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Athlete alleges misconduct from IU physician

By Daniel Flick danflick@iu.edu | @ByDanielFlick

Indiana University is investigating allegations of inappropriate behavior against IU Athletics Hall of Fame member and former team physician Brad Bomba Sr., it announced in a press release Wednesday.

The allegations were made by a former Indiana men’s basketball studentathlete who competed “several decades ago,” according to the release. IU was notified recently in a letter from legal counsel representing the undisclosed studentathlete.

“The former student-athlete alleges he was subjected to inappropriate prostate and rectal exams during annual physicals with Dr. Bomba, Sr., something that he also alleges was a practice for all basketball student-athletes assigned to Dr. Bomba, Sr. for

physical examinations,” the release said.

Bomba played football at Indiana from 1954-56 before becoming a contracted physician for IU’s sports teams from 1962-1970. In 1979, Bomba was hired as Indiana’s men’s basketball physician, a role he held through the late 1990s. He was inducted into the IU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1994.

Bomba also served as a team physician for Bloomington High School South according to the Monroe County Sports Hall of Fame and was the physician for the USA Olympic Men’s Basketball Team in 1984.

Upon receiving the allegations, Indiana retained Jones Day, an international law firm with a track record of handling similar investigations, to do an independent review.

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Monroe County Democrats react to the debate

By Andrew Miller ami3@iu.edu | @andrew_mmiller

They had high expectations. But Monroe County Democrats lauded Kamala Harris' presidential debate performance Sept. 10 in what organizers say was the largest debate watch party turnout since 2008.

Several dozen people — more than organizers expected — flocked to Nick's English Hut for the Monroe County Democrats’ debate watch party. Many said Harris exceeded their hopes.

Nick’s waitstaff buzzed through the crowd of young and old; a much busier Tuesday night than normal. Soon the televisions airing the debate, which was to be relegated to the back room, spread throughout the entire bar. As it started, lively conversation shifted to light murmurs.

High expectations

Talon Hawkins, a freshman at IU studying theater and drama and political science, was there looking to get more involved with College Democrats at IU. He said he was excited to see former President Trump and Vice President Harris onstage — much more optimistic than he would have been if President Joe Biden had stayed in the race.

He watched the first debate between Trump and Biden while doing laundry. Like many Democrats, particularly younger voters, he was disappointed with Biden’s performance.

“I even watched it again with friends,” he said. “And we agreed Biden’s responses weren’t good enough.”

Some at the watch party felt apprehensive due to that debate performance. But Biden’s withdrawal and Harris’ nomination, according to multiple Monroe County Democratic officials, breathed new life into the party.

David Henry, the county party’s chair, said the night of Sept. 10 was their largest watch party crowd since 2008, the year former President Barack Obama won Indiana. There are no premonitions of Harris winning Indiana this year, barring extreme circumstances.

Still, many felt optimistic she would perform well nationwide. Bloomington Councilmember Sydney Zulich said she had high expectations, having seen her speak in person twice before.

“She knows when to hit hard, and I think she knows when to pull back,” she said before the debate started.

Zulich said she wanted Harris to bring a core tenet

of her campaign to the debate stage: joy. She said she didn’t want Harris to hit Trump too hard, but rather focus on her own priorities, her own policies.

“I love Joe Biden, but this is so refreshing”

The crowd only murmured as Harris spoke, speaking at a more typical volume of a bar when it was Trump’s turn. They booed him and cheered for her — as one might expect a group of Democrats to.

But many felt immediately optimistic after the debate started.

“I love Joe Biden, but this is so refreshing,” one attendee said in the first minutes.

At three points, one could have heard a pin drop — while Harris answered questions about abortion, the Israel-Hamas war and Trump’s comments questioning her racial identity. The crowd was happy the moderators interjected at times to fact-check Trump.

Hawkins said Harris performed best while speaking on abortion. Others echoed his sentiment, with some of the loudest cheers of the night coming as Harris gave examples of how widespread abortion bans could impact victims of rape and incest.

Josh Montagne, College Democrats at IU’s finan-

cial director, said he felt the energy coming throughout the debate and thought her performance would impact many voters’ decisions.

“Look at the last debate,” he said. “That clearly influenced people’s decisions.”

At one point, Trump questioned why Harris didn’t meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his state visit in July, instead going to Zeta Phi Beta Sorority’s — one of the nation’s largest historically Black sororities — Grand Boulé in Indianapolis.

Monroe County Councilwoman Jennifer Crossley

said this comment was insulting. She’s part of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the same as Harris. She said Trump dismissed the event as a simple get-together, rather than an important celebration planned well in advance. Harris also met with Netanyahu the day after.

“For the people” Crossley described Harris’ performance as “for the people.”

However, Zulich didn’t see Harris communicate the message of joy pervasive throughout her campaign.

Zulich said Harris was able to turn around those issues onto herself and her own policies. The crowd applauded Harris after the debate ended. Everyone thought she did well, some thought better than expected. The debate, Zulich said, was likely taken well by independents as well as Democrats.

A CNN poll of split debate watchers found almost twothirds of debate watchers said Harris performed better.

“She got him,” one attendee said afterward.

“I think it’s hard to be joyful when you’re talking to someone as cruel and full of hate as the former president,” she said.

Ukrainians in Bloomington reflect on the war at home

By Maddie Hensley

henslemm@iu.edu

Slavic melodies echoed through Sample Gates on a Saturday in August. A group of Ukrainians and supporters stood united, donning Ukrainian flags and vyshyvankas — a traditional blouse patterned with intricate embroidery. Together, they sang traditional Ukrainian songs to commemorate the country’s 33rd Independence Day.

Iryna Voloshyna, a doctoral candidate in the folklore department, helped organize the Independence Day event. Voloshyna, originally from Khmelnytsky, Ukraine, moved to Bloomington in 2016. She is the

founder and Artistic Director of the Indiana Slavic Choir.

“We wanted it to be celebratory, because it’s important to leave yourself the space to celebrate with honor and respect to all the grief that is in Ukraine,” Voloshyna said.

This is the third Independence Day Ukraine has spent at war with Russia.

“The meaning of independence has changed completely,” Voloshyna said.

She said she had the opportunity to return to Ukraine last year.

“When I came to Ukraine...by bus, it was the middle of the night,” she said.

“We were crossing the

border into Ukraine, and I saw the letters of Ukraine and the Ukrainian flag. I was profoundly happy... It was heartwarming to see my country standing strong, no matter what, and it was so wonderful to have the country to go back to, even if it’s war-torn.”

Mary Druganova, a local Ukrainian artist, said this was her first Independence Day away from home. She said since the initial invasion in February 2022, she and her family in Kyiv were regularly awakened at night by air raid alerts on their phones. Because there are no bomb shelters near their building, she said she spent countless nights in their apartment hallway listening

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to overhead missiles.

“You’re just praying, because it’s a lottery,” Druganova said. “You don’t know if it will hit your house or the one next to you. Today it could be you; tomorrow it could be your relatives. Or you’re praying that it will not hit a house where your grandfather sleeps.”

With family still living in Kyiv, she said she continues to receive air raid alerts on her phone.

At the start of the invasion, Russia launched missiles at dozens of cities all over Ukraine. Russian ground troops overtook large areas of Ukraine and made advances toward Kyiv. Ukrainians rallied together to protect their capital.

Since then, the battles have been largely contained to the east. Russian troops continue to inch forward, while Ukrainian troops work to defend and take back villages. In early August, Ukrainian troops launched a cross-border attack into Russia’s Kursk region.

In the span of two and a half years, the United Nations verified over 11,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed. An additional 31,000 soldiers have been killed in the conflict, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said last February.

“Sometimes people are sitting without electricity for 10 or 12 hours per day,” Druganova said. “So, imagine, it's 35 degrees [Celsius] outside, and you have no AC, no fan, you're just melting in an apartment.”

Stanislav Menzelevskyi, a doctoral candidate at the IU Media School, expressed similar concerns for family back home. Menzelevskyi said he moved to Indiana in August 2021, and many of his friends and former colleagues are still involved in the fighting.

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Russian troops continue to target critical infrastructures, which can impact electricity, water and other everyday resources. Druganova spoke of how this continues to impact her mother and brother in Kyiv.

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The Monroe County Democrats’ debate watch party is pictured Sept. 10, 2024, at Nick’s English Hut in Bloomington. Attendees had high expectations and thought Vice President Kamala Harris performed well against former President Donald Trump.

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The front of Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall is pictured at sunset May 9, 2024, in Bloomington. Brad Bomba Sr. served as a physician for the Indiana men's basketball team from 1979 into the late 1990s.

Indiana voters can oust or retain five judges

By Andrew Miller ami3@iu.edu | @andrew_mmiller

Indiana voters will be able to decide to keep or oust five Indiana judges this November, including some that upheld Indiana’s neartotal abortion ban.

Five state judges will be up for retention on Indiana voters’ ballots this November, an election no judge has lost in the state’s history. Who are the judges, and what exactly are they running for?

The positions up for retention are in the Indiana Supreme Court and Indiana Court of Appeals. All judges up for retention are non-partisan and not legally allowed to campaign.

The Indiana Judicial Branch says the system is designed to ensure accountability for the legal system, keeping it separate and impartial from other government branches.

The governor nominates the judges out of three candidates nominated by a seven-member Judicial Nominating Commission. They go up for retention in the first election after they serve two full years, then again every 10 years.

Kathryn Dolan, the Indiana Supreme Court’s public information officer, said this is designed to separate judges from partisan politics, campaigning and fundraising considerations.

The Indiana Supreme Court is the highest legal authority in Indiana, hearing many high-profile cases. One controversial ruling came last year when the court upheld Indiana’s near-total abortion ban in a

4-1 decision. The court did, however, leave some avenues open for challenges to that ban.

The Court of Appeals hears appeals from Indiana’s trial courts and some appeals from state agencies.

Who are the judges?

Three Indiana Supreme Court judges are up for retention this election. Derek Molter, who Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb appointed to the court in 2022, is up after his initial two-year period. After earning his bachelor’s degree from Indiana University and his law degree from IU’s Maurer School of Law, Molter became an associate and later a partner at the law firm Ice Miller in Indianapolis.

Mark S. Massa, appointed by Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels in 2012, is also up for retention. Massa also graduated from IU, earning a bachelor’s degree in journalism and later received his law degree from the IU McKinney School of Law. Massa began his career as a journalist at The Evansville Press, worked through a litany of government positions, including clerk for an Indiana Supreme Court Justice, and later became the executive director of the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute — the state planning agency for criminal justice, juvenile justice, traffic safety and victim services, according to its website. He teaches at IU’s McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis. Molter and Massa concurred on the court’s opinion last year, putting Indi-

ana’s near-total abortion ban into effect. Loretta H. Rush, the third Indiana Supreme Court judge seeking retention, concurred with a separate opinion, writing that Indiana’s constitution offered additional protections to those seeking abortions to protect their lives or prevent serious health risks.

“But Plaintiffs have not properly put these concerns before us,” she wrote in the opinion. Rush is the court’s chief justice, also appointed by Daniels in 2012. Before her appointment, she served

more than a decade as Tippecanoe Superior Court 3 judge, where she implemented programs targeting youth drug addiction. Before that, she received her bachelor’s degree from Purdue University and her degree in law from IU’s Maurer School of Law.

Rush and Massa are up for their second elections after being retained in 2014.

Two out of the 15 Indiana Court of Appeals members, Peter R. Foley and Rudolph Pyle III, are also seeking retention.

Foley is running in the Indiana Court of Appeals

1st District, which encompasses southern Indiana including Monroe County. Holcomb appointed Foley in 2022 after he spent 17 years at a private law practice and 14 years as Morgan County’s county attorney. He earned two bachelor’s degrees from IU and his law degree from IU’s McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis.

Pyle is seeking retention in the Indiana Court of Appeals 4th District, which covers the entire state. He earned two bachelor’s degrees from Anderson College and a master’s degree

in policy from the College of William & Mary. He later served as an Indiana State Trooper and several positions in Indiana courts, until Gov. Daniels appointed him to the appellate court in 2012. Dolan, the Indiana Supreme Court’s public information officer, said the courts are putting together a website for additional information that will be released before the election. That website, she said, will contain information about who the judges are, annual reports, decisions and other documents.

How to vote in Indiana this election season

By Andrew Miller ami3@iu.edu | @andrew_mmiller

We’re less than two months from Election Day. Voting as a student can be complicated — here’s how to make sure you’re registered and ready to vote.

You are eligible to vote in Indiana if you are a U.S. citizen and an Indiana resident, have resided in your voting precinct for more than 30 days before Nov. 5, are at least 18 years old and are not in prison after being convicted of a crime. A driver’s license or state ID is required to vote.

For Indiana residents, the easiest way to check if

you’re registered, or to register, is through the state’s voting portal. The registration deadline is Oct. 7.

To check your registration, you’ll need to enter your name, birthday and the county you’re registered in. Registering for the first time online requires your driver’s license or state ID, your address and some additional information. On the portal, you can also check your polling location for voting on Election Day and request absentee ballots.

You’ll be able to request an absentee ballot if you’re a student and can’t reason-

ably return to your voting precinct on Election Day. Requesting to vote by mail is due Oct. 24; ballots must be received by county election officials by 6 p.m. on Election Day.

You can also vote early in person at your local precinct in Indiana before Election Day, available Oct. 8 until noon Nov. 4.

But if you’re coming to IU from out of town, figuring out where and how to vote can be difficult. Deciding whether to vote at a Monroe County address or a home address is often a major obstacle for students, Lisa-Marie Napoli, director of the nonpartisan

Political and Civic Engagement program at IU, said. Students can vote at either their school residence or their home address. Some students, Napoli said, may choose to vote in their home states if theirs is a swing state. But others may choose to focus on local Monroe County issues, she said, despite Indiana’s solid-red status.

One of the largest hurdles for voters to cross is figuring out who exactly is on the ballot, Napoli said. In Monroe County, that’s the circuit court judge divisions 3, 4 and 9, county councilor at-large, county commissioner districts 2

and 3, auditor, coroner, surveyor and treasurer. Information on many of these races is available on the Indiana Daily Student’s elections landing page. More stories and information on the candidates will filter in as we get closer to Election Day. Additional information on local elections is available in the B Square Bulletin’s and the Herald-Times’ coverage and PACE’s elections guide. Polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 6 p.m. Nov. 5. If you are in line before 6 p.m., you are still able to vote.

If you’re registered to vote at Indiana University in Bloomington precincts

5, 18, 19 and 23, you can vote at the Indiana Memorial Union. You can check your registration and polling places at IU Student Government’s Turbovote — and get an Uber ride for free if you need one. If you work at IU, you might be able to get paid time off to vote. You’re allowed to take two hours off in most cases. Otherwise, if you’re registered to vote in Monroe County or Indiana at large, you’ll be able to check your polling location through Indiana’s voting portal. Resources for out-of-state students are available at vote.org.

Equity preferences expressed at listening sessions

By Isaac Perlich

The IU community expressed preferences for the future chancellor of IUBloomington at 10 listening sessions Sept. 5 and Sept. 6 at the Indiana Memorial Union.

The IU Board of Trustees approved the reinstatement of the position in June, along with the addition of a faculty fellow to the Office of the President.

“Every other IU campus, from Indianapolis to all regionals, are well-served by both a chancellor and an academic affairs vice chancellor,” IU President Pamela Whitten wrote in an email to the IU community in June.

“As the university’s flagship campus, Bloomington deserves this same level of resource and attention.”

She wrote in an email in August that the chancellor will preside over all Bloomington campus operations, including budget, student affairs and enrollment.

The university partnered with search firm Isaacson, Miller along with a 16-member committee of IU students, faculty and staff in the search.

The firm worked with IU in the search for the IU Indianapolis chancellor in 2023 and the dean of the IU School of Public Health in 2017.

Vijay Saraswat, a partner with Isaacson, Miller, led the sessions. At faculty and undergraduate listening sessions Thursday, he opened

by explaining the rationale behind reinstating the position, which is common among members of the Association of American Universities.

“It’s a similar situation where it’s a chancellor and a provost as a leadership dyad,” he said.

IU joined the association in 1909, which includes universities “on the leading edge of innovation, scholarship and solutions that contribute to scientific progress, economic development, security and well-being” according to its website.

Saraswat said the chancellor position is still evolving, particularly in its role inside Whitten’s office.

“The relationship with the president I think is obviously the most complex, and I would say right now the fuzziest in terms of articulating it,” he said.

IU announced in June the chancellor will also oversee the Office of the Provost and report directly to Whitten.

Raymond Wise, executive director of IU’s African American Arts Institute, was clear about what he wants, saying he is looking for an advocate who will step up for the university in the face of legislative pressure.

He also expressed concerns about funding for diversity, equity and inclusion programs at IU, including the African American and African Diaspora Studies department, the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center and the African American Arts Institute.

“People are looking at the quantitative versus the qualitative,” he said. “They’re not looking at the impact of what these programs do whether they’re large or small.”

He said he wants someone who understands the value these programs bring to the university.

“I’m curious if we will have an advocate who will say, ‘these things are important, regardless of the numbers,’” he said.

Another faculty member said he wants someone who will bring balance to the university. Speakers at the sessions were told any feedback they contributed would be anonymous.

“We need someone who can broadly and find strategic ways to tap everybody’s value at the university,” he said. “We’ve become very lopsided, thinking only one area can save us. Whereas I think we all have amazing gifts to bring to the table. We need a leader who can see that and parlay that instead of leniency and reduction and marginalization as an answer.”

He also emphasized a focus on leadership skills.

“This person does not need to be the greatest scientist on the planet,” he said. “They need to be skilled in leadership, in strategic thinking, in inspiration, in core leadership skills.”

One faculty member raised a question about the history of the chancellor position at IU.

“Can I follow up with a question?” she said. “We

know that IU did have a chancellor in the past? How much of that is going to look to the past?”

Kenneth Gros Louis was the campus’ most recent chancellor. He served from 2004 to 2006, when his title changed to University Chancellor Emeritus. In the 18 years without a chancellor, the IU president took the responsibilities of both president and chancellor.

Sharon Brehm preceded Gros Louis, serving as chancellor from 2001 to 2003.

Herman B Wells served as university’s first chancellor from 1962 until his death in 2000. He also served as president from 1938-62 and as interim president in 1968.

Danielle DeSawal, president of the Bloomington Faculty Council and co-chair of the search committee, responded, saying they have looked at the history but find it hard to compare old chancellors to the new chancellor.

“This place looks so different than back then,” she said. “I wouldn’t say that we are mirroring it, but rather we’re learning from it.”

Saraswat also chimed in.

“We don’t have a job description of what that role was,” he said.

At an undergraduate listening session Thursday, one student said she wants to see interaction with students.

“I think there is really a strong craving on this campus for students to be able to interact with the leadership,” she said.

She also said she thinks

the university is too focused on generating revenue and is forgetting about the student experience.

“I think that (leadership should be) finding ways to better balance the budget so that the student experience is at the center,” she said. “I know that pretty much every organization I can think of is vastly underfunded.”

She added she wants to create more equity among programs, particularly the psychology department.

“I’m a psychology major,” she said. “The building is in horrible condition, and then I walk over to Kelley, and it is gorgeous, and they’ve got water filter fountains.”

She said she is not alone in thinking there is a re-

source disparity between departments.

“I’ve talked to a lot of students who feel frustrated not being in one of the ‘favorite child programs,’” she said. Another student said she wants someone who is transparent, stays in touch and can easily inform students about campus initiatives or updates through social media.

A third student said she values character more than anything.

“I think it’s more about the moral characteristics of the human,” she said. More information about the search for the

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From left, Chief Justice Loretta H. Rush, Justice Mark S. Massa, Justice Derek R. Molter, Judge Rudolph R. Pyle III and Judge Peter R. Foley are pictured. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb appointed Molter and Foley in 2022.

Businesses recover after student-less summer

By Mike Badrov mbadrov@iu.edu

Bloomington restaurants are rebounding after a slow summer.

Over the summer, Bloomington restaurants experienced less traffic because of fewer students and fewer employees.

However, Ray McConn, owner of Mother Bear’s Pizza, said IU’s annual Welcome Week often marks the end of the college town’s businesses’ dry season, cramming not only Bloomington parking but the seats of restaurants, too. McConn has owned Mother Bear’s Pizza, which has two locations in Bloomington, for 51 years and knows how to navigate the business cycle of diminishing clientele.

“When students are back, the first 10 days are a bonanza, business is 25, 35, even 45 percent more,” McConn said. “You get your parents down here, and you end up stocking way more.”

According to McConn and Jessica Robinson, a manager for Hartzell’s Ice Cream, the rush of students signals businesses made it through the summer and now need to stock up. Robinson said compared to the summertime, when the

shop decreases its staff to a three-man student crew, they’re able to up their staff back up to a five-man student crew during the school year.

“We made it through very, very good business days, even in the daytime,” Robinson said. “But I wasn’t fully prepared.”

But why do Bloomington businesses experience this slowdown during the summer?

“10-15 years ago, it was difficult in Bloomington summers, as we had to cut staff in half,” McConn said. “It was rough to get through the summer until students came back.”

The summer drought is unsurprising, with IUBloomington’s student body matching approximately 65% of Bloomington’s overall population, according to IU’s Statistics page and the 2020 U.S. Census. With summer months enticing locals to vacation and much of the student body heading home, small businesses struggle.

Rune Bothwick, a manager for Nick’s English Hut, a Bloomington bar, located on Kirkwood Avenue, uses less manpower during the summer.

“When it comes to sum-

mertime, not needing the same manpower as we do during the school year, is a drastic change,” Bothwick said.

Julian Davila, a bartender at Nick’s, said that staff are cut earlier during shifts so that the restaurant isn’t taking the expense of unneeded workers for summer nights. This isn’t out of the ordinary for restaurants, according to a national survey of over 600 service restaurant owners and managers. The Touch Bistro 2024 annual State of the Restaurants Report found 25% of restaurants reduced the number of staff on shifts due to economic hardships in the food service industry.

These restaurants are also primarily staffed by students. McConn keeps veteran students who live in Bloomington on Mother Bear’s staff for the summer and opens part-time positions during the school year for students to fill. Mother Bear’s managers are longtime employees.

“My least veteran managers have worked for at least 10 years,” McConn said, “[The] managers are extremely knowledgeable and have been through the war so to speak.”

By Mia Hilkowitz mhilkowi@iu.edu | @miahilkowitz

The Monroe County Council voted in August to advertise a new local income tax (LIT) rate increase to fund the construction of a new jail.

Monroe County residents can share their thoughts on the proposed local income tax increase, intended to fund the construction of a new jail, at a public hearing next week.

The Monroe County Council will host the hearing at 5 p.m. Sept. 16 in the Monroe County Courthouse Nat U Hill room to discuss the tax plan. Currently, the maximum Monroe County residents pay to support the jail is 0.01%. During a meeting this month, the council voted to advertise a new jail LIT rate of 0.2%.

A Monroe County resident making around $60,000 annually, around the average salary for a Bloomington resident, would see their jail LIT rate, also called the correctional or rehabilitation facilities rate, rise from $6 to $120 a year.

However, the council also voted to advertise a lower “special purpose” LIT rate, decreased from 0.085% to 0.03%. The special purpose tax supports a juvenile detention center and juvenile services. The sum of the rising jail LIT rate and lowered special purpose rate could result in an overall LIT rate increase of 0.135%.

The proportion of residents’ LIT taxes that fund the jail is the smallest of all Monroe County tax categories, making up around 0.49% of the total LIT tax expenditure. The largest categories are certified shares (46.6% of total LIT) and economic development (33.9% of total LIT).

County officials have been trying to address conditions in the Monroe County Jail for more than three years. An independent report released in 2021 said the current facility, located on College Avenue and built in 1986, had exceeded its structural life cycle and was failing to uphold inmates’ constitutional rights. The American Civil Liberties Union also sued the county in 2009, alleging the jail violated inmates’ constitutional rights.

In May, engineering consulting group RQAW Corporation released a feasibility study recommending the county build a new jail with more beds, rather than renovate the current facility. The

study estimated the new jail would cost between $91.5 million and $106.3 million and suggested it should have 450 to 500 beds. The current facility on College Avenue has 287 beds.

The Monroe County Board of Commissioners has not yet selected a site to build the new jail but indicated over the summer a decision could come this fall.

Although the county council voted to advertise a 0.2% jail LIT rate, members will not vote on the increase until it receives formal public input. Members who voted to advertise the rate are not required to vote in its favor.

Those interested can attend the public hearing in person at the Nat U. Hill in the Monroe County Courthouse or join virtually through Microsoft teams. Local advocates express concerns County officials have received opposition and criticism from community groups since announcing the county would move forward with constructing a new jail. One of the most vocal opposition groups is Care Not Cages, a local anti-incarceration advocacy group. Sam Holdeman, a resident and Care Not Cages member, said he thinks there is an increasing number of city residents who have heard about the jail’s progress but that most people are unaware.

“This jail proposal has been an ongoing thing really for the past two years, so I think a fair number of people are vaguely aware that something around a new deal is happening,” Holdeman said. “But they’re probably not aware of the size or the cost or how the county’s going to pay for it.”

Holdeman, who said he would not support the jail LIT increase, described the potential use of LIT to fund the jail construction as a “tremendous mis-investment.” Instead, he thinks the county should invest the LIT into housing, healthcare, mental health and substance use resources.

“This is kind of a pivotal moment in our county’s history, because we’re talking about hundreds of millions of dollars,” Holdeman said.

Leigh Grundhoffer, another Care Not Cages member, said she feels that there is very limited opportunity for public input, and alleged officials are making decisions without community members’ support, men-

tioning that Monroe County Board of Commissioners voted to suspend meetings of the Community Justice Response Committee in April 2023. “Local income tax increases only happen in the County Council body,” Grundhoffer said. “So, unless you’re paying attention to what’s happening, you don’t really understand.” Grundhoffer, who is a yoga and meditation teacher, also said some residents will feel a significant impact on their LIT.

“My local income taxes aren’t going to be that affected, but a lot of people working in the $40,000-$60,000 a year range will have a significant impact,” Grundhoffer said. “Those people, when I’ve talked to them around town passing out flyers, have been against this additional increase.”

Micol Seigel, an IU professor of American studies and history and a Care Not Cages member, emphasized that the current jail conditions cannot stay as they are but disagrees with building a new jail. Instead, she wants county officials to consider renovating the current jail—an option county officials have generally rejected. She said the county should be “more creative and humane in their choices around funding” and fund other community resources instead.

“People should be totally unwilling to spend a penny on the jail,” Seigel said. The three Care Not Cages representatives each questioned why the officials would want to support building a jail with a larger capacity if they want to reduce incarceration.

However, overcrowding has historically posed challenges for the jail. In January 2024, Monroe County Sheriff Ruben Marté reported in an email to county leaders that the jail population hit its limit of 275 inmates in the facility. Marté said the overcrowding in January led to shortages of clothing, blankets and sleeping mats and altercations between prisoners.

“We should all know with near certainty when the population of jail increases and becomes near or over its capacity, danger to the staff and residents also increases accordingly,” Marté wrote in the email.

Holdeman said Care Not Cages members plan to speak at the Sept. 16 public hearing to share their concerns.

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According to the release, Jones Day’s review will include witness interviews, reviews of available documentation and discussions with medical experts to determine the following:

1. The background facts related to the annual physicals of IU student athletes conducted by Dr. Bomba, Sr.

2. If the conduct was appropriate, necessary, or within the standard of care.

3. What medical professionals and athletic department or university officials were aware of the conduct and, if warranted, what action did they take.

“To be clear, this is a fully independent and comprehensive investigation that will follow the facts,” the release said. “Indiana University will abide by its findings and take any warranted actions. To protect the integrity of the investigation, the institution will refrain from further comment while the review is ongoing.”

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He said he begins each day by reading the news about Ukraine and calling home to ensure his brother is still alive.

“My experience, compared to people in Ukraine, is like a privileged experience,” Menzelevskyi said. “I'm kind of in a safe environment. I still have friends, relatives and former colleagues there, but it's not normal in the way I lived my everyday life before the war."

Inesa Boichuk, a junior at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, also spoke of how the war has transformed her life. She said she was with her grandmother in her hometown Mykolaiv when the war began. Located near the Black Sea, Mykolaiv has been a strategically important city in the war. For the first two weeks of con-

flict, Boichuk said she and her grandmother lived in a bomb shelter. She said they eventually fled to Poland. After three months, her grandmother returned to Ukraine to be with her husband. Due to current martial law, she said her grandfather cannot leave the country. Boichuk, on the other hand, decided to move to Indiana, where she had family residing.

“Honestly, when I got to the U.S., that was the first time when I was completely relieved because (abroad) I couldn’t sleep good, I couldn’t live my normal life that I was used to,” Boichuk said.

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In July, a Russian missile hit a children’s hospital in Ukraine. Again, Boichuk noted how, other than her Ukrainian friends, few were discussing the atrocity.

“It's hard to explain what I felt at that moment,” Boichuk said. “I sent all my money that I had on my card and posted a lot on social media about it. I just wish for more sympathy.”

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“(This war) is our new reality. And on the one hand, it’s great that we can say Ukrainians are brave. They are unbroken. They can stand it,” Konovalova said. “But it's not normal when people don't go to school because of missile attacks; it isn't normal when older people can't seek medical help.”

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IU’s Robert F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute’s webpage contains resources to stay informed, take action and donate to the war in Ukraine.

“I understand that the world is crazy, and there are so many other important things to care about. I care about other things as well, not just Ukraine,” Voloshyna said.

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The Democratic Party has all but abandoned progressive policies

Joey Sills (he/him)

is a senior with a major in English and minors in political science and comparative literature.

For the past couple of election cycles, presidential debates have been “mustsee TV.” Tuning in to watch Donald Trump and Joe Biden argue back and forth was a spectacle, a national event that demonstrated the sort of surrealist, absurd haze politics has been engulfed in since at least 2015. If this wasn’t especially the case in 2020, it was at the last debate between the two earlier this year, when Biden performed so badly and gaffed so hard he was pressured to drop out of the election.

Maybe it makes sense, then, that last night was comparatively boring. There were a few good moments, here and there, but it wasn’t the comedy of errors we’re used to. For the first time, perhaps ever, Trump appeared stumped. His entire campaign strategy hinged on Biden remaining in the race, and I genuinely believe, should that have happened, Trump would’ve won the election. But he’s out of his element now, he’s confused and disoriented and it clearly affected his performance Sept. 10. Kamala Harris didn’t perform exceptionally well by any means, but the fact is she performed well enough. She did exactly what she needed to do: She played the part of the cool, level-headed adult in the room, combating her opponent with well-articulated arguments. And it did work, it did manage to get underneath Trump’s skin. For all intents and purposes, she won the debate. Unfortunately, it still feels like we’ve all lost. At several points, Harris and Trump seemed to almost be competing to be the most conservative person on the stage. Harris, at varying points, bragged about

how Dick and Liz Cheney endorsed her and praised “the late, great John McCain” for voting against repealing the Affordable Care Act. She reiterated, again and again, her unwavering support for fracking, a practice that has been demonstrated to disrupt animals’ migratory habits, degrade nearby land and emit huge amounts of greenhouse gases like methane. She endorsed Biden’s immigration plan that would’ve all but shut down the border to asylum seekers, a move straight out of Trump’s playbook. She perpetuated the right-wing myth that immigrants at the border are to blame for the opioid epidemic. It’s clear that much of her campaign strategy is to appeal to the so-called “moderate Republican” voter, the sort who believes the GOP was righteous and good be-

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fore Trump desecrated it with his vulgarity. It seems that bloc is who she feels is most important to speak to and most important to placate. She’s no longer offering even the hollowest platitudes to the progressive wing of her own party, those are not the people she’s intending to court. It’s a strategy that runs with the assumption that they’ll vote for her anyway, so who cares?

And she might be right. If I had to guess, I’d say the progressive bloc of the Democratic Party will eventually rally around her and begrudgingly vote blue like they did with Biden. The leftist coalition that has protested both candidates and reiterated their unwillingness to vote for the Democratic nominee is most certainly a minority in the broader political scene. In 2021, Pew Research Center reported

IU should be more accepting of AI

Natalia Nelson (she/her)

is a sophomore studying journalism with minors in Spanish and creative technologies in art and design.

When given the prompt, “write me an introduction sentence to an opinion column about how AI can benefit higher education institutions,” ChatGPT churns out a wordy, run-on line without any real substance that most professors would immediately flag as suspicious.

“As higher education faces mounting challenges and opportunities, harnessing the power of artificial intelligence promises to revolutionize the way institutions teach, learn and operate, paving the way for a more dynamic and efficient academic landscape,” read the AI response.

There’s no question that students have been abusing artificial intelligence, and this abuse makes colleges wary of it. It’s easy to pigeonhole new technologies into the role of villains when time isn’t taken to understand the full scope of what they can do, and the cost seems to outweigh the benefits. But as AI quickly advances, there’s no denying that it will become a larger part of everyone’s lives, and maybe it’s time for universities to embrace it.

Indiana University’s landing page for staff use of AI is brief, answering only four questions in one or two sentences each: What is AI, and how can faculty, staff and students use it? The university’s teaching resources page on addressing AI in the classroom mostly deals with how professors can detect its use in student assignments and how it could be used for student learning.

To IU’s credit, it does have a chatbot for its University Information Technology Services department, and has a list of acceptable and unacceptable uses of AI. Acceptable uses include incorporating AI in lesson planning, email correspondence, event planning and so on. Prohibited uses include sharing any data with

AI that could be considered someone else’s intellectual property or classified institutional data.

While this makes good use of AI at the basic level, it limits its true potential at IU. Professors can use it to easily tackle more mundane tasks, such as grading, while giving students more indepth feedback.

The AI grading website Gradescope can be linked with Canvas and is already used by over 2,000 universities, including New York University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania. Professors can use Gradescope to maintain consistency in their grading by quickly making a rubric for each question and grading multiple similar answers simultaneously.

Say a teacher is grading a math test, and they create a grading option to deduct a tenth of a point for missing units. The AI will group those answers so the teacher can check the box in the rubric to deduct the same points from all of the submissions that made that mistake and automatically apply the feedback that they missed units.

That way, each student’s test is graded the same way and professors don’t have to flip back through tests to see how much they subtracted for certain mistakes. Additionally, Gradescope offers data on what mistakes students make the most so professors can better see and address what their class may be struggling with.

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Universities as a whole can also benefit from utilizing AI. In 2016, Ivy Tech Community College built, first by hand and then with AI, an algorithm that could predict students at risk of failing their classes. They had outreach workers reach out to the students by phone to offer help and advice, and as a result, saw a significant decrease in grades of D’s and below. Since then, the program has adapted and improved from new data and helped over 34,000 students.

Georgia State University employed a different approach to boost student grades, specifically firstgeneration students, by using an AI chatbot in 2021. It sent students reminders about assignments and academic help and was available to answer questions 24/7. As a result, those who received the chatbot messages boasted final grades 11% higher than their peers who did not.

IU’s chatbot is regulated to their technology website, but imagine one that was more universal and could answer questions about enrollment, financial issues, academic advising or even course content like GSU’s. The possibilities and benefits would be endless. When harnessed by higher education institutions, AI can be used for much more than writing emails and planning events, and it would be a shame for IU to regulate it to menial tasks.

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that this “progressive left” comprised only about 7% of registered voters. Don’t get me wrong, these are important conversations to be having, and all eyes must remain on the ever-climbing Palestinian death toll, but I don’t believe it’s very likely that this movement will have much of an impact on the results of the election. Nevertheless, progressive positions are popular. Harris, who once expressed her support for a Medicare for All program, has since abandoned the proposal despite a majority of Americans supporting some form of universal healthcare. Democrats have abandoned any rhetoric about a $15 minimum wage, another concept that carries mass appeal and demonstrates one of the most concrete methods of improving the lives of workers. In 2020, there was a con-

certed effort from Biden’s team to adopt some of Bernie Sanders’ proposals, to present him as a progressive candidate who could really shake up the status quo — the only effort this election cycle is to present Harris as the most moderate candidate possible. Last night, when the topic of abortion came up, Trump taunted Harris and Biden’s inability to save Roe v. Wade. “You know what it reminds me of?” he said. “When they said they’re going to get student loans terminated and it ended up being a total catastrophe.” Trump is no friend to the progressive movement and has repeatedly made it clear, even during the debate, that he doesn’t support any sort of student loan forgiveness. But bringing it up regardless was a fantastic move on his end and highlights how vital it is to pres-

sure people like Harris into explaining why the Biden administration didn’t work harder to get that sort of debt relief distributed. I’ve long made my case that there was much more that could’ve been done to save the bill from its violent death at the hands of the Supreme Court, but it is absolutely time for the Democrats to explain why they did nothing.

There’s a point where you have to ask: Is this really the best we have to offer? Biden dropping out of the election could’ve been a springboard for the Democratic Party, a time to totally rebrand and commit to an actual substantive adherence to the political wishes of young, progressive Americans. Instead, the Harris campaign has appropriated the Gen Z aesthetic, while still demonstrating little actual desire to change young people’s material conditions for the better.

Progressives like myself are often asked why we spend more time criticizing Kamala Harris than Donald Trump, and I think the answer is pretty simple. Trump has been at the center of American politics since 2015 and will most likely continue to be at the center of it until he can physically no longer run for president. We know well enough, at this point, how terrible of a person he is and how horrendous his policies are. The Democratic Party is, in our electoral system, the only viable alternative to an increasingly radical GOP. And we should undoubtedly expect more from politicians who claim to represent the party of the people. The debate did little to sway voters, it did little to convince anybody of any sort of positive political change. And that is precisely the issue.

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The hidden link between mental and menstrual health and why it matters

Aryaa Mishra (she/her) is a sophomore studying marketing, business and analytics, and economics and quantitative methods.

Many women might not realize that their mental health is impacting their menstrual well-being, and vice versa, until it starts affecting them personally. For years, I struggled to understand why my emotions were a roller coaster each month. It wasn’t until I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome at 18 years old that I learned how deeply intertwined my mental health was with my menstrual health. PCOS is a common condition that affects hormones. It causes irregular menstrual periods, excess hair growth, acne and infertility. I didn’t fully understand this connection until my own experience with PCOS began to impact both my mind and body. The comparison I often made to others — about my weight, body image and the “ideal” beauty standard — took a significant toll on my mental health. The relationship between these two facets of women’s wellness is often overlooked, yet it plays a crucial role in our overall well-being. Societal pressure, judgment and ruthless remarks tore me apart, but after making the lifestyle changes suggested by my physician, I lost 22 pounds on the scale and 220 pounds of stress.

Hormonal conditions like PCOS, along with its symptoms, can lead many women to feel uncomfortable with themselves. These changes can negatively affect body image and selfesteem. I found myself comparing my body to others, feeling frustrated that I wasn’t at my “ideal” weight and began to eat less to control it. This eventually made me almost anemic due to a lack of iron, exacerbating my fatigue and mental health struggles. This is a result of depres-

sive disorders, which took over as I focused on the less important things. This, in turn, affected my menstrual well-being, as my body needed macro nutrients, the nutritive components of food that the body needs for energy and to maintain the body’s structure and systems. But restricting my diet wasn’t the solution. Over time, I realized that focusing on nourishment, rather than deprivation, was crucial. Finding friendly recipes that balanced nutrition helped me regain my energy and sense of control. Rather than feeding into the problem with extreme dieting or self-criticism, I started paying attention to what my body really needed — both physically and emotionally.

Yoga and music therapy became a crucial part of my PCOS journey, offering more than just physical relief. Music therapy for me meant practicing Indian classical music. Whenever I experience even the slightest discomfort, I turn off all the lights and start singing. The act of singing in darkness brings a sense of calm and healing. This form of therapy is deeply therapeutic, as the ragas — musical scales or modes — intertwine with my soul in profound ways. Each raga has its own unique emotional and psychological effect, resonating with different states of mind and aspects of my inner self. The melodies and rhythms not only soothe my nerves but also help in balancing my emotions and mental state, offering peace amidst the chaos. It has been proven to have healing effects, with ongoing research continuing to support its benefits. These therapies provided a way to care for both my mind and body. Engaging in yoga and meditation allowed me to channel my energy into something

positive, helping me stay fit while also managing my anxiety and stress. These practices gave me the space to relax, reflect and truly understand my body’s needs instead of forcing it to fit unrealistic standards. Scientific research supports the benefits of both yoga and music therapy for reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression, improving moods and promoting relaxation. These therapies empowered me to address my health holistically, emphasizing mental wellbeing alongside managing physical symptoms. And these solutions don’t just work for PCOS. They are also effective for other chronic conditions, such as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, which similarly exacerbates both physical and mental health challenges. The emotional toll of managing these conditions, combined with the physical symptoms, can be overwhelming. I personally experienced this cycle of stress and discomfort, and, at first, it felt unimaginable to overcome. But it’s important to remember that these are common issues, and while they can cause panic and frustration, they are treatable. Yoga, meditation and music therapy can be incredibly effective in easing these problems, helping women to regain control over their health and well-being. These holistic approaches provided me with relief from physical symptoms and supported my emotional and mental recovery. Despite the prevalence of these issues, discussions around menstrual health often remain taboo. Cultural stigmas around menstruation and mental health prevent many women from seeking the help they need. It’s time to break this silence and foster open conversations that lead to change.

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Former President Donald Trump (left) and current Vice President Kamala Harris (right) are seen on a screen as they participate in a presidential debate Sept. 10, 2024, at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. The two candidates debated for just under two hours.

Musical reunion results in intimate folk show

Longtime friends performed together again for the first time in two years

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About 13 years ago, Travis Puntarelli stumbled barefoot and shirtless into Marc Haggerty’s backyard on Seventh Street.

Haggerty looked down at Puntarelli from 30 feet in the air — he was practicing an act on the trapeze in his yard. The Bloomington local is a musician, activist and patriarch of the “Flying Haggertys” — a family of trapeze artists. He invited Puntarelli, who’d been walking around with a mandolin strapped to him, to join him in the air. To Haggerty’s surprise, Puntarelli did. After seeing the young musician freely swing on the trapeze, Haggerty said he knew the kid had something special. Since their acrobatic

meeting years ago, Puntarelli and Haggerty have been friends and musical collaborators. In 2016, the duo even went on tour, playing dozens of shows out west from the San Francisco Bay Area in California all the way up to Canada. On the evening of Sept.4, the pair performed together again for the first time in two years at Cascades Inn on North Walnut Street — notably, without any rehearsal beforehand, Haggerty said. There’s a multi-decade age gap between the duo — Haggerty is 75, Puntarelli is 37. Haggerty said he was drawn to Puntarelli, though, because of the way he wrote music. Though he was only in his mid-20s when they met, Haggerty said Puntarelli wrote like a wise, old sage. Now, when Puntarelli

heard him say this, he turned the praise back to his friend.

“He’s my supreme advocate,” he said of Haggerty. “He’s a poet.”

Four years ago, Puntarelli moved to Ashland, Oregon, but he comes back to Bloomington, his hometown, once a year. Wednesday evening was a musical reunion for the singers.

The pair set up chairs and microphones in the middle of the inn’s brick courtyard, surrounded by a garden of yellow and pink flowers. They strummed acoustic guitars and sang, joined by Pat Otto on mandolin, with vocal harmonies from Dave Lasuertmer and Liz Moudy. The group played original folk songs, as well as some pieces from bluegrass and folk artists like Indiana singer-songwriter Bill Wilson.

Despite the time that had passed, the duo performed with a comfortable familiarity. Puntarelli smiled and waved as people trickled into the courtyard during the set — he said he knew almost all of the nearly 40 attendees. He and Haggerty riffed between songs throughout the two-hour performance.

Puntarelli said he finally visited Salida, Colorado, like Haggerty had been telling him to. Haggerty mentioned the music he writes nowadays has begun to sound like his friend’s.

“I’ve taken to writing songs and blaming them on you,” he said to Puntarelli.

The set melded plucky, quirky tunes with heartfelt songs about death, love and loss. Haggerty led a sing-along about a lineage of ironically “bad” dogs who chewed tobacco and

chased little kids. Puntarelli sang about falling in love with witches and west coast women. Many members of the audience seemed to know one another. Puntarelli said the crowd was made up of local artists, musicians and actors. Some attendees broke out into interpretive dance while the band played — local actors and artists Sydney Johnson and Ethyl Ruehman swayed and twirled all night.

Haggerty said he was glad to be a part of this slice of the Bloomington community.

“I’m so lucky,” he said. “These people are doing things, all of them.”

Toward the end of the evening, one of Puntarelli’s young children stumbled up to the makeshift stage.

Tired, the child let his father know it was time for the

show to end. Throughout the last song, the toddler spun the microphone around its stand, pushing it away from his dad.

Puntarelli thanked everyone for coming, and said he missed them all. He lamented the fact that he wouldn’t have time to sit and talk with everyone who came.

“I think we owe that to airplanes,” he said. “I can get here really quick, but then I gotta go back really quick, and that’s nice but it’s also not slow. I’m both very grateful and also totally discombobulated by that.”

Before leaving, members of the audience folded up their chairs and hugged each other goodbye.

To stream music from Puntarelli’s band, Balladir, visit Spotify, Apple Music or Bandcamp.

Swifty Fest unites Taylor Swift fans for sold-out show

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Taylor Swift fans dressed in sparkly clothes filled the room during Swifty Fest on Sept. 8 in the BuskirkChumley Theater.

The show kicked off with two different openers, Conner Loveless and Sara Stafford. Loveless performed a cover of “Call Your Mom,” by Noah Kahan, followed by one of his own songs, “California Roses.” Soon after, Stafford performed a cover of “Something in the Orange,” by Zach Bryan.

The Bejeweled Band, a Taylor Swift tribute band consisting of musicians Aimee Eisenmann and Maddie Lindley, played next. Covers spanned from Swift’s first single, “Tim McGraw,” released on her debut album in 2006, to Midnights’ “Lavender Haze.”

The president of IU’s Lovers Club, Brookelyn Lambright, attended the show Sunday afternoon. The

By Elizabeth Bowling elibowli@iu.edu

The IU Cinema screened the classic 1940 film “His Girl Friday” on Sept. 7. While at the time of its release it was viewed in the gendered terms which were typical of the time period, a more modern analysis of the film shows that Hildy Johnson, the main character played by Rosalind Russell, was a woman ahead of her time.

“His Girl Friday” tells the story of Hildy, a star reporter who has divorced her husband — and editor — Walter Burns, played by Cary Grant. While the two argue constantly, they still have feelings for each other. When Hildy announces her intentions to quit her newspaper job and marry insurance agent Bruce Baldwin, Walter becomes determined to keep her from leaving.

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Lovers Club brings together IU students who love Taylor Swift and hosts events like Taylor Swift jeopardy and friendship-bracelet making.

“I started it with a friend of mine, who is also a Swiftie,” she said. “We decided it would be really fun to just have a community of Swifties on campus.”

Attendees were encouraged to dress up to show support for their favorite Taylor Swift era, which portrays a distinct album from her career. Many of the Swifties arrived in outfits Swift has performed on stage in, such as the “Fearless” tassel dress and Swift’s “Red” outfit for her song “22,” with a shirt saying, “a lot going on at the moment.” One of the attendees, Emma Howard, wore diamonds on her face to symbolize the song “Bejeweled.” She said her favorite song to hear performed was “Don’t Blame Me” from the “Reputation” album.

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1930s and 1940s portray women as simply love interests, with most couples kissing and embracing at the end. For reference, the famous ending of “Casablanca” featured Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman staring at each other and kissing passionately outside the plane. “His Girl Friday” is an exception, with no embraces or passionate kissing. Perhaps this lack of affection highlights the deeply unconventional nature of Hildy’s relationships with the men in her life. When the movie begins, one assumes from the endings of other movies of the period that she will go back to her ex-husband, leaving her nice-but-bland fiancé on the curb. However, Hildy’s choice is more complex, as she chooses the happiness found in her work over the societally sanctioned relationship

“Literally hearing that one part, I don’t even know how to explain it,” she said. “You feel yourself ascending, like lifting out of your body.”

With Swifty Fest being a sold-out show, many volunteer ushers assisted in running this event smoothly. One volunteer, Jill Bird, said the event was great for the theater because of the overwhelming demand for tickets for The Eras Tour. “It was just really nice to have it at this time of day, where families could come out and the younger kids could come out and really have a good time,” she said. “People that aren’t going to ever really see her live were able to have the Swiftie experience and they all loved it.”

Swift will perform Nov. 1-3 in Indianapolis for the Eras Tour, with Gracie Abrams as the opening act. Those who attended Swifty Fest were handed flyers from Gray Residential for a chance to win two tickets to

see Swift, but anyone can enter on its website. Fans of the show can find the two openers online. Loveless is on Spotify and Stafford can be found on her website , sarastaffordmusic. com. More information about The Bejeweled Band can be found on its website , swiftyfest.com. IU students who may enjoy being in a group of Swifties can find more information about the Lovers Club on Instagram.

Finding feminism in ‘His Girl Friday’

Bruce offers her. According to a paper by the Kentucky Historical Society, most movie heroines of the time ended up in their “proper place, in the arms of a man who could protect and cherish her and let her quit the career that took time away from home and family.” Hildy is unusual; she is a glaring exception. While Hildy is in a relationship with Bruce because he “treats (her) like a woman,” the film contradicts her femininity. After stating that a man opens doors for women, Hildy proceeds to open a door for Walter. Through this juxtaposition, the film positions her as an equal figure in their relationship. This theme of equality is not limited to her romantic relationships but is also seen in her professional relationships with male reporters. Despite the fact

that in 1940, the majority of reporters were men, Hildy is portrayed as being equal to if not more talented than her male associates, who don’t appear threatened by her. During a press meeting at the local jail, the male reporters even lament the fact that she is leaving the business to become a housewife, a role they see as a waste of her talents. In the era the film was produced, these feminist aspects were not celebrated. Advertisements instead billed the movie as “racy” and a “love story,” while trumpeting Cary Grant’s character’s ability to “tame the wildest woman.”

However, when viewed through a

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Travis Puntarelli (left) and Marc Haggerty (right) perform September 4, 2024, at Cascades Inn in Bloomington. Puntarelli and Haggerty met around 13 years ago.

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in Bloomington. The show brought Taylor Swift fans of all ages to the performance.

modern lens, Hildy’s ultimate desire for the newspaper business, her relationship with Walter and her declaration that “I’m no suburban bridge player, I’m a newspaper man!” brands her as nothing less than a revolutionary, protofeminist icon.

MOVIE STILLS DATABASE Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy and Rosalind Russell star in the 1940 film “His Girl”. IU Cinema screened the film Sept.7.

First Thursdays Festival builds IU’s arts community

By Lilly Luse liluse@iu.edu

On a sunny September day — the first Thursday of the month — crowds of students gathered to partake in the First Thursdays Festival to celebrate the arts and humanities on campus. The air was filled with music blaring from speakers and karaoke performers joined the stage. The street was filled with sidewalk chalk and booths with smiling volunteers, who cheerfully invited students to learn more about their organizations.

First Thursdays, presented by IU’s Arts and Humanities Council, showcases student artists, campus organizations, arts and humanities departments and greater Bloomington programs and resources. The first festival of the year took place Sept. 5. IU junior Grace Belt said she enjoyed the festival for showcasing what IU has to offer.

“I’m really enjoying getting to see what’s happening on campus and what I can join and what exists here for students,” Belt said. “My favorite has been the fashion booth because they’re giving out free T-shirts that we get to upcycle, and I think that is just so neat and cool.”

IU senior Cam Wareham said First Thursdays helps build a sense of community on campus.

“There’s so many different both academic and nonacademic organizations represented here and also just organizations from the wider community,” Wareham said. “It’s a great way to bring people from all over Bloomington and IU together.”

The festival provides a fun way to kick off the school year with activities, student art vendors and opportunities for students to interact with campus services and organizations. The Black Film Center and Archive had a table at the festival, which was run by the center’s staff and had a monitor playing clips from Black films. The volunteers handed out merchandise like buttons and pens with the festival’s logo. Ja Quita Joy Roberts, the center’s finance and office administrator, told attendees about the center and what is has to offer.

want people to come to us, but we’ll come to you.”

The Department for Slavic Languages also had a booth at the festival to bring visibility to the five Slavic languages offered at IU, as well as their culture courses.

“Many of our collection items can’t be found anywhere else in the world. So to really, you know, encourage people to learn about that and be at events like this, to introduce them to the BFCA, it’s unmatched,” Roberts said. “We come to them, and we

Craig Cravens teaches Czech in the Slavic languages department and shared that he hopes being at First Thursdays will bring more visibility to the department and build community.

“Well, we just like to be visible and someone like you comes along and sees it, even if you’re not interested,” Cravens said.

“Maybe you’ll tell someone, ‘Oh, wait. Did you know

they teach Polish here? I didn’t know that.’ So, we just try to keep visible.”

Svitlana Melnyk, a Ukrainian lecturer in the Slavic languages department echoed Cravens’ point.

“Through this and through our cultural events, we hope to build a larger community,” Melnyk said.

The festival also provides a space for student artists to sell their work and be seen by the local community.

Evelynn Gray, a letterpress printing BFA, had prints of her work available to sell at the Sept. 5 festival. She said she decided to sell her work at the festival after other BFA students chose to participate.

“I love seeing people walk by and say, ‘that’s really cool!’” Gray said. “It’s a really good place to come and sell because people from school and people from the community come in.”

Students attending the festival also heard from cultural centers that have a presence on campus.

Katelyn Wo, a student assistant at the Asian Culture Center, wants to bring in more people to the culture center’s community events.

“I’ve definitely seen people who haven’t gone to the ACC this year, maybe have been wanting to but

just didn’t know how to get involved.” Wo said. “So, this is a really good way for us to get them excited about our events and just connect with people and make them come.”

Wo has been working for the center for four years and described some of the culture center’s upcoming events, such as Mahjong Mondays, Asian American and Pacific Islander bookclub, and cooking demonstrations.

“We’ll have various things throughout the year, so yeah, I’m really excited,” Wo said.

First Thursdays will return at 4 p.m. Oct. 3 at the Fine Arts Plaza.

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Indiana scores 77 points over Western Illinois

MEN’S SOCCER

Indiana has no ‘big picture concerns’ after loss

By Matt Press mtpress@iu.edu | @mattpress23

Todd Yeagley’s been around long enough to not panic.

Indiana men’s soccer’s 2-0 loss to the University of Dayton on Sept. 9 at Bill Armstrong Stadium — which dropped the Hoosiers to 1-22 on the season — didn’t change that. In Yeagley’s 15th season at the helm, his squad maintains questions surrounding its goal scoring and half-to-half consistency.

But he certainly remembers the outset of last season. Through five games in 2023, Indiana capped a 2-1-1 start with an unexpected defeat to the University of South Florida. The Hoosiers went on to win the Big Ten Double and make an NCAA Tournament quarterfinal appearance.

Now, Indiana finds itself miring in a similar spot. It’s nothing Yeagley hasn’t seen.

“I don’t have any big picture concerns at this point,” Yeagley said postgame. “Five more games, if we don’t get results, then that’s a different story.”

The Flyers asserted their pace and physicality from the starting whistle, creeping closer and closer to the back of the net until sophomore midfielder Martin Bakken found it in the 18th minute. Through 45 minutes, Indiana appeared fortunate to only be trailing 1-0.

Yeagley said the Hoosiers “wasted” the first half.

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While they compiled plenty of dangerous chances in the second — registering a 12-4 shots advantage — the equalizer never came. Senior forward Tommy Mihalic subbed on for freshman center back Josh Maher with less than 10 minutes remaining, leaving a three-man Indiana backline immensely vulnerable.

Dayton capitalized, and Bakken whirled past senior goalkeeper JT Harms on a counterattack to net his second goal of the match and seal the Hoosiers’ fate.

“We took a risk at the end,” Yeagley said. “That’s my goal. I took a huge risk trying to get one back.”

Last week against Butler University, the Hoosiers’ sharp first half was negated by a haphazard second, leading to a 1-1 draw. Save the 2-0 win over Yale University on Sept. 1, Indiana’s inconsistencies have been marked.

In its season-opener against Saint Louis University on Aug. 23, Indiana looked lethargic in a 2-0 defeat. Even in a tie with then No. 8 University of Notre Dame on Aug. 29, which saw the Hoosiers blitz the Fighting Irish for a pair of goals in 35 seconds, Indiana was thoroughly outplayed in the first half.

And Sept. 9, while attackers like senior Sam Sarver, sophomore Clay Murador and freshman Michael Nesci offered bright spots, the variability of halves persisted.

“It’s just putting together a complete game,” fifth-year senior defender Jansen Miller said. Miller remembers last season’s bumpy start, and rapid turnaround, well. He said Yeagley views conference play as a season of its own, and Indiana dips into it Friday night against Rutgers in Piscataway, New Jersey.

The first five games may prove to be too small a sample size to properly evaluate the Hoosiers’ mettle. It’s a bit early to tell. Miller understands there’s an array of opportunities lying ahead.

“Nobody’s won a Big Ten Tournament game,” Miller said. “No one’s seeded themselves. We have everything to play for still. These games aren’t going to affect how we do.”

Still, despite not citing any concerns for Indiana down the line, Yeagley mentioned the difficulty of replacing some of the squad’s leaders from last season. Joey Maher, a former stalwart on the Hoosiers’ backline, transferred to Saint Louis for his fifth season.

“Swiss army knife” Brett Bebej and feisty forward Maouloune Goumballe both graduated. Junior defender Quinton Elliot transferred from the University of Louisville to fill in for Bebej, and Indiana brought in graduate forward Justin Weiss from Northwestern for veteran savvy and goal scoring.

Despite the additions,

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“They had a physicality and a relentlessness to them,” Yeagley said of the departed players. “First half, I think one of those guys would have helped us.”

Now, like last season, the results from the nonconfer-

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ence slate leave Indiana with less margin for error against Big Ten opponents. Yeagley said Weiss is expected to return Sept. 13 after missing a pair of games due to a calf injury suffered against Yale, which should help bolster the Hoosiers’ attack.

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It remains to be seen if the first five games are indicative of Indiana’s talent level, or simply an extended anomaly. Yeagley seems to think the latter. “I’m pretty bullish on this team,” Yeagley said. “It’s not panic time, certainly for me.”

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Senior forward Sam Sarver tries to settle ball at his feet while a University of Dayton defender closes in Sept. 9, 2024, at Bill Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington. The Flyers

Schwarber is Indiana leader in MLB home runs

By Mateo Fuentes-Rohwer matfuent@iu.edu | @mateo_frohwer

Former Indiana baseball star Kyle Schwarber is once again making history for the Hoosiers, 10 years since he last donned the cream and crimson. The Philadelphia Phillies designated hitter launched his 280th career home run against the Tampa Bay Rays on Sept. 9, eclipsing Ted Kluszewski’s record for most MLB home runs by a former Hoosier.

Schwarber represented Indiana from 2012-14, earning All-Big Ten first team honors in his sophomore and junior seasons. He ranks eighth alltime in hits with 238, sixth in slugging percentage with .607 and seventh in home runs with 40.

In the 2014 MLB draft, the Chicago Cubs selected Schwarber fourth overall, marking the highest drafted Indiana player in its history. Since 2015, he has played for

the Cubs, Washington Nationals, Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies. Schwarber’s home run breaks Kluszewski’s 63-yearold record dating back to 1961. Kluszewski contributed one season for the Hoosiers in 1945, achieving a batting average of .443. In the same year, he was also a member of Indiana’s 1945 football squad that won the Big Ten conference championship. Throughout his 15-year career, Kluszewski played 11 seasons for the Cincinnati Reds before joining the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Angels to finish out his final four seasons. He earned four MLB All-Star appearances from 1953-56.

As a coach of the Reds, Kluszewski won the World Series in 1975 and 1976. In 1998, 10 years after his death, the Reds retired No. 18 in his honor.

Bloomington Young Single Adult Branch

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 Latter-day 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.

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 Latter-day 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.

United Methodist

Jubilee

219 E. Fourth St. 812-332-6396 jubileebloomington.org

Facebook: First United Methodist Church of Bloomington, IN Instagram: @jubileebloomington

Sunday: 9:30 a.m., Classic Worship 11:45 a.m., Contemporary Worship Wednesday: 7:30 p.m., College & Young Adult Dinner

American Restoration Movement

Lutheran - Missouri Synod Orthodox All Saints Orthodox Christian Church

University Lutheran Church 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.:

The LCMS home of campus ministry at IU, our mission is to serve all college students with the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ, located across from Dunn Meadow and the IMU. The Student Center is open daily for study, recreation, and prayer. For full schedule, visit our website.

Rev. Timothy Winterstein - Campus Pastor

Jubilee is a Christ-centered community open and affirming to all. We gather on Wednesdays at First United Methodist (219 E. 4th St.) for free food, honest discussion, worship, and hanging out. Small groups, service projects, social events (bonfires, game nights, book clubs, etc.), outreach retreats, and leadership opportunities all play a significant role in our rhythm of doing life together.

Markus Dickinson - jubilee@fumcb.org

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

North Central Church of Christ

2121 N. Dunn St. 812-332-2248 nc3family.org Facebook.com/nc3family

Sunday: 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., College Class

Come learn about historic Christian teaching on theology, ethics, and culture. We offer an alternative to the post-modern ideologies and teachings you often see in your lives today.

Shane Himes, PHD - Senior Minister

Science

Christian Science Church

2425 E. Third St. 812-332-0536 bloomingtonchristianscience.com facebook.com/e3rdStreet

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p.m. Interested in spirituality and healing? We welcome you to our church to explore how you can address issues spiritually and experience healing. Knowing God loves, guides and cares for each one gives a sense of peace and joy. We appreciate the Christian Science Monitor news magazine for its integrity, fairness and compassion.

(Christian Science Monitor) csmonitor.com

6004 S. Fairfax Rd. 812-824-3600 allsaintsbloomington.org webbrk1@gmail.com

Father Peter Jon Gillquist Thomas Przybyla - Pastoral Assistant Bloomington Bahá'í Community and Bahá’í IU Association

424 S. College Mall Rd. 812-331-1863 bloomingtoninbahais.org facebook.com/Baháí-Community-ofBloomington-Indiana-146343332130574

Instagram: @bloomingtonbahai

Sunday:

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Then-junior Kyle Schwarber celebrates after hitting a 2-RBI double in the second inning of Indiana’s game against the University of Louisville on March 1, 2014, at Jim Patterson Stadium. Schwarber hit his 280th career home run Sept. 9, breaking the Indiana baseball record for most MLB home runs from a former Hoosier player.

IU’s Layla Sirdah ties program record for goals

By Sam Elster selster@iu.edu | @samelster1

When freshman forward Layla Sirdah was asked about this year’s senior class during senior day at Bill Armstrong Stadium, a big smile came across her face.

“They’re one of the best leaders that I’ve ever played with, and I look up to them a lot,” Sirdah said.

Though seniors shined in Indiana women’s soccer’s 9-0 win against Lawrence University on Sept. 8, it was Sirdah who would finish the game tying the program record for goals in a single match.

From the first minute of the game, Indiana was in full attack mode —so much so that the ball did not cross onto their territory of the pitch for the first twenty minutes. The only time that it did was when the Hoosier defensive line was passing it back

Your

to senior goalkeeper Jamie Gerstenberg to put the ball back in play. Indiana maintained possession for the entirety of the game along with keeping great spacing. It was almost every minute that it seemed the Hoosiers were taking shots. But it wasn’t until the 30th minute when they finally got themselves on the score board.

It was none other than sophomore defender Piper Coffield who stepped up to take the penalty kick after a handball from a Lawrence defender. Earlier in the season, Van Bennekom expressed how Coffield will be taking all penalty kicks if she is on the field —Coffield hasn’t missed one in her career. She continued that streak with a goal in the bottom left to begin the Hoosiers’ onslaught. The next goal came from a free kick just a yard out-

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.

Bob Whitaker - Senior Pastor

Adam deWeber - Worship Pastor

Dan Waugh - Adult Ministry Pastor

Christian Student Fellowship

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

Instagram: @csfindiana

Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Christian Student Fellowship (CSF) exists as a Christ-centered community focused on helping students truly know Jesus Christ. Our ministry operates from an on-campus house where students can live. Reach out to schedule a tour of the house or a visit to our Thursday night worship service!

Ben Geiger - Lead Campus Minister

Stephanie Michael - Campus Minister

Joe Durnil - Associate Campus Minister

Hailee Lutz - Office Manager

City Church

1200 N. Russell Rd.

812-336-5958

citychurchbloomington.org

tiktok: @citychurchbtown

Instagram: @citychurchbtown

Sunday Service: 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m., 11:45 a.m.

City Church is a multicultural church on the east side of Bloomington. We provide transportation from campus. Our college and young adult ministry meets on Tuesday nights.

David Norris - Pastor

Sacred Heart Church

615 N. Fairview St. 812-345-5239 sacredheartbloomington.org facebook.com/sacredheartbloomington

Sunday: 10:30 a.m.: Refreshments and Fellowship 10:45 a.m.: Worship Service Tue., Wed., Thu.: Midweek Meals (Check Facebook)

Sacred Heart is a nondenominational church that seeks to follow Jesus by acting justly, loving mercy and walking humbly with God. We strive to be a safe, inclusive community where you can bring your doubts, questions, struggles, and joys before a loving God and find true belonging. All are welcome!

Dan Caldwell

side of the 18-yard box after Sirdah was tripped up. She then smashed the kick into the back of the net to double the Hoosiers lead in the 37th minute. Just when it could have seemed as if Indiana was over stressing the game with constant shots on goal, junior midfielder Olivia Rush scored in the 39th minute from a cross by junior forward Marisa Grzesiak.

At the end of the first half, Indiana was in complete control with 30 shots and Lawrence with zero.

In the 54th minute, junior defender Arianna Rose skipped around her defender and struck the ball into the top right off an assist by senior defender Camille Hamm. It was Rose’s first goal of the season. Then sophomore forward Ellie Johannes took a shot off a cross, hitting the back of the net and putting her hands on

Society of Friends (Quaker)

Bloomington Friends Meeting

3820 E. Moores Pike

812-336-4581

bloomingtonfriendsmeeting.org

Facebook: Bloomington Friends Meeting

Sunday (in person & Zoom) : 9:45 a.m., Hymn singing

10:30 a.m., Meeting for Worship

10:45 a.m., Sunday School (Children join worship 10:30-10:45)

11:30 a.m., Refreshments and Fellowship

12:30 p.m., Events (see website)

Wednesday (Zoom Only) :

7 p.m., Meeting for worship for Peace

Friday (Zoom Only) : 9 a.m., Meeting for worship

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 belief and no prescribed creed. We are actively involved in peace action, social justice causes, and environmental concerns.

Peter Burkholder - Clerk burkhold@indiana.edu

Episcopal (Anglican)

Canterbury Mission

719 E. Seventh St. 812-822-1335 IUCanterbury.org facebook.com/ECMatIU

Instagram & Twitter: @ECMatIU Youtube: @canterburyhouseatiu9094

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

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

Tuesday: Noon - 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

Independent Baptist

Lifeway Baptist Church

7821 W. State Road 46 812-876-6072 lifewaybaptistchurch.org facebook.com/lifewayellettsville

Sunday: 9 a.m., Bible Study Classes 10 a.m., Morning Service 5 p.m., Evening Service *Free transportation provided. Please call if you need a ride to church. Student Ministry: Meeting for Bible study throughout the month. Contact Rosh Dhanawade at bluhenrosh@gmail.com for more information.

Steven VonBokern - Senior Pastor Rosh Dhanawade - IU Coordinator 302-561-0108 bluhenrosh@gmail.com

her head in shock.

In the 70th minute the first and only two shots from Lawrence came: one shot blocked by an Indiana defender and the other shot off target. One minute afterwards, Indiana sophomore midfielder Kennedy Neighbors finished off a chance from a long ball. With already one goal on the game, Sirdah scored yet again in the 71st minute with a rocket finish in the top left corner of the goal off an assist by senior defender Lauren Costello. Five minutes later she scored another goal to reach a hat trick. Sirdah was meaning to run one of the set pieces that Indiana normally runs for a corner kick. However, her corner kick ended up curving into the goal. Her hand went over her mouth, stunned that the corner kick went in.

With her fourth goal, Sirdah tied the record for goals

in a game by a Hoosier. While the goal was initially marked as an own goal as it hit a Vikings defender before going in, it was awarded to Sirdah in the 78th minute. The last Hoosier to record four goals in a game was Paige Webber. She recorded her final three goals of the game in seven minutes of gameplay.

The 9-0 victory over Lawrence wraps up the Hoosiers’ non-conference schedule before they begin a challenging Big Ten conference stretch.

United Church of Christ and American Baptist Churches-USA

First United Church

2420 E. Third St. 812-332-4439 firstuc.org facebook.com/firstuc

Sunday: 10:30 a.m., Worship

Monday: 10 a.m. via Zoom, Bible Study

We are an Open, Welcoming, and Affirming community of love and acceptance dedicated to welcoming the diversity of God’s beloved. We exist to empower, challenge, and encourage one another to live out Jesus’ ways (compassion, truth, and justice) authentically as human beings in community to create a better world.

Rev. Jessica Petersen-Mutai Senior Minister

Baptist

Emmanuel Church

1503 W. That Rd. 812-824-2768 Emmanuelbloom.com Instagram & Facebook: @EmmanuelBloomington

Sunday: 9:15 a.m., Fellowship Sunday: 10 a.m., Worship Groups: Various times

Emmanuel is a multigenerational church of all types of people. Whether you are questioning faith or have followed Jesus for years, we exist to help fuel a passion for following Jesus as we gather together, grow in community, and go make disciples.

John Winders - Lead Pastor

Second Baptist Church

321 N. Rogers St. 812-327-1467 sbcbloomington.org facebook.com/2ndbaptistbloomington youtube.com/@secondbaptist churchbloomington

Sunday Service: 10 a.m., In house and on Facebook/YouTube Sunday School: 8:45 - 9:45 a.m. Bible Study: Available In House and on Zoom Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m., Thursdays, Noon

Please come and worship with us. We are in training for reigning with Christ! Need a ride? Call our Church bus at 812-3271467 before 8 a.m. on Sunday

Rev. Dr. Bruce R. Rose - Pastor Tallie Schroeder - Secretary

Unitarian Universalist Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington

2120 N. Fee Ln. 812-332-3695 uubloomington.org facebook.com/uubloomington

Sunday: 10:15 a.m., via in person or livestream We’re a multi dynamic congregation actively working towards a more just and loving world. We draw inspiration from world religions and diverse spiritual traditions. Our vision is “Seeking the Spirit, Building Community, Changing the World.” A LGBTQA+, Dementia Friendly, Welcoming Congregation to all ages and groups and a Certified Green Sanctuary.

Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray

“I think they all understand that Ohio State will be very different from what we saw today,” Van Bennekom said.” “I think the last couple of weeks has given us the confidence.” Indiana (5-0-1) will host No. 17 Ohio State University (4-1-1) on Thursday, Sept. 12 to kick off Big Ten conference play at Bill Armstrong Stadium.

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Rose House LuMin & St. Thomas Lutheran Church

3800 E. Third St. 812-332-5252 Stlconline.org lcmiu.net

Instagram: @hoosierlumin facebook.com/LCMIU facebook.com/StThomasBloomington

Sunday: 8:30 a.m. & 11 a.m. @ St. Thomas Lutheran Church 3800 E. Third St. Tuesday: 6:30 p.m. Dinner & Devotions @ Rose House LuMin 314 S. Rose

Rose House LuMin and St. Thomas Lutheran Church invite you to experience life together with us. We are an inclusive Christian community who values the faith, gifts, and ministry of all God’s people. We seek justice, serve our neighbors, and love boldly.

Rev. Adrianne Meier Rev. Lecia Beck Rev. Amanda Ghaffarian - Campus Pastor

Unity Worldwide

Unity of Bloomington A Center for Spiritual Growth

4001 S. Rogers St. text/call: 812-333-2484 unityofbloomington.org IG: @unityofbloomington facebook@UnityofBloomington

Sunday Celebration: 10:30 a.m.

Discover a vibrant, welcoming community at Unity of Bloomington – “a positive path for spiritual living”. Our center offers a space for spiritual growth; embracing all with open arms. We proudly affirm and welcome the LGBTQ+ community, fostering love, acceptance, and inclusion. Join our loving congregation, where everyone is valued and encouraged to explore their spiritual journey. At Unity of Bloomington, all are welcome and together we thrive!

Minnassa Gabon - Spiritual Leader Phyllis Wickliff - Music Director Reformed Protestant

Trinity Reformed Church 2401 S. Endwright Rd. 812-825-2684 trinityreformed.org lucas@trinityreformed.org facebook.com/trinitychurchbloom

Sunday: 10:30 a.m., Sunday Morning Services 7 p.m., Bible Study at the IMU

We are a Reformed Protestant church on the west side of Bloomington with lively worship on Sunday mornings and regular lunches for students after church. We love God and His Word. Please get in touch if you’d like a ride!

Jody Killingsworth - Senior Pastor Lucas Weeks - College Pastor

JAMES RUSH | IDS

Freshman forward Layla Sirdah dribbles the ball in front of the Indiana University student section in a match against Wright State on Aug. 29, 2024, at Bill Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington. Sirdah scored four goals in Indiana’s 9-0 win against Lawrence University on Sept. 8.