IDS WELCOME BACK EDITION 2014
This is your Welcome Back Edition 2014 Throughout the summer we reported on many important issues including campus construction, new IU athletics coaches, gay marriage legislation and student deaths.
This is a collection of some of those stories. See more of what you might have missed and check out our newly redesigned website at idsnews.com.
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Tracy Smith looks to his dugout during IU’s game against Toledo on March 1 at Jim Patterson Stadium in Louisville, Ky.
Tracy Smith leaves IU for Arizona State BY EVAN HOOPFER ehoopfer@indiana.edu
IU Baseball Coach Tracy Smith left Indiana for the head coaching position at Arizona State in late June. “This was one of the most difficult decisions I have ever faced,” Smith said in a press release. “The truth of the matter is, at this stage of my life, I am ready for a new challenge. Indiana is a part of who I am and always will be.” Smith brought about one of the most successful eras in Indiana Baseball. In 2013, IU reached the College World Series for the first time in school history. Coming into the 2014 season, IU was ranked No. 3 in preseason polls. This was the only the highest preseason ranking in school and Big Ten history. IU Athletic Director Fred Glass said Smith’s vision of what IU baseball could be came true these past two seasons with the amount of success and attention the program received. “As his friend,” Glass added, “I will also greatly miss just having him around.” Smith is replacing Arizona State Coach Tim Esmay, who resigned with one year left on his contract. Arizona State is one of the more storied programs in college baseball. They have been crowned national champions five times, had 102 major league players and have
Chris Lemonis replaces former IU Baseball Coach Tracy Smith Read more about the new head coach on page B1. recorded an astounding 52 straight 30-win seasons. In comparison, IU has reached the College World Series just once, last year, and came up short of winning the national title. Also, IU has won over 30 games in a season in just eight of the last 15 years. IU men’s basketball coach Tom Crean took to Twitter to congratulate Smith on the new job. Over three tweets, Crean said, “Tracy Smith is one of the finest coaches I have ever met. It was an absolute Honor and Privilege to work side by side with him. “As great a teacher as Tracy Smith is he is even a better person and to see how he built this program to what it is should make us all proud. “We should all be thankful for what Tracy and Jaime Smith did for this School and State. (Arizona State) has no idea how fortunate they are to have you.” Smith’s was replaced at IU by Chris Lemonis, and the process to find his replacement is will began immediately. Smith has said before that whenever he is done coaching, no matter where he is coaching, he and his wife Jaime want to retire in Bloomington.
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Jeff Poling, left, and Jeff Jewel fill out their marriage license June 25 at the Monroe County Justice Building.
On June 25, a federal judge ruled Indiana’s ban on gay marriage unconstitutional. Days later, a stay was issued, which put the ruling on hold while the state appeals. Catch up with our coverage and follow the stories of two gay Hoosier couples Region, section C
Susan Tanney finishes up her radio show at WIUX as Anish Alexander prepares to go on air.
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Signing off WIUX student radio station moves to new location, says goodbye to old house on East Eighth Street BY CARMEN HEREDIA RODRIGUEZ caheredi@indiana.edu
A golden CD with “DA END” written in marker sat on top of the stack of papers radio DJ Susan Tanney picked up as she headed out of the studio on the second floor of 815 E. Eighth St. For Tanney, her exit marked the final radio show of her undergraduate education. For the WIUX building, Tanney’s exit marked the final noon show broadcast out of the studio on the second floor of the house that harbored the University’s student radio station for 41 years. IU’s student radio station WIUX aired its final broadcast out of 815 E. Eighth St. Monday. Current and former staff had a final opportunity to go on-air in the studio that has served as the station’s headquarters since 1973. “There have been many generations of college students who have come through and done what we’re doing now here,” Tanney said. WIUX will be relocated to 715 E. Eighth St., which was previously used as a residence. The University has said it will pay for the renovations needed in the house to accommodate the radio station, WIUX general manager Carolyn Suna said. “We kind of found out so many other college radio stations are going through this process, but other universities are not being as supportive as IU has been financially and at least in providing a space actually, too,” Suna said. The relocation of WIUX is part of the University’s larger plan to clear six homes from the area to construct a new fraternity house for Phi Gamma Delta. The house on 815 E. Eighth St. will be moved to a vacant lot owned by the University. Although the fraternity has yet to raise the adequate funds to begin construction, Associate Vice President of Communications Mark Land said the University wants to clear the land in the most efficient manner.
“If you’re going to move people from one building to another, summer is the best time because it’s the least disruptive,” Land said. WIUX has experienced several relocations, including the move from 617 E. Eighth St. to 815 E. Eighth St. in 1973 because of arson. Tanney said while the station has undergone several changes in its history, the essence of the broadcast hasn’t changed. “I think that even though the technology has changed, even though the music has changed and the things we’re talking about on the talk shows have changed, the general spirit of what we’re doing as a radio station has remained the same,” she said. The move to 715 E. Eighth St. will be temporary for WIUX. University officials and the station’s leadership are discussing the possibility of WIUX moving into Franklin Hall. Should the station move into Franklin Hall, 715 E. Eighth St. will return to residential property, IU Director of Space Planning Karen Correll said. Former WIUX sports director Daniel Karell said the collaboration between different student media would be a positive step for the radio station. “I think that’s going to be a huge added bonus that freshmen are going to be able to do news or print or magazine, radio and TV all in the same building, all on campus,” Karell said. The station was off-air for the relocation. The station returned for broadcasting during WIUX Alumni Weekend beginning July 25. Although Suna will not be able to spend her senior year broadcasting from the second story of 815 E. Eighth St., she said it is not the building that has defined her experience at WIUX. “It’s not this building that has made my past three years at WIUX really special, it’s been the people, and it’s always been the people,” Suna said. “It always is going to be the people that makes WIUX what it is.”