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MARCH 2015 IUPUI’S STUDENT-RUN MAGAZINE

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SAVE YOUR WHEELS

PG. 9 WATER MOVEMENT MAKES WAVES

PG. 10ROBOT ASSISTED

CAMPUSPG. 11

INDY GOES GREEN

PG. 12UNRELIABLE CRIME STATS

PG. 13MAN ON THE STREET

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Khufu Najee is one of the thirty students nominated for Senior CLASS award.

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WRITERSANTONIO GOMEZ, ROB HUNT, VINCE ROBERTS, KELSEN HAZELWOOD,

ALEC KAMMERER, VICTORIA LANE, BENJAMIN COOLEY, LEIGHANN STROLLO, CASEY KENWORTHY, LEIGHANN STROLLO, AMANDA BAU MANN

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ILLUSTRATORSJACOB DEHART

JOHN LOUIEGGIE JALANDONIABIGAIL LOUISE GODWIN

ARROW DOODLES FROM VECTOR.ME

DESIGNERSRORY SCOUT HARLOW

OMAR ALMADHIKAELA MAHONEY

STAFF ADVISER SHIRLEY ROBERTS

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EDITOR’S LETTER: NEW BEGINNINGSThis year has been rough, but it has taught me a lot. In the publication industry, there are so many things that you can do right and wrong with a very blurry line defining which is which. Ethics are a huge part of that. This year, at the Campus Citizen, we’ve had to dive into and discuss what is ethical for our publication. We’ve begun to grow in numerous ways. This year, we published our first investigative story as well as our first creative stories. I’m so proud of the Campus Citizen and how far we’ve come as a publication. Of course, like any other publication, we’ve had our ups and downs, but there’s no other publication I would have rather been with through my academic time at IUPUI.

Here’s to this year and many more.

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THE ROAD OF CHAMPIONS

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MARCH MADNESS

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THE WORLDS SPORT

CULTUREPG. 22

ONE MAN STAGEPG. 23

SALE JOSEPHPG. 24GIODORNOSPG. 26

RICHES TO RAGS PART 1

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DAY IN THE LIFEUpstairs in the Neighborhood Fellowship Church, Occupational Therapists work to attend clinic’s needs.


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fills the prescription. It also tries to make the community more health-aware by offering programs like smoke-free counseling.

Wahle said students from Butler Pharmacy work hand-in-hand with students in the med clinic every Saturday to make sure patients are well looked after.

The dental clinic is in operation two Saturdays a month and is the only clinic that doesn’t operate at the church. It operates just down the road at the People’s Clinic, where the students have access to all the expensive equipment necessary for them to treat patients.

Some people need other life necessities, like clothing, food or insurance. That is where the social work students come in.

Peiffer said the social work clinic initiates community linkage, providing for each individual need such as the aforementioned necessities. Operating one of the busier clinics, social work students can see 20 to 30 clients a day. Making their job a little easier is the clothing drive that is operated by the church.

DAY IN THE LIFEIU medical students give back to the east side with free health careBy Vince Roberts

In fact, Neighborhood Fellowship Church is perhaps one of the most essential partners of the clinic. Pastor Jim Strietelmeier was instrumental in the foundation of the clinic and volunteers every Saturday. Since 2009, the church has housed the clinic and assisted its volunteers in helping countless members of the community.

The community is thankful.Zachary, a regular patient, said the clinic was

extremely helpful and cordial with a real desire to serve. He said that he and his fiancée were regulars to the clinic due to medical conditions and said that his glasses came from the clinic.

Volunteering at the clinic is highly encouraged but the availability makes it tough to get in. The Student Outreach Clinic provides information as well as links to submit an application to volunteer. As of this time, there is only one such Student Outreach Clinic in the city, so only a limited number of students can volunteer.

The clinic is made up of different schools and programs, referred to as partners, who work together to meet as many needs as possible. Students from these partnering schools and programs seize the opportunity to help out and get experience in their field.

In addition to the IU School of Medicine, the clinic’s partners include Neighborhood Fellowship Church, IU School of Social Work, IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law, IU School of Dentistry, IU School of Nursing, IU School of Health and Rehabilitation Services, IUPUI Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Timmy Global Health, Butler University College of Pharmacy and Health Services, and University of Indianapolis Krannert School of Physical Therapy.

Community members are met by volunteer receptionists whose job, among other things,

is to find out what service the person needs. Patients then wait for help in a waiting room with coffee and doughnuts. Medicine is perhaps the most important service given at the clinic. The med clinic sees approximately 35 to 40 patients a day.

First, patients give their basic information to first and second-year med students. Then, they see third- and fourth-year med students, whose level of expertise is a little higher. In the third phase, patients see an actual practicing physician for complete medical care.

One thing that the clinic is hoping to implement in the future is an Electronic Medical Record system. Right now, no such system is in place and all of the med clinic’s records are kept the old fashioned way, on paper. The clinic is still in its infancy, so having things like EMR may be a while down the road.

New to the clinic is the nursing program which is just in its first month. The clinic’s chair of nursing services, Cheryl Gustin, said nursing students focus on health coaching, providing for patients in a unique way that differs from the med clinic. They also actively follow up on patients by making phone calls and home visits.

“It’s a simple way to give back to the life of the community,” Gustin said.

Matt Krzywosz is the clinic manager for Butler Pharmacy and is currently in his third year of volunteering at the clinic.

“I always thought volunteering was a pivotal aspect of the collegiate experience,” Krzywosz said.

By all accounts, the pharmacy is a vital part of the team. It operates just like a Walgreens. When a patient has seen the med clinic physician and been prescribed a medicine. The pharmacy

Just east of downtown Indianapolis, an underserved neighborhood is receiving help from a group of students and professionals seeking invaluable experience and a chance to give back to the community.

“The IU Student Outreach Clinic offers a vital link between professionals and the community that they’ll be serving, and it’s an invaluable learning experience,” IUPUI student Chris Peiffer said.

Peiffer is studying for a master’s degree in social work while volunteering at the clinic. He is the clinic’s newly elected director of volunteers and is just one of the many students who volunteer at the clinic.

Founded in 2009, the clinic conducts its multi-pronged service at the Neighborhood Fellowship Church at 3102 E. 10th St. and is open Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

“I’m very proud of the work that IU Student Outreach Clinic volunteers do each week for Indianapolis’ near-eastside neighborhood,” said Ben Wahle, third-year medical student and Outreach Clinic vice-chair. “For me, being able to both serve and learn from this community as I’ve gone through medical school has been a fantastic adjunct to the formal education I’ve gotten at Indiana University.”

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By Kelsen Hazelwood

Indianapolis offers a service allowing anyone who has his or her bike stolen to have a fighting chance at recovering it. Last fall, the nonprofit organization INDYCOG made this possible

by teaming with The Stolen Bike Registry and Bike Index, creating a fluid system.

The INDYCOG Bike Recovery system allows users to register their bicycles as they might register cars. The index stores all the information of a particular bike within

it. Then, if a user’s bike is stolen, it can be marked as stolen in the database. This will then generate a tweet that posts to the @stolenbikesindy Twitter account.

Several IMPD officers, as well as many of the bike shops and pawnshops in the city, follow this account. The @stolenbikesindy account also feeds directly into the @INDYCOG Twitter account, which allows the word to spread even further.

INDYCOG Executive Director Kevin Whited said 12 bikes are known to have been recovered. There could be more. However, users frequently don’t return to the system to mark their bikes as being returned.

An IUPUI student was able to get her bike back through this service. Another user who found a bike matching her bike’s description on Craigslist contacted her. She got in touch with the seller of her bike and ask to meet the seller to see the bike. An IMPD officer showed up for the meeting as well, and she was able to get her bike back.

INDYCOG intends to push its service in the spring when cycling season comes back. It wants everyone to register their bikes because bike theft does happen, and it’s not an easy thing to combat.

Usually the money made by stealing bikes is put into illegal items such as drugs or weapons, Whited said. Often, bike thieves are felons for some other reason. Bikes make a good target for these criminals because they are easy to steal. If the person is caught with a stolen bike, it is easy for him or her to say it was bought from someone else.

“A lot of bicyclists get this emotional attachment to their bicycles, and it’s traumatizing when your bike gets stolen,” Whited said. Bikes are some people’s primary mode of transportation, and it isn’t easy to have that taken away. “We are trying to do our part to fight this crime.”

SAVE YOUR WHEELSIndyCog offers bike recovery service

CITY + CAMPUS + SPORTS + CULTURE

WATER MOVEMENT CREATES WAVESIUPUI group hosts art auction to provide clean water in Central African Republic

By Alec Kammerer

A tiny ripple can make a big wave. That is exactly what the IUPUI Water Movement is tried to do with its latest fundraising event.

The IUPUI Water Movement were host to an art auction at the Indy Indie Artist Colony on Saturday, Feb. 28. The auction featured 16 Indianapolis area artists, six from IUPUI’s Herron School of Art and Design. All proceeds go to provide safe and clean drinking water to Central African Republic.

The Water Movement is a student-run organization that focuses on bringing clean and safe drinking water to the world. The organization is the brain child of current IUPUI student Olivia Lehman, who started it around three years ago.

This is not the first fundraiser that the organization has orchestrated, but it is their first involving the arts community. The Water Movement wanted to be able to go off campus so it could not only embrace the IUPUI community but involve the Indianapolis community as well.

“The Water Movement is the local solution to the global water crisis,” Lehman said. “We try to bring the community together, IUPUI students and Indianapolis, to try to fight the water crisis with a lot of different events and activities we put on.”

Through sponsorship connections with Reverie Estates, the owner of the Indy Indie Artist Colony, the Water Movement had an open gallery and felt like the next reasonable step was to host an art-based event.

“We have a couple leaders in the program who are in Herron School of Art and Design, so we just started asking artists around Indianapolis and Herron to get involved,” said Lehman.

Most fundraisers held around campus and tend to raise around $300 in proceeds. However, off-campus integration tends to spike those numbers.

At its first off-campus fundraising event, The Water Movement was able to raise roughly $3,000. The goal for the art auction was $5,000, making it the largest amount made from a Water Movement fundraiser to date.

“It definitely varies. On campus, students can only really throw in a dollar or two, but if we do it off campus, there’s a much higher chance that outside sponsors will come,” Lehman said.

The Water Movement worked with two other organizations for the event. The first is MudLOVE. MudLOVE is another organization that tries to provide African nations with clean water. MudLOVE provided bracelets and mugs for ticket purchasers depending on ticket bracket.

The other organization is Water for Good. The idea behind Water for Good is the capability of not just contributing clean water to the Central African Republic, but making sure it is a sustainable relief effort.

“They don’t just want to go in and build water wells and take off,” Lehman said. “They want to build water wells and keep maintaining them, as well as the sustainability and the education for the people there.”


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INDY GOES GREENA list of Indy’s St. Patrick’s Day festivities

List by Amanda Bau mann

ROBOT ASSISTEDIU Medical School pioneers physical therapy with exoskeletonsBy David Schroeder

Robotics are being used more frequently for physical therapy and the IU School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences is at the forefront of it.

The Indiana Center for Advance Neuro-rehabilitation, or ICAN, is a physical therapy lab that utilizes robotics to assist physicians during treatment. The goal is to establish the best treatment environments for patients with neurological disorders using technology as a base.

One robotic piece the lab has is an exoskeleton walking system. The patient is placed into the exoskeleton and the device attaches at the hip, knee and ankle of both legs. The exoskeleton will control the patients walking by controlling the patient’s joints. The patient is then placed over a treadmill where the exoskeleton’s walking speed and the treadmill speed are synchronized. If the patient speeds up, the treadmill will speed up and vice-versa. The device also comes with suspension equipment to allow the doctor to regulate how much weight a patient does or doesn’t feel.

This system also allows the doctor to determine how much work the patient does and how much work the robot does for the patient.

“Initially we may have the robot doing a lot, but then we can back them off and have the patient doing more and more,” said Dr. Altenburger, cochairman of IU Department of Physical Therapy.

The force plates give a very accurate assessment of the patient’s balance. Before force plates were used to determine where the patient’s balance issues stemmed from, doctors would have patients stand on blocks of foam until they lost their balance and fell. With the implementation of force plates doctors now know where patients are putting their weight, how they’re trying to control it, and how they’re trying to adjust it.

Robotics have also helped with child patients. Physical therapy is tiring, repetitive and demanding of consistent, accurate movements. These elements combine to make physical therapy tough on anyone, but particularly hard for children. The robotics help a child to be more accurate, faster, while also assisting them in making the desired movements.

The ICAN labs also use a device similar to a video game you might find in an average kids’ home. The machine works by displaying an avatar or character on a screen in front of the child. As the child moves, so does the character. This turns physical therapy into a game, which makes it easier for the child to stay motivated and enthusiastic. Combined with the assistance of the robotics, it is easier for the child to do higher repetitions of the required exercise. This, in turn, leads to faster improvement in the patient.

“WE HAVE MUCH FEWER MISSED APPOINTMENTS AND WE DON’T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF KIDS SAYING ‘I DON’T WANT TO COME BACK.’ THEY ENJOY THE THERAPY MORE.” PETER ALTENBURGER.

There is another piece the labs have called an end-effector. The end-effector robotic attaches to the patients feet and takes their body through the movement of walking. Patients hold onto a bar when using this device, because it requires greater balance and participation from them.

Ten years ago, according to the science of physical therapy, you needed a lot of repetition and lots of practice. A difficulty for doctors has been figuring out how to ensure that the practice and repetition the patients are doing consists of accurate movements.

“With the end-effector robot, the child holds onto the arm and then a target appears that they have to move to,” Dr. Altenburger said. “If the patient doesn’t move, after a few minutes the robot will begin to move for them. It will guide the patient through the movements and onto the target.”

The end-effector robot allows the patient some leeway in the accuracy of their movements, at first. If the patient’s movement is inaccurate, the robot will guide them back on track. Over the course of the repetitions, the robot will become stricter in its enforcement of the accuracy. Patients that are consistently accurate will receive less feedback from the robot. If a patient is making the movements accurately and consistently enough, the robot will even turn itself off.

The ICAN lab has been told by manufacturers that they are one of a handful of locations that have the combination of equipment they possess. The ICAN labs currently have an end-effector lower extremity robot on loan for a six-week trial. This device is one of three in the entire country.

“We’re still in an early adopters phase and not part of the main stream to have a large amount of technology in one clinic,” Altenburger said. “But, I think the trend is moving in that direction. Maybe in the next 10 years that technology will be more evenly distributed across the country.”

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1. Greening of the CanalBring on St. Patty’s weekend the right way with the must-see Greening of the Canal. The event starts at 5 p.m. on March 16 at the Canal at Ohio and West streets. There will be dancing, free necklaces and hats, live music by Eunan McIntyre, prize drawings and much more. Wear green to avoid those pesky pinches.

2. Mugs ‘n Hugs St. Patrick’s Day Weekend mini bar crawlStart off the weekend in style with the Mugs ’n Hugs mini bar crawl. The event starts at 5 p.m., March 13, and ends at 3 a.m., March 17.

Register at The Pub on 30 E. Georgia St. and get St. Patty swag. The cost is $5, but if you want full access you can purchase a 3 day pass for $15.

3. St. Pat’s Bar CrawlGet your ticket for the St. Pat’s crawl and get three drink tickets. Admission to each bar is included in the price. The event is March 14, and starts at the Subterra Lounge at 250 S. Meridian St., from there you crawl your way through Tiki Bob’s, Revel Nightclub, Howl at the Moon, Taps and Dolls, 247 Sky Bar and end at the Shamrocked Lot located at 220 S. Meridian. Tickets cost $25 and check-in is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Some of the proceeds will go towards Cathedral Food Kitchen. Buy your ticket today at stpatsbarcrawl.com.

4. Blarney Bash Start the party early at the third Blarney Bash on Georgia Street on March 14. Local bars and restaurants, such as The Pub, Tilted Kilt, Howl at the Moon and Kilroy’s, will be hosting the event. Enjoy live bands, and all the green beer you can stand. Food trucks like Der Pretzel Wagen, and Brozinni’s Pizzeria food truck will provide tasty eats. The event is free and will take place from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Georgia Street’s east block between Meridian and Pennsylvania streets. Admission is restricted to 21 and over.

5. Shamrock Run and Walk Shamrockin’ The Circle event. 10a.m. - 1p.m. If you’re not up for green beer and shenanigans, there is no need to fear. Indy has you covered on St. Patrick’s Day weekend. Run the 24th Shamrock Run and Walk on Saturday, March 14. It’s a 4-mile run from Monument Circle to Fountain Square “Irish Hill” neighborhood then heads back to the Circle. If running is not your thing, you can choose to do the fitness walk without a time tag. This event is open to all ages. Registration is $25 and all proceeds go to the Indy Sports Foundation, which helps local amateur sports organizations. If you register by March 9, you will receive a long sleeve race shirt. Wear green or a costume and you might win an award or other awards for overall male and female winner and age groups. This race is connected to the Shamrockin’ the Circle event. You can wait for friends and family to finish the race and enjoy a beer in the Beer Garden until 1 p.m. There will be food and entertainment.

6. 2015 Shamrock 5K Beer RunCome join the fun at the beer run. This event costs $7 with all the proceeds go to local charities. The race fee includes a shirt, medal, pint glass and 31 ounces of beer. The event is 21 and over only. The nice people at fun-races.com gave IUPUI a special Coupon Code CC40 that will save runners and walkers 40 percent of the cost.www.fun-races.com/shamrock

7. Parade and Block PartyExperience the biggest St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Indiana. Last year, 20,000 people came to the event, so grab a spot early. The route starts on East North and Pennsylvania streets. The parade will start at 11:30 a.m.

The Block Party is located on Vermont Street between Meridian and Pennsylvania streets. Participants can enjoy the free entertainment, buy Irish wears or enjoy the beer garden. The Block

Party will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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IUPUI officer David Briggs said the website just needed to be updated. For example, at the bottom of the webpage an email is listed for Capt. Bob True. Briggs said that information is not accurate. True is now chief of police.

When asked if the rest of the data in the summary were accurate, Briggs said, “Probably.”

Most states don’t independently verify college crime statistics, and the U.S. Department of Education does not conduct regular audits. Out of 63 reviews, the department found 50 colleges had problems with their crime statistics.

NO ALERTS FOR NEAR-CAMPUS CRIME

Many colleges have failed to meet the most basic requirements of federal law for campus crime reporting.

Other colleges like IUPUI do not issue alerts for crimes near campus, which is legal. But at a college where less than 8 percent of students live on campus, does it make sense not to?

Recent research shows many colleges underreport sexual assaults on campus even after paying heavy fines.

A new study published by the American Psychological Association examined 31 universities and colleges for crime reports during audits by the U.S. Department of Education for federal law compliance.

“The study shows that many universities continue to view rape and sexual assault as a public relations issue rather than a safety issue,” said researcher Corey Rayburn Yung, in a prepared statement. “They don’t want to be seen as a school with really high sexual assault numbers, and they don’t want to go out of their way to report that information to students or the media.”

In analyzing the audits, Yung discovered the reported numbers of sexual assaults increased 44 percent on average from previously reported levels.

Under federal law, universities and colleges can face fines of more than $35,000 per violation. Yung said the fines should be increased because they don’t discourage undercounting of sexual assaults.

The Clery Act requires colleges and universities participating in

federal financial aid programs to keep and distribute campus crime statistics and security information. After audits, the number of sexual assaults in succeeding years dropped to their original levels. This supported the study’s hypothesis that “the ordinary practice of universities is to undercount incidents of sexual assault” and report more accurately while under investigation.

COLLEGES, VICTIMS UNDERREPORT

The underreporting of crime by colleges, coupled with the underreporting of sexual assault by victims, allows thousands of crimes to go unreported. According to the 2007 Campus Sexual Assault Study, each year about 14 percent of college women are sexually assaulted and 3 percent forcibly raped, with 12 percent of the victims reporting to police (or 5 percent, according to an earlier study).

The study differentiates between forcible rape and incapacitated rape, which involves drugs and alcohol. The 14 percent figure does not include attempted sexual assaults.

A conservative estimate for IUPUI would put forcible rapes at 24 per year. IUPUI reported 12 forcible sex offenses and zero “nonforcible” sex offenses for 2011 to 2013. (From 2004 to 2014, average enrollment at IUPUI was about 29,000, with an average female population of 16,000.) Federal law defines “nonforcible” sex offense as statutory rape or incest.

College crime reports are available on the U.S. Department of Education website, but there is a caveat: “The crime data reported by the institutions have not been subjected to independent verification by the U.S. Department of Education. Therefore, the department cannot vouch for the accuracy of the data reported here.”

However, these statistical inaccuracies are not entirely because of college underreporting. Victims tend not to report sexual assault because they don’t always know if what happened was a crime.

More than half of college women forcibly raped said they did not report because they lacked proof, feared retaliation or did not want their families to find out, according to a 2007 Medical University of South Carolina study. And even more victims of incapacitated rape said they didn’t know if a crime had been committed or if the incident was serious enough.

LACK OF VERIFICATION FOR CRIME STATISTICS

In 2014, the U.S. Department of Education fined Delaware State University $55,000 for reporting inaccurate crime statistics and lacking documents to support its crime data for 2004 to 2007.

Likewise, IUPUI may have published some statistical inaccuracies.

The IUPUI Police Department published a summary of crime statistics dating back to 1973 on its website, along with a PDF of its latest annual safety report detailing crime statistics for 2011 to 2013.

Summary statistics for 2011 to 2013 forcible sex offenses do not match the annual safety report. Forcible sex offense refers to rape, sodomy, sexual assault with an object, and fondling.

COLLEGES’ UNRELIABLECRIME STATISTICSPart 2 of a series on campus sexual assault

By Dennis Barbosa

From 2011 to 2013, five forcible sex offenses, 11 robberies, 22 aggravated assaults, 17 burglaries and 46 motor vehicle thefts occurred on “noncampus” or “public property,” according to IUPUI’s annual safety report.

“Noncampus” is defined as “certain noncampus buildings or property owned or controlled by the university,” and “public property” means “property on or immediately adjacent to the campus.”

In 2011, two forcible sex offenses occurred, according to police reports: one on Eskenazi Health property and the other at Park Place at City Center apartments.

The following year another occurred at Park Place, with an arrest for battery. And in 2013, two forcible sex offenses were reported, one at Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center and the other in the 1300 block of West Michigan Street.

“Because some incidents occur outside of IUPD’s territorial jurisdiction, it’s critical that IUPD-Indianapolis work with the investigating agency to ensure their investigation is not compromised.” said IUPUI spokeswoman Margie Smith-Simmons in a prepared statement. “IUPD-Indianapolis is currently working with a number of agencies to develop a process by which to notify students of off-campus crime.”

Smith-Simmons said she could not offer any details for off-campus crime notifications because plans are still in early development.

FERPA CONFUSION

Several colleges in Indiana do not interpret the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act correctly.

FERPA protects the privacy of student educational records but often is cited as a reason for not releasing non-educational disciplinary records.

In early February, Indiana State University acknowledged receipt of The Campus Citizen’s open records request. Indiana State’s general counsel said in an email that much of the information was protected by FERPA, but an official response would be issued after reviewing the request and “privacy-related issues.”

Thus far, only Vincennes University has agreed to grant The Campus Citizen’s request for disciplinary records for violent crimes and nonforcible sex offenses, via open records laws. The university anticipated releasing a list of names, violations and disciplinary results for more than 100 incidents.

The Campus Citizen submitted identical requests to Ball State, Indiana State, Purdue and Indiana universities, as well as the University of Southern Indiana. Purdue and IU may take longer to reply because they also are processing records requests for their regional campuses. All campuses acknowledged receipt of the open records requests in early February.

When asked for comment on Part 1* of this series, Amber Monroe, director of the IU Office of Student Ethics, declined and said in an email that FERPA prohibited her response to such inquiries.

In 1998, Congress amended FERPA so colleges and universities no longer could use it as an excuse to withhold information regarding the final results of a student’s disciplinary hearing for violent crimes and nonforcible sex offenses.

“When it comes to sexual assault and rape, the norm for

universities and colleges is to downplay the situation and the numbers,” researcher Yung said in a prepared statement. “The result is students at many universities continue to be attacked and victimized, and punishment isn’t meted out to the rapists and sexual assaulters.”

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*Part 1 included the results of a disciplinary hearing for a male student at Indiana University who forcibly groped a female freshman. The victim provided The Campus Citizen with a copy of the no-contact order issued against the offender. The documents provided the date of the offense, university punishments and offender’s full name, which The Campus Citizen chose not to publish because the offender was not convicted of a crime.


“BECAUSE SOME INCIDENTS OCCUR OUTSIDE OF IUPD’S TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, IT’S CRITICAL THAT IUPD-INDIANAPOLIS WORK WITH THE INVESTIGATING AGENCY TO ENSURE THEIR INVESTIGATION IS NOT COMPROMISED, IUPD-INDIANAPOLIS IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF AGENCIES TO DEVELOP A PROCESS BY WHICH TO NOTIFY STUDENTS OF OFF-CAMPUS CRIME.”

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CHICK-FIL-ARecently, students at IU voted to remove the Chick fil A restaurant from their campus library. If given the same opportunity to vote on whether Chick-fil-A stays at IUPUI, would you vote to keep it? Why or why not?

By Vince Roberts

KENNETH GRIGGS“I care about the issue but I don’t care about Chick-fil -A’s ideology. I think we should be looking at how much money Chick-fil-A brings to the school.”

ALENA JONES “I would vote no. I don’t eat there because of their ideology and I wish there was some place I could actually eat.”

ADRIENNE FAIRBANKS“I like the Chick-fil-A sandwich. I vote to keep them if only for the chicken sandwich.”

DERRICK BRODNEX“I would keep Chick fil A. They serve some good food.”

TYLER CLARK “I would vote to remove Chick-fil-A. You can’t discriminate against people.”

MAX SCHOLZ “If students feel that’s what they want to do, it’s their decision. But don’t force them out because of ideology. It should be a fiduciary decision not an ideological one.”

BROOKE HIATT“I would vote to remove it for something healthier. I’m confused about Chick-fil-A’s moral standing because they discriminate against some and open doors for others.”

SAI MARAKANI“I don’t think we should promote or support Chick-fil-A because they discriminate against humanity.”

CLASS ON THE COURTKhufu Najee is one of the thirty students nominated for Senior CLASS award

By Rob Hunt

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The Senior CLASS Award is given out to a senior student-athlete in each sport of collegiate athletics. CLASS is an acronym that stands for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School and the award stresses community, classroom, character and competition as traits of its nominees and winners. Najee was one of 30 nominees for the award in men’s basketball along with 30 nominees for women’s players.

Although Najee did not make the list of 10 finalists for the award, the achievement of this type of national recognition is no less remarkable.

Najee’s coach at IUPUI, Jason Gardner, was also a finalist for this award when he was a senior at Arizona University. Najee expressed surprise and appreciation at the honor of being nominated.

“I was speechless to be one of the 30 nominees,” he said. “It’s an unexpected honor. As a basketball player, I’ve kind of bounced around so I never thought my name would come up as a part of something like this. It’s an honor, but definitely unexpected.”

GOOD BYE CALI, HELLO INDYNajee’s journey began in Berkeley, Calif.,

where he was named to the All-Metro team by the San Francisco Chronicle. He attended San Jose State University after high school, but left after one semester when the university broke their promises to him, he said.

“They (San Jose State) didn’t keep their word to me,” he said. “I left after the fall semester, despite all of my family and teammates telling me to stay. It was a decision I made because I didn’t think it was going to fulfill what I wanted.”

Next, Najee played his freshman year at Diablo Valley (California) Junior College where he averaged 21 points per game. As a sophomore, he played at Allan Hancock Junior College, also in California. He led the school to a 20-10 record, averaging 16.2 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.4 steals per game and maintained a 3.7 grade point average.

Najee then decided to venture east and play for IUPUI. A portion of his decision process was

in me at a young age,” he said. “I recently had a conversation with someone really close to me that complimented my penmanship. I told them a story about how my dad would keep me in an extra hour to work on my cursive handwriting before I could go outside to play. Little things like that shaped my work ethic in the classroom. I was always excited about school at an early age.”Despite all the twists and turns on his journey, Najee is happy with how his collegiate life has gone, even if it hasn’t been the way he originally envisioned it. The Senior CLASS nomination is a large part of this feeling.“It’s definitely something to put a staple on my college career, because it hasn’t gone like I thought it might,” he said. “My dream was to go away to school for four years and make a mark on that community, but I’ve bounced around. To be nominated, it really makes me feel good about the way my college career has turned out. It’s an honor to be on that list with those names. It’s something I never thought would happen for me.”Najee will be a 22-year-old with a master’s degree once his time at IUPUI is over. While his achievements stand out, his long term dreams are similar to those of many sports journalism students at IUPUI with an eye on working at ESPN. He is also keeping an open mind about his future.

“I WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON SPORTS DOCUMENTARIES, I FEEL LIKE I’LL HAVE TO TAKE OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY ARE PRESENTED TO ME. COLLEGE AND LIFE NEVER GO AS WE PLAN IT. I MIGHT GET TO MY ULTIMATE GOAL, WHICH IS TO MAKE ‘30 FOR 30 FILMS’ FOR ESPN. THOSE ARE MY FAVORITE THINGS TO WATCH, I COULD WATCH THOSE ALL DAY.”

In an era when many Division I men’s college basketball players are content with being known as athletes First and students second, IUPUI’s Khufu Najee wants to be known as a graduate student who happens to play basketball. His diligence in the classroom and on the court recently earned the senior guard a nomination for a national award.

based on the playing time he was promised in Indianapolis, but also a desire to grow as a person and as a player.

“My decision to come to Indy was based on a desire to get out of my comfort zone,” he said. “I wanted to gain an experience living somewhere else. It’s taught me a lot about stability. It’s also solidified my appreciation of family, because this is the furthest I’ve ever been away from my family. It’s allowed me to focus on growing as a player, instead of the distractions of being around friends and family during my down time.”

In his first season at IUPUI, Najee was voted to the Summit League’s All-Newcomer Team as he averaged 9.9 points per game and started 30 of the team’s 32 games. He continued his stellar work in the classroom, maintaining a 3.0 or better GPA for both semesters and landed on IUPUI’s Academic Advisor’s List.

Despite missing some game time during his senior season due to injury, Najee is still

performing at a high level, both on and off the court. He is averaging 7.6 points per game as team captain and was once again named to the Academic Advisor’s List for the fall semester.

Najee, who graduated last spring, is expected to complete his graduate studies in journalism soon.

“This June, actually,” he said. “The program is designed for one year, and I will be done after the first summer session in June and hopefully done with school forever. I am studious, but I want to give it a rest for a while.”

EYE ON THE FUTURENajee has taken school seriously his whole life and it is something that he has always enjoyed.“I think that was something that was instilled


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THE ROAD OF CHAMPIONSA legacy of overcoming discrimination in high school basketballBy Antonio Gomez

Success does not always come easy, and that was proven by Crispus Attucks’ high school basketball team in 1955, the year that Crispus Attucks was the first all African-American team to win the Indiana state championship game.

The team’s star player, Oscar Palmer Robertson, lead the way as the Flying Tigers pummeled their competition. Coached by Ray Crowe, the team went on to win the state championship game again the following year in 1956, defeating Lafayette 79-57.

The Indiana tradition for state champions is to ride around the circle, downtown, and celebrating the players for a job well done.

This wasn’t the case for Crispus Attucks.

The team did not get the reward of cruising around downtown because townspeople and authorities believed that they would tear up the town with their appearance if they were spotted in the city. They faced adversity wherever they traveled.

Crispus Attucks could not play in their school gym because the space was too small, so they were forced to play on the road. The opposing teams, mostly white organizations, did not accept the Flying Tigers into their arenas. Crispus Attucks was forced to travel far to find their competition.

Crispus Attucks went an astonishing 21-0 in the 1956 season, being the first team to win a state championship and remain undefeated. Bob Collins, a reporter at the time, said in a biographical video about the Flying Tigers, “‘56 team was the best team I ever saw play.”

The team broke many records, beyond going undefeated, and most of them were from “The Big O,” Oscar Robertson.

Robertson set an array of records including a single game scoring record on February 11, 1956. Robertson scored 62 points that day, but didn’t seem too enthusiastic looking back on it.

In the aforementioned biopic, Robertson said, “They forced me to do it, I didn’t want to do it.” It seems comical but the fact was no one could stop Oscar, or the team for that matter.

The team made history, and is still celebrated to this day, receiving its 60th anniversary this past basketball season. The players of the championship team went on to pursue many different things, some not related to athletics at all.

Robertson went on to attend the University of Cincinnati, where he played three seasons and broke nearly every school record he could. His career continued when he was drafted by the Cincinnati Royals in 1960. In 1970, he was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks where he remained for the rest of his basketball career until retirement.

In early February, Ray Crowe’s assistant coach, Albert Spurlock died at the age of 101. Spurlock stood beside Crowe and the Flying Tigers through both state championship seasons.

The Tigers are 13-5 this 2014-15 season, and ranked 54 throughout Indiana. Crispus Attucks is not expected to win the state title again, but the titles under the school’s belt will remain a basketball milestone.

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WILDCATS CHASE HOOSIER GLORYKentucky shoots for 40 – 0 SeasonBy Leighann Strollo

There is an unwritten rule of sports. Avoid a jinx by not speaking of perfect games or undefeated records. However, with University of Kentucky’s men’s basketball team on the brink of being the first to go through an entire season undefeated and win the NCAA championship since the Hoosiers did it so famously in 1976. It’s hard not to make them and their winning streak the center of attention.

Coming off of a championship loss in 2014,

the Wildcats recovered quickly and have gone 25-0, taking down teams like Florida and Texas A&M that were poised to be big hurdles in their schedule.

For those of us living in Indiana, its hard not to talk about the possibility of Kentucky landing in Lucas Oil Stadium on April 6, undefeated record still intact, 40 years after our very own Hoosiers did it. Kentucky claims to not be focusing on their undefeated record, but it’s on the mind of anyone interested in college sports.

Unanimously, Kentucky was voted No. 1 for the third week in a row, leaving Virginia behind at No. 2. The Virginia Cavaliers did however lose their top scorer, Justin Anderson, to a fractured finger, diminishing Kentucky’s competition, giving them all the more luck in holding onto not only their spot at No. 1, but also their record.

While for most fans, a 25-0 record is enough to give them hope for a perfect 40-0 season, it’s the fact that they’ve beaten teams like Kansas by 32 points, or Texas by 12 points that makes their dream not too far out of reach.

The Hoosiers aren’t going to make magic this year recreating the ’76 season or going undefeated. In fact, their tough and close losses to teams like Purdue and Maryland have made it hard for them to even secure a spot in the tournament, something that Purdue has seemed to do pretty well. Despite being currently last in the draft, Purdue has gone 11-7 in the Big Ten and proved that they are worthy of a NCAA tournament.

As for the women, University of Connecticut looks promising once again. Headed for their third championship in a row, the Huskies are steamrolling through their schedule. Most recently, UConn gave their biggest rivals, the South Carolina Gamecocks, their first loss of the season. With the win, the Huskies claimed the right to be No. 1., improving their record, only having lost their second game of the season to Stanford in overtime.

While UConn holds their own as the best team, they are being crept up on by their New England neighbors, Rutgers, who have won 10 of their last 12 games. They have gotten into gear and kicked it up a notch in order to make a run for the tournament. The Rutger Scarlet Knights are a force to be reckoned with.

NCAA Conference tournaments begin on March 3, with Selection Sunday falling on March 15.

The round of 64 takes place March 19 and 20, two days you do not want to miss, and the brackets continue until the championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium on April 6.



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By Antonio Gomez

Indy’s new soccer team is looking to expand its worth by proposing a new stadium to the state legislature. When Indy Eleven was created, there was confusion as to where they would play. Luckily, IUPUI and Indiana University gave the team a place to call home at Michael A. Carrol Stadium, located on IUPUI’s campus. Indy Eleven, a fresh team with a used stadium is something fans didn’t think much of.

Indy Eleven’s first season was a ticket success, selling out every home game with 12,100 seats, and topping ticket sales throughout the league. So why a new stadium?

“After year one, soccer was in demand in this state,” said John Koluder, public relations representative for Indy Eleven.

With soccer high in demand, a new stadium would make the fans happier, and give the game of soccer a better facility to play at.

“IUPUI and IU have been wonderful in making Carrol an adequate venue for our team,” said Koluder.

Key word being adequate. Carrol Stadium is a great facility for college sports, but for a professional team, a stadium with state of the art concessions, restrooms and locker rooms would be ideal. Major improvements to the new stadium would create many benefits for the community.

The new stadium, temporarily being called Stadium Indiana Project, would cost around $82 million to construct. This $82 million would come from taxes, but not directly from tax payers themselves.

Tax payers’ pockets will not be poked at. “If you don’t go, you won’t pay,” said Koluder. Indy Eleven aims to collect this tax money from taxing admittance

tickets. The time frame for the costs to be covered would span over the next 30 years, although the franchise has hopes of building the stadium much sooner.

The renderings of the stadium are impressive. The location of the stadium is undetermined, but is expected to seat 18,500 spectators at once, with state of the art facilities to make you feel at home. If the stadium is built, the location is hoped to be easily accessible by Indianapolis residents.

The stadium would not be limited to soccer, but would have potential to host many other events. The Indy Eleven organization aims for this multi-purpose stadium to host events ranging from lacrosse and rugby to concert performances. With the city adapting so well to the team the Indy Eleven organization is also considering creating a women’s soccer team.

Indy Eleven stresses their deep concern about the comfort of their fans both physically and financially.

“We [will] aim to keep the tickets around that of a movie ticket. Of course, the closer you get to the field your ticket will increase, but the benefits of the higher seats will be worth it I promise you that,” said Koluder.

A strong promise, but the mindset of this organization is optimistic. The construction of the seats would wrap around the stadium,

giving each seat a clear view of the field. According to Koluder, the goal is to make everyone experience

something that is world-class material. Indy Eleven did great when it came to selling seats, but what

about scoring goals? In the middle of the standings, Indy Eleven finished the season an average record of 6-5-7, ending the season with a five game winning streak.

As the streak suggests, the team started to get comfortable in their new league and began to make noise on the field to further their reputation. Koluder stressed that every day the team is consistently improving and making moves to become the best.

Many players are returning to play for Indy Eleven, including Don Smart and Kyle Hyland, but the focus is to improve as a team, not stay the same. The team needs more talent in the midfield and better players to attack the goal and take control when the team needs a leader.

Koluder said that the five game win streak was a result of critical defense as a unit. To make the team more efficient and provide the team with veteran experience in the locker room, Indy Eleven signed defender Greg Janicki from the San Antonio Scorpions.

The team takes the field Saturday, April 4 against the Atlanta Silverbacks to begin the start of their second NASL season. Michael A. Carrol stadium will remain the host of Indy Eleven’s home games for seasons to come, but only until their new home is built.

THE WORLDS SPORT, INDIANA’S $82 MILLION STADIUM “Stadium for Indiana” purposes new facility for Indy Eleven


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SALE JOSEPHIndy folk duo thrives in small spacesBy Alec Kammerer

Feelings and friendship are what define, Sale Joseph (pronounced SHa’lā), an Indianapolis folk duo.

Originating in Anderson, Ind., Sale Joseph is made up of guitarist and vocalist Alex Camp and vocalist Logan Dodd. The two are trying to bring their personal living room touch to the metropolitan area of Indianapolis.

The band’s name comes from Logan’s middle name, Sale, and Alex’s real first name, Joseph.

“We wanted to do a name that was based off of names, but we didn’t just want to do Logan and Alex,” Camp said. “We thought it was cool because of people, like Bon Iver, get mispronounced a lot … it can be memorable.”

Sale Joseph has been together off and on for three years while continuously evolving. Originally rooted in pop and country, Sale Joseph found its sound in the folk genre more than anywhere else.

“Folk has always been in our roots,” Dodd said.“Were an acoustic duo, so someone like Simon and Garfunkle are a big

influence on the kind of music we play,” Camp said.Logan and Alex met when they were both 12 years old. As friends and

musicians, they decided to collaborate on a song for fun. This turned into Sale Joseph. The friendship and the chemistry they have shines through in their music and are apparent in their care free manor amongst one another.

“You just have to have the relationship as two people, even if I primarily do the music. We are always in tune with each other’s lives,” Camp said. “We know where [the other is] relationship wise, emotionally, spiritually, stuff like that.”

The band is currently working on a full length album, but they view themselves as a live band. They started off doing house shows for fun for about a year ago and have now played at a few venues such as Birdys Live in Indianapolis. The intimacy of their music and emotions is reflected best live.

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They feel that the connection that they have can get the audience to feel a connection. Sale Joseph wants to strip it down. “Big venues are great and we’d love to play there anytime, but also I’d be happy playing at a coffee

shop on a Thursday night,” Camp said. “Like if you get 12 people that are all really into it, that’s as good as 60 that are half listening.”

“I think that’s where we shine and were definitely most comfortable, somewhere where we can connect,” Dodd said.

This does not mean that Sale Joseph is looking to turn away from the spotlight. New to the Indianapolis area, they are hoping to make an impression on this city with their personal style.

The upcoming albums demo tapes are completed with the exception of some final touches.

Their music is available on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/sale-joseph .

ONE MAN ONE STAGE PLENTY OF LAUGHSScott greenwell commands the stage in an eclectic one-man comedyBy Benjamin Cooley

Painting fences, pulling weeds, working retail, babysitting and waiting tables are jobs that should seem familiar to most. Odd jobs like these are often not glamorous, but they pay the bills — kind of.

In Phoenix Theatre’s upcoming production, “Buyer & Cellar,” Scot Greenwell plays a man who also finds himself stuck in an odd job as a retail clerk in a shopping mall. But this is no ordinary shopping mall: It’s Barbra Streisand’s basement.

Acting as a witty commentary on the world of celebrities and the quest for stardom, Jonathan Tolin’s “Buyer & Cellar” revolves around a struggling actor named Alex More and the people he encounters while working in the basement of one of the world’s biggest and most beloved stars, Barbra Streisand. In the opening scene, Alex approaches the audience with full disclosure, explaining that the story he is about to tell is entirely a work of fiction. But the setting of a shopping mall in Barbra Streisand’s basement? That’s a real place.

As if that’s not enough to raise an eyebrow, Greenwell plays all six characters in the play including the legendary singer herself.

“We are who we are, ya know? So playing five or six different characters in one show is a challenge,” Greenwell said.

Throughout the play, Greenwell switches among these six characters through small changes and quirks. “Sometimes it’s way the person folds their hands, if they have certain tics ... it can help me plug into the character,” Greenwell said.

Since graduating from the University of Evansville in 2000, Greenwell has participated in roughly 20 productions at Phoenix Theatre in addition to acting in other theaters throughout

Indianapolis. Greenwell first heard about “Buyer & Cellar” from a friend who saw it in New York shortly after it opened in 2013. After seeing the play, he knew Greenwell would be a great fit.

“I GOT AHOLD OF THE SCRIPT, AND SURE ENOUGH I LAUGHED OUT LOUD,” GREENWELL SAID. “WHICH WAS NICE, BECAUSE THAT DOESN’T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, EVEN WITH COMEDIES.”

Chuck Goad, one of the founders of Phoenix Theatre and the director of “Buyer & Cellar,” remembers having the same thought on Greenwell’s potential. From the moment Greenwell proposed doing the play at Phoenix Theatre, Goad was sold.

“When Scot pitched the play, it was like, you could just tell he was absolutely perfect for the part,” Goad said.

For Greenwell, stepping into a one-man play is familiar territory. Looking back on his first solo appearance in “The SantaLand Diaries,” Greenwell recalled the challenges of acting alone on stage.

“I found that one of the toughest challenges was when I walked off the stage after the show,” Greenwell said. “Whether it felt fantastic or whether it felt mediocre, I would go to the dressing room and there was no one to give a high five to.”

Goad also knows the difficulties of putting on a one-man show.

He said that audiences have a tendency to stray away from monologue-heavy performances.

“I think one-man shows can have a certain stigma,” Goad said. “But this is a really nice night in theater.”

Both actor and director agree that “Buyer & Cellar” will bring a laugh out of all types of audiences. Even those who have no interest or reverence for Barbra Streisand will enjoy the humor.

“It really goes beyond that,” Goad said. “It’s a really human story.”

Running through the month of March, “Buyer & Cellar” opened March 5 at Phoenix Theatre with student discounts available for

PHOTO BY BENJAMIN COOLEY, STAR OF PHOENIX THEATRE’S UPCOMING BUYER AND CELLAR, POSES ON STAGE WITH THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE SETTING AND PLOTLINE OF THIS UNCONVENTIONAL, ONE-MAN COMEDY SHOW.


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Some college kids speak chemistry. Some college kids speak French. Some college kids barely speak at all, but every college kid speaks pizza. And Giordano’s Pizza is a staple in the stuffed pizza world.

Based in Chicago, Giordano’s Pizza was launched in 1974 on Chicago’s south side by two Argentinians with Italian origins, according to their website. The recipe for their famous stuffed pizza is said to be at least two hundred years old.

Bringing their time tested recipe to Indianapolis, Giordano’s joined the downtown pizza circuit and opened Feb. 3 on East 82nd Street.

The company owns 40 plus locations, including several in Florida. It uses the same

GIORDANO’S TAKES A SLICE OUT OF INDYChicago-based pizza chain makes a permanent

home and looks to expand in Naptown By Victoria Lane

recipes, ingredients, pizza dough and sauces that are used at the original Chicago locations.

With ingredients delivered three times a week via a cold delivery truck from Chicago, Giordano’s Indianapolis is trying to keep up with heavy demand, said Julia Honious, general manager of the restaurant.

At a seating capacity of approximately 97, the location realistically needs around 400 seats in order to meet demand.

Customers need to be prepared for the waiting game if they want to enjoy a slice of Chicago. Wait times can vary anywhere from a few minutes to 4 1/2 – as was the case when I went on a Saturday afternoon. Add onto that the 45 minutes it takes to make the stuffed pizza and

customers might spend an entire day waiting on and eventually eating a pizza pie.

However, pizza lovers can get a shortened wait time by visiting the Giordano’s food truck parked outside of the restaurant. Straight from Chi-town, the truck offers several pizza options and a side of winter air for those who prefer not to wait in the restaurant.

Additional include the ability to ship a pizza as well as order ahead and pick-up at their desired Giordano’s location.

With such a heavy demand and not enough space to feed Hoosiers, Giordano’s is scouting out potential locations around Indiana. Currently there are rumors of at least three more locations in areas like Carmel, Greenwood and another

in Indianapolis. Giordano’s is looking to have another restaurant opened by the end of 2015.

Honious hopes that once future locations are open that demand will decrease at her specific location.

Whichever Giordano’s you visit, Giordano’s wants the customer to have a great time even while people wait to eat their Chicago-style pizza. What can fill the time between an order and a pizza’s arrival? A friendly staff, comfortable atmosphere and a varied menu offers customers plenty of choices including the traditional stuffed, thin and extra-thin pizza, as well as appetizers and salads.

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The wind whipped with a savage, unforgiving chill as three company members stood huddled around one of the many community fire barrels, their hands stretched out towards its warmth with the hopes of it taking their minds away from the frigid pace of snow that plummeted from the gray, late evening sky and covered all of the surrounding scenery with a thick white quilt. The barrel’s soothing glow illuminated the men’s faces and held their attention in a fixed trance that relaxed their sore, weary eyes from the day’s usual events. The man at the left of the barrel — a stout fellow with a wool hat pulled tight on top of his head that clashed with his bushy, rusty gray facial hair that decorated his face — let out a lung throbbing cough that snapped the other two men’s attention from their entrancement.

“Still got that retched cough, eh Gunner?” inquired Shamus, a young, light spirited Irishmen of about 23, who stood stationed at the center of the barrel.

Clearing his throat, Gunner hacked up a rather unpleasant red-spotted mucus and spat it out onto the ground nearby him.

“Them damn coal mines ain’t helpin’ it none,” he replied. “Gets worse as we dig deeper n’ deeper.” He took a small pause and scratched his head, letting loose a heavy sigh. “Gotta bring food to the table somehow, though.”

Shamus rubbed his hands together vigorously, softly blowing his warm breath onto them.

“You outta grab yerself a pack o’ lozenges from the shop,” he said back. “Heard they dropped em’ down te twenty cents now.”

Gunner let out a snort that needed no explanation. A wage given from Mr. James Whittman, heir to the Whittman industrial fortune, left you with little to no money for anything aside from the essential bread and water that was just enough to put something in the belly. Shamus, a fairly new member of the Whittman Mining Division, was still ignorant of how life was going to be.

The Whittman Industries specialized in three different areas of development: mining, manufacturing, and engineering. Although diversified, each division’s contribution played a key role in the nation’s economic upbringing. The coal mined from Whitman Industries powered more than three quarters of the locomotives that traveled across the country. Steel manufactured in a Whittman facility became the structures of the monumental towering buildings being constructed in New York. The products and ideas that emerged from the Whittman Engineering Facilities provided innovation and enhanced technologies that offered both satisfaction and praise from

the United States Federal Government. But the most prominent and well-known aspect of Whittman Industries was the company town it provided to house its laborers. Through years of hard-working success, the Whittman family had become national royalty, the hierarchy of American wealth and prestige.

All thanks to the backbreaking labor supplied from its laborers, individuals who saw no gracious rewards for their support of this industrial giant. In addition to low wages, Whittman Industries supplies the company town, a small established town created by the Industry that houses the workers at so called “cheap rates.” Although from an outside perspective it may sound delightful. Once inside things prove otherwise.

The town is nothing short of an urban ghetto with the squalid, ram shackled buildings placed within a dilapidated environment. To make matters worse, the money rewarded to them was not U.S. standard issued currency, but rather company currency that held zero value outside of the town. No labor union dared to rally the workers, or rather slaves, of the Whittman Industry, as they greatly feared the security team, a group of men who monitor the company town’s population and make sure it does what it’s expected to do. The End Result would be brutal.

Essentially, once a worker in debts his life to Whittman Industries, he’s selling his soul to the devil.

The sound of a small baby wailing soon filled the men’s ears. The man positioned to the right of the barrel, who’d been silent and lost in deep thought, turned his head towards the direction of the heart wrenching cry, his mouth twisting into a distressed frown.

Gunner, observing the man’s change in demeanor, responded accordingly. “The little one doin’ any better, Chauncey?”

The man named Chauncey looked at him with swelled eyes that signified a regretful doubt. “The fever is persistent,” he replied. “No matter what we try it just won’t go away.”

The sound of frantic footsteps soon filled the men’s ears. Turning to look, the outline of a young female could be seen jogging towards them, her face stricken with panic. It was Mildred, Chauncey’s young wife.

“Chauncey, Chauncey,” she exclaimed in between exasperated breaths, “I can’t take it anymore!” She ran straight into him, wrapping her arms around him while burying her face into his broad chest. “I can’t stand to see our little Sammy in pain!”

Chauncey held his grieving wife with an iron clasped hug, resting his mouth on top

of her head. She looked up at him with a river of tears streaming from her eyes, her body trembling with terror. “What are we going to do?” she asked.

Shamus, oblivious to the tragedy, made a sympathetic inquiry. “What’s the matter?” he asked.

“It’s my newborn son,” Chauncey replied. “We think he might be stricken with the scarlet fever, and we can’t find a way to treat him.”

“Have ye tried te hospital?”“We have, but they’re overbooked,” he said,

his eyes dropping to the ground. “We don’t have enough money to pay the incentive fee. It could be months before we even make it half way up the list.”

The shrill cry of young baby Sammy rang out into the night once more. Chauncey turned his head towards its direction. “We don’t have that kind of time,” he murmured aloud.

“Well why didn’t ye say so, Chaunce?” Shamus piped up exuberantly, “I’ll lone ye some money so you can make it to te top o’ the list! Just pay me back when ye can!”

“That’s kind of you, Shamus, but I couldn’t take your money.”

Shamus persisted, “I insist!”“No,” Chauncey said, “I have another way.”Mildred’s head jerked up again.

“Another way?” she questioned with surprise, “What is it, Chauncey?”

He looked deep into Mildred’s eyes with a burning determination. “I’m going to ask Mr. Whittman for an advanced payment.”

Gunner’s eyes shot wide open, his mouth agape with surprise. “He’ll never agree to that, Chauncey!”

“I’ll make him agree,” Chauncey said, “I have to do it for my son!”

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