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BY TORI FATER vrfater@indiana.edu @vrfater

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from the ashes Japanese-Korean restaurant Japonee to reopen after fire

asking her if she would be interested in working at two new sister companies, Sake Bar and Japonee Express. She said she enjoys working there and hopes to add shifts at the remodeled restaurant, which will be called Japonee rather than Japanee. “It was part of Bloomington,” Chong said of the original restaurant. “A lot of people really liked our restaurant. Now everyone is asking ‘When will you open again?’”

BY MEGAN JULA mjula@indiana.edu @MeganJula

The renovated restaurant smelled of a fresh coat of paint and new lumber. Gray stone waterfalls hung on wood-paneled walls that betrayed no traces of smoke damage. The sushi bar had moved from the right to the left side, but the Japanese-Korean restaurant Japonee looked much the same as it had before a three-alarm fire damaged the building in 2012. Landlord Han Chong adjusted his thick-rimmed glasses, enthusiastically explaining the new additions — a hibachi grill on a new second floor, high ceilings, large flat screen televisions, French-influenced Japanese food. He plans to open in March. “I hope it just at least goes back to the business we had before,” Chong said. “That’s all we’re hoping.” * * * Server Lilay Cai worked at Japanee for three days before flames engulfed the restaurant on 320 N. Walnut St. On the morning of Sept. 24, 2012, electrical wiring in a refrigerator sparked a fire in the kitchen, Chong said. Though the

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TOP Contractors assess the damage caused by a fire at Japanee Restaurant and Sushi Bar on Nov. 11 on North Walnut Street. BOTTOM The main seating area of Japonee now includes a sushi bar as well as multiple water fixtures and a more “open” atmosphere.

Bloomington Fire Department contained the fire itself, smoke and water caused damage throughout the restaurant. BFD Chief Roger Kerr confirmed the fire was completely accidental and no one was injured. Cai heard about the fire while walking to her 11:15 a.m. class through a text from co-owner Janice Zhan, wife of co-owner Jian Zhang “Charlie” Shi. “I thought it was a joke,” she said. “I reread it three times.” Less than a decade after opening and less than a year after a $250,000 renovation, the restaurant was closed temporarily.

“I was shocked,” Chong said. “I was just thinking about insurance.” When Cai went to pick up her check at the charred location, the sign reading “Japanee” was covered in ashes. * * * Within the three days she worked there, Cai said she had established friendships with couples who ate regularly at the restaurant. “It was super popular,” she said, explaining she often saw students she recognized from class. In April, Cai received a call from Japanee owner Bokang Park

* * * The Bloomington Plan Commission approved the addition of a second story and a 4,800 square feet extension to what was left of Japanee in June 2013. At the time, Chong said he hoped the construction would be finished within five months. He tentatively planned to open in August of that year. “We waited to get started,” he said of the delay. “We don’t want to open until it’s ready.” Chong envisions a gradual opening of Japonee within the next couple of weeks, with the new upstairs hibachi grill opening after the main floor sushi bar. Chong and Park, who are SEE JAPONEE, PAGE 6

Strategic Plan outlines global initiatives BY KATHRINE SCHULZE schulzek@indiana.edu @KathrineSchulze

IU’s reach exceeds its seven campuses, stretching across borders to make its mark in almost every corner of the world. Students might know IU works on this global outreach through study abroad, but the University is using a new platform to further its international stance — gateway facilities. Gateway facilities are IU offices outside the U.S. that focus on research collaborations with faculty in other countries, programming for overseas alumni, fundraising and other related activities, said David Zaret, vice president for international affairs. Each facility has an academic director. “One use of the gateway would be for IU faculty to organize a mini conference or a workshop with their foreign colleagues,” Zaret said. “The goal of this would be to explore shared areas of interests and possible research collaborations in the

future.” Part of IU Provost Lauren Robel’s strategic plan’s international initiatives section proposed to utilize and expand these gateway facilities. Already, IU has a gateway facility that opened last year in Gurgaon, India, near New Delhi, and is renovating another facility in Beijing, China. The locations of the facilities are on a list of 32 countries that IU wants to focus on for partnerships. But the list doesn’t mean only 32 countries are of interest to IU. Zaret said IU faculty research in or travel to any country, but the University is focusing on the 32 listed nations. Besides India and China, other countries on the list are Kenya, Spain and Egypt. Currently, IU has partners in both India and China to help with the facilities. India is partner to the American Institute of India Studies, which also sponsors the Dhar India studies program at IU. China’s gateway facility is partner to CERNET. “What I hope to see in the future

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is not just that people just in India are using the gateway, but that it becomes much more of a part of this international competency which we have for our students,” said Michael Dodson, academic director for the IU gateway in Gugaon. No new facilities will open soon in other countries, Zaret said. “We are mainly concerned with renovating the space in both of these facilities and then beginning to ramp up activities at them,” Zaret said. Basically, the space is being renovated to bring it up to what we might think of as “IU standards,” Dodson said. The facilities include individual offices, an office for group work and a large seminar room with teleconferencing capabilities, Zaret said. Renovations in China will be more extensive because the local custom is to rip out everything from leased space in a building down to the bare walls, bare floors and any existing internal walls, Zaret said. “The gateway facility allows us to foster out partnerships with

Offer feedback READ THE CAMPUS STRATEGIC PLAN A downloadable PDF of the Campus Strategic Plan draft can be found online at plan.indiana.edu. SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE PROVOST Submit your comments online at plan.indiana.edu or write to provost@indiana.edu. TOWN HALL MEETING IU Auditorium Noon to 2 p.m. March 4 All members of the IU-Bloomington community are invited to attend. universities, governments and corporations in their regions,” said M.A. Venkataramanan, vice provost for strategic initiatives in an email last Thursday. “The gateway facility signals our commitments to these regions and enhance our global recognition.”

The personal data of about 146,000 IU students and recent graduates, which IU stored in an insecure location for 11 months, was accessed by webcrawlers from Google, a science-specific search engine called Scirus and a Chinese search engine called Baidu during that period, IU spokesperson Mark Bruhn said. According to an IU news release, IU officials notified the Indiana attorney general’s office Tuesday of the potential exposure of personal data, including names and Social Security numbers, for students enrolled across seven IU campuses from 2011 to 2014. Webcrawlers are automated data mining applications used by search engines to traverse the web and download files. Similar to Google, Baidu generates revenue by offering online marketing services, according to the company’s website. Scirus has been retired, according to its website. James Kennedy, associate vice president of university student services and systems, said staff members who access files in the IU system, such as the files that were exposed, are usually authenticated SEE EXPOSURE, PAGE 6

Hoosiers play Iowa tonight BY JOHN BAUERNFEIND jogbauer@indiana.edu @JohnBauernfeind

The IU men’s basketball team (15-12, 5-9) will face the No. 20 Iowa Hawkeyes (19-8, 8-6) at 9 p.m. in Assembly Hall, the second of three games this week for the Hoosiers. This game was originally scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 18, but was postponed due to a piece of fascia falling from the rafters of Assembly Hall. The arena has been cleared structurally, and the IU women’s basketball team has played two games since the beam fell nine days ago. Because of the postponed game and the Big Ten Tournament in two weeks, both IU and Iowa will play three games this week. For the Hoosiers, it is their first home game in over two weeks. IU began this week in Wisconsin, falling to SEE BASKETBALL, PAGE 6 MEN’S BASKETBALL (15-12, 5-9) vs. No. 20 Iowa (19-8, 8-6) 9 tonight, Assembly Hall

Robbery suspect linked to more crimes FROM IDS REPORTS

A 17-year-old boy charged as an adult for the armed robbery of the CVS Pharmacy on Feb. 16 is suspected of the armed robbery of Marsh North on Feb. 17 and attempted robbery of Journey’s store in College Mall on Jan. 31. The Bloomington Police Department arrested Philip Dida John Jacob on Feb. 18 for resisting law enforcement after he was reportedly seen huffing cans of keyboard cleaner at the downtown bus terminal. Police found a BB gun designed to look like a Beretta 9 millimeter handgun in Jacob’s book bag along with four cans of compressed air keyboard cleaners, white gloves and blue latex gloves similar to those worn by the second suspect during the robbery at CVS South and by both suspects SEE ROBBERY, PAGE 6


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