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Teter Quad is located at 501 N. Sunrise Dr. Over winter break, 19 dorms were found to be contaminated with higher than acceptable levels of mold.
Mold discovered in 19 rooms in Teter Quad By Hannah Reed hanreed@iu.edu | @hannahreed13
During room inspections over winter break, mold was discovered in IU’s Central neighborhood. Higher than acceptable levels of mold were found in 19 rooms scattered throughout Teter Quad after buildings Boisen, Elkin and Rabb were inspected, IU spokesperson Chuck Carney said. The students in the 19 rooms have been given moving assistance and their choice of moving into an on-campus residence or an off-campus apartment. Students living in Teter were sent an email Dec. 3 instructing them to place their belongings in boxes before they left for break, so the rooms could be inspected and cleaned and air samples could be taken while they were gone. They had to remove items from closets, the walls and storage areas like desks, shelves, windowsills and HVAC units. “We put boxes out beginning Dec. 3, and we asked people to put the boxed items on the bed or in the center of the room,” Carney said. “Those were covered in plastic during the remediation.” All students in Teter, as well as those in McNutt and Foster Quads, were given a credit of up to $150 for laundry expenses in residence halls. Since remediation has completed, the credit expired for Foster and McNutt on Dec. 31, and it expires for those in Teter on Jan. 14. They were also able to use Flip Laundry Services for free, which will end soon.
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Students move into their assigned residence centers at Teter Quad on Aug. 18, 2015.
All students had their moldrelated health care at the IU health center reimbursed. Carney said those with mold in McNutt and Foster were given the $3,000 credit because their mold issues caused semester disruption. “We didn’t really move a lot of people out of Teter en masse to do remediation during the se-
mester, so the disruption was a little bit different at Teter,” Carney said. “It was a much smaller issue in that residence hall.” The inspections were performed over winter break to minimize disruption and interference during end-of-semester work and final exams, according to the Dec. 3 email sent to students.
Alex Boden, a freshman living in Teter Rabb, said she didn’t have to move out, but she did have to pack and unpack. “Packing everything up wasn’t the hard part,” Boden said. “It was when I got back on Saturday and I
A coalition met Wednesday in the Indiana Statehouse to lobby for a $2 increase on the state cigarette tax to prevent tobacco usage. The Raise It for Health Coalition, a group of more than 200 businesses, health organizations and government entities dedicated to raising the cigarette tax, presented its findings to the media and lawmakers Wednesday in the Indiana Statehouse. The coalition proposed a $2 cigarette tax increase to help curb smoking among teenagers and adults. The tax is currently 99.5 cents, according to truthinitiative.org. Bryan Hannon, director of Indiana government relations for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, said a bill will be proposed in the Indiana House in the next few days to increase the cigarette tax by $2. The bill will also provide more funds to tobacco cessation and prevention programs. The tax, if passed, is anticipated to reduce the amount of people smoking in Indiana while also dissuading people, especially adolescents, from picking up a tobacco product. “Evidence shows us by significantly raising the price, that’s the most effective way of doing it,” Hannon said. Public opinion polls from the last few years have shown strong, stable public support for raising the tax, Hannon said. Hoosiers are also angry at the state of public health in Indiana. “The public wants action on the cigarette tax,” Hannon said. “Hoosiers want action from lawmakers and the governor on this.” The American Cancer Society is committed to lowering the cancer burden in the state, Hannon said. Cancer diagnoses and deaths SEE TAX, PAGE 6
VOLLEYBALL
Thoman transfers to Army Field Band clarinetist performs at IU join IU volleyball SEE MOLD, PAGE 6
By Lauren Fischer lfische@iu.edu
A crystal-clear note pierced through the silent hall as he began to play. Clarinetist Erik Franklin gave his doctoral recital this Tuesday at Auer Hall. Franklin has been studying at the Jacobs School of Music under professor Howard Klug for three and a half years and is currently pursuing his doctoral degree. Klug said Franklin has progressed a great deal since coming to his studio. “He’s a hard worker, he’s a good player, he’s got good skills, good talent, but he also puts that together with a good work ethic,” Klug said. Franklin’s time at IU is often limited due to his position in the U.S. Army Field Band, the premier touring musical outfit for the U.S. Army. Franklin joined the band in 2016 and has toured in nearly all 50 states. “I always knew about the army band, I knew it was a good career path, so I’ve been looking forward to doing this kind of thing,” Franklin said. “It’s a dream job.” For Franklin’s recital Tuesday, he performed a variety of old and new pieces, from a classic Brahms piece to “Fantasy (...those harbor lights)”, a contemporary American composition by Joan Tower. “I think we got very lucky in terms of clarinet players, in terms of all the other wind instruments in getting very good repertoire,”
By Stefan Krajisnik stefkraj@iu.edu | @skrajisnik3
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Graduate student Erik Franklin performs several clarinet pieces accompanied by pianist Hui-Chuan Chen for his graduate recital Jan. 8 in Auer Hall. Franklin performed pieces such as Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 120 No. 2 by Johannes Brahms and Fantasy by Joan Tower.
Franklin said. “So I’m pretty lucky that I get connected to all that music.” Junior Victor Battista is a clarinet player in Klug’s studio. He at-
tended the performance to support his fellow studio member. “You can definitely tell it’s very refined, all the work that he’s doing and everything,” Battista said.
“It’s cool for us as underclassmen to see someone so much older SEE RECITAL, PAGE 6
Another transfer will be join IU volleyball next season, according to the team’s Twitter account. Klaire Thoman, a freshman libero/defensive specialist, comes to IU from the University of Arizona where she did not see any playing time her first season. Thoman is from Irvine, California, where she was a four-year letterwinner at University High School. She was an Orange County All-Star in 2018 and played club ball with Prime Volleyball Club. Thoman is the second transfer IU Coach Steve Aird has recruited in the past month as Megan Sloan’s transfer was announced by the team Dec. 14, 2018. Sloan and Thoman join AllAmerican recruit Emily Fitzner and incoming freshman Sophie Oliphant as newcomers on the team next season. Thoman is projected to be a crucial piece for IU as Aird continues to build on what he said was a lack of depth on the roster this season. Outside of sophomore libero Bayli Lebo, the defensive specialists did not see consistent playing time last season. IU finished the season ninth in the Big Ten with a 7-13 conference record while ranking eighth in digs per set.