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IDS Former IU Chancellor Sharon Brehm remembered as energetic By Eman Mozaffar emozaffa@iu.edu | @emanmozaffar

Former IU Chancellor Sharon Brehm, a scholar, professor emerita and leader at IU, died March 30, 2018, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Brehm, who was chancellor from 2001 to 2003, was the first woman to have the position. During her time as chancellor and vice president for academic affairs, she emphasized the importance of international education

and hearing the concerns of all student groups on campus. Friends and colleagues remembered her as energetic and conscientious. They said she was exuberant in the work she set out to do, whether it was as IU Chancellor, as a professor in the psychology department or as president of the American Psychological Association. “She also gave Alzheimer’s patients a voice,” said Jim Sherman, professor emeritus in psychology. “She had conversations about

what the disease was like and how it feels for patients and their families to make it understandable.” Sherman met Brehm many years ago, long before she began working at IU. Their academic discipline, social psychology, is a relatively small area of work, so they met and interacted at multiple conferences. Around the time Brehm was being interviewed for the posiSEE BREHM, PAGE 4

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IU Chancellor Sharon Brehm poses in front of the Sample Gates. Brehm died of complications from Alzheimer's disease. She is remembered for the energy and diligence she put toward the many positions she had during her time at IU.

Daryl Thomas honored at memorial

THE DEAL WITH KILROY’S Recent tensions display the bar's complicated relationship with IU and the city. By Lydia Gerike lgerike@iu.edu | @LydiaGerike

To Lucy Fischman, Kilroy’s on Kirkwood is a public nuisance. The 39-year-old educator and community member recounted her experiences with KOK before the Monroe County Alcoholic Beverage Board on April 4 in hopes that the business’ liquor license would not be renewed. She said she’s watched people spill out of the bar, so drunk they can hardly walk. She’s wondered if the pounding music from the back patio complies with the city’s noise ordinance. She’s heard male patrons catcall women and rate their attractiveness as they walk by. A year or two ago, as she walked past Kilroy’s on the way to Hartzell’s Ice Cream with her young son, it happened to her. Some men identified her by what she was wearing and called out a number she can’t remember now. What she hasn’t forgotten is how offensive and obnoxious it was. “It’s a nuisance,” she said to the board. “Believe me.” At the end of her testimony, Fischman asked the liquor board to renew the license for just six months — if they were going to renew it at all. Although shorter approvals exist, board members informed her they didn’t do six-month periods. Kilroy’s co-owner Kevin Duffy, regional director Ross Freeman and lawyer Alex Intermill were also at the meeting. They used examples of Kilroy’s philanthropy efforts with the greek community and compared KOK’s police call record to other high-profile bars — Nick’s English Hut, Brother’s Bar and Grill, The Bluebird Nightclub and even Kilroy’s Sports Bar — to show

KOK meets standards for renewal. The board approved the renewal for a year on a 2-1 vote. The normal licensing period is two years.

“The reputation in the community of this bar is where undergrads go to get their drunk on.” Steve Volan, city council member

“Kilroy’s on Kirkwood has had zero liquor violations in the last two years,” co-owner Kevin Fitzpatrick said in a statement provided by the public relations firm for Kilroy’s. “We work diligently every day to ensure our commitment to safety and a quality experience for our customers continues.” The statement said Fitzpatrick and his team thought the board was professional but believed city officials were holding to Kilroy’s a different standard than other bars. “We look forward to working with the community to further develop ways to ensure all Bloomington establishments provide safe and secure environments for everyone, and sincerely hope this decision will put an end to the political targeting of our business,” the statement concluded. Officials have spoken out against Kilroy’s long before the hearing. The bar’s position in the community is so ingrained that when the city council was working on a draft of the Comprehensive Plan in the fall, council members called the business the elephant in the room that clashed with what some believed was the ideal future of the downtown area. “In a way,” council member Steve

Volan said at the time, “I think Kilroy’s gives alcohol a bad name.” Volan, who represents downtown Bloomington on the city council, spoke out against the bar again at the renewal hearing. He said Kilroy’s involvement with greek life, such as involvement with the Drop the Puck on Cancer charity hockey game, shows how they target undergraduate students, even those who aren’t 21, in their branding. “The reputation in the community of this bar is where undergrads go to get their drunk on,” he said. For IU students, Kilroy’s on Kirkwood has become a staple of college culture as iconic as taking photos at Sample Gates just up the street. It is seen as the place where people can bask in the freedom of young adulthood without remembering any of its stressors. When they turn 21, students often make KOK their first stop. They do homework over $2 grilled cheeses on Tuesday afternoon and return for Thursday night’s limited edition T-shirt. They wake up before sunrise on Saturdays during football season to be one of the first in line for a buffet and mimosas at Breakfast Club. KOK is deeply embedded into the college-town community. As a local business, it feeds into the city economy. Its land is owned by and rented from the IU Foundation. Along with KOK, Duffy and Fitzpatrick also own Kilroy’s Recess and Kilroy’s Sports Bar. While neither of these are SEE KILROY’S, PAGE 4

Kilroy's on Kirkwood is located at 502 E. Kirkwood Ave. The Bloomington Alcoholic Beverage Board voted for a one-year license renewal for the bar Wednesday, April 4.

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By Jordan Guskey jguskey@iu.edu | @JordanGuskey

LOMBARD, ILL. — A priest blessed Daryl Thomas’ ashes with incense as family, friends and more watched in disbelief. Less than two weeks ago, Thomas, 52, died of a heart attack, and now people he knew throughout his life gathered to honor him in the gym he coached the Montini Catholic High School boys' basketball team. Some sat in the bleachers, others in chairs placed in rows on the court. Nearly every student wore some sort of spirit wear, and the altar rested under a raised basketball hoop. “I know that you will always be a part of the Montini family because that never ends,” Montini Catholic Principal Maryann O’Neill told Thomas’ family in front of everyone at the Mass’ conclusion. “The faces might change here, but it never ends. Once you’re a member of this family you’re here for life whether you like it or not.” Thomas had only been a part of the Chicago-area school’s family since 2015, but it was his final stop on a winding journey fueled by his love for the game of basketball. The high school McDonald’s All-American graduated from Chicago-area power St. Joseph High in 1983 and went from one legendary coach to another, Gene Pingatore to IU’s Bob Knight. He would graduate a two-time captain and All-Big Ten selection, and a member of the 1987 national championship team — IU’s last to date. His pass to Keith Smart, who hit a late jumper to push IU past Syracuse in that title game, still draws praise from Knight. “I've always called that the greatest single play I ever had a kid make: giving up the ball and setting the screen that got the man open for the shot that won a national championship,” Knight said in a statement. “That was Daryl — absolutely unselfish. His attitude and his play on the court are what I always remember about him — that and how really great a kid he was.” He joined the coaching ranks after a professional career that began with a sixth round selection in the 1987 NBA Draft and took him to Europe and South America. Montini Catholic SEE THOMAS, PAGE 4

‘Out of Orbit’ talks raising a teenager and sending rovers to Mars By Maura Johnson johnsmau@iu.edu | @maujo997

Jennifer Maisel’s play “Out of Orbit” has made its way onto the Bloomington Playwrights Project stage. The story follows the lives of a daughter and mother, one navigating her way through the life of a teenager, and the other navigating rover projects for Mars. The play tackles the conflict between parent and child — mother and daughter — and the difficulty of letting each other be who they are. The mother, Sara, is a scientist on the Mars rover mission in the early 2000s. Fueled by a love of science since she was young, Sara is lost in a world that’s not her own, a planet she doesn’t inhabit. Her daughter, Lis, on the other hand, is in a different world full of school struggles, friends and online chat rooms, true to the early 2000s. Her passion is running, and she has broken records at her high school. The distance between mother and daughter is nearly as dras-

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Bloomington Playwrights Projects will present “Out of Orbit” beginning this weekend. The play, by Jennifer Maisel, is the winner of this year’s Woodward/Newman Drama Award.

tic as the distance between Earth and Mars. This separation shows both in dialogue and in setting. A TV monitor on the left side of the stage ticks away Earth days, while a monitor on the right side marks

the passing of each Mars sol, approximately the equivalent of a day on Earth. The world of Earth and the world of Mars are separated by shades of contrasting colored lights on stage. Sara works on

the Mars mission in yellow, while Lis lives her teenage life in purple. When the two come together, conversation is often comprised of disagreements and hurt feelings. The individual aspirations and

trials of the two characters converge — or rather, collide — when they meet. Sara is trying to balance the love of her work with the love for her daughter. Often, this doesn’t work out as planned. In one moment, Lis declares the Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, her mom’s other kids. Moments of tenderness come in unconventional ways. In one instance, Lis is learning to drive, and swerves to avoid hitting someone. Sara goes off and yells at the person, defending her daughter in doing so. The everyday fights between the pair are escalated by Sara’s dedication to the Mars mission, one that keeps her on a separate time zone from her daughter and, in turn, a world apart. Their schedules don’t link up, something that hurts Lis, but something Sara can’t avoid. The two lead separate lives, but are still mother and daughter through all of it. They experience what it’s like to break down their walls and let others in.


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