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Proposed bill could change program funding By Emily Ernsberger emelerns@indiana.edu | @emilyernsberger

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The Hill annex of Collins Living Learning Center will close at the end of this year. Multiple dorm floors in both building that make up the Hill remain empty.

Collins LLC annex slated to close The Hill will be demolished, School of Informatics and Computing assuming space By Amanda Marino ammarino@indiana.edu | @amandanmarino

Plans are being discussed to have the Hill at Collins Living Learning Center closed at the end of this school year, torn down and potentially replaced by a new building for the School of Informatics and Computing. The Hill, consisting of Brown and Greene Halls, is located near Woodlawn Avenue and 11th Street and has been a part of Collins since the 1990s, said professor Carl Ipsen, director of Collins. “Those buildings will be demolished over time because they are in bad need of renovations,” said Vice President of Capital Planning and Facilities Thomas Morrison. Though Morrison said ideas are being discussed, no plans have been confirmed. These changes will be part of a campuswide upgrading of all the housing facilities within the next few years. “That’s the ebb and the flow that takes place on a campus as large as this every year,” Morrison said. “It’s a puzzle sometimes.” Ipsen said the Hill has facilities to house 120 students as well as the clubhouse, a series of art studios, lounges, a dark room, a cinema and other related activities. “When I took this position, I knew it would happen eventually,” he said of the start of his four-year stay as director of the residence hall. Morrison said he feels it is important not

to disrupt the students unnecessarily during the school year. To the president of Collins Jack Hreha, the Hill is a place unique to Collins and a place for students to hang out together. But the post World War II cinder block building wasn’t meant to be a permanent structure on campus, Ipsen said. This isn’t the first time the Hill has been threatened to close, he said. In the 1990s, the Hill, housing many upperclassmen at the time, was set to be closed. This decision caused students to stage “Save the Hill” protests that were successful. It’s a really emotional place for alumni, he said. “There’s not that much desire for the Hill,” Ipsen said, explaining why protesters wouldn’t be saving the Hill this time. Originally, Ipsen said he was told the Hill would be taken down last summer, but they ended up getting a reprieve that postponed demolition to this coming summer. “We are working on the planning for a new informatics building,” Morrison said. Informatics is discussing plans and architecture, as well as how to raise the funds to develop a new building, he said. The School of Informatics and Computing wants more space and has the funds to build a new building on the location, Ipsen said. “We’re going to at least temporarily lose that space,” Ipsen said of the 120 beds out of

540 housed by Collins. Morrison said people are currently working on relocating facilities currently housed in the Hill. Along with the moving of beds and the clubhouse into Hillcrest, Morrison said the fine arts studios available in the Hill might end up being housed inside the old IU Press building. Ipsen said the loss of living space should only last about a year. After that, some of the living quarters should be replaced. Morrison said this loss of housing was accounted for with additional beds in Rose Hall and Union Street Apartments. “Our goal with the housing system is to keep the number of beds constant,” he said. The average number of available beds annually is 12,000, Morrison said. Despite this loss of housing, nobody will be asked to not come back to Collins, Ipsen said. Instead, there may just be a waitlist to live in Collins next year, something the residence hall has experienced in years past due in part to housing supply fluctuations, he said. “Students are living in them, but our numbers are lower,” Hreha said. About six years ago, lounges in Collins had to be converted into makeshift dorms to accommodate all the students living in the residence hall, Ipsen said. SEE COLLINS, PAGE 2

A new bill proposed by Rep. Todd Young, R-Ind., could have an effect on how federal social programs could be funded. Young introduced a bill in June to implement federal use of social impact bonds, which are a system of private funding used for social programs run by the government. Young co-wrote the bill with Rep. John Delaney, D-Md. SIBs allow the government to receive funding for social-based programs from private investors. SIB projects that reach their set goals will bring a return investment that investors can receive partial benefits from. If a SIB project is successful, the government pays back the investors. If not, tax dollars are not spent to continue funding. On Tuesday during a research hearing, the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee listened to testimonies of people across the nation who have worked with SIBs. Areas of the bill are meant to target unemployment, high school graduation rates, teen and unplanned pregnancies, and child abuse and neglect. SIBs are designed to increased effective evaluation of programs. Typically, an outside evaluator is hired to analyze program success. With the heavy contracting involved in making sure a project is successful, SIBs might not necessarily be a cheaper alternative. “What we do know, though, is SEE BONDS, PAGE 6

IU’s Ellis known as extreme competitor By Sam Beishuizen sbeishui@indiana.edu | @Sam_Beishuizen

Master Violinist teaches students at Jacobs By Lilianne Ho yuehe@indiana.edu

Playing a nearly 300-year-old Crimean-made violin, Noah Bendix-Balgley is the concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and has played as a soloist in Germany, France and Italy. But before that, Bendix-Balgley was a student in the IU Jacobs School of Music and worked closely with professor Mauricio Fuks. “Professor Fuks was a very important influence on me,” BendixBalgley said. “I started lessons with him at the age of 13. He had me go back to the very basics of technique at the very beginning and really helped me build a solid technical foundation. Mr. Fuks is brilliant. He really considers the personality of each student and adapts his teaching to best suit their individual needs. For me, we worked a lot on opening up for communication physically and

emotionally for the music.” This time, it was the famed violinist Bendix-Balgley who was instructing students Tuesday evening at Auer Hall. The hall was packed before the guest lecture started. There were mostly music students as well as musicians from all departments. “Teaching is a real art and something that I am still exploring, so I don’t claim to be an expert,” Bendix-Balgley said. “But it’s very exciting to see that side of music making.” Students from both the music school and Bloomington area participated in the lecture to receive individual coaching from Bendix-Balgley. Bloomington local Zoie Hightower performed Concerto in D minor, Opus 47 for Violin and Piano during the lecture. Bendix-Balgely’s instructions focused on the very fundamental communicative aspect of performances and the most ba-

dix-Balgley said. High school and college-aged students attended the lecture to have one-on-one experiences with Bendix-Balgley. The students said the lec-

For as long as she can remember, Veronica Ellis has been competitive. Really competitive. If it was a game, the sophomore midfielder said she wanted to win it. If someone told her she couldn’t do something, she’d aim to prove them wrong. In elementary school, she was sitting around the pool with her grandfather at a family condo in Florida. Her grandfather told the young Ellis that she couldn’t stand on an inflatable raft in the middle of the pool for 10 seconds. “It would be too hard,” he told his granddaughter. Challenge accepted. “I stood there from probably 11 o’clock in the morning until 4:30 p.m. when everyone had left the pool until I got it,” Ellis said. “I guess I’ve always been that way.” In 27 games, Ellis has become a consistent rotational player for an IU team that advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament last season thanks to a game-winning goal off Ellis’ foot against DePaul. With the Big Ten season starting

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Noah Bendix-Balgley gives student Subin Shin tips on performing at a master class Tuesday at Auer Hall in the Jacobs School of Music.

sic and original understanding of music itself. Starting with simple steps helps students learn basics. “It’s a piece with that stormy emotion, so you really want to create the bold vision for the atmosphere .... Now add more passion here, more Agitato.” Ben-

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