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Marjorie Blewett , IU alumna, journalism icon, dies at 91 By Lexi Haskell ldhaskel@iu.edu | @lexi_haskell
IU alumna Marjorie “Marge” Blewett died Feb. 15 at Bell Trace Health & Living Center. She was 91. As a dedicated patron of the future of journalism, Blewett’s contributions cannot be understated. When the Media School posted on Facebook about her death, comments piled up. “She was the soul of journalism’s old school,” one man wrote. “Marge was a treasure,” one woman wrote. “She was a beautiful soul and a great advocate for her stu-
dents,” yet another person wrote. Blewett discovered her love for journalism at a young age, her daughter Joy Shayne Laughter wrote in an obituary. She was "bitten by the type lice" when visiting the World Telephone newspaper office at age 8. Born in Bloomington, Blewett moved to Washington, D.C. after her freshman year of high school. At both high schools, Blewett wrote for the school newspaper, Laughter wrote. Blewett then returned to Indiana for college in 1944 and became editor of the Indiana Daily Student her senior year. A now-famous photograph features Blewett kicked back on a chair, her feet on the IDS edi-
tor’s desk reading Alfred Kinsey’s “Sexual Behavior in the Human Male." After college, Blewett worked in Bloomington at the Daily Herald, which later became the Daily Herald-Telephone. She moved to work in Lafayette, Indiana, yet returned to the Daily Herald-Telephone in 1955 as a news editor. “For a woman to run a daily paper’s news operation was quite unusual in the 1950s,” Laughter wrote. Blewett got married in 1956 and had two children with her husband Harry. She quit her job
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IU alumna and former administrator Marjorie “Marge” Blewett died Feb. 15 at SEE BLEWETT, PAGE 8 Bell Trace Health & Living Center. She was 91 years old.
Alleged rape at Wright Quad By Peter Talbot pjtalbot@iu.edu | @petejtalbot
Cold plunge, warm hearts IU sorority raises $16,000 in event for Special Olympics Indiana By Alex Hardgrave ahardgra@iu.edu | @a_hardgrave
A girl in a Piglet onesie squealed as her two friends pulled her into the neck-deep water of the temporary pool with them. A line of people in swimsuits and shorts shouted and shivered in the 27 degree weather, waiting their turn. Some did jumping jacks to try and stay warm. The Polar Plunge fundraiser benefits Special Olympics Indiana. Special Olympics is a group that organizes sports and competitions for people with intellectual disabilities. This event is Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority’s spring philanthropy project. Organizer Haley Grove said this year it raised almost $16,000, and around 200 people came to support it. IU Police Department Chief Laury Flint climbed the ladder of a pool set up Saturday
outside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall wearing a black and blue wetsuit. As the crowd cheered, she jumped in, kicking off IU’s fourth annual Polar Plunge. Flint said she has been involved with the event for many years working security, making announcements and helping set up, but this was the first year she decided to plunge. She said it seemed like the right time to do it since it was Special Olympics Indiana’s 50th anniversary. “It was really cold. A bit of a shock to the system,” Flint said. “I just jumped. I figured if I eased in it might be a little rougher than just jumping.” IUPD, Ski and Snowboarding Club at IU, Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity and Pi Lambda Phi fraternity were among the groups there. Among the first time jumpers were sophomore Alpha Sigma Alpha members Gabby
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People jumped Feb. 16 into a pool of water in the Polar Plunge. The event raises money in support of Indiana’s Special Olympics.
Spisak, Tatiana Lopez and Esmeralda Acevedo. The three said they were nervous before taking the plunge but knew it was for a good cause. After leaping in wearing Winnie the Pooh character onesies, they said the soaking wet pajamas weighed them down and made it hard to climb out of the freezing pool. Senior Sara Olsen has participated in the plunge once before and said this time was easier because she came prepared with extra warm clothes. “I loved the second time as much as the first time,” Olsen said. “It was awesome.”
A 19-year-old IU student reportedly raped another 19-year-old student Feb. 9 at Wright Quad. A 20-year-old student initially reported the incident Feb. 10, telling a live-in IU Police Department officer a student had been fondled, IUPD Capt. Craig Munroe said. He said further investigation into the assault led police to reclassify it as a rape. The rape happened between 3 and 4 a.m. Feb. 9, Munroe said. He said he couldn’t disclose the gender of either of the students involved but confirmed the students knew one another. “No matter the situation, you need compliance,” Munroe said. “It’s not the victim’s fault when these things happen.” When a rape is reported on IU’s campus, students typically receive a notification from IU-Notify about the incident. Munroe said students were not alerted about this because IUPD has a suspect, and there is no continued threat to students. Students receive an email when crimes such as unsolved robberies or sexual assaults are ongoing threats to students, according to the IU-Notify webpage. More information about when students should receive these notifications is available at protect.iu.edu No arrests have been made. Munroe said the case is under investigation.
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IU softball IU baseball defeats Memphis, winning 6-0 pushes record to 9-0 By Jared Rigdon
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If IU wearing its Sunday red uniforms didn’t spell trouble for the University of Memphis on Sunday, junior outfielder Matt Gorski’s leadoff home run certainly did. IU set the tone early Sunday afternoon as it moved to 2-1 on the young season with a 6-0 shutout win over Memphis. IU Coach Jeff Mercer handed sophomore pitcher Tommy Sommer the ball for his fourth career start, and he didn’t disappoint. The southpaw went six innings strong, allowing just five hits while striking out four batters. The Sunday starter spot appeared to be a question mark before the season started, but Sommer may have silenced any doubt in Mercer’s mind. Sommer’s performance capped off an impressive weekend of pitching for the Hoosiers. IU’s offense went silent after Gorski got things started with the leadoff homer. Memphis starter Chris Durham retired the next seven batters before a hit from junior Jeremy Houston. Durham went five innings for the Tigers, allowing three earned runs and striking out seven. Senior outfielder Logan Kaletha
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Then-freshman pitcher Tommy Sommer pitches the ball during IU's 9-8 win against Ball State on April 18 at Bart Kaufman Field.
relit the team’s offensive fuse in the sixth inning, driving in two runs with a single through the left side of the infield to give IU a 3-0 lead. Kaletha paced the Hoosiers with three RBIs Sunday batting out of the No. 3 batting spot. The Hoosiers would tack on three more in the eighth inning to secure a comfortable lead on an af-
ternoon where the Tigers used six pitchers. Memphis had a handful of opportunities throughout the game to put points on the board but could never capitalize. The Tigers left seven runners on base, including multiple in scoring position. Sophomore Connor Manous
and senior Matt Lloyd pitched a combined three innings to secure IU’s six-run victory. IU took two of three from Memphis this weekend to begin the season 2-1. IU will return to action next Friday as it heads back to Tennessee for a three-game series with the University of Tennessee.
Sophomore Camryn Woodall said she wasn’t exactly trying to hit a home run. A transfer from the University of Utah, Woodall had only started two other games for No. 24 IU softball this season. In the final game of the weekend against Syracuse University, Woodall started at second base and was No. 2 in the batting order. Syracuse had tied the game 1-1 in the third inning. With two outs in the fifth, Woodall came up clutch. She hit her first career home run with a shot toward left field. It was a solo home run that sparked three more runs as IU defeated Syracuse 5-1 to remain undefeated on the season. “I was just excited to be given the opportunity,” Woodall said. “We’ve all worked so hard as Team 46 just to get to this point. It’s amazing that we SEE SOFTBALL, PAGE 8
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SCOTUS could hear abortion law challenge By Sydney Tomlinson sydtomli@iu.edu | @sydpt
A 2016 Indiana abortion law is being challenged by Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky in two separate lawsuits, both of which have been appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court could decide whether to hear the first case as early as this week. The law, House Bill 1337, was passed in 2016 and signed into law by then-Gov. Mike Pence. The two suits, both brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana on behalf of Planned Parenthood, challenge different parts of the law. Planned Parenthood is challenging three aspects of the law which they claim serve only to chip away at abortion access, according to a press release. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Planned Parenthood in both cases and ruled the challenged provisions of the law unconstitutional. The court also placed injunctions on the law, meaning it cannot go into effect. “It’s disappointing that the state of Indiana continues to defend these unconstitutional and medically unnecessary abortion restrictions,” said Christie Gillespie, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, in an October 2018 press release. The first suit challenges two parts of the law. One would require health centers to bury or cremate fetal remains from abortions or miscarriages, and the other
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would prohibit abortions sought because of the disability, race or sex of the fetus. “Nothing in the Constitution prohibits states from requiring health facilities to provide an element of basic human dignity in disposing of fetuses,” Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill said in a
press release. Hill asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review this suit in October 2018, and the court is still in the process of deciding whether to hear it. Ken Falk, legal director with the ACLU of Indiana, said all nine Supreme Court justices will meet again Friday to discuss this case. They
will either decide whether to hear the case or will continue to hold it for further discussion. That decision should be announced by Tuesday, Falk said. The state appealed the second suit Feb. 4, 2019, to the U.S. Supreme Court. This case challenges part of the Indiana law that, if allowed
to take effect, would require women to receive an ultrasound 18 hours before receiving an abortion. “There is no medical justification for the ultrasound waiting period, and the requirement creates a substantial obstacle to a woman seeking to obtain an abortion,” Falk said in a press re-
lease. The Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade established that a woman has an absolute right to obtain an abortion before the fetus is viable. Since then, the court has allowed states to place some legal burdens on that right, Falk said.
Harry Potter beer fest to come to Indianapolis By Jenna Williams jnw9@iu.edu | @jnwilliams18
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City council approves tax cuts, more By Lilly St. Angelo lstangel@iu.edu | @lilly_st_ang
The Bloomington City Council approved an ordinance Wednesday night that will grant local drug company Catalent tax cuts for its upcoming expansion. It also heard four ordinances ranging from spending on the Monroe Convention Center expansion to an increase in stormwater fees aimed to improve infrastructure. Tax cuts for drug company approved The council approved a proposal by Catalent Pharma Solution, the New Jersey-based drug company that bought Cook Pharmica in 2017, for a 10-year tax abatement as it expands its manufacturing space. A tax abatement reduces taxes for a company and is given by a government to incentivize development. This abatement will provide approximately $2.45 million in total tax savings to Catalent, according to the company’s presentation at the council meeting. The improvements Catalent is planning to make include increasing its packaging and drug-filling capacities. The improvements are estimated to cost $125 million. The expansion will provide another 200 jobs in addition to the 839 Catalent
employees in Bloomington. Some council members were cautious to give a tax abatement because the council has given out many in the past. Council member Stephen Volan said the council often used to give tax abatements to new developers such as companies building apartment complexes. However, he thinks Catalent will do more for the community than other companies that have received abatements because of the additional jobs it will provide. “This is an investment in our community,” council member Jim Sims said. Possible usage of Food and Beverage Tax funds The council had a more in-depth, second hearing of an ordinance that would allocate $350,000 of the funds collected from the controversial Food and Beverage Tax for the first phase of architectural work on the expansion of the Monroe Convention Center. In phase one, which will run from March through April, designers from Convergence Design and Schmidt Associates will hear feedback from community members and stakeholders. Architects will then create the general design of the expansion based on the community’s feedback. The
property will also be surveyed and appraised and an assessment of environmental impacts will be done in phase one. Stormwater fee changes and new water regulations introduced The council also heard an ordinance for the second time that would increase residents’ monthly stormwater fee for single-family households from $2.70 to $5.95 to pay for new infrastructure. The fee change wouldn't come all at once but would involve two smaller increases over time. This would ultimately increase the fee by $39 per year for households and raise $12 million for major infrastructure improvements as well as $4 million for green infrastructure projects. Vic Kelson, Bloomington’s director of utilities, addressed the growing frequency of extreme weather events caused by climate change and how damaging they can be without infrastructure improvements. He said last week’s flooding was an example of this. “It’s important to understand that these big events like the one we had last week are going to happen more often,” Kelson said. Improvements will include building more infra-
structure to contain Jordan River flooding and direct overflow into the stormwater system. The increase would also allow the replacement of drainage systems, the reinitiation of neighborhood micro-grants, which can address neighborhood-specific stormwater issues, and the replacement of utility vehicles. Green infrastructure, which will include rain gardens, permeable paving and detention ponds, will slow flooding and decrease erosion and sediment in water, Kelson said. The council also heard a new water treatment proposal that would align the city's rules with new Environmental Protection Agency regulations. Police body and dashcam footage fees could change The council had a second hearing of an ordinance that would decrease the cost of obtaining police body and dashcam recordings. The cost would change from a flat rate of $150 to only the direct cost of collecting the footage. The fee would have a cap at $150. This would put Bloomington’s cost of body camera footage in line with an Indiana state law that sets a cap on fees at $150 and does not set a flat rate for the footage.
A Harry Potter-inspired beer festival is scheduled to take place in Indianapolis March 22 and 23. The event, called the Wizards and Witches Beer Fest, will be held in a venue typically used for weddings and receptions, the Sanctuary on Penn. It will feature novelty beers, vendors and live entertainment. Julia Tirinnanzi, former IU student and director of entertainment for event orchestrator Rockstar Beer, said the event is a craft beer tasting where all the attendees get to sample dozens of different kinds of craft beers. Tirinnanzi said attendees will have access to adult Butterbeer and wand venders. A cider potion lair and floating candles in the main hall are planned for the event, she said. “The atmosphere will be really g r e a t ,” Tirinnanzi said. That atmosphere will incorporate live music, including Tirinnanzi’s own band. She plays in a band with her sister. They typically perform as Jill and Julia, but for the event, they will be playing as the
Sorcerer Sisters. They will play alongside a local headliner, which hasn’t been announced yet. “I’m most looking forward to the decor and bringing together everybody’s love of that wizarding culture,” Tirinnanzi said. That love of wizarding culture can be found at IU as well. IU’s Harry Potter Society president Faith Wheat doesn’t know if she’ll be in attendance at the festival, but she participates in Harry Potter-inspired games of her own each week. The Harry Potter Society meets every Sunday. Member Amna Yaqub said she loves seeing new people come to the club's meetings. After all, she’s a Slytherin accompanied by a Ravenclaw president and a Hufflepuff vice president.
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‘Our recruiting philosophy is fine’: Archie Miller sticking to recruiting plan By Cameron Drummond cpdrummo@iu.edu | @cdrummond97
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obviously, you know, fresh on the mind moving forward,” Miller said. “I think true size, size around the basket, is something that’s got to be brought to the table, as well.” On the surface, picking up a perimeter shooter would replace what IU, in theory more than actuality, has in Fitzner, and interior size would help account for Morgan’s departure. Disregarding Taylor, who has played 29 minutes during his IU career, and McRoberts, who has been less valued for his hustle plays the more his lack of offense becomes an issue, the main challenge with the roster next season appears to be finding a main scoring option in Langford’s absence. Miller said identifying a team’s needs as it develops is one of the adjustments to make with recruiting. But as the Hoosiers have shown their deficiencies this season, along with the context of what the roster will likely look like next season, Miller said he will continue the same recruiting philosophy that has
thus far guided his classes at IU. “We're not done recruiting by any stretch of the imagination,” Miller said. “Our recruiting philosophy is fine, and we have brought in one class, have got a second one coming and hopefully that second one isn't finished yet and we can keep going deeper.” With six regular season games to go, it seems Miller and IU are out of answers for how to cure what ails the team this season. But there are still moments, even during the lowest parts of IU’s season, which point toward the future. Such was the case toward the end of the first half and during garbage time of Saturday’s loss at Minnesota, when redshirt freshman forward Race Thompson gathered five rebounds and scored the second basket of his IU career. Moments like those, the ones focused on players who will be with the Hoosiers in the months and years to come, are increasingly the ones worth paying attention to as March looms.
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The IU basketball team has been searching for its soul all season. The Hoosiers have trekked through one erratic performance after another, trying to find the answer to the question that seemingly every fan has had since last season ended: what is this team's identity? During IU’s 84-63 loss on the road at Minnesota on Saturday, that search finally fizzled out. An identity has been discovered, and it’s a disappointing one. There’s actually some consistency with this team now, but it’s of sluggishness and half-hearted effort. Saturday’s game confirmed all of that for the Hoosiers on both ends of the floor. It showed that IU is a team on the brink of giving up after losing 10 of its last 11 games and a team that has seemingly forgotten how to use weapons like the unbelievable talent of freshman guard Romeo Langford and senior forward Juwan Morgan. The Hoosiers’ offense? What offense? The discombobulated mess that Coach Archie Miller continues to roll out each game looks miles behind the well-oiled machines of other Big Ten opponents such as Michigan, Michigan State and yes, even Purdue. IU is a poor-shooting team that inexplicably continues to fire up outside shots — a team that stands and watches instead of cutting and rotating. As for the defense, the Hoosiers met Minnesota on Saturday with the resistance of a wet paper bag. The Golden Gophers relied on senior forward Jordan Murphy, who
With the way January, and then February, has played out for the IU men’s basketball team, one could forgive fans for turning an eye toward next season as the current one meekly comes to an end. Losing 10 of 11 games at any point in the season, let alone during conference play after a 12-2 start, would cause any team’s fan base to look forward to the future. For IU, this means Archie Miller’s third season in charge of the Hoosiers and the second recruiting class he will bring to Bloomington become a focus. “You want your classes to stack on top of one another and you want them to be able to get older with one another,” Miller said. “That's where we are sort of at the beginning stages of being able to stack a couple together here.” IU is guaranteed to lose four senior or redshirt senior players from this year’s roster — guards Quentin Taylor and Zach McRob-
erts, and forwards Juwan Morgan and Evan Fitzner. It’s also a foregone conclusion that freshman guard Romeo Langford will leave after one season as a Hoosier to enter the NBA Draft, giving IU the chance to add three or four players to its roster for next season based on available scholarships. Two of next year’s roster additions, guard Armaan Franklin from Cathedral High School in Indianapolis and forward Trayce Jackson-Davis from Center Grove High School in Greenwood, Indiana, have already signed their National Letter of Intent to join IU. The rest, be it forwards Keion Brooks Jr. or Trendon Watford, or another graduate transfer, remain a mystery for now. But those curious about whether IU’s shortcomings this season — namely lackluster 3-point shooting and a failure to consistently generate offense outside the paint — will alter Miller’s recruiting strategy shouldn’t hold their breath. “I think perimeter firepower is something that’s
Since the IU and Purdue men’s basketball teams last met on the court on Jan. 19, a lot of things have gone right for the Boilermakers and virtually nothing has been a positive for the Hoosiers. Purdue claimed a 70-55 win on that snowy January day in West Lafayette, Indiana, and has gone on to post a 6-1 record between then and now. That includes a doubledigit home win against thenNo. 6 Michigan State and triumphs against two teams, Ohio State and Nebraska, that have already won in Bloomington this season. IU has posted an opposite 1-6 record during the same stretch, featuring a pair of three-game losing streaks with an unlikely win at Michigan State sandwiched in between. Before IU and Purdue play their final regular season game against one another, here are three things to know.
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Freshman guard Romeo Langford reaches for the layup against Purdue on Jan. 19 at Mackey Arena. Langford scored four out of IU's 55 points in the loss.
finished with 23 points and 11 rebounds, going through any passive defender IU threw at him. Murphy hustled and muscled his way to every point he earned on the day and in the process, made IU look like a bunch of whipped pups. Maybe this identity was evident much earlier in this tumultuous stretch for IU, but Saturday felt different. This felt like the Hoosiers finally accepting this woeful existence as a below-average Big Ten team. IU's two previous matchups, home games against Iowa
and Ohio State, were met with at least a shred of hope. Saturday was approached with apathy. Yet if this is the identity IU players have decided to accept, another question arises: Is this truly the way the Hoosiers want this season to end? This isn’t a question of ability. IU has proven this season that it can compete with quality teams. Rather, this is a question of character. A question of will. Is this how Morgan wants his career to come to a close? This is a guy that has poured pounds of sweat for this pro-
gram. He’s a guy that battled through an uncooperative shoulder that had an annoying tendency to pop out of place and leave him writhing in excruciating pain. He put the team on his back over these past two seasons when nobody else had the guts to do it, and somehow it’s all going to end with a collapse of a season. Is this what Langford, who will likely be gone for the NBA Draft once this campaign expires, wants his legacy to be? A career that was once met with so much anticipation has become one of frustration and
too many dreary-eyed, unaggressive performances. There’s still time for Morgan, Langford and the others to answer these questions. The opportunities are still there for the taking. Embroiled in one of the most putrid NCAA Tournament bubbles in recent memory, the Hoosiers still somehow technically have a shot at extending their season in March. A win in the team's next game at home over Purdue would not only shoot some much-needed excitement back into the fan base, but it would give IU another qual-
ity victory on its résumé right up there with Michigan State, University of Louisville and Marquette University. Yet, besides their upset victory at Michigan State on Feb. 2, the Hoosiers haven’t shown the ability to earn those kinds of wins in the second half of this season. These last few games are an opportunity for the players to show they haven’t completely given up just yet. They still have time to show they care about what happens to this season. jonmwhee@iu.edu
1. The earlier meeting between IU and Purdue this season represented IU’s struggles in conference play. The basic, if overly simplistic, pattern of IU’s 2-10 record in 2019 has been poor outside shooting coupled with allowing opponents to race out to early leads. That Jan. 19 game between IU and Purdue featured both of these elements. IU missed 16 of its 20 3-point attempts in the loss, and four different Hoosiers missed three or more 3-point attempts. Additionally, Purdue led IU 8-2 at the under-16 media timeout and had a nine-point lead before the game was five minutes old. Those two problems have
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Sophomore forward Justin Smith makes a layup against Purdue on Jan. 19 at Mackey Arena. IU will face Purdue at home Feb. 19.
plagued IU, largely regardless of opponent, throughout the past two months and Saturday’s blowout loss at Minnesota was no different. IU went a woeful 2 of 17 from behind the arc against the Golden Gophers, and despite the starting the game with juniors guard Devonte Green and forward De’Ron Davis inserted into the starting lineup, the Hoosiers were down by 10 points less than eight minutes into the game. “You’ve seen our team sort of play in spurts the way that you want them to play,” IU Head Coach Archie Miller said last Friday. “You’re trying to be able to sustain more of that for longer stretches.” 2. Carsen Edwards remains the engine of Purdue’s offense. Just as IU’s inability to make jump shots and start games well continued after January's game at Mackey Arena, so has Purdue junior
guard Carsen Edwards’ ability to score a lot of points. After his 20-point output against IU, Edwards has averaged 24 points per game. This includes three games scoring 25 points or more, most notably a 38-point performance during an overtime win at Penn State. This juxtaposes what IU has gotten in recent games from its most prolific scorer, freshman guard Romeo Langford. He scored only four points in the loss at Purdue, his lowest scoring total of the season, and has failed to be an assertive offensive presence for IU. Langford attempted just six shots during Saturday’s loss at Minnesota, and his usage percentage during the game, which measures the percentage of team plays used by a player, was 14.62 percent. This ranked seventh on the IU team behind the likes of redshirt senior forward Evan Fitzner and junior guard
Devonte Green. 3. IU is looking to break a three-year winless drought against Purdue. IU’s last win against Purdue in men’s basketball came on Feb. 20, 2016, during Tom Crean’s penultimate season as IU head coach. Following that 77-73 IU home win, it’s been all Purdue in this rivalry. The four straight Boilermaker wins over the past three seasons have come by an average of almost 10 points. Dating back to the 2013-14 season, IU is just 1-7 against Purdue. Miller is 0-2 thus far against Purdue, but Tuesday marks his third chance, although perhaps the most unlikely, to score a win against his school’s biggest rival. IU and Purdue are scheduled to tipoff at 7 p.m. Tuesday night in Bloomington, with the game set to be broadcast on ESPN2.
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Interactive workshop to discuss stereotypes By Kaitlin Edquist kedquist@iu.edu | @kaitlinedquist
IU students and staff will discuss the idea of stereotype threat, what it means and strategies to overcome it Wednesday during a workshop put on by the Center of Excellence for Women in Technology. “Stereotype Threat: How It Affects Your Performance and What You Can Do About It” aims to make students aware of the concern that you are confirming negative stereotypes about your social identity group in order to know how to diminish its effects. Dorainne Green, a postdoctoral fellow in psychological and brain sciences at IU, has led the interactive workshop before and will lead it again Wednesday for CEWiT. She said she will talk about why stereotype threat leads to poor performance, environmental cues that trigger it and different strategies to overcome it. One common gender stereotype is the link between women and low math performance, Green said. “If you’re taking an exam, instead of focusing on the exam and the answers, you’re worried that if you perform poorly you might be confirming this negative stereotype,” she said. “So it directs attention away from doing the math test and doing it well because you’re anxious or distracted.” The workshop is part of a series put on by CEWiT called the Empowerment Lunch and Learn Series,
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Women talk over food in November 2018 during the Center of Excellence for Women in Technology's stereotype threat workshop.
which discusses issues women in tech may face, said Michelle Bartley-Taylor, assistant director for student engagement at CEWiT. Past Empowerment Series workshops included discussions about microaggressions, imposter syndrome, body image and
gender equality. Green said many people experience stereotype threat but don’t realize it until they discuss their real-life experiences with their peers. “It’s important for college students to be able to identify this phenomenon because they might be impacted by it even if they
don’t know,” she said. IU grad student Olateju Ajagbe recently moved to the United States from Nigeria for her graduate program. She said she wants to attend the workshop in order to know what to look out for in a work environment and prepare herself. “I just want to get per-
spective to learn more about where I am right now and how I can make the best of my situation,” she said. Ajagbe said she hopes the skills learned in the workshop will help her in both the school and workplace settings as she completes an internship in the summer.
“It’s a learning experience,” she said. “You need to learn how to get out there and use the resources available to you, which is what I’m trying to do.” The workshop will take place 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Indiana Memorial Union. It is closed for registration.
City seeks outside help on potholes State of Public Safety address looks back on year By Christine Stephenson
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Rain and cold weather is never a good mix for potholes. But after last Thursday’s storm, Bloomington is not messing around when it comes to fixing them. Bloomington’s Department of Public Works hired local highway contractor Crider and Crider to help fill potholes from flooding last week, according to a press release. The National Weather Service reported more than five inches of rain Feb. 7 near Bloomington. The heavy rain caused recentlyfilled potholes to be dislodged, according to the release. A deep freeze overnight then caused excess water to create even more potholes. The department will pay Crider and Crider $1,520 a day to cover a three-man crew and equipment to make the repairs. The expenses will be covered by the street department’s budget, Adam Wason, director of Bloomington’s public works department, said. Wason said it has never used private assistance for potholes before. “Thursday was severe enough that we did feel the need to put in extra resources,” he said. The city’s street crews filled almost 650 potholes without private assistance
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Bloomington’s public safety officials gathered Wednesday at the Bloomington Police Department to give the city’s third annual State of Public Safety address. They looked back on their progress last year and looked forward to this year’s goals.
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A pothole, which was filled early Feb. 14, is pictured above on North Grant Street in downtown Bloomington. The city's Department of Public Works hired local highway contractor Crider and Crider to help fill potholes from flooding last week.
last week, according to the release. Crider and Crider will work alongside the crews for four or five days to speed up the repair process. Wason said the crew will work until the end of the week before re-evaluating how much more time will be needed. “The biggest factor here is what additional weather we might face in the next week or so,” he said. Additionally, the Pub-
lic Works Department will soon have a new asphalt hot box reclaimer, which was ordered before the storm using the department’s 2019 budget. The device, which heats up materials like asphalt to make road repairs, cost $28,484. Applying asphalt only works well in warmer temperatures, Wason said. The colder the ground is, the less likely the asphalt is to be compacted enough,
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which means it will not last as long. In the winter, crews use a less durable “cold mix” to repair roads instead. With the hot box, crews will be able to heat up the cold mix more efficiently, which will offer a more permanent solution, he said. The city has used hot boxes before, but Wason said the old device does not work as efficiently as it once did.
Five takeaways from the address The Lenco BearCat G2, an armored police vehicle that sparked controversy last year, has been used three times since it arrived in Bloomington. Two times were for county calls involving barricaded subjects, and one was in the city for a potential hostage situation. BPD plans to build a new substation near Switchyard Park. A substation works as another police station for citizens to go to get police services. BPD is planning on instating a Law Enforcement Diversion Program. With pre-arrest diversion, people might be issued a citation or go through a program instead of being put in jail for low misdemeanor offenses, BPD Chief of Police Michael Diekhoff said. This
will help jail overcrowding and stop people from getting into the criminal justice system. The Bloomington Fire Department purchased a $1.3 million fire truck and will be receiving it in March. Here are some numbers the police and fire departments collected in 2018 » Uniform Crime Reporting Part I crimes — which include murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, car theft, theft and arson — decreased by 9.4 percent. » Robbery cases were up 29 percent, and 51 percent of those were people who knew each other. » Rapes decreased by 39 percent from 2017. Diekhoff said he doesn’t think the 2018 number accounts for all the rapes that actually happened. He said he thinks fewer were reported in 2018 versus 2017 because of the national attention on empowerment and reporting that happened in 2017. » Drug overdose calls decreased by 24 percent. » Between 2016-2018 the average number of fires per year was 310, which is a 12.5 percent decrease from 2012-2015 averages.
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jobs and planned various events, while starting an alumni newsletter, organizing the Journalism Alumni Board and being supervisor to the 1973-1976 remodeling of Ernie Pyle Hall. She also established a fund with the IU Foundation to support journalism students working in unpaid internships. “In retrospect, Marge thought of the journalism students of the 1970s and ‘80s as her ‘kids.’” Laughter wrote. “Today those alumni are leaders in the communications industry.” Blewett's husband died in 1988 and she retired in 1990. That journalism flame couldn’t be subdued. She remained involved, writing columns for an alumni
newsletter and planning events. Blewett received many
awards, including induction into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame in 1999 and
a President’s Award from the IU Alumni Association in 2013. Then-mayor Mark
Kruzan named March 5 “Marjorie Blewett Day” in 2007. “Recognition of Marge Blewett’s unique place in IU Journalism began flowing in the 1980s and only increased as she reached retirement,” Laughter wrote. Blewett is survived by her son Daniel Blewett, her daughter Joy Shayne Laughter and her granddaughter, three step-grandchildren and two great-granddaughters. The family is holding a private service and a memorial page is set up online. Donations can be sent to Belle Trace Residents’ Council’s Employee Appreciation Fund or the Marjorie Blewett Journalism Internship/Scholarship.
The Hoosiers outscored both teams 16-7. In the first game Friday afternoon against Duke, senior Tara Trainer flirted with a no-hitter, but a single to shortstop with two outs in the seventh ended that opportunity. The Hoosiers only gave up 15 hits on the weekend and
was the first team to score in each game. Further, four different players hit home runs this weekend compared to three in the five games prior. “Outstanding pitching performances and making plays defensively, that’s the difference,” IU Coach Shonda Stanton said. “We have two
star components right now, so it changes the game. Once our hitting comes around, you’re talking about a ball club that can be pretty good.” As the lone undefeated team remaining in the Big Ten, the Hoosiers are out to their second-best start in program history. Stanton’s message to her
team during the 9-0 start has been “say yes to possibilities.” With such a long season in front of them, this start is only the beginning of what she expects from her team. This upcoming weekend holds another five games on the road as part of the Black and Orange Challenge in Macon, Georgia.
“We’ve got nothing to lose and just have to go out there and play,” Woodall said. “We have a lot of confidence going into this and are just focused on making history with Indiana softball and wanting to make ourselves relevant. Saying yes to possibilities and being confident I think is who we are.”
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BKB prepares for another podium finish By Phillip Steinmetz psteinme@iu.edu | @PhillipHoosier
They call it the “Big Baller Bunker.” White, teal, red and green lights hang from the ceiling, attempting to light the stone walls within the small basement. Wearing black, yellow and white cycling bib shorts, all six members of the Black Key Bulls continue to push themselves harder and harder on the Schwinn bikes, each with a different Little 500 race year etched on them. Rap music blares over the speakers so loudly that the riders have to practically yell to hear each other, despite being an arm's distance apart. The grind for BKB started back in late November and now practices are
six days per week. During the weekdays, they go for 90 minutes to two hours while on the weekends it’s roughly four and a half hours on the bikes and cycling rollers. They don’t mind the constant training though, as long as it means another year standing on the podium. “For us, it’s basically a part-time job with the amount of time we put in,” senior captain Xavier Martinez said. “Not just riding. There’s stretching, lifting and all these other things to help us maintain race shape. It’s kind of a big commitment but we do have all this success.” Despite this year being the 69th running of the race, BKB has only been participating in Little 500 since 2006. BKB was originally one of the most
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Xavier Martinez rides Jan. 29 at the Black Key Bulls practice session. The team most recently won the Little 500 in 2017 and has finished on the podium the last five years.
successful collegiate cycling teams when Ball State University had a BikeA-Thon event that was similar to Little 500. But after BKB won three straight races in the mid-1990s, Ball State canceled the event, putting an end to the organization. In the past 15 years, BKB has finished in the top 10 each time, placed on the podium six times and won the race in 2014 and 2017. “When you join BKB, we let people know that we take it a little more inSEE BKB, PAGE 10
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 tense than others,” Martinez said. “We always like to describe that there are two different types of teams that compete in the Little 500: There are teams that are there to be in it and have fun, then there are other teams there to win. We’re definitely a team that’s in it to win." Other high-profile teams of the last 15 years that BKB consider themselves a part of are the Cutters and Sigma Phi Epsilon. This year's team consists of seniors Martinez and Rob Mathioudakis, juniors Jay Rosati and Zach Mears, sophomore Robert Strobel and freshman Joseph Sweeney. That said, only four of the six members will participate in the race come April. BKB is comfortable with whoever is wearing the uniform and all-white vans on the track come race day, less than 60 days away. “It’s such a big commitment for one day in April,” Rosati said. “There are six guys battling for four spots and that’s something that drives us. We are dedicated guys who all have the same goal. There’re four spots and six of us, so us battling for that spot is what gets us that end result. No matter who’s on that track, we know it’s the best four.” Rosati is unsure if he’ll be one of the four BKB riders in April, but he’s just excited to be a part of the team after originally not giving it any thought when he came to IU. His cousin, Jimmy Rosati, was a part of the 2014 title team. Jay Rosati remembers watching that championship run on TV, but at the time, he didn’t think he could possibly have that same opportunity some day. When RecFest happened during his freshman year, Rosati noticed the BKB symbol on a senior rider's shirt and talked to him about how his cousin used to ride for that championship team. Fast forward two years, and he’s been a part of the team ever since. “I went on a couple rides, and they offered me a spot on the team,” Rosati said. “I played sports in high school, but endurance wasn’t my thing. The brotherhood that BKB has is unmatched.” In the training room film of the 2017 race is faintly heard in the background as the blaring music and sound of the bikes spinning drown out everything else. Each member is just focused on when their next sprint begins. During his cooldown, Martinez watches an interview of himself during the middle of the 2017 broadcast. He describes it as an “Inception” type of moment. As the 2017 race interview comes to a close, he cracks a smile and gets set to start another sprint at the front of the group, moving closer to his last chance at another Little 500 title. “Of course, the two wins and countless other accolades throughout the years definitely add to the prestige,” Martinez said. “It’s not added pressure but being held to that standard has definitely been that driving force.” PHOTOS BY COLIN KULPA | IDS
Top A member of the Black Key Bulls practices Jan. 29. All bikes the riders practice on were once used in a previous Little 500 race. Middle Zach Mears rides Jan. 29 at a Black Key Bulls practice session. The team has finished on the podium the last five years after joining the Little 500 in 2006. Bottom The Black Key Bulls practice Jan. 29 in the basement of team member Rob Mathioudakis’s house. The team currently consists of six members, but only the four fastest riders will compete on race day. 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JAC’S FACTS
Luxury clothing brands like Gucci continue to lack cultural awareness Jaclyn Ferguson is a sophomore in journalism.
Gucci is an iconic fashion company many associate with lavish purses, belts and even the notorious flip flops. But now clothes and accessories are likely not the only things that would come to mind when envisioning this luxury clothing company. Instead, it could be blackface. Last week, the beginning of Black History Month, Gucci received harsh criticism after releasing a sweater that heavily resembled blackface. The “design” was a black turtleneck that stretched up above the chin. Around the mouth there were large red lips. Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse, it did. The item was being sold for $890. Many artists, such as T.I. and Soulja Boy have decided to boycott the brand. How did this iconic fashion brand think this was a morally correct item to release? This bring up a larger issue of America’s materialistic society. Luxury clothing brands lack a sense of cultural awareness. Consequently, they create anything from subtly discriminatory to blatantly racist products. While there is an issue with learning to respect other cultures, this problem is also perpetuated by having a lack of diversity on marketing teams. A sweater resembling blackface is not fashion. This is not trendy. Portraying the inhumane and discriminato-
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Gucci’s fall 2018 runway show Feb. 21, 2018, featured a rich array of patterns.
ry history of oppressed people is not modern or innovative, but racist. According to a 2018 Creative’s Diversity Disconnect survey, 82 percent of creatives believe their most successful
group projects were produced by a diverse team. But only 54 percent believe there have been significant strides made recently to improve diversity within the creative industry. The Gucci case is not an iso-
lated incident. Last December, Prada had a series of monkey trinkets on display in one of its Manhattan stores. Similarly to Gucci, they highly resembled offensive stereotypes placed on
black Americans, specifically during the Jim Crow Era. Chinyere Ezie went into the store and asked the staff if they were aware of the offensive blackface imagery. “I was told that a black
employee had previously complained about blackface at Prada, but he didn’t work there anymore,” she said in the December 2018 Facebook post. Maybe he was fired. Maybe he quit because of the possible unwelcoming, hostile atmosphere. Although there is no way to truly know, it alludes to the power in marketing diversity. If these brands have more diverse teams, there will be more potential for people to point out the cultural discrimination within many of these products. A powerful person of color on a marketing team would undoubtedly have recognized the glaring issue of plastering big, red lips on a black sweater. A diverse team would likely have noticed the inherent issue of a stereotyped monkey figurine in a display case. Companies need to cultivate an environment where people feel like they can speak on these topics. This cannot be simply a matter of hiring a few people of color and to meet a quota. Hiring one black person to be the face of the team is not enough. Minorities need to be involved in these decisions in meaningful, tangible ways. Creating teams full of diverse races, ethnicities and backgrounds will be a starting point to end the disturbing cultural ignorance in fashion. Maybe then we won’t be having the blackface in fashion discussion again. jaraferg@iu.edu
GUEST COLUMN
STRAIGHT OUTTA COLLINS
An aspie’s take on ‘Atypical’ and erasing stigma
Celebrity author culture is unnecessary and dull
Abe Shapiro is a junior in history.
My name is Abe Shapiro, and I am a junior at IU who was diagnosed with high functioning Asperger’s Syndrome, ADHD and fine motor skills challenges at the age of 2. For years, my goal has been not only to manage the fear of social situations and manage my symptoms, but to also manage the stigma associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). From my initial interpretation of the Netflix show “Atypical,” I feared that the show was another lackluster attempt at diversity by the television industry, attempts that result in generalizations of certain identities be that sexuality, ethnicity, race, gender, etc. In spite of some shortcomings, there were a number of details concerning autism that the show accurately represented. To start off, individuals with disorders within the Autism Spectrum tend to exhibit certain idiosyncrasies such as passions for certain subjects. The show’s hero, Sam Gardner, is a teen with high functioning autism, but exhibits a passion for memo-
rizing facts about Antarctica and the myriad species of penguins that live on its frozen tundra. For me, that passion stems from a love of baseball history, world and American history and an overall love for life and those in it. Like Sam, I do not do well in loud situations, therefore leading me to wear headphones for protection from sensory overload. Furthermore, Sam deals with bullying, which someone on the autism spectrum may encounter throughout their life, but perseveres and ultimately discovers his true talents as the series progresses. For 12 years of my life, I encountered situations that were socially confusing since I would not know what to say or how to interpret body language, situations that often ended awkwardly. From first through sixth grades, I attended schools where I struggled often with social cues and was laughed at for being different. That was until seventh grade, when I arrived at a school for kids on the spectrum. I discovered talents that I never knew such as that I could play the piano by ear,
could run cross-country and, most of all, show that those of us on the spectrum are just as good as anyone. Like Sam, I was scared of new things such as going to college and trying new things, new classes, new faces, making friends, falling in love, etc. It was a bumpy start, but, like Sam and through the last three years, I have conquered those fears, have learned to love my school, am not afraid to express myself and, most importantly, have found those who I can go to for help. One of those lifelines includes someone who mirrors Sam’s younger sister Casey. My “Casey” is my twin sister Sarah, who has been an inspiration and a critical resource throughout my life and during my time at IU. Although this miniseries may not portray all degrees of autism, this is the most progress I have seen in representing the autism spectrum since the 2003 novel, “A Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night Time.” This series provides not only a much clearer interpretation of disability than before, but a reason to celebrate difference. While television
and society may continue to struggle in accurately portraying those of us who are different and may show a somewhat two-dimensional side to a multi-dimensional movement, at the end of the day the moral is that we are part of a diverse and intelligent family and we have so much to offer to society. Despite a number of usual Hollywood clichés, i.e side plots such as teenage romance and conflict between parents, the portrayal of Sam as a generalized checklist of symptoms, and a lack of further ASD representation, these shortcomings will hopefully be improved as the series moves into its third season due to premiere in late 2019. Criticisms and inaccuracies aside, “Atypical” is a major step forward in understanding those on the Autism Spectrum and bringing awareness to autism in general. Together, like Sam and with the right resources, we can rise and conquer the stigmas that continue to permeate our society. abboshap@iu.edu
KAILYN’S COMMENTS
The future of abortion rights hangs in the balance Kailyn Hilycord is a junior in journalism, English and music studies.
Abortion laws remain a hot topic of debate, especially under the current administration. However, this tumult will eventually strike Hoosiers, whether they are aware of it or not. Indiana contains 14 Planned Parenthood locations and nine abortion clinics. One Planned Parenthood and one clinic are located in Bloomington. The U.S. Supreme Court blocked another abortion access law Feb. 8, the second case to be brought to the Supreme Court in recent years. This bill addressed the current laws in Louisiana, where the state proposed having only one abortion clinic in the entire state, leaving one physician to care for the around 10,000 abortions reported in the state. The ruling was a close call, having a 5-4 outcome. This is not the first time these abortion access laws
failed to pass through the Supreme Court. In 2016, Texas legislators passed a bill requiring abortion clinics to only be placed in major cities within the state and to limit access for doctors to perform the procedures. In short, only Texas doctors with admitting privileges to other hospitals could perform the procedures. The Supreme Court’s vote abolished this requirement, ruling it “an undue burden on abortion access.” Ultimately, this decision was close as well, with a 5-3 ruling. It is disconcerting to imagine the second largest state in the country only having a handful of clinics. For Hoosiers, it is dizzying to imagine Louisiana with one remaining clinic, as it is a state with a relative size to Indiana, and a population coming in below the Hoosier state. According to CNN, more states are predicted to tackle the issue as well. The Times of Northwest Indiana found the Indiana
House to be the most conservative in the nation. Additionally, it was reported in 2018 that Indiana abortion laws were the most restrictive in the country, and some lawmakers in the state are attempting to ban the rights to an abortion altogether. Indiana abortion laws include requiring patients to have an ultrasound before the abortion, have the fetus be buried or cremated and to only be performed if the fetus poses a risk to the mother’s health. Other laws were created, such as an 18-hour waiting period before the procedure and reporting abortion complications even if it was not performed at an abortion clinic, but both laws were blocked in the summer of 2018. With this in mind, the state has the potential to bring a bill similar to Texas and Louisiana’s to the Supreme Court, as Indiana’s abortion laws are similar, and more restrictive than the two states. Additionally, it is possible that the court may overturn Roe v.
Wade. In the wake of this knowledge, let’s paint a scenario. A law is approved by the Supreme Court to allow one clinic in the entire state, and that one clinic remains in Bloomington. With the increasing rates of abortions in the state, according to reports in 2016 and 2018, Indiana needs more than one abortion clinic. If a law is passed, the Indiana city with the clinic would be overwhelmed with patients, whether they need abortions, STD tests or regular examinations. Citizens of Bloomington should be concerned, as the population that ranges from ages 15-24 are the highest affected by cases of abortions, and this age group totals to nearly half of Bloomington’s population. As these increasingly restrictive laws are detrimental to safe and legal abortions, Hoosiers need to advocate now before it is too late. krhilyco@iu.edu
Jack Palmer is a freshman in computer science.
Authors can become equal to rock stars in some circles. They go on lengthy book tours where people will wait in line for hours just to get their favorite books signed. The author’s books propel them into the spotlight but popularity will only last for so long. And it is when the spotlight begins to shift that some authors begin to show their true colors as they do everything they can to keep it on them. Unless they write an eternally popular series, their book’s success will have a time limit. This limit has forced authors to act desperate to keep all eyes on them to gain a celebrity status. This celebrity author culture is extremely toxic because authors have to keep peddling new content in order to stay relevant. Some manage to do that by continually adding on information about their books until it inevitably ruins the book’s setting. It also blurs the line of what the author intended while writing the book and what they added to stay relevant. J.K. Rowling is one notorious example of this. While this practice is certainly annoying, it is harmless to everyone except those who care about literary criticism. However, there is a far more insidious practice among celebrity authors that invites rebuke. Dan Mallory, New York Times best-seller, was called out for doing it just last week. That is, lying about himself to appear more interesting
than he is. Mallory lied about his education, his mother’s cancer and his professional career. He might be a special case but he is not an exception. Authors know most people won’t dig too hard into their personal lives. Wikipedia barely even lists authors unless they are particularly noteworthy. With that lack of scrutiny comes the ability to lie about many details of their personal lives. Some authors even fake memoirs to get famous. When people start to give these people the attention they so desperately want, they become egomaniacs. Author E. L. James is one notable example. She is well known for being impossible to work with, as well as responding poorly to any kind of criticism. This is not the kind of person who deserves a spotlight, yet she got one. Authors do deserve some credit. After all, they did produce the work. The fame is so fleeting for those who do become book superstars that they must struggle to keep it. This means that only the super lucky and super determined get to keep their limelight for a substantial amount of time. Fame is a fickle fortune, and those who seek it are perhaps not worthy of it. Certainly Dan Mallory and E. L. James have proven they don’t deserve it. Let’s get rid of celebrity author culture and return to the simpler days of the death of the author. It was a mistake to make a celebrity out of every kind of media producer. palmerjw@iu.edu
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Monday, Feb. 18, 2019
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Editors Will Coleman and Ben Portnoy sports@idsnews.com
MEN’S BASKETBALL
IU gets blown out by Minnesota at ‘The Barn’ By Dylan Wallace dswallac@iu.edu | @Dwall_1
Junior guard Devonte Green used a screen from senior forward Juwan Morgan to free himself up and take a 3-pointer early in the shot clock. The shot clanked off the back of the rim, and IU Head Coach Archie Miller, sitting on a stool in Williams Arena’s elevated court, threw his hands up in disbelief at Green’s decision. The Hoosiers were down 16 at the time — if that shot falls, the deficit shortens to 13, or if IU runs a smooth possession, maybe 14, with 14:34 remaining in the second half. Instead, the missed shot resulted in an open 3-pointer from Minnesota’s freshman guard Gabe Kalscheur to extend its lead to 19 points. From there, IU looked out of it for good as Minnesota went on to win 84-63. Coming into the game, the Gophers had the worst 3-point shooting percentage in the Big Ten at 31 percent. IU wasn’t much better in 11th place at 33 percent, but the way this game went looked the complete opposite for Minnesota, who finished 12-of-22 from beyond the arc, good for 54 percent. IU shot 2-of-17 from
deep, just 11 percent. The Hoosiers went with a different starting five in this game as well, subbing Green in for freshman guard Rob Phinisee, who was sick this week with an upper respiratory infection. Junior forward De’Ron Davis replaced sophomore forward Justin Smith in the lineup to help contain Minnesota’s big men. The new starting five appeared promising in the game’s first few minutes. The Hoosiers’ offense looked coherent by running things through Davis and Morgan in the post. IU was in the lead, 6-5, until Minnesota’s 3-point barrage came pouring down and IU found itself trailing 21-11. When the Gophers’ threes finally began to slow down, the Hoosiers had a new but expected problem in senior forward Jordan Murphy. Before the game, Minnesota Coach Richard Pitino said he wanted his team to play mad, and Murphy aggressively dominated IU in the paint, finishing with 23 points and 11 rebounds, which is his 18th doubledouble this season. IU had little to no answer for Murphy but crept itself to within five points with 4:22 left in the first half. After that, the same inconsistency
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IU men’s basketball Coach Archie Miller yells after the Hoosiers are fouled Nov. 20 in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers have now lost 10 of their last 11 games.
that has plagued IU all season set in and Minnesota ended the half on a 12-5 run to take a 12-point lead into halftime. Green said after the team’s 55-52 loss to Ohio State on Feb. 10 that there’s a sense of urgency. Down 12 on the road to start the second half at “The Barn,” and the Hoosiers showed
no sense of urgency, getting outscored 42-33 while dropping 10 of its last 11 games. Morgan led the Hoosiers in scoring with 14 points and also finished with eight rebounds and four blocks in his 28 minutes played. But even his performance seemed quiet, as much of the game IU looked to have no chance for a comeback.
Much of the bracketology in the days leading up to Saturday’s game had IU on the right side of the NCAA Tournament. Now, the win at then-No. 6 Michigan State seems like ancient history as IU has dropped three straight since then. That momentum is gone, but IU — 13-12 overall and 4-10 in the Big Ten
— has six games remaining with four coming against ranked opponents in which it can keep its name in the discussion to be playing in late March. The first of those six comes Tuesday night in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall when the Hoosiers welcome the No. 12 Purdue Boilermakers.
IU unable to stop Murphy in road loss to Minnesota By Cameron Drummond cpdrummo@iu.edu | @cdrummond97
Barring a meeting in the Big Ten Tournament or otherwise in the postseason, Saturday afternoon marked the last time Minnesota senior forward Jordan Murphy played against IU. That fact is one of the few positives IU can take from an 84-63 road loss to Minnesota, the Hoosiers’ 10th loss in 11 games. Murphy finished the game with 23 points and 11
rebounds, and spent his 30 minutes on the court bullying IU’s interior defenders. It was the 18th doubledouble of the season for Murphy, who will likely finish his college career averaging 14 points and almost 10 rebounds over the course of six games played against IU. Whether he was guarded by junior forward De’Ron Davis, senior forward Juwan Morgan, sophomore forward Justin Smith or redshirt senior forward Evan
Fitzner, Murphy had his way against the Hoosiers. His strong showing in and around the rim didn’t take IU Head Coach Archie Miller by surprise. During his Friday media availability, Miller praised Murphy for his physicality, a trait Miller saw up close Saturday. “His jumping, his strength, his lower center of gravity, really commands a lot of attention,” Miller said. With Murphy having success by finishing through
contact, out-jumping Hoosiers for rebounds and using his 6-foot-6-inch frame to gain position near the basket, it allowed Minnesota to space the court well and have a good performance shooting 3-pointers. Minnesota made a season-high 12 3-pointers, including six from freshman guard Gabe Kalscheur. But the genesis for Minnesota’s hot shooting performance from behind the arc, which helped the Golden Gophers have a lead as
large as 30 points, was Murphy. The inside-out offensive style used by Minnesota, in part because of the absence of reliable outside shooters, worked perfectly. Murphy’s usage percentage, the percentage of team plays used by a player, was above 30 percent, meaning he was the most involved Golden Gopher on offense. His frequent touches of the ball in the post contributed to effective passing from the Golden Gophers as
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well, as the home team had a 19-8 advantage in assists compared to IU. In fact, across the statistical board Murphy proved to be the best player in Saturday’s game, as he led all players in efficiency rating and points per minute. Miller and the Hoosiers will be happy to no longer face the talented senior, but Murphy’s contributions toward the blowout Minnesota win likely shelved IU’s thoughts about the NCAA Tournament.
TRACK AND FIELD
Hoosiers come up short twice on road IU closes out season at Alex Wilson Invitational By Will Coleman
wicolema@iu.edu | @WColeman08
The IU women’s tennis team found comfort in the friendly confines of the IU Tennis Center during its 6-2 start to the season over the last four weeks. Maybe too much comfort. In its first time playing away from home in 2019, IU lost to University of Tennessee 5-2 on Friday before being swept 7-0 by No. 23 University of Kentucky on Sunday. The weekend began 11 a.m. Friday in Knoxville, Tennessee, where the Hoosiers and Volunteers battled it out. IU struggled early on, as No. 1 and 2 doubles fell to Tennessee 6-1 and 6-2, respectively. Sophomore Michelle McKamey and freshman Somer Henry trailed 5-4 at No. 3 doubles when the Volunteers clinched the first point. Sophomore Jelly Bozovic fought hard for a 7-6 third set win, capped off by an 8-6 tiebreak, at No. 4 singles.
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Then-sophomore Madison Appel plays in women’s doubles against West Virginia University on March 4, 2017 at the IU Tennis Center.
Senior Natalie Whalen was two games away from a win at No. 2 singles before her competition retired. At No. 1, 3, 5 and 6 singles, IU lost in straight sets. The 5-2 loss to Tennessee pushed IU’s record to 6-3, but also instilled a sense of ur-
gency in the team. The Hoosiers would be on the road two days later in a similar environment against a higher-ranked team, and another loss would put the team at 6-4. The Wildcats are already a tough out as they just surged
into the top 25 of the Oracle/ ITA Division I Women’s Rankings, but they also historically provide challenges for the Hoosiers. IU’s last win over Kentucky was in 2014. In the first half of play, senior Madison Appel and Bozovic took the win at No. 1 doubles 6-2, but the Wildcats won at No. 2 and 3 to take the doubles point and the early 1-0 lead. From there on, Kentucky brought that same relentlessness in singles and never looked back. The Wildcats won at all six singles spots in straight sets, making it the first time all season the Hoosiers failed to win one set at singles as a team. IU returns home next weekend to play Princeton University and DePaul University in hopes of erasing its current two-game losing streak. The Hoosiers will play these matches 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday at the IU Tennis Center.
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Hoosiers drop fourth match in a row By TC Malik tcmalik@iu.edu | @TCMalik96
The end of another weekend marks two more losses for the IU men’s tennis team, now 4-6 overall. These defeats came at the hands of Drake University and Utah State University in Des Moines, Iowa over the weekend. The Hoosiers were outscored 1-4 in both matches. In the first match of the weekend, Drake climbed to an early 3-0 lead and never looked back. IU’s lone point was won by fresh-
man Carson Haskins in his singles match. In an eerily similar match the very next day, IU fell into an early hole, trailing Utah State 3-0 from the start. Senior Antonio Cembellin won his match at No. 1 singles to give IU its only point of the day. The pair of losses puts the Hoosiers below .500 for the first time all season after a promising start to the 2019 campaign that many thought would bolster the team’s NCAA tournament hopes. Regardless of the hard
truth that they have a losing record, the Hoosiers have to focus on their upcoming Big Ten schedule which begins next weekend. It’s only fitting that IU’s first Big Ten match of the season comes against instate rival Purdue on Saturday afternoon. While this will be the first real conference test of the season for IU, Purdue has the edge in experience as they already played a Big Ten foe in Northwestern last weekend. The Boilermakers currently sit at 4-3 on the sea-
son having played three fewer matches than IU has. Both teams have also struggled against common opponents. While IU lost to Drake 4-1 this weekend, Purdue also fell to the Bulldogs 4-2 back in January. Just like IU, Purdue comes to Bloomington in search of a win amid a current two-match skid of its own after losing to Northwestern and University of Louisville this weekend. One way or another, one team will break its losing streak at 3 p.m. next Saturday at the IU Tennis Center.
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The Hoosiers sent a limited number of athletes to the Alex Wilson Invitational this weekend. The invite, hosted by the University of Notre Dame, served as IU’s final meet before the Big Ten Championships. Even with only a select few athletes competing, the team kept its season-long trend of personal records going, setting three this weekend. As the lone participant for the Hoosiers in the women’s mile, sophomore Grace Walther set the team’s first personal record of the day. Her time of 4:50.75 also earned her fourth place in the event. The final two personal records were set in the 800-meter races. In the men’s 800-meter, freshman Jalen Royal grabbed fifth place and a personal record with a time of 1:49.65, and in the women’s race sophomore Kelly Mindak ran a 2:09.71 for her best time. Along with Royal and Mindak, the Hoosiers had a few other athletes compete in these two races. For the men, sophomore Cooper Williams topped the podium with his first place time of 1:47.24. On the women’s side, the team grabbed sixth, seventh and ninth place. Those spots were earned by junior Mallory Mulzer, junior Joely Pinkston and freshman Claire Hamilton, respectively.
To round things out on the track, the women’s distance medley relay team took home second place. The team — consisting of senior Haley Harris, junior Kelsey Harris, sophomore Natalie Price and senior Katherine Receveur — ran a time of 10:57.76. That time earned them the sixth fastest time in the NCAA this season. In the field events the Hoosiers saw an array of top-five finishes from both the men and women. The women grabbed the top two spots in the shot put. Junior Khayla Dawson took the top honor with a distance of 17.18 meters. She was followed by sophomore Maddy Pollard who threw a distance of 16.42 meters. The men took home second place and third place in the event. The spots were earned by junior Willie Morrison and senior David Schall. Morrison threw a distance of 19.34 meters while Schall threw 17.75 meters. The Hoosiers closed things out in the weight throw. On the men’s side, they earned a second-place finish, and on the women’s side, they grabbed fourth place. Sophomore Nick Lane earned the spot for the men with a distance of 19.29 meters and freshman Alexis Hill grabbed the women’s spot with her distance of 19.46 meters. IU returns to action Feb. 22 and 23 for the Big Ten Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Bloomington band Rosegirl writes rock opera By Abby Malala abbridge@iu.edu
Describing themselves as a cornucopia of friendship and love, the Bloomington band Rosegirl consists of a trio of IU sophomores. The group wrote a 30-minute rock opera called “Marlene the Dream,” which they are currently recording. A floor-to-ceiling tapestry covers an entire living room wall in Abby Harrison and Mia Waggoner’s apartment, while drummer Rob Greene sits. It features hand-painted images of pine trees, a football and dark planets with rings around them to set the stage. On it is Marlene, depicted with green eyes, black hair and bandages on her nose. She is a high school girl who learns she is actually an alien. Marlene gets called to return to her home planet after feeling out of place her whole life. But, home isn’t what Marlene thought it would be. Harrison, who plays keyboard and ukulele and sings, cites The Who as her inspiration for writing a rock opera. “The Who has a few concept albums, like ‘Tommy,’” she said. “It’s like the final form. The rock opera is the ultimate creative piece for a songwriter.” While Rosegirl is recording “Marlene the Dream,” it is simultaneously working on an album called “Here Comes the Director’s Cut.” Its title track is about becoming famous and having a movie made about you, Harrison said.
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The Bloomington band Rosegirl consists of a trio of IU sophomores. The group wrote a 30-minute rock opera called “Marlene the Dream,” which they are currently recording.
The band pondered who they’d like to be played by in a biopic about Rosegirl. They joked about playing Coachella and doing a collaboration with Nike as a lifestyle brand. The album’s lyrics were mostly written by Harrison. She’s been working on them since her sophomore year of high school. The band collaborates musically, advis-
ing each other on parts they wrote, guitarist and vocalist Waggoner said. Harrison and Waggoner are both audio engineering students at the Jacobs School of Music, and record Rosegirl’s music themselves. Greene is studying informatics. The band’s name comes from Harrison’s mother’s family, consisting of four
sisters with the last name Rose. People who knew her mother’s family always said of them, “It’s a Rose girl thing,” Harrison said. “Originally, I think it was supposed to be all-female,” Greene said. Greene is also in another Bloomington band, Secret Mezzanine. Though Harrison and Waggoner agree
they were looking to form a girl group, Greene fits right in. He went to high school with Harrison and said he gels well with the band. Group members said they focus a lot on storytelling and lyrical content showcased by musical simplicity, something that isn’t often found in the Bloomington music scene. They don’t claim to be masters of their
instruments, unlike the shredheavy math rock they hear a lot around town. “I think getting as technically good as you can is a good thing,” Greene said. “But that doesn’t mean you have to get complicated.” Rosegirl currently has one song from “Marlene the Dream” out on Spotify, called “Constellations.”
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Examine the astrology of friendships with moon signs post Valentine’s Day Kathryn de la Rosa is a senior in theater and journalism.
Winding down from Valentine’s Day and romancing the sun signs, I think it’s important to address compatibility in other areas of life. I’m no expert at synastry, which is superimposing one chart on top of another one to evaluate relationships. But I’m confident about shared energies since it doesn’t involve crazy-looking double charts. While I’m against using astrology as a shortcut to getting to know a romantic prospect, I think it can help you understand relationships you already have with family and friends you’ve known for years. My house in Bloomington is a great example. I live with three other seniors. We were all born in the same year, so we share many placements in the signs. Each planet moves at its own pace. While Mercury transits quickly and is never further than two signs away
from the sun, the outer planets are much slower. They’re considered “generational planets” because they stay in the same sign for longer periods of time. I remember seeing internet astrologers call March for Our Lives exactly what can be expected from “the Uranus in Aquarius generation.” No millennial, no Generation Z-ers — one birth chart placement shared by everyone born from 1997 to 2002. My roommates and I share Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto signs. Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are generational planets, while Jupiter and Saturn are considered social planets shared by narrower age groups. That leaves the sun through Mars, which are considered “personal planets” since they vary much more between individuals. I’m focusing on the sun and moon — the core of the birth chart, the core of our selves. My Aquarius roommate just had her birthday last
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Astrology columnist Kathryn de la Rosa’s birth chart, right, is similar to her roommate’s, left, because their birthdays are 15 days apart.
week. Even though I’ve only known her a little more than a year, I liked her immediately. Her moon is in Pisces, 10 degrees away from my Pisces sun. The core of my identity, my sun, functions similarly to how she relates to emotion, her moon. I don’t claim to understand her interior
life, but I think we have a kind of unspoken understanding. On the flip side, one of my Gemini roommates and I both have the moon in Virgo, the sign of self-critical nerds. We’re innately similar in how we process emotion and react to the world. One way I like to describe the moon
is the way you are at home, alone. I go home to a Virgo moon echo chamber, where we both indulge in neuroses. Check out your friends’ moon signs. It’s a great introduction to the rest of the birth chart and studying how other people embody the signs. Transits for Feb. 17 - 23
Venus conjunct Saturn, Feb. 18: This isn’t a fun transit. I talk about the unity of sun-moon conjunctions as a strong, positive thing, but Venus and Saturn together aren’t nearly as happy. Venus rules our need to love and be a part of the world. Saturn is solitary and reflects structure and discipline. It rains on Venus’ parade. If your thoughts turn to a dark, lonely place this week, look forward to Venus shuffling away from Saturn in a few days. It’ll be rough. Mercury conjunct Neptune, Feb. 18: Mercury rules communication, while Neptune is the interior, our intuition and our impulse to give in to delusions. Like Saturn, Neptune is a downer. Your expression and the way you receive information might be muddled by neuroses, your worst fears as represented and exaggerated by Neptune. Don’t trust your first impulse in social interactions. Neptune could be messing with you. krdelaro@iu.edu
Jacobs student wins three Grammys Israeli filmmaker Avi Nesher plans to visit IU Cinema By Joey Bowling and Abby Malala
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A master’s student in the Jacobs School of Music was part of an ensemble that won three Grammys on Feb. 10. Salvador Perez Lopez, a clarinetist who received his Bachelor’s of Music at IUSouth Bend, was nominated for his work with the John Daversa Big Band on the album “American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom.” DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is an Obama-era policy that protects immigrants from deportation if they unlawfully entered the United States as children. Roughly 690,000 immigrants were enrolled in the program as of 2017. The album won for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album and Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella for a version of “Stars and Stripes Forever” as well as Best Improvised Jazz Solo on the song “Don’t Fence Me In.” The album was recorded by the John Daversa Big Band, featuring DACA artists like Perez Lopez. “We can raise awareness through music,” Perez
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Graduate student Salvador Perez Lopez stands Feb. 13 in front of Sample Gates. Perez Lopez won three Grammy Awards on Feb. 10 for his work with fellow DACA-protected musicians.
Lopez said. “By getting the word out to people to hear our stories, it shows there has to be change in the immigration system and there needs to be immigration reform.” As a junior at IU-South Bend, Perez Lopez was featured in a series of stories about DACA recipients published by the New York Times, which is how he was noticed for this project. “I was the very first
Dreamer they found for this project,” Perez Lopez said. “I try to share my passion with the world. Like any other performer who might be American, I’m just another human being.” Perez Lopez said he was glad to find out the album was even nominated for an award. “I was happy that the album was getting awareness towards it,” Perez Lopez said.
He is now returning to Bloomington to continue his graduate studies in clarinet performance. He said he hopes the Grammy wins will help advance his career. “I don’t like to brag that I won three Grammys,” Perez Lopez said. “But working toward my master’s degree in music, I’m hoping it helps me later on to get jobs, teach, have the opportunity.”
Director Avi Nesher, considered by some critics to be one of Israel’s greatest filmmakers of all time, will be visiting IU Cinema for a series of screenings of his work. Nesher, 65, has directed 20 feature films, with many of them winning prestigious Israeli filmmaking awards. Before becoming a filmmaker, he studied international relations at Columbia University. Later, Nesher returned to Israel to serve in the Army Special Forces before transitioning to filmmaking permanently. The screenings of Nesher’s work are part of IU Cinema’s Jorgensen Guest Filmmaker Program, a recurring series where screenings are accompanied by talks with the filmmakers. Previous visiting filmmakers this year include Nia DaCosta and Boots Riley. Four of Nesher’s films will be screened at IU Cinema. “The Wonders” is a 2013 comedic tribute to film noir and other genres that follows a
Jerusalem street artist named Arnav. It will be shown at 7 p.m. Feb. 18. The 1984 drama “Rage and Glory” will be honored at a 35th anniversary screening 7 p.m. Feb. 21. The film tells the story of an anarchist hit man sent to assassinate a British officer. “The Other Story,” a 2018 drama about a man returning to Israel from the United States at his father’s request, will be shown at 7 p.m. Feb. 22. “SHE” is Nesher’s 1984 post-apocalyptic action movie following a woman who leads a rogue nation where men are second-class citizens. It will be screened at 10 p.m. Feb. 22. All screenings in the series are free, but ticketed. Tickets can be reserved online or inperson at the IU Cinema box office before a screening. In addition to the screenings, Nesher will also give a lecture at 7 p.m. Feb. 20 in the auditorium of the Global and International Studies Building. The lecture is free, and no ticket is required.
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Play ‘Only Child’ explores predation, power By Clark Gudas
prince has, we haven’t spoken about this, but it seems to me he’s been coming up against how to negotiate his feelings about the story as a twenty-year-old man with how the character feels in the moment. When he’s in a situation where she’s touching him intimately, it seems like his instinct is to express his discomfort with it, when that’s not what the character does in that scene. The character goes along with it because the person who wants him to do all these things has a lot of power over him. He’s put on a pedestal. He thinks everything’s fine.
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The Indiana Daily Student sat down with master of fine arts student and playwright Aaron Ricciardi to talk about his new play, “Only Child,” produced as part of IU’s “At First Sight: A Festival of New Plays.” The play runs Feb. 22, 23, 26 and 28 and March 1 and 2 at the Wells-Metz Theatre. Last year, Ricciardi produced “Nice Nails” for At First Sight. Responses have been edited for brevity and clarity. Indiana Daily Student What’s the premise of this work? Ricciardi It’s about a boy who enters into an inappropriate relationship with his teacher. We never see them at school, we only see them at her house, or away on a vacation with her and her family. I’ve written it in such a way where it’s a little confusing what’s happening for a lot of the play, until the end, when you hopefully get it. It’s based on a real relationship I had as a child. It’s pretty autobiographical. I’m using the structure of the play in order to replicate for the audience, in their viewing experience, the experience that I had. The central character is the prince of a small kingdom. By the end of the play, you realize he’s not the prince of anything. If anything, he’s just a boy who’s her student.
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Aaron Ricciardi stands Feb. 11 outside the Wells-Metz Theatre in the Neal-Marshall Education Center. Ricciardi said his play, “Only Child,” is an autobiographical interpretation of his life. The play will premiere at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22 in the Wells-Metz Theatre.
How does this work into the play? Is this something the people around him also believe, or is it all in his head? It’s just accepted in the first scene. You see the woman, Jess, who’s his teacher. Her husband comes home from work, and she tells him she got a new student, and he’s the prince of a small kingdom she’s never heard of, but she looked it up and
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it’s true. Whenever we see him, he has a crown on his head. Towards the end of the play, we lose the crown, and we see him as just a boy. What themes or ideas is the show particularly interested in? It’s interested in the idea of childhood and the loss of it early and what that does to a person. The teacher character has a child, but the actor who plays that child is a
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 9 — Collaboration proves fundamental. Work together to get farther. Lucrative opportunities develop this month. Direct energy under the Pisces Sun to pull in a profitable harvest.
Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — Relax and enjoy the company. Ponder big questions this month under the Pisces Sun. Philosophical inquiries engage you. Share your dreams with someone interesting.
Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — Edit your expressions before sending. Professional creativity flourishes this month under the Pisces Sun. Advance in your career through communicating passion and inspiration.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 9 — Nurture your health and energy. Begin a power phase, with the Sun in your sign this month. Advance personal dreams and objectives. Find a satisfying purpose.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Domestic matters have your attention. Succeed with teamwork this month. Community efforts flower, with the Sun in Pisces. You can get what you need.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 9 — A profitable idea develops. Talk about your dreams. Educational pursuits and discoveries expand, with the Sun in Pisces. Draw up plans and budget carefully.
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woman who’s in her 60s. She also plays the ghosts of that teacher character’s, Jess’s, mother. There are some scenes where she goes from playing this baby to playing a 65-year-old chain smoker who’s dying of cancer. She’s always flipping back and forth, which is one of my tools in disorienting the audience. You see that that women, the teacher, had an inappro-
priate relationship with her mom, and you learn that her husband had, what I suggest, is an inappropriate relationship with his brother and with his dad. It’s asking these questions of, “When we treat children like adults, what does that do to them?” That’s a very complex emotion and situation. Something that’s been interesting in the production that the actor playing the
From a lot of different perspectives, this seems challenging to write. This was the easiest thing I’ve ever written in my life. It just came out of me because it’s my story. It’s remarkable how much more difficult it was to write “Nice Nails.” That play was torture, there was nothing fun about it, ever. I never had fun writing that play. It was honestly, like, fucking torture. This fell out of me. I don’t remember writing it. What do you aspire this play to do for an audience? I hope it makes them look a little more closely at the things in life that seem a little funny, but they ignore. A lot of what I look back on in my experience is this feeling of so many people thought that what was going on was — just struck them funny, but they assume that everything is fine.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — Get a lucky personal break. Contribute to expanding joint financial ventures. Coordinate with your partner for mutual benefit. Share considerations, wishes and ideas.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Get out with friends. You're physically energized this month, with the Pisces Sun. Practice to refine your technique. Consistent efforts win over the long run.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Explore and study options. A month-long domestic phase dawns with the Pisces Sun. Make home improvements, repairs and upgrades. Tend your garden, and enjoy your space.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — Rest and make plans. Share the load over the next month as a partnership flowers under the Pisces Sun. Collaborate to realize a dream.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — A professional opportunity takes focus. Distractions include someone attractive. You're especially lucky in love this month, with the Sun in Pisces. Balance business and pleasure.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Make plans together, and adjust budgets to suit. Writing and communication projects flourish over the next month, with the Sun in Pisces.
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50” LG 4K Ultra HD Smart TV. Model #: LG50UH5530. $350, obo. 847-951-8991
Black 2008 Nissan Sentra, 55K miles. Good condition + etc. $7,000. rholyn@indiana.edu
Bicycles Bianchi Via Nirone Dama Sora bike, perfect for Little 500 training. $700, obo. salpohlm@iu.edu
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55” LG 4K Ultra HD Smart TV. Model #: LG55UH6030. $400, obo. 847-951-8991
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55” Samsung 4K Ultra HD Smart TV. Model #: Samsung UN55KU6270 $400,obo 847-951-8991
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55”, 4K TV, brand new w/ remote and box. $350. nebhatt@indiana.edu Apple Watch, 42mm gold, second gen. Good cond., some scratches. $120. adm8@indiana.edu
Clothing
White metal bunkbed set with 2 twin mattresses. Great cond. $150. mtalmage@indiana.edu
Nespresso VirtuoLine coffee/espresso machine. Brand new. $200, obo. jl130@iu.edu
1 to 2 blocks from Campus pavprop.com 812-333-2332
Twin size foam mattress. Clean and comfortable. Only used 5 months. $80. hj14@iu.edu
Appliances Aroma rice cooker, only used a few times, 8 cups. $15. jacomaur@iu.edu
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Restaurant & Bar
2620 E. 10th St. CURRENTLY HIRING: Full- and part-time Cooks. Starting pay $11/hr. Must be willing to work weekends, evenings. Please apply at store location or online at: wingsxtremeu.com
Solid wooden dining set (5pc., 1 table, 4 chairs). Good cond. $200. kim959@indiana.edu
Textbooks “Introduction to International studies” by Brian Orend. $40. jacagard@indiana.edu
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Aver’s Pizza Now Hiring. Bloomington’s Original Gourmet Pizza To Go, Since 1995. Managers, Servers, Delivery Driver, Cooks & Dishwashers. Apply Online: averspizza.wyckwyre.com
Queen size mattress w/ pillows and blankets. 1 yr of use, great cond. $120. lee2065@iu.edu
Vintage board games. Incl., Sorry, Life, Clue, Monopoly, and Scabble. $100 for all. jtitzer@iu.edu
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General Employment
Ashley wooden Queen sleigh bed frame. Good condition. $80. aaalkuba@iu.edu
Sublet Rooms/Rmmte.
1-5 BR houses for rent Aug., 2019. $600-$2800.
New 1 BR avail. Fall! Prime location (17th and Dunn) near stadium and dntwn. Newly renovated! Incl.: 24-hr maintenance, in-unit W/D, A/C, faux wood blinds, built-in desk work stations, stainless steel applns., free WiFi, free cable, free water, sewer, & trash. $750/mo. Contact: 651-428-6052.
Riot 15.5’ EvasiOn flatwater touring kayak. Great cond. $800. rellenso@iu.edu
3 piece dining set, table and 2 chairs. Barely used. $180, neg. maalam@indiana.edu
Avail. Summer 2019: 1 BR of 2 BR top floor apt. in Evolve. Amenities incl. apirovan@iu.edu
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Sublet Houses **Spring sublet avail. CHEAP! Lg., 3 BR/ 2 BA houses. $900/mo. Dntwn. & near campus. Call/text: 812-327-0948.
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Furniture 2 white IKEA desks with drawers, great value. $200. shimju@indiana.edu
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**AVAIL. May/Aug. 1-6 BR houses, Close to Campus/dntwn Call/text 812-327-0948
Kendall & Kylie Brooke boots, women’s size 7.5. Great cond. $60. nmaiello@indiana.edu
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3BR/2BA on Atwater next to Optometry. Avail. Aug., 2019. 812-333-9579 or
XBox One, controller and rechargeable battery, and Turtle Beach headset. $225. cqwang@iu.edu
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***Now leasing 19-20*** HPIU.COM Houses & apts. 1-7 bedrooms. Close to Campus. 812-333-4748 No pets please.
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Handmade oriental rug, very good condition. $200. mbinmaya@indiana.edu
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FiniteMathHelp.com Amazing Resources! Many are FREE! ‘How to Survive’ Video.
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Turtle Beach Stealth 600 wireless headset. Great condition. $80. ajkaylor@iu.edu
Studio sublet avail. now! 1 blk. South of Campus. 812-333-9579 or Subleases avail now!! Subleases avail. immediately. Negotiable rent and terms. 812-333-9579 or
Chanel Chance Eau Tendre, 3.4 oz. Brand new. $90, obo. jl130@iu.edu
Roku streaming player, still works perfectly. $10. rsuparma@iu.edu
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!!NOW LEASING!! August ‘19 - ‘20. 3 & 4 BR houses. Omega Properties 812-333-0995 omegabloomington.com
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Sublet Apt. Unfurn.
Misc. for Sale 12 pc. dinnerware set w/ 4 dinner & salad plates, bowls, & silverware. $15. yafwang@hotmail.com
iPad Air 2, like new, only used a few times. $300 for iPad, $15 for case. keeminni@indiana.edu
1 BR Tenth & College Apt Renovated, $1200/mo. Prking includ., avail. Jan. Contact: 630-396-0627.
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Electronics Bose Companion 5 computer speaker system, great cond. $250. dk14@iu.edu
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