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By Alex Hardgrave ahardgra@iu.edu | @a_hardgrave

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Signs and tents are decorated with Black Lives Matter slogans June 9 in the grass around the Monroe County Courthouse. Some people packed up their tents while others left them standing.

Sheriff evicts overnight protesters

By Lilly St. Angelo lstangel@iu.edu | @lilly_st_ang

The Courthouse Square lawn has been a temporary home to several activists and people experiencing homelessness for over a week as protests over the killing of George Floyd and other acts of police brutality continue.

The sheriff gave protesters notice Monday night that they must evict the property by 10 p.m.

Tuesday. Personal property must be removed by Friday according to a press release, but orders were given by the county legal department to begin enforcing hours of the courthouse property Tuesday night.

About 100 protesters showed up to the Courthouse Square on Tuesday night to protest the eviction. There was chanting and dancing, but no sheriff until 2 a.m., hours after protesters expected them to come and after many had left.

According to a press release sent by the sheriff the next morning, Sheriff Brad Swain and twelve deputies asked about 30 people to move to the sidewalk, and they all complied. All tents had been taken down by the time the deputies arrived. A small group of protesters stayed the night on the side-

walk and deputies stayed on the courthouse property until 6 a.m. to enforce the hours. No arrests were made.

The property, which is owned by the county, is open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m, according to Chapter 262 in Monroe County code.

If people are using the grounds beyond those hours, they may be charged with trespassing. In Chapter 257, the county also states that camping is not allowed on county property unless approved by commissioners.

At nearly 11 p.m., when many of the protesters were still present and the sheriff had not yet arrived, Patrick Ford, protest coordinator and IU alumnus, told protesters to think of the night as a victory.

“When we show in numbers, our voices are heard and the system is scared of us,” Ford said.

Ford said the county has been very lenient with protesters and that they planned to be mostly off the lawn by 10 p.m. But some protesters wanted to stay on the lawn.

Crow, a man experiencing homelessness, said he would be staying on the lawn as long it didn’t endanger his friends’ lives.

“Am I afraid to get arrested for a cause such as this?” Crow said.

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A banner that reads “defund BPD” hangs June 10 over the stairs going up to the Monroe County Courthouse. People honked their cars in support of the protesters as they drove past.

“I’ve seen a lot more shit worse than prison.”

But no one ended up staying on the lawn or getting arrested.

Crow has been staying with protesters on the courthouse lawn for the past week, sleeping in a hammock, leading chants, helping distribute food and drinks and making a lot of friends. He came to Bloomington from Columbus, Indiana, last week after

he lost his job in a finishing plant painting appliances. Within 30 minutes of being in town, he met protesters who welcomed him into their group.

“Before I came here, I was a lonely alcoholic, I had no aspirations for my life whatsoever, I just accepted the fact that I was going to die alone with a bottle in my SEE SHERIFF, PAGE 3

Black artists combine creativity, advocacy

By Katharine Khamhaengwong kkhamhae@iu.edu | @katharinegk

Several local Black artists joined the approximately 7,000 attendees of the June 5 protest against police brutality in Bloomington. They have contributed to the recent protests in a multitude of ways: making signs, creating graphics for social media campaigns, chalking, raising funds, painting murals, writing poems and more.

Kayleigh Dance, a food photographer, self-described “small influencer” and IU Office of Enrollment Management social media specialist, has been using her Instagram platform to pressure local restaurants into publicly stating their support for the Black Lives Matter movement and the protests.

After the most recent protests broke out, following the May 25 death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis, Dance said she was initially at a loss for how to tie her advocacy for herself and her community to her art, so she paused her work and attended

a protest in Indianapolis.

A few days later, she noticed that a lot of the local small businesses she had worked with in Bloomington had remained silent, even as national outrage grew.

“That stung a bit,” she said.

“Now, I’m making sure that businesses that I have personal ties to are learning that their silence is being seen as complicity.”

On the Thursday before the protest, Dance posted one of her photographs to Instagram with a caption calling on businesses to show their support. She said that two businesses, Bedräk Cafe and the Village Deli, posted about their support shortly after following her or liking her post, and that the owner of Bedräk Cafe opened their parking lot to protesters and attended the event.

Claudia Hodges, a mixed-media artist and interior design student at IU, said that they are contributing to the protest movement and associated causes financially, with the proceeds from sales of a print of their work. Like Dance, they too were initially not sure how

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A Honda CR-V decorated with Black Lives Matter slogans is parked June 5 next to Dunn Meadow. A few other cars were decorated similarly, and many protesters at the June 5 ‘Enough is Enough’ protest held up signs they had decorated themselves.

to use their art to contribute, as most of their art does not have any explicitly political meaning.

“I live as a Black person in America,” Hodges said. “I don’t want my art to always be centered on it — I want art as an escape.”

However, they said they made a collage six months ago utilizing an

image from a 1947 issue of National Geographic that included a skull labeled “negro,” and that since posting it on June 1, they have sold eight or nine prints for $35 each and donated the proceeds to causes including Black Lives Matter, bail funds and funds to support homeless trans women.

Pygmalion’s to close after nearly 50 years

By Lauren McLaughlin lrmclaug@iu.edu | @l_mclaughlin8

Nancy Crenshaw ran Pygmalion’s Art Supplies after her brother, John Wilson, died last June. The business was doing well until February, when Crenshaw received her new lease agreement.

The property manager sold

the building and land, and the increase in rent was 65%, Crenshaw said.

“Business was good, but not good enough to afford what they were asking,” manager Chase Lewandowski said.

Crenshaw said she looked into more affordable spaces in Bloomington, but there was no luck. The

John Myers, the man convicted of the 2000 murder of IU student Jill Behrman, is slated to be released from prison June 15 awaiting an appeal decision. An emergency motion filed Friday by the Indiana Attorney General’s office, if approved, could stop his release.

A May 29 order by U.S. District Court Judge James Sweeney approved Myers' request to be released until the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals makes a decision on the validity of his 2006 trial. The order cited Myers' fears of contracting COVID-19 while in prison, as he is immunocompromised.

Marilyn Behrman, Jill Behrman’s mother expressed worries of his release.

“The idea that he may be released soon makes me uneasy,” she said. “Even though he will be on house arrest at his mother’s house, I am not sure he can obey the rules.”

She said she is feeling hopeful the latest appeal will be approved, keeping him in jail.

In Sept. 2019, Sweeney ordered that Myers be released, stating he

store had to close for about two months due to the pandemic. The decision was inevitable.

“I just finally felt like the only thing I had left to do was to close the store,” she said.

The plan is to close on June 30, Lewandowski said.

Pygmalion’s has operated for almost 50 years. The business has

been in her family since 2007, when her brother purchased it.

When Wilson died, he left the store to Crenshaw and her two sons in his will.

Despite living in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Crenshaw took on the responsibility.

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Hendershot pleads guilty to criminal trespassing

By Grace Ybarra gnybarra@iu.edu | @gnybarra

IU redshirt junior tight end Peyton Hendershot pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor criminal trespass following his arrest in February. His remaining charges of domestic battery, criminal conversion and criminal mischief were dismissed.

Hendershot was arrested Feb. 22 after he allegedly assaulted a 22-year-old woman he was previously in a relationship with, according to a press release from the Bloomington Police Department.

Under the conditions of Hendershot’s plea agreement, he is required to complete a mental health evaluation and a one-year probation.

Following his arrest, Hendershot was placed on a 24-hour hold at the Monroe County Correctional Center.

IU football head coach Tom Allen suspended Hendershot indefinitely Feb. 24 from all team activities.

On an April 22 Zoom call, Allen said that Hendershot had been brought back in a "modified" way.

Suspect identified in Sunday shooting

By Lilly St. Angelo lstangel@iu.edu | @lilly_st_ang

The Bloomington Police Department issued a warrant for the arrest of De Juan Lamar Kelley, the suspect in the Sunday morning fatal shooting of 39-year-old Bloomington man Michael T. Parker, according to a release Monday afternoon.

Kelley is being charged with murder and carrying a handgun without a license. According to the release, Kelley is to be considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached. BPD is asking anyone with information about where Kelley is to contact detective Jeff Rodgers at 812-339-4477.

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Pools closed due to virus, residents upset

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Indiana State Road 446 stands June 4 on Monroe Lake. There is a concern about the drinking water quality in Monroe County.

Federal, local government clash over forest project

By Wei Wang daviwang@iu.edu | @DavidWazman

Monroe County government filed a lawsuit against the United States Forest Service along with other plaintiffs last month in U.S. District Court in New Albany, Indiana, according to a press release from the Office of Monroe County Commissioners.

The lawsuit was over the Forest Service’s plan to log, burn and apply herbicides to a significant portion of the Hoosier National Forest, which has been facing opposition since the end of 2018.

The Indiana Forest Alliance (IFA), the Hoosier Environmental Council and plant biochemist David Simcox joined the county government in filing the May 13 lawsuit.

The plan, the Houston South Vegetation Management and Restoration Project, could take up to 20 years and includes 13,500 acres of prescribed burning and 4,375 acres of tree thinning, clear cutting and harvesting, according to the Forest Service’s environmental assessment of the project.

The project was approved by the Forest Service on Feb. 14 despite objections from experts and community members.

The stated purpose of the project, according to the assessment, is to “promote tree growth, reduce insect and disease levels and move the landscape toward desired conditions.”

The project takes place mostly in Jackson County and the rest in Lawrence County.

However, the project’s proposed logging and burning areas overlap with a portion of the watershed of Lake Monroe, the sole source of drinking water for 140,000 people in the Bloomington region, according to the press release citing Monroe County Commissioner Julie Thomas.

The project will potentially yield soil and nutrient runoff that may pollute Lake Monroe.

Steep slopes exist in the project area, which encourage greater sediment and nutrient runoff than flatter surfaces, according to the assessment.

The assessment states that incorporating best management practices for water pollution could mitigate the potential pollution.

However, Tim Maloney, senior policy director at the Hoosier Environmental Council, said such practices aren’t always successful and the Forest Service doesn’t have enough resources to monitor and maintain them.

Soil and nutrient run-off can lead to eutrophication in water bodies, favoring algae growth and killing other species by depleting them of oxygen. Due to pollution and sedimentation from decades of agricultural activities, the Indiana Department of Environmental

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The Houston South Vegetation Management and Restoration Project Vicinity Map is pictured courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service.

Management has already listed Lake Monroe as impaired water, citing algae blooms and odors.

“Compared to what’s coming off those agricultural fields, this will have no impact at all,” said David LeBlanc, professor of biology at Ball State University.

He said he has helped the IFA conduct fieldwork in the past, but he disagrees with their position on the Houston South Project.

However, to Jeff Stant, executive director of the IFA, the project would be like adding fuel to the flame.

“The problem here is that they are making a stressed situation worse,” he said.

Vic Kelson, director of City of Bloomington Utilities, which ensures clean drinking water for the city, declined an interview request, saying the department will reserve its comments for inquiries from parties of the pending litigation.

The project may also bring harm to the habitats of endangered bat species and other wildlife, exacerbate impacts from climate change through logging and burning and damage recreational trails, according to the lawsuit.

Stant said by trying to promote the Hoosier National Forest’s oak-hickory system, the Forest Service is essentially preparing the types of trees most profitable as commercial timber.

“Because these guys are fundamentally loggers, they want the forest to be used, including public forests,” Stant said.

LeBlanc said, however, that the Forest Service is perfectly justified to do so.

“This is a part of the forest that has been designated as potentially providing timber production,” he said, citing the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960 that allows national forests’ renewable surface resources to be managed by the federal government to meet the country’s needs.

The groups filing the lawsuit were frustrated about the failure of the Forest Service to address objections and consider alternative locations for the project.

Monroe County Attorney Margie Rice attended the last meeting early this year between the Forest Service and objectors to the project.

She said the Forest Service did not address their objec-

tions.

“Sitting on the side listening to the United States Forest Service talk to the objectors around the table, there were no answers to the questions,” she said.

“They were basically just saying, ‘Please withdraw your objections. What can we do to get you to withdraw them? We’re not changing our plans.’”

“They were intent on proceeding with the project and had the framework of the project in mind,” Maloney said. “And they have really not varied from their original intent in any substantive manner.”

The Forest Service did formally respond in writing to comments of objection and publish them online, but it practically proposed no modification to the original environmental assessment.

The final environmental assessment and the Finding of No Significant Impact both claimed the Houston South Project would not have a significant impact on the environment.

A FONSI shows that an agency’s proposed action does not bring significant impact to the environment.

The National Environmental Policy Act requires that an agency prepares a FONSI to be exempt from preparing an Environmental Impact Statement, which would need to address the direct, indirect and cumulative environmental impacts of the proposed action.

NEPA also requires that the agency in its environmental assessment briefly discusses alternatives to the proposed action and their environmental impacts.

“Many members of the public, including the plaintiffs in this litigation, provided specific alternatives that would better protect the environment, but the Forest Service refused to consider any alternatives other than either doing nothing at all or doing exactly what it proposed to do,” said attorney Nick Lawton, a senior associate at Eubanks & Associates, the law firm representing the plaintiffs.

Lawton said the alternatives proposed included locating the project outside the Lake Monroe watershed or, if in the watershed, plans that would better protect the environment.

One of the alternatives was relocating the project

to a 63,000-acre area in the Hoosier National Forest that does not carry the risk of polluting reservoirs. This area is much larger than the proposed acreage covered by the Houston South Project.

Simcox, one plaintiff of the lawsuit, said because relevant records have not been disclosed to the public, he didn’t know the thoroughness of the Forest Service’s examination of the alternative locations. He said he asked the Forest Service multiple times whether they have examined rigorously the feasibility of conducting the forest management activities in that area, but he was told that it had been decided that the proposed location would be the best location.

Simcox holds a doctorate degree in plant biochemistry from University of California at Los Angeles.

He is a member of the Monroe County Environmental Commission and a former volunteer board member of the IFA. However, in this lawsuit, he files as an individual plaintiff as he had personally sent letters of comment and objections to the Forest Service and is concerned as a regular hiker at the Hoosier National Forest.

Stant said the Forest Service was only citing research to support the project and ignored studies suggesting otherwise.

“They’re acting in an arbitrary and capricious manner,” he said. “Federal law doesn’t allow them to do that. That’s what NEPA’s about – avoiding that way of operating.”

The lawsuit seeks to ask the court to send the project proposal back to the Forest Service for further analysis following NEPA requirements, according to the press release.

Rice said the hope for this lawsuit is that the Forest Service would engage in meaningful dialogue with members of the public to help them understand the necessity of the project and why it does not bring the negative environmental impacts it is alleged of potentially bringing.

If they fail to convince the court to have the Forest Service re-review the project, Rice said that would mean the court has determined that the Forest Service has followed NEPA and other legal requirements and that the project can proceed.

Lawton said the lawsuit is likely to last six to nine months if expedited, or one to one-and-a-half years if not. He said he hopes to work with the government to put a hold on the Houston South Project before the court reaches a decision.

Currently, the case is at a very early stage, Lawton said, and the parties are collaborating on a schedule to brief the court on their positions.

The Forest Service declined to comment, citing pending litigation.

The City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department announced in a June 1 press release the city’s two outdoor pools, Bryan Park Pool and Mills Pool, will be closed for the summer to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

The press release stated safety protocols established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Monroe County Health Department would be difficult to implement in this setting. Also, lifeguards and other aquatic facility members were unable to be trained in the spring due to the closure of indoor pools at the time.

Administrator Paula Devitt said in the press release closing the two popular pools was a difficult but correct decision. She said they did so after researching and consulting state and national health recommendations.

Many were upset with

the decision and voiced their displeasure via social media. People said their children often go to the pool and it serves as exercise for their family. Others noted how many families, babysitters and nannies depend on the pool for younger children because it is a safe, enclosed area and close for those with limited transportation.

Others were voicing support saying even though the water is chlorinated, there is still a spread of germs through the air and on surfaces in locker rooms and around the pool. Many suggested visiting rivers, lakes and beaches nearby instead.

The spray pad at Switchyard Park, located at 1601 S. Rogers St., is expected to open in late June. Devitt said the exact date depends on the Monroe County reopening schedule. Restrooms and changing rooms will be available. COVID-19 safety recommendations will also be in place at the spray pad.

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Bryan Park Pool is empty June 8 in Bloomington. Bloomington community pools are closed for the summer due to the coronavirus pandemic.

MCCSC sends letter with plan to combat racism

By Lauren McLaughlin lrmclaug@iu.edu | @LaurenM30831042

The Monroe County Community School Corporation released a letter last week acknowledging institutional racism embedded in public schools and outlining a plan to address inequalities in the local school system.

The letter comes after protests in Bloomington and throughout the country about the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and other black people.

“We reaffirm our commitment to eliminating all barriers that prevent our students from having opportunities to receive a fair, equitable, and high-quality educational experience,” superintendent Judith DeMuth said in the letter.

MCCSC is working toward this goal by partnering with several organizations:

the Great Lakes Equity Center, IU, Ivy Tech Community College, the City of Bloomington Community and Family Resources Department, the Charlie and Jeanetta Nelms Leadership Academy and others.

The corporation also plans to hire an equity and inclusion coordinator and place equity leadership teams in every school. Staff will also go through implicit bias and microaggression training.

Students will learn about social justice through Teaching Tolerance, a program that provides educational resources about diversity and inclusivity.

MCCSC plans to create “The Real Talk,” a series of focus groups with a goal to encourage MCCSC students to think about how to make their education and school more equitable through details from their own experiences.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “It was very important to him, and he was very important to me,” she said. “When he died, I prayed with him. I know he went to heaven, and I know there’ll be a day that I’ll see him again, and I certainly don’t want him to look me in the face and say, ‘What did you do with my store?’

I’ll tell him I treated his store right.”

The staff continued their jobs without an owner in Bloomington. By back-toschool season, they had a good handle on everything, Crenshaw said.

“I had a couple people look me straight in the face and say, ‘You’re a fool to try to run that store from Tulsa,’” she said. “It worked just fine for me.”

Crenshaw said she does not want to sell the domain name for the website yet. She wants to sell it to someone who wholeheartedly wants to start the business from scratch in Bloomington.

One of her suggestions was a smaller store for online ordering and delivery.

“I really think that it can be redone,” she said. “I really do.”

The famous Pygmalion’s sign with the cat on it will go to Tulsa with Crenshaw.

She said if someone does approach her about restarting the business, the sign will be

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Signs reading “Store Closing” are displayed in the windows at Pygmalion’s Art Supplies on May 31 on North Grant Street. The store is closing after over 48 years of business.

part of the deal.

The store’s live-in cats, Alice and Kiki, were already adopted by two different families, she said. One of them is about 18 years old.

Crenshaw said Wilson adopted them from the shelter when he bought the store.

She said she hopes anyone who restarts the business will do the same.

Jozlynn Mills, a Pygmalion's customer for six years, said Bloomington is losing another beloved small business. She said the local art community will be losing a common space to meet each other and find resources.

Lewandowski said one of the benefits is Pygmalion’s offers in-person service. Customers can easily talk to a

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staff member who knows the store and can offer advice on projects.

“It’s something you can’t get going to Michaels or Hobby Lobby,” he said. “It’s a business, but it’s more than that.”

It is also a relaxing environment, Mills said. She would often go when she was an IU student.

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received ineffective counsel from attorney Patrick Baker during the 2006 trial.

The order gave a 120day deadline for his release, which was later extended based on a subsequent order from the Indiana Attorney General.

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals heard the appeal against the September order on May 26. It could take two to six months for a decision.

Myers has served almost 14 years of the 65-year sentence for shooting Behrman while she was out riding her bike May 31, 2000. Her remains were found in 2003 in a wooded area in Morgan County, Indiana.

hand,” Crow said. “I came out here and I have been approached with so much love and acceptance and respect and dignity as a human being by these fine people here.”

Crow was inspired to put his time and energy into the protests by his girlfriend who is Black but has diabetes, which has kept her quarantined during the pandemic and unable to attend protests.

He said she is worried about him but he wants to fight for her.

Protester Abdul Wasi said as more and more people experiencing homelessness came to join

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Police escort John Myers on Oct. 30, 2006, after a jury found him guilty of the 2000 murder of IU sophomore Jill Behrman at the Morgan County Courthouse. Myers will be released June 15 on house arrest until a decision is made on his appeal.

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“I was having a really hard day, so I walked downtown and got myself some ice cream from Hartzell’s and then walked to Pygmalion’s and just kind of hung out there,” she said. “I just wanted to walk around and look at supplies and hang out with the cats because it was just a very relaxing space to be in.

Just being able to go there

the activists camping out on the courthouse lawn, protesters have been getting to know them and collecting donations for them.

“I’ve just been listening to them, you know, taking time to hear their stories, actually sit down with them and let them know that not only do they have food, but they have someone to actually listen to them and help them out,” Wasi said.

Wasi said the homeless population’s presence has been a statement of their support for the movement, which has meant something to him and Ford.

“I think if people in the hardest of times can show compassion for others, then I think anyone can do

and kind of unwind after a really long day on campus was really nice.”

The store’s liquidation sale started last week, Lewandowski said.

“We’ve been swamped with people,” he said. “People love this place, and they’re coming in and telling us how much they’re going to miss us.”

that,” Ford said.

Ford, who has lived in Bloomington for about 20 years, said he knows several of the sheriff deputies and has had good experiences with them. He said a deputy told him yesterday that the sheriff department supports the Black Lives Matter movement, they were just following orders to give them the eviction notice.

Swain said in an interview Wednesday that deputies will be enforcing the hours of the courthouse property from now on.

"The protesters were wonderful to work with," Swain said. "It was just time for it to come to an end past 10 o'clock."

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Summer training remains consistent for IU

By D.J. Fezler djfezler@iu.edu | @DJFezler

Distance running at the collegiate level is a sport that seemingly never ends. IU athletes compete on the cross-country course in the fall, then transition to the indoor track in the winter before outdoor track in the spring. In the summer, they can let their minds reset before returning to training.

Due to COVID-19, many football players were left to train without pads or helmets, and the basketball team hasn’t been able to improve its chemistry on the court together.

But for IU cross-country, athletes may continue their individual training while still social distancing.

Summer is a time when individuals may contact coaches for guidance or feedback. Coaches cannot have scheduled practices or require each athlete to report back to them.

These guidelines are similar to those implemented when the coronavirus pandemic forced an early conclusion to spring sports.

IU head coach Ron Helmer said athletes have had transformational summers in the past. Last year, it was sophomores Bailey Hertenstein for the women’s team and Arjun Jha for the men’s team.

“The people who choose to really get on board and do this work the appropriate way and check in as needed, typically are the ones we can count on going forward,” IU head coach Ron Helmer said.

Last season, IU distance runners earned personal and team achievements as a result of their summer efforts. Both the men’s and women’s cross-country teams earned at-large bids to the NCAA Championships for the second straight year where they placed 13th and 19th, respectively.

In those races, Hertenstein and senior Kyle Mau were named AllAmericans. Hertenstein placed 31st after placing 127th in 2018. Jha was the third Hoosier to cross the finish line for the men’s team behind Mau and junior Ben Veatch.

On March 12, the Big Ten announced the cancellation of all spring and winter athletic events due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Then-sophomore Kyle Mau runs in the Sam Bell Invitational on Sept. 30, 2017, at the IU cross-country course. Cross-country athletes have been able to continue their individual training despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Since then, many athletes returned home and loosely followed their track and field training schedule.

After what would have been the Big Ten Outdoor Championships on May 15-17, individuals began a four-week running regimen.

During this time, athletes may progress to running between three and six days a week for up to 50 minutes each day. Helmer gives them the freedom to run at their own pace based on how their bodies respond to the workout.

Without the assistance of numerous resources provided by IU athletics, including weight rooms,

nutritionists and treatment facilities, Jha is running anywhere from four to eight miles each day at home. He plans to build up to nearly 100 miles each week following the team’s initial four-week schedule.

“I run with my brother two to three times a week, which is really nice because it helps get me out the door every day,” Jha said. “It makes it a little more fun, which you miss when you don’t have your teammates to run with.”

Jha, who is from Worthington, Ohio, runs on a shaded and often crowded bike trail near the Olen-

tangy River that runs south into downtown Columbus.

After workouts, he stretches in his living room and attempts to replicate squats and deadlifts using his body weight. Jha also assists his family with grocery shopping so he can maintain a diet that balances protein and carbs, with emphasis on various fruits and vegetables to keep his energy levels high.

“If you’re willing just to go out and work as hard as you can with what you got, and make the most of what you got, then I think we have the ability to go forward,” Helmer said. “And in no way are we going to

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be held back.”

There’s no guarantee that fall sports return to Bloomington and the coronavirus pandemic may limit spectators, or even shorten each sport’s season entirely. But runners have been able to train almost as if nothing has changed.

“We’re going to do a better job than everybody else of preparing through this period of time and not making excuses for a lack of preparation,” Helmer said. “We’re going to come out at the other end in a much much better place. People are going to see by our results that we handled this better than most.”

GOLF

Pfau golf course to open on June 15

By Jared Kelly jaakelly@iu.edu | @Jared_Kelly7

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Members of the IU wrestling team cheer on their teammates Nov. 22, 2019, at Wilkinson Hall. Graduate transfer Garrett Hoffman will join an IU heavyweight group that struggled last year.

IU brings in Bucknell transfer

By Tyler Tachman ttachman@iu.edu | @Tyler_T15

Graduate transfer Garrett Hoffman announced last week he will be joining the IU wrestling program.

The 285-pound Hoffman spent four years at Bucknell University before deciding to make the move to Bloomington.

“Excited to start this next chapter as a Hoosier!” Hoffman said in a tweet.

As a freshman at Bucknell, Hoffman recorded a 18-16 overall clip at 184 pounds and qualified for the NCAA championships. He was named the team’s Freshman of the Year.

In his sophomore year, Hoff-

man bumped up to the 197-pound weight class and opened the season with a 10-6 record.

In January of that year, Hoffman suffered a dislocated knee, tearing multiple ligaments in a season-ending injury.

Hoffman was forced to undergo surgery that, at the time, his doctor said could’ve been career-ending.

He missed his whole junior campaign as a result, but was still a team captain.

Almost two years after his injury, Hoffman returned to the mat last season at 285 pounds. He won his only appearance for a 10-6 Bucknell squad.

Last year, sophomore Rudy Streck started for the Hoosiers at

285 pounds. Streck notched only three wins in 19 matches. Recent graduate Jake Kleimola, whose natural weight class was 197 pounds, wrestled up in weight to 285 pounds at times to spell Streck.

Hoffman will provide maturity and stability to a heavyweight group that struggled for the Hoosiers last year.

As a team last year, IU posted a 2-10 overall record and 1-8 conference mark. The Hoosiers sent then-junior Liam Cronin and then-redshirt freshman Graham Rooks to the NCAA Championships before the event was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Cronin transferred to Nebraska in the off-season.

It’s been nearly 65 years since IU men’s and women’s golf played on a home course not named the IU Championship Golf Course. But on June 15, the Pfau Course at Indiana University is set to open to the public for the first time, according to an IU Athletics press release.

Sprawling over 265 acres across from Bill Armstrong Stadium on Bloomington’s east side, the newly renovated par-71 course features 147 bunkers, six tee options and an average green size of 6,680 square feet.

The course was designed by architect Steve Smyers as well as former professional golfer Fuzzy Zoeller, who won 10 Professional Golf Association events including the Masters.

“This has an opportunity to be one of the best college golf courses in the country,” IU women’s golf coach Clint Wallman said in a Tuesday teleconference.

Since the announcement of the course renovations last year, Wallman and IU men’s golf coach Mike Mayer said recruiting has attracted more top high school talent. The men’s 2020 recruiting class is headlined by Howard, Ohio native Drew Salyers, the No. 36 recruit according to the American Junior Golf Association, and Clay Merchent, a four-time All-State selection from Noblesville High School.

“I just don’t know if we could’ve got either men without this golf course,” Mayer said in a Tuesday

teleconference. “It’s a game-changer, recruiting wise.”

Another major advantage of the Pfau Course, Mayer said, is the ability to simulate opponents’ courses and better prepare for road matches.

With an 18-hole layout that ranges from 4,586 yards to 7,908 yards, both IU coaches can manipulate the course in a variety of ways.

The Courtney Cox Cole Practice Area, which features a dedicated driving area, two green complexes, two practice bunkers and a 10,332-square-foot putting green also affords the Hoosiers alternative training methods.

“We’re going to be able to set this course up a little bit based on where we’re going,” Mayer said. “I think we can set it up harder than anybody else can, so we’re not going to be intimidated going by some other golf course.”

In addition to the course remodeling, the George Thomas Clubhouse offers a new concessions area managed by Upland Brewing Company. A variety of beer selections will be available for sale in conjunction with a pub-style dining menu.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, safety measures will be taken in accordance with state and local guidelines. This includes limiting groups of four players or less, requiring face covering in areas where social distancing is difficult and ensuring patrons arrive no earlier than 25 minutes prior to their scheduled tee time.

“It’s a game-changer,” Mayer said. “It just changes the world for us.”

TRACK AND FIELD

IU signs Central Michigan transfer Targgart

By Tyler Tachman ttachman@iu.edu | @Tyler_T15

IU men’s track and field added Central Michigan University senior transfer Logan Targgart to the roster, the program announced last week.

Targgart competes in the weight throw, hammer throw, discus and shot put events.

In the indoor track and field season last year, Targgart was selected as an All-American by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

Last February, Targgart’s weight throw of 21.92 meters earned first place at the MAC Championships and set a program record. He qualified for the NCAA championships in the weight throw, but the event

was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Between indoor and outdoor track, Targgart spent seven seasons at Central Michigan. Last spring, he redshirted for the outdoor season.

Targgart was named to the AllMAC Academic Team all seven seasons. He also collected MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete honors four times.

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A path runs by the sign for the first hole at the Pfau IU Golf Course. The new course will open to the public June 15.

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Forward Justin Smith to transfer to Arkansas

By Tyler Tachman ttachman@iu.edu | @Tyler_T15

Former IU basketball forward Justin Smith will be spending his final year of eligibility at The University of Arkansas, he announced Tuesday on Twitter.

Smith spent three years in Bloomington before announcing that he would be entering the transfer portal on May 22. He started all 32 games for the Hoosiers last year and averaged 10.4 points and 5.2 rebounds per game.Smith never appeared in the NCAA tournament with the Hoosiers.

The 6-foot 7-inch graduate transfer will join an Arkansas squad that posted a 20-12 record last season.

The Razorbacks defeated the Hoosiers 71-64 in Assembly Hall back on Dec. 29, 2019.

It marked the third time in the last two season that the teams have met, with Arkansas holding a 2-1 advantage.

IU prevailed over Arkansas 63-60 in the National Invitation Tournament on March 23, 2019.

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Junior forward Justin Smith goes up for a shot March 1 on the road against Illinois. Smith is transferring to the University of Arkansas.

VOLLEYBALL

SOFTBALL

Gwen Egbert IU rising freshman Grace Lorsung joins IU staff as to compete in All-American game volunteer assistant

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Gwen Egbert will be added the IU volleyball coaching staff as a volunteer assistant, the program announced last week. Egbert has 33 years of coaching experience at the collegiate, high school and travel volleyball levels.

“Gwen is an impressive person with a contagious energy,” IU volleyball head coach Steve Aird said in a release. “She is one of the finest coaches I have every had the opportunity to work with. Her experience in the high school and club level is so impressive and with eight freshmen making the transition to our program her skill set becomes invaluable.”

Egbert led Papillion Lavista and Papillion Lavista South High Schools in Nebraska to a combined nine Metro conference crowns, six state titles and 700-223 overall record.

In 2003, she was named the Omaha World Herald Coach of the Year. One decade later, she was awarded the PrepVolleyball National Coach

of the Year at the high school level.

“Steve and I have a great relationship that has lasted for over 15 years,” Egbert said in a release. “He has brought his huge heart, passion, work ethic and love to this Indiana program. I am blessed to be a part of this incredible coaching staff and to see this program go to the top.”

Egbert spent two years of her collegiate playing career at Kellogg Community College in Michigan before transferring to Nebraska. As a captain in her senior year, Egbert helped lead Nebraska to its first NCAA National Tournament appearance in program history.

After graduating, Egbert served as a graduate assistant at Nebraska for two years.

The IU volleyball program is coming off of a 14-19 record last season, including a 3-17 conference mark.

This fall, Aird is bringing in the No. 15 recruiting class in the nation, according to PrepVolleyball.com. It’s the highest ranked recruiting class in program history.

IU softball incoming freshman catcher Grace Lorsung will compete in the PGFnetwork High School All-American game, according to an announcement last week.

The game is scheduled to take place Aug. 1 in Irvine, California.

In three seasons at Cathedral High School in Indianapolis, Lorsung posted a .485 career batting average with 114 RBI, 121 runs scored and 25 home runs.

As a junior in 2019, Lorsung hit .616 along with 60 RBI and 12 home runs.

As a result, Lorsung was awarded the 2019 Johnny Bench Catching Award in Indiana and named to the IndyStar Softball Super Team.

Lorsung has also been tabbed to the All-USA team twice.

“Grace is a stud behind the plate with a tremendously strong arm,” IU head softball coach Shonda Stanton said in a release. “She has the athleticism to play third base as well and will

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The IU softball team awaits then-sophomore Grayson Radcliffe on March 17, 2019, after she hits a grand slam against Saint Francis University. IU softball incoming freshman catcher Grace Lorsung recorded a .485 career batting average with 114 RBI, 121 runs scored and 25 home runs in three seasons for Cathedral High School in Indianapolis.

be a force in the heart of the line-up.

Her leadership qualities make her a natural as a field general and she will build a great rapport with our

pitching staff.”

Lorsung originally committed to IU last summer.

She will arrive in Bloomington as a part of a four-person recruiting class.

The Hoosiers got off to a 12-9 start in the 2020 season before the remainder of the games were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Stop quoting Martin Luther King Jr. only when it’s convenient Molly Hayes (she/her) is a rising junior studying English.

Since the death of George Floyd at the hands of a former Minneapolis police officer on May 25, people all across the country and around the world have been protesting against police brutality.

While most of the protesting appears to be peaceful, there have also been instances of destruction, including setting fires, breaking windows and vandalizing police cars.

As a result, many have turned to platforms such as Twitter to decry this aspect of the protests. While browsing these 280 character condemnations, I found that many people are citing Martin Luther King’s Jr.’s preference for peaceful protests.

“Violence begets violence - Martin Luther King Jr. Keep it peaceful, Westminster protestors, or you will lose support,” tweeted English broadcaster Piers Morgan.

“Democrats are trashing everything Martin Luther King, Jr. stood for,” tweeted another user.

These reactions are yet another example in a long line of instances where people have cherry picked from King’s plethora of quotations and beliefs in order to serve a specific political purpose.

I can’t help but be infuriated by this, as it seems to me that these people are treating King like a prop to be used when it is most convenient for them.

King was an incredible civil rights leader, but he was also a democratic socialist, an advocate for some form of a

universal basic income and a critic of U.S. imperialism.

When looking to King’s legacy for guidance, we should stop cherry picking and start considering the merits of his full spectrum of beliefs and ideas.

Frustratingly, these aspects of King’s politics are almost completely ignored.

When I was growing up, I only learned about King when the Civil Rights era of the 1960’s was being discussed.

When I got older, however, I began to learn about some of King’s other beliefs on my own and found myself surprised that his views on other issues were never taught to me in school.

For example, in 1966, King spoke to his staff about the concept of democratic socialism. “[W]e are saying that something is wrong... with capitalism.... There must be better distribution of wealth and maybe America must move toward a democratic socialism. Call it what you may, call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all of God’s children,” King said.

This is something I never heard about until I was in college. I was completely taken aback and confused as to why these ideas had been kept from me in my previous education.

King was also a critic of the U.S.’s tendencies towards imperialism when it comes to the use of the military. In 1967, King delivered a speech

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Martin Luther King Jr. speaks Jan. 1, 1960, in Washington, D.C.

titled “Beyond Vietnam,” in which he spoke about these issues in relation to the ongoing Vietnam War and its effect on Vietnam’s own citizens.

“They must weep as the bulldozers roar through their areas preparing to destroy the precious trees. They wander into the hospitals with at least twenty casualties from American firepower for one Vietcong-inflicted injury.

So far we may have killed a

million of them, mostly children,” King said. “We have destroyed their two most cherished institutions: the family and the village.”

Why are speeches such as “Beyond Vietnam” ignored?

Why do the same people who cite King when civil rights are brought up completely disregard other beliefs that he held? I look at the people who are quoting King right now in an effort to squash

completely justified outrage at America’s systematic racism and feel anger at what is a clear example of King being used as a prop.

If we are to look at King as an example of someone who fought against injustice, we ought to consider his full range of beliefs. This isn’t to say that you are never allowed to disagree with certain ideas he proposed. It is perfectly natural to align

yourself with some of a person’s ideas while disagreeing with others.

But these other beliefs of King are hardly even discussed in the political sphere, much less taught in school.

It’s time to learn about King’s legacy in full, and time to stop quoting him only when it’s convenient to a political angle. morhayes@iu.edu

HILLS TO DIE ON

Liberals who own or want guns aren’t hypocrites, especially right now Kaitlyn Radde (she/her) is a rising junior studying political science.

As a senior in high school when the Parkland shooting happened, I was one of the leading members of my high school’s March for Our Lives walkout and trip to Washington, D.C., for the rally. I strongly support common sense gun control legislation and am at least a little scared of guns.

After armed white supremacists started marching with their guns out more and more, the desire to own a gun wouldn’t leave my head, no matter how unthinkable and heretical that desire felt based on the convictions I had developed as I finished high school.

I still have that itch, and I still feel a little guilty about it. I haven’t acted upon it, partially because I haven’t figured out how to purchase a gun and learn how to use it without giving money to the National Rifle Association and partially because I know that individual self-defense is largely a myth.

But that defensive itch grows harder to ignore when I see harbingers of political violence, such as Ku Klux Klan recruiting material in Bloomington. Other liberals seeing blatant displays of

white supremacy, like white power graffiti and swastikas, are in the same boat.

People who support gun control but also want a gun often feel like hypocrites.

They aren’t. March for Our Lives, for example, advocates a high standard for gun ownership, with a licensing system comparable to cars, more rigorous background checks and bans on what they call “weapons of war.”

There are other proposals on their platform that aim to reduce the number of guns owned, and I am not claiming that many members of March for Our Lives wouldn’t prefer the total abolition of gun ownership.

The bottom line, though, is that gun owners and prospective gun owners can support all of those goals.

On the other hand, there are many well-documented myths about armed self-defense. Owning a gun makes you more, not less, likely to experience gun violence.

The “good guy with a gun” is rarely able to stop the “bad guy with a gun.”

Some people, regardless of their politics, still feel safer with a gun around.

“We all know the statistics that guns don’t make us safer," psychologist Daniel Levitin wrote for the New York Times. "But we fool

ourselves into thinking that those statistics don’t apply to us… we reach for guns because if there is a confrontation, we don’t want to be unprepared and we think we will beat the odds.”

Many people know, statistically, that their gun will either never be needed for self-defense or that it might actually make matters worse. I don’t know whether they — or, more honestly, we — should pursue illogical but emotionally satisfying peace of mind anyway.

Individual self-defense is largely a fallacy. Collective self-defense is a different conversation altogether.

First, it seems to be what the Second Amendment actually has in mind in its reference to a “well-regulated militia.” Second, it often requires a level of training and competence from its members that individual self-defense does not.

Think about the Black Panther Party. Huey P. Newton and other founding members knew their rights inside-out, including their gun rights. They knew that the police were not there to protect the black community and were, in fact, there to do them harm. And they knew that if they armed themselves, which was within their legal rights, they

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A person holds a Smith & Wesson .357 magnum revolver with the cylinder open.

could protect their community.

Their effectiveness led conservative hero Ronald Reagan to sign the Mulford Act into law as governor of California. As evidenced in this case, gun control victories sometimes result from racist motives and the desire to disarm black people and other communities of color.

While the Black Panther Party and its famous copwatching and social service programs no longer exist, antifascist and antiracist col-

lective self-defense groups from the Socialist Rifle Association to Redneck Revolt have been springing up in recent years. This is especially true in the Pacific Northwest, where antifascists and white supremacists clash in the streets with a regularity that would shock much of the rest of our country.

It might not be unreasonable for liberals and leftists to fear political violence given our current moment, especially if they sit down and do the math about who

owns most of the guns in this country. Perhaps it’s time to think about collective selfdefense and to grapple with the realities of our age. As many Spanish antifascists would tell us as we grapple with what to do about a heretical desire for arms: better Vienna than Berlin.

Are they right? I don’t know. Add that to my list.

But let’s all be a little bit more nuanced when we talk about guns. kradde@iu.edu

GUEST COLUMN

Environmental stewardship is important from an evangelical perspective As evangelical Christian pastors we are called to share the good news concerning Jesus Christ and to care for the congregations that God has entrusted to us.

The popular persona of our evangelical tradition often suggests that we are those Christians whose primary emphasis is on the salvation of souls. To a certain extent this is absolutely true. If this were not our theology, we would be in danger of deemphasizing a central teaching of Jesus Christ.

Jesus is known for many things but one of his most memorable and important teachings is summarized by these words: “What good is it for someone to gain the

whole world, yet forfeit their soul?” (Mark: 8:36). Words like these have motivated evangelicals to emphasize the salvation of souls.

However, the good news about Jesus Christ is broader than the redemption of individuals. The mission of Jesus was to restore all things to their rightly ordered design, that is, the restoration of creation itself reflected in the Garden of Eden.

If the teachings of Jesus are followed completely then it is imperative that his followers commit themselves to care for God’s creation. The creation mandate in Genesis gives us a charge that is similar to the job of a master gardener. We have

been given the responsibility to be caretakers of the beautiful creation that has been lovingly gifted to us by God. This means that misuse or abuse of God’s garden is irresponsible behavior for everyone, but especially for those who believe in a benevolent creator.

As a result, our religious commitment as evangelical Christians must extend to creation itself. As stewards of God’s garden, we are committed to cultivating the earth rather than exploiting it. We believe that promoting activity which contributes to clean air and clean water is our theological responsibility. We are convinced that this mission is not only about

us but also about our neighbors, those we are called to love as ourselves.

Furthermore, it is important that our actions are done on behalf of those who are poor and disenfranchised and are frequently not in a position to make decisions that are economically costly in the short-term.

Because of the commitment to our mission, we are interested in promoting the option of renewable energy to our congregations and neighbors.

We are aware that the topic of environmental stewardship is politically polarizing, but we are also convinced that it doesn’t need to be. Charitable dialogue is

important to finding common ground because we are all in this together, sharing water, air and land. Recently, several of us have come together to develop solutions for our common concerns.

A newly formed organization, Creation Care Partners, has acquired a $500,000 grant for distribution among 20 evangelical churches to encourage the installation of solar panels on our houses of worship. Additionally, we will sponsor congregational workshops to address energy conservation for churches and individuals. We hope this will incentivize churches that might not otherwise invest in renewable energy because of prohibitive cost.

We are motivated by our desire to live out our calling as caretakers of creation and to promote practices that are in the best interest of our neighbors. As Christian pastors we desire to move beyond political fears to address practical issues that we can act upon. We hope that the grants and the accompanying workshops for churches across the state will provide a strong first step.

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The Arts, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Lab will livestream the event “New. Not Normal” at 10:30 a.m.

Monday. The virtual symposium will explore entrepreneurship, innovation and reimagine what the arts sector will look like after the coronavirus pandemic.

The symposium will touch on the challenges and opportunities facing arts workers and how the creative landscape has and will continue to change due to the pandemic.

Doug Noonan, director of the Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation Lab, and other researchers worked to understand how the pandemic has affected

the arts world.

Researchers focused on the gig economy and whether crowdfunding platforms for creative projects have risen in popularity.

The team will share initial findings during the livestream.

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“We’re reimagining the

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entire sector after the outbreak, including how we fill seats and conduct ticket sales. We need to have informed conversations now, and we hope to help facilitate those to prepare the arts sector in navigating changes when the pandemic is over.”

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socc.org/cya facebook.com/socc.cya Twitter: @socc_cya Instagram: socc_cya

United Methodist Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors

Traditional: 8 a.m.

St. Mark’s United Methodist Church

Contemporary: 9:30 a.m. & 11 a.m.

Being in Bloomington, we love our college students, and think they are a great addition to the Sherwood Oaks Family. Whether an undergraduate or graduate student... from in-state, out of state, to our international community... Come join us as we strive to love God and love others better.

Ben Geiger, College Minister

Connexion / Evangelical Community Church Connexion is the university ministry of ECC. We’re all about connecting students to the church in order to grow together in our faith. We meet weekly for worship, teaching, and fellowship as well as periodically for service projects, social events and more.

College is hard, don't do it alone!

100 N. State Rd. 46 Bypass 812-332-5788

smumc.church Sunday Morning Schedule 9:00: Breakfast 9:15: Adult Sunday School Classes 10:30: Sanctuary Worship 10:30: Children & Youth Sunday School Classes An inclusive community bringing Christ-like love, healing and hope to all.

Connexion / Evangelical Community Church

Jimmy Moore, Pastor Mary Beth Morgan, Pastor

503 S. High St. 812-332-0502

First Methodist

eccbloomington.org • cnxn.life Facebook: Connexion ECC Instagram: cnxn.life Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m. & 11 a.m.

Connexion: Sundays, 6 p.m.

Connexion is the university ministry of ECC. We’re all about connecting students to the church in order to grow together in our faith. We meet weekly for worship, teaching, and fellowship as well as periodically for service projects, social events and more. College is hard, don't do it alone!

Bob Whitaker, Senior Pastor Adam deWeber, Worship Pastor Dan Waugh, Pastor of Adult Ministries

High Rock Church 3124 Canterbury Ct. 812-323-3333

highrock-church.com Facebook: highrockchurch Instagram: highrockbtown

219 E. Fourth St. 812-332-6396

Fall Hours: 8:45 a.m. & 10 a.m. @ Fourth St. Sanctuary (Classic), 11:15 a.m. The Open Door @ Buskirk (Contemporary) Summer Hours: 9:30 a.m. @ Fourth St. Sanctuary (Classic), 11:15 The Open Door @ Buskirk (Contemporary) Wednesday: 7:30 p.m., Jubilee @ First Methodist Jubilee is a supportive and accepting community for college students and young adults from all backgrounds looking to grow in their faith and do life together.

Meet every Wednesday night and also have small groups, hangouts, mission trips, events, service projects and more. Many attend the contemporary Open Door service on Sunday mornings.

Lisa Schubert Nowling, Lead Pastor Markus Dickinson, Campus Director

Cooperative Baptist University Baptist Church ubcbloomington.org facebook.com/ubc.bloomington #ITSYOURCHURCHTOO 3740 E. Third St. 812-339-1404

Scott Joseph, Lead Pastor

Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m.

Meals & Other Activities: see our social media

Episcopal (Anglican) Canterbury House Episcopal (Anglican) Campus Ministry at IU 719 E. Seventh St. 812-334-7971 • 812-361-7954

Come visit the most refreshing church in town.

We love all students but especially reach out to LGBTQ+ students and allies longing for a college church where you are loved, welcomed and affirmed without fear of judgment or discrimination. You love the Lord already — now come love us too. Free coffee and wifi.

Rev. Annette Hill Briggs, Pastor Rob Drummond, Music Minister

indiana.edu/~canterby canterby@indiana.edu • facebook.com/ecmatiu 812-361-7954

Sacramental Schedule: Weekly services Sundays: 4 p.m. Holy Eucharist with hymns followed by dinner at Canterbury House

Inter-Denominational Redeemer Community Church 111 S. Kimble Dr. 812-269-8975

Tuesdays: 6 p.m. Bible Study at Canterbury House 1st & 3rd Wednesdays: 7 p.m. Music & Prayers at Canterbury House Episcopal (Anglican) Campus Ministry is a safe and welcoming home for all people. We are a blend of young and old, women and men, gay and straight, ethnicities from different cultures and countries, students, faculty, staff and friends.

The worshipping congregation is the Canterbury Fellowship. The mission of the Fellowship is to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ. We pray, worship and proclaim the Gospel. We also promote justice, equality, inclusion, peace, love critical thinking and acting as agents of change in our world.

Mother Linda C. Johnson+, University Chaplain Josefina Carcamo, Program Coordinator Ricardo Bello Gomez, Communications Coordinator Corrine Miller, Ben Kelly, Student Interns Rex Hinkle, Luiz Lopes, Nathan Stang, Music Ministers Jody Hays, Senior Sacristan Crystal DeCell, Webmaster

Mennonite Mennonite Fellowship of Bloomington 2420 E. Third St. 812-646-2441 bloomingtonmenno.org • Facebook

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

Bob Whitaker, Senior Pastor Adam deWeber, Worship Pastor Dan Waugh, Pastor of Adult Ministries Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m. & 11 a.m.

Connexion: Sundays, 6 p.m.

fumcb.org jubileebloomington.org Instagram: jubileebloomington

Sunday: 11 a.m.

We are a Bible-based, non-denominational Christian church. We are multi-ethnic and multi-generational, made up of students and professionals, singles, married couples, and families. Our Sunday service is casual and friendly with meaningful worship music, applicable teaching from the Bible, and a fun kids program.

503 S. High St. 812-332-0502 eccbloomington.org • cnxn.life Facebook: Connexion ECC Instagram: cnxn.life

redeemerbloomington.org facebook.com/RedeemerBtown @RedeemerBtown on Instagram 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

Nazarene First Church of the Nazarene 700 W. Howe St. (across from the Building Trades Park) 812-332-2461 • www.b1naz.org

Email: bloomingtonfirst@icloud.com Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Small Groups : 9:30 a.m., 4:30 p.m. & 6 p.m.

Disciples of Christ First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 205 E. Kirkwood Ave. (corner of Kirkwood and Washington) 812-332-4459 • fccbloomington.org

Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.

Jazz Vespers: 6:30 p.m. on first Friday of each month As God has welcomed us, we welcome you.

With all our differences – in age, ability and physical condition, in race, cultural background and economic status, in sexual orientation, gender identity and family structure – God has received each one with loving kindness, patience and joy. All that we are together and all that we hope to be is made more perfect as the richness of varied lives meets the mystery of God’s unifying Spirit, and we become the Body of Christ.

Helen Hempfling, Pastor

Wesleyan (Nazarene, Free Methodist) Central Wesleyan Church 518 W. Fourth St. 812-336-4041

4thstwesleyanchurch.org Facebook: Central Wesleyan Church of Bloomington, Indiana Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

Evening Worship: 6 p.m.

Wednesday Worship: 6 p.m.

First Friday: 6 p.m. (Celebrate Knowing Jesus, open mic service) You've ended your search for a friendly and loving church. We are a bible believing holiness group similar to Nazarene and Free Methodist, and welcome all races and cultures. We would love for you to share your talents and abilities with us. Come fellowship and worship with us.

Michael Magruder, Pastor Joe Shelton, Church Secretary

Quaker Bloomington Religious Society of Friends 3820 Moores Pike (West of Smith Rd.) 812-336-4581

bloomingtonfriendsmeeting.org Facebook: Bloomington Friends Meeting Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

Hymn Singing: 9:50 to 10:20 a.m.

Our unprogrammed religious services consist of silent, centering worship interspersed with spoken messages that arise from deeply felt inspiration. We are an inclusive community, a result of avoiding creeds, so we enjoy a rich diversity of belief. We are actively involved in peace action, social justice causes, and environmental concerns. *Child Care and First Day School provided

We are Wesleyan in our beliefs, and welcome all to worship with us. We are dedicated to training others through discipleship as well as ministering through small groups. We welcome all races and cultures and would love to get to know you.

Dr James Hicks, Lead Pastor

Independent Baptist Lifeway Baptist Church 7821 W. State Road 46 812-876-6072 • lifewaybaptistchurch.org Facebook • LifewayEllettsville

Christine Carver, Meeting Clerk

Lutheran (LCMS)

607 E. Seventh St. (Corner of 7th & Fess) 812-336-5387 • indianalutheran.com

facebook.com/ULutheranIU @uluindiana on Instagram

Sunday

Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7 p.m.

Tuesday & Friday: Service of Morning Prayer, 8 a.m.

Lifeway Baptist Church exists to bring glory to God by making disciples, maturing believers and multiplying ministry. Matthew 28:19-20

Wednesday: Second Best Meal, 6 p.m.

Midweek Service, 7 p.m.

LCMS U Student Fellowship, 7:30 p.m.

Barnabas Christian Ministry Small Groups: Cedar Hall 2nd Floor Common Area, 7 - 8 p.m., meetings start Thursday, Sept. 5.

We will meet every other Thursday during the school year.

Steven VonBokern, Senior Pastor Rosh Dhanawade, IU Coordinator 302-561-0108, barnabas@indiana.edu barnabas.so.indiana.edu * Free transportation provided. Please call if you need a ride to church.

St. Paul Catholic Center 1413 E. 17th St. 812-339-5561 • hoosiercatholic.org

Facebook: Hoosiercatholic Twitter: @hoosiercatholic Weekend Mass Times Saturday Vigil: 4:30 p.m.

Sunday: 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. (Spanish), 5:30 p.m., 9 p.m. (During Academic Year) Korean Mass 1st & 3rd Saturdays, 6 p.m.

Weekday Mass Times Monday - Saturday: 12:15 p.m.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Thursday: 9 p.m.

St. Paul Catholic Center is a diverse community rooted in the saving compassion of Jesus Christ, energized by His Sacraments, and nourished by the liturgical life of His Church.

Rev. Patrick Hyde, O.P., Administrator and Director of Campus Ministry Rev. Dennis Woerter, O.P. Associate Pastor Rev. Reginald Wolford, O.P., Associate Pastor

Unitarian Universalist Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington 2120 N. Fee Lane 812-332-3695

www.uublomington.org www.facebook.com/uubloomington Sundays: 9:15 a.m. & 11:15 a.m.

We are a dynamic congregation working towards 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.

Reverend Mary Ann Macklin, Senior Minister

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Latter-day Saint Student Association (L.D.S.S.A) 333 S. Highland Ave. 812-334-3432

studentview.Ids.org/Home. aspx/Home/60431 Facebook: Bloomington Institute and YSA Society lds.org Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

We have an Institute of Religion adjacent to campus at 333 S. Highland Ave. (behind T.I.S. bookstore). We offer a variety of religious classes and activities. We strive to create an atmosphere where college students and local young single adults can come to play games, relax, study, and associate with others who value spirituality. Sunday worship services for young single students are held at 2411 E. Second St. a 11:30 a.m. We invite all to discover more about Jesus Christ from both ancient scripture and from modern prophets of God. During the week join us at the institute, and on Sunday at the Young Single Adult Church.

Robert Tibbs, Institute Director

University Lutheran Church & Student Center

Sunday: Bible Class, 9:15 a.m.

Divine Service, 10:30 a.m.

The Best Meal You'll Have All Week, 6 p.m.

College & Career Sunday Meeting: 9 a.m.

Catholic

Thursday: Graduate/Career Study & Fellowship, 7 p.m.

University Lutheran Church is the home of LCMS U at Indiana. Students, on-campus location, and our Student Center create a hub for genuine Christ-centered community that receives God's gifts of life, salvation and the forgiveness of sins through Jesus Christ.

Sola Cafe is open 9-5 every weekday for coffee and a place to study. "We Witness, We Serve, We Love."

Rev. Richard Woelmer, Campus Pastor

Southern Baptist Bloomington Korean Baptist Church 5019 N. Lakeview Dr. 812-327-7428

mybkbc.org facebook.com/mybkbc/ Sunday: 10:30 a.m.

Friday: 7 p.m.

Saturday: 6 a.m.

Praise the Lord! Do you need a True Friend?

Come and worship the almighty God together with us on Sunday, Fellowship included. We are a Korean community seeking God and serving people. Students and newcomers are especially welcome.

Jason Pak