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1. Kelsey Elizabeth Ellefson
INDIANA UNIVERSITY: MAY 2010 : BAJ
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Work
Leo Burnett Chicago, IL
New Business Intern (June 2010-August 2010)
Updated client/brand list for the Global Fact Database for LB/Arc Chicago offices, assisted in 10+new business pitches for agency, as well
as led planning and strategic brief for Timblerland pitch for internship project. Part research, part intuition exposed new emotional insight
for brand that leveraged Gen-X Dads as new consumers.
The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University Indianapolis, IN
Communications Intern (Jan. 2010-June 2010)
Serving as the target audience, I crafted original copy and strategy as a part of a larger marketing plan to attract new students to the
Nation’s premier Bachelors degree in Philanthropic Studies.
Agency 7 Bloomington, IN
Account Executive (Sept. 2009-Dec. 2009)
Revealed new insight on “gamers” by conducting surveys and interviews in gaming-centric courses offered through Indiana University
to drive new campaigns and insights for client, GameZombie.This led to directing strategy and management for three innovative
cross-media campaigns.
The HOPE Foundation Bloomington IN
Marketing/Communications Intern (Oct. 2008-Jan. 2010)
Led research for AY 2008-2009 Title I funding for inner-city public schools in U.S. My findings revealed financial opportunities to fund
professional development programs for school districts in 10 states.
Coburn Communication NewYork, NY
Publicity Beauty Intern (June 2009-Aug. 2009)
Created a ‘brand experience’ for a long-lead pitch to national fashion editorial magazines for the launch of Forever Mariah Carey
Perfume. Assisted in short-lead pitch calls for Boots North America,Animal Planet, and Elizabeth Arden celebrity fragrances.
Verameat Design NewYork NY
Design Intern, Personal Assistant (June 2009-Aug. 2009)
Collected retail consumer shopping behavior and insight to help the designer tailor new design roll-outs for retail markets in NYC and Chicago.
Play
The Indiana Daily Student Bloomington, IN
Photographer, Editor,Writer, Graphic Designer (Jan. 2008-May 2010)
Specialized in visual narrative journalism exposing niche cultures in student and local community.
Rendered final decisions for all visual mediums for daily newsprint seen by 20K+ students.
National Student Advertising Competition Bloomington IN
Creative Brand Strategist for State Farm Insurance Campaign (Sept. 2009-May 2010)
Campaign allowed me to explore how to engage the disengaged, the Millennials.
Indiana Memorial Union Board Advertising Committee Bloomington IN
Creative Designer (Sept. 2009-May 2010)
Used an open dialogue, rather than a hard copy creative brief on projects to create visuals for campus events.
Student Ambassador for IU School of Journalism Santiago, Chile
Online media contributor (June 2009)
Exposed to international media trends and consumer youth insights outside of the U.S.
Middlebury College Language Schools Middlebury,VT
Italian Language Student at Summer intensive program(June 2007-August 2007)
Seven weeks, not a word of English spoken, became a great listener.
Education
Indiana University Bloomington, IN – May 2010
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism & second major in Political Science
Skills
Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite 5,Web HTML, MS Office Programs and Mac OSX
3. I am defined by the following.
INSPIRE PLAY WORK
What inspires me on a daily, weekly,
monthly basis that continues to
pique my curiosity and purpose in
this world.
The things that I’ve done in the past
that brought me joy and help me
explore new creative applications for
my present work.
The things that I’ve worked for that
have lead me to the communications
field.
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Monday, October 26, 2009, 7 PM
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Experience the music of McClellan, Saint-Saëns,
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sensory performance on the entrance courtyard
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Indiana weather. Let’s face
it – we are all used to it by now.
But I, quite frankly, am getting
sick of it. Unprecedented rain,
ice storms and
snow have all
weathered this
campus in De-
cember alone
and we, as stu-
dents, are left
to deal with it. So far this se-
mester, the weather alone has
personally claimed three of my
notebooks, a textbook and my
usual positive disposition to
make it to class on time.
In trying to make it through
the next two harrowing weeks,
I’ve decided I must prepare my-
self for the inevitable: the weath-
er. But where could I find func-
tionality, clever designs and
practicality all wrapped up into
one affordable accessory to com-
bat the adverse weather condi-
tions here?
Simply stated: LeSportSac.
The iconic accessories com-
pany has provided original art-
work and simple designs for
their audiences for more than
35 years. Chief Creative Direc-
tor Muriel Favaro attributes the
brand’s successes to its collabo-
ration with noteworthy design-
ers and up-and-coming graph-
ic artists.
“One of the reasons for
LeSportSac’s growth is that we
have never strayed from the es-
sence of the brand-accessible,
functional, stylish products,” she
said in an e-mail interview. “In
addition, we have collaborated
with fantastic, creative partners
from Stella McCartney to var-
ious artists to keep the look of
LeSportsac products fashion-for-
ward.”
The company’s visual appe-
tite for the latest designs has al-
lowed it to introduce a new “Art-
ist-in-Residence” every fashion
season. This season, LeSportSac
collaborated with BFree, the vi-
sual work of graphic illustrator
Merijn Hos.
Hos’ work is comprised of
simple characters and shapes
coupled with bold colors to add
a dramatic contrast to the pat-
terns for the bags. Hos said in-
cluded with every LeSportSac
bag purchased from the BFree
collection is a fabric hang tag
with a brief biography of the art-
ist.
With bright prints and prac-
ticality, how exactly could one
accessory company persuade a
greater female population on a
college campus to purchase their
product?
By creating a simple, iden-
tifiable logo that serves as pip-
ing for their nylon accessories,
LeSportSac has little to do in
terms of advertising to success-
fully communicate its product to
a larger audience.
What makes LeSportSac a
unique accessory is its ability to
combine artwork and self-ex-
pression all housed into one vi-
sual medium: a handbag.
With innovative designs and
a rich fashion tradition, one
must ask, “Well, why would col-
lege students want to buy these?
Couldn’t portable pieces of art
run hard on a student’s budget?”
LeSportSac bags will not run
you the price of a Fendi “Spy”
bag, a Long Champ “Le Pliage”
bag or even a generic JanSport
backpack. LeSportSac offers a
variety of affordable accesso-
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to as much as $128 for an extra-
large weekender bag.
Price points aside, LeSport-
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in school bags. With more than
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Because all of the LeSportS-
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This week, in honor of
Christmastime, I have decided
to put together a list of my fa-
vorite Christmas movies.
I will ad-
mit that I am
not a huge
fan of Christ-
mas, and my
favorite holi-
day is actually
Thanksgiving
(come on, all
you have to
do is eat). But
after watching
one of these
movies, I am
ready to sit around, sing Christ-
mas carols and eat a Christmas
goose.
Also, there’s really nothing
better than one of these movies
and a cup of hot cocoa on the
couch while the snow falls out-
side. Ah, if only in my dreams...
1. “Love Actually”: This
movie is actually one of my fa-
vorites of all time. It is not real-
ly a movie about Christmas, just
one set in the Christmas season.
Still, there’s something about it,
and I feel like the holiday sea-
son does not really start until I
watch it. I know, I know, this
next part is really sappy, but it
restores my belief in love. The
part where the guy who is in
love with Kiera Knightly holds
up signs telling her how much
he loves her – I cry like a baby
every time.
2. “It’s a Wonderful Life”:
I am always reminded of the
Christmases of old when I
watch this movie. When I was
much younger, this movie was
a holiday tradition for my fam-
ily. We would pop this movie
in on Christmas Eve, read “The
Night Before Christmas,” go to
bed and wake up in the morn-
ing with presents stacked to
the ceiling. This is one of those
movies that reminds you just
how much you really mean to
the people around you, and you
instantly feel how much they
really mean to you. That is what
Christmas is all about, right?
3. “White Christmas”: Two
soldiers come home from World
War II, fall in love with two sis-
ters and save a failing inn in the
snowy hills of Vermont. Throw
in a devastatingly handsome
Bing Crosby and that classic
tune “White Christmas,” and
you’ve got Christmas gold.
4. “A Christmas Story”: Leg
lamps, BB guns and frozen
tongues – what about this equa-
tion doesn’t say, “Christmas in
northern Indiana?” Every scene
is memorable, along with that
classic line, “You’ll shoot your
eye out.” Ah, the Christmas
spirit.
5. “Elf”: Will Ferrell in
tights acting like he has the
maturity and intelligence of a
5-year-old screams Christmas.
The film starts with Ferrell jour-
neying from the North Pole in
search of his real father. It ends
with him falling in love with a
pretty department store elf and
having a little elf baby, except
they are all actually humans.
Holiday spirit abounds in this
movie, along with the part that
literally makes me pee my pants
a little bit whenever I watch it:
Ferrell hurling himself on the
Christmas tree from across the
room and completely decimat-
ing the thing.
I hope you all are doing your
best to get in the Christmas
spirit. Personally, I was so ex-
cited about the snow last week-
end that I could not go back to
sleep after I woke up at 8 a.m.
Saturday and looked out my
window. Take a study break and
watch your favorite Christmas
movie. Good luck with finals
and happy holidays.
arounD the arts
Claire
Burke
is a senior majoring
in journalism.
MilDly entertaining
My Top Five Christmas Movies
kelsey
ellefson
is a junior majoring
in journalism and
political science.
le “hit” bag
Portable pieces of art
Chris PiCkrell | iDs
’tis the
season
Conductor
Stephen W. Pratt
presents the
Wind Ensemble
to the crowd
Wednesday
evening at the IU
Auditorium. The
Annual Chimes
of Christmas
featured
performances
by the Wind
Ensemble, the
Singing Hoosiers,
the Vocal Jazz
Ensemble and
the IU Trombone
Choir.
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By Zina KumoK
zkumok@indiana.edu
From YouTube music videos featuring will.i.am and
Scarlett Johansson to an almost 850,000-member Facebook
group, Barack Obama’s campaign is exploring new territory.
But the Democratic nominee took a new step in early Oc-
tober when he bought ad space in 18 Xbox 360 online games,
specifically targeting young male voters.
The ads will run until Monday in 10 swing states, includ-
ing Indiana. Polls show Obama and John McCain in a close
race in Indiana.
While his strategy has targeted young voters from its in-
ception, reaching out to college-age males, the smallest vot-
ing demographic, represents a new avenue of campaigning.
Department of Political Science Professor Russell Hanson
said because senior citizens typically make up a plurality of
voters, sometimes candidates focus little attention on reach-
ing out to a usually inactive crowd.
“It says that he believes these are the ways one reach-
es younger voters, who happen to be young males,” Han-
son said. “He’s exploring new ways of communicating with
young voters who can’t be reached by traditional outlets.
He’s adapted to a new political environment.”
EA spokeswoman Mariam Sughayer said Massive Inc.,
the firm responsible for creating the ads, offered to sell space
to the McCain campaign, but it declined the invitation. Han-
son proposed several reasons for the Republican nominee’s
refusal.
“I think in some ways it means they underestimate the
potential,” Hanson said. “They don’t think there are many
younger voters that will support them. The investment in ad-
vertising wouldn’t be worthwhile. The McCain campaign is
much shorter on resources. It would be a waste of money
for them. They could reach older voters who are much more
sympathetic.”
Associate Professor of Communication and Culture Jon-
athan Simons said Obama’s foray into the gaming industry
symbolizes his “Change” slogan, as his tactics revolutionize
the way candidates target voters.
“You could say that is symbolically what is forward-look-
ing and what is change,” Simons said. “Some could say it is
gimmicky, superficial, and have reason for not feeling it is a
good symbol of making real change. If it’s just about a gim-
mick, then it’s not a substantial change. But you can read it
either way.”
Obama’s latest move solidifies him as the candidate more
popular among 18- to 30-year-old voters.
A study released this week by Harvard University’s Insti-
tute of Politics shows Obama maintains a 26 percent advan-
tage against McCain for this demographic. Despite Obama’s
role as a pop culture figure, Simons said his grassroots cam-
paign can also take credit if he ends up winning the presi-
dency.
“I think (reaching out to younger voters) is going to end
up a big story of the campaign when it’s done, when peo-
ple have worked out how many new and young voters have
turned out to the polls,” Simons said. “If that’s the case, it’s
going to have as much to do with on-the-ground organiza-
tions that the Obama campaign got together as it does with
popular culture, getting people out to vote who otherwise
wouldn’t have voted may make the difference.”
IU College Democrats President Anna Strand said young
people gravitate toward Obama because he acknowledges
them as a vital group of citizens necessary for his aim to win
the White House. His new-media style serves as the next step
in campaigning, she said.
“I don’t consider it being revolutionary, as just being
smart,” Strand said. “I think it has set a major tone for the
rest of campaigns here on out. It isn’t just about negative tele-
vision advertisements. It’s about being interactive with peo-
ple in their day to day life.”
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‘Partisantheatrics’toshowcasenewbrandofhumor
By Tyler James Perry
tjperry@indiana.edu
Talk about crossing par-
ty lines: a new play hints at the
possibility of Barack Obama and
Sarah Palin having an affair.
The Bloomington Playwrights
Project presents “Partisan Theat-
rics [or] Will Our Apple Fall Far
from the Bush?” The play is in-
tended to examine the silliness of
electoral politics.
“Unlike ‘Saturday Night
Live,’ which only parodies the
politicians involved, we go after
everything,” said Gabe Gloden,
managing director of the Bloom-
ington Playwrights Project. “We
include political organizing, vot-
ing and registration, and the gen-
eral public’s perceptions of the
whole campaign.”
Partisan Theatrics is actually
a series of short plays written by
playwrights who spoof elector-
al politics. The play is part of the
Dark Alley Series, which is late-
night programming aimed at edg-
ier audiences.
Could it be edgy enough to
have a scene showing an affair
between Obama and Palin?
“There is a piece that hints
at that possibility,” Gloden said.
“The playwright, Nick Moore,
has done a great job spoofing the
concept of celebrity and synthe-
sis of popular culture as seen in
People magazine and Us Weekly
and politics.”
Gloden said he hopes the au-
dience will appreciate the content
of their play and that the reaction
will be a good one.
“It’s all done very tongue-in-
cheek, so I hope it’s laughter,” he
said.
Gloden knows some people
might not appreciate the idea, but
he thinks audiences disenchanted
with the political system will ap-
preciate the play.
“It’s important to note that we
try not to side with a particular
candidate or show a bias in any
way,” he said. “We simply find
electoral politics to be incredibly
funny.”
Michael Carey, the show’s
producer, further exemplifies the
desire to poke fun at everyone.
“We have a group of play-
wrights that includes Southern-
ers, New Yorkers, a Los Angele-
no and our own wonderful local
writers,” Carey said. “Their writ-
ing is sharp and funny; their poli-
tics are as varied as their geogra-
phy. This show isn’t going to let
anyone slide, no matter who’s up
or down in the polls.”
Senior Anna Strand, president
of IU College Democrats, said
she thinks it could be construed
as distasteful, though she stressed
that she is just speaking for her-
self and not the organization.
“I have a great appreciation
for art, but I don’t know enough
about the play to have an opinion
on it,” Strand said.
She said she might be interest-
ed in seeing the play based on the
premise.
“It sounds like an interesting
premise–it would depend on the
way it’s handled,” she said. “For
the most part, that kind of ideal is
kind of distasteful and not based
in reality.”
Strand said she doesn’t be-
lieve the political process is ri-
diculous – just some of the peo-
ple involved.
“I do not believe that this po-
litical process is ridiculous in any
regard,” she said. “Unfortunate-
ly, there are actors in it who make
questions that are distasteful.”
Junior Chelsea Kane, chair-
woman of IU College Republi-
cans, hasn’t heard much about the
play but doesn’t see much of an
issue with it.
“I’m a fairly open-minded per-
son. I believe art is art,” she said.
“We give a lot of license to actors
to interpret things that might not
happen in real life. Sarah Palin
probably doesn’t approve, as she’s
a married woman, and Barack
Obama probably doesn’t approve,
because he’s a married man.”
Kane said the Obama-Palin
scene is reason enough for her to
go see the show.
“I think that politics are the
perfect thing to be mocked and
the perfect thing to be laughed
at,” Kane said. “They spend mil-
lions and millions of dollars pro-
moting larger than life candidates.
Politics are not only entertaining,
but they are important.”
Gloden said he hopes “Parti-
san Theatrics” will be seen as an
intelligent satire.
“We take a no-holds-barred,
anything-goes approach to com-
edy, but we do so with intelli-
gence, I hope,” he said.
partisan theatrics
[or] will our apple
fall far from Bush?
When 10 p.m., Nov. 3-5
Where Bloomington Playwrights
Project
Price Tickets are $5, available at
the door.
Political games
Spoof plays series
hints to Obama,
Palin love affair
IllustratIon by Kelsey ellefson | iDs
Xbox 360 online
features Obama
campaign ads
O
n any given weekday, four
musicians gather together at
a small studio space in the IU
Jacobs School of Music.
Around the endless circular maze of
the Music Annex, music pours out from
every studio space, hallway and class-
room. The sounds individually sing the
praises of the instruments, while collec-
tively creating a chaotic palate for the
ears within the 88-year-old music school.
On the rst oor, past the long hall-
way of instrument storage lockers, there
is a solemn-looking wooden door with
a discreet name plate. Behind the aged,
yellow nameplate is a studio that serves
as a practice space for the Kuttner String
Quartet.
GREAT HONOR
The Kuttner quartet, one of the most
prestigious musical ensembles in the
school, is named in honor of conductor
and violinist Michael Kuttner, a distin-
guished IU professor from 1972 to 1975.
The quartet is currently selecting its
second piece for its winter recital, and
each musician carefully critiques the
possible pieces.
“It’s too fast,” second violist Bella
Hristova said.
The quartet was in the middle of read-
ing through Mendelssohn’s Opus No.
44 when their animated playing came to
a halt.
“Should we move on to the next
movement?” Hristova added.
The string quartet is comprised of a
rst violin, second violin, viola and cel-
lo. Though minimal in size, the quartet
is powerful in sound. The half-circle for-
mation of the string players allows for a
unied sound that doesn’t play favorit-
ism to any individual section. The quar-
tet offers an intimate sound that cannot
be matched by any other ensemble.
The Kuttner quartet members include
Rose Armbrust, Bella Hristova, Danbi
Um and Yotam Baruch.
Korean native Um is the rst violinist
for the group.
Hristova, from Bulgaria, is the second
violinist in the quartet. Um and Hristo-
va are both pursuing an Artist Diploma
in violin. Armbrust, the quartet’s violist,
is from Wheaton, Ill., and is pursuing her
graduate degree in viola under the direc-
tion of Jacobs faculty memberAtarArad.
Um, Hristova andArmbrust previous-
ly worked together at the Curtis Institute
of Music in Philadelphia and actively
sought out a cellist to join their three-
piece ensemble. Baruch, originally from
QUARTET The event is the rst part
of the organization’s “Break-
ing Records ... Building Lives”
campaign, and it aims not only
to recruit volunteers, but also to
raise awareness for the organi-
zation, said Kathy Delaney-Wil-
lett, director of outreach and en-
rollment.
“I really wanted something
fun and noticeable,” she said,
which is why she took the theme
of the campaign literally.
Obviously, breaking a record
isn’t easy, Delaney-Willett said.
The current record for largest
game of telephone is 1,300, she
said.
Guinness World Records has
set various parameters for the
event.
For instance, there must be
two ofcial witnesses during
the course of the event and there
must be complete silence. No
participant is able to leave un-
til the event is nished and the
event must be taped, Delaney-
Willett said.
The game will begin when
the ofcial sentence is whis-
pered to the rst person who
then writes it down and hands it
to an ofcial witness. The mes-
sage can be skewed along the
way, but what matters for the
books is the number of partici-
pants, she said.
But the game is only one
small part of the event, Delaney-
Willett said.
“To us it’s a representation of
the game rather than the game
itself,” she said.
The reason 1,400 participants
are needed is not only to exceed
the current record, but to repre-
sent the 1,400 children the or-
ganization hopes to serve, said
Megan Oldham, the marketing
intern for BBBS.
So far, the organization has
gathered about half the num-
ber of participants and is still
spreading the word about the
event, Oldham said.
In addition to the 50 or more
kids signed up for the event are
various groups from IU, such as
those in the greek system and
even auditorium ushers, Del-
aney-Willett said.
BBBS relies mostly on do-
nors and volunteers, and be-
GUINNESS WORLD
RECORD: LARGEST
GAME OF ‘TELEPHONE’
WHEN Registration: noon to
1:30 p.m. Saturday; Game starts at
2 p.m. Saturday
WHERE University Gymnasium,
located at 10th Street and the
Indiana 45/46 Bypass
MORE INFO Big Brothers Big
Sisters of South Central Indiana
is organizing this community
outreach event and hopes to draw
in the 1,400 participants needed
to break the world record.
SEE TELEPHONE, PAGE 5
SEE KUTTNER, PAGE 5
BY KELSEY ELLEFSON | keellefs@indiana.edu
COURTNEY DECKARD | IDS
Clockwise, cellist Yotam Baruch, violinist Bella Hristora, violinist Danbi Um and violist Rose Armbrust, of
the Kuttner Quartet practice Wednesday evening in professor Atar Arad's studio. The Kuttner Quartet
changes annually and is composed of the top string players in the Jacobs School of Music.
Kuttner String Quartet perfects legacy at IU
STORY
For a preview about this weekend’s
ballet with music by the Kuttner
String Quartet, see Arts, page 9.
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6. Often times, during my stint as an Arts
writer, I found myself taking a simple
100 word write-up and turning it into
a feature story. Narrative journalism
was a way for me to take a person’s
experience and make it something that
an entire campus could take part in.
The article at the right was a feature
on a string quartet made up of the
top string musicians in the nationally-
recognized Jacobs School of Music.The
story’s focus was not on the prestige
of the group, or pieces they selected
to play at their next concert, but the
collaborative nature of a string quartet.
These four members, each had a
unique voice in the article, but came
together to support one another
in a harmonious sound throughout
the whole feature.There was really a
wonderful sense of camaraderie and
dependency that I was able to convey
in my article.
I’ve dodged secret service members,
snuck in front of front row-barricades at
concerts, and even rode around in a cop
car--all legally. Since my sophomore year
of college, I have used photojournalism to
get exposure to new cultures, experiences,
and people that most would never see. I
approach each assignment with a sense of
curiosity. I believe an effective photo not
only improves a written story, but can bet-
ter communicate an emotion and moment
that will never be fully captured in copy. I
apply this to my work because I recognize
that creatively minded people may not
respond to an 8.5”x 11” sheet of paper.
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n any given weekday, four
musicians gather together at
a small studio space in the IU
Jacobs School of Music.
Around the endless circular maze of
the Music Annex, music pours out from
every studio space, hallway and class-
room. The sounds individually sing the
praises of the instruments, while collec-
tively creating a chaotic palate for the
ears within the 88-year-old music school.
On the rst oor, past the long hall-
way of instrument storage lockers, there
is a solemn-looking wooden door with
a discreet name plate. Behind the aged,
yellow nameplate is a studio that serves
as a practice space for the Kuttner String
Quartet.
GREAT HONOR
The Kuttner quartet, one of the most
prestigious musical ensembles in the
school, is named in honor of conductor
and violinist Michael Kuttner, a distin-
guished IU professor from 1972 to 1975.
The quartet is currently selecting its
second piece for its winter recital, and
each musician carefully critiques the
possible pieces.
“It’s too fast,” second violist Bella
Hristova said.
The quartet was in the middle of read-
ing through Mendelssohn’s Opus No.
44 when their animated playing came to
a halt.
“Should we move on to the next
movement?” Hristova added.
The string quartet is comprised of a
rst violin, second violin, viola and cel-
lo. Though minimal in size, the quartet
is powerful in sound. The half-circle for-
mation of the string players allows for a
unied sound that doesn’t play favorit-
ism to any individual section. The quar-
tet offers an intimate sound that cannot
be matched by any other ensemble.
The Kuttner quartet members include
Rose Armbrust, Bella Hristova, Danbi
Um and Yotam Baruch.
Korean native Um is the rst violinist
for the group.
Hristova, from Bulgaria, is the second
violinist in the quartet. Um and Hristo-
va are both pursuing an Artist Diploma
in violin. Armbrust, the quartet’s violist,
is from Wheaton, Ill., and is pursuing her
graduate degree in viola under the direc-
tion of Jacobs faculty memberAtarArad.
Um, Hristova andArmbrust previous-
ly worked together at the Curtis Institute
of Music in Philadelphia and actively
sought out a cellist to join their three-
piece ensemble. Baruch, originally from
Quintessential
QUARTETBY RACHEL KRASNOW
rkrasnow@indiana.edu
World-famous magician Da-
vid Coppereld will mix his wit
and talent to create magic and
fantasy at 5:30 and 8:30 p.m.
Sunday at the IU Auditorium.
Coppereld, winner of 21
Emmy awards and record-
breaking ticket sales, is on an
international tour. He will per-
form “An Intimate Evening of
Grand Illusion” for IU students
and local residents.
Coppereld has been prac-
ticing magic professionally
since he was 12 years old and
performs more than 550 shows
per year, according to his Web
site, www.dcoppereld.com.
The Indiana Daily Student
asked him about his tricks, in-
uences and achievements.
Here is what he had to say:
IDS: WHAT INSPIRED
YOU TO START
PRACTICING MAGIC?
Coppereld: I became in-
terested in magic at an ear-
ly age. Though I did ventrilo-
quism rst with my dummy,
“Ven” – I know, not the most
original of names – at a very
early age, and quickly moved
on to magic, which I did much
better. I rst learned a card trick
from my grandfather when I
was seven involving four aces.
Unfortunately, my grandfather
passed away before he ever got
to see me do it public. When I
perform that magic, it’s a spe-
cial tribute to his memory.
IDS: WHO HAS BEEN
YOUR BIGGEST
INFLUENCES?
Coppereld: My inu-
ences, unlike what most peo-
ple think, came largely outside
of the eld of magic. Although
magic greats like (Harry)
Keller or the Frenchman Rob-
ert-Houdin (who Houdini got
his name from) were certainly
great for the profession, it was
Copperfield
reveals‘intimate’
magictricks
SEE COPPERFIELD, PAGE 5
BY ISABEL MANAHAN
imanahan@indiana.edu
Big Brothers Big Sisters of
South Central Indiana will try to
solve its need for volunteers in
an unconventional manner – by
attempting to break a world re-
cord.
This Saturday at the Uni-
versity Gym, the organization
hopes to gather at least 1,400
participants for the largest game
of telephone ever played.
The event is the rst part
of the organization’s “Break-
ing Records ... Building Lives”
campaign, and it aims not only
to recruit volunteers, but also to
raise awareness for the organi-
zation, said Kathy Delaney-Wil-
lett, director of outreach and en-
rollment.
“I really wanted something
fun and noticeable,” she said,
which is why she took the theme
of the campaign literally.
Obviously, breaking a record
isn’t easy, Delaney-Willett said.
The current record for largest
game of telephone is 1,300, she
said.
Guinness World Records has
set various parameters for the
event.
For instance, there must be
two ofcial witnesses during
the course of the event and there
must be complete silence. No
participant is able to leave un-
til the event is nished and the
event must be taped, Delaney-
Willett said.
The game will begin when
the ofcial sentence is whis-
pered to the rst person who
then writes it down and hands it
to an ofcial witness. The mes-
sage can be skewed along the
way, but what matters for the
books is the number of partici-
pants, she said.
But the game is only one
small part of the event, Delaney-
Willett said.
“To us it’s a representation of
the game rather than the game
itself,” she said.
The reason 1,400 participants
are needed is not only to exceed
the current record, but to repre-
sent the 1,400 children the or-
ganization hopes to serve, said
Megan Oldham, the marketing
intern for BBBS.
So far, the organization has
gathered about half the num-
ber of participants and is still
spreading the word about the
event, Oldham said.
In addition to the 50 or more
kids signed up for the event are
various groups from IU, such as
those in the greek system and
even auditorium ushers, Del-
aney-Willett said.
BBBS relies mostly on do-
nors and volunteers, and be-
BBBS to
compete
for world
record
1,400 needed for
world’s largest
‘telephone’ game
GUINNESS WORLD
RECORD: LARGEST
GAME OF ‘TELEPHONE’
WHEN Registration: noon to
1:30 p.m. Saturday; Game starts at
2 p.m. Saturday
WHERE University Gymnasium,
located at 10th Street and the
Indiana 45/46 Bypass
MORE INFO Big Brothers Big
Sisters of South Central Indiana
is organizing this community
outreach event and hopes to draw
in the 1,400 participants needed
to break the world record.
SEE TELEPHONE, PAGE 5
SEE KUTTNER, PAGE 5
BY MOLLY JOHNSON
mopjohns@indiana.edu
Zeta Tau Alpha kicks off IU
Homecoming with singing, danc-
ing men.
“It’s a male talent show,” ju-
nior Jen Fulena of Zeta said. “The
show is going to be really fun; the
crowd will be really involved. We
are really excited to see our hard
work pay off.”
The annual variety show, Big
Man on Campus, will be at 7
p.m. Friday in the IU Auditorium.
Tickets cost $10 and can be pur-
chased at the Auditorium or Zeta.
This year’s theme is “Teaming Up
to Tackle Breast Cancer.”
Twenty-three fraternity mem-
bers will show off their talent to
compete for the title of “Big Man
on Campus.” The talent will range
from vocal performances to mag-
ic shows, said senior John Smo-
len, a BMOC competitor from Phi
Kappa Psi.
The event is Zeta’s annual phi-
lanthropy and is celebrating its
10th year. All proceeds from the
event benet breast cancer re-
search.
Last year, Zeta members
raised more $175,000, dispers-
ing funds among breast cancer re-
search at IU medical centers, the
Vera Bradley Foundation, Su-
san G. Komen and the American
Cancer Society, according to the
BMOC Web site.
“Our ultimate goal is to try to
donate more than we did last year,
but considering the economic sit-
uation, we just want to donate as
much as we can,” Fulena said.
This is a ground-breaking year
for Zeta as they fund IU’s team of
breast oncologists and the rst-
ever Zeta Conference, an infor-
mational forum for top breast can-
cer researchers and benefactors to
discuss progress in the eld. Zeta
will donate more than $100,000
in the next four years to it.
“With the conference, the
BY KYLE ABRELL
skabrell@indiana.edu
Gaining condence in
strides, the IU men’s and
women’s cross country teams
are vaulting themselves both
into the national rankings and
earning Big Ten accolades.
The Hoosier men skyrock-
eted to No. 17 in USTFCCCA
national rankings this week af-
ter beating ranked opponents
Iona and North Carolina State
at the Paul Short Invitational
last weekend. The women are
also gaining coaches’ votes in
the polls, receiving eight this
week, and are looking to crack
the top 30.
Also, for the third week in a
row, a Hoosier has nabbed Big
Ten Player of the Week hon-
ors. This time, a pair of Hoo-
siers, for the second time in
IU’s history, earned the award.
Senior Wendi Robinson
collected the award for the
women’s team this week after
her fourth place nish at the
Paul Short Invitational. It was
the rst time a Hoosier wom-
an had taken home the honor
since Jessica Gall on Sept. 21,
2004.
“Its one of those things
where its nice to see that the
hard work I’ve put it got rec-
ognition,” Robinson said.
Joining Robinson this week
was freshman Andy Bay-
er, whose third-place perfor-
mance paced the IU men to a
rst place title at the meet. The
only other time Indiana has
had both a male and female
runner earn the honor was dur-
ing that same week in 2004
when former Hoosier Sean
Jefferson coupled with Gall.
“I felt really good about
it,” Bayer said. “It reects all
of us training really well to-
gether and it worked out really
well. I don’t think we want to
change a whole lot, but we’re
still looking for more to shoot
for this year. We’re not taking
anything for granted. We have
work to do but we’ll take it
from here.”
Previously, sophomore An-
drew Poore had received Big
Ten Player of the Week for his
second-place nish at the In-
diana Intercollegiates on Sept.
18. The rst week of the sea-
son, freshman Zach Mayhew
also took home the award as
a result of his rst collegiate
race, where he nished rst at
the Indiana Open.
23 vie for title of ‘Big Man on Campus’
CROSS COUNTRY
Team racks up
honors, enters
national spotlight
SEE BMOC, PAGE 5
SEE CROSS COUNTRY, PAGE 5
BY KELSEY ELLEFSON | keellefs@indiana.edu
COURTNEY DECKARD | IDS
Clockwise, cellist Yotam Baruch, violinist Bella Hristora, violinist Danbi Um and violist Rose Armbrust, of
the Kuttner Quartet practice Wednesday evening in professor Atar Arad's studio. The Kuttner Quartet
changes annually and is composed of the top string players in the Jacobs School of Music.
IDS FILE PHOTO
Dressed as various pop culture icons, contestants perform during Big
Man on Campus on Oct. 17, 2008, at the IU Auditorium. The breast cancer
fundraising event beat its previous record, bringing in over $175,000 last
year. BMOC will take place at 7 p.m. Friday.
Kuttner String Quartet perfects legacy at IU
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STORY
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ballet with music by the Kuttner
String Quartet, see Arts, page 9.
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By Zina KumoK
zkumok@indiana.edu
From YouTube music videos featuring will.i.am and
Scarlett Johansson to an almost 850,000-member Facebook
group, Barack Obama’s campaign is exploring new territory.
But the Democratic nominee took a new step in early Oc-
tober when he bought ad space in 18 Xbox 360 online games,
specifically targeting young male voters.
The ads will run until Monday in 10 swing states, includ-
ing Indiana. Polls show Obama and John McCain in a close
race in Indiana.
While his strategy has targeted young voters from its in-
ception, reaching out to college-age males, the smallest vot-
ing demographic, represents a new avenue of campaigning.
Department of Political Science Professor Russell Hanson
said because senior citizens typically make up a plurality of
voters, sometimes candidates focus little attention on reach-
ing out to a usually inactive crowd.
“It says that he believes these are the ways one reach-
es younger voters, who happen to be young males,” Han-
son said. “He’s exploring new ways of communicating with
young voters who can’t be reached by traditional outlets.
He’s adapted to a new political environment.”
EA spokeswoman Mariam Sughayer said Massive Inc.,
the firm responsible for creating the ads, offered to sell space
to the McCain campaign, but it declined the invitation. Han-
son proposed several reasons for the Republican nominee’s
refusal.
“I think in some ways it means they underestimate the
potential,” Hanson said. “They don’t think there are many
younger voters that will support them. The investment in ad-
vertising wouldn’t be worthwhile. The McCain campaign is
much shorter on resources. It would be a waste of money
for them. They could reach older voters who are much more
sympathetic.”
Associate Professor of Communication and Culture Jon-
athan Simons said Obama’s foray into the gaming industry
symbolizes his “Change” slogan, as his tactics revolutionize
the way candidates target voters.
“You could say that is symbolically what is forward-look-
ing and what is change,” Simons said. “Some could say it is
gimmicky, superficial, and have reason for not feeling it is a
good symbol of making real change. If it’s just about a gim-
mick, then it’s not a substantial change. But you can read it
either way.”
Obama’s latest move solidifies him as the candidate more
popular among 18- to 30-year-old voters.
A study released this week by Harvard University’s Insti-
tute of Politics shows Obama maintains a 26 percent advan-
tage against McCain for this demographic. Despite Obama’s
role as a pop culture figure, Simons said his grassroots cam-
paign can also take credit if he ends up winning the presi-
dency.
“I think (reaching out to younger voters) is going to end
up a big story of the campaign when it’s done, when peo-
ple have worked out how many new and young voters have
turned out to the polls,” Simons said. “If that’s the case, it’s
going to have as much to do with on-the-ground organiza-
tions that the Obama campaign got together as it does with
popular culture, getting people out to vote who otherwise
wouldn’t have voted may make the difference.”
IU College Democrats President Anna Strand said young
people gravitate toward Obama because he acknowledges
them as a vital group of citizens necessary for his aim to win
the White House. His new-media style serves as the next step
in campaigning, she said.
“I don’t consider it being revolutionary, as just being
smart,” Strand said. “I think it has set a major tone for the
rest of campaigns here on out. It isn’t just about negative tele-
vision advertisements. It’s about being interactive with peo-
ple in their day to day life.”
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‘Partisantheatrics’toshowcasenewbrandofhumor
By Tyler James Perry
tjperry@indiana.edu
Talk about crossing par-
ty lines: a new play hints at the
possibility of Barack Obama and
Sarah Palin having an affair.
The Bloomington Playwrights
Project presents “Partisan Theat-
rics [or] Will Our Apple Fall Far
from the Bush?” The play is in-
tended to examine the silliness of
electoral politics.
“Unlike ‘Saturday Night
Live,’ which only parodies the
politicians involved, we go after
everything,” said Gabe Gloden,
managing director of the Bloom-
ington Playwrights Project. “We
include political organizing, vot-
ing and registration, and the gen-
eral public’s perceptions of the
whole campaign.”
Partisan Theatrics is actually
a series of short plays written by
playwrights who spoof elector-
al politics. The play is part of the
Dark Alley Series, which is late-
night programming aimed at edg-
ier audiences.
Could it be edgy enough to
have a scene showing an affair
between Obama and Palin?
“There is a piece that hints
at that possibility,” Gloden said.
“The playwright, Nick Moore,
has done a great job spoofing the
concept of celebrity and synthe-
sis of popular culture as seen in
People magazine and Us Weekly
and politics.”
Gloden said he hopes the au-
dience will appreciate the content
of their play and that the reaction
will be a good one.
“It’s all done very tongue-in-
cheek, so I hope it’s laughter,” he
said.
Gloden knows some people
might not appreciate the idea, but
he thinks audiences disenchanted
with the political system will ap-
preciate the play.
“It’s important to note that we
try not to side with a particular
candidate or show a bias in any
way,” he said. “We simply find
electoral politics to be incredibly
funny.”
Michael Carey, the show’s
producer, further exemplifies the
desire to poke fun at everyone.
“We have a group of play-
wrights that includes Southern-
ers, New Yorkers, a Los Angele-
no and our own wonderful local
writers,” Carey said. “Their writ-
ing is sharp and funny; their poli-
tics are as varied as their geogra-
phy. This show isn’t going to let
anyone slide, no matter who’s up
or down in the polls.”
Senior Anna Strand, president
of IU College Democrats, said
she thinks it could be construed
as distasteful, though she stressed
that she is just speaking for her-
self and not the organization.
“I have a great appreciation
for art, but I don’t know enough
about the play to have an opinion
on it,” Strand said.
She said she might be interest-
ed in seeing the play based on the
premise.
“It sounds like an interesting
premise–it would depend on the
way it’s handled,” she said. “For
the most part, that kind of ideal is
kind of distasteful and not based
in reality.”
Strand said she doesn’t be-
lieve the political process is ri-
diculous – just some of the peo-
ple involved.
“I do not believe that this po-
litical process is ridiculous in any
regard,” she said. “Unfortunate-
ly, there are actors in it who make
questions that are distasteful.”
Junior Chelsea Kane, chair-
woman of IU College Republi-
cans, hasn’t heard much about the
play but doesn’t see much of an
issue with it.
“I’m a fairly open-minded per-
son. I believe art is art,” she said.
“We give a lot of license to actors
to interpret things that might not
happen in real life. Sarah Palin
probably doesn’t approve, as she’s
a married woman, and Barack
Obama probably doesn’t approve,
because he’s a married man.”
Kane said the Obama-Palin
scene is reason enough for her to
go see the show.
“I think that politics are the
perfect thing to be mocked and
the perfect thing to be laughed
at,” Kane said. “They spend mil-
lions and millions of dollars pro-
moting larger than life candidates.
Politics are not only entertaining,
but they are important.”
Gloden said he hopes “Parti-
san Theatrics” will be seen as an
intelligent satire.
“We take a no-holds-barred,
anything-goes approach to com-
edy, but we do so with intelli-
gence, I hope,” he said.
partisan theatrics
[or] will our apple
fall far from Bush?
When 10 p.m., Nov. 3-5
Where Bloomington Playwrights
Project
Price Tickets are $5, available at
the door.
Political games
Spoof plays series
hints to Obama,
Palin love affair
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Xbox 360 online
features Obama
campaign ads
You have the next four hours to create
something striking and compelling for an
audience of 20K students.This was my life
for almost two years as a page designer
for the Indiana Daily Student. My experi-
ence taught me to be quick on my feet,
open to change, and communicate with a
team of designers. My design for “Political
Games” helped illustrate an opinion-
editorial on President Obama’s campaign
strategy to use endorsements in video
games. I kept my design simple and
recognizable using an X-Box controller as
my inspiration. I believe that sometimes
the most thoughtful design is the most
simple one. Applying this to advertis-
ing, I like to expose brands at their core,
simple truth.
I got schooled in Adobe.
As a result of a long-lead pitch from a
boutique PR agency in NewYork and a
rainstorm that nearly destroyed all of my
textbooks junior year of college, I wrote
a op-ed article on LeSportSac bags.
Putting the product to use, I understood
first-hand the appeal of buying the brand.
Not shying away from being a consumer,
allowed me to better communicate
the effectiveness of the product and
understand in real-world situations how
a brand can improve the lives of it’s
consumers. Even if it was simply a graphic
tote bag that protected my economics
textbook from the next rainstorm on
campus.
All press is good press.
By Lauren Schaefer
leschaef@indiana.edu
The rain continued to pour
outside the Bluebird Night-
club Tuesday night, but the toys
kept pouring inside for the an-
U.S. Marine Corps’ charity, and
Amos Lee, The Delta Spirit and
the Gabe Dixon Band headlined
the concert.
Each artist brought a distinct
performance.
The Gabe Dixon Band
opened the show with a short set
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When 5:30 to 8 p.m. today
Where Bear’s Place back room,
1316 E. Third St.
More inFo The cover is $6.
The show features The Mahluli/
McCutchen Quintet with Fareed
Mahluli (saxes), Keith McCutchen
(piano), special guest Bennett
Higgins (saxes), Jeremy Allen
(bass) and Jason Tiemann (drums).
MusiCology
ColloquiuM series
When 12:30 p.m. Friday
Where Jacobs School of Music,
Room M267
More inFo Professor Kristina
Muxfeldt is giving the lecture
“Franz Schubert and the Culture
of Viennese Censorship: Alfonso
und Estrella.”
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PlayWrights ProJeCt’s
“sex/Death”
When 10p.m.todaythrough
SaturdayandMondaytoWednesday
Where Bloomington Playwrights
Project, 107 W. Ninth St.
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Indiana weather. Let’s face
it – we are all used to it by now.
But I, quite frankly, am getting
sick of it. Unprecedented rain,
ice storms and
snow have all
weathered this
campus in De-
cember alone
and we, as stu-
dents, are left
to deal with it. So far this se-
mester, the weather alone has
personally claimed three of my
notebooks, a textbook and my
usual positive disposition to
make it to class on time.
In trying to make it through
the next two harrowing weeks,
I’ve decided I must prepare my-
self for the inevitable: the weath-
er. But where could I find func-
tionality, clever designs and
practicality all wrapped up into
one affordable accessory to com-
bat the adverse weather condi-
tions here?
Simply stated: LeSportSac.
The iconic accessories com-
pany has provided original art-
work and simple designs for
their audiences for more than
35 years. Chief Creative Direc-
tor Muriel Favaro attributes the
brand’s successes to its collabo-
ration with noteworthy design-
ers and up-and-coming graph-
ic artists.
have never strayed from the es-
sence of the brand-accessible,
functional, stylish products,” she
said in an e-mail interview. “In
addition, we have collaborated
with fantastic, creative partners
from Stella McCartney to var-
ious artists to keep the look of
LeSportsac products fashion-for-
ward.”
The company’s visual appe-
tite for the latest designs has al-
lowed it to introduce a new “Art-
ist-in-Residence” every fashion
season. This season, LeSportSac
collaborated with BFree, the vi-
sual work of graphic illustrator
Merijn Hos.
Hos’ work is comprised of
simple characters and shapes
coupled with bold colors to add
a dramatic contrast to the pat-
terns for the bags. Hos said in-
cluded with every LeSportSac
bag purchased from the BFree
collection is a fabric hang tag
with a brief biography of the art-
ist.
With bright prints and prac-
ticality, how exactly could one
accessory company persuade a
greater female population on a
college campus to purchase their
product?
By creating a simple, iden-
tifiable logo that serves as pip-
ing for their nylon accessories,
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From top: Dave Matthews, for-
mer President Bill Clinton, and
hip-hop artistTalib Kweli.
7. Little 500 is the premier weekend
for athletic competition, scholar-
ship, and underage drinking that
leads to high-arrest counts. College
debauchery aside, it is a wonderful
tradition at IU, all centered around
a bike race. My entire semester as
a photo editor, with a staff of 45+
photographers, was a preparation
for the main event: Little 500.After
picking a crew of the top seven
photographers on my staff, we dispersed amongst the crowds and infield
track to capture every turn, every cheer, and most important, every crash.
Piling through 10,000 frames was arduous, but I learned how to cut through
the unnecessary information and pick the most appropriate photos that told
the visual story for the weekend. I apply this to my work today whenever
I feel overwhelmed by Mintel reports, case studies, or lengthy spreadsheet
documents of statistics.There is a truth and a story in the sea of data, it’s a
matter of finding patience and at times, courage, to pick the right informa-
tion out.
My Senior year of college, I joined our
college chapter of the National Student
Advertising Competition.As exciting as
it was to find other students who had
similar interests in advertising, I wanted
to use this opportunity to explore
strategic planning in a campaign. Like
any good planner I researched our
target audience, prepared and analyzed
a survey, and gave a thoughtful verbal
creative brief for my creative team.
They went COMPLETELY OFF BRIEF.
But, I learned to live with it, and move
forward. In fact, I used the knowledge I
amassed on our target audience to help
the creative team tailor their cam-
paign tactics to be more strategic. For
example, an idea for a cross-country
promotion was being developed and I
suggested that we entice our audiences
through combining viral video uploads,
internship opportunities, and “check-ins”
to drive traffic back to our proposed
micro-site. By engaging the consumer
audience in the tools they used on a
daily basis, it breathed new opportuni-
ties for conversation and modernized
State Farms approach to advertising.
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I’ve always respected creatives, but after
my experience as a graphic designer
for Union Board, I’ve realized that my
strengths lie elsewhere.The musicians
application that I designed for the 25th
anniversary for UB’s yearly philan-
thropic entertainment event,“Live From
Bloomington” was decent--at best. It
was a significant improvement from the
1995 word document flyer that served
as its predecessor. I found that meeting
with the director of the event helped
me understand how to go about creat-
ing a design that would appeal to the
local college music scene. I took to the
streets, talked to buskers, coffeehouse
musicians, and a few scenesters who
helped me take an outdated application
to the next level: a roadmap for a musical
opportunity.
Live from Bloomington
After designing a few items for
Union Board, I no longer had to
ask for assignments, but rather,
I was specifically requested for
them.The lesson that I learned
from this was simple, never be full
of yourself. This is especilly true in
advertising because there is always
room to learn more insight, to be
better storyteller, and never settle
for less.As flattering as it was to be
sought after as a designer, I felt that
I always wanted feedback from
other designers, or Union Board
members before passing along my
design for final approval. I embrace
advertising as a collaborative and
vibrant process, no piece of work
can be effective if it is carried out
single-handedly by one person.
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8. A significant experience during
my time in college was when
I took a class called “Media in
Latin America: From Moguls to
Mass Media.”The class included
a trip to Santiago, Chile, were
I took a lot of photos, visited
national news publications, and
got food poisoning. My most
memorable experience was not
a tour of CNN Chile(although
very entertaining). Exploring the
local street markets, going to the
cafes, and staying out till 4 AM
living, breathing, and becoming
apart of another culture were
the most memorable. I learned
to be a cultural chameleon and
embrace new adventure, while
in South America. Being adept to
change, whether in a new country,
learning a new language, or to the
needs of a client is important in
advertising.
10
I played an international game of telephone
with Brazilian Businessmen.
No English spoken here.
9
11
I enjoyed the creative freedom of
this class project at left, but loved
the research for the target audience.
Urban culture has blurred the lines
between high-end fashion, art, and
utility.An emerging trend are col-
lectors of these portable pieces of
art, the sneakerhead.Yet, often times
it’s a “boy’s club” at the most elite
sneaker shops, and street culture
magazines.The magazine that I con-
cepted, appropriately titled,“Fresh,”
served as an empowering voice
for an underrepresented audience,
female sneaker heads. Scouring blogs,
small online shops, and personal
insight led to new discoveries about
an entire community that has never
really had a voice in popular urban
culture. I used this assignment to
celebrate a woman’s role in a male-
dominated marketplace.
This is not a boy’s club.
Tucked away in the quiet foothills of the Ad-
irondack mountains inVT is Middlebury College.
Every summer, they host college students who
have a passion for learning foreign languages. For
nearly two months, I thew myself into an inten-
sive study of the Italian language. I was not able
to communicate with friends on facebook, watch
English-spoken media, or make public phone calls
in English--I’m not kidding. I signed a pledge to
not speak English, and in return I got a reward of
learning a new language and having more
patience than any 18-year-old I had met at the
time. I still think about my experience at Middle-
bury to this day when I feel trapped by the fine
details of work.At the end of the day if I stop and
listen more to myself or to others, the answer is
there, it’s just lost in communication.
Continue to work...
9. WORK
AUSTIN 2009
November 18-20, 2009
FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION®
INSTITUTE
JOHN BROWN
Author of
Making the Most
of Understanding by
Design
TODD WHITAKER
Author of What
Great Teachers Do
Differently
ALAN BLANKSTEIN
President of the
HOPE Foundation
and author of
Failure Is Not an
Option®
KEN O’CONNOR
Author of How to
Grade For Learning,
K-12
The Next Step in Engaging Your Entire Learning Community
ABOUT FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION®
INSTITUTES
Failure Is Not an Option®
three day institutes provide the structure, processes,
and time for teams to build a common understanding of how to apply the
information from renowned presenters to their school or district. Utilizing one
or more of the Six Principles of Failure Is Not an Option®
provides for “next
step actions” to implement back home.
PARTICIPANTS WILL RETURN FROM THE EVENT WITH
Best practical research to sustain your learning community and your
Students’ achievement
Next-day strategies for closing the achievement gap
Motivation and inspiration to face tough situations
Frameworks for action
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Fill out and return the attached order form to the HOPE Foundation by fax or mail, or
contact Lani Snug at 812.355.6000 ext. 245 or email lsnug@hopefoundation.org
TOPICS INCLUDE
• Failure Is Not an Option...Success IS the Only Option
• What Great Educatiors Do Differently
• How to Grade for Learning
• Understanding by Design: Teaching & Assessment Strategies to
Maximize Learning in the Classroom
• Response to Intervention (RtI)
• Improving Learning Outcomes for English Language Learners
HOPE institutes qualify for continuing
Professional development credit in most
states. Visit www. hopefoundation.org
for more information.
TEAM PROCESSING TIME
Facilitated processing time is built into the Institute agenda. Your team will
connect cutting-edge research to your long-term goals. You will have an
opportunity to share with and learn from your colleagues about what is
working.
GET CREDIT
Courageous Leadership Academy (CLA) builds consistency
within and between schools by creating a “Professional Learning Community of
HOPE” among leadership teams that examine and improve instructional practices in
a truly collaborative culture. The CLA uses best practice professional development
standards, as defined by the National Staff Development Council.
TRUCTURE
UTCOMES
1/2
day Leadership/Principals’ session on lateral
eadership and how to support a professional learning
community.
District Steering Committee needs assessment and
planning meeting
4 Full day sessions for School Leadership Teams in
which collaborative capacity building activities are
modeled by HOPE faculty
School Leadership Teams complete job embedded
homework assignments with their staffs.
Collaboration and knowledge building are built through
eam to team and peer to peer debriefing of Re-entry
plans and lessons learned from completed assignments
Periodic meetings with the district steering committee
are held to assess progress and adjust future sessions to
assure success
mprove Instruction: Teachers learn to work collabora
ively to measure and study instruction; create and
mplement and monitor interventions, in a continous
mprovement cycle.
acilitate Change: School leadership team members are
esponsibile for transferring knowledge to colleagues
and facilitating the implementation of new practices
Develop professional development plans: Build capacity
chool wide for instructional improvement. By using
protocols to study current instructional practices, teacher
determine the most appropriate successful practices
or instructional interventions. Teams learn how to design
professional development plans to support new
nstructional practices based on data analysis and
SMART goals that are aligned with your school
mprovement plan.
Make Student Success the Only Option
Where there is HOPE,
Failure Is Not an Option®
www.hopefoundation.org
Call 1-800-627-0232 or email
pds@hopefoundation.org and ask for
a Professional Development Consultant
CLA Results:
Wichita Public Schools (Wichita, KS)
• Met 36 of 42 Adequate Yearly Progress subgroup
targets
• Narrowed the achievement gap between Caucasian
and African-American students
• Met AYP for all students in reading and math
• Met goals in participation, attendance, and graduation
(exceeding state’s graduation target)
•15 schools in the district achieved AYP that did not in
2006 *12 of which participated in HOPE’s Courageous
Leadership Academy
CLACourageousLeadership
Academy
CLA PROCESS
The academy is designed as a 1 to 3 year developmental
program for maximum impact, with each year consisting
of at least four (4) Academy sessions for School Leader-
ship Teams. Each session utilizes the Six Principles of Fail-
ure Is Not an Option® as a system organizer for continu-
ous improvement. The Academy accommodates up to 80
participants (13-15 schools) per cohort from across the
district (Principal plus teacher leaders from each school).
HOPE
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10. My first advertising agency experience was interning on the new business
development team for Leo Burnett/Arc Worldwide at their Chicago offices. I
was responsible for leading competitive audits for over 10 client pitches dur-
ing my summer internship, as well as maintaining the Global Fact Database
for the Chicago office whenever we acquired new brands or clients. On
any given day, I could go from speaking to a third shift custodians to the
President of the company. I found a passion for a career in advertising after
sticking out a tornado warning, several all-nighters, and lapses of sanity. I kept
coming back everyday because of my insatiable curiosity about advertising,
which still persists with me today.
2
With big pencils come big ideas.
1
The creative brief I crafted for a new
campaign proposal forTimberland (apart of
a intern project at Leo Burnett) launched
a whole new demographic of consum-
ers for the brand. I wanted to leverage
the iconic work boots thatTimberland has
stood behind, but quickly found that the
modern worker had a very definition of
work.Through research, I found a compelling
insight into the modern father, the desperate
balancing act between work and play. I called
upon Daddy bloggers and The Dangerous
Book for Boys to inspire my creative team
who created a beautiful campaign that
capitalized on the utility of the boots for the
modern father. I felt like “Tom” my Gen Xer
father who I developed as a character profile
for the campaign, because my creative team
would ask me well “WWTD” (what would
Tom do?).
I became a Gen-X Dad.
My agency practicuum course for
my senior year in college put me in
a leadership position over a team
of eight.Through this experience
I got a crash course on several
aspects of advertising, the most
tangible was maintaining client
relationships.As much as I try to
identify with creatives through my
planning process, I want people to
be confident in the brands they
choose to buy. It’s important to
understand the client and their
perspective on effective advertis-
ing and who they consider their
consumer. I set up weekly meetings
with our client, an online viral
video website, to always keep its
leadership team in check with the
work we did as an agency, as well
as staying current with consumer
trends because they made up
their target audience, mostly male
online gamers.
A taste of the account,digital,social,media,
planning,and creative side.
43
At the close of my Senior year of college, I interned atThe Center On Phi-
lanthropy at Indiana University in Indianapolis. Serving as a leading academic
research center for philanthropies, I was tasked to help the communications
team with a marketing plan for the nation’s first undergraduate degree in
Philanthropric studies. I served as an advocate for the consumer, because
I was the liberal-arts student they were trying to attract to the degree. I
edited several pieces, gave feedback, and developed programs to jumpstart a
publicity campaign on campus for the new degree.
The nations first undergraduate degree in
Philanthropic Studies.
11. I developed and planned a cross-
promotional event between the An-
nual Zombie March in Bloomington,
IN, and GameZombie.tv. Our clients
wanted to have a greater follow-
ing offline to help efforts online,
so we sent them out amongst the
living dead-ZOMBIES. Before-hand,
my agency team developed press
releases for local media coverage,
and spoke to local business owners
to negotiate giveaways for a “Zombie
Survival Kit.” During the night of the
march, video footage was shot, the
survival kits were passed out, includ-
ing a note that mentioned where the
living dead could watch the captured
footage of the event, GameZombie’s
website.Taking a local event, infus-
ing it with a strictly online venture,
resulted in increased traffic to the
clients website.
This event was like a scene out of Michael
Jackson’s“Thriller”musicvideo,and it worked.
8
I had a great education and I wanted
to be apart of an organization who
worked towards education reform
in the US.The Hope Foundation
has created a successful program
to re-culture and sustain student
success in public school districts
across the country. I had to wear
several hats for this small non-profit
organization, but found it rewarding
knowing that my research onTitle-1
funding was applied to a marketing
campaign to focus specifically on in-
ner city schools districts to enhance
overall school, teacher, and student
achievement.
Harnessing optimism and potential through
education.
7
I packed up my things, moved to NYC
and lived without air-conditioning for
2 months, all for a summer internship
at a boutique PR agency. Our agency
worked closely with Elizabeth Arden
on their celebrity fragrances accounts.
I assisted on a long-lead editorial pitch
for the launch of a perfume for Mariah
Carey’s fragrance,“Forever.” I met with
the top editors from beauty & lifestyle
magazines to communicate the strengths
of the new product, the floral notes of
the fragrances, and to offer the occa-
sional beverage (I was an intern). I also
assisted on the live-taping of BET’s
106th & Park for the reveal of the new
perfume. My experience in PR helped
me understand how we as consum-
ers receive thousands of messages
daily and how critical it is to effectively
break through the clutter to resonant
with an audience, even if it’s in uncon-
ventional ways.
PR is not as glamorous as Samantha Jones
makes it out to be
Before
6
WELCOME ADDRESS BY:
LaSHAWN ROUTÉ
CHATMON
Executive Director of
BAYCES
PRESENTATIONS BY:
LINDA DARLING-
HAMMOND
President, International
Center for Leadership in
Education
JAN ROBERTSON
Director of the London Centre
for Leadership in Learning at
the Institute of Education,
London University
ALAN BLANKSTEIN
Author of Failure Is Not an
Option
®
; co-editor and
contributor to The Soul of
Educational Leadership
ERNEST MORRELL
Associate Professor in the
Graduate School of
Education and Information
Studies at UCLA
SILVIA DERUVO
California Comprehensive
Center Special Education
Resources Development
Specialist
SIR JOHN JONES
Professor at University of
Liverpool in the United
Kingdom
San Jose, CA
October 14 -17, 2008
BROUGHT TO YOU IN COLLABORATION WITH:
Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools (BAYCES)
San Francisco School Alliance
California PTA
Principal Leadership Institute at UC Berkeley
St. Mary’s College
ABOUT THE SAN JOSE INSTITUTE
This Institute will focus on the best practices worldwide for engaging all learners
and creating and sustaining learning communities based on the Failure Is Not an
Option
®
process. Teams will learn how to apply data, effectively build collaborative
teams, and develop systems for improving teaching and learning. Special attention
will be spent on building leadership capacity - within and across schools - to engage
students and achieve long-term success. Leading educational experts will review how
high-performing schools effectively promote and utilize collaborative teaming and
instructional leadership to sustain student achievement.
DON’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN HOW TO:
Build leadership capacity and develop teacher leaders
Create project-based learning to meet the hip-hop generation
Utilize response to intervention for special learners
Use evidence-based coaching
Develop professional learning communities
TOPICS AT THE SAN JOSE INSTITUTE WILL INCLUDE:
Teacher education and school leadership development
Building sustainable leadership capacity
Implementing the Failure Is Not an Option
®
process to create a high-
performing school culture
Connecting communities and cultures to form highly engaging pedagogies
Utilizing Response to Intervention strategies to succeed with all learners
Curriculum design and development
You will experience an intensive 3 ½ day Institute that builds frameworks, strategies,
and processes for continuous improvement and the building of leadership capacity.
PARTICIPANTS WILL RETURN FROM THE EVENT WITH:
Motivation and inspiration
Research and best practices for closing the achievement gap
A collaborative team focused on teaching and learning
Next day strategies and frameworks for action
TEAM PROCESSING TIME
Facilitated processing time is built into the Institute agenda. Your team will connect
cutting-edge research to your long-term goals. This gathering is designed to
encourage interactions between you and other committed educational leaders. You
will have an opportunity to share with and learn from your colleagues about what is
working.
TO REGISTER OR FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Fill out and return the attached order form to the HOPE Foundation by fax or mail, or
contact Skip Daley at 812.355.6000 ext. 222 or email
sdaley@hopefoundation.org.
Failure Is Not an Option®
:
Best Practices Institute
Special Offer For:
BAYCES
The Next Step in Engaging your Entire Learning Community
AUSTIN 2009
November 18-20, 2009
FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION®
INSTITUTE
JOHN BROWN
Author of
Making the Most
of Understanding by
Design
TODD WHITAKER
Author of What
Great Teachers Do
Differently
ALAN BLANKSTEIN
President of the
HOPE Foundation
and author of
Failure Is Not an
Option®
KEN O’CONNOR
Author of How to
Grade For Learning,
K-12
The Next Step in Engaging Your Entire Learning Community
ABOUT FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION®
INSTITUTES
Failure Is Not an Option®
three day institutes provide the structure, processes,
and time for teams to build a common understanding of how to apply the
information from renowned presenters to their school or district. Utilizing one
or more of the Six Principles of Failure Is Not an Option®
provides for “next
step actions” to implement back home.
PARTICIPANTS WILL RETURN FROM THE EVENT WITH
Best practical research to sustain your learning community and your
Students’ achievement
Next-day strategies for closing the achievement gap
Motivation and inspiration to face tough situations
Frameworks for action
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Fill out and return the attached order form to the HOPE Foundation by fax or mail, or
contact Lani Snug at 812.355.6000 ext. 245 or email lsnug@hopefoundation.org
TOPICS INCLUDE
• Failure Is Not an Option...Success IS the Only Option
• What Great Educatiors Do Differently
• How to Grade for Learning
• Understanding by Design: Teaching & Assessment Strategies to
Maximize Learning in the Classroom
• Response to Intervention (RtI)
• Improving Learning Outcomes for English Language Learners
HOPE institutes qualify for continuing
Professional development credit in most
states. Visit www. hopefoundation.org
for more information.
TEAM PROCESSING TIME
Facilitated processing time is built into the Institute agenda. Your team will
connect cutting-edge research to your long-term goals. You will have an
opportunity to share with and learn from your colleagues about what is
working.
GET CREDIT
The old flyers for various Profes-
sional Development institutes
were outdated and created on
Microsoft word.The information
was unclear and cluttered on the
page. I was asked to modern-
ize and simplify the flyers, while
still maintaining a sense of the
original layout.
After
Although the information and
layout could not be drastically
changed, I was able to simplify
and re-purpose the flyer.The
striking imagery at the top of
the flyer catches a viewers eyes,
as well as making it clear “when”
and “where” the events would
be held.This flyer was dispersed
nationwide to over 12,000 K-12
educators and school districts.
5
12. I also worked on the Boots North
America account during my summer
PR internship in NYC. Boot was
a brand who only had relevancy
overseas, not statewide. However,
it had an advantage because it was
sold at one our nations major retail-
ers,Target, but needed to obtain
press credentials. to legitimize the
products effectiveness. The majority
of my time was spent short-lead
pitching, cold-calling, and sending
packages to editors, bloggers, and
companies across the United States.
Being persistent, holding my ground,
and creating momentum behind a
brand is something that I learned
that summer and still carry with me
today.
10
I became an expert
in cold-calling coast
to coast.
9
11
I have sold to hipsters, Grandma’s, body builders, and the occasional little kid.
My former bosses designs were playful enough to attract new customers, but
the expensive price tags often left many people as casual observers of her
work. My solution was easy, start out with a friendly hello, maybe a compli-
ment, or ask someone a question. Starting a conversation with a question, not
only allowed me to get a glimpse into a prospective buyers life, but it help me
identify how I could market the appropriate piece of jewelry to fit the needs
of their life. I didn’t want the designs of my boss to be worn only sparingly,
but daily. Selling at Renegade here in Chicago and in BK, helped me see how
different markets respond to products and how to craft a message to each
consumer and buyer of Verameat.
Shameless endorsement: http://verameat.com/
I could sell a ketchup popsicle to a woman
in white gloves.
Vampire Love.
Working as a personal assistant/
design intern for a NewYork jew-
elry designer opened my eyes to a
curious world of an individual who
marched to the beat of her own
drum. Keeping her in line with what
was going on in the world, did help
her escape the often fatal curse of
the poor, starving artist. I saw that
the vampire craze was on the rise in
NYC in 2009 because of the release
of theTwilight films, so I suggested
to my boss, to incorporate a mixed
design from a pair of wax vampire
teeth that were laying around her
studio with a previous ring design.
As a result, theVampire Love ring
was born, or let loose on the prowl
for it’s next unsuspecting twi-hard
fan or eclectic jewelry collector.
The end.
13. REFERENCES
Michael Girts
Senior Account Executive, Leo Burnett & Arc Worldwide
804/514.9106
michael.girts@leoburnett.com
Matthew Wormington
Outreach Recruiting Manager, Leo Burnett & Arc Worldwide
312/220.6501
matthew.wormington@leoburnett.com
Patrick Palmer
ExecutiveVice President Global Brand Planning Director, Leo Burnett & Arc Worldwide
patrick. palmer@leoburnett.com
Kevin Richey
Senior Account Planner, Leo Burnett & Arc Worldwide
312/220.5722
kevin.richey@leoburnett.com
Hashim Hathaway
Publicist, Author Solutions
260/348.2734
hrhathaway@gmail.com
Vera Balyura
Owner,Verameat Jewelry & Design
917/353.3885
verameatjewelry@gmail.com
Craig Wood
Senior Lecturer, Indiana University
812/856.2828
woodcp@indiana.edu
“All the CredentialsThat's Fit to Print”