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By MANDI STEFFEYStaff Writer

The IU South Bend campus lawn was buzzing with students on Thursday, August 17 for the last new student orientation of the summer. Since it was the last event, many incoming students came to reap the benefits of what the orien-tation had to offer. New students, both tradi-tional and non-traditional, were busy flinging free IUSB-branded Frisbees and socializing between orientation meeting sessions. Incoming freshman Soraya Cornejo, who took advantage of the orientation that day, said she was excited to start school. “I’m ready to start learning everything,” Cornejo said. This was a common theme among those who attended on Thursday, but the reasons why stu-dents chose IUSB varied slightly. “I like the smaller campus,” Cornejo said. Another new freshman, Matt Edmonds, had a different reason. “It’s closer to home, and I don’t want all the debt when I graduate,” Edmonds said. Edmonds also said he plans on studying actuarial science and he is “ready to get started” with classes. Various IUSB clubs and orga-nizations set up tables to welcome the incoming students, hoping to get people involved on campus. Music was blaring by the Student Activities Center, where a DJ was playing everything from disco to Weird Al. Students were also en-couraged to tie-dye free t-shirts and drink root beer floats during the lunch period of the orientation. While the perks were there for new students, current student volunteers were there to make sure everything ran smoothly.

New student orientation draws eager crowd

One student volunteer, Joscilyn Acosta, explained the importance of the new student orientation. “It’s helping the new students become more comfortable with campus. They will be walking around in these same areas when school starts,” Acosta said. Another volunteer, Ashley Rich, agreed. “It’s an opportunity to find resources available to the campus,” Rich said. “They can learn about things like varsity sports, clubs on campus and tutoring.” Both Acosta and Rich agreed that the new students seemed to like having orientation on the campus lawn rather than at River Crossing, the student housing com-plex, where they have been held

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briefly in the past. “Everyone was stuck under the event tent at the campus housing orienta-tion. Now, everyone is walking around and check-ing out the campus,” Acosta said while looking out onto the bustling lawn. “I think it’s helping with the social aspect, like we’re starting a social web,” Rich said. “We’re helping people get connected and involved.”

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Freshman and transfer students spray paint t-shirts and socialize on the campus mall Preface Photos/ROBERT RESSLER

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By DANIELLE MILLER Staff Writer

Student clubs and organizations are great ways to meet people with similar interests, but if you are un-able to find one that suits your spe-cific needs here at IUSB, forming one only takes a few simple steps. Interim Director of Student Life Scott Strittmatter suggests coming to see him first. He also recom-mends “talking to other students in class. Say ‘Hey, I’m interested in this.’” He can connect you to oth-ers who share your interests. Once you establish at least two members, Strittmatter will help you structure your elections. “You need to have a president, treasurer and advisor. An advi-sor does not have to be a staff or

Unsatisfied with clubs? Create your ownfaculty member, but it is recom-mended they have a connection to campus,” he explains. Once your club has been formed, “You can register it in the MyInvolvement webpage and utilize the scheduling feature which allows you to communicate with other members,” he said. The MyInvolvement webpage can be found in Oncourse under campus services or at www.myin-volvement.iusb.edu. You may also browse existing clubs there. “To reserve a meeting place for your club, contact Maureen Mul-doon, director of special events,” he said. Your club may also be eligible to receive funding from the Student Government Association (SGA) for conferences or other approved

events that may ultimately benefit the campus. Though not manda-tory, Strittmatter greatly encourages those students to attend president and advisor orientations if they are going to request funding from the SGA. The details of these orientations are emailed at the beginning of each semester by Strittmatter to all club presidents and advisors. The process by which you can request funds, explains Strittmatter, “Would be to submit a funding re-quest using the official SGA form at least 48 hours before the meet-ing in which the request will be heard. As long as you are currently registered in a student organiza-tion at IUSB or have two faculty endorsements, you may request funding.”

He also adds that any student club or organization that is granted funding should submit a report of the event within thirty days to the Student Government office. Include time and date of the event, the number of participants and costs. Any student can exercise the right to form a club or student organization. “We are a university, a place of learning and differing viewpoints,” said Strittmatter. “As long as a club follows university polices and state policies and is not endangering anyone, they can form.” Scott Strittmatter can be con-tacted via email at sstrittm@iusb.edu or at 574-520-5533. His office is located in Student Activities Cen-ter (SAC) 201.

By SARAH DUIS Editor-in-Chief When former Director of Student Life Sam Centellas left IU South Bend last spring, many wondered how the energetic and highly-engaged leader could ever be replaced. While the university seeks out a long-term replacement, Scott Strit-tmatter is serving as the interim director of student life and he is wasting no time picking up where Centellas left off. “Sam was an integral part of this office, this campus, and he really built up quite a bit of involvement with student groups. You can see his footprint all over campus, so he’s set a pretty high bar for who-ever follows him, and I think that’s great,” Strittmatter said. “What I’m really looking to do is make sure that we don’t lose momentum on that for right now by making sure our students get involved.” Strittmatter began working with IUSB in mid-June, filling in a temporary position for the Office of Housing and Residence Life. His background in residence living led him to be recommended to the position of interim director of student life. He began his new position on August 2. Though he’s only been work-ing on campus since mid-summer, Strittmatter has been involved in multiple student life projects. He has spent time working with housing and residence life on an upcoming resident assistant (RA) training program, scheduling guest speakers and organizing teaching

Office of Student Life welcomes Scott Strittmattersessions. He has also started working on a community development model, an intentional guide on how to build more positive communities in student housing. As the fall semester begins, Strit-tmatter’s main task will be working with student organizations and clubs, registering them online with the MyInvolvement student life webpage, leading officer and advi-sor training sessions and making sure that involved students know basic procedures. “Obviously each club and orga-nization has their own advisor, I’m just an additional resource that they can come to and say ‘This is going on.’ it could be that they need to get more resources on campus and don’t know where to start, and hopefully I can point them in the right direction He also is prepared to deal with issues that might not come with a manual. “If [students] just want to come in and say ‘Hey, we’re having prob-lems with cohesion in our group,’ I’m a resource for that to kind of say, ‘Let’s sit down and kind of talk about that and see what we can do.’” Strittmatter has found IUSB stu-dents themselves to be an integral part of a proactive campus life. “I’ve actually gotten a great op-portunity to work with some won-derful students…Theron Patrick and Ross Ford and Hannah Dill have all been working really hard all summer and getting the Welcome Week activities together,” he said. “They’ve just done a tre-

mendous job, and it’s made my job much easier coming in working with such great people. If you’re going to have any kind of student engagement, it’s got to come from the students, and that’s where that leadership comes in, and so any vi-brant student life program, it starts with the students.” Strittmatter is scheduled to hold

his position as interim director of student life until the end of October, when the position is set to be filled permanently. He plans to apply. He can be reached via email at sstrittm@iusb.edu or at 574-520-5533. His office is located in Stu-dent Activities Center (SAC) 201.

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Preface Photo/ROBERT RESSLERInterim Director of Student Life Scott Strittmatter addresses new

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By MACKENZIE JARVIS Staff Writer

On the first two days of the fall semester at IU South Bend, be prepared to enter a maze on the campus mall lined with student organizations, local vendors and job opportunities—not to mention free food. Starting August 27, IUSB’s campus will be consumed with this high-energy collaboration of organizations and events as a part of the university’s annual Welcome Week. According to Hannah Dill, president of the IUSB Student Government Association (SGA), Welcome Week is a way for stu-dents to preview life on campus. Welcome Week shows students what the university increasingly has to offer. “IU South Bend [is making] the greater transition from commuter campus to a more traditional cam-pus,” said Dill. According to Dill, a few of the student clubs currently signed up for Welcome Week include Politi-cal Science, Debate, Japanese Pop Culture, Japanese, Sociology, Span-ish, Anthropology, and Sustainabil-

Welcome Week to kick-start student life, engagementity and Wellness. Two fraternities and two sororities will also be in attendance. Not only will there be a vast amount of student organizations and campus departments located at Welcome Week, but local business-es are going to make an appearance as well. Ross Ford, in charge of hospital-

ity for Titan Productions, com-mented on the presence of local businesses for this event. “It’s a great way to put themselves and their products in front of stu-dents,” he said. Businesses expected to be at Welcome Week include Martin’s Super Market, Sam’s Club, AT&T, U93 and Hacienda. According to

By ALYSSA MATHIEU Staff Writer Donations of any kind can be given to companies and organiza-tions to complete projects and start new developments that might not otherwise be completed. On the other hand, donations might also be gifts given to others in order to fulfill passions or promote a better educational experience. For IU South Bend, recent donations from Dr. Roger S. Pecina and Doloris C. Cogan reflect the latter. Pecina, founder and owner of Afdent dental services, donated $300,000 this summer to the new dental hygiene wing of the upcom-ing Education and Arts building building. Anne McGraw, the major gifts manager of IUSB, explains that Pecina’s gift will allow dental hygiene students to become better trained on newer, more up-to-date equipment. With IUSB now being able to offer a Bachelor’s degree in dental hygiene, Pecina’s donation will enable graduates to be better pre-pared to go into their field. “Before, we were training our

Pecina and Cogan gifts to support dental hygiene and theatre

Ford, some vendors will be hand-ing out free food and products. Non-profit organizations will also be among the tables at Wel-come Week. According to Theron Patrick, lead designer for Titan Productions, this event is a way for these volunteer-based organiza-tions to attract students that would have otherwise not been aware of

them. “It’s a great way for them to in-teract with students, and some stu-dents may or may not be interested in getting involved,” said Patrick. Non-profit organizations planned to be at Welcome Week include Habitat for Humanity and Planned Parenthood. According to Dill, events hosted by Titan Productions and the SGA will also take place during Welcome Week. Hypnotist and magician Chris Jones will be performing the night of August 27. Jones was pres-ent at last year’s Welcome Week and elicited a great reaction from the student crowd, hypnotizing students into falling asleep and entertaining the audience with his humor, according to Patrick. The SGA will be hosting a barbecue free to students on the evening of August 29, according to Dill. Following the barbecue will be the annual casino night hosted by Titan Productions at River Cross-ing Campus Housing. Tables for student organizations and local businesses will be set up from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on August 27 and 28. All other events for Welcome Week will be posted by

students on 15-year-old equipment, so as soon as they got a job at a dentist’s office, they would have to get retrained on new technology,” said McGraw. Part of the donation will also to go to supporting the on-campus clinic that helps to benefit the stu-dents of IUSB as well as the under-served members of the community. On Thursday, August 9, the Lerner Theatre in Elkhart held a reception after an IUSB theatre performance of A Raisin in the Sun to celebrate the donation given by Doloris Cogan of Elkhart. The $200,000 endowed donation helped to establish and support the IU South Bend Summer Theatre Series. The donation will allow the Lerner Theatre to hold three to five fully-staged IUSB theatre productions every summer. “[Cogan] felt that the arts made her experience while in school and wants others to experience the arts,” said Dina Harris, IUSB’s director of development. Harris is part of the staff that works de-liberately to secure donations that can benefit the current and future students.

Harris also mentioned how much of an opportunity this brings by connecting IUSB more closely with the city of Elkhart. To receive large donations—and even smaller ones—isn’t an easy task. McGraw is one of five full-time staff members that work countless hours to ensure better op-portunities and futures for students. “People assume tax dollars sup-port us, but state support is dimin-ishing” said McGraw. The process of raising donations can be challenging. McGraw and her staff actively cultivate and build re-lationships with donors in order se-cure donations. The staff will often bring donors to tour the campus and attend IUSB events to show how their gift can benefit certain parts or groups of the university. It can be hard to imagine what IUSB would be without the dona-tions and gifts that it receives from its generous donors. With the gener-ous help from people like Pecina and Cogan, who see how beneficial these gifts can be to current and future students, IUSB will be able to enrich lives of all ages for years to come.

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By MALORY PECINAMultimedia Editor

Prometheus, Gaia and Atlas are the names of three ancient Titans who are all figures in Greek My-thology. Now, they are also the names of the new Living Learn-ing Communities at IU South Bend’s River Crossing Campus Housing. The Learning Communities are a unique way for students to get involved with their cam-pus, community and to help make connections. Students learn about leadership skills while also taking part in service projects and events both on and off campus, building life-long friendships along the way. Each community has a different theme, and students who live in housing can choose to be in a community that interests them. Director of Housing and Residence Life Paul Krikau is passionate about the com-munities and the opportuni-ties it will bring to students. Krikau started planning in the spring of 2012 and with the help of others filling in the details, he is ready to welcome students into the program. “A Learning Commu-nity is students living in the same area who are inter-ested in the same sort of thing,” Krikau said. Ideally, the students in the same Learning Com-munity will live in the same residence hall, but excep-tions can be made. Each Learning Com-munity will have tasks and service-learning opportuni-ties during the year along with an alternative spring break trip that each group will decide together. “We’ll take one bus for spring break, because we’re sustainable, but [with] three different missions. Students will fundraise on their own for this,” Krikau said. Krikau’s idea is that as long as students are giving, they will also be gaining from the opportunities and experiences along the way. Chaise Cope, a sophomore studying pre-law political science, Spanish and paralegal studies, is

eager to for the school year to start and to be part of the new Living Learning Communities. Cope will be part of the Pro-metheus Community, which focus-es on student success by working

with study skills, time management and interpersonal communication with staff members, faculty and other students. Prometheus was a Titan who gave humans the desire to create and learn, which is exactly what students in this community will do. Students can engage with one another to better and benefit their academic careers. “I hope students will feel more connected and engaged to the IUSB Campus,” said Cope. “And

In Greek mythology, Pro-metheus gave fire to man-kind, Gaia was the mother of the earth, and Atlas car-ried the world on his back. These three ancient Titans in Greek Mythology are rep-resented in the new Living Learning Communities at IU South Bend’s River Cross-ing Campus Housing. The crests of each community reflect these legends, and are Prometheus, Atlas and Gaia from top to bottom of the page

Campus housing offers three new “Living Learning Communities”“Discover the Power of Connection”

feel like they are part of a family away from home that is dedicated to helping them find success and reach their goals with their aca-demics.” Gaia is a Living Learning Com-munity that focuses on sustainabil-ity. This Titan represents “Mother Earth,” emphasizing care for community and the environment. Students will focus on the theme of “reduce, reuse, recycle” while maintaining the community garden at River Crossing. Many outreach programs and events will take place with the students in Gaia. Atlas International Learning Community is a community that focuses on learning about the

differences between and within cultures and how to increase com-munication between students and groups, leading to wider world-views and understanding. Atlas was the Titan known for having the world on his shoulders. Students within this commu-nity will have a growing sense and understanding of their own culture in addition to living in a multicul-tural world. Like many others, Cope also believes it is important to feel connected and a part of IUSB, and the Living Learning Communities are a new way to be connected to campus life. “I can’t wait until the summer is over,” Cope said. “I’m excited to move back into campus housing and be engaged with campus life again.” For more information about the new Learning Communities, email living@iusb.edu or visit www.iusb.edu/housing and click “current residents.”

By RYAN LOHMANStaff Writer

Construction continues on a new home for the education, fine arts and dental hygiene depart-ments. The $22,000,000 renovation will repurpose what was formerly known as the Associates Build-ing and offer new class and office space for students and faculty. “We will finally have our sepa-rate painting and separate drawing room,” said Dean of the Raclin School of the Arts Marvin Curtis. Curtis also listed a newly-equipped photography suite, new media animation lab, art gallery and a two-story rehearsal room for instrumental music as exciting features for students and faculty of the school of the arts. “Everything is going to be state-of-the-art,” said Curtis. “It frees us up and gives us more space to be able to do more things.” Along with fine arts, the educa-tion department will also relocate to the new building, residing on the entire second floor. The new facility, located on the west side of campus, will bring an end to the use of Greenlawn Hall, a building that was once a tool and die factory but more recently has served as a home for the education department. “They will completely vacate the Greenlawn building and move into the Education and Arts build-ing. They are the largest group of occupants for that building,” said Vice Chancellor of Financial Af-fairs Bill O’Donnell. “Dental hygiene will also move

Education and Arts building on track to completion

from Riverside into that building,” said O’Donnell. The College of Health Sciences’ dental hygiene department is cur-rently located at Riverside Hall, the building by the river across from Northside Hall. According to a recent IU South Bend press release, a $300,000 do-nation was made to the dental hy-giene wing of the new building by local dentist Dr. Roger S. Pecina, founder and owner of Mishawaka’s Afdent Dental Services. The dona-tion will provide for updates to the school’s equipment. The dental hygiene wing will also feature a low-cost dental clinic (see page 3 for more). Groundbreaking for the renova-tion took place in June of 2011 and the building is scheduled for a 2013 finish. Though O’Donnell said that construction could be complete by next March, classes won’t take place in the building until the 2013 fall semester due to the building’s size and the sophisti-cation of the technology. “Next summer we’ll be actually moving some people in, but we’ll also need the summer IT depart-ment to install all the technology in the classrooms,” said O’Donnell. “It’s a very large building. To give you an idea in terms of offices alone there are 54 offices.” If recent weather patterns per-sist, there will likely be no setbacks for remaining outdoor construc-tion and the university will realize the fall 2013 opening. To view a live video feed of the ongoing construction, visit www. iusb.edu/portal/construction.php.

Preface Photo/ROBERT RESSLERThe construction of the Education and Arts building nears

closer to completion

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By SARAH E. WARD Staff Writer Leaving the country and experiencing different cultures might seem like a dream far off in the distance for most col-lege students. With tuition costs rising and a down economy, it may seem impossible to travel oversees for any student. IU South Bend has found a way to make this possible for many stu-dents through their study abroad programs. Most recently, the program of-fered two separate summer study abroad opportunities in July 2012—one trip to Florence, Italy and the second to Costa Rica. In Florence, IUSB students were given the chance to sketch, draw and learn from art profes-sionals and visit museums and monuments around the city. The four-week trip included housing in apartments within walking dis-tance from the school, museums, parks and hands-on training and daily field trips. “I had never been out of the country before, and by taking a class abroad I knew I would be making the most academically out of studying abroad at IUSB

Study abroad trips offer hands-on training and experienceStudents spend summer in Italy and Cost Rica

in my field of study, and what bet-ter city to experience art than Flor-ence, Italy,” said Katie Swiental, IUSB art student and study abroad participant. The trip is open to all students and alumni with a degree in visual arts with openings for beginners to advanced levels, giving them the opportunity to learn in a new environment. Study abroad offers students and alumni the op-portunity to visit the very places they learn and teach about in the classroom. “I think that study abroad trips are absolutely important to the college experience because it gives you, the student, another dimen-sion of learning by physically taking you to the places you have studied and read about in books, which is absolutely mind blowing,” said Swiental. The other study abroad trip in July was to Costa Rica, where health promotion and disease prevention was the focus. Dental students spent a week in San José learning Spanish and learning about the healthcare sys-tem. The students also were taught about Costa Rica’s traditional and alternative medicine. During their second week, the students spent

time in the Talamancka mountain range on the Caribbean Coast. “It’s almost on the Panama bor-der with a large indigenous popula-tion, a very rural population,” said Scott Sernau, director of interna-tional programs. The dental students worked with isolated and underserved communities and with Costa Rican dentists. The students participated in check-ups, screenings and emer-gency dental care referrals. “We haven’t had a program in a long time that’s purely health care,” said Sernau. Students who are looking for a break in the monotony of the school year, or for a personal or professional experience might look into the study abroad programs offered at IUSB. “There’s a lot of personal trans-formation that takes place, people’s eyes are just opened to things they never even considered. Along with that, on some of these trips there’s really good professional develop-ment as well,” said Sernau. Financial aid may be used to cover the cost of trips for eligible students with a deposit required for most trips. For more info on study abroad programs visit www.iusb.edu/~sbintl

Photo Courtesy of Katie Swiental Students visited the Duomo Santa Maria del Fiore in the

heart of Florence

Photo Courtesy of Katie Swiental Students visited Michelangelo’s Mountain in Florence overlooking the city

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By JOSEPH GRAFManaging Editor

The Titan women’s volleyball team is set to enter its first year of conference play in its second year as a varsity sport at IU South Bend. After finishing 15-9 in their inaugural 2011 season, the team is full of returning players and new faces looking to make an impact on its upcoming schedule. With a roster of six returning players and five incoming freshman and transfers, the face of Titan volleyball has changed since last season’s campaign. Also changed is the schedule. The team now has a conference schedule instead of the self-made one that they played last year. “Last year we just found match-es. We played three of the teams that are in our conference this year, and we did very well against them,“ said Head Coach Jamie Ashmore. “We just kind of called a bunch of schools and said ‘Hey, can we play against you?’ Whereas this year, our schedule is mostly set by the CCAC (Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference).” Due to the schedule change, predicting how the Titans will do against their op-ponents is difficult. The new roster throws in yet an-other wildcard. “This is our first year in our conference, so we don’t know what to expect yet,” said Ashmore. “We know we have a very tough sched-ule, but to ask what our record is, we don’t really know because we

Titan women’s volleyball looks forward to a new seasonTeam joins the CCAC for the first year of conference action

haven’t seen most of the teams before.” Though the team and sched-ule are different, the main goal is

always the same. “Our goal is always to see improvement out of the girls, as a team and individually getting bet-ter,” said Ashmore. In athletics, expectations don’t come from only the coaches, but from your teammates and fans as well. Chloe McCotter, a senior from Battle Creek, Michigan, hopes to leave college proud of her team. “I’m really excited about the season so far. Compared to last year, I feel that more people are committed to the team,” said Mc-Cotter. “This being our first year in the conference, I want us to come in the top three. I want our team to

break through and become a pres-ence in the conference and show we can compete.” While seniors like McCotter are hoping to end this season with a successful athletic career in the Titan program, fresh faces on the roster are hoping to make their first impact with the team. Among those is Melissa Macel-lari, a sophomore from Granger, IN who transferred to IUSB from the Division 1 program at South-east Missouri State. Looking to make an impression, Macellari wants to push herself to improve-ment. “My goal is to continue getting

“...I always say that if you fight with all you have and you lose that way, I’m okay with that. It’s when you give up on yourself and you lose, that’s when I’m not happy.” -Melissa Macellari

By SARAH E. WARD Staff Writer Indiana weather is sometimes unpredictable, but 2012 has been one of the most unpredictable in history. With 80-degree tempera-tures in March and record breaking heat during summer months, it is no surprise that a severe drought followed. There are worries among stu-dents and the dining services that campus food prices may soon be going up. With an already-strapped

Thanks to drought, campus food prices may see increaseeconomy, higher prices anywhere are a cause for concern. With March temperatures so warm, crops became confused and foliage started to sprout earlier than expected. Once the cold front returned the crops were severely damaged. If these conditions did not pose enough of a problem for Indiana farmers and their crops, the severe drought definitely did. “There are two things that went on, not just the drought but there was also the spring that we had. We went from winter temperatures

better. I know a lot of players hit a plateau, but I want to just continue to improve throughout my college career,” said Macellari. “My hitting, my setting, my defense… I want to improve at every aspect of the game.” One of the ways that the relatively new varsity volleyball program can track their progress is by looking at the improvement of the returning players. According to Coach Ashmore, the progress is evident. “The returning players have got-ten a lot better. You can definitely see who has been in our system for a year. They have worked very hard in the off-season and spring season and we have seen great improve-ment on them. It’s always fun to see that,” said Ashmore. With this being the first year in a conference, it is also the first year that the volleyball team is eligible for playoffs. Since the team doesn’t quite know what to expect as far as a record or how deep they can make it in the playoffs, Coach Ashmore says that her main goal is to just push her players to perform their best, no matter what the outcome. “If fate is not on our side and we don’t make it far in the playoffs, as long as they all fought with all they had and played their heart out, I’ll still be satisfied. I always say that if you fight with all you have and you lose that way, I’m okay with that. It’s when you give up on yourself and you lose, that’s when I’m not happy.” For more information on wom-en’s volleyball including a roster, schedule of upcoming games and game results, visit www.iusbtitans.com.

to 80 degree weather,” said Ziggy Pairitz, director of dining services at IU South Bend. “I’ve heard that we have lost 80 to 90 percent of our apple crop, coupled with that the drought that we had mid-summer obviously af-fects the corn. We can see we are in for a bumpy road,” he added. The Agriculture Department recently reduced its corn harvest projection by 13 percent, bringing expected output to a six-year low and causing speculation that food prices will steepen.

“That’s an honest fear for every-body right now. I am working very hard with my suppliers to do our best to maintain prices where they are at so that we don’t have a price hike,” said Pairitz. With the price of corn, wheat, soy and fuel beginning to rise, it is likely to hit the pockets of IUSB students at some point. Pairitz and the dining services seem to be making a proactive stance in deal-ing with the issue by supporting local farmers and partnering with Shelton Farms.

“It’s part of sustainability to support local farmers. Our food shouldn’t travel farther than I have to get to the same location,” said Pairitz. Pairitz, although worried, seemed to have an aura of con-fidence when speaking about the measures he was putting in place to hopefully prevent anymore increases in costs for students. Fingers crossed for now that buf-falo chicken wraps and cheeseburg-ers don’t go gourmet.

Preface Photo/JOSEPH GRAFThe volleyball team practices bungee exercises at the Student Activity Center

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By ELISHA HOSTETLER Staff Writer

As you prepare for another grueling year of studious devotion, think of adding some “fierce” to your fashion this fall season with-out breaking the bank. A few budget tips are in order to combat anxiety over heavy tuition fees, expensive books and more than one loan notification sent to your email inbox, reminding one and all why we are here. According to Kim Clark, a sales representative from clothing re-tailer Kohl’s, “Dressing to impress is easy when you know what you’re willing to spend and where you need to go to get what you want.” Determining how much money you are willing to spend is your own decision, and knowing where to go for the best savings can be invaluable. It is important to take advantage of advertised sale and clearance opportunities made available every month at your favorite department stores. Guys, follow fellow student Mosas Kimathis’ example and head to highly recognized stores such as

On a budget? Update your fall wardrobe without going broke

By MANDI STEFFEYColumnist

The fall semester of the 2012-2013 school year at IU South Bend is finally upon us, folks. I am pleased to say that I’m returning again as a columnist for The Pref-ace. Last year, my columns focused on local and national entertainment and art. This year, things are going to be a little different. My concept this year is going to include anything and everything concerning underground culture: the art, entertainment, politics, and ways of life that make up every-thing non-mainstream. As people may have noticed, subcultures are coming into view in a huge way. There are all kinds of subcultures appearing on television, music, and basically all mainstream media these days. The types of columns you can expect this year will include a variety of topics, but I want to hear opinions from the students. My goal is to showcase students’ points of view, in any form, while exploring the topic myself and shedding light on the IUSB, local, and national cultural underground. I’m excited to hear from anyone who has anything to say about these topics. This could get very interesting. If you have anything to say about the following topics, I’m interested in hearing from you: All alternative cultures, all things considered “subculture,” local art and music, extreme/weird politics, views on drug policy reform, gam-ing, or anything else that you would like to see featured here. If you have something to say, I want to hear it. To have your voice heard, email me at mandisteffey-prefacecolumn@gmail.com.

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J.C. Penney, Kohl’s and Rue 21 to scope out the best deals. Karen Williams, assistant man-ager at T.J. Maxx, explains that it is also useful to visit discount shop-ping centers. “T.J. Maxx and Gordmans all carry popular brand names at half the price due to simple production errors,” said Williams. Another important savings tip is to save your coupons. Most depart-ment stores offer an array of free and easily printable coupons that you can find online on their official web pages, not to mention the free coupons that you may receive already in your morning paper or mail. Finally, you can always rely on your local community to provide you with inexpensive and versatile secondhand clothing and acces-sories. IUSB basketball player Kayla Fraze enjoys finding “comfort-able and stylish” wardrobe pieces at thrift stores like The Salvation Army, Goodwill and Plato’s Closet. Who knows, perhaps you will make some money back if you take in your own lightly-worn clothing to

Plato’s Closet or Clothes Mentor, both located in Mishawaka. These stores offer cash on the spot for clothing and accessories that in-style and in good condition. So what’s hot this season? Pantone.com recommends bold pops of color, much like we saw this past summer, but with a more muted or faded tone. Shades of rose, turquoise, light emeralds, mustard yellows and purples should be paired with warmer, more traditional fall and winter colors of black, shades of brown and especially slate grey. Mixing fabrics and volume

with pattern and color are a must this season. Vogue.com expresses the fall mood as being “adult and polished with major embellishment [merging with] geometric prints.” Make a statement with matching head-to-toe prints, or keep it loose with slightly baggy, multi-layered solids. Whatever your style, this season has something for you. Remember to keep it neat by adding one article with a thicker texture to the mix, drawing the observing eye quickly over your outfit and right back up to your face where you can hit them hard with your smarts and killer personality.

CC Image courtesy of Steven Depolo, Flickr 2008Thrift stores can offer fashion-forward clothing at considerably reduced prices

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