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Plans for new facilities unveiled Austin Ghirardelli @a_ghirardelli | aghirard@imail.iu.edu
2018 will see the completion of a new arena for volleyball and wrestling, as well as a renovation of IU’s 18-hole championship golf course, after both projects were approved Friday. The IU Board of Trustees approved renovation projects at six IU campuses at Friday’s meeting of the Facilities and Auxiliaries. IU vice president for capital planning and facilities, Thomas A. Morrison, presented the request for design approvals for multiple projects on the Bloomington campus. The board approved renovations to Ballantine Hall, the geology building and the IU golf course along with a design approval for the new arena. At the Board of Trustees most recent meeting, Morrison presented the design approval for a new indoor arena specifically built for the volleyball and wrestling team. Morrison said the 3,000-seat arena will be constructed on the corner of 17th and Fee Lane. “We are responsible for all of the properties, all the buildings and therefore all the capital projects that go along with building or renovating of new space,” Morrison said. “The board is required to approve any large capital project. They are also charged with approving designs for new buildings and
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Different kind of country Australian singer-songwriter Kasey Chambers embraces Americana Bryan Brussee bbrussee@umail.iu.edu | @BryanBrussee
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asey Chambers was watching TV with her partner when she knew she’d made it in the music industry. The name of her single, “Not Pretty Enough” — which had already peaked at number 1 on the ARIA Singles Chart — had become an answer to a “Wheel of Fortune” puzzle. Chambers, who played The Bluebird Nightclub on Wednesday, is a singer-songwriter who’s spent the last month touring the United States for her latest album, the sprawling, double-disc “Dragonfly.” Her music draws from classic Heartland genres like Americana and country, even though Chambers grew up in Australia. “Basically, I come over here and steal all of your music and pretend it’s my own,” she said. “And then I sell it back to you.”
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Top The Bluebird marquee displays Chambers’s name ahead of her show. Above Kasey Chambers is midway through her United States tour for her new album, “Dragonfly.”
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SEE RENOVATION, PAGE 8
Big Brothers Big Sisters moves to new office Hannah Reed
How to support BBBS
hanreed@umail.iu.edu
At 3:56 p.m. on Tuesday, purple and white balloons waved in the breeze as two pitchers full of lemonade sat in front of the new Big Brothers Big Sisters building, awaiting the arrival of a multitude of attendants. The AC wafted over the welcome mat placed in front of an open door. Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Indiana recently relocated to a new building at 501 N. Walnut Street. On Tuesday they had an open house at their new office. BBBS is an organization that provides guidance to kids ages 6 to 18. They help children realize their potential and build their futures, according to the BBBS website. Each child, a Little, is paired up with someone 18 or older, a Big. “Our relationships that we have between an adult and a child can last a lifetime,” Mark Voland, the executive director at BBBS, said. “All research shows that in mentoring programs, the longer the child is in that relationship with their mentor, the better the outcome will be.” Danell Witmer, the director of development and events, was a former Big who still talks to her Little usually once a week, and they have been together for 11 years. Witmer said she believes Bigs
Big Brothers Big Sisters is selling tickets for the Hairbangers Ball at the Bluebird on July 22 for $7. If tickets are purchased through BBBS rather than at the door then the proceeds will go towards BBBS. If you are interested in becoming involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters South Centra Indiana, information can be found at www.bigsindiana.org
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Big Brothers Big Sisters recently moved to a new building at 501 N. Walnut St. Big Brothers Big Sisters had a ribbon cutting and open house Tuesday to celebrate their move to a new location.
can be considered fun aunts and uncles of the Littles lives, because they see the Big as more of a friend than an authority figure. “I think kids are more challenged than they ever were, and it
doesn’t mean that they don’t have good parents, but sometimes they just need to have a fun aunt or a fun uncle to be there to help support them,” Witmer said. “It really molds them into helping make
right decisions.” Last year in the one-to-one mentoring program, the organization served around 200 children. In addition to this one-to-one program, the BBBS also has a waitlist
of kids that are not able to receive a one-to-one Big. Children on this waitlist don’t receive a Big, but they are given the opportunity to be involved with group functions with BBBS. There are three types of programs that run with BBBS: community-based, site-based, and group mentoring. During the community-based program, the Big and Little go out in the community once a week and do things, like see a movie, together. During the site-based, they meet at the school, the Boys and Girls Club, or Girls Inc. for an hour. Each Big is only given one Little, which is why there are kids on the waitlist. The third program, the group mentoring, is for them. SEE BBBS, PAGE 8