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Hoosiers confident heading into race By Murphy Wheeler jonmwhee@umail.iu.edu | @murph_wheelerIU
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Anne Sorenson, cutter and draper for the IU Department of Theatre, Drama and Contemporary Dance, works on a costume Wednesday for an upcoming production. The costume will be used in the play "Peter and the Starcatcher."
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Making MAGIC Designing costumes for IU theatre takes effort from the entire company. By Jacob deCastro | jdecastr@umail.iu.edu | @jacob_decastro
idden away on the second floor of the Lee Norvelle Theatre and Drama Center, the costume design shop, a welllit room with sketches hanging on the walls and the faint hum of a sewing machine, is where productions come to life. “The process starts with deciding the world we want to create,” Courtney Foxworthy, a third-year master of fine arts candidate in costume design, said. “And then working together to create it.” From start to finish, the costume design process is a collaborative effort among all members of the show’s company. “I love drawing out the designs," said Linda Pisano, head of the design and technology at IU Theatre, Drama and Contemporary Dance. "I love knowing this picture I draw is going to come to life. Just like scholars are publishing books, I’m designing costumes.” As for costumers' part in producing a show, Pisano said she studies the script and looks
“I love knowing this picture I draw is going to come to life. Just like scholars are publishing books, I’m designing costumes.” Linda Pisano, head of design and technology at IU Theatre
for inspiration in images and textiles. Foxworthy is currently the head costumer designer for the play "Peter and the Starcatcher," which will be performed Oct. 27 to Nov. 4 at the Ruth N. Halls Theatre. But that's just one of the 10 shows this season, meaning there’s always something going on in the shop. “When we aren’t designing, we’re stitching together costumes for other shows,” Foxworthy said. SEE COSTUMES, PAGE 6
Panel quashes pit bull stereotypes
Sunday’s Big Ten Cross-Country Championships will be contested as one of the most difficult courses in the conference. That course happens to be the IU Championship Cross Country Course in Bloomington. The home course advantage will give Coach Ron Helmer and his runners plenty of confidence heading into the weekend. In the two races at the IU course this year, the Hoosiers have beaten multiple Big Ten opponents. Both the men’s and women’s teams finished first overall at the IU Open on Sept. 2, while the men’s team finished first and the women’s team finished second at the Sam Bell Invitational Sept. 30. “It gives me confidence because I feel like the runners are confident,” Helmer said. “They like and understand that course. They know that course is hard and will send a jolt through you so they’re prepared for that going in. When it happens, it won’t be a surprise, and they’ll know how to manage it well.” The bad news for the Hoosiers is their lack of momentum heading into the conference championships. In their last meet two weeks ago, the Hoosiers struggled at the Nuttycombe Invitational in Wisconsin. Not only did the men’s and women’s teams finish 29th and 17th overall in the 35 and 33-team fields, but they were beaten by numerous conference rivals as well. Sophomore Ben Veatch said the SEE BIG TEN, PAGE 6
Decision on internet neutrality approaches
By Libby Grossman
By Eman Mozaffar
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Leo was once a fighting dog. Then, the pit bull terrier was sent for rehabilitation at Our Pack Inc. He trained to be a therapy dog and visited nursing homes and sick children. He earned the nickname Bouncer for jumping around and dancing when people came by. Pit bulls are not any more aggressive than other breeds, said Lexi LaPorte, IndyVet Emergency and Specialty Hospital emergency veterinarian. Their temperaments depends on how they were raised. “I think people want someone to blame,” LaPorte said. “People just lay the blame on the breed of dog and don’t think about how the dog was raised, trained, socialized or the situation the event occurred in. It’s hard to blame people for the problem and easier to blame a breed.” Maggie Marton, a passionate pit bull advocate and writer, led a “What is a Pit Bull Terrier?” discussion for a group of approximately 10 people Wednesday evening at the Monroe County Public Library. Pit bulls were bred from English bloodhounds, which included bulldogs and terriers. They came to the United States from England as beloved family pets and remained that way until dog fighting became popular in the U.S., Marton said. Marton presented a grid of 24 dogs that were labeled as pit bulls, but only one had DNA matching that of a pit bull. Only one person in the audience guessed correctly which one was the pit bull. “If you mix a lot of breeds together they end up looking like pit bulls,” said director of Bloomington Animal Care and Control Virgil Sauder. “Even if they have no pit
the home of football player Michael Vick. She said the attitudes of the dogs are the responsibility of the owner. She said she believes breedspecific legislation isn’t going to solve the problem of dangerous dogs. It does not stop owners from inappropriately raising their dogs just because they have to wear a muzzle in public, for example. “Many people believe that pit bulls have locking jaws,” Marton said. “That is not true. Their jaws have the same locking mecha-
Net neutrality is in danger, and some say a vote may change the free flow of online information in the next few months. Current U.S. law requires internet service providers to treat all online content the same. The Federal Communications Commission voted in 2015 in favor of net neutrality, but lobbyists and newly appointed officials might be close to overturning the decision. “Net neutrality is an umbrella term,” IU telecommunications professor Barbara Cherry said. “I consider it a little sloppy and not precisely defined. It’s a lot deeper than just neutral access to the internet — we need a series of detailed rules to counter all possible threats.” The 2015 ruling, known as the Open Internet Order, classified ISPs as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934. This means companies like Comcast and Verizon can’t slow down or restrict certain websites for personal gain. They’re also subject to more regulations, from being required to treat all customers and content the same to charging reasonable rates for acceptable services. “This Open Internet Order acts like an anti-discrimination act for cyberspace,” Julien Mailland, assistant telecommunications professor at IU, said. “If Comcast is classified this way, for example, they can’t slow down Netflix because they own the competitor Hulu.” Cherry, Mailland and IU lecturer Rep. Matt Pierce, D-Bloomington, have been working on net neutrality research and issues together. Between them, they have visited Washington, D.C. for meetings and influenced
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Dolly, a 2-year-old pit bull, sits in the yard of the Bloomington Animal Shelter on Wednesday afternoon. People sometimes mistakenly think of pit bulls as being aggressive or having trouble with other dogs or kids, Animal Shelter Director Virgil Sauder said.
bull DNA.” Labeling a dog as a pit bull hurts the dog's chances at adoption. Not only is breed-specific legislation ineffective, but it is also costly, said Ledy VanKavage, legislative attorney for Best Friends Animal Society. For example, if Monroe County were to enact breed-specific legislation, it would cost approximately $200,000 per year. “Animal welfare is a bipartisan issue,” VanKavage said. Many cities and states have started to repeal their breedspecific legislation. South Bend,
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Indiana, has notably adopted a dangerous dog act in place of breed-specific legislation. The city now judges animals and owners on past behavior, VanKavage said. “I’m half-Italian, and people used to say that all Italians were a part of the Mafia,” VanKavage said. “Just because I’m half-Italian doesn’t mean I am in the Mafia. Just because a dog is a pit bull doesn’t mean it is vicious.” Rebecca Huss, a law professor at Valparaiso University, worked on the Bad Newz Kennels case in which more than 70 dogs were seized from a dog fighting ring at