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New name for SPEA By Lexi Haskell ldhaskel@iu.edu | @lexi_haskell
IU’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs, known to students as SPEA, has been renamed after former secretary of the U.S. Treasury Paul H. O’Neill in honor of his career and $30 million gift to the school. The school was ranked the top public affairs graduate program by U.S. News and World Report in 2018, and O'Neill's gift is intended to maintain that success. It will start the Paul H. O’Neill Center on Leadership in Public service, a dean’s initiatives fund, a scholarship program, a fellowship program and a variety of new professor and faculty positions, according to an IU press release. “My hope is that the school remains a place of excellence where future leaders can combine passion with action and develop the confidence they need to engage with society's greatest challenges and opportunities,” O’Neill said in the press release. O’Neill, who served under President George W. Bush from January 2001 to December 2002, received his Master of Public Administration from IU in 1966. He started working at the Veterans Administration, now the Department of Veterans Affairs, in 1961 before coming to IU, and through the government’s Education for Public Management program started attending the university, according to the press release. After IU, O’Neill worked various private, public and nonprofit jobs, at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, International Paper Co., RAND Corp. and Alcoa. He also co-founded the Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative, a nonprofit to address regional health care problems, before he was appointed Secretary of Treasury. SPEA officially became the Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs on March 4 after the Board of Trustees approved the change Dec. 7. A formal ceremony is being planned for later in the year, according to the press release.
Program comes to IU for fourth year
‘They’ve got my back’ Senior Dylan Harris has been training with his fraternity, Pi Kappa Alpha, for two years. This could be the first year he rides in the Little 500. By Christine Stephenson cistephe@iu.edu | @cistephenson23
For senior Dylan Harris, biking is best understood on what he calls Firehouse Hill. It’s a long, winding road right off Old State Road 37 by the Bloomington Township Fire Department. When it was still warm outside, Harris and his three teammates on Pi Kappa Alpha’s Little 500 bike team would ride along the road for endurance workouts. The road sits on a steep incline, Harris said. Once he thinks he’s coming up to the top, he turns the corner, and there’s another stretch of road. It feels like it’ll never end, but finally reaching the top is worth it. “It’s an ass-kicker,” he said. “But once you hit the top and go back down, you can get zipping at like 15 miles an hour.” After more than two years of training, this could be the first year Harris will be competing in IU’s Little 500 race if his team qualifies. His journey to get this far has been difficult but rewarding, he said — a bit like riding on firehouse hill. * * * On a typical day, Harris is very busy. Sometimes he is at Wells Library, working at University Information Technology Services. Other times he is at the
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Above Dylan Harris, Pike’s senior captain for the Little 500, stands March 5 outside Herman B Wells Library. This year’s men’s Little 500, which will be April 13, will be Harris’ first as a competitor. Top Dylan Harris, senior captain of the Pike Little 500 team, stands with other riders on the team. Harris will be competing in his first Little 500.
Kelley School of Business, where he is finishing up his supply chain management major, or sitting at his office hours at Pike, where he lends an ear as mental health chair of his fraternity. But once he gets the chance, he is biking. On an ideal day, he and his three teammates train for a few hours a day. Although this will be his first time competing, Harris’ history with biking travels back several years.
Senior Blake Jackson, Harris’ teammate, said the two have been friends since high school. When Jackson worked at Summit City Bicycles and Fitness, a bike shop in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Harris would sometimes visit. By about his third visit, Harris bought a bike. “He got attached to it,” Jackson said. SEE PIKE, PAGE 6
By Julia Locanto jlocanto@iu.edu | @julialocanto
IU is holding the 2019 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders for the fourth year in a row. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, the six-week leadership program will begin in mid-June. “It’s a really impactful program,” director of the fellowship Teshome Alemneh said. “These are young leaders that are becoming future leaders.” After applying for the grant in 2016, IU has been holding the civic engagement section of the fellowship since 2016. Vice President for International Affairs Hannah Buxbaum said the application process for the grant gets competitive because many universities sign up. The Office of International Development leads the fellowship. The program works with emerging leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa doing civic engagement work in their home countries. It assists them with academics, leadership skills and professional networking and job opportunities. Buxbaum said the variety of leadSEE MANDELA, PAGE 6
WIUX Culture Shock lineup announced By Abby Malala Abbridge@iu.edu | @abbymalala
The 33rd annual Culture Shock Music Festival, hosted by WIUX, will take place April 20 at Dunn Meadow. Saba, a Chicago-born rapper whose music is a fusion of hip-hop and jazz influences, is set to headline the festival. Saba first gained widespread attention after appearing on Chance the Rapper’s “Acid Rap” mixtape on the track “Everybody’s Something.” Saba and Chance performed the track on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” in 2015. Saba also performed an NPR Tiny Desk concert in October 2018. Other acts to perform include Lala Lala, the musical project by singer-songwriter Lillie West and Black Belt Eagle Scout, another project by a solo artist, Katherine Paul. SHAED, a pop trio based in Washington, D.C., will perform right before Saba. Psychedelic rock group Boa, Chicago-based rock band The Slaps, the rock band Chives out
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Emily Kempf of Lala Lala performs in 2017 at the Bishop bar. The band will be performing at this year’s Culture Shock Music Festival.
of Indianapolis, Indianapolis rappers Willis & Diop, singer-songwriter Allison Victoria and IU junior Katie O’Neill, who performs under the stage name ktfaithful, are also set to perform. DJ sets will be performed by
Bloomington-based DJ MADDØG, members of the IU Music Production Club and on-campus DJ group VD Collective. WIUX announced the lineup via Facebook and Instagram at 6 p.m. March 5. WIUX directors and staff
bit out of cupcakes with the names of the acts written on pieces of paper inside. The lineup was originally supposed to be announced in February, but the announcement was finally made Tuesday.