Wednesday, April 8, 2015

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2015

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BASEBALL

IU tries to find stride at home By Michael Hughes michhugh@indiana.edu | @MichaelHughes94

Three days after losing its first home series in the history of Bart Kaufman Field, IU will try to bounce back at home today. IU (18-10, 2-6) is scheduled to play Cincinnati (8-21, 2-4) at 6:05 p.m. after losing two out of three against Michigan last weekend. IU has won 12 consecutive midweek games at Bart Kaufman Field. Its last loss was against Ball State 5-3 on April 17, 2013. Cincinnati is 0-15 on the road this season but won two out of three at home last weekend against then-No. 6 UCF. IU has not yet announced a starter for the game, but IU Coach Chris Lemonis said it would likely be a handful of pitchers contributing for the Hoosiers. “It’ll be a whole staff type of deal,” Lemonis said. “Trying to get some guys out there to throw, and we’ve got to get some young guys going a little bit on the mound too.” Cincinnati has also not announced a starter for today’s game. Overall, Cincinnati’s team ERA in 2015 is 5.85, more than two runs higher than IU’s season ERA of 3.38. On offense the Bearcats are led by Ian Happ, who leads the team in batting average, home runs, RBIs, slugging percentage and stolen bases, along with five other offensive categories. Happ’s batting average of .400 is higher than IU’s leader Craig Dedelow, .342, and almost .100

PHOTOS BY NICOLE KRASEAN | IDS

Top Doug Lingo discusses the distilling process at Cardinal Spirits on Tuesday. Cardinal Spirits is Bloomington’s first distillery. Bottom Jeff Wuslich sits at the bar at Cardinal Spirits on Tuesday. Wuslich and three partners opened Cardinal Spirits, Bloomington’s first distillery, two months ago.

Distillery joins B-Line By Brian Gamache | bgamache@indiana.edu | @brgamache

Unlatching a gleaming stainless steel tank, Doug Lingo and Justin Hughey peered into a fresh batch of whiskey. “This won’t be ready for at least another year,” Lingo said. “Maybe as long as three.”

SEE BASEBALL, PAGE 6

Cincinnati team breakdown 8-21

0-15

overall record

on the road record

.223

5.85

Team batting average

Team ERA

STANDOUT PLAYER IAN HAPP .400 batting average 8 doubles, 7 home runs, 22 RBIs .690 slugging percentage .523 on base percentage 5 stolen bases Happ is the team leader in batting average, doubles, home runs, slugging percentage, walks, on base percentage, hits, RBIs, total bases and stolen bases. IU (18-10, 2-6) vs. Cincinnati (8-21, 2-4) 6:05 p.m. today, Bart Kaufman Field

Lingo and Hughey are distillers for Cardinal Spirits, Bloomington’s first artisanal distillery. Located off the B-Line Trail on the south side of Bloomington at 922 S. Morton St., the site operates as a bar and production facility, with patrons drinking out front what is made and bottled in the back. The distillery, which opened in February, was built into an old sheet metal facility, with the back area retained for production and the front remodeled with locally sourced materials and artwork as a bar area. The business is operated by four partners, Jeff Wuslich, Rick Dietz, Adam Quirk and Jason Katz, who originally conceived of the idea in 2009 and worked to fund and open the business during the next several years. “We had similar visions

“We had similar visions for a craft distillery. We wanted to make something we could hold in our hands.”

for a craft distillery,” Wuslich said. “We wanted to make something we could hold in our hands.” Two months after opening, the distillery offers a signature vodka that makes up the vast majority of its drinks and is working on introducing new products, Wuslich said. These products include new vodka infusions, a gin and eventually whiskey, which will take time to come to market due to the length of the aging process. All of these drinks are produced by a single computer-controlled still with three towers of bright copper which almost brush the ceiling of the distillery’s production plant. “Penny’s her name,” Hughey said, looking at the

Jeff Wuslich, one of four operators of Cardinal Distillery, speaking of his counterparts

Singer McDonald comes to IU By Alyson Malinger afmaling@indiana.edu | @aly_mali

A single drum set, one cello, one piano and a woman in a paneled black gown stepped onto the IU Auditorium stage for a night of classic and contemporary musical numbers from the American song book. A world-renowned actress both on and off the Broadway stage, Audra McDonald visited IU for the first time to both teach and perform. Her performance was part of the series “Audra McDonald in Concert,” which travels across the country. The concert included a variety of songs McDonald has performed throughout her Broadway career and that helped her become famous, a small dialogue with the audience talking about past experiences in the show business

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SEE MCDONALD, PAGE 6

Broadway star Audra McDonald sings a set of musical numbers Tuesday evening at the IU Auditorium.

SEE DISTILLERY, PAGE 6

BFC hears proposed engineering program By Ashleigh Sherman aesherma@indiana.edu | @aesherma

The Bloomington Faculty Council heard the proposal for the new engineering program at a meeting Tuesday. The Bicentennial Strategic Plan, approved in December, stated IU’s intent to explore the establishment of an engineering program at IUBloomington. Of the 62 universities in the Association of American Universities, only four do not have programs in engineering, according to the plan. Of those four, two have joint programs in engineering with other institutions. A report released by Battelle, a nonprofit research and development organization, recommended that IU design an engineering program at IU-Bloomington.

In response, the plan stated IU’s intent to appoint an external blue ribbon review committee to assess the feasibility of establishing an engineering program at IU-Bloomington. Bobby Schnabel, the School of Informatics and Computing dean, presented the proposal for the new engineering program. Schnabel said he sees three reasons to establish an engineering program at IU-Bloomington: to support the economic health of the state, to remove constraints from existing campus science programs and to remain in good standing with the Association of American Universities. Without medicine or engineering programs, he said, it is difficult to remain in good standing with the AAU. The external blue ribbon review SEE BFC, PAGE 6


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