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Students sue IU for mold in buildings By Lilly St. Angelo lstangel@iu.edu | @lilly_st_ang
A class action lawsuit filed against the Trustees of Indiana University regarding the residence hall mold issues moved to federal court Friday. The case, originally filed through the Circuit Court of Monroe County on Oct. 17, was transferred to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. The party who initiated legal action includes seven named students from Foster and McNutt quads, and because of its class-action nature, an undetermined number of students are also involved. Allegations include breaches of the residential contract and implied provision of livable conditions as well as a request for the court to declare residents’ rights and the University’s responsibilities. According to court documents, families are taking these steps to obtain more information about the official mold remediation that began Oct. 15. and is ongoing. They also wish for the University’s current method of remediation to be stopped because they allege it is ineffective. The families also call for reimbursement for damages allegedly caused by IU. “Upon information and belief, to the extent IU has attempted to clean or remediate mold in the dormitories, it has done so only on a piecemeal basis and without following applicable industry standards for effective mold remediation,” families said in court documents. Families have requested information such as documents and communications showing when and how the University obtained knowledge of the “mold infestation,” documents containing information on the investigation by the University or other parties and all evidence of mold testing in 2018. Families have also requested all photo and video evidence of the mold and all documents containing the University’s mold remediation protocols. The University claimed, in a court document, it was too busy with remediations to provide these documents and that the University website has information needed by students and parents. In hopes of speeding up the legal process because of the public health concerns, the families filed an “Emergency Motion to Shorten Length of Time to Respond to Discovery” on Oct. 25 with the Circuit Court of Monroe County and were granted this motion on the 26. When the case was moved to federal court later that day, the emergency motion had to be filed again. The University responded in opposition to the motion. “No emergency exists at this time: as of today, Indiana University has installed high efficiency particulate air (“HEPA”) purifiers in more than 2,900 rooms across Indiana University’s Bloomington campus, including every single room in the affected dorms identified by Plaintiffs,” the University claimed in response. To date, 3,223 HEPA air purifiers have been installed in residence halls according to a University website. The University said the HEPA air purifiers have been generally successful at bringing mold down to acceptable levels. John Applegate, executive vice president for University academic affairs, said mold has been found in other residence halls than Foster and McNutt but not nearly at the scale of the two aforementioned residence halls. He said the air purifiers were installed in other dorms out of an “abundance of caution.” The University also claimed its website shows the transparency that has been provided over the course of the mold remediations. The families claim otherwise. In a response to the University’s opposition to the emergency motion, the families said as of Oct. 30, reports for only 15 to 20 percent of rooms in McNutt and Foster were published. Applegate said the University has published all results it has gotten back thus far. The families also claimed the HEPA filters are an inadequate soluSEE MOLD, PAGE 5
27th IUDM fundraises $4,187,051.23 By Joey Bowling, Alex Hardgrave and Sydney Tomlinson news@idsnews.com | @idsnews
IU Dance Marathon raised $4,187,051.23 during its 27th dance marathon. Participants danced for 36 hours from Friday night to Sunday morning while raising money for the Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health in Indianapolis. The marathon featured families telling the stories of their children who have been treated at Riley Hospital for Children, live music, line dances and the dancers' rallying cry "FTK" or "For the kids," yelled throughout the event. Here's a look at the dance marathon's 36 hours. Hour 0 IU Dance Marathon started off with dancers jumping around, bristling with energy and eager to dance. Shirts of all colors emblazoned with the letters IUDM fluttered around the room. The participants have been raising money for months, through text messages, social media campaigns and door-to-door fundraising. IUDM was started in 1991 by alumna Jill Stewart to honor her friend Ryan White. After White contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion, he became an AIDS activist. He died four and a half months before he could come to IU to start his freshman year. Since starting the organization 27 years ago, IUDM has become one of the largest student-run philanthropies in the nation.
Top IUDM reveals the total amount they raised for Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. IUDM finished their final hour Nov. 4 at the IU Tennis Center.
Hour 16 A dozen dancers stood in a circle, their shoes lying in the center, as they clapped, chanted and danced. Three families, each with a child treated at Riley Hospital for Children, walked onto the stage as the music softened and dancers crowded around. Alexis Mata told the story of her son, Adrian Mata. When Alexis Mata was pregnant, her fetus was growing too slowly and doctors told her it would be a miracle if she made it to 27 weeks of pregnancy. She was in-
Hours 28 to 30 As the hours trudged on, students who danced for 36 hours faced the second night of no sleep. Some stood around, eyes glazed over with dark circles under their eyes while others were still dancing and screaming. At midnight, student Jack Duffy ran onto the main stage, full of excitement and energy, ready to teach one of the groups a line dance. “We’ve been learning the line dance over and over again,” freshman Rae Nourie said. “We really
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Bottom Junior Carter Sims helps lead the line dance to the song of “I’m Gonna Be,” by artist he Proclaimers. IUDM started at 8 p.m. Nov. 2 at the IU Tennis Center.
duced at 39 weeks and gave birth to a three-and-a-half pound baby boy after 40.5 hours of labor. Adrian Mata had a heart condition and stayed in the neonatal intensive care unit. Doctors told Alexis Mata her son would need an openheart surgery soon or he would die, but no one wanted to perform the surgery because they believed the boy’s quality of life would be very poor if he lived, she said. They thought he would never be able to walk, talk or feed himself. At 6-and-a-half weeks old, Adrian Mata was moved from the NICU to hospice care, where he was expected to die within days. He stayed in hospice for a few months, where doctors eventually diagnosed him with primordial dwarfism. Finally, Riley Hospital for Children agreed to perform Adrian Mata’s open-heart surgery. Now he’s 4
years old and hasn’t stayed in a hospital since. Dancers snapped, cheered and cried as the Matas and other Riley families told their stories. In 30 minutes, dancers raised another $14,000. 19 hours to go.
“We’ve been learning the line dance over and over again. We really want to nail it.” Rae Nourie, freshman
want to nail it.” In one corner, an inflatable jail was set up. Inside were a few dancers, vigorously typing on their phones trying to get donations. Standing around it were students wearing cop hats. Kat Riddell, member of the entertainment committee, said when dancers get a donation, they can choose to arrest other dancers. That dancer has to stay in the jail until they raise enough money to match SEE IUDM, PAGE 5
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Glass scores golden goal to advance Hoosiers By Phillip Steinmetz psteinme@iu.edu | @PhillipHoosier
Senior midfielder Frankie Moore never let up for a single moment during IU's first Big Ten Tournament game Sunday. On the right side of the box, Moore received the ball and was immediately met by a pair of Northwestern defenders. He tried to send in a cross but it deflected off the defender that was right in front of him. Moore then pushed his way through the defenders to secure the rebound. The Northwestern defender slipped up while trying to clear the ball. That allowed Moore to set his feet and send in a perfect cross toward sophomore midfielder Spencer Glass. Glass came running toward the goal and put his head on the ball from point-blank range to score the golden goal for the Hoosiers. Behind that goal from Glass, No. 2 IU defeated Northwestern 2-1 in overtime to pick up the win
in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals. “I was calling for it, so once I saw it in the air I was happy for it,” Glass said. “It was a perfect ball. It was almost hard to miss. It wasn’t too much to do there instead of just making contact. He put it on a platter.” The Hoosiers had 25 shots in regulation, but it took 23 of them before they could find their first goal of the day. Glass sent in a cross over toward the opposite side of the box, but it deflected off the left post. Senior midfielder Rece Buckmaster then made a sliding effort to put his left foot on the ball and send it into the far post from three yards out. IU finally had the difference maker and held Northwestern to only a single shot by that 80th minute. “We knew something was going to come eventually so we had to keep going and going,” Buckmaster said. “Something was eventu-
ally going to come after all those shots we had because we had good chances in the first half then just kept on coming in the second half. So, we just knew something was going to come and it finally did.”
“We knew something was going to come eventually so we had to keep going and going.” Rece Buckmaster, Senior midfielder
It looked like IU would eventually come away with the clean sheet but Northwestern came up with an almost impossible equalizer in the 88th minute. The Wildcats sent the ball to the box from almost the middle of the field. The ball then was headed up into the air and bounced on the ground. Junior midfielder Matt Moderwell took his left foot and swung it around his body to fire a
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2-1 rocket type of shot toward the goal. Moderwell flicked it off the back post over the outreaching hands of sophomore goalkeeper Trey Muse to find the late score. “The kid hit a world-class finish and you're kind of just shaking your head,” IU Coach Todd Yeagley said. “The guys came in and talked about it and said we have 20 minutes. We had plenty of time based on the chances that we’d created to score another goal. They were really confident. I know how cruel this sport can be.” Thanks to the golden goal from Glass, IU is now headed to Westfield, Indiana, to take on Maryland in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals where if IU wins, it will be in the championship game. This victory pushed IU's win streak to seven games.