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For Ketevan Badridze, music has always been in her blood. At only 5 years old, she began play-ing piano by ear after hearing her mother give lessons. Since then, she has continued playing and has made it her career.

“From the beginning, I knew it would be my profession,” said Badridze, a music lecturer in the Raclin School of the Arts.

On Wednesday, March 3, Badridze performed a recital of three pieces, one a world pre-miere of a piece composed by fel-low IU South Bend lecturer Mar-jorie Rusche entitled “Eclipse”.

Rusche asked Badridze to perform the piece years ago, af-ter the composition was already completed.

“It is interesting always to play a new piece,” said Badridze, who was born in the Republic of Georgia, and has traveled the world to perform various pieces. She came to IUSB because of Alexander Toradze, the Martin Endowed professor of piano at IUSB.

Badridze was interested in his

Badridze premieres composition

work and wanted to study with him. She studied here to attain her Master’s degree in Arts for piano, and then was offered a po-sition with the university.

She works with him now and is also a member of the Toradze Piano Studio, and has recently played with both the South Bend and Elkhart Symphony Orches-tras.

Though she loves playing compositions, Badridze does not want to compose anything herself. She prefers performing pieces for an audience, even if the profession is sometimes dif-ficult.

“I am always telling my stu-dents: when you are performing music, [people] will enjoy that,” she said. “It gives us great plea-

sure. We are practicing to make people happy, to make people lis-ten. It’s a hard profession.”

Despite any difficulties Ba-dridze finds in her profession, she still finds the motivation to con-tinue with her career and perform recitals because it is who she is.

“Nobody pushes me to play the recital. It’s for myself. It’s my air. I’m just a performer.”

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Music lecturer Ketevan Badridze performed a colleague’s composition at a recital March 3.

By DANI MOLNARStaff Writer

Students living at River Crossing Apartments on cam-pus can expect to see another increase in fees for next year. There are many causes for the 3.5% increase, including utilities increase, pro forma budget and additional staffing.

According to Mike Polcari, interim director for housing and residential life, the main cause of the rise is 8% increase in utilities.

Another major factor is the pro forma budget. The plan was already set up for housing costs to increase over a course of time to help pay for the debts.

“At the beginning of the note we don’t pay as much because we’re still getting ourselves squared away,” Polcari said. “Eventually it stabilizes.”

The costs are set to stabilize in year six of the forty year plan. This year, however, the debt in-crease is 5.4%. Students will only see an increase of 3.5% for their costs.

For this year, the costs for a one bedroom were $3,930 per se-mester. They will rise to $4,068. Two bedrooms will go from $3,144 to $3,254 per semester and four bedrooms, the most pop-ular type of room, will go from $2,600 to $2,691.

Most of this rise comes from the pro forma budget; but some will be used for other things in-cluding utilities, staffing, and in-surance.

We have also had a signifi-cant increase in other budget line items, such as benefits to employ-ees, which was about 5 percent [of the total rise],” Polcari said,

“Some of these items weren’t significant by themselves, but together they amount to a sig-nificant increase so we had to in-crease to 3%.”

Student housing fees increase

see HOUSING page 7

Still time to get some spring break deals, ideasBy APRIL BUCK

Staff Writer

Spring Break is just around the corner and if you haven’t made travel plans yet you may be feeling a little stuck. Never fear, there are several last minute ideas that are both affordable and excit-ing.

If you need to get away this spring break but don’t have a lot of cash, there are still many op-tions for last-minute spring break vacations. According to Phyllis Howe, travel agent with Edger-ton Travel, resorts have really good last minute rates although

airfares are more expensive.

Howe pulled up a trip to Can-cun. With a two person room occupancy and flying out of O’Hare, Howe was able to find a trip to Cancun for only $918 per person. Howe also said that New Orleans is an easy train ride away and a fun town to spend time in. She pointed out that Florida isn’t always warm at this time of year and that for safety reasons stu-dents should steer clear of Mexi-can border towns.

Allegiant Air offers discount-ed flights from the Chicago Area to warmer climates like Las

Vegas or Phoenix. Round trips start as low as $350. Addition-ally, booking a flight plus hotel through the MGM Mirage vaca-tions website can get roundtrip airfare and a hotel for under $600 for a week in Vegas.

Other options for finding those great deals on airfare and accom-modations are travel search en-gines such as Orbitz, Traveloc-ity, Priceline, or CheapOAir. All three sites also offer last-minute

hotel packages for this spring break. Check out these web sites to find your last minute deal.

Even if you don’t have the cash to take a vacation, there are still plenty of other fun things to do during spring break that won’t break the bank. Some fun ideas include taking day trips to a mu-seum or a different city.

Chicago is an inexpensive see SPRING BREAK page 3

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QUOTEof the WEEK

Pre-Nursing MajorsMandatory Registration-Advising Meeting

Friday, March 26, 2010

Northside 113

Meeting Breakdown Time by Last Name

• A – G 1–2:30 pm

• H – P 10:30 – Noon

• Q – Z 9–10:30 am

This is your opportunity to review policies/procedures and to ask questions prior to registration! Look for your registration packet in the mail the week of March 15.

Pre-Dental Hygiene Majors Mandatory Registration-Advising Meeting

Friday, March 12, 2010

10 – noon

Northside 113

This is your op-portunity to ask questions prior to registration! Look for your registra-tion packet in the mail the week of March 8.

Few actresses are as recognizable to persons of all ages as Glenn Close. Her memorable roles continue to keep her front and center on screen and stage—

from past roles as the villainous Cruella De Vil in 101 Dalmations, the obsessed Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction, to her current role as power-driven attorney, Patty Hewes, in the FX Television legal drama hit series, Damages.

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see one of the most award-winning actresses of our time in person as she speaks about her life and remarkable acting career.

An Evening with Glenn CloseAn Evening with Glenn Close

Presented by The Department of Communication Studies, Dance, and Theatre Saint Mary’s College • Notre Dame, Indiana

Monday,March 157:30 p.m.O’Laughlin AuditoriumMoreau Centerfor the Arts

Admission:Adult $11

SMC/ND/HCCFaculty, staff,and studentsFree with ticket

To order tickets,call the Box Officeat (574) 284-4626or visit MoreauCenter.com

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By APRIL BUCKStaff Writer

Make your voice heard, get in-volved, and help find solutions to the problems facing our world to-day with IU South Bend’s chap-ter of College Republicans.

The College Republicans have been around for quite awhile. The national organization was founded in 1892 and now has more than 250,000 members on more than 1,500 cam-puses nation-wide. College Republicans work to help elect Repub-lican candi-dates, support the Republican agenda, and become the future leaders of the conservative move-ment.

“We are looking for people to get involved, because we would like to see more young people contribute to improving the econ-omy, help to find solutions for problems such as poverty, health care, and strengthening national security,” said Voy Marczynski, President of IUSB’s chapter of College Republicans, in an email interview. “Participating in the club provides students with a great opportunity to learn real life experience.”

According to Marczynski, the club needs all types of students who can contribute to its growth.

College Republicans seek to educate, inspire ideas on issues

There are still various positions to fill and all majors are welcome.

To achieve their goal of help-ing students engage in the po-litical process and become active citizens, the College Republi-cans will hold regular meetings. They plan to hold two meetings per month on either Tuesday or

Wednesday. Meetings will take place at the Student A c t i v i t i e s Center in the Club Room 206.

At this time, the group intends to help with the cam-paigns of several Re-publican can-didates. They

also plan to host events that will be open to IUSB students as well as the local community.

“By becoming involved, stu-dents can help decide which actions the U.S. should take to maintain its position as a world-wide leader that benefits not only its citizens, but also the rest of the world,” said Marczynski.

The club will host its first event on March 31 with a screen-ing of the movie Expelled in Northside room 113. The movie will start around 5:30 p.m. and everyone is welcomed.

For more information, stu-dents can contact College Repub-licans by email gop@iusb.edu or visit them on Facebook – College Republicans-IUSB Chapter.

“By becoming involved, students can help decide which actions the U.S. should take to maintain its position as a worldwide leader that benefits not only its citizens, but also the rest of the world,”

Voy Marczynski.Club President

South Shore ride away and fea-tures several attractions: The Shedd Aquarium, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, The Field Museum, Chicago History Mu-seum, Museum of Science and Industry, Dusable Museum, Clarke House Museum, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, or the Chicago Botanical gardens.

Another idea is to spend a day playing at the Splash Universe water park in nearby Shipshewa-

na. According to their website it is always a summery 84 degrees and close to home. The cost of admission is about $30. Check out their website for more in-formation, www.splashuniverse.com.

Nevertheless, if you are truly broke, that is ok too. Try visit-ing friends at other colleges with a different spring break sched-ule. Throw a party. Curl up with a book you’ve been waiting to read. Spring break is about fun, relaxation, and recharging your batteries.

Affordable spring break funSPRING BREAKcontinued from page 1

By KENDRA HORSMAN Staff Writer

The IU South Bend men’s intramural basketball team cel-ebrated a second place finish at the NCCS Regional Basketball Championship hosted by Western Michigan University.

“Going into the tournament I didn’t think we had much of a chance. All of the other teams came from much larger schools and were established club teams,” said Blair Foose, small forward. “Considering we basically threw a team together and only prac-ticed once before the tournament, coming in second is a big accom-plishment.”

Fourteen teams, mostly from the Michigan area, faced off in this regional championship. IUSB made it to the final round but came up short to Ferris State University with a 50-29 final score. The Regional champions move on to the NCCS National Basketball Championship in April at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

“It was very disappoint-ing to come so close to win-ning,” said Andrew Headings,

Intramural b-ball team places 2nd

forward.“However, I think as a team we were proud of how far we got, and how well we played. We played hard, and had a great time on and off the court.”

This was the first tournament the team has participated in. The team currently has 12 players on the roster. However, many of the players expect to graduate at the end of the spring semester.

The Titan basketball team is for varsity players.

“Intramural puts students who don’t make varsity on a competi-

tive level and allows them an op-portunity to get involved,” said Rob Simels, coordinator of Intra-mural and Club Sports.

For the future, the team hopes to recruit some new teammates and practice more.

“If the team stays together and plays a few times before the next tournament, I think we should be able to win it,” said Foose.

For more information about intramural sports contact Rob Simels at rtsimels@iusb.edu.

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IUSB’s intramural basketball team after the NCCS Regional Basketball Championship.

Submissions due March 26 with the con-ference to be held April 16 at IUSB.

By KRYSTAL VIVIANStaff Writer

Students interested in building their resume and gaining expe-rience on presenting work they have done while undergraduates may be interested in participating in the Undergraduate Research Conference.

Students are welcome to sub-mit pieces ranging from experi-ments, surveys, research papers, creative writing pieces, and art-work.

“It’s a way to allow under-graduates to gain professional experience with presenting a re-search project,” said Dr. Andrea Rusnock, assistant professor of art and an organizer for the con-ference. “Research is defined however it is defined in the field

Undergraduate Research Conferencesubmissions deadline approaching

[a student works in].”The Conference reemerged

last year at the instigation of Vice Chancellor Dr. Alfred Guillaume, and it is becoming an important part of undergraduate life at IU South Bend.

Some professors are begin-ning to integrate the Conference into their syllabi as well.

All undergraduate students are welcome to submit their work, as well as students who graduated in December 2009, providing the project they are submitting was completed during their under-graduate time at IUSB and has not been altered since graduation.

Submitting students must write a 250 word maximum ab-stract to submit, as well as have a faculty sponsor who approves of the work. It is preferred to have a sponsor who helped the student work on the piece, but if that is not possible for any reason then a faculty sponsor who is familiar with the student and his or her work is also allowed.

Presentations should be no longer than 15 minutes.

The conference will include a luncheon with keynote speaker Gordana Eljdupovich, PhD, who will discuss working with incar-cerated mothers. Eljidupovich has PhD degrees and qualifica-tions in both clinical psychology and forensic psychology.

“She takes a women-centered approach to her work,” said Dr. Catherine Borshuck, director of women’s studies, “which means she focuses on oppression and social inequality as well as on the womens’ personal circum-stances.”

The conference will be held on April 16 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the first floor of Wei-kamp Hall, but submissions are due by 5 p.m. on March 26. In-terested students can find more information and submit their proposals by going to www.iusb.edu/~ugrsch/2010confCall.shtml or emailing ugrsch@iusb.edu.

PAGE 4 NEWSQuiet Lounge open 24/7By ERIKA BLUMEStaff Writer

The Quiet Lounge, located ad-jacent to the Grille, will now be open to all registered students, student organizations, university departments, and outside orga-nizations 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The decision to keep the Lounge as well as the building open 24/7 “was made as a way to provide a location on campus that students may come to and study 24/7,” said Student Government Association Senator Joel Bazzell.

The Student Government As-sociation (SGA) along with the Chancellors Bill O’Donnell, Pat Ames, Ilene Scheffer, IU South Bend Police Chief Marty Gersey, and Facilities Management Di-rector Mike Prater, have come together to make the decision of keeping the lounge, as well as the Grille lounge itself, open.

There are currently only four computers in the lounge but the SGA is working alongside Vice Chancellor Ames to possibly get a printer and additional comput-ers in the lounge so that it has the potential to become a 24 hour computer lab.

“Also, the SGA has discussed the possibility of renovating the space to make it more like the Hammes Information Com-mons in the Schurz library,” said Bazzell. However, the renova-tion will not occur until after the Northside renovations are completed and at that time Vice Chancellor O’Donnell will de-termine if the renovation of the Quiet Lounge is feasible.

Students can enter through the east door to the Grille from the campus mall, or enter through the south door from Ruskin St.

The SGA is also working closely with the administration in communicating the students’ availability of the lounge. You can contact the SGA at 520-5572 or stop by their office in the Stu-dent Activities Center, room 202.

By JEFF TATAYStaff Writer

IU South Bend Dental Hy-giene Clinic will be providing the community with a free dental sealant clinic for kids ages 6-14.

The clinic will be held on Fri-day, March 26, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday March 27, 8 a.m. to noon and will take place in Riv-erside Hall, 1960 Northside Blvd.

“A dental sealant provides a protective barrier to the chew-ing surfaces of the molars and premolars, which are the teeth that are most often subjected to decay,” said Kathy Gipson, clini-cal lecturer in dental education at IUSB.

Gipson is the coordinator of the community practice class and will be assisting students in orga-nizing the dental sealant clinic.

“The free sealant clinic is an annual part of the Dental Hy-giene program, said Gipson. “The students get the opportunity to provide service to their local community.”

The free clinic is also an op-portunity for parents to save money, provide their kids with healthy dental hygiene, and sup-port the IUSB Dental Hygiene program.

“General dentists will charge approximately $40 per tooth,” said Gipson. “We normally charge $5 a tooth at the Dental

Free dental sealant clinic

Hygiene Clinic.”The clinic is a simple process

that is fairly quick and easy to complete, but provides many years of protection and preven-tion of decay. The small amount of time taken to complete the process out weighs the time and money that may be spent on extra visits to the dentist in the future.

“The sealant process is a pain-less procedure where a sealant is applied to permanent posterior teeth, said Dental Hygiene stu-dent Susan Schroeder. “The ap-pointment only takes about a half hour to complete.”

Dental sealants are a common procedure for the prevention of

cavities and tooth decay. Ac-cording to the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Re-search, 40.12% of kids age 9-11 in the United States received den-tal sealants from 1999-2004.

“We are trying to prevent the cavities before they start,” said Schroeder. “Preventative main-tenance is the main goal of den-tistry.”

To schedule an appointment call: (574) 520-4156. Walk-in ap-pointments will also be accepted if there are empty chairs avail-able. For more information on the IUSB Dental Hygiene Clinic, visit: www.iusb.edu/~sbdental/Dentalhygieneclinic.shtml.

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College Dems looking toward the future

By APRIL BUCKStaff Writer

The College Democrats is the official collegiate outreach arm of the Democratic Party. The group has been offering students the opportunity to get their feet wet in politics for decades.

At IU South Bend, the club works to raise awareness of dem-ocratic issues both on campus and in the community. They host events and participate in cam-paigning to further the ideals of the Democratic Party.

Even in an off election year, IUSB’s College Democrats are keeping busy. The club has been focused on issue-based cam-paigning.

“Members have been encour-aged to work on behalf of com-prehensive healthcare reform for our country,” said Caitlin Worm, president of IUSB College Dem-ocrats, in an email interview. “We have coordinated almost all issue campaign activities with local la-bor unions and with Obama for America.”

Worm also said the club will be working in local and fed-eral election campaigns over the summer and fall for democrats including Joe Donnelly for Con-gress, Ryan Dvorak for state rep-resentative, and Corey Noland for county council.

IUSB’s College Democrats are always looking for people to get involved.

“The College Democrats, more than any other organiza-tion, truly value freshmen” said Worm. “We like to train the in-dividuals from the beginning of their campus career so it will en-sure our club’s viability. We un-derstand it is hard for people to fit tough campaign work into their schedules so we offer a variety and flexibility of club activities.”

According to Worm, the club teaches valuable skills like team-building, networking, coalition building, and community or-ganizing. In addition, College Democrats fosters real-life expe-riences. For example, one mem-ber is currently working as an in-tern for Obama for America and another is interning for Senator Evan Bayh.

“Just a few weeks ago the president of the statewide federa-

see COLLEGE DEMS page 8

Senior party March 10

The Student Alumni Association will be hosting a pizza party for graduating seniors Wednesday, March 10 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in SAC 221-223. The event will also feature a last lecture from politi-cal science professor Dr. Neovi Karakatsanis. There will also be a raffle for a free class ring, a digital camera. There will also be information on commencement. To RSVP, call 520-4383 or email Julie at jukturne@iusb.edu

Both teams eliminated

Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams have been eliminated from the Chicago-land Collegiate Athletic Confer-ence tournament. The women

lost to Robert Morris University on March 2 in quarterfinal ac-tion. The men beat University of Saint Francis on Tuesday, but lost to Robert Morris University on March 4 in semifinal round action. For complete game re-caps and season information visit www.iusbtitans.com.

IUSB adds women’s volleyball

IU South Bend has announced the addition of women's varsity volleyball to their athletic pro-gram starting in 2011. The pro-gram will start as a club in the fall 2010. A search is underway for a coach the for the team. Currently, IUSB has only two varsity level athletic teams both men’s and women’s basketball. For more information on all the athletics

and sports offered at IUSB, visit www.iusbtitans.com.

Radio Club logo design

competition

The IUSB Radio Club is hav-ing a competition to design the club logo. The winning designer will be awarded $100. The logo should be professionally ap-propriate, and show an obvious indication that it is for IUSB Ra-dio. Designs should be sent to IUSBradio@gmail.com before March 12 as an attachment with the students name, university email, and student ID number. The winning design will be se-lected by the IUSB Radio Club.

CAMPUS Briefs

There will be no issue March 17 because of Spring Break. We’ll

return March 24.

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A look towards academic department goalsBy JESSIE DEHAINANT

Student Contributor

The enrollment at IU South Bend isn’t the only area of growth the school is witnessing.

Academically, departments are raising the bar with innovative classes and higher goals for stu-dents. The future of the university isn’t just about filling empty desks. Rather, it is about giving each one of those students the chance to en-counter a unique learning experi-ence.

“The goal for the department is to improve advising by guiding business majors,” said Mark Fox, a professor in the School of Business and Economics (SBE).

Currently, the school of busi-ness only advises pre-business ma-jors. Fox added that reconfiguring the advising is a stepping stone to-wards improvement.

Another improvement was the addition of a Masters of Business Administration course in sustain-ability and innovation according to Fox.

The SBE is also looking at adding courses to coincide with

the general education curriculum. “I’d like to see some management courses as part of the campus gen-eral education curriculum,” Fox said. “This would provide more opportunities for non-business stu-dents to gain a general understand-ing of some key aspects of business and of the importance of business-es as social institutions.”

At the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Dr. Deborah Marr, associate professor of ecology and evolution, and Dr. Andrew Schna-bel, the department chair and as-sociate professor of ecology and evolution, discuss the future of the biological sciences department.

“One important departmental goal for the near future is to in-crease research and internship op-portunities for biology majors,” Marr said. Course work and ex-perience are key elements for stu-dents. These two basics will always provide guidance.

Helping students figure out their strengths, as well as helping build a resume, will make students more competitive for post-graduate pro-grams and jobs, Marr said.In look-ing at what classes will be added

in the future, the biology depart-ment revises course offerings in response to different variables.

“The first is responding to changes in the field of biology, then changes in requirements for post-graduate degrees (such as phar-macy school), and lastly student demand,” Schnable said.

Within the past five years the department has added several up-per level biology electives to ac-commodate the changes and in-crease in biology.

The biology major and minor degrees are designed to prepare students for a wide variety of ca-reers within the Life Sciences.

“The Biology department is not planning to add any new ma-jors or minors in the near future,” Marr added. “This is because the department already offers courses that contribute to several interdis-ciplinary minors, such as cognitive science, environmental sciences, informatics, and sustainability.”

The health sciences at IUSB are also growing to meet the demand of students and the changing field. The College of Health Sciences will start offering a Bachelor of Sci-

ence in Medical Imaging Technol-ogy,” said Jim H. Howard, director of Radiography, Medical Imagine and Allied Health programs. “This new degree will be part of the new programs in radiography and Al-lied Health which will give the graduates of an accredited associ-ate degree programs in radiogra-phy an opportunity for additional Didactic / Clinical instruction in an advanced Imaging modality.”

The degree will also allow stu-dents to get further certification ac-cording to Howard.

“Graduates will also be able to test for a second level of certi-fication since they will already be certified in radiography. This will increase their professional status within the medical imaging profes-sion,” Howard said. “The future of the school directed towards chal-lenging students which will give them a competitive advantage in the field of medical science after graduation.”

The Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts has also seen their enrollment increase in the last year. As the enrollment increases, the school is looking toward offer-

ing more degrees and expanding programs.

One of those goals according to Alec Hosterman, area coordinator for communication arts is to de-velop a master’s degree in commu-nication. To accomplish this goal, Hosterman added that they are “go-ing to use some of the upper level courses we currently teach and then augment them with classes that make for a solid Master of Arts in Communication Studies.”

In keeping up with the growing number of students, the department is also working on hiring two new faculty members. The jobs being filled are an assistant professor of mass communication and a lecturer in communication.

The schools of IUSB are keep-ing up with today’s changing needs and wants of students from all the departments. As each area of aca-demics continues to polish their curriculums and set forth new goals, the future for students at IUSB remains promising for years to come.

By DIANA MANRIQUEZStudent Contributor

In recent years the university’s name has been greatly associated with the natatorium project that grew out as the civil rights center. South Bend’s long-abandoned natatorium symbolized the chal-lenge endured by many African Americans who were excluded and segregated for almost thirty years from the only indoor swim-ming facility in the area.

The parallel between segre-gation, right here at home, in Northern Indiana and not in some southern state became a clear dis-tinction of how easily it is to un-dermine our own ideals of free-dom and democracy.

The lasting importance of the Natatorium’s history couldn’t be lost. The Vice- Chancellor of Academic Affairs became very much involved in the fight to bring the university into partner-ship with the city. Between IUSB, the South Bend Heritage Founda-tion, and the City of South Bend,

United with the community for a better tomorrowa partnership was created to use this project as a reminder of the challenges faced right here in our community.

Dr. Lester Lamon, a retired faculty member at IUSB, has been an active supporter of this project.

“The interaction between the community and the university is extremely important,” he said. “The university has shown com-mitment to the community in a very concrete way, by not only educating leaders in our com-munity but by expanding projects that will enrich our area for gen-erations.”

He also mentioned the great response the university has got-ten from its collaboration with the community given the univer-sity’s increasing growth in the past few years.

Nonetheless, it’s important to keep in mind that IUSB’s highly prioritized vision still lies in the education of our community.

Dr. Michael Horvath, Dean of the School of Education, is one

of the lead people working on de-veloping a new technology high school in the area.

The new tech high school is a unique learning environment driven by project-based learning.

“The new tech high school project will provide a large group of students who might now have the opportunity for post-second-ary education, who are underrep-resented or who are not success-ful in the current school array an opportunity to learn in a different way,” Horvath said.

He also added that students will face real problems and will have the opportunity to find real solutions. Students will also learn to work in teams. The school will also allow students to get hands-on experience. Students may also get an opportunity to own their own computers.

While this offers those who can get into college an excellent option to gain the necessary skills to become successful in an ever changing environment, the pro-gram isn’t without its critics.

Some in the community be-lieve that this method of instruc-tion isn’t functional, and the cost is another deterrent to getting be-hind the new tech school. How-ever, the supporters of the school continue to fight for it and there is hope that the school will open in the fall 2011.

IUSB’s reputation strongly remains in their commitment and dedication to excel as the area’s most prestigious institution of higher education.

For the third consecutive year, the School of Business and Eco-nomics at IU South Bend was ranked as an outstanding busi-ness school according to The Princeton Review. And its busi-ness students rank in top 5% na-tionally, which is why many local businesses are turning to univer-sity’s expertise for input in the economic field.

Dr. Grant Black, professor in the school of business, has par-ticipated in a variety of projects that have impacted greatly our

economy on a regional and na-tional basis.

He’s represented the univer-sity having participated in over 200 interviews for the past five years, discussing various eco-nomic issues on major television networks (MSNBC), newspapers (USA Today) and radio.

“The university is very ex-posed in the media world and our campus is really the go to institu-tion for any economic issues local businesses face,” Grant said. He recently performed an environ-mental scan for the Chamber of Commerce in St. Joseph County.

“We collaborated with them by encompassing a report of the economy in the area and provid-ing them an analysis of the eco-nomic landscape,” he said.

The significance of this proj-ect meant the participation of student body as well. Whenever there is budget available, students are hired and their collaboration reflects positively within the vari-ous businesses in the community.

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Yet Polcari does not think this rise will really make the difference in whether students choose to live on or off campus. Students in 4 bedroom apart-ments will be paying less than $100 more per semester. Doing the math, Polcari reminds that this is only $10 more per month. “Our prices were already low rel-ative to the other IU campuses,” Polcari said. He also said that there are many other amenities on IU South Bend that students wouldn’t get living off campus.

“You live next to fellow stu-dents, you’ve got staff willing to

help out, you don’t have to buy a vacuum. If you’ve got packages, they don’t get left outside your door.”

According to Jeff Jones, vice chancellor of student affairs and enrollment management, there is also another staff position being added to the budget.

“We plan to make this a live-in position that will reside in hous-ing and assist with on-call cover-age, and especially to add pro-gramming and other services for residences,” Jones said.

Even with the increase, Jones believes the new facilities of-fered, coupled with the old, will benefit students greatly.

HOUSING continued from page 1

Rates low compared to other IU housing

By REBECCA GIBSONStaff Writer

Students of Professor Clayton Michaels’ class about a feminist approach to comic books got a rare treat on Monday March 1: a professor from St. Mary’s Col-lege as a guest lecturer.

Professor Terri Russ of St. Mary’s communication studies department gave a lecture titled “The Bitch Deserved It: Decon-structing Gendered Violence.”

Identifying herself as a femi-nist since early childhood, Russ studies gendered violence due to her experience of using “ur-ban self-defense,” a series of be-haviors that women use to keep themselves safe when in the city at night.

“As a city woman, you know all these techniques,” said Russ. “For example, always parking under a streetlight, even if you have to walk farther, first check-ing under your car, then in the backseat to make sure no one is hiding there waiting for you. And it’s really problematic that women feel like we have to do these things.”

Russ became interested in the issue of gendered violence due to an incident that happened when she was in law school.

“A friend showed up in tears, her boyfriend of three months had date raped her,” said Russ. “They had been out for their three month anniversary and he said that three months equaled a blow job and she said no. Instead, he took more.”

After tipping off the emer-gency room staff to the fact that the man who had raped her friend was the same man that was in the waiting room, Russ began to study how the media insinuates the thought that violence against women is okay in society.

In her presentation, Russ high-lighted how the concentric circles of violence feed each other, mov-ing from the personal violence in the home to the overall societal problem of accepted violence through a pervasive fear that per-meates male/female interactions and leads not only to violence, but to a disinclination to report acts of violence.

A further problem is a lack of sympathetic ears. When Russ

Gendered Violence and the Media

worked at a university in Virgin-ia, she became part of a commit-tee that made recommendations about sexual harassment policy and handled complaints. In the first two months of the commit-tee’s existence, it handled 11 cases, but took no action, which angered Russ.

Her presentation included lists of rape facts and myths, such as the myth that rape is motivated by sexual urges, and the fact that most rapes are committed by people whom the victim knows. Also, only 2% of reported rapes are false reports.

Russ also touched on the fact that victims of violence often question themselves asking if the violence directed against them was their fault, and how families become stuck in a cycle of vio-lence.

“Stage one is tension, where some incident no matter how small sets the abuser off,” said Russ. “Stage two is explosion, where the violence occurs, and in each cycle the type of violence escalates. Stage three is remorse, where the abuser protests that it will never happen again. Stage four is the honeymoon period where everything goes well, but tension builds, leading back to stage one.”

Connected to all this is how the media participates in “nor-malization” of violence. Russ included information from the 2000 census that shows 98% of homes have one television set, and over 70% have two or more.

Using magazine advertise-ments, Russ’ students divided the images into two categories, women with the look of death, and women as the victim of at-tack. With these images satu-rating our consciousness, the audience becomes programmed to accept these as a standard of feminine beauty.

“Media images are fragments of a cultural Zeitgeist—we’re fascinated with them and we identify with them,” said Russ.

Russ is in the process of or-ganizing a conference on beauty called the Bold Beauty Confer-ence, to be held at St. Mary’s on April 26. Interested students should send an e-mail to truss@saintmarys.edu.

By MEAGEN THOMPSONManaging Editor

Many attempts have been made at creating a visual pre-sentation of the literary nonsense that is Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Ad-ventures in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking-Glass. It has taken nearly one-and-a-half centuries and the insane-artist ge-nius of Tim Burton (Batman For-ever, Corpse Bride) to convince me it could be done satisfactorily.

Though Burton’s take on the 1865 tale has advantages in com-puter animation over previous attempts, the film still brilliantly solves the challenging dilemma of Alice: how do you make a movie based on a story with next to no plot?

Collaborating with Linda Woolverton, writer of Disney’s adaptation of Beauty and the Beast and the book for Anne Rice’s theatrical adaption of Le-stat, Burton gives his typical (though never dull) gothic luster to the places and faces of Won-derland.

Like the partnership between Lewis Carroll and the first Al-ice illustrator Sir John Tenniel, Burton’s magic wouldn’t have been as spellbinding without the talents of Johnny Depp (Edward Scissorhands). Depp’s Hatter role marks the seventh collabora-tion for the duo, of which Burton

said, “I was going for a combina-tion of Bozo and The Exorcist.”

Depp’s Hatter possesses a fragile mental stability, equalized by the donning of his hat. But unlike most adaptations in which the Hatter and fellow habitants are frustratingly confusing to Al-ice (see Disney’s 1951 version), here most of the characters are help-ful confi-dants for the young w o m a n . A l i c e , p l a y e d by newcomer Mia Wasikowska, proves after all to be the cham-pion of the film.

It is through her descent into “Underland”, as called by its in-habitants and perhaps an allusion to Carroll’s original title for the first Alice novel, that Alice finds the strength to forge her way into adulthood. She is a young woman of 19, on the verge of the life-altering decision of accept-ing, or not accepting, a marriage proposal.

Alice’s victory is shown through the events in the conten-tion of the story, a sibling rivalry between the angelically twisted White Queen (Anne Hathaway) and the light bulb-headed Red Queen (Helena Bonham-Carter)

of Underland. Herein also lies the moral lesson inclusive to all Dis-ney films.

Though this Alice is different from Carroll’s passive and help-less 10 year-old and a departure from the princess-producing Disney machine, Woolverton makes it work. By stepping up to

the chal-lenge of defending her Won-d e r l a n d f r i e n d s , A l i c e takes the position of the White

Knight, a character represented by a male presence in Carroll’s novel and in several other Alice adaptations (see Nick Willing’s 1999 Alice).

The resulting conclusion of the film harkens a somewhat feminist tone in which the only knight to save Alice from her fears is Alice herself.

Though the lead characters steal the show, performances not to be missed include Crispin Glover as the Knave of Hearts, Matt Lucas’s face and voice as Tweedledee and Tweedledum, and Michael Sheen as the voice of the White Rabbit. All talents come together to make Tim Bur-ton’s Alice the wonderland that, until now, you’ve only ever seen in your imagination.

Wonderland a story of strength

MOVIE Review

PAGE 8 The Back Page

By TERRIE PHILLIPSStaff Writer

A boy from Illinois who used to sit at the local jail now sits in an office that overlooks a small courtyard in the administration building.

Frederick Naffziger, professor of business law, started at Indiana University South Bend in 1973.

But teaching was not his ulti-mate goal.

“I was looking to try this [teaching] for a year or two,” said Naffziger, “then I intended to practice law full time.”

In high school he would sit at the local jail, as an observer, watching the police and the at-torneys. It was during this time of observing that he became in-terested in law.

“I mostly sat there [jail] and I kept my eyes open, my ears

From law books to the power of the quillopen and my mouth shut,” said Naffziger.

He was intrigued by the hier-archy of the police.

“Then what I kind of noticed as a kid was that what I thought was on the top was the attor-neys,” said Naffziger.

He then began hanging around the courthouse.

“I decided, hey this looked in-teresting to me,” said Naffziger.

Naffziger attended the Univer-sity of Illinois. In 1970 he gradu-ated with his Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree in law. He specializes in freedom of religion and corpo-rate law. He began practicing law part-time and taught at Southern Illinois University in 1970.

It was in 1973 that Naffziger decided to come teach at IUSB.

He was attracted to some of the benefits and opportunities

the IU system offered. He also thought South Bend was a nice size town and good environment to raise his family. He decided to set up roots in the community.IUSB has offered Naffziger the opportunity to go to other coun-tries.

He spent a month in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia where he taught law in an IU project for the Arabian American Oil Company (Aram-co).

Naffziger also volunteers le-gal assistance locally.

While he is not licensed to practice law in the state of Indi-ana, he can practice if it involves a federal law such as labor or im-migration law.

He volunteers to help repre-sent immigrants seeking asylum in the United States.

“They get asylum because

tion of College Democrats, Sean Dvorak, an IUSB Junior, held a fund-raiser in Muncie, Indiana,” said Worm. “The Annual Ken-nedy-Obama Dinner fund-raiser was a beautiful event attended by university students and civic leaders from all across the state.”

The proceeds of the event will fund at least two College Demo-crats to work on an important Indiana campaign in the fall, ac-cording to Worm.

To get involved or for more information students can contact the IUSB College Democrats by email at iusbdems@iusb.edu.

Email action alerts are sent regularly to members advising them of upcoming events and op-portunities.

The club is also active on the Web at iusbdems.weebly.com, Twitter- www.twitter.com/iusbdemocrats, and Face-book- http://tinyurl.com/yasfgfv.

they are going to be persecuted in their home country for a variety of reasons,” said Naffziger. “One reason is because they are on the opposite political side of the peo-ple in power.”

This past year Naffziger has provided voluntary legal assis-tance to a third generation of a family.

Law isn’t the only thing that gives Naffizer joy.

“I just found I enjoy writing,” said Naffziger.

Naffziger’s joy of writing started in high school when he started writing for the newspaper. He was also co-editor of the high school yearbook and wrote for two years on the college news-paper.

He has been published in scholarly journals such as the “American Business Law Jour-

nal” and “Labor Law Journal”. He has also co-authored several books such as “Study Guide for Business Law: Key Issues and Concepts” and “Legal Perspec-tives on American Business As-sociations”.

In July 2004 he had an ap-pearance on NBC’s Nightly News with correspondent Anne Thompson. He has also been in-terviewed on BBC.

“It’s [writing] something where I can use my skills to edu-cate people,” said Naffziger.

He also believes students get a better education at a univer-sity like IUSB than most people think.

“Students get a decent high quality education here,” said Naffziger. “I think I’ve played a small part in doing that.”

COLLEGE DEMScontinued from page 4

College Dems looking toward fall campaigns

By KRISTINE BAILEYStaff Writer

How are you getting to your spring break? Everyone can eas-ily justify taking a break, trying new things, seeing new places, and having a really good time. Getting there doesn’t have to be a case of justifying excess in terms of the planet.

Road trips and other travel can be some of the best parts of a va-cation. People met along the way and scenes flying past a train or car window weave together with destination explorations for long-lasting memories. Wherever you go and whatever you do – enjoy, relax, and refresh your mind. Be-fore heading out, here are some tips for travel to make that spring break picture green.

Perhaps Chicago is your “big” destination this year. If you take the train the 205 or so miles, the trip will generate 80 pounds of carbon dioxide. Driving a car, which emits an average of 19.56 lbs of CO2 per gallon, and taking in to factor the EPA rated aver-age mileage for automobiles is 20.3mpg, that drive to Chi-town will cost almost 200 pounds of CO2. The bus from here to there will produce 37lbs of CO2 per passenger. To fly, the 83 air miles

(based on data from The World Resources Network) will cost about a half a pound of CO2. Of course, once on the ground, a train or taxi or rental car will be needed.

For other travels, here are some tips for the best eco-travel of the semester.

The BusPros: Instead of flying, take the bus

and cut your carbon emissions by 55-75%

Less expensive than flyingCan be cheaper than drivingCons: Can take a lot longer

than flying or drivingBus stations and bus travel foodThe other passengers can pro-

vide entertainment, or rock you down to ground level with all the gritty reality that brought them to the bus.

The TrainPros:For solo travel, the train racks

up 60 percent less carbon per pas-senger mile than a car

For trips of 500 miles or less, conserve 30% less carbon than flying

Stations are often closer to cen-ter of the city than the airport.

No extra travel needed – walk to lodging, sights, or mass transit.

Cons: Can take longer than flying or

drivingNot all trains are as comfortable

as planes or cars (think South Shore seats). Know your body and what mode of travel will al-low you to stand up and set out for a spring break adventure.

A CarPros:Take more passengers and

share the fuel costsConvenience and ease of

sightseeing when and where you want

Cons:What a load of…carbon. Bet-

ter investigate purchasing some carbon offsets.

Where’s the random factor ad-venture? Oh yeah, the ride share “friends…”

Ah, truck stops…There is a good story about the “mother of all truck stops,” location conti-nental divide, New Mexico, that ya gotta hear sometime.

If all this thought about the how to get there has got you down, never fear – Michiana is here! There are probably lots of local places you have never been.

Save your ticket and gas money and spend it on local businesses and “tourist” attractions. See the carbon-centric travel guide box for links and ideas.

Carbon-centric travel guide

Get more tips and information on our website at www.iusbpreface.com.

This week’s Green Events are online

as well.

To submit a Green Event email

Kristine Bailey atkob@iusb.edu.

There will be no issue March 17 because of Spring Break. We’ll

return March 24.