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World-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma performs at the IU Auditorium on Wednesday evening. Ma has produced more than 90 albums of which 18 have won Grammy Awards.
Yo-Yo Ma and others performed Wednesday night in “Musical Perspectives on the Cultures of BRIC” By Maia Rabenold mrabenol@indiana.edu | @maialyra
There was no introduction when YoYo Ma walked onto the stage Wednesday night with his $2.5-million, nearly 300-year-old cello in hand. But every person in the full auditorium knew exactly who it was, and he smiled out at a sea of clapping hands. Born in France, Ma began playing on the world stage at the age of 5 in 1961. He founded the Silkroad Ensemble in 2000, and from this collaboration between artists from more than 20 different coun-
tries came the BRIC project. “BRIC is the political and economic coalition of the new markets, economies and powerhouses of Brazil, Russia, India and China,” said Lee Feinstein, dean of the School of Global and International Studies. Joining Ma onstage during Wednesday’s performance were British pianist Kathryn Stott, Russian and Israeli violinist Johnny Gandelsman, Brazilian guitarists and brothers Sergio and Odair Assad, Chinese sheng and bawu player Wu Tong, and Indian “talking drums” or tabla player Sandeep Das.
“These musicians are my dear friends and part of my musical family,” Ma said Wednesday morning during a presentation at the School of Global and International Studies. “I think of our appearance onstage not only as a performance with wonderful colleagues, but also as a family reunion.” The show started with Ma and Stott onstage, and more members were added until all of the ensemble shared the spotlight together. They played as old friends,
“Taken together, wonder, openness, and empathy are an incredibly powerful effect of culture. They are an antidote to fear and darkness.” Yo-Yo Ma, world-famous cellist
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IUSA deals with funding in executive stipends By Nyssa Kruse nakruse@indiana.edu | @nyssakruse
Following an unexpected drop in funding, executive stipends have been the subject of debate within the IU Student Association this semester. Stipends are payments made to the IUSA president, vice president of Congress, vice president of administration, treasurer and chief of staff. IUSA President Anne Tinder said the stipends are intended to act as an equalizing force for potential executives, so students who work to pay for their education can
run for office. Executives might not have time to work another job 20 to 25 hours a week, so the stipend is intended to compensate for that, she said. “It’s been really important to me throughout that everyone concerned with this issue realizes that the point of the stipend is to keep student government accessible to students who otherwise would need part-time jobs,” Tinder said. According to executive members, the traditional stipend has been $3,000 per person. Executives can decline the stipend, which might happen, for example, if he or she is on a full scholarship.
Payments are accredited to each executive’s bursar. This year, each of the five executives accepted his or her stipend of $3,000 for a total expenditure of $15,000. These payments were made in the beginning of the semester with the expectation that IUSA would have around $100,000 in its budget, as it has in the recent past. Instead IUSA was allocated $60,000. IUSA took some money from reserves to create an operational budget of about $66,000. Since the IUSA budget was less than expected, the stipends com-
prised almost 23 percent of the IUSA budget instead of 15 percent, as expected. This higher percentage caused congressman Andrew Guenther, representing off-campus residency, to author a bill in Congress. The legislation decided the total expenditure on executive stipends be capped at 15 percent of the budget, so IUSA can use most of its funds on programming for students. “At the end of the day, IUSA is a government,” Guenther said in an email. “We collect mandatory taxes from our constituents in the form of the student activity fee and
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Next IUSA Congree Meeting 7 p.m. Dec. 1, Hodge Hall 103 are charged with dispersing those funds to better our community.” The bill was rejected Tuesday, after debate centering on the idea that executives run with the expectation of receiving a certain stipend, and if the amount were suddenly reduced, executives with financial need might be forced to step down so they could work another job. This could potentially SEE IUSA, PAGE 6
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Musical 4 players sign letters of intent to 2016 class arts group performs at library By Teddy Bailey
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Alice Ford wasn’t nervous Wednesday night when the lights dimmed at the Monroe County Public Library auditorium and eyes watched her and the surrounding symphony players from stacked seating. She’s been playing the violin for eight years, so performing is nothing new to her. She takes private lessons, she earned a spot at the pre-college String Academy through Jacobs School of Music and she plays with the Musical Arts Youth Organization, the group she performed with Wednesday for its showcase concert. The symphony was one of the concert’s four acts. “My mom got a job as the executive director and she was like, ‘Hey do you want to try this?’ and I was like ‘Yeah, sure’,” Alice said. MAYO began as a program of the Southern Indiana Youth Symphony. Executive Director Helen Ford said the youth symphony decided to relaunch its programs in 2013, a SEE MAYO, PAGE 6
IU Coach Teri Moren and her staff officially added depth, size and versatility to the future roster Wednesday, as four players signed their National Letters of Intent to IU. Moren inked three high school seniors: Texas natives Bre Wickware and Ria Gulley, along with an instate product in Darby Foresman. Moren continued her search for strong junior college players, also adding Bailey Broadnax. Broadnax will play her sophomore season at Hill College in Texas this season before transferring to IU with two remaining years of eligibility. The Texas connection is in large part because of assistant coach Curtis Loyd, a native of the Lone Star state, Moren said. The Texas-toIndiana connection started last season, when current Hoosier freshman forward Danielle Williams decided to come to Bloomington from Fort Worth. Ria Gulley, a 5-foot-9 guard from San Antonio, averaged 11.5 points per game as a junior last season at Tom C. Clark High School. Gulley is projected to play as a point guard or as a 2-guard for the Hoosiers. Rated as a three-star recruit by ESPN, Moren noted that Gulley might be one of the most underrated players in the nation. “Ria is super athletic,” Moren said. “She probably doesn’t get
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Women’s basketball Coach Teri Moren speaks to media during the Big Ten Media Day in Chicago, Illinois, on Oct. 16, 2014.
the most credit out of the scouting services, but this kid’s dynamite. Her combination of quickness and shooting ability give her the potential to be one of the best guards in the Big Ten.” On Wednesday, Gulley’s AAU teammate on DFW Elite, Bre Wickware, also signed to become a Hoosier next season. Wickware, at 6-foot-1, gives IU some future versatility. The Guyer High School
senior averaged 15.7 points and 10.2 rebounds last season and was also rated as a three-star recruit by ESPN. “In Bre, we needed a wing and I like big guards,” Moren said. “She’s going to give us a 6-foot-1 wing on the perimeter and can play at the four-spot. She’s relentless and plays so hard. She crashes the offensive glass and dives for loose balls.” With 6-foot-3 junior forward
IU (0-0) vs. Tennessee State (0-0) Noon, Friday, Assembly Hall Jenn Anderson serving as the only Indiana native on the current roster, Moren’s staff made it an importance to add an in-state player to the roster. Though Indianapolis’ SEE BASKETBALL, PAGE 6