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Students discuss right to education, healthcare

IUS Horizon • March 7, 2010
On Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in University Center, room 127, two discussions took place. The first was about the right to education and the second was about the right to healthcare. The event was hosted by the IUS Civil Liberties Union. Kevin Coleman, political science senior, and Johann Pedolzky, philosophy and political science senior, were the speakers for the event.

Non-credit course educates students on history of beer

IUS Horizon • March 7, 2010
The next session of Here’s to Beer! will begin April 7 at the New Albanian Brewing Company Pizzeria and Public House on Grant Line Road.

Timeless classics fill Ogle Center

IUS Horizon • February 27, 2010
The IUS Concert Band held their rescheduled Winter Pop Concert “The Good Old Days” on Sunday, Feb. 21.

Friends of student battling leukemia host benefit

IUS Horizon • February 21, 2010
A benefit is being held for 21-year-old Ashley Whitlow, elementary education junior, who is currently fighting leukemia for the second time. The benefit will be held on Saturday, April 10, from 7 p.m. to midnight at Kye’s II in Jeffersonville.

Family brings harmony to the Ogle Center

IUS Horizon • February 21, 2010
As the audience spilled into the Ogle Center on Feb. 13, the lights were dim. The walls on stage were pale blue as five Steinway Grand Pianos sat pressed together and illuminated on stage.

Chinese professor speaks about housing development

IUS Horizon • February 14, 2010
Bin Li, professor and chair of the Sociology Department at Central-South University in China, spoke at IU Southeast. He came and spoke at an IUS Diversity Academy event in University Center North on Tuesday, Feb. 2, during the lunch hour. Li spoke about housing development in China, a subject he has been specializing in since 2003. The event was hosted by the new IUS Diversity Academy, which was formed during the summer.

Sociology professor uses interesting teaching methods

IUS Horizon • February 14, 2010
Sam Sloss, professor of sociology, is known for his unique teaching methods and techniques. For more than 20 years, Sloss has taught many different classes for the Department of Sociology, and he is known for teaching classes that other professors don’t usually teach. Classes Sloss has taught range from discussing Religion and Society, Games, Leisure and Play, Sociology of Humor and, this semester, he is teaching Food and Society and Issues in Evolution.

Magic show brings local families to campus

IUS Horizon • February 14, 2010
The Student Program Council held their “SPC’s Children’s Hour: Magical Fun,” in the Hoosier Room on Sunday, Feb. 7, at 2 p.m. The free event showcased magician Rusty Ammerman and offered pizza, juice and water to all in attendance. . Before the show started, the audience was treated to pizza and juice prepared by the IUS catering service.

Alpha Phi observes Wear Red Day with ribbons

IUS Horizon • February 14, 2010
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women in America. The Alpha Phi sorority held an on-campus event Feb. 4 called “Wear Red Day.” The day was meant to help raise awareness about heart disease.

Institute for Local and Oral History discusses research

IUS Horizon • February 14, 2010
IU Southeast contains many educational programs which services to students. One of the programs is the Institute for Local and Oral History.

Library director works as restaurant, music critic

IUS Horizon • February 7, 2010
"Sapere aude" is a Latin phrase which means "dare to discern" or dare to know. It means to be enlightened, learn things and to make decisions based on rational knowledge. Marty Rosen, director of Library Services, said he is a strong believer in this. Rosen’s career paths reflect this Latin phrase. As a writer for the Courier Journal and his position at IU Southeast, Rosen said he learns things on a daily basis.

Artist entertains IUS Dirt Bags

IUS Horizon • February 7, 2010
The IUS Dirt Bags Art Club, the IUS Ceramics Art Department and the Ground Floor Lecture Series collaborated to host artist Teri Frame on Jan. 27 and 28 in the Ceramics Studio in Knobview Hall. On Wednesday, Jan. 27, Frame gave a performance for IUS students in the Ceramics Studio and on the following day, she lectured on her style of art and
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