Check out Sam Lyden's review of The Deer Hunter's new album 'Halcyon Digest' By Students. For Students. on Pg. 5 I h1 · '>h1<·hl "., c.l1·Sl"ll,ll\'CI puhli< lorum. lhur,c.ld}, Ollohcr 14, 2010 VISIT us WWW "sh" Id " ONLINE .USI IC .com \ ol -11 1,, 111• H Section Index News - Page 1 & 3 Grand Opening held for Business and Engineering Center Opinion - Page 4 Student Life - Page 5 By CHANSE FORD part, educate in engineer­ News Editor ing." Spor ts - Page 7 rowds of people Si lver scissors spar­ milled about the build­ On the kled in the wam1 sunlight ing's 122,210 square feet, outside the Business and exploring what the new Inside Engineering Center. The building offers. Various Opinion scissors, wrapped in red, acti vities and displays ad­ Hate children? white and blue ribbon, vertised the building's new So does Dani sliced through the black features. "We have more technol­ Palmer. Read her ri bbon peppered with lo­ gos, officially opening ogy available to us than opinion on Pg. 4. the building on Sunday. we ever had before," said Student Life US! President Linda Tim Mahoney, instructor Bennett, along with mem­ of economics. " It 's a good Adam Poulisse bers of the board of trust- place for interactivity and gives a passino- ees, elected re presenta­ discussion." ate review of 'The tives from local and state Some of the activities available at the open house Social Network' government and others, cut the ribbon together, included a Lego robotics on Pg. 6 marking the opening of demonstration, a high-al­ the building. titude balloon tether test, Sports "I think its contempo­ and various labs designed Photo by Anna Gerhardt Check out the rary design matches the to show off the capabilities Senior Spotlight innovation we know will of teaching and learning Preident Linda Bennett, along with the Board of Trustees, Mayor Weinzapfel and many occur in the building," within the building. other representatives from local and state government cut the giant ribbon that looked on Volleyball star Bennett said. "I love the "We ' re very excited like a stock ticker on Sunday. Brittani Oliver on design features that, in with the way things have Pg. 7. CEREMO Y on Pg. 3 Weekend Weather Solicitors thrown off campus By ZACH EVANS Anil Kennally, 25 , James he was not allowed to be at 3:45 p.m., Scutudenk According to the report Friday Editor-in-Chief Miller, 33, and Jason Scu­ on campus selling maga­ and Miller were con­ Miller said that Kennally tudenk, 18, were on cam­ zines due to a ' no solicita­ fronted by security and in­ had left campus prior to Three men were escort­ pus Oct. 6 claiming to sell tion policy' of the univer­ fonned of the ' no solicita­ their arrival. ed off campus by security magazines. sity at I :41 p.m. tion policy.' They claimed Student Mallory Chaf­ for solicitation and harass­ Security officer J. Lynn According to the report, to be employees of the ll­ fin bad several encounters Hi 69FLo41F ment last Wednesday. had asked Kennally, who Kennally said be was go­ linois based Alliance Ser­ with males matching the According to a campus identified himself as the ing to leave at the time. vice Company. They were description of the solici­ security incident report, manager of the group, that Following this incident then escorted off campus. tors earlier in the day. Saturday ----------- SECURITY on Pg. 8 New masters program in Exploring Majors Hi 14FLo43F its first semester at USI Fair Oct. 21 By MEGAN NAIL In addition to normal was originally going to All colleges will be Sunday Staff Writer classes, the program offers start in Fall 2011 , but the night, weekend and dis­ decision was made to start represented to help students USl's new Master of tance education classes. It it a year early. Arts in Communication also offers hybrid classes, Wayne Rinks, depart­ learn about various majors program got its start this a mixture between class­ ment chair for commu­ Hi 17FLo47F semester with 18 students. room and online classes. nications said they were By CHANSE FORD The program consists The Indiana Commis­ busy trying to get the word News Editor of 36 hours and accepts sion for Higber Education out in time. They sent out Palms sweating. Adrenaline rushing. Pupil dilated. students from all fields of approved the program on press releases, advertised This could be the onset of anxiety before numerous study. March 12. The program on the USJ website as well Weather p rovided by things. Whether it be preparing for a competition, ap­ ational Weather Service proaching a cute girl, or taking that big test, physical MA TERS on Pg. 3 signs present themselves. Thi could also be the signs of a student about to make a decision that will affect him or her for decades to come: Sexual assault classes offered the decision of choosing a major. lo an at1empt to alleviate this anxiety for some ru­ dents, University Division will be hosting the annual Ex­ at USI for students, faculty ploring Majors Fair in Carter Hall next Thursday from I 0 a. m. to 2 p.m. "This is kind of a chance to talk to your professors or By RICK HAMILITO themselves into potentiall y ed for those who could not attack. maybe professors of a different discipline," said Jo Ell en Special to The Shield dangerous situations. commit to the full R.A.D. "The simulation at the Bu h, advisor fo r Uni versity Oivi ion. "There are ton Along with awareness course. end of the course is pretty of opportunities that I don't think students even know It's a nightmarish sce­ and avoidance. the classes The R.A.D program is intense," Bower said. about." nario: becoming the victim offer to teach tudents ba­ implemented around col­ ln these simulations, The Exploring Majors Fair is a collection of !ables of assault or sexual vio­ sic self-defense maneuvers lege campuses nationwide. real life scenarios are acted from different majors within the different coll ege . All lence. to use when under attack. It was founded in 1989 out. The student must ap­ fi ve coll eges will be represented. Campus security is al­ Three defense IO I clas - and it is the largest pro­ ply what she has learned to Profe sors and students of each particular major rep­ ways r1..jdy to respond es will be offered later this gram of its kind. ince its defend herself against her resented will provide infonnation about their major, and within minutes of a call. fall , or upon request. The creation, R.A.D. systems would-be attacker -- por­ will an wer any questions students may have regarding Sometimes, though, a R.A.D. course will be of­ has trained over 300,000 trayed by an instructor the discipline. situation may arise that fered in the Spring. Both women. wearing a full-body pad­ " I think tltey want students to make ru1 info rmed de­ will call for a woman to classes are offered free to U I adopted the R.A.D. ded uit. cision about 1heir major," said Tim Fitzgibbon, another defend herself in those vi­ students and facully. ystems in 2000. "The simulations test advi or fo r university division. tal moments before help "Something we encour­ " II' a great program the skill that we taught in 350 studcnls attended the fa ir la t year. Bush said uni­ can arrive. age all students to do is to tnke if you're feeling a controlled environment," versity di vision i hoping to at least ma tch tl1at number. ln moments like these, it to learn about their sa fely threatened," said Glenna said Malt Gregory, as i - and hopefull y improve it. ,s important to know how and how 10 protect them­ Bower, associate profes­ !ant direc1or fo r tudent ome of the tables provide demonstrations showing to fend off an atlacker selves," said hristine To­ sor and chair of tl1e physi­ onduct. Gregory ha off the major. Last year one of tl1e cience !ables froze quickly and effec1ively in lis, as istant program di­ cal education depan mcnl. been a R.A. D. instructor candy bars for tudcnt , and the art depanmem brough1 order to make an escape. rector of 1uden1 Wellness. "You team to gel out of since 2006. in di ffe rent costumes 10 show off hoping to inforn1 and For thi reason, U I of­ Defen se IO I, which was those bad situations." " tudents say that this is attrac1 studen1s. fers two defense classes introduced las t year, is a Bower was one of the the mos1 powerful part of "The sc,en e folks had n lot of fun last year," Bu h for women: defense IO I two-hour class thnl covers fi rst U I fac ully members th e class," Gregory said . aid. and R.A.D. (Rape Aggres­ the basics of ri sk educa­ to become cert ified 10 "Ofien we find tha1 they Bush aid 1h01 tl1e fair helps tudcnts who arc w1decid­ si<'n Defense). ti on and prevcnuon and is tea h the R.A.D. !rai ning respond wi thout hesita­ ed abou1 their major, but can nl o be useful for studetlls These classe provide designed specificall y for sessions when it wns ad~ tion. Their instincts and looking 10 pi k up o minor or second major looking 10 instruction on the actions u I.