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ELECTIONS 2014
70 DAYS National and local midterm elections will take place Nov. 4, 10 weeks from today. From IDS reports
Just 10 weeks from today, Americans will have another general election for which to vote. Americans will hit the polls again Nov. 4 to decide who will fill a slew of national and local positions. The general election is called a midterm election, as it falls halfway through a presidential term. Many congressional seats are up nationwide, including all nine United States Representatives from Indiana. In total, 362 elections will take place across the state, including the federal representatives, all 100 state representative seats, 25 state Senate seats, secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, 39 circuit court judges, 86 superior court judges for various counties, 91 prosecuting attorneys and nine small claims court judges. Voters in Bloomington will choose who to elect for the national and state positions, as well as three seats on the Monroe County circuit court bench, circuit court clerk, prosecutor, county recorder, assessor, two county council seats, township trustees, township advisory board and two Monroe County Community School Corporation board seats. All Indiana voters will also vote on the retention of state Supreme Court Justices Loretta Rush and Mark Massa, Court of Appeals Judge Rudolph Pyle and Tax Court Judge Martha Wentworth. To register to vote and to see a list of candidates on each precinct’s ballot, visit indianavoters. in.gov. For information and ballot requests for Indiana absentee voting, visit the Voter Information Portal at in.gov/sos/elections or your state’s voting website.
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DISTRICT 2 Democrat: Joe Bock Republican: Jackie Walorski Libertarian: Jeff Petermann DISTRICT 3 Democrat: Justin Kuhnle Republican: Marlin Stutzman Libertarian: Scott Wise DISTRICT 4 Democrat: John Dale Republican: Todd Rokita
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DISTRICT 5 Democrat: Shawn Denney Republican: Susan Brooks Libertarian: John Krom DISTRICT 6 Democrat: Susan Hall Heitzman Republican: Luke Messer Libertarian: Eric Miller
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At 19, Bloomington singersongwriter Marshall Lewis has been described by his peers as an artist who writes and records deeply introspective songs that are well beyond his years. Lewis will release his debut extended play, “Higher Nature,”
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For senior center Collin Rahrig, individual success can’t be measured by numbers on a piece of paper. Nor can it for junior tackle Jason Spriggs or senior guard Bernard Taylor. There are no statistics to distinctly establish one as a standout from the next. As a collective group, though, the offensive line anchored an IU offense that set records in nearly every major offensive category during the 2013 season. The key to their success: five players working as a single unit. It’s a five-man operation at every snap, offensive line Coach Greg Frey said. “You need five O-lineman to block, and if not, you’re going to struggle offensively,” Frey said. “You got four guys blocking, one guy goes the wrong way and it’s minus three.” In Frey’s three years at IU, he has seen an offense go from one of the worst in the Big Ten to one of the best. From 2011 to 2013, it went from scoring 257 points to scoring 461, a 17-point-per-game increase. Last season, it averaged more than 300 passing yards and 200 rushing yards per game for the first time in school history. Spriggs said those new records set a standard for the coming season. “We want to re-break them,” Spriggs said. “We had a good season last year as an offense, but we have to have a better season as an offense this year.” “We can never settle,” Rahrig added. “Be happy with what you’ve done. This is a brand new year.” Spriggs has started at left tackle
DISTRICT 7 Democrat: André Carson Republican: Catherine Ping Libertarian: Chris Mayo DISTRICT 8 Democrat: Tom Spangler Republican: Larry Bucshon Libertarian: Andrew Horning
on Aug. 26 through Highwire Records. The EP will be released on musical outlets such as Spotify and iTunes the same day. Lewis is a singer-songwriter who has been writing and performing music since he was in high school as a way of dealing with life hurdles. “Music became a place where
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this year. It is owned and managed by Kevin Flick and Lewis. The record label strives to provide a platform for creativity for rising artists in Bloomington, according to its website. “Higher Nature” is an indie folk-style album that contains
Living Learning Communities welcomed unexpected guests this semester as some students were placed on LLC floors as a result of housing consolidation. This year, roughly 20 students were placed in learning communities they did not apply for. These students were placed in whichever community matched their requested neighborhood. This was a result of strategic consolidation in response to last year’s housing gaps, said Sara Ivey-Lucas, assistant director for Housing Assignments. Last fall, nearly 200 vacancies occurred across campus after the first week, Ivey-Lucas said. This is because of “no show” students. Residential Programs and Services was slower to assign lateapplicant freshman this year and quick to fill in any spaces left by cancellations, Ivey-Lucas said. RPS offers 10 learning
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Todd Young Republican
R. Mike Frey Libertarian
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I can get away from things when they were difficult,” Lewis said. “I used to spend hours playing the guitar and then taking writing and recording music, which pulled me emotionally. The more I did it, the more I would love it.” Highwire Records is an independent record label from Bloomington that was established early
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DISTRICT 1 Democrat: Peter Visclosky Republican: Mark Leyva Libertarian: Donna Dunn Write-in: James Johnson Jr.
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