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BFD dispatched to 2 fires, 1 at old waterpark From IDS reports
Bloomington Fire Department was dispatched to the Cutright State Recreation Area by Lake Monroe on Sunday evening. When officers arrived, the brush fire had already been put out by a civilian. Dispatch received two calls at 7:41 p.m. that an old building was on fire across the street from the recreation area. BFD arrived to find the former concession stand of Zoom Flume Waterpark aflame, fire prevention officer Scott Smith said. There is no reason to believe
the two fires are linked at this time, Smith said. An arson investigator was on the scene. Although the cause of the fire is still unclear, it’s possible the fire was started intentionally, Smith said. The gate to the property was already open when officers arrived. “It didn’t just spontaneously combust,” he said. The BFD ran out of water trying to put out the fire that engulfed the approximately 1,000-square-foot building. “Anytime you get out in the county it’s hard to find water,” Smith said.
The BFD used a fire hydrant in Paynetown, Indiana, and tankers made several trips carrying 2,000 gallons each time in addition to the 3,000 gallons of water initially used. Because the building was abandoned, there was no immediate urgency for the fire to be put out. The threat of the fire spreading was minimal, Captain Russell Anderson said. “These are easy fires,” Anderson said. “You see it fully engulfed and NOBLE GUYON | IDS you know you’re not going in. This is what we call the surround and Rescue tech Coy Timbrook pulls a fire hose away from a burning structure near Lake Monroe. The fire was called in at 7:41 p.m. and the Bloomington Fire Department drown.” arrived on scene at 7:43. They promptly went through 3,000 gallons of water fighting the fire.
Vigil leads to talk of political climate
MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2016
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By Emily Beck embeck@indiana.edu | @emebeck1
CUT THE NET 80-62 IU wins on senior day for first time in four years By Grace Palmieri gpalmier@indiana.edu @grace_palmieri
The Hoosiers were sitting in the locker room in Maui. Though it was the beginning of the season, they had just lost two of three games that had people questioning IU’s high preseason expectations. That’s when IU Coach Tom Crean asked his players a question. “He said, ‘Do you guys play at Indiana or for Indiana?’” senior guard Nick Zeisloft said. “He goes, ‘We
got a bunch of guys in here that play at Indiana, not for Indiana.’” That was a Big Ten title ago. It was before IU went a perfect 19-0 in Assembly Hall. Things are a little different now. “Now, after all these months since Maui, I can honestly say that all my teammates, coaches, staff, everybody, plays for Indiana,” he said. Zeisloft was one of five seniors to bid farewell to SEE SENIORS, PAGE 6
Williams helps Hoosiers cut down the nets By Michael Hughes michhugh@indiana.edu @MichaelHughes94
For the first time in his life, Troy Williams cut down the nets. His teams never won when he was growing up, so the junior forward was only given individual awards. But the feeling he had as he was cutting down his piece of the net after IU’s 8062 win against Maryland in the last game of the regular season was different. “It’s so much better to have stuff as a team,” Wil-
liams said. “That feeling up there is one of no other. It’s just a great feeling.” This all came after Williams led the Hoosiers in scoring with 23 points and grabbed five rebounds. IU Coach Tom Crean said Williams was playing fast and taking advantage of a mismatch against Maryland’s Robert Carter. He scored the first four points of the game for IU and 11 of the first 13 to start the second half. “Troy played like he was SEE WILLIAMS, PAGE 6
Adam was faithful to his friends. Muhannad was selfless. Taha was always smiling. That’s how IU freshman Bilal Khan described three men who were murdered last week in Fort Wayne, Indiana. About 60 people stood quietly at the Sample Gates for a vigil Friday evening with small white candles flickering in their hands. Mohamedtaha Omar, 23, Adam Mekki, 20, and Muhannad Tairab, 17, were killed Feb. 24. They were reportedly shot execution style. A police investigation is ongoing. Khan, who was friends with the three victims, spoke at the vigil. He described the three and offered sympathies to their families. IU professors Abdulkader Sinno and Purnima Bose also spoke, and although event organizers didn’t intend it to, talk turned political. “We wanted to do our best to make sure to avoid political things and try to keep it just as a commemoration of their lives,” said Muslim Student Association co-president Sabeeh Mohammad, who helped organize the event. “Didn’t follow that 100 percent, but that was the goal of tonight.” Omar and Tairab were Muslim, and Mekki was Christian. All were black. Rusty York, public safety director for the City of Fort Wayne, reportedly said investigators aren’t treating the murders as hate crimes. That didn’t stop speakers from addressing issues related to hate crime. Bose spoke about the growing anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States. “The vigil tonight demands we must fully focus our attention on the political climate in the United States and the policies of our state legislature,” Bose said, adding that attitudes toward people of color have SEE VIGIL, PAGE 6
Early Music Month Local growers purchase heirloom seeds from Wylie House Museum begins with 16th century concert By Anne Halliwell ahalliwe@indiana.edu @Anne_Halliwell
By Maia Rabenold mrabenol@indiana.edu | @maialyra
Seven chimes from the clock tower marked the beginning of a night of music Friday. For the next hour, the Monroe County Courthouse rotunda, with its stainedglass ceiling and frescoed walls, was filled with the echoing sounds of 16th-century instruments and vocals. The musical group Alchymy Viols, Bloomington Early Music and IU’s Historical Performance Institute put together the free concert “Alchymy at the Courthouse,” which was the first event of Early Music Month in Bloomington. Michael Walker, a graduate student at IU and managing director of Bloomington Early Music, said the concert showcased composers Heinrich Schutz and Michael Praetorius, who he said were like the Adele and Beyoncé of the 1500s. “It’s good to broaden your horizons,” Walker said. “This was music that everyone would listen to and the only music they would hear. This was their popular music, and it’s like going back into the past.” The viola da gamba was the main instrument used in the concert. Founder of the Alchymy
Viols Phillip Spray said there is no modern counterpart to the viola da gamba. Almost every other historical instrument has evolved into the modern symphony orchestra, but the viola da gamba died out in the late 1700s. “It’s a very soft instrument, and the whole objective was to make instruments louder and faster,” Spray said. “This is very intimate music with the viola da gamba, and I want to bring that back.” Viola da gambas were meant to be played in small settings, Spray said. He compared the sound they create to a silken cloth that is almost transparent and moves in the wind. When the haunting, ethereal backdrop of the viola da gambas is overlaid with resonant vocals, it creates the type of music that seems to belong in an ancient cathedral. “What instrument rides on the heart more than the voice?” said Dana Marsh, director of the concert and associate professor at Jacobs School of Music. “It’s an instrument that goes totally by SEE EARLY MUSIC, PAGE 6
Wylie House Museum added some history to local growers’ gardens at its annual seed sale Saturday morning. Gardeners browsed packets of seeds with pictures and growing instructions for flowers, beans, tomatoes and herbs in the Morton C. Bradley Jr. Education Center. In order to be considered an heirloom, a plant must be at least 50 years old, said Sherry Wise, the outdoor interpreter for Wylie House. Even more importantly, heirlooms tend to be crops a family held in importance, she said, and the seeds are passed down from generation to generation. “Many, many of them are now extinct,” Wise said. “So it’s up to us to protect these seeds and keep them safe. The heirlooms are the source of our genetic diversity.” Most of the crops grown all over the world are now hybrids or plants that have been selectively bred to enhance traits like crop yield or size, Wise said. This means the plants share genetic material and are therefore more likely to pass diseases to one another, she said. The Irish potato famine and SEE SEEDS, PAGE 6
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Rachel Hendrickson buys seed during the Heirloom Seed Sales event Saturday afternoon at the Wylie House Museum.