TUESDAY, JAN. 12, 2016
Wilson, IU agree to new contract
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IU Coach Kevin Wilson will remain the football coach a little longer. IU Athletics announced a 6-year extension for Wilson that will go through 2021. Wilson will be paid $2.55 million per year for a total of $15.3 million over the 6-year extension. Wilson has been the football coach since 2010. “This contract reflects our commitment to Kevin, to continuity and to Indiana University Football,” IU Director of Athletics Fred Glass said. “Kevin has done a great job building our program into one that is competitive with the great teams of the Big Ten and the nation. We are confident that he will continue to lead us to sustained success on the field and in the classroom.” This extension makes Wilson the seventh-highest paid football coach in the Big Ten. Wilson went 1-11 in his first season with the Hoosiers. Since then, he has brought steady improvement to the program, resulting in a bowl berth this season. IU’s 2015 Pinstripe Bowl appearance was the program’s first bowl game in eight years. He is also the first coach to win three consecutive Old Oaken Bucket games against Purdue since 1944-47. “Thank you to President McRobbie, the Board of Trustees, Mr. Glass and the entire athlet-
Superintendent addresses low ISTEP scores
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ISTEP scores: state vs. MCCSC
By Hannah Fleace hfleace@indiana.edu | @Hfleace
Standardized test scores plummeted across the state last year. Now, legislators are working to make sure the scores don’t affect school or teacher evaluations. The spring 2015 ISTEP scores for grades three through eight were released last week, revealing that the new curriculum adopted for testing is more difficult than it was in years past. Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz also unveiled her plans for the 2016 legislative session, a slate that includes lawmaking aimed at cushioning the low scores. Statewide, just over half of student passed both the English/Language Arts and Math portions. But Ritz said the scores are not comparable to previous years because of the updated standards. Sixteen elementary and middle schools from Monroe County Community School
In the past year alone, ISTEP scores in schools across Indiana have plummeted. MCCSC — the school corporation that encompasses Bloomington — student percentage passing rate, while higher than the state’s, still dropped 14.8 percent from the 2013-14 year. SOURCE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WEBSITE 80
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Corporation were tested. At 13 schools, more than 50 percent
of students passed; but none of the schools had passing
percentages above 86 percent. The MCCSC overall passage rate was down 14.8 percent from the 2013-14 year. Binford Elementary School, just southeast of the IU campus, only saw a 2.6 percent drop in their scores overall, but Principal Lucy Fischman said the scores aren’t accurate. “ISTEP scores are just one little piece and they came across slow,” Fischman said. “All the other assessments and class work we do doesn’t reflect that.” Fischman said the school received updated ISTEP standards in July 2014 which she said were broader, deeper and more expansive than previous years. The school had to adjust their curriculum to fit the more rigorous criteria. When it came time for testing, she said students were thrown by a new portion of the exam that tested technology skills. “It included things like kids SEE ISTEP, PAGE 6
New York bands to perform at the Void By Maia Rabenold mrabenol@indiana.edu | @maialyra
The note on Adult Mom’s Bandcamp page for their last album, last year’s “Momentary Lapse of Happily,” reads, “i wrote this record after 3 consecutive breakups that forced me to become a being other than myself, and soon, i was myself again.” Songwriter and lead singer Steph Knipe, drummer Liv Battell and bass player Bruce Hamilton will make their first appearance in Bloomington 8 p.m. today at The Void, located at 1607 S. Rogers St. They will be joined by Jawbreaker Reunion, another New Yorkbased pop group. Music functions as a coping mechanism for them, said Knipe, who uses they/them pronouns. Most of their writing draws from personal experience, and for the past four years that has consisted of breakups. “I would hope that what would draw people to the show would be to have a good happy-cry-dance experience,” Knipe said. “It’s happy fun time, but if you want to get into it, you can be emotional.” The members of Adult Mom met at the State University of New York at Purchase, where they all attended college. The name “Adult Mom” stemmed from being in college and trying to understand what it meant to be an independent adult, Knipe said. “Someone made a joke to me where they said, ‘You’re kind of an adult but you’re not really an adult,’” Knipe said. “I was trying to play off of that, and the mom part came in because it sounded like
Delta Chi signs lease on ATO
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Delta Chi officially signed the lease to Alpha Tau Omega’s former house on Third St. during Winter Break, Delta Chi president Adam Weber said. The fraternity plans on moving into their new house in August 2016. After the brothers of ATO were evicted from the property by ATO National Headquarters last October, a total of 13 fraternities and sororities competed for ownership of the vacated house, Weber said. “When ATO was kicked off in October, we went right after it from the get-go,” he said. ATO Alumni Board of Trustees president Kent Miller described the choosing of a rightful owner of the house as “a detailed and multi-leveled process.” “It requires due diligence on the Board of Trustees’ part to determine the social and physical responsibilities or behavioral reputation of the interested party,” Miller said. Deciding who the property will go to is about more than just the interested party’s ability to pay the lease. The selection process also involves evaluation their standing with the national headquarters, their financial well-being and their overall standing in the eyes of the university. Of the 13 interested fraternities and sororities, the Board of Trustees chose Delta Chi. The lease — which covers six to eight years of residence — will begin in August. Delta Chi will move in Aug. 18, Weber said. “We’re really excited to stay on campus for a long-term situation,” Weber said.
“We’re really excited to stay on campus for a long-term situation.” COURTESY PHOTO
Adam Weber, Delta Chi president
Steph Knipe, frontperson of the band Adult Mom, poses for a portrait. Adult Mom will be playing a show Tuesday night at the Void.
something that goes together, but not always.” Jawbreaker Reunion, like Adult Mom, was formed when the members met in college in upstate New York and decided to act on their impulse to make music. Lily Mastrodimos on guitar, Bella Mazzetti on bass and Dre Szegedy-Maszak on drums all share the vocals. “Bella and I had discussed
starting a band at the end of our freshman year, so when sophomore year came about, we met Dre and started writing and playing songs together,” Mastrodimos said. Their first songs were a mix of twee and punk, Mastrodimos said, but after their first album, “Lutheran Sisterhood Gun Club” from 2014, they started experimenting with heavier sounds and
ADULT MOM Tickets $5-10 8 p.m. today, the Void more musically complex songs. “We want people to just be excited to have a good time,” Mastrodimos said. “We always have fun when we play, and we want people to have as much fun and feel as good as we do.”
Delta Chi previously lived in the former ATO house during the 20102011 school year. Weber said Delta Chi is currently living in a house that has a shared lease with Phi Sigma Kappa, whose members are currently living in a house owned by Acacia. He said after the shared lease ends in May, Phi Sigma Kappa will be moving from the Acacia SEE DELTA, PAGE 6