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Thursday, June 23, 2016

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Rising to the next level Ferrell and Williams ms eir waiting to hear their names called By Michael Hughes

Indy teen arrested trying to join ISIS From IDS reports

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An 18-year-old in Indianapolis was arrested Tuesday by the FBI as he boarded a bus to travel to New York and ultimately join ISIS in Morocco, according to an Associated Press report. Akram Musleh, a Brownsburg, Indiana, resident, faces up to 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and a lifetime of supervised release if he’s convicted, according to the report. FBI spokeswoman Wendy Osborne said Musleh was arrested without incident when agents apprehended him at a Greyhound bus terminal in Indianapolis. Musleh appeared in court Tuesday to hear his initial charge, the report states. The charge was that of intending to provide material support to the Islamic State terror group by joining its forces. The teenager’s record isn’t entirely clean. Last year he tried to fly from Chicago to Iraq and booked three separate one-way tickets from Chicago to Turkey. He was stopped from flying last June due to disordered travel documents. His internet history initially got him in trouble in 2013, according to the report, when law enforcement contacted him and Brownsburg High School due to his posting several videos featuring an al-Qaeda leader online. Nine months later, he bought an Islamic State flag online and took photos of himself with it. More internet history includes Musleh reading an article about 8,000 potential terrorist targets in Indiana on May 2 and searching for information about pressure cookers, which can be used in making explosives. He also searched for further information about explosives like dynamite and flash powder, according to the report. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence released

Despite coming from the same school, Yogi Ferrell and Troy Williams have left different impressions in the weeks leading up to Thursday’s NBA draft. Ferrell is a four-year guard who NBA executives and draft analysts have called an intelligent player with an impressive shooting stroke. Williams is a three-year forward some experts say plays out of control and does not possess the necessary shooting ability to play in the NBA. But scouts are still impressed with Williams as a physical prospect with a chance to improve, while also worrying Ferrell’s small 6-foot frame can’t last in the NBA. So leading up to Thursday, some mock drafts have Ferrell being drafted in the second round and Williams never having his name called. Others have the opposite scenario. ESPN draft analyst Jay Bilas said Williams’ athleticism is too much for any NBA team to pass up. “I do think he’s a draftable player because of his athleticism, his ability to run the floor and his ability to finish plays in transition,” Bilas said. “And I think he can be a good defender because he kind of fits the suit there.” But not all agree with Bilas. Sports Illustrated’s Seth Davis compiled a list of anonymous assessments from various NBA scouts on players who have a chance to be taken in the draft. One of those players was Williams, and the scout said for every SEE DRAFT, PAGE 5 IDS FILE PHOTOS

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IU announces 1st round of funding for Grand Challenges By Leo Smith js92@indiana.edu

IU-Bloomington has announced the Precision Health Initiative, a research initiative concentrated on patient-centered precision medicine therapies, is the first recipient of funding under the University’s new $300 million Grand Challenges Program. The goal of the PHI grand challenge is to position IU among the leading universities in understanding and optimizing the prevention,

onset, treatment, progression and health outcomes of human diseases through a more precise definition of the genetic, developmental, behavioral and environmental factors that contribute to an individual’s health, according to an IU press release. Led by faculty at the IU School of Medicine, IU-Bloomington and IUPUI, the Precision Health Initiative will develop IU’s knowledge in individualized precision medicine. SEE CHALLENGES, PAGE 5

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Singer-songwriter Shooter Jennings will perform at 9 p.m. Friday at the Bluebird Nightclub in Bloomington.

Shooter Jennings to perform rock, country at Bluebird By Emily Jones emkjones@umail.iu.edu | @emkkjones

Waylon Albright Jennings — better known as “Shooter” Jennings — is coming to town this weekend, and fans in Bloomington are getting ready. The singer-songwriter will perform at 9 p.m. Friday at the Bluebird Nightclub along with Waymore’s Outlaws, his late father’s backing band. “This will be Shooter’s second or third time at the Bluebird,” said booking agent Gary Kirves. “The crowd is usually a good cross of rock and (country) outlaw fans, and Shooter will be performing hits from his father’s career as well as some originals.” The son of outlaw country legends Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter, Shooter has made a name

for himself by fusing an industrial rock, Guns N’ Roses-type sound with the genre his parents helped pioneer. “What makes outlaw country different is that it is an alternative genre to the country mainstream, with roots in the ‘Americana’ folk style,” Kirves said. The Outlaw Movement was originally started in the 1970s and 1980s by artists such as Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson in response to the “Nashville sound,” or highly formulaic and mainstream country music. With roots in the honky-tonk sound of the 1940s and early rock ’n’ roll, the outlaw genre infused country with folk rhythms and stripped away excess orchestration. A noticeable shift in fashion followed the movement: men began to grow out their hair and replace their rhinestone suites with leather

SHOOTER JENNINGS 9 p.m. Friday, the Bluebird

jackets. Johnny Cash began to dress in all black, earning him the nickname “Man In Black.” By shifting to outlaw, country artists began to experience revivals of their careers. Kirves said Shooter Jennings strives to carry on his father’s outlaw tradition in his music. “Keeping his father alive in his music has made Shooter a favorite of mine,” said Indianapolis resident Philip Hussey. “Waylon always will be missed, but Shooter is doing some cool stuff, and I’m ready to jam out on Friday.” Bloomington visitor Sherry Crosby remembers attending a Waylon Jennings concert in 1967.

IU outfielder returns for next season after selection in draft From IDS reports

IU outfielder Craig Dedelow will return to play for the Hoosiers for his senior season after being drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 34th round. Dedelow has played three seasons for the Hoosiers and was a Third-Team All-Big Ten selection this past season. A career .303 hitter at IU, Dedelow has 31 doubles, six triples, 12 home runs and 81 RBI. In 2016, Dedelow finished 11th in the Big Ten with 16 doubles. In Big Ten conference play, Dedelow tied for fourth in total bases with 52, tied for fifth in home runs with four, tied for 10th in hits with 32 and 11th in slugging percentage at .510. Pitchers Caleb Baragar, Jake Kelzer and Kyle Hart were the three other Hoosiers drafted. Andrew Hussey

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Teammates pour water over junior outfielder Craig Dedelow’s head after beating Northwestern on Friday, April 29, 2016.


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