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A student leaving Magill Hall at 9:20 p.m. the evening of Sunday, Feb. 5, was attacked when another indi-vidual punched him in the face and then fled. The victim was not seriously injured and the suspect has not yet been apprehended, according to Illinois Wesleyan Security. According to Chuck Adam, director of security, the victim refused medical treatment, though his face was swollen. The victim said that the attacker had no known motive. The suspect has not yet been identified. No weapons were involved and nothing was stolen. The battery occurred at the west entrance of Magill, at the door nearest to Dodds Hall. The victim “was more shocked than anyone, I think,” Adam said. He did not respond physically to the attack, which was the right reaction in that situation, according to Adam. “He did not escalate his response” and avoided aggravating the situa-tion, Adam said. The victim called Security immediately and later filed a report with the Bloomington Police Department. No subsequent attacks have been reported. Both IWU Security and the Bloomington Police Department patrolled the area that evening, but found no sign of the suspect, Adam said. The attacker is described as a white male, blond, 5'10”, of a stocky build. The suspect was wearing a black baseball hat at the time of the battery. Adam said that if confront-ed with a similar situation, others should respond in the same way: avoid retaliation so that the situation will not become worse, and call Security right away. Adam said both the time the incident occurred and the lack of motive made it unusual. Magill residents concerned with safety issues put up fliers around their residence hall after the incident, initiating a meeting to discuss safety problems in the hall, said Matt Damschroder, director of resi-dential life. According to Damschroder, the meeting was not well attended. The Office of Residential Life responded primarily to the victim, as he was “obvi-ously the person most in need of attention,” Damschroder said. He said the incident Students, faculty and com-munity members enjoyed a traditional southern meal on Sunday night at the Soul Food Dinner. The annual event, held in Hansen Student Center, was sponsored by Illinois Wesleyan University's Student Senate in celebration of Black History Month. The event, coincidentally landing on the founding day of the NAACP as well as President Lincoln's birthday, began with a buffet meal filled with southern favorites including fried chicken, sweet potatoes, cornbread and vegan and vegetarian options. A slide show of famous African American individuals and events in black history was displayed throughout the meal. Dinner was followed with poetry readings and a singing of Mariah Carey's “Hero” by first year student Alicia Plump. Roger Wilkins, the sched-uled speaker for the evening, was unable to make an appear-ance at the event due to severe weather conditions. The replacement speaker was Illinois Wesleyan University's Chair of the Physics Department Professor Narendra Jaggi. Jaggi has been a member of the Illinois Wesleyan University faculty since 1991 and was named the 2003 Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Jaggi's speech began with the historical background of African American education in the United States, including the different educational strategies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. The speech progressed into focusing on the opportunities available to minority students today. He said that many minority students are told by their parents that they should major in fields such as mathe-matics and science so that no one will be able to discredit them in a career, but that this is not actually necessary. “Do not let anyone fool you into thinking you have a nar-row choice early in your career,” he said. He told African American students to major in whatever they wish, even if that is philosophy or music. Jaggi ended with a reminder to African American students that they should not forget or look down upon the black people living in poverty in the inner cities of the United States. He said, “Those people struggling in the inner city are your brothers and sisters. We are all in it together.” Many Illinois Wesleyan stu-dents came to the Soul Food dinner for the traditional meal and speakers, including a large number of first year stu-dents. Ian Mobley, a first year On Thursday, Feb. 9, balls were thundering down lanes for IWU and ISU's Bowl For Kids Sake. Students and staff participants were asked to raise $300 per team of six or $50 per person. The proceeds were donated to the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Organization. IWU and ISU were both approached by Big Brothers and Big Sisters with the idea this past summer. Big Brothers and Big Sisters used this event not only to raise money, but also to gain more exposure among college stu-dents who might be interested in becoming a part of the orga-nization. Assistant Dean of Students Kevin Clark and senior Betsi Pinkus organized the IWU community's partici-pation in the event. The event was regarded as a huge success for its inaugural year. According to Clark, the collaboration came about because “everyone felt that it would be fun to have some healthy competition between the two schools. I would imag-ine we will see more and more partnerships between us,” he said. Collaboration between ISU and IWU also allowed for a larger event. IWU prevailed over ISU in the friendly com-petition. Dodds Hall received a traveling trophy to display in their hall and IWU received a plaque signifying that they were the winner of the 2006 Bowl for Kids Sake. In the event IWU raised $1,975 for the organization and a total of $2,750 was raised overall. Illinois Wesleyan had seven participat-ing teams. Although the orga-nization is highly volunteer based, Big Brothers and Big Sisters still has need for the funds. "Money raised helps to hire case managers who are then responsible for screening, training and supporting the match relationships between the volunteer and child. Money is also used to provide our matches activities during the year," the organization said. Those interested in becom-ing involved on a more direct level with Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Bloomington- Normal should call the organi-zation at 309-828-1870 or stop by their office at 603 S. Center. Students can be on the look-out for further volunteer and charity events that will be organized by IWU. According to Clark, “IWU's Student Volunteer Center is currently developing new pro-grams and resources for the students of IWU.” Last Thursday afternoon, Illinois Wesleyan students and faculty had the opportunity to hear from a rising star in the field of the history of ethnicity in America. Noted historian Dr. David Roediger presented Frank Sinatra's “The House I Live In: White Ethnic Artists and the Limits of Racial Tolerance During World War II,” in the Hanson Student Center. Roediger, author of several books and Kendrick C. Babcock Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, addressed a small but attentive crowd that included IWU students, community members and facul-ty from both IWU and Illinois State University. He was invited to speak by the history honor society, Phi Alpha Theta, and the American Studies Program, with finan-cial support provided by Student Senate. “We were very interested in having Dr. Roediger come to speak with us because of the influential work he has done on race and ethnicity in the United States,” Phi Alpha Theta president Matt Cassady said. “In this current environment con-cerned with diversity and understanding across ethnic boundaries, especially here in the IWU community, we thought Roediger's research was extremely perti-nent.” Roediger's pre-sentation explored the attitudes and biases of Americans of southern and east-ern European descent who were victims of prejudice prior to World War I, focusing on their response to African Americans' struggle for equal rights dur-ing the 1950s. “To center eastern and southern European immigrants in this story is to tell a somewhat pes-simistic story,” he said. “They learn about the privileges of the ‘white’ race and come out on the other side not closer to, but further from the goals of African- Americans,” Roediger said. According to Roediger's recent book, “Whiteness: How America's Immigrants Became White,” immigrant groups such as Italian-Americans often faced stiff prejudice from native-born citizens in the SPORTS, PAGE 8 Women’s basketball given 3rd seed Meet IWU’s new director of Greek life First Class Permit 30 THEARGUS Illinois Wesleyan University A FEBRUARY 17, 2006 FEATURES, PAGE 3 Black history starts with soul We want the Revised Gateway OP/ED, PAGE 4 Weekend We a t h e r Sunday Courtesy of www.weather.com High: 28 Low: 21 Mostly Sunny Saturday VOLUME 112 ISSUE 17 High: 27 Low: 12 Sunny S A R A N O VA K S TA F F W R I T E R Students bowl to raise money for Big Brothers, Big Sisters A M E L I A B E N N E R S TA F F W R I T E R Speaker discusses race, ethnicity see SOUL FOOD p.8 seeHISTORY p.8 Student attacked outside Magill S A R A H Z E L L E R S TA F F W R I T E R Uma Vyjayanthimala Kallakuri, a teacher at Bloomington’s Nrityamala Dance Academy, performed during the chapel service on Wednesday, Feb. 15. This Indian classical dance performance was part of the “Divine Rhythms” chapel service. Kallakuri was ranked as an “A” grade artist for an Indian television network, and the dances that she performs are connected to the different cultures and ethos of differ-ent areas. DEBORAH MATHIS /THE ARGUS D A N I E L L E L A U R I T S O N S TA F F W R I T E R “I didn’t think that anything like that would happen right outside our dorm room.” A M Y K R A U S JUNIOR, MAGILL RESIDENT (From left to right) Seniors Breanne Johnson, Lindsay Sicks, Ashley Whittington, Sarah Mysiewicz, Gen Nehrt and Julie Clairn break from bowling for kids to pose for a picture. PHOTO COURTESY OF SARAH WHILMS seeBATTERY p.2 D a v i d R o e d i g e r Faculty discuss Gateway IWU faculty members dis-cussed and voted upon two possible options to solve cur-rent problems with the Gateway program at Monday's faculty meeting. Members of the Curriculum Council pro-posed the two options to the entire faculty, as well as to the Student Senate and interested members of the campus at last Sunday's Senate meeting. Gateway is a required first-year course intended to pre-pare students for college-level writing in future classes. One approach, known as the Revised Gateway (RG) approach, would essentially preserve the structures and goals of the current Gateway system. This includes having Gateway courses taught by faculty from a variety of disci-plines, uniting Gateways through common educational goals. As is currently the case, students would not be able to count a Gateway seeGATEWAY p.8 E R I E M A R T H A R O B E R T S S TA F F W R I T E R
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Full Text | A student leaving Magill Hall at 9:20 p.m. the evening of Sunday, Feb. 5, was attacked when another indi-vidual punched him in the face and then fled. The victim was not seriously injured and the suspect has not yet been apprehended, according to Illinois Wesleyan Security. According to Chuck Adam, director of security, the victim refused medical treatment, though his face was swollen. The victim said that the attacker had no known motive. The suspect has not yet been identified. No weapons were involved and nothing was stolen. The battery occurred at the west entrance of Magill, at the door nearest to Dodds Hall. The victim “was more shocked than anyone, I think,” Adam said. He did not respond physically to the attack, which was the right reaction in that situation, according to Adam. “He did not escalate his response” and avoided aggravating the situa-tion, Adam said. The victim called Security immediately and later filed a report with the Bloomington Police Department. No subsequent attacks have been reported. Both IWU Security and the Bloomington Police Department patrolled the area that evening, but found no sign of the suspect, Adam said. The attacker is described as a white male, blond, 5'10”, of a stocky build. The suspect was wearing a black baseball hat at the time of the battery. Adam said that if confront-ed with a similar situation, others should respond in the same way: avoid retaliation so that the situation will not become worse, and call Security right away. Adam said both the time the incident occurred and the lack of motive made it unusual. Magill residents concerned with safety issues put up fliers around their residence hall after the incident, initiating a meeting to discuss safety problems in the hall, said Matt Damschroder, director of resi-dential life. According to Damschroder, the meeting was not well attended. The Office of Residential Life responded primarily to the victim, as he was “obvi-ously the person most in need of attention,” Damschroder said. He said the incident Students, faculty and com-munity members enjoyed a traditional southern meal on Sunday night at the Soul Food Dinner. The annual event, held in Hansen Student Center, was sponsored by Illinois Wesleyan University's Student Senate in celebration of Black History Month. The event, coincidentally landing on the founding day of the NAACP as well as President Lincoln's birthday, began with a buffet meal filled with southern favorites including fried chicken, sweet potatoes, cornbread and vegan and vegetarian options. A slide show of famous African American individuals and events in black history was displayed throughout the meal. Dinner was followed with poetry readings and a singing of Mariah Carey's “Hero” by first year student Alicia Plump. Roger Wilkins, the sched-uled speaker for the evening, was unable to make an appear-ance at the event due to severe weather conditions. The replacement speaker was Illinois Wesleyan University's Chair of the Physics Department Professor Narendra Jaggi. Jaggi has been a member of the Illinois Wesleyan University faculty since 1991 and was named the 2003 Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Jaggi's speech began with the historical background of African American education in the United States, including the different educational strategies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. The speech progressed into focusing on the opportunities available to minority students today. He said that many minority students are told by their parents that they should major in fields such as mathe-matics and science so that no one will be able to discredit them in a career, but that this is not actually necessary. “Do not let anyone fool you into thinking you have a nar-row choice early in your career,” he said. He told African American students to major in whatever they wish, even if that is philosophy or music. Jaggi ended with a reminder to African American students that they should not forget or look down upon the black people living in poverty in the inner cities of the United States. He said, “Those people struggling in the inner city are your brothers and sisters. We are all in it together.” Many Illinois Wesleyan stu-dents came to the Soul Food dinner for the traditional meal and speakers, including a large number of first year stu-dents. Ian Mobley, a first year On Thursday, Feb. 9, balls were thundering down lanes for IWU and ISU's Bowl For Kids Sake. Students and staff participants were asked to raise $300 per team of six or $50 per person. The proceeds were donated to the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Organization. IWU and ISU were both approached by Big Brothers and Big Sisters with the idea this past summer. Big Brothers and Big Sisters used this event not only to raise money, but also to gain more exposure among college stu-dents who might be interested in becoming a part of the orga-nization. Assistant Dean of Students Kevin Clark and senior Betsi Pinkus organized the IWU community's partici-pation in the event. The event was regarded as a huge success for its inaugural year. According to Clark, the collaboration came about because “everyone felt that it would be fun to have some healthy competition between the two schools. I would imag-ine we will see more and more partnerships between us,” he said. Collaboration between ISU and IWU also allowed for a larger event. IWU prevailed over ISU in the friendly com-petition. Dodds Hall received a traveling trophy to display in their hall and IWU received a plaque signifying that they were the winner of the 2006 Bowl for Kids Sake. In the event IWU raised $1,975 for the organization and a total of $2,750 was raised overall. Illinois Wesleyan had seven participat-ing teams. Although the orga-nization is highly volunteer based, Big Brothers and Big Sisters still has need for the funds. "Money raised helps to hire case managers who are then responsible for screening, training and supporting the match relationships between the volunteer and child. Money is also used to provide our matches activities during the year," the organization said. Those interested in becom-ing involved on a more direct level with Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Bloomington- Normal should call the organi-zation at 309-828-1870 or stop by their office at 603 S. Center. Students can be on the look-out for further volunteer and charity events that will be organized by IWU. According to Clark, “IWU's Student Volunteer Center is currently developing new pro-grams and resources for the students of IWU.” Last Thursday afternoon, Illinois Wesleyan students and faculty had the opportunity to hear from a rising star in the field of the history of ethnicity in America. Noted historian Dr. David Roediger presented Frank Sinatra's “The House I Live In: White Ethnic Artists and the Limits of Racial Tolerance During World War II,” in the Hanson Student Center. Roediger, author of several books and Kendrick C. Babcock Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, addressed a small but attentive crowd that included IWU students, community members and facul-ty from both IWU and Illinois State University. He was invited to speak by the history honor society, Phi Alpha Theta, and the American Studies Program, with finan-cial support provided by Student Senate. “We were very interested in having Dr. Roediger come to speak with us because of the influential work he has done on race and ethnicity in the United States,” Phi Alpha Theta president Matt Cassady said. “In this current environment con-cerned with diversity and understanding across ethnic boundaries, especially here in the IWU community, we thought Roediger's research was extremely perti-nent.” Roediger's pre-sentation explored the attitudes and biases of Americans of southern and east-ern European descent who were victims of prejudice prior to World War I, focusing on their response to African Americans' struggle for equal rights dur-ing the 1950s. “To center eastern and southern European immigrants in this story is to tell a somewhat pes-simistic story,” he said. “They learn about the privileges of the ‘white’ race and come out on the other side not closer to, but further from the goals of African- Americans,” Roediger said. According to Roediger's recent book, “Whiteness: How America's Immigrants Became White,” immigrant groups such as Italian-Americans often faced stiff prejudice from native-born citizens in the SPORTS, PAGE 8 Women’s basketball given 3rd seed Meet IWU’s new director of Greek life First Class Permit 30 THEARGUS Illinois Wesleyan University A FEBRUARY 17, 2006 FEATURES, PAGE 3 Black history starts with soul We want the Revised Gateway OP/ED, PAGE 4 Weekend We a t h e r Sunday Courtesy of www.weather.com High: 28 Low: 21 Mostly Sunny Saturday VOLUME 112 ISSUE 17 High: 27 Low: 12 Sunny S A R A N O VA K S TA F F W R I T E R Students bowl to raise money for Big Brothers, Big Sisters A M E L I A B E N N E R S TA F F W R I T E R Speaker discusses race, ethnicity see SOUL FOOD p.8 seeHISTORY p.8 Student attacked outside Magill S A R A H Z E L L E R S TA F F W R I T E R Uma Vyjayanthimala Kallakuri, a teacher at Bloomington’s Nrityamala Dance Academy, performed during the chapel service on Wednesday, Feb. 15. This Indian classical dance performance was part of the “Divine Rhythms” chapel service. Kallakuri was ranked as an “A” grade artist for an Indian television network, and the dances that she performs are connected to the different cultures and ethos of differ-ent areas. DEBORAH MATHIS /THE ARGUS D A N I E L L E L A U R I T S O N S TA F F W R I T E R “I didn’t think that anything like that would happen right outside our dorm room.” A M Y K R A U S JUNIOR, MAGILL RESIDENT (From left to right) Seniors Breanne Johnson, Lindsay Sicks, Ashley Whittington, Sarah Mysiewicz, Gen Nehrt and Julie Clairn break from bowling for kids to pose for a picture. PHOTO COURTESY OF SARAH WHILMS seeBATTERY p.2 D a v i d R o e d i g e r Faculty discuss Gateway IWU faculty members dis-cussed and voted upon two possible options to solve cur-rent problems with the Gateway program at Monday's faculty meeting. Members of the Curriculum Council pro-posed the two options to the entire faculty, as well as to the Student Senate and interested members of the campus at last Sunday's Senate meeting. Gateway is a required first-year course intended to pre-pare students for college-level writing in future classes. One approach, known as the Revised Gateway (RG) approach, would essentially preserve the structures and goals of the current Gateway system. This includes having Gateway courses taught by faculty from a variety of disci-plines, uniting Gateways through common educational goals. As is currently the case, students would not be able to count a Gateway seeGATEWAY p.8 E R I E M A R T H A R O B E R T S S TA F F W R I T E R |
Collection | Student and Alumni News Periodicals (Illinois Wesleyan University) |