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Professor dies in car accident

Photo courtesy http://www.homepages.indiana.edu/Chemistry professor David G.M. Carville along with professor Kirk Guyer created “Plateleworks,” a revolutionary blood test during heart surgery. Carville was killed in a car accident in Manchester, N.H. on Aug. 24.

By DANI MOLNARmolnard@iusb.edu

The chemistry department is mourning the loss of associate professor David M.G. Carville.

Carville passed away on Aug. 24, 2009 due to injuries from a car accident in Manchester, New Hampshire. He was 47.

The co-creator of Platelet-works (along with IU South Bend professor Kirk Guyer), Carville not only helped create the blood test to measure platelets during heart surgery, but also co-founded Clinical Solutions and Innova-tions as well as Causeway Scien-tific.

William Feighery, chair of the IUSB chemistry department, said that Carville was known to be a very generous person.

“He went out of his way to help his students,” Feighery said.

Carville took his students on field trips to the South Bend Med-ical Foundation, and helped con-nect them with employers.

“Because of his networking, he was able to invite in doctors and researchers, so students got real-life experiences in his class,” Feighery said.

Carville was born Feb. 27, 1962 in Belfast Ireland.

He earned his Ph.D from the University of Ulster, in Belfast, Ireland. He worked at American Biogenetic Sciences as Director of Cardiovascular Research until 1997.

In 1989 he came to South Bend to begin post-doctorate work at the University of Notre Dame. While working from an

office inside IUSB, he and Guyer developed Plateletworks in 2000.

He and Guyer worked together as associate faculty members and developed courses for the chemis-try department.

“He exposed our students to an area that was interesting, but we didn’t have a course for [at IU South Bend],” Feighery said. They also helped students by hir-ing them as interns, giving them hand-on experience in their labo-ratory.

Carville is survived by his wife, Mary and three step-chil-dren, and family in living in Ire-land.

The funeral services for Car-ville were held on Sep. 2 at the Palmer Funeral Home.

School of Nursing changes name to reflect programsBy APRIL BUCKadbuck@iusb.edu

The goal is still the same, but the name has changed for IU South Bend’s School of Nursing. The new name, College of Health Sciences, reflects the range of programs offered by the school.

This change is unique to the IUSB campus, but is not with-out precedent. The IU Northwest campus began calling their school of nursing the College of Health and Human Services several years ago.

According to Dean Mary Jo Regan-Kubinski, recent cam-pus re-organization resulting in the Social Work program fall-ing under the school’s purview

prompted the change. The new name was chosen to focus on the scientific basis of the professions students are training for.

Also new this year is a pro-gram fee for nursing students. The fees are related to the costs of sophisticated equipment such as simulation mannequins used to train students prior to caring for patients in a real world setting.

There is also a small change in the programs offered as well.

The college offers Bachelor of Science degrees in Nursing, Med-ical Imaging Technology, and Dental Hygiene. They also offer Master of Science in Nursing and Master of Social Work degrees and a variety of pre-professional programs.

Currently the college offers Associate’s degrees in Radiog-raphy and Dental Hygiene, but pursuant to a directive from the Indiana Commission of Higher Education, Associate Degrees and Certificate programs are be-ing phased out of universities and moved to community colleges.

Regan-Kubinski believes that education is important for health-care professionals. With more education, healthcare providers raise the standard of care for ev-eryone.

For more information about IUSB’s College of Health Scienc-es, visit their website http://www.iusb.edu/~sbnurse.

Preface/REBECCA GIBSONStudents, family and staff gathered for an all-campus BBQ on Sep 3. The BBQ was hosted by the Student Government Association and featured hot dogs, chips, potato salad, drinks and other food. The event was part of Welcome Week which featured several campus clubs and organizations and local businesses. The Indiana National Guard brought in a rock wall for students to climb. Welcome Week was capped by comedienne Tracy Ashley on Sep. 3 in Northside.

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For those inclined to follow political news, the weeks lead-ing up to the fall semester were no doubt enjoyable. The debates concerning health care/insurance reform among members of con-gress and the president; the town-hall meetings in communities across the U.S; the near constant jabbering of talking heads across airwaves; all of these represent political theater at its best. In ad-dition to their entertainment value for political junkies, of course, the debates have significant im-plications for the health of the country’s citizens and its political future.

For those who have not been following the developments, here’s a brief update: the basic debate revolves around proposals in Congress that would both make the U.S. government a provider of health insurance for people not covered by private plans while further regulating the health in-surance industry—for example, making it more difficult for insur-ers to refuse coverage when pol-icy-holders become seriously ill.

Citizens opposed to the pro-posals contest the idea that the na-tional government should require citizens to have health insurance or that government could provide health care efficiently—namely, without adding to the national debt.

On the other side of the is-sue, Democrats in Congress and President Obama point to the fact that tens of millions in the U.S. go without health insurance or have been bankrupted by costs for medical procedures. The de-bate will likely take unforeseen turns as members of Congress and President Obama return from summer breaks, so I will focus on a few key points that may be dis-cussed regardless of the outcome.

First, the debates over health care represent the remarkable power political minorities hold in the United States. Political activists against reform have mobilized against the president and liberal members of Congress using a symbolic politics tied to oppressive political regimes and omnipotent government.

Such activism framed the sum-mer’s media coverage of the issue in the opposition’s favor—those protesting in the most extreme fashion have received the most media coverage, priming the de-bate in negative terms for the president.

So, despite an overwhelm-ing Electoral College victory in December, due in no small part to campaign promises to states’ voters regarding reform of health insurance, President Obama and his Democratic colleagues, who hold majorities in both houses of Congress, are facing the prospect of failing to provide change in health insurance.

A second observation relates to President Obama’s tactics in seeking health care reform. Rath-er than develop his own plan as the Clinton administration did in 1993, Obama opted to put the ball in Congress’s court. At first glance, this seemed a politically adept strategy—let Congress muddy the waters and then charge in with a clear-cut plan generating broad bi-partisan support.

However, the waters seem to be too muddied at this point for that strategy to work in Obama’s favor. The nature of the U.S. Con-gress means that each member, and especially Senators, has the power to stall or alter the outcome of the debate based on particular elements each member would like

to see in the final legislation. While this may seem a tool of

democracy, it makes legislation difficult to pass and may lead to reform that does not accomplish what the president originally set out to.

Finally, the health insurance debate is a reminder that the Obama presidency has not—at least not as of yet—brought the post-partisan atmosphere to Washington that he promised in his campaign. A specific example is Senate Democrats’ consider-ation of using a parliamentary tool known as reconciliation—a method for reducing spending in revenue bills that requires the Senate to reach only a simple ma-jority in its vote (ordinarily, the Senate needs to reach 60 votes to prevent a filibuster).

To put it lightly, Republicans and conservative Democrats are not in favor of this legislative technique—in one committee hearing in March, Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY) stated that the use of reconciliation would “be like a declaration of war or hopefully not quite that drastic.”

Republicans, however, aren’t against reconciliation, generally; they enjoyed its benefits when pushing through record tax cuts in 2001 and renewing them in 2004. At that time, it was Democrats complaining about reconciliation. This is just one of many examples suggesting that bipartisanship re-mains a fond memory of earlier eras and campaign promises from both major political parties.

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You never know where you will find intolerance. I didn’t ex-pect it in Kristine Bailey’s article The good, the bad and the green, but that’s where I found it. Ms.

Bailey referred to a noticeably large number of able-bodied people who are, well, lazy for using the automatic door openers around campus.

I suffer from carpel tunnel syn-

drome and I use the automatic door openers to avoid further distress to my arms, hands, and wrists. Looking at me, however, one would assume that I am able-bodied.

Encouraging your readers to view people as lazy because it is not readily apparent that they do. In fact, have a reason for using the door openers only reinforces the

Some disabilities are not always visible

More to housing story?

A recent South Bend Tribune article stated IUSB’s new housing units were not full. Could the fact the school raised the rents have anything to do with it? When the economy is suffering, as it now is, hotels, restaurants, retailers, cruise lines, etc. are cutting their pricesjust to survive.

This is standard operating pro-cedure in a capitalist economy. This is also exactly what most public and governmental institu-tions fail to grasp, despite the fact it’s a basic tenet taught in Econ 101.

Charles WaiteElkhart, IN

Anti-tobacco policy offers zero consequences

Tobacco is prohibited! Sounds serious, doesn’t it? That’s Indiana University of South Bend’s de-scription of the substance in re-gards to campus use, yet the pol-icy is laughably enforced. There are zero consequences listed on the official policy and to top it off, it is suggested that students enforce the policy themselves by handing the abusers “information sheets” on the campus tobacco policy.

Really? This doesn’t even equate to a slap on the hand. The issue that I really want to address is that without enforcement, this (or any) policy is basically use-less. To top it off, many students might not even be aware that we are a tobacco free campus con-sidering there are zero signs for smokers to educate them on the fact. Until the changes are made, expect to be at risk for whiffs of second hand smoke.

Tobacco use on campus needs to be taken more seriously from our University. According to cigarettelitter.org, “cigarettes are the most littered item in America. The toxic residue in cigarette fil-ters is damaging to the environ-ment, and litter butts cause nu-merous fires every year, some of them fatal.” Cigarette butts are NOT biodegradable and ARE

dangerous. Since there are no ash-tray’s available for these smokers, guess where they are going? On the grass to slowly release their toxins into our campus soil or on the sidewalk for your shoes to step on.

If the campus wants to have a tobacco free policy, they need to make stricter enforcement strate-gies or put back in the ashtrays because the current policy is ob-viously not working. Perhaps have campus security patrol ciga-rette break hot spots, put up vis-ible signs, and establish firm consequences, provide health education of tobacco use, provide help to quitters and more. Granted, the policy has only been ef-fective for less than a year, but when some-thing is evidently not working. It’s time to find an alternative.

Challenge yourself to look down when walking between classes today and see exactly how many cigarette butts are on the sidewalks and grass. See the dam-age it’s still doing to your campus even when it’s prohibited. Until changes to the policy are made, help enforce the policy by mak-ing campus policy breakers aware that not only is tobacco prohib-

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idea that disability must be visu-ally obvious to be valid.

Never underestimate the abil-ity of people to hide their pain. Instead of encouraging people to reinforce the stigma felt by peo-ple with disabilities, you should encourage people not to judge.

Tina ReimersIU South Bend alumna and staff member and IUPUI SLIS gradu-ate student

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IU finds way to help tuition costs Incentive grants to help in-state students with tuition increase.

By DANI MOLNARmolnard@iusb.edu

It may take some time, but hammers will eventually go back to work on state university im-provements around the state after a setback from a state senator in response to both IU and Purde raising tuition.

This year, IU increased its tu-ition by 4.6%, despite the reces-sion. Even with the decreases in university’s own budget, 4.6% last year alone, the school had still elected to raise tuition for the year, despite the state’s objec-tions.

State Senator Luke Kenley, chairman of the State Budget Committee asked IU to recon-sider their tuition increases ac-cording to the Indy Star. Ken-ley’s response was to put a halt to university wide projects during a committee meeting on Aug. 21 in an effort to encourage IU and Pur-due to lower tuitions.

“We want IU and Purdue to be outstanding universities, but they need to be realistic,” Kenley told the Star. “I don’t think we need to see increases like this in the mid-dle of a recession.”

On Sep. 1, a press release stated that Indiana University President Michael McRobbie had announced a plan to help with tu-ition costs. The plan, for in-state undergraduate students, is to of-fer “incentive grants” of between $200 to $300.

To receive the grants, students must be enrolled full-time (at least 12 credit hours) and receive

at least a 3.0, or a B average, dur-ing the academic year.

In-state students at IU’s eight satellite campuses will receive a $200 grant and students at Bloomington will receive a $300 grant from the state if they meet the qualifications. While it is still being finalized by Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Neil Theobald, McRobbie spoke con-fidently of the program.

“The new University Incentive Grants will reduce the impact of tuition increases over this bien-nium for all Hoosier undergradu-ates who demonstrate a commit-ment to degree completion and academic achievement,” said McRobbie.

“A majority of our in-state students would have qualified for this credit last year, and our hope is that with this new incentive, even more Hoosiers will earn a B average this year.”

To add incentive to all under-

graduate students, even seniors will have the opportunity in their final year to earn the grants. For the seniors of the 2010 school year, the credits will be applied to their spring 2010 semester.

“In light of the hardship so many Hoosier families are deal-ing with, it is incumbent on all In-diana institutions to find creative ways to respond and keep higher education affordable and acces-sible for all qualified students,” said McRobbie.

By REBECCA GIBSONrgibson2@iusb.edu

Campus staff and faculty packed the main auditorium at Northside Hall during an all cam-pus meeting on Friday, Aug. 28. The meeting was a chance for new faculty and staff to be intro-duced to the rest of the campus

In her remarks, IU South Bend Chancellor Una Mae Reck an-nounced that enrollment was sig-nificantly up for the fall semester.

“Enrollment is strong,” said IU South Bend Reck. “It is nearly 17% ahead of last year with a to-tal student body of 8,086.”

That is a total of 78,451 credit hours, and this increase has led to a rise in classroom size to accom-modate the needs of the students.

While Reck is proud and happy with this increase, her next stated goal is retention. To aid with this goal, the university will be meet-ing with Noel-Levitz Higher Edu-cation Consulting to discuss ways to enable continued student suc-cess while dealing with the stress-es of higher classroom size.

The 2009-2010 year will have other changes as well, including the plan to eliminate all remedial courses from IU South Bend’s class schedule. Students who do not meet the new admissions standards will be asked to enroll in community colleges, such as Ivy Tech, a college which enjoys reciprocity with the university, to complete any remedial work before reattempting the IUSB ad-mittance tests.

Academic Senate President Jerry Hinnefeld spoke briefly on the topic of the budget cuts and salary freeze. Hinnefeld men-tioned the coincidental problem of the 6.5 % budget cut coming just when enrollment is so far up.

With enrollment up there is a large amount of temporary mon-ey that can be used, for example, to buy new lab equipment, or do one-time renovations. However, all faculty and staff have frozen salaries for the foreseeable future, and there is no money to arrange for things like the creation of new positions.

With tact and charm, Hin-nefeld scored a laugh out of the audience by poking fun at the sal-ary freeze and reassuring them at the same time that this one time money will not be wasted.

New staff, faculty introduced

see CSO page 5

Start off right with the CSO

By MEAGEN THOMPSONmemthomp@iusb.edu

Finding a job in this reces-sion has been tough. With local companies laying off people and closing down operations, some students have found themselves looking for work in order to sur-vive, or even pay for tuition and books.

According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, the un-employment rate for July was 9.4%. Compared to a rate of 5.8% in July 2008, the number of peo-

ple without work has nearly dou-bled in just one year. This means that in July of this year alone, ap-proximately 267,000 people lost their jobs.

For those graduating soon and those just beginning their col-lege careers, these statistics can be intimidating. But for students and alumni of IU South Bend, there are opportunities to take advantage of when beginning or continuing the search for a career, and they are right here on cam-pus. The Career Services Office, (CSO) in Administration Build-

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The Career Services Office offers several services for students and alumni looking for work.

ing room 117A, offers students various tools to start on the right career path while in college, and career opportunities upon gradu-ation.

“Don’t wait until May to start looking for a job,” Jeff Jackson, director of the CSO, said.

Jackson stresses that in order to move forward in the career world students are going to have to be go-getters, as only the go-getters survive.

This advice holds even more merit given the current job mar-ket. Though IUSB is mostly a non-traditional student campus, the CSO is seeing a sharp increase in the number of students due to the economic downturn.

“A lot of students are com-peting with workers who have been downsized,” Jackson said. ”There’s not a lot of turnover…you have people who have 20 years on the job, 30 years even.”

The CSO offers job and ca-reer fairs at the Elkhart and South Bend campuses, but students must even be ready for action at these.

“You’re going to be competing with all the other [students from] schools in the area,” Jackson said.

He also emphasizes that stu-dents can go to job fairs at other area colleges, such as Notre Dame.

Important DatesOct 9: IU South Bend Elkhart Center Job FairApril 9, 2010: IU South Bend Job Fair

Career Services at IUSBResume AssistanceInternshipsInterview SkillsNetworkingCareer Assessment

For new students, Jackson is not promoting jobs, but classes. He said it is important for new students to keep their overheads low and concentrate on classes, and not just giving IU money.

“You can only exhaust so many electives,” Jackson said.

The CSO offers a career as-sessment tool called Focus2 that can help new students choose possible majors based on their re-sponses to questions. On the CSO website, students can also find links to other career assessment tools on the internet.

Jackson does have important advice to job seekers.

“Make sure you have a plan, a goal,” Jackson said. “You have to

Qualifying students at IU South Bend will receive a $200 grant that will ap-ply to their spring 2009

semester.

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Transpo stops campus housing routesBy SHAUN CHRISTENSENchristss@iusb.edu

Sometimes a change doesn’t always work out the way it was hoped.

Last year, South Bend Transpo announced plans to offer bus ser-vice to the River Crossing student apartments.

In December of last year, South Bend Transpo altered its 9 and 11 bus routes to cater and serve those staying in IU South Bend’s student housing.

For ridership reasons the routes changed back to their orig-inal routes in early August.

The inbound number 9 (leav-ing the Mishawaka Transfer Cen-ter) will no longer cross the river at Ironwood. The bus will cross the river north on Logan and then head west on Mishawaka Ave. passing the north side of campus.

The outbound number 11 (leaving the South Street Station) route will no longer drive through the student housing complex as it did in the spring.

Leaving the station in down-town South Bend, the bus will head east on Milburn Ave./8th St. to the Mishawaka Transfer Cen-ter.

For more information about Transpo, or for printable route maps visit www.sbtranspo.com or call 574-233-2131

plan, or you’re planning to fail.”To find out how you can ben-

efit from Career Services, visit http://www.iusb.edu/~sbcareer/ or call (574)520-4425. Utilizing these resources can assist students in finding the right employment to begin their careers. And start-ing out on the right career path makes a difference when it comes to finding and securing a job.

By DANI MOLNARmolnard@iusb.edu

In 2006, the last Music Edu-cation major at IU South Bend graduated with a degree from a program that had to be cancelled.

Requirements for the Bach-elors in Music Education (BME) had changed statewide and with only one member of the faculty specialized in Music Education the availability for the degree was no longer there.

Even with the long history of the music department branching out over 30 years, the school still felt the need to halt the program.

David Barton, the area coor-dinator for music, completed the proposal and it was approved this past summer. This fall, the music department is again offering the degree to its students.

Working alongside the educa-tion department, the music de-partment has compiled a new set of standards for the BME, which they feel better suit students to-day.

“The focus is different than it was in the old degree,” Barton, said. “There wasn’t as much field study or portfolios. […] There are about four classes that we’ve never taught here before.”

Included in the new BME de-gree is 130 credit hours of music,

education, and basic classes, with virtually no electives.

“It’s probably one of the more difficult curriculums at the uni-versity,” Barton said.

Because of the difficulty and complexity of the degree, stu-dents could have two advisors, one from the arts, and one from education.

“Having someone there that is ready to help is a great peace of mind for the students and also for ourselves [ in the music depart-ment],” music professor Jorge Muniz said.

IU Bloomington is a nationally recognized school for music. Bar-ton believes that IUSB’s program is comparable.

“You can get as good of a music degree here as you can at Bloomington,” Barton said.

Muniz saw a need to combine music and education.

“I remember going to a con-vention. They said there were

thousands of jobs offered and only half of them were filled!” Muniz said. “I think there will be great potential for our graduates.

“Unlike other degrees, when you graduate with this degree, you can get a job right away,” said Muniz.

This is especially important in these economic times. With the current job market, plus mass re-tirements in the education field, Muniz believes that this was a de-gree the university needed.

Aside from the job market, Barton has learned that there are more reasons to study music.

“Of all the things I’ve thought about, music is the only thing that is infinite,” Barton said. “It’s a way for me to explore those path-ways and connections [to the di-vine].”

Music degree gets a second chance

Campus BriefsRecord enrollment

IU South Bend hit the 8,000 en-rollment mark for the first time for the fall 2009 semester. As of August 31, the university report-ed 8,251 registered students. That is up about 16% from last year. This beats a previous record set in 1992 when 7,798 students regis-tered for classes.

Parking causes problems

Students coming to class the first week were hit with parking is-sues with lots full, leaving some students late for class or having to park blocks away. According to a Sep. 4 South Bend Tribune article, the university is looking at possi-bly demolishing the university-owned housing to add additional parking space.

Housing down in apartments

In a South Bend Tribune article on Aug. 29, the university stated that housing is at 70% capacity. The university stated that the econo-my is the reason for applications to be down for the fall semester.

Entrepreneur lecture series

Last week, the entrepreneur lec-ture series kicked off with a talk by Mark Taner of the South Bend Chocolate Factory. The lecture se-ries features area business people discussing how to get into busi-ness, create a business and how to stay in business. Visit the www.iusb.edu website for a calendar of scheduled speakers.

Sustainability conference

The time is now to register for the sustainability conference held on Oct. 29. To register visit http://www.iusb.edu/~sbocm/sustain-able.

Are you a member of a club or organization on campus? Send us your

event announcements to preface@iusb.edu.

“Of all the things I’ve thought about, music

is the only thing that is infinite.”

-- David BartonPhoto courtesy iusbmusic.blogspot.com

Michiana Monolgues

Upcoming Workshops

9/17 6–8 p.m. Red Purl Knit Shop 207 N. 2nd St, Niles 9/20 2–4 p.m. SOS at Madison Center 403 E. Madison Street Call 283-1308 to RSVP for this workshop only 9/27 3–5 p.m. 1285 Wiekamp Hall IUSB Mishawaka Ave10/4 3–5 p.m. 1285 Wiekamp Hall IUSB Mishawaka Ave 10/6 6–8 p.m. YWCA 1102 S. Fellows St, South Bend 10/13 7–9 p.m. Bricolage 206 S. Main, Goshen 10/15 6–8 p.m. GLBT Resource Center 522 Mishawaka Ave 10/17 10 a.m.–12 p.m. A215 - IUSB Franklin St, Elkhart 10/24 2–4 p.m. Pokegen Room Main Library South Bend

Also see the tables at Art Beat on 9/26 and Pride in the Park on 10/3.

For more information visit www.michianamonologues.org or contact Professor April Lidinksy at 574-520-4528.

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Page 6 www.iusbpreface.comLIFESTYLES

Learning new skills through the extended learning services.By TERRIE PHILLIPStelphill@iusb.edu

Whether you need new skills to change your career path or need to improve your skills to get that promotion, the Extended Learning Services (ELS) may be able to help.

ELS offers non-credit classes and certificates in a variety of fields including management, human resources, landscaping, paralegal studies, and basic web design. They also offer classes in information technology, languag-es, manufacturing, and business.

Throughout the past few years, ELS has been going through some changes

“We used to offer a bunch of personal interest classes,” said Timothy Ryan, Director of Busi-ness Outreach. “We put those on the back burner.”

The focus is narrowing down

to more professional development and lifelong learning classes, pro-grams to help people expand at current jobs or transition into new careers.

This portion of the university is not funded out of the general fund. “We’re a business within IU,” said Ryan.

All profits, payroll, and oper-ating costs are cov-ered by what ser-vices they can sell to the general public and local busi-nesses.

S o m e c l a s s e s c o l l a b o -rate with other IU South Bend schools, like the political science department. They offer classes not only to IU students, but dis-placed workers, people wanting to advance in a current career, and local businesses wanting to ex-pand their workers knowledge in certain areas.

Classes are offered on and off campus as well as online. Classes

are available mostly in the eve-ning.

“Few, due to the nature of the beast, are during the day,” said Ryan.

Some classes are one time classes while others are weekly. The cost for this program depends on what you want to do.

“[Cost] varies dramatically with du-ration of c l a s ses , ” said Ryan.

S o m e classes can meet once a week for m o n t h s and would na tura l ly cost more than those

that meet only once. Textbooks are included in the cost of the class.

This program does not offer any kind of financial aid. With the exception of the paralegal certifi-cate, in which you have to be an enrolled student, there is no finan-cial aid offered by the program. Though for displaced workers and RV workers there are grants

through WorkOne. To find out if you qualify contact WorkOne at 800-891-6499.

Unlike IU, this program does not offer job placement at the completion of the certificate pro-grams.

“However, keep in mind that whoever is teaching that class is in that field,these are the people that are going to know about any openings.” said Ryan.

The classes are taught by in-structors that work in that particu-lar field.

The magazine, Extend, runs July through December and Janu-ary through June, it lists all the classes being offered during that time, and some classes fill up fast.

“[The] Pharmacy Technician program, that class filled up be-fore our catalog came out,” said Ryan.

If one is interested in more information on what classes they offer or how to enroll you can visit their website www.iusb.edu/~cted, or pick up a maga-zine in the SAC. You could also stop by their office in room 128 Administration Building or you can call them at 574-520-4261 or 877-462-4872.

Extend your goals with ELS

They offer classes not only to IU students, but displaced workers,

people wanting to advance in a current career, and local

businesses wanting to expand their workers knowledge in

certain areas.

Profile: The Non-traditional experienceBy JAKE JONESGuest contributor to the Preface

Philosopher Eric Hoffer coined the phrase, “in Times of Change, Learners Inherit the Earth.”

In the face of the recession and the changes that have occurred because of it, this phrase for the Non-Traditional Experience makes a lot of sense.

“I transferred into IU South Bend after having taken a long break from college,” said club president Chloe Lawrence. “I quickly grew to appreciate the small-campus atmosphere.”

”My first year here had some bumps in it, and I was looking for a way to both ease and coordinate my transition into academic life,” said Lawrence.

The Non-Traditional Experi-ence is an emerging club that will offer non-traditional students re-sources and events to help them in their pursuit of an education and career. A non traditional student is a student who is typically older, might go to school part time and have jobs, kids and other respon-sibilities that also require much of their time.

IUSB has not had a club devot-ed to the needs of non-traditional students for more than ten years.

“I asked a number of non-traditional classmates of mine what they thought of having an organization likethis on campus,” said Lawrence. “I started to un-derstand that the non-traditional student has a very ‘full plate.’ We have obligations, families, children to raise, households to manage, and careers to build or re-build” Lawrence said concern-ing the creation of the club.”

The club will sponsor occa-sional workshops where local professionals and businesspeople will be invited to speak about their career paths and give advise to club members.

“Between workshops, there will be meetings for our peers to share their experiences and ex-pertise that may benefit all non-traditional students,” explained Lawrence.

The frequency of these events will likely be lower than most other clubs in observance of non-

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By APRIL BUCKadbuck@iusb.edu

If solving the Pythagorean Theorem has you breaking into a cold sweat or you have an Eng-lish paper due in two days and you can’t write a thesis statement, help is not far away.

Academic Learning Services offers free tutoring, academic coaching and writing help to all currently enrolled IU South Bend students. If you are struggling or just want tips to keep your course-work and writing at its best, you should stop by and take advan-tage of their resources.

The staff at the Learning Cen-ter can help you with any subject except mathematics or writing and can also help you pinpoint problem areas by administering skills assessments. They also of-fer academic coaching in the form of the Study Smarter Program, several workshops a month, and a variety of online resources.

The Writing Center is avail-able to help with papers for any subject, including planning, writ-ing, revising, and editing. The

staff can help students identify weaknesses and give tips to help build skills for future projects.

According to Writing Center staffer, Adrienne Latson, the staff at the Writing Center is primar-ily composed of English Majors who love to write and are there because they love what they do. She encourages students to come in early during the paper writing process for the best outcome.

To take advantage of their ser-vices, come by their room, John Fuse, an IUSB student, has uti-lized both the Writing Center and the Learning Center. He believes the studious environment, friend-ly staff, and the sense of purpose combine to make both centers an ideal place to turn for help.

Some students might worry about being stereotyped or judged as having poor skills. Fuse thinks that is a mistake. He commented that he feels a real sense of com-munity with others he has met during tutoring. Some of those connections have led to students supporting one another and form-ing independent study groups.

Tutoring for all math courses

is also available. In addition, the Mathematical Sciences Depart-ment is now offering help to its students via e-mail.

According to Mathieu Ndong, staff tutor, the center works hard to find the right tutor for each course and the atmosphere is ex-

cellent for studying even if you do not need help with your course-work.

If you are striving for excel-lence and falling short, do not just study harder, study smarter with free on campus tutoring re-sources.

Academic tutoring: What’s in it for you

• The Learning Center is located in the Administration Building rooms 120 and 122 with hours of opera-tion Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. their website http://www.iusb.edu/~sbtutor, or call 574-520-5022.

• The Writing Center is located next door to the Learning Center in Room 124. Hours of operation are Monday through Wednesday 9 a.m. – 8 p.m., Thursday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. and Sunday from 1 – 8 p.m. call 574-520-4495, or visit their website iusb.edu/~sbwrite.

• The Mathematics Tutoring Center is located in Northside Hall, Room 310. Hours of operation are Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Email to helpmath@iusb.edu.

Where to go to get help:

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Escherbach at the Beanery Final performance before recording hiatus.

By SHAUN CHRISTENSENchristss@iusb.edu

Local progressive rock trio Escherbach will be performing on Saturday, Sep. 12 at The Beanery in downtown Mishawaka with The Hue. After this show the band will be taking a break from performing to hunker down in the studio and record four new songs.

“At this point, we’re trying to reinvent ourselves a little bit,” said Escherbach frontman Neil Carmichael. “We’re going to launch a new web presence, we’ve got new logo by Max Kauffman, who has worked with companies like Mountain Dew and Nike, and we’ve found an appropriate genre for our music: atmo-prog.”

Escherbach’s musical journey evolution can be nothing but posi-tive as they work to live up to a genre as distant, dreamy, and en-gaged as atmospheric-progressive rock.

The band is returning from the end of a regional tour that took them as far as Iowa City passing through Chicago. On this tour Escherbach met and befriended The Hue, an aggressive progres-sive rock band from Chicago.

The Hue will kick things off Saturday, Sep. 12 at 8:30 p.m.at The Beanery and be followed by Escherbach, for what is bound to be a worthwhile show.

The Hue has been developing a presence in the festival circuit and their music is along the same lines as Lotus or Umphrey’s Mc-Gee.

There is a $5 cover at the door, the Beanery serves alcohol, and all ages are welcome.

For more information about this show, contact The Beanery at 574-259-1425. The Beanery is located at 117 S. Main, Misha-waka, IN.

For more information about Escherbach visit www.myspace.com/escherback or www.escher-bach.com.

For more information about The Hue visit www.myspace.com/huemusic or www.hue-mu-sic.com.

Photo courtesy http://www.myspace.com/escherbach

Eschbach will perform Sep. 12 at the Beanry in downtown Mishawaka. The Hue will be the opening act at 8:30 p.m. There is a $5 cover at the door. The Beanry does serve alcohol, and all ages are welcome.

By ZAINAB AL-SAYEGHzalsayeg@imail.iu.edu

An event packed Welcome Back Week ended with a laugh with comedienne Tracy Ashley on Sep. 3 in Northside Hall.

John Osborne, of WNBR’s ra-dio show “Ozzie’s Observations,” opened for Ashley and enter-tained students with stories like, “how to win any argument with your girlfriend”, and “what to do when you’re choking.”

Leading to the show’s main act, Ashley entertained students with jokes about family, old boy-friends, her interracial marriage, politics, stereotypes, weight is-

Week ends with a laughsues, and race relations.

With topics like “the best excuse for being late to class” and “never try touching a black woman’s hair” the Southern-born Indiana resident had the audi-ence cheering almost non-stop throughout the hour-long show.

Though sometimes the content seemed too controversial, Ashley managed to keep the audience laughing without making them too uncomfortable.

Ashley, who was a semi-final-ist on NBC’ Last Comic Stand-ing, is now part of a promotional cast for prime time movies on TVLand. Fulfilling her childhood dream of being a comedienne,

Ashley considers herself lucky to be doing what she loves.

“This is something I’ve want-ed to do since I was a child,” said Ashley. “Comedy was a lifelong dream, and now I just feel blessed to be able to do it.”

The event was hosted by Titan Productions.

Upcoming events for Titan Productions include a LipSync contest on Sep. 23 at NS 158, a concert by the band InPulse at 7 p.m. on Oct. 7 at NS 158, and an Open Mic night at the student housing center at 7 p.m. on Oct. 14.

By REBECCA GIBSONrgibson2@iusb.edu

The faculty art exhibition at the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts Gallery has a wide se-lection of artwork ranging from the pettable alabaster sculptures of School of the Arts Associate Linda Crimson, to the evocative paintings of distinguished alum-nus Harold Zisla, which bring to mind some of the nicer and small-er works of Jackson Pollack.

For the mythology lover, there seems to be an unintended syn-chronicity of theme among sev-eral of the contributions. “Hercu-les,” a smooth graphite drawing by Associate Professor of Visual Arts Karen Ackhoff, “Gaia,” a sensuous bronze bust by Associ-ate Professor of Visual Arts Dora Natella, “Sacred Ground,” a deft

and silky pastel by Lecturer in Visual Arts Ron Monsma, and “Matriarch,” a stately full length bronze statue by Emeritus Profes-sor Tuck Langland all pull their names and form from Pagan leg-ends and ancient mythology. It would be an extremely lucky col-lector who could decorate his or her room with these beauties from IU South Bend’s faculty.

Another pair of artwork that would match nicely over some-one’s couch is “Bones,” a silver gelatin print by Lecturer Gray Ly-ons and “Levitate,” an oil paint-ing on linen which will make the viewer do a double take as it looks like a photograph. Both of these form portraits make beauti-ful use of the effects of light on the human body.

And for those fans of whimsi-cal artwork, there are pieces like

the brightly colored and circus-like oil painting, “The Play is on-going,” by Assistant Professor of Visual Arts, Micheline Nilsen, and two interactive pieces by Pro-fessor of Communication Arts Michael Lasater.

Lasater’s pieces include “Act II,” a single channel video/sound demonstration in which a large TV shows varying images in time with sound pumped through provided headphones. The total experience is riveting, and a con-versation piece in more than one way.

As many of the pieces are for sale, interested buyers should hurry to the Gallery before the show closes on Sep. 25 or contact the Gallery for further artist infor-mation.

Faculty art exhibition opens

By SHAUN CHRISTENSENchristss@iusb.edu

One of South Bend’s most tal-ented bands, Half Pint Jones will return to the stage this week for some good times and good brews to raise funds for a good cause.

The 5-piece purveyor of so-phisticated jazz-funk-fusion will return to the stage to raise funds for the Potawatomi Zoo on both Thursday, Sep. 10 and again at the Zoo Brew on Saturday, Sep. 12.

The band is coming off of a six week long summer hiatus during which time bassist Jayson Sites married the band’s publicist Jill

Rosen-Sites.Half Pint Jones will be fea-

tured Thursday, Sep. 10, on radio station 95.3 WAOR at 5:30 p.m. before they perform that eve-ning at Trio’s in downtown South Bend. The band will be accepting donations for the Potawatomi Zoo during the show.

The Thursday show is begin-ning of the event though as Satur-day, Sep. 12, Half Pint Jones will draw an expected crowd of 600 to the Potawatomi Zoo for the Zoo Brew.

The Zoo Brew which will go from 7 – 10 p.m. will feature beers from breweries in Indiana

Half Pint Jones headlines Potawatomi Zoo BrewOn Sep. 12 from 7 – 10 p.m., the band will perform at the Potawtomi Zoo Brew. Tickets are $30, $20 for designated drivers and $25 for Zoo patrons. Visit http://potawatomizoo.org/Zoo_Brew.asp or call 574-288-4639 for more information.

Photo courtesy www.halfpintjones.com

and Michigan including Bell’s Brewery, Mishawaka Brewing Company, Shoreline Brewery and Three Floyd’s Brewing Company.

Patrons will receive a com-memorative 4-ounce sampling mug and an unlimited supply of samples from the various compa-

nies. Food will also be available.This event is 21 and over and

there are still tickets available. General admission tickets cost $30, tickets will be available for designated drivers for $20, and Potawatomi Zoo members for $25.

For tickets or more informa-tion on the Potawatomi Zoo Brew please visit www.potawatomizoo.org/Zoo_Brew.asp,

For more information about Half Pint Jones you can visit www.myspace.com/halfpintjones or www.halfpintjones.com.

Page 8 www.iusbpreface.comTHE GREEN PAGE

Were you late to class because you could not find a place to park? Alison Stankrauff, Archivist and Assistant Librarian, says, “I’ve had a few students who swear that they got here early - but spent so long looking for parking they got to class late.” Sound familiar?

While parking permits are available for purchase, depending on the time and the day, a space may or may not be found. Surface lots fill up fast, while the parking garage is slower to fill.

“People are scared to park in there, I guess. They think there is an extra fee or something,” said one IU South Bend security of-ficer, as he watched people drive past the open entrance to the garage during the first week of classes.

It’s true, though, parking is limited. So much so that one fac-

ulty member has wryly stated, “We don’t sell parking passes, we sell hunting licenses.”

With just over 2,500 park-ing spaces available on both the north and south side of the river, that means there is approximately one-third of a parking space per student. Add in full- and part-time faculty and staff, and that number shrinks to approximately one-fourth of a space each. Clearly, there is not enough room for ev-eryone to drive their own car all alone to get to campus. If there were, campus would look a lot different.

Everyone needs to get to campus. Choosing how to get to campus, in terms of environmen-tal – and stress level – consider-ations can greatly influence each person’s ecological impact. Mak-ing a difference, as with walking a mile, begins with one step, one choice. Each adds on, getting the traveler closer to the destination.

So what choices are available to the IU South Bend commuting student, faculty or staff? Probably more than you might think.

When making choices with the Earth in mind, each thought that becomes an action that then becomes a habit makes for a decidedly different world for the individual and the commu-nity. As Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Your beliefs become your thoughts. Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions be-come your habits. Your habits become your values. Your values become your destiny.” What is your destiny? What is ours? Mak-ing decisions that are good for you and for others seems like a good place to start. Try it out, and let’s see where we end up. Kristine Bailey can be reached at kob@iusb.edu.

The good, the bad, and the green by KRISTINE BAILEY, Preface Green Expert

• Share a ride or set up a carpool to get to school. Ridesharing can be easy by connecting with classmates in person, or by reading or posting on the “Rideshare and Carpool” section of the OneStart classifieds.

• Let someone else drive. Buses allow you to relax while travel-ing and skip the parking hassles. Info on bus routes, schedules and fares is at http://www.sbtranspo.com

• If you must drive…Practice ‘trip-chaining’. Think about your weekly schedule and then group errands together so you take fewer trips, thus driving less and saving time and money. Also, trip-chaining allows you to reduce emissions, as cars are most polluting when engines are cold during the first few minutes of operation.

• Try an online class• Talk, Don’t drive: Use Skype, IM, Facebook, or Oncourse

forums to connect with classmates• Get exercise (and reduce emissions) while getting where you

need to go. Walk to campus, or hop on a bike. Check out bike route maps for St Joseph County at http://www.macog.com/MACOGHOM/TransportationPlanning/StJoseph.htm and http://www.macog.com/MACOGHOM/TransportationPlan-ning/Elkhart.htm for Elkhart County bike routes. Bikes are available for purchase used or new, and locally, at the Avenue Bicycle Station on Mishawaka Avenue (2716 Mishawaka Ave., 574.855.2453) or Albrights Cycling and Fitness (2720 Lincoln Way West, 255-8988).

Park for the planet tips

People are getting fatter and sitting in traffic more than ever. See the connection?

One answer may be sitting on two wheels instead of four - try biking!

The United States could save 462 million gallons of gas a year by increasing cycling from 1% to 1.5% of trips taken.

In 2003, cars idling in traffic wasted 5 billion gallons of fuel.

Reduce emissions by biking or walking trips of two miles or less. 60% of the pollution created by auto emissions happens in the first few minutes of operation, be-fore pollution control devices can work effectively. Statistics show that 24% of all trips are made within a mile of the home, 40% of all trips are made within 2 miles.

traditional students’ commitment to other things.

The first meetings will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 7:30 p.m. and Wednesday, Sept. 23, 10 a.m. in the Student Activities Center, room 223.The club can be reached at thenontraditionalexpe-rience@gmail.com and on Face-book as the The Non-Traditional Experience.

The executive board of the non-traditional experience cur-rently consists of President Chloe Lawrence, Vice President April Buck, and Treasurer/ Vice Presi-dent Otilio Campos. The faculty advisor is Jeff Jackson of Career Services.

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Half of us are employed 5 miles or less from the workplace.

For a Better You:The average person loses 13

pounds their first year of commut-ing by bike.

Just 3 hours of riding per week can reduce your risk of heart dis-ease and stroke by 50%.

A 140 pound cyclist burns 508 calories while riding 14 miles in an hour.

On average it costs $11,000 per year to own and drive car, while riding a bike can cost as little as $120.

Most data quoted above was excerpted from the Albrights Cy-cling and Fitness website (http://albrightscycling.com) and from Bike Michiana (http://bikemichi-ana.org).

Bike for a better planet and a better you for a better planet

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