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. I----- - - I...... -I-" ---.-il--A ---I-----=- --- -t»-*--.:r.3Lt - - -- » 1 - 9 ... -C--D-,».'3»4 THEOFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS 6 / , -. J.46....1 - ----1 /:=Th I T 7..113 r. c '#re:# Arl''Ij 11 1 1,-, 'r · 1,2. :50--* 0;31, !--1 :" 3'/p " .il="I- ......-IJ--7 , 1-,/ 3 Zzl ' - -»» r' P # T cli,Alr Pt IVAZE e = , 8«» r-7 - ; - 0 4+ . & : ' 1 N.IJ„ll- 1·f Yi#'114f f<.S , .- 1 1. 1-1 U«-1 <z; j 1 4 i &,TPA\,1- 0 A,)19gs1 r ,... 1 .#/*..'. -. -/- Wl 7-7 i et· - : 7 fu:JOLV,·1 3- 'Arn. e. ' .3; p. 1, 0- * -,=5 '.'(9 rb»' ' . 7 -> See Page4 1 7 : : 90 r ·- · 7 * reflector.uindy. edu <9031 ISSUE * FEBRUARY 8, 2012 Sudden loss hits UIndy By Abby Ropes HIGHER EDUCATION STAFF WRITER 'Ihe recent loss of a member of'.the • Board ofTrfistees has left many shocked and surprised. Jerry 7hrogmartin, secretary of the ' 1 Board ofTrustees, executive chairman, and President HIGHER ofH.H. GETS CEO COST Gregg Ap- pliances Inc., died Jan.22 while visiting his ranch in Colorado. ' "He is a very' kind and gentle man. I g ., . * say'is' because it is hard to believe he is gone. When you meet somebody who is luition to rise in z * YEARLY TOTALS ,". E-4 in a powerful position like that, a chief 14 6- executive officer ofa major corporation, 2012-2013 ix«-3 TUITION a and brisk you expect stereotypical 83: , ROOM & BOARD 0 - personality, but he was the opposite," By Stephanie Snay mci ' .. .. said University ofIndianapolis President EDITOR-IN-CHIEF r*,5-4 ti 1 - - BeverleyPitts."Kind ofsoft spoken, very 1 - - thoughtful, a good listener, friendly, easy A).Spercenttuitionincreaseforthe Il 2 ' 7 .. 1- -1 toworkwith.Youcouldtellhowmuchhe - - .«- , - loved-UIndy, and it was a great pleasure 2012-2013 schoolyearattheUniversity :,· . --7 /1 •e<; 11 , to workwith him." - --, ofIndianapoliswas announcedthrough 5 RIJ - h Throgmartin graduated from the a campus wide email sent on Feb. 1. D - UniversityofIndianapoliswithhisbach- This academic Achool year also saw 4 ..St: '„=-=El .. elor's degree and received his master's a 3.5 percent increase in tuition from ft-f Q - , · F r of business· administration degree from' the preceding year. 'Ihis sets filll-time . ; 4 1 · 2 Indiana University. He also received an undergraduate tuition at . 523,590, an r ,I, .- ... C ...3 4 0..--· i ' 11 honorarydegree from UIndyin2010 for $800 increase from this year, androom "" C,/D ·· - ·s ' r. 1 " - his commitment to the community and and board with a 14-meal plan option 7 -- .. i : · 1 ' i · ' : · ; the university. - at $8,570, a S300 increase. -, 1 4 / '" .' 5 1 «When I knewJerry,he was a student The .executive committee of the - RIA - - 1 athlete at the University ofIndianapolis Board of Trustees made the decision 4 rY< 1 : M to raise tuition. .' playing football. He was a hud ble and modest person, and he never changed," 'We work very hard to keep the . - | 1 said Board of Trustees member Mike price as 18w as we possibly can," said '* 5 '03 '04 '04-'05 '05 '06 '06 '07 '07-'08 '08 '09 '09210 '10 '11 '11212 '12/13 1 . 7' Watkins. "He is the most humble and University of Indianapolis President 1 ,--1 . successful business person I know, and Beverley Pitts. "We don't want to lose -'. ... -- I.- /1444--=1-44144.-= hd has left his mark all over Indiana and any students, because they can't afford Graphic 27 Laura Fellows I 'r i even further, but he never put his own to be here financially. , name on anything. It was always the Vice President for Student Affairs private colleges, and that UIndy had one She said that often times students «'I[he residence hall will bring in ad- * company's name [H.H. Gregg] that he and Enrollment Management Mark of the lowest increases overall. think that what they see is what causes ditional students, and those students will the commu- the ini:rease. She used the Super Bowl bring in additional' revenue," Weigand * would put on everything." Weigand said that as tuition rises, the 'Ille email sent to campus -"Wliildvisiting his ranchin Colorado,- universitykefforts fire to tbntinue 20 ni< aboul th-6- ition -in-creaTe-ihcluded- -3 ivitiEs ds-an ctiample and expldined said. 'Ihroginartinfellillanddied ofcomplica- offer more institutional aid to offset links to UIndy's Financial Aid Office that those were·funded with money that Accordingto Pitts,tuition is increased 2 . to maintain the university's operating - tions from meningitis. the cost ofhigher education for UIndy website and to the online FAFSA applica- the Super Bowl Committee·paid to use He was 57 with a wife, Peg y Sue, a students. He also said that UIndy has tion.lhe email urged students to file the the Athletics and Recreations Centen costs and provide quality education. ' son, Gregg, and two daughters, Christy d8ne a good job at keeping its tuition FAFSA by the March 10 deadline. Pitts said it costs around $200,000 "It's agoodtime forUIndy,"Pitts said. and Nicky. · increases consistently low. He said he Pitts saidthatoneoftliethingsstudents more each year just to maintain licenses "We're happy that we don't have to have looked at both a five-year and 10-year always wonder ab6utiswhat drives tuition for the technology UIndy has. a larger increase to maintain the quality Thenewdormitoryalsowas discussed. education the UIndy students deserve. '7 > SeeTHROGMARTIN on page 3 span of tuition increases for Indiana's . ihcreases. Pitts shares her NFL experiences Pitts tells students andfaculty about ber time and lessons learned working witb tbe NFL Players Association By Leeann Doerflein in the audience]. 'Ihey have always had An example Pitts gave was when she people taking care of them. Many of pretended to know how to STAFF WRITER write a TV 1 them [players] come from poor families, -script. 5 andtheyhave suddenlyfoundthemselves Alongthesameline,thefinallifelesson University of Indianapolis President in the midst of money. Their careers are Pitts imparted was to try anything. • Beverley Pitts spoke on Jan. 25 at the on the line with every game," said Pitts. "Working for the NFLPA wasn't in third annual Provost's Lectureabout her AnotherpartofPitts'jobwas conduct- the requirements for becoming UIndy's ' time with the National Football League ingresearchonretiredandretiringplayers. president, but what I learned there, and · She completed five studies over 15 years. the new Players Association. experiences Ihad made life more : Students and Ruth In addition to learning lessons about interesting, myopportunities greater and . 1 & faculty gathered in 9* t . Lilly Performance Hall to hear the details football through her career as ajournalist myskillsbetter.Youjustneverknowwhere , 8 4 career as researcher and offered some advice a door might lead, so be sure to open it," - - : - ·· of Pitts' a journalist, researcher, Pitts dnd communicatidns consultant for the that she learned through working in Pitts said. -r *99:. -1 + 4 media. -- \ i„) .: f . .1-,fl'.' NFLPA. sports Pitts also cleared up the mispercep- %. I:..41 1 3 The NFLPA is the union for profes- "In sports journalism there is a sort tion, which some students mayhave, that National ' - of 'I love sports, so I should be a sports are established in their T, . sional football players in the professionals who -- · Football League. Established in 1956, journalist' [mentality]. But it needs to fields did not have obstacles on theirway the NFLPA hasalong history ofassuring , be'Ilove journalism,' because youneed to the top. 4-u 104. .' 1-07••-#26 proper recognition and representation of to know your craft," Pitts said "It's not "Everybody faces obstacles, and when ·' players' interests, according to NFLplay- your knowledge of sports that gets you you see successful people later in their .-I -, : I. - ability to work in a media 1 ers.com. there, it's your career,youhavetheimpressionthatthings . ".,i ". " ..S 5.7 In her Pitts talked about how environment." Pitts said ...2-: ..../,2. A '! lecture, have gone just fine for them 4:1.::. 4: rose frombeing ajournalism professor In addition to herjournalistic lessons, ' "But everybody has faced the obstacles . r' 9. '... - 1 »'*3154 sheat Ball State to working in the NFLPA. Pitts learned lessons that can apply to y6u are facing, the difference is they just. 1 as "there are no easy along." 111 6 . «I wanted to take a year off to work everyone's life, such kept plodding « -.i„ . t,-·· .. i .': . ways," which she learned by watching After the the discussion 4 1 -- 4/4.-- - "Nr il . , 06- ;....\1)* 1- profeisionally as a journalist. I had done -lecture, in 0-,es e: workwith magazines kind newspapers, but football players play each game as if it portion of the evening, a student asked „.... 6 - 1. · -x. T *- theirlast. what had been Pitts' career . 4 -*94'*H - *. -F . .1 e«t,:»*1 I wanted to workina.,tional media e.vi- were greatest : C > c -54; I Pitts learned that there is an internal. achievement. / 1 ;*: „, 4£723- v - . , 1 4 --:*£ ronment "Pitts said. «fcontactedpeople lii· , 4. k ... A- . -- a 04 knewandused mymediaconnections.lhe culture to every,fieldand organization, so My greatest achievement is just 51 · ' - I :< . gentleman who was the director ofpublic . to be successful, one must learn to play being president, Pitts said. "It's as if relations of the NFLPA said he would be by that culture's rules. everything I had done was leading up to ' willilig to take me on." Pitts also learned from 'going from this achievement." OV Pitts worked with the NFLPA for the culture of academia at Ball State Reflecting on Pitts'career as president, I .1 ....=. -. about 20 During her career with University to the different culture of the MarkWeigand,vicepresidentforstudent .