The Student Government Association met on Thursday, Jan. 21 at 4:30 p.m. in University Center North, room 122. The SGA meets each Thursday to discuss upcoming events and propose legislature or recommendations...

IU Southeast hosted its annual Health Fair on Nov. 14 in the Hoosier Room where about 30 booths helped students learn how to relieve stress during the final weeks of school. “The whole project is to reduce stress,” Kelli Case, nursing senior, said. “If you decrease your stress level, you will be healthier. “ Case is one of three senior nursing students who worked and organized the Health Fair as part of their senior projects.

“Urinetown” is a musical based around comedy, greed, love and a revolution of the people. This musical has won several awards nationally, including several Tony Awards — best book of a musical, direction of a musical and original musical score. “Urinetown” takes place during a 20-year water shortage, which leads to the government taking action and putting a ban on private toilets. Cladwell B. Cladwell, the CEO of Urine Good Company, controls the public toilets, and becomes rich from this drought. The musical has a cast of 22 people, and it has approximately 40 people working on it during a two-and-half month period to set this musical up for production. The music is done by musicians, two of which are professors at IU Southeast — Joy Cofield, who instructs piano and Jim Dersch, who is a vocal/choir accompanist. Simeon Burks, the other musician who played drums in the performance, is a pastor at New Albany First Church.

When starting college, some students struggle with declaring majors due to the variety of opportunities offered to them and concerns about choosing the right degrees. However, for Benjamin Johnson, music junior, he said he had a rough start when he first came to college and was unable to focus due to having Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. “I was failing my classes,” Johnson said. “I didn’t know what I would do with a music degree.”

The IUS volleyball team played the Cincinnati Christian University Eagles on Oct. 23. This is their second time playing the Eagles this season. In the match-up earlier this season, the Grenadiers fell in four sets. The first set started with Stephanie Bradshaw, sophomore defense specialist, serving the ball. The score in the first set stayed pretty close by a difference of about three points. The Eagles called two timeouts during this match. Jade Troutman, junior middle backer, blocked two hits during this match. Then, Coral Maybrier, freshman outside hitter, served out the set, causing the Eagles to fall 25-15.

[Chef 1] Aaron Wilder, sous chef for Dining and Conference Services, helps prepare a sandwich for a customer in the Food Court. Wilder is an IUS alumnus and applied for the position three times over a three-year period before being selected for the position. IU Southeast hired a new chef at the beginning of the year, Aaron Wilder, sous chef for Dining and Conference Services. Wilder graduated from the School of Business with a Bachelor of Science in business management at IU Southeast in 2006. “I learned more from being on the job than in [culinary] school,” Wilder said. “I felt [it] was a waste of money.”

The Grenadiers hosted the Campbellsville Tigers on Oct. 11. The game was close during all five sets. When the Tigers and Grenadiers met at the beginning of the season, IU Southeast fell to Campbellsville in fair sets. The Grenadiers previously played the Tigers on Aug. 28, where they were defeated 25-16, 23-25, 25-15, 25-19. Going into the rematch, Sara Schum, sophomore middle blocker, said the team was more prepared to face off against the Tigers.

Gilbert Atnip, former vice chancellor of Academic Affairs, retired on Sept. 30 after working 37 years at IU Southeast. Atnip held the vice chancellor position for 22 years. “I decided to retire as soon as I became eligible,” Atnip said. Chancellor Sandra Patterson-Randles said Atnip’s position made him second in command.

Laid back and knowledgeable about computers are just some of the words students use to describe Ronald Finkbine, associate professor of computer science. Before coming to IU Southeast, Finkbine worked for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. “I was a contractor in the software development,” Finkbine said. “I worked at Wright Patterson right after I got my bachelor’s degree, and I took night classes to work on my masters.”