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IUS votes to keep general studies despite budget cuts

IUS students orient themselves in art

Week of Oct. 08, 2012

President battles more activism in group

By TIFFANY ADAMSStaffadamstif@ius.edu

The Marketing Club kicked-off the semester by holding a recruit-ment day on Sept. 26 in the Hoosier Room to gain new members. Jonathon Salazar, marketing and busi-ness senior, is the pres-ident of the Marketing Club. “We’re hoping to in-crease our membership numbers after today,” Salazar said. Around 40 students attended the event, where they were able to sign in with their names and e-mails in order to obtain infor-mation about joining the club. Students who were interested in be-coming a member had to fill out membership forms. With the mem-bership form, students who wanted to join had to attach $10. “Joining the market-ing club provides a ve-hicle for students who are passionate about knowledge to learn about marketing and business,” Salazar said. A PowerPoint was presented to show net-working opportunities and chances to build professional contacts for club members. Hannah Clay, mar-keting junior, is vice president of event planning for the Mar-keting Club. Clay said she is interested in event planning as a ca-reer. Clay said there are also several perks to being in the club. “It looks good on your résumé, and it is fun,” Clay said. “There

are so many different ways to be involved in marketing no matter what your major is.” Salazar said the Marketing Club wants to have a fresh start this year, referring to it as the club’s rebirth. “Last year, the club was chaotic and the meetings were not structured,” Salazar said. Salazar also said members were not al-ways attending the meetings. “I rarely saw the same people at the meetings,” he said. “We want members to keep coming back and for the club to continue to grow.” The Marketing Club will be having several upcoming events, such as company visits and guest speakers. “This gives us an op-portunity to learn and hear from a profession-al in that field,” Salazar said. The club will also be attending an alum-ni networking event, where students can find out how the alum-ni use their degrees in marketing. In addition, the Mar-keting Club partici-pates in several social events throughout the year, such as bowling at Blackstone Bowl. Salazar said they hold social events so members of the club can have an opportu-nity to share ideas and have fun together. “I hope the Market-ing Club continues to grow, develop and blossom after I gradu-ate in May and that the club is able to keep the train going,” Salazar said.

By SAM WEBERStaffsamweber@ius.edu

After closing the central administra-tive offices for the School of Continu-ing Studies at IU Bloomington in June, the IUS General Studies Program re-mains on campus despite the discon-tinuation of Non-credit Programs. The decision was made by an ad-visory board of deans after Indiana University allowed the eight regional campuses to continue some form of the programs. Gilbert Atnip, former vice chancel-lor of Academic Affairs, said the clo-sure was a money-saving measure. “With the recession, we had seen a drop off in participation,” Atnip said. “We’ve discontinued our Non-credit

Programs because they just weren’t paying for themselves. We felt we really needed to focus our resources on our academic programs.” The advising offices for the General Studies Program are currently in the process of re-lo-cating from Knobview Hall to University Cen-ter South. Annette Wyandotte, associate vice chancel-lor of Academic Affairs, said the main changes in the program would be a re-examination of ex-ceptions allowed in the general studies degree. Before the closure, students could model their degree re-quirements on other General Studies Programs in the IU system and use

any exceptions allowed by other regional cam-puses. “We want to bring the program in line with IU Southeast policies — a systematic process of how the requirements are met,” Wyandotte said. Chris Cole, general studies senior, said he was concerned about the availability of class-es for non-traditional students in the program and the elimination of some requirement ex-ceptions for the degree. “We have require-ments we have to meet to graduate,” Cole said,

“but it’s hard to get in those classes because the times they’re offered don’t always match up with a non-tradition-

al student’s schedule.” In regard to the requirement excep-tions, Wyandotte said they are taking time with the program’s re-organiza-tion. While considering possibilities for the future of the General Studies Pro-gram, Atnip said he requested many avenues of academic discourse, in-cluding an open proposal forum be-fore an advisory board of deans. “There are probably 300 to 400 students pursuing that degree [at IU Southeast],” Atnip said. “We didn’t want to do anything that would dis-rupt or make it more difficult for them to move forward with their studies.” Several proposals for the program included a possible merger with the School of Arts and Letters. Saundra Gordon, general stud-ies manager and adviser, said she is grateful the deans voted to keep the

By SAM WEBERStaffsamweber@ius.edu

The Psi Chi and Psychology Club received its sec-ond award as a model chapter from the Internation-al Psi Chi Honor Society. The psychology club was given a certificate to represent the honor. “Basically, it’s showing that we’re a good chapter doing a lot of good work,” Todd Manson, assistant professor of psychology and faculty co-adviser for Psi Chi, said. Manson said the club was awarded the honor for several reasons, including hosting campus events, inducting a record number of new members in the previous two years and having students present re-search at regional conferences. Meghan Kahn, assistant professor of psychology and faculty co-adviser for Psi Chi said hosting cam-pus events and attending regional conferences have garnered positive attention for the chapter. “We’ve had our members pretty active on cam-pus and other areas, as well,” Kahn said. Kahn said the mandate of the International Psi Chi Honor Society is to spread awareness about the field of psychology. “Most of the events [on campus] are intended to educate people about the field of psychology,” Kahn said. Kahn said the events typically involve guest lecturers on varying topics concerning the field of

psychology. “We ask faculty to come talk about their research, and we have alumni come back and talk about what they are doing with their degree in psychology,” Kahn said. Each member of Psi Chi must be invited for in-duction into the honor society by their campus chap-ter. Kahn said to be considered for invitation and induction students must be at least a sophomore and have a GPA in the 10th percentile, which is mea-sured against other psychology majors on campus. “Students typically must have a 3.1 GPA to be in-vited to join Psi Chi,” Kahn said. Kahn said membership in the honor society is prestigious among professionals in the field of psy-chology. “Psi Chi is the predominant honor society in the field of psychology,” Kahn said. “It’s a pretty big deal for people to be a member. Once you become a member, you are a member for life.” Manson was also inducted into Psi Chi during his college career, and Kahn served as the secretary for Psi Chi at her institution in New York while she was a student. “Most of our psychology faculty are members of Psi Chi,” Kahn said. “They had been inducted when they were students.” Kahn said the chapter has been on campus for a long time in relation to other campus groups.

Psi Chi honored as model chapter

Photo by Claire Munn

Meghan Kahn, assistant professor of psychology, speaks with Bernardo Carducci, professor of psychology, to students about psychology awards given out during the Brain Fair event on March 15. Kahn also serves as the faculty co-adviser of the Psi Chi and Psychology Club, which was awarded as a model chapter from the International Psi Chi Honor Society and Psychology Club. Carducci also founded the club almost 20 years ago.

Marketing Club manages to multiply new members

University terminates Non-credit Programs We’ve

discontinued our Non-credit Programs because they just weren’t paying for themselves.

Gilbert Atnipformer vice chancellor of

Academic Affairs

See PSI CHI AWARD, page 2

See CONTINUING STUDIES, page 2