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Football starting QB still unknown By Murphy Wheeler jonmwhee@iu.edu | @murph_wheelerIU
Mum’s the word in the IU quarterbacks room this offseason. Coach Tom Allen, offensive coordinator Mike DeBord and quarterbacks coach Nick Sheridan all have a major secret and they’ve all been doing a fine job of keeping it. That big secret, of course, is who the Hoosiers’ front-runner is for the starting quarterback position. Whenever a question is asked about the situation, Allen, DeBord and Sheridan usually give the same kind of vague, cryptic answers. “I’m not going to get into that.” “We’ll keep that between the staff.” “It’s still an open competition.” Although the battle between senior Brandon Dawkins, sophomore Peyton Ramsey and freshman Michael Penix Jr. has largely been kept under wraps, each candidate has been able to stake their claim so far during offseason practice. It’s made for an intense competition in which Allen and the other coaches have been impressed with all three options. “We’re telling whoever the guy is, ‘I want you to make it obvious,’ and it hasn’t been made obvious yet,” Allen said. “We’re still waiting on that but I will say I am pleased with what the guys are doing. I feel good about where we are and I feel like we have multiple guys that can play, and we all know as the season progresses, you’re going to need a bunch of guys.” Even though the competition has been fierce, it’s also been friendly. Dawkins, Ramsey and Penix Jr. all said they’ve been focusing on improving their own games and encouraging one another during practice. It’s led to each of them getting plenty of reps in practice, getting snaps with each unit and giving the coaches an opportunity to pinpoint each player’s strengths and weaknesses. “It’s a competition but we’re all pushing each other to do great because we all want what’s best for the team at the end of the day,” Penix Jr. said. Dawkins may be the most experienced candidate when it comes to actual playing time on the field but the least familiar with the Hoosiers’ offense. After coming to IU as a graduate transfer from Arizona this April, Dawkins has had the least amount of time out of all of IU’s quarterbacks to learn DeBord’s offense. He showed promise as a mobile quarterback for the Wildcats from 2015 to 2017, throwing for 15 passing touchdowns and rushing for around seven yards a carry and 20 touchdowns in 23 games played. Even though he hasn’t gotten as much practice time in Bloomington as Ramsey and Penix Jr., Dawkins said he’s starting to get used to how Allen and his staff run their program. “It’s very fast-paced,” Dawkins said. “I’ll admit, the first couple of days, I was out here and I was kind of gassed. I was throwing up between drills and trying to get back on my feet. I was just trying to breathe the first couple of days.” On the flipside of Dawkins is Ramsey. He got to learn Allen and DeBord's system quickly as a true freshman in 2017 while splitting time as the Hoosiers’ starting quarterback with Richard Lagow, so a battle for the SEE FOOTBALL, PAGE 6
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Family members help move their student’s belongings Wednesday outside the Teter Quad during move-in week.
153 new students living in lounges By Christine Stephenson cistephe@iu.edu | @cistephenson23
As a record number of new students settle into dorm life, some are left in the limbo of temporary housing. Out of about 8,100 new students, 153 did not have permanent room assignments as of Tuesday, IU spokesman Chuck Carney said. As students begin to cancel their housing contracts, this number is expected to drop below 100
by the end of the first week of classes. Ideally, every student will be living in a dorm room by the end of the fall semester, Carney said. For now, the lounge spaces in dorms are housing up to six students each. “They’re secure, they’re private and they have all the amenities of regular rooms,” Carney said. “They’re just temporary.” Each year, IU plans for about 8,000 incoming students who will
be living in dorms. But as class sizes continue to grow, Residential Programs and Services struggles to keep up with accommodations. “I don’t think this is an unusually high number considering the class size,” Carney said. Michael Nichols, a freshman living in Forest Quad, said the lounges seem pretty accommodating for his floormates without permanent housing. “They’re lucky because they get
the coolest rooms,” he said. “But they’re also kind of not, because they don’t know where they’re going to end up.” Students living in temporary housing were notified weeks in advance and are paying 80 percent of their normal rent, Carney said. “It’s not ideal, but we don’t think it’s a terrible solution,” Carney said. Students waiting for housing assignments will be notified via email as vacancies open up.
Class of 2022 boasts biggest number of students ever as class sizes increase IU’s campus was flooded with new students this week as official move-in and welcome week activities began. 8,100
More than 60 percent of the class received some sort of financial aid.
8, 001
56.8% 7,879
are from Indiana
1,300 There are more than 1,300 underrepresented students, as defined by IU.
7,708
2014
7,683 2015
2016
2017
2018
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3.83 The students’ median GPA is 3.83 and average SAT/ACT score is 1292.
In the incoming class, 4,600 are Indiana high school graduates.
IUPD helps families on move-in days By Joseph Schroeder joemschr@iu.edu @joemschroeder
The Indiana University Police Department assisted students moving into dorms on Tuesday and Wednesday, helping with everything from traffic to emotional parents. This year was the first time that Residential Programs and Services and IUPD had students from odd and even floors move in on separate days. The two groups collaborated on a new policy for incoming students called Unload and Go, meaning families had 15 minutes to unload their cars before being asked by Resident Assistants to move to other parking. Making sure that people get moved in quickly while also not rushing parents can be difficult, but IUPD handled the task well, said Marcy Polk, a parent from Bremen, Indiana moving her daughter into McNutt Quad. “I thought their instructions were very organized, thorough and concise,” Polk said. “I’ve been crying on and off for a month now and
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An IU police officer assists people at a crosswalk during move-in week Aug. 15 between Wright and Teter quads.
I don’t feel stressed. That is very important." Officers who had been training all summer for the
students’ arrival patrolled campus. They wanted to create a welcoming and comfortable environment for
parents. “Traffic is huge on campus right now but there is a lot of emotion as well,” IUPD
Capt. Craig Munroe said. “As soon as students leave SEE MOVE IN, PAGE 6
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