Friday, March 6, 2015

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LITTLE 500

FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2015

Little 5 concert to bring Big Sean

IDS INDIANA DAILY STUDENT | IDSNEWS.COM

By Bridget Murray bridmurr@indiana.edu | @bridget_murray

MICHAEL WILLIAMS | IDS

Sophomore guard Larryn Brooks and freshman guard Tyra Buss stand during IU’s game against Rutgers on Thursday where IU lost 63-52. With the secondround tournament loss, IU’s season is finished.

63-52

It’s over Scarlet Knights too tough for Hoosiers, IU eliminated from Big Ten Tournament By Grace Palmieri gpalmier@indiana.edu | @grace_palmieri

All season, IU Coach Teri Moren preached IU’s need for toughness. The Hoosiers ran drills in practice to be tougher. It’s a necessity in the Big Ten, Moren said. Toughness is what sets Rutgers apart. The Scarlet Knights’ physicality and athleticism got the best of the Hoosiers in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday afternoon. Moren said it was a combination of being out-sized, not as athletic and not as rested after a win against Penn State the night before. Put together, it was a 63-52 loss and an end to IU’s season. “At the end of the day, we just didn’t have enough bullets in the gun to walk out of here with the win,” Moren said. Rutgers started fast, turning IU’s missed shots and turnovers into fastbreak points. It was a quick 12-4 lead for the Scarlet Knights, and they led by nine at halftime. They shot 50 percent in the first 20 minutes, whereas the Hoosiers were just 33 percent from the field. Rutgers’ Kahleah Copper finished with a team-high 16 points on 7-of-11

Young IU team looks forward to next season

Big Sean, YG, Luke Christopher and Justine Skye will perform at this year’s Little 500 week concert. The concert will be April 21 at IU Auditorium. Tickets go on sale to the public 10 a.m. March 12. Director of Music for Union Board, James Diamond, said the artists provide a mixture of hip-hop and R&B genres. He said genre was an especially important factor in choosing the lineup. “The biggest thing first for us was trying to narrow down what genre we want to bring in,” Diamond said. When conducting a survey of students about the concert in the fall, Diamond said the top genres mentioned were hip-hop and R&B, electronic dance music and electronic music. “Every year we just try and get who we feel is the highest quality in the genre that we’re looking for,” he said. According to billboard.com, hiphop artist Big Sean’s most recent album, “Dark Sky Paradise,” earned the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart for the week of March 14. The album was released Feb. 24. “It’s a really good time to bring Big Sean,” Diamond said. Up-and-coming rapper YG’s debut album, “My Krazy Life,” was released on March 18, 2014. SEE LITTLE 5, PAGE 8

Tony award winner to perform at Auditorium

shooting. Betnijah Laney had a double-double with 12 points and 15 boards. Moren said for the most part, her team had a response to every run Rutgers made. Out-rebounding a bigger, more athletic team was something to be proud of, she said. The Hoosiers had a slight edge on the boards, 39-38. “I thought there were moments this afternoon when we could’ve easily given in,” Moren said. “I just didn’t feel like our kids were quite ready yet to give in.” That was evident in freshman Tyra Buss. Against Penn State, the Hoosiers were able to move the ball around their zone. Driving to the basket opened up shooters. But when shots weren’t falling against Rutgers, Buss began driving. If nothing else would work, she’d get fouled and shoot free throws. Buss made 11 of 12 free throws on her way to a game-high 19 points. Midway through the second half, her leg got caught under a Rutgers player as the two went after a loose ball. “I don’t know how it happened exactly, but it didn’t feel good,” she said. “I wanted to do whatever I could

brodmill@indiana.edu | @Brody_Miller_

From IDS reports

As the players and coaches huddled up one last time and turned to wave to fans, friends and family, the IU women’s basketball season came to a close. A team with a new coach that took the reins late in the summer and that had all but five of its points scored by freshmen and sophomores, the Hoosiers had to learn how to play Big Ten basketball as they went. IU finished 5-15 in conference play after a 10-1 start to the season, but it had its night of optimism with an opening round win Wednesday against Penn State. One day later, No. 23 Rutgers sent the Hoosiers into the offseason with its 63-52 win Thursday afternoon. Now questions begin as to where the program will go in year two under IU Coach Teri Moren. “Without question the future is bright,” Moren said. The entire team should be returning. Sophomore guard Taylor Agler said she will be back with her best friends next year despite seeing her role decrease. Also, 2015 commits Kym Royster and Danielle Williams will join IU next season to provide much-needed post depth.

Actress Audra McDonald is coming at 8 p.m. April 7 to IU Auditorium. She is also set to lead a series of student master classes at the Department of Theatre, Drama and Contemporary Dance. “We are thrilled to have Audra McDonald at IU and working in our Department,” Jonathan Michaelsen, chair of the Department of Theatre, Drama and Contemporary Dance, said in an IU Auditorium press release. “Audra is one of the finest performers of our age, with a versatility that is almost unparalleled. Besides performing at the IU Auditorium, she will teach a master class for our students, providing them the extraordinary opportunity to work with this outstanding professional.” With six Tony Awards, two Grammy Awards and a long list of other accolades to her name, McDonald

SEE TOUGHNESS, PAGE 8

SEE FUTURE, PAGE 8

By Brody Miller

SEE MCDONALD, PAGE 8 AUDRA MCDONALD Student tickets $25-45 Public tickets $35-55 8 p.m. April 7, IU Auditorium

Indiana earns $35.5 billion in exports, breaks records By Brian Gamache bgamache@indiana.edu | @brgamache

Indiana’s merchandise export levels reached a record-breaking $35.5 billion dollars in 2014, according to a Commerce Department report published Feb. 26. Indiana’s merchandise export growth helped contribute to the record-breaking national level of $2.35 trillion in 2014, according to the report. There were 11.3 million United States jobs supported by exports in 2013, with Indiana holding 166,000 of those jobs, according to the International Trade Administration, an agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce. Indiana’s largest export partner by a large margin was Canada, which accounted for $12.2 billion, or 34.5 percent, of overall exports in 2014. Other top international trading partners for the state were Mexico at $5 billion, Japan

at $1.6 billion, Germany at $1.6 billion and China at $1.4 billion. Indiana has actively courted international trade in recent years. Gov. Mike Pence has conducted two overseas trade missions, one to Japan in 2013 and one to Germany in 2014, in an attempt to encourage economic investment in Indiana. “Germany is doing relatively well, I would expect exports to stay robust,” Director of Economic Analysis at the Indiana Business Research Center Timothy Slaper said. “The European economy has been in the doldrums, that would be a potential threat.” The Indiana Business Research Center is a part of the Kelley School of Business that works to provide economic data to local governments and businesses, according to the Center’s website. The Center’s studies of Indiana exports includes a

recently published report on Indiana’s global positioning in the market and the 2012 report “Mind the Gap” which studied underperforming export areas in the Indiana economy. Bloomington gained $1.7 billion from export industries in 2013, according to the International Trade Administration report. The Bloomington metropolitan area was the third largest metropolitan area in Indiana in terms of exports in 2013. It only fell behind the IndianapolisCarmel-Anderson area at $9.7 billion and the Elkhart-Goshen area at $1.9 billion, according to the report. Though the Evansville area produced $3.9 billion in exports in 2013, portions of that amount were included in other states’ export totals, according to the Trade Administration SEE EXPORTS, PAGE 8

Indiana’s export revenue by city in 2013 $1.5 billion South Bend-Mishawaka

$1.9 billion Elkhart-Goshen

$1.7 billion Kokomo

$1.4 billion Fort Wayne

$659 million Lafayette-West Lafayette

$475 million Muncie

$9.7 billion Indianapolis-CarmelAnderson $1.7 billion Bloomington

$1.7 billion Columbus $3.9 billion Evansville

SOURCE INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION GRAPHIC BY ANNA BOONE | IDS


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