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After fleeing war-torn Syria the Batmans resettled on the north side of Indianapolis. Marwan, Rimas, Raghad, Rakan and their mother and 16-year-old sister, who are not pictured, have lived in Indianapolis for two years and two months. Now they are faced with President Trump's executive order. They still want to become citizens of the United States.

Unresolved A Syrian family, resettled in Indianapolis in 2014, reflects on the executive orders

By Lydia Gerike lgerike@umail.iu.edu | @lydi_yeah

The protests filled the Indianapolis International Airport with chants and fury.

“No hate, no fear. Refugees are welcome here.”

They were fighting President Trump’s executive order that bars foreigners from seven Muslim-majority countries -- Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Libya, Sudan, Somalia and Syria.

Raghad Batman, 8, had a favorite sign from the protest.

She laughed and explained that for awhile, it just said, “Refugees we come,” until someone took a marker and added the previously missing L so it read, “Refugees welcome,” like it was supposed to.

The protests hit close to home for Raghad.

Her Syrian family had only called Indianapolis home for two years.

Since the ban, it could have been the

Batmans stuck behind the airport gate.

The civil war in Syria shoved the six Batmans first to Lebanon, where they lived for two years.

They sat through refugee status approval, interviews with the United Nations, three fingerprint screenings, Homeland Security clearance, background checks, health screenings, a referral for settlement in the United States and more interviews.

The U.S.‘s refugee vetting process took two years, but finally the family of six, the youngest of whom was just 3, was given the green light. * * * Marwan could not describe how much joy the acceptance of his family brought him. He finally had hope that his family would be out of danger.

They came to the United States and a state called Indiana. A man named Mike Pence was in charge, but they wouldn’t learn about him until later, when the governor led a Republican effort

to ban Syrian refugees.

Though they had arrived in a land free of war, every day was a battle.

Only Rama, who is now 16, knew any English.

Her parents, Marwan and Lona, her 14-year-old brother Rakan, her 5-year-old sister Rimas and Raghad had no way to understand the new world around them.

Marwan’s brother, who had been accepted as a refugee in Switzerland, had time to learn a new language before entering the workforce. In the U.S., Marwan needed a job immediately.

In Syria he was a chef at his own restaurant. In Indianapolis he found a job preparing halal meat in the back of a restaurant.

Most of the English he knows now are words for different kinds of food. The pay is hardly enough to live on, and although he said he works hard, his family still needs government help.

Even in a foreign country with a new language SEE UNRESOLVED, PAGE 8

IU offers resources and aid to those affected by President Trump’s executive order

By Dominick Jean drjean@indiana.edu | @dominojean

In the wake of President Trump’s recent executive order banning travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries, IU faculty and administration met with affected students Tuesday and discussed visa interviews and counseling services.

A second informational session will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday in the Frangipani Room of the Indiana Memorial Union.

Christopher Viers, associate vice president of International Services at IU, said Tuesday that the University will

support the students in any way it can.

“There should be no doubt in anyone’s mind that this executive order runs entirely contrary to what we hold dear at IU,” Viers said. “We are actively working against this executive order.”

Viers, along with Rendy Schrader, director of Student and Scholar Advising, laid out resources for those affected and broke down the details of the order.

Visa interviews are now required by all applicants coming to the United States.

This will result in lon-

ger waits because time for interviews will have to be made for all potential entrants.

The seven-country ban directly affects individuals from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

Individuals from these countries will not be allowed to enter the U.S. or apply for U.S. visas for at least 90 days.

Schrader said the safest course of action is to remain in the U.S. and currently no one is in danger of being deported.

“Our best advice is don’t travel,” Schrader said. “Don’t leave the U.S.” Viers said the students of

IU especially those from other countries are the priority for all IU administration and IU will provide aid to those who need it with various resources.

Students can call Associate General Counsel Angela Adams in the Office of the Vice President and General Counsel at 317-274-7455.

The Office of International Services can be reached at 812-855-9086.

During non-business hours, after 5 p.m., students and those affected should contact IU Police Department at 812-855-4111.

A group of attorneys will

also be working pro bono on immigration-related cases and can be contacted through OIS at ois@iu.edu or 812-855-9086.

Counseling and Psychological Services will also be working with students during this time, Schrader said.

Both Viers and Schrader encouraged any students who had issues to contact the University and OIS if they had any concerns. Viers said while his office is having trouble coping with the numbers of concerned calls, it will do everything it can to help.

“You are our priority,” Viers said.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Senior leaders embrace role for IU women's tennis

By Dylan Wallace dswallac@iu.edu | @Dwall_1

The seniors hail from two different countries, but both are leaders.

Paula Gutierrez from Alhaurrin de la Torre, Spain, and Kim Schmider from Cheshire, England, are now in their fourth seasons with the IU women’s tennis team. First-year head coach and longtime assistant Ramiro Azcui has made the duo his team leaders. They have eagerly accepted their roles.

“We try to be the role models for them,” Gutierrez said of her teammates. “We try to teach them how things are done and how Ramiro likes things to be done.”

Schmider and Gutierrez are good friends and top talents for the Hoosiers, but they had different paths to get to IU. Gutierrez said she got into tennis when she was six.

“My parents were really into the healthy life and thought that kids

needed to play sports,” Gutierrez said. “We went to a tennis class, and I was really interested, so I just starting playing.”

Schmider, on the other hand, was introduced to the sport through her family, particularly her older brother, who already played the sport.

Schmider and Gutierrez were both successful while playing before college. At one point Schmider was the No. 1 ranked player in England. She trained with IU alumnus Josh MacTaggart, who played for the men’s tennis team. Schmider found IU through MacTaggart.

“He got me in contact with Coach (Lin) Loring,” Schmider said. “I had heard so much about Coach Loring and the program, so it just went from there.”

Gutierrez played in the U.S. Open Junior Championships in New York City when she was 17, where a lot of college scouts were. Universities in Spain don’t have much in the way of sports programs so she chose IU

for the combination of the tennis program and the Kelley School of Business, Gutierrez said.

She’s found the style of play and competition between Spain and the United States to be very different.

“Coming from Spain we all play more defensive because we are used to playing on clay courts,” Gutierrez said. “The girls here are a lot stronger so I think I’m a lot faster and stronger now than I was before I came here.”

Schmider said the level of play in the U.S. is much greater than in England. She said there was a definite adjustment period for her once she began playing tennis collegiately.

“It was a shock seeing so many girls that were better than me,” Schmider said. “I made that transition mentally and physically, knowing I had to work a lot harder to get where I wanted to be.”

Schmider’s game has evolved since coming to IU, and she has become more of a doubles player than singles, positioned at the No. 1

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IU seniors Kim Schmider and Paula Gutierrez are the captains of the women's tennis team. After former IU Coach Lin Loring retired after 40 years at IU, Coach Ramiro Azcui named the only seniors as captains of the team.

doubles spot with sophomore Madison Appel.

“Before I came here, my doubles was OK,” Schmider said. “It wasn’t anything special, but now from being here my doubles has improved

so much.”

Gutierrez and Schmider are the only two seniors on a team of nine.

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UndocuHoosiers present petition to faculty

By Jesse Naranjo jlnaranj@indiana.edu | @jesselnaranjo

Members and faculty supporters of the UndocuHoosier Alliance lined up Tuesday afternoon at the back wall of President’s Hall to express their grievances to the Bloomington Faculty Council regarding last week’s executive order on immigration.

Holding signs that, among other things, read “Sanctuary Campus Now,” “No Ban on Stolen Land” and "Ningun ser humano es ilegal” — no human being is illegal — the group sought to secure sanctuary status, a topic of national debate, for the Bloomington campus.

Rebecca Spang, president of the council, initiated the meeting by offering an amended agenda, which would give discussion time to the issue put forward by the organization, whose members were present at the past two council meetings.

“This door is open to all,” Spang read off a poster of the Statue of Liberty.

Before other faculty members or students spoke, Robel reviewed the contents of the email she sent to students.

She said much of her original statement was to explain the legal implications to students and faculty because Robel is a lawyer and law professor.

In addition to reviewing the statement, she told the room at least 160 IU applications from the seven countries listed in the order had been put on hold at the time.

The provost did not want to craft a response without

consulting those affected but wanted faculty and staff to be aware of any plan when it was put in place, she said.

“This executive order, in particular, is a moving target,” Robel said.

The frequent federal rulings in response to the mandate create gray areas, and the Office of International Services has created a website that will be updated as new developments are made, the provost said.

Robel emphasized the campus as one body that needed to unite in support of higher education and its core values, which President Michael McRobbie stated were in contrast with the executive order. She said there could be no exceptions to “one IU.” “Things that might be symbolic are important in my view,” Robel said. The statement elicited snickers from the protesters.

Shane Greene, a professor of anthropology who was substituting for another member of the council, asked if he could read a statement circulated and signed by UndocuHoosiers Alliance prior to the meeting.

The students holding signs, who until this point had been almost silent, snapped their fingers when he requested time for his statement, which required suspension of council rules to present, because the ensuing discussion was not part of the formal agenda .

Green secured the twothirds maj vote needed to suspend council rules. Then he read the statement, which

expressed outrage at the executive order. The petition was appreciative of McRobbie’s statement and asked for clarification on six issues the organization wanted to see addressed by the University.

“Strong words must be followed by strong actions,” Greene said.

Among the six points on the petition were references to statements by the president of University of Michigan regarding university police’s role, or lack thereof, in enforcing the executive order.

Greene said this had been written prior to Robel’s statement to the campus, which he said was even more thorough than that of the University of Michigan.

The main item was a request for a Bloomington sanctuary campus regardless of politics. Other points of clarification included whether pro-bono legal services offered by the provost had sufficient resources and funding.

Professors debated whether designating a sanctuary campus would invite unwanted federal attention or pullback of funding. One professor said this designation might endanger the school in the current political climate, while another said sanctuary campuses, though symbolic, are a national movement. At this, protestors cheered.

Moira Marsh, the collection manager and library liaison for the anthropology department, presented an improvised resolution, which did not explicitly declare a sanctuary campus in

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Members of UndocuHoosiers Alliance hold signs Tuesday in the back of President's Hall in protest of President Trump's executive order. The protest took place during a Bloomington Faculty Council meeting.

Bloomington but made other provisions for affected students and faculty.

Among these provisions were waivers or assistance for those whose personal success was impeded by the executive order. This included extensions for student work and faculty progression toward tenure or reappointment.

Faculty members made sounds and gestured their approval.

A vote was called, and the resolution, though incomplete in its writing, passed with a majority of votes to scattered applause from those at the back wall.

After being asked about the sufficiency of the resolution,

those from UndocuHoosier Alliance expressed disapproval. A member from the group said the resolution did not satisfy them.

She said she, as an ArabAmerican, was more concerned with being deported or put in a camp than she was about the University losing federal funding. She asked the council to reflect on how they might feel years from today when they won’t have the option to make the decision.

“I think you will wish you’d declared this a sanctuary campus,” she said.

Another student said the administration’s statement that the IU Police Department would act within the

law not to disclose immigration information of students was not sufficient, and he would prefer the University take a position of explicit noncompliance.

The UndocuHoosiers requested the sanctuary campus vote to take place, with one member expressing the issue’s urgency. As history has demonstrated, the law can and will change, another member said.

With the passing of the resolution and ensuing discussion, the UndocuHoosier’s time was up, and the Bloomington Faculty Council resumed the normal agenda more than an hour after the meeting began.

Ken Nunn talks about his ties to IU and personal story

By Larmie Sanyon lsanyon@indiana.edu | @LarmieSanyon

Ken Nunn was a 16-yearold high school dropout. He didn’t read a novel till his sophomore year, and found more enjoyment in comic books and movies than he ever did in a classroom.

Now 76, Nunn runs what U.S. News calls one of the best injury law firms in the country. He has not forgotten his alma mater, IU, and adopted home, Bloomington, either.

He’s made sizable donations to IU athletics, greek organizations, local hospitals, and fire and police departments.

Nunn said he is glad to have a chance to give back.

“It’s like being out in the ocean in a rowboat,” he said.

“What’s good for you is good for me.”

Five decades after he got started, Nunn’s firm has won about $685 million for its clients. It’s afforded him the opportunity to live a luxurious lifestyle. He owns two Rolls Royce vehicles, along with other luxury cars. He grew up in public housing and was never able to establish a true home, a very different life than the one he currently lives.

However, it was the lack of an established home that got his life on track.

He moved to another city because his mother had obtained housing. Nunn said he started school up again there. The school was different from his last and more encouraging, he said.

“When I was a sophomore in high school, we had to read a book and do a book report,” he said. “It came my turn, and the book I read was by Steinbeck, ‘Of Mice and Men.’ I got up before the class, and I told them what the book was about.”

Nunn said he was so excited and happy about his presentation that his teacher made him come to the afternoon class to present. He showed up and presented with the same excitement and received the same cheer.

“Well, what they didn’t know was that was the first book I had ever read, ever, sophomore in high school,” Nunn said. “My granddaughter is a sophomore, and she has read maybe over 1,500 books. To be that deep into your life and education and only read one book.”

Nunn said all he read were comic books and comics in newspapers. He was reading at a seventh grade level.

Nunn made a lot of new friends at his new school and in that mix was his future wife.

Her father was a state trooper, and Nunn said that made him nervous.

“I was one of those guys with the leather jacket with the collar turned up,” Nunn said.

“The leather jacket meant that you don’t mess with this guy — that was before guns and knives and things. I’ve been in about a hundred fights, fist fights, and I lost about half of them.”

Eventually he would

marry the girl, and it was his marriage that helped shift his life, he said.

After a couple years at Southern Indiana University he transferred to IU Bloomington, even though his grades weren’t up to par. IU admitted him solely because his degree required him to complete a certain amount of courses in Bloomington.

When Nunn arrived in Bloomington one of the first movies he saw was “To Kill A Mockingbird.” Nunn said he thought the lead actor, Gregory Peck, looked so suave and good-looking that he wanted to be a lawyer.

“Did I believe that I was smart enough to be a lawyer?

No, I didn’t,” he said. “I came to the IU law school, and I asked them if I could qualify, and they said no.”

However, they gave him a sliver of hope. Nunn had to improve his grades, and if he did, the school would find him a spot. If IU didn’t work out, he was prepared to go to the University of Kentucky or Mississippi, the latter of which because at that point it had the lowest academic credentials in the country.

“I was going to be a lawyer no matter what after seeing that movie,” Nunn said.

He said he worked very hard in his junior and senior years of college to improve his grades. His hard work eventually paid off, and he was accepted into the law school.

Nunn likes to stress his academic limitations because it

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Attorney Ken Nunn reflects on his life in his office in Bloomington. He emphasized hard work and dedication.

allows him to talk about what he knows how to do best. He said his friend once told him he was far from being one of the best lawyers in the state or even his own law firm. However, Nunn’s success came in his organization.

“That is my strength — my determination, being organized and wanting to win more than the other person,” he said. “It makes up for all my lack of skills academically.”

Just like his hero, Larry Bird, Nunn said he is just a poor kid from Indiana who had to earn everything he had through determination.

It was with the same determination he opened his first law practice in downtown Bloomington with a card table and four chairs.

Nunn worked as a lone practitioner for 10 years before he could expand.

Notable Board of Trustees to vote soon From IDS reports

The IU Board of Trustees will meet for the fourth time this 2016-2017 academic year on Feb. 2 and 3. The 34-page agenda on the board’s website lists decisions up for vote at the two day meeting. Here are some of the notable topics.

Eskenazi Museum of Art Expansion Trustees will vote on a proposed design for expansion to the museum originally designed by architect I.M. Pei in the 1970s. The plans include an expansion into the nearby Fine Arts Library, which will increase the current size of the museum by 17,000 square feet. The University would like to revitalize the museum as an “Ultimate Teaching Museum,”

according to the proposed action.

While the plans call for physical changes to the building and surrounding landscape, they also include the establishment of four centers, areas within the museum that will focus on curatorial studies, conservation, education and works on paper. These changes are meant to enforce the museum’s cultural connection with the community.

The board will look at the proposed design but are not voting on budgeting measures yet, according to the agenda.

Design of New Regional Health Center and Academic Building In early January, IUBloomington Hospital announced a collaboration for a new health center and

academic building, which is slated for construction in place of the existing IU Golf Course driving range. The area is located off East 17th Street at the bypass of State Roads 45 and 46. New roadways and sidewalks will be constructed in order to ensure easy access to the health center. The plans call for use of the landscape surrounding the golf course to connect the building to IU’s technology park .

The site will also include academic facilities for student learning, in addition to standard hospital units such as a clinic and emergency care.

The plan to be presented to the board does not include specific details regarding the center’s construction, which the agenda said leaves room for adjustments to both the health facility and its

academic counterpart. The board will vote on a more detailed plan at a future meeting.

Uniform Rate Increases For Housing and Meal Plans The requested rates increase the room and board price for all residence halls by one percent. This increase ranges from an extra $59 for a double in Collins Center or Wright Quad to about $100 for any given room in Union Street Center. Requested rates at the University’s regional campuses vary, with increases in upwards of $201 at IU-Purdue University Indianapolis.

University owned apartments are will see a half-percent or two percent price increase, depending on location.

He said it was a learning experience.

“Many times I came home to my wife and said, ‘there’s no money this week, honey.

Sorry,’” he said. “And she would give me lunch money.

I would put ads in the paper and buy cars and take them home, polish them up and then put them in the paper the next day or so.”

Nunn would make around a hundred dollars for each car. He said it was the comfort in knowing he could pay his secretary and put food on the table that made his second job worth it.

His break came in 1974 when lawyers were approved to advertise freely.

“Now my whole life changed,” Nunn said. “I started advertising.”

Injury law cases were the most common, so naturally

Nunn’s firm decided to specialize in them. Nunn now appears on television 421 times a day and has a $3.5 million annual advertising budget.

To this day, he said a lot of lawyers still look down on him for advertising. Nunn said lawyers were taught in school never to advertise.

That clearly has not stopped Nunn. He said he still goes to work everyday and often works on weekends. He calls all potential clients because he never forgot what his mother told him about being a respectful lawyer.

Nunn said he has never intended to leave Bloomington or retire. Bloomington is his home, and his work continues to challenge him every day.

“I love Bloomington,” Nunn said. “This was a new home for me, and I had no desire to leave. “

CORRECTION In Monday’s edition of the Indiana Daily Student, John Lechleiter was incorrectly identified as the retired chairman of Eli Lilly and Company, when in fact he is still the chairman and is retired from his positions as president and CEO of the company.

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IU (14-8) After winning three straight vs. Penn State (12-10) games, the Hoosiers have dropped 6:30 p.m., today, Assembly Hall two straight road games, which came by a combined margin of 43 that have been affected. Freshpoints.

IU is back at home Wednesday man forward Curtis Jones has been facing a critical game against Penn hobbled with an ankle injury and State, hoping to avoid a three-game only played three minutes against Northwestern. losing streak.

Sophomore forward Juwan MorA major reason for IU’s recent slide has been the absence of sev- gan has also been dealing with a eral key contributors, including se- variety of injuries.

“It’s tough because he’s not the nior forward Collin Hartman, sophsame right now,” omore forward Crean said. “There’s OG Anuonby no question that and junior guard “They’re going through he’s got to improve James Blackmon a real life lesson right his health and Jr., who is out once his health imindefinitely. now, I mean they really proves, his game “They’re going are. When you deal will improve.” through a real life with the adversity of With Blacklesson right now, losing not only players, mon out, freshman I mean they reguard Devonte ally are,” Crean but key players, Green stepped in said. “When you absolutely key go-to and got the start deal with the players on the team, it against the Wildadversity of loscats. He struggled, ing not only playforces everybody up a hitting just one ers, but key playlevel of responsibility, out of seven shots ers, absolutely some more than and registering two key go-to players turnovers. on the team, it others.”

“He needs to be forces everyIU Coach Tom Crean ready to shoot and body up a level be confident, knock of responsibility, the ball down,” some more than Crean said on his radio show on others.”

Without Blackmon, IU’s leading WHCC 105.1 FM. “Sometimes scorer, in the lineup against North- he’s trying to rush or trying to shot western on Sunday, IU’s offense fake. But I think for a guy in his struggled and had its lowest scoring first start, in a Big Ten game and on the road, he did a pretty good output of the season.

However, sophomore forward job, and I think he’ll be even better Thomas Bryant had arguably his next game.”

IU has already beat Penn State best game of the season, tying his this season but career high in needed the heroics scoring with 23 of Blackmon to hold points and pull“He needs to be off a late rally by ing down 12 ready to shoot and be the Nittany Lions. rebounds. confident, knock the Blackmon sunk the Morgan, who game-winning shot figures to be ball down. Sometimes and finished with relatively healthy he’s trying to rush or 17 points. for Wednesday’s trying to shot fake. But Since its loss to game, said he has I think for a guy in his IU, Penn State has confidence in his gone 1-2, beating Ilteammates and first start, in a Big Ten linois at home and their ability to game and on the road, losing on the road step up. he did a pretty good at Wisconsin and “We have to Purdue. stay knowing job, and I think he’ll Junior guard that next man up be even better next Shep Garner is has to come in game.”

Penn State’s leadand play,” Moring scorer, averaggan said. “They IU Coach Tom Crean said about freshman guard Devonte Green ing 12.4 points per weren’t recruited game and is the here or getting team leader in shots signed here just to take a spot on the bench. They’re attempted a game at 10.5.

Garner had 15 points when the here to play and they have to be ready any time something happens.” two teams played, and he shot well Penn State’s defense is the from three, going four of seven from Nittany Lions’ best weapon this beyond the arc.

Against IU, freshman guard Tony season. Penn State has the nation’s 32nd best defense according to Carr led Penn State with 24 points.

KenPom.com’s adjusted efficiency Carr did a lot of his damage at the free throw line, where he hit 10 of 11 ranking.

IU has had a problem turning attempts.

Following the loss to Norththe ball over and Penn State is an above-average team in terms of western, Crean was confident in his team and its ability to turn the forcing miscues.

The Nittany Lions have forced season around.

“We’ve just got to keep improvmiscues on 20.9 percent of their possessions, good for 56th in the ing, we really do,” Crean said. “We can’t do anything about what we country.

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Gorsuch selected as Supreme Court nominee

By Sarah Gardner and Melanie Metzman gardnese@indiana.edu @sarahhhgardner mmetzman@indiana.edu @melanie_metzman

President Donald Trump has selected Neil Gorsuch as his nomination for a position as a Supreme Court justice.

After the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016, former President Barack Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland, was declined a hearing by Senate Republicans.

“When Justice Scalia passed away suddenly last February, I made a promise to the American people,” Trump said during his announcement Tuesday night.

“If elected, I would find the very best judge in the country for the Supreme Court.”

Gorsuch was one of three finalists for the nomination.

The other two finalists were William Pryor and Thomas Hardiman.

Gorsuch, 49, is currently a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He is considered by many in the judicial community to be philosophically similar to Scalia.

“As this confirmation process moves forward in the Senate, I look forward to speaking with members on both sides of the aisle,” Gorsuch said. “I consider the U.S. Senate the most important deliberative body in the world.”

He was nominated by

former President George W. Bush in 2006 for his current position. Gorsuch is the youngest Supreme Court nominee in about 25 years, according to ABC News.

Gorsuch was born in Denver and moved to Washington, D.C., as a teenager.

He earned his bachelor of arts from Columbia University; graduated Harvard Law School, where he received the Truman Scholarship; and obtained a doctorate of philosophy in law from Oxford University, where he received a Marshall Scholarship.

While at Columbia, he helped to found a newspaper, the Federalist, and a magazine, the Morningside Review.

He is considered an advocate for originalism, the idea that the Constitution should be interpreted as the Founding Fathers would have more than 200 years ago, and of “extualism, the idea that statutes should be interpreted literally, according to NPR. Grosuch is also a strong defender of the “Free Exercise Clause,” which says Congress cannot make laws regarding religion and the freedom of religious expression.

He sided with Christian religious organizations and employers in the cases of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby in 2014 and Zubik v. Burwell in 2016.

Burwell v. Hobby Law was a Supreme Court case focused on whether

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President Trump announces Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil M. Gorsuch in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

employers should be required to pay for female employees’ contraceptives under Obama’s health care law.

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Hobby Lobby and said closely held for-profit companies are exempt from a law its owners religiously

Pre-K expansion passed by education committee Alexa Chryssovergis aachryss@indiana.edu @achryssovergis

Debate about charter schools and school vouchers — hot topics in recent years — dominated much of a state house education committee hearing Tuesday that stretched from 8:30 a.m. into the early evening.

Indiana Democratic and Republican representatives discussed several education-related bills on which they agreed in general premise and mission but clashed regarding specifics.

The committee passed three bills Tuesday despite protests and failed amendments suggested by Democratic representatives.

A majority of the hearing was taken up by public testimony for and discussion of amendments to House Bill 1004, a bill authored by Committee Chairman Rep. Robert Behning, R-Indianapolis.

The bill passed 9-4, with dissenters saying the bill in its current state is not ready and failed amendments should be revisited on the full House floor.

The bill would expand an already existing pre-K grant program, “On My Way Pre-K, “from its current five counties to a total of 10 counties.

“I know that pre-K does make a difference in kids’ lives,” Behning said in his bill pitch. “It’s something that we need to embrace.”

While apparently no Democrats, Republicans and testifiers — such as teachers, union officials and public education advocates — in the committee hearing disagreed with Behning on the necessity of the program, conflict arose regarding vouchers.

A voucher is money from the state that helps pay for a student to attend a school of their choice. HB 1004 contains language that intertwines the pre-K grant program with a K-12 private school voucher program.

The bill provides what Behning referred to as a “seamless provider network” into the K-12 voucher program. It ensures students who receive a grant from “On My Way Pre-K” could continue their education with the assistance of a private school voucher in the future.

A sister bill, Senate Bill 276, in the Senate is the same as HB 1004 minus this voucher provision.

Linda Robb, a retired public school instructor and law practitioner, said the bill is an irresponsible funding decision because the future cost of vouchers cannot yet be accurately estimated, so the legislature shouldn’t promise them to students.

“I’m not here to argue the demerits of a voucher system, which is out of control, and I’m not here to discuss how I believe there is a blurred line between government and religion with vouchers,” Robb said. “I’m just asking the legislature to be sensible and keep it simple.”

The committee took a recess around 1 p.m. and reconvened a little after 5 p.m. to hear testimony on an additional bill that will be discussed during Thursday’s hearing and to vote on amendments to 1004.

There was confusion about whether the bill expands eligibility for the voucher scholarship.

Behning said it does not — if a student is income-eligible as a preschooler, they must remain income eligible in 1st grade, 2nd grade and so on.

All eventually agreed that with the voucher language, the bill adds a new avenue through which a child can become involved in the scholarship program.

Rep. Ed Delaney, DIndianapolis, introduced an amendment to strike the language allowing this from HB 1004, but it failed on party lines.

Delaney put forth another amendment that would have encouraged expansion of the pilot to a statewide rollout program, but Behning said this move would kill the bill immediately in the Senate, and the amendment failed.

Another bill, which concerns charter school accountability, was also intensely debated Thursday. House Bill 1328 passed 7-4 with complete partisan split within the committee.

While Democrats in the committee agreed it moves in the right direction in holding charters accountable to more standards within the state, they were concerned with several provisions in the bill.

“Are charter schools public schools? How do I, as a legislator, help direct a state educational policy if I create a set of schools not under the state educational policy?”

Rep. Ed Delaney D-Indianapolis, state education committee

Namely, Delaney was apprehensive about a proposed amendment that essentially states charter schools would not fall under the umbrella of the Indiana Department of Education but would instead be overseen and advised by a separate charter board.

“Are charter schools public schools?” Delaney asked. “How do I, as a legislator, help direct a state educational policy if I create a set of schools not under the state educational policy?”

Charter schools are public schools. They are publicly funded by taxpayers but privately-run.

They are an enticing option for parents who support school choice and would like their children to have the ability to experience specific teaching styles and methods not explored in public education, but they have met with controversy in recent years from opponents who say they cater to the wealthy and exclude disabled students.

Opponents also complain those who run charter schools are not submitted to the same rigorous standards and scrutiny as public schools. Democrats reiterated this complaint during the hearing.

Other Democrats in the committee echoed Delaney’s concern regarding language in the bill that separates authority for the Indiana Charter School Board from the Indiana Department of Education.

Rep. Vernon Smith, DGary, echoed Delaney’s sentiment — separating management of charter schools could create disagreeing standards.

“We’re going in the direction where we’re going to have a dual system going,” Smith said. “I think it’s dangerous.”

object to.

Zubik v. Burwell was a case that appeared before the Supreme Court on whether religious institutions other than churches should be exempt from the contraceptive mandate under “Obamacare.” In May 2016, the Supreme Court

vacated the Court of Appeals ruling and returned the cases to their courts of appeals for reconsideration.

Gorsuch is also the author of “The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia,” which looks at the legal and ethical dilemmas surrounding assisted suicides.

In the book, he concludes that any form of euthanasia should not be legalized, according to ABC News.

If his nomination is confirmed, Gorsuch would reestablish a 5-4 split on the Supreme Court between conservative and liberal justices.

ICYMI: Transportation, education nominees advance

By Melanie Metzman mmetzman@indiana.edu @melanie_metzman

Elaine Chao was confirmed as Secretary of Transportation by the Senate Tuesday with a 93-6 vote.

Chao immigrated to America from Taiwan when she was eight-years-old and spoke no English. She went on the graduate from Harvard Business School.

She has previously worked as assistant secretary of Transportation and was appointed secretary of Labor by former president George W. Bush.

Chao is married to Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell-R Ky. Sen. Todd Young-R In. released a statement expressing his support for Chao. “’The Crossroads of America’ is more than just a moniker for the state of Indiana,” Young said in a press release. “If we are to remain a main logistics and manufacturing economy, our state will need additional infrastructure investments.

Secretary Chao’s previous experience as Secretary of Labor and leading various non-profits will be invaluable experience in ensuring the Department of Transportation runs smoothly and

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President Donald Trump with Betsy DeVos, whom Trump has chosen as his secretary of education, on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016 in Bedminster, N.J.

efficiently.

I was proud to support her nomination and am confident her work will provide tangible benefits to the Hoosier state.” * * * The Senate committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions approved Betsy DeVos’s nomination to lead the Department of Education on Tuesday.

DeVos was confirmed with a 12-11 vote along party lines. Her nomination will now go to the Senate floor, where she will need a majority to be confirmed.

Trump meets with pharmaceutical industry Trump met with pharmaceutical executives in the Oval Office on Tuesday

to inform them if they bring production back to the U.S., he will lower regulations on their businesses.

Trump said the companies have done a “terrific job over the years,” but prices for drugs must come down, according to CNN. Executives from Merck & Co. and Johnson & Johnson were present at the meeting.

“So you have to get your companies back here. We have to make products ...

We have to get rid of a tremendous number of regulations,” Trump said in the meeting. “I know you have some problems where you cannot even think about opening up new plants. You can’t get approval for the plant and then you can’t get approval to make the drugs.”

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 and difficult work, the Batmans had hope for their new lives — until last week, when Trump signed his executive order. * * * Raghad said she thinks President Trump’s face looks funny, like a triangle or a square, and draws it as a different shape every time she picks up her markers.

She has her own opinions about the new leader of her adoptive country.

“Hillary Clinton doesn’t tell that much lies, but Donald Trump tells thousands of lies,” Raghad said.

Her parents and older siblings have more complex views of Trump.

Marwan and Rama said they have to respect Trump as president of the United States even if they disagree with what he is doing to the Muslim community.

“To let the kids be unsafe is horrible,” Rama said.

Rama said they know families who have sold all their belongings with the intent to come to the U.S., but now they are stuck in the middle of a crisis with nothing.

Marwan and his family wanted to become citizens, but he said it might not be a possibility for them anymore.

He is afraid they will find themselves in the same circumstances as the other floating refugees.

He wishes the United Nations would call and reassure him that he still has human rights.

Marwan is also scared for what Trump may do next. He said he knows they aren’t in any danger right now, but that could change with another

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 after 40 years at the helm of the program, Azcui said he immediately sought Schmider and Gutierrez’s help to run the team.

“Once coach retired, I wanted them to really take

new announcement.

Half the country is with him, but the other half is against him. * * *

Related Content, online Read “The unsettled,” previous IDS coverage of the Batmans, at specials.idsnews.com/ refugees.

Despite the uncertainty caused by the executive order, the family said America is still their second home.

They have friends, their English is improving, and they like living in the U.S. Usually, the volunteers who help refugees settle into their new lives only stick around for six months to a year, but the woman who looked after them still comes by to check in.

“I’m so happy,” Lona, the Batman family’s mother, said.

Her children and husband

smiled at her English. They all agreed.

Rama and Rakan both said they enjoy going to school.

Rama is a junior at North Central High School, and Rakan is in eighth grade at Eastwood Middle School.

The tension in the hallways was bad before, and it’s been worse since the election.

After the election Rakan said he watched black and white students at Eastwood argue about Trump.

At North Central the school newspaper neglected to interview minority students about Trump. A petition went around because of it, Rama said.

The Batman children try to avoid the conflicts they see at school. Rakan said he doesn’t see the point in involving himself in the arguments.

“They’re going to divide us,” he said. “If they divide us, we can’t focus.”

Because he and his peers all go to the same school, it would just cause more trouble to fight.

Instead, the older Batman children would rather focus on their learning.

“We love to study, and we’d love to do something for America,” Rama said.

Rama said she hopes to go to IU. She doesn’t know what she wants to study, but she has heard good things about the Arabic program.

Even though he has time to decide where he will to go to college, Rakan already knows what his career will be, he said. He wants to be

ownership of the team,” Azcui said. “I wanted them to help me lead this team because I knew emotionally we were going to be a little fragile with the departure of coach.”

The two weren’t shy about it. They have grown to become best friends during their four years, which they said makes leading the team together

easier. Gutierrez said she and Schmider lean on each other for support.

Schmider said they are willing to do whatever Azcui asks because they know it will help better the team. As part of the team themselves, Schmider and Gutierrez know that sometimes their teammates listen better when

The Batmans are Muslims.

They hate when they see how violently their religion is portrayed on television. The narrative does not match what they were taught,or what they practice.

A common Arabic greeting, “assalaam alaikum,” translates in English to “peace be upon you.” From both a religious and cultural perspective, Muslims cannot greet their enemies with mean words, Rama explained.

She said in the Quran, when the word “neighbor” is written, there is nothing that specifies only other Muslims as neighbors, so everyone has to be treated equally.

Marwan said the family practices Islam, not terrorism. He spoke passionately about his religion in Arabic but could not find the words in English to explain fully. He asked his daughter for help.

“In our religion,” Rakan said, “it’s not possible to kill a spider.” * * *

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Above Rimas Batman, 5, holds her Valentine's Day presents she made for her family. Every present is a heart that she cut out with an "I love you" message written inside.

Below Marwan Batman, 48, talks about his experience being a refugee for the past two years and two months. After fleeing a war-torn Syria, his family resettled on the north side of Indianapolis.

As her parents and older siblings talked politics, Raghad perched on the patterned couch next to her mother. Recently, she learned about Americans like Rosa

Parks, who wouldn’t give up her seat on the bus for a white man, and Martin Luther King Jr., who was shot because he wanted black people to have equal rights.

Raghad suddenly had a new question as she listened to her family talk about the U.S. Who becomes president if Trump dies?

The answer was one she didn’t expect to hear, but she knew his name as soon as she heard it: Vice President Mike Pence.

Her eyes grew wide with the understanding of what that meant. The man who didn’t want her in Indiana a year ago now doesn’t want her in the U.S. at all.

something comes from a fellow student-athlete.

Despite having a few more responsibilities than the average player, the two emphasized they see themselves as equals with their fellow Hoosiers.

“It’s hard to say leaders,” Schmider said of her and Gutierrez’s role. “The girls

know what’s going on so it’s more if they have any problems they know they can come to us. I see us as more of an integral part of the team than an outside leader.”

Azcui said he has enjoyed the help he’s received from his leaders thus far and said they have made his transition to head coach much easier.

“I think both of them have accepted the challenge,” Azcui said. “Both of them have been terrific with helping me so far. They take care of the little details where sometimes I don’t see it and they do. It’s been very rewarding to see how much they’ve grown and how much they care about this program.”

a lawyer. He said he wants to help everyone. * * *

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Love & fate Jacobs School of Music stages complex opera ‘Rodelinda’ as part of spring lineup

By Alison Graham

PHOTOS BY KATIE FRANKE

Top Nicholas Grey and Alia Federico dance the roles of Freyja (Love) and Urd (Fate) in the IU Opera and Ballet’s production of “Rodelinda” by George Frideric Handel.

Top left Yujia Chen sings the role of Eduige in Act I, Scene 2, of the IU Opera and Ballet’s production of “Rodelinda” by George Frideric Handel.

Middle left Yujia Chen and Jianan Huang sing the roles of Eduige and Garibaldo in Act I, Scene 2, of the IU Opera and Ballet’s production of “Rodelinda” by George Frideric Handel.

Bottom left Ashley Valentine and Edward Graves sing the roles of Rodelinda and Grimoaldo in Act I, Scene 2, of the IU Opera and Ballet’s production of “Rodelinda” by George Frideric Handel.

| akgraham@indiana.edu | @alisonkgraham

IU doctoral student Elise Anderson forced herself to like opera.

She said she remembers going to the library when she was 12 after her voice instructor suggested artists for her to explore. She always loved Broadway music, but her teachers steered her toward classical.

She checked out CDs from opera singers like Renée Fleming and Cecilia Bartoli to listen to at home.

“I listened to them for days and days and hours and hours until I liked it, and then I was hooked,” Anderson said.

She continued to listen to classical and opera music until she picked up singing opera about 10 years ago.

Now she is working toward her doctorate of music at the Jacobs School of Music.

Anderson came to IU this fall, and she’ll step onto the Musical Arts Center stage for the first time as a Hoosier on Friday for the opening of Jacobs’ latest opera production, “Rodelinda.”

Audiences only have four chances to see what members of the cast are calling a “Game of Thrones”-style opera that tells the story of different people and groups fighting for an Italian throne. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3, 4, 10 and 11 in the MAC. The opera focuses on a monarchy being usurped and the fallout. The main character, Rodelinda, is put into turmoil from the beginning when her husband is overthrown as king by a duke named Grimoaldo. Rodelinda’s husband is believed to be dead, and soon Grimoaldo proposes to her.

Rodelinda angrily refuses, and so begins a convoluted opera with two opposing sides struggling for power.

Anderson, who plays a male role as Rodelinda’s husband, compared the opera to today’s political climate.

With Republicans and Democrats arguing and fighting at every turn, there is a struggle for power and influence people are seeing now.

This opera may be just the thing people need to see at a time like this.

“You feel like this political turmoil,” Anderson said. “People are trying to take sides and you have

RODELINDA Tickets $10-50 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3, 4, 10, 11, Musical Arts Center some people who are deciding to stay true. I think a lot of people want to see something like that. They want to see happiness prevailing after all the starkness.”

The opera is two hours of somber, serious monologues. Rodelinda’s role alone has eight separate monologues, called arias, where the singer is bellowing out to the crowd for minutes at a time.

In standard operas main characters have only three or four.

But Anna Kozlakawiecz, who is playing Rodelinda, said the number of arias is not intimidating. The opera has only six characters and many arias, so it allows the cast to delve deeper.

“It means each character is important and you can discover all the features of each character during the show,” Kozlakawiecz said.

Kozlakawiecz and Anderson are in separate casts, but their characters are intertwined deeply as husband and wife in the story.

“This is about a family and a husband and wife that despite all odds are faithful to each other and love each other and stay by each other,” Anderson said. “Everything else is in chaos, but they stay true. It’s an interesting plot we don’t always see in operas.”

Operas from the same time period as “Rodelinda” are often romance stories. Passion, drama and tragedy drive the plots, but in this opera there is a grounded, introspective feeling and the audience is given the chance to see every side of a character.

Edward Graves, who plays the duke, Grimoaldo, said he appreciates the chance to explore all the intricacies of his character.

“It’s been interesting trying to portray this character because I think often times we see the bad SEE RODELINDA, PAGE 10

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Hip-hop fusion fills the Bluebird High-energy Three Story Hill will perform Wednesday

By Sierra Vandervort svanderv@indiana.edu @the_whimsical

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Ashley Valentine sings the role of Rodelinda, a grieving widow, in Act I, Scene 2, of the IU Opera and Ballet’s production of “Rodelinda” by George Frideric Handel.

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person and don’t always see everyone as multidimensional and complex,” Graves said.

His character tries to take the throne from Rodelinda and is seen as the central villain for most of the opera.

However, Graves said there is so much more to Grimoaldo, who is actually compas-

sionate and conflicted.

Graves said his character doesn’t know what he truly wants. He portrays himself as a person who knows exactly what he’s doing, but in reality he is lost.

“He’s not the person he’s pretending to be, and I think at the end of the opera you get to see who he really is,” Graves said.

Anderson said one of the most intense and moving scenes is the duet between Rodelinda and her husband.

The song isn’t fiery and passionate, but instead heartfelt and deep.

“It’s not this flamboyant love piece, but it’s this serious, almost like holy or sacred, duet of faithfulness and being there for each other,” Anderson said. “It can be very moving.”

“Rodelinda” starts as a dark opera with an ambitious set and elaborate costumes. The audience is greeted with a cold, gray cliff wall adorned with skulls and

candles.

Rodelinda walks onto the stage in a black dress and a thin, black veil to mourn the death of her husband.

She sings to the audience, “I am all alone in my misfortune.”

But as the story progresses, Anderson said audiences will see the true meaning: if love can triumph fate.

“It’s like two hours of very sad,” Anderson said, “and then at the very end, the sun rises.”

BPP will create IUBB escape room

By Sanya Ali siali@indiana.edu | @siali13

The Bloomington Playwrights Project will soon open an escape room experience for the Bloomington community.

The theme of the escape room will be IU basketball,

and the room will open Feb. 23 and continue through March 4 on the stage at BPP. Chad Rabinovitz, producing artistic director at BPP and mastermind behind this escape room, said positive personal experiences inspired him to bring the Escape Room concept to

town.

“It’s just a heck of a lot of fun, and there was nothing else in the area like it,” Rabinovitz said. “I thought, we have this stage, I wonder if we can actually build one, so that became the goal.”

Rabinovitz said he has frequented escape rooms in

Indianapolis and in Calgary, Canada, and this seems to be a hot trend in modern entertainment.

Themes for these sorts of centers can range from a KGB hideout to a heist scenario. Participants work in SEE ESCAPE ROOM, PAGE 15

The Bluebird Nightclub will be hot with the hiphop fusion of Three Story Hill performance.

In traditional Bluebird cover band spirit, the local self-declared professional party band will be bringing its high-energy performance to the popular bar and nightclub at 9 p.m.

Wednesday. The event is for those 21 years old and older and costs $5.

With Isaac Lightfoot on vocals, Zach Luginbill on guitar, Terrell “T” Sparks on keys and vocals, Pat Brown on bass and Aaron Smith on the drums, the technically proficient musicians collaborate to create a set packed full of upbeat hip-hop and rhythmand-blues hits.

The Bluebird is popular for being host to a variety of cover bands throughout their season, but Three Story Hill is looking to incorporate more of its original music in with their covers as time goes on.

Lightfoot said the group likes to liven up the experience of their performances by incorporating original intros, breakdowns, solos and outros to each of the songs to give them an original Three Story Hill sound.

“We like to perform songs that range from Outkast and old Kanye to Big Sean and Drake,” Lightfoot said. “We don’t like to regurgitate the track like it

THREE STORY HILL Tickets $5 9 p.m. Feb. 1, the Bluebird is on the radio. We like to give a live experience.”

With its groovy instrumentations, the band said ithopes to “literally put the sex in sextet” and bring a fresh and funky experience to music fans across Bloomington.

The group started out six years ago as a small hip hop project between Lightfoot and Luginbill after they started rapping and playing in the studio together. Over time they added the extra instrumentation to craft its sound, Lightfoot said.

For the group’s first performance at the Bluebird of the season and its first show of 2017 Three Story Hill decided to take extra time to acclimate its newest members and develop a more dynamic sound, Lightfoot said.

Three Story Hill will continue out the rest of the season with a monthly performance of their funkinspired set at the Bluebird, but with some fresh blood on the stage and a new year at their feet, Lightfoot said he has high hopes for the energy levels of tonight’s show.

“We had practice tonight and it got me so pumped,” Lightfoot said.

“With the new members I think this show will probably be the best one in years if not ever.”

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Diving duo spearheads success IU set to sign more than 20 recruits today

By Ben Portnoy

bmportno@iu.edu | @bportnoy15

For Jessica Parratto and Michal Bower, being competitors is just a small component of a friendship that has grown into a dominant duo this season for the IU women’s swimming and diving program.

IU women’s swimming and diving has exactly that in senior Michal Bower and junior Jessica Parratto.

“Not a lot of schools have a pair that can go toe-to-toe or can push each other, and so I think we’re really lucky because you want to be the best and if you want to dive well you’ve got to dive with someone day in and day out that’s going to push you,” Parratto said.

Parratto, a native of Dover, New Hampshire, has been a major spark plug for the Hoosiers since she arrived in Bloomington. She won the 10-meter platform national championship by nearly 30 points and the Big Ten 10-meter platform championship with a conference record score of 424.45 as a freshman.

“My team was just really behind me,” Parratto said. “I felt like the entire way, the entire season, all the swimmers lining the pool supporting me, cheering the loudest, that was one of my favorite parts about collegiate diving and I think that’s why I was so successful.”

Coming off a seventh place finish with former IU diver Amy Cozad in the synchronized 10-meter platform dive at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics — they entered the final as the second seed — Parratto has come up huge for the Hoosiers this season. She swept the platform and 1-meter springboard events against Purdue, won the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard events against Michigan and won the 1-meter springboard against Michigan State.

Despite all her success, this season presented a fairly distinct obstacle for Parratto.

After devoting an entire year to the 10-meter platform dive in preparation for the Olympics, she has shifted her focus to the springboard events.

It takes time to get used to bounce of the springboard relative to the concrete slab she’s used to jumping off, IU head diving coach Drew

From IDS reports

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IU diver Jessica Parratto dives in the women's 10-meter event in May 2016 at the IUPUI Natatorium. Parratto took first in the event and qualified for the Olympics.

Johansen said, but Parratto has done a great job adjusting, and Johansen said he’s looking forward to seeing the results in championship season.

Granted, this season was not Parratto’s first time on the springboard. In the 3-meter she finished seventh at the NCAA Championships and second at the Big Ten Championships during her freshman year. Parratto also finished fourth in the 1-meter at Big Tens that same year.

“It’s been more of a struggle than anything so far but, it’s been like a good struggle,” Parratto said. “It’s made me learn a lot.”

Bower has been a key component to the Hoosiers’ success as well. Parratto’s partner in crime won the 3-meter springboard against Michigan State, Tennessee and Kentucky while also sweeping the 1-meter and 3-meter against Louisville on Senior Day last Friday. The sweep against the Cardinals was also the first time the captain had ever swept the 1- and 3-meter events.

While both divers have been integral parts of the Hoosiers’ team this season, Bower in particular faced an interesting road getting to IU. She began her career at Arizona, but after her sophomore year she sought a change. She initially explored IU because she had participated in camps in Bloomington as a junior diver and ultimately felt like IU was the place to be.

“I walked in starstruck,”

Bower said. “IU has such big names — like Jessica Parratto is a big name, Mikey Hixon, Drew himself is a two-time Olympic head coach — so I guess I thought it would be super intimidating and hard going in, and it’s just been absolutely incredibly amazing.”

Once at IU Bower began to see immediate improvement after her time in the desert. In her first season as a Hoosier, she finished ninth at the Big Ten Championships in the 1-meter springboard with a then personalbest score of 312.15, while also placing 13th in the 10-meter platform dive.

“She’s one of the hardest workers in the program and comes in every day, gives 100 percent every day,” Johansen said of Bower. “On the tired days, on the good days, on the heavy school days, on the sore muscle days, she leaves it all in the pool, and she does it with a smile on her face.”

It was finally this year, Bower’s senior season, when she began to reach her full potential. This was highlighted when she placed third in the 3-meter dive and seventh in the 1-meter dive at the USA Diving Winter National Championships. The former result earned her a spot on the USA World University Games roster that will compete in Taipei, Taiwan, in August.

It was an incredible experience, Bower said. She didn’t even know it was a qualifying meet for the World University Games, but said it was pure icing on the

“My goal is to soak it in. I just want to enjoy the moment, enjoy my teammates and kind of just want to let loose and dive and have fun.”

Michal Bower, senior diver

cake and a special moment when she qualified.

While Bower and Parratto have competed tirelessly against one another, they can rely on each other to bring out the best in each other day in and day out while also maintaining an incredible friendship.

“I guess she’s just my best friend,” Bower said. “When I transferred in our female team is really actually small, and so I got really lucky that the one other person on this team is actually a person that I really get along with well and love to hang out with outside of the pool.”

As both divers continue to push each other, Parratto and Bower are keen on finishing the season on a high note and hopefully taking the IU women’s swimming and diving program to new heights in the Big Ten and NCAA championships. However, for Bower, these last few meets will signify the end of her career.

“My goal is to soak it in,” Bower said. “I just want to enjoy the moment, enjoy my teammates and kind of just want to let loose and dive and have fun.”

Entering National Signing Day on Wednesday IU has five recruits — linebackers Mike McGinnis and Thomas Allen, defensive tackle Juan Harris, offensive tackle Tyler Knight and Australian punter Haydon Whitehead — that have already signed their letters of intent.

The Hoosiers will look to sign at least 17 more recruits to their 2017 recruiting class, as 17 high school prospects have verbally committed to IU and the possibility remains more might join them.

IU Coach Tom Allen has said he expects a signing class in the “low 20s.”

That’s a lower number than many programs across the nation, but barring 2014’s 28 enrollees, is nearly even with 2016’s 20, 2015’s 23 and 2013’s 23.

Early in the recruiting season, IU earned plenty of defensive recruits. However, in the last two months, IU has earned six offensive commitments, and Knight signed his letter of intent Dec. 14. Here are some committed recruits expected to sign with IU fans should be aware of.

Offense Juwan Burgess made a splash when he flipped his commitment from USC to IU on Jan. 20. The top recruit of the Hoosier class of 2017 played a dynamic role in the offense of Plant High School (Florida) at the running back and wide receiver positions.

Burgess is the only commit in espn.com’s top 300.

Florida quarterback Nick Tronti was committed to North Carolina-Charlotte before he committed to IU on Jan. 24. Florida’s Mr. Football Award winner shares the same award as collegiate greats Tim Tebow, Derrick Henry and Dalvin Cook.

Caleb Jones stands at 6-foot-9, 380-pounds. The Lawrence North (Indiana) tackle will try to bolster an IU offensive line that saw All-American guard Dan Feeney and fifth-year seniors Dimitric Camiel, Wes Rogers and Jacob Bailey all graduate.

Jones would

likely back up les Coy Cronk Brandon Knight.

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Defense Bryant Fitzgerald has been committed to IU for more than a year and has visited Bloomington 10 times throughout his recruiting process. The Avon, Indiana, athlete is ranked by 247Sports as the ninth-best athlete in the state. Fitzgerald played running back, linebacker and some defensive back for Avon and was recruited by IU linebackers coach William Inge.

Georgia linebacker De’Morreal “Mo” Burnam was committed to Tennessee for nearly 10 months before he took an official visit to Bloomington in early December. Burnam decommitted three days after his visit and committed to IU on Christmas Day 2016.

Alfred Bryant is called “QB nightmare” by his high school teammates in Manvel, Texas. The 240-pound defensive end recorded 12 sacks in addition to 20 tackles for loss during his senior year at Manvel High School.

Bryant received offers from Kansas State, Arkansas and Colorado. He is one of five defensive line commitments recruited by IU defensive line coach Mark Hagen.

Who else to watch IU swooped in and made an offer to Ohio 3-star running back Morgan Ellison three days after he decommitted from Ohio. Ellison then made a visit to Bloomington and received a visit from IU running backs coach Deland McCullough in the next two days. Ellison, according to cleveland.com, is considered Ohio’s “best kept secret” after he suffered a fractured right leg in his sophomore year and missed both that year and his junior year.

Devan Barrett’s visit to Bloomington was one of the most well-known among the fan base for the 2017 class because he was committed to Auburn while SEE FOOTBALL, PAGE 16

High school coach speaks out against racist comments

By Laurel Demkovich lfdemkov@umail.iu.edu @LaurelDemkovich

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – David Wood wanted to speak up for months. He watched as bigotry increased throughout the country.

Wood, a teacher and varsity boys’ basketball coach at West Lafayette Jr./Sr. High School, was shocked by what was happening around him.

He told friends what he was feeling but never spoke up publicly. Then last week, the hatred became personal.

Two of his players, both of whom are black, were called the N-word while walking down the street after practice. Wood, 62, knew he couldn’t stay silent. The next day at school he started writing an op-ed letter for the Lafayette Journal & Courier. *** I am a black man who has, for the vast majority of my life, been proud to be an American ... I have been relatively silent about what has happened in our country since the election, but I can be silent no longer. *** Wood said he never dreamed the letter would receive this much attention. In the letter Wood denounced President Trump and his actions, such as when he made fun of a handicapped journalist, threatened Muslims and participated in “locker room talk.” He blamed Trump for empowering

white bigots in this country.

After it was published Jan. 25 it was picked up by numerous other media outlets.

He received responses from teachers, students, administrators and people from California and Baltimore.

Most responses shared a similar message: thank you for having the courage to say what so many others have been thinking for months.

Others shared why they didn’t agree with what Wood had to say.

Rocky Killion, superintendent for the West Lafayette Community School Corporation, read Wood’s op-ed letter online.

“I support my staff and any citizen in the United States to share opinions as allowed by the First Amendment,” Killion said in an interview with the Indiana Daily Student.

For Wood, it was always about protecting his players and his students, regardless of where they were from or what religion they practiced.

“I love my guys — black, blue, I don’t care,” Wood told the IDS. “They’re my guys.” *** I believe that President Barack Obama’s election empowered black people in our country. I certainly felt that way.

Now I believe that we have empowered white bigots by electing a white bigot to the highest office in our country.

Since the election, there have been far too many instances of bigots who feel that they can be who they are without

fear of consequences. *** Sophomore Nelson Mbongo, 16, was one of Wood’s players who was verbally assaulted Jan. 23.

The team had been practicing at an elementary school a few blocks away from the high school. As the two were walking back, a black SUV pulled up next to them. Three young men rolled down the window, and shouted.

“Hey n------!”

Mbongo shouted back.

The car started to stop, and Mbongo and his teammate decided to run to a nearby house to get out of the situation.

The two then went to Wood’s office in the school and told him what happened. Wood told them they did the right thing by removing themselves from the situation.

“You learn quickly that the people who say those types of things want a reaction, so you can’t react,” Wood said.

Aside from a few off-hand comments from people in school or fans during games, this was the first incident of this kind that Mbongo has experienced. He said at one basketball game his parents overheard other fans saying the N-word. Mbongo never heard it, though. The community and school system he grew up in was mostly supportive, and he’s learned to stay out of certain situations and ignore ignorant comments.

Prejudice was not new for Wood. Growing up in

the 1950s and ‘60s, he had experienced racial slurs and prejudice. After writing a few articles for his local paper nearly 30 years ago Wood was stopped by a woman in the grocery store. She asked who had punctuated and spelled everything in the articles correctly for him. Wood also recalled an incident 13 or 14 years ago when a racial slur was written on his car outside school. He learned to ignore these types of ignorant comments.

In an interview Friday, Wood said he worried these incidents would become far too common during the Trump administration.

He knew he needed to address this issue and bring his thoughts out in the open.

Wood’s fears only became worse Friday after Trump signed an executive order placing restrictions on refugees and immigrants from seven Muslim countries.

Not all people who voted for Trump are bigots, but the ones that were now feel they can say or do anything without consequences, Wood said.

“If I would’ve said or done some of the things Trump did, I would have lost my job,” Wood said.

As an educator, Wood said it’s important to teach children to think critically and talk about their ideas and beliefs. If there’s one good thing to come from this letter, it’s getting people to talk.

“There’s dialogue happening, and that’s good,” Wood said. “It’s thoughtprovoking.”

Growing up in Indiana, Wood knew he had to be a basketball coach. When he was 8 years old, Wood sat on the bench with the Crispus Attucks basketball team and carried towels and water. He eventually moved to Pike Township and continued to play basketball in high school and at the University of Indianapolis. He’s now in his 23rd year coaching at West Lafayette.

Wood’s goal is to know every student’s name in the school. As he walked through the halls in between classes Friday afternoon, he greeted every student he knew by name. They responded with a “Hey, coach!” and an occasional high-five.

“You going to the game tonight?” Wood almost always asked. *** I believe that God’s plan has included people like Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, and yes, Meryl Streep. Thank God that President Lincoln, Ms. Parks, Dr. King and Ms. Streep and many others do not stay out of all of this.

I sincerely hope that this works out better than I think it will. I hope that four years from now I will say that it wasn’t as bad as I thought. I have my doubts ... Right now, I just want to be proud to be an American again. Mostly what I feel now is shame. *** It was Friday night, less than four days since his

players were verbally assaulted and two days since his oped letter had run. The West Lafayette High School Red Devils were playing Culver Academy.

Before the game Wood sat in the bleachers with his clipboard and prepared plays.

He would pause as parents, students and faculty came up to him, shook his hand and said, “Good luck, Coach.”

When he walked across the gym floor to his seat on the sidelines, Wood pointed and waved at various fans in the crowd.

During the game, Wood became completely focused on his players. During every timeout, he sat in a chair inside a circle surrounded by his team.

When his players scored, he threw his hands up in celebration. When a player missed a free throw, he shouted, “Hey, you’re all right. It’s all right.” When the referee made a call Wood didn’t agree with, he argued it. When a player came off the court, Wood patted him on the back and said, “Good job.”

The second quarter was about to start, and the game was close.

“You don’t have to be in a hurry,” Wood told his team.

“Slow down. Relax.”

The referee blew his whistle to signal the start of the next quarter. Wood looked at his team, nodded and broke up the huddle. He watched as his players returned to the court. Wood and his players put aside everything that had happened that week. Right now it was about the game.

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EDITORIAL BOARD

BRIAN’S BRAIN

Press must stay critical Brian Gamache is a senior in economics and history.

reversed, the executive order

by Trump could still end up doing more harm than good.

Thankfully, even though an executive order is legally binding, action can be taken to ensure the legality of the order.

While no one in office has officially come forward questioning the legality of Trump’s ban, we can only hope that after the obvious outrage by individuals and organizations, a legal review will be demanded, a reversal of the order will be initiated and those affected will forgive us.

Oh, good, the press is back.

The beginning of President Trump’s administration has been marked by a flurry of journalistic activity unmatched by anything we have seen for the past eight years.

A free press is the cornerstone of a democratic country. Any free nation needs an active, intelligent, hard-hitting and sometimes adversarial press.

The press holds government in check, curbs its worst impulses and provides the evidence and record for citizens to hold their elected officials accountable when they walk into the ballot box.

The press has done its job, for the most part, during the first two weeks of the Trump administration. Every act, statement and press conference has been placed under the closest scrutiny and the public response to Trump’s orders has been meticulously documented.

As someone who is concerned with limited government, holding elected officials accountable, and ensuring constitutional provisions are followed and ensuring the rule of law is upheld, I believe this is the type of journalism the United States needs at all times.

That press, at least before Jan. 20, has been strangely absent for the last eight years.

We saw no outrage during the six-month Iraqi refugee freeze under President Barack Obama. During the Fast-and-Furious scandal, when American guns funneled to cartels were used to kill American law enforcement officers, we heard little.

The mainstream press was seemingly absent during the massive expansion of drone strikes and the phone-andpen presidency of the Obama administration.

Better late than never, I suppose.

I will be one of the first Republicans to criticize President Trump.

I did not support him in the primary or the general election. Like any elected official, assuming office does not mean you assume any person’s support, no matter the party label.

His actions, limiting free trade, immigration, issuing a flurry of executive orders without Congressional or inter-agency consultation and sheer ambivalence with the truth, upset me as much as anyone on this campus.

However, the double standard of immediate media responses to the mildest policy proposals coming out of the White House is making even the most skeptical conservative scratch their head in confusion.

For a free press to be able to do its job, it needs to be trusted as objective by both the left and the right.

After eight years where, fairly or unfairly, many on the right saw the press as giving the Obama administration a free pass, the Fourth Estate needs to take into account partisan differences in their reporting, or at least account for public perception of that reporting.

Here lies the danger of the active journalism described at the start of this column.

The line between journalism and political advocacy seems to be thinning, and there needs to be a clear and thick line between the two for the public to be willing to trust the press again.

The left needs the same level of scrutiny from the press that the right receives.

Restoring this trust is essential for the health of our democracy.

The power of the press to keep the facts objective, the headlines free from hyperbole and to trust voters to make judgments could do more for our country now than almost any other institution or movement throughout the next four years.

Let’s hope the media gets it done.

kkmeier@umail.iu.edu

br.gamache@gmail.com

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Heroin poised to flood Indiana How best to deal with the drugs entering our state from surrounding areas The turbulent ups and downs of national news and politics can be distracting from problems close to home.

While we fixate on the White House and Congress, what affects our neighbors can go overlooked and unfixed.

The scourge of the heroin epidemic is one of the most pressing local problems we face.

This is not some far-off crisis that we can ignore or wait to be solved. The heroin epidemic is not just a problem in Indianapolis, or the Region, or on the Ohio River.

The epidemic is here in Bloomington and affects the town and the student population.

This is a local problem, but it has a national reach as well. Since 2001, there has been a 500 percent increase in heroin overdoses, up to more than 10,000 Americans who overdosed in 2014, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

With the completion of I-69 growing ever closer, there is the danger of drugs coming down the pipeline from Houston, Detroit and Chicago.

More than just the flow of heroin between Indianapolis and Bloomington, our college town is in danger of becoming a narcotic waypoint between these major cities.

The question isn’t whether we have a problem

but how we can fight it.

The Editorial Board hopes we take an “all of the above” strategy to combat this epidemic, focusing on treatment, community outreach and rehabilitation, while at the same time ensuring aggressive enforcement of drug laws.

On the state level, there should be a combination of legislation relating to how opioid drugs are prescribed, expanding needle exchange programs and enacting new provisions helping local and state law enforcement crack down on dealers and suppliers.

The Editorial Board applauds Gov. Eric Holcomb and the legislature for their aggressive and bipartisan

tackling of the issue.

Gov. Holcomb made tackling this fight one of his top five legislative priorities and heavily emphasized the need to combat this threat during his State of the State speech several weeks ago.

Former Gov. Mike Pence was reluctant to start needle exchanges, and propelled the HIV problems in Indiana due to inaction.

Yesterday, these promises took a step toward reality when the Indiana House passed a bipartisan bill allowing for more local control over establishing needle exchanges.

The Editorial Board hopes there will be continued work at the Statehouse to

introduce and pass laws dedicated to pushing back against heroin use in the state.

On the local level, Mayor John Hamilton and the Bloomington Police Department should continue to work to provide Naxolone and treatment options to users while working to get dealers off the streets.

The Editorial Board believes University should continue offering sufficient overdose treatment at the Health Center, while also investigating how to best serve students affected by this epidemic either personally or through family.

This is a problem bigger than all of us and as Indiana has led in the past, we hope our state leads now.

WEEKLY WISDOM

Immigration ban protects citizens from possible threats President Trump has not banned Muslims from entering the country. Any news outlet reporting that does not deserve your time. Such dramatics are what got Trump elected in the first place, and after last week, it appears the left is working hard on a second term.

To say this is a Muslim ban is beyond misleading. If this was a Muslim ban, India and Indonesia should have been on the top of the list as the countries with the two largest Muslim populations in the world, with almost one quarter of the world’s Islamic population between them.

Only one country, Iran, out of the 10 with the largest Mus-

lim populations in the world is on Trump’s list.

What Trump did was temporarily suspend entry to the United States from seven countries identified in December 2015 as areas of concern by the Obama administration, increasing necessary documentation to enter the US from these countries.

The roll out of this policy was abysmal. No, it should not have been applied to current green card holders. Yes, people currently in transit should have been exempted.

Looking forward, however, the policy on the whole is reasonable and in many ways does not go far enough.

Noticeably absent on the

list of problem countries are Pakistan and Afghanistan, two countries embroiled in their own wars with jihadis.

The Heritage Foundation, a Washington think tank, maintains a list of Islamic terror plots. The number of Muslim immigrants appearing on the list is indeed surprising and indicative of the failures of our current screening system.

Also, the FBI does not publish details about most of the plots they foil. Heritage is just working from publicly available data. Who knows how many lives would have been lost if not for our intelligence operations.

ISIS is certainly interested

in infiltrating refugee groups, using them as a cover to gain entry to Western nations. Testifying to the Senate during his tenure as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe for NATO forces, General Philip Breedlove spoke of how ISIS is “spreading like a cancer” among refugee groups.

Even more concerning than this are the terror attacks carried out by the children of immigrants, such as the Pulse Nightclub shooter in Orlando.

As the Washington Times points out, these individuals have been a fruitful recruiting ground for jihadist organizations. These are American citizens that should have been

Zack Chambers is a sophomore in business.

assimilated and worrying about their grades and that girl down the street, not violent religious interpretation.

If we are going to help other people, you first need to put yourself in a position to help. There’s no point in taking in refugees trying to escape the bloody carnage of Jihad only to allow that slaughter to follow them to the streets of Boston, San Bernardino and New York.

I want to help refugees.

But to help them, we first have to help ourselves. zaochamb@umail.iu.edu

COZY UP WITH KATIE

We cannot keep our borders closed to those who need aid President Trump’s executive order on travel bans is nothing but irresponsible.

This travel ban has put an immediate 90-day halt on travel to the United States for individuals in seven Middle Eastern countries — Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, Yemen and Iraq. As of now, the travel ban excludes those who are legal U.S. citizens.

Coincidentally, the exceptions to the ban included countries that the Trump family has been doing business with and include Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

As a measure of “national security,” this is ironic, given Saudi Arabia was home to 15 of the 19 hijackers involved in the terrorist attacks that

took place Sept. 11, 2001.

Included in those being affected by the travel ban are Syrian refugees.

The U.S. program allowing individuals from other countries to take refuge has been put on a 120 day suspension, and the Syrian refugee program has been suspended indefinitely. In addition, the cap on the number of refugees allowed in the U.S. has been reduced from 110,000 to just 50,000 people.

Many have already begun protesting the ban at national airports, and national organizations have joined them in expressing their antipathy for the recent ban.

Doctors Without Borders, an organization known

for helping provide medical care to those in war-torn countries, called the refugee ban “an inhumane act against people fleeing war zones.”

The fine print of this order has left religious organizations rightfully outraged as well.

According to the New York Times, the order gives government officials the ability to admit people of other faiths at their own discretion.

This has left many religious leaders like Joe S Vásquez, an Austin, Texas Bishop, to try to reassure the people that we must care for one another no matter what faith.

A statement taken from

Vásquez taken Friday said, “We need to protect all our brothers and sisters of all faiths, including Muslims, who have lost family, home and country.”

Trump’s ban is an obvious direct violation of the Immigration Act of 1965, which banned all discrimination against immigrants based on national origin.

This executive order has gone against the law that was put in place to help reunite families and bring peace between nations.

According to a New York Times article titled “Trump’s Immigration Ban is Illegal,” this ban could be sending a message that the U.S. is at war with Islam, not targeting terrorists. Even if it is

Kathryn Meier is a senior in journalism.

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KLEIN OF A BIG DEAL

JORDAN RIVER FORUM

Put humanity first

More than 150 student organizations speak out against immigration ban

Let’s just begin with an important reminder. President Trump is not a normal president, and though Trump certainly likes to make exceptions for himself, his status as an atypical president is nothing to be proud of.

It would be difficult to identify the absolute strangest thing about our current commander in chief, but I believe his general ignorance — whether on matters of policy, of the Constitution or otherwise — is surely a strong contender.

No other president has shown such incredible, irresponsible disregard for fact-based news.

No other president has been partially defeated in court over an outrageous immigration ban only to fire the acting attorney general when she refused to defend said ban in court.

When I first saw a federal judge granted the ACLU its appeal for a temporary block of plans to deport people stranded in airports after the ban, I was relieved.

When I saw that then Attorney General Sally Yates vowed, as she wrote in a letter to the Department of Justice, “to always seek justice and stand for what is right” rather than defend Trump’s executive order, I was proud.

Now a temporary attorney general — former attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Dana J. Boente — will replace Yates until Trump’s appointment of Sen. Jeff Sessions, RAlabama, is approved. If Tuesday’s vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee confirms him, Yates’ opposition will no longer matter.

According to his inaugural address, Trump’s goal in all of this is to put “America first.” I can’t help but think of how selfish that notion is.

As a world power, our country has a responsibility to ensure that its political and economic decisions do not cause undue harm to others,

Madeline Klein is a sophomore in English and comparative literature.

particularly when more prudent and peaceful options are available.

Given the incredible unlikelihood of the immigration ban to accomplish its goal of saving the United States from terrorists, the fact that the ban violates Fifth Amendment due process rights in proposing to detain travelers with valid visas, and that it inhumanely ignores the plight of desperate refugees, Trump’s executive order violates the United States’ global obligations.

As a columnist, my job is to make a case for what I believe to be true.

This week, that job is more difficult than ever because in opposing Trump’s immigration ban, in arguing that refugees deserve open arms instead of cold shoulders, I am making a case for compassion.

I am arguing we should care enough about other people to share your country with them in their time of need.

Fleeing war and certain death, Syrian refugees look to the U.S. for safety and hope. Now we will see whether or not the government denies them.

Trump intends to do just that. There should be no confusion about the depravity of this decision, no ambiguity concerning its firm position on the wrong side of history.

I am not above begging, not when it really matters like it does now.

So, I beg you to do what you can to open our country to those who need it and to oppose any future attempts to enforce the immigration ban.

Call your representatives, support organizations that work with refugees, and be vigilant above all.

Put humanity, not the U.S., first.

January 29, President McRobbie issued a statement reinforcing Indiana University’s commitment to global education, and urging the federal government to end its travel bans on immigrants and refugees from certain countries.

We, the Board of Aeons and the undersigned organizations, write in support of President McRobbie’s statement as well as subsequent messages by other administrators and call on the IU community to reaffirm its values.

IU upholds respect for the dignity of others and the importance of a diversity of community and ideas.

The administration’s executive order concerning immigration and refugee policies endangers our values. Members of our community from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen, and Somalia, as well as members of refugee,

international, Muslim, undocumented, and otherwise marginalized groups feel uncertain about the freedom of movement of themselves and their loved ones.

Our organizations thrive due to the vital contributions made by individuals of racial, ethnic, and religious minority groups. We strongly encourage our community to ensure all marginalized individuals feel safe and supported as they face rapid and uncertain changes in our nation.

We acknowledge that the recent events are neither new nor unprecedented in the context of our country’s past immigration policies. These events harken back to historical divides. Precisely this history pushes us to avoid our past mistakes. Going forward, we must not back down from the challenges that threaten the very diversity that enriches us.

We express solidarity with those who feel alienated. We encourage students to refer to resources offered by the Office of International Services. Most importantly, we urge each member of our community to remain committed to the values that form the foundation of Indiana University: an endless striving for full diversity; friendly, collegial, and humane environments; and a strong commitment to academic freedom.

The above letter was cosigned by over 150 student organizations at IU. For a full list of signatures, please visit www.idsnews.com.

The Board of Aeons is an advisory board to the Indiana University president.

To add your name to the list of signatures, please write to aeons@indiana.edu

mareklei@umail.iu.edu

REYNOLDS WRAP UP

High schools should teach philosophy It is no secret that public education in the United States is lacking.

When compared to other nations, the U.S. has consistently ranked around No. 15 in education. While this number alone is troubling, we can also see the reallife consequences of weak education in our day-to-day lives. Teaching students philosophy at a younger age would help alleviate these problems.

During the months after the election, it became clear to me that a divide exists in our population.

The correct resonse to this divide should be to work together in constructing solutions that benefit everyone and to think through issues before taking a stance on them. This isn’t happening.

Instead, we see anger and short-sightedness coming from our fellow Americans.

We see people come to rash decisions simply because an issue is labeled Republican or Democratic, without ever really thinking about the issue itself.

All this negativity, anger, and illogical thinking hinders democratic society, and it stems directly from a population void of rationality or understanding. The answer to solving this problem begins with teaching philosophy in high schools.

Simply put, philosophy teaches you how to think, and teaching our population how to think will solve many of our societal problems.

Most high school courses only aim to prepare students for tests by making them memorize facts, formulas and definitions. In philosophy courses, students learn more than information to regurgitate. They learn how to analyze not only the views of others but views of their own.

They learn how to problem solve and to write strategically. They learn how to think.

Sam Reynolds is a sophomore in business.

On top of learning important skills, exposing children to philosophy at a young age could shape their future career paths or aspirations. Philosophy opens doors to new beliefs and ideas.

I never knew what philosophy really was in high school. I did not think it was important.

I viewed philosophy as superfluous and presumptuous. It was not until my first class at IU that I realized that philosophy is the exact opposite. If I never took a philosophy class, my world view and beliefs would be different for the worse.

In high school I never questioned why I believed what I did. After my first philosophy course, however, I learned to ask myself the important question of why and found that a lot of my beliefs were flawed. With this knowledge, I set off searching for truth and changed as a person in doing so.

Philosophy also fits perfectly into high school curriculum because anyone can learn it, and it acts as the building blocks of all science.

Anyone with a mind that can think and reason can partake in philosophy. You do not have to be extremely smart, wealthy or strong to learn philosophy. You just must ask questions about the world you live in and be willing to question your own beliefs.

Teaching philosophy in the U.S.’s education system will foster a more rational population and solve many of the problems in our society. The key to a successful nation is a population that can think rationally, and the key to thinking rationally is philosophy. sareynol@umail.iu.edu

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Trump ranks Americans on a totem pole If I can be completely honest, I am scared for the direction this country is taking. How are we expected to teach younger generations about respect for others’ differences when our nation’s leader consistently doubledowns on supporting his inflammatory rhetoric.

We all face adversity, and we are all different because of the challenges we had to overcome.

Frankly, that’s what makes America great, not Donald Trump’s bold vision for what he thinks America should be.

Most of my friends, me included, publicly and privately face significant challenges every day. While every new day starts as a good day there’s always work to be done, fun to be had, and challenges to overcome. Whether a person’s challenges are big or small, they are significant to them and that matters.

After Trump’s first eight days in office, I’m becoming frustrated

with his administrations position that certain groups matter more than others. It feels as if he is re-establishing a hierarchy in this country that took decades to dismantle. Movements such as the Civil War, Women’s suffrage, the Civil Rights Movement, the implementation of the ADA, Welfare reform, the Affordable Care Act, and LGBT+ policy reform collectively made significant strides to chip away at this institutional totem pole.

Frequently I find myself thinking, “where am I on Trump’s totem pole” and I’m sure many of my friends have given this thought as well.

Trump has said something to offend everyone, and now that he’s speaking from a position of power his words have a higher significance. His words no longer float into the Twittersphere, they’re actually being implemented (like we saw on Saturday).

I’m not an immigrant so I can only imagine what families around the country are feeling after Trump signed the executive action to ban refugees and other potential immigrants.

His decision to sign that action was short-sighted, premature, and irresponsible given that hundreds of people with green cards (some even worked for the US government in dangerous positions overseas) could not enter the country.

He also wrote a line about deportations that was thankfully repealed by the Federal court system. However, Trump will be appointing new members of the Supreme Court, who will have the power to overturn any ruling by a Federal court.

If it has only been eight days, what will happen in the next four (or possibly eight) years.

Corey Gary IU ‘17

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Professor talks graphic novel

By Christine Fernando ctfernan@indiana.edu | @christinetfern

Attendees gathered around a table with bright yellow novels titled “American Born Chinese” in hand.

From the cover of the novel, a Chinese-American boy stares out while clutching an orange Transformer toy.

The graphic novel by Gene Yang was the focal point of a discussion on Chinese-American identity that took place Tuesday in the Monroe County Public Library.

The discussion took place in anticipation of the author’s upcoming talk Feb. 23 in the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.

The talk will be part of IU’s ongoing “China Remixed” Arts and Humanities Festival.

Vivian Halloran, IU English and American studies professor, said a main focus of the novel was its main character’s struggle to integrate his Chinese and American identities. The Transformer featured on the cover of the novel is symbolic of this struggle, she said.

“The Transformer toy really does reflect him transforming between two identities as he figures out where he falls between Chinese and American,” Halloran said.

When a friend sent her the novel, Ellen Wu, director of the Asian American Studies program at IU, said she was surprised to see a story that emphasized this Chinese-American narrative.

“Growing up when I did into 1980s, I didn’t really have exposure to arts and

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IU students attend a reading group organized by the Asian Culture Center and Monroe County Public Library on Tuesday night. The reading group discussed Gene Yang’s “American Born Chinese” to prepare for his visit to IU in February.

culture that reflected people like me,” Wu said.

Wu said the character’s Asian identity was not the only reason she connected with him. It was also his struggle to understand himself as a Chinese-American.

“I can really recognize that feeling like stranger in your own skin, that not knowing exactly where you fall and how you belong,” Wu said. “I think that’s a universal struggle for any AsianAmerican.”

Halloran said this identity struggle is common when parents encourage children to maintain culture and traditions while their environment pushes them to assimilate.

“There’s a clash in cultures that overlays generational divides,” Halloran said.

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“As they grow up, they’re often pulled in two ways. On one hand, they have people telling them that they aren’t Chinese enough while, on the other hand, they want to fit in.”

Halloran said not only did the message of the novel make it interesting but also the methods the author used. She said the use of cartoons to tell the story was a purposeful and effective approach.

“The cartoons in the graphic novel are not just an art form,” Halloran said. “It tells a story and teaches students just as a movie or video or just written text might. It engages the reader in a new way.”

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As a result Yang was able to cement the role of cartoons in art and education because of this graphic novel, Halloran said.

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IU basketball was chosen as a theme to help localize the idea, Rabinovitz said. Participants act as the basketball team and attempt to escape Coach Tom Crean’s office under pressure from the evil Boilermakers or else risk losing the game to them.

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and how they do,” Rabinovitz said. “You don’t want it so easy that everyone can get out, but you also don’t want it so difficult that no one knows that they’re supposed to be doing. It’s about that balance.”

The goals include uniting different audiences who may or may not frequent BPP, Rabinovitz said.

“It’s not something that our typical theater-goer knows about or is used to,” Rabinovitz said. “It also markets to everyone — to students, gamers, sports fans — you get to pretend you’re on the basketball team and kind of get out.”

Whether or not the participants have had an escape room experience, Rabinovitz said this version of the traditional room should be fun.

“It’s the first one in Bloomington, and it’s kind of a great introduction,” Rabinovitz said. “If you’ve never done it before, it should be a lot of fun and affordable, if you’ve done it before it is absolutely worth the time.”

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taking the visit. The 4-star running back visited IU on Jan. 27.

McCullough is regarded as one of the best running backs coaches in the nation, and former Hoosiers Jordan Howard and Tevin Coleman are playing well in the NFL. Devine Redding also just declared for the draft, so it would make sense for the running back to visit such a place, and whether he was impressed or not may have an influence on a possible flipped commitment on National Signing Day. Bobby Roundtree could be yet another addition to the defensive line for Mark Hagen.

With the help of IU Coach Tom Allen and former offensive line coach Greg Frey, Hagen has Roundtree very interested in IU but not yet committed.

Roundtree also has offers from Michigan State, Illinois and Louisville, but two of his former Largo High School teammates — sophomores wide receiver Donavan Hale and safety Jonathan Crawford — are playing for IU. Taylor Lehman

Soccer player named to U-20 team From IDS reports

IU sophomore midfielder Jeremiah Gutjahr was named to the U-20 U.S. Men’s National Team training camp roster Tuesday.

The Bloomington native was one of 24 players chosen to participate in training in preparation for the 2017 Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football U-20 Championships. This competition will send four CONCACAF nations to the 2017 FIFA U-20 Men’s World Cup in South Korea this May. Gutjahr played with the U-20 National Team before, most recently in fall 2015.

During his freshman season, he played in the MercedesBenz Elite Cup in Germany.

During the 2016 season for IU, Gutjahr played in 20 games, made 11 starts and had a goal and an assist.

“It’s a great honor to be selected to compete for

the U.S. National Team,” IU Coach Todd Yeagley said in a press release. “Jeremiah has worked hard for this opportunity. He is developing very well and we are excited to see the impact Jeremiah will have on IU soccer and our national team programs in the years ahead.”

The camp will run Jan. 31 to Feb. 10 in Orlando, Florida. After the 11-day training camp is complete, U-20 head coach Tab Ramos will choose a squad of 20 players to compete in the CONCACAF competition in San Jose, Costa Rica, starting Feb. 17.

“Our objective for this camp is to continue our preparation,” Ramos said in a statement released by U.S. soccer. “After having a fitness camp followed by a camp with a combination of fitness and local games, now we are looking to get into game rhythm and select the final roster.”

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Tanner Thompson and Jeremiah Gutjahr celebrate after Thompson's goal lifted the Hoosiers to their 2-0 victory against IUPUI at Bill Armstrong Stadium in September 2016. Gutjahr has just been named to the U.S. Josh Eastern U-20 national team.

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Donald Trump and the death of ‘sticking to sports’ Welcome back to the Indiana Daily Student’s national sports column where we will now talk about politics.

We are now in week two of the Trump administration. It’s been, shall we say, a bumpy ride thus far. We’ve seen a banning of a religion through shoddy legislature, an attack on the idea of “facts” and protests across the nation from Los Angeles to New York.

I repeat, we are in the second week.

This column is supposed to be about sports. This column is supposed to be about what’s happening on the courts and fields. This column is supposed to truly break down and analyze the athletes that we all know and

love. This column is supposed to be a lot of things, but ultimately most of those things aren’t important.

Sports are a refuge, a pleasant oasis away from our daily lives. After 9/11, New York City rallied around the New York Mets’ first home game. The same thing occurred in Boston after the marathon bombing. Who wins and loses isn’t really that imperative; it’s the break from the doldrums of life that makes it so worthwhile.

People are upset. If you voted for Trump, you were mad before the election. If you voted for anyone else, you probably got pretty angry afterwards.

There superficially was always a divide between sports and politics. On Feb. 12,

2016, Arcade Fire frontman and NBA Celebrity All-Star game MVP Win Butler began to talk about health care. IU alum and ESPN personality Sage Steele cut him off.

“We’re talking about celebrity stuff, not politics,” she said.

I met Steele during my freshman year. I loved meeting her, and it’s still one of my fondest memories from IU. But how she handled that particular situation is a problem.

The retort of “stick to sports” has been diminished even further as of late. The political climate ensured this.

Recently, the Ringer pulled together a partial list of sportswriters who commented on Trump. These

personalities can be found everywhere.

ESPN, the Boston Globe, New York Magazine, Deadspin, SB Nation, Sports Illustrated. Wherever you get your sports news, there’s bound to be someone commenting about politics.

This is good. The division that we artificially created has splintered hurriedly and tremendously in recent months. Instead of being too scared to hear opinions and muting those with a platform, a more liberated and opinionated sports dais has been unleashed.

Along with the people behind the camera, athletes and coaches are not straying from sharing their takes.

The NBA, perhaps the most liberal and forward-thinking

of the major leagues, has had plenty of people state their opinions no matter the context.

Social media has been a dominant factor in this trend and will continue to do so, as it allows athletes to directly contact their fans. It seems that we reached a breaking point collectively with caring about comments and retorts.

There will always be someone screaming into the void that professional athletes should stick to sports. It seems that these individuals have heard these screeches so often that they now fall on deaf ears.

No longer are we at a crossroads. We’re far past that.

Now, we’re at a place where if you have a

Greg Gottfried is a senior in journalism.

political critique or opinion, you just state it. Trump has transcended what we expected from him and destroyed an age-old institution of “sticking to sports” in one fell swoop. It took 10 days for him to take the United States snow globe and shake it up.

On Monday, Toronto Raptors’ point guard Kyle Lowry spoke to the media about Trump’s travel ban.

“Personally I think it’s bullshit,” he said.

“Wanna try that again without swearing?” asked a reporter.

“No,” Lowry responded. gigottfr@indiana.edu @gott31