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Library puts on mayoral debate

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By Anne Halliwell ahalliwe@indiana.edu | @Anne_Halliwell

The candidates for the Nov. 3 mayoral election debated benefits of progressiveness versus moderation in mayoral projects in the Monroe County Public Library Auditorium on Thursday night. “I want to do what I can to keep the tradition of progressive values that keep moving our community forward,” Democratic candidate John Hamilton said. During the debate, Hamilton emphasized the importance of technological advancement. He said he supported the installation of public broadband in Bloomington, as well as a focus on office space, not housing, in plans for the downtown tech park. “(Bloomington) built the first color TV in America,” Hamilton said. “But we also built the last color TV in America. Jobs are changing, and we have to change with them.” John Turnbull said as a Republican, he could serve as a “balancing agent” for the mainly Democratic local government. He emphasized his staff ’s expertise and willingness to work with Bloomington residents to make things happen. “If you’re comfortable with change, great,” Turnbull said. “If not, more of the same is coming.” Hamilton said he supported inclusionary zoning, or requiring housing contractors to make and keep a portion of their buildings affordable to families with lower incomes. He also suggested the city use the SEE MAYOR, PAGE 7

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Hoosier Hysteria set for Saturday

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clanich@indiana.e By Carley Lanich

Number breakdown of IU-Bloomington’s November 2014 full-scale exercise 150 people from 25 IU departments 6 local first responder agencies 60 exercise staff members Source: Tracy James, Assurance Communication Manager of IU Public Safety and Institutional Assurance

Additional information More information on what to do in the event of an active shooter can be found at https://protect. iu.edu/emergency-planning/procedures/activeshooter.html.

ollowing the recent mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, earlier this month, IU Emergency Management and Continuity is placing an emphasis on three words: run, hide and fight. Through materials posted on the Protect IU website and meetings with student groups, IUEMC said it hopes to encourage students to be aware of surroundings and be ready in the event that an active-shooter situation occurs, IUEMC Bloomington Director Debbi Fletcher said. “I suggest that people — wherever you’re going or whatever you’re doing — that you take any opportunity you have to think out your options,” Fletcher said, explaining a run, hide, fight situation. “Wherever you are, you’re going to have to think about what it’s going to take me to get out of there, or where am I going to have to go if I have to hide, or what am I going to throw at this person if I have to fight.” In recent years, IU has conducted full-scale activeshooter drills on all eight of its campuses. In doing this IU has exercised the joint response skills of local police, fire departments and emergency medical services at each campus. Smaller departmental drills are also conducted on each campus annually. IU-Bloomington’s most recent exercise occurred last November during Thanksgiving break. During the drill, various law enforcement teams practiced tactical response, while an emergency preparedness committee and executive policy group discussed further University actions, such as cancelling classes or planning a memorial. The exercises can be as detailed as applying makeup to create mock victims of a potential active shooter. “When we do a full-scale exercise we try to exercise as many of the functions that we would use in a situation like that that we can because it gives us the opportunity to find the gaps that we might have in our training or in our planning,” Fletcher said. While students are not typically involved in all-campus scenarios simulating an active-shooter event, Fletcher said student drills are something IUEMC has been looking into for future practice on a building or classroom level. “The reason we did it when students weren’t here was because that can be very traumatizing to people,” Fletcher said. “We try to keep it fairly low-key. The things we were exercising were the first responders.” Fletcher said simply having the background educational knowledge of how to respond in an active shooter situation can put students at an advantage. She also said physical safety measures on campus, like locks on all classroom doors in Ballantine Hall and identification swipes required to enter all residence halls, provide an extra layer of safety. IUEMC is available for free small group training drills for students upon request. “We’re willing to do whatever it takes to make sure that they’re comfortable with the information that they

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The doors to Assembly Hall will open to the public Saturday for the first time this season, as IU is host to Hoosier Hysteria, the annual preseason kickoff event for the men’s and women’s basketball teams. It will provide fans and the media their first glimpse at an IU men’s team widely projected to be a top-15 team in the country thanks to the Hoosiers’ returning core of guards and wings, plus the addition of freshman center Thomas Bryant. Doors to Assembly Hall will open at 5 p.m. and Hoosier Hysteria will begin at 6:30 p.m., according to an IU Athletics press release. Due to renovations on the south side arena, fans will use the north, southeast and southwest entrances to enter Assembly Hall. Admission is free but fans are encouraged by IU Athletics to bring canned goods to donate to the Hoosier Hills Food Bank. The women’s basketball team will have a shootaround at 5:10 p.m., followed by a performance by the IU cheerleading team and the championship game of the second annual Hoosier Hysteria 3-on-3 basketball tournament. IU alumna and E! News co-host Catt Sadler will be the emcee at the event, which will include player introductions, shooting contests, a dunk contest and scrimmages. Hoosier Hysteria also serves as a recruiting weekend for IU. The Hoosiers’ recruiting class of 2016 verbal commits, Grant Gelon and Curtis Jones, will be in attendance, as will uncommitted high school recruits. Most notably, Mario Kegler, a class of 2016 small forward ranked SEE HYSTERIA, PAGE 7

IU Theatre’s ‘Mr. Burns’ to premiere Friday By Maia Rabenold mrabenol@indiana.edu | @maialyra

Gunfire, thunder, “The Simpsons” theme song and a cappella renditions of Eminem songs all can be heard during IU Theatre and Drama’s production of “Mr. Burns, a post-electric play.” The show opens at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23. Following performances are at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 and Oct. 27-30. The final two performances are at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31, all of which are in the Wells-Metz Theatre. “Mr. Burns,” a play written by Anne Washburn that premiered in 2012, tells the story of a small group of survivors of an apocalypse who use the recollection and reenacting episodes of “The Simpsons” as a mode of coping with the tragedy that has befallen the world. Though the production is classified as a play, the entire third act is a musical. “It’s wonderful for our students because they get to do the first two acts, which are basically straight acting, and then they get to do some musical theater as well,” said Jonathan Michaelsen, director and chair of the theater department. Ray Fellman, a musical theater professor at IU, is the music director of the production. Fellman said between him and Dan Lodge-Rigal, a local musician, they play toy piano, accordion, guitar, bass drum, snare drum, chimes, a thunder sheet, the glockenspiel, a ratchet and a waterphone, which

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Actors rehearse “Mr. Burns, a post-electric play” at the Wells-Metz Theatre on Wednesday. The play will take place Oct. 23, 24, 30 and 31 at the Wells-Metz Theater.

is filled with water and played with a violin bow to make a mysterious sound during the show. “The second act has these medleys of popular music in it, so you get these excerpts of Britney Spears or Beyoncé,” Fellman said. “The third act takes place 75 years later, and the composer has incorporated many of the musical phrases and ideas from the second act into a style of music that is 75 years in the future. The way that the composer has envisioned the transformation of music is fascinating.” The final act is a chaos of sound and visuals with Fellman and

Lodge-Rigal providing a dramatic backdrop for the darkly futuristic singing and dancing versions of “The Simpsons” characters. “The third act really feels like a fan fiction,” actor Jason Craig West said. “It’s like someone took the characters and put their own complete spin on it. It’s ‘The Simpsons’ in a way the audience has never seen before.” During a dress rehearsal Tuesday evening, Homer wore football pads and an aviator hat, Marge was in her towering blue hat made of translucent bubbles and Lisa and Bart’s hair was made of melted plastic forks and spoons.

’MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY’ Student tickets $15 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23, 24, 27-31, 2 p.m. Oct 31 Wells-Metz Theatre

“It’s a really interesting, crazy, fascinating piece of art,” Fellman said. When Mr. Burns finally makes his appearance, complete with acid wash skinny jeans and combat boots, the climactic scene SEE BURNS, PAGE 7


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