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Each of Wagers’ parents said law enforcement seemed to have found nothing in their searches. “They tore up everything, they went through our entire home, and they didn’t find anything,” Walker said. “They tore up our lives.” Spierer was last seen at about 4:30 a.m. June 3, 2011, in Bloomington. On June 4,
Things have changed since Michael McRaith, a 1986 IU graduate, walked campus as a student. Returning to IU on Friday to accept a Distinguished Alumni Award from the IU Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Alumni Association, McRaith said it’s absolutely crazy to think of how far the LGBT community has come since his days in Ballantine Hall. “It’s IU that provided a platform for me to be open to the world and to myself,” McRaith said, accepting his award. Students, faculty and alumni from across the country came together Friday afternoon at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center’s Grand Hall to recognize McRaith, as well as Gregory Carter, a clinical assistant professor in the IU School of Nursing. The two were honored as a part of the IU GLBTAA’s eighth annual IU GLBTAA Celebration Weekend. McRaith, director of the Federal Insurance Office, was presented the association’s Distinguished Alumni Award for a career of public service and advocacy within the LGBT community. In speaking with about a dozen students and faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences on Friday before accepting his award, McRaith said years later he still remembers when he learned from his openly gay professor Richard Young that it was not abnormal to be gay. “He was very open about it,” McRaith said. “And at that time in the ’80s, that was a time when people were in the streets holding up placards that said ‘God hates fags’ and ‘God created AIDS to kills the
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Doug Wagers holds a childhood photograph of his two sons Kyle and Justin Wagers while his dog Didi lays on his lap Saturday at his home in Trafalger, Indiana. Justin Wagers‘ family property was investigated by the FBI in relation to Lauren Spierer, an IU student who has been missing for almost five years.
SEARCHING FOR TIES After a weekend of TV crews, police dogs and unanswered questions, Doug Wagers and Lisa Walker were dumbfounded at the possibility that their son Justin Wagers may be connected to former IU student Lauren Spierer’s disappearance. By Hannah Alani halani@indiana.edu
MORGANTOWN, IND. — Days after police and cadaver dogs searched their homes, the parents of Justin Wagers denied any connection between their son and Lauren Spierer, an IU student who has been missing since June 2011. The FBI and Bloomington Police Department searched the Martinsville,
Indiana, home of Wagers’ mother, Lisa Walker. The house is a former residence of 35-year-old Wagers. A representative of the FBI’s Indianapolis office said the FBI did not search Justin the property of Wagers’ Wagers grandparents in Trafalgar, Indiana, but said BPD or another agency may have executed a search there.
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Freshman center Thomas Bryant and Minnesota sophomore guard Nate Mason go after the rebound on Saturday at Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers won 74-68.
Hoosiers hold on against the Gophers despite cold shooting By Michael Hughes michhgh@iu.edu | @michaelhughes94
Something was different in the second half. After holding Minnesota to 27 points in the first half Saturday, the Hoosiers couldn’t seem to keep the Gophers out of the paint. But for the last 2:30 of IU’s 74-68 win against Minnesota, the scoring stopped. The Hoosiers switched back to the zone defense they played in the first half for the final 2:30 and the game slowed down. “I just felt like at times in this game we weren’t there in the moment,” senior guard Yogi Ferrell said. “Guys probably thinking about other stuff. We just weren’t buckling down and doing what you needed to do defensively. Our offense is going to come, but at the end of the day we have to get stops.” Only two of Minnesota’s (6-16, 0-10) field goals in the second half weren’t layups or dunks. Some of this was in transition. Other times the easy looks came from Minnesota’s half-court offense.
After scoring no fast-break points in the first half, the Gophers scored 16 in transition in the second half. Sometimes the layup came immediately. Other times the Hoosiers (18-4, 8-1) were able to stop the initial attack but then have mismatches all over the court, like freshman center Thomas Bryant trying to stop someone on the perimeter. “Our transition defense was terrible,” Ferrell said. “We weren’t getting back at all. No matches in transition. We had Thomas on the point guard, which is not what we want. Terrible communication.” Part of the problem was the Hoosiers were tired, Ferrell said. The more Minnesota got out in transition, the more IU’s legs started to give out. As this happened, the communication stopped. The Hoosiers were struggling to have the energy to get back on defense themselves, Ferrell said, so they didn’t have enough to direct their teammates. “So now you’ve got five quiet,
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tired players on the court,” Ferrell said. “It’s kind of hard to play defense that way.” This all came on a day when the Hoosiers struggled shooting themselves. When the Gophers came to Assembly Hall last year, the Hoosiers made a then-school record 18 3-pointers. IU was only 2-of-18 from behind the arc this time around. Only two IU players shot more than 50 percent from the field Saturday. Bryant made 11 of his 13 attempts for a game-high 23 points. Senior forward Max Bielfeldt made four of his seven shots for eight points. Bryant also pulled in a gamehigh eight rebounds. But IU Coach Tom Crean said he isn’t concerned about the SEE BASKETBALL, PAGE 5
Four delicately suspended creatures, mixtures of angel, bird, butterfly and human, hung next to a window in the Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center. Made of stainless steel frames covered in digitally printed fabric, these pieces are a part of Edward Bernstein’s show “Angels, Ghosts, & Inconvenient Events.” The opening took place Friday, and the show will run until Feb. 20. The “Reluctant Angels” took more than three years to complete. “Guardian Angel,” with a multifaceted face inspired by classic Italian art, was the first in the series in 2009, and “Avenging Angel,” “Icarus” and “Nemesis” followed. “They represent the good, bad, fanciful, hopeful, all of the aspects of human life.” Bernstein said. Bernstein retired from his position as head of printmaking at IU in August 2013. Now, he continues to run the summer printmaking program in Venice, Italy, that he founded, and he is an active artist. German artist Anselm Kiefer, who incorporated German myth and World War II history into his paintings and sculptures, inspired Bernstein. Bernstein said he enjoys making art that is interesting visually but also contains deeper meanings that require the viewer
to think. “A lot of my work is very subtle, but there are a lot of socio-political messages,” Bernstein said. “I don’t like the kind of political art that hits you over the head.” Several of the prints and paintings in the show contain images of chandeliers, referencing chandeliers of Murano, an island neighboring Venice. The tradition dates back more than 500 years to the Renaissance, and now the custom has been cheapened by foreign knockoffs, Bernstein said. The mixed media piece “Warrior” discusses violence in today’s society and is a mixture of digital prints of graffiti found around Bloomington layered with painting and drawing. Bernstein said he is most drawn to this piece in the show because it is one of his most recent works and is moving his style in a new direction. “I’m an artist who makes prints, but I also make sculptures. I work three-dimensionally. I draw,” Bernstein said. “I think about what I want to do and then I decide how to make it.” Bernstein said he is planning on going back to what he taught at IU, which is etching. He said he is excited to be in good health and to have the time to continue what he loves to do. “I just want to make art,” Bernstein said.
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Students and local residents participate in the art exhibition of Ed Bernstein, former IU studio art professor, Friday afternoon at the Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center. Print works and sculptures were presented in this show.
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Robel to present “State of the Campus” Lauren Robel, IU provost and vice president, will give the annual “State of the Campus” address tomorrow. This year’s address will concern a recent campus diversity assessment, new and expanding programs and the IU-Bloomington
Bicentennial Strategic Plan. The address will begin at 3 p.m. in Presidents Hall of Franklin Hall, followed by refreshments. The live-stream video of the address will be available online at broadcast. iu.edu.
Business students learn professionalism By Laurel Demkovich lfdemkov@indiana.edu @laureldemkovich
Wearing business suits and carrying notebooks, Kelley School of Business students prepared to build professional skills and network with corporate sponsors at the annual Sophomore Professional Conference. Sophomores in the business school spent Saturday in the Indiana Memorial Union, listening to speakers, working with their peers and attending workshops. Beginning in 2009, the conference has prepared sophomores for internships, careers, interviews and study abroad. After going through a year of the business school curriculum, sophomores are beginning the process of thinking about what kind of business professional they want to be, professor Josh Perry, the event’s keynote speaker, said. “It makes a lot of sense because they still have two years up ahead to really focus and get some direction for the long term,” Perry said. “They can build on this self-discovery and the educational experiences.” Students who attended said they agreed it is important for this conference to focus on second-year students. “We’re all sophomores,
so we’re kind of in the middle,” sophomore Katie Hager said. “It’s good to get a feel of what’s out there.” Perry’s keynote speech focused on what it means to be professional. “I think it’s deeply rooted in integrity, in being who you are and understanding who you are and being authentic,” Perry said. Perry said professionalism is more than the external pieces — clothing, presentation, cover letter, résumé and a firm handshake. “Really what I hope to prompt people to think about is more so the inner set of questions about what does it mean to be a professional, in your identity,” Perry said. Networking with representatives from corporate sponsors and interacting with peers and faculty were two of the most important aspects of the conference, sophomore Zain Abdullah said. Students also said learning more about the professional world and attending workshops were important parts of the conference. “I think it’s important just to get as much experience in the professional world,” sophomore Caroline Hague said. “As college students, we don’t know a lot of what happens beyond college yet, so this is a good opportunity to learn about the professional world.”
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Ben Taylor, right, assistant director of Student Life at the Kelley School Undergraduate Program, gives a question to the senior panelists during "Sophomore Professional Conference" on Saturday at the Frangipani Room in the Indiana Memorial Union. This annual event, put on by the Kelley School of Business and Chair's Advisory Board, is intended to help sophomore students in Kelley develop networking and personal brands.
Sessions at the conference were broken down into four categories: “Your Path,” “Your Brand,” “Your Network” and “Your Moment.” Different organizations and corporate sponsors led these sessions, includ-
ing the Kelley Institute for Social Impact, Kohl’s and Discover. “There are some interesting sessions, and I hope to benefit from them indirectly and directly,” Abdullah said. Perry urged students
to ask themselves what it means to be professional. He said business schools could characteristically serve the interests of shareholders, so students should ask themselves what that means for them and how
that affects their role as a business professional. “I want them to ask themselves what it means for them to be a professional,” Perry said. “Who are you trying to serve? What’s the bottom line?”
Biologist lectures on pro-life stance By Erica Gibson ecgibson@indiana.edu @ericaclare_05
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Daniel Ippolito is a devout Roman Catholic, a father, a fifth-degree black belt and a scientist. Though there are many angles from which to examine the morality of abortion, science is the most concrete, Ippolito said at a pro-life lecture Friday. Ippolito, a professor of biology at Anderson University, spoke about the role of science in pro-life and pro-choice arguments. He said his views on abortion are shaped by his knowledge of biology, not only his religion. “You can be silenced because people say you only believe what you believe because you are Christian,” Ippolito said. “That’s why I just try to focus on the sci-
ence.” The event was hosted by Maurer Advocates for Life, who advertise themselves as the only pro-life group on IU’s campus. Ippolito spoke to a small audience composed of four Advocates for Life members, Ippolito’s wife and son, two undergraduate students, a photographer, a videographer and two Bloomington Police Department officers. The lecture, “Abortion, Science, and Smokescreens,” traced the process of gestation before questioning fetal viability as a method of determining the cutoff period for abortions. “The viability threshold is a moving target due to rapidly improving technology,” Ippolito said. “So it’s not much help in making ethical decisions.” Ippolito then discussed
Speaker educates on nonprofit ethics By Austin Faulds afaulds@indiana.edu | @a_faulds9615
The School of Public and Environmental Affairs is trying to fight against the recent backlash against nonprofit organizations with education on ethics. Former Young Nonprofit Professionals Network Director Trish Tchume spoke to students and faculty Jan. 29 about the importance of ethics for nonprofit organizations. Throughout her lecture, Tchume kept posing one question, “How do you walk through the world of work with integrity?” Her answer to this was to reach the “ethical fence.” The ethical fence is a metaphor for all of the work exerted by nonprofit organizations done in an ethical way. She said it does not include the scandals often associated with nonprofit organizations Tchume said what builds up this fence are the foundations of the IRS tax code, which states nonprofit organizations must conduct business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders or any sort of profit motive. “The nonprofit sector is an incredibly ethical place to work,” Tchume said. However, violations of the tax code seem to be all
the media is interested in, Tchume said. Despite the fact that there are 1.8 million nonprofit organizations in the United States, she said the only thing being reported on are the scandals in lieu of the accomplishments. To emphasize this point, Tchume said 58 percent of nonprofit employees have reported a strong or strongleaning ethics culture, which she said is 6 percent more than business and 8 percent more than government. Along with this difficulty are other primarily economic ones, she said. The marketing of nonprofits, as well as the compensation, or lack thereof, of employees are what trouble the organizations. Donors have become less frequent with the increase of negative publicity and nonprofit scandal, she said. Also, Tchume said she believes employer-employee relationships should be stronger and better-balanced in the nonprofit workplace. “You do right by the people you serve by doing right to your employees,” she said. Despite these difficulties, Tchume said she still believes in the possibility of reaching the ethical fence. SPEA professor Beth Gazley added her thoughts to Tchume’s view of non-profit
“smokescreens,” or common arguments used to defend abortions. He criticized politicians who say they are personally opposed to abortion but don’t want to push their beliefs onto others. “It’s like saying, ‘I’m personally opposed to rape, so I want to keep it safe, legal and rare. I don’t want to impose my values on those who disagree with me,” Ippolito said. He argued a fetus is a distinct, alive biological entity from the moment of its fertilization and should be legally protected. He cited the protection of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness from the Declaration of Independence as an example. “We all function by a hierarchy of values, the most fundamental right of which is the protection of inno-
cent life,” Ippolito said. Senior Sarah Buchanan said she was disappointed by the lecture. She and her boyfriend, both pro-choice, attended the lecture to learn more about scientific arguments against abortion but said Ippolito mostly focused on value judgments. “It was supposed to cover evolutionary biology, but it didn’t,” Buchanan said. “It was just generic rhetoric we’ve already heard.” Ippolito’s lecture was followed by a short Q&A session. Buchanan asked Ippolito during this time if forcing a woman to carry a fetus to term violates her liberty. He said liberty falls lower than life on the hierarchy of values. “There is a cross-cultural intuition that prioritizes life,” Ippolito said.
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Students take notes during "Developing and Defending Your Ethical Professional Brand" presentation held in SPEA Friday. Keynote speaker Trish Tchume emphasized understanding the "ethical fence."
organizations. “This is a value-driven center,” Gazley said. To further emphasize her point, Tchume displayed a diagram demonstrating how to reach the ethical fence. This diagram featured a series of four circle diagrams, each resting within the one larger than it like Russian nesting dolls. The diagram as a whole explained the level of importance and relationship between factors that ultimately build the ethical fence. The smallest circle showed the importance of feelings and intuition. The larger one said the values of the workplace, as well as the significance of one’s role. The even larger one was
about the community and code of the workplace. All of these were inside the biggest circle, “the story I want to tell,” which Tchume said truly builds the fence. IU teacher and former congresswoman Jill Long Thompson agreed with the Tchume’s statements on non-profit organizations and branding. “It’s important to recognize that the brand you have is the substance of who you are,” Thompson said. However, for one to make their own ethical brand, he or she needs to make good decisions, she said in warning. “A lifetime of ‘attaboys’ can be wiped out with one ‘oh shit,’” Thompson said. “Make sure you don’t have one ‘oh shit.’”
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New charter school to have board meeting Seven Oaks Classical School will have its first public school board meeting today. The meeting is set to begin at 6:30 p.m. and last about two hours, according to a Seven Oaks press release. It will be located in the auditorium of the
Monroe County Public Library on Kirkwood Avenue. Seven Oaks was granted permission to open as a charter school by Grace College in January and will begin operation as early as August.
Square Donuts opens doors at new location By Melanie Metzman mmetzman@indiana.edu @melanie_metzman
Square Donuts will officially open its new store Tuesday, after having an unadvertised soft opening over the weekend. The business is moving from its current location on Walnut Street to a new building on 17th and College Avenue. The new space is large and open, featuring modern design with sleek furniture and lots of windows and light. Branden and Nikki Johnson, owners of the Bloomington Square Donuts franchises, said the modern style and setup of the new building is the main reason they decided to move. The building opened the same year the Square Donuts Walnut Street location lease was ending. “You have parking in the front, as well as dedicated parking in the back,” Branden Johnson said. “You have a drive-thru window, as well. In the 10 years we’ve been here, this is the best new building that I’ve seen, as far as a setup for what we do.”
At the old location, the pair had to work with what was already there, Branden Johnson said. The new location was a blank slate, so they were able to plan everything out the way they wanted it, he said. “The new location is about as inviting as it could possibly be,” Branden Johnson said. “I think our current customers will be pleasantly surprised by the feel of the new store.” The biggest challenge with the new location was moving the equipment, Nikki Johnson said. The mixer, which weighs 1,200 pounds, had to be carried by four men through the front door. “It was nail-biting,” Branden Johnson said. “I was very nervous.” Branden and Nikki Johnson, who are both IU graduates, learned about Square Donuts growing up in Terre Haute, Indiana, where the original store — which opened in 1967 — is located. “When we were younger, back in high school, people always wondered, why aren’t there other
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Square Donuts has relocated its primary store from North Walnut Street to 17th Street and College Avenue. The store had a soft opening this weekend and will open officially Feb 2.
Square Donuts?” Nikki Johnson said. “We pretty much didn’t eat donuts the whole time we were at IU. We didn’t know any donuts
shops close by.” The Johnsons opened the first Bloomington Square Donuts franchise in 2006 at the Walnut Street location.
Square Donuts attracts all kinds of customers — students, families and the elderly, Nikki Johnson said. “Probably the only peo-
ple we don’t get are people who are very, very healthy,” Nikki Johnson said. “But even they splurge every once in a while.”
GLBTAA alumni return to Bloomington for PRIDE By Annie Garau agarau@indiana.edu | @agarau6
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Josh David, vice-chair of the Board of Directors for the Bloomington Community Orchard, celebrates during “Hibernation Celebration” on Sunday in the Harmony School Gymnasium.
Bloomington Orchard celebrates fruits of labor By Anne Halliwell ahalliwe@indiana.edu @Anne_Halliwell
The Bloomington Community Orchard celebrated its year of fruitful work with rhubarb and chai pie in the Harmony School Gymnasium on Sunday evening. Amy Roche, the chair of the orchard’s Board of Directors in 2015, said the BCO’s fifth year ushered in some landmarks. In 2015, the jujube and apple trees grew mature enough to bear fruit, Roche said. Roche said she hopes the orchard can contribute to local community kitchens in 2016 and beyond. “We hope you’ll be picking it and eating it yourself, but we also hope to grow enough to share ... with the organizations that have the infrastructure to share that produce,” Roche said. The BCO also planted its first “pocket orchard,” a small plot of fruit trees, near IU’s School of Education, Roche said. Josh David, the 2015 and 2016 vice-chair of the Board of Directors, said the BCO is already looking forward to
2016 planting projects and education. According to the 2015 financial report, $800 of the orchard’s income came from grant money. Individual donations made up more than $10,000 of the remaining income, and other contributions added nearly $8,000. About a third of the money went to outreach, including community events and tree-plantings, according to the financial report. A significant portion also went to orchard maintenance and supplies, technology and education events. David said the orchard hopes to construct an outdoor classroom inside the orchard in 2016 so “Work and Learn Days” and other classes can be held within the garden space. To facilitate other community orchard projects, David said the orchard planned to share information about which trees they’ve had most success with in Bloomington, as well as tips for similar projects in other areas. “We really feel like people are looking to us and saying, ‘How did you do that?’” David
said. “We’re always learning, we’re always growing and experimenting. We’re just lucky we get to eat the fruits of the harvest.” David said the orchard will also work on more small orchards on campus, including a partnership with La Casa Latino Cultural Center and possibly some of the dorms. Aileen Driscoll and Teresa Dunn of BCO-IU said the group has communicated with Collins Living-Learning Center and Forest Quad in the past, though no location had been set. Driscoll, the BCO’s community partner, planting manager and a member of the IU student group, said getting involved in the orchard was one of the best decisions she’s made. “From a professional sense, I’ve had countless opportunities with tree-growing, sustainability ... as well as leadership opportunities and public speaking opportunities,” Driscoll said. “On a more personal level, the orchard just represents a community and a civic (involvement) that I’ll be able to take with me for the rest of my life.”
About 100 people gathered Saturday evening to see old friends, drink rainbow martinis, share stories and celebrate progress in the LGBT community at Grazie! Italian Eatery. Though the age gap stretched from 18 to 80 at the eighth annual IU Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Alumni Association reception, every attendee has been affected by the LGBT cause in one way or another. “One of my favorite things is getting to hear the different stories,” Alex Van Gorp, a third year law student and student recipient of a GLBTAA academic scholarship, said. “We all have this thing in common, being members of this community or being allies. Everyone has their own experiences, and particularly with the age differences, they can be really inspiring to hear.” Van Gorp was bullied throughout high school, but was able to overcome the harassment when he came out as gay during his junior year. “They couldn’t hold it over my head anymore after I embraced it,” he said. “Living authentically made every aspect of my life so much better.”
Many people, however, are not so lucky. For some youth, bullying intensifies after they publicly embrace their sexuality. Some lose friends or family, said Doug Bauder, office coordinator for IU’s GLBT Student Support Services. “As crazy and sad as it seems, there are still parents who disown their child after they make the courageous decision to be openly gay or transgender,” Bauder said. For this reason, the alumni association created an emergency scholarship specifically for students whose parents cut off financial support after coming out. In the fund’s 11 years of existence, 13 of the 67 scholarships given out were emergency scholarships. “IU students don’t have to decide between living their lives openly and honestly and an IU education,” said IU Foundation Director Mike Shumate. “We’re very proud of that.” The GLBTAA is currently in the midst of a million-dollar campaign for more scholarships, Shumate said. He said they have raised $810,329 as of Dec. 31, allowing the GLBTAA Board of Directors to double the maximum amount of both
the academic and emergency scholarships available for students on all IU campuses. “Alumni look at their lives and say, ‘I’ve made it. Things have gotten better. And now I want to help students make it, too,’” Bauder said. Around the room, freshmen chatted with seniors and alumni hugged old friends. They talked about the LGBT-related legislation making its way through the the Indiana Congress and the films showing at the weekend’s Bloomington PRIDE Film Festival. It was students who first noted the need for GLBT resources on campus, Bauder said. It was also students, one gay and one straight, who thought a PRIDE film festival would be a good idea and worked together to make it a reality. And it was students who dreamt of an alumni association and students who continue to give money, friendship and support to those who come after them, Bauder said. “My story is encouraging students, finding the resources for them and then watching them take off,” Bauder said “It’s amazing what students can do. I could never have imagined this in 1994.”
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O.C. jail birds caught in flight to San Fran Two of three escapees of an Orange County Central Men’s Jail were captured Jan. 30, after their third partner surrendered the day before. The three escapees were all charged with violent crimes and considered dangerous by
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Revival of the Wild Wild West WE SAY: Oregan militia crisis represents a rise in libertarian radicalism Extreme liberals are often derided as socialists while ultra-conservatives are called fascists. With the resolution of the standoff between the FBI and the Oregon terrorist group lead by Clive Bundy and his family, a new political extreme was introduced into the American political vocabulary: radical libertarianism. When the protestors were asked to surrender, most of them obeyed orders. Of the two protestors who refused, one was killed and the other wounded. Not only are the members of this militia domestic terrorists, but they are also extreme libertarians. Libertarianism has been a quickly growing political philosophy in the United States. The philosophy is nationally spearheaded by Ron and Rand Paul, who are arguably the most outspoken and influential libertarians
currently holding national office. Libertarians believe in personal sovereignty and freedom from the interference of government. The preamble of their national platform states they “defend each person’s right to engage in any activity that is peaceful and honest” and they have a distinctive laissez-faire outlook on policy. Mainstream libertarians are certainly the party of small government, but they do see the need for a strong military and governmental intervention in order to create free and fair markets in which to conduct business. Libertarianism holds an uneasy place in the center of the American political spectrum. It has a hands-off approach to social policy that aligns closely with liberals but also a desire for small government that appeals to conservatives. Because of this middle ground, many
people consider libertarianism a naturally moderate position. But the recent events in Oregon have shown there can be extremists in any political group. The aftermath of the protest shows exactly what happens when you take libertarianism to the extreme. The Editorial Board believes it is important to call a spade a spade, and, in this case, we believe Clive Bundy and his rag tag group of political terrorists represent a worrying trend of radical libertarianism. Since the beginning of the Obama administration, a powerful and aggressive anti-government movement has been growing mostly in the southwestern region of the U.S. The Oregon militia crisis was only the most recent and highly publicized standoff between government officials and anarchists in the last few years.
The Southern Poverty Law Center writes that there have been more than 1,000 anti-government groups formed since 2008 compared to 150 before President Obama’s election. Regardless of whether the doctrine of the Bundy militia are radical anarchists, the group’s anti-government libertarian sentiment parallels this rise in anarchism. With a romanticized view of the ol’ Wild Wild West fresh in its imagination, domestic terror cells are growing in response to perceived government overreach into the private lives of citizens. Since 2009 there have been 17 shooting incidents with anti-government protestors and terrorists. Many people fear the rage of today’s radical conservatives, but much scarier is the radical libertarian movement showing its face in the mainstream.
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For immigrants, the American dream is dead When Ana Gutiérrez immigrated to the United States, she never expected agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to knock on her door and take her and her son into custody for possible deportation. Why? Because she hadn’t done anything wrong. It is in our interests of the American Dream to stand up for her. Gutiérrez immigrated legally, regularly attended court dates, met with immigration officials and even wore an electronic ankle shackle so they could monitor her whereabouts. It’s not OK for ICE to target women like Gutiérrez who are merely trying to make a better life for their children. Many other women currently face the same possibility of deportation. Many of them are being deported to Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. These
countries, also known as the Northern Triangle, account for the most homicidal region on the planet. Children in this region are targeted and forced into gang initiation. I don’t know anyone who wouldn’t have done the same exact thing Gutiérrez did in order to protect her family. These people aren’t leaving their homes just to come over here and steal your jobs. In order to sustain the American Dream, we have the duty to help them. I would go as far to say that these women and children are refugees, but the Syrians don’t seem to be garnering much sympathy from Americans, either. Have we really become so proud that we are willing to risk the lives of other human beings just because they weren’t born in the same country as we were? It would be one thing if
Gutiérrez and her son had entered the country illegally. It would be a little more understandable if she were committing crimes and causing a nuisance. In this case, someone is minding his or her own business, following all the procedures ICE officials put forth, but taken into custody after immigration officers show up under the false pretense they are police officers looking for a black male criminal. There are many other ways officials mishandle cases like this by conducting searches without a warrant and forcing these women to sign legal documents they couldn’t even read. I understand we may not be able to allow any and everyone to immigrate to the U.S. for economic reasons. But if someone’s safety is at serious risk and we can help them, it is our duty to do so. The same goes for other
TATIANA DEWITT is a sophomore in elementary education.
well-established countries. There’s no excuse for not showing humanity and compassion to those who aren’t as fortunate as we are. I couldn’t care less if some private owner of a detention center loses out a bit of money by having fewer detainees. What I do care about is basic human rights. Ana Gutiérrez didn’t steal your job, but by deporting her and her son, we are taking away their right to safety. If detaining and deporting innocent people who are in desperate need of a new home is OK as long as it means someone is getting a payday, then the American Dream is dead. tatadams@indiana.edu @TatianaDeWitt
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Artist Milo Moiré protested the New Year’s Eve sexual assaults in Cologne, Germany, by posing naked and holding a sign that read, “Respect us! We are not fair game even when we are naked.” She believes using art to shock an audience could attack the tender issue, reported Ivan Hewett of the Telegraph. She’s beating a dead, meaningless horse. In the past, shock art, from surrealism to Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring,” has successfully made statements about society. But Moiré‘s nudity was superficial in approaching the complicated issue of assault. If her unconventional protest is art, then one might think art is meaningless. This nihilism, meaning the loss of an objective meaning in accordance with rules, norms or truths, has been with us for a while. Punk rock and metal declare there is no future. In “Pulp Fiction,” Jules’ Bible verse doesn’t mean anything. And the Joker doesn’t want money or power. He just wants to watch the world burn. News outlets replace reality with entertainment or what makes us feel good. Advertisements rely on short-lived feelings rather than virtues and judgments. It becomes a sentimental nihilism, wrote Kit Wilson of the magazine Standpoint. As philosopher Cornel West put it in his book “Democracy Matters,” sentimental nihilists are “willing to sidestep or even bludgeon the truth or unpleasant and unpopular facts and stories, in order
HUSSAIN ATHER is a junior in physics and philosophy.
to provide an emotionally satisfying show.” While Moiré used the emotional shock of nudity in this way, we college students are no exception. We use safe political correctness, safe spaces and microaggressions on grounds of emotion, not reason. We coddle ourselves away from ideas we don’t like to hear through protests and activism. Our social media uses the folly feelings as well. We like to think we can change the world with a hashtag, an online petition or anything similar. Research has shown those who use social media are more likely to censor themselves than those who don’t. People with dissenting opinions don’t speak out due to fear they’ll be dismissed or isolated. I don’t have an easy answer to all these issues. But we need to be more critical and reflective. We need to embrace free thought and recognize the reality of the world. Essena O’Neill has talked about using social media to show our true selves. Milo Moiré‘s work was shallow, but we can create works of art and media that are more meaningful. We need to engage disagreement, not ignore it. If we don’t, we’ll wake up in the same tomorrow like in “Groundhog Day.” Don’t bother trying to fight the rules. There aren’t any. sather@indiana.edu @SHussainAther
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An ode to Manning As a native of Indianapolis, I’ve been lucky enough to witness my entire city flourish because of a talented, humble, generous person. That person is Peyton Manning. Few athletes have had as important an influence on a city as Peyton Manning has. The former Indianapolis Colts and current Denver Broncos quarterback is about to head into what appears to be the last game of his career — next Sunday’s Super Bowl. Due to recent health issues, retirement seems to be the imminent option for Manning. While I could write an article congratulating him on his legendary athletic accomplishments throughout his NFL career, I’d instead like to thank him for what he’s done for the city I love. Indianapolis was not always a hub of great sports teams, world-renowned medical facilities and economic prosperity. Before Manning joined the Colts in 1998, Indy was just another state capitol in the Midwest. Nobody expected this rookie would become an Indianapolis hero and legend by simply playing football. In a span of 13 years, Manning led his team to the Super Bowl twice, earned a victory and set several records within the NFL. Of course, great sports teams lead to plenty of incoming revenue to the city, and Indianapolis used it to its advantage. Tourists came in to watch the Colts play, and Hoosiers found themselves living in a city people wanted to visit. I got to watch the city grow rapidly as I got older. Suddenly, there were more big-name concerts and museums I never imagined would be there. To think Peyton Manning
ELYSE JOHNSON is a sophomore in community health and human sexuality
leading his Colts was responsible for so much of it was, in a sense, unbelievable. However, Manning’s contribution to the community won the hearts of all Hoosiers, including mine. During his many years in Indy, he became known for donating significant amounts of money and spending time in the city. His frequent charity eventually led to St. Vincent Hospital naming their children’s hospital in his honor. The Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital still has pictures of his friendly face around the state-of-the-art grounds. Many people I know, including myself, have been patients there at one point or another, so it’s easy to see how far-reaching Manning’s generosity has been. The funny thing about professional athletes is they have a choice. They can make millions, hoard it away in their mansions in the city they work in and easily pack up and leave to their new job in a new place. Or these athletes can become leaders in their community and give back to the people who gave them a chance — the people who came to see them play. Peyton was not just an example for all of us. He was one of us. He cried and thanked Indianapolis for everything when he moved to Denver in 2012. We thanked him right back. Whatever Peyton has in store next, it will be nearly impossible to compare to the influence he has had on all of us in Indy. Once a Hoosier, always a Hoosier. elyjohns@indiana.edu @ElyseJWrites
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 shooting woes. If anything, they weren’t shooting enough, he said. “I don’t think we shot enough threes,” Crean said. “That’s the last thing I get worried about with this team.” But the Hoosiers won. On a day when the shots weren’t falling and they were allowing layup after layup, they are still first place in the Big Ten. Ferrell said he doesn’t like to compare teams from year to year. He wouldn’t talk about how this team might be different from years past because IU won a game where it struggled shooting the ball and playing defense. He said the Hoosiers have improved this season. They’ve improved in close games and are hanging on when they might not be playing well enough to win. “We’ve made many strides from the beginning of the season with how we want to win close games,” Ferrell said. “Those close games we’ve had early on in the season and losing those, I think that helped us.”
JUNE 3, 2011 Lauren disappears Then-sophomore Lauren Spierer is last seen by Jason Rosenbaum at the corner of 11th Street and College Avenue. Security footage at Smallwood Plaza does not show her returning to her apartment. Volunteers met outside of Smallwood on June 5 to plan the search. NOBLE GUYON | IDS
Doug Wagers holds a frame with his family photos Saturday at his home in Trafalger, Indiana.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 her parents filed a police report and began searching for their daughter. Since then, BPD has led an active investigation into her disappearance. Since 2002, Wagers has been convicted of multiple felonies: a Class 6 felony charge of performing sexual misconduct in the presence of a minor and a Class D felony charge of vicarious sexual gratification with a child. He is a registered sex offender and is currently being held in the Johnson County Jail, charged with indecent exposure and bond forfeiture, according to information from the jail. In an interview with the Indiana Daily Student, Justin’s father Doug Wagers recounted the experience of Thursday’s police search. He was standing in his gravel driveway when about five cars showed up, he said. He held his small dog Didi inside his jacket when she started growling so loudly she started shaking, he said. On Saturday, he sat in his parents’ living room, dumbfounded. “If he did do it, he needs help, not prison. But I don’t believe it. There’s not a doubt in my mind he’s not guilty,” he said. The media trucks and cop cars had left by Saturday, but the stress of the police investigation enveloped the Trafalgar home, where Doug Wagers currently lives. While he and his parents looked through childhood photographs of his son, Didi rested on his lap. The Wagers family smiled at a faded Polaroid photograph of Justin Wagers and his brother, Kyle, sitting in high chairs. Doug Wagers said Justin Wagers had a passion for fishing, and at age 6 he caught larger bass than his
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Top Sophomore guard Robert Johnson (4) attempts to block the shot by Minnesota guard Dupree McBrayer on Saturday at Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers won 74-48. Middle Sophomore guard Robert Johnson (4) passes to senior guard Yogi Ferrell during the game against Minnesota on Saturday at Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers won 74-48. Bottom Redshirt-senior Max Biefeldt drives to the basket during the game against Minnesota on Saturday at Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers won 74-48.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 fags.’” McRaith, now serving in the Obama administration, has used his career to advocate for equality in healthcare and in other areas of financial disparity. Aside from his work in finance, McRaith helped expand the Windy City Men’s Basketball League, an inclusive three-divsion gay men’s basketball league, into one of the nation’s largest basketball leagues. McRaith has served on the board of the AIDS
Foundation of Chicago for nearly a decade and became deeply involved in the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention after his partner committed suicide. “Most people that know (McRaith) well, whether professionally or personally, uniformly remark about his ability to put people at ease in terms of building consensus,” said College of Arts and Sciences Dean Larry Singell, who presented McRaith’s award. “He’s just simply a likable guy.” Of his time in public service, McRaith said he finds it very difficult to pass up
“It’s not enough to observe. It’s not enough to know or talk about something. For me, I want to be a part of something, and doing what I can to contribute change where change is needed.” Michael McRaith, 1986 IU graduate
any opportunity to make a difference. “It’s not enough to observe,” McRaith said. “It’s not
enough to know or talk about something. For me, I want to be a part of something, and doing what I can to contribute change where change is needed.” Carter, who expressed a similar devotion to change, was presented the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Student Support Center Spirit Award on Friday. In his nursing classes, Carter emphasizes an education of culture and patient advocacy in addition to traditional bedside manner. Carter said he works with culture centers, engaging the black, Muslim and
father. Justin Wagers was the tight-end for the Center Grove High School football team, they said as Doug Wagers held his son’s senior prom photo. After he graduated from high school, he took a job with Sub-Surface of Indiana, a Morgantown, Indiana, excavation company and worked in labor jobs before and after incarceration for his sex convictions, Doug Wagers said. At Justin Wagers’ mother’s house, Walker stood in her pajamas. Around her, bits and pieces of yard were torn up. A WISH-TV reporter’s business card sat neglected on her doorstep. She said she was scared to answer the front door because of Thursday’s “24hour spotlight” from the media. Along the driveway, a black fence with blue Christmas lights was broken where FBI trucks had entered her side yard. There were no other signs of a federal investigation. Like Doug Wagers and Didi, Walker was weathered. “Justin is not a psycho,” she said. “He has sex problems, but he’s not a psycho.” Her 35-year-old son was not a bank robber or a murderer or a rapist, she said. Walker said she understands the Spierers’ need for closure and the FBI’s need to search every possible lead, but she said she feels sure no one will find anything connecting her son to Spierer. “I couldn’t imagine what that man and woman are going through,” Walker said, referring to Robert and Charlene Spierer, Lauren’s parents. “But we are going through right next to what that woman went through. Our lives will never be the same.” LGBT communities to teach how individuals’ healthcare needs may vary. “My goal is to expose my students in an academic setting to the cultures so they’re able to understand that you and I aren’t so different,” Carter said. “Your care might be different than my care. I might not be able to get a blood transfusion, or I might need to pray a certain way.” Students in Carter’s classes said they are very close. Learning in cohorts of about 60 students, some have described Carter as a powerhouse. “He’s a very deter-
FEBRUARY 2012 Parents increase reward The award offered for substantial information regarding Lauren’s disappearance increases to $250,000.
JUNE 2013 Family files lawsuit Lauren’s parents file a lawsuit against the men believed to have been with her the night she disappeared. Corey Rossman, Jason Rosenbaum and Michael Beth were accused of negligence resulting in harm to Lauren. She attended a party at Rosenbaum’s residence where Beth noted that Lauren was “extremely intoxicated.” Rossman was later seen drinking with Lauren at Kilroy’s Sports Bar.
OCTOBER 2013 City removes signs Signs featuring Lauren’s last known whereabouts are taken down by the City of Bloomington. DECEMBER 2013 One lawsuit dismissed Federal Judge Tanya Walton Pratt dismisses the lawsuit against Beth. JANUARY 2014 Request to seal evidence The Spierers request that some evidence in the lawsuit be sealed to ensure an impartial jury.
OCT. 1, 2014 Lawsuit dismissed Judge Pratt dismisses the Spierer’s lawsuit. mined individual,” said junior Mackenzie Reetz, who showed up at the ceremony to support her professor in receiving his award. “It doesn’t surprise me he’s getting awarded for it.” After receiving the Spirit Award, Carter said he didn’t believe the award was about him, but rather about his students and their patients. “It’s beyond humbling,” Carter said. “But really what it means to me is that we’re changing someone’s life, whether it’s the student or it’s the patient or it’s that patient’s family. It’s changing lives.”
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After 25 years of coaching, Firecrackers Coach Lynn Kelley contemplates retirement
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n the front row of the bleachers, the coach surveys her legacy. Twenty-four athletes, lined before her in rows of four, jump in unison to the beat of a Star Wars medley — or at least, they try. Their colorful, mismatched sneakers don’t quite line up along the gymnasium floor. And with each smack, smack, smack of their beaded ropes against the hardwood, the girls land farther apart. “It’s early in the season,” Coach Lynn Kelley says. “It’s ugly. It’s supposed to be.” For two hours a day, six days a week, seven months a year, Kelley holds practice here, inside South Lebanon Elementary School. It’s where she founded the team 25 years ago. And it’s where she transforms the team, season after season, from a group of fourth-througheighth grade girls into the premier performance jump rope group in the nation, whose halftime shows are a beloved tradition for many athletic programs, including IU’s. “Stop,” Kelley says, halting the girls in the middle of their routine. “Do it again.” When Kelley decides not to do it again — that this is the end — it will be the end of the Firecrackers as we know them, too. * * * It’s a far cry from double-dutch and nursery rhymes in the school yard. Kelley’s Firecrackers have turned the children’s game of jump rope into a globally acclaimed act, having performed everywhere from the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, to “Late Night with David Letterman,” to George W. Bush’s Presidential Inauguration. Videos of those performances have amassed 27 million online hits in more than 90 countries, attracting the attention of director Joseph Greco, who has a Firecrackers movie in the works. But how does Kelley prepare 9-, 10-, 11-, 12- and 13-year-olds, some of whom had never picked up a jump rope until their Firecrackers audition, to perform in front of 20,000-plus spectators? Repetitions. It takes about 50,000, Kelley estimates, to get her team performance-ready. The season begins in August, with travel and performances nearly every weekend from December to March. “Once we hit December, they’ll fly through it,” Kelley says. “I’ll have to speed the music up.” To make the show, which is broken up into five sections, the girls have to perform the section flawlessly before their peers 10 times in a row. If they get it nine times and mess up on the 10th, they start again from zero. The girls line up horizontally across the gymnasium floor. Two of the eighth graders, Anna and Emily, grab opposite handles of two jump ropes and weave them down the line for their teammates to clear. Kelley appraises it all with keen eyes. Her demeanor is warm and matronly, yet stern when the situation calls. She’s never demanding of the girls or their parents — she doesn’t need to be. She’s someone you don’t want to disappoint. Halfway down the formation, a girl gets her leg caught. “Again,” Kelley says. * * * At 63, Kelley has spent more than a third of her life devoted to the Firecrackers. She was born and raised in Mason, Ohio , one town over from South Lebanon, where the Firecrackers practice. The only time she left the county for an extended time was to compete for the synchronized swim team at Miami University, 40 minutes away. She returned after graduation and married her Mason-HighSchool sweetheart, whom she has known since second grade. “When we grew up here, it was the best place in the country to
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Top Anna Powell and Emily Schowalter of the Firecrackers flip while jumping rope during halftime of the IU basketball game against Minnesota on Saturday at Assembly Hall. Left While the Firecrackers perform during halftime, their coach Lynn Kelley watches from the sideline Saturday at Assembly Hall. Right The Firecrackers spin a teammate and use her as a jump rope during halftime.
grow up,” Kelley said of the Appalachian town. “It was Mayberry reincarnated.” The Firecrackers started out of Kelley’s physical education class in the Kings Local School District, where she taught for 32 years. At the prodding of her husband, Kelley inquired with the district about getting a group of her students to perform their end-of-the-year showcase — a choreographed jump rope routine — during halftime of a local basketball game. They gave her a junior high girls’ game. Kelley’s students received a standing ovation from the crowd of five. At the time, it seemed to Kelley as if everything was happening by accident. Crowds of five became 50. Fifty became 100. Hundreds, thousands, all way up to the 23,500 of the University of Kentucky’s Rupp Arena — the largest venue the Firecrackers perform at, and the fourth-largest basketball arena in the world. This season, the Wildcats will send their team bus to pick up the Firecrackers. The bus is a 36-seater, complete with eight beds and four big-screen TVs. It’s the girls’ favorite part of the season, agreed eighth grade captains Anna Powell, Emily Schowalter, Danielle Page and Alexa Cittadino — a chance to spend the two-hour bus ride in the company of their closest friends. Ask any of this year’s Firecrackers, and they’ll tell you the same. They love sharing time in the gym every day with their teammates — girls, because of the age difference, they might not see anywhere else. They don’t yet realize the full value of Kelley’s program — how could they, says assistant coach
Allie Cory — but they will. Cory knows firsthand. * * * The Firecrackers live by axioms: “You will perform like you practice,” “Excellence is a habit,” “If it’s to be, it’s up to me.” “Be the reason someone smiles today” is printed on the backs of the girls’ practice shirts — identical sets, enough for a week of practice — so they never forget the reason they perform. No one embodies another axiom, “Once a Firecracker, always a Firecracker,” better than Cory. A Firecracker in the team’s heyday, when the girls were first invited to perform on “Letterman” and in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Cory said Kelley’s tutelage helped her break out of the shell of a shy, introverted girl and discover her love for entertaining. After her final season, Cory returned to Firecrackers practice to volunteer as a high school cheerleader, as an IU student and, now, as a kindergarten teacher at Kings Mills Elementary. “It’s all due to the fact of everything that Lynn Kelley has done for me,” Cory said. “She’s provided me with so many wonderful opportunities. She’s been so supportive of me all through my growing up. The program that she’s created from scratch develops beautiful, young, talented women that are motivated. “I just don’t want to see that ever go away.” * * * For Kelley, teaching and coaching is more than just a job. It is her
calling. Long before Firecrackers, Kelley had a knack for noticing students, like Cory, who fell in the middle of the pack. Not drawing as much attention to themselves as the high-achievers or troublemakers, these students, Kelley feared, were being overlooked. So she began mailing them letters, a couple a week, as often as she could. “You’re such a great influence on the other students,” a letter might read. Or, “I’m looking forward to your future accomplishments.” It wasn’t just the encouragements the envelope contained, but the mere act of receiving it that bolstered a student’s confidence and made them feel special. Finding a talent had a similar effect. “You could just see a kid change overnight when they were good at something and felt they were good at something,” Kelley said. “You could see the confidence it gave them, even if it was something as little as jump rope.” So she continued to write letters throughout her career, just as she has continued to coach the Firecrackers after 2011, when she retired from teaching. But it wasn’t until years after writing one of those letters, when she encountered one of her former students at an ice cream parlor, that Kelley realized just how big a difference her actions had made. “Mrs. Kelley,” the student said, pulling out a piece of folded paper — so worn it was almost falling apart — from his wallet. “I want you to know that there has not been a day that I’ve been on this earth since you sent me this letter that I have not opened the letter and read it.”
“If I could go back in time, I’d write every kid a letter five times a week,” Kelley said. “I didn’t do it nearly as much as I should.” Such is the essence of Kelley’s career: working tirelessly, yet, in her eyes, never enough. But after 25 years, Kelley has started to think about a life after Firecrackers. * * * “It’s certainly never been about the money,” Kelley says. “If it was, I would have quit a long time ago.” All in all, the coach estimates that she loses $4,000 to $5,000 every season. Though she is paid $3,000 a year by the school district, that salary doesn’t even cover her gas and travel expenses. What’s more, the Firecrackers are a nonprofit organization, and it’s the venues, not Kelley, that decide what a performance is worth — even if that amount is $0. This season, one university will pay $2,500 for a Firecracker halftime show. Another, just $100. Meanwhile, Kelley has given back to the school district and surrounding community in immeasurable ways. In addition to the Firecrackers, she founded a track team, the Flying Knights, and raised enough money to put a new track in South Lebanon Elementary School. With the help of the school guidance counselor, she spearheaded a decades-long initiative to provide for families in need during the holidays. After being shocked by the lack of manners on her first team, Kelley began requiring all Firecrackers SEE FIRECRACKERS, PAGE 9
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Arts Guild displays work by young artists the Art Guild. There will be a reception for the show from 2 to 4 p.m. Feb. 27, according to a press release. The reception will include a presentation of awards, including $150 for best of show and $125 for first place.
Artists ages 18 and younger will be featured in the Brown County Arts Guild’s annual Young Artist Show, which will open Monday and stay open through Feb. 27. Featured art will be on sale throughout the show, with 40 percent of sales contributed to
Bloomington resident creates new page turner By Abigail Gipson apgipson@indiana.edu | @apgipson
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Harpist Alexandra Mullins performs “Zemeng Boat,” written by Qi Li, at the “East Meets West” concert Sunday at the IU Art Museum. The concert showcased new Chinese music written for Western instruments.
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To see art from Asian and Western cultures side by side at the IU Art Museum, visitors must enter a gallery on the second floor. But on Sunday, all they had to do was enter the lobby. “East Meets West: A Concert of New Chinese Music” took place outside a gallery entitled “Arts of Asia and the Western World.” The show merged these two cultures through the compositions and arrangements of Jacobs School of Music students. The producer of the event, Yulin Yu, said she wanted to introduce Chinese philosophies, including a respect for nature, to a Western audience. “A lot of Westerners don’t know about this,” she said Yu said this has been
done through literature in the past, but it’s more accessible in a musical form. Performers like master’s student Ari Fisher used Western instruments to play songs based on Asian themes. He arranged and performed the first piece of the event and said he enjoys experiencing other cultures through art. “It’s always something that’s enlightening, I believe,” he said. Fisher arranged a violin piece that was originally written for the erhu, a two-stringed Chinese instrument. Translating the music from two strings to four was a challenge, he said. He tried to keep the sighing sound of the erhu in the arrangement through sliding his fingers on the violin and bending pitches. “It’s a really fun and ex-
hilarating experience,” Fisher said. The sighing sound is pretty common in Asian music, Fisher said. Other performers also used different techniques to create it. Senior Alexandra Mullins played the harp on a piece called “Zemeng Boat,” composed by Beijing native and Jacobs student Qi Li. “We used a lot of special effects on the harp in this piece,” Mullins said. One of these effects required Mullins to slide a screwdriver up and down her harp’s strings, once again creating a sighing sound. Mullins said she doesn’t play Asian music often but enjoys the opportunity to broaden her experience. “I think performing new music is really challenging compared to a lot of other classical music, so it improves me as a musician,”
she said. The final performance of the afternoon came from pianist Yihan Chen. Before he began, associate producer John McHugh said Chen’s accolades include performing at Carnegie Hall when he was 16 years old. Chen played a 23-minute original composition about the life and destruction the Yellow River brings in China. “Actually, this piece was originally from a fourminute piece that I composed,” he said after the performance. Chen said he extended the piece so it could fully capture the emotion he was trying to illustrate. Fisher sat beside him and turned pages for all 23 minutes. “It’s amazing,” Fisher said, “It’s wonderful. It’s beautiful.”
IU Theatre to present classic comedy From IDS reports
The IU Department of Theatre, Drama and Contemporary Dance will present Michael Frayn’s comedic play “Noises Off ” in February and March. “‘Noises Off ’ is a play within a play,” according to the IU Theatre press release. The story is about a group of actors in a British resort town who are performing a farcical play. However, the focus is on their backstage antics. The successful play pre-
miered in 1982 in London, where it ran for more than four years. “Noises Off ” went to Broadway, and it inspired a film adaptation and many major revivals. It is one of the most widely produced comedies in the world, according to the release Murray McGibbon, an IU professor of directing and acting, directs the production of “Noises Off.” The play features set designer Kevin Nelson and a cast of nine graduate and undergraduate students.
This production of “Noises Off ” will be “a faithfully British incarnation of the play,” according to the release. “There have been some productions that have experimented with setting it in the U.S., but I think the whole theatrical tradition in Britain is crucial to the comedy,” McGibbon said in the release. New York Times critic Vincent Canby said the play is “a practically perfect stage piece,” according to the release. “The second act is really a comedic mathematical
puzzle,” McGibbon said in the release. “So, as a director, you don’t want to try to make your own statement with it. It’s really very close to a finely tuned ballet, where you have to stick to the choreography or everything falls apart.” “Noises Off ” will run from Feb. 26 to March 5 at the Ruth N. Halls Theatre in the Lee Norvelle Theatre and Drama Center. Admission is $25 for adults, $15 for students and $20 for senior citizens.
Bloomington resident Bill Bishop’s latest project, Cue Page Turner, is a device which turns sheet music so musicians can keep both hands engaged without pause. The Cue Page Turner is essentially a robot, Bishop said. It’s controlled remotely by button located either on a foot pedal or cuff worn on the wrist. Every time a button is pressed, a motorcontrolled arm flips a page, moving without making any noise. “The idea came to me decades ago,” he said. “I thought of it all in one shot, in my head. There it was, and I knew exactly how it worked.” Though Bishop had the idea for a page turner for years, he said he only began work on it once he had access to more advanced technology. To create some of the parts for the page turner he used a 3D printer, a cheaper method than the molds he would have used in the past. And despite having only started work on the project recently, he said an invention like this is a long time coming. “People have needed a page turner for centuries now,” he said. “It’s absolutely ridiculous and an embarrassment to the human race. Five centuries of written music and still no page turner.” He said he projects the cost of the Cue Page Turner to be at $70 to $75. Bishop has opened a GoFundMe page to help finance the page turner. Of the page’s $5,000 goal, $1,931 has been raised. Bishop lives his life project to project, he said. For him, he said taking on one endeavor after another is an addiction. He went all in with the page turner but said he doesn’t doubt his investment. “I’ve never wanted to be a boss and I’ve never wanted to be an employee,” he said. Bishop said his concept of inventing for music began during high school
marching band camp in 1973. He said he and his best friend packed up an ounce of Colombian Gold marijuana and some Dexedrine and invented new field choreography. “The conductor had us marching off in a block ... and I thought that was stupid and I rebelled,” he said. “Every 5-yard line I’d do a pirouette with my sousaphone.” Bishop said he could have used a page turner, especially as a child. He said most future customers will probably be parents buying the page turner for their children. “My mom was constantly screaming at me because I’d reach to turn the page and smack my instrument against the stand,” he said. Bishop said his nature is to work out solutions to problems that he sees. Britt Rossman, a firstyear graduate student studying geology, met Bishop several years ago at the Runcible Spoon, he said. Bishop approached him for help with the project around two years ago, and since then, he’s spent hundreds of hours on the project. Even though the Cue Page Turner is a simple device, Rossman, who contributed knowledge of electronics to the project, said the process of making it has been frustrating at times. In working with Bishop, Rossman said he’s learned a lot about himself. “It’s showed me what it takes to undergo a project like this and taught me what goes into this kind of work,” he said. The Cue Page Turner could be widely available for purchase in six to 12 months. Sophomore Benjamin Huang, a piano performance major in the Jacobs School of Music, said he usually memorizes the music around a page turn, but a device like Bishop’s would be convenient for more spontaneous performances. Bishop said he never had a plan for life after he was 29, but he feels solid. “I feel like I’ve done things right, at least for myself,” he said.
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rumps, tunnels, back bends, leap frogs, under the legs.” The Firecrackers step out to center floor and show Kelley the stunts they’ve been working on while she takes notes on a white legal pad. Afterwards, they come up to hug her, one-by-one, and thank her for practice. “Thank you for working so hard,” she says. Long after the girls have left, Kelley is still sitting in the bleachers. When she speaks, her eyes, so blue they hint of artificial color, never break contact. She speaks loudly and clearly, as she has learned, no doubt, from years of etiquette lessons. On the opposite end of the gym, the motion sensor lights begin to dim. “This may be my last year,” she says. She’s been saying that for the last six or seven. She would have retired from Firecrackers when she stopped teaching, she explains, had it not been for the movie. The company that bought the rights has been sitting on them for two years, waiting for the right production partner. So Kelley, on the advice of her entertainment attorney, has postponed retirement — that way, there will be a team up and running if and when, the movie is released. Kelley has grandchildren now, a girl and four boys, with another on the way. She’d like to spend more time with them, if she ever could. As she talks about her family, about her former students, about the Firecrackers and the long season ahead, the gym continues to darken as the motion sensor lights go out. The only light that stays on is the one above Kelley’s place
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to attend an etiquette course, where every season the girls learn how to look people in the eye, how to enter a room, how to sit nicely, how to introduce people, how to shake hands firmly, how to converse politely and how to properly eat a five-course meal. Years after Kelley introduced the etiquette course in Firecrackers, she convinced school board to implement it into its fourth grade curriculum. “If everyone had good etiquette, we wouldn’t have any problems,” she said. The South Lebanon Historical Society recognizes the Firecrackers as a part of the town’s culture and history. They plan to put up a marker in the South Lebanon Elementary gym, honoring where the team first started. “I think even some of the best coaches in the whole world — your Coach Krzyzewskis, your big-time coaches — can learn a lot from Coach Kelley,” Shaun Hamilton, another assistant coach, said. “There’s much more to being a coach than the X’s and O’s, and she’s mastered that for many years.” * * * At the end of practice, the girls stand against the back wall of the gymnasium. “Footloose” plays on loop over the loudspeakers. “Come out anytime you want and show us what you can do,” Kelley calls out. “I need tummy jumps, double
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The Firecrackers perform a crowd favorite, the human jump rope, during halftime of the IU basketball game against Minnesota on Saturday at Assembly Hall.
in the bleachers. * * * It’s the end of January now, halftime of the IU men’s basketball game against Minnesota. A packed Assembly Hall erupts as public address announcer Chuck Crabb introduces the Firecrackers. His introduction is lost to the deafening cheers of the crowd. It’s the loudest
changes you’ve been contemplating. Don’t run away from it, despite strong impulse. Don’t get talked out of what you want. Say what you’ve been holding back. Take bold action.
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. dream image into your external environment. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — Stay focused to expand your territory. Imagine a project completed. Resist the urge to splurge. A hidden danger could arise. If it goes against your grain, turn it down. Lies are revealed. Notice your dreams. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — Move quickly to grab an opportunity. You can make it happen together. Someone interesting
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they’ve been all game. The team that takes the court might as well be different than the one practicing at South Lebanon Elementary in September. The routine has evolved: elevated choreography, some gymnastics components and a crowd favorite, the human jump rope. There’s an element of danger to it, Kelley says, like riding a roller coaster. By the time the final notes
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Focus on family interactions. Find ways to support each other. Work interferes with play. Try and try again. Dig deeper for a solution. Find a hidden treasure. No splurging. Enjoy simple comfort foods together. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Clean up messes. Others want fast action, but you’d better slow down or risk an accident. Accept another’s generosity graciously. Provide leadership. Take decisive
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of Hairspray’s “You Can’t Stop the Beat” have faded, all of Assembly Hall is on its feet. Down the stadium halls, security guards and food service staff give a standing ovation. The Firecrackers have brought down the house. From Belmont University to the University of Cincinnati, audiences have been more emphatic in response
action. Send someone else ahead. Following through pays well. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — If it’s not broken, don’t fix it. Work takes precedence. Increasing productivity gives you more time off afterwards. Avoid gossip or controversy. Don’t gamble or rely upon fantasy. Pay bills. Explore streets you seldom visit. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 9 — Full speed ahead to meet a deadline. A rush job pre-empts scheduled programming. Work quickly, but carefully. Avoid provoking jealousies. The neighborhood provides what you need. Friends keep you headed in the right direction.
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to this routine than any other Kelley can remember in her 25 years. Maybe she’ll retire at the end of this season, maybe she won’t. If she does, she picked a good season to be her last. Because the team’s toughest critics, former Firecrackers, have confirmed what Kelley said she feels in her heart of hearts. “It’s the best show ever in Firecracker history,” she says.
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