April 27, 2023

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On the verge of everything:

An IU ballerina who danced until the end

Friends, family remember lives of Siddhant Shah and Aryan Vaidya

By Marissa Meador marnmead@iu.edu | @Marissa_Meador

When a day of relaxation became a nightmare, IU sophomore Siddhant Shah left his boat and dove into rough waters to save his friends. Although multiple people were saved, Siddhant, along with Aryan Vaidya, never emerged from the surface of the water alive. Friends and family say Siddhant will forever be remembered as a hero.

On April 15, a group of IU students were relaxing on a pontoon boat at Monroe Lake, enjoying a day of sunshine and the beginnings of spring. They were swimming on and off, Yash Patel, Siddhant’s best friend and roommate said, as the currents were mild initially.

But at one point, while Yash was swimming with around six or seven others, currents suddenly intensified, and the swimmers were dragged away from the boat.

Seeing the chaos from the boat, Siddhant’s first instinct was to jump in and help, Yash said.

Yash said Siddhant was a strong swimmer, but the currents were powerful. Yash said he almost drowned himself but was saved by a boat that came to help.

Siddhant was swimming for around 15 minutes, Yash said. When another friend got the opportunity to reach out to grab Siddhant, Siddhant’s hands slipped, and he soon became too tired to continue swimming.

When Siddhant disappeared beneath the water, his friends immediately called 911. Boats came to help in 10 minutes, Yash said.

“All of the people at IU are going to remember him as a hero,” he said.

Everyone loved Siddhant, Yash said, and he will always be alive in their hearts.

“The world lost a truly precious gem,” he said.

Shefali Shah, Siddhant’s mother, said she and his family are proud of his bravery and believe they raised him right.

Siddhant was proud to be a student in the Kelley School of Business, and would always joke with his uncle,

Harshal Desai, a graduate of Purdue University. Faced with a choice to enroll in either Purdue or IU, Siddhant chose IU. His uncle said he loved it so much that he encouraged several other students from India to go to Kelley. Siddhant was from Ahmedabad, India and was studying management at IU. According to his LinkedIn profile, Siddhant played squash at IU, volunteered for IU’s Welcome Week last fall and interned at the Alps Foundation in India for nine months. His internship with the foundation — which is a nonprofit aimed at improving education, food, shelter and environmental benefits in Ahmedabad — included raising 150,000 Indian rupees, around $1,830, for underprivileged children and planting more than 1,500 trees.

Siddhant also spent two months at Suryam Developers beginning in 2019, which is one of the biggest real estate companies in Ahmedabad.

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Bloomington's 7 Day Forecast

By Christina Avery averycm@iu.edu | @christym_avery

Months before that

tragic day at Monroe Lake, Aryan Vaidya stood at the top of the Willis Tower in Chicago, his best friend Gus Weyand by his side, laughing and contemplating their futures.

The pair, friends since fifth grade, had taken a trip last summer to Chicago. As they looked out at the city from 1,450 feet above it, they joked: Our names will be on a building one day.

Aryan loved chess, books and finance. He dreamed of being a businessman on Wall Street. Aryan wanted to make it to the top in life; from high up in the tower, the city glimmering in the night, they could see all the possibilities for themselves.

Aryan, a 20-year-old IU sophomore, often said he talked about wanting to leave a legacy, Weyand said.

Aryan had his life cut short April 15 when a warm day on a pontoon boat with friends at Monroe Lake

turned deadly.

Aryan was swimming with other IU students when the currents picked up. The students in the water were pulled away from the boat. As they struggled to swim, people on the boat — including his friend Siddhant Shah — jumped in to help. But neither Aryan nor Shah resurfaced that day; Aryan disappeared in the water, and Shah drowned trying to save him.

Those closest to Aryan remember him for his drive, dedication and generosity.

“He was a really hardworking guy,” Weyand said. “I know that if he had the time, he would’ve gotten there.”

Aryan was a student in the Kelley School of Business majoring in finance and business analytics.

Originally from Mumbai, India, he moved with his family to Cincinnati, Ohio when he was 9-years-old.

Sandip Vaidya, his father, said he always made others

feel wanted. He called his mother every single night, and introduced himself to people sitting alone in the cafeteria at his high school.

“He would make sure that he would pull you up in whatever way he can,” Sandip said.

Aryan’s goal since he was young was to work in finance, his mother, Diptee Vaidya, said. He’d accepted an internship in New York for summer 2023 as a analyst at Piper Sandler, an investment banking company.

Aryan’s work merged his love for business with his desire to help others.

According to his LinkedIn profile, he was head of the development team at Scholars of Finance, a nonprofit that offers mentorship to undergraduate students by financial executives. He also worked as a strategy and operations intern at Brixilated — a Lego design company with philanthropic ties in Ohio — in the summer of 2021.

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‘The world lost a truly precious gem’:

‘Going to do something in the world’: Siddhant Shah was a hero, loved ones say

Aryan Vaidya left a mark on many people's lives

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IU sophomore Siddhant Shah is pictured. Siddhant Shah spent his final moments saving people’s lives at Monroe Lake.

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Rama Sardar (left) and Aryan Vaidya (right) are pictured at Sardar's junior prom. Vaidya, who died April 15, 2023, was a sophomore in the Kelley School of Business.

The two students died at Monroe Lake during an outing with friends

Advocates honor child abuse prevention month

AI could transform tutoring services

Isabella Vesperini isvesp@iu.edu

Recently developed to mimic the features of reallife humans, digital humans — a new form of AI — could be used as online tutors.

Antino Kim, IU associate professor of information systems in the Kelley School of Business, said digital humans could be programmed with emotion AI to provide more meaningful tutoring sessions.

Emotion AI is a type of AI technology that recognizes and mimics human emotions. Because it can be hard for human instructors to judge how engaged people are, Kim said emotion AI can be used to measure student engagement and adjust accordingly.

By Christy Avery averycm@iu.edu | @christym_avery

Leaders in child abuse advocacy across Indiana are calling for increased awareness for the issues they say go overlooked in commemoration of Child Abuse Prevention Month.

In 2021, approximately 13 of every 1,000 children in Indiana suffered maltreatment, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In 2021, 60 children died of abuse or neglect, according to the Indiana Department of Child Services.

State leaders and groups organize prevention efforts

While prevention councils exist in 47 Indiana counties, the goal is for every county to eventually have a council, Jeff Wittman, director of Prevent Child Abuse Indiana, said. There is not currently a council in Monroe County. People who want to create a council can contact Prevent Child Abuse Indiana for help.

The Indiana Department of Child Services hosted a kickoff for Child Abuse Prevention Month at the Indiana Statehouse on April 4. The event, titled “Building Together: Prevention in Partnership,” emphasized the need for communities to work together to prevent abuse and help children thrive.

The national symbol for child abuse prevention is a blue pinwheel, established by Prevent Child Abuse America in 2008. It is meant to symbolize the values of playfulness, joy and childhood every child should have. Organizations around the state have participated in purchasing and placing pinwheels to show support.

Indiana University School of Medicine’s Child Protection Divison placed a pinwheel garden with 60 pinwheels outside Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis April 3.

Pinwheels can be purchased at Prevent Child Abuse Indiana’s online shop, or community members who want to participate can place a virtual pinwheel.

“We use that as a symbol to kind of start conversations and draw awareness to the fact that child abuse and neglect still is an issue that needs to be dealt with,” Wittman said. “Any child that is hurt or neglected is too many.”

The Villages of Indiana, which provides support to new parents, hosted its annual Matt Breman 5k run/ walk April 22 in Indianapolis. The event, named after the former board president of PCAI, honors Breman’s work and raises money for abuse prevention efforts.

Child abuse is linked to public health issues and can cause emotional trauma

Zachary Adams, a licensed clinical psychologist in the IU Department of Psychiatry, said in an email people may be surprised to learn child neglect is the most common reason for child welfare system involvement.

"In all cases, gaining a better understanding of each family's specific needs and providing access to supportive resources is often a helpful strategy to promoting youth safety and well-being," Adams said.

When discussing child neglect, he said, it's important to remember economic disadvantage and neglect do not always go hand-inhand. However, child abuse is closely linked with other public health topics, he said,

such as the opioid epidemic.

"The opioid epidemic has been associated with an escalation in cases of child abuse and neglect, exposure to other types of potentially traumatic events – like witnessing or losing a caregiver to overdose or being around violence – and out-of-home placements like foster care," he said. "In such cases, preventing or addressing child maltreatment will require tackling other public health concerns like preventing and treating addiction in parents."

The effects emotional and psychological abuse can have on children’s' health and wellbeing are often overlooked, Adams said. This abuse can include rejecting, threatening or shaming a child, he said, as well as exploiting the child or isolating them from family and peers.

"Psychological maltreatment can sometimes be harder to detect, but often has long-lasting effects on mood and behavior, as well as social functioning and physical health," he said.

Child abuse and neglect can cause anxiety and depression, traumatic stress and substance abuse and can also harm academic and social functioning, Adams said.

Preventing child abuse takes work at the individual, family, community, state and national levels.

"This requires coordination across multiple systems including healthcare, the justice system, child welfare, education, faith communities and more," he said. "Oftentimes, a goal of programs designed to respond to known child abuse is to prevent future abuse – including across generations."

Advocates push for prevention beyond April While all efforts to raise

awareness are vital, Wittman — the director of PCAI — said it’s also important to remember the work doesn't stop and more people need to make an effort to get involved year-round.

“Reach out,” Wittman said. “Have a pinwheel garden. Make sure your school is providing required training for kids and staff on child abuse and neglect. Ask for some training to happen with a group of parents in your neighborhood or at your business."

It is crucial to not only respond to child abuse when it happens, but to prevent it from occurring in the first place, Wittman said.

"Child abuse and neglect is not fun to talk about. No one enjoys it — we wish we didn’t have to talk about it," he said. "But as long as we have kids who are being hurt and neglected, we want the message out there that child abuse is 100% preventable."

Much of the work the Department of Child Services does is preventative, he said. The DCS runs and partners with several prevention programs throughout the state, including Community Partners for Child Safety, Prevent Child Abuse Indiana, the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Kid’s First Trust Fund.

Several resources for abuse prevention and family support exist in Monroe County.

Nonprofit organization Monroe County Court Appointed Special Advocates trains court-appointed volunteers to advocate for children involved in juvenile court due to abuse or neglect. Susie’s Place, a child advocacy center serving Monroe and surrounding counties, conducts forensic interviews following allegations of child abuse.

HB 1608 heads to Holcomb

Lily Marks lilmarks@iu.edu

Indiana House Bill 1608 passed the House in a concurrence vote of 63-28 on April 24 and will now head to Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb’s desk. A concurrence vote means that the Indiana House approves of the amendments made to the bill on April 10 by the Indiana Senate.

If signed by Gov. Holcomb, the bill will take effect on July 1, 2023.

The original version of HB 1608 would ban instruction on “human sexuality” from kindergarten through third grade, prevent teachers from answering questions on this topic and require schools to notify and receive consent from at least one parent if an unemancipated minor were to request a change in name, title or pronouns.

One change in this most recent version of the bill is that students no longer need parental consent to go by a different pronoun or name. Only parental notification is required.

The House also approved a Senate amendment that removed a section of the bill that would prevent teachers from being disciplined for not using a student’s preferred pronoun or name due to a religious position.

The bill defines “sex” as, “an individual's biological sex as either male or female based on the individual's

genetics and reproductive biology at birth, including sex organs, chromosomes, and hormones, without regard to the gender that the individual experiences, identifies with, or expresses.” However, the bill does not expressly define “human sexuality.”

The American Civil Liberties Union is currently

“Interacting with anthropomorphized digital humans that look real and display that level of empathy and human emotion could certainly help in providing tutoring services and increasing overall service quality,” Kim said. “It’s important to measure engagement and dynamically react to students.”

Programmers would have to include a training data set, or knowledge base to draw from, when designing digital human tutors, Kim said. This would involve giving digital humans a set of possible questions it could be asked and a variety of ways the AI can explain the answer.

“This kind of back-end brain can be connected to the front end of a digital human to provide that kind of tutoring service,” Kim said.

While the university is still adjusting to other recent AI technologies, such as ChatGPT, Kim said digital humans could potentially be used.

IU has experimented with providing tech support service using an AI chatbot, Kim said. They found that most users liked interacting with the chatbot and found it more useful than doing traditional individual searches.

There are potential drawbacks to adopting digital humans as tutors including lack of face-to-face interaction, Kim said. People need genuine human connections, something AI could never truly replicate.

“There’s something unique about human interaction that machines will never ever replace,” Kim said. “Even if the look is the same — even if the script is the same — humans have a natural affinity towards human interaction.”

AI is bound to make mistakes, Kim said. It can misunderstand a question and cause students to spend extra time trying to word the question correctly so it will give the right answer.

He said that as AI becomes more advanced and capable of doing human-like things, such as creating art and music, it may cause people to worry about whether they have an edge over this all-encompassing technology.

“We can do the same thing with less money, less time, less resources,” Kim said. “There will be a decrease in employment and decrease in negotiating power, which leads to a decrease in salary.”

Adam Maksl, associate professor of journalism at IU Southeast and faculty fellow for eLearning design and innovation with learning technology for UITS at IU, said

digital humans could provide unlimited guidance and can draw from a massive database. Even though it is still unclear whether students will enjoy working with digital human tutors, AI could work as a digital collaborator to help people be more creative in the educational realm.

“It has a potential to be really effective and allow us to focus on the uniquely human aspects of learning,” Maksl said. “It should really challenge us to think about not just how we are teaching, but also assess what we are teaching.”

Technology is moving too fast to give society enough time to think about the ethical implications and challenges that come with this it, Masksl said. While it is easy to assign trust and emotion to AI, it is important to keep in mind that digital humans are only tools.

“It becomes harder and harder for us to recognize that these are generated for specific purposes,” Maksl said. “Education is more than a simple transaction; it’s about a relationship, and it can be augmented by AI, but a human is still an elemental part of that.”

Leslie Robinson, director of the IU Academic Support Center, said digital humans have more potential than other AI like ChatGPT because it is not just spitting out an answer with no explanation. Digital humans could expand on the topic and provide more background.

If IU were to consider experimenting with digital humans, Robinson said it is important to keep track of whether students are still producing original work. She is concerned about the extent to which digital human tutors can empathize with students as well as adapt to differing learning styles.

“I don’t know the extent to which the digital human would be manifesting that sort of personality that might resonate with students,” Robinson said. “It feels a little rigid.”

IU freshman and media major Ally Wolfgang said digital human tutors could be more useful because they have a wide database and are available at any time to help, but she would prefer a human tutor.

“It might be more to the point, but in the long run, I think a real tutor could help because they know your learning habits,” Wolfgang said.

IU sophomore and tutor Defne Barnar said she thinks digital human tutors might encourage students to take advantage of the AI and go to them for a quick solution. Working with real people offers a more meaningful level of education for students.

“I think the overall point of a tutor, such as helping a student understand concepts, gets lost,” Barnar said. “There’s no connection.”

tracking 18 anti-LGBTQ bills in Indiana, including HB 1608. Two of them have passed into law: Senate Bill 480, which prohibits physicians and other practitioners from providing genderaffirming care to minors, and House Bill 1569, which restricts Department of Corrections provision of gender therapy.

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Blue ribbon flags line State Street April 4, 2023, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in recognition of National Child Abuse Prevention Month. In 2021, approximately 13 children of every 1,000 in Indiana suffered maltreatment, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Paul, his wife Mary Catherine and his mother developed a routine, like shifts. Mary Catherine spent every night at the hospital. Paul and his mother arrived in the morning, and she went to the hotel to nap.

Every day there was something new. Infections. Dialysis. Chemo. Colonoscopy. Internal bleeding. Ventilator.

The hospital became their whole life, and the quiet ICU floor became their home. They fell into its rhythms, learned its secret language, grew accustomed to the beeping of the machines and the steady comfort of the nurses’ hushed tones.

Hospital. Hotel. Hospital. Hotel. Hospital.

On the verge of everything:

By Salomé Cloteaux scclotea@iu.edu | @CloteauxSalome

Mary Elizabeth Isabell Manville was a ballerina.

That is how all her friends and family describe her. Her arched feet, her long and elegant legs, her strong back, all created the illusion of weightlessness and endless length when she danced. Her love of ballet and her dedication were showcased in her seemingly effortless movement, the way she appeared buoyant while suspended in arabesque, the way she could sense the music and make a move before anyone else heard it.

Maybe you saw her in December, swirling across the stage in a mesmerizing pattern of flower petals in “The Nutcracker.” She looked like she was born to be on that stage, wearing her pointe shoes and a tutu, her long, curly brown hair slicked into a perfect bun except for a few baby hairs that curled around the nape of her neck, her cheeks lifting toward her squinting blue eyes and exposing her two large front teeth in a bright, excited smile.

It was her first “Nutcracker,” and her last.

• • •

She was born on Feb. 4, 2004, but her family always jokes that she must have been born in 1961 because she was so good at classical French ballet.

When she was a toddler, she mastered her shape sorter toy — she knew how to correctly put the star through the star-shaped hole in the yellow box and the moon through the moon-shaped hole. That day, her dad, Paul — realizing his daughter was gifted and needed a way to develop her talent — opened

the phone book and went to the dance section.

He started in the back — because he always started in the back — found the Southeastern School of Ballet, called the director, put her in the program and created a “ballet monster.”

She danced at the Southeastern School of Ballet in Columbia, South Carolina, and she graduated in the summer of 2022. She joined IU in August to study ballet.

In Columbia, when she wasn’t at school or at dance, she liked to go star gazing with her friends in the field behind Kroger and watch the sunset by the lake. She was the first person in her friend group who could drive, so she would give her sister, Annabelle, and her friends rides and drive around her neighborhood by Lake Carolina.

She and Annabelle were closer than most siblings, but like any sisters, they often had fights about stupid things they couldn’t even remember afterward. She was bad at apologizing, so she would laugh, and then Annabelle would laugh too, and then they would go get food.

She and Annabelle created a nine-hour-and-54-minute Spotify playlist named “hozier bound” with songs from Harry Styles, The Lumineers, Greer and, of course, Hozier, to listen to when they drove from South Carolina to Indiana.

In Columbia, she liked to eat breakfast at Chick-fil-A and buy soft drinks at Sonic and get corn dogs at QT and eat lunch at Chipotle and Tokyo Grill. Her favorite drink was Dr Pepper.

In Bloomington, she ate at the dining hall in Forest, and she always drank Pibb Xtra — her dorm didn’t have Dr Pepper, but she swore Pibb Xtra tasted exactly the same.

She always rolled her eyes when her friend Stanley

Cannon gave her hugs. He liked to give her the biggest hugs, and he thinks he probably gave her more hugs than she could have wanted in 20 years. She started getting sick when she moved to IU. She didn’t think it was anything serious — she and Annabelle called it “Hoosier fever,” and her friends at Jacobs called it the “frat flu.”

In mid-February, she started coughing up blood and went to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with pneumonia. On Feb. 27, she went to the hospital again because she couldn’t breathe and was airlifted to IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.

There, she was diagnosed with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis and Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage disease, a rare form of vasculitis, an autoimmune disease where a person’s immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissues and blood vessels. The cause is not currently well understood by medical professionals.

After weeks of fighting, at 3:56 a.m. on April 4, Mary Elizabeth died in the hospital, surrounded by her family.

At IU, Mary Elizabeth renewed her love for ballet. She had had an intense experience with dance at the Southeastern School of Ballet, with three-hour technique classes and strict lessons every week that shocked her friends at Jacobs.

Her renewed excitement for dance, her extensive technical training and even her feet garnered the attention of her classmates and professors. It’s normal in the dance community to notice and comment on each other’s feet — and Mary Elizabeth’s were especially strong and

flexible.

The faculty showed Mary Elizabeth they were paying attention to her by putting her in the first cast for the “Spring Ballet,” which meant that unlike most of the other freshmen who would only perform once, she would perform in two of the three shows — front and center.

“Her last moment, she was truly happy and in love with ballet,” Stanley said. “She was in love with her life.”

Between ballet classes, academic classes, rehearsals and performances, the freshmen at the Jacobs School of Music Ballet Theater spent very little time apart, especially after winter break.

The month of January, when they weren’t rehearsing for the “Spring Ballet,” they were watching a season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” in Stanley’s dorm. It was also then that they noticed Mary Elizabeth’s cough worsened.

She had a cough on and off since August, but she kept dancing. She had trouble hearing out of an ear during “The Nutcracker” in December, but she kept dancing. She was still sick when she celebrated her 19th birthday on Feb. 4. Mary Elizabeth never stopped dancing.

When Mary Elizabeth went to the hospital in midFebruary, her friend stood at her barre spot during ballet class — on the right side of the room at the very front — to keep it warm for her, she said. Stanley and his friends hadn’t watched another episode of RuPaul — they were waiting for her to come back from the hospital.

• • •

Hotel. Hospital. Hotel. Hospital. Hotel.

That has been her family’s life since February. That was all they knew.

It was chaotic at first, but

Numb. Empty. It started off as shock — Mary Elizabeth had a stroke on Saturday, on Monday the doctors said there was nothing more they could do, and on Tuesday, she was gone.

The shock quickly turned into disbelief — no one wanted to let her go. She was just 19. She was getting better. They didn’t want to accept that the bubble of denial and hope they inhabited for weeks had just popped.

It was a mind trick, Brandon said.

They spent weeks like this. In every other room of the ICU, families came and went, but Mary Elizabeth stayed.

Paul looked at the other patients on the floor, most of them much older men. And then he looked at his little, teenaged, daughter.

“Why?” he thought.

Why?

Why?

Why?

He had seen other families get angry and yell at the doctors. But he just focused on the positive, one hour at a time.

They held on to the hope that the determination that had motivated Mary Elizabeth throughout her life would save her.

Pictures of her dance friends hung on the walls in her room, as “The Nutcracker” music played softly in the background. A physical therapist would move her ankles back and forth and curl her toes. He doesn’t understand it completely, but he knew she had the perfect dancer feet. He has garnered so much knowledge about ballet from years of driving to dance lessons, attending performances, taking her to summer intensives. All the traveling he has done has been through Mary Elizabeth — Paris, Vienna, San Francisco, New York, Houston. All of it for dance.

“We’re just looking at just another impediment toward her goal,” Paul said. “She’s worked through every one of them.”

When Mary Elizabeth was 8 or 9 years old, she slipped in the locker room and split her chin open right before a dance performance. Paul took her to the emergency room to get stitches.

“I got to dance,” she said.

“You’re not dancing today.”

“But I got to dance.”

She missed the show that year, but she danced in the next one and the next one and every one since then.

“Work through it. Move on. There will always be another show, right? There’s always another recital,” Paul said. “So you just keep going. Just keep going.”

That’s part of what ballet teaches you, he said. Just keep swimming, like Dory from “Finding Nemo.”

“That’s what she’s doing now,” Brandon Whitehead, Mary Elizabeth’s aunt said, sitting next to her brother in the hospital lobby. “She’s swimming.”

“Just keep swimming,” Paul repeated.

• • •

Brandon sat, staring off into space. No thoughts.

Late March provided a glimmer of hope, when the doctors lightened Mary Elizabeth’s sedation, and she was able to regain consciousness for the first time in weeks. The doctors were hoping to be able to start treating the vasculitis soon. She was still on the ventilator, but she could open her eyes and move her eyebrows. Although the doctors weren’t as optimistic, to her family, every twinkle in her eyes was a victory.

But that was just a mind trick.

Mary Elizabeth was never able to be treated for vasculitis. She was conscious but always in a sedated stupor. They could never know what she was thinking. She knew that she was sick, even if she didn’t understand everything. Sometimes, tears came from her eyes. Brandon knew Mary Elizabeth was frightened.

On that Monday, Annabelle and her aunt Carrie flew up to Indy. Mary Elizabeth looked a lot different than the last time her sister had seen her, just a few weeks before. All the color in her face had gone. She was jaundiced; her body looked weak and tired after weeks on life support. Her brain was still functioning, but her organs weren’t coming back.

She wasn’t coming back.

Brandon told Mary Elizabeth she was going to take care of the family. She was going to look after Annabelle. And then they let her go.

“She was the bravest person I have ever known,” Brandon said. “She was just so much bigger than anyone could imagine.”

•

• •

The best way to honor her memory is to strive to be the person she was, Brandon said. To do what Mary Elizabeth would do.

On March 25, in Columbia, South Carolina, the dancers at Southeastern School of Ballet dedicated their annual showcase to their “Mary Queen.” Six days later, nine hours and 54 minutes away, the dancers in the Jacobs School of Music Ballet Theater performed “Spring Ballet” in honor of their “Meme.”

Mary Elizabeth danced her whole life. And now they live and dance for her.

Those interested in donating to help cover the costs of Mary Elizabeth’s hospitalization can visit the GoFundMe.

CENTER Mary Elizabeth Manville is seen smiling for a photo. She performed in “The Nutcracker” at IU in December 2022.

RIGHT Mary Elizabeth Manville is seen smiling outside of Memorial Stadium. She celebrated her 19th birthday on Feb. 4, 2023.

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LEFT Mary Elizabeth Manville is seen blowing bubbles. She danced at the Southeastern School of Ballet in Columbia, South Carolina, and she graduated in the summer of 2022.

An IU ballerina who danced until the end

COURTESY PHOTO Mary Elizabeth Manville poses in attitude on pointe. She joined the IU Jacobs School of Music Ballet Theater in August.

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Although lakes are typically associated with calm waters, waves can develop if it is windy enough. Lieutenant Angela Goldman with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources said conditions at the lake were particularly windy on the day the drownings occurred.

To stay safe on the lake, Goldman said people should always wear lifejackets. She also recommended people never go on the lake alone and that swimmers stay close to the boat.

Harshal, Siddhant’s uncle, emphasized how quickly the lake can change.

“In a minute’s time, the currents can become so strong that it acts like a sea,” he said.

Siddhant’s uncle said Siddhant was selfless and influenced many people in his life.

In a message to the IDS, Siddhant’s family friend Maharsh Patel wrote that Siddhant had no regrets in life. He enjoyed life to the fullest and lived in the moment, he wrote.

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At Sycamore High School in Cincinnati, he advised teams of students at the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, where he helped raise more than $51,000 to fight blood cancer. In addition, he tutored middle schoolers while he was in high school and was a Taekwondo black belt and instructor.

Aryan took a trip to Wall Street last summer to visit Goldman Sachs, where he hoped to work one day. A board in his bedroom reads “Goldman Sachs 202” — there used to be a “4” on the end, but his friends removed it in the days after his death, commemorating the dream suspended in time but always with him.

• • •

Aryan had not only a great mind, but a great heart, international business professor Marty Pieratt said. Despite their short time together, Aryan made a lasting impression, sitting in the front row of class and pouring insight from his Indian culture into class writ-

ings.

“It’s one thing about being a brainiac; it’s another about being an emotionally intelligent person,” Pieratt said. “He just had an aura of, ‘This is going to be a kid who’s going to do something in the world.’”

Outside of school and work, Aryan loved Marvel and Star Wars, his mother Diptee said. He was a voracious reader of history and finance books, could list every U.S. president in order and enjoyed visiting history museums. He loved chess and even started the chess club at his high school.

Friends and family alike remember his sense of humor, like throwing oranges at friends during lunch and shouting jokingly at Diptee when she’d accidentally call Batman a Marvel character.

“It was a funny relationship with us,” Diptee said. “If I messed up, he used to get mad, and I used to like that.”

Weyand said Aryan would sometimes take his phone when he wasn’t looking and put in the wrong passcode, disabling

it for a few minutes just to mess with him. They’d have silly conversations, including a three-week-long debate in high school about the taste of pickles.

“He was kind of a goofy dude,” Weyand said.

Aryan was the first person IU sophomore Raghav Mittal met when he arrived in the U.S. as an international student from India. As freshman year roommates, they quickly hit it off and would often invite others from the floor to come to their room to socialize.

“Aryan always welcomed them with open arms,” Mittal said. “Once everyone left, Aryan and I would stay up talking for an hour or so, no matter how late it was.”

IU junior Rama Sardar met Aryan when she was 11 at her family’s housewarming party. The two were close friends for most of their childhoods and watched each other grow up. Sardar said she remembers Aryan’s kindness. When Sardar was in a car accident at 16, one of the

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first people to call was Aryan. He was her date to her junior prom, tuxedo-clad and grinning widely in pictures next to her. That’s an image still sharp in the minds of his family and friends — his sparkling smile and presence were contagious, Sardar said.

Following his death, Aryan’s parents are working to examine safety precautions at Monroe Lake and advocate for better protection measures. These could include indicators in the water for wind speed and water temperature, and wristbands that can send out signals if a person is struggling in the water, Sandip said. Sandip and Diptee want to ensure what happened to their son won’t happen to another family.

The legacy Aryan left, Sardar said, is bigger than a career and more than a news report. “He impacted a lot of people, in small and big ways, and it’s left a mark on a lot of people’s lives,” Sardar said. “That’s what I want people to remember.”

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The art of the Letterboxd review

Danny William (they/them)

is a freshman studying media.

I’m not exaggerating when I say that Letterboxd is my favorite app. I’m on it nearly every day, even when I haven’t watched a movie. I scroll through reviews, look at my friends’ accounts and add copious films to my watchlist.

Okay, maybe I have a bit of a problem.

If you’re not familiar with Letterboxd, it’s a website and app used for logging and reviewing films. It’s a great way to discover new films, track which ones you’ve watched and look at your friends’ reviews. I am more than a little obsessed with it.

I’ve been using the app since 2019, and my review

style has changed considerably since the beginning.

Over time, I think I’ve discovered the ideal way of writing Letterboxd reviews and how you can capture the specific magic only contained within the perfect review.

First, let’s start with the joke review. This category has range. You can be outright facetious, like Demi Adejuyigbe’s “Dune” review about Stephen McKinley Henderson. You can drop a hilarious one-liner, like the now iconic “This happened to my buddy Eric” “Joker” review. Or you can, you know, comment on the film, like user kársten’s review of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” that reads “easily one of the top 5 movies about taxes.”

Letterboxd is a great medium for comedy, and some of the funniest things I’ve ever read come from the site. But please, I beg you, if you’re going to make a joke review, actually make a joke instead of simply observing or questioning the film’s plot. Yes, I am guilty of that sin myself, but I try to make it comedic by exaggerating the events or tying it into something larger. The power of comedy is at your fingertips – use it wisely.

Another style of review is the essay. It’s the more classy, “serious” way of using Letterboxd for the film majors and the self-proclaimed cinephiles. There are essays about films people hate, like user esther’s review of “Dear Evan Han-

sen,” and others about films people love, like Philibert Dy’s short piece on “Parasite.” I call these “essay style” since they’re considerably longer than most typical reviews. If you’re planning on writing some essays – and there’s nothing wrong with that – don’t just repeat what other people have said in the reviews. Put your own twist on it and use your own lived experience with the film – good or bad. Experiment with a cool form. I say this mostly because I usually get bored halfway through reading most really long reviews. Lately, my personal philosophy surrounding reviewing has been cataloging what I feel fresh off of the end credits. I’ll usu-

The Eiffel Tower: A hypnotic journey

Isabella Vesperini (she/her) is a freshman at IU majoring in journalism and minoring in Italian.

As our group climbed the final spiral steps back up to ground level at the catacombs in Paris, Gentry was already planning our journey to the top of the Eiffel Tower. I didn’t know how I would survive another 1,000 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower. According to our phones, we had walked over 13 miles that day alone. For a runner, my legs felt shaky, and my brain felt jetlagged beyond repair.

My body had reached the point past exhaustion. I reasoned another three hours out and about in Paris wouldn’t make me any more tired. I couldn’t resist the adrenaline and sense of adventure Paris created in an American like me. We were only in Paris for a couple days on a class trip during spring break; I could not let this opportunity pass.

And I couldn’t stop thinking about what my parents must have felt when they came to Paris almost 30 years ago on their honeymoon. They’d seen the same tower. The same lights. I could imagine my mom bundled up in every layer imaginable, my dad in a light jacket. Their glasses would be stained with droplets of rain. They were in awe.

And even if they were currently halfway across the world in Bloomington watching TV in our living room, I could hear their voices, encouraging me to go.

So, after struggling to find a restaurant and battling the language barrier on the Metro, I found myself standing next to my classmates underneath the one and only Eiffel Tower. It was 9:45 p.m. and beginning to rain.

Youth tickets were for ages 4-24. As an 18-yearold, I felt young again. In Paris, I was no adult.

We were only allowed to go as high as the second floor due to the rain and wind. I was honestly a bit disappointed when I heard this. If we were going to take the stairs, I was

ready to go to the tippy top. Nonetheless, I was grateful and anticipating the shorter trip. The bright side: fewer steps.

I did not let go of the railing the entire time; the steps were wet and grated with tiny square holes. We were surrounded by thin iron bars through which you could see the intricate architecture of the tower as well as a dark, foreboding sky full of rain and tiny, sparkly lights. It was hard not to get distracted by the golden glow of the building.

About two minutes into our ascent, we saw the elevator zooming up. It was going up at an angle. It was unnerving. Frightening. But easy.

Lucky them, they’re not destroying their legs right now.

But they’re not with my classmates Gentry, Miles, Dominic, Natalie, Mike, Lauren and Peyton.

They’re not laughing at Dominic singing “22” by Taylor Swift as we climb each step. They don’t feel

the cold drops of rain hit their cheeks as they struggle to catch their breath. They aren’t experiencing one of the most surreal, electrifying moments of my life.

Soon enough, we’d walked up 360 steps to the first floor of the Eiffel Tower. I half-ran, halfwalked to the edge to look. The view was graceful, soft compared to the chaotic, noisy view from the Empire State Building in New York City. The buildings and lights had a delicate glow to them; they weren’t showing off but had a humble presence. I could see the whites and blues and greens of the city. Some red and pink. I could see the green rectangular expanse of grass that led to the tower, a miniature skyline, skeletons of trees.

All too soon, we decided it was time to continue our journey up. We had 347 steps to go. Just over halfway. At this point, we were all soaked to some extent. Our coats were a shade

ally include a joke, but also an honest reflection of my feelings at the time. It’s nice to look back and see what I thought about films I experienced months or years ago.

All this being said, there’s really no “right” way to use Letterboxd. It’s a medium for self-expression and fun. Don’t take it too seriously and you’ll have a good time. Write for long enough – four years, in my case – and you’ll come across a form that feels satisfying.

There’s often pretentious users on the site who complain about people reviewing things the “wrong way.” To them, one-line jokes aren’t “actual reviews,” and anyone who thinks otherwise is an uncultured fool.

But you don’t have to do it any way but your own. It’s meant to be an expression of yourself. If anything, my only suggestion of the “right” way to use the app is this: follow people. You’ll find infinitely cooler recommendations by following people with similar interests to your own than just searching blindly. This isn’t even exploring the complex world of list challenges – shoutout Hooptober – and the cult of the starless review. Beyond all that, the way to capture the magic of Letterboxd was inside you all along! Do what’s fun to you. Just — for the sake of my sanity — use the heart button consistently. Please.

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GROWING PAINS Influenced

darker. Our hair was damp and slightly frizzy. Lauren had taken off her glasses because they’d gotten too foggy. Dominic kept his on and looked through the specks of rain. He kept his camera wrapped under his coat to protect it from the water. When we made it to our final destination, we immediately dispersed to go take in the new version of the view. My eyes scanned the city, soaking it all in before I found myself on a plane again.

As we touched land after walking down all 707 steps, Mike pointed out it was five till 11; the tower would light up at the top of the hour.

“Don’t say anything if I start crying,” Lauren warned us.

I smiled as I looked at my watch. Three Mississippi. Two Mississippi. One Mississippi.

In an instant, a cacophony of bright, little dots illuminated the Eiffel tower. It watched over everyone as it blinked and twinkled, reassuring us it was still there.

I couldn’t tear my eyes away. I felt a sort of sentimental, bittersweet feeling course through my body as I observed from the ground. I’d underestimated how much a single building could move you. The golden glow of the building illuminated the hazy, moving clouds in the distance. The white blinking lights were quick. Punchy, yet alluring. Hypnotizing. I fell into a trance, and everything around me faded away. I had traveled back in time to 1996 and could picture my parents standing next to me, entranced by the view.

All of a sudden, the twinkling lights stopped, and I snapped out of my trance. We were all quiet for a minute as we processed what we had just witnessed. To my left, Miles was slowly blinking, as if he’d just been hypnotized. He wasn’t the only one. We’d all fallen under the spell Eiffel cast on us

A great charade was born about a decade ago when social media as we know it came to dictate popular culture, fashion, music taste and the overall trend pace. From social media arose the masters of the internet. The royalty of a new age. The influencers.

A certain wall blocked us from this royal class – a wall built by the “Perfect” filter on Snapchat, a fake nose job via the FaceTune app, a new eye color if you’d like, or even a new body. For a long time, this wall was undetectable – it was cement, eight feet high, impenetrable. Nonetheless, we would do anything it took to attain “the look” that we saw, to scale the high wall.

We bought the makeup. The dress. The bag. The sneakers. We bought in. And we didn’t even know it. We who consume, we who buy in, we are the influenced.

Eventually, regulations attempted to dismantle the involuntary class system that arose. Each influencer advertisement was required to be tagged as such: with a caption reading “#ad” — short for advertisement — or another disclaimer of some sort.

I sat at the dinner table two weeks ago with two dear friends to discuss the issue at hand. I began to wonder –did the addition of the “#ad” signal the beginning of the end of the influencer age as we know it? Has the wall begun to crumble?

As soon as social media advertisements became tagged, we began to scroll away.

“If anything, a product promoted in an ‘#ad’ post is guaranteed to be bad. I scroll right past them. You just know it’s not gonna be good,” one friend said.

It seems like we’ve begun to catch on to the new world of advertising: the covert product placements, the brand-sponsored influencer trips to Coachella, the “Using One Brand for my Whole Makeup Routine” videos on YouTube, the “aesthetic” videos on TikTok. It has all become transparent. You can’t help but wonder: is it all a waste?

The more obvious the influencer ad, the more unattractive the product being advertised. Some people talked about missing the original YouTube days, where ads were undetectable. Though this was unethical, it somehow made the products more attractive, made us more prone to being influenced.

For better or for worse, the influencer age as we know it is ending. A new generation of big personalities who dictate popular style, trend pace and culture may emerge from the dust left behind, but the current #ad-driven internet has become easily detectable and increasingly irritating to many. Gen Z is finally becoming sentient to the harm of influencer trend cycles. Though the influencer age may be drawing to a close, I contend that it won’t fully go away – it will just change form. There are many possibilities of what’s to come next. Could shopping malls come back? Will the Amazon storefront, the LinkTrees, the “aesthetic” serving TikTok accounts fade into the background?

I’d argue that gathering influence for your personal style is an art form, but Gen Z is done looking for inspiration in the things we know aren’t real anymore. The trend cycle will obviously never be obsolete – but it’s clearly reaching a fever pitch.

Influencers don’t have any malintent, and not all social media is harmful. To make such a claim would be to ignore any beneficial elements of the platforms. Technology can allow us to curate, to discover art and music and movies and books. To communicate with distant relatives. To spread messages of hope and kindness. To laugh with friends. The good can still outweigh the bad – we’re going back to the early days, where influencers did not hold the keys to the kingdom in their hands (or rather, in their iCloud drives). Underneath it all, after this filtered wall has fallen, the desire for authenticity is what remains. Influenced though we are, we are breaking away, slowly.

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skullznbunniez: ballet, bras and business

By Gino Diminich and Leila Faraday gdiminic@iu.edu | @GinoDiminichII lfaraday@iu.edu

While working at her vintage clothing store, skullznbunniez, Indiana Coté has been told how much her storefront does not look like a traditional second-hand store. The eye-catching window with twinkling lights and a painted skull with bunny ears gives way to crisp white clothing racks accentuated by the variety of colored lingerie and denim decorating them.

“You walk in, and it looks like a Victoria’s Secret,” Coté said.

The storefront Coté now has on Kirkwood Avenue is a far cry from the place where she thought up the business back in 2016 — her backyard.

In 2014 — two years before the creation of skullznbunniez — Coté had just started dancing professionally with the Sarasota Ballet. To save money for leotards and tights, she found herself thrifting clothing more often and selling her old clothes. While rotating items out of her closet through online reselling apps, a trend began to emerge. “I listed a few things on Poshmark and started noticing that some things sold,” Coté said. “So when I would go thrifting for myself, I would pick up a few things here and there.”

After selling clothing through websites like Poshmark, Ebay and Depop for two years, over Easter weekend in 2016 while in the backyard with her friend, Coté had an idea to create custom designs on vintage jeans. Together they began distressing vintage denim with sandpaper in the backyard for a more modern look to sell on an Etsy shop.

“I realized people really wanted the plain denim before they wanted the patches and the fun stuff,” Coté said. “So I just started doing custom vintage Levis on Etsy.”

Coté set herself apart by getting customers’ measure-

ments and their preference of denim wash to find them the perfect pair of custom jeans. Realizing the growing shop needed a name to keep building a dedicated customer base, Coté turned to what she and her friend were already interested in.

“I was really into skulls and Native American designs at the time, so I was wearing these little skull earrings,” Coté said. “My friend was into vintage Playboy bunnies and that era with the lingerie, so we just combined the two.”

Inspired by her mother’s involvement in the fashion world — having worked for different fashion merchandising companies like Ralph Lauren and Warnaco Group — Coté began to expand her shop’s inventory with vintage lingerie, continuing to operate her online store while dancing with a company.

After four years with the Sarasota Ballet, Coté was offered a three-year contract with the Indianapolis Ballet before auditioning for the Jacobs School of Music Ballet Theater program at IU

around 2021.

“I took a leave of absence (from ballet) and really focused on my business,” Coté said. “That really changed my view on what I wanted to do after I was dancing. I knew I needed some sort of college degree, and if I could get that and dance at this prestigious program at the same time, it was too good of an opportunity to pass up.”

Coté’s physical skullznbunniez storefront has been operating as a traditional store for roughly a year now. While balancing owning a business and being a current sophomore with the ballet theater department is no easy feat, it seems to be second nature for Coté, as she rotates between prioritizing ballet or the store based on what requires more attention at that moment.

“I think there’s a real push and pull,” Coté said. Navigating the logistics of operating a business often requires owners to possess a diverse array of skills and knowledge, and Coté juggles various logistical aspects — from managing payroll

to learning how to code her own website.

“If I want to do this, then I’m going to have to just learn to do this myself,” Coté said about her attitude toward managing a business independently.

Her hard work appears to have paid off, as skullznbunniez has a wide-reaching community presence.

Coté feels that she has become recognizable around the area — even making friends with people who began as customers and feeling supported by a tight-knit customer community and other small businesses in the area.

“I’ll run into people who just bought the items in the store and are wearing them out that night,” Coté said.

Coté has taken her community impact even further by reselling clothing in collaboration with organizations on campus, as well as raising money for causes that are important to her.

After the passing of Jacobs School of Music Ballet Theater freshman Mary Elizabeth Manville from a rare illness earlier this month,

COLUMN: The formula to a perfect sandwich

By Leila Faraday lfaraday@iu.edu

Sandwiches are a crosscultural and widely loved lunch food — and yet, I find them to be vastly underappreciated these days. Here are the components that I believe create a great sandwich guaranteed to have you hooked for your next lunchtime.

Bread Pick out a quality bread that speaks to you. I love sourdough, ciabatta or a baguette, but if you want something grainy, soft or anything in between, that’s your prerogative. I find that artisan style breads are much more delicious than soft, mass produced sandwich bread — but sometimes you need to use what you have. Next, you have to decide whether to toast it or not. I prefer toasted, but sometimes a cold sandwich fits the day better.

Sauce This is your time to get creative. Based on the other ingredients you plan to use, you could go for a spicy mayo, garlic aioli, mustard, barbecue sauce, hummus or anything else that comes to mind. You want something that will give some

moisture to the sandwich as well as an extra boost of flavor. For those with sophisticated taste, try also adding a jam to compliment the other flavors of the sandwich. If sauce isn’t really your thing, you can go back to the basics with a little drizzle of olive oil and some vinegar.

Meat/protein

There’s nothing wrong with some simple sliced turkey, ham, chicken or roast beef that is prepackaged from the grocery store. But if you want to try something different, try slicing pieces of a rotisserie chicken or using freshly cut deli slices from a butcher. Another option is to add some freshly cooked bacon on top of the other meat you are using to bring in a delicious salty flavor. I like going heavy on the meat in sandwiches — it should make up around

two-thirds of the total filling.

Cheese My go to cheese for almost any sandwich is sliced pepper jack. Swiss, colby jack, gouda and provolone are delicious, milder cheese options as well. If you want to spice things up, try slices of soft brie or fresh mozzarella. These will add extra softness, moisture and meltiness to your sandwich. The only cheese I stay away from on traditional sandwiches is American — it pairs much better with burgers or inside of a classic grilled cheese. Otherwise, it won’t add much flavor to a sandwich.

Vegetables

Freshly sliced tomatoes are a classic on any sand wich and can be elevated with a small sprinkle of

salt and black pepper on top. Greens are a nonnegotiable addition to the perfect sandwich, but it’s up to you which one works best. Romaine and iceberg lettuces add a satisfying crunch, arugula or spinach can bring in extra flavor and nutrients, while sprouts are another fun option to try for a different texture. To add another layer of complexity to your sandwich, try throwing in a few leaves of fresh basil as well.

Combination ideas

Create a delicious caprese-inspired sandwich using a toasted ciabatta roll with a drizzle of olive oil and balsamic vinegar, topped with tomato slices, fresh mozzarella slices and fresh basil leaves.

For an easy sandwich with complex flavors sure to please anyone who can’t stop talking about their study abroad experience in Europe, try toasting some sourdough and spreading a thin layer of fig or apricot jam. Top with turkey, melted brie cheese and arugula. Combine sliced turkey, pepper jack cheese, spicy

Coté organized a fundraiser through skullznbunniez to support Manville’s family during their difficult time by utilizing donations from the ballet theater community.

“We raised over $2,000 for Mary Elizabeth’s family,” Coté said. “I would be so stupid if I let those opportunities (to help others) be passed up.”

Though resellers sometimes face pushback for what they do — with many users online claiming it reduces the accessibility of clothing — Coté feels this criticism is misinformed.

“People do not understand the level of waste that is happening with clothing,” Coté said.

She hopes that she can help more members of the community understand how accessible and beneficial it can be to shop secondhand for quality pieces, especially in a place like Bloomington.

“When I think about the amount of clothing we have been able to rehome and keep out of landfills, that alone is just a huge win for the planet,” Coté said.

Through making sizing and styles as inclusive as possible by gathering direct feedback from customers of larger sizes, Coté hopes to spread this accessibility further.

“There’s definitely a stigma in our society that people who are larger sizes can’t dress the same as (a) size small or medium,” Cote said.

Coté said it feels especially good to see the wide range of people who come into her store, as she mentioned how it will be packed with customers of all generations when it is a mom’s weekend at IU.

“It’s great that everyone can find something in my store,” she said.

After graduation, Coté shows no desire to stop her growth — specifically hoping to bring skullznbunniez to college towns across the country, like Ann Arbor, Michigan or Boulder, Colorado.

“(Young people) are really where all of the change happens” Coté said. “I think that reflects on fashion. I think that reflects on style.”

Jacobs receives grant from National Endowment for the Humanities

By Gino Diminich gdiminic@iu.edu | @GinoDiminichII

The Jacobs School of Music has received a grant of $400,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities Music Unwound consortium.

According to a press release by Linda Cajigas, assistant director of communications at Jacobs, the Music Unwound consortium was founded in 2010 by American music scholar Joseph Horowitz.

The intent of the consortium was to promote humanities-based public teaching on topics in American classical music.

Through the funding and in collaboration with various IU partners, the Jacobs School of Music will present two music festivals — “The Souls of Black Folk” and “Charles Ives’ America” — in the 2023-2024 musical season.

“The Souls of Black Folk” will focus on the continued efforts to bring attention

COURTESY PHOTO Jacobs professor of music Arthur Fagan is photographed. Fagan will conduct William Levi Dawson’s “Negro Folk Symphony” at “The Souls of Black Folk” festival next year at IU.

professor of music, Arthur Fagen.

The festival is striving to recontextualize old works within the greater American musical and historical narrative to ensure all generations can appreciate and celebrate the pieces.

“Charles Ives’ America” is scheduled for the 2024-25 musical season as a continued part of the 2024 Ives Sesquicentenary — the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the modernist composer. The festival will aim to place Ives in a new historical framework to argue that his legacy should be more widely known and celebrated in the American cultural

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Students given lead in choreography project

By Gino Diminich gdiminic@iu.edu | @GinoDiminichI

The Jacobs School of Music Ballet Theater will present its annual Choreography Project, giving students the opportunity to cast and choreograph their own ballet piece.

The event will be presented at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on April 26 at the Musical Arts Center and will be streamed online through IUMusicLIVE! as well.

Prior to the student choreography showcase, there will be a presentation of “Animal Tales,” a short ballet choreographed by six ballet students — featuring six original compositions by Jacobs students based on the stories written by Stacey Painter’s third grade class at Fairview Elemen-

tary. Sarah Macgregor, an IU junior, was the designated coordinator for “Animal Tales,” helping the student composers and choreographers work together to create something original. Macgregor had choreographed pieces prior to this year; however, she found an intriguing challenge with bringing the written stories for “Animal Tales” to life.

“It was finding that sweet spot where it’s still movement and difficult enough for the dancers, but where the children can see parts of their story come to life,” Macgregor said.

It was important for Macgregor to find a balance between complete movements that allowed the dancers to challenge themselves while avoiding

becoming too abstract so that the story wasn’t lost to the audience. Finding this balance meant extensive notes and reworkings of movements when creating the choreography.

“It’s a lot of trial and error. I’ll come up with things in my head and write them down and then we’ll go into the studio,” Macgregor said. “Once you see it out in front of you, then you can kind of gauge if it’s telling the story you want it to tell.”

After “Animal Tales,” the students of the Jacobs School of Music Ballet Theater program will have the opportunity to display their own choreographed pieces featuring a cast of their fellow students set to the music of David N. Baker.

Aram Hengen, an IU junior, set his piece to Bak-

er’s “Concerto for Cello,” a slow piece featuring IU sophomore Jessica Ousterhout and IU freshman Bryan Gregory. Hengen choreographed this piece as a story of one-sided love that eventually wins over the initially cold-hearted dancer performed by Ousterhout.

“There are multiple sections, so there’s a vulnerable section where she starts to realize she wants him and needs help,” Hengen said. “The first part, she’s on her own, and finally they come together at the end and go off stage together.”

Having learned from choreographing a piece in the showcase last year, Hengen found himself less stressed when blocking out the steps for the piece, allowing his dancers to bring

COLUMN: St. Paul and The Broken Bones’ new album needs hand with organization

By Grant Wheeler grawheel@iu.edu | @wh33lg

St. Paul and the Broken Bones are part of a somewhat recent trend of music that combines sounds of folk, soul and funk. A peculiar sort of fusion, this sound has its roots in the American south — owing its existence and success to the unique combinations of cultures taking place in the music of that region.

Their newest album, “Angels in Science Fiction,” presents some wellmade songs that explore the space within that sound but could have been organized and composed in a more thoughtful and cohesive way.

The album begins with “Chelsea,” a slow, moving ballad featuring minimal orchestration and production. The first half of the song is mostly out of time, with a loose semblance of meter entering around the halfway mark.

The texture is incredibly wide, featuring just vocals and piano for most of the song’s duration, but layering everything with enough reverb to keep the space from feeling empty.

Although it’s not very indicative of the band’s typical sound, it opens the album with a heavy, ethereal sort of feeling that ends up in a satisfying place.

Moving into more familiar territory is “City Federal Building,” which retains the feeling of space with soft, echoey synths and strings behind the more solid bass and drums. Although it

keeps that through line, this track is much more grounded with a well-established groove holding all the way through.

The bassline leads this groove, acting with the drums as the nucleus of the song. A few different combinations of instruments take hold of the sound, but the bass and drums provide an audible foundation throughout.

These first two songs forecast the rest of the album nicely. In nearly alternating fashion, they switch between slow, rubato ballads and more intense, folky grooves. Each of these two modes seems to have its own individual musical arc, therefore alternating the songs in this fashion interrupts the album’s cohesion.

“Heat Lightning” returns more to the idiom presented in “Chelsea,” with sparse instrumentation and heavy echoes. Fingerpicked guitar takes the forefront this time, moving deftly through a haunting minor harmony.

Additions to the guitar and vocal texture are sprinkled in tastefully, such as string swells leading into phrases and simple vocal harmonies. It’s a brief tune, but it invokes some of the band’s folk influence to create a memorable eerie feeling.

“Oporto-Madrid Blvd” mainly works with a laidback, groovy feel, but a slower tempo and dissonant, improvised accompaniment from guitar and electric piano touch on some of the wide textures featured in this album’s

less intense tunes.

The album ends how it began — emotional piano chords and vocals that are eventually joined by strings — in “Marigold.” The song intones gospel cadences at times, with the instrumentation creating a churchy feeling as well. These aspects, as well as the ardent, earnest vocal provide the most enjoyable example of this album’s slower idiom.

Each song on “Angels in Science Fiction” has numerous strengths that often work in conjunction to build upon one

another. However, choosing two distinct styles and jumping back and forth between them made the listening experience somewhat disjointed.

Despite the numerous things it does well, I think the album could have been laid out in a more purposeful manner and perhaps composed more thoroughly such that the clear musical through lines work together rather than against each other. Despite these details, “Angels in Science Fiction” is a collection of satisfying and well-made songs.

Rewind Records to host grand opening

By Erin Stafford ecstaffo@iu.edu | @erincstafford

Rewind Records will host a grand opening at its new retail location on May 27 in Suite 105 at Fountain Square Mall in downtown Bloomington. The event will also celebrate the same-day release of a new record from Bloomington songwriter Jyra.

The independent record label is a recording, rehearsal and retail studio for

May 27

local artists. The label also sells merchandise for the local artists it represents. At the grand opening, Rewind Records will be selling Jyra’s new “Castle in the Air” record on vinyl and CD. The label will also screen print a free T-shirt for anyone who purchases the new record. “Castle in the Air” will be Jyra’s fifth studio album featuring 15 songs. The Bloomington native is a singer-songwriter whose

music blends traditional and experimental elements together. His fourth studio album features “Sweet Carolina (Love Me Too),” which was mixed in London by Chris Brown, a U.K.-based sound engineer and producer who has worked with Radiohead and Muse. Rewind Records will be playing “Castle in the Air” from noon to 7 p.m. as its grand opening commences on May 27.

their own ideas to the stage for a more collaborative performance.

“Last year I went in with the approach that I knew my steps before the rehearsals,” Hengen said. “This year I feel like Jessica and Bryan are trying stuff out so if they do something naturally, I’m more inclined to use the way they want to move naturally because it’s more them.”

Ruth Connelly, an IU junior, is also presenting a choreographed piece in the showcase set to Baker’s “Untitled,” featuring IU seniors Sarah Pfeiffer and Elaina da Fonte. Connelly’s piece explores the idea of letting go to let someone else in — an idea that she chose Pfeiffer and da Fonte for specifically.

“I chose them because

they’re friends and I wanted to play off their friendship,” Connelly said. “In the end it’s kind of sad because I have them going different directions because they’re both seniors.”

To convey their friendship, Connelly had the two dancers move side by side, showing the strength of their reliance on one another — not shying away from unavoidable fights found in the strongest of friendships. It was the ending of the piece that Connelly found the most powerful in the sense of friendship.

“They have this moment where they look at each other and stop,” Connelly said. “Then they keep looking at each other as they run away, so it’s like ‘I’ll always be with you, but it’s time to move on.’”

Fun flavored waters to try this summer

By Leila Faraday lfaraday@iu.edu

With some people struggling to hit their daily water intake, flavored water is trending on TikTok as people are finding ways to drink more water without getting bored of the taste. Whether you just want to have a fun drink or need something to keep you hydrated this summer, here are a few flavor combinations to try with with 16 to 20 ounces of cold water.

If you spend too much money on Starbucks refreshers:

Pink lemonade

» 1 crystal light lemonade packet

» 2 pumps raspberry or strawberry syrup

» Freeze dried berries to finish

This drink will keep you and your wallet happy.

If you never miss an opportunity to take free candy from student club tables:

Strawberry vanilla water

» 1 packet of strawberry

Nerds candy or Starburst drink mix

» 2 pumps vanilla syrup

This drink will taste just like the nights of Halloween’s past.

If you have trouble waking up for your 8 a.m. and are mean to everyone in the morning:

Green water

» Cubed cucumbers

» Muddled mint leaves

» Squeeze of lime

This drink is perfect for those with less of a sweet tooth but still want something refreshing.

If you always feel overdressed in class when everyone else is in athleisure:

Lavender water

» 2 pumps lavender syrup

» 1 pump blueberry syrup or 2 tablespoons of blueberry puree

» Squeeze of lemon juice

» Fresh blueberries to top

This sophisticated yet understated flavor combination is a refreshing drink to make you feel classy on an average day.

If you always ordered a shirley temple as a child (or now):

Citrus Sunrise

» Juice of half a lime or a true lime packet

» 1 packet lemonade powder or 1 squeeze of lemonade water enhance

» Splash of orange juice or 1 pump orange syrup

» Splash of grenadine

This drink is a simple and slightly more mature version of the shirley temple of your childhood.

If you’re craving a beach day and a tan:

Pina Colada

» 2 pumps coconut syrup

» 2 pumps pineapple syrup or splash of pineapple juice

» Squeeze of lime

This is a simple, delicious flavored water that will whisk you out of Bloomington to a sunny coast.

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Jacobs School

COURTESY PHOTO

The album cover for St. Paul and The Broken Bones “Angels In Science Fiction” is pictured. St. Paul and The Broken Bones are part of a somewhat recent trend of music that combines sounds of folk, soul and funk.

ILLUSTRATION BY JULIETTE ALBERT | IDS

Indiana snaps losing skid with sweep of Rutgers

By Austin Platt auplatt@iu.edu | @AustinPlatter

Just a week ago, it felt like the sky was falling for Indiana softball after getting swept by Nebraska at home, as its losing streak in the Big Ten had reached five games. Head coach Shonda Stanton wanted to see how the team would respond with a whole week off following the results against the Cornhuskers. Her team responded positively, sweeping Rutgers on the road to put themselves in prime position to receive a bye in the Big Ten Tournament.

The Hoosiers won 7-3, 9-0, and 5-4 to extend the win streak over the Scarlet Knights to nine. Indiana has not lost to Rutgers since April 2019.

“We played clean D,” were the first words Stanton said when asked what she thought led to the successful weekend.

Indiana

After committing five errors in the field last weekend against Nebraska, Team 50 cleaned it up in New Jersey, only making one error in the 19 innings it played. Along with strong defense, the common theme throughout the weekend was Indiana leading. Indiana led in 16 innings, including the entirety of Friday and Saturday’s matchups. Indiana scored first in all three games, as they got out to a 6-1 lead in Friday’s contest, eventually winning 7-3 despite only tallying one more hit than the Scarlet Knights. Team 50 scored two in the second off the bat of sophomore utility player Sarah Stone and added another four in the next inning.

The insurance run provided in the fifth inning was the only home run in the game that came off the bat of freshman utility player Cassidy Kettleman, her first career home run.

The second game was

ends

By Zach Browning zatbrown@iu.edu | @ZachBrowning17

It’s been a tale of two seasons for Indiana men’s tennis. A team that was 9-2 a month into the season now heads into the Big Ten Tournament 12-14 and as a loser of its last six matches. The Hoosiers fell once again on the road to Penn State and No. 2 Ohio State.

“The Big Ten is a tough conference to win in,” head coach Jeremy Wurtzman said Monday. “I think we learned that quickly once we got into conference play.”

Indiana posted an 11-6 record in nonconference play. However, an inability

another wire-to-wire victory for the Hoosiers, who needed only five innings to runrule the Scarlet Knights 9-0. Again, Indiana scored four runs early, this time all in the first, while adding three in the third and another two in the fourth, blanking Rutgers for its sixth shutout win of the season. Sophomore pitcher Heather Johnson pitched a complete game, allowing only three hits to the 18 batters she faced.

Indiana completed its fourth sweep of a conference opponent this year on Sunday with a nail-biting 5-4 win. Despite scoring again in the first inning and leading 3-0 after two and a half innings, Team 50 found itself behind Rutgers after giving up four runs in the bottom of the third.

However, the team did not fold under pressure, scoring single runs in the fifth and sixth to come from behind and win by one run. Stone had a run-scoring

groundout and freshman infielder Taryn Kern was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to give the Hoosiers a 5-4 lead they would not relinquish. Johnson pitched over four stellar shutout innings in game three out of the bullpen to earn her 12th win of the season.

Stone had a total of eight RBI on the weekend, and Johnson threw 9.1 innings of scoreless ball to lead Indi-

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ana to win number 34 on the season, as the Hoosiers sit at 34-15 overall and 12-5 in Big Ten play. Indiana only won 10 conference games in the entirety of last season.

“We’re making a push, and we’re playing well right now,” Stanton said. “Gotta love it.”

Team 50 currently sits tied for second with Nebraska in the conference standings, three games behind

Northwestern for the top spot, and three games ahead of Minnesota, Ohio State and Michigan. The top four teams receive a bye to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament, which takes place May 10-13 in Champaign, Illinois. Indiana has not ended a season in the top four of the Big Ten since 2018, when the Hoosiers finished 17-6 in conference play.

regular season on sour note, drops weekend matches

to win in the Big Ten against ranked opponents and on the road has put the Hoosiers in the position they’re in now.

On the final weekend of the regular season, the Hoosiers were on the road. First up at noon on April 22 was a match against a Penn State team in a similar situation to Indiana. The Nittany Lions were 13-11 and winless in Big Ten play heading into the match with the Hoosiers.

It was a match that lasted a shade over five hours with multiple rain delays during doubles play that forced the match to be moved inside for singles.

“It was a long and crazy

day of tennis,” Wurtzman said. “One minute we were playing, then we would break for 20 plus minutes. Having to keep the same level of intensity required for a match like that was difficult but I’m proud of how we handled it.”

Penn State started strong in doubles play, winning at No. 2. That was closely followed by an Indiana win at No. 3. Then, with the doubles point on the line after a handful of rain delays, fifth -year senior Patrick Fletchall and junior Ilya Tiraspolsky won at No. 1, 7-6 (7-4), earning the doubles point for the Hoosiers.

In singles play, Penn

State won three consecutive matches at No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 to take a 3-1 lead. Tiraspolsky and freshman Ekansh Kumar got wins for the Hoosiers at No. 4 and No. 6 singles respectively to tie the match up at 3-3. Junior Jagger Saylor was unable to pull through, however, for Indiana at No. 5, losing 7-5, 6-1. With that, Penn State grabbed the narrow 4-3 win.

“I was proud of how we fought back in singles,” Wurtzman said. “It was unfortunate (Jagger) couldn’t pull that one out but I liked our resilience.” The second match of the weekend for Indiana came against No. 2 Ohio State.

With a win, the Buckeyes would wrap up a recordsetting 17th consecutive Big Ten regular season title and the No. 1 overall seed in the Big Ten Tournament.

“Simply put, (Ohio State) is a better team than we are,” Wurtzman said. “We aren’t quite at their level, but it’s somewhere we aspire to be in the coming years.”

The Buckeyes showed why they are the No. 2 team in the country Sunday. They came out and took the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles, 6-0 and 6-2. Then, in singles play, the Buckeyes continued their dominance, winning every singles match in straight sets.

With the loss, the Hoosiers ended the regular season at 12-14, 1-8 in the Big Ten, and have earned the No. 9 seed in this week’s Big Ten Tournament. Thursday marks day one of the Big Ten Tournament, hosted at the IU Tennis Center. The Hoosiers will take on the No. 8 seed Penn State Nittany Lions.

“It will be nice to get them at home this time,” Wurtzman said. “We just have to take it one match at a time and know that we are playing for our season.”

Indiana’s next match will be against Penn State at 11 a.m. Thursday at the IU Tennis Center in Bloomington.

MICHAEL CLAYCAMP | IDS

Taylor Minnick

at Andy Mohr Field. The Hoosiers swept Rutgers in New Jersey.

A tale of Cutters, the most successful Little 500 team

By Leo Paes lpaes@iu.edu

It’s "The Tortoise and the Hare" all over again. Cutters held the pole position to start the race and hoisted the trophy at the end, keeping its pace while others ran through their reserves. Full of lead changes, crashes and excitement, the 72nd running of the men’s Little 500 on April 22 was decided by just 0.133 seconds.

The first quarter of the race saw two big crashes to start off, including a yellow flag on lap 53 after a wipe-out on Turn 2. Cutters, Sigma Phi Epsilon and Sigma Alpha Epsilon used the crashes to create some separation from the rest of the pack. Sigma Phi Epsilon opted for a sprint strategy, and second place Cutters saw Sig Ep 21 seconds ahead by lap 83. But Cutters have tradition and, most importantly, experience. Cutters was created in 1984 after the fictional "Cutters" featured in the 1979 Academy Awardwinning movie “Breaking Away.” The film shows the story of a group of Bloomington teens who joined the Little 500 and named themselves after the stonecutting industry in Southern Indiana. After its creation, the team went on to win 14 titles, including five in a row

between 2007 and 2011. Besides that, it has been on the podium in 21 of its 38 races and in four of its last five races.

The winningest team in Little 500’s history stuck to its strategy, playing the long game from the beginning. Keeping their pace, Cutters’

Torin Kray-Mawhorr, Peyton Gaskill, Jacob Koone and Judah Thompson let Sigma Phi Epsilon tire itself out and slowly cut the lead. By lap 119, the lead was down to only nine seconds. For the first half of the race, Cutters kept its pace at about 40 seconds per

lap. Sig Ep was recording 38-seconds laps but eventually grew tired. On the second half of the race, its pace was at about 42 seconds per lap. That was when Cutters saw its chance and took it.

“You go in with a strategy, but after lap 10 it gets thrown out the window”

Sigma Phi Epsilon’s cyclist Max Martin said. On lap 147, Cutters retook the lead. The leading pack was composed of five teams separated by just 0.5 seconds.

“It was just being patient in the end,” Kray-Mawhorr said.

With a neck-to-neck race, the leading pack was dismantled as Delta Tau

Delta crashed on the main straight on lap 163. Now, it was down to Cutters and Sigma Phi Epsilon.

With perfectly timed exchanges, Cutters was able to keep its pace and follow its strategy. Even with a change during lap 183, which dropped it two seconds behind the leader, Cutters did not flinch.

Then, another obstacle came in their way. On lap 188, Beta Theta Pi’s Tokelo Makape collided with the boards in the pit just out of turn two during a change and the yellow flag waved. The runners-up now had time to catch up with Cutters.

With a five-team leading pack separated by just half a second, the green flag appeared for the last 10 laps.

With its steady pace throughout the whole race, Cutters was more rested than the other teams and managed to hold on to the lead and take the title home for the first time since 2019.

“It feels great,” Thompson said. “I just can’t process this.” Cutters has won its 15th title in the team’s history, almost double the number of titles than Delta Chi, the second in the roster with eight titles.

“We were confident that we were the fastest team,” Kray-Mawhorr said.

Depth, strategy, weather are key components for Melanzana

By Matt Rudella mrudella@iu.edu | @matt_rudella

The 2023 Little 500 women’s race was a spectacle, with unbelievable twists and turns from the first lap to the final stretch, as Teter looked like the runaway champion until a late Melanzana push sealed them as repeat champions. As the only returning member from last year’s team, senior Abby Green joins a very select list of twotime champions in Little 500 history.

A key factor from the waving of the green flag was the slick track, with rainy conditions all afternoon leading up to the race causing some difficulties with exchanges and leading to collisions.

Kappa Alpha Theta, with prominent historical success in the Little 500, had an unforeseen wipeout halfway through the race that dropped them from a potential top-three placement to finishing eighth.

Another factor that

ended up being the decisive blow was fatigue, as the tides completely turned in the second half. Teter opted for a sprint strategy, with its riders opting for shorter sets and frequent exchanges to gain the lead. This worked at first, with Teter gaining a 13-second lead by lap 60, looking like it was Teter’s race to lose.

However, this strategy backfired quickly as riders began to lose their speed in the last 25 laps of the race, opening the door for Delta Gamma and eventual champion Melanzana to close the gap through less exchanges and stronger endurance.

By lap 80, Delta Gamma and Melanzana passed Teter for the top spots. Teter was unable to return to its commanding lead for the final 20 laps, and eventually placed second by a margin of 10.5 seconds. Despite the finish, Teter will return all of its racers for next year’s race. Delta Gamma lost its footing due to some poor ex-

changes in the final stretch. A critical point was a competitive exchange with CSF, where CSF cut off Delta Gamma from sprinting out of the exchange, costing the team multiple seconds that ended up being a key difference. Delta Gamma eventually placed fourth behind Alpha Chi Omega.

The name of the game for this race was the strength of a team’s top three riders, as three was enough riders for exchanges, and the depth of those three was the key for Melanzana to have a competitive edge, no matter who was riding. Melanzana had three riders in the top 20 and two in the top 10 in individual time trials, falling behind only Teter for most riders in the top 20.

After back-to-back first place finishes, Melanzana will lose three of its four riders. Washburn, Green and Lauren Etnyre are all seniors. Nora Abdelkader is the lone freshman for the team.

BASEBALL

Indiana secures 9-8 victory at Ball State

By Matthew Byrne matbyrne@iu.edu | @MatthewByrne1

Fourteen days ago, Indiana baseball beat Ball State University, 16-13, at home.

Fourteen days later — on April 25 — the Hoosiers traveled to Muncie, Indiana, and narrowly bested the Cardinals again, 9-8, completing the regular-season two-game series sweep.

In Indiana's win April 11, right-handed freshman Connor Foley tossed two scoreless innings, struck out four and allowed just one hit. The prior outing exhibited dominance; the game on April 25 unveiled Foley's perfection: a twoinning, six-out save — all six batters retired consecutively.

Early into the contest, however, it didn't seem Indiana would require that outing.

Indiana went up 5-0 by the middle of the third inning. Freshman outfielder Devin Taylor's oppositefield double scored the team's first run, while sophomore infielder Josh Pyne and sophomore designated hitter Carter Mathison subsequently drove in the additional four.

Ball State starter, righthander Casey Bargo, was pulled just before recording the last out of the third. When the two teams met two weeks ago, Bargo had

tossed 2⅔ innings, allowing just one run. Yet, on April 25, the senior allowed five — in the same number of innings.

Indiana

left-handed starter Ben Seiler cruised through 2⅔ no-hit innings, striking out four. Yet Seiler's seemingly harmless twoout walk in the third developed into a four-run rally for the Cardinals, which struck five straight hits once the lineup card flipped to the top of the order.

"It's my fault for not having (reliever) Adrian (Vega) up sooner," Indiana head coach Jeff Mercer said postgame. "I should have had a little bit more foresight, but I did think with two outs, nobody on, we would be able to finish it. I kicked myself for about six innings after that."

Vega, the right-handed reliever, eventually tossed 2⅔ innings, allowing one earned run. The sophomore's two-out walk in the sixth placed two Ball State runners on base, as Indiana merely led 6-5. This time around, Mercer swiftly turned to left-handed senior Ty Bothwell. Bothwell would escape the sixth, yet upon returning to the mound in the seventh, issued back-to-back walks to the upper half of Ball State's lineup. Following another Hoosier pitching substitution, Ball State

freshman Blake Bevis' 3-run home run closed Indiana's lead to 9-8.

Ball State's first five batters totaled the team's eight runs batted in. As Foley trotted from the bullpen to pitch the eighth, the freshman retired the first six batters in Ball State’s lineup consecutively — precisely what occurred in his first outing facing the Cardinals, April 11.

Postgame, Mercer compared Foley's development to fellow right-handed freshmen Ethan Phillips and Brayden Risedorph, who this past week combined for 15⅓ innings, allowing no earned runs. In Foley’s first 9⅓ collegiate innings, the right-hander allowed seven earned runs and three home runs. Since then: 6⅓ scoreless innings, not giving up any home runs.

“Brayden Risedorph didn't get better on accident, he got better because he got drilled,” Mercer said. “Ethan Phillips, the last time he threw against Ball State, got drilled. You have to learn to execute and they get a lot better from that; Connor Foley gets a lot better from that.”

Through Indiana's past four games, Foley has earned his first-career pair of saves in back-to-back appearances. Within those two outings, Foley timely

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Big Ten announces

Indiana’s 2023-24 conference opponents

By Evan Gerike egerike@iu.edu | @EvanGerike

The Big Ten announced Indiana men’s basketball’s conference opponents for next season on April 25, according to a release from IU Athletics.

For the sixth consecutive year, each Big Ten team will play seven opponents both at home and on the road, three only at home and three only on the road.

protected one-run leads in the team's twin 9-8 victories over Ohio University this past April 21 and Ball State April 25. "I love the trust that the coaches have in me to put me in those situations," Foley said postgame April 25. "You just got to prove them right, basically. You just got to go out there and shut it down like I'm supposed to and expected to do."

Indiana's record improves to 31-11 following the 9-8 victory over Ball State to earn the regularseason series sweep. Currently 9-3 in the Big Ten, the team's schedule continues this upcoming weekend against Maryland. The second-place Terrapins are 8-4 in the conference.

Indiana’s home and away opponents are Purdue, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin. It will play Iowa, Michigan State and Northwestern at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall and will face Illinois, Rutgers and Michigan away.

Of Indiana’s home and away games, only two teams — Purdue and Maryland — finished in the top eight of the Big Ten during the regular season. Penn State finished runner-up in the Big Ten Tournament but will have a new coach next year and has lost a majority of its roster to the transfer portal. Five of Indiana’s opponents finished in the bottom six of

the conference. Thanks to the NCAA’s new transfer portal, programs who finished low in the conference standings can reload and teams that finished high in the standings can lose talent. The Hoosiers themselves will be a vastly different team come October thanks to the departures of Trayce Jackson-Davis and Jalen Hood-Schifino, along with several other transfers and seniors who have left the program. Their play style will be different, making it hard to determine how Indiana is set to fare against its conference schedule. Currently, Indiana only has 10 players on scholarship after the addition of center Kel’el Ware.

Currently, the Hoosiers only have three nonconference games scheduled. Indiana will play in the Empire Classic on Nov. 19-20 at Madison Square Garden in New York City and will play two teams out of the University of Connecticut, the University of Louisville and the University of Texas. Indiana will play Kansas on Dec. 16 in Assembly Hall to close a two-game series.

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Torin Kay-Mawhorr leads a pack of riders around Turn 2 April 22, 2023, at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The Cutters won the 2023 men’s Little 500 Race.

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Seniors Abby Green, Grace Washburn, Luren Etnyre and freshman Nora Abdelkader of Melanzana Cycling hold up the 35th women’s Little 500 Trophy April 21, 2023. Melanzana received first place followed by Teter in second.

OLIVIA BIANCO | IDS Freshman right-handed pitcher Connor Foley gets an out at first April 25, 2023, against Ball State in Muncie, Indiana. The Hoosiers beat the Cardinals 9-8 on April 25.

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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.

Mitch

Ripley, Interim Pastor

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."

Karen Pollock & Dan Enslow

Non-Denominational

Calvary Chapel of Bloomington 3625 W State Road 46 812-369-8459

calvarychapelbloomington.org

facebook.com/calvary-

chapelbloomington

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

Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington

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.

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. Peter Burkholder, Clerk burkhold@indiana.edu

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.

Pastor

Richard Woelmer,

Sunday: 10:15 a.m.

Rev. Connie Grant, Interim Minister Rev. Emily Manvel Leite, Minister of Story and Ritual

2120 N. Fee Ln. 812-332-3695

uubloomington.org

facebook.com/uubloomington

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

Horoscope

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Today is a 7 - Domestic comforts entice. Focus on immediate needs, like clean laundry. Adjust around unexpected conditions. Repair breakdowns. Cook something delicious and share it with your family.

Gemini (May 21-June 20)

Today is an 8 - Listening gets you farther than speaking. Determine what you want to say before blurting out something regretful. Creative solutions may require making a mess.

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Cancer (June 21-July 22)

Today is an 8 - Profitable work is available. New evidence threatens complacency. Talk with a friend to shift your internal monologue into a dialogue for action. Invent possibilities.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)

Today is a 9 - You’re getting stronger. Ignore rumors, gossip or negativity. Set aside self-criticism. Clean and organize. Reconnect with a personal passion or interest. Dress for success.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Today is a 6 - Stay sensitive with recent changes. Avoid travel, crowds, chaos and noise. Don’t launch personal initiatives until ready. Allow yourself time to decompress and recharge.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Today is an 8 - Wait for better conditions to launch a team effort. Talk with allies and colleagues for more perspective. Diplomacy works better than force. Listen generously.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Today is an 8 - Strategize carefully. Professional complications require adjustment and finesse. Watch

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Today is a 7 - A financial barrier blocks the path. Strengthen foundations. Work with someone who sees your blind spot. Patience and determination can save time and money.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Today is a 9 - Share support with a heavy load. Avoid arguments or provocation. Don’t go over the past. Focus on what’s needed here and now. Collaboration provides ease.

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