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‘It’s really hard to say goodbye to someone like that’: Remembering Dan Plebanek

By Ally Melnik amelnik@iu.edu | @allylm1

In front of the Circle K at the corner of Indiana Avenue and Third Street are flowers, pictures and a pumpkin, in honor of Daniel Plebanek’s favorite time of year.

“One thing that he really loved was fall and Halloween and horror movies,” said Elizabeth Clerkin, an IU doctoral candidate in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. “It’s really hard knowing that he didn’t get to have one more October.”

Clerkin was best friends with Dan, who passed away Wednesday after being hit by a pickup truck the previous day. He was 27 and a doctoral candidate in psy-

chology with Clerkin.

He was transported to IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis after the accident, where Clerkin said his mom told her he suffered several hematomas in his brain and was on a ventilator.

“I know he had multiple surgeries, and the doctors really, really worked hard, but there was just nothing that they could do at some point,” Clerkin said.

Bonnie Plebanek, Dan’s mom, said in an email he passed away around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday night.

“There are no words to describe how we are all feeling or how we are all reacting,” she said.

Dan was born on June 1, 1993, and raised in Homer Glen, Illi-

nois. He graduated in 2015 from the University of Iowa with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and linguistics, in 2017 from Ohio State with a master’s in psychology, then came to IU to pursue a doctorate.

Clerkin met Dan in 2015 while interviewing for different graduate school programs. Despite being at three of the same interviews, Clerkin spent her undergraduate, graduate and doctorate careers in Bloomington and only saw Dan occasionally.

“So for a while we were longdistance friends,” Clerkin said.

“Talking every day and only getting to see each other at conferences where we would meet up and kind of sneak away from all the work

events to go just hang out.”

When Dan got to IU in 2017, professor Karin James said in an email she began to work with him when he began his graduate work in her lab. She described him as a dedicated student and scientist.

“He had a gift for asking the important questions in his research and designing experiments that were complex and meaningful,” James said.

Dan was studying general category learning and the development of understanding categories in young children, James said. He was set to graduate this upcoming May and has been awarded a posthumous doctorate SEE PLEBANEK, PAGE 4

IU releases 2020-21 fiscal year budget

New cases decline in new update

By Matt Cohen mdc1@iu.edu | @Matt_Cohen_

For a fourth straight week, IU reports a decrease in new cases as well as COVID-19 mitigation and symptomatic positivity rates.

This Wednesday’s dashboard update covers testing conducted over the week of Sept. 27 through Oct. 3. The school continues to report it is not seeing any indications for COVID-19 spread in classrooms.

Dr. Aaron Carroll, IU’s director of mitigation testing, said that is a main reason why IU has never had a shut down similar to what other instate schools like Butler University and University of Notre Dame have had.

IU-Bloomington had a 1.08% mitigation testing positivity rate last week. That is down from 1.44% the week prior. That brought the overall positivity rate in Bloomington to 3.3%. Across all campuses, IU had a mitigation testing positivity rate of below 1% in a given week for the first time.

There were 103 new cases reported in Bloomington over the last week. That brings the total number of positive tests found by mitigation testing to 1,823. That is the smallest increase in total positive tests IU has had in a single week.

Broken down by groups, live-in greek students had a 1.6% positivity rate last week out of 773 tests. Offcampus greek affiliated students had a 3.4% positivity rate out of 235 tests. Dorm residents had a 1.2% positivity rate out of 6,297 tests.

All other off-campus students had a 0.5% positivity rate out of 1,846 tests.

All of those rates are decreased compared to the week prior.

Symptomatic testing declined as well, with a 16.45% positivity rate last week. That’s down from just over 19% the week prior. This is a fourth straight week of decline in symptomatic testing positivity rates and total positive tests. There have been 739 recorded positives in Bloomington from symptomatic testing and a 35.4% positivity rate since Aug. 1.

The dashboard reports since Aug. 24, IU has tested 4,968 faculty and staff with only 11 total positives across all campuses. Faculty and staff had no positive results over the last week.

The COVID-19 prevalence rate for all of IU is 0.4% and in Bloomington is 0.7%.

Isolation and quarantine facility utilization was roughly cut in half to 7.6%, down from 14% the week prior in Bloomington. Those facilities refer to the Ashton dorm which houses only on-campus residents — but not greek live-in students — who are either sick with COVID-19 or quarantined there as a close contact of someone who did test positive.

While IU’s new cases and positivity rates declined, IU-Bloomington also administered fewer total tests for a third straight week. IU’s lowest total week of testing was the week of Sept. 6, during which there were fewer than 8,000 tests. That came the week after IU’s highest week of positivity rates.

The total number of tests went back above 10,000 the next week, the week of Sept. 13. However, that total has declined every week since.

As of last week’s dashboard update, IU continues to plan for its on-campus labs to open by midOctober. When those labs open, IU plans to have around 15,000 tests per day and every student tested at least one-to-two times per week.

However, IU still has not given an official date of when those labs will SEE TESTING, PAGE 4

COURTESY PHOTO The late Dan Plebanek smiles for a selfie with Elizabeth Clerkin.

By Vivek Rao and Carson TerBush news@idsnews.com

This election could be chaotic.

How might that play out in Bloomington?

By Kaitlyn Radde kradde@iu.edu | @kaityradde

This election season is marked by uncertainty, with concerns about delayed results and unrest due to COVID-19. We spoke with election officials and community members to address the questions and concerns that have been raised throughout the campaign and at last week’s presidential debate.

Overall, Monroe County election officials are optimistic about the election going smoothly. They urge voters to vote early and in person and to send any mail-in ballots as soon as possible.

However, it is important to remain vigilant and informed about what can be done to address potential threats to a free and fair election, both in Monroe County and nationwide.

Here’s what you need to know.

Are there concerns about voter intimidation?

At last week’s presidential debate, President Don-

ald Trump encouraged his supporters to monitor the polls, an appeal that many nonpartisan election experts saw as a call to voter intimidation. The call has already been met by some supporters in Philadelphia and could occur in other parts of the country.

Karen Wheeler, the Monroe County election supervisor, said poll watchers must have credentials, which come from her office.

Nicole Browne, the Monroe County clerk and a member of the election board, further explained poll watchers are not licensed to intimidate or interfere with voters in any way.

“You can’t just walk into a polling site and announce yourself as a poll watcher and think that we are going to allow you to stay,” Browne said. “That would not happen at any time, but especially at this time when people want to know that the people who are in there are supposed to be there.”

Hal Turner, the chair of the Monroe County Elec-

tion Board, explained the “chute,” which is the area within 50 feet of a polling place. Legally, no partisan activity, from non-credentialed poll watching to demonstrations, is allowed inside the chute. Anyone who attempts to do so will be asked to leave.

Law enforcement would intervene as needed, but election officials do not foresee law enforcement intervention being necessary if individuals are asked to leave.

RG Reynolds, a researcher at No Space For Hate, a group fighting white supremacy in Bloomington and the surrounding area, said people tend to think about voter intimidation narrowly.

Voter intimidation is more than directly threatening voters through violence or deception – intimidation of and violence against SEE ELECTION, PAGE 4 PHOTO ILLUSTRATION

BY ANNIE AGUIAR

IU-Bloomington’s total budget for this academic year, publicly released three months later than usual due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is $1.7 billion, 0.1% smaller than last year’s.

IU President Michael McRobbie mandated general funds — the largest funding group for most academic departments, programs and other various expenses — be cut back 5% for all campuses.

While the university’s total budget decreased 0.9%, the amount dedicated to the university’s general fund across all campuses fell 1.9% to $2.12 billion, and the IU-B general fund fell only 1.5% to $16.8 million. As a response to the pandemic, the university froze hiring and salary increases in April.

Sam Adams, associate vice president for budget and planning, said this is because academic compensation is the university’s largest expense — in the new budget, it totals more than $570 million, or approximately 27.1% of the general fund. Revenue from tuition and student fees fell 1% to $1.44 billion.

While not finalized, revenue from all sources is forecasted to fall $40 million.

The largest relative change in Bloomington’s general fund came from the Vice President’s Office for Diversity, Equity and Multicultural Affairs. The Bloomington section of the department saw a 25% decrease in the amount of funding it received from the general fund.

The office includes IU-Bloomington’s culture centers, the Hudson & Holland Scholars Program and the Groups Scholars program.

However, a separate DEMA account listed under university administration saw an increase in funding.

James Wimbush, vice president for Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs, said the transfer from the Bloomington budget account to the overall university account was intentional.

“This process aligns with the mission of OVPDEMA and makes clear that, as a university-wide orSEE BUDGET, PAGE 4

Couple keeps their B&B alive despite COVID-19

By Wei Wang daviwang@iu.edu | @WeiWangDavid23

From March 17 to Aug. 1, the Wampler House Boutique Hotel Bed & Breakfast Inn was completely closed for business. This meant zero revenue for owners Zack and Donna Malham who rely on the business as their sole source of income.

“Without heads in beds, we’re dead in the water,” Zack said in June.

The couple’s application for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan was finally approved Sept. 4, four and a half months after they first applied. It was their second time applying for the loan.

They received more than half of what they applied for, Zack said.

“We never gave up, and I can’t tell you how many people we know, honestly, that did give up,” he said.

Just two days later, one of the bed-and-breakfast's main air

conditioning units broke down.

The couple paid $3,500 to fix it, but they wouldn’t have had the money to pay for it without the loan, Zack said.

“I told Donna – I said, is that providential or what?” he said.

In late April, the couple first applied for the federal Economic Injury Disaster Loan, which offered 30-year low-interest loans for small businesses and nonprofit organizations. Their application was rejected, and they were put at the end of the line after millions of applications from around the U.S when they applied again.

“If you don’t continue to advocate for yourself – we did not give up, and it was four months, four aggravating months,” Zack said.

“This whole time, I had the patience of Job.” Todd Saxton, associate professor at IU-Purdue University Indianapolis' Kelley School of Business, said on both the individual and organizational levels, those more well-off and on the higher

ALEX DERYN | IDS The Wampler House Boutique House Bed & Breakfast Inn is located at 4905 S. Rogers St. The bed-and-breakfast has struggled with finances due to the coronavirus pandemic.

end of the socioeconomic spectrum have fared well in the U.S. during the pandemic, while the underprivileged and the smaller businesses have even less.

“And hospitality is one of those industries where the suffering has been wide and deep, from large to small companies,” he said. “TravSEE B&B, PAGE 4

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Provost Lauren Robel speaks Tuesday during the virtual Bloomington Faculty Council meeting. The council presented updates from the employee benefits committee, voted on a resolution on the use of Online Course Questionnaire data from fall 2020 and discussed admissions reports from 2020.

BFC in stalemate on OCQ data use

By Christina Avery averycm@iu.edu

The Bloomington Faculty Council presented updates from the employee benefits committee, voted on a resolution on the use of Online Course Questionnaire data from fall 2020 and discussed admissions reports from 2020 during Tuesday’s virtual meeting.

Provost Lauren Robel first recognized the efforts to register first-time voters by the Political and Civic Engagement Program and other student groups.

She then addressed the COVID-19 pandemic, attributing IU’s lowering number of positive cases to testing in partnership with the city and county. Greek house numbers have seen a decrease, and residential housing is at only 1.18% positivity rate.

Off-campus non-greek housing has a reported 0.5% positivity rate. No positive cases have been detected in graduate and professional students or faculty members.

Robel said the overall prevalence of the coronavirus in the community is around 0.7%, and IU will continue to sample all greek houses and residence halls.

IU Vice President for Human Resources John Whelan continued the meeting with an update from the employ-

ee benefits committee. He covered health care trends and plans and recapped new benefits for 2020 such as the expansion of the Weight Watchers program. While this was previously a firstcome, first-served opportunity, IU has opened it up to all employees and their spouses who are on an IU Health plan.

Another new employee benefit is Livongo, which offers free support and services to help manage diabetes.

Whelan said he is looking forward to evaluating other programs to offer employees in the future to manage prediabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure.

He also went over the new Employee Assistance Program plan with expanded mental health resources and access points, rolled out in February. This provides students and faculty with licensed mental health clinicians available 24 hours a day, seven days a week over the phone and regular communications to employees about new programs and resources.

The council voted on a resolution on the use of OCQ data from fall 2020.

The resolution gives instructors the choice whether or not to include data collected through OCQs in tenure and promotion decisions, includ-

ing those for the purpose of determining eligibility for retention and promotion.

The fourth section reads “Candidates for tenure and promotion have a presumptive right to put forward what they believe is the strongest, most accurate case on their own behalf, bearing in the mind that the strongest possible case may be, and often is, the most complete one.”

The discussion comes from concern around how the COVID-19 pandemic has complicated teaching and learning.

J Duncan, chair of the Educational Policies Committee, said that change to the use of the OCQ, if any, would be as minimal as possible and that if adopted the resolution is not a change in policy, but rather guidance from the BFC. One major point of concern brought up was the equity of the resolution and whether or not it was fair to let faculty members “cherry-pick” what parts of their OCQ feedback they presented when students don’t get to choose which grades they show on their transcripts or to potential employers.

Duncan acknowledged these concerns and said he wanted to further discuss equity for students in the matter, but he reinforced that the best presentations of feedback and

grades tend to be the most complete.

The vote on the matter was just about evenly divided among council members.

Because the vote happened in the chat with members either typing “yes” or “no,” exact numbers were unclear, but the vote fell somewhere around 30-28. Robel said she thinks that for a resolution to have an effect, an almost evenly-divided council does not give much guidance, and that if it passed it was with a small margin.

She plans to report the discussion and the narrow vote to the deans and the vice provost for further discussion.

The meeting also included a presentation on 2020 admissions reports, specifically focusing on the freshman class of 2024. There are 1,507 minority students enrolled this year, a record number, and students come from 33 countries and six continents around the world.

David Johnson, vice provost for enrollment management, said there would be increased efforts in the future to attract more out-of-state and underrepresented students. Johnson added that in total there are 1,200 students exclusively online this year due to the pandemic.

The next meeting is scheduled for Oct. 20.

Resources to call instead of the police

By Helen Rummel hrummel@iu.edu | @HelenRummel

In the aftermath of several cases involving policeincited violence against Black Americans such as Danial Prude and Rayshard Brooks, Black Lives Matter B-Town responded by encouraging others to rethink their calls to the police. Prude and Brooks were both killed following calls to police for assistance.

Black Lives Matter B-Town Black Lives Matter BTown’s “Make the Right Call” initiative began in response to “an epidemic of harassment taking the form of unwarranted phone calls to the police concerning black people innocently occupying public spaces,” according to the project’s website. The initiative asks others to consider if they are putting others at risk before they make a call to the police. They hope to see an expansion to mental health services that could be called in the future through a 311 service similar to 911 emergency services.

The group listed common scenarios people contact the police for including reporting broken brake lights, physical altercations at a party or situations where the caller is uncomfortable but not in danger. BLM B-town proposes that the police do not need to be involved in these situations, but rather mental

health or social work professionals.

Middle Way House The Middle Way House provides both a 24-hour crisis line and emergency housing for those in need.

People can be assisted at any time by calling 812- 3360846. Middle Way House focuses on victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking.

Lindsey Stout, a crisis intervention services coordinator assistant, said Middle Way can be a resource to anyone with safety concerns in the community, even if they are not directly connected to the issues Middle Way specializes in.

“We often talk to people who witness dangerous situations,” Stout said. “They’re just wondering how best to respond and how to help that person.”

Middle Way also provides an on-scene advocacy program for those who have experienced assault and are in a state of acute trauma.

Stout said Middle Way cannot send an on-scene advocate in every situation, but they are always available to refer callers to other resources.

Some students such as IU junior Eashita Singh, have a hesitancy to call the police because they do not want to misuse the resource. This is where the crisis line can help.

“I’ve never been in a situa-

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New Wings on South Washington Street is Middle Way House's emergency shelter for assault victims.

tion where I’ve had to call the police,” Singh said. “I just feel like if the situation doesn’t need to be escalated to that point, there’s really no point in calling them.”

Middle Way's advocacy line can be contacted through 812- 333-7404. Advocates can assist those with legal questions regarding a range of topics from stalking to child abuse. Inquiries regarding transitional housing for families can be made at 812- 337-4510.

Counseling and Psychological Services IU’s Counseling and Psychological Services also provides a 24/7 crisis line to students at 812- 855-5711. Select-

ing option one on the number pad directs students to immediate assistance. Students can also schedule a virtual appointment on their own through the same number.

This service is only currently available to students living in Indiana or Illinois due to licensing issues.

A sexual assault crisis line can be contacted through 812-855-8900.

CARE Referral If a student is not in immediate danger, they can submit an IU CARE referral if they are concerned for the well-being of another student or themselves. CARE referrals can be made through the Division of Student Affairs website.

A matrix created by a professor at New York University aims to show which colleges will survive the pandemic and which colleges will struggle.

Professor Scott Galloway, a marketing professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, published the matrix’s initial findings in late July, and more than 400 colleges and universities were given one of four ratings: thrive, survive, struggle or challenged, according to a variety of factors.

What they mean (according to Galloway’s system) Thrive: Schools in this category boast low vulnerability and high value to their education. Some examples include Harvard University, the University of Michigan and even IU-Purdue University Indianapolis.

Survive: These schools yield high value, but also are vulnerable, usually with a higher population of international students or smaller endowments per student.

The University of Kentucky and the IU-Bloomington campus are included in this category.

Struggle: These schools are generally less vulnerable, they also don’t boast high value. Many smaller liberal arts colleges are included in this category.

Notable inclusions in this category are Vassar College in New York and Belmont University in Tennessee.

Challenged: Schools in this category are in the most precarious position, with high vulnerability and smaller value. The dangers include a combination of high admission rates and dependence on international students.

IU professors' thoughts The formula is based on factors such as the standing value of a school’s endowment per each student, the number of students at each level of education, the percentage of the student body that lives outside of the U.S., student life grades and rankings from Niche and U.S. News and World Report.

“While some universities enjoy revenue streams from technology transfer, hospitals, returns on multibilliondollar endowments and public funding, the bulk of colleges have become tuition dependent,” Galloway said in an article on his website. “If students don’t return in the fall, many colleges will have to take drastic action that could have serious long-term impacts on their ability to fulfill their missions.”

Galloway did not respond to a request for an interview, but Professor Andrew R. Butters, an economics professor in the Kelley School of Business, said the matrix raises important issues.

“The article portrays the huge amount of heterogeneity there is across college campuses in the United States,” Butters said.

“You have small liberal arts schools. You have big state universities like Indiana University.”

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Pedestrian hospitalized after being struck by car

By Emma Williams emmewill@iu.edu | @_emmaewilliams

A 16-year old from Goshen, Indiana, is in critical condition after being hit by a car in the 300 block of East Brownstone Drive at the Brownstone Terrace Apart-

ments on Sunday morning, Bloomington Police Department Capt. Ryan Pedigo said.

The pedestrian was conscious when police arrived at the scene but was transported to the hospital.

Pedigo said a maroon vehicle struck the pedestrian

while he was laying on the curbside with his legs out in the road. A witness told police the driver was traveling at a high speed and was driving very close to the curb. The driver did not know they had hit the person until a witness approached the vehicle, po-

lice said.

The 26-year-old driver of the vehicle submitted to a toxicology screening after the accident. BPD is waiting on the results of the screening.

The pedestrian’s current condition is unknown, police said.

Butters said this recession is different.

“This isn’t a typical recession,” he said. “This wasn’t created by a financial crisis or credit restraints or some sort of productivity shock. This is a public health-induced recession.

It’s certainly going to be hard. Universities have already felt that. But some universities will be better suited than others.”

Kyle Anderson, an economist at IUPUI’s Kelley School of Business, said enrollment is a key issue for IU, especially if colleges continue to stay virtual past this year.

“There’s risk on the enrollment side,” he said. “If a large number of students just decide that this type of education is not in their best interest, then that’s obviously going to put a big financial crutch on the university.”

One of the factors Butters said could contribute to a college’s financial success during the recession is the number of professional and graduate programs.

“It’s a pretty well-established cyclical relationship that as the economy goes into a recession, that’s typically when you see applications for professional and graduate school go up,” he said. “The demand for programs is going to be dictated by what the labor market looks like for individuals in the workforce. If the labor market really deteriorates, that’s going to have an implication for what you can expect in higher education.”

Anderson said state funding will be an important factor as well, especially while the state deals with a potential budget shortfall due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I think the other risk that we are going to see is that all state universities rely on state funding,” Anderson said. “We are going to be in a significant budget crutch in Indiana, like pretty much every other state as well. I would suggest that there’s a good chance the university is going to get state funding compared to what they got in the past.”

Indiana officials told reporters in August they expect the state to be short by anywhere from $3 billion to $4 billion in its two-year budget.

As state governments cut funding for state universities, tuition for students usually increases.

“The university will have to respond by, perhaps, raising tuition,” Anderson said. “That will obviously affect students. Or they could cut spending, which means they could cut programs.

That’s going to happen over the next five years kind of regardless of how the pandemic plays out.”

There are measures that can be taken to help colleges, Galloway said.

“State governments desperate for cuts in the face of shrinking tax revenues will need help from the federal government,” he said in his article. “If we can give Kanye $5 million, we can help save Purdue. The [Federal Reserve] just expanded the Main Street Lending Program to nonprofits, including universities. Alumni who have parlayed their education into fortunes should step up and make sure the next generation can follow."

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CDC says COVID-19 can spread through air From Tribune News Service

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acknowledged Monday that the coronavirus can spread through microscopic respiratory particles known as aerosols that float in the air for minutes or even hours before being inhaled.

On its website, the CDC said that even people who followed social distancing guidelines have been infected through this type of transmission — and added a warning against frequenting crowded, poorly ventilated indoor spaces.

The acknowledgement comes after months of campaigning by independent experts and brings the agency into line with research on the role of aerosols in “superspreading events” such as a choir practice in Washington state that infected dozens of people and killed two.

But some researchers said the agency did not go far enough, because it maintains that the virus is still far more likely to spread through larger respiratory droplets that quickly fall on people in close vicinity.

Donald K. Milton, a University of Maryland environmental health professor and expert on aerosols, said Monday that the CDC was “slowly moving along in the right direction, but is not where I would quite like to

see it.”

He said that mathematical models show that aerosols carrying the virus are more apt to spread the disease than larger droplets spewed as projectiles, even when an infected person is less than 6 feet away.

“At close range, you’re still going to see aerosol transmission dominant most of the time,” he said. “Spitballs are much less frequent.”

He said that means that masks — which the CDC has long recommended be worn when near others — are useful both indoors and outdoors for preventing the spread of the virus.

“Outdoor dining is associated with increased risk of getting COVID-19 because people are sitting there for a long time without a mask in one spot,” he said.

Moving around when outdoors lowers the risk of inhaling aerosols and becoming infected, he said.

When the coronavirus began spreading in the United States early this year, the CDC advised people to stay at least 6 feet away from other people and wash their hands frequently in case they happened to touch a contaminated surface.

Later the agency said that contaminated surfaces played only a minor role in spreading the virus.

Researchers began following up on reports of su-

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The coronavirus “may be able to infect people who are further than 6 feet away from the person who is infected or after that person has left the space,” the CDC said Monday.

perspreading incidents in which aerosols appeared to be the main culprit.

The scientists urged the CDC and the World Health Organization to acknowledge airborne transmission, but health officials were skeptical.

In July, after 239 researchers from 32 countries signed an open letter urging the WHO to accept the possibility that aerosols played a major role in spreading the virus, the international agency revised its guidelines to recommend that people avoid poorly ventilated, crowded spaces.

Still, the WHO maintains

that aerosol transmission has not been definitively demonstrated.

On Sept. 18, the CDC revised its guidance without notice to say that the virus spread through aerosols, but withdrew the new advisory three days later, saying it was a draft of proposed changes posted by mistake.

CDC officials did not respond to requests for an interview Monday.

A letter written by Milton and five other researchers and published Monday

by Science magazine cited “overwhelming evidence” that inhalation was “a major transmission route” for the

coronavirus and cited an urgent need to define terms consistently across scientific fields.

Respiratory droplets, defined as larger than 100 microns, can be sprayed like tiny cannonballs and typically fall to the ground in seconds within 6 feet, the letter said.

But the letter said that aerosols — defined as particles smaller than 100 microns, less than the diameter of the average human hair — “can remain suspended in air for many seconds to hours, like smoke.”

Milton said that tobacco smoke is an apt analogy to

understand how tiny respiratory particles waft through the air.

“If somebody goes out for a smoke and they come in and you smell it on their breath, you’re inhaling their exhaled breath,” he said.

Milton said while the virus is most apt to spread through the air indoors, where aerosol can accumulate, it’s possible that airborne transmission occurred at the Sept. 26 White House Supreme Court nomination ceremony for Judge Amy Coney Barrett.

The event included a large gathering outside in the Rose Garden and a smaller indoor reception. Photographs show that in both locations few people wore masks and that social distancing guidelines were not widely followed.

The CDC has the technical resources to conduct an investigation that could determine who infected whom, Milton said.

“It would be very interesting to know which way the wind was blowing in the Rose Garden,” he said. “They were really close to each other, they were hugging each other, they were shaking hands. They were throwing all precautions to the wind, and the wind got them anyway.”

By Richard Read, Los Angeles Times

Is American democracy at risk? Scholars weigh in.

From Tribune News Service

PHILADELPHIA — Anne Berg, a history professor at the University of Pennsylvania, was born and raised in Germany, and while her parents are basically hippies, she said, her grandparents were Nazis.

That close connection led Berg to a vocation as a scholar of Nazi Germany, exploring the role played by people, she said, “who rocked me to sleep.” Now, Berg is among many academics and others watching what she calls a “rapid descent toward fascism,” in the United States, right from her home in Fishtown.

Back in 2017, she was already drawing parallels with prewar Germany but warned her students against “catastrophizing.” No longer.

“To expect that things are going to return to normal is irresponsible,” Berg said.

“People need to be aware of the risks we are facing right now.”

Is American democracy at risk? After last week’s volatile debate, with a belligerent President Donald Trump signaling paramilitary white supremacist groups to “stand by,” repeatedly calling the voting process into question and raising the specter of postelection violence, lots of Americans may have joined a growing chorus of academics and others who have sounded the alarm for, in some cases, years.

“We have to understand, we are not immune from what has happened in other parts of the world and other time periods,” said Nikol Alexander-Floyd, a Rutgers University political science professor.

“This is what a potential coup looks like.”

Post-debate, on a scale of 0 to 100, with 100 being a total democratic breakdown, a survey of independent experts by the Protect Democracy Project scored the current level of threat to American democracy at 56, indicating “substantial erosion.”

“We’re on a knife’s edge,” said Eddie S. Glaude Jr., chair of the department of African American studies at Princeton University. “The Republic is in serious jeopardy.”

But even while drawing historical parallels to countries that have faced totalitarianism, or have experienced contested elections that became violent — Germany, Kenya, Venezuela, Ukraine _ scholars interviewed last week have advice (vote), and say it is more difficult to truly predict where the country is headed.

“My biggest concern has been President Trump’s statements calling into question the integrity of our election process,” says Sarah Bush, a Philadelphia-based Yale professor who studies democracies worldwide, focusing on conditions causing voters to lose faith in elections. She also has taught at Penn.

“I worry that this will discourage people from voting or from accepting results,” she said. “I am concerned that the U.S. is at more risk of postelection instability and even violence than it has been in the past.”

Still, scholars say, a backsliding democracy is still a democracy that can be protected and fortified, from the bottom up even if not from the top down.

“People understand the window is closing for us to stop this,” says filmmaker and authoritarian scholar

Andrea Chalupa, cohost with author Sarah Kendzior of the Gaslit Nation podcast, which has been sounding the alarm about rising autocracy under Trump since 2018.

“In autocracies like Turkey and Russia, even when up against the autocracy of a dictatorship, local elections do matter,” said Chalupa, whose film, Mr. Jones, takes place in Stalinist Ukraine, during the Holodomor, the catastrophic famine. “The most crucial thing Americans must be doing right now is getting to know local government from bottom to top and running for office themselves.”

Glaude sees Trump as “that loud indicator,” sitting in “the sweet spot of unbridled greed and racism.” But he also views the current threat as an outgrowth of a 40-year ideology that challenged the notion of a strong central government, “eviscerating the notion of public good.”

“Liberty has become a synonym for selfishness,” he said. “People can’t even put on the damn mask.”

That intensifying polarization — with rivalry among neighbors exacerbated by social media, with anger and accusations erupting on even the mildest of community Facebook pages, with political flags flying over beach chairs — is itself a sign of an eroding democracy, scholars say.

Berg, the Nazi scholar, says she is reminded of early-1930s Germany, in the waning days of the Weimar Republic, when both ends of the political spectrum, fascists and communists, lost faith in the democratic system and urged that it be dismantled.

“These are warning signs for democratic fragility,” Berg said. “Once we agree the de-

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Men wearing symbols of Proud Boys, a violent right-wing extremist group, stand watch as supporters of President Donald Trump kick off a truck caravan near Portland, Oregon.

mocracy is under threat and the institutions no longer work for us, we don’t feel the need to defend them.”

In Philadelphia, she said, the police teargassing of Black Lives Matter protesters and the response by self-styled white militia groups feed moments that “speed into a general sense of hopelessness.”

The coronavirus pandemic only further exposed inequalities.

“The fragmentation, the disillusionment, the sense that opposing world views are fundamentally irreconcilable are an important parallel,” Berg said.

Thomas Carothers, director of the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, called 2020 “a much more fragile election than you see in almost any well-established democracy.”

He cited the country’s “decentralized and antiquated”

electoral system, and the continued stoking by Trump of mistrust in voting.

“He’s calling out to the most violent of his supporters,” Carothers said. “They’re ready to defend him. That’s awfully dangerous.”

In the last decade, he said, there has been a trend toward disputed elections and electoral violence.

“It’s become more and more a pattern, mostly in developing democracies,” Carothers said. “It’s startling to see it in the United States.”

While some may feel newly startled in confronting existential civic crises, racial injustice, and economic, health, and voting insecurity, those shifting grounds can feel like worn territory for communities of color.

Alexander-Floyd, the Rutgers professor, says people are not powerless and points to general strikes that have slowed coups elsewhere. “We have a role to play,” she said.

In Tunisia, during the 2011 Jasmine Revolution, 28 days of civil resistance led to the country’s democratization.

“Votes do matter,” Bush, the Yale professor, said.

There’s little enthusiasm among scholars for the argument that alarmism is itself harmful, or that Trump’s words overstate his actions.

“That is a formulation that comes out of the idea of America as the redeemer nation, as democracy achieved, on our way to a more perfect union,” Glaude said. “All of that is the rhetoric of feigned innocence. We have to grow up.”

Glaude says to prepare for the long haul. “November’s not going to settle anything,” he said. “If [Trump] wins, all hell’s going to break loose.

If he loses, all hell’s going to break loose. We just need to buckle up.”

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In addition to his academic work, Dan helped mentor undergraduate students, worked as a teaching assistant for James and helped design

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the course she’s currently teaching, she said.

“We did research together, taught together and mentored together,” James said. “He was my partner in work. My right arm.”

Since his passing, a GoFundMe has been set up by one of Dan’s family members

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open and when that increased testing will actually begin.

As greek house quarantines end and many live-in residents move out of the homes, the total number of greek students tested continues to decline as the highest rate. Through the first few weeks of classes, that was the group where IU heavily weighted testing. This past week, 1,008 total tests were given to greek students including those both living in the house and those living out.

That is the fewest number of tests in a given week to greek life affiliated students.

Among greek houses, there were over 800 positive cases, and all of those students will not be selected for mitigation testing for 90 days after their positive result, according to IU’s policy.

IU did not provide a reason for the small decline in total tests.

As of Oct. 7, only six greek houses remain in quarantine.

Two of those are Alpha Epsilon Pi — which was ordered to close and given a cease and desist order — and Sigma Phi Epsilon which was also given a cease and desist order.

As greek house positivity rates continue to decline, that large focus of testing has shifted to the dorms.

Black Lives Matter protesters over the summer is also voter intimidation, Reynolds said.

“It shows the broader American public that white people can exercise the power over life and death with impunity,” she said. “This Jim Crow-style terror tactic was originally designed to show marginalized people the consequences of speaking up and speaking out.”

She also expressed concerns that on-campus events related to voting and the election could be disrupted by white supremacist or other far-right groups.

To report voter intimidation, accessibility issues or fraud, you can contact state and county officials or you can contact the nonpartisan Election Protection hotline at 1-866-OUR-VOTE.

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ganization, we serve all IU campuses,” he said.

According to IU Spokesperson Chuck Carney, the overall OVPDEMA budget was reduced 1.5%, around $120,000, due to COVID-19 budget cuts.

The university also directed an additional $4.5 million toward student financial aid, allocating $397 million in total.

This includes funding from endowments such as those managed by the IU Foundation.

Since the budget was released three months after the start of this fiscal year, IU started spending money for this academic year before its financial plan was finalized.

Adams said the COVID-19 pandemic made it difficult to predict how much money IU would receive from tuition and state appropriations.

“We were in the new fiscal year before we actually had an approved budget because we needed more time with the uncertainties around COVID to build that budget,” Adams said.

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Zack said this was not the first time that the couple has had to deal with challenges in their adventurous life.

Exactly five years ago on Sept. 29, the couple packed up their belongings, waved goodbye to their 40-year stay in Colorado and drove back to Bloomington to pursue their dream of running their own B&B in the city where they first met, dated and got married. For 90 days, they had to stay at Donna’s mother’s house while waiting for their deal for Wampler House, which

Should we be worried about white supremacist interference?

At the debate, Trump also declined to denounce white supremacy, instead telling the Proud Boys, a white supremacist group, to “stand back and stand by.” Two days later, he issued a statement condemning white supremacists, but the Proud Boys gained hundreds of members in the 24 hours after the debate.

Reynolds said many white nationalist and white supremacist groups beyond the Proud Boys have become more active as a direct result of Trump’s comment. She said a civil conflict has been brewing since about 2017, and over the next two or three months, there may be more examples of lone-wolf terrorist activity.

“People are waiting for a warning shot or a first major skirmish,” she said. “We like to think of wars in terms of story, in terms of concrete moments where the battles begin and the war is won.

And it’s not really so neat or tidy.”

In Bloomington specifically, she said we are more likely to see an intensification of what has already been happening. That includes farright and pro-Trump demonstrations featuring white supremacist imagery, heavily armed individuals and physical violence.

According to a No Space for Hate report, Bloomington is a strategic recruiting hub for white supremacist groups.

Events like the Aug. 22, propolice Red, White and Blue Rally are a major draw for faris located at 4905 S. Rogers St., to come through.

Since reopening at 50% capacity Aug. 1, Zack said the rooms available are almost always booked or occupied. There have been more weekday guests staying longer periods than before. He said they have been even busier than before the COVID-19 pandemic, and this is exactly what they signed up for.

Andrew Butters, assistant professor at the IU Kelley School of Business, said although occupancy rates and revenue per room have both sunk in the hospitality industry, small and midscale segments like B&Bs have not decreased as much

to raise money for a memorial bench outside the psychology building, Bonnie said.

Within an hour, their goal was reached and people continued to donate.

The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences decided to create the Daniel J. Plebanek Memorial Research

Fellowship, where one graduate student in the department will be funded for their research work during the summer.

As of Tuesday, more than $23,000 has been raised through the GoFundMe. If $25,000 is raised, the fellowship can go on in perpetuity,

Bonnie said.

“We are of course overwhelmed by the outpouring of support and donations that this fund has acquired but hope that it can somehow reach more people and continue to grow,” she said.

Clerkin said although Dan typically didn’t like attention,

the memorial and fellowship will allow him to get the recognition he deserves.

“He worked really, really hard here,” Clerkin said.

“He definitely deserves to be honored on the campus.

And it’s really hard to say goodbye to someone like that.”

right and white nationalist organizers from around Indiana, and they bring violence with them. There were also multiple incidents of sexual harassment and two vehicular attacks against Black Lives Matter protesters in Bloomington this summer.

Reynolds said to be vigilant and to immediately report any white supremacist flyering or flyers that spread misinformation about voting to the voter intimidation hotline. For those who will vote in person, she said to go early and leave immediately.

Are there concerns about fraud?

There are many precautions in place to ensure the election is free and fair in Monroe County.

“Every time a ballot is touched, there has to be a Republican and a Democrat there,” Turner said. The county is still looking for poll workers of both political parties for this reason.

In terms of ballot security, Turner said both in-person and mail-in ballots are put in a locked area with video surveillance, motion detectors and cipher locks. There is one cipher lock for each party, and the two have to be activated within 20 seconds of each other for anyone to have access to the ballots.

“There will always be a member of each major party observing what happens to those ballots,” Turner said.

What if there are delays declaring winners?

Browne and Wheeler both encouraged all registered voters to vote early and to send mail-in ballots back as early as possible.

“That will help us tremendously as we work to deliver you those accurate election results,” Browne said.

Wheeler said in-person voting, both early and on Election Day, is safe. It is easier than voting by mail, she said.

At last week’s debate, moderator Chris Wallace asked the candidates if they would encourage their supporters to remain calm as they waited for votes to be counted. Trump declined to do so, leading some Americans to brace for unrest and violence. Browne acknowledged this was a concern and asked Monroe County voters to be patient.

“Accuracy is more important than speed,” she said. “I hope that’s true across the nation, but unfortunately I can only be responsible for Monroe County.” as luxury or large-scale hotels.

Consumers prefer shorter trips within driving distance because of concerns about plane travel during the pandemic, he said.

Zack said after half a year since shutting their doors mid-March, he feels humbled and thankful good things came their way. But without their hard work, they wouldn’t be where they are now.

“I know that the universe is aligned, and I know it works, but it only works for those who want to work with it,” he said.

Three and a half months ago, the Malhams were uncertain about reopening,

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Voters wait in line to vote Tuesday at a polling location at 401 W. 7th St. Tuesday was the first day of early voting in Indiana.

Due to a ruling that Indiana must count all ballots postmarked by Election Day, Wheeler said in case of mail delays, there will be a 10-day waiting period to allow for all mail-in ballots postmarked in time to arrive and be counted, even if they arrive after Election Day. However, if that ruling is appealed and overturned, she expects Monroe County to have results on election night. Delays in national results are likely.

What if Trump won’t respect the election results?

At the debate, Trump suggested the only way he would lose was by fraud. At a press conference the week before the debate, he declined to commit to a peaceful transition of power. This has left many to wonder what will happen if he tries to declare himself winner before all the votes are counted or if he tries to remain in office in spite of a loss. Some observers are preparing for the possibility of a coup.

Constitutional lawyers agree that once an election winner is certified, the winner will be installed, but all candidates do have the right to contest election results in the courts. Doing so in every state would be a massive undertaking that would require months of work in advance. If no winner was clear by Inauguration Day, the next person in the line of succession – Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi – would assume the presidency. Even this clear, legal line of succession could be cast into doubt, however.

Some legal scholars have argued the Constitution requires only executive branch officials to be included in the let alone seeing customers flock in.

“If COVID has different plans, then so be it,” Zack said in June. “But at least we’re fighting to stay afloat.”

There was no revenue for the couple for four and a half months since they shut down mid-March. Although they were allowed to reopen on May 15, as many other local B&Bs did, the couple decided to stay closed. It would be like rolling out the red carpet for COVID-19 if they let customers in too soon, Zack said.

During that time, the couple lived on social security and paid their housekeeper, their only employee, through the federal Payment

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line of succession.

This could create competing claims between Pelosi and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the next member of the executive branch in the line of succession. A similar situation could play out if Trump dies or is incapacitated while the election results are still pending, a concern that has grown more acute since he contracted COVID-19.

Many organizations, namely the Transition Integrity Project, have tried to predict various scenarios to prepare for. The outcomes largely depend on the extent to which the military, other Republican elected officials and the Republican electorate are willing to go along with what Trump does. Democrats have been focused on winning by overwhelming margins so he has no plausible argument upon which to contest the election.

How is COVID-19 affecting the election?

Wheeler said election officials have picked polling sites that are larger, around 4,000 square feet, to allow for social distancing. In the past, Monroe County has had 34 polling sites. For this election, there are 28 – but that is a large increase from the primary, when only seven polling locations were open.

There are fewer polling sites open because officials chose to not use smaller locations that would make social distancing more challenging, such as fire stations.

Browne said the board has mailed out about 12,000 ballot requests, about half the number that were sent out in the primary.

Browne said ensuring

safety during the pandemic is at the top of the election board’s priorities. Polling places will have additional safety practices in place, including social distancing and providing hand sanitizer. Voters are encouraged to wear masks. Writing utensils, and anything else voters touch, will be sanitized between uses. She also said Monroe County had a better-thanexpected response to a call for poll workers, which the county put out to allow older or other vulnerable poll workers to take this election off.

“Every single day, including today, I come into at least a dozen requests for information about working the polls,” she said. “I have no reason to believe we won’t be adequately staffed at all of our polling sites.”

But Turner said the county is still looking for more poll workers from both parties.

“We always need more than enough, because people drop out, people get sick,” he said. If you would like to be a poll worker, you can find who to contact here.

Beyond coronavirus safety at the polling places, Trump testing positive for the coronavirus is throwing more uncertainty on an already chaotic election cycle.

His diagnosis led white supremacists on Twitter to increase their anti-Chinese sentiment, Reynolds said.

“I think the biggest issue with this is how the virus with actually be used if people recover. Because it’s more than just Trump,” she said, referring to the other high-level Republicans that tested positive. “It’s really thrown a lot of gasoline on the fire.”

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But to keep their B&B business, they had to keep paying out of their own pockets for insurances, utilities and maintenance fees.

“The place drinks money like it’s lemonade,” Zack said. “It costs a lot to run it because of the effort we put into it to make it a top-drawer operation.”

The Malhams sought a variety of local, state and federal grants and loans to keep their business alive.

Over the summer, they received $8,900 from the Monroe County Food & Beverage COVID-19 Virus Relief grant, but Zack said it was only enough to help them make it through to July.

But now the couple’s hardest time has come to a close. On Sept. 25, the couple’s loan forbearance application was also approved. Exactly four days later was the five-year anniversary since the couple moved from Colorado back to Bloomington, where their story began.

On Zack and Donna’s calendar, the quote for September 2020 is from Alexander the Great. When Zack flipped the calendar page on Sept. 1, he had no idea that three days later his loan application would be approved.

The quote read, “There is nothing impossible to him who will try.”

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White House physician Sean Conley, right, gives an update on the condition of President Donald Trump on Saturday at Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. He has since been discharged from the hospital.

Trump made his bed, now he is lying in it Katelyn Balakir (she/her) is a junior studying policy analysis and world political systems.

Daelynn Moore (she/her) is a senior studying animal behavior and minoring in psychology, environmental science and biology

President Donald Trump was admitted to the Walter Reed Medical Center Friday following recommendations from his physician, Dr. Sean Conley. This development came just 24 hours after the president announced both himself and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for COVID-19.

Trump now refers to the virus as COVID-19 rather than the “Wuhan virus” and other variations. Suddenly, members of the Republican Party demand your unrequited empathy and ask you to realize the severity of COVID-19.

Many Americans do not

feel compelled to express sympathy for the president and his party who exacerbated the COVID-19 pandemic by ignoring its existence as a legitimate threat while also repeatedly putting their own health at risk.

During the first presidential debate Sept. 29, Trump commented on COVID-19 and masks.

“I don’t wear a mask like him. Every time you see him, he’s got a mask. He could be speaking 200 feet away and he shows up with the biggest mask I’ve ever seen,” Trump said when referencing his opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden.

Aside from the president trivializing preventive measures to fight the coronavirus that has so far taken the lives of more than 200,000 Americans and 1,000,000 people worldwide, the insult was in poor taste.

It is clear Trump tried to emasculate Biden because

he took preventive measures against COVID-19.

The debate was about policy as much as it was about establishing masculinity in a way similar to teenage boys comparing their manhood in the locker room. Trump attempted to make Biden out to be less of a man and a coward for wearing a mask.

The first family arrived too late to be tested prior to the debate and refused to follow the mask mandate throughout the night.

Unsurprisingly and in a bout of dramatic irony, Trump tested positive for COVID-19 just a few days later. Although he claims to wear a mask when necessary, it seems the president did not deem most of his public events this year as appropriate occasions.

Trump’s most significant presidential trips are defined as an instance where Trump encountered more than 20 individuals, follow-

ing his month-long travel hiatus in April.

Here are a few takeaways.

First, Trump only wore a mask four times in total or about 9% of the time. Second, Trump’s cumulative rally attendance surpassed 50,000 people. This figure does not account for the 10 rallies where attendance was not directly reported but was thought to surpass 1,000 attendees each time or instances where a Trump campaign stop was not classified as a rally explicitly. Third, while masks were available at all of the president’s official rallies, reports detail that supporters rarely wore a mask and were often discouraged from doing so by the president’s remarks.

The timeline does not detail events hosted by the White House, primarily the Rose Garden event held a little over a week ago to formally nominate Amy Coney Barrett to the Su-

preme Court. So far, eight attendees have tested positive for COVID-19. Very few wore masks and social distancing guidelines were disregarded. Other similar events include the Middle East peace deal signing ceremony and Trump’s recent debate preparation.

It is difficult to feel sympathy for a man directly responsible for dismissing early warnings of COVID-19.

Trump undermined the credibility of public health officials by denying the science behind the coronavirus and mocking the use of masks. He ignored public health guidelines and held events with utter disregard for local restrictions. He downplayed the severity of COVID-19 and neglected his own health while assuming the most powerful office in the world.

Trump’s diagnosis is a form of punishment in and of itself. However, it will nev-

I got COVID-19. Am I just another dumb college kid?

Lexi Haskell (she/her) is a first year graduate student studying media arts and sciences.

When I drove down to IU in August, I knew I would probably get COVID-19.

Since the middle of March, I had been home in the Chicago suburbs. I was lucky my dad could work from home and my mom works in a preschool that got shut down, so she got to stay home as well. Until August, I pretty much didn’t leave my house.

But when I decided to return to Bloomington for the fall semester, I knew I would be less safe. Yes, my classes were all online. But all my friends who I hadn’t seen in six months would suddenly be living within minutes of me. Of course I would take basic precautions such as wearing a mask, but I’d be lying if I said I thought I was going to be as isolated as I had been at home.

It took 35 days for me to be exposed to COVID-19 in Bloomington and 39 days to test positive.

I wanted to write about my experience for a few reasons. First of all, I’ve been feeling such crushing guilt over the past few weeks.

Every time I left my house, every time I saw a friend, I felt like I was playing into the “dumb college kid” stereotype that has been at the center of national criticism.

And when I wound up being exposed, it took days to find out I even had it.

But let’s start from the beginning. Social distancing at college — even while trying to be conscientious — is hard.

Here was part of my situation: My boyfriend has seven roommates (who agreed to live in such a big group pre-pandemic). Five of them have girlfriends. Before factoring in friends, seeing Nick

exposed me to more than 30 people. And that number grew exponentially if I saw even just a few other friends.

And herein lies the rocky road of decisions I faced every time I left my apartment: Should I not even go to Nick’s house? How long should I go without seeing him? Was I being selfish?

I’d also missed Bloomington’s restaurants, and when I got back I saw them following Indiana’s health and safety regulations: outdoor, socially distanced seating. Every time I went to one, I wore my mask when I interacted with a server. I kept the group I went with small.

But I still felt guilty.

I was following the rules.

I wore my mask everywhere, even on my four-mile runs every other day.

But I still felt guilty.

I didn’t go out to meet new people.

But I still felt guilty. And then I got COVID-19.

I know by writing this I’m opening myself up to criticism. And maybe I deserve it. I’ve been struggling so much with how I feel about the pandemic and even my own actions.

I was so good for so long, but then I got to Bloomington and relaxed a tiny bit. A group of friends I had been seeing since I returned to school went to a bar. We sat socially distanced and wore masks, but someone in our group was unknowingly positive. She still doesn’t know how she got infected.

The worst part of getting the coronavirus was the three days I spent not knowing if I even had it. While, yes, I was feeling sick, and yes, I was self-isolating, I didn’t know for sure.

After finding out I was exposed, my roommate and I got tested Sept. 21. Early the next morning, she received her negative results.

Two others who were with

er allow him to feel the pain of the hundreds of thousands of Americans who watched their loved ones die in the hallways of overcrowded hospitals, heard their mother was loaded onto a freezer truck or said goodbye to their grandfather over a cell phone. Instead, the president will rest comfortably in his six-room suite at Walter Reed Medical Center and receive arguably the best care in the world executed by a team of more than 14 physicians and nurses.

Trump is now facing the consequences of his own inaction. Acknowledging this fact does not require you to actively wish him ill. Rather, it allows you to empathize with every American held captive by the debilitating jaws of COVID-19 while the lifeguard watched from a distance. kbalakir@iu.edu daelmoor@iu.edu

Voting is more than choosing the president Abraham Plaut (he/they) is majoring in sociology. He is taking a gap year and will be an IU senior next year.

LEXI HASKELL

Graduate student Lexi Haskell sits with her cat, Mo. Haskell contracted COVID-19 in September and has since recovered.

us when we were exposed got tested the next day, and they got their negative results Sept. 23. So there I was, feverish and coughing, wondering if I just happened to get another random sickness. (On the bright side, however, I recently learned I didn’t spread COVID-19 to anyone. That made me feel a little better.)

By Sept. 24, my roommate suggested I call the doctor’s office. The first person I talked to was incredibly kind but didn’t know how to access my results. I was redirected to IU Health’s IT department. I didn’t think someone in IT was going to help me figure out if I had COVID-19, so I called another nurse.

She told me I had COVID-19.

By all measures, I had a mild case. Mainly, I had a sore throat, fever and chills.

If I didn’t know I was exposed to the coronavirus, I would’ve just thought I had a cold. Throughout the

eight days I was sick, I had other symptoms that ranged in duration and severity: a cough, nausea and tightening in my chest.

My mom sent me a pulse oximeter to track my oxygen and a volumetric exerciser to work my lungs. Each day that I was sick, I woke up, checked my temperature and my oxygen and did 10 breaths with the volumetric exerciser. Then I took some Tylenol and got to work.

My classes were all online, so I didn’t miss any school.

Before bed, I repeated my morning routine.

The silver lining about getting COVID-19, however, was how my professors acted. I was first told that I had been exposed while in class, and that professor reached out to me and asked how I was feeling. All three of my professors — and quite a few classmates — checked in to make sure I was okay.

I even had friends and family who heard from someone that I was sick and

reached out to me. I genuinely felt loved.

I was allowed to leave isolation Sept. 30. I finally felt like myself again, and to celebrate my freedom from isolation, my roommate and I went to Yogi’s Bar & Grill.

During my isolation, Indiana moved to Stage 5 in its reopening plan, so we were sat at a booth between two other parties.

Two weeks ago, I would’ve been on edge the entire meal, hoping I didn’t unknowingly have COVID-19 to spread to the people on either side of us. But I enjoyed my meal that night.

While I will probably forever feel guilty for getting COVID-19, I do feel relieved now knowing that I have at least a few months of immunity.

But each morning, I still check my temperature and oxygen levels, I still do my breathing exercises and my lungs still hurt when I go on runs. ldhaskel@iu.edu

During the COVID-19 pandemic, I have been hunkering down at my childhood home in the solidly Democratic state of New Jersey. I don’t live in a swing state.

In another universe, I’d be on campus right now in the solidly Republican Hoosier state.

So, some classmates and friends wonder why I choose to vote at all. But it’s not as simple as that.

Right now, as the United States continues wrestling with racism, the coronavirus and economic fallout, it’s clearer than ever that this election is about more than merely selecting the next president of the United States.

I choose to vote because nobody should be barred from entering the United States on the basis of how they worship or how they look.

I choose to vote because it is important that our leaders say names such as George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbury and Jacob Blake. To have our leaders commit to doing something meaningful in their names. Because it is important that we are quick to condemn white supremacists and quick to affirm that Black lives matter.

I choose to vote because the United States is only about 5% of the world’s population, yet houses 25% of the world’s incarcerated people.

If voting didn’t matter, people wouldn’t lose their lives fighting to cast their ballots.

This is about more than just picking the president. This is about deciding the future we know is better. For these reasons and more, I choose to vote. akplaut@iu.edu

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Allen confirms Raheem Layne out with injury

By D.J. Fezler djfezler@iu.edu | @DJFezler

IU head coach Tom Allen confirmed Monday during a Zoom call that senior safety Raheem Layne will miss a portion of the Hoosiers’ 2020 football season due to injury. There is no timetable

for his return to the field, and Allen did not disclose the nature of his injury.

“It definitely won’t be any time soon that he’ll be back,” Allen said. “But I just know that I feel really good about the fact that he’s able to get everything taken care of.”

Allen said the injury did not occur during practice, but it was an issue that was persistently nagging Layne this offseason. IU defensive coordinator Kane Wommack said Friday that Layne underwent a surgical procedure as a result of the injury.

Layne is now the second player from the IU secondary who will miss time this year. Senior defensive back Marcelino Ball suffered a torn ACL and will likely be out for the entire 2020 season.

“You lose guys like that, man, it’s tough to deal with,”

Wommack said. “I think Raheem Layne is another guy that is doing a really good job there, or was, on the back end. So we’ll move forward without those guys.”

Layne spent his first three years in Bloomington playing cornerback but made the position change

to safety during spring practice.

He’s recorded 82 total tackles, six pass deflections and one forced fumble in 37 career games. Layne was the IU Special Teams Player of the Year in 2019 and the IU Defensive Newcomer of the Year in 2017.

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Four former Hoosiers make the 2020 MLB playoffs

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Four former Hoosiers got to experience the MLB postseason this season making the 2020 Wild Card Series, with one advancing to the American League Division Series.

Kyle Schwarber, Chicago Cubs The most well-known alumnus to be drafted into the majors is outfielder Kyle Schwarber of the Chicago Cubs. Schwarber, drafted in 2014 as the fourth overall pick, remains the highest draft pick in IU history. He is also in the top 10 at IU for slugging percentage, home runs, hits, triples and runs.

While playing for IU from 2012 through 2014, Schwarber was a finalist for the Johnny Bench Award, given to college baseball’s top catcher, a two-time FirstTeam All American and Big Ten Most Outstanding player.

Schwarber won the 2018

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World Series with the Cubs, and most recently made it to the 2020 National League Wild Card Series against the Miami Marlins on Oct. 2, where the Cubs were swept in two games.

Schwarber struggled in this short season, finishing with a .188 batting average and only 24 RBIs on the year.

He only had four at-bats in the postseason, drawing

three walks but was unable to deliver his typical talent to help the Cubs move forward.

Josh Phegley, Chicago Cubs Alongside Schawrber on the Cubs is catcher Josh Phegley, who played for IU from 2007 through 2009. He was a two-time First-Team All-Big Ten selection and a

two-time semifinalist for the Johnny Bench Award. He also finished the 2008 season with a .438 batting average, ranked second in the nation.

The Chicago White Sox drafted Phegley in 2009 and he made his debut with them in 2013. He posted an impressive record making him the first White Sox player to hit a grand slam within his first five career games and the first rookie in franchise history to have at least one RBI in his first three career games.

He joined the Oakland Athletics in 2015 and remained with the team until signing a contract with the Cubs in January. He played in 11 games and finished the season with a .063 batting average.

Jonathan Stiever, Chicago White Sox Also originally drafted by the White Sox is pitcher Jonathan Stiever. He is the second-highest draft pick to come out of IU since

Schwarber and Sam Travis at pick 138 in the fifth round in the 2018 MLB draft. The selection also made him the sixth IU pitcher to be drafted in the top five rounds.

Stiever played at IU from 2016 through 2018, leading the Big Ten in strikeouts in 2018 with 97 and holding a 3.56 career ERA. Ranked as the No. 6 White Sox prospect, Stiever made his debut in September. However, with the White Sox losing to the Athletics in the National League Wild Card Series on Oct. 1, Stiever pitched only two games in the season and finished with one loss and a 9.95 ERA. Aaron Sleger, Tampa Bay Rays Finally, there is pitcher Aaron Slegers. He played for IU from 2011 through 2013 and was drafted by the Minnesota Twins.

Slegers was forced to redshirt in 2011 after injuring his wrist, shoulder and forearm, and didn’t pitch for

the Hoosiers until 2012. His best season came in 2013 when he threw 106 innings and finished the season with a 2.04 ERA. He was drafted 140th in the fifth round.

After being drafted by the Twins, Slegers bounced around the minor leagues and the disabled list until he made his debut with the team in 2017. In 2019, he was picked up by the Pittsburgh Pirates and traded to the Tampa Bay Rays.

This season, Slegers pitched in 11 games for the rays with a 3.46 ERA. He did not pitch in the Wild Card Series against the Toronto Blue Jays, but he did close the Rays’ regular season finale against the Philadelphia Phillies in the team’s win.

Slegers is the only Hoosier still in the 2020 postseason, since the Rays swept the Blue Jays in the American League Wild Card Series on Sept. 30. They will now play the New York Yankees in the best-of-five American League Division Series.

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Poem: ‘28 Short Lectures On Touch’

By Adrianne Embry adrembry@iu.edu

If when I wake and my arm is asleep I will still adjust it around you. There will never be an opportunity to love a black woman that I will be ok with missing.

Our toes touch as if to say we home here Sidenote: I believe letting your bare feet touch is an advanced level of intimacy that all couples must advance to.

Sort of like pooping with the door open for the first time.

The touch of the warm wind on the first day of spring feels like you How the sound of birds chirping falls on my ears feels like you You feel like the punch in the arm of a homie when she laughing

You feel like love like the sound of prayer coming from Aunt Vicky specifically You feel like a well-greased scalp and thank you for greasing my scalp for me You are a black woman’s hymn You got me singing your name everywhere I go Lungs know touch too Knows the specific air created to support me singing your name Even when we lay on two separate couches I will reach across just to feel you there I always want to be gifted by your touch O’ girl do you smell like coco butter and blessings The air kisses your skin as your arm reaches for me And we touch And we touch And we touch

BUZZ WITH THE BEE

Trump condoned white supremacy

By RJ Crawford rjcrawfo@iu.edu | @rjsofamous

Amaiya Branigan is a senior in journalism.

“Proud Boys, stand back and stand by.”

This was President Donald Trump’s response when asked to condemn white supremacy during the first 2020 presidential debate Wednesday.

The Proud Boys are a farright, white nationalist organization. This is yet another instance where Trump endorsed racism and division implicitly. If white supremacy demonstrates pride, why does he insist on painting Black Lives Matter out to be a violent, extremist movement?

Refusing to condemn white supremacy gave a green light to his supporters to continue espousing racist, anti-Black, Islamophobic, anti-immigrant and misogynistic views. Trump is heavily relying on white votes.

Disenfranchising and denouncing all groups except for white hate groups is a strategic tactic to satisfy that demographic and stay afloat during this race.

“Somebody’s gotta do something about antifa and the left because this is not a right-wing problem, this is a left-wing problem,” Trump said during the debate.

Antifa is not responsible for the Ku Klux Klan — one of the oldest American hate groups notorious for targeting, attacking, terrorizing and murdering Black Americans.

That was white supremacy.

We are living in uncertain times. However, that uncertainty should not be a result of debate between elected officials who are in charge of protecting and serving our nation.

This year’s presidential

Ky’s Voice

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debate was described as an embarrassment by many.

“This was not a debate, this was mud wrestling,” said ABC News reporter and correspondent, Martha Raddatz during a live discussion proceeding the debate.

The debate was a night of feud, passive-aggression and countless unwarranted interruptions. Moderator Chris Wallace struggled to make Trump respect and abide by the simple debate rules of not speaking out of turn and answering questions within a two-minute time frame.

There was a lack of constructive conversation pertaining to race issues in the country. This is unacceptable considering the racial tensions that have been in America since its founding, but specifically this year.

The public should be able

to analyze the way Trump answers questions regarding racial tension because his responses are indicative of the nation’s future if he is reelected. But his lack of real, meaningful comments says enough.

His silence is deafening.

Racial antagonism is a prominent theme that has been present through not only his presidency, but his career before the 2016 election.

In 1989, Trump placed several advertisements in major newspapers calling for the death penalty for the accused rapists of Trisha Meili.

These five minority boys were innocent, but were imprisoned for anywhere from 6 to 13 years.

Last year, Trump still refused to apologize for encouraging the death of the

innocent, young boys. He was quoted by the New York Times saying, “You have people on both sides of that... they admitted their guilt.”

There are not two sides to blatant racism.

The risk of Trump’s reelection is terrifying for families raising young Black boys and girls. This is our reality.

Will your child’s innocent life be the next to wither away behind jail cell bars, receiving no justice?

These are questions Black America fears we will have to ask ourselves if we are once again doomed by another four years of the Trump administration.

It is imperative all Americans tune in to the next debate on Oct. 15 and vote Nov. 3.

Ky Freeman is an IU junior studying secondary English education. Freeman believes in order to form a more equitable approach in a movement, one must understand social mobility and effective relationship building.

His voice is loud and proud — standing firmly on what he believes in.

“When the world is demonstrating to you right now that Black lives don’t matter, you have to really reaffirm your stance on that topic,” Freeman said.

Freeman is a co-founder of the nonprofit Enough is Enough. The organization acknowledges the reality of diverse leaders with radical voices. He is also president of Black Student Union and is on the IU Police Department Advisory Council. These positions allow Freeman to use his voice to make real, concrete change within systems.

He strives for effective community policing and a chance to know what’s go-

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ing on within the system in order to make change.

Freeman said he believes IUPD’s stance should align with the progressiveness of the IU community.

“Don’t ever let nobody tell you that being radical is a problem,” Freeman said. “If you don’t like something, say something.

Closed mouths don’t get fed.”

Freeman believes people should explore every part of their identity and how it affects their position within society.

“Don’t just bring one aspect of your identity to a conversation,” he said.

“Bring it all in its multifaceted form.”

He said being your authentic self is important, especially for Black students navigating through life at a predominately white institution such as IU. “Stop trying to change yourself to navigate a white space in a way that society deems as socially acceptable,” Freeman said. “The one thing about your blackness is it’s beautiful, it’s creative and it’s stylistic.”

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Trump must protect U.S. democracy, not put it at risk Garrett Simms is a junior in journalism.

Elections and voting are both pillars of American democracy, but the person who is supposed to lead America continuously questions their legitimacy.

President Donald Trump said he would not guarantee a peaceful transition of power if he loses the presidential election this year. Sept. 30 during a White House briefing, Trump was asked what he will do if he loses to Joe Biden in November. His response was: “We’re going to have to see what happens.”

Instead of guaranteeing the safety of America’s democracy, he brought further

doubt about the reliability of the voting system this year. Trump has questioned mail-in ballots and whether voting and whether or not it will lead to voter fraud. He is invalidating American democracy by spreading false information about mail-in ballots, causing further distrust in America.

In July, Trump made multiple claims about mailin voting that have been proven untrue, predicting the election will be the most inaccurate and fraudulent election in history. He has also claimed foreign countries are plotting to make fake ballots, but there’s no proof to back up these statements.

Trump is trying to con-

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vince the American people mail-in ballots will lead to an untrustworthy election, which is not true.

Mail-in ballots are be-

ing used to make the election more accessible to both Democrats and Republicans amid COVID-19. With just more than 200,000 COV-

ID-19 related deaths, it is imperative to take precautions to keep Americans safe. It is critical Americans trust these systems in order to protect themselves and others, while still upholding the importance of public health.

Trump is actively trying to create distrust in American politics by making these claims. A new ABC News and Washington Post study show 49% of Americans believe mail-in voting is susceptible to fraud. This study asked Americans if the benefits to mail-in ballots outweigh the risk — many believe they don’t.

This in part could be due to the misinformation that Trump is putting out to the public.

This is not the first time Trump has hinted at losing an election without grace and dignity.

In 2016 during the final debate between him and Hillary Clinton, Trump said if he, lost he would consider the results illegitimate because the process is rigged.

Almost four years later, Trump is making the same comments to put American democracy at risk. But now he is doing it as the president of the United States.

A true leader does not make comments disregarding the legitimacy of democracy. The American people must look at the facts and vote this November. gasimms@iu.edu

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Will Zendaya’s Emmy propel more awards for Black artists?

By Jaicey Bledsoe jaicbled@iu.edu | @jaiceybledsoe

Zendaya became the youngest and only the second Black woman to win the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her performance as Rue Bennett in “Euphoria.”

Viola Davis was the first Black woman to win this award when she won her Emmy in 2015 for her role as Annalise Keaton in “How to Get Away with Murder.”

“And let me tell you something, the only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there,” Viola Davis said in her 2015 Emmy acceptance speech.

I am equally happy, disappointed and hopeful

about the current state of award shows.

I grew up watching Zendaya on Disney Channel and was partially inspired by her to pursue acting and film. Now she has won a prestigious award at such a young age, proving that the best is yet to come. This makes me happy.

But I am disappointed because it took this long for two Black actresses to win in this category, though there have been many talented Black actresses on TV in years past.

Recently, films with 3140% minority cast enjoyed the highest median global box office gains. Household ratings for broadcast shows had more than 30% minority casts.

However, only two out of every 10 lead actors in a film, and 2.2 out of every 10

lead actors in a television series were BIPOC, according to the 2019 UCL A Hollywood Diversity Report 2019.

Another factor in the lack of diversity in award nominations is who votes on these nominations.

In 2015, April Reign created the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite in response to the striking lack of Black people nominated for Oscars that year.

Reign said this year it’s still inadequate. This is not just because of a lack of movies featuring BIPOC characters and stories, but because the committee that votes on these nominations is still overwhelmingly white.

As of January 2020, the breakdown of the academy membership was 84% white. Reign said she believes in a meritocracy, re-

warding those who deserve it. However, if those voting on who deserves awards aren’t watching all of the deserving films, they can’t put forth an accurate vote on the films.

However, I am hopeful this will change in the future.

The academy itself is attempting to tackle this issue with its new Representation and Inclusion Standards for Best Picture eligibility.

There are four overall standards, two of which must be met for a film to be eligible to win an Oscar for Best Picture.

The large requirement categories are Creative Leadership and Project Team, Industry Access and Opportunities and Audience Development and On-Screen Representation, Themes and Narratives.

Bryant is hopeful about Zendaya’s win.

“I think it’s great she won, she really did deserve it,” Bryant said. “She’s very talented. I think there is definitely a chance more Black women will win because anyone can do anything if they want it bad enough.”

She expressed a sentiment similar to April Reign’s.

“Honestly, I think the work should speak for itself, so if their work has lots of views and have a big following, then they should be nominated,” Bryant said.

It is time for BIPOC artists to make a bigger splash in the landscape of award shows.

I am glad to see there is finally beginning to be more well-deserved recognition for all the work Black artists have been doing.

Filmmakers can choose to fulfill any of the two, including the sub-requirements for each.

This will cause a lot more controversy when these requirements officially go into effect for the 96th Oscars in 2024. However, it is a good effort on the part of the academy as it works on being more inclusive.

In other awards areas, there have already been noticeable changes in the nominations and awards for Black creatives.

Even this year, Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Black people were at a record high, coming in at just more 34% — a significant leap from 2019’s 20% and the previous record 27.7% in 2018.

There is a receptive audience for diverse content.

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Lifeway Baptist Church exists to bring glory to God by making disciples, maturing believers and multiplying ministry. Matthew 28:19-20 Barnabas Christian Ministry Small Groups: 7821 W. State Road 46 812-876-6072 • lifewaybaptistchurch.org Facebook • LifewayEllettsville

Cedar Hall 2nd Floor Common Area, 7 - 8 p.m., meetings start Thursday, Sept. 5. We will meet every other Thursday during the school year.

College & Career Sunday Meeting: 9 a.m. Sunday Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7 p.m.

Steven VonBokern, Senior Pastor Rosh Dhanawade, IU Coordinator

*Free transportation provided.

Please call if you need a ride to church.

Catholic St. Paul Catholic Center 1413 E. 17th St. 812-339-5561 • hoosiercatholic.org

Facebook: Hoosiercatholic Twitter: @hoosiercatholic Weekend Mass Times Saturday Vigil: 4:30 p.m.

Sunday: 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. (Spanish), 5:30 p.m., 9 p.m. (During Academic Year) Korean Mass 1st & 3rd Saturdays, 6 p.m.

302-561-0108, barnabas@indiana.edu barnabas.so.indiana.edu

Episcopal (Anglican) Canterbury House Episcopal (Anglican) Campus Ministry at IU 719 E. Seventh St. 812-334-7971 • 812-361-7954

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Sundays: 4 p.m. Holy Eucharist with hymns followed by dinner

Weekday Mass Times Monday - Saturday: 12:15 p.m.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Thursday: 9 p.m.

St. Paul Catholic Center is a diverse community rooted in the saving compassion of Jesus Christ, energized by His Sacraments, and nourished by the liturgical life of His Church.

Rev. Patrick Hyde, O.P., Administrator and

Bible Studies and Music Services: See our Social Media We aspire to offer a safe and welcoming home for all people. We are a blend of people of different ages, genders, sexual orientations, ethnicities and countries; we are students, faculty, staff and friends. We pray, worship and proclaim the Gospel.

We also promote justice, equality, inclusion, peace, love, critical thinking and acting as agents of change in our world.

Director of Campus Ministry Rev. Dennis Woerter, O.P. Associate Pastor Rev. Reginald Wolford, O.P., Associate Pastor

Ricardo Bello-Gomez, President of the Board Corrine Miller, President of the student organization

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myinstitute.churchofjesuschrist.org Facebook: Bloomington Institute and YSA Society Currently restricted hours: Wed nights for class, 6:50 p.m. to 8:40 p.m.

(Subject to change based on COVID-19 developments) The Insistute building is a place to gather on campus for a break from academic rigors.

Small library for quiet study, kitchen area for snacks and eating lunch, room to socialize, come play pool, ping pong or foosball. Games and puzzles available as well. A place to feel spiritually recharged and learn more about the Savior, Jesus Christ. Parking available when enrolled and attending a class. Church meets 11:30 on Sundays, at 2411 E. Second Street.

David Foley, Institute Director Lyn Anderson, Administrative Assistant David Baer, YSA Branch President

Southern Baptist Bloomington Korean Baptist Church 5019 N. Lakeview Dr. 812-327-7428

mybkbc.org facebook.com/mybkbc/ Sunday: 10:30 a.m.

Friday: 7 p.m.

Saturday: 6 a.m.

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Come and worship the almighty God together with us on Sunday, Fellowship included. We are a Korean community seeking God and serving people. Students and newcomers are especially welcome.

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Sunday: 5 p.m.

A welcoming, inclusive congregation providing a place of healing and hope as we journey together in the Spirit of Christ. Gathering for worship Sundays 5 p.m. in the Roger Williams room, First United Church. As people of God's peace, we seek to embody the Kingdom of God. John Sauder mfbjohn@gmail.com

United Methodist Jubilee 219 E. Fourth St. 812-332-6396

jubileebloomington.org Instagram: @jubileebloomington Twitter: @jubileebloom facebook.com/fumcbloomington 10a.m. Sundays: Classic Worship via Youtube Live 11:15a.m. Sundays: Interactive Bible Study via Zoom 7:30p.m. Wednesdays: Virtual + InPerson Meeting at First Methodist Jubilee is a Chrust-centered community open to all people. We offer both virtual and in-person community events on Wednesdays for a free meal, discussion, worship and hanging out. Small groups, service projects, and events are all a significant part of our rhythm of doing life together and avoiding isolation.

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The Arthur R. Metz Bicentennial Grand Carillon stands in the IU Arboretum. The carillon was originally located near Evermann Apartments and was moved to a more central location on campus.

Metz Bell Tower hosts carillon concerts

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If you walk through the Cox Arboretum at noon on a Saturday, chances are you’ve heard the chime of bells coming from the Arthur R. Metz Bicentennial Grand Carillon.

Groups of students sat in the arboretum Saturday morning, chatting and listening to the sonorous sounds of songs such as “Edelweiss,” the “Super Mario Bros.” theme and “Hail to Old IU.” These songs are part of a weekly 45-minute concert series titled “Meet Me at the Metz,” sponsored by the IU Jacobs School of Music.

The carillon has a rich history at IU. The original carillon, built in 1970, was housed on North Jordan Avenue and 17th Street. The tower was a gift left to IU by the late Dr. Arthur Metz, an Indiana native. The university decided to move the structure and expand the number of bells from 61 to 65, making

the instrument a grand carillon, after the Board of Trustees voted to refurbish the instrument in 2017. There are around 180 carillons in North America, according to the Guild of Carilloneurs in North America.

Janette Fishell, chair of the organ department at the Jacobs School of Music and IU alumna, said the carillon had been a big part of her experiences at IU. But by the time she joined the faculty in 2008, the carillon had fallen into disuse.

“It was a very prominent part of the soundscape of this campus,” Fishell said.

“The decision was to scrap it or rebuild the tower, and this is the perfect location.”

IU debuted the new structure in January ahead of the bicentennial and created the associate instructor position for carilloneur, funded by the Office of the Provost.

Lynnli Wang, associate instructor for carillon, is a master’s student in organ performance. She offers lessons to all students in-

side and outside the Jacobs School of Music. The only prerequisite, Wang said, are basic music skills of reading treble and bass clef.

“It’s such a wonderful addition to campus,” Wang said. “There is no other instrument quite like it.”

The best way for students to get involved with the carillon, Wang said, is to attend the free concerts every Saturday, compose music for the carillon, or request songs.

“The carillon is a public instrument meant to be enjoyed by the community,” Wang said. “It’s located at the heart of campus, and I want to play stuff that people want to hear.”

Student Shayla Van Hal is a regular at the concerts. She said she enjoys being able to listen to the carillon each week.

“I enjoy the variety of music,” Van Hal said. “My last school didn’t have a carillon, so it’s really nice to have this as something to do on a Saturday with friends.”

In addition to the weekly

concerts, concertgoers can anticipate an upcoming dedicatory recital. The recital was scheduled for last April but was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The organ department will also collaborate with the music composition department in the school of music to create new works for the carillon.

Daniel Cueto, a secondyear doctoral student in music composition, came to listen to the carillon live for the first time ahead of the music composition department’s commission of new works for the carillon. Cueto said when composing, he won’t be able to play directly on the instrument.

“The challenge is going to be imagining how the piece sounds without actually being able to test it out,” Cueto said. “But that’s part of the thrill.”

More information about upcoming performances and carillon study can be found on the organ department’s carillon blog.

Women in Government at IU organized a virtual panel discussion at 7 p.m.

Monday for a conversation about the history of women’s suffrage in America, according to the IU events calendar.

The panel, titled “The Women’s Suffrage Movement: A Look into the Racism that Taints Its 100 Year Legacy,” examined the ways in which many women of color were left out of the fight for women’s suffrage. Looking further into issues of intersectionality within the movement, the panel discussed how the history of women voters is discussed and reframed the conversation toward those who have been overlooked previously, according to the IU events calendar.

Panelists for the discussion included Colin Johnson, a gender studies professor, Liza Black, a professor in the Department of History and Native American and Indigenous Studies, Carolyn Calloway-Thomas, chair of the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies and Janine Giordano Drake, a history professor.

The panel, which ultimately sought to answer whether or not the 19th Amendment should still be seen as a cause for celebration, was held virtually and was free for all who registered for a spot online.

A second, similar discussion, “The Unfinished Fight for Voting Rights: Modern Day Voter Suppression,” will be held Oct. 12.

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Rolling Stone’s 500 best albums list lacks vital information Ellie Albin is a freshman in journalism.

Maybe it’s time we stop ranking stuff.

Rolling Stone’s updated list, which came out Sept. 22, of the 500 greatest albums of all time is just angering. The list ranks what Rolling Stone considers to be the best albums ever made. Their original list came out in 2003, and a slightly updated version came out in 2012.

It felt like the people who put the list together just wanted to make readers mad.

And they admitted to that in the introduction to the list.

“Over the years, it’s been the most widely read — and argued over — feature in the history of the magazine,” Rolling Stone said in an article.

So, yeah. If they wanted readers to argue, they sure got that. But maybe not for the reasons they think.

No coherent arguments can be made about where each album ranks when the people who put together the list can’t explain it themselves.

The descriptions that Rolling Stone cobbled together were half-assed at best. While they managed to describe the essence and importance of each album listed, they missed a major detail: Why did some albums move up, and why did some albums move down – or completely off the list?

For example, the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’’ was listed in Rolling Stone’s inaugural greatest albums list in 2003 and the 2012 slightly-updated issue as the greatest album of all

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time.

Flash forward to 2020, and the album once described as “an unsurpassed adventure in concept, sound, songwriting, cover art and studio technology by the greatest rock & roll band of all time,” has been moved to number 24.

But why?

The title of greatest album now belongs to Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Goin’ On,” which initially came in at number six. Reasonable jump, right? Perhaps, yeah — it definitely seems plausible that an album that was already in the top 10 could move to the number one spot.

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That’s not what I have a problem with.

I have a problem with what I mentioned before – the fact Rolling Stone left out some of the key elements of journalism: why and how something happened.

Why, in 2020, is Nirvana’s “Nevermind” the sixth best album of all time, up from number 17? How, in 2020, did Rolling Stone make the decision to say “Abbey Road” was the Beatles’ best album?

These are just a couple examples that lead to the ultimate question: What went into the process?

I ask all these questions because Rolling Stone doesn’t make any arguments

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 9 — Your professional status is on the rise. Focus on work you love. Practice your special arts and talents. Polish presentations and turn on the charm.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is an 8 — Manage financial matters with a shared endeavor.

Contribute to grow the venture or cause. Keep deadlines and promises. Get into a profitable groove.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is an 8 — Focus physical efforts to grow your health, strength and endurance. Put love into your performance and work. A walk outdoors clears your head.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is an 8 — Explore new cultures, flavors and views. Discover hidden beauty, special music or mind-expanding art. Study a fascinating obsession. Expand your view through another’s perspective.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is an 8 — Negotiate with your partner to refine the plan. Support each other through changes and challenges. Your routines are smoothing out. Adjust and tweak.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is an 8 — Make time for love. Romance shines in a sunset or hidden garden. Share harmony, attraction and admiration. Enjoy relaxing fun with family. Children reveal wisdom.

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for the placements of these albums. They praise each individual album on the list in an equal sense. No one album seems more revolutionary, more complete and any better than another.

Ultimately, I’m saying this is an incomplete journalistic endeavor – the list doesn’t feel thoughtful. I need more information as to why each album ended up at number 392 or 56 or 85.

I’d also like to know why recently released albums such as Billie Eilish’s “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” and Harry Styles’ “Fine Line” are all of a sudden not just good albums, but some of the greatest of Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is a 7 — Your world centers around home. Domestic projects provide satisfying results. Pamper family with delicious recipes.

Connect with harmony, beauty and love. Enjoy simple pleasures.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is an 8 — Study, research and write. Keep digging into a juicy story. Share what you’re finding.

Provide resources, tools and support for your networks. Exchange expertise.

all time. I want to know what makes them better than other recent albums – I’d like to see comparisons to albums that didn’t make the list. Basically, I want Rolling Stone to provide more evidence.

But this information is not provided. It was lazily left for readers to pointlessly wonder about it on their own.

So, maybe it’s time we stopped ranking stuff so much. I know it’s human instinct, and I know we always look to compare things.

Ranking stuff is almost pointless, though. Everyone has different tastes.

And when magazines such as Rolling Stone are only doing it for clicks on

their website, as they admitted, I ask again – what’s the point of putting more money in Rolling Stone’s pocket so they can produce more almost completely arbitrary lists?

What’s the point of ranking things when Rolling Stone admits that “no list is definitive — tastes change, new genres emerge, the history of music keeps being rewritten”? What’s the point of ranking things when they only asked “artists, producers, critics, and music-industry figures”?

Well, yeah, of course you can’t make a definitive list.

You asked an elite group of people. You didn’t even try your hardest, Rolling Stone.

All you did is generate a genuinely weak piece of journalism. It’s something that I – as a former editor-in-chief of my high school newspaper – wouldn’t publish on the high school-journalism level, let alone the national level, due to its lack of in-depth descriptions.

This is not journalism at its finest. This actually may be an example of journalism at its weakest. A possibly interesting idea that doesn’t get thought-out well enough by editors – and results in claims without thorough reasoning.

I do understand at the end of the day, this list doesn’t mean much in the grand scheme of life. But this is what Rolling Stone supposedly does best – pop culture.

And if they aren’t giving their best, most well-rounded and inclusive effort, then what’s their purpose as a publication? ealbin@iu.edu

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Today is a 9 — Grab a lucrative opportunity. Keep to your budget, and exercise thoughtful judgment. Bargain and negotiate. Sign contracts.

Put deals together. Buy and sell.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 7 — Contemplate.

Meditate on beauty, harmony and new growth. Complete and file old projects to clear space for new.

Focus on love to grow it.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Today is a 9 — You’re looking good.

Give in to a personal passion. Focus on work, people and activities that you love. Indulge in compassionate self-care. Nurture yourself.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is an 8 — Let love lead you.

Moderate a clash between normally gentle souls, for example. Learning to work together strengthens bonds.

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Polly Lybrook, MD will be closing her private psychiatric practice effective Dec. 4, 2020, to take a position at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Current active patients may call and schedule an appointment prior to Dec. 4 to discuss follow-up care options. Records will be kept at the current location at 1501 E. Hillside Dr. Suite 200, for 10 years from the date of last contact. To transfer records to a new provider, contact Kenzie at (812) 331-1602. A Release of Information form is required before sending.

Dr. Lybrook wishes to thank you for 25 incredible years of psychiatry practice in Bloomington!

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