Tag: Kurt Matz

SGA preps for elections, IU Day

By: Mira Costello Co-Editor    With the semester winding down, the Student Government Association met on April 8 to discuss their upcoming elections, new appointments, programming and more.    The SGA began the meeting with a bang, unanimously appointing senior Danielle Schwenk to an open associate justice position. Schwenk, a marketing and advertising major, said she has

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SGA talks Covid-19, budget changes, campus safety

By: Mira Costello Co-Editor    Preparing for elections, next year’s budgeting, and spring events, the Student Government Association met over Zoom Feb. 4 and – after exchanging Valentine candies – in person on Feb. 11.     In both meetings, SGA executives discussed developing Covid-19 protocols and advisories. President Rana Hamad noted that, under new guidelines, close contact

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SGA gears up for Feb. with events, budget business

By: Mira Costello Staff-writer Face to face once again, the Student Government Association met on Jan. 28 to discuss funding requests, budgeting, and committee initiatives. Two representatives from the Student Nurses’ Association requested funds for six students to attend the National Student Nurses’ Association conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, from April 6 through April

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Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Building a safe space for survivors

By: Cassidy Martenson  Co-Editor-Chief / Community Outreach Specialist TRIGGER WARNING: SEXUAL ASSAULT    November is Sexual Assault Awareness month. According to RAINN, 13% of all students experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence, or incapacitation. It is the role of the campus community to create a system that supports survivors and speaks out against

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Knowing how to be safe on campus

By: EMILY TRENT Staff Writer emmtrent@iu.edu Whether students and faculty are on campus after dark for classes, club meetings, events or to study, their safety is something Indiana University Police Department (IUPD) aims to maintain. IUPD is encouraging students to use a new app, RAVE Guardian Safety. The app has different safety features students may

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Cops and Hot Dogs

BY: ANTHONY AYALA Staff Writer @bman4ever92 The IU South Bend Police Department were a part of a community outreach program, Hot Dogs with the Cops, on Sept. 12 on top of the parking garage. Students, faculty, staff and police came together to enjoy music, a fresh, grilled hotdog and each other’s company. Kurt Martz, Chief

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SGA funds club movie, hears from IUPD chief

By: RYAN LOHMAN Editor in Chief editorpreface@gmail.com A little levity is what voters need according to two campus clubs. The Student Government Association (SGA) Senate voted to award the IUSB History and Political Science clubs up to $175 for copyright fees to show the 1999 political comedy film “Dick.” “Dick is a spoof on the

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Matz appointed IUSB police chief

By: JIM IRIZARRY Staff Writer jcirizar@iusb.edu Kurt Matz’s career has come full circle. He started his law enforcement career in 1983 with the Indiana University Police Department at IU Northwest in Gary. Now, 33 years later, Matz has been appointed chief of the IUPD South Bend. Matz comes to IUSB from the Munster Police Department,

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