1 00:00:05,733 --> 00:00:09,666 "INDIANA NEWSDESK" IS MADE 2 00:00:06,400 --> 00:01:01,800 POSSIBLE IN PART BY: 3 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:04,633 >> COMING UP ON "INDIANA 4 00:01:04,633 --> 00:01:05,333 NEWSDESK," THERE ARE THOUSANDS 5 00:01:05,333 --> 00:01:07,733 OF JOBS OPEN IN INDIANA, BUT FEW 6 00:01:07,733 --> 00:01:09,333 PEOPLE WITH THE SKILLS NEEDED TO 7 00:01:09,333 --> 00:01:10,200 FILL THEM. 8 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:11,533 >> IT USED TO BE YOU WOULD HEAR, 9 00:01:11,533 --> 00:01:12,733 I JUST NEED A BODY. 10 00:01:12,733 --> 00:01:13,933 I JUST NEED SOMEBODY TO COME TO 11 00:01:13,933 --> 00:01:15,533 WORK AND SHOW UP ON TIME. 12 00:01:15,533 --> 00:01:17,700 BUT THAT'S REALLY NOT THE 13 00:01:17,700 --> 00:01:18,900 REALITY ANY LONGER. 14 00:01:18,900 --> 00:01:20,800 >> AHEAD IS THE STATE'S 15 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:21,800 INVESTMENT IN WORKFORCE 16 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:23,833 DEVELOPMENT MAKING A DIFFERENCE? 17 00:01:23,833 --> 00:01:24,866 >> IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR COLLEGES 18 00:01:24,866 --> 00:01:26,866 TO USE SPORTS AS A RECRUITING 19 00:01:26,866 --> 00:01:29,166 TOOL, BUT YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED 20 00:01:29,166 --> 00:01:30,633 TO FIND OUT WHAT SPORT IS 21 00:01:30,633 --> 00:01:32,000 DRAWING SOME STUDENTS TO A 22 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,000 CENTRAL INDIANA COLLEGE. 23 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:35,666 >> FOUR DIFFERENT DEANS, THEY 24 00:01:35,666 --> 00:01:38,966 ALL PITCHED IN $2,000 FOR A 25 00:01:38,966 --> 00:01:39,866 $10,000 PRIZE POOL TOTAL. 26 00:01:39,866 --> 00:01:41,633 WE HAVE $10,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS 27 00:01:41,633 --> 00:01:42,266 TO OFFER. 28 00:01:42,266 --> 00:01:43,666 >> COMING UP, WE WILL LOOK AT 29 00:01:43,666 --> 00:01:45,466 THE GROWING WORLD OF ESPORTS. 30 00:01:45,466 --> 00:01:46,766 >>> AND WE WILL SHOW YOU A PIECE 31 00:01:46,766 --> 00:01:48,966 OF ART THAT MOVES AND REACTS TO 32 00:01:48,966 --> 00:01:49,533 YOUR PRESENCE. 33 00:01:49,533 --> 00:01:52,033 THOSE STORIES, PLUS LATEST NEWS 34 00:01:52,033 --> 00:01:59,166 HEADLINES FROM ACROSS THE STATE, 35 00:01:54,700 --> 00:01:59,700 RIGHT NOW ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK." 36 00:01:59,700 --> 00:02:09,333 ♪♪ 37 00:02:09,333 --> 00:02:10,600 >>> WELCOME TO "INDIANA 38 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:10,966 NEWSDESK." 39 00:02:10,966 --> 00:02:11,966 I'M JOE HREN. 40 00:02:11,966 --> 00:02:13,400 THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF 41 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:14,533 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ESTIMATES 42 00:02:14,533 --> 00:02:15,833 THERE WILL BE MORE THAN 43 00:02:15,833 --> 00:02:17,566 1 MILLION JOBS TO FILL IN THE 44 00:02:17,566 --> 00:02:19,966 STATE BY 2024, AND MOST OF THEM 45 00:02:19,966 --> 00:02:22,033 WON'T REQUIRE A COLLEGE DEGREE. 46 00:02:22,033 --> 00:02:23,600 INSTEAD, MANY EMPLOYERS WILL BE 47 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,000 LOOKING FOR HIGHLY SKILLED 48 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:27,133 WORKERS WITH SPECIALIZED 49 00:02:27,133 --> 00:02:28,933 CERTIFICATESCERTIFICATES TO FILL POSITIONS 50 00:02:28,933 --> 00:02:30,266 IN EVERYTHING FROM MANUFACTURING 51 00:02:30,266 --> 00:02:30,900 TO HEALTHCARE. 52 00:02:30,900 --> 00:02:32,566 THE STATE IS SPENDING A LOT OF 53 00:02:32,566 --> 00:02:34,300 TIME AND MONEY TRYING TO ADDRESS 54 00:02:34,300 --> 00:02:36,233 THOSE WORKFORCE NEEDS THROUGH 55 00:02:36,233 --> 00:02:37,933 LEGISLATION, PASSED EARLIER THIS 56 00:02:37,933 --> 00:02:39,933 YEAR, BUT AS BARBARA BROSHER 57 00:02:39,933 --> 00:02:40,700 REPORTS, SOME QUESTION WHETHER 58 00:02:40,700 --> 00:02:42,933 THE MEASURES ARE TRULY TACKLING 59 00:02:42,933 --> 00:02:45,333 THE PROBLEM. 60 00:02:45,333 --> 00:02:47,166 >> SO WELCOME TO GERAGHTY TOOLS 61 00:02:47,166 --> 00:02:47,500 COMPANY. 62 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:48,533 >> THERE'S A LOT GOING ON WHEN 63 00:02:48,533 --> 00:02:51,733 YOU STOP ON TO THE FLOOR AT 64 00:02:51,733 --> 00:02:52,600 GERAGHTY TOOL COMPANY IN 65 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:53,066 INDIANAPOLIS. 66 00:02:53,066 --> 00:02:54,733 WORKERS HERE ARE BUSY USING A 67 00:02:54,733 --> 00:02:56,233 VARIETY OF DIFFERENT METHODS TO 68 00:02:56,233 --> 00:03:01,000 MAKE METAL PARTS. 69 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:02,366 >> GERAGHTY TOOL COMPANY IS 70 00:03:02,366 --> 00:03:04,200 BIOMEDICAL, AEROSPACE CONTRACT 71 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:05,500 MACHINING COMPANY. 72 00:03:05,500 --> 00:03:06,333 >> COMPONENTS MANUFACTURED HERE 73 00:03:06,333 --> 00:03:08,600 UNDER HIGH DEMAND. 74 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,300 SO GARRITY TOOLS STAYS BUSY, BUT 75 00:03:11,300 --> 00:03:13,333 BOSS OFTEN SAYS HE HAS A HARD 76 00:03:13,333 --> 00:03:15,266 TIME FILLING OPEN POSITIONS 77 00:03:15,266 --> 00:03:16,700 DESPITE GETTING DOZEN OF 78 00:03:16,700 --> 00:03:17,100 APPLICANTS. 79 00:03:17,100 --> 00:03:19,333 >> WE DO LOOK AT PEOPLE WOULD 80 00:03:19,333 --> 00:03:21,433 CAN DIFFERENTIATE THEMSELVES. 81 00:03:21,433 --> 00:03:22,633 COME THROUGH -- WHETHER IT'S AN 82 00:03:22,633 --> 00:03:23,833 IVY TECH, SOME PROGRAM WHERE 83 00:03:23,833 --> 00:03:25,500 THEY HAVE A BASELINE OF 84 00:03:25,500 --> 00:03:27,233 KNOWLEDGE IN MANUFACTURING. 85 00:03:27,233 --> 00:03:28,366 >> AN INCREASING NUMBER OF 86 00:03:28,366 --> 00:03:29,333 INDIANA COMPANIES ARE LOOKING 87 00:03:29,333 --> 00:03:31,033 FOR WORKERS LIKE THAT, INCLUDING 88 00:03:31,033 --> 00:03:33,466 THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. 89 00:03:33,466 --> 00:03:34,866 KERRY BLEDSOE IS THE CHIEF 90 00:03:34,866 --> 00:03:37,400 OPERATING OFFICER OF STIMULUS 91 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:39,400 ENGINEERING SERVICES. 92 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:41,366 HELPSFIND PEOPLE TO FILL 93 00:03:41,366 --> 00:03:43,966 CONTRACT POSITIONS AT THE NEARBY 94 00:03:43,966 --> 00:03:46,266 NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE DIVISION, 95 00:03:46,266 --> 00:03:47,466 CRANE CENTER, AND SOMETIMES HE 96 00:03:47,466 --> 00:03:48,766 HAS TO RECRUIT PEOPLE FROM OUT 97 00:03:48,766 --> 00:03:49,300 OF STATE. 98 00:03:49,300 --> 00:03:51,633 >> WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT LOCAL 99 00:03:51,633 --> 00:03:53,700 UNIVERSITIES, BUT OUR PROBLEM 100 00:03:53,700 --> 00:03:54,766 SEEMS TO BE THEY ARE LOOKING FOR 101 00:03:54,766 --> 00:03:55,500 PEOPLE WITH EXPERIENCE. 102 00:03:55,500 --> 00:03:56,700 THEY ARE LOOKING FOR 103 00:03:56,700 --> 00:03:57,233 TECHNICIANS. 104 00:03:57,233 --> 00:03:59,300 >> GOVERNOR ERIC HOLCOMB 105 00:03:59,300 --> 00:04:00,633 RECOGNIZED THAT CHALLENGE AND 106 00:04:00,633 --> 00:04:02,133 MADE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ONE 107 00:04:02,133 --> 00:04:03,833 OF HIS TOP PRIORITIES WHEN HE 108 00:04:03,833 --> 00:04:04,433 CAME INTO OFFICE. 109 00:04:04,433 --> 00:04:06,200 HE SIGNED A COUPLE OF BILLS THIS 110 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,133 YEAR TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE 111 00:04:08,133 --> 00:04:08,933 SKILLS GAPS. 112 00:04:08,933 --> 00:04:11,000 ONE OF THEM EXPANDS THE 113 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:12,966 ELIGIBILITY FOR WORKFORCE READY 114 00:04:12,966 --> 00:04:14,366 GRANTS, WHICH PROVIDE FREE 115 00:04:14,366 --> 00:04:20,100 TRAINING AND HIGH DEMAND 116 00:04:20,100 --> 00:04:21,566 INDUSTRIES, IVY TECH COMMUNITY 117 00:04:21,566 --> 00:04:24,066 COLLEGE IS A MAJOR PARTNER. 118 00:04:24,066 --> 00:04:27,500 JANET RUMEL SAYS ABOUT 16,000 119 00:04:27,500 --> 00:04:28,933 STUDENTS EXPRESSED LINT IN THE 120 00:04:28,933 --> 00:04:30,666 WORKFORCE READY GRANTS, ONLY A 121 00:04:30,666 --> 00:04:32,300 SMALL NUMBER QUALIFIED. 122 00:04:32,300 --> 00:04:35,000 >> IN PART IT WAS BECAUSE 123 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,100 SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAD BEEN IN A 124 00:04:37,100 --> 00:04:38,333 PROGRAM, IN AN ACADEMIC PROGRAM 125 00:04:38,333 --> 00:04:39,666 IN THE PAST AND PERHAPS THEY 126 00:04:39,666 --> 00:04:42,066 DIDN'T DO WELL ACADEMICALLY, AND 127 00:04:42,066 --> 00:04:44,500 SO THEY WERE REALLY DEEMED 128 00:04:44,500 --> 00:04:45,133 INELIGIBLE. 129 00:04:45,133 --> 00:04:46,966 >> LEGISLATORS CHANGED SOME OF 130 00:04:46,966 --> 00:04:49,500 THE ELIGIBILITY RULES TO 131 00:04:49,500 --> 00:04:51,400 ELIMINATE THOSE BARRIERS BUT THE 132 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:52,666 PARTNERSHIP WITH IVY TECH IS ONE 133 00:04:52,666 --> 00:04:54,200 OF SEVERAL STATE INITIATIVES TO 134 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:55,800 ADDRESS THE SKILLED WORKER 135 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:56,166 SHORTAGE. 136 00:04:56,166 --> 00:04:57,866 AND SOME WORRY INDIANA STRATEGY 137 00:04:57,866 --> 00:04:59,566 ISN'T STREAMLINED ENOUGH TO MAKE 138 00:04:59,566 --> 00:05:01,000 AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT. 139 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,566 >> THERE WAS NO REAL OVERARCHING 140 00:05:03,566 --> 00:05:04,800 REFORM AND WE WERE DISAPPOINTED 141 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:05,766 IN THAT BECAUSE WE THOUGHT WE 142 00:05:05,766 --> 00:05:06,933 WERE GOING TO DO THIS. 143 00:05:06,933 --> 00:05:09,266 WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR A REAL 144 00:05:09,266 --> 00:05:10,300 WHOLESALE REFORM OF OUR 145 00:05:10,300 --> 00:05:11,066 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM FOR 146 00:05:11,066 --> 00:05:13,166 A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW. 147 00:05:13,166 --> 00:05:14,200 >> THE INDIANA MANUFACTURERS 148 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:16,566 ASSOCIATION IS A STATEWIDE 149 00:05:16,566 --> 00:05:17,200 ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION. 150 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:19,100 IT CAME OUT AGAINST ONE OF THE 151 00:05:19,100 --> 00:05:20,633 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BILLS THIS 152 00:05:20,633 --> 00:05:22,766 YEAR THAT DID AWAY WITH THE 153 00:05:22,766 --> 00:05:24,200 STATE WORKFORCE INNOVATION 154 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:26,300 COUNCIL, AND REPLACED IT WITH AN 155 00:05:26,300 --> 00:05:28,500 APPOINTED GOVERNOR'S WORKFORCE 156 00:05:28,500 --> 00:05:28,833 CABINET. 157 00:05:28,833 --> 00:05:30,500 IN A LETTER REQUESTING A FEDERAL 158 00:05:30,500 --> 00:05:32,733 WAIVER TO MAKE THE CHANGE, 159 00:05:32,733 --> 00:05:35,066 HOLCOMB SAYS IT WILL ALLOW FOR A 160 00:05:35,066 --> 00:05:36,166 MORE NIMBLE CABINET, AS WELL AS 161 00:05:36,166 --> 00:05:37,900 MORE DIRECT EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT 162 00:05:37,900 --> 00:05:39,333 AND URGENCY. 163 00:05:39,333 --> 00:05:43,300 >> THE TIME FOR STUDY IS OVER. 164 00:05:43,300 --> 00:05:44,266 GOVERNOR HOLCOMB SAID THAT THIS 165 00:05:44,266 --> 00:05:46,433 WAS THE DEFINING ISSUE OF THE 166 00:05:46,433 --> 00:05:46,766 DECADE. 167 00:05:46,766 --> 00:05:47,833 WE ARE HOPING IT'S NOT THE 168 00:05:47,833 --> 00:05:51,566 DECADE WE ARE CURRENTLY IN WHICH 169 00:05:51,566 --> 00:05:55,133 ONLY HAS A YEAR AND A HALF LEFT, 170 00:05:55,133 --> 00:05:56,966 BECAUSE IT'S BEGINNING TO FEEL 171 00:05:56,966 --> 00:05:59,133 LIKE WE MAY BE PAST THE BALL. 172 00:05:59,133 --> 00:06:02,000 >> THE WORKFORCE READINESS 173 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,433 CHALLENGES ARE MULTIFACETS. 174 00:06:03,433 --> 00:06:05,300 THEY INVOLVE EDUCATION, 175 00:06:05,300 --> 00:06:06,866 EMPLOYERS AND A SIGNIFICANT 176 00:06:06,866 --> 00:06:07,833 INVESTMENT OF TIME AND MONEY. 177 00:06:07,833 --> 00:06:09,066 SOME ARGUE IT'S AN ISSUE THE 178 00:06:09,066 --> 00:06:10,800 STATE CAN'T ADDRESS ALONE. 179 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:14,566 >> THE MORE SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS 180 00:06:14,566 --> 00:06:16,166 TO ADDRESS THAT GAP TEND TO BE 181 00:06:16,166 --> 00:06:18,500 IN AREAS WHERE THERE'S AN ACTIVE 182 00:06:18,500 --> 00:06:20,433 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, 183 00:06:20,433 --> 00:06:22,100 OR ORGANIZATION AT THE LOCAL OR 184 00:06:22,100 --> 00:06:23,933 REGIONAL LEVEL, WHO ARE WORKING 185 00:06:23,933 --> 00:06:25,466 WITH EMPLOYERS TO FIND OUT WHAT 186 00:06:25,466 --> 00:06:28,566 THEY NEED AND THEN COORDINATING 187 00:06:28,566 --> 00:06:29,966 WITH THE REAL ESTATE COMMUNITY, 188 00:06:29,966 --> 00:06:32,633 WITH THE EDUCATIONAL 189 00:06:32,633 --> 00:06:33,566 INSTITUTIONS, TO MAKE SURE THAT 190 00:06:33,566 --> 00:06:35,166 THE KINDS OF TRAINING NEEDED FOR 191 00:06:35,166 --> 00:06:36,966 THOSE JOBS IS BEING PROVIDED AND 192 00:06:36,966 --> 00:06:38,800 THE KINDS OF HOUSING THAT THOSE 193 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:40,100 WORKERS CAN AFFORD, SOMEONE WILL 194 00:06:40,100 --> 00:06:40,500 BUILD IT. 195 00:06:40,500 --> 00:06:43,433 >> AND WHAT WE DO IS IMPORTANT. 196 00:06:43,433 --> 00:06:44,000 >> BOSS AGREES. 197 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,333 HE THINKS COMPANIES LIKE 198 00:06:46,333 --> 00:06:47,333 GERAGHTY TOOLS NEED TO BE 199 00:06:47,333 --> 00:06:48,500 INVOLVED IN BOTH BUILDING AND 200 00:06:48,500 --> 00:06:50,966 FUELING THE WORKFORCE PIPELINE. 201 00:06:50,966 --> 00:06:51,933 >> I DON'T LIKE THIS WHEN 202 00:06:51,933 --> 00:06:53,533 COMPANIES WILL GO OUT AND 203 00:06:53,533 --> 00:06:55,900 COMPLAIN ABOUT WHAT THE SCHOOLS 204 00:06:55,900 --> 00:06:57,633 ARE OR ARE NOT DOING, AS FAR AS 205 00:06:57,633 --> 00:06:59,300 PREPARING WORKFORCE US, BECAUSE 206 00:06:59,300 --> 00:07:01,033 IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO BE A 207 00:07:01,033 --> 00:07:02,400 PART OF THE SOLUTION. 208 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:04,066 >> THE NEED TO SKILL WORKERS UP 209 00:07:04,066 --> 00:07:06,166 WILL ONLY GET MORE URGENT OVER 210 00:07:06,166 --> 00:07:06,966 THE NEXT FEW YEARS. 211 00:07:06,966 --> 00:07:09,066 AS MORE BABY BOOMERS RETIRE FROM 212 00:07:09,066 --> 00:07:10,400 THE WORKFORCE. 213 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:13,000 AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S 214 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:14,200 CONSTANTLY ON BOSS' MIND? 215 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:15,600 >> I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF MY 216 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:16,500 COLLEAGUES AND WE WERE TALKING 217 00:07:16,500 --> 00:07:19,233 ABOUT THE AVERAGE AGE OF OUR 218 00:07:19,233 --> 00:07:19,600 WORKFORCE. 219 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:21,200 THAT'S BACK TO THE PIPELINE AND 220 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:23,000 THAT'S BACK TO GETTING YOUNG 221 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,100 PEOPLE REENGAGED IN THE IDEA OF 222 00:07:25,100 --> 00:07:26,766 CAREERS IN MANUFACTURING. 223 00:07:26,766 --> 00:07:28,233 >> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M 224 00:07:28,233 --> 00:07:31,066 BARBARA BROSHER. 225 00:07:31,066 --> 00:07:32,500 >> HOLCOMB ANNOUNCED HIS 226 00:07:32,500 --> 00:07:33,533 APPOINTMENTS TO THE GOVERNOR'S 227 00:07:33,533 --> 00:07:34,700 WORKFORCE CABINET THIS WEEK, BUT 228 00:07:34,700 --> 00:07:35,966 THE FIRST MEETING DATE HASN'T 229 00:07:35,966 --> 00:07:37,533 BEEN DETERMINED. 230 00:07:37,533 --> 00:07:39,900 >>> NOW, FOR HEADLINES, WE GO 231 00:07:39,900 --> 00:07:42,500 OVER TO BARBARA BROSHER WHO HAS 232 00:07:42,500 --> 00:07:43,900 THE LATEST ON THIS WEEK'S TOP 233 00:07:43,900 --> 00:07:44,433 STORIES. 234 00:07:44,433 --> 00:07:45,000 >> THANKS, JOE. 235 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,033 STATE LAWMAKERS ARE TARGETING 236 00:07:47,033 --> 00:07:47,900 MAY 14th FOR A SPECIAL SESSION 237 00:07:47,900 --> 00:07:50,533 TO ADDRESS A FEW ISSUES THAT 238 00:07:50,533 --> 00:07:51,233 COULDN'T GET OVER THE FINISH 239 00:07:51,233 --> 00:07:52,600 LINE DURING THE REGULAR SESSION 240 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:54,400 THAT ENDED LAST MONTH. 241 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:56,566 HOUSE SPEAKER BRIAN BOSMA SAYS 242 00:07:56,566 --> 00:07:58,466 HE'S CONFIDENT LEGISLATORS WILL 243 00:07:58,466 --> 00:08:00,666 ONLY NEED ONE DAY OF SPECIAL 244 00:08:00,666 --> 00:08:02,400 SESSION TO CONCLUDE THEIR WORK. 245 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:03,466 AND THEY WILL ONLY CONSIDER A 246 00:08:03,466 --> 00:08:09,100 FEW ISSUES, FEDERAL TAX 247 00:08:09,100 --> 00:08:10,400 CONFORMITY, A MUNCIE GARY SCHOOL 248 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,200 TAKEOVER BILL IN THE SPECIAL 249 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:12,533 SESSION. 250 00:08:12,533 --> 00:08:13,800 THEY MAY ALSO CONSIDER SOME 251 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:15,000 TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS DURING THE 252 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,133 SPECIAL SESSION TO FIX 253 00:08:17,133 --> 00:08:18,766 UNINTENDED FLAWS IN LEGISLATION, 254 00:08:18,766 --> 00:08:22,166 PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR. 255 00:08:22,166 --> 00:08:23,200 >>> MEMBERS OF THE BLACK LIVES 256 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:24,466 MATTER BLOOMINGTON CONTINUE TO 257 00:08:24,466 --> 00:08:26,300 SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE 258 00:08:26,300 --> 00:08:28,200 CITY'S RECENT PURCHASE OF AN 259 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,000 ARMORED VEHICLE AT CITY COUNCIL 260 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:30,600 MEETS. 261 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:31,900 RATHER THAN INTERRUPTING THIS 262 00:08:31,900 --> 00:08:33,600 WEEK'S MEETING LIKE IN PREVIOUS 263 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:35,200 WEEKS, ACTIVISTS SPOKE ONLY 264 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:36,600 DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT 265 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:36,966 PORTION. 266 00:08:36,966 --> 00:08:39,133 THEY SAY, IT'S PART OF A NEW 267 00:08:39,133 --> 00:08:40,700 LONG-TERM STRATEGY TO LET THE 268 00:08:40,700 --> 00:08:43,466 COUNCIL KNOW THEY ARE NOT GOING 269 00:08:43,466 --> 00:08:45,933 AWAY ANY TIME SOON. 270 00:08:45,933 --> 00:08:47,533 >> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 271 00:08:47,533 --> 00:08:51,133 WHAT WE ARE DOING IS 272 00:08:51,133 --> 00:08:51,533 SUSTAINABLE. 273 00:08:51,533 --> 00:08:52,700 WE WANT TO BROAD AND WHEN OUR 274 00:08:52,700 --> 00:08:54,533 OPTIONS ARE. 275 00:08:54,533 --> 00:08:55,800 >> BLACK LIVES MATTERS MEMBERS 276 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:57,700 ARE TRYING TO GET A RESOLUTION 277 00:08:57,700 --> 00:08:59,433 IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL 278 00:08:59,433 --> 00:09:02,000 ASKING FOR THE CITY TO HALT THE 279 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:03,700 ARMORED VEHICLE PURCHASE. 280 00:09:03,700 --> 00:09:04,766 BUT THEY DIDN'T GET THE MAJORITY 281 00:09:04,766 --> 00:09:06,166 OF COUNCILMEMBERS REQUIRED TO 282 00:09:06,166 --> 00:09:08,200 PUT THE MEASURE ON A MEETING 283 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:08,533 AGENDA. 284 00:09:08,533 --> 00:09:09,966 REED SAYS ACTIVISTS ARE WORKING 285 00:09:09,966 --> 00:09:11,566 WITH SOME COUNCILMEMBERS TO GET 286 00:09:11,566 --> 00:09:13,233 A VERSION OF THAT RESOLUTION 287 00:09:13,233 --> 00:09:15,933 HEARD. 288 00:09:15,933 --> 00:09:18,733 >> THE GOP TAX BILL ENDED THE 289 00:09:18,733 --> 00:09:19,933 INDIVIDUAL MANDATE THAT REQUIRES 290 00:09:19,933 --> 00:09:21,600 AMERICANS TO HAVE INSURANCE. 291 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,033 A NEW ANALYSIS OF ITS IMPACT 292 00:09:24,033 --> 00:09:26,466 PREDICTS MANY HOOSIERS MAY OPT 293 00:09:26,466 --> 00:09:27,433 OUT. 294 00:09:27,433 --> 00:09:28,933 AMERICANS FOR TAX FAIRNESS, A 295 00:09:28,933 --> 00:09:30,766 COALITION OF NONPROFITS PREPARED 296 00:09:30,766 --> 00:09:31,466 THE REPORT. 297 00:09:31,466 --> 00:09:34,233 IT PREDICTS THAT MORE THAN 298 00:09:34,233 --> 00:09:37,033 240,000 HOOSIERS WILL OPT OUT OF 299 00:09:37,033 --> 00:09:38,166 INSURANCE BY 2025. 300 00:09:38,166 --> 00:09:40,700 THE PAPER SUGGESTS CUTS TO 301 00:09:40,700 --> 00:09:42,533 SOCIAL PROGRAMS, INCLUDING 302 00:09:42,533 --> 00:09:44,300 MEDICARE, DIABILITY, AND SNAP 303 00:09:44,300 --> 00:09:46,500 COULD BE USED TO PAY FOR THE NEW 304 00:09:46,500 --> 00:09:49,066 TAX CUTS. 305 00:09:49,066 --> 00:09:50,300 >>> WELL, FOUR YEARS AGO THE 306 00:09:50,300 --> 00:09:51,800 POPULAR RIDE SHARING SERVICE 307 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:53,500 UBER LAUNCHED IN SEVERAL INDIANA 308 00:09:53,500 --> 00:09:55,233 COLLEGE TOWNS, INCLUDING 309 00:09:55,233 --> 00:09:55,633 BLOOMINGTON. 310 00:09:55,633 --> 00:09:58,933 AT THE TIME, SOME LOCAL TAXI 311 00:09:58,933 --> 00:10:00,333 COMPANIES WORRIED THE SHARING 312 00:10:00,333 --> 00:10:01,833 ECONOMY COULD PUT THEM OUT OF 313 00:10:01,833 --> 00:10:03,766 BUSINESS. 314 00:10:03,766 --> 00:10:05,166 AS MIRANDA FULMORE REPORTS, SOME 315 00:10:05,166 --> 00:10:07,433 OF THOSE FEARS CAME TRUE. 316 00:10:07,433 --> 00:10:11,100 >> THIS IS MY DREAM CAR. 317 00:10:11,100 --> 00:10:12,433 DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS? 318 00:10:12,433 --> 00:10:13,266 >> I DON'T KNOW. 319 00:10:13,266 --> 00:10:15,933 >> IT'S A STUDEBAKER. 320 00:10:15,933 --> 00:10:17,400 >> SHOWING OFF HIS VARIOUS 321 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:19,233 MODELS OF VINTAGE CARS, JAMES 322 00:10:19,233 --> 00:10:20,766 McCLEARY SAYS SOME OF HIS 323 00:10:20,766 --> 00:10:23,733 FAVORITES ARE HIS TAXICABS. 324 00:10:23,733 --> 00:10:26,033 McCLEARY SPENT 47 YEARS IN 325 00:10:26,033 --> 00:10:27,000 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, SERVING 326 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,066 THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, 327 00:10:29,066 --> 00:10:31,566 BLOOMINGTON TRANSIT, AND THE 328 00:10:31,566 --> 00:10:33,500 INTERNATIONAL TAXI ASSOCIATION. 329 00:10:33,500 --> 00:10:36,100 BUT HE'S MOST PROUD OF LAUNCHING 330 00:10:36,100 --> 00:10:38,733 E2 TAXI IN BLOOMINGTON AND TERRE 331 00:10:38,733 --> 00:10:39,033 HAUTE. 332 00:10:39,033 --> 00:10:42,433 HE STARTED IN 2012, WITH FOUR 333 00:10:42,433 --> 00:10:44,800 MV1 VEHICLES TO SERVE HOOSIERS 334 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:45,866 WITH DISABILITIES. 335 00:10:45,866 --> 00:10:48,466 >> THE IDEA WAS TO PROVIDE A 336 00:10:48,466 --> 00:10:49,000 COMMUNITY SERVICE. 337 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:50,566 I MEAN, REALLY AND TRULY. 338 00:10:50,566 --> 00:10:52,300 I WANTED TO MAKE MONEY, THERE'S 339 00:10:52,300 --> 00:10:52,933 NO QUESTION. 340 00:10:52,933 --> 00:10:54,500 BUT THE REAL GOAL WAS TO PROVIDE 341 00:10:54,500 --> 00:10:55,766 A COMMUNITY SERVICE. 342 00:10:55,766 --> 00:10:59,466 >> BUT LIKE MANY LOCAL TAXI 343 00:10:59,466 --> 00:11:01,533 COMPANIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 344 00:11:01,533 --> 00:11:02,933 McCLEARY STRUGGLED TO KEEP HIS 345 00:11:02,933 --> 00:11:04,433 BUSINESS RUNNING BECAUSE HE CON 346 00:11:04,433 --> 00:11:05,333 COMPETE WITH UBER. 347 00:11:05,333 --> 00:11:07,200 >> AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF 348 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:09,100 THE END. 349 00:11:09,100 --> 00:11:10,200 THEY JUST -- THEY ARE ABLE TO 350 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:12,033 PUT MORE VEHICLES ON THE STREET 351 00:11:12,033 --> 00:11:12,700 AT NIGHTS. 352 00:11:12,700 --> 00:11:15,400 WE USED TO PUT 15 VEHICLES ON 353 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:17,833 THE STREET EVERY FRIDAY, 354 00:11:17,833 --> 00:11:18,333 SATURDAY NIGHT. 355 00:11:18,333 --> 00:11:20,733 YOU KNOW, WE STARTED LOSING OUR 356 00:11:20,733 --> 00:11:22,133 DRIVERS TO UBER. 357 00:11:22,133 --> 00:11:22,966 >> McCLEARY SAYS HE SENT A 358 00:11:22,966 --> 00:11:25,900 LETTER TO FORMER BLOOMINGTON 359 00:11:25,900 --> 00:11:27,666 MAYOR, MARK KRUZAN ASKING TO 360 00:11:27,666 --> 00:11:29,033 REJECT THE UBER PROPOSAL BUT 361 00:11:29,033 --> 00:11:31,700 CURRENT MAYOR JOHN HAMILTON SAYS 362 00:11:31,700 --> 00:11:33,266 KRUZAN MADE THE RIGHT DECISION. 363 00:11:33,266 --> 00:11:35,266 >> THE ECONOMY CHANGES REALLY 364 00:11:35,266 --> 00:11:35,566 FAST. 365 00:11:35,566 --> 00:11:36,866 WE DON'T -- WE WANT TO BE ON THE 366 00:11:36,866 --> 00:11:38,266 FRONT SIDE OF THAT, NOT THE BACK 367 00:11:38,266 --> 00:11:39,133 SIDE OF THAT. 368 00:11:39,133 --> 00:11:43,333 SO I -- YOU KNOW, UBER IS 369 00:11:43,333 --> 00:11:43,733 DISRUPTIVE. 370 00:11:43,733 --> 00:11:45,600 LYFT IS DISRUPTIVE, BUT THEY ARE 371 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:46,733 DISRUPTIVE BECAUSE THEY ARE, IN 372 00:11:46,733 --> 00:11:48,233 MY VIEW, MEETING SOME NEEDS THAT 373 00:11:48,233 --> 00:11:49,700 ARE OUT THERE. 374 00:11:49,700 --> 00:11:50,766 >> McCLEARY SAYS HE EVENTUALLY 375 00:11:50,766 --> 00:11:52,633 LOST HIS EMPLOYEES TO UBER. 376 00:11:52,633 --> 00:11:56,133 HE SAYS THE COMPANY'S LAX 377 00:11:56,133 --> 00:11:57,966 EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS AND THE 378 00:11:57,966 --> 00:12:02,233 ABILITY FOR THE DRIVERS TO SET 379 00:12:02,233 --> 00:12:04,866 THEIR OWN SCHEDULES. 380 00:12:04,866 --> 00:12:06,466 >> WE HAVE TO PROVIDE 24-HOUR 381 00:12:06,466 --> 00:12:07,166 SERVICE. 382 00:12:07,166 --> 00:12:08,633 UBER, YOU CAN GO OUT AND DRIVE 383 00:12:08,633 --> 00:12:10,033 FOR FOUR HOURS AND THAT'S IT. 384 00:12:10,033 --> 00:12:11,533 IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN GO OUT 385 00:12:11,533 --> 00:12:13,066 FROM 11:00 TO 3:00 IN THE 386 00:12:13,066 --> 00:12:14,033 MORNING ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND 387 00:12:14,033 --> 00:12:15,500 MAKE A TON OF MONEY. 388 00:12:15,500 --> 00:12:17,566 >> BUT NOT ALL BLOOMINGTON TAXI 389 00:12:17,566 --> 00:12:18,966 COMPANIES ARE STRUGGLING. 390 00:12:18,966 --> 00:12:21,666 RED TIRE TAXI OPENED IN 2011 AND 391 00:12:21,666 --> 00:12:23,500 DRIVERS CAN'T MEET THE DEMAND! 392 00:12:23,500 --> 00:12:25,200 >> WE ARE ACTUALLY FINDING 393 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:26,066 OURSELVES UNABLE TO SERVE 394 00:12:26,066 --> 00:12:27,366 EVERYONE THAT'S LOOKING TO 395 00:12:27,366 --> 00:12:29,800 OBTAIN OUR SERVICE. 396 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:31,966 WE ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING NOR MORE 397 00:12:31,966 --> 00:12:32,300 DRIVER. 398 00:12:32,300 --> 00:12:33,400 >> HE SAYS ONE THING THAT HELPS 399 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:35,266 BUSINESS IS BEING WILLING TO 400 00:12:35,266 --> 00:12:36,666 DRIVE WHERE OTHERS MIGHT NOT. 401 00:12:36,666 --> 00:12:38,933 >> WE HAVE A VERY LARGE RADIUS. 402 00:12:38,933 --> 00:12:40,966 WE ACTUALLY SERVE ALL OF INDIANA 403 00:12:40,966 --> 00:12:42,400 WHEN REQUESTED. 404 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:43,733 SO -- AND THAT DOES HAPPEN FROM 405 00:12:43,733 --> 00:12:44,866 TIME TO TIME, AND WE HAVE EVEN 406 00:12:44,866 --> 00:12:46,400 BEEN KNOWN TO GO TO O'HARE 407 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:47,633 AIRPORT TO CHICAGO. 408 00:12:47,633 --> 00:12:49,266 >> BUT McCLEARY SAYS HE THINKS 409 00:12:49,266 --> 00:12:51,600 RIDE SHARING SERVICES COULD FACE 410 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:53,700 TOUGH COMPETITION IN THE FUTURE. 411 00:12:53,700 --> 00:12:57,566 >> I REALLY BELIEVE FIRMLY THAT 412 00:12:57,566 --> 00:12:59,233 THE AUTONOMOUS CAR IS GOING TO 413 00:12:59,233 --> 00:13:02,100 BE ONE OF OUR SALVATIONS. 414 00:13:02,100 --> 00:13:03,900 FIRST OF ALL, I LOVE DRIVERS BUT 415 00:13:03,900 --> 00:13:05,133 YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH 416 00:13:05,133 --> 00:13:06,500 THEM. 417 00:13:06,500 --> 00:13:08,433 >> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M 418 00:13:08,433 --> 00:13:11,066 MIRANDA FULMORE. 419 00:13:11,066 --> 00:13:12,366 >>> A NEW NATIONAL REPORT 420 00:13:12,366 --> 00:13:16,500 OUTLINES THE IMPACT OF POLLUTION 421 00:13:16,500 --> 00:13:18,033 IN INDIANA ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND 422 00:13:18,033 --> 00:13:20,933 FINDS THE COUNTIES ACROSS THE 423 00:13:20,933 --> 00:13:25,133 STAY REGISTER SIGNIFICANT 424 00:13:25,133 --> 00:13:25,466 IMPACTS. 425 00:13:25,466 --> 00:13:26,100 SOUTH BEND RANKS LOWS FOR 426 00:13:26,100 --> 00:13:26,966 COMMUNITY THAT EXPERIENCE POOR 427 00:13:26,966 --> 00:13:33,666 AIR QUALITY, LEADING TO ASTHMA. 428 00:13:33,666 --> 00:13:35,100 THINGS LIKE VEHICLE TRAFFIC, 429 00:13:35,100 --> 00:13:36,533 IMPACT AIR QUALITY IN NORTHERN 430 00:13:36,533 --> 00:13:37,900 AND CENTRAL INDIANA. 431 00:13:37,900 --> 00:13:40,866 OVERALL, THE DATA FROM 2014 TO 432 00:13:40,866 --> 00:13:42,666 2016 FINDS MORE PEOPLE ARE 433 00:13:42,666 --> 00:13:44,733 LIVING IN AREAS WITH UNHEALTHY 434 00:13:44,733 --> 00:13:46,166 AIR QUALITY. 435 00:13:46,166 --> 00:13:49,066 THE REPORT SAYS INDIANAPOLIS AND 436 00:13:49,066 --> 00:13:50,266 SOUTH BEND RANK AMONG THE 25 437 00:13:50,266 --> 00:13:53,166 WORST AREAS IN THE COUNTRY FOR 438 00:13:53,166 --> 00:13:56,466 SHORT-TERM PARTICLES. 439 00:13:56,466 --> 00:14:00,166 THAT DOESN'T HELP YOU BREEZE 440 00:14:00,166 --> 00:14:00,500 EASILY. 441 00:14:00,500 --> 00:14:01,800 >> THANK YOU, BARBARA. 442 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:04,200 >>> COMING UP NEXT ON "INDIANA 443 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:05,333 NEWSDESK," VIDEO GAMES MAY BE 444 00:14:05,333 --> 00:14:07,666 THE LATEST RECRUITMENT TOOL THE 445 00:14:07,666 --> 00:14:11,200 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE 446 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:12,133 USING TO LURE IN NEW STUDENTS 447 00:14:12,133 --> 00:14:14,500 AND HOW ESPORTS SCHOLARSHIPS 448 00:14:14,500 --> 00:14:15,366 HAVE GROWN IN THE STATE AND 449 00:14:15,366 --> 00:14:16,400 ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 450 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:17,933 >>> AND JUST IN TIME FOR EARTH 451 00:14:17,933 --> 00:14:20,033 DAY, OFFICIALS AND STUDENTS AT 452 00:14:20,033 --> 00:14:23,266 THAN STATE UNIVERSITY ARE TAKING 453 00:14:23,266 --> 00:14:24,666 A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH TO 454 00:14:24,666 --> 00:14:25,566 GOING GREEN. 455 00:14:25,566 --> 00:14:28,200 THESE STORIES AND MORE, RIGHT 456 00:14:26,833 --> 00:15:35,400 HERE ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK." 457 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:36,133 >> WELCOME BACK TO "INDIANA 458 00:15:36,133 --> 00:15:36,500 NEWSDESK." 459 00:15:36,500 --> 00:15:37,300 PROPOSALS FOR THE FUTURE OF I.U. 460 00:15:37,300 --> 00:15:38,700 HEALTH BLOOMINGTON HOSPITAL'S 461 00:15:38,700 --> 00:15:40,066 DOWNTOWN SITE ARE HAVING A 462 00:15:40,066 --> 00:15:41,733 RIPPLE EFFECT ON SURROUNDING 463 00:15:41,733 --> 00:15:42,166 NEIGHBORHOODS. 464 00:15:42,166 --> 00:15:44,000 AS TYLER LAKE REPORTS, SOME 465 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:45,200 NEARBY RESIDENTS ARE STILL 466 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:46,700 UNSURE HOW THE HOSPITAL'S 467 00:15:46,700 --> 00:15:49,200 RELOCATION COULD AFFECT THEM. 468 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:51,400 >> THE SALE OF THE 24-ACRE 469 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:53,600 DOWNTOWN HOSPITAL SITE IS MOVING 470 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:54,333 FORWARD. 471 00:15:54,333 --> 00:15:55,600 BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCILMEMBERS 472 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:57,766 APPROVED THE $6.5 MILLION DEAL 473 00:15:57,766 --> 00:15:59,500 THIS WEEK AFTER A CONSULTANT 474 00:15:59,500 --> 00:16:00,666 GROUP PRESENTED RECOMMENDATIONS 475 00:16:00,666 --> 00:16:02,500 ON HOW THE SITE SHOULD BE 476 00:16:02,500 --> 00:16:02,866 DEVELOPED. 477 00:16:02,866 --> 00:16:04,166 THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES AN ARTS 478 00:16:04,166 --> 00:16:06,100 AND ACTIVITIES CENTER, OFFICE 479 00:16:06,100 --> 00:16:08,333 SPACE, AND A MIX OF HOUSING 480 00:16:08,333 --> 00:16:08,766 DEVELOPMENTS. 481 00:16:08,766 --> 00:16:10,166 >> AND THEN IT'S UP TO THE CITY 482 00:16:10,166 --> 00:16:11,766 TO SEE WHAT ASPECTS OF THAT ARE 483 00:16:11,766 --> 00:16:14,166 GOING TO HELP GUIDE THEM AS THEY 484 00:16:14,166 --> 00:16:16,000 MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS VERY 485 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,066 COMPLEX, VERY LONG-TERM PROJECT. 486 00:16:18,066 --> 00:16:19,400 >> MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT THAT 487 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:20,933 MEETING SAY THE AMOUNT OF 488 00:16:20,933 --> 00:16:22,200 LOW-INCOME HOUSING IN THE PLAN 489 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:23,166 DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH TO MEET 490 00:16:23,166 --> 00:16:26,533 THE NEEDS OF THE CITY. 491 00:16:26,533 --> 00:16:27,333 GLEE NOBLE LIVES JUST ACROSS THE 492 00:16:27,333 --> 00:16:28,400 STREET FROM THE MEDICAL COMPLEX 493 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:29,800 AND CAN SEE THE HOSPITAL FROM 494 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:33,200 HER FRONT PORCH. 495 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,333 >> SO I DON'T THINK IT WOULD 496 00:16:35,333 --> 00:16:38,233 MATTER TO ME IF THEY BUILT 497 00:16:38,233 --> 00:16:40,433 HOUSES FACING OUR HOUSES. 498 00:16:40,433 --> 00:16:45,733 I DON'T WANT TO SEE HI ANY 499 00:16:45,733 --> 00:16:47,033 HIGH-RISES AND THAT'S ALL I 500 00:16:47,033 --> 00:16:48,400 REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT. 501 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:49,233 >> NOBLE SAYS SHE HASN'T THOUGHT 502 00:16:49,233 --> 00:16:50,300 MUCH ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR 503 00:16:50,300 --> 00:16:51,733 MORE STUDENT HOUSING ON THE 504 00:16:51,733 --> 00:16:52,033 SITE. 505 00:16:52,033 --> 00:16:53,300 SHE SAYS SHE ISN'T SURE HOW MANY 506 00:16:53,300 --> 00:16:55,166 MORE STUDENTS THE AREA COULD 507 00:16:55,166 --> 00:16:55,500 HANDLE. 508 00:16:55,500 --> 00:16:57,433 >> I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DENSELY 509 00:16:57,433 --> 00:16:59,400 PACKED, I SUPPOSE THAT WOULD BE 510 00:16:59,400 --> 00:16:59,900 A PROBLEM. 511 00:16:59,900 --> 00:17:03,833 YOU KNOW, LIKE A SMALLWOOD 512 00:17:03,833 --> 00:17:05,000 SITUATION, THAT WOULD -- THAT 513 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,133 WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE, THINK. 514 00:17:07,133 --> 00:17:08,033 >> THE CITY DOESN'T ACTUALLY 515 00:17:08,033 --> 00:17:10,200 TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE SITE UNTIL 516 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:11,333 2021, AND ESTIMATES FOR 517 00:17:11,333 --> 00:17:13,400 COMPLETION OF ALL THE PROJECTS 518 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:16,633 COULD BE FINISHED AS LATE AS 519 00:17:16,633 --> 00:17:16,933 2034. 520 00:17:16,933 --> 00:17:18,000 FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M 521 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,733 TYLER LAKE. 522 00:17:19,733 --> 00:17:22,000 >> NOW, THE PROPOSED 523 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:22,766 $6.5 MILLION PURCHASE WILL HEAD 524 00:17:22,766 --> 00:17:23,866 TO THE BLOOMINGTON REDEVELOPMENT 525 00:17:23,866 --> 00:17:25,700 COMMISSION AT THEIR MAY 7th 526 00:17:25,700 --> 00:17:28,500 MAY 7th MEETING FOR APPROVAL. 527 00:17:28,500 --> 00:17:30,933 >>> COMPETITIVE ONLINE GAMING OR 528 00:17:30,933 --> 00:17:32,533 ESPORTS AS EXPLODED IN 529 00:17:32,533 --> 00:17:33,233 POPULARITY, ESPECIALLY FOR 530 00:17:33,233 --> 00:17:34,100 COLLEGE STUDENTS. 531 00:17:34,100 --> 00:17:35,733 THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF 532 00:17:35,733 --> 00:17:37,600 COLLEGIATE ESPORTS LAUNCHED IN 533 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:39,933 2016 AND ALREADY HAS 63 MEMBER 534 00:17:39,933 --> 00:17:41,800 COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES. 535 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:42,833 NOW, ONE UNIVERSITY IN INDIANA 536 00:17:42,833 --> 00:17:44,833 IS TRYING TO TURN THAT 537 00:17:44,833 --> 00:17:46,700 POPULARITY INTO A RECRUITING 538 00:17:46,700 --> 00:17:47,033 TOOL. 539 00:17:47,033 --> 00:17:49,866 SOPHIA SALIBY TAKES US TO A HIGH 540 00:17:49,866 --> 00:17:51,166 SCHOOL GAMING TOURNAMENT HOSTED 541 00:17:51,166 --> 00:17:52,966 BY INDIANA UNIVERSITY, PURDUE 542 00:17:52,966 --> 00:17:55,666 UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS. 543 00:17:55,666 --> 00:17:58,966 >> WHEN NOAH CAME TO IUPY AS A 544 00:17:58,966 --> 00:18:00,766 FRESHMAN IN 2014, THERE WEREN'T 545 00:18:00,766 --> 00:18:02,000 THAT MANY OPTIONS FOR A STUDENT 546 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,400 LIKE HIM INTERESTED IN PLAYING 547 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:05,533 COMPETITIVE VIDEO GAMES OR 548 00:18:05,533 --> 00:18:06,933 ESPORTS, BUT DURING HIS 549 00:18:06,933 --> 00:18:08,266 SOPHOMORE YEAR, HE DECIDED TO 550 00:18:08,266 --> 00:18:09,633 GIVE HIMSELF AND OTHER STUDENTS 551 00:18:09,633 --> 00:18:10,566 MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT 552 00:18:10,566 --> 00:18:11,200 AND PLAY. 553 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:13,600 HE STARTED A NEW CLUB FOR A 554 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:15,666 VARIETY OF COMPETITIVE GAMES. 555 00:18:15,666 --> 00:18:16,400 >> I WESTBOUNDED TO CREATE 556 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:17,566 SOMETHING MORE WELCOMING FOR -- 557 00:18:17,566 --> 00:18:20,000 I WANTED TO CREATE SOMETHING 558 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:21,466 MORE WELCOMING FOR A HOST OF 559 00:18:21,466 --> 00:18:22,233 DIFFERENT GAMES. 560 00:18:22,233 --> 00:18:24,800 >> THEY PLAY TABLE TOP AND VIDEO 561 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:27,233 GAMES LIKE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS 562 00:18:27,233 --> 00:18:29,033 WHICH IS AN ONLINE TEAM-BASED 563 00:18:29,033 --> 00:18:30,366 VIDEO GAME. 564 00:18:30,366 --> 00:18:31,500 CONVERSATIONS TURNED TO BRINGING 565 00:18:31,500 --> 00:18:34,900 MORE STUDENTS BOTH TO IUPY AND 566 00:18:34,900 --> 00:18:35,933 TO THE CLUB. 567 00:18:35,933 --> 00:18:42,166 >> WE DECIDED BEST WAY TO 568 00:18:42,166 --> 00:18:45,833 GROW -- FOUR DIFFERENT DEANS AND 569 00:18:45,833 --> 00:18:47,766 ANOTHER PITCHED IN $2,000. 570 00:18:47,766 --> 00:18:48,900 >> THAT MONEY, $10,000 WOULD BE 571 00:18:48,900 --> 00:18:50,833 A SCHOLARSHIP FOR A HIGH SCHOOL 572 00:18:50,833 --> 00:18:52,333 LEAGUE OF LEGENDS TOURNAMENT 573 00:18:52,333 --> 00:18:53,300 THAT THE UNIVERSITY WOULD HOST. 574 00:18:53,300 --> 00:18:54,533 THE WINNING TEAM WOULD BE ABLE 575 00:18:54,533 --> 00:18:56,766 TO SPLIT THE MONEY AMONG 576 00:18:56,766 --> 00:18:57,900 MEMBERS, $2,000 FOR EACH PLAYER 577 00:18:57,900 --> 00:19:02,900 DURING THEIR FIRST SEMESTER AT 578 00:19:02,900 --> 00:19:03,200 IUPY. 579 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:04,800 >> WHEN HUMPHREY PUT OUT THE 580 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:06,300 CALL FOR TEAMS, HE WAS THINKING 581 00:19:06,300 --> 00:19:07,733 IT WOULD MOSTLY DRAW FROM 582 00:19:07,733 --> 00:19:11,033 INDIANA AND OTHER MIDWESTERN 583 00:19:11,033 --> 00:19:11,566 SCHOOLS. 584 00:19:11,566 --> 00:19:12,700 >> REALLY EXPECTED MORE FROM 585 00:19:12,700 --> 00:19:14,566 OHIO, MICHIGAN AND KENTUCKY. 586 00:19:14,566 --> 00:19:15,766 THERE WAS INDIANA AND ILLINOIS, 587 00:19:15,766 --> 00:19:17,466 BUT THERE WERE NOT ANY OTHER 588 00:19:17,466 --> 00:19:20,666 BORDERING STATES INTO 27 TEAMS 589 00:19:20,666 --> 00:19:21,033 SIGNED UP. 590 00:19:21,033 --> 00:19:23,100 >> IT WAS ABOUT A 13-HOUR DRIVE. 591 00:19:23,100 --> 00:19:26,066 IT WAS A LOT OF EFFORT 592 00:19:26,066 --> 00:19:26,500 COORDINATING. 593 00:19:26,500 --> 00:19:27,366 >> THIS TEAM CAME FROM 594 00:19:27,366 --> 00:19:28,400 GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA TO COMFEET 595 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:30,166 IN THE SEMIFINALS IN 596 00:19:30,166 --> 00:19:32,666 INDIANAPOLIS THIS PAST WEEKEND. 597 00:19:32,666 --> 00:19:34,133 THEIR TEAM DID NOT WIN BUT HE 598 00:19:34,133 --> 00:19:35,100 ENJOYED CONNECTING WITH OTHER 599 00:19:35,100 --> 00:19:36,866 HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE PLAYERS. 600 00:19:36,866 --> 00:19:37,766 >> IT'S A REALLY GOOD 601 00:19:37,766 --> 00:19:39,633 OPPORTUNITY TO MEET NEW PEOPLE 602 00:19:39,633 --> 00:19:40,566 AND MEET DIFFERENT COLLEGE 603 00:19:40,566 --> 00:19:41,333 STUDENTS AND PEOPLE THAT WORK 604 00:19:41,333 --> 00:19:42,700 FOR THE SCHOOL AND GET TO 605 00:19:42,700 --> 00:19:43,433 INTERACT WITH THE ORGANIZATION 606 00:19:43,433 --> 00:19:44,800 AND SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY 607 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:47,766 GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR HIGH SCHOOL 608 00:19:47,766 --> 00:19:48,500 STUDENTS. 609 00:19:48,500 --> 00:19:50,466 >> DANIEL HANCOCK'S TEAM PLACED 610 00:19:50,466 --> 00:19:51,400 THIRD IN THE COMPETITION. 611 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:52,433 HIS TEAM HAS THEIR OWN PROGRAM 612 00:19:52,433 --> 00:19:53,966 AT THEIR HIGH SCHOOL WITH PAID 613 00:19:53,966 --> 00:19:55,266 STAFF AND OTHER RESOURCES. 614 00:19:55,266 --> 00:19:56,833 >> SO WE'LL PRACTICE TWO TIMES A 615 00:19:56,833 --> 00:19:58,266 WEEK FOR THREE HOURS AND THEN ON 616 00:19:58,266 --> 00:19:59,766 FRIDAYS WE HAVE EVERY SINGLE -- 617 00:19:59,766 --> 00:20:01,400 LIKE, ALL THE GAMES FROM THE 618 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:01,933 DIFFERENT ESPORTS. 619 00:20:01,933 --> 00:20:03,666 SO WE WILL HAVE A WORKOUT 620 00:20:03,666 --> 00:20:04,766 SESSION ON FRIDAY. 621 00:20:04,766 --> 00:20:05,766 >> HANCOCK SAYS BEING ABLE TO 622 00:20:05,766 --> 00:20:07,366 COMPETE IN TOURNAMENTS LIKE THIS 623 00:20:07,366 --> 00:20:09,566 BRINGS MORE LEGITIMACY TO 624 00:20:09,566 --> 00:20:10,966 TREATING ESPORTS JUST AS 625 00:20:10,966 --> 00:20:12,266 SERIOUSLY AS BASKETBALL OR 626 00:20:12,266 --> 00:20:12,633 FOOTBALL. 627 00:20:12,633 --> 00:20:14,866 >> WHEN YOU HAVE THESE COLLEGES 628 00:20:14,866 --> 00:20:16,366 TAKING IT SERIOUSLY, THAT'S WHEN 629 00:20:16,366 --> 00:20:18,033 PARENTS CAN TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. 630 00:20:18,033 --> 00:20:18,866 >> HUMPHREY SAYS THE TOURNAMENT 631 00:20:18,866 --> 00:20:19,800 IS JUST THE BEGINNING. 632 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:23,800 A REPORT FROM NEW ZU AND ESPORTS 633 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:25,800 INTELLIGENCE MARKING FIRM 634 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:28,533 PREDICTS IT WILL GROW TO 635 00:20:28,533 --> 00:20:29,566 $950 MILLION THIS YEAR. 636 00:20:29,566 --> 00:20:30,666 HUMPHREY SAYS THAT'S GOOD NEWS 637 00:20:30,666 --> 00:20:33,100 FOR THE STATE BECAUSE 638 00:20:33,100 --> 00:20:33,833 INDIANAPOLIS HAS THE 639 00:20:33,833 --> 00:20:34,700 INFRASTRUCTURE TO HOST BIG 640 00:20:34,700 --> 00:20:36,866 SPORTING EVENTS. 641 00:20:36,866 --> 00:20:37,966 >> INDIANAPOLIS IS A BIG SPORES 642 00:20:37,966 --> 00:20:38,566 HUB. 643 00:20:38,566 --> 00:20:41,266 WE HAVE THE -- SPORTS HUB. 644 00:20:41,266 --> 00:20:42,366 WE HAVE THE SUPER BOWL HERE. 645 00:20:42,366 --> 00:20:44,566 AND WHY CAN'T INDIANAPOLIS ALSO 646 00:20:44,566 --> 00:20:46,700 BE AN ESPORTS HUB? 647 00:20:46,700 --> 00:20:47,800 >> AND HUMPHREY SAYS HE'S 648 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:49,833 EXCITED TO GET PROSPECTIVE 649 00:20:49,833 --> 00:20:52,533 STUDENTS INVOLVED IN AN EVENT 650 00:20:52,533 --> 00:20:53,533 THAT WILL GET THEM INVOLVED IN 651 00:20:53,533 --> 00:20:54,333 GAMING AND THE UNIVERSITY. 652 00:20:54,333 --> 00:20:55,266 >> WHEN A HIGH SCHOOLER HAS ANY 653 00:20:55,266 --> 00:20:57,100 KIND OF PASSION IN VIDEO GAMING 654 00:20:57,100 --> 00:20:58,833 OR ESPORTS AT ALL, THIS IS A 655 00:20:58,833 --> 00:21:01,400 MOTIVATOR FOR THEM TO SUCCEED IN 656 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:01,733 COLLEGE. 657 00:21:01,733 --> 00:21:02,966 >> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M 658 00:21:02,966 --> 00:21:05,200 SYLVIA SAL SALIBY. 659 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:06,166 >> A TEAM FROM ILLINOIS TOOK 660 00:21:06,166 --> 00:21:07,666 FIRST PLACE IN THE TOURNAMENT, 661 00:21:07,666 --> 00:21:09,333 AND PLANNING IS ALREADY UNDERWAY 662 00:21:09,333 --> 00:21:12,366 FOR NEXT YEAR'S TOURNAMENT. 663 00:21:12,366 --> 00:21:15,800 WHILE IUPI HOSTS A CLUB, SOME 664 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:22,266 OTHERS ARE ADDING VARSITY SPORTS 665 00:21:22,266 --> 00:21:23,166 TEAM. 666 00:21:23,166 --> 00:21:23,933 >>> ORGANIZATIONS AT INDIANA 667 00:21:23,933 --> 00:21:25,100 STATE UNIVERSITY ARE WORKING 668 00:21:25,100 --> 00:21:28,533 TOGETHER TO MAKE THEIR CAMPUS 669 00:21:28,533 --> 00:21:28,866 GREENER. 670 00:21:28,866 --> 00:21:29,700 MIRANDA FULMORE HAS MORE ON 671 00:21:29,700 --> 00:21:31,633 THEIR EFFORTS TO POWER A 672 00:21:31,633 --> 00:21:35,233 FRATERNITY AND BIKES BY THE SUN. 673 00:21:35,233 --> 00:21:36,500 >> MANY INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY 674 00:21:36,500 --> 00:21:39,133 GROUPS SHOWED OFF THEIR ECO 675 00:21:39,133 --> 00:21:40,500 FRIENDLY PROJECTS AND INVENTION 676 00:21:40,500 --> 00:21:43,600 BUT ONE IN PARTICULAR CAUGHT A 677 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:45,500 LOT OF ATTENTION. 678 00:21:45,500 --> 00:21:48,066 ISU PURCHASED AROUND 130 679 00:21:48,066 --> 00:21:50,100 BICYCLES FROM THE SAN 680 00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:50,800 FRANCISCO-BASED COMPANY BING. 681 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:52,733 BUT WHAT MAKES ISU'S BIKE SHARE 682 00:21:52,733 --> 00:21:54,166 DIFFERENT IS THE BIKES DON'T 683 00:21:54,166 --> 00:21:55,933 HAVE TO BE RETURNED TO A 684 00:21:55,933 --> 00:21:57,033 CHARGING STATION. 685 00:21:57,033 --> 00:21:58,833 INSTEAD, SOLAR PANELS IN THE 686 00:21:58,833 --> 00:22:01,533 BIKE'S BASKET POWER THE GPS. 687 00:22:01,533 --> 00:22:03,533 >> HERE THESE CAN BE PARKED AND 688 00:22:03,533 --> 00:22:04,566 PICKED UP ANYWHERE BECAUSE THE 689 00:22:04,566 --> 00:22:05,666 LOCK IS BUILT INTO THE BACK OF 690 00:22:05,666 --> 00:22:10,400 IT AND BASICALLY ALL DO YOU IS 691 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:11,466 YOU DOWNLOAD THIS SPIN APP AND 692 00:22:11,466 --> 00:22:12,566 THEN YOU PUT THE INFORMATION IN 693 00:22:12,566 --> 00:22:14,533 IT AND SCAN THE BACK OF IT, THE 694 00:22:14,533 --> 00:22:15,933 BACK OF THE BIKE AND THEN YOU 695 00:22:15,933 --> 00:22:16,766 UNLOCK AND RIDE AND THEN YOU 696 00:22:16,766 --> 00:22:17,766 LOCK IT WHEN YOU ARE DONE. 697 00:22:17,766 --> 00:22:19,400 >> THE STUDENTS CAN RENT THE 698 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:21,133 BIKES FOR ONLY 50 CENTS CENTS 699 00:22:21,133 --> 00:22:23,400 EVERY HALF HOUR BY USING A PHONE 700 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:23,666 APP. 701 00:22:23,666 --> 00:22:25,533 ONCE THE BIKE IS LOCKED IT STOPS 702 00:22:25,533 --> 00:22:28,266 THE TIMER AND SHOWS UP AS 703 00:22:28,266 --> 00:22:29,800 AVAILABLE ON THE APP'S MAP. 704 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:32,066 >> STUDENTS MAY THINK THAT A 705 00:22:32,066 --> 00:22:33,166 FIVE-MINUTE WALK IS TOO FAR BUT 706 00:22:33,166 --> 00:22:35,733 A ONE-MINUTE BIKE RIDE ISN'T. 707 00:22:35,733 --> 00:22:36,733 HOPEFULLY IT SPREADS THE 708 00:22:36,733 --> 00:22:38,333 STUDENTS OUT AND GETS THEM TO 709 00:22:38,333 --> 00:22:39,266 DRIVE LESS. 710 00:22:39,266 --> 00:22:40,300 >> RIGHT NOW THEY CAN ONLY BE 711 00:22:40,300 --> 00:22:41,666 USED ON CAMPUS BUT THEY ARE 712 00:22:41,666 --> 00:22:43,033 WORKING WITH THE CITY OF TERRE 713 00:22:43,033 --> 00:22:45,266 HAUTE TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM 714 00:22:45,266 --> 00:22:45,633 CITYWIDE. 715 00:22:45,633 --> 00:22:53,666 BUT ISU'S PHI KAPPA ALPHA 716 00:22:53,666 --> 00:22:55,133 FRATERNITY IS TAPPING INTO THE 717 00:22:55,133 --> 00:22:56,366 SOLAR PANELS. 718 00:22:56,366 --> 00:22:58,233 75 OF THE NEWLY INSTALLED SOLAR 719 00:22:58,233 --> 00:23:00,333 PANELS POWER ALL OF THE OUTDOOR 720 00:23:00,333 --> 00:23:02,033 LIGHTING AND HALF OF THE 721 00:23:02,033 --> 00:23:03,700 FRATERNITY'S EDUCATION CENTER. 722 00:23:03,700 --> 00:23:06,266 AND THEY SAY, IT'S PAYING OFF. 723 00:23:06,266 --> 00:23:08,100 >> HOPEFULLY OURS WILL OVER A 724 00:23:08,100 --> 00:23:11,700 PERIOD OF TIME DECREASE THE 725 00:23:11,700 --> 00:23:16,800 TOEWS THATDUESTHAT THE UNDERGRADUATES HAVE. 726 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:17,800 >> LOOKING AT THE EXPENSE OF 727 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,766 POWER OVER THE LIFE OF THE 30 728 00:23:19,766 --> 00:23:21,433 YEARS, IT SHOULD BE AROUND 729 00:23:21,433 --> 00:23:21,833 $250,000. 730 00:23:21,833 --> 00:23:23,400 >> MICHAEL SAYS THEY HOPE TO 731 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:27,500 POWER ENTHE ENTIRE HOUSE WITH SOLAR 732 00:23:27,500 --> 00:23:29,966 PANELS BY 2020. 733 00:23:29,966 --> 00:23:32,600 >> I'M MIRANDA FULMORE. 734 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:34,766 >>> AND INDIANA UNIVERSITY'S NEW 735 00:23:34,766 --> 00:23:36,066 INFORMATICS COMPUTING AND 736 00:23:36,066 --> 00:23:36,933 ENGINEERING BUILDING IS 737 00:23:36,933 --> 00:23:38,233 OFFICIALLY OPENED AFTER LAST 738 00:23:38,233 --> 00:23:40,133 WEEK'S DEDICATION CEREMONY, BUT 739 00:23:40,133 --> 00:23:41,633 SOMETHING ELSE IS STANDING OUT 740 00:23:41,633 --> 00:23:45,400 BESIDES STATE-OF-THE-ART 741 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:45,766 BUILDING. 742 00:23:45,766 --> 00:23:47,800 ALMA TREIA IS THE NAME OF THE 743 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:50,733 NEW ART SCULPTURE ON THE FOUR 744 00:23:50,733 --> 00:23:51,433 FLOOR. 745 00:23:51,433 --> 00:23:53,300 THE MASSIVE PIECE SENSES PIECE 746 00:23:53,300 --> 00:23:58,966 AS PEOPLE WALK BY AND GREETS AND 747 00:23:58,966 --> 00:23:59,533 INTERACTS WITH THEM. 748 00:23:59,533 --> 00:24:01,133 >> YOU MAY SEE MANY PLASTIC 749 00:24:01,133 --> 00:24:01,466 PIECES. 750 00:24:01,466 --> 00:24:02,566 YOU WILL SEE SCAFFOLDS MADE OUT 751 00:24:02,566 --> 00:24:03,300 OF METAL. 752 00:24:03,300 --> 00:24:07,000 YOU ALSO SEE A GLASS VESSEL 753 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:10,200 FILLED WITH VINEGAR, SERVING AS 754 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:11,800 VINEGAR BATTERIES RIGHT NOW. 755 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:16,733 SO ALTRIA HAS THREE INFRARED 756 00:24:16,733 --> 00:24:18,533 SENSORS AND A MICROPHONE IN THE 757 00:24:18,533 --> 00:24:20,133 MIDDLE, WHICH JUST CURRENTLY 758 00:24:20,133 --> 00:24:21,533 SENSES LOUDNESS LEVELS. 759 00:24:21,533 --> 00:24:26,666 SO ONE WAY OF INTERACTING WITH 760 00:24:26,666 --> 00:24:29,100 ALMATRIA TO GET CLOSE TO THE 761 00:24:29,100 --> 00:24:37,733 SENSORS AND AGNEIVATE ACTIVATES THE 762 00:24:37,733 --> 00:24:38,233 CENSORS. 763 00:24:38,233 --> 00:24:41,933 IT PERCOLATES THE MOVEMENT 764 00:24:41,933 --> 00:24:43,700 THROUGH THE DIFFERENT SENSORS. 765 00:24:43,700 --> 00:24:47,400 SO WE HOPE THAT JUST LIKE THIS 766 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:50,433 IS ICON FOR INDIANA UNIVERSITY 767 00:24:50,433 --> 00:24:52,366 BLOOMINGTON, I THINK ALMATRIA 768 00:24:52,366 --> 00:24:55,066 COULD BE A SYMBOL FOR THE 769 00:24:55,066 --> 00:24:55,766 RENAISSANCE HERE AT INDIANA 770 00:24:55,766 --> 00:24:58,700 UNIVERSITY. 771 00:24:58,700 --> 00:25:00,966 WE WANT OUR HUMANITIES SCHOLARS 772 00:25:00,966 --> 00:25:06,100 TO INTERACT WITH ALMATRIA AND 773 00:25:06,100 --> 00:25:08,433 HOW TO IMPLEMENT ARTIFICIAL 774 00:25:08,433 --> 00:25:10,633 INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS AND 775 00:25:10,633 --> 00:25:11,666 ULTIMATELY HOW TO USE THEM SO 776 00:25:11,666 --> 00:25:14,033 THAT WE ALL HAVE A MUCH MORE 777 00:25:14,033 --> 00:25:17,366 DESIRABLE FUTURE. 778 00:25:17,366 --> 00:25:18,833 >> ALMATRIA LEARNS NEW WAYS TO 779 00:25:18,833 --> 00:25:20,433 COMMUNICATE OVER TIMES AND 780 00:25:20,433 --> 00:25:21,866 Ph.D. STUDENTS ARE ANALYZING 781 00:25:21,866 --> 00:25:24,133 THAT DATA TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE 782 00:25:24,133 --> 00:25:25,433 CHALLENGES WILL LOOK LIKE. 783 00:25:25,433 --> 00:25:26,633 >> THAT'S THE END OF THIS 784 00:25:26,633 --> 00:25:28,233 PROGRAM BUT OUR WORK CONTINUES 785 00:25:28,233 --> 00:25:29,633 ONLINE AS WE COVER THE NEWS 786 00:25:29,633 --> 00:25:32,466 THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AT 787 00:25:32,466 --> 00:25:34,133 WTIUNEWS.ORG. 788 00:25:32,900 --> 00:25:36,233 >> HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. 789 00:25:36,233 --> 00:25:48,600 ♪♪ 790 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:52,466 >> "INDIANA NEWSDESK" IS MADE 791 00:25:49,566 --> 00:25:52,500 POSSIBLE IN PART BY: