Thursday, July 13, 2017
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Matthew Crome, 17, and Willow Shoemaker, 12, use pipettes to grab planaria to put under their microscopes during their Wednesday class. Their zoology class meets three times a week.
HEAD START
Local middle and high schoolers tackle math and science in IU grad student-taught classrooms By Emily Eckelbarger eacekelb@indiana.edu | @emeckelbarger
“…Weird…” Grania Whelan adjusts the lens of her microscope as a planarian scoots across the slide. “Look at how translucent it is,” she says, her eyes pressed to the microscope. The planarian, a dull grey flatworm, makes a bid for the edge of the slide. But Whelan deftly scoops it up with her pipette. She works with the confidence of someone who’s spent much more time in the lab than she
actually has. Whelan is only 15 years old. She’s part of this year’s IU Foundations in Science and Mathematics, a program where IU graduate students teach local middle school and high school students in STEM classes ranging from Whelan’s zoology class to forensic science. Nearly 140 students from 25 different schools and 11 Indiana counties convene in Bloomington for two weeks for the program, which has been running since 2011. It gives students a head start learning in a college environment.
Sheriff’s Office sets, reverses policy on opioid-reversing drug From IDS reports
The Monroe County Sheriff ’s Office briefly announced on Tuesday that it would not be administering naloxone, an opioidreversing medication, in the field before reversing the policy. After the initial announcement Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. , Sheriff Brad Swain announced that he had received enough naloxone kits that afternoon to replenish the department’s supply and return to the department’s standard policy of administering the medication in overdose situations. Naloxone, a medication that blocks the effects of opioids, was being carried by deputies in the field to administer in the case of overdose. However, a shortage of the medication forced the sheriff to reprioritize how naloxone would be used in the field. Swain had originally instructed his deputies on Monday to reserve their nasal kits in case they needed to use them on themselves. He was concerned about the possibility of deputies coming into contact with fentanyl, triggering an overdose and not having medication on hand to reverse it. “Just a little bit on the skin and any officer could overdose, and
that has happened,” he said. “The fact it hasn’t happened here is irrelevant.” Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid medication, is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. “You could easily give your last naloxone and be exposed right after that,” he said. “My primary concern is always of my deputies. That always has to weight heavily on everything we do.” The department supplies its deputies with a nasal spray format of the medication. “It’s the only practical one for nonmedical first responders,” Swain said. The department received 100 units of naloxone from the Monroe County Health Department after expediting paperwork. Overdose Lifeline, an Indianapolis-based non-profit organization, provided another 50 kits. With enough kits to disperse to his deputies, Swain reversed his earlier policy. Indiana Recovery Alliance, a local non-profit, also provided naloxone kits. However, Swain said that his department would be unable to use them because they were an intramuscular type of naloxone. Emily Eckelbarger
“I’ve heard that Einstein said if you really understand something, you should be able to explain it to your grandmother. So if you really understand something, you should be able to put it in very basic terms.” Craig Sanders, IU Foundations in Science and Mathematics teacher
SEE STEM, PAGE 8
BASKETBALL
Hoosiers confident leaders will emerge in new season By Andrew Hussey aphussey@indiana.edu | @thehussnetwork
For the entirety of last season, future leadership was one of the biggest question marks that lingered for the Hoosiers. Losing leaders such as Yogi Ferrell, Nick Zeisloft, Max Bielfeldt from the 2016 Big Ten Championship team, IU finished four games below .500 in the Big Ten and missed the NCAA Tournament. Former coach Tom Crean repeatedly struggled to find who was the vocal leader on the team. In the first press conference of the new season, the players said they were confident in the leadership on this year’s team. They all said that they believe that this year’s team would be different. “I feel like there won’t be any questions of leadership at all,” junior forward Juwan Morgan said. Morgan definitively said he would take up the mantle as a leader, but other leaders such as seniors Rob Johnson, Collin Hartman and Josh Newkirk also have begun to take that responsibility. This decision to become vocal leaders wasn’t something that came from IU Coach Archie Miller, but was decided amongst the players. Senior forward Collin Hartman was set to be the go-to leader last
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Junior forward Juwan Morgan talks to the media Tuesday afternoon in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Morgan averaged 7.7 PPG and 5.6 RPG last season.
“It is extremely vital at this point because we are all leaders. We are all learning a new system and new coaches. We are all learning. “ Collin Hartman, Senior forward
season, but a knee injury kept him on the sidelines all year. While Hartman couldn’t play, he attempted to act as another assistant coach. As he returns to action, he will be pivotal to the development of the Hoosiers as they
adjust to having a new coach. “It is extremely vital at this point because we are all learners,” Hartman said. “We are all learning a new system and new coaches. SEE LEADERS, PAGE 8