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Choices looming MLB Draft coverage, page 5 Six Hoosiers were drafted in Wednesday’s Major League Baseball draft, three of whom have the decision to go pro or return to IU.
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Merrill and Madalyn Maxwell sit in their new living room looking over photos of their house which was demolished to make way for I-69.
Their way or the highway As state construction of Interstate 69 continues, many families in southern Indiana are losing their jobs, money and homes. By Annie Garau agarau@indiana.edu | @agarau6
On a chalkboard in the home she had lived in for 50 years, Madalyn Maxwell had written, “Praise the Lord. Enjoy the journey.” But after months of unsuccessfully negotiating with government officials who insisted on buying her land to make way for Interstate 69, she had to erase the second sentence. “I couldn’t bear to leave it up there,” she said. “It was a journey that was impossible to enjoy.” The family’s house was located in Martinsville along the route that Section 5 of I-69 will eventually take. When completed, this portion of the road will
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Merrill and Madalyn Maxwell's home was demolished to make room for the newest section of I-69. "Obviously you bring your memories with you," Madalyn said. "But when we watched them tear it down we sat with our daughter and cried."
stretch 21 miles. It will have cost almost $546 million, replaced nearly 250 acres of hardwood forest and displaced 150 homes, accord-
ing to the Hoosier Environmental Council’s website. It began with rumors. “Not knowing was one of the worst things,” Ma-
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Mari Halstead couldn’t take her eyes off the screen, watching name after name tick by. Some she recognized, others she didn’t, but none mattered until the San Francisco Giants made their selection in the 21st round. The Giants selected a fifth year senior relief pitcher from IU, or, as Mari knows him, her son Ryan. She couldn’t turn and congratulate her son. Instead, she had to run outside. Why? Because IU’s leader in saves and appearances wasn’t watching the draft. He said he didn’t want to think about where and when he might get drafted. “I was just kind of hanging out playing basketball with my dad while it was happening,” Halstead said. “I was never really sitting down and watching it.” After he stopped playing basketball, Halstead got on the phone with someone from the Giants organization, at which time he officially learned he was drafted. Then on Thursday he talked with a few more members of the Giants so he could get a better understanding of what might be waiting for him in the coming months. As of now, Halstead hasn’t made a lot of progress regarding where he
might be reporting to. He still needs to pass a physical and then figure out whether the Giants choose to send him to their short season team, their Arizona Fall League team or anywhere else in the system. Wednesday marked the third time Halstead has been drafted. The first came after a senior season at Los Osos High School in Southern California in which he only pitched 9.2 innings, but it was enough to get him drafted in the 36th round by the Houston Astros. He turned down the Astros’ offer, electing to further his amateur career at IU. After his junior season, a season in which Halstead pitched in the College World Series, he was drafted in the 26th round by the Minnesota Twins, the same team that drafted his roommates Dustin DeMuth and Aaron Slegers that year. But once again, he turned a professional contract down, wanting to improve on what he had already done at IU. Then, Halstead got hurt in his first home game of his senior season, tearing his ACL while trying to field a bunt on the wet turf at Bart Kaufman Field. After rehab, Halstead was back for his fifth season in Bloomington, a season which typically diminishes a prospect’s chances of being draft-
By Anthony Broderick aebroder@indiana.edu | @aebrodakirck
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Senior pitcher Ryan Halstead delivers a pitch during IU's game against Notre Dame on April 21 at Victory Field in Indianapolis.
ed high in the MLB Draft. But not only was Halstead drafted after his fifth season, he was drafted higher than he has been before. So, when his mom came running out of the house to tell Halstead the news, he only had one reaction. “Are you serious?” Halstead had no real indication the Giants were interested. There was no team, no scout who stood out to him as someone
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Faculty Brass quintet has first recital
dalyn said. “Merrill went to these meetings, and they made you think that they were going to answer all of these questions, but they never really told you anything.” After two years of unanswered questions, strangers arrived on the family’s property and began digging. They dug holes everywhere, carefully examining each little rock. “Nobody ever explained it to us,” Madalyn said. “After we had moved, we got a heavy package in the mail one day. We opened it, and it was full of the rocks from our land.” Once the digging was complete, surveyors looked
Halstead recalls Draft day experience Bye Michael Hughes
The Media School has received approval from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education to offer two new degree programs. The new degrees offered are a bachelor of science in game design and a bachelor of arts in media, according to a University press release. The degrees were approved during the commission’s meeting June 11. “These two degrees will allow students the flexibility and depth needed to tailor their curricula to the needs of converged media industries,” James Shanahan, dean of the Media School, said in the release. “I’m excited that we’re ready to move forward immediately on this front.” Students entering the school this fall will be able to begin working on these degrees, according to the release. Current students may choose new degrees or continue within the degree structure that was in place when they began their studies. The bachelor’s degree in game design expands on the program started in the telecommunications department years ago.
more interested in him than the other men with radar guns behind home plate. But Halstead was less concerned with who he was drafted by, just that he was drafted. “After I got hurt there was no promise to play again, whether it be at IU or after that,” Halstead said. “I was just glad I was able to continue to get healthy and help my teammates out at Indiana and give myself an opportunity to see what happens down the road.”
Five music staff members holding different wind instruments walked out onto the Auer stage. They took a bow and played an upbeat jazz cover of “Toccata” by composer Gaspar Cassadó. The newly formed Faculty Brass Quintet put on their first faculty recital at 8 p.m. Saturday at Auer Hall in the Jacobs School of Music. The performance was a part of the IU Jacobs School of Music Summer Music Festival. The Faculty Brass Quintet consists of faculty members from the music school: John Rommel, who plays the trumpet, Joey Tartell, who plays the trumpet, Jeff Nelsen, who plays the horn, Carl Lenthe, who plays the trombone and Daniel Perantoni, who plays the tuba. For the series, the group performed covers of a variety of songs from other brass quintets from the past few centuries. They played songs such as “Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080” by Johann Sebastian Bach, “Suite Americana No. 1” by Enrique Crespo and “Beale Street Blues” by W.C. Handy. “Welcome to our newly formed quintet,” Perantoni told the audience. “We are grateful that you came, and we have very much enjoyed putting on this program for all of you.” Each song was played differently in terms of rhythm, speed, volume and tone. Every member of the group took a solo section throughout the songs. After ending each song, the five men would then stand to take a bow. The group would also incorporate other instruments such as drums, a tambourine and the triangle. Occasionally during songs, SEE QUINTET, PAGE 7