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■ Indy 500 winner Tom Sneva piloted the IUPUI
Formula/Ughtning series electric race car.
By Jennifer Kay Rumple Tit Sagomon___________
ires squeal, the engine revs and spectators roar. Streaks of red and yellow flash
h speeds of the Ibm Sneva, the driver, sports a wide grin as he spins around the second turn.
But it's not the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was the IUPUI campus last Tuesday in the parking lot east of the Sci
ence, Engineering and Technology Build
ing.
Sneva. 1983 Indianapolis 500 champion, visited the campus to pilot a Formula/
Lightning electric race car developed by a team of students and faculty from the School of Engineering and Technology.
•It's amazing what this car can do," said Sneva. "It surprised me how far technology has come. These speeds can be comparable to Indy cars."
In fact, the race car's top speed reaches 140 miles per hour.
"Our first race was in Richmond, Va. last weekend," said Ken Rennets, faculty advi
sor and professor of manufacturing tech
nology. "Although we finished eighth be
cause of connector problems, we were the second fastest car there."
Sneva began racing electrical cars two years ago because "he has always been
"I was shell-shocked when I first came on board and saw the technology was there," he added. "Electric cars could sat
isfy about 75 percent of people's driving needs, not to mention saving our planet in the process."
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ables universities across the country to
Jtnnipr Kay RumpU/Tke Sagamcrt Tom Sneva, winner of th# 1963 Indianapolis 500, taat-drovo the Formula/
Lightning aeries electric race car around parking lot 85 on the IUPUI campus..
cars individually.
‘There are only 12 c a n nationally so far," said Renncls.
"IUPUI and Notre Dame are the only two with c a n in In
diana."
, , The 530,000 chas
e s was purchased last summer after AJ Potvin. dean of the School of Engineer
ing amazing what this car can do. It surprised me how far These speeds can be comparable to Indy
TmSwc, 1983 htOMOKih 500
series and saw that students showed an in
terest in the project.
"It gets all the univenities involved."
said Sneva. ‘They all get the same package, but assemble it to make it better and gain an advantage "
"It's good for the kids to try to massage the identical equip
ment. Everyone has a chance to make theirs quicker than the oth
ers," he explained.
Renncls said last Tuesday was the team's "formal coming out for the car."
"We wanted to let IUPUI and the media ing and Technology, heard about the racing see exactly what we I
car can do," he added.
As for the future of electric cars.
Renncls said just like racing improved the internal combustion engine automobiles.
"I think competing in these racing series with electric cars will help improve their popularity also."
"Many of us will tell you electric ve
hicles are the wave of the future. As fossil fuels become more rare and limited in their availability, we will go with a renew
able source like electricity," he added.
T h is is a coming thing and we think rac
ing will help expedite it."
Three future expeditions include racing with the Indy Cars in Cleveland, Ohio, competing at Indianapolis Raceway Park and finishing the year with a race in Aus
tin. Texas.
‘T he durability of the cars speak for themselves" said Sneva. "Instead of stop
ping for fuel, you stop for \
Liberal Arts, Science may merge w ith UEC
■ Officials speak of creating the University College of Arts and Sciences for a distinct identity.
By Brian Moore TkeStgamon_____
Between them they have over 75 years of experience al IUPUI.
They have witnessed the progression of the urban campus from a small IU extension to the third largest educational institution in the state of Indiana.
Together they have recently helped initiate a new plan that may further the campus* im
age. identity and statew ide status.
John Barlow, dean of the School of Liberal A m ; Miriam Langsam, associate dean of stu
dent affairs of the School of Liberal A m ; Scott Evenbeck, director of the Undergradu
ate Education Center, and David Stocum, dean of the School o f Science, announced a schools April 27.
The merger would create an academic body called the University College of A m
"It certainly helps give IUPUI a distinct identity." Stocum said. "We do have a con
stant identity problem, and I would bope this
effective organization for the delivery of un
dergraduate education, recruitment of students and enhancement of re
tention and graduation;
■ providing additional opportunities for the development of new academic and re
search programs based on interdisciplinary activities that will serve multiple constituen
cies;
■ providing maximum effectiveness in the delivery of high-quality service courses to other units within the university; and
■ establishing a Capital College to replace the current UEC.
Barlow and Stocunf said implementation of the plan is about a year away.
Initial reactions to (he plan are varied.
Please see MERGER on Page 2
Law school receives state binding for new facility
■ Additional monies still needed to undertake the construction of new building.
By Brian Mohr
Norman Lefslein, dean of the IU School of Law at Indianapolis, will hit the road for observation’s sake this summer.
Lefslein expects to visit some recently con
structed law schools — like the facility at the University of Iowa — throughout the country in the “next six months or so" to get an idea of how they arc being designed.
His reason: Due to the Indiana General Assembly’s recent passage of House Bill 1646, IU can now take initial steps in con
structing a new building for the IU School of Law at Indianapolis.
The total value of bonding and appropria
tions set forth in the bill is S I58 million. This funding will enable certain state univenities to begin various construction and renovation projects.
Chancellor Gerald Bepko said construction of a new law school b "much-needed.”
‘There are two reasons law schools all over the nation are building new facilities.** he said.
"First, law has expanded in a careful, conser
vative way. yet has remained proportionate to the complexities of life. The library has been
ouLof date since the 70s. and it needs to be expanded to contain more literature for the understanding of law."
Lefslein explained the second reason.
"We will be looking at ways for using space in wiser ways that are more fitting to how legal education is taught today, as op
posed to when the (law) school was first built over 30 years ago," said Lefstein.
The use o f space "in wiser ways" means, to some extent, the school is looking to increase its technological capabilities, Lefstein said.
He couldn’t "say what might be possible"
in regards to the potential of the university striking up any new computer deals with out
side vendors, such as the deal with IBM and Macintosh when the new University Library was built.
As far as recruiting is concerned, Lefstein noted he’s sure the new building can't help but improve (he law school’s recruiting ef
forts.
T h is is really an i
i manv different ways," he said.
Lefstein expect* the new building to be fin
ished "in a couple of years or so." But he was quick to point out that although the university has received S19 million in bonding authority, additional funding will be needed.
"More money will be required for cortfc-.
plete construction of the new school and reno
vation of the old.’* Lefstein said. But the Indi- Ptease te e LAW on Page 3
Tuition hike subsidy for ‘strategic plan’
IThistees sock surcharge to IUPUI, IU-Bloomington students in addition to five percent increase for the next fall semester.
By J.M. Brown TkeSugumm
Ray Richardson is one of three IU trustees good arguments for both sides."
J.T. Forbes, the only student trustee on the board, voted in favor of the hike because what the legislature budgeted for IU two times (higher than) the rise in the Con- next year, $44 million, was sumer Price Index" "less than our moderate and
Chancellor Gerald Bepko said although he reasonable request"
supported the fall increase. There were very ‘T h e stale automatically who believes students shouldn't be punished
budgeted an estimated 4.5 per-
said Bepko.
This fall will be the first semester the trust
ees tack on the surcharge to help fund Presi
dent Myles Brand's Strategic Directions Ini
tiative.
The plan, Bepko explained, is the president's blueprint for positively changing the university by improving student services.
Richardson and Forbes both agree the ad
ditional I percent will pay ofT.
"It's a really excellent idea." said Forbes.
Bloomington students support the sur
charge because it creates a standard of ac- For instance, if the university didn't raise countability, according to Forbes, tuition 8 percent to even match our original tuition, it would lessen the number of course “)t will maintain excellence." he added, request." offerings, "which can increase the time it Bepko said several on-campus task forces
"Our (funding) request (higher than the re- takes to get a degree," said Forbes. meet regularly to develop the plan and will
"Students are so apathetic about fees," he oJizcd $44 million) was reviewed and ap- Not only is the 6 percent undergraduate tu- announce t it goes up, students will proved by the Commission for Higher Educa- ition increase for IUPUI and IU-Bloomington
"There has been a lot of good discussion cent tuition increase for IU,"
But mix
O u r goal is to i 1 J optimize the tuition level r * 9 f l 9 so that It Is set to give
students a maximum rate of return.”
n .
J.T. Forks, IU student trusteewith a 6 percent fall semester tuition increase, about the desire to increase the number of stu-
Trustecs Cynthia Slone. Robert McKinney dents while keeping costs down," he said, with the actual amount the assembly bud- level so that it is set to give students a maxi- and Richardson were the only dissenters in "We're trying to attract the most number o f geted for IU next year, and according to my mum rate of return."
the May 4 passing of the University's annual people and (at the same time) recycle the in
crease into support for low-income students."
Todd Schmidt, USA President, agrees with
‘T here's no excuse for H. The legislature did well by us for next year, yet we‘ve still Richardson, socked it to our students al a percentage two times higher than the rate of inflation."
Richardson said. "We're harming ourselves either get involved, pay it and not speak up or tion, who we think is an objective source," he more than expected, it is also I percent higher
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Pago 2 • The Sagamore
News
May 1 5 ,1 9 9 5Students shun shuttle buses on campus
■ Records reveal IUPUI community, students not taking advantage of free transportation routes.
By Tammy Cleary 7V.r
Three shuttle buses cover I us routes during the two :
Steve Hinds, campus shuttle bus driver, said the shuttles on campus run as scheduled — 99.5 percent of the time.
But Chad Herring, a junior major
ing in business, and others argue the shuttle bases rarely adhere to the printed timetables which are dis
played around campus.
‘T he shuttles am so slow.” Herring said. “You can walk to class faster than they will get you there "
"It's better to walk and get wet in the rain or cold in the snow than to be tale for class." he added
Four shuttles are available Monday through Friday, free to all university students, faculty, staff and guests dur
ing the regular academic year.
"We sometimes get ahead of schedule, but never behind, and we always catch up at the n£*t main stop." Hinds said.
Clinton Fredwcll, supervisor of shuttle bus routes, said campus con
struction is the primary cause of any schedule deviations that may or may not have occurred.
'T here is no way you can stick to the schedule." he said. "Half way through the day someone may close another road, and, then we have to work around it."
Fredwell said if people arc un
happy about the shuttle schedules, they haven*t complained to him lately.
"I haven't had a single complaint in the last three months." he added.
"But anytime I get a complaint. I run it down and do what I can to fix it."
On the average, Fredwell said he receives two or three complaints a month at the r
i he picks up an av
erage of 60 passengers a day on his
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I don’t know why peopto don’t (taka advantage of tha shuttles). They should.
I think we have a really great system hare."
dreaming half the time."
Records from Fred well's office for April revealed the shuttles pick up a combined average o f 3 15 passengers a day — a minute portion of the IUPUI community.
But money *peru on shuttle leases, gasoline and driver salaries is not wasted, according to Fredwell.
He said the "powers" in adminis
tration evaluate the system each month to determine whether the ser
vice needs to he downsized.
Hinds said he doesn't know what would make more students ride the shuttles from class to class, but "an increase in rider-ship would probably safeguard the drivers* jobs."
"It has been rumored that if atten
dance doesn't pick up they will cut out a route and get rid of someone,"
shift. The lack of riders makes his job
"If you rode my has all day, you'd fall asleep," he added. "I'm day-
*That is strictly rumor," Fredwell said. "I don't know why people don't (take advantage of the shuttles)."
"They should. I think we have a re
ally great system here," he added.
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"I'm confident the strategic direc
tions program will end up doing good things" Richardson said.
Hiiwcvcr. Richardson maintains he would have supported a tuition in
crease "in line with the cost of living increase (2.7 percent)."
"This year, the legislature anted*
up," Richardson said. "So by increas
ing it above the CPI, while we are uell^uppunetlin the General Assem
bly. 0*Mtk*-*aying) we are a money machine. Sometimes it is appropriate to show constraint"
"The university probably thinks students will just pay it," said Schmidt.
"It could be a good rallying point for students to get involved and voice their opinion," he added.
Other changes
The university's commitment to need-based student aid will also con
tinue through appropriations taken
to get involved and voice their opinion.”
TaUSduut.USAPmidnt from a jacked-up parking fee.
"(Parking) will only increase 1.9 percent, and the funds generated will address student need." Bepko said.
For instance, the extra allocations will be invested in longer hours at the University Library.
Although Bepko typified the over
all increase as "somewhat ambiva
lent," course-related fees for the fall semester will he frozen.
Merger
Continued from P*gt t
"When I announced the plan at a (liberal arts) faculty meeting it was greeted with applause,"
Barlow explained.
Others are not so sure about the merger.
'T here arc some people who I think are uncertain." Langsam said. 'T hen again, academics are either passionate about things or questioning, because that's our
"There are a lot of 'Does that mean...* questions. People are rea
sonably cautious about it because they don’t know (the ramifica
tions) yet." she added.
Stocum said members of the School of Science faculty and the School of Science student council were more opposed to the pro
posed plan than liberal ans faculty.
"A slight majority of the SchocA of Science faculty do not ap-
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prove," he said. "Student reaction is hard to gauge. We presented it to the student council and they were kind o f leery."
Although not required, Slocum said student input about the merger is a prime deciding factor.
"Student input is very impor
tant. If we think this is the right thing to do. then we need to con
vince them it is the right thing to do," he added.
Other possible roadblocks to approval include Purdue and IU- B loom mg ton or Chancellor Gerald
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P a g e 3 • The Sagamore
Child care center looks to expand
■ Directors, parents say pre-school facility is too old and too small.
By Tammy CJaary T U Sjgm m
Teachers at the campus child care center recently explained to their young students, ages three to six, the effects of red tape at IUPU1.
They didn’t use charts, spread
sheets or monetary figures.
Instead, they read stories to the children about death and how to ac
cept it.
After returning from a weekend to hot classrooms in the Mary Cable Building, one of the teachers aides found two classroom mascots — a heat exhaustion. Their murderer was a sinister, faulty boiler system in the 44-year-old building.
Reading stories about death was
"the only way the children could
aide T e rm Fox. a senior majoring in needs, even <o students who don' She said children at the center are
coping with the loss of their furry friends, but Beth Jeglum. director of child care, said the boiler system is proof that child care needs a new fa
cility.
f i a t is additional evidence she
vice 57 full-time children belonging to faculty, staff and students. Due to a state regulation which requires so many square feet per child, the center cannot accept additional children into the program.
The waiting list, according to Jeglum, has grown as long as 500 children at times.
Bob White, associate psychology professor is the father of two kids at the center. He said his children were on the waiting list for almost two years before being accepted.
‘They do a remarkable job with
"the space they have,” he said.
But he agrees a larger and newer facility b needed.
Jeglum and a committee have put together a request for proposal for a larger location.
Tentatively, a new facility would service 500 children and cost $2.5 million. Jeglum explained.
Jeglum said she is serious about rallying support for her cause.
•‘Parking gets more attention than the children,” she said. ”1 think child care should be more vital than other to students who don't have children/
Planning and requests for proposal are no good without the money to carry them o u t Jeglum added.
"We’re going to have to have ji- nancia) help somewhere,” she said.
Slie said the university woul^ have
IU insurance rates soar this summer
tin the heat goqi c gets stuck in the 'on* position...
■ In the summertime, the opposite happens with the air I conditioning...
■ The floors are not level, and some of the floor tiles (many of which are cracked or chipped)
■ Restrooms in the building are not handicap accessible...
■ And the parking lot is full of ta c k of enough space to teach ef
fectively is another element of the new-building issue, Jeglum said.
The child care center can only ser
Cunently, the university supplies three classrooms and one office w htkr each child's fee. $85 per week, p^ys for teachers’ salaries and supplies.
T believe the administration knows there is a need for a new child care facility, but there are so many other needs on campus...,” Jeglum said. "Until the students get involved we probably won't get our center.”
Jeglum hopes to get students work
ing at the Undergraduate Student As
sembly behind her.
"If we want the center to go. it is going to take a lot of support from a lot of people.” she said.
Todd Schmidt. USA president, said he plans to meet with Jeglum next week to discuss child care programs
jtnmftr Kay RmfU/Tki Sogam&t Two children play on the Jungle gym equipment at the IUPUI child cere facility while waiting for their parents to pick them up.
that would cater to students, like a part-time program where students could drop their children off while they attend class.
"If her (Jeglum's) proposal is fo
cused toward our goals, wc could go to bat for it with the administration.”
Schmidt said.
Jeglum would like to implement an infant care program. The child care center currently does not meet re
quirements to carry such a program.
"Infant and toddler fire laws say you have to have direct access to the outside from the classrooms. Our
doors arc in the hallway.” Jeglum said.
William Rogers, a graduate student majoring in education, is a new father having trouble locating a babysitter.
Rogers was wheeling his nine-week- old daughter. Elizabeth, through the halls of Cavanaugh last week.
“Next semester I might base to choose between missing my classes or taking Elizabeth with me." he said.
■ Committee votes to increase outpatient benefits for students.
Later this summer, the basic and comprehensive options within the voluntary IU Student Health Insur
ance Plan will be raised by approxi
mately 17 percent.
The deductible for both options will be hiked from the cunent $250 to
$500 on Aug. 15.
An IU student health insurance co
ordinator said the increase is so "we can increase students' benefits."
John Paflas, in the University Ben
efits Office on the Bloomington cam- pas, said the deductible increases and other changes in the policy were rec
ommended hy a standing health in
surance plan committee.
Todd Schmidt, president of lUPUI's Undergraduate Student As
sembly. is a member of the commit
tee.
"I thought the original plan was fine.” Schmidt said. "It had excellent coverage for a good price.
"I believe the push for changes came from Bloomington's personal interests” Schmidt added T here's no doubt the changes will benefit stu
dents; but for the increase, it's not re
ally that much better. I didn't recom
mend it.”
T h e se decisions are based on what the students brought hack from their constituents.” Paflas said. ‘T he deductible increase will allow for
more outpatient benefits for students ” Hot instance. Ihe Outpatient Mis
cellaneous Benefit Maximum within the basic option plan will he raised to
$501)
"(The committee felt) the current maximum benefit. $500 to $350. was too low Paflas said. T he $500 al
lows for some extras” including more outpatient treatment, he added
Parts of the Miscellaneous Plan did not meet the committee's standards either, Paflas said.
The committee, consisting of stu
dents and administrators from all eight IU campuses, ofyed to delete the exclusion ol Club Sports' injuries.
tht»ve sustained while playing or prac
ticing school sports The plan's revisions will aim:
■ cover
service*
of a master's level licensed clinical social worker and a certified nurse specialist in mental health.■ incorporate venereal warts.
■ include outpatient physio
therapy. unless for a condition requir
ing surgery or hospital confinement and
■ delete the physiotherapy limita
tion of one visit per day.
Paflas said all undergraduate stu
dents and most graduate students who can afford the deductible can be cov
ered under the plan.
The annual premium for students under the basic option plan from Aug.
15 to Aug. 14 of next year will cost
$319 compared to the current $288.
Renaming the comprehensive op
tion "Basic Plus” in August will raise annual premiums from $576 to $674.
Paflas plans to implement a "vigor
ous marketing campaign" to promote and explain the health policies.
Law
like me would be able to get more out of college w ith the convenience of a child care center”
Continued from Page 1 ana General Assembly understands that, he added.
Bcpko said $29 million in state funds and $6 million in raised funds were the construction costs proposed to the state last year.
'T h e key to the whole project is
the Herron (School of Art) move onto
campus
(into ihe current law building)," Bepko added. T h e Hcnon- Law Project is absolutely necessary to our efforts to bring the arts to the IUPUI campus and fully our unification.”
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M ay 1 5 .1 9 9 5Sports
Tennis team s bound for
national tournament W ednesday
The annual Employee Na
tional Health & Fitness Day, sponsored by MAX*WELL.
will be May 17 at the IUPU1 Track and Field Stadium.
Beginning at 10:30 a.m., the event will feature clinics and prize drawings and offer many opportunities for the improve
ment of physical fitness.
The festival includes a rollerblade clinic (with rollerblades provided), medical screenings, exercise equipment and free massages.
Free medical screening at the festival includes body fat testing. Wood pressure testing and posture analysis. The Cen
tral Indiana Regional Blood Center will be on hand to test tissue typing for prospective bone marrow donors.
There will also be a diabetes risk screening which will be provided by the Indiana diabe
tes center located on campus.
Darrell Mendenhall, wellness coordinator of MAX‘ WELL, said programs such as National Fitness Day are increasing in the workplace due to increasing health costs across the country. He added that improving the health of employees makes a winning situation for the individual on a personal level as well as the company as a whole.
Exhibitors at the event in
clude Runners Forum, Nordic Track, Galyans, Arthritis Foun
dation, IU School of Dentistry.
Indianapolis Sports, Morter Chiropractic, IU School of Op
tometry. Miles Pharmaceuti
cals and many more.
This is the second year for the program and Mendenhall is expecting a greater tum-out than last year. The program is open to all students and em ployees at IUPU1.
"If it weren't for students we wouldn't have a program,"
said Mendenhall.
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The men's and women's tennis teams at IUPUI will serve up history during the last week of May.
No. they are not racing in the greatest spectacle in sports, but they will be participating in the greatest spectacle of tennis at the NA1A level as they make their first trip to the NA1A national tennis tournament in Tulsa, Ok la.
Man's tennis
IUPUI earned a spot at the na
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^M ay 22-27 by winning the indepen
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The Metros captured the title by defeating Aquinas, Spring Arbor and -Tri-State.
Senior Matt Schiller, the tournament's No. I seed, won the singles title 6-4. 6 -1 over Eric Vsngcnssel of Aquinas.
"I'm real proud of Matt. He's al
ways been our ace in the hole. He won the singles tournament, and that gave us a lot of points," said IUPUI head coach Rick Witsken.
Junior Ulf-Ester-Bode and doubles partner Aaron Cabbage, a sopho
more. upset the No. I doubles seed of Schiller and sophomore Jason Richey in an lUPUl-dominated doubles championship match 6-4.6-4.
"Ulf and Aaron played as well as I’ve ever seen them play. Ulf had a great tournament and he played in-
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Aaron." said assistant tennis coach Rich Lord.
"I think that our regional competi
tion wa.s tougher than anticipated."
said Witsken. “In fact, it came down to the very last doubles match to de
termine the team champion. The guys on our team dictated that they are all champions this weekend
The Metros arc looking to Tulsa and preparing for the national compe
tition which includes 256 singles players and 128 doubles teams. The Metros are anticipating hot weather in Tulsa and arc preparing for the single-elimination tournament by working on endurance and stamina.
Lord said.
“Competition is going to be lough and we are really happy to be going to Nationals. We are facing tougher n we ever have," he
said Schiller.
Schiller is ranked 44th tion in the NAIA and is ranked American. He said he doesn’t let the rankings affect his game.
The Metros achieved their team goal by advancing to the national tournament. Schiller said the team is excited about post-season play be
cause it is what they have been work
ing for all year.
“Most of the players arc ready and looking forward to playing their best and we'll see what happens," said Individually. Schiller is the best hope for the Metros as the No. I singles. Lord added that Schiller and Richey should place well in the doubles competition.
“I think that Richey has a lot of tal
ent and he has experience in high-
He said that in post NAIA national championships, teams from Califor
nia, Texas a n d _____________
Florida have pro
duced tough play
ers and the Metros will be looking out for teams from Schiller said his main goal for na
tionals is to stay focused and play as well as he can.
He added it is
Richey played tennis at Ball State before coming to IUPUI. The Metros have Division I experience from other players as well from Schiller and Cabbage, who played for Butler, and jun-
Competition is
going to be tough and we are really happy to be going to Nationals.
We are facing tougher opponents than we ever have.”
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days during the tournament and en durance will be a key to winning.
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"It'll be tough, but we hope that their experience will give them (the
lU P U I’i Ulf Eattr-Boda Independent Regional title
M Wotor/Tht Sagttwun Cabbage captured the doublet May 6 at the Indianapolis Tennis Canter.
tournament." said Lord.
Lord noted that qualifying for na
tionals is a great honor and that the ing five hours a day to prepare for the. Metros are looking to end the season tournament which includes a great" on a positive note. Playing i deal of running and playing matches.
This will be Schiller's last tourna
ment in college and he said that he is looking forward to playing and hav
ing a good time.
I 'm an aggressive player and I try to stay in control. I want to go out and well." said He added if he plays well and stays focused that he could win most of his
ab will help with recruiting at IUPUI, Lord added.
The Metros are returning eight of the 10 players on the roster next year.
Ldrd said, sophomore C J. Simmons, freshmen James Campbell and Larry Lawrence ore*not making the trip to nationals but their effort this season contributed a great deal to the success of the team.
"I really like to compete and I like The women's tennis team plgyed playing guys who are ranked high." 13 matches in the fall and qualified
for the NAIA national tennis tourna
ment by winning the Great Lakes sub-region championship in October.
The tournament was made up of seven other schools in Illinois.
This is the first year since the in
ception of the women's tennis pro
gram in 1989 the Lady Metros will compete as a team in the post-season.
Debbie Peirick, women's tennis coach, said this year's squad is one of the best in the six-year span of women's tennis at IUPUI.
"If we are not at least 15th In the NAIA after this tournament. I will be very disappointed." said Peirick.
Kami Phelps, sophomore, the Lady Metros No. 3 singles player said mental toughness will be the key to playing well in the tournament.
She said there will probably be 50 or 60 schools represented at the na
tional tournament. The Metros expect their toughest competition to come
from schools in the southern part of the United States, including Ala
bama, Florida, Georgia and Missis- sippi.
The Lady Metros have practicing three hours each day and working on footwork and skill drills intensely over the past few weeks to prepare for the national tournament, She added that the team will start tapering this week so that they will be in peak performance during the Peirick said it is important that the squad not get burned out, so practice did not officially begin in the spring until the end of March.
"Going to nationals is a wonder
ful way to end a season. It is a good way of getting our name out in the community and it is exciting for the team and the tennis program," said Peirick.
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Marion RUay VoUt Editor kind 46202 • 01995Additions to current smoking policy needed
■ Loitering smokers at entrances to campus facilities create a hazard that could be eliminated.
S moking cigarettes is quite possibly the nastiest habit known to mankind, next to wearing the same underwear for weeks at a time.
According to a recent issue of The Los Angeles Times , smoking
"kiUs six people per minute, or about three million people per year.
One smoker in two will eventually die because of a cigarette habit which began in adolescence."
Cigarette smoking causes painful diseases such as emphysema and lung cancer.
Despite the chilling statistics and facts, smokers continue to puff away.
• Do they have some sort of death wish?
Smoking cigarettes causes the person's house a i^d o th ih g to stink. The person’s breath becomes unbearable and those pearly white teeth lose out to that grungy, bum- off-the-street look.
It's not so bad that smokers want to kill themselves. They already know tire consequences involved in , smoking.
What's really awful is that smokers are not going down alone.
They are taking non-smokers with them by breathing the harmful smoke into the air and nostrils of unsuspecting victims.
The smoking policy on the IUPUI campus states that smoking is not permitted in any of the campus buildings except the IU School of Law at Indianapolis and Herron School of A n
There is one major flaw in the IUPUI smoking policy.
There is no clause in the policy that states where the smokers must stand outside—such as how far away from the doorways smokers should stand.
Many non-smokers on campus tend to get a little irate about walking through thick clouds of cigarette smoke when leaving or entering one of the campus buildings.
That thick cloud of cigarette smoke is termed second hand smoke, which is harmful to innocent bystanders.
Second hand smoke is a cause of lung cancer, bronchitis and even death of people who don't smoke.
Strong steps need to be taken to rid the campus of dangerous, second hand smoking sites.
My suggestion is to create a five- foot radius outside the doors ofiHe""
buildings in which smokers are not allowed to smoke.
MI agree. You've got my support,*’ said Richard Strong, ^ manager of the IUPUI Department of Environmental Health and Safety.
It would allow non-smokers to enter and exit campus buildings and facilities free of the inhalation of smoke.
The idea sounds a bit childish at first, but it should be affective if put into play.
IUPUI's smoking policy was modified last Friday. Policy changes were not available for Sagamore by deadline, but it is doubtful that anything was adjusted in the policy to address the problems of non-smokers.
All in favor of petitioning for better breathing air, say "I.”
Step in and visit the campus Environmental Safety Committee located in the Union Building to voice your opinion. But be sure to hold your breath before you get to
Marion RUey writing for The Sagamore
Letters
from readers
Animal research aids humans in finding cures and
I am writing to respond to David Britts*
letter on animal research in the May 1 issue.
As a graduate student whose research has included many experiments using laboratory animals, I feel I must rebut some of the erroneous and misleading statements Britts makes in his letter.
Britts supports his stand against the use of animals with two arguments.
First, he argues that animal research has failed to provide any benefit to human health, positing instead that better education, hygiene, nutrition and sanitation a rt responsible for checking the spread of infectious diseases.
While one cannot dispute the contribution of these factors to improving public health.
Britts conveniently ignores the fact that diseases like polio, diphtheria, measles, meningitis due to Haemophilus influ en ce and hepatitis B are now routinely prevented due to the widespread use of safe and effective vaccines—those which were developed and tested using animal research.
One disease that used to afflict millions of people— smallpox— has been completely eradicated through the use o f vaccines, while many other infectious diseases can be cured or their symptoms largely ameliorated with the appropriate therapy.
, While many diseases such as AIDS and eancer continue to affect us, the lack of a cure or in some cases even an effective treatment is no reason to condemn all animal research.
Britts seems to feel that since people
continue to get sick in .spite o f the progress that has been made in understanding health and disease, we might as well just chuck the entire body of medical research in the trash heap.
The next treatment for AIDS or cancer or Alzheim er's will not come from wishful thinking, nor from abstemious living.
Rather, it will be the result of years of research elucidating the basic biology of these diseases. Research that hopefully will point us in the direction of new therapies, and will continue to require the judicious and peer-re viewed use o f animals.
Britts* second point, that animal research is not effective because it is impossible to
"recreate" human disease in an animal, is, simply put. completely false. Researchers do not attempt to "recreate’* diseases in
Medical researchers use i models to answer questions about how organisms cause disease and how they can be treated, just as researches in other fields such as economics, physics and geology use computer models to answer questions about the real world.
No one expects animal models to exactly
"recreate" human disease, nor is that I models are chosen because experience and experimentation have shown that they provide a reasonably good approximation of the human disease being studied.
The information that these animal studies provide is invaluable and provides the foundation for therapies and cures aimed at
Can some questions only be answered with human studies? Absolutely! But experiments with human subjects are performed only when the benefits outweigh the risks; risks that are usually assessed by first performing animal studies.
Animal research has provided incalculable benefits in terms of both human health and human knowledge.
Those who call for an end to animal research should be honest about what is to
Birth control pill not for all women I Experts debate the availability of the pill as an medication, warning labels
on the drug and the importance of education about the contraceptive.
Di
ebatc heats as pharmaceutical companies lobby 1 the Food and Drug Administration to allow the sale o f birth control pills without prescription.Their claim: Over-the-counter birth control pills will eliminate most accidental pregnancies.
Some pharmacists and health groups, however, object to over-the-counter birth control pills. They insist that women need counseling o f a doctor to properly prevent severe side effects, accidental pregnancy, and the spread of HIV.
"We have a lot of junior high and high school kids coming in and buying condoms," says John Cowan R.Ph., a pharmacist at Cowan's Drugs. "I don't want kids buying the pill over the counter."
According to Cowan, some young women don’t really understand the pill's health risks and can't identify warning signals. "They need counseling from a professional to use it safely ."
On the contrary, Malcolm Potts, professor of family planning at the University of California at Berkeley, advocates the pill without prescription.
"There's no scientific reason why the pill should be available only by prescription," he said. "You d on’t need a doctor to tell you whether you have one of the two big risk factors o f the pill (If you're over 35 or smoke)."
Just in case some women arc confused. Potts said, "All you need is a warning lab el... The package could instruct the consumer to see the doctor if she experiences any problems."
One wonders if Potts notices the proliferation of lung cancer in spite o f warning labels on cigarette packages.
Cowan, on the other hand, stresses that warning labels ore not a substitute for one-on-one counseling. ,
"Women need a doctor to help (hem determine what dose to lake.
Several different doses and strengths are available: too weak—you get breakthrough bleeding; too strong—you can increase side effects like nausea and vomiting."
In addition, Cowan worries because several young women who purchase the pill at his pharmacy don’t understand that it "takes seven to ten days to become effective and they don’t remember how to adjust their dose if they miss a day or two."
"Also." he adds, "some think that because they're*on the pill, the man doesn't have to wear a condom. I think if the pill goes over the counter, we'll see a big increase in HIV."
Cindy Pearson, program director of the National W omen's Health Network, shares Cowan's conviction. "Women need a face-to-face discussion about how to use the pill." she said. Many women believe they can take fewer pills if they have less sex. she added.
They are also unaware that some medications render the pill less effective.
In addition, Pearson stresses the woman's appointment "is a crucial time to tell them they've got to do something a d d itio n a l- use condoms—to protect themselves from HIV."
Not all women can afford primary care. So Cowan encourages
“some young women to go to Planned Parenthood because they'll counsel her on the pros and cons."
Cost should not be an issue in determining a woman's ability to protect herself from unwanted pregnancy and disease.
"If everyone in America had access to primary care." Pearson stresses, "w e'd have less trouble with the idea of the pill going over the counter. But for now. birth control is a poor woman's ticket to health care."
Maria Dunbar is a sophomore majoring in Engfish
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be gained, and more importantly, what will be lost.
David E. Morgtnattm Graduate Student Dept of Microbiology and Immunotoo
The benefits of animal research are known to many,
Some misinformation about the need for animal research testing appeared in a letter in the May 1 edition (page 5).
First, the statement that "no diseases have been cured in the 20th century” ignores the obliteration o f smallpox.
Many diseases that kept the human population low prior to this century have been brought under significant control, thereby increasing life expectancy in the United States from about 50 years in 1900 to about 75 years today.
Although "education, hygiene, nutrition and improved sanitation" arc important in improved health, diseases such as diabetes, pneumonia and diphtheria were rendered less dangerous by biomedical science.-
Pharmaceuticals were essential for the improved life expectancies and improved quality of life enjoyed by most Americans.
Agrochemicals have kept pests at bay.
thereby allowing farmers to feed an expanding population.
Scientists are fully aware o f the fact that no animal model will give a full picture o f how a drug will perform in a human However, major advances have been made in "recreating human diseases" in animals.
Last year, for instance, researchers at Eli Lilly Co. and in California processed a transgenic mouse that develops the characteristics o f Alzheim er’s Disease. The mouse carries genetic defects that occur in certain human families with high incidence of AD.
With this scientific breakthrough, it becomes possible to discover a medicine more quickly than would otherwise be
AD takes many years to manifest itself in humans, but the life cycle of a rodent is only a few years. Thus, potential drugs can be evaluated faster thanks to animal testing.
Recall that to find one new medicine, thousands of organic compounds must be evaluated. So it is not an easy task.
Experiments on animals are expensive. If there were cheaper and easier ways to discover new useful chemicals, biomedical researchers would use them.
There are computer modeling and simulation techniques that help scientists in their drug discovery efforts. These techniques do reduce (lie need for animal testing. However, these techniques require calibration by actual biological testing before they can be used, even then they are limited in what they can do.
To ensure the safely and health o f humans, the federal government requires animal testing. Repeat: The government requires animal testing!
Not only does the Food and Drug Administration see the need for animal testing, but so does the Env ironmental Protection Agency, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Department of Transportation and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Do animal rights advocates want to thwart the mission of the government to look out for our welfare?
Animal testing, 90 percent of the which is performed on rodents, has been and continues to be essential to finding improved treatment for human illnesses.
It is true that not all diseases will be
"cured" regardless of how many animals are used in research.
Humans are not immortal, as one malady is alleviated, others are waiting in the wings to lake center stage. If one infirmity doesn’t plague us, another will.
As for the "large corporations" getting
"rich" from biomedicine, it’s worth noting that biomedicine is important to providing jobs, not only for pharmacologists and toxicologists (two groups that do the most animal testing), but also physicians, nurses
£[ui*m er caregivers, many of whom are trained locally.
Don Boyd Proftssor of Chemistry Department of Chemistry
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