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American Hoosiers Thousands celebrated the Fourth of July on Saturday morning during the annual parade through downtown Bloomington. See more pictures from the parade on page 6 and online at idsnews.com.
“Welcome to College” educates new students By Bailey Moser bpmoser@indiana.edu | @theedailybailey
“Welcome to College” will remain one of the highlights for IU student and cast member, Brianna Holt’s time as a college student. “I think it’s really cool to see how everyone starts out a little hesitant about the only thing,” Holt said. “By the end I’ve only heard that this is students favorite part of orientation. It was my favorite part of orientation when I was a freshman.” Holt is a junior double majoring in choral musical education and vocal performance while minoring in theatre. She plays the role of Lucy, who flirts with the main character Joe. “My favorite part of the whole thing is at the beginning,” Holt said. “We’re all singing ‘Welcome to College’ and it’s kind of cheesy and
everyone’s like ‘okay this is lame.’ But as the show goes on, people start cracking out of their shells a little bit and by the end of the show everyone is laughing a lot and it’s great.” Although the musical is only a half hour long, cast members are still given the opportunity to show the depths of their characters because of the social situations presented, such as meeting new people or a house party with alcohol. The second song of the musical, “It’s Weird,” features three characters who meet in college and discuss their differences as an African American male, a bisexual woman and a Jewish man. “So it’s just kind of like the song about how they’re all really different but realize they can all be friends and it’s really not a big deal,” Holt said. “That’s one subject it goes into about accepting people,
because when you get to college there’s so many different people from high school probably that you interacted with and so it’s a really cool topic about being ready to accept everybody.” Another song, called “I’m Not That Drunk,” discusses how to handle oneself or others in case of an alcohol-related incident. “It (the musical) is a very intentional and planned component of New Student Orientation,” Director of NSO, Melanie Payne, said in an email. Payne directs the orientation program, which involves determining which sessions and programs will be a part of NSO. Planning the musical has been a collaborative effort since 2008. The NSO began performing it after SEE COLLEGE, PAGE 7
IU defensive lineman sentenced to community service, probation From IDS reports
IU junior defensive lineman Ralph Green was sentenced to community service and a year of probation as a result of his arrest in April, according to online court records. On April 19, Green was arrested after reportedly slapping a girl across the cheek at a party because she would not dance with him. When the police arrived, he was reportedly yelling belligerently while attempting to enter a ve-
hicle. He began honking the horn once he entered the vehicle. When Bloomington Police Department officers asked Green to step out of the vehicle, they noticed signs of intoxication and handcuffed him before giving him an unofficial breathalyzer test, which showed a blood alcohol content of .201. IU quickly announced Green was suspended from team activities. There has been no further word about the length of Green’s pun-
ishment or if he will be reinstated by the start of the season. Court records also stated Green will have to pay up to $500 — $183 for court costs and $300 for an alcohol- and drug-related class. Green earned freshman All-Big Ten and All-America honors in 2013. As a sophomore in 2014, Green appeared in 11 of 12 games, posting 19 tackles, 4.5 of which were tackles for a loss. Brody Miller
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Brianna Holt poses on a bench outside of the room where she performs "Welcome to College" with the New Student Orientation program. Every year the program puts on a play discussing themes such as sexual assault and self identity that students may experience in college.
Recent IU graduates compete at film festival this week By Hailey Hernandez hmhernan@indiana.edu
Recent IU graduates Eli and Lu Bevins have three films competing for the $10,000 grand prize at the Campus Movie Festival in Hollywood. The award ceremony will take place at the Universal Globe Theatre on July 12. Their films “My Dear Arthur”
and “The Exit” won two of the four Jury Awards during the CMF IU competition earlier this year. The Jury Award represents the top films on each campus. Those films then have the opportunity to advance, competing at the national level in Los Angeles SEE FESTIVAL, PAGE 7