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IPSGA President Fills Court Emptied by Election, Death

Jessica GeyerJake Monroe had a full morning ahead of him, and after

that he had a full afternoon. On his phone, IPFW’s student body president gestured to his agenda. Ten names, next to their interview times, all hopefuls to fill up the empty seats on the Indiana Purdue Student Government Associa-tion’s (IPSGA) Judicial Court.

As it stands, two justices remain in the court from last year and Monroe has already made a decision on one new justice. Four on the list will be ap-pointed by Monroe to become justices, to be approved by the Student Senate. It’s the same process of vetting, ap-pointing and voting that takes place in the United States government, ensuring checks and balances between all three branches.

Some of the factors that would go into a denial of an appointment would be the potential justice’s academic standing--anyone in IPSGA needs to maintain a certain GPA--as well as their current standing in student government. If they were involved in any “debacles” or had allegations against them, Monroe said, they might not be approved.

“If they have too much of a workload, they obviously don’t want to throw on top of that ... Usually senate gets nitpicky like that,” Monroe added.

“A lot of people see it as an easy way in [student govern-ment],” said Monroe. Unlike the Stu-dent Senate, potential justices don’t need to fill out a petition of signatures. They also don’t need to run in the stu-dent body elections.

The Judicial Court also has fewer re-sponsibilities than the other branches of government. They rarely convene to hold court. “...if IPSGA is running as ef-

ficiently and as smoothly as it should be,” was the caveat Monroe offered. “Their position has a lot of potential power ... but when stuff does happen, they are very crucial.”

Last year there were more interviews, around 20, said Monroe. This year’s lower numbers are partially disappoint-ing but relieving. “That would definitely make it hard for me to choose four out of 20 ... I wish I would have had a little bit more, but I’m kinda glad it’s not too much to handle,” he said.

The reasons that fewer people an-swered the call to be part of student gov-ernment are unclear.

One explanation would be that enroll-ment is down several percentage points since last year. Monroe suggested that might be a factor. But there was also

quite a bit of drama that occurred in student government in the past couple of semesters that may have made upper-classmen more hesitant to sign up.

One such incident happened when then-vice president of student program-

ming Wesley Haffen-den went through an impeachment process in Student Senate. He was never removed, however, and the im-peachment was never

even voted on. The hearing failed to meet quorum because the vice president of finance, Kody Tinnel, refused to at-tend it. Without all four members of the executive branch, the hearing could not continue.

Another happened after IPSGA elec-tions, when Monroe was given his po-sition. Though candidate Matthew

Bokhart won the majority of votes from students, he was ultimately disqualified from the race because he racked up too many sanction points for election viola-tions. Bokhart appealed this decision in Judicial Court, but his appeal was filed too late and the case was dismissed.

“We did have a lot of work to do,” he said about his experience on court last year.

During the last year, the Judicial Court lost more justices than just Monroe. About halfway through the year, Justice Martel Harris vacated his seat. Despite the IPSGA Constitution mandating that the student body president fill any vacant court seats within 30 days, former presi-dent Terel Lynn did not find a replace-ment. This brought the count down to six justices.

Tragedy made the number five in late April. Justice Zachary McKee, a well-liked student and veteran, died in what was called a freak accident in Chicago. He was electrocuted after making con-tact with the third rail of the Purple Line.

Like Monroe, McKee was a political science major. The two were not just co-workers in student government, but had taken many classes together and had a friendship as well as a professional rela-tionship. Monroe’s voice was strained as he spoke about McKee and the Tin Caps game where IPSGA, McKee’s family and some political science majors gathered in McKee’s memory.

“Those kinds of things always do kind of influence you,” said Monroe about comparing the new judicial candidates to McKee.

So it was five seats to fill: Monroe’s own, McKee’s, Harris’s, as well as former Chief Justice Christian Skordos and Amber Muller, who have now graduated.

One of the qualities Monroe is looking for in justices is if they would fit in well with the rest of IPSGA. “I do try to see the person behind the position, and I wanted to know that, hey, at the end of the day could we go out and play a round of golf

together, could we go and hang out be-cause these are professional relationships but at the same time we do need to re-spect each other civilly and get along,” he said.

“Instinctively people might say, oh the higher class standing ... you’ll be better off. That’s not necessarily the case. It just depends on your drive, your determina-tion, your ability...” said Monroe. Some distinguished qualities include, accord-ing to him, “...a level-headed judgment, you’re non-biased, unpartisan, you use deductive reasoning.”

If all goes according to plan, Monroe said the justices he chooses will be ap-proved by Student Senate at their upcom-ing meeting on Sept. 10.

“Terel Lynn did not fill Martell Harris’ seat. This brought the count down

to six justices.”

“Their position has a lot of potential power.”

-Monroe

“There was also drama that occurred that may have made upperclass-

men hesitant to sign up.”

It’s said that there’s no such thing as a stupid question.

That’s not true according to the student workers at the Walb Union Information Desk.

Over the course of the summer dur-ing SOAR and registration, as well as during the first weeks of class, they get bombarded by students and their ques-tions, and they’ve accumulated enough funny, baffling and just plain awkward stories they could write a book. So they did. Kind of.

Beginning this summer, the workers began keeping a list of the best dumb questions they received. Here are some of the highlights:

“Am I ugly?”Part of the responsibility of the

Information Desk workers is to take pictures for students’ Mast-odon Cards. One woman, ac-cording to Laddan Abbasi, said that she didn’t want to take a picture because “she looked ugly that day.” Then she asked Abbasi for confirmation on her looks.

“It’s really awk-ward,” said Abbasi.

It’s also impor-tant to stand in front of the blue screen for the picture and not behind it as Ashley King said a student did.

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Info Desk keeps LIst of ‘stupID QuestIons’

“Where is the bookstore?”Aside from the fact that there is a sign

pointing students toward the university bookstore, this might not seem like a stu-pid question. The bookstore did relocate last year, and freshmen are still getting their bearings when they’re supposed to be buying books.

“People confuse the bookstore and the library all the time,” said King.

Some students insist that they’re searching for the library so they can buy their books for class.

One student, said Abbasi, was amazed when they were told the bookstore had

been relocated. “That’s a really big building to

move,” she quoted them saying. They were actually looking for the library.

“Can you call in sick for my class?”

This is why professors put their phone numbers and addresses on the syllabus. One student came to the In-formation Desk asking them to call his professor to say he wouldn’t be making it in to class. Needless to say, that’s not part of the job.

“What’s my professor’s name?” is another question the Information Desk is not prepared to answer, but has been asked.

“Can I have some cake?”The workers at the Informa-tion Desk have their own

conference room in the back, where they some-

times hold office birth-day parties. Seeing

them eating cake, people come up and ask if they can have a bite.

Even their personal lunches are ogled.

“ ’ W h e r e did you get the Panda Express?’ ‘I brought it.’ ‘Can I have

One student, said Abbasi, was amazed when they were told the bookstore had been relocated.“That’s a really big building to move,” she quoted them saying.

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Brown Bag Series to Cover Current Events

Pussy Riot, Drone Strikes

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Each seat at the long table in Science Building 176 was

filled with a professor or student. They didn’t have brown bag lunches, neces-sarily, but there was Tupperware, Sub-way bags and thermoses next to note-books, pens and iPads. It wasn’t a class session, but they were all there to learn about Putin and his Russia.

It’s part of the College of Arts and Sci-ences’ (COAS) Brown Bag Lunch Series, which features various faculty speaking about current events in their field. It’s not a lecture, COAS dean Carl Drum-mond pointed out. It’s meant to be a conversation about things happening in the world.

The first of the series was all about Vladmir Putin, current president of Russia. Ann Livschiz presented on Rus-sia and Putin’s “need to feel important and significant,” their involvement in Syria and the recent sentencing of the members of punk group Pussy Riot.

The fact that Pussy Riot was brought up plays on the goal behind the COAS’s lunch series. Though many people might not know about Russia and its policies, having a current event to dis-

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Though Putin was a popular topic for the premier event, Drummond wasn’t sure if the numbers would be persistent-ly high for the rest of the series.

“It’s hard to say because every topic is different,” he said.

That means that different students will be attracted to different speakers and subjects.

And, Drummond added, this would be something that professors are going to

have to take responsi-bility for on their own, soon. That means that both student and pro-fessor interest is going to drive the current events talks.

“It’s not something that I want to do,” said Drummond about being respon-sible for the series. However, he would “certainly support” any faculty who took on that responsibility. Drummond will be the speaker at the next event.

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some?’” said Abbasi, recalled a par-ticular story.

“Last year some lady came up and asked if she could have cake and we didn’t even have cake,” said King.

“Why do you need my license num-ber?”

One of the perks of a Mastodon Card is that it can be used as an official form of photo identification at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. But that means the In-

formation Desk needs to collect certain personal information to make sure the person on the Mastodon Card is the right student.

One man, according to Abbasi, re-fused to give away his phone number and license number for verification.

“It took about 30 minutes,” said Ab-basi, to persuade him, as well as reassur-ance from school officials.

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A driver and passenger duo were arrested as juveniles for driving unli-censed and without headlights. The ju-veniles were taken to the Allen County Justice Center. Identifying information is not available for juveniles, according to the report.

University Police Briefs

Mastodon Mart, the new convenience store, opened its doors September 4. Located just behind the basement stairs in the Student Services Complex, the store sells miscellaneous snacks, drinks, IPFW apparel, office supplies and magazines, among other products. A regular schedule has yet to be set, it appears, but a sign on the

front window gives the times for the week of September 3: Wed.: 7:30-7:30, Thurs.: 7:30-7:30, Fri.: 7:30-3, Sat.: 7:30-3. The store will be closed Sunday.

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Michael Alexander, 33, was ar-rested for resisting arrest and operating while intoxicated (OWI). Alexander was driving with a flat tire when pulled over by the University Police Depart-ment (UPD). Alexander attempted to flee as soon as the traffic stop was initi-ated. Alexander was transported to Al-len County Jail.

UPD assisted the Indiana State Po-lice (ISP) in regards to a suspect that fled the scene. The suspect was arrested after attempting to escape into a river. Investigation is being done by the ISP.

Joquana Porter, 35, was arrested for OWI and unsafe lane movement. UPD observed Porter driving on the wrong side of the road and failing to use turn signals. Porter registered a .15 percent Blood Alcohol Content (BAC).

In student housing building C, UPD and Fort Wayne Fire Department (FWFD) responded to a fire alarm. Case turned out to be a false alarm. Build-ing resident had hung their clothes on a sprinkler head, causing it to break. Wa-ter damage was caused on two different floors and residents were temporarily displaced.

In reference to the previous false alarm, UPD were notified by housing staff of marijuana located in one of the rooms affected by the water damage. Housing staff encountered the substance while cleaning. “Individual was referred to housing staff,” according to the inci-dent report.

UPD assisted the Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) with the pursuit of a suspect fleeing on foot. There is no re-port available. Investigation is being han-dled by the FWPD.

Alonzo Clark, 18, was arrested for possession of marijuana by the FWPD. UPD assisted.

Terry Green, 27, was arrested for driv-ing while suspended, unsafe lane move-ment and OWI. Green was observed serv-ing left of the center line and registered a .25 percent BAC. Green was transported to the New Haven County Jail.

An individual riding a bicycle by The Plex was hit by a vehicle. Victim refused medical attention from medics.

UPD and FWPD responded to smoke in campus housing building A. An empty dorm with food burning on the stove was discovered along with three disconnected smoke detectors.

UPD responded to a “potential threat” in building C. Refer to The Communica-tor’s story, “No Chief of Police Amidst Housing Evacuation” at ipfwcommunica-tor.org

Miguel Bartra, 27, was arrested for speeding and OWI by ISP. UPD made the initial traffic stop.

Photography equipment from the Vi-sual Arts building was reported stolen with no known suspects.

Chad Moring, 36, was arrested for speeding and OWI by ISP. Traffic stop made by UPD.

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Confusion that spread after a “potentially threaten-ing situation” at student housing last week uncov-ered a problem: IPFW

needs to hire a chief of police.Former chief Jeff Davis, after a

medical leave, became the Lieutenant of Community Policing at housing in July, and the university seems to be unsure of whose responsibility it is now to act as the spokesperson.

Captain Anthony Colone declined comment immediately following the situation, referring people to the uni-versity’s media director.

After sending an alert about an hour after the situation per Clery Act requirements, no one was told what happened – not even residents.

“Well that was one of the scariest [things] that’s ever happened....” tweet-ed Cristina Veltri, a resident of building C which was partially evacuated. Later, she said UPD wouldn’t let her know why she had to evacuate.

On a campus where a student has died in housing, media director Susan Alderman responded by saying only “nothing happened. As the alert said it was a potentially threatening situation. UPD handled the situation and every-thing is fine. It is standard operating pro-cedure for UPD to respond to threaten-ing situations.”

Shortly after the incident, a rumor began to spread that there was a bomb threat, with at least a dozen students talking about it on Twitter.

IPFW, in an attempt to calm the ru-mor, began to mention individuals on Twitter, letting them know that was false.

“Bursting the rumor bubbles... no meth lab, no bomb threat, no stabbing at student housing today,” one IPFW tweet read.

No other information was given, however, aside from an explanation as to why they sent the alert afterward and in-formation for signing up for phone alerts online.

For all these students know, there could have been a serious threat to their

livelihood in the apartment next door, and whether or not that was the case, they deserve to know what’s going on in their building. More so, their parents should be notified, as there shouldn’t be a question of a son or daughter’s safety in student housing, equipped with se-cure doors and staff.

Even something as simple as wres-tling being mistaken as fighting should be brought to the public attention, even if just to let them ease their worries about the vast possibilities a “poten-tial threat” offers.

Without a chief of police who can provide information to the public, we may run into a real threat-

ening situation and it may be too late by the time i n for-m a -tion finally gets out.

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who began studies in 2005 was 27 percent. In 2008 the university ranked second lowest in graduation rates.

Though the university expected the enrollment decrease, Carwein is forming a strategy for graduation rates.

“In talking with the senior staff of the campus…[we’re] taking a look at the graduation rates for IPFW…[to] see what might be done to improve upon those over time,” she said. “Regional campuses many times tend to have lower graduation rates than do main residential campuses where there are more full-time students.”

Former chancellor Michael Wartell had talked about wanting to create three additional bridges at IPFW, a redesign of the baseball and softball fields and other various projects.

Wartell wanted to stay chancellor until works such as those could be completed, to coincide with IPFW’s 50th anniversary, but Carwein will now have oversight.

Originally from Indiana, Carwein said, “It feels like coming home.”

“I am very excited to be a part of its [IPFW’s] future,” she said.

Chancellor Vicky Carwein, who officially began work for IPFW September 1, has

referred to her role at the university as the “capstone” of her career. Carwein has worn many hats over her 64 years, however, which has led her to meet her husband, help save lives and spend a lot of time in graveyards.

During high school, Carwein decided to volunteer at Shelbyville Major Hospital as a candy striper, a position known for the traditional uniform of red-and-white jumpers. There, her responsibilities included passing out meal trays, delivering flowers and mail.

“I fell in love with the profession,” she said, and was later admitted to IU in the medicine program.

Growing up in Gwynnville, Ind., a small town about half an hour southeast of Indianapolis, Carwein played organ at church and weddings, the clarinet in the marching band and sang in the school choir.

Despite being musically inclined, she ultimately chose nursing.

“I always knew I wanted to be in the healthcare field,” she said.

Attending Morristown High School, adjacent to Gwynnville in Shelby County, Ind., she didn’t have anyone who particularly inspired her healthcare aspirations.

However, she said, “The people I admired the most in my life were individuals who worked hard and sacrificed,” citing well known figures such as Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton.

“Somehow...[nursing is] what I always wanted to do.”

In the 1960s, she graduated from IU and traded in the candy-like jumper for a nurse’s

hat in a Livermore, Calif. Veteran’s hospital. It was there, Carwein said, she gained a “real respect” for the military. During the controversial Vietnam War, she learned what people are willing to do and sacrifice.

“I didn’t support the war, but I certainly didn’t protest it at the time,” she said. “My focus was to provide healthcare to veterans and to respect them. There were so many protestors at the time. They weren’t getting the respect due them.”

That respect has not been lost, as decades later she still spends time with veterans.

Instead of delivering mail or administering aid, however, she is visiting the stones that mark their graves.

Carwein recalls her trips to Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial with a

contemplative tone.She walks among the thousands

upon thousands of military graves marked with plain white crosses standing in silent vigil against the backdrop of the English Channel. Cumulus clouds meander across the bright blue sky of the French countryside. Her eyes are drawn to these miniature monoliths, and she is struck.

The average age in this cemetery barely exceeds 20.

She imagines young men, fresh out of high school, hazarding the minefields and the barbed wire fences of Omaha beach, while the Germans pick them off one by one, high above from their strategic placement atop the bluff.

“[I] think of all the horrors that occurred during the war, particularly on D-Day when Normandy was invaded,” said Carwein. “All those young people that just had such a future ahead of them, then they were basically killed on a foreign shore.”

To Carwein it is important to see such places as these in person to find true appreciation.

“For me at least, actually being there to see it and imagine it is quite the different experience than just reading about it,” she said. “They were just out in the open. No trees. Nothing to hide their approach.”

The sunshine is deceptive as the harsh April wind bites and whips across the landscape. She stomps around a bit trying to stay warm with her hands buried deep within her slate grey hooded jacket. The hours pass as the chills echo from June 6, 1944.

“She has a long history of visiting cemeteries, she started with her grandmother in southern Indiana,” said her husband Bill Andrews. “At first I thought it was kind of odd, but it struck my interest in WWII history.”

Thirty years later, Carwein had taken off her nurse’s hat to pursue another career

– in academia. As the Dean of Health Science at the University of Nevada – Las Vegas (UNLV), she met her husband.

“I met her on a tour that I gave at the Nevada test site where they used to test nuclear weapons,” said Andrews.

At the time, Andrews was the Deputy Director for Harry Reid Center at UNLV. Today, he is the Deputy Director of Middle East Operations for Battelle Memorial Institute, a nonprofit research organization.

“We operate national laboratories for the federal government around the country,” he said.

When Carwein was chancellor at Washington State University Tri-States (WSU Tri-States), one of Battelle’s

national labs was situated right next to it, according to Andrews.

The move to Fort Wayne is not going to make a huge difference he admitted, noting that a third of his time is spent in the middle east and the majority of his work is done from home.

“I can drive to Columbus now versus spending a day flying...[to Battelle’s corporate office] so there’s some pluses to it too,” he said. “At various times she’s moved for me, and this time I’ve moved for her.”

Carwein was given her newest – and arguably last – hat at the announcement of her new job: a ball cap, with IPFW stitched on the front.

Having not spent a lot of time on campus, Carwein will start her career drawing on her previous experience.

Though she is coming from the drastically smaller WSU Tri-Cities, she said, “being [in] a multi-campus system…[is] certainly not new to me.”

IPFW does not come without issues, however.

This year enrollment is down 3.9 percent, and according to the National Center for Educational Statistics, IPFW’s graduation rate for students

“She has a long history of visiting cemeteries, she started with her grandmother in southern

Indiana.” -Bill AndrewsThe ManyHats of

ChancellorCarwein

by Dennis Barbosa

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Laura RosenbaumCurrently show-ing in the Visual Arts building is

the exhibit “Observ- ing from the Outside,” a collection of charcoal and pastel drawings by Maggie Evans.

The pieces were inspired by both Evans’ experiences with playing in a blues band and her recent trip to China.

“For a long time I considered my work as a musician as something tempo-rary. But I continued playing and con-tinued drawing and they both contin-ued to progress, develop and strengthen each other,” she said. “Working as a mu-sician directly influenced my Bar Scenes series, and my music and art continue to influence each other on many different levels.”

Many of the pieces in the exhibit de-pict bar scenes, which Evans has done from memory, using pastels to give the scenes a muddled and hazy effect. Drawing from her own recollections of

Artist Aims to Compel Thought, Questionsevents has been liberating for her, caus-ing her to focus less on the technicali-ties of drawing and have the ability to tap into her own emotional responses to the scenery.

“In many ways, artists and musi-cians have similar jobs. Both are trying to create a certain scene or atmosphere and employing different techniques - rhythm, contrast, dynamics - to attract and engage the audience,” said Evans.

In the collection of works on dis-play, Evans engages her audience by showing them what it’s like to be the outsider.

In her artist’s statement she says, “Distance offers clarity. As individuals, we are defined by our culture and so-ciety. We interact, gather experiences, form perceptions and harbor deep, personal emotions. To truly under-stand each other we must disengage and assume an outsider’s perspective.”

The artist heightens this idea by keeping people out of her drawings, and instead replacing them with chairs. The chairs-as-people motif is especially no-ticeable in the drawings influenced by her trip to China, where her pieces are meant to echo her perspective as a cul-tural outsider witnessing the daily mo-tions of an unfamiliar people.

“Chairs are everyday objects, creat-ed by humans for humans. I feel they are able to represent humans in a distanced, un-individualized sort of way, so that we can think of human nature as a whole and view ourselves in terms of our uni-versal similarities rather than focusing on our individuality,” Evans said.

Visitors to the exhibit will notice a change from the dark, shadowy bar scenes to the bright whiteness and open nature of the China-inspired drawings. Evans says that her original plan for the works was a hidden and covert feeling,

but when she started working in china she was ready for a change, allowing for the images to “fade into white space rather than dark shadows.”

“I don’t want people to think about or question anything specifically, I just hope that my work compels them to think and question. I know that I have an emotion-al connection to what I’m creating, but sometimes it amazes me when others feel a strong emotional response to my draw-ings of empty chairs. That connection is the most satisfying part of being an artist,” Evans said.

Maggie Evans will be present at IPFW on the evening of September 6 to give a lecture on her works and to attend the re-ception for her exhibit.

The lecture begins at 5 p.m. in the Vi-sual Arts Building and the reception will follow immediately after.

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Off With Their Heads Making Up for Lost Fort Wayne Show,

Will Be In Town Next Week

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“I don’t embrace getting older”, said Ryan Young, lead

vocalist and only permanent mem-ber of Minneapolis punk act Off With Their Heads (OWTH). For the past 10 years he has fronted this always tour-ing, constant line-up changing band, producing two full length records and 22 different 7” and EP releases.

This past July, OWTH spent a month recording the follow up to “In Desolation” (2010) with Descendents and former Black Flag drummer Bill Stevenson. In the past, Stevenson has worked with some big names in punk music, including Rise MXPX and NOFX. At Stevenson’s recording studio, dubbed “The Blasting Room,” Young, as well as past album collabo-rators Zach Gontard, Justin Francis and longtime touring member Robbie Swartwood, spent a month recording the upcoming release.

Stevenson pushed the ensemble to reach new levels and would tear the band down in order to achieve a greater quality. Young recalled a time in which Stevenson called out guitar-ist Zach Gontard for his “subpar guitar work.”

“One of the first things Stevenson said to him was how shitty of a guitar-ist he is,” he said.

The month long time frame spent with Stevenson has been the longest the group has had to complete an al-bum, and the result is a record that sounds far superior in quality than their previous two full length efforts. On the album, the group evolves with-out drastically changing their signa-ture catchy punk sound.

“We can still sound different and the same at the very same time, which

is what everyone wants you to do and we did that with this record,” Young said.

O n e o f OWTH’s defin-ing characteris-tics has always been Young’s gloomy lyrics.

“It all started as a joke. Poppy songs with really depressing lyr-ics,” he said. “And after a while it got serious and stopped being hi-larious.”

A l t h o u g h , certain happen-ings in Young’s personal life have lead some fans of the group to believe the sad lyrical content will be in the past, Young insists, “Oddly enough not much has changed, not as much as I thought that it would.”

However, on the new album he covers more political topics, including hatred of the Catholic Church and of religious ha-tred against gays.

OWTH recently completed a Europe-an tour that included a run of dates open-ing for post-hardcore outfit Boysetsfire, as well as smaller festival appearances. Despite Boysetsfire’s cult following in the states, they have a much larger following through out much of Europe.

Young jokingly compared boysets-fire’s following to that of Bon Jovi’s over-seas. Every night on the tour OWTH played to large crowds that consistently stood around the 800 to 1,000.

They are also about to embark on a monstrous run of tour dates, that will take place from September 11 to December 1. During that stretch, OWTH will play dates with Hot Water Music, Propagandhi and The Menzingers as well as making stops at bigger punk festivals such as Riot Fest in Chicago and The Fest 11 in Gainesville, Fla. Outlining these dates, the band will be making stops in several smaller market cities, including Fort Wayne on Septem-ber 13 at the Brass Rail.

Last July, OWTH were scheduled to play the Brass Rail with Riverboat Gam-blers and Dead to Me. However, van is-sues after a show in Newport, Ky. prevent-ed the group from making the show.

Young explained, “There was smoke just pouring out of the bottom of our van and we took it to get it fixed and it took a

week to get the problem fixed.” The band regrouped and managed

to borrow a van from Ohio pop punk group Mixtapes, but ended up missing the Fort Wayne show.

At the 10 year mark, OWTH has accomplished much more than Young could have ever imagined. Playing lo-cations bands rarely dream of playing, including Budapest, Hungary and Slo-venia, touring with punk icons such as Bad Religion, The Descendants and The Bouncing Souls, as well as being signed to Epitaph records.

“We’ve got to do everything we’ve wanted to do, so everything we’ve ac-complished after is a plus,” Young said.

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What’s Hitting the Shelves

Sept. 5 Sept. 6 Sept. 8 Sept. 8Kruse Duo Contemporary

Realism BiennialA Few Good Men Future Laureates

A violin and viola duet will be playing at Rhine-hart at 7:30 p.m. They’ll

be playing works by American composers such as David Jason

Snow and Braxton Blake.

First Thursday Gallery Talk at the Fort Wayne Mu-seum of Art. Discuss the varying styles, ideas and subject matter of contem-porary American realism.

Free. 12:15 p.m.

The play tells the story of two men on trial for the

death of a fellow marine. Ticket information can be

found at fwcivic.org.8 p.m. at the Civic, 2 p.m. on Sept. 9

They’ll be playing The Firehouse in N.

Manchester at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free, dona-tions are welcome. Indie Rock from the Chicago

area, touring after releas-ing their third album.

“Love This Giant,” hitting stores September 11, is a collaborative effort between David Byrne of Talking Heads and Annie Clark of St. Vincent. While they trade off vocals, David Burne’s distinctive voice and the horn section he seems to carry

around wherever he goes pervade the album’s sound. There are moments when it seems to flirt with the idea of bringing back disco, but the tracks are pleasantly

upbeat and bubbly nonetheless.

Also coming out September 11, “The Carpenter” plays under the guise of upbeat folk music with a bluegrass backing. Under the surface, however, half the album is undoubtedly about death, partly because of bassist Bob Crawford’s young daugh-ter battling with a brain tumor. Still, surprisingly, the Avett Brothers deliver danc-

ing music. Yeah, it’s odd.

The xx deliver such a slow rock tone it feels like the first track will never end. “Co-exist,” coming out September 11, is for those rainy days when some melancholy background music is a necessity and a comfort. The hushed but strong voices in

contrast to trance-like music make raw emotion ... beautiful.

“The CarpenTers,” The aveTT BroThers

“Love This GianT,” DaviD Byrne/sT. vinCenT

“CoexisT,” The xx

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Student’s Child Prefers Philosophy Over Daycare

“We don’t like to say the word ‘no’”

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Three weeks into the fall semester, philosophy pro-

fessor Meta Facilies no longer bought into student Ashley Myers’ story that her child needed to accompany her to class because of an emergency.

“She [daughter] was there every day,” he said, with a knowing scowl.

Myers, who sat in the back of the room, admitted to school officials the true reason as to why her daughter took up residency in the front row: philosophy is preferred over daycare.

“She was reading my book upside down once, and she began to throw

After the an-nouncement of a brief building

evacuation at student housing Monday, students immediately asked the most important question: what happened?

IPFW refused to release any de-tails about the “potential threat” that was said to have cleared Building C at 2:14 p.m., but in response to the storm of questions on Facebook and Twitter,

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their social media arm quickly moved to quell the worst fears of students.

“We can’t say what happened, but there definitely wasn’t a raptor attack,” tweeted IPFW at 8:34 p.m. Monday.

Later, on IPFW’s Facebook page, it was posted, “Seriously, guys, no raptor at-tack. Stop asking. Why can’t you just be satisfied with vague information?”

The official report states that no rap-tors, nor any other type of dinosaur, broke

into Building C and that they certainly had not been stalking students for the last few days after escaping from secret tunnels in the basement of the Science Building.

IPFW has said that they will deny that anything possibly damaging to the university’s image has occurred, but that has made students wonder about the horrible possibilities that the school isn’t telling them.

“I was really nervous when they didn’t tell us what was going on,” said Marcie Evans, a student housing resi-dent. “They were saying all sorts of stuff like, ‘it’s not a meth lab, no one was

stabbed.’ Well that doesn’t help me. They should really tell us everything that didn’t happen, specifically and in detail, so we don’t have to be scared anymore.”

“If we don’t know it wasn’t zombies, how do we know there aren’t zombies!?” wailed another panicked student, Herb Groover.

One IPFW spokesperson told The Nugget, “There might be a simpler way to calm the students down, maybe by di-rectly telling them what is happening in their own community so they know what to be aware of, but the university is still investigating how we might do that, so I can’t comment.”

fits when I’d leave her for class,” she said. “My friend Didi referred me to Dr. Lip-shitz, and he said I should never tell her ‘no,’ and that she had a strong preference for philosophical thinking.”

After explaining to her daughter that she would’ve recieved a spanking if it wasn’t for her theory that such an action leads to childhood obesity, Myers did what she believes every parent should do: “I broke down and realized that I should just let me daughter do whatever she wants to. It’s her life, y’know?”

Doctor Lipshitz, an area youth psy-chologist, shook his head and denied any comment on the situation.

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Servers Overloaded after Labor Day Procrastination

A call to arms against political statuses has been issued amongst

many Facebook users this year. Railing back at what is being called “rampant interest in the political sphere” are those who would rather the social networking site be clean of opinion about the 2012 election.

Spearheading the movement is that one guy you added from your Intro to Philosophy course and who always wanted to have a unique perspective.

“Facebook is meant to be a place where I can see what all of my friends ate for lunch, hundreds of pictures of their cats and what Twilight character they’d be. Not to see how they’re going to vote,” said, like, Dave or something.

Early Tuesday morning, IPFW servers went down

for about an hour after a whopping 87 percent of students attempted to log on at once to finish homework from the three-day weekend. Internet, computer systems and Blackboard all went down after the Labor Day procrastinators at-tempted to do the homework that they

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Dave is just one of many who are donating their statuses to the cause, calling out how they do not wish to take part in the political mud-flinging of the season. Joining them is Sarah, who always posts those religious pictures.

“I’m seriously sick and tired of people posting links to news articles that mention Romney and Obama. Tell me again how I should vote, why don’t you?” she scolded via status.

These people are generally baffled by how their friends are showing interest in politics during an election year.

“Please,” said Dave, “Keep your opinions to yourself. I don’t need to know something so personal about you as your political opinions. Now excuse me as I go through all of the pictures from your birthday party.”

had put off.Earl Johnson, sophomore English

major, said to reporters “[I] definitely wasn’t there to finish my composition paper, and that it’s merely a coinci-dence that I wasn’t able to send it via email due to technical difficulties.”

All over campus are similar stories of students unable to send in last minute papers or unfinished online homework.

Most professors have responded to the matter with disappointed looks and reluctant sighs.

Dane Hill, currently teaching Intro to Computer Sciences, said “I knew this sort of thing would happen, and I was just too tired to deal with it, so I gave my students another day to finish assignments.”

Professor Hill went on to say

that he “wouldn’t be surprised if this sort thing happens again tomorrow after students continue to put off homework.”

Other professors were not so ac-cepting. Some were even seen say-ing things like “this is why you will fail this course,” or in some extreme cases “technology is evil.”

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Student Finally MakeS GraceFul exit FroM WronG claSS

Kristan MenschDavid Winsot, s o p h o m o r e , realized that

he wasn’t in his intended computer science class within the first five minutes of Women’s Studies 101.

“I got in my seat about five minutes early, and as students started trickling in it was beyond obvious - I didn’t even need to wait for the instructor,” he said.

Despite his knowledge, Winsot couldn’t bring himself to be “that person,” and step out of the class, likely without ever being recognized.

“I got a little suspicious when I was one syllabus short during the first session,” said the instructor. “I usually print out two extras, so I’m assuming we may see another slip

out soon.”Winsot planned his leaving the

class for weeks, though he didn’t have an answer as to why he kept showing up for the class, despite being able to just drop it online.

“First, I began sitting one row closer to the front each week, so no one would remember me as ‘that kid that sat in that seat,’” he said. “Then, I made it a point to only make comments in a neutral tone, ensuring no one would remember me because of a disagreement.”

Finally, three weeks into the fall semester, Winsot did it: “I got up, wearing my best business attire, gave the brim of my hat a little tug and gracefully fled to get a refund for the book I bought for no reason at all.”

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We want to hear from you!Dons Can’t Keep Up,

Ball State Takes the WinThe Women’s Soc-cer team took a dive in Muncie

this weekend.Though having ball possession most

of the first half, the Mastodons only took one shot for a goal in the first 45 minutes to Ball State’s eight.

Ball State’s Cardinals connected with the net on one of those attempts

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shortly before halftime, as Paige Stro-inski kicked a missed shot from Nicole Pembelton into the net.

In the second half, the Dons tried harder but never managed to get the ball to the back of the net, and Ball State declared victory with a 1-0 lead.

The next game for the Dons will be Friday, Sept. 7 in Dayton, Ohio. They’ll be up against the Wright State Raiders.

This Week in Sports

The Women’s Volleyball team is up against Michigan State in East Lansing, Mich. For the 2012 Spartan Showcase. Game starts at 7 p.m.

Women’s Soccer goes against Wright State in Dayton, Ohio. Kick off is at 7 p.m.

Men’s Soccer is set to play Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pa. At 7:30 p.m.

The Women’s Volleyball team is sticking around East Lansing, Mich. to go against Georgie at 10 a.m. At 5:30 p.m.,

they’ll be up against Albany to finish off the showcase.

Women’s Cross Country starts up the IPFW Invitational at home at 1 p.m.

Men’s Cross Country starts their part in the IPFW Invitational at 1:45 p.m.

SEPT. 7

SEPT. 8

Athletes of the week are Arianne Mason of Wom-

en’s Soccer and Tessa McGill of Women’s Volleyball.

Mason, a senior studying psychol-ogy, made two goals against IUPUI in October 2011. Playing against Valpo her sophomore year, she scored three goals collectively in September 3, 5, and October 8 and was voted most valuable player. During 2009, Mason made her first goal at IPFW against UMKC on Oct ober 4., making the Summit League All-Academic team.

McGill, a senior studying busi-ness, averaged 5.44 digs per set putting

her at 19th in the country and fourth in the Summit League for 2011. Twice the same year, she was named Summit League Defensive Player of the Week. One for the IPFW history books, Mc-Gill ranked second place all-time for each category, ending the year with sev-en kills and 52 assists. For 2010, she was named the Summit League Defensive Player of the week three times, setting a new record for single-matches with 47 digs against Ball State on Sept. 14. Her freshmen year, McGill set a record for fourth most digs since 1990 at 301 digs, and second most digs in a match by a freshmen on October 2.

Mason and McGill Athletes of the Week

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The Men’s Golf team finished with

a strong fifth place in the last day of the Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate com-petition.

The dons ended up with a third-round total of 298, bringing the team up to a all-around total of 891, a score which solidified fifth place among 13 teams on

the field. Missouri (host) brought back the title, ending day two with 842.

Louisville fin-ished with 861, Memphis with 866 and Central Con-necticut State with 890. Villanova, Cleveland State, Loyola, Army, Canisius,

Delaware, Cincinnati and Saint Peter’s each finished behind IPFW, with scores

ranging from 897 to 927.

Stars of the show for IPFW were E. J. Tackett and Drew Imel. Tackett was

able to get a two-under 70 in the last

round, making it an even-par 216 over-all, placing him personally in seventh. Imel, on the other hand, was able to tie for eighth with one-under 71, finishing one over par with 217.

The Dons will be down in Bloom-ington, Ind., competing in the Indiana Wolf Run Intercollegiate at the Wolf Run Golf Club September 15 and 16.

IPFW Women’s Volleyball team showed their abil-

ity on Saturday, Sept. 1 at the UIC Invitational in Chicago with a perfect 3-0 record, putting them at 6-1 overall. The exceptionally skilled sophomore Emily Spencer led IPFW through to its victory over UIC. Spencer recorded a match-high of 20 kills as well as 12 digs, and an attack percentage of .400. Haley Emenhiser was right in with the attack, having 10 kills, and an having the best attack percentage on the team at .529.

Spencer and Hailie Ripley took charge in the offensive against UT Arlington. Spencer lead with 14 kills, and Ripley was right behind with 13 kills. Kend-all Wienkes had eight kills, two service

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Stars of the show for IPFW were E.J. Tackett

and Drew Imel.

Dons Fall to Thundering Herd 1-0

On September 3, the Mastodons fell to the Thundering

Herd of Marshall 1-0, but not without an excellent battle at the Hefner Soccer Fields.

The only goal scored during the entire match was from Eddy Prugh a few min-utes before halftime. IPFW had plenty of chances to challenge Marshall in the sec-ond half, including when freshman Jose Rodriguez had a one-on-one shot against

Marshall goalkeeper Daniel Withrow. However, the attempt was punched

aside, along with five other attempts in the second half.

Marshall had their fair share of at-tempts as well, with 10 tries at the goal, not one found the net in the second half.

The Mastodons return to action on Friday Sept. 7, traveling to Pittsburgh, Pa. to compete in the PITT/ Nike Invi-tational.

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aces, and five digs.While playing against the Mavericks,

two seniors took the lead towards vic-tory, Jessie Manwaring and Emenhiser. Manwaring had an attack percentage of .750, and Emenhiser had nine kills and a dig. The player with most digs was Tessa McGill with 21, and Megan Steenhuysen had 34 assists.

Ripley and Emenhiser were selected to the All-Tournament Team for their amazing performance over the week-end. The next match will take place at the Gates Sports Center on Tuesday, Sept. 4 against wright state. Be sure to catch the match because afterward IPFW will be heading back out for the 2012 Spartan Showcase.

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