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flyernews.com FLYER NEWS @FlyerNews THURSDAY, NEWS A&E OPINIONS SPORTS JAN. 23, 2013 Friends and family remember Oscar nominated “Her” re- Writer picks top online ser- Horsmon back at UD, pg. 15. grad student for hard work veals uncomfortable portion of vices to improve academics, VOL. 61 NO. 15 and integrity, pg. 4. modern relationships, pg. 7. pg. 11. UD RALLIES FROM POLAR VORTEX D2D offers JIM VOGEL Company, 11 full-time bookstore staff Staff Writer members, nine student workers, UDit, insight on MARISSA GRIMSLEY Public Safety, facilities and grounds Staff Writer crew, the whole bookstore was fully functional in the MAC Gym Friday, info error Days before students and faculty Jan. 10 by 8:30 a.m. began to return to campus, the ‘Polar “We worked until midnight on Tues- ALISE JARMUSZ Staff Writer Vortex’ of 2014 left the University of day and started again at 6:30 a.m. on Dayton with significant water dam- Wednesday,” Banks said. “We needed age from burst pipes in several major to move everything to the MAC gym By May 6, 2014, University of buildings on campus according to Vice as well as set up network capabilities, Dayton students will have made President of Facilities Management phones lines and security.” their annual migration to Florida Beth Keyes. Sophomore political science major for this year’s Dayton 2 Daytona Damage occurred in Keller Hall, Morgan Draves said she was impressed trip. However, confusion over stu- the Bookstore, an unoccupied section with how efficiently her textbook buy- dent eligibility has been added to of the River Campus, and several resi- ing experience played out upon return- the mix of emotions surrounding dences in the student neighborhood as ing to campus. the 37th trip to the Sunshine State. a result of the extreme cold tempera- “I was dreading shopping for my On Dec. 23, the D2D committee tures, she said. textbooks because I thought it would stated via Twitter there had been “Fortunately, no student property be so crowded and chaotic in the MAC a misunderstanding and that most or belongings were affected by the in- gym under the circumstances. But sophomores will be unable to go cidents.” Keyes said. within 15 minutes, I was checking out to Daytona despite their earlier However, as senior Spanish and pre- with all of my books and had no is- claims. Scott Bridwell, a senior med major Karen Lehan explained, she sues using my textbook scholarship,” mechanical engineering major was lucky to have moved in to 18 Lawn- Draves said. and executive director of D2D, said view Ave. early Tuesday, Jan. 7. Banks explained Facilities Manage- the confusion occurred when rules Walking in to what she described ment is still in the process of assessing from the UD’s administration were as a waterfall pouring out of the entry the cost of damages and is still finaliz- interpreted incorrectly. way ceiling, all of the residents of 18 ing a timeline for repairs. “From the beginning, the word- Lawnview Ave. were fortunate not to “As you can imagine, they took a lot ing [of the rules] was very am- have any damage to personal property, out because of the water damage. My biguous. The way the wording Lehan said. best guess for the repairs would be a was defined, it could have meant “I was happy with how quickly Fa- month.” Banks said. a student needed to have 60 credit cilities Management responded to my In response to the cancelling the on- hours by the end of either the fall call and came to turn off the water,” line orders placed after Jan. 2, Banks or spring semester,” Bridwell ex- Lehan said. “It is scary to think that if explained with the time constraint re- plained. I hadn’t moved in early no one would sulting from the move and water dam- Jude Guerra, a senior finance have been aware of the problem.” age to the boxes that are used for sepa- and entrepreneurship major and By Friday, Jan. 10, all of the repairs rating the orders, it became impossible executive director of the trip, said had been made to her house, she said. to fulfill the online orders. they presented their interpreta- In Keller Hall, UD law school classes “If a student had taken the time to tion of the rules but did not in- were not interrupted and all repairs to already order their books, we had a clude a deadline for students. classrooms have already been com- copy of the order so the student could “We presented at SGA, and when pleted, Keyes said. Damage to the dry see the books they needed to pull. If we spoke, we presented it as: if you wall in the atrium will likely not be re- they hadn’t already ordered online, have 60 credit hours, you could go. paired until the next major break due we had five stations set up where they But the underlying failure was [60 to the disruptive nature of the repairs, could print their schedules to find their credit hours] by when. What is the Keyes said. books.” Banks said. deadline?” Guerra said. Julie Banks, the bookstore manager, Aside from losing their greeting Guerra said over Christmas said Tuesday, Jan. 7, at approximately cards and school supplies, no other break, university administration 6:20 p.m., a pipe burst in the ceiling of merchandise was lost from the water cleared up their wording, defining the textbook department and conse- damage, Banks said. students eligible to go as: full-time quently affected all parts of the store, “The teamwork that so many people students with 60 credit hours com- as well as the Marianist learning cen- across campus demonstrated is truly Water damage from the 2014 “Polar Vortex” causes campus damage, includ- pleted by January 2014. ing the Bookstore, a section of the River Campus and several student residenc- ter, the credit union and the post office. incredible. Between the Bookstore es. ETHAN KLOSTERMAN/PHOTO EDITOR Both Bridwell and Guerra Since the pipe burst in the ceiling, the staff, my staff at facilities, the Dayton stressed the rules never changed; sprinkler system triggered the fire Fire Department, Alpha and Omega, on campus that all came together and Keyes said. however, the vagueness of the alarm and Public Safety responded. UDit, the RecPlex staff, the grounds rose to the occasion, all of this never With the aid of Mayberry’s Moving crew, Mayberry’s, and many others would have happened so smoothly.” See VORTEX on p. 4 See DAYTONA on p. 4 VocAdFlyerNewsNov2013_Layout 1 10/29/13 4:26 PM Page 1 2 Thursday, Jan. 23, 2013 NEWS Online at flyernews.com Welcome home to a life of community, service and prayer We invite you to consider life as a Marianist brother, priest or sister. Contact Bro. Tom Wendorf — [email protected] or Sr. Nicole Trahan — [email protected]. www.marianist.com Online at flyernews.com TICKER Thursday, Jan. 23, 2013 3 CAMPUS ARTSTREET PRESENTS CHANGE AGENT THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE WORKSHOP DISCUSSES This week’s Thursday Night Live features SOCIal JUSTICE music by Dana Clark & Alec Brown, Sam The Office of Multicultural Affairs Kasmer and The Chastity Dragons. It will will hold a Change Agent Workshop take place Thursday, Jan. 23, at 8 p.m. in Wednesday, Jan. 29, from 2 to 4 p.m. the ArtStreet Cafe. For more information, in KU 222. All students, faculty and staff contact ArtStreet at 937-229-5101. are welcome to join and participate and activities and critical dialogue about VISITING ARTIST HOSTS difference and social justice. The event TalK/WORKSHOP will feature an ice breaker, team builder Casey Roberts, an Indianapolis-based and lots of dialogue. For more informa- artist known for using the Civil War era tion, contact the Office of Multicultural process cyanotype, will host two events Affairs at 937-229-3634. Thursday, Jan. 23. The first event is an artist talk at 10 a.m. in CPC Gallery 249. She will later host a workshop/ ‘CONNECT THE DOTS’ demonstration at 1:30 p.m. in the CPC AT WEDNESDAY The UD men’s soccer team cheers for a video camera during a women’s basketball game against Print Studio. Both events are free. WORKSHOP George Washington University, Jan. 16, at UD Arena. SAN KUMAR/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Visiting artist Amy Kollar Anderson will team up with UD’s Sexual Violence LOCAL WORLD RHYTHMS Prevention Education Coordinator CONCERT EXPLORES Kristen Altenau Wednesday, Jan. 29, BROWN STREET TACO SNL MOCKS DAYTON MIAMI VallEY RESIDENT INDIAN CULTURE from 7 to 9 p.m. in ArtStreet Studio E for BEll EMPLOYEES WOMAN SUSPECT IN PURDUE Kiran Ahluwalia will share a bit of this week’s Wednesday Workshop. They THREATENED “Saturday Night Live” recently discussed a SHOOTING Indian culture with UD Sunday, Jan. 26 will discuss how mirror neurons in the Dayton Police responded to a call Dayton resident’s actions during the show’s Cody Cousins was arrested on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in Sears Recital Hall during brain allow us to feel empathy toward Sunday, Jan. 19, at 2:20 a.m. to 1000 “Weekend Update” segment. Abigal Miller, Jan. 21 after a shooting at Purdue a World Rhythms Concert. Ahluwalia others and will discuss ways for us to Brown St. on a report that two female a Dayton resident, recently posted a flier at University in West Lafayette, Indiana. is known for using traditional Punjabi “connect the dots.” Participants will then employees were threatened by a man the Wayne Avenue Kroger offering a pack The 23-year-old has addresses in rhythms and ancient ghazals, short love work on a collaborative piece to hang in in his car in the drive-thru.