2010 POPCORN FESTIVAL SWEET i^v/VICT0RYrA9 Tasting a piece of Valparaiso history, B3 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010 Valparaiso University's 2007-2010 Indiana College Student Newspaper THE TORCH Weekly of the Year Fight rumors put to rest CHANGING LANES early," Tewes said. "This is when Violence breaks everyone went back outside and that situation continued to esca­ out at Sigma Phi late and that was at the point when the police were called, by myself. I Epsilon fraternity called 911 and the Valparaiso City Police came." Rachael Battista Those brothers involved in the Torch News Editor fight did not reciprocate with any violent behavior. While a student brawl wasn't a "At the end of the night, none of planned part of Sigma Phi Epsilon's our guys had thrown a punch and annual "Slip and Slide" fundraising two of our guys had been hit pretty party, on Friday, Aug. 27, frater­ severely," Tewes said. "We were just nity members found themselves trying to get them to leave with­ breaking up a fight that resulted out any violent action on our part. in two innocent bystanders being That was pretty much up until they injured. ran off and the police came and we The first sign of a need for con­ talked to them for a while." cern was acknowledged during the As for the two students that foam party at the Phi Kappa Psi suffered injuries, neither was ad­ house when a select group of un­ mitted to the hospital but one did dergraduates began to cause prob­ receive on scene medical attention, lems for those in attendance. "We according to Tewes. were having trouble with a couple "We were worried about po­ of students who were causing tential concussions but both of problems and getting just a little them had been hit only once so it bit rough and we just didn't want to wasn't that they got beat on while deal with that so they were down on the ground or we asked them to something," he leave," said Jake We closed down the said. "They were Odell, junior and each hit once but President of Phi party a little bit early pretty solidly." Kappa Psi. "They for an unrelated "The ambu­ ended up leaving incident and then lance was called our house and by the police heading over as they were trying once they looked to (Sigma Phi to leave a couple of at one of the guys Epsilon) where who had been everything else guys were just kind hit and they just happened after of trash talking with checked his vi­ that." one of our members tals and they said, Austin Hill / The Torch According 'you may have a to Odell, he and and that situation very mild kind Started in Oct. 2007, the V-line has served as transportation for VU students as well as the greater Valparaiso community. Now under the management of Ride Right, the city of Valparaiso will benefit from a thirty-three percent savings. Students his fraternity escalated a little bit. of concussion but will still be able to ride for free with their student ID. brothers had the you can stay here situation under Jacob Tewes if you want to,' control and there President, Sigma Phi Epsilon and he opted to agement, Valparaiso University out to the Dune Park South Shore was not much of do that." V-Line under new students are still able to ride the Line train station in Chesterton. a disturbance Jennifer Jones- service at no cost with their stu­ This fall, Kent will be working that occurred during the foam Hall, Assistant Dean of Students management offers dent ID. The university has had a with a consultant to review routes party. for Greek Life and New Student contract with the city to provide to make sure the buses are running "To be honest, nothing really Orientation, offered further infor­ financial changey this service since it began in 2007. efficiently. Kent said the V-Line happened at our house at all," he mation regarding the impeding Approximately one third of V-Line will look to possibly expand routes said. "They were just acting a little investigation. service remains riders are VU students. to Portage and Merrillville. He will bit vicious so we asked them to "While I am not done with my "The V-Line provides a valuable also be working with a market­ leave." investigation as of yet, from what Mike Jakubisin service to Valpo ing firm to reach For Jacob Tewes, senior and I have gained this deals with in­ Torch Staff Writer students," said out to more Val­ President of Sigma Phi Epsilon, on dividual students and not Sigma Dustin Wunder- The V-line provides paraiso residents the other hand, the conflict was on Phi Epsilon Fraternity as a whole," The V-Line bus service in the lich, senior direc­ a valuable service to and university the verge of escalation and would Jones-Hall said. "From what I have been able to gain, the fraternity city of Valparaiso will continue ser­ tor of public rela­ Valpo students. Thus students. The soon involve two members of the vice as normal, but new manage­ tions at Valparaiso buses are being Sigma Phi Epsilon brotherhood. did have a sanctioned dance party, ment will produce some changes University. "Thus far, students have fitted with new "We closed down the party a which they chose to close down to improve local public transporta­ far, students have been pleased with labels and logos little bit early for an unrelated in­ early because of a difficulty with tion. been pleased with and the transfor­ cident and then as they were try­ some of the guests at their party. The service, which began op­ the service, and the service, and we mation should be ing to leave a couple of guys were After they closed down the event, eration Oct. 2007, will still have we anticipate that anticipate that will finished by the just kind of trash talking with one they did have to call the police, in the same employees and vehicles will continue un­ continue under the end of Septem­ of our members and that situa­ which the Valparaiso City Police as when it was operated McDon­ der the new op­ ber. tion escalated a little bit," Tewes arrived." ald Transit Association. The new erator." new operator. The V-Line said. "Some people got outside Jones-Hall was also able to con­ managing company, Ride Right, The most Dustin Wunderlich is looking to im­ and there was some yelling. That firm that the altercation is not one beat out the three other bidders on popular line for prove signage, was broken up and nobody threw related to the university and sepa­ July 22. students is the Senior Director of Public build bus shelters, a punch. Then the people in ques­ rate from Greek Life. In the past, McDonald had op­ Brown line, which Relations increase hours tion left." "As you know, if this was "Greek- erated the V-Line at $57.48 an hour travels through of operation and Although the potential fight related" and I found something in but bid $55.99 an hour this sum­ campus to the movie theatre and provide better online access such seemed to have been deterred, the my investigation that caused con­ mer. Ride Right, however, bid to the nearby shopping centers. as mobile web applications. Kent students attributed to the confron­ cern, or if rules were broken the operate the buses at $38.22 an hour. Kent said the service is conve­ said the system may begin to look tation revisited the house. fraternity would go in front of the This will save the city of Valparaiso nient for "any person who wants into GPS tracking. "About twenty minutes later we Greek Judicial Board," Jones- Hall $229,194, a nearly 33 percent sav­ to take public transportation to "There are a ton of opportuni­ were sitting inside on our dance said. "However, if individual stu­ ings according to Tyler Kent, city the doctor, to work or to the store." ties," Kent said. "This is a small ser­ floor area and they came up to the dents are involved, as we outline of Valparaiso transportation su­ The service operates five different vice, but it all costs money." window and they came back want­ in the Student Guide to University pervisor. routes around Valparaiso, includ­ Contact Mike Jakubisin at ed to fight the guy that they were Despite the change in man­ ing the Orange Line, which runs [email protected] trying to start an altercation with See Altercation, page A6 Index A&E........ B7 Features B3 Opinions A7 The Torch "We will strive increasingly to Announcements A2 Flicker A7 Sports A9 On Guard for 96 Years quicken the public's sense of Calendar B2 National News A6 Weather B6 Volume 104 :: Issue 2 civic duty." - The Athenian Oath The Torch | Friday, September 10, 2010 Campus News Campus Announcements We've got VU covered. SourceStock 2010 WVUR 95.1 FM, Valparaiso University's student radio sta­ tion, will host their annual concert at 7 p.m. Sept. 11 in the Athletics-Recreation Center. The concert will feature the popular band We The Kings. The band was the recipient of the 2008 Top in Rock Award for Best Pop Punk Artist, and has been featured on MTV and CBS's "The Early Show." Gen­ eral admission to the event is $10, and all VU students, faculty page and staff will be admitted for free.