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Mourning Craig Holden, Loved ones say Jacob a selfless father, leader Schleinz was friend to all By Wei Wang daviwang@iu.edu | @WeiWangDavid23
Craig Holden touched the lives of many. Those who came to know him remember his infectious laugh. Holden died from an unexpected medical emergency April 3. He was 65. He was the Kelley School of Business finance department chair since 2018 and the Gregg T. and Judith A. Summerville Chair of Finance since 2020. He had worked at the school for
Dinerstyle cafe opens By Raul Moreno
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Craig Holden holds his grandson in September 2020. Holden, Kelley finance chair, died from an unexpected medical emergency April 3.
over three decades. Friends, colleagues and
former students remember Holden as a kind father, a patient teacher and a leader devoted to his profession. Throughout his career, Holden won multiple research and teaching awards, and his research on market microstructure had been cited more than 4,700 times, according to his personal website. He was also the author of “Excel Modeling in Investments” and “Excel Modeling in CorpoSEE HOLDEN, PAGE 6
By Emma Williams emmewill@iu.edu | @_emmaewilliams
IU junior and Sigma Chi member Jacob Schleinz had a smile that could light up the room, his friends said. As someone who cared about people deeply, he always went out of his way to make someone’s day. Schleinz died April 2 after suffering injuries from a four-story fall from an apartment building, according to the Bloomington Police Department.
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Junior Jacob Schleinz poses for a photo at an event at his fraternity house, Sigma Chi. Schleinz, 20, died April 2.
He would have turned 21 on Wednesday. Schleinz was from Champaign, Illinois.
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Alum Bobby Leonard I’m waiting to feel safe again. dies at 88 A group of white boys shouted racist slurs at me.
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The owner of Bloomington restaurant India Garden opened a new restaurant, A Little Downtown Café, on March 15. The new restaurant serves American breakfast food all day as well as several other diner-style items. A Little Downtown Café is located on 424 Fourth St., the same location as India Garden. The two restaurants use the same entrance, but they have two separate kitchens, separate hallways and separate dining areas for customers, Owner Rakesh Kumar said. Kumar said the incentive to serve a new menu came from the available space — India Garden had a second kitchen that was previously unused. India Garden has been open in Bloomington since 2013, and Kumar’s family has worked in the restaurant business for more than 10 years, he said. Kumar’s family originally opened a restaurant, also called India Garden, in downtown Indianapolis in 1992. He said his family decided to expand their business to Bloomington to create a wider customer base. “It’s a very nice town, it's a college town and there’s a lot of Indian students,” Kumar said. “They love to eat Indian food, and there’s not too many Indian food options.” The absence of international students on campus could mean decreased sales for local restaurants, specifically Asian businesses, International Market founder Mark Li told the Indiana Daily Student on April 1. Kumar said he hopes the restaurant’s new menu will supplement sales and bring in new clientele during the pandemic. Business partner Rajeev Chowdhrey said he shared Kumar’s hope that the new menu will help bring in new customers. He said although business has been off to a slow start for the new restaurant, he hopes it will begin to pick up soon. “We are a little bit behind,” Chowdhrey said. “We are waiting for the new signs and permission from the government to put those up. We hope that once we do people will follow us.” Some students like junior Anna Wiernicki expressed interest in the café’s more casual dining environment and said it seems like a good option for a quiet study space. “Normally I don’t go out to study, with COVID that’s so hard now,” Wiernicki said. “But as places open back up, I’m excited to try out new
Schleinz’s mother, Teresa Schleinz, said to know Jacob was to love him. He was a natural leader, which was apparent through his studies and ambitions, she said. He was a dedicated student in the Kelley School of Business with an amazing work ethic, she said. “Jacob was a leader from a young age, and I’m told he inspired a lot of his friends,” Schleinz said. Jacob was someone who was incredibly honest, she
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I was walking to get my COVID-19 mitigation test after physics class in Swain West Hall March 18 around noon, when a black car with more than three white boys pulled up to me and yelled racial slurs. My first instinct when they slowed down was that it was someone I knew, and they wanted to say hello. The driver rolled down his window and started screaming racist words at me. “You are shit,” the guy in the driver’s seat yelled. Someone in the back of the car said the Nword. They all laughed. I am an international student from Zambia who has lived in this country for less than three months. I was shocked. No one has ever been abusive to me because of the color of my skin because I come from a country that is more than 95% Black. I was scared. I am scared. I have read stories about Black people who are killed for just existing. Until last week, these were just mere stories — until they hit home. I was verbally abused in broad daylight. I can not stop my mind from thinking what if it was at night and they had a weapon. What would the story be? Would I be added to the list of Black people physically abused or killed for merely existing? In 2019, a similar situation happened on IU’s campus where an unknown man harassed Alice Aluko, a junior at IU, when she was walking toward the bus stop near Third Street and Indiana Avenue. “I felt more betrayed by the
people who were around and they did not do anything to stop him because they were all white and I was the only Black person,” Aluko said. The most upsetting part is when this incident happened to me, there were people around walking. No one said anything or tried to talk to me. They continued on their normal routines. I am not from this country — I can leave. But many African Americans who know this country to be home can’t.
I can not stop my mind from thinking what if it was at night and they had a weapon. What would the story be?
IU freshman Lauren Johnson said this semester someone in a red truck screamed the N-word at her when she was taking a walk with a friend on campus. “I think I expect it to happen even though I shouldn't,” Johnson said. “This makes me question what kind of community this is if we have to be scared to take a walk on campus because someone might say or do something.” IU sophomore Marcellous Gregory said he was called the N-word on Kirkwood by an unknown man in the fall of last year. “I was just getting out of the store minding my own business when he called me the N-word.”
Gregory said. “I was not offended because I expect racism at a PWI.” Racial violence is normal for minorities in the communities we are supposed to love. It is not enough to post on social media or send emails about supporting minority communities. Minority communities need the people with privilege in society to speak up and call out racism when you see it occur, we need you to check your own biases, we need you to make our community safe for us to just exist. To breathe. Being part of the Wells Scholars Program, the director of my scholarship, Christoph Irmscher, reached out to me after he found out about the racial incident and shown great support over the past few weeks. One of my professors and dean of the school law also submitted a care referral. Cedric Harris, director of bias response and senior student case manager, offered his support after the care referrals were filed and told me he will look into the matter. Most of the support I have received is because of my scholarship. I am grateful to have them. The assistant director of international services, John Wilkerson, has also been very supportive because this incident made me feel very unwelcome in this country. Many students of color on campus do not have this kind of support, so it is important that these racial bias incidences do not occur. The bystander intervention curriculum that all freshman students have to take should have a focus on what to do in a situation where you notice racial bias. Minority students want to be safe.
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Former IU men’s basketball player and Indiana Pacers head coach Bobby Leonard died Tuesday at the age of 88. Leonard played basketball at IU from 1951-54 and was a two-time All-American in 1953 and 1954. Leonard is famously remembered for making the game-winning free throw in the 1953 NCAA National Championship game for the Hoosiers. After college, Leonard was drafted in the second round of the 1954 NBA Draft by the Minneapolis Lakers — who later relocated to Los Angeles. He would finish his playing career with the Chicago Zephyrs — who became the Baltimore Bullets before relocating again to Washington, D.C., and ultimately becoming the Washington Wizards. In his final season with the Zephyrs, Leonard was a player-coach and after retiring stayed to coach the Baltimore Bullets for one season. Five years after coaching the Bullets, Leonard became the head coach of the Pacers in the American Basketball Association, who he’d coach for the next 12 years. Leonard led the Pacers to three ABA championships before the ABA-NBA merger in 1976. Leonard was inducted into the IU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1982, and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014.
Springsteen, Mellencamp spotted in Bloomington By Ellie Albin ealbin@iu.edu | @elliealbin1
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When Archie Miller was fired, Dane Fife wanted the IU men’s basketball head coaching job. Then when Mike Woodson was named the new head coach, he called Fife. It was the first time he’d ever been offered a job at IU — and saying yes was an easy decision. “Indiana is a really unique place,” Fife said. “I’ve always said I wanted to come back and coach in Indiana. Why? Because the passion for basketball. Why? Because people know basketball, and it's unlike any other place in the world.” The hard part was leaving East Lansing, Michigan. Although Fife played for the Hoosiers from 1998-2002,
he was only 45 minutes away from his hometown while coaching at Michigan State for the last eight years. His kids grew up Spartans fans, even though both Fife and his wife graduated from IU. He said they’ve been subtly brainwashing their kids their whole lives, so once they get to Bloomington he thinks they’ll switch over. “My 8-year-old booed me yesterday,” Fife said. “But she did have a candy stripe hair tie on and she didn't even know my wife slipped one on her head. And she said she liked it. So, she liked the cream and crimson and she didn't realize what she was doing.” But his kids had a point. Fife said the IU men’s basketball program is fragmented, and there are still
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Dane Fife plays in the NCAA Tournament on March 30, 2002. Fife, a new member of IU men's basketball head coach Mike Woodson's staff, held a press conference Tuesday.
some missing pieces. But he said it’s not any one person’s fault, it’s just going to take time and effort to fix. “I think we all — coach Woodson, myself — we all can talk the talk, but we've got to dig in with people
and figure it out,” Fife said. “It’s got to be a complete and full investment, but it takes the right understanding.” A lot of fixing the culture of IU basketball starts with the interaction between the team and the community, he said. He said the players are some of the nicest kids he’s met, but right now, they’re just social media sensations to their fans. Fife wants all of that to change. Instead of just posting a picture after a game, he wants his players to go out and sign autographs. He wants them to go out into communities and be with the fans that love the program to thank them. He said he knows these are steps that need to hapSEE FIFE, PAGE 6
The Uptown Cafe confirmed on Monday that singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen dined in the restaurant on Saturday. “There isn't much else to say other than he was very nice to our staff,” a representative for the Uptown Cafe said over email. People began wondering why Springsteen was in town when a woman tweeted that her friend’s son works in the restaurant and told her that Springsteen and fellow singersongwriter and Bloomington resident John Mellencamp entered the establishment. Bates said, according to her friend’s son, that Springsteen “is a generous tipper.” Outside of the information given, though, no one at the Uptown Cafe has any other comment, such as why Springsteen might have been in town.