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Omega Phi Beta performed their stroll performance for spectators during Fiesta del Otoño on Saturday morning at the Farmers’ Market. This festival marks the 11th anniversary of the event and featured live Latin soul music, Spanish ballet and a dance competition.
Fiesta celebrates fall Fiesta del Otoño focuses on Latino, Hispanic outreach By Dominick Jean drjean@indiana.edu | @Domino_Jean
Fast-paced Latino music played in the background and dancers spun around on the brick outside City Hall at Saturday’s Fiesta del Otoño. The festival, a Hispanic and Latino celebration of the upcoming fall season, is in its 11th year in Bloomington. Nearby, person after person approached Bloomington police officers at their display table, shook their hands and thanked them for their service. “This is the most I’ve been thanked my entire career,” Bloomington Police Department officer Drew Bazan said. BPD officers were near City Hall and the Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market on Saturday for the 11th annual Fiesta del Otoño, which is Spanish for Autumn Festival.
BPD Capt. Steve Kellams said events like the Fiesta are the first step in communicating with minorities like the Hispanic and Latino communities. “This is our first time here,” Kellams said. “We need to find out what they need.” At their table, BPD had different resources and materials related to topics such as gun safety, which were written in Spanish. Seventeen other organizations were at the event in support of Hispanic Heritage Month, which began Sept. 15 and ends Oct. 15. Also present were city groups like Bloomington Transit with schedules of all the bus routes throughout the city. La Casa Latino Cultural Center was also present at the event. At each table the event organizers posted pictures of different Hispanic and Latino people from United States history that were
deemed important, such as teachers and civil servants. One of those people was Edmundo Mireles. Mireles served in the U.S. Army, was a World War II prisoner of war, worked for the FBI and worked at the Federal Aviation Administration for 16 years. He later won the FBI Medal of Valor for his actions during the 1986 Miami shootout, which involved eight FBI officers and two serial bank robbers. During the shootout, Mireles was injured and was unable to use his left arm after being shot. As a result, he needed to figure out a way to shoot a shotgun onehanded. He did this and helped kill the suspects. Mireles’ technique for firing a shotgun one-handed became the way all officers were trained after the Miami SEE FESTIVAL, PAGE 5
Professors write about micro-preemie daughter
Kiante Enis knew it was wrong. Enis, 19, was arrested Thursday on two counts of child molesting, a level 3 felony, and according to a probable cause affidavit, admitted to detectives he had sex with a 13-yearold girl on multiple occasions in March. The first time the two had sex Enis thought she was 16. After learning she was actually 13, Enis had sex with her two more times. Child molesting carries a maximum prison sentence of 16 years and a fine of up to $20,000. Enis was dismissed from the IU football team Thursday just hours after the arrest. The freshman, listed at wide receiver, had yet to play in a game and was said to have been in concussion protocol by IU Coach Kevin Wilson. A private citizen in Winchester, Indiana, where Enis attended high school, first provided authorities with information of a relationship between Enis and a young girl Tuesday. A second person provided a message allegedly sent by a 13-year-old, who claimed to be in a physical relationship with Enis for the past year. According to the affidavit, Detective Chad Puterbaugh and Detective Tom Pullins interviewed her at her junior high school Wednesday. She said she was 13 and that her and Enis had hung out a few times, watched a movie and kissed. Enis had also sent her pictures. When asked what the pictures were of, she said, “um, below.” Puterbaugh, according to the affidavit, then told her he and Pullins SEE ENIS, PAGE 6
Students struggle with finite mathematics
By Mallory Haag mjhaag@indiana.edu | @MalloryHaag
By Christina Winfrey cawinfre@umail.iu.edu | @WinaTinfrey
Thomas French, professor of practice in journalism in the IU Media School, stood up in front of a crowd of friends, colleagues and students at the Barnes and Noble on Third Street on Sunday afternoon. “I want to thank you all for coming out today,” French said. “A lot of you held our hands through the living of these events and then held our hands again through the writing of it.” The small crowd gathered for the launch of the book Thomas and his wife, Kelley French, also a professor of practice in journalism at IU, wrote together. The crowd applauded the authors before stepping forward to have their books signed by the Frenches and their daughter, Juniper. “Juniper: The Girl Who Was Born Too Soon” is a firsthand account of what Thomas and Kelley experienced when Juniper was born at 23 weeks and six days. A full-term baby is born at 40 weeks, so Juniper’s survival depended on a team of skilled doctors and several months spent in a neonatal intensive care unit. “When we were living through it, we knew at the beginning of that time period that if we made it out of the NICU with our daughter, that we had a pretty powerful
midfielder Allison Jorden headed in a Meghan Scott cross from a free kick in the 21st minute for her first collegiate goal. Set-piece chances are always big in IU Coach Amy Berbary’s mind. “We scored off of three set plays today, and Amy always says that set plays win games,” Jorden said. “If we scrap and get a piece of every ball that we can, it’ll go in the back of the net and we will walk away with three points.”
This fall, sophomore Julie Nagelberg enrolled in M118: Finite Mathematics. She went to the class and took notes, but after a few weeks, she realized she was struggling. After seeking help, she realized succeeding in the class was not feasible and decided to drop. Now, she said she hopes to take the class online through Ivy Tech Community College. “You’re required to take these classes, and there’s so much pressure on it,” Nagelberg said. “I’m never going to need this in my life.” Nagelberg is one of many students feeling this way. M118 has one of the highest failure and withdrawal rates within the mathematics department, but the course remains popular because it fulfills a general education requirement. Last spring the withdrawal rate was an average of about 45 students per class. Students often find themselves struggling due to a variety of reasons, including weak algebraic skills and a lack of familiarity with the atmosphere of large math lecture courses, said Jee Koh, mathematics department director of undergraduate studies. The stigma of the course can often leave students feeling discouraged. “Hearing everyone else talk about it really intimidated me,” freshman Mckinzie Smith said. Smith is currently in M118 and said she has found it is much different from her high school math courses. Among these differences is the pace of the course. Koh said he believes the course’s pace is extremely fast. “Once you get behind, it is very difficult to catch up,” Koh said. He said students should seek help the second they get lost. Nagelberg said she believes students may often feel too intimidated to speak up. “Who really wants to raise their hand in a 300-person lecture?” Nagelberg said. “For someone that struggles, they’re not going to ask to go back to step one when they’re on step 32.”
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From left to right, Juniper, Kelley and Thomas French sit behind a stack of their new book, "Juniper," and signed autographs Sunday afternoon at Barnes and Noble. Their book documents the time surrounding Juniper’s birth at 23 weeks.
story,” Thomas said. “We had this really close, detailed look at this part of our society that is usually very tough to get into.” The book examines the difficulties of parenting a premature child when medical precautions and health risks separate a parent and their child, Kelley said. “When you’re a parent and
you have this one-pound baby and her eyes aren’t open yet and you can’t hold her and you can’t do any of the things that parents normally do to bond with their children and to help them when they’re first born, it can feel very overwhelming,” Thomas said. “It can feel like you have no power, but in fact, you do.”
Kelley said a lot of the information about premature babies and their prospects is often outdated and dismal. She wanted to write a book that was accurate and would rise to the top, she said. “There’s a lot more hope SEE BOOK, PAGE 6
WOMEN’S SOCCER
IU picks up crucial conference win Sunday By Cameron Drummond cpdrummo@indiana.edu | @cdrummond97
Heading into the weekend’s matches, IU women’s soccer had an opportunity to put itself in contention to qualify for the season-ending Big Ten Tournament. IU needed to pick up points against either No. 9 Minnesota or Wisconsin as part of a two-match home stand at Bill Armstrong Stadium. They did not disappoint. After losing to Minnesota on Friday, sophomore forward Cassidy
Blacha scored the winning Hoosier goal in the 78th minute Sunday afternoon as IU defeated Wisconsin 3-2. Blacha’s winning goal came as the result of a chaotic sequence after an IU corner kick. Freshman defender Meghan Scott delivered a cross into the Wisconsin penalty box that dropped to freshman forward Sydney Kilgore. Kilgore fired a shot that was saved initially by Wisconsin junior goalkeeper Caitlyn Clem, but an attempted clearance by Wisconsin struck Blacha and went into the net.
“We don’t care how we score, if it’s pretty or whatever,” Blacha said. “All we can control is our work ethic. It’s what we try to focus on.” While the Hoosiers provided late drama in the match, it was the Badgers who opened the game’s scoring. Sophomore forward Emily Borgmann redirected a bouncing ball past IU freshman goalkeeper Sarah L’Hommedieu and into the net in the seventh minute to give Wisconsin an early lead. Less than 15 minutes later, though, IU responded. Freshman