March 25, 2021

March 25, 2021

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A former IU Kappa Kappa Gamma member alleges her pledge class was hazed in 2020.

Four other women described variations of the same experience three times since 2017.

Hoosiers 16+ to be eligible for vaccine

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Kappa Kappa Gamma is located on E. 3rd Street. The sorority has been on IU's campus since 1872.

By Mary Claire Molloy marymoll@iu.edu | @mcmolloy7

Langdan Willoughby, 19, remembers standing in the dark basement of IU’s Kappa Kappa Gamma house on a February night last year. She was among about 50 other pledges told to shut up and face the walls in silence.

Senior sorority sisters clad in lingerie ran around the pledges, she said, screaming and laughing. They allegedly wielded wooden paddles, hitting the walls in front of pledges to startle them. One sister came over to Willoughby and smacked her butt with a paddle, she said.

Willoughby felt numb and confused. One thought came in waves — Is this really happening?

The sisters passed out rubber bands to pledges and told them to put their hair up, she said. It was time for “blow or blow.” Fraternity men were on their way, Willoughby said the pledges were told, and the choice was to do a line of cocaine or give a blowjob.

“Get on your knees!” she recalled hearing a sister shout. “The boys are coming!”

Willoughby began scanning the room, searching for an escape in the dark. She wanted to call for help, but she said the sisters had taken the pledges’ phones before leading them to the basement. Before she could find an exit, the lights flipped on.

“Just kidding!” the sisters said, laughing. They told the group they were lucky they didn’t have to do anything worse as pledges for a top-tier sorority, Willoughby said.

Two women who were also present that night corroborated key details in Willoughby’s account. Two other women affiliated with IU’s chapter of the sorority described similar events happening during three separate years. All five said these events happen on Kappa Kappa Gamma’s Big Little Night, an annual event when pledges find out which older member of the sorority is their “Big sister” and mentor.

The pledge class did not actually have to do drugs or perform any sexual acts that night. But Dr. Susan Lipkins, a psychologist and expert witness in hazing cases, said the alleged events are hazing because they are humiliating, degrading and used to maintain hierarchy in the sorority.

IU’s chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma did not respond to multiple phone

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Langdan Willoughby, 19, alleges she was hazed during her time as a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma.

She was a member of the 2020 pledge class and has since disaffiliated.

calls and emails requesting comment about the allegations in this story, both before and after its publication.

The university placed Kappa Kappa Gamma on cease and desist following the Indiana Daily Student's investigation of alleged hazing incidents.

Cease and desist is an interim measure placed on chapter operations during an ongoing investigation or immediate threat, according to IU’s definitions for organizations on disciplinary status. Kappa Kappa Gamma’s organizational activities are suspended for as long as the sorority is on cease and desist.

In a statement sent to the IDS, Kappa Kappa Gamma’s national headquarters said they suspended chapter operations and opened an investigation into these allegations immediately after learning of them, working in tandem with university officials.

“Kappa Kappa Gamma takes very seriously any allegation of physical, emotional or psychological abuse of its members and we absolutely do not tolerate violence or abuse of any kind,” the statement said. “The health and safety of our members are always our top priority.”

The Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life and the Division of Student Affairs did not respond to requests for comment.

“We can’t confirm or not a specific allegation as it may be part of an ongoing investigation,” IU spokesperson Chuck Carney said in an email March 10. He said he could not say whether Kappa Kappa Gamma is under investigation at this time.

“Student health and safety is of paramount im-

portance to Indiana University. The university does not tolerate acts of hazing and takes hazing allegations very seriously,” he wrote. * * * Human dignity "Kappa has a strong value system and high ideals. You will see this reflected in our ritual services. We expect our members to promote integrity, respect and appreciation for individuality ... You are also concerned for the welfare of all people ... " Well-being "In a close-knit community like Kappa, your role in modeling healthy behaviors can have farreaching effects ... Valuing health helps you make wise decisions about how you use your body and mind. It also helps you avoid situations that could compromise your well-being."

– excerpts from educational materials for new members of Kappa Kappa Gamma

The two other women who were present on Big Little Night 2020 and confirmed Willoughby’s account wish to remain anonymous out of fear of retaliation from the sorority.

Both corroborated key details of Willoughby’s story — the dark basement, the lingerie, pledges’ phones being confiscated, older sisters with paddles intimidating pledges and the sisters telling them they would have to either perform oral sex on fraternity men or do a line of cocaine.

“My brother is in Pi Kap-

pa Phi and he’s bringing some friends over, they’re waiting for you,” one of the women recalled a sister telling pledges as they were lined up to go into the basement.

Another sister told pledges “blow or blow” was going to be their punishment for being “the worst pledge class ever,” the woman said.

“I was fully physically, emotionally and spiritually disturbed by the entire thing,” Willoughby said.

She said she left Kappa Kappa Gamma last summer because of these events, along with issues of inclusion and racism she said she experienced as one of the only Black women in the house.

“There’s no real sisterhood,” Willoughby said.

“With all of the sexual harassment that goes on at IU’s campus, I don’t see why Kappa would subject another woman to that.”

Lipkins, the psychologist, said she didn’t feel comfortable characterizing the events in Willoughby’s account as sexual harassment since her expertise is in hazing. The Division of Student Affairs’ definition of sexual harassment includes “any unwelcome conduct or behavior of a sexual nature that creates or contributes to a hostile environment.” * * * From fall 2016 to fall 2020, an average of seven IU greek life organizations were disciplined each year for hazing. Since 2016, three sororities and 14 fraternities have been placed on disciplinary probation for hazing — some multiple years in a row. Five more total have been suspended by IU or

their national chapters for hazing.

While most people think of hazing as a fraternity practice, it happens in sororities, too.

IU policy defines hazing as “any activity which subjects another person, whether physically or mentally, emotionally or psychologically, to anything that may endanger, abuse, or degrade or intimidate the person as a condition of association within a group or an organization, regardless of the person’s consent or lack of consent.”

According to Kappa Kappa Gamma’s national policy, any member who participates in or permits hazing is subject to dismissal or disciplinary action.

Lipkins, who characterized the events in Willoughby’s account as hazing, defines hazing as a process used by groups to maintain hierarchy or discipline. Hazing events have the potential to cause physical or psychological damage to those involved, she said.

“Being misinformed that you are going to have to perform a sexual act against your will is hazing, even if [the sexual act] doesn’t occur,” she said.

Some people may find this type of hazing harmless, Lipkins said, while others could experience long-term psychological effects, including sleep issues, anxiety, depression or post-traumatic stress disorder.

The level of trauma depends on the individual and their previous experiences, Lipkins said. She noted that sexual assault survivors, if present, could have been retraumatized. According to campus sexual violence statistics from the Rape, Incest & Abuse National Network, 26.4% of undergraduate female students experience rape or sexual assault.

Gov. Eric Holcomb announced all Hoosiers age 16 and up will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine starting March 31.

The state’s public health emergency and COVID-19 executive orders are due to expire on March 31. Holcomb will renew the state public health emergency for another 30 days, he said in a press conference Tuesday evening.

In order to make vaccinations more convenient, Holcomb said the state plans to implement a larger employer vaccination program. He also said the state plans to schedule additional mass vaccination clinics in April and continue to send mobile units to targeted areas.

“We'll continue sending our mobile units to targeted areas throughout the state to assure that our distribution is fair and equitable in all corners,” Holcomb said.

Holcomb said the public health emergency will allow the state to act quickly if conditions become worse and allows the state to access federal funds that are helping Hoosiers hit the hardest during the pandemic.

Holcomb said current COVID-19 restrictions will extend through April 5. This will account for the current numbers of out-of-state visitors and allow people to receive or schedule vaccinations.

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Vigil mourns lives lost in shooting

By Emma Williams emmewill@iu.edu | @_emmaewilliams

IU’s Kappa Kappa Gamma chapter was founded in 1872 and is the oldest continuous chapter in the country.

A woman who requested anonymity because she is still affiliated with Kappa Kappa Gamma said her experience on Big Little Night in 2017 shared similar elements with accounts of the 2020 event: The sisters also wore lingerie and had paddles, which they hit together to make noise.

“You guys have been bad,”

The IU Asian Culture Center offered a Justice for Asian American Pacific Islander virtual commemoration on Zoom Tuesday night for the victims of anti-Asian violence in Atlanta last week.

The event was in cooperation with the City of Bloomington and the Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs to honor the lives lost to the anti-Asian violence in Georgia. There were more than 300 people in attendance.

IU Ph.D. student Pallavi Padakandla Rao, ACC community member and event moderator, said the event was to honor and remember the lives lost in the Atlanta antiAsian violence. Rao said the commemoration also served to reject white supremacy and misogyny since six of the eight lives lost were Asian women.

Rao said the commemoration showcased the diverse experiences of many Asian and Asian American women, including those in the Bloomington community, IU faculty, Asian American students and Asian international students.

“I think in some ways it’s just remarkable, the kind of resilience community has when it comes together and is really able to articulate a larger vision for what justice and community building looks like,” Rao said.

Bloomington poet Hiromi Yoshida read two original poems about the racist rhetoric and hate crimes against Asian people in the United States.

Lisa Kwong, IU Asian American Studies Program lecturer, also read her poem, which recognized the Asian Americans and immigrants who laid the groundwork and legacy for the AAPI people who came after them.

The event also featured

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NEWS

March 25, 2021 idsnews.com

Group protests treatment of unhoused

By Madison Smalstig msmalsti@iu.edu | @madi_smals

More than 100 people sat in tents and chanted in support of Bloomington’s unhoused population for about three hours Saturday, across the street from Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall where a NCAA tournament game was taking place.

IU Police Department officers had told demonstrators 10 minutes earlier to dismantle them. They decided to keep them up anyway.

“We’ll march to end the madness, we shall not be moved!” they shouted in the direction of Assembly Hall.

“Just like a tree that’s planted by the water, we shall not be moved.”

The sit-in at the tailgate fields was the last of three demonstrations Thursday through Saturday protesting the City of Bloomington’s evictions of unhoused encampments and Bloomington City Council voting down ordinance 21-06, which would have provided protections for encampments. IU student organizers and Bloomington advocates named “March to End the Madness’’ in response to Bloomington hosting six NCAA men’s basketball tournament games from March 18 to 20.

Bloomington advocacy organizations including the Bloomington Homeless Coalition and IU student groups including the Rainbow Coalition organized the demonstrations.

The first event took place from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Wednesday in Dunn Meadow. All day, people gathered to participate in discussions, collect donations and plan events for the next two days.

The second day events took place from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday in Dunn Meadow. Organizers conducted a series of solidarity against injustice workshops, such as an art workshop to create protest signs and a workshop on neighborhood zoning.

Before the demonstrators sat in the tailgate fields Saturday, they met in Dunn Meadow to listen to speakers, learn songs and chants, disperse signs and determine the path of their march. They decided to walk from their first location through campus up Jordan Avenue, turn left on 17th Street and end at the tailgate fields.

Trevor Richardson, an organizer of the event who is currently unhoused, told the

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Robel to step down in June

By Cate Charron catcharr@iu.edu | @catecharron

IU Provost Lauren Robel will step down at the end of June following the end of the 2021 spring semester, according to an email sent to faculty and staff Wednesday.

Robel said in the email she will return to academic work in the IU Maurer School of Law.

PHOTO BY ETHAN LEVY | IDS

Dozens of protesters march into campus Saturday afternoon for the “March to End the Madness.’’ The group walked to IU’s tailgate fields where they hoped to gather attention from the ongoing NCAA men’s basketball tournament games.

crowd it’s unfair that Bloomington seems to care more about college basketball games than taking care of the unhoused population.

“We have historically punished and exploited the vulnerabilities and made criminals out of the most at-risk people, the most disfavored people in our societies,” he said. “That is madness.”

ing at the officers in the building.

“They smell like what?” organizer Patrick Saling said to the crowd as they walked up to the building.

“Pigs,” the crowd shouted in response.

The group arrived in the tailgate fields at 1 p.m. and started setting up tents.

About 20 minutes later, IUPD

“We have historically punished and exploited the vulnerabilities and made criminals out of the most at-risk people, the most disfavored people in our societies. That is madness.”

Trevor Richardson, an organizer of the event who is currently unhoused

The demonstrators left Dunn Meadow at 11:45 a.m. and marched to the Bryan House, which is the traditional home of IU’s president but not where current IU President Michael McRobbie lives. There, they listened to more speakers, sang and regrouped before marching up Jordan Avenue and 17th Street to the tailgate fields.

The protesters marched in the street, at some points blocking both lanes of traffic. Some protesters carried signs with messages such as, “no housing no peace!” and “united we stand.”

The group stopped in front of the IUPD offices for a few minutes, confronting the fact that IUPD officers removed some of the group’s protest supplies from Dunn Meadow Friday and chant-

officers told the group they had 10 minutes to dismantle the tents or they were going to remove them. They said the group was not allowed to have the tents on university property, but did not cite any specific rule that prohibited students from doing so.

The protesters left the tents up and moved them to the edge of the field bordering 17th street and Woodlawn Avenue. Some, including IU junior Nikko Rocha, sat inside the tents as an extended form of protest against the IUPD. Rocha said she wanted to sit in a tent to let other people know about the mistreatment of Bloomington’s homeless population and the systems that perpetuate extreme poverty in the community.

“To them, the tents represent something that they want to hide under a rug and I want to sit here and demand that it shouldn’t be hidden,” she said. “People need to recognize the madness that is occurring.”

The officers left at about 1:30 p.m. and did not return to remove the tents.

Protesters stayed in the tents until the end of the men’s basketball game between Louisiana State University and St. Bonaventure at about 4 p.m. They wanted the game’s attendees to see their demonstration.

The protestors did not specifically say anything to people walking by unless the people walking from Assembly Hall shouted or asked questions, which some of them did. Many of the responses were people either honking or yelling from their cars.

Following the demonstration, the protesters packed up the 16 tents, remaining food and protest supplies and walked back to Dunn Meadow. The group plans to donate remaining supplies to organizations such as the Bloomington Homeless Coalition.

Crow, who has been homeless, said he believed the demonstration was a success because no one was injured or arrested and demonstrators were able to share the message in support of the unhoused community.

“The impoverished and those without homes and those who are not lucky enough to have a good foot to stand on in our capitalist society, we’re humans too,” Crow said. “We’re just like everybody else, we just had a streak of bad luck.”

“It is now time for me to return to the academic work that is the greatest joy at the center of our mission,” Robel said in the email.

She said it was a privilege to work with IU staff over her past nine years as provost.

Robel was named provost of IU-Bloomington and executive vice president of IU in 2012.

More mold found in Foster Quadrangle

By Mary Claire Molloy marymoll@iu.edu | @mcmolloy7

At least one confirmed case of mold was found at Foster Quadrangle this week after numerous student complaints, IU spokesperson Chuck Carney said in an email.

The mold was found in a drip pan in a fan coil unit at Foster Magee Hall, Carney said in an email.

He said no students have been displaced from the dorm and there were no other confirmed cases of fungal growths as of Sunday.

“Mold is naturally occurring and it’s not possible to eliminate all mold from the environment,” he said. “Our certified inspectors are able to discern levels that are above what is expected.”

Carney said students should report any suspected fungal growths to Residential Programs and Services so specific rooms and buildings can be inspected by a certified industrial hygienist.

Foster and McNutt were renovated in July 2020 after the dorms were temporarily closed in 2018 because of ongoing mold problems.

A class action lawsuit was filed against IU by previous residents in 2018.

Current residents are now saying the mold is back in several different buildings and rooms at Foster and McNutt. They have taken to floor group chats and social media to share pic-

tures of what they believe to be mold.

One resident at Foster started a petition demanding IU address the situation. It has gained over 900 signatures since March 15, with students sharing their personal experiences in the comments.

“I was sick all of first semester and didn’t understand why until now,” one wrote.

“I live in Foster and am currently experiencing the symptoms of being exposed to black mold,” another said.

The petition calls for the university to reimburse students living at Foster and McNutt residence halls for unsafe living conditions, including an ongoing mold issue, power outages and broken utilities, such as washers, dryers and air conditioning units.

“Students residing in these dorms feel it is unfair that we are paying the same price for room and board as other students on campus,” the petition said. “We have been inconvenienced and unheard all year.”

Some of the symptoms of possible mold-related illness reported by residents included sneezing, congestion, runny nose and rashes.

Carney said the photo of a pipe included in the petition is not evidence of mold. Though it looks like mold, the appearance is because of dust buildup and an overspray of paint on the black cast iron pipe, he said.

IU vaccine director hopeful for student vaccine rollout

By Sophie Suter srsuter@iu.edu | @sophiersuter

As more Americans are getting vaccinated for COVID-19, students have many questions about how and when they will be able to get their vaccine. IU plans on having entirely in-person classes for the fall 2021 semester, and part of this plan is getting students vaccinated as soon as possible. In order for students to get the vaccine they will need to meet the state’s guidelines for eligibility.

Dr. Lana Dbeibo is an assistant professor at the IU

School of Medicine and the director of Infection Prevention at IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.

She is also a part of IU’s COVID-19 Medical Response Team as the director of vaccine initiatives, so she is in charge of managing vaccine roll out across IU campuses.

Answers have been lightly edited for style and brevity.

Indiana Daily Student: When will students be able to get vaccinated through IU? Dbeibo: March 29 is when the sites will open, but it will only open to those students

who are eligible for the state’s current criteria. So even though it is an IU site, we go off of the state’s criteria for vaccination. If they’re not health care workers or students with certain health conditions, then they would not be eligible right now. We’re hopeful that in the next few weeks we’ll have more clarity on when all the other students would be eligible. There was talk from the government that they would like everyone to be eligible by May 1.

IDS: Will IU provide vaccines?

Dbeibo: Yes, we are work-

ing on it. We will get as many vaccines as the state will be able to give us, and when we applied to the state, we factored in all of the numbers of students and faculty that would need the vaccine. So we’re hoping that yes, we will have a vaccine for everyone who needs to be vaccinated at our site in the next coming months.

IDS: Will students have to pay for the vaccine or will it be given to them for free?

Dbeibo: Vaccines are provided at no cost to everyone.

People may be asked about their insurance card or an ad-

ministration fee, which is very minimal, but that is not a requirement if they don’t have insurance, because this is all covered by the state and the government.

IDS: Will the vaccine be required for students that plan to live on campus in the summer 2021 semester or the fall 2021 semester?

Dbeibo: So as of now, this is not on the table because the students are not eligible in Indiana, and because we don’t have enough vaccines for everyone. We hope that everybody would get vaccinated so we don’t even have to get to that possibility in the future, but that is something that would be continuing as we get more through the next few months.

Whether or not we would require it, we don’t have an answer for that right now, but we hope we never have to get there and everyone is eager to be vaccinated.

IDS: Where will students be able to get their vaccination?

Dbeibo: In Bloomington we have a collaboration with Assembly Hall, so starting March 29 anyone who is eligible, whether its students or anyone from the county, will be able to get their vaccines there.

IDS: Since some students have chosen to do school from home this year, will they also be able to get vaccinated through IU? Dbeibo: Yes, regardless if they study online, once they become eligible and meet the criteria, they’re more than welcome to come to our site.

We will certainly give them the vaccine just like we do for anyone, the more people we get vaccinated, that’s what we want. Our goal is not only to keep those that are on campus healthy, but all of our students, even those that are off campus.

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BLACK VOICES

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JAICE ON THE CASE

‘Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ could tackle racism. Will it?

Jaicey Bledsoe is a sophomore in cinema and media arts and theater.

There has been a changing of the guard. Old Cap is out, new Cap is Black.

In the upcoming Marvel Disney+ series “Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” premiering March 19, fans will see the journey of Sam Wilson, Falcon, stepping into his new role as Captain America after Steve Rogers handed him a shield in “Avengers: Endgame.”

Before people get up in arms, as fans do, there is precedent for a Black person taking the mantle in the comics. Not only has Sam been Captain America before, but there are also other Black Captain America legacy characters.

One being Isaiah Bradley, the original Black Captain America.

Bradley was a soldier in the 1940s and was among a group of 300 Black male soldiers who were experimented on after the death of Dr. Erskine, the scientist responsible for the original recipe Captain America super-soldier serum. After the success of Steve Rogers, the military wanted more super-soldiers, but because Erskine never documented

or shared his formula, they had to start from scratch.

To do so, they chose a group of men they deemed “inferior” to their white counterparts to trial their experimental formulas. In the 2003, seven-issue comic series “Truth: Red, White & Black,” in which Bradley first appeared, one of the scientists behind the experiments explicitly says this in the comic panels. “‘It’s necessary if our methods apply to the inferior race,’” said actor and YouTuber Michael Lamar Simeon, quoting the comic.

“So yeah, so they literally — they even said it in the book.

They deemed quote-onquote negroes as inferior, and so if the experiments were to go wrong, so what?

What? It’s just a couple negroes. Doesn’t matter.”

In an interview with the Indiana Daily Student, Simeon explained in the comic most of the Black soldiers died as a result of experimentation, and the few who survived were permanently deformed, except for Isaiah. Simeon posted a TikTok on Wednesday talking about the history of the character.

This storyline in the comics was an intentional parallel crafted by writer

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Disney +’s “Falcon and the Winter Soldier” is pictured. The series premiers March 19.

Robert Morales and artist Kyle Baker to show realworld uses of Black bodies as guinea pigs.

The best-known example of this is the 1932-1972 Tuskegee Experiment, in which Black men with syphilis were intentionally left to suffer and die even after the treatment was discovered in 1947.

Another oft-mentioned case is that of Henrietta Lacks, a woman whose “immortal” cells were taken to diagnose her cervical cancer — and were then given to other researchers and scientists without her consent.

Lacks’ cells have been im-

portant in numerous medical discoveries and innovations since then, including COVID-19 vaccine research.

However, these are not the only instances of medical mistreatment of Black people.

This historical malpractice is largely the reason why many Black people today are so distrustful of the COVID-19 vaccine, leaving Black doctors and scientists to reassure the Black community of its safety.

Racism —intentional or not — in medicine is also why Black women are still fatally misdiagnosed

and are at a far greater risk of dying from completely treatable complications in medical situations such as pregnancy or surgery.

In this new series, Marvel has an opportunity to touch on this history as they follow Sam Wilson — someone who will not only be reckoning with the legacy of the mantle of Captain America but also with that of being a Black American man.

“Falcon and the Winter Soldier” may or may not explore either Isaiah Bradley’s legacy or the fallout from having a Black man take over as the symbol of American patriotism. If they do, Marvel doesn’t need to soften it. Not confronting issues of the past can allow them to continue.

Simeon said Marvel shouldn’t try and pacify or placate its white audience in an effort to make them comfortable. Though there are many white viewers of this type of genre media, there is also a large BIPOC viewer population, and many Black people will be watching this show expectantly.

“Hopefully, again, we don’t know what we don’t know, but, like I said it’s Disney/Marvel. Like, they only seemingly push the envelope but so far,” said

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Simeon. “I’m hoping because it’s on Disney+ they’re a little bit more willing to take risks.”

Simeon said no matter what Marvel does, people are going to be upset that a Black man now carries the iconic shield. He cited the “anti-feminist” controversies and review-bombing surrounding “Captain Marvel,” the constant harassment of the women in “Star Wars,” and trolling on his own videos about the potential big-screen appearances of some of Marvel’s LGBTQ characters as examples of fan outrage.

On this subject of letting characters, and people, exist the way they are, Simeon mentioned a quote from Lena Waithe from her speech at the 2018 Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards: “Being gay, Black and female is not a revolutionary act. Being proud to be a gay, Black female is.”

It remains to be seen how deeply “Falcon and the Winter Soldier” will explore racism and the history of Isaiah Bradley. Regardless, I am looking forward to this series and excited to see Sam Wilson continue the Captain America legacy. jaicbled@iu.edu

Poem: ‘The Woman of This House’

By Alicia Harmon harmonad@iu.edu

I don’t want no daughter, because I know I’d have to spend too much time reminding her that I am the woman of this house.

Little girl, you bet not forget my name since I’ll be the one paying for this bitch.

You need me and let me tell you that I’m not needy for what you barely got to give.

I am the woman of this house.

When I pound my foot on this floor and you hear echos through these walls, know that’s where this foot stays.

No, I will not be disrespected.

No, you don’t have control of what goes on here.

Know full well that you have the mind of a child and I don’t know nothing about wisdom coming from the mouth of babes.

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Stefan Townes is a junior in English and comparative literature.

I have been routinely asked questions about my Blackness.

Being the only Black kid in a very white social circle, I was often the go-to person whenever the subject of race was brought up. When I came out as gay in high school, my social circle remained the same — I had to pull double duty, now speaking on both race and sexuality. Only recently, while browsing Twitter, did I read the words I wish I had known back then: “It’s not my job to educate you.”

I’ve heard the phrase thrown around for a few years now. I’ve seen it from accounts on social media to large publications like Glamour and Salon. The phrase is usually used in the context of debate or when a person is simply tired of explaining identity concepts to other people. What it

means, usually, is no one person should be responsible for another’s education of sensitive topics, whether it is regarding race, sexuality, gender or otherwise. A Black person doesn’t owe a white person an explanation of things related to race, be it something as large as the effect of slavery or something smaller — like why you shouldn’t touch a Black woman’s hair.

Most discussions of this mentality delve deeper into the implicit entitlement of the person asking the question, who may think they are owed an answer or explanation.

While it’s important to not burden others with unwanted questions, I thought this phrase pointed out something else entirely: I’m not a teacher.

I didn’t, and still don’t, know all there is to know about race or sexuality. From my lived experience, I can describe a number of incidents where my race or my sexuality

affected my life, but I couldn’t tell you firsthand what effects Jim Crow laws still have today.

Just as my peers would ask me these big questions about race, I had to educate myself by seeking those answers in books or online. While they might have assumed I knew the answer to their questions, I didn’t. If I did know the answer, I mostly likely acquired the knowledge from someone else who was willing to share through their novels or essays. If I had to learn that way, then the peers asking me questions can do the same.

Even then, there’s fair critique to simply saying, “It’s not my job to educate you,” and moving on. If a person is genuinely interested in learning about the nuances of race, it would be more fruitful to just explain things to them. Even worse, if a person believes a falsehood that you could correct, explaining would potentially stop that

person from believing later falsehoods. If one wants to be an activist for equal rights, surely you’d want to teach others, right?

Still, it’s not my job to speak for whole communities. I never volunteered nor signed up to be an activist, but in wanting to protect myself and others like me, I was made to be one.

I’m not a teacher or an educator — I was brought into this world just as naive and ignorant as anyone else.

I had to learn about my culture. My efforts didn’t stop at just asking a friend, and if I did ask someone about my culture, they often didn’t have the whole answer. Making the effort to seek education on sensitive topics isn’t asking for an explanation from the nearest minority person.

Educating yourself on identity issues is hard work. It’s not my job to do it for you. sztownes@iu.edu

I will be the woman of my house.

And, no, I don’t want no daughter.

I don’t have love big enough for her to be big.

I don’t have patience long enough for her to stretch my mind.

I’ve lived in too much fear of being buried and shrunk down to have her narrow ass rising up against me, towering over me, to risk her not loving me like I want her to love me, to risk her not being how I imagined she’d be.

I shake at the thought of a little girl, so, God, save her from my hands and drop her in the arms of another woman.

But if a girl child should ever come from me, bring my knees to the dirt and give me the faith to grip her hand in my sweaty palm, to endure by her side through anything.

If a girl child should ever come from me, let me also birth my strength.

Little girl, I promise my house will be yours.

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IU string quartet wins 2nd Grammy award

By Hannah Dailey hanjohn@iu.edu | @hannah__dailey

One week ago, Simin Ganatra was sitting next to her husband Brandon Vamos at home like they might on any normal Sunday. Seconds later, she was giving an acceptance speech for a Grammy she’d won, speaking from her couch through her computer to the international audience streaming the 63rd Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony.

IU’s resident string ensemble, the Pacifica Quartet, took home the Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance award for its album “Contemporary Voices” on March 14. The win marked the group’s second Grammy.

“The nomination is huge already,” Ganatra said. “To get a second Grammy in our careers is amazing.”

The ensemble joined Jacobs in 2012 as a resident quartet, meaning the four members serve on faculty and represent IU when they tour.

Ganatra, a violinist and founding member of Pacifica, said this year’s win came as a total surprise to the group, which includes Vamos on cello, violinist Austin Hartman and violist Mark Holloway. To win a second Grammy, especially when competing against such talented ensembles at a time when chamber music is thriving, didn’t seem possible, she said.

When the quartet won its first Grammy in 2008, the four musicians stepped off a plane following a performance in Portugal. Ganatra dressed up in a gown and they accepted the award together onstage. With the coronavirus pandemic making it unsafe for an award show audience to gather, however, Ganatra and Vamos accepted the award over Zoom.

Even though the show

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Pacifica Quartet, Jacobs School of Music quartet-in-residence, won a Grammy award March 14 for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance for their album “Contemporary Voices.”

was less glamorous than the last, Ganatra said this year’s Grammy meant a lot to her because of how challenging the pandemic has been for the music community.

“In a way that even made the Grammy more special because, wow, this happened in kind of a difficult year,” Ganatra said. “It really came at a good time, I feel very lucky.”

Ganatra said she first picked up the violin in kindergarten to emulate a kid she carpooled with, who was taking lessons at the time.

He stopped playing at some point, but Ganatra never did — she attended Oberlin

College and formed the Pacifica Quartet in 1994. After the quartet had residencies at Northwestern and University of Chicago, IU asked them to join the Jacobs faculty.

“IU for us is like a dream school because the music school is one of the best,” Ganatra said. “Jacobs is such a wonderful, musical place to be.”

Mark Holloway joined the quartet three years ago, so this was his first Grammy award with the group. He wasn’t able to join Ganatra and Vamos on the Zoom because of social distancing, so he watched the show alone in his Jacobs studio. He

couldn’t quite believe it and got goosebumps when he saw that they won, he said.

“Contemporary Voices” includes three pieces by female, Pulitzer Prize winning composers that reflect some of the social issues and cultural events happening now, Holloway said. One piece features IU professor and alto saxophonist Otis Murphy, and “Glitter, Doom, Shards, Memory” by Shulamit Ran was inspired by the work of Jewish artist Felix Nussbaum, who was killed at Auschwitz during the Holocaust.

“It has such a strong connection to what we’re going

through today,” Holloway said. “This piece really resonates with me.”

Sophomore Irene Castillo studies violin performance at Jacobs and plays in a quartet coached by Holloway.

She said she was excited to find out Pacifica had been nominated, but as someone familiar with their level of talent, she’s not surprised they won. She’s particularly impressed by how the group put the album together in quarantine.

“A lot of quartets were having a really hard time meeting and making music together,” Castillo said. “It gets really lonely so it’s cool

that something made during a time like this is recognized.

They’re just all so nice and it’s really exciting because it’s such a big honor.”

Holloway said their students have been congratulatory and hopes Pacifica has made them proud. He said they embody the exact opposite of all the cruelty and hatred explored in some of the music on “Contemporary Voices.”

“All this cruelty and ugliness in the world that I see is not in our students,” Holloway said. “Their hearts are in the right place, they’re all trying to make the world more beautiful.”

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Wallows vs. COIN Wallows, the scrappy youngsters fronted by Clay Jensen from “13 Reasons Why” or COIN, the sugary sweet, alt-pop band?

This one is tough. Both groups have three members.

Both make easily-digestible, melodic indie rock. Every song is infused with a spritely, youthful energy. Every song feels like an endless summer.

Both of these bands look like they would be terrible at fighting. A few punches would be thrown and then they would call a truce. Hopefully, things would end with a collab. That would be pretty tight.

Arctic Monkeys vs. the 1975 Two legends of 2013 Tumblr. The British bastions of crossover pop hits.

This is another fight that doesn’t seem like it would be particularly close. I really do love the 1975, but based on Arctic Monkeys’ entire catalogue, I think there’s more of a viscous energy there.

With more straightforward rock tracks like “You Probably

Couldn’t See for the Lights but You Were Staring Straight at Me” and “From the Ritz to the Rubble,” Arctic Monkeys would dismantle the 1975.

The Killers vs. The National The Killers are winning this one. The National would wave a white flag immediately and then sit around and talk about a bunch of really upsetting things.

MGMT vs. Passion Pit This one is tough. Both make danceable, exciting synthpop. Both have had songs in a FIFA game, which is a bizarre sign that they’ve crossed over to the mainstream. But I think MGMT has this one.

I feel like they’d win by tapping into some bizarre, otherworldly powers. They’d be flying around and shooting lasers from their eyes like Superman. One time I listened to “Electric Feel” for two hours straight and I felt like I was on the cusp of levitation and telepathy.

Passion Pit is great.

They’ve made some incredible tracks, but I feel like MGMT made some deal with the devil so they could make the beat to “Kids.” They’ve got to have some dark powers or something. kmchrisc@iu.edu

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Education for incarcerated people is essential. Why did it stop during COVID-19?

Russ Hensley (he/him) is a sophomore in mathematics, international law and institutions and Chinese.

The COVID-19 pandemic proves education in Indiana is a privilege and not equally accessible to everyone.

Although school systems were able to develop ways to continue educating students during the pandemic, one form of education has seemingly been forgotten: education programs in jails.

Jail education contains multiple paths, from obtaining a GED to enrolling in college courses. Participating in education and training programs while incarcerated expands post-release economic opportunities significantly, according to a 2019 study by the Vera Institute of Justice. It found employment rates, number of hours worked and wages all increased as a result.

Prison and jail education has also proven to lead to lower rates of recidivism. A study conducted in 2010 by the American Correctional Association found that the rate of recidivism for incarcerated people in Indiana decreased 20% after obtaining a GED and 44% after obtaining a bachelor’s degree while incarcerated.

Although obtaining a degree while in prison has unparalleled benefits, access to funding has diminished.

Federal Pell Grants are the primary source of funding

for college education programs in prisons, but the 1994 crime bill — an act which led to the proliferation of mass incarceration — severely limited their use.

In 1991, 14% of incarcerated individuals enrolled in college level courses, but by 2004, enrollment had fallen to 7%. The Vera Institute of Justice found 64% of incarcerated people are academically eligible for postsecondary education, but the federal program serves only a maximum of 12,000 students.

A lack of funding for education in prisons contributes directly to the cycle of poverty and potential recidivism, proving that education in prisons is more than simply knowledge gained from coursework.

Investing in education in jails is investing in the future of Indiana’s incarcerated citizens.

Although the Indiana Department of Correction has strictly limited in-person visitors to prevent the spread of COVID-19, prisons across Indiana are continuing education through virtual learning. IDOC has expanded the use of tablets and kiosks in Indiana prisons for educational, therapeutic and vocational uses.

However, not all jails offer online education.

The Monroe County jail has halted its education program due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Anthony

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Hibbert, a correctional officer at the Monroe County jail, said. The jail maintains strict restrictions on allowing the public into the jail. iPads are offered to incarcerated people participating in the New Beginnings recovery program at the Monroe County jail. If resources are offered for the recovery program, why is the same not offered for educational programs? The lack of resources leaves incarcerated people to facilitate their own education through library resources offered by the jail, a blatant injustice.

Chris Rodal, a GED instructor at the Wayne County jail in eastern Indi-

ana, taught classes in the morning and afternoon two days a week before the pandemic, but the education of incarcerated individuals was not deemed essential at the Wayne County jail when the COVID-19 pandemic began.

In-person instruction was prohibited and online instruction was not offered, Rodal said. Additionally, outside guests were not allowed in the Wayne County jail until August. In other words, the programs allowed by the jail — such as substance abuse counseling, AAA courses and GED education — were halted until August, where they’ve since stopped and started

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due to COVID-19 cases.

After starting again in August, Rodal was again out of commission after an incarcerated person tested positive in December. The jail then prohibited outside visitors from entering the jail until positive cases went back to zero.

Rodal said his passion for education makes him hopeful that he will return to the jail, but positive COVID-19 cases are not likely to end soon. One in eight people in Indiana prisons have tested positive for COVID-19.

If Indiana prisons do not learn to contain the virus’ spread, it is clear that educational programs will not

be reinstated.

Since the start of the pandemic, incarcerated people at Wayne County jail were often only allowed out of their cell one hour per day in order to prevent mixing and potentially spreading the virus, Rodal said.

“They did not get out of their block for anything except for class. Some people signed up for the class just to get out of the block,” Rodal said.

Now they are not on lockdown, but visitors are still not allowed to enter.

The treatment of incarcerated people in Indiana is inhumane. Going to class may be the only place where they are treated justly, and now they don’t even have that.

“This is more than an educational thing,” Rodal said.

“I truly keep thinking that I can help make a positive impact on these people’s lives.”

Isolated by the constraints of COVID-19 protocol, Indiana’s incarcerated individuals are receiving no education while living in inhumane conditions. Jails across Indiana must adapt their education methods to combat the unprecedented change of the COVID-19 pandemic.

People who are incarcerated deserve equal access to education. ruruhens@iu.edu

NOTHIN’ BUT NAT

You need to start assuming you’re surrounded by queer people Chris Sciortino (he/him) is a sophomore in theater and political science.

It was a word I was familiar with, but it definitely wasn’t something I thought I’d hear in a breakout room mid-afternoon on a weekday.

I’ve dealt with the three-letter slur starting with an “F” and ending with a “G” since I came out in 2015. In my experience, it’s either used as a direct verbal assault or completely out of context.

In this case, the use was completely unrelated from the word’s meaning. The members of the breakout room had no idea I was gay, but that didn’t stop me from reevaluating my safety and comfortability working with these people in class.

At IU and as students, we must move past heteronormative attitudes of assuming you’re always surrounded by straight people to create a respectful and inclusion-based environment.

As I sat in class wondering why that specific word had to be used, I couldn’t help but feel a wave of discomfort. It felt like someone had just pushed me to the side. I was reeling from the reemergence of bouts of trauma related to that word.

I wondered if this was a safe environment to share my ideas.

Would anyone here defend me? Was it worth talking in the breakout room? Would my voice sound gay to them over Zoom?

I didn’t unmute myself or show my video through the rest of the breakout room. Though the slur wasn’t directed toward me, I was confused, frustrated and sincerely shaken.

The most common form of harassment for LGBTQIA+ college students is derogatory remarks, according to the National LGBTQ Task Force. A survey conducted by the task force found 20% of college students fear for their safety based on their perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.

IU senior E Awdey, who identifies as nonbinary, said they’ve experienced moments of “not blatant,” but present homophobia and transphobia from students and professors.

Awdey recalled a specific time their professor showed a questionable South Park clip in class that made them uncomfortable. The professor had warned the class it may be considered “politically incorrect.”

Awdey chose not to speak up on their own, but when they were called on they felt they had a duty to call out the professor for showing the video in the first place and not allowing students the option to step out of the room.

“He got a little bit offended even though there were obviously a lot of other things he could have replaced with it,” they said. “I didn’t feel unsafe, but that instance made it really clear that he wasn’t willing to listen to his students about what made them uncomfortable.”

Creating a safe space for queer people means listening to everybody about what makes them feel safe and welcomed, but it especially means paying attention to what doesn’t.

Beyond professors, there needs to be accountability among students as well. If anyone is uncomfortable or notices another student’s discomfort when a professor does something disconcerting, it’s important the professor is addressed and steps are taken to rectify the situation.

Awdey is also in a position where they do not use their given name — the name notated on IU records — in their everyday life, presenting them with the extra challenge of speaking with professors before classes start about their preferred name, they said.

“I was really nervous about it,” Awdey said. “I remember spending a really long time drafting emails and thinking about if they were going to understand or just think I’m being ridiculous. There was a lot of self consciousness involved.”

Assuming you’re surrounded by queer people means professors and student leaders enact concrete policies in courses or clubs to ensure students have the ability to inform you of their preferred name — no questions asked. It is unacceptable to justify a student’s discomfort because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. As students, we need to emphasize the importance of accountability, acceptance and awareness, while professors need to set the standard for inclusion and respect.

Otherwise, queer students such as myself will continue to evaluate our own safety and comfort on a constant basis. csciorti@iu.edu

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Shame was controlling my life, until it wasn’t Natalie Gabor (she/her) is a junior in journalism with minors in business marketing and philosophy.

Over winter break in a quarantine-induced fervor I decided to treat myself to a nice piece of jewelry. It wasn’t going to be anything fancy, but I wanted it to last and signify something I’d earned working part time.

If you’re from Texas, you know the James Avery store is the holy grail for jewelry shopping. For everybody up north, it’s a jewelry store native to my home state that sells silver and gold rings, necklaces and charms with a recognizable iron design. We have two in my hometown of Frisco — one close to my house, one far away.

I prepared for my shopping trip like anybody else with anxiety. I looked at the website and culled through each piece of jewelry until I narrowed my search to two or three that piqued my interest. I picked a color. I measured my ring size.

Upon my arrival, I quickly became overwhelmed. I’d mistakenly gone on a Saturday — the store was packed. Somehow, I located the ring I thought I wanted, and an attendee walked me to the register for fitting. Though I assume they do this to minimize shrinkage, it imposes an enormous

amount of pressure upon the customer to buy.

To my horror, I just didn’t like it. It was wrong, faded and nowhere near how I envisioned it’d look.

I politely declined, rapidly collected my things and left the store.

I then drove 20 minutes to the other location to purchase the ring I wanted instead.

You might be thinking, “Why would you do that?

If you were already at the store, why would you drive all the way to another location just because you wanted something different?”

And you would be right.

But that’s the tricky thing about shame and anxiety — you spend all your time trying not to inconvenience others, ultimately inconveniencing yourself in the process.

At the time, I didn’t realize my discomfort was rooted in shame. I was ashamed I picked the wrong ring. I was ashamed I didn’t do more to prepare for my visit. I was ashamed I inconvenienced the attendee. Even revisiting this scenario feels silly, so why did I react this way?

Unsurprisingly, a propensity toward shame is common among people with high sensitivity and low self-esteem. Shame is produced when we violate some kind of social norm

— or at least feel like we do. Turning those feelings inward and saying “I did something terrible” forces us to feel guilty for negatively affecting or inconveniencing another person, psychologist Annette Kämmerer said.

Because shame arose from some ancestral evolutionary advantage, making humans more adaptable to social situations and societal norms, it can be beneficial. If these feelings produce well-placed guilt, it forces us to look outwardly and change our behavior in a positive way.

However, if our focus is inappropriately turned inward, a sort of shame spiral can arise, causing some to isolate and cut themselves off from family and friends, clinical psychologist Samantha Rodman said.

Consequently, shame exacerbates and is directly linked to symptoms of social anxiety disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, according to a study

by Northern Illinois University.

But these feelings are manageable and can be addressed through treatment and introspection.

Being open, honest and upfront about unwarranted sources of shame, and actively deciding what you’re not going to be ashamed of and what you’re not responsible

for can help you establish boundaries not only with other people, but within your own mind, clinical psychologist and researcher Alice Boyes said.

Forgiving myself for past mistakes has been particularly effective. Taking myself outside the situation and looking at it logically has helped me realize that buying a piece of jewelry should be fun, not anxiety inducing. The people at the James Avery store are there to help me, and so long as I’m patient and polite, I have nothing to be ashamed of.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, it can be easy to get caught up in this shame spiral — especially when reaching out to others. But, as someone with proven difficulty in doing so, I encourage others to pursue these conversations shamelessly. Text that person you’ve been meaning to or reach out to that friend you’re convinced doesn’t want to be contacted. In reality, they probably do. And if not, take those steps to realize it’s not your fault.

Don’t let internalized feelings of guilt or shame keep you from living your life, because if I’ve learned anything, it’s just how much time I’ve wasted in doing so. natgabor@iu.edu

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she remembered older sisters telling her pledge class as they stood in the dark basement, blindfolded. “It’s time to get hazed.”

Asian American women who shared their experiences of racism and misogyny.

Abby Ang, founder of the No Space for Hate and the Monroe County Mutual Aid groups, said the racist rhetoric surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic was factor in the influx of anti-Asian violence.

Ang said a community member told her that “her people” caused the COVID-19 virus.

April Hennessey, District 2 Monroe County Community School Corporation board member, said she experiences racism and sexism as an Asian American woman.

At a softball game she was playing in during her youth, Hennessey said a white police officer she knew called her “ching chong” when she was up to bat and used his fingers to slant his eyes at her.

IU professor Ellen Wu, who serves as the director of the Asian American Studies Program, said people should recognize the value and worth of Asian American women after the shootings in Atlanta.

Beverly Calender-Anderson, the City of Bloomington director of community and family resources, said the city denounces racist violence. She offered a location to report incidents alongside resources for those experiencing racist biases and hate crimes.

Denise Hayes, director of Counseling and Psychological Services, said CAPS and the ACC at IU are having a community reflection space for those wishing to process and discuss the events in Atlanta.

The meeting will be 1 p.m. Friday on Zoom.

The Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition is holding a Gathering Against Asian Hate at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Sample Gates. Participants should follow masking and social distancing measures.

The NCAA men’s basketball tournament is taking place entirely at venues in Indianapolis, West Lafayette and Bloomington. The first games began on March 18 and the national championship ends the tournament on April 5, according to the NCAA. Starting April 6, all decisions regarding venue capacity will be up to local officials, Holcomb said. Local governments can consider State Department of Health COVID-19 weekly colorcoded county metrics, indicating if infection rates are increasing or decreasing, to decide the size limits for social gatherings, he said.

The statewide mask mandate will become a mask advisory April 6, Holcomb said, but masks will still be required in state buildings and facilities and vaccination and COVID-19 testing sites until further notice.

He said local governments and businesses retain the authority to impose harsher guidelines like mandatory masking.

“When I visit my favorite restaurants or conduct a public event, I will continue to appropriately wear a mask,” Holcomb said. “It's the right thing to do.”

Starting April 6, restaurants, bars and nightclubs will no longer require customers to remain seated, but distancing between tables and non-household parties is recommended. Hospitals may also return to normal for scheduling non-emergency procedures and surgeries.

Schools will continue current mask-wearing requirements for the remainder of the 2020-21 school year. Holcomb said he expects that K-12 schools will return to full-time, in-person instruction for the 2021-22 school year.

“Please know our departments of education and health will work together to update health guidance in preparation for the next school year,” Holcomb said.

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"You guys have been bad. It's time to get hazed." a woman from the 2017 pledge class alleges a Kappa Kappa Gamma member said on Big Little Night 2017

Instead of “blow or blow,” her pledge class was told to strip naked and run into the woods, she said. She said she didn’t feel uncomfortable or intimidated, but another woman in her pledge class cried when they were ordered to strip. The sisters quickly told her it was a joke and they would not have to do it, she said.

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Langdan Willoughby stands in front of the Kappa Kappa Gamma house at 1018 E. Third St. in February 2020. IU’s Delta chapter is the sorority’s oldest continuously active chapter.

“It’s a prank to make you think you’re about to get hazed, but you find out that no hazing actually occurs,” the alumna said. “It’s a prank on the fact that other sororities haze.”

She said the pledge class

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from the year before is in charge of planning its own version of the event for the next group. This structure follows Lipkins’ blueprint of hazing, in which hazing victims go on to become bystanders and then perpetrators.

“I don’t think it’s funny,” the alumna said. “If you really fall into it and believe it, you’re worried that it will actually happen.”

Women from the 2017, 2019 and 2020 pledge classes spoke to the IDS about variations on the tradition.

The woman from the 2019 pledge class said Kappa Kappa Gamma members call it “the screaming.”

She said her 2019 class was also taken to the basement on Big Little Night. It was pitch black and they were forced to face the walls in silence with their heads lowered for about 30 minutes, she said. Drunk sisters in lingerie and high heels made their entrance, she said, accompanied by the woman chosen to be “the screamer.” There were no

a woman from the 2019 pledge class alleges a Kappa Kappa Gamma member said on Big Little Night 2019

hazing, she said.

“If you’re lucky enough to walk away and think it’s funny, good for you,” she said.

“That doesn’t mean what you did to someone else or what was done to you was not hazing.”

Willoughby said she broke her silence to help other young women who are considering rushing and may be unaware of the hazing that can happen in sororities. All of the women who spoke to the IDS said their pledge classes were intimidated by Kappa Kappa Gamma to maintain silence about these events.

“I’ve grown past the fear that they tried to instill,” Willoughby said of Kappa Kappa Gamma. “I think information should be free.”

Lipkins said she deals with hazing cases every year in which someone dies or is otherwise physically or psychologically harmed. The cycle continues because of the strong code of silence within organizations that practice

If you or someone you know has been hazed, reach out. Contact the IDS at investigations@idsnews.com.

You can report hazing incidents to IU at studentaffairs. indiana.edu/student-support/get-help/report-hazing. html.

paddles or threats of “blow or blow” involved, she said, but pledges were verbally berated for 15 minutes.

“You’re sluts and you’re going to ruin Kappa’s reputation!” the screamer yelled at them, the alumna said. “No frats are going to like us!”

The woman described the event as “terrifying” and said multiple women in the pledge class cried.

"You're sluts. You're going to ruin Kappa's reputation. No frats are going to like us."

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Got midterm blues? We’ve got a (chemical) solution. Try these 3 easy DIY science projects

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Lava lamps, eggshell chalk and slime can keep you busy this weekend.

Words by Kevin Chrisco and Hannah Dailey | Illustrations by Carson TerBush weekend@idsnews.com | @idsnews

Mad about midterms? Feeling lonely after a year of social distancing and isolation? The natural next step is to just throw everything away and become a reclusive mad scientist obsessed with creating life from nuts, bolts and lightning.

But before you can make Frankenstein’s monster, you’ll have to start with the basics. Begin your career in STEM with these three easy science experiments you can do with household items.

Slime glue (1 cup)

baking soda (1 tbsp)

contact solution (1 tbsp)

Remember when social media was obsessed with slime?

Why was that? Why were all those quick craft Instagram accounts peddling slime?

Honestly, it might be because it’s fun. And easy.

To create some slime you’ll just need glue, baking soda, food coloring and contact lens cleaner.

Step 2 Next, add drops of food coloring, you can add as many drops as you’d like depending on what shade you’d like your slime to be.

Step 1 First, pour a cup of white glue into a bowl. Add a tablespoon of baking soda and mix thoroughly. You can add more glue to reach your desired consistency.

Step 4 Then, add a tablespoon of lens cleaner or contact lens cleaner. Make sure your lens cleaner contains boric acid or sodium borate.

Step 3 Mix the food coloring, baking soda and glue until there aren’t any white spots.

food coloring

Step 5 Once everything has been added to the bowl, start stirring it with a spoon until the mixture thickens.

Step 6 Finally, start kneading the slime. If it’s too sticky add approximately ¼ of a tablespoon of lens cleaner. Continue kneading and adding lens cleaner until the texture is right.

After you’re done playing with the slime, be sure to store it in an airtight plastic bag or container.

Lava Lamp vegetable oil

plastic bottle

Elevate the good vibes of your dorm or apartment with your own homemade lava lamp. For this project, all you’ll need is a plastic bottle, vegetable oil, Alka-Seltzer tablets, water and food coloring.

Step 1 Fill up your clean plastic bottle ¾ of the way with vegetable oil, then fill it up to just below the top with water.

eggshells (10)

Spring has almost sprung and Easter is less than a month away, so let’s bust out the eggs and the bright colors.

But for this science project, we won’t be putting colors on eggs — we’ll be using the eggs to put colors elsewhere. To observe the chemical similarities between eggshells and chalk, both of which are heavy in calcium, gather 10 shells, two teaspoons

flour (2 tsp)

water

Step 2 Add your desired shade of food coloring until the color looks right to you.

Step 3 Here’s where the magic happens — break up your AlkaSeltzer tablet into small pieces, drop them into your bottle one by one, and wait for the fizzing to stop.

food coloring

of flour, water and food coloring.

til you have a stiff paste.

Step 1 Rinse your shells thoroughly and leave them to dry before getting started. Once they’re ready, grind them into the finest powder you can manage.

Step 3 Use a mold or paper towel to mush the paste into your desired shape, then let it dry for a few days.

Step 2 Add your flour and food coloring, then mix in hot water un-

alka-seltzer tablet (1)

Step 4 Test your creation by making beautiful springtime pictures outside on the sidewalk!

water

food coloring

Step 4 Screw on your cap and tip the bottle upside down to watch the vibrant flecks dance around.

Water is hydrophilic whereas oil is hydrophobic, meaning they don’t mix. The beautiful, shape-shifting blobs you created are what happens when you combine this reaction with the carbonation of the seltzer!

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Editors William Coleman, Tristan Jackson and Luke Christopher Norton sports@idsnews.com

MEN’S TENNIS

IU swept at home by Northwestern 0-4

By Ara Cowper acowper@iu.edu | @aracowper5

IU men’s tennis lost to Northwestern this weekend, its first outdoor home match of the season. The Wildcats defeated the Hoosiers 4-0.

“Even though we didn’t win, we all fought really hard,” senior Andrew Redding said. “Our effort was there, we had good attitudes, and we gave it everything we had. I don’t think anyone has anything to hang their head about, we just have to learn from what we could’ve done better.”

Freshman Ilya Tiraspolsky and graduate student William Piekarsky kicked

off the match with a 6-4 victory at No. 3 doubles for IU. Northwestern answered back, coming up victorious at No. 1 and No. 2 and clinching the doubles point. Junior Patrick Fletchall and Redding lost 7-6 (75), while graduate student Bennett Crane and sophomore Luka Vukovic lost 7-6 (7-2).

“The doubles came down to the very end, to the tiebreakers,” Redding said.

“On other courts, we had third set people fighting back from being down. I put it as it just wasn’t our day.”

Northwestern got off to a fiery start, jumping to a 2-0 lead as Fletchall fell 6-4, 6-1 at No. 6 singles. Junior Vi-

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Senior Andrew Redding swings the racket March 13 at the IU Tennis Center. IU lost 0-4 to Northwestern on Sunday.

kash Singh lost in two sets as well, going 7-5, 6-1 at No. 4 singles.

Redding battled at No. 2 singles but fell in two sets, going 7-6 (7-1), 6-4. This

time record at exactly .500 against Northwestern, with each team posting 41 victories.

IU hits the road next weekend, facing Wisconsin on March 26 and Minnesota on March 28.

The Hoosiers look to continue a two-match win streak against the Badgers and end a two-match losing streak with the Gophers.

“We’re thinking of it as a must-win for this next match, for the next two matches,” Redding said.

“The mindset is that we’re expecting to win and just leave it at that, nothing else.

We’re going to go get the job done and come back.”

loss sealed the match for the Wildcats.

Crane, junior Carson Haskin and Vukovic each pushed their No. 1, No. 3 and No. 5 singles matches to three sets, but they were left unfinished.

“The biggest thing I noticed was Luka and Carson both lost their first sets but then fought really hard back to win their second sets,” Redding said. “Having them there pushing for that and getting even set-wise was really big for the team and the atmosphere.”

This is the 82nd time the two programs have met since their first matchup in 1930.

The loss puts IU’s all-

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Our religious services consistof silent centering worship interspersed with spoken messages that arise from deeply felt inspiration. We are an inclusive community, a result of avoiding creeds, so we enjoy a rich diversity of belief. We are actively involved in peace action, social justice causes, and environmental concerns.

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Unitarian Universalist Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington 2120 N. Fee Lane 812-332-3695

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We are a dynamic congregation working towards 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.

Reverend Mary Ann Macklin, Senior Minister Reverend Emily Manvel Leite, Minister of Religious Education and Congregational Life

607 E. 7th St. 812-336-5387

Tuesday & Friday: Morning Prayer 8 a.m.

Wednesday: Midweek Service 7 p.m.

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LCMSU Student Fellowship 7:30 p.m.

Thursday: Grad/Career Study & Fellowship 7:30 p.m.

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Facebook: Hoosiercatholic Twitter: @hoosiercatholic Weekend Mass Times Saturday Vigil: 4:30 p.m.

Sunday: 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. (Spanish), 5:30 p.m., 9 p.m. (During Academic Year) Korean Mass 1st & 3rd Saturdays, 6 p.m.

Rev. Richard Woelmer, Campus Pastor

Episcopal (Anglican) Canterbury House Episcopal (Anglican) Campus Ministry at IU 719 E. Seventh St. 812-334-7971 • 812-361-7954

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Sundays: 4 p.m. Holy Eucharist with hymns followed by dinner

Weekday Mass Times Monday - Saturday: 12:15 p.m.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Thursday: 9 p.m.

Bible Studies and Music Services: See our Social Media

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Rev. Patrick Hyde, O.P., Administrator and

Independent Baptist

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Ricardo Bello-Gomez, President of the Board Corrine Miller, President of the student organization

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Latter-day Saint Student Association (L.D.S.S.A.)

Mennonite Mennonite Fellowship of Bloomington

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Sunday

Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7 p.m.

Lifeway Baptist Church exists to bring glory to God by making disciples, maturing believers and multiplying ministry. Matthew 28:19-20

Barnabas Christian Ministry Small Groups: Cedar Hall 2nd Floor Common Area, 7 - 8 p.m., meetings start Thursday, Sept. 5.

We will meet every other Thursday during the school year.

Steven VonBokern, Senior Pastor Rosh Dhanawade, IU Coordinator

Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 p.m.

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.

Divine Service 10:30 a.m.

Sunday: Bible Class 9:15 a.m.

We aspire to offer a safe and welcoming home for all people. We are a blend of people of different ages, genders, sexual orientations, ethnicities and countries; we are students, faculty, staff and friends. We pray, worship and proclaim the Gospel.

We also promote justice, equality, inclusion, peace, love, critical thinking and acting as agents of change in our world.

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.

Sunday Bible Study: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

University Lutheran is the home LCMSU at Indiana. Our on-campus location creates a hub for genuine Christ-centered community that receives God's gifts of life, salvation and the forgiveness of sins through Jesus Christ. "We Witness, We Serve, We Love."

We are currently meeting

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Sunday: 11 a.m.

We are a Bible-based, non-denominational Christian church. We are multi-ethnic and multi-generational, made up of students and professionals, singles, married couples, and families. Our Sunday service is casual and friendly with meaningful worship music, applicable teaching from the Bible, and a fun kids program.

University Lutheran Church & Student Center

3820 Moores Pike 812-336-4581

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Lutheran (LCMS) University Lutheran Church & Student Center 607 E. 7th St. 812-336-5387

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Divine Service 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday & Friday: Morning Prayer 8 a.m.

Wednesday: Midweek Service 7 p.m.

LCMSU Student Fellowship 7:30 p.m.

Thursday: Grad/Career Study & Fellowship 7:30 p.m.

University Lutheran is the home LCMSU at Indiana. Our on-campus location creates a hub for genuine Christ-centered community that receives God's gifts of life, salvation and the forgiveness of sins through Jesus Christ.

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St. Paul Catholic Center is a diverse community rooted in the saving compassion of Jesus Christ, energized by His Sacraments, and nourished by the liturgical life of His Church.

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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.

The Insistute building is a place to gather on campus for a break from academic rigors.

Small library for quiet study, kitchen area for snacks and eating lunch, room to socialize, come play pool, ping pong or foosball. Games and puzzles available as well. A place to feel spiritually recharged and learn more about the Savior, Jesus Christ. Parking available when enrolled and attending a class. Church meets 11:30 on Sundays, at 2411 E. Second Street.

David Foley, Institute Director Lyn Anderson, Administrative Assistant David Baer, YSA Branch President

Southern Baptist Bloomington Korean Baptist Church 5019 N. Lakeview Dr. 812-327-7428

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Friday: 7 p.m.

Saturday: 6 a.m.

Praise the Lord! Do you need a True Friend?

Come and worship the almighty God together with us on Sunday, Fellowship included. We are a Korean community seeking God and serving people. Students and newcomers are especially welcome.

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United Methodist Jubilee 219 E. Fourth St. 812-332-6396

jubileebloomington.org Instagram: @jubileebloomington Twitter: @jubileebloom facebook.com/fumcbloomington 10 a.m. Sundays: Classic Worship via Youtube Live 11:15 a.m. Sundays: Interactive Bible Study via Zoom 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays: Virtual + InPerson Meeting at First Methodist Jubilee is a Christ-centered community open to all people. We offer both virtual and in-person community events on Wednesdays for a free meal, discussion, worship and hanging out. Small groups, service projects, and events are all a significant part of our rhythm of doing life together and avoiding isolation.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Holmes delivers in tournament debut, IU wins 63-32

By William Coleman wicolema@iu.edu | @WColeman08

Virginia Commonwealth University may have gameplanned around Mackenzie Holmes in its first round NCAA Tournament game Monday in San Antonio, but that wasn’t enough to contain the IU women’s basketball sophomore forward.

The No. 13 seed Rams relied on a zone defense that limited the No. 4 seed Hoosiers offensively, making it hard to feed Holmes near the basket and forcing them to settle for long jump shots. IU shot 10-of-30 from the floor in the first half, including 2-of-12 from behind the arc, as it clung to a 22-17 lead.

Holmes, one of only three Hoosiers to have scored by halftime, was held to 4 points early on but didn’t need the ball in her hands to affect the game. By the end of IU’s 63-32 win in her NCAA Tournament debut, Holmes had 14 points, seven rebounds and five blocks.

“I thought we started to figure out some things in the second half,” head coach Teri Moren said. “I thought our ball movement was much better. Defensively we were locked in, I have no complaints with that side of the ball.”

Despite her quiet first half performance, Moren said Holmes’ play near the basket was critical to IU’s success. The Hoosiers conceded the fewest points by a Big Ten team in NCAA Tournament history, and Holmes had a lot to do with

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Sophomore forward Mackenzie Holmes defends an opponent Feb. 10 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Holmes scored 14 points Monday against Virginia Commonwealth University in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in San Antonio, Texas.

their record-setting defensive effort.

Holmes swatted five VCU shots aside, including a third quarter block from behind of senior guard Taya Robinson’s floater that led to a forced shot clock violation.

The All-Big Ten first team selection also finished with two steals and was persistent on the glass, forcing the Rams to box out for 50/50 rebounds.

Where Holmes didn’t have as many chances,

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however, was in the paint on offense. Junior guard Grace Berger led all scorers with 20 points but said it wasn’t a characteristic first half for IU offensively because of Holmes’ inactivity.

“We need to be a little smarter if our shot’s not falling, we have great post players that we can get inside and get us an easy basket,” Berger said. “Not settling for 3s when they’re not going down is definitely a big emphasis moving forward.”

After recording just two

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is an 8 — Demand for your attention and energies could seem high. Prioritize your own health and well-being. Avoid risk or controversy. Guard time for yourself.

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Get into creative projects for home improvement.

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Jump lively.

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You’re especially creative. Have fun with people you love.

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You can get what you need. Grab an opportunity when it presents.

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shot attempts in the first half, IU fed Holmes on its first possession of the third quarter before she drew a foul to head to the freethrow line. She sank both free throw attempts and started to get settled down low on offense.

Holmes ended 5-of-6 from the field and went 4-of-5 from the free-throw line. She took advantage of mismatches around the basket and even evaded double teams as the Hoosiers extended their lead Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 6 — Enjoy peace and privacy. Complete projects and organize what’s ahead. Plan and prepare. Imagine and envision.

Reduce risk and noise. Rest and recharge.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is an 8 — Get creative to stay connected with friends. Share your experiences and individual views to get a wider picture. Team collaboration generates satisfying results.

down the stretch with continued defensive pressure.

“We weren’t close to hitting the panic button that we weren’t gonna be able to produce shots or have some production on the offensive end,” Moren said. “We spent a lot of time at halftime just talking about that, trying to open things up a little bit more, trying to get the ball inside to Mack.”

The win advanced IU to the second round of the tournament Wednesday when the team will face No.

IDSNEWS.COM IU vs. Belmont | For coverage of IU’s second-round matchup Wednesday, check idsnews.com/ section/womens-basketball.

12 seed Belmont University, which just upset No. 5 seed Gonzaga University 64-59.

“I believe so much in this group that I do believe we got some momentum and it’s gonna carry over into the next round,” Moren said.

“Our best basketball is gonna be ahead of us.”

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 9 — Connect with that part of your job that you love, and performance rises along with your status and influence. That heart connection sets your work apart.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is a 9 — Follow the money.

Review budgets and books. Direct the flow to benefit shared accounts.

The profit potential grows as you energize it. Collaborate.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 7 — Discover hidden beauty in your own backyard.

Investigate a fascinating possibility.

Prepare your insights and share what you’re learning. Explore and make amazing discoveries.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is an 8 — Connect and collaborate with your partner.

Creativity and romance can spark.

Work together for shared love.

Weave and coordinate your efforts.

Support each other.

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1 Pacific island called "The Gathering Place" 5 Lots of land 10 Workshop gadget 14 Cold-shoulder 15 Material from the French for a Scandinavian country 16 MLB shortstop who agreed to play third because Jeter was already the shortstop 17 King 20 Used, as china 21 Belief ending 22 Mudville dud 23 Theater section 25 "Queer Eye" fashion expert __ France 26 Clara Bow nickname 29 By the seashore 33 King 35 Society newbie 37 Kuwaiti ruler 38 Name synonymous with synonyms 39 Frosty glaze 40 Place to relax 41 King 43 Disco lights

45 Pressing 46 "Who now the price of his dear blood doth __?": Shak.

47 Roman commoner 48 Part of a 13-piece suit?

51 19th-century mystery writer with just one complete novel 53 Ristorante order 57 King 60 Short mystery writer?

61 Patch plant 62 23rd-century captain 63 Unfreeze 64 Golfer's set 65 Relaxing spots

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3-Down, poetically Cybercurrency "Hallelujah!"

Diplomatic Chatted with, but not IRL Subdues Shimmer Pet store array Snack with Red Velvet and Key Lime Pie varieties Acrobat maker Absorb "Ain't gonna happen" Frank's cousin Ridges with steeply sloped sides Loom French pancake Capybara, for one Praline nut Unwanted email Fried Dixie bread Badly off base Sound of a contented cat Medley Decide not to go to Giga- x 1,000 Sacred cabinets "The Sopranos" org.

Store door nos.

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Job safety org.

"It's __!": SRO show headline Very significant Less saintly Obstinate mount __ pie Touchdown signalers Dutch cheese Champagne label word Unoccupied Some S&L plans Ticked off Water whirled

Answer to previous puzzle

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