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[V. Tomlinson] Hi, I’m Victoria Tomlinson, your
host for the September 30th edition of IUPUI’s The Spot. Stand out from the competition! During
IUPUI’s career week from October 5th through October 9th you can enhance your job searching
skills. These career exploration and development activities including career fairs, networking
events, and career panels from many disciplines and majors. For a full listing of events visit
careerweek.iupui.edu. How can you and the rest of the campus make a
healthier, greener, and a more sustainable world? IUPUI’s Common Theme Project is the
answer. We spoke with a representative from the project for more information.
[D. Craig] I’m the leader of the Common Theme Project. The Common Theme Project is an effort
to bring this big campus of over 30,000 students together into a shared conversation.
The way we will do that is, there’s going to be a book for the campus every year that is
recommended reading, and then every two years there will be new theme, with series of events,
films, contests, whatnot, to get people talking about the topics related to that theme.
One of the ways that students can get involved is to read the book. Every week we have
highlighted pages from the book on the website, and there is a blog that somebody writes about
those pages. Students can read the blog and add their comments.
Students can attend events that are showcased on the common theme website, and one thing I
really want to draw attention to for students are the contests. There are two contests on the
website. One is an essay contest about Bill McKibben’s book and the common theme for this
year, and in addition there is something called a “common green” contest, which asks how
students can help make IUPUI more sustainable, and it comes with a cash prize, so check it out
on the website under contests. [V. Tomlinson] To participate in conversations
and Common Theme activities check out iupui.edu/common_theme.
A one-stop shop for international news is at your fingers! Just bring your headphones, and
head to the second floor of the University Library and choose from channels like Al Jazeera
, TV9 Telegu, CCTV3 China, WOW-TV Korea and CNN Español.
Stressed from tests? Take a break and relax with Tai Chi. Through the use of slow and
gentle dance-like moves, you can reduce stress and improve flexibility and balance. These free
sessions occur every Monday in front of Cavanaugh Hall from noon to 1pm.
University College is encouraging students to graduate in four years. This week in Student
Voices we asked if you would be able to graduate in four years. Here’s what you had to say:
[J. Mathias] I think it’s possible. Um, it just depends on your commitment level, and whether or
not you are willing to take summer classes or a heavier work load.
[T. Smith] I do think it’s possible to graduate in four years. It depends how good at time
management you are. I’m the kind of person who will sit out a couple hours and multi-task, so
I’ll probably be watching something online, doing a paper.
[W. Groom] I’ve taken at least 15 hours each semester, so while I’m able to graduate in four
years, it’s not very much fun, but it can be done. [L. Johnson] If you stick with your academi
c plan, study, and work hard, it’s possible to graduate in four years. No, I’m not going to
graduate in four years, unfortunately, but five, maybe. If I go to summer school, I’ll be done in
five. [V. Tomlinson] This week in sports the men’s and
women’s golf teams play in the Butler Fall Invitational on October 5th and 6th starting at
8am. Coach Andrews says he hopes the women score around 305 and the men score under 300 for all
rounds. To view a schedule of all Jaguars sports, check out iupuijags.com.
That’s it for The Spot this week. Be sure to tune us in next Wednesday for the latest
campus news and student activities at jagtv.iupui.edu.
I’m Victoria Tomlinson, and thanks for Spotting us