The University of Indianapolis has had a plethora of issues over the past six months. With a combined tuition, room & board, and dining plan costing roughly $45,000 a year before scholarships and grants, one would expect only the best of the best from this institution. In reality, students have received nothing but empty promises from the administrators at our university. Some of the larger issues include:

- A multitude of safety and crime issues across campus. The first semester of the 2021-22 school year had seen three attempted vehicle thefts (a fourth successful vehicle theft), 8 robberies/burglaries, and even a shooting that occurred on campus. All of these events were relayed to students long after they took place and the watchdog alerts tended to play down the severity of the situation. A man was reportedly shot and killed on campus property back in November of 2021, students in Cory Bretz hall reported hearing the gunshots and even seeing the injured man behind their building. It took the university nearly 12 hours to alert students of the situation. Another point to mention is the nearly $15,000 worth of instruments that were stolen from the Fine Arts building before Thanksgiving break with no watchdog alert sent out at all. 

- Food safety is another large issue on the Uindy campus. Past semesters have seen fingernails in food and rodents in the dining hall, but what is the most striking is the nearly raw poultry that has been served to students on multiple occasions. Although a student took this issue into his own hands and emailed Uindy dining, many students still have trouble trusting the food on campus. Not to mention the poor quality and extremely limited options of the food. Allergies have also been an issue with items simply labeled "Fish" causing a student to have an anaphylactic reaction. 

- Campus living is an issue at Uindy as well. Particularly for freshman who aren't given the luxury of being in Central Hall's honor's LLC, the living situation for freshman is less than desirable. Although freshman living is meant to adjust young adults to live on their own, the lack of care for the buildings and students shows through the most within these freshman dorms. Many reports of mold and mold poisoning have been dismissed by maintenance and swept under the rug. Showers handles can also typically be seen with a green ring of what seems to be a mix of mold and hard water caked on. Cory Bretz hall was recently left without hot water for approximately two days, and left without any water in the showers for another two days. This was just after winter break when temperatures tended to be around 20 degrees. These students were simply told to walk to Crowe hall and use their showers for the time being. This meant that Crowe hall had an overload of students using the showers, and many students walking back and forth from Cory Bretz and Crowe hall cold and wet. 

- Building updates are extremely necessary as well. Most of Uindy's funding goes toward the STEM and Nursing programs, as well as sports. However, every building, aside from the aforementioned freshman dorms and the Christel Dehaan Fine Arts Center, have clearly been renovated within the past decade or so. With a growing arts and music program, Uindy does not have the space for all of these students in such a small building. Although the Art Annex was recently built, there has been word for years about updates to the Fine Arts building but to no avail. The complaints that the arts and music departments have filed toward the university have been ignored and swept under the rug.

It is time to hold the university accountable for all of their shortcomings. It is time to demand change. With tuition being bumped up another $1,200 for the 2022-23 school year, those extra funds can finally be put to good use. A great place to start would be enhanced security for buildings such as swiping into EVERY building. If a student does not have a class in Martin hall, they have no need to be inside of Martin hall. This would help stop the robberies happening within all buildings, not just dorms. Dorms should be held to a much higher standard of cleanliness and health. And food should not only have more variety, quality, and desirable options, but should also be held to a much higher standard as well. Students should not be paying $3,000 for raw poultry and undercooked pasta with congealed sauce. If Uindy wants to raise tuition they have every right to, however, their standards should be raised every time the price goes up.