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Diversity, recent incidents, center stage at SGA meeting

By KATE LUCE Staff-writer kmluce@iu.edu Diversity was spotlighted at Friday’s meeting. Tami Martinez, assistant dean of Raclin School of the Arts, came to the recent Student Government Association (SGA) meeting to speak about diversity among IU South Bend. As a student in a PhD-program for higher education, one of Martinez’s core courses focuses heavily on […]

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The scene of zines

BY KATE LUCE Staff-writer “Zines” are a small-scale, self-produced magazine. They can cover a large range of topics encompassing anything from, music, poetry, feminism and virtually anything else one can think of. The world of zines has been around since the 70’s when photocopiers become readily available to the general public. At first, most zines […]

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SGA creates scholarship benefiting veterans

BY: KATE LUCE Staff Writer kmluce@iu.edu The Student Government Association (SGA)  has been recently prepping for their first Veterans Benefit Dinner, which will is slated for Friday, Nov. 11. The funds from tickets sales and donations will directly go to a scholarship benefiting student veterans and dependents of veterans. “The scholarship is an emergency fund […]

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SGA update with Kanopy accruing unforeseen costs, French Club plans trip

By: KATE LUCE Staff Writer kmluce@iu.edu One funding request and a visit from the campus librarians marked this past week’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting. Vicki Bloom and two other librarians headed over to the SAC to try to resurrect the Student Advisory Council for library services at IU South Bend. The council only meets […]

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The mind of a jungle demon

By: TAYLOR WALDRON Staff Writer/ Web Editor @taylor_sumiko On Friday Oct. 5, IU South Bend sophomore Kate Luce debuted her artwork at her first public art show titled, “The Mind of a Jungle Demon” in Michigan City, Ind. at The Quality Beet coffee house. Luce is currently double-majoring in both Journalism and Fine arts with […]

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SGA funds two events for the upcoming months

By Kate Luce Staff Writer kmluce@iu.edu The Student Government Association (SGA) had two funding requests this past Friday. The Japanese Club and the History Club came in to ask for funds to put on an event and a trip. The Japanese Club asked for $1050 for their annual sushi demonstration and tasting. The club will […]

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Administration and SGA have a conversation of improving campus life

By: Kate Luce Staff Writer kmluce@iu.edu Campus pride and student life are just two of the conversations that were held this past Friday. The Student Government Association (SGA) and significant members of administration came together to speak about the ways student life could be improved. One of the first things that was covered in the […]

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New beginnings set to happen with the Wooden Indian

By: Kate Luce Staff-Writer kmluce@iu.edu Demolition plans for the Wooden Indian are almost set. “We are finalizing the demolition arrangements with the contractor. We hope the demolition will take place in the next month or so,” Director of Marketing at IU South Bend Baierl said. Environmental inspection of the property already took place. Funding for […]

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Just a cloud, or something more

By: KATE LUCE Staff Writer kmluce@iu.edu     College students are increasingly fueling their nicotine addictions with Juuls and other vaping devices. An August 2018 report by the 28th annual Indiana Youth Survey, published by IU Bloomington, stated that almost 30% of twelfth graders are using vaping devices. This percentage is a 45% increase from […]

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Raclin School of the Arts gets its funding during SGA meeting

By Kate Luce Staff Writer kmluce@iu.edu     Students from IU South Bend and regional high schools will get into several campus performances for free this academic year.     After a cut of 20% of the Raclin School of the Arts total budget due to a redesigned budget, the school decided that students would […]