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Monday, Sept. 10, 2018 | Indiana Daily Student | idsnews.com

Parking rules to be reviewed by council

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

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The Bloomington city’s council will review changes to parking enforcement that will affect drivers at this week's city council meeting. According to the city Parking Commission's report, proposed changes would increase parking revenue to better cover the currently subsidized costs of parking operations. If proposed changes are voted into action, free parking will be significantly reduced, parking permits and fees may increase, and parking violations will be more expensive. The city’s parking consultant, Desman Design Management, said in a report that as of right now, parking revenue is not sufficient to fully fund parking operations and maintenance expenses. The changes will also reconfigure and add neighborhood parking zones to reduce high amounts of violations and make hours of operation and enforcement of public parking more uniform. Hours of enforcement and operation may also be extended. The council will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall.

Freshman running back Stevie Scott rushed for 204 total yards against Virginia – three yards short of an IU record.

By Murphy Wheeler

jonmwhee@iu.edu | @murph_wheelerIU

Stevie Scott is a big boy. It’s something IU Coach Tom Allen has reiterated multiple times about his freshman running back. He’s so big that when Allen recruited him out of Christian Brothers High School in Syracuse, New York, he told Scott if things didn’t work out for him at running back, he was going to be moved to linebacker. The 6-foot-2, 236-pound true freshman boasts a barrel of a chest, brutish strength and shoulders broad as a barn. On Saturday night, Scott used those broad shoulders to plow his way through the visiting Virginia defense and carry his team to a 20-16 victory in IU’s 2018 home opener. “He’s a big boy, now,” Allen said. “He’s just naturally very strong, he has really good patience and vision. I noticed that right away in fall camp. I knew this kid was going to be special.” Allen’s high praise came after a nearly historic night on the ground for Scott. In the midst of the remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon and surrounded by a slowly dwindling crowd, leaving due to the rain and the muck, Scott had what would be a career night for most — in just his second game as a Hoosier. Scott rushed for 204 yards, including a 40-yard touchdown run on 31 carries, finishing just three yards short of breaking the IU freshman rushing record of 207 yards set by Anthony Thompson in 1986. “It’s pretty special, but I left a lot of hitting yards on the field that I could’ve possibly broke the record,” Scott said. “So, during this next week of practice, I’m just going to go hard and pick my feet up doing drills to help myself.” In the second half of Saturday’s game, when Virginia slowly clawed its way back, trying to make a comeback, IU’s offense leaned heavily on Scott. He accounted for 140 of the Hoosiers’ 201 second-half yards

Greek life unaffected by ban on alcohol By Joey Bowling jobowl@iu.edu | @jwbowling08

PHOTOS BY JARED RIGDON | IDS

Top Freshman running back Stevie Scott rushes for a 40-yard touchdown Friday night at Memorial Stadium. Scott rushed for 204 total yards in IU’s 20-16 win over Virginia. Bottom Scott points to the sky Friday night after scoring against Virginia. IU brought its season to 2-0 after its win over Virginia.

and of IU’s 39 second-half plays, 23 of them were rushes from Scott. Much of Scott’s production came from his ability to keep his feet moving and fight for extra yardage, stemming from that strength and power he’s impressed IU’s coaches with throughout the offseason. “Those one, two, three yards put us in easier situations, especially in the rain,” IU sophomore quarterback Peyton Ramsey said. “When it’s third and four opposed to third and seven or third and eight, those yards become extremely valuable.” For Scott, it was much simpler than that. “I just bulldoze people,” Scott said. Scott’s big night couldn’t have

come at a better time for the Hoosiers. With sophomore Morgan Ellison still suspended indefinitely and sophomore Cole Gest sidelined for the season after tearing his ACL in IU’s season opener last week, the Hoosiers’ depth at the running back position looked young and inexperienced. “I knew once those two guys were out, it was just time to step it up,” Scott said. “Next man up, so I just had to play and play for this team and play my part just to help us win.” With his hulking stature, Scott may not necessarily need to grow more physically, but Allen said he knew there was still room for him to grow as a player. After Saturday’s performance, both Scott’s coaches and team-

mates agreed he had taken a major step in doing just that. “He grew up tonight,” Ramsey said. “We had talked about that all week. We needed somebody from that room to step up and he kept coming back after a big run and was just like ‘feed me, I want the ball.’” After watching Scott in the offseason, Allen said he was excited to see what he could bring to the team moving forward. But perhaps even Allen couldn’t have predicted just how quickly Scott evolved from being a big boy to being a big man. “I thought he had something different about him,” Allen said. “Then we got to camp and started watching him run and I’m like, ‘yeah, this guy’s going to be alright.’”

The North-American Interfraternity Conference banned hard liquor from chapter houses across the nation. The NIC ban prohibits hard liquor unless it is provided by a third-party vendor, such as at formals and date parties organized by the fraternity. This decision forces all 66 fraternities under the conference to comply with the policy by Sept. 1, 2019. However, IU already has sanctions in place to this effect. IU’s Interfraternity Council banned hard liquor in 2016 to stop abuses they said were caused by alcohol. Interfraternity Council governs 30 of the fraternities on campus. “I don’t believe it’s going to be one of those extreme shocks to our community because that has been placed in front of them within our Greek Organizations Agreement for the three years now,” said Zachary Shirley, assistant dean for sorority and fraternity life. According to IU’s Vision for the Ideal Fraternity and Sorority Community, a document created to improve greek standards, a factor in the elimination of liquor is the alcohol abuse that is more often cultivated in bigger fraternities. Senior Fikki Sadykhov, IFC financial consultant, said it has appeared to help in major incidents. Sadykhov describes major incidents as hospitalizations and blackouts due to drinking, while minor incidents are people throwing up and falling asleep at events. He contributed the increase of minor incidents to factors such as the higher alcohol content in beverages such as wine causing these symptoms. Another factor was the upcoming bicentennial, in which the Office of the Provost approached the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Association to improve standards before the bicentennial took place.

US Poet Laureate Smith reads to full house By David Brinson dabrinso@iu.edu

Tracy K. Smith, the 52nd and current United States Laureate, read her poetry in front of an overflowing Grand Hall in IU’s NealMarshall Black Culture Center on Thursday night. Despite the full house, the room was silent when Smith spoke. Bloomington came to listen. “I can’t think of a better way to develop literacy and community building than poetry,” Adrian Matejka, Indiana’s Poet Laureate, said in his introduction. This marks the second time in

three years that IU has organized a reading from a U.S. Poet Laureate. Juan Felipe Herrera, the first Latino to receive the position and honor, came to Bloomington in 2016. First introduced by Provost Lauren Robel and Matejka, Smith then read several poems from her newest collection, “Wade in the Water.” These poems included “Declaration” and “The United States Welcomes You.” Following the reading, Matejka and Smith sat down in two chairs facing the crowd and had a moderated conversation, discussing her duties as U.S. Poet Laureate and what she seeks to do with her work.

“I knew I wanted to do something,” Smith said during the conversation. “I also felt that poems could be a great way of finding connections between people who might not have anything ostensibly in common.” As U.S. Poet Laureate, Smith seeks to raise the national awareness and appreciation of poetry. An idealistic hope for “the human family” rings throughout her poetry. She won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 2012 for her collection, “Life on Mars,” and is one of the most decorated and influential SEE POET, PAGE 5

MATT BEGALA | IDS

Current United States Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith, left, talks with IU Provost Lauren Robel, right, before the start of a poetry reading Thursday in the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center. Smith, who is the 52nd U.S. poet laureate, won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2012.


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