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Violinist Itzhak Perlman performs Thursday night at the IU Auditorium. Perlman was accompanied by pianist Rohan De Silva.

Violin virtuoso Classical musician Itzhak Perlman plays IU Auditorium BY BRANDON COOK | brancook@indiana.edu

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raised as a superstar, a champion of classical music, a beloved humanist, conductor, performer and artist, Itzhak Perlman holds an unprecedented musical influence. At 8 p.m. Thursday at the IU Auditorium, a packed audience welcomed him as the reigning virtuoso of the violin. Like the great classical musicians of the nineteenth century, Franz Liszt and Niccolo Paganini, Perlman commands a celebrity rarely enjoyed by performers in the world of classical music. Even those who don’t know Perlman’s art know his reputation. State Rep. Jim Lucas, R-69th District, came to the show after hearing of Perlman’s

talent. “We came just to hear the world’s best violinist play,” he said. Perlman was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1945. At the age of three, after being denied entrance to the prestigious Ron Shulamit music conservatory for being too small to hold a violin, Perlman taught himself the instrument. He gave his first concert at the age of ten, shortly before moving to the United States to study at the Juilliard School. In 1958 Perlman performed the third movement from Felix Mendelssohn’s Concerto in E minor live on the Ed Sullivan show. He was thirteen

years old. “It sounded like a talented 13-yearold with a lot of promise,” Perlman said in a Huffington Post article. “But it did not sound like a finished product.” Despite his early appearances on national television and his unique talent, he denied being a child prodigy. “A child prodigy is somebody who can step up to the stage of Carnegie Hall and play with an orchestra one of the standard violin concerts with aplomb,” he said. “I couldn’t do that.” Ironically, Perlman’s most famous collaborations have not been for the SEE PERLMAN, PAGE 6

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Deceptively deep puddles on sidewalks and a roaring Jordan River might not be the only side effects of the overnight rains. Assistant Vice President for Facility Operations Hank Hewetson said several buildings have experienced technical problems. These include the Psychology Building, the School of Optometry, Simon Hall, Sycamore Hall, Swain Hall, the Radio-TV Building, the Health Center, the Indiana Memorial Union, the Mellencamp building, Myers Hall and Teter and Forest Quadrangles. Hewetson said Duke Energy started seeing these buildings going offline as of 12:57 p.m. They lost one of their three circuits, and that circuit is still being serviced. He said his men tapped into the backup circuit available on campus, and this has likely provided energy to the buildings that lost power. “We’ve got people scrambling,” Hewetson said.

Students evacuate Woodburn Hall View more photos from the storm evacuations on page 3. He said the weather could be to blame for the outages and technological troubles. “We feed our campus from two different directions,” he said. Power troubles are most prevalent south of the psychology building, he said. Currently, there is no definite number of buildings without power, though Hewetson said Simon Hall is still not responsive on Duke Energy’s system. “We think everything is back up,” he said. “More than one circuit feeds to campus.” The company is currently working to fix the problem as quickly and efficiently as possible, Hewetson said. “When these things happen, we have a lot going on,” he said. Amanda Marino

Dennis Barbosa

Tree crash follows 2-car collision BY HANNAH SMITH AND AMANDA MARINO hannsmit@indiana.edu @hannsmit and ammarino@indiana.edu @amandanmarino

Students evacuate Woodburn Hall after the fire alarm sounded around 1:06 Thursday afternoon.

Several buildings on and off campus without power

A 19-year-old woman reported to police that she was sexually assaulted by multiple men who were using drugs on Bloomington’s south side. Bloomington police identified three suspects, all of whom denied the allegations, Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Joe Crider said. The victim said she had been staying at an apartment on Bloomington’s south side for several days, during which there was drug use in the apartment. BPD Lt. Steve Kellams said it was a methamphetamine-related incident. Police found the apartment and spoke with the tenant, a 32-year-old man, as well as two other men, ages 24 and 27. The tenant gave the police permission to search the apartment but they found no apparent evidence, Crider said. The police obtained a search warrant Monday and collected evidence from the apartment consistent with bodily fluid stains. The victim said she was sexually assaulted on March 27. Police have forwarded evidence collected from the scene, DNA samples from the suspects and forensic evidence from the victim to the Indiana State Police lab for examination. The investigation is ongoing.

“He literally came in the first day that he was here and started in the gym, came back to the gym that night and has never stopped. It’s amazing how that works.” Vonleh said he began to think of leaving school toward the end of the 201314 season. Vonleh, the seven-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week, said buzz from the media and people around him made him consider the possibility of turning professional after just one season.

It started with a bang. IU sophomore Xinya Cheng was driving north on Woodlawn Avenue in her white Mini Cooper, boyfriend Jincheng Liu in the passenger seat. He was visiting her on his spring break from the University of Delaware. Donn Hall was pulling up to the stop sign at the intersection of Woodlawn Avenue and Cottage Grove Avenue in his blue 2012 Camaro. It was finally clean, he said, because of all the rain. Hall began to drive away from the stop sign, and Cheng slammed into the front left tire of his car, in a burst of smoke. The bang echoed for blocks. Liu got out of the passenger side of the car and began yelling at Hall. “He didn’t stop,” Liu said. IU junior Vincent Rowold was walking to class with his friend and IU junior Eli Staton when the two heard the crash and turned. As they watched, the Mini Cooper began to roll backward. With Cheng still in the car, the car began to roll south on Woodlawn. She had forgotten to put the car in park. However, rather than applying the brakes, she jumped out of the moving car, and the passenger-less car began to pick up speed. Rowold ran across the street as the car veered west onto a lawn. The car’s back tires went over a stone wall,

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SEE CRASH, PAGE 6

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Head Coach Tom Crean speaks about the qualities and skills that freshman Noah Vonleh will bring to the NBA during a press conference Thursday at Assembly Hall. Vonleh officially declared for the NBA draft during the press conference.

Vonleh declares for NBA BY ALDEN WOODS aldwoods@indiana.edu @acw9293

Noah Vonleh showed his youth at a press conference on Thursday that was organized to announce his intent to enter the 2014 NBA Draft. His professional career was about to begin, and he arrived in sweatpants. Vonleh, who will turn 19 years old in August, sat alongside IU Coach Tom Crean and announced he will forgo his final three years of eligibility and pursue a career in the NBA. “I just want to thank God for having me here today to announce that I’ll be taking my talents to the NBA,” Vonleh said. “I want to thank the whole Indiana staff ... for all helping me get to where I’m at.” The Haverhill, Mass., native was named the 2014 Big Ten Freshman of the

Year and third team All-Big Ten after averaging 11.3 points and 9.0 rebounds per game. In his lone season in Bloomington, he led the conference in rebounding and double-doubles. Vonleh said while the decision was a difficult one, the opportunity to follow a lifelong dream proved too alluring. “It was a pretty difficult decision, but as a little kid, I always had a dream of playing in the NBA,” he said. “So I said, ‘Why not go for it?’ I went home, I talked to my mom ... I just stuck with my heart and went with it.” Crean praised his star freshman’s work ethic and preparation. “We’ve put our time into helping him become better, but he has worked as hard or harder than anybody who’s worked with him,” Crean said. “He has got an uncommon work ethic for his age.

“I just want to thank God for having me here today to announce that I’ll be taking my talents to the NBA.” Noah Vonleh, former IU Men’s Basketball forward


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