Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2014

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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 21, 2015

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Week of Chocolate comes to Bloomington, page 7

Change coming for food stamps By Liping Sun lipsun@indiana.edu | @liping1989

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Junior guard Yogi Ferrell waits to throw the ball into play during the game against Illinois on Sunday at the State Farm Center in Champaign, Ill. Ferrell’s scoring average is down two points from last season, but the Hoosiers have jumped out to a 4-1 record in the Big Ten this season.

Same Yogi, new role Hoosier point guard remains effective without scoring By Sam Beishuizen sbeishui@indiana.edu | @Sam_Beishuizen

Yogi Ferrell’s stat line from Sunday’s 80-74 win against Illinois wasn’t perfect. It didn’t need to be. The junior guard shot 1-of-9 from the floor and had just seven points. He missed five of his six 3-point attempts and a few of those shots weren’t even close. But he had nine assists and only one turnover. His steal with 73 seconds left in a tie game led to an assist on what proved to be the gamewinning 3-point bucket by freshman guard James Blackmon Jr. Ferrell’s scoring output wasn’t gaudy. That’s not what this IU team needs from him. On the contrary, scoring is only part of what the Hoosiers relied on Ferrell for against Illinois as they do night in and night out. “Leadership,” Crean said. “We’re asking a lot of him. It’s all about moving him around. When you have guys like Yogi that can do so many different things, the key is to make sure they understand they can do a lot of different things. The number one thing Yogi’s got to be is a leader.” Unlike last season on a team desperate for scorers, Ferrell no longer needs to light up the scoreboard by

Janice Freeman’s hands quivered as she ate fried chicken in the Monroe County Community Kitchen. She hasn’t yet been informed of a change in food stamp policy that could make her ineligible to receive aid by late 2015. As a jobless woman, Freeman, 51, comes to the Community Kitchen for meals from Monday to Saturday. Without children or knowledge of computers, which is a required skill in almost all jobs, Freeman said she tries to make ends meet with the help of charity and the benefits of $60 in food stamps every month. However this year, able-bodied people without dependents will be required to be working or participating in a state-sponsored training program for 20 hours per week to get food stamps, the state government announced in October 2014. With unemployment rates falling, Indiana will no longer qualify for statewide waivers, which waive the work requirement, by late 2015. State officials said the training, starting in January, is aimed at improving the skills of Hoosiers in advance. Freeman hasn’t yet been informed of the change, but said she expects to be one of the people who will need to go into training or risk losing food stamps. She says she wants to work, but the unspecified tremor in her hands excludes her from many jobs, such as waiting tables in a restaurant. Still, she says she’d rather not be on food stamps. “Maybe I will look for a job,” Freeman said. “Any job is better than relying on them.” There are 871,000 food stamp recipients statewide, and the state estimates that 65,000 people will be affected by the change, according to an announcement by the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration. “It’s really a threat to someone’s food security, especially to those who can’t work but not qualify for disabilities, ” said Adam Sommer, a supervisor at Community Kitchen. But Marni Lemons, the Deputy Director of FSSA Office of Communications and Media, said there are safety nets in place. If recipients fall on hard times, they could receive food stamps for three months during a three-year time

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SEE YOGI, PAGE 6

Junior guard Yogi Ferrell defends a shot during IU’s game against Penn State on Tuesday at Assembly Hall.

SEE FOOD STAMPS, PAGE 6

UN ambassador speaks at Maurer By Maia Cochran maicochr@indiana.edu | @_maiacochran

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Joshua Bell plays with the Cleveland Orchestra on Jan. 23, 2013, at the IU Auditorium. The Cleveland Orchestra is returning to the IU Auditorium on Wednesday evening.

Cleveland Orchestra reaches out to IU music students this week By Lanie Maresh emaresh@indiana.edu

As spring approaches, music students graduating this year are starting to shift their focus. In addition to practicing and coursework, they are also searching for auditions for potential music performance jobs. The Cleveland Orchestra will perform at 8 p.m. today at the IU

Auditorium in addition to teaching master classes and rehearsing alongside Jacobs School of Music students. This is the third time the Cleveland Orchestra has performed at IU as part of the residency that began in 2011. The program is aimed to partner the Cleveland Orchestra with Jacobs School of Music students in a workshop setting.

THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Student tickets $20 - $41, public tickets $38 - $60 8 p.m. Wednesday, IU Auditorium Not only does the Cleveland Orchestra’s residency at IU include performing, it also helps the SEE ORCHESTRA, PAGE 6

The Center for the Study of the Middle East welcomed the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, Dr. Riyad H. Mansour, Tuesday evening at Maurer Law School. Mansour spoke to IU about the state of Palestine in the international arena. He spoke on behalf of the observer state of Palestine, expressing deep desire for peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. Palestine has fought Israel on assertion of independence for 47 years, leaving the Palestinian people in a state of chaos and despair. Because of the drastic controversy and conflict of political, religious and economic interests, the refusal has resulted in wars and acts of terror between the nations. On Nov. 29, 2012, the U.N. General Assembly announced Palestine as an observer state with over two-thirds of member states

voting in favor. Being an observer state, Palestine was granted access to most U.N. meetings as an independent entity from Israel. However, the Israeli state has refused to acknowledge Palestine as an existing or independent country. Mansour insisted Palestine is an independent state, although the country continues to be under occupation by Israeli settlements. The recognition from the U.N. as a non-member state does not grant Palestine the ability for fullmembership rights of the U.N. The recognition does allow for admissions into other global organizations like the International Criminal Court. Due to failing national security, Mansour has posed the idea of going to the ICC in order to bring justice upon those who have committed heinous war crimes in the Israeli-Palestinian territory. SEE AMBASSADOR, PAGE 6


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