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Abortion ban begins in Indiana

By Ruth Cronin rmcronin@iu.edu @ RuthCronin6

The Indiana Supreme Court voted to uphold Senate Enrolled Act 1, which bans abortions except for in limited cases, Aug. 21. In August 2022 Indiana passed

a near-total abortion ban, which has been unable to take effect until now. The ruling comes three weeks after the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, which represented abortion clinics in the state, filed a petition to halt the near-total ban.

The new law only permits abortions in cases where there are severe risks to the life or health of the pregnant person, a lethal fetal anomaly up to 20 weeks or in the case of rape or incest up to 10 weeks.

Nearly two months ago

the Indiana Supreme Court ruled SEA 1 does not violate the state constitution. On July 31, the ACLU of Indiana, representing Planned Parenthood and other providers, asked the court to delay the ban while it defines how far exceptions for “serious

health risks” will extend.

The Supreme Court denied this request, stating that the ACLU effort to define a serious health risk would need to go through the regular judicial process.

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Campus changes students should know about

By Olivia Franklin orfrankl@iu.edu | @ Livvvvv_5

As students come back to Bloomington, they might notice some things around campus have changed.

Here are a few changes and updates students should know:

Dining

The Bookmarket Eatery in Herman B Wells Library was made into an all-youcare-to-eat dining hall due to the dining hall in Wright Quadrangle being closed. Bookmarket will accept

CrimsonCard and credit cards as payment. The Read Café in the Read Hall Eatery will reopen for carryout for the all-you-care-to-eat plan. Carryout guidelines can be found on the IU Dining website.

The Globe will open at Eigenmann Hall for dinner from 5:30-8:30 p.m., Monday-Thursday and lunch from 11 a.m.–2 p.m., Monday-Thursday in Godfrey Graduate and Education Center.

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COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations increase in Indiana

By Salomé Cloteaux scclotea@iu.edu | @CloteauxSalome

While COVID-19 cases remain low compared to the pandemic peak, there is an uptick in infections across the country, including Indiana.

Nationwide, COVID-19 hospitalizations are up by 21.6% for the week of Au-

gust 6-12 from the prior week, according to the CDC. COVID-19 related deaths have increased by 8.3%. In Indiana, hospital admissions increased by 14.7% from the past week.

Between June and July, Indiana’s COVID-19 hospitalization rates increased almost 40%, and the nationwide rate increased by

about 17%, according to the CDC.

Indiana reported 3,554 COVID-19 cases in July and 7,464 in August, according to the Indiana Department of Health. Monroe County had 67 cases in July and 137 in August.

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1 in 5 Indiana third graders struggle to read

The Indiana Department of Education released the 2022-23 IREAD-3 results Aug. 16.

By Haley Ryan haryan@iu.edu | @haley_ryan

The results of the 202223 Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination assessment, which were released on Aug. 16, reflect that nearly one in five students are still struggling to read by the end of the third grade.

The number of Indiana students who have mastered foundational reading skills by the end of third grade slightly improved, according to the recently released results. More than 81% of third graders in Indiana demonstrated proficient reading skills on the assessment, a 0.3 percentage point increase from the 2021-22 school year results, according to the release.

“This is a crisis that could have a long-term negative impact on Indiana’s economy and negative repercussions throughout our society,” Indiana Secretary of Education Katie Jenner said in a press release released on Aug. 16th. “We have no time to waste, and together, we must urgently work to improve reading outcomes for Indiana students, including supporting both current and future educators with the knowl-

edge and tools necessary to teach our students to read using evidence-based literacy instruction, rooted in science of reading.”

According to the results, more than 18%, or almost 15,000 third graders, will need additional support to meet grade-level reading standards.

The overall reading proficiency of Black students, students receiving free or reduced-price meals, students in special education and English learners increased slightly this year.

Proficiency scores for Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander students increased by 7.5 percentage points from last year, according to the results. This group is the only student demographic or socioeconomic group to recover to pre-pandemic proficiency rates.

Hispanic students’ overall reading proficiency decreased slightly, according to the release, along with the scores of Native American students.

White and Asian students' reading proficiency rose by 0.5 percentage points this year while multiracial students reading proficiency rose by 1.5 percentage points this year.

Indiana’s third grade literacy rates have been dropping for more than a decade, and the state’s results remain 9.5 percentage points below the state’s top proficiency rate of 91.4% during the 2012-13 school

year. When compared to other states, the percentage of fourth graders in Indiana, 33%, who read at or above the proficient level in 2022 does not significantly differ from the national public,

which is 32%, according to data from the Nation’s Report Card. Indiana is among 36 other states with no significant difference. There are eight states that performed significantly higher than the national average.

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According to the release, continued reading proficiency improvement amongst all student populations is necessary to meet the statewide goal of 95% of students passing the IREAD-3 by 2027.

By Mia Hilkowitz mhilkowi@iu.edu | @MiaHilkowitz

Members of the Bloomington community voiced their concerns regarding a petition to build and rezone a 139-acre mixed residential development off Weimer Road at the Bloomington Plan Commission’s meeting Aug. 14. The commission voted to forward the petition to a second hearing in September.

Sudbury Development Partners, LLC purchased the land in February for $13.2 million and has proposed PUD-18-23. The developing company is requesting the Plan Commission rezone a 139-acre area off Weimer Road – which is currently undeveloped –and approve a new district ordinance and preliminary plan for the area. The development could house several thousand people on approximately 0.25 square miles, something Bloomington resident John Scott said could overwhelm the current infrastructure and school system.

“This will be the largest project ever done in Bloomington and will set the scale for any other projects that might come along,” Scott said during the meeting’s public comment.

According to the city of Bloomington, the Plan Commission is responsible for policy decisions and advising regarding land use, site plan reviews, preliminary and final plats and final Planned Unit Developments, or PUDs. A PUD is a development with mixed uses and residential types.

The city of Bloomington states a PUD should use development layouts that preserve environmental conditions and address challenges associated with the specific building site. While traditional zoning ordinances may have stricter regulations, PUD zoning is more flexible and can mix different property types.

The Plan Commission also advises city council on their adoption of and amendments to the Comprehensive Plan, the city’s long-term plan for land use and development.

Sudbury Development Partners, LLC’s proposed PUD would contain five distinct neighborhoods with up to 6,000 residential units, according to meeting documents. Their petition also includes land to build a fire station, a trailhead and connections to other roads. If approved, Sudbury Development Partners, LLC estimates the PUD could be built in eight to nine years, however representatives who spoke at the meeting indicated it could take longer to build the development.

According to meeting documents, Sudbury Development Partners, LLC originally proposed multiple reductions in environmental protection standards required by the Bloomington’s Unified De-

velopment Ordinance, the primary source of land use regulations used by the city. The reductions – which were discussed at the Plan Commission’s meeting July 10 – originally included changes related to developing around steep slopes, riparian buffers, tree and forest preservation.

Following discussion on Sudbury Development Partners, LLC’s original proposed reductions, the Bloomington Environmental Commission sent a memorandum to the Plan Commission stating they would stand against the PUD Ordinance until the petitioners prioritized environmental protection standards. The memorandum stated that the purpose of a PUD should not be to avoid environmental regulations.

“The EC continues to believe that any PUD District Ordinance should not water-down the environmental protection requirements to less than the minimum

UDO standards,” the memorandum said. “The trend in Bloomington has generally been to strengthen its environmental standards over time, not decay them.” Since the Plan Commission’s original discussion on these reductions in July, the petitioners have revisited the site and met with members of the Environmental Commission. As of Monday, Sudbury Development Partners, LLC has proposed the site use UDO environmental regulations from April 20, 2023, rather than their original proposed reductions. At Monday’s meeting Travis Vencel, Development Director at Sullivan Development, LLC, said adopting UDO regulations from April 20, 2023 will protect the riparian buffer and floodplain.

“We have no intention of lowering the environmental standards and in fact, a lot of the things we’re doing overall in the compact urban form and allowing this

Kappa Sigma placed on cease and desist for alcohol, hazing, endangering others

By Colin Cunningham cunnicol@iu.edu | @colincunningham

The IU chapter of the Kappa Sigma fraternity was placed on cease and desist Tuesday for alcohol, hazing and endangering others.

Kappa Sigma returned to campus in January 2023 after the fraternity’s national headquarters withdrew their charter at IU for violations regarding alcohol and hazing in December 2018. There is currently one

other IU fraternity on cease and desist, according to IU’s list of organizations on disciplinary status. Zeta Beta Tau was placed on cease and desist for hazing in February 2023. There are eight organizations on suspension, five on disciplinary status, one on an interim directive and one on a voluntary resolution agreement.

many units to be here is better for the environment than some other ways,” Vencel said at the meeting.

The petitioners also proposed the PUD use UDO standards from April 20, 2023 for access, connectivity and parking regulations.

City of Bloomington Development Services Manager Jacqueline Scanlan said using older UDO standards will make the development more complicated, since Sudbury Development Partners will be using three different types of regulations: the April 2023 UDO, Bloomington UDOs in the future and standards they proposed in their PUD.

“We haven’t heard why that’s necessary in a convincing way yet,” Scanlan said.

During public comment, Bloomington resident Vicky Pollitt said that while she is thankful the petitioners will respect the riparian buffer and floodplain, she is concerned that the tree canopies and their-

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“The trees are amazing, the animals are amazing, the fungi are out of this world,” Pollitt said. “It is one of the most beautiful places in this area and it’s so accessible to everyone. I’d like to make sure it maintains its healthy life.”

Other community members, many of whom live in the nearby residential community Arbor Ridge, said they were concerned that the surrounding roads – such as Weimer Road, Adams Street and Sudbury Lane – may not support such a large influx of people. Some residents also said they were concerned that construction could cause increased flood risks.

In their petition, Sudbury Development Partners, LLC also proposed changes to parking, access and connectivity UDO requirements. The petitioners will conduct a traffic study of the area to determine how construction will impact surrounding roads and intersections. Meeting documents state this study will need to be conducted when Indiana University is back in session.

Members of the Plan Commission also discussed affordable housing incentives at Monday’s meeting. The city of Bloomington’s current UDO states that 15% of the dwelling units a PUD must be permanently affordable. Meeting documents state Sudbury Development Partners, LLC intends to receive additional height incentives for their development – which would allow them to build buildings higher than six stories – to meet this 15% minimum without having to add more affordable housing.

The Plan Commission will hear the petition again at their next meeting at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 11 in the Council Chambers.

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A student completes a standardized test April 4, 2023. The 2022-23 IREAD-3 results reflect that approximately one in five Indiana third grade students are struggling to read by the end of their academic school year.

A defense of staying in bed all day

Jared Quigg (he/him)

is a senior studying journalism and political science.

We must stop the grind. American workers clock an average of about 1,750 hours of work every year, a significantly higher figure than the average European worker. Additionally, the average American works late 2.5 days a week – half of the work week.

What do we get for all this work we do? For many of us, it’s frustration, depression and loss of sleep. In the U.S., 50% of workers reported feeling stressed at work daily, 41% reported feeling worried, 22% said they were sad and 18% feel angry, according to a 2022 Gallup report.

On top of this, 40% of Americans get less than the recommended amount of sleep. We live in the only developed country without government mandated paid time off. Millions of Americans work multiple jobs – and still struggle to get by. Everyone here is always working.

Most of us aren’t even well-compensated for all this hustling we do. As of June, more than 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, and nearly three quarters say they aren’t financially secure.

I’d like to take the radical position that all this work we do is deeply unhealthy.

One of my favorite things to do is sleep. A lot of workaholics say things like, “I’ll sleep when I’m dead,” and I’ve never understood that –sleep is one of the best things about life. I want to live in a society in which, from time to time, everyone can just stay in bed all day.

That, or anything else they might want to do. A society where people can spend more time playing sports, hanging out with friends, reading books, appreciating nature – anything except the drudgery of the workplace.

Apparently, I’m not alone in this. There’s a popular trend sweeping TikTok called “bed rotting,” involving staying in bed for extended periods of time and engaging in passive activities. Gen Z is resisting the lifelessness of the modern workplace by staying in bed. Everyone should have the freedom to simply “rot.”

Other countries already to an extent offer such leisure to their citizens. Paid vacation time is mandatory across the European Union, and many businesses in places like Spain shut down for the entire month of August. French workers on average take 30

paid vacation days a year.

Moreover, while full time workers in the U.S. still work 40 hours or more every week, other countries like Iceland have reduced the working week to 35 hours for most workers, without a reduction in pay.

I suspect we as a species can cut down the work week even further. In 1930, the economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that in a hundred years our productive capacities would have so far advanced that people would only need to work about 15 hours a week. It’s almost 2030 and our culture is still plagued by the insane obsession to work as hard as possible, to grind.

Keynes’ prediction wasn’t really wrong – we probably could reduce our working hours to only 15 a week if only we lived in a society more concerned with the welfare and happiness of the populace rather than the private profits of a few. It is only to prop up the rich that the rest of us work so hard.

Technological advances have significantly increased the productive powers of humanity. We produce enough food to feed everyone. We have the capacity to house everyone. And as other countries have demonstrated, we

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Embrace your inner child

Isabella Vesperini (she/her)

is a sophomore studying journalism and Italian.

Last weekend, I was feeling inspired and decided to clean my room. I began by organizing these huge bins of books and pencils I had stuffed in my dressers. The bin was really heavy, maybe 20 pounds. I could barely lift it two feet to the ground.

Books of different thickness and size peeked out, along with random colored pencils and pouches stuffed between. I even saw a few beads from bracelets I’d made. What caught my eye the most was the thin picture books that were fitted in between two hardcovers. I tried not to rip the paper as I pulled them out; they were so frayed that one wrong move could dislocate a page from its story. The one on the top of the pile read “Corduroy’s Christmas Surprise.” It

lost its cover years ago. The book was in the worst condition of the group but still one of my favorites.

I read about Corduroy decorating his house for Christmas, writing his list and going caroling with Mouse, Rabbit and Puppy. The reds, golds, greens and browns gave the story a warm, cozy hue. It got me in the Christmas spirit five months too early. Next was “The Berenstain

Bears: Meet Santa Bear.” I traveled to Bear Country as I read about Mamma Bear and Papa Bear helping their cubs write their Christmas lists. I’ve always been in awe of their tree house; it was so big and beautiful and cozylooking.

I also read through “Dora’s Starry Christmas” and “The Night Before First Grade,” remembering how many times I’d flipped through these pages as a kid. For a few minutes,

I’d be Dora helping Santa deliver presents, or I’d be Penny on her first day of first grade.

My favorite of them all was at the bottom of the stack: “The Littlest Pumpkin.” There were marker and pen scribbles on random pages; a couple were torn slightly.

And like every other time I’d read this book, I got sad when the littlest pumpkin wasn’t bought, left alone at the pumpkin stand on Halloween night. And I felt happy and sentimental when the mice adopted the pumpkin and carved her into a jack-olantern for their Halloween party. Her dream had come true after all.

Even though each book was so simple and straightforward, they were not boring to me. In fact, as a 19-yearold, I found them extremely entertaining to read. It was as if I were seven again.

It was refreshing, relaxing even, to read some of

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have the ability to work less. We simply choose not to – or rather, the ruling classes have not allowed us to choose for ourselves.

Workers often fear technological advancement. They see it as a threat to their livelihoods. Automation will make their jobs superfluous.

Right now, workers in many different industries are boldly standing against capitalists who would like to replace them with A.I.

Such a perverse society that greets progress with terror!

Socialists have long argued that automation is actually a condition of emancipation for workers. In a society that has eliminated competition and profit – a post-capitalist society – machines will do a lot of our work for us, giving us time for the things we’d actually like to spend our time doing.

As it stands, machines serve capital, but we could make them serve labor instead. The takeaway from all this is that the grueling amount of work we do isn’t necessary. It benefits the capitalists, not the workers. Nap time and summer vacation shouldn’t just be for kids – it should be for everyone. jaquigg@iu.edu

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5 things incoming students should know when arriving in Bloomington

Kyla Study (she/her) is studying psychology, criminal justice, liberal arts, and management.

The new academic year is starting, a time when undergraduates return to IU’s Bloomington campus to see old friends and classmates, and we also welcome new students — freshmen and transfers. As a senior and triple major in the College of Arts and Sciences (Psychology and Brain Sciences, Criminal Justice, Liberal Arts and Management Program), here is what I hope is helpful guidance for those of you starting your undergraduate experience at IUB.

Know your advisor (location and contact information)

Your advisor is one of the first people you will meet on campus. Knowing who they are and where to find them is one of the key pieces to finding your way at IU. At the College, my advisors were there for me when I changed my second major three different times. At IU, each advisor for each major is typically different, but all of them are there for their students and have the skills to help you create your class schedule, choose a major or minor and offer different ideas for creative classes.

Go to activities fairs

paths after college. Student mentoring is great for first year students. IU’s mentoring program pairs a first-year student with an older classmate, and mentors can talk with you about classes, stress and how to fit in. As a mentee, I felt like someone knew me on campus right away. Tutoring is available for most classes and can be low cost. Tutors have excellent skills in the classes they tutor and can help before exams, study sessions or help with homework.

Step outside your comfort zone; take that class; learn a new skill or hobby

One of the greatest things I have learned during my time at IU is to get out of my comfort zone. Taking classes, for example, in ethics and diversity taught me a lot about what I wanted to study and informed my decisions to change my majors. College is about learning more about yourself and the world around you and taking some risks. Enrolling in creative and interesting classes can make college more fun and the transition easier.

Go to sports games, plays, musicals or Late Nites

my all-time favorite picture books. I genuinely enjoyed flipping through them, however childish they may be. It made me wish picture books were the universal book type. No pages and pages of tiny words, but more pictures. Pictures to illustrate the story and liven things up. The more I thought about it, the more I realized how much of an inner child I still had in me. Having any ounce of an inner child is okay. Even though I am a 19-yearold college student, it’s okay to read picture books and get lost in fictional, childish worlds for a bit. It’s okay to have fun doing things you did as a child. It reminds you to revisit memories. It keeps you from forgetting who you were as a kid and shows what has stayed with you after all these years. Embrace your inner child.

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Leaving home never gets any easier

Gentry Keener (she/her)

is a junior studying journalism and political science.

I didn’t apply to a single instate college.

Two years ago, I was so confident in what I wanted — I had known since I was 12 years old that I wanted to get out of my hometown and see the world. I remember the night before I left to begin the 15hour drive from Colorado to Indiana for my freshman year.

The weeks up to it I had been questioning if I had made the right decision.

I had just had the best summer of my life and the thought of leaving my friends and family to move to a place where not a single person knew my name was terrifying.

Yet, that night, as I finished packing up the remaining items in my room, I knew this was just the first adventure of many for me. Not that it made it any less terrifying when I closed the car door and drove away from my childhood home.

I always thought it would get easier to do. I thought that by my junior year, I would be a

pro at packing my life into tiny boxes and driving I-70, away from everyone and everything I love. I thought since I had made a life out in Indiana it would hurt less each time I left this home and went to my other. But it never does.

Maybe it gets a little more difficult each year because the time between when you get to come home grows longer. As a freshman, you can almost guarantee you will go home for Thanksgiving break and winter break. As you approach senior year, you have responsibilities in Bloomington; you have a job

Attending activities fairs will help you find a group that you are interested in and are a breeding ground for finding friends and people who have the same interests as you. Finding a group where you fit in is extremely helpful in feeling like you’ve found your place on campus. Going to activities fairs allowed me to find the Psychology Club and the Criminal Justice Student Association, where I met a lot of great people with the same interests as me.

Utilize the services available: career coaching, student mentoring and tutoring

Career coaching is offered in different areas across campus depending on your majors. I utilized career coaching offered by the College’s Walter Center for Career Achievement as early as my freshman year, and it has relieved a lot of stress and pressure in terms of what I am going to do when I graduate. The career coaches love to get to know students and talk through potential career

One of the things that helped me transition well was getting out and going to events. There are events happening all over campus for students with various interests. Whether it be sporting events all over campus, musicals in the auditorium or plays in the MAC or Late Nites, there are events for everyone. Late Nite is a great way for first-year students to experience what IU has to offer and meet new people who are looking for an easier transition as well.

Late Nite are events generally held in the Indiana Memorial Union on Friday nights. The aim of Late Nite is for first year students to get to know other first year students and experience the activities that the Union has to offer to students. It is a great way to get to know other students as well as the layout of the IMU.

Coming to IU either as a freshman or a transfer student can be daunting, but experiencing everything Bloomington and the campus have to offer makes the transition a little easier, less frightening and a lot more exciting as you experience a new stage in your life.

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or an internship or maybe it’s simply that you are paying for a full month’s rent, so it’s hard to justify coming home for three weeks. Maybe it’s because each time you leave you feel a little more grown up and it’s terrifying.

Or maybe it is simply because you know the feeling of homesickness that always seems to hit halfway through the semester.

Yet, each year, we do it again. I play “Tetris” with boxes in the trunk of my car and prepare myself to stare at 8-hours

of corn and wheat during my drive through Kansas.

It never gets easier, yet we continue to put ourselves through it.

The thing that gets me through the hardest days of homesickness or the excruciating boredom that is the

Kansas part of the drive is the knowledge that I am lucky to have something to miss. Homesickness, grief, longing; how lucky we are to get to experience love so deep that those feelings hurt so much.

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Attorney General Todd Rokita issued a statement on Aug. 21 supporting the decision.

“My office promised to defend Indiana's pro-life law, and we have done that every step of the way,” Rokita said in a statement. “Today, the Indiana Supreme Court certified its opinion rejecting a constitutional challenge to Indiana’s pro-life law, which protects the lives of innocent, unborn babies.”

Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton issued a statement opposing the ruling.

“This terrible law unconscionably revokes basic human rights, denying women and all people capable of pregnancy the fundamental dignity and bodily autonomy that I believe is protected under the State constitution,” Hamilton said in the statement.

Planned Parenthood stopped providing abortion care on Aug. 1. Indiana hospitals also started following the limitations of the ban this month and surgical abortions in Indiana can only take place in a hospital or surgical center owned by a hospital.

“Today is a dark day in Indiana’s history, as a near-total abortion ban takes effect,” Indiana ACLU Executive Director Jane Henegar said in a press release Monday. “We have seen the horrifying impact of bans like this across the country, and the narrow exceptions included in this extreme ban will undoubtedly put Hoosiers’ lives at risk."

In a separate order issued Monday, Marion County Superior Court Judge Heather Welch stated she could not clarify which members of a class-action suit are covered by a preliminary injunction against the near-total abortion ban. In July, attorneys for the ACLU of Indiana – who challenged the ban on religious grounds – requested the Marion Superior Court clarify who the injunction protects. The issue will now be considered by the Indiana Court of Appeals.

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Collins Living-Learning Center will pilot a return container program. Students can scan the bar code on a reusable carryout container and then return it to the bins where it will be marked “returned” and then washed before being reused.

Wright Quad Renovations

Wright Quadrangle is currently closed for renovations. The Wright Quadrangle Renovation project entered its first construction phase over the summer and is expected to finish July 2025, which means Wright will reopen for students in fall 2025.

The project will involve upgrades to the facility’s building systems. This includes the installation of a central air conditioning system, fire alarm and sprinkler systems, electrical systems and a new emergency generator according to IU' s Capital Planning and Facilities website.

Residential wing upgrades will include new flooring, new ceilings, upgrades to selected kitchen equipment, restroom upgrades and window replacements. All-gender restrooms, a new accessible entrance and a new elevator will be added as well according to IU’s Residential Programs and Services website.

Road Construction Phase one of construction for the Bloomington Reliability Project wrapped up in 2019 by connecting the substation to the existing transmission line system.

Phase two of the project began in January with restoration and material removal that will affect parts of Dunn Street and 17th Street. Phase two will go until early 2024 according to Duke’s website.

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Phase three of the project will affect Rogers Street near Switchyard Park to 11th Street and is currently underway with the same timeline for completion as phase two. The project will include Duke Energy constructing new transmission lines that will go to three substations in a 3.3-mile transmission corridor in Bloomington, according to their website. Lane closure will take place during working hours, which are between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Restroom Renovations

Four gendered multistall restrooms were renovated and four new allgender restrooms were constructed over the summer. The new restrooms are on the first floor of the IMU, the first floor of the Student Building and the basement level of Lindley Hall.

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Performances will start at 6:30 p.m. every Friday in September in Dunn Meadow. The lineup for this September includes the traditional jazz band B-Town Bearcats on Sept. 1, blues trio Soul Proprietors on Sept. 8 and Descarga Five, a Latin instrumental quintet made up of IU students and faculty, on Sept. 15.

Rounding out the month will be Sophie Faught, a saxophonist who’s performed around the globe, on Sept. 22 and acclaimed local musician Evan Taylor on Sept. 29.

WFIU hosts Mark Chilla, David Brent Johnson, and William Morris will be emceeing the event.

Audiences are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets. In case of extreme weather, the performances will be moved to Recital Hall on Third Street.

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Still, the cases and hospitalizations are significantly lower than the early days of the pandemic era.

Compared to the weekly high of over 150,000 hospital admissions nationwide in January 2022, the week of August 12 saw about 12,000 admissions. The week of June 24 had

the lowest number of admissions since the beginning of the pandemic, with 6,313.

This rise in infections comes after President Joe Biden ended the national emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic in April and the public health emergency expired in May.

It also comes shortly before new COVID-19 vaccines are expected to

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Quarryland Men’s Chorus will perform at 2:10 p.m., followed by a poetry and story hour hosted by Peacock the Phoenix. Kid Kazooey will perform at 3 p.m.

There will be three main drag shows throughout the

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As of August 12, 58% of Indiana’s population have received the primary series of COVID-19 vaccines, including 90% of people aged 65 and up. 11% of the population have received a bivalent booster.

ing the U.S., bringing his trademark comedic style with him.

“Seinfeld has been hailed for his uncanny ability to joke about the little things in life that relate to audiences everywhere,” the IU Auditorium event

day. The first, at 4 p.m., will feature Jizzelle Vontrell, Oliver Closeoff, Juniper Peron and more. The evening show will showcase Mocha Debeautte, Beelzebabe and Ida Kay and others. DJ MADDØG, a Bloomington DJ, will put on a show at 8 p.m. At 9 p.m., the final drag show of the day will consist of many drag performers, including Jasmine Kennedie, Irregular Girl and Peter Von Teaser.

Jasmine Kennedie, RuPaul’s Drag Race season 14 contestant, will be available for a meet and greet and photo opportunity. Tickets

description said. The “Bee Movie” star has also found success with his Netflix series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” and chairing Good+ Foundation’s Fatherhood Leadership Council.

are limited and available for $10. At 6 p.m., the drag queen will be in the Pointdexter Café, located inside of the Graduate Hotel.

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A Way of Wellness Chiropractic specializes in comprehensive spinal care. We offer treatment for many different spinal conditions and problems, while also addressing the body as a whole. We provide effective chiropractic care helping patients reduce stress, improve mobility and spinal health. The quality treatment we provide is always fit to your individual needs and goals. Let us help you achieve and maintain good spinal health. We look forward to meeting you!

Mon. - Thu.: 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. 1121 W. Second St. 812-336-2225 bloomingtonchiropractor.com

Ryan D. Tschetter, DDS Lauren Hoye, DDS Jackson Creek Dental is conveniently located on South College Mall Road. Most insurances accepted, including the Indiana University Cigna Insurance plans as well as the IU Fellowship Anthem. Dr. Tschetter and Dr. Hoye offer state of the art dental technology such as Zoom whitening, same day crown appointments, and Invisalign. We also provide restorative, cosmetic and emergency care. We pride ourselves in giving the best care to our patients while offering a pleasant yet professional atmosphere.

Dr. Josh Chapman

At Chapman Orthodontics, we know what you look for in an orthodontist: someone who is professional, experienced, outgoing and dedicated to helping you achieve your very best smile! We offer free consultations for children, teens and adults. Let us give you a smile you can be proud of using state of the art technology and cutting edge treatment options. We offer clear braces and Invisalign. Chapman Orthodontics is a privately owned orthodontic practice. Dr. Josh Chapman attended IU Bloomington for undergraduate and received his Doctor in Dental Surgery (DDS) and Masters (MSD) in Orthodontics at IU school of Dentistry in Indy.

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Dr. Starr is an Indiana University Football Alum who provides pain-free experiences for all Hoosiers with IV sedation. He performs specialized oral surgery services including Wisdom Teeth Extractions, Dental Implants, Bone Grafting, and Plasma Therapy. Equipped with modern 3-D technology, he has the most up-to-date surgical skills and techniques to accomplish beautiful results with his patients. He looks forward to accomplishing beautiful results with his patients, enhancing confidence and satisfaction for all he serves. Go Hoosiers!

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Monroe County releases July food inspection report

By Andrew Miller ami3@iu.edu

The Monroe County Health Department released its July 2023 food inspection report, naming 25 locations with critical violations. Critical violations are more likely to result in food contamination, environmental hazards or illness.

Critical Violations

Arby’s 2713 E. Third St.

Violations include debris buildup on soda dispensing caps, lack of chemical sanitizer, potentially hazardous food temperatures as low as 49°F and a dishwasher observed not dispensing chemical sanitizer.

Asuka 2632 E. Third St.

Violations include raw chicken and shrimp stored above vegetables in a walkin freezer and prep units, beef and chicken at 44°F in prep areas, dirty soda dispenser caps and a hand sink without cleaning equipment.

Avers Pizza North 1837 N. Kinser Pike

Violation was due to debris buildup in a soda dispenser.

BB’s Market 1915 S. Walnut St.

Violations include a lack of chemical sanitizer available and a cold display case holding pastries above 41°F.

Bedrak Café 409 S. Walnut St.

Violations include an ant frozen in an ice cube in a soda machine and ice dumped in a handwashing sink.

Burger King

3750 W. Third St.

Violation was due to a chemical spray bottle stored with to-go utensils.

Burger King 2498 S. Walnut St.

Violation was due to dead pests inside a light shield by storage.

Cloverleaf South 325 E. Winslow Road

Violations were due to a lack of a backflow-preventing air gap, a lack of chemical sanitizer and chemical sanitizer reading at 0 ppm.

Food Mart – Ellettsville

7398 W. State Road 46

Violation was due to

food debris observed inside a microwave.

Jimmy John’s 2636 E. Third St.

Violation was due to a sanitizer bucket not being readily available

KFC 2901 E. Third St.

Violation was due to food debris inside of a microwave oven.

KFC 3700 W. Third St. Violation was due to debris on soda dispenser nozzles.

Le Petit Café Inc. 308 W. Sixth St. Violation was due to mold buildup in an ice dispenser.

Papa Johns Pizza 5221 W. State Rd 46

Violation was due to sponges, scrubbing pads and drain plugs blocking a hand-washing sink.

Pinoy Garden Bloomington Food Truck Friday

Violation was due to raw meat being held at 57°F.

Qdoba 116 S. Indiana Ave. Suite 200 Violation was due to dead pests in light shields.

Social Cantina & Smokeworks 125 N. College Ave.

Violations include two dead cockroaches observed downstairs and dented cans.

Subway 3480 W. Third St.

Violation was due to no observed certified food manager being employed at the location.

Subway 319 W. Winslow Road

Violation was due to an employee eating in a foodprep area.

Subway 1350 W. Bloomfield Road

Violation was due to no chemical sanitizer being readily available near the food prep area.

Subway 907 S. College Mall Road

Violations were due to

a lack of chemical sanitizer and the main prep station reading a maximum temperature of 59°F.

Subway 1839 N. Kinser Pike

Violations include a sanitizer bucket reading at 0 ppm, and no certified food managers being pres-

ent.

Video Saloon 105 W. Seventh St.

Violations include mold in an ice machine and gnats in the upstairs bar. The report also included temporary inspections for the Monroe County Fair, with two critical violations.

Classic Cart Violation was due to bleach reading below 0 ppm.

Res Concessions –Sausage Trailor Violation was due to a sanitizer bucket not reading.

Former Indiana Secretary of Commerce Brad Chambers joins governor race

By Mia Hilkowitz mhilkowi@iu.edu | @MiaHilkowitz

Former Indiana Secretary of Commerce Brad Chambers, a Republican, officially launched his bid for Indiana Governor Aug. 17. His announcement comes less than two weeks after he stepped down from his former position on Aug. 6.

Chambers said in a statement that under his leadership the Indiana Eco-

nomic Development Corporation, a public-private partnership charged with growing the state economy, secured more than $33 billion in committed capital investments, money that an investor has agreed to give to an investment fund.

“As Indiana’s Secretary of Commerce, the last two years, I have witnessed firsthand how important leadership, vision, urgency and aspiration are to the future of Indiana,” Chambers

said in the statement. “I am running for Governor because I want Hoosiers of today and Hoosiers of tomorrow to believe that Indiana offers an opportunity for an excellent life.”

Chambers is also the CEO of Buckingham Companies, a real estate investment company he founded as an IU student in 1984.

Chambers joins a crowded race for the Republican nomination in the race to succeed Indiana Gov. Eric

Holcomb, who cannot seek reelection due to term limits. Former Attorney General Curtis Hill, Indiana Sen. Mike Braun, Lt. Gov. Suzanna Crouch and former Indiana Economic Development Corporation president Eric Doden – all Republican s – have also filed paperwork to run. Jennifer McCormick, former superintendent of public instruction and a Democrat, also announced her bid for Governor in May.

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Mike Woodson receives $1 million annual raise

By Matthew Byrne matbyrne@iu.edu | @MatthewByrne1

Indiana men's basketball coach Mike Woodson has received an annual $1 million raise to the contract he signed in 2021, according to an IU Athletics release Aug. 18. The third-year head coach will now earn $4.2 million annually for the remaining four years in his current contract.

Woodson is one of the three highest-paid men’s basketball coaches in the Big Ten annually, per release. Over the past two years, Woodson has led Indiana to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time since the 2015 and 2016 seasons. During that twoyear span, Indiana went 44-26 overall and 21-19 in Big Ten play. This past season, the Hoosiers earned their highest NCAA Tour-

nament seed — No. 4 — in 11 years, per release.

"Coach Woodson immediately re-inserted our program into the national conversation both in terms of an elevated level of suc-

cess on the court and in recruiting," IU Vice President and Director of Athletics Scott Dolson said in the release. "I believe under Coach Woodson's leadership, we have positioned

the program to compete at the highest levels in recruiting, which in turn will enable us to compete at the highest levels within the Big Ten and in the NCAA Tournament."

Indiana adds Battle 4 Atlantis to non-conference schedule

By Will Foley wtfoley@iu.edu | @foles24

Indiana men’s basketball will be one of eight teams in the 2024 Battle 4 Atlantis held in Nassau, Bahamas, college basketball insider Jon Rothstein reported Aug. 22. It will be the first time in program history the Hoosiers compete in the Thanksgiving week tournament.

Indiana will join the University of Arizona, Creighton University, Davidson College, Gonzaga University, the University of Louisville, Oklahoma University and West Virginia University in

the field, per Rothstein. No bracket has been set for the teams. While the Hoosiers have never competed in Nassau since the tournament’s birth in 2011, they have played in its counterpart — the Maui Jim Maui Invitational — on several occasions. Indiana has an 11-8 all-time record in the Maui Invitational — which is also held during what is known as college basketball’s “Feast Week” — most recently going 2-1 in 2020. This is the first piece of scheduling news for Indiana’s 2024-25 season. In-

diana is two months away from making its first appearance for the 2023-24 season,

Luke Sinnard expected to miss entire 2024 season after elbow surgery

By Nick Rodecap nrodecap@iu.edu | @nickrodecap

Indiana right-handed junior starting pitcher Luke Sinnard is expected to miss the entire 2024 season after undergoing elbow surgery, Indiana baseball head coach Jeff Mercer said in an email to the Indiana Daily Student on Aug. 21.

In another email Aug. 22, Mercer told the IDS the surgery correlated to the injury Sinnard sustained during the third inning of Indiana’s first NCAA Tournament game versus West Virginia University on June 2. Sinnard set a new Indiana single-season strikeout record, tallying his 114th punchout in the second inning of Indiana’s 12-6 win over the Mountaineers. He left the game an inning later after surrendering a leadoff single, covering his face with his glove and appearing in discomfort.

“Our goal is to be ready for the 2025 season,” Mercer

said of Sinnard in the email. Sinnard spent his freshman season at Western Kentucky University in 2022. Through 11 appearances with the Hilltoppers, the then-freshman pitched 26 ⅓ innings, posted a 7.18 earned run average and struck out 28 batters.

Sinnard transferred to Indiana for this past season, and the then-sophomore flourished in his first season in Bloomington. Sinnard found his way into the weekend pitching rotation, starting all 16 of his appearances in 2023. He posted a 4.27 earned run average across 86 ⅓ innings. Sinnard’s 114 strikeouts led the Big Ten and broke the program record that stood for nearly 90 years. The right-hander turned in three separate outings with ten or more strikeouts in 2023, and Sinnard’s seasonhigh of 13 was on March 17 versus Morehead State University. Indiana went 12-4 in games that Sinnard pitched.

IDS FILE PHOTO BY ALEX PAUL

Indiana head coach Mike Woodson talks to the crowd on senior day March 5, 2023, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. Woodson received an annual $1 million raise to the contract he signed in 2021.

holding its Hoosier Hysteria event Oct. 20 in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

IDS FILE PHOTO BY MALLOREY DAUNHAUER Indiana men's basketball head coach Mike Woodson cheers his team on Nov. 12, 2021, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Indiana is slated to compete in the 2024 Battle 4 Atlantis.

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Then-sophomore Luke Sinnard throws a pitch at the NCAA Tournament on June 2, 2023 against West Virginia University at Kentucky Proud Park in Lexington, Kentucky. Sinnard is expected to miss the entire 2024 season after undergoing elbow surgery.

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Indiana finishes match 0-0 against Virginia Tech

Then-freshman midfielder Sydney Masur kicks the ball on Sept. 9, 2021, at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Indiana tied Virginia Tech

By Quinn Richards qmrichar@iu.edu l | @Quinn_Richa

Indiana women’s soccer played its first Power 5 matchup Aug. 20 against Virginia Tech on Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Although the Hoosiers outshot the Hokies 11-4, the night ended in an unsatisfying 0-0 draw.

Assistant coach Tim Verschuren echoed the feelings of players and fans following the game.

“We feel really good about the

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Today is a 6 - Avoid misunderstandings, with Mercury retrograde. Revise and refine plans. Anticipate mechanical or digital delays or breakdowns. Review lessons from the past. Private rituals soothe.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Today is an 8 - Nurture friends and connections. Team practice makes perfect over three weeks, with Mercury retrograde. Have patience and humor with communication snafus. Repeat the message.

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game but disappointed in the result,” Verschuren said. “We felt that we could have gotten more out of it, but it definitely shows how far we have come from a year ago where we played (Virginia Tech) away.”

In August 2022, Indiana traveled to Blacksburg, Virginia where it scraped out a scoreless draw, taking just four shots while giving up 19 to the Hokies. Just one year ago the Hoosiers were held on their heels and on the defensive for nearly a full 90 min-

utes. Fast forward 364 days and Indiana dominated the time of possession, controlled the pace of the game and was consistently on the attack.

Virginia Tech had the game’s initial scoring opportunity in the third minute, rifling a shot from within the 18-yard box, but the sure-handed junior keeper Jamie Gerstenberg was there for the save. Gerstenberg would collect her second save later in the first half following the Hokies’ only other shot on goal.

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

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Today is an 8 - Review professional data closely, with Mercury retrograde for three weeks. Misunderstandings could cause delays. Guard against communication breakdowns. Backup hard drives and archives. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 9 - Review educational plans and itineraries, with Mercury retrograde. Schedule for potential travel delays. Edit communications carefully. Keep confidences and secrets. Make your deadlines.

is an 8 - Support each other for shared goals. Patiently resolve misunderstandings, especially with your partner, with Mercury retrograde for three weeks. Regroup and try again.

The second half saw a toughnosed Virginia Tech defense stopping a barrage of Hoosier opportunities, including a promising run from freshman midfielder Kennedy Neighbors, but none of the Hoosiers’ four shots on goal found the net.

Despite the disappointing result, Indiana showed aggression on both sides of the ball which was rarely seen throughout the historically subpar 2022 season that featured few goals scored and a 3-7-7 record. If Indiana

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)

Today is an 8 - Keep equipment repaired. Delays, misunderstandings or mistakes could frustrate your work and health over three weeks, with Mercury retrograde. Slow to finish faster.

Aries (March 21-April 19)

Today is a 9 - Romantic overtures could backfire over the next three weeks, with Mercury retrograde. Clarify misunderstandings right away. Find your sense of humor, and reconnect.

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can continuously play its brand of soccer as it did on Sunday, the Hoosiers could be in contention to improve from their 2022 campaign.

After starting the season with a dominant 3-1 win versus Illinois State University on Aug. 18, Sunday’s result moved the Hoosiers’ record to 1-0-1. Indiana will look to stay undefeated as it hosts Morehead State at 8 p.m. on Thursday at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The match will be broadcast on B1G+.

Cancer (June 21-July 22)

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Today is an 8 - Review papers, photos and possessions. Clean, sort and organize at home, with Mercury retrograde. Maintain equipment and backup files. Revise and repair household infrastructure.

Gemini (May 21-June 20)

Today is a 7 - Launch creative projects later. Take extra care with communications, as Mercury stations retrograde for three weeks. Clarify misunderstandings immediately. Review plans and preparations.

Today is an 8 - Monitor cash flow closely. Expect delays or complications. Allow extra for travel, transport, payments and collections, with Mercury retrograde. Review numbers over three weeks.

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Today is an 8 - Edit communications carefully. Consider consequences before speaking, with Mercury retrograde in your sign. Review what’s working or not. Reaffirm commitments. Upgrade your brand. ©2023 Nancy Black. All rights reserved. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency.

Publish your comic on this page. The IDS is accepting applications for student comic strips for the fall 2023 semester. Email five samples and a brief description of your idea to adviser@iu.edu . Submissions will be reviewed and selections will be made by the editor-in-chief.

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COLUMN: A brief history of 21st century meme culture

By Marg Barnett margbarn@iu.edu

'Derivations' to open at Grunwald Gallery

By Tory Basile vlbasile@iu.edu | @torybasilee,

The Grunwald Gallery of Art will welcome guests to the opening reception of “Derivations,” a contemporary ceramics exhibition, at 6 p.m. Aug. 25 in the Fine Arts Building.

An eclectic variety of works by 11 different ceramic artists who studied at IU Bloomington will explore the diverse uses of clay as a medium. Pieces will range from the figurative to the avant-garde, including sculptures and vessels, as well as pieces that combine technology with ceramics, according to the gallery’s website.

The exhibit features work from artists based in Bloomington and around the U.S.

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Some featured artists, like surrealist sculptor Tom Bartel, specialize in creating the “disturbing and humorous.”

Others, like Liz Peachacek and Matt Fiske, have developed portfolios of vases, cups and bowls. According to his website, artist Jonathan Christensen Caballero’s conceptual work reflects on the labor and identity of Latin American immigrants.

For the full list of featured artists, visit the Eskenazi School of Art's website. The reception is free to attend. “Derivations” will be showing at the gallery until Nov. 11. Starting on Aug. 25, the Grunwald Gallery is open to the public from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

If you’ve been on the internet in the past 20 years, chances are you’ve seen a meme somewhere. Maybe you’ve made your own, sent one to a group chat or maybe you even run a secret meme account on the side. Whatever your relationship to memes, you’re inevitably part of meme culture as a member of modern society.

At the most basic level, a meme is the representation of an idea in a visual, written or auditory form. This broad definition gives way for lots of things to be considered memes, but my primary focus is on specifically the development of internet memes in the past two decades. This time frame has not only experienced a rapid development of the internet itself, but it has simultaneously undergone an evolution of memes.

While I am by no means a meme specialist, the fact that memes have been around for my entire life makes me feel somewhat qualified to give a brief rundown of how I’ve watched them progress firsthand. It all began with the emoticon.

Bloomington Friends Meeting

Emoticons are easily the most basic form of memes, starting early in the internet’s development. All you need to make the simplest emoticons are symbols like the colon, semicolon, parathesis and other keys available on the standard keyboard. There’s no special software needed to make these emoticons and their meanings are straightforward. “:)” portrays happiness and “:(” portrays sadness. The top text/bottom text style is where memes started getting more personalized and “viral memes” became more common. The top text/bottom text memes might look dated now, but their extended popularity in the mid 2000s speaks volumes about their grip on society at the time. No matter how far

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we stray from this style, it remains an iconic format. For instance, if one were to Google “meme,” they would primarily see this style. The top text/bottom text style continues to be used in a more ironic context. When YouTube was launched in 2005, the world of memes was flipped upside down as videos became easily shareable. To me, this was undeniably the cringiest meme era when it first began. I think people were just so excited to make funny videos that a surplus of unfunny content was created as a result. The early video meme era includes phenomena like Rickrolling, which began in 2007. The video memes have continued to evolve since then, with apps like Vine

Non-Denominational

Christ Community Church

503 S. High St. 812-332-0502 cccbloomington.org facebook.com/christcommunitybtown

Instagram: @christcommunitybtown

Sunday: 9:15 a.m., Educational Hour 10:30 a.m., Worship Service

We are a diverse community of Christ-followers, including many IU students, faculty and staff. Together we are committed to sharing the redeeming grace and transforming truth of Jesus Christ in this college town.

We practice traditional Quaker worship, gathering in silence with occasional Spirit-led vocal ministry by fellow worshipers. We are an inclusive community with a rich variety of beliefs and no prescribed creed. We are actively involved in peace action, social justice causes, and environmental concerns.

Peter Burkholder, Clerk burkhold@indiana.edu

3820 E. Moores Pike 812-336-4581 bloomingtonfriendsmeeting.org

Facebook: Bloomington Friends Meeting

Inter-Denominational

Redeemer Community Church

111 S. Kimble Dr. 812-269-8975 redeemerbloomington.org facebook.com/RedeemerBtown

Instagram & Twitter: @RedeemerBtown

Sunday: 9 a.m., 11 a.m.

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.

Chris Jones - Lead Pastor

Mennonite

Mennonite Fellowship of Bloomington

2420 E. Third St. 812-646-2441 bloomingtonmenno.org

facebook.com/Mennonite-Fellowship-ofBloomington-131518650277524

Sunday: 5 p.m.

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.

Sauder - mfbjohn@gmail.com

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Sunday: 9:45 a.m., Hymn singing 10:30 a.m., Meeting for Worship

10:45 a.m., Sunday School

(Children join in worship from 10:30-10:45)

11:30 a.m., Light Refreshments and Fellowship

12:45 p.m., Often there is a second hour activity (see website)

Wednesday (by Zoom only):

9 a.m., Meeting for worship

9:30 a.m., Fellowship

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Bloomington Young Single Adult Branch

2411 E. Second St.

To Contact: Send message from website maps.churchofjesuschrist.org/ wards/237973

Sunday: 12:30 p.m.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints has four congregations in Bloomington—Three family wards and our young single adult branch for college students. This info is for the YSA Branch. Weekday religious classes at 333 S Highland Ave, Bloomington IN 47401, next to campus.

More info at churchofjesuschrist.org.

Canterbury Mission 719 E. Seventh St. 812-822-1335 IUCanterbury.org

facebook.com/ECMatIU

Instagram & Twitter: @ECMatIU

Sunday: 3 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Mon., Wed., Thu.: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Tuesday: 12 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Fri., Sat.: By Appointment

Canterbury: Assertively open & affirming; unapologetically Christian, we proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ by promoting justice, equality, peace, love and striving to be the change God wants to see in our world.

Ed Bird - Chaplain/Priest

Bob Whitaker - Senior Pastor Adam deWeber - Worship Pastor Dan Waugh - Adult Ministry Pastor

Christian Student Fellowship

1968 N. David Baker 812-332-8972 csfindiana.org

Instagram & Facebook: @csfindiana

Monday - Friday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Office

Thursday: 8 p.m., Worship Service

Christian Student Fellowship (CSF) is a ministry built on Jesus Christ. We exist to help students pursue authentic faith and build intentional communities while in college. Come check out our campus house and/or any of our other various ministry opportunities.

Ben Geiger - Lead campus minister

Joe Durnil - Associate campus minister Stephanie Michael - Associate campus minister Hailee Fox - Office manager

Church of Christ 825 W. Second St. 812-332-0501 facebook.com/w2coc

Sunday: 9:30 a.m., Bible Study 10:30 a.m. & 5 p.m., Worship

Wednesday: 7 p.m., Bible Study

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.

John Myers - Preacher

City Church For All Nations

1200 N. Russell Rd. 812-336-5958 citychurchbloomington.org facebook.com/citychurchbtown Instagram: @citychurchbtown

Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. Always check website for possible changes to service times.

City Church is a non-denominational multicultural, multigenerational church on Bloomington's east side. The Loft, our college ministry meets on Tuesdays at 7 p.m.

in 2012, Musical.ly in 2014 and TikTok in 2016. There are far too many subcategories of video memes to even begin to cover them, and it has only been 18 years since the rise of video sharing on YouTube.

Society is currently in the modern age of memes. There are some memes that have years of lore behind their meaning. It’s almost like you need to be in on the inside joke and up to date on their history to fully understand the meanings. I believe that this is the case because internet memes have been around just long enough to have their own history.

In addition to lore-rich memes, the use of irony is frequently seen in modern memes. A lot of the time these memes are created with the intention to bring old memes that are no longer funny back into circulation. This is considered ironic because the fact that they aren’t funny anymore is what makes them funny. Under this category are concepts like deep-fried memes or Meme Man. Memes are like trends in the way that it’s nearly impossible to accurately predict their trajectory. Whatever era of internet memes is next, I just hope it makes us laugh.

Lutheran - Missouri Synod

University Lutheran Chuch and LCMS U Student Center

607 E. Seventh St 812-336-5387 indianalutheran.com facebook.com/ULutheranIU instagram.com/uluindiana

Sunday: 9:15 a.m.: Sunday Bible Class 10:30 a.m.: Sunday Worship

Wednesday: 6 p.m.: Free Student Meal 7 p.m.: Wednesday Evening Service

7:45 p.m.: College Bible Study Student Center open daily: 9 a.m. - 10 p.m.

We are the home of the LCMS campus ministry at Indiana. Our mission is to serve all college students with the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ. Located on Campus, we offer Christ-centered worship, Bible study and a community of friends gathered around God’s gifts of life, salvation and the forgiveness of sins through our Senior Jesus Christ.

New Kadampa TraditionInternational Kadampa Buddhist Union

Kadampa Meditation Center

234 N. Morton St. 812-318-1236 meditationinbloomington.org Instagram, Facebook, MeetUp@kadampameditationcenterbloomington

Weekly Meditation Classes:

Mon., Wed., Fri.: 12:15 - 12:45 p.m.

Tuesday: 6:30 - 8 p.m.

Sunday: 10 -11:30 a.m.

Retreats two Saturdays per month: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

See website for specifics.

Amidst school pressures, financial struggles and tense relationship dynamics, we need to focus our attention in a beneficial way through meditation. KMC Bloomington’s meditation classes give practical, ancient advice so you can learn to connect daily life experiences with wisdom perspectives and maintain mental peace.

Gen Kelsang Chokyi - Resident Teacher Nancy Fox - Administrative Director

Buddhist

Gaden KhachoeShing

Monastery

2150 E. Dolan Rd. 812-334-3456 ganden.org facebook.com/ganden.org

Wednesday: 6 p.m.

Sunday: 10 a.m., 2:30 p.m.

Dedicated to preserving the Buddha’s teachings as transmitted through the Gelukpa lineage of Tibet, for the benefit of all beings. The lineage was founded by the great Master Je Tsonghkapa in the 15th century in Tibet.

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A ceramic clay teapot and cups made by IU alumn Matt Fiske are pictured. Fiske, now based in Sitka, Alaska, will exhibit his series of ceramic vessels at the “Derivations” exhibition opening reception on Aug. 25, 2023.

COLUMN: Noname finds taste of rigidity on ‘Sundial’

By Grant Wheeler grawheel@iu.edu | @wh33lg

Noname has one of the most distinctive styles in modern rap.

Taking cues from her early work in spoken word poetry, her verses exhibit a focus on wordplay and a loose flow that’s more concerned with reaching the next point of emphasis than landing on the beat. Her musical style has largely reflected this, featuring a loose rhythmic structure and lush textures.

fone,” and to a lesser extent on her debut album, “Room 25.” Her newest work, “Sundial,” instead juxtaposes Noname’s laid back flow with more structured and rhythmically dense instrumentals.

“black mirror” begins the album with a bossa nova feel, featuring a busy-but-soft percussion section. Effervescent vocal harmonies bridge the verses while a tight bassline provides the foundation. The mix is very quiet on this track, allowing it to build a detailed texture without

Listening closely to the instrumental, it’s easy to hear sounds that weren’t immediately obvious. A synth line floats above the verse, loosely doubling the bassline; very soft guitar comping can be heard panned hard left throughout, and the percussion section hides at least a half dozen syncopated voices.

“hold me down” turns the volume up, but not by much. The beat is less involved, being composed of drums, bass and vocal harmonies. Noname’s vocals play quietly throughout the tune, with Jimetta Rose’s soul choir Voices of Creation taking over for the chorus.

For the most part, the syncopated bass drives the beat forward with the drums being more consistent. The hi-hat plays constant eighth notes through nearly the whole song with an interesting compression effect distorting them.

Noname has built her unique style through music that prioritizes timbre. This isn’t to say that her work generally lacks in other areas, but it’s clear that she puts particularly great stock into how the music sound.

This clarity begins to fade somewhat as her music develops. It was most prominent on “Telefone,” and now having reached “Sundial,” she has honed her composition and production to include a greater emphasis on rhythm and melody.

“boomboom” features Ayoni’s vocal melodies, which would sound quite at home on a Beyoncé record, while

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Noname enters occasionally between verses with a nimble countermelody. Soft flute lines and harmonies punctuate Ayoni’s sections and a trumpet section enters toward the end. Her basslines have taken on a more active role, acting as a de facto melody during the sparser verses. Take “namesake,” which contrasts a weighty acoustic bass line with wide synth strings at the beginning, and later switches the strings for an energetic drum backbeat.

“toxic” turns the bass and synth down, making the drumbeat the focus. It can get repetitive, but the beat is intricate enough to hold a listener’s attention. Noname’s rippling flow plays well with the consistency, laying back but being kept in time by the drum.

“oblivion” ends the album, seeing the return of Ayoni and featuring Common. It begins with punchy drums and bass behind Common’s vocal harmonies and gradually adds in background synths and denser vocals.

With the low-volume production, it can be easy to miss these entrances, so the building sound can easily sneak up on the listener. Common’s verse takes the song out, bringing an abrupt end to the album.

“Sundial” is Noname at her most refined yet. Her signature complexity and looseness are balanced wonderfully by a touch of inflexibility, making the music feel more confident and composed.

It’s difficult to say whether or not it’s her best work, but it’s certainly her most assertive.

IU alumni open Davis Academy of Music

By Grant Wheeler grawheel@iu.edu | @wh33lg

IU alumni Craig and Emily Davis opened the Davis Academy of Music to the public July 31. Located on Walnut Street just south of Third Street, the academy aims to serve adults wanting to learn an instrument.

According to a press release, the duo found their way to Bloomington in 2016 when Craig was accepted into the doctoral program at IU’s Jacobs School of Music. In 2019, they decided to stay local after Craig’s 2021 graduation and eventually began work towards opening their own music studio.

The Davises said they encountered many Bloomington residents who expressed regret at having quit studying music at an early age. They

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observed that Bloomington’s music education scene primarily targeted Jacobs School of Music students or children and wanted to provide similar services for adults.

The academy was formed in 2020, utilizing virtual spaces to teach lessons for a time, and later acquiring a brickand-mortar studio in which to teach. Emily said many of their students have found uses for their musical skills, including performing in ensembles and composing their own music.

“My studio is full of a vibrant group of students who are passionate about music and about seeing their own personal growth outside of their typical 9-5,” she said. “I get so inspired by the works they're creating that they share, and the passion they have for music.”

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IU alumni Craig and Emily Davis stand outside their new music academy in downtown Bloomington. The Davis Academy of Music opended to the public July 31, 2023.

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Language Fest showcases IU programs

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1. Students gather at the Arabic and African Studies exhibit Aug. 17, 2023, at the Hamilton Lugar School of International Studies. The Egyptology booth spanned across the room into a social area where students sat and mingled in the Global and International Studies Building. Language Fest, which took place Aug. 17, 2023, showcased the wide range of languages IU has to offer. Among the languages that the Hamilton Lugar School teaches are less commonly taught languages, such as Zulu, Swahili, Yoruba, Finnish and Czech. The Egyptology booth offered study abroad and flagship information as well as Egyptian artifacts. Other showcased programs included the Arabic Flagship, the Russian Flagship and Chinese Flagship, as well as Summer Language Programs. Students from many different backgrounds of language learning intermingled and took part in activities hosted by the Hamilton Lugar School.

2. The Egyptian studies table is seen Aug. 17, 2023, at Language Fest. The Egyptology booth offered study abroad and flagship information as well as Egyptian artifacts.

3. Run by Issma Albdairat, the IU lecturer of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, the Egyptology booth showcases the Arabic language programs at IU. Albdairat offered to write each student’s name who approached his booth in Arabic.

4. The African Studies table displays drums, books and flyers at Language Fest. The languages presented at the exhibit included Yoruba, Swahili and Zulu.

5. The African studies booth displays a variety of books. Showcased were “Jẹ k’á ka Yorùbá” by Antonia Yétúndé Fọlárìn Schleicher, “Children of Blood and Bone” by Tomi Adeyemi, comedian Trevor Noah’s book “Born a Crime” and “Raybearer” by Jordan Ifueko.

6. The Tibet booth is photographed Aug. 17, 2023, at Language Fest. Gedun Rabsal presented on Tibetan people and culture, laying out numerous flyers and pamphlets advertising the Tibetan language.

7. Dmitry Romashov (left) and Michal Maoz-Levy (right), Hebrew instructors in the Jewish Studies Program, promote Hebrew classes Aug. 17, 2023, at the Language Fest. They emphasized study abroad and offered several handouts on classes and opportunities within the department.

8. The Finnish booth is seen Aug. 17,