Monday, Oct. 26, 2015

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MONDAY, OCT. 26, 2015

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HOOSIER HYSTERIA, page 7

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YouTube vlogger visits campus By Alexis Daily aledaily@indiana.edu

PHOTOS BY ANNIE GARAU | IDS

Marchers walk from the Sample Gates in the Bloomington Against Islamophobia rally Saturday. The rally was organized in response to the recent attack of a Muslim woman by an IU student.

‘Stand up, fight back’ Protestors gather in response to attack on Muslim woman By Annie Garau agarau@indiana.edu | @agarau6

Islamic texts tell the story of Nuh, referred to as Noah in the Bible’s Old Testament. According to Islam, Nuh was a prophet sent by Allah to save a world plagued by sinners and hate. He built an ark, gathered every species of animal and watched as God drowned the corrupted people in 40 days of rain. Saturday marked the Day of Ashura, a holiday during which Muslims remember Nuh’s journey, specifically the day his ark landed safely on dry land. This year, many of Bloomington’s Muslims gathered for a different reason. Under darkening storm clouds, they spent the afternoon rallying against the hatred that continues today, thousands of years after Nuh is said to have built his boat. Fariha Hossain’s black haajib blew around her face as she tried to make herself heard over the wind. The IU junior loves sushi but doesn’t like avocados, she announced to the crowd of people filling the courthouse lawn. Her favorite animal is a dolphin and

she’s pre-dental. She also prays five times a day. Hossain’s Muslim beliefs are important to her, she explained, but they don’t define her. As the president of IU’s Muslim Student Union, Hossain was just one of the speakers at the Bloomington Against Islamophobia rally. The march was organized as a sign of support and solidarity after an IU student attacked a Muslim woman last week. Looking over the sea of “Hoosiers not haters,” “Stop Islamophobia,” and “Bloomington against racism” signs, Hossain invited the group to reach out to Muslim members of the Bloomington community and get to know them as people. These kinds of interactions, she said, foster understanding. This kind of understanding, she said, is what might stop people from strangling perfect strangers. “Hey hey, ho ho, Islamophobia has got to go,” protesters chanted, they filled the street as they moved down Kirkwood Avenue. “When Muslim rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back,” they yelled, while pushing signs to-

Fariha Hossain speaks at the Bloomington Against Islamophobia rally Saturday. Hossain, a junior, is the president of IU’s Muslim Student Union.

ward the darkening sky. People eating at restaurants along the street cheered, whistled and sometimes joined in. Participants representing many races, religions and ages all shouted in unison. Along with messages of acceptance and religious freedom, the ralliers also preached forgiveness. “He is a 19-year-old, and we don’t want his future to be destroyed,” said Hermayat Shahrani, a representative of the Islamic Center of Bloomington,

in reference to the attacker, Triceten Bickford. Hermayat was one of several attendees who said they were unhappy to hear of Bickford’s recent expulsion from IU. He more than anyone, they argued, is in desperate need of education. He made a mistake, they don’t deny that, but he doesn’t deserve to drown for it. “When we are faced with SEE RALLY, PAGE 6

JB5K promotes personal safety awareness

Around the corner of the IU Bookstore, approximately 100 people were sitting half-awake on the floor of the Indiana Memorial Union at 5:45 a.m. They were waiting to meet Tyler Oakley, and they had been doing so all night. The 26-year-old Michigan State University alumnus has nearly 8 million subscribers on YouTube, with more than Tyler Oakley 500 million channel views. Oakley is also a prominent LGBTQ and social rights advocate. “I’ve never seen anything like this before,” IMU night building manager Eric Childress said. Childress began his shift at 11 p.m. and said he estimates 25 people were in line at the time. By 6 a.m. he needed to call his supervisor to decide where to put the additional people who had arrived during the last seven hours. “They said we wouldn’t need this center section, but now we only have room for maybe five more people,” he said. “I’m not really sure what to do.” Leading the line was Abigail Miller, a senior at Bloomington High School North. Since slightly after 4 p.m. Thursday afternoon, she and her mother, Rebecca Miller, had been waiting in line for the chance to meet Oakley. “I was so happy when he said he was coming to Bloomington,” Abigail said. “He’s not a singer, you know? It’s not like you can go to his concert or anything. He’s normally just in Los Angeles or New York so I’m happy to have the chance to meet him.” She said since she was 12 years old, she has watched Oakley’s videos on YouTube. Abigail said she SEE OAKLEY, PAGE 6

FOOTBALL

Hoosiers fall to No. 7 Spartans 52-26 By Taylor Lehman trlehman@indiana.edu | @trlehman_IDS

By Nyssa Kruse nakruse@indiana.edu | @nyssakruse

In front of a crowd all clad in white, Eric Behrman was asked to say a few words. After thanking the crowd and telling them to have a good time, he said only this: “Let’s help take care of each other.” This is the message both organizers and Marilyn Behrman, Eric’s wife, said underlies the Jill Behrman Color the Campus 5K Walk/Run. The run commemorates Jill Behrman, Eric and Marilyn’s daughter, an IU student who went missing in 2000 after she went out for a bike ride alone. Her remains were found in 2003. Although the Saturday event was partially intended to help people get active and have fun, the Behrmans and event organizers from IU Recreational Sports also wanted to encourage people to look out for one another and try to avoid allowing dangerous situations to occur. “Jill was just a normal, everyday kid who grew up in Bloomington, had a pretty good life,” Marilyn said. “One day she went for a bike ride, and she never came home. And it could happen to anyone, but what we have to learn to do is to prevent the situations that might lead to

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Pictured from left to right, juniors Noah Garret and Jordan Sloan along with seniors RJ Fellers and Josh Schulte throw colored powder into the air at the post race party. The Color the Campus 5k took place Saturday morning in honor of Jill Behrman, an IU student who was murdered in 2000.

something like that, or at least do the best we can.” At its start in 2000, Marilyn said the run was a way for people to feel like they could help her family when it seemed like there was nothing anyone could do.

Through time, its purpose has evolved to focus more on promoting personal safety and recognizing when others are in potentially dangerous situations. Jacqueline Terrell, chair of the student steering committee for

the JB5K, said the run became a “color run,” wherein people are covered in colored powder along the race, in 2012 in an SEE COLOR, PAGE 6

Another top-10 team, another close game for the Hoosiers. Heading into the fourth quarter against No. 7 Michigan State, IU was trailing by two points, 28-26, and the Spartans were in the middle of a 15play drive that ended in a field goal, which pushed the score to 31-26 with 12:44 remaining in the game. In that 12:44, the Hoosiers were outscored 21-0 and never saw the opposing side of the field as they lost 52-26. “We got it down to the fourth quarter in another great game, and just let it slip away,” IU Coach Kevin Wilson said. IU kept Michigan State to just seven points in the first quarter after scoring a touchdown of its own when junior running back Jordan Howard scored from five yards out. It was his fifth touchdown of the season and first since returning from an ankle injury that kept him out of the Penn State and Rutgers losses.

More football coverage, page 8 Read how the Hoosiers, who now have a 4-4 record, can grab on to the opportunities they have left. SEE IUFB, PAGE 6


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