Kenyans know how to party. And Jabali Afrika, a band from Nairobi, Kenya, showed just that on Thursday night in the Student Union.

As students crowded into the union, drumbeats reverberated through the audience, infect-ing them with the “percussion discussion”, as the band called their music.

They incorporated bongo drums, a bass guitar, two elec-tric cars, a triangle, a drum set, a djembe drum and a host of African percussion instru-ments into their music.

Art has a new address. A true team effort of Tay-

lor students and staff came to fruition this month with the successful launch of a new art gallery Web site, ReadeAv-enue.com. The idea behind the e-commerce project is to pro-mote and provide advertising for Taylor art majors.

The project was conceived and headed up by Taylor’s chapter of Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE), who col-laborated with those in the art, new media and computer sci-ence departments.

Senior Brian Salmon, a mar-keting major and member of the SIFE cabinet, said, “It’s not a one man show. It’s everyone contributing in a lot of differ-ent ways.”

ReadeAvenue.com was ini-tially launched on March 20 and became fully operational this week. The SIFE team was inspired after learning about other schools creating student-run businesses, and they began exploring different business ventures to help showcase Tay-lor artists’ works.

With more than 1,300 hits

from over 10 countries, the site displays students’ artwork to generate income for the art-ists and attract Taylor parents, alumni and the general public. Artists name their price for a piece of art, then SIFE adds 10 percent of the total to the ask-ing price and receives the extra money for their future proj-ects.

Students from various majors spent a great amount of time and energy completing this project. While the main prem-

ise was to benefit Taylor art students, it also allowed those involved in SIFE another op-portunity to act upon a creative entrepreneurship idea.

“Academic knowledge of business practices is one thing. Taking initiative and action to-wards an idea however is quite another,” said Tony Pantello, a senior on the SIFE business team.

This project has also given many students an opportunity to put to practical use what

they have learned in the class-room.

“Working on ReadeAvenue has been a great way to ap-ply everything I’ve learned in the computer science program here,” said David Kasper, an-other senior on the SIFE busi-ness team. “Watching every-thing come together has been a lot of fun, and I can’t wait to see what happens to the site in the future.”

“That’s truly what we want,” added Salmon. “We want a

win-win-win.” Tremendous effort has been

put into advertising and gen-erating interest about the new project. Information about the new venture was included on a recent university relations e-newsletter which reached over 6,000 people. The launch of the e-commerce site was also covered by the Marion Chron-icle-Tribune.

Forget senior shows – graph-ic design majors have FOUND a better way to display their work.

Rather than having indi-vidual senior design exhibits, 15 students will be showing their portfolios collectively this year.

This is the first year that the graphic design students will not be displaying their work individually, as in past years. According to Jonathan Bouw, associate art professor, this is due to the growth of the art de-partment and the desire to at-tract more outside schools and venues to visit the exhibits.

“There will be greater expo-sure for the students,” Bouw

said. “There will be fewer but bigger shows.”

The seniors will be display-ing professional work straight from their portfolios. This in-cludes a diverse array of pieces from posters to advertisements to logos to photography.

“It’s going to be an exciting night,” Bouw said. “The at-tendees can look forward to seeing design done at a profes-sional level.”

Senior Esther Kanuchok is excited about the upcoming show.

“It is amazing to see the fruit

of so much time and effort,” Kanuchok said.

A unique part of their final project involves the seniors’ Web site. Not only does it contain information about the show, but it lists every student involved, complete with their picture, a link to their personal Web site and samples of their work.

“I think what makes it dif-ferent is the way we’ve worked with each other,” Kanuchok said. “Tasks were split up and ideas were shared, and in the end we’ve developed a show

that could not have been pos-sible if attempted by a single person.”

The exhibit will be held on Friday, April 3 in the Metcalf Gallery of the art building

from 7-10 p.m. All Taylor stu-dents are welcome to attend.

To learn more about the ex-hibit or the seniors involved, visit their Web site at http://foundtheshow.com/.

April 3, 2009 Volume 96, No. 21The Voice of Taylor University since 1913

A&E

David Sedaris “Doesn’t it sometimes happen that you come home to find your house completely overtaken by owls?”

Too Close to Home“As we wandered through the shops, feeling especially cultur-ally clueless, it was difficult not to think, ‘Wow, I must look really American right now.’”

What’s wrong with religion? “Abortion recycles the false and fatal mindset that major life choices do not have lasting consequences.”

IN BRIEFTaylor Math Team Teams of Taylor student math-

ematicians have won a recent statewide mathematics competi-tion and obtained a high finish in a national competition.

Taylor took first place in the 44th annual Indiana Colle-giate Mathematics Competition (ICMC), which was held at Indi-ana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).

Jabali Afrika gets students moving

WORLD

OPINIONS Business meets art on ReadeAvenue

WEEKENDWEATHERTODAY 48/ 31

SATURDAY 57/38

SUNDAY 58/33

MOSTLY SUNNY

WIND/ RAIN

RAIN/ THUNDER

NSLC next weekendThe 2009 National Student

Leadership Conference will be hosted by Taylor from Friday, April 17 at 3 p.m. to Sunday, April 19.

With its theme of “De Civi-tate Dei,” or “City of God,” the conference aims to challenge students to set an example for others by living as citizens of the City of God.

Kellyn WalkerKelly King

Sarah FroggattRuth Moorman

Erin GeyerLuke HattendorfMark Williamson

Alexandra Hennek

David YurkaninKarmen Low

Esther KanuchokKelsey Brown

Kaitlyn HilleslandKyle Barry

Allie Jocson

By Stephen GrovesWorld Editor

New website displays and promotes student artBy Mandolyn HecoxContributor

See Jabali, Page 3

Taylor Portal UpdatesOver the next month, Applica-

tion Services will be laying the foundation for some changes to the familiar Taylor portal.

New technology will allow con-tent providers — academic de-partments, university advance-ment, etc. — to better customize announcements and receive stu-dent feedback. Admissions are considering using the new fea-tures to create a Taylor portal for prospective students.

The portal will not see signifi-cant changes until content pro-viders take advantage of the new features, but students returning fall semester should find the site more personalized and more ef-ficient.

Senior art students find group support

See SIFE, Page 2

Design show incorporates work from 15 studentsBy Mandolyn HecoxContributor

www.foundtheshow.com

Friday, April 3 • 7-10 p.m. • Metcalf Gallery

ReadeAvenue.com is a project of Taylor’s chapter of SIFE. The site allows art students to sell their artwork online.

Jabali Afrika, a group from Kenya, performs with a guest during Thursday night’s show in the Student Union. Timmy Huynh