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Hoosiers travel to No. 9 MSU By Jake Thomer jjthomer@umail.iu.edu @jakethethomer
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Jessie Colby runs towards the Alpha Phi banner to meet her new sisters after receiving a bid at the IU Tennis Center on Tuesday. The women received their bids together and left with their chapters on buses. By Peter Talbot pjtalbot@umail.iu.edu @petejtalbot
Ari Scott held a white envelope with her name on it in her shaking hands. Inside was an invitation to either the Epsilon Phi chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha or the Beta Delta chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta. Starting over winter break, Scott had been moving around IU as a part of Panhellenic Association recruitment, trying to find a sorority that would give her the sense of sisterhood she was looking for. Scott considered dropping after the first day of recruitment. The freezing cold weather had forced her to wear five pairs of socks and two pairs of pants just to keep warm, and the schedule was grueling. Tuesday night, her decision to keep
going despite the long and cold days was validated. Tuesday night, the IU Panhellenic Association held Bid Night at the IU Tennis Center. On Bid Night, potential new members receive an invitation to one of their top two preferred sorority chapters. At 7:15 p.m., outside the tennis center, around 50 potential new members shivered in the cold, waiting for 7:30 p.m. to arrive. Some huddled, others jumped in place to stay warm. “My toes are going to fall off,” one woman yelled at the closed doors of the tennis center. “I’m going to send them my toe when it falls off.” When the doors finally opened, a mass of women cheered and bustled into the building. Upbeat pop music played loudly while a
few women danced. “Smells like sorority,” one woman said as she walked in the door. Groups of women were scattered across the tennis courts. Near the back of the courts, Scott stood with the four other members of her Rho Gamma group. All potential new members are assigned a Rho Gamma who helps potential new members through the recruitment process. A Rho Gamma is a member of a sorority who temporarily disaffiliates from their chapter to help during recruitment. Disaffiliating helps to discourage bias while helping the potential new members find a chapter that is a good fit. One chapter at a time, each Rho Gamma received the bids for the potential new members they were in charge of and revealed their
chapter from the secondfloor balcony where organizers spoke. Scott wore white converse sneakers, faded skinny jeans and a dull green Columbia jacket. A maroon scarf hung around her neck and a canvas bag was slung around her shoulders. A multicolored beanie slouched on her head. Scrunched up around her ankles were black socks with red double-decker London buses. In high school, Scott was the captain of her dance team. She bought the socks when she performed in London during the 2016 New Year’s Day Parade. Scott said she wanted to join a sorority to make the campus smaller. “I missed that close-knit group of girls,” Scott said. Scott said a sorority is
like a team. She said members spend a lot of time together and work on philanthropy events. “You feel more like a family than just a friend group,” Scott said. Scott’s top pick was Alpha Sigma Alpha, an unhoused sorority at IU. Alpha Sigma Alpha became Scott’s first choice sorority after preference day, where potential new members can visit two of their chapters from the previous round. It was the conversation that night that hooked her. Scott talked with a member of the sorority about everything from their majors to why she decided to rush . “It felt like a real conversation with a friend,” Scott said. The sisterhood felt real to Scott at Alpha Sigma Alpha. SEE BID NIGHT, PAGE 6
Local film “Hoosier” reimagines queer cinema By Chris Forester chforres@umail.iu.edu @_ChrisForrester
When she found a note tucked under the windshield wiper of her car, a tan 90s Buick she calls Carl, IU student Meghan Halaburda thought it was a parking ticket. But when she picked it up, she said she realized the note was from two filmmakers asking to use her car in their film. Halaburda said she then got in touch with the filmmakers, and after verifying that they were indeed local filmmakers and not professional car thieves, she agreed for her car to be used in the film. “I’m so excited — my car is more successful than I am at this point in my life,” Halaburda said. “Hopefully this is just his big break, and he continues getting opportunities like this.” She added that the filmmakers agreed to credit her car as “Carl” in the film’s credits. The film, an upcoming LGBT-themed film entitled “Hoosier,” has been in development for several years and will feature scenes shot in Bloomington.
“Hoosier” is still months away from completion, but writer and director Aaron Cook said he hopes to have the project finished by the end of June. Jason Fruits, a producer and unit production manager of the film, said another producer happened to find the car while it was parked near the Airbnb that the film’s crew had been using as a home base while they were shooting in Bloomington. Fruits said the filmmakers previously had a car lined up to use — the same model as Halaburda’s — but that it unexpectedly broke down shortly before it was needed. This car trouble prompted them to reach out to Halaburda, which landed Carl the role in the film. Fruits, a masters student at IU studying media, got involved with “Hoosier” through IU professor Craig Erpelding. He said that he was first sold on the film by a specific line of dialogue — “Hoosiers never die” — from an early draft of the screenplay, which he said really resonated with him. He also described the film’s production as incredible. Fruits said he was es-
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Youth in the starting lineup, experience off the bench A host of talented freshmen and sophomores provide the bulk of Michigan State’s production, while juniors and seniors provide a veteran presence in backup roles. The Spartans’ usual starting five includes four sophomores – Miles Bridges, Nick Ward, Cassius Winston and Joshua Langford – and freshman big man Jaren Jackson Jr. All five were top-100 recruits, and all five average more than 11.5 points per game. Among the reserves, Michigan State has experience to lean on in junior Matt McQuaid (6.5 points per game) and seniors Gavin Schilling and Tum Tum Nairn.
Cook explained these ideas as part of an attempt to steer clear of the tropes of mainstream LGBT cinema, which he said he feels favors coming-out narratives for its characters far too frequently. Cook said that in his film he wanted to explore something more substantive than coming out, something SEE HOOSIERS, PAGE 6
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accept an identity, to move into an identity that people don’t accept,” Fruits said. “To put that onscreen is really moving.” He also said the film focused more on its characters’ immersion into the LGBT community than their first interactions with it. It’s not a film of firsts or of coming out so much as one of progression and growth for its characters, he said.
The Spartans have dominated the Hoosiers in recent years The Hoosiers haven’t won in East Lansing, Michigan, since 2013, but last January, IU snapped a five-game losing streak against Michigan State with an 82-75 win at home. Guard Robert Johnson, then a junior, scored 17 points in the victory. Before that win, IU had lost its previous five matchups against Michigan State by more than 12 points per game. The Spartans, led by Tom Izzo, have been a dominant force more often than not in recent years. They have reached two Elite Eights in the past four seasons, and they have the talent to make another deep tournament run in 2018.
Michigan State plays stifling defense No one will score easily on the Spartans; that much is for certain. Michigan State leads the country in blocks thanks to Jackson’s 3.2 rejections per game. In addition, the Spartans have held opponents to just 35 percent shooting this season, the best mark in Division I. With long and versatile defenders like Jackson, Ward and Bridges, the Spartans present matchup problems all over the floor. In the absence of sophomore forward
Carl, a tan 90s Buick who belongs to sophomore Meghan Halaburda, will be in an upcoming film called “Hoosier” made by local filmmakers. Halaburda found a note on her car, which she thought was a parking ticket, asking her about using her car in the LGBT-themed film.
pecially pleased with the camaraderie between members of the production crew. Many members of the film’s production team were IU students. “It was one of the most professional shoots, and it really set the bar for my own work at IU,” Fruits said. Fruits also said the film was a sort of post-comingout narrative. “It’s about what it’s like to
IU men’s basketball is in the midst of a three-game winning streak and on a roll with the Big Ten schedule now one-third complete. At 4-2, the Hoosiers find themselves in the top half of the conference standings, but tough opposition lies ahead. Four of IU’s next six games are against teams with equal or better Big Ten records. First up in IU’s difficult stretch is a road game on Friday night at 7 p.m. against the No. 9 Michigan State Spartans, who are battletested and have a 16-3 overall record. With IU still clinging to slim hopes of an NCAA Tournament bid, this road battle against a top-10 team provides the Hoosiers with a chance to pick up their biggest win of the season thus far. Here are five things to know about the Spartans.
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