2006-02-03

              Monday evening Illinois
Wesleyan students and faculty
gathered in Presser Hall's
Westbrook Auditorium as they
took part in the worldwide com-memoration
of the 250th birth-day
of Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart. The year 2006 has
been deemed “The Year of
Mozart,” with numerous con-certs
and festivals planned
across the globe. In order to
celebrate the event locally, per-formers
from the School of
Music held a concert in honor of
the renowned composer.
Although Mozart was born in
Salzburg on Jan. 27, 1756, the
IWU tribute was intentionally
scheduled for Jan. 26 so that the
time of the performance would
coincide with the early morning
hours of Jan. 27 in Austria.
“Any opportunity to perform
is exciting, but to know that I
was part of something that was
going on around the world was
very special,” said junior vocal
performance major Jeremy
Fisher, who performed “Dies
Bildniss,” an aria from the opera
“The Magic Flute.”
The event was organized by
Dr. Linda Farquharson, IWU
professor of opera and voice,
and Professor Vadim Mazo,
head of the string department,
who chose the pieces performed
at the concert. “At first we each
selected about 30 minutes of
music for the concert, but it
became quite a Mozart
marathon--two hours without a
break,” Mazo said.
“Mozart composed in many
genres: opera, woodwind
ensembles, concerti, sym-phonies,
sacred choral music
and so on,” Farquharson said.
The pieces in the program,
which encompassed both vocal
and instrumental works, were
performed mainly in chronolog-ical
order, reflecting both the
broad scope and development of
Mozart's abilities.
Illinois Wesleyan University's Eta
chapter of Sigma Kappa was the
seventh chapter of the national
sorority originally founded 100
years ago at Colby College in
Waterville, Maine. It is also the
longest continuously active chapter
of all the Sigma Kappa chapters.
“Because we are the longest con-tinuous
running chapter, we also
have the privilege of holding the
original crest made by our founders,
which I consider a very significant
honor,” said Andrea Blank, presi-dent
of the IWU Sigma Kappa chap-ter.
This week the women of Sigma
Kappa have planned a number of
events to commemorate their chap-ter's
centennial anniversary.
On Friday, Feb. 3, in an effort to
foster the growth and development
of women in their house and on the
entire campus, the Sigma Kappas
will hold an all-campus symposium
at 12 p.m. in the Main Lounge of
Memorial Center. The symposium,
“Working Women: Emerging
Roles, Evolving Responsibilities”
will include a panel of Sigma Kappa
alumnae who will discuss their roles
as women and professionals.
Since the arrival of Danielle
Kuglin, the new director of Greek
life at Illinois Wesleyan, the Greek
system on campus is attempting to
incorporate a number of positive
changes and the centennial celebra-tion
marks the significance of the
sorority's history with the universi-ty.
“I feel that sustaining a sorority
on this campus not only speaks vol-
The Special Collections unit in
The Ames Library is hosting a series
of displays throughout the building
in hopes of increasing student satis-faction
with their library experience.
The “Art of the Book” displays
began in January and will be period-ically
changed throughout the spring
semester.
“The 'Art of the Book' is designed
to show off what we have here in the
library and invite people up to
Special Collections,” said Special
Collections Librarian Meg Miner.
The displays will include informa-tion
on the various ways books have
been made, historically and today.
Some of the upcoming displays
include binding techniques, illustra-tions
and printing. Many of these
exhibits will be in the circulation dis-play
case on the first floor.
Miner, an avid reader and book
collector, is keeping all of the collec-tions
for the displays in the archives
of the Special Collections unit on the
fourth floor of The Ames Library.
The archives are kept at a constant
temperature through a cooling sys-tem
and many of the books and pages
are placed in boxes so that they are
not harmed by light.
Miner said that some of the collec-tions
are not in the archives right
now because they are being cata-loged
in order for students to have
access to them.
The archives of The Ames Library
contain many old and rare materials
for the “Art of the Book” display.
One piece is a 16th century liturgi-cal
chant book created with pages
made out of sheepskin. There are
many other books with vellum cov-ers
and bindings.
Other artifacts include pages of a
book dating back to the year 1250.
Another book in the collection is
autographed by Pablo Picasso.
Some collection pieces contain
unique illustrations created by press-ing
copper or wood into the pages.
Many of the books have marbling
and other designs on the edges.
Minor is excited about the “Art of
the Book” display because she is
interested in gaining recognition for
the Special Collections.
Many of Illinois Wesleyan
University's students see the displays
as they walk into the Ames Library
but do not realize that they come
from the special collections unit or
that many of the exhibits are avail-able
for their use.
Miner hopes that the “Art of the
Book” will draw interest to the many
materials that the Ames Special
Collections unit has to offer.
“We don't want to be a museum.
We want this to be a place where stu-dents
can come and use the books,”
she said.
The Tate University Archives &
Special Collections is open on
Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:00
a.m. - noon and 1:00 p.m. - 5:00
p.m.; Tuesdays from 9:00 a.m. - noon
and 1:00 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.; and
Thursdays and Fridays from 9:00
a.m. - noon and 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Amy Kentos, a senior accounting
major who works at the front desk
for Special Collections, says that the
archives can be helpful.
“Students come here if they need
resources for projects. Sometimes
professors will tell
them to go to the
archives for pro-jects,”
Kentos
said.
Both Kentos
and Miner say that
students do not
often visit Special
C o l l e c t i o n s
because they do
not realize all of
the resources it
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S o r o r i t y
celebrates
centennial
D A N I E L L E L A U R I T S O N
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Special Collections displays to
celebrate the ‘Art of the Book’
Fire captain Nick Isaacs (left) and fireman Joseph Hoeniges inspect the damaged house.
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Every person has that one coach or
teacher that made a difference in
their life. Books are written about
them and their stories; movies are
made based upon their lives. Luther
Bedford was one such man. Bedford,
who attended Illinois Wesleyan and
graduated in 1959, died on Jan. 6,
2006 from cardiac arrest.
Luther Bedford grew up in
Rockford and was a tri-athlete at
Rockford West High School. As a
student at
IWU, Bedford
started all four
years on the
football team
and played for
a short while
on the basket-ball
team.
A f t e r
graduation,
B e d f o r d
became a
coach in the
C h i c a g o
Public League.
Bedford coached for 40 years at
Marshall High School, and was the
Commando's athletic director for 33
years.
As a coach, he lead the Marshall
High School Kings to 450 wins,
three Public League titles, and
reached the Class AA semifinals
three times as well. During his
tenure, Bedford became known as
the “Godfather” of the Public
League.
Bedford's accomplishments, how-ever,
stretched far beyond his win-ning
record, most notably during a
brief appearance in the popular, crit-ically-
acclaimed documentary,
“Hoop Dreams” in 1994. The movie
followed the lives and basketball
careers of two young men, one of
which, Arthur Agee, played for
Bedford.
While his film career was brief,
his influence over his players was
not. According to the Chicago
Tribune, Agee credits Bedford with
putting him “on the right path.”
"A coach can choose to do it the
right way or the easy way," Chicago
Public Schools chief Arne Duncan
said during the funeral service, held
Jan. 11. "He can coach to satisfy his
own ego or coach to shape the lives
of young people. Luther Bedford
always did it the right way."
A fire in an off-campus house
Tuesday afternoon left four Illinois
Wesleyan students without a home. No
one was inside the building at the time
of the fire and no one was injured.
Neighbors reported the fire at 215
Seminary Ave. in Bloomington just
before 1 p.m. after seeing smoke
throughout the neighborhood.
Damage was “severe,” Captain
Michael Walsh of the Bloomington
Fire Department said. The roof was
burnt off of the building and the attic
was destroyed. The cause of the blaze
is still unknown, though it is under
investigation. Fire officials estimated
the damage to be about $50,000,
although no official insurance estimate
had been issued as of press time.
According to a notice released to the
campus community, the students lost
all possessions inside the house as a
result of the fire.
IWU seniors Matt Arnold, Jeff
Schwartz, Dan Pfeiffer and Patrick
Cinquegrani had lived in the house.
The university has provided temporary
housing for them at Wilder House,
1407 N. Park St., and is assisting with
meals and other needs. The students
were unable to be reached for com-ment.
The kitchen of the Seminary Ave.
residence was being remodeled to be
brought to city code specifications for
a multi-unit structure, according to
Walsh. Workers were inside the home
earlier Tuesday morning, but had left
the residence before the fire began. No
connection has been made between the
remodeling and the blaze.
Some students noticed the fire even
while on campus. “At about 12:45
before going to class, I smelled smoke
in my dorm room” in Harriet Hall,
senior Molly McLay said. “I thought
maybe something was burning in our
building, but then my roommate came
back and told me she saw smoke all
the way down past Adams Hall and
Kroger.”
For McLay, the situation was dis-tressing.
“My friends and I drove past
the place last night and although the
house was standing, the roof was
entirely gone,” she said. “To know
there actually was a fire, with people I
know living there . . . it was very
upsetting to hear.”
Fire leaves students homeless
T H E A R G U S S TA F F
IWU alum,
legendary
coach dies
E R I E M A R T H A R O B E R T S
S TA F F W R I T E R
The award-winning “Hoop
Dreams” documentary
includes IWU alum Luther
Beford’s career as a coach.
Danielle Sanchez and Lauren Hodgson partic-ipate
in Saturday's clothing swap. Gulick Hall
sponsored the event to support sustainability.
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A M E L I A B E N N E R
S TA F F W R I T E R
L u t h e r
B e d f o r d
“I love that Mozart is just
as relevant today as he was
200 years ago.”
S O P H O M O R E B R I D G E T WA L L
FRENCH HORN PERFORMANCE MINOR
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
Inside:
• Photos of the fire (p. 2)