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"Surprise!"
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Indiana to 6-year-old cancer patient's wish was to surprise and thank doctors, nurses compete in Regionals 1 By Izzy Myszak
imyszak@iu.edu | @MyszakIzzy
With edible glitter spilled on the table, a little girl with icing coated fingers gracefully brushed sparkles all over a cake. When she was done, it was time to make a wish. She scooped up a handful of the glitter, closed her eyes and blew it on the cake, the final touch. Six-year-old Roslyn, from Macy, Indiana, was diagnosed in February 2020 with Wilm's tumor, a rare form of kidney cancer, making her a candidate for the Make-A-Wish foundation. Roslyn’s wish was the 19,000th wish granted by the Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana region of the foundation. The Make-A-Wish foundation aims to grant a wish to every child with a critical illness. The majority of wish requests fall into five categories: I wish to go, I wish to be, I wish to meet, I wish to have or I wish to give, according to their website. Roslyn’s wish fell into the “I wish to give” category, as she wanted to thank the doctors and nurses who helped her through her journey at Riley Hospital for Children with a cake. On May 12, she spent the day at the Cake Bake Shop with owner Gwendolyn Rogers to bake two cakes: one for her medical team and one for her family. For her medical team Roslyn made a carrot cake, because she said it was healthy, and for her family she made a mint chocolate chip cake. After baking and decorating the cakes, Roslyn, her family, and Make-AWish employees and volunteers headed over to Riley’s to surprise her medical team. The team members were asked to gather in the lobby of the hospital and led to a room where Roslyn greeted them. “Surprise!” she said as they opened the door.
By Austin Platt auplatt@iu.edu | @AustinPlatter15
Indiana men’s golf begins its quest for the national championship title this week at the Champion Course in Palm Beach, Florida. The Hoosiers earned an NCAA Bid to the Palm Beach Regional, where they will compete as the No. 10 seed. The tournament will consist of 54 holes over a threeday period starting on May 16, with single rounds being played each day. Last time out, Indiana finished ninth out of 14 teams at the Big Ten Championships, which took place from April 29 to May 1. The Hoosiers waited until May 4 to find their name unveiled at the NCAA Selection Show. The Hoosiers’ lineup is slated to look a bit different from previous ones. No. 1 senior Mitch Davis, No. 2 sophomore Drew Salyers, No. 3 sophomore Clay Merchent, No. 4 fifth-year senior Ethan Shepherd and No. 5 fifthyear senior Evan Yakubov will round out the starting five, with Yakubov entering the starting lineup for the first time during a team event this season. Senior Harry Reynolds will serve as a potential substitute, as juniors Noah Gillard and Eric Berggren will remain unavailable with injuries. Indiana is ranked at No. 60 in the GolfWeek rankings but will face its highestranked competition yet. The top five seeds in the Palm Beach Gardens regional are ranked top-30 nationally. The top of the regional consists of No. 3 Vanderbilt, No. 10 Florida, No. 15 Notre Dame, No. 22 Florida State and No. 26 Purdue. Indiana has had success against Purdue, defeating them three times this season. Their most recent victory against the Boilermakers was during the semifinals of the Big Ten Match Play Championships, coming en route to the Hoosiers’ second straight victory in that event. This will mark the 11th time during head coach Mike Mayer’s tenure that Indiana will compete in an NCAA Regional. Of the previous ten, Indiana’s best finish was a tie for eighth in the 2010-11 season. This is the first time that Indiana has received a bid in back-to-back years. The Hoosiers finished ninth last season at the Tallahassee Regional. Indiana has never made it to the NCAA Finals with Mayer as head coach. In order to break that streak, the Hoosiers will have to finish in the top-five in the 14team field. If they do so, their season will continue May 27-June 1 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. Indiana had a practice round on Sunday ahead of the first round on Monday, when they tee off with No. 11 San Diego and No. 12 Davidson at 8:55 a.m. ET from the 10th tee box.
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PHOTOS BY IZZY MYSZAK | IDS
1. Roslyn and Gwendolyn Rogers, the owner of the Cake Bake Shop, decorate a cake for Rosyln to take home to her family May 12, 2022, in the Broad Ripple location of the shop. Roslyn and her family gathered at the shop that morning to bake and decorate the cake and to enjoy treats. 2. Roslyn and Gwendolyn Rogers make a wish on Roslyn's cake by blowing glitter on it May 12, 2022, in the Broad Ripple location of the Cake Bake Shop. After the cake was fully done, Roslyn was able to brush glitter on it, a Cake Bake Shop tradition. 3. Roslyn and Stephanie McCormick, the president of the Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio region of the Make-A-Wish foundation, greet Roslyn's medical team May 12, 2022, in Riley's Children Hospital. Roslyn decided to use her wish to bake a cake for her medical team to thank them. 4. Six-year-old Roslyn hands a piece of cake to one of the doctors from her medical team May 12, 2022, in Riley's Children's Hospital. Roslyn was diagnosed in February 2020 with Wilm's tumor, a rare form of kidney cancer.
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Buskirk-Chumley Theater plans to celebrate 100 years By Meghana Rachamadugu megracha@iu.edu
HALI TAUXE | IDS
The historic Buskirk-Chumley Theater is pictured Feb. 28, 2022, on Kirkwood Avenue. The theater will be celebrating its centennial this year.
After almost 100 years in business, the staff at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater are planning several events to celebrate the theater’s centennial. Jonah Crismore, the executive director of the theater, said the events will start in August 2022 and go through May 2023. Crismore said the BCT was known for being a movie house for at least 75 years,
but the staff also plans on investing more in concert events and restoring the marquee. He said he’s excited about a new poet in residence program. The staff will invite local poets to display their poetry on the marquee, he said. “I’m really curious to see how they’re going to use the limited space since the board only allows for so many characters,” Crismore said. In the spring, Crismore
said there will be a podcast festival where regional and national speakers will do recordings in front of a live audience, and in November, a gala for the theater’s anniversary. In his two years at the BCT, Crismore said his favorite memory was the Iron & Wine concert in November 2021. “It was our first kind of really sold-out show since the pandemic and it was just a heartening experience to have so many excited people
come back to the theater and enjoy a concert,” Crismore said. The COVID-19 pandemic forced him and the staff to completely change how they ran the theater, Crismore said. For almost 19 months, there was less turnout and the theater began to dabble in virtual programming. He said the virtual programming helped other organizations like the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra SEE 100 YEARS, PAGE 4