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(03/02/07 5:00am)
IU’s Women in Business organization is holding its second annual conference this Saturday. The goal of the conference is to create an opportunity to build leadership, professionalism and networking skills through a panel discussion and several workshops, said junior Brittney Chenoweth, a Women in Business conference director.\n“This is only our second year, but we are hoping other colleges will want to come because of the networking opportunities and leadership skills they will gain from the conference,” Chenoweth said.\nKeynote speaker Patricia Miller, a co-founder of the Vera Bradley purse company, is one of the highlights of this year’s conference, said freshman Kim Nowakowski, a Women in Business associate..\nNowakowski said she is in awe of what Miller has accomplished.\n“You can walk down campus and see Vera Bradley’s quilted paisley bags,” Nowakowski said. “It’s kind of exciting to meet the person and the brain behind all of that.”\nMiller’s presentation is called “Women in Business, Ask What If?” Nowakowski said the presentation is meant to inspire attendees to ask themselves what would happen when they tried to start their own companies.\n“That’s how ideas start,” Nowakowski said. “By asking yourself, what would happen if?”\nOne of the problems with last year’s conference was getting attendees because there were not many reliable members in the organization, said sophomore Sarah Garner, a Women in Business conference director. Last year, the organization’s membership was based on a system of points earned by attending events. Some members only came to events when they wanted to and the organization was not a priority to them, Garner said.\n“Women in Business was more of a resume-filler than a resume-builder,” Garner said.\nThis year members of the organization had to fill out applications and be interviewed to fill a specific position or role, Garner said. Membership has been trimmed down to about 60 people, rather than hundreds.\n“Now it’s a more elite organization,” Garner said. “We can run things more efficiently and get more out of it.”\nThere are still some flaws that need to be worked out of the system, but the idea of interviewing members to make Women in Business more elite is better for the organization, Garner said.\nJunior Lisa VanDenburgh, an associate with the organization, said the conference is good for Women in Business members and membership development.\n“No other undergraduate organization in the Kelley School does something like this,” VanDenburgh said. “It’s something unique.”\nVanDenburgh said she enjoyed networking with professors and company representatives at last year’s conference. Certain workshops taught her things she didn’t know.\n“If anything, it’s inspirational hearing from successful business women,” VanDenburgh said. “It makes you feel like you made the right choice entering the Kelley School.”\nThe conference begins at 9 a.m. Garner encourages anyone on campus who thinks they would be interested to attend.\n“Anybody can benefit from these workshops and speakers,” Garner said. “I feel like everyone will be out in the business world when they’re older, so anyone could take something away from it.”\nMore information is available at the Women in Business Web site, www.indiana.edu/~wib.
(03/02/07 5:00am)
Fourteen groups made proposals to the Committee for Fee Review to increase by $50 how much students pay in mandatory fees, which would be an increase of 12 percent to 13 percent.\nCommittee co-chair and IU Student Association President Betsy Henke said the University administration has not put a cap on mandatory fee increases, but they do not want to see fees increase by more than 6 percent.\nStudents currently pay $401.61 in mandatory fees each semester.\nThe Committee for Fee Review listened to proposals this weekend from the groups that receive the money students pay in mandatory fees.\nThe committee makes recommendations on how the $29 million generated by mandatory fees will be divided. After listening to proposals, the committee will have several meetings until April 2, when its recommendations are to be submitted to Dean of Students Dick McKaig. The recommendations are then passed on to President Adam Herbert and finally to the board of trustees.\nLast year the committee was only allowed to increase the total of all mandatory fees by 1.5 percent. The committee was not given a limit this year, but Herbert visited during the committee’s lunch break Saturday and indicated money would be tight, said Damon Sims, associate vice president for student affairs.\nSims, who provides advice and support for the committee, said the committee’s recommendations have only been changed three times.\n“The committee has no authority to set fees,” Sims said. “But their recommendations have carried considerable weight.”\nThe committee is normally made up of two graduate students and five undergraduate students. This year, however, the committee received a last-minute e-mail from one graduate student member saying she wouldn’t be able to attend the meetings, Sims said.\nThe committee also has two co-chairs: Henke and Graduate and Professional Student Organization moderator Paul Rohwer. The two will only cast one combined vote if there is a tie.\nSims said most of the money from mandatory fees goes to personnel costs, such as salaries and benefits. Inflation causes salaries and benefits to increase at a higher rate than the committee is allowed to recommend mandatory fees be increased by, he said.\n“These groups have to cannibalize themselves and take money away from other things,” Sims said.\nThe IU Health Center is struggling to keep staff members who could take jobs at Bloomington Hospital or Monroe Hospital, Sims said.\n“It doesn’t leave you in a good spot after awhile,” Sims said. “If you don’t get what you requested, what do you do?”\nRepresentatives from the health center said that if they didn’t get what they requested, they would have to talk about cutting services, Sims said.\nThe effect this will have on students varies from organization to organization, said sophomore and Committee for Fee Review member Anthony Smith.\n“Some have committed to maintain the same level of service, but others assert their level of service will decrease,” Smith said.\nUniversity Information Technology Services is an operation students use daily, so its proposal is given more weight, Smith said.\nSims said too few people in the campus community understand all the services and programs that money from mandatory fees provides.\n“They believe the fees pay for pizza (that) student government buys for itself,” Sims said. “But it really pays for fundamental services students need and demand.”\nEven though the committee is not allowed to request fee increases to satisfy all 14 groups, Sims still supports the process for fee review that began in 1988.\n“I firmly believe this is the single best example of meaningful student involvement in institutional decision-making,” Sims said.
(03/01/07 5:00am)
Fact: The Dixie Chicks were the greatest selling female group of all time.\nFact: On the eve of the beginning of the Iraq war, Natalie Maines spoke out against President Bush and the war, overseas.\nFact: Since then, the Dixie Chicks' career has suffered.\nSo what do you do when you've become one of the most hated women in America because of your views? Make a documentary.\nAt the height of their Top of the World Tour, a crew was filming footage backstage when the comments were made and they just kept on rolling for three years.\nDespite the context and circumstances behind the film, it's not as political or liberal as you might expect. The documentary focuses more on the sisterhood between the women and the support of their husbands and crew members, managers, etc., and ultimately how they dealt with the struggle of standing up for what they believe in an industry that doesn't tolerate dissenting views. \nWhen many uber-patriotic country songs were capitalizing on 9/11 and the war to sell albums, the Dixie Chicks didn't. Granted, there are a few choice comments about Bush and the conservatives, but that's expected considering the cause of the events.\nThe soundtrack is mostly a combination of live and studio tracks from their most recent album and they fit the movie beautifully. The DVD is your typical bare-bones DVD. It has the movie and the trailer. No interviews, videos, etc.\nIf you're a fan (still or brand new) of the Dixie Chicks, this documentary is worth the watch to see how they deal with trying to hold on to their career and raise their kids while dealing with death threats and hatred. It's interesting to see how the band deals with making music for artistic purposes and not money like the record industry likes (which is alluded to in parts of the film). If you're a fan of the First Amendment or can listen to bands like Led Zeppelin, Hendrix and other artists from the '60s and '70s and remember that their music used to have a message and mean something to those who listened to it, then you will like this movie, even if you don't like their music. "Shut Up and Sing" is a film you should "Get Up and Buy"
(03/01/07 5:00am)
Students staying in Bloomington over spring break have been known to acquire serious cases of cabin fever. It might be too late to book a hotel and a flight to a hot spring break destination on the coast, but it's never too late for a random road trip.\nA popular road trip destination for many students is Chicago. While the city is home to many well-known tourist attractions, students suggest checking out some of its lesser-known attractions. \nStudents can find a taste of IU in the big city at Kirkwood Bar & Grill, located at 2934 N. Sheffield Ave. An IU alum established it, said junior Ali Finkelmeier. The restaurant has a kids menu called the "Little 5.00" where everything is $5, Finkelmeier said.\n"You can't even move in there if there's an IU game," Finkelmeier said.\nStudents who make the trip to Chicago can also visit Ed Debevic's at 640 N. Wells St., a '50s-style restaurant where the motto is "good food and fresh service," said junior Ashley Abram. According centerstagechicago.com, "servers dish out sassy mock rudeness while taking and serving your order."\n"They insult you when you order, but it's expected because that's their reputation," Abram said.\nThe servers and cooks also stop what they're doing every 10 or 15 minutes to jump onto the counters and dance, Abram said.\n"It's a fun atmosphere with mom and pop cooking," she said.\nStudents could head to the Signature Room on the 95th floor of the John Hancock Center for a more romantic dining experience.\n"It has a good view," said freshman Travis Walerko. "It's a nice place to take a date."\nIt's open until 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 p.m. on weekends. The lounge above it is open till the early hours of the morning.\nSophomore Jenny Mann said she enjoys Chicago for things like shopping on Michigan Avenue and eating at the great restaurants on Navy Pier, but she also said she enjoys taking trips to local destinations where she can enjoy the wilderness. Mann has visited the Hoosier National Forest and McCormick's Creek.\nThe Hoosier National Forest covers 200,000 acres in southern Indiana and offers a variety of recreational opportunities such as camping, horseback riding, mountain biking and hiking, according to the USDA Forest Services Web site.\n"You can forget you're in Indiana when you're there," Mann said. "There are some hilly parts that are really nice."\nFor more information, students can contact the Hoosier National Forest supervisors office at 275-5987.\nMcCormick's Creek State Park, located near Spencer, Ind., has 17 miles of hiking trails that take visitors past features like Wolf Cave, the Twin Bridges and the Falls on McCormick's Creek, according to the park's Web site.\n"McCormick's Creek is less intense," Mann said. "It's nice if you want to walk around in pretty stuff."\nThe park also offers horseback riding on guided trails, fishing on the nearby White River and 190 modern campsites with electrical hookup and modern restrooms with showers. For more information, contact the McCormick's Creek State Park Office at 829-2235.\nFor a more intense outdoor experience, sophomore Emily Erdmann suggests heading south to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee.\n"You can go hiking," Erdmann said. "And you might be able to see a bear."\nThe Great Smoky Mountains National Park has more than 800 miles of maintained trails ranging from "short leg-stretchers to strenuous treks that may require back-country camping," according to the park's Web site. The park is also home to approximately 1,600 bears, which are what most visitors come hoping to see, according to the site.\n"If you're big into camping and don't want to spend a lot for a cabin, there's campgrounds where you bring your own tent and stay the night," Erdmann said.\nThere is no entry fee to the park, but activities such as overnight camping cost $14 to $23. The park offers back-country campgrounds that visitors must hike to get to, and front-country camping in a developed campground that has restrooms with cold running water and flushable toilets. Group campgrounds are also available for groups of eight or more people. Call 865-436-1200 for more information.\nIf driving to the woods doesn't sound like a fun road trip, junior Justin Salsburey suggests driving to Caesars Indiana, a riverboat casino. The complex is located outside the community of Elizabeth, Ind., about 100 miles southeast of Bloomington. The gaming area is housed on the "Glory of Rome" riverboat. \nRegardless of his luck in the gaming area, Salsburey has always had good fortune on his road trips to the casino.\n"I've never had to drive," Salsburey said. "I always ride with somebody else"
(02/28/07 5:00am)
This fall, bassoonist William Ludwig will join the faculty of the Jacobs School of Music. Ludwig began playing the saxophone in middle school because he wanted to become a jazz musician. He went on to study at the University of North Texas, which is known for its jazz program.\n“When I got there I realized there were a lot of great jazz players in the world,” Ludwig said. “And I wasn’t a great improviser, which is really the soul of jazz.” \nLudwig, who had also played the bassoon in high school, realized jazz music wasn’t his calling while attending University of North Texas. He soon found out what it was.\n“My strength was interpreting music already written down,” Ludwig said. “By dead guys mostly.” \nLudwig transferred to Louisiana State University to play bassoon, where he earned a Bachelor of Music, then he studied at Temple University, which he left to attend the Yale University School of Music. At Yale, Ludwig studied under Arthur Weisberg while working on his Master of Music. Weisberg is currently a professor of bassoon at IU.\n“It’s an honor to be teaching with my former teacher,” Ludwig said.\nWhen Ludwig finished his own education he briefly became an instructor at the University of Missouri–Kansas City. Ludwig also taught at the University of South Florida before being named Carruth Professor of Bassoon at his alma mater Louisiana State University, where he has been teaching for the past 21 years.\nLudwig has been an active musician outside the educational setting. He has performed with orchestras such as the Kansas City Philharmonic, the Florida Orchestra and the Baton Rouge Symphony. Ludwig said he was named the Principal Bassoonist at the Brevard Music Center, which is a well known summer music festival in Brevard, N.C. Ludwig said he has recorded several solo bassoon CDs as well.\nLudwig is happy to be joining the Jacobs School of Music faculty.\n“It’s really one of the world’s best schools of music,” Ludwig said. “It’s fun to contemplate the challenges of it all.”\nLudwig said some of the challenges he sees are recruiting the talented group of bassoonists the Jacobs School of Music needs while performing on campus and elsewhere around the country.\nMoving from Baton Rouge to Bloomington is another challenge, but Ludwig said he and his wife are at a time in their lives where a new challenge is fun.\n“For such a small town, Bloomington has a high intensity cultural life,” Ludwig said. “My wife and I are excited to be part of that.”\nLudwig said his wife is also a musician and has been teaching elementary music in public schools for the last 13 years.\n“She’s hoping to find something similar here in Bloomington,” Ludwig said.\nAfter changing his career path and transferring schools while he was an undergraduate, Ludwig’s best advice to aspiring students is to be honest and ask themselves why they are going to school.\nSaid Ludwig, “Is it because it’s the next step you’re supposed to take, or is it because you’re trying to figure out what you really want to do?”
(02/27/07 5:00am)
Fredric Hays Jr., 25, was arrested Sunday after confining his wife in a bedroom and beating her.\nThe Bloomington Police Department responded to a call from a woman in the 1300 block of East Matlock Road who said she had been beaten, BPD Detective Sgt. Jeff Canada said, reading from a police report.\nOfficers discovered the woman had injuries to her face and arm, Canada said. The victim told police she began arguing with her husband. She gave him a blanket and a pillow and told him to sleep on the couch.\nHer husband then became verbally abusive. The victim tried to leave to go to her parents, but he wouldn’t let her, Canada said. He shoved her into the bedroom and threw a shoe at her, hitting her in the arm. He grabbed her by the tank top she was wearing and ripped it, then threw her on the floor and held her down with one arm, applying pressure to her neck and cutting off her air supply, Canada said.\nThe victim was able to hit and pinch her husband in the face to get him off and call police. Canada said Fredric Hays Jr. was uncooperative with officers when they arrived.\nHays was arrested for strangulation and criminal confinement, both Class D felonies, and domestic battery, a Class A misdemeanor, Canada said.
(02/27/07 5:00am)
Bloomington Police arrested an IU student Sunday for illegal consumption and possession of marijuana after he spit on the windshield of a marked police car.\nOfficer Scott Reynolds was driving south on College Avenue. As Reynolds approached Eighth Street near Smallwood Plaza, he slowed down to let a group of pedestrians cross the road, said Detective Sgt. Jeff Canada, reading from the police report.\nOne of the pedestrians, Gregory Silverman, 19, turned and spit on the windshield of Reynolds’ squad car.\nSilverman ran into Smallwood Plaza, 455 N College Ave., and tried to hide, but officers found and arrested him.
(02/27/07 5:00am)
If an increase in the student transportation fee is approved, the frustration many students feel from the overcrowding on the IU Campus Bus Service could be no more. The Student Transportation Advisory Committee met last week with members of IU Transportation Services to finalize a proposal for a new bus route called the “U” route. The Student Transportation Advisory Committee is made up of students chosen by Dean of Students Dick McKaig to represent different areas on campus, said sophomore and Student Transportation Advisory Committee member Adam Pozza.\nThe route was developed by the advisory committee in coordination with Campus Bus Service, said junior and Student Transportation Advisory Committee chairman Ray Vanlanot. The original route was proposed by a student bus driver, and the idea eventually made its way to Campus Bus Service Operations Manager Perry Maull, who previously discussed the addition of a new bus route. Maull contacted Vanlanot and told him about it.\n“Some alterations were made to the route, and that’s how the final draft of the proposal was made,” Vanlanot said.\nThe issue of naming the route came up at a meeting when Pozza was trying to understand the proposed route and what it would look like.\n“I was a little confused, and then I realized the route was going to be shaped in a ‘U,’” Pozza said.\nSince that meeting, it has been referred to as the “U” route.\nPozza said members of the committee noticed a lot of buses with full loads passing students on the first part of Fee Lane by Briscoe and McNutt quads. Many of the students waiting for buses outside those resident halls needed to get to Rawles Hall and Jordan Hall on Third Street for 100-level math and science courses, Pozza said. \n“The buses seemed to be unloading the majority of their passengers at the business school and the library,” Pozza said.\nBuses on the proposed route would start in the Assembly Hall White Lot, go to the area around the Herman B Wells Library and then up the North Jordan Avenue extension. It will then turn around and backtrack through the route, said Kent McDaniel, IU executive director of transportation services. \nThe new route can’t be added this year. However, if Campus Bus gets enough funding, they would like to try it next year, McDaniel said. \nIn March, the Student Transportation Advisory Committee will make the proposal to the Committee for Fee Review, a student committee that makes recommendations to University trustees about how much students should be charged for mandatory fees, McDaniel said.
(02/26/07 5:00am)
A female IU student was raped in the 200 block of E. 20th St. Sunday, according to a police report.\nBloomington Police received a call at about 3:30 a.m. from a 21-year-old female who stated she was extremely intoxicated, said Sgt. Faron Lake reading from a police report. The victim said she opened her door earlier that night when she heard a noise. At her door was a man she recognized from parties she had been to, Lake said. Lake said the victim thought his name was either Jay, Jared or Jason.\nThe two began having a conversation about the victim’s dog. The suspect then came into the victim’s apartment with her. The suspect then began a lewd sexual conversation, Lake said. The suspect told the victim he wanted to have sex with her, and the victim stated she did not want to have sex. The suspect then forced her to the ground and forced sexual intercourse on her, Lake said.\nThe suspect was described as a male in his early twenties, 5’6” to 5’7” and approximately 150 lbs. The victim said he had dark hair, was very tan and was wearing a blue sweatshirt and a blue Hollister beanie cap.\nThe case has been referred to the detective division, Lake said.
(02/26/07 5:00am)
Police are searching for suspects in a shooting that occurred on Bloomington’s west side Saturday.\nThe incident began while the male complainant was driving his black 1991 Chevy pickup truck south on Curry Pike, said Sgt. Faron Lake reading from a police report. The complainant was driving behind what he described as an early 90’s model dark green four door vehicle, with a license plate prefix of 95.\nWhile the vehicles approached Third Street, the driver of the green vehicle slammed on his brakes several times, Lake said. The complainant pulled into the right lane when they reached the intersection of Third Street. The drivers of both vehicles engaged in a verbal argument and pulled into a nearby church parking lot to finish the argument. The driver of the green vehicle then began waving what the complainant described as a “black semi-automatic handgun.” When the light changed the driver of the green vehicle aimed the pistol at the complainant and fired. The shot hit the complainant’s truck just behind the driver’s side door. The green vehicle then made a U-turn and drove away heading northbound on Curry Pike. The complainant pulled over and called the police.\nThere were three people inside the green vehicle, said the complaitant. The driver was described as a male age 19 to 23, skinny, with brown hair, possibly wearing a red and white T-shirt and some type of hat. The front passenger was described as a male in his early 40s wearing grayish-brown coat. The complainant said he did not get a good look at the passenger who was in the back because the vehicle had tinted windows. A witness confirmed with the complainant that the vehicle had a license plate prefix of 95.\nOfficers were unable to locate the vehicle, but are trying to follow up on some possible suspects, Lake said.
(02/26/07 5:00am)
IU senior Jamie Lober is more interested than the typical student in who will be elected as the Republican candidate for Mayor of Bloomington this May. That’s because Lober will be running against fellow Republican and current City Council member David Sabbagh in the primary elections. \nLober officially filed to run for Mayor last week, said Jessica White, elections supervisor for Monroe County. White said anyone who is a registered voter, has been a citizen of Bloomington for one year or more and has filled out the proper forms can file to run for mayor. Friday was the final day to file for the primary election. \nLober said she has been reaching out to the community by registering voters and hosting fundraisers.\n“It hasn’t been hard work, it’s been fun,” Lober said.\nEconomic development and affordable housing are key issues for Lober. She said she has talked to several companies about relocating to Bloomington.\n“People will stay if there’s affordable housing and jobs and opportunities to progress,” Lober said, referring to efforts to retain IU students in the city after they graduate.\nLober said she realizes the odds are stacked against her as an inexperienced student, but that has given her a reason to work harder.\n“I wouldn’t set myself up for something I didn’t believe in,” Lober said.\nLober said some people have asked her why she did not choose to run for one of the offices that are unopposed where she could have definitely made it to the general election in November.\n“If that’s where I felt my strengths would have best been put to use I would have run for that,” Lober said.\nMonroe County Republican Party Chairman Franklin Andrew said he knows Lober and that she has been involved with the party as a volunteer. Andrew said as party chairman he doesn’t think it is fair for him to decide who should run for any office, but Lober contacted him “out of respect for party structure.”\n“Jamie Lober is a young lady who will probably achieve great things politically in her future,” Andrew said.\nAndrew said the office of mayor comes with an enormous amount of responsibility and candidates must have a clear-cut understanding of the inner workings of city government.\n“City Council would have been more appropriate for her to start out with,” Andrew said.\nAndrew said the Republican Party in Bloomington has had a number of IU students run for offices of city government. Current Assistant Director for real estate for IU Jason Banach ran for City Council when he was 22 years old and a senior at IU. Banach won the 1995 election and served on the council from 1996 to 2006 when he retired from the position, he said.\n“It took an inordinate amount of work to accomplish,” Banach said. “I wouldn’t have even dreamed of running for mayor at that time.”\nBanach said he had a lack of experience when he first ran for City Council. Banach said the only thing he could attribute his win to was a “grass roots effort” that involved going into neighborhoods, knocking on doors, meeting people and registering voters.\n“Without that, any first time campaign is a goner,” Banach said.\nAndrew also mentioned that U.S. Congressman Frank McCloskey ran for Mayor of Bloomington when he was a student at IU. Charlotte Zietlow, who was one of the first women on the city council, said she knew McCloskey very well.\n Zietlow said McCloskey was finishing law school at IU when he was working on his campaign. Zietlow said McCloskey was in a different situation than Lober. McCloskey had just run for state representative in 1970, making him a well known political personage, Zietlow said. She added that he was about to complete law school at the time and also served in the Air Force before that. Although he lost the race for State Representative, he went on to become mayor of Bloomington, Zietlow said. \n“He was encouraged to run by a number of people in the community,” Zietlow said. “He was a visible political figure with a fair amount of life experience.”\nLober hopes her young age will encouragxe students to get behind her.\n“It’s rare that we’ll have a candidate our own age so I hope students realize this opportunity,” Lober said. “It’s really the chance of a lifetime.”
(02/23/07 5:00am)
IU senior Jamie Lober is very interested in who will be elected as the Republican candidate for Mayor of Bloomington this May. That’s because Lober will be running against fellow Republican and current City Council member David Sabbagh in the primary elections. \nLober officially filed to run for Mayor last week, said Elections Supervisor Jessica White. White said anyone who is a registered voter, has been a citizen of Bloomington for one year or more and has filled out the proper forms can file to run for mayor.\nLober said she has been reaching out to the community by registering voters and hosting fundraisers.\n“It hasn’t been hard work, it’s been fun,” Lober said.\nEconomic development and affordable housing are key issues for Lober. She said she has talked to several companies about relocating to Bloomington.\n“People will stay if there’s affordable housing and jobs and opportunities to progress,” Lober said, referring to IU students after they graduate.\nLober said she realizes the odds are stacked against her as an inexperienced student, but that has given her a reason to work harder.\n“I wouldn’t set myself up for something I didn’t believe in,” Lober said.\nLober said some people have asked her why she did not choose to run for one of the offices that are unopposed where she could have definitely made it to the general election in November.\n“If that’s where I felt my strengths would have best been put to use, I would have run for that,” Lober said.
(02/23/07 5:00am)
Police are searching for suspects in a shooting that occurred on Bloomington’s west side Saturday.\nThe incident began while the male complainant was driving his black 1991 Chevy pickup truck south on Curry Pike, said Sgt. Faron Lake reading from a police report. The complainant was driving behind what he described as an early 90’s model dark green four door vehicle, with a license plate prefix of 95.\nWhile the vehicles approached Third Street, the driver of the green vehicle slammed on his brakes several times, Lake said. The complainant pulled into the right lane when they reached the intersection of Third Street. The drivers of both vehicles engaged in a verbal argument and pulled into a nearby church parking lot to finish the argument. The driver of the green vehicle then began waving what the complainant described as a “black semi-automatic handgun.” When the light changed the driver of the green vehicle aimed the pistol at the complainant and fired. The shot hit the complainant’s truck just behind the driver’s side door. The green vehicle then made a U-turn and drove away heading northbound on Curry Pike. The complainant pulled over and called the police.\nThere were three people inside the green vehicle, said the complaitant. The driver was described as a male age 19 to 23, skinny, with brown hair, possibly wearing a red and white T-shirt and some type of hat. The front passenger was described as a male in his early 40s wearing grayish-brown coat. The complainant said he did not get a good look at the passenger who was in the back because the vehicle had tinted windows. A witness confirmed with the complainant that the vehicle had a license plate prefix of 95.\nOfficers were unable to locate the vehicle, but are trying to follow up on some possible suspects, Lake said.
(02/22/07 5:00am)
Sunday night, several students will be relaxing in front of the television at 8 p.m. watching the 79th annual Academy Awards. A few might even dream of being on the red carpet, either because of their own accomplishments or because of their aspirations to date one of Hollywood's hottest. While these people might just fantasize, some IU students have turned their red carpet dreams into reality later in life, and others got to their five minutes of fame standing in as extras in an Oscar-winning film shot on campus.
(02/22/07 5:00am)
A light fog hung over 17th Street yesterday just before dawn. Patches of black ice caused drivers to lower their speeds as they carefully maneuvered their cars into the parking lot of the St. Paul Catholic Center, 1413 E. 17th St. Spaces became scarce in the lot as the seven o’clock hour drew near and the Ash Wednesday mass began.\nIU students, faculty and staff, along with other community members, woke up early to receive their ashes before beginning their days. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40 day period of Lent, which leads up to Easter Sunday. \nSenior Brian Marx said he has never been to a 7 a.m. mass before. He said he was surprised he was able to wake up that morning.\n“This mass was a spiritual springboard to a successful Lenten season,” Marx said.\nSophomore Shane Provost said he was also surprised at himself because he made it to the early mass.\n“It was definitely a sacrifice getting up at 6:30 in the morning,” Provost said.\nWaking up early and doing things in the morning is not uncommon for all students, such as senior Tim Arnold.\n“I’m a morning person, so this is the best time of day for me to go,” Arnold said. “It’s when I get the most out of it.”\nFather Bob Keller said the mass was “stunning,” and that there were about as many people as last year. There were clearly a lot of students and a good number of IU faculty members, he said.\n“This mass and the one at noon are probably the most convenient for everyone trying to fit it into their workday,” Keller said.\nThe noon mass was an ecumenical service held in the Whittenberger Auditorium in the Indiana Memorial Union. Ecumenical is a Latinized word that means universal, Keller said. The multi-denominational service was sponsored by the Episcopal Campus Ministry, the St. Paul Catholic Center, the Lutheran Campus Ministry (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) and the Indiana University Interfaith Association.\nEpiscopalian Chaplain to IU, Mother Linda Johnson, has participated in the ecumenical Ash Wednesday service at the Union for 10 years.\n“The clergy started this ecumenical service to be models to our students that we as Christians can pray across our traditions,” Johnson said.\nJohnson said the clergy has deliberately found ways to demonstrate inclusiveness and unity to students. This service is one way to do that, Johnson said.\nFreshman Lisa Runion, who sings in the choir at St. Paul Catholic Center on Sundays, said the service was interesting because she didn’t know it was going to be an ecumenical service.\n“It was different for me at the end when we said the ‘Our Father’ prayer with different words,” Runion said.\nPastor Kelli Skram of the Lutheran Campus Ministry (ELCA) and an IU alumna said she knows of at least three different versions of “The Lord’s Prayer”.\n“In our denomination we use at least two versions,” Skram said. “It’s a stylistic choice.”\nRunion said that, in general, the differences in denominations were not accentuated during the service.\nFor some students, yesterday was their first Ash Wednesday away from home. Freshman Jon Isca who went to a Catholic grade school and high school, said it has been harder to find events such as the Ash Wednesday service in the Union. \n“Now I really have to take control of it myself,” Isca said. “I had difficulty finding this place. I thought it was in a different room.”\nFreshman Jessica Thorndike, on the other hand, has not had such difficulty.\n“I’ve found it has been easier because the church is so close,” said Thorndike, who attends St. Paul Catholic Center. “I enjoy this church.”
(02/19/07 5:00am)
Professors can help push students toward excellence, but sometimes being pushed toward excellence can be frustrating. A few business school students will get the chance to let those frustrations out while supporting a good cause.\nThe Civic Leadership Development organization is holding its first “Pie a Professor” event to raise money for Bowl for Kids’ Sake, which is a fundraiser for Big Brothers, Big Sisters. Civic Leadership Development is a community service organization based in the Kelley School of Business that currently has more than 800 registered members, said sophomore and Service Project Director for Civic Leadership Development Val Agnew.\nSeven professors in the Kelley School as well as Dean Dan Smith have agreed to be pied in the face by a student from one of their classes Thursday. Students can contribute by giving general donations and by purchasing a raffle ticket for the chance to be the students who gets to pie their professor. Students who buy a raffle ticket also have a chance to win a temporary A parking pass.\n“We took a situation where we could have raised the bare minimum, but reached beyond anyone’s expectations and came up with a whole event,” Agnew said.\n“Pie a Professor” will be from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Kelley School of Business, Room 111. This year’s Bowl for Kids’ Sake is rock ‘n’ roll themed. To keep with that theme, Civic Leadership Development members will be dressed up in rock ‘n’ roll costumes, including anything from poodle skirts to ’80s metal-head outfits, Agnew said. The games “Dance, Dance Revolution” and “Guitar Hero” will be available in the room for students to play.\n“We want to make it as fun and as oriented toward what we’re fundraising for as possible,” Agnew said.\nLast year, Civic Leadership Development raised more than $2,000 for Bowl for Kids’ Sake, said senior and President of Civic Leadership Development Jess Phillips. This year the organization is hoping to raise $2,500, which is more then they have ever raised before.\n“The impact this money has on the community is tremendous,” Phillips said.\nAll the money goes to pair a “big” brother or sister with a “little” brother or sister for one year, which costs between $500 and $600, Phillips said.\nProfessor Mikel Tiller has set a goal of $400 for students in his eight-week basic accounting skills class, and has promised to match his students’ donations up to that goal.\nTiller said it would have been hard for him to say no to an organization as important as Big Brothers, Big Sisters. Tiller was initially worried about being pied with a fruit pie, but is pleased that whipped cream pies will be used.\nTiller said his students have a bit of extra motivation.\n“The actual pie in the face event will happen about three hours before I give my final exam,” Tiller said.\nTiller said his students have some catching up to do to be sure they hit their goal because of the snow day last week.\nThere is a board in the business school with the names of the professors participating in the event and different dollar amounts, but Tiller said he does not want to see it.\n“I quickly looked away because the money is not what this competition is about,” Tiller said.\nStudents are encouraged to come whether they’re in the business school or not, Phillips said.\n“It will be a hilarious and entertaining couple of hours if nothing else,” Phillips said.
(02/19/07 5:00am)
Ten minutes before Gamma Phi Beta and Phi Sigma Kappa’s act, “Fascinatin’ Rhythm,” was set to take the stage at the 75th annual IU Sing, sophomore and song leader Courtney Staples was in a car accident.\n“I thought I was going to miss the show,” Staples said.\nStaples escaped the accident without injury. And with the help of her mother, who was in town for the show, made it to the IU Auditorium on time.\nStaples’ worries about her car accident were soon overshadowed by feelings of joy when she was awarded a $250 scholarship from the IU Student Foundation and the act she helped bring together, “Fascinatin’ Rhythm,” was awarded the first-place overall trophy at the 2007 IU Sing.\n“My night has been so up and down,” Staples said. “I don’t even care about my car anymore.”\nThe act “Fascinatin’ Rhythm” also received the first-place Division B trophy. Acts were awarded first through fifth place in two divisions. Division A included acts of 73 members or more, and Division B included acts of 72 members or fewer. The Division A winners were Chi Omega and Phi Kappa Sigma with “A Night at the Movies.” Alpha Phi and Chi Phi won second place in Division A and Alpha Gamma Delta and Alpha Epsilon Pi won second place in Division B.\n“Fascinatin’ Rhythm” song leader Alex Kreisman, a sophomore, said the win was unbelievable.\n“I had no idea,” Kreisman said. “I didn’t see this one coming.”\nAll the acts in this year’s show chose a theme from a previous year of IU Sing. “Fascinatin’ Rhythm” was from 1987 and focused on the Bobby Knight era of IU men’s basketball at Assembly Hall, according to the 2007 IU Sing program. Members of the act portrayed basketball players who began skipping practice to hang out with cheerleaders portrayed by other members of the act. The audience laughed after a member of the act who was portraying Knight, the former head basketball coach, said, “They’ll never fire me.”\nInitially, the group didn’t know what to do with the theme of “Fascinatin’ Rhythm,” sophomore song leader John Cornell said in an e-mail interview.\n“The first thing we thought of was the dance that used basketballs for rhythm, and it went on from there,” Cornell said.\nJudge Janis Cooper Parker, an IU School of Music alumna, said the act’s use of the rhythm from bouncing basketballs on the stage with the song was clever. Parker said this was the 30th anniversary of her involvement with IU Sing, which began when she participated in the show as a student.\n“Having a long history with the program, it does my heart proud to see such a long tradition celebrated so well by these acts,” Parker said.\nJudge and IU alumna Mia Hirschel said everyone did a great job, but offered one suggestion for the future of IU Sing.\n“I’d like to see more dormitories involved, because this is a campus-wide competition,” Hirschel said.\nHirschel said the last time she saw IU Sing, in 1984, there were 32 acts involved. This year there were 21.\nPatti Frazin of Deerfield, Ill., was in the audience to support her daughter, sophomore Rebecca Frazin who was a song leader for Sigma Delta Tau and Sigma Chi’s act “Magic To Do.” Frazin said that she thought the show was great and that she knew it took a lot of time and energy to put together.\n“I knew how hard it was for the song leaders to bring so many kids together and get them to listen,” Frazin said. “It was great to see what my daughter has been working on for the last several months.”
(02/17/07 12:48am)
Yellow school busses have been sitting outside the IU Auditorium for the past two nights to shelter students from freezing temperatures. Twenty-one acts hurry from the buses to the stage and back to individually prepare for a show that involves more than 3,000 students and has become one of the largest events on campus.\nThe 75th annual IU Sing begins tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the IU Auditorium. Nineteen acts performed by various sororities and fraternities, along with one act from Collins Living-Learning Center and one act from the Army ROTC will compete against each other in what IU Sing Steering Committee member Amanda Moore said is one of the longest running traditions on campus.\nThe IU Sing Steering Committee came together in August to begin work on the show and to pick the theme for the 75th anniversary of IU Sing, said Director of IU Student Foundation Jenny Bruffey.\n"We wanted to do something that celebrated that milestone," Bruffey said.\nThis year's theme is "A Lifetime in Lights." Instead of having each organization come up with a theme for its act from scratch, each was asked to pick a theme from the past 74 years of the event, Moore said.\n"We're celebrating all previous themes from IU Sing and putting them all in this show," Moore said. "It's a lifetime of IU sing."\nPreparation for IU Sing is demanding for the students involved.\n"Oh my God, we've been practicing like every night," said freshman Lindsay Weiss of Kappa Kappa Gamma. "It takes a lot of time and a lot of practice."\nFreshmen Sarah Whitaker of Delta Gamma and David Snuckel of Acacia have been practicing four or five days a week for two to three hours a day since the beginning of the semester. Snuckel said practice sometimes relieved stress for him because it was something different than going to class everyday and doing homework.\n"It was another fun experience," Snuckel said. "You meet a lot of girls."\nThe hard work of each act will be displayed in a four- to six-minute performance. Nine judges will score each act on a scale of one to 10 in four main categories, such as musicality, Bruffey said. Acts will lose points if 50 percent of their performance is not sung. This rule was instituted last year because people felt the show was losing its musical aspect and becoming more of a play than a mini musical, Bruffey said.\n"This was a really good rule change for us to make," Bruffey said.\nActs can also lose points for actions outside of their performance.\nWhile one act is performing there will be another act on the dock to the right of the stage and another act below the stage in a chorus room, said Steering Committee member and former IU Sing participant Brian Swanson.\n"We can't have an act of 80 some people talking because the audience will hear it," Swanson said.\nSwanson also said that some people have the misconception that the event is only for the greek community.\n"It's open to the whole student body," Swanson said. "We try to include anybody who wants to be part of it."\nTickets are $18. All proceeds go to working student scholarships, Swanson said. This year the Student Foundation is awarding 18 scholarships totaling $4,800 at the end of Saturday's show during the awards presentation, which will begin at 9:30 p.m.
(02/15/07 5:00am)
Students who want to catch beads and party the night away on Fat Tuesday don't need to travel to New Orleans because they can enjoy Mardi Gras right here in Bloomington. Local bars will host live bands, change their menus and hold special promotions for the celebration.\nAdding to the festivities, a Bloomington-based Mardi Gras crew known as "The Monkeyheads Social Aide & Pleasure Club" has organized a parade that will start at 8 p.m. Feb. 20 and will be followed by a concert.\nThe Monkeyheads claim that Bloomington is home to the "third-greatest Mardi Gras on the face of the Earth." Monkeyheads founder Joe "Crazy Jose the Pathfinder" Estivill said people can argue over what city hosts the first-and second-greatest Mardi Gras all day, but Bloomington has the No. 3 spot. \n"We know it's a bunch of crap, but that's what we like to say," Estivill said.\nThe parade will begin at Fourth and Walnut streets and end at the Bluebird, according to a press release Estivill issued. Monkeyheads member Vicky Kilmer said people don't have to dress up to march in the parade, but she encourages everyone to wear silly costumes. The more creative the costume, the better, Kilmer said. Plus, the person with the best costume wins $50, according to the release. \n"I would love it if all kinds of people showed up," Kilmer said, "dressed up or not."\nKilmer said the group got a parade permit allowing it to block off streets along the parade route. A police escort will also be provided for the parade.\nEvery year, some members of the group go to New Orleans a week or two before Fat Tuesday and bring back beads to distribute during their parade, Kilmer said. \n"Our signature thing is that we have strands of beads with little monkey heads on them," Kilmer said.\nThe theme for this year's celebration is "Human See, Human Do." As is tradition, the theme was chosen by last year's Mardi Gras king and queen, the self-named "King Caesar Simian the Great" and "Queen Too-Funny." After the parade, a new king and queen will be chosen at the Bluebird.\nMardi Gras kings and queens are chosen using a king and queen cake, Estivill said. A miniature plastic baby is hidden inside each cake, and whoever finds the baby in their piece of cake becomes Mardi Gras royalty until the next year. The winners also choose their own names.\nThe crew is charging a dollar for a piece of cake and a chance to be crowned the next Mardi Gras king or queen, Estivill said. The money is normally given away as part of the crew's "social aide." In the past the money has been given to WFHB, a local community radio station.\nWFHB helped the Monkeyheads get started when the group was formed seven or eight years ago, Estivill said. For the last 15 years, another Mardi Gras crew, known as the Wild Raccoons, has been celebrating Fat Tuesday with WFHB. Now, the Monkeyheads are taking over.\n"They had a pre-party there before their show," Estivill said. "Eventually I was showing up with 30 or 40 drunk friends before the party at the Bluebird even started."\nAfter traveling to New Orleans to learn about Mardi Gras traditions like members of the Wild Raccoons had done, Estivill started another crew in Bloomington to help the Wild Raccoons.\n"This is the first year the Monkeyheads have stepped up to do the party at the Bluebird," Estivill said. \nThe Wild Raccoons are taking a year off.\nEstivill's crew will still be collaborating with WFHB for this year's celebration.\n"Their members have been invited to march as part of a boom box parade," Estivill said.\nSome of the people marching in the parade will bring their boom boxes and tune them to WFHB. The radio station will be playing parade style music that originated in New Orleans, Estivill said.\nOnce the parade makes its way back to the Bluebird, live music from local bands will begin at 9 p.m. with the "traditional Dixieland sounds" of the B-Town Bearcats, according to a press release. They will be followed by the Swamp Hogs, who play a style called Cajun/Zydeco, which is a form of fiddle and accordion music, Estivill said. The Tone-o-Matics, a blues band, will also perform. Cover is $8.\nOther local bars will also be holding special festivities for Fat Tuesday. Kilroy's on Kirkwood will host a special Bacardi promotion, said general manager David Prall. The promotion will include special cups for Bacardi Hurricanes and female models from Bacardi. A bar crawl that begins at Kilroy's on Kirkwood and ends at Kilroy's Sports Bar will also be part of the promotion.\nThe cover charge at Sports will be $3, said manager Ben Kelner. DJ Unique will be downstairs and DJ Kenny Kixx will be upstairs. Specials include $2 Rolling Rock beers and $2 Southern Comfort shooters.\n"Southern Comfort girls will be here doing giveaways and throwing beads," Kelner said.\nAcross the road, Scotty's will be doing "a big Fat Tuesday party," said bar manager Chris Johnson. The menu will be switched around to include lobster bisque, jambalaya, gumbo and crab cakes. Abita Turbodog, a beer brewed just outside New Orleans, will also be available, Johnson said. There will also be special music playing and the atmosphere will be livelier.\n"We encourage people to drink and have a good time," Johnson said.
(02/15/07 2:39am)
Students who want to catch beads and party the night away on Fat Tuesday don't need to travel to New Orleans because they can enjoy Mardi Gras right here in Bloomington. Local bars will host live bands, change their menus and hold special promotions for the celebration.\nAdding to the festivities, a Bloomington-based Mardi Gras crew known as "The Monkeyheads Social Aide & Pleasure Club" has organized a parade that will start at 8 p.m. Feb. 20 and will be followed by a concert.\nThe Monkeyheads claim that Bloomington is home to the "third-greatest Mardi Gras on the face of the Earth." Monkeyheads founder Joe "Crazy Jose the Pathfinder" Estivill said people can argue over what city hosts the first-and second-greatest Mardi Gras all day, but Bloomington has the No. 3 spot. \n"We know it's a bunch of crap, but that's what we like to say," Estivill said.\nThe parade will begin at Fourth and Walnut streets and end at the Bluebird, according to a press release Estivill issued. Monkeyheads member Vicky Kilmer said people don't have to dress up to march in the parade, but she encourages everyone to wear silly costumes. The more creative the costume, the better, Kilmer said. Plus, the person with the best costume wins $50, according to the release. \n"I would love it if all kinds of people showed up," Kilmer said, "dressed up or not."\nKilmer said the group got a parade permit allowing it to block off streets along the parade route. A police escort will also be provided for the parade.\nEvery year, some members of the group go to New Orleans a week or two before Fat Tuesday and bring back beads to distribute during their parade, Kilmer said. \n"Our signature thing is that we have strands of beads with little monkey heads on them," Kilmer said.\nThe theme for this year's celebration is "Human See, Human Do." As is tradition, the theme was chosen by last year's Mardi Gras king and queen, the self-named "King Caesar Simian the Great" and "Queen Too-Funny." After the parade, a new king and queen will be chosen at the Bluebird.\nMardi Gras kings and queens are chosen using a king and queen cake, Estivill said. A miniature plastic baby is hidden inside each cake, and whoever finds the baby in their piece of cake becomes Mardi Gras royalty until the next year. The winners also choose their own names.\nThe crew is charging a dollar for a piece of cake and a chance to be crowned the next Mardi Gras king or queen, Estivill said. The money is normally given away as part of the crew's "social aide." In the past the money has been given to WFHB, a local community radio station.\nWFHB helped the Monkeyheads get started when the group was formed seven or eight years ago, Estivill said. For the last 15 years, another Mardi Gras crew, known as the Wild Raccoons, has been celebrating Fat Tuesday with WFHB. Now, the Monkeyheads are taking over.\n"They had a pre-party there before their show," Estivill said. "Eventually I was showing up with 30 or 40 drunk friends before the party at the Bluebird even started."\nAfter traveling to New Orleans to learn about Mardi Gras traditions like members of the Wild Raccoons had done, Estivill started another crew in Bloomington to help the Wild Raccoons.\n"This is the first year the Monkeyheads have stepped up to do the party at the Bluebird," Estivill said. \nThe Wild Raccoons are taking a year off.\nEstivill's crew will still be collaborating with WFHB for this year's celebration.\n"Their members have been invited to march as part of a boom box parade," Estivill said.\nSome of the people marching in the parade will bring their boom boxes and tune them to WFHB. The radio station will be playing parade style music that originated in New Orleans, Estivill said.\nOnce the parade makes its way back to the Bluebird, live music from local bands will begin at 9 p.m. with the "traditional Dixieland sounds" of the B-Town Bearcats, according to a press release. They will be followed by the Swamp Hogs, who play a style called Cajun/Zydeco, which is a form of fiddle and accordion music, Estivill said. The Tone-o-Matics, a blues band, will also perform. Cover is $8.\nOther local bars will also be holding special festivities for Fat Tuesday. Kilroy's on Kirkwood will host a special Bacardi promotion, said general manager David Prall. The promotion will include special cups for Bacardi Hurricanes and female models from Bacardi. A bar crawl that begins at Kilroy's on Kirkwood and ends at Kilroy's Sports Bar will also be part of the promotion.\nThe cover charge at Sports will be $3, said manager Ben Kelner. DJ Unique will be downstairs and DJ Kenny Kixx will be upstairs. Specials include $2 Rolling Rock beers and $2 Southern Comfort shooters.\n"Southern Comfort girls will be here doing giveaways and throwing beads," Kelner said.\nAcross the road, Scotty's will be doing "a big Fat Tuesday party," said bar manager Chris Johnson. The menu will be switched around to include lobster bisque, jambalaya, gumbo and crab cakes. Abita Turbodog, a beer brewed just outside New Orleans, will also be available, Johnson said. There will also be special music playing and the atmosphere will be livelier.\n"We encourage people to drink and have a good time," Johnson said.