March 23, 2023

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By Bradley Hohulin bhohulin@iu.edu | @BradleyHohulin

Maybe you never really bought it. You didn’t care that the Hoosiers were the preseason favorite to win the Big Ten. It didn’t matter that senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis was the preseason conference player of the year, nor that freshman guard Jalen Hood-Schifino already had NBA draft stock.

You’d been hurt too many times to start believing now.

Maybe it was midway through the first half against the University of Kansas on Dec. 17, when graduate guard Xavier Johnson fell to the hardwood clutching a broken foot that ended his season after just 11 games.

But maybe you never lost hope, not even after a middling 12-8 conference record and a 77-73 loss to Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals.

Maybe you held out until Sunday night, when No. 4 seed Indiana fell to No. 5 seed Miami 85-69 in the second round of the NCAA

INSIDE,

Highs, heartbreaks and hypotheticals: a season of Indiana basketball

After over five months of play, Indiana men’s and women’s basketball concluded their 2022-23 seasons earlier this week following losses in the second round of the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Tournaments.

The men’s team finished with a 23-13 record and advanced to the second round for the first time in seven years as a No. 4 seed before falling to No. 5 seed University of Miami 85-69. The women’s team won a program-record 28 games, earned its first regular season Big Ten title in 40 years and received a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament before a disappointing 70-68 loss to No. 9 seed Miami.

Both programs reached multiple milestones and claimed a bevy of accolades. Both teams ended their seasons with their star players in tears. Both leave their fans with a mixture of pride and joy, but also disappointment.

With the wounds of a March Madness defeat still fresh in fans’ minds, Indiana Daily Student basketball columnists Bradley Hohulin and Matt Press broke down the key takeaways and lasting emotions of a season that was.

Tournament.

Perhaps it was only then that you accepted a banner wasn’t coming home.

It’s hard to know how to feel about Indiana’s 2022-23 campaign. Do we commend the Hoosiers for what they accomplished amid adversity, or do we dwell on what could have been?

To be clear, I am a 22-year-old with a yet-fully formed brain who suffers a crisis of confidence every time he has to send an email. I am woefully unqualified to help you navigate a complex web of feelings.

However, I’ve also spent a ton of time watching and thinking about Indiana men’s basketball. That’s a lot of emotional digestion, so maybe I can help.

The first thing several Hoosiers will point to when recalling this season is Johnson’s injury.

The trio of Jackson-Davis, Johnson and Hood-Schifino shared the floor in only seven games, including the 11 glorious minutes of the Kansas game when Johnson’s foot still had all its bones intact. The two-headed front-

court monster of Johnson and Hood-Schifino, paired with an all-everything big man in Jackson-Davis, likely would have fared much better in the Big Ten. But a national championship? Winning six consecutive games in the span of 18 days against increasingly challenging opponents with drastically different play styles is kind of hard. Like, almost impossibly so.

However, if Indiana had the guards to complement its big man, it might have survived Penn State and faced Purdue for the title. Call me crazy, but I like the Hoosiers’ odds against the Boilermakers. Finishing a season of such high expectations without a banner stings. No question. But that doesn’t erase two wins against Purdue, Indiana’s first sweep of the historic rivalry since 2016. Indiana also boasts a finely aged road victory over Sweet 16 contender University of Xavier and a decidedly less finely aged victory over March Madness absentee University of North Carolina, which started the season ranked No. 1.

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By Matt Press mtpress@iu.edu | @MatthewPress23

Despite surging to as high as No. 2 in the AP poll, setting new attendance records on a seemingly weekly basis and inserting the program into unprecedented prominence, the Hoosiers were never complacent.

Until Feb. 26 — the regular season finale — Indiana had one loss. One. Saying the team was clicking would be a blasphemous understatement. At the outset of the season, most expected a highly competitive Big Ten team who would go as far as senior forward Mackenzie Holmes and graduate guard Grace Berger could take them.

Bulldozing might be a tad more fitting than competitive looking back. But as we now know, the regular season proved to be the peak of the year. It didn’t culminate in Dallas, where head coach Teri Moren could have coached the Hoosiers to their first Final Four.

It didn’t end with Holmes capping an All-American season, and one of the best

in program history, with a national championship trophy. And it didn’t end with a proper goodbye for Berger — an all-time Hoosier who, with one midrange jumper at a time, took the team from an afterthought to a sensation.

As Moren lamented after Monday night’s loss to Miami in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, we’re predisposed to only remembering finalities. There’s something brutally innate in us that craves more and more satisfaction.

It was a bitter ending to an otherwise immensely fruitful season. Regardless of the myriad memories and team and individual accolades, the image of Holmes collapsed on Assembly Hall’s Branch McCracken Court and the tear-filled eyes of Berger will be difficult to subdue.

Moren’s sleeping giant of a program has been beaming with life over the past few seasons. The Hoosiers didn’t get to where they did by accident. As much as we can harp on missed opportunities and hypotheticals, I think we should reminisce a bit.

Navigating a new roster

Aside from Moren, the engineer of Indiana women’s

basketball, there are far too many names to credit for molding the roster. Associate head coaches Rhet Wierzba and Glenn Box are merely a couple contributors, but it took a village to recoup the vacancies in talent left by the 2021-22 squad.

Three starters — Aleksa Gulbe, Ali Patberg and Nicole Cardaño-Hilary — concluded their playing days in the cream and crimson. The tandem of Berger and Holmes is a pretty good foundation, but there were questions as to how well Moren could fill the monumental voids left by that outgoing trio.

An amalgam of talented transfers and freshmen were brought in, and of course chemistry would be a primary concern. But if there’s one thing I can confidently say in hindsight, it’s that this team cared for one another like I’ve never seen.

Junior guard Sydney Parrish, a Fishers, Indiana native who transferred from Oregon, immersed herself with ease in terms of her personality and playstyle. Rarely without a hearty grin off the floor, it was especially interesting to see her fire, moxie and scrappiness on the court.

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The quest for cheap housing: Candidates offer visions of an affordable Bloomington

Every candidate for mayor lists affordable housing as a priority, and yet both candidates and residents are sharply divided on how to achieve affordability.

As Bloomington grows, housing costs are driven up by high demand, naturally forcing a question of either expanding supply or letting people get priced out of town.

Either way, the affordability crisis in Bloomington will be shaped by whoever assumes the mayor’s office next January. Just two weeks out from the start of early voting on April 4, the IDS reached out to all four candidates running for mayor to get their approach to affordable housing.

The city’s current approach to affordable housing

John Zody, Bloomington’s director of Housing and Neighborhood Development, said the approach to affordable housing can be divided into three buckets: housing insecurity, rental housing and homeownership.

The first bucket includes people who pay more than 30% of their income on housing. This qualifies them as housing insecure. Zody cited Heading Home, a group dedicated to reducing homelessness, as an example of a city partnership designed to address this issue.

Second is rental housing, which affects both lowincome residents and students. In fact, two-thirds of people in Bloomington are renters, Zody said.

Action items for this bucket include rental inspections from the city every few years to ensure safe housing. They aim to increase rental affordability, which is complicated by the high demand: 98% of rental units are occupied, Zody said.

To increase affordability, the city reasons supply must be increased to meet demand and drive down prices.

“We don’t control the market, but we can influence the market,” Zody said. This involves providing financial incentives for companies to build more units, he said, particularly if it’s affordable.

The third and final topic is home ownership, which the city hopes to aid through down-payment assistance programs.

Zody said the city has built 1,400 affordable housing units since 2016, a milestone that has been slowed by high construction costs due to the pandemic.

Another constraint on the city’s housing policy is Indiana law, which prohibits cities from controlling rents and implementing inclusionary zoning.

In 2017, Bloomington attempted to adopt inclusionary zoning policies that would require a developer to make a certain percentage of units affordable. Their

State reports decrease in COVID-19, one new mpox case

Influenza

The Indiana Department of Health’s latest influenza update, covering the week March 5-11, reflected mini mal levels of influenza-like illness statewide.

plans were stopped due to state legislation passed in the same year banning the practice.

Former deputy mayor and Democrat Don Griffin emphasizes ‘missing middle’ housing Don Griffin, a Democratic candidate for mayor, said his affordable housing policy would build upon Mayor John Hamilton’s policy by being more intentional about housing projects. Instead of waiting for developers to come to the city, Griffin said, the city should tell developers about ideas for development.

Beyond increasing rental affordability, Griffin wants to expand homeownership in Bloomington. He said only 38% of people own property within the city limits.

To accomplish this, Griffin referenced an urban planning concept called missing middle housing. The concept advocates for housing in between detached single-family homes and apartment complexes, such as cottage courts or townhouses. By creating neighborhoods with diverse types of housing along a range of prices, buyers can have more options to choose from.

“Those opportunities may not look like a picket fence with half-an-acre,” he said.

Griffin said it is also important to be able to retain recent college graduates who are looking for work and an affordable home. He said people typically “boomerang” back to Bloomington after leaving after graduation and said affordable housing could prevent them from leaving in the first place.

“The next generation can’t afford your house in Elm Heights,” he said.

In the midst of the affordable housing debate, some have said that increased housing density reduces green space and harms the character of Bloomington. Griffin disagrees, saying increased density actually keeps green space by reducing urban sprawl.

Griffin also said people didn’t worry about changing the character of a neighborhood when it was primarily people of color or workingclass people that lived there.

“It’s time to help people of color and other marginalized people get home ownership,” he said.

When it comes to the

unhoused population, Griffin said providing mental health and substance abuse services is critical. He said he supports increasing transitional housing for people experiencing homelessness and preserving Bloomington’s role as a regional hub for resources.

Griffin also said he felt some people were afraid that if the city does too good a job of providing for the unhoused community, it would encourage more people to come to Bloomington in search of services.

“I think that’s actually stopping us from doing our very best,” he said.

Independent candidate

Joseph Davis talks home ownership, self-empowerment

Joseph Davis, an independent running for mayor, emphasized his background in natural building to make an argument for a housing policy that prioritizes ownership.

After building his own house when he moved to Bloomington, Davis said people began contacting him for guidance in how to do natural building themselves. The process involves maximizing the natural patterns of the Earth, including heating and cooling.

A key to Davis’s campaign is the idea of self-empowerment. Davis lamented society’s habit of “outsourcing” things they could learn how to do themselves, such as simple repairs or increasing energy efficiency. He also would prioritize equity ownership over rentals whenever possible, he said.

“The American dream is what our country was built on,” Davis added. “This idea that everyone can achieve their own little kingdom, or queendom.”

Ownership should not just be for the wealthy, Davis said, and he hopes to provide home ownership to the unhoused community as well.

One way to do this is to help unhoused community members with felonies get their charges expunged, he said. Davis also said he had talked to people experiencing homelessness who refused to go to supportive housing centers because they viewed them as unsafe.

Davis criticized the city’s policy of giving what he calls “monster structures,” the ability of complexes to

add stories in exchange for a small percentage of affordable housing. Davis said the policy guarantees profits for real estate investors but not real gains for the community. He also said IU should be responsible for housing their increasing number of students, suggesting “university villages” that would be close to shops and restaurants, hopefully encouraging students to stay on campus all four years.

Davis said he supports mixed communities of housing, whether it be townhouses, condos or homes, renters and people on public assistance. He said these arrangements would help all types of people see the real-life struggles of those in need.

He also suggested making homes smaller to increase ownership opportunities for a cheaper price.

He said realtors have had too much power in the city, and that more working-class people need to apply for positions on city boards.

“Housing is a right that has been mostly a wrong with our current administration, and now is the time to make a change,” he said.

Candidates Kerry Thomson and Susan Sandberg did not respond to an interview request by publication.

According to Thomson’s 5-Point Housing Plan, Thomson wants to implement recommendations from the city’s 2020 housing study, develop a method for resident-driven neighborhood enhancement projects, “audit” the city’s existing process of approving housing projects and inspections, increase partnerships and maximize existing housing resources.

Sandberg opposes the recent change to the Unified Development Ordinance that allowed for multi-family housing like duplexes and triplexes in parts of Bloomington’s downtown, according to her website. There, she writes that existing singlefamily homes are already the most affordable options because they allow people to build wealth. She writes that she plans to change the city’s zoning code and oppose “big box” developments. She also wants to create affordable rental housing and home ownership opportunities for low-income and working families through public-private partnerships.

There have been 246 influenza-associated deaths in Indiana during the 202223 flu season; 185 of these deaths were people aged 65 and older. The duration of the 2022-23 flu season is determined by the cor responding Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reporting weeks. Reports of influenza for the 2022-23 flu season started Oct. 8, 2022.

Based on specimens tested by the IDOH Laboratory, the most common influenza strains circulating this season are H1N1 and H3N2.

Find locations offering the flu vaccine in Bloomington at vaccines.gov/findvaccines.

COVID-19

Monroe County reported five COVID-19 cases and zero deaths for the week March 6-12.

Indiana reported 480 COVID-19 cases for the week ending March 12, down 90 from the previous week. There were three COVID-19 related deaths in Indiana for the week March 5-12.

In February, IU updated its COVID-19 testing program to focus exclusively on rapid antigen tests. IU Bloomington students, faculty and staff can now receive free rapid antigen tests from vending machines located in the Indiana Memorial Union basement and the center building in the McNutt Quad.

The Pfizer bivalent booster for ages 6 months to 4 years and the Moderna bivalent booster for ages 6 months to 5 years were approved by the U.S Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in December 2022. The CDC now recommends eligible individuals 6 months and older receive an updated Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.

In September 2022, the CDC endorsed the use of updated COVID-19 Pfizer boosters for individuals

aged 12 years and older and Moderna boosters for individuals aged 18 years and older. According to the CDC, updated COVID-19 boosters better protect against Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants.

Mpox

The IDOH has reported one new case of mpox since March 1. There have been 288 total mpox cases in Indiana reported since June 2022.

According to the IDOH mpox dashboard, Monroe County has reported less than five mpox cases since counting began in June 2022.

Nationwide, the CDC reported 39,262 total mpox cases in the U.S. since counting started in June 2022. There have been 38 total mpox-related deaths in the U.S.

In November, the World Health Organization announced it would be using the new preferred term “mpox” as a synonym for monkeypox. WHO stated both terms will be used simultaneously for a year in order to phase out the term “monkeypox.”

According to IDOH, the JYNNEOS mpox vaccine is recommended for people who have been exposed to mpox and individuals who may be more likely to get mpox. Individuals can search for a location to receive the mpox vaccine at mpoxvaxmap.org. Individuals interested in receiving an mpox vaccine can contact the Monroe County Public Health Clinic.

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After Michigan State tragedy, what is IU’s safety protocol?

Several IU students and staff are questioning if IU is prepared for emergencies on campus in the weeks following last month’s deadly shooting at Michigan State University.

Three students were killed and five were injured after a gunman entered Berkley Hall, an academic building at MSU, according to The State News. It was the 67th mass shooting of 2023, according to the Gun Violence Archives.

Following the MSU shooting, students and faculty began to express concern on social media and in classes about IU’s safety procedures.

Locked doors across campus

One common concern amongst faculty is the fact that not all classrooms have physical locks on the inside of the door. Some academic buildings – such as Franklin Hall and Hodge Hall – have doors that are controlled via card scanners on the outside of the door, but only building managers have control over these locks, leading many professors unsure how to secure their classroom in the case of a lockdown.

Cheryl Jackson, an IU journalism professor who teaches in Franklin Hall, demonstrated the lack of access professors are given on their key cards to unlock classroom doors. When Jackson swiped her card across the black box outside of her classroom door, no change occurred and the door remained unlocked. Jackson said this makes her anxious and has asked administrators multiple times for access.

Darla Crawford, assistant building manager for the Media School, focuses on keeping the building and students safe. Her desk in the Franklin Hall commons is positioned to allow her to see more of the room, making it easier to identify anyone who enters the room.

Crawford said the Media School is currently working to create a safer environment within the building. One safety precaution Crawford is advocating for is locking side entrances to the building.

Crawford said key card access means only staff and students with classes inside the building would have access by swiping their Crimson Cards. It would be much like a dorm; only those who live there can scan their Crimson Card to enter. If you don’t have access, you would enter Franklin Hall through the front door, allowing Crawford to see who enters.

Crawford is not the only person on campus who feels campus doors should be locked and only accessible by key card.

“I would happily carry around my Crimson Card everywhere I go and sign into buildings if it means being and feeling safer,” IU sophomore Lola Fisher said.

How is IU prepared in case of an emergency

There are safety features in place to keep IU staff and students safe, including locking down buildings at certain times and sending IU Notify Alerts, IU Police Department Public Information Officer Hannah Skibba said.

Skibba said the IU Notify system gets information out to the public as soon and as accurately as possible in the case of an immediate danger on or around campus.

According to Benjamin Hunter, associate vice president and superintendent for IU Public Safety, IU is an open campus, like MSU. Hunter said an open campus means students, faculty, staff and the public are free to enter and leave at any time.

Hunter said if an active aggressor situation occurs — where an individual is actively engaged in attempting to cause harm to as many people as possible in a populated area — then an incident management team goes live immediately and begins mediating the scene. The incident management team has access to surveillance cam-

eras and maps along with live footage from IUPD officer body cams.

Hunter said IU has established a multidisciplinary team of chancellors, IUPD and campus leaders to evaluate IU’s gaps in safety. This team was established before the MSU shooting.

Although professors like Jackson are concerned about not being able to lock doors with their Crimson Card, Hunter said this is because the decision to lock down a building in an emergency has many factors.

He said IU public safety makes decisions with police officers and the incident management team to determine when doors should be locked in an emergency. They decide whether a situation is considered a soft lock down, where Crimson Cards work to unlock classroom doors, or a hard lockdown, where Crimson Cards do not work to access classroom doors at all.

Michael Gray, assistant director of facilities and Franklin Hall building manager, has control over the locks on a day-to-day basis. Gray said each academic building’s building manager and safety team address what needs to be relayed to staff and students in their buildings and what needs to be done to keep their buildings safe.

Doors lock and unlock at specific times every day, Gray said.

However, if IU decides a building needs to be put on a hard lock down, the control of the locks falls to the university administration rather than building managers, Gray said. For instance, university administrators were temporarily granted control to locks in Franklin Hall when a man barricaded himself in a storm drain and Franklin Hall was put on lock down in October 2022.

Keeping students in the know regarding IU’s safety procedures

According to Protect IU, IU uses the “Run. Hide. Fight.” protocol as a safety procedure in the case of an active shooter or aggressor. “Run. Hide. Fight.” is a national protocol created by the FBI.

Many students on campus said the safety model and other resources are not welldistributed or known.

IU senior Anna Baldessari said she is worried about IU’s safety procedures.

“I think they should tell us where we are supposed to go in the case of a shooting,” Baldessari said. “More information in general would be nice.”

IU sophomore Fiona Flynn said she feels IU does not provide enough information to students to prepare them for a crisis.

“I feel like I know what I would do,” Flynn said. “But I don’t think that IU gets it out to students as to what they should do in a crisis.”

Gray said he believes the safety measures should be presented at New Student Orientation, which is required for all incoming freshmen.

Currently, NSO does not specifically address the “Run. Hide. Fight.” model but does provide info that links to the Protect IU website and IUPD website, along with providing information about IU Notify and The Rave Guardian App.

“Regardless of major, what building or what campus, you can get this material without having to seek it out,” Gray said.

Hunter said the public safety team has discussed developing a Canvas course. Although no development on this course has started yet, Hunter thinks a Canvas course making the “Run. Hide. Fight.” model accessible to faculty and students would be beneficial.

One of the biggest challenges to creating a safe and informed campus is getting the word out, Hunter said.

“IU is a safe campus,” Hunter said. “We are constantly evaluating and accessing our safety procedures to ensure your safety.”

Democratic mayoral candidates split on annexation, city services

The three Democratic candidates for mayor discussed annexation, transparency and what they would do in their first 30 days as mayor at a Bloomington Press Club candidate forum in the IMU on Wednesday.

The candidates are former deputy mayor Don Griffin, IU Center for Rural Engagement executive director Kerry Thomson and city councilmember Susan Sandberg.

First to speak was Don Griffin, who made a point to discuss diversity, inclusion, accessibility and belonging.

He said Bloomington is currently in a mindset of “not seeing color” and stressed moving toward recognizing and celebrating differences.

Specific policies Griffin said he plans to pursue are universal pre-K and discounted college and career programs for city residents.

He also praised Bloomington’s abundance of artists and musicians and hopes to retain their talents.

“If they were engineers, we would say it’s brain drain when they’re leaving,” he said.

Next, Kerry Thomson emphasized collaboration, housing and public safety.

She said the city is divided, and promised to work with people before policy decisions were made.

“Solutions should not be done to people; they should be done with people,” she said.

Thomson also referenced her experience at Habitat for Humanity when talking about Bloomington’s housing crisis. When working on projects for Habitat, Thomson said initial responses from neighborhoods were mixed.

“Every single new neighborhood that we went into was contentious,” she said.

Through conversations with residents, Thomson said, the organization was able to improve their projects and help new homeowners be welcomed by the community.

Finally, Thomson emphasized public safety, particularly in areas of substance use and mental health.

The final candidate to speak was Susan Sandberg, who is in her 17th year as an at-large member of the city council. As mayor she said she would focus on public safety, affordability, collaboration and providing essential city services. She said affordability is more than just housing, referencing a 2018 report she published that highlights residents of Bloomington who are living on the margins. She said the city needs to help residents get goodpaying jobs and provide affordable shelter, food and

transportation.

Sandberg concluded with an emphasis on collaboration and respect.

“I know what we have in common: we love this place,” she said.

After introducing themselves, the candidates fielded several questions from members of the Bloomington Press Club.

Transparency for the public and press

In response to a question about transparency for the public, the candidates all agreed that changes needed to be made.

Thomson said that she was grateful for local media.

“It’s important that the community knows how to access you, especially in this time when our media is so strained.”

She proposed having a staff member that would vet long waiting periods for responses and public records requests.

“It is problematic when any leader tries to hide things,” she said. Sandberg said she would like more public meetings between the mayor and city council.

“Those conversations could perhaps be a little more transparent,” she said. She also said there should be press conferences with the mayor, similar to what happens at a national level.

Griffin said the city needs more people in general, saying city employees are already overworked. He also said the city and county should utilize Community Access Television Services more. “We need to be a lot more proactive, because there’s this information void out there,” he said.

The first 30 days Next, the candidates were asked what their priority would be for the first 30 days of their administration.

Sandberg spoke first, saying she would focus on transition work in the period between the election and inauguration, particularly regarding partnerships with IU and the county.

Griffin expressed a similar priority, which he called an “aligned vision” with city department heads. He said he would ask each department to find a “benchmark community” that does better than Bloomington in a certain area, and then strive to be better.

Thomson said the first 30 days of an administration are critical. She said building a good team is important and aimed to initiate a public safety plan due to low staffing levels at police and fire.

A point of contention: leaf collection

The first major disagreement between the candidates came from a question about leaf collection.

Previously a city service, the city council voted to stop the curbside vacuuming service last fall. Instead, the city is encouraging residents to compost and mulch their own leaves as much as possible.

Griffin was clear: he would not bring back leaf collection, saying it would be costly and harm sustainability.

“Being part of a community, sometimes there are individual sacrifices,” he said.

Sandberg said she would bring back leaf collection, saying it falls under umbrella of essential city services that she hopes to emphasize as mayor.

Thomson fell somewhere in the middle, saying she would want an independent audit of the city before deciding, although she said leaves in streets may pose a problem for storm drains.

Will the next mayor continue annexation?

The final question con-

cerned the future of the city’s annexation efforts, which began with Mayor John Hamilton’s administration in 2017 and has been slowed by multiple lawsuits.

Thomson said the city has gone about annexation incorrectly by not engaging the community in its conversations.

“The annexation process has been botched,” Thomson said.

However, she still supports expanding Bloomington’s city limits, particularly if the city can guarantee they can provide the necessary services.

Griffin stuck with the city on the topic.

“Absolutely, annexation will continue,” he said.

He said housing throughout the county is not dense enough, which could be helped with annexation. Still, he acknowledged that bad communication on the topic of annexation has harmed the community.

Sandberg said she voted no on continuing the annexation process when it was brought to the council. She said the proposal was too large since previous administrations had not kept up with expanding city boundaries over time.

Concluding speeches

Sandberg lamented hostility in city politics, including labeling politicians as NIMBYs or YIMBYs. The terms have become popular ways to describe a public official’s stance on development in Bloomington and across the country, standing for “not in my backyard” and “yes in my backyard.” A NIMBY is someone who opposes development they view as undesirable in the area they live, which can sometimes include multi-family housing and affordable apartments.

“We don’t take the time to listen to learn and to listen to understand,” she said.

Thomson said city politics had begun to resemble national divisiveness, and said the mayor sets the tone for the community. She again emphasized her goals of transparency.

“You don’t have to have a title to come meet with me,” she said.

Griffin said he has been involved in the community for a long time, ranging from his work as a realtor to his time as deputy mayor.

“I’m part of Bloomington’s history, and I want to be part of its future,” he said.

Griffin also said he wanted to make Bloomington a place for everyone, including those struggling with mental health or substance abuse.

“We want the message that says ‘Come to Bloomington and you can be better,’” he said.

Dogs seized from unauthorized breeding operation in Bloomington

The City of Bloomington Animal Care and Control seized 68 dogs from a hoarding and unauthorized breeding operation March 17, according to a press release from the City of Bloomington. The Bloomington Police Department and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department helped with

the seizure. Ryan Pedigo, captain of the BPD, said it is still an ongoing investigation.

Emily Herr, outreach and behavior coordinator at BACC, said BACC received a concern from a Bloomington community member about how dogs were adopted from the operation, and BACC proceeded to investigate further. She said she is not allowed to give the name of

the unauthorized breeding operation involved.

In a Facebook post from March 17, the BACC said they will drop all fees for dogs older than six months that are already up for adoption but not those from the seizure.

Community members are allowed to provide short-term foster care for the seized dogs for up to two weeks by applying on the city’s website. Accord-

ing to the press release, the Bloomington Animal Shelter is welcoming monetary and bedding donations, which can be dropped off at the front door of the Bloomington Animal Shelter at 3410 S. Walnut St. Citizens can give monetary donations from noon to 4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Senator Tyler Johnson accused of malpractice

Sen. Tyler Johnson, RDistrict 14, an emergency room physician, is facing allegations of malpractice after 20-year-old patient, Esperanza Umana, died less than an hour after his care in 2018.

The lawsuit filed by Becerra on May 23, 2022, seeks damages from defendants Johnson, Parkview Hospital and Professional Emergency Physicians to cover Umana’s medical

expenses, burial and funeral costs and childcare costs for Umana’s 5-year-old son, Javier Ruiz. Umana was taken to Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indian on Jan. 12, 2018. Jennifer Becerra, Umana’s mother and representative, said Umana had a 105-degree fever, trouble breath-

ing and purple dots on her face, according to the IndyStar.

According to court documents, “The Defendants exacerbated Esperanza’s respiratory distress by overloading her lungs with 4 liters of fluid and violated the standard of care by prematurely discharging Esperanza from the emergency department in an unstable condition.”

The medical review panel from the Indiana Department of Insurance released their opinion on

March 22, 2022. They stated that the evidence found supported claims that the defendants failed to comply with the appropriate standard of care and their actions were factors in the resulting damages.

In both Johnson’s and Parkview Hospital’s responses, they denied all allegations.

A court hearing for Allen Superior Court 1 is scheduled for April 24, though the case has been delayed several times, according to the case summary.

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In 10 years, I doubt most Indiana fans will think much about how well the North Carolina win aged, how Indiana’s shot chart changed with Johnson off the court or even how an outdated playstyle arguably doomed its tournament run.

Yes, they will absolutely feel a pang of sadness when they think about Johnson’s injury and what could have been, but most of the minutiae will come out in the wash. History, however deeply rooted in fact, is largely shaped by subjective memory.

Given time, fans will primarily recall JacksonDavis dunking with the force of a freight train, senior forward Miller Kopp sprinting down the court after a 3-pointer with his tongue fully out and HoodSchifino playing like an NBA starter who rolled up to a YMCA pickup game — that is, when he wasn’t occasionally playing like a YMCA member who rolled up to an NBA game.

Obviously, as a completely unbiased writer, I

would never dare feel the slightest glint of emotion toward the Hoosiers. However, I have spent nearly four years making good and not-so-good memories at IU, many of which involve Indiana basketball. As this era of Hoosier hoops concludes, so does a climactic chapter in my own life.

So, while I would encourage you to not let your emotions get the best of you, I really can’t fault you for feeling them in the first place, whatever they may be. There is no right or wrong way to feel, of course. Even if it is just a game, sports can carry immense importance, especially when closely attached to some part of your identity. Maybe that’s silly, but so are plenty of things that weigh heavily on our hearts and minds.

Personally, I can’t wait until I’m 86, all my friends are dead and I pass my days telling my grandchildren about Jackson-Davis dunking on five defenders at once or a guy named

Miller Dudley Kopp who drained threes when he wasn’t reviewing local cold brew coffee on his TikTok. “Uh-huh,” they’ll reply. “Sure, Grandpa. That’s nice.”

As my grandkids motion for the in-home nurse to bring me a warm glass of milk and wheel me to bed, it won’t upset me that they don’t care at all about a basketball team that barely went .500 in conference play and lost in the second round of the NCAA Tournament five decades prior. Because that team was still special to me. And honestly, that’s probably the only justification you need to feel something powerful.

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Most importantly, the newcomers guided a shift toward something that has long been devoid for the Hoosiers: 3-point shooting. Three players — Parrish, senior guard Sara Scalia and freshman guard Yarden Garzon — each attempted at least 150 triples.

Moren oozes old-school basketball values, but she championed the adaptation to the modern game. Junior guard Chloe Moore-McNeil, a breakout player and irreplaceable presence on both ends of the floor, proved to be a bit of a long-range assassin herself.

Berger, a throwback guard if there ever was one, tallied a career-best 3-point percentage of 41%. And hey, remember when Holmes even sunk a few from beyond the arc? Combined with ballmovement wizardry and some pure dominance from Holmes down low, Indiana’s new-look offense staggered opposing defenses on an almost gamely basis — the final tally of 80.9 points per game set a new program record. A changed culture It’s hard to gloss over at-

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Admittedly, though, there were games where the deafening cheers and sheer volume of insatiable fans made me crack a smile. This isn’t particularly controversial, but basketball is way more fun in insane environments.

Nearly every home game, Moren and the players expressed profound appreciation for the Hoosier faithful. Like never before, they showed up in droves to witness a historic Indiana women’s basketball team perform.

The Ohio State and Iowa games of Jan. 26 and Feb. 9, respectively, stand out, but that home finale against Purdue might take the cake. For the first time, the Hoosiers played in front of a sold-out crowd, and they repaid the favor by clinching the Big Ten regular season title and cutting down the nets.

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I’d like to think I was somewhat accurate with my predictions throughout the season, so I’ll make another: Indiana women’s basketball will be back in full force.

The Hoosiers return their centerpiece in Holmes, their snipers in Garzon, Parrish and Scalia, their stopper and distributor in Moore-McNeil and figure to get some breakout campaigns from freshmen Lilly Meister and Lexus Bargesser. Berger is a painful departure, of course. But for decades to come, her legacy will not be overlooked. For Indiana women’s basketball, this season wasn’t a step back or indicative of decline. It was a historically successful year that will spark yearly national contention.

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An eternal Paris, a romantic Paris

Audrey Vonderahe (she/her)

Is a sophomore studying journalism and criminal Justice.

In a past life, many years ago, I was a ballerina. My instructor was a lean, muscular, cigarette-toting Russian man. He was fabulous. He used to call me “cool one,” because I showed up in sunglasses to each rehearsal. Though he wasn’t French, to me he seemed remarkably Parisian, at least based on my many screenings of the film “Madeline.”

I’m not sure I agree with his designation of me, but I never stopped wearing sunglasses at inappropriate times. Nevertheless, the dream began. I would land one day in France.

Last Monday, I arrived in Paris with tan, oval-shaped

sunglasses perched on the tip of my nose. My ballet instructor’s thick accent permeated my skull once again — “cool one,” he said. I smiled, unable to control the upward curve in the corners of my lips. I had arrived in Paris, the dream realized.

A few days later, I sat in a long boat as it cruised down the River Seine. As we floated along the banks, Édith Piaf’s “La Vie en Rose” began to play, or perhaps I just heard it in my head. The romantic, magical feeling of Paris intoxicated me as I gazed at the city from its life source.

I sat near friends on the boat, but no one near us spoke English. The city was full of differences, differences that immerse you in the world and widen your perspective on its vastness. I was

simply one of many millions in awe of the city of love. In English, the words the tour guide spoke will stay with me forever: “Enjoy — an eternal Paris, a romantic Paris.”

Far in the distance, you could see Montmartre, a village situated atop the largest hill in Paris. I had walked through Montmartre not hardly 24 hours prior. The streets in Montmartre are cobblestone and charming.

The vineyards are barren for the winter, but flowers grow along the outskirts of the gardens. A young couple stood on the steps of the Basilica on Montmartre. They embraced and kissed. He spoke to her in a language I could not understand. But I understood somehow. It’s the kind of thing that makes you believe in love, in life.

‘The Menu’ and capitalist realism

in the content we consume.

And yet, despite most of us finding such villains to be quite believable, we still seem to accept that “there is no alternative.” Fisher says this of “WALL-E:” “The film performs our anti-capitalism for us, allowing us to continue to consume with impunity… So long as we believe (in our hearts) that capitalism is bad, we are free to continue to participate in capitalist exchange.”

I gazed at Montmartre from the Seine. It was high above me. That moment will always be high above me. For now, I try to clutch the memory tight to my chest, imprinting it upon my heart.

I looked at the beautiful buildings, the iron spire balconies where the locals hang their laundry and arrange their flowerpots. The craftsmanship of the monuments and the apartment buildings are alluring, dream-like. They are relics of centuries past, testaments to the longevity of a city so vast and passionately maintained. The charm of the cobblestone streets, the Parisians along the banks of the Seine under the willow trees, and La Vie en Rose are ingrained in me for a lifetime.

I have fallen in love with

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Is a junior studying journalism and political science.

SPOILER ALERT: This column contains potential spoilers about “The Menu.”

What if you held a protest and everyone came?

This is a question English philosopher Mark Fisher poses in the second chapter of his seminal book “Capitalist Realism.”

In this short book, Fisher lays out his concept of “capitalist realism,” which he defines as the widespread sense that capitalism is the only viable political and economic system, and that it’s now impossible to even imagine any coherent alternative.

He sums up the concept this way: it’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.

Capitalist realism is the pervasive atmosphere of modern life. Fisher argues most of us understand capitalism is an awful, outdated system but have nonetheless internalized the TINA principle, popularized by Margaret Thatcher: “there is no alternative” to a capitalist economy.

“We believe that money is only a meaningless token of no intrinsic worth, yet we act as if it has a holy value,” Fisher wrote. This is why, according to Fisher, moral critiques of capitalism aren’t effective in this atmosphere of capitalist realism. It isn’t enough to point out that capitalism has throughout history created poverty, famine and war –we have come to openly acknowledge the system is terrible, but it’s supposedly the best we can do.

Which leads us back to

chapter two, and the protest in which everyone turns up. One of the most interesting arguments Fisher makes in the book is that anti-capitalism itself is no longer a threat to the atmosphere of capitalist realism. In fact, anti-capitalism is “widely disseminated” in capitalism and can actually reinforce the TINA principle.

Over the break I watched a terrific horror/satire film called, “The Menu.” In the film, Margot (Anya Taylor-Joy) is a sex worker who’s been hired by her date to join him at an exclusive island restaurant frequented by some of the worst bourgeois parasites imaginable. Over the course of the evening, the chef and his crew of disgruntled service industry workers engage in ruthless class warfare, and everyone but Margot ends up dead.

The ending of “The Menu” really impressed me. The primary antagonist is the chef (Ralph Fiennes), and his deadly actions against his diners are depicted as justified. The protagonist doesn’t stop him. Right before the credits roll, Margot is seen calmly eating a cheeseburger as all of the rich patrons are killed.

A more cowardly writer might have been tempted to have Margot rescue the representatives of a capitalist system which causes so much misery for workers. But no –she leaves them to die.

“The Menu,” as much as I enjoyed it, isn’t so unique. Similar anti-capitalist media in recent memory include “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” “Parasite” and “Squid Game.” Fisher uses “WALL-E” as an example. Ultra-wealthy capitalists and corporations are often (and justifiably so) cast as villains

A protest in which everyone shows up is no protest at all. By definition, someone –those being protested against – must be excluded. But movies like “The Menu” and shows like “Squid Game” are like such a protest – everyone can consume them, and no threat to the system is made.

Movies can’t change the world. No one is going to watch “The Menu” and be persuaded to pick up “Das Kapital.” If Fisher is right and most people seem to understand capitalism is rotten to the core, then anti-capitalism is not going to be enough as far as activism goes. The role socialists must play in this world of capitalist realism is to show the masses an alternative.

And if the moral critiques listed above are simply not persuasive enough, then the “realism” of capitalism must be called into question.

Reactionaries say capitalism is the only realistic system, all others are utopias. But climate change, largely driven by the capitalist system, is rapidly destroying the planet. Moreover, capitalism is constantly running cycles of everworsening crises. Both examples seem to suggest capitalism undermines itself, and therefore cannot be viewed as a tenable system.

But socialists must do more. We must argue for the possibility of a system in which workers rule their own lives and aren’t ruled by the bloodsuckers depicted in “The Menu.” There are alternatives to capitalism, and if we want to save our planet and control our lives, we must build them. Movies can’t do that for us.

Many TikTok creators and influencers have been sharing their choice to get cosmetic procedures done and their experience doing so. While this is nothing new, there seems to be an influx in content about it recently. Breast augmentations, lip filler injections and Botox appear to be especially popular procedures, but I have seen liposuction and rhinoplasties being shared on the app as well.

On one hand, I do appreciate the transparency shown by many creators about having cosmetic procedures done, which has not always been the case with people in the public eye. Sharing the choice to get plastic surgery helps acknowledge the fact that many people go to great lengths and spend large amounts of money to modify their body — which some may argue alleviates the pressure to be naturally perfect.

The problem is that this transparency only further seems to encourage women to seek out these procedures. According to Modern Aesthetics, over three quarters of cosmetic-focused plastic surgery practices have reported higher demand for their services since prior the pandemic.

The argument often used in defense of cosmetic plastic surgery is that other people can and should make whatever choices they like when it comes to their body. And I can’t disagree with that. I wholeheartedly support bodily autonomy, especially that of women, which is often under attack. But I cannot watch countless women choose to have their bodies cut and injected for thousands of dollars for the sole reason of being more

the city. “An eternal Paris, a romantic Paris.” Next time I come, I will see the ballet. An homage.

The Seine was serene and peaceful, the epitome of the romanticism inherent in Paris. But unrest unfolded on its banks.

Days ago, President Emmanuel Macron decided to pass a controversial pension reform without a parliamentary vote, according to Reuters. The new overhaul raises France’s state pension age from 62 to 64.

The Parisians, most French voters and unions are unhappy. Extremely unhappy.

“Resign, Macron!” The chants ring out across the Seine.

Protestors clashed with riot police in the Place de

Concorde days after I left the city. Days after I stood in that same square where the bloodshed of the French Revolution took place long ago.

Trash is piled high in the streets following national strikes. Place de la Concorde is just outside of Parliamentary offices. The government can hear loud unrest from the streets below. And that is the point.

It’s easy to romanticize Paris, to juxtapose its beauty with the unrest unfolding on the streets.

But those who sit under the willow trees on the banks of the Seine fight for their worthy cause with unrivaled spirit and tenacity. They won’t be giving up soon.

attractive without feeling concerned for the implications.

People’s decisions unfortunately do not exist in a vacuum. It is simply not possible that someone is only getting plastic surgery “for themself.” It is not a coincidence that many women say they have wanted plastic surgery since they were young. One popular creator mentions in the comments of her video that she has wanted breast implants since she was 8 years old. Others state they have newfound confidence and peace of mind after their procedure. While many say this kind of thing in a positive light, we should be more concerned that so many women feel a lack of confidence and security in their natural bodies.

One creator, Ken Eurich — who has 1.4 million TikTok followers — has shared several videos in the last month about her experience getting breast implants and liposuction. A comment on her video about liposuction reads, “...you are literally doing everything I have always wanted to do, but will never be able to afford…”

Plastic surgery and other invasive cosmetic procedures may be no less harmful or disturbing than various other things women are pressured to do or buy to become more attractive, but the influx in content I have seen surrounding it worries me about the standards being pushed on young girls. The expectation appears to be that for those with enough money, these procedures are often standard.

We live in a poisonous patriarchal society that pressures girls to care deeply about their appearance from the very moment they

look into a mirror for the first time. As a culture, we need to look deeper into the desire many women have to get invasive cosmetic procedures done.

How do TV shows, books, magazines, advertisements, social media and even the conversations happening around girls as they grow up influence their view of their own body? Are the same women who are now getting breast implants the same ones who were stuffing their bras with socks in seventh grade to feel more feminine and grown-up?

Popular creator Alix Earle — who has 4.8 million TikTok followers — explains in her Jan. 5 video about her breast augmentation surgery that she has wanted bigger breasts since she was young. “I would be little and looking up growth supplements for your boobs,” she said.

I urge my fellow women to critically consume content encouraging or showing plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures. I do not think any of these women should be directly shamed for their personal choices — after all it is their body and their money at stake — but we must acknowledge that watching influential creators like Earle talk about her breast implants has an impact on many.

The very core of the patriarchy and its insidious collaboration with capitalism is that women will never be attractive, young and perfect enough. We will always feel pressure to buy one more product, start one more diet or take part in one more procedure in striving to be the ideal embodiment of femininity.

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The No. 4 seed Hoosiers and No. 5 seed Hurricanes were two squads with a nearly identical amount of talent, experience and heart heading into a do-or-die situation. But there’s no question which style of basketball was built to overpower and outlast the other.

Miami defeated Indiana 85-69 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, sending head coach Mike Woodson’s squad back to Bloomington with an early start to the offseason.

While the Hoosiers didn’t stray glaringly far from their identity, the Hurricanes simply exposed the flaws therein. “Even though we didn’t play nowhere near where I thought we should be playing, you’ve got to give Miami a lot of credit,” Woodson said postgame. “They played extremely well tonight.”

Indiana has preached a foundation of defense since Woodson’s arrival. Spearheaded by the program’s all-time leader in rebounds and blocks — senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis — most of the Hoosiers’ successes this season came by way of aggressive, stifling play at that end of the floor.

Miami simply proved that great offense can crush good defense.

The Hurricanes outworked, outran, outsmarted

and outplayed the Hoosiers for 40 minutes. Dominant backcourt play led the way as it has for Miami, which averages over 79 points per game, all season long.

Hurricane guards junior Isaiah Wong, fifth-year senior Jordan Miller and sophomore Nijel Pack combined for 58 of 85 total points, making 51% of their 45 shot attempts. They tore apart their Hoosier defenders with their shifty handles, quick drives and spot-up shooting.

Jackson-Davis scored 23 points on merely 10 shots, the third-most attempts on his team. He worked his way through the lane over multiple Miami defenders, drawing a handful of fouls in the process.

The Hoosiers had a giant. But the Hurricanes had a three-headed monster.

“We’ve got a lot of versatile guards on the floor. It makes it really hard for them

to guard us, especially when guys are making shots from the outside,” Pack said. “It kind of makes them expand their defense a little bit; they’ve got a principle of trying to pack the paint. Once they spread out, our foot speed is really fast, and it’s hard to keep us in front.”

Even with a burst of momentum from an 8-0 run to start the second half, Indiana’s lead was short-lived.

With every shot the Hoosiers made, the Hurricanes delivered one right back. With every full-court pressure trap Indiana threw, Miami weaved its way around for a wide-open dunk on the other end.

The Hurricanes never stopped playing Miami basketball. And the Hoosiers’ identity cracked in one detrimental aspect: rebounding.

In no game during Indiana’s season were the disparities between two confer-

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ences — the Big Ten and the Atlantic Coast — so obvious and influential. The former is a center’s league, focusing on pounding the ball inside to strong, explosive post players. The latter is a guard’s league, capitalizing off crafty ballhandlers and three-level scorers.

"We’re not the biggest team. We’re not the tallest team. We’re not the heaviest team. If we’re going to be successful, we’ve got to be the fastest team on the court,” Miami head coach Jim Larrañaga said.

So, when Indiana failed to execute in one of the pillars of its makeup — play like the bigger team it literally was — the game slipped out of its grasp when Miami took advantage of its likeness: athleticism.

The Hoosiers surrendered 20 offensive rebounds and 29 second-chance points. Hurricane sophomore for-

ward Norchad Omier, standing below Jackson-Davis and graduate forward Race Thompson at 6-feet, 7-inches, valiantly swooped in from nearly anywhere around the basket to grab 17 rebounds, including nine on the offensive end. Jackson-Davis and Thompson combined for 15 boards total.

“They’re a great offensive rebounding team,” JacksonDavis said. “They’ve got athletes. They would shoot shots, and everyone was crashing. They didn’t have guards getting back; everyone was going to get the ball.”

With a player of JacksonDavis' caliber, aggressive guard defenders and veteran leaders, it would take most teams’ best shot and an extreme letdown by the Hoosiers for them to walk away with a loss. But neither of those things happened Sunday night.

Simply put, Miami’s basketball DNA — as rare as it might be — was perfectly constructed to expose the flaws in and beat a team like Indiana. The Hoosiers faced a tough matchup from the getgo. Desire, fight, grit and motivation weren’t the problem.

Sometimes it’s not about the intangibles; Sunday night was about the glaring mismatches, X’s and O’s and stylistic differences between not only two teams, but two major college basketball conferences and their drasticallydifferent postseason journeys in years past.

But the end of JacksonDavis’ career — a historic Hoosier era built on the Big Ten’s most sacred institutions — ushers in new beginnings and new possibilities for necessary growth and development. And soon, for Woodson and those who choose to stick with him, it won’t be long before it’s time to start piecing back together the puzzle of Indiana men’s basketball.

PAUL | IDS Senior forward Trayce JacksonDavis looks to drive to the basket March 19, 2023, at MVP Arena in Albany, New York. Jackson-Davis was named a Naismith Trophy Finalist on Tuesday.

Jackson-Davis named finalist for Naismith Trophy

Indiana men’s basketball senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis was named a Naismith Trophy Finalist on Tuesday by the Atlanta Tip-off Club, according to a release. Jackson-Davis is joined by Purdue’s Zach Edey, Kansas’s Jalen Wilson and Gonzaga’s Drew Timme as the four finalists.

The Naismith Trophy is given annually to the best player in college basketball every season.

Jackson-Davis was named a consensus All-American this season after averaging 20.9 points, 10.8 rebounds, four assists and three blocked shots per game. He set program career records in blocks and rebounds and moved into third all-time in scoring. His 670 points were the 10th best single-season figure, while his 346 rebounds were fourth and his 92 blocks were third. Jackson-Davis can become the third player in program history to win the Naismith Award, joining Scott May and Calbert Cheaney, who won in 1976 and 1993, respectively.

According to the release, fans will be able to vote for the finalists in the Naismith Awards Fan Vote through March 28 at naismithfanvote. com. Fan votes will account for 5% of the final vote.

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Spring Series

Missed opportunities fatal in NCAA Tournament loss

No. 1 seed Indiana women’s basketball saw itself down to No. 9 seed University of Miami, but it continued to battle back. A valiant comeback, clutch shots and important defensive stops were all made, but a few too many chances slipped away. Indiana lost 70-68 in the final seconds, ending its historic season and chances at a Final Four.

“I felt like it was a game of runs,” head coach Teri Moren said postgame. “They had more runs than we had in the first half, but then, like we always do, we find our way back in. It took a minute to tie up, but then we seesawed back and forth, and we just ran out of time.”

The Hoosiers struggled in the early going. The two teams traded baskets to start the game before the Hurricanes ripped off a 12-2 run, spearheaded by senior forward Lola Pendande with 8 points and two 3-pointers from graduate guard Destiny Harden.

Miami led by 14 early in the second quarter, but a 6-0 run gave Indiana life. Miami responded, but another quick run — including Indiana’s first made 3-pointer after starting 0-for-7 — cut the deficit to 5. The Hoosiers once again had a big opportunity 2:30 away from halftime.

It didn’t hold. Indiana faltered and allowed a 9-2 run, giving Miami a 12-point lead at the half.

With fresh legs out of halftime, Indiana made a strong push, opening on a 11-2 run in the first 3:37 of the period. The veterans took over, as graduate guard Grace Berger scored the first 5, followed by three consecutive layups from senior forward Mackenzie Holmes. The deficit was at 3, and behind a roaring Assembly Hall crowd of 14,480,

the Hoosiers had all the momentum.

In an unexplainable turn of events, all momentum ceased. Turnovers were abundant, neither team could make a shot. A combined scoreless drought lasted for nearly four minutes, and it was Miami who took advantage. Indiana missed four shots and committed two turnovers in the stretch. With chances to cut the deficit to 1 or tie the game, it just couldn’t convert. Instead, Indiana trailed by 6.

The Hoosiers still persisted. They ended the last two minutes outscoring the Hurricanes 8-3 to finally cut it down to 1. Starting the fourth quarter with the ball, another chance to snatch the lead presented itself.

First, a missed 3-pointer. After a turnover gave Indiana the ball back, a missed layup followed. Pendande was then fouled twice shooting and made 3-of-4 to ex-

tend the lead to 4.

Freshman guard Yarden Garzon nailed a triple, the deficit was back to one. On the other end, Garzon fouled Pendande: two more free throws. If Indiana was Superman, a 1-point Miami lead was kryptonite.

Time was winding down, and Indiana was in trouble. Minutes later with 3:05 to go, a breakthrough seemed imminent. Holmes scored a basket and was fouled, both teams were locked at 60 and Indiana had a free throw to give Indiana its first lead of the night. Short, front iron.

Pendande answered with a layup, then senior guard Haley Cavinder hit a three to extend the lead to 5. Just under two minutes remained, and Indiana trailed by 5 with its season on the line. One final push would be made.

Berger got fouled and made free throws, Holmes swatted a layup and Garzon made a big-time corner 3-pointer. Tied. Harden got

fouled and split the pair, and with 42 seconds left, a heroic moment was due for the Hoosiers.

Junior guard Chloe Moore-McNeil took the ball at the left wing, shrugged off a Holmes screen and drove on an open lane. A lefthander on her strong side, a wide-open layup was there, and Hoosier nation anticipated an eruption. All backboard, Miami ball.

Harden stepped to the line for two. A miss, and then another. A 70% shooter at the line, Harden missed 3-of-4 to give Indiana yet another chance.

Berger weaved her way into the paint, pivoting and squaring up for a shot she’s attempted — and made — hundreds of times. Back iron. Cavinder got fouled, and the 89% free throw shooter calmly made both to go up 3. Indiana had 12 seconds to save its season.

It did. Berger delivered the ball to Garzon, who

passed up an initial look before a crafty step back and sank the triple. However, six seconds remained.

After a timeout, Harden got the ball in the paint and worked on Berger. After appearing to travel, she released the ball which rolled around the rim and sunk through.

In a frenzy and three seconds left, Garzon inbounded the ball to MooreMcNeil, who took the ball up court and kept dribbling. Miami swiped and the ball was poked loose. Indiana failed to get an attempt for a desperation shot. Season over.

“It’s hard to put into words right now,” Holmes said. “Obviously, I’m upset. ... A lot of emotions in our locker room right now.”

In the final 10 minutes, the teams were tied four times and Indiana trailed by 2 or 1 four times. The Hoosiers had several chances, but whether it be a missed

shot, missed free throw or turnover, they could never take the lead.

“We got the shots we wanted, they just couldn’t go down,” Moren said. “And then, we couldn’t get the stops. … We could’ve easily climbed ahead, but it didn’t happen.” Indiana committed seven turnovers, five below its season average, and shot 76.5% at the charity stripe, exacting the season average. However, it was the timing of each mistake and a rare inability to make shots which turned out costly. In a twist of fate, Indiana eventually lost the game on defense.

The Hoosiers’ season will never be forgotten — Big Ten Champions for the first time in 40 years, program records of 28 wins, 80.9 points per game, 49.7% field goal percentage, 36.9% 3-point percentage and more. But, of course, Indiana’s 2022-23 story will always be “what could have been.”

Berger’s career, season ended by Miami’s Harden’s shot

As she walked off Branch McCracken Court for the final time in her storied career, Grace Berger stopped in front of her bench where her teammates stood, stunned. She joined them in shock, hanging her head low and putting her hands on her knees, just staring at the hardwood. Berger stayed frozen there as No. 9 seed Miami paraded around the floor, celebrating its Sweet 16-securing victory over No. 1 seed Indiana women’s basketball 70-68 on March 20 in Bloomington. The moment was the direct opposite of just two hours prior when, in nearly the exact same spot, the graduate guard had been introduced to the Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall for the last time in her career. The 14,480 fans in attendance for No. 1 seed Indiana’s second round NCAA Tournament game — a sight which would have been nearly unimaginable when Berger joined the program in 2018 — showered her with cheers as her name was an-

nounced.

Despite the anticipation of her final game in Bloomington, Berger was all business once the ball was tipped. She moved through the midrange and continuously made just enough space to get off a clean shot while feeding her cutting teammates for open looks and making life miserable for whomever she was guarding on the other end.

Even early on, Berger’s play wasn’t enough. The Hurricanes fed the ball down low to senior forward Lola Pendande, who bullied senior forward Mackenzie Holmes — herself still dealing with knee soreness that held her out of Saturday’s 77-47 first round win over No. 16 seed Tennessee Tech University. Pendande dominated the paint and scored 8 of her 19 points in the opening quarter to help the Canes take control early.

While Berger kept working to set her teammates up, their shots continued bouncing out, and outside of Berger herself, Indiana shot below 30% in the first half and entered the break trailing by 12 points.

Coming out of halftime, Berger again took over, starting with a rare 3-pointer followed by a signature midrange jumper — which Miami head coach Katie Meier compared to NBA Hall of Famer Dirk Nowitzki’s — to cut the lead to 6 points. She also found Holmes time after time open inside on pick and rolls for easy buckets, and by the fourth quarter, had finally helped Indiana tie the game back up with just under four minutes remaining.

However, another 5-0 run by Miami required more heroics from the veteran leader, who knocked down a pair of free throws, then found freshman guard Yarden Garzon in the corner for an open 3-pointer to tie it again. Three more Miami free throws were followed yet again by a Garzon triple, this time coming off a step back jumper, to tie the game yet again with just 6.6 seconds remaining and force a Miami timeout.

Out of the timeout, the Canes inbounded the ball to their own veteran wing, graduate forward Destiny

Harden, who was marked by Berger. Harden caught the ball, pump faked to get Berger off balance, stepped through and rose up for the mid-range jumper — the very move Berger has perfected and made her own over her time in Bloomington.

Harden’s basket over Berger was good, and Indiana was unable to get a shot off before the buzzer sounded, ending any hope the team had of reaching its goal of a Final Four appearance and NCAA Championship.

After the game, once Berger had finished making her way off the court, she sat at her locker with a towel over her head. As junior guard Sydney Parrish answered questions at the next locker over, trying not to get choked up as she praised Berger’s leadership and status as a program legend, Berger herself stayed motionless in her chair.

“She's a big reason why I came here. She makes everyone around her better, and she's a big reason why a lot of girls want to come here and play bas-

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ketball,” Parrish said. “Because Grace makes this program run. Everything goes through Grace, and she's going to be one of the best to ever come through Indiana women's basketball, and it's just not going to be the same without her. We’re going to miss her.”

Holmes and head coach Teri Moren echoed Parrish’s sentiments, praising Berger as a program legend who was instrumental in building Indiana women’s basketball into the Big Tenwinning powerhouse it is currently.

“She's helped build this program. We're not sitting here where we are today — we weren't sitting here a year ago, probably three years ago — without Grace Berger on this roster,” Moren said. “I’m just so grateful that she decided to become an Indiana Hoosier five years ago when she had a lot of different options. She chose us.”

Once Berger did speak, she didn’t focus on her accomplishments as a player who became Indiana’s first ever four-time All-Big Ten First Team honoree or even

how she helped establish Indiana as a genuine national contender, but instead talked about the program and the people and how much it all meant to her.

“I knew it was eventually going to come to an end, it was inevitable,” Berger said. “But, I loved being a Hoosier, every single second of it. It was the best decision I've ever made and coach (Teri) Moren is someone that is going to impact me far more than just my five years here. I love this program. I love this university. I love my coaches. I love my teammates. And, you know, it's sad that it's ending but I'm just very grateful that it happened.”

With the loss, Berger’s career and Indiana’s season come to a screeching halt before anyone outside of Miami-Dade County expected it to end. Berger is a potential first round pick in next month’s WNBA Draft and her career as a basketball player is far from over, but her legacy in Bloomington is now set in stone forever as one of the legends of Indiana basketball.

Indiana gets first ever win against Nevada, Las Vegas, 4-3

Indiana women’s tennis won on the road against University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Friday morning. The Hoosiers defeated the Runnin’ Rebels 4-3, boosted by earning four straight singles matches.

In their first matchup since 2005, the Hoosiers got their first win ever against UNLV, who won all other four previous matchups.

In the doubles, both No.

2 redshirt junior Mila Mejic and freshman Nicole Teodosescu and No. 3 redshirt juniors Alexandra Staiculescu and Xiaowei “Rose” Hu lost 6-1, which granted Las Vegas the point.

The No. 2 doubles have yet to win a game when they

play together, being 0-2 for now. On the other hand, despite the 2-game losing streak right now, the No. 3 doubles still has a positive record of 6-4 this season.

No. 1 doubles sophomore Lara Schneider and graduate student Saby Nihalani were up 4-3 but had their game unfinished.

For the singles, the Hoosiers showed up to make up for the lost doubles point.

At No. 5, Teodosescu won 6-1 and 6-0 against Runnin’ Rebel junior Aura Fang to start things off for the Hoosiers. She improved to 5-3 this season and is now on a 3-game winning streak.

No. 3 Mejic put the Hoosiers ahead overall, defeating sophomore Cindy Hu 6-2 and 6-4. Mejic extended

her winning streak to three and is now 10-5 in singles this season.

Hu extended the lead for the Hoosiers with a 6-2 and 6-2 win at No. 6 against junior Nina Zdravkovic.

Indiana secured the win with No. 1 Schneider defeating junior Zita Kovacs 6-0, 2-6 and 7-5. The Hoosiers’ No. 1 single is now 10-2 this season and improved to an 8-game winning streak. Despite the win, the teams decided to let the other games go the distance. No. 4 Staiculescu lost 6-4, 0-6 and 7-6 to sophomore Coco Zhao, and No. 2 Nihalani lost 6-7, 6-2 and 6-4 to junior Salsa Aher.

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Indiana looks ahead to a series of Big Ten games, starting with Penn State.

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ALEX PAUL | IDS Junior guard Chloe Moore-McNeil seen at the final buzzer March 20, 2023, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington. Miami defeated Indiana 70-68.
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Sophomore Lara Schneider put IU on the board with her dominate win against Northwestern 6-1, 6-3 on March 5, 2023. Indiana defeated UNLV on Friday.

COLUMN: ‘The Bachelor’ week 9: a big accident

Just like that, it was Bachelor Monday again! Zach so cleverly named week nine “no sex week.” Lovely. Let’s get into the most awkward fantasy suite week ever.

Week nine

Let’s cue the resort promo!

Zach and the remaining three women traveled to Thailand during week nine for overnight — or fantasy suite — dates.

Zach sat down with host Jesse Palmer to talk about how he did not want to be intimate with any of the women during the overnight date, to which Jesse lets Zach know how doing that “will be so challenging.” Thank you for that awkward insight, Jesse.

After what feels like the hundredth shower scene of Zach, he goes on his date with Ariel. The two travel to a Thailand market where they eat various bugs. During the date, Zach continuously talks about how he “feels hot when I kiss her.” I have no idea how many times Zach kept saying that, but after the first time, I felt like I knew too much.

During the evening portion of the date, Ariel lets Zach know she is falling in love with him, to which Zach expresses how he sees a future with her. When given the key for the overnight room, Zach talks to Ariel about how he decided to not be intimate with all the women this week. Ariel tells Zach she is surprised but respects his decision.

We then get a lovely shot of Zach putting a do not disturb sign on the door as he says, “I don’t know how I’ll do it.” That is so awkward — like, don’t his parents watch the show? In the morning, Zach says how the overnight date was very meaningful and allowed for a lot of deep conversations that strengthened his relationship with Ariel.

For the next date, Zach and Gabi ride on a pirate ship to travel to a private island. Gabi keeps talking about how she is really in her head this week. She gets really emotional with Zach when talking about her previous relationship — in which she was

cheated on — and how she is really anxious about being second best. Zach reassures her and lets her know he does see a future with her — even though he has told that to every woman so far.

During the evening portion of the date, Gabi tells Zach that she is falling in love with him... shocker. Zach expresses how he doesn’t want to be intimate during the overnight portion. After that, Gabi keeps almost implying that she thinks it’ll be a game and says, “Maybe he wouldn’t before, but maybe he will with me.”

In the morning, Zach talks about how he feels really regretful for making that statement at the beginning of the week and expresses how he was intimate with Gabi. He sat down with Jesse and talked about how he needed to do that with Gabi to further their relationship, but he doesn’t want to keep secrets with the other women and is nervous about how they will react.

Zach goes to Gabi’s room and expresses how he is really overwhelmed and doesn’t want to keep secrets with other women. Gabi said she really felt blindsided because she doesn’t understand why Zach has to share that information with the other women and didn’t realize this would make him so distraught. But before he leaves, Zach shares how he is falling in love with Gabi and feels a really strong

connection with her; his face seemed almost terrified when he said that, so I’m not really sure if his intrusive thoughts got the best of him… For the final date of the week, Zach and Kaity go kayaking through the jungle, to which they pull over to sit and talk. Zach tells Kaity his thoughts going into this week, but then he shares how he was intimate with another woman this week, too. Kaity was — rightly so — very upset and said she would’ve rather he just not told her. This entire time I’m just wondering how many bug bites they are getting while sitting right by the river water in the middle of a thunderstorm. At this point in the argument, the storm is picking up and the producers are on the opposite side of them, clearly zooming in from a distance. Because of this — it’s literally pitch black on the screen — all I could hear were voices in the distance. I literally turned my brightness up all the way.

Kaity was really upset with Zach, and Zach kept apologizing, but Kaity said, “Apologizing for what? Did you want me to high-five you?” I literally laughed out loud.

During the evening portion of the date, Zach doesn’t know if Kaity will show up. And just as he says this, Kaity shows up — how coincidental. Kaity said she doesn’t care about his relationships with the other women and still feels like the luckiest girl

A look into the Buskirk-Chumley’s spring season

Here’s everything you need to know about the spring season at the historic Buskirk-Chumley theater and event venue:

March

Honky-tonk fans and alternative country band Town Mountain will stop in Bloomington. The North Carolina band will hit the stage at 7 p.m. on March 23. Tickets are just $25.

IU’s Jacobs School of Music presents its Jazz Studies students in concert at 7:30 p.m. on April 10. The free and unticketed concert will feature two sets, with the Tom Walsh Jazz Ensemble opening the act and the Plummer Jazz Sextet closing the night.

in the world to be on this journey with Zach. I don’t understand how she went from literally wanting to leave to — three hours later — feeling lucky to be with Zach.

Anyway, in the morning — after Zach laughed at his own joke — he said he is confident about their relationship and is excited for the future.

Heading into the rose ceremony, I’m wondering the entire time if he has even talked to Ariel about what happened. Zach stands in front of all three women, apologizes for the mistakes he made during the week, and hands a rose to Kaity and Gabi, leaving Ariel to be sent home. Ariel did not shed a single tear like the queen she is. Back at the rose ceremony, Kaity tells Gabi she was the only one who was intimate, and Gabi says she felt like she was wearing an “A” on her and was extremely upset with Zach for sharing the details. During the toast between the two women, and Zach is staring at Kaity the entire time and not even making eye contact with Gabi; Zach is literally such a dingus sometimes.

After quite the jampacked episode this week, get ready for what I’m sure will be a dramatic season finale next Monday! Thank goodness Jesse did not say “two-night season finale.” I don’t think I could’ve handled that.

Get your popcorn ready and see you next week!

Spring forward: local performances this week

Welcome back! Here is all the information you need for Bloomington’s music scene from March 22-26:

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Indianapolis indie meets Bloomington doom emo with a stacked show featuring Perfect Angel At Heaven, Mister Goblin and Wind. Get ready to go wild at 8 p.m. on Thursday at the Ifell Gallery. Tickets are just $5.

Girls Rock Bloomington presents its benefit concert featuring the BDMC Ensemble, Honey Iced Tea, Indifferent Society, Middle Name Basis and Moon Rocks. This rockin’ concert will start at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday at 1002 E. Maxwell Lane. Tickets are a suggested donation of $10 with a $5 minimum.

Tucked away in a narrow alley off of Kirkwood, Osteria Rago is an unexpected downtown dinner destination. But once you discover the magic behind its charming stone walls, it’s easy to be hooked.

On its website, the restaurant says it serves “grandmother-style” cooking — food that is comforting and simple while being undeniably delicious. The interior is softly lit and rustic, creating an ambient, intimate atmosphere. The best part? Its prices are comparable to, if not cheaper than, Olive Garden’s, while delivering infinitely better food.

For instance, the fettucine alfredo at Osteria Rago is over $2 cheaper than the one at Olive Garden. After perusing through

The Pussy Palace is back with a killer show featuring Sound Weasel, Please Her, Emily Spinach and Callejera. These killer bands will hit the stage at 6 p.m. on Saturday. Entry is just $6 and additional information can be found on their Instagram page. Need some experimental music? Sounds From The Black Hole — a concert series exploring the limits of sound — is for you. Catch Eva Carriere, Airport People and GENTROL live at 7 p.m. on Saturday at the Orbit Room. Tickets are just $8 and additional information can be found on their Instagram page.

WIUX presents Poddy Mouth, a live podcasting event featuring music from Westhead and The Matriarch. Catch live recordings of original podcasts from

Unsolicited, Shatatouille and a collaboration between Aigoo! and Women I Trust. Watch the podcasts hit the stage at 8 p.m. on Saturday at the Far Center. Entry is just $5.

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Following its SXSW performances, Closebye continues their tour with a stop in Bloomington featuring local bands The Matriarch and Foredaze at 8 p.m. on Thursday at Blockhouse Bar. Foredaze is celebrating its single “Right Time” set to release Friday. Tickets are just $7.

In the mood for hardhitting country ballads? Be sure to catch Larry Fleet accompanied by Benny Burgess at 8 p.m. on Thursday at the Bluebird. Tickets are $25.

The Namby Pamby returns with Yannon and Mi-

caiah Caudill at 8 p.m. on Friday at the Bishop. This incredible indie lineup is just $7 to attend. Witness the album release show for singer-songwriter Millaze — featuring Moon News and Nomás — at 10 p.m. on Saturday at the Bishop. Millaze will be celebrating her album, Bedside Table, which focuses on growth and grief. Tickets to the show are just $8.

Bloomington legends Six Foot Blonde are back for their show at 9 p.m. on Saturday at the Bluebird. Tickets are just $10.

Future forecast: budget for big bands Get ready to boogie down with your fairytale friends at the Shrek Rave at the Bluebird on April Fool’s Day. Tickets are $20 for a sure to be magical night.

The Hoosier Films Annual Festival will take over the theater from March 24-26. The festival showcases recent films made by Hoosiers, celebrating the talent within the community. Tickets can be found on the Buskirk-Chumley website, as well as the festival’s own website.

The InMotion Dance Company is set to perform a free and unticketed event at 6:30 p.m. on March 29. The company will showcase new and original choreography, fusing many different styles to create their own.

“Sunday*,” an independent coming-of-age film made right here in Bloomington, will be shown at 7 p.m. on March 30. Tickets are just $7.

IU’s all-male a cappella group Another Round will close out the March events with a rousing performance at 7:30 p.m. on March 31. Tickets range from $5-15.

April

The Banff Centre’s Mountain Film Festival is going on tour, stopping in Bloomington on April 1-2. Presented by IU Outdoor Adventures, this festival highlights the beauty of the outdoors with highadrenaline films. Ticket packages are available now starting at $18.

IU’s Asian Culture Center presents the Asian American Pacific Islander Movement Short Film Festival featuring films covering adversity, struggle and beauty. Love what you see? There will also be a Q&A session following the films, highlighting the dedication these filmmakers have for their craft. The event is free, but tickets must be claimed online for the 7 p.m. show on April 5.

IU a cappella group Resting Pitch Face will have its spring showcase at 6 p.m. on April 8. Tickets range from $5-10.

The African American Dance Company will hold its annual spring concert with the African American Arts Institute at 7 p.m. on April 15. The legendary group will present a vast repertoire of dance styles ranging from jazz to hiphop to modern dance. Tickets range from $15-25. Plato’s Closet presents the 14th Annual Trashion Refashion Runway Show, challenging designers and rethink fashion designers to create looks out of upcycled clothes and trash items. The show will take place at 7 p.m. on April 16 and is a fundraiser for the Center for Sustainable Living. Tickets range from $10-15.

“The Addict’s Wake,” a documentary centered on the opioid epidemic and its effects on Brown County locals, will be shown at 6 p.m. on April 18. The event is free to attend with a discussion panel at the end, but tickets must be claimed on the BuskirkChumley website.

IU Soul Revue, America’s first black pop music ensemble since 1971, will have its spring concert at 7:30 p.m. on April 22. Tickets range from $15-25.

Student film “Who Murdered Professor Black?” will be shown at 7 p.m. on April 23, with a meet and greet with the cast and crew after the film. Tickets are just $6.

Bimonthly live podcast “Welcome to Night Vale,” featuring musical guest Mal Blum, will record at 8 p.m. on April 24. Tickets are $30 for the bone-chilling event.

Bloomington Expressive Arts Training, or BEAT for short, will perform its 11th Annual Spring Showcase at 7 p.m. on April 25. BEAT is a show choir training program for children grades 1-12. Tickets range from $12-18.

The African American Arts Institute presents a spring concert from the Emmy-winning African American Choral Ensem-

at 7:30 p.m. on April 29. Tickets

COLUMN: A night of noodles: trying Osteria Rago

the menu of pizzas, sandwiches, pastas and salads, I faced the daunting task of actually choosing which dish to order. I am a pasta girl through and through, and after seeing that theirs is homemade, I couldn’t resist trying it. Making a split-second decision, I ordered the Aglio e Olio pasta with chicken.

Aglio e Olio is a deceptively simple yet widely popular Italian pasta dish — thought to have originated in Naples or nearby — that combines toasted garlic, olive oil and red chili flakes tossed with pasta and pasta water to create an emulsified sauce.

Ever since watching YouTube tutorials on how to make it, I have longed to try the dish. While it has shockingly few ingredients, I felt confident that, if done right, tasting Aglio e Olio would change my life. It’s

hard to imagine that three of my absolute favorite things — garlic, olive oil and spaghetti — could not create a heavenly, harmonious combination. When my pasta arrived, I instantly knew I was in for a treat. Glistening strands of spaghetti were neatly twisted into a spiral with thin slices of golden brown garlic nestled in every crevice. Minced parsley dusted the top, adding an essential freshness to balance the decadence of the dish.

At first bite, the noodles were perfectly al dente and had a nutty and rich flavor from the olive oil. The garlic slices added a delicious sweet and umami flavor that I could not get enough of, while the chili flakes offered a subtle kick.

While I am normally unimpressed with restaurant chicken — it is too often

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tough and dry in texture — the slices that came on top of my dish were juicy, tender and well-seasoned.

A small but satisfying slice of spongy focaccia with a crispy exterior accompanied the dish as well, making the ideal ves-

sel for extra sauce at the bottom.

It is safe to say that I left the restaurant with a full stomach and a fuller heart. Osteria Rago creates delicious food from simple and quality ingredients that can be a comfort

food to any kind of person. Whether you are looking for your next romantic date night spot, a celebration with friends or somewhere to get your parents to treat you when they visit, Osteria Rago is sure to be your place.

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Sunday: 8:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. @ St. Thomas Lutheran Church 3800 E. 3rd St.

Tuesday: 6:30 p.m. Dinner & Devotions @ Rose House LuMin 314 S. Rose Ave. Rose House is an inclusive Christian community that offers a safe space for students to gather, explore faith questions, show love to our neighbors through service and work towards a more just world. Rose House walks with students to help them discern where God is calling them in life.

Rev. Amanda Ghaffarian, Campus Pastor

St. Thomas Lutheran Church

3800 E. Third St. 812-332-5252 stlconline.org

facebook.com/StThomasBloomington

Sunday: 8:30 a.m. & 11 a.m.

We are the worshiping home of Rose House Lutheran Campus Ministries. As disciples of Christ who value the faith, gifts and ministry of all God's people and seek justice and reconciliation, we welcome all God's children* to an inclusive and accessible community. *No strings attached or expectations that you'll change.

Rev. Adrianne Meier

Independent Baptist

Lifeway Baptist Church 7821 W. State Road 46 812-876-6072 lifewaybaptistchurch.org facebook.com/lifewayellettsville

Sunday: 9 a.m., Bible Study Classes 10 a.m., Morning Service 5 p.m., Evening Service Barnabas College Ministry: Meeting for Bible study throughout the month. Contact Rosh Dhanawade at bluhenrosh@gmail.com for more information.

Steven VonBokern, Senior Pastor Rosh Dhanawade, IU Coordinator 302-561-0108 bluhenrosh@gmail.com

*Free transportation provided. Please call if you need a ride to church.

Episcopal (Anglican)

Canterbury Mission

719 E. Seventh St. 812-822-1335

IUCanterbury.org

facebook.com/ECMatIU

Instagram & Twitter: @ECMatIU

Sun.: 3 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Mon., Wed., Thu.: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Tue.: Noon - 8 p.m.

Fri., Sat.: By Appointment

Canterbury: Assertively open & affirming; unapologetically Christian, we proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ by promoting justice, equality, peace, love and striving to be the change God wants to see in our world

Ed Bird, Chaplain/Priest

Jacob Oliver & Lily Dolliff, student workers

Unitarian Universalist

Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington

2120 N. Fee Ln.

812-332-3695 uubloomington.org

facebook.com/uubloomington

Sunday: 10:15 a.m.

We are a dynamic congregation working for a more just world through social justice. We draw inspiration from world religions and diverse spiritual traditions. Our vision is "Seeking the Spirit, Building Community, Changing the World." A LGBTQA+ Welcoming Congregation and a certified Green Sanctuary.

Rev. Connie Grant, Interim Minister

Rev. Emily Manvel Leite, Minister of Story and Ritual

Church of God (Anderson Affiliated)

Stoneybrook Community Church of God

3701 N. Stoneybrook Blvd. stoneybrookccog.org

facebook.com/StoneyBrookCCOG

Sunday: 10:30 a.m.

10 a.m. Coffee & Treats Stoneybrook Community Church of God is a gathering of imperfect people learning to follow Jesus. We invite you to join us on the journey.

Evangel Presbytery

Trinity Reformed Church

2401 S. Endwright Rd. 812-825-2684 trinityreformed.org

facebook.com/trinitychurchbloom

Email us at office@trinityreformed.org

Sunday Services: 9 a.m. & 11 a.m.

College Bible Study: Contact us for more info.

"Jesus answered them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.'" Proclaiming freedom from slavery since 1996. Only sinners welcome.

Jody Killingsworth, Senior Pastor Lucas Weeks, College Pastor

Bahá'í Faith

Bahá'í Association of IU 424 S. College Mall Rd. 812-331-1863 bloomingtoninbahais.org facebook.com/BaháíCommunity-of-BloomingtonIndiana-146343332130574

Instagram: @bloomingtonbahai

Regular Services/Devotional Meetings:

Sunday: 10:40 a.m. @ Bloomington Bahá'í Center

Please call or contact through our website for other meetings/activities

The Bahá'í Association of IU works to share the Teachings and Principles of the Founder, Bahá'u'lláh, that promote the "Oneness of Mankind" and the Peace and Harmony of the Planet through advancing the "security, prosperity, wealth and tranquility of all peoples."

Non-Denominational

Calvary Chapel of Bloomington

3625 W State Road 46 812-369-8459

calvarychapelbloomington.org

facebook.com/calvarychapelbloomington

YouTube: Calvary Chapel Bloomington IN

Sunday: 10 a.m.

Tuesday: 7 p.m., Prayer

Wednesday: 6:30 p.m.

Hungry for God's word and fellowship with other believers? Come as you are and worship with us as we grow in the knowledge of His love, mercy, and grace through the study of the scriptures, and serving those in need. May the Lord richly bless you!

Frank Peacock, Pastor

Alissa Peacock, Children's Ministry

Christ Community Church

503 S. High St. 812-332-0502 cccbloomington.org

facebook.com/christcommunitybtown

Instagram: @christcommunitybtown

Sunday: 9:15 a.m., Educational Hour

10:30 a.m., Worship Service

We are a diverse community of Christ-followers, including many IU students, faculty and staff. Together we are committed to sharing the redeeming grace and transforming truth of Jesus Christ in this college town.

Bob Whitaker, Senior Pastor Adam deWeber, Worship Pastor Dan Waugh, Adult Ministry Pastor

Church of Christ

825 W. Second St. 812-332-0501 facebook.com/w2coc

Sunday: 9:30 a.m., Bible Study

10:30 a.m. & 5 p.m., Worship

Wednesday: 7 p.m., Bible Study

We use no book, but the Bible. We have no creed but His Word within its sacred pages. God is love and as such we wish to share this joy with you. The comprehensive teaching of God's Word can change you forever.

John Myers, Preacher

City Church For All Nations

1200 N. Russell Rd. 812-336-5958 citychurchbloomington.org facebook.com/citychurchbtown

Instagram: @citychurchbtown

Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

*Always check website for possible changes to service times.

City Church is a non-denominational

multicultural, multigenerational church on Bloomington's east side. 1Life, our college ministry meets on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.

David Norris, Pastor Sumer Norris, Pastor

Redeemer Community Church

Redeemer is a gospelcentered community on mission. Our vision is to see the gospel of Jesus Christ transform everything: our lives, our church, our city, and our world. We want to be instruments of gospel change in Bloomington and beyond.

Society of Friends (Quaker)

Bloomington Friends Meeting 3820 E. Moores Pike 812-336-4581 bloomingtonfriendsmeeting.org

Facebook: Bloomington Friends Meeting

Sunday (in person and by Zoom):

9:45 a.m., Hymn singing

10:30 a.m., Meeting for Worship

10:45 a.m., Sunday School (Children join in worship from 10:30-10:45)

11:30 a.m., Light Refreshments and Fellowship

12:45 p.m., Often there is a second hour activity (see website)

Wednesday (by Zoom only):

9 a.m., Midweek Meeting for worship

9:30 a.m., Fellowship

We practice traditional Quaker worship, gathering in silence with occasional Spirit-led vocal ministry by fellow worshipers. We are an inclusive community with a rich variety of belief and no prescribed creed. We are actively involved in peace action, social justice causes, and environmental concerns.

United Methodist

Jubilee 219 E. Fourth St. 812-332-6396 jubileebloomington.org jubilee@fumcb.org

facebook.com/jubileebloomington

Instagram: @jubileebloomington

Sunday: 9:30 a.m., Classic Worship & 11:45 a.m., Contemporary Worship

Wednesday: 7:30 p.m., College & Young Adult Dinner

Jubilee is a Christ-centered community open and affirming to all people. We gather on Wednesdays at First Methodist (219 E. Fourth St.) for a free meal, discussion, worship and hanging out. Small groups, service projects, events (scavenger hunts, bonfires, etc.), mission trips and opportunities for student leadership are all a significant part of our rhythm of doing life together.

Markus Dickinson, Campus Director

Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod

University Lutheran Church and Student Center 607 E. Seventh St 812-336-5387 indianalutheran.com facebook.com/ULutheranIU instagram.com/uluindiana

Sunday: 9:15 a.m.; Sunday Bible Class 10:30 a.m.; Sunday Worship

Wednesday: 7 p.m.: Wednesday Evening Service 7:45 p.m.: College Bible Study Student Center open daily, 9 a.m.-10 p.m. We are the home of the LCMS campus ministry at Indiana. Our mission is to serve all college students with the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ. Located on Campus, we offer Christ-centered worship, Bible study and a community of friends gathered around God’s gifts of life, salvation and the forgiveness of sins through our Senior Jesus Christ.

Woelmer, Pastor

Sunday: 9 a.m. & 11 a.m.

Chris Jones, Lead Pastor 111 S. Kimble Dr. 812-269-8975

redeemerbloomington.org

facebook.com/RedeemerBtown

Instagram & Twitter: @RedeemerBtown

Inter-Denominational

Redeemer Community Church

111 S. Kimble Dr. 812-269-8975 redeemerbloomington.org

facebook.com/RedeemerBtown

Instagram & Twitter: @RedeemerBtown

Sunday: 9 a.m. & 11 a.m.

Redeemer is a gospel-centered community on mission. Our vision is to see the gospel of Jesus Christ transform everything: our lives, our church, our city, and our world. We want to be instruments of gospel change in Bloomington and beyond.

Chris Jones, Lead Pastor

Baptist

University Baptist Church

3740 E. Third St. 812-339-1404

ubcbloomington.org

facebook.com/ubc.bloomington

YouTube: UBC Bloomington IN

Sunday: 10:45 a.m., Worship in person & live streamed on YouTube

A welcoming and affirming congregation excited to be a church home to students in Bloomington. Trans and other LGBTQ+ friends and allies most especially welcome!

Annette Hill Briggs, Pastor Rob Drummond, Worship & Music Minister

Mennonite

Mennonite Fellowship of Bloomington

2420 E. Third St. 812-646-2441 bloomingtonmenno.org

facebook.com/Mennonite-

Fellowship-ofBloomington-131518650277524

Sunday: 5 p.m.

A welcoming, inclusive congregation providing a place of healing and hope as we journey together in the Spirit of Christ. Gathering for worship Sundays 5 p.m. in the Roger Williams room, First United Church. As people of God's peace, we seek to embody the Kingdom of God.

John Sauder mfbjohn@gmail.com

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

205 E. Kirkwood Ave. 812-332-4459 fccbloomington.org

Sunday: 10 a.m.

We are an inclusive community of people who are diverse in thought and unified in spirit. We are an LGBTQIA+ welcoming and affirming congregation known for our excellent music and commitment to justice. Our worship services will not only lift your spirit, but also engage your mind. You are welcome!

Pastor Kyrmen Rea, Senior Pastor Pastor Sarah Lynne Gershon, Student Associate Pastor Jan Harrington, Director of Music

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Aries (March 21-April 19)

Today is a 9 - Pluto enters Aquarius today, beginning a phase, lasting until 2043, of social evolution, scientific innovation and humanitarianism. Power rises naturally. Teamwork allows transformation.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Today is a 9 - Collective enterprises thrive, with Pluto in Aquarius over the next two decades. Economic benefits flow through collaboration. A rising tide lifts all boats.

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Gemini (May 21-June 20)

Today is a 7 - Surrender the unnecessary or superficial. Pluto’s ingress into Aquarius colors the next two decades of your journey. Discover hidden truths. Follow your heart.

Cancer (June 21-July 22)

Today is an 8 - You can’t eat gold. Despite provoking a desire for financial control, Pluto in Aquarius reminds that strength, worth, value, and wealth come from within.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is an 8 - Partnership and teamwork empower the next two decades, with Pluto in Aquarius. Grow and deepen networks, bonds and connections. Love is the strongest glue.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Today is a 7 - Pluto entering Aquarius begins a 20-year phase of revelation and healing. Abandon false illusions, especially around health and work. Evolution and rebirth recur as themes.

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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Today is a 9 - Purpose, focus and clarity illuminate your heart’s passion, with Pluto in Aquarius for two decades. Relationships develop deeper intimacy. Have fun making a difference together.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Today is an 8 - The next two decades revolve around home and family connection, with Pluto entering Aquarius. Get down to basics. Share precious moments and milestones.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Today is an 8 - Media transformation reveals hidden truths and dirt. Innovations with communications color the next two decades, with Pluto in Aquarius. Tell your own story.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Today is an 8 - Breakthroughs around income and values illuminate two decades, with Pluto in Aquarius. Recognize fears without letting them drive. Discover hidden talents. Expectations transform. Abandon the superficial.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Today is a 9 - Reclaim personal power. Pluto enters your sign today, flavoring a generation. In a special lifetime milestone transit for Aquarians, Pluto reconnects you with your core purpose.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)

Today is a 7 - Pluto’s ingress into Aquarius shines light into darkness. Honesty, integrity and reconciliation strengthen over the next 20-year phase. Deepen connections with nature, love and spirituality.

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