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VOLUME83, ISSUE5 0 “EDUCATIONFOR SERVICE” NOVEMBER17,2004 Winter sports Fall movie reviews See Pages 4 See Page 7. and 5. UNIVERSITYOF INDIANAPOLIS 1400 EASTHANNA AVEN~JE INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46227 SAGAMORE INSTITUTE Indianapolis ‘think tank’ hosts foreign policy discussion four years. Lucas Klipsch 47s and other small arms,” Pegg said. “What my guests want to do is go be- Editor-iii-Chief Clark agreed. “Small arms put an yond just saying we’ve got problems, but enormous amount of killing capacity into actually trying to find ways we can solve the hands of child soldiers.” those problems,” Clark said. “These four Although the discussion was mainly scholars are an important asset to India- about foreign policy, not domestic napolis. We need people to provide facts politics, it eventually turned into a post- The Sagamore Institute for Policy and per,spectives on war and peace.” election Kerry vs. Bush debate, based on Research helda publicdiscussionentitled Besides Ayres, the other three scholars audience reaction. According to Clark, “How Can We Achievea Sensible Foreign werePierreAtlasofMarian College, Siob- the main goal of the open letter was to Policy? A Forward-Looking Conversa- han McEvoy-Levy of Butler University “give a failing grade to the Bush admin- tion with Four Security Scholars,” on and Scott Pegg of IUPUI. istration and its policies on Iraq and the Monday, Nov. 8. All of these professors were signatories war on terrorism.” Despite some pro-Bush One of the participating scholars was of an open letter that was distributed to arguments from the audience, the scholars University of Indianapolis Associate Pro- the global community of international did not retort negatively and were more fessor of Political Science and Director relations scholars. The letter, dated concerned~abouthow the president will of the International Relations Program, Octobelr of 2004, originated within an conduct his administration in the future, Dr. Bill Ayres. organization called Security Scholars than his mistakes in the past. “You can The Sagamore Institute is an interna- for a Sensible Foreign Policy, and al- be very smart and still not adopt reason tional think tank in Indianapolis. John ready contains over 850 signatures from as your basic framework,” Ayres said. Clark, senior research fellow for the Hud- various political science and international “People who know the president best son Institute, and other former members relations scholars across the world. The will say he’s not stupid, he just operates of the Hudson Institute, founded it. The letter is addressed as “an open letter to from a world view in which statements of Hudson Institute moved to Washington, the American people,” and calls for a faith, beliefs and feelings are the opera- D.C., less than a year ago. Instead of “fundamental reassessment” of the Bush tive motives.” following, Clark decided to start a new administration’s foreign policy ofthe past Although the discussion was meant to think tank, entirely separate from the four years. be apublic forum, the audience was small, Hudson Institute. During the discussion, the scholars and the president, for whom the discus- “The Hudson Institute was an old, talked about, among other things, the ma- sion was designed, was clearly unaware well established think tank,” Clark said. jorchallenges for the Bush administration of its existence. “[At the discussion] “We [the Sagamore Institute] are a new in the coming four-year term. Although we talked about the responsibility to be thinktank basedonold [Hudson Institute] several topics were discussed, security engaged in public conversations, to get researchers .” was a Focal point of the evening, as it what we know out into the media,”Ayres The discussion was held at the Hudson was heavily stressed in the open letter. said. “That conversation was colored by Institute’s old headquarters, a mansion “The rmost immediate (security] concern the sneaking suspicion that that doesn’t on the east side of Indianapolis. “We’re is North Korea,” Ayres said. “If we solve make any difference.” kind of squatting here until our divorce every problem there is between Morocco Clark agreed with Ayres. “The chances negotiations with Hudson are finished,” and Iran, we wouldn’t be solving the most are pretty slim that the Bush administra- Clark said. “But we might stay here.” important problems.” tion is going to listen to us here tonight,” The discussion, according to Clark, War and peace were not the only top- he said, prior to the discussion. will be the first of many at the Saga- ics discussed. Clark, who mediated the Still, all four scholars speculated on more Institute. He hopes that similar event, made sure that topics “off the radar how Bush will handle his second term as discussions will follow, and perhaps the screen” were also discussed. Included in president. According to Ayres, presidents Photo by Zach Bolinger international relations community can these hereenvironmental policy, poverty, traditionally view their second term as an start coming up with answers to some disease: and international gun control. opportunity to establish a legacy. U of I Associate Professor of Political Science Dr. Bill Ayres questions concerning America’s future “The vast majority of people lkilled answers a question at the Sagamore Institute on Nov. 8. role in the international system, and the by weapons] are not killed by weapons of Bush administration’s plans for the next mass destruction, they ’re’killed by AK- Continued on Page 3. PHI ALPHA EPSILON Class of 2007 students inducted into Phi Alpha Epsilon at the event, and nearly every seat in the Sarah Clough chapel was filled. The students came Distribittioii iLliiizciger forward and were presented with their award by the professor or mentor of their choice. Lana Lukas, a biology major inductee, was honored by Assistant Professor of Biology P. RogerSweets, who apologized for breaking the mold from the otherpro- fessors and gave an extra explanation of Phi Alpha Epsilon, the freshman why Lukas deserved this award. honors society, held its annual induction SweetsclaimedthatLukasnotonlyde- ceremony at 1 pm. on Nov. 7. served the award for her hard work in her Friends and family were invited 10 the academic endeavors but also because she University Chapel to attend this event had saved his life during the department’s honoring the Class of2007 students who Spring Term trip to Belize. had excelled academically during their “I didn’t really save his life,” Lukas freshman year. said. “1 held a flashlight while they were Students who were recognized came doing a night swim in the ocean. I was from many different majors but shared just a beacon. But I do appreciate being one common trait, they all were able to honored with thisceremony. I didn’treally maintain a 3.5 or above grade point aver- know what it was at first, but now that age in their first year in college. I know more. I think it’s a great idea to “It was important that the university have an honors society to award students recognized the academic achievements of for their efforts, because that first year its students,” said Cristy Corwin, sopho- is hard.” more elementary education major. All the students felt that this honors Corwin was among the students in- society would help them in the future. Plzoto hv Luke Thornberm ducted into the honors society. Ed Wall. “Hopefully, futureemployers will look interimcoordinator,cducation masters in at our resumes and see that we were ac- Dr. Mary Moore, vice president for research, planning and strategic partnerships, curriculum&instruction,washerchosen ceptedtoaprestigious society,anditwilI speaks to Phi Alpha Epsilon inductees and their families and friends who attended inductor. better our opportunities for employment,” the induction ceremony held on Nov. 7 in the chapel in Schwitzer Student Center. More than 2o were Inducted Corwin said ELECTIONS Voting problems delay results in eventual Bush win Computer glitches, broken ballot machines complicate vote count Initial results from CBS and other news media showed that Bush had Records show that Bush actually received 365 votes. CNN Shelly Grimes a slight lead in the state. reported that the Secretary of State could not change the state’s Stafs Writer Sen. Kerry’s camp reportedly considered refusing to concede until election totals until the error was officially reported to the state. all absentee provisional ballots were counted, but it became evident CNN also reported that in one North Carolina county more than the following day that Bush had won the state. Sen. Kerry conceded 4,500 votes were lost when officials tried to store more electronic later Wednesday afternoon, saying in his concession speech that he data in a machine than it could hold. would not “give up this fight if there were a chance that we [Demo- Also, 32 voters in six states complained to the Election Protec- crats] would prevail.” tion Coalition, a group of volunteer poll monitors, that the wrong After a record turnout at the polls and hours of waiting for It was not until Friday, Nov. 5, that the last of the states-Iowa and candidate appeared on their touch screen voting machine. results, George W. Bush was elected to serve as President of the New Mexico-were called by the Associated Press, also in favor of The problem appeared mainly with Democrats in Florida. Several United States for four more years. Bush. The final count gave Bush 286 electoral votes and Kerry 252 voters who intended to select Kerry were shown Bush’s name on According to USA Today, a record setting 60 percent of those electoral votes. the verification screen. Initial reports indicate that these cases were eligible to vote cast ballots this election year. Exit polls from USA Computer glitches were partly to blame for the delayed results.