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andwiched between the 2014 midterms and 2016 presidential election is the race for the City of Bloomington’s local offices. In the May 5 primary, voters will nominate candidates for mayor, city council and city clerk. Fifteen candidates are seeking the nine spots on the Bloomington City Council. Most are Democrats who, if nominated, could run an uncontested primary. Information about the candidates was taken from their websites, social media pages and company and city websites.
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DISTRICT 2 Dorothy Granger (D): Running unopposed in District 2 is incumbent Dorothy Granger. Representing much of Bloomington’s north side, Granger has worked in a variety of fields, including broadcast Granger media, where she is currently the development director for WFHB, a nonprofit radio station in Bloomington. Granger, who earned a doctorate in Human and Organizational Systems from Fielding Graduate University, worked as a finance director on Shelli Yoder’s failed bid for Congress. DISTRICT 3 Allison Chopra (D): A fiveyear veteran of the Indiana Army National Guard, Chopra is seeking to represent District 3, which largely makes up Bloomington’s northeast side. Chopra has two degrees Chopra from IU, a Bachelor’s of Science in criminal justice, psychology and sociology and a master’s of science in kinesiology and exercise science. Chopra currently works as a legal assistant at Bunger & Robertson law firm and was the former owner of Urban Fitness Studio. Nelson Shaffer (R): Now a retired geology professor, Shaffer is seeking public office after running in 2014 for Monroe County Council against Kelley School of Business lecturer and forShaffer mer candidate for Congress Shelli Yoder. Shaffer is an Ohio native and originally came to Bloomington in 1974 to teach geology at IU, where he specialized in coal and industrial materials. Shaffer, who attained his doctorate in Applied Geology from IU, is the only Republican candidate running for Bloomington
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DISTRICT 1 Kevin Easton (D): A native of Indianapolis, Easton originally moved to Bloomington in 2002 but left after taking a job with the federal government in California and Washington. In 2009, Easton Easton moved back to Bloomington and now works as a Procurement Technical Assistance Center consular, where he manages government contracts. Chris Sturbaum (D): Sturbaum has represented District 1, made up of largely the west side of Bloomington, since 2004. A graduate of Wabash College, Sturbaum has been the owner of Golden Staubaum Hands Construction Company on South Jackson Street for 36 years. In addition to representing District 1 on the common council, Sturbaum serves as the council appointee on the Bloomington Plan Commission.
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ELECTION ROADMAP City Council. Marty Spechler (D): Incumbent Marty Spechler is a retired professor of economics at IU and has three degrees from Harvard University, including a doctorate in economics. Spechler’s Spechler research specializes in migration, European Union and Eastern European economics. Spechler has often collaborated with his wife and current IU professor of political science Dina Spechler on a number of academic articles. Spechler currently serves as an appointee on the Bloomington Sidewalk Committee and Jack Hopkins Social Services Committee. DISTRICT 4 Phillipa Guthrie (D): Originally from Greenbay, Wis., Guthrie is an attorney by trade. She received her law degree and an M.P.A. from IU and has gone on to work for several law firms. Guthrie has Guthrie lived in Bloomington for 26 years and worked as a lawyer at the IU Foundation, Arvin Industries and Ice Miller. Retired most recently from her work at IU, Guthrie now works as co-chair of the United Way Campaign at IU. Dave Rollo (D): First elected in 2003, Rollo serves on several boards and commissions,
including the Environmental Commission. Rollo recently retired from his work at IU, where he was a research assistant in the Department of Biology from 1995 to 2011. Rollo also chaired the Deer Task Force, the group that allowed Rollo the use of lethal force to cull the Bloomington deer population. DISTRICT 5 Kurt Babcock (D): In the only council race with no incumbents, Babcock is one of three candidates seeking to replace Darryl Neher’s spot on the city council. Babcok currently works as the GeoBabcock graphic Information System’s coordinator for Monroe County. As part of the work for the county, Babcock serves on the joint county and city Technical Advisory Committee, advising the Policy Committee on technical matters. Gabriel Colman (D): Colman is the curator of The Venue Fine Arts & Gifts, an art gallery located on South Grant Street. A Bloomington native, Colman is a graduate of IU, receiving a bachelor’s Colman in fine arts in 2004. Colman is the secretary of the Bloomington Rotary
Club and a member of the Bloomington Gallery Walk Committee. Isabel Piedmont-Smith (D): Native to Bloomington, PiedmontSmith has been employed by IU as the fiscal office and department administrator for the Department of French and Italian since Piedmont1998. PiedmontSmith Smith previously represented District 5 for one term from 2007 to 2011 and chose not to run for re-election. DISTRICT 6 Steve Volan (D): Unopposed incumbent Steve Volan represents much of downtown Bloomington. Volan has represented District 6 since first assuming office in 2004. Volan previously founded BlueVolan Marble Information Services, the first Internet provider in Bloomington. In addition, Volan owned Cinemat, a video rental store, that has since become The Bishop, a bar located on Fourth and Walnut streets. Volan also teaches Intro to Chess at IU. AT-LARGE Tim Mayer (D): Mayer, a 19year veteran of the council, is running unopposed for his at-large seat this May. Mayer serves on the Community Development Block Grant Physical Improvement
Committee, Utilities Service Board and the Jack Hopkins Social Service Funding committee. In addition to his Mayer six terms spent on the council, Mayer serves on the board of directors for Hoosier Hills Food Bank and the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. AT-LARGE Andy Ruff (D): IU students majoring in human biology might be familiar with Ruff, as he is the academic advisor for the major. Running unopposed, Ruff is a member of the City Council Sidewalk Ruff Committee and the Bloomington/Monroe County Metropolitan Planning Organization citizens committee. AT-LARGE Susan Sandberg (D): Like the two other at-large members on the Bloomington City Council, Sandberg will be unopposed in this May’s primary. Sandberg has been on the council since 2007 and is Sandberg looking for her third go-around. Sandberg originally took over for current prosecutor. Sandberg is also a career advisor with the Career Development Office at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
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‘Memphis’ takes stage IU bats fall silent in extra innings at IU Auditorium EVANSVILLE 2, IU 1
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By Michael Hughes michhugh@indiana.edu | @MichaelHughes94
Evansville hadn’t scored since the fourth inning. It hadn’t recorded a hit since the seventh inning. Those both changed in the 14th inning Wednesday when Evansville catcher Travis Tokarek singled to center field to score Eric McKibban from second base, who reached base after senior first baseman Scott Donley dropped a throw. IU managed to load the bases in the bottom of the 14th after a walk and two infield singles. But freshman pinch hitter Christopher Lowe swung and missed on a fastball at the letters to end the game. IU (21-13) would lose 2-1 against Evansville (18-15).
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Junior relief pitcher Kyle Hart pitches during Wednesday’s game against Evansville on Wednesday at Bart Kaufman Field.
“We’re not competing right now,” IU Coach Chris Lemonis said. “There’s just very little we can do offensively. We put on bunts and don’t get the bunt down, we put on a steal, we get picked off,
we put on the hit and run, we don’t swing.” IU’s bullpen held Evansville scoreless for nine innings, and SEE BASEBALL, PAGE 6
A projection of a large radio loomed on-screen while the crowd filed into IU Auditorium. As the lights dimmed, an unseen announcer invited the audience back in time to the streets of Memphis and the birth of rock ‘n’ roll. Through multiple microphone malfunctions, the Prather Touring theater troupe put on a high-energy performance of “Memphis” for a small crowd at the auditorium last night. The group performs the musical for a second and final time on campus tonight. “Memphis” tells the story of Huey Calhoun, played by Daniel Hines, a white man with the goal of bringing “race music,” as the play’s white characters refer to it, to a mainstream
white audience in Memphis, Tenn. Early in the play, Huey meets Felicia Farrell, played by Zuri Washington, in a black bar where she performs and dreams of becoming a music star. The musical was first performed on Broadway in 2009, and in 2010 the show won four of the eight Tony Awards it was nominated for, including “Best Musical.” David Bryan, one of the founding members of Bon Jovi, and Joe DiPietro won the award for “Best Original Score.” Jim Laughlin, a local pediatrician, said he and his wife, Catherine, sponsor some of the shows and like to see them every now and then for a night out. “We enjoy coming because they’re always entertaining shows,” Laughlin said. “It’s nice to get away SEE MEMPHIS, PAGE 7