Tuesday, March 31, 2015

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TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2015

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Another Hoosier leaves program From IDS reports

Senior forward Liz Stratman will be leaving IU, as confirmed by her father, Rick Stratman. She is the fourth player to leave the IU women’s basketball team in the past month. IU Athletics confirmed Stratman’s departure from the program in a release Monday afternoon. “Liz informed Stratman us that her heart was somewhere else during her time here in Bloomington and we wish her the best as she moves on,” IU Coach Teri Moren said. Stratman transferred to IU from Butler when Curt Miller was still the head coach at IU. She was the 2014 Big East Defensive Player of the Year and sat out the 2014-15 season due to transfer rules. The New Palestine, Ind., native was expected to bring post depth to an IU team that had little of it this season. Sophomore center Jenn Anderson was the only starter taller than 6-foot-2 and freshman forward Amanda Cahill was more of a stretch player than a true post. Earlier this month, Larryn Brooks, Taylor Agler and Maura Muensterman also announced their departures from the program. “We currently have a great group of kids working hard this offseason in the weight room, getting stronger and preparing for the future,” Moren said. “As I stated before, we are committed to signing tremendous student-athletes who will earn a degree from one of the finest institutions in the country as we work to compete for a Big Ten championship. This is a special place and we are excited for what is in store for this program.”

Last call at Joker’s Wild Muncie’s last strip club closes after more than 10,000 nights By Alden Woods aldwoods@indiana.edu | @acw9293

MUNCIE — Between the 5-foot painting of a naked woman and the half-empty liquor shelf, Jim Harty is pacing. It’s 6:44 p.m., and Halo’s late. She can’t be late. Not tonight. He checks his watch. “Come. On. Girls,” he shouts, punctuating each word with a sharp clap. Eventually — finally — Halo emerges from the dressing room, adjusting her turquoise bikini as she jogs to the stage. “I’m coming!” she says to him. “No you’re not!” he yells back. She climbs onto the stage and points at the DJ booth in the corner. Twista’s “Overnight Celebrity” comes through the speakers as she starts her routine. You lookin’ good, girl, you oughta be in pictures, the speakers play. Listen to me, I see your career going sky-high. The bikini — bought brand-new this week — doesn’t last long. As the music builds, she prances from pole to pole. We about to do a show tonight, you lookin’ good girl, show you right. None of the six people in the bar turn to watch. It’s night No. 10,376 at Joker’s Wild, SEE JOKERS WILD, PAGE 7

Brody Miller and Grace Palmieri PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY NICOLE KRASEAN | IDS

Students perform electronic showcase By Adam Smith adbsmith@indiana.edu | @adbsmithIU

German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen is known as a pioneer in electronic and experimental composition. It’s natural that his name would be used in the title of an event showcasing performance art and electronic composition. The Bishop will host an event today showcasing the performance art and electronic compositions of four Jacobs School of Music students. The event’s title, “Does Stockhausen Dream of Electric Beats?”, also plays on the theme of electronics by making a pun out of Philip K. Dick’s novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” Music composition majors junior Chris Poovey and senior Aaron Smith came up with the idea for the show last year while taking a course on electronic music. Poovey said he wanted to be involved in something that was more fun than formal. He also said he wanted to go against the common perception of classical music. “It’s kind of that we’re very SEE JACOBS, PAGE 7 DOES STOCKHAUSEN DREAM OF ELECTRIC BEATS? Tickets $5, open to ages 18+ 8:30 p.m. today, the Bishop

Journalist discusses race in media, book By Alyson Malinger afmaling@indiana.edu | @aly_mali

At the beginning of 2012, the shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin became the start of a national media surplus. IU alumnus Eric Deggans pushed back the publishing date for his book, “Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation,” in light of these nationally arisen tensions. Deggans, NPR’s first full-time TV critic, visited campus to speak about the ways media outlets use prejudice, stereotypes and racism to generate audiences and profits. Deggans was the last of the IU Media School’s Speaker Lecture Series for spring 2015. “This is a conversation, tough as it is to talk about this stuff, talk about it we must,” Deggans said. The lecture started with an interactive discussion explaining how media messages hinge on values. Deggans presented two different pictures, and audience members were encouraged to identify the people as good or bad. An unattractive male in all black was identified as bad, and a handsome male dressed in all white was identified as good. Deggans wanted to show the stereotypical images in peoples’ heads are real, but that they do not match reality. A clip from the reality show “Big Brother” was screened to display a term Deggans coined himself, “bigotry denial syndrome.” BDS is a form of unrecognized racism, Deggans said. “Prejudice is seductive,” Deggans said. “It is easy to use

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Eric Deggans, NPR's first full-time TV critic and author of “Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation,” gives a lecture titled "Decoding the Race Baiting of Modern Media" on Monday in Moot Court Room at the Maurer School of Law.

against others.” Racism was then broken down into three different types to show how the media may or may not display racism. Deggans said situational racism is using prejudice and stereotypes against selected people of color, often those you do not like. Some feel they know one person of color and therefore know all people of color. Strategic racism is the use of

stereotypes about marginalized groups used to achieve political gain. Deggans referenced data collected by the Department of Justice in Ferguson, Mo., stating that even though African Americans make up 67 percent of the population, they represent 93 percent of arrests. In addition, African Americans are 25 percent less likely to have contraband if searched. The last type of racism discussed was the decoding of white

privilege. Social benefits extended to white people with the exclusion of other races are side effects of being the generic in everyday life and the objective standard of beauty, Deggans said. “People of color judge racial progress by looking to future goals,” Deggans said. “White people judge racial progress by comparison to the past.” SEE DEGGANS, PAGE 7


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