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Pamela S. Whitten named IU’s 1st female president By Matt Cohen mdc1@iu.edu | @Matt_Cohen_

Pamela S. Whitten was named IU’s 19th president at a special Board of Trustees meeting Friday morning. Whitten is replacing current IU president Michael McRobbie, who previously announced plans to retire. She will begin serving on July 1, 2021. Whitten will be the first female to serve as IU’s president. That comes after a presidential search prioritizing female and minority candidates. Whitten had been the president of Kennesaw State University since 2018. She previously served as the senior vice president for academic affairs and provost for the University of Georgia. She has also worked in the University of Kansas and Michigan State University medical departments. Whitten has a Ph.D. in

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communication studies from Kansas, Master of Arts in communication from the University of Kentucky and a Bachelor of Science in man-

agement from Tulane. “To our students, please know you will always be the center of the universe,” Whitten said at the Board of

Trustees meeting. “Thank you for the opportunity of a lifetime.” This story was originally published on April 16, 2021.

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Freshman Mohkm Singh lights candles before the Sikh Student Association’s vigil begins Sunday in front of the Sample Gates. The vigil was in honor of the victims of the Indianapolis FedEx shooting.

IU Sikh students speak out at vigil for Indianapolis shooting victims By Wei Wang daviwang@iu.edu | @WeiWangDavid23

When IU freshman Mohkm Singh learned eight people were shot and killed in Indianapolis April 15, he immediately thought of gun violence, racism, and most of all, hate in the United States. “Four of them were my Sikh brethren,” he said. “Unfortunately, hate is something that exists far too much in our world.” About 30 people, mostly IU students, held candles up high to mourn the victims of the Indianapolis mass shooting Sunday evening at Sample Gates as a bouquet of orange flowers lay next to the cream and crimson tulips. The Sikh Student Association organized the vigil. A gunman identified by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department as Brandon Scott Hole killed eight people and injured five at the FedEx Ground Plainfield Operations Center before dying by suicide. This was the third mass shooting this year in Indianapolis and the deadliest in the city in at least 15 years. Four of the eight people killed were members of the local Sikh community, according to Indianapolis

Mayor Joe Hogsett. The eight victims were: Matthew R. Alexander, 32, Samaria Blackwell, 19, Amarjeet Johal, 66, Jasvinder Kaur, 50, Jaswinder Singh, 68, Amarjit Sekhon, 48, Karli Smith, 19, and John Weisert, 74, according to an IMPD press release on April 16. The New York Times reported that three Sikh victims’ family and friends provided different spellings of names and ages for Amarjit Sekhon, 49, and Jaswinder Kaur Singh, 70. Ravleen Ahuja, co-president of the Sikh Student Association at IU, said the shooting brought “confusion, shock, trauma and anger.” “An attack on any marginalized community is gutwrenching and heartbreaking, and as a Sikh in Indiana, this event particularly hit close to home,” she said. Ahuja said members of the Sikh community must stay strong, speak out against hateful attacks and stay in “chardi kala,” or relentless and eternal optimism. “We hold the power to create a safe and productive space for our friends and family, a place that the victims of the shooting did not have, unfortunately,”

she said. Attendees bowed their heads in silence after Ahuja read the eight victims’ names. SSA co-President Taveen Saran said the mass shooting underscores a pattern of violence against the Sikh community in the U.S., referencing the 2012 mass shooting in which a gunman killed six people in a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. “I think hate creates a monster, and the accessibility to guns allows for that monster to act upon that hate and those feelings of bigotry and pure hatred towards others for no reason,” she said. SSA Freshman Representative Mohkm Singh said the root cause of gun violence in America is hate, something inherently inhuman. “The way to combat hate is through love, through revolutionary love,” Singh said, referencing the Revolutionary Love Project by SikhAmerican activist Valarie Kaur. Indiana State Sen. Shelli Yoder, D-Bloomington, attended the vigil. She said there is much work to do to fight gun violence. “We need to do our jobs to make sure that we’re do-

ing everything that we can to combat gun violence,” she said. SSA Vice President Angad Singh said learning about the Indianapolis shooting was a tough experience. He said he was confused how Hole could legally obtain the rifles he used in the mass shooting after police had confiscated his shotgun in 2020 and the FBI had interviewed him after discovering he had been browsing white supremacist websites on his computer. “We do need stricter laws,” he said. “A gun, it gives someone who has a lot of hate an easy method to kill a lot of people in a short amount of time.” Singh said he was 10 when the 2012 Sikh temple shooting took place and remembered feeling confused about why Sikhs were subjected to such violence. He said he now understands more about gun violence and hate. “I was confused by it and I couldn’t understand it, and now I fully understand what’s going on,” he said. Ethan Moore contributed reporting. This story was originally published on April 25, 2021.

School principal turned codebreaker Elizebeth Friedman helped indict rum-running criminals in the ‘20s, decrypt Nazi cipher machines in the ‘40s and write textbooks on cryptography. Only recently did documents surface showing how vastly important Friedman’s work was. She assisted in breaking several important codes to help the U.S. war effort during World War II and used her experiences to help educate others. History often overlooked her and other women who were instrumental in early codebreaking. Now, three IU researchers have combed through the IU archives, National Security Agency databases and more to explore women who were essential to cybersecurity but didn’t receive recognition. The project, run through the Center of Excellence for Women in Technology, was first envisioned by IU first lady Laurie McRobbie who said she brainstormed the idea using a list of women compiled by Justin Troutman, a cybersecurity specialist. The goal is to help more people learn about how women have been at the forefront of codebreaking and cybersecurity since women in these fields have long been treated like they didn’t belong, McRobbie said. “The more we can tell these stories and get names and images and true history out there, I really think the more likely it is that generations of young women won’t be burdened by that sense of not belonging,” McRobbie said. The research is divided into two parts — historic and modern. The team also took into consideration Black women who were overlooked because of their race. Senior Alexandra Schrader-Dobris, team leader, said the goal of the group’s research is to bring these women’s stories to the public eye. “It normalizes the idea that women and specifically women of color contributed to code-breaking even in its earliest stages,” Schrader-Dobris said. The research doesn’t

come without obstacles, though. The racist climate of the early 20th century meant Black women’s work went unrecognized and often less documented, she said. Senior Julie Stout, who researched three Black women, said it was frustrating because she first doubted her own research abilities before realizing the records on Black women just hadn’t been as well kept. “Even after all the research that I’ve conducted, the fact that I wasn’t able to find as much as I wanted to is really telling of their story,” Stout said. Stout said the women she researched also inspired her as a woman about to enter a maledominated field. “Knowing about how these women entered the field and knowing about their own struggles entering the field, there’s a message to pull from that when I go forward in my career,” Stout said. Sophomore Kat Ellingson was responsible for researching three white women, including Friedman, the inspiration for the project. Unfortunately, the FBI and Director J. Edgar Hoover took credit for much of her work during World War II, Ellingson said. Ellingson and her fellow researchers also interviewed women currently in cybersecurity. She said that while it was inspiring to hear from them, they warned that women often have to work twice as hard and are still looked down upon. Ellingson said surviving in a field that is constantly changing and fighting against you shows tenacity. “I walked out of these interviews absolutely astounded by people’s capacity to really make change,” Ellingson said. The researchers said they plan to publish their interviews and findings on the CEWIT website at the beginning of the summer. “Even during a time where they were genuinely oppressed and segregated, [they] were able to push through that and still achieve something great,” Stout said. This story was originally published on April 25, 2021.

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Wondering what you can do once vaccinated? Here’s what you need to know. By Christina Avery averycm@iu.edu | @christym_avery

As of April 22, 1, 653, 798 people in Indiana have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to in.gov. As vaccination rates rise across the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new set of guidelines about what is safe to do when a person is fully vaccinated. While some restrictions have been changed or lifted, there is still safety protocol that needs to be followed, medical experts said. While the CDC said COVID-19 vaccines are effective at keeping the vaccinated person from getting sick, scientists are still learning how well they prevent spread of the virus and how long vaccines protect people. A small number of people, about 5,800, who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 have become infected afterward, the CDC told NPR. Because of this, vaccinated people should continue to take precautions, the CDC said. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE “FULLY VACCINATED?” According to the CDC, people are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after their second dose in a two-dose series, such as the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, or two weeks after a single-dose vaccine like the recently paused Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Until the two weeks are up, a person is not considered fully vaccinated. CAN I STOP WEARING A MASK ONCE I’M FULLY VACCINATED? The CDC said people who are fully vaccinated can visit homes and other private settings without a mask only if they are with other fully vaccinated people. Vaccinated people can also gather indoors with unvaccinated people from one other household without a mask or social distancing if those unvaccinated people aren’t at risk for severe illness, according to the CDC. Masks should be worn when in public, when gathering with unvaccinated people from more than one

other household and when visiting an unvaccinated person who is at increased risk of severe illness. Despite Gov. Eric Holcomb ending Indiana’s statewide mask mandate on April 6, Monroe County residents are still required to wear masks through May 28. Dr. Cynthia Brown, associate professor of clinical medicine at IU School of Medicine, said it’s important to consider who a person is around when determining whether to wear a mask. “We know that there are some breakthrough cases despite being fully vaccinated, and if you’re going to be around other people who are also fully vaccinated, then it’s not necessary to wear a mask while indoors,” Brown said. “But if you’re around other people who are not fully vaccinated, but you’re vaccinated, you need to think about the risk to people that you’re around.” DO I STILL HAVE TO PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING? Fully vaccinated people still shouldn’t attend medium or large gatherings, the CDC said, and they shouldn’t visit people at increased risk for severe illness inside without a mask. What counts as a medium or large gathering was not specified. According to Monroe County’s health order, gatherings in Monroe County should be no more than 50 people. This includes commercial events or gatherings held at venues normally open to the public as well as private gatherings. Private events in Bloomington are limited to 15 people. The CDC said vaccinated people should still practice social distancing in public. Brown said a vaccinated person’s risk of catching COVID-19 is likely to be lower in a large gathering if masking and some degree of social distancing is exercised. Vaccinated people should recognize everyone in a gathering or in public may not be fully vaccinated, and precautions should be

taken accordingly, she said. CAN I GO TO RESTAURANTS AND BARS? While fully vaccinated people are less likely to contract COVID-19, Brown said emerging variants could mean increased cases and spread. Outdoor areas are the safest option, she said. Dr. Dan Handel, IU Health South Central Region chief medical officer, said caution should be practiced in bars and restaurants because not everyone is guaranteed to be vaccinated. “Do you know everyone in the restaurant or bar? Probably not,” he said. “So I think in those settings you need to socially distance, you need to wear your mask until you’re actually situated at a table.” Handel said practicing safety precautions is harder in bars than restaurants because people are typically moving around more and lowering masks to take a drink. This is a higher-risk situation until herd immunity or mass vaccination is reached. Getting as many people vaccinated as possible is the best way to return to regular social activities, he said. “I don’t see the downside to getting the shot because you’re so much safer with the shot than without,” Handel said. “If people want to get back to having a social life, this is how we do it.” CAN I TRAVEL? Within the U.S., vaccinated people can travel without being tested before or after unless required by local or state territories, and without self-quarantine, the CDC said. In addition, the CDC said vaccinated people can travel internationally without a pre-travel test, depending on the destination, and without quarantining afterward. Vaccinated people don’t need to get tested for COVID-19 before leaving the U.S. unless their destination requires it, but they do need to show a negative test result or proof of recovery from COVID-19 before

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boarding a flight back to the U.S. They should also still get tested 3 to 5 days after international travel. Selfquarantine after arriving in the U.S. is not needed. Planes have filtration systems that circulate air frequently and most have universal masking policies, Handel said, so the risk of contracting COVID-19 on planes is extremely low at this point. Handel said he thinks driving in a car in a controlled environment with vaccinated people is relatively safe. However, getting in a car with other passengers who may not be fully vaccinated is more dangerous.

Shmooz, a location-based messaging app, launched its test run in Bloomington three months ago. Some IU students are using it to connect with people throughout the city.. The app is for individuals to connect at a location through messaging rather than doing so face-to-face. to The app is available for download on the Apple App Store. IU sophomore Jacob Bohrer, an advertising major and founder and marketer of Shmooz, said people are using Shmooz at various bars the app partnered with in Bloomington, such as Yogi’s Bar & Grill, Brothers Bar & Grill and the Social Cantina. Bohrer said he wondered what it would be like to give people in the same location the option to chat virtually. Bohrer said the most activity the Shmooz business team has seen is from IU freshman students using it to meet people. Bohrer said the team wants to partner with large venues across the country at sporting events, conventions and trade shows. He said they will expand from Bloomington once they are comfortable with the amount of users they have. Jesse Abed, Shmooz business partner and Tulane University sophomore finance and management major, said he considers Shmooz to be the first location-based messaging app. “Location-based messaging is something that was missing from our society,” Abed said. “There’s never been an app that

WHAT DOES IU SAY? Dr. Aaron Carroll, IU’s Director of Mitigation Testing, said gathering limits being lifted and other activities being allowed depends on how many people get vaccinated. The number of people that need to be vaccinated to reach herd immunity isn’t known for sure, but the Cleveland Clinic estimated in January it could be from 50 to 80%. If the majority of people get vaccinated, he said there’s no reason IU couldn’t have normal class sizes in the fall or even have classes without masks. “Every time somebody asks me ‘When can we have classes again? When can go to football games again?’ When you all get vaccinated,” he said. “The more and more people get vaccinated, the more and more we’re going to be able to do. This story was originally published on April 22, 2021.

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Safe Sisters IU creates flag display for Sexual Assault Awareness Month By Christina Avery

WHAT IF I’M FULLY VACCINATED BUT EXPOSED TO COVID-19? The CDC said if a vaccinated person has been around someone else with COVID-19, they don’t need to quarantine or get tested unless they show symptoms. In group settings such as correctional facilities and group homes, they should still get tested and quarantine for two weeks, even if asymptomatic.

links people to communicate based on where they are, and that’s what we’re trying to accomplish here.” IU junior Aaron Levine, Shmooz business partner and finance major, said the app is intended for social locations such as bars, restaurants and sporting events. He said it can be helpful during the pandemic because people have different comfortability levels about going up to someone and talking to them. Levine said one example was freshman students in residence halls finding others to watch the Super Bowl with last February. “It was a cool little way to meet new people, especially given the unique situation that a lot of freshmen are in this year,” he said. IU senior Eliana Martin said she uses Shmooz almost every time she goes out. “I know people sometimes get worried to meet new people and just go up to them,” she said. “I feel like it’s a really useful way to meet new people in a new light.” Martin said she has made a couple friends using Shmooz at various places in Bloomington. A user can send messages to a location or to a specific person at the location. “I feel like it’s endless scrolling some places Saturday nights,” Martin said. She said she sometimes uses the app for safety and checks to see if someone she knows is nearby, so she does not have to walk alone at night.

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Safe Sisters IU, an organization under the Panhellenic Association, organized a display Monday to raise awareness of sexual assault on IU’s campus. The display can be seen in Dunn Meadow from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. According to an Instagram post on the Safe Sisters Instagram account, blue flags have been placed in Dunn Meadow to represent the thousands of undergraduate and graduate students who have experienced non-consensual touching or complete sexual penetration. The display occurs during Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April. There are 204 flags in total to represent sexual assault survivors at IU: 110 flags represent nearly 11,000 women who have experienced nonconsensual touching, 39 flags represent 3,826 women who have experienced nonconsensual attempted or complete sexual penetration and 55 flags represent 555 men who have experienced non-consensual attempted or complete sexual penetration. Junior Sarah Smith, culture chair of Safe Sisters, came up with the idea for the display. She said she’d seen a similar event earlier in the year in Dunn Meadow, which she remembered when Safe Sisters began discussing Sexual Assault Awareness Month. “I thought that made a stark visual impact,” Smith said. “I noticed it, I saw it and I learned more.” Members of Safe Sisters met at Dunn Meadow at 9 a.m. to set up the flags, she said. “It was somber,” Smith said. She said while Safe Sisters IU knew it was doing work that served a good purpose, the members did so with heavy hearts. Smith said the Safe Sisters ultimately

knew the display would bring more awareness about sexual assault to campus. According to its website, Safe Sisters aids sororities in supporting survivors of sexual assault and spreading education about consent, rape culture, hookup culture and bystander culture in the greek community. Safe Sisters is made up of women from IU’s 22 sororities and is trained by IU’s Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Victim Advocacy. Junior Courtney Kocal, vice president of personal development for the Panhellenic Association said there are 240 Safe Sisters between the 22 sororities. Kocal said Safe Sisters do not report cases of sexual assault, but rather provide support and information about options and resources to survivors. Kocal said the goal of the display is to help people visualize the number of people sexually assaulted on IU’s campus. “Going and seeing these flags and seeing how much space it takes up in Dunn Meadow and knowing the statistics behind all of them really makes people think,” Kocal said. She said while the flags represent data provided to IU’s Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Victim Advocacy, there could be more unknown survivors. She said she hopes sexual assault will eventually not be a problem for anyone. “Hopefully one day we can get to a time where there are no flags and you don’t have to do visual representations to see when a problem is going on so that the problem does go away,” Kocal said. “I don’t know what that process will look like, but hopefully that is something that we can get to one day.” This story was originally published on April 26, 2021.

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‘Faces, beautiful’: The Back Door reopens after more than a year By Madison Smalstig msmalsti@iu.edu | @madi_smals

Some of the patrons at The Back Door had been waiting for almost two hours when the song “Fashionista” by Jimmy James began to play, signaling the start of the Grand Re-Opening Patio Party drag performances. “Places. The show is about to start,” the song played. “Faces, beautiful. No ugly allowed.” Almost all of the about 70 attendees turned to the stage as the voice of Vex Beaverhausen, host for the night, echoed over the loudspeakers. “All right ladies and gentlemen and everyone in between,” she said. “Are you ready to party tonight?” The crowd cheered as Vex strutted to the song “AYO” by Lady Gaga, sporting a half-face shield and a gold coat that shone as she lifted her leg onto the railing of the patio and pretended to fall backward in a campy maneuver. She continued to dance, hop and lip-sync as she walked down the stairs from the makeshift stage. Mocha Debeauté, Mary Fagdalane, Juniper Perón and Kalinda followed Vex’s opening number with death drops, powerful ballads and captivating performances. After more than a year closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Back Door was finally open. *** Co-owner Smoove said while he was sad the space closed in March 2020, he knew the precaution was going to help regular customers and the community stay safe. “We’re terrible capitalists,” Smoove said. “I was all in favor of people over profits.” Smoove said he applied for five loans to pay for utilities and keep the space. Smoove and the other owners also used some of the money to remodel the patio area, creating an outdoor performance space. The goal was to create a “dinner theater but queer” vibe, arts and entertainment director Kevin Masters said. By Saturday, the space

was a vibrant escape from the brick walls and concrete caverns surrounding it, which still served as effective spaces for smoke breaks. *** Juniper Perón leaned on the wall next to the door to The Back Door’s newly renovated patio, wearing a sparkly red number and sporting thigh-high red boots, as she waited for her third song of the night to play. Just after the first muffled notes played from the outdoor speakers, feet shuffled behind her. “Can I go first, baby girl?” a server said quickly as they crouched slightly and sped to the door, drink tray in hand. Juniper stepped to the side to let them pass a few seconds before she walked out to start her performance. This sharing of the entrance to the patio was not the only technical difficulty that developed on opening night. As Juniper and other queens were dazzling the crowd with their dance moves, death drops and teased wigs, those operating behind the scenes worked through opening-night difficulties. Leaders at The Back Door argued over whether to have an intermission during the second show because it started as people were still filing into the space. Servers continuously jogged from the bar, out the back door, down the stairs and back while carrying drink trays. Bartenders hustled to keep up with orders for specialty drinks like “the salad tosser” and “cherry poppins.” Employees passed dollar bills to each other as they figured out the best system to deliver the performers’ tips. Vex breathed heavily after performances and complained of her feet hurting, an effect of sitting behind a desk for about a year. Even with new adjustments, the girls were glad to be back. *** During the year The Back Door and other gay-friendly

nightclubs were shut down, the five queens who performed at the Grand ReOpening took the time to rest, work on their craft or produce more digital content. Vex worked for IU as a contact tracer. She sometimes practiced her drag makeup on half of her face. Kalinda took some time to reevaluate the time and money she was putting into drag — including gas, makeup, clothes and wigs — compared to the money she was earning from it before she returned to gigs. She decided to scale back to focus on quality over quantity. Juniper did some performances at outside venues and filmed a few music videos showcasing her drag. Although the queens found their time filled with other preoccupations, they said they missed being with their found families and performing, especially in an inclusive space like The Back Door: a space where multiple patrons wear shirts with sayings such as, “sounds gay, I’m in,” where there are four different shades of purple hair in the crowd and where all people wear heels. *** A few more steps, such as the installation of the canopy, need to be completed before The Back Door starts functioning at the same pace and efficiency it did before the pandemic struck. Yet even with all of the difficulties, an inclusive community space was restored Saturday. At the end of the second drag show, after the patrons’ pockets had been emptied of any $1 bills, Vex called all of the queens to the stage for a final curtain call. “Love everybody, including our trans brothers and sisters,” she shouted into the microphone. The crowd cheered in response and many people stayed after to enjoy the oasis created especially for them. This story was originally published on May 2, 2021.

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Appreciating Black athletes beyond the game By Amaiya Branigan abraniga@iu.edu | @too_muchsoul

We can all tell a story about how the rigors of college life have gotten the best of us and how being a full-time student is nothing less than a full-time job. But what matters most is how we decide to deal with it. It takes passion, dedication and perseverance. Every second in a college student’s life is a defining moment that will contribute to the development of character far beyond college years. For students who juggle an athletic career on top of college life, it is an even more strenuous task. It is far too often we have the tendency to unconsciously ostracize student athletes. It is important to remember when they aren’t in uniform, they are just like any other average student. Having a strict schedule attached to their sport affects the ways they are able to interact with other students on campus. Therefore, we rarely are granted the opportunity to get to know athletes beyond anything pertaining to sports per-

formance, specifically our Black athletes. As Black students at a predominantly white institution, we only make up approximately 5% of the total enrollment of 32,991 undergraduate students and more than 10,000 graduate students at IU. Consequently, the percentage of Black athletes is even lower, thus making the importance of telling their stories and amplifying their voices even more important. Each of these athletes has a unique pathway that led them to IU athletics. “I started playing soccer when I was about 4 or 5 years old. When I was 4 up until I was 9, my family and I lived in Tanzania and soccer was the only sport they played,” said Herbert Endeley, a sophomore soccer player. Endeley’s international experiences introduced him to the sport that would soon become a major part of his life. “I went to a huge international school and since soccer is a universal sport, that was one thing me and

my friends all had in common with each other,” he said. It is common for collegiate level athletes to have started practicing their sport at a young age When I was younger I used to race all of the boys and girls in my neighborhood and always beat them,” said track and field sophomore athlete Janii Jenkins. After joining her first team in sixth grade, she hasn’t looked back since. These athletes work tirelessly to represent our campus. Throughout one’s athletic career, they will pick up values and lessons learned through their sport that will also be applicable to their everyday live. “I learned that you cannot control everything,” Sophomore track and field athlete Treyton Harris said “You have to fix your mind to focus on the little tactics and the others will follow. I’ve also learned that you determine your own destiny, it isn’t anyone else’s journey.” For Harris, enjoying ev-

ery moment is a key factor to his journey to success. Despite the inevitable challenges that come along with leading an athletic lifestyle, it is imperative to remain positive. “Playing a sport like baseball is really tough because of how many times you can do everything right and still fail, which ultimately ties it into real life,” Jeremy Houston said. “Sometimes things don’t go your way but you have to continue to push through those hard times,” fifth-year senior and baseball player.” Learning these types of valuable lessons are just some of the fruits of an athlete’s labor. Basketball player Danielle Patterson also pointed out the value in being able to lean on teammates. “You have people relying on you to give 100% at the same time you know you can look to them to lean on if you feel like you re having a hard time,” red-shirt junior Patterson said. While many Division I athletes dream of advancing to a professional level after

college, they also have other interests besides sports. Just like any other student, they choose a degree track and occupation that correlates with their passions. Track and field athletes Kynton Grays and Shaynae Deas and cheerleader Amira Bledsoe take interest in careers completely unrelated to sports. “My core life goals are to be as successful as I can possibly while pursuing an occupation in forensic science,” Grays said. Also taking interest in the field of science, Bledsoe has her future planned out. “Outside of sports, I am interested in pursuing a B.S. in biotechnology in hopes of going to pharmacy school and receiving my PharmD,” Bledsoe said. Motivated by her desire to assist the less fortunate, Deas is majoring in speech and hearing sciences in hopes to someday make an important difference in the world. “My core life goals that I have are to make a change and help people in the deaf community and travel,”

sophomore Deas said. On the contrary, teammates Caleb Jones and Christian Love are both pursuing careers that can relate to their love of the game of football. Although Jones’ main goal in life is to make it to the NFL and be able to support his family, he is studying sports marketing and management with plans to use his degree toward a sports administrative or coaching job. Love is studying sports media inspired by his love for making and producing videos. Outside of football he enjoys running his Youtube channel, Walk in Love ENT. Among nearly 500 other institutions, IU is listed as having high impact career practices to better prepare athletes for careers after graduation. Hoosier athletes are more than what meets the eye. These individuals are not only admirable but continuously demonstrate what it means to be dedicated and versatile. This story was originally published on Dec. 6, 2020.

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It’s Lil Nas X versus the world, and he’s winning. By Stefan Townes sztownes@iu.edu

You already know about the latest controversy around Lil Nas X. No, not the homophobia he faced when coming out in 2019. Not the debate around whether or not his hit song “Old Town Road” counts as country music. Not his shocking Halloween costume that drew the ire of fellow rapper 50 Cent. No, this time the controversy is about his latest hit song and the accompanying music video, where Lil Nas X gives Satan a lapdance. The 21-year-old rapper has been a household name for only two years, yet he’s been the topic of enough discussion to last an entire career. The funny thing is, he knows exactly what he’s doing. The latest debate is about his song “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” and its music video. The lyrics of the song make explicit sexual references to gay sex, and the video shows the rapper riding a stripper pole from heaven straight down to hell to seduce Satan himself. Naturally, plenty of people had things to say about this, from pastors to senators to pundits. Related: [COLUMN: Lil Nas X’s upcoming album could be his best project yet] This backlash eventually resulted in the rapper having to cancel his upcoming shoe deal based on the music video, which was another large

part of the criticism he faced. The shoes were custom Nikes with a drop of human blood in the sole. Nike was quick to sue MSCHF for designing the shoes, despite previously allowing shoes with holy water in them, in an attempt to protect the Nike brand. Still, the reactions from popular, white conservatives on social media didn’t surprise or even sadden me. I expected that. But what I didn’t plan for was how fellow Black folk were going to respond. Homosexuality in the larger Black community in the U.S. has always been a tough topic to talk about. The Black church, though an important part of our history as a people, is not perfect. In it, we can find plenty of bad habits and beliefs that linger on today, namely, homophobia and a legacy of ignoring the plights of LGBTQ Black folk. So when Lil Nas X makes a video showcasing his pride as a gay Black man through use of Christian imagery, there’s going to be fallout. There were claims that he was an industry plant meant to influence children, that he was doomed to go to hell and he was harming the image of the Black community. Thankfully, these claims were drowned out by the overwhelming support for the rapper, but the amount of people rallying against him over a simple music video

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Lil Nas X dances behind a portrayal of the devil in a screenshot from the music video for his song “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name).” The video sparked an internet controversy after its release March 26 due to its sexual and demonic themes.

and pair of shoes shouldn’t be ignored. The video makes a simple metaphor with its visuals. In Heaven, Lil Nas X kisses another man. This so-called sin leads to a trial wherein he smiles as he is forced to go to hell. He’s telling his audience that he’s fine with going to hell for being gay, if it means he gets to accept himself. This is a response to the common Christian belief that being gay means you go to hell in the afterlife, which is a common belief especially in Black Christianity. Though

some of the responses from fellow Black folk are disappointing, I should’ve expected it. And there’s still the crowd of people saying this is inappropriate of Lil Nas X because he has a young following. Rapper Joyner Lucas, famed for his song and music video “I’m Not Racist,” claimed that “Old Town Road” had a largely adolescent fanbase, and that this latest song would be inappropriate for those fans. In response to this classic “think of the children” line, Lil Nas X recently

tweeted that he referenced illicit drugs and adultery in his first hit single. He argued it’s ultimately a parent’s responsibility to control what their children listen to. So at the end of the day, Lil Nas X angered members of the Black church, fellow rappers, parents, Christians, conservative pundits and many more. And yet, he still came out on top. His latest song is already topping charts, he’s cementing his status as a celebrity with how many headlines he’s making and he hasn’t

had to change himself a bit. While this is stellar marketing — no such thing as bad publicity — I hesitate to ascribe it all as an effort to get eyes on him. I see a young, gay Black man who chooses to live without reservation, who freely creates the art he wants to make. That alone will anger people, whether or not he would change his image to satisfy detractors. He’s fine going to hell, metaphorically or otherwise, so long as he gets to be himself. This story was originally published on April 4, 2021.

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THE CALM If this wasn’t an everyday thing I wouldn’t consider anything about this tranquil This relationship with my father has always been something so tedious Something so worn that we don’t argue now Ain’t no use in kindling them when we can live in the calm of it

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No more excuses. Pronounce my long-syllable name correctly. By Agness Lungu slungu@iu.edu

The concept of some names being too hard to pronounce is a mental construct. English words Americans speak today were all as abstract as some African names to some Americans, but they still learned to speak English. So if you could learn to speak English, how is it hard to learn how to pronounce some names? Some Americans have names that are unfamiliar to people from foreign countries, but overall they still expect others to pronounce and understand their names. Why are excuses made for others then? IU senior professor of the African studies program Betty Dlamini said people make everything African, like our names and culture, exotic and inaccessible. Americans usually do not put any effort in trying to pronounce African names, Dlamini said. “Any name that has phonetics can be pronounced, it’s all in the mindset,” Dlamini said. “Everything African is

usually made subjective and inaccessible. That is the main reason why people say they can’t pronounce some African names.” In March 2019, Mashudu Tshifularo at the University of Pretoria in South Africa became the first surgeon in the world to successfully perform a transplant of a 3D-printed Middle-ear surgery. The surgery allowed a 35-year old male recipient, whose middle ear was completely damaged in a car accident, to hear again. I was filled with pride and joy because the doctor is South African and the operation was performed in South Africa. I rushed to social media to see how people were reacting. However, most of the comments from Americans complained about his name and that they were failing to pronounce it. These comments are offensive for two reasons. Firstly, I introduced myself by an English name, Agness, rather than my African name, Tholowani, because people

constantly mispronounce my name. I gave Americans an alternative to make their lives easier. The second reason is because I suspect changing our names might be the reason some Black excellence is often overlooked or forgotten. Many Americans say they can’t pronounce some African names. As a result, they might not talk about people such as Professor Tshifularo. The achievements of those people are then forgotten and lost in history. When people bury this history, we create the chains of underrepresentation of some African and African Americans in different fields because they are not being talked about as much as their white counterparts. People with African names often do not find themselves being represented, and we think it is because they have not done anything in the past. Instead, it is because in subtle ways society is erasing their history. By refusing to put effort

into pronouncing African names, Americans slowly strip off our identities and we slowly become obsolete. IU sophomore and sociology major, Bukola Fashipe, said she has had people mispronounce her name since kindergarten. “I’ve heard all types of versions of my name. Last year at the dining hall people would call my name when my food was ready and I did not even know it was me,” Fashipe said. “I’ve heard it all even though my name is pretty simple. It is pronounced as it is spelled.” Fashipe said when people say ethinic names they try to over pronounce everything. Sometimes they just do not try or put in any effort to learn the correct pronunciation. Somebody recently told me my African name had too many syllables. I said every African name has “too” many syllables. Pronounce my long-syllable name. This story was originally published on March 23, 2021.

JAICE ON THE CASE

The petrichor swayed in our nostrils as we pulled up chairs in his newly constructed garage It still smelled of fresh paint and fire This my childhood home where I was sexually assaulted had burned down weeks prior Almost with you in it Regardless, I figured that in this moment it was best to stay silent It’s best to do less talking Appreciate the silence for just that Who knows what words will set us on fire And who knows when the fighting will cease Who knows what can stop one hurricane from swallowing another THE STORM The first thing you said to me when I walked into the white hospital room was Daddy is drunk I stopped walking towards you, my knees grew weak with anger Blood the color of wine was spilling from your busted lip Your teeth chipped, body gashed and bleeding You laid there praying out loud for death in front of me

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What about Black greeks? By Jaicey Bledsoe jaicbled@iu.edu | @jaiceybledsoe

Greek organizations on campus have recently been in the news because of COVID-19 outbreaks inside houses. Since moving back to campus, more than 30 greek houses have been required to quarantine. IU recently requested they all close. The discussion surrounding greek houses has made the lack of Black greek houses even more apparent. The Alpha Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., founded here on IU’s campus had the only official Black greek house. It was sold in 2005 after being vacated in the late ’90s. In 2008, the building was repurposed to hold the IU Police Department. The department has a plaque outside the building and a display inside devoted to the fraternity. It is unsettling a building that once fostered a safe environment for Black stu-

dents is now representative of something so harmful to Black people. The house on 17th Street used to be a place for Black students to come together and take refuge from the microaggressions and blatant racism they faced elsewhere on campus. Now no other National Pan-Hellenic Council organization has since had an official house on IU’s campus. It might seem beneficial right now due to COVID-19 restrictions, but IU senior Anya Johnson, a Tau chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., member and NPHC president, said its not beneficial in the in the long run. She said this is because of the historical and systemic inequality in the distribution of wealth over race and class lines. “It is a macro-level issue within this country that IU perpetuates by instilling these societal functions on

campus,” Johnson said. Though Black Americans have long fought to gain and keep wealth, we have continued to be impeded in a variety of ways — from slavery, to the destruction of “Black Wall Street” in Tulsa, Oklahoma to redlining. The wealth gap is prevalent today because of past and current issues pertaining to systemic racism. They contribute to an absence of generational wealth and monetary inheritances in Black families, which make up a large part of the current wealth in the U.S. today. Johnson said she also believes there are inequalities in IU greek community affairs. She said greek organizations are grouped together, and consequences of other councils’ actions, especially those who do have houses, negatively affect NPHC organizations. She said there is often little to no accountability on the part of those councils.

“I would say during this time, it is distracting to the primary goals of the NPHC and the organizations within our council. We are service organizations first, and we strive to make a visible effort on campus as leaders in our community,” Johnson said. She said she believes it is frustrating to sort through problems that aren’t theirs. It is unfair for Black and Brown greeks to face repercussions for the actions of their white counterparts, especially when those repercussions are specific to greek house improprieties. This kind of failure to regulate fairly will create continued tension and mistrust within the IU greek community. IU is relearning and teaching topics like racial equity, diversity and inclusion. But it is time to extend the same consideration to its Black greek community. This story was originally published on Sept 14, 2020.

Waiting for some moonless figure Tears bled from your eyes Like this is the moment we needed to bring us together Your body propelling and face whacking against concrete I feel small then big then small again I could’ve told you the fire would consume my father too I also could’ve told you that my father is the fire or He can’t scold forever I started writing this poem two years ago and never could finish it Us drinking and being father & daughter I had it wrong, didn’t i? You once assembled my siblings and I in the kitchen You said you wanted us to always know death like a cousin who loves to spennanight; who To know it’s greed for our flesh You promised coins to us if only we promised to not cry at your funeral as if it was coming soon You raised me to believe that death was always coming What a new way to greet our gods The dead giving coins to the living as if to say You following me anyway Because ain’t we all dead? Or gon be?? I got my love for watching flames turn things to ash from you How else would I expect you to go if not burning? This poem was originally published on Jan 20, 2021.

Daunte Wright. Adam Toledo. Ma’Kiah Bryant. Andrew Brown Jr. A swarm of videos crowd my head and my psyche, deaths on replay behind my eyes. It feels like slowly but surely the hand is tightening around my neck. How do I go on? How do I go about my day as if every day is not a rebellious act of victory in the face of the murderous oppressor? How do I go and worry about trivial things like homework and getting to class on time when my community’s blood flows through the streets like a river? How do I sleep at night knowing it may be my last? Do you sleep at that point? Or do you take in greedily as many hours as you can get? My people make up only 13% of the American population yet I’m 2.5 times more likely to get shot than a white person. I simply can’t take it. I can’t stand seeing another body drop, another cry for a mother with their last breath, another pop as the bullet shoots from the gun and rips a soul from this earth with it as it falls to the ground. It’s the anxiety in my soul as I step outside my door. The frustration of seeing people justify murder as if the 7th Amendment doesn’t exist. The anger where I irrationally wish to burn the cities to the ground in vengeance. Where I angrily scream, “What’s it going to take?” But the worst is the heartbreak, the agony left behind in its wake combined with the paralyzing fear. It’s watching their last moments blasted on every network like a looping memory. It’s the flood of media afterwards on CNN, MTV, Fox News and The Shaderoom. Hoping it

won’t be me tomorrow. With every death it feels like a domino forever propelling us towards something that feels alien to me, but also like a spiritual warning. Like the coming of a reckoning or a revolution. Something America can not handle. Something’s gotta give. I draw the line in the sand. No more, we demand no more. Our children deserve to grow up, parents shouldn’t be burying children. Don’t kill our children and then get mad when we protest or riot, since when did you care about buildings anyway? You as a society blamed all of the Middle East for something a few did on 9/11. Where was your concern for buildings then when you went to war? Don’t quote MLK to me as a form of gradualism when as a society you still put him in his casket. Later almost always means never and never is not an option. We’re getting hunted for sport by gangs you dare call police. I can’t jog, I can’t be in my house, can’t call the police when I’m in danger of getting jumped, can’t have a phone, can’t legally carry, can’t sleep, can’t comply with the cop’s orders, can’t have skittles, can’t play cops and robbers, can’t go to church, can’t run and can’t breathe. So with this I draw my line in the sand. We’ve lost so many. We’ve been here since around 1619 and it’s been 400 years of torture, torment and lives lost. Not one more. Not another goddamn body. I can’t take another body, another video, another hashtag. No more excuses, trials and retaliation. No more, we demand no more. This poem was originally published on April 29, 2021.

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A cicada from Brood XIX appears in August 2011. IU professor Armin Moczek said 213 billion cicadas will be found in Monroe County starting in late April to early May.

What to know about the billions of cicadas emerging in Indiana By Lizzie Kaboski lkaboski@iu.edu | @lizziebowbizzie

At the end of April, it is estimated 213 billion cicadas will emerge in Monroe County. Brood X, one of the largest groups of periodical cicadas and known for its loud mating call, will come out of the ground across the Eastern United States after 17 years spent underground. Armin Moczek, IU professor of biology, said this group of cicadas will be massive, with half a trillion cicadas emerging in Indiana, starting in late April or early May. “It is the godzilla of geographical cicadas,” Moczek said.

While most cicadas have a two to four year life cycle, about three cicada species have a 13 to 17 year life cycle, including Brood X. Different broods have a different geographical expansion. Brood X will appear across the Eastern U.S., with dense populations appearing across Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and parts of Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. For many people, the word “cicada” is synonymous with “locust,” which is incorrect. Purdue University entomologist Elizabeth Barnes said the insects are very different. “People hear ‘locust emergence’ and think it’s going to be this mass

destruction,” Barnes said. “Really, all the cicadas do is climb up into the trees and sing their heads off and then they die.” The cicadas will wait to surface when the ground reaches a temperature of about 64 degrees, Barnes said. They will then crawl up trees and shed a thin shell to show orange eyes and wings. “They’ve already started to emerge,” Moczek said. “It just depends on how hard you look.” The cicadas do not sting or bite humans and do not carry diseases. Gene Kritsky, dean of behavioral and natural sciences at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, Ohio, said

cicadas can even be eaten by humans. He said cicadas have a good balance of vitamins and are high in protein. Animals such as raccoons, squirrels, birds and other wildlife will eat the cicadas as well. Dogs might try to eat the cicadas, and might get upset stomachs from eating them, the American Kennel Club said. Kritsky said the best way to identify the cicadas is by their loud mating call. The primary reason for cicada emergence is to mate, Kritsky said. Hence, their loud mating calls. A female cicada will respond by flicking her wings, and the male will turn around to face where he heard the

call and respond. If she responds again, he will approach her to mate. “Large numbers of male cicadas will gather in trees and sing together, called a chorusing center,” Kritsky said. Male cicadas die after intercourse, and females die after laying their eggs, Kritsky said. One female can lay approximately 10 to 20 eggs. The cicadas have numerous ecological benefits, Kritsky said. They feed predators and their emergence holes help to ventilate soil and can help the natural pruning of trees. “After the cicadas die, their bodies contribute nitrogen and other nutrients

to the soil,” Kritsky said. Females make cuts into branches and deposit the eggs, where they will remain for six to 10 weeks until they hatch in late July to early August. However, if a female cicada lays an egg in a sapling’s new growth, it can be harmful to the growth of the tree. Homeowners should wrap young trees in netting with small holes, such as a cheesecloth, to protect them from cicadas. The young cicadas will crawl out of the tree back into the ground to avoid susceptibility to other predators for another 17 years, Kritsky said. This story was originally published on April 28, 2021.

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The COVID-19 pandemic shifted learning online for students across the world. A year later, as universities like IU announce in-person class plans for the fall 2021 semester, educators are exploring the idea of including aspects of remote learning — such as hybrid models and more online course offerings — in education even after the pandemic ends. Some IU students said, given the chance, they would consider taking advantage of online courses and the freedom they offer more in the future. Kirk White, IU Assistant Vice President and tem-

porary co-chair of the IUB COVID Response Unit, said while in-person instruction is expected to continue in fall 2021, IU may think of offering more online learning options post-pandemic if demand arises. He said online learning has given students more flexibility since they don’t have to be in a physical classroom. Experience with virtual learning is also beneficial for the workplace, he said. “We’re in a time now where many professional environments have learned to do more things online, and having experience with that, you’re going to be steps ahead when you start your career,” he said.

White said he isn’t sure whether on-campus students would hypothetically be able to take entire course loads online without being an IU Online student. While IU Online degrees are typically an option for students who want to pursue a degree completely online, IU Online has long offered the ability for students to take some specific classes online while taking others in-person. IU Online currently offers 171 online programs, but White said more classes could be added in the future if students wanted them. White said the years of work IU has put into developing and growing IU Online made faculty better-

equipped to transition to temporary online learning. This experience could also help with implementing more virtual options in the future. If demand increases, putting more classes online to give students additional online options after the pandemic may be considered. Smaller classes wouldn’t move online as fast as classes with higher demand such as a finite math class, White said. Sophomore Anthony Josep said he would be open to taking certain kinds of virtual classes in the future. As a voice performance major, he said general education classes would work better for him online, and

music classes better inperson. He said his current asynchronous courses have made him more productive. “I’ve been able to do more things in my life because of classes being asynchronous rather than strictly ‘You have to be at this place at this time,’” Josep said. “It gives me the freedom to do the work on my own and submit it while I can, and to listen to the lectures whenever I can.” Junior Kirsten Jacobs, who is majoring in criminal justice and psychology, has been studying completely online since March 2020. While she said being stuck inside all day is detrimental to mental health, she

would consider taking one or two classes online next year. Like Josep, Jacobs said she enjoys the flexibility they offer. “You can just get out of bed and hop onto your Zoom call instead of having to drive to campus, so that’s nice,” she said. She said she thinks if IU were to offer online courses after the pandemic, they should be synchronous and interactive. “The online classes that I like, what I like about them is that they’re more discussion-based instead of lecture, and so it’s easier to ask questions and talk about stuff,” Jacobs said. This story was originally published on March 25, 2021.

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Volunteers and organizers of the demonstration ran around the exterior of the mass of about 150 people marching to Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton’s house Jan. 18. Some of them stood at intersections to prevent oncoming traffic from hitting anyone in the group, directing them through Bloomington’s streets, while others led people in song. “Ain’t gonna let no mayor turn me around, I’m gonna keep on walking, keep on talking, marching on to freedom land,” sang about 150 people as they marched to Hamilton’s house. The march was led by people carrying a sign that read, “FIGHT POVERTY NOT THE POOR.” About five minutes into their march, a light but freezing rain started to fall. But many protesters knew the group they were advocating for had faced much worse. IU students, concerned Bloomington citizens and volunteers from groups such as the Bloomington Homeless Coalition and Poor People’s Campaign

Bloomington gathered in Seminary Park at 9 p.m. Jan. 18 to participate in the “Hands off the Homeless” demonstration. The city had cleared the encampment in Seminary Park and evicted people staying in the park twice since Dec. 9. The group of people, which fluctuated between about 50 to 150, protested the city’s treatment of people experiencing homelessness in Bloomington. The event was organized mainly by Bloomington Homeless Coalition volunteers and people who are or have been unhoused. Jennifer Crossley, Monroe County Democratic Party chair, started the night’s event by speaking at Seminary Park about how she believes the city and public officials need to show more support for the people who had camped in Seminary Park and other members of the homeless community. “Let people stay here, find long term solutions, put things in this area to humanize people and give them their dignity instead of showing up here with the trash truck and acting like folks here are trash,” Cross-

ley said. “That is not okay.” Trevor Richardson, a man experiencing homelessness, and Virginia Goodman, a woman who has experienced homelessness, gave short opening remarks before handing the mic over to Patrick Saling, one of the organizers. Saling taught the crowd some songs and chants to shout later as they marched from the park to Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton’s house. “Oh, somebody’s hurting my brother and it’s gone on…” Saling sang to the crowd of protesters. “Far too long,” the crowd shouted in response, looking at the lyrics that had been dispersed to them earlier that evening. “And we won’t be silent anymore,” everyone sang together. The demonstrators left Seminary Park to march to Mayor John Hamilton’s House at about 9:45 p.m. As they completed the 20-minute march, protesters held signs, chanted and occasionally stepped aside for approaching traffic. When they arrived at Hamilton’s house, five people stepped up and spoke. Many of them, including

Richardson, discussed how the city and Hamilton’s policies affected them and the people they know. “They don’t want us to live, they want us to exist and they want us to exist how they say we should exist,” Richardson said. “Living is not always pretty, but living is up to the person living that life. Mayor Hamilton is not a dictator, and we should hold him accountable when he tries to be.” Richardson said it has been hard to provide for his 4-year-old daughter and keep working his job because he fears his tent being moved all the time. Bloomington’s shelters aren’t open 24/7, and he sometimes needs to sleep during the day because of the odd hours he has to work. At one point the crowd directly addressed Hamilton, shouting at his house and asking him to come outside. Hamilton did not step out to address the crowd. The protesters marched from Hamilton’s house to Peoples Park around 10:40 p.m. The park closes at 11 p.m., and the organizers wanted to be there past that time to break the rules

they believe are hurting the homeless community, Saling said. When the group, which had decreased to about 50 people, reached the park, the marchers stood around its perimeter while some people experiencing homelessness set up their tents in the middle. Some people, mainly students and volunteers with organizations such as Beacon and Pigeon Hill Pantry, spoke to the crowd and encouraged them to use their voices and privilege to speak against the way the Bloomington homeless community is being treated. Ky Freeman, president of IU’s Black Student Union, spoke about the importance of coming together to fight oppressive powers, such as racism and classism. “Now what we have to see is to stress the importance of those in coalitions across identities, across socioeconomic statuses so that we can find a way to uplift all those who are disenfranchised by the systems and the powers that be,” he said. “This structure that we have is no longer conducive to our longevity in these communities, nor has it

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Protestors make their way down 1st St. towards Mayor John Hamilton’s house Jan. 18. The protest came after people experiencing homelessness were evicted from Seminary Park by Bloomington Police Department personnel and other city employees on Jan. 14.

ever been.” Other speakers included student representatives from IU’s Rainbow Coalition and Pigeon Hill Pantry founder Nicole Johnson. After the speakers were finished at about 11:20 p.m., about 40 people left the park. Those who stayed mainly included organizers of the event and people experiencing homelessness who had decided to pitch their tents in Peoples Park, including Travis Dugan. “We don’t really have nowhere else to go,” Dugan said. “We gave up all our options, I mean we could go out on sidewalks and stuff but then we still get in trouble if we block the path.” The Bloomington Police Department did not remove the tents from the park that night or early in the early morning of Jan. 19. This story was originally published on Jan. 19, 2021.

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Remembering Arabic professor Zaineb Istrabadi

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Zaineb Istrabadi was a beloved Arabic professor at IU who left her touch on every person she encountered. She made a lasting impact on her family, friends and students. From her first impression, anyone who met Istrabadi never forgot her kind attitude and selfless actions. Senior Morgan Hoffman said Istrabadi was one of the best people she’d ever met. “She was so positive, and she brought that into the classroom,” Hoffman said. “She wanted to be friends with her students and really wanted to be there for you as a support.” Istrabadi lost a 15-year battle with breast cancer Saturday. She was 65. Her dedication to teaching was evident, and her brother, former United Nations ambassador and current IU professor Feisal Istrabadi, said she instilled a love for the Arabic language in her students. After her initial breast cancer diagnosis and treatment in 2006, she made a point to come back to Bloomington to teach, Feisal Istrabadi said. Professor Stephen Katz of the Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures Department said he has known Istrabadi since her time as a doctoral student at IU. He said she was a natural teacher and a key member of the Arabic program, and her passing is a significant loss to the department. “She was in many ways the foundation upon which a lot was built later on with other talented people definitely,” Katz said. “She was one to draw a lot of students into the Arabic language classes.” Feisal Istrabadi said his sister had a way of connect-

ing with her students unlike anyone he had ever known through her positive and humorous personality. Students such as senior Alyssa Velez, who only had Istrabadi for a single semester, noted the lasting influence she had on their lives. “I remember one day she made my class and I, probably around 20 people, individual flash drives for each and every one of us with all of her favorite music so we could learn more about Arabic culture,” Velez said. “I still have mine today, and it’s something I’ll cherish forever.” Senior Brian Hancock said he admired how giving Istrabadi was. “I remember she came into class in Arabic 101, and she held up a coupon and asked if anyone wanted it,” Hancock said. “I thought she said a $5 coupon. She gives it to me, and it’s a $50 coupon to the shoe store she went to. I got Chacos with it.” Local baristas at her frequented coffee shop, Needmore Coffee Roasters, also remember her smiling and gracious attitude. Former employee Harrison Wagner said she was his favorite customer, and she always made his day when she came in for a coffee. “She would come in most days I would work, and I would go out of my way to make her drink. She was always smiling and happy and thankful,” Wagner said. “She’d always tell me I made the best cortados.” While she was a dedicated educator, Istrabadi was also active in interfaith dialogue to promote acceptance and conversation across religions, both locally and statewide. Many community members in Bloomington and beyond, across different religions and sects, were

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The IU Student Government Supreme Court declared Elevate the winner of the IUSG election Wednesday after certifying the results 33 days after the polls closed. The new student body president is junior Ky Freeman and the new student body vice president is junior Madeline Dederichs. At a debate prior to the election, the two candidates focused on amplifying voices of student activists, implementing a student advisory board for IU Counseling and Psychological Services and increasing diversity, equity and inclusion training. According to the court’s statement, 7,135 students voted in the election and there were 8,057 total votes. This year, students could vote for more than one ticket for the first time. rooting for her to overcome her battle with cancer, Feisal Istrabadi said. “I know in the last weeks of her life the Temple Beth Shalom here in Bloomington were saying prayers for her, which she appreciated very much,” Feisal Istrabadi said. “She was extremely active in interfaith dialogue with Christian communities, with Jewish communities, with Buddhist communities. She was herself a devout Muslim.” Istrabadi attended IU for both her bachelor’s degree in biological sciences in 1976 and her Ph.D. in Near Eastern languages and cultures in 1988. She started teaching at IU in 2001. Kathryn Bayless, executive director of Campus Recreational Sports at IU, said Istrabadi was incredibly smart and an advocate for being

The Inspire ticket received the most votes with 3,588 votes, but was disqualified. The IUSG Election Commission disqualified Inspire for telecommunications violations and improper use of IUSG branding on April 6. Inspire appealed to the IUSG Supreme nd participated in two trials in an attempt to reverse the disqualification. Inspire was officially disqualified Thursday, a decision reaffirmed by =the court when it refused to hear the appeal Monday. Elevate received 2,697 votes and Legacy received 1,772 votes. This story was originally published on May 5, 2021. COURTESY PHOTO | IDS

U Student Government President-elect Ky Freeman, left, and Vice President-elect Madeline Dederichs, right, pose for a photo near Showalter Fountain. The IUSG Supreme Court certified Elevate as the winners of the presidential election Wednesday.

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Zaineb Istrabadi, a former Arabic professor in IU’s Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, died on Jan. 23. Istrabadi started teaching at IU in 2001.

active. Istrabadi was a member of the club sport program and helped other students explore Campus Recreational Sports opportunities, Bayless said. Along with being an accomplished scholar and educator, Istrabadi was also a published poet, Feisal Istrabadi said. “She first published poems when we were still living in Iraq,” Feisal Istrabadi said. “She was a true teenager, maybe 13 or 14, when she published her first poem. I don’t think very many people knew that.” This story was originally published on Jan. 27, 2021.

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irregularities should certainly be explored,” he said. “However, there seems to be far fewer contested ballots than those that make up the difference between Biden and Trump in a lot of those swing states.” Fraley said the impact of the Biden administration will depend on whether Biden will be presiding over a divided Congress. Some Senate seats are still to be decided. However, he said he thinks Biden will be able to involve the scientific community in the fight against COVID-19 and reenter the Paris Climate Agreement without Congressional support. “It will take a lot of real effort and bipartisan cooperation in order to be able to pass major things through Congress,” he said. The IU community is supportive of diversity, fighting systemic racism and addressing climate change, Fraley said. “I think that when you take a look at some of Biden’s policies they might find some hope and inspiration,” he said. American citizens would like to see a recommitment to democratic norms, Fraley said. He thinks people will have different reactions to

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Joe Biden was named president-elect of the United States on Saturday after several days of counting votes and mail-in ballots across the country. Two IU students said they were excited about Biden’s victory and President Donald Trump leaving office. Mark Fraley, associate director of Political and Civic Engagement at IU, said he thinks Biden’s victory was seen as a powerful moment for a lot of students, especially considering Kamala Harris will be the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent to serve as vice president. Fraley said while it was nerve-wracking to wait, people recognized it was going to take time to have the results. “If democracy takes time, that’s not a bad thing,” he said. Fraley said he hopes Trump will gracefully move toward a smooth transition of power to a Biden presidency. While the Trump administration is filing legal charges, it does not appear likely those will overturn the results of the election, he said. “Any instances of voting

the outcome of the election. “We are certainly prepared to see several more years of disagreement and that is a perfectly healthy thing,” he said. “But hopefully we can see that disagreement happen under the context of a commitment to democratic norms.” Junior Tracy Miles said he was excited when he heard Biden was named presidentelect. He said he felt optimistic once Michigan and Wisconsin were declared blue for Biden. Miles said he thinks Biden and Vice Presidentelect Kamala Harris will represent the country well because they have experience in government and are better equipped than the Trump administration to handle issues facing the American people, such as the coronavirus pandemic. Miles said it is a huge milestone for women and especially women of color to have Harris elected as vice president. “I’m really excited that they are in charge,” he said. The celebrations around the country and the world after Biden’s declared victory were motivated by people’s joy and happiness, Miles said. He said he believes Biden will unite the peo-

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ple of the country in a way Trump did not. “Everything that Trump was for, is not necessarily what Biden is for” he said. Miles said he thinks Trump is not going to accept Biden becoming president and will continue to make claims about voter fraud. “I just don’t think that there’s enough evidence and the things that Trump is claiming I feel like stem mostly from him just purely losing and him not wanting to accept that,” he said. Miles said he believes the Biden administration will have a positive effect on the U.S. for everyone, regardless of who they voted for. He said he thinks Biden needs to give credit where it’s due, such as to his Black supporters. Sophomore Nina Brochin said she was unsure if Biden was going to win the presidency during the waiting period from Election Day to Saturday when Biden was declared the winner. She said she is excited Trump will be leaving office. Brochin said Trump’s initial reaction to the results is to deny them and insist he won. She said she thinks it will be difficult for a smooth transition from Trump’s administration to Biden’s to

take place. “I don’t think he’s going to really ever accept the results of the election at all,” she said. Brochin said statistics show voter fraud is not a relevant issue and she does not think the legal challenges taken by the Trump administration will have an affect on the outcome of the election. Brochin said she is not confident a lot of change will come after Biden is inaugurated, but she thinks there will be a national mask mandate to help stop the spread of COVID-19. “I think a lot of presidents say things to win elections,” she said. “So I’m not really sure what actual change will come.” Junior Ray Scherer said he is a Republican who usually votes strictly within party lines, but he was relieved when Biden was named the president-elect. Scherer said he thinks the Biden presidency will have minimal impact on a state and local level. “What this election really has shown me at least, in my opinion, is that most people don’t have any problems with Republicans,” he said. “They just have a problem with Donald Trump.”

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President-elect Joe Biden puts on his face mask Oct. 28 after making remarks about the Affordable Care Act and COVID-19 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden was named president-elect Saturday.

Scherer said he believes there is always some existence of voter fraud, but it will not change the outcome of the election in Trump’s favor. “I think there is fraud, but not to the degree that Donald Trump is hoping,” he said. Scherer said he thinks Trump has made a lot of mistakes, such as speaking badly of former Republican Sen. John McCain, an action which likely led to his loss in Arizona. “I think it’s time for him to, you know, realize that he’s lost,” he said. This election year was a positive one for Republicans, Scherer said. Many state legislators still have strong support for the Republican party, such as Indiana where the state holds a supermajority of Republicans, he said. “People do like the ideals, but the figurehead itself is a problem,” he said. “I think the nation and the world is ready for a change.” This story was originally published on Nov. 11, 2020.

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Students battle ‘COVID fatigue’ as cases rise

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Senior Maggie Melchi is currently in recovery after contracting COVID-19. She has only recently regained her sense of taste and smell. Melchi said she has always taken the coronavirus seriously, but after experiencing it personally, she is more aware of how quickly it can affect groups of people. “Once one person gets it, it escalates so fast,” Melchi said. “It was just a domino effect.” Melchi works at Switchyard Brewing Company as a server and said she has noticed how some patrons have become more relaxed when it comes to COVID-19 protocol. This trend has been widely referred to as “COVID fatigue,” a result of what happens when people who have adhered to COVID-19 guidelines for many months become dejected and overwhelmed. Psychological and brain sciences professor Edward Hirt said this feeling of becoming overwhelmed is what sometimes drives people to start neglecting regulations. This anxiety stems from multiple factors, but a primary reason is due to the uncertainty of the current timeline. “People in the short term can really rally around that and sort of embrace whatever is necessary to repair a community after a natural disaster,” Hirt said. “But the extended nature of this particular pandemic has been something that is somewhat unprecedented.” Hirt said one way to motivate people would be to demonstrate the immediate positive impact of their actions if they choose to continue following regulations. Without this option, Hirt understands how this can be a difficult time for everyone. “I think everybody is hav-

ing a difficult time coping with things,” Hirt said. “It’s really challenging for everybody, I think.” Melchi recognizes some students are doing better than others. As a server, she said she felt safe because the brewery emphasized safety protocols even when others did not. “It’s interesting to see how some places take it more seriously,” Melchi said. “It’s interesting to see how some businesses are experiencing COVID fatigue themselves.” Outside of work, Melchi said she tries to stay motivated by remembering she protects others by social distancing. She noted that she has seen people stray from regulations after they recover from the virus, but for her, that will not be the case. “I always tell myself, especially now that I’m getting over it, that I’m still helping others,” Melchi said. “I would say that’s one of the most motivating things for me.” After a string of victories for IU football, sparsely masked students have gathered in large crowds outside the stadium and along Kirkwood Avenue. Melchi said she doesn’t want to assume people are ambivalent to possibly hurting others. “I would say unfortunately it’s a thing of habit,” Melchi said. “If COVID-19 was not going on and we were there it would happen, so maybe it’s just a moment of weakness, but it’s hard to say.” For those feeling overwhelmed, Hirt recommends focusing on individual responsibility rather than collective behavior. “You can encourage people as much as you can,” Hirt said. “But they’re going to do what they’re going to do. At least I can control what I do and that’s a good thing.” This story was originally published on Nov. 18, 2020.

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On Nov. 17, the coldest night Bloomington had seen in weeks, about 10 spectators gathered at the driveway in front of the Biddle Hotel to witness the 60-foottall lights shaped like a candle be lit for the holiday season. Although many things on campus have canceled this semester, the 52nd annual candle-lighting went on. While the candles were lit Tuesday night, the celebration was scaled down compared to ceremonies held in the past, like last year’s Light Up The Night celebration. Last year, large groups of students attended to enjoy live music and an

ice-skating rink, neither of which were thereNov. 17. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony was changed to a hybrid format, with in-person attendance allowed. The event was streamed live on the IMU Instagram account. About 20 people watched it on the livestream, but it can still be rewatched by anyone on the IMU’s Instagram. “I don’t think canceling it was ever up for debate,” said Kaila Messereli, a student involvement program coordinator in a News at IU article. “We had an enhanced candle lighting ceremony last year, and we wanted to keep the momentum going. So many people enjoyed it last year that we wanted to

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bring some light to this year.” IMU Executive Director Hank Walter, Dean of Students Dave O’Guinn and Union Board President Teja Vontikommu spoke before starting the countdown to the candle lighting, thanking people for watching and being there. Those in attendance excitedly counted down until the big red button was pushed and the entire courtyard was bathed in soft red light from one of the IMU’s two candle-shaped light fixtures. The facade of the IMU features two candles, one is 80 feet tall and the other 60 feet tall. They house a combined 305 LED lights, 238 red and 67 white, according

to a News at IU release. University maintenance teams have been preparing for the candle lighting ceremony since September. The candles traditionally remain lit through New Year’s Day and will be taken down after this winter, according to the release. “I know 2020 has been a stressful year for all of us,” Vontikommu said. “I hope this event brings some light into your life. I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday.” This story was originally published on Nov. 18, 2020.

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Petition calls for COVID-19 protocol reform in jail By Ally Melnik amelnik@iu.edu | @allylm1

A concrete and metal room. A bunk bed with a padded mat and no mattress cover. A toilet and sink combination unit with inconsistently warm water. And a staff that doesn’t wear masks. These are the alleged conditions of the Monroe County Jail, both visitors and former inmates have said. People learned about the jail conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic through a Facebook petition created by Alicia Suarez, an associate professor of sociology at DePauw University, who lives in Bloomington. Suarez started her petition Sept. 5 to raise awareness of the jail’s public health conditions. “This is not something specific to Monroe County,” Suarez said. “People who are incarcerated in jails and prisons are at the highest risk of getting COVID.” Jail commander Sam Crowe said there have been no inmate cases of COVID-19, and no one has shown symptoms. However, none of the inmates have been tested for COVID-19. Suarez said she believes the probability that none of the inmates have had the virus is highly unlikely. “From a public health perspective, you can’t really make the claim that no one has had it unless you’ve been doing actual testing,” Suarez said. Suarez received a message Sept. 3 from her recently incarcerated friend Laura Hamel, who described her experience in the jail during the pandemic. Hamel turned herself into the jail July 21 after missing an appointment with her probation officer, which led to a warrant being put out for her arrest and her spending 41 days in jail. When she was booked, Hamel said officers checked

her temperature before placing her in a quarantine cell with a bunkmate. She stayed in the quarantine block for 10 days, where she said she was given disposable face masks and a small bar of soap, like one from a hotel room. The soap was part of the on-arrival hygiene packages all inmates receive, Hamel said. The package also had two single-use shampoo and body wash packets, a travel-sized deodorant and toothpaste and a toothbrush that’s about 3 inches long. She said if an inmate wanted regular-sized products, they would have to order them from the commissary. Once the 10 days passed, Hamel said her temperature was checked again before being moved into the women’s population block. She said they were only given a mop bucket and sanitizer fluid during the 10 minutes a day they were allowed to leave their cells. “They didn’t give us anything to wipe with, so I would usually just stock up on maxi pads,” Hamel said. Hamel’s largest concern, however, was the staff — guards and nurses — didn’t wear masks. She said they all had neck gaiters, but most of them didn’t wear them over their mouths or noses. “I did ask one guard, ‘Do you have a mask?’ and he pointed to it on his belt loop,” Hamel said. “Then he said, ‘We don’t have to wear them, we just have to have them on our person.’” Another guard used her neck gaiter as a scrunchie in her hair, Hamel said. She said the guards did make an effort to wear their masks in the courtroom and in front of the judges. Hamel said the three nurses she interacted with never wore their masks when she got her twice-daily medication for her mental health. When given medication, inmates have to open

their mouths so the nurses can check and see they’ve swallowed their pills. The inmates were only required to wear their face masks when they went into a courtroom, Hamel said. However, she said she thinks this makes sense since the inmates have to go through a quarantine block before entering a communal living area.

“When they get released, if they don’t say anything, have signs, symptoms, any complaints, we have no reason to check at that time.” Sam Crowe, Jail commander

When Hamel’s sentence finished, she said no one checked her temperature or if she had symptoms before she left. Crowe said while they do check for a temperature and symptoms when inmates first enter the jail, if officers aren’t prompted to, they won’t check again before letting an inmate leave. “When they get released, if they don’t say anything, have signs, symptoms, any complaints, we have no reason to check at that time,” Crowe said. Crowe said when a new inmate enters the jail, officers ask a list of questions to check if the inmate has any COVID-19 symptoms. Their temperature is then taken and they go to the quarantine block for up to 14 days, where if they experience any symptoms they can have the medical staff check on them. Crowe also said cleaning supplies are provided at least once a day to every cell block. “We are going through each cell block and counting area and sanitizing all the heavy hand-traffic areas like the door handles, phones, tabletops, handrails at least three times a

day,” Crowe said. However, products such as hand sanitizer can’t be used in jail since it’s alcoholbased, and some inmates have tried to drink it or ingest it, Crowe said. He also said workers were given masks but aren’t required to wear them all the time. “Most of the staff that I’ve seen, whenever they’re in contact with inmates or they can’t socially distance themselves, they have been wearing masks,” Crowe said. He said the medical staff places a cart between them and the inmate while checking if they’ve swallowed their pills, and since the medical staff is socially distanced, they probably don’t wear masks. During the Monroe County Board of Commissioners meeting Sept. 9 on Zoom, Crowe addressed these concerns and also said the jail received a grant to purchase an ionization system to help filter the air, as well as four UVC lighting systems to help disinfect. While Crowe was speak-

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What to know about fall 2021 classes By Sophie Suter srsuter@iu.edu | @sophiersuter

For the first time since classes switched to majority online instruction more than a year ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students can plan on attending in-person classes again. The fall 2021 semester will be inperson, potentially without social distancing or masks, Dr. Aaron Carroll said in an interview Friday. IU President Michael McRobbie announced in February that the university is set to return to mostly normal operations for the fall 2021 semester because of lower COVID-19 positivity rates on campus and the availability of vaccines. Carroll, IU’s director for mitigation testing, said he doesn’t think mitigation testing will be necessary in the fall. “There probably is no need for mitigation testing, it would shift just into more surveillance,” Carroll said. “If we saw outbreaks we might increase testing in areas just to try to catch it and slow it down, but I think it will not look like mitigation testing.” Carroll said he thinks social distancing might not be necessary in classrooms and thinks there’s a possibility masks might not be required, but only if the university receives data showing most

students are vaccinated. “I’m hopeful that we can go back to normal classroom numbers, and perhaps even no masks for classes,” Carroll said. “But all of this is dependent on how safe it is, and we don’t know that yet. None of these predictions are declarations of 100% surety.” Molly Rosenberg, an epidemiologist at the School of Public Health, said students attending in-person classes during the 2020-21 school year weren’t at higher risk for getting COVID-19. She contributed to a study that showed COVID-19 transmission did not correlate with the amount of in-person credit hours a student took during the fall 2020 semester. “I anticipate that some safety precautions are going to need to remain in place and we’ll continue to monitor cases that might be linked to classrooms, even though we haven’t seen any indication that cases are linked to classroom settings,” Rosenberg said. Current guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say people who are fully vaccinated can gather indoors with other vaccinated people without social distancing or masks. The CDC also says vaccinated people can gather indoors with unvaccinat-

ed people from one other household without distancing or masks as long no one has increased risk for COVID-19. To be fully vaccinated, a person must wait two weeks after their final dose of the vaccine, according to the CDC. Both Carroll and Rosenberg said they don’t know if guidelines will be different for IU students who have been vaccinated compared to those who haven’t because it’s hard to implement policy dividing the two. The university hasn’t determined yet if it can legally enact different requirements. Carroll and Rosenberg also said they’re hopeful students will get vaccinated so the campus can reach levels of herd immunity, which would require a majority of the student population being fully vaccinated. Freshman Joeli Hamilton said she’s excited for in-person classes next semester because she thinks they will better engage her learning. “I have severe ADHD so this year has been incredibly hard for me,” Hamilton said. “I hope that going to class, getting out more and having a classroom to learn in will positively affect my learning next year.” This story was originally published on May 3, 2021.

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Dunkin’ location opens in Bloomington By Kimberly Smith smithkii@iu.edu |

Cars lined through the parking lot and wrapped around the corner waiting to order at the drive-thru Monday morning at the opening of Bloomington’s first Dunkin’ and BaskinRobbins location. The store, located at 300 S. College Mall Rd., remained busy on its opening day, with some customers showing up as early as 5 a.m. However, the wait times remained fairly short. By 10 a.m. there were roughly 30 people ordering inside and 40 cars in line for the drivethru outside, with some patrons waiting less than five minutes. Himanshu Das, the location’s manager, said the store did well on its opening day. “We have a rough estimate of 3,700 orders for the first day,” Das said. Customers have the choice of going into the building to order or placing orders for pickup. Dunkin’ is also partnered with all food

delivery services. The inside of the store is spacious and well-lit, with ample seating and room for social distancing. Pops of Dunkin’s signature orange and pink colors decorate the walls. The store is currently allowing indoor dining. Multiple display cases show off donuts as well as ice cream, and patrons can order a variety of drinks. The store includes two counters, allowing those who who have ordered for pickup to quickly drop in and pick up their orders without having to wait in a separate line. Customers inside shared their excitement. Customer Lindsey Bromm described the new Dunkin’ location opening as a life-changing event. “I’ve been waiting for this moment my entire life,” Bromm said. “I’ll be coming every morning.” Trinity Brown, another patron at Dunkin’ and an IU junior, shared Bromm’s enthusiasm. “I’m excited,” Brown

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A Dunkin’ customer walks towards the exit door with her order Dec. 7 inside the Dunkin’ and Baskin Robbins in Bloomington. Dunkin’ celebrated its opening day with a line stretching out the door with customers.

said. “I think it’s a lot better than Starbucks and saves me a little bit of money.” IU students will receive a 10% discount at the new Dunkin’ location, said Abbey Bobzin, an account executive for Dunkin’ Donuts’ advertising agency Maclyn. The new location originally offered a 10% discount to IU students and faculty for the month of December only, but has since extended the discount. Students will now receive the discount for as long as the location is open, said the location’s Instagram account. “10% off for all IU students… FOREVER!” The location said in an Instagram post. This story was originally published on Dec. 8, 2020.

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First virtual IUDM raises funds for Riley hospital By Wei Wang, Avraham Forest news@idsnews.com

IU Dance Marathon raised more than $2.9 million for Riley Hospital for Children,during its 30th anniversary celebration year. This total is now the sixth highest amount raised ever in the organization’s threedecade history despite the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first-ever virtual IUDM, both live streamed and in person events featured a 12-minute line dance, stories from IUDM members, IUDM alumni and Riley children — and much fundraising. 8-10 P.M. FRIDAY The excitement and noise from last year’s marathon at the IU Tennis Center echoed as the live stream showed clips of many committees huddling in a circle, chanting and rallying each other up on the dance floor. This year, there was no huddling, no chanting on the dance floor and no thousands of people swaying to the rhythm in the Tennis Center. But the key ingredients of the dance marathon were not lost. Committee members met on Zoom to cheer for themselves and the event. Juliana Sherburne, the vice president of Internal, said during the livestream the fact that the event is was even held this year shows its accessibility for all and how easy it is to celebrate. The line dance was not lost either, as the live stream presented a 12-minute video performance by the Morale Committee in front of landmarks on IU campus. A dozen Morale Committee members wearing rainbow-colored IUDM T-shirts, bandanas, tutus — and masks — danced to songs old and new, from the 1980s hit “We Built This City” to TikTok-favorite “Renegade.”

The main events of the night wrapped up around 8:45 p.m. with children, their parents and staff at Riley Hospital for Children sharing their stories. Chase Laman, 18, was one of the three Riley children featured in the first of many Riley Stories segments of the 36-hour marathon. Laman’s right arm was amputated right after birth, and he suffered from a stroke at a very young age, after which doctors at Riley told his parents he likely wouldn’t walk, talk or feed himself. But Jennifer Laman, Chase’s mother who told his story in a pre-recorded video, said they persisted with his treatment, and now he can play basketball and throw a baseball so hard it ends up in the neighbor’s yard. “None of this would have been possible if it weren’t for you to go out of your comfort zone and fundraise,” Jennifer said to the IUDM community in the video. “You’re the people who will make this world a better place.” 2-5 P.M. SATURDAY IUDM alumni sharing their memories in pre-recorded videos during the livestream said they felt the marathon was constantly evolving, but the connection that holds every member and participant together to fundraise for the kids stayed constant. Ellen Voskoboynik, a member of the Executive Council for the 2017 IUDM, said when she participated in 2013, the marathon raised $2.6 million, which she thought was unmatchable. In 2017, it raised more than $4.2 million. “IUDM has always been about including people, making people feel at home and making people feel comfortable,” she said in a pre-recorded video during the livestream. At Dunn Meadow, students posed for pictures in

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Seniors Diana Sandoval and Rilee Jolivette cheer on the Morale Committee Nov. 8 from Kirkwood Avenue while the group performed at the Sample Gates. This was the 30th anniversary of IU Dance Marathon. COLIN KULPA | IDS

IU Dance Marathon members hold up signs displaying the final total of $2,905,188.23 on Nov. 8 in front of Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The dance marathon, which raises money every year for Riley Hospital for Children, took place in a hybrid format this year, with virtual components and in-person components at Dunn Meadow and outside Assembly Hall.

a tent and wrote their messages on a signature board. The board read, “I dance so kids can …” “Be unapologetically themselves,” one wrote. “Smile & dance with me!” another said. COVID-19 health protocols were strictly abided by at the tent, one of the few places for in-person events in this year’s marathon. Staff members checked each student’s temperature with an infrared thermometer, provided them with hand sanitizers and made sure all were masked. “It’s amazing how people come together for the kids despite the challenges,” said Tyler Grace, vice president of communications. The shock of COVID-19 was very hard to process for members of the IUDM, said director of logistics Courtney Carlson. But she said the continued enthusiasm of the student leaders of the marathon trickled down and eventually everyone borrowed off each other’s energy. “It’s such a testament to the strength and resilience of this group,” she said. “Because the kids at Riley, they never gave up, and because they can do it we can do it too.” 7:30 A.M. SUNDAY Amid a roaring crowd

and speakers blaring Queen’s “We Are The Champions”, the proceeds raised from the 2020 IUDM were revealed on Sunday, totaling to $2,905,188.23 — for the kids. Students gathered in front of the 7:30 a.m at the IU Tennis Center to conclude the marathon, with signs revealing the grand total raised for the Riley Children’s Hospital and acknowledging the efforts of IUDM members.

“We are so proud of all we have accomplished this year,” one speaker said. Students roared as Executive Council hyped up those at the event, with some staff jogging through the parked crowd and encouraging students to make some noise. Cars were socially distanced throughout the parking lot. Many attendees hung out of car windows and peeked out from sunroofs, spotting friends among

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the crowd. “Love you,” one student shouted to another. Students who couldn’t hear the speakers tuned into 92.9, where they could hear the music and speech over their car radio. Members built up to declaring their results. Each person in a line flipped up the sign they were holding one by one to reveal the final total. This story was originally published on Nov. 8, 2020.

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The Bloomington City Council struck down a proposed ordinance 4-4 that would protect homeless encampments early Thursday morning. The decision came after a nine-hour meeting including public comment and debate, marking the longest council meeting since at least 2004. The ordinance would have required city officials to take a series of steps before the city could displace people experiencing homelessness from camps. Some of those steps include ensuring the displaced individual would be provided with transitional or permanent housing and the city providing storage for personal belongings. This ordinance was drafted in response to the city evicting people staying at Seminary Park twice since December. City officials began enforcing rules in December that require anyone setting up tents in a public space between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. to have a permit after having paused enforcement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Final efforts from the legislation’s sponsors to tack amendments aiming to garner more support from members of the council failed. Some councilmembers believed the amendment was watered down, while others did not support it. The vote was held despite the absence of Council President Jims Sims, one of the council’s nine members and the only Black member on the council. Sims was not present due to a death in his family. During public comment, a few residents said the decision to move the vote forward without Sims was racist. “I can’t believe that you are doing this as a council tonight while councilmember Sims is not present,” Cathi Crabtree, the former Vice President of the Monroe County chapter of the National Organization For Women, said. “That is completely disrespectful.” Councilmember Dave Rollo, apparently unaware that his mic was on, said he was receiving messages in the Zoom chat about Sims’s absence. “This is fucking ridiculous,” he said. “I’m being dog-piled by people calling

me a racist for excluding Jim.” Rollo later apologized for his remark, calling it an “indiscretion.” The council had the opportunity to allow Sims to vote on this legislation by postponing the vote until a regular council meeting in April, but councilmembers Sue Sgambelluri, Susan Sandberg, Ron Smith and Rollo rejected that motion. Mayor John Hamilton’s administration opposed the ordinance. Multiple city officials attended the meeting to speak against the legislation. “It drives a wedge into the community, and for that, I’m profoundly sorry,” councilmember Ron Smith said. “We are dismayed that we who don’t support this ordinance are being vilified, threatened, yelled at and called names.” Smith’s comment came after a heated period of public comment at last week’s council meeting. During the meeting, Deputy Mayor Mick Renneisen said finding shelter for people experiencing homelessnesss wasn’t part of the city’s “core service area.” Smith does not support the legislation, he said. It was struck down despite the support of multiple community organizations, such as the Bloomington Homeless Coalition. The vast majority of the dozens offering public comment at the meeting were in favor of the ordinance. Councilmembers Matt Flaherty, Kate Rosenbarger and Isabel PiedmontSmith, the authors of the bill, were criticized by Sandberg and the other opponents on the council for not working closely with officials in the mayor’s office when they crafted the legislation. “This has all been done without proper communication with or consideration of the employees of our city, who are going to be tasked with the execution of this,” Sandberg said. Representatives from Hamilton’s administration said at last week’s city council meeting it would be too difficult for the city to uphold the obligations of the ordinance because of financial costs and logistical issues. The councilmembers opposing the legislation have not proposed any alternative option to this ordinance and voted Wednes-

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A protester holds a sign that says “Support the Homeless” as others raise a banner Dec. 11, 2020, at the Monroe County Courthouse.

day against allowing the council to send the bill back to a committee. This could have allowed the ordinance to be amended in its entirety, in effect creating new legislation. Those opposing the legislation refused to commit to proposing new legislation to help Bloomington’s unhoused community at Wednesday’s meeting. Piedmont-Smith said this bill needed to be passed because the situation is an emergency. “I feel like we’re just sweeping the problem under the rug,” PiedmontSmith said. “Again, this is a very urgent problem. This is not something that we can take another 10 years, 20 years to deal with.” The winter homeless shelters will close in April, Piedmont-Smith said. Director of Bloomington’s Community and Family Resources Department Beverly Calender-Anderson said the decision will depend on the effects of the ongoing pandemic. The council meeting lasted more than nine hours from Wednesday evening to early Thursday morning due to the large number of public comments and the refusal of some members to move the discussion to another session. Volan, who joined the council in 2004, said it was the longest meeting he’s sat through as a member. He supported pushing debate until April and was displeased with the decision not to postpone. “I, for one, I’m not going to give up my right to speak to this issue as I have many times before in the name of lateness,” he said. “I am very disappointed that we made this choice.” At 2:30 a.m. Thursday, 100 participants were still watching the meeting. “This meeting was probably one of the most disappointing things I’ve listened to in a really, really long time,” IU student Zikra Fashirsaid said during public comment. “This is something that is so basic, one of the most basic things we can provide for people.” This story was originally published on March 4, 2021.

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Then it shut down – for one day. By Hannah Dailey hanjohn@iu.edu | @hannah__dailey

Colorful lights flashing, smoke machines blasting, a crowd of nearly 200 dancing college students shouting at each other over the music — at 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 13, Bloomington’s famed Bluebird nightclub looked exactly like what you’d expect from a live music venue where John Mellencamp and John Prine once dominated the stage. College-aged guys held up bottles of beer and young women jumped up on the railings to have a better view of Hank Ruff, the night’s performer. If they were lucky, the local country star would reach down and touch their hands. At one point, he invited an audience member onstage and challenged him to a shotgun race. Either because he was too drunk or had been pushed, one man in the crowd fell into the people around him before hitting the ground. Another man at a table of six fell backward, taking his stool with him. “I am so blacked out right now!” he announced. Aside from the “Keep masks on & Social Distance” signs hung here and there, there were barely any clues that the Bluebird was operating through something that would’ve been incomprehensible to this same crowd of live music lovers a year ago — a deadly pandemic. Dozens of people were squeezed into approximately 15 tables placed about three feet apart from each other, the backs of people from neighboring tables just inches away from each other. No temperature checks were administered at the door that night. Almost 100% of the people in attendance squished shoulder to shoulder into just 10% of the floorspace. All of them were singing, drinking and dancing. None of them were wearing masks. Three weeks prior on Jan. 19, the Bluebird posted a picture of that week’s lineup on Instagram with the caption: “As always, socially distanced tables, temp checks at the door, masks required.” * * * Three days after the Indiana Daily Student filed requests with the Monroe County Health Department for records of health department and Security Pro 24/7 compliance checks of the nightclub, the Bluebird voluntarily shut down Feb. 25. After a year of staying open, they closed to develop a COVID-19 safety plan, said Penny Caudill, Monroe County Health Department administrator. “As part of our normal follow-up procedure after receiving a complaint, we had conversations with the Bluebird and discussed possible options

to increase compliance with the health regulations involving Covid,” Caudill said in an email. “As a result, the Bluebird voluntarily closed to create a stronger compliance plan for their business.” The nightclub reopened one day later. A new sign was added to the door, reading “STAY AT TABLE NO STANDING.” * * *

drink or when otherwise remaining on the premises,” Holcomb’s order reads. “Seating must be arranged and maintained so that individuals, households, or parties are spaced at least six (6) feet apart from any other individual, household or party.” CDC guidelines advise restaurants and bars to have “adequate supplies to support hygiene” available, such as soap, hand sanitizer and disinfectant

nesses aren’t complying with health guidelines, she said they work with the business’ management to find ways of reducing COVID-19 spread. Kubiak told the IDS before the shutdown that the Bluebird had tried its best to administer temperature checks and enforce social distancing, but that it’s been hard to do so for everyone every night. He said the nightclub had conveyed

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The pandemic has presented many live music venue owners, like the Bluebird’s David Kubiak, with a difficult choice: stay open and possibly jeopardize public safety, or close down and possibly go out of business. When the coronavirus pandemic first hit the United States, local music venues across the country shut down. Large inperson gatherings, like the typical crowds in attendance at live music shows, were no longer advisable per CDC guidelines. The same went for Monroe County, which had 10,000 total total cases of COVID-19 and 165 deaths as of March 1. Three blocks over from the Bluebird, Blockhouse Bar closed in March to wait out the pandemic. So did its next door neighbor, the Bishop. And so did the Bluebird — for three months. While other venues have been closed indefinitely for nearly a year, the Bluebird announced its reopening in a June Instagram post and has been holding concerts ever since. Owner David Kubiak said the venue, which used to hold more than 700 people, has been operating at a limited capacity between 100 and 200 people. “We’re just trying to keep our doors open,” Kubiak said. “It’s an extremely difficult time for all businesses.” Gov. Eric Holcomb’s Feb. 2 executive order states that businesses such as nightclubs are allowed to stay open but are expected to take protective measures to ensure social distancing and provide sanitation products. “All patrons must remain seated while consuming food and/or

wipes. They also recommend these businesses modify their layouts to ensure social distancing, clean their facilities as much as possible, require masks and ensure their ventilation systems are working properly. Before the closure last week, the COVID-19 policies listed on the Bluebird’s website did seem to align with Holcomb’s order and CDC guidelines — masks were required inside the establishment, and social distancing and hand washing were encouraged. A blurb on the site stated the Bluebird was “following CDC guidelines to keep the building sanitary, safe, distanced and seated.” But on a mid-February Saturday night, almost a year since the pandemic began, most of these promises were overtly ignored or weakly enforced at the Bluebird. Local musicians and community members who have spoken with the IDS or posted about the Bluebird on social media say they’ve noticed similar COVID-19-safety issues at the venue over the past year. “Social distancing and wearing face coverings are two vital tools we can use to fight covid transmission,” Penny Caudill said in an email. “Unfortunately, they are also two behaviors that some find easy to forget when visiting local nightlife.” Caudill said Monroe County has partnered with Security Pro 24/7, a for-hire security services company, to send compliance officers to monitor local bars and restaurants. When those officers find that busi-

its issues enforcing social distancing with the health department, but Kubiak didn’t indicate that there was any plan to fix the dangerous environment on the dance floor. Kubiak said the most helpful precaution the Bluebird had taken as of February was the installation of Global Plasma Solutions ionization technology in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system. The technology works by releasing ions into the airstream, according to the GPS website, and has been found to filter out pathogens. “We haven’t had any band members or staff test positive,” he said. * * * The nightclub updated the COVID-19 procedures on its website after the shutdown to include that the Bluebird reserves the right to remove people if they don’t follow the rules. Staff are now enforcing that people stay seated throughout performances, and people are no longer allowed to dance near the stage, according to the update. Aaron Waltz, director of security at Security Pro 24/7, declined to comment on what his team observed at Friday and Saturday night concerts postshutdown. Caudill, however, said the Bluebird’s procedures are now more detailed and staff is working through the plans. “Reports indicate that Friday night went well,” Caudill said in an email. “Saturday had a few more challenges, but

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Local country artist Hank Ruff singles out the saxophonist in his band Feb. 13 at the Bluebird for the audience to applaud. Large in-person gatherings, like the crowd of around 200 people attending Ruff ’s show, were not advisable per CDC guidelines.

compliance was maintained on both nights.” * * * Local musician Liam Murphy has performed at the Bluebird dozens of times. He said he isn’t at all surprised by the nightclub’s operations during the pandemic, which he thinks are inappropriate and unsafe. The 21-year-old Bloomington local and cofounder of Turquoise Mansion, an experimental music collective, said his livelihood, as well as that of his musician friends, depends on performing live. “My main source of income last year was live music,” Murphy said. “My life has kind of sucked money-wise for almost a year now.” Even though Murphy depends on the money he makes performing, he said he won’t play live shows at large venues like the Bluebird because of how dangerous it can be. “When people with COVID-19 cough, sneeze, sing, talk, or breathe they produce respiratory droplets,” the CDC website says. “Infections occur mainly through exposure to respiratory droplets when a person is in close contact with someone who has COVID-19.” Recent literature and peerreviewed studies compiled by the National Center for Biotechnology Information have found that the singing and shouting that takes place at crowded live shows can increase spread COVID-19. “Singing generates aerosols and droplets,” the NCBI found. “A study from Mürbe et al demonstrated increase in particle emission during singing and emphasized the importance of risk management for singing.” Murphy said seeing other local musicians continue to perform live, knowing how unsafe it can be, has made him feel disconnected from the local music community. Murphy said local acts like DJ Maddog and Huckleberry Funk are examples of musicians who are handling the pandemic well. He said they haven’t been performing live, and DJ Maddog has been supplementing live music with live streamed performances. Murphy said the Bluebird shouldn’t be operating because there’s no way to be certain the crowds at their live music shows aren’t contributing to the spread of the virus. “How can we even know there aren’t outbreaks coming from them?” Murphy said. “People are not wearing masks SEE BLUEBIRD, PAGE C2

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE C1 in there. It’s all over social media.” Kubiak declined to comment on his reasoning for staying open and said he would explain after the pandemic is over. Murphy said he’s certain the Bluebird cares only about making money. “Anyone who chooses to play at any bar or venue that is having live music performed during a mass death event is only thinking about money,” Murphy said. “To me, that’s the definition of money being the priority over human lives.” The Bluebird shutting down for just a day isn’t enough, Murphy said. He doesn’t think they should be open at all until more people are vaccinated. * * * “The government shit the bed,” said David James, owner of the Blockhouse Bar. “I lean very milkquetoast — it’s a complex issue.” While the Bluebird continues to put on live shows, venues like James’ will stay shut down. James said the decision to close indefinitely was the best for the safety of his staff and customers, but that the situation is too nuanced to place blame on other business owners. The federal government didn’t provide businesses with the help they needed, he said. “I’m on the side of CDC guidelines,” James said. “It’s a liability for people to be gathering right now. We’re choosing to do the safe thing by not bringing people together.” Community members like Murphy, however, think the issue isn’t that the Bluebird is staying open. It’s that it wasn’t trying to do so safely. The pressure for businesses to stay open and profitable is no excuse for bars to ignore health guidelines, Murphy said. “You can stay afloat and stay open and follow standards,” he said. “If you’re going to do live music, it’s on the venue to do it safely.” Kubiak declined to com-

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A sign inside the Bluebird reads “Keep masks on & Social Distance.” These signs were placed throughout the venue, but were largely ignored on Feb. 13.

ment about the pressures to stay open because of how mixed public opinion currently is. “Half the people want us to be open and half don’t,” Kubiak said in an email. Luckily for the Bluebird, it doesn’t seem like their customers are bothered by the nightclub’s handling of the pandemic. Though onlookers might think the nightclub is creating danger for the community by staying open, the audience thinks the Bluebird’s almost nightly live music shows are worth the risk. “It’s the best bar in town right now, and I love live music,” said an IU student from the same group as the boy who fell over on his stool. “Maybe this is a ‘dumb decision.’ But all of us have antibodies because we’ve all had COVID before.” Hannah Dailey reported this story through phone interviews with David Kubiak and community members and email conversations with Kathy Hewett and Penny Caudill of the Monroe County Health Department. Scenes from Feb. 13 were observed from the back corner of the Bluebird nightclub, aside from when taking photographs and asking people questions made it necessary to approach others. A mask was worn and social distancing protocols were followed throughout the reporting process. This story was originally published on March 2, 2021.

In a unanimous 9-0 vote Feb. 3, the Bloomington City Council voted to move ahead with the demolition of the historic Player’s Pub building. Located at 424 S. Walnut St., the Player’s Pub restaurant and bar was a staple of downtown Bloomington. The Player’s Pub had been in operation since 2005 when it was purchased by Greg and Mary Hill, but the business has since gone through multiple changes in ownership. The restaurant cited having financial difficulties in recent years, and the Player’s Pub was officially closed and vacated in December 2018, according to Indiana Public Media. The vote by the Bloomington City Council had the potential to give the Player’s Pub historical designation, an outcome that would’ve allowed the building to stay standing and receive renovations.

But the building would’ve cost a significant amount of money to renovate, Bloomington council administrator Stephen Lucas said. The Player’s Pub didn’t meet all the criteria in the municipal code for historic preservation, Lucas said. The closure leaves a vacancy in Bloomington’s music scene, local musician Andy Ruff said. Ruff, the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Dew Daddies, said he remembers the very last night the restaurant was in operation. “The Dew Daddies played the last show ever at the Player’s Pub,” Ruff said. “The pub wasn’t even supposed to open for the show that night. Somehow the owners were able to just go ahead and open it, so we played a great show, and the very next day they shut it down.” Ruff said he has spent his nights at the Player’s Pub for more than 30 years, since it was called both the Fiddler’s Green and the Pit

Stop. To Ruff, the building has been a landmark of the Bloomington community for its atmosphere and prominent music scene, he said. “There was this incredible collection of Bloomington musicians,” Ruff said. “The best country musicians in this area were playing there for years. They’d have these Tuesday nights jams, and you would just go in and see quality, Nashville, Tennessee-level performances.” While Ruff had the opportunity to be both a patron and performer at the Player’s Pub, he was also able to share some of the experiences with his son IU senior Hank Ruff. Hank Ruff said he could recall his first night on the Player’s Pub stage with his father and the Dew Daddies. “It was probably one of the very first live audience performances that I had ever done,” he said. “It was 6th grade when I first got up there, and I was super

little. I remember playing the mandolin to, of course, some old country songs.” Hank Ruff returned to the stage with the Dew Daddies every few months but said he enjoyed being in the audience and watching the shows as well. The Player’s Pub offered a range of performers, from local acts to bands on national tours to undercover artists trying to find gigs. Hank said it was important to have a music venue for all ages, particularly after Rhino’s Youth Center closed down. “I think that it’s detrimental to our town because with Rhino’s down, if you’re not 21, there are no small, local music venues that you can go to and see the arts,” Hank Ruff said. “It’s just incredibly upsetting because that was the only place that someone who wasn’t 21 could go out to and enjoy the live music of Bloomington.” This story was originally published on Feb. 21, 2021.

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IU students reveal winter traditions after February winter storm By Saab Sahi sssahi@iu.edu

Due to a winter storm, Bloomington received more than 7 inches of snow last week with temperatures as low as 17 degrees on Feb. 15. Bloomington locals and IU students enjoyed the snow day in different ways. Some went out and played in the snow as if they were in a sandbox, some built snowmen, some went sledding and some just made snowballs to toss around. Carson Conrad is an IU sophomore studying recreational therapy who moved to Bloomington when he was young. When it snows, he said he prefers to stay warm inside and spend time baking, binging a series on Netflix or playing party games like Scattergories or Taboo with his family. “I think that’s the perfect activity to do when it’s snowy and cold outside,” Conrad said. After this most recent snowfall, Conrad said he and his friends went sledding on inflatable pool floats. This isn’t even the strangest substitute sled. He said he’d heard of someone using a broken television set to go down a snowy hill. Carson remembers sledding as a kid down the hills of Sherwood Oaks Church, which is in the middle of town. He recommends sledding, visiting one of the frozen lakes, grabbing a hot drink, building a snowman or just staying inside if it’s too cold. This past week he made an unconventional snowman. “No carrot, so we used a corndog as the nose” Conrad said about the snowman. Peter Grumbling is an IU sophomore studying environmental science and is the vice president of IU’s ski club. “We don’t get much snow in Indiana, but when we do I get very excited,” Grumbling said. Grumbling is always

happy to hit the hills with either his ski gear or snowboard, which he has been doing since he was 7. This winter he has mostly been going with some of his friends to set up rails for snowboarding at the tailgate fields to take advantage of the extra snow. “There’s actually a lot of stuff you can do in Bloomington with skis and snowboards,” Grumbling said. He recommends sliding down the hills of Bryan Park, Ninth Street Park and Tri-North Middle School for snowboarding or sledding. However, he cautions that people should learn how to ski somewhere like Paoli Peaks or Perfect North Slopes. He said he’s seen many interesting substitute sleds this week, including a cardboard box and laundry basket. Emma Rodes is an IU sophomore studying theater and media. She said Tri-North Middle School immediately jumped to her mind as the place locals would usually go to for their sledding needs. “People would bring sleds, but they would also bring kayaks and Rubbermaid containers,” Rodes said. The hillside would end up littered with the plastic scraps of shattered sleds, but that might be a thing of the past as they’re building a new school and possibly making the hill harder to access, Rodes said. Rodes recently went to Griffy Lake, which was frozen over, and saw several people playing hockey on top of the ice. She said she recommends going out to nature to make the most of the season, especially any forest for the picturesque scenery and wildlife you can see. “The trees aren’t just these brown skeleton things, they’ve got a tiny little line of white on them,” Rodes said. This story was originally published on Feb. 23, 2021.

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Heartbreak, self discovery found during pandemic By Taylor Harmon tayharmo@iu.edu

Navigating the world of dating and hookup culture is no easy feat, especially when trying to navigate a deadly pandemic. According to a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, 47% of U.S. adults think dating is harder now than it was ten years ago. Survey respondents feel this is due to increased physical risks of dating, as well as the risk of being lied to or scammed through online platforms. Add being in your 20s and a global pandemic into the mix, and you have to learn to navigate terrain you never imagined for yourself, especially at such a young age. In January of 2020, sophomore Ethan Baer was in a stable relationship and living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, while attending Drexel University. Fast forward to January 2021, Baer is single and living in his hometown of Bloomington, after transferring to IU in fall of 2020. “I definitely transferred because of the pandemic,” Baer said. “I realized being close to family was important to me, and in case anything like this happened again, knock on wood, I would be near people who could help me.” Not only did the pandemic compel Baer to transfer schools, he said it also played a large role in ending his relationship. “She was living in Boston and I was in Pittsburgh, so we had already been doing long distance,” Baer said. “But when the pandemic hit in March, I shut down emotionally. I moved home, I didn’t talk to my partner, or to anyone, and that dragged on until she had enough.” Hannah Witton, a YouTuber and writer who creates content about sexuality and relationships, conducted a survey asking her followers how the pandemic

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has changed their sex and dating lives. 13% of respondents said they have had both a relationship start and end during the pandemic, and 38% said they were separated from their partners at some point. Emma Cedar, a 28-yearold Bloomington native, experienced both. Cedar and her ex had been dating for six months when the pandemic started. The two met while Cedar was studying abroad in her ex’s hometown of London, England. They had just seen each other when the U.S. limited foreign travel in March. “Even though we had been doing it for a while,

being in a long-distance relationship is hard,” Cedar said. “But what was worse about this was not having any control over when we would see each other next. Especially because he was a frontline worker as an anesthesiologist and I couldn’t be there to physically support him.” After two months of trying to spend time together virtually and four canceled flights to England, Cedar finally was able to end things with her ex in person, with a N95 mask on the whole time. But even recovering from heartbreak is just as difficult as maintaining a relationship in pandemic

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times, Cedar says. “After a breakup, you’re devastated,” Cedar said. “All you want to do is go out with your friends and do fun things to keep your mind off of it, but you can’t even do that.” While the pandemic has been full of heartbreak, uncertainty and difficulty, both Baer and Cedar have learned valuable things about themselves from experiencing their breakups. “Now more than ever I have realized how important communication is, especially when it is someone you care about and times get tough,” Baer said. For Cedar, all the time she spent alone during the

pandemic allowed her to discover things about the sexual relationship she has with her body, and how that translates to relationships she has with sexual partners. “During masturbation I removed the sexual relationship with other people, but what has stayed in my relationship with myself,” Cedar said. “I’m now not as desperate to have somebody in my life for the reason of sex, because I know I’ll be satisfied either way.” According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, humans are social creatures. We need social interaction, as it is one of our most basic instincts. Being

distanced from others for months on end does not bode well for our mental and emotional wellbeing. Cedar has seen this and has a message for people choosing to date during the pandemic and after when people are at their most vulnerable: be kind. “I’ve noticed that when dating people during this time we talk so much about fulfilling a need for ourselves, but many people aren’t getting the support or emotion they need,” Cedar said. “We need each other and they’re not getting that right now. A little compassion goes a long way.” This story was originally published on Feb. 4, 2021.

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Students produce virtual concerts By Tommy McEvilly tmcevil@iu.edu | @TommyMcEvilly1

The living room may be a place to watch TV, work on homework or lounge around after a long day of work, but for a dedicated group of IU musical theater students, the living room has become a place of expression and community. “Unmuted Living Room Concerts” was created by a cohort of 12 seniors in the B.F.A Musical Theatre program. The student-run production is a series of biweekly musical performances with covers “ranging from Disney to depressing,” according to the series’ YouTube channel. The entire production team and performers are in their final year of study in the musical theatre program, a year that would typically end with a senior showcase in New York City. The showcase typically serves as a chance for students to perform for casting directors, talent agents and other theatre professionals. While the showcase has been canceled for this year due to COVID-19, this production may be a way for the seniors to put themselves out there and potentially get on the screens of directors, video editor Ethan St. Germain said. “A lot of the time, the institutions that are in place have the power to say no or turn down creative ideas,” St. Germain said. “It isn’t that we didn’t take no for an answer, it’s that the word no was not in our vocabulary when it came to our creativity.” The series is also an opportunity for the seniors to collaborate with one another and share their music with the community, too, senior Justin Smusz said. Producers Cassia Scagnoli, Victoria Wiley, and Smusz spearheaded the project. “The idea kind of stemmed from Tiny Desk Concerts,” Scagnoli said. “And I thought, wouldn’t it be cool if we did this in my house?” They began the process during the fall 2020 semester by constructing a perfor-

mance space. The students spent hours exploring the Bloomington area in hopes of finding the needed elements to make the venue performance ready, such as lighting, decorations and recording equipment, with significant help coming from other students and organizations, according to Scagnoli. “Everyone just so happened to have all the tools we would need,” Scagnoli said. “It was a matter of getting things like foam squares for acoustics and making them look cool.” The group was also able to obtain an array of lights, some of which came from friends in University Players, a nonprofit theater organization run by IU students. Though the performance space may look similar in the videos, a variety of props fill the room. Wiley emphasized that the set is intended to be representative of the whole class. “It’s really personal, and every knick knack is from someone who helped with Unmuted,” Wiley said. “If you watch, it changes from week to week and from performer to performer. Each person brought something special to the space.” Unmuted Living Room Concerts was designed primarily to create performance

opportunities, but the performers were also able to develop technical skills necessary to put the pieces of this production together, Wiley said. Many students took on roles on the production team, with Scagnoli serving as audio engineer, Smusz as videographer and video editor, Wiley as photographer and Ethan St. Germain as video editor. “We understood the bounds of working together because we’re great friends, and we were having all our other friends and students as support,” Wiley said. “It was just finding out that we all had these different skills like audio mixing, photography and video editing.” Smusz said this experience has provided a spark of confidence and hope for the seniors as they prepare to take the next step in their career as performers. “We’re all seniors now, and we all agree that when we do something student-led and created, it’s one of the most fulfilling things,” Smusz said. “This has been special for me, and I’m so grateful and fortunate that when a lot of theatres are dark and it’s not easy to get a group of people together, here we are.” This story was originally published on Jan. 25, 2021.

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How Indiana ate before colonization By Katherine Khamhaenwong kkhamhae@iu.edu

In November, it’s Native American Heritage Month, Thanksgiving is right around the corner and people across the U.S. are partaking in their annual resurgence of interest in Indigenous cultures, often discussing “traditional Native American foods.” George Ironstrack, assistant director of the Myaamia Center at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and citizen of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, said the popular conception of native foods, such as acorn bread and the “three sisters,” or corn, squash and beans grown together, comes from lumping hundreds of tribes together. He said the Miami only ate acorns during starvation times. They did eat corn, beans and squash, but since Miami agriculture was based on the fertile floodplains of the Wabash and Maumee river valleys, they did not need to grow them together to replenish the soil as other tribes did. The valleys also were home to wetlands that Ironstrack refers to as huge stockpiles of nutrition, paradises for hunting and for gathering vegetables such as lily roots. Other foods included black walnuts, hickory nuts, beechnuts, berries, pawpaws and persimmons. Dani Tippman, director of the Whitley County Historical Museum in Columbia City, Indiana, and a citizen of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, said they also gathered plants such as rabbit grass, red buds, violets and plantain leaves. Milkweed leaves can be boiled like spinach and cattail sprouts and are similar to asparagus in the spring or can be roasted and grilled like corn after they’ve matured a little more. Tippman raised her 10 children eating “weeds” because they were free and had other benefits. “The plants take care of you before you ever eat

them. When you’re walking in the woods you’re exercising, you’re relaxing, your blood sugar goes down,” she said. “There’s all this goodness that comes even before you taste the plant.” Tippmann and Ironstrack said the Miami hunted squirrels, rabbits, deer, bears, beavers, turkey, bison and elk and fished for the now-endangered lake sturgeon. A typical beaver preparation involves stuffing the belly with pears and other fall fruit and roasting it, Tippmann said. “The meat tastes a lot like roast beef,” she said. “The tail is really tasty. You scorch both sides and peel off the outside. The meat inside is like bacon, it’s delicious.” The Shawnee and Miami are two of several tribes pushed out of Indiana and the Midwest in the 1800s, ultimately ending up largely in Oklahoma. They, and the Potawatomi and Delaware people, were resident on lands now occupied by Indiana University before the removal. Joel Barnes, the Delaware County, Oklahoma-based culture and language director for the Shawnee Tribe, said prior to colonization, the Shawnee, like the Miami, ate a lot of corn, squash and pumpkins. The Shawnee also ate squirrel meat and hunted bison, which existed in Indiana until the last one was shot in 1830. Jeremy Turner, an Indianapolis firefighter and member of the Shawnee Tribe’s cultural preservation committee, said they also ate acorns, hickory nuts and various woodland berries. The Miami diet included more deer and less squirrel, said Ironstrack, evidence that even tribes in close geographical proximity had unique cuisines. Both the Shawnee and Miami gathered maple syrup for sugar, which Ironstrack said was the preferred flavoring for Miami food, serving a similar role to salt and pepper in mainstream

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American cooking. Removal changed these diets. “Throughout that process of forced removal and land loss we lost a lot of knowledge, including foodways,” Ironstrack said. All but one Miami corn variety was lost, leaving only miincipi, a white flour corn that was saved by one of the very few Miami families that were able to stay in Indiana. Federal food rations to displaced natives introduced nontraditional foods like wheat flour and lard, replacing the food they had grown, hunted and gathered before. These rations are the origin of a now widespread native dish, fry bread, which is made of wheat flour fried in bacon fat, lard or oil. Another example of this change is Shawnee grape dumplings, which Turner said were originally cornmeal dumplings in a forest fruit broth but today are usually made from wheat flour and condensed grape juice. As far as Thanksgiving goes, Ironstrack said the mythology of the pilgrims needs to be re-examined, but his family celebrates — the idea of gathering together and giving thanks is really resonant to his people. “To eat and gather together is an amazing thing for any culture,” Tippmann said. “Even if it is at a fast food restaurant, we have to look at all that went into that chicken nugget in front of you — the flour, the seasoning, the living being — and be thankful and respectful of it as well.” This story was originally published on Nov. 20, 2020.

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Black Lives Matter mural painted on Elm Street

A portion of the Black Lives Matter mural is seen Nov. 5 on Elm Street. The mural, completed Oct. 24, was designed by local artists Christina Elm and Raheem Elmore. By Katherine Khamhaenwong kkhamhae@iu.edu

A Black Lives Matter street mural was installed Oct. 24 on Elm Street. Displayed in front of the Banneker Community Center, it was planned in collaboration with members of the center’s Advisory Council and the City of Bloomington Arts Council. A second mural is planned to be placed in a more trafficked area downtown. The mural, designed by local artists Christina Elem and Raheem Elmore, was painted in one day by around 80 volunteers as a part of a community event. The idea for the murals started within the center’s advisory council in early July, moving to the BAC

for approval. The project proposal passed through several steps of approval within the city government, and led to the resolution of the City Council to approve the creation of two murals. This was done in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, and as a response to the killing of George Floyd. According to Sean Starowitz, assistant arts director of the BAC, the planning process of the mural was shorter compared to other projects he has worked on. This was also the first piece he has seen to have a resolution made by City Council tied to it. “I think part of it getting fast tracked was because we didn’t want to hold our feet on getting on the van

of racial justice and racial equity,” said Tyler Myles, IU graduate student and arts intern for Starowitz. Elem said each word contains a symbolic homage to the Black community. The word “Black” highlights Black culture, history, lineage and Pan-Africanism. “We also wanted to make sure we highlighted the names of the fallen people who have been murdered because of police brutality, so that’s why we wanted that center so we had people write in their names,” Elem said. “The sad part is that we had enough names to fill in all the letters.” The design of the word “Matters” focuses on other identities that intersect with the Black community such as the LGBTQ community,

women and those who are disabled. The purpose of having two murals painted cater to concerns of wanting a mural in a popular location and one that will last long. Elm Street is not highly trafficked, but the BLM movement reflects the feelings of the Banneker Community Center. “I think site specificity in terms of public art is really important,” Straowitz said. “In terms of technical issues it’s really important to make sure that we’re providing the best opportunity for the artist to have their work on view. Elm Street made sense in it having low traffic. The tie-in to the Banneker Center was really powerful with the community center and the people involved in that.”

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The specific location of the second mural is to be decided next week by the BAC. It is planned to be placed downtown to serve the purpose of educating and making a larger statement to those outside of the Black community. The design will be simpler to accommodate for the accelerated wear it will endure. “There are people who are confused or don’t agree with the BLM sentiment, which is tragic because it’s just literally saying ‘Black Lives Matter,’” Starowitz said. “There’s no political message behind it. You’re either racist or you’re antiracist.” Starowitz and Myles both said they feel the choice to make the community-based mural first has helped fuel

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energy for the second piece despite concerns of unpredictable weather changes that will affect its durability. “From my perspective, it was more powerful to have the community engagement piece first over the more educational awareness and activism piece in a high traffic area,” Myles said. “I think they’re both important, but starting [the first one] shows the community that we’re here for you and gave them a safe space to just be them.” Elem, Myles and Starowitz all agree this mural is meant to stimulate the conversation related to the Black Lives Matter movement and lead to implementation of new policies to aid the community. This story was originally published on Nov. 5, 2020.

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IU student founds streetwear brand By Lizzie Kaboski lkaboski@iu.edu | @lizziebowbizzie

At 20, IU student Srishti Gourisaria and her brother, Syracuse University student Yuvraj, decided they wanted to start their own streetwear brand. Today, their brand, KNN, has a collection of five tops and T-shirts and nine face mask designs sold online. The face masks can also be found in stores around Bloomington, such as Greetings and Tracks, where IU apparel is sold. Srishti, a senior studying entrepreneurship and business analytics with a minor in apparel merchandising, and her brother, Yuvraj, a sophomore studying economics with a minor in retail management at Syracuse University, established the brand in summer 2019. The siblings, from Kolkata, India, have family roots in the fashion industry. They wanted to start a new wing for their family business, Kanchana, which has two divisions titled Next and Sarees, which sell suits and sarees, traditional Indian garments for women. Srishti said the clothes for KNN are similar to what could be found in brands such as Supreme and OffWhite. “Streetwear is a global style,” Srishti said. “We want to use it to bring our family brand portfolio forward.” Clothing can be purchased through Instagram direct message. KNN is in the process of establishing a presence on its website. Clothing production takes place in India and the products are exported to the U.S. Yuvraj said he was inspired to create clothing because what he wants from the market is often not available. “Whenever I go shopping, most of the time I’m disappointed,” Yuvraj said. “When looking for my own style, there’s nothing that caters to me specifically.”

Srishti designed the first collection while Yuvraj was finishing up high school, and together they collaborated on IU- and Syracusethemed masks for their 2020 collection. “Between us, Yuvraj is more creative,” Srishti said. “Working with him is a huge plus, but I do think in the back of my mind I’m nervous that we’ll have a disagreement that will affect our personal lives.” Yuvraj said working with his sister felt natural. From adolescence, people used to point out how similar they both are. “I’m not saying we agree on everything,” Yuvraj said. “But we always knew we could work together and make something good happen.” While Yuvraj hones his creative side, he said his sister’s business knowledge and determination is an asset to their brand. “There’s a spark in her eyes when she gets a goal in her head,” Yuvraj said. “She goes above and beyond to get things done.” As for the future goals of the company, the siblings have big plans. “Our target markets are IU and Syracuse right now,” Srishti said. “But we want to expand it.” Yuvraj said the U.S. is where they hope to continue to establish their brand because it’s a global hub for fashion. Their goal, ultimately, is to become an internationally worn brand similar to H&M or Zara. “You have to target America first, and then the world will follow,” Yuvraj said. This story was originally published on Oct. 27, 2020. COURTESY PHOTO

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‘Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’ is a time machine By Ellie Albin lkaboski@iu.edu | @lizziebowbizzie

I always want to tell people who don’t know Taylor Swift’s discography that every album of hers is essential. Her debut is perfect country-twang. “Speak Now” is one of the most well-written albums I’ve ever heard. “Red” balances dubstep, rock, pop and country. “1989” is vibrant, unforgettable synth-pop. “Reputation” appears brash, but the lyrics are thoughtful, not trivial. “Lover” is, as Taylor says, a “love letter to love itself” in all its forms, and she delivers. And her 2020 sister albums, “Folklore” and “Evermore,” are dreamy adventures in storytelling and escapism. As many know, Swift is rerecording her first six albums so she can own the master copies. So, not only will fans relish in the fact that she will own the music she wrote, we get to walk down memory lane with her. And we’re beginning with “Fearless (Taylor’s Version).” All of her albums are jampacked with gems. “Fearless,” though, is special. It isn’t necessarily her best work, but it

Horse” and “You’re Not Sorry.” To wrap it up, she provides her first real attempt at an anthem, “Change.” It predates her future anthems like “Shake It Off ” and “You Need To Calm Down,” and it goes especially hard with soaring guitars and drums in the final minute. As a Swiftie, I know almost every lyric, guitar lick and drum beat of the original recordings. So, yeah, I did notice that while her voice has become more mature and utterly beautiful, I miss the breathy, nasally tone she had in her original tunes. But that won’t stop me from listening to this version from now on. The aweinspiring sounds and themes of growing up that Taylor captured 13 years ago remains. Even with the little differences, her stunning ability to throw me back to the first time I heard “Fearless” honestly made me emotional. I remember listening to my sister’s CD of “Fearless” in our room when we were little, and even though my sister isn’t as big a Swiftie as I am, she used to be, and this album serves as a reminder of that period

of time. I grew up with Swift, just like so many people have. I think many people will know what I mean when I say that being consumed by “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” reminded me of times throughout my life when I felt stuff like the things Swift sings about early in her career – high school, catching the attention of someone you like – was all that mattered. As I’ve grown up, I’ve learned there’s a bigger world outside my own little world of school problems, crushes and growing pains. But taking a moment to fall back to the emotions Taylor articulated in 2008 made the world feel a little smaller again. For a moment in time while listening to the new version in the wee hours of April 9, life made a little more sense again. Because in a giant, horrific world, knowing that someone else feels the daily pains of life, too – like growing up, heartbreak and rocky relationships – makes it all a bit more bearable. This story was originally published on April 15, 2021.

IDS staff presents: your motivation playlist By Lizzie Kaboski lkaboski@iu.edu | @lizziebowbizzie

Anyone else feel like they just narrowly escaped from a crumbling, on-fire building? We’re relieved that 2020 is over. It was miserable. We don’t have to get into it. But at the same time, it’s hard to shake the daunting feeling that there’s still so much to do. The building burned down, and now we all have to immediately start laying bricks to piece it back together. We have a lot to recover from, and none of it is made easier by the fact that there’s still a lot more that could go wrong — the attacks on the Capitol are more than enough proof of that. Still, I have faith in us. The universe owes us a good year, so let’s do our best to actualize it. To anyone who leaned on music as a source of comfort in 2020, let these songs, selected for you by IDS staff members, be a source of inspiration and motivation in 2021. Treat People With Kindness Harry Styles “If you know me, this one’s no surprise! I love Harry Styles’ music and the message of TPWK is something we should all carry into 2021.” - Caroline Anders, coeditor-in-chief

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conveys a comforting feeling that I’ll always experience when I hear it. That’s why I would tell someone that if they could only listen to one Swift album, they should give “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” a try. Or at the very least, they should start their Swift musical journey with it. We still don’t know why Swift chose to release this one first. I have some ideas, sure: it’s been 13 years since its release, and that’s her favorite number; it has lots of classic hits, such as “Love Story” and “You Belong With Me” and it won Album of the Year at the 52nd Grammys in 2010. But I think it’s just because the album speaks for itself. If you take a listen, and I mean an honest listen, where you’re just staring at your bedroom ceiling, doing nothing, you’ll understand that. From start to finish, it’s mesmerizing. She opens with the title track, “Fearless,” a gorgeously rocking country song. She expertly balances the middle with upbeat songs such as “The Way I Loved You” and “Forever & Always” and slower songs like “White

Catalina Fight Song - Joyce Manor “It rips so hard and makes me want to fight the sun.” - Kevin Chrisco, arts editor Don’t Let the Good Life Pass You By - Cass Elliot “The reason I like this song is because it’s a good reminder to not take the little things for granted, especially during a time where day to day life looks different.” - Mallorey Danhauer, photo editor All My Best Friends Are Metalheads - Less Than Jake “I remember when (my older sister) would listen to Less Than Jake when I was a kid, and she even saw them live, so along with just being a great song it has some fond memories attached to it.” - Luke Christopher Norton, sports editor i - Kendrick Lamar “I love this song because the lyrics uplift me and discuss confronting your fears head on, having self confidence and not caring about what others think. Also, for the beat the song samples an Isley Brothers track that I love and the way Kendrick seamlessly switches up his flows is so impressive

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and motivating.” - Joe Schroeder, photo editor Tough to Be a Dreamer - Felix Hagan & the Family “This song, to me, is all about not knowing where your life is going, but living in the moment until you figure it out. I love it because, as a college student, it’s nice to be reminded that I don’t have to know exactly where I’m going yet!” - Abby Carmichael, design editor Underdog - Alicia Keys “This song motivates me to try my hardest while also realizing to be considerate of those around me and listen to their stories.” - Izzy Myszak, general assignments editor

Don’t Stop Me Now - Queen “‘(This song) is about being on a roll and feeling like you can do anything. It’s a song that lends itself to being played loud and hyping yourself up to. I think it’s a good song to start the new year to!” - Kaity Radde, enterprise editor I Wanna Dance with Somebody - Whitney Houston “This song is just unbeatable. It radiates joy, something we need a lot more of this year. Dancing can’t exactly fix any of our problems for us, but I’m a firm believer that it can make any situation just a little bit better.” - Hannah Dailey, arts editor This story was originally published on Jan. 11, 2021.

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I Follow - CASTLEBEAT Every good soundtrack requires one lofi pop song. There’s just something so warm, so inviting about this track. It’s comforting. It’s nostalgic, in a good way. Listening to it fills me with an almost indescribable joy. It’s the perfect soundtrack song. It sets a breezy mood. It’s emotive, but not overwhelmingly so. It’s bouncy, sweet and delightfully simple. claws - Charli XCX Secretly, everyone is obsessed with being the hottest person in the grocery store. Even if it’s not consistently running across your mind like a news ticker at the bottom of a broadcast, you’re thinking about it subconsciously. “Claws” –– or any Charli XCX song, honestly –– will make you feel like the hottest person in the grocery store. Thinning - Snail Mail “Thinning” feels like it could be used in any coming-of-age film in the last ten years. Crunchy guitars, understated percussion and Lindsey Jordan’s electric vocals coalesce, ballooning with spritely energy. When Jordan sings, “I

don’t think there’s anything wrong,” you believe her, even if Kroger is out of ripe avocados so you can’t make dinner. “Tennis Court” - Lorde When in the grocery store, one should always maintain a rigid energy, maintain an aura that you should not be spoken to. I hate talking to people at the grocery store. I hate being perceived by those around me. Listening to “Tennis Court” makes you feel unapproachable. You can buy your snacks in peace and be on your way. Blue Hoodie Baby Brotherkenzie The opening guitar riffs in this song are so good. There’s an unfiltered joy in the simple, repeating keys. As the song builds, you’re overwhelmed by peace. When the chorus hits, you’ll feel invincible. It’s pure sunshine. The First Cut is the Deepest - Sheryl Crow They play this at my local Kroger back home. This one can stay. Shoutout to the music supervisor of the State Street Kroger in New Albany, Indiana. This story was originally published on April 11, 2021.

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Across the country, every single day, someone is subjected to obscenely terrible music by their local grocery store. Grocery stores always have the worst, most offensive easy-listening playlists. They play the weirdest stuff. The net they’re casting is too wide, whipping you around like you’re in a speeding car without a seatbelt. Once, at Kroger, they went from Bruno Mars to Nickelback back to Bruno Mars then immediately to Maroon 5. There is no flow. There’s no sense of whimsy or excitement, it’s just the blandest most obviously terrible songs. Every time I get to the grocery store, only to realize I’ve forgotten my headphones, I just turn around and go home. But no more. I am the main character of my life. It’s time I started acting like it and stopped letting the grocery store music supervisor push me around like a bully in a film adaptation of a Stephen King novel. It’s time I take a stand and make the ultimate grocery store playlist. One that makes the shopping experience romantic and exciting, not laborious. Here is my playlist of tracks that’ll make you feel

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For students in the Jacobs School of Music, the circumstances of virtual schooling have brought distinct challenges that will continue into spring semester. The restrictions on practicing and performing, two essential aspects of the music curriculum at IU, pose the greatest challenge, vocal studies senior Caroline Goodwin said. “Opportunities to perform have been extremely limited this semester,” Goodwin said. “That has certainly affected my music education, as I’m in college for voice in great part to gain performance experience.” Like other universities across the country, IU moved classes online in March. Students spent fall semester attending school in a hybrid format, with some classes happening in person and some online. The final three weeks of fall semester were in a completely virtual format and spring semester will start in the same way. Abigail Fledderman, a junior trumpet player studying music education, said the best part of her major is making music with other people. But that part of her education remains uncertain until the COVID-19 vaccine is distributed. “I still haven’t played in many ensembles,” Fledderman said. “I played in marching band, and it’s still cool that we could do that. This did take away opportunities for classical ensembles though, which stinks.” Field experience is a requirement of a few core music education courses, Fledderman said. In a typical semester, this would entail going into an elementary or secondary school in the

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community to interact with students and have a supervised teaching experience, but students will have to continue to do this virtually. “It can be difficult to keep the classroom in check over Zoom,” Fledderman said. “I teach lessons in my free time, but that’s also difficult. Sound is way worse through Zoom.” Kearsen Erwin, a freshman studying oboe performance, said this is not how he had imagined his first year at IU. “If you look at it in a negative light, I haven’t had any Jacobs School of Music ensemble experience,” Erwin said. “I haven’t been able to play in those operas or go to see ballets like I was so looking forward to in high school.” Erwin said he is hoping for more IU-sanctioned opportunities for people to gather and make music together safely. He also said he is hoping the Bloomington community will rally around a common goal this semester: getting through the last leg of the pandemic. “This meaning no parties, no anti-maskers, no deniers and all supporting one another as we get through this

as safely as possible,” Erwin said. The approval and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines across the globe could be a signal of hope that Jacobs students will be able to perform and practice together. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on Jan. 9 that live theater and music venues could reopen sometime in late fall of 2021 if the vaccine roll out is successful. Goodwin is excited about this possibility. “I would be thrilled if music venues could open this fall, as I’m sure any musician or patron would be,” Goodwin said. “It would mean that I could begin doing what I love again: performing and seeing performances.” Senior Goodwin and freshman Erwin may be at opposite ends of their time studying at the Jacobs School of Music, but they share similar sentiments. “It would mean a rekindling of art and togetherness,” Erwin said. “To me, that’s what music is really all about.” This story was originally published on Jan. 14, 2021.

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‘A complete circle’ Mike Woodson returns home as IU men’s basketball head coach, inspired by Bob Knight. By Grace Ybarra gnybarra@iu.edu | @gnybarra

Mike Woodson couldn’t afford to attend Bob Knight’s basketball camp when he was younger, so his sixth grade teacher paid for it. While he was there, Woodson won a threeon-three competition and Knight — the IU men’s basketball head coach at the time — gave him a T-shirt and told him he’d follow him his senior year. “That’s all I needed to hear,” Woodson said. Woodson said he always had his eyes on IU because the basketball program was so powerful at the time. Growing up in Indianapolis, he knew IU was where he wanted to go. Then, Knight came knocking on his door and offered him a spot on the team. It was a no brainer — he made the decision to play basketball at IU. Now, more than four decades later, IU Athletics Director Scott Dolson came knocking with another offer for Woodson: follow in Knight’s footsteps by becoming IU’s next head coach. Woodson said yes. “I’ve always been true to

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Top Former IU basketball player Mike Woodson celebrates with his mother and former IU basketball coach Bob Knight after a game in 1980 at Ohio State. IU hired Woodson to be the new men’s basketball coach Sunday.

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Indiana basketball, so to be able to circle back and give it another shot and trying to come back as the head coach, this time I was able to get it done,” he said. Dolson named Woodson as IU men’s basketball’s 30th head coach Sunday. Woodson addressed the media for the first time as head coach Monday. Before opening up the floor to questions, the first thing Woodson did was acknowledge Knight and not only what he means to IU

basketball, but also what Knight means to himself. “He took a chance on a kid out of Indianapolis many years ago to come here and play basketball,” Woodson said. “He taught me how to be a man on and off the floor.” But it wasn’t just about basketball. Woodson was just trying to get an education — he promised his family he would. Knight helped him do that. Then, he was drafted into the NBA where he played for 11 years.

After he was done playing, though, Woodson said he felt he had something to give back. So he got into coaching. “I just felt after I left the game of playing, I had something to offer some young kid as a coach on and off the floor,” Woodson said. “I like to think the years that I played here at Indiana University, Coach Knight did something right because I turned out just fine.” Now as he enters his first full day as head coach, Woodson can begin to be that person Knight was for him for the future generations of basketball players. “I never dreamt that this would ever happen to me, but I’m here,” Woodson said. He became emotional during the press conference about how happy he was to be back. He said it was not only a great day for himself and his family, but a great day for the Hoosier nation. Woodson is taking it upon himself to bridge the gap between the younger generation that doesn’t know who he is and the older generation he wants to become reinvested in IU basketball. SEE WOODSON, PAGE D2

IU sophomore quarterback Michael Penix Jr. was unanimously voted a team captain by his teammates before the start of the season. And in the team’s season opener against No. 8 Penn State, he wasn’t going to let them down. Rather than kicking an extra point after Penix connected with senior wide receiver Whop Philyor for a nine-yard touchdown in overtime, the Hoosiers decided to keep their offense on the field and go for the win. On the final play of the game, Penix kept the ball himself, dashed to his left and dove toward the pylon for a two-point conver-

sion to win the game. IU’s 36-35 victory over No. 8 Penn State marks the program’s first over a top-10 opponent in Bloomington since Nov. 25, 1967, against No. 3 Purdue and first since its victory against No. 9 Ohio State in 1987. “One play to win it, and we’ve been close, and I’m sick and tired of being close,” IU head coach Tom Allen said after the game. Even though the offense showed up at the end of the game, it was the defense that kept the team close. Through three quarters, Penix had only completed seven of his 14 passes for 60 yards and an interception. SEE PENIX, PAGE D2

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IU Athletic Director Scott Dolson fired Archie Miller on Monday — just less than four years after he was hired to take over as IU men’s basketball’s head coach, according to a release from IU Athletics. “I have high expectations for our program, and

we have not competed at a level within the conference or nationally that I believe we should,” Dolson said in the release. This comes after Miller failed to take the Hoosiers to the NCAA Tournament during his four seasons as IU’s head coach. He will leave SEE MILLER, PAGE D2

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‘It’s OK to not be OK’ How IU junior Kari Zumach is changing stigma around athletes and mental health. By Amanda Foster amakfost@iu.edu | @amandafoster_15

Content warning: This article discusses topics that may be disturbing to some readers, including issues surrounding self-harm and suicide. When you think about a college athlete, you don’t think about someone who can’t find the energy to get out of bed. You don’t think about them sitting alone on a bench at 3 a.m. in the snow. You don’t wonder if they’re going to take their own life if no one finds them. Maybe you should. IU junior Kari Zumach, a right side/outside hitter for IU volleyball, has dealt with all of these things while playing volleyball. Zumach transferred to IU her sophomore year. She earned accolades for her play during her freshman year, including securing the Big East Freshman of the Week title twice and helping her team win the Big East Championship.

The transfer was seen as necessary by people close to her and was influenced by factors dating back to eighth grade. “When I was 14, I had my first anxiety attack, but at the time I didn’t know that it was an anxiety attack,” Zumach said. “My parents were kind of like ‘oh, she’s freaking out,’ whatever. And you don’t know how to put it into words, so it’s not something where you can be like, ‘No, something is wrong.’” As Zumach continued into high school, she started having more “anxiety fits,” as she called them, and began self-harming. Extreme mood swings started when she was 17. She developed bulimia her senior year. But nothing seemed out of the ordinary to anyone else. Zumach said her parents just thought she had typical teenage girl problems. After all, she was still sticking to her schedule and succeeding in volleyball. Zumach never received education on mental health

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in high school. She didn’t know how to identify her problems or how to ask for help, and when her parents voiced concerns, she denied everything. Zumach went out-ofstate for her freshman year of college, where her mental health continued to deteriorate. She tried to cope in her usual ways, but the new environment prevented her from keeping her mental health a secret. Because of the close community at school, everyone quickly noticed something was wrong and addressed it right away.

“I am under a microscope at this point,” Zumach said. “Being told to conform in a certain way and act a certain way and represent a brand, essentially, in a certain way.” Zumach’s coaching staff encouraged her to seek out help from a doctor. She denied their suggestions. That was the first time anyone had pushed her to get help. It took passing out after a class for Zumach to start therapy, in which she was diagnosed with depression and generalized anxiety disorder and placed on antide-

pressant medication. “I was massively, massively depressed my freshman year of college,” Zumach said. “But it was hidden well because I was successful in my sport.” In November 2018, Zumach tried to take her own life. “No one really knew how to deal with it,” she said. “This doesn’t happen very often, especially in college athletics because everybody’s ‘OK.’ Everybody has to be OK because you have to play your sport.” The year continued without much change. Zumach

stayed at school and continued to play volleyball, but she struggled internally with no sign of improvement, she said. “There had been times where I would leave my dorm in the middle of a snowstorm, or something,” Zumach said. “I’d be like ‘OK, if nobody comes and asks me if I’m OK, then I’m going to attempt to take my own life again.’” In the spring, Zumach got a “wake-up call,” she said, when she and her coaches mutually decided it would be SEE ZUMACH, PAGE D4

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Redshirt sophomore quarterback Michael Penix Jr. prepares to throw the ball Oct. 24 in Memorial Stadium. IU defeated Penn State in overtime 36-35.

» PENIX CONTINUED FROM PAGE D1 The Hoosiers accounted for just 100 yards compared to the Nittany Lions’ 324 before the start of the fourth quarter. But three first-half takeaways allows the team to sneak into the locker room with a 17-7 halftime lead. Junior running back Stevie Scott III rushed for 46 yards and two touchdowns in the second quarter.

» WOODSON CONTINUED FROM PAGE D1 He said at the end of the day, this is all about two things: the fans and the players. “I’m going to meet with each player individually today and kind of see where their heart and mind are and talk about moving this program in the right direction, and that’s getting it back on top,” Woodson said. “That’s why I’m here. I’m excited about being here.

“It was just us recuperating at the end of the third quarter and just telling each other to finish strong and keep playing our game, keep a positive mindset and finish off our plays,” Scott said. “We knew that we could make plays at any given moment. As long as we just stuck together as a team, didn’t let anything get us down at the time or the moment, we’ll be good.” Before overtime, IU

trailed 28-20 with 1:42 left in the fourth quarter. With one final drive, Penix orchestrated a seven-play, 75-yard drive and scored on a one-yard quarterback sneak. He would also score with his legs on the following two-point conversion attempt to tie the game with 22 seconds left. In the fourth quarter and overtime, Penix completed 12 passes for 110 yards and a touchdown, leading IU to

its first win over a ranked opponent during Allen’s tenure. “We didn’t really finish how we wanted to the last few years, and that’s something we’ve been stressing all camp, all summer long,” Penix said. “We’ve been waiting for this opportunity. The guys made plays whenever they needed to be made, so that’s one thing we did today, we made sure we finished.” This story was originally published October 24, 2020.

Scott, you just have no idea, this is a wonderful day.” Dolson said Woodson was the perfect choice, and he summarized his reasoning into three points: He was the perfect fit as a person, he’s a visionary and his vision aligned with Dolson’s. “It was clear that Mike was the right choice,” Dolson said. “He checked those boxes, among all others.” But Woodson has no college coaching experience. He was the head coach of the Atlanta Hawks from

2004-10 and the New York Knicks from 2011-14. This means he has no experience recruiting high schoolers, but that doesn’t matter to Woodson. He said he thinks will still be able to relate to the people he’s recruiting. Woodson said there’s no better place in the country to play basketball, and that’s what he’s going to tell people. He said this whole program is going to be about being family. “I’m going to let them know that I’m in their cor-

ner, that we’re family,” Woodson said. “I’m going to always have an open door policy where they can come in and talk to Coach Woodson.” Ever since that day Knight gave him that T-shirt, it’s all come full circle for Woodson. Now, he gets to be the head coach — the one to knock on players’ doors and to shape them into good men on and off the floor, all at his alma mater. This story was originally published March 29, 2021.

Bloomington with an overall record barely over 0.500 at 67-58. Dolson said he wanted to wait until the season was over to evaluate the head coaching situation. He said he has spent the days since IU finished its season in the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday evaluating the team’s recruiting, studentathlete development, leadership development and playing philosophy strategy. “That review, combined with the on-court results, ultimately led me to conclude that a change in leadership of our program is warranted at this time,” Dolson said. Miller came in to replace former head coach Tom Crean nine days after he was fired March 16, 2017. Now he’s leaving less than four years after taking over. IU will pay Miller $10,350,000 per the buyout in his contract. Miller’s buyout includes 100% of his remaining base salary of $550,000, his “outside, marketing, and promotional income” which is $1,850,00 for the 2022 season and $1,900,000 in 2023 and $1,950,000 in 2024, along with his $1,000,000 annual deferred compensation. Given the tight financial situation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dolson said the university has obtained “private philanthropic funding” for the transition costs and obligations related to the leadership change. “We worked to secure the

necessary private support following my recommendation to President McRobbie, ensuring that there would be no charges to the university budget,” Dolson said. Despite talented teams and bringing in three Indiana Mr. Basketballs in three years in a row, Miller still couldn’t find a way to make his team a contender in the Big Ten. Inconsistent perimeter and free throw shooting, turnovers and a lack of effort were just a few of the number of issues that held Miller’s teams back. The Hoosiers came up short for the third season under Miller this year after missing out on March Madness again. IU was projected to make the tournament last season before it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020-21 season was the first season during the Miller era where IU finished with a losing record at 12-15. IU closed out its season in its first game of the Big Ten Tournament, falling to Rutgers for the third time this season Thursday. Dolson said he has not established a formal search committee but will consult with the university and trusted experts as he looks for a new coach. “The work to find the next leader of Indiana Basketball will begin immediately,” Dolson said. “I will seek a chief executive that I can partner with to reestablish the brand and national presence of Indiana Basketball.” This story was originally published March 15, 2021.

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» ZUMACH CONTINUED FROM PAGE D1 best for Zumach to transfer somewhere else. She received a call from IU head coach Steve Aird, prompting a visit to IU. On the trip, she spoke honestly with Aird about her anxiety disorder — something she had rarely ever done. “I literally just blurted it out,” she said. “And so that was the first time that I had kind of brought that up to Steve. And I was kind of shocked because he was like ‘OK, that’s fine.’” “I respect players who are honest with me,” Aird said about the conversation. “I just said, ‘If you’re going to come, I want to know all the good and bad. Just let me know who you are.’ She was very open with it.” When Zumach arrived at IU in 2019, she said she felt like a new person. She started a new medication and began seeing a psychiatrist,

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who diagnosed her with bipolar disorder. She also started learning about mental health for the first time to understand how to take care of herself and how to help others. She’s slowly become more comfortable vocalizing her needs to her teammates and staff, even though it can still be challenging. “What had happened in my past was just such a horrible thing. I felt like I had been given up on, almost,” Zumach said. “Steve is always really good about being there for me and letting me know that it’s OK.” “What’s cool about Kari is that you don’t know the impact her story and her willingness to share will have because the platforms are so immense,” Aird said. “The fact that she’s been able to take something that was such a tough thing to go through and turn it into a positive is exactly the story you want to hear.” Social media, a platform

with essentially no barriers, is an important part of spreading Zumach’s story to athletes and the rest of the world. “It fosters that conversation, and that may be one of the most powerful things,” Lauren Smith, assistant professor of sports media at IU, said. “With the right hashtags and the right following, you can reach athletes in each sport across the country. It helps that ‘I’m not alone’ feeling.” Zumach actively works to break the stigma around student-athletes and mental health on campus by being open about her own experiences and telling athletes they can always speak up if they’re struggling. “The freshmen look up to her in the way of if they’re struggling with something, she’s the first person they go to because they know that she understands,” Breana Edwards, one of her best friends on the team, said. “If they don’t feel comfortable

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saying something, she’s like, ‘I got you,’ ‘I’ll stand up for you.’” Zumach said she hopes more athletes can grow comfortable talking about their struggles and know they are not alone. “My message is to please ask for help,” she said. “It’s so OK to be verbal about what you’re going through, and it’s so important to recognize that if you’re an athlete, sometimes you have to put your sport aside. Your mental health should always come first.” This story was originally published April 29, 2021.

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Bottom Junior outside-hitter Kari Zumach stands on IU campus on April 15. Zumach is open about her experiences with mental health and encourages fellow athletes to speak up.

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THAT’S WATT’S UP

Reminiscing on IU women’s basketball historic postseason run Doug Wattley is a senior in sports media.

When ESPN host Maria Taylor announced “Indiana University” as a No. 4 seed on the NCAA Tournament selection show March 15, there were mixed emotions. The players and coaching staff will tell you they were ecstatic. IU finished second in the Big Ten with a program-best 16-2 record including hard-fought victories over then-No. 11 Michigan and then-No. 15 Ohio State. A No. 4 seed was the highest ranking a Hoosier squad has ever been in the tournament. Plus, they say waiting for your school to be called on national TV is just as nailbiting whether you’re safely in or sitting on the bubble. But for those who have followed the historic season, hearing IU as a No. 4 seed was a little anticlimactic. Before the Big Ten Tournament, most bracketologists projected the team as a No. 3 seed who was sniffing the two-line. But a disappointing quarterfinals exit to unranked Michigan State collaterally squashed IU’s goal of winning the conference tournament and also dropped it a spot in the NCAA Tournament. After the loss, the players were understandably crushed. But head coach Teri Moren re-drilled one of their preseason goals back into their minds: a deep NCAA Tournament run. “Coach Moren said that we have to shelf it because we have much bigger games ahead of us,” sophomore Mackenzie Holmes said after the loss. Shelf it they did as IU made its deepest NCAA Tournament run in program history. Let’s take a trip down memory lane and look back on the moments fans won’t forget. March 22: 63-32 W over No. 13 seed Virginia Commonwealth University Junior guard Grace Berger led the Hoosiers in

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Senior Ali Patberg prepares to shoot the ball in a game against the Belmont Bruins on March 24 during the NCAA Tournament in San Antonio, Texas. The Hoosiers finished their season with a 53-66 loss to the Arizona Wildcats on March 29.

the opener. The Louisville native scored 11 points in the first quarter, mixing in her “go-to shot” in the midrange jumper with attacking the basket. She finished with 20 points and eight rebounds. Although the Hoosiers produced enough offensively, the storyline was their defense against the Rams. IU forced 14 turnovers and constrained VCU to a poor 23% field goal percentage, including 7-of-24 on layups. Once again, team defense guided the Hoosiers to victory. The win set numerous records: the fewest points allowed from a Big Ten team in the tournament (32), IU’s largest margin of victory ever in the tournament (31) and the third advancement

to the second round in program history. March 24: 70-48 W over No. 12 seed Belmont University The Hoosiers met the streaking No. 12 seed Bruins after Belmont upset No. 5 seed Gonzaga in the first round. That victory extended their winning streak to 11, including three wins in their victorious Ohio Valley Conference tournament. After an even first quarter, IU took control of the final 30 minutes. All five starters scored at least 9 points, led by Berger’s 17. Junior forward Aleksa Gulbe showcased her toughness by recording 15 rebounds – setting an IU tournament record. The team’s energetic chemistry came full circle

when the reserves entered the game. The starters went berserk on the sidelines after sophomore forward Hannah Novoroske and freshman Paige Price scored their first points in the tournament. The Hoosiers had advanced to their first Sweet 16 in the 64-team tournament format.

14, it made up for it by dominating the points in the paint 42-28. In a game with numerous runs from both sides, free throws from senior guards Patberg and Nicole Cardaño-Hillary stuffed NC State’s final push to continue IU’s postseason journey into the Elite Eight.

March 27: 73-70 W over No. 1 seed North Carolina State University This was, without a doubt, IU’s most impressive victory of the season. Following the theme all season, the Hoosiers were led by their starters. All five scored in double digits, led by senior guard Ali Patberg’s 17. Although IU was cold from beyond the arc at 2-of-

March 29: 66-53 L to No. 3 seed University of Arizona Playing four games in eight days finally caught up to the Hoosiers. After staying within striking distance through three quarters, Arizona capitalized on several IU miscues in the final 10 minutes to win by 13. Although they lost by double digits, the Hoosiers did a lot of things right. They

only committed nine turnovers, three below Moren’s ideal limit of 12. Arizona’s defense had been turning teams over all tournament long, including 21 against No. 1 seed Stanford University in the championship. With all things considered, it was an extremely successful postseason for IU women’s basketball. Similar results are expected next season, if not better. A top 10 preseason ranking is reasonable with all five starters projected to be back. Advancing to the Elite Eight might have been a shock this season, but with the program’s upward trajectory, it will be an expectation next year. This story was originally published April 7, 2021.

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MEN’S SOCCER

IU wins 3rd consecutive Big Ten Tournament By Evan Gerike egerike@iu.edu | @EvanGerike

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Sophomore goalkeeper Roman Celentano kicks the ball against Penn State in the Big Ten Men’s Soccer Tournament Championship on April 17. Celentano had offers from several other schools, including an opportunity to play at Loyola University Chicago, but he said he fell in love with IU’s program.

Roman wasn’t built in a day Sophomore keeper Roman Celentano took the long route to IU By Evan Gerike egerike@iu.edu | @EvanGerike

Standing at just 5 foot, 4 inches at 14 years old, Roman Celentano was certainly too small to play goalkeeper. There was too much goal to cover and not enough body to cover it with. The sophomore goalkeeper has since grown nearly a foot taller, standing at 6 foot 3 inches according to his IU Athletics bio. His legacy between the sticks at Armstrong Stadium is quickly growing larger. Take a look at his nearly unbelievable numbers — his .923 save percentage is the second best in the country; a goals against average of .266, good for third in the nation. Seven shutouts through 11 games, just one back of the national leaders. In two seasons, only once has Celentano allowed more than one goal in a game. Celentano has blossomed

behind an evergreen IU defense. IU has only allowed three goals this season. No team with as many games played as IU has allowed fewer. But it isn’t just All-Big Ten defenders Spencer Glass and Daniel Munie making Celentano look good. For one, Celentano won three Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week awards and the Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year award this season. He’s been a driving force all season for an IU team that earned the No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament. But to those that have seen him grow from too small to a star, Celentano’s patient ascent to starting for IU has been a long time coming. * * * When Celentano arrived at IU the summer before his freshman year, he put a sign above the door in his bed-

room. “I will be starting goalkeeper at Indiana next year,” it read. Coming into IU, Celentano was fourth on the depth chart, well behind then-starter redshirt senior Sean Caulfield. The sign was a reminder to push for his goals, helping him visualize what he one day could do. Not being the No. 1 guy wasn’t foreign to Celentano. With his club, Sockers FC Chicago, Celentano was No. 2 behind Alex Budnik, a member of the U-17 U.S. Men’s National Team and now the junior goalkeeper for Dartmouth College. Like with Sockers FC, IU offered Celentano a chance to work his way up the ladder. Celentano had offers from several other schools, including an opportunity to play at Loyola University Chicago. He got a chance to visit IU and immediately fell

in love with the program. “He wanted to go there and earn his spot,” David Richardson, Celentano’s coach with Sockers FC, said. “He didn’t want to go to a place where he knew his spot was gonna be his for the next four years because that wasn’t going to make him any better.” It played a big role in his decision. Celentano loved IU’s culture — it was about winning championships, but making sure the players became the best they could be, too. IU was constantly producing pros and Celentano would have a chance to train against them all. IU’s program was a soccer focused environment, one where he could prove himself and become the best goalkeeper he could be. He waited for the phone call with an offer. Eventually, SEE ROMAN, PAGE D7

After a red card left IU men’s soccer down a man, head coach Todd Yeagley told his team it would be in a great spot if it got to penalties. The Hoosiers did just that on Saturday, surviving double overtime tied 1-1 before beating Penn State in penalty kicks 3-2 to clinch its third consecutive Big Ten Tournament championship. “We just had to dig deeper,” Yeagley said in a postgame Zoom conference. “I thought we made it somewhat predictable on what we gave them. And then [sophomore goalkeeper] Roman [Celentano] and our defenders handled that pretty well. They didn’t really get much in the overtime.” The Hoosiers barely made it to penalty kicks after a rough sequence of events that sent the game to overtime. In the 82nd minute, freshman defender Joey Maher was given a red card. A Penn State forward slipped by him, and Maher took him down to prevent the breakaway chance. Just 17 seconds later, Penn State equalized the score at 1-1.

“The minutes were long,” Celentano said. “As a team we just started taking it minute by minute, manage the moments and just try to take it as long as we could.” IU, now down to 10 men for the remainder of the game, went from in command to struggling to keep the game in its control. But the Hoosiers were undeterred. The defense remained as steady as it had all season, closing off Penn State chances and keeping it tied after two overtime periods. The game went to penalty kicks, emphasizing a matchup between the Big Ten’s two best goalkeepers. After Penn State’s first penalty kick sailed over the bar, Celentano made two saves. The third, the one that clinched the game, bounced off Celentano’s outstretched hand, off the post, then bounced back across to the other side. “I touched it onto the bar, onto the post,” Celentano said. “When I did that I thought it went in so I was kinda disappointed. Then I spun around and saw it went out. It was a fortunate bounce for me, and I was SEE CHAMPS, PAGE D7

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Freshman defender Joey Maher heads the ball Saturday at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The No. 3 IU men’s soccer team beat No. 14 Penn State on Saturday to take the Big Ten Championship title.

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» ROMAN CONTINUED FROM PAGE D6 he got it. After that, his decision was simple. “I gotta go to Indiana,” he told his dad, Marcello Celentano. Roman Celentano was only a two-star recruit, according to Top Drawer Soccer. IU head coach Todd Yeagley never expected Celentano to improve so quickly; He was a late developer recruited to be a project, not starting for a few years. From the start, Celentano was told he’d be a redshirt freshman. Although he was frustrated, he accepted it — he couldn’t expect to come to IU as a freshman and immediately start. Marcello Celentano told Roman to put his head down and go to work. He may be a redshirt as a freshman, but that was just where he was at in his development. The coaches will put him in when it’s right, he said. But Roman Celentano didn’t redshirt. Yeagley couldn’t afford for him to. Celentano was doing workouts with other redshirts when Yeagley pulled him aside and asked if he was ready to start. Celentano said yes. On Oct. 1, 2019, after Caulfield struggled to start the 2019 season, Celentano started in goal against Northwestern. He’s started 25 straight games since. “He’s always been in someone’s shadow, so I’m just happy for him this year that he gets to at least share some of the spotlight,” Marcello Celentano said. * * * The first time Celentano went to Europe with Neil Thompson to train was in 2013. Thompson, Celentano’s goalkeeper coach since he was 10, said the trip was just to acclimate Celentano to European training and take him to some tourist sites. For Celentano, it was a

business trip. He brought business cards that read “Roman Celentano, Goalkeeper,” and handed them out to the goalkeepers coach at Sunderland, which was in the English Premier League at the time. The teams in Europe told him they didn’t look at goalkeepers under 6-foot. Thompson said height is more of a stigma than a true measure of talent, but he does admit more height means more coverage. “It just made him proactive,” Thompson said. “I think he worked on things that, whether he did it intentionally or just used it as a problem solving skill, that he, you know, had to be able to dive in a certain way.” Celentano was able to use his lack of height to his advantage. It became a problem he could solve. Well before he grew taller than most of his peers, he was working harder than everyone else. He became obsessed with the craft, constantly studying goalkeepers and picking the minds of coaches he met in England. He was analyzing goalkeepers even Thompson didn’t know about. At Thompson’s Camp React, a goalkeepers camp Celentano attended annually, he was beating 16 and 17 year olds in games when he was only 14. “When you’re developing everybody has different things you need to get better at, and one was him becoming the boss of the box,” Richardson said. Celentano continued to keep his head down and work harder. He took two more trips to Europe to train. In 2016 he was training with older age groups. In 2019, his last trip to Europe, he was working with Sporting Lisbon’s U-19 team. He was also much taller than his first visit. “He was very good at being patient with himself,” Thompson said. “He’s still that way now. He just takes everything one step at a time.” Celentano is singularly focused. He quit football before

taking up soccer in fourth grade and didn’t play any other sports. On the pitch, his years of training has set him up to stay locked in during matches. He quickly worked his way into being a club player with Sockers FC by seventh grade. Celentano spent 10 months of the year training with the club and typically trained at Thompson’s Big Cat Goalkeeping academy during the week as well. “He was a guy that always did what was above and beyond, even to sometimes where we’d have to say ‘Hey Roman, we don’t want you to practice today,’ or ‘You’re doing too much, that’s why your back is bothering you,’” Richardson said. In four years, Celentano started all but one match for Sockers FC. By the time he got to IU, he had evolved into a well rounded goalkeeper. The results, eventually, were sure to follow. “This season is a good season for Roman, and he’s done well,” Thompson said. “But this isn’t Roman playing well, this is Roman being Roman.” * * * Celentano likes facing pressure. During penalty kicks against Penn State, with the Big Ten Tournament title on the line, just one save away from icing the sixth consecutive Big Ten trophy for IU, Celentano was ready. It was just like he had been visualizing in his head for the three nights before. He wanted this moment. When Penn State’s senior midfielder Callum Pritchatt stepped up to take his shot, Celentano chose to dive to his left. He tipped the shot onto the post and thought it went in before turning and seeing it spin away. Celentano had to wait seven seconds from the time he made the save to when his teammates reached him to celebrate. But he’s a patient man. This story was originally published April 29, 2021.

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Sophomore Brett Bebej passes the ball March 23 at Bill Armstrong Stadium. IU men’s soccer defeated Marquette University 2-1 Thursday in Cary, North Carolina, to advance to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.

» CHAMPS CONTINUED FROM PAGE D6 pretty happy.” IU made its first three penalty kicks to give the team the 3-2 advantage in penalty kicks that won them the tournament. Sophomore forward Victor Bezerra and Celentano were named the Offensive and Defensive Players of the Tournament, respectively. Sophomore defender Daniel Munie joined the two on the All-Tournament team. Bezerra scored IU’s only goal of regulation. Late in the first half, Bezerra and sopho-

more forward Ryan Wittenbrink linked up on a one-two that Bezerra finished by drilling into the bottom left corner of the goal. Bezerra, and his five tournament goals, outscored IU’s tournament opponents. But Penn State’s goal Saturday was the only tournament goal IU allowed, so a more sufficient comparison is Bezerra outscoring all of IU’s opponents in 2021, 5-3. After winning the Big Ten regular season title after IU’s game against Maryland was canceled, the Hoosiers didn’t get a full on-field celebration.

It made the one Saturday even more special. “They were really enjoying every minute on the field together after the game,” Yeagley said. “It was just fun to see their excitement and joy and how much work they put it to get that moment together. To do it at home and celebrate in the locker room after, have some fun, was really fun for everyone.” IU will find out its seed and first round matchup show at noon Monday during the selection show for the NCAA Tournament. This story was originally published April 17, 2021.

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SOFTBALL

IU’s Jenkins reﬂects on setting stolen bases record By Griffin Healy healygr@iu.edu | @TheGriffinHealy

It was the second game of a doubleheader on April 9 at Bittinger Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. IU softball was taking on Purdue for another edition of the Crimson and Gold series. Senior left fielder Gabbi Jenkins was on second base after hitting a double during the top of the seventh inning. A pass ball let up by Purdue junior catcher Kaeley Hallada gave Jenkins the opportunity to steal third base. At that moment, she slid into third and set the program’s stolen bases record with the 91st of her career. “Well the 91st one was kind of anticlimactic,” Jenkins said. “More of what goes through my mind are the hard fought ones or the ones from first to second. It was so much less about the moment of the 91st than it was the 37th or 45th or the 86th, or even the one stealing home.” After the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the 2020 NCAA softball season, the team had time to reflect on what each individual could accomplish this season. It was then that Jenkins realized how close she was to the record of

90 stolen bases set by former third baseman Aimee Lonigro from 1994-97. “It wasn’t a goal of mine at the start of my career as it wasn’t in sight,” Jenkins continued. “But this summer, we did a study of our record book during our downtime due to COVID-19. It then caught my eye that I only needed 19 more bases.” Since the Purdue series, Jenkins has stolen two more bases to make the program record 93 and taken the lead in the Big Ten for doubles with 13 this season. Jenkins said that head coach Shonda Stanton knew the number relatively, but was going to make sure that she would break the record by end of the season. “She’s a very detail-oriented person,” Jenkins said. “Once we both knew the exact number, I knew the steal sign was coming a lot and that was the weekend I stole six bases against Rutgers.” Stanton, who was named the ninth head coach in program history after the 2017 season, said Jenkins is one of the most unique human beings she’s ever been around “You won’t find a more unique and special 18-22 year old that is so passionate

about building relationships.” Stanton said. “She’s a Hoosier through and through” Jenkins said she was humble about the new record she set, but her teammates were ready to celebrate and congratulate her on breaking the 25-season-old record. “Gabbi perfectly encapsulates what it means to work hard and have a goal,” senior infielder Grayson Radcliffe said. “She’s a very humble person. Even on Sunday when the Golden Shoe award was presented, she made an analogy saying ‘there’s no me without you guys’ and she made the moment about the team more so than herself.” Originally from Floyds Knobs, Indiana, Jenkins grew up an IU fan. Her family have been men’s basketball season ticket holders since they graduated from IU. She said being at IU and getting to wear the jersey each day means more to her than anything else. “Being from Indiana makes this special, but it doesn’t just have to be breaking a record or anything like that, but repping the Indiana script is something I value highly and love,” Jenkins said. This story was originally published April 27, 2021.

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Outfielder Gabbi Jenkins celebrates getting on base against Michigan on March 26 at Andy Mohr Field. Jenkins set IU softball’s career stolen bases record with her 91st against Purdue on April 9 in West Lafayette, Indiana.

WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING

Gilliland wins NCAA diving title, IU ﬁnishes 15th By Colin Wright colwrig@iu.edu | @colinfhw

IU women’s swim and dive capped off its season competing at the NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, North Carolina, this weekend. Following a third-place finish at the Big Ten Championships earlier this month, 13 Hoosiers qualified to compete at the NCAA Championships. Competition began Wednesday when IU placed 11th in the 800-freestyle relay.

Senior Josie Grote, junior Noelle Peplowski, senior Abby Kirkpatrick and senior Laurel Eiber finished with a time of 7:02.42, the 10th fastest time for the event in program history. Head coach Ray Looze said his team’s finish was one of the best relays he had seen at IU in a tweet Wednesday night. When the meet resumed Thursday, IU expanded its success to diving as well. Freshmen divers Anne Fowler and Tarrin Gilliland both excelled in their respective competitions. Fowler earned a

score of 317.55 and advanced to championship final for the 1-meter dive, while Gilliland qualified for the consolation final after piecing together a six-dive score of 283.20. Friday saw Fowler and Gilliland with the pair of freshmen earning scores of 323.40 and 327.10, respectively, in the 3-meter dive and both advancing to its consolation final. In the 400-individual medley, senior Josie Grote swam a career-best time of 4:05.33 to advance to the championship final where she was seeded fourth overall. In the champi-

onship final, Grote again beat her previous personal best by over two seconds with a time of 4:05.06. Her time earned her a fourth place finish and made her the third IU woman ever to go sub-4:05.50 twice in the event. Gilliland built on her previous success from Saturday and advanced to the platform dive’s championship final. The freshman diver moved on after setting a career-best with a five-dive set score of 301.85 points. The Midland, Texas, native hit four straight 60-point dives to close out her card, including a spectacular

75.20 mark on her fourth attempt. Gilliland entered the championship final seeded fourth Saturday night where she again topped her previous career best. After receiving a 45.60 on her first attempt, Gilliland locked in to earn scores of 76.50, 67.50, 76.80 and 72.00 on her final four dives. The freshman diver’s final score of 338.40 was enough for her to win the championship final and earn an individual NCAA title. Gilliland’s finish made her the 10th-best performer in event history and the third

Hoosier woman to win. She also gave IU its fourth medal in the event since 2015. On the heels of Gilliland’s individual national championship, the Hoosiers finished the 2021 NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships in 15th place overall. IU’s final standing marks a finish inside the top-15 in 13 straight seasons. The team ended the season with 20 AllAmerican honors, including four first-team honors and a national champion. This story was originally published March 21, 2021.

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Riders say they’re penalized by 2021 race format By Evan Gerike egerike@iu.edu | @EvanGerike

When IU postponed the 2021 Little 500 for a month to May 26, the IU Student Foundation lauded the decision as a chance to continue tradition while keeping students safe. But riders say they feel like the change in date only punishes them. Junior Andrew Murray, a rider for Phi Delta Theta, said moving the date of the race penalizes students who have been taking responsibility by removing themselves from atmospheres where they could get COVID-19. “The only ones that really get hurt are the riders who for the last two, maybe three years have just been working toward something that hasn’t even really occurred in their time here at IU,” Murray said. This year’s Little 500 won’t have qualifiers, and any team that registers to race will be eligible to run come May. The IU Student Foundation is still determining how many teams will race and is working to decide how the teams will line up. Murray became involved with Little 500 his freshman year. He said he would hear the riders practicing in the Phi Delta Theta house basement and eventually became curious enough that he asked to join. He was slated to race in 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic shut the race down. Now Murray is a junior and has been biking for two and a half years. This year’s Little 500 will be Murray’s first because of last year’s cancellation. Riders like Murray are now faced with a Little 500 where family members and fans can’t attend in a year where they have already made sacrifices in order to have a race, while others are forced to find new housing until the end of May or drop out of the race. Murray said while he understood that the university

Then-junior Andrew Ross sits on the ground after a fault during the Little 500 Qualifications on March 23, 2019, at Bill Armstrong Stadium.

was trying to mitigate risk, he thinks there will still be parties happening in April when the race normally would have occurred. The Riders Council is the liaison set up to link the riders and the university, and the council’s members share riders’ opinions during weekly meetings with race director Andrea Balzano. But according to IUSF’s Little 500 website, the council was not involved in the decision making process. Several Riders Council members declined to comment. “The decision about changing the date of the 2021 Little 500 races was a coordinated effort between IUSF, the IU Foundation, IU’s administration, the IU Medical Response Team, and the Monroe County Health Department,” Balzano said in an email. “We will continue

to work with these groups to develop protocols that will allow us to host this time honored tradition this year.” The email also states the parameters in place are in line with IU’s commencement protocol, limiting the event to riders and essential staff and volunteers. Junior Pablo Fierst Garcia, a member of the Riders Council and a rider for Sigma Phi Epsilon, said he was frustrated when the change was announced, but knew he had to roll with it. “When everyone found out about the pushback of the race, it kind of felt like everyone was pretty deflated and defeated and didn’t really know what to do next,” Fierst Garcia said. Murray’s other biggest frustration stems from fans not being allowed to attend the race.

“None of us are here on scholarship,” Murray said. “It’s our parents that often are the ones paying for school or helping out with biking expenses because it’s an expensive sport to begin with. The fact that they can’t come, I find equally frustrating.” Murray said he knew changing the date back to April was never a logical option once IU’s higher ups made the decision. Instead, he said he wishes each rider was given four tickets for family members. Little 500 is held in Bill Armstrong Stadium, which has a capacity of 6,500 every year. Assembly Hall opened to 500 spectators for March Madness, largely family members and volunteers. “You’re saying that in May, when properly social

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distanced, there can’t be family members there? That doesn’t make much sense to me,” Murray said. The May race date also means some teams won’t be able to race. Dorms and Greek housing will be closed, forcing riders living on campus to find a place to stay until the race. Murray said riders on his team live in the Phi Delta Theta house, but other members of the team live off campus and are able to provide them somewhere to stay in May. Other riders, like Fierst Garcia, will have to work around internships. Since the race is occurring during the day on a Wednesday, Fierst Garcia said he will have to request the day off from his remote internship. Fierst Garcia said the unique plan for this year’s

Little 500 makes it hard to grasp how race will look, but riders are determined to make the most of their chance to take the track. “From what I’ve gathered from everyone it’s not like optimism, but responsibility to race, carry on the legacy of the race,” Fierst Garcia said. “I don’t think people are too bummed out, I think they feel a responsibility to show up and do the work to continue the tradition.” Despite claiming to run the races in a way that celebrates the riders’ effort, the event will be run on an empty campus a month after the end of the year. “It’s hard to celebrate us when no one’s on campus,” Murray said. “Like this is happening in the dark, almost like a shady deal.” This story was originally published March 29, 2021.

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WRESTLING

How IU’s freshman class grew through struggle By Tristan Jackson tripjack@iu.edu | @tristan_jackso

IU wrestling’s 2020 freshman class dealt with a season like no other this year. Head coach Angel Escobedo said this class missed out on a lot because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the team showed resilience and heart in the face of it. Escobedo said his freshmen would typically come to IU for six weeks in the summer to take classes and acclimate to what college was going to be like, but this year they weren’t able to do that. He said they missed out on living in the dorms and being able to interact with other student-athletes and people on campus. “I mean that’s a big part of the college experience,” Escobedo said. “And these kids missed a lot.” While it’s unfortunate, he said not having those outlets forced the team together and made them closer. Once practices started in October, the freshman class was determined and set the tone in preseason workouts, and Escobedo said the group picked up the skills it needed to learn quickly as a result. Escobedo said this class would probably be the one he’ll remember the most because of everything they went through this season, and their growth from October to the end of the season in March was tremendous. “They were really getting accustomed to our culture and really taking ownership of that, and just shows their maturity level of just how they’re able to embrace hard situations,” Escobedo said. “They really showed that they were grateful for the opportunity, and they really took it to heart.” In what was already a challenging season, 125-pound freshman Jacob Moran was tasked with filling the shoes of former NCAA Tournament qualifier and redshirt senior Brock Hud-

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Freshman Jacob Moran stares down Maryland’s Zach Spence on Feb. 14 in Wilkinson Hall. Moran went 2-4 in Big Ten dual matches this season.

kins, who suffered his second consecutive season-ending injury after two matches. Moran saw his first dual action during IU’s 18-16 win over Northwestern on Jan. 30, the team’s first victory of the season. He lost a hardfought matchup 3-5 against redshirt sophomore Michael DeAugustino, giving Northwestern a 3-0 advantage to start the match, but Moran’s energy in a hard fought match against a nationally ranked opponent set the tone for his teammates on the way to the comeback, upset win of the No. 24-ranked Wildcats. “He showed us right there that he was embracing the opportunity,” Escobedo said. “I think the guys they really responded every time he was in the lineup, they went out there and they competed hard after him because he’s competing hard for seven minutes.”

Moran went on to wrestle in six dual meets for the Hoosiers, picking up a 2-4 record and a 5-7 record counting extra matches and the Big Ten Championships. His opponents were ranked in the top 15 nationally in all four dual match losses and in IU’s dual meet with Nebraska, Moran came within 2 points of Liam Cronin, a former Hoosier ranked No. 6 in the country at the time. When the time came for Moran to step up, he showed he was embracing the opportunity and his growth, Escobedo said. For Moran, he said the key to being ready to enter the starting lineup was training everyday like he was already there. Escobedo and Hudkins helped him through the experience as a young wrestler when his time came. He said having someone like Hudkins, who has competed

in the Big Ten and NCAA Championships, telling him to keep his head up and that he’s the best helped him throughout the year, along with the guidance from a former national champion in Escobedo. “Just having him in my ear and having Angel in my ear just telling me that I’m getting better, telling me that I can do it, telling me that I can win really helped me mentally and allowed me to focus on what I needed to focus on and just go out there with just a free mindset,” Moran said. While Moran had to step into the starting lineup in IU’s duals, freshman Robert Deters was backing up redshirt freshman DJ Washington, who beat eventualNCAA Champion Carter Starocci from Penn State on Jan. 30, in the 174-pound weight class and named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week.

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Escobedo said he should probably have been wrestling in a lower weight class, but Deters said he’d wrestle anywhere when asked to be Washington’s backup. He put up a 2-6 record in extra matches this season, and Escobedo said he performed well against high level opponents. Even outside the starting lineup, Deters had a positive effect on the team. “What he brings to the table is that energy that we needed in the culture,” Escobedo said. “He’s just so happy to be there, he’s thankful, he’s grateful and he wants to get really good.” Escobedo said it’s usually a shock for freshmen who struggle in their first year after dominating in high school like Deters. Even after posting a 45-1 record and winning a state championship his senior year at Castle High School, Escobedo said

Deters’ confidence never wavered as he pushed through this season. “I never saw his confidence get deteriorated, I never saw him shell up,” Escobedo said. “He was just embracing the opportunity, and that’s really important because a lot of freshmen when they’re thrown out there and they get beat up you know, they’re not used to it.” Escobedo said he saw Deters’ hunger to get better and beat the guys he lost to this season, and that hunger is really important and shows a lot of character. Between Escobedo, Moran and Deters, there are lofty goals for this freshman class. Moran and Deters both said they want to become All-Americans at IU. With an extra year of eligibility, the freshmen will have another four years to reach that goal and help make IU one of the best programs in the country. “I think that this freshman class everyone is willing to put in the work and everyone knows what it takes,” Moran said. “So I think if everyone can come together and everyone is on board with trying to make the team better on the mat and off the mat I think we can get it done.” Moran also said Escobedo is building a team that will be atop the Big Ten and competing for national championships in the near future, and Escobedo said the adversity this class faced will help them down the road. “With this team, what they’ve been through just learning all this adversity, these guys should be able to lead our program to the highest of heights,” Escobedo said. “By that time when they’re juniors and seniors we’re looking to be a top-10 program and I think no matter what there’s going to be nothing like what they went through this year.” This story was originally published May 3, 2021.

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WATER POLO

Askew helps keep IU positive despite losing streak By Justin Tidd justidd@iu.edu | @JustinTidd

While IU water polo experienced its longest losing streak in program history this season, junior goalkeeper Mary Askew has continued to help brighten the mood of the team. The third year goalie has garnered praise from all areas of the program, including from head coach Taylor Dodson, who didn’t even know Askew prior to her visit on campus before joining the team. “We met during our visit. She was very bubbly,” Dodson said. “She is always giving her best effort and she always has a big smile on her face when she does it.” Askew received four varsity letters in water polo during high school before she came to IU. Unlike her time in high school, Askew didn’t start for the Hoosiers right away, only starting in six of the 12 games

she competed in her freshman year. “It definitely took a little bit of time,” Dodson said. “In practice she was kind of hot or cold so it’s a complete turnaround from then to where she is now.” Even with the slow start, it didn’t take Askew much longer to find her footing and start playing more minutes. In the 2019-20 season, she started 13 games and recorded her first season with 100+ saves. After an early end to the 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic, Askew would enter the 2021 season as one of the five junior leaders on the team with no seniors on the roster. Askew said she stepped up to this challenge, wanting to build each individual as a player and make them the best they could be in the pool. “I try to correct them in the most helpful way possible,” Askew said. “I try to learn how to help everyone

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Then-sophomore goalkeeper Mary Askew makes a pass Jan. 20, 2020, in the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatics Center. Askew had 15 saves in two games against USC on April 1 and 2.

best in certain scenarios as much as I can without it being destructive.” Dodson said she has also recognized her effect on the team and how it has elevated them to compete with some

of their toughest opponents. “Her growth has really helped us set the bar higher and higher everyday,” Dodson said. “We see a lot of really good goalies, we don’t see anyone who’s quite as

athletic as Mary.” One game in particular where she displayed her playmaking abilities was in the series against No. 1 University of Southern California on April 2 and 3. It was one of those games where Askew said she felt in the zone and enjoyed her time with the team. “The USC game sticks out as one of the most fun collegiate games I’ve ever played in,” Askew said. “I felt very connected and very happy and excited to be a part of a team.” Askew had 15 saves during the series against USC and scored three goals in the process. Even though IU lost both matches to the Trojans, Dodson said she thought this was one of Askew’s breakout performances that fuelled the rest of the team. “That game was a big turning point for the whole program, but she was stopping everything,” Dodson

said. “It really fuelled momentum for the whole rest of the season.” No matter what happens in the pool, the team knows that Askew will be someone who is there for the team first. Teammate and freshman goalkeeper Haley Hunter said she is one that felt Askew’s presence right away. “Mary just has the energy of a person you want to be around,” Hunter said. “We’re always sharing fun stories or laughing and telling jokes so the energy around is just a very positive experience.” It is not an unfamiliar sight to see her dancing during practices along with keeping the team steady and level, Dodson said. She said she believes this balance is a factor to why Askew is the leader of the goalie group. “I think she keeps everything light and upbeat,” Dodson said. This story was originally published April 20, 2021.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

IU head coach Teri Moren Berger named USA ﬁnalist extended through 2027 By William Coleman

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Indiana University and women’s basketball head coach Teri Moren agreed to a new contract Thursday that will keep her in Bloomington through the 202627 season, according to a press release. Moren just took the Hoosiers to their first-ever Elite Eight appearance and continued a program-record with their sixth consecutive 20-win season. “Teri Moren is the architect of an unprecedented era of success for our women’s basketball program,” said Scott Dolson, IU Vice President and Director of

Intercollegiate Athletics. “In my more than 30 years with the department I’ve never been as excited about the future of IU Women’s Basketball, and that’s because we have the right person leading us in the right direction.” Moren’s new contract includes a salary increase to $862,500 annually and multiple performancebased bonuses. Her average annual compensation will further increase for Big Ten regular season and tournament titles, NCAA Tournament and WNIT Tournament appearances and wins, conference and national coach of the year honors and team academic

achievements. IU has been ranked nationally for 37 consecutive weeks dating back to last season and entered the top 10 for the first time March 1. “Along with my staff, we are dedicated to building successful young women on and off the court,” Moren said. “I am truly blessed to be a part of the Hoosier Nation, who continue to show their love and gratitude for our team. We see you and appreciate you. As a lifelong Hoosier, I will continue to represent this incredible university with great pride and dedication.” This story was originally published April 1, 2021.

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After leading the Hoosiers on an improbable run to the Elite Eight for the first time to punctuate the continued success of the IU women’s basketball program, junior guard Grace Berger made some history of her own. Berger was one of 20 college players to have accepted an invitation last week to compete for a spot on the 2021 USA Women’s Basketball AmeriCup Team roster from Sunday to Wednesday at University of South Carolina. Wednesday night, she was named one of 13 finalists to make the team coached by Hall of Fame player and coach Dawn Staley. The finalists return for a training camp June 1 to solid-

ify the 12-player team that will represent the United States this summer in the 2021 FIBA Women’s AmeriCup in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The tournament runs June 11-19, and the top four teams clinch spots in a qualifying tournament for the 2022 FIBA World Cup in Australia. Berger is familiar with some of her potential teammates, including Maryland guards Ashley Owusu and Diamond Miller, Northwestern guard Veronica Burton and Michigan forward Naz Hillmon. At the 2019 Paradise Jam, Berger faced both South Carolina guard Destanni Hednerson and Baylor University forward NaLyssa Smith. University of Kentucky guard Rhyne Howard helped drop IU to 2-1 on December 6 and North Carolina State Uni-

versity center Elissa Cunane lost to Berger and the Hoosiers 73-70 in the Sweet 16. She first gained attention after recording three tripledoubles to lead the country this regular season and received even more national recognition when she averaged 16 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game across IU’s tournament run. “When you watch Grace, there are a few things that you figure out quickly,” head coach Teri Moren said March 24 after IU’s second-round win over Belmont University. “One, she is an exceptional ball handler. Two, that she is exceptional at midrange. The thing that I love the most about Grace Berger is how competitive she is.” This story was originally published April 22, 2021.

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Prologue One program clinging to its dignity, in fair Bloomington where we lay our scene, a struggling team fell under scrutiny. So, IU basketball fired Tom Crean. Archie Miller was the coach IU chose, with hopes he would give the Hoosiers new life. But after poor offense and worse free throws, it became clear Miller brought mostly strife. While IU fans are often full of love, in Miller’s time they did not hide their rage. They believed Miller ought to be removed for never reaching the sport’s biggest stage. Thus, the university we attend, must start anew and find a way to mend. Act One From the University of Dayton, home of the Flyers, in 2017 Miller was hired. An Elite Eight visit was his claim to fame, and a certain excitement was attached to his name. It seemed as though Miller would change the game, not spin his tires with more of the same. Defense was a strong point — offense, not so much. The passing was poor and the shooting lacked touch. Still, there were upsides to Miller’s reboot. He signed Romeo Langford, a fivestar recruit. But Langford just couldn’t quite carry the team, and the hype train stalled after 2018. The NIT was IU’s destination, a quick quarterfinal elimination. Act Two Langford skipped town, but IU wasn’t left stranded. A helping hand came, and that help was left-handed. Trayce Jackson-Davis, a scoring machine, joined shooters like Al Durham and Devonte Green. The journey was long and paved with adversity. Then IU caught fire against Florida State University. The

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Former head coach Archie Miller smiles Feb. 13, 2020 after IU gains a lead against Iowa in the first half of the game in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Miller was the head coach from 2017 to 2021.

Hoosiers stole five wins from schools that were ranked. Then again, there were times when they totally stank. Triumphs took turns with 20-point losses, but the wins were enough to appease Miller’s bosses. When at long last the postseason talk came around, it felt like the Hoosiers were tournamentbound. I won’t tell you what happened next because, well, who needs to relive a 14-month hell? Act Three The Hoosiers were close to the big dance, no doubt. Still, no March Madness games equals no clout. The

path to approval has only one route, and NIT visits are nothing to tout. IU started sloppy, but had good reasons — young players, new gameplans and no real offseason. Yet the Hoosiers kept losing in all the same ways, getting trounced several times once they hit Big Ten play. Who needs cash for boxing on pay-per-view? To see a butt-whooping, just watch IU play Purdue. Time after time that the Hoosiers got beat, Miller sweat more on his scalding hot seat. Fans and alumni charged forward in fleets in a grammarless maelstrom of quickly-typed Tweets.

Act Four This spring, the tournament came to our home state, where fans vacillate between thrilled and irate. Ankles were twisted and noses were smashed, and IU’s postseason hopes once more were dashed. In 49 others, it’s merely a sport. In Indiana, nothing’s of greater import. Thus, I see why folks were all out of sorts when the Hoosiers couldn’t even play on their home court. All of the star-studded in-state recruiting couldn’t make up for their god-awful shooting. March 15, thanks

to two hefty donations, Miller was exiled from the Hoosier nation. Miller was fired, though none of us cried for his $10.53 million goodbye. Full rides are godsends for kids who need aid, but the school has some coaches who need to get paid. Act Five Miller was gone and IU needed answers. Who could corral all the possible transfers? The Hoosiers were broken and needed a fix. Enter Mike Woodson of the New York Knicks. Sure, Woodson won plenty back in the day, but his hire raised more question marks

than hoorays. Hoosier fans’ hearts didn’t lean Woodson’s way — until he convinced Jackson-Davis to stay. Armaan Franklin and Durham were gone, but Woodson kept Race Thompson from moving on. A pair of skilled freshmen remained on the depth chart, and Woodson appears to be off to a great start. Hopefully now all our heads have been cleared. Stop tweeting and dry those rage-induced tears. It’s not all that tragic. Let go of your fears. We’re watching a game, not reading Shakespeare. This story was originally published May 5, 2021.