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By Annie Garau agarau@indiana.edu | @agarau6
Because of the city’s frequently broken parking meters, Hailey O’Malley was late to class, Emma Hearn lost three quarters and a Laughing Planet customer got his car towed. Also because of parking meters, the City of Bloomington may have lost almost half a million dollars. On Feb. 5, Mayor John Hamilton held a press conference to discuss the city’s parking meter problem. In 2013, Bloomington bought 1,500 parking meters from a vendor named IPS. The cost of this purchase was $1,865,175. In addition, the city paid for refurbished housings and IPS tracking software. The city continues to pay a monthly IPS processing fee for data collection, and about $5,000 a month for credit card processing. The projected annual revenue generated from this investment was estimated to be $1,063,000, but city officials announced this week this prediction was far from reality. According to the City of Bloomington website, the actual annual net revenue generated in 2014 and 2015 was only $495,000 — less than half of what the city had expected. “Since installation, nearly every meter has failed to work properly,” according to the website. The IT department has reported, since installation, the city has experienced about 277 parking meter problems each month. This equates to a failure rate of 18 percent. Some of the problems include frozen keypads, broken backlighting, rust and dead batteries. When O’Malley, an IU senior, was trying to get to class, she said there was only one spot open on Kirkwood Avenue and the meter wouldn’t accept her credit card. “I had to drive around and around and around to find another meter and I ended up being late,” she said. Hearn, also a senior, tried to park at a spot on the square. The machine ate her money and added no time to the meter. Hearn said having to pay for parking sometimes deters her from going places around the city.
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Senior guard Yogi Ferrell looks for an opening in the Iowa defense. Ferrell led in scoring against the Hawkeyes, putting up 14 points to help the Hoosiers win 85-78 on Thursday at Assembly Hall.
HAWKEYE DOWN IU upsets Iowa, 85-78, to extend home record to 14-0
Walk-on Hoosier guard assists off the bench in upset win By Michael Hughes
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This was why he came to IU. This was why he turned down scholarship offers to play for Ivy League and Division II teams and instead walked on as a Hoosier. When the IU students started chanting his name in IU’s 85-78 win against No. 4 Iowa, freshman guard Harrison Niego knew he made the right choice. “This was awesome,” Niego said. “Assembly Hall was rocking, the fans were electric and when they get behind us and we get rolling, it’s a lot of fun to play. That’s definitely a big reason why I decided to come here.” Niego was part of a bench that outscored its Hawkeye
counterparts 28-0. Senior forward Max Bielfeldt led the bench scoring with 10 points, one of five Hoosiers who scored in double figures. This bench effort came in a game where senior guard Yogi Ferrell missed eight straight field goals. Freshman center Thomas Bryant and junior forward Collin Hartman were saddled with foul trouble for most of the game. “That’s what’s so special about our team,” Ferrell said. “Everybody comes in and does what they’re supposed to. They play their role and don’t get discouraged about not getting the ball.”
Sophomore guard Robert Johnson attempts a layup against Iowa on Thursday at the Assembly Hall. IU defeated Iowa 85-78.
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Assembly Hall felt depleted. Compared to a first half where the Hoosiers led the Hawkeyes by as many as 16, now IU was missing shots, turning the ball over and couldn’t keep up with Iowa’s physicality. But with about eight minutes to go, the Hoosiers showed their first sign of life. Senior forward Max Bielfeldt scored to tie the game and then scored again to give IU a 64-61 lead. The crowd rose to its feet. IU stayed in control for the rest of an eventual 85-78 upset of No. 4 Iowa. “They’re a great team, very strong, very resilient,” junior forward Collin Hartman said. “I think we showed from
Related Content, idsnews.com COLUMN: IU showed grit and an ability to play in big games in its upset win against Iowa top to bottom that we’re maturing as a team.” The first half and majority of the second looked like two different games. In the opening period, the Hoosiers got out to a 20-10 lead. At that point, six Hoosiers had already scored. Later in the half, senior guard Nick Zeisloft knocked down his third 3-pointer of the game. Hartman came up with a block on the other end and then hit one of his own from long range. SEE HOOSIERS, PAGE 10
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AMC 11 screens Yeezy Season 3, ‘Life of Pablo’ premiere By TJ Jaeger tjaeger@indiana.edu | @tj_jaeger
Shelby Kiger has been listening to Kanye West since she was in third grade, and she said she’s been following his work ever since. On Thursday, AMC Showplace Bloomington 11 screened the live premiere of both West’s latest album, “The Life of Pablo,” and the third season of his clothing line. Although there was a fairly positive reception to the album, poor organization and technical difficulties at the premiere’s end left Bloomington viewers confused and wanting closure. Erin Libby and Kiger, IU sophomores who attended the screening together, wore matching “Yeezy Taught Me” T-shirts. Libby said she had high expectations of the event. “For me, it’s all about the experience,” she said. “I’ve been listening to Kanye since ‘Yeezus,’ but I think the new album will sound like ‘808s & Heartbreak.’” West’s event happened at
Madison Square Garden and was streamed in select theaters around the world. Once inside, viewers silently waited as they watched footage of the crowd filing into the stadium. Upon entering, viewers were told to head to theater 10. Because AMC was not running the event, viewers checked in with Teal Strabbing, a Fathom Events employee who was monitoring access. “I had no idea what event it was when they announced it,” Strabbing said. “They kept it a secret, so they didn’t tell us.” Although the theater holds 292 viewers, Strabbing said the event sold roughly 100 tickets, which she thought was a good turnout for a Thursday afternoon. Jonathan Rightsell, a Bloomington resident, said he was looking forward to the event because of how confidently West had been promoting the album. “For me, it’s going to be an experience,” he said. “Musicians
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don’t normally do things like this, so he must be confident in himself.” Being notoriously late, West started the event 20 minutes later than scheduled. After viewers watched footage of Kim Kardashian West and her family being seated, West arrived with a laptop in hand and played “The Life of Pablo” in its entirely from the laptop. Hidden underneath a large tarp in the middle of Madison Square Garden were the models wearing West’s latest fashion line. As his songs played over the speakers, the cameras focused on various LEVI REECE | IDS outfits. Fans wait for the live streaming premiere of Kanye West’s latest album release, “The Throughout the event, contrasts Life of Pablo,” at the AMC theatre Thursday afternoon. The premiere was broadcasted were made between the models, from Madison Square Garden in New York. whose dystopian, bleak outfits and cold stares were presented against throughout the album. See more at idsnews.com/kanye But once the album ended, the West, who was dancing and singFrom the artist to the ing along with close friends and event slowly simmered out. Twitter enthusiast to the Viewers sat in awkward album contributors. fashion designer, check anticipation as West unplugged Audience members gasped, out our coverage of the laughed and applauded at many sides of Kanye. various lines and surprise cameos SEE YEEZY, PAGE 10
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