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Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 | Indiana Daily Student | idsnews.com

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By Sanya Ali siali@indiana.edu | @siali13

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Top Gov. Eric Holcomb stands before state legislators and other invited guests at his first State of the State address Tuesday night in the Indiana Statehouse. He spoke about his five pillars, which include making new roads and raising the budget for pre-K schooling, of improvement for Indiana. Left State legislators greet each other before the State of the State address Tuesday night in Indianapolis. At the State of the State address Gov. Eric Holcomb spoke about educational issues and the war on drugs. Right State legislators greet each other before the State of the State address Tuesday night in Indianapolis. Gov. Eric Holcomb discussed issues with educational funding and infrastructure at the address.

Holcomb delivers his first State of the State Governor discusses funds for roads and pre-K in State of State address INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Eric Holcomb again focused on funding infrastructure and pre-K and tackling the state’s drug epidemic in a well-received, though unspecific, Tuesday night address to Indiana. As Holcomb leads the state into its third century more emphasis needs to be placed on working for the future now than ever, he said in his State of the State speech. “Our secret weapon is the Hoosier pioneering spirit itself, proven over the last 200 years: the ingenuity, determination and common sense that enables us not only to overcome any challenge, but also to continually find better ways of doing things,” Holcomb said. Holcomb spent his 30-minute speech reiterating his five-pillar plan, first announced when he laid out his legislative agenda Jan. 5. The five pillars are keeping Indiana a magnet for jobs, funding infrastructure plans, developing a 21st-century workforce, attacking the drug epidemic and using tax dollars efficiently. The speech, punctuated with both personal and historical anecdotes, was described by both Republican and Democratic legislative leaders as easy to agree with. However, Indiana House Democratic leader Rep. Scott Pelath, D-Michigan City, and Indiana Senate Democratic leader Sen. Tim Lanane, D-Anderson, said they were disappointed with Holcomb’s lack of specificity. While Pelath and Lanane both said they appreciated the strong delivery of his speech, Pelath said he was not impressed with Holcomb’s discussion of maybe the biggest issue — funding a way to fix Indiana’s roads and bridges — on the 2017 legislative agenda.

Indiana’s plan for improving state infrastructure should include “projects in every quadrant of our state,” Holcomb said. He described the projects as upgrades to US 30 from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Valparaiso, Indiana, and US 31 to South Bend, Indiana; extra lanes on I-70 and I-65 from Jeffersonville, Indiana, to Crown Point, Indiana; and completing I-69 from Evansville, Indiana, to Fort Wayne. Holcomb said he’s open to a menu of options when it comes to paying for these infrastructure projects. However, that wasn’t detailed enough for Pelath. The Democrat said the elephant in the room of the governor’s speech was he did not directly say he supports the Republican tax increase plan for funding infrastructure improvements, which could include raising gas and diesel taxes and installing more road tolls. “If you’re going to propose tax increases, you need a chief executive to sell that plan, and it appears to me he’s not willing to do that,” Pelath said. Holcomb will leave the heavy lifting of infrastructure improvements to House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, Pelath said. Bosma said after the address he’s not worried about the governor’s support on this issue. He said he expects Holcomb will support the Republicans’ plan for infrastructure funding, and while their plan isn’t perfect yet, they have three and a half months to improve it. “We need political courage, and we’re showing it,” Bosma said.

The lights dimmed as a door at the side of the stage opened. Five musicians moved out from backstage and stood around the music stands clustered in the middle of the stage. They bowed and took their seats. From there, the Auer Concert Hall filled with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “String Quintet in G Minor.” The five musicians focused all their attention on their string instruments, and the audience silently waited for each note. Members of the Cleveland Orchestra played alongside IU string faculty members during the Chamber Music for Strings, one of many residency events connected with the orchestra’s visit to IU. Debbie Quinn, a retired community member, said she had a simple reason for attending the concert. “A love of music brought me here,” Quinn said. “Especially Mozart. I was in a band for eight years, so I was exposed to a lot of music and I love to see professional musicians here. For a retired person, it’s like heaven. It’s unbelievable.” Nicolette van den Bogerd, a Ph.D. in musicology, said she chose to attend the performance for an ethnomusicologybased study as part of a seminar class that involves a fieldwork component. “I’m actually a violinist, and I feel it’s such an honor to be able to hear people of such caliber,” van den Bogerd said. “I’m looking forward to hearing the musicians and how good they are. Quinn said she and her husband, an avid collector of vinyl records, attend many musical programs across a variety of genres. “The level of expertise is unbelievable,” Quinn said. The event recital featured Cleveland Orchestra concertmaster William Preucil, principal second violin Stephen Rose, principal viola Wes Collins and principal cello Mark Kosower. IU string faculty playing this recital included Simin Ginatra, Ed Gazouleas and Eric Kim. The first five performers selected Mozart’s Quintet and the second group of six played Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir de Florence” for the audience, made up of students and elderly community members. The event was one of many residency-style programs, during which students and faculty have the opportunity to work with and learn from members of the Cleveland Orchestra in a variety of areas. Yefim Bronfman, the worldfamous pianist playing with the orchestra, will be leading a piano masterclass with IU piano students Wednesday. Later in the day there will be a Classical Revolution Jam Session at Uptown Café. The full Cleveland Orchestra will perform 8 p.m. Thursday in the IU Auditorium Thursday, and

SEE STATE, PAGE 10 SEE ORCHESTRA, PAGE 10

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IU cheerleaders win fifth national title in six years By Cameron Drummond cpdrummo@iu.edu | @cdrummond97

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Zerlina Maxwell, a nationally recognized activist and political analyst, speaks Tuesday night in the Whittenberger Auditorium. Maxwell’s talk focused on consent in rape culture and the intersection of race, gender and sexual violence.

Speaker discusses sexual assault, inequality By Emily Berryman eberryma@indiana.edu | @Ember_Otter

Zerlina Maxwell has been a notable figure for many reasons. She worked as director of progressive media for Hillary Clinton during the most recent presidential election, and is also a political activist raising issues in race, domestic violence, sexual assault and gender inequality. On Tuesday evening Maxwell visited the Indiana Memorial Union to talk about these issues. “We want to make sure to reach

all students,” said Sarah Cramer, sexual assault prevention education specialist at IU. “This is an effort to be mindful of those who might otherwise be left out.” As a result, it is no accident the event took place during Martin Luther King Jr. week. The talk was intentionally planned with the African American Coalition to join professors, faculty and staff in an effort to prevent sexual assault, Cramer said. “I love that people on campus want to address this,” said Rory James, director of the office of

Support phone numbers Sexual Assault Crisis Service 812-855-8900 Middle Way 812-336-7404 student diversity and inclusion. “This way we can get a feel for what sexual assault prevention is like.” James introduced Maxwell to the hushed chatter of a room of students, parents, professors and staff in the Whittenberger Auditorium. “I try to make my talks SEE MAXWELL, PAGE 10

The IU Crimson Cheerleaders are considered the gold standard in the world of all-girl collegiate cheerleading. For the fifth time in the last six years, the Crimson team was awarded the Division 1-A All-Girl National Championship. The honor came after IU finished in first place at the 2017 Universal Cheerleaders Association and Universal Dance Association College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championship, which took place this past weekend in Orlando, Florida. Senior Hayley Daniel has now won three national titles with the Crimson team and credited an improved routine with helping give IU an edge in this year’s national championship. “We stepped out of our comfort zone a little this year,” Daniel said.

“The speed of our routine was one of our biggest wow factors. Doing difficult skills at an extremely fast pace and making them look easy is super impressive.” IU Cheerleading Program Coach Julie Horine stressed an increase in the entertainment vttalue of the team’s performance as a reason for its success. “Our assistant head coach, Tony Nash, created the routine and really spent some time trying to be one step ahead,” Horine said. “The routine was much faster than in years past, and we had more structure components than the average team as well.” After finishing in second place at the 2015 national championship the Crimson team has now brought home consecutive national titles for the first time since 2014. The team has also finished in second place or better at every national championship since 2011. SEE CHEERLEADING, PAGE 10


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