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IU says Sigma Nu off campus
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By Jaden Amos jamamos@iu.edu | @jadenm_amos
The men who founded Sigma Nu wanted to create a fraternity without hazing. The suspension of IU’s Beta Eta chapter Wednesday marks the ninth Sigma Nu chapter to be suspended for hazing since 2012. The Sigma Nu website says that anti-hazing is a large part of its mission and vision. James Frank Hopkins, Greenfield Quarles and McIlvaine Riley started Sigma Nu in 1869 at the Virginia Military Institute to fight back against the intense hazing at their school. The brothers of Sigma Nu faced the reality Wednesday morning that its national headquarters had suspended its charter. Some of the members danced SEE SIGMA NU, PAGE 3
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Redshirt junior midfielder Francesco Moore kicks the ball against Kentucky at Bill Armstrong Stadium Wednesday evening. IU defeated Kentucky, 2-0, to move to 11-0-2 on the season.
Men’s soccer earns promising win over No. 21 Kentucky
Former Jacobs lecturer sentenced
2-0 By Michael Ramirez michrami@umail.iu.edu | @michrami_
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o. 1 IU set a new program record with its seventh-consecutive shutout Wednesday night in a 2-0 win against No. 21 Kentucky at Bill Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington. IU's current shutout streak extended to 689 minutes on defense, while on offense, goals from junior defender Timmy Mehl and senior attacker Rashad Hyacenth carried the Hoosiers to victory. The Hoosiers came blazing out of the gates to start the game and pressed high for most of the first half. Kentucky entered the game playing with three defenders on the
By Carley Lanich clanich@indiana.edu | @carleylanich
A former Jacobs School of Music lecturer accused of sexually assaulting a student was sentenced Wednesday morning to two years probation. Guoping Wang, 55, pleaded guilty to one charge of criminal confinement. A second charge of sexual battery was dropped as a part of a plea deal. “Mr. Wang is more Guoping than this bad act,” Wang Wang’s attorney, Katharine Liell, told the judge, drawing attention to his character as a dedicated husband and father to two daughters. “Wang is more than his worst act.” Wang, a former dance coach, was arrested in July 2016 and spent 28 hours in jail after one of his ballet students accused him of sexually assaulting her in his IU office during a fall 2015 ballet rehearsal. The student said Wang trapped her in his office after offering to help her with stretches and technique. He then removed her leotard and tights, according to court documents, and proceeded to sexually assault her on the floor of the office. IU’s own investigation of Wang in March 2016 unearthed multiple reports that Wang made unwanted advances toward staff and students. Six others said Wang forcibly kissed them on the mouth. Speaking Wednesday through interpreters, Judge Marc Kellams reviewed the terms of the plea deal with Wang, whose first language is Mandarin. Wang would serve none of his two year sentence in jail if he admitted to committing criminal confinement — or, in this case, if he admitted to preventing the student from leaving his office that day after the November rehearsal. Standing stoically before the judge, Wang said very little during the hearing except to answer Kellams’ question on the charge of criminal confinement, “Do you plead guilty or not guilty?” Wang paused, waited for translation and with his right hand raised quietly replied with one word in English. “Guilty.” Kellams accepted the plea deal, on the conditions that Wang meets the standard terms of probation, such as meeting regularly with a probation officer, avoiding future arrests and avoiding drug use. A deputy prosecutor speaking on SEE WANG, PAGE 2
backline, but it didn’t take long for the wing backs to drop back, morphing into a formation with five defenders. The first goal of the game came in the 13th minute. Junior midfielder Trevor Swartz sent a free kick from the right side of the field into the penalty box, which curved over the entire Wildcat defense and found the outstretched leg of Mehl. It was Mehl’s third goal of the season for the Hoosiers, with the previous two also coming from set piece free kicks. The Wildcats then started to take shots at IU’s sturdy defense. Kentucky junior Mikkel Pedersen gave freshman goalkeeper Trey Muse all he could handle late in the first half, which forced a diving save from Muse to preserve IU’s shutout performance. The second half was just as com-
petitive as the end of the first, and the Wildcats had a few chances to equalize. But each time, the Wildcats were diffused by the Hoosier defense, which did a good job of recovering when an opportunity opened up for the opposition. IU extended its lead in the 73rd minute after freshman midfielder Spencer Glass chipped a corner kick into the box, which was tapped into the back of the net by Hyacenth. The Hoosier defense successfully saw out the rest of match, despite Kentucky striking the post with a shot with just under 10 minutes to play. Sophomore defender Jordan Kleyn also made an appearance for the Hoosiers in the match. It was Kleyn's first involvement in a game since injuring his groin Sept. 13 against Michigan.
‘Three Sisters’ coming to Wells-Metz Theatre By Clark Gudas ckgudas@umail.iu.edu | @This_isn’t_Clark
Anton Chekhov’s play “Three Sisters” is not just the story of three sisters. “I don’t know why it’s called 'Three Sisters,'” Director Dale McFadden said. “But it’s really three sisters and a brother.” IU Theatre will premiere “Three Sisters” on Oct. 13 at the Wells-Metz Theatre. The play follows a group of family members struggling to achieve their individual life goals while dealing with hardships and failures that challenge their dignity and perseverance. “This is a play about endurance and belief in oneself, regardless of circumstances,” McFadden said. “How does one continue when one’s life goals have not turned out the way they expected?” The first scene opens with Irina's 20th birthday party, which happens to land on the same day that the sisters’ father died a year ago. This scene, and other moments throughout the play, juxtapose stark tragedy with lighthearted humor. “There’s so much duality in it,” Tess Cunningham, the actress playing Irina, said. “In the midst of this whirlwind of so much emotion, there are just these really lighthearted moments of people laughing.” Considered a master of short fiction, Chekhov wrote “Three Sisters” in 1900. More than a hundred years later, his plays are still produced across the country, McFadden said. “I’ve had professors tell us that professional companies, every once in a while, throw a Chekhov
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Abby Lee plays Másha in IU Theatre's production of “Three Sisters.” The play will run in the Wells-Metz Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13, 14, 17-20 and at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21.
in their season to keep their actors sharp,” Cunningham said. “You have to think about the thought after your lines — what is the thing that you’re not saying.” Between the drama and tension, the moments of lightheartedness draw on the times when family members support each other. At one point, a character puts on a costume beard to cheer up his wife, and the family members tease
each other in good-spirited ways throughout the play. “They’re so easy to care about,” Cunningham said. “They were real people with real feelings and relationships, and we want to make sure we give those people a chance to exist in real space.” This is a studio production of the work, meaning the play has the basic sound, lighting and set designs with only the necessary elements.
“These days, the approach to Chekhov is much leaner and direct, and that’s what we’re doing,” McFadden said. “There's a trend, too, with these modern classics, to get them down to the essence of the acting, the design and the overall story.” The play features a cast of 19 students, and begins with most of them SEE SISTERS, PAGE 3