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IU faculty, students remember Violette Verdy By Maia Rabenold mrabenol@indiana.edu | @maialyra
Violette Verdy wore the same red dancing shoes with a small heel every day. Several times a week for 20 years, a taxi or a friend drove Verdy, who died Feb. 8 at the age of 82, from her condo in Bloomington to IU’s campus. She had never learned to drive. With her red shoes, tights that showed off legs still lithe in her 70s and 80s, and often a shawl around her shoulders, Verdy would spend
the day working as a coach for ballet students at the Jacobs School of Music. She was the kind of person who lived her life for others, said Robin Allen, her assistant of more than 10 years. She brought out the best in other people, exuded optimism and had a genuine wish for others’ success. Everyone felt like they were someone special when they were with Verdy, especially her students, Allen said. “She empowered you to go do it, and she always knew you could
do it,” Allen said. “She gave them love and then they loved themselves. You wanted to work for it because she helped you love life.” Junior Cara Hansvick, who performed the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in “The Nutcracker,” was one of Verdy’s students. “Sometimes studios are freezing, and if someone is standing on the side in the second cast not dancing, she would go and give them her shawl if they looked cold,” Hansvick said.“That was the SEE VERDY, PAGE 8
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IU ballet professor Violette Verdy died Feb. 8 at the age of 82. Verdy was the principal dancer for New York City Ballet for 20 years and the former artistic director of the Paris Opera Ballet and Boston Ballet.
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Mateo Perez, left, Ashley Toruno, Juan-José Jaramillo and Kasey Pringle take part in a #BlackLivesMatter Challenging Stereotypes demonstration Thursday in Ballantine Hall. “You don’t really see people of color around – we’re trying to challenge the labels society gives us at this university,” Perez said.
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tudents shared experiences of discrimination and brainstormed ways to stop racism on campus at an intergroup dialogue discussion Thursday evening. In order to attract attention to the event, earlier in the day students stood in bright orange jumpsuits in locations around campus from Ballantine Hall to the Wells Library. A sign next to the protesters invited passers-by to give each them a handshake. Many complied, while others stood in confusion. “We had never seen anyone or anything stop traffic in Ballantine like that,” said junior Juan-José Jaramillo, one of the participants in the demonstration. “Most reactions were good, but sometimes I felt threatened and vulnerable.” The discussion was held by the Alpha Xi Chapter of La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity. Mateo Perez, an LUL member, and Elizabeth Amador, president of Gamma Phi Omega International Sorority, facilitated the dialogue to talk about race, intersectionality and institutionalized discrimination. Perez said the demonstration from earlier
“We had never seen anyone or anything stop traffic in Ballantine like that. Most reactions were good but sometimes I felt threatened and vulnerable.” Juan-José Jaramillo, Demonstration participant
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our students stood in front of a fluorescent map of the world in Ballantine Hall, but they weren’t dressed like most students. They wore sneakers and T-shirts and jewelry, but orange jumpsuits covered their clothes. Bandannas blindfolded their eyes. A whiteboard stood next to them. “Meet a PERSON OF COLOR at a PREDOMINATLY WHITE INSTITUTION,” the whiteboard suggested. “Do we look like criminals? Do we look like rapists? Do we look like thugs? “Do we look COLLEGE EDUCATED?” Below that, the sign encouraged onlookers to attend an “intergroup dialogue talk” Thursday night at Wells Library. It was part of Semana Dorada, or Golden Week, a week of events seeking to catalyze change. The week is carried out by Latino fraternity La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda, said Mateo Perez, an LUL member. By Thursday afternoon, the demonstrators — members of LUL, as well as some from sororities Gamma Phi Omega and Sigma Lambda Beta — had spent an hour at the Kelley School of Business and one at Wells.
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A 19-year-old IU student reported being raped by another IU student off campus after attending a party at Sigma Pi fraternity the night of Feb. 13. After receiving the call early the next morning, the IU Police Department transported the female student to IU Health Bloomington. The woman decided not to press charges. Because the location of the alleged rape took place in an apartment outside IUPD jurisdiction, the Bloomington Police Department took over the case, BPD Lt. John Kovach said Thursday. According to the BPD report, the rape occurred in the early morning of Feb. 14 in an apartment near Memorial Stadium. The woman reported she was invited to attend a party at Sigma Pi with a “guy she knows.” After the party ended, the man invited the woman back to his apartment, where she reported she was raped, Kovach said. She also reported when she tried to leave the apartment, the man attempted to stop her, but she walked out the front door and got a ride back to her dorm room. The police report does not specify how she got a ride. When she arrived, her roommate helped her talk to the resident assistant, who called IUPD around 2 a.m. Sunday, according to the report. The female student had consumed alcohol at the party but did not appear to be drunk when she explained what happened to police, according to the report. She stated she did not want to press charges, according to the report. If the woman decides to press charges, she will do so through BPD and will be able to utilize the findings from the rape kit, Kovach said. Sigma Pi fraternity had not responded for comment by press time Thursday.
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IU beats Minnesota at home for 8th win in last 9 games By Teddy Bailey eebailey@indiana.edu | @TheTeddyBailey
In a game that featured 69 free throws on 59 fouls, it seemed as if IU’s pivotal clash with Minnesota would never end. Both teams struggled to find any sort of flow in Thursday’s matchup, which featured two of the country’s hottest teams. IU was able to thrive in that kind of setting, though. Sophomore guard Tyra Buss, despite a lingering cold, scored 27 points, grabbed nine rebounds and recorded seven assists to help the Hoosiers defeat the Gophers, 9379, to gain a share of third place in the Big Ten. “That’s Tyra being Tyra,” IU Coach Teri Moren said. “She took Monday and Tuesday off and we had her back in practice yesterday. She’s special. She just doesn’t slow down.” Thursday’s win was IU’s eighth in nine games, as the Hoosiers remained an unbeaten 13-0 inside Assembly Hall and continued their ascent in the Big Ten standings. IU, at 18-9 (10-5) is off to its best Big Ten start since 1983.
93-79 Junior guard contributes on both ends, page 15 Alexis Gassion scored 16 points and guarded the Big Ten’s best player. IU controlled the scarce momentum for the majority of the game before Minnesota cut its deficit to 74-71 with 6:01 remaining. Junior guard Alexis Gassion would have an answer for the Gopher run, hitting a jumper before an acrobatic 3-point play helped give momentum back to the Hoosiers. “That was a big shot,” Moren said. “We expect her to step up and hit big shots. Absolutely, it changed after that. I thought we got a little life into us. This is a group that doesn’t really get rattled. That’s us, that’s who we are.” Gassion was called upon to limit the Big Ten’s leading scorer and senior guard Rachel Banham. Gassion was able to do that before dealing with foul trouble. She held SEE BASKETBALL, PAGE 8
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Sophomore guard Tyra Buss goes up to the basket to attempt a layup. Buss led in scoring with 27 points against Minnesota. The Hoosiers beat Minnesota 93-79 Thursday at Assembly Hall.