November 10, 2022

Voters pass MCCSC referendum

By Emma Uber emmauber@iu.edu | @EmmaUber7

The Monroe County Community School Corpo ration referendum passed with approximately 66% of votes in favor as of 9 p.m. Tuesday.

The school corporation announced the referendum passed on its Facebook page just after 9 p.m. Tuesday.

According to the Indiana Daily Student's Live Election Update dashboard, 17,541 votes in favor of and 8,752 against the referendum had been counted at the time the school corporation an nounced the referendum’s passing.

MCCSC teachers will receive a $4,500 raise as a result of the referendum,

according to the MCCSC referendum webpage. Ad ditionally, since 87% of ref erendum dollars are slated to go toward paying educa tors, MCCSC support staff such as instructional aides and paraprofessionals will see a $2.25 per hour wage increase.

The remaining 13%, to taling $1.2 million per year, will fund educational ser vices such as special edu cation services, performing arts programs and STEM programs.

The funding will come from property taxes. Mon roe County residents will now contribute 18.5 cents to MCCSC schools for ev ery $100 of assessed prop erty value. According to the MCCSC referendum web

page, this rate would mean the average Monroe County household would pay an additional $125 in property taxes each year, or approxi mately $10.40 per month.

The stakes were high for MCCSC. If the referendum had failed, MCCSC said its cash balance would have dropped below zero within two years.

According to the MCCSC referendum webpage, over 100 positions would have been eliminated, and the remaining staff would ex perience stagnant pay. The rejection would have also impacted students with re ductions in funding to edu cational programs such as the performing arts, as well as increased class sizes due to layoffs.

Monroe County Elections

Winning candidates from the 2022 midterm elections

State and Federal Elections

By Salomé Cloteaux and Marissa Meador news@idsnews.com

While Democrats swept local positions in Monroe County, Republicans dominated statewide races. The IDS has compiled a comprehensive list of winners from the 2022 midterm elections, from the school board to the senate.

IU experts say daylight saving time may increase energy consumption

By Isabella Vesperini isvesp@iu.edu

As Americans set their clocks back an hour early on Sunday morning, some IU professors and students say the practice brings inconve nience and mental health is sues and call for its complete removal.

Originally intended to save fuel during World War I, daylight saving time was first implemented by Congress in 1918. Those who proposed the practice thought spring ing forward and falling back would save energy and cre ate a rhythm where people would rise and set with the sun.

IU economics professor Gerhard Glomm said con trary to these assumptions, initiating daylight saving time ended up wasting more

energy. He cited a natural experiment performed in Indiana that tracked energy usage in counties that ad opted daylight savings ver sus those that did not. Re sults showed energy usage increased for things such as laundry because there was more demand for cooling in the summer and heating in the fall.

Daylight saving time forces people to change their habits and expend energy in new ways.

“It’s really hard to find positive things about day light savings,” Glomm said.

Moreover, Glomm said a week after the clock is pushed forward in the spring, the number of traf fic accidents and suicides go up. He said the probable cause is losing an hour of sleep when daylight saving

time kicks in, leading to an increase in anxiety.

“The shock comes in the spring because it’s disrupt ing your life,” he said.

Fritz Breithaupt, IU pro fessor of Germanic stud ies and affiliated professor of cognitive science, said less sunlight can increase people’s chance of feeling depressed. Likewise, being sleep deprived due to los ing an hour of sleep in the spring increases stress and irritation, in turn lowering empathy.

“That little push can push someone over the edge to the moment where there’s been many lost opportuni ties to feel more friendly for each other and have these moments of small kindness,” he said.

IU alumnus Kiese Laymon awarded with prestigious MacArthur Fellowship

By Kathleen Tran trankat@iu.edu

Kiese Laymon, an IU alumnus and author of mul tiple works including a per sonal memoir called “Heavy,” was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship on Oct. 12. Lay mon graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences with a master of fine arts in creative writing in 2002.

According to the MacAr thur Foundation’s senior pro gram officer Chris Lovely, the five-year fellowship, which

includes an $800,000 grant, is given to individuals who have achieved significant milestones with their creative work. Laymon is one of only 19 individuals in the U.S. to be named a MacArthur fel low. The foundation requires fellows to uphold certain traits: exceptional creativ ity, a promise for important future advances based on a track record of significant accomplishments and the potential for the Fellowship

Large gasoline spill in Bloomington on Oct. 31 caused no long-lasting effects or damages

By Natalie Fitzgibbons natfitzg@iu.edu | @NatalieFitz9

A leak in an underground holding tank or pipe caused a large gasoline spill at a Mara thon gas station located at 1307 W. Third St. on Oct. 31.

This leak resulted in a large release of fuel into the sanitary and sewer system in Bloomington. To stop the leak, the fuel from the storage tanks and the surrounding areas was removed the same day.

The Dillman Road Waste water Treatment Plant detect ed the odor from the gas Oct. 30 and suspended its opera tions by diverting the incom ing water flow to the equaliza tion basin.

The equalization basin

is a large open pond where wastewater is deposited. It allows the water to evaporate through solar radiation and wind, leaving concentrated residual waste to be treated, Andrew Krebbs, communi cations director for the City of Bloomington, said in an email.

Krebbs said the equaliza tion basin allowed the hy drocarbons from the gas to evaporate naturally.

He said there are no dam ages or long-lasting effects at the Dillman Road Wastewa ter Treatment Plant since the plant operators were able to catch the spill early enough and divert the flow. The plant operations are now running smoothly again.

“I completely commend

the utilities staff and the fire staff realizing there was something wrong and then how fast they moved to find the source of the leak, and to make sure everyone was safe,” Krebbs said. “So, at no time was anyone in danger.”

Krebbs said the Indiana Department of Environmen tal Management is doing a full investigation of the Mara thon gas station since there was most likely a defect in the underground storage tank and piping.

IDEM representatives are also supervising the area by the Marathon gas station, Krebbs said.

Allen Carter, IDEM com munications director, said

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The Sample Gates are shown as the sun sets Nov. 6, 2022. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R‑FL., purposed the

Sunshine Protection Act which would remove the need to reset clocks twice a year.

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A sign for the Monroe County Community School Corporation Administration Offices is seen Sept. 2, 2021, during the afternoon dismissal at Bloomington High School South. The MCCSC referendum passed, with approximately 66% of the votes in favor as of 9 p.m. Tuesday.

COURTESY PHOTO Writer and IU alumnus Kiese Laymon is seen posing for a portrait. Laymon graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences in 2002 with a master of fine arts in creative writing and recently received the MacArthur Fellowship.

Todd Young , R U.S. Senator for Indiana

Erin Houchin, R U.S. House Representative for Indiana Congressional District 9

Bob Heaton, R Indiana House Representative for District 46

Peggy Mayfield, R Indiana House Representative for District 60

By Joey Sills sillsj@iu.edu

Nicholas Almendares wants to make it clear that “money is the lifeblood of politics.”

It’s an old quote, and he’s not entirely sure who to attri bute it to — if anybody at all — but it’s an accurate mantra nonetheless, he said, espe cially as running for office has only gotten more expen sive for candidates.

“There’s some pretty good empirical support that money helps you win an election,” Almendares, asso ciate professor of law at IU’s Maurer School of Law, said. “You think on a basic level, if I’m spending $10 million and you’re spending $0, they’re going to hear a lot more about Almendares.”

Although state candidates can often raise contributions numbering in the millions of dollars — Indiana Senator Todd Young, for example, has raised around $10.21 million in 2022 alone, according to OpenSecrets — local can didates are usually looking at amounts much smaller than that. But this doesn’t necessarily mean those con tributions are intrinsically less valuable, Peter Iversen, a Monroe County Council member for District 1, said.

“People spend a lot of their time earning their dol lars, and we know that people are hurting right now in this economy, that it’s really hard to part with those dollars,” he said. “If you can show a cer tain campaign has received a certain number of gifts, that it does show that there is viabil ity in that campaign.”

Iversen, a Democrat, said grassroots fundraising is es

pecially important to him as a candidate, and the average donation to his campaign is $35. According to his preelection CFA-4 form filed Oct. 21, which lists all item ized contributions and ex penditures of his campaign or all those contributions and expenditures over $100, Iversen has raised roughly $4,420 during 2022. Of that number, about $2,265 is list ed as unitemized, or less than $100.

If the number of contribu tions received by a campaign shows its “viability,” as Ivers en said, then the public CFA4 forms submitted by each Monroe County candidate in October present a clear pic ture of how each campaign is looking. They also provide key, though limited, insights into the spending priorities of each campaign.

Iversen said much of his expenditures are on field op erations, including informa tional pamphlets to help with door-to-door canvassing ef forts and yard signs. This is reflected in his CFA-4 form, where his campaign reported over $1,500 in expenditures to the Cobb Group, a com mercial printing company based in Dayton, Kentucky.

On the other hand, other candidates, such as Mar tha Hawk, Monroe County Council member for District 3, report no outside contribu tions on their CFA-4 forms. Hawk, a Republican running unopposed, said she felt no need to ask for money be cause she has no competi tion.

“I know that people who have money to give to cam paigns need to put it where they think the money will do the most good,” Hawk said.

Hawk also said there is an advantage to having name recognition. Having served on the Monroe County Council since 1988, she said most people simply assume she’ll win anyway and won’t need the cash donations; nevertheless, she said, her strong local presence means she’s historically spent very little time actually asking for contributions in the first place.

“When I have opposition, I don’t even need strategy — they just show up with the money,” she said. “I’m local. I’ve been here; people know me. People trust me. And, if they see opposition, then they just pitch in and they want to make sure that I get in there.”

Campaign finance, on a federal level, is regulated by the Federal Elections Com mission, an “independent regulatory agency charged with administering and en forcing federal campaign fi nance law,” according to the FEC’s website. The FEC only has jurisdiction over those running for the U.S. House of Representatives, Senate, and the presidency and vice presidency.

Since the establishment of the FEC in 1974, the Su preme Court has issued several decisions greatly modifying campaign finance regulation, most notably in the 2010 case Citizens United v. FEC. In this case, the court ruled corporate funding of independent political media could not be regulated, ac cording to Ballotpedia — in other words, political spend ing by corporations and other organizations for can didates they haven’t coordi nated with may not be regu

lated because such spend ing is protected by the First Amendment.

“If you just want to take out an ad that says, like, I don’t know, ‘J.D. Vance is awesome’ or ‘J.D. Vance is the devil,’ you just choose to do that,” Almendares said about the candidate J.D. Vance, who is running for the U.S. Senate in Ohio. “You don’t talk to J.D. Vance. He doesn’t know you — you can just do that, and there’s no limit on that.”

This is where political ac tion committees come in. According to OpenSecrets, PACs are political commit tees organized for the spe cific purpose of raising and spending money for and against candidates. Super PACs, on the other hand, are those PACs with no formal connection to a candidate — they are therefore permitted to raise an unlimited amount of money from individu als, corporations and other organizations, granted that money doesn’t go directly to the candidate, according to OpenSecrets.

With super PACs come

“dark money,” a term that es sentially refers to donations coming from an unknown source. According to Cam paign Legal, nonprofit or ganizations aren’t required to disclose their donors so long as politics aren’t their “primary activity.” These or ganizations then contribute to super PACs, which in turn informally work to elect a particular candidate, accord ing to OpenSecrets.

However, for local and state candidates, campaign finance laws vary from state to state, with differing contri bution limits and candidate reporting requirements. In Indiana, individual contribu tors and PACs aren’t limited in how much they can do nate to any campaign, ac cording to Ballotpedia.

One of the hurdles that comes with being a local candidate, Iversen said, is the fact many know very little about local offices compared to the state or federal offices on their ballot. For Iversen, asking for contributions has been just as much about ed ucation as it has been about donations.

“Our name recognition isn’t as high as some of those races that are higher up on the ballot, and the actual statutory duties that we are charged with aren’t so well known either,” he said. “So, we go through and we kind of help educate people on what those statutory duties are.”

Iversen, who was voted to fill a vacant seat left by for mer Councilwoman Shelli Yoder in 2019, said this is the first time he’s felt the need to raise funds to help defeat an opponent from the other side of the aisle. Hawk, a veteran councilwoman of over 30 years, has spent no money on her campaign at all. Both agree, as politicians, on the fundamental importance of campaign finance, especially for local candidates.

“The big thing is that poli ticians believe it helps. We have testimonials from them, typically X politician saying, ‘We need campaign mon ey,’” Almendares said. “They spend a shocking amount of their time raising money. It’s a huge chunk of what they do — so, they think it’s im portant.”

Kirkwood Candle Bar open to make personalized candles

By Ruth Cronin rmcronin@iu.edu | @RuthCronin6

Marcy and Carl Cook, the owners of EllieMae’s Boutique on Kirkwood Av enue, were able to make a custom candle bar just two weeks ago. The soft opening of Kirkwood Candle Bar was Friday, Nov. 4, and its grand opening was Saturday, Nov. 5.

The owners were able to make Kirkwood Candle Bar, which will exist inside of El lieMae’s, come to life quickly due to the support from Sa bastian Garsenett and his partner Chad, who own Garsenett Beacon Candles in Holland, Michigan.

The idea for the busi

ness came from the couple’s daughter, Eleanor. While waiting to board a flight in California last March, she saw a create-your-own candle bar. While the Cooks were recently discussing what new ventures they could bring to Kirkwood, Eleanor suggested a candle bar similar to the one she had seen in March.

“I got a hold of Garsen ett Beacon out of Holland, Michigan, and as luck has it, one of the owners, Sabas tian, is from Bloomington, so he’s a Hoosier at heart,” Marcy Cook said. “We felt like he was the right person to consult for the job.”

During the last couple of weeks, the couple has

worked to redesign a portion of their boutique for the can dle bar. Sebastian and Chad have helped order, ship and print everything Kirkwood Candle Bar will need and have even been on-site help ing them prepare to open.

Kirkwood Candle Bar will be open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. on Sun days. The store will take both reservations and walk-in customers.

The Candle Bar process will include finding a ves sel, picking scents, and then starting the melting process.

“Each person who comes in to create a candle will have their own supplies, so they will pour their own scents

together into their wax, they will trip their wick, they will pour the actual wax mixed with the fragrance into the vessel,” general manager of EllieMae’s Terra Hall said. “They will get to do all of the hands-on work.”

The candles will take about 2 hours to solidify after completion, so the Candle Bar recommends grabbing a drink or lunch on Kirkwood, or coming to pick up your candle the next day.

The Cooks are excited for the new addition of the can dle bar to its boutique and hope that the community enjoys the candle-making experience.

“You can come create your own fragrance for your

“We’re

Supreme Court rulings to look out for this term

By Carter DeJong cadejong@iu.edu | dejong_carter

After a new term began on Oct. 3, and with six con servative justices, the Su preme Court is set to rule on cases involving elections, the environment, LGBTQ rights and affirmative ac tion.

The overturning of Roe v. Wade at the end of the last session has caused an increase in interest and criticisms of the Supreme Court’s proceedings.

Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency

Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency involves a couple that wants to fill in their residential lot near an Idaho lake. The EPA desig nated the area of their prop erty a protected wetland area under the Clean Wa ter Act, which regulates the amount of pollutants that is allowed in U.S. waters, ac cording to the EPA.

“What’s at stake with Sackett is the geographic scope of regulation to pro

tect wetlands and tributary waters,” Robert Fischman, IU professor of public and environmental af fairs, said. “If the Supreme Court shrinks that jurisdic tion, then state jurisdiction shrinks as well.”

Wetlands are an essen tial part of the environment because they improve wa ter quality, store floodwater and maintain surface water flow during droughts, ac cording to the EPA.

“What Sackett wants to do is destroy wetlands,” Fis chman said.

Moore v. Harper

The Moore v. Harper case will examine whether state judiciaries can make deci sions on how elections are conducted, Luis FuentesRohwer, IU professor of law, said.

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide if the North Car olina Supreme Court has the right to strike down a con troversial electoral map that heavily favors republicans, according to Brennan Cen ter for Justice.

The argument for giving state legislatures full control over how elections are con ducted comes from Article 1, Section 4, of the Consti tution that says state legis latures can determine the time, place and manner of holding elections for sena tors and representatives

“It is pretty clear that the founding generation had no interest in giving state legis latures sole authority over federal elections,” FuentesRohwer said.

Students

For Fair Admis sions v. President and Fellows of Harvard and Students for Fair Admis sions V. University of North Carolina

The court heard oral arguments Oct. 31 on two cases focusing on affirma tive action in college ad missions. The conservative wing of the court questioned the end point of affirmative action, according to tran scripts.

“I just don’t see how you can say that the program will ever end,” Chief Justice John

Roberts said during oral ar guments.

Justice Clarence Thomas asked lawyers in favor of af firmative action at UNC if there was any benefit to hav ing racial diversity in educa tion.

“I may be tone deaf when it comes to all these other things that happen on cam pus, about feeling good and all that,” Thomas said during oral arguments, “I'm really interested in a simple thing. What benefits academically are there to your definition or the diversity that you are asserting?”

According to the Legal Information Institute at Cor nell Law School, affirmative action is meant to remedy the effects of discrimination based on race, color, creed and national origin.

“They won’t be able to consider a student's race or ethnicity,” Steve Sanders, IU professor of law, said, “That seems odd that we would single out that one thing.” 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis 303 Creative LLC v. Ele

nis will examine the rights of a web designer who ob jected to providing services for a same-sex couple. She believes that being forced to follow anti-discrimination laws that protect LGBTQ community members is a form of compelled speech enforced by the govern ment.

303 Creative LLC is ar guing the First Amendment

protects business owners from working with LGBTQ people if it goes against their beliefs, Sanders said.

Colorado, where 303 Creative LLC is located, cur rently has a law preventing discrimination based on sexual orientation.

“With this conservative court, 303 Creative is likely to find a receptive audi ence,” Sanders said.

house,” Marcy Cook said.

just excited to offer this experience to the com munity.”

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Eleanor Cook arranges candle jars in preparation for Kirkwood Candle Bar’s opening on Nov. 4, 2022. Kirkwood Candle Bar held a soft opening Nov. 4 and fully opened Nov. 5, 2022.

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Rishi Sunak will continue to lead the UK into turmoil

By Owen Darland (he/him) is a freshman studying internation al studies.

Not long after the United Kingdom’s former Prime Minister Liz Truss was out lasted by a head of lettuce, Rishi Sunak took the posi tion. As head of the Conser vative Party and the wealthi est person in Parliament, he became the first prime min ister of South Asian descent. He will have a lot to under take as the U.K. goes through a cold winter, food short ages, double-digit inflation and an energy crisis.

“He’s now going to be prime minister, and can I just throw in, that it is high ly significant that he is the first prime minister from an ethnic minority,” Robert Hayward, a British member of the House of Lords, said in an interview with CNN. “The message that sends to a worldwide audience is really highly significant.”

While it should be cel ebrated that someone from an underrepresented com munity was elected to power in Britain, I fear, with his political mindset, meaning ful change for minority com munities will not occur.

It is much like how when Barack Obama got elected the United States saw little change in racial violence and agitation. According

to the FBI's hate crime sta tistics, over Obama’s presi dential term the number of hate crimes was relatively consistent, only fluctuating by about 100 cases. I believe the same is likely to happen in the U.K.

A prime example of this stagnation includes Sunak’s position on policing.

put more police officers on the street,” Sunak commented on policing in a

Twitter post on Aug. 25. “We also need to make sure they have the tools they need in order to keep us safe.”

Later in the video, he spoke about how "wokeness" hinders the police force and that stop and search is an ef fective technique. However, data reinforces

start changing the funding formulas, to make sure areas like this are getting the fund ing they deserve because we inherited a bunch of formu las from the Labour Party that shoved all the funding into deprived urban areas and that needed to be un done,” Sunak said to a crowd

and funnel that money into the pockets of those who can already afford necessities.

His immigration policy also faces scrutiny. When he was the chancellor of the Ex chequer, the U.S. equivalent of the secretary of treasury, he pushed through hun dreds of millions of pounds

contained a clause, later re moved, that would have al lowed the U.K.’s government to revoke the citizenship of anyone it deems has a claim to another nationality. He also assisted in implement ing the Rwanda Policy. This policy sends people that wanted to seek asylum in the U.K. to Rwanda instead. This blatantly xenophobic policy is in some ways very similar to the immigration policy under the Trump ad ministration and will likely only get worse while Sunak

Under Sunak’s leader ship, I don’t think the U.K. is on track to success. The Conservative Party will likely only appeal to those at the top while leaving underrep resented communities and low-income communities

It’s important to learn to talk with sensitivity

This is something I never would have thought of on my own. In fact, I was probably guilty of it at some point in my life.

Many offensive state ments aren’t said with viscous intent and saying them may be second nature. Therefore, it is so important to listen to oth ers and learn from them.

A major topic that comes to mind is body image and eating. Many of the students I interviewed brought up how people comment on other people's bodies.

Social media has opened a new space for backhanded compliments and hurtful statements. Comments such as “The confidence!” or “Glad everyone is being nice in the comments,” on a plus-size person's photo or video is not helpful but rather incredibly detrimental.

raised in more conservative towns or religious households might have very different mor als than those raised in a liber al town. However, we all must find a way to live in one world together. A lot of it comes down to listening and learning individually.

IU junior Stephanie Valdes said she grew up in a highly religious household, and she had to reflect on what she was raised saying and doing.

“I used to think that these comments had no harm be cause I didn’t intend any harm in my words, but now I know that these comments hold weight,” Stephanie said.

Valdes was not the only person I talked to who made reflections like this.

By Gentry Keener (she/her) is a sophomore studying journalism and political science.

As kids, we never ques tioned things our parents said, even if it wasn’t always politi cally correct.

We were raised believ ing that their words were OK, but as times have changed

and society has grown, there is a mass realization that we shouldn’t be saying certain things. It is important to learn that we can’t say everything we learned growing up. The world is a vastly different place, and just because our parents said something doesn’t mean we need to continue the cycle.

I spoke with many other

students in hopes of getting outside opinions on phrases and topics people say can be hurtful. I was very glad I did because topics were brought up that I never would have thought of.

IU sophomore Caitlyn Le raas brought up the idea of single parenting. For many people, the initial reaction to

hearing someone has a single parent or one of their parents is not in their life is to auto matically assume it is a bad thing.

“It is an embedded stereo type into society that every one has a mother and father,” Leraas said. “When that isn’t the case, they’re automatically sorry for you."

Going along with that, if someone said, “I feel fat,” and you respond with, “No, you look beautiful,” you are feed ing the stereotype in society that in order to be beautiful you must be skinny. These are major steps back and creates a negative stereotype surround ing that insecurity.

These harmful statements can be a result of education or lack thereof. All of us come from different backgrounds and diverse cultures. Those

Horror films have always been meaningful

By Danny William (they/ them) is a freshman studying media.

Horror is being reborn. After years of drudgery in the swamps of endless “Saw” and “Paranormal Ac tivity” films, the genre has come back swinging with hit after hit. Films like “He reditary,” “The Witch” and “Get Out” have ushered in a new wave of horror fans who expect meaning — or at least some semblance of it — out of their viewing ex perience.

But “elevated horror,” as it’s called by fans, is nothing new. Horror as a genre has always provided meaningful commentary on the world we live in and the people we are. Looking back on these films as nothing more than mindless scare-fests isn’t just wrong, it’s reductive.

The horror genre is his torically rich. Some of the early most iconic filmmak ing is horror — films like “Nosferatu” and “The Cabi net of Doctor Caligari” — have influenced filmmakers for centuries. These early German expressionist piec

es sought to excite and scare their audiences. But they often delivered much more than thrills, they also com mented on life in post-WWI Germany.

Since these first itera tions of the genre, horror has long been a vehicle to reflect on societal ills. Take a film like George A. Romero’s 1978 classic “Dawn of the Dead.” While at the surface level the film is a straight forward zombie apocalypse flick, the film acts as a com plex metaphor for the pit falls of consumerism.

One of the most grossly misunderstood retro horror films is 1974’s “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.” To many, the film outwardly appears to be a disgusting, low-brow gore-fest with no deeper significance. Inter national governments cer tainly saw it this way, since it’s been banned in a variety of countries since its re lease.

However, “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” pres ents a reflection of a deeply flawed American system. The main antagonists — the iconic Leatherface and his family — are disenfran

chised factory workers, driven to madness after the loss of their jobs. The mis deeds of capitalism create the main villains of the film.

The vast majority of hor ror films have something to say about society. The 1983 film “Videodrome” comments on the growing

nature of easily-accessible violence — a theme that still resonates to this day. Even horror from the studio sys tem, like 1959’s “The Mum my,” can be interpreted with meaningful themes, that being the consequences of imperialism.

Drawing from this long

history, one can see that elevated horror is noth ing new. Generalizing the long-standing traditions of the genre into “meaningful” and “meaningless” deval ues the complex and rich past that built to this new subgenre.

Horror has always been

It is not easy to reevalu ate your thinking and words. It takes a lot of courage and openness to be able to change the way you speak and admit that what you were saying before could be considered harmful. So, I am not saying that the change will happen overnight. However, we have a chance as a generation to re duce harmful statements.

Many of these are ideas we gained from our parents and the generations before us, but they can end. It is a cycle we do not have to continue.

about holding a mirror to society’s greatest fears. El evated horror is simply the latest expression of this ten dency. Learning from hor ror’s past and looking to its future will make the genre even better for its fans.

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Breithaupt said adopting the fallback time year-round will benefit sleep patterns and improve mental health and empathy levels. This would mean that no adjustments to the time would be made after setting the clock an hour back in the fall.

To some IU students, hav ing to switch their clocks twice a year feels inconve nient. IU sophomore Alex Kurz said she finds it difficult to adjust in the spring when the time is moved an hour for ward. On the other hand, in the fall, she feels more relaxed and has more room to settle into a new rhythm.

“It seems like I’m losing an hour of sleep for a week,” Kurz said. “You feel jet-lagged.”

IU freshman Bella Street said she does not see the point to keeping daylight sav ing time anymore since it has already served its original purpose. She also prefers get ting an extra hour of sleep in the fall to losing an hour of sleep in the spring.

“It’s a pain springing back,” Street said. “It’s inconvenient when I have to wake up ear lier.”

to facilitate subsequent cre ative work.

“The MacArthur Fellow ship is a no-strings-attached award designed to provide recipients with the flexibility to pursue their own artistic, intellectual and professional activities without reporting requirements or specific ex pectations,” Lovely said.

Laymon’s MacArthur Fellows profile said he writes about the bystander perspective of the violence that marks the Black expe rience. Laymon’s writing covers topics surrounding radical honesty and aims to achieve revision and self-re flection as a Black southern man.

“Laymon’s work provides a powerful meditation on how compassion, account ability and forgiveness can engender a more humane society and future,” Lovely said. “We hope that the funding and visibility of the fellowship will enable Lay mon to further build on his already impressive body of work and that more readers will be exposed to his work.”

He currently teaches at

Rice University as the Libbie Shearn Moody Professor of English and Creative Writ ing.

“I was absolutely de lighted that he won this prestigious award,” Rick Van Kooten, the College of Arts and Sciences executive dean, said. “It is just a fan tastic demonstration of what an alumnus can do, in this case from our Department of English in the Creative Writ ing program, in terms of so cietal impact.”

Laymon also wrote a novel called “Long Divi sion” and an essay collec tion called “How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America,” which was named as “a notable book of 2021” by New York Times critics. He received the 2020-2021 Radcliffe Fellowship at Har vard and is the founder of the Catherine Coleman Literary Arts and Justice Initiative, named after his grandmoth er, which strives to guide young people to comfort ably read, write and revise on their own terms in their communities.

New York Times named

Laymon’s memoir, “Heavy: An American Memoir,” as one of the 50 Best Memoirs of the past 50 years. It re ceived numerous awards including the Andrew Carn egie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, the Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobio graphical Prose, the Barnes & Noble Discovery Award, and the Austen Riggs Erikson Prize for Excellence in Men tal Health Media.

“‘Heavy’ really had the biggest public impact of my life,” Laymon said. “I had to write my other books to braid so many threads in ‘Heavy’.”

Laymon says during his time at IU, he learned the most when he was a teaching assistant for a fiction lecture course. He enjoyed unpack ing what the class learned with a smaller set of students.

“I hope students learn to make revision the most im portant part of their art and life practices,” Laymon said.

Laymon plans to release two additional books near the end of 2023 and is cur rently working on two TV shows which he plans to share with the public soon.

Marathon has hired a reme diation company, which is an environmental cleanup contractor. Marathon is cur rently in the remediation process.

Usually, remediation for a gas leak means removing any contaminants from the soil and other contaminants in the area.

He said the remediation company has 20 days from when the gas leak occurred to file a cleanup report to IDEM, which will be pub licly available. The report will contain more details re garding how the gas leak oc curred and the remediation process at the gas station.

Quinton Deppert, office of water quality employee for City of Bloomington Uti lites and a Students for a New Green World member, said any parcel of property at Marathon which may have been contaminated with gas or any other hazardous sub stances from the gas leak will be labeled as a brownfield.

This means the land may or may not be able to be used depending on the results of the remediation. If they are

usable, they will have restric tions, Deppert said.

Deppert said it’s the gas station owners who are re sponsible for the cleanup of the gas leak, not the oil companies. The problem with this, he said, is gas sta tion owners are operating on a slim margin profit from the gasoline that is sold.

Gas stations owners mostly profit from what is sold in the convenience stores rather than from sell ing gasoline. This is due to gas stations usually be ing franchises that pur chase gas wholesale from oil companies, he said. Gas station owners then have the responsibility of main taining and paying for the underground storage tanks to prevent leaks, while oil companies obtain most of the profits from the gasoline, Deppert said.

“What this really points to is the fact that our oil distribution system in this country is broken,” he said.

“These oil companies have a strangle hold on the way that oil and gas are distributed to gas stations.”

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Indiana beats Penn State, to face Maryland

up.”

pect Penn State, or any team for that matter, to “reinvent the wheel” in terms of their tactical game plan. While Indiana stuck true to those words by starting the same lineup seen in the team’s 1-1 draw to Maryland on Sunday, there was a glaring omission from Penn State’s attack.

Without the help of se nior forward Liam Butts, the Nittany Lions shifted their structure and forma tion in a defensive-minded approach for this season’s second meeting against the Hoosiers.

On Oct. 14, Indiana com fortably defeated Penn State 4-2 in Bloomington. Up un til the Hoosiers built up an insurmountable lead in that match, though, Butts was one of the most irritating thorns in the Hoosier back line’s side. His acceleration and swift strides caused the Hoosiers trouble and equal ized the match at 1-1 early on.

The Nittany Lions mus tered a 7-0 advantage in shots over the Hoosiers in the second half, but none throughout the entire match were on target. Munie, named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year on Friday, and the rest of the back line effortlessly handled the visi tors’ 10-minute stretch of possession at the end of the match by keeping compo sure in the box.

Junior goalkeeper JT Harms wasn’t forced to make any game-changing saves as a result, but he played an important role in denying chances and limit ing awkward moments in the box by alertly punching out several crosses.

Other results around the conference — all other topfour seeds, No. 1 Maryland, No. 2 Rutgers and No. 3 Ohio State won their quarterfinal matchups — mean Indiana won’t host another match for the remainder of the Big Ten Tournament.

By Kamil Gut kgut@iu.edu | @GutKamil

Days after just missing out on a share of the Big Ten regular season title, Indiana men’s soccer took the first step toward ensuring some form of conference hard ware on Friday night.

The No. 4-seeded Hoo siers took down the No. 5-seeded Penn State Nittany Lions with a 1-0 victory in a Big Ten Tournament quar terfinal matchup at Bill Arm strong Stadium in Bloom ington, putting themselves two wins away from a title.

Not only did Indiana earn revenge over Penn State in the rematch of last season’s

Big Ten Tournament cham pionship game, but the first-round win boosted the team’s resume over other Big Ten hopefuls and teams around the nation hoping for at-large bids.

“We needed this win for so many levels, just to solidi fy (ourselves) in the (NCAA) Tournament a little bit,” red shirt senior defender Daniel Munie said.

The winning goal came from none other than senior forward Ryan Wittenbrink, who has carried the goalscoring load for the Hoo siers throughout the season and especially down the late stretch of matches.

Pressure down the flanks

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gave Indiana a flurry of corner kicks deep into the first half. On the eighth at tempt of the 11 corners the Hoosiers ultimately totaled, they finally broke through the stubbornly-contested penalty area. Penn State eas ily headed away the previ ous seven airborne crosses from danger, but Indiana’s decision to quickly take the ensuing set piece on the ground created the best chance of all.

Freshman forward Luka Bezerra received the ball at his feet, fired a shot toward the 6-yard box and forced a deflection that landed at the top of the penalty area. With the Nittany Lions congested

Indiana begins season with 86-49 win over Vermont

By Matt Sebree masebr@iu.edu | @mattsebree

No. 11 Indiana women’s basketball tipped off its season with an 86-49 vic tory over the University of Vermont on Tuesday at Si mon Skodt Assembly Hall. After a slow start, the Hoo siers cleaned up their mis takes and were able to blow out their American East Conference opponent.

Before the media time out at the halfway mark of the first quarter, Indiana already committed four turnovers that Vermont capitalized on to take an early lead. With 2:55 left in the first quarter, the Cata mounts held a 12-11 ad vantage.

Coming out of the first mid-quarter break, the Hoosiers only turned the ball over twice and went on a 9-0 run to close out the first period 20-12. Five of the points in the run came from junior guard Sydney Parrish and graduate stu dent forward Alyssa Geary. The pair of players were the first substitutes for Indiana, and both were making their debuts in Bloomington.

Parrish transferred to Indiana from the University of Oregon over the offsea son after being named the 2020 Indiana Miss Basket ball her senior year of high school. She shot 35% from deep in her two seasons with the Ducks and showed off her shooting early Tues day, scoring her first points on a 3-pointer and finish ing with eight points. In ad dition to her scoring, head coach Teri Moren said she was pleased with how Par rish played defensively, getting a block, four steals and taking a charge.

“We have always and will always hang our hat on the defensive side of the ball, and so she knew she had to get better in order to get out on the floor and

help us,” Moren said. “One thing that Syd is is she's a great communicator. You know, she's constantly talk ing.”

Geary is also a transfer, coming to Bloomington after four seasons at Provi dence College. She scored four points and pulled down four rebounds while providing good defense in the post, particularly when senior forward Mackenzie Holmes was on the bench.

In addition to Parrish and Geary, Indiana had five other newcomers play their first minutes for the Cream and Crimson on Tuesday, headlined by freshman starting guard Yarden Garzon, a native of Ra’anana, Israel. In her first college game ever, Garzon tied Vermont senior guard Emma Utterback as the game’s leading scorer with 19 points.

“(Garzon’s) not a typi cal freshman. She plays like a pro out there,” graduate student guard Grace Berger said. “She's someone that's very easy to play with, that’s really fun to play with. We aren't surprised by it, but we definitely don't think of her as a typical freshman.”

Garzon’s first bucket was a 3-pointer midway through the second quarter to give Indiana a doubledigit lead for good. She fol lowed it up with four more makes from deep through out the game to help the Hoosiers reach 12 total 3-pointers — more than the team made in any single game last season.

Although Parrish, Geary and Garzon played well in their first games in Bloom ington, Moren said she thought the team — par ticularly the newcomers — could have played better defensively.

“We certainly have some work to do defensive ly especially with some of our new our new faces that

are trying to understand our defensive system,” Moren said.

Making sure everybody knows what they are do ing defensively requires a good amount of practice and chemistry, and Moren said the team is focused on improving that side of the ball.

Despite Moren’s dis pleasure with the team’s performance at one end of the court, Indiana was able to cruise to the 37-point victory and was never sig nificantly challenged by Vermont after the first quarter.

Behind Garzon, Holmes scored 16 points and Berger scored 14 points and recorded eight assists and eight rebounds, both game-high marks. Senior guard Sara Scalia, a transfer from Minnesota, was the only other Hoosier in dou ble figures with 11 points.

Indiana is not the same team as it was the past couple of years — Tuesday was the first game without former players Ali Patberg, Nicole Cardaño-Hillary or Aleksa Gulbe since 2017. However, Holmes said the new players will add levels to the Hoosiers that were not there in the past.

“We have a lot of dif ferent pieces, but I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing. I think it's exciting,” Holmes said. “The pieces that we have this year — they're versatile. They're dynamic. So it's really ex citing to practice and keep getting better every day and now we're finally get ting to games so it should be a lot of fun to see how things unfold.”

Following the seasonopening win, No. 11 Indi ana will stay in Blooming ton to play another mem ber of the American East Conference, the University of Massachusetts Lowell at 7 p.m. Friday.

near the net, Wittenbrink had time to accurately place a low-driven shot into the corner of the net.

“We had some advantag es on our restarts,” Yeagley said. “It was a really nice finish. Keeping it low in that traffic is important. Witt’s been fantastic all year for us.”

Wittenbrink, named firstteam All-Big Ten on Friday, added his eighth goal to an already historic personal season. He’s now scored In diana’s lone goal in back-toback matches.

Ahead of Tuesday’s intro duction to the postseason, Indiana head coach Todd Yeagley said he didn’t ex

By having a traditional four-back setup defensively in the first meeting, Butts and his attacking coun terparts, junior midfielder Peter Mangione and gradu ate midfielder Seth Kuhn inserted themselves up the field more frequently and re gained possession for Penn State in times of distress.

Butts did feature in the fi nal 10 minutes off the bench, but the damage was already done by then. The back line consisting of five players set Penn State up with limited opportunities to counter, and Indiana expertly held onto possession trying to ex tend its lead for most of the match.

“His threat in behind is always there,” Yeagley said about Butts. “If he was healthier, they would’ve played like they did the first time. Mangione, although you always fear him, we did a good job of bottling him

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Tuesday’s home match could also likely have been the final at Bill Armstrong Stadium for the entire sea son, as it’s doubtful the Hoo siers will earn a top-16 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

“The crowd really was electric,” Yeagley said. “The guys loved it. (They) were chatting about it after the game.”

Looking ahead, Indiana will get its desired rematch against Big Ten regular sea son champion Maryland in the tournament’s semifinal round. The Hoosiers will play the Terrapins Nov. 9 in College Park, Maryland, for a berth into the champion ship game. A time has not yet been set for the semifinal match.

“We’re happy they won,” Munie said. “We’re looking forward to it. It’ll be good to get some revenge hopefully on them.”

Indiana shows depth with win against Morehead State

By Evan Gerike egerike@iu.edu | @EvanGerike

No. 13 Indiana men’s basketball has no lack of tal ent in its starting lineup, but when struggling early against Morehead State University in its season opening 88-53 vic tory Monday, it turned to its bench.

The second unit respond ed thoroughly. Tied 21-21 with nine minutes remaining in the first half, junior forward Jordan Geronimo scored four straight points, injecting life into the Hoosiers and Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

After the ensuing 13-0 In diana run, including five con secutive points by freshman forward Malik Reneau, Indi ana never looked back.

Led by Reneau’s 15 points and five rebounds, the bench scored 45, just over half Indi ana’s total. Geronimo scored 10, and senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis was the only starter to add double-digit scoring with 15 points and seven rebounds.

“We are deeper this sea son than we were last season,” head coach Mike Woodson said in his postgame press conference. “Again, every body was new last year. I was new. Those guys last season were trying to figure me out, and the guys that came back know who I am now... We’re longer. More athletic than we were last season. That helps in the college game.”

Indiana showed off its ability to spread out the pro duction on both ends of the floor, even against lower-level competition. Seven players scored at least seven points, and only freshman Jalen Hood-Schifino exceeded 23 minutes played. Of his 27 total minutes, 17 came in the first half.

Reneau’s length off the bench was at times too much to handle for Morehead State, who was already faced with Indiana spreading the court with Jackson-Davis and se

nior forward Race Thompson. Reneau showed off his length and athleticism throughout the night, handling the ball below the basket just as well as he did a coast-to-coast fast break.

“The freshmen, him and Jalen, they don’t play like freshmen,” Woodson said. “They act like they belong.”

Morehead State senior guard Mark Freeman, who scored 14 points to lead the Eagles, didn’t return after roll ing his ankle in the first half.

Freeman left when the game was tied at 21, and the departure of Morehead State’s top scorer left the team light on offense. After shooting 6-for-19 from 3-point range in the first half, Morehead State only shot 3-of-11 from beyond the arc in the second half.

The bench outscored Morehead State 31-24 in the second half alone, and three players off Indiana’s bench were plus 15 or better in the half.

“It’s really important for us to have no drop off,” Geron imo said. “The starters who started the game, it’s impor tant for us to come with our energy, and when energy is applied it’s always going to show on the court. We went on a run. Got some stops,

some easy points. That’s what you need when you come off the bench, to have that pop to keep you in.”

Senior guard Xavier John son, who had a diminished night in both production and minutes thanks to some ear ly foul trouble, finished the night with four points in 20 minutes.

Woodson said he would prefer if Johnson led the sec ond unit but had no problem with Hood-Schifino on the floor Monday.

“I kind of want X in with the second unit because he’s been around a lot longer than Fino,” Woodson said. “He can run our ball club, so the fact that he got in foul trouble early, it gave Fino a chance to play more minutes with the second unit. He can play with any unit. Both of them can.”

Indiana is now 1-0 on the season and will look to extend its record against Bethune-Cookman Univer sity at 8:30 p.m. Thursday in Assembly Hall. Thanks to its added depth, it might not be a struggle, even if the starters struggle.

“As a team I feel like we have 10 starters, 11 starters, 12 starters, so when that second group comes in, there should be no drop off,” Thompson said.

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Redshirt senior forward Ryan Wittenbrink moves the ball forward against University of Kentucky on Oct. 22, 2022, at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Indiana defeated Penn State 1-0 in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals.

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Sophomore forward Jordan Geronimo dunks in the second half Nov. 7, 2022, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers beat Morehead State 88-53.

‘Midnights’

By Charlotte Jones cmj35@iu.edu

Being involved in Taylor Swift’s fandom goes one of two ways: either you dig your nails into every letter she writes, or you choose to live simply, taking her lyrics at face value. I have never made things easy for my self, building spreadsheets to calculate her easter eggs.

Swift starts strong with a potential reference to queer culture with the song titled “Lavender Haze.” Lavender is arguably the most impor tant symbol for queer wom en, as some being called lavender menaces, a refer

ence to their overt queer lifestyle they refuse to hide.

Swift even uses lavender in merchandise related to this album, from vinyl pressings to candles to sleep masks.

Sure, lavender doesn’t have an exclusively queer meaning, but with Gaylor theories becoming more mainstream, it’s a very in teresting choice for her and her team to make. She has come forward and said the lyrics are based off a line from the TV series “Mad Men,” making this song one of two big references to TV shows on the album.

Tina Fey’s writing slips into the song “Anti-Hero”

with Swift’s lyrics referenc ing “a sexy baby.” Initially controversial, this lyric was discovered to be a di rect reference to “30 Rock,” comforting distressed fans. “Anti-Hero” would con tinue to come under fire for potentially fatphobic mes saging in its music video released in tandem with the album. Swift has come forward about her years of battling an eating disor der, but some fans felt the music video took it too far, showing a scale weighing her as “fat.” Swift has since edited the video, no longer showing the close-up of the scale.

“Maroon,” “Question...?” and “High Infidelity” all have been speculated to include queer messaging. “Maroon” does not men tion anything identifiable about the person she sings about, but it makes note of “The lips I used to call home / So scarlet it was maroon.” Who knows who it’s about, but I don’t believe it can be about a man she has pub licly dated.

“Question...?” could be about Kissgate, a fandom term for the 1975 concert Swift and Karli Kloss at tended together, caught potentially kissing. The pic tures are so blurry, but the

story would make sense, since the song mentions kissing in a crowded room. Adding fuel to the fire, the first line samples “I remem ber,” an iconic line from “Out Of The Woods” off of her album “1989.” This song was interpreted to be about Dianna Agron — since the two shared scissor necklac es — another sapphic sym bol. However, “Out Of The Woods” is more commonly thought to be about Harry Styles. The reference leaves ambiguous meanings, but a cool intro nonetheless.

“High Infidelity” talks about cheating on a part ner, with April 29 being a

very intentional event. This seems to mean one of two things: Swift cheated on Calvin Harris at the 2016 Met Gala, where she met Joe Alwyn for the first time, or it’s referencing Swift at tending Dianna Agron’s 26th birthday party and leaving with a hickey. It’s more likely to be the for mer than the latter, but no one truly knows other than Swift.

That’s the important thing to remember at the end of the day: no one knows the meanings other than Swift. Until she reveals them, all we’re left to do is speculate.

IU Auditorium to feature Alton Brown, Straight No Chaser

By Grant Wheeler grawheel@iu.edu | @wh33lg

tickets available for $10.

Chimes of Christmas Chimes of Christmas will bring the Singing Hoosiers to the stage for two shows at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 3. The group will pres ent a wide range of holiday tunes including Christmas carols, contemporary songs and classical choral pieces. They will also perform “The Ballad of the Brown King” by Margaret Bonds, which reimagines the poetry of Langston Hughes in a telling of the story of King Baltha zar. Singing Hoosiers will invite IU’s African American Choral Ensemble and the Jacobs Contemporary Vocal Ensemble to perform the piece with them. Student tickets start at $11 and gen eral admission tickets start at $18.

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COLUMN: Restaurants with the best fall flavors, meals around

By Ellie Adam ehadam@indiana.edu | @ellieeadam

November is finally here, which means there’s only so many days left to enjoy fall’s best dishes. Hurry to these local spots for their fall op tions before it’s too late:

The Elm

The Elm is a great place for a nice family dinner or romantic date night. I start ed my meal off with some of its small plates, such as the Fall Burrata, Squash Tart, and the Butternut Squash Soup. Out of all the small plates I tasted, the Fall Bur rata was my favorite. The bread was toasted perfect ly, as I topped it with the burrata, apple confiture, honey, pecans and cran berries. I recommend the Goodnight Bolognese and Maple Leaf Farms Duck for the main course. I liked the vegetables in the bolog nese, though it didn’t fill me up. The duck’s portion was much bigger, served with sweet potato purée and lacinato kale. Not only does the menu celebrate the sea son, the inside of the build

ing is filled with fall colors and scented candles.

Inkwell Bakery and Cafe and Poindexter Coffee

If you’re looking for a more casual setting, Poin dexter Coffee and the Ink well Bakery and Cafe are serving some delicious fall pastries.

Inkwell’s current baked goods favorites are its apple crumble muffins and pumpkin muffins, and Poindexter serves pumpkin walnut muffins. I tried its pumpkin spiced chai latte with cinnamon, I liked how the cinnamon took away some of the spicy flavor from the chai. I also loved the Hocus Pocus blackberry iced tea. I don’t usually try blackberry flavored drinks, but it tasted more like a passion fruit flavor instead. Both Inkwell and Poindex ter are great places to enjoy a fall treat while studying.

FARMbloomington

This year, FARMbloom ington is hosting Thanks giving. The restaurant’s new American cuisine is celebrating all things fall this month. Its website al

lows you to reserve a table for Thanksgiving Day or to arrange a carryout order for those celebrating the holiday at home. Its menu is now available to view on line, offering various main course options. Vegetarian meals are also available, as well as a delicious pumpkin pie for dessert.

FARM’s current fall op tions include its chicken corn chowder — a great starter or side dish. Its nightly specials menu serves a new dish each night of the week, and my favorite meals were served on Tuesday and Thursday. On Tuesday, I enjoyed the “Not Yo Mamma’s” meatloaf special, served with mush room gravy, smashed po tatoes and sautéed greens. For those who aren’t the biggest fans of meatloaf, try the Thursday night meal instead: “Chef D’s Braised Beef Brisket,” served with smashed potatoes, sautéed greens and onion gravy. This dish was cooked per fectly and easy to bite into. For those who just can’t wait to enjoy those mem orable side dishes until

his live show to the audi torium at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 4. The act combines cooking, comedy, music and science and Brown promises the au dience will “see things (he’s) never been allowed to do on TV” according to the audi torium’s website. Audience participation will be part of the show and Brown warns that volunteers may be in for more than they expect. Tick ets start at $42.50.

Straight No Chaser One of America’s fore front a cappella groups, Straight No Chaser, had its start at IU 25 years ago. At 8 p.m. Dec. 16, its 25th An niversary Celebration tour will bring them back to the IU Auditorium for a show featuring pop and holiday tunes. The group returns to the Auditorium annually, but this show commemo rates its 25 years of per formance by bringing the group back to where it first began. Student tickets start at $29 and general admis sion tickets start at $39.

Bloomington

Thanksgiving, they’re avail able right now at FARM.

Big Woods

The Big Woods Novem ber menu is finally here, and these options are a must-try. Their November dessert menu serves pecan pie, sugar cream pie and pumpkin cheesecake. Their specialty drinks include a Peanut Brittle S’mores

Martini and a coffee red ale called “Java The Red.”

Fall options on their normal menu include their Busted Knuckle Chili and their Maple Bourbon Chicken Sandwich. The chili includes marinated beef with roasted tomatoes, onions and green peppers in a spicy tomato broth, and the grilled chicken sand wich included arugula,

caramelized onions, pep per jack cheese and doublesmoked bacon topped with their maple bourbon bbq sauce. I would definitely go back and order these two items, however, they are filling, so I would probably share it with someone next time. These dishes may not have pumpkin or apples in them, but they are great op tions for a casual fall meal.

The IU Auditorium is long known for its diverse lineups of performances featuring comedy, music, lectures and more. This win

ter season, IU invites mu sical acts, a culinary show and African traditions to the stage.

Potpourri of the Arts in the African American Tradition

This event will bring to gether several of IU’s per formance groups to show case the arts of the African American tradition at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12. The African American Dance Company, African American Cho

ral Ensemble and IU Soul Revue will perform at the event. These groups perform individually throughout the academic year, but this event will allow attendees to see all three groups at once. Tickets are $35 with student

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Anniversary Celebration tour.

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Employee Sarah Carton prepares a drink behind the counter of the Inkwell Bakery and Cafe on Nov. 12, 2017, in downtown Bloomington. The Inkwell’s selection of fall specialties includes a variety of pumpkin spice and apple cider flavors.

Monroe County Elections

Winning candidates from the 2022 midterm elections

By Salomé Cloteaux and Marissa Meador news@idsnews.com

State and Federal Elections

Republican Todd Young wins U.S. Senate seat

By Nadia Scharf njscharf@iu.edu | @nadiaascharf

Republican incumbent Todd Young has been re elected as U.S. Senator for Indiana, according to the Associated Press.

According to the Indy Star, Young is speaking to supporters at the JW Marri ott in downtown Indianapo lis.

"The only way to 'Make America Great Again' is from the ground up," Young said, according to the IndyStar.

Throughout the race, polling highly favored Young over Democratic opponent Thomas McDermott, Jr. and Libertarian James Sceniak.

Young’s campaign was focused on a commitment to conservative values. He is anti-abortion and supports the Second Amendment, and was instrumental in the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, according to his website. He has an A+ rat ing from the National Right to Life, the Susan B. Anthony List and the National Rifle Association.

Young has been in Con gress since 2010, when he was elected Indiana’s 9th House district representa

tive. He held that position for three terms and, when former Republican Senator Dan Coats retired, Young announced his candidacy for Coats’ Senate seat and was elected in 2016.

As a Senator, Young sup ported the Endless Frontier Act, which invested in sci ence and technology educa tion, and will strengthen U.S. manufacturing and innova tion, which Young states on his website. He also wrote the Law Enforcement Men tal Health and Wellness Act, which led to increased po lice mental health funding.

McDermott announced he conceded the race at the Nevermore Union Station venue, according to the In dyStarRepublican incum bent Todd Young has been reelected as U.S. Senator for Indiana, according to the Associated Press. .

According to the Indy Star, Young is speaking to supporters at the JW Marri ott in downtown Indianapo lis.

Throughout the race, polling highly favored Young over Democratic opponent Thomas McDermott, Jr. and Libertarian James Sceniak.

Young’s campaign was focused on a commitment to conservative values. He is

anti-abortion and supports the Second Amendment, and was instrumental in the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, according to his website. He has an A+ rat ing from the National Right to Life, the Susan B. Anthony List and the National Rifle Association.

Young has been in Con gress since 2010, when he

was elected Indiana’s 9th House district representa tive. He held that position for three terms and, when former Republican Senator Dan Coats retired, Young announced his candidacy for Coats’ Senate seat and was elected in 2016.

As a Senator, Young sup ported the Endless Frontier Act, which invested in sci ence and technology educa

tion, and will strengthen U.S. manufacturing and innova tion, which Young states on his website. He also wrote the Law Enforcement Men tal Health and Wellness Act, which led to increased po lice mental health funding. McDermott announced he conceded the race at the Nevermore Union Station venue, according to the In dyStar.

Monroe County 2022 school board elections results

By Emma Uber emmauber@iu.edu | @EmmaUber7

Monroe County resi dents elected new school board members in both of the county’s school corpo rations Tuesday.

Monroe County Com munity School Corporation, the larger of the two school corporations, contains sev en districts with one school board member represent ing each district. This year, three MCCSC school board seats were up for election.

The Richland-Bean Blos som Community School Corporation school board consists of five seats, with two up for election this year.

While all school board members serve four-year terms, only some seats are up for election because the terms run on staggered schedules.

School boards influ ence school corporations by making big-picture de cisions such as hiring su perintendents or approving budgets. The most pressing issues debated in the Mon roe County school board elections this year included school safety, transporta tion and racial equity.

MCCSC District 1

Erin Wyatt won the Dis trict 1 seat on the MCCSC school board with approxi mately 50% of votes as of just after 9 p.m. Tuesday.

According to the Indiana Daily Student’s Live Elec tion Updates dashboard, Wyatt earned 9,660 of votes counted thus far, while Ta betha Crouch earned 6,073 votes and Byron Turner earned 3,565 votes.

Wyatt, a registered nurse, prioritized student health, school safety, eq uity, accessibility and the Whole Child Approach throughout her campaign. Wyatt’s three children all currently attend MCCSC schools.

Beyond being an MCC

SC mother, Wyatt worked as a health services em ployee at Templeton El ementary School in 2017 and 2018. This experience opened Wyatt’s eyes to the school corporation’s need for improved health ser vices, Wyatt said. She aims to increase the number of full-time registered nurses employed by MCCSC, as the school corporation does not meet the Ameri can Academy of Pediatrics recommendation of at least one registered nurse per 750 students

Templeton is a Title 1 school, meaning it receives extra government funding due to high percentages of low-income students. Wyatt planned the first Temple ton Healthapalooza to con nect families with health services. She said the event helped parents find health insurance coverage for their children and taught basic community health skills such as how to treat head lice or cook affordable healthy meals.

Now an IU School of Nursing Ph.D. candidate researching marginalized populations, Wyatt advo cates for MCCSC schools to employ the Whole Child Approach. Wyatt said meet ing students’ basic health and safety needs is the best way to achieve academic success.

Wyatt also applies this mentality to school safety. While opposed to re-arming School Resource Officers, Wyatt said she recognizes school safety as a major is sue and plans to prevent violence through increased mental health services in schools. In a Sept. 26 pub lic school board candidate forum, Wyatt proposed programs to educate fami lies on how to safely store weapons away from chil dren.

Crouch, one of the can didates who campaigned against Wyatt for the Dis

trict 1 seat, emphasized the importance of re-arming School Resource Officers during her campaign. She said in a concession state ment to the IDS on Tues day night she is concerned to have a school board that does not believe in utiliz ing all resources available to ensure school safety.

"I'm certainly disap pointed but I ran a clean campaign, staying true to my values and beliefs," Crouch said. "My focus was on my campaign and not that of my opponent. There are issues in our school system that I will continue to advocate against. Elect ing school board officials who do not support provid ing our SROs with all of the tools, resources and train ing needed to do their jobs is detrimental to the safety of our students and staff."

MCCSC District 3

Ashley Pirani won the District 3 seat on the MCC SC school board with ap proximately 46% of votes as of just after 9 p.m. Tuesday.

According to the Indiana Daily Student’s Live Elec tion Updates dashboard, Pirani earned 9,181 of votes counted thus far, while Daniel O’Neill earned 6,675 votes and Jon Hays earned 4,222 votes.

“I am eternally grateful to my team and our volun teer for all the hours they put into this campaign,” Pi rani said in a victory state ment to the IDS Tuesday night. “I am here because of each one of them. I am looking forward to begin ning my term and getting to work with the other Board Trustees, especially on the Strategic Plan. Thank you to those who cast their vote for me. I look forward to work ing hard for our students, teachers, and staff.”

Pirani, an Operations Manager at Shine Insur ance, prioritized teacher retention, redistricting,

equity, school safety, men tal health and Individual ized Education Programs throughout her campaign.

As a current Beacon Inc. board member, a previous Beacon Development Com mittee chair and a The Per sisterhood Workshop advi sory board member, Pirani devotes much of her time to serving on boards of local nonprofits.

In addition to working with local nonprofits, Pirani is president of the Highland Park Elementary Parent Teacher Organization. As PTO president, Pirani said she hears teachers’ pleas for increased funding and sup port. Pirani said she will em phasize supporting teachers and other staff in hopes of in creasing retention and com bating the Indiana teacher shortage.

Yet, Pirani said one of her most important qualifica tions is her experience as a mother to two MCCSC stu dents, including one with an Individualized Education Program. IEPs present their own benefits and challenges to navigating the school sys tem, something Pirani said gives her a different perspec tive than many MCCSC par ents.

Additionally, she hopes to reassess school district boundaries. She said people don’t realize boundaries are an equity issue because dis tricts that fail to account for the increase in population can cause resource strains for overpopulated schools.

With regards to school safety, Pirani wants to keep guns out of school — which includes not arming Student Resource Officers. Instead of arming SROs, Pirani supports addressing gun violence by providing mental health ser vices.

Pirani said she chose to run for school board after hearing some alarming ideas about book banning and white-washing history. She said she aims to stop those

beliefs from gaining a foot hold within MCCSC.

MCCSC District 7 Brandon Shurr ran un opposed to win the District 7 seat on the MCCSC school board.

The current MCCSC school board president, Shurr is the only incumbent candi date across the three MCCSC races. Shurr has been a mem ber of the school board since 2018. Prior to his 2018 victory, Shurr lost a close race in 2014 after earning 49% of votes.

R-BB Richland District Dana Kerr won the Rich land District seat on the R-BB school board with approxi mately 71% of votes as of just after 9 p.m. Tuesday.

According to the Indiana Daily Student’s Live Election Updates dashboard, Kerr earned 2,528 of votes count ed thus far, while Karl Boehm earned 1,041 votes.

Kerr, an attorney at Kerr Law, emphasized the im portance of career readiness, project-based learning, pre school and new facilities dur ing his campaign. The current R-BB school board president, this will mark Kerr’s fifth term repre senting the Richland District on the board. He said his experience means he under stands the intricacies of the school board’s procedures. When asked why he wants to continue his work on the school board, Kerr said he sees an opportunity to ex pand and improve initiatives he helped begin, such as the Ready Schools program and R-BB preschools.

Ready Schools focuses on innovative learning, career preparedness and commu nity engagement by promot ing life skills and projectbased learning. Kerr said R-BB needs to set students up for success after graduation, whatever that may look like. A proponent of the Ready Schools program, he wants to continue funding science,

Bloomington and Monroe County

Efrat Feferman, D Bloomington Township Trustee

Dorothy Granger, D Bloomington Township Board

Barbara McKinney, D Bloomington Township Board

Elizabeth Sensenstein D Bloomington Township Board

Peter Iversen, D Monroe County Council District 1

Kate Wiltz , D Monroe County Council District 2

Martha (Marty) Hawk, R Monroe County Council District 3

Jennifer Crossley, D Monroe County Council District 4

Ruben Marté, D Monroe County Sheriff

Amy Swain, D Monroe County Recorder

Judith Sharpe D Monroe County Assessor

Nicole Browne, D Monroe Circuit Court Clerk

Holly Harvey, D 10th Judicial Circuit Number 1

Mary Ellen Diekhoff, D 10th Judicial Circuit Number 4

Emily Salzmann, D 10th Judicial Circuit Number 7

Erika Oliphant, D County Prosecuting Attorney

Monroe County School Board

Erin Wyatt MCCSC District 1

Ashley Pirani MCCSC District 3

Brandon Shurr MCCSC District 7

Dana Kerr R-BB Richland

Angela Jacobs R-BB Bean Blossom

technology, engineering, art and math resources such as the robotics program or the innovation lab equipped with video audio recording areas. The Ready Schools program also offers career experiences including local internships and a student-run coffee shop.

Preschool is another pro gram Kerr wants to develop. R-BB opened a new preschool facility designed to house 100 students in March 2022. En rollment filled up in about 20 minutes. Kerr said the signifi cant demand for a larger pre school system is something he noticed and aims to prioritize if reelected for school board.

R-BB Bean Blossom District Angela Jacobs, an incum bent school board member, ran unopposed to win the Bean Blossom District seat on the R-BB school board.

Diego Morales, R Secretary of State

Matt Pierce, D Indiana House Representative for District 61

Dave Hall R Indiana House Representative for District 62

Tera Klutz , R Auditor of State

Daniel Elliot, R Treasurer of State

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Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, speaks to the America's Role in the World conference audience in the School of Global and International Studies building on Thursday. Young has been reelected as U.S. senator for Indiana, according to the Associated Press.

Fun, easy Friendsgiving dishes for college students

By Ellie Albin ealbin@iu.edu | @EllieAlbin1 Illustration by Cailin O’Malley caiomall@iu.edu | @cailingomalley

As someone who loves to cook in the kitchen, Thanksgiving is a wonderful time of year. Planning and executing a perfect menu is the type of pressure and creativity I love — and, with the rise of Friendsgiving in recent years — it gives chefs and bakers another grand opportunity to show off their skills.

In contrast to the traditional Thanks giving meal — which is often family-centric — Friendsgiving focuses on what the name entails: friends. But if you aren’t a chef and still want to bring a dish, it can be tricky to know what to provide. The key, though, is to just keep it simple; no need to wow your friends with a duck that takes you a week to prepare or a dessert that involves torches and flames. Follow these ideas and you’ll be golden:

Flexible roasted vegetables

Your parents were right: vegetables are, without a doubt, very good for you. You may not have realized while you were growing up, though, just how delicious they are, too. Roasted vegetables are the key to my heart and are unbelievably simple. Pick a mix of phenomenal fall vegetables — sweet pota toes, Brussels sprouts, carrots, cauliflower, squash — and roast them with olive oil. In terms of seasonings, you should at the very

least add salt and pepper, but pick an array of spices to accompany the basics. You can pick anything, really — vegetables are like a blank canvas. If you need a starting point, though, I personally enjoy ground mustard, garlic powder, cayenne pepper and even a hint of cinnamon.

For the adventurous eater, try dipping your roasted vegetables in some horse radish. Don’t worry, I’ve tried it, and your nostrils will survive while your tastebuds thrive.

Jazzed-up box macaroni and cheese

What college student doesn’t love mac and cheese? If you’re sick and tired of the basic store-bought box, though — and can’t afford the fancy ingredients that go into homemade mac and cheese — then all you need to do is jazz up a box of Kraft.

I love adding Italian spices to mac and cheese. They’re earthy and savory, so they’re perfect for autumn cooking. There’s a chance you even already have them in your pantry: basil, thyme, oregano, rose mary, parsley and more are great in a dish like this.

To make it even better, top it with breadcrumbs — or RITZ Crackers, which add buttery flavor and texture — and bake it in the oven for a bit. The length of time

you bake it for is a judgment call. You aren’t cooking anything for the sake of doneness, like you would be with food like chicken or eggs. Instead, you’re looking for your pref erence, whether that’s a light golden brown or super bubbly and with a bit of char.

Super-sweet cooked apples

I’m constantly trying to make new recipes in the kitchen, and they do not — I repeat. They do not — always work. Some are awful, in fact. I usually have to try again and again to get something right. But in the case of cooked apples, it took one try to nail it.

There really isn’t a recipe, though. That’s the key with something seemingly this simple: make sure it stays simple. Just combine apples — make sure to wash them, and actually peel them, too — with a reasonable ratio of white sugar, lemon zest, vanilla and salt. The sugar makes the ap ples even sweeter, and the vanilla and salt help to enhance and bring out flavors.

Even though the zest may seem weird, it really will make the dish that much better. Citrus is often a good addition because of its freshness and ability to balance sweet ness. Once you’ve mixed all that together in a pot, you can let it simmer until the ap ples become mushy and have a nice glaze.

Rose House LuMin- Lutheran Campus Ministry at IU 314 S. Rose Ave. 812-333-2474

lcmiu.net

Instagram: @hoosierlumin facebook.com/LCMIU

Sunday: 8:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. @ St. Thomas Lutheran Church 3800 E. 3rd St. Tuesday: 6:30 p.m. Dinner & Devotions @ Rose House LuMin 314 S. Rose Ave.

Rose House is an inclusive Christian community that offers a safe space for students to gather, explore faith questions, show love to our neighbors through service and work towards a more just world. Rose House walks with students to help them discern where God is calling them in life.

Rev. Amanda Ghaffarian, Campus Pastor

St. Thomas Lutheran Church 3800 E. Third St. 812-332-5252 stlconline.org facebook.com/StThomasBloomington Sunday: 8:30 a.m. & 11 a.m.

We are the worshiping home of Rose House Lutheran Campus Ministries. As disciples of Christ who value the faith, gifts and ministry of all God's people and seek justice and reconciliation, we welcome all God's children* to an inclusive and accessible community.

*No strings attached or expectations that you'll change.

Rev. Adrianne Meier Rev. Lecia Beck

Independent Baptist

Lifeway Baptist Church 7821 W. State Road 46 812-876-6072

lifewaybaptistchurch.org facebook.com/lifewayellettsville

Sunday: 9 a.m., Bible Study Classes 10 a.m., Morning Service 5 p.m., Evening Service

Barnabas College Ministry: Meeting for Bible study throughout the month. Contact Rosh Dhanawade at bluhenrosh@gmail.com for more information.

Steven VonBokern, Senior Pastor Rosh Dhanawade, IU Coordinator 302-561-0108

bluhenrosh@gmail.com

*Free transportation provided. Please call if you need a ride to church.

Episcopal (Anglican)

Canterbury Mission 719 E. Seventh St. 812-822-1335 IUCanterbury.org facebook.com/ECMatIU Instagram & Twitter: @ECMatIU Sun.: 3 p.m. - 7 p.m. Mon., Wed., Thu.: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Tue.: Noon - 8 p.m. Fri., Sat.: By Appointment

Canterbury: Assertively open & affirming; unapologetically Christian, we proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ by promoting justice, equality, peace, love and striving to be the change God wants to see in our world Ed Bird, Chaplain/Priest Jacob Oliver & Lily Dolliff student workers

Unitarian

Universalist

Unitarian Universalist

Church of Bloomington 2120 N. Fee Ln. 812-332-3695 uubloomington.org facebook.com/uubloomington Sunday: 9:15 a.m. and 11:15 a.m.

We are a dynamic congregation working for a more just world through social justice. We draw inspiration from world religions and diverse spiritual traditions. Our vision is "Seeking the Spirit, Building Community, Changing the World." A LGBTQA+ Welcoming Congregation and a certified Green Sanctuary.

Rev. Connie Grant, Interim Minister Rev. Emily Manvel Leite, Minister of Story and Ritual

Evangel Presbytery

Trinity Reformed Church 2401 S. Endwright Rd. 812-825-2684 trinityreformed.org facebook.com/trinitychurchbloom Email us at office@trinityreformed.org

Sunday Services: 9 a.m. & 11 a.m. College Bible Study: Contact us for more info.

"Jesus answered them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.'" Proclaiming freedom from slavery since 1996. Only sinners welcome.

Jody Killingsworth, Senior Pastor Lucas Weeks, College Pastor

Bahá'í Faith

Bahá'í Association of IU 424 S. College Mall Rd. 812-331-1863 bloomingtoninbahais.org facebook.com/BaháíCommunity-of-BloomingtonIndiana-146343332130574

Instagram: @bloomingtonbahai Regular Services/Devotional Meetings: Sunday: 10:40 a.m. @ Bloomington Bahá'í Center Please call or contact through our website for other meetings/activities

The Bahá'í Association of IU works to share the Teachings and Principles of the Founder, Bahá'u'lláh, that promote the "Oneness of Mankind" and the Peace and Harmony of the Planet through advancing the "security, prosperity, wealth and tranquility of all peoples."

Karen Pollock & Dan Enslow

Inter-Denominational

Redeemer Community Church 111 S. Kimble Dr. 812-269-8975 redeemerbloomington.org facebook.com/RedeemerBtown Instagram & Twitter: @RedeemerBtown Sunday: 9 a.m. & 11 a.m.

Redeemer is a gospel-centered community on mission. Our vision is to see the gospel of Jesus Christ transform everything: our lives, our church, our city, and our world. We want to be instruments of gospel change in Bloomington and beyond.

Chris Jones, Lead Pastor

Baptist

University Baptist Church 3740 E. Third St. 812-339-1404 ubcbloomington.org facebook.com/ubc.bloomington YouTube: UBC Bloomington IN Sunday: 10:45 a.m., Worship in person & live streamed on YouTube

A welcoming and affirming congregation excited to be a church home to students in Bloomington. Trans and other LGBTQ+ friends and allies most especially welcome!

Annette Hill Briggs, Pastor Rob Drummond, Worship & Music Minister

Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod

University Lutheran Church and Student Center 607 E. Seventh St 812-336-5387 indianalutheran.com facebook.com/ULutheranIU instagram.com/uluindiana

Sunday: 9:15 a.m.: Sunday Bible Class 10:30 a.m.: Sunday Worship

Wednesday: 7 p.m.: Wednesday Evening Service 7:45 p.m.: College Bible Study Student Center open daily, 9 a.m.-10 p.m.

Stoneybrook Community Church of God

Stoneybrook Community Church of God 3701 N. Stoneybrook Blvd. stoneybrookccog.org facebook.com/StoneyBrookCCOG

Sunday: 10:30 a.m.

10:00 a.m. Coffee & Treats

Stoneybrook Community Church of God is a gathering of imperfect people learning to follow Jesus. We invite you to join us on the journey.

Mitch Ripley, Interim Pastor

We are the home of the LCMS campus ministry at Indiana. Our mission is to serve all college students with the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ. Located on Campus, we offer Christ-centered worship, Bible study and a community of friends gathered around God’s gifts of life, salvation and the forgiveness of sins through our Senior Jesus Christ.

Richard Woelmer, Pastor

Stoneybrook Community Church of God is a gathering of imperfect people learning to follow Jesus. We invite you to join us on the journey.

Mitch Ripley, Interim Pastor

Society of Friends (Quaker)

Bloomington Friends Meeting 3820 E. Moores Pike 812-336-4581 bloomingtonfriendsmeeting.org Facebook: Bloomington Friends Meeting Sunday (in person and by Zoom): 9:45 a.m., Hymn singing 10:30 a.m., Meeting for Worship 10:45 a.m., Sunday School (Children join in worship from 10:30-10:45) 11:30 a.m., Light Refreshments and Fellowship 12:45 p.m., Often there is a second hour activity (see website) Wednesday (by Zoom only): 9 a.m., Midweek Meeting for worship 9:30 a.m., Fellowship

We practice traditional Quaker worship, gathering in silence with occasional Spirit-led vocal ministry by fellow worshipers. We are an inclusive community with a rich variety of belief and no prescribed creed. We are actively involved in peace action, social justice causes, and environmental concerns. Peter Burkholder, Clerk burkhold@indiana.edu

Sunday: 10:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Coffee & Treats 3701 N. Stoneybrook Blvd. stoneybrookccog.org facebook.com/ StoneyBrookCCOG

Non-Denominational

Calvary Chapel of Bloomington

3625 W State Road 46 812-369-8459 calvarychapelbloomington.org facebook.com/calvarychapelbloomington YouTube: Calvary Chapel Bloomington IN

Sunday: 10 a.m.

Tuesday: 7 p.m., Prayer Wednesday: 6:30 p.m.

Hungry for God's word and fellowship with other believers? Come as you are and worship with us as we grow in the knowledge of His love, mercy, and grace through the study of the scriptures, and serving those in need. May the Lord richly bless you!

Frank Peacock, Pastor Alissa Peacock, Children's Ministry

Christ Community Church 503 S. High St. 812-332-0502

cccbloomington.org facebook.com/christcommunitybtown Instagram: @christcommunitybtown Sunday: 9:15 a.m., Educational Hour 10:30 a.m., Worship Service

Jubilee 219 E. Fourth St. 812-332-6396 jubileebloomington.org jubilee@fumcb.org

facebook.com/jubileebloomington Instagram: @jubileebloomington

Sunday: 9:30 a.m., Classic Worship & 11:45 a.m., Contemporary Worship Wednesday: 7:30 p.m., College & Young Adult Dinner

Jubilee is a Christ-centered community open and affirming to all people. We gather on Wednesdays at First Methodist (219 E. Fourth St.) for a free meal, discussion, worship and hanging out. Small groups, service projects, events (scavenger hunts, bonfires, etc.), mission trips and opportunities for student leadership are all a significant part of our rhythm of doing life together.

Markus Dickinson, Campus Director

Mennonite

Mennonite Fellowship of Bloomington 2420 E. Third St. 812-646-2441 bloomingtonmenno.org facebook.com/MennoniteFellowship-ofBloomington-131518650277524 Sunday: 5 p.m.

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

John Sauder mfbjohn@gmail.com

We are a diverse community of Christ-followers, including many IU students, faculty and staff. Together we are committed to sharing the redeeming grace and transforming truth of Jesus Christ in this college town.

Bob Whitaker, Senior Pastor Adam deWeber, Worship Pastor Dan Waugh, Adult Ministry Pastor

Church of Christ 825 W. Second St. 812-332-0501 facebook.com/w2coc

Sunday: 9:30 a.m., Bible Study 10:30 a.m. & 5 p.m., Worship Wednesday: 7 p.m., Bible Study

We use no book, but the Bible. We have no creed but His Word within its sacred pages. God is love and as such we wish to share this joy with you. The comprehensive teaching of God's Word can change you forever.

John Myers, Preacher

City Church For All Nations 1200 N. Russell Rd. 812-336-5958

citychurchbloomington.org facebook.com/citychurchbtown Instagram: @citychurchbtown

Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

*Always check website for possible changes to service times.

City Church is a non-denominational multicultural, multigenerational church on Bloomington's east side. 1Life, our college ministry meets on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.

David Norris, Pastor Sumer Norris, Pastor

United Methodist

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Church of God (Anderson Affiliated)

Lisa M. Ruiz, M.D. will be closing her private psychiatric practice Bloomington Psychiatry, LLC effective November 30th, 2022.

Current active patients should review her message in the patient portal (Luminello) for follow up care options locally. Patients can also follow the instructions in the no-

program, which is designed for youth in South Central Indiana between the ages of 12 20. The program empowers youths to learn the skills of live radio broadcasting and podcasting for their own content creation and curation. Full job description available at wfhb.org. Interested parties should send resume and cover letter to nominations@wfhb.org by November 13th

IDS is now hiring Delivery Drivers. $15/hour + mileage. 3 12 hours/week

Deliver the print edition of the IDS each Thursday to newsstands in Bloomington and the IU campus. Driver should be available between 4 9 a.m. each Thursday. Deliver special publications and posters.

Drivers must have own vehicle & pass a motor vehicle records check & IU background check. Complete an I 9 form. Email jmrodenb@iu.edu

Horoscope

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Today is a 9 - Disciplined efforts pay off. Lucrative projects benefit your shared accounts. Dreamy results are possible. Monitor budgets and expenses carefully. Strengthen support structures together.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Today is an 8 - Pull together with your partner for a common vision. You're in sync. Coordinate and strategize. Don't rely until secure. Reinforce foundational elements of your plan.

Capricorn

Aquarius

arts, talents and passions. Express a vision of what could be possible. Invent fun and romance.

Aries

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Today is an 8

Cancer (June 21-July 22)

Today is a 6 - Slow to consider options. You’re especially productive behind closed doors. Plan, organize and prepare for what's ahead. Dreams can come true. Lay solid foundations.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 9 - Teamwork can accomplish miracles. Pull together with friends for a shared dream. Make sure that structures are strong enough before adding weight. Provide support.

Virgo

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is an 8 - Advance educational and travel goals. You can find alternative routes to avoid traffic or blockages. Do the research. Back it up. Provide multiple sources. ©2022 Nancy Black. All rights reserved. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency.

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

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