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Pence expected to sign pre-k bill into law BY SYDNEY MURRAY slmurray@indiana.edu
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Freshman Larryn Brooks high fives teammates during the game against USC Upstate on Dec. 1, 2013, at Assembly Hall. Northwestern play IU at 7 p.m. today in Assembly Hall.
Next up Hoosiers to play host to Northwestern in third round of WNIT BY SAM BEISHUIZEN sbeishui@imail.iu.edu @Sam_Beishuizen
When IU senior forward Tabitha Gerardot watched film of IU’s 58-52 loss to Northwestern earlier this season, she saw a “sluggish” team that missed 14 free throws and saw a potential conference win slip away. Northwestern (17-15) plays IU (20-12) at 7 p.m. today in Assembly Hall in the third
round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. Gerardot and her fellow teammates are looking to redeem themselves. “I think now you look at that (game) as a competitive athlete, and you just hate that,” Gerardot said. “It makes your skin crawl. So we want to be back on the floor and play well.” The Wildcats travel to Bloomington having just
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (20-12) vs. Northwestern (17-15) 7 p.m. Thursday, Assembly Hall defeated IUPUI in the second round of the WNIT 88-52. In the win, Northwestern cruised to victory thanks, in part, to its second-half shooting performance where the
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Frequency Duo performs contemporary music BY BRANDON COOK brancook@indiana.edu
On Wednesday night, avantgarde chamber musicians known as the Bent Frequency Duo Project performed a guest recital in FordCrawford Hall. They played seven pieces by contemporary composers, five of which they premiered this year. A number of different themes and motifs, such as the Book of Job, mathematical constructions and Popeye the sailor, inspired the pieces. Professional percussionist Stuart Gerber and saxophonist Jan Berry Baker founded the Bent Frequency Duo Project in Atlanta in 2003. Gerber, whose “consummate virtuosity” was praised by the New York Times, has toured and taught internationally, most recently as the associate professor of percussion at Georgia State University. Also an acclaimed performer, Baker has appeared with numerous ballet, opera and chamber music companies. In May, she will appear on the “Blurred Edges 2014” presentation by the German company aktueller Musik. The first piece performed and the only track not commissioned for Bent Frequency, “From the Air” was
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written by artist Laurie Anderson in 1982 for her experimental, minimalist album, “Big Science.” The album remains influential, particularly for its combination of pop elements into experimental, contemporary classical music. “O Superman,” an eight-minute track on the album inspired by the crash of a military rescue helicopter outside Tehran in 1980, featured repeated or looping harmonies as well as vocals and sporadic instrumentation. The disaster and terror that inspired “O Superman” was felt in “From the Air” as well. “I sort of felt like my life was ending,” freshman Katherine Knapp said. “I couldn’t decide if I was okay with it until the song was over.” A similar sense of confusion was felt in the duo’s fourth song, the three-part “Oh, Popeye!” “I’ve never heard anything like it before,” freshman Meredith Baker said. “Oh, Popeye!” opened with a looping recording of the sailor’s dry cackle, which the performers built upon in a series of chromatic glissandi. The sound culminated into what the program notes called, “a tempest of crashing oscillations” which led to the second section, “a grooving dialogue” between Popeye and his love
House Enrolled Act 1004 is expected to be signed into law by Gov. Mike Pence. HEA 1004 creates a pilot prekindergarten program for 4-yearolds in up to five Indiana counties. The Act is authored by House Education Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Behning, R-Indianapolis, and co-authored by House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis. On Feb, 12, 2014, Pence testified in front of the Indiana Senate Education and Career Development Committee in favor of HEA 1004. “Because every child deserves to start school ready to learn, I believe the time has come for a voluntary pre-K program to help Indiana’s low-income kids, and I am honored to endorse that proposal before this committee today,” Pence said. The program is designed to help children who live in poverty and whose families have an income up to 127 percent above the federal poverty level. While the poverty level is about $23,850 for a family of four, families making about $30,000 could qualify, according to a press release from Behning’s office. The grants range in amount from $2,500 to $6,800. “Last year, House Republicans took a small step toward our goal
Habitat project still needs council’s approval BY KATHRYN MOODY kammoody@indiana.edu @KatMMoody
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Saxophonist Jan Berry Baker and percussionist Stuart Gerber perform during the Bent Frequency Duo Project event Wednesday at Ford-Crawford Hall. Bent Frequency is a professional contemporary chamber music ensemble based in Atlanta.
interest. The third section, labeled “Fight! (Tattoos, Forearms & Fisticuffs),” was entirely improvised. After a brief intermission, the musicians returned for the last three songs on the program. “Roulettes” explored various tones and figures through different rhythms and sounds presented by a baritone saxophone and a number of percussion instruments, including base drum, marimba and chimes,
among others. “‘Roulettes’ imagines a musical equivalent for mathematical constructs,” composer Christopher Burns wrote in his program notes. “A series of complex interactions between saxophone and crotales (a series of miniature cymbals) which result in a variety of elegantly curved melodic shapes.” Unlike “Roulettes,” the SEE DUO, PAGE 6
As of midnight Wednesday, the Bloomington City Council had yet to vote on Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County’s planned unit development to build a neighborhood near the Cottage Grove and B-line trail area This hearing was the third and final hearing for the project, which is projected to be finished toward the end of 2014. Thirtyfive houses will be built in the area for low-income families looking for permanent homes. The PUD had a 5-3 favorable recommendation from the Planning Commission earlier this month. The approved reasonable exception called for Habitat to institute a “native planting” plan instead of a landscaping plan for the neighborhood. The native planting plan is intended to put focus on preserving natural vegetation. Planting would be funded by Habitat within reason to its budget. Donations are expected to be a large part of Habitat’s planting budget. “Generally speaking, this is an organization that has the ability to get volunteers and donations that others organizations don’t, and is not considered to be a costly endeavor due to availability of plants and seeds,” Planning Director Tom Micuda said. “But I can’t comment on this much specifically.” One rejected reasonable exception proposed that the SEE HABITAT, PAGE 6