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(07/26/09 11:01pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Jake Herring is usually a cook at the Upland Brewery – flipping burgers and hiding behind the safety of the kitchen door – but on Sunday he was a waiter, serving dishes and fighting with the point of sales machine.Waiters switched their notepads for spatulas and cooks stepped out of the kitchen to interact with customers and earn tips for Hoosier Hills Food Bank.“I’ve never used one of these before,” Herring said, pointing to the machine. “I don’t know where any of the menu items are and when I’m waiting for my food, I don’t know what to do with myself. Everyone’s very apathetic. My first table was a lot of older ladies who were very excited we’re switching.”The idea of swapping jobs started as a joke three months ago, but turned into a reality when waiters, hostesses, food runners and bartenders switched with the dishwashers and cooks, giving 50 percent of their profits to the food bank.“It’s one of those things where we’re always talking about whose job is harder,” said Angela Schnick, restaurant manager. “I think it will help the staff be more apathetic to one another. I’m sure a lot of these people will leave hungry or wait a really long time for their food.”It usually takes a cook about six months until he can cook everything on the menu, Schnick said, but Sunday’s cooks were given an hour of safety training last week and about half an hour training learning to cook the main dishes. The brewery cut three items from their menu, the stuffed chicken, tilapia, a pasta dish and all their normal weekend specials because of difficulty.“It’s usually pretty stressful back here anyway,” said Chris Blinde, the sous chef who was supervising the cooks in the back. “When the normal cooks are back here, and we’re really busy we’re more likely to stress each other out, but now we’re more laid back and accepting. I’m watching them fall apart and then helping them catch up. So far I’ve been pretty impressed.”Keely Smith, who is usually a hostess, washed dishes Sunday. She said the worst part was it’s hotter in the back.“We’re in one spot and stationary back here, and we’re running around when we’re in the front,” she said. “I wouldn’t switch permanently though.”JR Dyche, whose usually a prep chef, went as far as filling out paperwork for a bartender license to serve alcohol to customers for one day.“When you’re in the kitchen, you can yell and scream,” said Doug Carter, cook gone hostess. “I’m just adjusting to having to deal with people. Most the time in the kitchen there’s just the five of us, but out here it’s open water.”Though the slogan for the day is “Bad food, Bad service, Great cause,” the customers seemed entertained.“One man did manage to knock a table and cause some glasses to fall off, but you see that on a regular day,” said Nathan Qualkenbush, who didn’t know the employees were switching acts upon arrival. “They don’t seem to be any more frustrated or stressed out than usual. I’ve heard servers make jokes about how bad they are.”Karen Streib eats at the brewery often and came Sunday expecting the service to be slow and wasn’t in a hurry.“The food is still good. I usually get a burger and fries, and I got a salad today, and it’s awesome,” she said. “The service isn’t horrible. I’ve definitely had worse. They’re a lot more sweaty than the regular servers.
(07/26/09 10:35pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Kayla Moore, 14, is on the grounds of the Monroe County Fair by 6:30 a.m. every day and doesn’t leave until about 11 p.m. Moore and about 850 4-H members this year practice a routine of watering, feeding and pampering their livestock for show.“We’re here from early in the morning until late at night,” said Moore, who, along with her brother, will show three cattle and seven rabbits. “We have to take care of our animals really well. Their first day out here, all the calves are getting used to their environment, but a few days out here they’re calm as can be.”Each year, the number of residents who attend the fair to munch on elephant ears, drive in the derby or show livestock fluctuates between 2,000 and 10,000. And this year the board is expecting about 10,000, said Wally Hamilton, first vice president of the fair board.Based on the current economy, the board has made a few changes to ticket prices raising the cost of a daily parking pass from $2 to $5 and a weekly pass from $10 to $15, Hamilton said. Contestants entering the demolition derby will also experience a $5 increase in entry fees, and spectators will pay $3 more this year.Hamilton said the increase in prices is because of rising building insurance each year and the cost of maintenance on the grounds.“By raising a few prices, we’re able to freeze the prices of other events,” Hamilton said. “We tried to do it minimally to cover our expenses.”Despite the increase in prices, Hamilton said he still expects shows such as the baby contest and queen’s contest to overflow. Saturday night’s queen contest was soldout. “I believe it started as an oversized family reunion where people can show and share their skills,” Hamilton said. “I think it has grown from the early beginnings of that type of activity. There are people who plan to be in Bloomington or meet family members the week of the fair.”Along with all the traditions of the fair, a minivan demolition derby is being added this year and will take place Thursday evening at the Grandstand.Thursday’s carcass show is an Indiana rarity, in which 4-H members show their sheep and goats in the Livestock Arena, and the animals are judged based on their meat. The livestock are judged again after they’ve been sent to the slaughterhouse, and their carcasses are hung on rails and judged based on how much marble and red meat they contain. 4-H members later receive the market price of their animal.“There are very few counties that have a carcass evaluation show,” said Jeff Holland, 4-H youth educator and county extension director. “There are only two individuals in the state who can evaluate carcass, and we have someone coming from South Bend.”Caroline Funkhouser, 14, who was playing sudoku while sitting near her cattle Saturday evening, said despite the long week, it’s worth it.“The work is pretty easy, but it’s not so fun when they get excited and take a run with you,” she said. “I like seeing all my friends too because we don’t always get to see each other during the summer, and the fair is a chance to catch up.”
(07/20/09 12:12am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>IU trustee Bill Cast was nominated Thursday for the position of president of the IU board of trustees until 2011.“He’s gifted with a great knowledge of politics and leadership,” said Trustee Sue Talbot, chairperson of the board’s nominating committee. “We were looking for someone to be a good leader and continue to keep us going under President McRobbie’s leadership and advise the board.”Cast will replace Stephen Ferguson, who is required by trustee bylaws to step down as president after serving two consecutive two-year terms.The board’s three-member nominating committee met to select its officers for the next two years. One of the selections included renominating Patrick Shoulders as vice president.“You have to serve a year, maybe two, to become familiar with the University,” Cast said. “There’s a very large budget and a lot of schools. Part of it is whether or not you have time. You could accurately say any trustee could be president.”Cast said there are weeks when any of the nine trustees spend as many as 10 to 20 hours working on committees, while other weeks they might only spend one or two hours. Board members also try to attend ceremonies at every campus.“The board meetings are very short because you are just supporting the work of the committees,” Cast said. “It’s a volunteer job, but it’s very time consuming. The board has a job to audit the finance of the University, approve hiring, work with the president on the development of new degrees, and work on facilities and acquiring new buildings.”Cast, a Fort Wayne surgeon, is CEO of NoMoreClipboard, an online, patient-controlled personal health-record management system. He is founder and first chairman of DuPont Hospital in Fort Wayne, and he is a founder of the Canterbury School for students pre-kindergarten through grade 12. He also served as president of Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists, a private medical practice.Cast, who is in his second term, has served on committees including finance and audit, facilities, academic affairs and external relations.The board also renominated Robin Roy Gress as secretary, Dorothy Frapwell as assistant secretary, Mary Frances McCourt as treasurer and Stewart Cobine as assistant treasurer.“Since it’s just a nine-member board, largely the president appoints members to committees and leads the group, but largely all trustees are equal,” Shoulders said. “I think Bill Cast will do a great job. He’s now in his second term (as a trustee) and he’s had time to get to know the board and the committees.”
(07/20/09 12:09am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The IU board of trustees approved the budget for the 2009-10 academic year that will raise tuition for all students.In response to not receiving an increase in state funding and trying to balance in federal stimulus dollars, the University is tightening its belt for students and faculty, including implementing a salary freeze.“The world, the nation and Indiana University are facing economic premises we haven’t felt since the Great Depression,” said IU President Michael McRobbie on Thursday at IU-Purdue University Indianapolis. “The cuts to IU’s budget have been softened by the federal stimulus budget, but it’s important to remember that this is temporary.”For the 2009-10 academic year, in-state tuition will rise by 4.6 percent and out-of-state tuition by 5.6 percent. The University approved a 4.8 percent increase for in-state undergraduates in 2010-11 and a 5.8 percent increase for out-of-state students.The University is stressing the amount of financial aid it is providing to help offset the cost of tuition. Because of $200 million collected by individual donors as part of the matching the promise campaign, in-state undergraduate tuition should seem to cost 15 percent less.The University has also collected more than $100 million for graduate fellowships, said Neil Theobald, vice president and chief financial officer, during Thursday’s board meeting.However, IUPUI graduate student Jodie Atkinson said it’s not fair to provide financial aid for in-state students, but increase the cost for out-of-state and graduate students.“The graduate and professional students are bearing the brunt,” Atkinson said. “We don’t get the amount of financial aid undergraduates do. Graduate students are what helps propel the University with our research. Though everyone is talking about undergraduate fees going up, graduates are the ones who have to pay for it.”Atkinson was the only student present to give her two cents at Thursday’s meeting. She’s a sociology major, and she plans on teaching after graduation.Graduate tuition rates will vary from campus to campus, but students in Bloomington will see increases, including the Maurer School of Law’s in-state tuition increase of 24.5 and 8.1 percent in 2009-10 and 2010-11, respectively. The Kelley School of Business in-state tuition will increase by 15.4 and 11 percent in the next two years, respectively.However, Theobald said IU chose to raise out-of-state and graduate student tuition first because the Indiana Commission for Higher Education recommended the University do so.The commission gave IU six recommendations: consider the economic environment at each campus, customize tuition increases at different campuses, provide the lowest tuition to the lowest income students, not raise employee salaries, limit tuition increases to 5 percent for in-state students, and increase financial aid by 50 percent. IU agreed with all six recommendations.“There isn’t a facet we didn’t look at that wouldn’t save costs for our students,” Talbot said. “For out-of-state and graduate students, it looks like we are giving them the outer hand, but we are still delivering them with one of the best educations. If you look at the numbers, all in-state, out-of-state and graduate students have to stretch.”In addition to a faculty salary freeze, the University will implement a 50 percent reduction in travel funds and restrictions on nonacademic hiring.However, the University plans to hire an additional 129 faculty members, 61 working for IU-Bloomington with the other 68 distributed among IU’s seven other campuses.“Law and business school faculty are very expensive to keep,” Theobald said. “In order to be competitive and offer this education, we have to be able to provide this faculty.”In addition, McRobbie announced that Thomas Morrison, IU’s current associate vice president for public affairs and state relations, will be filling the newly created position of vice president for capital projects and facilities.McRobbie said IU plans to invest $200 million in new infrastructure.Responsibility for the construction, renovation and repair of buildings will be on Morrison’s shoulders. He will also oversee the acquisition of real estate, facilities programming and maintenance and sustainability initiatives.“Even though we’re in a downturn in the economy, we still have a number of capital projects that will move the University forward,” Morrison said. “The president has outlined a plan that allows us to move forward aggressively.”
(07/16/09 7:33pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>IU trustee Bill Cast was nominated Thursday for the position of president of the IU board of trustees until 2011.The board’s nominating committee met to select its officers for the next two year, and the board of trustees will vote Aug. 14, according to and IU press release.Patrick Shoulders was nominated as vice president, Robin Roy Gress was nominated as secretary, Dorothy Frapwell as assistant secretary, MaryFrances McCourt as treasurer and Stewart Cobine as assistant treasurer, according to the press release.Every two years, the nominating committee chooses a new slate of officers.Cast will replace Stephen Ferguson, the president since August 2005. Trustee bylaws require the president to step down after two consecutive two-year terms.Cast, a Fort Wayne physician and surgeon, is CEO of NoMoreClipboard, an online, patient-controlled personal health record management system, according to the press release. He is also founder and first chairman of DuPont Hospital in Fort Wayne, and he is a founder of the Canterbury School for students pre-kindergarten through grade 12.
(07/16/09 6:47pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The IU board of trustees approved the budget for the 2009-10 academic year that will raise tuition for in-state, out-of-state and graduate students.In response to not receiving an increase from state funding and trying to balance the federal stimulus, the University is tightening their belts for students and faculty including implementing a salary freeze.“The world, the nation and Indiana University are facing economic premises we haven’t felt since the Great Depression,” said IU President Michael McRobbie on Thursday at IU-Purdue University Indianapolis. “The cuts to IU’s budget have been softened by the federal stimulus budget, but it’s important to remember that this is temporary.”For the 2009-10 academic year, in-state tuition will increase 4.6 percent and out-of-state tuition by 5.6 percent. Graduate tuition rates will vary from campus to campus. IU law students will see an in-state tuition increase of 24.5 and 8.1 percent in the next two years, respectively, and the School of Medicine’s tuition will increase 2.5 and 4 percent during the next two years, respectively.In addition to faculty salary increases, the University will implement a 50 percent reduction in travel funds and restrictions on non-academic hiring.But the University plans to hire an additional 129 faculty members, 61 for IU-Bloomington and the other 68 distributed among IU’s six other campuses.“Law and business school faculty are very expensive to keep,” said Neil Theobald, vice president and chief financial officer during Thursday’s board meeting. “In order to be competitive and offer this education, we have to be able to provide this faculty.”In addition, McRobbie announced that Thomas Morrison, IU’s current associate vice president for public affairs and state relations, will be filling the newly created position of vice president for capital projects and facilities.Responsibility for the construction, renovation and repair of buildings will be on Morrison’s shoulders. He will also oversee the acquisition of real estate, facilities programming and maintenance and sustainability initiatives.“Even though we’re in a downturn in the economy, we still have a number of capital projects that will move the University forward,” Morrison said. “The president has outlined a plan that allows us to move forward aggressively.”
(07/16/09 12:20am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Junior Molly Beiting and her Best Buddy, a woman who has limited verbal skills and uses a wheelchair, hang out once a week, getting their nails done and making jewelry.The leadership conference for Best Buddies – an organization that matches volunteers with people who have disabilities – will be at IU with representatives from all across the world, including 91 representatives from Indiana.Beiting, the IU chapter president, is one of 1,400 people involved in Best Buddies across the globe. High school and college representatives will be in Bloomington next week, including students from Europe, South America, Russia and New Zealand.“Before I started hanging out with her, she said nobody had called her besides her family,” Beiting said of her Best Buddy. “It’s really helped her to have a friend who wants to hang out with her and isn’t getting paid for it.”The president of each chapter will attend the four-day conference and learn how to better run their university or high school’s program. This year, IU’s chapter, for the first time, has enough funds to allow one of its Best Buddies to come.“IU is kind of a middle ground for everyone,” said Megan Zimroth, who works on planning the conference. “It’s really reassuring to come back and see the same faces every year. It’s kind of like our extended IU family.”Throughout the year, each chapter president is in charge of organizing monthly activities for members and buddies.“We teach them about various disability topics, how to recruit volunteers and how to fill out paperwork,” said Sarah Baldini, Indiana state director of Best Buddies. “We have tracking devices to make sure people are meeting with their buddies throughout the year.”At the conference, chapters can submit items for awards, and recognition will be given to outstanding chapters.There will also be 50 participants with disabilities who will go through exercises to prepare them to make a speech at the end of the four days.“I heard everyone that goes gets a better idea of what it’s like to be a Best Buddy,” said Beiting, who will be attending the conference for the first time. “I think it’s important because it gives you a greater awareness of the group as a whole and how to change the perspective of people with disabilities.”In Indiana, Notre Dame has one of the largest programs, with 103 members last year. The chapters range in size, with 65 members in the IU chapter last year.For the past two years, the Indiana headquarters in Indianapolis has received a grant from the state to work on the high school program.“It’s allowed us to reach out to new schools,” Baldini said. “We have a lot of students who were in Best Buddies in high school and they tell us where they are going to college, and we put them in touch right away.”The IU chapter has grown through fundraising, and it received a $5,000 grant from the IU Student Foundation last year. If students want to get involved, there will be a callout meeting in the fall and a booth at the Student Activities Fair during Welcome Week.“We’d like it to be a household name like Big Brothers Big Sisters,” Beiting said.
(07/15/09 11:44pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Middle school and high school are times to embarrass ourselves in hopes it wears off before we get into the real world, and thankfully Harry Potter has given us an outlet.I can’t poke fun at people’s costumes from the premiere because, as much as I hate to admit, I once dressed as Hermione Granger for Halloween. I had the robe, the curly hair and a stuffed cat. About two people recognized me and the rest thought I was a vet.I had all the Harry Potter paraphernalia, from T-shirts to lightning bolt tattoos that I might have put on my forehead once or twice. I even bought those candies that stores tried to pass off as “Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans” but can only be described as fancy packaged jellybeans.I briefly considered wearing the robe from that awkward October night, but luckily I’ve done enough embarrassing things since I was 10 years old to know better. At the premiere late Wednesday there were, of course, the “I heart Ron” and “I heart Won Won” T-shirts, shirts that said “Muggle,” the ever-popular Gryffindor scarves and robes and a girl dressed as the golden snitch. But my favorite was the kid in drag.There’s nothing better than a boy in a gray skirt, wig and sweater vest at midnight to end your day right.I’m from a small town, so it’s always nice to have a high school reunion at the movie theater. I even saw the Harry Potter look-alike I met in middle school. I’m telling you, all this kid needs is a lightning bolt scar on his forehead and a nice pair of dress robes and you’ve got yourself a movie.After spending two months in London, I’ve recently started to have withdrawals. I’ve missed the British accents so much that I’ve considered calling my IU roommate just to talk to her because she does a mean British accent. The movie was a nice reminder of where I’d been, but in the first scene when the Millennium Bridge fell, my heart broke a little. That bridge was about a 15-minute walk from our flat during the summer, and I crossed it on a regular basis. Of course I felt the need to educate my friend and the stranger sitting next to me that the big church was, in fact, St. Paul’s Cathedral and that less than a mile to the left was my flat. They were less than thrilled when I pointed to the screen and yelled, “You can see the Globe Theatre” and “I love the Tate Modern!” I finally shut up after I was shushed for proclaiming I’d been to the Great Hall.All in all, it was an eventful night, and I didn’t fall asleep at this midnight showing like I did for the third “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie. And I’m still going to offer my sister $5 to wear my robes when she sees the movie this week.
(07/15/09 11:41pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A wedding day can be stressful, but when the father of the bride starts seeing things like a 1920s flapper girl, comedy is sure to ensue.“There Goes the Bride” is a farce – a play in which things happen to the characters causing comedy – and the Brown County Playhouse’s second show of the season.“It’s the situation that’s funny,” said Sarah Fischer, who plays Judy, the bride-to-be. “Reading a farce can be very confusing and not funny, but when you see it, you get wrapped up in their lives and it’s hilarious.”As a family of soon-to-be in-laws attempts to get to the church on time, the father of the bride, stressed-out advertising executive Timothy Westerby, begins to see things such as flapper girl Polly Perkins, played by Mandy Striph.“He has a lot of stress on him, and he and his wife ... he’s let their relationship suffer,” said recent graduate student Matthew Buffalo, who plays Westerby. “He gets hit on the head and sees Polly. As the play progresses and everyone thinks he’s going crazy, he’s discovering that he loves his wife and what’s important to him.”A lot of the comedy stems from Polly’s interaction with the characters who can’t see her.“I work with everyone on stage because there are several characters that think he’s talking to them when he’s really talking to me,” Striph said. “I find everyone on stage fascinating, and I’m constantly causing problems and wreaking havoc on set.”The play began July 10 and will run through Aug. 2. The cast had only three weeks to prepare for the show, practicing eight hours a day.“Since it’s a comedy, when you rehearse, you don’t know when people will laugh,” Buffalo said. “The audience was really responsive. People can relate to it and its stupid family issues. It’s a very accessible show.”The cast comprises IU students and professional actors, including IU theatre and drama faculty member Nancy Lipschultz as Daphne. Mike Price, Ken Farrell, Abby Rowold and Fischer are making their playhouse debuts this summer.“Some of us have been in the business for 20 to 30 years, and some are still in their undergrads,” Buffalo said. “However, I don’t think there’s one person who thinks they’re better than anyone else.”The production is directed by IU professor of theatre and drama Bruce Burgun, who has a history of directing other Ray Cooney-written farces at the Brown County Playhouse.“The director works with us up to opening night, but then we’re done,” Buffalo said. “As the show goes on, you learn things about your character. You find more of the comedic elements as it goes on and it evolves throughout the show.”Burgun directs a creative team that includes scenic designer Fred Duer, lighting designer Ryan Davies, costume designer Erica Greise and sound designer Mary Weber.“It’s aimed towards people that want to laugh,” Striph said. “It’s a British play, and there’s two or three jokes that Americans won’t get, but besides that it’s pretty universal.”
(07/15/09 11:40pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A wedding day can be stressful, but when the father of the bride starts seeing things like a 1920s flapper girl, comedy is sure to ensue.“There Goes the Bride” is a farce – a play in which things happen to the characters causing comedy – and the Brown County Playhouse’s second show of the season.“It’s the situation that’s funny,” said Sarah Fischer, who plays Judy, the bride-to-be. “Reading a farce can be very confusing and not funny, but when you see it, you get wrapped up in their lives and it’s hilarious.”As a family of soon-to-be in-laws attempts to get to the church on time, the father of the bride, stressed-out advertising executive Timothy Westerby, begins to see things such as flapper girl Polly Perkins, played by Mandy Striph.“He has a lot of stress on him, and he and his wife ... he’s let their relationship suffer,” said recent graduate student Matthew Buffalo, who plays Westerby. “He gets hit on the head and sees Polly. As the play progresses and everyone thinks he’s going crazy, he’s discovering that he loves his wife and what’s important to him.”A lot of the comedy stems from Polly’s interaction with the characters who can’t see her.“I work with everyone on stage because there are several characters that think he’s talking to them when he’s really talking to me,” Striph said. “I find everyone on stage fascinating, and I’m constantly causing problems and wreaking havoc on set.”The play began July 10 and will run through Aug. 2. The cast had only three weeks to prepare for the show, practicing eight hours a day.“Since it’s a comedy, when you rehearse, you don’t know when people will laugh,” Buffalo said. “The audience was really responsive. People can relate to it and its stupid family issues. It’s a very accessible show.”The cast comprises IU students and professional actors, including IU theatre and drama faculty member Nancy Lipschultz as Daphne. Mike Price, Ken Farrell, Abby Rowold and Fischer are making their playhouse debuts this summer.“Some of us have been in the business for 20 to 30 years, and some are still in their undergrads,” Buffalo said. “However, I don’t think there’s one person who thinks they’re better than anyone else.”The production is directed by IU professor of theatre and drama Bruce Burgun, who has a history of directing other Ray Cooney-written farces at the Brown County Playhouse.“The director works with us up to opening night, but then we’re done,” Buffalo said. “As the show goes on, you learn things about your character. You find more of the comedic elements as it goes on and it evolves throughout the show.”Burgun directs a creative team that includes scenic designer Fred Duer, lighting designer Ryan Davies, costume designer Erica Greise and sound designer Mary Weber.“It’s aimed towards people that want to laugh,” Striph said. “It’s a British play, and there’s two or three jokes that Americans won’t get, but besides that it’s pretty universal.”
(07/09/09 12:31am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>IU President Michael McRobbie is recommending what he called a “moderate” tuition increase for students, but knowing how much is due is not comforting to many parents.The 4.6 percent increase, or additional $382, for in-state undergraduates, will total about $8,610 in tuition and fees for the 2009-10 academic year. This recommendation meets the Indiana Commission for Higher Education’s goal to keep the increase at 5 percent or less.“I think students and families are certainly hurting in this economy, but up until now, we haven’t been able to tell students what the cost will be,” said Roger Thompson, vice provost for enrollment management. “Now it gives students something stable so they can plan.”The University is proposing a 4.8 percent increase for in-state undergraduates in 2010-11 and a 5.6 percent and 5.8 percent increase for the next two academic years for out-of-state undergraduate students, respectively.“We know in the third year, the stimulus money will end,” said Bill Cast, IU board of trustees member. “If we didn’t do this now, at the beginning of the third year there would have to be a large increase.”The University is calling this a modest increase because this is the smallest increase in years. There were 5 percent tuition increases for in-state undergraduates during the 2007-08 and 2008-09 academic years, and 9 percent and 11 percent increases for out-of-state undergraduates, respectively.In the 2006-07 academic year, there was a 4.9 percent increase for both in-state and out-of state undergraduates. In 2005-06, there was an increase of 4.8 percent for in-state undergraduates and 4.9 percent for out-of-state undergraduates.University officials said it hopes to balance the tuition increase by providing additional financial aid. Administrators said they expect in-state tuition to seem 15 percent less because of the $200 million given by about 50,000 individual donors through the Matching the Promise capital campaign.“It’s the lowest residential increase in five years,” said Neil Theobald, IU vice president and chief financial officer. “This is by far the highest increase in financial aid in the history of the University. We tried to be modest in tuition and heavy in financial aid.”But not all parents are comforted by this news, including out-of-state undergraduate students who could pay $26,156 this fall and $27,673 during the 2010-11 academic year.Brett Virgin, a parent of an incoming freshman and IU alumnus, said his daughter could go to school in Georgia for free with the help of the Hope Scholarship, a lottery-based scholarship that provides free college education to most in-state students. But she chose IU instead.“It’s not a problem. It’s an inconvenience and it could prohibit her from going in future years,” Virgin said. “It’s a worry I have that she’ll have to come back to Georgia and she won’t graduate from my alma mater.”As far as financial aid is concerned, Virgin said he makes too much money to qualify.Shannan Kirby, whose son is an incoming freshman, said her family has applied for financial aid, but they haven’t received much. Her family plans to look into student loans.“It’s really hard to pay for college as it is,” she said. “It might be a moderate increase now, but I think it’s going to go up and up.”But administrators said they understand the concerns of students and parents, but this tuition raise is necessary.The increase is because a $4 million increase in utility bills and a $7 million increase in health insurance costs. Aside from raising tuition, McRobbie is authorizing spending and travel restraints on the University and administrators will not receive a salary raise.“It’s important to think of undergraduate education as an investment to your future,” Theobald said. “It’s not easy to come up with the funds, but there’s nothing we can do to not pay these costs. Everyone is sharing the burden.”The IU board of trustees will make a final decision on the cost of tuition during a meeting July 16. The board’s finance and audit committees will look at repair costs and future projections before next week’s meeting.During the meeting, members of the public will be allowed to ask questions followed by a motion and a vote.“It’s more than likely they will accept the recommendation, but it’s not certain,” Cast said. “Much of the work of doing the projections over many months has already been done.”IU’s tuition hike mirrors other Big Ten institutions.The University of Illinois confirmed a 2.6 percent tuition increase for incoming students. That is an increase of $121 per semester totaling $4,742 at the Urbana-Champaign campus.Michigan State University students will see a 10.1 percent increase during the next two years, with a 5.2 percent increase in the fall, raising tuition by $540.Purdue is proposing a 5 percent increase, or $388, for in-state students and a 6 percent increase, or $1,394, for out-of-state students for the next two years. In-state students will pay $8,138, and first-time out-of-state students will pay $25,118 while returning students will pay $24,618.Ohio State University does not plan to increase tuition for Ohio residents in the 2009-10 academic year.“All over the United States the burden has fallen on the university and not on the state,” Cast said. “A few decades ago, more than half the funding for the University was paid for by the state.”
(05/17/09 10:54pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>LONDON – Protestors gathered in front of the Houses of Parliament in London on Friday to support the Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka. For more than 25 years, the Sinhalese majority and Tamil minority ethnic groups have been fighting in Sri Lanka. The civil war ended Sunday when the Tamils admitted defeat after the government rejected their cease-fire proposal. Rebel official Selvarasa Pathmanathan said in a statement Sunday that the group had no option left to protect the civilians in the area but to stop fighting. He appealed to the government to reciprocate and enter peace talks.In London, many of the protestors, who are British Tamil students and their family and friends, had been in front of the Houses of Parliament since April 6, according to a pamphlet handed out by protesters.“For days, we are coming here to ask the British government for help,” said Kandasamy Kjeyasegaram, a participant in the protest on Friday. “At the moment, there is a civil war going on. We’re asking the British government to stop the war and help the people.”– The Associated Press contributed to this report
(02/18/09 3:45am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Norman Morrison’s 1965 protest of the U.S. policy in Vietnam, during which he stood in front of the Pentagon and lit himself on fire while his 1-year-old daughter watched, inspired a monologue that will be featured during the 25th Annual ArtsWeek. IU professor Ken Weitzman’s “Fire in the Garden” is just one work that fits this year’s ArtsWeek theme, “Politics and the Arts,” which follows up on last year’s focus. The 10-day-long celebration will run from Feb. 19 to March 1.“I guess I want to explore or undermine things we tend to take for granted,” Weitzman said. “The things we see as rational, but as we look through a different lens, it may not be.”An ArtsWeek committee chose 16 featured events, among many others, that best fit the theme. The Office of the Vice Provost for Research and the Office of the President funded 15 “spotlight” performances. Among the war-related material, the exhibit “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” will display Ashley Gilbertson’s photography from Iraq and will try to show a different perspective of war.“I do think that we all operate with a certain mental picture of what we think of war, though most of us have never been in war,” IU professor John Lucaites said. “I think Ashley’s work tends to encounter more romanticized images of what war is. I hope people come out of this and question their images of war.”The Indiana Ice Studio, which carved politically themed blocks of ice last year, will return for its second ArtsWeek. Last year, the studio created an interactive sculpture of the presidential desk and a sculpture of the three branches of government, involving a monkey, a parrot and an owl. This year the studio artists will carve a political machine involving a level that will say “vote here” connected to the legislative, executive and judicial branches and complete with dial and buttons.“I want people to look at it, and even if they have a humorous response, I hope they realize it’s a serious art,” said Stephan Koch, sculptor for the Indiana Ice Studio. “We can get very serious during an election year, and it’s nice to step back and laugh.”An array of different art will be portrayed throughout the week, including exhibits, theater and films. Inspired by his 23-month service in Vietnam, IU professor Ron Osgood will show the stories of Vietnam veterans who have children serving in Iraq in his documentary “My Vietnam Your Iraq.” “It was a chance for both parents and kids to explain why they wanted to be in the military and how their relationships have changed,” Osgood said.All ArtsWeek exhibits and events will take place throughout the week at different venues. For a full list of events, visit www.artsweek.indiana.edu.“You can’t go to all of them unless it’s all you do for 10 days,” said Sheryl Knighton-Schwandt, the coordinator for ArtsWeek. “They are very creative and cross so many art genres. I encourage people to try things they’ve never tried before. I think that’s how they develop an interest in that type of genre.”
(01/02/09 4:43pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>After a fire on the southwest side of the Ora L. Wildermuth Intramural Center destroyed about half an acre of its roof, Bloomington Fire Department is still investigating the cause.Bloomington Fire Chief Roger Kerr said he believes it was either caused by someone working up on the roof or from heat tape used to dam ice.On Jan. 1, crews put a temporary roof on the destroyed part of building and staff can currently use the building, said IU spokesman Larry MacIntyre."We'll be working as quickly as possible," MacIntyre said. "We'll start moving on getting contractors to get a permanent repair."The fire is estimated to have caused about $100,000 to $500,000 worth of damage, said IU Police Department Capt. Jerry Minger.After smelling smoke, staff members of the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation called IUPD and the Bloomington Fire Department at about 4 p.m. Minger said. All staff members had evacuated the building by the time IUPD arrived.When arriving on scene, fire fighters could see the fire from the inside of the building but could not reach it. The crew pulled sheets of copper off the top of the roof before they were able to see and extinguish the fire.The fire was put out by 6 p.m., Kerr said. Seventh Street was closed for the duration of the process.The fire department will continue to investigate the cause of the fire as well as decide what type of clean up will be needed. Though the fire department cleaned up as much as they could, there was still quite a bit of water on the gym floors, Kerr said."When something like this occurs, we notify the physical plant and they assess and decide what type of clean up will be needed," Minger said.
(12/31/08 11:56pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Crews are still investigating the cause of a fire which destroyed about half an acre of the Ora L. Wildermuth Center roof on Wednesday.A fire on the southwest side of the Ora L. Wildermuth Center is estimated to have caused about $100,000 to $500,000 worth of damage, said IU Police Department Capt. Jerry Minger.After smelling smoke, HPER staff members called IU Police Department and the Bloomington Fire Department at about 4 p.m., Minger said. All staff members had evacuated the building by the time IUPD arrived.The fire department cut a hole in the roof to allow water to distinguish the fire.Seventh Street was closed until about 6 p.m.The fire department will continue to investigate the cause of the fire as well as decide what type of clean up will be needed throughout the rest of the week."When something like this occurs, we notify the physical plant and they assess and decide what type of clean up will be needed," Minger said.
(12/11/08 3:50am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>If spending class time with other students in the same major isn’t enough, students in the Kelley School of Business will have the opportunity to live with one another.The Kelley Living Learning Center, located in McNutt Quadrangle, will house 250 undergraduates in its first year starting next fall. In the center’s second year, 500 students will be admitted, and it will reach its capacity with 750 students in its third year, said Lura Forcum, communications manager for the Kelley School of Business. About half the students will be direct admits into the Kelley School, and about half of the students will be pre-business students.“It’s a larger commitment on the part of the student and the school,” said JoAnne Namy, director of the Kelley Living Learning Center. “It’s bringing classes, Kelley staff and overseas study staff into the residence halls.”The Kelley School of Business currently has a thematic community made up of about 100 students, Namy said. The thematic community houses two floors of students who are interested in business, but there are no class requirements or structured programs.“What we realized is IU’s a big University, but this allows students to form in a community,” said Munirpallam Venkataramanan, chair of Kelley’s undergraduate program. “If they live in this tight-knit community, they feel it’s a much better experience, and they can learn from each other.”Students will also take classes beyond their normal business requirements. Students will be exposed to opera, visual arts, musical performances, language study and sporting events.“We want to open all the good things to every student,” Venkataramanan said. “They will take some classes together and experience all the cultural experiences IU offers. We think word of mouth will make it very attractive.”
(11/12/08 5:04am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The IU Kelley School of Business is receiving a $15 million donation from an IU alumnus to benefit minority scholarships. It is one of the largest donations ever given to the school, and with interest and IU’s match program, it will be the single largest gift. The donation, made by William Fry of Carmel, Ind., will give between five and 10 full-tuition scholarships to minority students next fall. When the program is in full swing, at least 80 students a year will receive scholarships. For now, recruiting for the program will be largely in-state, but as the program expands, the recruitment will too, said Dean of the Kelley School of Business Dan Smith.“The Kelley School is not at the present time as competitive as we need to be in respect to diversity,” Smith said. “This gift will substantially change that.“I think that learning in a diverse environment provides tremendous benefits for all of our students. As the work force in this country becomes more diversified, it becomes even more critical that students become comfortable working on diverse teams during their time at IU and the Kelley School.”Edwin Marshall, vice president of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Multicultural Affairs, said the gift will help not only to change the face of Kelley School of Business, but its ability to function as an innovative, competitive school as well.“I think his generous contribution will translate into scholarship opportunities for a lot of students who, you know, may not have been able to attend IU, and in doing so, it helps contribute to diversity,” Marshall said. “So you have increased diversity not only in terms of individuals but of thoughts, of ideas.”The $15 million should earn $750,000 in interest each year, and the University has agreed to match that amount, which will give an additional $1.5 million to the scholarship fund. After tacking on the interest and going through the University’s match program, the donation will actually reach about $30 million, making it the largest ever monetary gift to the Kelley School of Business.This money will not only benefit the students who earn the scholarships but will also keep Kelley competitive as corporations become more diverse, Marshall said.“The corporate community has realized a long time ago that the demographic of this country as well as the world is becoming a much more global society – a much more diverse society,” Marshall said. “And to be competitive in that society you have to resonate with the population you are serving, and one of the most effective ways of doing that is obviously being able to attract individuals from those populations.”Malik McCluskey, director of the Office of Diversity Initiatives at the Kelley School, agreed this scholarship will help IU to follow national precedent.“In terms of the changing demographics in the U.S., it requires that all schools adopt to these developing trends,” he said. “As we’re moving into a more diverse society where members of color will outnumber whites, this helps all involved including people who are here and will be here. If students don’t have (diversity), they will enter a world where they are unprepared.”The donation has been in the works for more than a year and will affect scholarships for the upcoming school year.“It was a number we thought was significant enough to make a difference,” said Fry, a 1958 Kelley School graduate. “It will give the students a chance to get an education. It will be a chance for us to learn more about them and for them to learn more about them.”Both McCluskey and Smith stressed the importance of making the Kelley School of Business a competitive school in terms of diversity. This donation will allow the school to compete with other Big Ten schools and universities across the country.“We compete with major private business schools across the country, and we’ve never had a scholarship pool available to us of this size,” Smith said.Smith said the school is also in the process of attracting a diverse faculty.“Our goal is to attract top faculty regardless of ethnicity,” Smith said. “We often need what are called faculty fellowships to attract talent. That is true for attracting world-class minority faculty because of the demand for their talents.”
(11/12/08 12:48am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The IU Kelley School of Business is receiving a $15 million donation from an IU alumnus to benefit minority scholarships.
It is one of the largest donations ever given to the school, and with
interest and IU’s match program, it the single largest contribution.
The donation, made by William Fry of Carmel, Ind., will give between
five and 10 full-tuition scholarships to minority students next fall.
When the program is in full swing, at least 80 students at one time
will receive scholarships. For now, recruiting for the program will be
largely in-state, but as the program expands, the recruitment will too,
said Dean of the Kelley School of Business Dan Smith.
“The Kelley School is not at the present time as competitive as we need
to be in respect to diversity,” Smith said. “This gift will
substantially change that.
“I think that learning in a diverse environment provides tremendous
benefits for all of our students. As the work force in this country
becomes more diversified, it becomes even more critical that students
become comfortable working on diverse teams during their time at IU and
the Kelley School.”
Edwin Marshall, vice president of the office of diversity, equity and
multicultural affairs, said the gift will help not only to change the
face of Kelley School of Business, but in its ability to function as an
innovative, competitive school as well.
“I think his generous contribution will translate into scholarship
opportunities for a lot of students who, you know, may not have been
able to attend IU, and in doing so, it helps contribute to diversity,”
Marshall said. “So you have increased diversity not only in terms of
individuals but of thoughts, of ideas.”
The $15 million should earn $750,000 in interest each year, and the
University has agreed to match that amount, which will give an
additional $1.5 million to the scholarship fund. After tacking on the
interest and going through the University’s match program, the donation
will actually reach about $30 million, making it the largest monetary
gift ever to the Kelley School of Business.
This money will not only benefit the students who earn the scholarships
but will also keep Kelley competitive as corporations become more
diverse.
“The corporate community has realized a long time ago that the
demographic of this country as well as the world is becoming a much
more global society – a much more diverse society,” Marshall said. “And
to be competitive in that society you have to resonate with the
population you are serving, and one of the most effective ways of doing
that is obviously being able to attract individuals from those
populations.”
Malik McCluskey, director of the office of diversity initiatives at the
Kelley School, agreed this scholarship will help IU to follow national
precedent.
“In terms of the changing demographics in the U.S., it requires that
all schools adopt to these developing trends,” he said. “As we’re
moving into a more diverse society where members of color will
outnumber whites, this helps all involved including people who are here
and will be here. If students don’t have (diversity), they will enter a
world where they are unprepared.”
The donation has been in the works for more than a year and will affect scholarships for the upcoming school year.
“It was a number we thought was significant enough to make a
difference,” said Fry, a 1958 Kelley School graduate. “It will give the
students a chance to get an education. It will be a chance for us to
learn more about them and for them to learn more about them.”
Both McCluskey and Smith stressed the importance of making the Kelley
School of Business a competitive school in terms of diversity. This
donation will allow the school to compete with other Big Ten schools
and universities across the country.
“We compete with major private business schools across the country, and
we’ve never had a scholarship pool available to us of this size,” Smith
said.
Smith said the school is also in the process of attracting a diverse faculty.
“Our goal is to attract top faculty regardless of ethnicity,” Smith
said. “We often need what are called faculty fellowships to attract
talent. That is true for attracting world-class minority faculty
because of the demand for their talents.”
(11/10/08 2:11am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Eight-year-old Tierra Lindley gripped a bow and slid it back and forth along the strings of a cello, feeling the vibrations of the different chords and deciding that it is the instrument she wants to learn to play.At the WonderLab’s “Meet the Instruments” weekend, children were allowed to place their lips on a trumpet and fight to make a sound, use a bow to play the bass or listen to a clarinet for the first time.“Since she was a little toddler, she’s always been interested in music, but when you go to a music store, you can’t really touch them,” said Todd Lindley, Tierra’s father. “Here they tell them about the instruments, and it’s good exposure.”The two-day event started with hands-on experience with instruments from the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra and performances by Hoosier Hotcakes and the Little Bands School.“Some parents saw us as kids at the Farmers’ Market, and now they’re coming to see us as adults,” said Eileen Rice of Hoosier Hotcakes. “We’ve seen three generations before. We’ve got to know a lot of these kids.”Eileen Rice and her husband Mitch Rice perform at about 40 farmers’ markets a year.“That’s our natural audience, little kids. This little buddy has been coming for years. Well not years, he’s only 1,” said Mitch Rice as he pointed to a boy swaying back and forth and holding little maracas.Hoosier Hotcakes is geared more for preschool-aged children. One-year-old Molly Slota sat on her knees and swayed back and forth to the old-time music.“When her brothers sing the alphabet song, we can sometimes hear her trying to sing along,” said Dorothy Slota, Molly’s grandmother. “She’s not talking yet, but she loves music.”For the older kids, the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra had stations of strings, brass and woodwinds set up for kids to try their hand at playing instruments.“They can hear how the individual instruments sound,” said Kelley Latshaw, a flute player. “They also get the feel of how hard it really is to play on stage.”Upstairs, kids placed their lips on the mouth piece of trumpets and French horns, giving it their all to make any kind of sound come out of the brass instruments.“It reminds me when I was in the fifth grade and I wanted to play the clarinet or the trumpet,” said trumpet player and symphony director Charles Latshaw. “They just happened to put a trumpet in my hand first.”On Sunday, the theme was African Music. The Ethnomusicology Student Association along with the Mathers Museum provided African instruments for kids to touch and play.IU’s Gumboot Dance Group, a group that uses rubber boots that reach the knee with bottle caps hanging off the sides, also performed Sunday.“They’re so curious. Seeing how excited they get when they play an instrument for the first time,” said French horn player Catherine Barnhill. “Like buzzing their lips and making a beautiful sound. It’s fun to see how much fun they’re having.”After testing out all the instruments, Tierra Lindley decided the cello is her favorite and said she hopes to perform one day with cello in hand.“If I can get a parent involved and they like it, there’s a better chance they will help their children get involved,” said bass player Frank Watson.
(10/31/08 1:25am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The scientist, the hero, the heroine, the groupie, the domestic and the creation will all join together tonight to do the “Time-Warp” at “Rocky Horror Picture Show” at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.Avery Wigglesworth, a senior at Bloomington High School North, will attend her 10th “Rocky Horror.” She said she will attend the show dressed as a prostitute.“I go with a huge group of friends,” she said. “Whoever you sit with, whether you know them or not, they become your friends.”An 8 p.m. and midnight showing of the 1975 film will be displayed with a de-virginization ritual starting 30 minutes prior to each show.“It’s basically an opportunity for folks to get on stage and get them in the spirit of it,” said Randy White, artistic director for the Cardinal Stage Company, which is putting on the show. “You do silly things like have people crawl between your legs. The idea behind ‘Rocky’ is you can let your hair down and relax and have fun.”When the movie was made in 1975, it was a B movie that wasn’t very well done, White said. It didn’t become a hit until it began showing in Greenwich Village and people started dressing up as the characters in the movie.“The idea is you dress up as the characters,” White said. “At the weddings, everybody throws rice. When it rains, people squirt with squirt guns. People fill in the lines in pauses of the movie.“It’s a cult thing. We usually sell these things out. There are the people who come every year, and then there are the virgins.”The cost of the show is $13 for audience members who don’t have a costume and $9 for people who dress in costume. Prop bags will also be sold at the door, complete with squirt gun, rice, newspaper, toast and rubber gloves to be used at appropriate times throughout the film.“It’s kind of celebrating bad Hollywood movies you used to go to the drive-in and see,” White said.There is also a costume contest in which the most outrageous or creative costume wins. Attendees do not have to dress in “Rocky Horror” attire, and winners usually have unique costumes that are not related to the film, White said. Two years ago, a man with completely orange skin won with his Oompa-Loompa costume.“The ones who win are usually homemade and have the most imagination, and showing a little skin doesn’t hurt either,” White said. “I don’t put on a corset and fishnets, but I put on a masters of ceremonies outfit. I have a very nice Hugh Hefner smoking jacket that I’m very excited about.”A bar will be available for the over-21 crowd, and audience members are welcome to come up on stage and dance and scream during any part of the show.“It’s a little bit of mayhem. Everybody can just let loose and let their guard down,” said Katie Becker, director of administration for Cardinal Stage Company. “They can be silly. You feel you can get up and dance and drink and have a good time.”All proceeds from the event go to the Cardinal Stage Company to help fund more productions throughout the year.Wigglesworth, who attended many shows in Lexington, Ky., said the production at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater is more personable than previous shows she went to.“It’s really a pretty safe atmosphere, but at the same time, you get to be crazy and do what your parents don’t want you to do,” she said. “You get to curse and talk about sex and break through those barriers.”