I N D I A N A D A I LY S T U D E N T | M O N D AY, D E C . 8 , 2 0 1 4 | I D S N E W S . C O M
SEXUAL ASSAULT AT IU IDS INVESTIGATES
IDS
PHOTOS BY MATT BLOOM | IDS
Emily Smith, IU senior, 23, remembers waking up in her bed with a man on top of her. In the months after she reported her rape to the police she began finding ways to control her life again, after everything changed.
Caught in the gray zone When Emily Smith reported she was raped, a prosecutor believed her. But believing her was not enough to be able to prove it in court. By Samantha Schmidt schmisam@indiana.edu | @schmidtsam7
Hours are missing from her memory of that Saturday night. It was Sept. 28, 2013, and Emily Smith was starting her first semester as an IU senior. She can still recall the beginning of that evening, when she put on her favorite blue chiffon shirt before heading out to the bars with her roommate. She can still hear the loud music pulsing from the dance floor at Kilroy’s Dunnkirk. She remembers sharing drinks with her roommate and other friends. Then it all went black. When she came to several hours later, a man was moving on top of her, having sex with her in her own bed. She froze. Somewhere in the darkness, she could hear her phone vibrating. She wanted to answer it, but her hands were so numb she could not move them. Then she lost consciousness again. * * * When Emily, 23, woke the next morning, the man was still in her bed. She recognized his face from seeing him on a couple other nights at Dunnkirk, but she had only fleeting conversations with him and knew nothing about him. Even though she couldn’t remember what happened between them during the missing hours at the bar, one thing was clear to her that morning: she had been violated. Yet the man acted like nothing was wrong. One year later, Emily has decided to share her story in the Indiana Daily
Student. By allowing readers to know her name and see her face, she said she hopes to show others that what happened to her could happen to anyone. When the IDS contacted the man for his version of that night, he declined to speak on the record and asked not to be identified other than by his first name, Phil. Now 24, he lives outside Bloomington and has never been an IU student. Phil said he had no idea that Emily was as impaired that night as she describes. He said the sex was consensual. The night after the incident, Emily reported a sexual assault to the Bloomington Police Department. For months, she worked with police to piece together what had happened and to provide any evidence showing that she had been unable to give consent. When talking about rape, most people long for the clarity of a stranger jumping out of the bushes with a knife. But the majority of rapes are committed by someone the victim knows, in situations that aren’t so black and white. This makes it much more confusing for the victim and much harder to prove in court. “It’s not stranger danger,” Emily said. “It’s your neighbor. It’s your friend. It’s the cute guy you met at the party who you’re really hitting it off with.” Her case, like so many others, unfolded in a gray zone — a tangle of missing memories, mixed signals and unclear intentions. Darcie Fawcett, the sex crimes SEE SEXUAL ASSAULT, PAGE 5
Editor’s note
Emily’s nurse, Elizabeth Blauvelt, 38, opens a rape kit in Room 19 of IU Health Bloomington Hospital. “If (patients) felt like they could go through a four-hour exam, it’s because they felt like they had been assaulted,” she said.
Sexual assaults reported from January 2008 to November 2014 From January 2008 through November 2014, 712 cases were reported to the Bloomington and IU police departments. Of those cases, 58 resulted in criminal charges. Each circle represents 10 cases Reported cases that led to criminal charges Reported cases that did not lead to criminal charges
For the past four months, the investigations team has been reporting on sexual assault as part of the Indiana Daily Student’s ongoing commitment to provide a deeper understanding about this complex issue. The IDS requested hundreds of police and university records and interviewed administrators, nurses, detectives, attorneys, advocates and experts to provide comprehensive accounts of the stories you’ll read in this series. In today’s paper and Tuesday’s, you will hear from two women who agreed to step forward, without a veil of anonymity, to share their stories. Today, you’ll meet Emily Smith, an IU senior. The IDS verified case information with available police report summaries, interviews with involved parties and correspondence with law enforcement. The reporters spoke with the two men who were accused of rape in both of these cases. However, because they opted not to be identified on the record, we have limited their accounts to information we could verify through other records and testimonies. There’s a problem on college campuses, and students across the country have cried out for change. We challenge you to take a hard look at our reporting and what’s happening around you and start talking. Michael Majchrowicz Editor-in-Chief editor@idsnews.com
SOURCE BPD, IUPD AND MONROE COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE GRAPHIC BY LACEY HOOPENGARDNER | IDS
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Performance honors late student 13-0 first-half run sparks Hoosier win By Ashleigh Sherman aesherma@indiana.edu
Senior Lexii Alcaraz stood in front of a crowd at Twin Lakes Recreation Center. Alcaraz started taking aerial hoops and aerial skills seriously two years ago. Six long silks hung from the ceiling. Alcaraz, however, ignored the silks and approached the silver hoop hanging alongside the silks. As the beginning notes of “Not About Angels” began to play, she grabbed the hoop to start her routine.
With a background in gymnastics and cheerleading, Alcaraz started practicing aerial hoop and aerial silks seriously at the Trapeze School of New York in Los Angeles the fall of her sophomore year, eventually switching to AsaBela Studio in Bloomington the fall of her senior year. Both circus arts, aerial hoop and aerial silks require the performer to execute gravity-defying tricks, in the case of aerial hoop, on one steel hula hoop hanging from the ceiling or, in the case of aerial silks, on two strips of fabric hanging from the
ceiling, Alcaraz said. When her boyfriend, Brian MacLafferty, passed away unexpectedly this September, Alcaraz said she turned to aerial hoop and aerial silks as a form of art therapy, creating an aerial hoop routine in his memory. “Brian loved me doing aerial and watching me doing aerial,” she said. “I had to send him a picture anytime I had a class. He was really supportive of it. We used to talk about SEE AERIAL, PAGE 3
By Brody Miller brodmill@indiana.edu | @Brody_Miller_
With about four minutes remaining in the first half, the IU women’s basketball team was barely leading 28-27 against the IU-Purdue University Indianapolis Jaguars. What happened next? IU switched to a zone defense
and ended the half on a 13-0 run that involved four steals and four rebounds compared to the Jaguars’ one. That run translated to a 68-55 victory for the Hoosiers in Assembly Hall. IU Coach Teri Moren thought SEE BASKETBALL, PAGE 3
Used Gear Sale A Program of the Indiana Memorial Union
Eigenmann Hall outdoors.indiana.edu 812-855-2231
December 13th • 9 am - 12 pm If interested in selling personal gear: Contact Nicci Brown at brownnc@indiana.edu
2
I N D I A N A D A I LY S T U D E N T | M O N D AY, D E C . 8 , 2 0 1 4 | I D S N E W S . C O M
CAMPUS EDITORS: ANNA HYZY & KATHRINE SCHULZE | CAMPUS@IDSNEWS.COM
Folklore and Ethnomusicology symposium The annual Folklore and Ethnomusicology Undergraduate Symposium will take place 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Performance and Lecture Hall of the Folklore and Ethnnomusciology building.
The building is at 800 N. Indiana Ave. The ninth annual symposium will feature presentations by students who are in senior capstone courses in the department. The event is free and open to the public.
Trustees approve Bicentennial Strategic Plan By Ashleigh Sherman aesherma@indiana.edu | @aesherma
The Board of Trustees addressed the strategic plan, energy savings project and Assembly Hall renovations at Friday’s meeting. The IU Board of Trustees, IU’s governing board, legal owner and final authority, met Thursday and Friday at IU-Southeast in New Albany. The board approved the IU Bicentennial Strategic Plan, a blueprint outlining a set of initiatives meant to carry IU past its bicentennial, which IU will celebrate during the 2019-20
academic year, and into its third century. The plan proposes seven Bicentennial Priorities that fall under six Principles of Excellence that address education, faculty, research, global reach, health sciences and health care and engagement and economic development. Thomas Morrison, IU’s vice president for capital planning and facilities; James Schellinger, president of CSO Architects; and Gary Voirol, vice president of MSKTD & Associates Inc., updated the board about renovations to Assembly Hall and the expansion of campus
housing at IU-Purdue University Indianapolis. The board approved both the final plans for the renovations to Assembly Hall and the final plans for the expansion of campus housing at IUPUI. The renovations to Assembly Hall will consist of improvements to the south lobby, including new escalators and stairs, new restrooms and concession stands, and a new entryway to the courts, Morrison said. The renovations also include new seating, including new accessible seating, Morrison said.
Estimated to cost $35 million, the renovations are scheduled to begin following the 2014-15 basketball season and scheduled to finish before the 2016-17 season, Morrison said. The expansion of campus housing at IUPUI will introduce a new residence hall with 700 beds, two classrooms, a computer lab, a fitness room, a laundry room and a game room, Morrison said. Morrison and Jeff Kaden, University engineer and director of engineering services, also updated the board on the energy savings project. IU
has seen reductions in both water and electricity usage since last year, Morrison said. Joan Hagen, IU associate vice president and university controller, also presented the annual financial report. Net assets increased by $201 million for 6 percent return. Operating revenue increased by 2 percent to $2.2 billion, while operating expenses increased by 4 percent to $2.8 billion. These operating expenses, however, include one-time expenses such as those associated with the introduction of an early retirement plan, Hagen said.
The University will soon realize savings on these one-time expenses, particularly on those associated with the introduction of an early retirement plan. Non-operating revenue, meanwhile, increased by 8 percent. The largest single sources of revenue are still tuition and fees, contracts and grants and state appropriations. Because state appropriations decreased, making up only 17 percent of the University’s revenue, tuition and fees increased, making up 35 percent of the University’s revenue.
Teacher evaluation policy under review From IDS reports
TIANTIAN ZHANG | IDS
Locals of Bloomington decorate a record-breaking ginger bread house at Dunn Meadow on Saturday night. This was a fundraising event, which raised more than $1,600, held by IU’s chapter of Habitat for Humanity. Daniel Nix, friend of Christina Zerfas, director of fundraising, grouped his friends together to perform at the event despite the cold weather.
Club raises money for home By Neha Ramani nramani@indiana.edu | @Neha_Ramani
It wasn’t an ordinary winter wonderland that took over Dunn Meadow on Saturday evening. In the center of holiday lights, bundled-up students and a wandering Santa Claus stood Indiana’s largest gingerbread house. IU Habitat for Humanity organized the building of the 12-foot creation as a fundraiser to meet its goal of raising $70,000 to build a real home for a family in Bloomington. IU Habitat for Humanity member Marlo Owczarzak said the event was originally meant to be a gingerbread house making competition but soon evolved into something bigger. “We wanted something
where everyone could interact together,” she said. Owczarzak said there is no official record of the biggest gingerbread house in Indiana, which she said posed a challenge when deciding how big to make their house. “We ended up calling every place in Indiana that claims they have the biggest gingerbread house, and we made ours bigger,” she said. Owczarzak said the house started off as a wood frame to which panels of gingerbread — donated by Baked! Of Bloomington — were attached. Attendees could then pay four dollars to receive a bag of candy to help decorate the house. The inside of the threesided house had a rocking chair, a fake fireplace, a Christmas tree and the
Baked! logo on the wall. Aside from helping to decorate the house, attendees could decorate cookies, take pictures with Santa Claus, play games and buy concessions, all while listening to the live holiday music playing in the background. Owczarzak said she was not sure how the event would turn out as nothing similar has been done before but said she was excited it all came together. “It’s all so festive,” she said. Owczarzak said she is not sure of the exact amount of people at the event but that there was a steady flow of people throughout the entire evening. “There were even people waiting before we were all set up,” she said. One student at the event
was sophomore resident assistant Marie Kalas, who said she brought a few girls on her floor. Kalas said she and her residents had fun decorating one of the gingerbread panels on the house. By about 6 p.m., most of the panels were filled with white frosting and candy decorations. “The event is much bigger than I anticipated,” Kalas said. “It’s outstanding.” Kalas said she will definitely return if the event is held again next year. That’s good news for Owczarzak, who is already planning for a repeat event. “Next year, we want a time lapse video or something to show the process,” she said. “It was really awesome to see everyone working together for it to all go up.”
IU professors to study liver failure From IDS reports
IU professors have received a grant to develop a computational model to study the leading cause of liver failure in the United States. The $2.1 million grant was awarded to three professors by the National Institute of Health, according to an IU news release. The model will be of acetaminopheninduced liver failure and is considered the first step by the NIH in developing new technologies capable of predicting the toxicity of therapeutic agents as well as environmental toxins.
The study will also work toward reducing the use of animals in toxicity studies, according to the release. The professors working on the study are Director of IU’s Biocomplexity Institute James Glazier; James Klaunig, an IU School of Public Health-Bloomington environmental health professor, and IU School of Medicine professor of nephrology Kenneth Dunn. Each researcher will lead teams, two of which will focus on experimentation with the last team focusing on modeling, according to the release. “Multiscale models of
biological and behavioral systems can be used as important tools to address a range of biomedical, biological, behavioral, environmental and clinical problems,” Glazier said in the release. “And they inherently provide a fundamental infrastructure for understanding and predicting biological and environmental processes, diseases, and human and organizational behavior patterns and outcomes.” The research is an extension of the Interagency Modeling and Analysis Group, which is a conglomerate of six federal agencies that work to promote scientific
partnerships focused on increasing the influence of multiscale modeling, according to the University. The research is focused on simulating the liver because it’s a key organ in many toxicological, pharmacological, normal and disease processes. The toxin used will be acetaminophen because it’s the most commonly used over-the-counter pain reliever and fever reducer in the U.S. More than 25 billion doses of the drug are sold annually, and it has been available since 1960, according to the University. Kathrine Schulze
In response to legislation passed to regulate teacher evaluations, the IU Center on Education and Lifelong Learning released part one of their Education Policy Brief. Senate Bill 001 was passed in the spring of 2011 to address teacher evaluations and licensing. The bill established an annual staff performance evaluation that categorizes teachers as highly effective, effective, improvement necessary or ineffective. Attitudes toward these evaluations were the focus of the policy survey distributed to teachers, principals and superintendents in Indiana. The survey found that superintendents were more favorable than teachers and principals in believing that teacher evaluations do the following: measure growth and achievement with validity, accurately judge teaching and learning and finally, that evaluations have a correlation with professional development and influence on teaching and learning. The policy brief also addressed participants’ beliefs affected by the new evaluation implementations. The analysis found that the opinions of teachers for kindergarten through third grade were significantly more positive. Newer teachers, with less than four years of experience, also expressed more positive beliefs in teacher evaluations than their senior counterparts. These types of variations throughout the system will influence changes in teacher
evaluations further down the line, Hardy Murphy, policy brief author and IU research scholar said. “How superintendents, principals and teachers feel about the transformation of teacher evaluation can provide insights into the development of policy and guidance in the implementation of the legislation requiring changes in the evaluation of teachers,” Murphy said in an IU news release. Murphy and the policy brief’s other authors Sandi Cole, Gary Pike, Jim Ansaldo and James Robinson believe that this brief provides data that can be used by lawmakers to gain teacher support and make meaningful adjustments to current policies. “The recommendations the brief offers should be of particular interest for state policymakers, especially the concerns related to the fidelity of implementation,” Cole said in an IU news release. With consideration to other work being done through the Indiana Teacher Appraisal and Support System, developed by the Center on Education and Lifelong Learning, the authors have provided some policy change recommendations. For example, the brief recommends reviewing the methodology, use and weights for student growth in the evaluation system. The current policy states that teachers who are rated ineffective or improvement necessary may not receive a raise or increment the following year, according to the bill. Lindsay Moore
KAYLIE STARKEY | IDS
INTO SPACE Martha Haynes, a professor in Cornell University’s Department of Astronomy, gave a lecture titled “Not all Galaxies are the Same: What a Galaxy’s Appearance Tells Us about its Life History” at 4:30 p.m. Sunday in Swain West 119. Haynes explained what the physical appearance of a galaxy can tell scientists about the galaxy’s history. Haynes’ specialty areas are extra-galactic astronomy, observational cosmology and radio astronomy, according to her page on the Cornell Department of Astronomy’s website. She primarily studies the distribution of galaxies in the local universe, particularly how the local environment can influence a galaxy’s formation.
Michael Majchrowicz Editor-in-Chief Evan Hoopfer, Rebecca Kimberly Managing Editors
Vol. 147, No. 144 © 2014
www.idsnews.com
Newsroom: 812-855-0760 Business Office: 812-855-0763 Fax: 812-855-8009
Lacey Hoopengardner Managing Editor of Presentation Roger Hartwell Advertising Director Brent Starr Circulation Manager
The Indiana Daily Student and idsnews.com publish weekdays during fall and spring semesters, except exam periods and University breaks. From May-July, it publishes Monday and Thursday. Part of IU Student Media, the IDS is a self-supporting auxiliary University enterprise. Founded on Feb. 22, 1867, the IDS is chartered by the IU Board of Trustees, with the editor-in-chief as final content authority. The IDS welcomes reader feedback, letters to the editor and online comments. Advertising policies are available on the current rate card. Readers are entitled to single copies. Taking multiple copies may constitute theft of IU property, subject to prosecution. Paid subscriptions are entered through third-class postage (USPS No. 261960) at Bloomington, IN 47405.
120 Ernie Pyle Hall • 940 E. Seventh St. • Bloomington, IN 47405-7108
3
I N D I A N A D A I LY S T U D E N T | M O N D AY, D E C . 8 , 2 0 1 4 | I D S N E W S . C O M
JAMES BENEDICT | IDS
Sophomore guard Alexis Gassion shoots a layup against IU-Purdue University Indianapolis on Sunday at Assembly Hall. Indiana won 68-55 and will return to Assembly Hall next Wednesday to play IU-Purdue University Fort Wayne.
» BASKETBALL
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
the switch made the difference. “I think it changed the tempo, the pace of the game,” Moren said. “It changed some of the looks they would normally get in man sets.” IUPUI had 14 of its 27 first half points in the paint. The zone defense that Moren said they had planned on using early in the game made it more difficult for the Jaguars to get good looks. The Hoosiers had two subpar days of practice this week, Moren said. Sophomore guard Larryn Brooks sensed this and got the team ready in between shoot-around and game time. “We couldn’t match the intensity and toughness. We had to exceed it,” Moren said. “And that starts with your leader.” Brooks put up 13 points in the game, shooting 3-of-5 from 3-point range. Freshman forward Amanda Cahill seemed to be involved in every aspect of the game with her 14 points, nine rebounds, three steals and three blocks. Moren praised Cahill for her consistency and that she is always in the right place. “That’s who she is. That’s what she does,” Moren said. The Hoosiers shot 46 per-
IU (7-1) vs. IUPUI (2-6) W, 68-55
IU struggles with rebounding, page 12 IU was outrebounded 41-30, and IUPUI’s 18 offensive boards led to 21 secondchance points. cent from the field, as well as 41 percent from deep. Moren said she was pleased in the balanced scoring attack. Cahill led with 14 points, but Brooks had 13. Freshman guard Tyra Buss had 12, and sophomore center Jenn Anderson put up 10. IU also shot 87 percent from the free throw line, but the shooting was not all Moren cares about. “I would like to get there more than 15 times,” Moren said. After a disappointing loss to Indiana State on Nov. 30, the Hoosiers won their first road game of the season against Boston College Wednesday. With the win, IU improves to 7-1 on the year. Although it is easy to look at a win against a 2-5 IUPUI team as insignificant, the win had some meaning. This is especially true after losing to Indiana State. “Any time you play an in-state team, it makes the game more special,” Moren said.
St. Paul Catholic Center 1415 E. 17th St. 812-339-5561 By the Armstrong Soccer Stadium www.hoosiercatholic.org Weekend Mass Times Saturday: 4:30 p.m. Sunday: 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 5:30 p.m., 9 p.m. Spanish Mass Sunday, 12:30 p.m. Korean Mass 1st & 3rd Saturdays, 6 p.m. Weekday Mass Times 7:15 a.m. & 5:15 p.m. Weekday Adoration & Reconciliation 3:45 - 4:50 p.m.
Fr. John Meany, O.P. Pastor Fr. Simon-Felix Michalski, O.P. Campus Minister Fr. Jude McPeak, O.P. Associate Minister
Check
the IDS every Friday for your directory of local religious organizations, or go online anytime at idsnews.com/religious.
PHOTOS BY ECHO LU | IDS
Senior Lexii Alcaraz performs at the Twin Lake Recreation Center on Sunday night. The piece she performed was choreographed in honor of her late boyfriend and IU senior Brian MacLafferty, 21.
» AERIAL
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 opening a studio, because he liked business and I liked aerial.” Alcaraz set her aerial hoop routine to the song “Not About Angels” by Birdy from “The Fault in Our Stars.” “I went through a couple of songs, songs that were meaningful for us,” she said. “But I ultimately ended up sticking with that song, because that song pretty much says, ‘Make the life you live count, make it special, make us special.’” Alcaraz said she wanted to honor MacLafferty. “I wanted to make him something special and make myself something special, I guess, for him,” Alcaraz said. “I wanted to say in a routine the words I wasn’t able to say. I feel connected to him when I do (the routine.) I tried to make the routine as beautiful as possible because I wanted to reflect how beautiful I thought our relationship was.” Alcaraz’s routine was one of many at AsaBela Studio’s winter recital, which showcased the talents of all of AsaBela Studio’s performers in both individual and
“I wanted to make him something special and make myself something special, I guess, for him. I wanted to reflect how beautiful I thought our relationship was.” Lexii Alcaraz, girlfriend of late IU student, Brian MacLafferty
group performances. Juliana Burrell, the owner of AsaBela Studio, said she encourages all of those interested in aerial hoops and aerial silks to give it a try. “We are for all ages, and we are for all abilities,” she said. “Most people here were beginners, and we made them be able to do something.” Burrell said performers start low to the ground, moving higher off the ground as their muscles get stronger and as their skills get sharper. As the ending notes of “Not About Angels” began to play, Alcarez grabbed the silver hoop and dismounted. When she walked away, she left the hoop slowly spinning and gave a small wave.
Senior Lexii Alcaraz performs at the Twin Lake Recreation Center on Sunday night in honor of her late boyfriend and IU classmate Brian Maclafferty, 21. “Brian loved me doing aerial and watching me doing aerial,” she said. “I had to send him a picture anytime I had a class. He was really supportive of it. We used to talk about opening a studio, because he liked business and I liked aerial.”
Temporary Employees $7.25/hour Excellent communication skills & a strong commitment to customer service required.
Apply at bncollegejobs.com* *Search under location for IN-BloomingtonIndiana University-Memorial Union EOE/AA
4
I N D I A N A D A I LY S T U D E N T | M O N D AY, D E C . 8 , 2 0 1 4 | I D S N E W S . C O M
OPINION
EDITORS: LEXIA BANKS & EMMA WENNINGER | OPINION@IDSNEWS.COM
A Harry Potter-style Christmas miracle Move over Santa, because J.K. Rowling is soaring in with the best present we could have ever asked for: 12 new Harry Potter surprises. In honor of the 12 days of Christmas, Rowling will release 12 Harry Potter presents.
E! reports these items range potions to pieces of writing, some of which will focus on Harry’s schoolmate, Draco Malfoy. Santa Jo will begin delivering her gifts Dec. 12 via Pottermore.
IDS EDITORIAL BOARD
MICHAEL’S MARGIN
QUE SARAH, SARAH
The privilege of being white
Expecting justice SARAH KISSEL is a sophomore in English literature.
MICHAEL HOMAN is a senior in journalism.
With so much discussion around race relations recently, I thought I would impart an interesting concept I was introduced to. Many people seem to be focusing on African American problems and injustices and how the legal system could be tweaked to work against minorities. There’s been a lot of talk concerning what odds minorities are up against and what methods they have to cope or react. But if you think about it, most of these issues are not the fault of minorities, though they are at the receiving end of the problems. The real hold-up is in the attitudes of white people. It’s white people who have been blindly tossing around their privilege in a system largely designed and implemented by white people. I say “blindly” because if the recent media wave in race relations has revealed anything, it’s the scary majority of white people who aren’t even aware of the privilege they have. Interestingly, and possibly detrimentally, there’s been a surge of white people attempting to publicly acknowledge their white privilege via Twitter with the hash tag #crimingwhilewhite. White folk have been tweeting about all of the crimes or misdemeanors they’ve committed and how they got let off the hook. Unfortunately, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. The #crimingwhilewhite has already come under fire, not because of its critique of white privilege but because it is white privilege. The distinction comes between being upset with how the justice system has been behaving and having to actually live it. Again, sprinkled with good intentions, #crimingwhilewhite has mostly just been another thing white people have wanted to make about themselves. Which is fortunate only because, as white people, we are so obsessed with the focus being on us that maybe now we can actually focus on why we feel entitled to certain attitudes and cultural benefits. Created in response to #crimingwhilewhite, #alivewhileblack is the message to white people that, yet again, they’re thoughtless. I’ve written about this notion before, but right now I think it couldn’t be written or spoken of enough. White people can’t relate to anyone of color for their being discriminated against. It’s just something white people don’t have to think about ever. So before you hop on the bandwagon and compose a clever and relevant #crimingwhilewhite tweet, maybe instead stop and think for a minute. Think about what it would be like to be anyone but a white person and reading all these first-hand accounts of justice not being served. I’m not saying white privilege shouldn’t be addressed and discussed. I think that because we’re not fully aware of such privileges, we should reflect carefully and tread cautiously on just how we choose to do so. michoman@indiana.edu
ILLUSTRATION BY MORGAN ANDERSON | IDS
Immigration nation WE SAY: Lawsuit is an expensive tantrum There is no question as to Indiana’s conservative nature. In comparison to Illinois, Michigan and even Kentucky, Indiana politics are as red as red can be. President Obama unveiled his executive order Nov. 20 that would put off the deportation of immigrants who meet certain criteria. In a move of typical self-promotion, Gov. Mike Pence has ordered Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller to join a lawsuit against Obama in response to this executive action. Seventeen other states have sued Obama, including Texas, Mississippi and Alabama. Attorney General Zoeller refused to pursue the case himself, instead opting to hire outside counsel to sue the president. This lawsuit is just a continuation of Pence’s possible plan for a presidential run in 2016. As far as Obama’s action, Pence is supporting a GOP-litmus test designed to weed out candidates soft on illegal immigrants. Besides serving as a boost to Pence’s presidential campaign, this lawsuit serves as a massive waste of resources and time for In-
diana’s state government. While it is not clear exactly how much Indiana will spend on this lawsuit, any amount of money or time spent helping Pence posture for donors is unacceptable. In a prepared statement issued by Pence, he said, “While reasonable people can differ on ways to improve our nation’s broken immigration system, the President’s unilateral action was an unacceptable end run around the democratic process, and joining other states in pursuing legal recourse to challenge this action is the right thing to do.” If Pence wants to improve our country’s broken immigration system so desperately, he ought to seriously consider asking his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate to bring immigration reform to the floor. Bipartisan immigration bills are awaiting floor debate and votes. In all actuality, however, Pence won’t stand up to GOP leadership in Congress because he wants and needs two things to run for president in 2016 — money
and volunteers. It is imperative that Pence work toward passing bipartisan immigration reform instead of hiding behind a farce of a lawsuit. By promoting this lawsuit, he is doing nothing but promoting the same petty, broken political system we’ve come to know. And with issues such as education, health care and infrastructure facing our state and citizens, our resources can be better served helping our people. Having a strong education system, functional infrastructure and a comprehensive health care system ought to be the litmus test for a presidential run, not petty, obstructionist beliefs. We believe that Obama — whose executive order is, in our minds, for the betterment of our nation — is moving us in the right direction. Indiana stands nothing to gain from suing the president. Besides proving how conservative Indiana is, this lawsuit is just a waste of money, resources and time. We deserve better leadership than this.
ALL RILED UP
California’s law is the revenge of revenge porn Thanks to California’s law banning what is termed as “revenge porn,” a recent conviction will hopefully lead to the end of the trend. The law refers to a recent practice of mostly men releasing intimate pictures of women after their relationships have ended as a means to harass and humiliate them. This trend is disgusting, and despite the criticism of California’s law, the law is at least a step in ending it. A California case in particular concerns a 36-yearold man named Noe Iniguez. According to the Huffington Post, Iniguez posted nude photos of his ex-girlfriend on her employer’s Facebook page, as well as personal insults that called for her to be fired. He was sentenced to a year in jail with 36 months of probation and domestic violence counseling. The popularity of this particular crime means many
women can sympathize with the victim here. Even the HBO show “The Newsroom” featured a story in which a female character went through emotional humiliation and harassment because of revenge porn. These kinds of remarks and actions can and do have an effect on their victims. In the California case, this woman’s employment was put at risk, but in all cases, this kind of emotional humiliation can be detrimental to the psyche. It is a violation of privacy by someone who was obviously trusted by that woman. It is a weaponization of a woman’s own body to inflict emotional violence on her. It often results in harassment from strangers, and many websites that publish these pictures charge the victims to have them taken down, which adds economic consequences, as well. It is disgusting, and the people who perpetuate this trend deserve to be
punished by the law. However, whether or not California’s incarnation of the law is exactly right is up for some debate. Some people, such as the American Civil Liberties Union, worry this bill is too broad and could be used to prohibit too much speech. Sandra Staub, legal director of the ACLU of Connecticut, claimed that under the bill, anyone who had willingly displayed nudity in public might later regret it and be able to use this bill as a means of removing evidence from the Internet. The problem with this analogy is the intent of the distributor. The law states it is illegal if the poster intends to “harass, annoy, alarm or terrorize another person.” Not just any nude picture is suddenly illegal, just those used specifically for emotional violence. On the other hand, Eric Goldman, a contributor for Forbes Magazine, claims the bill does not go far enough.
JORAN RILEY is a junior in comparative literature.
As it stands now, the bill doesn’t cover pictures taken by the victim. Selfies are still not protected under this California law. This seems like a huge oversight. Even if the victim took the pictures, they are still being distributed without their consent and against their will. They are still doing emotional damage. Both of these points prove that the California bill is not perfect. But the idea behind prohibiting this malicious and disgusting practice is good and should be followed by other states. Perhaps the more legislation that is passed, the closer we can get to the perfect solution. jordrile@indiana.edu
LETTER TO THE EDITOR POLICY The IDS encourages and accepts letters to be printed daily from IU students, faculty and staff and the public. Letters should not exceed 350 words and may be edited for length and style. Submissions must include the person’s name, address and telephone number for verification.
Letters without those requirements will not be considered for publication. Letters can be mailed or dropped off at the IDS, 120 Ernie Pyle Hall, 940 E. Seventh St., Bloomington, Ind., 47405. Submissions can also be sent via e-mail to letters@idsnews.com. Questions can be directed to the IDS at 855-0760.
Indiana Daily Student, Est. 1867 Website: idsnews.com The opinions expressed by the editorial board do not necessarily represent the opinions of the IDS news staff, student body, faculty or staff members or the Board of Trustees. The editorial board comprises columnists contributing to the Opinion page and the Opinion editors.
In this country, women are left at a distinct professional disadvantage because they can become pregnant and give birth. Of course, this disadvantage is entirely unwarranted. Those who choose to become mothers are not made less professionally valuable. However, the theoretical possibility of paid maternity leave subjects all women to myriad forms of workplace discrimination, both implicit and explicit. For Peggy Young, the discrimination was explicit. According to Fox News, in 2006 Young submitted a note from her doctor to her employer, United Parcel Service, recommending that she not lift any items weighing more than 20 pounds. Rather than accommodate her doctor’s recommendation, UPS informed Young that she must go on unpaid leave until she was fit to work again because the ability to lift at least 70 pounds is a requirement of all employees., according to the report. After her daughter was born, Young took an additional two months to recover from the birth and procure adequate child care. She went unpaid and without benefits. When she finally left the company in 2009, Young sued UPS under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Frankly, despite the fact that Young was clearly the victim of pregnancy discrimination, the outlook for a case contesting women’s rights is very bleak considering the Supreme Court recently handed down unfavorable opinions on insurance for contraception, abortion clinic buffer zones and wage discrimination. The conservative court’s refusal to acknowledge unjust holes in federal law regarding women has set the nation back countless decades of progress. Young’s case is a chance for this narrow set of justices to redeem themselves and set a firm precedent of workplace equality for women, especially those who require particular circumstances due to pregnancy. Some parties, including UPS’s lawyers, argue Young was not discriminated against based on her gender or pregnancy, according to Fox. However, the fact that other employees at received special accommodations similar to those requested by Young’s doctor due to their illnesses or injuries as Fox reported, completely negates that angle. The only outlier in Young’s case was that her condition was pregnancy. In the words of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who criticized the Court earlier this year, “No one who wanted a dispensation didn’t get it. Except pregnant women.” Of course, now that the case is in the Supreme Court’s hands, UPS has decided to level its policy playing field and begin offering tailored working conditions to pregnant employees in January 2015, but that development is almost surely yielded by public embarrassment rather than a shift in perspective of ideology. The Supreme Court is expected to reach a decision in late June. In the meantime, women in the professional sphere will continue to await justice and equality as they have for many decades. sbkissel@indiana.edu
5
I N D I A N A D A I LY S T U D E N T | M O N D AY, D E C . 8 , 2 0 1 4 | I D S N E W S . C O M
» SEXUAL ASSAULT
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
deputy prosecuting attorney for Monroe County, evaluates all cases of reported sexual assault submitted for prosecution. Having reviewed Emily’s case, Fawcett said she believes Emily was in fact raped. But the prosecutor understood that believing is not the same as proving something to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. Ultimately, she decided not to charge the man in Emily’s case. Emily was devastated. As it turns out, the outcome of her case is extremely common in Monroe County. According to public records supplied by police and prosecutors, 712 cases of alleged rape, sexual battery and other sexual assaults were reported to the Bloomington and IU police departments between January 2008 and early November 2014. Of those cases, only 58 — about 8 percent — led to criminal charges. Emily’s story is worth telling not because it is extraordinary but because it is so typical. Her account is a case study in how difficult it is to prove sexual assault. Her rape, Emily said, was confusing, shameful and traumatic. But what happened next was an ordeal in and of itself. Over and over, she uses one phrase to describe what it was like to report a sexual assault and take her case into the criminal justice system. “It’s a clusterfuck.” * * * On the night in question, Emily and her roommate, Jessica, made plans to go out with some girlfriends. Before heading out to the bars, they did their makeup and snapped a couple of photos together. Jessica, now a high school teacher, was also interviewed by the IDS and asked that she only be identified by her first name. The group of friends went to a concert at Kilroy’s Dunnkirk bar on Kirkwood Avenue. They were in a ropedoff VIP section, where a table was set up with open bottles and a chaser for VIP members to pour their own drinks. At some point, Jessica and Emily set down their drinks briefly and walked away. Emily remembers leaning over a railing with her roommate, surrounded by her friends, feeling almost invincible. Until that point, she said, she’d had no more than four drinks. The next thing she remembered was waking up hours later with the man’s body looming over hers as he went inside of her. She didn’t know where they were at first or how they got there. She felt dizzy, frozen and entirely out of control. The rest of her night is gone from her memory, until she woke the next morning. The man kept inching closer telling her he wanted to have sex again. “I don’t know, I’m feeling sore,” Emily mumbled. She felt powerless, she said. She didn’t know what to do or say. Letting him do it again seemed the easiest way to get him to leave. “I try not to judge myself for what I did,” she said in retrospect. “He had already taken so much from me the night before.” She recognized the man. She and her friends sometimes would see him kissing the drunkest girls at Dunnkirk. Emily and her friends even had a nickname for him: The Predator. There had been times in the past when Emily had regretted sleeping with someone, she said. But the violation she felt that morning was much more than just regret. When she woke the second time, her clothes smelled like urine. Phil told her she had thrown up. Before he left, Emily asked him for his name and phone number. If she decided to press charges, she said, she would need to know how to reach him. * * * Something had happened that night to both Emily and her roommate. During Emily’s missing hours, Jessica had been found passed out in the bathroom at a different bar, covered in vomit. The two young women had both blacked out for the same period of time. The two roommates agreed that there was no way either
Above Just before singing with the crowd, Emily honors deceased students and community members at OASIS’ annual candlelight vigil. OASIS is an on-campus drug and alcohol prevention education office that addresses various student health issues. “This is an uncomfortable issue to talk about,” Emily said. “Making people uncomfortable is kind of the start of change.” Right Emily prepares for her horseback riding lesson with Gracie (right) at the Majik Equine Rescue in Cloverdale, Ind. Before reenrolling in classes this semester, she developed a selfcare routine to stay focused on moving forward.
Gallery and audio slideshow online See more photos of Emily’s life now that’s she’s back in school, finishing her degree, at idsnews.com. of would have blacked out from just three or four drinks. As college seniors and former resident assistants in dorms, Emily and Jessica had learned how to keep careful track of their drinking. Even if she had been having a casual hook-up, Emily would have only gone home with someone she knew well enough to make her feel respected. This man had no idea that she was usually quite shy and that she had only had about three boyfriends in her life, that she prided herself in being independent and maintaining control, all of which she said had been taken from her that night. Jessica called the Bloomington police to report that she and Emily had possibly been drugged. A patrol officer came to their apartment, and Emily sat in a chair in the farthest corner from him. Emily was not afraid of police officers. At the time, she was even training to apply for the Indiana State Police. But in this moment, she felt exposed. As the officer asked his questions, Emily found his tone insensitive. At one point, she remembers, he looked at Emily and asked, “Was anyone assaulted?” She couldn’t bring herself to say it out loud. Everything seemed clouded. She wondered if she had done something wrong. “No,” she said. To Emily, the cop didn’t seem to believe that she had been drugged. Why would he believe that she had been raped? How could she possibly tell this stranger such invasive details? “Had he said it a different way,” Emily recalled, “I probably would have felt more safe.” Darcie Fawcett, the sex crimes prosecutor, explained that the quality of a victim’s first interaction with police is the greatest predictor of his or her willingness to file a criminal case. The BPD said it could not comment on Emily’s case. But a detective sergeant acknowledged that their patrol officers do not specialize in investigating sexual assault and are far more likely to be men than women. Only 11 out of 94 sworn personnel for BPD are women. A patrol officer’s job is to get a statement and hand it off to a supervisor or detective. But the minute Emily answered “No,” she made her case much harder to prosecute. * * * That afternoon, Emily went to the IU Health Bloomington Hospital Emergency Department so her urine could be tested for date rape drugs. But by the time Emily took the test, more than 12 hours after she might have been drugged, it was probably too late to get
PHOTOS BY MATT BLOOM | IDS
positive results. This, too, is common. Because so many women given date rape drugs experience a blackout, it’s often difficult to piece together what’s happened. By the time they realize, it’s typically too late. After taking the test, Emily was informed that the results were negative. Searching for answers about her night, Emily decided to text Phil. A transcript of their texts was later saved in the case file. “Still trying to piece together last night,” she wrote. “lol so I threw up? We met dancing?” “Yes and yes,” Phil answered. “Was my roommate with me?” “Yes for a while then she got too drunk somewhere.” “Huh? We think we might have been drugged,” Emily texted him. “I remember almost nothing before we had sex.” “Also we probably shouldn’t have hooked up if I was that out of it.” “Yeah probably.” “Were you drunk at all?” she asked. “A lil but not wasted I had a couple in me.” “Well I may have been hitting on you but I was not in any kind of state to make decisions,” she said. “Now I feel bad about my own decision making,” Phil said. “Yeah I’m not making any accusations but if that happened with someone else you could get in real trouble if they wanted to report it,” Emily responded. “Just be careful.” * * * After the tests, Emily sat in her apartment for hours, stewing over the fears filling her mind. She felt physical pain and wondered if something had gone wrong. Later that night, she went back to the Emergency Department to request a rape kit. The sexual assault nurse examiner ushered her to the same room as every other patient who reports a rape — Room 19. The nurse gave Emily a morning-after pill and a series of injections and pills to prevent STDs. The nurse told Emily she was there for her, and if she was uncomfortable at any point, they could stop and take a break. She asked a series of questions. What did she remember? Where had the incident taken place, and what had the man done? This would be the first of three times in one night that Emily would be asked to recount that night. The nurse gently scraped Emily’s fingernails for DNA evidence in case she had scratched the man. The nurse asked Emily to disrobe and
used a black light to scan the front and back of her body, searching for any of the man’s bodily fluids on her skin. “I remember feeling cold,” Emily said, “and wanting it to be over.” Next came the worst part. Emily lay on the hospital bed, her feet in the stirrups. The nurse prepared to use a speculum to gather DNA from her vagina. Emily pictured the man entering her and felt the pain all over again. She burst into tears. The nurse paused, giving Emily the time she needed. “I had to turn my head and imagine I was somewhere completely else.” * * * The rape kit took four hours to complete. Then began the second round of questions from the police. A patrol officer — not the same one who’d questioned her earlier — put Emily at ease. Emily told him that she wanted to report a rape. She was terrified to pursue an investigation. It could take months and would require her to relive the night over and over again. She weighed her options with representatives from Middle Way House, a victim advocate and support center, who were present during the exam. She decided she needed to stand up for herself. More importantly, she had to try to stop him from doing this again. “I want him to be questioned,” she said to the officer. “I want this to go further.” The officer drove Emily to the police station to speak with Detective Richard Crussen. Walking through her brief recollection of the night, she felt the need to justify all of her actions. “Did you give him directions to your house?” she remembers Crussen asking. I have no idea, Emily thought. In her impaired state, she might have thought he was simply a friend driving her home. But she could prove nothing. “Why didn’t you report the sexual assault to the first patrol officer?” he asked. Emily knew that her story, and the fact that she couldn’t remember anything, sounded very convenient to outsiders. “I just felt so deeply, physically and emotionally violated that I couldn’t ... not say anything,” Emily said. Emily said the detective later told her that he had interviewed Phil in person and had requested surveillance videos from Dunnkirk. Analyzing her text messages with Phil, the detective encouraged Emily to continue texting him in the hopes of learning more about his intentions. Detectives often ask victims to communicate with suspects in order to
get information out of them about the night, said Fawcett, the sex crimes prosecutor. Emily kept texting Phil. She hoped he would admit that he knew she was too drunk to give consent. “When did I throw up? Also my clothes were in the corner and smelled like pee... did I piss myself? Because I don’t know if I could ever recover from that lol” “I don’t think you peed yourself and i think you threw up around 2:30 i’m not quite sure on the time cause my phone died by then.” “You sure? Trying to figure out the mystery of that smell lol you still wanted to have sex with me after I threw up? Haha brave soul.” “I did come help you when i heard that thud from the bathroom.” Emily kept the tone of her texts as light as possible — she thought it would be easier to gain information from him if she remained levelheaded. “I don’t think I’d get much out of him by saying ‘You raped me,’” she said. In the months that followed, Emily couldn’t focus. She started skipping classes and then withdrew from IU for the rest of the school year. She never followed through with her training to become a police officer. But she stayed in her Bloomington apartment. For weeks, she slept in her roommate’s bed, out of fear of sleeping in her own. She felt dirty, shameful and hopeless. Was it her fault? Was there something about her, or something she did that night, that had set her up to be the victim? She emailed the police constantly for updates, even though they never reached out to her. “I felt like I was being forgotten,” Emily said. On Nov. 4, after waiting three weeks with no updates, she emailed Detective Crussen. He responded the next day, saying he had just left the office of Darcie Fawcett, the prosecutor. “Based on what we have at this point, including reviewing the text messages between you and him, she is inclined not to prosecute,” Crussen wrote. Emily received no phone call and no further explanation. * * * Fawcett was only a few months into her new position in the sex crimes division when she read through Emily’s file. After reviewing the evidence, the prosecutor spoke to both Crussen and another prosecutor before making her decision. Fawcett said she always gets a second opinion. She never takes her decisions lightly.
There was Emily’s memory loss, the fact that she hadn’t reported the sexual assault to the first police officer, the absence of physical injuries — all of these factors made it extremely difficult to prove that Emily had been incapable of giving consent. But the toughest blow to the case was the transcript of the text messages from Phil — the responses to the same text messages the detective had encouraged Emily to send and that Emily had hoped would help her case. Reading Phil’s responses to Emily’s texts made Fawcett believe that he was caught off guard. “I had no idea beforehand you were that bad off,” Phil wrote. “I should have asked I’m sorry.” “I just wanted to apologize again for how I behaved Saturday night.” To the prosecutor, the messages indicated that Phil had probably not been aware of how impaired Emily had been. Fawcett said there is a big difference between someone who is simply drunk and someone who is incapable of walking, holding conversations or giving consent. “Was she so intoxicated that she couldn’t consent?” Fawcett said. “I don’t think I could prove beyond a reasonable doubt that she was.” Even if Emily had blacked out, there may have been no way for the man to know she was that impaired. A lack of consent is not enough to criminalize a rape case under Indiana law. Many people who report a sexual assault say that they felt frozen with fear and didn’t fight or even say no. Unfortunately, Fawcett said, that doesn’t carry enough weight in court. If she had taken Emily’s case to court, defense attorneys would have questioned how Phil knew where Emily lived. She must have invited him over, they would say. Fawcett didn’t want to set Emily up for failure or further victim-blaming. No call is easy, the prosecutor said. Her biggest frustration is the disparity between the number of sexual assaults reported and the number of cases she reviews that she feels confident in filing for charges. Fawcett said it is hard to pinpoint any one reason for this gap. Cases can stall at several stages before reaching her office. Many victims back out after filing a police report — often out of fear of social stigma, retaliation or having to endure a months-long criminal process. Occasionally, detectives will decide not to send a case to the sex crimes prosecutor because they believe charges would not be likely. Fawcett said she wishes she could review all cases. The prosecutor said she has to pay attention not just to the feelings of the accuser but to the fairness of any charges brought against the accused. “I’m dealing with people’s lives here,” the prosecutor said. * * * Today, Emily is back in classes, and she has applied to graduate school. She plans to lead focus groups on campus to educate students on bystander intervention. But she still wakes up out of breath at night with nightmares of being raped. Emily tells herself that Fawcett’s decision was made in her best interest, and her case was bound for failure. But the justice system, she said, is not set up to benefit survivors of sexual assault. “I did the right thing and nothing happened,” she says, sitting on a couch in her apartment, fighting off tears. “I spoke up, and I wasn’t heard.” She hates to say it, but sometimes she wonders if her case would have reached a jury if Phil had been more violent. “If he had slapped me around a little, given me a big old bruise on my face, broken a limb ... maybe I would’ve been taken more seriously.” The texts from Phil seemed to show remorse, she admits. But should remorse excuse violating another person’s body? Emily said she doesn’t think of Phil as an innately bad person. He just made a bad decision, a decision that she believes is much too common on college campuses. She will never regret taking criminal action. “It would’ve been easier if I would’ve done nothing,” she said, but, “it was important to me that I said something.”
6
I N D I A N A D A I LY S T U D E N T | M O N D AY, D E C . 8 , 2 0 1 4 | I D S N E W S . C O M
REGION
EDITORS: HOLLY HAYS & ANICKA SLACHTA | REGION@IDSNEWS.COM
Notre Dame lab receives $2.3 million grant center that manages genomic information on arthropods and other invertebrates that carry human pathogens, according to a news release from the University. The contract will extend the project through 2015.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, part of the National Institutes of Health, has provided $2.3 million in funding to VectorBase at the University of Notre Dame. VectorBase is a bioinformatics resource
Krampus comes to downtown By Amanda Marino ammarino@indiana.edu @amandanmarino
Hundreds of people lined Madison Street on Saturday evening to watch as a dozen ferocious beasts were unleashed on Bloomington’s naughty children. More than 20 minutes before the parade began, people lined the route and attempted to get a good view of St. Nicholas, the angels and Krampus monsters at Krampus Night, an event that brings monsters of Alpine folklore to life in town. Children and adults alike bundled up to brave the quickly dropping temperatures for a chance to interact with Krampus. One child proudly declared he was naughty as the crowd began to gather in the street. As the parade began, people shouted hello to St. Nicholas and his angels. Claire Clayton and Gary Neff, Bloomington residents, stood waiting. Both of them had already received stickers telling the monsters whether they were naughty or nice. Angels had walked by early on and passed the stickers out, each bearing a cautionary note that, should a person decide to label themselves as naughty, they may attract the attention of the Krampus. Clayton said this part of Christmas has been buried away but is being revived. Neff said the monsters’ story comes from medieval Alpine folklore in which bad kids learn to behave because of fear of the Krampus. The goal of this event is to share that history. “It was hilarious,” Clayton said, describing a Krampus
trying to scare a child who then turned around and hugged him last year. Clayton said she was anticipating something amazing and visual. On the other side of the street, 9-year-old Blake Jackson proudly bore his “naughty” sticker on his hat. He said his mother, Jamie Jackson, showed him a video, and since then he has been excited to see the Krampus. Jamie, wearing a “nice” sticker, said people at her work had been talking about the event and made her curious. Though she said she wasn’t sure exactly what to expect, she said she thought Blake would enjoy the night and be excited to see everything. As the start of the parade drew closer, people leaned heavily against the barricade strings. Angels passed candy out to the “nice” people in the crowd. Behind them, St. Nicholas walked the streets, greeting people as he passed. Then came the Krampus. Led by a steel drum and banners, the Krampus rushed back and forth to either side of the street. They carried dolls resembling children in baskets at their waists and scared naughty children and adults. A man cracked a fire whip on the ground as a dancer with her wings on fire moved about. The Krampus screamed in people’s faces, causing them to scream back in both fear and delight. They rang loud bells and swatted at people’s faces and feet. Some even spat fire. Bruce Barker, Birdie MacDonald and John Brooks
LIONEL LIM | IDS
Three-year-old Chloe Patton tells Santa her Christmas wishlist Saturday at Fountain Square Mall. Many of the kids that attended Holiday Hoopla, an annual event hosted by Girls Inc., got to speak with Santa.
Girls Inc. hosts Holiday Hoopla By Jamie Zega jzega@indiana.edu
NICOLE KRASEAN | IDS
People dress up as demonic followers of Krampus, the “Bad Santa,” during the Krampus parade Saturday in downtown Bloomington. The creatures walked down Madison Street and taunted people wearing “Naughty” stickers.
also came out for their first Krampus experience. Brooks said the parade was a short, rebellious hodge-podge. MacDonald said the event was a great way to get outside in December in Bloomington, even for people who don’t celebrate Christmas or other holidays. Most people probably wouldn’t normally want to be out on a cold night like this, Brooks said. At the end of the parade, people gathered in clusters in a parking lot. They huddled around heaters or crowded around straw beds meant to keep the Krampus close and under control. Some people taunted the Krampus and dared to get close enough to take
pictures with them leering in the background. Every so often, though, one would slip out into the crowd to sneak up on visitors, causing sporadic shrieks to spring up from the crowd. Kel McBride, director of Krampus Legend and Arts Workshop, described the event as lively and energetic with a combination of fear and delight. She said there was not a passive participant in the crowd because everybody wanted to be personally involved with the Krampus. Later that night, the monsters would be loosened and allowed to roam freely through Bloomington. “We love seeing the children scream with terror and joy,” she said.
RECREATIONAL SPORTS
TiAnna Wallace, 10, meticulously worked to perfect the Skittles and candy canes on her gingerbread house. Her sister, Alivia Holland, 5, added candies of all sorts to her own gingerbread house and sneaked marshmallows whenever her grandmother wasn’t looking. A volunteer for Girls Incorporated of Monroe County described the graham cracker and white chocolate creations as more of “graham cracker bungalows,” which the girls made for the gingerbread house decorating portion of the 2014 Girls Inc. Holiday Hoopla. The Hoopla started at 9 a.m. Saturday at Fountain Square Mall. In addition to decorating gingerbread houses, members of Girls Inc. and the community were welcomed to have breakfast, partake in holiday crafts and start the season on a high note. “(The Hoopla) is basically reaching the community more than just the families and the college students,” said Kristi McCann, executive director of Girls Inc. “We really want all families to feel a part of an event like this. It’s all about the community for this. It’s letting the community know who we are and what we do and have a good time starting the holidays right.” Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2015, the Monroe County chapter of Girls Inc. aims to inspire girls to be “strong, smart and bold,” McCann said. Programs in media literacy, economic literacy and physical activity help Girls Inc. fulfill its mission. “How we provide what our
mission stands for to the girls is we have after-school programming, and all of our programming is in helping girls lead healthy lifestyles, having academic success and making wise, healthy decisions in life on a variety of topics,” McCann said. In addition to after-school programs, Girls Inc. also offers programs on days when school is not in session. “I love getting kids stoked about life,” program director Katie Hakes said. “I studied social work when I was in school and just love being around kids and teens. It’s just such a fun job. I really love it.” As part of the Hoopla’s programming, participants were able to eat a pancake breakfast provided by BuffaLouie’s, make holiday crafts and shop at the “Kids Only” boutique with discounted items donated by local businesses. In addition to help from the community, volunteers came from IU student groups, including Civic Leadership Development, IU Student Foundation, the women’s field hockey team, Gamma Phi Omega and the Asian Informatics and Computing Community. Not only were hundreds of children’s eyes aglow from the lights all around, adults enjoyed the holiday fun, as well. “It was fun to see the girls having fun,” said Jodi Holland, TiAnna and Alivia’s grandmother. “It’s a really good thing they put on. I really appreciate it.” TiAnna looked up from her graham cracker bungalow. “Thank you for bringing us here,” she said to her grandmother. Alivia echoed TiAnna’s thanks, and the girls resumed work on their sweet creations.
INTRAMURAL SPORTS
Basketball Futsal
NEW LOW RATES STARTING @
$429
(Men’s & Women’s)
ALL- UTILITIES INCLUDED
Racquetball
+ SAVE $150
(electricity up to a monthly cap)
WITH ZERO DEPOSIT
REGISTRATION OPENS DEC. 2
Use the “Pre-Join” feature to create your team NOW! www.recsports.indiana.edu
NO TEAM? NO PROBLEM!
Register for an individual player team! Campus Recreational Sports is a division of the
CAMPUSCORNERLIVING.COM Rates, fees & utilities included subject to change.
7
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
I N D I A N A D A I LY S T U D E N T | M O N D AY, D E C . 8 , 2 0 1 4 | I D S N E W S . C O M
SPORTS EDITORS: SAM BEISHUIZEN & GRACE PALMIERI | SPORTS@IDSNEWS.COM
Upgrade to LARGE for only $5 more!
MUNCHIE MADNESS now only $ 95
11
10” One Topping Pizza Cheese Bread or Breadsticks Two-Liter Bottle Soft Drink 2 Homemade Brownies
Voted BEST PIZZA in Bloomington by students and staff for 9 straight years
Carry out & delivery only 1428 E. Third St. | motherbearspizza.com | 812-332-4495
PHOTOS BY LIONEL LIM | IDS
Shelby Wilson stands with the gold medal that he won at the 1960 Rome Summer Olympics. At 77-years-old, the former Olympic wrestler now resides in Bloomington.
Bloomington’s
wrestling legend A Bloomington grandfather recalls his Olympic gold story By Lionel Lim lalimwei@indiana.edu
Shelby Wilson, 77, is always out and about, helping anyone around town who needs help or putting his ability to fix many appliances to good use. “He’s really sweet, he points me in the right direction and gives me a lot of advice,” said Dee Boado, one of his nine grandchildren. Shelby’s wife agreed, saying a lot of people come to their home asking for help. “He gives people coats and fixes things for people,” Gretchen Wilson, Shelby’s wife, said. “A lot of people bring him things and ask him to fix it.” Wilson’s former wrestling opponents, however, will tell you that the only thing they needed fixing were their broken spirits. Reserved by nature, it is hard to tell at first sight that Wilson, who is just taller than 5-foot-6, was once an unmovable force on the
wrestling mat. He rarely speaks about the day in 1960 when he triumphed against a two-time Russian World Champion to win an Olympic Gold for the United States in the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine in Rome. His story is an unlikely tale of the triumph of the underdog of underdogs. Although only beaten twice in his career as a student athlete, Wilson had never won a national championship. An injury ensured he would have to sit out collegiate wrestling in 1959. The hiatus prompted his coach to ask Wilson to consider trying out for the 1960 Summer Olympics. Just like how he had never heard of the sport when he first picked it up at the age of 12 in a physical education class, Wilson had never given the Olympics a thought until a matter of circumstance gave his coach an idea: Wilson should try out for the U.S. Olympic team.
From that point in September 1959, Wilson had just eight months to prove that he was ready for the Olympics. He had to be ready for a style that he had never wrestled before. The Greco-Roman and freestyle discipline in the Olympics were different from the American Collegiate style that Wilson was familiar with. Wilson was not unaccustomed to challenges, though. He had checked in his gear during seventh grade, as a harsh winter would ensure that he had a harsh introduction to the sport. “I lived out in the country so my dad had to come into town to pick me up, and it was the far other side of town,” Wilson said. “Oklahoma experienced an extremely harsh winter that year, and the PA usually made announcements for bad weather and the buses would come early to pick us up, so I either went home or got stuck SEE WRESTLER, PAGE 12
Wilson's wrestling memorabilia from the 1960 Rome Summer Olympics.
8
I N D I A N A D A I LY S T U D E N T | M O N D AY, D E C . 8 , 2 0 1 4 | I D S N E W S . C O M
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Hoosiers roll over Savannah State, 95-49 By Sam Beishuizen sbeishui@indiana.edu @Sam_Beishuizen
Saturday was Ugly Sweater Night at Assembly Hall, which was rather indicative of the game played between IU and Savannah State. The Tigers, who scored only 26 points in a loss against Louisville two weeks ago, entered the game with one of the least effective offenses in the nation. That trend continued Saturday as the Tigers shot just 32 percent from the field in a 95-49 IU victory. IU Coach Tom Crean spoke highly of his team’s defensive intensity and ability to stay in control for the entire game without overlooking a lesser-known Savannah State team scheduled between Pittsburgh and Louisville. “We just want our players to continue to understand that they have to be in control of what they can control,” Crean said. “We played hard. We made adjustments. A lot of people contributed.” The game started with sloppy play on both sides. The teams combined for five
IU (7-1) vs. Savannah State (3-6) W, 95-49 turnovers within the game’s opening two minutes as each offense struggled to find a rhythm. Savannah State (3-6) gave IU (7-1) trouble initially with a full-court press in the game’s opening minutes, something IU will expect to see more of Tuesday against No. 5 Louisville. But as the Tigers went away from the press, the Hoosier offense began to fire on all cylinders. After trading baskets early on, IU closed the first half on a 31-8 run to take a 43-17 lead into halftime. The Tigers got just two baskets in the last 23 possessions of the first half. Savannah State’s 17 openinghalf points were the fewest for an IU opponent in a half since Iowa scored just 14 on March 3, 2013. Junior guard Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell credited IU’s ability to limit Savannah State to sparking the Hoosier offense. SEE HOOSIERS, PAGE 12
BEN MIKESELL | IDS
Freshman James Blackmon Jr. drives the lane against Savannah State on Saturday at Assembly Hall. Blackmon had 18 points in a 95-49 win.
IU guard adjusts to new role, regains confidence in win By Alden Woods aldwoods@indiana.edu | @acw9293
The 2014-15 season has been one of change for Stanford Robinson. Not only did the sophomore guard switch shooting hands in the offseason, he returned to an almost entirely different role in IU’s rotation. At first, Robinson struggled to adjust to the changes. Robinson missed IU’s two exhibition games and the first two games of the regular season after a suspension for reported failed drug tests. He returned Nov. 20 but had yet to display what made him a spot starter last season.
Robinson’s numbers were down in almost every category through his first five games: his minutes, points, rebounds per game and every shooting percentage were well below last season’s averages. He had made just one shot with his new right-handed jumper. A two-minute stretch in the first half of Saturday’s game against Savannah State may have sparked his return to form. With 11 minutes and four seconds to play in the half, Robinson found junior guard Nick Zeisloft on the right wing. Zeisloft buried the 3-pointer, and Robinson picked up an assist. On IU’s next possession,
Robinson beat his man off the dribble and rose for a layup. Before releasing the shot, he found freshman forward Emmitt Holt on the baseline. Holt finished in traffic to give Robinson another assist. Two possessions later, Robinson drove past his man again, this time finishing through a foul at the rim. He hit the free throw to complete the 3-point play. The sequence seemed to signal a rebirth of Robinson’s confidence. From that point on, the slasher from last season was back. He finished with seven points, three rebounds and a career-high five assists in 13 minutes. He also picked
LAST CHANCE to win tickets to see
Go to idsnews.com/survey and take our quick, three-question survey for a chance to win one of two pairs of tickets to see Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. December 11, 7:30 p.m. IUauditorium.com PULSE
Contest ends at 2 p.m. on Monday, December 8. Visit idsnews.com/rules for full contest details.
up two steals. Junior guard Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell said Robinson becomes a different player when his confidence is high. “When Stan just goes downhill, doesn’t slow down, goes full speed, makes a simple pass, great things happen for our team,” Ferrell said. IU Coach Tom Crean echoed Ferrell’s thoughts and said Robinson is more effective when he’s focused on his strengths. “Just do what his strengths entail,” Crean said. “Just go as hard as you can, attack the rim, make simple plays and be just a defensive hawk. I thought tonight was a big step for
him. The statistics showed it, but most importantly, the spirit and the mentality showed it.” Crean said part of the reason for Robinson’s earlyseason issues could be his new role in the team. No longer is he a starter or the first man off the bench. This season, he’s part of a jumbled collection of bench players. He’s played as many as 16 and as few as five minutes in a game as he’s worked to adapt. IU doesn’t yet have a set rotation, Crean said. “We’ve got so many guys that you really couldn’t define them with a position,” Crean said. “They just need to be basketball players and
play the game.” Crean said Robinson has struggled to fit into his new role but that his dedication to getting better will allow him to thrive in any situation. He said the sophomore routinely stays after practice and works on that new-look jump shot. “He’s worked very hard, and it’s not easy for him,” Crean said. “Stan works extremely hard. Since he’s been back, he doesn’t go home after the walkthrough. He eats, he sits around for a little bit, then he goes back in the gym and shoots. “I worried, ‘OK, are you working too hard?’ He just wants it so bad.”
BASKET CASE
IU routs Savannah State, as it should have It was pretty much what we expected out of Saturday’s game between IU and Savannah State. The Hoosiers earned a comfortable win with a final score of 95-49 in Assembly Hall on Saturday. The Tigers are one of the worst offensive teams in the country, and it showed. They followed up a 17-point first half with 32 points in the second, but much of that was spent against the Hoosier reserves. IU’s 2-3 zone that worked so well against Pittsburgh last week continued to shut down its opponents when the main rotational players were in. “They’re learning the different segments that go into how everybody’s got to be connected,” IU Coach Tom Crean said. “If you’re going to beat good teams, you can’t have one guy doing this or one guy relaxed over here. So we’re learning that.” IU spent the entire second half against Pittsburgh and almost the entire game against Savannah State in the 2-3 zone, and it has been effective. “This is probably the first time all year where we’ve had back-to-back games where the defensive intensity was the key to the game,” Crean said. “If your team is connected on defense, you have a chance to be really good.” However, this game didn’t show us much about this Hoosier team. They were expected to dominate, and they did — in every facet. Anything less than a 30-point victory would have been a disappointment. And on a Sunday that saw Big Ten teams fall, IU freshman guard James Blackmon Jr. said IU didn’t need to watch Michigan or Purdue get upset early in the day. “We learned that from our Eastern Washington game,” Blackmon said. “If you don’t get up on a team from the start, they start to gain confidence. Tonight we
BEN MIKESELL | IDS
Junior guard Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell shoots a 3-pointer during IU's game against Savannah State on Saturday at Assembly Hall. Ferrell had 18 points in the Hoosiers’ 95-49 win.
just wanted to start from the beginning and that’s what we did.” But IU didn’t look very focused at the start of the game. Savannah State’s press caused trouble for the Hoosiers for the first several minutes. After a very sloppy start for both teams that led to an early 10-9 IU lead, it was IU junior guard Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell who righted the ship and stopped the turnovers. “At one point I had a turnover trying to throw it under the backboard,” Ferrell said. “But after that, I felt like we weren’t very stagnant with the ball. We got it out,
CASEY KRAJEWSKI is a senior in journalism.
pushed, looked up the court, looked towards the middle. I think that’s the biggest thing for us. We just have to attack the press.” IU committed just three turnovers through the next 15 minutes, a huge factor in IU’s 33-8 run into intermission. Turnovers are one of three benchmark categories for IU that will be key SEE ROUT, PAGE 12
9
I N D I A N A D A I LY S T U D E N T | M O N D AY, D E C . 8 , 2 0 1 4 | I D S N E W S . C O M
Thief walks out with $600,000 sculpture
ARTS
EDITORS: ALISON GRAHAM & AUDREY PERKINS | ARTS@IDSNEWS.COM
Due to lax security in Rome’s National Gallery of Modern Art, a thief was able to walk out with a bronze statue hidden in his suit jacket, according to the Telegraph. “Sick Child” was created by Italian
impressionist Medardo Rosso and was stolen during the museum’s opening hours. The bronze sculpture was created between 1893 and 1895 and is considered to be one of his masterpieces, according to the Telegraph.
PHOTOS BY TIANTIAN ZHANG | IDS
Grace and Bobbie Saccone get their faces touched by BFA students as the students attempt to sculpt their faces. Grace said her sister is one of the students making the sculptures.
Hands-on art Sculptors interact with attendees through ‘Double Blind’ exhibit
By Amanda Marino ammarino@indiana.edu | @amandanmarino
Upon entering the McCalla building, viewers could see a temporary wall with two pairs of holes at face height that was recently constructed. It concealed a part of the room. A makeshift conveyor belt ran between both sides of the wall. Attendees participated in a study of art and interaction. Thirteen sculpture BFAs hosted “Double Blind,” an interactive exhibit where they created busts without seeing their subjects, Friday night. But senior Nelson Kaufman said that was a good thing. Though some of the students have done similar work, none were invasive, he said. Kaufman said it could be difficult to get people to interact because they would be letting a stranger who they couldn’t see touch their face for a full minute. “There has to be an element of humor,” Kaufman said. Though the process looks and feels strange, it is a serious project for the sculptors, he said. As participants approached the wall, they stared at two black sleeves facing them. A whistle blew and two hands popped out, seeking out a volunteer’s face. In two minutes, the artist created a mental image that they sculpted and sent out on the conveyor.
The hands moved through the participant’s hair, forehead and ears then they made their way down the nose and cheeks. After a minute, another whistle blew and the hands retreated into the wall. As people laughed and spoke as their faces were researched by the arms, the whistle continued to start and stop the observation period until the conveyor belt released the first two fist-sized faces. Senior Rose Harding said this exhibit was a way for the students to interact with people directly, despite neither party being able to see the other. “It’s very intimate,” she said. For some of the students, this was their first gallery show and performance, she said. “Everybody works very hard,” Harding said. In the beginning of the semester, the group decided on this exhibit because it would provide a unique, active experience, Harding said. “It was a chance for us to work together,” she said. Harding said the opportunity to put on this exhibit was a valuable one for the students. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” she said. Freshman Gianna Bennett said she was hesitant to approach the wall. “I (was) just afraid they’ll hit me at first,” she said. It’s similar to how people
might imagine the way a blind person feels an object to create an image in his mind, she said. Before her sculpture came out, she said she expected she would recognize it by the thick bun in her hair and her eyebrows and nose. When the conveyor belt began moving again, it carried two faces. One had a thick bun on the back of its head. “It reminds me of something ancient,” she said. She picked it up, saying the sculptor recreated her face accurately. “That’s pretty cool,” she said. When IU alum Timothy Patton stepped up to the wall, he opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue. The hands searched around, realized what he was doing and wiped themselves dry on his face. He said he never did anything like this while he was at IU. Soon, an open-mouthed face with its tongue out rolled down the belt. “That looks exactly like me,” Patton said excitedly, turning to his friends to take a picture with the bust. At the halfway point of the night, hands stuck out of the arm holes and waved goodbye to the participants, asking them to leave so the students could switch places. Once all the participants were ushered out into the hallway to socialize, the sculptors still inside high-fived and waited to discuss
‘Nutcracker’ fills MAC with sold-out shows By Alaina Milazzo afmilazz@indiana.edu
The applause for Thursday night’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” began even before the curtain opened and continued long after it closed. The ballet was performed in five shows Thursday through Sunday at the Musical Arts Center and featured dancers from the Jacobs School of Music Ballet Department and the Jacobs PreCollege Ballet Program. Tickets started at $20 for students and were sold out by Friday night. However, live streaming was available for those who could not attend performances at the MAC. “This is a conventional production of ‘The Nutcracker,’” director and choreographer Michael Vernon said. “Some people make it very localized, but this is just the traditional, set somewhere in Germany or Austria.” “The Nutcracker,” a classic Christmas tale, follows the story of Clara, who receives a Nutcracker doll from Herr Drosselmeyer for Christmas amid antics from her brother, Fritz, and the other children. Upon falling asleep, Clara
dreams of mice battles, a Snow Queen and Sugar Plum Fairy attendants dancing through a candy-filled landscape. Aaron Anker, a junior ballet major and performer in “The Nutcracker,” encouraged students and the community to see the performance even if they’ve never seen it before. “It is a great first ballet to see because there’s a lot going on and it’s very exciting,” Anker said. “The adrenaline for a lot of it is really cool.” Vernon said the dancers had been rehearsing for the show since late October, but they had about a week off “to recover and catch up on some of the academics they might miss” because of dress rehearsals. “There are four main pas de deux (major dances) ... and that’s a lot of work,” Vernon said. Many dancers played a supporting role one night and a principal role the next, and vice versa. “It’s always different because we have different dancers for every performance,” Vernon said. “That makes it very egalitarian — everyone has a chance.”
Anker performed a variety of roles, including Herr Silberhaus and Clara’s father on Thursday, the Snow Cavalier on Friday, the Sugar Plum Cavalier on Saturday afternoon and the Flower Cavalier on Saturday night. In addition to the dancers, Vernon also credits the University orchestra for its role in “The Nutcracker.” “The music, especially in the first act, tells the story just as much as the choreography does,” he said. “But to impose one’s own vision (for the show) is not as easy as one would think because the music is so set.” Dancers followed cues from orchestra members for each piece to stay in sync with the music while dancing. “As a department, we have really exciting opportunities to be able to do a wide range of (representation) that normally university programs don’t get to do, and I think that’s mostly because of our director,” Anker said. “He thinks it’s very important to get to do different stuff, new stuff, old stuff. This gives the city of Bloomington an opportunity to see real choreography from around the world.”
Grace and Bobbie Saccone play around with the final products of their face sculpture. “It represents me very nicely,” Grace said. Grace came to the event with her mother Bobbie to support her sister, who is one of the BFA students making the sculpture. “It’s a nice way to spend Friday night,” Grace said.
the first half of the night. Junior Abby Saccone said that though the exercise sounded easy in theory, the implementation of the sculpting was actually really difficult. “It’s actually pretty darn tense,” Saccone said. She said this kind of work was beneficial to the students because it challenged them to do something unusual and work under time constraints with active subjects. One man thought it would be funny to let her feel his face with his beer at his lips, and because the bottle was difficult to make so quickly, she said she had to adjust. From the other side of the wall, she heard a voice say, “I held a beer in my mouth and they gave
me a pacifier. It’s pretty much the same thing.” During the event, some sculptors smiled slyly to themselves as they set down their work and wiped their hands clean between sets. As the busts neared completion, the artists pounded the busts’ heads heavily once or twice on the table or floor to flatten the back. This eased how they slid out on the conveyor belt. Clay stuck to the hair, eyebrows and clothes of the sculptors as they reached the end of a relay race of production. Kaufman said the turnout was great, with dozens of people passing through during the night. “I think it’s to try to bridge the gap between the art and the viewer,” Kaufman said.
s e n a L c i s s a Cl
BLOOMINGTON’S BEER AUTHORITY Weekly Specials
FALL SPECIALS Mondays: $1.50 Drafts $3 16oz Upland Wheat Drafts $1 off mixed drinks $1 Busch Light Drafts $2.25 per game $1.25 games after 9 pm Tuesdays: $1.50 Drafts $3.50 Long Islands $3 16oz Upland Wheat Drafts $1 Busch Light Drafts $2.25 per game $1.25 games after 9 pm
Wednesdays Quartermania: $5 Busch Light Pitchers 25¢ games and shoes after 6 pm + $5 cover per person Thursdays Bowl Your Brains Out! $6.50 pitchers $4 bombs Unlimited bowling $8 per person + shoes $6 per person unlimited bowling from 10 pm - 1 am
For a limited time only.
1421 N. Willis Dr. . Off W. 17 th St.
812-332-6689
Your day, your way. Your calendar of events on campus and around town. idsnews.com/happenings
Mini
Monday
6
$
32OZ Mini Cocktail Pitchers 23OZ Craft Beers for PRICE of a PINT
2 for tuesday Order a single & get a double for the same price WED & SUN
1/2 PRICE WINE BOTTLES Pitchers of: Coors Lite $7 Killians $8 Blue Moon $9 crazyhorseindiana.com
214 W. Kirkwood
336-8877
10
I N D I A N A D A I LY S T U D E N T | M O N D AY, D E C . 8 , 2 0 1 4 | I D S N E W S . C O M To place an ad: go online, call 812-855-0763 or stop by Ernie Pyle Hall 120 from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday.
CLASSIFIEDS
Full advertising policies are available online.
Seeking EGG DONOR: Angelina Jolie lookalikeCaucasian, Brown hair, Tall/Slender, High cheekbones & Forehead. Compensation $30k+ for two cycles. Please apply at www.bhed.com
The IDS is accepting applications for Advertising Account Executives to start Spring, 2015. 15 hours per week. Flexibility with class schedule.
210
EMPLOYMENT
Real-world Experience.
Camp Staff
NO WEEKENDS! All Majors Accepted.
220
General Employment Companion for elderly. Part- time. Bloomington. $10/ hr. 812-606-7882.
The Monroe County YMCA is looking for experienced Swim Instructors for its youth swim lesson program. Lessons take place on weekday nights and Saturday mornings. WSI or YSI certification preferred, but not mandatory. Training provided. Application can be found at: http://www.monroe countyymca.org/ Pages/JobsattheY.aspx. Send to: Epolicinski@ monroecountyymca.org
Tutoring Need m119 help? Aces Premium Tutoring. acesm119@gmail.com
305
HOUSING Apartment Furnished 2 BR, 1 BA. Campus Court near stadium . $745/mo. Avail. winter break-July. 424.256.6748 310
Large 3 BR twnhs. Beautiful, behind Informatics, 333-9579.
Call Today 812-333-9579 GrantProps.com
Large 5 BR d/town, newly remodeled, prkg. incl. Aug.-2015. 333-9579
1 BR apts. by Stadium. 301 E. 20th.,avail. Aug., 2015. Water, trash, A/C, D/W, off-street parking included. $475. Costley 812-330-7509
1 BR apts. by Stadium. 304 E. 20th, avail. Aug., 2015. $440. Water/trash included. Costley & Co. Rental Management. 812-330-7509
www.costleycompany.com
1 BR avail. immediately. $475 includes all utils. www.elkinsapts.com (812)339-2859
Apt. Unfurnished 1-2 BR behind Optometry. Wood floors, patio, quiet, studious environment. 333-9579 1 BR apt. btwn. campus & dntwn. W/D, D/W, deck, prkg incl. 333-9579
www.iub.rentals
4&5 BEDS DOWNTOWN AND CAMPUS
www.iub.rentals • 312-805-0284
2, 3, & 4 BR Great Location Pet Friendly!
Cedar Creek 2 BR 1.5 Bath Outdoor Pool Cat Friendly!
bestrentsrdw@yahoo.com
1, 2, & 3 BR Individual Baths Covered Patios
LIVE
BY THE
STADIUM. COM 812.334.0333
2 BR apts. near Stadium. 304 E. 20th, #5. Avail. Aug., 2015. $650. Water/ trash included. Costley & Co. Rental Management. 812-330-7509 www.costleycompany.com
1-5 bedrooms by stadium, law school & downtown
(812)
339-2859 Available 2015-2016
Large 1 & 2 BR. Close to Campus & Stadium. Avail. Aug., 2015. 812-334-2646 LARGE 1 BR. Wood floors, 1 blk. to Law & Optometry. Avail. 2015. 333-9579
P R O P E R T I E S O M E G A 315
325
Houses **Avail. for Aug., 2015. Nice 3 or 5 BR houses!** 307 &307.5 E. 16th. Newly remodeled. Applns. incl. Close to campus. No pets. 824-2727
2-6 BR Houses A/C, D/W, W/D
2, 3, & 5 BR close to campus. W/D, D/W, and A/C. Avail. Aug. 2015. 327-3238
1-4 BR Apts. A/C, D/W, W/D Internet & Water included
2, 3, 4, 5 BR Houses. Close to campus. Avail. Aug., 2015. 812-336-6246
Call 333-0995 omegabloomington.com
www.costleycompany.com
3 BR home for rent, utils. incl., $1500/ mo. creamandcrimsonproperties.com
or call 317-376-2186 for more information.
Condos & Townhouses
creamandcrimsonproperties.com
or call 317-376-2186 for more information.
Duplex Newly remodeled 5 BR on campus. For 2nd semester & 2015 school year. 812.327.7997
www.costleycompany.com
3 BR, 2 BA. A/C, D/W, W/D. 2 blks. west Upland Brew. $300/mo. +electric.
Downtown and Close to Campus
5 BR twnhs., utils incl. $2050/ mo. 4 BR twnhs., utils. incl., $1700/ mo.
www.costleycompany.com
3 BR, 1209 N. Grant. Near Stadium, avail. Jan. & Aug., 2015. $1050 for 3; $750 for 2. C/A D/W, on-site laundry. Costley & Co. Rental Management. 812-330-7509
Now Leasing for Fall 2015
4 BR TWNHS. Close to campus & Stadium. Garage, W/D, pool. Avail. Aug., 2015. 812-334-2646
Now leasing: Fall, 2015. 1, 2, & 3 BR apts. Hunter Ridge. (812) 334-2880
& Co. Rental Mgmt.
Varsity Court
Full or part time help wanted on local horse/ cattle farm. Must have riding or cattle exp. 812-606-0510 Graduating? Need a job? Work for Stone Belt! Looking for detailoriented individuals to provide development training to clients in group and individual settings, as well as assist them with daily tasks. Flexible schedule including nights and weekends. Full-time w/ benefits. Base pay: $12/hr. Application, resume, & transcripts & degree required. Contact for more info about qualifications: Stone Belt Human Resources www.stonebelt.org hireme@stonebelt.org (812) 332-2168 ext. 242
Outstanding locations near campus at great prices
Apt. Unfurnished
3, 4, & 5 BR on campus. All amenities incl. 331-7797 Elkinspropertiesrent.com
1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 Bedroom
Apply in person at: Ernie Pyle Hall,RM 120.
for a complete job description. EOE
Dental Assistant, parttime. No experience necessary. 812.332.2000
COM
Stadium Crossing
rhartwel@indiana.com
250
Questions?
BROWNSTONE ERRACE. T812.332.3609
Grant Properties
Seeking IU students with good organization, time management, and communication skills to work in advertising sales. Previous sales experience preferred but not required. Must own reliable transportation and be able to work through May, 2016.
Email:
14th and Dunn St. 1, 2, 3 BR Flats & Townhomes w/ Pool
320
Now hiring part-time leasing agent. 20 - 25 hours per week. Flexible schedule and fun work environment. Please call 812-336-8208 or email parkdoral@crerentals.com for more info.
Brownstone Terrace
325
Piano Lessons! Xiting Yang is a prizewinning pianist from China. $35/lesson. xityang@indiana.edu
angi@campranchoframasa.org
Apt. Unfurnished
20
110
NEED MONEY? SAVE A LIFE. Schedule a plasma donation. New donors receive $160 in just three donations. Call 812-334-1405 or visit biolifeplasma.com to download a coupon and make an appointment.
English & FrenchTutoring Here! Contact: spellard@indiana.edu Price negotiable.
www.campranchoframasa.org
2 BR behind Informatics. Prkg. incl. 333-9579. GREAT LOCATION.
www.costleycompany.com
Announcements
SUMMER CAMP POSTIONS – HIRING NOW! Secure your summer job! Camp Rancho Framasa is an inclusive, residential camp, located in South Central, Indiana, operated by the Catholic Youth Organization since 1946. Serving campers aged 7 to 18 in various programs. We offer a welcoming staff community in a beautiful outdoor setting. General Staff, Counselor Manager, Challenge Course Counselor, Wrangler positions available. All positions start at $250/week. Training is provided; start date May 30, 2015. For more information and an online application visit
www.costleycompany.com
1 BR apt. by Bryan Park. 1216 S. Stull. $405 Avail. Aug. 2015. Costley & Co. Rental Mgmt. 812-330-7509
ANNOUNCEMENTS
2 BR apts. South of Campus. 320 E. University. Avail. Aug., 2015. $680. Water/trash included. A/C, D/W, range, refrigerator. Costley & Co. Rental Management. 812-330-7509
10
General Employment
ONLINE POSTING: All classified line ads are posted online at idsnews.com/classifieds at no additional charge.
Apt. Unfurnished
ELKINS APARTMENTS
PAYMENT: All advertising is done on a cash in advance basis unless credit has been established. The IDS accepts Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, cash, check or money order.
220
REFUNDS: If you cancel your ad before the final run date, the IDS will refund the difference in price. A minimum of one day will be charged.
COPY ERRORS: The IDS must be notified of errors before 3 p.m. the date of the first publication of your ad. The IDS is only responsible for errors published on the first insertion date. The IDS will rerun your ad 1 day when notified before 3 p.m. of the first insertion date.
10
HOUSING ADS: All advertised housing is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act. Refer to idsnews.com for more info.
COPY CHANGES: Ad copy can be changed at no additional charge when the same number of lines are maintained. If the total number of lines changes, a new ad will be started at the first day rate.
310
AD ACCEPTANCE: All advertising is subject to approval by the IDS.
310
CLASSIFIEDS ADVERTISING POLICIES
310
idsnews.com/classifieds
Houses !!!! Need a place to Rent?
rentbloomington.net
!!UNIVERSITY VILLAGE Leasing for 2015-2016: 216 E. 19th Street, 5 BR, 2 BA. 305 E. 19th Street 5 BR, 3 BA 1407 1/2 N.Dunn #1 2 BR, 2 BA 1309 N. Lincoln Street, 3 BR, 2 BA. 1314 N. Lincoln 5 BR, 2 BA 1335 N. Lincoln Street, 5BR, 3 BA w/ Garage. LiveByTheStadium.com *** 1 blk. North *** 4 BR, 1.5 BA. Living rm. dining rm. A/C, D/W, W/D. $450/mo. ea. + utils. bestrentsrdw@yahoo.com
1 & 2 BR apts. Avail. Aug., 2015. Close to campus. 812-336-6246
www.costleycompany.com
3 BR, 2 BA. A/C, W/D, D/W. 801 W. 11th St. for Aug., ‘15. $975/mo. No pets. Off street parking, free WiFi. 317-490-3101 goodrents.homestead.com
3 BR, 2 BA. Fenced yrd. Garage. Near Bryan Park. Short term lease avail. $1200/mo. Call Dan: 812.360.7213. 3, 4, & 5 BR houses for rent. Close to campus. Avail. Aug., 2015. Call 812-327-7859. 4 BR home for rent, utils. incl., $1950/ mo. creamandcrimsonproperties.com
or call 317-376-2186 for more information. 5 & 6 BR houses, avail. Aug., 19, 2015. Close to campus, each 2 kit., 2 bath, $500/BR +utils. Call: 812-361-3009. 5 BR house avail. Aug., 2015. $1,850 + util. Call or text Deb at: 812.340.0133. Avail. Aug., 2015. 108, 203, and 205 S. Clark St.; 311 and 313 N. Clark. And 2618 E. 7th St. ALL UTILS. INCLUDED IN RENT. www.IUrent.com 812.360.2628 AVAILABLE NOW! 4 BR, 2 BA. house close to campus. $1600/mo. No utils. incl. No Pets. www.burnhamrentals.com.
812-339-8300 Houses by IU. 3, 4, or 5 ppl. Aug 1, 2015. www.iu4rent.com 760-994-5750 Near IU and town. 4 BR, 2 BA homes. W/D, D/W, Disposal, A/C, $2100. 810 N. Washington. www.rentdowntown.biz THE BEST! Location, style, size & charm! 3-8 BR. 812-334-0094
405
MERCHANDISE Selling: $60 Mini fridge and $25 microwave. Excellent condition. Avail. to pick up on Dec. 1st. vdasilva@umail.iu.edu
335
Two- 5 BR, 3 BA homes from $1800. See our video: cotyrentalservice.com or call: 574-340-1844.
Washer/Dryer-great condition: $250, obo. Text/call: 812-278-6763.
Rooms/Roommates
340
415
Fem. rmmte. needed Fall, ‘15. Rent $475/mo.+ elec. Contact: cdmoran@indiana.edu
1 BR, 1 BA. $579/ mo. Utils. incl. Avail. January- July. smhousing@hotmail.com 2 BR, 1 BA, den rm., laund. $950/mo. + utils. 812 3252985
345
Furnished apt. for Spring, 2015. Near Law School & Kirkwood. $575/month. jaihurta@indiana.edu
21” iMac w/ wired apple keyboard & numeric key pad & magic mouse.
stevenbangs01@gmail.com
Sublet Apt. Unfurn.
iPhone repairs: front glass, back glass, etc. $35-$60. eljdavis@indiana.edu 420
1 BR avail. in a 2 BR apt. Uptown Apts. 104 E. Kirkwood. Avail. Jan., ‘15. Male roomate. Text/Call: 1-732-245-8002.
Selling a Queen Double Plush Mattress. Only used one year. Email w/ price. Needs to go by 12/12. lviera@indiana.edu 430
355
Take over lease Jan. 1st. No deposit. 1 BR. W/D. D/W. Cedargate Apt. $631/mo. 239-877-2313.
Sublet Houses
Instruments Fender Stratocaster, MIM, with Gator case, both very good. $345. 812-929-8996
SUBLETS AVAIL. NEG. TERMS. Call today 333-9579.
Horoscope
is an 8 — Make sure you know what’s required. Don’t make assumptions. Confer with your team. For about four months with Jupiter retrograde, review and revise financial matters. Prepare taxes, and file after Jupiter goes direct
Furniture Loveseat, gently used: $50. Text/call: 812-278-6763.
2 rmmtes. $600/mo., neg. BR w/ BA, gym membership, thru Aug., 2015. 310-505-5867
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today
Electronics 11” Macbook Air. $595. Taken VERY good care of. In excellent condition. 2011 model. 64GB of flash drive storage & 2GB of RAM & core i5 1.6Ghz processor. Clean install of MacOS 10.10 Yosemite. Original box, power supply & pink Speck satin shell. incl. sacarmic@indiana.edu
Sublet Apt. Furnished
Today is a 7 — Learn quickly. Figure a clever way to earn more. You’re pushed to grow. Review and refine the itinerary over the next four months with Jupiter retrograde. Reconsider your educational plans, especially long-term. Reserve tickets to launch an adventure after 4/8/15.
Appliances
19 pc. set Delmonte pattern made by Thomas Bavaria China. 7 bouillon bowls w/ saucers and 5 extra saucers. Excellent Condition, pattern has tan band w/ blue scrolls and fruit and is trimmed in gold, $100. Free Bloomington Campus Delivery. julie@iu.edu Black diamond ring for sale, 4.53 total carats. $4,000,obo. 812-325-4482 Green Vera Wang, Red Liz Claborne, multi color purses, $10.00. meagray@indiana.edu Johnson Brothers Blue Indies Ironstone dinnerware. Pattern in cobalt blue flowers & birds on white, subtle fluting. 38 pieces, incl: 6 dinner plates, 6 salad plates, 4 soup bowls, 6 bread & butter plates, 1 oval serving platter, 6 saucers, 6 cups, 1 creamer, 1 sugar bowl w/ Lid. Excellent condition, $350. Free Bloomington Campus Delivery. julie@iu.edu NATIVITY 12 piece set incl. wood stable. Free Bloomington Campus Delivery! Chalkware each piece marked Made in Japan. Excellent condition. $40. julie@iu.edu. Selling 17 wine glasses JG Durand Luminarc France Wine Stemware. 13 oz. no chips/cracks or wear, $35. Free Bloomington Campus Delivery. julie@iu.edu Selling 2 marked Germany R.P.M. ashtrays, pink flowers w/ gold. Free Bloomington Campus Delivery. julie@iu.edu Selling EMBASSY American PINK Gray Floral Platinum Tea Coffee Pot. Free Bloomington Campus Delivery! Excellent cond., $50. julie@iu.edu
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. 4/8/15). Get your numbers in order.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 9 — For about four months with Jupiter retrograde, invent new possibilities in a partnership. Review and revise your collaboration over the next four months. Make announcements after 4/8/15. Choose someone who believes you can win. It’s like having magical powers.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — You’re especially brilliant at your work now. For about four months with Jupiter retrograde, old methods work best to advance your agenda.
Secure your holdings and nurture work relationships. Excellent quality and service never go out of style.
Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — For the next few months during Jupiter’s retrograde, reaffirm your commitment to the game. Concentrate on the finer details of an enthusiasm. Practice your skills and learn new tricks. Settle into your cozy nest. Social arrangements could change. Entertain esoteric possibilities, just for fun.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Jupiter stations retrograde
HARRY BLISS
BLISS
Selling 2 sets of Coca Cola Collector beverage glasses. 12 green, 22 clear, 7” tall. Coca Cola imprinted on each, no chips/cracks in the glasses. $35. Free Bloomington Campus Delivery. julie@iu.edu Selling PORTMEIRION 1971 Mother’s Day Collector Series Plate, Pink, $40. Made in Staffordshire, England. Excel. vintage condi. julie@iu.edu Selling SET of 10 Dreamsicles Angels. Signed Kristen Cast Art Industries. $80. Free Bloomington Campus Delivery. julie@iu.edu Selling set of 11 Golden Halos Angel Collection. Lot in time for Christmas. Excellent condition, $80. Free Bloomington Campus Delivery. julie@iu.edu Selling set of 12 Westmoreland English Hobnail Crystal salt cellar dips footed bowls or nut bowls. Clear, crystal sawtooth rim boat-shaped bowl, pedestal w/ diamond shape foot, 3 x 2. Excellent condition, $90. Free Campus Delivery. julie@iu.edu Selling set of 20 vitromaster pattern “Oxford” includes: 4 large plates, salad plates, soup bowls, cups, saucers, $80. Free Bloomington Campus Delivery. julie@iu.edu Selling set of 32 Queen Esther Homer Laughlin. Pink roses w/ 22kt gold trim. Incl: 6 dinner plates, 8 sandwich dessert plates, 8 fruit bowls, 8 saucers, 2 serving bowls, $200. Free Bloomington Campus Delivery. julie@iu.edu in Leo until 4/8/15, for domestic retrospection. Don’t dip into savings. Let your imagination flower with ideas for home improvement. Make charts, drawings and plans. It’s amazing what a coat of paint will do. Freshen your space.
Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 9 — With Jupiter retrograde in Leo until 4/8/15, review and revise communications for greater effect. Study, research and edit what you’ve written. Publish after Jupiter stations direct. Work closely with your partner, and get the benefit of another view. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 7 — Send in those coupons and rebate requests. Make do with what you have. Save as much as you can. Over the next few months with Jupiter
Crossword
Misc. for Sale
Selling set of 6 cups w/ 6 saucers. Tognana white w/ red & blue border. Marked: Made in Italy, $50. Free Bloomington Campus Delivery. julie@iu.edu
HUNGRY? When the late night appetite strikes, there are more than
25 restaurants that deliver.
Find what you’re craving at idsnews.com/dining.
retrograde (until 4/8/15), review and revise financial matters. Plug leaks. Invent new income ideas.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 6 — Practice to achieve mastery over the next few months, with Jupiter retrograde in your sign (until 4/8/15). Personal growth and discovery allows new capacities. Let go of old practices and habits that no longer serve. Prepare taxes early this year.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Begin a re-examination of your personal priorities. Take time while Jupiter’s retrograde (until 4/8/15) for peaceful contemplation and introspection. Spirituality and ritual comfort. Embrace healthy lifestyle practices. Tend your garden. Step in to carry the load when your partner falters.
How to play: Fill in the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 grid contains the digits 1 through 9, without repeating a number in any one row, column or 3x3 grid.
Answer to previous puzzle
© Puzzles by Pappocom
NON SEQUITUR
1 “__ Mia!”: ABBA musical 6 Bit of baby talk 10 Defensive trench 14 So all can hear 15 Apple MP3 player 16 Makes mistakes 17 Secretary of state before Hillary Clinton 20 Approx. landing hours 21 To be, to Caesar 22 Golf shoe feature 23 Theater level 25 Changes for the better 26 Score symbol that usually has a stem 31 Shirt with a band’s logo, maybe 32 __ shower: prewedding event 33 Correct a pencil mistake 35 Throw in the first chips 36 Dude 37 Swabbing tools 41 New England fish 44 Flagged down 46 Word repeated before “black sheep” 49 Digit-shaped sponge cakes
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Refine your style over the next four months. Now that Jupiter’s retrograde (until 4/8/15), it’s easier to collect old debts. Get nostalgic with friends, and enjoy old photos and memories. Strengthen bonds by reviewing shared highlights. Remember a dream. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — For about four months with Jupiter retrograde, refine your plans for fame and fortune. Revive an old dream. Quietly and secretly review your action plan, and prepare to launch after 4/8/15. You have what you need. Get your ducks in a row. © 2014 By Nancy Black Distributed by Tribune Media Services, INC. All Rights Reserved
L.A. Times Daily Crossword
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis
Difficulty Rating:
Clothing Plato’s Closet pays cash on the spot for trendy, gently used clothing. 1145 S. College Mall Rd. 812-333-4442
TWO marked Germany R.P.M. ashtrays, pink flowers w/ gold. Free Bloomington Campus Delivery. Excel cond. julie@iu.edu
The Indiana Daily Student is accepting applications for student comic strip artists to be published in this space. Email five samples of your work and a brief description of your idea to adviser@idsnews.com. Selections are made by the editor-in-chief.
su do ku
Misc. for Sale
Selling Victoria Carlsbad Maiden warrior porcelain signed Haufmann. Crown printed on bottom w/ Victoria Austria, & the number 246. Features a maiden & warrior picture. Gold inlay, excellent condition. julie@iu.edu
Selling set of 8 egg cups. Noritake Nippon Toki Kaisha China. White & blue w/ yellow pink floral w/ yellow gold trim. Excellent condition, $60. Free Bloomington Campus Delivery. julie@iu.edu
Your comic here.
ACROSS
435
Misc. for Sale
435
Misc. for Sale
465
Now Renting August, 2015 HPIU.COM Houses and apartments. 1-4 bedrooms. Close to Campus. 812-333-4748 No pets please.
435
Houses
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) —
11
I N D I A N A D A I LY S T U D E N T | M O N D AY, D E C . 8 , 2 0 1 4 | I D S N E W S . C O M 435
325
CLASSIFIEDS
51 Performed better than 53 __ close to schedule 54 Shenanigan 55 Cowpoke’s pal 57 Target practice supply 61 Spot between a rock and a hard place ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 26- and 49Across 64 Backsplash material 65 Truth or __?: party game 66 Tied up in knots 67 Aegean and Irish 68 Fr. holy women 69 Polishes text
DOWN 1 Self-defense spray 2 More often than not 3 “__ Lisa” 4 Saturated hillside hazards 5 Kerfuffle 6 Fuel for semis 7 “Dawn of the Planet of the __” 8 Sleep lightly 9 Wood-shaping tool 10 Travis or Haggard of country music 11 Point in the proper direc-
WILEY BREWSTER ROCKIT: SPACE GUY!
tion 12 Pinball player’s place 13 Dangerous fly 18 Not prohibited 19 High points 24 South American tuber 25 “One thing __ time” 26 Management deg. 27 Coffee vessel 28 Obedience school command 29 Far from cool 30 Gold, in Granada 34 Moved to a new country 36 Hunk’s physique 38 Encouragement for a flamenco dancer 39 Part of mph 40 ’60s radical gp. 42 Mouse sound 43 “Far out, man!” 44 Bhagavad-Gita student, likely 45 “I’ll take that as __” 46 Blows one’s own horn 47 Em, to Dorothy 48 Leader of the Huns 50 Strong points 52 Cuts into cubes 55 Exam for high school jrs. 56 Suffix with million 58 Knee-showing skirt 59 Lion’s share 60 Vending machine bills 62 QB’s gains 63 Had a bite Look for the crossword daily in the comics section of the Indiana Daily Student. Find the solution for the daily crossword here. Answer to previous puzzle
TIM RICKARD
12
» WRESTLER
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 after practice.” He came back in the eighth grade and made the wrestling team. His physical education teacher who first introduced him to the sport noticed he had great potential. Soon, he became unbeatable. “I was an immediate success for some reason,” Wilson said. “I started, and I never lost in junior high school. My first loss only came at the end of my sophomore year in high school.” So for eight months prior to the Olympics, Wilson did everything in his power to prove that he was ready. He stuck to what he knew and adapted it to the rules the Olympics had at that time. “1960 was the first time that they decided to have a training camp,” Wilson said. “Usually they had one winner, and that guy would make the Olympic team, but you don’t get the best guy with one tournament.” Wilson had five guys going up against him in his 147.5-pound weight class, but he was unfazed. He stuck to his plan and it worked to perfection, making him eligible to represent the U.S. in either the Greco-Roman or freestyle category. After choosing to compete in the freestyle category, Wilson spent the summer training with his friend, Phil Kinyon, who was a NCAA champion and the first in the Olympic trials of the next weight class. “I couldn’t have done it without him all summer,” Wilson said. “Whenever you win the Olympics you just can’t say, ‘Look at what I did.’ You got a lot of people to thank. I look back to my high school and all the way through college, all the guys that were pushing me and helping me.” Despite arriving in Rome with only two losses, Wilson was an unknown on the international stage. He wasn’t one of the favorites. Vladimir Synyavsky was a two-time world champion representing the Soviet Union, and this
I N D I A N A D A I LY S T U D E N T | M O N D AY, D E C . 8 , 2 0 1 4 | I D S N E W S . C O M was supposed to be his show. Kazuo Abe, a Japanese wrestler who had recently defeated Synyavsky before was also touted as a potential medalist. “I was given a snowball’s chance in hell to make the team, let alone win the Olympics,” Wilson said of his Olympic journey. Wilson had to face these two opponents in his march toward the top of the podium. However, he was not worried by the challenge that stood before him as he felt that getting to the Olympics was harder than actually competing at the Olympics. Wilson recalls his bout with Abe, an opponent he held a huge amount of respect for. “Many European wrestlers liked to stall and stay on the edge of the mat and run down the clock,” Wilson said. “This Japanese guy was very aggressive, and he came at me, but that worked against him as I got many takedowns and won 10-2. At the end of the match I shook his hand and appreciated the bout.” His next match against Synyavsky would be one he considers his most memorable match as he beat a twotime world champion. These two wins also gave Wilson a huge confidence boost and his last match against an Iranian opposition confirmed his status as the champion for the freestyle lightweight category. It would be the first and last Olympics that Wilson would compete in. He has come a long way from his pre-wrestling days, where he was just another quiet boy who would go unnoticed in school. “My personality was very quiet, and my high school coach told me once that had I not gone out for wrestling, I would have probably gone though the school system, and no one would have known my name,” Wilson said. Wilson still coaches and gives wrestling clinics, but off the mat, he is back to his usual reserved self and just goes about his daily life as a grandfather in Bloomington.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
JAMES BENEDICT | IDS
Sophomore guard Alexis Gassion and IUPUI forward Nevena Markovic wait for a rebound Sunday at Assembly Hall. Indiana won 68-55 and will return to Assembly Hall next Wednesday to play Indiana IU-Purdue University Fort Wayne.
Rebounding a concern for IU By Grace Palmieri gpalmier@indiana.edu @grace_palmieri
When IU Coach Teri Moren looked at the stat sheet after Sunday’s game, there was one glaring issue. In an easy 68-55 victory against IU-Purdue University Indianapolis, the Hoosiers allowed 18 offensive rebounds. “That’s not really a skill,” Moren said. “That’s heart, determination. You just want the ball more than the player that you’re going against.” When Moren came to IU, she brought a defensiveminded approach. She’s still in the process of getting her team to adopt the same philosophy. Through the first seven games, IU was holding its opponents to 58 points per game. Averaging 87 points on offense, the scoring advantage was enough to win games. Sunday, the Hoosiers (71) had just 12 turnovers and
were shooting above average from behind the 3-point line, going 7-of-17. Even on the defensive end, they were containing the Jaguars. On multiple IUPUI possessions throughout the first half, IU’s pressure left the Jaguars with just three or four seconds on the shot clock, forcing them to throw up a bad shot. But it was those last three or four seconds where IU broke down defensively. To Moren, those are the seconds that count. “What is hard is defending and getting a contact box out,” she said. “That’s hard work. And that’s one of the things that we’ll continue to hammer home to our kids.” The Jaguars outrebounded the Hoosiers 41-30 and scored 21 points off of second-chance opportunities on the offensive end. After giving up eight offensive boards in the first half that led to 13 second chance points — nearly half of IUPUI’s halftime total —
sophomore guard Larryn Brooks said boxing out was emphasized in the locker room. “We didn’t really put bodies on them,” Brooks said. “We were just trying to out-jump people. And us being so small, we really can’t do that, especially in the Big Ten. If we do it now, it’ll carry over to the Big Ten.” Moren was happy with the defensive execution as the Hoosiers switched between man and zone more frequently than they normally do. After swapping baskets for the majority of the first half, IU went on a 13-0 run going into halftime to extend its lead to 41-27, a stretch Moren credited to her team’s ability to get back in zone defense. But finishing those defensive possessions is something Moren says will need to be improved, especially before the start of the Big Ten season. She said too often her team gets caught watching other teammates, rather
IU (7-1) vs. IUPUI (3-6) W, 68-55 than finding a player to box out. Freshman Amanda Cahill led the Hoosiers with nine rebounds, and sophomore Alexis Gassion added seven. But just seven of IU’s rebounds were offensive, leading to two second-chance points. Moren said they’ll need to not only limit opponents’ offensive rebounds but utilize offensive rebounding opportunities of their own, just as IUPUI did Sunday. “When you look at the stats, you don’t win very many games when you get outrebounded,” Moren said. “There were more than one occasion that I turned and looked at our staff and said, ‘We’re lucky.’ “Sometimes it takes a little bit of luck to win games, but you can’t rely on luck.”
BEN MIKESELL | IDS
Freshman guard James Blackmon Jr. smiles with teammates after a timeout during IU’s game against Savannah State on Saturday at Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers won 95-49, with Blackmon scoring 18 points.
» HOOSIERS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 “I’d say the way we played defense, it led to our offense,” Ferrell said. “We wanted to close out the first half with a strong, you could say, finish, just for that half. I think we did that in that run.” Crean began emptying his bench early in the second half. Five minutes into the period, fans had begun chants of “We want Priller” in reference to wanting to see fan-favorite freshman forward Tim Priller take the floor. He would, and so would 13 other Hoosiers, 10 of whom contributed points. The scoring was led by Ferrell and freshman guard James Blackmon Jr., who both had a team-high 18 points. Sophomore forward Troy Williams added 12 points, and freshman guard Rob Johnson had 10 points to go along with
» ROUT
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8
throughout the year. If the Hoosiers continue to win, it will likely be due to success in these three areas. The first, already mentioned, is turnovers. After being so dreadful last year in this respect, IU has showed serious improvement. The Hoosiers were just decent at holding on to the ball. They averaged 11.8 coming into the game and committed 14 on Saturday. Granted, three of those
a team-high seven rebounds. Although rebounding has been an area of weakness for IU at times this season, that wasn’t the case Saturday. After being outrebounded by eight against Pittsburgh, Crean emphasized rebounding technique in practice, which seemed to pay off as IU outrebounded Savannah State 42-24. “Really, the coaches emphasized on cracking them, blocking out,” Blackmon said. “We took a lot for not outrebounding Pittsburgh, so coming in here, we wanted to make that a statement.” The reality is, not all games will be that easy. With a Tuesday matchup against No. 5 Louisville looming, the Hoosiers will look to carry the momentum of a blowout win with them to New York. Crean voiced concerns about his team overlooking the Tigers, but there was no
need to worry about that on Saturday. After losing earlier to Eastern Washington, Ferrell said he’s trying to treat every game equally and even said he tried to treat playing Savannah State like playing for a national championship. There won’t be a banner for a December home win against a weaker nonconference opponent any time soon, but on a day when Purdue lost to North Florida and Michigan lost to the New Jersey Institute of Technology, IU wouldn’t allow Savannah State to stick around. “Really, we learned from our Eastern Washington game that if you don’t get up for a team from the start, they start to gain confidence and they think that they can play with you,” Blackmon said. “So tonight we just wanted to start from the beginning, and that’s what we did.”
were in the final 2:45 of the game, with the end of the Hoosier bench in the game, but it’s still something IU will need to keep an eye on. The second statistic to look for is 3-point shooting. This team’s offense is reliant on the deep ball more than any Hoosier team we’ve seen in a while. Whenever the offense breaks down or it gets late in the shot clock, IU always looks to the perimeter for an open look. IU shot impressively from deep against the Tigers, go-
ing 10-of-21 from behind the arc, good for 47.6 percent. The final category is the offensive rebounds allowed. Savannah State grabbed 11 offensive rebounds and had just three in the first half. After giving up 25 offensive rebounds to Pittsburgh last week, it would have been a huge red flag if it struggled to box out Saturday. If IU continues to perform well in those three categories, it will keep winning this season. crkrajew@indiana.edu