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IDS World Hijab Day Students and faculty answer questions about what the holiday means to them
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Manha Iftikhar
Sarah Kawamleh Zahraa Ouyuon
IDS What has your experience been like wearing the hijab?
IDS What has been your experience wearing the hijab?
IDS What’s the biggest takeaway you hope people get from this day?
Iftikhar It’s definitely been interesting because I was the first and only girl who wore the hijab in my high school. So it was like a culture shock for everyone around me because they had never talked to or hung out with someone who wears the hijab.
Kawamleh I’ve worn the hijab for a very long time. I’ve worn it since like before the beginning of 7th grade. I can’t imagine my life without it. So my experience with the hijab on is basically my life experience. In general, though, I just view it as a part of who I am.
Ouyuon It’s a choice, and I chose to distinguish myself from everyone and to accept my religion proudly.
Mariama Bah
Asma Afsaruddin Hanan Mohamed
IDS What do you think the significance of World Hijab Day is?
IDS What do you think is the significance of World Hijab Day?
IDS What’s the biggest takeaway you hope people get from this day?
Bah It’s basically to have a sense of representation of who Muslim women are. We’re different all over the world. We have different goals. It’s a way to not homogenize us. We’re diverse.
Afsaruddin World Hijab Day is important to draw attention to women’s reasons, their own reasons, for adopting this particular garb and what it means to them, rather than having other people interpret it for them.
Mohamed I guess just that it means a lot of different things to different people. For some, it’s not really a religious thing as much as a cultural thing. If anything, women feel more empowered when they wear the hijab.
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WOMEN’S TENNIS
Bozovic adjusting well to collegiate competition By Lauralys Shallow lshallow@umail.iu.edu @ShallowLauralys
What a difference a year makes. Freshman Jelly Bozovic thought she played her best tennis already. After a disappointing season in her final year of high school, Bozovic feared junior year was her peak and she would never get back to that quality of tennis. In a sense, she was right. Bozovic is not playing like the high school junior she was two years ago. She is playing better than that. Bozovic is 4-0 in singles in her debut dual match season. What’s more impressive is Bozovic has not dropped a set in any of her four victories, making her undefeated in every facet of singles. “I owe this all to my coaches and my team,” Bozovic said. “They believed in me when I didn’t believe in myself.” From Burr Ridge, Illinois, the Lyons Township graduate chose IU without even taking an official or
unofficial visit. After a tournament in Bloomington, Bozovic said former IU Coach Lin Loring gave her a tour of the campus and facilities, and from that moment she knew it had to be IU. “I just saw everything ingrained in my mind,” Bozovic said. “I saw myself walking to class, walking to the tennis center, playing here, I just saw it.” Bozovic committed to IU before Loring announced his retirement last January. At the time, Loring was the winningest coach in women’s Division I tennis history. IU Assistant Coach Ramiro Azcui, who worked with Loring for 24 years, replaced Loring as the leader of the program. Getting recruited by one head coach and having to play for another did not concern Bozovic. “Coach Ramiro and I talked as much as Loring and I did,” Bozovic said. “I wasn’t nervous or anything like that. I didn’t think anything was gonna be different. I knew I was in good hands.” Bozovic came to this
program wanting to improve, and Azcui was eager to coach her. Azcui said when Bozovic came to IU they sat down and both decided in order for her to play collegiatecaliber tennis, she would need to be coachable. Bozovic told Azcui whatever he needs her to do, she is going to make those changes, which is why Azcui is not surprised by her success. “She listens so well and whatever you tell her she tries to do exactly that,” Azcui said. “She is believing in the process of improving, and that’s why her results are so strong.” Bozovic opened the season defeating Western Michigan freshman Valeria Riegraf 6-2, 6-0, followed by a victory over Butler freshman Lauren Marx 6-3, 6-0 in the Crimson Invite. The following weekend, Bozovic faced Cincinnati’s No. 4 and Xavier’s No. 5 singles players in the same day. Bozovic’s 6-4, 6-4, win over Cincinnati freshman Emma Miceli helped IU win the dual, and a few hours later she beat Xavier sopho-
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Freshman Jelly Bozovic celebrates after winning a point during one of her singles matches against the University of Cincinnati. IU improved to 3-0 on the season after their 4-2 win over UC on Saturday.
more Rachel Reichenbach 7-6, 6-3. Bozovic attributes her impressive start to her coaches, Azcui and assistant coach Ryan Miller. “They told me to trust them, and I trust them with everything,” Bozovic said. “I followed everything they told me what to do and I started playing better instantly.” Her forehand needed improvement coming into IU. Bozovic said it just was not there. The forehand
struggle affected her mental game when opponents consistently returned her forehand shot. Bozovic did what the coaches asked, and she said she started hitting her forehand better than she ever had, including in her junior year of high school. “She is a fighter,” Azcui said. “She wants to keep getting better. She’s one of those I would call like a gym rat. She would be on the court all day long if she could.”
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President Trump touted the United States’ military strength, last year’s tax overhaul and reductions in federal regulations in his first State of the Union address Tuesday night. The address, delivered by U.S. presidents to Congress and the nation annually, with the exception of their first year in office, also focused on immigration reform and the U.S.’s relationship with other countries. “For the last year we have sought to restore the bonds of trust between our citizens and their government,” Trump said. Trump touched upon future goals of his administration, which included immigration overhaul and border security, two issues which put a stop to votes on a temporary government spending bill earlier in January. The president spoke about many policy issues, but the focus kept coming back to the economy. “We have ended the war on American energy,” Trump said. “And we have ended the war on beautiful, clean coal.” The industry term “clean coal” refers to the process of capturing carbon emissions from coal consumption, not an actual commodity. While the government has slashed environmental regulations regarding coal, demand for it has not increased. Trump went on to take aim at the current immigration system and what he characterized as its contribution to gangrelated crime, claiming “many of these gang members took advantage of glaring loopholes and our laws to enter the country as illegal, unaccompanied, alien minors.” He also brought up the opioid epidemic which has swept the country, promoting addiction treatment but also putting focus on a law enforcement solution which followed party lines. The president sits at a record low in terms of approval rating at this point in the presidency — 38 percent on average according to Gallup’s last count between Jan. 22 and 28. This sits below the 47 percent approval rating held by former president Ronald Reagan at the same time in his presidency. Reagan had the second lowest of the past nine presidents, according to Gallup. INDIANA’S SENATORS Like the rest of their colleagues, Indiana’s two U.S. senators brought guests. Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Indiana, announced in a Jan. 26 release he would bring Taylor Nielsen, a police officer from Lebanon, Indiana. Donnelly credited Nielsen’s openness about mental health with assisting in the introduction and passage of the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act, legislation both Donnelly, and Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana introduced last year. “Taylor’s courage talking about the mental health challenges she has faced is a testament to her strength and resilience,” Donnelly said in the release. Indiana’s Republican senator announced his guests in a release the same day as Donnelly. Young planned to bring Chelsee Hatfield of Windfall, Indiana, and Gene Miles of Greentown, Indiana, who would serve as representatives of First Farmers Bank & Trust. The bank is based in Converse, Indiana. Young’s guests were a hat tip to the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the tax code rewrite passed by Congress and signed into law by the SEE SOTU, PAGE 8