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Megan Yoder remembered as fearless, passionate and a leader By Katelyn Haas haask@umail.iu.edu | @khaas96
Kinny Liu’s first memory of Megan Yoder was an event for Net Impact, an IU Kelley School of Business club. She was a blur, snapping photos in the crowd. “We were all terrified of the speaker,” Liu said, who worked as co-president of Net Impact with Megan. “No one wanted to ask the first question – except Megan.” Megan Yoder, 21 and a junior at IU, died Aug. 25 after a year-long battle with multifocal glioblastoma, a
form of brain cancer. She was born Dec. 4, 1995, in Indianapolis. She was enrolled in IU Bloomington’s Kelley School of Business Honors program, where she studied supply chain management and sustainable business. She is survived by her family, her fiance, her parents and her brother. Yoder battled with leukemia since seventh grade, her family said. She had been in remission for five years when she began having numbness in the left side of her face and body last September. Her family and friends describe
her as fearless and passionate. She was passionate about the environment, understanding other people and their cultures and creating a greener IU. She wanted to work in disadvantaged parts of the world, specifically in Latin America after an internship in Ecuador. Her goal was to help SEE MEMORIAL, PAGE 6 COURTESY PHOTO
IU junior Megan Yoder died Aug. 25 after a year-long battle with glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer.
Fading dreams
ANDREW WILLIAMS | IDS
Counseling and Psychological Services counselor Enrique Silva offers support for IU students as lawyer Christine Popp discusses the implications of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) repeal Wednesday evening in the Latino Cultural Center. Students expressed their concerns and questioned the fates of the 800,000 dreamers who are currently enrolled in the program as of September 2017.
IU students protected under DACA turn to La Casa for legal, emotional support in wake of appeal
By Jaden Amos jamamos@iu.edu | @jaden_pucka
Students at La Casa Latino Cultural Center laughed, hugged and talked to each other Wednesday night, but the overcrowded room quickly became silent other than the sounds of sniffles as they settled in for the Decision to End DACA Conversation. Thousands of students across the
country, including ones in that room, could potentially lose their chance to live in the United States due to the repeal of the Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals program, which allows people that immigrated as children to legally live, work and attend school in the United States. “I don’t know how I feel,” junior and DACA recipient Karen said. “It’s unfair. That’s all I know. It is just unfair that
people are treating our future like it’s a game.” Karen is a student affected by DACA and said she attended the discussion to get more information on the repeal. She is eligible for DACA for two more years but said she is scared. She said she immigrated to the United States from Mexico when she SEE LA CASA, PAGE 6
IU leaders denounce Trump’s DACA stance By Jesse Naranjo and Katelyn Haas jlnaranj@indiana.edu | @jesselnaranjo haask@indiana.edu | @khaas96
EMILY ECKELBARGER | IDS
Jane Henegar, executive director of ACLU of Indiana, speaks at a panel Wednesday evening at the Maurer School of Law. The panel addressed President Trump's announcement Tuesday to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
ACLU panel members offer DACA advocacy tips By Libby Grossman libgross@indiana.edu | @libgross
With advocacy from groups like UndocuHoosiers, it could take as few as six months to protect people affected by the repeal of De-
ferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, said Jane Henegar, director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana. “We have been unable to get
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the Trump administration’s plan to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in a speech Tuesday morning at the Department of Justice. Sessions touted the rule of law and called the program’s implementation a circumvention of the Constitution. DACA was created through an executive order by former President Barack Obama in 2012. It allows eligible immigrants who entered the country illegally as minors to stay and apply for work permits for a two-year period. The period of deferred action is renewable. Obama released a statement on Facebook on Tuesday calling the decision cruel. He said it was up to Congress to ensure protection for the future of young immigrants.
“Ultimately, this is about basic decency,” Obama said. “This is about whether we are a people who kick hopeful young strivers out of America, or whether we treat them the way we’d want our own kids to be treated. It’s about who we are as a people – and who we want to be.” Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Indiana, released a statement Monday calling on Congress to preserve DACA through legislative action. “Our country is still in need of reforms to fix our immigration system and strengthen border security, but in the interim we should pass bipartisan legislation to give these young people, who were brought here through no fault of their own, some clarity and stability,” Donnelly said in the statement. Donnelly voted against the DREAM Act as a member of the House of Representatives in 2010. In response to the decision, IU President Michael McRobbi
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Sexual assault reported at Briscoe Residence Hall over Labor Day weekend From IDS reports
The IU Police Department received a report of a sexual assault at 11:21 a.m. Wednesday. The person reporting the incident told police they were assaulted by an unidentified suspect they
met at a party Saturday night. The suspect allegedly went with the individual to their room in Briscoe Residence Hall sometime between 12:40 and 2:30 a.m. Sunday morning when the assault took place. IU sent a crime notice about
the incident to all students in compliance with the Clery Act, which requires universities that receive federal funding to report campus crime data, outline campus safety policies and support victims of violence. The IUPD also received two
separate reports of sexual assault Monday, one of which allegedly took place at Read residence center and the other at Wright Quad. Both alleged sexual assaults occurred Sunday night, and both cases are still open. The department did not
immediately respond to requests for comment. IU encourages anyone with information about these incidents to call IUPD at 812-855-411 or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. Christine Fernando