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Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017

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MEN’S TENNIS

Indiana Daily Student | idsnews.com

Hoosiers battle Boilmakers in 117th season, see page 4

REBECCA MEHLING | IDS

Senior Stefan Lugonjic waits for a Louisville serve during a match Wednesday evening in the IU Tennis Center.

ON A ROLL Men’s tennis remains undefeated against Lousville By Juan Alvarado | jdalvara@indiana.edu | @jdsports14

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IU men’s tennis did not lose focus after coming up short in the doubles matchups against Louisville on Wednesday. Although the Cardinals became the first team to beat the Hoosiers in doubles play this season, IU picked up the intensity in singles play to come back and keep its undefeated record alive.

In a matchup with several controversial calls that left IU Coach Jeremy Wurtzman upset, the Hoosiers beat the Cardinals, 4-1, at the IU Tennis Center for their seventh win in a row this season. “The guys recovered their groove quickly and did a great job getting leads early on the sets,” Wurtzman said. “Early on the first set we were SEE TENNIS, PAGE 8

Council considers moving forward Educators and experts voice concerns about Betsy DeVos on annexation By Dominick Jean

drjean@indiana.edu | @dominojean

By Emily Ernsberger emelerns@indiana.edu | @emilyerns

The Bloomington Common Council said it was in favor of approving resolutions for each of the proposed seven districts for annexation at its meeting Wednesday. The meeting was the the second in the series of meetings for the year for the annexation process. Each of the seven areas that were proposed for annexation last Friday by Mayor John Hamilton were considered individually at Wednesday’s meeting. The nearly 10,000 acres considered for annexation are on each side of city limits with some inside of current city limits. If adopted, the additional 15,000 people would bring the official population of Bloomington to roughly 100,000. “These seven areas proposed for annexation have been considered for decades,” Philippa Guthrie, corporation counsel for the city, said. Currently, the council is only considering the annexation areas under resolutions. Resolutions are legislative expressions of whether or not the council approves to consider something later. If the resolution passes, the council would be expressing its support for considering annexation. Prior to considering whether or not to pass the resolutions at a later meeting, council members expressed their concerns about taxes, sewer, fire services and electricity to city executives regarding the seven proposed areas for annexation at their committee of the whole session Wednesday. Jeffery Underwood, city controller, said tax levies would not decrease. Monroe County, however, will see a slight decrease in its $3 million annual budget, Eric

Public meetings for the rest of the annexation process for the year Feb. 17 Notice of public outreach program will be mailed to landowners and publicized March 20 - 21, March 24 Public information meetings, 6-8 p.m. in City Hall March 22-23 25 Public information meetings, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in City Hall March 31 Notice of public hearings to be publicized and mailed to landowners May 31 Public hearings on proposed annexations

The nomination and subsequent controversial confirmation of Betsy DeVos as secretary of education has brought the future of education policy to the forefront of the the public’s eye. Cathy Fuentes-Rohwer, a leader in the Indiana Coalition for Public Education-Monroe County, said the future of public education looks grim and said she also felt a special insult and injury when Vice President Mike Pence, a long time advocate for school choice in Indiana, delivered the historic and tie-breaking vote. “She’s clearly someone who has no experience with public education,” Fuentes-Rohwer said. “It’s not a business, but to Betsy DeVos, it is.” She said DeVos’ free market approach to education puts the “dollar before the child” and is no way to run public education. Rather, Fuentes-Rohwer said public education

DOMINICK JEAN | IDS

Cathy Fuentes-Rohwer, a leader in the Indiana Coalition for Public Education-Monroe County, said she fears what Betsy DeVos will do as the new secretary of education but is going to continue to fight for educators and students.

needs to be about helping students become helpful and kind members of society. Steve Hinnefeld, a former education reporter with the Herald-Times and an education blogger, said when

he received the news DeVos was confirmed in the tie-breaking vote he was disappointed. However, he also said he was ex-

June 28 Consider adoption of annexation ordinances and any fiscal plan updates July 7 Notice of adoption of annexation to be publicized and mailed to landowners outlining the remonstrance process. Landowners in the annexation areas will have 90 days from this day to file a petition against the annexation. Oct. 6 Annexation ordinances could be eligible for recording and filing Jan. 1, 2020 Annexation takes effect

SEE CITY COUNCIL, PAGE 8

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