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The life of a piano tuner, page 7

Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016

IDS Indiana Daily Student | idsnews.com

EMILY ECKELBARGER | IDS

Phil Sloffer, 66, listens to the tones of one the hundreds of pianos under his maintenance in the Jacobs School of Music. Sloffer has worked as a piano tuner for more than 30 years.

Village Pantry robbed Tuesday The crime is still under investigation by Bloomington police From IDS reports

An armed robbery occurred at about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Village Pantry at 275 E. Winslow Road. Bloomington police are still investigating the crime, but no injuries were reported. A man walked into the Village Pantry with a handgun and demanded the clerk hand over cash as well as cigarettes. BPD Capt. Steve Kellams said the man was described as a thin, black male wearing a hoodie and mask. No other information is known at this time. Dominick Jean

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Hoosiers looking to extend season By Cameron Drummond cpdrummo@indiana.edu | @cdrummond97

It all comes down to tonight for the IU women’s soccer team. A victory Senior Night against Michigan would guarantee IU its first spot in the Big Ten Women’s Soccer Tournament since 2013. Anything less than a victory by the Hoosiers would require other results around the Big Ten to go their way in order for the Hoosiers to secure a postseason spot. For IU Coach Amy Berbary, though, her complete attention will be on the events unfolding in front of her at Bill Armstrong Stadium. “My job is to just focus on our game,” Berbary said. “The main focus is just trying to figure out how we can come out with a result.” Following last weekend’s 2-2 draw at Purdue, IU (7-7-4, 4-3-3 Big Ten), sits in a three-way tie for seventh place in the conference standings with Ohio State and Nebraska at 15 points each. All 14 Big Ten teams will be in action Wednesday night, which is the final day of regular season conference play. The top eight teams in the Big Ten standings after Wednesday’s matches will advance to the Big Ten Women’s Soccer Tournament. Even if IU is unable to defeat Michigan, (9-4-3, 5-3-2 Big Ten), several scenarios still exist for IU to reach the tournament. A loss by Ohio State would automatically qualify IU for the playoffs based on IU’s head-to-head tiebreaker advantage. A draw by the Hoosiers would also put them among the Big SEE SOCCER, PAGE 6

Beneath the surface After mold was found in numerous rooms of Teter Quad, students have been displaced and the cleanup process has begun. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ANNA BOONE

By Christina Winfrey cawinfre@iu.edu | @tinawinfrey33

Teter Quad resident Sarah Harbert said she hasn’t had a lounge room on her floor since she moved in. When Harbert and the other students living on her floor heard some girls were moved to the lounge from their rooms due to a mold problem, they checked their own rooms. They found mold in every one, Harbert said. Mold has been found in all buildings of Teter due to a hot, humid summer. While the levels of mold vary, maintenance workers have started cleaning the air conditioning units in all rooms of Teter, said

“With mold, the risk is usually associated with the allergic response, so if they have a mold allergy or if they’re asthmatic they can have a reaction.” Dan Derheimer, director of environmental health and safety

Dan Derheimer, director of environmental health and safety. “They’re assuming they all have mold issues,” he said. “Cleaning the units is something that needed to be done.” The units will be wiped down with soap

and water to remove the mold, and interior fiberglass parts of the unit will be replaced with foam, which is easier to clean should this problem occur again, Derheimer said. Mold grows in high moisture places, he said. From here, it can spread to places like the carpet and walls. Many rooms in the Wissler building in Teter had this issue, so students were removed and temporarily placed in lounges. Derheimer said something as simple as a window left open with the AC turned off could cause mold to grow. In this case, it may take only a few days for the mold to develop. Harbert said students were given a SEE MOLD, PAGE 6

ELECTION 2016

Democrats phone bank for Bayh and Gregg By Melanie Metzman mmetzman@umail.iu.edu

INDIANAPOLIS — Caroline Desormiers, 13, sat next to her mother as she made phone calls on behalf of Evan Bayh and John Gregg at a Democratic Party phone bank Tuesday night. This was her first time volunteering for a political campaign, and she was nervous, Caroline said. “I was basically just scared that I wasn’t going to say something right or that someone would hang up on me,” Caroline said. However, after a few calls, she said she caught the hang of it because she asks the same questions on every call — has the person voted yet and are they interested in early voting. Caroline was at the event the Democratic Party of Marion County sponsored in coordination with the Bayh Fundraiser at

the Madame Walker Theater in Indianapolis. Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, appeared at both events in support of Bayh, spoke to volunteers and encouraged them to get out the vote. “We tell the truth about our democracy by who we elect,” Booker said. “We have the better candidate. No question.” Having Booker at the phone bank was a huge bonus said Linda Porter, a volunteer with the Marion County Democratic Party. “It’s so nice to know Indiana matters,” Porter said. David Ziemba, a volunteer with the Marion County Democratic Party, said because this year’s presidential election is so contentious and there are less than 30 days until Nov. 8, it is more important than ever the party has phone banks. A lot of people procrastinate voting, Ziemba said. However, he said the Democratic Party wants

LYDIA GERIKE | IDS

Senator Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks to Indiana Democratic Party phone bankers Tuesday night. The volunteers called on behalf of the Evan Bayh for Senate campaign.

everyone to know that early voting is open to all and is available seven days a week. Saad Tawfeeq, a volunteer at the phone bank, is an Iraqi refu-

gee who immigrated to the United States in 2009. He has made 15,000 phone SEE PHONE, PAGE 6


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