Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014

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TUESDAY, NOV. 11, 2014

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Sherry Dunbar-Kruzan is home at IU, Page 7

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3-star recruit chooses Penn From IDS reports

Decatur Central High School quarterback Tommy Stevens decommitted from IU in favor of Penn State on Monday. The 6-foot-3, 196-pound recruit was ranked No. 15 in the nation among quarterbacks in the class of 2015 by Rivals.com. “After carefully weighing out my options, my family and I have decided that it is in my best interest to commit to Penn State,” Stevens said via Twitter. Stevens thanked the IU coaches for recruiting him and offered his

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Big Oil, left, and Terrance Amos, right, just released their album “Rich Mocha 2.” Amos will perform in the Battle of the Bands competition at the Bluebird Nightclub on Dec. 2.

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USPS workers affected by hack By Alden Woods aldwoods@indiana.edu | @acw9293

As many as 800,000 employees might have had their personal information compromised in a U.S. Postal Service data breach. Personal information — possibly including names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of employment and contact information — of USPS workers may have been exposed in the breach. It is unclear how many employees were affected, USPS announced, and the group employs more than 800,000 workers. “This incident impacts every employee in the organization, including me,” Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said in a video message to SEE HACK, PAGE 6

Taking their ‘just dues’ Local hip-hop artist releases new album By Alison Graham akgraham@indiana.edu | @AlisonGraham218

Local hip-hop artist Terrance Amos has been around music his entire life. He said he grew up in a musical culture and has been a part of bands since fourth grade. “It’s just something we did and eventually people start thinking you have talent and you start thinking you have talent,” Amos said. Amos has been performing his music live since about 2001. He started his own music collective called Just Due and released his newest album last week. “Rich Mocha 2” has only been available online for about two weeks, and without the help of a formal record label, Amos has been spreading the word through social media and networking. “It’s definitely difficult,” he said. “We’re creating a small network of people who are pushing my music because I push their music.” Just Due was created by Amos and a group of friends to help cross-promote each others’ music and share a common fan base.

Most of his friends, including Amos, attended IU and have roots in Indiana. Some still live in the state and others have moved to the west and east coasts. “It’s starting to grow and get traction,” he said. “It’s a way for us to get gigs. It’s kind of like a group with a web presence.” Not only does Amos work as part of Just Due, he is also featured on the “Rich Mocha 2” album with fellow artist Big Oil. They have been making music for more than a decade and said they think this is their best album yet. “There’s not one message across the board,” Amos said. “I hope people see I’m an honest guy. Sometimes I want to party, sometimes I’m depressed, sometimes I’m happy. At this point it’s not up to me what people get out of it.” On top of working with Just Due and recording albums, Amos runs a Bloomington hip-hop showcase called Fresh Fest. It was named to honor the original Fresh Fest tour that took place in the streets of New York City in the ’80s, Amos said. “It’s a way to spread the word,” he said. “Rap was way more open back then as to what was popular. There’s a lot of kids out

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there that are interested in it, but they’re separated into cliques of what they think is cool.” Amos said in the ’80s, listeners could enjoy different artists and types of rap within the same genre. Now, there is a set mainstream sound that Fresh Fest and Just Due are trying to break away from. “The idea behind that word is getting our just dues and giving good music a chance,” he said. “No one in the collective is doing poppy stuff. We try to appreciate good lyrics.” Although most of the collective is hiphop and rap, Amos said they are openminded and interested in hearing whatever the community wants. “It’s not just rap,” he said. “If somebody out there wants to reach out and share our fan base, we’d be open to it.” Looking ahead, the group is continuing to make music and record new albums, as well as performing local venues around Bloomington. Amos will perform in the Battle of the Bands competition at the Bluebird Nightclub on Dec. 2. “Music is not just about me,” he said. “It’s about the community, so I try to do as much live stuff as possible.”

IU overcomes slow start in win

Reingold interviews for role as vice provost for research

By Sam Beishuizen

By Ashleigh Sherman

sbeishui@indiana.edu | @Sam_Beishuizen

aesherma@indiana.edu | @aesherma

IU Coach Tom Crean wasn’t exactly sure how his team would respond to adversity. IU hadn’t been there yet. The Hoosiers had never been pushed. But Indianapolis came out quick Monday, building an 11-point lead just under five minutes into the game. Crean said his players might not have understood just how quick University of Indianapolis would be. “We hadn’t answered that aggressive call yet, and until we’re in those situations, they don’t really know what that means,” Crean said. IU responded well to its first taste of adversity, chipping away at the UIndy lead. IU used a 22-0 run to close out the first half to take a controlling 42-28 lead at halftime and held on to win 76-63 in its final preseason game of the season. “Nobody panicked,” Crean said. The game’s decisive 22-point swing came during a period in

IU faculty members gathered in the Maurer School of Law faculty conference room Monday to hear from David Reingold, one of three candidates for the positions of associate vice president for research and vice provost for research. The meetings Monday morning and afternoon were two in a series of six town hall meetings meant to provide IU faculty, staff and students a voice in the selection of the candidate, according to the website of the executive vice president for university academic affairs. The meetings Monday introduced faculty to David Reingold, and the meetings last Wednesday introduced faculty to Michael McGinnis. Meetings Thursday will introduce faculty to Michael Wade. Wade has served as interim associate vice president for research and vice provost for research since Sarita Soni retired from the position in May.

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Junior guard Nick Zeisloft looks to score during IU’s game against University of Indianapolis on Monday at Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers won 76-63.

which the Hoosiers held the Greyhounds scoreless from the 7:37 mark in the first half until 19:33 remained in the second half. The run was prompted by a pair

of technical free throws awarded to IU after UIndy forward Joe Lawson was issued a technical foul for SEE IUBB, PAGE 6

The selected candidate will be responsible for overseeing current internal funding programs, developing new external funding sources, overseeing current research development services and fostering high quality research, according to the website of the executive vice president for university academic affairs. Reingold said there is an enormous disconnect between the faculty’s expectations of what the office of the vice provost for research should be doing and the actual capacity and the capabilities of the office to meet faculty expectations. “There’s got to be a good bit of effort put forward on trying to continue to build up the organizational capacity and the organizational capability of the (office of the vice provost for research) so that it can actually meet some of the faculty expectations that exist,” he said. Reingold said his current positions as professor and

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