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Creating community
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Liberty Forster and Avinash Divecha perform with the IU Swing Dance Club at the International Dance Night to welcome Venezuelan refugees. The Swing Dance Club was the first performance of the evening.
Bloomington fundraised for more than 15 Venezuelans seeking asylum By Peter Talbot pjtalbot@iu.edu | @petejtalbot
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Sofia and Isabella Carmona watch the IU Swing Dance Club perform at the International Dance Night to welcome Venezuelan refugees. The Carmonas are members of one of the Venezuelan refugee families.
In the basement of the St. Paul Catholic Center, Gustav and German Carmona sat with their families. They talked and laughed over blaring Spanish music. A little more than a year ago, their families were escaping Venezuela’s political turmoil. The Bloomington Refugee Support Network and the Muslim Student Association organized the event at the St. Paul Catholic Center to provide donations for around 15 to 20 Venezuelans seeking asylum in the United States. Community cultural dance groups performed while people ate food from around the world. Savannah Powell, IU sophomore and volunteer at the Bloomington Refugee Support Network, said she
“We decided this would be a great way to welcome them to the community, to make them feel accepted by the community and show that the community wants them to be here.” Savannah Powell, IU sophomore
wanted to show the families that they were welcome in light of recent antirefugee rhetoric. "We decided this would be a great way to welcome them to the community, to make them feel accepted SEE COMMUNITY, PAGE 5
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Concert IU men’s basketball coasts to victory will aid Puerto Ricans By Jake Thomer
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Whatever IU men’s basketball didn’t do well Sunday afternoon, the Hoosiers compensated for in other areas. The Hoosiers didn’t shoot the ball well, at just 43.8 percent, but gave themselves a litany of second chances thanks to 16 offensive rebounds. IU only forced 10 turnovers against the visiting University of Indianapolis but managed the ball well and had just eight giveaways itself. Some things went wrong in the second and final exhibition game for IU but enough went right to give the Hoosiers a 74-53 victory against the Greyhounds. After the game, IU Coach Archie Miller’s biggest gripe was with his team’s willingness to settle for inefficient 3-point shots. “It became apparent that it was going to become a jump-shooting contest in the first half,” Miller said. “We’re a quick-shooting team, and I don’t like that.” Miller said he wants IU to focus more on feeding the paint, which it struggled to do in the first half Sunday, as the Hoosiers scored just 16 of their 38 points in the paint before halftime. Senior forward Collin Hartman, who hadn’t played a game for IU in more than a year and a half after missing last season due to a knee injury, was the Hoosiers’ best shooter in the first half. He and freshman guard Al Durham both made their
By Christine Fernando ctfernan@iu.edu | @christinetfern
double, with 12 points and nine rebounds in just 13 minutes of play. Miller pointed to the success IU found in the paint and said his team needs to do a better job of helping out big men who work their way open in the post. “The biggest emphasis tonight coming out of the game, in my mind, is the ability to feed the post
Community members will be able to listen to Latin American music and dance in an orchestra pit Monday while making a difference. De Pueblo a Pueblo, a new organization launched to support Puerto Rico, Mexico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in the wake of recent natural disasters, organized a benefit concert with the goal of collecting $35,000 in aid. The concert, which will take place at 7 p.m. Monday at the BuskirkChumley Theater, will be free, but donations are encouraged. “It’s a way for people locally to get involved,” Arlene Diaz, IU associate history professor, said. “It’s to look at this problem that seems so big but work together to help. It’s hope." Diaz said she has worked with IU faculty members, including music professor Javier Leon, language sciences professor Raquel Anderson, IU librarian Luis Gonzalez and IU research associate Luis Hernandez, who all have ties to affected areas. Gonzalez said the team worked hard to identify areas that had not received aid from governmental or
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Senior forward Collin Hartman shoots the ball against the University of Indianapolis on Nov. 5 in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers won 74-53 against the Greyhounds.
first appearances of the exhibition season in the early going. Hartman immediately made his presence felt with two made 3-pointers on his first two shot attempts. The fifth-year senior keyed a first-half run that helped IU maintain a 33-24 lead at the break. Hartman finished his day with 9 points. “I’m doing more and more practice everyday, just trying to get back in the flow of things and not rushing
anything right now,” Hartman said of the sprained ankle from which he’s recovering. Other than Hartman though, the rest of the Hoosiers were just 4 of 17 from 3-point range. It was one of the few areas that didn’t go right for IU, but it was balanced by 16 secondchance points. IU dominated the offensive glass, led by senior Freddie McSwain’s six offensive rebounds. McSwain nearly had a double-