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The Center on Philanthropy
I suggest someone initiate The Center on Philanthropy article. I'm interested to hear more about it.
--ConradKilroy 17:47, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
Is there a funny way to say the acronym?--BigMac1212 23:47, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
Yes, the acronym (IUPUI) is pronounced by many Indy locals as 'EwwiePewie'.
- I've always heard it referred to as "eww-ee-poo-ee", never heard anyone actually spell out the acronym, and I've only heard the proper name once, in explaining what that funny word referred to. I'd have thought that the pronunciation was common enough to warrant inclusion in the article. --Reverend Loki 19:05, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
- In a significant change, the acronym is now referred to as I-Up-You-One.
First sentence
- "IUPUI is the urban research university campus of Indiana University located in Indianapolis, Indiana." I don't understand exactly what this sentence means. Is there something called "urban research" that goes on there? If not, I think it is just too wordy. Would "IUPUI is the research campus of Indiana University located in Indianapolis, Indiana" be accurate? Recury 20:12, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
No, the second sentence would not be accurate given that Indiana University (Bloomington) is also a research university. You cannot simply say "IUPUI is the research campus of Indiana University". Given that IUPUI is located in downtown Indianapolis, i think "urban research university" is fitting.
Additionally, much IUPUI research tends to focus on urban issues. Examples include the POLIS Center, the School of Education's focus on urban education, Public & Environmental Affairs (several urban research projects), etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.236.0.205 (talk) 04:00, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
Notable Alumni
Removed defaced entry to alumni. Removed two new entries, as neither can be confirmed. --24.166.17.187 00:11, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Uncritical
This article says nothing critical of IUPUI.
For locals IUPUI is a mixed bag because though it was intended as a "commuter school" - a university with scant campus housing, situated to provide educational opportunities for a large city - parking has gone from horrible to horribler.
The campus location has never been convenient for anyone, even people who work downtown have to drive there and park because bus service in Indianapolis is so bad. That the campus was placed so near the IU med school was a boon to the med school - up until the mid 1970's, student activitiy fees were allocated 10:1 in favor of med students activities.
To counteract their inconvenient location and lack of parking, IUPUI offers 100-level courses at numerous sites throughout central Indiana.
The impact of IUPUI is measured by its acceptance in the community and by its graduation rates. As for acceptance, during the past 20 years Indiana Wesleyan has grown its adult education enrollment by 11,000, in no small measure a repudiation of IUPUI's parking problem and location (and in IUPUI's defense, the easy coursework in the IWU online campus). IUPUI's graduation rate is very low.
In 2008 IUPUI was the scene of political correctness run amuck, when IUPUI punished one of its employees because he was reading a book about the downfall of the KKK while on lunch break. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.136.15.34 (talk) 15:47, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
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Controversy Removal
I removed the controversy section regarding the employee firing incident. This article is on the entire IUPUI. The incident in question was just one incident. On the scale of national news it was relativly small. Sure it recieved negative press, but it came and went. If this incident had not so recent we would not even consider it. The article over all of IUPUI should not be marred by one recent minor news saga. Criticism should not be added just for the sake of criticism. NeuGye (talk) 03:44, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
Actually, the incident garnered quite a bit of media press. A quick google search will bring up several notable news agencies, CNN, MSNBC, USAToday, WSJ, NYT, etc. and enough that it should be included as said story is part of the greater debate )not necessarily negative, rather instructive) on campuses concerning free speech and political correctness. I am inclined to agree however that it is not notable to create an entire subset for itself and so I have added it merely as a historical footnote in the history section. I hope this will be more appropriate. Thanks. HoundofBaskersville (talk) 00:15, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
- Many things make news without really being relevant. I disagree with its inclusion. However, if it is included, its seems to be a compromise to put it in the history section. NeuGye (talk) 19:03, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
- As the article stands the bit about the affirmative action controversy does not fit well. If the concern is with the influence of political correctness on IUPUI's campus a more far-reaching example would be the smoking ban. If the concern is with free speech on campus a broader example would be IUPUI's Democracy Plaza and what it does or does not do. To discuss the affirmative action controversy in the present context makes for an odd article. Furthermore, in looking to other university articles on Misplaced Pages, I don't find the same standard for the inclusion of controversies. In particular, Auburn University's article has nothing about the academic fraud controversy involving Thomas Petee, interim chairman of the sociology department, teaching sham courses for athletes. That seems to rise to the standard set here (and it goes beyond because it seems much more far-reaching in its consequences implicating both the athletic program and Auburn's academic reputation). I would like to see either the bit on the IUPUI controversy removed or else the article fleshed out to put it in a context consistent with the stated reasons for its inclusion as discussed in HoundofBaskerville's comment above (that is, fleshed out with something more knowledgeable about political correctness and free speech at IUPUI). Mc2000 (talk) 17:13, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
COLORS/MOTTO/ETC
dont you think the colors/motto/etc everything thats in another article should be in this article, as it is in most other college pages? i dont think someone should have to go to ten different pages to find out what the school colors are ~ORANGE~ 22:28, 28 March 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rcnaranja (talk • contribs)
Fast swimming pool?
- The campus is the home of the Indiana University Natatorium, one of the fastest swimming pools in the world and `Michael A. Carroll Stadium, home of the 2006 & 2007 USA Track & Field Championships.
How can a swimming pool be fast? JBFrenchhorn (talk) 07:26, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
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