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Little 500 rider still critical after crash FROM IDS REPORTS
As of midnight Monday, IU Nursing rider Lauren Gill was semiconscious and no longer required the assistance of a medical apparatus. But Gill was still in critical condition at the IU Health University Hospital in Indianapolis, Little 500 race director Jordan Bailey said. “The extent of the injury to her brain still cannot be fully assessed, but there are some promising signs,” Gill’s family said in a statement relayed by Bailey. “We hope to learn a little more each day. Her recovery will likely take several weeks or months. We ask that everyone continue to pray for her.”
A hospital spokesperson confirmed that Gill is still in critical condition, but could not comment further. At a final briefing last night, it was announced that Gill’s IU Nursing teammates will lead the pace lap before the start of Friday’s women’s Little 500 race, Bailey said. Fellow riders making up the field will wear stickers in support of Gill on their helmet, bike or wherever they see fit. IU Nursing rider Rachel Dickerson has founded a Lauren Gill Recovery Fund to raise money to pay for Gill’s medical expenses and has already raised more than $4,500. Sam Beishuizen and Grace Palmieri
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Sophomore Will Bowman draws on sophomore Grace Lidlinsky-Smith at the Slut Walk on Monday in Dunn Meadow.
Changing the culture
Protesters: proposed standards too much like Common Core BY SYDNEY MURRAY slmurray@indiana.edu @sydlm13
About 200 protesters gathered in the Indiana Statehouse Monday to rally against new proposed academic standards for Indiana. The Indiana Education Roundtable endorsed the proposed Indiana Academic Standards, sending them to the State Board of Education, which will vote on the standards April 28. The Roundtable met Monday to discuss new proposed Indiana Academic Standards. Before the meeting, a congregation of parents, children and educators protested the standards’ adoption in the statehouse’s South Atrium. Protesters said the standards too closely resemble the Common Core State Standards that Indiana is trying to leave behind. Participants wore buttons that read “no to common core” and held signs with phrases such as “vote no on the 3rd draft.” Hillsdale College Professor Terrence Moore was the rally’s keynote speaker. He said he does not believe Indiana politicians are concerned about Hoosier children’s minds and souls, unlike the protesters.
Slut Walk looks to combat rape, sexual assault victim stigma
Moore said the most recent draft of the new standards, released April 15, was just the Common Core Standards warmed over. If the standards were turned into him as a college paper, he said he would give it an F and write “plagiarism” across the top. “I find the same old mistakes that are throughout the standards,” Moore said. Moore said the proposed standards don’t embrace phonics and cannot be easily understood by anyone who is not heavily involved in education. He said the standards use words, such as “complexity,” but then don’t elaborate on what it means. “They are agnostic on what constitutes good reading and good literature,” Moore said. Students will receive only snippets of literature instead of whole stories, Moore said. If Indiana residents want a curriculum that is academic, rigorous and inspiring, he said, Indiana needs to go back to books with stories that are important for children’s lives. Rep. Rhonda Rhoads, R-Corydon, and Christopher Judy, a candidate for state representative in the
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Junior Eric Curbow has never been a victim of sexual assault or rape, but it’s an issue close to his heart. On his 21st birthday, Curbow’s friend was raped in her apartment. Curbow didn’t find out about the rape until a couple of days later. “It’s horrible and something no one should ever have to face, especially when you’re at home,” Curbow said. The most difficult part about his friend’s assault, Curbow said, was seeing the emotional and mental toll it took on her. It’s something he said he never wants to see happen to anyone. So on Monday night, he took a stand. Curbow was one of many men and women who marched through the drizzling rain Monday in the 2014 Slut Walk, sponsored by the IU Women’s Student Association. Slut Walk is an international movement that seeks to end
Students participate in the Slut Walk Monday in Dunn Meadow to promote sexual assault awareness. Supplies were available for students to make signs.
rape culture and stigmatization against women as instigators of rape. The catalyst for this movement was Toronto Police Constable Michael Sanguinetti, who gave a statement in 2011 about the force’s views of sexual assault. “Women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized,” Sanguinetti said in
the statement. The movement began in Toronto and was designed to convince the police force to change its stance out of respect to women, but Slut Walk has since broken into an international call for the end of rape culture. Freshman Morgan Mohr, the SEE STIGMA, PAGE 3
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‘West Side Story’ revival playing IU Auditorium today BY ALYSSA SCHOR aischor@indiana.edu @SchorAlyssa
There will be a performance of the long-running musical “West Side Story” at 8 p.m. today and Wednesday at the IU Auditorium. The performance marks the end of the auditorium’s 2013-14 season and the first time the show has ever played at IU Auditorium. Tickets start at $20 for students and $38 for the general public. They may be purchased at iuauditorium. com or at the auditorium’s box office. The musical, loosely based on Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” takes place in a neighborhood on New York City’s west side in the mid1950s. The story centers around a rivalry between two gangs of different ethnicities — the Jets, a group of Polish-Americans, and the Sharks, a group of immigrants from Puerto Rico. At a dance, Tony, a member of the Jets, meets Maria, a young Puerto Rican-American woman. They fall in love, but because of flaring tensions
between the two groups, they must keep their relationship discreet. The two hope to run away and find a place where they can be together in peace. Benjamin Dallas Redding — a 2013 graduate of Elon University in North Carolina — plays Riff, leader of the Jets. “West Side Story” marks his first major national tour. “I have never learned so much in my whole life,” he said. “It is probably one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, but one of the most rewarding.” The original production of “West Side Story” opened on Broadway in 1957. It was directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins, with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Wellknown songs include “Tonight,” “Maria” and “I Feel Pretty.” “West Side Story” was nominated for six Tony Awards in 1957, including Best Musical. In 1961, the stage show was adapted into a film starring Richard Beymer as Tony and Natalie Wood as Maria. The movie won 10 of the
WEST SIDE STORY 8 p.m today at IU Auditorium Tickets are $20 for students and $38 for general admission. 11 Academy Awards for which it was nominated, including Best Picture. “West Side Story” was revived on Broadway four times, most recently in 2009. The 2009 revival, with book by Arthur Laurents, was the basis for the current national tour. Redding said the hardest parts of the show are life on the road and the physical exhaustion from all the dancing. The storyline can also be tough to perform each night, he added. “It’s a very emotional piece,” he said. “When I’m in the show, I’m never thinking about it. But by the time it’s over, I want to pass out and go to bed.” Although the show can be exhausting and emotionally taxing, Redding said he enjoys spending time with the rest of the cast. He said they’ve been together since March 8.
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"West Side Story" will show at the IU Auditorium today and tomorrow at 8 p.m. This is the first time the musical has come to IU.
“The fact that we still get along so well is a huge testament to this group,” he said. “It’s been an awesome experience.” Redding said he and his fellow actors try to keep “West Side Story” true to form with each performance. “We try to stay as real to what these people’s lives would be like as
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much as we possibly can,” he said. Redding said he enjoys being part of “West Side Story” because it’s a good show with a good story. “It’s hard not to have a night where you’re not super proud of what you’re doing,” he said. “If I wasn’t proud of this show already, I am even more now.”
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