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IU and Purdue to play tonight By Sam Beishuizen
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“No men allowed beyond this point,” reads a sign on the wall in Martha’s House. Policies at Martha’s House segregate men and women based on physiology, not gender identity.
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If the IU-Purdue basketball rivalry has lost any intensity, the players certainly haven’t noticed. Purdue’s Bryson Scott Basket Case, couldn’t page 11 hide his Read about what excitement the Hoosiers need after the to do to beat the BoilermakBoilermakers. ers blew out the Hoosiers 83-67 earlier this season. When he was asked why, he laughed. “Because they’re Indiana,” Scott said. “You’ve got to win against Indiana.” IU (18-8, 8-5) will try to avoid being swept in a two-game regularseason series against Purdue (17-9, 9-4) for the first time since 2011 at 7 p.m. today in Assembly Hall. The game is significant for both programs not just because it’s a rivalry game, but also because it has weight in clinching NCAA Tournament berths. In aggregated NCAA Tournament field projections by bracketmatrix.com, the Boilermakers are sitting squarely on the bubble as a potential 11-seed. The Hoosiers are projected as a 7-seed. The Boilermakers will come to Assembly Hall looking to add another bullet to their NCAA Tournament resumé. With time running out on its season, Purdue will no doubt be hungry for another road win, but that’s just fine by junior guard Yogi Ferrell. “We always are going to want Purdue’s best when we play them because we feel like we’re going to give them our best,” Ferrell said. “That just makes the game that much more fun, going out there and trying to put on a show.” The show won’t go on twice during the next regular season. An IU spokesperson said IU and Purdue will play only once next season at Assembly Hall. That’s expected to become official Thursday when the Big Ten SEE PURDUE, PAGE 8 IU (18-8, 8-5) vs. Purdue (17-9, 9-4) 7 p.m. Thursday, Assembly Hall
No place to stay Policies at local shelter raise questions about transgender issues in Indiana By Lyndsay Jones
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Two white flags hang from the porch at Boxcar Books. They insist readers call the township board and have funding removed from Martha’s House, a local homeless shelter. Martha’s House, the flag says, has transphobic policies, segregating people at the shelter according to biological sex. These policies led to a Human Rights Commission case against the cash-strapped shelter last year. Nothing has changed.
About a year ago, Interfaith Winter Shelter director Samantha Harrell met Sara Cole, who describes herself on Facebook as a pre-operation male-to-female transsexual. They met when Cole came to Interfaith after living briefly at Martha’s House. “A woman came late, crying, terrified,” Harrell said. “She tells me Martha’s House had her stay with men.” Martha’s House is divided into two sides: men’s and women’s. If Perry Township Board member Dan Combs had been with Cole that night, he would
have found an alternative option. “I cannot recall one time we sent a transgendered person to a shelter, because of safety,” Combs said. “I’ve put people in motels before to avoid it.” Harrell said Cole told her she asked to be placed with the women. “She was interrogated about her genitals, her surgery status,” Harrell said. Because she was pre-operational, Martha’s House policy dictated she live on the men’s side of the shelter. Then, Harrell said, came problems. “She was getting so many death threats,” Harrell said. “They would include ‘Martha’s House
says you’re a man.’ And the threats followed her.” The Indiana Daily Student reached out to Cole, who was unavailable for contact. But her story lives in a file in City Hall where, with the help of Harrell, she filed a human rights violation. “The male residents taunted and harassed me,” Cole said in her statement. “Early shift staff tried to stop the harassment, but the late shift staff did nothing.” She wanted an apology, a change in Martha’s House policies and special training for both staff and residents. SEE MARTHA’S, PAGE 8
Little Fifty replaced with 5-kilometer race By Megan Jula mjula@indiana.edu | @meganjula
The IU Student Foundation is replacing Little Fifty, the running relay counterpart to the Little 500 bike race, with a 5-kilometer race this year. “I wouldn’t say that it is canceled,” Jordan Bailey, IUSF Little 500 Race Director, said. “We are trying to shift our efforts to be inclusive to the entire student population.” Little Fifty began in 2003. Since 2008, the participation in the 4 x 400, 50-lap relay has been down, Bailey said. Each year, the relay took place at the Billy Hayes Track about the same week as Little 500. This location was isolated, Bailey said, and only a small network of people were aware of the event. This year’s 5K will wind through
campus. “There will be more visibility to what they’re trying to do,” Bailey said. The chip-timed 5K will still allow for competition, Bailey said, as well as accommodate participants who want to walk the course. Participants can sign up as individuals or with an organization. Though Little Fifty was limited to four members per team, the 5k will not have a cap. Results will be scored in a style similar to cross-country scoring. The times of the top four finishers from each team will be added together, and the fastest times will place highest. There will be three categories for winners: men, women and co-ed. Transitioning from the relay to the 5K required a lot of planning, IDS FILE PHOTO
A member of the winning women’s team Los Corredores passes the finish line at the
SEE LITTLE FIFTY, PAGE 8 end of the 2014 Little Fifty race April 22, 2014 at Billy Hayes Track.