Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015

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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2, 2015

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Redstepper takes part in history, page 7

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Local to run for seat in Congress

Playing Big Ten football

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Bloomington resident Robert Hall announced his candidacy for the 9th congressional district seat Tuesday morning via social media. Hall is the founder and editor of Grassroots Conservatives eNews, and he coordinates the Monroe County Patriots, according to roberthallforcongress.com, his new campaign site. “I’m the only candidate who will SEE CONGRESS, PAGE 6

University expanding options in biology By Nyssa Kruse nakruse@indiana.edu | @nyssakruse

Within the bachelor’s of science biology degree, there are now three concentrations students can choose to pursue: cell biology and molecular genetics, biology of disease, and integrative and organismal biology. Each concentration requires 18 hours of coursework in the area and will show up officially on students’ transcripts as an area of concentration. Students can still choose to get a degree in biology without a concentration. Richard Hardy, professor of biology and associate chair of teaching, said the concentrations were

IU offensive line remains focal point By Brody Miller brodmill@indiana.edu | @BrodyMillerIDS

Greg Frey said he wanted his offensive linemen to keep their individuality. Each one of them has different interests and beliefs. They respond to different forms of coaching. They have different senses of humor, and Frey said he wanted them to stay that way. He leads a group of blockers that have as much hype around them as any IU group in recent memory. IU Coach Kevin Wilson referred to the line as the focal point to offensive success in 2015. The line is the home of some of the most talented players on the team, such as senior Jason Spriggs and junior Dan Feeney. The individuality is crucial to their development and the different skillsets they bring to the table, Frey said. He doesn’t want any cookie-cutter players. Frey said he believed the reason the group has had success is because these diverse individuals become a unit. “It doesn’t matter how good Spriggs is or how good Feeney is. It also doesn’t matter how bad Spriggs is or how bad Feeney is,” Frey said. “It’s how good our offensive line is, and it’s all five of us.” Those five will be up front each play and will attempt to protect a quarterback who went down with a season-ending shoulder injury last season, pave paths for a running game

looking to replace a 2,000-yard rusher and be a piece of a team that makes a bowl appearance for the first time since 2007. * * * Frey, Spriggs and Feeney all laugh when asked questions that prop certain linemen up as stars or make them stand out. They shut people down when the 2015 offensive line is referred to as the best in the Wilson era. The season hasn’t even started, and Frey has no idea how well they will play when going up against opponents. He has a hard time trying to give a verdict about which players are better than others because there are so many different types of talent. In the spring, Wilson referred to Jason Spriggs as the most talented and Dan Feeney as the best and most consistent. Frey doesn’t really know if he sees it that way. “Working hard is a talent,” he said. “Feeney works hard.” He said each guy has different strengths and different styles. Junior Dimitric Camiel is 6-foot-7 and 310 pounds, has long arms and can put up 410 to 415 pounds on the bench press. That’s a skill in Frey’s eyes. It goes back to the battle between Spriggs and Feeney. Who is the best, and who is the most talented? They are competitive SEE OFFENSE, PAGE 6

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Senior offensive lineman Jason Spriggs stands at the line of scrimmage at IU’s spring game April 18.

SEE BIOLOGY, PAGE 6

IUB provost discusses budget model at first BFC meeting of fall semester By Laurel Demkovich lfdemkov@indiana.edu

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Q&A and meet-and-greet sessions with artists like IU alumnus Josh Bell, a classical violinist, are some of the events being planed through Project Jumpstart.

Project Jumpstart gives Jacobs students chance to get ahead By Brooke McAfee bemcafee@indiana.edu | @bemcafee24601

Project Jumpstart, a program focused on entrepreneurship and career development for Jacobs School of Music students, is kicking off at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, in Merrill 011. Alain Barker is the director of entrepreneurship and career development at the music school. Project Jumpstart is a student leadership program led by a team of students, Barker said. Barker said students can fall into a trap of coming to the music school and surviving well in the academic setting, but not thinking much about what they will do after they graduate. The purpose of Project Jumpstart is to turn student musicians into functioning professionals before they leave school, Barker said. This makes the transition from being a student to becoming a professional

less dramatic. The program features a wide variety of events and activities, said Rafael Porto, Project Jumpstart team member. Some of the major events involve guests visiting the music school, including jazz musician Wynton Marsalis and violinist Joshua Bell. Porto said the events include Q&A sessions and luncheons with the guests. Project Jumpstart features the {Well-Advised} Lunch Series, which he said is a relaxed and conversational way for guests to present their ideas. The program also has workshops such as “Mind & Body,” which discusses physical and mental health as they relate to music. Porto said the workshop features topics such as repetitive injury prevention, stress management, performance anxiety and dealing with rejection. On Friday, Sept. 4, Project Jumpstart is presenting a {Well-Advised} Lunch called “Finding Success

the Chicago Harp Quartet Way” featuring the Chicago Harp Quartet. One upcoming event is “Break Away to Hollywood” on Sept. 12. This includes a panel discussion and workshops with successful alumni who work in Hollywood, Barker said. Porto said Project Jumpstart stays active throughout the year. Last year, he said, Project Jumpstart hosted about 70 events. Porto said the partnership between alumni and current students is exciting, especially considering many Jacobs alumni have become successful musicians. “It would be incredible to put current students with these people and see what they have to say,” Porto said. “I think that would definitely help bridge the gap between the academic side to the professional world.” Learning how to find SEE JUMPSTART, PAGE 6

The Bloomington Faculty Council met for the first time this year Tuesday in the Indiana Memorial Union Solarium. Its agenda included changes to the BFC bylaws and an overview of the budget system, Responsibility Centered Management. The BFC Faculty President Cassidy Sugimoto was one of the first to welcome the new council. “The people on this campus represent our greatest resource, and the BFC is an opportunity to come together as students, staff, faculty and administrators to both promote innovations on this campus and to sustain what makes this campus great,” Sugimoto said. Professor David Fisher, chair of the Constitution and Rules Committee, then discussed the changes to the BFC bylaws regarding the representation of the University Graduate School. The bylaw change will add the vice provost for Graduate Education and Health Sciences as a voting member of the BFC. The bylaw change also removes the dean of the University Graduate School as a voting member of the BFC, since it is a university-wide position and not a campus position. “What we’re doing is we’re changing which one of these two people gets to be representative on this body from the person at the system level to the person at the campus level, which makes sense because all of our other administrative members are campus administrators rather than system administrators,” Fisher said. Members discussed another BFC bylaw regarding the Creation, Reorganization, Elimination and Mergers of Academic Programs Policy, also known as the

CREM Policy. The bylaw change will add CREM as a standing committee. This discussion was led by Professor John Paolillo, chair of the Faculty Affairs Committee. “Standing committees have a special role in our governance structure, because they provide members of the Executive Committee, and that’s one of the things that this particular bylaws change addresses,” Paolillo said. The BFC will vote on both of these bylaw changes at their next meeting Sept. 15. The majority of the meeting was spent by Provost Lauren Robel discussing Responsibility Centered Management. IU was the first large, public research university to move to RCM in 1991. RCM is a decentralized decision-making system for parts of the budget. RCM puts most budgetary decisions at the level of the school rather than the campus level. “RCM does not go down below the school level,” Robel said. “So, what happens once we do this calculation at the campus level, within the schools, that’s a conversation within the schools.” When asked why IU uses RCM, Robel said there are positives and negatives in all budget models. “Budget models do not create pie,” Robel said. “They divide pie. All budget systems generate a list of positive and negatives. There is no perfect system.” After questions and discussions, Robel concluded the purpose of discussing RCM during the meeting was to give everyone a better understanding of what it does. “I think that the more people understand about the basics of the system the more you can focus on the things that you care about and not have it automatically default to ‘it’s RCM,’” Robel said. “It’s just a budget model.”


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