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THURSDAY, JAN. 21, 2016

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Hoosiers remain perfect at home

INDIANA DAILY STUDENT | IDSNEWS.COM

By Teddy Bailey eebailey@indiana.edu | @TheTeddyBailey

drug use. OASIS finds themselves fighting an uphill battle, Jackie Daniels, the office’s director, said. Despite the office’s commitment to anonymity, students fear OASIS will call the police. They trust rumors over statistics on how dangerous their behavior is. They will admit to using drugs, but not to possessing or selling them. Daniels said she tries to understand. She abused painkillers in her own college days. But it was dangerous then and is still dangerous now, she said. “You operate differently when you have an addicted brain,” Daniels said. “The power, money and pleasure are very attractive things. But no one is as invincible as they think. Your body can only take so much.” Despite these roadblocks, Daniels said she has seen certain trends that bring her hope. More students come to OASIS on their own, and some students talk to the office when they are worried about a friend. More importantly, Daniels said,

Illinois sophomore guard Brooke Kissinger was given the ball with 5.7 seconds remaining. The Illini were trailing, 68-66, after IU junior guard Karlee McBride made a 3-pointer to give the Hoosiers their first lead since the first half. Kissinger drove the ball to the basket against sophomore guard Tyra Buss, who stayed with Illinois’ 5-foot-7 guard the entire way. Buss caused Kissinger to hoist an offbalanced layup that skimmed the front of the rim and into the hands of McBride. Assembly Hall’s buzzer sounded to signal IU’s 68-66 come-frombehind victory against Illinois on Wednesday night. The Hoosiers were able to retain a perfect 8-0 at home this season, improving their Big Ten record to 3-4. “It just seemed like the seconds couldn’t get off the clock fast enough,” IU Coach Teri Moren said. “She was going down-hill, the only thing you can do is not foul and force a tough shot. That’s what happened. It was a lot of time, you’re sweating that one out.” McBride earned her third consecutive start against Illinois, the only three career starts for the 5-foot-10 guard. After scoring a season-high 17 points on 5-of-5 shooting from 3-point range vs. No. 18 Michigan State, McBride went cold at Minnesota on Sunday — scoring just two points on 1-of-6 shooting from the floor. She hit back-to-back 3-pointers in the first quarter before two fourth-quarter treys missed on the front rim. McBride was able to convert on her most important attempt from beyond the arc, however, as sophomore forward Amanda Cahill found McBride for an open 3-pointer that gave the Hoosiers a 67-66 lead with 1:16 to play. “My teammates and my coaches always tell me to keep shooting,” McBride said. “I did miss the last two threes to get me down a little bit, but I was able to make it. That one was big.” McBride’s 3-pointer was after a missed layup from Cahill, who corralled her own offensive rebound and found her teammate for the ultimate game-winning shot. “I tried to go up with it and got blocked,” Cahill said. “It was kind of a loose ball and I came up with it. Karlee called for it and she was open, I threw it out to her and she stepped up big and made the shot.

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As prescription drug abuse becomes a pressing problem on campus, IUPD, OASIS and students struggle to find solutions. By Sarah Gardner gardnese@indiana.edu | @sarahhhgardner

Eighty Xanax pills in three plastic bags. A fake ID. Two glass smoking devices. Cash. All these things were in a safe in IU freshman Kaden Ignelzi’s room the day he was arrested and charged for dealing a controlled substance. Officers did not expect to find prescription medication in Ignelzi’s room. They entered the room Jan. 10 in search of the source of the marijuana smell wafting down the Wright Quad hallway. This is how prescription drug abuse is usually discovered on campus, IU Police Department Capt. Andy Stephenson said. Medications are found while officers are responding to something else. Prescription drugs are becoming one of the most common substances abused by IU students, Stephenson said. Pills are small and easy to conceal, and unlike marijuana, they have no odor. This makes them nearly impossible for officers to find. “This is part of why we think it’s becoming such a big trend among

college students,” Stephenson said. overdose each year, Stephenson “It’s one thing to try to carry a huge said. Many combine alcohol and case of beer into a dorm room. drug use, which increases the But you can just put a bag of pills chance of serious harm. “Crime is only part of the in your pocket and nobody will picture,” Steknow.” phenson said. Over the last “Think about seven years, students’ an average of health, and the 11.4 percent of cost of dealstudents at 12 different col- of IUB students in the last year and ing with that. Think about leges in Indiana the toll it takes reported using on academic prescription performance.” medications The Office that did not beof Student Ethlong to them, according to of surveyed Indiana college students ics is in charge in 2015 of the disciannual surveys plinary proby the Indiana reported taking cess for stuPrevention Resource Center. prescription drugs not dents caught in a violation An average of prescribed to them. of the IU Code 3.9 percent reof Conduct. ported abusIn many drug ing or overus- SOURCE: INDIANA COLLEGE SUBSTANCE abuse cases, ing their own ABUSE SURVEY students are prescriptions. The most commonly abused sent from them to OASIS. OASIS medications are Adderall, Xanax helps about 2,000 students each year find resources and programs and codeine. One or two students die of an to reduce risky behaviors and

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After public battle, ‘The Good Catholic’ set to begin charter school will filming in downtown Bloomington open by this August By Maia Rabenold

mrabenol@indiana.edu | @maialyra

By Alexa Chryssovergis aachryss@indiana.edu | @achryssovergis

On a Wednesday night in November 2015, community members crammed into a small room in the basement of a Holiday Inn Express. The room was well past capacity, but people continued to file in. Nearly every seat was full, and people stood against the back wall while their kids sat on the floor, coloring with crayons. Only three minutes to talk, the moderator said. “Unless you want to be here for Thanksgiving.” And no repeat comments, please. It was a public hearing, and everyone was there to testify either for or against the implementation of Seven Oaks Classical School in Monroe County. Now, about two-and-a-half months later, Grace College, a small liberal arts college in Winoa Lake, Indiana, has announced it will grant authority for Seven Oaks to become a charter school. The school will begin operation as early as August 2016, according to a Seven Oaks press release. It plans to open its doors to more than 400 students from Monroe and its surrounding counties in kindergarten through eighth grade, the release said. It will be tuition-free, and open enrollment will begin on Feb. 1 and extend through March 17.

The school plans to use a classical education model, which advocates a form of education based in traditions of Western culture. “We couldn’t be more pleased with Grace College’s decision,” said Terry English, a member of the Seven Oaks board of directors, in the release. “We’ve never lost sight of our vision to bring quality education to families who are seeking an alternative to public schools in the area.” Opponents of charter schools argue the schools, which have a small student body, form an “elite” group of students, almost as a private school would. But charter schools aren’t private; they’re public schools that take public taxpayer dollars. “The whole process is like an educational taxation without representation,” a man said at the meeting in November. “It seems that to these folks, one-size-fits-all culture will permeate the entire school,” another speaker said. “It seems clear they’re creating their own segregated culture.” Each speaker’s testimony ended in rapturous applause. While the moderator asked to hold applause, to save time so every speaker could get a chance to voice his or her opinion, everyone was too fired up to listen. SEE CHARTER, PAGE 6

If pigs could fly, they would already have a name: pigasi. The pigasus is a more homely version of the Pegasus, with wings barely able to lift it off of the ground. Author John Steinbeck used the pigasus on the back of all of his novels to symbolize the lumbering soul determined to fly. IU graduates John Armstrong and Zach Spicer created their film production company Pigasus Pictures with the same goal in mind, Armstrong said. “People don’t invest their time and money in projects,” Armstrong said. “They invest their time and money in people. Whenever we sit and talk to someone about who we are and what we’re doing, they like it. Why is that? It’s because we’re Indiana boys.” Armstrong and Spicer are returning to Bloomington to film a romantic comedy written by fellow IU graduate Paul Shoulberg called “The Good Catholic.” Filming will begin Jan. 25. The story is based on the true events of Shoulberg’s parents’ love story. In real life, Shoulberg’s father, then a priest, and mother, a nun, met in Lawrence, Kansas. In the film, Spicer plays Daniel, a priest, and Wrenn Schmidt plays Jane, a singer and artist. When Jane comes to confessional, Daniel falls in love with her and must decide whether or not to remain a priest. “The big question when you read the script is, ‘What is the na-

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From left, actor Zachary Spicer, writer Paul Shoulberg and executive producer David Anspaugh visit Bloomington for the upcoming feature-length romantic comedy “The Good Catholic.” The movie will be filmed in downtown Bloomington Jan. 23 through Feb. 13.

ture of love?’” Armstrong said. “If God is love and you fall in love, is that God’s plan for your life?” The script is engaging because Shoulberg knew the base characters personally, Spicer said, and everyone who has read the script agreed that it comes to life off the page. Even the older priests in the film, played by Danny Glover and

John C. McGinley, were based on people Shoulberg grew up with. Shoulberg wrote the script for the 2015 film “Walter,” and just before the film started shooting, his father passed away. When writing the script for “The Good Catholic,” he said he decided he wanted SEE FILM, PAGE 6


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