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(09/11/18 12:44pm)
It was a Tuesday morning like any other. I was 5 and concerned with which Gap jeans I was going to wear that day and what sandwich the cafeteria would serve. And truthfully, I don’t remember what I ended up wearing. I don’t even remember my first day of kindergarten though it was only a week before.
But I remember that Tuesday morning as clear as day.
I couldn’t tell you what was wrong, but I knew everything just felt a little bit off. We had free time all day as the teachers tried to keep us busy and figure out how to send us all home. It wasn’t later than 11:00 a.m. when my grandparents came back to pull me out of school. I was mad, I didn’t get a cafeteria sandwich. When I got home, the three of us watched in silence as the news showed the images I could see vaguely from my bedroom window. It was the first time I was able to identify something on the news in real life, and it was horrifying.
I grew up in Westchester County, NY. A short ride to the city (depending on the traffic of course), and the closest thing to Manhattan without being Long Island. My dad still makes that drive every day and my old neighbor’s dad still bikes in and out every day that the weather is nice just like they did 17 years ago. One of my teacher’s husbands, and my father’s friends daughters? Not so lucky. That’s how close I was, even if I was 5 and more concerned with my Gap jeans.
Being at the age where I was just on the cusp of being able to remember and process things, it’s hard to believe for myself and my peers a time when we didn’t walk around with the internet in our hands. We scrambled to find my father at work, as everyone was just trying to make sure their family was safe. He didn’t even have a cell phone. He still talks about how it took hours for him to know what even happened as he spent his mornings driving a truck.
Someone mentioned a plane crash and he gave a witty comeback and went about his day until a hysterical woman ran out of her house to tell him and his co-workers to go back home. Everything was shutting down indefinitely. And I remember him walking through the front door that evening. I still didn’t know what was going on, really. But somehow it still felt like a weight was lifted.
Growing up in the biggest and most diverse city in the country, moving to Indiana at 18 was quite a culture shock, even if I was in Indianapolis. RFRA was a big debate when I first got here, and it was one of the first times I was living in a place where so much bigoted hatred won. Where more people around me were in support of something so wrong rather than not. It was the first time I was living in a red state, or even just not the most blue state in the country. I realized that outside of my home and the place I loved so much, where you still see ‘Never Forget 9/11’ stickers on the back of cars, and we still hold charity baseball games for the 22-year-old NYPD firemen we lost in the rubble, that people have forgotten.
Either that or they just don’t know.
I’ll credit my location during my upbringing for my outlook on most political issues. I sat next to DACA recipients in school. I had friends from a dozen different countries. From foster homes to the nuclear family. You’ll hear a million different, unique stories when you grow up in a place like New York. Which is what always made it seem more beautiful to me-- that despite surviving a terrorist attack, everyone around me seemed to come together at once. The aftermath always seemed like some twisted kind of beautiful because we didn’t see people at face value. For once we didn’t push people out of our way on street corners. We joined hands and knew we had one thing in common: we were survivors.
We supported the police, the firefighters, and the military. The people who didn’t sleep for days looking for someone’s daughter or husband under thousands of pounds of burning metal. And maybe that made me a little more jaded. Maybe, like so many New Yorkers, that gave me some kind of blind hope that every police officer is a good person. Maybe that’s why it’s so hard now to address police brutality.
Don’t get me wrong, I am a strong advocate for the Black Lives Matter movement, and I know there is a serious issue that must be addressed with racism in the police force. However, in the back of my mind whenever it comes to issues in New York City, I always find myself thinking ‘The NYPD? No, not the NYPD. They’re the good guys.’ But maybe that’s the same false narrative that still makes me afraid to get on a plane, almost two decades later. Maybe the experience messed us all up far worse, mentally, than we could have imagined.
I don’t know the answers to all those things but I know our experiences affect our outlook on life and 9/11 being one of the first ones I can remember in my life, I know it had a significant impact. And looking to the future, I just hope that we don’t forget where we came from and our experiences as a country because history always repeats itself if you let it.
(09/10/18 2:42pm)
Since 2013, Paw’s Pantry has been stuck in the back corner of the Campus Center, virtually unseen unless you were on your way to a parking lot most people don’t even use, waiting for a visitor. Or a volunteer. Anything.
On a mission to help food insecurity within the IUPUI community, most students go through their college career unaware they can get a little bit of help from this food pantry, right in the Campus Center.
On August 22, 2018, the IUPUI student and faculty exclusive food pantry cut the ribbon on it’s new home. Still in the Campus Center, just a floor below, Paw’s Pantry grew about 10 times in size and sits in a place where there is far more commotion and is much more likely to be seen.
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With the move, Paw’s Pantry upgraded in a few other ways as well. They have created a new limit system with color codings, making it easier for shoppers to stock up on what they need, and due to the larger space, their items are far more consolidated.
Paw’s Pantry isn’t done expanding either. On October 3, 2018, the Paws family will be expanding into a new kind of donation center at IUPUI. Paw’s Closet will operate as Paw’s Pantry does, but offer clothes for those in need ranging from things to keep you warm to business attire.
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Paw’s Pantry hours are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursdays, with student only hours from 10 to 4 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. All you need is a Crimson Card to stock up on food once a week. Paw’s Pantry is also always looking for volunteers to help run the place. They can be contacted here.
(04/01/18 2:27pm)
Students at IUPUI are no strangers to the near-constant construction taking place on campus. If you’ve attended IUPUI since 2015, then you’re pretty accustomed to both Michigan and New York Street, that run parallel through the heart of campus, being worked on throughout your tenure.
Split into three phases, construction began on New York street, turning it into a two-way road and has now set it’s focus on Michigan. It has been a major gripe of students and drivers who have to maneuver their way through traffic cones, construction workers, pedestrians, and the added touch of Indianapolis’ finest potholes just to fight for a parking spot on campus to go to class.
And if you’ve been around long enough, you may have noticed that...construction has seemed to come to a screeching halt. While New York street may be a bit more confusing to navigate for pedestrians and drivers, it was transformed without a hitch. The same can not be said for Michigan street.
“It’s obviously taken longer than we expected,” Calumet Civil Contractor representative, Brian O’Conner said. “We wanted to make this process as fast and seamless as possible to get the campus back to normal, and running smoothly with the addition of more functional two way streets.”
But after severe budget cuts to the project by the school, Calumet claims they can not continue.
“We can’t work for free,” Dominic Toretto, a construction worker familiar with the project said. “If the money doesn’t go to the company, they don’t give it to us, and we don’t work. It’s that simple.”
This isn’t new to IUPUI either. Budget cuts and unfinished projects can be found all over the campus from the Natatorium renovations and parking lots, to buildings.
“It seems like they start things with such great ideas and then never end up finishing...Kinda like some guys I know,” Tej Parker, an IUPUI junior, said.
Because of these changes made to the project, Calumet said they have agreed to begin renovations turning the already-two way New York street back to one way, and begin demolishing the islands already in place for the two-way Michigan street. O’Conner claimed it would be to avoid harmful situations.
Upon creating the idea for two-way streets, IUPUI claimed it would benefit the campus as far as traffic flow goes, as well as pedestrian and biker safety.
Construction is expected to be finished on April Fool’s Day 2019.
(03/30/18 4:58pm)
Heading into their second conference series of the season, the IUPUI Jags softball season is well underway. After splitting a double header with Youngstown State on March 24, IUPUI took the series with the final game the following day.
Now, they head into a three game series versus Wright State in Ohio today, March 30 which will play all weekend on ESPN3.
Beginning her inaugural season at IUPUI, head coach Elisabeth Bierne brings a new insight to the team looking to win it’s second conference championship in a row and second in the school’s history.
Bierne is one of the more notable additions to the organization as she comes with a winning record in her coaching lifetime and has coached multiple pitchers to conference records and awards as recent as last year, leading a University of Illinois at Chicago pitcher to the Horizon League Pitcher of the Year.
Another bright star and newcomer on the team this year is sophomore, Megan Overton, who has already nabbed two Horizon League Pitcher of the Week honors and took two wins in the series against Youngstown.
As a freshman at Boston College, Overton only saw two pitching appearances and recorded a 4.67 ERA, but has turned her luck around so far this year in the Horizon League and threw the first complete game shutout IUPUI has had since 2016.
In addition to Overton, transfer student Haley Ginger is coming off a two year ride at Parkland J.C. where she was named All-Region, All-Conference, and was an All-America selection along with being a finalist for Female Athlete of the Year.
These awards didn’t come without reason though, as Ginger batted a team high of .484, had a .512 on base percentage, and had 65 runs scored in 2017. During her freshman year at Parkland, she still played strong, ending the season with an equally as impressive .437 batting average.
The team this year is relatively young, starting only two seniors and the bulk of their team coming from a sophomore class with eight players.
Of the three newcomers in the freshman class, Maddie Keeley is certainly making the most waves having played in 19 games so far and posting a batting average of .273 so far.
Finally, IUPUI sophomore, Amanda Melzoni is another new face on the team having played her freshman year at St. Joseph’s College where he earned a team high of seven home runs and batted .352 on the season.
Despite going on a seven game losing streak prior to the Youngstown series, with a new head coach, young talent, and some absolute snipers in the field, the Jags should hold their heads high heading into conference play and aim to celebrate back to back championships (fingers crossed).
You can find out more about the IUPUI softball season here.
(02/02/18 5:48pm)
On Jan. 29, 2018, the Cleveland Indians baseball team announced that beginning in the 2019 season, the controversial ‘Chief Wahoo’ logo would no longer be worn on the field by the players. They did, however, say the logo would still be sold on team apparel. While that isn’t the ideal situation for those wishing to push the logo completely out of baseball, it is a step in the right direction for the cause.
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred made a statement earlier this week regarding the change. "Major League Baseball is committed to building a culture of diversity and inclusion throughout the ga
me. Over the past year, we encouraged dialogue with the Indians organization about the club’s use of the Chief Wahoo logo. During our constructive conversations, [Clevland Indians CEO] Paul Dolan made clear that there are fans who have a longstanding attachment to the logo and its place in the hist
ory of the team. Nonetheless, the club ultimately agreed with my position that the logo is no longer appropriate for on-field use in Major League Baseball.”
Many Native Americans and those who push for racial equality are happy at the news of the change but Cleveland natives who have grown accustomed to the logo are sad to see it go. With Indianapolis sharing Midwest space with Cleveland, IUPUI students weighed in on the change via Twitter this past week.
Of 210 votes in a poll posted Feb. 1, 39% thought this was a good move, while 24% claimed they hated it. The remaining 37% simply didn’t care but other students weighed in their opinions.
“It was bound to happen. Glad it’s being brought to national attention rather than only Universities getting in hot water for their mascots, such as the Florida State Seminole,” said Morgan Campbell, who brings up a good point that there are still a handful of professional and collegiate sports teams dawning names representing Native American culture.
It has been up for debate among many if the logo and name are offensive or if they in fact celebrate the culture, but over the years it has become apparent that it offends more than anything else.
“It’s hard for me to put myself in the Native Americans’ shoes just because I cannot relate, however, if some team or school’s mascot was a basic white girl, I’d be a lil offended too,” Erica Hurt, a IUPUI student tweeted. Hurt brings up a good point that many have already tried to make.
ESPN anchor, Bomani Jones most notably wore a T-shirt on air with a mock-Indians logo called ‘Caucasians’ with a version of Chief Wahoo, drawn as a white man. He came under fire for a while for pointing out the double standard that exists when it comes to racial equality in sports logos and team names.
This has definitely been a hot button issue for decades leading up to the retirement, but not many know the history behind Chief Wahoo and why the logo may be offensive. The “little Indian” logo originated in 1947, replacing a simple blue block ‘C’ logo. It was created by Walter Goldbach, who at the time was 17 years old, and didn’t see the potential issue with the logo. He simply thought it represented “joy and enthusiasm.”
It was minimally changed again in 1951, and since then has picked up the name Chief Wahoo, though no one seems to know why. And since then the logo has sparked interest among activists and tribe members alike, all claiming that Chief Wahoo makes a mockery of Native American culture and that Native Americans are the only ones subjected to this kind of treatment. “We are repulsed as a society by black or Asian caricatures or stereotypes, but Native people are not regarded the same,” wrote Jacqueline Keeler, someone who is both a Cleveland native and a Native American, in 2014.
(09/10/17 9:55pm)
“Beyond Measure” director and producer Vicki Abeles joined a few teachers featured in the film at the Heartland Film Festival this week, and answered questions from an audience of mostly fellow educators. Read our review below.
By Leighann Strollo 10/25/15
Any student would tell you that they don’t enjoy taking tests in school, but they’re forced to deal with it because it is such an ingrained part of the school system. Students don’t feel like it’s something that can ever be changed. But what if it can?
“Beyond Measure” is a follow up to 2010’s “Race to Nowhere.” The 2010 film introduces problems within the American public school system. The biggest question at the end of “Race to Nowhere” was: what’s next? “Beyond Measure” knew exactly how to answer it.
The movie followed specific students, and teachers at a collection of schools across the country. It executes understanding that it can be difficult to be a student, and a teacher when the traditional forms of teaching clearly just don’t work.
“You can’t put 20, 30 kids in a room and expect them all to learn the same material at the same pace, with the same structure. Everybody has their own learning style. Everybody has their own pace,” Matt Whalan, one of many students followed in this film said as the opening credits rolled on the screen.
The movie showed similar situations play out across the country as decisions were made that would alter the education system, and ultimately the lives of the students. Whether it be a high school in Seattle that boycotted a mandatory standardized test, or one in Massachusetts that created an independent project that allowed students to learn what they wanted, and how they wanted. It became clearer that the gears were turning to create a better learning system.
While the message was very moving and something to be passionate about as a student in America today, “Beyond Measure” became a bit repetitive, saying essentially the same thing for the entire 90 minute movie.
In one scene two high school girls argue about collaborating, and one exclaims that she doesn’t care if people do the work for her. This shows some of the struggle with the new project based learning their school tried to implement. It begs the question of can it ever be perfect?
“I think we’re in a really pivotal moment...I have a lot of hope for what I’m seeing across the country,” Abeles said after the screening. “There is growing resistance for high stakes testing both on the part of the parents and educators. That said I think there is a lot of important work to be done in our schools, and I don’t think we should wait for the policymakers to change things before we start making changes.”
This is acknowledged in the movie often, a common theme being ‘start from the bottom up, not the other way around’ when it comes to changing policies in these schools.
“Education has become all about filling in a bubble, rather than unlocking human potential,” Abeles and Travis Hamby, Trigg County superintendent discussed this after the film in detail.
“What we’re hearing from colleges and employers is that our kids are far more disengaged, and unhealthy than in past generations,” Abeles continued, suggesting that something needs to be done.
“We have to find people that are willing to [make a stand] that [the scores] are the end all be all for these kids because we know it’s not,” Hamby continued to explain.
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An audience member ended the Q&A with a comment about how she had witnessed efforts to fix the education system for decades, but there was still an overwhelming amount of changes to be made. It seemed fitting as the entire theater felt a sense of hope, despite the work that still needed to be done.
(09/10/17 9:51pm)
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful and RUN(317) collaborated to create a fun, and friendly environment to raise money and awareness about the environment.
By Leighann Strollo 10/23/15
The air was warm, with a slight breeze blowing through downtown Indianapolis. Despite the cold that come in the evenings this fall, October 22 held the heat for the final run in the RUN(317) series this year. Fountain Square filled with those eager to get a workout, to grab a few beers at the finish line, or to help a good local cause.
RUN(317) partnered with Keep Indianapolis Beautiful this October to raise money and awareness about maintaining the city as a clean, and beautiful space. They were also happy to join together with the community and celebrate the city.
“Our mission is to help people, and [to help] nature thrive. Whether that’s planting trees, or picking up litter,” Ashlee Fujawa, a representative from Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, said.
KIB offers the opportunity to not only be introduced to their organization, but the ability to volunteer to work with them in the future.
This year is the second year that RUN(317) took place, and has grown since the first race last year.
“Last year we had just over a thousand participants, and already we’ve had 1,500 sign up and we anticipate another three to five,” Fujawa said.
Running 3.17 miles in honor of the Indianapolis area code in the Fountain Square area, participants who are 21 and older received two pints of beer at the end of the race, and other merchandise tagged with RUN(317). There were registration fees, but most participants were happy to know that part of that money goes to Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, or any of the other three sponsors this year.
“Whenever anyone signs up to participate in one of these runs they’re actually helping fund a green space or a tree planting project in their city,” Fujawa said.
Each of the three races in the series has a different focus, and venue. They are unique to each other, and allow for a wide range of charities to be benefited.
The first, on June 18, in Broad Ripple celebrated that area and School on Wheels, a charity geared at helping teach elementary school students who are affected by homelessness.
The second, on September 3, celebrated Mass Ave and the Humane Society of Indianapolis which is an organization that helps and rescues animals in need.
The series ended October 22 with KIB appropriately beginning and ending right in front of it, in the heart of Fountain Square.
“You get some nice beverages...there’s food trucks, there’s music. It’s just a great time to [hang out] with people, and it’s really beautiful at that time,” Fujawa added. She said it was a good warm up for anyone who took running seriously, and wanted to participate in bigger events later in the year. It’s fun, but can also be taken seriously.
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There are a lot of reasons why Indianapolis residents participate in RUN(317), but no matter what they are it is a great event to bring the city together, and celebrate making it even better.
If you want any more information about any of these charities, you can find them here.
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful | Humane Society of Indianapolis | School on Wheels
(09/10/17 9:47pm)
With a new flat rate tuition being implemented in the 2016-2017 school year, IUPUI students taking less than 15 credits a semester will end up paying for nothing.
By Leighann Strollo 1/29/16
If there is one thing that almost all college students have in common, it’s that they are poor. If they don’t have to pay for something, they’d rather not, so when colleges implement a rule that would allow for students to pay for more credit hours than they are actually taking, it’s going to evoke a negative reaction.
On Nov. 19, 2015 IUPUI students received an email from the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor stating that,“IUPUI will offer banded (flat rate) tuition for all undergraduates starting with the 2016–2017 academic year.”
It went on to explain that banded tuition is a flat rate tuition at the rate of 15 credit hours that every undergraduate student with credit hours ranging from 12 to 18 will pay. They even created a ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ page and directed students to it through the email.
The overall tone of the announcement is very positive, claiming that the new rule will benefit more students than not. However, if a student is taking less than 15 credit hours, it is not benefitting them at all. It has quite the opposite effect actually.
“@IUPUI fulfilling the purpose of putting students in debt. Yay banded tuition! #IU” tweeted Pedro Lara, a student at IUPUI.
According to Indiana University Chancellor Terry Allison, it is designed to “encourage students to take 15 credits a semester and reward those who take more than 15 credits with tuition saving.” The new program does have a positive effect on students if they take 16-18 credits in a semester, they will be saving money.
But what about those who can’t take 15 or more credit hours? “We hope that students will view this as an opportunity to take courses for personal enrichment or to couple their major with minors or certificate – or to complete for-credit internships. Ultimately staying enrolled in 15 credits per semester ensures that students complete their degrees in four years, as well as reduces opportunity costs associated with taking longer to graduate (i.e., students enter the workforce sooner, incurring less debt),” Dr. Kathy Johnson, Interim Executive Vice Chancellor said. But this still doesn’t address the concerns of students who feel taking 15 credits hours is too much to handle.
In the original email, it is mentioned that IU already uses banded tuition, instead of a per credit rate and things seem to work smoothly, but transferring it to IUPUI might not. IUPUI is known as a bigger commuter school than any of the other major colleges in Indiana. For most students, they have families, jobs, and long commutes. This cuts into time that can be devoted solely to school. All these factors contributes to why students may not be able to take 15 credits or more, regardless of the cost.
“I don’t get it because my advisor planned out my schedule for until I graduate, and she made it so I have four semesters with twelve or thirteen credits. I’m just lost,” an IUPUI student said at an open mic event about student debt.
Another student expressed anger that she had internships set up for certain semesters, so she was taking less credits. “It’s like a win-lose. Bittersweet.” For some it is not as simple as taking 15 or more credits a semester.
“All departments and programs were required to develop degree maps that included at least 15 credits per semester during the first, second and third years,” Dr. Johnson replied.
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Paying for college can be a huge hassle to students and with make devastating sacrifices to get a degree. The IU schools switching to banded tuition is a huge blow to students who take less than 15 credits in a semester and can’t afford to hand over any more money than what they already pay.
For a lot of students this will mean they have to completely rearrange their semester outlines in order to make the most of the banded tuition program.
At a school like IUPUI where certain degrees aren’t offered anywhere else in the world, it is isolating to students who can’t turn anywhere else for their degree. Also, out-of-state students pay almost triple per credit hour what in-state students do.
According to the Office of Bursar, 15 credits for in state students is $3,196.50.For out of state students it is $14,280.40 at a rate of $952 per credit. With the new banded tuition policy, an out of state student taking 12 credit hours would be paying $2,850 more than they would at a per credit rate.
The banded tuition will not begin until fall of 2016.
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Q: Is there any way to opt out of banded tuition if a student is consistently taking less than 15 credit hours (still 12 or above though)?
A: We are in the process of developing a business process to support the transition to banded tuition during the 2016-17 academic year only. It is likely that students with demonstrated unmet financial need (who have a current FASFA on file) who complete the academic unit application to graduation form process, who are eligible to graduate in December 2016 or May 2017, and who need more than 11 but fewer than 15 credits to graduate may receive a grant that will cover the difference between the cost of banded tuition rate and the per credit hour rate for the number of credits that the student will take to complete degree requirements. This grant application will be made available in the Spring 2016 semester for Fall 2016.
Q: In the original email sent to students, it was said that 'seven in 10 students at Indiana public institutions that charge banded tuition take 15 credit hours in a semester compared to two in 10 at institutions that charge by the credit hour.' When was this study given, and which public institutions were polled?
A: This is a finding published in a report completed by the Commission for Higher Education, entitled Indiana Education Insight: A la carte or buffet style tuition (September 15, 2014) – see CHE Agenda – p. 36. Following this report, the finding has been referenced in the CHE publication entitled, Reforming Student Financial Aid to Increase College Completion
(09/10/17 9:43pm)
Netflix successfully revives classic characters from Full House and adds onto the Tanner family with new faces.
By Leighann Strollo 3/4/16
As someone who has seen every episode of Full House approximately three times each and had a San Francisco Victorian home-shaped box set on DVD, I had very high hopes for the reboot.
It did not disappoint.
Fuller House takes place 29 years after Full House and opens just the same as the original show did all those years ago. DJ Fuller, a new widow who isn’t very hip with the times, struggles to keep her family stable as she raises three boys. Her sister Stephanie, who is the new-age embodiment of Uncle Jesse, cuts off her world tour as a DJ to come home and help out. Along with Stephanie comes Kimmy Gibbler, who used to be just the annoying neighbor but has proven to be quite the lovable Uncle Joey of the group now.
They did a great job at pulling the three women into the adult characters we knew and loved, while still adding unique character traits that keep the show fresh. And they did it all without the help of Full House’s original sweethearts, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, who characters take a few jabs at throughout the show.
For anyone who has seen Full House, they know that it was a very lighthearted, family friendly comedy that always had a happy ending. In other words, it was extremely cheesy. The first episode of Fuller House stays true to that. Bringing back all the old characters, and their famous catch phrases, the first episode doesn’t have much of a plot. It’s simply letting you know where everyone is at all these years later.
Admittedly, I found myself rolling my eyes quite a bit, but once you get passed the pilot, it gets a lot better. The older generation of Full House all leave to embark on their real lives post-Tanner house, leaving the new Fuller/Gibbler family to take over, and the real fun starts.
Being on Netflix and not ABC, they had a little bit more freedom to make the show more adult-oriented and they took advantage of it. I would still consider it a show suitable for children, but there’s definitely a few more mentions of tequila and sex than I ever remember being in Full House. Considering that most of the people who were patiently awaiting this show are now adults, it was very fitting and I appreciated it.
One of the biggest differences between the shows is the children. It’s easy to compare the three main adults in the show to those of the original, but the children of Fuller House come with brand new characteristics.
Tommy, like Michelle Tanner was in the original, is played by two infant twins and isn’t much more than a set prop yet. Jackson, the oldest, seems to be more rebellious than any of the Tanner girls were growing up, and a lot of his storyline revolves around his crush on a girl he goes to school with.
Someone I predict becoming a huge star is the middle child. Max Fuller, played by 8-year-old Elias Harger, is DJ’s second child and takes after his grandfather very much. Always seen wearing a collared shirt, cleaning, and can’t lie to save his life, Max was easily my favorite character of the first season. With a catch phrase of his own (Holy Chalupas!), he was charismatic and seemed to always steal the scene. I truly believe he will be the ‘Michelle Tanner’ of Fuller House.
Another big difference between the two shows is the addition of Ramona Gibbler. In Full House, part of the joke was that is was three grown men were trying to raise three young girls. Fuller House had a similar dynamic just flipped with three women and three boys. Now with Kimmy Gibbler’s daughter and occasionally her father tagging along, the show has a completely different dynamic.
The only concern I had about going into the show was whether or not being previously invested in DJ, Stephanie, and Kimmy would take away from the focus put on the children. The show did a wonderful job at evenly distributing the main plot points between the children and adults, jumping from rekindling with high school sweethearts to a Mexican wrestling match all in one episode.
Despite being a cheesy, kid-friendly show, Fuller House still tugs at the heart strings and tackles some important and serious topics such as being a child of divorce, death in the family, and infertility issues.
If the nostalgic feelings and quality of content aren’t enough, Fuller House even throws in a few celebrity guest stars in its first season like Hunter Pence, Macy Gray, and Maskin and Valentin Chmerkovisky to ensure that watching it is worthwhile. It took me less than 24 hours to finish the entire first season, and I might even go back for round two!
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(09/10/17 9:37pm)
Bryce Harper says “baseball is tired” and other MLB players agree with him. Are they right?
By Leighann Strollo 4/22/16
There are tons of unwritten rules to the game of baseball. You don’t talk about a no-hitter when in progress. If a pitcher hits a teammate, hit one of theirs. But is not celebrating a long home run or throwing a strike to end the inning one of those rules?
It seems that lately, the older generation of baseball fans have a problem with baseball players getting loose and actually enjoying a game that could last anywhere from three to five hours, day in and day out. With a mentality like that, there’s only going to be this older generation left of baseball fans.
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According to ESPN, the average age of a baseball consumer is 53. That’s six years older than the next major sport of football, and the gaps only get bigger from there. With the strict unwritten rules imposed on the game, it wouldn’t shock me if that age gap only grows in the coming years.
Players like Washington’s Bryce Harper have no problem pointing out exactly what’s wrong with the game right now, and I couldn’t be happier about it. Prior to the 2016 season, Harper told ESPN, “Baseball’s tired. It’s a tired sport because you can’t express yourself.”
This isn’t coming from a baseball hater, or god forbid, a lacrosse player. This is coming from someone who loves the game. Someone who was an overall first round pick in 2010, the youngest player to ever be selected for the All-Star game, and the 2015 NL league MVP. He has no reason to dislike the sport that has given him so much.
So why is he saying it? Because it’s true.
It’s not a coincidence that football has replaced baseball as the number one sport in America. It’s a sport that allows for players to have their own, unique celebration dances after a touchdown. It’s also not a coincidence that the youngest average age of a fan of a sport in this country belongs to hockey, the sport that coined the term “celly.”
Why is it that when you throw the perfect strike, or hit a home run (two things that are arguably the hardest things to do in sports) you’re not allowed to pump your fist or flip a bat in excitement? What’s the harm? Bryce Harper doesn’t think there is one and a lot of the younger generation agrees with him.
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After the National’s Opening Day game, Harper could be found in the locker room sporting a hat that read “Make Baseball Fun Again,” starting the 2016 season in full swing with his efforts to change the game.
Players like Toronto’s Jose Bautista are also under scrutiny for celebrating home runs by flipping their bat. Something so small seems to affect older fans of the game so much as they feel it is a disrespect to baseball to not be quiet and courteous when succeeding.
With new rules pertaining to base-running and instant replay sparking controversy over the last few years, there’s certainly room for a positive change in baseball.
But some players like Rays prospect Brent Honeywell don’t agree with Harper.
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When told that Harper’s message was directed toward players like him, he responded, “If I wasn't having fun I wouldn't play it.” But he’s missing the point. Harper isn’t talking about the players. Anyone who has played baseball knows the feeling of playing baseball. Being on the field, the pop in the glove, the 3-2 pitch. It’s addicting.
Harper is talking about the fans. The die hards who will sit through a 14 inning game that’s had two hits and no score just because they love it. The eight year olds who put their glove up after every pitch, just praying they’ll catch the next A-Rod home run ball. Don’t they deserve a little excitement in their lives? When they get excited after a home run, don’t they deserve to share that with the players they love?
I get it. I grew up learning about a love for the game from generations older than myself. It’s a lot more than just a sport to a lot of people. It’s an extension of lifestyle and it’s hard to break people of old habits, but if a few more bat flips and fist pumps are what it takes to breathe new life into an old game, then what’s the problem?
Since when has doing something just because that’s how it’s always been done, been a good thing?
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T-Pain and Slater Hogan made us all feel a little nostalgic Saturday night as they played the music we grew up with.
By Leighann Strollo 10/25/16
To start off homecoming week at IUPUI, T-Pain was able to gather nearly 2,000 students in the Natatorium “Jungle” Saturday night to play every hip-hop song that any college student would stop and say, “Oh yeah, I remember this one from middle school.”
The show began promptly at 7 p.m. as promised with an opening act of Slater Hogan, an Indianapolis native who describes himself as a house music DJ. The usual fear of not knowing any music by the opening act at a show was erased when instead of playing originals, Slater Hogan gave the crowd an endless stream of Top 40 Hits, ranging anywhere in time from N'SYNC to The Chainsmokers.
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Playing until 7:50, Hogan showed no signs of stopping until he absolutely had to and did a great job of hyping up the crowd for the main act.
In the ten minutes it took to get the stage resituated for T-Pain, a question everyone was asking was:
“Is he going to sound good without all that auto-tune?” He proved most people wrong when he slowed things down for a few brief moments to showcase his raw vocal ability as well as his freestyling skills in the middle of his set. It was good enough to wonder why he doesn’t incorporate that in his music more often.
Notorious for being the guy featured on viral hip-hop songs with obvious assistance from auto-tune, T-Pain broke up his big solo hits like “Bartender,” “Buy You A Drank,” and “I’m ‘n Luv (Wit A Stripper),” with short verses from songs by other artists that he had a hand in like “Kiss Kiss,” by Chris Brown and “Low,” by Flo Rida.
The crowd couldn’t stop jumping, and singing along with the high-energy music coming from the stage. About halfway through the show, however, T-Pain paused the craziness, asking if it was alright if he played something new.
“Hold on, I have to bring it up on my phone. I’m not supposed to be showing it,” he told everyone. The name still a mystery, the song followed suit with everything else he has put out before: catchy, fun, and well-produced.
The highlight of the hour and fifteen minute long set was when “Up Down (To This Day)” began playing, followed by a sample of “All I Do Is Win,” as both of those songs gave direction to the crowd on how to participate, keeping them engaged.
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The SAPB, who puts on a concert annually at IUPUI hit the jackpot this year. T-Pain was the most entertaining, talented act here in years. The only disappointing moment may have been when the reality set in that T-Pain was not going to play any part of “I’m On A Boat.”
T-Pain released a new single “Come Around” on Sept. 6, 2016 and plans to release his fifth studio album “Stoicville: The Phoenix,” but no release date has been made.
For more information on what is going on during Homecoming week at IUPUI, click here.
(09/10/17 9:32pm)
Editor-in-Chief Leighann Strollo shares her opinion on the World Series and makes her final prediction for the winner.
By Leighann Strollo 10/25/16
On Oct. 25, the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs will begin their battle for the World Series title. The two teams with the longest World Series drought in baseball will see just who really wants it more.
Throughout the 2016 season, I’ve come to put my faith in the Cubs. Getting better and better each season over the past few years, my early prediction was for the lovable losers to finally win the National League title. However, every time I brought it up to anyone around me who are used to the Chicago team’s past antics, they would tell me I shouldn’t hold my breath. They would find a way to screw it up. Steve Bartman will come out of hiding. A goat will break Anthony Rizzo’s legs. I’ve heard it all.
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The Chicago Cubs haven’t won a World Series since 1908, and haven’t so much as seen a World Series game since 1945. To put it in perspective, there are 71-year-olds who have never seen the Cubs in the World Series. It was a running joke, all the way back in 1989 when “Back to the Future 2” came out, and they joked about the Cubs winning a 2015 World Series for the first time in ages. Even that didn’t happen. America’s joke is Chicago’s tragedy.
The Indians don’t have a much better track record when it comes to championships than the Cubs, their only two titles won in 1920 and 1948. To make matters worse, the team didn’t get hot again until the ‘90s. Winning their first pennant since 1954 in 1995, the Indians spent the next six years coming so close but always falling short of the World Series.
Both teams have much to prove, but it’s no secret that all eyes are on the Cubs.
Ending the season 103-58, the Chicago Cubs led the league in wins having eight more than Texas and Washington who both went 95-67 on the season. With an impressive record like that, it was easy to predict that the Cubs could finally have their year. That was until the 94-67 Indians swept the Red Sox and gave up only one game to the Blue Jays in the postseason. Needless to say, they’re on fire. With a momentum like that, Cleveland could be the Cubbies’ downfall.
Still, the Cubs are favored over Cleveland. An ESPN poll has 61 percent of voters choosing Chicago to win it all. With the American League winning home field advantage this year, the Indians will host the first two and, if necessary, last two games of the series, giving Kluber a slight leg up as he opens the series against a much more experienced, Jon Lester for the Cubs.
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And if Cleveland needs another slight leg up, Terry Francona, their manager has won two World Series championships for the Boston Red Sox, the first coming in 2004 to finally break their World Series curse that kept them without a title for 86 years.
It’s shaping up to be a pretty evenly matched fight between two teams who just want to relieve some of the pressure that comes with decades worth of a World Series drought. With the way Cleveland has looked so far in the postseason, I think they might have just what they need to stop a dominant Cubs team. But not without a fight.
Final Prediction: Cleveland over Chicago in 7 games.
(09/10/17 9:27pm)
IUPUI is just one of many universities around the country misinforming students about where exactly their money goes when the bursar office takes it.
By Leighann Strollo 1/27/17
It is no question that the rising cost of attending a university has affected the modern day college student. Some take less classes, get a part time job, or take out student loans to ensure they get a college education all without realizing that the reasoning behind the inflated costs may not be as cut and dry as they appear.
According to Indiana University’s audited financial statements from the past year, the average out of pocket cost of tuition increased by about 85 percent from 2006 to 2016. Over this same ten year period state appropriations increased from $528 million in 2006 to $545 million in 2016. And federal PELL funding increased from $44 million in 2006 to $105 million in 2015.
Tyler Richardson, a former financial department employee at Ball State, and advocate for informing students about student loan debt and university financial advising, is worried about loan debt.
“I believe there is an enormous disconnect between those who make the decisions at public universities and the students who are stuck paying for those decisions,” Richardson said. “As the student loan epidemic gets worse every year, I think it's more important now than ever before to get accurate information to students.”
“Universities frequently try to push the idea that college is so much more expensive now that it was ten years ago because of a cut in funding, even though it is totally inconsistent with the numbers,” he said.
Students have seen this firsthand this year as IUPUI introduced banded tuition, and branded it as something that would benefit all students and save them money.
IUPUI banded tuition rates for undergraduate students are set that any student taking between 12 and 18 credit hours will pay a flat rate equivalent to 15 credit hours. The bursar websites advertises that “banded tuition is designed to help undergraduate students graduate in four years and minimize education-related debt.”
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The website also goes on to explain that banded tuition “is already in place at a number of institutions statewide, including IU-Bloomington, Purdue-West Lafayette, Ball State, and Indiana State University.”
However, the rate of IUPUI undergraduate students who are commuters, returning students, getting core classes out of the way before transferring, or are balancing their school with a job as well is a lot higher than most other universities. Because of this, it may be a lot harder for students to take the 16-18 credit hours per semester they would need to, to reap the benefits of banded tuition.
In addition to the “general fees” IUPUI already requires students pay, banded tuition may just be one more way they can say they are helping students but are really finding a new way to take more money.
“Administrators push this idea for PR reasons because they do not want the public to know the real reason it costs so much more now,” Richardson said. “Which is because administrative pay has more than doubled, the cost of buildings have more than doubled, and payments to business that contract with the universities have nearly doubled.”
Without having much say in the matter, or a way to decline banded tuition, students at IUPUI may be left in the dark about exactly where their money is going.
“I have no idea what you mean when you say banded tuition,” Brianna Bradley, an IUPUI student, tweeted back to a question about banded tuition, despite starting two whole semesters with the new tuition rule implemented.
Many students like Bradley don’t know that banded tuition exists, or what it means. If they do, they aren’t in favor of it. To voice your concern or learn more about the new tuition plan, contact Chancellor Nasser Paydar.
(09/10/17 9:14pm)
After an incredible year of baseball that finally put the Cubs World Series curse to rest, the MLB has set out to make some major changes in the way the game is played.
By Leighann Strollo 2/10/17
Baseball fans have heard for years now, that changes to the strike zone and intentional walk rules were changing in the off-season. As of Monday, Feb. 6, ESPN reported that Major League Baseball made an official proposal to the player’s union to change a few rules. This would affect the intentional walk rule, making it so pitchers wouldn’t have to throw four pitches if they wanted to intentionally walk a batter and to raise the strike zone.
Since 1996, the strike zone has been defined as the area from the bottom of the kneecap to a horizontal line across the chest of the batter. This change would raise the bottom of the strike zone to the top of the kneecaps instead. MLB claims that this will result in more balls hit into play, but it could also have a dangerous affect on the way pitchers train their low pitches.
It comes as no surprise with all the efforts made by current commissioner, Rob Manfred, to speed up the average game time and try to engage a younger audience by making the game go by faster.
A key element of the game could be lost by adhering to high school baseball rules of the intentional walk though. An old baseball proverb states that if you stick around long enough, you’ll see something you’ve never seen before. And it’s true.
Most of the time, pitches in an intentional walk are tossed far outside the strike zone, and the batter makes no attempt at them as they are clearly balls. However, occasionally something doesn’t go quite right, like a wild pitch or the pitcher letting the ball fly a little too close to the strike zone and the batter could still end up with a hit, or in some cases, scoring a run. By eliminating the four pitches, those games could have had vastly different outcomes.
The game of baseball is criticized a lot for being a slow, and boring game mainly watched by an older generation of sports fans. However, if 2016 proved anything, it’s that baseball is still alive and well among younger people. Cammie French, an IUPUI student and diehard Cubs fan, proves that to be true.
“My grandpa has been a Cubs fan his entire life so growing up that's all I knew. We go to a game every year since I can remember so he says it's in my blood.” she said, at 21 years old, never having witnessed the Cubs make it to a World Series until 2016. “I’m even getting my first tattoo dedicated to them soon.”
Game 7 of the World Series between the Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians, the two teams with the longest World Series droughts, brought in 40 million viewers to their extra innings, rubber match. That’s the highest viewership has been for a baseball game in 25 years.
So my question to Rob Manfred would be, do we really need to speed up the game?
The interest in baseball isn’t lost in the few extra minutes it takes to throw four balls, or the time it takes to review a play when a challenge is made. The decline in interest in baseball stems from America’s distrust of baseball players during the steroid era, and the rise in popularity of the NFL. We’ve come to terms with the fact that baseball isn’t the most prominent sport in America anymore, but there are still dedicated fans and players who wouldn’t at all benefit from a change in the game. If anything the MLB is only risking losing fans from this decision, and with Spring Training games set to begin Feb. 22, they better make it quick.
(09/10/17 9:10pm)
Duo, a new system on the IUPUI campus, launched adding a little extra time to everyone’s Canvas login process and here’s how students are feeling.
By Leighann Strollo 2/17/17
Throughout January, the login screen for Canvas showed a countdown with how many days you had left to sign up for DUO, a new two-step login system. The ‘X days left’ almost felt intimidating for many students, along with a warning that if you didn’t sign up for DUO you could be facing hardships when clocking in.
On Feb. 2, 2017 the system was launched, and from then on required anyone who worked through the university to not only enter their four word passphrase as usual, but also receive a push notification, phone call, or five number pass code to get into Canvas.
“Starting this month, Two-Step Login with Duo is required for all IU faculty, staff, student employees, and affiliates. Be sure to carry your primary device with you—and have a backup in place, too,” UITS addressed students in an email the day before DUO was set to launch. According to them, the goal is to protect the personal information of those who work through the university.
The system has been met with mixed feelings from around campus, many students feeling like the four word passphrase, that is to be changed every two years, is enough to keep their information protected.
“I understand its purpose and I know it's important to protect our private information online, but DUO seems excessive. We already have to type in a mile long pass phrase,” Regina Keller, an IUPUI student, said.
“I understand it's nice to tighten security but is the 4 word passcode not enough,” Kristin Scriven, an IUPUI student, said.
DUO essentially requires students and faculty to have two ‘smart’ devices present when logging into their account to protect their identity and information.
“I gave a presentation in class a couple days ago. I got to the front only to realize I needed my phone to even pull up my presentation,” Keller said.
However, the system doesn’t always operate as smoothly as one would like, and a pending question remains: what if someone doesn’t have a smartphone?
According to Chris Lamb, an IUPUI journalism professor who doesn’t have a smartphone, he has to carry around a token which generates a new passcode for him every time he wants to sign in.
“DUO is dumb. I get a call every time I try to log into my email account. #studentemployeeprobs,” Scriven added on Twitter.
For now, DUO is only required for those employed through the university, meaning the average student could still ignore the system. Because of this, some students haven’t been bothered by it.
“I don’t mind it,” Bianca Suarez, an IUPUI junior, said along with Jason Inglert who added “I haven’t even noticed.”
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It is still unknown whether or not all students will have to make the switch at some point, or if it will remain in place only for employees. In the meantime, students have taken to social media with their serious concerns, as well as humor surrounding the topic.
“Unfortunately, I don't see duo going away anytime soon. It'll probably just be another thing we all hate but learn to live with,” Keller said.
(09/10/17 9:04pm)
The annual sorority driven talent show will take place April 26, so ZTA wants you to Think Pink.
By Leihann Strollo Date: 4/17/17
Every year Zeta Tau Alpha sororities all over the country host their biggest philanthropic event of the year. For IUPUI, it happens in the spring. Big Man On Campus (BMOC), is an annual talent show where a representative from each fraternity on campus competes for the big title. The talents range anywhere from singing and dancing to putting on skits or doing magic, but almost always show the crowd a good time.
For months leading up to the event, the competitors and the women of Zeta Tau Alpha raise as much money as they can for their official philanthropy of Breast Cancer Education and Awareness, revealing the amount at the end of the show.
The Lambda Epsilon Chapter at IUPUI is hosting their fifth annual BMOC on April 26 in the Campus Center, without a monetary goal to raise other than as much as they possibly can, according to Kassidy Edwards, BMOC director.
Most of the money raised will go directly to the Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation which has three Think Pink partnerships. The remainder is decided after the event when the total amount of money is known.
Zeta Tau Alpha and the participating fraternities spend most of the year organizing, practicing, and most importantly raising money for the event through T-shirt sales on campus, ‘Dine to Donate’ events where a local restaurant will split their profits for a night with ZTA, and gathering local sponsorships.
The event doesn’t just raise money and awareness for a good cause, but also gives students the opportunity to gain experience in event management.
“As a TCEM major this event has really provided me with real life experience for my future,” Edwards said. “If it was not for the experience of planning this event I am not sure if I would have the two internships I have lined up for this summer.”
BMOC gives students the opportunity to pay tribute to those in their lives who have been affected by breast cancer, as well.
Meet our first #IUPUIBMOC Bachelor, Delta Sigma Phi's, Andrew Thomas. Age: 21 Height: 6'4 Major: Philanthropic Studies Coached by: @eguarneri31 Words from his coach: "Andrew's claim to fame is being the dad of the group and never disappoints with the ladies. This 6'4 aspiring model deserves the final rose because of his passion for philanthropy. Make your sweetheart proud! #DeltaSigOrDie" | #iupuizeta #ztathinkpink
“My grandma who is one of my best friends has been a survivor for nine years,” Edwards said. “My stepmom's mom was recently just diagnosed with breast cancer as well and is currently going through radiation.”
According to the statistics, one in every eight women develop breast cancer at some point in their life. Because of this, most people are or know someone affected by breast cancer including Edwards and BMOC contestant, Andrew Thomas.
“Like most people I have close family and friends who have been diagnosis with breast cancer. But I also did this for one of my fraternity brother’s aunt who is fighting breast cancer now,” he said. Thomas is a member of Delta Sigma Phi who have won three out of the last four BMOC contests.
“Since the first event BMOC has always been our main focus,” he said. “Delta Sigma Phi loves to support ZTA and Breast Cancer Awareness and I plan on bringing back the title to my chapter.”
Big Man On Campus will be held in Campus Center room 450 at 7 p.m. on April 26, with a $12 entry fee or $9 if you buy ahead of time.
(09/10/17 8:57pm)
With OneStart retiring, and IU schools making the full switch to One.IU, many students are left with a sense of confusion, and annoyance.
By Leighann Strollo 10/23/15
On Wednesday, October 21, the online student center OneStart was officially retired from all Indiana University campuses, IUPUI included. Replacing it is a much more updated and cleaner looking program called One.IU.
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One.IU was created in 2013 and has been used by most incoming students since then. However many students who were originally introduced to OneStart in previous years are having a hard time changing their ways. With the official retirement this fall, students who were comfortable with OneStart will now be forced to make the switch. Between 2013 and 2015, OneStart was still available for use, but if you try to log in now, it redirects you straight to One.IU.
Both systems give students just about the same amount of access and information. The biggest difference comes in how they are presented. The OneStart homepage had a student’s class schedule, their bursar status, and links to everything one would typically use on a daily basis. However, it is easy to tell that it was first created over 10 years ago, looking slightly outdated.
“One of the underlying themes that we heard consistently was that it was just too hard to find things in OneStart,” Eric Westfall, manager of the Enterprise Systems Integration (ESI) team within UITS said.
The first thing to notice that is different with One.IU is that it has a big search bar at the top of the page, with multiple filters to use to find exactly what you need. A bit more typing and clicking may be required for One.IU, but if a student were to access the same program very often, One.IU has the capability of recognizing that and moves it to the top of the list. Overall, this aids students by not having to search repeatedly for those links.
Despite the change and whether or not it is a good or bad thing, the biggest question among the student body is why the change is occurring. While things are changing rapidly on their campus, even if it is online, students want to stay in the know.
“Once we launched the beta of One.IU we commissioned an outreach team consisting of students on each of IU's campuses to gather feedback and show students about how to use One.IU effectively,” Westfall said.
Another big change on IU campuses similar to this one is the switch from Oncourse to Canvas as a student resource center.
No matter who or what kind of student you are, it is a guarantee that you will have to use Oncourse or Canvas at some point. Most professors grade, post homework assignments, and send messages through either of these programs and a grade could be severely damaged by the ignorance of them.
While finding humor in it, most students have showed some signs of annoyance with these big changes and mainly why they are taking so much time. Depending on what professors students will have in a semester, they may end up with a few classes on Oncourse, and a few on Canvas which makes it a bit more time consuming, and tedious to get work done when it’s scattered across two programs.
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There is an array of feelings about the programs. Some students are eager for the switch to be complete so they can stick to One.IU and Canvas permanently. Others are trying to hold onto Oncourse for as long as they can before it joins OneStart in the IU graveyard.
“The web—and how we use it—has changed dramatically through the years. Perhaps the biggest change has been the pervasiveness of smartphones and mobile devices in daily life and on college campuses. IU web developers monitored those changes and worked to bring a new, user-friendly experience to IU,” the UITS website claims as one of the main reasons why IU decided to create a new program and make the switch.
It also goes on to describe One.IU as “an app-store like experience,” and has an instructional video on how to use One.IU, and make the most of it.
As for Canvas, many students like that it has a cleaner layout like One.IU. The main reason why some students wish all their professors switched to Canvas is the grading system. With a layout of all the assignments in a semester, students can enter “what-if” grades to calculate exactly how well they have to perform on each assignment in order to get the grade they desire. It’s something Oncourse simply did not have.
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Westfall explained that they wanted to keep both OneStart and One.IU running for a while in order to make One.IU as best as it could possibly be before making the full switch.
“This allowed us to give early adopters an opportunity to use One.IU right away and get immediate benefits from it, while those who weren't quite ready wouldn't have their academic or work life impacted by it. This also allowed us to gather a lot of feedback and ideas that we used to make continual improvements,” he said.
While students are caught in a rocky, transition period, the future is looking bright for those who just wish the entire campus would stick to one program. With OneStart closed now, and Oncourse due to be completely gone by Fall 2016, IU campuses will have a fresh face of their online systems soon.
RIP Onestart. I miss you already. @IUPUIKidPrblms
— ashley (@simplephysics) October 21, 2015
(09/10/17 8:28pm)
By Lynzi Stringer
The aromas of sweet churros and savory elotes – corn on the cob topped with mayonnaise and lime, dance through the hot, humid mid-September air. Nearby children scream, hitting a piñata with all their might, hoping to find candy and prizes showering down onto their heads. Meanwhile, the DJ at one of the two large stages holds a dance contest, calling the best dancers on stage to show what they’ve got! The other stage holds live music with beautiful, traditional dancing from different regions of Latin America, such as salsa and samba.
La Plaza’s Fiesta Indianapolis brings a little bit of everything to the table.
Starting in 1980, Fiesta Indianapolis, located in Indy’s La Plaza, has worked to bring people together to celebrate the diverse Latino Culture in Indiana.
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According to the La Plaza website, over 15,000 Hoosiers join in on the annual festivities every third Saturday of September. This coincides with the anniversary of Mexico’s Independence Day. La Plaza’s mission and vision are to strengthen Central Indiana by advocating and preparing Latino students for educational success, and to reach their full potential.
Amongst the countless food trucks, and mercado-style tables filled with traditional clothing, jewelry and musical instruments, there were many tables for community service projects, and nonprofit organizations.
One organization at Fiesta Indianapolis is called Jonah’s Labyrinth.
Jonah’s Labyrinth is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing information, recourses, and aides, like support groups, for children and their families affected by autism in the Hispanic community. The founder of Jonah’s Labyrinth, Monica Pena-Perez, found out her son Jonah had autism when he was a toddler. Being a nonnative English speaker from Mexico, Pena-Perez quickly realized the struggles she must be prepared to face in order to get her son all the help she could.
The personal struggles that Pena-Perez faced are what touched her and inspired her to start Jonah’s Labyrinth.
Jonah’s Labyrinth’s table was just one of the many booths around the festival, visited by thousands.
The love of culture, food, and other community members are just some of the things that make the Latino culture so unique.
As the sun began setting on the festivities, the music winded down on both stages, and the tables and stands started putting away their unsold goods. The faint aromas lingered in the air as strangers passing by waved goodbye to each other. Another successful year at Fiesta Indianapolis!
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Two weeks ago, The Campus Citizen published a story, “IUPUI Student Government’s Poor Record Keeping May Violate Constitution,” explaining that financial records from IUPUI’s student government, which should be available to the public, are not available. Only incomplete records turn up, and in some cases none show up at all. This is a violation of the Undergraduate Student Government and Graduate Professional Student Government constitutions, which state that records must be maintained. The Campus Citizen asked students how they feel about this.
Last week, The Campus Citizen published a review of a “Jagversation” hosted by the Dean of Students, Jason Spratt, during which he offered a response to the aforementioned article.
“We change so often, you know Den and Oncourse [are] perfect example[s]...The Den has the ability to be a great thing, but it’s just been implemented in January and all [of] the sudden they want five years of records and they’re all over the place,” he said.
As the advisor for both the USG and GPSG, Spratt should be concerned with the state of the record keeping among his organizations and offer good reason as to why certain records cannot be found. While he doesn’t seem to think it is a big deal, many students disagree.
“It’s sneaky. It’s an abuse of power and action should be taken,” Ryan Goins, IUPUI sophomore, said.
IUPUI student Steve Eberhard, who has previously engaged in conversation about this issue, commented on Facebook. (below)
“First of all, that’s clue number one that something’s wrong...if they don’t have any records,” sophomore Alycia Newell said. “I’m already worried about Trump taking over. Now I’ve gotta worry about Greco too?”
IUPUI students commented on Facebook about the article. (below)
The Campus Citizen has encouraged the GPSG to respond to all the articles published over the course of the last month. The only response to the lack of records, other than a decline to comment, came from Spratt during his “Jagversation.”
“There’s nothing that says you must maintain, you know, this record for eternity for a student organization. Most of our organizations are volunteer positions; they’re not getting paid stipends. They’re not getting paid, you know, scholarships.”
But none of this is true in the case of the GPSG. In fact it is quite the opposite.
“I feel confused. Maybe they’re trying to confuse me more [so that] I don’t understand what’s going on. Now I’m mad. This requires some action,” Newell added, upon learning this information.
Generally, the reaction from students has been one of confusion, anger, or a combination of the two. Most just want to fully understand what is going on in their government, and how it affects them. The Undergraduate Student Government meetings are held on Tuesdays from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. The Graduate and Professional Student Government meeting schedule is listed here.