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CAPS extends services this fall

By Ashleigh Sherman aesherma@indiana.edu | @aesherma

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Wanda Savala, community engagement coordinator with Planned Parenthood in Indiana and Kentucky, stands in front of protestors Tuesday in a city council meeting. The council voted 6-1 to use service grant money to help fund Planned Parenthood.

Funding approved Monroe County Council votes 6-to-1 to fund Planned Parenthood Lindsay Moore liramoor@indiana.edu | @_lindsaymoore

The Monroe County Council voted 6-1 in favor of the recommended $3,000 for Bloomington Planned Parenthood’s Women’s Health Fund on Tuesday.

The money awarded through the Sophia Travis Community Service Grant is specifically for long-term contraceptives and STD testing.

Grant money will not be allocated for abortion services.

The seven council members opted to vote on the Sophia Travis Community Service Grant money for Planned Parenthood separately from the other 29 local agencies.

This year the grant will give a total of $110,000 to local community projects.

Jared Cochran, an IU Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry assistant professor, said he was encouraged the grant was going to other agencies as well.

“It was very encouraging to hear that there was support of

organizations that do good for our community, and I can’t see how the slaughter of children is good for our city and is good for our county,” Cochran said.

Several pro-life advocates voiced their concerns over recent videos concerning Planned Parenthood employees and fetal tissue sales.

Volunteers, patients and supporters of Planned Parenthood shared their experiences during the hour-long public commentary.

Councilwoman Shelli Yoder reminded the audience that Gov. Mike Pence’s investigation into Indiana’s Planned Parenthood facilities showed compliance with state regulations and no tissue-donation program.

Twenty-seven Monroe County residents on both sides of the argument took the mic to speak to their representatives.

Pro-life supporters rallied together at the last minute through calling and email lists after discovering the council would vote on the grant two months earlier than they had in

previous years.

Clearnote Church member Ann Cooper stood outside Monroe County Courthouse before the session with her four daughters and a friend Tuesday night.

“We’re concerned for the vulnerability of unborn children,” Cooper said. “They can’t speak, so we have to speak for them.”

Local Catholics and Protestants gathered at every entrance of the courthouse in protest.

“Everyone dropped everything,” Clearnote Church member Carole Canfield said. “They care about this. We are sick and tired of our taxes chopping up babies.”

Holding a sign that read “Peace in the Womb,” nineyear-old Rachel Cooper recited a quote from former president Ronald Reagan.

“I’ve noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born,” she said.

Although Reagan’s presiSEE PROTEST, PAGE 10

“I don’t mean this in a profane way or a vulgar way, but God damn Planned Parenthood and God damn any commission with it.”

Scott Tibbs, write-in candidate for at-large city council seat

Counting votes At the Tuesday night Monroe County Council meeting, members voted 6-to-1 to grant Planned Parenthood $3,000 for contraceptives and STD testing.

Here’s how they voted.

Ayes Cheryl Munson, president Shelli Yoder, vice-president Ryan Cobine, member Rick Dietz, member Lee Jones, member Geoff McKim, member Nays Marty Hawk, member

Counseling and Psychological Services is expanding its services beyond the walls of the IU Health Center through its new Counselor in the Academic Residence Program.

Beginning this fall, Brad Stepp, a clinical psychologist at the IU Health Center, will be stationed within the Jacobs School of Music 20 hours each week, according to an IU press release.

“We’ve had experience with the academic departments over the past several years,” said Pete Grogg, executive director of the IU Health Center. “We’ve had faculty members from academic departments actually escorting students over to CAPS.” Grogg said certain students may reach a crisis point and react in different ways, such as failing or no longer attending a class.

“And it gets to the point where the student finally goes and talks to the faculty member from the academic department and explains what’s going on, and it becomes clear that this person needs help,” he said.

During the 2014-15 academic year, 4,098 students used CAPS, according to the release.

Generalized anxiety disorder, interpersonal problems, anxiety state, depressive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder were the most common diagnoses.

“When a student shows up to CAPS, it’s generally because they feel like they can no longer manage the problem by themselves,” Grogg said.

By placing a counselor in an academic unit, Grogg said CAPS hopes to reach students before they feel like they can no longer manage the problem themselves.

“So when a student arrives on campus, whether they’re a new student or an existing student, how can we get closer to that student and provide resources to that student and work with other people who are close to that student, like faculty members or academic advisors?” he said.

Stepp said he hopes having a counselor in the Jacobs School of SEE CAPS, PAGE 10

Jacobs String Academy offers group, private lessons

By Brooke McAfee bemcafee@indiana.edu | @bemcafee24601

The fall semester of the Jacobs School of Music’s String Academy, a yearlong program for students from ages 5 to 18 to study violin and cello, started Monday as students began private lessons.

Group lessons begin Saturday, Aug. 29.

IU professor of music Mimi Zweig is the String Academy’s program director.

She said the program offers a challenging but enjoyable musical environment.

“It is a very serious and fun school where students are learning to play their instruments in a very rich and intense environment at the Jacobs School of Music,” Zweig said.

She said a musical education has a significant effect on people, particularly those who learn to

play instruments at an early age.

Many studies have shown playing an instrument opens neurological connections and synapses, Zweig said.

String Academy’s Administrative Assistant Christina Hightower said a musical education has many benefits, even for those who do not choose to pursue music as a career.

She said it helps them with skills such as concentration, organization and hand-eye coordination.

“I feel that it is so valuable, even if they don’t go into music,” Hightower said.

Zweig said music gives people a rewarding experience.

“Learning an instrument gives students a lot of self confidence and self-esteem because they are performing all the time,” Zweig said.

Zweig said the combination

of private and group lessons provides an extensive education.

“We combine the best of all worlds,” she said.

The private lessons allow students to reach their potential at an individual level, she said, while the group lessons teach students to work with an ensemble and to perform solos.

The lessons also teach ear training and musical theory, Zweig said, which are skills that are much simpler when learned at an early age.

String Academy is different from music classes at a regular school, because students are placed in classes based on their ability rather than their age, Zweig said.

Students of various ages can be in the same class, she said.

In addition to weekly music lessons, students perform in and attend concerts throughout the

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Professor of music Mimi Zweig demonstrates during a String Academy lesson Tuesday afternoon in the Music Annex. Zweig has been teaching violin and viola lessons for 41 years.

year, Zweig said.

She said the rigorous training the students at String Academy receive is similar to the preparation required by students who are applying to the Jacobs School of

Music.

Hightower said the program has higher expectations than regular music classes and programs.

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

Hoosiers struggle to remain consistent in first weekend

By Teddy Bailey eebailey@indiana.edu | @TheTeddyBailey

IU women’s soccer put together a pair of hard-fought halves against No. 13 Virginia Tech and SIU-Edwardsville in this weekend’s season-opening Hoosier Classic.

Those halves, however, came in

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The Hoosiers, fresh off a frustrating 7-11-1 campaign in 2014, entered Friday night’s clash against the nationally-ranked Hokies as underdogs.

Following a clinical first half

by Virginia Tech, IU found themselves fighting a 2-0 halftime deficit. IU Coach Amy Berbary’s squad

made changes at the break, which led to a resilient second-half effort including a goal in the 78th minute by senior Jessie Bujouves.

Despite a spirited fight, the Hoosiers ended on the losing end of a 2-1 result.

IU came out with a purpose Sunday as they earned three corner kicks in the opening eight

minutes of play. SIU-Edwardsville was able to clear all of them, however, and seemingly stifled every Hoosier opportunity.

After a frustrating 120 minutes of play against a team against which the Hoosiers entered as favorites, neither team was able to find the back of the net.

IU withstood attacks from both

the Hokies and Cougars for nearly the entirety of both games, but the offensive inconsistency remains a major point of emphasis as the Hoosiers enter weekend games against Missouri and Baylor in the Boilermaker Challenge Cup at Purdue.

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Office of Sustainability initiates project The IU Office of Sustainability, with support from the Integrated Program in the Environment and Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, are introducing the 2020 Sustainability Scholars program.

The goal of this project is to provide a

high-quality sustainability research experience for 15 freshmen and sophomores So far, 22 projects have been selected for this pilot program. One of the projects is exploring the risks associated with combined exposure to pesticides.

IUSA introduces original position

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Professor Ted Castronova, the director of the game design major in the Media School, speaks with prospective students during the launch for the game design major at the Radio and Television Building on Tuesday. Many of the attending students are members of Hoosier Games, an independent student group of video game developers.

New media degree explored

By Julie Masterson julmaste@indiana.edu

The Media School had an open house at the Radio and Television Building on Tuesday for students interested in learning about the school’s newest degree program: the new bachelor of science in game design degree.

As participants enjoyed pizza and beverages, Ted Castronova, director of the new game design program, along with current game design students, discussed the details of the new bachelor of science in game design program that was launched this summer.

Students learned about program requirements and the possible career paths a bachelor of science in game design program can offer to them.

“Most of these industries are coastal — you have to be in New York or L.A. to do this,” Castronova said.

“We’re very lucky that the University has decided to put a program down here in the Midwest. It’s really a special opportunity.”

Max Lancaster, a senior marketing student who is in

the process of completing the game design capstone project, helped run the open house.

“The professors are all excellent,” Lancaster said.

“Many are industry veterans, and all of them want to see their students succeed. They help resolve the most maddening problems — and trust me, the problems are often maddening — both in and out of class, and they teach in a way that is consistent with industry standards, unlike many game-design education programs.”

The bachelor of science in game design program encourages students of all skill levels to develop their skills in creative storytelling and illustration with the help of powerful new media platforms and animation tools to turn their visions into virtual realities.

“Game design really requires a lot of different skills, so that’s why we move people through it pretty slowly,” Castronova said. “You don’t have to know anything to start the program, but we can get you to the point where you’re actually

publishing games.”

The bachelor of science in game design program is similar in structure to other undergraduate degrees offered by the Media School, but, unlike the other undergraduate degrees offered, it does not require a concentration.

In place of a concentration, bachelor of science in game design program students can decide to complete up to three Media School specializations, including Game Production, Creative Industry Management, Game Art, New Media Marketing and Photojournalism, according to the Media School’s website.

Students must complete 45 credit hours of courses that develop the skills and knowledge base necessary for their field.

Juniors and seniors should not be discouraged from pursuing a bachelor of science in game design, Castronova said.

“It is possible for advanced students to get the degree, but it takes some shifting,” Castronova said.

“It might take them an extra year or two.”

Students interested

“Most of these industries are coastalyou have to be in New York or L.A. to do this. We’re very lucky that the University has decided to put a program down here in the Midwest.”

Ted Castronova, program director

in graphic design, game programming and animation, or music composition and sound production for multimedia will be able to count approved, completed courses in fine arts studio, informatics and the Jacobs School of Music toward completion of the bachelor of science in game design program’s five required electives, according to the Media School’s website.

“We want to encourage people from very diverse backgrounds to come,” Castronova said. “Success in the program does not come from being brilliant or from being a gamer. It comes from hard work. Anybody who comes here and wants to work hard, you can do it.”

The IU Student Association has created the position of director of continuity within its policy department. The position is intended to continue the work of last year’s administration by keeping someone from the previous administration on staff to provide contacts and knowledge.

Kevin Kuo, IUSA chief of policy under last year’s administration, was selected for the role.

IUSA President Anne Tinder said the position was born of discussions with previous president Andrew Braden about the frustrations of seeing policy progress dropped from one administration to the next.

When Kuo applied to work for IUSA again, he said he had no specific position in mind; rather, he just wanted to continue working with IUSA. “I think — just naturally, because he’s the person who knows the most about what they had been doing — he fell naturally into this new position,” Tinder said.

Each administration has a one-year term, which Tinder said she felt is “no time at all” to change University policy.

Big changes may take place throughout multiple administrations, she said.

“I think placing a burden on any single administration to accomplish some huge new policy thing in one single year is difficult,” Tinder said. “I’d like to see subsequent administrations keep this position and keep working on the most promising parts of previous administrations’ efforts or platforms.”

In past years, many incumbent members of the executive board were reelected. This year, however, several executives are newly elected, which

Kuo said is another reason for the creation of the position: It ensures there is someone to smooth the Kevin Kuo transition.

One way Tinder said she planned to utilize Kuo is with work on Counseling and Psychological Services, as Kuo was part of the administration that created the CAPS-Now program last year, which guarantees students an appointment with a counselor within 48 hours. Continuing to improve CAPS was a part of this administration’s campaign platform.

“Kevin, having those connections there (with CAPS) and knowledge of how that institution works, is very valuable to us as we move forward,” Tinder said.

Kuo said he hoped the knowledge he brings from the last administration’s surveys, discussions and research on their five initiatives — bystander intervention, campus safety, improving CAPS, recycling and voter registration — will help this administration be more efficient.

“The problems students face don’t change year to year,” Kuo said. “A lot of them stay the same, and, although we did make progress last year, it’s important that we continue making progress ... in order to reach the finish line, we need to keep on doing it”.

The next administration will decide whether or not to keep the role.

“I hope they keep it,” Tinder said. “I wouldn’t want to see the work the previous administration did with CAPS or did with other things to just drop because I’m here now. In the same way, I don’t want to see any work that we do go by the wayside in a year because new people are elected.”

CORRECTIONS A story in Tuesday’s Indiana Daily Student misidentified a photographer whose work is being featured at Blueline Gallery.

The article should have said Michael Waddell is a Bloomington resident working to publicize his work.

We are continuing coverage about the artist.

An article in Tuesday’s IDS should have said Thomas Bryant and Emmitt Holt were cited for alcohol possession at 12:50 a.m. Saturday.

In the Tuesday edition of the IDS an article on the campus page should have read the Office of the Vice President for International Affairs sponsors the O’Meara lecture series.

The IDS regrets these errors.

IU welcomes 17 visiting teachers this fall semester From IDS reports

IU-Bloomington welcomes 17 teachers from nine countries this fall semester for the Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program, according to an IU press release.

The Fulbright program provides international teachers the opportunity to study in the U.S., to observe classes and complete projects relating to their foci.

The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded the Center for International Education, Development and Research in the IU School of Education $249,250 for funding the program, the release said.

“This marks the seventh year of the program and the second consecutive year in which Indiana University has been chosen as host site,” said Patricia Kubow, director of the Center for International Education, Development and Research and professor in educational leadership and policy studies and curriculum and instruction, in the release.

“Only one U.S. institution is selected yearly to host these teachers, and CIEDR is pleased to have been chosen to offer this prestigious program.”

The Fulbright Distinguished Teachers are from Botswana, Chile, Finland,

India, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore and Taiwan.

While in Bloomington, they will audit two IU graduate-level courses, meet regularly with IU School of Education faculty members for research guidance and design curriculum units, research papers or multimedia presentations, according to the release.

The Fulbright Distinguished Teachers will visit Bloomington High School North and University Elementary School in Bloomington on a weekly basis.

The visiting teachers will have the opportunity to visit the Christel House Academy in Indianapolis, Indiana, Columbus Signature Academy Fodrea Campus and New Tech Campus in Columbus, Indiana, according to the release. They will also observe teaching and learning at the University of Chicago Lab School in Chicago.

The Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program was established in 1946 under legislation sponsored by Sen. J. William Fulbright, D-Ark., to promote international scholarship of engagement through crosscultural educational research and to improve social and educational conditions overseas, according to the release.

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Watch the stars at Lake Monroe on Sept. 12 Astronomy enthusiasts are invited to Lake Monroe on Sept. 12 to enjoy views of the night sky through telescopes provided by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

According to the DNR’s press release, the event will be held at optimal viewing time,

which is from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Access to the park property is seven dollars for cars with Indiana license plates and nine dollars for out-of-state plates. To check program status, call the Paynetown State Recreation Area at 812-837-9967.

Public gathers to discuss local quality of life

By Lyndsay Jones jonesly@indiana.edu | @lyndsayjonesy

At the last of four meetings to assess community opinion regarding health and wellness in Monroe County, a small group of people gathered Tuesday at a lunch table in Tri-North Middle School.

The people who came had been divided by languages. Spanish speakers, the largest group of people present, met in the auditorium, and the English speakers gathered in the lunch room.

Nancy Richman, executive director of Volunteers in Medicine, and Barry Lessow, executive director of United Way Monroe County, led the group in a discussion.

At first, Richman was interested in how people defined quality of life.

The answers were simple: a chance to have fun every day, fresh air, access to transportation, the opportunity to connect with people.

However, when Richman asked if those things existed in the community, the answers weren’t so simple.

One participant responded immediately: only those with financial means could access many perks of living in Bloomington.

Audrey Hicks, a social worker from IU Health Bloomington Hospital, said she has seen people suffer from a lack of medical resources.

“I have seen people from rural areas come here (for healthcare), and we can’t get them home,” Hicks said.

“The hospital has had to discharge people to shelters.”

Participant Mandi McKeene agreed with her. McKeene said she went for testing once but had to return three more times to get her results. The return visits were results of errors, McKeene said, and those with multiple jobs or those coming from rural areas wouldn’t be able to afford to make multiple trips like she had.

“It surprises me that we don’t do a better job of servicing rural communities,” McKeene said.

Although the meeting was arranged by IU Health, the Health Department and ACHIEVE Bloomington, medical care wasn’t the only concern of the evening.

The directors also wanted to know what residents thought about the safety of their communities.

Hicks noted a drug problem within specific areas of the county.

“Certain pockets of the community are unsafe,”

she said.

Another participant said she could not think of a community that had talked more about health care and homelessness than Bloomington had that had still run into barriers when it came to implementing proposed solutions, McKeene agreed.

“I would like to see a cohesive effort between the hospital, the county, (and) IU School of Public Health to come together to create a plan and solution,” McKeene said.

Richman changed the focus.

“What aspects of the environment contribute to a high quality of health?”

Richman said.

Most people said they felt good about the environment of Monroe County compared to other areas, but there were still major issues. Hicks said she had known Bloomington to be full of “green space,” but that were “rapidly disappearing.”

“The (wooded area) in my neighborhood has been bought and is going to be developed into apartment buildings,” Hicks said.

A few people chuckled and shook their heads.

It shouldn’t be that way, someone said.

The atmosphere could

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Kathy Hewett, lead health educator and accreditation coordinator for the Monroe County Health Department,speaks with members of the community at a Monroe County Health Convention at Tri-North Middle School on Tuesday.

have seemed negative — many people spoke more of issues they wanted to change than they did of positive things in the community — but the directors and

health representatives present assured participants their responses would help to improve living conditions within Monroe County.

McKeene said changing

things meant starting with what was most essential.

“You have to have your basic needs met before you can think about happiness,” McKeene said.”

Severe rain damages crops

By Emily Beck emebeck@indiana.edu | @emebeck1

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Members of Bring Your Bag Bloomington are working to educate the community about the effects of using plastic bags and how they can use reusable bags instead.

Local group seeks to get rid of plastic grocery bags

By Annie Garau agarau@indiana.edu | @agarau6

Standing in line at the grocery store, Rebecca Swanson said she knew she did not want to use plastic bags.

She said she was concerned about the environmental effect and had brought her own reusable bags. However, when her young daughter distracted her for the briefest moment, the cashier stuffed half of her items into the nonbiodegradable, one-use packaging before she had a chance to protest.

“I absolutely hate those plastic bags,” Swanson said.

“I have to work so hard to not bring them into my own home, and I just feel like it shouldn’t be that difficult.”

In order to make plastic bags less unavoidable, Swanson joined Bring Your Bag Bloomington last January.

The diverse set of concerned citizens, which includes IU students, meets a couple of times each month and works to educate the community about the negative effects of plastic bags.

“It’s a nonrenewable energy source, and it has this really absurd life cycle,” Swanson said, noting the average person throws away a plastic bag about 12 minutes after bringing it into his or her home. “The energy used to produce it and ship it and then distribute it to you has a major environmental impact.”

BYBB members host bag-making workshops where they create their own

reusable bags out of things like T-shirts and old curtains.

They have also visited schools and used other outreach methods to educate the Bloomington community about these negative effects. They even created the bag monster, who roams around Bloomington in a giant outfit made of 500 plastic bags — the estimated average number of bags each family uses in a year.

Even with all this, they said they felt the use of these unnecessary sacks in the Bloomington community has declined at a fast-enough rate.

Recently, they created an ordinance that could change the way people in Bloomington carry their groceries.

Should the ordinance be approved by City Council, it would require all singleuse plastic bags cost shoppers an extra 15 cents each for a year after enactment.

A single-use plastic bag is defined as a bag that is less than 2.25 millimeters thick.

The ordinance would also require all paper bags be made out of 40-percent post-consumer waste.

There would be exceptions to the rule, like for take-out at restaurants and purchases at liquor stores.

Swanson emphasized the retailers would keep the extra money, so it is not a government tax.

She also said the group would be handing out free reusable bags for people concerned about the additional cost.

During the ordinance’s second year, all retail estab-

lishments would charge 15 cents for all types of paper and plastic bags, and the ordinance would implement an all-out ban on one-use shopping bags in its third year.

“Our research has shown us that, when you actually have an ordinance to reduce plastic bags, it’s very effective,” Swanson said. “We’re proposing the ordinance because, right now, people just aren’t making the choice.

Sometimes they need this little reminder.”

Though many other cities in America and some states have taken this same approach, Bloomington would be the first city in Indiana to have a ban on one-use bags.

Before actually submitting the ordinance to City Council, BYBB is attempting to educate the community about the importance of the conservation measure so as not to blindside locals with the changes. Swanson said the group wants citizens to be excited about the progress.

Swanson said she hoped anyone who opposes the ordinance discusses their objections with the group members and researches how similar ordinances have been used all over the world.

“I hate to have other countries look at us and be like, ‘Oh, those Americans,’” Swanson said. “It’s like living up to those stereotypes that we’re not sustainable, we don’t think about the future, that we’re all about convenience. I think it’s time we move away from that.”

Record rainfall this summer stunted corn crops by 6 percent and may cause problems for Indiana farmers.

June 2015 was the seventh wettest June on record in Indianapolis, according to the National Weather Service.

An average of 9.03 inches fell across the state, in some places dumping rain onto already saturated farmland.

The northeast, eastern central and northwest regions were hit hardest, said Christopher Hurt, professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University.

“Some of the areas had four times the normal rainfall,” Hurt said.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated Aug. 12 that 158 bushels of corn would be produced per acre.

Normal yields should be at 166.5 bushels per acre this year. Dr. Bob Nielsen, extension corn specialist at Purdue University, said there was a large range of damage throughout the state.

“In some areas, there’s literally nothing there,” he said.

Southern Indiana, however, did better than normal.

Seth Eads, owner of Snoozin’ Goose Ranch just outside Bloomington, said he felt the effects of the rain on his corn crop. Eads said it took a few plantings before

Bushels of corn per acre This year’s crop projection for bushels of corn per acre is the worst since the 2012 draught that brought the crop yield down to 99 bushels per acre.

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his small crop would grow.

“It needs enough rain so that it doesn’t get too dry, but not so much that it’s constantly wet,” Eads said. He also said the ground must initially be dry enough to “get the ground worked up” for planting, and some farmers may have been delayed because of the rain.

Hurt said farms will suffer great losses on an individual basis. Each farmer’s ability to recover depends on whether or not they have crop insurance.

“The good news in all that is that most farm families are in a strong financial position,” Hurt said.

However, Nielsen said the debts some farmers are carrying may continue to

grow, and the combination of low yields and low prices could have a serious effect on farmers.

“Some of them will be extremely challenged in absorbing that kind of loss,” he said. Despite the fact about 80 percent of corn and soybean farmers have federal crop insurance, Nielsen said in some cases they won’t receive any aid. Few farmers have coverage higher than 75 or 80 percent, he said.

Both Nielsen and Hurt said the rest of the Corn Belt is projected to do well when it’s time to harvest.

“Our problems aren’t being experienced by others in the Corn Belt,” Nielsen said.

“There’s going to be plenty of corn.”

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This is why we can’t have nice things As the saying goes, if you break it, you buy it.

Fortunately for a 12-year-old Taiwanese boy who tripped and ripped a $1.5 million piece of art from the 17th-century, that isn’t the case.

At the Leonardo da Vinci-themed show in Taipei, the boy fell while admiring the exhibits

and when he put his hand out to catch himself, he punched a fist-size hole through the canvas “Flowers” by Paolo Porpora.

Restoration is already underway.

Needless to say, this klutz won’t be touring art exhibits any time soon.

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Diversifying Disney royalty WE SAY: A lot is weighing on ‘Moana’ to be a more inclusive film for kids A new Disney princess has graced us with her presence.

The entertainment giant announced its plans for “Moana,” a Disney Pixar film to air in theaters next November, to feature a young, Polynesian princess named Moana Waialiki.

Moana’s journey begins with her curiosity about why sailors stopped traveling across the South Pacific Ocean 3,000 years ago.

She’s determined to “complete her ancestors’ quest” and meets Maui, a demigod played by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, during her travels.

Will the world allow this new addition to the Disney Princess squad to sail into their hearts, or is she simply a failed attempt to relate to people of color?

Disney’s given us a Space Mountain roller coaster ride of political correctness during its existence.

There’s the live action and animated movie “Song of the South,” a film so blatantly painted in racist puffery that Disney has refused to sell copies of it in the United States — even though its hit song “Zipa-Dee-Doo-Dah” won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1947.

We also have the painful, historically inaccurate “Pocahontas” that actually turns colonialism into some warped version of a “Romeo and Juliet” romance.

And in today’s millennia, we have hits like “The Princess and the Frog,” which have actually made great headway for creating role models for children of color, albeit a few errors.

So this next film, despite not even making it to theaters yet, will hang on the weighted scales of political correctness as the world begins to analyze Disney’s intentions.

If we’re being honest here, Disney’s going to be critiqued no matter what it does.

But there are ways for the company to avoid extensive injury and backlash.

What we on the Editorial Board are afraid of is the meaning behind these animations set in “ancient times in far away places.”

Moana, born navigator that she is, lives in Oceania, an ancient world of the South Pacific.

What’s concerning are movies involving people of color that act as incorrect historical ‘origin’ stories and the complete absence of these characters in Disney films set in modern times.

Yes, Disney has started to create a racially diverse group of princesses for young girls to admire.

Yet, with movies like “Inside Out,” we have an entirely white cast of family members.

How hard would it have been to make them people of color?

The 2014 Hollywood Diversity Report: Making Sense of the Disconnect found that films with 21 to 30 percent non-white diversity earned the highest revenue.

Not only is it ethically sound to include a diverse cast, it’s economically logical.

Disney creates singular, separate movies for people of color (which are necessary and appropriate), but all other Disney movies contain a large assortment of white characters.

And this is just unacceptable.

The media still has trouble coming to terms with telling a story about someone who isn’t white.

Kids today who will see films like “Moana” and others after it are likely to be exposed to cultural backgrounds and historical legends around the world we didn’t learn

about as children.

This makes these depictions so much more important to those who watch these films without any context.

Can you imagine if some country bumpkin watched “Mulan” and thought it was an actual and accurate representation of all of Asia?

We’re not here to tell you Disney is the atrocious blemish of Western media consumption.

That’s Banksy’s job.

We’re just rooting for the best outcome.

At this point, we’re only able to guess if “Moana” will be as inclusive and exemplary as we want it to be. Until then, we’ll anticipate its arrival in theaters with the rest of the world.

Then we’ll really see if Disney can not only talk the talk, but also walk the walk.

Or in Moana’s case, sail the sail.

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Moving ‘Sesame Street’ to HBO is hindering on low-income children

University of Alabama’s Alpha Phi fumbles with recruitment video

It’s official, folks: The one percent have now taken over “Sesame Street.”

Cable network HBO said it would be paying a portion of the show’s budget in exchange for earlier access to the show’s episodes.

Under the deal, which was announced Aug. 13, episodes that originally aired on HBO would then air on PBS nine months later for free.

One certainly can’t blame the Sesame Workshop, the non-profit that produces the show, for making the decision to work with HBO. It’s not their fault only about 10 percent of the show’s revenue comes from PBS, thus Sesame Workshop to look for other means of funding.

Without a stable fund, “Sesame Street” would be moving to the cancelled list instead of network television.

Despite being one of the most popular birds on television, Big Bird cannot put on a suit and meet with congressional leaders to ask for more money.

The new deal is beneficial to the Sesame Workshop in other ways as well.

For example, the Sesame Workshop will now be able to make 35 episodes of Sesame Street a year in-

stead of the 18 it currently produces.

A new spin-off series featuring characters from the show will also go into production at a later date.

So, why is this deal a bad thing?

It seems like everyone involved is getting something they want.

HBO gets exclusive access to Big Bird, Elmo and other characters.

The Sesame Workshop gets the funding it needs to create the show.

PBS will no longer have to enter the tar pit of our nation’s capital to ask for more funding for Sesame Street.

Instead, PBS can now air episodes of the show for free, albeit at a later time.

The reality of the situation is this deal potentially limits access to the show for the viewers who need its programming the most — low-income families.

Sesame Street was originally designed to be accessible by children in all types of homes.

To this day, the program remains an important part of early childhood education for many families who don’t have the financial resources to provide pre-K education for their children.

Tristan Fitzpatrick is a junior in journalism and history.

Sesame Street has been proven to make a difference in education.

One study compared its effectiveness to Head Start, the federal program that seeks to improve education for low-income preschoolers.

By allowing HBO to air episodes nine months before PBS does, PBS is creating new barriers between children and education.

Sesame Street is about more than just puppets singing the ABCs. It’s about equal access to education for all children, regardless of socioeconomic status.

Now families that can afford an HBO subscription will be the first to enjoy the educational services the program offers.

We’ve known since Brown v. Board of Education that separate is not equal, so why are we trying to separate children based on their socioeconomic status?

Who knew Elmo would be a prominent face of the growing divide between the rich and the poor in America? ttfitzpa@indiana.edu

As the beginning of classes neared for universities across the nation this past week, one sorority, University of Alabama Alpha Phi, unexpectedly started out on the wrong foot.

The women of Alpha Phi had posted their annual recruitment video to YouTube only to receive harsh backlash from the entire nation.

So, why exactly is their video being deemed as “worse for women than Donald Trump”

by AL.com’s A.L. Bailey?

After viewing the video a few times, I can see what Bailey means when she says their video “stands out in the ‘beauty and bounce’ category.”

Throughout the entirety of the video, all you see is girls fake-laughing, jumping on each other’s backs, blowing kisses and glitter, and just prancing around.

Another element of the video that was deeply criticized was the fact nearly every single girl was white and had blonde hair with coordinated outfits.

Granted, sororities are not the “bastions of feminist ideologies,” as Bailey said, but I agree with her when she says maybe they shouldn’t completely sabotage the bastions of feminist ideologies either.

Many people ques-

tioned the backlash as well, believing there was nothing wrong with the video at all.

Not only was Alpha Phi’s video completely cheesy, but it was reliant solely on their appearance to recruit potential new members for their sorority. Everyone looked practically identical with their blonde hair, matching sunglasses and daisy dukes.

This video did not promote any of their beliefs or philanthropic work.

What they did promote was the idea that relying only on your appearance is completely OK. If I were a potential member and saw that video, I would assume I needed to be white, blonde and attractive to join this sorority, and if I’m anything otherwise then I’m SOL. No, I don’t believe their video is necessarily hurting anyone. However, they certainly aren’t benefitting the depiction of women in our society.

As women, we are already judged based upon our appearances and not taken seriously because of them. Female politicians are continually asked about and criticized for their looks.

We’re asked sexual questions like “What’s your favorite position?” as Lauren

Peyton Hurst is a junior in journalism.

Conrad was once asked on a radio show interview.

All these women did in their video was just further condone the idea that women are nothing more than their appearance and sexuality.

What these women should have done is provide some real substance for their potential new members to gather an actual idea of what their sorority entails besides bouncing around and giggling.

Surely these women have beliefs, morals and values worth sharing. Sororities do in fact have a system of beliefs they follow within each individual sisterhood. They also do a lot of philanthropic work and keep education as a priority. After all, sorority members must maintain a certain GPA to remain members.

Sadly, from their video you would never guess so.

I really wish this group of women would have included more authenticity to their video to empower women rather than objectify and demean them like most of our society does today. prhurst@indiana.edu

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A welcome from a Bloomington native

The present Iran Deal is the best we could do

Give peace a chance; shut up and deal

Open letter to the students and other members of the IU community: Welcome! We are glad you are here.

Our hope for you is you have a safe and productive year in Bloomington.

To that end, let’s briefly review the rules of the road.

Whether you are a motorist or a bicyclist, you are expected to come to a full stop at stop signs and traffic lights.

If you are a bicyclist, this will be inconvenient for you.

As a motorist, it’s inconvenient for me too — but it’s the law.

Whether you are a motorist or a bicyclist, you are expected to signal when you intend to turn, so, bicyclists, please use hand signals.

It is always a good idea to let the people around you know what you

intend to do.

There are bicycle/pedestrian and bicycle/car collisions every year, sometimes resulting in serious injury.

Please stay safe and obey the rules of the road.

Pedestrians, please don’t just walk out into the street without looking both ways.

You won’t know if the driver of the car coming your way has been drinking or is otherwise impaired.

Trust no one to be watching out for you.

Please be alert when you cross the street.

Those who love you will be very grateful that you are proactive with safety issues.

Thank you, and best wishes for a great year.

Kim Denny Bloomington, IN

In a letter to the Indiana Daily Student, Jamal Allen Sowell writes Congress should repudiate the nuclear deal with Iran.

The present deal is the best we could negotiate.

It is either this deal or no deal.

Sowell neglects to point out that the agreement was negotiated not only between the United States and Iran, but Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany were involved as well.

If the United States abandons the deal and retains its sanctions, as Sowell advocates, the sanctions will be ineffective because our partners will not support reimposed sanctions.

Thus, Iran will be able to build a nuclear weapon if it wishes without being

subject to the sanctions that exist today.

Without the agreement, how are we to prevent Iran from building a nuclear bomb?

We see no other way than by going to war with a country of 80 million people, which would have disastrous consequences for Iran, the Middle East and the United States.

It is much better to delay Iran building nuclear weapons by at least fifteen years — perhaps indefinitely — as Iran still will be bound by the terms of the nonproliferation treaty it has signed after the fifteen years are finished.

Respectfully yours, Don Lichtenberg Rita Lichtenberg Bloomington, Indiana

We were proud of our kids when they befriended Cambiz.

Cambiz was their Iranian classmate at Bloomington High School North whose family ended up on the wrong side when Khomeini and his fundamentalist regime took power in 1979.

Cambiz is the child of Iranian business people, and he was getting hassled at North by some resident rednecks — you know, the kind of folks who perceive all Iranians as wild-eyed religious fanatics.

Cambiz’s case was the vanguard of an emerging middle class in Iran, the largest in the Muslim Middle East.

The middle class cheered when the tentative Deal was struck. They like and envy workaday Americans.

No deal and reimposed sanctions will simply drive them into the arms of the Ayatollah. Not smart, I’d say.

It’s instructive to note who will cheer if the Iran Deal is voted down.

There’s the perennial war hawk Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. And, of course, Cold War fly-guys Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who’d love nothing better than to “bomb, bomb Iran.”

As an 84-year-old Korean War combat veteran, yours truly is kind of a Cold War relic, too.

However, I believe we should give peace a chance.

In September, when the Iran nuclear vote comes up, tell the U.S. Congress to shut up and deal.

Jerry Gregory Bloomington, IN

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Government grant funding corrupts and holds back scientific inquiry Government ought to rely on unbiased scientific findings when making policy decisions regarding important issues, but unfortunately, many government agencies undermine the scientific process by using it for their own purposes rather than to discover the truth, a reality former president Dwight Eisenhower pointed out in his farewell address more than 50 years ago.

The situation has only become worse since then, with government funding of tobacco studies providing a vivid example.

Of course, we all know tobacco use is harmful, but the important scientific question that remains is how best to help people quit — or, failing that, moderate their use of — tobacco and reduce the harm tobacco can do.

Unfortunately, federal agencies are shortchanging

science about harm reduction in favor of finding ways to force everyone to quit.

Every year, the National Institutes of Health distributes $623 million to more than 1,000 university researchers interested in advancing its stated goal of “a world free of tobacco use.”

In one such solicitation for researchers willing to fit facts to dogma, the NIH set aside $10 million for eight to 10 studies, provided those studies proved useful in helping the government “develop effective ways to limit the spread and promote cessation of smokeless tobacco use.”

Studies show smokeless tobacco is much less harmful than smoking; as a result, it should be part of any harm-reduction strategy governments would pursue.

That is the very opposite of what the NIH is doing.

This is a big problem because academic research has become highly dependent on government subsidies, which can prove very lucrative to both researchers and the universities that employ them.

Government grants cover the up-front cost of scientific inquiry, such as faculty and graduate student salaries and equipment purchases.

Those grants also cover administrative costs, which the university pockets.

For example, a $1 million grant could provide the university with $250,000 in revenue for overhead.

Because NIH grants are so valuable to both researchers and the universities for which they work, violating the dogma purveyed by government agencies is unprofitable.

In turn, little to no tobacco harm-reduction

research is conducted because there’s little money in exploring that particular line of inquiry.

Searching NIH’s Office of Extramural Research for available grants, I found no funding opportunities between Jan. 1, 2013, and Jan. 1, 2015, involving the words “tobacco harm reduction.”

Searching for funding opportunities involving the terms “tobacco cessation” revealed six grants were available, totaling at least $3.4 million, which is an average of more than $550,000 per grant.

Two of the cessation-related grants had no specified upper limit.

Similarly, government agencies are unduly influenced by the lure of big-money grants.

In 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration awarded members of its

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Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee between $53 million and $273 million in grants to fund their respective proposed studies, even though other studies were rated higher by FDA reviewers.

TPSAC member Jonathan Samet, a professor at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, was one such recipient of government funding. FDA officials called its decision to give agency insiders as much as $273 million in funding “purely coincidental,” declining to elaborate further to Reuters reporters.

Government agencies’ dominance of academic funding perverts the scientific process, creating a situation where our knowledge begins with preapproved doctrine, proceeds to cherrypicked data and ends with

confirmation of the statesponsored doctrine.

By funding those studies that advance preapproved policy goals, government subsidization of academic research encourages researchers to twist the facts to fit the dollar signs.

Given their history of actively inserting policy objectives into the scientific process, government agencies such as FDA and NIH should be removed from the grant-funding business.

Congress should rewrite their appropriations accordingly.

Funding studies expected to advance favored, preexisting narratives and funding studies from favorite sons is not science.

It’s political maneuvering at its worst.

Jesse Hathaway Chicago, IL

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Reconsider this award Dr. Laurie Glimcher is slated to receive the 2015 Steven C. Beering Award.

Glimcher has a seat on the Board of Trustees at the New York Blood Center.

The board has completely cut funding to 66 chimpanzees on which they experimented for 30 years. The animals have been left on an island surrounded by impotable water.

On the island, there is little natural food.

Without the funding, the animals will starve. Glimcher has not spoken out against this decision. I implore the University to reconsider bestowing the award on Glimcher in light of this controversy.

Carol A. Ralph Rush, NY

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PHOTOS BY LIONEL LIM | IDS

Monks from the Tashi Kyil Monastery perform the Tashi Sholpa, a traditional Tibetan dance, on Tuesday at The Venue. The monks were raising funds to support more than 120 refugee monks at the Tashi Kyil Monastery in Northern India.

Culture of compassion Monks teach Dharma with demonstration of traditional dance at The Venue

By Bridget Murray bridmurr@indiana.edu | @bridget_murray

In the right corner room of The Venue Fine Art & Gifts, the Tibetan monks chanted.

Seven monks from Tashi Kyil Monastery in Dehradun, India, visited The Venue as part of their stay in Bloomington. Monk and translator Tenpa Phuntosk said the monks will travel the United States until March.

During their month-long stay in Bloomington, Phuntosk said the monks will work toward three goals: teaching Dharma, or Buddha’s teaching of compassion and living kindness; preserving Tibetan culture; and raising funds for the monastery.

The vast displays of jewelry lining the wall in the adjacent room of The Venue rattled ever so slightly as two performing monks entered stomp-by-stomp.

The tinkle of colored glass and metals was faint beneath the drum and cymbals keeping the beat.

The two monks, adorned in extravagant and multicolored costumes over their matching maroon robes, followed each other’s steps in the dance, which Phuntosk described as a traditional dance called Tashi Shopa.

He said Tashi Sopa was commonly presented as a greeting and appreciation of special guests.

The black and white tassels attached at their costumes’ waists bounced around the monks’ ankles; their pace quickened and slowed as they mimicked each other’s movements later in the dance.

The chant continued from underneath the yellow masks the monks wore.

One monk smiled under the mask as they swung their colored batons.

The demonstration was just one means of sharing Tibetan culture Tuesday night. Aside from the dance, customers were presented with samplings of Tibetan culture through food and crafts.

A jasmine rice dish speckled with raisins called Desi was unveiled in the main room of The Venue.

On the patio, the sunset shone on a display table strewn with handmade textiles and jewelry, many of them the handiwork of the monks of Tashi Kyil.

A small brass bowl sat on a stool beside the front door with a sign for donations.

Gabe Colman, curator of the Venue, said this is the monks’ third visit to their space.

Tucked behind SOMA Coffeehouse on Grant Street, The Venue tries to have two art events per week, Colman said.

Book signings, weekly art receptions and small concerts with local musicians are common events at The Venue, he said.

Colman said the monks’ visit follows their mission of supporting handmade crafts.

“They’re working with artwork or craft pieces that were made by them, and we certainly support that,” Colman said.

All of the proceeds of the monks’ sales were given to the monks in support of their monastery.

“We have 120 monks who live in our monastery,” Phuntosk said. “We don’t have any income.”

Phuntosk said the monastery is mainly supported by donations and events like the one at The Venue where they can sell merchandise.

The proceeds would partially help support the 50 young monks sent to the monastery to be educated without cost, Phuntosk said.

He said half of the monks living in Tashi Kyil are refugees from Tibet who escaped through the mountains to India.

The other half come from Tibetan parentage, he said.

Kalsang Gyamtso, a Tibetan monk, stood behind the display table to demonstrate a singing bowl.

He gently tapped the metal bowl with a stick and swirled it around the brim of the bowl. He held the bowl to his ear, and a customer leaned into the sound until the ring was loud enough for the crowd on the patio to hear.

Phuntosk said some of the singing bowls were also made by hand.

“Each one has a different sound and different design,” he said. “Different mantra.”

Greg Haas, a 67-year-old Bloomington resident, said he came to The Venue to support the monks because of his sympathy for their cause.

He said he remembered seeing the Dalai Lama speak at IU Auditorium about 10 years ago.

“He’s a pretty impressive guy,” Haas said.

Although it is not always apparent in today’s world, Haas said one message from the Dalai Lama stuck with him.

“One quotation I remember is, ‘My religion is kindness,’” he said. “Kind of hard to disagree with it.”

As he purchased the small singing bowl, Haas thanked Gyamtso. The monk

More monks online See a video of the Tibetan monks at Unity of Bloomington on Monday at idsnews.com.

TOP Kalsang Gyatso, a monk from the Tashi Kyil Monastery in Northern India, demonstrates the way to use the Singing Bowl on Tuesday at The Venue. Gyatso was part of a group of monks that were raising funds to support more than 120 refugee monks at the Tashi Kyil Monastery.

BOTTOM Monks from the Tashi Kyil Monastery perform the Tashi Sholpa, a traditional Tibetan dance, on Tuesday at The Venue. The monks will spend a month in Bloomington performing before continuing on their year-long tour of the United States.

nodded thanks in return.

For the monks, teaching Dharma is a crucial step toward preserving Tibetan culture and maintaining peace among people of the world, Phuntosk said.

“This is necessary not only for one individual, but for the whole universe,” he said.

Phuntosk said people are constantly doing something in search of happiness,

but their pursuit often results in suffering because they do not know compassion.

Although raising funds for Tashi Kyil is vital for the monastery, Phuntosk said teaching compassion is their ultimate goal.

“How to cherish another, how to care for another person — this is a very important message,” Phuntosk said.

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IU field hockey competes in final exhibition The IU women’s field hockey team defeated Iowa in their final scrimmage of the 2015 preseason Sunday in Louisville, Kentucky.

The Hoosiers scored five goals during the scrimmage, defeating the Hawkeyes in a

penalty shootout.

Maddie Latino, Rachel Stauffer and Elle Hempt scored for IU in the final shootout.

IU will open the regular season at 4 p.m.

Friday at the University of Louisville against Missouri State.

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Who’s to blame for IU basketball setbacks?

HALEY WARD | IDS

Junior Tanner Thompson moves to escape an opposing player during the match against Western Michigan on Thursday at Memorial Stadium.

The Hoosiers won 2-0.

Thompson accepts big role

By Michael Hughes michhugh@indiana.edu @MichaelHughes94

Tanner Thompson still remembers how he felt late last November.

He was wet from the rain, which had poured for the past two hours, coated in mud from Jerry Yeagley Field and trying to reconcile his team’s elimination from the NCAA Tournament against Xavier.

He remembers the disappointment of not making it past the second round, despite his Hoosiers being ranked the No. 5 team in the country entering the tournament.

He remembered that 2-1 loss, which included a penalty kick he said he “just mis-hit” wide left, throughout the off-season, and he’ll remember that loss throughout this season, though the Hoosiers won’t face Xavier unless they draw the Musketeers in the NCAA tournament.

“That’s always going to be in the back of my mind,” Thompson said.

“Tough losses like that are what drive me forward and what keep me going in the future, so it’s definitely always back there.”

The loss to Xavier ended what could be called a breakout season for Thompson. Given a chance to start for the first time entering his sophomore season, Thompson led the Hoosiers in goals with six and points with 15 from the midfield.

Those stats meant Thompson earned a spot on the first-team All-Midwest

Region, was named a firstteam NSCAA All-American and was a semifinalist for the Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy, college soccer’s version of the Heisman Trophy.

“Every team, if they weren’t scouting Tanner before, they do now,” IU Coach Todd Yeagley said.

“That makes you have to be better every day, and he likes that.”

This season, Thompson, now a junior, may have a weapon at his disposal he didn’t have last season.

With the addition of graduate transfer forward Ben Maurey from Brown, the Hoosiers and Thompson have a player capable of holding up play and being a target man in the box.

Yeagley said Maurey is the first player in that vein on the Hoosier team since Eriq Zavaleta was the lone man up top in 2012.

“Someone like Tanner makes my role really easy,” Maurey said. “I just get the ball and dish off to him, and he’s got an immense amount of skill.”

The addition of Maurey also allows Thompson to do something he’s best at — gathering the ball deep and running at a retreating defense.

With Maurey as a target forward, the defense is stretched further back to compensate. This gives Thompson more space to operate on the ball and ultimately create scoring chances.

If a defender attacks Thompson in the final third, he can pass to Maurey, senior midfielder Femi Hollinger-Janzen or anoth-

HALEY WARD | IDS

Junior Tanner Thompson passes the ball during the match against Western Michigan on Thursday at Memorial Stadium. The Hoosiers won 2-0.

er attacking player near the goal.

If the defense takes away the pass, Thompson is more than capable of finding the back of the net from distance.

“Tanner’s very good about getting the ball deeper, running and scoring from distance,” Yeagley said.

Yeagley also said the attack will be Thompson’s to lead this season. As the central attacking midfielder, the offense is dictated by Thompson this year more than ever, Yeagley said.

“Tanner had a really big role and a big season last year,” Yeagley said. “But I think he knows now with some of the other guys that graduated that he needs to continue to elevate.”

Thompson is never the most physically imposing player on the field. At 5-foot-7 and 150 pounds, he looks more like a fan who wandered onto the field than the seventh best player in college soccer this year, according to Top Drawer Soccer.

In addition to that lofty

ranking, Top Drawer Soccer also named Thompson one of the five most exciting players in college soccer and put him on its preseason Best XI list.

Thompson was also named to the Hermann Trophy preseason watch list, becoming the first Hoosier to have a spot on the list since Zavaleta in 2012.

“It’s a nice recognition,” Thompson said. “It’s obviously not the first thing I’m looking at. I’m looking at winning a national championship this year.”

A national championship. A ninth star.

That’s what Thompson said everything boils down to.

Not the recognition, the watch lists or the trophies.

He said he just wants another shot to play in the NCAA Tournament and to have a chance to play in the College Cup in Kansas City, Missouri, this season.

Well, maybe one other thing, too.

“It’d be nice to see Xavier again sometime this year,” he said.

From Wednesday until early Sunday morning, approximately 40,000 young adults engaged in the college campus tradition that is Welcome Week.

They experienced what is quickly becoming another IU-specific praxis Monday evening.

Sophomore Emmitt Holt, 19, and freshman Thomas Bryant, 18, both IU men’s basketball players, were cited for alcohol possession at 12:50 a.m. Saturday morning.

The citations constitute the sixth incident involving members of the IU men’s basketball team since Feb. 14, 2014 — the seventh, if you include Troy Williams and Stanford Robinson’s suspensions for failed drug tests announced Nov. 3, 2014.

All in all, this is my third time responding to offenses by players within the IU athletics department this year. It’s frustrating, it’s disappointing and verging on insipid.

However, I find it hard to place the onus on any one individual or institution.

This pattern of behavior is a culmination of failures — individually; small, collectively; a nightmare — for a program that, just as it begins to build momentum, is repeatedly knocked down.

Coach Tom Crean is a popular scapegoat for fans, although I think even the most avid Crean-hater would agree it is difficult to control these athletes without a considerable amount of hand-holding and absurd levels of policing.

Ultimately, a coach has to trust his players to uphold the program on the court and off it, and these young men have repeatedly shown they’re not up to the task.

But put yourself in Holt and Bryant’s shoes. Besides

TORI ZIEGE is a junior in journalism.

being substantially larger, they’re not all that different from yours.

College is a time for making mistakes, and anyone who has made a mistake is simply lucky enough not to have had their transgressions publicized to the entire student body — let alone an entire rabid fan base.

There aren’t many feasible long-term solutions, and incidents will only increase as the visibility of college athletes increases.

If there are safeguards available to the IU basketball team, they start with education and accountability.

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. If seniors and veteran players care about the welfare of this team and the success of their season, they need to take charge and ensure everyone is conducting themselves smartly, in a way that doesn’t hurt themselves or the program.

Holt and Bryant, I think, can be looked upon with some leniency — it was Welcome Week; they weren’t visibly endangering anyone. Even Holt, who is looking at his second infraction, should be met with a four-game suspension, max.

Will these suspensions, when they come, cost IU basketball this season? Unlikely.

But if this trend continues, we are looking at the tipping point.

There’s only so much beating a program can take before it has to answer, deservedly or not, to this growing epidemic. vziege@indiana.edu

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go after it.

–Will Shortz, crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times 1974 IU graduate, individualized major: Enigmatology

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Ten years ago: New Orleans finds hope in Saints Ten years ago, 30,000 mothers, fathers, sons and daughters packed a football stadium after their city flooded.

On Aug. 29th, 2005, Hurricane Katrina swept through New Orleans in what has been named the third deadliest hurricane in United States history.

It is estimated that 1,836 people died that morning, and several hundred bodies still have not been found.

Doug Thorton, who had been manager of the Superdome for 10 years at the time, slept in his office for five nights.

People lost their homes, their loved ones and their hope as the waters demolished and entered the Superdome for five days.

New Orleans, where everyday life is amplified by excitement, was reduced to its fundamental elements: food, shelter and the Saints.

On Sept. 25, 2006, the Saints returned to the heart and soul of the city — their new and improved Superdome.

It was a Monday night, just another football game where the Saints would battle the Atlanta Falcons. But for the city of New Orleans, it was something much more.

It was a coming home party.

“People want their lives back after so much was taken away,” Thorton said to ESPN. “This building represents the inspiration and hope that things will get back to normal.”

Fans cried as police officers unblocked the front gates and began to fill the Superdome with black and gold.

Ninety seconds into the game, the hometown Saints’ Steve Gleason blocked Falcon Michael Koenen’s punt near their goal line, and fel-

low Saint Chris Deloatch recovered it for a touchdown.

The capacity crowd of 70,003 New Orleans fans cheered for the first time since the devastation.

The Saints were up 7-0, and they never looked back.

They went on to defeat the Falcons 23-3.

“From the moment I signed with the Saints, I was looking forward to this,” Saints quarterback Drew Brees said to ESPN after the game. “It was a great night.

It’s something we’ll never forget.”

But that wasn’t the story.

The story was about the people, those who saw their city crumble right before them, being able to gather back in the place where they struggled to survive and give hope to the city of New Orleans.

It was the roar of the crowd, the fans holding up signs that read, “Katrina is

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now forgotten,” that made a city come together for something much more than just a football game.

“Most people use ‘resilient’ to describe post Katrina,” former Saints quarterback Archie Manning said to ESPN. “I call it toughness,” The waters washed away the admirable city of New Orleans, but the city didn’t die.

The people of New Orleans didn’t let it.

In 2009, the Saints victory back to New Orleans in the form of a Super Bowl Trophy.

But everyone will always remember when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf, but New Orleans citizens remember the Monday Night Football game, when the Superdome reopened and the Saints went marching in. micbhern@indiana.edu

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Senior Blair Carlisle was walking through the aisles of Target on a summer day in 2012, accompanied by two girls she babysat, when she came across some cheap shoes. She had the idea to decorate the shoes with sharpies as a craft for the girls.

Carlisle took the shoe craft very seriously and ended up with an elaborate design, which she posted a picture of on Facebook. She received many likes, and just like that, a business was born.

After her shoes generated a positive response, Carlisle said, she started her own business out of her dorm room during her freshman year of college at IU. Six months and more than 600 Facebook likes later, Carlisle had profited about $3,000 from her shoe business, Kicks

By Blair, before deciding to take a break.

“Even though I decided to not keep doing the business, it was the motivation that I needed,” Carlisle said. “Everyone believed in my ability and reassured me that art was the place I needed to be, and that I could still be a little entrepreneur.”

This wasn’t her only business and art venture. Carlisle, who will graduate with a graphic design major in the spring, said she continues to mix her creative talents with her business mindset.

Carlisle said she struggled internally about the choice between art and business for quite some time before realizing her potential to combine

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Senior Blair Carlisle started her business of decorating shoes her freshman year. She found that decorating the shoes was a good way for her to be creative for her major of graphic design and as a hobby.

both talents.

She began her career at IU in the Kelley Living Learning Center and with the Women In Business Club, but decided to put business aside and pursue her artistic passions with a major in graphic design.

She wanted to help businesses market themselves through graphic design, she said, and that is why she continued her involvement with Women In Business as the marketing director.

Her marketing experience grew as she interned with Girl Scouts of America in Chicago and worked on campus with IU Student Foundation.

“It was a great match of the creative juice in me to help businesses,” Carlisle said.

Horoscope

She always focuses on getting a message across before she focuses on how the design looks, she said.

“If you don’t have a clear message, then the design means nothing,” Carlisle said.

This past summer, Carlisle discovered a new passion in creative writing through her advertising internship as a copywriter for Geometry Global in Chicago, the career she now wants to pursue.

“I think very visually,” Carlisle said.

She said she will use her design abilities to see how her copy will fit into the advertising and branding of a company.

In addition to her talent of combinining art with business, Carlisle said she does art just for enjoyment.

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Her favorite thing to draw is the human body, she said.

“It’s interesting to me because not one body is the same, and it’s constantly changing,” Carlisle said. “I think doing that has helped me see my art as ever evolving and ever changing.”

Art has become a reflection of how Carlisle sees things in the world, she said, and a reflection of her development as a person.

She added that her art also reflects her unique perspective and how she can think about promoting a brand outside of the design.

“Although I think and draw realistically, I want to show people what I see,” Carlisle said. “I think it’s a really cool way to look at something through someone else’s eyes.”

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The IU African American Dance Company is multicultural, said Iris Rosa, the group’s director.

The company focuses on black diaspora and the human condition through serious and formal pieces.

“We are not a hip-hop dance class,” Rosa said. “We address various stories. It is fun, but it also requires a lot of work.”

The African American Dance Company held auditions for A100: African American Dance Company on Tuesday at the NealMarshall Education Center.

“We generally choose 15 to 20 students ranging from freshman to graduate students,” Rosa said.

Rosa has been the director of the African American Dance Company for 41 years.

During her time, she has incorporated many different forms of dance, including original choreography of modern, jazz, African and Latin American dance styles, according to the African American Dance Company website.

“I bring people’s experiences together,” Rosa said.

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“I am looking for students who are invested in the dance company and what we do,” Rosa said.

Senior Gloria Boyd auditioned for the company for the first time.

Boyd said she has been dancing for 10 years, and she prepared for the audition with a few practice dance routines and a lot of stretching.

“Dancing is beautiful, and I came here with a positive attitude and hopes to be selected for the course,” Boyd said.

Rosa said she expected students to bring their natural talents and said she did not want to give much advice for auditions for fear of reducing the students’ creativity.

The African American Dance Company is also involved in the Arts for Aids in Columbus, Indiana, Rosa said.

The company is planning to attend the Rex Nettleford Arts Conference in Kingston, Jamaica, this year, Rosa said.

Being a choreographer, Rosa said she has the ability to tell stories through dance that derive from black diaspora.

“Our stories describe black experiences both domestically and abroad,” Rosa said.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Music will make it easier for those students in emotional distress to receive the counseling that may benefit them.

“There could be a variety of reasons why a music student may choose not to come to the health center: location, stigma, schedule conflicts,” he said. “If we can eliminate or reduce any of these barriers by having a presence there, that’s one of my main hopes for this program.”

Interested students schedule their appointment through CAPS but identify as a Jacobs School of Music student.

Once the appointment is scheduled, the interested students will be told where to find Stepp’s office.

“The goal is to begin addressing personal issues that a student may be

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Senior midfielder Jessie Bujouves attempts to keep possession of the ball at Bill Armstrong Stadium on Sunday. IU and SIUE tied, 0-0.

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“The fact that we have gone 182 minutes without being scored on is tremendous,” Berbary said. “It speaks a lot about how our new back line and team defending is. We certainly gave ourselves some opportunities to win both games. We showed our youth a little bit this weekend — not being able to finish those chances when we did get inside.”

With such a young team that is coming off an inconsistent season, the challenge of steady play on a game-

to-game basis is certainly a daring one. Berbary said the solution starts right on the training pitch.

“I think it comes from training,” she said. “We have to train consistently — we can’t have one good day, one bad day, one good day and then one bad day. We’ve got to wipe the slate clean, forget about last weekend and move forward.”

The Hoosiers showed they have the fight and defense to bounce back from an up-and-down weekend.

“We’ve got a good fight to us,” Berbary said. “I think the fight’s a little inconsis-

tent sometimes. When one player is fighting, another player is struggling. We’ve got to get on the same page and get our work rate at 100 percent all the time.”

Bujouves, the lone goalscorer from this weekend, is a central part of the offense that is trying to find its rhythm. Like Berbary, the senior midfielder said she believed the consistency must start from the top.

“It comes down to working hard in practice,” Bujouves said. “From the seniors to the freshmen, I think if the freshmen see the seniors consistently work-

ing hard in practice on every drill, people will start to follow. It starts from the top and works its way down. We have to keep encouraging and supporting each other.”

Hoosier fans will see if this week’s training has helped the cause as early as this Friday.

“We’re pretty good when we go away,” Berbary said. “I like going away. It gets rid of distractions. We’re together.

I think it builds a little more team chemistry than we already have. It’s a neutral site in our home state, so I’m hoping that we have quite a few fans.”

dency was far before her time, Rachel is already well versed in pro-life policies.

She and her sisters participated in the Youth Rally and Mass for Life event in January where they encircled the courthouse with signs.

“Babies are like sunshine; they make everyone happy,” Rachel said. “They were made on purpose for a purpose. We don’t know what that purpose is unless

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Many students from String Academy go on to the top music schools, she said.

It can be competitive, she said, but it is a positive competition that motivates students to become better musicians.

Although String Academy is a serious program, Zweig said, it also builds a strong appreciation for music.

“Students come out

experiencing, maybe something going on in their personal life that is affecting their academic life, and begin putting resources closer to the student so we can begin addressing those issues sooner, rather than later,” Grogg said.

The IU Health Center will fund the pilot program during the 2015-16 academic year, Grogg said.

If successful, the IU Health Center and the Jacobs School of Music will both fund the program during the following academic years.

The two units will split the cost evenly.

“This is a learning opportunity for us too, because we want to be able to place this in other schools,” he said, adding that other schools have expressed interest in the program. “I think it’s a win for all sides: for us, the student and the academic unit.” we let them grow up.”

Her mother and other pro-life supporters shared a similar sentiment during the council session.

Alternately, Monroe County resident Catherine Smith shared a different perspective regarding family planning and the contraceptive education she received for the first time at Planned Parenthood with her husband.

“As a Christian, let me tell you, Planned Parenthood was the answer to my prayers,” Smith said.

loving music,” Zweig said.

She said the students at String Academy receive an exceptional education.

“They are getting training at the highest level,” she said.

Zweig said she likes seeing the students grow as musicians and develop enthusiasm for music.

“My favorite part is observing how they are making progress and how they become fascinated with what they are doing,” Zweig said.