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Bobby Knight to join Trump in Indianapolis From IDS reports
Presidential candidate Donald Trump will be joined by former IU basketball Coach Bobby Knight during a visit to Indianapolis on Wednesday evening. A release sent by Trump’s campaign confirmed Knight as a special guest shortly after Trump expressed he would want Knight to accompany him at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum. “Indiana’s a great place,” Trump said to a crowd in Rhode Island. “Hopefully we’ll get Bobby Knight’s endorsement. The great Bobby
Knight. That would be good. I would think that’s the gold-plated endorsement in Indiana.” Interwoven into his speech Monday about Syrian refugees, strengthening a depleted American military and turning around Rhode Island’s job market Monday, Trump addressed an announcement from his fellow Republican candidates John Kasich and Ted Cruz. Both senators released statements that they were working together to block Trump from the Republican nomination. Kasich, who was scheduled to
make appearances in Hamilton County and Indianapolis on Tuesday, has cancelled campaigning efforts in Indiana and redirected his attention to New Mexico and Oregon, according to his website. Because Indiana’s primary May 3 is winner-take-all style, Cruz and Kasich are working to split the support between them. The candidate who receives the most votes in a given district will win all of that district’s delegates. Indiana will send 57 delegates to Cleveland for the Republican National Convention in July. By combining efforts, Cruz and
Kasich are aiming to keep Trump under the 1,237 delegate threshold needed to win the nomination outright, according to Kasich’s website. “We are very comfortable with our delegate position in Indiana already, and given the current dynamics of the primary there, we will shift our campaign’s resources West and give the Cruz campaign a clear path in Indiana,” Kasich for America chief strategist John Weaver said in a statement. Meanwhile, Cruz will continue to campaign in Indiana. The senator visited the Johnson County 4-H
Fairground Monday evening for a rally. “Having Donald Trump at the top of the ticket in November would be a sure disaster for Republicans,” Cruz for President Campaign Manager Jeff Roe said in a statement. “Not only would Trump get blown out by Clinton or Sanders, but having him as our nominee would set the party back a generation.” Doors will open at 3 p.m. for Trump’s rally at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum. Tickets are available on his website. Lindsay Moore
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Not just a librarian
Blackmon declares for NBA draft From IDS reports
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State Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz leads a Bingo for Books event with Teresa Heidenreich, library director, on April 11 at Washington Carnegie Public Library. The event was in celebration of National Library Week. Before Bingo began, Ritz spoke to those gathered about the importance of literacy.
After an upset election in 2012 and a term of struggling to maintain her authority, Superintendent Glenda Ritz faces reelection in November. See the story on page 5.
James Blackmon Jr. has declared for the NBA Draft but will not hire an agent, meaning he could still return to IU. James The rising junior Blackmon Jr. guard missed the final 22 games of last season after injuring his right knee in December. Blackmon was IU’s secondleading scorer with 15.8 points a game before his surgery in January. He has until May 25 to withdraw from the draft process. “James is going to test the waters and see where he stands in the eyes of the NBA at this time,” IU Coach Tom Crean said. “He is going to go through the process with both eyes open with the goal of receiving the most complete and current evaluation possible.” SEE BLACKMON, PAGE 9
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More than 30 members of the Bessette’s extended family have attended IU in the last 50 years. Nine girls from the family plan to attend when they are older.
5 cousins from 4 different classes all attend IU together By Carley Lanich clanich@indiana.edu | @carleylanich
Sarah, Abby, Claire and Olivia meet every Tuesday and Thursday for coffee between classes. In the Indiana Memorial Union Starbucks, they talk about classes, homework, stress and their family. They catch up with Susan on the weekends or at tailgates. For the five sisters and cousins who are all students at IU, seeing each other twice a week in college is normal. In a family with more than 30 relatives to have attended IU in the last 50 years, freshman Olivia Elston said following her sister and three cousins to IU was something she always wanted to do. “It definitely made it more comfortable coming here,” Olivia said. “I’ve always been into IU school
spirit and everything, so once I actually became a Hoosier, it was the best feeling in the world to be apart of something the rest of my family already had.” The girls all grew up within 45 minutes of one another in the northwest Indiana region and Chicago suburbs. Olivia and Abby Elston’s mother, as well as Claire Bessette’s mother both went to IU. Even Sarah and Susan Anderson’s mother who went to Purdue University Calumet wears her IU tshirt proudly, Olivia said. Growing up they had sleepovers and spent most holidays together. Claire said being at IU has only brought them closer. “Just because we’ve grown up together, we’ve always been so close,” Claire said. “It’s even nicer SEE COUSINS, PAGE 9
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Duk Groves, left, and Stone Irr, two local songwriters, talk about the inspirations for their music Monday at the Owlery restaurant.
Local singer-songwriters to play Uel Zing By TJ Jaeger tjaeger@indiana.edu | @TJ_Jaeger
Ben Craig, Duk Groves and Stone Irr all started writing their own songs in junior high, but it wasn’t until each moved to Bloomington that they became part of a larger music community. Local musicians Craig, Groves and Irr are performing this Wednesday as solo acts alongside Son Step, an experimental pop act from Philadelphia, at Uel Zing Coffee. Craig, who performs under the name Ol’ Buddy, said writing songs in sixth grade helped him develop early as a songwriter. “I wrote really terrible music in sixth grade, but that was the first time I figured out that I could also make up my own stuff,” he said. “Then it just snowballed from
there.” Irr, who performs under his own name, released his acoustic folk album “This Month” in November 2015. At the beginning of April, Irr toured the East Coast with Grammaw Kayla, a fellow singer-songwriter based out of Indianapolis. Irr’s songwriting has recently become more experimental and sporadic, he said. “A lot of times, I just sit down and tell myself I’m going to write a song,” he said. “I just see what comes out from that. Usually the lyrics are self-referential, and I’ve tried to be more open with how I detail my feelings in songwriting.” Groves, who performs under the name Duck Trash, writes songs using multiple guitar loops through lo-fi recordings.
DUCK TRASH, SON STEP, STONE IRR AND OL’ BUDDY Tickets: $5 8 p.m. Wednesday, Uel Zing Coffee Groves also played guitar and sang in surf-punk band Local Surfing before they broke up earlier this year. Being busy with schoolwork, Groves has been unable to frequently write and perform, they said. “I have a decent amount of shows coming up,” they said. “I work well on deadlines, I guess. Having to practice for a show makes me actually do it. Pretty much I’ve just been jamming with housemates and not recording much.” SEE SONGS, PAGE 9