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IU grad remembered as humble, supportive By Grace Palmieri gpalmier@indiana.edu | @grace_palmieri
Sheridan Halloran always left an impression on her peers, even if they didn’t know her for long. They remember her as quiet but supportive, humble and hard working. Halloran, who graduated from IU last weekend with degrees in Spanish and linguistics, died of suicide Thursday. Originally from Bloomington, she attended St. Charles School and Bloomington High School South before continuing her education at IU. She graduated with academic honors and was selected as one of six Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Fellows.
Halloran planned to teach English in South Korea beginning in July. At Bloomington South, she was a fouryear member of the swim team, and she continued her involvement in athletics at IU as a member of the women’s Little 500 cycling team Ride On. “She was just the most humble person ever,” said freshman Shelby Snyder, Halloran’s teammate. “Since I was a freshman she would always help me out. She would always calm me down.” Snyder said Halloran would never tell people of her accomplishments, despite having many. Halloran graduated from IU with honors and knows a handful of languages — in addition to being fluent in Spanish and
Italian, she studied Hungarian and was self-taught Swedish and Morse code, according to her obituary. Snyder said she always went to Halloran for advice because of how smart she was. Another teammate and fellow senior, Sarah Gaither, said nothing ever seemed to bother Halloran. “She was always a rock for our team, so we always looked to Sheridan,” Gaither said. Though Gaither just joined the team in January, she spent every day between then and race day practicing with SEE HALLORAN, PAGE 9
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Sheridan Halloran, a recent IU grad, died Thursday.
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Evan Bell pitches a complete-game in his last start at Bart Kaufman Field It was a frustrating start of the year for senior starting pitcher Evan Bell. The Hoosiers lost each of his first seven outings and even though he was pitching well, the offense wasn’t giving Bell the needed run support. “At times this year they’ve struggled to score for me,” Bell said. “I know they’re a resilient group and a pretty good offense right now, and they’ve got stuff figured out.” Although Bell never allowed more than three runs in a game, IU’s
first victory of the year with him on the hill didn’t come until he surrendered five runs against rival Purdue in 5.1 innings. He buckled down in the middle of conference play earning his first win on the road against Minnesota before the best start of his career on senior day Sunday. The 6-foot-8 right-hander from Stillwell, Kansas, left his final impression on Bart Kaufman Field by going the distance in the rubber match against Illinois to win the series. In his nine innings of work, Bell allowed just one earned run on three hits while striking out six Illini in the 4-1 victory. IU has won each of Bell’s past
four starts and IU Coach Chris Lemonis said he feels like his senior starter has gotten over that one bad inning during the game. “He felt like he was getting stronger out there the whole night,” Lemonis said. “He was finding a sticking point in games and couldn’t really get through it, but the last two weekends he’s just really competed.” Bell was able to pitch with an early lead for just the fifth time all season as the Hoosier offense plated three runs in the first for early support. He said that helped him ensure confidence on the mound after his offense established the initial attack.
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Three runs would be more than enough for Bell as he only made one mistake on the afternoon coming in the second inning. After the Hoosiers scored three runs in the first, the Illini responded with junior first baseman Pat McInerney blasting his second home run of the series beyond the left center field fence. Bell was exceptional on the mound after the solo shot, not allowing a hit to the next 16 batters he faced. The season high 113 pitches thrown by Bell was something he wasn’t accustomed to doing early
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On a day built to honor seniors, IU’s offense was powered by freshmen. Specifically, it was the trio of catcher Ryan Fineman, third baseman Luke Miller and designated hitter Scotty Bradley that led the Hoosiers offensively. Back-to-back first inning doubles by Miller and Bradley helped the Hoosiers to a 4-1 win Sunday against the Illini at Bart Kaufman Field. “They’ve had some good spots,” IU Coach Chris Lemonis said. “Sometimes when we hit them all three together, they seem to thrive off that, I don’t know.” Bradley laughed this off, saying it was a coincidence and had more to do with luck than anything else. But then he went on to say they thrive off each other’s successes. When Bradley watched Miller hit an RBI double in the first from the on-deck circle, he said he felt compelled to one up him. He did, driving in two runs with a double of his own. This left out Fineman, the cleanup hitter for the Hoosiers. So when he came to the plate with the bases loaded in the seventh with a chance to provide IU with an unnecessary insurance run, Fineman drove in IU’s fourth run of the day with a sacrifice fly. All four runs in IU’s win Sunday were driven in by the three freshmen in the middle of the order. “We’re seeing the ball pretty well and everything, and I think we feed off each other,” Bradley said. “When we see one of us get a hit it makes us want to go up and do something to help the team out.” Those three runs were enough to support senior starting pitcher
IU players salutes the fans at Bart Kaufman Field after their final home game of the season, a 4-1 victory against Illinois.
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IU wins final home series of the season behind its freshman offense
Pence, Bloomington react to new transgender guidelines Pence releases statement responding to Obama administration’s new regulations By Anicka Slachta aslachta@indiana.edu | @ajslachta
Following the release of the Obama administration’s guidelines for the treatment of transgender students in public schools, Gov. Mike Pence issued a statement disagreeing with some of the president’s language. “I have long believed that education is a state and local function,” he said in his statement. “Policies regarding the security and privacy of students in our schools should be in the hands of Hoosier parents and local schools, not bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. The federal government has no business getting involved in issues of this nature.” President Obama’s directive included strong advice to allow all students at public schools across the United States to use whichever bathrooms and locker rooms are consistent with their gender identity. This comes after legislators in North Carolina proposed a law to ban students from any gender-specific area that doesn’t comply with the gender printed on their birth certificate. The new guidelines are not law in the U.S., but failure to cooperate could result in lawsuits or the loss of federal funding, according to Obama’s statement. Obama released a joint letter along with the U.S. Department of
Justice and the U.S. Department of Education on May 13 to break down some of the new guidelines. “A school’s Title IX obligation to ensure nondiscrimination on the basis of sex requires schools to provide transgender students equal access to educational programs and activities even in circumstances in which other students, parents or community members raise objections or concerns,” the letter reads. The letter is broken down into clear subheads, one of which is titled “Terminology” and describes the differences between the terms “gender identity,” “sex assigned at birth,” “gender transition” and “transgender.” Glenda Ritz, the superintendent of public instruction in Indiana, released a statement in support of the letter’s guidelines. “I believe that all children deserve to learn in an environment that is safe and welcoming,” she said in the release. “Education is a civil right, and no child can learn unless he or she feels safe. In Indiana, we have already seen schools take steps to ensure that their students and staff feel safe regardless of race, religion, sex or gender identity.” She said in the short statement she supports the efforts of these schools and will continue to do SEE PENCE, PAGE 9
IU transgender student speaks out about Obama’s statement By Suzanne Grossman spgrossm@indiana.edu | @suzannepaige6
After being told they couldn’t use any bathroom in their high school other than the nurse’s office, Aimes Dobbins, now a senior at IU, found themselves in a dilemma. Dobbins, a trans-masculine, non-binary individual who uses they/them pronouns had shown up to school early and needed to use the restroom. However, they were so early to school the nurse hadn’t shown up yet and no one had the ability to open the office. Dobbins was trying to follow the rules and therefore didn’t use the restrooms for other students. Dobbins instead asked to use the singleoccupancy bathrooms reserved for faculty and staff, but was initially refused. “I’m very lucky that I found someone who was an ally who let me use one of the staff bathrooms,” Dobbins said. “I don’t know what it’s like at my high school now, but I know of one person facing similar issues and it doesn’t sound like anything changed.” Last week, President Obama issued a statement and guidelines for all public schools regarding transgender bathroom use across the country. In an IU press release IU School of Education Professor Suzanne Eckes said these guidelines will give greater clarity to educators. “When we compartmentalize boys and girls based on their anatomy, that’s taking a very simplified
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IU senior Aimes Dobbins poses for a photo. Dobbins is a trans-masculine, non binary individual who said they hope McRobbie and Robel speak out in support of transgender students at IU.
approach to a much more nuanced issue,” Eckes said in the release. “Gender runs much deeper than that.” Though the statement doesn’t have any legal force, it did warn schools that failure to comply could result in loss of federal funding. Dobbins referenced Title IX as a way to monitor transgender discrimination since gender protections are included for bathrooms and locker
rooms in the wording. Though Dobbins said they haven’t been denied access to any bathrooms on campus they still think a statement from President Michael McRobbie or Provost Lauren Robel is needed to fight back against the negative rhetoric currently trending in the nation. Dobbins said they think much SEE TRANSGENDER, PAGE 9