FIRE STRIKES ISU University Apartments residents displaced after Tuesday morning fire
TAMERA RHODES News Editor BRIANNE HOFMANN Editor-in-Chief A fire caused extensive damage to the University Apartments complex Tuesday morning displacing as many as 24 residents, Executive Director of Residential Life Amanda Knerr said. At approximately 10:41 a.m., the Terre Haute Fire Department responded to a fire on the fourth floor of Unit Four at 101 Crawford St. in Terre Haute. The fire burned two apartments in the southwest wing of the complex that is home primarily to graduate students and their families, said Terre Haute Fire Department Deputy Chief of Operations Tony Prouse. Although the fire was contained to the fourth floor, all residents living in the unit were evacuated due to the excessive smoke and limited ventilation in the building, Prouse said. The second and third floors sustained some water and smoke damage but no one was injured, Prouse said. While the investigation into the fire is ongoing, Prouse confirmed initially that it was linked to burning incense in one of the residents’ rooms. Waleed Al-bedaiwi a junior criminal justice major who lives down the hall from where the fire occurred, said he heard the fire alarm but didn’t think much about it. “But then I smelled the smoke,” he said. “There was a lot of smoke.” Al-bedaiwi roused his roommate who was sleeping at the time and the two quickly left the building taking with them a few belongings and their pet lovebird. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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Wednesday October 2, 2013 Indiana State University www.indianastatesman.com Volume 121 Issue 17
Students ‘embrace’ trio’s music DIJONNAE MORGAN Reporter
Windows to a room on the fourth floor are broken as Terre Haute firefighters extinguish the flames (Photo by Bob Rhodes).
Hanging the blue: ISU
Residential Life kicks off week of spirit PAGE 6
Out for blood:
The Indiana Blood Center returns to ISU, seeking lifesaving donations PAGE 5
Out of bounds: Five
years after suspension, tennis is still missing from lineup PAGE 12
Smiling, John Spicknall sat on his chair, where piano keys awaited fingertips that knew them so precisely, while members of the Spicknall Jazz Trio awaited the signal to begin playing their first song of the evening. “A one, two, a one, two, three…,” Spicknall said. “Embraceable You,” a jazz piece from the 1930s, echoed through Recital Hall at Indiana State, full of smiling guests staring attentively as fingertips moved along the strings of the bass and piano while the drum set added its own flavor into the mix. Before entering the auditorium that staged a black piano, a coffee brown bass, and a set of drums played by the trio on Sunday, guests were offered programs and a brief summary of what the evening would consist of, musically, and how each song had its own inspiration lingering, back to the mid-1900s. “My friend brought me down for the performance,” said Amani Jackson, a freshman athletic training major. “I feel like it’s a soothing mechanism that allows me to focus overall, so when she heard about it, I decided to join her.” As the time eased closer to the official performance, lights dimmed slightly CONTINUED ON PAGE 11