Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017

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Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017

Grunwald explores the history of the Indiana Tattoo

IDS

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Indiana Daily Student | idsnews.com

SNAP DECISIONS Food stamp program begins nationwide overhaul for store standards

US Navy officers visit USS Indiana By Jesse Naranjo jlnaranj@umail.iu.edu | @jesselnaranjo

RECEIVED BENEFITS IN 2016

RECEIVED BENEFITS IN 2015

RECEIVED BENEFITS IN 2014

REPRESENTS 5,000 PEOPLE

SNAP RECIPIENTS The total number of Indiana residents receiving SNAP benefits in Nov. 2016 was 697,678, which is a decrease of 67,068 recipients from the previous year. Indiana SNAP eligibility numbers have seen a downward trend due in part to lower poverty levels in the state. SOURCE IN.GOV

By Emily Ernsberger emelerns@indiana.edu | @emilyerns

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hanges to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will set higher standards for stores and broaden opportunities for consumers in 2017. The new initiatives, announced last month, will be implemented throughout the year. Beginning May 17, stores applying for SNAP authorization must stock a minimum of 84 eligible food stamp items. This is up from the long-standing requirement of 12 eligible items. The approximately 265,0000 stores across the nation already receiving food stamps from customers and SNAP benefits have

until Jan. 17, 2018, to comply. About 700,000 people in Indiana received food stamps as of October 2016. This is down more than 11 percent from nearly 800,000 recipients in October 2015. Indiana is seeing one of the largest proportional decreases of people going on food stamps across the nation. About 8,700 people, or 4,000 households, received food stamps in Monroe County as of November. The Indiana and Monroe County USDA offices did not respond to calls Tuesday. Names of stores and owners that break SNAP rules will be made public starting Jan. 17. Item eligibility is based on fulfilling staple food categories such

Major changes in SNAP Indiana, currently 29th in the nation for percentage of residents who receive SNAP benefits, will be affected by the following changes in all of its eligible restaurant and market establishments: SNAP-authorized restaurants must stock at least 84 food stamp items to be eligible for the program Restaurants must receive less than 50 percent of sales from food cooked or heated on site If establishments fail to comply, their names will be made public to all customers

The sun had barely risen Tuesday morning when officials from the United States Navy and IU met in the Varsity Club Suite of Memorial Stadium. The visit was organized by the USS Indiana Commissioning Committee, the group tasked with informing the public about the new Virginia-class nuclear submarine of the same name. The ship, scheduled for commissioning next year, will be the fourth U.S. Navy vessel to take the name USS Indiana and will be the sixteenth submarine of the Virginia-class, according to the commissioning committee. Memorial Stadium was primarily chosen as a venue for the event because of the USS Indiana exhibition on the west side of the stadium, where parts of the World War II battleship USS Indiana are. The meeting was attended by U.S. Navy Cmrd. Jesse Zimbauer and Master Chief Petty Officer Lafrederick Herring, who will control the submarine once it is commissioned. Representatives from the offices of Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Indiana, and Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, were also in attendance. The submarine will be longer than used driven during World War II. Zimbauer said the ship is about as long as the field below the room from post to post. “Nobody could kick a football from one side to the other,” he said. The submarine is powered by nuclear energy and will not have to be refueled for its entire lifetime. The ship is expected to be in service for 32 years. Assistant Vice President for Strategic Partnerships Kirk White said the World War II USS Indiana was significant to IU and to the state of Indiana on multiple levels. He referenced Memorial Stadium, the Indiana Memorial Union and the new Memorial Hall as some of IU’s many commitments to the armed services and those who have given their lives for our freedoms. White said the arma-

SEE SNAP, PAGE 6 SEE NAVY, PAGE 6

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

MEN’S BASKETBALL

IU’s comeback against Michigan falls short on road in Ann Arbor

Hoosiers drop third conference matchup

By Josh Eastern By Zain Pyarali

jeastern@umail.iu.edu | @JoshEastern

zpyarali@iu.edu | @ZainPyarali

The Hoosiers have had plenty of answers on the offensive end all season long and most of Tuesday night. Whether it is IU junior guard Tyra Buss, junior forward Amanda Cahill or senior guard Alexis Gassion, the offense has consistently been there. Issues have arisen on the defensive end, though, and that showed Tuesday. When IU needed stops on defense in succession Tuesday night, it was not able to get them and fell, 78-74, in the Crisler Center to the Michigan Wolverines. “I thought we played hard,” IU assistant coach Rhet Wierzba said on the IU radio postgame show on WHCC 105.1 FM. “I just don’t think we defended as well as we needed to. They had three players score almost 20 on us. That’s a recipe for not a very good game.”

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Senior center Jenn Anderson(43) helps defend during IU's Big Ten game against Michigan.

The Hoosiers worked their way back into the game and got necessary stops. It just wasn’t

enough to beat a Michigan team SEE MICHIGAN, PAGE 6

Sophomore forward OG Anunoby’s monster slam dunk with fewer than 10 seconds left and IU men’s basketball down three points wasn’t enough to overcome Maryland on Tuesday night. Anunoby’s slam cut the IU deficit to one point and after two made free throws by Maryland on the other end, junior guard Robert Johnson was able to square up a good look from beyond the arc with the clock winding down. Johnson’s triple was just off the mark, and although the Hoosiers were wearing the same “Courage” uniforms tonight as they did against Kansas in the season opener, the junior guard couldn’t create some last-second

magic and push overtime. The Hoosiers fell to the Terrapins, 7572, and to 11-6 overall and 1-3 in Big Ten play. “We wouldn’t trade anything about the shot at the end with Robert, it just didn’t go,” IU Coach Tom Crean said on the IU basketball postgame radio show. “I’m proud of the way they battled, big time and everyone else should be. They’re fighting, this is one tough atmosphere to be in right here, and an incredible atmosphere.” The guards shined for the Hoosiers on Tuesday night by knocking down multiple big shots when it mattered. Despite picking up two fouls within the first two minutes of the game and sitting for a seven-minute span in the first half, junior guard James Blackmon Jr. didn’t let the foul troubles get to him. He SEE MARYLAND, PAGE 6


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