Friends, family honor 13 dead
Monday, April 4, 2016
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By Carley Lanich clanich@indiana.edu | @carleylanich
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Laura Reagan, an IU alumna, and her sons Korbyn Reagan-Walls and Jarek Reagan-Walls enjoy a magic card trick from Paul Nord on Saturday. Nord has been sellling produce from Sun Circle Farm at the Bloomington Farmers Market for several years.
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Framed pictures of family vacations, senior pictures and smiling cousins sat atop one table. A tri-fold board with family photos sat beside another. At 3 p.m., a string quartet from the Jacobs School of Music began to play. Filtering in to the University Club in the Indiana Memorial Union, friends, family and faculty joined in remembrance Sunday. Nametags topped the covered tables, each displaying the name of a student who had died in the last year. In IU’s sixth annual Student Remembrance Day, a room of about 20 gathered for a brief program put on by the IU Division of Student Affairs. Dean of Students Harold “Pete” Goldsmith led the remembrance of the 13 students who died in the last year. “As a University, we pause each year to remember the students we have lost,” Goldsmith said. “Something in us is broken.” He discussed the contribution and continuity each student brings to IU and said the University exists for such students. “We are deeply grateful for the contributions of all of our students,” Goldsmith said. “But today we pause to remember and honor the contributions made by these students with recognition that we could not be what we are had they not been who they were.” Speaking beneath a painted portrait of former IU President Herman B Wells, Goldsmith shared Wells’ notion that all students are made part of the IU family. Robert Meyer of the Division of Student Affairs then took the podium to explain what Hoosiers are and what it means to be a part of that family. SEE REMEMBRANCE, PAGE 6
By Anne Halliwell ahalliwe@indiana.edu | @Anne_Halliwell
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he line for hot coffee stayed long Saturday morning as chilled Farmers Market visitors huddled in patches of sunlight. The city’s first outdoor market of the year at 8 a.m. The temperature outside was a frosty 36 degrees. But things were warmer in the Bloomington Hop Jockeys’ tent. “We’re fine,” club member Jed Marshall said. “We have four burners back here.” The Hop Jockeys heated up the beginnings of a cream ale, saison, English pale ale and improvised beer using basil from a market vendor. The home brewing club meets the second Tuesday of each month to taste each others’ beers and give feedback,
club President Rod Myers said. “In general, we try to raise people’s awareness about home brewing,” Myers said. “It’s a hobby we really love, and we want to share it.” Myers and the rest of the club answered questions about home brewing and displayed different hops and grains they use. “We gain a lot of experience, usually, in particular beer styles, then can share that knowledge,” Mike Kersulov, another member, said. “It’s really nice to come together in our monthly meeting and taste each other’s beer and get notes.” Myers said a beginning brewer can get equipment for about $100, and, depending on the type of beer and alcohol concentration, a five-gallon batch will cost between $20 and $40 for ingredients. “There are aspects of it that are pretty exact,” Myers said. “But you can
experiment quite a bit with the ingredients you choose.” As one needs a liquor license to sell home-brewed alcohol, Myers said the club members tend to trade their beer or give it away to friends. “I throw a lot of parties so friends will help me drink my beer,” Myers said. At the Naturalist in the Market tent, Parks and Recreation employees Claire Beavers and Autumn Brunelle beckoned families in to stroke a beaver pelt and learn about the river-dwelling rodents. “Do you want to feel the beaver pelt?” Beavers asked one small boy. “It’s really warm.” The Naturalist in the Market tent is open on the first and third Saturdays of each month, from April through November, Beavers said. Brunelle said the two chose to open
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Senior Michelle Huber swings at a pitch Saturday afternoon in a 8-0 loss against No. 2 Michigan at Andy Mohr Field. The Hoosiers managed to score nine runs in the three game series, but Michigan’s offense was too much to contain.
Shannon Cawley went 2-for-2 Saturday, good for half of IU’s hits in the game. However, steady and consistent offense from the Wolverines gave them an 8-0 win in five innings. “Anytime you can see success off of a talented pitching staff like
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that, it definitely gives myself a lot of confidence,” Cawley said. “I felt good at the plate.” Cawley went 4-for-7, notching two RBIs in the three games and leading the way offensively dur-
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Hoosiers dominated by No. 2 Wolverines
ries, the second baseman reached base safely in 12 of her 13 at-bats. Saturday and Sunday saw more of the same for the Wolverines. They managed to win both games by virtue of the eight-run mercy rule. Fifth-year senior outfielder
By Maia Rabenold
The 80 members of Singing Hoosiers started their Spring Concert on Saturday in classic show-choir attire. The girls wore knee-length red dresses that glittered from every angle, and the guys sported full tuxedos. However, the outfits didn’t stay for long. There were at least 30 costume changes during the show. They changed outfits for almost every song on the program, as well as at least 10 times for each of the two 15-minute medleys the students wrote, produced, arranged, choreographed and costumed. “When we’re backstage, it’s an absolute zoo,” sophomore tenor Kylie Bruetman said. “We’re not sure how we fit all of those costume changes into just a few seconds, but that’s part of the Singing Hoosiers experience. We change styles at the drop of a hat. We want to keep things moving and keep the audience engaged and entertained. There’s no down time.” The Singing Hoosiers, under Director Ly Wilder and Associate Director Duane Davis, performed almost every style of music, from show choir classics from the Great American Songbook to a medley of recent Daft Punk hits. Each piece was performed with high-energy choreography, involving synchronized arm and hand movements and dancers in front of the risers. Bruetman, one of the featured varsity dancers as well as a singer, said the choreographers tailor the dancing to the style of music. The dancers showcased everything from hip-hop and contemporary to balletinspired moves and bits of square dancing. “Our artistic directors want the Singing Hoosiers to be the future of show choir,” Bruetman said. “They’re not afraid to implement new ideas and new genres and songs, but they still are respectful of the old traditions. They have done a great job of balancing those two, keeping the group moving forward but also making sure we don’t forget where we came from.”
SOFTBALL
IU was overwhelmed by a dominant Michigan offense this weekend as the No. 2 Wolverines swept the Hoosiers at Andy Mohr Field. For IU (20-13, 3-3), the series was a chance to prove its legitimacy. The team was off to its best start since 1997, but it allowed 31 runs in the series and Michigan (27-3, 5-1) pulled off the sweep. Michigan used early leads in each game to get ahead of IU before the Hoosier offense could find its footing. The dangerous Wolverine offense that entered the series seventh in the country in batting average scored at least one run in the first inning of each game. “We didn’t come out like we had been, but you can’t take anything away from them,” IU Coach Michelle Gardner said. “My club’s still really good. They have to bounce back and bounce back quickly.” On Friday, Michigan jumped to a 5-0 lead through two innings with three home runs off freshman pitcher Tara Trainer. The Hoosiers earned three runs back in the third inning but allowed the Wolverines to blow the game open the rest of the way en route to an 11-5 loss. Senior standout Sierra Romero led Michigan on Friday by batting 4-for-5 with three RBIs. In the se-
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