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THE Junior Will Editors get Tamplin is together for REFLECTOR final restaurant student, globe review. trotter at once. UNI\I~.RSII\ Ob ~NDlANAPOLlS See page 3. 1400 EA~THANLA AV~NLE IYDIANAPOI.~~, IN 46227 See page 7. CYCLEMMA 2001 rn 100th BIRTHDAY Students turn out for Cyclerama 2001 Planning for U of I Matt Holmes the bill were The Milwaukees and Five Dike said ”If it’s not Little 5 [Little SO0 at Prix at Purdue CPB can’t schedule Co-Editor in Chief Apple\ IU 1. then it’s the week before Final\ around tho\e things. Centennial Over 600 ticket4 were sold for the con- “Thi\ is a second semester thing, but “We can’t schedule around 1U or There was no bicycle race, but cert. with 500 people aCtUdliy attending Januar) or February is too cold if we want Purdue because they have something Cyclerama wci\ still a big event none- the \how. to do \oiiiething outside where people can bigger and better,” Dike said. “We try theless. ”The people that went had a good time,” come in or out,” Dike said. to cater to students needs, and if they Celebration In lieu of a hihe race this year, the CPB Trdltional Eveiit\ Chair Craig Dike He al\o \aid it wouldhave been hard for don’t like it, we’ll try something else.” Campus Program Bawd brought na- said. ”In that regard 11 Wd\ ‘1 \lICCL%\.” CPB to hold the concert at a different time There was also a carnival in Smith honal recording artist\ Blessid Union The turnout may have been J blt low, thi\ year because it would have put too Mall Friday night before the concert. underway of souls 10 the Unlverc,ity of India- conwkring that U of I ha\ aiiJlu\t 2,000 much stre>\ on the CPB budget. ‘“The carruval wa< our way of pro- napolis for ,I concert krid,iy night, April undergra1duate students. Dike also said that CPB can’t schedule motidg theconcert,” Holiday Programs 20. Joining Blessid Union soulson “This time of year is bdin general,“ around events such as Little 5 and Grand Chair Tiffany Rile \aid “We invited Gretchen Rush students from other universities to the Online Editor carnival. We’re trying to make it into a college-community MI& thing ’* The University of Indianapolis cel- CPB wanted to ha\ e the car~ii\~dland ebrates 100 years of education in 2002, and concert on Friddy. \o evcn the people planning is already underway for the Cen- whogohome every weekend could stay tennial Celebration. for the festivities. Athletic Director Dave Huffman is the ‘‘It’s hard to keep students here for associate general chair of the Centennial an entire weekend,” Dike said “With Committee that is in charge of planning the the concert on Friday, they can get to celebration’s events. Observance of the the concert on Friday and they can still momentous occasion will begin in Janu- go home late Friday night or Saturday ary. sometime.” “The committee has been established Rife said that the cami\d also was for a year but is somewhat fluid,”Huffman createdasasubwtute for the bike race. said. “As plans and possible activities de- ‘‘Therehasn’t been a high intere\t in velop, 30 people at one time could be the bike race,” Rite said involved, as time allows.” ”Tbeactutll ccjmpetition didn’t get a The reason for the fluidity is that sub- lot of turnout,” Dike \aid “There were committees are being formed to run differ- only three teams the past two )em ” ent events throughout the entire year, and Even withoutthebike race, CPB did those people come into and leave the com- notwanttachangetheCyclerm,i name mittee based on their need to be present. “If we totally changed the iime Most plans for the Centennial Celebra- people wouldsay, ‘Where’\ C) clr.rma tion are still tentative, but a few events are this year?’,” Dike \aid. already set. Dike said CPB may do thi\ again, “There are three focus times,” Huffman butmaybedosomething smaller in terms said. “The first is over the weekend of of manpower. January 19 and20...[ The second] is Alumni Construction for the concert \tqe Weekend in June 2002 ... and the biggest \tarted at 7:30 the morning 01 the coii- and least structured event is on Founders c e rt .Then after the concert i t tc it)I\ iic~.ii1 \ Day in October 2002.” tive The first event in January will be called 1 fihff Weekendand. will.take place on ii cJn contlnue to improve January 19 at the Indiana Historical Soci- Phoros h\ Ac him I.lirrth .‘~~~%il~,it be better ety. The event will involve corporate, civic, year after year,” said Dike. arts, governmental and university leaders. SUMO SIZED -Elizabeth Vargas and Angela Pflueger put on Sumo suits and “It is to draw media attention and focus wrestled at the Cyclerama 2801carnival on Friday afternoon, April 20. among the city and the area to recognize 100 years of U of I,” Huffman said. “It might be the first university for the Historical Society to celebrate with,” said Director of Publications Peter Noot. “They rn STAFF CHANGING do it for businesses for 100 years, but not universities.” Plans are still tentative for the follow- ing day. On January 20, an event will take place on campus that will be student fo- U of I savs goodbye to Dr. Youngblood cused. Corbin Smyth, director of co-cur- J ricular programs, will be in charge of gath- ering a group of students to plan this land- mark event. Senior Justin Ailes is the only Eve Murray “I think the committee did a wonderful has been here. “Almost everything has 1800 miles away from her.” student on the main committee, but other Co-editor in Chief job and worked very hard, and it would changed about the place-except the one Other activities that he has planned for students will join the subcommittees to have been inappropriate for me to influ- constant has been that the folks who study himself include fishing, catching up on his have a major involvement in the Kickoff The University of Indianapolis will soon ence the decision,” said Youngblood. He here and the folks who work here are good, reading, playing his trombone in a commu- Weekend and other events throughout the lose one of its most dedicated administra- describes Freeman as a “very engaging solid people.” nity band, and most of ;ill, helping his year. tors. Dr. Lynn Youngblood, senior vice gentleman.” That‘s what Youngblood says he’ll fellow man. Along with the events planned for the U president and provost, is retiring. “He’s the kind of person who seems tu niiss---not the pace of the job, but the “I could have a great time catching fish of 1 milestone, Dr. Frederick Hill a retired “I feel like I’m a very fortunate person,” be a bit gregarious and outgoing, and he’ll people he works with. He admits, though, or cutting wood or gardening, but where I U of I history professor, has written a 15- said Youngblood. “There aren’t too many want to get acquainted with as m;iny peoplc that his number one reason for retiring is to get my real fulfillment is if I can help chapter book on the university’s history. people that stay in one place for so long.” as possible,” hc said. qmitl more time with his two-year-old somebody out,” he said. “1 think that’s Hill, who taught for 30 years, is the Uni- Youngblood has been with the university Youngblood feel:, that the school has grandchild. “She doesn’t have agrandpa to natural for a lot of us, whether we like it or versity Historian and works in the Univer- for more than 35 years. changed agreat deal in the 35 years that hc spoil her. I’m her only grandpa, and I’m not.” sity Archives. Although his decision to return is not Hill began writing the history of the yet definite, Youngblood says he feels like university in 1989. it is. “After I’ve been [away] for four or “I was asked to do it [write the book] by five months lollygagging, I may come back the administration,” Hill said. “The idea and work part time for the university in, originated in the mind of Dean Stockton.” probably, a fundraising area.” Dr. Carl Stockton is dean emeritus and Youngblood first came to of 1 as a U professor of history. student in 1959. He graduated in 1963 and In addition to the 15 chapters, the book left to teach mathematics at Northwest will include three topical essays. The es- High School, where he met his wife. He got says contain significant topics, but Hill did his master’s degree from Butler University not believe they were big enough for an in 1965, and then came back to work at U entire chapter. of I. He has been here ever since. He estimates the finished product will His first position at U of I was as direc- run 350 to 400 pages in length but does not tor of Admissions. “In many ways that was know the exact publication date. the most enjoyable job I’ve had. That’s “The university is going to publish [the when I was closest to the students,” book],” Hill said, “and I presume they will Youngblood said. “We were small enough sell it. The details are not worked out, and then that we knew almost every student in the publication date is not my decision to the school.” make.” In 1970, Youngblood became assistant Hill said he still has one more chapter to to the president and director of develop- write and the publications office still has to ment.