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Backwords to play pop-folk set
(10/27/11 1:12am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Fresh from the CMJ Music Marathon in New York, Brooklyn-based band Backwords will play in Bloomington this weekend.Brian Russ, guitar and banjo player, finds it difficult to lump the band into one specific genre.“Right now, we’re saying we’re a psychedelic pop band with folk undertones and a lyrical set,” he said.Backwords will play a show at 8 p.m. Saturday at Rhino’s All Ages Club. Admission is $5, and the group will be joined by Indianapolis-based duo Jessie and Amy and local solo act fight well, young lions.A solid, four-piece lineup, Backwords is completed by Meredith Meyer on keys, Tim Pioppo on bass and John Sheldon on drums, with all providing vocals at some point, Russ said.Russ is a teacher, as is drummer John Sheldon. “Our careers as teachers are what got the band through its first five years,” Russ said, adding that all the musicians have side jobs. Sometimes, they’ll get performances through Federal Emergency Management Agency, which Pioppa works for.When they decided to tour more heavily and make the band more sustainable, they began what Russ called a “grand experiment” with 55 self-booked shows from New York to Los Angeles. Their current tour is three weeks long and runs through the Midwest and the South. Russ said he is inspired by the kind people the band meets across the country who, despite current economic problems, are willing to help the band out.The travel has influenced Backwords, he said.“A lot of bands have historically felt this way about the road and journey everyone’s on — a journey into the unknown,” Russ said. “And everything’s changing. It’s part of being a band.”Backwords’ upcoming album has a different feel from previous work, Russ said, which was heavier on the folk side. This album is more “’90s grungy with a little bit of surf,” Russ said, and will likely be released in spring.“Quilt,” the band’s third album, is available free online at http://backwords.bandcamp.com. Russ recalled another memorable recording, an EP titled “Hurricane Irene,” which the band recorded in its basement studio.Everyone was worried about the potential flooding and “16,000 pounds of water their apartment would be filled with, so we recorded this spooky, foreshadowing song,” Russ said.He added their fears were partly real — they wanted to record one last thing if the flooding did occur.The live performance will include songs old and new, with some longer, psychedelic work not heard on the albums, Russ said.
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2011/10/backwords-to-play-pop-folk-set
Investigation continues into Terra Trace fire
(10/26/11 4:10am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Investigations into the fire that claimed the life of IU freshman Renee Ohrn are ongoing, Terra Trace owner Maribeth Coller said Tuesday.The Bloomington Fire Department released the results of its official investigation Thursday, but Terra Trace management has hired a private investigations firm — Midwest Forensics of Indianapolis — to conduct a more thorough search for the cause of the fire.The BFD report found the source of the fire was near a ceiling light in apartment D8, the apartment below the one in which Ohrn was found, and two breakers labeled “fire alarm” in a locked electrical panel in a public area of the apartment were in the off position.Coller said this report was the first she had heard of the breakers and that their private investigator disagreed with many of BFD’s findings.“The fire department is great at what they do, putting out fires, but they don’t do investigations often,” Coller said. “All I’m saying is what’s in that report isn’t necessarily the final word.”The case has also received national attention from fire safety advocates. Deputy Chief of the Boston Fire Department Jay Fleming has worked for many years advocating for photoelectric smoke detectors, rather than the more common ionization detectors that often lead to faulty alarms.“The photoelectric is really good at detecting average or big particle smoke,” Fleming said. “Ionization is really bad at finding big particles.” Ionization alarms, which use a small amount of radiation to find small particulate matter in the air, are good at detecting flaming fires that produce little smoke, but they can also be triggered by steam from cooking or a hot shower.Photoelectric alarms, on the other hand, use light readings to find thick smoke, the kind found in smoldering fires like the one that began at Terra Trace apartments.Coller said she did not know if the alarms in building D were ionization or photoelectric, but other detectors in the apartment complex are ionization detectors.Fleming said he files hundreds of official complaints with the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission every year against ionization detectors, but none have been investigated by the agency. He recently submitted a similar complaint citing the Terra Trace fire and Ohrn’s death against ionization detectors.According to the BFD report, the smoke detector in apartment D9 where Ohrn was found was removed the day before “because it had been going off and was annoying.” Fleming said the number of annoying alarms are greatly reduced when using photoelectric detectors rather than ionization detectors.“Since approximately 20 percent of the fatalities that occur every year have disabled alarms, it is not unreasonable to assume that education of the public about the benefit of photoelectric technology to reduce nuisance alarms could save hundreds of lives each year,” Fleming said in his complaint.According to the electronic newsletter Campus Firewatch, Ohrn’s death is the first U.S. fire-related death on or near a college campus for the 2011-12 academic year. Nationwide, six students died in fires on or near college campuses last year.Coller said the investigation is far from over, as there will be a continued look into what caused the fire and what happened to the alarms.“It’s all a really confusing issue,” Coller said. “We all want to get to the bottom of this.”
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2011/10/investigation-continues-into-terra-trace-fire
Tool calculates total college cost
(10/04/11 1:59am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The costs to attend college at IU can add up after tuition, room and board, but the bills do not stop there. Don’t overlook college-mandated extra expenses, such as books and additional fees.For prospective students, calculating a more accurate “net cost” might have become a little easier. On Sept. 12, IU’s Office of Enrollment Management launched a net price calculator through The College Board. It is designed to help prospective students determine an accurate cost of attendance. “With the introduction of the net price calculator, students and their families can use the calculator to help estimate their net price or cost when considering earning an education at IU,” said David Johnson, vice provost at the IU Office of Enrollment Management. “We are very pleased to be able to offer this valuable calculation to assist families in determining their estimated cost to attend IU.”The calculator, which can be found at npc.collegeboard.org/student/app/indiana, is a five-stage questionnaire. According to the welcome screen, the calculator estimates a student’s Expected Family Contribution, the amount of grants, scholarships and other forms of financial aid and subtracts these from the total cost of attendance. Freshman Katie Riedman, who is from Indianapolis, visited numerous universities throughout Indiana and the Midwest before choosing IU.“When I went on college visits, it just kind of stuck out to me, and I liked the campus,” Riedman said. “I want to do psychology. I heard they have a really good psychology school here.”Although Riedman was aware of additional costs beyond tuition, room and board before enrolling at IU, she said she is unsure how much she will pay by the end of her first year in college. However, she said the tool would have been useful when searching for schools.“I could have planned better and saved better,” she said.IU was the only school junior Joanna Goins, an Indiana resident, applied to because she expected to receive scholarships from the University for her grades and test scores. Each year, Goins said she receives about $9,000 in scholarships. “I don’t really have to worry about tuition,” she said. “It’s pretty much the meal plan and textbooks that cost me the most.”Regardless, Goins said she researched the actual cost to attend IU before she attended. “Tuition, cost — I pretty much looked at everything,” she said. “Technology, transportation, the printing cost — they’ll get you when they can. That would have been really helpful. Oh well, I’m always a couple years too early for my time.”When sophomore Ian Krotinsky enrolled at IU, he said he knew his education would cost more than it does for most IU students because he is from New York. However, he said he is unsure if the calculator would have been helpful for him when he was a prospective student.“You kind of go in with knowing that you’re going to pay that cost plus some more for certain things,” Krotinsky said. “Even though it says you’re paying $30,000, you have to keep in your mind that you’re probably paying $5,000 more.”A federal mandate requires universities to make this service available by Oct. 29. But IU launched it early, according to a University press release. “I’m still curious to see if the education pays off, but I think it will,” Krotinsky said.
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2011/10/tool-calculates-total-college-cost
New coach, same old IU
(09/06/11 2:46am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>So, this is it. This is the beginning of the Kevin Wilson era we were promised would have so much promise. These are the new-look Hoosiers, a group of guys who repeatedly told us last spring and summer that this year would be different.And this was a game IU was never supposed to lose, a potentially great public relations event for IU that became an even better one for Ball State. The Hoosiers got to play a weak opponent in front of their Indianapolis alumni to get them fired up about a new coach and a new era.Instead, they fell flat on their faces. They lost their season opener for the first time in the last eight seasons.While the disappointing 27-20 defeat Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium doesn’t mean doom for the season, it does raise some serious issues for IU going forward. And even though these Hoosiers ran a faster, more aggressive offense, there are many reasons why this is the same old team.“It was kind of like an old classic game where the team that won the line of scrimmage won it,” Wilson said.That can’t happen. Wilson and his staff just spent the last eight months getting these guys in the best physical shape possible so they wouldn’t lose battles at the line. If the Hoosiers lose because the opponent has more talent than they do, fine. But you can’t lose to a Midwest Athletic Conference team because they beat you up at the line of scrimmage.The Cardinals did anything and everything they wanted against the IU defense. They ran through them, passed over them and punted only three times. The Hoosiers might have a new coaching staff, but they still have the same defensive personnel responsible for letting so many games get away last season.“There were a couple times in the third and fourth quarters where we got in some third-and-longs and their defense had a chance to tee off on us,” Wilson said. “I don’t think there were too many situations where (our defense) could pin our ears back and come. They got the manageable situations, and that’s all because of winning the line and having a good run game.”Offensively, IU was good enough to win. Sophomore quarterback Edward Wright-Baker, making his first career start, played like Ben Roethlisberger did as a rookie for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He made some plays, and he didn’t hurt the team. But he didn’t make many tremendous plays.Wright-Baker made some good third-down completions early in the game, and he connected with receiver Damarlo Belcher on a 65-yard touchdown. He also showed a lot of inexperience. He gave up on his progressions and took off running far too many times, but he should get a better feel for that as the weeks go by.“I think I did all right, but I think I can improve,” Wright-Baker said. “Everybody can improve. I need to get the ball to Damarlo more, work on my footwork ... I can improve on everything.”It seemed, at times, that Wilson didn’t want to put a ton of pressure on his young quarterback. When the Hoosiers did get into third-and-manageable situations, Wilson usually elected to run the ball with Matt Perez and Stephen Houston — who were terrific, by the way — instead of letting Wright-Baker make a play.But when it came to the biggest call of the game, a fourth-and-3 from the Ball tate 9 at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Wilson not only went for it — he put the ball in Wright-Baker’s hands. And the quarterback failed.“I (saw) the out open . . . I should have thrown the fade to Damarlo,” he said. “That’s over with.”Listen. I love Wilson’s aggressiveness. He went for a similar fourth down on the first drive of the game, and it resulted in a touchdown. But on that specific play, when you’re down only seven points with an entire quarter to play, you take the points and hope your defense can stop them, especially with an inexperienced quarterback.But of the many reasons the Hoosiers lost this game, that call was one of the smaller ones — far behind losing the line battle. After all of the talk about how this season was going to be different — and it sure felt that way looking down at IU’s new uniforms (the Indiana Sooners?) before the game — we were reminded many times that things haven’t changed all that much.
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2011/09/new-coach-same-old-iu
IU Dance Marathon competes for national philanthropy award
(08/11/11 12:19am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>After more than 20 years of hosting dance marathons on campus to raise money for the Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, IU Dance Marathon may soon find itself under a spotlight of its own.At the beginning of the summer, StayClassy notified IUDM it was nominated for the Most Influential College Student or Organization for the third annual Classy Awards. StayClassy is an online social fundraising site that helps to promote non-profits. Out of 2,000 submissions, IUDM is a top-25 finalist. From now until Aug. 26, the public can vote online for IUDM to land in the top 10 and go to San Diego for what is considered the country’s largest philanthropic award ceremony. “The fact that we’re being recognized, potentially on a national level, at this point is pretty huge for us,” Michael Essling, president of IUDM, said. “Now it’s really big for us, and we have a more realistic possibility that we could actually win.”Despite raising more than $10.1 million for the Riley Hospital for Children since 1991, IUDM did not nominate themselves for the StayClassy award. IUDM’s Director of Public Relations Kristin Munoz said, at the beginning of the summer, a StayClassy intern from Kentucky had nominated them. Munoz then completed the application process through which she had to generate at least 100 Facebook “likes” for the IUDM submission. According to the StayClassy website, there were 266 Facebook “likes” on Aug. 10. One of the ways to get people to vote for them online in the summer, when campus attention isn’t as easy to garner, is to use social media. “Twitter helps a lot,” Munoz said. Winners for the award must demonstrate 20 percent originality, 20 percent impact and 60 percent ability to exemplify the qualities of the award category, according to the StayClassy website.The description of the award category outlines an “undergraduate student or student-run college organization that has most powerfully put the idealism and energy of youth to work in service of others.” “When I was involved 10 years ago, we had 200 committee members and nearly 600 dancers involved,” said Matt Sowder, president of the IUDM Alumni Board and former director of Riley Development. “Today, they have over 500 committee members, 1,200 plus dancers as well as other volunteers. That sounds powerful to me.” A recent example of IUDM’s impact on the Riley Hospital for Children, Sowder said, is the newly initiated fundraising effort for pediatric infectious disease research positions at Riley. Sowder said this effort may now lead to solutions for pediatric diseases beyond the Midwest. “The Indiana students put a ton of work into everything that we’ve accomplished,” Essling said. “It’s kind of cool if our participants and all the work the dance marathon does every year can get a little more recognition on a national level.”The award ceremony, fashioned after a Hollywood red carpet event, takes place Sept. 17, at the San Diego Civic Theater. The prize for Most Influential College Student or Organization is $10,000.Sarah Jenkins, the Riley coordinator for dance marathons, said IUDM has already received recognition where it most matters: the Riley Children’s Hospital. “The students involved with IUDM have a passion that is unmatched,” Jenkins said. “And that in itself is an incredible impact to all of us at the foundation.”
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2011/08/iu-dance-marathon-competes-for-national-philanthropy-award
IU Press announces new series, academic journal
(08/04/11 1:15am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The IU Press will begin publishing a new journal exploring the subject of black masculinity, the Press announced Aug. 1. The journal, called “Spectrum,” will begin publishing in March and will focus on what it means to be a black male in “a gendered, heteronormative, capitalist society,” according to a press release. While books collecting discourse on the black male perspective exist, the journal will include academic writing from a broader scope of contributors. “IU Press is honored to partner with the Department of African American and African Studies at the Ohio State University to publish this important and timely new journal,” Janet Rabinowitch, director of IU Press, said.“Spectrum is an exciting addition to IU Press’ strong list of journals and books that focus on the black diaspora.”The press also launched a new series this week called “Break Away Books.” The series will focus on fiction, memoirs, creative nonfiction and poetry taking place in the Midwest. The first book of the series, titled “The Glimpse Traveler,” tells the true story of a nine-day road trip in 1971. During the trip, the author entered the American counterculture and unraveled a tragic mystery. The memoir is written by Purdue University professor Marianne Boruch. “The Swan,” the series’ second book, is a fictional memoir set in 1957 Indianapolis. It recounts how a young boy copes after witnessing the death of his younger sister. The novel is the first work of fiction by Jim Cohee, a former Sierra Club Books editor. — Jake New
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2011/08/iu-press-announces-new-series-academic-journal
A look into the state of hybrid energy in Ind.
(05/09/11 12:48am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>In a visit to Allison Transmission during Indianapolis Friday, May 6, President Barack Obama strongly encouraged the increased development of hybrid energy technology across the country. He insisted that the development of hybrid technology could reduce the United States’ dependence on foreign oil, provide for a cleaner environment and create jobs in the midst of a recession. Obama stated a target of reducing the amount of imported oil by one-third by the middle of the next decade. Discrediting proponents of domestic oil drilling, Obama said the United States has two to three percent of the world’s oil reserves but uses 25 percent of the world’s oil.So where does Indiana fit into this plan to reduce our dependence on oil as an energy source? How much progress have we made when it comes to alternative and hybrid energy sources? WIND AND SOLARIndiana has one of the highest potentials for wind power for a state of its size. In particular, a large portion of the mostly flat north central portion of the state has average annual wind speeds of approximately 7.5 meters per second at 80 meters above ground, the height that is often used to determine wind energy potential. Indiana currently has an installed wind energy capacity — the amount of energy that can be acquired using existing wind turbines — of approximately 1,340 megawatts (MW) per year, making it the fourth largest producer of wind energy in the Midwest, according to the US Department of Energy. This is, however, far below its estimated potential of 40,000 MW from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. It would be enough to provide all or most of Indiana’s electricity needs, according to the Laboratory. Indiana has seven wind farms that produce more than 100 MW and several that produce less than 100 MW. Each 1000 MW of wind energy that is produced in Indiana will eliminate 3.1 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions and about 1,600 gallons of water, according to the US Department of Energy. Indiana’s potential for solar energy is rather low. The state ranks toward the bottom in terms of how much sunlight it gets per year. HYBRID MANUFACTURINGHowever, Indiana has become a leader in the development of hybrid energy technology for automobiles. Allison Transmission is a national leader in the development of new hybrid technology, including a hybrid diesel-electric drive system for buses. The new transmission has proven to be extremely effective at reducing emissions, increasing fuel efficiency and improving acceleration. This technology, called electric drive, has been shown to reduce particulate emissions by 90 percent and increase acceleration by 50 percent in buses. President Obama touted the ability of companies like Allison Transmission to create jobs, simultaneously helping the economy and reducing our impact on the environment by reducing our carbon emissions. “Last month, you added 50 jobs at this company, and I hear you plan to add another 200 over the next two years,” Obama said during his visit. President Obama has also said in the past that he plans to “green the federal fleet” by making the purchasing of hybrid and electric vehicles for Federal government agencies a major priority. “You’re going to have customers in the United States Government,” Obama said during his trip to Allison.— Vince Zito and Zach Ammerman contributed to this report
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2011/05/a-look-into-the-state-of-hybrid-energy-in-ind
Team revives ancient sport
(05/02/11 2:30am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>“Imagine hockey with all its speed, passion and intensity, but played on grass with a ball that can be hit 100 mph.” This is how IU Gaelic Hurling Club coach Tim Fick describes the game. Gaelic hurling, commonly referred to as “hurling,” is a fast-paced sport that is taking place across the country.Hurling is played with two 15-player teams on a field about the size of a soccer field, though the number of players tends to shrink as the size of the field played on does. The game is also played co-ed, though no women have come to play on IU’s team so far. Players use hurleys, wooden sticks that look like blunt axes, to hit a sliotar, a ball that is the size of baseball but slightly lighter. Any time the sliotar is in the air, a player can catch it and move up to four steps. The player can then move while keeping the sliotar balanced or hopping on the hurley or hitting the sliotar with the hurley to another teammate. The goal is to hit the sliotar through one of the two goals at opposite ends of the field. They are as high as a soccer goal, with uprights sticking up further on the sides. If players get the sliotar through the bottom goal, they get one point, but if they get it to go above the bottom goal between the uprights, they get three points.“There is something basic and elemental about hurling, and it has nonstop action,” Fick said. Despite the constant action and swinging hurleys, the sport gives out few serious injuries. Mostly, players can expect bloody knuckles or sliotar bruises, though team member Alex Chesterfield said he always likes to talk about the time he got a concussion. This is a rare injury, though, as the players all wear helmets.Hurling, Fick said, can be traced back thousands of years. The Celts brought the sport with them to Ireland, he said, and an oral tale of a hurling hero has been estimated to be at least 2,500 years old. “Hurling was used to train warriors,” Fick said. “It had a warfare mentality without the killing.” Villages would even use hurling as a diplomatic solution. When land disputes arose between two villages, every man, woman and child would join in a game, and the winning village won the argument. Today, hurling is Ireland’s most-played sport, though it is little-known in North America. In fact, there are no companies in the United States that manufacture sliotars, so the team must get them from Ireland. Hockey is said to have been created out of hurling, when Irish immigrants adapted their native game to the Canadian landscape. Team member Chris Cox said he began hurling when he was a junior in high school. Cox said he loves the physicality of hurling, as players can shoulder each other as long as they are going after the ball. He also said he loves the aspect of teamwork. The four-step-only rule keeps any one player from carrying the team. “I also like how the sport is played by amateurs only, so it’s all for the love of the game,” Cox said. “There are no pros in hurling.” Several of the team’s members, including Cox, play for a team based in Indianapolis that has only recently been formed but is a contender in national competitions. Fick said he attributes some of this success to the Indianapolis team’s several Irish members, who, as he said, “really know how the game is supposed to be played.”Purdue also has a hurling club and is the only other school in the Midwest that does. As such, it is the only team that IU has played in the last several years. Fick, though, suspects that the sport will gain fame. “I think this is the beginning of something that will be big on college campuses,” Fick said. “Half the battle, though, is raising awareness.”
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2011/05/team-revives-ancient-sport
The Secret Life of Nerds
(04/27/11 11:53pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>I spent a good portion of last weekend being a nerd, and I’m OK with that. For two and a half days, I played the part of the German minister of agriculture at the Midwest Model European Union. I drove to Indianapolis on Thursday not to hang out downtown, but to make it to the first meeting of the Agricultural Council of Ministers. On Friday night, I was so tired from a day of discussing organic farming subsidies that I crawled into bed at 9 p.m. and woke up at 8 a.m. Saturday just to argue about water conservation practices. It sounds silly, and it was. To be fair, in this case I was an academically mandated nerd. The Model EU was part of a class and spending three days in Indy was a significant portion of our grade. But for much of my life I’ve volunteered to be a nerd. In high school, I was on the debate team and did both Academic Decathlon and Academic Superbowl (which are not the same thing, contrary to what a recent “Glee” episode might have indicated). Here’s the shameful secret: I’ve enjoyed every minute of it. It may not make me a better person, but I have gotten to learn an astonishing number of completely disparate and completely useless factoids. I’ve become a fountain of random knowledge on the American Civil War, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, German farms, Old Norse sagas and traditional music of the Aztecs (there are a lot of conch shells involved, believe me).Yet as much as I love learning random realms of information, the best part of embracing the nerdy is the other people you meet along the way, brazenly doing the same ridiculous stuff you are. At Model EU, we began identifying ourselves by the country we represented. By the end of the three days, it was how we thought of each other. I chatted amicably with Austria, Cyprus and Estonia about their nights out and their hometowns, but I have no idea what their actual names might have been. It didn’t matter. Part of the fun was the anonymity. I’ll likely never see those people again, but for a few days we got to argue good-naturedly about legalizing marijuana in Europe.True nerdiness facilitates the sort of unity that comes only from deepest pride or deepest shame. Knowing that everyone else is also spending their Saturday essentially LARPing allows a pleasant camaraderie to form, and against all odds, being nerdy can become kind of fun. Some are born to nerdom, others have nerdom thrust upon them. Either way, I find it works out best if you embrace it. — mebinder@indiana.edu
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2011/04/the-secret-life-of-nerds-5b9c41ec1299a
The secret life of nerds
(04/25/11 10:07pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>I spent a good portion of last weekend being a nerd, and I’m OK with that. For two and a half days, I played the part of the German minister of agriculture at the Midwest Model European Union. I drove to Indianapolis on Thursday not to hang out downtown, but to make it to the first meeting of the Agricultural Council of Ministers. Friday night I was so tired from a day of discussing organic farming subsidies that I crawled into bed at 9 p.m., and, to top it all off, I woke up at 8 a.m. Saturday just to argue about water conservation practices. It sounds silly, and it was. To be fair, in this case I was an academically mandated nerd. The Model EU was part of a class, and spending three days in Indy was a significant portion of our grade.But much of my life I’ve volunteered to be a nerd. In high school I was on the debate team and did both Academic Decathlon and Academic Superbowl (which are not the same thing, contrary to what a recent “Glee” episode might have indicated). Here’s the shameful secret: I’ve enjoyed every minute of it. It may not make me a better person, but I have gotten to learn an astonishing number of completely disparate, completely useless factoids. I’ve become a fountain of random knowledge on the American Civil War, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, German farms, Old Norse sagas and traditional music of the Aztecs (there are a lot of conch shells involved, believe me). Yet as much as I love learning random realms of information, the best part of embracing the nerdy is the other people you meet along the way, brazenly doing the same ridiculous stuff you are. At Model EU, we began identifying ourselves by the countries we represented. By the end of the three days, it’s how we thought of each other. I chatted amicably with Austria, Cyprus and Estonia about their nights out and hometowns, but I have no idea what their actual names might have been. It didn’t matter. Part of the fun was the anonymity; I’ll likely never see those people again, but for a few days we got to argue good-naturedly about legalizing marijuana in Europe. True nerdiness facilitates that sort of unity that comes only from deepest pride or deepest shame. Knowing everyone else is also spending their Saturday essentially LARPing allows a pleasant camaraderie to form, and against all odds, being nerdy can become kind of fun. Some are born to nerdom, others have nerdom thrust upon them. Either way, I find it works out best if you embrace it. — mebinder@indiana.edu
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2011/04/the-secret-life-of-nerds
Craft Beer around the Midwest
(03/03/11 12:41am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Human nature can make some people turn their cheeks at the unfamiliar, so if they don’t recognize the label on a beer, they may be hesitant to try something new. Below is a list of eight different beers brewed in the Midwest, distributed internationally and available in Bloomington. UplandLocated at 350 W. 11th St., Upland is close to home and reasonably priced. “Our wheat ale is our best-selling beer. It is fairly light and very accessible,” Marketing Director Charles Stanley said. Upland’s brewers make the kind of beer they personally like to drink. Rather than conducting a focus group and trying to ascertain if there is a market for a certain type of beer, the brewery chooses to draw from various styles of recipes and go with what feels right. FoundersRed’s Rye PA is one of the best beers that can be found at Founders Brewery, located in Grand Rapids, Mich. This is one of the brewery’s highest-rated beers on Beeradvocate.com. The site’s users and critics agree that it is the easiest to drink, thanks to its fresh but stern hop bitterness with hints of citrus and pine and the addition of rye grains that sets it apart from other pale ales.Bell’sOberon is the most popular beer at this Kalamazoo, Mich., brewery, and it was one of the first craft beers to really take off in Michigan. “It really identifies with the winter ending, so it’s become kind of a staple when spring’s coming when Oberon comes out,” Marketing Director Laura Bell said. Three FloydsThree Floyds, which was founded in Munster, Ind., by brothers Nick and Simon with their father Mike Floyd, brews reasonably priced yet tasty beer. Mike Floyd said the brewery’s most popular beer is Gumballhead. It has a slight citrus finish, which is gentle and fresh. “We can’t really make enough of it,” Floyd said. Goose IslandThis year, Chicago brewery Goose Island’s Rare Bourbon County Stout was ranked No. 5 on the best beers of 2011 list conducted by RateBeer.com. While the County Stout is one of the brewery’s more distinctive beers, the 312 Urban Wheat became one of the brewery’s most popular beers when President Obama of all people gave it an endorsement in July.Sun KingSun King Brewing is an Indianapolis-based brewery with a focus on crafting traditional seasonal and unique specialty beers, according to its website. One of its highest-rated beers is the Osiris Pale Ale. This brew is a West Coast-style American pale that blends hops to create a spicy and citrus flavor, and unlike most craft beers, it can readily be found in a can.BoulevardBoulevard Brewing Company is the ninth-largest craft brewery in the United States and is located in Kansas City, Mo. “We make seven year-round and five seasonal beers as well as an artisanal line of beers, our Smokestack Series, which include four year-round, four seasonal and four limited-release beers each year,” Marketing Communications Manager Julie Weeks said. Boulevard’s most popular beer is Unfiltered Wheat. “Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat Beer is a lively, refreshing ale with a natural citrus flavor and distinctive cloudy appearance,” Weeks said. “This easy-drinking, American-style wheat beer has become our most popular offering and the best-selling craft beer in the Midwest.”New HollandEstablished in 1996, this brewery began as a two-man operation in Holland, Mich., and has since grown exponentially. One of its best-rated beers is the Imperial Hatter, which received a 96 percent rating on RateBeer.com. The New Holland Brewery website says this beer gets its creamy and smooth taste thanks to hints of grapefruit and citrus tones.
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2011/03/craft-beer-around-the-midwest
Column: IU/Purdue rivalry has all necessary ingredients
(02/22/11 5:06am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Some weeks have that certain aura, that certain buzz, which brings a different, sometimes hateful atmosphere to cities or college campuses. Welcome to that week, Bloomington residents, or at least what it should be. Through the years, and even in recent years, there have been moments defining the IU/Purdue rivalry as one of the most storied across the Midwest sports landscape. When a rivalry is taken into consideration, there are three main aspects that need to be addressed in this armchair quarterback’s mind. First, unless it’s some type of series dating back to days of the peach basket, there needs to be some sort of distance factor. It could be a border war, like West Virginia and Pittsburgh’s Backyard Brawl, or an 8-mile bout between North Carolina and Duke taking up the minds of those traveling Tobacco Road. For IU and Purdue, it’s a battle between the northern and southern halves of the state. Second, who was/is notable and why? Is it in-state football or basketball players staying home and taking their high school rivalries to the next level? Or is it future World Series, NBA or Super Bowl Champions having roots in some of the great games or record books at their respective schools? What’s neat about this and sometimes pops up in the pro ranks are teammates who went to rival schools or faced off against each other in the rivalry games. If one were to look at the IU/Purdue notebook, you would see the classic story of the 2009 New Orleans Saints, hallmarked by former Hoosier Tracy Porter’s game-winning interception alongside former Purdue quarterback and game MVP Drew Brees. Finally, and probably most importantly for the sake of fans, players and especially recruiting, there is the bragging rights factor. What in the recent series’ history makes the loser hate the winner increasingly until next year rolls around? Rivalries. The average sports fan need not look far to see that the Hoosiers and Boilermakers pass this litmus test with flying colors. Location: Not a whole lot to argue or debate here. IU probably has a more consistent following as it relates to men’s basketball on a national level, but a short drive through Indianapolis into the northern part of the state on Interstate 65 will show there is a Boilermaker faithful just as strong and dear as there is in the southern Indiana’s Hoosierland. Figureheads: Again, not really a whole lot to debate when the big picture is taken into consideration. Here’s a very short, multiple-sport excerpt from a list that would take days to write and tells a long enough story: Bob Knight, Gene Keady, Bill Mallory, Joe Tiller, Mickey Morandini, Bill Allen, Drew Brees, Antwaan Randle El, Calbert Cheaney and Glenn Robinson.History: The nice thing about rivalries is that they can still possess the same amount of resentment, produce the same amount of publicity and draw the same fan interest if a top two or three ranking isn’t on the line year-in and year-out. With ten Final Fours between the two basketball programs and Big Ten Championship and NCAA Tournament seeding usually taking center stage, IU and Purdue’s basketball rivalry never disappoints. In recent years, a bowl game has often been on the line for both or one of the teams vying for the Old Oaken Bucket. With that, happy Purdue week. Even though there is no bowl game, College World Series or top ranking in the basketball polls on the line, this Wednesday’s basketball game and last week’s Big Ten Swimming Championships (in which IU and Purdue both finished in the top five) makes the calendar week a good time to pay attention to a great interstate battle. It’s a rivalry, so let’s treat it as such.
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2011/02/column-iupurdue-rivalry-has-all-necessary-ingredients
EU Center received $130,000
(01/28/11 5:12am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The European Union Center at IU received a $130,000 grant from the European Union Delegation to the United States on Nov. 15. From now until June 30, 2012, the EU Center will sponsor activities to teach people about the EU and its ties to the Midwest, said Brant Beyer, project manager at the EU Center. “This grant is a good way for IU to study expertise to inform Indiana residents about EU and the effects on the state,” he said. “It is a good way for people to understand EU because it is in the news a lot about the Euro crisis, yet Indiana has some of the strongest ties of any Midwest state."The EU Center will partner with the School of Public and Environmental Affairs on many different projects with the grant. There will be an EU reception at the IU Art Museum in April and all the speakers at the events throughout this period will be IU faculty, Beyer said.There will be teacher workshops in Indianapolis and Columbus, Ohio for middle and high school teachers to learn about EU functions and learn about the EU decision-making process. Students will have the opportunity to participate on the Model EU team and compete in Indianapolis in April, Beyer said.
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2011/01/eu-center-received-130000
Meet IU senior, pop singer Lauren Vogel
(01/26/11 4:32am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Backstage, Lauren Vogel is obsessing about her hair. The IU Kelley School of Business senior is playing the role of pop star for her first big show at the Bluebird Nightclub, called “Bass, Booze & Skittles.” More than 300 people are attending the event, according to Facebook. It’s the largest crowd she’s performed for as a solo artist. The growing crowd outside is enjoying the Wednesday night special of 15-cent beer and tonight exclusively, $1 Skittles shots. All Lauren can think about is her hair. It is long and brown, often worn down in loose curls off to the side. She scrunches up her face in the backstage oval mirror, which is mounted on graffiti-covered walls with faded band stickers.“Should I wear it up or down?” she asks the room of men. They’re all friends. Seniors Brice Fox and Danny “DJ O” Olson sit on a Sharpied bench across from Lauren. They are performing a few songs with her and don’t seem to be nearly as worried.“Guys like girls with their hair down, but you’re the artist,” Brice says. He pauses for a second to observe her. “You look cute.”“Ugh, no, I don’t,” Lauren says.She darts out the room for the 15th time and returns to open a bottle of Bud Light from the tub of free beers brought in earlier by the club owner. “When I was in Ladies First (IU’s female a cappella group) we used to drink champagne as a toast before going on, so I got used to that, sort of,” Lauren says with a laugh. Lauren’s appearance seems opposite of her actual state. She’s dressed casually in a black leather jacket, a red top and black jeans. Lauren rifles through her makeup bag and decides to apply the Lancome lipstick her mother gave her.The color: visionary.***Lauren’s upbringing in St. Louis provided her the ideal formula for future pop stardom. She practiced singing on a karaoke machine for performances in church, and her parents enrolled her in private voice and dance lessons. Lauren appeared on the local TV station’s version of American Idol for kids and even had a brief stint as an ad model for Kohler, the plumbing fixture company where her dad worked.“I wanted to be like Britney Spears, but brunette,” Lauren says. Lauren learned early on that she had to believe in herself if she wanted to be successful. Her grandmother, a freewheeling woman who was “natural and spiritual,” as Lauren calls her, was a huge influence. Lauren’s grandmother would tell people she’d been to Venus in one of her past lives while had been Native American in another. Apparently, she was even doing splits in the hospital as one of Lauren’s younger sisters was being born.“She was crazy to everyone else, but I thought she was brilliant just because of her mental and spiritual state,” Lauren says. Lauren says her grandmother also believed people could fix things themselves, and as a result, never visited a doctor. Lauren’s grandmother taught her that there was always a way to make things happen, and before she died, she gave Lauren a cross necklace. “‘You’re gonna be a peacemaker,’ she told me. It really stuck with me because she really believed in me.”Lauren’s parents divorced when she was 10 years old, and her father was subsequently diagnosed with kidney cancer. “He had a hard time,” she says. “It’s not my mom’s fault.”Lauren’s aunt lives out in Arizona. Her mother took her daughters (Lauren has two younger sisters, now ages 17 and 20.) there for a few months. Lauren admits to being blind to what was going on. Lauren’s voice hardens, and her bright blue eyes grow coolly reflective. “It was the first time in my life,” she says, “that I had to learn to be strong.” Though Lauren’s father is now cancer-free, it was during this time that she gained strength through music. Her favorite song to sing as a kid was Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” and the pink wallpaper in her room decorated with ballet slippers gave Lauren comfort in dancing by herself. “I discovered during that time that I’ll be happy no matter what,” Lauren says. “If I’m all alone in an apartment at age 60, I’ll be OK.” Lauren pauses a second, picks at her red nail polish and smiles sheepishly.“It’s like music is my boyfriend.” ***The recording studio is Lauren’s “favorite time.” Next to the stage, it is the place where she forgets her fears.Most of all, being in the studio has helped Lauren realize her dream. In high school, Lauren spent long hours in and out of a jazz ensemble and a dance team. In her free time, which was any spare moment, she was writing about the things that inspired her, including every teenage girl’s first moment of angst: having your heart broken by a guy that “turns out to be a huge dick.” Her first song featured lyrics like, “I might not be strong enough, I admit, but everything you gave me could be worth it.” And now, she’s recording a song about a recent heartbreak. Danny, who produces most of her music, is twiddling with knobs and a keyboard that spans the length of a flatscreen television in his bedroom studio. Brice sits on the bed across from Danny and Lauren. Lauren hums the melody to a song tentatively called “Lonely Heart.” The lyrics: “I talked you up / Put you on a throne” were written in Lauren’s messy bedroom. “Does ‘You-know-who’ know this is about him?” Brice asks as Danny pounds out melancholy chords in G major. “It has to be triumphant sounding, though, too,” Danny says, focused on the keyboard. “We don’t want this to be sad.”Lauren stops singing for a moment to ponder Brice’s question. She smiles coyly. “Actually, no. I don’t care,” she says. “I hope he hears it, and it’s like a slap in the face.” The trio switches gears to another track.Lauren seems to be experiencing some writer’s block. She’s throwing around ideas with Brice and Danny, to a club-friendly beat with synths that sound like race cars. Brice begins to howl in a falsetto a la pop band 3OH!3. Danny mentions it reminds him of wolves. The three friends somehow talk about wolves, S & M and malnourished children. As crazy as the conversation is, Lauren seems to be enjoying it. She is smiling, doodling away in the corner of a piece of notebook paper. First a circle, then petals.***A few odd months ago, a friend of a friend sent Lauren’s tracks to Jack Minihan, an up-and-coming concert promoter, who was working on pop-rap artist Mike Posner’s Midwest tour. Jack contacted Lauren and asked her if she wanted to go to the concert in Indianapolis for free. Lauren didn’t have time to go shopping, so she ran from the business school and grabbed a few of her girlfriends. She borrowed a black dress — “You can never go wrong,” one of her friends advised — and dashed to Indy. After the show, Lauren and her friends were invited backstage to meet Mike Posner. “The keyboardist in his band was Gaga’s or something,” Lauren shrugs. It was one of those moments where Lauren had very little time to think about nerves or the rush of being backstage, getting the VIP treatment. Jack, having heard Lauren’s tracks, asked her to sing for him. Lauren belted Aretha Franklin’s “Chain of Fools.”Jack asked Lauren on the spot if she wanted him to be her manager. Though Lauren didn’t make a hasty decision, the experience was an eye-opener and the best night of her life. “People are hearing me,” Lauren says of her thoughts at the time. “And I’m hearing, ‘You can do it’ from people in the industry who have much more say than I do. That has to count for something. I just can’t wait for the day that I get to work with the people I most admire.”***Lauren is freaking out. Minutes before she is set to go on with Brice, Danny and local artists Lin Z and Broderick Thompson, she asks everyone to leave. Lauren’s still nursing her beer and just had an impromptu prayer circle and a celebratory Skyy Vodka shot with friends who hugged her and took lots of pictures. One of Lauren’s closer friends, Rachel, grabs her by the wrists and says, “You are so beautiful, and you are going to be so very amazing.” Lauren hugs her and leaves the room for one last bathroom break. “Let’s not fuck this up,” Lauren says to herself before she walks on stage. The huge crowd is screaming. The Bluebird hasn’t been this packed in a while. Lauren nervously approaches the stage. The orange-and-blue lighting creates the atmosphere of a hazy basement rave.The beat to “Body Work,” an original song about spotting that lucky boy across the room while dancing, starts to play. It is synth-heavy and, as Lauren would say, “fist-pumping.” Lauren looks out at the crowd. Some have never heard her music. She sees strangers, and she sees her friends. The crowd begins to sway. Lauren runs up to the mic.
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2011/01/meet-iu-senior-pop-singer-lauren-vogel
Central Ind. housing market slumps, may improve with time
(01/19/11 10:38pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The construction of new homes in central Indiana showed minimal improvement last year, marking the worst year for local home building in more than 25 years, according to the Builders Association of Greater Indianapolis.Home construction permits fell five percent last year, from 279 in December 2009 to 265 in December 2010.In Hamilton County, central Indiana’s most attractive area for new homes during the last decade, permits declined by one percent, to 1,354, in 2010.Marion County’s building permit numbers reduced from 772 to 729 in 2010. This is a very large drop in construction permits from 2005, when more than 3,600 permits were filed within the county.Single-family homes represent nearly 80 percent of the national housing market, but demand for this type of housing fell nine percent, while demand for apartment housing improved by 17.9 percent nationally. In December, construction numbers dropped 38.4 percent in the Midwest, likely due to severe winter weather.But the housing market could improve, as builders throughout the nation plan to put up more buildings in 2011. Construction permits rose 16.7 percent in December 2010, the highest since March 2010.—Amanda Jacobson
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2011/01/central-ind-housing-market-slumps-may-improve-with-time
IU introduces Kevin Wilson as football coach
(12/07/10 1:08am)
IU introduced Oklahoma offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson as its new football coach during a press conference Tuesday afternoon. Athletics director Fred Glass opened the press conference by reflecting on making a quick hire just a week after firing former coach Bill Lynch. "Indiana got our guy," he said.
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2010/12/iu-introduces-kevin-wilson-as-football-coach
Who's next for IU football?
(11/30/10 5:37am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The question many want to know is, “Who will take over the IU football team?” While IU Athletics Director Fred Glass has not verified direct contact with any potential coaching candidate yet, here are a few names of possible candidates that Glass may pursue.Randy ShannonBio Former Miami head coach (28-22 record in four seasons, fired on Saturday)Why At 44 years old, Shannon is a young, up and coming coach that took one of college football’s most historic programs to three straight bowl games.Why not Shannon’s entire career as a player and coach ties to Miami, and he might want to take a year off coaching after being under such a microscope.Brady HokeBio Head coach, San Diego State (12-12 record in two seasons), previously had a 34-38 record in six seasons at Ball StateWhy Hoke has turned around two programs and has already taken Bill Lynch’s job once at Ball State, why not another time?Why not IU might not even have a shot at Hoke because of SDSU’s push to work out an extension and Minnesota’s effort to woo him back to the Midwest.Phillip FulmerBio Former Tennessee football coach (152-52 record in 17 seasons)Why Fulmer’s resume is as impressive as any coach in the country with a national championship, 15 bowl games in 17 seasons and nine double-digit win seasons. Fulmer also interviewed for the Louisville head coaching vacancy after being fired by Tennessee, which shows that he still wants to lead a BCS program.Why not The 60-year old Fulmer may not have the patience to rebuild a program, especially one outside the southeast.Jerry KillBio Head coach, Northern Illinois (23-14 in three seasons at NIU)Why Kill has been a rebuilding machine at every place he has gone to. Kill has improved his team’s record in all but one season as a head coach, which would fit into what Glass will likely be looking for.Why not Besides being under contract until 2015 at Northern Illinois, Kill also was diagnosed with kidney cancer, an issue IU dealt with all too recently in the tragic death of Terry Hoeppner. Jim HarbaughBio Head coach, Stanford (28-21 in four seasons)Why The connections to IU and Indiana are deep for Harbaugh. A beloved former member of the Indianapolis Colts, Harbaugh is also the brother-in-law to IU basketball coach Tom Crean. Relations aside, Harbaugh’s Stanford team is on the brink of a BCS bowl game.Why not Harbaugh might be the most-desired coach in the nation, and has been linked with taking the Michigan job while also having previously interviewed for NFL jobs. All seem to be more high-profile than IU.Mike LeachBio Former Texas Tech head coach, (84-43 overall)Why Leach built the Red Raiders into a consistent force in the competitive Big 12, always producing winning seasons. A known offensive mind, Leach’s teams have set several NCAA passing records.Why not Leach was fired from Texas Tech after an issue arose surrounding his treatment of a player with a concussion. Leach has since sued Texas Tech for wrongful termination with the case still pending. Such legal issues may make a nervous IU program avoid the coach.Jon GrudenBio Current ESPN NFL analyst, former NFL head coachWhy Gruden has a small tie to Bloomington after attending Binford Elementary while his dad Jim was an assistant at IU in the 1970s. Certainly a big name for recruiting.Why not Gruden has turned down several jobs in recent seasons and released a statement Sunday saying he wasn’t interested in the University of Miami (Fla.) opening.Randy EdsallBio UConn head coach (12 seasons, 73-69 overall)Why Edsall has his Huskies a win away from their first BCS bowl game in program history, quite the accomplishment for a school that was Division I-AA in 1999. He’s a program builder.Why not It’s doubtful IU can lure Edsall with money alone. Edsall will make $1.55 million this season, a rate that rises to $1.7 million in 2012.Kevin SumlinBio Houston head coach (three seasons, 23-16 overall)Why Sumlin went to high school in Indianapolis (Brebeuf Jesuit) and played for Purdue. He was turned down for the Purdue job in 2008 while offensive coordinator at Oklahoma, and last year produced a 10-win season for Houston.Why not Purdue conflicts aside, Sumlin is also popping up on the radar for other teams with head coach openings. Houston also took a step back this season, finishing 5-7.— Connor O’Gara and Geoffrey Miller
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2010/11/whos-next-for-iu-football
Greyhound offers new express service routes, low fares
(11/19/10 5:20am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Greyhound Lines, Inc.’s new holiday gift to its travelers includes the introduction of a new fleet of coach buses offering nonstop routes to numerous Midwestern cities indefinitely. Starting Dec. 1, Greyhound will be launching its new speedy service in the Midwest called the Greyhound Express starting at a $1.The new service will offer one-stop trips between Greyhound’s Chicago hub and Indianapolis, Lafayette, Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Madison, Wis.“We wanted to provide our customers with a new level of travel experience,” Greyhound spokesman Timothy Stokes said.The new Coach buses will provide amenities such as power outlets, free Wi-Fi access, extra leg room and reserved seating.“I could definitely benefit from the new features they’re adding to the buses,” senior w Smith said. “It almost sounds too much to ask for on a bus.”Greyhound joined Peter Pan Bus Lines on Sept. 28 to offer the first Greyhound Express to the East Coast. The route offered a one-stop service between Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., New York City and Boston.“It’s going well,” Stokes said. “We’re pleased with the outcome so far.”Greyhound became aware of a popular demand for a “higher level” service at an unbeatable price, Dave Leach, president and CEO of Greyhound said in a press release.“Unfortunately, the Greyhound Express of the Midwest will not connect with the Greyhound Express of the East Coast,” Stokes said.With the option of passengers ordering Greyhound Express tickets online, Stokes said that Greyhound has seen quite the bit of activity for the service.The purchase of a ticket will not always be $1 but will instead come on a first-come, first-serve basis, Stokes said. The more demand for a particular schedule, the more the fare will increase.The Greyhound Express may be ideal for freshmen who live in the Midwest and don’t have their car on campus.“Freshman year you don’t know a lot of people and are always scrambling to find a ride home,” junior Amanda Skul said. “This is a great deal.”With the holidays right around the corner, the Greyhound Express may be a more ideal way for in-state and out-of-state students to travel.“With December approaching, a lot of students will be looking for the most cheapest and convenient way to get home for Christmas break,” Smith said.
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2010/11/greyhound-offers-new-express-service-routes-low-fares
New sponsor revamps local cycling team
(11/18/10 4:52am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Someday, cyclists may look back on Wednesday as a turning point for club cycling in Bloomington.Team Tortuga, a local cycling team that had 25 members (only five or six of whom raced seriously) last year, is planning to expand its talent base to the entire Midwest as a result of increased sponsorship from the Scholars Inn Bakehouse. This new program, known as Scholars Inn Bakehouse/Team Tortuga Cycling, will comprise of upwards of 35 riders and will race in more than 50 local, regional and national races in 2011. On Wednesday, cyclists from as far away as Indianapolis and Columbus, Ohio gathered in the Scholars Inn Bakehouse to celebrate the revamped cycling program. It drew experienced racers from senior Ren-Jay Shei, a leader of Little 500 team Black Key Bulls to completely inexperienced racers such as John Gleason, a freshman at Ivy Tech.“We want to attract the best cyclists in the area — Bloomington in particular — to this one squad so that we can be the most respected, deepest, most powerful and high-performing team in the Midwest,” said Tom Saccone, director of Scholars Inn Bakehouse/Team Tortuga Cycling.Lyle Feigenbaum, who owns the Scholars Inn and the Scholars Inn Bakehouse with his wife, has a passion for cycling. The Scholars Inn, which offers many healthy and organic food options, has long been the place where cyclists hang out before a race. Feigenbaum, who went to IU, said he loves the positive impact cycling has had on his life and the lives of others.“I love cycling and I love Bloomington,” Feigenbaum said. “Bloomington loves cycling, so for me, it’s a great fit.”The event was advertised almost completely online, led by Bloomington Velo-News, the online blog of IU professor and cycling enthusiast Geraint Parry. Parry does public address announcing at many Little 500 events, including the recently finished Fall Cycling Series, but at this time of the year, Parry’s most important role is to get news out about cycling events.“Not only is he the voice of cycling,” Saccone said, “but he is also the great communicator.”Parry said the only real way that next year will be more challenging that the past year is that the more accomplished riders will need to learn to work together closely as a team. The riders and sponsors will await the spring season, when the revamped team gets the opportunity to prove itself during the next road racing season.
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2010/11/new-sponsor-revamps-local-cycling-team
Dorm Life Tour brings the beats to Willkie
(11/08/10 5:31am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The hallway outside the Willkie Auditorium was crowded Friday with a sea of white. Students clad in white T-shirts, pants and even a white fur vest waited outside as hip-hop beats radiated through the doors of the auditorium.After a technical glitch set the show back a half-hour, the doors finally opened to the College Dorm Life Tour. Students poured inside, singing along to “Best I Ever Had” by Drake.Kiwan Lawson of SoundProof Student Organization and Joby Wright of BFA Entertainment organized the tour. The evening was scheduled to be packed with R&B and hip-hop acts from start to finish.The first half of the night was filled with dance. IU’s Hip Hop ConnXion was the first act to perform.Morgan Milin, freshman and first-year member of Hip Hop ConnXion, said it was amazing to perform, and he said the energy is always better with the crowd and performers when there is a big stage and lights. Lawson said every group took advantage of the added stage and lighting, which added to their presentation.The next two dance groups to perform, Dynasty and Incognito, were both from Indianapolis.Lawson said it was slightly difficult to get many students out to support Bloomington artists, but those who did attend loved it. This passion and enthusiasm was visible in attendees’ desire to dance along to music and sing every lyric of every song played. DJs came on stage between each act, encouraging energy to stay high with lyrics like “put some energy up in this place”.The energy continued throughout the night, and shaped the course of performances, Lawson said. After a spontaneous dance-off between a crowd member and group member of Incognito, another battle broke out. Dynasty challenged Incognito to adance battle.The crowd parted and the two groups took over the center of the auditorium floor, challenging each other with their best moves, spins and even backflips. Freshman Danielle Graf said she came for the loud music and lights but ended up getting much more out of it.“I want to learn how to dance after seeing these guys perform like this,” Graf said.After the dance groups, hip-hop and R&B acts took the stage. Lawson said from the southern hospitality of Dat Boi Heazy to Yung Luciano’s ability to get the crowd on their feet, the audience loved every performance.The evening closed out with what Lawson claimed to be three standout performances. Lawson said Rikk Reighn and Lakyra Pharms both delivered stellar performances.“Lakyra stood out with her smooth, soulful, jazzy, one-of-a-kind voice that blew everyone away,” Lawson said.A Bloomington group was the last on stage for the night. “4 Reign delivered a 40-minute performance that could arguably be compared to Boyz II Men or Day26. They ended the event showing everyone why they are the best R&B male group on campus,” Lawson said.Though the crowd changed throughout the night in Willkie Auditorium, Lawson marked the concert as the iconic event they promised the campus.“Had we been able to extend the show, I believe attendees would have packed the room,” he said.The tour is scheduled to stay in the Midwest briefly before heading south to Florida, Georgia and Mississippi. Lawson said he hopes to have the tour back next semester for an appearance during the Little 500 weekend. Campus support is crucial to the success of these artists, he said, and he said he believes they have what it takes to make it big.
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2010/11/dorm-life-tour-brings-the-beats-to-willkie
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