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Inspired folk Grammy award-winning artist Patty Griffin performs at the Buskirk

BY KATHRINE SCHULZE schulzek@indiana.edu

The Bloomington Faculty Council passed a resolution to allow ROTC students the same priority registration as student athletes at its meeting Tuesday.

Beginning in March, ROTC students will have priority registration to sign up for the fall semester.

Professor Jim Sherman, faculty president elect and chair of the Educational Policies Committee, brought the resolution to the council.

“This meeting is not about priority registration for student athletes,” Sherman said. “It does raise the point that if there’s another group on campus that is desirous of priority registration, their credentials, their situation if you will, really should be compared to student athletes and OK’d to have such priority registration.”

ROTC students have certain time restraints in which they aren’t able to sign up for classes due to ROTC obligations.

The IU Student Association Student Body Congress, according to the resolution, first brought the resolution to the IU Office of Enrollment Management.

Currently, ROTC students sign up for classes with the rest of the student body, and cannot always sign up for required classes at times that they are able to attend class.

This can sometimes hinder ROTC students ability to graduate on time.

“It’s definitely the case that there will be a few more students who will be getting priority over students like myself who don’t have those extra restraints of an ROTC student,” Scott Borer, vice president of Congress said.

However, he said it is important to realize that having already looked at athletes, which is a group of students, adding ROTC students to priority registration would hardly affect students who sign up for classes at the normal time.

“The registrar’s office can do this easily with very little trouble and very little impact with other students and their registration on campus,” Sherman said.

The council also discussed potential improvements to IU’s emergency preparedness plan, including fixing glitches with the IU Notify system.

IU currently uses a commercial program to send out IU Notify notifications, Mark Bruhn, associate vice president for public safety and institutional assurance, said.

“For what it’s supposed to do, it does OK,” Bruhn said.

Two major issues with the current system are that there is no way to be selective in who receives notifications in terms of weather or not most people are on vacation, and that there is no way to determine where you might go in an emergency situation, Bruhn said.

IU Notify will soon also have a way to change an individual’s preferences in the way they receive messages.

That way, a person may not have to be notified by text, phone and email, Bruhn said.

“What we have to consider is how we’re going to get to the largest percentage of people,” Bruhn said.

Debbie Fletcher is the IUBloomington director of emergency management and continuity.

“We’re always trying new ways to make it as effective as possible,” Fletcher said.

Follow reporter Kathrine Schulze on Twitter at @KathrineSchulze.

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Patty Griffin performs Tuesday evening at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater while on tour to support her newest album, “Silver Bell.”

BY ALYSSA SCHOR aischor@indiana.edu

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acing possibilities of snowfall and miles of highway, dedicated fans traveled from states away to see Patty Griffin perform Tuesday night at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.

Audience members Kelly Rains and Monet Bramblette made the journey to Bloomington from Louisville, Ky. Bramblette said they arrived just before the snowstorm hit.

“We were ready and willing to see Patty,” Bramblette said. “She’s such a good show.”

Folk singer Anais Mitchell opened for the Grammy-award winning artist with a solo acoustic guitar set at 8 p.m.

Both Mitchell and Griffin acknowledged the audience for coming out despite the snow.

“You guys made it out in the snow.

I’m so proud of you,” Griffin said.

“You’re the brave ones, so thank you.”

Rains said she has been a fan of Griffin’s for several years and has seen her in concert multiple times.

“Your soul connects to every word that she has,” Rains said. “She wants her audience to give her their soul.”

“She’s probably the best female singer-songwriter out there. Her songs are very poignant and heartfelt.”

Chuck Hanners, audience member

Travelling with Rains, Bramblette said she has also seen Griffin perform multiple times.

“Her lyrics are well written,” Bramblette said. “I’ve never been to a concert where she didn’t disappoint. She seems like a genuinely good person.”

Griffin performed on both the acoustic guitar and the piano. She was accompanied by bass player Craig Ross, who produced Griffin’s 2013 album, “American Kid.” Among the songs she played on the guitar was “Little God,” a track from “Silver Bell.” Also released in 2013, “Silver Bell” was originally planned for release in 2000.

Other audience members matched Bramblette and Rains’ willingness to see Griffin.

Illinois resident Rita Calvert drove five-and-a-half hours to the show from a western suburb of Chicago. Calvert said she knew about the incoming snow,

so she made the trip a day early to see Griffin.

“She was on my wish list of people to see in this venue because it is so beautiful and quiet and polite,” Calvert said.

“The vibe here is beautiful.”

Calvert said she enjoys Griffin’s music, particularly her gospel-inspired songs.

“They bring me back to my childhood,” Calvert said. “It’s honest. She really sings from her heart.”

Bloomington resident Chuck Hanners said he enjoys Griffin’s songs because they’re relatable and allow him to make emotional connections.

“She’s probably the best female singer-songwriter out there,” Hanners said. “Her songs are very poignant and heartfelt.”

Joe Valentino and his friend Susan Lowry drove in the snow from Indianapolis.

“When you get a chance to see Patty, you go and see her,” Valentino said.

He said Griffin is a talented songwriter and musician with quality artistry.

“She is a songsmith, a craftsman,” Valentino said. “I just appreciate what she has to offer, and a little snow’s not going to stand in our way.”

Kahn overcomes injury, illness in diving career

BY GRACE PALMIERI gpalmier@indiana.edu

It was a Sunday in February of 2008, her freshman year of college.

Cassidy Kahn woke up to find her knees covered in rashes, two on the left and one on the right.

The diver had been plagued with sickness after sickness since she got to school — mononucleosis and kidney infections.

A day went by.

By Monday morning, the rash was extremely painful and she began running a fever. The IU diving team trainer sent her to the team doctor.

The rashes were hot and quickly spreading. The doctor advised her to see a dermatologist.

That night, her fever increased to 104 degrees.

She woke up Wednesday morning, three days after discovering the rash, to the most excruciating pain of her life. After seeing the trainer, team doctor and dermatologist again, she was rushed to the hospital.

X-rays and blood cultures were

done immediately. The tests found toxic gas in both of her legs, causing hot, crunchy-textured skin to form on her thighs.

Kahn had necrotizing fasciitis with gas gangrene and compartment syndrome, a rare and lifethreatening illness.

There was only one logical option: emergency surgery.

The doctor came in before she went under and asked her what religion she practiced. She told him she was Jewish.

They sent in a Rabbi.

“Right before they rolled me into surgery he said, ‘this is gonna be the toughest fight of your life,’” she said. * * * Kahn, a senior, has been on the IU diving team for seven years, but has only been able to compete for two full seasons.

Her dreams of competing at the highest levels as a diver, a gymnast and a swimmer have carried her though a lifetime of fighting off ill-

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Junior diver Cassidy Kahn watches her teammates compete at the Hoosierland Invitational in November 2009 at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center.

ness, including 20 surgeries since age eight.

Despite a series of serious illnesses and injuries, Kahn made it to the Big Ten Championships with the IU diving team, nearly qualifying for the NCAA championships, and performed in international diving

competition.

“Having been a part of a lot of different teams throughout her years here, she has signified the traditions and legacy that IU diving is all about,” senior teammate Kate Hillman said.

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The kitchen will emphasize sustainability

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and provide nutritious meals to those struggling with hunger and poverty.

IUPUI competed for one of five grants from the Sodexo Foundation, winning their firstplace prize by a single vote.

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Pulizter Prize winner David Finkel talks about his book "the Good Soldiers" on Tuesday at Alumni Hall in the Indiana Memorial Union. Finkel followed an infantry battalion in Baghdad in 2007 for his book.

BY SUZANNE GROSSMAN spgrossm@indiana.edu

Rapid snowfall and campus bus closures didn’t stop more than 100 students and community members from attending Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Finkel’s speech Tuesday evening.

Attendees shuffled into Alumni Hall at the Indiana Memorial Union at 7:30 p.m. to listen to Finkel’s war stories, which he reported during the Iraq war in 2007.

Tom French, IU journalism professor and Pulitzer Prize winner, introduced Finkel as an old friend who taught him much about the art of reporting.

“One of the most important lessons was cultivating quiet when reporting a huge news story,” French said.

“That kind of quiet grace has been a hallmark of his work.”

French also spoke about enviable intelligence, beautiful writing and worldly empathy French said defines Finkel as “the best of the best.”

Finkel spent most of his lecture telling stories from his book “the Good Soldiers,” in which he wrote of soldiers’ experiences on the front lines of the war with a battalion from Fort Riley, Kan. “It’s a piece of journalism, but its not about war,” Finkel said. “It’s a book illuminated by the question — what is it like to be a young man sent into war at such a tragic moment in history?”

Finkel said he used this question to drive his reporting and to tell the stories of the young men he met. He told the stories of six soldiers during his lecture.

He said they were

soldiers who wrestled with the morality of war, whose families experienced insensitivity from President George W. Bush, who silently fought the mental stress of war, who lost limbs and who saw friends die.

From the beginning to end of his time in Iraq, Finkel said he saw the soldiers change.

“Over time, they began to change. That’s what happens, isn’t it?” Finkel said.

“War does what war does and that’s what happens to these guys, and when they went they didn’t know what was going to happen.”

One soldier, Nate Showman, attended IU. He saw a fellow soldier die, causing him so much grief he could not tell his superior what had happened.

Finkel plans to tell more of Showman’s story during

his lecture Thursday, when he will discuss his book “Thank You for Your Service.”

The lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. in Alumni Hall.

During the question and answer following the lecture, Finkel reflected on whether his book and the stories within accurately depicted the war.

He said he has received emails from soldiers in the war confiding that instead of having to talk about the war, they give people Finkel’s book and say it’s an accurate depiction of what they went through.

“You hope you do it right,” Finkel said. “When you get enough emails like that enough times, you begin to get confident.”

Follow reporter Suzanne Grossman on Twitter @suzannepaige6.

Student groups attend virtual debate

BY DENNIS BARBOSA dbarbosa@indiana.edu

The old debate of evolution versus creationism aired live Tuesday night in Woodburn Hall with about 130 people in attendance.

Bill Nye, best known for his ’90s show “Bill Nye the Science Guy,” and Ken Ham, CEO of Answers in Genesis, debated for more than two hours in the creation museum in Petersburg, Ky. The live video feed started off shakily, beginning with an error in the audio, but it was remedied after several minutes.

The Secular Alliance at IU, Biology Club at IU and the Biotech Club at IU organized the event.

Following a short presentation from the clubs at

6:50 p.m., the debate began at 7 p.m.

Orion Day, president of the Secular Alliance at IU, said the goal of the three IU organizations is to promote the understanding of science and not to ridicule other viewpoints, because that is not constructive.

“I’m very much emphasizing listening closely and trying to understand their position and respectfully disagreeing,” he said. “Focusing on their arguments and not the person.”

While the debaters made 30-minute arguments followed by shorter rebuttals and even shorter counterrebuttals, the audience in Woodburn guffawed at several different moments at both speakers.

Nye seemed intent on

peppering his speech with anecdotal comedy, whereas Ham caused laughter simply by the claims he made from the Bible.

“I was hoping that there might be some legitimate claims from both sides, but it seems like Mr. Ham’s whole argument is kind of hampered by the fact that his knowledge of the Bible doesn’t seem to be very credible,” sophomore Emma Johnson said. “I think he kind of shot himself in the foot there, and I just love Bill Nye. In my book, he definitely won this debate.”

Other students said they had a problem with the way the debate was set up.

“I don’t like the format because I feel like they kept saying the same thing over and over to address each

MORE ON PAGE 3 Debate highlights how school vouchers indirectly cause the state to fund creationism other and neither of them is able to properly respond, so they just restate the process,” sophomore James Duncan said. “I do think the Ken guy, the Australian, he does give a lot of objective proof. He has some good points like the nuisances between the observational and the past sciences.”

Following the debate, Nye and Ham answered questions from the audience in Kentucky while student opinions varied in Woodburn.

“This is kind of a touchy subject,” Day said. “It’s religion versus science.”

Scientists link depression and heart disease, stroke FROM IDS REPORTS

Treatment of depression prior to any apparent signs of cardiovascular disease can decrease the risk of future cardiovascular problems and strokes by almost half, Jesse C. Stewart discovered.

Stewart is the first to confirm this as an effective treatment through his research at the School of Science at IUPUI. “Previous studies we and others have conducted indicate that depression is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease,” Stewart said in a press release by Health Canal.

However, those other studies have worked with treating depression in patients already struggling with cardiovascular disease.

Researchers for Stewart’s assignment worked with 235 older, clinically depressed patients as their research

group. The patients were randomly assigned to care programs involving antidepressants and psychotherapy.

Out of the 168 patients who had no traces of cardiovascular disease prior to the commencement of the study, researchers found that those who received treatment for their depression left the study with a 48 percent less chance of future heart disease issues.

The 67 patients who did enter the study with preexisting cardiovascular problems did not show any lowered risk of heart attack or stroke as a result of treatment.

These findings suggest patients need to get treated for clinical depression as soon as possible to reap the benefits of better health in the future.

“In the near future, depression treatment may play an important role in reduc-

ing disability and death due to cardiovascular disease,” Stewart said.

Stewart decided to explore whether or not treatment of depression prior to the onset of heart disease would decrease the number of patients who suffer from heart attacks and strokes.

“Our results suggest that the answer is yes,” Stewart said.

His research was supported by the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health.

Stewart is an associate professor of psychology at IUPUI and an affiliated scientist of the IU Center for Aging Research.

Aside from his work with psychology and its connections with heart disease, Stewart’s research interests include “eHealth,” or internet interventions for depressive and insomnia disorders, as

well as psychosocial factors’ influences on subjects of diabetes, obesity and insomnia, among several other health issues.

Depression affects 6.5 million Americans who are 65 or older, according to the National Alliance on Mental Health. Its treatment — as well as the use of blood pressure and cholesterol medications and ceasing smoking — is integral to fighting heart disease and stroke.

Stewart plans to conduct a larger study to confirm the findings of his research.

Biostatistician Anthony Perkins of the IU Center for Aging Research ; geriatrician Christopher Callahan, the founding director of the Center; and Yvonne Pettinga, a professor in Aging Research at the IU School of Medicine will assist him.

The IU summer tuition discount that began in 2012 has been renewed for the summer semester at all IU campuses except Bloomington, according to a press release issued today.

Indiana resident undergraduate students who take classes during the summer will receive a 25 percent discount, as well as an equivalent dollar reduction for outof-state students.

The discount will no longer be in effect in Bloomington, but will be replaced with a flat rate for students taking a high number of classes during the summer semester.

A flat attendance rate for summer semesters at the Bloomington campus accounts for the change.

Many satellite campuses, however, have seen an increase in their attendance for their summer semester.

Currently, the flat rate for students who attend classes during the fall and spring semesters is 17 credit hours. With the new rate, students will be able to take an 18-credit-hour course load with no additional fees.

Both policies are part of an effort by IU to encourage students to graduate within

four years. The policies will go into effect fall 2014.

“We are continually looking for the most effective ways to provide economic value to our students and their families, and to promote on-time graduation across all of our campuses,” IU Vice President and Chief Financial Officer MaryFrances McCourt said.

With the new plan, an in-state IU Bloomington student taking 18 credit hours per semester would save about $284 per semester when compared to the current cost of taking as many credit hours. Non-residents would save almost $1,000.

“The summer tuition discount and increase in the flat-fee cap speak louder than words,” John Applegate, IU executive vice president for university academic affairs, said.

“University-wide, IU is firmly committed to supporting our students by increasing affordability and completion rates, and reducing time to degree. We are committed to experimenting with a range of creative approaches and adopting those that show promise of helping us to meet these goals.”

— Kathrine Schulze

Sustainability office fellowship applications open

BY ANNA HYZY akhyzy@indiana.edu

The Sustainability Course Development Fellowship offers financial support of up to $8,000 to faculty interested in developing sustainability-based courses at IU. The Office of Sustainability is now accepting applications for this year’s awards.

“With growing student interest in sustainability... there’s a real demand,” said Emilie Rex, assistant director of sustainability at the IU Office of Sustainability.

There has been a growth in recent years in the availability of sustainabilityrelated academic pursuits, including the addition of a minor.

The Office of Sustainability has awarded 16 fellowships since the 2008-09 school year and has seen a number of those courses continue to be taught.

Rex said the office is hoping to follow up with the fellowship winners better in the future so even more may continue after its pilot year.

“I think we’re entering an era where having knowledge and background and skills related to sustainability are really going to be important in the workforce,” Rex said.

The number of fellowships granted and the amounts granted are all dependent on the number and quality of applications they receive.

Last spring, the office gave out four $5,000 fellowship grants.

Professor James Farmer’s course “Planting the Seed:

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An Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture” was one of the recipients last year. The course will be taught during the second four-week term of the 2014 summer session.

“I think more people, students, faculty and the general public are understanding the complicated nature of sustainability,” Farmer said.

Farmer’s course will teach the applied side of sustainable agriculture, which he said he feels isn’t really addressed at IU. He said he applied to see if the University would support such an idea.

“The support from the University really underscores the seriousness,” he said.

Applications for the fellowship can be found through the IU Office of Sustainability’s website. Lists of former winners and lists of current sustainability-related courses at IU are available there as well.

The deadline for this year’s awards is March 1.

Both Farmer and Rex stressed the importance of sustainability education for students.

“I think it’s absolutely fundamental when they leave Indiana University that they understand the implications of human behavior on human existence,” Farmer said. “What we do today will greatly impact what happens five years, 10 years, 50 years from now.”

Follow reporter Anna Hyzy on Twitter @annakhyzy.

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The bill now goes to President Barack Obama, who is expected to sign it into law.

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The Bloomington Fire Department is investigating an arson case in which multiple fires were set to buildings at the Midland Cut Stone site in the 1600 block of South Huntington Drive, Bloomington Fire Department Sgt. Jeremy Goad said.

A witness reported the fire to the Bloomington Police Department Monday morning.

The first fire was set to an abandoned building, BPD Sgt. Joe Crider said.

The witness reported seeing a man wearing an orange hat and dark coat walking in the area shortly after he or she noticed one of the buildings on fire.

Accelerant was found on the site, but it is not clear if it was used in the fire.

The BFD returned to the scene to extinguish a second structure fire Tuesday morning. There are no suspects in the investigation.

“It’s clearly a suspicious fire,” Crider said.

— Dennis Barbosa

Man found in motel with meth, 15-year-old girl FROM IDS REPORTS

While investigating a missing person report, the Bloomington Police Department found a 20-year-old man with a minor in a motel in the 1800 block of North Walnut Street.

The man, Tanner Allen Smith of Ellettsville, Ind., faces preliminary charges of distribution of methamphetamine, two counts of sexual misconduct with a minor and a probation violation.

The methamphetamine charge is a class B felony, and the sexual misconduct charges are class D felonies.

Tuesday night the BPD responded to a call from a woman who reported her 20-yearold daughter was missing and being held against her will, BPD Sgt. Joe Crider said.

The mother provided police with her daughter’s phone number and officers were then able to trace the daughter’s location through GPS tracking to the Motel 6 on North Walnut Street.

The motel’s front desk clerk directed officers to room 400, where Smith was discovered with a 15-year-old girl.

The 20-year-old woman who was reported missing was not in the room at the time officers arrived, but her phone number was found on Smith’s phone.

Police contacted the 20-year-old on her phone, but she said she was fine, Crider said. The mother later reported her daughter had contacted her and said she was fine.

The parents of the minor were contacted, and they came to the motel.

The minor reported she had engaged in sexual relations with Smith, and she said he knew she was 15-yearsold, Crider said.

She said she began a relationship with Smith three months ago, and on Jan. 31 he had provided her with methamphetamine and allowed her to use it.

Smith denied distributing methamphetamine but admitted to engaging in sexual relations with the girl. However, he said he thought she was 16 years old.

The legal age of consent in Indiana is 16, according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

Police obtained a search warrant and confiscated bed linens, wash cloths, towels, clothing and Smith’s cell phone for evidence, Crider said.

Smith is scheduled to appear before a judge today for a bond hearing.

— Dennis Barbosa

Winter storm warning, travel advisory in effect FROM IDS REPORTS

A winter storm warning was issued for central Indiana at 3 p.m. Tuesday and is in effect until 1 p.m. today.

Monroe County issued a travel “watch” at about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday because of slick roads. Only essential travel was recommended.

The National Weather Service predicted 3 to 8 inch-

es of snow and sleet with the possibility for .1 to .2 inches of ice.

A winter storm warning means significant amounts of snow, sleet and ice are expected or occurring. This would make travel hazardous or impossible, according to the National Weather Service.

— Rebecca Kimberly

The highlighted states have implemented voucher programs similar to Indiana’s, though some states have significantly more restrictions on who is eligible.

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BY DENNIS BARBOSA dbarbosa@indiana.edu

Echoing strong legislative efforts during the 1980s to institute creationism in American schools, state money still indirectly funds controversial curriculum in the form of vouchers.

Many Americans have resisted teachings about evolution, leading to a relatively low global ranking on public acceptance of the theory, according to a 2006 survey published in the national journal “Science.”

A debate Tuesday night between evolutionist Bill Nye and creationist Ken Ham shed light on the issue of whether creationism can be considered a viable scientific theory.

One such school that receives vouchers from the state of Indiana, Lighthouse Christian Academy, is located in Bloomington on West That Road.

Lighthouse is a private school that participates in School Choice Indiana’s Choice Scholarship Program.

School Choice Indiana is designed to help families wishing to educate their children in alternative schools through state voucher funding if the student meets several eligibility requirements.

“We are accredited by the state of Indiana. It’s called freeway status, which is actually designed for small public schools but also used for nonpublic schools,” said Don Wilson, president of Lighthouse Christian Academy. “As part of that accreditation, we do have to meet the same curriculum standards as any other school in the state of Indiana.”

The Freeway School Program is an alternative to regular accreditation, allowing for a contract with the State Board of Education, according to the Indiana NonPublic Education Association website.

Wilson said Lighthouse does not take an official position on any specific theory of creationism or affiliate itself with any church.

Rather, the school’s position is “God is creator.”

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ent forms of creationism, IU biology professor Rudolf Raff said.

These theories include theistic evolution, the belief in both evolution and God; young earth creationism, a belief in a literal interpretation of the biblical book Genesis; and intelligent design creationism, the belief that God created the earth and then allowed for evolutionary processes to occur.

“Our students understand evolution very well,” Wilson said. “They also have a real understanding of creationism.”

When studying the book of Genesis, for example, the students will examine both literal and non-literal interpretations, he said.

The Indiana General Assembly passed legislation instituting the state voucher program in 2011, said Betsy Wiley, president of School Choice Indiana.

Two years later, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled the program was constitutional.

When a state authorizes a voucher program allowing for religious schools to be eligible for participation, the program is subject to constitutional questioning, according to the Georgetown Law Journal.

“The U.S. Supreme Court has not definitively ruled on the constitutionality on voucher programs, although it was presented with and declined that opportunity in the October 1998 term,” according to the journal.

Wiley said the voucher goes to the family, and then the family makes the decision as to which school they will attend.

“It doesn’t go from the state to the school,” she said.

The parents can choose to use all or part of the government funding to send their children to a public or private school of their choice, granted the school is participating in the voucher program.

Creationists introduced equal time legislation in 19 states between 1980 and 1985, according to the San Diego Law Review.

“One of those states was Louisiana, in which the 1981

Voucher Eligibility GENERAL VOUCHER Indiana resident Families at 150 percent or below the Federal Free and Reduced Lunch Income Guidelines Child attended public school in Indiana the full previous school year Child is entering first grade or higher “F” SCHOOL VOUCHER Indiana resident Families at 150 percent or below the Federal Free and Reduced Lunch Income Guidelines Child is assigned to an F public school SPECIAL NEEDS VOUCHER Indiana resident Families at 200 percent or below the Federal Free and Reduced Lunch Income Guidelines Child has a current Individual Education Program or Individualized Service Plan

Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution in Public School Instruction Act gave rise to Edwards v.

Aguillard,” according to the review.

The act prevented the teaching of evolution in public schools unless equal classroom time was given to creationism.

In 1987 the U.S. Supreme Court decided the act violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment, the separation of church and state, because it lacked a clear secular purpose, according to the Edwards v. Aguillard Court opinion.

“It’s a philosophical issue and an issue of origins rather than of science,” Wilson said.

“But there’s also looking at the scientific evidence for creationism and looking at the weaknesses in evolutionary theory.”

The Court argued the act’s purpose was to restructure the science curriculum to

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conform to a particular religious position.

“There is no debate,” Raff said. “The scientific facts are clear. They come from physics, biology, chemistry, paleontology, geology, you name it. We know the science, and there’s no room for that kind of creationist material that’s generally taught in these schools.”

Science is a purely physical approach to the nature of the world and leaves off the philosophical or religious notions, looking instead at what the evidence says, Raff said.

“The evidence comes from the natural world, not from some other kind of source,” he said. “And I think people have a hard time distinguishing between what you learn from an examination of the natural world versus what you derive philosophically or religiously from a system of organizing your own sense of the universe.”

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STI testing should be free SAM OSTROWSKI is a senior majoring in English.

Students have developed stigma around being tested for sexually transmitted infections. No one particularly enjoys the process, and many opt out entirely.

But IU, home of the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction, isn’t doing much to combat the stigma.

With all the University does, it has somehow failed to offer free STI testing.

The IU Health Center charges $37.50 for chlamydia and gonorrhea testing, $38 for HIV testing, and a whopping $98 for HPV testing.

Some might say $38 for HIV testing is reasonable compared to when you get out into the real world. But the fact is, students are not in the real world. Thirtyeight dollars could mean gas money, or even groceries for some. I would be lying if I said there aren’t some months where every penny counts, as I’m living paycheck to paycheck.

All of those test prices are also including the health fee, a mandatory fee that students who are enrolled in more than three credit hours must pay every term. The spring 2014 health fee was $110.22.

During the standard eight semesters spent at IU, the health fee adds up to a hefty amount of money.

The University, of course, justifies the fee because it includes “a reduced charge of $18 for routine medical clinic visits, two free visits (excluding psychiatry) to Counseling and Psychological Services each semester, free prescheduled appointments to the women’s clinic, and several free or discounted services available through the Health and Wellness clinic, such as fitness assessments.”

It’s concise reasoning.

What’s not so concise is why we can’t have free STI testing.

The University is constantly tooting its own horn regarding the two free visits to CAPS per semester. This is a great service that I’ve personally known to help many students — so it’s not clear why we don’t get at least two free STI tests included in the health fee.

We’re already paying a gross amount to the University, and I’m sure many of you didn’t even know you were required to pay a health fee in the first place.

We shouldn’t have to pay more for a service that should be free in college.

There are free testing options at IU Health’s Positive Link, but this isn’t student-oriented or necessarily student-accessible for many.

Special weeks like Sexploration Week and Culture of Care often bring in free HIV testing as well, but this is only for a short amount of time.

We need a constant, free source of STI testing on campus.

The University is supposed to educate and advance education. It should take its students and instill good practices in them — one of those practices should be getting tested for STIs regularly.

And in order to get tested regularly, the testing needs to be free.

— sjostrow@indiana.edu Follow columnist Sam Ostrowski on Twitter @ostrowski_s_j.

Facebook Paper launches in App store Facebook launched a mobile news reader this week called Paper. Similar to mobile apps like Flipboard, Facebook hopes its new app will deliver “the best personalized newspaper in the world.”

In addition to news from around the world, users can still view all of thier notifications and messages from the original site, as well as their newsfeed.

EDITORIAL BOARD

ICONIC CLASSES

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utgers University is now offering a course titled “Politicizing Beyoncé.” This course will analyze themes in the pop icon’s music such as race and gender. Beyoncé’s plethora of work certainly offers a study of interesting issues of feminism and sexuality. At the very least, she is an icon and definitely a subject college students are interested in talking about for 50 minutes. As a University supporting our own fair share of pop music college courses — none of which are focused on women, by the way — perhaps we could adopt our own Bey-centered seminar.

Pop culture is a fascinating and richly undermined area of societal observations — there is value in analyzing it. Here are some other culturally relevant class ideas that IU should take under consideration.

“The Confidence of Kanye” A motivational self-improvement seminar focused on learning and imitating how to manage expectations and foster lasting connections through Kanye’s lyrics and public antics. Students will learn how to be better, faster and stronger.

“Amanda Bynes: Celebrity and Sanity” This course will examine mental illness in young adults as well as the harmful affects of child fame on an unformed mind through analysis of Amanda Bynes’ tweets. Final papers will be expected to draw a parallel between a decline in mental health and proper wig care.

“Deporting Beiber” This course will offer an in depth study of immigration and cultural assimilation through relevant themes in Justin Beiber’s career. Classes will analyze cultural differences between Canada and the United States, as well as lead a discussion on the deportation laws between the two countries. Most specifically, if one country can vote to have him sent to the other.

“Dennis the Diplomat: International Relations on a Public Stage” International business students can analyze Dennis Rodman’s actions in North Korea as a study of how not to approach foreign dictators. Students will be asked to evaluate the qualifications of former athletes in creating liaisons between hostile governments.

“Kardashians and the Divorce Law” Students who say they are interested in law, but are really just in it for the publicity, can study complicated and nuanced divorce law through episodes of “Keeping Up With The Kardashians.” The course is only offered for the first 72 days of the semester.

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ZIPPER UNZIPPED

Dead stars shine the brightest Philip Seymour Hoffman, possibly the greatest and most underrated actor of this generation, was found dead in his Manhattan apartment Sunday.

He was a remarkable talent that absolutely shined as every character he ever played, whether that be his Oscar-winning performance as eccentric 20th century writer Truman Capote in “Capote” or loveable pervert Allen in Todd Solondz’s “Happiness.”

But the awful truth is it’s the same thing with every celebrity death. Nobody thinks about the celebrity outside of said celebrity’s core fans until he or she dies, then everyone from your best friend’s mom to Perez Hilton posts a

Facebook status about it.

We don’t really care that much about others until they die.

This phenomenon I’m going to go ahead and call “celebrity death bandwagoning” doesn’t just happen with celebrities, despite the misleading name I just gave it. It happens with non-celebrities too, we just realize this even less.

The argument can be made that celebrity death bandwagoning is actually a good thing. The press about said celebrity’s death will actually inspire others that wouldn’t have normally known about him or her to look him or her up, thus exposing the formerly naïve to new art — provided the celebrity actually produced

art like Hoffman or, say, Kurt Cobain.

An example of this would be the influx of Michael Jackson fans, many of them Millennials, following his death in 2009. These new fans probably would have never listened to Michael Jackson for any number of reasons — the most common one likely being their age — if he would not have died.

There’s a large demographic that never would have listened to his music if he were still alive today. By this logic, celebrity death bandwagoning is a positive phenomenon.

I took to Twitter like many others and expressed my sadness about the passing of the great PSH in at least a half dozen sentiments that

were quite sincere. But my followers can’t tell if these tweets were, in fact, sincere.

I could easily have been one of those celebrity death bandwagoners just tweeting for the heck of it, trying to convey to others halfheartedly how “deeply saddened” I am by the much-too-early passing of this Hollywood great.

I know that I wasn’t doing this. But everyone else, save for a couple of my cinephiliac friends who know me well, didn’t know this.

There’s no sure way to decide if celebrity death bandwagoning is good or bad.

But a decision doesn’t need to be made about celebrity death bandwagoning because the underlying message here is this — we

RILEY ZIPPER is a sophomore majoring in English.

take for granted the lives of others.

It’s disgustingly cliché, but life is precious whether the life in question is of your favorite actor or your 90-year-old grandma.

So take some time and call your grandma every once in a while, because you never know when she’ll die from a heroin overdose.

— zipperr@indiana.edu Follow columnist Riley Zipper on Twitter @rileyezipper.

BANK ON IT

Fed up with the education system I complain a lot about the useless required classes I’m forced to take, and I’m not alone.

I hear many students express the same contempt toward the education system. I heard it through high school, middle school and even in elementary school.

In all this time, nothing has changed.

We still wonder why we’re forced to suffer through classes that have no appeal to us.

One example most IU students can relate to is Finite Mathematics. It’s a kind of torture I would wish only on my worst enemy, and even then I’d feel bad.

This system is unfair, and we need to get rid of it, now.

My mom posted a video

on my Facebook timeline.

It was the music video, so to speak, of spoken word-artist Suli Breaks’ poem “I Will Not Let an Exam Result Decide My Fate.”

Breaks is known for his lyrics that condemn the standard education system. His poem brings up every thought, every problem, every controversy we’ve expressed toward the system.

Society almost demands we go to college, yet tuition increases every year. We take classes which will supposedly land us a good career, then never use half of the material in our adult lives. We stress ourselves out about exam results as if they determine our future, but the job applications we’re going to school to

one day fill out never even ask about them.

In January, the Editorial Board published an editorial about the lack of jobs for college graduates. In that reality, it would make more sense to skip college. But no one looks up to the kid who decided to keep her job at Wal-mart. The boy who went straight to work at the factory will never be as respected as the boy who dug himself into a $50,000-deep hole of debt to find a useless degree waiting at the bottom.

We’ll keep digging because that’s what they tell us to do.

But who is the “they?”

They say we need a college education, they say these classes lead to a good career and they say this would prepare us for adulthood.”

We don’t even know who “they” are, but we listen to their every word. “They” could be our parents, our school counselors, our college professors, our university president, the Board of Trustees or the Department of Education.

I want to know who “they” are. I want to know what their qualifications are to think they can hide out of sight, tell us what to do and say what we need to know for our individual futures.

I want to know why they get to decide that the kid who scored below 1,000 on his SATs will never be successful. I want to know why they can say that the girl who barely escaped calculus with a D is just lazy and doesn’t care enough.

No one can tell us what

LEXIA BANKS is a sophomore majoring in telecom.

to care about. And you can’t make yourself care more about a subject you have no interest in. As long as society and the mysterious “they” are going to pressure us to pursue a college education, we shouldn’t have to pay for the classes we aren’t interested in.

Let us learn what we want to learn.

—lnbanks@indiana.edu Follow columnist Lexia Banks on Twitter @LexiaBanks.

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Tackling Woody Allen Dylan Farrow, Mia Farrow’s daughter, has recently released an open letter in The New York Times that confirms old accusations that Woody Allen sexually assaulted her as a child. Her letter is brave, heartbreaking and completely correct in her condemnation, not only of Woody Allen for his abuse but also of the society that would willing turn a blind eye to protect a favorite.

Some people’s first response to this discovery could be to doubt what she is saying. Woody Allen is a beloved film director and cemented pop culture icon.

When you hear about such awful acts coming from such an admired person, the first response is often backlash.

This is, of course, insulting to rape and abuse victims everywhere. Our society has always been overly eager to assume that the victim is lying or that it is somehow his or her fault, and this is one of the biggest reasons that so many acts of sexual violence go unreported. Our first response to news like this should always be support and understanding toward the victim.

The added complication of this particular case is the emotional connection Allen’s fans feel not only to his movies but also to him.

I struggled with my own attachment to his work when I heard the news. After all, it isn’t as if his movies are suddenly bad. Once you have accepted art into your life and into your heart, there is a certain ownership that is hard to let go.

I felt conflicted as to whether it was right for me to still appreciate his movies.

That is until I actually read Dylan Farrow’s open letter. Her story was pointed

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

JORDAN RILEY is a sophomore majoring in comparative literature

and heartbreaking. When I finished reading it, I actually felt nauseated.

It was at this point that I realized how selfish my reaction to her confession had been. The fact that Annie Hall is forever tainted now is hardly the biggest tragedy of this story. A young girl was sexually and emotionally abused, and she was made to feel, by an entire industry and fan base, that her struggle was less important than a slew of popular movies.

The only excuse I can see for this is that people don’t want to condemn stories they love. This philosophy, however, is making a tragedy about you, the viewer, when it could not be less about you.

The real victim here is a 7-year-old girl who was abused by a trusted father figure and pressured to keep silent for 21 years as the rest of the world worshiped her abuser.

We were wrong to ignore it in the past — not just with Woody Allen but also with every public figure guilty of crimes that have other men rotting in prison without a thought of forgiveness. We would be even worse to ignore it again.

The only thing the public can do now is to do as Farrow asks: acknowledge her struggle, adjust our idols and be more receptive in the future.

— jordile@indiana.edu Follow columnist Jordan Riley on Twitter @RiledUpIDS.

REED ME

Duty to create a culture of care We need to talk, Hoosiers, because we’re not taking care of each other.

Even though it’s tempting, more legal responsibility for each other isn’t the answer.

There’s a legal concept called duty of care that says we are required to be reasonably safe with respect to the people and property around us.

In certain situations, you accept responsibility for the safety of another individual through your own actions — often without even knowing it.

Rob and Charlene Spierer are claiming that’s exactly what Jason Rosenbaum and Corey Rossman did on the night of June 3, 2011, when their daughter Lauren Spierer disappeared.

If they had a duty of care for Lauren, failed to execute it and that failure contributed to her disappearance, they could be held monetarily responsible.

Randall Frykberg, director of Student Legal Services, said the Spierers tried to convince the court to expand the list of actions that create a duty of care. The Spierers want to include things such as attempting to help someone or intervening when someone else offers to.

The judge chose not to expand it, although the case is still moving forward under an older Indiana law.

As much as my thoughts are with the Spierers, and I respect their efforts to find a small amount of justice for their daughter, the judge made the right choice.

The law tends to struggle when it tries to mandate desirable behavior.

Establishing that kind of precedent would probably have a negative impact on our interest in the well-being of those around us.

There’s already no shortage of apathy and aloofness on this campus.

It’s not difficult to imagine a scenario in which large campus organizations, known for their partying culture, begin unofficially training their members on how to avoid assuming a legal obligation for someone else.

It’s not that we would be

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DRAKE REED is a senior majoring in economics.

less concerned about those around us. We would just be less likely to act in a way that might make us legally responsible for them.

Arguably, that’s because legal obligations are enforceable where moral obligations often aren’t. Many would say that’s precisely why legal obligations are preferable.

And in a perfect world, where fulfillment of a legal obligation is entirely objective, I would agree.

Back in reality, legal obligations are sticky and subjective. Even if you did fulfil yours, you’ll have to spend a lot of time and money convincing a handful of fallible human beings.

For that reason, you’ll probably think twice before taking on an obligation.

Legal obligations should exist for when moral obligations fail, not to serve in their absence.

The fact that Lauren Spierer walked home alone that night — that this culture is one in which something like that could happen, in which no one thought or chose to make sure she was accompanied or safe — infuriates me. It represents a void of moral character in this community.

Unfortunately, that’s not a void that can be filled by legislation. It isn’t a culture that can be written into law, dictated by a court or enforced by the police.

It has to start with each individual person.

You have a duty of care for every person around you. You have a duty to keep them safe, to get them help if they need it and to take care of them physically, mentally and emotionally.

You have that duty not because a judge tells you to or because you’ll get sued if you don’t fulfill it. You have that duty because you’re an adult and a decent human being.

— drlreed@indiana.edu

New debates shouldn’t start with false allegations I’m new to town and impressed by the rich culture on the IU campus, including debates on numerous topics.

This newspaper is certainly a good example.

However, when I picked up an IDS copy last Thursday, I found someone calling for more space to debate a particular international conflict. No, not Iran or Ukraine, and not the mass killings in Syria or the Central African Republic.

The writer wanted to see more debate about the IsraelPalestinian conflict. For this reason he founded an IU J Street chapter — an advocacy group for a so-called two-

state solution. So far, so good.

But the call for debate included criticism and a false allegation against Israel while no criticism was voiced against the Palestinian authority, or Hamas. This seems a bad start to me. I was particularly irritated by the claim that laws in Israel do not apply equally to Arabs and Jews.

Few people would deny that there is racism — as is the case in most countries, unfortunately, including the United States — but all laws are applied equally to all Israeli citizens. This includes Jews, (Muslim) Arabs and Christians. Additionally, all faiths have the freedom to worship.

The sole legal distinction between Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel is that the latter are not required to serve in the Israeli army. This basic democratic standard of equality before the law is quite distinct in that region.

Arabs form about 20 percent of Israeli society. They are represented in Israel’s parliament and the justice system, including the Supreme Court.

The overwhelming majority prefer to remain Israeli citizens instead of becoming citizens of a future Palestinian state, as surveys in the border area have shown.

The reality of the IsraeliPalestinian conflict is com-

plex, with outside political campaigns easily becoming biased and detached from reality.

One clear example is the campaign to boycott Israeli universities, which was also condemned by J Street.

As IU President Michael A. McRobbie noted, such campaigns “undermine the principle of academic freedom.”

New debates should be welcomed, but they should start with the truth, not biased allegations.

— Gunther Jikeli, visiting scholar at the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Re: In defense of Israel and Zionism A recent column in the Indiana Daily Student titled “In defense of Israel and Zionism” is a poor excuse for published writing, displaying what is now an endemic lack of rigor on the part of the IDS Opinion staff. The column in question relies exclusively on both appeals to emotion and references to a book called “From Time Immemorial,” a work that has been exhaustively and completely discredited by the academic community since its publication.

Israeli historian Yehoshua

Porath, writing in the New York Times, called it “a sheer forgery.”

The idea advanced by the author that Arabs only came to Palestine after its 20thcentury colonization is utterly ludicrous. So, too, is the fact that in all the author’s talk of borders, never once did he mention the 1967 borders established in United Nations Security Council Resolution 242. These borders are the sole legitimate borders of Israel and Palestine under international law, and yet

Israel continues to occupy and settle the West Bank in flagrant violation of the Geneva Convention.

Furthermore, the most ridiculous aspect of the column is the author’s insinuation that questioning the geography and politics of the state of Israel is somehow equivalent to antisemitism. This is so insulting to one’s intelligence as to hardly merit a response, except to say that in an academic community like IU, such nonsense should not be welcome.

The author ends her column with a typically ad-hominem insult aimed at those who disagree with her, saying they need a “basic history lesson.” Again, this hardly merits a response, except to note that in actual history lessons at IU, one should display the kind of self-respect and respect for others that is sorely lacking in the author’s work.

— Ben Jarvis Graduate Student, School of Public and Environmental Affairs

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

McRobbie puts IU on the right side of history I am proud to call myself a Hoosier. I attend a University that strives to provide groundbreaking research and whose basketball team almost made it to the Elite Eight at the NCAA Championship last year.

Above all, I attend an educational institution that promises an environment where professors and students alike are ethical in their academic work, take personal responsibility and respect the dignity of others.

President Michael McRobbie acted according to these promises when he

decided to withdraw IU from the American Studies Association after it publicly boycotted all institutions of higher education belonging to the State of Israel. He understood that by continuing to be a part of the ASA, IU would fail to uphold the Indiana Promise.

Rather, IU would hold the scholarly organization accountable for what it said and what it did, and it would treat Israeli academic institutions with civility and understanding. The ASA chose to boycott Israeli scholarly establishments based on the unfounded claims of mistreatment

shown toward Israel’s Arab population by its government.

The ASA was founded to encourage the study of our own state. Its mission was not to direct our relationships with the academic institutions of other nations. It describes itself as such: “The nation’s oldest and largest association devoted to the interdisciplinary study of American culture and history.”

Consequently, President McRobbie chose to stick by fellow institutions of higher learning that IU had long

been associated with and had supported, and he chose to oppose the inaccurate allegations that a scholarly organization to which it belonged had no qualifications to make.

As a student at IU, I praise President McRobbie for the character and courage he showed last month when he joined the more than 200 American colleges and universities who condemned the ASA boycott and stood in support of academic freedom.

— Sahar Farahi

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Cold students still the lucky ones The weather has been the talk of the town for the past week, which is understandable, as it has been unseasonably cold. Moreover, many students were outraged that school was not canceled when the weather took a nosedive below zero.

Yes, I didn’t want to go to class, and yes, I found the email warning students to “cover their mouths with scarves to protect their lungs” to be a little ridiculous.

But I am lucky. I can afford a scarf to cover my lungs. In fact, IU provided me with a token crimson and cream one. I have a jacket that my family refers to as “the toaster” because it keeps me so warm.

Unfortunately, many people in Bloomington are not this lucky. They layer with hoodies and hope they’ll be able to get by.

People who are experiencing homelessness do not get a break from the cold. They

truly know how it feels to be frozen to the bone.

So instead of complaining about how I had to go to class when it was cold, I should be grateful. I am fortunate enough to be able to afford a college education and never have to worry whether I’ll have a warm place to sleep.

My heart breaks for those without a warm place to stay during these cold nights.

Bloomington is bigger than just campus, and not every-

one you see wearing a backpack is a student.

As students, we can volunteer at a shelter, buy coffee for someone who’s cold or help with a coat drive. The possibilities are endless. In the words of Mother Teresa, “Not all of us can do great things, but we can all do small things with great love.”

Be grateful. Help those in need. Give back.

— Ellen Hallberg, IU Student

LETTER TO THE EDITOR POLICY The IDS encourages and accepts letters to be printed daily from IU students, faculty and staff and the public.

Letters should not exceed 350 words and may be edited for length and style.

Submissions must include the person’s name, address and telephone number for verification.

Letters without those requirements will not be considered for publication.

Letters can be mailed or dropped off at the IDS, 120 Ernie Pyle Hall, 940 E. Seventh St., Bloomington, Ind., 47405. Submissions can also be sent via e-mail to letters@idsnews.com.

Questions can be directed to the IDS at 855-0760.

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The opinions expressed by the editorial board do not necessarily represent the opinions of the IDS news staff, student body, faculty or staff members or the Board of Trustees.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “She is so supportive and will do anything for the team.” * * * Kahn woke up several days after her emergency surgery, both of her incised legs open to the bone.

She spent three weeks in the hospital before she was discharged and able to fly home to New York.

Just a day and half later the infection had spread to her calf and she was suffering from every possible reaction to her antibiotics — stomach infection, reactive arthritis and serum sickness. Her feeble organs were shutting down.

“My mom couldn’t even touch me at one point without me screaming because I was in that much pain,” she said.

She had to undergo an additional surgery to remove the remainder of the infection and was told she might never walk again.

“No one on this team ever gave up on me,” she said. “No one faltered on my place on this team. Just to have that behind me through everything was absolutely incredible.”

Three days before her 20th birthday, the doctors closed her up for the final time, infection free. * * * Kahn was born in Dallas in 1988 with acute learning disabilities. Her dyslexia, attention deficit disorder, and auditory processing disorder kept her from learning to talk until she was 4 years old.

Kahn started swim lessons at a very young age, but she had other dreams on her mind.

Kahn’s mom decided to enroll her in gymnastics. Kahn remained a gymnast and a swimmer through her childhood and into her teenage years, hoping for a future in gymnastics.

“My dreams as a little girl were to go to the Olympics and get a college scholarship,” Kahn said.

The sport served as an outlet for Kahn.

“I think at first gymnastics was always my balance

because school was always such a struggle for me,” she said. “Whenever I was at the gym it was just something that always came so naturally for me, so it was my home. My teammates were my family and my coaches were second parents.”

Kahn suffered her first setback when she was diagnosed with osteochondritis dissecans in both elbows at age eight.

Overuse had caused her bone and cartilage to deteriorate over time. Doctors had to remove bone from both of her hips and insert them into her elbows.

Finally, six surgeries and eight years later, the doctors told her she couldn’t go on any longer. Just like that, her gymnastics career was finished. * * * “Whenever one door closes, another door opens,” Kahn said.

Her mother’s friend suggested she try diving.

“The dreams I had as a gymnast just transferred over to diving,” Kahn said.

In her senior year of high school she was recruited by division one schools. Kansas, Michigan, Columbia, Brown and others wanted Kahn on their teams.

IU wasn’t even on her radar. To her, the school with an Olympic coach seemed completely out of reach for an athlete who had just begun diving the year before.

Unbeknownst to Kahn, then-IU Coach Jeff Huber had sent her a letter asking her to come visit.

Because she didn’t know much about IU’s program and she was somewhat intimidated by its deep-rooted tradition in the sport, Kahn visited campus reluctantly.

“The very first night I was here I texted my mom, ‘I’m going to IU,’” she said. * * * Kahn told her parents IU was the only school she would even apply to. If she didn’t get in by December, she would begin applying elsewhere.

A week later, she received news from the IU diving assistant coach that she had been accepted.

Kahn left for Bloomington in 2008 after graduating high school. She spent two weeks training with the coach she never even thought she would meet.

“Those were the best two weeks of my life,” she said. “I was living what I had always wanted to do.”

Her worry-free diving was short-lived. After having some knee pain, she went home to New York and found out she had cartilage damage, possibly a torn meniscus, and needed to have arthroscopic knee surgery.

It took months for her to recover. The following August, when she had re-gained her strength from the necrotizing fasciitis, they found a bulge in her leg which turned out to be a muscle hernia.

“I really had no understanding of how weak I was,” she said. “Even at three years old I was stronger than I was at that point.”

Six months later, two years of college done with, Kahn had yet to compete in a college diving meet.

In October, she was finally cleared to begin diving again by the doctor who had saved her life.

The Hoosierland Invitational, the first big meet of the year, was just on the horizon. When Huber told her she could compete despite having just a couple weeks to prepare, Kahn was overcome with joy.

“I remember sprinting to the locker room and calling my mom in tears,” she said.

A group of Kahn’s friends wore white “Yes She Kahn” shirts to support her in her first collegiate meet. * * * In summer 2011, Kahn took her Birthright trip, a free 10-day trip to Israel to celebrate her heritage.

As a part of the trip, they visited the Olympic facilities in Israel. She said she was inspired to seek dual citizenship to Israel and hoped she could one day dive for them at the World Championships, she said.

“I’m focused on getting back to diving at this point, so I figure why not have the same goals that I used to have?” she said.

That December, just a month after being cleared again, Kahn was hospitalized for two weeks with kidney stones. While in the hospital, she received a call saying she had earned dual citizenship.

With her long-term goal being to qualify for the World Championships in 2016, Kahn went back to school to continue training for her season.

Just a week passed before a broken hand and more knee problems took yet another year of diving away from her.

Last season, her sixth year of eligibility, was the first time Kahn competed in the first meet, the last meet, and all meets in between. She said Big Ten Championships went better than she could have ever imagined.

“It was like a dream meet for me,” she said. “Everything went right.”

She got to the one-meter finals, placing seventh. On tower, she made the semi-finals after only training for three weeks. Kahn was just one dive away from making the NCAA Championships.

She had the best season of her life. And she wanted more.

Huber encouraged her to apply for a seventh year of eligibility, something that is rarely granted.

She said she was approved 12 minutes after sending in her application.

And that was just the beginning of the good news. At the end of last season, Kahn received a message from the president of Israeli aquatics offering her a place in the World University Games in Russia during summer 2013.

She accepted the offer. Less than four months later she was competing internationally for the Israel team.

The diver who had been able to compete for only one collegiate season in her career was now diving at the highest level.

She placed 20th on 1-meter and 16th on 3-meter.

Her first dream of becoming an acrobat, now 19 years in the making, had become a reality. * * * Kahn started out her seventh and final season strong, but realized it might not last

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Then-junior diver Cassidy Kahn practices on a spring board before her first competition after a two-year injury at the Hoosierland Invitational in November 2009.

much longer. Almost all the cartilage in her knee was gone.

Her body was worn down.

Last Tuesday, she officially, medically retired.

“After much thought and conversation and just really having to for the first time in my life listen to my body, we just decided it was time,” she said. “I think the hardest part for me was going in and saying it, admitting it.”

A seven-year-long journey ended in disappointment for Kahn. But her teammates and coaches have said the mark she will leave on IU diving won’t go unnoticed.

“She leaves in her stead an example to the young divers in our program of heart and love for the sport,” Hillman said.

It may be the end of Kahn’s career, but she remains a part of her seventh team.

“She’s going to support the team and still be a big part of our success as we go into the championship season,” head

diving coach Drew Johansen said. “She’ll be remembered for her resiliency and toughness and that never quit attitude.”

Kahn’s body is scarred forever, but she now has dreams beyond the sport.

Kahn is set to graduate in May with her masters in public health. Eventually, she hopes to get a Ph.D in clinical psychology and work with athletes.

Like she said, whenever one door closes another one opens.

“I just want people to realize that if you love something, put your heart into it,” she said.

“This team is my family, it’s my life. It always is going to be a part of me, even though I didn’t get to where I wanted to go. I don’t want the people that maybe weren’t the best on the team to be forgotten.”

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Heathrow Airport. • He had never heard of the group before and was stunned to see Beatlemania well underway in Great Britain. • More than 1,500 ecstatic teenagers congregated at the airport to welcome the band home from a tour in Sweden. When Sullivan asked what all the commotion was, he was told it was because of the Beatles. Sullivan’s curiosity was struck. • Fifty years ago Sunday — Feb. 9, 1964 — marks the day he introduced the Beatles to the United States.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 But before the Beatles’ now-infamous debut on the Ed Sullivan Show, the group performed at the Royal Variety Performance in London, an event that drew performance artists to entertain British royalty.

The Beatles were billed as the seventh act out of 19 and would be playing for none other than Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret.

They were nervous, but had not lost any of the charm or cheeky humor that had already made them popular.

Earlier that night, John Lennon had told Brian Epstein, the group’s manager, he was planning to crack a joke with the upscale audience.

This came just before the band launched into “Twist and Shout,” their rousing closer.

“For our last number I’d like to ask your help,” John said to the audience. “Would the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you’ll just rattle your jewelry.”

With those words and a quick thumbs-up to the Queen Mother, John launched the song.

The gesture of playful defiance and bold whimsy found its American audience a short time later.

Peter Prichard, a London theatrical agent who worked for Sullivan, contacted Epstein soon after about “spreading the gospel of the Beatles in the U.S.A.” on the Ed Sullivan Show.

Sullivan had been curious about the Beatles back in Heathrow, and he was curious now. But he still didn’t know how he was going to promote the group until Prichard mentioned they were the first “long-haired boys” to perform for the Queen Mother.

Aspects of their American debut, from Sullivan’s introductory statement being drowned out by the hysterical audience to the length of the Beatles’ hair, are now infamous.

“They looked so different, and the music sounded so different,” said Mike Conway, who teaches a history of journalism course. “I don’t know what today we would compare it to.”

This is due, in no small part, to the state of the media 50 years ago. A majority of Americans owned a television in 1964, but there were only three channels.

One of the channels was CBS, the network that hosted the Ed Sullivan Show.

Sullivan achieved national acclaim for his abilities to scout young talent, playing host to Elvis Presley eight years before the Beatles and pioneering a young Itzhak Perlman in 1958.

He was recognized as an enduring media presence.

“Ed Sullivan’s just became — from how long it lasted — the most important variety show,” Conway said.

Sullivan was able to pull off unconventional acts, including Elvis’s controversial hips, without sacrificing the reputation he maintained with his older, more conservative followers.

“He was a risk taker,” Conway said, “but he wasn’t going to risk his reputation.”

Few would deny to recognize the foresight Sullivan displayed to premiere the Beatles. More than 73 million viewers tuned in to watch the four youngsters sing “All My Loving.”

The instant and overwhelming popularity made the harsh, critical backlash the group originally received seem culturally quaint. Lesser known to the public is the fact that CBS had completed a film report on the Beatles back in November, which was filed by Alexander Kendrick.

“Besides being merely the latest objects of adolescent adulation and culturally the modern manifestation of compulsive tribal singing and dancing, the Beatles are said by sociologists to have a deeper meaning,” Kendrick said. “They symbolize the 20th century non-hero, as they make non-music, wear non-haircuts.”

The Beatles’ story, originally aired Nov. 22, was rereleased.

Jacobs School of Music professor Glenn Gass, who teaches “The Music of the Beatles,” said the band’s popularity marked a change in American culture.

“We could finally exhale,” Gass said. “Suddenly, it was OK to have fun.”

Gass described the Beatles in their early years as the leaders of a bold, new gen-

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He said the band was like America’s hip older brothers.

Gass’ course, taught for more than 30 years, is the longest-running Beatles appreciation course in the nation.

He said his appreciation for the band began when he saw them on the Ed Sullivan Show.

“That was the moment my life rebooted,” Gass said.

“Rock ’n’ roll really defined the teenager as something more than a transition between childhood and adult.”

Elvis may have been responsible for bringing rock ’n’ roll into the public’s focus, but the controversy he created did not make him a well-received public figure in the eyes of adults concerned for the well-being of their children.

But the Beatles kept youth culture a priority in songs like “I Want to Hold Your Hand.”

“They were fun and buoyant and cheery enough to be very child-friendly,” Gass said.

Gass maintains his intense personal and emotional connection with the Beatles. When he attended the band’s 1966 performance at the Washington Coliseum — a performance picketed by the Ku Klux Klan angered

by John’s famous claim that the band was “more popular than Jesus” — the event left an indelible impression on him.

“It was like seeing the pope from a mile away,” Gass

said.

Many Beatles’ fans have expressed a similar, personal relationship.

“There’s something real about it,” said Douglas Babb, a professor of class about the Beatles and Pink Floyd.

“There’s something true about it.”

Babb has a weekly radio show as “Dr. Spin, The World’s Only All Vinyl D.J.” His Friday performance at Smee’s Place in Indianapolis will feature a 12-album homage to the Beatles.

Still touring hot off their television debut in 1964, the Beatles arrived at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis for a 10,000-person show that sold out so quickly, another show was booked later that night.

Ringo Starr, awake and wandering around the fairgrounds at four in the morning, was approached by a policeman and asked if he wanted to take a ride around the town. The two eventually ended up at the policeman’s home in Carmel, where the officer’s unlikely breakfast guest astonished his daughters.

“There’s a lot of folklore behind the Beatles,” Babb said. “But more people are familiar with the music, and far fewer with the story behind it — the friendship and the story that these four guys took together.”

The Grammy award-winning music writer and critic Anthony DeCurtis has spent more than 30 years writing

for Rolling Stone and getting to the heart of that story. He has conducted interviews with the Beatles, including George Harrison, in an experience he described as amazing.

“I was really just trying to absorb it,” DeCurtis said.

“There were a few moments.

The first was when he asked me how Paul was doing. I thought, ‘This is what’s become of the Beatles. George Harrison having to ask me how Paul McCartney was doing.’”

DeCurtis’ experience also reveals a level of complexity to the Beatles’ relationships with one another after the 1970 breakup. When DeCurtis answered, he thought McCartney was a little controlling.

DeCurtis recalled George responded with a smile.

“There was a kind of intimacy to it,” he said. “It was a complicated moment,.”

During seven years of recording, the Beatles marked the transition from simple, fine-crafted pop songs of “Please Please Me” to the symphonic explosions in “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”

They took pop music to something greater.

“They dared to say ‘we are high art,’” Gass said. “And it didn’t feel that different to go between the Beatles and Beethoven.”

Fifty years after their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, listeners will certainly return to the Beatles canon or

perhaps experience it for the first time.

“It’s a generation celebrating the momentous change that took place,” Gass said.

The nostalgia and the feelings surrounding the Beatles remain powerfully tangible and elusively delicate. The feeling is perhaps like a Beatles song covered by a later band. It veils aspects of the original, and yet the original song remains with clarity.

With it comes the unmistakable presence of the Fab Four, as close to listeners as they were 50 years ago.

“It’s a passage for a new generation,” Babb said.

The generation that was not born when Ed Sullivan revealed his four mop tops, that never followed the Beatles in real-time through their rapid-fire career, will have to decide for itself how it will interpret the Beatles’ narrative.

Fifty years spent celebrating the Beatles’ legacy may be an attempt to create such a happy ending. For many, however, the day will pass into obscurity.

The Beatles’ music — the love and spirituality it inspires, the companionship it celebrates and the youth it eternalized — will be neither more nor less significant on this anniversary than on any other day.

Still, others will celebrate the times that were and not bother with the narrative at all.

“It was a great pop culture phenomenon, whatever it was,” DeCurtis said. “It was fun.

PARIS ONE BAGUETTE AT A TIME

Gluten free options hard to find in Paris, famous for its bread When I first arrived in France and saw how much bread this country consumed, I had to wonder how people who cannot eat gluten survive here.

France is not known to be especially considerate to dietary restrictions, a statement my vegetarian friends here will agree with. For some reason, the word vegetarian to any restaurant will land you a plate of steamed vegetables. That is all.

However, I recently found there is also a girl in my program who is allergic to gluten.

Bread, the saving grace to a crappy vegetarian meal, was automatically not an option for her.

Therefore, I decided I would look into just how

gluten-unfriendly Paris is.

Of course, there are options that are naturally gluten free. Macarons, a popular and trendy cookie, are made entirely out of egg, sugar and almond flour.

However rich bakeries are becoming off these little cookies, I bet they would get boring fast if they were the only thing available.

Instead, I wanted to find something that would satisfy that bread craving. Something fluffy and soft, that feels like its made out of wheat flour. Only, it actually isn’t.

So I went in search for gluten-free stores in Paris and discovered two things.

They are new, but more plentiful than you might think.

People will just have to dig a bit more than if they were to

go to their local boulangerie.

Most importantly, they are not quintessentially French. At least not in my opinion.

My group of friends and I were all entranced by the idea of the rare gluten-free food in Paris. After doing a little research, we came across a small Italian grocery store and a new Americanstyle eatery.

I taste tested a prepackaged sweet bread from the first store, and sat down for almond cake and a small cupcake at the second.

While all were delicious, and made out of some form of rice or almond flour, I was left unsatisfied. When I think of French baked goods, I think of the stereotypical baguette.

AUDREY PERKINS is a junior majoring in journalism.

What I found was something I could have found much easier in the United States.

Despite minor disappointments, I did reach my goal. If I didn’t know any better, I would have thought all the food I tried was made out of wheat.

Also, I keep reminding myself to pull my head out of the tourist mindset. I am American, so eating a cupAUDREY PERKINS | IDS cake is completely average to A financier, a small cake made out of almond flour, egg whites and me. It might not be so aver- burned butter. age for a Parisian.

Despite their distaste for getting bored of their ba- gluten-free cupcake is a cool us, the U.S. is kind of trend- guettes and are heading in new way to eat pastry. ing here. our culinary direction.

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Super Bowl sets records for viewership For the fourth time in five years, and despite the Seattle Seahawks’ lopsided 43-8 victory against the Denver Broncos, the Super Bowl set a record for the most-watched television event in United States’ history.

The game inspired 24.9 million tweets, making it the biggest U.S. live TV event on Twitter.

The game also became the most-streamed online sports event.

Yogi’s time Sophomore guard becomes offensive leader on the court for the Hoosiers

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Sophomore guard Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell directs the Hoosier offense and leads the team in scoring and assists per game. Ferrell has been among the Big Ten’s premier scorers this season with 60 3-pointers. Ferrell and his Hoosier squad defeated Michigan 63-52 Sunday.

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evin “Yogi” Ferrell — the sophomore point guard who wasn’t asked to do much last year, and who has been asked to do everything this year — leads the Big Ten in made 3-pointers.

Ferrell has made 60 3-pointers thus far this season.

That’s 23 more than Minnesota’s Andre Hollins, 14 more than Michigan State’s Gary Harris and 10 more than Michigan’s Nik Stauskas have made this season. Only Stauskas is shooting better than Ferrell’s 44.1 percent from beyond the arc in the Big Ten. Ferrell, a one-time five-star recruit from Indianapolis, was recruited by IU Coach Tom Crean and his staff to do exactly what he is currently doing.

Last year, however, Ferrell mostly played the role of a contributor on a team that started four 1,000-point scorers and two lottery picks in the 2013 NBA Draft.

Ferrell played in all 36 games last season. He averaged 28.1 minutes per game, which was on par with how much playing time Indiana’s other starters received. He averaged 7.6 points and 4.1 assists per game.

In the second round of the NCAA

Tournament, Ferrell showed his vast potential against the No. 16 seed James Madison Dukes.

He scored the game’s first nine points and tallied 14 points during the first six minutes en route to an 83-62 Hoosier rout.

After IU defeated Temple to move on to the Sweet Sixteen, where they would fall to No. 4 seeded Syracuse, Ferrell struggled mightily.

Ferrell, who failed to score against Temple, struggled against the Orange as well. He went 0-of-2 from the field, recorded one steal, one assist and four turnovers.

After that game, Crean said that Ferrell would learn from his freshman year experiences.

“Yogi is a great player,” he said. “That’s the first time he’s seen that kinda zone and length.”

In the press conference, Crean discussed Syracuse’s zone defense and how difficult it was for the team to prepare, finishing his answer with a declaration that Ferrell would be better for it.

“So he will learn from it,” he said. “He will be a great learner from it.”

On Dec. 3, 2013, Ferrell and his teammates traveled to Syracuse, N.Y., as part of the Big Ten/ ACC Challenge to play the team that ended their season a year ago.

At the time, Syracuse was the No. 4 team in the country, playing better basketball than the Orange team that reached the Final Four the year prior.

No one expected the Hoosiers to offer much resistance to C.J. Fair and company, but Indiana went toe-to-toe with the Orange for a half before falling off in the second.

Ferrell fared better against the Orange the second time around, scoring 12 points on 4-of-7 shooting, but his team fell, 69-52.

After that game, the media sought out Ferrell to ask what he thought of his team’s second half collapse.

“We’re just gonna go back to Bloomington and get better,” he said.

Right now, the Hoosiers have an overall record of 14-8 and are tied for seventh in the Big Ten with a 4-5 conference record.

Entering conference play, the Hoosiers had no noteworthy wins to their name.

Nine games later, they have two — a 75-72 victory against then-No. 3 Wisconsin and, most recently, a 63-52 win against No. 10 Michigan.

In both of these games, Indiana’s two best wins this season, Ferrell paced his team.

IU ended Wisconsin’s 16-game winning streak to start the season behind Ferrell’s 25 points, 19 of which came in the second half.

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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 — Consider your next move.

Focus on finances for the next two days, and grow your nest egg.

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Junior Taylor Walsh catches his breath during his match against his Penn State opponent Janury 17 at University Gym. After the official review that stopped play, Walsh was awarded two points for a takedown which helped him defeat his opponent 5-4.

BY JAVONTE ANDERSON ja69@indiana.edu

Only in his redshirt junior season, wrestler Taylor Walsh has already surpassed fourtime All-American and national champion Angel Escobedo for the second most pins in school history. His 44 pins are three shy of the school record.

Walsh leads the nation with 23 pins this season. He has broken the all-time IU record of 19, procuring 23 thus far. Walsh has nearly two more months of action to further elevate his record.

Walsh began wrestling relatively late, said Matt Walsh, Taylor’s father and an innercity wrestling coach.

Matt said he knew the risks of forcing a sport on his son too young.

“Most kids start wrestling at 4 or 5 ... but I never pushed him on it. I didn’t want to spoil it for him,” Matt said.

Walsh began wrestling in the third grade. After

struggling in his first year, winning only two or three matches, Walsh said he went on a binge of wrestling matches.

“I was wrestling 100 matches a year,” he said.

Walsh said the mat experience he gained markedly improved his ability.

Walsh said his appearance led to opponents doubting his ability and mocking him.

“I had bleach-blonde hair, glasses and used to get made fun of. They called me Harry Potter,” Walsh said.

Walsh used his appearance as a stratagem to elevate the confidence of his opponent, he said.

“I would intentionally mope around so the kid would get overconfident ... then I would go out and kill the kid,” Walsh said.

Joe Melchiore, four-time All-American and Walsh’s coach and mentor since the age of 9, said he was special.

“He has something you can’t teach.”,” he said.

Pete Dipol, Walsh’s high school coach, backed Melchiore’s sentiment.

“He’s a rare talent,” Dipol said.

Walsh was undefeated throughout junior high school, pinning all but one opponent.

In high school, he went to the state finals three times, winning the championship twice for Camden Catholic High School in Cherry Hill, N.J. Walsh said critics claimed his unorthodox style couldn’t translate to the collegiate level.

Despite this, Walsh received multiple wrestling scholarships to attend a multitude of colleges, including IU, Ryder and North Carolina.

He said the prestige of the Big Ten Conference, the campus and the distance from his New Jersey home attracted him to IU. “I saw people go to school close by, and their hometown friends were always visiting, and I knew that could be a negative influence,” he said.

Walsh advanced to the NCAA Championships his freshman and sophomore seasons. This year, he began ranked No. 4.

Walsh’s jump into elite status is a product of his longstanding mental approach and his confidence, Dipol said.

During high school he began working with a sports psychologist to strengthen his mind.

“I never minded losing during the season because you have to take the losses as a learning experience,” he said.

Before every match, Walsh sits in solitude and enters a tranquil state of mind.

“I will sit in a corner by myself or in the locker room, say a prayer, clear my mind and use a breathing pattern to calm me down,” Walsh said.

Melchiore and Dipol both said Walsh hasn’t reached his peak yet.

“The sky is the limit,” Matt said.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 consistently got to the basket, leading the Hoosiers to 41 second-half points.

Against Michigan, he went 7-of-8 from 3-point range on his way to a 27-point performance and an Indiana victory. Ferrell also shut down Stauskas, Michigan’s leading scorer, by holding him to six points and one made field goal.

Ferrell was calm and composed in both postgame press conferences.

After he let himself celebrate with fans that stormed the court against Wisconsin, he was all coach-speak when talking with the media.

“We’ve come very far,” he said. “Had a lot of early losses, but I felt like we learned from that just watching film.

We’re going to take this win and be grateful for it.”

Ferrell said practically the same thing after the Michigan victory, just in different words.

“You know, that’s what’s great about our team. We may not get something in transition, but we set a play and run it.”

This is Ferrell now. He is no longer the role player he once was, but is the face of this year’s team.

He scored more than 15 points in 14 games this year and scored 20 points or more seven times. In those games, the Hoosiers are 6-1.

It’s more than his scoring, though. Crean said Ferrell has evolved into a leader, that his potential is endless.

“Yogi Ferrell is playing at an extremely high level,” Crean said. “The approach that he takes to it, the leadership that he’s displaying over the last couple weeks — the improvement has been some of the best I’ve been around. If he continues to keep that up, sky’s the limit for him.”

Ferrell’s performance against Michigan came after a disappointing loss three days prior at Nebraska.

The Hoosiers led by as many as 16 points, and entered halftime with a 32-19 lead. Ferrell led all scorers at the break with 11 points,

going 3-of-4 from beyond the arc.

During the second half, however, the Hoosiers collapsed, eventually losing 60-55. Ferrell had a lone 3-pointer with less than a minute remaining. The made trey brought the Hoosiers within three, but it was too late for a trying Indiana squad.

After the Michigan game, Ferrell, without being asked about the Nebraska letdown, brought it up himself, saying he and his teammates were intent not to have back-to-back second half letdowns.

“It just shows how well we’ve been practicing from the loss to Nebraska,” he said. “We were very disappointed in the way that we came out the second half, so we didn’t want to have that same letdown, so we wanted to have the same energy for all 40 minutes.”

Once a highly-touted freshman, Ferrell is now fulfilling predictions once made by recruiting experts in his sophomore season.

He is averaging 17.8 points per game this season, and is shooting above 40 percent from the field and from 3-point range. He’s also efficient at getting to the foul line and finishing there: he’s made 83.2 percent of his 107 free throw’s this season.

This is Ferrell’s team now. After the Michigan game, as Vonleh and Evan Gordon were asked about particular things that happened during the game, it was Ferrell who was asked to summarize the game’s significance for his team.

“This is a great win because Michigan is such a great team,” he said. “But we got this win with our resilience on defense, and especially the fans definitely cheering us on. I felt like they helped us a lot, too.”

Ferrell has led IU to its two biggest wins of the season. With Ferrell at the helm, the sky is the limit, Crean said.

Follow reporter John Bauernfeind on Twitter @JohnBauernfeind.