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IDS ‘This is the greatest show’ Members of Best Buddies International gathered this weekend in Bloomington on the IU campus to be honored and inspired at the Best Buddies Leadership Conference.
PHOTOS BY MATT BEGALA | IDS
Top Performers stand during the final moments of the opening song of the Best Buddies Leadership Conference on Friday evening in the IU Auditorium. The conference opened to the song “The Greatest Show” from the movie “The Greatest Showman.” Best Buddies International is a nonprofit organization advocating for the physical, social and economic well-being of people with disabilities. Top Left Students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill accept the award for Overall Outstanding College Chapter for the 2017-2018 academic year at the Best Buddies Leadership Conference on Friday evening in the IU Auditorium. Top Right Jack Mayor, a global ambassador for Best Buddies, gives a thumbs-up at the end of his speech during the Best Buddies Leadership Conference on Friday in the IU Auditorium. According to the Best Buddies website, in addition to being an active public speaker, Mayor has competed in Special Olympics Basketball and Swimming. Bottom Left Performers and audience members hold orange glow sticks above their heads for 17 seconds of silence Friday evening in the IU Auditorium to remember the 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14. Three students representing the Best Buddies chapter at MSD spoke during the Best Buddies Leadership Conference about the effect the organization has had on them, and their intention to continue the legacy of two former members who were victims of the shooting. Bottom Right Mia Freeman, left, Madeline Dwyer, center, and Alexis Nilsson, right, pause after an audience member shouts “we’re here for you” during their speech at the Best Buddies Leadership Conference on Friday evening in the IU Auditorium. All three girls are students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where, on Feb. 14, a gunman opened fire, killing 17 people. Two of the students killed in the attack were members of the MSD Best Buddies program. See page 3 for related photos.
Musician Diplo to perform at Block Party From IDS reports
Diplo, Whethan and Teenage Wrist will perform at this year’s Welcome Week Block Party on Aug. 18, according to a tweet posted by the IU Union Board. Thomas Wesley Pentz, or Diplo, is an American DJ who first found success as a producer and co-writer on M.I.A.’s 2007 album, “Kala,” which included the hit “Paper Planes.” His work on the album got him a Grammy Award nomination for Record of the Year. Since then, he has worked with artists such as Chris Brown, Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani, Snopp Dogg, Kid Cudi, Shakira, Ariana Grande and Beyoncé. Under his self-created record label, Mad Decent, Diplo signed a dance-funk group Bonde do Rolê, which went on to define the funk carioca genre in the United States. Diplo’s first collaborative, fulllength record was with English DJ Switch, under the name Major Lazer. Its 2009 release, “Guns Don’t Kill People... Lazers Do” focused on subgenres of Jamaican dancehall music. Pitchfork gave the album an 8.1. The group’s second album, “Free the Universe,” came out in 2013, with guest artists such as Ezra Koenig and Bruno Mars. Diplo and Skrillex made up duo Jack Ü and released “Skrillex and Diploe Present Jack Ü.” The album won the group Best Dance/
Arrests made in Days Inn robbery By Dominick Jean drjean@indiana.edu | @Domino_Jean
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Diplo performs at the Utopia Festival in 2016. Diplo, Whethan and Teenage Wrist will perform at this year’s Welcome Week Block Party on Aug. 18.
Electronic Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards in 2015. On Nov. 11, 2015, the group’s song “Lean On” became Spotify’s Most Streamed Song of All Time, with 1,140,913,782 streams as of July 22. A song from the album, “Where Are Ü Now,” won Best Dance Recording the same year. Diplo performed the song
alongside Skrillex and Justin Bieber at the award ceremony. Aside from Justin Bieber, Major Lazer has collaborated with Ty Dolla $ign, Ellie Goulding, Nicki Minaj and more. He also has eight Grammy Awards nominations, ranging from Producer of the Year, NonClassical in 2012 and 2013, and 2016’s Album of the Year for
“Lemonade” and “Purpose.” Diplo also co-founded the non-profit organization Heaps Descent, an Australia-based arts organization that provides educational support programs for students and artists from marginalized and disadvantaged communities. SEE DIPLO, PAGE 3
A man was robbed July 16 at the Days Inn located at E. State Road, 200 Indiana 45/46 Bypasss, according to Bloomington Police. Over the course of the past week, police located the three men who beat the man up and stole his clothes. The 32-year-old victim checked into the Days Inn on Monday with a 23-year-old woman. The man told police he attempted to find narcotics throughout the day, and there were multiple people who came in and out of the room. One of those people was Jeremy New, 23, who offered to give the victim drugs in exchange for his shirt and backpack, according to what the victim told police. Dakota Elsmore and Miles Sealy, both 21 years old, were also with New. New claimed he was there to give the 32-year-old a tattoo and, while he was setting up his equipSEE POLICE, PAGE 3