VOLUME79, ISSUE7 “EDUCATIONFOR SERVICE” DECEMBER8,1998 THE Discover the Satisfy your methods of curiosity selling and about fall buying text- sport athletes books in REFLECTOR receiving all- bookstores at conference universities. UNIVERSITYOF INDIANAPOLIS honors. See Page 6. 1400 EASTHANNA AVENUE INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46227 See Page 8. STRATEGIES Administration reviews campus resources, needs important functions for the university Tara J. Sullivan as well. News Editor As reported in the Oct. 13 issue of The Reflector. there were plans for media services. the School for Adult The rejection of a $5 million Lilly Studies, the Center for Technology E dowment grant proposal has forced and Learning and, possibly, Univer- tl :administration to find creative ways sity Computing Services to be housed I( meet campus needs. in the new building. Thegrant money wouldhave planted “I do think it affects our strategic the seed for a $15 million communica- planning because we have to plan for tion and conference center to com- our needs in thefuture,”saidDr. David plete the central campus. Wantz. vice president of student The plan was modeled after a simi- affairs.“We are responsible for our lar building at Bradley University in substance. We can’t depend on the capital grant proposals from Indiana Dr. Lynn Youngblood, senior vice Peoria, Ohio that cost $16.2 million. good offices of Lilly for our survival. colleges and universities. president and provost, said “the bot- Although the communication de- The responsibility is ours to fund our “Ben rolled the dice and went for tom line was there were more requests partment appears to have suffered the programs.” the harder one,” said President Jerry greatest from this recent development, The Lilly Endowment accepted $1 Israel, about former President Ben- ADMINISTRATION cant. on p. 5 the center would have served other million, $3 million and/or $5 million jamin Lantz, Jr.’s decision. ONGOING DIALOGUE University’s strategic planning involves entire community ratification. steering committee chair.“We ask everybody to Suzanne Pettypiece Phase one concludes in June 1999, when the come together and talk about where we have been, Editor in Chicj Board of Trustees accepts the planning team’s re- what we think our current state is, and for us then to port on goalsfortheuniversity.Public meetings will start looking toward the future.” The University of Indianapolis Board of Trustees be held to allow students and faculty to participate in Phase two begins when the president directs uni- launched a year-long process to develop plans the planning process. versity departments to establish draft plans formeet- through the year 2007 at its Nov. 5 meeting. The first public forum will be Jan. 16, 1999, and ing goals, and to define how success will be mea- The first effort will be to begin a two-phased will focus on the future of the university. sured. This phase concludes in December 1999. process to develop a Strategic plan that will guide the Future public meetings will allow those attend- It has been 10 years since the last strategic plan university through the year 2005. ing a chance to engage in a discussion of opportuni- was instituted. The strategic planning process is A trustee advisory committee designed specifi- ties and challenges, drafts of goals, and a sympo- important because “organizations work most effec- cally to review issues of board governance, and a sium on the university’s future. Each member of the tively if everybody in the organizatiOn understands campus-based strategic planning steering commit- campus community is encouraged to participate in what the mission is and how their piece fits into it,” tee will lead the attempt. the process. said Wantz. The first phase will comprise conversations with “We want to get as many people, on and off ~~ the campus community. The steering committee campus, to say ... ‘this is who we think we are and UNIVERSITY’S cont. on p. 4 will assemble these discussions into reports, which these are the kindsof things we want todo,’”saidDr. the board will receive for further refinement and David Wantz, vice president of student affairs and PAGE2 THE REFLECTOR OPINION DECEMBER8,1998 Students’ responsibility can prevent crimes the residence halls both during and outside of visitation hours by abso- lute strangers who manage access into the building and then access to A few events have occurred in the upper floors of the building. residence halls at the university in The obvious method is tailgating the past two weeks that bother me (following a resident through a door and should also bother YOU. after the resident has unlocked it) or We have detected intentional lock possibly, having a resident with a “shimming” in one of the residence key and access open an area for halls on a regular basis. The impor- them. tant thing to note is that this practice Last week the person involved would seem harmless to whomever was selling magazine subscriptions, is using the propped lock for easier which is not allowed on university access, or access of a “guest.” ANYONE, AND I DO MEAN knows that access past the front property, yet he still inanaged to In reality, the propped lock ANYONE, can access the interior of door, or first line of security, is 90 gain access to the top floor of one of eliminates the “control” in the key the residence ha]]. Any thief, con percent of the battle. the residence halls and was selling control access program. inan, or other criminal deviant We also have had incursions into room-to-room when detected. H LETTER TO THE EDITOR Student voices concern about university alcohol policies Dear Editor, making problems in the dorm. bike and be lost to the world. And do you really Taking a look at a lot of the policies of the However, coming from an educational stand- think it mattered that the person couldn’t have university, I can see why the majority of them point, you would think the university would see alcohol on campus‘?No, like most of our drop- are in place. For instance, take the controversial the off-campus drinkers coming back and being outs, they were probably just encouraged to go to article in the last Reflector concerning an ad for just as unruly. However, they leave most of the house parties or sneak into clubs, get drunk and alcohol. students alone returning drunk. come back to puke in the dorm. The vice-president for student affairs made it I’m not saying the university should further Honestly (and sarcastically), can’t we cut out clear that the university was outraged. The fact harrass students. But isn’t it kind of moronic to some of the unnecessary steps‘! Being of the matter is, as far as the university is con- say, “Go ahead and go off campus and take your “edumakated” as I am, I see the university’s true cerned, on-campus drinking is a no-no, and chances on getting caught or, if you’re 2 1, way to reason for not allowing on-campus drinking. The anything that may encourage it is a bad thing go, just don’t have alcohol on campus- we just university likes to regulate morality, through your with questionable morals. Plus, they have the don’t want any of that liquid in the dorms. We social decisions. law to back them up. don’t care so much that you still end up Jason Collins The university doesn’t want a bunch of unruly inebreated.” So what is the difference? drinkers in the dorm making a lot of noise and, Alcohol doesn’t cause drunkenness, people since the majority of students living in dorms are cause drunkenness. Don’t punish everybody under the age of 2 I, they don’t want to encour- because of thefew. Especially when the rule age underage drinking or present an atmosphere clearly doesn’t work. that fosters it. However, I shouldn’t have to tell Where, I ask, is the solution to the problem? the administration that off-campus and underage Being the social Darwinist, non-drinker and drinking happens, the students come back believer of fair treatment that I am, I have to tell trashed, and while the majority go to bed quietly, the university that it can’t save everyone. you still have the occasional unruly drunk Every once in awhile someone will fall off the THE Letters to the cditor, suggcstions, corrcctions, story Editor in Chiet ................................................ Su~annePct~g.piecc idcas, and other correspondence sl,ollld hc addressed to h’?~lll~lgillfEditor ................................ Xlelissa ~~ifilln Rusiriesh Man;igci-................................................. 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