Titan Athletics to expand in coming seasons National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics mandates six or more teams by 2015-16 By: MATT ZAKROWSKI Staff Writer 2 011 was a landmark year for Titan Athletics, because adding woman’s volleyball to the varsity level has expanded varsity sports for the first time in 18 years. As it turns out though, that that was only the beginning. In April, the NAIA pushed forward a rule stating that, be- ginning in the 2015-16 season, institutions that want to compete in the post-season will have to sponsor six varsity sports. As it stands, the IU South Bend offers three teams at this level, but Dr. Jeff Jones, the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management stated that plans to expand the program have been underway since before this ruling. “We didn’t have a plan, so much as a vision. We said we will ex- pand varsity sports at IUSB,” said Dr. Jones. Gary Demski, Head of the Task Force Committee stated, “As far as the expansion plan, I know that when I took this position with Dr. Jones, he had visions of expanding out the athletic offer- ings.” Despite the NAIA’s ruling, Demski has emphasized the no- tion of quality over quantity. “If we’re going to offer it, we want to be really, really good at it,” Demski stated. “And I don’t think we’re in the business for adding 25 sports. I’ve seen too many schools across the board that will hang their hat on ‘well, we offer 18 to 20 sports’. Well, if you’re pretty bad at 16 of them— you know what I’m saying?” Demski knows that there will be quite a few obstacles, includ- ing the school’s facilities. “Space is another thing we have to take into consideration,” Dem- ski states. “Right now we’re run- ning tight on locker room space. Our woman’s volleyball team now has the family locker room and the visiting teams for basket- ball used to be in there, so now we lost that space, we have to find new locker rooms for visiting teams when they come up here.” One solution to that issue could be the use of off-campus facilities, ranging from local golf courses to fields in the South Bend School Corporation, and even the Cov- eleski Stadium. e new committee is holding its next meeting on September 7 th , where the potential for ex- panding the program in multiple sports will be examined. COURTESY OF JOHN BATLINER IU South Bend is looking into expanding their varsity athletic offerings in coming years Students on IU South Bend’s campus get involved with nano science program By: JOSEPH GRAF Web Editor O ver the past summer, three students from the Purdue School of Technology at IU South Bend interned for a program at Notre Dame studying nano sciences. The program was so impressed with their work over the summer that they were re-hired to intern again this fall. The professor who encouraged these students to get involved was Karl Perusich, an associate professor of technology at the Purdue School of Technol- ogy. “Nano science is basically, es- pecially in terms of electronics but also in a lot of other areas of engineering, the study and ap- plication of how to make things smaller,” said Perusich. “In elec- tronics, the whole goal of the in- dustry is to make things as small as possible and as fast as possible at the same time.” The study of nano science has many applications to the elec- tronic and industrial industries, both of which are running into problems with developing new technology. “One of the prob- lems that we are running into is heat; we aren’t able to make things much smaller than they already are without them over- heating. We’re also reaching a limit in terms of the scale of these things,” said Perusich. As part of a research program, Notre Dame University has hired student in- terns to help study and develop solutions for these problems. “Notre Dame’s nano technolo- gy efforts are to see what the next step in nano science is, or really, what technology we can develop to replace the nano technology we have now,” said Perusich. The nano science industry is running into a wall with the current ca- pabilities of the technology they have, instead of improving exist- ing nano technology. More and more research is being done into new forms of nano technology that can replace the current tech- nology, in order to make even more powerful and fast electron- ics while at the same time scaling down their size. The research project is a joint effort by Notre Dame with many Purdue professors involved from various Purdue campuses throughout Indiana and Michi- gan. Millions of dollars have been invested into the project from both the state and the uni- versities, in hopes that a new breakthrough may be discovered. Though the students study at the IUSB campus, they are ac- tually Purdue students who use IUSB services to fulfill their de- gree requirements. They receive a Purdue degree upon graduation, but most of their general classes such as math, English and other general studies are taken in IUSB classrooms with other IUSB stu- dents. The classes directly related to their major usually are held in the Purdue Technology Building on the south side of campus. Perusich was reluctant to re- lease the names of the students involved since he was unsure what the policy was about violat- ing privacy, but the fact that these students who study on our cam- pus may be involved in the next big breakthrough in technology is enough to make the IUSB cam- pus proud. 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Titan Athletics to expand in coming seasonsNational Association of Intercollegiate Athletics mandates six or more teams by 2015-16By: MATT ZAKROWSKIStaff Writer
2011 was a landmark year for Titan Athletics, because adding woman’s volleyball
to the varsity level has expanded varsity sports for the first time in 18 years. As it turns out though, that that was only the beginning. In April, the NAIA pushed forward a rule stating that, be-ginning in the 2015-16 season, institutions that want to compete in the post-season will have to sponsor six varsity sports. As it stands, the IU South Bend offers three teams at this level, but Dr. Jeff Jones, the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management stated that plans to expand the program have been underway since before this ruling. “We didn’t have a plan, so much as a vision. We said we will ex-pand varsity sports at IUSB,” said Dr. Jones. Gary Demski, Head of the Task Force Committee stated, “As far as the expansion plan, I know that when I took this position with Dr. Jones, he had visions of expanding out the athletic offer-ings.” Despite the NAIA’s ruling,
Demski has emphasized the no-tion of quality over quantity. “If we’re going to offer it, we want to be really, really good at it,” Demski stated. “And I don’t think we’re in the business for adding 25 sports. I’ve seen too many schools across the board that will hang their hat on ‘well, we offer 18 to 20 sports’. Well, if
you’re pretty bad at 16 of them—you know what I’m saying?” Demski knows that there will be quite a few obstacles, includ-ing the school’s facilities. “Space is another thing we have to take into consideration,” Dem-ski states. “Right now we’re run-ning tight on locker room space. Our woman’s volleyball team
now has the family locker room and the visiting teams for basket-ball used to be in there, so now we lost that space, we have to find new locker rooms for visiting teams when they come up here.” One solution to that issue could be the use of off-campus facilities, ranging from local golf courses to fields in the South Bend School
Corporation, and even the Cov-eleski Stadium. The new committee is holding its next meeting on September 7th, where the potential for ex-panding the program in multiple sports will be examined.
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IU South Bend is looking into expanding their varsity athletic offerings in coming years
Students on IU South Bend’s campus get involved with nano science programBy: JOSEPH GRAFWeb Editor
Over the past summer, three students from the Purdue School of
Technology at IU South Bend interned for a program at Notre Dame studying nano sciences. The program was so impressed with their work over the summer that they were re-hired to intern again this fall. The professor who encouraged these students to get involved was Karl Perusich, an associate professor of technology at the Purdue School of Technol-ogy. “Nano science is basically, es-pecially in terms of electronics but also in a lot of other areas of
engineering, the study and ap-plication of how to make things smaller,” said Perusich. “In elec-tronics, the whole goal of the in-dustry is to make things as small as possible and as fast as possible at the same time.” The study of nano science has many applications to the elec-tronic and industrial industries, both of which are running into problems with developing new technology. “One of the prob-lems that we are running into is heat; we aren’t able to make things much smaller than they already are without them over-heating. We’re also reaching a limit in terms of the scale of these things,” said Perusich. As part of
a research program, Notre Dame University has hired student in-terns to help study and develop solutions for these problems. “Notre Dame’s nano technolo-gy efforts are to see what the next step in nano science is, or really, what technology we can develop to replace the nano technology we have now,” said Perusich. The nano science industry is running into a wall with the current ca-pabilities of the technology they have, instead of improving exist-ing nano technology. More and more research is being done into new forms of nano technology that can replace the current tech-nology, in order to make even more powerful and fast electron-
ics while at the same time scaling down their size. The research project is a joint effort by Notre Dame with many Purdue professors involved from various Purdue campuses throughout Indiana and Michi-gan. Millions of dollars have been invested into the project from both the state and the uni-versities, in hopes that a new breakthrough may be discovered. Though the students study at the IUSB campus, they are ac-tually Purdue students who use IUSB services to fulfill their de-gree requirements. They receive a Purdue degree upon graduation, but most of their general classes such as math, English and other
general studies are taken in IUSB classrooms with other IUSB stu-dents. The classes directly related to their major usually are held in the Purdue Technology Building on the south side of campus. Perusich was reluctant to re-lease the names of the students involved since he was unsure what the policy was about violat-ing privacy, but the fact that these students who study on our cam-pus may be involved in the next big breakthrough in technology is enough to make the IUSB cam-pus proud.
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IUSB professor and students take part in archaeological digBy: KRYSTAL VIVIANManaging Editor
Sometimes learning about history takes more than reading textbooks. Some-
times, learning about history takes diving head first into an archaeo-logical dig to uncover artifacts. That’s exactly what IU South Bend sociology and anthropology Pro-fessor Jay VanderVeen and anthro-pology major Jamie Clemons did, in conjunction with staff from the Ruthmere Foundation and local volunteers. From August 16-21, VanderVeen led a pilot excavation at the Dr. Havilah Beardsley House in Elkhart. “The intent of this investiga-tion was to determine the date of construction of an addition to the building, the domestic and sub-sistence behaviors of the residents and whether future subsurface excavations will provide impor-tant historical data concerning the early development of the broader area,” said VanderVeen. During the excavation, the group had found old nails, brick, hard-ware supplies, medicine bottles, cooking ware and more. These findings will be analyzed by IUSB students, complete with a report to send to the Ruthmere Founda-tion and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. After being analyzed, some pieces will also be on display at the Beardsley house.
VanderVeen believes that future digs at the Beardsley house could lead to more findings. Dr. Havilah Beardsley is a cru-cial piece of the history of Elkhart. Born in Connecticut yet raised in Ohio, Beardsley came across the bank of the St. Joseph River after hearing of its beauty. He and his wife settled in a small village and built a mill on the river. After buying land from Potawa-tomi Chief Pierre Moran, Beard-
sley began to build more mills. These mills attracted people to move to the area, and so Elkhart grew to become a city. This isn’t the first archaeological dig that IUSB faculty and students have been involved in. Earlier in the summer, Dr. Josh Wells led IUSB and Notre Dame students participating in the archeological field school to a dig site near Kouts, Indiana. Students spent time dig-ging for artifacts for the first part
of the class and spend the second part of the class analyzing them. In summer of 2009, VanderVeen led the archaeological field school at a site in downtown South Bend. VanderVeen has also taken IUSB students to the Dominican Repub-lic for archaeological research. “This was our first community outreach project,” VanderVeen said. “Hopefully there will be many more.”
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Participants in the archaeological dig dug up artifacts such as nails, hardware equipment, and cooking ware
By: MANDI STEFFEYColumnist
Odds are if you’ve been on campus for any amount of time, you’ve noticed
that there are a few on-campus restaurants. This, obviously, is not a secret. However, many students on campus are unaware as to what these restaurants are even called or are serving. Luckily, this is a big year for dining on campus. With new menu items and even a brand new campus Grille, there are many things to check out for both veter-ans of eating on-campus and nov-ices. The Grille, which used to be lo-cated in the Administration Build-ing, is currently under renovation. Although this did put a hindrance on the facilities, the Grille is oper-
ating under a tent outside the Ad-ministration Building as of now. Just like always, the Grille is serv-ing things like hamburgers, hot dogs, grab-n-go meals, snacks and cold salads. The newest feature of the Grille will be a stir-fry station which will include a different cul-ture each day. With daily specials, most students on campus find the Grille an affordable and worth-it option for lunch or a snack during their school day. The Grille’s hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday through Thursday. The other, newer restaurant on campus, the Courtside Café, is lo-cated upstairs in the Student Activ-ities Center (SAC). The Café offers foods similar to the Grille, but with
What’s good to eat around IU South Bend
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IUSB’s Courtside Cafe
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Tired? Have a lot of down-time between classes? The IUSB nap club may be the
club you’re looking for. Located in the Fitness Room downstairs in the SAC, the nap club offers a cool, quiet room equipped with air mattresses for students to rest during breaks. The first day of napping starts Tuesday, September 3rd and will be held every Tuesday and Wednes-day from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Those looking to nap need only to bring their student ID, check in at the front desk then head to the Fitness Room. A member of the club will be monitoring the room, directing students to the mattresses as well as keeping an eye on everyone’s bags. They can even wake you up when needed. As of now the club has 40 to 50 members signed up and every-one’s excited to see what the turn out will be. Club President, or “Head Napper,” Cynthia Sterling stated that “some people will want to come and take naps, others will want to volunteer with helping supervise, which is great.” Mem-bers will also have regular meet-ings to talk about better sleeping and napping habits. Does nap-ping really help students? Cyn-thia stated, “Yes, yes, very much so. It’s very beneficial, especially for college students who pull all-nighters. It’s good to get naps in.” Nap club is on the search for
more members to nap as well as participate. “Last year and the year before, there were only a few who wanted to help out. This year we’re trying to find more people to volunteer and keep it going.” stated Cynthia when talking about this year’s goals. The club itself has been at IUSB for 5 years now. T-shirts are also on the way for
the club, costing a mere 5 dollars, they’re one of the more popular club shirts on campus featuring the slogan, “Would you like to sleep with me?” If interested in joining or find-ing out more about the club, you can find them on Facebook by searching IUSB Nap Club or con-tact Club President, Cynthia Ster-ling at [email protected].
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By: MATT ZAKROWSKIStaff Writer
The IU South Bend Titans squared off against the Moody Bible Institute
Archers Saturday, September 3rd in the Student Activity Cen-ter. While the Titans swept the match, the last two sets came down to the wire, only to see the Titans pull out victories. The Archers were over matched in the first set. With the score at 11-7, the Titans went on a 14-3 run to win the first set 25-10. The second set was much more competitive. Moody pulled out to an 11-6 lead early in the set, but an Allie Sailor kill turned the momentum and established a
back and forth precedent for the remainder of the set. An Archer kill tied the score again at 24-24 late in the set, but IU South Bend rallied and scored the next two points to take a 2-0 lead in the match. The third set was extremely closely contested for its entirety. The largest lead in the set was just three points. The set was tied 22-22 when three straight Moody Bible Institute miscues led to a 25-22 victory for the Titans, giv-ing them the match in three sets. The Titans next match is against Roosevelt University on Tuesday, September 6th at 7:00 p.m. in the Student Activity Center.
South Bend shoots down Archers in 3 straight sets
COURTESY OF: JONATHAN RUSSELL-#9, Andrea Clevenger, returning the ball to the Archers
The Preface 4Wednesday, September 7, 2011
The return of the NFL and the start of college footballBy: JOSEPH GRAFWeb Editor
Every fall, a nationwide phenomenon sweeps America. Millions of brats
are cooked, millions of gallons of beer are consumed and millions of fans brave the cold weather to tailgate and cheer for their favor-ite teams. The air is crisp with the changing season and filled with the aroma of barbeques. All across the country, wings, pizza and pop are bought in bulk, but seldom is one judged as being gluttonous for indulging in all the food and alcohol that is consumed dur-ing these celebratory, enthusias-tic and even dramatic weekends. Grown men may even dress up in face and body paint and become overly passionate, joyful or angry, and be found yelling at the top of their lungs at a television set. All this occurs for the glory of a vic-tory in a game which many play-ers and fans refer to as a “war.” For some, this is the season of crazy, annoying morons who care too much about a silly game. But for many, it is known simply as foot-ball season. With the lockout of the NFL and fear of not having profes-sional football still fresh in many fan’s minds, many feel lucky and even blessed that the wait for cur-rent and relevant football is over. The long and tiresome off season has come to a close and every week holds new battles for the sports lovers of America to ob-sess over. By far the United States’ most popular spectator sport, the television ratings and crazed fans continue to climb in number for what many consider to be the greatest game in the world. In America, the NFL’s Super Bowl typically has more viewers than any other single program for the entire year. Marty Davenport, a student at IU South Bend, is among those who are relieved that the new season is upon us. “Football is America’s true sport,” said Dav-enport. “I’ve been missing it since February.” In northern Indiana, there has always seemed to be a large con-centration of Bears fans and Colts fans, with Packers, Lions and other various fans scattered in the mix. The best part about the diver-sity in Michiana’s NFL preference is that most fans get to see teams with different styles and mentali-
ties each week on Sundays, when Fox and CBS broadcast daytime games before NBC broadcasts the nation-wide Sunday Night Foot-ball. “I like seeing the different styles of football, from rough and tumble to the finesse of a well-run offense,” said Davenport. “The Chicago Bears are like the first style, while the Indianapolis Colts are the second.” Matt Zakrowski, an IUSB stu-dent and sports writer for the IUSB Preface, is also among the football fans that are happy to see the pigskin again. “I’m definitely excited. I’m glad that the lock-out ended and that I’ll have my Sundays to watch football pretty much all day.” When asked about football on Saturdays as well, Zakrowski pointed out his bias. “I’m indiffer-ent towards college football, but I love the NFL.” Zakrowski’s opin-ion is not an uncommon one, while ironically there are also many who swear by college foot-ball and dislike the pros because of the money and the hype. In a town like South Bend, it is hard to escape the culture of college football. This is because the local Division I school, Notre Dame, may have the most famous and storied college football program in history. For some, this is an an-nual event that family and friends look forward to. For others, it’s a season of overcrowded roads and restaurants filled with often obnoxious and often intoxicated out-of-towners. Despite your stance on the game, anyone who lives in the Michiana area is most likely aware of how crazy people can get over football. With a season in place, there are many anticipated match-ups that many fans are looking for-ward too, mostly based off the rivalries of recent or even histori-cal years. Davenport lists a few of his favorites. “Purdue vs. Notre Dame, Notre Dame vs. Michi-gan, Nebraska vs. Michigan State, Purdue’s bowl game (if they get to one), Colts vs. Saints, Colts vs. Patriots and both Bears vs. Pack-ers games. Probably the one I’m looking toward most is the Colts vs. Pats,” said Davenport. The Colts and Patriots have met at least once a year every year since 1970, except for in 2002. Though they have not been in the same division since 2002 when the NFL realigned their divisions, they have managed to play each other
every year since 2002 in what has been titled as the “Rivalry of the Decade” by the NFL. This is most-ly because of the constant success of both teams, which between the clubs have managed to reach the Super Bowl six times out of the last nine years, winning four of them (the Patriots have won three, the Colts have won one). Having the NFL Network’s top two rated players at quarterback, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning respectively, has made the non-division rivalry that much more intense for the sake of credibility and bragging rights. But to most, the number one match up happens only once a year, as the very last game of the season. The beloved Super Bowl, in itself an American phenom-enon, brings such a large part of the population together that many people who do not watch another football game all year still make it a point to set time aside for Super Bowl Sunday. Zakrows-ki’s prediction of who will meet in the big game seems to be in line with a very popular consensus among football fans. “I guess you have to keep in mind that with injuries and everything you don’t know what’s going to end up hap-pening, but I’d like Philadelphia and New England to make it, es-pecially with their off-season ac-quisitions,” said Zakrowski. Phil-adelphia brings back the versatile Michael Vick at quarterback plus recently signed Vince Young as the backup. They will have the
option of throwing to former Gi-ants wide receiver Steve Smith, as well as the already established DeSean Jackson. Star cornerbacks Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and Nnamdi Asomugha will join Asante Samuel in the defensive backfield. The Patriots, already an NFL powerhouse, picked up wide receiver Chad Ochocinco from the Bengals and defensive line-man Albert Haynesworth from the Redskins over the course of free agency. Both teams are fa-vored to win their conferences, but only time will tell how far
they get or how close they come to winning a Super Bowl ring this season. So for those who don’t like football or the nature of its fans, be prepared this fall to deal with a bunch of loud, passionate and often drunk people who you may view as the biggest idiots in the world, getting overly excited over an arguably meaningless game. But for those who have been waiting patiently for the return of the sport, be prepared for what just may be the most entertaining season yet.
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The Preface 5Wednesday, September 7, 2011
By: NOEL SPRING Columnist
Are you considering start-ing a new fitness regimen this semester, but do not
know where, or how, to start? The fitness classes offered at� the Stu-� the Stu-the Stu-dent Activity Center (SAC) may be the right fit for you. There are 17 fitness classes scheduled this semester, taught by ten different instructors, where you are bound to find the right workout for your personal fitness level and goals. To make the experience even more personal, fitness instructors are known by their first names only in class and on the fitness schedule. “I was taught that we assess who is in the class and we tailor it to them, so each person feels em-powered. We don’t want anyone to walk out of a class thinking they can’t do it,” said Lee*, a yoga and cycling instructor who is also the Department Secretary of physics, astronomy and computer and in-formation sciences. Lee teaches a cycling/strength training class on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. that uses scenic DVDs set to her own play-list. The class is a half hour of cycling, followed by a half hour doing strength training on the floor. She teaches yoga on Sunday from 3:00-4:00 p.m., and conve-
niently following her Wednesday cycling class from 6:45-7:45 p.m. Her Wednesday back to back cycling and yoga are specifically scheduled so that participants can take advantage of yoga right after cycling to relax and return their contracted muscles to rest-ing lengths. Students who live in housing are also given the privi-lege of having yoga come to them. Once per month, Lee’s Sunday yoga is held across the bridge in the Community Center Building. Fitness classes can also be a boon for those who already work out regularly on their own. “The body gets used to just one workout [style], so you’ve got to mix it up,” said Sineyda, a se-nior, double majoring in Spanish and sociology, who also teaches two Zumba classes at the SAC on Tuesday 1:00-2:00 p.m. and Thursday 12:00-12:50p.m. Zum-ba is a latin-based dance style that serves as a cardio full-body workout. Described by Sineyda as being “super fun – like a party,” her Zumba class becomes more intense as the semester goes on. But if you cannot make it to Zumba regularly, Sineyda insists that you will still be able to fol-low along and have a great time. If you are looking for a more advanced fitness class, or a class guaranteed to kick your butt,
many fitness instructors and fit-ness participants agree that a class with Indiana is the place to be. A loud, Nicaraguan work-out machine, Indiana teaches her 20/20 class on Wednesdays from 12:00-12:50 p.m. The class is twenty minutes of step aero-bics, twenty minutes of cycling and ten minutes of muscle ton-ing that will work your entire body, and have you sweating buckets. “The expertise and ex-perience she brings in is evident in her teaching style. It’s intense
and exactly what I’m looking for,” Lee commented about Indiana. To focus on specific muscle groups, try Missy’s piloxing (mostly upper body and core) and butts and guts. For other full body cardio workouts, try boot camp with Zaki, who is a new instructor, or step with Yvonne. Fitness classes are free to drop into the first two weeks of the spring and fall semesters. Be sure to take this opportunity to check out classes to find which ones are right for you. After the first two
weeks, fitness classes cost a mere $2.00 if you buy a ten class punch pass or $5.00 to drop in. You can pick up a copy of the fitness class schedule in the SAC at the fitness center check-in desk, or you can find it online at www.iusbtitans.com under the Fitness link. “You may never know until you try it! People are shy, but once they’re doing it, they’re good!” Sineyda said. It is the beginning of the semester, and the perfect time to start anew. See you in [fitness] class!
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By: SARAH NIXONStaff Writer
As the fall semester gets into swing, there are new noises on campus. Not
the chirping of birds or the chat-ter of students, but the squealing of metal on metal and the roar of heavy machinery as the campus undergoes construction on the Grille and the Education and Arts Building. Other than the noise, the con-struction has had another impact on the first week back to classes, less parking during a time that is already confusing enough and longer lines in the Courtside Café. Throughout the week there have been many people taking advantage of the nice weather and
outdoor seating, from campus se-curity to staff and students. Brian Stevens, a criminal jus-tice major at Indiana University South Bend is not fazed by the commotion coming from the construction sites. “I’m used to it; I did construc-tion when I got out of the mili-tary,” said Stevens. “This is home.” “Why would you want to stand in line and wait for food inside when it is so nice out here and you can get a burger immediate-ly?” said Stevens. According to the IUSB Bul-letin Board, the dining hall will be closed until the end of Octo-ber, re-opening as the University Grill. Until then, “be patient,” said Secondary Education major
Becca Barnett, “parking and long lines have been an issue for a long time, and enrollment is through the roof ” Barnett is just happy that the University is investing money to improve the campus. According to Barnett, the cam-pus renovation is “like road con-struction, it sucks while it is hap-pening but it will be nice when it is finished.” Good advice is to arrive to things early for the first few weeks, and either bring a lunch or snack to enjoy outdoors with friends or try stopping by the out-side Grille, where so far the sun has been shining and the lines have been minimal.
Construction? No sweat! IUSB students cope with the changing campus
By: ELIJAH DURNELLStaff Writer It’s the subject that is on the lips of seemingly all the students on campus. It’s not the latest music from a favorite band, the best place to eat or even a grade on the latest test. It is parking, where to find it, how to keep it, and when to get it. As most students seem to be aware, parking is at a premium right now on the IUSB cam-pus. With the start of semester coinciding with all of the new construction on campus, it can be a bit of a task to find parking on or around campus during the first few weeks of the semester without either spending exces-sive time looking for a space or finding a space and risking the expense of a parking ticket. While the parking situation is a definite frustration for some, others seem to be taking it in stride and finding ways to get a spot – though it may take a little more creativity than normally needed. While the search for parking may or may not be a struggle for some in a hurry to make it to class on time, there is an end in sight and a reason behind the activity causing some of the parking issues. According to Ken Baierl, speaking on behalf of the school, “Two construction projects are impacting parking on campus as classes begin. The first is the
renovation of the Education and Arts Building. Work on this facility is underway and a construction staging area has been established and fenced off. This area is on the west side of the building along Ruskin and Esther Streets. As a result, the parking lot near the entrance of the building is closed and about 150 parking spaces have been lost for the school year. Second, the construction of a new park-ing lot on Esther Street is not fully completed. The north lot is open and has approximately 60 parking spaces. However, the south lot will not be completed for a couple of weeks. When open, that lot will have about 100 parking spaces.” This loss of parking for the immediate and long term future may be an initial frustration for some, but these renovations will be a benefit to the school – though understanding this makes the parking situation no less daunting at times. No doubt the parking situa-tion can be intimidating, but the general mood of the students regarding the parking situation seems to be mixed – spanning the gamut from fiery indignation to benevolent apathy. Some students say the parking issue does not really affect them in a negative way since they have early classes and tend to get to campus before spots begin to fill up. Student Renee Janiack is an example of this, saying, “I get
here early so I normally can find a spot.” This, however, is not always the case. Others find the parking situation a bit more frustrat-ing. Student Chelsea Dixon said “Parking is completely horrible… trying to find a space is totally frustrating.” Baierl points out some of the tips that those less stressed by the parking seem to be employ-ing by saying, “The peak hours for parking at IU South Bend are from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The best advice is to arrive early and give yourself enough time to park before your classes begin. There
are almost always permit park-ing spaces available at the River Crossing student housing park-ing lot which is just a short walk across the pedestrian bridge to campus. The addition of 100 new spaces in two weeks when the new south parking lot on Esther Street opens will help alleviate the parking crunch.” While these tips do not always alleviate all the parking prob-lems, they are helpful in dealing with a sometimes uncomfort-able and inconvenient situation. Though some of the students on campus may find the parking situation terrible, while some
find it a reasonable problem that requires only a minor personal schedule adjustment, the best solution to dealing with the situation is to employ patience. Understanding that IUSB is pri-marily a commuter campus and that parking is an issue now, and may well be one for the foresee-able future, will be helpful in planning for class and having an altogether more enjoyable IUSB experience! For more information on this subject, and many others related to IUSB, please visit www.iusb-preface.com. �
The eternal search: Parking at IUSB
COURTESY OF: ELIJAH DURNELL
IU South Bend Parking lots are filling faster than ever
COURTESY OF: JOHN BATLINERConstruction on the second floor of an IUSB building
The Preface 7Wednesday, September 7, 2011
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One thing I’ve no-ticed throughout the past couple years
(and this year especially) is this show called the “Jer-sey Shore.” EVERYBODY seems to love it. Younger kids, high-school students and college students seem to eat this television show up. I have seen it a couple times, and while it was kind of en-tertaining, I really don’t un-derstand the hype. IUSB sophomore Jenni Lash watches the Jersey Shore. When I asked her why, her answer seemed to be pretty straight-forward. “I watch it for fights, main-ly. There’s always a lot of fist-pumpin’ and face-punchin’,” she said. And if you’ve seen this show, you probably know all about that. It’s not like anyone who doesn’t watch that show is absolutely against it. Because I’m not. It’s obviously a very popular show amongst our nation. Personally, I’m just not into it, but I’ll watch it if there’s nothing else on. So there’s my confession. Those people who don’t watch it, however, usually have a strong opinion about it. Traci Bremer, also a stu-dent at IUSB, shares hers. “It’s stupid. I don’t need to watch people having sex and punching each other in the face. And all of them
are probably going to end up with skin cancer and psoria-sis. I wonder what kinds of STD’s they have?” she said. The interesting thing about these two opinions: both of these students are roommates. On “Jersday” (or the day of the week that the new episodes air), Lash said she would watch it even if Bremer didn’t want to. I guess some lines have to be crossed. So what is the appeal of this show? Yes, there are fights. Yes, there is a lot of drinking and “beautiful” tan people. Is it wrong to like this show? No. However, there are probably more en-lightening programs on TV that would be a better use of your time. America should turn the channel away from MTV once in a while. There’s more to entertainment than Teen Mom, My Life as Liz and Jersey Shore. Liberate yourself!
Is the “Jersey Shore” really worth watching?
Mandi Steffey
By: ELIJAH DURNELLStaff Writer
Well, I think I should start by saying thanks for reading – you
won’t regret it. I promise. Well, I can’t really promise that. You may regret it. But probably not. Hopefully not. We’ll go with that. “What am I reading” you ask? Excellent question! This is a new bi-weekly column in The Preface that answers questions from you, the reader. Anything you want advice on, any questions you need answered, send them in. Now let it be known that, if you have any questions that might, oh, I don’t know, have even a minimal im-pact, good or bad on your life or well-being – this is not the forum for you. Sorry. If, however, you have some marginally entertain-ing or slightly interesting ques-tions or situations you want advice on and to share with your fellow readers, this is the place for you! Bring ‘em on! There is not much we won’t take here – crabby room-mates, unpleasant jobs, athlete’s foot, smelly palms, you know, whatever moves you. Drop me
an e-mail at: [email protected] (you will see that again later) and I will answer here in the col-umn. So, what do you say? Shall we get this thing started? Let’s light this candle – the first ques-tion is from: Feeling No Pain on Lincoln-way – “I moved into a new apart-ment off campus this semester. My neighbor is super loud all night long and odd smells waft up through the vents. Any sugges-tions on how to handle this situ-ation?”Dear No Pain – Well, I’d say this is a perfect opportunity to make a friend! Knock on the door and say “pardon me ladies and/or gents, it sounds like you’re having a grand old time – don’t mean to be a stick in the mud but do you think you could keep it down a bit so I could get a few hours of sleep?” Now, this could go one of two ways – 1) they could apolo-gize, ask you in for a tall glass of Kool-Aid (or some such drink) and animal crackers. Now you have a new best bud! 2) you get a chance to visit and take advantage of the excellent emergency room
facilities at the local hospital due to the broken nose you suffer from the door being slammed in your face. Either way you get to ex-plore your community, meet new people, and you have a great story for your next party… and if you’re lucky, very lucky, you might get some delicious Kool-Aid out of the deal. In my humble opinion, it’s worth the risk. Want your question answered in Take My Word for It? E-mail me at [email protected]. Thank you and good night. �
Take My Word for It: Advice, humor and sea cucumbers
Elijah Durnell
some variations, especially in the drinks. The Courtside Café offers things like pizza, sandwiches, snacks, espresso drinks, smoothies and other cold beverages. The Courtside Café’s hours are 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Thurs-day, and 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday. The newest addition (not yet open) is called Northside Express. This will be located in the lower level in North-side. Northside Express will include more healthy alter-natives, such as whole wheat
breads for sandwiches (made your own way), salads and lower-sodium options. There are also some op-tions off campus as well that are close enough to walk to. On Lincoln Way, there are a few fast food restaurants like McDonalds and Arby’s. On Mishawaka Avenue, there’s restaurants like Bruno’s and China House which both of-fer student discounts or lunch specials. Wherever you go in the area for lunch, you’re sure to find something you like!
DINING: From Page 2
The Preface 8Wednesday, September 7, 2011
By: JONATHAN RUSSELLPhotographer
Welcome Week’s events continued with Wednesday
evening’s Casino Night, hosted by Titan Productions in the Riv-er Crossing community build-ing.� The chips held no value and some of the tables were staffed by students who had only learned the game moments before by reading the rules, but it wasn’t about the games or prizes; it was about meeting new people and reuniting with friends after a summer apart. When asked about the high points and low points, freshman Joe Roland replied, “High point: it’s a good time.� Low point: I lost all my chips so I had to bor-row some from my friend.”� He went on to say that he’d been at every other Titan Productions Welcome Week event except for the hypnotist and that he’d found
them to be a great way to get to know new people. Miranda Hankins, who was there to play and socialize said, “I took my chances at Texas Hold‘em and had a good couple of rounds.”� Her favorite part of the evening?� “The sparkling grape juice.”� After her friend encouraged a more newsworthy response, she also mentioned that she enjoys the opportunity to socialize with her fellow peers on campus. � Students seemed to have a lot of fun at the event and even started their own unofficial poker games in other parts of the room.� There were a variety of students rang-ing from some wearing sunglass-es and dressed in black, really playing to the high-roller per-sona, to others who likely came directly from class. A successful evening, no doubt – even if a person rolled snake-eyes or had to fold every hand of Texas Hold’em.
Welcome Week’s Casino Night
PHOTOS COURTESY OF: JONATHAN RUSSELL
Hailey Hennessy dealing blackjack, Geoff Marcum cheering the game on, Eric Kreider and Brian Weldy in the far seats.
Miranda Hankins with her glass of sparkling grape juice chatting with fel-low students Joe Roland (right) trying his luck at the craps table.
