “Of Monsters and Men” on Universal Republic Records.
Despite how painless it may be to write this group off as a flavor of the week folk-group, this group is something special. They might not be the most accessible in the current wave of popular indie-folk and they might not write the catchiest melodies, but they don't really need either to create something memorable. Their songs are flooded with emotion without spilling and becoming an obnoxious mess for some poor sap to clean up. It's heartfelt and will move the listener if they give it a fair chance.
The stories that lyrically make up the songs give the lackluster band name meaning and drop the listener into a different place that is both similar and unlike anything ever seen before. For fans of Fanfarlo or The Decemberists “My Head is an Animal” is a must listen.
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Arts&EntertainmentThe Communicator | April 11, 2012
6-7
Music Movies Theater
Spring FlingSunday: Student Housing 5-8
p.m. - cook out, slip n' slide, food and free beach towels.
Monday: Science Mall 11-2 p.m. - Chik Fil-A and free, colorful
sunglasses.
Tuesday: Fieldhouse 11-2 p.m. - Free T-shirts and pizza. Venderly Family Bridge 2-6 p.m. - Hog Roast,
zipline and freebies.
Wednesday: Majestic Grassy Knoll 11-2 p.m. - picnic and free bottle openers. Science Mall 10-4
p.m. - Blood Drive.
Thursday: Science Mall 11-2 p.m. - Penn Station, free cups, hula hoops, music and more. Science Mall 10-4 p.m. - Blood Drive.
Friday: Science Mall 11-2 p.m. - Frisbee with Panda Express.
Saturday: 9-12 p.m. - Weekend Breakfast Celebration.
John Small
Dennis B
arbosa
Do you want to see your work
published in The Communicator?
We're always looking for new writers
with new ideas. Send us an email:
CS3 to Host Bike and Build Charity Event“Despite states’ efforts, there is no county in the country
where an individual can work 40 hours per week at the minimum wage and afford even a one-bedroom apartment at the local fair market rent,” according to Micah and Andrea Rapp’s blog.
Micah and Andrea plan to ride their bikes 3,800 miles this summer in order to promote affordable housing across the country.
Calhoun Street Soups, Salads, And Spirits (Cs3) will be hosting a concert, raffle and silent auction this Sunday to benefit their cause.
Biking in one of eight cross country routes, Micah and Andrea will be building houses for low-income families
with a non-profit organization called Bike and Build.“The proceeds from our events will be used to gain media
attention around the affordable housing problem and to fund affordable housing projects executed by young adults…,” according to Bike and Build’s brochure.
This Cs3 event will feature local bands and artists.“We’re going to have dozens of items available from various
businesses,” said Micah.A few of the businesses include El Azteca, Chop’s Fine
Dining and New Republic Tattoo, which have contributed items such as gift cards for the raffle.
“The silent auction is going to focus more on artwork,” said Micah.
Some artists who will have their paintings and photography auctioned off include Donny Manco, Patty Eykholt and Mikenna White.
Executive director Justin Berger.will be speaking for Habitat for Humanity Sunday, one of the charities Bike and Build contributes to.
“Hearing about an opportunity to ride my bike across the country while helping out individuals in need just seemed like a natural thing to do,” said Micah.
Home is Where the Music is, an all ages charity event, will take place from 5 to 10 p.m. at Cs3, 1915 S. Calhoun St.
Photo by Mikenna White
Of Monsters and Men seem to be everywhere these days. The Iceland based indie-
folk group, currently on a successful U.S. Tour, has been featured on large media juggernauts including iTunes and have recently released their major label debut titled “Of Monsters and Men” on Universal Republic Records.
Despite how painless it may be to write this group off as a flavor of the week folk-group, this group is something special. They might not be the most accessible in the current wave of popular indie-folk and they might not write the catchiest melodies, but they don't really need either to create something memorable. Their songs are flooded with emotion without spilling and becoming an obnoxious mess for some poor sap to clean up. It's heartfelt and will move the listener if they give it a fair chance.
The stories that lyrically make up the songs give the lackluster band name meaning and drop the listener into a different place that is both similar and unlike anything ever seen before. For fans of Fanfarlo or The Decemberists “My Head is an Animal” is a must listen.
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Laura Rosenbaum
Th ere is currently a nationwide movement to permit handguns on college campuses.
Last year over 13 states proposed bills that would allow students and faculty to carry concealed fi rearms on campus.
"And there are far more bills to allow guns than to prohibit them," said Brenda Bautsch, an education-policy analyst with the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Th e question we should be asking ourselves is: why this is so, and could there be any prejudices against licensed gun holders that are standing in the way of these bills?
"Almost every gun crime that's ever happened has occurred with people who aren't licensed," said Republican Sen. Jim Banks of Columbia City, author of bill 0181 which would have permitted guns on campus had it passed.
Th is issue has been fi ercely debated since mass school shootings such as those at Virginia Tech, Columbine High School and Northern Illinois University.
According to a ruling by the Oregon Court of Appeals in September of last year, Western Oregon University’s decision to suspend a student for carrying a handgun was overturned. Th e court ruled that the university did not have the authority to prevent a student or faculty member to possess a fi rearm if they were licensed to do so.
Utah is the only state so far which permits guns on state campuses.
Opponents, such as Gunfreekids.org, overlook the fact that responsible licensed gun holders are not to blame for school shootings but people exhibiting strange behavior such as in the case of Jared Lee Loughner who was charged last year with shooting Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giff ords in Tucson and killing six others.
According to gunfreekids.org website, “…the National Rifl e Association ‘NRA’ and the gun industry use vast sums of money to block passage of sensible gun legislation -- laws that are designed to reduce death and injury and create safer communities.”
People such as Loughner and Seung Hui Cho, Virginia Tech shooter, are mentally ill and preventing guns on campus will not prevent such shooting sprees from happening but precautions which monitor strange student behavior.
IPFW and St. Francis are taking such precautions, according to a story by News Channel 15.
Could it be possible that the shooters are responsible for the deaths in school shootings and not the NRA?
Perhaps the IPFW Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) should change their Purpose Statement from monitoring “student behavior which seems strange, erratic, angry, troubled, or otherwise inappropriate or unusual” to reporting “licensed gun holders exercising their Second Amendment right.”
"People who are licensed to carry guns in Oregon meet a certain criteria," said Kevin Starrett, executive director of the Oregon Firearms Educational Foundation. "Th ey do not suddenly lose their minds when they step on a college campus."
Senator Jim Banks proposed a bill late in 2011 that would allow licensed gun holders to carry weapons on public college campuses. Private universities would be unaff ected and left to follow their current policies. Because Banks’ bill did not pass, IPFW’s offi cial policy on fi rearm possession remains “strictly forbidden.” However, a new version of the bill could be introduced in the next session of the Indiana congress.
Th e second amendment, or the right of U.S. citizens to keep and bear arms, has been a contention point between those who believe that every American has the right to own a gun if they wish and those who think weapons in the hands of everyday citizens leads to unnecessary violence. Although the right to bear arms shouldn’t be removed from citizens, there are certain places where carrying a gun probably isn’t the best idea, college campuses in particular.
Legislators who have tried to pass similar bills in other states have done so with the reasoning that if guns were allowed on campuses, students would be better able to defend themselves in situations where fi rearms might be necessary. While the intent might be noble, the reality is that most traditional college students are between the ages of 18 and 22, and putting weapons into their hands might not be the best decision.
All individuals mature at diff erent ages, but studies in neuroscience have shown that the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain in control of impulses and good judgment, doesn’t fi nish developing well into the 20s.
Psychology professor Kenneth Bordens suggested it is not extremely likely that a permit holder would “pose a threat of harming others over trivial incidents on campus.” However, simply having the guns on campus could potentially lead to more injuries and deaths if those with access to them are involved in highly emotional confrontations with other students or faculty.
Proponents of the various bills have stated that not allowing fi rearms to be carried on public college campuses is unconstitutional. Granted, U.S. citizens do have the right to carry guns, but they also have the choice not to exercise that right.
Th e Purdue University Student Senate vetoed a measure in November that would have allowed guns to be carried on the campus. According to coverage by the Indy Channel, neither students nor offi cials felt that allowing guns would be the best way to ensure public safety at the university.
Some students interviewed for the Indy Channel article believed that there are other forms of protection available, such as stun guns and mace. Th is makes sense when it is suggested by self-defense websites that carrying a weapon without proper training makes it easier for an assailant to turn the weapon against the victim. And there are no training requirements when it comes to getting a carrier’s license.
If gun rights is to be an issue on campuses, it should come down to the students, as in the case with Purdue. Legislators, who are not in college and likely not recent college graduates, don’t understand the dynamic of a college campus. Th erefore, whether or not guns should be permissible to carry should come down to a dialogue between students and university offi cials on each campus.
Dennis Barbosa Guns On
Campus?
Staff DebatesProposed
Once Shot Down
Bill ►[email protected]
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Laura Rosenbaum
Th ere is currently a nationwide movement to permit handguns on college campuses.
Last year over 13 states proposed bills that would allow students and faculty to carry concealed fi rearms on campus.
"And there are far more bills to allow guns than to prohibit them," said Brenda Bautsch, an education-policy analyst with the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Th e question we should be asking ourselves is: why this is so, and could there be any prejudices against licensed gun holders that are standing in the way of these bills?
"Almost every gun crime that's ever happened has occurred with people who aren't licensed," said Republican Sen. Jim Banks of Columbia City, author of bill 0181 which would have permitted guns on campus had it passed.
Th is issue has been fi ercely debated since mass school shootings such as those at Virginia Tech, Columbine High School and Northern Illinois University.
According to a ruling by the Oregon Court of Appeals in September of last year, Western Oregon University’s decision to suspend a student for carrying a handgun was overturned. Th e court ruled that the university did not have the authority to prevent a student or faculty member to possess a fi rearm if they were licensed to do so.
Utah is the only state so far which permits guns on state campuses.
Opponents, such as Gunfreekids.org, overlook the fact that responsible licensed gun holders are not to blame for school shootings but people exhibiting strange behavior such as in the case of Jared Lee Loughner who was charged last year with shooting Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giff ords in Tucson and killing six others.
According to gunfreekids.org website, “…the National Rifl e Association ‘NRA’ and the gun industry use vast sums of money to block passage of sensible gun legislation -- laws that are designed to reduce death and injury and create safer communities.”
People such as Loughner and Seung Hui Cho, Virginia Tech shooter, are mentally ill and preventing guns on campus will not prevent such shooting sprees from happening but precautions which monitor strange student behavior.
IPFW and St. Francis are taking such precautions, according to a story by News Channel 15.
Could it be possible that the shooters are responsible for the deaths in school shootings and not the NRA?
Perhaps the IPFW Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) should change their Purpose Statement from monitoring “student behavior which seems strange, erratic, angry, troubled, or otherwise inappropriate or unusual” to reporting “licensed gun holders exercising their Second Amendment right.”
"People who are licensed to carry guns in Oregon meet a certain criteria," said Kevin Starrett, executive director of the Oregon Firearms Educational Foundation. "Th ey do not suddenly lose their minds when they step on a college campus."
Senator Jim Banks proposed a bill late in 2011 that would allow licensed gun holders to carry weapons on public college campuses. Private universities would be unaff ected and left to follow their current policies. Because Banks’ bill did not pass, IPFW’s offi cial policy on fi rearm possession remains “strictly forbidden.” However, a new version of the bill could be introduced in the next session of the Indiana congress.
Th e second amendment, or the right of U.S. citizens to keep and bear arms, has been a contention point between those who believe that every American has the right to own a gun if they wish and those who think weapons in the hands of everyday citizens leads to unnecessary violence. Although the right to bear arms shouldn’t be removed from citizens, there are certain places where carrying a gun probably isn’t the best idea, college campuses in particular.
Legislators who have tried to pass similar bills in other states have done so with the reasoning that if guns were allowed on campuses, students would be better able to defend themselves in situations where fi rearms might be necessary. While the intent might be noble, the reality is that most traditional college students are between the ages of 18 and 22, and putting weapons into their hands might not be the best decision.
All individuals mature at diff erent ages, but studies in neuroscience have shown that the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain in control of impulses and good judgment, doesn’t fi nish developing well into the 20s.
Psychology professor Kenneth Bordens suggested it is not extremely likely that a permit holder would “pose a threat of harming others over trivial incidents on campus.” However, simply having the guns on campus could potentially lead to more injuries and deaths if those with access to them are involved in highly emotional confrontations with other students or faculty.
Proponents of the various bills have stated that not allowing fi rearms to be carried on public college campuses is unconstitutional. Granted, U.S. citizens do have the right to carry guns, but they also have the choice not to exercise that right.
Th e Purdue University Student Senate vetoed a measure in November that would have allowed guns to be carried on the campus. According to coverage by the Indy Channel, neither students nor offi cials felt that allowing guns would be the best way to ensure public safety at the university.
Some students interviewed for the Indy Channel article believed that there are other forms of protection available, such as stun guns and mace. Th is makes sense when it is suggested by self-defense websites that carrying a weapon without proper training makes it easier for an assailant to turn the weapon against the victim. And there are no training requirements when it comes to getting a carrier’s license.
If gun rights is to be an issue on campuses, it should come down to the students, as in the case with Purdue. Legislators, who are not in college and likely not recent college graduates, don’t understand the dynamic of a college campus. Th erefore, whether or not guns should be permissible to carry should come down to a dialogue between students and university offi cials on each campus.
Dennis Barbosa Guns On
Campus?
Staff DebatesProposed
Once Shot Down
Bill ►[email protected]
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The MusTards
Student Believes She is “Drawesome”
Have you accepted the great Steamed Carrot into your life? Worship services held every saturday afternoon behind the campus greenhouse, followed by fellowship and communal carrot steaming. Open to devout followers and searching students alike. Extra orange morph suits and green beanies are available at the door and required to be worn during services.
Whiner looking for audience to hear antiquated and highly repetitive material. Old favorites include “Why Classes Suck,” “If I Were Running This Country” and “Nobody Ever Pays Attention to Me When I Talk.”
Student Tackles Door, Still Won’t Open
New Hand Dryers Threaten to Make Student’s Pants Wet
Sean O’Leary
For IPFW Math major Stacy Mawm, she thought she
had her entire life figured out. Go to IPFW, get a degree in Math Education, and go on to teach it wherever she could. Or maybe discover some new theorem that would shake the world. Either way, her passion was and would always be math.
“My family always said that I was like a computer,” she said. “I would be able to do these complex equations in my head. I did my parents taxes for them faster than the person we paid to do them. I always won poker. I sometimes think they hated me,” she joked.
However, with the recent release of the new game Draw Something, she found a brand new obsession and passion.
“My parents were counting on me to do their taxes. I just wanted to draw,” she explained. “I now have over 1,000 coins,” she bragged. “I went out and bought a tablet to better help my skills.”
“She makes such obscure drawings,” said a friend who had played with her and wished to remain anonymous. “Like, I heard she drew a cannibal and expected everyone to understand it was Ke$ha. Yes, there is a song called cannibal by her. But really! She’s not even that good!”
Mawm now plans to switch her major from math to her new beloved, art.
“I’ll go on to draw beautiful Picasso-esque pieces,” she claimed, “and I’ll totally be famous. I’m really good in Draw Something, so how hard can real life be?”
Zach Crook
Two or three times a day, one can see math major Joey Goops making a
trek from his haven in Kettler Hall to the student services center in Walb Union. Despite the five minutes it takes to get there and back, he only stays in Walb for a few minutes, emerging without food and generally empty handed.
So why would someone take a whole half hour out of their day just for a quick stop across campus?
"The new hand dryers are so cool," Goops explained to The Nugget.
Goops first visited the new bathrooms after having to park in the Walb garage one busy Monday. "I drank about three cups of coffee, that morning, and it takes a good fifteen minutes to get here from my house," he said. "Of course I ran to the first restroom I saw."
It was there Goops became amazed with the super-powered blowers.
"They actually make the skin move on my hands," said Goops. "Why wouldn't I use them?"
So from then on, Goops exclusively used the new restrooms, always leaving with extra dry hands and a grin on his face. But the fun doesn't come without its costs.
"One of my bathroom breaks always happens around 1 or 1:15 p.m., but I have a class at 1:30,"
Goops said. Because of this, he is often late.Daryl Doits, Goops's calculus professor, said
the extended breaks are making the student's grades suffer. "Sometimes he leaves in the middle of class and comes back fifteen minutes later. Sometimes he's up to ten minutes late. If he would just a use a Kettler restroom, his attendance would be just fine," he said.
Psycho-urologist Dr. Flo Engwater said that Goops's habit is a dangerous obsession.
"The boy needs counseling," she said. "If he can't stop visiting the dryers, he may stop being able to use the bathroom in his own home."
Engwater also said that Goops is an accident waiting to happen. "Imagine what happens if he drinks a lot of water and has to wait for one of his classes to end before going to the restroom. His bladder is already strained," Engwater said. "The five minutes it takes to walk to Walb could make it impossible to hold it in, and his bladder will leak or even burst. Not to mention it's bad for his kidneys."
"I'm not worried about it," said Goops. "I'm great at holding it in. I haven't had an accident since I was potty trained."
But Engwater sees a grim future for Goops. "It's just a matter of time before he needs a dryer for something other than his hands," she said. "I'm talking about his pants. He will wet his pants."
Jessica Geyer
John Laptonini, senior in Education, was hospitalized after
receiving a booboo on his left shoulder after tackling a door in the Walb parking garage. Witnesses said they saw Laptonini struggling to open the door on the second floor of the parking complex, but he couldn’t. After 10 minutes of pushing and kicking, Laptonini eventually tackled the door, which still remained unmoved.
Witnesses said after tackling the door, Laptonini immediately curled into the fetal position, clutching his shoulder. Those around Laptonini could soon hear what appeared to be
muffled crying, as Laptonini laid in front of the door. One witness, Clark Harpiloni, recalled that “the injury didn’t look too bad; just a tiny red mark. He was kind of a baby for somebody of his size.”
In a press release outside of Parkview, Laptonini stated that he “was feeling better. But I still can’t believe that stupid door wouldn’t open.” Laptonini was held an additional night at Parkview so doctors could monitor his recovery, and apply more kisses and smiley-face bandages as needed.
Surprisingly, this was not the first incident with the infamous door, as just last month Becky Supini stubbed her toe kicking the door in frustration.
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April 11. • Softball @ Toledo, Ohio • VS. Toledo. 3 p.m.April 11. • Baseball @ Chicago, Ill. • VS. Chicago State. 4 p.m.April 11. • Softball @ Toledo, OH. • VS. Toledo. 5 p.m.April 11. • Menʼs Tennis @ West Lafayette, Ind. • VS. Purdue. 5 p.m.April 13. •Baseball @ Rochester, Mich. • VS. Oakland. 3 p.m.April 13. • Menʼs Tennis @ Fort Wayne, Ind.• VS. IUPUI. 3 p.m.April 13. • Softball @ Fort Wayne, Ind. • VS. Southern Utah. 3 p.m.April 13. • Softball @ Fort Wayne, Ind.• VS Southern Utah. 5 p.m.April 13. • Menʼs Volleyball @ Columbus, Ohio. VS. Ohio State. 7 p.m.April 13. • Womenʼs Track and Field @ Columbus, Ohio. VS Jesse Owens Track Classic. ► @IPFW_NewsBeat
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Th at was one of the reasons Leonard, Gruss and others have decided to start an adaptive sports club on campus. Not only will it give students a chance to compete in their favorite sports, but it is, they say, a good way to bring more students to enroll in IPFW.
“It will give a reason for people who are dis-abled to get together and have fun,” said Gruss. “It’s just a good social gathering.”
Being able to associate with other people who have disabilities can mean a lot in a world that con-stantly reminds them the majority is able-bodied.
“It’s a completely diff erent world. We do things diff erently,” said Leonard. “You don’t get to see us a lot.”
Th ough IPFW is very friendly toward people with wheelchairs, said Leonard, some places in Fort Wayne simply aren’t built with him in mind. Restaurant bathrooms that claim to be handicap-accessible, for example, might not have enough room. “I’m a big guy, so a lot of the restaurants have not updated their handicap requirements to say the least,” he said. “It sucks. If I have to go to the bathroom, I have to hold it until I get home.”
With his chair, he also has to sit in the back
of classrooms and lecture halls, “and it sucks,” he said.
And although IPFW has been accommodat-ing with electric doors, elevators and even dorm rooms for people with wheelchairs and service dogs like Leonard’s dog Ginger, it does still have its fl aws. Recently, Leonard and a friend were in the basement of Neff when the elevators stopped working. With the help of IPFW’s police and fi re, he had to get out of his chair and crawl up the stairs because there was no other exit.
But one way the university can further help its students with disabilities is the adaptive sports club, tentatively called the Adaptodons. Currently, the constitution for the club has already been writ-ten, and all that is left is for IPSGA to pass it.
And so that athletes like Leonard can play with their friends, the club will be open to disabled and able-bodied a like.
“No matter what your disability is, there is a sport for you,” said Leonard. “Not only is there a sport, it’s one you can succeed in … No matter what your disability is, you can play.”
“I think once the word gets out, people are go-ing to respond,” he added.
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IPFW's Men's Tennis team started the season off on a
low note, falling to Detroit 5-2 over the weekend.
IPFW's Women's Tennis team took a 7-0 fall to No. 20 Notre Dame in
the 2012 season opener.
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Roberto Cabrini/Connor Andrews (IPFW) def. Tim Akhmedov/Grant Fleming (UMKC), 8-5Gustavo Guerin/Abdulrahman Alawadhi (UMKC) def. Daniel Kang/Joao Freitas (IPFW), 8-4Connor Edwards/Tomas Patino (UMKC) def. Andres Cobos/Junya Saruta (IPFW), 8-6
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Tomas Patino (UMKC) def. Daniel Kang (IPFW) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4Abdulrahman Alawadhi (UMKC) def. Andres Cobos (IPFW) 6-3, 6-4
Gustavo Guerin (UMKC) def. Connor Andrews (IPFW) 6-3, 6-0
Joao Freitas (IPFW) def. Cameron Schoenhofer (UMKC) 6-7 (3-7), 7-5, 7-6 (7-5)
Martin Muadi (IPFW) def. Conner Edwards (UMKC) 6-2, 7-6 (9-7)
Marcy Huck/Caterina Kiefer (IPFW) def. Maureen Stevens/Claire McNulty (UD), 8-3
Alex Forsyth/Anita Henestrosa (IPFW) def. Sami Horbarger/Victoria Marchant (UD), 8-2
Frederique Sunstrum/Raquel Vescovi (IPFW) def. Erin Filbrandt/Georgia Lammers (UD), 8-1
Anita Henestrosa (IPFW) def. Claire McNulty (UD) 6-1, 6-2
Raquel Vescovi (IPFW) def. Maureen Stevens (UD) 6-0, 6-2
Sami Horbarger (UD) def. Marcy Huck (IPFW) 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 15-13Caterina Kiefer (IPFW) def. Erin Filbrandt (UD) 6-1, 6-2
Alex Forsyth (IPFW) def. Victoria Marchant (UD) 6-0, 6-0Frederique Sunstrum (IPFW) def. Georgia Lammers (UD) 6-3, 6-0
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The Women’s Team did great on their Easter competition, taking all but one of the single matches!
Kristan Mensch
IPFW Takes Down Ball State in Volleyball
An away game is in the future for the Dons. April 13, they’ll head to Columbus, Ohio to take on Ohio State. Game starts at 7 p.m.
Next up, IPFW will play April 14 against Chicago State. It’ll be an away game, starting at 3 p.m.
Kristan Mensch
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Fifth Straight Win for Women’s TennisThe IPFW Women’s Tennis team played only one match over
the weekend, and they played it well. Going up against the Dayton Flyers in Ohio,
the Mastodons grabbed their fifth win in a row
with a 6-1 final score.Taking all the doubles matches, the Dons went
on to take five of the six singles matches as well.Over all, juniors Anita Henestrosa and Caterina
Kiefer got 6-1 and 6-2, senior Raquel Vescovi ended up with 6-0, 6-2, senior Alex Forsyth won
6-0, 6-0 and senior Frederique Sunstrum ended 6-3, 6-0.
To check out men’s and women’s tennis full scores, check the graph below.
IPFW’s Men’s Volleyball team won their third contest in a row Saturday.
Taking the overall record of 13-12, Ball State fell to 12-10 for the year.
The two teams were tied up at 3-3 early on, but
IPFW was able to double its score quickly, leaving Ball State in the dust at 6-3. They came back in the second set, however, and stole the lead 9-6 and then 14-12. The two tied up two more times in the set before IPFW finally pulled away 27-25. Basically trading points back and forth the rest
of the game, tying another couple times, IPFW pulled ahead to take the win at 3-1.
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