Indiana Daily Student Dec. 15, 2022

THAT SUCKED

Indiana men’s soccer falls to Syracuse in NCAA title

By Matt Press mtpress@iu.edu | @MatthewPress23

CARY, NC — Maouloune Goumballe couldn’t move. With eyes transfixed on the goal that stood over 50 yards away from him, efforts to console the Indiana men’s soccer attacker were futile.

As the roaring celebration of Syracuse University grew by the second, the senior forward appeared unaware, maybe unwilling to acknowledge the reality setting in. An almost magical season — one that saw the Hoosiers defy the odds and coast through the NCAA Tournament into the College Cup Final — came to a bitter conclusion: a 7-6 loss in penalties.

Redshirt senior defender Daniel Munie surely heard his name announced as a College Cup All-Tournament Team member after the match. But he couldn’t think about that. He stood motionless around midfield. This was his final career match as a Hoosier.

“Speechless. There are no words,” junior goalkeeper JT Harms said after the defeat. “It’s going to take some time to regroup. I thought we deserved better.

The grounds crew blew away the confetti and the pitch was empty. An onlooker over WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina, couldn’t have possibly conceived the events that had just transpired. It was a title match filled with fiery emotions and unfettered passion: a true heavyweight battle.

“That was a war. Those kids were grinding on every play,” Indiana head coach Todd Yeagley said. “There was a lot of fight. Syracuse is a tough team, and I com-

mend them for that.

The Orange presented an intriguing, yet monumental challenge. An uber-athletic, physically imposing side, the Hoosiers knew full well what the match would entail. Luckily for Yeagley, though, just about every member of his team was in top form.

Most importantly, the veteran backline and Harms were impenetrable throughout the NCAA Tournament, conceding zero goals until the championship. Still, the aura of the match was different. Prior performances, history of the programs — it was all irrelevant.

When the teams walked side by side from the tunnel onto the pitch — standing under the fireworks and glowing lights — the stage was set. In a season that saw two teams that many viewed unworthy of the crown, it felt apropos that a turbulent clash would occur.

With frantic pace and colliding bodies, Indiana and Syracuse made tireless attempts to impose their will on the match. In the 24th minute, though, it was the Orange, a newcomer to the peak of the proverbial mountain, who drew first blood.

Syracuse sophomore forward Nathan Opoku, who earned an All-American nod this season, had four Hoosier defenders keyed in on his presence. But it was useless. He weaved into a favorable position, fired a brilliant left-footed strike and awarded his team the advantage.

The railings of the tunnel, which sat along the midfield line, offered a sharp divide between the Hoosier and Orange faithful. After Opoku’s goal, the orange-and-blue-clad fans

rose in a raucous, joyous unison.

Less than 10 minutes later, it was the section donning cream and crimson who would celebrate. After redshirt senior forward Ryan Wittenbrink lofted a cross into the Syracuse box, the ball took a deflection. Then another. One section exuded anticipatory excitement while the other dreaded the impending doom.

The former would win that fight. Sophomore midfielder Patrick McDonald struck a gorgeous volley into the bottom corner to level the match. Game on.

“He can do so much. He’s got a tremendous future ahead,” Yeagley said of McDonald. “He’s just getting started. I’m excited that we have more time with Patrick."

Not even two minutes after the equalizer, Syracuse stormed back. Again, Opoku was a Hoosier killer.

He spun and dodged defenders with ease down the edge of the box and delivered a cross to the penalty spot. Sophomore midfielder Curt Calov poked it past Harms, and just like that, the Orange were back on top, 2-1.

The next 50 or so minutes were quiet. There were spells of Syracuse possession where the stadium fell almost silent. As the match winded down, the Hoosiers’ fate appeared sealed. But in the 80th minute, senior forward Herbert Endeley had an answer.

A screaming, cross-body long shot again jolted one section into triumphant celebration and the other into despair.

Ten scoreless minutes passed and regulation concluded. The teams headed to their sidelines for a brief

Outgoing Hoosiers suffer second College Cup heartbreak

By Kamil Gut kgut@iu.edu | @GutKamil

Maouloune Goumballe stayed rooted to the halfway line. Sam Sarver paced around the touchline inconsolably.

Between the two stood a makeshift stage, quickly assembled for the national champions.

Through his hazy tears and cream-colored jersey, Sarver could barely watch as bright white confetti exploded into the night sky and spread across midfield at WakeMed Soccer Park.

Neither were in reach of the streamers. By the time gravity pulled them back

down, a pack of players in orange and blue jerseys had already started the celebrations.

For the second time in three seasons, No. 13 seed Indiana men’s soccer came one match short on its quest for a ninth national championship. Instead, No. 3 seed Syracuse University edged out the Cream and Crimson through a 7-6 score in a decisive penalty

shootout after the teams drew 2-2 through regulation and double overtime.

Goumballe, who was

one of the Hoosiers’ brightest players in open play, missed Indiana’s final penalty attempt in the sudden

death stage. Moments later, Orange senior midfielder Amferny Sinclair won Syracuse its first national

title with a high-rising spot kick. SEE COLLEGE

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Sophomore forward Samuel Sarver falls to the ground after a failed shot attempt against Syracuse on Dec. 12, 2022, at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina. Syracuse beat the Hoosiers in penalty kicks in the College Cup final.

The history of commencement ceremonies

Letter from the Editor

Dear graduating seniors, Congratulations on your huge achievement!

Graduating college is no small feat. I don’t need to recount all the major global events that happened while we were in college. I’m a little tired of reading that over and over. Besides, you all will hear that enough during commencement speeches.

However you feel about your time here, you did it

and are moving onto the next phase of your life — whether that be a job, internship, more school or just a break. I’m graduating this weekend too, and I don’t really know what I’m doing after this. It’s a little daunting jumping into the deep end of the pool. I know I have to get a big girl job and learn how to do taxes. I’m content with that. We all have to do it eventually.

IU has given me so much

just as it has for all of you. Friends, internships, new experiences and I guess an education too. It’s not for nothing. Whether you feel like graduating college was a miracle, an expectation or anything in the middle, you have to at least look back and smile. You brought something to your community no matter how small you think that impact was.

Graduation is a time with a lot of “lasts.” Not only am I experiencing that as a

student, but this is my last letter from the editor at the Indiana Daily Student. I cannot thank you enough for your readership over your time at IU, and I hope we met your expectations as your community paper.

Just as IU will always be here for you so will the IDS.

It was an honor to serve you as editor-in-chief.

Here’s to the future!

Cate Charron

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1. IU Provost Rahul Shrivastav addresses the crowd during the graduate commencement ceremony May 6, 2022 in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Rick Van Kooten, executive dean of the College of Arts

President Pamela Whitten also spoke at the ceremony.

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A Guide to 2022 Winter Commencement

By Sophie Goldstein sophiegoldstein@gmail.com @ sophie_ gold3

The Winter Commencement ceremony will be at 10 a.m. on Dec. 17 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, located at 1001 E. 17th Street. Here is your guide of what to expect at the ceremony.

Schedule: Doors open at 8 a.m. to the north and south lobbies. Graduates should meet at Wilkinson Hall no later than 8:30 a.m. The procession will begin at 9:15 a.m. The ceremony will last approximately 90 minutes. For specific ceremony schedule details, check the ceremony schedule on the IU Website.

Parking: Free parking is available in all lots surrounding Assembly Hall. Graduates and faculty should enter through Gate 14, located off Fee Lane, and park in the Blue Lot. Accessible parking is located in the Blue Lot off of 17th street.

Seating: Tickets are not issued for Commencement, and graduates may bring as many guests as wished; however, seating is

on a first-come, first-served basis. All seating will be located on the west side of Assembly Hall. Graduate seating is arranged by school and is

not alphabetical, so they may be seated anywhere within a school’s section. Accessibility seating is available, and more information can be found on

names are not

introduced individually and hooded on the front of the stage. Graduates will receive their diploma cover, but the diploma will be mailed to your home address.

After the Ceremony: Graduates will be part of a recession out of Assembly Hall following the ceremony. Graduates must return their gown apparel in the mail provided by Herff Jones Company. Failure to return apparel may result in a fine. Caps, tassels, cords and stoles of gratitude do not need to be returned.

Reminders for Graduates: Umbrellas, briefcases, and other items cannot be stored during the ceremony so do not bring them to the Commencement. Wear business or business casual attire with comfortable shoes. Once you arrive at the lineup you will then be instructed to put your cap and gown on.

Reminders for Guests: Guest seating is on a firstcome, first-serve basis so arrive early and enter with your whole party as saving seats is prohibited. You may pre-order a bouquet of flowers that will be available when you arrive at Assembly Hall.

Three strategies to paying off student loans efficiently

By Audrey Vonderahe abvonder@iu.edu | @a_vonderahe5

Student loan debt is often an ominous and frightening topic that is avoided at all costs until landing a first job out of college.

While many graduates make it a financial priority to quickly pay off student loans, it takes 20 years on average to pay back loans for an undergraduate education, according to a report by the Education Data Initiative.

But, there are strategies that can assist graduates in quickly and efficiently paying off their student loan debt.

Making biweekly payments

While most people only make payments toward their student loans once per month, making payments once every two weeks will result in an extra payment each year, according to Forbes.

In practice, biweekly payments are made by dividing the typical monthly payment amount in half and making half-payments once

IU freshman wins T-shirt contest

By Meghana Rachamadugu megracha@iu.edu | @nutmeginbloomv

IU freshman Ali Wolf won the Fall 2022 Student Designed T-Shirt Contest after people on campus voted Nov. 11. The new T-shirts with the winning design are available at the bookstore in-person and online.

“I was surprised that I won, but I was even more surprised when I found out I was a finalist,” Wolf said in the article. “I’m very excited and happy.”

This contest was in partnership between the IU Bookstore, the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design and the Office of Business Partnerships, according to an IU News article.

Nearly 60% of votes were toward Wolf’s design, according to the article. Ali Wolf, a studio art graphic design student at Eskenazi, said she wanted to hone her skills to be able to open a design business in the future.

“The things I have learned in my classes so far have definitely helped,” Wolf said in the article. “I feel like I have expanded my creative palette and really know what catches people’s eyes.”

Wolf said she thought about what she wanted to see in the bookstore and wanted her design to be fun and capture movement. The final piece is crimson red with the IU logo and Indiana University written in waves.

IU Students submitted t-shirt designs using crim-

son or white print ink from Oct. 17 to Nov. 4. Between Nov. 7 and 8, submissions were filtered down to three finalists, and IU students voted on the design on Nov. 11 through social media. On Dec. 2, Wolf’s design became available for sale in the bookstore in person and online.

“The competition provides a wonderful opportunity for our students to engage with the bookstore and share their creative design ideas and passion for IU,” Valerie Gill, associate vice president for the Office of Business Partnerships, said in the article.

Wolf received a $250 Bookstore gift card and credit on T-shirt marketing materials, according to the article. The second and third-place winners, IU junior Melina Bielski and IU freshman Yonevea Sapcut, got a $100 Bookstore and $50 Bookstore gift card respectively. Those who submitted designs that followed guidelines received coupons for 25% off an apparel item, according to the IU News article.

every two weeks. Over the course of a year, these biweekly payments will result in 26 half-payments, equal to 13 full payments.

Paying only once monthly would amount to 12 full payments, but paying biweekly and making 13 full payments annually could

help to pay off loans ahead of schedule and save on interest costs.

Consider refinancing For those who do not want to make extra payments, refinancing student loans is an option. Refinancing entails changing from one lender to another who offers lower interest rates.

Typically, the new lender is often a private company, such as a bank, credit union or online lender, according to Forbes.

Candidates for refinancing must have a high credit score, a reliable income and a debt-to-income ratio below 50%, according to NerdWallet.

Refinancing can help in paying off student loans early and can save thousands of dollars in interest, but it has drawbacks. Switching to a private company removes the benefits that come with federal loans, including income-driven repayment

plans and loan forgiveness programs, according to Forbes.

‘Found’ money and windfalls Budgeting unanticipated cash or income toward student loans is another ingenious way to make headway on student loan payments.

The notion of “found money” refers to money that legally belongs to someone, but is considered unclaimed, according to Government Information Services. This can include money from previous employers, money from state property offices and insurance and tax refunds.

Found money can be categorized as a “windfall,” which is any money received that was not anticipated, according to Forbes.

Those who wish to pay off their student loans faster can benefit from allocating windfalls toward their loan repayment.

Students attend climate change conference

By Christina Avery averycm@iu.edu | @christym_avery

IU sent 18 students to the United Nations’ 27th annual Climate Change Conference of Parties, where they met with world leaders and experts to address issues of climate change.

The climate summit took place in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, and ran from Nov. 6 – 18 this year. The event is an opportunity for world experts, leaders, researchers and students studying climate change to come together in taking action toward achieving the world’s collective climate goals.

IU students attended the summit as part of Jessica O’Reilly’s international climate government course. O’Reilly is an associate professor of international studies in the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies and leads IU’s delegation.

A limited number of students are chosen each year to attend the summit. Undergraduate and graduate students apply by submitting a research proposal for a project they would like to track during the summit. While students typically have experience and interest in environmental research, students from a variety of majors and backgrounds are invited to attend. This year’s delegation included students from the Hamilton Lugar School as well as the College of Arts and Sciences, the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the Kelley School of Business. After returning, they write a report they then present to the class.

Abby Potter is an international studies and Arabic major, with a minor in global media. Her research focuses on global health and development, and the research proposal she submitted in her application focused on climate change communication in Middle Eastern media outlets.

Potter said she’s wanted to work with the United Nations since she was 12 years old, so getting the opportunity to attend the summit fulfilled a dream. During the summit, she spent time learning about Middle Eastern climate initiatives and what further action can be taken. Potter said she believes the Middle East has many green initiatives that appear to be helping climate change, but that do little to actually address it.

This year’s COP27 concluded with a breakthrough agreement to provide “loss and damage” funding for vulnerable countries negatively affected by climate disasters. Potter said industrialized countries that are responsible for the climate crisis need to support small island spaces that have not contributed as many emissions, but that are more heavily impacted by them. Climate change efforts should be bottom-up, she said, amplifying the voices and knowledge of everyday citizens and Indigenous people.

One of her favorite parts of the summit was learning about Indigenous efforts in climate change from youth activists.

“It’s such a beautiful moment for Indigenous people to stand up, have a voice and have people from around the world hear

their voice,” she said. “It’s a big moment for students to learn from people from different countries, or even just delegates to network with each other and to encourage other governments to keep pursuing climatefriendly policies. Global collaboration is always a beautiful thing.”

Giuseppe Alkire, a master’s student, focused his research on the role of nonstate global actors in global climate governance. He said being at the summit was electric.

“You get there, and you’ve been dreaming of doing something like this since you were a kid,” he said.

Alkire said the world has the technology and capacity to improve climate change conditions, but it can be difficult to get countries to coordinate. While every country has a right to economic development, he said, those countries most developed are historically the largest emitters of greenhouse gases.

Alkire also thinks local communities and Indigenous people don’t have enough representation in discussions around climate change. He would like to see local governments and minority groups be given the opportunity to participate in making decisions and developing initiatives.

Liv Davis is an international studies and geography major. Davis grew up in California, which she said gave her a nature-centric view of the world.

Davis’ research topic centered around utilizing ecological restoration and nature-based solutions in international climate gov-

ernance. She strives to examine whether ecological restoration is used responsibly in climate agreements.

Attending the summit, she said, was the highest point in her undergraduate career. As someone who comes from a science background, the summit gave her further opportunities to combine her science knowledge with climate and environmental change.

The impacts of climate change are not felt equitably across the globe, Davis said, and are often felt most acutely in countries already experiencing political, economic or social instability. While small and developing countries are not contributing the highest amount of pollutants, they are often the ones hit hardest by the impacts.

“Not everyone is going to face these impacts equally,” Davis said. “Everyone’s going to face them at some regard, but the impact and the consequences of it — not equally.”

Although studying the effects of climate change on disadvantaged communities can be disheartening, COP27 reminded her there are other like-minded people, Davis said.

the IU Website.

Ceremony: Because of the large number of graduates, individual

announced, unless the graduate is a Ph.D. or doctorate candidate. Candidates for Ph.D. and doctorate degrees will be

IDS FILE PHOTO BY IZZY MYSZAK

Members of the class of 2022 listen to one of the commencement speakers, CEO of The Walt Disney Company Bob Chapek, on May 7, 2022, in Memorial Stadium. The winter 2022 commencement ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. Dec. 17, 2022, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

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A graduate with a cap reading “Let’s get down to business / Kelley 2022” searches the crowd for her guests May 7, 2022, in Memorial Stadium. Paying off student loan debt is often difficult for new graduates.

COURTESY PHOTO IU student Liz Davis stands against a sign for the 27th Conference of the Parties in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. IU students attended the summit as part of Professor Jessica O’Reilly’s international climate government course.

IDS FILE PHOTO BY PETER TALBOT

The IU Bookstore is seen Feb. 13, 2018, inside the Indiana Memorial Union. IU freshman Ali Wolf recently won the fall 2022 student-designed T-shirt contest.

7-6 in penalties.

Five makes from both sides later, the Hoosiers’ eighth penalty taker stepped up. It was Goumballe. He went low to Shealy’s right — which is exactly where Shealy dove. If Syracuse junior midfielder Amferny Sinclair found the back of the net, the Orange would be crowned national champions for the first time in program history.

Harms guessed right. But Sinclair’s strike was too powerful. Game over.

“These guys care so much. They invest a lot,” Yeagley said. “When you do that, it can hurt more.”

The Hoosiers will lose crucial pieces this offseason. Right now, though, the sting of the defeat is overwhelming. But to Harms, there’s cause for optimism.

“It’s a tradition of excellence, as we say here, and the stars above our crest shows it,” Harms said. “We fell short, but it’s just going to fuel the fire.”

“Not much you can really say or do for these guys,” Indiana head coach Todd Yeagley said. “There was a lot of tears on the field because there’s a lot invested. These guys care so much about the opportunity to wear the jersey and what it means, so they invest a lot. When you do that, it can hurt more.”

Goumballe and Sarver, senior and sophomore forwards, respectively, are in different stages of their careers with Indiana. Goumballe only has one extra year of eligibility with an unclear future, while Sarver still has multiple years with the Hoosiers should he choose to play a full career in Bloomington.

All of Indiana’s players shared in the crushing disappointment of Monday’s result in Cary, North Carolina, but the meaning behind the loss takes different forms between the younger players – like Sarver – who got their first taste of this pain and the veterans — like Goumballe — who

must accept their second shortcoming.

“Just speechless,” junior goalkeeper JT Harms said. “I thought we deserved better, especially the seniors — they deserved everything. The impact they’ve had on this team and program will go beyond this result today. It’s going to take some time to regroup.”

Defender Daniel Munie, forward Ryan Wittenbrink and forward Herbert Endeley — to name a few — are all seniors who just played their final match for Indiana. All three contributed greatly to the team’s lateseason run. Munie and Wittenbrink were named to the College Cup AllTournament team. Endeley equalized Monday’s final at 2-2 with an 80th-minute blast.

“I want to thank the seniors to get this team back to the biggest stage. It’s so hard to do,” Yeagley said.

“The young guys, that’ll be their charge to help us continue to be in these moments.”

The Hoosiers’ youth also excelled and experienced tremendous growth this season, playing a crucial role in the team’s turnaround and restoring balance after some inconsistencies in Big Ten play.

Sarver and sophomore midfielder Patrick McDonald stepped up in the NCAA Tournament, securing Indiana’s 2-0 Elite Eight win over the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a mature linkup for the Hoosiers’ second goal in transition. McDonald became a staple in Indiana’s midfield and proved he was ready for the biggest moment with a halfvolley finish to equalize 1-1 against Syracuse.

“(He has the) ability to cover ground and make good decisions for such a young player,” Yeagley said about McDonald. “He’s got a tremendous future ahead and he’s just getting started.”

When the second overtime concluded and confirmed the match would

be decided through penalties – arguably the most pressure a player can experience during a match – Yeagley and his staff included players like freshman forward Luka Bezerra and redshirt junior midfielder Quinten Helmer in their selection.

Neither was on the pitch for any of the 110 previous minutes, but slotted home each of their attempts.

“Those are difficult decisions,” Yeagley said. “Sometimes we try to get them into the game before, but it was a really fast game to jump into. They’re clinical in training. We felt comfortable and they felt comfortable they could make a play.”

Even though a large group of players is set to leave, the remaining squad knows it's in good hands and has a belief it can keep challenging on the national stage. The veterans have made meaningful relationships with the underclassmen, leaving behind a positive, motivating legacy

both on and off the pitch.

“It’s a special locker room,” Harms said. “Even though there’s continuity year to year, there’s always going to be some new players and players moving on. Just to be able to sit in the dining room and see our seniors talking with freshman like they’ve known each other for years is pretty special.”

Monday’s loss was Yeagley’s third in a row in the national championship after winning his first and only title as the Hoosiers’ head coach in 2012. As painful as the result will be to live with and progress past, the ability to consistently get this far in the first place is cause for hope for the remaining players and incoming signees.

“I don’t think about it as a lost opportunity,” Yeagley said. “If we continue to do things well and have kids that want to be part of this program, good things will happen. We will do everything we can to keep this program moving forward.”

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When I got back from New York City after Thanksgiving break, my feet hurt.

It wasn’t just because I was walking across the city for six hours every day. As I explored the city, I noticed why my feet ached so badly — there was nowhere to sit.

As my trip drew to a close, my friends and I found ourselves in the Oculus, a huge shopping mall and train station just across the street from the One World Trade Center. As we stood in the vacuous, nearly-barren bottom level of the building, we remarked this would have been the perfect spot for some benches or tables where we could eat our gelato. Despite the Oculus

Hostile architecture leaves us all in the cold

costing an estimated $4 billion, no one had thought to put in chairs.

I realized there that it wasn’t just that someone had forgotten. The lack of seating in the Oculus — and everywhere else in the city — was a deliberate form of malicious urban planning called hostile architecture.

Hostile architecture is a design plan that discourages unwanted behavior. Typically, hostile architecture is specifically targeted against unhoused people. Designers will place “armrests” in the middle of benches to prevent people laying down or fill former camping spots with boulders or planters. Mostly, hostile architecture prevents the public from using public amenities.

This design also hides essential services behind paywalls. Most of us have probably encountered a store or restaurant that only offers their bathrooms to paying customers. In many places, public, free restrooms are few and far between, specifically to prevent unhoused people from using them.

Hostile architecture takes away hospitable, free places for underprivileged people to relax. Especially in cold winter months, these places are essential. It also makes public spaces unwelcoming and unpleasant. Ideally, urban planning should work for — not against — the people who live with it.

This form of design harms every single member of the public. For houseless people,

it deprives them of a comfortable place to sleep, eat or relax. For physically disabled people, lack of accessible places to rest can be harmful. And for everyone else, it’s just uncomfortable.

Though the issue of hostile architecture is most prevalent in large cities, it still lurks in Bloomington. To be fair, the nature of a large college campus provides plenty of places to fill up water bottles, sit down and warm up. But issues persist.

For one, many of the bus stops provide no shelter or benches. Though there are a few scattered around that do, many simply consist of signposts that state which buses stop there. If you’ve walked up 10th Street in the mid-afternoon, you’ve prob-

ably seen the crowds of commuters blocking the sidewalk waiting for the bus.

This lack of accommodation may be innocent in nature — in several places, it would be time-consuming and difficult to craft a spot for a bus shelter. However, not providing reliable places to wait for public transportation hurts everyone, whether they’re an average student, a disabled person or a houseless community member.

Even though Bloomington fails at some points, it also succeeds at others. The majority of benches are even and accessible to all. Along with this, many areas are extremely walkable. Though major cities function much differently compared to Bloomington, the town is still a good show-

Christianity doesn’t have to be homophobic

case on how non-hostile architecture can triumph.

Ultimately, hostile architecture is an inhumane way of thinking of one another. It addresses the symptoms of the problem, not the cause. Rather than punishing disadvantaged people for just trying to exist, providing more support, free or reduced-cost housing and harm reduction programs will actually fix the issues hostile architecture tries to paint over.

As I left New York, I couldn’t help but think about the people in the city I was leaving behind. At the end of the day, I had a house to go back to. I can’t imagine how much my feet would have hurt if I hadn’t.

to “work within the writings of the Catholic Church,” as a call towards respecting the dignity of the LGBTQ community. They also hope to support the mental health of LGBTQ youth.

Sadly, those who identify within the LGBTQ community are four times more likely to attempt suicide within the U.S. Wiese works as a pediatrician and is well aware of statistics like this. Some of the children Wiese works with are a part of the LGBTQ community, and their mental health doesn’t always get better with therapy or medication. Their mental health struggles stem from the sense of shame they feel about their identity.

She and Berry hope to change this normalization into a situation where these kids feel safe in speaking about their identity.

“That, to us, is what it means to be followers of Jesus, to stand up for those who are marginalized and who have been discriminated against,” Wiese said. Christians who believe in the dignity of LGBTQ people are not the minority. One study found that 54% of Christians feel that people in the LGBTQ community should be accepted. Also, acceptances of openly gay or lesbian couples in congregations have risen somewhat from 37% to 48%.

With recent LGBTQ community targeted hate crimes — namely the shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs — identifying with the community can seem even more daunting. Catholicism is one religious sect where homophobia is prominent.

However, people like Danielle Wiese and Kate Berry are working on breaking the stereotype. Catholic Allies, an advocacy group

based in Indianapolis, is striving to promote the dignity and respect of the LGBTQ community. I saw their post on Instagram where they received permission from the priest at St. Thomas Aquinas Church to represent the LGTBQ community by going to church wearing shirts with rainbows and various colors (though they are not affiliated with the Catholic Church or the Archdiocese). By doing this, they doubled the size of their congregation who were all there in support. They have a goal of creating a safe environment for

those within the LGBTQ community and spreading the word that their faith is for all.

After reading about their work, I decided to reach out. By the end of the day, Wiese answered the questions I had about their mission.

After making the time to sit down and talk, Wiese and Berry, who had been friends since kindergarten, decided to start an advocacy group a few months ago. Ever since then, they’ve received more support than they had anticipated.

“It feels like this is kind

of like dominoes. All of these people were set up just ready to start this movement and start this conversation and we just kind of tapped the first domino and everything fell into place,” Wiese said.

When I say I went to Catholic school, people question whether my experience was traumatizing or if I felt forced into the religion. Luckily, I can say that I had a good Catholic school experience and felt safe within my community, even though others cannot say the same. Sadly, the stereotype that Catholic schooling

can be hard for kids within the LGBTQ community is not entirely wrong.

Christianity has a rough past with the LGBTQ community. Oftentimes, it can be expected for someone who goes to a Catholic school to be discriminated against for bringing up this community. People in the LGBTQ community who try to go to church oftentimes report feeling uncomfortable.

By bringing their mission out to local Catholic spaces, Berry and Wiese have a mission to change that discomfort. They strive

Wiese left final remarks about Catholic Allies’ mission statement — to call upon every catholic to accept those a part of the LGBTQ community. She believes everyone is “made in the image of God, deserving of respect, to have their dignity be seen, to be loved and to know they’re not alone.”

Being Catholic does not mean you have to be homophobic. There are many factors that go into having a Catholic faith, and accepting those within the LGBTQ community, is one of those factors.

Danny William (they/them) is a freshman studying media.

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The Bloomington Transit Center is seen Dec. 7, 2022, from South Washington Street.

Carolyn Marshall (she/her) is a sophomore majoring in media studies with a focus in TV, film and digital production and a minor in English.

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Catholic Allies co-founders Danielle Wiese and Kate Berry pose for a photo posted to Instagram Dec. 5, 2022.

A Thousand Wishes

By Tory Basile vlbasile@iu.edu @torybasilee

Each dancer at Nightmoves has

a

different wish: money, confidence, family

time.

Raven shoves the heavy door open with a thud, puncturing idle chatter in the dressing room with Hinder’s sandpapery rendition of “Lips of an Angel” rocking through the speakers. Spatters of applause and raucous voices fill the room for a moment — until the door closes again, muffling the sound of the club like static inside a seashell.

She strides across the room after finishing her set on stage. Seven-inch tall clear acrylic platforms – affectionately called pleasers – click the cement floor beneath her. Running her fingers through dyed-black hair, she flicks long tresses over the side of her face. The gun-metal silver eyeshadow dusted across her lids catches and glitters in the fluorescent light above.

The woman is 30 years old but looks to be about 25 thanks to her high cheekbones. She has an easy smile and a polite Midwestern accent. Clad in a gold and black strappy bra with a matching thong, she stands like a tower in her heels despite being only 5 feet tall.

Raven maneuvers between a cluster of dancers squeezed in front of the mirror to secure a spot across from her own reflection. Her blue-green eyes meet in the glass, veiled under a fluffy black fan of eyelashes.

At the club, she feels pretty. At the club, she’s someone else.

“I’m Raven here,” she says. “This is the ultimate version of myself. I feel confident in here. Whereas in real life, with real life shit that happens to you, I’m just not that person.”

When Raven looks in the mirror, Emily stares back at her.

bad night; the clientele isn’t tipping well. She said IU frat boys with girlfriends keep asking to take her home.

“We’re normal people right outside of here,” she said. “We put on a persona, and we make money. We’re literally acting.”

The dressing room is the one place free from lusting eyes and ears — here, the women don’t have to act. They don’t have to be polite. They don’t have to be sexy. They walk in bare-faced and uncovered. In the brightly lit room, the women are seen clearly.

Nightmoves, located in a small lot off South Walnut Street, resides in the bones of the former Spring Dry Cleaners. If not for the meager lit sign stuck in the front lawn, depicting the silhouette of a woman straddling a crescent moon, one could drive right past the “Gentleman's Show Lounge.”

Past the pair of tinted glass doors, Joe guards the club’s entrance. Acting as a sort of Hoosier Cerberus, Joe sits on a stool in the corner of the entryway, checking IDs and collecting guests’ $7 weekend cover fee.

Pink and purple hues splash across the dark room, illuminated only by neon bar signs and LED spotlights. Mirrored walls make the modest club appear bigger but not by much. It’s definitely a smalltown strip club.

this industry, she said her experiences are deemed mild.

Raven said she appreciates Nightmoves’ strict policies. She thinks management in other clubs are more likely to allow illegal behavior to slide. Drug use, inappropriate monetary favors or touching is far more common. Most of the dancers are private about this fact. They whisper about stories they’ve heard from Indianapolis, or shrug “it’s none of my business.” Many said while they don’t judge the women who perform sexual favors for money, those individuals make dancers’ jobs harder. Men come in with incorrect assumptions about what dancers will do for them and treat them poorly once told they’re mistaken.

At Nightmoves, employees said that behavior is never tolerated. Security watches them closely, Raven said. Many of them feel safer here.

In such a small environment, the women have grown close. A Beech Grove native, Raven only moved to Bloomington this July. Since then, she’s tried to learn the area, to make friends.

“I know strippers,” Raven giggled shyly. “I haven't met a whole lot of other people.”

the cause behind her most recent relapse.

“Sometimes using drugs forces you to be happy,” Emily said. “It releases those endorphins in your brain. It's like you can just pretend that you're not depressed for a short little minute.”

Emily has been addicted to opioids since she was 15 years old. She started doing heroin when she was 21, meth when she was 23. Collectively, she’s been in and out of jail and rehab for more than six years. She came to Nightmoves this summer after being released from a one and a half year-long stay in jail for her involvement in an armed robbery. She doesn’t say much about it because her codefendant’s case is still being litigated, but she admits she often has nightmares about that night.

The restaurant is quiet and mostly empty, spare the two men sitting together nearby typing on their laptops in silence. Still, Emily isn’t shy about her past; she never seems to whisper or sugar coat. She doesn’t care who hears. She’s just worried about her relapse.

It’s hard for Emily to lose the progress she made during her time spent incarcerated, all the work she put in to get clean.

Her father’s addiction persisted throughout her teenage years, coinciding with her own. Eventually, her dad was fired from the sheriff's office after overdosing again while at work. Afterward, she remembers neighbors and classmates belittling her family, calling her dad a hypocrite.

When those same neighbors read about Emily’s own addiction and legal troubles in the paper years later, she read through the article’s comments and cried.

“She used to be so sweet” some said.

“She was a cheerleader. What happened?”

Emily has overdosed on several occasions herself but said she only needed to be revived with Narcan a handful of times. Though she can’t remember it, Emily said her high school sweetheart, Chris, was one of the paramedics who arrived at the scene of her worst overdose. She heard the incident deeply unsettled him. When she tried to reach out to him afterward, he refused to hear from her.

Before she talks about him, she steps outside the restaurant to smoke a cigarette. Emily remained composed while she spoke about her father’s overdose, her friends’ deaths. Now, talking about her son, she hunches over a patio table, choking back gentle tears.

Emily granted her father’s ex-wife custody of her son in 2016. Emily and her father were struggling with addiction; her mother has debilitating chronic health issues; and her son’s dad wasn’t able to provide a safe home for him at the time. Emily thought her stepmother’s home would be the healthiest place for her son.

He was a “mama’s boy,” Emily said. When she was doing better, she’d go to his guardian’s house to visit her son every single day. Legally, the court has dictated that Emily can see her son whenever she wants. However, her son’s guardian hasn’t let Emily see or speak to him since Christmas of 2021. Shortly before that Christmas, Emily had another relapse.

“I don’t get to be called mama,” Emily said as her eyes well up with tears, “I haven’t been Mom for a long time. He has to call me Emily. (His guardian) makes him.”

“P

RIVATE” a gray door warns. It shields the women inside from prying eyes darting through the club.

It’s around 10 p.m. on a Saturday night. Nightmoves, a small Bloomington strip club, is just beginning to crowd. Inside the dancers’ bustling dressing room, lined with lockers and duffel bags of lingerie, nearly nude women wisp in and out. The women beautify and legalize themselves. They cover their faces in powder to hide imperfections. They paint over their nipples with pink and white nail polish. In keeping with Indiana’s nudity laws, dancers must cover their chests and genitals in some way before they go on stage.

Vallery, another dancer, tucks her blond bob behind her ears. The pale 18-yearold looks down and paints herself white. She’s having a

Several of the dancers have worked in larger nearby cities like Indianapolis but say they prefer the cozier feeling in Nightmoves. Raven — who began stripping in Indianapolis in 2016 — says dancing in the city was “cutthroat.” She said the girls in other clubs were less friendly than in Bloomington. Drug use was pervasive, and expectations for the dancers’ appearances were harsher. Some women have worked in clubs with weight requirements; others said they’ve worked in clubs that favored white dancers over women of color.

Another dancer, Heaven, has a sweet, calm voice. They sound wounded when they talk about bigger clubs’ racist hiring policies.

“I went to Indy for a week,” they say. “They weren’t really trying to hire black girls with natural hair.”

Some of the women say customers are more aggressive in Indianapolis. Valentine, a 21-year-old dancer, said she’s heard stories of customers robbing or assaulting dancers. Here, she said the “worst that’s happened” to her has been men trying to yank her underwear down or put money inside of her. In

Emily is running late to lunch Thursday. She wasn’t sure where to eat because she still feels new to Bloomington. After moving with her wife in June, Emily hasn’t gone many places outside of work. She settles on the Runcible Spoon Cafe on Sixth Street. Eventually, Emily bustles into the restaurant and tucks herself into the corner of a big black booth.

On this afternoon, Emily Baker swapped her platforms for sparkly silver flip flops. Her long hair is knotted in the back of her head, and her frame is cloaked in an oversized “INDIANA” sweatshirt. Her face is bare and tired. Without the faux lashes to obscure them, it’s easier to see now that one eye looks bluer than the other. Raven’s facade had been washed off, leaving Emily in her wake.

She knows what’s coming, but her voice sounds steady. Emily debates with the waitress.

“What’s better?” She asks. “The eggs benedict or the Reuben?”

She decides on the sandwich, banking on having leftovers for dinner tonight.

Sipping a coke, Emily volunteers that she relapsed on meth over the weekend.

After being released from the Owen County Jail in June, Emily said her mood spiraled quickly. She got back on drugs and soon plummeted into a severe depression —

“It just hits you,” Emily said. “Because I know I'm better than that. I know that. I've worked hard for what I had.”

After tearing both of her anterior cruciate ligaments in gymnastics and softball injuries when she was 13, Emily’s doctors began prescribing her opiates. She said she noticed signs of her addiction by the time she was 15. When pill bottles recommended “Take every four to six hours,” Emily would anxiously wait until she could take her next dose, popping a pill every four hours exactly.

She stresses that addiction doesn’t discriminate. Growing up, her mother worked for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, her father for the Marion County Sherrif’s Office. She said she was taught right from wrong, taught to have a moral compass.

But addiction runs in Emily’s family. She douses her home fried potatoes in ketchup while she talks about her dad’s first overdose in her childhood home.

Through bites of food, Emily recounts looking down to see her father’s limp, blue body at the foot of the stairs when she was 15. He laid unconscious in a pile of his own vomit. Terrified, Emily knelt to attend to her father. She knew how to give him CPR until the paramedics came because she worked a parttime job as a lifeguard at the

As she continues to explain the past, her voice grows increasingly fatigued, disappointed. Emily said she’s known at least 30 people in her lifetime who have died from heroin overdoses. Her best friend, her first-ever girlfriend and her former-fiancé each died while she was in jail within a span of six weeks. Her mom called her on the jail’s phone to tell her about each of them.

She lost it, Emily said. Overwhelmed with pain, she remembers a guard took her into the Owen County recreation room to lay on a mat privately. There she curled up, devastated, sobbing and screaming. The guard, Officer Mimms, knelt on the ground with Emily and held her hand as she cried, praying over her.

“She’s a great girl,” Emily said with a small smile.

The longest Emily has ever stayed sober was during her incarceration. She admits going to jail was the “best thing” to ever happen to her. She thinks she’d be dead if she hadn’t.

Still, Emily says addiction and depression feel like jail to her — the same cycle every day.

Wake up, find dope. Take a shot, go to sleep. Get money, get dope.

“I don't miss heroin at all,” she said. “The life that comes along with it, it’s living the same day over and over.”

Even though time at Owen County helped her stay clean, she said she prays she doesn’t wind up incarcerated again. Emily has a reason to stay clean and stay out of jail: her 9-year-old son.

Now, Emily and her wife are figuring out how to stay sober and get her son back. The couple is planning to have a baby of their own soon via sperm donation. Emily said she knows her partner will be a great mom.

Even though she’s thrilled about the potential of a new baby, Emily said her son is still her first priority. She’d hate for her son to feel that he’s been replaced, or that he isn’t constantly at the forefront of her mind.

“I want to do it right. Do it over again,” Emily said. “That doesn't mean that I want to give up on my son. I just want to do it the right way.”

Two months later, Emily reviews her story over the phone. She’s glad that people will hear her perspective, glad that other struggling addicts may be able to recognize themselves in her. While she’s still experiencing addiction, Emily says she sees an end in sight.

She’s unsure how she’ll get there, but she has hope that she will.

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The stage at Nightmoves is seen Jan. 23, 2020. Onstage, the dancers put on a show, but inside the dressing rooms, the women are free to drop their act and be their authentic selves.

Jackson-Davis records third triple-double in Indiana men’s basketball history

By Evan Gerike egerike@iu.edu | @evangerike

Assembly Hall is used to these kinds of nights now.

The late-night Big Ten tipoffs, the nights when Indiana men’s basketball is a little slow but never out of control. The nights when senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis says, “I got this,” and elevates his game to a new level.

What fans aren’t used to cheering for is JacksonDavis to pass. Yet in No. 14 Indiana’s 81-65 victory over Nebraska on Wednesday, the Hoosier crowd erupted when Jackson-Davis dished the ball to junior guard Trey Galloway, who fought through a foul to convert a layup.

After all, that meant Jackson-Davis had just recorded the third triple-double in program history.

“It just solidifies why I came back,” Jackson-Davis said. “I came back to do big things, not only individually but with the team, too. We have high aspirations this year, and so I just continue to just play my hardest every game.”

Immediately after the layup conversion, the Hoosiers converged on their leading man. He put up 12 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, adding three steals and three blocks to go with it. He’s the first Division I player to record a triple-double, three steals and three assists since 2002, per OptaSTATS.

These game-changing performances aren’t as necessary this year. JacksonDavis has help he never had in his first three seasons, but another signature performance is never out of the cards.

“Each year he’s just got-

ten better and better, but the biggest thing is his unselfishness and his willingness to pass,” Galloway said. “That’s a big part because he knows he can score, and obviously teams are trying to take that away now because he can score at such a high rate.”

Jackson-Davis has made his career out of being the stronger player in the paint, bullying opponents for tough layups and hook shots. Opponents have caught on this season, bringing down a double-team any chance

they get. It worked for Rutgers, which slowed JacksonDavis’s influence on the game despite him earning a double-double.

Nebraska tried to replicate that success, but Indiana was ready. Jackson-Davis found cutting Hoosiers to convert layups and passed to wide-open teammates who drained shots from deep.

“My teammates were talking to me and telling me I was playing like a true wizard, like the Wizard of Oz,” Jackson-Davis said. “Just

overall they did a great job. I thought we had a lot of movement that we didn’t have in our last game.”

Jackson-Davis joined Juwan Morgan, who tallied a triple-double in 2018, and Steve Downing, who picked his up in 1971, as Hoosiers in the exclusive club. Entering Wednesday, Jackson-Davis’s career-high in assists was six.

“He’s skilled enough to do the things that he’s doing on the floor, and the fact that he’s been double- and tripleteamed, he’s got to sacrifice

the ball,” head coach Mike Woodson said. “There’s nowhere to go with the ball but to get it out and try to find open shooters.”

At this point in his career, these takeover games aren’t only relevant toward Indiana’s record. Each night, Jackson-Davis climbs the Indiana leaderboard ladder and cements his personal legacy. His 12 points place him two shy of No. 10 alltime. He moved to seventh in rebounds and is now tied for fifth in blocked shots.

For anyone in Indiana’s storied history, those spots are heralded. Jackson-Davis, the former Mr. Basketball from Greenwood, Indiana, who has helped the Hoosiers return to national prominence, is quickly becoming unforgettable.

“Moments like that make it special to me,” JacksonDavis said. “Especially when the times are getting tough, especially in practice when you’re just down on yourself sometimes. Then you get bright moments like this.”

No. 14 Indiana loses game of runs to No. 10 Arizona, 89-75

By Emma Pawlitz epawlitz@iu.edu | @emmapawlitz

LAS VEGAS — If The Clash in Las Vegas was Mt. Everest, No. 14 Indiana men’s basketball was a mountain climber, eager to embark on a new, ambitious journey. The Hoosiers had the skill, preparation and mindset to prove they were up to a tall task and the support system of an energetic crowd and environment to back them up

It just so happened that there was a ferocious Wildcat on the same path, as No. 10 University of Arizona pounced on and pried at Indiana every chance it got.

Indiana’s second loss of the season and in eight days was a game of runs – a backand-forth affair filled with both sparks of hope and sighs of defeat.

Arizona started with its foot on the gas, putting together a 17-0 run over a

4:14 span at the beginning of the first half. During that time, graduate guard Xavier Johnson was on the bench after two quick fouls.

Johnson, who finished the game with 11 points and 11 assists, ended the Hoosiers’ scoring drought when he checked back into the game at the 11:44 mark and sank a pair of free throws.

“When X picks up fouls early, that hurts us,” Indiana head coach Mike Woodson said. “We got down early, but I thought we fought. I can’t fault (Johnson). I thought we gave great effort. You’ve got to give a lot of credit to this team — this Arizona team is a great team.”

Johnson was the Hoosiers’ biggest source of strength, energy and grit all night, and his two free throws sparked a strong effort. Indiana answered Arizona with a 22-9 run, highlighted by three 3-pointers

from graduate forward Race Thompson, and cut a once19-point deficit down to five.

A positive end to an ugly first half was as close in sight as the peak of a mountain after an inspired trek. But the fast approach of the villainous wild feline clouded the Hoosiers vision of reaching the final goal.

Arizona went on a 10-5 trip to the end buzzer of the first 20 minutes. The Hoosiers’ deficit had doubled, and spirits weren’t high.

But they kept fighting.

Indiana started the second half on a steep incline, forcing two Arizona turnovers and turning them into four points.

The raucous crowd full of Hoosier faithful erupted, prompted by the energyinducing Johnson gesturing emphatically to his audience. But, in what became a common second-half theme, the Wildcats were

able to steal the show in one foul swoop.

Every time Indiana pieced together a handful of hard-fought points cutting Arizona’s lead down to 7, 5 or 3, the Wildcats answered with a dagger 3-pointer. Even though both teams shot 10-25 from beyond the arc, Arizona’s makes came at the most soul-crushing and deafening times.

The roars of the crowd bounced back and forth between “I-U” and “U-of-A,” but no amount of clamor could top the sequence of events that occurred at the 9:13 mark in the second half — except this momentum swing came at the hands of the men donning blackand-white stripes.

The referees made a statement run of their own, missing a goaltending call on a floater from junior guard Trey Galloway which was mere fingertips from going through the hoop.

They sequentially called a flop and technical foul on freshman forward Malik Reneau, who was violently bodied in the post on the other end of the floor.

With every step the Hoosiers took, the Wildcats kicked them five feet down. With every new breath Indiana exhaled, Arizona delivered a punch to the mouth.

But they kept fighting.

The Hoosiers went on an 8-0 run after the backto-back controversial calls, cutting their deficit to five again. Still the Wildcats crept, crawled and clawed their way on top of their deflated opponents thereafter, delivering senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis a notso-friendly elbow to the cranium in the process.

Jackson-Davis scored four of his 11 total points after the blow, showing the same weathered heart that the Hoosiers displayed all night. Easy layups, com-

monplace free throws and vehement dunks by the Wildcats put them on top for good in the last two minutes, though.

The will was there, but the way was too far gone.

A final score of 8975 was the result of the bumps, bruises, slashes and scratches galore that any hopeful adventurer is bound to experience in a rough domain. While the Hoosiers got stepped on more than they’re used to, they got back up every single time.

Indiana got its first dose of tumultuous times tonight in an ugly loss, but how it continues to respond to adversity will be the telltale sign of the program’s nature. After all, the mountains will vary in size and the weather conditions will change, but it’s the heart of the hiker that determines how far they can truly climb.

Matt Sebree masebr@iu.edu | @mattsebree

For the second game in a row, No. 4 Indiana women’s basketball let an unranked Big Ten opponent hang around and threaten to upset its perfect record. However, just as they did against Illinois on Sunday, the Hoosiers rallied late to scrape out a 67-58 victory over Penn State in University Park, Pennsylvania, on Thursday.

Indiana struggled in the first half, particularly with taking care of the ball, and entered the break down 2926 — its first halftime deficit so far this season.

“Well they’re not always pretty. We’ve had a few of those — not a lot of them but several of them — and it was no different tonight,” head coach Teri Moren said after the game. “Give Penn State credit, they came out and won the first half of this game, but I thought our guys turned around in the second half and responded

in the right kind of way.”

Despite scoring just 26 first half points, the Hoosiers came out and scored 22 points in the third quarter alone — with junior guard Chloe Moore-McNeil scoring seven points and assisting on a 3-pointer from junior guard Sydney Parrish in the frame.

That Parrish triple gave Indiana its first lead since the start of the second quarter and helped spark a 25-6 run, which lasted from seven and a half minutes left in the third quarter to seven and a half minutes left in the fourth quarter. The run gave Indiana a double-digit margin which it was able to protect across the final minutes of the game to secure the win.

Moren said the frequent turnovers in the first half prevented the offense from establishing any sort of rhythm or consistency.

“I thought in the second half our flow was better,” Moren said. “We took better care of the ball. We stopped trying to push the pace on of-

fense in the second half.”

Coming into the game, Moren and Indiana understood that slowing down Nittany Lion star senior guard Makenna Marisa would be vital to the Hoosiers’ success. Although she was inefficient, Marisa went into the locker room at halftime as the game’s leading scorer but in the second half, she was held to just three points, primarily thanks to the defense of Moore-McNeil.

“We didn’t play how we needed to play,” Moore-McNeil said about the first half. “The coaching staff gave us a great scouting report and I would say defensively, we didn’t really follow that the first half.”

After the game, Moren praised Moore-McNeil both for shutting down Marisa defensively and for running the offense on the other side of the ball. Since graduate student guard Grace Berger got injured in Indiana’s Nov. 25 matchup against Auburn University, Moore-McNeil has stepped into the role of

the team’s primary ball handler.

“She’s done a great job for us, and I thought tonight she did another really great job,” Moren said. “It might not be on the offensive side — she had the task of guarding Marisa for almost the entire game and I thought Chloe was really locked in and did a great job. (Marisa)’s a fan-

tastic player, it’s hard to keep her quiet but I thought Chloe did a great job — but running our team I think Chloe has shown great maturity.”

While her teammates struggled with turnovers throughout the night, MooreMcNeil finished with just one to go along with her 11 points and game-high seven assists.

Many of her passes went

down

2 p.m. Dec. 18 against Morehead State University in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

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Senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis lays in a shot Nov. 10, 2022, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. Jackson-Davis recorded the third triple-double in program history against Nebraska on Wednesday.

low to senior forward Mackenzie Holmes, who finished with an 18-point, 10-rebound double-double. With the win, Indiana improves to 10-0 on the season and 2-0 in the Big Ten. The team will take a 10-day break for finals week before returning at

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Junior guard Chloe Moore-McNeil awaits a pass Dec. 1, 2022, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Indiana defeated Penn State 67-58, making this its tenth consecutive win.

Street Pennies celebrates first anniversary

By Taylor Satoski tsatoski@iu.edu

‘Twas the night before finals week, when all through the Bluebird, the crowd celebrated the first anniversary of Bloomington blues-funk rock band Street Pennies on Dec. 10. The band’s story began in a basement, and it now regularly headlines at the famed Bluebird.

While the old souls on stage mainly stuck to the classics, they also performed some modern mainstream music. Miraculously paired with bar crawl night and the holiday season, the cold night saw Santa hats and themed T-shirts dispersed throughout the crowd during the band’s 19th Bluebird performance.

The eight band members played casually on stage underneath a sign reading “Pennies St” as if no one was there. A tub of iced beer was stationed next to drummer and IU junior Collin Waugh, one of the newest members of the band. Saxophonist and IU freshman Nate Cook is also new to the band — and just moved to Bloomington in August — replacing his older brother Ryan Cook.

“I’m very in awe and grateful for the music scene here,” Nate Cook said.

The band put a jazz spin on “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” to start the night. Guitarists Mason Bose, an IU graduate, and John Hasey, an IU senior, plus bassist and IU junior Jack Wanninger donned Santa hats throughout the night. Vocalist and IU

In true holiday spirit, green and red lights shone while the band rocked out to “Take Me Out” by Franz Ferdinand and “Purple Haze” by Jimi Hendrix. Wanninger shred on his bass while vocalists Hallal and IU senior Ollie Grcich knelt during instrumental moments while Santa-shorts-clad Hasey meticulously shred his guitar.

As a blues band, Grcich said not everyone is familiar with their covers and they mainly play their own favorite songs. Wanninger said his humbling moments come, though, while on his way to Taco Bell after a show, seeing the band’s name on the Bluebird sign as he leaves for the night.

Throughout the night, Cook was often the star of the show, center stage with the packed crowd leaning toward and reaching for him. Grcich dominated the lyrics in a white dress with her pure voice in “I Like It” by DeBarge.

The band also played iconic songs including “Dani California” by Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked” by Cage The Elephant, “Yellow” by Coldplay and “Black” by Pearl Jam.

While the band doesn’t stray far from rock, funk and blues, Grcich replicated the voice of indie folk rock artist Florence Welch during the band’s rendition of “Dog Days Are Over” by Florence + The Machine.

Grcich then introduced

their cover of “What’s Up?” by 4 Non Blondes, sharing that they played the song at their first show, exactly one year ago.

“Everything has changed. I feel like I’ve had a major character development and my confidence has never been higher, but it’s never been lower at the same time,” Grcich said.

A tried-and-true song for the band, Grcich heartily belted out “Respect” by Aretha Franklin while kneeling to Cook as he performed.

Hallal sang “Bad Habit” by Steve Lacy as the band performed.

The crowd erupted dur-

COLUMN: SZA’s 'SOS' encompasses every emotion

By Lainee Kirk lainkirk@iu.edu

SZA’s sophomore album “SOS” explores themes of heartbreak, confidence and insecurity. She takes us through every emotion that ensues after a breakup: hating someone, wanting them back, learning to love yourself and looking forward to the future.

SZA does not try to choose one mood for the album but rather encapsulates a variety. Her versatility can be seen with features from indie singer Phoebe Bridgers and rappers Don Toliver and Travis Scott.

The album begins with “SOS,” a bold song that establishes SZA’s assertiveness over her love life. SZA’s vengeful side comes out on “Kill Bill” with the sleek chorus, “I might kill my ex / Not the best idea.” One of the most popular songs on the album, “Shirt,” was originally teased on TikTok in 2020 and released as single in October 2022. This song also goes along with the theme of confidence and losing sympathy for an ex.

“I Hate U” further expresses SZA’s contempt of the breakup with lines that are sure to be iconic for years to come: “And if you wonder if I hate you (I do) / Shitty of you to make me feel just

like this / What I would do to make you feel just like this.”

The album also has songs where SZA’s lows are revealed. Songs like “Gone Girl” and “Used” reveal SZA’s heartache following a breakup. On “Gone Girl,” SZA lists the things that she needs in a relationship and warns that she will be gone without them. “Used” exposes SZA’s pattern of being used by others to the point where she is numb to this feeling. SZA expresses the difficulty of loving yourself without validation from others on the track “Blind” with the powerful lyrics “All of the love I seek living inside of me / I can’t see, I’m blind.”

Five years after the release of SZA first album “CTRL,” “SOS” provides the introspectiveness that “CTRL” was missing. Throughout

the album, we can see how SZA has matured following “CTRL” and has a new perspective. On “SOS,” SZA’s wish to be seen as different from other girls during the song “Special” contradicts the track “Normal Girl” from “CTRL” where she expresses her wish to be typically feminine, thinking that this will make her more desirable.

Unlike “Normal Girl”, “Special” recognizes that her ex was the problem all along.

The album wraps up with “Good Days,” a track that expresses moving on from the past and focusing on the “good days” ahead. The final song, “Forgiveness,” reaffirms SZA’s newfound confidence in herself.

SZA is not afraid to show listeners every spectrum of her breakup. Her mixed feelings are something that can resonate with everyone who has gone through a negative relationship. Rather than presenting one sure outcome, SZA leaves us wondering what her next move is. Will she move on? Or will her want for validation from her ex draw her back in? This conflict is what makes the album so alluring. We look to music for comfort from those who manifest how we are feeling, and SZA manifests all those emotions, even ones that are difficult to admit.

ing the band’s performance of “Kilby Girl” by The Backseat Lovers, especially during Bose’s guitar riff.

Some Chuck Berry tunes made it into the evening’s lineup, including his hits “Johnny B. Goode” and “Run Rudolph Run.”

“This is mainly a guy band, but I’m a girl, and this one is for the boys,” Grcich announced before performing “Drew Barrymore” by SZA.

During an instrumental performance, the lights paused, and the crowd shone their phone flashlights onto the stage, illuminating the band.

Before taking a break, the band performed “Back to Black” by Amy Winehouse and began its second set with keyboardist Michael Carter’s impeccable performance of the Charlie Brown theme song “Linus and Lucy” by Vince Guaraldi.

Carter, musically known as Just Mike, performed his recently released single, “Pink Butterfly,” with the band.

During its last Christmas song of the night, “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” the crowd erupted and sang with Grcich.

While performing “Lady Marmalade” by LaBelle, a

smile spread wide along Grcich’s face.

Headbanging commenced during the band’s performance of “Come a Little Closer” by Cage The Elephant. Hallal ditched vocals and took Bose’s guitar for the slower song, “Fade Into You,” by Mazzy Star.

The crowd was shouting “encore” before the band was on its last song. After their performance of “My Own Worst Enemy” by Lit, the audience was persistent on prolonging the night’s end. The band came back out for one more song, “Can’t Take My Eyes off You,” by Frankie Valli.

Northwest’s new album discusses heaven and life transitions

By Taylor Satoski tsatoski@iu.edu

Indie bedroom pop band Northwest released its third album, “Heaven from Athens,” Dec. 3. The seven-song album is dedicated to heaven and the transitional periods of the band members’ lives.

After Lukas Needham, guitarist, vocalist and producer, had a technical malfunction with his hard drive, the band re-recorded the album with an Ohio University student, which resulted in them wanting to re-record again after hearing the finished product. The title resembles that trip, which took place in Athens, Ohio.

The band began writing songs when Needham met guitarist and producer Noah Bennett in 2017, Needham said. He described those earlier songs as jokes, but said their work became more serious and began expressing their emotions as they started to release music.

“A lot of it revolves around the changes that we've seen and struggled with throughout the last couple years with adjusting to physical locations,” he said. “Some of it is relating to mortality, and how death affects other people.”

The first song on the album, “Heaven,” was written

about the passing of Needham’s uncle and wanting his aunt to cope and recover.

Primary songwriter Needham said the lyrics of the songs resemble growing up in Chesterton, Indiana — a short drive from Lake Michigan and a slightly longer drive from Chicago.

“Northwest Indiana is probably the most interesting place to grow up in Indiana because it has the dynamic of Chicago being right there, as well as the beach,” he said. “There's a lot of different types of things you could do — different types of activities that relate to the region.”

Needham said he feels performing is rewarding as he makes connections with his band mates and audience members and collaborates with people in the music community. The band performs most frequently in Indiana cities Muncie, Bloomington and Fort Wayne.

The cover artwork is an airbrushed representation of drummer Blake Fletcher’s late dog, Bud, in heaven.

Fletcher has been playing drums since he was 4 years old and started taking lessons at age 12.

Living in Chesterton required a drive to the next town in order to find something to do, Fletcher said. A lot of activities included be-

ing outside, which is reflected in the lyrics of the songs. Fletcher’s favorite song off the album is “2004,” which Needham said is based on his childhood. During his first memories of being a child, Needham would look out of the backseat car window as his dad played CDs.

“It always sticks out to me as a really pure era,” Needham said. “Very early youth — that's one of the purest times in your life.”

Fletcher said this album, “Heaven from Athens,” is the first cohesive project they have released.

“We just know how we want to sound and what we want to make more now than we did before,” he said.

Bennett said living close to the beach was a big inspiration for the album.

Bassist Dominic Sandefur is the newest member, joining the band this year from Greenwood, Indiana.

“You could pick any given song and kind of find something to hold onto,” he said.

“Part of the brand or part of how it's all written is very authentic and about any given thing. It's not just a pop hit.”

Northwest will be selling cassette tapes soon. Its tour in January will take place in Muncie, Chesterton and Fort Wayne as well as Kalamazoo, Michigan.

sophomore Lucas Hallal also wore a holiday-themed shirt.

TAYLOR SATOSKI | IDS

IU senior and Street Pennies vocalist Ollie Grcich sings a heartfelt melody while her band members sit behind her Dec. 10, 2022, at the Bluebird. The band performed its one-year anniversary show at The Bluebird.

PHOTO COURTESY OF RCA RECORDS "SOS" by Sza was released Dec. 9, 2022.

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Rose House LuMin- Lutheran Campus Ministry at IU 314 S. Rose Ave. 812-333-2474

lcmiu.net

Instagram: @hoosierlumin facebook.com/LCMIU

Sunday: 8:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. @ St. Thomas Lutheran Church 3800 E. 3rd St. Tuesday: 6:30 p.m. Dinner & Devotions @ Rose House LuMin 314 S. Rose Ave.

Rose House is an inclusive Christian community that offers a safe space for students to gather, explore faith questions, show love to our neighbors through service and work towards a more just world. Rose House walks with students to help them discern where God is calling them in life.

Rev. Amanda Ghaffarian, Campus Pastor

St. Thomas Lutheran Church 3800 E. Third St. 812-332-5252 stlconline.org facebook.com/StThomasBloomington Sunday: 8:30 a.m. & 11 a.m.

We are the worshiping home of Rose House Lutheran Campus Ministries. As disciples of Christ who value the faith, gifts and ministry of all God's people and seek justice and reconciliation, we welcome all God's children* to an inclusive and accessible community. *No strings attached or expectations that you'll change.

Rev. Adrianne Meier Rev. Lecia Beck

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

Barnabas College 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

*Free transportation provided. Please call if you need a ride to church.

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

Instagram & Twitter: @ECMatIU Sun.: 3 p.m. - 7 p.m. Mon., Wed., Thu.: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Tue.: 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 Jacob Oliver & Lily Dolliff, student workers

Unitarian Universalist

Unitarian Universalist

Church of Bloomington 2120 N. Fee Ln. 812-332-3695 uubloomington.org facebook.com/uubloomington Sunday: 9:15 a.m. and 11:15 a.m.

We are a dynamic congregation working for a more just world through social justice. We draw inspiration from world religions and diverse spiritual traditions. Our vision is "Seeking the Spirit, Building Community, Changing the World." A LGBTQA+ Welcoming Congregation and a certified Green Sanctuary.

Rev. Connie Grant, Interim Minister Rev. Emily Manvel Leite, Minister of Story and Ritual

Stoneybrook Community Church of God 3701 N. Stoneybrook Blvd. stoneybrookccog.org facebook.com/StoneyBrookCCOG

Sunday: 10:30 a.m.

10:00 a.m. Coffee & Treats

Stoneybrook Community Church of God is a gathering of imperfect people learning to follow Jesus. We invite you to join us on the journey.

Mitch Ripley, Interim Pastor

Evangel Presbytery

Trinity Reformed Church 2401 S. Endwright Rd. 812-825-2684 trinityreformed.org facebook.com/trinitychurchbloom Email us at office@trinityreformed.org

Sunday Services: 9 a.m. & 11 a.m. College Bible Study: Contact us for more info.

"Jesus answered them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.'" Proclaiming freedom from slavery since 1996. Only sinners welcome.

Jody Killingsworth, Senior Pastor Lucas Weeks, College Pastor

Bahá'í Faith

Bahá'í Association of IU 424 S. College Mall Rd. 812-331-1863 bloomingtoninbahais.org facebook.com/BaháíCommunity-of-BloomingtonIndiana-146343332130574

Instagram: @bloomingtonbahai Regular Services/Devotional Meetings: Sunday: 10:40 a.m. @ Bloomington Bahá'í Center Please call or contact through our website for other meetings/activities

The Bahá'í Association of IU works to share the Teachings and Principles of the Founder, Bahá'u'lláh, that promote the "Oneness of Mankind" and the Peace and Harmony of the Planet through advancing the "security, prosperity, wealth and tranquility of all peoples."

Karen Pollock & Dan Enslow

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

Baptist

University Baptist Church 3740 E. Third St. 812-339-1404 ubcbloomington.org facebook.com/ubc.bloomington YouTube: UBC Bloomington IN Sunday: 10:45 a.m., Worship in person & live streamed on YouTube

A welcoming and affirming congregation excited to be a church home to students in Bloomington. Trans and other LGBTQ+ friends and allies most especially welcome!

Annette Hill Briggs, Pastor Rob Drummond, Worship & Music Minister

Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod

University Lutheran Church and Student Center 607 E. Seventh St 812-336-5387 indianalutheran.com facebook.com/ULutheranIU instagram.com/uluindiana

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

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

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

Richard Woelmer, Pastor

University Lutheran Church and Student Center

607 E. Seventh St 812-336-5387

indianalutheran.com facebook.com/ULutheranIU instagram.com/uluindiana

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

Wednesday: 7 p.m.: Wednesday Evening Service 7:45 p.m.: College Bible Study Student Center open daily, 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Richard

Pastor

Society of Friends (Quaker)

Bloomington Friends Meeting 3820 E. Moores Pike 812-336-4581 bloomingtonfriendsmeeting.org Facebook: Bloomington Friends Meeting Sunday (in person and by Zoom): 9:45 a.m., Hymn singing 10:30 a.m., Meeting for Worship 10:45 a.m., Sunday School (Children join in worship from 10:30-10:45) 11:30 a.m., Light Refreshments and Fellowship 12:45 p.m., Often there is a second hour activity (see website) Wednesday (by Zoom only): 9 a.m., Midweek Meeting for worship 9:30 a.m., Fellowship

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

Non-Denominational

Calvary Chapel of Bloomington

3625 W State Road 46 812-369-8459 calvarychapelbloomington.org facebook.com/calvarychapelbloomington YouTube: Calvary Chapel Bloomington IN

Sunday: 10 a.m. Tuesday: 7 p.m., Prayer Wednesday: 6:30 p.m.

Hungry for God's word and fellowship with other believers? Come as you are and worship with us as we grow in the knowledge of His love, mercy, and grace through the study of the scriptures, and serving those in need. May the Lord richly bless you!

Frank Peacock, Pastor Alissa Peacock, Children's Ministry

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

Jubilee 219 E. Fourth St. 812-332-6396 jubileebloomington.org jubilee@fumcb.org

facebook.com/jubileebloomington Instagram: @jubileebloomington

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

Jubilee is a Christ-centered community open and affirming to all people. We gather on Wednesdays at First Methodist (219 E. Fourth St.) for a free meal, discussion, worship and hanging out. Small groups, service projects, events (scavenger hunts, bonfires, etc.), mission trips and opportunities for student leadership are all a significant part of our rhythm of doing life together.

Markus Dickinson, Campus Director

Mennonite

Mennonite Fellowship of Bloomington 2420 E. Third St. 812-646-2441 bloomingtonmenno.org facebook.com/MennoniteFellowship-ofBloomington-131518650277524 Sunday: 5 p.m.

A welcoming, inclusive congregation providing a place of healing and hope as we journey together in the Spirit of Christ. Gathering for worship Sundays 5 p.m. in the Roger Williams room, First United Church. As people of God's peace, we seek to embody the Kingdom of God.

John Sauder mfbjohn@gmail.com

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

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

Sunday: 9:30 a.m., Bible Study 10:30 a.m. & 5 p.m., Worship Wednesday: 7 p.m., Bible Study

We use no book, but the Bible. We have no creed but His Word within its sacred pages. God is love and as such we wish to share this joy with you. The comprehensive teaching of God's Word can change you forever.

John Myers, Preacher

City Church For All Nations 1200 N. Russell Rd. 812-336-5958

citychurchbloomington.org facebook.com/citychurchbtown Instagram: @citychurchbtown

Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

*Always check website for possible changes to service times.

City Church is a non-denominational multicultural, multigenerational church on Bloomington's east side. 1Life, our college ministry meets on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.

David Norris, Pastor Sumer Norris, Pastor

United Methodist

Episcopal (Anglican)

Church of God (Anderson Affiliated)

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

Woelmer,

Horoscope

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Today is an 8 - Help dispel rumors and illusions with your team. State basic facts with sources. Talk gets farther than action.

Reinforce integrity, honesty and functionality. Discuss possibilities.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 7 - Develop your research where it leads. Traffic and transportation risk blockage or delay. Get creative. Explore from your keyboard. Hold longdistance meetings by video chat.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Today is a 7 - Discuss future plans with your partner. Imagine perfection and measure the gap. What would it take? Old assumptions get challenged. Revise agreements as needed.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)

Today is a 9 - Coordinate with a busy schedule. A partner's support matters. Avoid risky business. Choose stability over illusion. Choose what’s best for the family. Share and collaborate.

Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is an 8 - Slow down. Keep your patience. Don’t get frustrated. Focus on the task at hand. Make your moves one step at a time. Strategize and practice.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is a 7 - Take it easy. Relax and enjoy simple fun like a good story or game. Share popcorn and a movie at home with someone sweet.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 9 - Keep lucrative gears rolling. Don’t push a blockage. Carefully clear the cogs. Focus carefully to avoid breakdowns. Avoid

Virgo (Aug.

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