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IU junior, Meyer, dies at IU hospital
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IU junior Jacob Meyer, 21, died Jan. 16 at the Indiana University Health Hospital in Bloomington, according to his obituary published in the Dubois County Herald. The Monroe County Coroner, Nicole Meyer, could not be immediately reached and the cause of death is not known at this time. IU spokesperson Ryan Piurek confirmed Jacob Meyer was an IU student and was majoring in public financial management and minoring in law and public policy. Meyer was from Huntingburg, Ind., and was a 2012 graduate of Forest Park High School in Ferdinand, Ind. He is survived by his parents Matt and Sharon Wagner, his sister Kate Meyer and his brother Aaron Meyer, according to the obituary. Alison Graham If you knew Jacob and would like to talk to the IDS for a memorial piece, please contact campus@idsnews.com
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Freshman forward Max Hoetzel jumps off the bench to celebrate during IU’s game against Maryland on Thursday at Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers won 89-70.
school students — Chris Carducci, Garth Eppley, Georgina Joshi, Zachary Novak and Robert Samels — through master classes, lectures, performances and more by top musicians and teachers. The events all focus on topics related to the five friends such as early music, voice performance, choral conducting, opera, music theory and composition. Smith played through a diverse repertoire in the recital. He began with a composition by Marin Marais, who Smith described in the program notes as “arguably the most important composer for viola da gamba,” and ended with an anonymous piece titled “The Lancashire Pipes” for which Smith’s instrument was tuned to emulate the sound of bagpipes. Wendy Gillespie, a professor SEE SMITH, PAGE 6
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Before heading into the locker room, IU Coach Tom Crean had one more job to do. He stopped just before walking off Branch McCracken Court and looked up into the general admission section at Assembly Hall. He raised both arms and pointed toward the students, applauded and stopped in his tracks. He smiled as he repeated “thank you, thank you all.” Then he disappeared into the tunnel, underneath the scoreboard that read “Indiana 89, Maryland 70.” The fans weren’t the ones scoring 89 points or shooting 60 percent from the field. So why make a point to thank them? “Why not?” Crean said. “Those people come in with that energy from start to finish. You’ve got to applaud that …. That’s Indiana basketball.” No. 23 IU (15-4, 5-1) played one of its most complete games of the season in beating No. 13 Maryland (17-3, 5-2) to take a share of first place in the
Small ball fits the Hoosiers Columnist Casey Krajewski says IU is a better team with Hartman instead of Mosquera-Perea on idsnews.com. Big Ten standings. IU once again put on a 3-point shooting clinic, converting on 15of-22 attempts from long range. At the same time, the Hoosiers limited Maryland freshman Melo Trimble to just 10 points, his lowest output since Nov. 20. IU led by three points at the halftime break, but a dominant second half saw the Hoosiers outscore the Terrapins 51-35. With just over three minutes left, chants of “overrated” began pouring onto the floor as Maryland took free throws. Members of the home crowd were already heading to the exits. The students left in attendance began singing “Hey, hey, hey, goodbye” in the closing seconds as IU finished off a 19-point drubbing. “It will be fun film to watch because I think we were really good in the second half,” SEE CREAN, PAGE 6
Despite having several off-court issues, IU remains atop the conference at 5-1 By Alden Woods aldwoods@indiana.edu | @acw9293
Through it all, IU survived. Through the off-season discipline problems, the car accident that left a player hospitalized, the Eastern Washington loss and an injury to its center, IU won. Three months ago, the program was in a tailspin. Now, it’s January and the Hoosiers are tied for first place in the Big Ten. After Thursday’s win against No. 13 Maryland, IU is 15-4, 5-1 in the Big Ten. The Hoosiers are ranked, coming in at No. 23 in both the AP Top 25 and USA Today Coaches Poll this week. The boos that once greeted IU Coach Tom Crean at Assembly Hall have started to dissipate. It turns out winning might fix everything, after all. “We just stayed together through everything,” sophomore forward Troy Williams said. “Throughout all that happened, we just know that at the end of the day, it’s still us, the only ones that’s in the gym. ” Before the season, it seemed as if IU fans’ biggest concern
was firing Crean. No place was that more clear than on Twitter – seven separate Twitter accounts have been created for the sole purpose of getting Crean fired. Winning wasn’t expected. IU was picked to finish ninth in the Big Ten preseason poll. Now — three months, 15 wins and a national ranking later — things have changed. Through it all, IU leads the Big Ten. In January. Crean said he couldn’t pin down how his team made it through. “I don’t know. It’s all about responding from one day to the next,” he said. “What these guys have done over a period of time is they bond closer and they really worked hard to control what they can control. They’re going to get better.” At his post-game press conference, Crean was all smiles. He laughed, joked with reporters and sarcastically answered a couple questions. He even took time to pick up a piece of trash on his way to the press table. “I enjoy them, I enjoy SEE HOOSIERS, PAGE 6
Musician blends old, new sounds in Jacobs recital By Adam Smith adbsmith@indiana.edu | @abdsmith_IU
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Violist Robert Smith plays “Prelude in D minor” Thursday at the Ford-Crawford Hall. Smith is an English baroque cellist and violist who won various prizes, including Audience Prize at the Bach-Abel Viola da Gamba Competition in 2012. He currently plays with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and the ensemble Fantasticus.
The viola da gamba is an archaic instrument not typically found at just any orchestra performance. Its form is similar to the cello, but its seven strings and the unusual way of holding the bow mark some of its differences. English baroque cellist and violist da gamba, Robert Smith, brought this unusual instrument to Ford-Crawford Hall Thursday night. The performance, as well as a lecture, workshop and master class led by Smith earlier in the week were all part of the Five Friends Master Class Series. The Five Friends Master Class Series was started in 2012 with a $1 million donation from the Georgina Joshi Foundation. The purpose of the series is to honor the lives of five former music
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Andrew Ireland, IU sophomore and Residence Hall Association Forest Quadrangle representative, appeared on “Fox and Friends” Thursday morning. He spoke about a recent RHA vote regarding the Chick-fil-A location in the Herman B Wells library. “A student-run panel voted 18-9 to cut ties with the fast food chain based on concerns over the company’s views on same-sex marriage and other LGBT issues,” Fox and Friends host Elisabeth Hasselbeck opened the segment saying. Ireland was contacted by a representative from “Fox and Friends” after Young Americans for Freedom reached out to the channel. Ireland said he stands by what he said, but certain members of RHA said they have taken issue with his statements. “The decision was not about whether Chick-fil-A should remain on campus as a whole, but rather about if RPS specifically should open negotiations to keep the vendor located in the Wells Library cafeteria,” RHA President Stephanie Corona said. Furthermore, a new Chick-fil-A location is set to appear in the Indiana Memorial Union. Though Ireland said he knows that RHA voted not to exclude Chick-fil-A from campus as a whole, but to exclude Chick-fil-A from the library, he said he believes that is not the primary story. “I think the primary story isn’t whether Chick-fil-A will be here or not, but the fact that students voted specifically because of their political and ideological beliefs to remove that specific Chick-fil-A,” Ireland said. Members of RHA disagree with Ireland. “The main issue I have, and I think other members of RHA have, with the interview and what was said, is that the political issues were presented as the sole and only reason for the objection,” said Bronson Bast, RHA director of sustainability. Ireland refutes that notion. “I think that there were some folks that voiced economic concerns, but that’s not what the discussion was focused around,” Ireland said. “It was clarified to us multiple times in the conversation that night that we were very specifically looking at the political and social implications of a continued relation with Chick-fil-A.” In the past few years, Chick-fil-A has come under fire for its stances on certain political issues. But it wasn’t the only issue RHA discussed before the vote. Members of RHA also objected on account that Chick-fil-A is closed Sundays and lacks options for vegetarians. Sodexo, the company that currently manages the dining locations situated in the library and the IMU, will no longer manage the dining locations in the library, Patrick Connor, Residential Programs and
‘THAT’S INDIANA’ No. 23 IU beats No. 13 Maryland in 19-point rout, goes 15-of-22 from deep
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