.....--r- "r«'.-,1.-=»....«»' ,--T.»v ............t-«.-».„3»-.= .4 . - " ™.-r-»r«el .....t./.--,-- ....... ........ 1 .-. UNIVERSITY OF I DIANAPOLIS A ahead Drag aft Iuipu= step Track teams win Jerry England hosts the third - UIndy annual Drag Show. Invite Back Page .-„... Page 4 B ,: *1 I THE REFLECTOR REFLECTOR.UINDY.EDU VOL. 85 / ISSUE 10 APRIL 4,2007 * Police investigate school Norouz: A celebration of life year's second fire as arson· ....„=-===-- By Shelly Grimes investigatorswereatthescene.According hosts toUIndyPoliceOfficerJeffHammond,the UIndy MANAGING EDITOR fire had been out for a while by the time international officers came to investigate because there no smell of smoke in the hall. dinner to observe was University ofIndianapolis Police and "The arson squad is called any time it Perry Township arson investigators are appears a fire is intentionally set," Smith Persian New Year I ; looking into a fire that occurred in Cory said. "The fact that paper on the door i Bretz Hall on March 7. The fire is the was burned with no obvious source of Little to occur on the second-floor ignition, such as a candle or pilot light By Stephanie i men'ssecond sideone of the residence hall this or anything.:. the assumption is that the STAFF RITER school year. items were set on fire. According to a University of In- Police have no suspects at this time dianapolis Police Department incident but continue to investigate the incident. ofStudents The International Division report, a residence hall door was set on Dean Kory Vitangeli said that fire sometime early that morning or late resident assistants spoke individually to of Indianapolis and University the students on the floor and as a group students from Iran hosted this the previous night. Custodian Linda Stevens noticed · at a floor meeting. Each student filled out year's International Dinner on : 1 in a police statement. March 21. The dinnercelebrated several burnt pieces of paper front of a door to one of the rooms 8 /16. Norouz, the Persian New Year during her FormanyoftheseCoryBretzresidents, also noticed that the this situation feels all-too-familiar. In late . and a celebration of life. 1 a.m. rounds. She menu included beef and i door and carpet had burn marks, and she The contacted authorities. 925 »' chicken kabobs, pita bread and i = '.5- "It'sfortunatethatthefireextinguished See FIRE, Page 3 baklava, an Iranianpastry. Senior J S said Chiefof Police Keith Smith. « Payam Mohammad was the em- j itself," the carpet, but it 7 cee of the event and introduced i "It scorched cou14 have much worse." • ' the Afrtab Persian Dance Group j been andMedhi Kemmati, whoplayed 1 No one wasinjuredintheincident,and the santur, a stringed instru- 1 according toPhysicalPlantDirectorKen 1 was minimal. The ment that sounds like a harp or i Piepenbrink, damage 1 door had to be refinished, and the carpet if you have tips piano. to International student adviser ' had to be cleaned but will not have regarding the fire, Geri Watson said she was very i be replaced. contact: According to the report, resident impressed with the attendance at : 7 13- dinner. i Lance Laskerhadreturnedtohisroomat 6 . this year's international RYAN wOOD/THE REFLECrOR A lot of this attendance was due j 11 p.m.thepreviousnightandhadnoticed i no burn marks on the door at that time. Members of the Aftab Persian Dance Group perform a classic , When his roommate, Erick Kummings, Persian dance at the Norouz international dinner on March 21. left forclass thatmorningat 7:50 a.m.,he - See NEW YEAR, Page 3 noticed the burnt door but could not find i a resident assistant to report the incident. When he returned from class an hour later, police and Perry Township arson UIndy discusses expansion and renovation of buildings on the east side of campus By Sami Shelton of education provided. the university. for Schwitzer UIndy also is planning to renovate U.- 3. 1 \ STAFF RITER The tentative plan Student Center is a 25,000-square-foot the Ruth Lilly Fitness Center facilities, ,. 1 4 7 addition to the east side of the building, including the renovation ofKey Stadium. 4 5 , , TheUniversityofIndianapolisisplan- including a possible second story. The Plans show coaches' offices and locker , ningtoexpand SchwitzerStudent Center space wouldincludeamultipurposeroom rooms being built outside the stadium to ' and renovate Ruth Lilly Fitness Center. with collapsible walls, as well as a larger serve the athletic teams better. This ad- AccordingtoMichaelBraughton,vice area forThe Perk and a second grill-type dition would open up more space inside food service.Also planned is the addition Ruth Lilly Fitness Center forclassrooms presidentforbusinessandfinance, allcur- -, are tentative and the offitness and areas for Kinesiology, Ath- I= • rentplans waitingon equipment complete with show- teaching ic-3 projected costs from the architects. ers and locker rooms. letic Training and possibly Physical and "We're still in the early planning Ken Piepenbrink, director of the Occupational Therapy. 1 I I .2. " 4-I . - stages," Braughton said. "We are wait- Physical Plant, said in the Feb. 7 issue The originalintent ofRuth Lilly was 1=... ing on the numbers from the architects of The Re#ector that the university "is a for recreational space for students, not to so we will know how much we will need campus ofconvenience." The expansion be taken over by athletes," Braughton 7 . 'la 3. to boITOW." is intended not only to make the student said. "We want to give non-athlete stu- -Zlpr The Schwitzer Student Center expan- center more convenient for students, but dents a place for recreation, where they sion and the Ruth Lilly Fitness Center also to better serve UIndy financially. won't feel intimidated." renovation are both priorities stated in According to Braughton, many busi- Effectsoftheconstructionwillinclude the university's Master Plan. The plan nesses want to hold conferences on col- a temporary loss of parking. Once both wasputtogetherafteruniversityofficials lege campuses. The university has not projects are finished, 200 new parking SAMI SHELTON/ THE REFLECTOR met with groups of students, faculty and held many of these conferences because spaces willbecreatedas wellasanaccess what their needs were. of lack of space. With the added room in road to National Avenue. staff to find out to renovating the Ruth Lilly Fitness Center the Master Plan are used to the Schwitzer Student Braughton The start of both Ulndy hopes begin Contents of Center, projected projects is the Schwitzer Student fulfill the university's Strategic Plan in believesmorebusinesseswillbeattracted latesummer2007.Currently,completion and expanding Center by late this ordertoimprove andmaintainthe quality toUIndy, which wouldfinanciallybenefit is scheduled for fall of 2008. summer. Student event for students New ISG executive board named gov't plans Spring Fling During the week of Spring filing, Future Spring Ring weeks will be ' IS G uses left over April 21-28, a different student organi- funded by the Student Activity Fee. 1 - : zation will host an event every night for According to Decker-Martin, many * $25,000 to bi'ing the students. One of the many events is other are . 4'f' 41 campus organizations request- a Final Relief Party that will be hosted to ing money from the SAF to fund their 12#-111 bands and carnival will allow Atil './ .4- r -'. A -: 1 -1 the Black Student Association. The activities. ISG's budget also , 9 311 by 8 Gir ../0*jity \.< . ... host future events as rQj .- \ ... last day of the event will include a con- organizations to *11 .M. i N.- - campus cert featuring Skillet and Flyleaf and well. , . i.,5""Z 1/71 -A„.4 · also a carnival. While Decker-Martin and Hughes 3 31 Adrian Kendrick this By "We're excited," said ISG Treasurer · are glad ISG is able to host event, 14 1. 9 i . i. q P *24 : STAFF RITER Isaac Hughes, "but we're still waiting they hope there is never another prob- some organizations to confirm some lem with undiscovered funds. rl ' on plans." "I feel sorry for the people who " Decker-Martin and set aside five t\\ The Indianapolis Student Govern- According to [the money] years ago, going to Spring Fling will be a Decker- Martin said, "because they \ .. .p ment has decided to host an event Hughes, .' a break from study- thought the money was going towards t 4-. called the good way to take ,. Spring Fling with $25,000 ..a="* that was discovered earlier this year. ing for finals, get out of the dorms and something specific." KATY YEISER/ THE REFLECTOR 1 normally students' The fund includes money left over take part in an event that's not Hughes hopes money is from Student Fees. held. handled with more 'care in the future. The 2007-2008 Student Government swore in its previous Activity Indianapolis 4 "We thought it would be "We are hoping to make this a tradi- "Hopefully the administration will new executive board on Friday, March 30. New ISG executives i (ISG) different," said Susan tion," Decker- Martin said. "Different be more careful next time [so] it will- are from left to right: Junior Katy Smith, vice president; junior something Decker-Martin, "We colleges such as Purdue, Butler and IU not happen again," he said. "If it does; Parsons, secretary; sophomore Isaac Hughes, president of ISG. Stephanie thought this would be something the do this also, and this will be the last big [I hope] they will let the students know, treasurer and junior Kevin Dunleavy, president. „ „ students would be interested in." event for seniors. because it is the students' money. 1 r'*--- -"·'.--·· -·. ..*. .* i : ......#-......./......... - «» -- --=-=.»-'==- + THE REFLECTOR PAGE 2 OPINION APRIL 4, 2007 Sports in America: More than a game? Yeiser Files: (Part Two) By Marcus Whalbring made clear that the money for the sta- in the air.